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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
TOBACCO CROP is
BIG, REPORT SHOWS
HALF A MILLION FARMS IN
FORTY-TWO STATES. VALUE
IS ONE-HALF BILLION.

Half a million farms in AZ different
states grow North Americas tobacco
crop, worth half billion dollars each
year, according to the 1922 year book
of the United States department of
agriculture. OF the total of 100000
acres devoted to tobacco Kentucky
leads all other states. North Carolina
and Virginia follow closely.
Employment for Many.
After the nations tobacco leaves the
drying sheds of the farms it goes to
1921 tobacco manufacturing plants,
where a total of $4,000 persons work
it. The internal revenue from tobacco
amounted to $300,000,000 in 1922 That
gives some idea of how it is sold
The department of agriculture tells
of far-reaching Improvements that
have been made in the tobacco rails
ing and manufacturing industry High
grade leaves for wrappers, formerly
imported, now are grown in Connect
cut and Florida, and the growth per
acre has been increased considerably.
Takes Lots of Work.
The tobacco crop of the United
States comes from only one-half of
one per cent of all its cultivated acres,
but the work done on it is greater
than on any other crop. Southern
states lead in the industry, with Penn
sylvania and Connecticut following
close.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
WHISPERS GROW FAST
IN HOT WEATHER
GET MORE AIR AND MOIST
URE, IS THE EXPLANATION
OF BOSS BARBER.

ATLAMTA.-In this hot weather
one can start an argument over al
most anything. Yes, and one can tell
the craziest stories and offer the sill
hest theories in the world and get folk
to believe them, and the hotter it is
the more quickly, apparently, they
fall. Take the matter of whiskers, for
instance.
Someone came out day or so ago
with the announcement that wh;skers
grew faster in July and August than
they did in January. This seemed an
interesting and whimsical sort OF theo-
ry and worthy OF hot weather bicker-
ing. The trouble was that just as soon
as an Atlanta specialists was asked
about it he snorted.
Don't be silly" he said. You'll be
asking next if there is any truth in
the saying that fish is brain food
Well, perhaps that doctor didn't
know so much as he thought he did.
So the investigator asked barber.
The barber has been barbering for a
long while. He said the assertion was
anu Lildl NnlohNIO anu nan hlN
grow faster in the summer.
Doubts the Doctors.
Them blame doctors don't know
everything" he said. Then he pointed
out that the doctors knew only what
they read in books about whiskers,
but BARRIERS handle whiskers daily and
hair on the head and he was a hair
-,Nac;ol;c+ he f11Iuht
Hair grows faster" he explained,
because it gets more air, like gera-
MUM does, in the summer.
The boss barber came up at this
time and told the hair specialist that
he was a nut and to go on over to
chair No. 3 and give that guy a
shampoo and quit eatin' them darn
breath perfumes, will yer, or you'll
drive the customers into gas masks"
IT'S just because it seems they
grow faster" said the boss barber,
picking up the argument. Hair gets
sweaty and matted with street dust
and it weighs down on the head and
makes one feel uncomfortable and so
the average man gets his hair cut Oft
ener in the summer These Sherlock
Holmes chin scrapers don't use no
sense They see man in the chair
once a month that only comes in two
or three times all fall and winter and
they think his hair is growing faster.
How 1t Happens.
It's the same way with whiskers.
In the summer they feel dirty and
irritating because Of sweat and the
damp catches dust and dirt and ev-
eery time he wipes his face it irritates
a little That's why man after a
shave feels better all over. 1t gives his
facial pores a chance to breathe and
gives him the psychological effect of
a bath all over A man that's tired
and hot and dusty comes to barber
shop with his nerves all tangled and
cross as a bear. He sits down in
soft chair and the first thing he does
is to relax all over. There is cool
fan blowing on him. His face is clean
ed and the fingers of good barber
are giving him gentle massage that
is sort OF hypnotic. The whole ner
vous system is 1ulled and patted into
good humor and the man has rest
that does him more good than two
hours mapping in hot stuffy office in
his office chair. He comes out cool,
clean, rested aud soothed."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
GEORGIA LEADS IN WAR
ON 'MOONsH|NE" STILLS
MORE ILLICIT DISTILLERIES
DESTROYED IN STATE 1922
THAN IN ANY OTHER.
PROGRESS In ENFORCEMENT
Director Dismuke Says Figures Prove
Prohibition Is Success. Calls Atten-
ton to Propaganda of ''Wets." Less
Whisky Being Drunk Now.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Georgia led the
union in the number of Illicit distiller-
les destroyed during 1922, declared
Fred D. Dismuke, state federal pro-
hibition director, today in a state
ment issued in connection with the
second anniversary of Roy A. Haynes,
federal prohibition commissioner in
that office.
Commenting on the resume of the
work done by Mr.. Haynes depart
ment during his two years in office.
Mr. Dismuke said: This report is
most illuminating and of particular
interest at this time in view of the
fact that so much is being written and
said regarding the work. Commission
err HAYNES deals with facts and not
theories and his reports show conclu-
sively the great progress and I'M
provement being made throughout the
United States and proves that prohi-
bition is a success.
with respect to the work in Geor-
gia, | am glad to report that we have
kept pace with the results accomplish
ed throughout the United States. The
last commissioner annual report
showed that for the fiscal year 1922
Georgia led the union in the number
of illicit stills and distilleries destroy
ed and l am confident that this en-
viable record will be maintained
throughout the fiscal year OF 1928.
ITO indicate the vast amount OF
work performed in this state since
January l, 1922, | submit the follow
ing figures:
Work performed during the sew
enteen months from January |, 1922,
through May 81, 1928: stills and dis
tilleries destroyed, 1917; gallons of
beer destroyed, 3,218,317; gallons of
whisky destroyed, 1888; number of
persons arrested, 1886; number of
prosecutions recommended SOLO;
number of autos seized, 233; value OF
property destroyed $o06,56006.
"Without minimizing the task be-
fore us, am of the opinion that pres
ent conditions in Georgia are greatly
improved over what they were one
and two years ago and the people
must not be misled by widespread
propaganda to the effect that we have
as much drinking as we ever had. Ia
ken as a whole, | am exceedingly
pleased with the attitude of the Off
GERS, the courts and press of this state
and | can see very little evidence that
would point to hostility toward pro-
hibition."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
VesuUius Is Staging
4 Thrilling Spectacle
Glowing Lava, Stones and Cinders
Are Thrown High in the Air.

