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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
THE COST OF LIVING
is AT HIGH MARK
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
TELLS WOMEN PRICES ARE
SIS PER CENT ABOVE 1914.

BALTIMORE, Md.-The cost OF
living is now ST. per cent higher than
in July, 1914, according to Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace.
Wallace's estimate, made before the
convention of the National League OF
Women Voters, was based on the
budget of the average family for all
necessaries.
Foods, the largest item in the fam
lily budget" Wallace said, costs IS
per cent more; clothing, 81 per cent;
fuel and light, II per cent; sundries,
"a per cent"
Wallace said that in considering the
increases. and demanding reductions,
allowances also should be made for
increased incomes.
"The family whose income is 54.7
per cent larger now than in 1914 is
neither better nor worse off than i'll
1914" he said. Speaking generally,
the people who are under the greatest
disadvantage because of the increased
cost of living are the preachers, teach
ers, unframed and unorganized labor
ers and farmers. The incomes of these
groups are lower. compared with the
cost of living, than before the war.
And, again speaking generally the
wages of the organized labor groups
have increased considerably more, rel
atively, than the increase IN the cost
of living"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
LED FIRST CHURCH
SERVICES IN THE U. S.
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, ON TRIP
AROUND THE WORLD, HELD
PRAYER IN 1880.

CHICAGO.-The first church SER
vices in English in what is now the
United States were held near San
Francisco in 1879 by Sir Francis
Drake on the first trip an Englishman
made around the world, according to
the Newberry library here.
Drake returned to Plymouth, his
home city and starting point, in Sep
TENDER, 1880, just forty years to the
month before the Pilgrim Fathers sail
ed from there.
Drake was a fighting Puritan, lead
ing the British fleet later in the cru
cial hours against the Spanish Anna
da, and this first American church ser
vice in the English tongue was direct
ed by the Puritan chaplain to the ex-
petition.
After a terrific struggle to get
around the end of South America
Drake had plundered the Spaniards
up the west coast unaware Of danger,
and continuing north had passed
shores yet unknown to Spain. Turned
back by the cold as he began to APP
proach Canada he put into small
creek or bay on the northern side of
the Golden Gate before striking out
across the uncharted Pacific.
1t was on June II, 1879, that Drake
anchored on the California coast. He
landed his men on the twenty-hrst,
and on the twenty-third after the
friendly Indians had lacerated them
selves to pay the white man homage,
Francis Fletcher, the chaplain, records:
This bloudie sacrifice against our
wills) being thus performed, our Gem
erall. with his companie, in the prest
ence of those strangers, fell to prayers
and by signes in lifting up our eyes
and hands to heaven, signfied unto
them that God whom we did serve,
and whom they ought to worship, was
above; beseeching God, if it were His
good pleasure, to open by some means
their blinded eyes, that they might in
due time be called to the knowledge
of Him, the true and ever living God,
and of Jesus Christ whom he hath
sent, the salutation of the Gentiles.
In the time of which prayers, sing
ing of Psalmes, and reading of certain
chapters in the bible, they safe very
attentively; and observing the end OF
every pause, with one voice still cried,
.'Oh.' greatly REJOICING in our exercis-
es. Yea. they tooke such pleasure in
our singing of Psalmes, that whenso-
ever they resorted to us, their first
request was commonly this, 'Gnaah,
by which they intreated that we would
sing"
Drake tarried just a month, setting
sail on July %, after naming the coun-
try New Albion. The year after the
Golden Hind dropped anchor again at
Plymouth he was elected mayor OF
the city, and served $40 years ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16

COLUMBUS, Ga.-There was the
general expectation locally that Judge
George P. Munro in addressing. the
new grand jury at the opening OF the
Nav term of Muscogee superior court
TODAY. would discuss the relation OF
Judges and grand juries as a sequel
TO his recent widely discussed action
in refusing to accept the presentmentSS
of the last Muscogee grand jury. ana
that expectation was not disappointed.
Judge Munro talked on the subject
an hour and a hall, delivering a charge
that evidently had been studiously
prepared. e,o. -.
position as originally set forth, his
text" being the pointed question ne
asked the grand jury:
rs the public sentiment plan the
plan YOU want your courts TO act up
on, gentlemen"
He told the grand jurors: Il have no
right to interfere with you in the dis
charge Of your duty, and you have no
authority to interfere with me IN the
exercise of my discretion"
The previous grand jury had recon-
mended or tried to recommend that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
DRY AGENTS RAID
A BEAUTY PARL0R
GOTHAM DETECTIVES ASSERT
CORKS AND NOT TEETH
WERE BEING PULLED.

