davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
QUICK DEATH OFTEN
LOT OF "DRY" AGENTS
THIRTY-TWO OFFICERS HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES. MODERN
MOONSHINER DESPERATE.

Since prohibition went into effect
three years ago 80 federal enforce
ment officers have been killed by
moonshiners and bootleggers and two
accidentally in line of duty, Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Haynes says.
An average of but one revenue
agent a year met death at the hands
of moonshiners prior to prohibition.
The sudden ten to one increase in kill
ings is accredited to the devil-may-
care disposition of the modern moon
sinner and bootlegger.
Fully 100 state prohibition officers,
in addition to the 81 federal officials,
have been killed by outlaws in the
three dry" years, it is estimated by
officials.
Sixty per cent of our operatives
are former soldiers and sailors" it is
reported from the commissioners Of
fee These agents are skilled in war
fare and are informed on what to ex-
pext from the outlaw.
Lookout Guards Still.
They realize that virtually every
still nowadays has its lookout, an ex-
pert marksman, ready to shoot TO
startle, or, if necessary, to wound or
kill.
The agents know moonshiners nail
imitation cow hoofs to their soles so
that their tracks may deceive; that
they circle their stills with decaying
matter hoping to overcome the scent
of mash.
They know,s too, that they may
stumble into bear traps near the hid
den still, or that they may encounter
clouds of tear gas before coming to
hand grips with the moonshiners who
will kill before submitting to capture.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
old Medal GiUen Negro
For 81 Years Service
prked for Owner of Famous Hors-
eS of Which He Had Control.

FRANKFORT, Ky.-William
Rfen, 81, colored, dairyman of the
fetWood Farm, estate of Miss Chris
4 Reynolds, has the distinction OF
Eng been an employee of one family
n years and having been the
sTyman of the farm for 81 years.
sIrGen was employed by the late
/, John Clay, one of the large land
nI!ers Of Fayette county. From his
Ilest days Green trained and rode
Uses and it was in this interest that
came into the service of Hunt Rey-
taS when Fleetwood Farm was the
Ene OF such horses as Falsette, Fe-
r. Fortuna, Blue Eyes and Whist
all famed in race history. Green
the horseman in charge of their
k1are and training.
as work and value as a servant IS
seSted by a gold medal given Will
u by the Reynolds family when he
Oeen IN their service 81 years. he
fdSuFes it above money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
Cow Climbs Stairs and Knocks
At Mans Door at in Morning

wait minute" he muttered peev-
ishly, "I'll be there but you gotta wait
until | get good and ready"
He opened the door and gazed into
the darkness. A bulky form doomed up.
Moor" asked the shadowy figure,
the word translated meaning, want
any milk today?"
"Wowr' yelled Marine, dashing for
the window and yelling for the police.
A squad from the Hubert street sta
ton got planks and managed to slide
the COW out of the building. Later
she was claimed by Bernstein & Bern
stein, who operate slaughter house,
at 272 Johnson avenue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
POWER PLANT TO SUPPLY THREE CITIES IS PROPOSED
Brains in Feel, Hands, Ears
And Eyes, Machine Reveals

to exterior impulses, was designed to
place all subjects in four general
classes-assertive, erratic, learning
and phlegmatic.
The instrument differs from pre-
vious devices designed to measure re-
actions in that it employs the entire
body, instead of merely the finger tips
The subject sits before a keyboard
and works two pedals and FIVE levers
in response to visual signals which
fall into apertures in front of him.
Professor Howard believes the test
ing machine will eventually be OF
value to business houses in deternlin-
ing the intelligence of employees.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
ALEXANDER MEBANE, FAMED
COTTON BREEDER, is DEAD
Added Fifth Lock to the Ordinary
Four Lock Boil.

LOCKHART, Tex.-Funeral SER
vices were held this afternoon for
Alexander D. Mebane, O., famed cot
ton breeder, who died yesterday. He
added fifth lock to the ordinary four
locks in a boil of cotton, and thereby
brought wealth to the south in the
development of the seed.
Mebane cotton is known TO the
world over. Mr.. Mebane came from
a family for which Mebane, N. C.,
was named, and all of the members
have been identified with cotton for
generations. He originated the cotton
about thirty years ago.
Given the official name Triumph"
by the United States department of
agriculture, the variety was acclaimed
by the late DIR. Seaman S. Knapp, of
that department, as the greatest dis
covery in cotton.
Mebane came to Texas nearly so
years ago. His new strain of cotton
was produced by pollinization, which
he practiced successfully when Luther
Burbank was practically unknown.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

