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The Washington times., 1924-10-01
100000 RUM
PLANT TAKEN
IN RAID
Four Huge Stills and 1 1850
Gallons 81 Alcohol Seized
IN Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. LIN 4
raid on q moonshine plant in FAC.
tory building at Schiller and Mel.
vale avenue police seized parapher-
MALTA, including four huge stills, with
an estimated value OF 800, 900.
Following a preliminary report Of
mysterious movements OF autorao.
bile trucks In the vicinity Of the
factory at night, detectives were as.
signed to investigate. In order
to procure search warrant they
climbed q ladder and looked In d
window Of the factory and saw the
four stills in operation; one Of 100
gallon capacity and three Of 500.
gallon capacity.
The raid, made by specific orders
Of Captain Brinton, by Lieutenants
Lee and Barry and Detective John
Walls, resulted In the seizure OF the
stills and other paraphernaIia. The
operators Of the stills had escaped
prior to the raid.
The seizure included two 1000.
gallon containers. four 30O.galIon
containers and thirty-one 6O-gallon
drums Of alcohol. The stills were
run electrically and there was q
complete bottling outfit.
The Washington times., 1924-10-01
GOOD ROADS IMPROVE
SCHOOL CONDITIONS

"In checking over the notes made
by our road survey cars. which
cover every section Of the country,
we find that folir-fifths Of the little
one.room school houses have no pro.
vision for heating or ventilation ex-
cept old unjacketed stoves and
rickety windows" says Charles p.
Root. Manager Of the touring bureau
o. the Chicago Motor Club. Most
Of these buildings are poorly lighted,
and the seating facilities are also
poor.
1.-THE moral" points out Mr.. Root.
sis simply this: Build good roads
and we shall be able to build larger
and better schools. for with the
existence Of hard roads children can
be transported by bus from fifteen
to eighteen miles to q large con-
solidated school"
The Washington times., 1924-10-01
Balloon TiresD emand
Special Wheels
D. ALEXANpNR JoHNsToN.

Balloon tires still that many car sowners are
doubt to exactly what they viii have to equip their ca
with ia order to mount these big sections tires have
ceved many questions regarding this that am going
try to answer them in story.
The Washington times., 1924-10-01

newspaper close to his nosa when
he tries to read.
Tert Of Sanity.
The time u not far distant
when the public win question the
sanity o. the man who drives .
car with everything squealging.
Instead Of feeling that he u
out cf luck because hia car ID I'M
the shop the wtse car owner win
figure that Il Is saving him 8
breakdown later on, and he win
benefit ~ his experience through
9 decision TO keep IN closer touch
with his service station. II takes
but few minutes to replace q
cracked water hose connection. but
on the road II may mean b lot
Of trouble and expense
The Washington times., 1924-10-01
GIVES RULE OF THREE"
FOR ALL AUTO BUYERS

"A simple process in arithmetic
win enable any man to get the big
gest measure Of satisfaction in CIR
ownership out Of his dollar" says
Joseph B. Trew. Of the Trew Motor
Company.
"A good car, plus q good local
dealer" added Mr.. Trew, "always
equals good automobile transporta-
ton. The car owner needs the good
dealer as much as he needs the good
car to get the answer. For today
both the car builder and the car
owner recognize the importance of
the dealer. He it is who assumes
the local responsibility for the carr :
The Washington times., 1924-10-01
Price Of BaIIoon6.

The cost Of the tires themselves
VIII run from about 80 to so per
cent more than that of the ordi-
nary cords that you have been
using. but you must remember that
Cor the additional cost you are get
The Washington times., 1924-10-01

ting far more tire than you for
merly got. You are getting more
material. perhaps greater mileage
and 9 remarkable addition to- your
comfort.
We shall be glad to answer any
questions readers may want to ask
regarding balloon equipment for
their cars.
Copyright 1894, BY the Christy
Walsh Syndlcate.l
The Washington times., 1924-10-01

The Pennsylvania Railroad about
q year ago started a. motor truck
service to care for certain territory
around Philadelphia, which had al.
ways been handled by freight trains.
So successful has the service proved
that the equipment OF the truck
unit has recently been doubled and
now covers 1,412 miles as com
pared with 500 at the beginning 81
last spring. Further expansion Of
the service 10 announced.
The Washington times., 1924-10-01

