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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
DRY" OFFICERS SHOW
FIGHT IN GEORGIA
WILL USE MACHINE GUNS AND
BABY TANKS IN WAR ON
THE RUM RUNNERS.
War hovers over Georgia!

War hovers over Georgia!
The federal prohibition enforcement
squad has issued a warning to rum
runners that. unless they cease their
activities, baby tanks and machine
guns will be obtained from the gov
eminent and war to the finish" will
follow.
1t is useless for handful of "dry"
agents to try to halt train of half a
dozen trucks filled with liquor, espe-
cia1ly when the train is accompanied
by 20 or 80 men, and all armed with
sawed-oH shot guns. 1t is plain sui
eide, the prohibition director of the
state declared.
The rum runners of Georgia have
thrown their armed defiance in our
very teeth. They constitute the most
lawlessA and desperate element in the
state. The situation is desperate and
calls for desperate and strenuous rem
edies," said the announcement.
1T would be possible to use the
tanks and machine guns to blockade
every road into Atlanta, the SNUG
glers' haven. 1t would also be possible
to mount machine guns on our auto
mobiles. We can get ahese weapons
from the war department, and unless
some better method is found that is
the way we will wage war on boot
leggers and liquor smugglers."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
An Automobile With
Four Legs Is Invented

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Inven-
ton of an automobile equipped
with four legs instead OF wheels is
claimed by James William Bryan,
a Washington man, who says he
has forty patents, some of them
basic, for such a machine. He has
designed fve-passenger clutch
less, gearless and springless car of
half the weight of wheeled models
which, he says, expert engineers
have declared feasible. Tests are
now being made to determine pos
sible weaknesses and errors of con-
struction.
Declaring that he, and not Ger
man inventor who recently an
nounced production of a walking"
model is the pioneer in the auto
mobile-with-legs, Bryan says that
his machine is operated by two en-
gines developing forty horsepower
and theoretically capable of max
ing a speed of 81 miles an hour.
The legs have practically the same
action as those of human beings,
BRYAN claims, and can negotiate a
perpendicular rise or drop of one
foot without moving the automo-
bile from a horizontal plane.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
GERMAN WIVES ARE
CONTENT IN GEORGIA
WOMEN DISCOVER PAY OF
HUSBANDS ISN'T FABULOUS
IN THE UNITED STATES.

The poignant truth that dollar is
just a dollar, and not $4,000 marks,
has been brought home forcibly to the
"a German wives of the "a former
American soldiers of occupation now
at Fort Screven, Ga, awaiting their
discharge. These "a were left at Sa-
vannah when the ST. Mihiel landed
there, the balance of the 70 wives ac-
companying their husbands to New
York city.
All Speak German.
The German wives are finding lit
tie difficulty, however, in adapting
themselves to the changed conditions.
They miss their life in Coblenz and
find that their husbands army pay
doesn't go nearly as far here as on the
Rhine, but all are sure that they can
live on the army salary until their
mates are discharged and find more
lucrative positions in civilian life.
The wives appear anxious to learn
more of the English language than the
small smattering they picked up in
Coblenz. Their soldier-husbands found
it easier to learn foreign language
and German is being spoken almost
entirely. Many of the wives can I'M
derstand English but have difficulty
in speaking it.
Quaint Costumes.
In their square-toed shoes and long
er skirts the German women are go
ing about becoming American citizens
with a thoroughness which began
when they started in to "clean house"
in their new homes along non-com-
missioned officers row at the fort.
They made the dust fly and voted for
"spotless town" before they attempt
ed to take in" their new surround
ings. They will occupy the little cot
tages until their husbands are dis
charged from the service which is
expected to be matter of but short
time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
FAST TRAIN WRECKED
( AND EIGHT ARE HURT
TWO SECTIONS OF SOUTH
LAND" CRASH NEAR AMERI-
Gus. TRAFFIC DELAYED.

The Southland, fast Central of Geor-
gia flyer, was wrecked at $50 o'clock
Wednesday morning at Andersonville,
two sections of the train colliding and
eight persons being injured, none Sc
riously.
All of the glass in several pu1lmans
Of the first section was shattered and
the fireman and engineer of the sec
ond section were both scalded. The
lead engine on the second section Of
the train, together with its tender and
the rear sleeper of the first section,
were smashed in, and wreckage piled
along the track for some distance.
The wreck was caused by inability
of hagman sent back by the first
section to get back safe distance be-
fore the second section dashed around
a curse and into the first section, which
had stopped to recover a bolt lost
from one of its two engines.
AS a result of the wreck all traffic
was delayed approximately four hours
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
GIRLS WINDPIPE CUT,
CALLS BACK HER LIFE
INFLUENZA VICTIM, APPAR-
ENTITY DEAD, SAVED. AIR
BREATHED INTO LUNGS.

