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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-16
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES
HANGING A PICTURE

'Pn take that picture" said MT. Gadspur, eff you'll send man out to the house to hang it. !"
 Certainly, sir. But you could do that just as well yourself"
 "No, couldn't. The last time had an arr gument with Mrs. Gadspur while standing on a stepladder. fell off and nearly broke my neck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-16
A TAX ON cREDULITY

''Who is the champion liar of your ac- quaintance?"
 T award that distinction to Bibbles," said MT. Jagsby.
 "on what grounds?"
 He claims to have quart of Scotch in his possession that he hasn't touched since the au- tumn of 1917.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-16
HOW IT'S DONE

How long will you remain in America?" About six weeks" said the foreign visitor "WiIl that give you time enough to gather material for book about us?"
 'Tve already written the book. I merely came over to jot down the names of few of your principal cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-16
SENTIMENTS BY WIRE

"Is it difficult to feel the public pulse?"
 "No," said the eminent statesman. "It's the simplest thing in the world. All you have to do is to take day off from your legislative duties and read few bushels of telegrams from indignant constituents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-16

A resolution has been introduced in the Virginia house of delegates to provide mem bers with false whiskers so they can come in and go out without being detected by lobbyists. It would require more effective disguise than false whiskers to do that
 <
 A twenty-fve-year-o successor to Ponzi says he had previous business experience before he became a "get-rich- quick pro moter. Previous experience is unnecessary.
 
 When old Ed Howe speaks of the Prince of Wales as ''wretehed little cad" he goes too far. The prince may have the misfor- tune to be of royal blood, but he's no cad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-16
DRYs WOULD OBJECT

From the Washington Star.
 The suggestion by France that part of her debt be paid in champagne recalls the ancient, naive inquiry, What is the constitution among friends7"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
ASKED To IDENTIFY HIMSELF

John Philip Sousa, bandmaster, who is to be here next Saturday afternoon and evening, tells good story on himself" said Dolly Dal- rymple yesterday. "He was out in Denver several years ago with his band and needed to have check cashed. He went into one of the leading banks and presented the check on his New York bank. The cashier asked that he be identified, otherwise he would be unable to cash the check. Sousa told him he only had about an hour to make his train and pay his hotel bill, and that, at any rate, the check was New York exchange The bank cashier re- sponded that he didn't know him and that he must insist upon identification.
 Then I will identify myself" responded Sousa, and with the remark turned his back upon the cashier and proceeded to wield lead pencil as a baton.
 The cashier saw the movement of his shoul- ders as he had seen him with his band. That's all right, I'll cash it." laughed the cashier
 FEWER MISTAKES IN FIRE CALLS
 "The Gamewell automatic fire alarm, which has been recently installed throughout the city of Birmingham, is proving most satis- factory" said Alfred Brown, chief of the fire department of Ensley.
 "The new system is not only time saver but it is almost impossible to make an error in the call. Many times, he stated have I received telephone calls to come quick my house is on firen And then the party at the other end of the line would hang up, leaving me at a complete loss as to the location of the fire. There probably three or four hundred boxes known as pull boxes in the city, and call from any of them is sounded in each station, and the station nearest the box always answers. In this way a great deal of time is saved. The only annoyance which we have had has been the alarms sent in by mischievous boys. However the de- partment has been greatly benefited by the in- stallation of this new Automatic system"
 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES
 NIt is gratifying to note the improvement that has been made by many of our teachers especially that of young teachers who have responded to plans and methods agreed upon by leading educators who authority on mat ters pertaining to pedagogy" says Prof. E. B. Erwin, assistant superintendent of county schools.
 "The teachers have also been cooperative in carrying out plans and instructions of the school authorities and those who have given instruction and training A very large ma jority of our teachers reading the latest and best school journals, books etc, which keeps them up with the best thought and abreast of the times in education. So far as I have been able to ascertain, practically all of the teaching force employed this year will take additional training this summer with a view to being better prepared for their future work of training children who will be intrusted to their care"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-16
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

My what a coarse creaturef" He's multimiIlionaire."
 How delightfully."- eccentricw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-16
SOMETHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT

SOMETHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT From the Chicago News.
 Just when the world found itself somewhat relieved from the constant menace of war the scientists announced that the worlds axis was slipping.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
TRY MILLER MURDER
CASE In TERRELL
ON CHANGE OF VENUE BALK-
MAN WILL BE TRIED FOR
LIFE AT DAWSON.

on the fourth Monday in May dur
ing the spring term of Terrell superior
court, Lit Balkman will be tried 10, Tor
the murder of Dutch Cork in Miller
county in 1921. .o, ,,,.r
At the October term, 1921, OF Miller
superior court, when Balkman was
arraigned for trial, a motion Tor a
change of venue was made, which was
overruled by Judge Worrill. The case
was carried to the court OF appeals;
which reversed the lower court and
ordered change of venue. On April
10Th last, at the last term of Miller
court, upon agreement of counsel
Judge Worrill passed an order sending
the case to Terrell county and assign
ed it for trial on the date stated above
Balzman is Represented by ". L;
Geer, OF Colquitt, and John R. and
". o. Cooper, Of Macon. The prose
cution will be conducted by Solicitor
General B. T. Castellow.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
THE CITY FATHERS
FROWN ON CARNIVAL
REFUSE TO PERMIT SHOW TO
COME HERE. AUDIT OF CITY
DEPARTMENTS FINISHED.

For the first time in several years a
carnival will not erect its tents in
Dawson the coming fall.
At the meeting of the mayor and
council Tuesday night Mrs. w. H..
Gurr and Mrs. D. C. Picket, repre-
senting the women's organizations of
the city, appeared before the council
and requested that 7. P. Littlejohn be
granted permission to bring carnival
to Dawson next fall in connection with
county fair to be managed by Lit
tleiohn, who had agreed to offer and
pay premiums and divide whatever
profits there might be with the Wo-
mems clubs. 1t was also proposed
that no taxes be charged the carnival
and that free water and lights be 1u iI
nished by the city. Rev. G. A. Grille
and Mr.. R. L. Saville appeared in OPP
position to the carnival and entered a
strong protest against the show. There
was also before the council protest
signed by 80 or more merchants and
other business men of the city, and
when this became known the request
by the promoters of the proposed ex-
hibition was withdrawn. Littlejohn is
proprietor of the flying jenny and fer
ris wheel which have been operated
for several days on west Lee street.
Ernest Whitchard, who was employ.
ed to make an audit of the books OF
the various departments OF the city,
made his report. He found the. &C
counts of all the officials in good shape,
only few minor discrepancies beng
discovered. None of the amounts in
volved exceeded $50, and some OF the
errors were in favor of the city and
some against it. All accounts where
there we're discrepancies have been bal
anced, the city paying where the errors
were in favor of the officials, and
vice versa. Mr.. Whitchard recon-
,nended new and improved system
of bookkeeping for some of the de-
nartments. The audit covered a pc
rod of three years, and made a splen--
did showing for all Of the officials OF
the city. :,
Mayor Baldwin informed the council
that many people are seen in Cedar
Hill cemetery at night and requested
that an ordinance be adopted forbid
ding visiting or lettering there at I'M
usual hours. No action was taken by
the council.
Alderman T. S. Martin was elected
mavor pro tenn for the next quarter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
RURAL CREDITS ARE
PROPOSED BY HARDING
WOULD GIVE FARMERS FL
NANCIAL HELP THROUGH
NEW CHAIN OF BANKS.

