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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25

The Savannah Morning News prints
a copyright article from Washington
which shows a new hand grips the
brake on business enterprise through
ont the nation, the hand OF the local
fax collector" Continuing, the writer
No longer does the federal govern
rnent claim the lions share OF the tax
naver's money. The state, the county
and the city have increased their
claims for governmental cost, accord
inq to census bureau returns recently
gathered and now being made pubic
to an appalling extent within the past
FIVE mr. six wears and business men
throuphout the country, one hears
here are alarmed at the trend and
are preparing actively to curo IT,
Some Census Figures.
The census bureau recently obtain
ed returns from all the states and from
several thousand villages, towns ana
cities showing comparative govern
mental costs of 1922, 1917 and l9l4.
AS fast as these returns are taDulat-
ed thew are released for publication
Thus far the bureau has made puDlic
figures covering the cost of maintain
inc nine state governments and about
100 city governments.
~ According to the bureaus figures
tbe Cost cost of Of maintaining the nine state
governments in 1927; was $50 per GEM
of the cost in 1914. Within the peTlooo9
of five years, or from 1917 to I9zZ,
the cost of government IN these STATES
rose 165 per cent, amounting TO more
than two and one-half times as much
at the end of that period as it did al
the beginning. .,o s.o+s
,overnments-exclusive OF the CITIES
towns and villages-of Delaware, Ne
braska West Virginia, Kentucky
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25
THE COLLECTION OF
INCOME TAX LARGE
REPORTS FOR PERIOD END
ING AUG. 81 SHOW $1,358,o17
HAS BEEN COLLECTED.

Income tax collections for the three
month period ending August 81, 1922,
and collected prior to September IS,
1928, amounted to $1,358,o17 in the
state of Georgia, according to figures
given out Friday.
This amount is the largest that has
been collected in any three-month pc
Rod since Collector J. T. Rose was
named collector in 1920, and is con-
sidered by Mr.. Rose one of the most
accurate indices of a steady trend to-
ward better financial conditions
throughout the state
Thirty deputy collectors of Georgia
and the same number from Alabama
have just spent one week in Atlanta
attending school at which they were
given special instruction in income
tax work. The deputy collectors were
called to Atlanta by Commissioner
David H. Blair on September IS, for
the special instruction.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25
WIDOW MAKING FARM
PAY HANDSOME PROFIT
RAISES HOGS, GRAIN, CATTLE,
ETC, TO LIQUIDATE MORT
GAGE. NO HARD TIMES"

Seven years ago Mrs. ]. E. Ford, OF
Sanford, Kan, was suddenly left a
widow with 4OO-acre farm, a seven
year-old boy, a $4,000 mortgage and
no experience as farmer.
She got right out in the feel Id and
did as much physical work as a man.
She cut wheat and looked after the
blowing. When hogs were up she
raised hogs. When hogs went down
she raised cattle.
Found Chickens Pay.
In between times she MIXED cows
and took care of her 800 thorough
bred chickens. Now she is Sitting
pretty" while most of her neighbors
are sitting around talking "hard
times"
She has paid off that $4,000 mort
gage, has her farm clear of debt, with
the whole 400 acres under cultivation,
has a herd of cattle and number
of hogs, mich cows and a lot OF
chickens.
Keeps Yard Pretty.
And in addition to all this farm
work Mrs. Ford, who was once a
school teacher, keeps up her yard
just like it was city lawn. She has
roses and all sorts of other flowers,
shade trees and ornamental shrubs
and trees.
I'm going to raise less wheat in
the future and more beef cattle, hens
and hogs" says Mrs. Ford. my sew
en- years experience has taught me
that in those three items is the secret
of success"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25
GEORGIA AND FOUR
OTHER STATES LEAD
IS EXCEEDED ONLY BY TEX
AS IN RURAL POPULATION,
SAYS CENSUS REPORT.