NAPLES.-Vesuvius, which re-
Gently has given signs Of renewed &C
tivity, is again in eruption. with in
candescent lava, stones, cinders and
smoke being thrown up in a column
which frequently reaches a height of
several hundred feet Many foreigners,
notably Americans, are here admiring
the spectacle, which is most effective
at night, when the smoke clouds and
streams of lava glow redly in the dark
ness. No one is allowed to approach
the crater, particularly as the erup-
ton is causing violent local earth
quakes.
The phenomenon now being wit
messed is a current one, coming ev-
cry few years. The lava which is eject
ed by the volcano gradually forms a
cone, often rising TO hundreds of feet
around the crater and obstructing the
free flow OF the smoke and gases I'M
til the internal pressure rises to such
a point that it disrupts the cone.
Professor Maladra, director of the
Vesuvian Observatory, says the pres
ent phenomenon may last long time
and will probably be accompanied by
a large eruption of ashes, but that any
anxiety for the safety of the neighbor-
ing villages is not justified.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
URGES ECONOMY
IN GOVERN NJ ENT
HARDING SAYS EVERY MEANS
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO RE-
TRENCH. EXPENSES GO UP.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi Every
means possible should be employed to
insure against any unnecessary in
creases IN the cost of government"
declared President Harding in letter
to Prof. M. B. Lambie, of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, made public to-
day.
Professor Lambie is secretary of
the League of Minnesota Municipali-
ties, which will hold its annual con-
vention at Fairbault on June 20 and
21. The letter complimented the league
on its choice of taxation as a princi-
pal topic in its convention.
"There is no more important duty
confronting public officials everywhere
than the enforcement OF the utmost
measure of economy consistent with
good administration" wrote President
Harding.
Figures Are Cited.
Continuing, the president wrote:
"Within the past few days the census
bureau, at my request has furnished
some figures which seem to me to
impress as nothing else could the ne
cesSity for the most careful admins
tration in every governmental unit.
They state, for example, that revenues
from all sources of the state govern
ments in 1923 aggregated 1903, 900, 900
and in 1921 $995, 100000, an increase
of 161 per cent. Expenditures rose
from $283,000,000 in 1913 to $1,005,-
600 in 1921, increase of 163 per cent.
Indebtedness increased from $425 ,000,-
900 in 1918 to $1,012,000,000 in 1921,
an increase of 139 per cent. These
figures hardly require comment be-
cause they demonstrate so conclusive
ly, it seems to me, that costs of state
government are rising at rate which
at least justihes the most serious con-
sideration.
Counties and Cities, Too.
Along with the foregoing data re-
garding cost of state governments the
census bureau has furnished some fig
ures on the increase in cost OF city
governments. These figures are based
on the returns of the government for
227 of the largest cities in the coun-
try 1t is shown that for cities in this
group revenues in 1913 amounted to
$890,00000O and in 1921 $1,567 100000,
an increase of 70 per cent. For the
same group expenditures were ST.
01O,000,000 in 1918 and in 1921 ST.
726,000000 an increase Of u per cent.
Aggregate Indebtedness of 1912 was
$3,o01 100000 and in 1921 $4,334, 600,
an increase of 40 per cent"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
NEW YORK BANDITS WALK INTO
A TRAP WITH VALUABLE LOOT

