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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
DESERVES A MONUMENT.

The cambridge Posts earchlight has pro-
posed something that should enlist the SYM
pathy and cooperation of every Georgian
Our contemporary says:
The Macon papers ought to launch
movement to have a memorial OF some
kind erected to Joe Hill Hail. their fell
low townman and man that many, many
folks in Georgia want to honor in this
manner 1t is passing strange to us
that with half the weekly press OF the
state advocating this and all of them
wanting something done the papers
of this great mans home town have not
raised their voice to further the move
ment Joe Hall was big man. He
did Georgia great service, and these daily
papers that have ignored his passing
have paid honor to many that deserved
much less at their hands.
A monument would be fitting tribute tc
this tribune of the people. Able, fearless anc
he served his day and generation
well, and richly deserves any honor an ap
preciative people can render him. Although
he made some mistakes, as do all men wht
accomplish anything, The News believes tina
Toe Hall was the most useful man and dir
the state and people greater service thar
any one who has served in the legislature il
the last quarter of a century.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
Menace of Special Legislation.
From the Blackshear Times.

The following extract from an address by
Thomas r. Preston, prominent banker OF
Chattanooga, Tenn, is well worthy OF
thoughtful consideration. 1t illustrates IN
startling fashion the trend of the times, and
contains an appeal to the thoughtful to save
themselves from the growing menace OF spe-
cial legislation. Read it thoughtfully. Can
there be real formation through the enact
ment of an unending stream OF special laws
Can anything take the place OF real 1ntegrI-
tv and a spirit of unselhshness in individual
character? We think not. Mr. Preston said:
This country is literally waterlogged
with laws Congress has been in almost con-
tinuous session for ten years. Instead OF
meeting the issues and solving within them
selves some of the perpleNing problems that
arise their policy in recent years has been to
set up a multitude of commissions and bu-
reaus to NEEDLE with the most intimate at
fairs of the people, and to regulate by law
nearly all their activities. This has been the
tendency for twenty-five years. 1t has been
most noticeable for the past sixteen years.
During these sixteen years there has been
proposed in congress 179902 new laws. Dur
ing a recent two and one-half months ses-
sion of the legislature of one of our states
2400 new laws were proposed. Taking this
as an average there have been proposed by
the legislatures of the forty-eight states and
by congress in the past sixteen years l,00l,-
502 new laws, a great majority OF them
seeking 10 regulate llC lllC dllu DuoLlSo0 VI
the people During this period $4,000 new
laws have actually been put upon the statute
books, over Us per day, including Sundays,
yet ignorance of the law excuses no one.
"A most striking manifestation of what too
much government is leading to is noted in
the number of our civilian employees We
have over 100000 civilians employed by the
United States government. We have, all told,
more than 100000 paid officials in our ma
tonal and local governments. Approximately
100000 people are now supported by va
rious governments.
There is now little incentive for men to
strive. to sacrifice, to labor and achieve. By
our high rates we are driving the rich to tax
free securities, thus putting a premium on
idleness and penalty on industry In eight
years the taxes in this country for all pur-
poses have increased 800 per cent. The peo-
pie are now paying $8500,000,0Q0 per an
mum in taxes. This vast increase is by no
means all due to the war, and much that is
excused on account of the war could be
greatly lessened if not entirely eliminated.
More than IS per cent OF the total income
of the American people now goes for taxes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
The Age of Trees.
From the Chicago Journal.

Experts declare that cypress in Louisiana
is $500 years old. At the birth of Christ that
tree had been standing two centuries longer
than the time that has elapsed since the first
voyage of Columbus Rome was a town OF
mud huts when that tree sprouted from the
seed, and Nineveh, of which Prophet Jonah
tells, was just destroyed.
Yet it is far from being the oldest known
tree. The Santa Maria del Tule cypress in
Mexico is estimated to be between 5000 and
5000 years of age and some redwood in
California are placed at 1000 years: The
Mexican cypress antedates the birth OF Abra-
ham as the Louisiana tree does that of Christ,
and the redwoods probably were taller than
any tree in Cook county when King Tut
was laid in his tomb,
| think that | shall never see
A poem lovely as tree
wrote one OF the best of our latter-day
American poets. He might have added that
few poems are as enduring as some trees.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
HASN'T DONE IT.