Texas has the largest rural popula-
ton of any of the 48 states and in the
past 80 years has increased its popu-
lation 81 per cent, according to data
from records of the department Of
agriculture, at Washington, D. c.
The five states having the largest
rural population in other than cities
sylvania, Georgia, Ohio and Illinois
Since 1890 Texas shows the largest
gain of any of these five. In Illinois
and Ohio there were small declines.
In the 30-year period rural popula-
tons increased in all states except H..
In nine states, mainly in the west, the
increase has been two-fold. Among
these nine there are four in which the
rural, population has trebled, and one
other, Oklahoma, in which the num-
Der of country jewellers in 1923 was
six times the total for 1890
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25
v Plan En,ancpae Decatur County Farmers From Cotton Slavery
Birds Get by On China
Berry Jag, But Pigs Can't

VALDOSTA, Ga.-That the or
binary chinaberry will cause the
death of pigs is the statement made
by ]. S. Cone, farmer. Mr.. Cone
came to Valdosta today and report
ed the loss of six fine pigs from
this cause and seeking information
regarding the probable remedy for
poisoning of that kind.
He said that six pigs six weeks
old got into lot where the ground
was covered with the first shower
of chinaBerries. The pigs immedi-
ately ate of them and in two hours
four of them were dead and the
other two died later. He said that
during the interval between the
eating and death the pigs were
apparently drunk and staggered
around, finally expiring in appar-
ent agony.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25
PLEASE Send for Me-"
He Wires From North

SAVANNAH, Ga.-Leave home
in haste and repent at leisure APP
pears to be the experience of a
number of negroes who have left
Savannah and surrounding sections
for the north, with the idea of bet
tering themselves.
An example of it is found in the
case of Tom Brown, negro en-
ployed by Lee Roy Lovenstein. He
was the fifth negro employed by
Mr.. Lovenstein who gave up his
Job here and went to New York.
Yesterday his former employer re-
ceived telegram reading:
Am broke Want to come home.
Please send for me"
1t is believed that many negroes
who go north with a rose-colored
view of what they are going to
find there are disappointed of their
hopes. All of them, however, do
not have friends to wire their re-
turn fare when they go broke"
Tom Brown will probably be a
happy man when his feet touch
Georgia soil once more, and wis
er one.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25
AMERICA GIVES FREELY
TO STRICKEN PEOPLE
SUSCRIBES TEN MILLION DOL
LARS FOR RELIEF OF JAPS.
TYPHOON KILLS 5000

Reports from Washington state that
America has subscribed the sum OF
$10,OOO,OOO for the relief OF the Japa-
nese people, double the amount ask
ed by the American Red Cross when
the earthquake, fire and tidal wave
leveled the cities of Tokyo and Yoko-
hama and played havoc with sur
rounding towns in Japan about three
weeks ago.
1T has been, in truth, a gift from
the hearts of the American people. "
said John Barton Payne, chairman OF
the American Red Cross.
1t is learned that 5000 persons lost
their lives in the floods which follow
ed the ETY. typhoon at Tottodi, northwest We;
of Koke, Japan, week ago; The
rivers Rukure, Chiyo and Takimi
burst their banks, destroying many
villages.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25

The cost of government in Nebras
ka more than doubled. In West Vir-
ginia it more than trebled within the
five year period. In New Jersey it rose
from $21,OOO,000 to upwards of $751;,
100000 annually. In Illinois the in
crease was from $35,400,000 to $751;,
100000. In Wyoming it jumped from
less than 100000 to almost $5,000,
900 and in conservative Rhode Island
it shot up from $4,278,0O0 to $685.
600.
The states appear to be running in
to higher proportionate costs than the
cities. In New York city the increase
within the FIVE year period was about
65 per cent or from $238,000,000 to
$3.50, 100000. In thirty other cities the
total cost of government increased 95
per cent, or virtually doubled within
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25

and a day in the federal prison.
Apparently this was all news to
Judge HUMPHREYS, whose irritation in
creased as Attorney Carpenter pro-
ceeded with his statement.
When the attorney had finished
Judge HUMPHREYS remarked that no
such agreement would be tolerated;
that the court would not countenance
any attempt to traffic in sentences"
and that he would not allow the plea
Of guilty to be withdrawn:
IF you want to carry this case to
the higher courts, Mr.. Carpenter, it
is your privilege" Judge HUMPHREYS
said.
Il am going to sentence this man
to the same term Abe Powers is now
serving: let him serve from two to
FIVE years in the state penitentiary."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25

New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan, Wy
oming and Rhode Island. The 1914
cost Of government in those jurisdic-
tions was slightly in excess of $78,-
100000. By 1917 the cost had risen
to $99,0O0,000 In 1922 it was $262,-
100000.
In no single state was there a de-
crease. The smallest rate of increase
between 1917 and 1922, in Kentucky
was almost 80 per cent. The largest
increase was shown in Michigan, or
from $24,7OOOOO in 1917 to $92, $780,.
900 in 1922. This is at the rate OF
about 800 per cent increase. The per-
centage was exceeded in the smaller
state OF Delaware where costs increas-
ed from $1,385,000 in 1917 to $685.
900 in 1922, or at the rate of about
800 per cent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25
Judge Defines Three
Us" Menacing America

