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The Washington times., 1925-04-06
ExPRRIENCE.

- "a ~ hma allies tieeFs O. tndln
nn1 lions u Africa,
@hmmNa nlummm. Rhlmmn. Wild eats ana
HInin the nFt89iy .hof, a..
GanHh1 NnlllaFn IN florida ana ID
elawmammy mpemFea The Wild bear,
Eanah1 : devll-fish In the ocean, ana
heard . eyclone roar! .
Nzn hAmmted 90 adventures OF WINE"
theFe was M lack
Amn DnFmued by wolves In Russia ne
Killed the whole d. paeki
Thea q quiet individual Saul
"FFiemd may I inquire
~ everything yOu tell Il true, or are
you q common. every day neE,
you've told ms Of y0ur bravery seen
everything, been everywhere
Sn0t answer me one question. ~
IN believe you're on the g4a1sL ..s.
Have yOu ever drank Wn9nink ~.
bootleg likker? Answer yes u
n Yen have m have to believe what
emo. never drank It." In fact you
wouldn't daref"
excl. friend, ron Amt seen anything
and amt been anywhere.acua
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
BLUES BOUNCERS AGAIN

Tuesday night in Central
High School armory, Eleventh
street entrance, the famous Blues
Bouncers gather in monthly ses-
sion to hear and witness an ex-
ceptionally fine program and to
discuss future entertainments
that viii bring the clan to-
gether under new and inviting
circumstances.
Members are warned that II
they stay away they may miss
some good things.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06

A California man Is sOor-
ried to death because has di-
vorcs from has thirteenth
sC;fe came on Friday the
18th. It's not the divorce
but the atnIstcky 18th that
hnstmts hSn. He probably
fears that he'll haze to keep
the neat sCife he naGTTies,
JOE Fl.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
"KLOWN" NIGHT BENEFIT
FOR VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS

"Klown" night, showing 1.-THE
Artists at Play" is planned for Fri
day night of next week at Keith's
Theater for the benefit of the Ma
tional Vaudeville Artists Sick and
Benefit Fund.
The program will open at 1870
n M.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06

First Grad.-In history today, !
heard that General Sheridan had
Indian blood In him.
Second Grad.-Yes, and to see
the war dance Bill Smith did last
night you would have thought ne
had Indian in him also.
First Grad.-Quite sO-Indian
corn.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06

." B1II PRICE
RE CAREFUL ABOUT BAIT.

Dear BM: 7 see that Attorney
General Sargent Is dRGtOusIv
in0uiy-igs0 as 20 the fishing sea
son around these parts. You
ought to be able to tell him that
Il aCiu soon be on, both IN fresh
and salt WGters, but that he
should be mighty careful about
the right sort of bait. The kind
used by many Washington
fishermen Is entirely liquid and
not IN accord qOith the rules OF
the Eighteenth Amendment.
Salt mater fishing near
Washington Is quite inexpensive.
First, the cost of an auto and
gasoline; me3t, q boat and boat
men, about SO per trip; then,
blood sOoTnts or crab meat, cost
ing about Sc; total. something
ike SIS. You mag catch as
much as so cents aOOrth OF
cToaEers, not counting many
toGdfish. With liquid bait add
ed to the other cost, the whole
thing aOiu not be over $25. The
profits, you see, are large, the
thrills grand, proUiding you
carry them. 1Uith you IN lsqttad
form. FISHING FRANK.
~
TTTCT !C0f
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
~ PAWS no BIZ CAREFUL.

The gay LotHaTio, hdUing been
asked to sing, approached the cpre-
faI GIRL.
~WiH you accompany me on the
pidnof" he asked.
mot sCsthout schdperon,D an
osCered the careful girl, because she
tpas very, Uery careful gis'l.
COLETTE.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
WOMAN AVE- MATcHEs.

