davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11

slowly down and speeding up by a
commutator in his hand. After
travelling for about five minutes
through this passage-way the hori-
zon suddenly expanded, and was
lighted up by bright glow just
as the car stopped. rose to get
out, but my companion motioned
me to be seated. We were in the
centre of an immense rotonda,
something like that Of the Grand
Opera, with its electric candelabra,
its moving crowds, its stands, and
many people moving on the side
walks, hurrying their homes, rush
ing across the open circ.e, darting
into adjoining streets. Cars NOV
ing by, trolleys passed filled with
passengers, at the corner of two
streets the front of large theater
advertised in huge flaming letters
the evenings entertainment.
Where was 1? We had not left
the tower, and looking through
the windows of our little car / saw
jim place of the sky only a mass Of
mets1 trellises, where certainly the
air might pass, but through which
no external light could make its
way. In spite of my bad humor, /
could not help being surprised.
So, all this world of workmen
brought here by the will of this
man, lives, goes to bed, enjoys it.
self after the hours of labor-this
colossus was already a city in it.
self.
Thinking it over I found it very
simple; in this desert of swamps,
far from everything, he had 20
care for feeding and lodging the
workmen, brought from afar, and
of course he had to build temper
airy places for his men, but here
the proportions of the work and
the comforts were almost extra
ordinary.
I now looked at this enigmatical
man with astoDishment, for he
presided overall this phantasmag-
DRY. A kind of smile of satisfac-
ton showed itself on his lips as he
started the car again slowly, so
that it crossed the open place and
ran more rapidly through broad
street well lighted and filled with
men of affairs. / tried to read the
signs as we passed; restaurants,
bakeries, cafes, groceries, novelty
stores. This lasted for several min
utes and then as we passed a high
balustrade on the side / could see
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11

OFT at the rudder sat = young girl.
Seated upon cushions which ele-
waited her as upon a throne, wrap
ped in q light white fur, the ap-
partition passed 50 quickly that l
could hardly distinguish the golden
hair, the pallor and smile on her
lips, the graceful movements OF
the beautiful creature who seemed
to see me, and pointed me out to
the mulatto. The boat disap-
peared behind a clump of bushes.
I could still hear the echo OF a
voice which sounded to me like the
music of a harp.
But / had neither time nor OPP
portunity to see or hear any more.
A violent shock surprised me, my
ladder shook under added weight
and felt powerful arms seize me
and placed over my eyes. l was
thrown down, picked up, know
not by whom or how, and all at
once 1 felt the earth tremble be-
meath me. l felt myself descend
ing at terrific rate of speed, into
depths that seemed limitless. L
saw nothing in the night into
which I was dropped, but knew
that was not alone, for the her
culean hands that had seized me
before continued to hold me with
irresistible power.
At the end of possibly minute,
the platform stopped slowly, with
out any shock. A door opened be-
hind me: the light which shone
brightly lighted up two terrifying
faces, the faces of the two giants
who had followed me when we
were walking around. They push
ed me again, compelling me to go
into quite a large room, a sort OF
waiting-room without windows,
draped with grey hangings, lighted
by electric bulbs. The door closed
behind US.
At once I ran around looking
for some way out, but found none.
Then turned to my two compan-
ions who had been laughing before
but now were terrifying in their
ferocious silence.
"What do you meant" I asked
violently, by this extraordinary at
tack? suppose you are acting
under authority of Mr.. Avery?
What does he want of me? Does
he intend to make me prisoner?"
/ began to laugh nervously. The
two collossi remained mute, and
that exasperated me. l,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11

Continued Next sunday.)
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
The Cost of Regulation.

Something of the cost of railroad regula-
ton is disclosed in figures showing the
growth of expenditures by the interstate
commerce commission from 1887 to 1921. In
the wear 1887, when the commission came into
existence, its total expenditures were $l5,14O;
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1921, the
total was $6,193,714. The cost of the commits
sion at first increased slowly. Three years
after its organization or in 1890, the total
was S180,440 Ten years after it was well I'M
der S300000 In 1910, however, it had in
creased to more than $1,163,000. 1t was the
examination of accounts, begun in 1900, and
the study Of valuations, begun in 1912, that
was responsible for the huge increase between
1910 and 1920, the total expenditures for 1920
having been $5,542, 373 in round numbers.
Perhaps when the study of valuations shall
have been completed there will be reduction
in expenditures, but it is to be remembered
that the scope of the commissions activities
IS being constantly widened The latest pro-
rosa1 is that the railroad labor board shall
be made division of the commission. Should
that be done the fixed charges of the COM
mission would be still farther enlarged. The
inescapable conclusion. is that government
regulation is a costly proceeding, and some
times there is substantial reason to question
whether it is worth what it costs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
RUDE RURAL RHY MES
OUR SUCCESSORS.

