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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
ELECTROCUTION IS NEW
WAY OF KILLING WEEVIL
Georgia Inventor Gives a Dernonsra-
ton of His Machine.

Details OF a new method OF COM
batting the boil weevil by electrical
treatment OF infected cotton plants,
which was invented by w. G. Flake,
OF Conyers, Ga, and which is now
being perfected commercially, have
just been made public,
Demonstrations of the invention
were recently held before the state
board of entomology. The patent has
been applied for.
Mr.. Flake explains that the electric
current with which it is planned to
destroy boil weevils not only kills the
insects but also actually benefits the
plants. The current is sent through
the plant from a machine mounted on
wheels. which is capable OF spraying
with electricity several rows at a time.
1t is claimed that the cost is only
about 20 cents an acre.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
APPROPRIATION FOR
PENSIONS is VETOED
PENSIONS HAVE BECOME A
BURDEN AND A SCANDAL IN
GEORGIA, 1T rs SAID.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Governor Hard
wick vetoed the appropriation by the
legislature of $1,2O0,000 for Confeder-
ate pensions.
In his statement of the reasons why
he vetoed the appropriation the gov
ernor called attention to the fact that
the legislature failed to provide the
revenue with which to pay additional
Confederate pensions, and declared it
was therefore impossible for him to
approve this bill. He further called at
tention to his statement in his mes
sage to the legislature when the ses-
sion convened that he would be I'M
willing to approve appropriations in
excess of the revenue of the state.
Approximately 100000 of deicien-
cy appropriations for various institu-
tons were passed by the legislature,
and all of these were approved by the
governor with few minor exceptions.
Millionaires on the Roll.
The fact OF the matter is that Con-
federate pensions have come to be
burden and scandal Georgia is now
paying
the constitution to pay pensions, to
any and all men who served in the
Confederate army for any length of
time, whether they enlisted in Geor-l
gia or not, and whether they have
lived in Georgia twelve months or for
ty years, and whether they are penni-
less or worth a million dollars. There
are numerous pensioners on the roll
who are millionaires and draw their
pension money to distribute among
chauffeurs, cooks and other servants
at the holiday season. Georgia is pay
ing, or is authorized to pay, pensions
to widows of Confederate soldiers who
married as late as 1880, which was fif-
teen years after the civil war ended.
Georgia's Confederate pension roll
is far and away the largest OF any
Confederate state The further Geor-
gia travels from the civil war the big
ger becomes her pension roll, for this
reason:
That as fast as legitimate pension
ers die out the legislature at the be-
hest OF this and that demagogue has
been extending the qualifications from
time to time in recent years, until the
growth of the roll more than COM
pensates for the deaths among men
who actually went from Georgia into
the actual service of the Confederacy,
and for the deaths among widows who
were actually married to Confederate
soldiers either during or Immediately
after the war.
Other Vetoes.
Governor Hardwick also vetoed the
bill appropriating $4,000 to the train
ing school for mental detectives, his
reason being that the bill as it came
to him contained nothing but the cap
ton and the repeating clause. Through
an oversight, apparently, the body OF
the bill was left out when it was
drawn. Representative DuBose, OF
Clarke, chairman of the house appro-
priations committee, was the author OF
the bill.
The governor also vetoed the bill
appropriating $4,000 to the school for
the blind at Macon, for the reason
that the bill contained no stipulation
as to the purpose for which the mon
ey should be expended.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29

SAN FRANCISCO-A tale of the
sea, a beca1med ship, starving crew
and a mother with a newborn babe,
to preserve whose life everyone else
sacrificed rations, thrilled the water
front here today upon the arrival OF
the motorship Annie Johnson with
news of the San Francisco schooner
William H. Smith.
The schooner was becalmed in the
Pacific for forty-three days and was
discovered on August IA when Capt.
Murray, Of the Johnson, responded to
her signals of distress and provided
her with supplies.
A pitiabie condition was found
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
STARVING CREW SACRIFICED FOOD FOR MOTHER AND BABY

In the cabin Mrs Nels p. Jensen,
wife OF the master, was attempting to
aboard the schooner The crew OF sew
nurse her baby. whose cries rapidly
were growing weaker. The mother, al
though favored by captain and crew
in the matter OF available food, could
not supply sufficient nourishment tor
the infant =.
The crew of the becaimed vessel. it
was said. was beginning to show signs
of insanity when the Johnson came
10 the rescue.
For lf6 days no word had been
heard from the unfortunate vessel and
she had been given up for lost: With
favorable winds it is expected she will
be in port before the end OF the week
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
ELECTIONS MAKE
DRY FORCES GLAD
SCORED VICTORIES IN 1872 OF
22O CONTESTS FOR CONGRESS.
HOLDING THEIR OWN.