NEW YORK, NJ YThe peculiar infection of speakers
day led detective mpersonang telephone with the
result that four arrested accused Of participating the
daylight robbery Wednesday Broadway
other two charged with being fugitiyes from New Jersey
Detectives Bowling HammIl all of the truck
Seventh loft building investigate another
AS they entered n office the telephone bell
Bowling answered the call.
rs Jake there" said voice and bowling became suspicious
NO. he said This no6
Harry" Harry had Something
good admitted jewey, bring the Office.
accompanied The detectives lined
$4,000 silk handkerchief
This they $4,000 the of Bar
Godse 2 Broadway which bandits robbed Wednesday,
binding and Louis Godtein the proprietor and clerk
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
cow PLACED IN zoo
FOR BOSTON KIDDIES
FOUR OUT OF TEN CHILDREN
IN THE CITY HAD NEVER
SEEN SUCH AN ANIMAL.

BOSTON, Mass.-Franklin Park
ZOO now boasts OF full-blooded Ayr
shire COW.
The COW was presented to the city
by the Ayrshire Breeders Associa-
ton, through George F. White, the
president. -.
Mayor Curley accepted the gilt on
the lawn of the city hall and announc-
ed that it would be placed IN the
Franklin Park zoo in compliance with
the request of the donors, SO that the
children of Boston might see what a
cow is like.
A recent test of the city SCHOOLS
disclosed that an average OF only tour
out OF ten children had ever seen
cow.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
JOHN BULL PAYS UNCLE SAM 70 MILLIONS

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Grcat Brit
ain will save S1,4O0,00O tomorrow
when it pays $7O,0O0,0OO in Liberty
bonds to the United States as the first
payment of interest and principal on
its S4,60O,OO0,00O war debt, hnanciers
closely in touch with Wall street said
today. The saving, If was said, will
be effected through the purchase Of
the bonds by the British treasury at
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
wv VISIBILITY" USUALLY
FEECEDES A transform
'SHal Clearness Does Not Indicate
Falling Weather"

4 rDa.sual clearness of the air has not
: .oqnd a sign of coming rain in
i ig35o.nlged observations of Prof.
H. TICK. In fact, the reverse seems
d Uue. Only one-third of the days
T. 4 visibility of II miles or more
followed by rain, while one-half
i ny Gays having a visibility of less
y miles came directly before
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19

an average of two per cent. below
par, redeemed by the United States
treasury at par.
By accepting the payment in Lib
erty bonds, it is pointed out, the Unit
ed States government will reduce its
own war debt by exactly S70,000,00G,
as it will cancel the bonds. Thus
Great Britain and the United States
war debts are cut down by one stroke.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
OUR TAXES INCREASE
FASTER THAN WEALTH
FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CAN
DIDATE LOWDEN FLAYS
COST OF GOVERNMENT.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Extravagance in
government growing out of excessive
taxes was condemned and the prop
er division OF taxation between mu-
inequalities and states recommended
by Frank O. Lowden, former govern
or of Illinois, addressing the Nation,
al Association OF Credit Men, in con-
vention here today. He declared taxa
ton is increasing faster than wealth
in this country, and to check the eX
travagances of government it would
be desirable that municipalities and
states should provide their own reve-
nues for their own needs and leave
to the federal government the task of
providing for genuinely national re-
quirements.
Constitution.
Terming the federal constitution as
the most important single contribu-
ton ever made to the art of self-gov-
eminent" Mr.. Lowden pointed out
that its trainers were careful not to
confer all powers on the government.
One OF the subjects upon which limi-
tations have been placed was that of
taxation, he said. These limitations
were followed by the trainers of state
constitutions, he continued, land yet
taxation is increasing much more rap
idly than wealth itself.
"One prolific cause of rapidly in
creasing cost of government is to be
found in the number of public agen-
cies that have authority to levy taxes
These include the federal government,
the state government, the local munic-
ipaf government and in many states
there is the school board and so-called
Improvement districts" the result. he
said, is endless duplication in cost of
administration and consequent ex-
travagance.
Federal Aid Bribe.
The speaker said federal aid, gen
orally speaking, is bride offered to
state governments to surrender their
own proper functions" and that its
rapid extension means the gradual
breaking down of local self-govern-
ment in America"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-06-19
Federal Aid Bribe.

