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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Bradstreet and Dun
Report Improvement

bradstroot reports Improvement in
u number OF lines confined. in In.
stances, to a better tone, but IN 9th.
crs showing n definite enlargement of
aetlVi'y Dun reports signs OF in.
crcaalng buying in some channels.
with production generally downward,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
NeIO York Stock Market
MALI. srmnnr IornNAL rINNNrIAL MnNInM

NEW
stock market today maintained the euonhcy existing at last weeks
many
leaders levels reached the current
another
The weekly production e additional reduction
opening ncc included bethlehem 50l4
Consolidated
American. A. SSh =. United states steel o. of =
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
DAIRY PRODUCTS
i-rises Paid 10 shippers
DAIRY PRODUCTS
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Prices Paid By wholesale Dealer.
10 shipn<Fa

70 NHfppFFA
Brpsirrs--fe Shnfna. pr lha.rtt ~
Rocks ard Reds. per 10 o.. ~
Cspoas--tIys, tst. per Ibs.... ~
Fancy q. ., ss...ssssr...s..s 81
IIrns AZ ihs. and w sst.ss e.
Medium. live. ~ 70 90 Ne. IN
tAvs. light > % ~ its.u.. a,
rnbey dry picked I esnts absrs
live n . : cents above live
Geese tive. fat, , 80 ~ lbs 81
Ifrlginn HAIRS itss ard up ti
TURKEYS -FHnsy q p, youHE al
1--we. Fat. per ih,4..4rs4rs.. ~
Heostrrs~old. live. per H.. II
Upxs-
chsiss. Hight .ssts...,.,,... ~
Eaneg. hsayy. ita zoo ihs ~ .nle 30
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Building Permits

Il. @. Wells. Tisn East 4sth. frame resi-
denee. Sexes. $4,000.
Joe Mleiiori, Beacon Crest spartn-nts
18th ave. g.. frame residence, sox57.
$500.
Charles Horn. 1913 nth N, frame resl-
dence. ssx.1. $500.
Charles Horn. 1918 18th n, frame rest
denee. s5sat. 1880.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Ten-Cent Gasoline
Sold in New York

NEW YORK. Aug. 2o.---ons OF the
large Eastern refiners is offering
gasoline at 10 cents a gallon here.
This is the lowest price yet named.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Denver Live Stock

! 14FWFNEV : NN9FNFFVIF
Cattle 300. STEADY Reef steers.
fs4li. cows and hstferH. s40
6.T5 calves. S5Ras atockera aud
feeders, st50Us
HoRs--Reecipts 200. zsga lower.
Top. 1915 bulk. SsWsf5.
sheep--ftccfLpts. $50 Steady. Lam ba.
iliT5 Il 1915. cwes yi1T
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Leather Bureau Report

TATuOsu ISLAND, AUG. s9.--t A. ~.
barometer rlsinE. cloudy. Wind east
miles an hour. Passed ln-=A twosmAstsd
steamer. black stack, A. : q. m. q steam
sr, probably Katrina T.aeksnbaeh. az Z
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
ISLE OF PINES PRODUCES
GRAPEFRUIT

Tho Isle Of Pines was mIsnamed.
II seems they don't deal much in
pineappies. whereas they have been
specializing on grapefruit ever since
the Spanish-American war.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Local
Markets
VEGETABLES
Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers

trhe prices given are tsoss made 20 70
tail dealers b. wholesalers, with a fsw
seasonal exceptions. prices 90 producers
81" be figured by dsdue,inu the cost q
transportation 10 Seattle and approai'
matsly isF lot hauling. storage and sell
ms eost1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Foreign Exchange
SATURDAY.. C,uotatisn.