The boil weevil has cost the south a
billion and half dollars in the past five
years, according to a dependable Stats
tician.-Savannah News.
On the contrary, The News believes that
the boil weevil has been worth millions OF
dollars to the southern farmers by curtailing
the production of cotton and enhancing the
price. In all probability if the weevil had not
infested the cotton belt the farmers would
now be receiving less than 10 cents for the
staple. Moreover, the farmers have been
forced to the Investigation Of crops and
better methods of cultivation which has
been worth more millions to those who are
ting the soil. Everything considered this
pest, which was viewed as a curse when ii
invaded the cotton fields of the south, de-
serves a vote of thanks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
THREE MILLION YEARS HENCE

From the Tampa Daily Times.
Eohppus, the original ancestor OF the
modern horse, was SO small that he could
easily crawl through the skull Of a 1923
horse He lived three million years ago. 1t
makes us wonder what evolution will have
done to man three million years hence. In
sects may have exterminated man and in
herited the earth by then
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

Andrew J. Volstead either does not be-
lieve that prohibition is having difficulties of
enforcement, or he is trying to make him
self believe that the country is dryer than
most people regard it. He is reported to
have dismissed the subject of a semi-dry
America with what evidently is a favorite
expression of the father OF prohibition
"ratsr The country is not bone dry, and
Mr. Vostead cannot make it dry by saying
rats"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
Georgia Press Talk.

Ball games should not be permitted to in
terfere with work, in the opinion of the Mad
isonian Editor Bacon says:
Monday was one OF the most favor
able days for farm work we have had
this year, and yet scores of negroes and
white people, too could be found loafng
about Madison on Monday morning, and
when importuned to go out and help
save grain crop already made or help
cultivate growing crop they would of
fer the information that a bail game was
on for the afternoon. We had two days
of it-negroes riding around in automo-
biles to ball games. The occasion not
only drew many laborers from the fields,
but those at work became demoralized
and dissatisfied. And yet we hear them
complain OF hard times and nothing to
eat
The Monroe Advertiser doesn't believe
there is any virtue in the lung assistance
that is so freely given the farmer 1t says:
tiller OF the soil recently remarked
that there are too many telling the farm
er what to do and too few turning their
efforts into the channels of actual pro-
duCtion. The number of those who have
weak hands and strong lungs is quite
large, and their method often seems to be
to begin with the assumption that the
farmer is fool and to end with the Civ
ing to him that which he does not want
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

Things are already warming up over in
the Second district Congressman Park is
candidate to succeed himself, and Hon. Den
mis- Fleming, of Albany, Judge E. E. Cox, OF
Camilla, and Judge Roswell Eve, of Triton,
have let it be known that they will also be
in the race, to say nothing of half dozen
or so other estimable gentlemen who have
rods up and are hopefully inviting the light
ming to strike.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

1t is said that twenty-five members of the
United States senate or more than one
fourth of that body are either in Europe or
back from Europe, or about to start for Eu-
rope to study conditions says the Savan-
nah Press What's the use? They all re-
turn with the same opinions they had be-
fore they went Their views have not chang
ed, and they are talking and will be found
voting as heretofore.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

1t takes four chikens to furnish eggs for
each American, notes the Tampa Times.
Uncle Sans count shows 428 million chick
ems in the United States. They furnish us
with the eggs we need and an additional 500
million year for export, which latter is
about three-hfths offset by the eggs we i'm
nort from China and elsewhere.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

Stories that reveal the bigness of Presi-
dent Harding's character may be expected
now that he is gone For the first time it
is publicly known that when he succeeded
Mr.. Wilson he gave orders to the navy de-
partment that Admiral Grayson, Mr.. Wilson S
physician for eight years, was to be assign
ed to duty in Washington only. This was
in order that Mr.. Wilson would continue
to have the care of the physician who had
attended him so long and who was familiar
with his case. Not even Mr.. Wilson knew
of the order until after Mr.. Harding's death.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
DIVERSIFIED CROPS SAFER.

From the Cuthbert Leader.
Terrell county has been leading the state
in cotton production recently, but few days
ago farmers of that county held meeting
and discussed growing strawberries, celery,
tobacco and other things as money crops.
This is a good indication that our farmers
are realizing that diversified agriculture is
safer
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

The News has received from the publish
ers, J. w. Burke & Co., Macon, Ga, a
booklet entitled "Colored Soldiers" the au-
thor of which is Hon. w. Irwin MacIntyre,
OF Townsville The book is an interesting
and entertaining collection of dialect stories,
weaved around army life at Camp Gordon.
The central characters are Thomas county
negroes, and humor predominates in every
narrative. Mr.. MacIntyre is to be congratu-
lated upon giving the public such an enter
tanning little volume.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

News from abroad that the short skirt is
coming back may surprise some person who
woald maintain that it never went anywhere
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

Farmers and business men of Crisp county
have adopted a fve-year farm program which
will be of untold worth # adhered to. Crisp
is already one of Georgia's best counties, and
the movement just begun insures still great
er prosperity and independence for its people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