"A ally old guy IIt his cigar
From . match struck on his pants;
eThis a one stunt q woman can't do
No matter how much she rants"
A friend with him would not agree
Nor with others who are wOmen's
ssDon't Won know" he sternIy said.
ssTfaf vvoYnen now wear knlcIker-
bOckers?" SUSAN.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
Grocery Store Robbed

Forcing open the rear dOor Of
the Sanitary Grocery Store, at 2609
Fourteenth street northwest, burg
lars stole a small safe containing
$146. it was reported to the police
today.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06
cHTRPs. FROM cHITTLIN,S.

The Reverend BiIdad sI<unhweed, Of
the Elevated Baptist Church, VIII
nreach Sunday at ii q. m. On who
tVaa Methusaium9D and ut 8 p. m on
s.The Devils DOQFknOb."
Misses Mocha and Java COffie and
Meagrn. Shinm and POrus Plaster went
loyridlng last night by moonlight. A
nice time was had BY all.
Persian Gait and Miss IIova Glx-
hard attended the big chicken roast
q PInk City last night rs the guests
81 Prince Albert King, Of Kings
Royal T0nsOrium, Of thatN city.
johnson Grass Is down with . bad
case o. water on the brain, on ac-
count Of him not eating nothing
much but duck soup, since his uncle
sent him them six ducks last week.
Ham Burger. Of the Hot Cat Cafe.
IL home from Q trip to Memphis, and
has the picture Of a sure swell locker
mp on the wall behind the counter
now, Look out, Ham. The bigger
they are the harder they fall.
GENE BLOSSOM.
49,
The Washington times., 1925-04-06

go over questions OF policy or
problems confronting it,"
President Lloyd announced that
il anyone is to be heard on fra
terD'ties it will be in open session
Pending the outcome Of tOday's
school board session, the fraterni-
ties are Withholding action which
would further antagOnize school au.
thorities. Conservative frat" alum
nj hope to effect a satisfactory
adjustment of their difficulties with.
out having to fight school author1'
ties.
The Washington times., 1925-04-06

Fred Bedes, an Elizabeth,
". j., man had q cent IN hts
throat for fiVe gears and
get some people can't keep
one in their pockets five
hours.
ARIZONA IKE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
New Type of Potato.
From the Macon News.

The story of the Terrell county farmer
who planted thirty acres in sweet potatoes
and from twenty-five acres alone sold $4,000
worth is still going the rounds of the press.
And we'll it may do so, for it is an inn
pressive illustration OF what can be done on
Georgia soil, with proper methods.
None of the news items have told us how
much was the amount OF the freight on these
potatoes. most OF which were sold in east
ern markets. from Boston to Baltimore, but
it is generally conceded that the net profit
was hardly less than $1,000 or $4,000 which
is pretty good return from twenty-five
acres. One of the main points is that the
variety OF potato in question was not the
usual type. 1t is a white variety and seems
to run somewhat uniformly in size. We may
take it for granted also that the shipments
were properly graded and packed.
The Cordele Dispatch, in printing the news
item, paused to give the dirt farmer a little
lecture, as follows:
I'VE regret that the real farmer-the dirt
farmer-will not read this He never takes
his home paper He does not keep up with
the interchange Of ideas Progress never
comes to him save through the highway of
hard knocks. He knows a new and better
method only after somebody has lived by
his side on a neighboring farm about twenty
years and beat him in a special business of
growing sweet potatoes or making pineap-
pie pears for market. He doesn't find faith
in busting against the weevils for cotton till
he has found that must be done-and he
takes his time about finding out
All we can do is to advise that such things
as potato clean-ups' have occurred within
hearing distance A reader interested in de
velopment here found it and passed it on
We in turn pass it on. 1t is suggested that
the county agents might do something with
this thing You'll have to be Judge We frank
ly state that if it were farming piece OF
news we would investigate if we have our
fortunes in farming.
You may do as you pease-but if you are
a real missionary you will stop long enough
to tell the farmer who does not read"
Let US hope that the average dirt farmer
is not so deplorably behind the times as our
esteemed contemporary seems to think, but
at all events this particular item is certainly
worth investigating.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
Dispose of MusseI Shoals.