President Harding's recommends
ton to congress of legislation provid-
ing farmers with credit facilities as
favorable as those enjoyed by COM
merce and industry may lead to the
establishment of a rural credits system
entirely Independent of either the led
era1 reserve system or the federal land
banks.
A new chain of banks, which would
be linked up with central corpora
ton at Washington, to take the place
of the war finance corporation, is pro-
posed. The system would be designed
to furnish credits on agricultural prod
ucts and live stock over periods rang
ing from six months to three years,
which are not provided through the
agencies already established by feder-
al legislation. ...z.
That additional rural credit facilities
are needed was urged in the report OF
the Joint commission of agricultural
inquiry, headed by Representative An
derson, of Minnesota. The bill intro
duced by him in the house and by
Senator Lenroot, OF Wisconsin, in the
senate, however, providing for credits
of this nature through the federal land
banks is meeting criticism.
Objection is made to confusing this
new type of agricultural credit with
the long term loans on land which are
provided by the federal land banks. A
strong movement appears to be de-
veloping for the establishment OF an
entirely Independent system.
Bills Have Been Introduced.
Schemes for the creation of new
system are contained in a new bill re-
Gently introduced in the senate by
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina,
and also in another bill just perfected
which was presented in the senate by
Senator Norbeck, Of South Dakota,
and in the house by Representative
King, of Illinois.
The Simmons bill creates what is
called the National Agricultural Cred
its Corporation, with a. life of so years.
This corporation would succeed the
war finance corporation, and its CAPT
tai stock, $500,000,000, would be pro-
vided by the retirement OF the latter's
capital stock. The new corporation
would take over the assets of the war
finance corporation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
Undertaken Holds
Body Thirteen Years

CHARLESTON, S. C.-That
the body of Sarmicca Conceppo, an
Italian. has been held by an under
taker at Laurinburg, n c., has
been charged here, with the result
that County Sheriff Joseph NJ
Poulnot and the local Italian con-
sui. Charles Mauro, have taken the
matter up, Mr.. Mauro believing
that, the Italian agents in Washing
ton will bring the matter before
the state department.
c. S. Thompson, now of Charles
ton, has verified the statements in
substance. Conceppo, while employ
ed by a circus, was killed at Nc
Coll, S. c., and the Laurinburg I'M
dertaker was given the body to pre-
pare for burial. 1t appears that
Conceppo's father made at least one
payment to the undertaken, who is
reported to have claimed that until
he is fully paid he will not deliver
the body for burial.
Mr.. Thompson says that the
body, in an upright position, is Wis
ible from the train at Laurinburg,
and that there is belief that Con-
ceppo's body is petrihed. For thir-
teen years, Mr.. Thompson said, the
Conceppo body has furnished much
comment in Laurinburg and its vi
cinity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
Douobnuts and Coffee Did Not APP
peal to Councilmen When Political
Battles Held the Stage.

Coffee and doughnuts will not keep
ND the morale of city councilmen, Mrs.
Mary McFadden, 8O-year-old mayor OF
Magnetic Springs, O., has decided. So
she has given up her job and is for
ever and ever through with politics
and stailing'
Mrs. McFadden's only qualifications
for the mayors job, she said just be-
fore taking the position, were good
common sense and her experience as
mother" Her *common sense theo-
nv led to a battle with bootleggers,
vampires and motor car .speeder;s'
While her experience as a mother made
II yn1nerative that she strictly enforce
the crrfew law, which she did.
The result was the making OF plenty
Of enemies on one hand and the &C
al OF new friendships on the 9th
er. Then it was she needed the IN
qualified support Of the council But a
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
REPORT ON STATE
CROP CONDITIONS
WEEVIL RAVAGES BEGIN, AND
DAMAGE TO COTTON SEEN.
OTHER CROPS.