From all reports the recent session OF the
legislature ;ncubated more gubernator1al
boomlets than laws.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

When the government gets into the bus
mess of providing agencies for marketing
grain it may as well extend its activities to
cotton and pork and beef and to the prod
ucts of the mills and the factories. Quite
naturally we shall expect it to market our
newspapers, and all the things which all men
broduce.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

while we are going wild on making
things free why not make bread and meat
and clothes free to the school children of
the state?" inquiries the Wnder News. There
would be as much reason for doing that as
for some other things that are being done;
and at that, it would not be q reason.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

Watermelons are selling at $1.00 to $3.50
each in Atlanta At that rate it won't be a
great while before it will take the proceeds OF
a bale of cotton to buy succulent rattlesnake
or a tom watson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
LEGISLATIVE PROMINENCE"

From the Cedartown Standard
The only way some legislators can ever
achieve any prominence is by attacking
somebody or something. A legislature that
met only once in ten years would be too
often for their sort
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

A new weekly newspaper has recently en-
tered the Georgia journalistic field. 1t is the
Crisp County News, published at Cordele by
the Ham Printing Co. The initial issue is
excellent, and the stories reflect the progress
of the locality in which it has sprung up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

That Jupiter Pluvius is in good training IN
this part of the world is evidenced by the
way he delivers his showers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

Hard times evidently have fallen upon the
fashionable folk at Deauville; the girls have
no stockings to wear.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

at is a good idea not to go about talking
so much unless you know what you are talk
ing about" tritely remarks the Greensboro
Herald Journal
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
WHO KNOWS2

From the Dalton Citizen.
Now the legislature is talking of taxing
poodle dogs $40 year. And it may be the
statesman introducing the bill has a half
dozen or more houn' dogs loafng around the
house.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

The farmer himself is saying less about
asking Uncle Sam for relief, but that makes
no difference to politicians who keep up the
harangue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21

The fields are DOMINIC robes of white, and
cotton will soon be rolling in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-21
SOME cow.

For Sale-Jersey cow, gives the finest of
sweet milk, buttermilk and cream cheese
Classified ad in Mobile Register
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-18

1 the past few weeks printing Ten
Thousand Catalogs for the Neil F. Boyle
Hardware Company, nof this city. 1t re-
CURED thirty days Is scomplete this large
arsg Ss
order using almost ton Of paper.
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~
The News is equipped to handle any
size job. No order too large or too small,
to receive this same personal attention that
all our work does. Give us trial on that
next order.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
BURGLAR LEAVES BEHIND
TELL.TALE FINGER MARKS

Fingerprints left by a burglar who
was surprised at his work in the resi-
dence Of Abe Abraham, 4s12 l4th
street. early today, may lead to his
capture. He stole a watch and CHAIN,
$S and a package of cigarettes. Mrs:
Abraham's pocketbook containing S2e
and a diamond pin probably was
saved by discovery of the burglar by
Mr.. Abraham before the work OF ran
sacking the premises was finished.
An examination of the premises
disclosed that the unlimited caller had
been in several rooms in the. house
He had taken the watch and chain
from the room in which Abraham was
asleep, where he also got a pair OF
trousers, which he rified in the bath
room He also had searched Mrs.
Abraham's work basket while in the
bathroom, evidently seeking val
uables.
Jacob Heros reported the theft of
S35 last night from the cash register
in his store at 2016 P street.
An examination of the store today
disclosed also that forty packages OF
cigarettes were missing from case.
Going to the rear Of the store he found
hinges had been taken from the door
and the door removed.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
High Hopes of Finding Wrangel
Island Survivors, Are Dashed
Bottle With Proclamation Taking Land
for Britain Discovered by Noice Res
cuing Expedition to arctic.

