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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13

PARIS. May 12.-t(By Ass0Giated Press. )-Premier Poincare accepts tine countrys verdict as being against him and win not try to seek, Rs some Uf his supporters insist. a mixed majUnity among the groups in the new chamber. Consequently. he considers his mission ended and will merely GETTY 0n until the newly elected deputies take up tthHir duties the first of June.
 Premier Poincare will ask liis col leagues to endorse this resolve mt n meeting of the cabinet Tuesday.
 Mr. Poincare's decision to abstain from all political intiative until tflIe le- gal tenure of his office expires, entGiiIs. it is understood abandonment of his visit to Chequers Court, and the British
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
HOUSE TO ACT
Special Committee Is Now InvestigatIne
 Charges

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Action by the House in the case of Represent- ative Langley, found guilty of c0nspir- ing in connection with whisky trans action by jury at Covington, Ky, win await report by the special com 'nittee investigating the charges brought against him, 1t was said Monday night by members of the committee.
 The committee will meet Tuesday, when decision as to their recommenda. tions in the case will be considered, it is said. The committee expects to make the report on Representative Zihl- man of Maryland, public at this time and had expected to have the. report on Langley ready in a few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
TW0 pEATHs REPORTED
P0t0maG Recedes After Flooding Wide
 Ansm I'm Maryland. West Virginia

AreR I'm Maryland. West Virginia
 CUMBERLAND, Md, May 12.--The P0t0mnc river was returning to its channel tonight after having flooded a wide area in Maryland and West Vir- ginia for the second time iu five weeks. Many towns along the river just recOv- ering from the effects of the first flood were inundated. Two deaths were re- ported due to the flood.
 Railhoad traffic in the valley was dem0ralized, lines of both the Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland rail r0ads being greatly damaged and in some instances were under three feet of water.
 Seven streets in Cumberland were fl0oded but the water did not reach the first floor of buildings. The electric lighh plant was crippled and the city was in darkness tonight with members of Company G. Maryland national guard. patrOlling the streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
THE WEATHER

AIabama--Fatr Tuesday. local showers Tuesday night-Or Wednesday; m0daraas tamperakmre.
 HEississippS
 Gsargia-F'air. Tennessee Partly cloudy.
 tGsmpIete weather. data will be found on Page f3.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
TENNEssEEAN SLAIN

MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn, May F.. -Johnson Grinstaff, 40, was found dead near his home with three bullet holes through his chest few minutes after neighbors had heard five shots in rapid succession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
PREPARE FOR FLOOD
Families Moving Belongings In Low
 Sections Along Ohio River

RRTTSBURG, Pa, May 12.-Pitts- burg tonight was preparing for it's sec Ond flood in five weeks, with a stage of 28 feet, four feet above the flood stage. at the junction of the MonOngahela and Allegheny rivers, forecast by the wealth CT bureau for 10 o'clock Tuesday mOrn- ing. The Ohio was rising at the rate of n foot an hour with the flood stage forecast at midnight.
 Houses in the lower section already were flooded and families living within the expected flood area were moving their belongings to the second floor.
 Because of the flood situation in the Potomac valley, the Baltimore & Ohio nerouted all eastbound and westbound trains at Pittsburg and Martinsburg, VI. Va, over the Pennsylvania rail road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
MARCH IN PROTEST

MOSCOW, May 12.-(By Associated Press. l-Anti-German demonstrations were held throughout Russia Sunday. Werkmen. students and government em- ployes paraded in Moscow with baners bearing anti-German legends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
TO ATTEND CIRCUS
President Accepts Invitation To Visit
 Big Top Tuesday

WASHINGTON, May 12.-President Coolidge is going to the circus. The manager of a circus showing here called at the White House Monday and in- vited the President to visit the big top Tuesday afternoon. The President promptly accepted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
HUNT VON STROHEIM
Famous Motion Picture Director Ha
 Been Killed, Is Fear