NEW YORK, N. "a dental par
lor where corks, not teeth, were ex--
tracted and to become a patient" OF
which one had to know the counter
sign, was raided by police headquar-
tiers detectives today. DR.. Charles L.
Vanfossen was arrested as the pro
prietor of the establishment, which
was in a suite of the Royalton hotel.
A mystic rat-a-tat-tat on the door
and the equally cryptic Mr.. Murphy
sent me here and | came for treat
rent" gained the detectives access to
the place. A dental chair was there,
but, according to the story the detec-
tives later told Magistrate McAndrews
was behind a screen and used only
for patients who had been treated too
we'll and required nap.
The detectives said they found also
several highly polished tables in fine
working order, around which men and
women were grouped, drinking suspi-
cious beverages. The detectives pro-
duced in court what they said were
four 2-ounce bottles of rye and one OF
Scotch. purchased in the dental parlor.
DR.. Vanfossen, the alleged painless
puller of corks, was held in $500 bail.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
PRESIDENT is NOT
IN STATE POLITICS
HARDING IS KEEPING HANDS
OFF PRIMARY CAMPAIGNS.
ON NEUTRAL GROUND.

N WASHINGTON, D. C.-President
Harding is keeping his hands off the
political fight brewing in Ohio, his
home state, among his own republican
friends, for the senatorial and guber.
Material nominations.
The president admits to his intimate
associates that it is difficult matter
for him to have to sit on the sidelines
with the lively contests that are COM
ing at home for the big political plums,
but he has necessarily declared him
self neutral, not only in Ohio but in
all other states where lively scrambles
are ensuing for senatorial nominations.
The president has recently been be-
seiged by party leaders in several
states to say a good word for some
candidate known to be his personal
friend He has positively declined ev-
cry request Not only will he remain
neutral as between republican contest
ants in-his own state and in republican
senatorial primaries elsewhere, but he
is not even going to make a general
appeal for republican success in the
forthcoming congressional election.
Recalls Former Incident.
Mr.. Harding wildly recalls what
happened to president who issued an
appeal to the people of the country to
elect a democratic congress which
would support his administration. Mr..
Harding has let it be known that he
prefers to have the people render a
verdict on his administration without
any solicitation or coaching from him.
To a group of friends recently the
president said that the president of the
United States has no business taking
an active part in the senatorial contest
"of any state in the union, not even
my own state" He said he had enough
to do to look after the executive af-
fairs of the government.
From Ohio, of course, the pressure
upon Mr. Harding has been much
greater than from any other state. He
has let it be known, however, that he
will have nothing to say until the pri-
mary contest is over Then, of course,
the nominees will have the benefit OF
his personal advice and counsel.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
PENITENTIARlES HOLD
ia WAR PRISONERS
APPEALS FOR THEIR RELEASE
SENT BY THOUSANDS TO
PRESIDENT GO UNHEEDED.

Remaining in federal prisons of the
United States, where they were placed
for wartime violation OF the political
sections of the espionage act, are ia
men, the last of what have come to be
known as Americas political prisoners.
They are serving sentences ranging
from 5 to Is years.
Many thousands Of petitions and APP
peals for their release have gone to
President Harding. But for the past
three months the administration has
not been disposed to consider an ex-
tension of clemency. All of the other
countries which engaged in the world
war, both allied and enemy, long ago
released their wartime political pris-
oners.
Of the many arguments advanced
in the United States to support the
appeals for amnesty by far the most
universal is that men who committed
no other offense than uttering or pub
fishing opinions opposed to the war
should not be held in prison after the
war is over, and particularly after the
very act they were convicted OF violat-
ing has been wiped from the statute
books by congress.
Recently there was forwarded to At
torney General Daugherty memoran-
dunn urging the release OF these politi-
cal prisoners, which is probably the
most comprehensive document on the
subject in existence in this country. 1t
is the work of Albert de Silver, a New
York city lawyer who submitted it on
behalf of the American Civil Liberties
Union. 1t shows the remaining pris-
oners to be grouped as follows:
Sixty-four l. w. w. prisoners con
victed in Wichita, Kan. Twenty-six l.
w. w. prisoners convicted in Sacra-
mento, Cal Six Oklahoma anti-draft
prisoners, members OF the Working
Glass Union Three north Texas anti
draft prisoners, members OF the Farm
ers and Laborers' Protective Associa-
ton, and eight miscellaneous prison
ers. At one time political prisoners
numbered more than 500. most OF
whom have served their time. 1t is
known to be the attitude of Attorney
General Daugherty that the men held
should not be considered as political
prisoners.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
HUNDRED THOUSAND
SAVED FROM PLAGUE
GREAT DECREASE IN DEATH
RATE IN u. S. NOW ABOUT
ONE HUNDRED PER 100000.