Analysis of the primary returns from
q states indicates that $50 congress
men have been nominated this year.
One hundred and eighty-two of the
220 voted for prohibition enforcement,
while SO are accounted 'wets." OF the
80 new men named, two-thirds are for
prohibition and against a beer and
wine amendment as urged by mem
bers of the wet camp.
This indicates that the dry senti-
ment as recorded in the congressional
districts, is doing better than holding
its own. With the victory won in Ohio
the anti-saloon forces naturally are
jubilant although the foregoing fig
ures do not include returns from the
Buckeye state or from Arkansas
States Which Have Acted.
The states represented are Alabama,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota,
Missouri Nebraska, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West
Virginia.
Two republican senator's and II g.
O. P. members of the house thus far
have been defeated for denomination.
One democratic senator and one dem
ocratic congressman have been defeat
ed. The other 80 new men named on
the house side represent candidates
succeeding those who declined to run
again.
All told, it is estimated now there
will be at least so changes in the Six
ty-eighth congress due to retirements,
deaths, candidates. for other offices,
etc
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
NEW HEADS PROBABLY
STEER SHIP OF STATE
DEATHS, DEFEATS AND RE-
TIREMENTS TO CAUSE SHIFT
IN LEADERSHIP OF PARTIES.

Radical changes in leadership OF the
two parties in the national senate and
house are certain to be made in the
next congress. This is true regardless
OF the outcome of the national cleo
ton in November, state primary de-
feats and the death or retirement OF
"a number of prominent party leaders
having already made it apparent that
the organization of the legislative body
must be materially shifted.
The house will virtually be stripped
of its present republican organization.
with such leaders as Republican Floor
Leader Frank W. Mondell, OF Wyo-
ming; Representative Simeon D.. Tess,
of Ohio; Representative Frank l..
Greene, of Vermont and Representa-
tive Patrick H. Kelly, OF Michigan, all
retiring to make the race Tor the SEN
ate.
Primaries Spelled Waterloo.
Tn the senate several of the commit
tee leaders who have handled the ad-
ministration fights for party measures.
like Senator Porter McCunlber, OF
North Dakota, chairman OF the finance
committee, and Senator Harry 5. New.
.of Indiana. close personal TREND OF
President Harding, have gone down to
defeat in their state primaries, while
others, such as Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge. of Massachusetts,, republican
floor leader in the upper body and
chairman of the foreign affairs COM
mittee, and Senator Miles Po1ndexter,
of Washington, face hard fights.
The certainty that many OF the oider
leaders Of the house will retire from
nublic life on March 4th next has start
ed a lively scramble among the. young
or men there for the places OF prom
inence. This is true on the democratic
side as well as on the republican. 1t
has been reported authoritatlvely that
representative Claude Kitchen, OF
North Carolina, will not be a candl-
date for reelection as his party's floor
manager.
New Manager for Democrats.
This probably will result in con-
fest between Representative john Gar-
ner. OF Texas, and Representative Fms
Garrett. OF Tennessee, in case the dehl-
ocrats are in the minority IN the next
congress as they are in this. Should
tbev caDture the next house, It IS eN-
nected that those two democrats
would be aspirants for the speakership'
Because the republicans now, have a
greater majority in the house than the
democrats have total membership
there are but few politicians who be
Iieye that the present minority will be-
come the majority party next year.
Rut not few OF the republicans ad,,
nit privately that there is g9}0odd
chance of the democrats capturing lOo
seats now occupied by the republicans
as the result of the great republican
landslide in 1920.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLTTTERS;
ALL is NOT BEER THAT FOAMS

WASHINGTON, d. Gail is
not gold that glitters, nor is all beer
that foams; and this is particularly so
at Johnstown :"
Thus J. T. Davis, federal prohibi-
ton director for Pennsylvania, here
today for a conference with Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Haynes, summed
up the situation with respect to the
Johnstown beer flood.
Discussing the Johnstown beer cpl
sode Mr.. Davis further said
THE liquor situation at Johnstown
is under full and satisfactory control
of new and efficient group head, as
sisted by outstanding, experienced
agents
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
WILL NOT CANCEL
DEBTS EUROPE OWES
UNITED STATES WILL CON-
TINUE TO DUN CREDITORS.
IGNORE PLAN OF BRITISH.

