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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
MUCH GOLD EXPOSED
BY WARM WEATHER
ALASKAN MINERS HAVE RUSHED
TO NEW FIELDS AT AN ODD
TIME OF YEAR.

Anchorage, Alaska. = Phenomenal
weather in the late autumn which
took the form of warm chinook winds
in the higher regions, has resulted in
a stampede of prospectors to ada
cent hills where they have staked
many claims to be worked for placer
gold in the spring.
The warm winds uncovered i'm
menses deposits of gravel, which were
swept down to the rivers, leaving a
new terrain exposed. Prospectors re-
port thawing at great depths which
were locked in perpetual ice. They
believe that nature thus has left open
rich auriferous gravels hitherto
sealed.
On the west side of Turnagain Arm
an avalanche 100 feet wide and a mile
long rushed down mountain, uproot-
ing immense trees and cutting deer
into the soil. Three edges rich in
quartz were revealed. The creeks OF
that region had given up placer gold
in the past, and the news of the big
slide sent every unattached man with
an outfit into the mountainous region
above the Arm. Claims were staked
and since winter was closing in the
prospectors left to return at the first
thawing of spring.
The chinooks prolonged the open
season in the hills month or more
1t is predicted that this will result in
an unusually early spring, as the
usual early freeze-up was lacking and
the blankets of snow prevented deep
freezing later.
Long time residents of Alaska be-
lieve that climatic conditions are I'M
dergoing a general change. They
point to the recent deluge that put the
southern division of the Alaska rail
road out of commission for 20 days
The cloudburst, accompanied by a
warm gale, denuded even the noun
tain peaks of snow. 1t has been Gus
tomary for the first heavy SHOWS to
lie all winter. But this season, in
southwestern Alaska, several times
snow fell in quantity only to be
melted again. Winter seemed reluct-
ant to take hold.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
HOG GROWERS Il.
DRAW BIG CROWD
CONVENTION AT MOULTRIE TO
ATTRACT HOG RAISERS FROM
ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY.

The Georgia Swine Growers Asso-
citation will hold it's annual convention
at Moultrie January 10-11, and G. B,
Allen, editor of the Moultrie Daily
Observer, says that 5000 people are
expected to be present on each day.
Appropriate Place.
Editor Allen comments upon the
appropriateness of Moultrie as the
convention city. 1t was Moultrie
enterprise which first provided The
hog growers of Southwest Georgia
with an all-year round market for
their animals, thus making an i'm
portant step to stabilize the hog in
dustry in Georgia. Since the Moul-
trie packing plant opened and began
adding fame to that little city, other
packing plants have been opened in
the South.
South Georgia is destined to be one
of the great swine-producing states
of the Union, in the opinion of those
whose are in touch with that industry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
/ DEADLOCK NOW SEEMS
SURE FOR DEMOCRATS
M'ADOo BELIEVED TO BE AHEAD
OF RIVALS BUT LACKS
VOTES TO NOMINATE.

1t is doubtful whether just this
sort of situation ever existed before
in the Democratic party, says the
Washington representative of the
Baltimore Sun in a special dispatch
to that paper.
Here is a man who lived nearly all
his life on the Atlantic Coast. He
moved to the Pacific Coast and, in
two years, developed a strength that
lines up behind him for the Presi-
Dental nomination all of the West
and most of the South. but leaves
the East set solid against him. He
makes himself easily the leading
party candidate and, as a result, in
spires a burning itch in every other
candidate to kill him off For all
the rest, that is the first essential.
Practically, he forces a combination
for that purpose.
'Will McAdoo make the grader"
The tone in which this question is
asked depends entirely upon the feel
ing toward Mr. McAdoo of those who
ask it, but it is, in one form or an
other on the lips of everybody at all
interested in politics at this time.
The fact is that Mr.. McAdoo is to-
day as far ahead of the other Demo-
cratic candidates for the Presidency
as Mr.. Coolidge is ahead of the Re-
publican candidates. If the Demo-
cratic convention nominated by a ma
jority vote as does the Republican
convention he would be as sure of his
nomination as Mr.. Coolidge is of his.
But the Democrats do not select
that way. They require two-thirds'
vote 730 out of 1,094-and that
leaves him not sure at all.
Not only will he not come to the
convention with anything like many
votes, but the forces bent on killing
him off, the "anybody but McAdoo"
sentiment will be represented at the
convention by a good many more
than the 365 votes necessary to block
nomination. Those two things are
certain.
What that means, Of course, is a
deadlocked convention, a convention
of many ballots, a convention of deals
and dickers, shifts and switches, con-
ferences and compromises, in all of
which the hard-faced, cold-nosed
bosses of the big Eastern and Central
States will play a vital part and may
hold the balance of power.
That is the sort of convention the
Democrats will have next summer.
There is no escape from it. There
will be bruising fight for the nomi-
nation, probably prolonged one. I'M
questionably bitter one. 1t is a
prospect Republican leaders, if they
can keep their party intact, may view
with pleasure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
NO BUILDINGS FOR
GEORGIA THIS YEAR
SENATOR FERNALD T. BOO S
PLAN FOR FEDERAL POSTOF-
FICE AND OTHER PROJECTS.