Been hIIIou, IS F car
 LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 12.- Lost on dangerous mountain road since early Sunday, Erie von StrOheim, famous motion picture director and actor, is feared to have met with seri- ous accident.
 For two days searching parties comb ing the woods near where von Stroheim was last seen have failed to find trace of him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
REACHES STTGnN

PARIS, May 12.-LieutenaDt PeI- letter D'Oisy, French airman, has ar- rived at Saigon, the capital of French Cochin China, it was officially an- nounced today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13

PARIS, May a2.-Rrscticaily complete returns In fhe ErBnch elections show fhnf tho bloc Df itlre left has 3O5 of firb 5Bz sHats in the new chamber of deputies. 3fus making it virtually impossible Sur Premier P0incare to rsBEnain in office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13
PLANTs ARE FLOODED

CEtARLOTTESVILL Va. May manufacturing plants were flDGded and the city cut off from elee- uric light and street car service by the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-13

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
The Hokum HungererS.
Eron the MONTGOMERY (AIaO Advertiser


There is considerable element in the
country that believes the chief aim OF the
government should be to make it hard for the
thrifty and Industrious to go forward
Spokesman for this element hate tax re-
ducer and distrust statesmen who helleV"
in tax reduction as the moral duty OF govern
rnant when the occasion for reduction pre-
SCENTS itself The emotion of the taxpayers
is well expressed in the loose and impudent
phrase of the New Republic, in characterlz-
ing the proposal of Mellon as 'reactlonary
and ignorant opportunism."
Our taxes are on war oasis They were
forced on that basis to get the billions need
ed to strike down the enemies of the repub-
lie But the taX-eaters see III the SITUATION
the opportunity of a lifetime Their tight
now. therefore, is to keep taxes on a war ba-
sis. and give the proceeds to the norons,
the drones and the incompetents. That is
the real purpose of Roberc NJ. LaFollette,
Magnus johnson and the New Republic.
The New Republic yearns for the day when
every statesman shall be a subllmated poet!
and every citizen hero like the kind we read
about in the Saturday Evening Post. Hence
its assault upon Coolidge for coming into the
orchestra doing a Yankee nasal tWang IN
stead of slipping on a Roman shirt and tun-
ing a Tyre The New Republic is 'hongry
for hokum, for sweetness and light. It'wants
a free verse president and a futuristlc con
gress.
Oh, how the pinks and treasury raiders
have been made to jump up and down anc
shrek at the prospect of a tax reduction II
the interest of honest government and com
mon, every day prosperity!
In situation such as the country faces
today one Andrew Mellon is worth his
weight in diamonds. He is worth all the
/ pnks and uplifters and grasping politicians
in both parties.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
Sleeping Over Our Rights.
From the Macon News.

Using Georgias heathful climate and re-
sultant low death rate as a basis for Its an
gument the Savannah News recently read a
very plain spoken and timely lesson to Geor-
gia and Georgians for sleeping over our OPP
portunities and for neglecting to develop
the resources with which nature has blessed
us.
Statistics recently issued, for instance,
show that Georgia's death rate is 1O.4, which
is lower than that of any other state IN the
south and is lower than the rate for the en-
tire country, which was 11.8 per 1000 last
year. This, despite the fact, as the Savan-
nah paper points out, that Georgia "has by
no means done what she can to reduce her
death rate"
In view of the natural heathful conditions
with which the state is blessed there is no
doubt that through concerted and intelligent
effort this state could be one of the health
lest in the union and, in this particular at
least, obtain some advertising which, of it
self, would be of untold value. That is the
commercial side of it. The self~preservation
phase of the question shouldn't require any
discussion
In connection with our failure generally to
make the most of our advantages The News
says:
THE trouble with Georgia is not in its
climate nor in its soil, nor in its water sup
ply, nor in its mean temperature, nor IN any
thing that nature has provided, but, to be
frank the trouble is in its people. 1t has
not done what it could have done to make
it's products demanded the world over, be
cause its people have fallen down on the job;
it has not made its farms garden spots, be-
cause it's people have failed to do what they
could in that respect; its cities do not grow
as they should and their people are to blame.
If ever state was favored by nature Geor-
gia is that state; its people have not even
begun, by comparison, to take advantage of
what nature has provided. 1t is not thing
to be proud of, and it is not thing to hide.
The best way to correct an old mistake is to
drag it out into the light and talk about it."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
Gaining on tuberculosis.