NEW YORK. Aug. lss~-The for.
eIgn exchange market closed lower
today. Sterling demand closed a,
x sS6S or fFa1 ,s ~, q,ess7' W
80 00o0is Belgian. ;o.0ttins marks.
3sfs,l5g 20 the dollar. or 1859.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Alaska Vessels

bItkh, AuE. a-Sallod, str Alaska
southbound. NJ 1880 p IN.
Juneau, Avg. Sailed, str Admiral
Watson. Houthbaund, at p. m.
Kstchikan. Aug. H. Sailed. str Nd
mlral Evans. northbnund, at s a. m,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Cash Wheat

CHICAGO. Aug. tS-Caah Wheat
No, red. 81 Npts Gfi,G3, No. 3 red
slol, No, hard, sL0iA 0tosA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
TRADE TERMS
OUTRIGHT

To buy outright" means TO pay
cash for the fun cost Of the security,
hs distinguished from buying ION o
margin"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Liverpool Grain

Wheat opeu High low Close
Oct, So "A asa sa8sd So So
Dec. sac ss8ha SIS q satAa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20

~ - -
Ilfst lew tide
.G..& a. ~ Is n
First Iilnh Tide
iGss1 . M ss n
sr~snd Low Tide
t1s = m, 81 n
socaud tiikh Tide
titii . us- isA n.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
POULTRY AND MEATS


Ducka- Dressed, per lh...r "a
Hens Dressed. heavy ....s4..s I've 80
Dressed light .....s,....s.. see -
1--we. heavy. 10. .ss.s.,..... .ztG ~
Live. Hight. 10, .,.....t.....- IL
Dressed. per 10, t..s .tsu ~
tssese~D Dressed, Per ~ ..s.s. as
Tufkcys--raneY. dressed ..... 40 % -
1--we. fancy, lhs.,........s... ~
Belgian Iiarts- Live. per h.. 81
Dressed, per n ,sss4ts...... 30 q -
Cows Country dressed. ib..s.. .es % .eA
IIex.-Fancy block .ts.s..t... .iiT -
yral-Fancy. liKht ....a.,..t.. ,1s8 ~
Heavy. coarse ...ss.s.s...s. .efG 10
Medium. dressed .ss...,s4.. lie II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-20
Ship News
Tides In Seattle

TUESDAY
AIG ~
First Lew Tide
& SO a. ~ 90 o.
F1rxt nigh Tide
- y N lea a.
second Low Tide
ks D. m. So a.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
Animals at Christmas.

Let US, especially if at Christmas. remember
that animals are worthy of being numbered
among our friends and companions, since
thew were the companions of the Christ child
in the lowIy stable at Bethlehem. Because
they are our friends we must do all we can
to make them happy. This we can do at all
times, and at such a special season of glad
ness let us share with them our joy and hap
piness. You know how dog, for instance,
can show his happiness and express his graft
tude for kindly attention, and also how,
alas, too often, he shows his fear of bad
treatment! All animals can feel pain. They
can also feel pleasure, and it is only right
just as we hate giving pain to our human
friends-that we should avoid anything
which may hurt our animal companions
Let every living thing, if possible, share in
the joys of Christmas Do something to
make it a happy time, at least, for every liv-
ing thing with which you have anything to
do. And by so doing we can all try to make
it a season of real loving kindness to one
and ALL Let US be determined that every
living being with whom we have anything to
do-our human friends and our Flower
brethren'-shall be- somehow, the happier
because of what we-you and have been
able to do for Them You remember that
Jesus said: "Inasmuch as We have done it
unto one of the least of these, my brethren,
We have done it unto me-" Matt XIV, o.
Selected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
IL One Had Millions.

The average person could be depended
upon to spend lot of money if he came in
to possession of millions There would be a
fine home for one thing, expensive motor
cars, luxurious furnishings and clothing,
jewelry social activity, perhaps hobby or
two, travel and general good time. Some
would interest themselves in philanthrophy
and others would be penurious. Most per-
sons, however, reasonably could be expected
TO use at least a good deal of the money on
personal enjoyment. The good things of
life make a powerful appeal whether one
has or has not vast amounts of money.
A Chicago multimillionaire died recent
~ who had no such idea of what to do with
huge fortune Edwin B. Jennings, who
was ga, was worth Sc 100000 in his own
right and had in addition the income from a
S7,000,0OO trust fund. Few persons knew
he had any money at all. He travelled to
his unpretentious downtown real estate of
flee on the street cars disdaning automo-
biles, never having owned one. Once or
twice a week he went 10 motion picture
theater, and when he went out for meals,
he got them in the popular priced restau-
rants. He bought ready made clothing. He
never married. He refused all appeals made
by charitable organizations, although he
made donations in some instances, giving
direct to the recipient of his philanthropy.
Mr.. Jennings home was in a little cottage,
scantily furnished. He had a housekeeper
who mended his clothing and did his wash
ing Some of his garments were repaired
far beyond the wear with which $50 a
week clerk would have been satisfied. He
cared nothing for display, but paid strict
attention to business. He inherited a large
fortune made in real estate, and under his
administration it grew. But it never turned
his head. He was satisfied to live quiet
Life. He was one of tens of millions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
The Farmer as Santa Claus.
From Farming.