CHICAGO.-The old-time misht
whose brains were in his feet might
prove to be a winner nowadays. On
the other hand, the proud person
whose bumps" were rated 100 per
cent by the phrenologist might find
himself of little use in the world.
Professor Delton F. Howard, of the
psychology department of Northwest
ern University, has completed ma
chine which is said to prove that the
mind of man is not under little bumps
in his skull, but in his eyes and ears
and hands and feet.
The machine, which tests reactions
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

BROOKLYN, N. VA cow which
apparently had been walking in her
sleep numbered into the hallway of
humboldt street, shortly before
yesterday morning, and
climbeca S airs to the second floor
People W out late and then
make a racket '>is make me
SICK" muttered Hens limo, drow-
silly; in bed on the seconG or. This
prohibition is terrible thing" He
dozed off.
There was a heavy knock against
the door, Marine bhnked. Indignant
ly, he pulled his blankets about him
and closed his eyes. Another bang.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
DR.. Patterson Appointed
To Succeed DR.. CTttenden

Two appointments, for terms OF SIX
wears each. have been made to the
State hoard Of health by Governor
T S w. Hardwick. DR.. Charles
u richardson. of Macon, was named
- - succeed himself from the sixth dis
trict, and DR.. Fred d. Patterson o.
Cuthbert, was named to succeed II,
A. /. Crittenden, OF Shellman, IRON
the third district. Both appointment
were dated from January l, lSzo.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
-Four Are arrested for
Enticing Labor at Americu'

Billy McCo1lum and Van A1exan-
der, white, and Buddy Harvey and
Isaac Burrow, negroes, were bound
over at Americas after a preliminary
hearing before Judge W. M. Harper,
of the city court of Americas.
1t is alleged they were from Stew
art county and offered inducements
to number of negroes to go there
and work on farms Bail was fixed at
$500 in each case, and the white men
were released after furnishing bond.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
Single Fish Worth $500
In the Retail Market
Sturgeon From the Delaware River
Yields SITS in Roe Alone.

NEW CASTLE. Del.-The first
sturgeon caught IN the Delaware river
this season was landed this afternoon
by Moulton Rogers and Harry Mum
son, local fishermen, while fishing for
shad off old Peapatch Island. The fish
measured 10 feet 6 inches and weigh
ed $40 pounds, of which 100 pounds
was roe, selling for $275 a pound.
The flesh, weighing go pounds, sold
at 20 cents a pound, making total
of 1920.
These fishermen also caught 81
shad, selling for $50, making their
earnings for eight hours of fishing
$685..
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
'TTLE THROWN FROM
SHIP FLOATS 5000 MILES

feVen hundred and ffty-three days
~ 1t had been thrown from an
ls[lcan steamer bottle containing
ro!e marked with its starting point
!ound at Misool Island, near New
nea The bottle had travelled 8,4O0
VI according to calculations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

where we boarded the pleasure boat
water Witch" which carried us out
to the greatest scene of my life. 1t
was a sperm whale measuring 68 feet
in length, IS feet in thickness of body
and with an. estimated weight of 65
tons. A complete description was Civ
en- us by u. S. Deputy Marshal Ben
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
SOAP IS FOE OF CANCER.

Those working in soap factories are
said to be practically immune from
cancer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

Rice was brought to South Carolina
from Madagascar in 1905.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
POLICE REPORT
NUMEROUS
FIGHTS
Several Are Patched Up in Hos
pitfalls After Series of
SquabbIes.

The activities of unknown peo-
pie were considerable around the
vicinity of Brooks court northwest
last night, police of the Second
precinct reported. They say that
in a melee in that court, Charles
Henson, colored. was struck on the
head by some one. Police say that
it was a missile that struck
Henson.
William Lee, colored, thirty five,
was cut on the neck and face when
a bottle, also heaved by an un-
known in the same mixup, hit
him. Both were treated at the
Emergency Hospital.
In Brewers court scrap be-
tween Susie Diggins, colored, and
w. l. Jamison, colored, both of
whom live in the court, the woman
received a cut over her right eye
and was taken to Casualty Hos
pital for treatment.
Fate Dye, colored, and Obstina
Annie Saunders, colored, both of
210 Seaton court northwest, got
into a heated argument the police
say. Obstina is accused of throw
ing a lighted lamp at her adver-
Sary, cutting her on the arm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
She Raves Over Some Sir Gallahad in
the Movies, Ignoring the Fact He
Hasn't Enough Courage to
Stick to One Wife.