Average man reaches the height of
his muscular power during his thir-
tieth and thirty-fiTst years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
TO HOLD "SING" AT LYRIC
Mems Club Of Independent Presby-
 terian To Repeal Event

Another old fashioned Sing" will be held at the Lyric Sunday night preceding the regular services under the auspices of the Mems club of the Independent Presbyterian church, at 7:30 o'clock.
 A number of we'll known soloists will be distributed through the au- dience to aid in the work of having some real regational singing. Last Sunday nights Sing" proved such a success that many have re- quested that another be held this Sunday night.
 The musical program will also be augmented by selections by the chorus of 50 trained voices, includ- ing the anthem, We Pray Thee, Gracious Lord," by James and the "Angelus" by Elgar. and the offer tory solo will be rendered by Mrs. R, P. McCowan. contralto soloist. who will sing Heaven Is My Home," by Speaks.
 Among the assisting solists during the musical program will be: Mrs May Shackelford. soprano; Byrd Haley, tenor; O. Gordon Erickson, baritone and director; and Mrs. Wal ter c. Rea, pianist and accompanist.
 'Our Biggest Job, will be the sub feet of the sermon of Dr. Henry NJ. Edmonds, pastor, following the musical program.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
REALTY TRANSFERS

Realty transfers recorded in probate office Friday were:
 Clyde Bloneley to A. L. Kelly. lot 13. block 10, in Hyde Park, for s70o.
 Mary A. Bales of Birmingham to Rich ard M Bates ST.. of Huntington. w. Va. Baldwin Harbor. Section No. l, lots 2s7 to 321. inclusive. in block 3. situated at Bald win, Nassau county, N. T., for $10 and other valuable considerations.
 H. r. Kerber to J. J. McDavid, lot 5. in block 6a. in smithfield. for s1,2So.
 Fidelity Mortgage Bond company to ". R. Hilliard, lots A. 5, 6. z, s, 9, 10, 23, 24. 25 and 20, in Hill Crest, for ;s,oqo.p Mn Ter, lot IA, block 333, fronting 50 feet on northwest side of First avenue. for $2.250. ,, ,..
 Julian l. Boriss to Norma s. Price, lot 16, block 3l. in Tharpe Place, for 2,50o.
 Richmond Investment company to In- vestmand Land company. lots II, 12 and 13 in block 71. fronting 100 feet on the north side of Third avenue, and along east side of Seventeenth street to an alley. for $110,000.
 and Lawrence French to w. Blewett Wood. lots and '. block 136, In East Lake, TOT Sh2b.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
OFFICER PHILLIPS
 |S TRIED BY CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL
Board Hears Testimony and Takes Case of Policeman Under Advisement Until
 Next Meeting

After closing the evidence for the prosecution and defense in the case of Police Officer J. E. Phillips, who was arraigned Friday night to an swer charges specified in a letter written the board by w. c. Moran, 1922 Avenue F. charging the off eer with assault upon John Pearson, negro, i06 Nineteenth street. south, near the Hillman hospital. February y, Birmfngham's civil service board announced they would take the case under advisement and make their decision at the next meeting of the board on Thursday, March b.
 charles Denegre, 1922 Avenue F, was the first witness to take the stand for the prosecution. He stated he saw the officer strike and kick the negro several times and chase him across the street until they ran behind the corner of the building ln which he has his offices; from there, he stated. his view of the affair was cut off. Upon going to the entrance he saw the officer lead ing the negro to at automobile. Donald Dickson. salesman, 1922 Ave-
 