The results of the unremitting fight
against tuberculosis in this country are graf
flying. They show that the forces struggling
to minimize the ravages of the white plague
are gaining on humanitys dread foe. Figures
announced by the census bureau covering
five-year period prove that the death rate has
been cut almost in half That is real prog
ress, and should encourage the people to car
nv on against the common enemy.
1t is observed that the census bureau calls
attention to the small decrease in the death
rate in 1922 as compared to that OF 1871.
This may indicate weaker resistance on the
part of those fighting the plague, or arrival
at the point where the progression naturally
would be halted That would be for medical
science to decide. 1t would be reasonable to
expect the earlier years of the struggle to
wipe out or reduce tuberculosis to show the
biggest results. In 1918 the death rate per
l 900 was $50 In one year that was re-
duced to 1856 The next year it was low
cred by ia and the next by l4.8 In 1922
the decrease was but "a per 100000.
1t is not likely that there has yet been a
close approach to the minimum. If the fight
keeps up through number of years a min
imum will be established unless, indeed, a
cure is found, beyond which it might not be
possible to carry reductions. The effort then
would be to maintain this minimum, which
would require a resistance as stubborn as
ever.
Reports of sections are interesting, and
supports a long established theory and a
proven practice-that the best results are
obtained in the freedom Of the open air. Ne
braska, in the middle west, has the lowest
death rate of any of the AZ states. Residents
of that section of the country do not have tu-
berculosis as do the people of Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Delaware because they are
an agraran and not manufacturing people.
Colorado has the highest death rate because
the high attitudes there attract tubercular
patients.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
The Value of Crops.

According to figures supplied by the de-
nartment of agriculture at Washington the
value of this years crops is placed at So
1922, sos 600 This value is nearly S9OO,O0O-
900 greater than that of the crops of 1922.
These figures are worth noting in view OF
the statement repeatedly made that agrlcul-
ture in this country is a losing game 1t
NAV be when costs are taken into consider
alton. and, if it is, costs should be given at
tention.
On the other hand, the consumer deserves
some consideration. For these eight billion
dollars of crops he paid about fifteen billion
of dollars, for he had to pay the profits of
the middle men and the transportation COM
panies, besides retail profits. Assuming that
the consumer purchased the whole years
Weld this amounts to nearly $3.50 per cap
tia. Consequently, the consumer should JOIN
with the producer in figuring out some way
in which he should get more for his money
awhile the latter reduces the cost of produc-
tion.
1t is poor economies when both producer
and consumer fail to get their moneys worth
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
RUDE RURAL RHY MES
WIVES WANTED.

When the world was new and the forest
thick when men slew bears with one good
lick and farmed bit with a sharpened stick
the female picked husky dub with health
and strength to bring home grub. But later
on. the ladies found, mind cut across where
Drawn went round. Then boys with bulglng
brows were taken because their brains
brought home the bacon. The old style men
of beef and muscle for women were compell-
ed to hustle. 1t never dawned upon those
boneheads that they should cultivate their
own heads Among the birds they saw the
males win brides by pretty tufts and talls
They had no wives and wished to land some;
they too determined to be handsome. Ihose
lowbrows soon had wives plenty and mao
to sell off ten or twenty, and, since theirs
proved a winning game, each later bonehead
tried the same, while all the lads too long
and lanky knock-kneed, big-eared sway back
ed and shanky lay to their souls the pleas
ing JUNCTION that they have intellects which
function The man with neither looks nor
brains is out of luck among the James. FAR
Hannah came to share my home, lured by
my broad and spacious dome. My ugly mug
she did not mind, but dreamed of intellect
behind. She long since found she was msta-
ken, and though by her I'm not forsaken my
bluff no longer gets across. She knows L am
a total loss, and tells me so at times, but
never lets on to the neighbors-BOB ADAMS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
The Senate Struggle.