Most owners know now that bal
looms are tires made with q bigger
section than the ordinary cord. They
are. made with fewer plies Of cord.
are more flexible; that Ii, they will
bend and give TAR more than the
high pressure tire to which we
have been used. The effect Of this
a. to place q very resilient cushion
Of air between the car and the
road. The balloons give an ease ct
riding far beyond anything we have
had before.
Any car may be equipped with
balloons, but It Is necessary 10
change the wheels to carry these
tires. The cost Of installing new
wheels will run from $50 for a set
Of disc wheels for q Ford up to
$3.50 for q big cars equipment. Wire
wheels with all necessary equipment
for installation cost from sos up
to about $40: this includes. Of
course, the extra wheel for use
as spare. just to give IN idea
Of actual costs, we may mention
that q set Of wire wheels for a
Chevrolet cost SO and q set Tor the
Maxwell $40. This will give you q
basis for estimating the cost for
your own car.
Tire Sizes Vary.
Now, balloon tire sizes vary some.
what. but the following list Of sizes
for q number Of popular cars will
give the readeN an idea of what
his. own vehicle is going to need.
Ford, Chevrolet, Overland, Gray ana
Star take 4.40 balloon on a 21-inch
base.
The bort. Essex. Hupmobile, Max
well, Oakland, OIdsmobile and Jewett
need 5.25 tire on - 21-inch base.
The Buick six, except the seven.
passenger job, Flint, Hudson, EsisseI,
MOON, $50; Rickenhaclker, Stearns-
Knight four, and the Velie fit q $40
on 2O-inch base.
The Cole, Case. Chandler sedan,
Lafayette, Lincoln, Nash seven.
passenger, Packard eight, Paige,
Fearless, Rolls-Royce. Studebaker
big six and 1.-THE Wills Ste. Claire
equip 7.8O balloons on twenty-inch
base.
Price Of Balloons.
The cost Of the tires themselves
win run from about 80 to so per
cent more than that Of the orGi.
nary cords that you have been
using. but you must remember that
Cor the additional cost you are get
The Washington times., 1924-10-01

During the first six months of
1924 Ford sales reached 1,113,53S
including cars and trucks, but not
Lincolns nor tractors. This CON-
pany has begun erection OF an as
sembly plant at Norfolk. Va, with
Ia capacity Of 10000 cars per year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
Henry Browns Faith.
From the Country Gentleman.

A wear ago Henry Brown sold his farm
and moved to town, full OF faith that ne
could win a living running nice grocery
store. He was beginning to want to take
things little easier.
He did not know very much about small
town groceries, but ne thought that by hon
esty and square dealing he could gain suftl-
cient trade to bring him a modest compe-
tence. So he paid cash through a lying real
estator to a lying merchant for a stock OF
we'll nigh worthless bones and tails aud spent
more cash in stocking up.
Every dead beat in town forthwith invad-
ed Henry and bought on credit as large a
bill Of goods as he thought Henry would
stand for Pushers of worthless advertising
schemes came on the run,
Good ladies and gentlemen importuned
him for funds to pant the painless heather
in far-off Mamalam The silver cornet band
sought contributions. In TACT, every member
OF the Gimme Gang proceeded to hook limo
cent Henry.
The town fined him for placing wares too
far out on the sidewalks. The landlord, see
ing so many people passing in and out, in
creased his rent.
When finally Henry endeavored to collect
the sums that were justly due him Tor goods
sold and delivered, declined to fall for con-
hdenCe games and grew grim and 1rascible
he acquired so many enemies but so very
little cash. that in disgust and distress he
sold out what was left OF the stock and, be-
cause he was homesick for the sights and
sounds OF the country, fastened to rent the
old farm from its possessor, and thankfully
set TO work where he had begun years ago
before.
Henry Brown still has faith, not in the
grocery business, but in the good old honest
earth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
Put the Blame on Mars.