Washington.-Sen Fernald, of
Maine, chairman of the committee on
public buildings and grounds of the
senate, today dealt a death blow to
federal building projects in Georgia
and elsewhere when he unequivocally
announced on the floor Of the senate
that it was not the intention of the
administration to pass general pub
lie building bill at this session OF
congress.
This announcement came as result
of a resolution offered by Senator
Fletcher of Florida, calling upon the
treasury department for a statement
showing the number of cities and
towns in the United States where sites
had been acquired in previous years
and where no buildings had been &C
ouired. Throughout the state of Geor-
gia there are many towns which have
sites secured many years ago and
upon which buildings have never been
erected.
Crisp Introduced Bills. -.
Representative Crisp, of Georgia,
has introduced bills for buildings at
Cuthbert and Vienna.
Senator Fernald, in making the
statement that the administration did
not intend to pass a general building
bill this session said that to do so
would cost the people several billion
dollars. This would cover the item
both Of acquiring new sites and erect
ing buildings on the sites already au-
thorized.
Senator Fletcher, by offering his
amendment and having it adopted, has
placed the committee of which Sena-
tor Fernald is chairman, in the posi-
ton of going on record as beng
against a general public building Dill
at this time. This means, most likely
that there will be no new buildings
in Georgia or elsewhere at this SEES
Sion, as Senator Fernald's statement
is taken as being conclusive IN the
matter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
A PERFECT WEEWL
KILLER is CLAIMED
MISSISSIPPI FARMER PRESENTS
PROOF" OF HOW PLAN WORKS
ON COTTON PEST.

Atlanta. A successful way to
overcome the boil weeyil has been
found it is claimed. If this be true
it will be worth billions of dollars to
the South. -
The Argentine ant" will do the
work Il
Nance Dees, a cotton planter OF
Crystal Springs, Miss, says so, IN a
report received at the state caplGol.
Of cot.on last spring, one in ordinary
Sc soil and one in soil infested with Ar
gentine ants. In the latter patch,
he says, he found that the weevlls
made no Roadway, because the ants
destroyed them as rapidly as they ap-
peared. In proof OF his claim ne SUI SUI
mits two typical stalks from, each COT
ton ton pbtch, one shriveled and undevgl-
oped the other containing 149 fully
matuted bolls.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
MANS CASE TO GO
TO U. S. SUPREME COURT
Claims He Was Arrested Without Due
Process of Law.

The supreme court of the United
States VIII be asked to pass upon the
case Of w. C. Singleton, well-known
Albany man who was given twelve
months changing sentence for hav-
ing two pints of liquor in his pocket,
according to W. 0. Cooper, Jr., of Ma
con, one Of the attorneys for Single
ton. The Georgia court of appeals
has granted a writ of error in the
case.
Singleton claims that he was
searched over his protest, when the
officers had no search warrant, and
was convicted on the fruits of illegal
search and seizure, without due pro-
cess Of law and contrary to the four
tenth amendment to the constitution
.ot the United States. The attorney
declares that the United States SUI
Preme court has held that a mans
home or person or automobile can not
be searched without a valid search
warrant.
The Georgia court of appeals up
held the Albany city court in the Sin
gleton court, and the Georgia supreme
court denied a certiorari.
John r. Cooper, of Macon, and G.
I. Harrell, of Lumpkin, are also at
torneys for Singleton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
MARCH DYING BEST
If YOU WILL DO 1T
INSURANCE FIGURES OFFER
USEFUL TIPS TO GENIAL AND
POPULAR UNDERTAKES.