He does not come with reindeer and sleigh,
but he drives over snow-clad hills of the
North and sunit plains of the South-over
the praries of the West and the rolling lands
of the East-and thousands of freight cars
are required to haul the good things he
brings for Christmas to the millions of in
habitants of the cities and towns of this
country and hundreds of ships are employed
to transport his surplus products to coun-
tries that lie beyond the great oceans that
wash our shores.
He supplies factories everywhere with
the raw material needed for the production
of clothing and other fabrics; he furnishes
the grain and livestock which mills and
packing houses convert into our principal
articles of food; he fills city markets with
the products of diaries, poultry yards, or
chards, vineyards and gardens. The world
looks to him for most of its necessities, com
forts and luxuries, and for its Christmas
cheer is dependent upon the part he plays
as Santa Claus.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
Slaughter of the Innocents.
From the Arlington (Texas) Express

FROM IHS AIHIlStOIl II CAdS) 11AplCSS'
There has recently been, or there is now
on, season in Texas during which it is law
full to kill doves. The writer doesn't kill
doves or Red Cross nurses, or anything else
so sacredly symbolic of peace; therefore,
does not keep posted as to the exact time
these things can be legally done. Where he
was raised, if the writer had been found
guilty of killing a dove back in his boyhood
days he would either have been socially os-
tracized as a malevolent monstrosity or
would still be in Jail.
The doves which grown men in this sec
ton of the United States go out and kill on
the theory that they are ''game birds" are
the same kind of doves, for aught we know
to the contrary, as that glorious and glori-
fed bird which was sent forth from the Ark,
and which eventually brought back in its
beak an olive branch, signifying that Peace
reigned on the earth.
These "game birds" are the same birds
that sit on a dead limb over your head at
mating time in the spring and at moulting
time in the fall, and put their beakS together
and rub noses and bills and coo and kiss.
Their sombre plumage is so like the drab
branches wherein they rest that they can
with difficulty be seen. You can hear the
throaty music of their cooling love notes,
but the doves themselves are modest and re-
firing. "Game birdsp' About as game" as
Nina Wilcox Putnam would say, as a rub
Der rabbitP'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
Tohn r. Mercer.

The passing of John R. Mercer removed
one long and worthily identified with the
affairs of Dawson and Terrell county He
leaves behind him a record of service to
manv of his fellow men, to his community
and to his state.
During the many years in which he re-
sided in Dawson Mr. Mercer was identified
with every movement which looked to the
up-buildng of this town and section. In
public life he filled the position of Mayor
of the city with a commendable devotion
to its best interests and his administration
was regarded as one of the most progressive
in the towns history, while as member OF
the general assembly of the state he was
regarded as an able, and constructive fac
tor in the deliberations of that body Par
ticularly did he render jealous and untiring
efforts in the agricultural Development OF
his country and section, giving of his means
and time most literally to stimulating the
use of intelligent methods of farming and
the increasing of grain and food crops. In
this connection he distributed for num-
Der of years cash prizes for the best yields,
and at a considerable financial sacrifice he
erected the first flour mill in this part of
Georgia.
No less in private than in public life did
his fine quality of helpfulness and service
assert itself. He was one of ready and
quick-hearted sympathy for those in need
or distress, for the unfortunate and OPP
pressed. Many a man, white and black
turned to him for help and found it.
So, in his going the community loses d
citizen who served it, and humanity friend
who loved it. 1t is deep and genuine sor-
row that his death brings.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
Pen Picture of President.
F. Billiard in Current History Magazine