The alarming feature of the agri-
cultural situation reported by the gov
eminent crop correspondents is the
presence of the weevil in practically
every important cotton county on
MAY 1st, according to a report Friday.
Infestation so early in the season US
ually means very great damage during
the growing season. Even when emer-
gence takes place at the normal time
the progeny of pairs OF weevils
through the season run into hundreds
of thousands. The report further says:
The gloom of the situation becomes
deeper when it is considered that the
planting averages over two weeks late
in upper Georgia, that the present
rains make farm work almost impos-
sible for several days, and that cotton
must be planted within the next two
weeks if it is to have fair chance of
making crop. Many farmers are go
ing ahead in the face of these facts and
hazarding their all in a desperate at
tempt to make cotton.
Food Crops Neglected.
Early indications are that food
crops are DtllS ICSlGSlCd III tAiC up
per sections in favor of cotton. The
situation is so serious that the crop
reporting service finds it necessary to
issue a report that borders on the sem
sational.
in the sections where cotton is up
to a stand it has suffered considerably
from cold. This would not greatly at
feet the final outturn were it not for
the fact that it delays maturity and
gives the weevil greater opportunity.
Cotton in Randolph and neighbor-
ing counties was in good shape on
report date. The major portion of the
south belt was in similar con-
dition, but needing rain.
THE progress of the small grains
has been watched with utmost con-
Germ. Rust in wheat in prevalent in
most of the state reducing prospects.
In the east it has caused abandon
ment and blowing up of about one
sixth of the acreage. Oats have also
suffered somewhat. In the south the
oat harvest is already under way and
much of the grain is safe"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
NINE YEARS In PEN
FOR BOOTLEG KING
NEW YORKER TO SERVE TERM
IN FEDERAL PRISON
NEAR ATLANTA.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Failing to
make good the promise which, accord
ing to the federal prosecutor, he made
to him to name the men higher up
in the bootlegging ring of which he
was the alleged dupe, James Greek
Williams, convicted of obtaining S4O,-
600 worth of liquor on forged permits,
was sentenced i'll Brooklyn to nine
wears and six months in the Atlanta
penitentiary and to pay fine OF $500,
The maximum penalty is 10 years i'm
prisonment and 81 1000 fine.
The. Judge, who had deferred sen.
tence for more than a week, said if
Williams had shown any disposition
to aid the government the court would
have taken into consideration the
clemency plea OF the jury.
Although the name of Alderman
Hilkermejer, of Brooklyn, was brought
into the case no other indictments
were filed by the grand jury, which
ended its investigations into the So
called political bootleg ring today.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
1HATTERED ROMANCE OF BIG WAR
HTOLD TO COURT BY FRENCH WIDOW

much trouble she secured enough
money to come to this country in
search of him, according to her story.
After many difficulties she finally 10
Gated ~him here only to find that he
was paying attentions to Miss Lee.
Penniless and desperate she said
she met the young Savannah woman,
who had taken her place. in the heart
of the man to whom she had given
all. and she attacked Miss Lee on the
street. She was arrested on warrant
sworn out by Adams and placed I'M
der heavy bond.
Testifes Through Interpreter.
She told her story through an in
terpreter to the court, who compared
the signature of the warrant with let
tiers the French woman showed as
having been written her by Adams,
promising to join her.
The recorder ordered Adams out of
his sight when the latter attempted to
speak, and declared. he wished his iu-
risdiction extended Ito France.
Mrs. Pickard is working for less
than SIS a week in local canning fac
tory. She once owned an estate in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
JUDGE STRANGE IS
AGAINST BOND ISSUE
FROM BENCH HE SUGGESTS
GRAND JURY'S RECOMMEN-
DATION. NOT WISE NOW.

STATESBORO, Ga.-At the con-
clusion of Judge Strange's charge to
the grand jury this morning R. Sim
mons, one OF the biggest merchants,
cotton buyers and landowners in this
county, asked the Judge if he could
saw few words. He declared that he
Endorsed all of the courts charge to
the jury, and then launched into a
discussion OF economies.
He urged the jury to use its infiu-
ence in reducing the expenses OF the
county, that the taxes were becoming
unbearable, and dwelt at length on the
proposed bond issue for the state. lie
declared he was against it.
Mr.. Simmons stated his property
did not bring in suficient income to
paw the taxes and he did not want any
more expense added. At his conclu-
sion Judge Strange turned to the jury
and Endorsed Mr.. Simmons remarks
about the bond issue. Personally |
am against it and | suggest that you
gentlemen have in your recommends
tions that the people vote against it,
and also for your representatives to
be against any such constitutional
amendment. | am not only against 1t
personally, but because | think 1t IS to
the interest of my people. l cannot
live alone. | can pay the additional
tax. for / am already being fed out OF
the trough, but | do not think IT
wise thing to put it on the people
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
PREDICTS A SHOCK
IN BOND EXPOSURE
STARTLING DISCLOSURES PRE-
DICTED BY REPRESENTA-
TIVE JOHNSON, DAKOTA.