If you should die in March be So
laced by the assurance of the Provi-
dent Mutual Life Insurance Company
that yours was the mon;h which there
are the largest number of demises.
Of course it is not found that there
is a furious rush for places on this
honor list, inasmuch as nothing has
been found to make dying popular.
But you will have plenty of company
wherever you go. April is second on
the list. February is third. The fact
is that many fall sick in February
and are at their worst in March. If
you can survive March your chances
of beating the genial and popular un-
dertaker increase. The moral is fight
hard in March.
The Provident Mutuals figures,
gathered by surveying the books for
1920, 1921 and 1922, have it that
more of US succumb in February,
March and April than in the four
months of May, June, July and Au-
gust. In fact, the populace perks
up quite bit in May, and in June
is feeling so fine that it gets reck-
less, which accounts for so many June
weddings. Only q per cent. OF the
total deaths take place in the sum-
mer. Disease doesn't reap all of the
summer crop; the motor car and the
brilliant chap who rocks the boat
contribute quite quota.
March bowls us over and leaves US
bowled because it is such a friend OF
influenza, pneumonia and organic dis
eases of the heart. incidentally,
one-sixth of the number of deaths
throughout the year are due to faulty
hearts. Pneumonia is second, cancer
lis third. Nothing could be more nat
ural than the Provident Mutuaps sui
eide figures. Self destruction is most
prevalent in January. Folks seem to
get tired of trying to beat the coal
man, the landlord, the provisioner
and the clothier in January and then,
stunned by the Christmas bills, de-
eide to quit trying. April is quite a
month for suicides, too. The major
ity of the April suicides are for per-
sons who have had all the winter they
can stand and take seriously the as
surances of New Jersey weather
prophets that there will be practically
no summer.
A relative few kill themselves in
the summer time Ten times as many
policy holders kill themselves as are
killed by others. The automobile and
typhoid fever get their greatest num-
bers in August, which seems reason
able enough if you think a moment
Cancer scores highest in September
tuberculosis in June and Bright's di-
sease in January.
This, you will observe, is a cheer
full story. However, remember, if
YOU must die try to make it in March.
You will not mind so much if yea
know that the crowd is with you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
Jersey Cow, IL Years Old, OUned in
Ohio. Becomes the Worlds Champion

There are only few dairy cows
of any breed that produce profitably
at such an advanced age, and it is
perhaps only in the Jersey breed that
cows are found that not only will pro-
duce proftably at seventeen years of
age, but often some are found that
are still producing proftably at the
age of twenty-three.
"Alan Jordan, owner of Washing
ton Jersey Farms, and his farm SUI
perintendent, Corwin Knowles, accom-
panied this Jersey to the National
Dairy Show, and crowds of spectators
and interested listeners heard tht
many impromptu talks given by Mr.
Jordan at the side of his famous cow.
"The production of this old Jerse-
COW was sufficient to furnish one
quart Of. milk a day to an average of
twenty-five babies each day during
the entire twelve months she was on
record"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
HEADQUARTERS FOR
UNDERWOOD OPENED
CAMPAIGN WILL BE WAGED IN
GEORGIA FOR SOUTHERN MAN
FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

Atlanta, Ga. - Georgia headquar-
tiers of the Oscar Underwood cam
paign committee have been opened on
the second floor of the Kimball
House in Atlanta, with R. C. Gordon,
of Savannah, a former schoolmate Of
Senator Underwood, in charge. Mr..
Gordon is a well known cotton man of
Savannah.
AS pointed out by Mr.. Gordon and
other leading Underwood supporters
here and in other Sections of the state,
the Underwood forces will make an
aggressive fight to obtain the sup
port of the solid South for the distin-
guished Albanian. AS Senator I'm
derwood himself said on his recent
visit to Atlanta, and which is being
emphasized by democratic leaders, it
has been eighty years since a South
ern man was elected TO the presi-
dency.
While the sectional question ought
to be strong appeal, Georgia politi-
cal leaders assert, yet under the cir
cumstances and considering the wealth
and power of the South, it is high
time that her claims be given respect
full attention.
There is much force in that appeal
now, as some Georgia editors point
out. because the South is able to pre-
sent man for the presidency in the
person of United States Senator IN
derwood, who is clear minded states
man whose services are, it is claimed,
sadly needed in the present national
crisis.
The states of the South could, if
thew would, it is claimed here, die
tate the next nomination. Due re-
gard for the position and reputation
of the South ought to make them
willing, democrats here claim, to unite
in support of Underwood, the first
man of presidential size who is really
a resident of the South and American
to the core.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
SIMPLER FORMS FOR
INCOME TAX RETURNS
NEW BLANKS MUCH SIMPLER
THAN THOSE USED LAST YEAR.
TINE FOR FILING.