ATLANTA, Ga.-"Larceny, lib
ertineism and liquor are threaten
4 3, America at the present time"
Jde 'auel H. Sibley, of the
United s strict court for the
Northern disra Georgia, warn
ed many prominent Georgians as
sembled at a Kiwanis club lunch
con here.
classification with the fundamen-
tai laws of the land constitutes one
of the gravest menaces in the coun-
try today" Judge Sibley declared.
people are taking the law into
their own hands-not only the
youths are defying the law, but
their elders as we'll are needless of
their responsibility. Must we say
today that the American can not
obey his own laws"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25

pended on the ground that Gleason
could aid in rounding up the remain
der of the Woodward gang.
Judge Irritated.
Judge HUMPHREYS was visib1y irri-
tated. He indicated his unwillingness
to be governed by such request, and
Attorney Carpenter forthwith ex-
pressed his desire to withdraw the
plea of guilty.
He declared he had agreed with
Solicitor Boykin that Gleason should
plead guilty, should be senteced to
twelve months in the penitentiary
and to pay a $500 fine, and that the
prison term should be suspended on
payment of the fine. Then Gleason
was to plead guilty in the federal
court, Attorney Carpenter said, and
was to receive sentence of year
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25
GEORGIA HARDEST HIT.


Georgia has been hardest hit by the
exodus of negroes from The south to
the north. Much study is being given
by leaders of both races to the causes
of the migration and what can be
done to stem the rush to the prom
ised land" overlooking with 16-cents-
a-quart milk and 10-cents-a-spoon
honey.
Several estimates of the exodus have
been made; none of them agree. A
government bureau some months ago
reported $4,000 had migrated north
ward from Georgia in the last year.
The state college of agriculture re-
Gently reported that in six months
100000 persons had left Georgia farms,
of which 10000 were negroes, and
that II $40 farms had been abandoned.
Not all these went north-there has
been much shifting of population
within the state itself-but it appears
that to this shift from 10000 to $4,000
farmers, mainly negroes, went north,
about $4,000 moving through Chicago
as a distributing point
A resume of migration has also
been given by the State Bankers As
ISOLATION and by the City club, esti-
mating that $4,000 have left Georgia
since January l, that the number will
reach 100000 by Christmas, that 46.-
GA farm houses are vacant and 56,-
524 plows are idle.
The loss to Georgia is set down at
$4,000 900 and the exodus, some say,
is causing more loss than Sherman's
march to the sea. OF course, not ali
these $4,000 plows are idle because
of the migration. The boil weevil has
been the great cause of abandoned
farms and the hard straits to which
cotton growing has been put has been
a principal cause OF the migration.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25

ATLANTA, Ga.-Resenting what
he characterized as an attempt to
traffic in sentences" Judge John D.
HUMPHREYS. of the Fulton superior
court reprimanded Solicitor John A.
Bovkin and Attorney Paul Carpenter
for their agreement" regarding the
sentence to be passed on ]. L. (Lem)
Gleason, confessed "spieler" for the
Floyd Woodward "bunco syndicate.
Attorney Carpenter represented
Gleason, who, on Monday, entered a
plea to an indictment charging lar
ceny after trust in connection with
the swindling operations of the Wood
ward gang.
Gleason came up to receive SEN
tence. Solicitor Boykin arose and rec
commended him to the mercy OF the
court, urging that sentence be sus-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25

five years. These cities include San
Francisco, Providence, R. l., Jersey
City, Birmingham, Albany, Portland,
Maine; Oklahoma City, Charleston,
S. c.; Norfolk, Harrisburg, Louisville,
Berkeley, Cal. Knoxville, Trenton,
Flint, Pueblo, Springfield, ILL.,; Spring
field, Mo-; Roanoke, Va; Johnstown,
Pa; Lansing, Mich; Lexington, Ky3
and several smaller communities, all
of which, however, exceeded $4,000 in
population.
Total governmental costs for these
thirty cities in 1917 were $87, 000,0 O0
In 1922 they lacked few thousands
of $170000,000.
Ten Billion Year.
Statisticians here estimate in the
light of these returns that the cost
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-25
EXODUS OF NEGROES
IS FAST CHANGING Dixie
MISSISSIPPI SHOWS DECLINE
OF $4,000 IN BLACK POPULA-
TION BY MIGRATION.
CEORCIA'S LOSS PUT AT so, 600

Exodus Laid to Social Conditions and
Attraction of the Dollar. Result May
Be the Solution of the So-CalIed
Race Problem in South
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
MOPPED UP LIQUOR
Dry Agent Uses Handkerchief to Save
Evidence.

