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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
Surgeon Takes Tack
From Lung of Infant
In Just -Four Minutes

PHILADELPHIA A carpet
tack was removed today from the
lung of Cletus Moore, 8-months-
old. of St. Louis.
DR.. Chevaler Jackson, who per
formed the operation at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Hospital,
said that unless unexpected compli-
cations developed the baby would
be restored in full health to its
parents. Mr.. and Mrs Lucius
Moore, in about a week. DIR. Jack
son used a bronchoscope OF his own
invention to remove the tack.
The operation required only four
and one-half minutes After the
tack, which was three quarters of
an inch long, had been removed
suction tube was inserted and the
lung drained. Five minutes later
the baby was sleeping peacefully
and took its bottle regularly,
Mrs. Leila A. Parrish, who
brought the baby here from St.
Louis on funds provided by church
organization of that city, was over
ioyed at the outcome of the opera
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
NEGRO GIRL CHEWS
UP DIAMOND RING
MOBILE POLICE ALICE THAT
MANDY BILLUPS IS JEWEL
THIEF WITH IRON JAW.

MOBILE, Ala.,-On complaint OF
a well known woman whose name the
police have withheld, two negro girls,
Matte Lee Phillips and Mandy Bill
lups. were arrested by Motorcycle Oh
fcer Tunstall today charged with the
theft of two diamond rings. The girls
had been employed as domestic serv-
ants.
On the way to the police station in
patrol wagon the Billups girl put
something in her mouth and crushed
down on it with her powerful teeth.
The police allege that it was one or
both of the diamond rings, but it will
take an expert in jewelry reconstruc-
ton to say. The particles were recov-
cred by the arresting officer from I'M
der seat IL the patrol wagon. 1t IS
claimed the girl put them there after
masticating the diamonds and settings
into an unrecognizable mass.
Experts say that no human could re-
duce diamonds to fragments with the
teeth and that the stones pulverized
by the molars OF Mandy must have
been paste, but the police charge
stands on the docket against the two
girls as grand larceny"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
Our Senators Are So
ExclusiDe That Public
Must All Stand Back

WASHINGTON.-Senators are
getting to be very exclusive, &C
cording to tourists who inspect the
capitol. The senator's now have
their dining room in a sequestered
spot. For some time there has been
a rule that when a senator boards
an elevator it must not be stopped
for other passengers until the SEN
ator gets off. The elevators hither-
to marked "private" now say sen
ators only" because of rumpus
Senator Ball Co, y raised when the
elevator boy s.oPDJ,, floor be-
low the one desn~s4RY enator
Ball.
Now it is reported that cer,~
paths and walks around the CAPT
tot grounds are to be closed to all
except senators and that only SEN
ators will be allowed to use the
"Toonerville Trolley" which con-
meets the capitol and the senate Of
fee building.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
1; IF The Heart Are Now Leading The Counry's Mortality.

the general opinion concerning heart
diseases is often far wrong. 1t comes
as surprise, for instance, to learn
that the danger of death from heart
diseases OF all forms increases steadily
until the age of seventy is reached,
when it rapidly declines. The number
OF such deaths among men and women
is almost exactly the same at most
ages.
The average man probably is Jar
wrong in his idea of the comparative
danger OF different diseases. In one
hundred deaths about nine are due to
tuberculosis. Next in the list come
kidney diseases, with an average OF
about eight. Cancer ranks next, with
an average of about per cent OF the
deaths, and apoplexy has almost as
many. In this list heart diseases OF
all, kinds take a toll OF over II per
cent. The statistics have been pre-
pared by Frederick /. Hoffman,
IL. ID.
The figures collected by the De
partment of Commerce through the
Bureau of the Census are especially
striking. 1t estimated. for example,
that in 1919 the total number OF deaths
from organic diseases of the theart in
the United States was $4,000. A
year later the total had jumped some
$4,000, to $4,000 deaths.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
GAMBLER CASE WILL
COME UP TOMORROW
PENDING HEART BALM SUIT
AGAINST COCA COLA KING"
EXCITES INTEREST.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Asa G. Gambler
Sr.. prominent capitalist ard flnancler,
is included in the group of jurors
drawn for the approaching term OF
court, when the famous 100000 heart
balm suit of Mrs Onezima DeBouchel,
of New Orleans, is scheduled to be
heard. The suit is set for january 3Oth.
No intimation as to whether the
case will be tried has been given by
either side, but Atlanta newspapers
and press associations are making eX-
tensive preparations to cover the
case. Direct telegraph and telephone
wires will be run into the courthouse
building and connected to instruments
set up in rooms adjacent to the court
chamber, so that no time will be lost
in handling the proceedings. -,
1t is not expected that wires VIII
be run into the courtroom, although
such was done at the murder trial OF
Philip E. Fox recently. At that trial,
two press associations had sending in
struments at the press tables and tele-
phones were brought into the chamber
when the verdict was announced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
SUCKERS EAGERLY
ARE BITING AGAIN
DOING LAND OFFICE
BUSINESS IN NEW YORK
CITY. ARE FAKES.

