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The Washington times., 1924-12-16
SANTA CLAUS.

In these days Of prohibition, with a
Christmas season dry.
The money that was spent for liquor
will other things now buy.
And the sporty bibulOus father ar
riveS home rather soon,
Instead Of passing half the night In
some nearby beer saloon.
As Christmas was approaching Mr..
James Jones went down town,
Determined to buy his presents early,
as he slowly strOlIed around,
but Jim met some cOngenial friends
and had no desire TO roam:
And at q. m. you should have
seen the load Mr.. Jones brought
home.
''Shay--here's Shanty CIau," shouted
Jim, Hoop La, WhOOp-ee-ee,
Shanty Clau amt (hic) nobody but
SKIM ShOnes, that's NE
Shanty Clau lOOv-ee-O-s'verbOdy,s hum
ere and khish old Dad"
Mother put Sanity in a single bed
with the load he had.
et OLD SOCKS.
~
Mike-I got Frisco on my single
tube set last night.
PGt-Sure. that's nothing. got
Greece on Dly chin.
TOM CULHANE.
The Washington times., 1924-12-16
"PASSLN' EN- ALL"

Bill ID. Bell was q dFivln' fool,
Speed. more speed, was his only rule.
Short and simple his drivin' code:
"Pass everything on the gOl-darn
road"
Nowhere to go and nOthin' to do
After he got there, like me and yOu.
Not 90 fast at his work or play
But pasSin' 'em all while ON his way.
Speedin' car that he had to mass,
Bill bore down on the weIl-known
gas.
slippery spot on the highways nave
And Bill passed 'cm alI-On the way
to the grave.
ROY McGREGOR.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
SOAKING OF SEEDS
SPEEDS UP GROWTH
PLANT-BREEDING STATION IN
GERMANY TELLS OF EXTRA
ORDINARY RESULTS.

WASHINGTON, D. Soaking
garden seeds to give them a running
start also increases their speed through
life, according to reports from the
Plant Breeding Station at Proskau,
Germany. Radish soaked for two or
three hours in solutions of magnesium
chloride or magnesium sulphate gave
an increase in leaf and root develop
ment and more than tripled yield in
the most striking of the treated plants.
Even soaking in pure water more
than doubled the yield.
Officials of the United States de-
partment OF agriculture stated today
that simply taking precautions to start
with disease-free seed may lead to a
false impression of stimulated growth,
The department has been studying the
effects of chemicals in destroying
seed-borne parasites. Treated seeds
may lead to normal healthy plants,
and such merely healthy plants may
give the impression of leading faster
life when compared with sister plants
from untreated seed.
The department Of agriculture has
now launched on experiments which
will determine whether there. is a gen
uine speeding up of the life of plants
from the soaking of seed, as the Pros
kau experiments suggest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
SIGNS OF AUTUMN
SEEN APPROACHING
BUTTERFLIES BEGIN MIGRA'
TON, AND LOUNGERS NO
LONGER SEEK SHADE.

The unmistakable signs Of autumn
are already in the air, The recent very
brief cool spell may be psychological
ly responsible for some of the feeling
that ] Frost rides near with his paiette
OF colors, but there are other signs.
There are the hucksters who are al
ready crying the products OF early
fall; the shops whose windows are be-
ing filled with the adornments OF cool
er weather. and butterflies are begin
ming to drift along in the lazy fashion
Of the annual autumn migration
To use the words OF an ancient and
very gnarled looking old darkey'
They amt no doubt about hit, boss
Jack Frost shore am hidin' right
round de corner"
Yet the weather prophets declare
that Georgia has a good many days OF
warm weather-real warm at that
before his paint pot spills on the hills
over night"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
Help Kidneys
By Drinking
More Water
Take Salts to Flush Kidneys and
Help NeutraIize Irri-
tating Acids