NEW YORK, N. "a remark
able series of complications following
an attack OF luhdenza distinguishes
the case OF Minnie Lifshitz, % years
old. a patient in Mount Sinai hospital.
She lapsed into Inconsistencies,
respiration ceased, her heart stopped
and to all appearances Miss Lifshitz
was dead. She was brought back to
life" II minutes later by DR.. Dean
Antel1, a surgeon and friend.
Windpipe Slit With Razor.
He slit her windpipe with a razor
blade to re-establish passage of air to
her lungs, halted by heavy infam-
nation OF the throat, following her
attack. After Sitting the windpipe he
breathed air into the unconscious
girls lungs. She was then rushed to
the hospital, where a tube was iqsert-
ed in her neck. That was January 28.
Since then she has been close to
death. Four days after she was taken
to the hospital she fell in a coma and
so remained for two days, recovering
consciousness last Saturday only to
find herself totally blind. She remain
ed blind two days. .
MONDAY IleI NlSlOll DGSdu " tClui ~
and she could see we'll enough to tell
how many fingers the doctor held in
front of her face. Today she was able
to distinguish a pen, pocketbook,
a watch and other objects. Despite
her suffering she is very cheerful.
When a cork is put in the exposed
end of a silver tube, which is really a
tube within a tube, she again breathes
through mouth and nose but feebly
and is able to articulate for short
time. The cutting of air from her lungs
causes her to cough frequently.
Again Able to Speak.
She is put through her lessons
daily; that is, she tries to answer
questions so as to keep her throat
muscles active She was able today to
ennunciate the words pen, watch,
handbag and DIR. Attell" slowly and
with great effort She is given nour-
ishment of soft-boiled eggs and l1q-
uids through a separate tube.
The case has attracted wide atten-
ton among physicians, for while com
p1ications following influenza are not
unusual such series as have devel-
oped in her case is almost unprece-
denied. Today she was free from fe-
yer. and it is thought that soon. the
tube may be removed and the wind
pipe brought together again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
MALARIAL INFECTION
FOUND AT SMITHvILLE
SPECIALISTS REPRESENTING
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
EXAMINE CHILDREN.

SMITHVILLE, Ga-Dr. S. T..
Darling, of the School OF Hygiene,
Baltimore, Md, and DR.. F. w. O'Con-
nor, OF London, England, who has
been doing research work for the
British government in the south seas,
accompanied by DR.. M. c. Fort, Of
the Georgia state board of health, Wis
tied Smithville consolidated hig h
school and examined about 100 chill
dren for malarial infection. Fifteen OF
the number showed positive evidence
OF infection in the examination.
DR.. Darling and DIR. O'Connor are
travelling in the interest OF the Rocke-
Teller foundation and probably. Will
spend some time in this vicinity in
carrying on their work.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
SHERIFF TAYLOR is
CHAMP STILL SEIZER
MOONSHINERS OF N. CARROLL
MA CALL HIM THE UNHOOD-
ED TERROR OF LENOIR."

KINSTON, N. C.-While hooded
mobs were enforcing prohibition in
Moorehouse parish, Louisiana, last
year, Tarhee1 sherifA without hood
or mask established a record for
keeping bootleggers on the run in
Lenoir county, North Carolina.
The sheriff, A. w. Taylor, has earn
ed for himself the title of champion
sheriff still-seizer of the south as a
result of his vigorous drive against
the domestic brewers in his county.
Working alone against scores OF
manufacturers and distributors of
white lightning" Taylor claims to
have virtually wiped out moonshining
in his district.
His Record Last Year.
In his spare moments last year Tay-
lor seized more than Us stills and
made a like number of arrests for vio-
lation of the state prohibition law. The
dry era is not new to the residents OF
North Carolina; they've had it since
1909. He has transferred the once or
derby yard of Kinston court house to
a junk yard. Parts of the stills taken
in his moonshine raids are strewn ev-
erywhere.
Anti-Sa1oon League members OF
Lenoir county think highly of Taylor
and are warm in their praise of his
administration. They feel he is a con-
scientious worker and, it is said, will
give him strong support if he should
become a candidate for reelection.
''Unhooded Terror of Lenoir."
But the mere mention of his name
will start fight in any patronized
Those denizens who Turk in back
woods over boiling pots and flaming
fires have felt his sting and know he
is not one to be dismissed lightly.
They refer to him as "Old Taylor,
Unhooded Terror of Lenoir."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
Man Doomed to Death
During the Civil War
Dies Near Jackson
S. H. Mays, Confederate Soldier and
Former Member of Geargia Leg
islature, Passes Away.