The factions in the senate struggle over
the election of chairman of the Interstate
commerce committee all protested to be
pleased over the deadlock. The old guard
republicans We're delighted because every day
spent in the wrangle meant to them one day
less to worry about radical railroad legisa-
tion. The democrats were happy because they
hoped to demonstrate republican impotence.
The radicals were pleased in that it showed
they could employ the balance of power in
an effective way.
Therefore, the fight developed into a de-
termined contest In the meantime the con-
testants might have turned their attention
to another element just as much interested
in what congress is doing-or failing to do
the public. If they had inquired about the
people they might have found they were
not so well pleased over the way things have
been going. The people wanted something
definite accomplished. Instead, they wit
messed the continuance of struggle that
killed valuable time at the expense of iegis-
lation they expected and demanded.
Members of congress, of course, could re-
tort that the people themselves were respon-
sible for the deadlock condition. True, the
factions are made up of men elected by the
neople who failed of a mutual understanding
of the country's needs. 1t might seem that
demonstrations such as the senate has Oh
fered would have a SOLDERING effect on the
electorate but, apparently, the time for that
has not arrived.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
Exposing Our Dirty Linen.

From the Washington News-RepOrter.
What has become of the various move
ments to advertise Georgia? We have
been hiding our light under bushel. As
matter of fact, we have sat quietly by
and permitted demagoguic politicians and
sensational newspapers to peddle stories
that convey the impression that the
state is on the verge of bankruptcy and
in many other ways headed toward the
eternal bow-wows. What is needed is
some truthful publicity of the right
kind.-Dawson News.
Right you are, brother. We have washe
our dirty linen in plain view of the countr
for years, and thousands of home-seeker
have ridden through Georgia going to Flor
ida, which state they have made prosperous
Georgia has more advantages to offer tina
wide movement, however. properly financed
any state in the union 1t will take state
to get these advantages before the people o
the country in convincing way
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
Not Exactly That.


Editor Ben Allen, who is championing that
able southern statesman and sound democrat,
Senator Underwood, of Alabama, for the
democratic nomination for the presidency,
said in the current issue of the Pearson
Tribune:
"The Dawson News thinks that when
the presidential question is reduced to
it's last analysis the people will have
to choose between Coolidge and McAdoo
for their chief executive next year. This
means that, in the opinion of The News,
Coolidge will be nominated by the repub-
licans and McAdoo by the democrats"
That is not exactly what The News said.
In noting that in South Dekota the two ma
jor parties had respectively endorsed Cool
idge and McAdoo for the presidency we stat
ed that the country may, not "will" have to
decide between these two men.
OF those now openly seeking the demo-
cratic nomination The News is inclined to
favor Senator Underwood Besides being a
southern man and near neighbor, Senator
Underwood possesses all the requisites for
the presidency. If he is nominated McAdoo
could not be elected, and Underwood would
have a hard and doubtful fight. 1t would
seem to be the part of wisdom for the dem
ocrats to nominate as standard bearer some
strong man in the middle west who has not
been prominently identified with any of the
factions that have torn the party the past
several wears
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
A Proposed Amendment.

The Savannah Press calls attention to an
error in The News of recent date: 1t says:
The Dawson News evidently has not
heard about the bill to give communities
the right to exempt manufacturing
plants from taxation If Editor Ralney
had recalled that act he would not have
printed this:
The unusual has happened in Geor-
gia There have been two sessions Of the
legislature without submitting a single
proposal to amend the constitution. We
seemingly had reached the point where
some one asked to put a patch on the
constitution every time an opportunity
was offered Some automobile men are
the same way about accessories But
the old car runs better without so much
junk.
Our Savannah brother, who is an able and
popular member of the Georgia legislature
and scans The News with an eagle eye, has
caught us out We had overlooked, for the
moment that amendment. 1t will be a safe
bet, however, that the voters will not overlook
it. The constitution now provides that taxes
shall be uniform, which is just, sound and
reasonable. Every citizen and all property
should pay a proportionate share of the
expenses of government. There should be
no favored classes nor special privileges,
and the proposed amendment is one patch
that is not likely to be put on the fundament-
al laws of the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
NO, DON'T BE BEGUILED.