o when in country i'll town | walk with
Hannah up and down, | see some good kids
and some cranky, some neat and some that
need hanly; but be they full OF sin or grace
some one of them will take my place. Al
though my hair is not yet gray, I'm getting
older every day, yea, though my gait no limp
is showing I'm getting nearer where I'm go
ing. Dear sir, though not yet old as Priam,
you're in the self-same boat as l am. Dear
madam, though your charms are plenty, YOU
never more will weigh one twenty. Full many
a rural church has rusted, and many fair
and grange has busted, because in grown up
folks they trusted. Without jar, without a
sound this dizzy earth goes round and
round. o never does trip begin but some
worker cashes in, and never sinks a weary
sun but sees some leaders labors done. Some
kid already in the traces must step on up to
take their places, and all our churches, fairs
and oranges should have young blood to meet
these changes Else, when we sleep beneath
the daisies, the cause we love will go to
blazes. Yea, when we rest beneath our hum
mocks the good old town will go kerhum-
mux So let us traip the youngster dapper
and seek to civilize the fapper. 0 let us teach
the kids life's rules in clubs and camps and
Sunday schools, and then sit back upon our
pants and give the younger folks a chance.
bob ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
Governor Edwards Program.

Governor and Senator-elect Edwards, OF
New Jersey, announces that he purposes to
raise hell" in Washington until the prohibi-
ton law is modified, and Senator-eect Cope
land Of New York, promises that he will
help in the undertaking. Governor Edwards
denies that he is a friend OF the bootlegger
and the saloon, but he admits that he is
strongly opposed to those in the govern
ment who are personally wet and politically
drv." He proposes to see that something is
done about prohibition. "I1l raise so much
hell" he says, "that somebody will have to
do something I am going down there with
lot Of red blooded men, and they are go
| ing to stand up and see that something is
done" Senator-elect Copeland thinks that
Governor Edwards has enlisted in popular
cause and, if successful, "tfere is no question
about who will. be the next president of the
United States"
Unquestionably, if the senators-elect from
New Jersey and New York had only the
people OF their own states to contend with
something would be done about modifying
prohibition quickly. But, unfortunately for
them, New Jersey and New York constitute
only small segment of the country. It is
not at all certain that all the hell Governor
Edwards may be able to raise in the senate
will serve to secure the modification of the
prohibition law Governor Edwards can make
himself a nuisance if he chooses to do so, and
he can aflict the senate grievously but he
is in danger of overrating the effectiveness OF
such a course of action.
There will be no objection, however if
he shall succeed in smoking out those in
the government who are personally wet and
politically dry" and exposing their hypocrisy.
They merit no consideration; they have made
no small contribution to the difficulty of pro-
hbition enforcement
No one will deny that something needs to
be done about prohibition, but there is no
agreement as to what that something should
be. There is a problem of enforcement and
there is another problem of resisting the de-
mand for modification and repeal. Governor
Edwards thinks he has the solution of both
problems, but it will be necessary for him
his plan will be adopted.
AS to Senator-eect Copeland's vision of
Governor Edwards riding into the white
house on wet reaction, that does not ap-
pear at all likely from this distance. 1t is
rather hard to imagine the people OF the
United States electing Governor Edwards
president on platform promising to make
the country as wet as the Atlantic ocean
not in 1924 at any rate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
A Contemplate Class.
From the New York independent.

In all the talk about prohibition we hear
all too little concerning a class Of people
who are by all odds the worst offenders.
These are the persons, whether in congress,
in state legislatures, or private citizens
where the issue was put to popular vote, who
voted for the eighteenth amendment and the
maintenance OF the Volstead act and who
are now breaking the law. Such persons
seem to have much the same feeling for the
law as that entertained in former days by
r1en who voted for local option and then inn
ported liquor for their own consumption; it
Is better for the great mass of people that
they shouldn't drink, but as for me, I must
dc as | like Or let us assume that some Of
these persons are not breaking the law
except that portion of it which forbids trans
portation OF liquor without a lcense-because
they had the means with which to provide
themselves with large stores in advance. Can
one have any respect for them? They have
prescribed how others shall live yet refuse
to abide by their own ruling. Stories come
to us repeatedly, bearing every mark of au-
thenticity to the effect that men in high of
fee in Washington are to be numbered in
the contemplate class
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
Lady Candidates Fared Badly.