JACKSON, Gas. H. Mays, well
known public man and former repre-
sentative in the legislature from Butts
county and ex-senator from the twen-
ty-sixth senatorial district, is dead. He
passed away at his home near Jack
son. He suffered stroke of paralysis
several weeks ago and his condition
had been critical for several days.
During the war between the states
Mr.. Mays served as a member of com
pany H, first Kentucky cavalry. He
was adiutant of Camp John L. Bar
nett, U. c. V, OF Jackson, and at
tended nearly all the state and nation
al reunions for many years. An ar
dent southerner, Mr.. Mays figured in
a stirring episode of reconstruction
days, when he was court martialed
and sentenced to be shot for alleged
interference with federal troops then
stationed in Jackson. Arrested and
taken to Griffin, where the sentence
was to be executed, he escaped at
night through aid extended by his
mother.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
Statistics for Forty Years Show That
The Lynching Habit Is on Decrease

steadily decreased, with slight varia-
tons, from the high mark of 255 in
1892, to 81 last year, the latter figure
being only about half the annual
average for the 40-year period, which
was 100. In addition. it is pointed
out, there has been a notable decrease
in the lynching habit in the states
where it still persists.
The figures for certain states where
special efforts have been made to curb
lynching are cited as particularly en-
couraging in their assurance that the
habit can be overcome when public
sentiment and law unite against II.
For example Alabama, with a yearly
average OF eight lynchings for the 40
wears. has cut the number to two, and
Tennessee, with an average OF SIX,
had but two last year. and total OF
only FIVE in the last four years. Okla
homa had but one last year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
"Best Dressed Woman in World'
Is Not "Broke, but Seeks NeW Thrill

that his wife, who created hutter in
Paris by appearing in gown almost
entirely covered with diamonds, prom
ised him a check book and $5,0G000
when they were married, but never
kept the promise.
"When we returned to Nottingham
we had no servants and / did all the
washing, even scrubbing the floors, P"
he said. He declared his wife allowed
him small sum each week for act
ing as gardener, but that he still owed
money he borrowed to buy the we'd
ding ring and pay for the license and
now he is almost bankrupt.
Mrs. Smith-Wilkinson, it is said,
spent more than $l50,000 for clothes
on her trip to Paris, and also spent
an additional $15O0OO at Monte Carlo.
She Travelled in special trains, with a
retinue of servants, and was said to
be worth millions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
THIS PAIR WERE
TOO HAPPY TO LIVE
WIFE KILLS HUSBAND AND
SELF THREE DAYS AFTER
THEIR WEDDING.

From Paris, the gay capital OF
France, comes the story of the woman
who, because she was so happy she
was afraid her happiness would not
last, killed her husband and then her
self after three days of married life.
M. and Nine. Pierre Liebaut are
the names of the couple, and for sew
eral hours the discovery of their death
threatened to furnish Paris with an
absorbing mystery. They were found
dead in bed from shotgun wounds.
Suicide seemed out of the question,
for they had been married but three
days and had been known as being
absolutely devoted to each other. FL
nancial difficulties could not furnish a
reason, either, for M. Liebaut was
comfortably fixed.
Letter Revealed Secret.
Robbery was the motive the police
were working on until thorough
search of the newly-furnished home
for clues resulted in the discovery of
this letter in the handwriting of the
wife:
Il am going to kill my husband,
and then shoot myself. For three days
we have been married, and our hap
piness has been such as to transcend
imagination. We never conceived it
possible that we could be so happy.
Our happiness is so great, SO very,
very great it is impossible that it
should continue, therefore have re-
solved that we should die before eth
err of us experiences the slightest sense
of disappointment"
Murder and suicide; reason, jeal-
ousy," reads the cold, unimaginative
police docket, which deals in facts
rather than in fancies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
ASSETS OF MILLIONS
DWINDLES TO $1O3
DEFUNCT CREAMERY COM
PANY CALLED INTO COURT
ABOUT ASSETS.

OMAHA, Neb-Leroy Corliss, for
mer president, and three other former
officers of the defunct Waterloo
Creamery Company were called into
federal court today for questioning
concernin the company's assets. Her
bert S. Daniels, court receiver for the
concern, on whose application they
were called in, said he had been able
to obtain cash assets totaling Sl03,
whereas books of the company at the
time it went into receivership showed
assets of several million dollars. Mr..
Cor1iss said so far as he knew the
$103 represented all the cash assets.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
Mrs. Smith Wilkinson, Whose Hus-
band Says She Made Him Scrub
The Floors, Now in Africa.

