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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-11
BRONWOOD NEWS
is BRIEFLY NOTED
OCCURRENCES OF THE WEEK
IN TOWN AND COMMUNITY
,CHRONICLED FOR NEWS.

Mr.. G. f. Cooper came down from
Atlanta with Mr. T. w. Gammage to
visit the latter's mother and Mr.. w.
H. Miller. Mr.. Cooper being Won
derful marksman, while here they
Joined hunting party and had fine
success; Mr.. Cooper especially. He
killed evervthing he found.
Miss Matte Derrick entertained
the members of the Kilkare club on
Tuesday. The living room where the
games were played, was beautifully
decorated Win ferns and fall flowers.
After the games salad course was
served.
Rev. J. ]. Saunders and family will
soon leave for their new home at
Milltown. They have numerous friends
here who regret to give them UP, but
hape FOR them muth success in their
new work
Mr.. Charlie Paul Holland is CON
valescing from an operation at the
Plains hospital His many friends
here hope he will soon be restored to
his wanted health.
Mrs. W. R. Martin and Mr.. Jssse
Martin went to Sycamore Friday and
were accompanied home by Misses
Wilma and Elma Martin, who spent
the weekend here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George MasseJ, Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Massey ana Mr..
Grady MasseY attended the funeral Of
the formers sister, Mrs. Strange in
Ellaville.
Mrs. w. H. KetChum stopped over
on her way from Fl, Gaines to Coch-
ran and visited her numerous friends
here a few days.
DR.. and Mrs. S. D. Bowman, Mrs.
R. E. Bowman, Mrs. Henry WilcoXon
and Mrs S. w. Kennedy spent Fri
day in Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gammage, OF
Pelham, visited their uncles, Messrs.
D. A. and J. w. Gammage, Thanks
giving day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Denton and
children and Miss Ida Gammage, OF
near Americas, visited relatives here
Sunday.
Mrs. D.~A. Gammage was hostess
at an "olc time" possum dinner on
Thursday. She had five invited guests
Mr.. w. H. Miller spent the week
end in Hawkinsville as the guest Of
his daughter, Mrs Ezekiel Martin.
The play given by the tenth grade
FRIDAY night was a wonderful success
They realized about $500.
Miss Doris Pitman, OF Sumner was
pleasant visitor of Miss Lucille
Sumner the past week.
Mrs. Carl Smith and children, O
Albany, spent Sunday with Mrs w
w Massey.
Misses Ann and Evelyn Stapletor
spent the 'vee-end with relatives il
Americas.
Mrs. ]. n. Hudson, OF Macon, Wis
tied > Mrs. D. B. Hill here the pas
week
Mr.. Jesse Martin has left for Cuba
where he has accepted position.
Mrs J. w. Paulk made a business
trip to Edison the past week.
Mr.. Paris Hill, OF Atlanta, is Wis
iting relatives here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-11
MAY SOON PLANT FIVE HUNDRED
ACRE PECAN GROVE IN COUNTY

ing nuts valued at 500 for the years
output, were pointed out
That such yields can be harvested
from the Bronwood tract within a
reasonable time was considered to be
easily within the range Of possibilities,
when a sufficient amount of capital to
provide for proper care of the trees
enters into the prospects.
Whether or not the tract will be
planted in pecans yet remains uncer-
tain. The question resolves itself, per
haps, into whether or not Mr.. Blanch-
ct can convince his hackers with the
same amount of force he admits he
has been convinced on his tour Of
the pecan belt.
In the meantime those of Terrell
county cognizant of the opportunity
presented in pecan culture are anx-
iously awaiting the decision OF the
New York interests. If they take the
view Mr.. Blanchet believes they will
it means, probably, that there will be
large stream of capital flowing to
this section
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-11
New Yorker Tours Section With
View to Bringing Northern Cap
ital Here. Raymond Stapleton
Is Interested in Project.