In seeking solution OF the freahsh wealth
er this spring and summer why not put the
blame on the planet Mars, which has come
on near visit to the earth? There would
be nothing against the theory that Mars has
thrown things out of keller here overwork-
ing the weather forecasters Disappointing
proprietors Of summer resorts in some sec
tons Of the country and dscouraging the
farmers who try more consistently and IN
dustrious1y than anyone else to make an hon
est living. Mars could stand such an indlct-
ment and if it could be proved, the jewellers
of the earth might take new hope since it
will be 500 years before the planet comes
visiting like this again.
Something has happened to disturb wealth
er conditions If Mars has been responsible
for this disorder he is not welcome even il
astronomers are able to learn a lot Of things
about him they never knew before. Earth
beings would prefer season programs to
which they are accustomed and which coin
eide with their usual plans.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
Being a Firebug Nation.
From the Manufacturer.


News reports of the recent milliondollar
sawmil fire at Hoquiam, Washington, say
covered by insurance. Everybody breathes
easy, for there is no actual loss"
But million dollars worth of property
has been destroyed; million dollars worth
OF labor and material is lost that had been
available for making men more comfortable,
in wages, profits, freights, in structures that
the lumber would build
Every stick OF timber, every days wage,
every item of comfort that million dollars
can buy is first paid for in insurance rates.
Whether you have never had fire of your
own, or whether you have been a regular
hrebug in setting forest fires or Carelessly
burning your own property in city or town or
country the loss OF every scrap burned must
be paid by someone.
Unless restored by insurance every item
OF property destroyed by fire is gone forever,
and the nation is that much poorer. Estimat-
ing a human life by the wages it would earn
life comes terribly high. Any one of the 49,
600 lives destroyed annually by fire may be
worth tens of thousands of dollars So with
property.
Insurance only spreads and equalizes fire
or death losses, so that the few do not go
bankrupt while the many go unscathed. Most
OF the $500000000 annual fire losses of the
United States are preventable. They need
never occur. II normal business and home
life could have the proportion of that sum
that is paid out for preventabe fires every
year the United States would soon hardly
know itself in its new era OF decorum and
prosperity.
Being a hrebug nation is hardly decent
The majority OF fires are preventable. It's
time for Our country to save property that
is utterly, foolishly wasted that is so wrong
fully said to be covered by insurance
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
STOLEN FRUIT.

When I was young twas thought no sin, in
fields of stranger, friend or kin, with un-
bought fruit to fill your skin The farmer
sometimes lay in wait and caught with the
stolen freight explained his point of view
mayhap and worked it inward with a strap.
Right faithfully he piled his arts upon my
tender neither parts massaged and warmed
both hemspheres till | was moved to howls
and tears and somehow got hazy feeling
that cooning pears was really stealing. But
times have changed since I was young, with
stolen fruit upon my tongue. The roads that
served our farms, my heartes, were not then
used for motor parties. But now the auto
hogs audacious come out to fill their cars
capacious. No wonder that the plundered
granger unkndly views the fivver stranger.
To keep an eye on every cuss demands more
eyes than Cerberus, for while he scans his
nearer acres, to guard the same from apple
takers, some other auto thieves, by gosh, are
loading up with Hubbard squash; until the
farmer signs, by gravy, I wish twas only
Jim or Davy; for though the boys are wild
and sinful at most they only take a skinful,
but auto cars can hold a bnful."
BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
With His Boots On.

Another notorious killer, whose career ex-
tended over two decades, has gone the way
of the bandit, has died with his boots on,
shot full of holes in pitched battle with the
police in Joplin, Mo. Roy Daugherty 81,
who had robbed banks, trains and individ-
uas, who had killed Is men in his time and
who had operated in three states, Missouri,
Kansas and Oklahoma, at last got what was
coming to him At that, however, he prob
ably died as he wished, in action and with his
boots
Daugherty, now a good bandit because he
is as dead as he ever will be, had borne a
somewhat charmed life in his career of rob-
berry and murder. He had known for years
what it was to shoot it out with posses when
pursued and forced into close quarters In
those days his hand had been steady, his
trigger finger quick, his eye unfailing.
Six bullets from one polceman's revolver
all went home" as the Joplin reports went
home Daugherty got every one of them
and, strange to say, none of his bullets hit
anyone He evidently stayed a bandit toe
long That might not have happened if he
had been 10 years younger. Society is much
better off as result of this passionate killers
informal execution by police. If more execu-
tons of this kind could be had the profess
them with their boots on is lot better than
adding new words to the dictionary in the
process of a trial to defeat justice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
Georgia S All Right.