Mrs. Standardization, of London,
the "best dressed woman in the
world" has deserted her husband and
gone to Africa in search of more
thrills. according to London rurnor.
Her friends deny the report that she IS
"broke." asserting that the holdings IN
MANY temperance hotels, from which
she derived her huge fortune, still give
her good returns. -
before his marriage was plain Edward
Smith. says he is forced to live on his
army pension of about $1.75 week,
and he is now looking for position
as a dancer or male milliner. He says
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
Moves His Home to
Solve House Shortage

CHELL, S. DIN. C.
Belts, who was elected county
treasurer from Mt. Vernon for Da-
vison county, has solved the hous-
ing problem as far as he is concern
ed. Belts upon assuming office last
month tried in vain to find a house.
When he failed he determined to
move his eight-room house from
Mt. Vernon, distance of IS miles.
The house is on the way today, be-
ing pulled by tractors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
Figures Prove That Time, Aided by
Public Sentiment and Legal Ac-
ton, Is Graduating Evil.

That the lynching evil is steadily
being reduced, both as to numbers
and area, and that its eradication is
only matter of years, is the sub
stance of statement given out by
the commission on inter-racial CO.
operation OF Atlanta, Ca, as the re-
suit of a careful study Of the lynching
record OF the last 40 years.
During that period, the statement
points out, lynchings have occurred in
"a states. in as many as SO in a single
year, 1892, and in an average OF Il
states a year, whereas in 1921 only
Is states had 1ynchings and in 1922
only 10.
The number of victims also has
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
SUICIDES WATCHES WORTH
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS
Range All the Way From Size OF
Dime to That of Alarm Clock.

A collection of period and historic
watches worth probably $l,00O,O0O
was left by Willard H. Wheeler, a
retired jeweler, who committed sui
SIDE recently at Brooklyn, N. Z.
Wheeler had spent his entire life in
collecting the tinepieces. Some OF
mem are as small as a dime, others as
large as an alarm clock. All OF them
keep time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
Women Without Clothes;
Men Stay Off the Streets

The Daghestan republic, a tiny
Asiatic nation of fierce mountain
tribes on the north western slope of
the Caucasus, is Starving and with
S,nedicine, NJ. Sumzofsky, the
IL aPtry's president, has in
formed S Z 9rican relief admin
istration at N Russia.
Because .le wo1l4 ing vir-
tually no clothing, are VIZ BUT wells
to hide their faces the men go
about the streets only after dark.
The Americans have agreed to
help the stricken nation is possible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

Ouinine can be tasted when one
part of it is dissolved in 1890 parts
of water.
Evening star., 1923-10-14
LEESBURG.

LEESBURG, Va, October 13 (Spe-
ciaD.-The circuit court for Loudoun
county convened here Monday, with
Judge George Latham Fletcher pre-
siding. Several criminal cases are
set for trial at this term Eleven
wero indicted by the following grand
jury on Monday: w. w. Chamblin.
foreman; John w. Ankers. Lee e.
Duffey, o.. S. Braden, w. p. Brown,
H. w. Beatty. A. N. Adams. ]. r.
Cochran and J. Robert Chamblin.
Judge Fletcher has appointed
Charles F. Harrison to represent the
commonwealth in the prosecution of
Milton Furr, charged with the MUIR
der Of Irving Hatcher in Middleburg.
.venire OF thirty men from Fau-
qufer county will be called and a
Evening star., 1923-10-14

Galleher of this town, and Paul Fer
guson, a prominent farmer Of this
county.
E. c. Mcintyre, who has been the
agent of the Washington and Old Do
minion railroad at Leesburg for the
past few years, has resigned his posi-
tion with the company and accepted
position as manager of the Lou
doun Traffic Bureau, which las been
esta blished by the Leesburg Cham
ber of Commerce. The work that
VIII be done by the bureau will con-
sIst of quotations on freight rates.
information on routing. auditing OF
freight and express charges, filing
and collecting of freight and express
claims, securing equitable rate ad-
iustments and classification changes,
interpret tation of tariffs and legal ad-
vice On all TRANSFORMATION matters.
Evening star., 1923-10-14