What is TO be done with Musse1 Shoals is
yet an unsolved problem, the settlement of
which may be far in the future The debate
on the floor Of the measure now under con-
sderaton emphasizes the wide interest as to
the property's disposal. Senators from the
east the west, the north and the south are
participating in the discussion. It may be
too much to hope that the seriousness Of
the attention given it will result in settling
the question, but that it should be settled is
acknowledged everywhere.
Some Legislators are in favor of govern
ment operation, ownership and control. 9th
ers are opposed for the reason that this
would involve the plant in politics from one
administration to the next These prefer out
right sale or lease of the property. President
Coolidge in his message urged that some
thing be done about Musse Shoals without
delay. Public opinion has long recognized the
ACCESSIBILITY of employing the property in the
interest of the people So it may be said that
the whole country is in agreement as to one
thing in connection with the property-that
it should be used.
The Mussel Shoals issue has clogged leg
islation. The property frequently has been
referred to as white elephant. 1t cost scores
eof millions of dollars. The water power ca
pacity of the plant is enormous. And there
it lies idle while legislators wrangle over
what to do with it. 1t would appear that
Mussel Shoals already in politics. and
that its first rescue in that respect must
come now Congress should dispose of the
issue and the property, and then give its at
tention to other important considerations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
Faces Ahead of Souls.

An interesting comparison OF the beauty
parlor and the church, of the boudoir and
the pew, and the face and the soul has been
made-at the National Presbyterian Confer
ence in Chicago-but it is a foregone conclu-
sion that DR. Guy L. Morrill, did not make
his argument so compelling that it will be
all convincing The charge was that Ameri-
can women spent $l00,000000 more for cos
metics and toilet articles last year than all
the Christian churches in this country ex-
pended around the whole world. The Amer
lean Christian churches expended $650000,-
600 at home and abroad
This comparison, Dr. Morrill, believes,
puts squarely before the American people for
debate the subject OF Beauty versus Relig-
ion" or The Face versus the Soul" And
faces, he remarked, have claimed such atten-
ton in the past that at this time the beauty
parlors OF the country have financial head
start over the church and the Sunday school,
amounting to the extraordinary figure of
500 100000
DR.. Morrill, would never find an argument
from anyone, even the women themselves, if
he put the point blank question Of which
was more important beauty of face or the
souls salvation. Any woman, if influenced to
pause long enough to consider whether she
would exchange the one for the other, might
choose salvation. That probably would be
the result OF an overwhelming majority of
cases, but it would require a prodigous
amount of persuasion, a startling array Of
facts and perpetual display of comparisons
to produce the effect.
The point DR.. Morrill, appears to have
overlooked is one established definitely and
positively by those traits Of character found
in human nature. 1t is every womans de-
sire to be beautiful. Practice OF the art OF
Identification comes naturally to every wo-
mans hands. And while some Of them go to
painful extremes i'll the employment of cos
metcs that emphasize instead of concealing
the unbeautiful the urge toward perfection
in appearance is in and behind the effort Wo-
men, perhaps, merit blame for thinking more
OF cosmetics than of Bibles, more Of per-
fume than petticoats for the heathen more
of lipstick and rouge than of pew and church,
but they could submit that their inclination
was but natural.
Humanity has many things to think OF
and do The churches insist of tithing not
only of money but OF an interest in religion.
There should be time enough for all activities,
and the church by all means should be in
Guided On the one hand is, perhaps, gen
era1 indifference that should be corrected by
those responsible for it; on the other hand
there is zeal that demands more OF an in
terest in and support for the church than
reasonably could be expected. A middle
ground might be found with contributions to
the church increased somewhat and a pro-
portonate decrease made in the churchs de
mands.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
RUDE RURAL RHYMIES
THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.