r-~1ess YOU are one of the "big fel-
l,,rs there is at last prospect that
+bara will not be so much trouble
- ,-aar in making out an income
tax return blank.
assured by the bureau of internal
,.,.s,,a of prompt service in furnish
;rr The necessary forms, taxpayers
,aod avperience no delay in the filling
- their income tax returns for the
....r 1923. The filing period is from
Iar,,arv / to March Is, 1924. On JAN
,,a,.r the LIST being holiday
s-r',s for fling individual, corpora
ion partnership, personal-service
.ornoration, information, fiduciary,
.,,5 other returns required by the
,o,,arDe act will be available at the
,s4ce Of collector of internal revenue,
5-isn+a Georgia, and the branch of
+-ss at Savannah, Georgia, and Macon,
Gsnroia. After January 2, copy OF
he form desired may be obtained on
written request. =,
Eo,.r1 1O4OA. heretofore used for fill
;,,cr returns of individual net income
n $1,000 and less, from whatever
.au,.oe derived has been revised and
simn1ffied in the interests of the larg-
est class of taxpayers, salarled per-
sans and wage earners. The new form
will be used for reporting net income
far the year of 1928 of $4,000 ana less
derived chiefly from salaries and
wages. Reducing to minimum the
rrableu of correctly making out an
income tax return, Form 1O4OA con-
sis+g of a single sheet in which space
Is n,.9vided for answers to only three
ouestions in relation to income; sal
aries. wages, commissions, etc.; inter
est an bank deposits, notes, mortgages,
and CORPORATION bonds, and other IN
come" On the reverse side are IN
structions. Formerly Form 1O4OA has
consisted of six pages, the questions
pertaining not only to salaries and
wages. but to income from business,
professions, sales of real estate, and
0ther sources. 1t is estimated that
for the year 1923 more than 4,OOO,OOO
persons. or 70 per cent of those who
annually are required to file income
tax returns, will use the new form.
Persons, any part of whose income
for the year 1928 was derived from
business or profession, farming, sale
Of property or rents, regardless of the
amount, will be required to use the
larger form, 1O40. The use of Form
1910 will be required, also, in cases
where the net income was in excess OF
$4,000, whether from salary, business,
profession, or other taxable sources.
Formerly Form 1040 was used only
Tor reporting individual net income of
more than $4,000.
Forms for filing individual returns
Of income will be sent to persons who
fled similar returns for the year 1922.
It being impossible to determine this
year the form desired by the taxpayer
whether he be man whose income
was derived chiefly from salary or
wages or from business, profession, or
other taxable sources - the taxpayer
win receive both forms, and is ad-
vised to note carefully the Instructions
regarding their use.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
S5,OOO,OOO WORTH OF
CHINESE EGGS ARRIVE
CONTAINED e,46O,OOO POUNDS
OF FROZEN AND 100000 LBS.
OF FROZE NEGGS.

A single shipment of Chinese eggs
recently received in this country and
inspected by the bureau of chemistry
of the department of agriculture was
estimated 50 be worth approximately
S5,00O000. The shipment, which came
in at the port of New York. consisted
of 1850 cases and 12S,262 tins of
frozen eggs from Marking and Han
kow and 5000 cases of dried eggs
exclusive of egg albumen. On the
weight basis there were 9,460,000
pounds of frozen eggs and 100000
pounds of dried eggs. The total was
equivalent to $4,000 eases of shell
eggs. which, at the going price of
more than so a case, was worth near
" five million American dollars. The
shipload of eggs represented a years
work for perhaps one and half mil
lion hens.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01

Ohio, says the American Jersey
Cattle Club, NOW has the honor of
being the home of the new worlds
champion over all dairy breeds for
cows fourteen years or over.
"The test on which this wonder
fuI record was made was started Oc-
tober 16. 1922, when Namrow was six
teen years of age. By October 1, 1923,
she had already exceeded the record
over. that has ever been officially
tested. It was for this reason that
she was given place of honor at the
1923 National Dairy Show.
"She was still on test while at the
National. and on the day that she ar
rived at her home at the Washington
Jersey Farm at Portsmouth, Ohio,
She completed her wonderful record OF
16,OOS pounds of milk containing
774.9O pounds butter-fat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
BOOZE TOOK HEAVY
TOLL IN HOLIDAYS
GRINNING SPECTRE OILED
SANTA'S WIDEFLUNG JOY
WITH THOUSAND DEATHS.

