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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
French Woman Calls
Children Forbidden Fruit
Says They Are Becoming Objects OF
LuxurY. Few Can Afford Them.

PARIS.-Mme. Maria Weron e,
president of the French League of
Woman's Rights, declares that chill
dren are becoming such objects OF
luxury that the only modern young
woman who can afford them is the
one who has no legal right to them
1T makes no difference now wheth-
er they are legitimate or illegitimate, q
she says, all children are becoming
forbidden fruit.
Pamphlets, speeches and prizes for
large families will do no good. You
hear complaints that the French wo-
men do not want to have children. As
if the men had nothing to do with it!
1t is the whole French population
which does not want children.
at is bad enough TO have landlords
refuse apartments to families with
children, but the worst is the latest
practice of business houses in dis
charging women who are about to
become mothers"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
Long Court Fight Over a
Chicken Comes to a End
Killed in 1918. and Fierce Law Suit
Has Waged Since.

Bill Watts, of Oak Park, fashion
able Chicago suburb, killed pet
chicken of Mrs. Mary Darby's in the
fall OF 1918, when the chicken wan
dered into the Watts back yard and
gobbled grain of corn to which Bill
had thoughtful1y tied string This
was Bills method of curing the OAR
by chickens of the habit of eating his
garden seeds.
Since that momentous occasion the
war in Europe has ended, the map of
the world has been changed and doz-
ems of kingdoms have fallen, but the
fight over the chicken went on. The
Watts have not spoken to the Darbys,
for Bill Watts was arrested after the
death of the chicken, hailed to a jus
tice of the peace court and fined So.
Today the case was called again
on appeal and there was much argu-
ment as to the legal method of killing
chicken, this being the point on
which attorneys claimed the case
hinged. Judge David gave strict at
tention to the argument for IS min
utes ana then rose with this announce
ment:
This case is dismissed. It's trivial.
The people of Oak Park should de-
vote more time to human beings es-
pecially their daughters, and less to
| chickens"
But say-how do you kill chicken
| legally? There won't be any peace in
Oak Park until that point is finally
settled.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
CAUSES OF DECLINE
IN COTTON CONDITION
GEORGIA'S CROP FALLS EIGHT
POINTS DURING JULY. FLOR
IDA ALSO HARD HIT.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The de-
partment of agriculture in statement
today, commenting on its report fore
casting cotton production this year at
11,516,000 bales, from its condition of
or per cent OF a normal on July Is,
declared the causes of the decline of
the condition of the cotton crop dur
ing the month ending July rs we're
conspicuous in two important states,
Texas and Georgia" Florida also was
hard hit, according to the statement.
Every district in Texas" the state
ment said, suffered deterioration OF
condition. due principally to lack of
moisture, but also due to high temper
atures and the ravages of insects.
The statement continued:
with the exception of counties in
south Texas little material damage
has thus far been done by the weevil
or the boil worm in that state, but the
leaf worm has been very active, par
ticularly in the south. Serious damage
is reported from the southern district
of Texas from the effect of what is
known as the cotton flea, relatively
new pest The foregoing causes were
sufficient to make the crop deteriorate
six points during the month in the
states as a whole to II per cent, or
to the average OF past ten years on
July 18th.
Georgia's cotton crop, which has
had ten wear crop condition of &c
per cent on July %, fell eight points
during the month, this year, to 48 per
cent, the lowest condition on record
for that date The boil weevil has
greatly increased in numbers and de
structiveness in the southern third OF
the state and the area of heavy dam
age is spreading northward. The cot
ton plant in a large portion OF the
state had not set any fruit prior tc
July q, which is usually considered
the dead line after which bolls car
not be set and a crop made under
weevil infestation. Weevils are pres
ent in all parts OF the state in greater
numbers than they were last year.
"Weevil ravages are heavy in Flor
ida, where the condition of the croI
declined IS points during the month
Declines of to points In Virginia
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana anc
Oklahoma were variously caused BY
rains, weevils. deficient moisture, late
ness of the crop, extremely hot wealth
er, wet cool weather in May and early
June followed by drought
Improved or stationary condition
during the month in North Carolina
South Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee
Missouri and New Mexico was no
sufficient to balance adverse Gauss
elsewhere. Yet in the average of al
states the crop deteriorated but o.
points. although the average deteriora
ton of the past ten years is SO points
or greater than the deterioration tina
occurred this year"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
SOUTH is WORTH MORE
THAN WAS U. S. IN 1880
FIGURES SHOW WONDERFUL
GROWTH IN EVERY LINE
OF BUSINESS.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Some interesting
figures showing the industrial and f.
nancial progress of the south are
pointed out by Joel Hunter, of At
lanta, business counsellor, who is back
home following trip to the north
west, during which he visited yell
lowstone Park. Mr. Hunter discussed
conditions in the sohth with many
business men of other sections on his
trip and some of the figures which
he cites were used i'll his talks.
The south, according to figures
which are now being emphasized in
the north and east, has four billion
dollars more capital invested in man
ufactures than the whole United
States had in 1880. The souths in
vestment in cotton mills in 1923 is
five times as great as the national in
vestment in such mills in 1880
Mr.. Hunter shows, as will be re-
vea1ed by statistics, that the south
now produces almost as much pig
iron, more than twice as much coal
and twelve times as much petroleum
as the nation did IN 1851.
Between 1900 and 1923, quoting
statistics which Mr.. Hunter has in
hand, southern farm property quad
rupled in value, rising from $780,
100000 to $21 ,685,000,000 Between
1904 and 1921 southern home insur-
ance in southern companies grew to
$1,714,000,000, an increase of 6258 per
cent. Total bank deposits in the south,
$6,273.000,000 in 1922, were nearly ten
times those of 20 wears ago
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
GEORGIA HAS NEARLY ONE MILLION CHILDREN IN SCHOOL
Freshly Fried Fish Are
Cast Up by a Volcano