Today we of New England who knew him
intimately still call Calvin Coolidge "Cal. +"
We speak the name with slight infusion of
nasality
Now "CaT' is president. We have faith in
him. He has grown much in twenty years.
His full stature lies still in the future. Re-
sponsibility it is true, has never yet made
demands beyond his capacity. But that vast
leap to the presidency! Will he make good
in the White House? We hope, and believe,
he will. DUTY" to him is the biggest word
in the language save one-"Service.'' We
read his speeches and bracket those words to-
gether. There is no style of speech. He
puzzles us, but he is not inscrutable. He is
silent as Trappst monk but on occasion
he speaks more effectively than most men of
many words. He is as unobstrusive as a
second violin in an orchestra, but he sees
all there is to see and asserts himself when
necessary. Nobody slaps him on the back,
but almost everybody likes him. Exuberant
famboyancy subsidies, abashed in his pres
ence. He never forgets. He keeps his word
and expects the other men to keep theirs
Look at him merely as one in room full
of public men and he is the last you would
consider as a man of destiny. Yet he has
run for many offices and never been de-
feated; he has dealt with emergencies and
increased his fame by his action; he has
played to no gallery, yet he fills great
place in the popular imagination.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
Today-Christmas.

No day in the whole year is so firmly and
peculiarly fixed in the minds Of men and
women as Christmas. No day Is so en-
Enthusiastically anticipated, and none for
which so great preparation is made. The
reason for this is that Christmas is the first
holiday that comes into the life of the child,
and the one that remains the longest.
Christmas may have existed before the
Christ child was born, but if it did it never
existed as it has since. Birth in the manger
gave it meaning it never could have had
meaning so simple as to engage the hearts
of children and the minds of philosophers
Christmas a day of sentiment? Yes, but
what other sentiment is to be compared?
To the child mind the Christmas sentiment
is a combination of mystery, confidence,
love. Mystery may be encouraged, and
doubtless is, but it does not Lessen confidence
that Santa Claus will surely come. And love
in expression of gratitude fastens on the un-
real as well as the real, but nevertheless
dominates. 1t is a curious combination
analysed purely from the standpoint OF
moral responsibility and analysis is not at
tempted bv anyone who still would be young.
Whatever conduces to the happiness of child
hood has fullest justification, provided 1t
does not offend child conception of right
and wrong. With those straight-laced, mat
ter-of-fact individuals who would draw
moral lines so tight that the sentiment and
mystery of Christmas are all knocked out OF
it no lover of children have any patience at
all They would take all the joy out of life,
even child life Of all holidays Christmas
does most to endear the home, and to create
attachment that lasts as long as it exists.
Christmas in the home is Christmas indeed.
Every attempt to reform" Christmas has
been dismal failure. Instead of trying to
reform" Christmas the thing to be done Is
to extend it, carry it forward as the chill
dren's day. Let the blessing of giving be
emphasized in every possible way, that the
incentive to make others happy dominate the
spirit of the day. Remember the story of
the little waif who slept in a cold hallway
the night before Christmas and who awoke
on Christmas morning with doll in her
arms, glad not because she had the only doll
she ever possessed, but because Somebody
loves me-"
Old as we may be we are all children
when it comes to feeling that for US there
is desire on the part of some one that ours
be a Merry Christmas. Let US not forget
that we may make merry for others the
self-same way, even though by merely a
kindly greeting or thoughtful deed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
Spending Money.
From the Progressive Farmer.

Every time you spend dollar you have
not only spent that dollar, but all the inter
est on it for the rest of your life. Suppose
that the interest rate where you are is 6
per cent, then every time you spend $1.O0
now you have not only spent 100 cents OF
1923 money, but you have spent cents of
1924 money, cents of 1925 money, cents
of 1926 money-and so on for the rest of
your life. Every time you spend $500 now
you have not only paid out 500 of 1928
money, but you have paid out $500 of
coming to you in 1925, 5000 more in 1926,
and so on for the rest of your life. The man
who saves $500 per year and invests it at
6 per cent, compounded annually, would
have at the end of 25 years $17,446.8O. Of
this amount his actual savings amount to
$500, while the interest amounts to So
946.80
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
Making More Thieves.
From the Telfair ENTERPRISE.

and us poor people have to make out ar
income tax to the federal government, one
to the county and school boards and the diff
ferent towns and municipalities life will be
just one darn tax report after another. 1t is
said that the federal income tax has made
thieves out of a large number of people
and firms, as the workings of the tax ma
chinery is so intricate and burdensome that a
large number of corporations and individ-
uals employ experts and lawyers to hide
their property to keep from paying a con-
iscatory tax on it.
A large number of individuals are invest
ing in tax-free bonds, to dodge paying an
exhorbitant tax, when if the tax was reduced
to minimum there wouldn't be so much
tax-dodging by big businesses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
Aid For the Germans.