1t takes more than axle grease
on the hair and puckered eye
brOws and sullen sfares to move
me to mob any man.
L get fIutter around the heart
when l see the lads in a fire
house jumping on the back of the
hook and ladder, pulling ON their
coats and Scranbling to their
places, ready to face fracture or
death to save women and chill
> dren; and when read about
some cop that had gone alone
down some dark alley, where he
has spotted q cOupla crooks that
are going to try and jimmy their
way into loft, and he don't
know whether they are going to
pull out thier shooting irons and
cut ibis plot right there in the
early reels, believe me, that gives
me a thrill that not any movie
maneuvering could in p hundred
years.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy a
good show on the screen or stage
and / believe In cheering what l
like, but actors are always just
actors to me and what gets me is
that they can make you think
they are what you know some
other guy really is. That's art.
KNOWS REAL HERO.
But how some DANES can make
such fools of themselves raving
over some rustic with a good pro-
file that got in right when they
were passing out heroic parts, is
all Outta proportion with what's
wOt.
L gotta pal that flies q mail
plane.
never look up at the old sky
that / don't think OF how he sails
along Mp there. all alone, working
without net, and without plan.
dts and fan letters and all that
bunk, but none the less a HERO!
He'd probably go into q nose
dive and try to hide q hundred
feet in terra fiIma if he got a fan
letter, or any dame embroidered
his handkerchief case. He goes
mum when you try to talk about
the great stuff he does. 1t amt
scenario stuff with limits real
and he considers it just in the
scheme of things!
Guys like that are my kinda
HERO!
Copyright. 1923, King Features
Syndicate. InC,l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
FREEDOM FOR WOMEN
LEADS MAN TO DIVORCE

LOS ANGELES. Sent. S.-A see
mario romance was ended by Judge
Guerin when he granted divorce
to f. Richard Slayer, scenario
editor, from his young wife, Ethel,
daughter of Robert NJ. Cats,
wealthy New York real estate OPP.
orator.
After few years of married life
the husband said his wife began to
talk about freedom for women. She
determined to make her own way
In the musical world. So she went
back to New York, and her father
agreed to pay for her musical edu-
cation. She stayed two years.
When she came back to Hollywood,
Mr.. Schayer said, she told him
music was first in her life, her hus-
band decidedly second.
1--WE cannot agree any more" tes-
tilted tn husband. 81 still love my
wife, but I believe we will both be
better off separated"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
GUNCLUBBED To
FIGHT BULL
K|LLSBOY
Armour Presidents Son Fatal
Iy Wounded When Animal
Charged Him.
international News Service.

CHICAGO, Sept. S.-Arrangements
were completed today for the fu-
neral Of F. Edison White, jr.s Is,
only son of the president Of Armour
& Co.. who was killed by the dis
charge of his own shotgun, dubbed
to ward off the attack Of bull.
White and his companion, A.
Watson Armour, jr., were shooting
pigeons late yesterday on the senior
Whites estate, when the ball
rushed them.
The boy swung his shotgun to
strike the charging animal, then
fell with a gaping wound in the
abdomen when the weapon dis
charged. Armour shot and killed
the bull! when it threatened 20 gore
his fallen companion. White died
in Alice Home Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
the younger set.

Taggart was formerly Mildred
Hardy, daughter Of Congressman
Rufus Hardy Of Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. M. Britain have
arrived from Scranton, Pa, for a
visit in Washington and are stay
ing at the Lee House.
DR.. and Mrs. Macpherson erich.
ton have just returned from a motor
trip in the North, and are spending
a weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
David Wagstaff, of Tuxedo Park.
Miss Edith Finney, daughter OF
the First Assistant Secretary OF the
Interior and Mrs. Ffnney, has re-
turned from three months visit
to Yellowstone Park. She will enter
the sophomore class OF George
Washington University this fall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
By FAY KING.