Prospects for a substantial addition
70 the pecan bearing acreage Of Ter
reIl county became very bright during
+be past week when A. D. Blanchet
If New York, accompanied by Ray
r,ond Stapleton, OF Elberton, former
II. ri Terrell county, made tour of
4ba necan section Of this part OF the
rate to investigate the advisability OF
olanting about 500 acres near Bron-
wood in pecan trees.
Mr.. Blanchet declared that he was
,srv favorab1y impressed with the
disabilities of the pecan industry in
.1uthwest Georgia, and that he was
practically sure that active measures
viii soon be taken by the interests
he represents in developing the prof.
ect The land upon which the propos-
Cd planting will take place is owned
Inv the Stap1eton family and others
wing in the Brentwood section.
Mr.. Blanchet will return to New
York within a few days to lay his OBJ
servation of the prospects before the
company behind the movement II
thew are approved as Mr.. Blanchet
confidently predicted they would be,
oDcrationswill begin within short
time, it is believed
In the tour of inspection Messrs:
Planchet and Stapleton visited all OF
the large groves in this immediate vi
entity, and also those near Albany
and Baconton.
The possibilities incidental to the
cultivation of pecans were wildly nm
pressed upon them at practically ev-
cry point of the journey. At one place
near Baconton a grower was pointed
out as having gathered $4,000 pounds
Of nuts from IS acres of land. Many
orchards were found to be. yielding
rom 500 to $500 worth OF nuts tc
the acre and trees, said to be produc-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-11
.WOMAN'S CLUB HOLDS
IMPORTANT SESSION
ARRANGED FOR THE DAWSON
DOCTORS TO EXAMINE PU-
Pills IN THREE GRADES.

The December meeting OF the Wo-
mans club was more than usually in
teresting. In recognition OF the ap-
preaching holiday season, the meeting
was opened by the clubs singing, UNI
der the leadership of Miss Nellie
LANG, two favorite Christmas carols,
90 Little Town OF Bethlehem" and
Silent Night, Holy Night
After the disposal of various bust
ness matters the president, Mrs, D.
/ c. Pickett. turned over the program
to Mrs. Chappell, chairman OF the
public welfare committee. All phases
Of the work of this committee could
not, of course, be presented IN one
program, but Mrs. Chappell chose the
one phase nearest the heart OF wo-
men-"child welfare" An interesting
pamphlet on the School Child" was
read by Mrs. Kenyon. Underweight
and overweight children, defective
teeth, broken and restless slep, irrl-
liability and langour wre the c0ndi-
tons discussed in the paper. Then
relation to a, childs diet and the ne
cessity OF correcting these conditions
in children were forcefully presented
Mrs. Chappell made the gratifying
announcement that, through the gen
erous kindness of Dawson physicians
physical examination of children ii
the first three public school grades
is to be conducted as soon as the de.
tails can be arranged.
Mrs. Chaprel1 plans also to secure
for distribution to the club members
very practical and helpful pamphle
on School Lunches" Most mother!
realize that the school Alnch plays
very important part in the success o
her child's day and they are eager tot
help and suggestions to make thu
lunches what they should be.
Mrs. Chappell's committee IS Il
charge also Of the annual sale OF Rec
Cross Christmas seals The Dawson
club is undertaking to sell Sl0'
worth OF the 5000 worth which tn
County Federation proposes to sell
| Mrs. Ours informal talk on tn
meaning and purpose OF the Re'
Cross stamps was ringing appea
to the club women to do their bes
in selling them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-11
Commissioners Elect
New Prohibition Officer
w. M. Kelly Employed at Salary of
$3.50 Per Month.

Will Kelly was appointed county
policeman to succeed Captain G. w.
Sage, at the regular monthly meeting
of the county commissioners on last
Tuesday. Mr.. Kelly was employed for
the month of December and will be
paid at the rate of $3.50 month, which
is $50 per month less than the amount
paid Captain Sage for his services in
this capacity.
Captain Sage, whose employment
terminated on December LIST, returned
to Albany Saturday. During the sew
eral months he was here he made
many friends among the people OF the
county.
First public school opened in Bos-
ton in 1895.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-11
SOUGHT MEN FOR FORT
BENNING HERE SATURDAY
Lieut.. Tatom Is Touring Southwest
Georgia for Recruits.