Kidney and bladder irritations often
result from acidity, says a noted au-
thority The kidneys help filter this
acid from the blood and pass 1t on to
the bladder, where it may remain 10
irritate and inhame, causing burning
scalding sensation, or setting up an lrri-
tation at the neck of the bladder o6llg-
ing you to seek relief two or three
times during the night. The sufferer
in constant dread; the water, passes
sometimes with scalding sensation and
is very profuse; again, there is dittl-
Guilty in voiding it.
Bladder weakness, most folks call 1t
because they can't control urination;
While it is extremely annoying and
sometimes very painful, this is often
one of the most simple ailments to over
come. Begin drinking lots OF soft water,
also get about four ounces OF Jad Salts
from your pharmacist and take table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast. Continue this for two or
three DAYS. This will help neutrallze
the acids in the system so they no longer
are a source of irritation to the bladder
and urinary organs, which then act nor
lad Salts is inexpensive. and is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice'
combined with lithia, and IS used by
thousands of folks who are subject to
urinary disorders caused by acid irri-
tation. Jad Salts causes no bad effects
Here you have a pleasant, eferves-
cent lithia-water drink which may
quickly relieve your bladder irritation
By ali means have YOUR physician exam
inc YOUR kidneys a L. ST twice
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
Freed Negroes Were
Once Big Slave Owners
After Emancipation Husbands Might
Purchase Wives or Children.

Almost one-seventh of the negro
population of the United States were
free before the emancipation resulting
from the civil war, we are told by the
Journal of Negro History.
Even as early as 1880 there were
thousands OF free negroes, and the as
tonishing fact appears that as many
as 4,500 of these were themselves
slave owners!
THE census records show" the
Journal says, that the majority of
the negro owners of slaves were such
from the point of view of philanthro-
py. In many instances the husband
purchased the wife or vice versa,
The slaves of negroes were in some
cases the children of free father
who had purchased his wife, If he did
not thereafter emancipate the mother,
as so many such husbands failed to
do, his own children were born his
slaves and were thus reported by the
enumerators. Some of these husbands
considered it advisable to put their
wives on probation for a few years,
and if they did not find them salts
factory they would sell them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
NEGRO'S JAWBONE BROKEN
WHILE PLAYING BASEBALL
Unusual Accident Occurs at Benevo-
lence, in Randolph County.

Isham Jackson, colored, of Benevo-
lence. brought his H-year-old son to
DR.. c. E. Wade, a local dentist, on
Monday with his lower jawbone bro
ken in two places, some of the fruits
of ball game. The boy was playing
on base, and another who was trying
to make his base struck his knee
against the Jackson boys jawbone
and broke it-one on the left side of
his face and one place near the chin.
DR.. Wade bound the wounded jaw
up in splints and bandages, but had
to extract one of the boys front teeth
in order for him to take liquid food
while the broken parts are healing
Cuthbert LIBERAL Enterprise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
143 CARAT DIAMOND ON
WAY TO NEW YORK FIRM
Custodian Bringing Gem From Africa
After Thrilling Experiences.

PARIS.-When Joseph Stehlin, of
Brooklyn, steps on the pier at New
York from a liner which sailed from
France yesterday he will welcome the
end OF trying experience as custo-
dian OF one of the costliest gems in
the world.
Stehlin, according to the story in
Paris, is in possession Of a fawless
l43-carat diamond which has not left
his person since delivered to him in
north Africa by Muley Hahd, former
Sultan OF Morocco. The stone was re-
ported to have been purchased by a
New York syndicate.
Stehlin's friends here said that he
returned to Paris a few days ago al
ter an adventurous trip to Spanish
Morocco, the recital of which sounded
like the scenario of movie thriller.
Stehlin used native DISCUSSES, horses,
yachts and racing automobiles to get
the gem out of the country safely.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
MARRIAGE WITHOUT
ALICENSE is LEGAL
DECISION BY THE SUPREME
COURT IN CASE FROM PIKE
COUNTY IS CITED.