From the Pearson Tribune.
"The high price of cotton" says the Thorn
asville Times Enterprise, ''came too late to
do the producers much good" The Dawson
News replies: very true, but it is good bait,
and will insure the planting of large acre
age next year. All the suckers do not buy
oil stock" The Tribune again warns farm
err friends against being beguiled into plant
ing too much cotton in 1924. The same
amount of work and fertilizer devoted to
growing some other crop will pay you better.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

Every refusal to pay the bonus will ex-
tend the controversy. The bonus, like the
poor. we will have with us always-unless
we pay it. Therefore, let's pay it and take
it out of politics forever. Then, in the fu-
ture if we don't like bonuses and don't want
to pay them don't let's promise them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
PAYS TO BLOW HORNS.
From the Savannah News

From the Savannah News
boosted Then everybody boosts. North Car
DINA has been boosted. Now even Florida
is boosting North Carolina. Everybody loves
a lover-and everybody enjoys ride on the
band wagon-so everybody joins in the boost
inc of the already boosted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

President Coolidge seems to mean bust
ness when he urges that the country pursue
a plan of economy. His budget estimate
submitted to congress would cut down the
expense of government some $275,OOO,OOO
a year That's business management
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

In spite of wide and exhaustive publicity
some smooth guy has just pulled another oil
swindle which netted its promoters 100000
and prospect of term in the penitentiary.
Thousands of gullible investors furnished
the money to feed these grafters. Why will
people continue to invest in these swindling
SrherNaS2
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08
WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

From the Thomasville Press
These days of progress and woman's rights
in the affairs of life have brought about
some wonderful changes When we think of
the numerous murders, thefts and other
crimes perpetrated by the once gentler sex
we wonder if we are deteriorating instead of
hninp elevated
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

Here's good one. Augusta, Me-, is go
ing to put on winter carnival, and in order
to make it realistic will haul several train
loads of snow from Canada. Augusta is like
nearly all other cities in the United States,
free from snow and with slight prospects
Of q fall in the near future
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

Fort Valley is already preparing for the
peach blossom festival that is held annually
in the early spring. The magnificence of
these festivals has become famous through
out the country, and it is the intention of
our Fort Valley friends to this year eclipse
all former celebrations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

There is just one way to reduce our taxes
and only one-reduce. our expenses. SO long
as expenses are high and going higher just
so long will taxes be high and go higher.
Reduce the expenses, and the taxes will au-
tomatically adjust themselves. Politicians
may pirate and crate about reducing taxes,
so as to tickle the ears of the voters, but
they are going to the horns to milk the COW.
If we spend million a week we must raise
by taxation that million a week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

Whatever happens henceforth in the way
of weather, it is bound to be a short winter
So far there has been none whatever.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

In farming, as in everything else, the bet
ter man gets the better results. Intelligence
and efficient methods have more to do with
the difference in the success of different
farmers than has the difference in land.
Equipment in machinery and horse power,
buildings, good roads and other things are
great advantage to a farmer, but success
in farming means more than hard manual
labor 1t has become largely a matter of
good judgment, scientific knowledge and fore
sight The farmer who has good head and
uses it invariably makes progress. There
is no better fertilizer for a farm than brains.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

England has just gone through a political
upheaval that left the redoubtable figure OF
John Bull staggering; but even at that Eng
land is lucky. Ours is just beginning and
will continue about year, while the English
got theirs over within less than a month.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-08

The will of a Chicago woman's first hus-
band, from whom she was divorced, be-
oueathed an allowance to her on the condi-
ton that she quit her second5 but, the wife
declaring she would be willing to pay 500
month to have her present marriage con-
tinued it looks as though that estate will
have to go to other relatives. The second
marriage. as is said of vaccination, took
better.