WASHINGTON, d. CA de-
crease of one-half since 1904 in the
death rate from tuberculosis in the
United States was reported by DIR.
Charles ]. Hatfield, managing director
of the National tuberculosis Associa-
ton, at it's annual meeting today. This
means for the year 1921 saving OF
100000 lives, he stated. In 1904 the
death rate was 200 per 100000. Pre-
liminary figures for 1921 indicate that
the rate will approach 100.
In birmingham, Mass, where a
health demonstration has been carried
on since 1916 under the auspices OF the
association, the death rate has been
reduced to the figure of 40 per l00,-
900 for 1921.
This birmingham figures, said
DIR. Hatfield, is indicative OF what
may be done under such specialized
methods and programs of work. Iu-
berculosis workers throughout the
country will join with us in being inn
patient for a much more rapid rate OF
progress when it is realized that in
the United States there are still about
/ 100000 persons with active tubercu-
losis and that 100000 men, women
and children are dying annually from
this preventable and durable disease"
tuberculosis kills almost twice as
many men as women in New York
city, Godias J. Drolet told members of
the association Mr. Drolet is statist1-
clan of the New York Tubercular As
sociation. He said that in the II years
since 1910 tuberculosis had taken in
New York 71,271 male victims as
against 41,0o7 females The death rates
of the two sexes in 1921 were respec-
lively 123 and SO per 100000 The
reason for this difference in tubercu-
losis mortality was found, said Mr..
Dro1et, in the conditions under which
they work which break down resist
ence and cause the development Of
adult tuberculosis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
WHO TOOK MUSSELS
OUT OF THE SHOALS?
NAME ORIGINALLY REFERR-
ED TO CLAM; NOW CON-
GRESS READS IT MUSCLE"

FLORENCE, Ala.-From 1918 till
about 1876 the shoals on the Tennes-
see river here were known as "Mussel
Shoals" according to maps of original
survey and historical data of original
and authentic character possessed by
John B. Weakley, Birmingham law
yer and capitalist and former resident
of this community.
Mr. Weakley's parents and grand
parents resided here and handed down
to him a wealth of historical informa-
ton, which he has displayed to set at
rest controversy that has arisen over
the original spelling of Muscle
Shoals"
This data, according to Mr.. Weak
ley, shows that the Cypress Land
Company purchased the land about
Mussel Shoals from the government
March IS, 1918, and the first white
settlements were recorded that year
followed by an influx of settlers the
next year. At that time, the survey
showed the shoaly section of the river
as "Mussel Shoals" the name being
given the rapids by reason of the
great quantities of the edible bivalve,
mussels, found in and along the stream,
these records appear to indicate.
Made Buttons of Mussels.
Il have often heard my grandpar-
ents tell of mussels being hauled out
by the wagon loads declared Mr.
Weakley. This was the same mussel
that was once so abundant on the
Mississippi river and from the shell of
which in the earlier days many pearl
buttons were made"
Mr. Weakley accounts for the par
tial disappearance of the mussel from
the stream as a result of floods and the
encroachment of civilization.
When the government undertook to
complete the Mussel Shoals canal
about 1876, the data in Mr.. Weakley's
possession shows, engineers changed
the name from "Mussel" to Muscle"
on government records and it has so
stood. This was not by design, but by
accident, in Mr. Weakley's opinion.
Map Shows Old Name.
Mr.. Weakley possesses map which
he said was made 100 years ago. This
shows the spelling 'Mussel." Several
copies of this map are matters of rec
ord in the community. Mr.. Weakley
said.
Government records, in so far as
they are available, show the spelling
Muscle Shoals"
Since Muscle Shoals became ma
tional issue discussion of the name
has created numerous reports.
1t was contended by army engineers
that the name never had been altered
and that it originated from an Indian
story, heap big muscle" required to
pull canoes over the rapids in the river
at this point.
Another story that came from the
Indians was that the shoals at that
point in the river resembIed the biceps
or muscle on the arm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
THOROUGHBREDS BURN
IN RACE TRACK FIRE
TWENTY-EIGHT ANIMALS VAL
UED AT QUARTER OF MIL
LION. LIGHTNING CAUSE.