The Georgia supreme court is on
record as unfolding the legality OF
weddings in Georgia, even when per-
formed by an unauthorized person,
with or without a license, provided
the contracting parties showed good
faith, according to I. K. Gress, assist
ant attorney general of Georgia.
Since a question has been raised as
to the legality of marriages contract
ed in Georgia since the signing of the
new marriage law enacted by the last
Legislature, which requires five days
notice be posted in the ordinarys Of
flee before a license can be issued, Mr.
Gress has been looking up Georgia
opinions in similar cases.
A decision Of the Georgia supreme
court, written by Justice Cabaniss at
the November term, 1859, parallels
the present situation in this state, in
the opinion of the assistant attorney
general.
In the case decided the supreme
court upheld the marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. James D. DuPree, in Pike coun-
ty, even though the ceremony was
performed by minister who had been
deposed and communicated by the
Baptist conference, held at Griffin in
1855.
After tracing the marriage laws
from the kings bench to the current
times, and citing decisions for sew
eral pages, in the published record,
Judge Cabaniss concluded as follows:
The conclusions to be deducted
from the whole matter are these: That
marriage is founded in the law of ma
ture, and in anterior to all human
law; that in society it is a civil con-
tract; that if the contract is perverba
de presenti-that is, | take you to be
my wife and | take you to be my
husband-though it be not consum-
mated by CohabitatiOn, or if it be made
per verba de future, and be consum-
mated, it amounts to a valid marriage
in the absence of all municipal regu-
| lations to the contrary; and that not
outstanding there be statutes direct
| ing license to issue, as in this state,
and inhicting penalty on any min
lister or magistrate who shall unite
the parties in wedlock without such
license, yet in the absence OF any posi-
tive enactment, declaring that all mar
riages not performed in the presCrlb-
ed form shall be void, a marriage de
liberately and Intentionally entered IN
to by the parties, who are able to con-
tract according to the rules OF the
common law, without conforming to
the statute, is still valid marriage"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT.

To the Voters of the Pataula Judi
cial Circuit: l am candidate for
judge of the Superior Courts of the
Pataula circuit for the remainder Of
the unexpired term of the late Judge
Worrill, subject to the action of the
democratic primary to be held on
September 10th. l appreciate very
deeply the cordial cooperation of the
lawyers, court officials, jurors and the
people generally, which has greatly
aided me in the performance OF my
duties. If elected pledge my earnest
efforts to administer the law fairly
and impartially and to discharge all
the duties that may devolve upon me
as Judge honestly and conscientiously
and to the best of my ability. Yours
truly. NJ. ]. YEOMANS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
THE COST OF INHERITED
BLINDNESS REPORTED HIGH
U. S. Spends 100000 Yearly Caring
For Those Suffering.

At least "a eye defects are heredi-
tary. AT least eight Of them are apt
to produce practical blindness. From
5000 to $500 persons in the United
States now are blind from hereditary
defects and their care costs more than
100000 a year, it is estimated
These figures are obtained from the
report of the committee on hereditary
blindness of the American Medical
Association.
The committee suggests legal re-
quirement that persons afflicted with
hereditary eye defects be required to
give bond at the time OF marriage suf-
fcient to cover the cost of caring for
possible children who might become
burdens on the community.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
A REAL BREWERY IS
FOUND BY OFFICERS
UNDERGROUND PLANT HAS A
CAPACITY OF 300 BARRELS.
UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT.

CHICAGO-Equipment capable OF
turning out 200 barrels OF real beer a
dav was what prohibition agents found
Yesterday when they made a detailed
search of the subterranean brewery
near Frankfort, Ill, discovered by
Agent Al Johnson and his beer squad
Friday night.
The establishment, old timers at
Frankfort say, was built almost 81
wears ago as wine cellar. 1t is con-
structed on a sharp bank OF Hickory
creek, a half mile north OF the LIN
coin highway and a mile north OF
Frankfort.
A gravel road passes 800 yards from
a little white cottage in which the
lookout was posted. Back OF the cot
4age is a white barn" And under
the stable are the four subterranean
floors Of the brewery.
Barn the Loading Room.
The barn was the loading room
The floors below were devoted to the
manufacture of real beer. On the hrst
subterranean floor are big fermenting
tanks.
The next fight down has the en-
CINE room, the electric power plant
and the office.
Leading out on to the creek bank
;s the engine exhaust pipe. But small
barns" don't have noisy engines, SO
the brewers. in order to conceal the
presence of the engine, arranged Sc
ries of barrel muflers. The exhaust
went first into a hogshead, down
through various sized containers until
the noise would spend itself IN small
nail key. The big engine couldn't be
heard so feet away
The next flight was where the beer
was chilled. stored and ''racked' or
barreled. The level is series OF caves
caves with arched rough stone cell
mos that have been dripping cold
water for half a century. But the nat
ural chill OF the place wasn't sufficient
for the brewers.
Modern Ammonia Plant.
They had lust installed a modern
ammonia plant that could reduce the
temperature in the fourth floor
down" to points far below freezing
In one OF the caves were Fights watts,
each containing 100 barrels OF beer
They with all the racking machinery,
were new.
Information obtained by the govern
ment indicates that the quarters were
fixed up for the manufacture OF beer
last February or March, and that dur
ing recent weeks the place has been
clearing its owners $4,000 a week.
Agents who participated in the raid
reported that virtually every real beer
saloon on the south side has been re-
ceiving recent supplies from the brew
cry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
Russia a Stun, With Sovietisn
Gone Mad, Says Fannie Hurst
Chief Cities Welter of Misery With Red Regime Like Beast IN
Thoes" Asserts Novelist Recantng After Visit to Moscow