Lieut.. Keith K. Tatom, OF Fort
Benning, Columbus, Ga, was in Daw-
son Saturday on a recruiting tour OF
southwest Georgia to secure men TOR
the various units stationed at the In
fantry school. While no report was
made by Lieut.. Tatom, it IS under
stood that he met with considerable
success Sin this section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-11

D. A. r. MEETS FRIDAY.
The Dorothy Walton chapter, d.
A. R., will meet next Friday after
noon at o'clock at the home OF Mrs
W. R. Cox.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
WIRES HOT ON
SOCIAL PROBE

SPOKANE. Ami lain telo-
graphcd messages 10 Washington.
j. G.. Thursday night. the Herbert
G. Harris citizens committee de-
,nanded 10 know what action win be
taken regarding Mrs. Miles w Pola.
deSter's chargrn OF missonduct in
Washington society.
Tho messages were sent 20 the
head OF the Anu.saloon league, tho
national legislative representative
Of tho W. c. T. U. ana 20 national
prohibition headquarters. ana asked
for showdown by those temper
ance officials
THE society OF the national CAPT.
tot cannot be whitewaHhed," the
messages declared. commenting upon
Mrs PolndeS,ors charges OF gam.
bling, drinking and booze talk" In
exclusive capital circles.
Mrs, rolndoStrr 10 wife or the am.
hassador Co Peru. She sailed for
Lima with her husband last week.
The Harris committee took tho
initiative Ia circulating petitions
directed 20 Attorney General
Daugherty asking Tor a federal
grand jury probe OF Washington 10
cloty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
Quartet Will Give
One-Act Operetta

Tho one-aet operotth. COX and
Box" adapted from THE Long Lost
Brothers" by the English author.
y. G. BERNARD. viii be presented BY
tho Hlnshaw concert quartet at the
ssottie y. N, c. A. at ., N. Sat.
urday, April "a.
The music Of Cox and Box" wiz
arranged BY Sir Gilbert sullivan. and
IN said 10 bo on par with music 81
"Pinaforc." THE Mihano" and many
other Sullivan productions
Elaborate scenic effects and arts
tic costumes have been secured. sc,
cordlnK 90 the management.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
Bureau Of
Missing
Relatives

The star infifes readers 10 uHs this
department - an aid la finding missing
relatives pr friends. The department. -
% help In ssaniting those Who have been
separated. Those whose relatives OF
friends are missiaE are invited 20 report
the Disappearance directly o. The star.
Headers who MAJ know the whsrcaboats
% persons mentioned la thia eaiumn -
missing are requested slss 10 s-p,H 10
The star. Other nsuspspoFs are invited
10 rrprpduoe such items as will iniersst
their readers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
Prince Is Robbed
by Pretty Maiden

PARIS. April 10 - BouleyardlsFs
are relating with mirth a misfortune
that befeil Prince Louis. OF Monaco.
during his visit here. Tho prince In
known eH an easy prey for begsara
a beautiful young piekpocket took
advantage OF this fact 10 approach
him at his hotel. shn told him har.
rowing story OF sickness and despair
in her family. While sho was talk.
ing sho rubbed him OF his watch and
$500. on her departure the prince
save her $3.50 moro. not discovering
for an hour that he had been robbed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13

ming May 80 It covers interesting
scenes Of varied character about the
city. and was made primarily Tor
display in tho East. IN connection
with the campaign OF those roads
10 advertise the Paelfio Northwest.
One copy has been supplied the
Chamber OF Commerce. which as
sisted in preparation Of the dim. for
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
Close Registration
in County April IL

King county residents outside OF
Seattle must register betrro D. m.
next Tuesday n til~y want TO par.
'ieipaie Ia the port and school cleo.
lions on May s, City registration
closed April T.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
Film of Seattle
to Be Shown Here

4 thousand feet OF rlm made In
seattle for the Great Northern.
Northern Pacific and Burlington
roads VIII be SHOWN In seattle dur.
INK KNOW Your City" week. begin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
HERE is CHAMP
l. IDOUGHNUT EATER

SAN MATEo. Cal. April Ia
Cleveland may claim the long dis
lance dancing championship. but
San Mateu presents Jimmie Orsth.
king OF doughnut eaters. Ho dis.
posed OF "a In a contest here last
night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13

RICK - The only surviving relative
Of Sarah Elizabeth Fitzpatrick.
whose name since she was married
cannot DO learned. Is very anxious
10 locate Der. She left hey home al
Lincoln. Nsb.. about 10 years ago
and IL believed TO be In Seattle. sho
II asked TO write 10 her sister. Mrs
X ]. Grant. at i72T q A.. Lincoln.
Neb.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
JOSEPH O'NTn-Tho

JOSEPH O'NEII.-The brother Of
Joseph Omen has not heard from
ham for some time ard IL very
anxious 10 locate him. He has a
family of seven children and Ia ba.
lieved 20 be engaged IN the railroad
business In Seattle lie h requested
20 communicate with James o'Nell
AZ 1915 silh ave. Oakland. Cal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
New Police Radio
Station Is Opened