The snow, the snow, the beautiful snow
it plasters all things here below At first the
fakes fly light and scanty like angel teath-
ers round the shanty Then, reinforced from
left and right, they hide the brown. earth
from our sight. Soon every barn and every
shack and chicken house and fence and stack
and every pile OF horse manure is covered
with a mantle pure. The snow the snow, the
beautiful snow, watch it fall, watch it blow.
1t covers with deceptive sheath the icy pave
ment underneath. Since every citizen who
slips is won't TO jacknife at the hips we tend
to minimize the bump il we can keep our
padding plump, The snow, the snow, the
clean white snow; see it fall see it grow, see
it slide, see it shift, see it ride, see it drift
Though poets sing Of alabaster it looks to me
like plain disaster, while by the order OF my
spouse | clean the walks about my house.
The snow the snow, the pesky snow, I'll
be darn glad to see it go. If any brother likes
it fine I'll give him blame near all OF mne
excepting here and there a flake I'd like to
keep for old times sake.
bob ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
$500 Per Robber.

Kane county, Illinois, lies west of Chica-
go a short distance. Good roads make Chi
cago suburbs of Kane county towns and
cities. The night life of Chicago, therefore,
extends into Kane county. So Kane county
figures that its proximity to Chicago increas-
es the hazard OF crime it runs of nights when
bandits may get the notion that small town
banks would be easy pickings for fellows
who know their job of robbng.
And the Kane County Bankers Fedora
ton meeting in Elgin decided that it would
do something to discourage the bold bank
bandits from getting such notion. The fed
Grafton, strong with the vigante spirit and
believing that the banks OF Kane county had
the moral and legal right to retain the funds
in their possession, made the offer to pay a
fat rate of $500 for every bank robber killed
in that section. A fund OF $4,000 has been
raised from which the robber bounties will
Be paid Then each bank is to carry a min
imum OF cash at all times. Naturally, a sig
nifcant part Of the program is to let the
whole world, bank bandits included, know
the steps that have been taken. Kane county
bankers have a good plan, and very likely
will not have to pay out so many robber
bounties after all. II bandits are made to
realize that the danger is great and that the
hope Of swag is small they will not be so
keen for the job.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
The Question of PardOns.
From the Savannah News.


1t was a welcome phase OF the holiday
spirit which caused the Georgia prison com
mission to decline to recommend pardons and
paroles by wholesale as Christmas presents to
convlcts. The commission apparently felt
that If it is necessary to give anybody a
Christmas present that gift should be made
to the public, to the necessity of making the
courts respected, to the need of treating
criminals not with brutality but with fairness
iShment to fit their crimes. There must be
fairness to the public as we'll as mercy for
convicts. The commission had a hundred ap-
plications before it for Christina pardons
and paroles. The chances are that
mighty few men have received greater SEN
fences than they deserved. And if the SEN
fences were deserved it is but just to the vic
TINS OF these criminals that the state be not
maWkishy lenent with the guilty.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
New EldOrados.
From the Albany Herald.

All that glitters is not gold is an old
and true saying late illustration OF it
is given by the Cecilia Star, which says:
The return from Florida is now to be
expected. Many who went to find the
pot of gold at the end OF the rainbow
are waiting to get enough money togeth-
er to come back to good old Georgia,
where living is normal and there is a
steady job. This country is not going to
boom, but it is going OF prosper. Better
stick with it" The News hears similar
reports. Many have already come back,
and others are coming every day. And
all bring the same report-that Florida
is a paradise for mlionaires, but is no
place for a poor man who has to hustle
for living. There is no better section
than South Georgia, and most OF those
who drift away return as soon as they
can.-Dawson News.
Every time a new region has unusual at
ention attracted to it by development on
Dig scale, or the discovery of mineral wealth
1r the establishment OF industries promising
employment to large numbers of people, ther'
s an immediate influx of people from nea
md. far. The gold rush to California in a.
ollowed the discovery of gold. In later year
here was another like it in the Yukon. A:
)ften as new oil fields have been discovered
thousands have focked to them, carrying
lreams of sudden riches.
Now southern Florida is new Eldorado
Many men have struck it rich there, anc
others will probably do almost quite a:
we'll. 1t is a new land of opportunity. Money
md people are flowing in-but a good many
'eople also are flowing out.
It was Sidney Lanier who observed thai
Thar is more in the man than thar is in the
and" Many OF those who are succeeding il
outh Florida would succeed in the end il
outh Georgia. And great many OF those
Who have failed elsewhere will fail in the
lew land OF Golden Dreams.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
Discovers an Old Disease.
From the Telfair Enterprise.