I'm every ones face you see nothing
but fear, overwhelming fear. Lenin-
grad and Moscow today seem as
though people from Cherry and Allen
streets, in New York, have moved
from their slums to Park avenue and
continued to hang clothes from the
front windows, put coal in the bath
tubs and never bother to repair the
streets.
Russia is still chaos, with poverty
among the bourgeois as we'll as the
professional classes, and squalor and
filth everywhere"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
FOR STATE SENATE.

Complying with the request of citi-
zens Of the county and district, and
having an ambition to serve the peo-
pie of the Eleventh senatorial district
as their senator, l hereby announce
my candidacy for this very honorable
and trustworthy Office, subject to the
action of the executive committee. |
promise the people of the district if
they will honor me with such conf
dence that l will be fully appreciative
of the honor, mindful of the trust and
will bend every energy to be faithful
to all duties and loyal to the interest
of the district and state.
ROBERT L. MOVE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02

PARTISAN Red Russia is seeth-
ing s1um, according to Fannie Hurst,
the American novelist, who arrived
here today from Moscow. She descrlb-
ed sovietism as a great beast, halt
stupid, half-mad, on its back in death
agony.
Two months ago she was an avowed
MARKHAM and an enthusiastic defender
of the Communist revolution. She is
sailing on the Leviathan a sadder but
wiser woman, and ready, according to
her own statement, ito climb down
from the soap box forever" She said:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL.

To the Voters of the Pataula Judi
cial Circuit: With feeling OF SINGER
est gratitude for the confidence which
you have so generously manifested in
the past, l again announce my can
didacy for the democratic nomination
to the office of Solicitor General of the
Pataula Circuit. If reelected, | pledge
continuation of my best efforts in
faithfully discharging the duties OF
the office Sincerely yours,
B. T. CASTELLOW.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
HOKE' SMITH MARRIES
YOUNG WOMAN IN NORTH
Was Secretary in His Law Office al
Washington,

hoke Smith, former United States
senator and governor OF Georgia, mar
red his secretary, Miss Maize Craw-
ford in Rye, New York, on Wednes-
day.
! Miss Crawford, % years OF age and
native OF Virginia, has been employ
ed for some years by Mr.. Smith in
his law practice at Washington, in
which he has engaged since his term
in the senate expired in 1921. Mr..
Smith is 20 years OF age.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

| hereby announce for representa-.
tive in the next General Assembly OF
Georgia, subject to the rules and reg
ulations of the democrats primary.
6-l7-tf. J. u. WEAVER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
"PAUPER" LEAVES $4,000;
MAN BEGGED HIS MEALS

Pretending to be so poor that his
neighbors often gave him his meals
Jacobs Sanders, "a years old, Of Read
ing, Pa, died recently-leaving for
tune of $4,000 and property worth
$4,000. He lived alone in squalid
house. His attorney found in the
house a tin box containing cash and
bonds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02

The air at height of ten miles is
colder over the equator than over the
temperate zones.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-22
Augusta Lass Wins
County Prize, Room
Improvement Project