I amt much for polishing paste
board CROWNS.
Every dame is more or less OF
q hero WroShipper, an / guess
I'm as bad as the rest of 'em, but
we don't all agree on what is q
hero.
Some danes VIII turn q triple
somerset over some bird that
stalks across q screen dressed up
like q cross between q KIu KluX
Klaner and q polo player, and
just because the subtitleS say
he's q devil they write him fan
letters and toss their affections
at him like they were trying to
shoot the lead pigeons and win a
pin tray.
Many a dame has got q hero
in her home and don't know it.
All the time he is sitting around
and saying nothing she Is signing
for some screen star.
Fat chance those fellows have
to win hero medals. Why, they
amt even got the courage to
stick to one wife.
ADMIRES GUY WHO STICKS.
My idea of one kind Of a hero
is q guy who has got himself
married to some dame that
maybe has turned out to be all
that some of these birds say their
wives are, and he sticks till the
finish.
My idea of one kind Of a hero
is guy who has got himself
married to some dame that maybe
has turned out to be all that some
Of these birds say their wives are,
and he sticks till the finish.
But as far as can figure some
Of these heroes" that some
DANES seem to think are the cats
spats amt got any more claim to
the title than the guy that titles
the picture makes for 'em.
Why some women will get all
wound up about a bird that wins
because the scenario lets 'em,
and will turn down a good guy
that goes and gets his with real
muscle and grit, is more than
can film for myself.
I'm as much Of q movie fan as
the next one, but / never get my
film fighters mixed up with fire
fighters. If lever feel like
writing a fan letter Il won't he to
any of these guys that work by
megaphOne.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
Aged Woman Is Saved
From Burial
Alive

MONTREAL, Sept. 8.-A
mourner at the funeral of
Nine. Elizee La Flamme, of st.
Jean Baptiste de Rouville, prob
ably saved the aged woman
from burial alive by calling at
tention to the fact that rigor
morris had not set in. Doctors
were summoned and funeral
exercises were stopped.
The doctors are treating
Mime. La Flamme as a suspect
ed case of cataleptic lethargy,
which, they said, might give her
the appearance of death for
several days.
The pallbearers had just
raised the coffin when one of
the mourners noticed that
though the hand was not beat
ing the corpse" was neither
rigid nor cold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
MANSIONS n D "
SURROUND
COTTAGE
chlcagoan cIings to Modest
Home;. Refusing Offers From
Wealthy Neighbors.
By ROLAND KREBS,
International News Service.


CHICAGO. Sept. 8.-A lot OF
persons who use their homes prin-
cipally as a place to receive mail
grow sentimental when they hear
"Home, Sweet Home'' sung ana
then they promptly forget about It.
But Chicago has one man 10
whom home means everything In
the world. It means even more
than money. and that's putting II
rather strongly for many.
Little is known about him other
than this: He lives in a funny
little tumble-down house In the
heart of aristocracy's stamping
ground-North State street up from
the drive.
Nearly next door is a tall apart
ment hotel. Across the street IS
another. All around him are ma
iestic mansions, in which live the
old families who sniff at those who
fit from one fashionable abode to
another on Lake Shore Drive.
The owner of the little frame
house sandwiched in between splen-
dor. could get a very handsome
price for his plot of ground. Still
he doesn't seem at all anxious 10
SELL
At night he sits quietly on the
stoop before his home. Perhaps
he's wondering If the old lightning
rods ought to be replaced with new.
Maybe he is thinking of painting
the green. shutters all over again.
At any rate, he sits and ruminates
and pulls at his pipe.
This part of Chicago is for resi-
Dental purposes perhaps the most
Attractive in the city. 1t has moth
ing that tastes of glamor. wealth.
is not. exhibited ostentatlousIy.
Grandeur and reserve rather are
preferred.
Because Of it's beauty it is a IA
vcrite place for summer evening
atroIls. People from near and TAR
come walking down the streets
where facets of moonlight inter
through the leaves and limbs or the
tall old trees that line either sloe
Of State street.
Facing north they see the Dig
wrfgley tower cleaning in its arti'
ficial light like white-hot cllnker
ron. Electric signs blink ana ex-
plode their radiance from the Loop
across the Chicago river. 1t is
strange and magnificent contrast to
this quiet, aristocratic State street.
The private residences here are
much like those in the off-F1fth
avenue side streets of the SOS,
sos, and los Of New York. Most
of the doors are iron barred. Many
have colonial brass knockers. There
are small flower boxes, closely crop
ped lawns.
In a quiet way, almost whisper,
the street seems to say: This IS
for millionaires only"
Then one comes abruptly on the
little frame cottage. It's uncanny
the way the thing thrusts itself
upon one from the darkness. 1t
conveys the same sensation that
follows emerging from a pleasant,
romantic dream into rather COM
monplace realities.
Maybe you think the man who
sits there and smokes isn't an aris-
tocrat. Then you're all wrong. He
seems to be just as much displeased
with the houses that surround his
as the owners of them are with his
shack.
He hasn't a word to say, but he
1rowns at all those who look either
with disapprovaf or questioning at
his place.
It's his home Won see
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
HEARSES AND TAXIS GO
BY DIFFERENT ROUTES