jury selected from that number will
hear the case. Commonwealth's At
torney Cecil Conner by request was
excused from the prosecution of this
case.
Law Library Presented.
The law library, consisting of
about 1000 volumes, of the late Ed
ward Nichols. has been presented to
the Thomas Balch Memorial Library,
LeeSburg, Va, by Mrs. Edward
Nichols. 1t is the desire of the
donors that all the members of the
bar in Leesburg and Loudoun county
enjoy the free use OF these books.
At a meeting of the directors OF the
Loudoun National Bank, held here,
Col. Edwin F.. GAR ett was elected
president to succeed the late Edward
Nichols. He has served the bank as
director and counsel for many
years.
The different community leagues
throughout the county have become
Evening star., 1923-10-14

active In their reorganization and
nlans for the coming winters work
Those leagues that have recently met
and reorganized are Wheatland, Ar
iIngton, Neersville, Woodburn, the
Irappe, Airmont. Blakely Grove,
Taylorstown, Paeonian Springs
Mountsville, Brooklyn and Mountain
Other schools have scheduled meet
ings In the near future.
Marriages Announced.
News has been received here OF the
marriage in Chicago. ILL.,, of James
Francis Heaton. son of DIR. and Mrs
r. II. Wheaton of Leesburg, Va. and
MISS Margaret Doyle of Chicago.
announcement has been made of
the marriage in Washington Wed
nesoay or Miss Stella Galleher
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs w g
Evening star., 1923-10-14
CORNER STONE TO BE LAID.

BLADENSBURG, Md, October 10
The corner stone of st. Luke's Church
parish hall will be laid this after
noon at 4:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1923-10-14

In spite of the great cost of ra-
dunn, half the treatments with it are
given free. sssflGk7
Evening star., 1923-10-14

You never have to sue to collect
the wages of sin
Evening star., 1923-10-14

When You see scorched place on
- 'i"ra"" fable which looks as if
IL were made by acifar you know a
Evening star., 1923-10-14
Squirrels Improvident.

DO the squirrels in the park save
up nuts?"
NO. they soon get city ways. Just
live from day to day"
Evening star., 1923-10-14

Frogs have been discovered which
bark like dogs.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-12-15

anniversary of the founding of this
hospital will be celebrated. The peo-
pie of Phoenix and of the whole state,
are proud of DR.. Hackett and his not
able achievement.
This brief mention of DIR. Hackett
and his remarkable success would be
unjust and absolutely unfair should
we fail to accord his better half, )"
Mrs. Agra Hackett, the credit due
her. She has worked in season and
out of season as loyal, faithful wife
and loving mother to assist the Doc
tor in any way that she was capable,
and now that he has achieved success,
Mrs. Hackett is entitled to no small
degree of credit for same.
Both the Doctor and his wife are
quite prominent socially. He is dea-
Phoenix tribune., 1923-12-15
GOV. OF ILLINOIS
APPOINTS NEGRO TO
$4,000 YEAR JOB

Edward H. Wright of Chicago, who
has recently been appointed to the
highest salaried position occupied by
any Negro in this country, will draw
$1,000 a year.
Mr.. Wright Colored Republican
Committeeman of Chicago's faiaous
Second Ward, has been made a mem
Der of the Illinois Commerce Commits
sion by Gov. Len Small.
Other High Salaries
That Mr.. Wright is doubtless the
highest salaried Negro serving in a
governmental appointing capacity,
can be verified by the following COM
parisons: Perry Howard, United
States attorney general, receives $5,-
900; Phil H. Brown, commissioner of
conciliation in the department of Ia
Dor, $4,000; Albert Froe, recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia,
$4,000; Major Adam E. Patterson, as
sistant corporation counsel for the
city of Chicago, $500, and James
White, recently appointed to the state
athletic commission in Pennsylvania,
$4,000.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-12-15
DIR. ". c. HACKETT
NOW in new OFFICE
So E. WASHINGTON

Dr. w. c. Hackett, physician and
surgeon, has had great success, his
practice increasing to the extent that
it was necessary to make better prep
aration for service. To this end his
office has moved to 35 East Washing
ton street, one of the most modern
and best equipped offices in the city,
where he will be glad to welcome for
mer patients and friends.
Dr. Hackett is the first colored
physician to secure license to prac-
tice in the state of Arizona Since
coming to Phoenix only few years
ago, he has built up large practice
among his own people and the Span
ish speaking people of this section
His most notable achievement is the
Booker T. Washington Memorial Hos
pital and Sanitarium Annex at 1912
East Jefferson street.
This hospital, erected at cost of
several thousand dollars, stands to-
day as a monument to the worth OF
DR.. Hackett, whose great vision,
dauntless courage and strong deter
mination, made this institution real
ity. On January 5. next. the second