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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
WOMAN COUNTS DAYS
AS HANGING NEARS
CRUMPLES LEAF OF CALEN-
OAR EACH DREARY DAY IN
FULTON COUNTY JAIL.

ATLANTA, Cain a small. dimly
lighted cell in death row" of the
Fulton county Jail frail, little wo-
man with defiant look in here eyes
daily tears page from calendar
the only object which decorates the
four walls of her cramped quarters.
/ Apparently unmoved, she waits pa
tiently for the coming of July 28-
the fateful day upon which her life is
scheduled to be snuffed out by hang
mans moose. She is Mrs. Cora Lou
Vinson, widow of one of Atlanta
most prominent physicians, and for
whose murder she is sentenced to for
felt her life
Twelve men-Georgians by birth
and breeding-afte listening six days
to testimony in the case adjudged her
guilty, and despite the traditional
courtesy Of the southerner for his wo-
mankind rendered their verdict with
out recommendation for mercy. Judge
]. D. HUMPHREYS Immediately pro-
nounced sentence of death.
Such a verdict was not expected
the prosecution had not even asked for
it-and it fell like bombshell in the
court room.
Killed Without Warning.
The crime for which Mrs. Vinson
stands convicted is, considered one Of
the most sensational ever enacted in
Atlanta. On March 81 Mrs. Vinson
went to her husbands Office and
while his attention was directed else
where calmly shot him to death, the
evidence purported to show. A chauf-
feur who drove Mrs. Vinson from her
home to Dr. WILSON'S Office testified
that she had requested to be taken to
her husbands Office lin closed car
with all curtains drawn" in order that
DIR. Vinson might not know she was
coming.
There were no eyewitnesses to the
tragedy, but petition for divorce filed
by DR.. Vinson several days before his
death and which was admitted as evil
dence during Mrs. WILSON'S trial tend
ed to show that the woman had threat
ened his life on numerous occasions,
and that she had made several at
tempts to carry out her threats. Here
tofore she had always been frustrated
in her attempt.
In his petition for divore DR.. Vim
son alleged that the trouble arose
over his refusal to deed all of his prop
erty to his wife. He asserted that Mrs.
Vinson had threatened she was going
to get all of my property transferred
into her name and then kill me-"
Predict Clemency.
During her trial Mrs. Vinson denied
the charge and said she had killed her
husband because he had threatened to
divorce her because she was in i'll
health.
Attorneys scout the idea that the
woman will actually hang. Ifethe ex-
IRENE penalty is inflicted Mrs, Vinson
will be the second woman to be legally
executed in the state of Georgia and
the third upon whom the death SEN
tence has been passed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
FIERCE BATTLE OVER
POLITICAL Gave Man"
SENATOR REED is CENTER OF
HEATED FIGHT IN MIS- Q
SOURI, CAMPAIGN.
WOMEN IGNORE PARTY

Although the Senator Has Batteo
M TKJoroen on the Head" Many Times
Now Of His Staunchest Supporters
Are of That Sex.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Missourl
continues to be center OF a furious
.a,;;n;oe ferment over the candidacy
u Senator James A. Reed, for renom-
o. .t Go,, in the democratic primaries.
Hl& Wnn7rn now are lining up Tor or
MT the senator regardless OF party
ines ines The latest cause Tor 1e FEMININE:
o@;taton is the action OF the Missouri
asoag,,e of Women Voters in condemn
no Reed and indorsing Breckenridge
T" ero for the nomination.
LJ In77rndine upon family affair is the
+be democratic women voice their
N@S ,trnent of the leagues action. Both
Ho trends and enemies of Reed among
. .i,o ,romen in the democratic party
I tnif; thev should be allowed to
handle their Reed problem without IN
difference from women outside the
party. -, eo,,ro ,,bo
Reed IS ldlrOllai rs "a -
strangely interests women voters all
over the country. He might be term
Cd toe cave man" of politics, so Tar
,S women are concerned. He has bat
tod women on the head fguratively--
with his sarcastic bludgeon-a n d
5raoqed her about the floor OF the
s S,19S bv the hair. And yet-perhaps
= i thc primal instinct in women
coming TO the fore-some OF the
Stanncbest supporters of Reed are wo-
men He was the most vituperatlve
onnonent of woman suffrage. He rid1-
cnied the maternity bill with all his
powers as master OF mvectlve ana
sarcasm. He referred virulently to the
"oId maids in the children bureau
who would tell the mothers OF the
country how to raise their children.
Though women bitterly hold all these
things against him somehow. their
admiration for his courage, his terri
living logic, the sheer intelligence OF
/ the man, tops the antagoniSm natural
" aroused in them by his opposition
4 to the sex. Condemnation OF the &C
ton of the Missouri League of Wo-
NtI V OlClS III OPSll9 OPPOSAS
in the primary fight has come there
fore from all quarters of the United
States.
Attacks the Action.
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, the resi-
dent committee woman at the Wash
ington headquarters of the democratic
party, voices the sentiment of the dem
ocratic women throughout the country.
81 don't see how a non-partlsan or
ganization like the League of Women
Voters can go on record as opposing
or endorsing the candidate of party,
with a membership composed Of both
democrats and republicans. 1t does not
mean anything for bipartisan or
ganization to take an action OF this
kind because they cannot promise sup
port if the candidate they endorse is
chosen at the primaries. It is merely
buttng into a family affair. One OF
the advantages of being in a party is
IN having a voice in selecting candl-
dates, The league undertakes to die
tate the choice of a party without be-
ing able to promise support"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
F FEDERAL APPROPRIATION
FOR HIGHWAY WORK IN fe2z
HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.
GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1