BY hopping n floor with crepe
de-chine handkerchief Prohibition
Agent Il. g. Pfeffer was enabled to
save about two ounces of moonshine
whiskey for evidence, Thursday even
ing. when the agent raided n cold drink
stand on the 1900 block Carson street.
When the agent entered the place
h'treports. the proprietor was holding
Il pint bottle containing whiSkey in lis
hand. When ordered to turn the
liquor over TO the officer. the prOprie.
tor, the agent alleges, dashed the bot
tie to the floor.
On complaint charging him with
possession of liquor and destruction OF
evidence. Travis Curry was arraigned
before United States Commissioner Il.
l.. Edwards Friday morning. His
bond was fixed at 5000
Ira +. and Marlin Edwards were ar
raigned before the commissioner Fri
day morning On n liquor complaint
growing out of raids by general prohi-
bition agents and police. Marlin Ed
wards was discharged by the commits.
sioner and Ira was held under $500
bond.
Thornton ID. WoOfley. arraigned on
the charge of possession, was placed
under bond by the commissioner.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
RACE FOR TIE REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
BECOMES A REAL STRUGGLE
Convention, Expected to Be Merely Ratification
Gathering for Harding, Now Thrown Open to
Score of Possible Contenders-Will Cool
idge Seek Reelection? Events of Next
Few Months Will Tell.

Washington, ID. C., Aug. 3.-Presi-
dent Harding's death throws new COM
plexities into the political situation
within the Republican party, which I'M
doubtedly will have far-reaching re-
Elections in the national convention of
next year. 81
1t probably will turn what many ex-
pected to be merely a ratification meet
ing into a contest TO-. the Republican
presidential nomination, with the stall
wart conservative Republican forces
aligned on the one side and the forces
represented by special leaders as Sen
ators johnson of California. Borah OF
Idaho and LaFollette of Wisconsin on
the other.
Six months ago the denomination
of President Harding without any sub
stantial contest seemed assured. One
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
President Hardngs Body Be Sent Washington Late Friday
UNITED STATES
LEFT WITHOUT A
VICE PRESIDENT
Secretary of State Next in
Line for Presidential
Chair.
Ey the Associated Press.

Washington, ID. C., Aug. 3.-With
Calvin Coolidge elevated TO the Presi-
dency, the nation finds itself without
a vice-president, but the law makes
provision for the secretary of state
TO take over the duties of the Presi-
dent in the event of the death OF
the new executive. The vice-presi-
dency itself, however, remains vacant.
After the secretary of state, other
cabinet members would succeed TO
the office in the order in which their
departments were originally created.
Thus, the heads of the Treasury. War.
Justice, Post Office, Navy. Interior,
Agriculture, Commerce and Labor De.
partments would be in line in the
order named.
No cabinet member has ever been
called upon TO assume the duties of
chief executive because of the death
of President.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
MAN AND WOMAN HELD
FOR ROBBING SOLDIER
ARE RELEASED FRIDAY
Refusal to Prosecute Is
Given as Reason by
Officers.

4 man and woman held in connec-
ton with the reported holdup of J. II.
Ruston of the Fourth Field Artillery
Thursday night were released by detcc-
tives Friday afternoon when the soldier
refused to prosecute the couple, ac-
cording to officers.
According to the story told police,
the soldier was held up in the corridor
of a West Side hootel and robbed OF
S26. A woman pulled the gun, it was
reported, and the man wen through the
soldiers pockets.
The pair were placed under arrest
by Police Captain Brown and Detec-
tives Perrow and Kohr early FRIDAY
morning. The soldier is said TO have
secured the number of the automobile
in which the couple left the hotel and
this aided officers in locating the cou-
pie. 4 chauffeur also held in connec
ton with the case was released.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISTS.

Chicago: Temperature. 20; clear; less
than ten-mile wind from the cast; low
est temperature in last "a hours. es.
highest, 20.
Kansas City: Temperature, 20; cloudy;
less than ten-mile wind from the east;
lowest temperature in last "a hours, 20:
highest. 50.
New York: Temperature. ~: partly
cloudy; less than ten-mile wind from the
southwest; lowest temperature in last "a
hours. 6S; highest. IS.
st. Louis: Temperature. "a; fOggy;
less than ten-mile wind from the south;
lowest temperature in last "a hours. a.:
highest. So.
Washington: Temperature, 76; clear;
less than ten-mile wind from the south
west; lowest temperature in last 20
hours. IS; highest, 81.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
TO CONTINUE HOT
No Rain in Sight and Temperatures
VIII BE From 96 to 100.