There's not much the matter with Geor-
gia, but to our mind, the Jackson Progress
Argus states the principal thing that als us
when it says: "A stack of towns are asleep
dead and don't know it. The citizens seem to
imagine that some New England manufac-
turer is going to hear about their town and
bring down a whole fleet of factories, big
pay rolls and everything. Well, things don't
happen that way. Neither will you secure
new enterprises because you have good
water and a fine climate 1t takes more
than that. 1t takes cooperation and team
work and boosting by everybody to secure
new enterprises. 1t takes liberal inducements
and fair tax rate and all that sort of thing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
So-Called Federal Aid.

T. i stated that since 1917 the federal
government has paid to the various states
1924 900 900 for the construction OF highways
In the same time the federal government
has collected S5890O0000 in taxes from mo
for vehicles which is over twice the amount
maid out as federal laid" for the building
OF highways.
We have seen no statement as to what mas
become of the $325,OOOOOO which has been
paid bv automobile owners above the amount
allotted to the roads, but it is fair to presume
that it has gone to pay the expenses OF col
lecting and disbursng the money-principal-
~ the salaries of those who are fortunate
enough to hold federal positions.
What is true as to highways is also true
Of the many other so-caled federal aid
schemes. They cost the states great deal
more than they receive, for the government
has no way of getting money except by TAX
ing it from the pockets OF the people, and
bv the time the expense of collecting and
returning it to them under the guise OF aid
is taken out the sum total is like the old
darl,y's catfish that had "swunk" so ire
mendously The public is beginning to learn
that federal laid" comes out of their own
pockets, and that it is costly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
Dog DAYS Bad for Motorists.

August, according to the interstate COM
merce commission in a report to the status
tics committee of the Washington conference
on street and highway safety, is the worst
month of the year for grade crossing acct
dents in which motorists figure. The COM
mittee to which the commission made its
report is one of the eight that Secretary OF
Commerce Hoover has invited to study ways
and means Of reducing the growing toll OF
deaths and accidents where thoroughiares
cross railroad tracks.
The interstate commerce commission, IN
studying grade crossing casualties by months
for 1921. 1922 and 1928, discovered that Aug
ust was the worst month on the calendar,
that it was a vertabe dog day period Tor
the reckless, needless motorist. Comparison
OF figures reveals that the peak OF grade cross
ing accidents is reached in August the ap-
proach climbing swiftly on the diagram and
falling TO the normal level with about the
same speed afterward. Although the com
mission offered no explanation OF this tact
il is believed that August is the most dan
gerous month of the entire year because 1t IS
the one that finds the greatest number OF
motorists on the highways. August IS pop
Mar vacation month not only for city mo-
florists but for the rural residents as we'll
Manv farm families have finished the busy
crop season by the end of July. The roads
are literally alive with motorists wherever
one drives. Thousands may be returning
from long trips and others are just starting
out. And, since it seems that certain hlgh
percentage OF recklessness prevails among
motorists of any description, it follows that
the more automobiles there are crossing the
railroad tracks the greater the number OF
wrecks.
The commission reported to the statistics
committee that the popularity OF this super
hazardous game" seems to be on the IN
crease. The recklessness does not permit con
fnement to a single class. The tourist tired
bv many days of driving, is no more likely
TO lose his life at a crossing than the resi-
dent of CITY or town who goes out Tor
drive Of IS or 20 miles The rural resident
is no more reckless than the city driver and
vice versa. Education has nothing TO 90
with it. nor has social position Persons rom
the highest walks of life have driven motor
cars directly on the tracks on which loco
motives were approaching at high speed. Ola
men have lost their lives in as reckless
manner as have youths Women drive upon
crossings and are killed by trains Just as are
men. And the pity of it all is that every 1atai
accident of this kind is unnecessary merely
because it is preventable. 1t is possible Tor
the motor public to drive in such a manner
that NOT a life would be lost nor an injury
suffered at any time on a railroad crossing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
Our Georgia Peaches.
From the Walton News.