Maximum Participation on Part of
Government Reduced to $16,250 a
Mile. Average Cost of All Federal
Aid Roads Constructed Has Been
$17,12 Per Mile.
: Georgia will receive 1881, 972 for
roads from the federal treasury in the
fiscal year beginning July 1st. The
sum must be matched by the state,
and the money spent IN accordance
with rules of the government that are
in force. Next year and year after
each state will receive larger sum.
The appointments are made to all
the states out of total appropriation
of $190000000, for federal aid roads,
carried in the postofice appropriation
bill signed by President Harding.
$19O,OOo,OOO to Be Divided.
OF the total $50,000,000 is to be di-
vided among the states in the year
beginning July l; in the next year
SOS, 100000, and in the third year $75,-
100000. For forest roads there will be
an additional sum of $6,500,000 avail
able for distribution in the second and
third fiscal years.
New legislation reduces the MAXIM
UNI participation on the part of the
government from $4,000 to $16,2S0 a
mile for roads constructed with the
appropriation for the next fiscal year
and $4,000 mile thereafter. Bridges
over 70 feet in span may be consider
ed as separate projects to which this
limitation does not apply. In states
where more than FIVE per cent of the
area is unappropriated public land pro-
vision is made for an increase in the
amount per mile. The act also provides
for the extension of federal aid to the
construction of structures required for
the elimination of railroad grade cross
ings.
The appropriation comes when sew
eral states are nearing the limit of
funds available. The authorization cd
funds for three years in advance w1B
be of great benefit to all states, Of
ficials think, in that it will permit them
to lay their plans for some time ahead
~ Benefits Explained.
What the new funds will mean may
be judged by the use that has been
made of the $350,000,000 previously
appropriated On May 81, 900 miles
of sroad had been completed, and, in
addition, nearly l4,500 miles were un-
der construction. Federal aid roads in
all stages total nearly $500 miles, in
volving over $2S7, 100000 of federal
aid To match this. fund the states
have appropriated approximately $780,
100000, making total of 1907 500, GOO
All types of road have been con-
structed with federal aid to meet the
varying conditions in the United
States. The average cost per mile has
been $17,120 and federal aid has
amounted to 43 per cent Of the total
cost.
1t is estimated that the $lo0,000,0OO
lately authorized will result in the CON
struction of more than $4,000 miles,
which added to the 10000 miles that
is expected to result from previous
makes total of II 600
miles, or nearly 40 per cent of the es-
timated 10000 miles Of road in the
system of federal aid roads now be-
ing outlined
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
GEORGIA WILL GET $1,331, 972 FOR ROADS
Federal Expenses and
Debt Show Decrease

WASHINGTON, D. Eff
teen days from the end Of the fiscal
year, which comes to close on
June 80, ordinary expenditures of
the government had been $3,177,-
100000, as compared with $804, 000,-
600 for the first eleven and half
months of the last fiscal year, while
ordinary receipts had aggregated
$3,7S2,000,000, as against $5,045,-
100000 for a similar period last
year.
These figures were contained in
the statement Of federal finances as
of June Is, issued on Saturday by
the treasury.
Public debt receipts for the cur
rent fiscal year aggregated $4,933,-
100000, against %,276,000,000
year ago, while public debt expendi-
lures totaled 5,630,000,000 compar-
ed with $7,706,0O0,000 during the
corresponding period last year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
Babies to Order in Future,
Says Woman Doctor
DR.. Sarah M. Hobson's Belief in Mat
ter of Determination of Sex.