WASHINGTON, D. &C Startling
disclosures" in connection with, his
charges of wholesale duplication Of
government bonds were forecast on
Friday by Representative Royal C..
Johnston, South Dakota, republican.
Johnston spoke with reference to in
sistent rumors of the duplication and
circulation of between $250,00O0 900
and $500, 100000 worth Of government
bonds during the war.
On the floor of the house he had
charged that hundreds of millions OF
dollars worth" of such bonds had been
duplicated at time of their issue.
"Within a few weeks this matter
will be the overshadowing piece OF
news in Washington, Johnston said,
This statement was made in the lace
of repeated denials of Secretary OF the
Treasury Mellon of reports OF dupli-
cations of gigantic proportions.
Case Up to Daugherty.
Attorney General Daugherty, who
accompanied President Harding on the
trip to Point Pleasant, o., was due
/ back here Friday and may issue a
statement in reply to Johnston, either
DENYING or affirming that he had evil
dence of the alleged Implications. 1t
was recalled that representatives OF
the iuctice department took part IN
the inventory recently made at the
bureau of printing and engraving toll
lowing the dismissal of tWenty-seVen
bureau chiefs.
William J. Burns, head of the bu-
reau of investigation of the depart
ment of justice, on Friday denied re-
ports that his men. were watching or
had taken into custody number OF
men who formerly held positions OF
trust with the government.
Bond Holders Anxious.
Government officials are making ev-
ery effort to still the stories OF dupll-
cations. These stories already have
had bad effect on government bonds,
one treasury department official stat
| ed. Holders of government bonds are
becoming anxious for fear they are
in possession of duplicates.
It will be extremely difficult to trace
down duplicated bonds, because many
of the issues involved in the reports
do not mature for many years.
Representative Johnston said that he
personally took the department OF jus
tice early in 1921 seven typewriter
pages of numbers of government
bonds that had been duplicated, most
of the numbers OF the alleged spurious
bonds running 100000 higher than the
bonds legitimately issued.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09

Registration for This Years Elections
Closed Saturday. Little Interest in
Politics Shown by Woven of the
County and City.
Registration for the state primary
this year, at which governor, state
house officials, members of the legis-
lature, supreme and circuit court
judges and members of congress will
be chosen, closed Saturday.
Georgia's registration law requires,
voter in the general election and the
primary elections to be registered SIX
months in advance of the date OF the
general election. The date of the gen
era1 election being the first Monday
in November, which is the sixth OF
the month, the closing date for reg
istering was therefore the 9th OF May.
One of the surprising things is
the little interest shown in politics by
the women. Tax Collector Russell in
forms The News that only 100 Terrell
county women registered, and conse-
quently only that number will be eli
gible to participate in the elections this
year. The number of men who have
registered is approximately 1850.
The number who can participate IN
the city primary will be much smaller,
as only 50 women who are residents of
Dawson are among those who regis
tered. Under the law no one can
participate in the city primary who
is not a qualified state elector, and
women who did not register with Tax
Co11ac+or E,1cCe11 cannot now register
for the city primary.
With the exception of those in Daw-
son nearly all of the women regis
tered live in the Brentwood district.
One negro woman has registered.
tered.
The number of women who have
registered throughout the state is cor
respondingly small.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
She Attacks Savannah Girl to Whom
American Transferred Affections.
Gave Him Her Heart and Fortune
And Was Mother of His Baby.

SAVANNAH, Ga.--A shattered ro-
nance of the world war-shatteered by
an American soldier to whom she . gave
her heart and fortune of million
pretty young French widow, to attack
Yesterday Miss Georgia Lee, who was
receiving attentions OF the war veter-
an. to.a
With w. d. Adams, of Savannah, a
member Of the expeditionary forces;
She told the court. and gave, him al
the money left her by her husband,
who died year before she met the
American.
Named Baby for Him.
Before Adams came home a baby
was born. She named him for Adams,
Who promised to return and legally
marry her, she asserted.
But Adams did not return. After
France and had half dozen servants.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09

this point the drawing power of the
doughnuts and coffee she had been
serving the councilmen began to wane
Meetings were not well attended, she
was not getting the backing she
thought she was entitled to, hence
came the decision to 'iquit the darn
job" ~
n o. Brown when he left to make his
home in Florida. When Mrs. McFad-
den made it known she was through
with politics, the former mayor decid-
ed to come back. He has been re-
elected to the job.