LEXINGTON, Ky.-Twenty-eight
thoroughbreds valued at least quar-
ter of a million dollars were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
racing stable owned by former United
States Senator John N. Camden ana
I &, Nolan. prominent breeder at the
Lexington race track, tonight. The
fire is believed to have been caused by
Miss Humphrey, two years old,
Louis Adair, three years old and three
unnamed FLIES were rescued. Moray
which finished second in the Idle Hour
stakes run here today, was badly
burned. Rangoon, Bettina and BarPeel-
mo aces of the Older division of the
stables, were among those which met
death in the fire. Fair Agnes, Golden
Apple and Sarerents are among the
best of the two year Odds which were
burned to death.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
Hundred Thousand
Flies and WdSps Are
Coming From Japan

WASHINGTON, d. CA con-
signment of 10000 flies and wasps
is now en- route from Japan to the
United States in cold storage, ac-
cording to official advices from To-
kio. This shipment is being made
bv C. P. Clausen and ]. L. King,
government entomologists, who
were sent to Japan by the United
States department of agriculture to
endeavor to discover the natural
enemies of a Japanese beetle which
was accidentally introduced into the
United States some years ago and
which has been doing considerable
damage to truck farms in number
of eastern states, particularly New
Jersey. The shipment includes two
species of flies and one of wasp.
The collection represents two years
scientific work. The insects are all
in the pupa stage. They will be for
warded to the laboratories of the
department of agriculture at River
ton, N. ].
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
Woman Wants to
Stand on the Gallot0s
When Man Is Hanged

AUSTIN, Tex.-Mrs. Bennett
Smith, of Temple, has informed
George Hornsby, sentenced to
hang at Bolton Friday, that she
will stand on the platform of the
gallows as he pays the supreme
penalty if he so desires. Mrs. Smith
has taken leading part in the eff
fort to have Governor Neff COM
mute Hornsby's sentence to life
imprisonment. He was convicted of
the murder of ]. H. Weatherby at
Brentwood.
do not give UP hope until the
last minute" was her message.
"While there's life there's hope. But
if the worst comes to the worst,
and you so desire it, l will go with
you to the platform of the scaffold."
To the message Hornsby replied
only:
Thank you"
Hornsby has been in the Travis
county jail several weeks, being
brought here as a precaution
against possible violence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
"A HEN ADMONISHES
ALLEN "DRINK Less
LEAVES A MESSAGE WRITTEN
ON AN EGG WHICH CAUSES
MUCH EXCITEMENT.

STATESBORO, Ga.-Lewis Allen,
young farmer living north of States
boro, was displaying in Statesboro on
Monday with considerable excitement
hen egg which he had found in a
nest on his premises bearing the in
scription, Drink Less" Those words
were stamped perfectly plain and in
capital letters, one word beneath the
other, covering almost one side of the
egg The letters were slightly raised,
though fiat and smooth. That they
had not been written with some sort
of paste was evident from the fact that
the pores of the shell were natural.
1t seemed however, that the surface
of the shell about the letters was
slightly whittier than the written words,
which brought the message out in
bold relief.
To Slow Up.
Mr.. Allen takes the admonition Sc
riously. He stated to the reporter that
he had been in the habit of taking a
nip" when he could get it, which was
not very often. He recognized, how
ever, that even this little bit might be
too much. Following the hens friendly
admonition he is determined to reduce
his quantity temporarily, and, should
he continue to find this sort of advice
in his hens nests, he will still further
reduce.
Showed Great Wisdom.
1t has been commented that the hen
did not demand sudden shutting off
but rather to reduce the drinks, indi-
eating that she possessed more than
ordinary intellect as to the best meth
cd of producing results, and is an IL
lustration of wisdom and fairness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
GEORGIANS USE THE
TELEPHONE MOST
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE SOUTHERN BELL
GIVES DATA.