Tho new police radio urondcastIng
station. KFHR, opened Thursday
night on lN ss5 meter wave length
for lta initial official concert, from
20 10 p. m.
Tho station broadcast nj the same
time as kJR and oysriapped a iittle
on kIIQ. but owing 10 the reduced
wave length. did not interfere with
either concert
Tho station was installed by tho
Star Electric Co. and In ciainrd TO
be the largest station In the North.
west
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
MRS WILLIS PHIo-rhs %

WINS NiiisiS flillU-The col.
lapse OF tho suspension bridge at
keisa. Wash. with tho loss OF some
20 Ives. was recalled by a letter ank.
ING uIo whereabouts OF Airs wills
Philo. who IA thought TO have been
on tho structure when Il crashed into
the cowiiiz river several months ago.
Anyone knowing about tho woman II
asked 10 write 10 Roscoe stokes at
Clearwater. MINI.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
moRATIO pu RoucmER--A "

iied mother IN Toledo. o.. has lost
all trace OF her son. Horatlo Du Bou.
cher who left home eight years ago
and II now believed 10 be- in Wash.
lngten- Anyone knowing tho boy
OF his address II requested 10 com.
municate with Mrs. Minnie ort ut
Toledo. o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
Some Bottles Don't
Go Near This Far

AMSTERDAM. April IA bottle
dropped into tho sea al Caster. Ems.
was picked up IS dAya later in the
zuytsr Zee. having Travelled four
miles a day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13
KATIE n0MERs

KATIE BOWERS - Many years
nEo. Louis l., Bowers Was deputy
United States marshal at Kodiak.
Alaska. and lost all trace OF his
adopted daughter. Katie Bowers.
Relatives and friends are very
anxious 10 locate her Anyone know.
ing her In asked 10 communicate with
The Star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13

advertising purposes. Representa-.
tives Of tho roads and OF tho pub,
liciv department, OF The Chamber OF
Commerce yesterday enjoyed a pri.
yaie view OF tho film.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-13

Wedding r,ng was adopted by the
Ambassadors about tho year $50.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27
BETTER ATTENDANCE.

If there is one school problem above
all others on which local, county, and
State authorities should work this
year, it is that of attendance.
Many people do not seem to realize
that child's distaste for school, his
Encouragement, his reputation as a
dullard and his lack of self-confdence
are very often due to a poor attend
ance record. Few children can stay
cut of school several days of every
month and keep up an interest in
school. Absence breeds discourage
ment, self Interpretation, disrespect for
law and blissful ignorance:
The law validates but two excuses
q) bodily or mental condition which
does not permit of attendance; (2)
satisfactory home instruction by "a
qualified teacher. Death in the fami-
ly, contagious disease in the home,
and severe storm should, of course
also be recognized as legitimate ex-
cuses for brief absence from school.
Out of work, disagreement with
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27

teachers, and fear of communicable
Diseases after the epidemic has SUBJ
sided were the most common excuses
given in December for the delin-
quents, no one of which should have
been accepted.
It is a misguided kindness to show
leniency for non-attendance because
the child is needed at howe. All too
often parents purchase additional
land with the express purpose of US
ing their children to perform the ex-
ira required labor and with the full
knowledge that their education must
be sacrificed for the sake of more
acres. Sacrifices are made by many
parents in order that children may
have better school opportunities, but
there are many others who have no
vision for their children. School au
thorities must protect the interests of
such children. Theodore Roosevelt
once said, eff you are going to do any
thing for the average man, you must
begin before he is a man. The chance
of success lies in working with the
boy, and not with the man."
The school attendance records of
Worcester county for this year are
the best since the Compulsory Attend
ance Law Of 1916 was passed. The
latest figures indicate that an increase
Of 6 per cent has been made over the
scholastic year of 1921-1922. This
continued advance is what we should
expect of our people. But our school
attendance is not yet what it ought to
be. Our children are being deprived
of opportunities the State has provid-
ed for them. The situation is unjust
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27
both to the State and to the children.

both to the State and to the children.
Our present concern is to discover
where the children are losing out and
why, and to direct the strength of the
State, as well as of the locality, to
the aid of the children deprived, un-
til every American child is given as
nearly as possible an equivalent of
the best educational opportunity, in
stimulus and help. We may be as
sured that what we do and spend will
return to the nation a hundredfold in
multiplied ability and service and that
what we neglect to do will increase
the nations load and our own distress
We must drive illiteracy to the sea-!
LUCY N. stage,
Attendance Officer.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27
Mid Winter Banquet To
Be Held In Baltimore