Congresslady Alice Robertson, of Oklaho-
ma, was defeated for reelection. She says
the democrats used money and stuffed the
ballot box, but it is all right" A very game
woman is Miss Alice, and it is her verdict
that woman has no place in politics as an
Office seeker or as an Office holder. There
were IS women who offered as candidates
for senatorial or congressional honors. In a
Missouri district one of the most brilliant wo-
men in the state was a democratic nominee
for congress. The voters refused to be shown.
They showed her under This happened in
Minnesota This happened in Pennsylvania.
This happened in Wisconsin. This happened
in Indiana This happened in Ohio. This hap
pened in North Carolina. This happened in
Nevada, and it happened in California. Are
the men voters of the country going to re-
turn woman to the lofty pedestal that she is
said to have occupied before the ballot was
laced in her hand?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
CURRENT COMMENT.
WAY OF REFoRMER is HARD.

Kansas City Star: The ruling OF the Iowa
supreme court that reformers cannot recover
damages for being called cranks and other
bard names seems a reasonable and proper
one. They may not be pleasant Names but
then the business of reforming is not a pleas
ant one; and certainly no person ought to
go in for it who is looking for public praise
or private satisfaction.
transgressor, is hard If he is called nothing
worse than crank in the course Of his efforts,
all we can say is he hasn't succeeded in dong
much reforming. He's a failure at it, and
ought to take UP something else. A retormer
who really gets anywhere may expect to be
accused OF burning down his house to get
the insurance More than that, he must ex--
pect the charge to be believed by most OF
his neighbours Not that they are uncharita-
Bile but it's just human to believe the worst
that can be heard of man, especially if he
leads an apparently correct life and is re-
former to boot.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
AMERICA PUTS ON THE BRAKE.

Omaha Bee: international events move
rapidly toward what may be the greatest
emergency since the end of the war. Yet the
approach OF this crisis is met with more hope
and confidence than has been seen since the
declaration of peace This is solely because
of the signs that the moment has arrived
when Europe is willing TO listen to the Unit.
ed States. In spite Of the accusations OF
proud reserve" and isolation" that have
been made against Americas policy under
President Harding, there has never been a
time when the United States was not ready
to do everything possible to bring about re-
adjustment in Europe Until this moment,
however, the rulers of Europe were not will
ing to listen to advice. They desired Ameri-
can support, but themselves wished to write
the terms.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
Shall We Die to Save the Animals?
From the Townsville Times Enterprise.

From the Townsville Times Enterprise.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., so-called, in Cali
fornia are pressing their claims on the state
government for law that will totally pro-
hibit the use of animals for medical expert
mentation Their arguments are the usual
hackney ones, suggesting torture to poor,
dumb brutes, reckless slaughter OF domestic
animals with no rhyme of reason, fendish
glee on the part of wou1d-be cut-ups over a
rat or guinea pig.
1t has become a campaign issue OF no lit
tie interest The American Journal of Medi-
cine has answered the claim with very pre-
else statement OF facts in justification OF the
use of these animals by recognized medical
schools and authorities for the purposes of
experiment From this form of experiment
the world has been able to get some of its
most wonderful discoveries that have meant
the saving of human life.
If the anti-vivisectionists would stage their
campaign along really disastrous lines they
might attack first the butcher pens, then the
slaughter houses, then the back yard axe
WELDING, and few other senseless and use
less things that such policy will inevitably
lead to among many cranks.
1t is no more inhuman to STAY guinea
pig to test some medicine on it for the pur-
pose of using it on humans, II it is feasible,
than it is to kill twenty-five birds on some
convenient lake for the sheer sake of sport;
in fact there is no comparison in the utility
of these pursuits and yet who would say
that the sportsman who kills limit of birds
in one day is inhuman and needlessly and
wholly cruel?
Common sense justifes lots OF things that
doesn't appeal to the squeamish and cranky
folks who hate to kill roach when they
know it might bring loathsome disease into
the house. Cruelty to animals that are used
in various occupations in this country, as
beasts OF burden, would be a more satisfac-
tory campaign and would really accomplish
something.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
HAS NOT BEEN WHIPPED.

From the Cuthbert Leader.
Because few southwest Georgia counties
made fair cotton crop this year certain
writers declare the boil weevil has been con-
quered in this section Far from it. If B.
Weev has been whipped he doesn't know
it He is on the ground and ready to renew
the fight so soon as cotton appears in the
fields. And with wet weather as an ally
during June and July he can get the better
OF the farmer. The weather is an important
factor in growing cotton. This year it was
favorable to the farmer; next year conditions
NAV be different
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
The Cooperative Sales.
From the Moultrie Observer