Cancellation of inter-alied indebted
ness, as suggested by Great Britain in
a recent note to European nations, has
no place in the policy of the United
States toward war loans, treasury Off
Gals in Washington, d. c., declare
In the view of Secretary Mellon, the
United States has all to lose and moth
ing to gain through general cancella-
ton OF international war debts, and
such a suggestion has never been con-
sidered BY this government
Will Continue Demands.
The British note, according to Mr.
Mellon, in no way changes the attitude
OF the United States toward the ex-
pected liquidation of foreign indebted
ness and will not alter its intention Of
continuing negotiations Tor funding the
foreign obligation.
Mfr. Mellon does not believe that the
United States government will take
any official notice of the British note,
as it was not addressed to this coun-
try, but will proceed with its foreign
debt negotiations along the lines laid
down by congress in the act creating
the world war debt funding commits
sion.
Latest figures obtained at the treas
ury department show that the obliga-
tons of the various foreign govern
ments to the United States, including
interest accrued and unpaid, as the re-
suit of war loans, is close TO $l2,000,
100000. OF this amount Great Britain
owes $4746,000,0
Interest Remains Unpaid.
The size OF the debts owed to the
United States has been swelled by I'M
paid interest, the sale OF surplus war
material, and by obligations accepted
by the United States Grain Corpora
ton and the American Relief admins
tration There is no information avail
able at the treasury department to
show how much the indebtedness OF
the allies to the British has been in
creased through unpaid interest. The
following table shows the present total
Indebtedness of the various nations to
the United States, including interest:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
WIDOW BUYS ANOTHER WOMAN'S
HUSBAND FOR $500 PER MONTH

ding ring to Mrs. Wakefield. Mrs
Wakefield said she, too, planned dl-
vorce.
Gives Money.
A statement from Mrs. Wakefield
said:
at was long time ago I told Mrs.
Kendrick that | loved her husband
and wanted to marry him. | promised
her she would have home with Rod
ney and myself as long as she lived
She is very sick girl and | took care
of her for weeks. A hundred times
she told me how grateful she was, in
the presence OF her husband and his
mother and sister. When we LETT her
| put 5000 in the bank for her to draw
on"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
bal of Man Long Dead
Puts Ohio Ghost at Rest
bit" Had Caused Trouble at Farm
or Seven Years Until Laid"

GA ghost
p farmers living near Palnes
Pw say, has been haunting them
Seven years, is "at rest" today.
lappeared several days ago with
burial Of the body of Henry
llstlck, which was found in an
Foned well on a farm.
PenStlck, a farm hand, disappear
Fyen years ago. Since then the
Is SAID to have had poor crops.
I'm house burned down and the
was blamed for that. Owner
owner has come and gone.
Logles purchased the farm
a year ago. Whenever he went
barn at night, Logies said to-
ne would see a white, wrath
Rg1re' walking about. At times,
ECared, he followed it with his
u hand and it always disappeared
direction of the well.
Fermined to find out what caused
partition Logies cleaned out the
T. which had been filled with
1 tie came upon the body OF
kSuck. Sheriff Sphinx was called
and his deputies suspected
j , ne next day the sheriff or
y me body buried and now the
/ Is gone.
r. Lerman, who owned the
a' the time Lipenstick disap-
Is n Lake county Jail. He
O-od over to the grand jury on
@rSc OF murder.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29

There has been no flood of real
beer, sensational newspaper reports
Notwithstanding.
"A lot of near beer was passed off
as the real article, and the drinking
public, as usual, was buncoed"
After the conference Mr.. Haynes
declared the situation in Jamestown
was "all right" and that no action
would be necessary by prohibition
headquarters. as Mr.. Davis had the
matter well in hand His reports, Mr..
Haynes declared, revealed that no real
beer and in some instances not even
near beer had been sold and that a
"hullabaloo" had been created over
nothing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29