CHICAGO.-Babies to order will
not be unknown to future generations
Of parents, according to DR.. Sarah M.
5Hiobson president of the American
homeopathy Institute Fraternity. DR..
Hobson expressed the belief that pres
ePt experiments in the determination
OF sex will ultimately be developed to
I, state OF practical usefulness and that
me sex Of child will be determined
by the parents as a matter of course.
1t will not be in my time" she
SAD, but | believe it is coming and
mat It IS good thing. No family
should be composed of all boys or all
SfS' Children of both sexes should
make up the normal family"
DR.. ROYAL S. Copeland, health COM
missioner OF New York, asserted in an
address that there are $500 men and
Momen IN the United States who are
more than 100 years old. He said that
Oy right living and right thinking the
average person should live to be a
hundred with eye undimmed and the
NATURAL forces undated"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
BANKERS ADDRESS
STIRS UP BAPTISTS
SPEECH MADE BY JAMES c.
COLGATE MIXTURE HUMOR,
SARCASM, CONDEMNATION.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind-The adj
dress of James c. Colgate, banker
at SO Wall street, New York, treasur-
er of the general board OF promotion,
which has been one of the points OF
attack by the fundamentalists, was
one Of the sensations today at the
Baptist northern convention.
Mr.. Colgate's speech was mixture
of humor, sarcasm and condemnation
in characterizing the fundamentalists
and in referring to the work OF the
general board of promotion, which has
had in charge the raising of $4,000 900
for missionary and benevolent work.
"At the sideshows on Coney island, y
he said. IAN Ethiopian is hired to stick
his head through hole in board and
let those who pay for the privilege
have a chance to fire at him.
"The difference between the Ethio-
plan and DIR. J. Y. Atkinson, general
director of the boards of promotion, is
that the people who throw the balls
have to pay for the privilege before
they shoot. At Coney island the balls
are soft, but any old thing is good
enough to fire at the head OF the d1-
rector of the board.
81 am, a conservative, but | am not
a fundamentalist. A brake is useful in
an automobile, but one can't get tar
simply on brakes. The fundamentalists
have been useful as brakes, Tor we
have been exceeding the speed limit
in some of our plans.
Il believe in apostolic succession,
for l have found the men OF the
church a good deal like the apostles
When Christ needed them most IN the
garden of Gethsamane they were
asleep. When he didn't need them any
more they were ready to cut off the
ear of the servant of the high priest. "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
Webster County Sunday
School Convention July II
Big Day Is Promised at Rural Hill
Methodist Church.

The Webster county Sunday school
convention will be held at the Meth
odist church at Rural Hill on July H.
This convention is undenominational,
and all Sunday schools in the county
have become members at previous as
sociations. The officials Of the conven-
ton are boxing forward to the meet
ing this year with great interest.
Special recognition will be given to
the Sunday school having the largest
attendance. Two state workers viii be
present to assist on the program
which has not yet been completed for
publication. Other we'll known Sunday
school workers in Webster and posi-
bly adjoining counties will also be on
the program.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27