Dainty morsels in the form of
fish already fried are thrown out
from time to time from a volcanic
peak in the Andes mountains of
South America This peak is call
ed the Tunguragua, and under
meath the mouth of the volcano is
a subterranean lake. During an
eruption the suction draws up
quantities of water, carrying along
the fish, which are cooked by the
inferno through which they pass.
Such is the scientific explanation
of the phenomenon. But the ma
tives tell another story about it.
They hold that when an eruption
occurs, destroying their crops, the
mystic spirit of the Tunguragua
provides the fish so that they shall
not go hungry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
VETERANS IGNORE
VICTORY MEDALS
WASHINGTON REPORTS BUT
LITTLE INTEREST TAKEN IN
DECORATIONS OFFERED.

WASHINGTON. - Two-thirds OF
the men who served in the American
army during the world war have
shown no interest in obtaining the
Victory medal or Victory button
which is available for issue to all per-
sonnet including field clerks and
members OF the nurse corps.
The Victory medal was designed for
year in the lapel of civilian clothes
1t consists of a hye-pointed star on
wreath and is quite attractive, For
those wounded IN battle the medal is
silver. For all others it is bronze,
Every effort has been made to in
duce veterans of the world war to APP
ply for the Victory medal. The Amer
lean Legion and other veterans or
CARNATIONS have co-operated. But the
applicants have not aggregated much
more than one-third of those entitled
to wear this button.
3,842,450 Medals Sought.
The original purchase order of the
quartermaster depot was for 3,842, 45C
medals. OF this total 100000 were
turned over to the navy. Up to April
! 9th of this year 1,223,040 had been is
sued to army personnel, who applied
for them, leaving on hand at the guar
termaster depot, Philadelphia, 2,119,-
401.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
FIGURES ARE GIVEN OUT
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
AN INCREASE OF 5o,491 SHOWN
BY 1923 CENSUS OVER THE
+ ENUMERATION OF 1919.
l5,432 ILLITERATES IN STATE
Whites of School Age Have Increas-
ed 1881 and Negroes 7,1l0. Facts
Revealed by Recent Census of
Children Between and 10.