Partly cloudy with maximum tenn
peratures from 90 to 100 degrees is the
forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Friday night and Saturday. Light
sOutherly winds are forecasted.
The thermometer reached % de-
grees at the weather bureau here at 4
o'clock Thursday afternoon. No let
up in the hot wave is in sight. Tenn
peratures over the state continued high
Thursday with many stations above
100 degrees, Henrietta leading with
10.
Although the map is flat over this
section of the country no rain is expect
ed because of the light and steady
southerly winds.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
Flags Will Fly at
Half Mast Until
President Buried

The flag will be raised and low
cred at the regular hours at each
of the San Antonio army camps,
but will be kept flying at hall
mast for time TO be specified by
the secretary of war.
A salute OF is guns will be fired
ut daybreak Saturday at Fort Sam
Houston. and probably Kelly and
Brooks Field. followed by single
shots at half hour Intervals
throughout the day. The fS-gun
national salute will be fired at
sunset.
At 10 O'Clock Saturday morning
all army organizations IN posts
and camps here will be para5cd
and hear the order announcing the
presidents death read.
ANY further ceremonies pres
scribed by the Secretary OF War
will be carried out in the military
posts.
At the federal building the flag,
on orders of the secretary OF the
treasury. will fly Mt half mast
until further orders.
While no ORDERS nave DteH
ceived it is customary to fly the
flag at half mast until the Presl-
dent is buried. =
After the burial period of
mourning will be declared by the
lew President. during which time
the fin: will be at half mast IN
the morning and at the peak III
the afternoon. q,
Civilian and privately owned
flags, it is indicated. will observe
the same custom as the army and
government.
Flags will be lowered at night,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
JOINTS WILL
Be CLOSED BY
COURT WR|TS
Reported District Attorney
Ready to File In
functions.
M AY FILE FRID Y
Alleged Gaming and Liquor
Places to Be At
iected.
M AY FILE FRID A Y

Wholesale injunctions against nj.
legged gambling houses and other places
of vice will be filed some time Fri
day afternoon by District Attorney ID.
A. McAskill, according TO well defined
rumors in circulation at the Bcxar
county court house Friday morning.
The injunctions it is expected. will be
sought in the Ninety-fourth District
Court before Judge W. W. McCrory.
According to, reports which have
been in circulation for several days.
Assistant District Attorney W. :.
Anthony has been engaged in prcpar-
ing the injunctions. 1t is known that
the district attorney had printed about
100 blank forms for injunctions. These
forms were prepared only after care
full study of the law and the powers
held by a district attorney which
would enable him 10 close up the al
legged "joints."
May File On Big Houses
The injunctions are said to be in
two forms and although one form is
said to cover the sale of liquor this
report could not be confirmed. The
other form, it is known. .as drawn
with Il view ito closing. through in
junction, the alleged gambling joints.
Assistant District Attorney Anthony
was said to be working on the injunc-
tions all Friday morning with the
probability that he will be ready to
file them late Friday afternoon. Ii
is not known how many injunctions
will be filed but. according to re-
ports. they will affect several large
places as we'll as smaller mes where il
is claimed gambling flourishes. 1t is
also understood that the district at
torney, through the mcdiu of in
functions. will seek TO put a curb TO
the liquor traffic.
McAskills Force Investigates.
Decision to file the injunctiOns Is
understood to be in line with the clean
up campaign inaugurated by State Adj
jutant General Thomas ID. Barton
who invaded San Antonio n week ago
with state rangers, making his first
and only raid on the Pastime Club
on South Flores street, since that time
although the rangers have remained IN
town, no additional arrests or raids
have been made. 1t is known, how.
ever. that the rangers have been be-
fore the grand jury and they are I'M
derstood to have furnished informa-
ton to that body.
The district attorneys office is also
known to have been making investiga-
tions in conjunction with the rangers
and it is believed information thus
gathered will be used in filing the
injunctions against the alleged gamb'
ling houses.
With the San Antonio police de-
partment making two and three raids
daily on bootleggers. the permissive
and enforcement branch of the pro
hibition forces working over time and
the district attorney filing injunctions.
predictions are made that San An
tonic will soon be entirely free from
vice.