The Alumni of Western Maryland
College will hold their annual mid
winter banquet at the Hotel Emerson
in Baltimore, Friday, Feb. %, 1923
at z P. M.
A large and enthusiastic committee
headed by Rev. w. P. Roberts of Bal
timore, is already at work upon the
arrangements and has set goal of
500 subscribers.
The annual banquet is one of the
Oldest institutions connected with the
college and has become the occasion
for the gathering in of the former
students from the East and West.
A splendid program will be arrang-
ed and announced later.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27
Peoples Column

Mr.. Editor:-At the dictation of the
State Tax Commission, an expen tive
and useless branch of the State Gov
eminent, created and dominated in the
interest of Baltimore city, a new,
costly, inopportune and unnecessary
re-assessment Of the taxable property
of Worcester county has lately been
made. For the County Commission
ers, the real representatives of our
people, no longer possess the power
to assess the property Of the county,
except at the command and dicta lion
Of the State Tax Commission.
During the past ten years little by
little the powers Of taxation in this
State have been centralized in An
napolis, under this Tax Commission.
whose members are appointed by the
Governor, and are therefore not di-
rectly responsible to the people.
The, Acts of Assembly by which this
Commission was created and endowed
with powers seem to be designed Fri
marily to reduce the local Boards of
County Commissioners (who have
heretofore been in matters of taxa
ton the immediate representatives Of
the people) into mere figure heads in
order that all the most vital powers of
taxation might be placed as far as
possible out of the reach of the bal
lot box.
The power of taxation is one of the
essential attributes of sovereignty and
all writer's on law and politics agree
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27

that he who can tax is the Sovereign.
This principle is so deeply rooted in
our law that all English speaking De-
mocracies have placed the power of
raising and spending the public mon
ey in those branches only of the Gov
eminent which /, are most responsive
to the public will. To do otherwise is
to deny to the great mass of the PEG
pie the right to participate in their
own Government.
But the State Tax Commission is
not the only Bureau at Annapolis
which can dictate to our County Com
missioners in the matter of Taxation.
BY virtue of recent legislation thu
State Board of Education has the
power (and does not blush, am
told, to exercise the power) to dictate
to our County Commissioners as to
what money and how much money
shall be levied upon the taxpayers of
this County for the Public Schools.
The Board Of Education is also ap-
pointed by the Governor. The mode
of their appointment, their long ten
ure of office, their remoteness and in
sensibility to the touch of public ap-
proval and disapproval, peculiarly dis
qualify the State Board of Education
for the performance of the delicate
duty of levying the public taxes, and
he who can dictate levy might just
as well himsel make the levy.
Under this state Of affairs it is
no wonder that our taxes are forever
soaring; that to support the enor-
nous levies, the taxable property
must be continuously. assessed and re-
ssscd to values so inflated and fabu-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27
Poconaoke Negro Shot
By Girl In Cnsf;eld

Robert Scofeld, 20 years of age, a
colored laborer from Pocomoke City,
who had worked in Crisfeld over 8
year, was instantly killed Wednesday
night at his boarding place by Doro-
thy Monroe, 16-year-old negro girl
of that place.
He had hauled shells all day and
they had been playing with a revolver
in the girls home, which he passed
over to her as being empty after he
had snapped it and which she pointed
at him and snapped, the bullet pierre
ing his heart. The shooting occurred
in a house near Kennerly's Wharf, in
Crisfeld.
The coroner's verdict was one of &C.
cident and she has been released.
Mr.. Gordy Young is numbered a.
mong the sick.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27

lous as to paralyze the Real Estate
market and to threaten confiscation
by means of unjust taxation?
It is wonderful however that all of
this has occurred under the Admins
tration of a Political Party supposed
to be the champion Of Local Self Gov
eminent and the hereditary enemy of
the Capitalization of Authority in
Boards and Bureaus remote from the
public will.
J. STILES CROCKETT.
January "a, 1923.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-01-27
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our heartfelt
appreciation to our numerous friends
for their many deeds of kindness dur
ing the illness and following the death
CT our husband and father, Charles C.
Baker. To those who furnished con-
veyances at the funeral and sent floral
tokens, we extend our sincere thanks,
MRS. MARY E. BAKER
AND CHILDREN.