Deaths grinning specter followed
close upon the heels of Santa Claus
on Christmas Day, 1923. Santa led
hearts of children and adults into the
land of joy. Death showed the way
to disgraceful grave and agony. One
distributed gifts with lavish hand;
the other dealt out potions of deadly
liquor.
From New York City comes the
statement that at least 10000 deaths
were caused by poisonous. liquor on
Christmas and New Years Day. The
estimate is conservative, it is pointed
out, and does not mention the suffer
ing that thousands of others who
slipped from the Yuletide bowls.
From the warm Gulf of Mexico TO
the cold waters of the st. Lawrence,
from sunny California to the bleak
New England coast, poison liquor took
it's toll of victims. From the southern
and northern borders Of the United
States, from the oceans on the east
and west poured q tide of liquid
death.
Danger in Liquor.
Every American who took a sip OF
bootleg liquor on Christmas day fir
ed with death. The explosion of a
still: the crash of an automobile driven
bv an intoxicated driver also took
heavy toll.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
INDIANS SECRET SAFE;
FORTUNE HUNTERS FAIL
Last Mines of Arizona, Rich in Gold,
Remain Hidden in Hot Deserts.

Last Mines of Arizona, Rich in Gold,
Remain Hidden in Hot Deserts.
"They are ours. No whits man
shall ever find them"
These words were spoken early in
1900 by an Indian who was captured
by soldiers; and today the Lost Mines
OF Arizona remain hidden in the des-
erts.
Found Fabulous Wealth.
Back in the days when the United
States was young and when hardy
pioneers were pushing the boundary
lines westward, it was not unusual
for Indians to appear in the camps of
friendly white men and display great
chunks of gold. Tests of the gold
were made, and it was found TO assay
81 800 to the ton.
The tale of Arizona's hidden wealth
reached even across the Atlantic, and
prospectors from all parts of the
world rushed into the state, but in
vain. The mines never were found.
Despite the fact that the Indians
knew the location of the mines, there
is record of only one party of white
men who found them.
Lost in Desert.
In 1869 Sergt. Crosswaite, Joe
Wormley and Eugene Flanagan, pur-
suing a band of hostile Indians, be-
came lost in the desert. They wan
dered for days and nights, and finally
fell beside crystal spring. The sol
diers found gold there, and packed
about so pounds of the ore on their
one remaining horse. Then they start
ed back to civilization.
They had reckoned without the
force of the desert, however. for it
was several weeks before they were
found, half mad, near the border. Not
one of the men could lead party to
the mines.
And so, through the century that fol-
lowed, the Lost Mines of Arizona have
remained hidden in the deserts where
the Indians found them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
DEATHS FROM CANCER
SHOW A STEADY INCREASE
Toll of Lives Almost as Large as That
Claimed by tuberculosis.

Cancer took a toll of lives in Amer
lea almost as large as that claimed
by tuberculosis last year. Actual sta
ustics Of death issued by the census
bureau for the registration area of
the United States comprising IS per
cent Of the population of the country
give the total number as 80,938, with
IAN estimate of $4,000 for the whole
country. The death rate per 100000
of population was 86.8, slight in
crease over 1921, when the rate was
ESQ. tuberculosis took 90,752 lives
n the registration area last year, and
THE death rate was go per 100000.
Deaths from cancer and other ma
|lgnant tumors have shown a contin-
|ued increase each year since 1918,
when the rate was S0.03 per 100000.
In 1919 it was $3.50, in 1920 it had
increased to 83.4, and in 1921 it took
another jump to $50.
Only five states showed lower rates
Tor last year than for 1921. These
we're Colorado. Massachusetts. Michi-
gan, New Jersey and Wisconsin.