Children Between and 10.
There are o00,352 children of school
age, to IS years inclusive, in the
state of Georgia. These figures, ac-
cording to the 1928 census of the
school population, which has just been
made public by the state department
of education. show an increase of 49,
491 over the school census of the
state taken in 1918
The census, taken during the
months of March and April, 1923, IN
every county of the state, has been
approved by the state board of edu-
cation. The total cost of taking the
census, the report sets forth, was $751;
30817.
One of the interesting points
brought out in the report is the fact
that the increase in white children of
school age during the fve-year period
was 1881, whereas the increase of
negro children was only 7.110. Of the
o00,352 total in 1928, 524,135 are white
and 376,217 are co1ored.
Fulton county leads in the number
of school age youngsters, according
to the report, with total of 65,775.
OF this number $1,000 are in Atlanta.
Chatham county stands second with
23,1o6; Bib third with 19,489, and
Richmond fourth with 1884. All 9TH
er counties have less than $4,000 each.
Decrease in Illiteracy.
A decrease in the per cent of litter
acy among school children in Georgia
as a whole is noted in the report. The
total number of illiterates in 1918 was
25,783. In 1928 this figure had been
reduced to 15,432. The decrease in the
number of white illterates was 2,586,
or a decrease of 0.62 per cent Negro
illiterates decreased 7,765 in number
during the fve-year period, or Z0l per
cent
One hundred and thirteen counties
reported decrease in the percentage
of white illiteracy, while 81 counties
reported an increase. One hundred
and sixty counties reported decrease
in the percentage of colored since the
1918 census was taken were not in
cluded in the comparisons.
Burke county leads in the number
of illiterates, possessing 51o, of whom
502 arc colored children. Jefferson
county, with 384, 353 of whom are
colored, is second, while Troup coun
ty is third with 317, of whom 800 are
colored. The largest number of white
illiterates is reported in Walker and
Barlow counties, which have 90 and
.92 respectively.
During the fve-year period since
the taking of the last census there
has been a slight increase in the mum
Der CT Sabotage children classified
as detectives. The figure in 1918 was
ASP, while for 1923 it is shown to
be 4,928.
Four hundred and one of these are
blind, GO are deaf and dumb, 1850
are crippled and 1871 are feeble mind
ed White Sabotage children classi-
fed as detectives number 2,738 while
defective colored children number g.,
100.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
BECAME PRESIDENT AMID
HUMBLE SURROUNDINGS
COOLIDGE TOOK OATH IN
THE LITTLE PARLOR OF
HIS FATHERS HOME.
WAS DIMLY LIGHTED BY LAMP
Vice President Was Visiting "Old
Folk Back Home When President
Harding's Death Occurred Oath Is
Administered by Father.