SAN FRANCISCO.-An offer by
Mrs. Edith Huntingdon Spreckles
Wakefield, first wife of the late Jack"
Spreckles, California millionaire, and
herself prominent in San Francisco
society, to buy another woman's hus-
band from her for 500 a month for
the rest of her life" come to light here
tod1 nd is admitted by all persons
arn 'rchase."
The husband Wakefield
is credited with "a - to
buy" is Rodney KendricK, wspa-
per artist. The wife, who is Fl and
admits she is considering" the offer,
said she already had given her we'd
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
|coNGRESSMEN TELL
ABOUT THEMSELVES
CONGRESSIONAL DIREC-
4 NT Topy AND WHAT 1T SAYS
OF MEMBERS.

r-,sHTNGTON, D. ca new
w., w. n the congressional directory
o''; ;n.t made its appearance, and the
a. ,.trv is treated to the usual batch
ou ".-L,,, entertaining autobiographies
Dl [;cb fine members OF congress ex-
.ho;r own virtues, describe their
/ .,r achievements and inferentially
g.t.te their constituents on having
4 ny ,bIe representation in the halls
r TUnS' IS a political axiom to the
o ln'' that unless a politician toots
Il. own horn the same VIII not De
4 '.o oT Evidently most members OF
o. rrGss take this axiom seriously. Tor
pug 'rsrtainlv do give themselves
roro communications.
' SoSe members take occasion to
oo'4 t5cir businesses a gentle boost.
.Sars size the opportunity to speak
noad word for commodities which
so' oroduce. For instance, Repre-
s y Manuel Herrick, the bird
~ from Oklahoma, who is as re-
1r -oed as a sky pilot as he is a legis-
". o+ describes his early career in
. Sc Co., Ohio, and then tells
= ior wears after settling in Okla
NJ, he has specialized in the pro-
rtion OF a brand OF yellow corn
in bears his name.
number Of members with large
nres take pains to enumerate their
ranile holdings, as if to drill into
nnbnc mind their everlasting and
onenchabe antipathy to race sui
J A casual reading of the autobiog-
pbies shows that the more children
member has the more he is inclined
blow about it, probably on the
Porv that large progeny is no mean
itical asset
Advertising Business.
|arv members set forth the names
bnsine,s establishments with which
n are identified, presumably on the
sory that the establishments men
he'd will reap a modest reward from
advertising thus gratuitously pro-
ed by good old Uncle Sam. For
mole, one southern member sets
IN the names of a whole flock OF
hber concerns which apparently are
he well and which are likely to do
Ter when the returns come i'll from
new congressional advertising
Eium. No member who has had
itarv service in any war, uprising
iracas has overlooked that fact in
ting his autobiography, and deeds
yalor are described in superlat1ve
guage,
he LAWYERS are chesty in advising
public as to their honored achieve
is in the law and one member OF
noble profession, Senator Gull
ion. Of Texas, sets forth list OF
leading cases in which he has
counsel, which makes his auto
sraphy look like a court docket.
are more lowly occupations
tied, in which respect Senator Pc
Norbeck, OF South Dakota, sets a
ng example by describing himself
well driller by occupation. Sen
Lodge furnishes material Tor a
foot book shelf by enumerating
the works of which he is author.
Of the members warm up to the
unions with a cheerful glow, one
ption being Representative Thorn
lindsay Blanton, of Texas, who
vicious poke at Samuel Comp
Senator Pomerene consumes sew
en and one-half lines and refers
obvious pride to the fact that
was Judson Harmon's running
in the Ohio state campaign OF
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29

en- men had been eleven days almost
without food. except the copra with
which the schooner was loaded.
They were physically unable to hoist
the emergency supply OF rations over
the ships side.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
Front Door Is Stolen
AS the Owner Sleeps

Some one stole the outside front
door of his home while Max Thomp-
son, of Paterson, N. J., lay sleeping IN
his house, he reported to police. There
were no marks on the house.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
THE SMALLEST CAPITAL.

Said to be the smallest capital in the
world Tulagi, the administrative CEN
ter OF the Solomon islands, contains
80 white persons and few Chinese.
1t does not contain single street.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
BRING EXCURSION
FROM THE CAROLINAS
aFmeTs From Old North State
crested in Tobacco Growing.