as a dim shadow. We cut down the
.nglnes speed to quarter and care
fully felt our way along. We had to
keep close to shore for fear of pass
evidence of them And at the same
time there was danger of our getting
caught on sandbar if we ventured
too close.
Reach Rodgers Harbor. :.
AS we crawled along eastward we
came to harbor and this l assumed
70 be Rodgers Harbor. the place
1871, and where certainly some evil
dence of them, past or present, would
De found. The exasperating foam
made matters very difficult. However.
we anchored in three fathoms and
second Engineer Jack Williams and
In the skiff to investigate, but we
could find no indications of any one
having been there.
So we returned to the ship, hove
anchor and proceeded on our way
again. Slowly we nosed along the
shore. keeping in fairly close as now
the beach shelved off quite steeply.
We were thus able to keep a close
lookout and the danger of passing
our objective was greatly lessened.
suddenly ships dory took form
through the fog. 1t was drawn up
on the beach, about forty yards from
the water. / Immediately rang down
full speed astern and brought the
Donaldson to a stop Quickly the Skiff
was lowered and / was padded
ashore. My feelings at this moment
may be imagined. After weeks of
strenuous endeavor. bucking the pack
ana threading a tortuous passage
through vast fields of floating ice. en-
veloped great deal of the time in a
dense pail of fog. l was about to un-
ravel the mystery which had en-
shrouded the little party on Wrangle
island.
Found Signs of Habitation.
What would / find. l almost shrank
from the very imminence of reality
Soon I would know whether l should
return to the outside world. bringing
with me the gallant young fellows
whose friends and relatives had come
waiting word of them for two long
years, or whether | must return with
the details of a further tragic chapter
in the long history of Arctic explora-
ton. However. the time was i'll
chosen for introspection. We we're
on the beach and roundabout were
undoubted evidences of human habi-
tation.
There through the fog. we could
see on a little ridge the sites of two
camps apparently abandoned. We
could see nothing that indicated re
cent occupation. One of the camps
had evidently. been used as a summer
or fall tent site. and the other was
sort of a half dugout on the sand.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
ABSOLUTE DIVORCES
ASKED BY TWO WIVES
Both Mrs. Bernadette Hayes and
Mrs. Grace H. Ross Charge
Misconduct.

Two wives filed suits for absolute
divorces in the District Supreme Court
today.
Mrs. Bernadette Hayes, in bill Of
complaint against John Hayes, alleged
misconduct and named a co-ro .;pondent
She told the court they were ma rried in
1906 and have three children. Through
ner attorneys, Geoge H. Lynch and F.
E. Elaer, the wife asks alimony and
custody of the children.
Inc second suit was filed by Mrs
Trace n. Ross against George j. Ross
me wife sets forth that her husband
formerly was employed in the Veterans
bureau, but that he has gone to Florida
one names a correspondent
Inc petition shows that last January
Mrs. Ross procured from the District
supreme Court a decree of maintenance.
under which Ross was required to nav
her $l25 month for the support Of
herself and child. The wife is repre-
sented by Attorney Robert Mcneil.
Evening star., 1923-09-05

which had probably been covered in
winter with a tent. and on top of
this a layer of snow blocks.
Uttered about, as If the camp had
lection of traps, snow knives, dog
packs, ak handles and a variety Of
other objects. But there were no
footprints or other indications that
human, beings had been there within
recent months. This was evidently
their original camp site.
Sees Signal Mnst.
Then I saw lying on the ground q
long pole with guy ropes attached to
the top. Apparently 1t had once been
used as signal mast, but the thaw-
ing ground had assisted the wind to
On the ground near the fallen pole
I discovered a small oblonG box COW
cred with mul. In it, inclosed in
bottle sealed with tallow. l found the
following record:
proclamation:
Know all men by these presents
that l, Allen Rudyard Crawford. a
native of Canada and a British sub
ject and these men whose names ap-
pear below, members of the Wrangel
Island detachment of the Stefannsen
artic expedition of 1921. on the advice
and counsel of Vilhjalmur Stefannsen,
a British subject, have this day in
consideration of lapses of foreign
claims and occupancy from March IL.
1914, to September Z, 1914. o fthis is
land by the survivors of the brigan-
tine karluk. Capt. r. A. Bartlett.
commanding. the property of the gov
ernment of Canada. chartered to OPP
crate in the Canadian artic expedition
of 1913-1918 of which survivors Chief
Engineer Monroe. a native of Scot
land and a British subject. and raised
the British flag, declare this land
known as Wrangle Island to be the
Just possession of his majesty King
George of Great Britain and ireland,
the dominions beyond the seas, EN-
peror of India. etc, and a part of the
British empire.
Signed and deposited in this monu-
ment. this 10th day of September in
the year of our Lord, 1921.
(Signed)
ALLEN CRAWFORD. commander.
LoRNE Z. KNIGHT. second in
command
MILTON GALLE
F. w. MAURER.
Wrangel Island, September is, 1921.
God save the king"
Other Evidence Lacking.
I searched in vain for cave or
monument wherein l might find some
further record. but found nothing
nothing to show what had happened
TO the little party since that day in
september two years ago when they
ndQ penned this document.
Regretfully / went back to the
Donaldson and we got under way
again. Fog like a wet blanket hung
all about us and we nosed ahead
under a very slow bell. stopping fire.
quently to investigate every little
mound we saw and blowing the
whistle constantly, for we would
soon reach Doubtful Harbor and |
thought it possible the party might
be there.
1t was about s am. when we
So" something "Tovin" on tho beach.