The cooperative sale IS dong great deal
for the farmers of Georgia in finding mark
ct for their products. The hog sales have
made it possible for many man with just a
few hogs to get the top price when he might
not even have found buyer had It not been
for the sales. The cooperative sales were es-
pecially useful the past summer in inducing
many to get their hogs ready for the market
before the heavy selling season and the de-
cline in price. Those who SOL their hogs at
nine and ten cents back in the summer can
now see how well it paid them. They should
remember that there will probably be good
prices again the coming summer, and they
should carry over some hogs and some feed
to enable them to cash in on the market
while it is highest.
1t is unfortunate that we have short feed
crop, though it is possible to overcome this in
a measure by oats and rye and spring grazing
crops with early corn and potatoes next year
to finish off the hogs in summer.
The news dispatches this week tell OF
cooperative sale of poultry at Camilla, at
which turkeys predominated The turkeys
brought good price-thirty two cents. This
is better than peddling turkeys around town
for half day and finally selling them-the
last of the lot and the unattractive ones, for
less than the market.
In Mitchell those who have sold their tur-
keys for thirty-two cents a pound have re-
ce1ved no unusual price lot thefn turkeys
have been bought in Moultrie at practically
the same price and in unlimited quantity.
The advantage is that all have received the
top price, and that cooperation has caused
many to carry their turkeys to market who
might not have sold them at ALL or who
might have bartered them off at prices much
lower than the market The turkeys sold
have been shipped to distant market. They
are entirely out of the community. The result
will be shortage of turkeys on the local
markets in Mitchell that will hold up the
price for those who still have some to sell.
Mitchell county discovered the advantage of
the cooperative sale in selling hogs and chick
ems last summer. Farmers there have led the
state in their cooperative producing and sell
ing.
And this is the best way to encourage di-
versifcation. The farmer must be made to
feel that he is getting the best price for his
products In order to make him feel that way
il is a good idea for him to collect his prod
ucts and let buyers come to him and bid
against each other for what he has for sale.
With this plan he may not always get good
price, but he will be better satisfied because
he is assured that he is getting the most it is
possible for him to get.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

The Woodrow Wilson foundation, which is
approaching its goal OF $l,00O,00o endow-
nent fund, is a remarkable personal tribute.
Ii testifes to the high esteem in which the
former president is held by his friends and
followers. Mr.. Wilson, as president had the
quality of making passionate friends and adj
mirers and ardent enemies and antagonists.
The only other recent president approach
ing him in this quality was Theodore Roose-
Welt
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
LITTLE THINGS COUNT.

From the Jackson Progress-Argus.
1t is the neglect of the so-called little
things that is hurting Georgia as much as
the boil weev1 Many people cannot think
in terms of anything less than bale of cot
ton A steady cash income from the sale of
dairy products, chickens and eggs and hogs,
enabling the farmer to pay cash as he goes,
is more desirable than cotton produced on a
credit basis Take care of the little things
and thev will take care of YOU
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

Weather prognostcators are conspicuous
this winter by their silence, which may lead
a great many to believe that the fur-bearing
animals have lost interest in temperatures
and are not producing any signs now. And
that is lust about the truth of the matter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

Uncle Sam tells the world that if he is
to sit in any international conferences they
will be held in Washington and not in Eu-
rope The Washington atmosphere is more
healthful for such conferences, and Uncle
Sam is in less danger of being gold-bricked
there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

Arbuckle is not the only movie star who
has been subjected to unfavorabie notorie-
ty. A mass of unsavory details has been
served up to the public regarding other ia
vorites of the screen. Obviously, it would be
unjust to apply the principle of ostracism to
Arbuckle and permit others to go free.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

Old Sol already has started back north, i
that will bring more cheerful feeling bu
it will be some time before he gets back
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

Those who give credence to the reports
that the notorious Stacker, Grover Bergdoll,
has returned to this country from Germany
credit him with having more courage than
man of his character possibly could pos
sess
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

France has just celebrated the centenary
Of the birth of one of its greatest scientists
Louis Pasteur. Not only France but the
entire world, is indebted to Pasteur He was
chemist pathologist and biologist. His dis
coveries relating to germ life were epochal
and of the highest Importance. He is best
remembered in connection with his treat
ment of hydrophobia and his method of
sterlizing milk, but many other important
discoveries are credited to him. One OF these
was that of bacteria as the cause of
anthrax in cattle. Pasteur died in 1895 at
the age OF 70. 1t is entirely fitting that his
countrymen and the whole world should
uite in paying tribute to his memory.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

You can hardly expect a man or nation
to pay bills when the old fivver needs gas
oline.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

Pity the poor resolution, made to be bro
ken so soon in its perilous career.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

If the democrats in congress keep the re-
publicans from doing anything and the re-
publicans keep the democrats from doing
anything everybody will conclude that the
session is great success.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

International bankers continue to suggest
allied debt cancellation, but it is certainty
they do not want their private loans inter
tered with.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mccormick is old
enough to know better. By marrying the
young Swiss she impeaches both her taste
and her discretion. But then, tastes differ
and few are discreet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

From the way the allies and the Turks
are wrangling over the Mosul petroleum
fields the spreading of oil on troubled waters
is not always effective.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

Young grain down here in Gods country
is looking fine.