PLYMOUTH, Vt-Calvin Cool
| idge took the oath as president of the
United States at Plymouth, VT, at
PAT a. m Friday. The new president
was sworn in by his father, who is a
notary public, and at whose home he
was visiting The text of the pledge
as prescribed by the constitution was
telephoned to him by the white house.
Vice President Coolidge received
exactly at midnight Thursday the
news of President Harding's death,
which elevated him to the presidency.
dency.
The news came as great shock
to the vice president. and, his first
thought and that of Mrs. Coolidge,
was to send a message of coincidence
to Mrs. Harding at San Francisco. He
dictated the following statement:
Dictates First Official Statement
Reports have reached me that
President Harding has gone. The
world has lost great and good man.
L
and my friend.
1T will be my purpose to carry out
the policies which he had begun for
the service of the American people
and for the meeting of their response
bilities wherever they may arise.
For this purpose | shall seek the
cooperation of all those who have
been associated with the president dur
ing his term of Office. AS for those
who have given their efforts to assist
him, | wish them to remain IN office
that they may assist me.
q have faith that God will direct
the destinies of our nation"
Sends Telegram to Mrs. Harding.
When Mr.. Coolidgs~-~&1ae down
stairs to welcome the newspaper men
he held a telegram from Secretary
Christian, notifying him of the presi-
dents death He was calm, but Mrs.
Coolidge, who stood beside him, ap-
peared to be on the verge OF tears.
Mr. Coolidge stopped to say hello,
boys" to the newspaper men. Then
he dictated the following telegram to
Mrs Harding:
Eve offer you our deepest sympa-
thy. May God bless you and keep
you"
Old fashioned lamps Lighted but
dimly the typical New England par
lor in which Coolidge stood as he re-
ceived the news OF President Hard
ing's end. 1t was an humble setting
one that the vice president might have
chosen could he have selected the spot
in which to hear he was to become,
through a tragedy, the next president
| of the United States.
No Telephone in Fathers Home.
There was no telephone in the home
| of Mr.. Coolidge's father.
| The vice president, in need OF rest,
had gone to Plymouth, knowing he
would be practically out OF touch with
the rest of the world. He had been
receiving telegraphic reports as to
President Harding's condition at a
general store, across the street from
| his fathers house.
There was nothing to indicate that
the change of chief executive would
| greatly alter the present makeup OF
the administration, or would result in
any immediate summoning OF con-
| gresS in extra session.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
Presidents Death Caused
Greet Sonow at Capital


WASHggsaa D. C.-News
of the death Ole dent Harding
fell with almost pa ag effect
on the national capital.
AS the news began to reach
on the streets there were scenes VI
sorrow such as had not been wit
messed here in many yeras. Never
before had Washington been so
unprepared to hear of the death of
a chief executive; and the circle of
Mr.. Harding's friends was one ex-
tending down to some of the lowli-
est of the residents of the capital,
for during his two and half years
in the white house he had made a
place in many hearts by his hu-'
man qualities and his attitude of
constant helpfulness toward every
one.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
$4,000 Flowers in Boquet
For w. C. T. u. President
Each Blossom Represented a New
Member of the Union.

CHICAGO, Ill.-A bouquet OF zo,-
600 flowers each representing a new
member was presented to Miss Anna
AZ Gordon, world national president
Of the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union. The blossoms represent
ed new members that have joined the
organization since June IA, 1928, and
filled room about Is by ~ reef III
dimensions. 10.
The bouquet included pine cones
from Maine, wild rosse from iowa
noccasin flawers from Minnesota ano
almost all varieties OF southern Cai-
fornia flowers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
CLEAN FACES OF WOMEN
OBJECT OF NEW CAMPAIGN
Washrag to Replace Lipstick, Rouge,
Powder and Scented Soaps.

A campaign to make women's faces
clean has begun. The washrag will be
the banner. Lipsticks, rouge, powder,
and scented soaps must go.
Dr. Victor Robinson, editor of Med
ical Life, of New York. city, is at the
head of the movement He will be
aided by women's clubs throughout
the nation, he announced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
Woman Wins SIS, 900
Damages for Spoiled Face

Alleging that her face was married
for life by a beauty operation Miss
Mae Edwards, a dancer, of Atlantic
City, N. J., has been awarded $4,000
damages. The dancer sued Charles
Holden. owner OF beauty shop, af-
ter he had performed an operation to
remove lines from her face
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07

Asparagus is believed to be the old
est known plant used for food.
Evening star., 1923-09-23

larger quantities than when each de-
partment bought separately. The in
stitution OF the general supply COM
mittee and consolidated buying has
saved much money to the govern
ment.
The proposed plan has been agreed
on after number of conferences by
representatives Of the bureau Of ef-
ficiency, the federal purchasing board.
the chief co-ordinator of the general
supply committee and others. 1t is
said that the present purchasing and
storing personnel is larger than would
be needed under the proposed plan,
that stocks Of common articles main
tained in the various department store.
houses are greater than would be nee.
essary in central warehouse, and
that many storerooms in which de.
partmental supplies are held present
serious fire hazards. The proposed
plan for buying. storing and distribut.
ing ordinary departmental supplies
deserves careful consideration by Con.
gress. 1t seems to promise economy
and increased efficiency in some of the
activities Of the departments at Wash.
ington.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Fire Protection at MT. Vernon.