Thousand of suckers are again
biting since Lieutenant Leonard Wood,
IT., cleaned up 100000 on Wall street
speculation. Wood said that he was
tipped Off to invest in certain stock,
which he did resulting in the amass-
ing OF the fortune.
Now persons all over the country
are eager to be tipped off, so that
they, too, can make fortunes overnight.
The majority of these are women, who
pay from $50 to 500 a week for dope
sheets" of the tipsters.
The tipster establishes an office,
BUYS sucker list" and begins bust
ness. The Sucker list" is list OF
names and addresses Of persons who
are prospective customers.
Letters are sent to the suckers" Civ
ing the dope on certain stocks from
day to day. The information reads
something this:
"Buy grain. Prices are now at bot
tom after long liquidation. Buy March
and May cotton: Take radio profits a
SO share"
Needless to say this information is
valueless, but the customers dom
know it and pay their good money fol-
such service. Meantime the tipster!
are doing a land office business.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
OLD MAN WINTER
HITS EUROPE HARD
WEATHER CONDITIONS MOST
UNUSUAL ON OTHER SIDE
OF THE OCEAN.

Weather conditions in Europe this
winter are reported to be most unusual.
In some sections there have been
heavy falls of snow with severely cold
weather while in other sections much
rainfall has been reported with high
temperature.
A huge tidal wave damaged coast
towns Of France, Spain and Italy re-
Gently. Slight earthquakes were telt at
the same time 1t is thought the dis
turbances were of volcanic origin.
Heavy Shows.
In the Alps in Switzerland and
France the snow fall has been heavier
than for years past. Some villages are
buried beneath the snow.
In the valleys of Frame heavy rains
have caused the Marine and Seine riv-
ers to overflow, causing much damage.
Cold weather is being experienced IN
Germany, where rivers are frozen over
Tor the first time in many years The
Main river, at Mayence, can be crossed
with bob sleds for the first time in the
memory of the oldest residents Of that
section.
Heavy SHOWS in some sections OF
Italy have tied up all traffic. Severe
storms are reported off the coast of
Spain Norway reports very severe
weather.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
PUBLIC DEBT FOR EACH
PERSON IS NOW s30l.39
AMOUNT AT END
OF 1922 TOTALED THE BIG
SUM OF 80 BILLION
HUGE INCREASE IN DECADE
Cities and Towns Owe Nearly $8,000,-
100000 and States Nearly $4,000, 000,-
900. War Responsible for the Great
Increase in National Debt.
WASHINGTON-The public del