One thing the matter with the peach
situation, as the Columbus Enquirer Sun
points out is that Georgians are consum-
ing California peaches. At more than one
hotel recently The News scribe has seen
California canned peaches served to the
guests, and also pies made of dried peach
es that were shipped into the state Geor-
gians should use more of the good prod
ucts that are grown in Georgia. Geor-
gians should buy from Georgans, and
until they do Georgia will never prosper
as it could and should.-The Dawson
News.
This reminds us that, just few days
ago a friend of ours in Monroe sent to oul
house basket of peaches that were as beau
tifu and delicious as any that were ever re-
ceived into Georgia from California or any
where else They were of unusual size, ex-
quisite in color and had flavor not to be
equaled to say nothing OF being surpassed
We wondered then why in the name oil
goodness couldn't something be done to pre-
serve such magnificent fruit for our Georgia
market and for foreign shipment Why, they
tell US that carload after carload of peaches
in this state that would have been acceptable
anywhere were allowed to rot in the orchards
this season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
Two Million Laws.
From the Drovers' Journal.

FROM the DroVerS journal.
1t is declared that the total number of
laws and ordinances now effective in the
United States exceeds two million. No Won
der the most of us are law breakers whether
we know it or not! But that wouldn't be so
bad if it weren't for the fact that new laws
must be enforced which calls for an ever
increasing army of law enforcers Some laws
call for large additions to the public pay
roll. Usually the number of public employees
grows work inaugurated by the new piece
Of legislation branches out and appropriations
for it increase, as they have a habit of doing
Walter w. Head, president of the American
Bankers Association in recent address de-
clared that "Out of six days that we labor
one days labor-on the average-goes to pay
the cost of government, to pay the living ex-
penses OF the hundreds of thousands of gov
ernment officials and employees whose labor
is not productive, whose talents and energy
are devoted to regulating the rest of our peo-
pie"
Some day reaction will set in. Then some
political party will be swept to victory on
platform that calls for reduced legislation and
elimination OF regulatory activities that do
more harm than good
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
It's One Thing After Another.
From the Council Bluff Nonpareil.

This world will never get us to point
where we will have troubles. A few years
ago we were peStered with the problem of
finding places for the farmers to tie their
horses when they came to town. Then we
passed through a long ordeal in trying to
prevent the horses from running away when
they met an occasional auto on the highway.
Now we must guard ourselves carefully lest
we run over the occasional horse drawn We
hicle on the highway, and we are having a
deuce of time in the cities TO find parking
space for the cars. And our troubles are not
all included in this brief recital Girls get
ting their hair bobbed are taking so much of
the time of BARRIERS that men who grow
whiskers find difficulty in getting themselves
shaved
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09
Waste of Public Money.
From the Dalton Citizen.

busting cotton with calcium arsenate
by means of airplanes and listening for
signals from Mars seem to us to be ex-
periments of the same order. Both with
in the realms of possibility, but highly
impracticable and of little worth to man
kind. The only benefit to be derived
from either experiment will be increased
knowledge of the possibilities of the air
plane and of the radio For that they may
bf justihed.-Rome News Tribune
But politician will play most anything
to get vote even to signalling Mars or dust
ing poison from an airshp However, Thu
years cotton crop is practically matured, anc
as for Mars-we don't know anything abou
it, except that it is beautiful red star tina
shines to the southeast of us.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09

Some undue enthusiasts are announcing
that "the boil weevil has been conquered"
The boil weevil has not been conquered, but
is merely suffering reverse Weather con
ditions have been against the pest this year,
and intelligent preparation and cultivation
have helped considerably. With continuous
rains, such as ruined the crops last year. the
weevil will be back again in destructive num-
bers. You need not doubt that.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09

Georgia voters will pass judgment on the
candidates tomorrow, and when the verdict is
made known some will rejoice, others will
sorrow and the world will move on unnind-
ful of what has happened Such is the way
OF politics.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-09

The democratic nominee for president is
making a most favorable impression on the
country and his chance of election seems to
steadily improve. The more that is known of
Mr.. Davis stronger is the conviction that no
mistake was made when he was chosen as
the party's standard bearer. He is forceful
and sincere man.