The possibility of extending American
aid to the German people, some 10000 OF
whom are threatened with starvation, is
seriously being considered by government
officials. President Coolidge believes pri-
vate charity should be encouraged to help
and to that end has caused a statement of
his endorsement of such a plan to be sent
out How far toward relief of the Ger
man situation that would go remains to be
seen. 1t is well-known that residing In the
United States are hundreds of thousands OF
German-American citizens, who quickly
would respond to a general appeal for aid.
In addition there are other thousands of
native born Americans who have forgotten
the war sufficiently to make contributions
in the name of humanity.
Still, the success of the movement would
have to depend upon thorough organization.
Mr. Coolidge has called attention to the
fact that Major General Pershing, former
commander of the American army of occu-
patton in the Rhineland, and Brigadier Gen
eral Dawes. former budget commissioner,
are directly interested in such organization,
That millions will be required is well under
stood. Foodstuffs must be sent to Germany
in enormous amounts from some source, and,
as usual, America is called upon to make
the greater contribution.
Senator Lenrott, of Wisconsin, has a bill
asking for an appropriation of $2O,OOO,OOO
by congress to provide relief for the starv-
ing German population. The measure will
not be pushed for awhile. The government
will wait to see whether private aid will be
Forthcoming in sufficient amount to provide
the necessary relief If private aid fails
it is likely that the government will feel
obliged to help. Thus another argument
against war is reared in the consciousness of
international thought Let it be hoped that
it will penetrate deep into the German
thought as well.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25

wide difference of opinion is observed
regarding present day morals and the gen
erations affected. Some denounce and con
denim the youngsters as too sophisticated in
their teens and compare most unfavorably
to those of so years ago. Now comes a
champion who declares the boys and girls OF
today are the finest ever produced IN this
or any other country at any time. Dr. Graft,
of the Epworth league, gives the youngsters
clean bill of moral health, and charges that
the old men and the old women really are
the shieks and fappers who are causing all
the trouble.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25

About the best piece of legislation passed
by the Legislature at its recent session was
the creation of state auditor. Senator
Pace, of Sumter county, was the author. Inc
state has long been in need of an account
ing system, and The News has frequently
urged the action that has at last been taken.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
BLOWING AWAY COAL.

From The Fitzgerald Herald.
An efficiency engineer finds that it takes
100000 tons of coal year to provide the
steam for locomotive whistles. Why not use
electric "loudspeakers" for the whistles?
They require little power, and the neces-
sary current might be generated by the loco
motive itself, as a by-product.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25

In one week South Georgia has lost by
death two of its well-known and useful
editors Mr.. C. T. barley, of the Lyons
Progress, passed away after brief illness,
and a few days later Mr. N. c. Napier, of the
Vidalia Advance, was called to his reward
Their passing is a distinct loss to their com
munities and the editorial fraternity. Inc
News sympathizes with the bereaved fam
lilies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25

The cotton price came just about three
months too late to do the producers much
good, saws The Thomasville Times-Enter-
prise. Very true, but it is good BAIT,
and will insure the planting of big acreage
bv the farmers next fall All the suckers
do not buy oil stock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25

Campaign headquarters have been opened
in Atlanta to promote Senator Underwood
candidacy for the presidency. The people OF
Georgia have very high regard for the Ala
bama statesman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
OLD ORDER CHANGED.

From The Cordele Dispatch.
The first car of butter in a single lot ever
going out of Cordele-as a CordeIe prod
uct-will go tonight. And it will be a
product that will stand easily as preferred
article over that from other fields.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25

The season of the year has arrived when
Georgia's alleged good roads are showing up
at their worst and there is howl from
Tybee Island to Rabun Gap, observes the
Butler Herald. Twas ever thus.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25

As fall-like weather continues to pene-
trate far into winter over wide area 1t
would be interesting to discover what has
become of those scientists who feared there
would be a return of the ice age. 1t is evil
dent that no glacial epoch has yet started