ST. PEI ERSBURG, FLA giant
!, ascuda, known to Florida fisher
Z Tiger OF the Sea-" yes
terday Ind killed Dorothy
McClatchie, wears old, mem
Der of the state ship swim
ming team of the St. - rsburg high
school. The tragedy occurred late in
the afternoon while Miss McClatchie
was swimming in the ship channel of
Tampa Bay opposite this city in COM
pany with her chum, Mary Buhner,
seventeen, also a member of the cham
If ship team.
1iss Buhner, at the risk of her own
life, held her companion with one arm
while with the other she signaled to
the shore, half mile away, for help.
Miss McClatchie received nearly a
score of wounds on her body from the
ferocious barracuda. An artery of her
left leg was severed and she bled to
death in few minutes after the at
tack.
1t is the first tragedy of the kind
ever recorded in Florida waters. The
presence of barracuda in Tampa Bay
is unusual; but it is supposed the fish
were patroling the channel in the wake
of Tampabound gulf steamer in
search of food.
The two girls started about $50
o'clock on a practice swim to buoy
mile and half from shore The
course is one often followed as one of
the stunts" performed by local swim
mers. No one, least of all the two
champion swimmers, who had brought
considerable fame to ST Petersburg
by reason of their proves in the wa
ter, anticipated any untoward occur
renee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
TEXAN DRAWS GUN ON
BEV NUDE BATHERS
KEEPS THEM IN WATER, CON
FISCATES THEIR ATTIRE
AND, QUIETLY DEPARTS.
HURRY CALL FOR TAXIS
September Morn Swimming Parties
In Gravel Pit Near Dallas Become
So Frequent Farmers Take Law
Into Their Own Hands.

IL III avn IL 4NCdA OdlldS bGCOII1G
So Frequent Farmers Take Law
Into Their Own Hands.
DALLAS, Tex" September Morn
swimming parties, staged by young
men and women in water filled
gravel pit south of Dallas, have be-
come so frequent that farmers of that
vicinity have taken the law into their
own hands in an effort to break up the
practice, according to reports made to-
day to officers in charge of the sweep
ing investigation of immortality here.
The latest back to nature" outing
held at the swimming hole was broken
up by the owner of the land, officers
were told today. Twenty couples, it
was said, were surprised by the farm
ers as they were splashing about the
hole. A farmer goaded to desperation,
disappeared for a moment and then
returned with a shotgun, warning the
bathers to stay in the water. He gath
cred up all the clothing and left The
bathers remained in the water until
nearly midnight, when one of the men,
shivering from the cold, ventured out,
wrapped himself up with a gunny sack
and telephoned from farm house
for half a dozen closed taxis.
The mysterious line of taxis was
seen leaving the swimming hole as
ate as 4 o'clock in the morning.
The bathers, sans clothes, were dis
tributed to their homes in Dallas just
before the peep of day by the taxicabs.
Officers expect to get the names of
the bathing party from a list of deliv-
cries made by the taxi company.
1t is understood that both the own
or of the land where the swimming
hole is located and the taxi drivers will
be summoned before the grand jury.
The farmer has turned over the lin
gerie, skirts, waists, stockings, hats
and mere male attire to the officers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
Lusitdnia Carried
Submarines and Shells
Germans Demand Government Repre-
sentation at Raising of Vessel

Germans Demand Government Repre-
sentation at Raising of Vessel
BERLIN.-That the Lusitania car
ried two submarines in addition to
munitions and torpedoes, which it was
intended to remove unseen on the yes
sells arrival, was a statement made IN
an Interpolation submitted to the
Reichstag today by the National PeO-
pies party, which asked whether the
government was ready to take steps
to have German representatives pres
ent at the raising of the vessel.
The Interpolation said that the party
based the statement on reliable infor-
nation.
The Lusitania sinking, the party de-
clares, contributed toward arousing
sentiment against Germany, and was
used particularly for the purpose of
drawing the United States into the
conflict Therefore, it adds, there is
special interest in proving the sinking
was justified by international law.
because the German government had
positive information the ship had con-
traband aboard"
The party demands that Germany
be represented by competent observ-
ers throughout the raising of the ship
and the salvaging of the cargo.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
RlchIand May Offer Court
House to Stewart County
N'uzens Reported as Willing to Give
Building Suitably Equipped.