 Denegre.
 Two negroes, A. NJ. Buggs, who op- crates shoe shop at 1880 Avenue F. and Dave Stanton, who runs a shoe shine parlor at the same ad- dress. stated they saw the officer chase the negro and hit him over the head with his revolver twice. Buggs told the board that Pearson had been in his shop few moments before and had not appeared to be drinking.
 Police Officer Phillips was then called to the stand and told the board that Mrs. T. C. White, head nurse at tho Hillman had called his attention to negro coming toward the hospital who appeared to be drunk, while he and Officer Burkett were investigating a case at the hos pital. Phillips went outside and met the negro, who was intoxicated, and told him to leave. at which the negro cursed the officer, who at tempted to place him under arrest. He stated the negro edged toward the center of the street and made an effort to put his hand to his hip pocket, a this time Phillips thought he had a pistol and that he drew his pistol and started after the ne- gro. He emphatically denied that he struck the negro with his pistol. but that he had to use some strength in getting the negro to his feet after he had fallen and place him in the police car.
 Officer M. E. Burkett, who works with Officer Phillips. testified to the same facts. W. c. little, patrol driver, stated the negro was drunk when he transferred him from the police car to the patrol at Nineteenth street and Avenue F. Dr. J. A. Hines, interne at the Hillman, stated he saw Officer Phillips strike the negro with his hand after he cursed him, but that the officer did not hit him with his revolver
 Chief fof Police Fred McDuff, As- sistant Chief Thomas Christian, Cap tain Hawkins and Sam Jones of the Drennen Motor Car company all tes- tified to the good character of Phil lips, all stating they had never known of Phillips being reprimanded for conduct becoming an officer. w. B. West, fireman. will be tried by the board Thursday night, March 15, on specifications filed by Chief J. l.. Akin, charging him with. dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
790 EGGS YEARLY SHOWS THAT HEN |S MERELY LOAF FER
Poultry Expert Says Mini- mum Production Should Not Be Below 180 on
 We'll Balanced Ration

Ninety eggs a year only pay for hens keep and hen which only lays 90 eggs a year is a star board er," declared R. s. Burger, in a lec- ture illustrated with charts, ct the Friday meeting of the poultry short course held in Judge Dan A. Greenes court room. Egg judging continued and was nearly completed Friday night at 413 Nineteenth street. north. and the results will be announced early Saturday.
 Dr. l.. A. Wright, professor of poultry husbandry at Peabody col- lege, Nashville, continued his lec- lures on methods of obtaining bet ter poultry and better eggs. He described the different breeds and showed the merits of Plymouth Rocks, White Leghorns and Wyan- dottes. It was largely matter of choice, or taste, said pr. Wright. which breed man preferred, as the old lady said when she kissed her COW, and the question of merit did not especially enter into the choice.
 Purity of breed. according to Dr. Wright. is essential, both to good stock and to superior egg produc- ton. If the breed is pure, he said, the eggs will be better and the stock of high grade. One important fac- tor is standardized breeding. This will not only result in uniformity but in superiority as well"
 MT. Burgers charts were of un- usual interest. They illustrated the points of hens and also showed how the poor layers might be selected from the good ones. A balanced ration was shown as giving better results than an unbalanced one and the minimum production to be ex- pected from a hen was given as 1S0 eggs a year. "A hen which pro- duces 180 eggs year." said MT. Burger, "is nine times as valuable as one which produces only 100 eggs year, for it takes 90 eggs year. that is. in value, to feed hen" The lectures were well attended and aroused great interest. The decis- ions of Dr. Wright on the egg con- test are to be announced Saturday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
TANK GOES ON LAND OR WATER

IANN OOES ON AAND OAs "
 The last word in war vehicles IS an armored truck that travels by land or water, that climbs steep em- bankments, that jumps over trenches, and that makes short work of any obstacle such as wire entanglements' walls. or breastworks. says the Popular Mechanics Magazine in an illustrated article. In general con- struction it is more like an ar rnored truck than the tanks that took part in the World war. but it does all that these did, and more.
 A demonstration of one of these war machines was recently given in New York city, and was attended by enthusiastic representative of the army and navy, and by several hun dred members of the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers. It travelled along Riverside Drive at a speed of 25 miles an hour, fol- lowed by long column of automo- piles, and was then ferried across the Hudson river to the New Jersey side Here it climbed the towering Palisades on 40-per-cent grade to a height of 100 feet, where it reached a level spot. turned around. and then slid back to the road at the river side. After incidentally pumping over 2 4-foot stone parapet, 1t drove to the waters edge, where propellers were mounted on shafts provided for the purpose at the rear end Of the truck. Then it crossed the river. which is at that point nearly miles wide, in about 45 minutes. the steer ing being done by means of the propellers.