Miss Catherine Foster, a member
of the boys and girls agricultural
clubs conducted under the direction
of the Kennebec 'arn bureau and
the extension service, Is the 1924
county champion in me room I'M
provement jroject.
MY SEASONS WORK
My previous club work for four
years included sewing and cooking
and housekeeping. but at the begin
ming of the year of 1924 | was deter
mined to try the room improvement
project. / thought it would be inter-
esting to take care of my own room.
to sew and buy for it, thus, becoming
efficient in all branches of house
keeping.
AS my room had been papered and
painted two years previous | decided
to leave this until another year
followed out the color scheme in us
ing the predominant color, which is
rose.
The first work on my room was
the refinShing of my white iron bed.
I bought white enamel 10 paint it
with and after the work was done 1t
looked as good as new. With some
leftover paint l also refinished an
old white chair.
For a bureau scarf I bought white
material with rose stripes and cro-
cheted q pretty edge around it. With
some leftover .rochet cotton l cro-
cheted the same edge on a table
cover for my stand.
/ decided to get a cretonne with
rose tint for both pillow and waste
basket. For the latter 1 covered an
old peach basket which serves a very
practical purpose for keeping my
room in order. The pillow was very
simply made, but helps to make the
room pretty and neat.
/ covered brick with some of tire
rose cretonne, which serves as sat-
isfactory door-stop.
l made ever draperies of a rose
sunfast material. The valance and
side pieces were sewed together in
order to use only two lods which was
cheaper and better.
My room was arranged with the
bureau at the right If the window
which faces south. and at the right
of my bureau is the small stand. My
bed faces the west and at the right
is the commode. The closet is on tie
north and the door opens from the
east. There are also two chairs: one
beside the window and another be-
side the bed. Because of the fact
that my room IS small this arrange
ment is better han any other way
that / have tried and gives more
space in which to walk.
The total cost of remodeling my
room is $500. The Improvement in
appearance far exceeds the actual
cost.
If decide to take club work an
other year / win take the room i'm
proyement project because I would
like to do more work in remodelinS
my room.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-22
What Will Be Heard
When Augusta Symphony
Orchestra Plays Sunday

The Augusta Symphony Orchestra
will give it's public rehearsal of the
season at Augusta City hall Sunday
evening. beginning at 8 o'clock.
The program:
March, "School Life
Chas. l.. Johnson
Suite. "By the Lake of Geneva"
Franz Bendel
~ "Sunday Morning at Glion"
CO "A stroll at Chatelard"
Andante Expressive. Love Song
Seymour Powell
Intermezzo. "Fireflies."
Domenico SAVING
Short address.
Rev. Dan Huntington Fem
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Francis Scott Key
Overture, "Poet and Peasant"
j.. Won Suppe
Andante. "Adieu." Rudolf Friml
Allegro Moderate. ."Siesta,'
George Hay
Suite, atlantis" V. "A. Safranek
% "Nocturne and Mo rning Hymn
OF Praise
t(2) "a Court Function"
(3) IL Love Thee" (The Prince and
Aara)
ca "The Destruction Of Atlantis"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-22

The adoption of a municipal sys-
TEN of garbage and rubbish dispos-
al was urged at joint meeting of
a city government committee and a
Chamber of Commerce committee.
held at the Chamber of Commerce
on Friday afternoon. The meeting
was attended by d. w. Adams and
Willis E.i Swift on the part of the
Chamber of Commerce and by Ro-
land A. Scribner. Charles r. Chase.
Trl Withee and Robert Williamson
on the part of the city government.
Mayor Ernest l.. Mclean was also
present and took part in the meet
ing.
BY a unanimous vote of all pres
ent the following resolutions were
passed:
"Resolved: That this committee
advocates the adoption of some
method or means for the removal of
garbage and rubbish by a municipal
collection system: and
'"That from the information at
hand this committee favors munic-
ipal incarceration plant for disposal
of the garbage and rubbish.
All present expressed their belief
in the need of a municipal system
for the collection and disposal of the
garbage and rubbish of the city. The
methods employed by other Maine
cities were discussed, especially the
municipal piggery in use in Auburn.
The incinerator plan met with gen
eral favor as the ideal method in
view of the disadvantages arising
from a piggery. 1t was felt that Au-
gusta should no longer lag behind
other cities of it's size in providing
the householders with this needed
service.
The city government committee on
the investigation of garbage and rub
Dish disposal voted unanimously 10
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-22
LITCHFIELD

CORNER-The Dramatic club will
present their drama entitled Miss
Busby's Boarders" at the Grange hall
at French's Corner. Monday even
ing, Nov. "a. The drama will be fol-
lowed by a dance, music by
Batchelders orchestra.
Mrs. Lena Day of Gorham inspect
ed the work of Libby Corps, No. 73
at the regular meeting Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Bowie and Mr..
and Mrs. Gilmore Bosworth, who
have been away on hunting trip
for the last week returned home
Monday.
Mrs. Hattie Libby and family at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Foster in
Manchester Sunday.
Mrs. s. p. Kendrick went to Bethel
Sunday to spend the winter with her
sisters, Mrs. Beane and Miss Howe
The dramatic club will present
their drama Miss Busby's Board