ASAlA <lA ANOA III StNNN
crested in Tobacco Growing.
ba w. K. Tucker, agricultural de-
VII agent of the Atlanta, Bir-
H. ~, and Atlantic railway, was
s va saturday in conference with
E n.y. AIgee, of the board of trade,
~ I'I 10, with the proposition to
INT county and other of the
eoa1tles Of south Georgia. a
NoFth Carolina farmers who
r. much interested in tobacco
i r,. 'hoSed to have them meet
- an and then the A. B. & A.
d;a them cheap excursion rates
M G;ti!lerent counties in this sec
ih'on Gazette.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-05
LETTER IN COURT
Tells Of HOLD-UP

Although admitting he wrote the
letter offered in evidence by the
state, Walter d. st. Clair. charged
with robbery in connection with the
holding UP of the Glendale inter-
urban car on the night of December
81, 1920, declared yesterday at the
continuance of the preliminary hear
ing of the case before Justice Henry
J.. sullivan, that the reference in the
letter to the hold-up was a joke.
Following the hold-up Of the car by
two masked men who took $I63. 70
from W. A Langley, the conductor,
st. Clair. who was employed by the
street car company at the time, said
the employees of the company joked
each other about the affair. and that
his reference in the letter was in the
same nature.
The letter, offered in evidence by
the state and addressed to Earl w.
McCabe, the motorman on the car
that was held up, is headed: Camp
Jackson, S. c." and is signed "Wal-
ter d. st. Clair" In part the letter
is as follows:
Are you still on the !. S. line?
&. Tell Conductor Langley if I'm
lucky in the crap game I'll send him
his $50 bucks taken from him.
Hated to pull him so hard, but had
to go my part for a couple of gall
Ions for Xmas, c."
Clara A. Cox and Reva Alice
Bickle, two defense witnesses, testi-
fled they were with st. Clair on the
night of the hold-up and declared he
was at the home of Miss Cox at the
time of the hold-up.
The case was continued until Mon
day morning.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-05
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR TOWN MEETING

The last details of the town meet
ing and open forum to be held at the
high school auditorium on the eve
ming of next Thursday under the
auspices of the chief commercial and
civic organizations of the city to
listen to addresses on the Colorado
river problem and to afford the
people of Phoenix an opportunity to
discuss that problem were completed
yesterday.
be George H. Maxwell, representing
the National Reclamation association.
who has devoted more than 20 years
to a study of the Colorado river and
w. s. Norviel state water commits
sioner, who is known also as an ex-
pert on the Colorado and whose ideas
concerning it's development were one
Of the features of the Industrial con-
ference held here several weeks ago.
The members of the Junior cham
Der of commerce will act as ushers.
and an unusual entertainment pro-
gram will be offered. There will be
no charge for admission. and all the
men and women of the Salt River
valley are invited to attend.
The meeting will be held under the
direction of a committee consisting
Of Charles S. Winder, H. S. Reed, II.
L. Aller, J. c. Dobbins, ]. C. Nor
ton, Albert Stetson, L. A. Weiss, A. L..
Uhler, Herbert S. Prince. Miss Fay
Young and Mrs. Maybelle Craig.
-O--
A new London hotel has a smok-
ing room reserved for women.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-05

tend this exhibition which has be-
come an annual affair much enjoyed
by those who have attended the for
mer exhibition of this society.
This society has grown from a
small group Of artists in California
to q large membership all over the
world The fact that this year six
countries are represented (besides
America) testifies to the importance
this society is assuming in the art
world. Italy, France, Holland, Eng
land, Canada and Australia, all will
show their work in this exhibition.
The exhibition will remain in the
Miller Sterling galleries for two
weeks, then will be sent again upon
its journey across the country.
Last year there was some misun-
derstanding about the opening view,
some people being Of the impression
that only members of the Woman's
club were asked.
This is a public view and everyone
interested in seeing good pictures,
such pictures sanctioned by profess
sional artists in good standing in the
art world, and by societies and insti-
tutions desirous of having what is
worth while shown in their towns. is
cordially invited.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-05
PLAN BODY To UNITY
COUNTY ACTIVITIES

Delegates from all parts OF Mari
copa county will meet at the chamber
of commerce at 10 o'clock Monday
morning to perfect an organization
designed TO work for the entire coun-
ty--to unity its efforts and TO place
it's activities under a single direc-
tion.
Each community organization of
the county will be represented,
seven delegates having been allotted
to each. A permanent working group
representing the county as a whole
will be formed. and the advancement
of the county will be accelerated by
a definite plan and a definite ideal.
Road matters will form the theme
OF the first discussion of this new
organization, and other subjects OF
interest and value to the citizens of
the county will be taken UP at sub
sequent meetings. 1t is planned that
the organization shall meet once a
month, with special meetings when
ever the occasion demands.