WASHINGTON-The public debt
Of the entire country aggregated S32,-
5000 at the close of 1922 and was
more than four and three-quarters
times what it was in 1912. Announce
ment of these figures was made to-
day by the Census Bureau in a pre-
lininary summary of the decennial
census on wealth, debt and taxation.
The gross public debt is equivalent to
$301.56 for each person of the coun-
try's population, while in 1912 it was
5000. As an offset to the gross debt
there are sinking funds and other as
sets held for the retirement OF the debt
amounting to $1934,899,OO0, making
the net debt $30,851, $4,000, or $685.
10 per capita. The national govern
ment, the state governments, the gov
ernments of counties, cities and all
civil divisions having power TO incur
debt are included.
Annual interest charges on this huge
sum representing the outstanding
gross debts amount to Sl,311 ,4oS,OOO,
computed at per cent, or 12.Oo per
capita. Computed at AZ per cent. and
per cent. sinking fund, the total
charges would be $1,803,269,325, or
S16.59 for each person of the country's
population. The actual. amount hes
somewhere between these figures, the
census bureau states.
Huge Increase in Gross Debt.
The national governments gross
debt showed the largest increase in
the ten years, largely on account OF the
war. It's total at the end of 1922 was
so. 525.773.0O0, an increase OF 672 per
cent. over 1912. The indebtedness OF
other countries to the United States
ON November Is, 1923, was $1l,8OO,-
.OlO,245. OF which $460O,OOO,OOO repre-
sents the debt against Great Britain
which has been funded.
The Indebtedness Of state govern
ments totaled $1,162, $4,000, an IN
crease OF Us per cent. over 1912.
The counties of the country had a
total indebtedness of Sl,366, 65o0O an
increase of 268 per cent over l9lI.
Cities and all other civil divisions Tvs
had a gross debt of $,73l, 658,O 600, an
increase OF 149 per cent. over l9lZ.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
SPIRITED PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN is PROMISED IN GEORGIA
An Increase in Women
"PiR' Smokers Booms
The Dealers Bushes,

CHICAGO.-Increase of cigar
cite smoking among women is
booming business for the manufac-
turers.
In 1928 America smoked few
more than 50,000,0O0,O00 tailor
mades,' an increase of 7,O0O,OOO,-
900 over the previous year.
In the last Is years production OF
cigarettes has increased 663 per
cent and around 60,0OO,OOO,OOO
pills" are being made annually.
Thirty million Americans use to-
bacco, the report says.
Cigar smoking is increasing
slowly, and 9,0O0,000,000 were made
last year. 49,,
The first eleven months of 1928
saw production of 81, 447 AL pounds
of tobacco for pipe and home
made" cigarette use. The use OF
snuff is increasing ALSO but the old
fashioned plug of chewing tobacco
is disappearing fast.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29

Released October 81, 1923, after
serving his time Pteriotis set out to
find Sakelos in order to clear his name.
Locating him in San Francisco, he
lured him to Chicago where he had
him arrested. Chicago police refused
to hold him as New York police wired
that they did not want him-that
their man had been convicted and
served his time.
But Pteriotis with his attorney,
Bernard Sander brought Sakelos to
New York to make public confession
to the crime so that the name OF Pie
RIOTS might be cleared.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29

situation has attracted much attention
among physicians. The number OF spe--
cialists in heart diseases has increased
and the average physician is devoting
far more attention to the problem A
New York physician recently an
nounced that the average practitioner
knew ten times more about heart dis
cases today than he did at the begin
ming of the war Scientific apparatus
for diagnosing the condition of the
heart is also in much more common
use.
According to the official statistics
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29

NEW YORK-Only mistaken
identity.
Yet it cost George d. Pteriotis three
wears of his life; three years spent
wearing a felon's dress at Atlanta. 1t
cost him his sweetheart, his money,
and-hardest blow of all-his father,
who died of brooding over his sons
disgrace.
Greek importer doing business in New
York. sold his business to Joseph
Sakelos. and departed to London
there to establish himself anew.
Sakelos is alleged to have raised
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29

the highest rate has been found in the
state OF Washington, where over sixty
cases were discovered per thousand,
and lowest in Wyoming, where the
rate was but thirteen per thousand.
The total reflections for heart troub-
bles were equivalent to over thirty
per thousand, taking the entire coun-
try. The grouping Of the states high
est on this list is interesting. The
state of Washington ranked first, with
sixty-eight per thousand. The second
on the list was Maine, with f{ty-five
per thousand, and next in turn came
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29

Utah. Michigan and Maryland
The statistics serve to correct a gen
eral misapprehension concerning the
comparative rate of deaths from heart
disease in Europe and America. 1t
has often been stated that in the Unit
ed States the rate was increasing,
while abroad it was falling off Stats
tics recently gathered for England and
Wales show. on the contrary, that the
deaths have increased from 147 per
100000 population in 1900 to 172 in
1915.
A glance at the figures shows that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29

bills of lading in order to defraud
banks. Sakelos disappeared. Pterio-
It's returned from England upon hear
ing of the trouble He was promptly
arrested.
Brought to trial he denied all
knowledge of the fraud. But the au-
thorities claimed that Pteriotis was
Sake1os: that Sakelos was merely a
dummy parsonage to permit Pteriotis
to escape suspicion. Two witnesses
identified Pteriotis as Sakelos. Police
refused to hunt for Sakelos. They al
ready had him, identihed as such. Pte-
RIOTS was convicted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29
SUMTER COUNTY HAS
TWO WOMEN CANDIDATES