Henry Ford has given a chemical
fire engine to Mount Vernon. No doubt
the Mount Vernon Ladies' Associa-
ton, which saved this shrine in 1856
and ever since has guarded it with
loving care, will direct the sending of
a letter to Mr.. Ford which will be one
Of his priced possessions. This was
written in the news: THE danger of
destruction Of Mount Vernon by fire
has been eliminated by the presenta-
ton by Henry Ford of a chemical fire
engine and equipment. Impressed
with the danger of fire to the ma
tional shrine due to the lack Of fire.
fighting equipment, Mr.. Ford, after a
recent trip to the home of Washing
ton, sent an order to. one of his fac
tories for the construction of the mo-
tor chemical engine that he presented
to Mount Vernon"
There Is much that is misleading in
that narrative MIR. Ford has present
ed TO Mount Vernon q specially con-
Evening star., 1923-09-23

structed engine mounted on q Ford
truck. But before this presentation
Mount Vernon was perhaps the best
guarded place against, fire in the
United States. Every possible precau-
tion was taken long ago. Fire protec-
tion as complete as foresight and in
genuity can devise has been provided.
The mansion and it's outbuiIdings
are Of wood. But there are fireplugs,
reels of hose, chemical extinguishers,
ladders and everything in that line. On
a hill in the grounds is q reservoir
holding 100000 gallons OF water, and
there is stationary pump of great
power for forcing water through hose
lines. There are steady fire drills by
the guards and other employees on the
place. Watchmen are on duty day and
night. The buildings are kept warm
in winter by concealed pipes fed from
a central heating plant built under
ground 400 feet from the mansion.
Vernon is with electricity generated
on the grounds at a safe distance from
the historic buildings. Rules against
smoking in buildings or grounds, or
carrying lighted cigarettes and cigars
are rigidly enforced. Visitors are al
ways under the eye of watchmen tried
by long service. No place could be
more carefully guarded against fire
than Mount Vernon.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Height of Absurdity.

Much nonsense is sometimes COM
mitted in the name of reform and hu-
manity. The Humane Society of
Santa Barbara, Calf, has just gone
far ahead of the record in this respect.
1t has filed protest against the prac-
tice Of merchants Of that city in ex-
hibiting for sale specimens of the
Mexican jumping beam" When these
leguminous fruits are exposed to the
sun they perform peculiar antics,
rolling and twisting about in a lively
fashion. This activity is due to the
squirming of the larvae of an insect
which are housed within. The HUI
name Society declares that this is
cruelty In the worst form, and has
asked the state society to decide the
question.
Such a protest is likely to lessen the
respect Of people for the really serious
and while work of the organi-
zation. There is need of vigilance on
the part of the humanely inclined to
prevent cruelties to the animals that
are closely associated with man, the
horses, dogs, cats and the other crea-
lures that are Of use and comfort; to
birds and to other forms Of animal
life. But to carry the propaganda to
the insects, the utility Of which is
most doubtful, is to extend the en-
deavor to the point Of absurdity.
Cruelty to bean-infesting bug is a
strange form Of inhumanity. 1t does
not exactly fall within the scope Of a
serious endeavor to correct mischief
and abuse. Far better would 1t be for
the Santa Barbara organization to
confine itself to the real work Of ac-
tual cruelty prevention and to leave
off in an effort which only excites ridi-
cule and disrespect.