T.M meeting of the city council on
i 5ueI 50, night plans were set on foot
c [;' N'h.and to make an offer to the
tba,. OF Stewart county in which
Co, S propose to give to the county a
m 1uil mouse suitably equipped with all
MODERN gonveniences.
f, IS lated that it will be necessary
w 1oa' a bonded indebtedness of thir-
rsb, 10 'Glrty-hve thousand dollars to
site 'uq tne court house on the former
co,,n ana II bonds are not carried the
An n''.a,IJll55:si!oners will be required to add
alt rn additional seven mills to the al
,CSuy heavy burden of taxes in the
tbe D'Iy m order to secure funds for
land I'm the proposed offer from Rich
The W W give the county a court house
elin; Donded indebtedness would be
'''i''iated,-Richland News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
Agree to Include Big
Sum for Navy Aircraft

WASHINGTON, D. C-Inclusion
of a senate amendment of $653I ,OUO IN
the naval appropriation bill Tor new
construction of aircraft was agreed TO
today by house and senate conterees
on the annual supply measure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
| SCHOOL WAS HALTED
WHILE CHILDREN SMOKED

Some $50 years ago children in Eng
land were sent to school with pipes
in their satchels, and the school mas
ter called halt in their duties while
they all smoked.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
100000 VALUE
OF GEORGIA EGGS
VALUE OF CHICKENS RAISED
IS NINE AND A HALF MIL
LION DOLLARS.

The production of poultry and eggs
in Georgia is considered by many peo-
pie as of minor importance. A glance
at the last United States census re-
port, however, will show that it is one
of the largest branches of the agricul-
tura1 industry in the state, standing
near the top value of annual produc-
ton. In fact, it is exceeded in value
only by cotton and corn.
According to the government cen
sus the total value of eggs sold from
the farms of Georgia in 1919 amount
ed to $o,7364l4,00. The chickens
raised on the farms during the same
year were valued at $o,482, 20800. This
does not take into consideration the
eggs consumed at home, nor does 1t
consider the production from thous-
ands of back yard f1ocks in the cities
and towns. In the small towns nearly
every family have their own flock OF
from ten to one hundred birds, and it
is to be regretted that no figures are
available on the actual number of fowls
and eggs thus produced Even when
not counting home consumption and
the back yard hocks the total from
the farms alone amounts to $19,2l8,-
922.O0 actual census figures. Does this
look like a minor industry?
Let us compare the. value of poultry
products with some other agricultural
products. The same census report
shows these variations:
Dairy products, $19,757.1o5.
Sweet potatoes, $13,171, 629.
Peaches, $S,280,279. 8
Oats, $3,172,68O.
Apples, $708735.
With the present production Geor-
eia cannot supply its own demands
and last year $20,000,00000 worth OF
eggs and poultry were shipped into
the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
POTATO DEMONSTRATION.

Springfield is having a demonstra-
ton of Isl sweet potato products
put on by Waycross packing house.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27

Maximum Participation on Part of
Government Reduced to $16,250 a
Mile. Average Cost of All Federal
Aid Roads Constructed Has Been
$17,12O Per Mile.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-22
love THEFT"CAUS
OF FPOWERS'SDEATH
IN TEXAS TRAGEDY
Letter Alleged Written by Mrs.
Soderman viii Be Basis of
UnWritten Law Defense.

DALLAS, Tex, April % Omitted
Press) Dave Soderman, indicted for
killing j. Clay Powers. playwright and
member of a famous Kentucky fam
lily. following an alleged letter from
Mrs. Soderman declaring 'he stole
my love-" will base his defense on the
unwritten law, his attorneys indicated
to-day.
The love theft was committed
mot too many times, because he
knew l would soon tire of him." the
alleged letter from Mrs. Soderman to
her husband declared, according to ex-
tracts given out by his attorneys.
'He broke UP my home" Soderman
was alleged to have told a detective
who struck up his gun after the
shooting in a crowded hotel lobby,
Tuesday.
"See my lawyers. gentlemen" was
the only statment he woud make tc
the reporters. Soderman sits in jail.
smoking cigarettes, while lawyers are
framing a habeas corpus petition tc
free him.
Mrs. Soderman's alleged death let
ter" referred to the 'hrst wine
party" from which she declared she
awoke to find herself in a room with
Powers, former army Major and
author. of several plays. Intimacy
was admitted, the attorneys declared
"He defended his home with d
gun--the only way open TO him-tht
unwritten law" a statement from
counsel declared. "His wife's testi-
mony will clear him"
Soderman will go TO trial May s
Maury Hughes, District Attorney ant
brother of the prosecutor in the Day
Beck case at Oklahoma city, declared
he believed the letter "frame-up."
''No woman wrote that letter un'
der stress of passion. as 1t was de
clared to have been written" Hughes
claimed. 1T was carefully composed
and then copied in Mrs. Soderman'i
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