Georgia people use their telephones
more than the people OF any other
state, it was claimed by J. E. Jagoe,
assistant vice president of the Southern
Bell Telephone Company, in testimo-
ny before the railroad commission in
the showing in support OF existing
rates.
He gave figures showing that the
telephones of Georgia originate an
average of 8.3 calls per day, as COM
pared with an average of 5.4 calls per
day originated by all the telephones
of the United States, including Geor-
gia telephones. This is an excess, he
showed, of ass per cent in Georgia
over other states. In other words
Georgia people use their telephones
ass per cent more than other people;
it requires that much more work to
give them service.
Mr.. Jagoe explained these figures
on the theory that Georgia telephones
give unlimited service. That is to say
subscribers are not charged according
to the number of calls they make, but
are charged fiat rate and allowed to
make as many calls as they pleased
He further explained it on the theory
that Georgia business concerns trans
act far more business by telephone
than northern and eastern business
concerns. Further, on the theory thai
Georgia people, being socially inclined
love to talk to their friends.
Wages of telephone operators in
Georgia have advanced almost 100 pei
cent in the past five years, he further
testified in support of present rates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
FARMERS ARRESTED
FOR POISONING DOVES
KILLED BIRDS TO PROTECT
CROPS, AND MUST STAND
TRIAL IN u. S. COURT.

CAMILLA, Ga.-County Commits
sioner E. E. Wilkes and three other
prominent farmers of near Pelham,
DR.. D. A. Spence, Mr.. ]. E. Pickeron
and Mr.. E. J. Anderson, find them
selves in a rather peculiar predicament
as a result of their efforts to keep
doves and other birds from destroy
ing their canteloupe crop when the
Young plants were just coming through
the ground. The depredations OF the
birds became so great that several
farmers put out poison to kill them,
and now these gentlemen must face
the charge of violating the federal
game law.
Cante1oupes are planted early in this
section and are about the first to come
up. This year the doves took the canta-
loupe fields and did serious damage
by nipping off the young plants as
quick as they came through the
ground. Those whose crops suffered
most Immediately made war on the
doves, either with guns or with poi
son. and never dreamed that they did
not have a right to protect their crops
from the invaders No effort was made
to conceal the fact that the birds were
being killed and as a result the federal
game warden soon learned of it. He
came to investigate and made cases
against the gentlemen named above.
This year there has been an unusual
number of doves in this section. Hun
dreds can be seen in short ride along
any road, and many people attribute
this to the earlier closing of the shoot
ing season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
biz STATE BOND ISSUE FOR PUBLIC ROAD
is DEBATED AT DAWSON
Mr.. Bryan Is Pee0ed
At Thirteen Requests
For the Real Stuff"

SAN Tex When
stranger aftef he num-
Der of thirteen had s'athe
door of w. ]. Bryan's
early on Saturday, inquiring n
real stuff" was for sale there, Mr..
Bryan made a complaint to the
clerk.
He discovered he had by acct
dent picked out the hotel where
large number of his friends were
attending a convention, and he join
ed with them in the laugh over
their joke. With his wife Mr.. Bry-
an is en- route by automobile to Cal
ifornia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
Father Indicted for Not
Sending Child to, School
Prosecuted in Randolph County Under
Compulsory Attendance Law.

The Cuthbert Leader reports that
through the efforts OF the board OF
education of Randolph county the
grand jury returned a bill OF indict-
ment against R. NJ Duke, white, for
failure to send one OF his children to
school. The law provides that a par
ent is subject to a fine for every day
the child remains out OF school with
out lawful excuse, after having been
properly notified.
This is the first Indictment returned
in the county under the compulsory
educational law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
SEVERAL CARLOADS OF
COWS, HOGS AND CHICKENS

At a sale in Richland on last We'd
nesdav farmers of that section sold
four carloads of cattle, two carloads
of hogs and one carload of chickens.
All brought good prices.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-16
FEEDS HUNGRY EUROPE
HELPS FRIEND AND FOE
u. S. HAS SPENT BETWEEN
FOUR AND FIVE BILLION
DOLLARS FOR RELIEF.

More Than a Score of Nations Have
Been Benefciaries of Uncle Sans
Charity. No Distinction Has Been
Made in Relief Measures.