CHICAGO, Sept. .8.-Hearses bear
ing the remains of two Chinese, one
of whom killed the other with a
Ratchet and then committed suicide,
went to the place Of burial by one
route while taxicabs filled with
mourning friends followed another.
Undertakers in charge Of the flu
nerals thus solved their problem
when union hearse drivers refused to
to lead procession of taxicabs driven
by non-union men and the members
OF the two Chinese families refused
to dispense with the non-union taxi
drivers and hire others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
TEXAS RANGERS ARE
READY FOR LIQUOR WAR

DALLAS. Tex, Sept. S.-Four
Texas Rangers and two deputy
sheriffs. led by Ranger Capt. Il. D.
Shumate, left here by automobile
for point in Trinity river bottoms
near Mesquite, twelve miles eastE
Of Dallas. where a band of boot
1eggers and moonshiners are reported
to have fortified their rendezvous
against attack.
The officers carried machine
guns. rifles. shotguns and hand
grenades and said they expected
to raid the liquor stronghold about
nightfaI. Captain Shumate led the
recent sensational liquor raids in
Someryell county.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
GLOBESHOPP|NG
N|ARATHONERS
OFF AGAIN
Miss Neehan Starts on Another
World Jaunt Buying Things
For Movie Stars.
By ROLAND KREBS,
International News Service.

CHICAGO, Sept. S.-Florence
Burgess Neehan, worlds champion
long distance shopper, bundled up
change of hairpins and a bar of
milk chocolate today and started OH
her trip around the earth to buy
doo-dads for movie sweeties.
A jog around the globe gives her
no more Of a squirm than there Is
in a Commute ride, on a suburban
train for a commuter.
Miss Neehan buys rare jewels.
furs, silks and exquisite garments
for a Hollywood movie company.
When she bustles over to Tiflis
and purchases pink sleeve garters
for leading man, it's the same to
her as If you walked down the
main aisle Of the five and ten, pric-
ing Mason jar rings and flivver hub
caps.
It boreS her to tears. She just
came back from a world tour in
June and today was starting all
over again. Her work won't let
her sit still. She usually eats break
fast in one country and has dinner
in another.
The next time a fdt man steps on
your toes in the crowded street cars,
just remember that Miss Neehan
doesn't meet such sweet people,
either, in her travels. In fact. some
Of them are so sour she carries a
revolver with her.
i've been robbed by bandits in
China, swindled by South African
grafters, , chased by cutthroats in
India and waylaid in Egypt" she
said.
Alongside Miss Neehan's wander
ings, Gulliver's Travels were a walk
around the block and Marco Polo
never got up out Of his highchair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
Visitors From Japan
Dinner Guests.

Frederic William Vile enter
tanned informally at dinner last
evening at his home, 1913 Sixteenth
street, in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilfrid Fleisher and Miss Marion
F1eisher, of Tokyo. The parents
Of Mr.. F1eisher and his sister are
reported among the saved Ameri-
cans in Japan although their bust
ness premises, the Japan Adver-
tiser, were destroyed. The young
people are proceeding to Japan to
join their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Noonan,
who have been taking the cure at
Nauheim, have gone to st. Moritz
for the latter cure" After spend
ing September there. they will go
to Spain for October, returning to
Washington in November.
3
Mrs. MacJordan Markley has re-
turned to Washington after a trip
to Bass Rocks, Cape Cod, Boston
and New York. With Mrs. Markley
were her daughter, May Adele Ra-
phael, and her son, Leslie Markley.
-
Mrs. Eugenia Childers and her
two sons, wallace and Jess, have
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. D. Liller, at 907 Carrill ave-
nue., Takoma Park, and will return
tonight to their home in Clarksburg,
w. Va. Mr.. and Mrs. Liller's
nephew, Lewis Hartman, has also
been their guest, but has returned
to his home in Keyser, w. Va.
q
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin V. Kill
liam left yesterday for two weeks
stay in southern Maryland.
Mrs. Clara Hosbaugh Is at the
Hotel New Zealand, Atlantic City.
... -
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L. Bren-
ner have arrived from Chicago and
are established at the Hamilton
during their stay in Washington.