Mrs. Flossie Dunn Walters, wife OF
G.. w. Walters. an Americas business
man, and Mrs. Max Carwood have an
nounced as candidates for county
school superintendent in the March ~
primary Others in the race are t. j..
McMath and Rev E. T. Moore. They
are the first women to announce Tor
any elective office in Sumter county,
and their entry into the race has
caused considerable comment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29

The indigo crop of India is % per
cent below the corresponding estimate
OF last year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-29

~ treatise on poisons, wedding gift
" VI, LOUIS II. OF ANTON in 14OO, was
VIA at auction in London for $3.50.
Evening star., 1924-07-29

5. er A. Spfss r. are e0eS Wifng to perform
this useful service for their country
and for history, but are frequently
Cookies idea for the general society
to shoulder the large debts, like pur-
chasing property outright, or restor-
ing venerable places and then hand
ing them over to the local chapters,
which can use them for meeting
must be responsible for their care
and general upkeep. Such a policy
made it possible for the Fredericks-
burg Chapter to obtain Kenmore, that
Lewis family on the edge of the old
town and to which the lord of the
manor. the second Fielding Lewis. led
Betty Washington, only sister Of
George Washington. as bride. Ken
more often sheltered Washington in
the carefree days before 1875 and
during the revolutionary struggle,
especially when the colonials CEN
tered about Yorktown and later, when
the patriot was living at Mount YER
having the deed of the property from
the National Society is now engaged
in the pleasant and comparatively
easy task of restoring the gardens
and gathering the original articles
homestead at Medford, Mass, has re-
Gently been secured from the Massa-
chusetts Historical Society by the
D. A. R., and is being restored, room
by room, according to old pictures
and descriptions, Among the activi-
ties which Mrs. Cooke has mapped
out for this year is the restoration
of the older part of Yorktown. the
battle scene and the houses where
Lord CORVALLIS, Gen. Washington
and Count de Rochambeau devised
the terms of surrender These have
been slowly crumbling and many of
the markers of the battlefield have
been obliterated
Evening star., 1924-07-29
HINES ASKS WORK
FOR REHAB|L|TATED
Employers of Country Called
Upon to Aid Veterans
Seeking New Start.

Employers throughout the country
are being called on by Director
Frank T. Hines of the Veterans
Bureau to assist in giving rehabili-
tated veterans of the World War a
new start in life. The appeal is
made in connection with the an
nouncement that 2.712 former service
men will complete their vocational
training this month and 1882 addi-
tional by the first of the year.
These men and women served
need and they now ask only a fair
chance to find employment along the
lines in which they have received
their training" said the directors
appeal.
Director Hines expressed his ap-
probation of the assistance already rem
dered by the Nations employers in find
ing places for the disabled men and
called attention to the fact that only
$50 of the $1,000 men and women
Instructed by the bureau in its IA
districts were unemployed on June 1.
One month later there remained to be
completely rehabilitated along new
lines $4,000 disabled veterans. who,
as a result of wounds suffered in
battle or sickness and injuries re-
ceived during service IN the World
War were rendered incapable of con-
tinuing their pre-war occupations
following the armistice.
Limitations Of Bureau.
The Veterans Bureau can go only
so far in the rehabilitation of these
former service men," Gen. Hines said.
1T can take them and train them up
to the point of employability and then
it must call upon the various employ
ing agencies of the country to carry
on from that point"
Less than per cent of the veterans
being rehabilitated have visible dis
abilities, he said, while 90 per cent are
able men. The apparent disabilities.
however, consisted only of handicaps
in so far as their pre-war occupations
were concerned
OF the veterans in training on July
], professional instruction was being
given 100: along commercial lines,
1900; in the trades and industries,
$4,000, and in agriculture, 1900. The
majority of these have been in train
ing two years, some three years, and
others as long as four years, being
taught in the country'S best universi-
ties, colleges, trade and commercial
schools and in factories and workshops.
A recapitulation by districts of pros
pective rehabilitationS from July / to
January l. 1925, includes the following:
District 4, Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and District of Columbia,
headquarters District of Columbia
July. 113; August. 141; September, 120;
October. 1872; November, Sc, and De-
cember, 1875; total, 157.
Evening star., 1924-07-29
JAILED TO SAVE BOND.
Alleged Killer Enters Prison
Without Ending Appeal.

WILMINGTON. N. c.. July 2s.-H. A.
Boyd, convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to serve from two to
four years in State prison, has not
withdrawn his appeal but will begin
service of his sentence today in order
that his father can take down the
$4,000 cash bond placed for his ap-
pearance, according to w. F. Jones,
counsel for Boyd This is to pre-
vent counsel for the widow of the
dead man from attaching the bond
money in connection with a civil suit
pending, Mr.. Jones stated.
Evening star., 1924-07-29

knows, and in per-
formance of her
duty to the great
patriotic organi-
zation she is kept
a prisoner in the
Capital a good
part Of e " ry
month. Mrs. Cooke
has, among other
excellent measures
which have been
taken up and con-
verted into ma
tional policies, laid
special stress on
that of financing
all worthy prof.
ectS to preserve
and restore HIS
Evening star., 1924-07-29
Hosiery Mills Burn; Loss, 500, 600

ENFIELD, N. c.. July 29.-Fire of
undetermined origin destroyed the
stockroom of the Enfield Hosiery
Mills yesterday. The loss is esti-
mated from $4,000 to 100000,
partially covered by insurance.
Evening star., 1924-07-29
FOLKS

Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cooke, presi-
dent general Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, is one Of the
busiest executives whom Washington
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-04
Plans for American
Pathological Society
Meetings in Maine

The following itinerary for the
genealogical meetings to be held in
the State on Friday and Saturday of
next week in connection with the
automobile tour of the State to be
made by members of the American
Pathological Society. was announced
Saturday at the Department of Agri-
culture.
The party will be met at Ports
mouth, \. H., by Commissioner
Washburn and State Hoisiculturist
G. a. Yeaton.
August Is. First meeting at Mr..
Clark's orchard at Wells at A NJ,
Daylight saving time. Run into
Portland for dinner. Meeting at
Dolloff's at Standish at 1 p. NJ,
Standard time. Meeting at the Nc
Arthur Orchard in Limington at 3
o'clock. Standard time. Go into
Portland for the night.
August Is. Go to Mr.. Thompson's
orchard, New Gloucester, near Oppor-
tunity Farm, in the morning at $50
Daylight Saving time. Go to Auburn
for dinner Meeting in the afternoon
at l o'clock Standard time at w. J.
Ricker's in Turner. Meeting at 3
o'clock, Standard time, with T. E.
Chase, Buckfield.
The meetings will be addressed by
prominent authorities on orchard cul-
turc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-04
Republicans Will
Tour Aroostook
Starting Monday

Portland, Aug. 3--Chairman Geo,
l.. Emery OF the Republican Str
Committee will complete his pr.,,
mary organization meetings with
weeks tour of Aroostook Conn
which will begin Monday and exits
through the entire county. The n
chairman of the State Commit,
Mrs. Eva c. Mason Of Dover oxcr-
will assist in the Aroostook NEE
ingc.
Following the Aroostook meet!rt
Chairman Emery will be at the n
publican headquarters in Porth,
for much of the timefi going out ul
on special assignments.
The tour of Cumberland Cour.
will be taken on Tuesday, conduc,
by the county chairman, Linwoodl
Crockett of Westbrook. The par
will leave the headquarters at d
Clapp Memorial building at s Al
and will make the first stop at SOU
Windham and end at Yarmou.
where an evening speaking meetA
will be held. addressed by Senai
Bert NJ. Fernald and Representa-
Carroll L. Beedy of the First Disth
William :. Linnell OF Portland d
Miss Edith Newcomb OF ScarbO
Cumberland County members Of
State Committee, will be Of
party.