We have discovered new disease, an all
ment that attacks most every male citizen of
McRae at some time or another We're nam
ing it "spectatoritis," because it is acquired
by standing around and watching other peo-
pie work. 1t may be to watch man digging
ditch, setting out cabbage plants or paint
ing roof-you'll always find someone with
enough leisure time to act as spectator. II an
old building is being torn down there will be
just as many spectators as if new one is
going up. No locality has a monopoly on
misunderstanding gets to be chronic in one
community the same as in another. We
haven't asked doctor yet if there is any
cure for "spectatoritis, but we feel sure
that when we do the doctor win inform us
that there is, and that the cure generally
consists in asking the patient" to pitch in
and help instead of just standing around.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
The Old South.
From the Savannah Press.

The Old South led the country in states
manship. She led it in invention.
The cotton gin and the wheat harvester are
two contributions of southern invention to
the progress of the world The Old South
built the first railroad in the country. She
sent the first steamboat across the Atlantic.
She led the country in the iron business. She
led it in geology and chemistry. She pub
lished the leading business journal before the
war. She blazed the way for business CO.
operation and sectional and national conven-
tons of business men, The Old South led
the country in managerial ability, in enter
prise and in all-round genius for accomplish
ing big things These facts are set out in
great length in The South's Development"
that magnificent history of southern achieve
ment and southern resources published by
the Manufacturers Record Every southerner
should know them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
Taxation Measures Success Of
Government.
From Manufacturer and Industrial News

FROM NdHuldSluICI d1iN 4iAoHo1AA"A
Taxation is the process of taking dollar
from somebody to whom it belongs rlghttully
and using it for the benefit OF the people
collectively" says Paul Shoup, vice president
OF the Southern Pacific company The wis
dom that governs the taking OF this money
from its owner and its expenditure on be-
hall Of his fellowmen, who Individually have
no claim to it whatsoever, in a large way
measures the success OF government There
would not have been an American republic
except for problems relating to taxation
which resulted in severing the political ties
that bound the old world and the new.
The question of taxation never pressed
upon the life of the individual more than at
present In large degree he is unquestion-
ably unaware OF how much OF his daily bur
den arises from taxation, But history shows
that sleeping and forgetting is not to be
accepted as a finality. In the end when the
burden becomes too great, or the sense OF
injustice too strong, he seeks the source and
then comes the upheaval.
Only the most shallow OF thinkers believe
that taxation rests where it is ntiay placed.
Every man strives to pass it on in the sale
OF his services or his product just as he
strives to pass on other expenses. So, taxa
ton is an clement in the cost OF every bit OF
food put in the mouth, OF every garment
worm OF every roof that shelters, of travel
and entertainment, and at the end in the
cost OF death its slf."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06

Some days ago Great Britain handed us
her check for sol, 655,O0O on account OF inter
est and for amortization of the war debt to
the United States That's in contrast to the
conduct OF France, who has four million
dollars OF money the American people took
from their pockets and loaned her and are
now paying their government high taxes in
order that interest on this vast sum may be
met. France not only has not paid penny
on her debt, but has refused to agree to
terms whereby payments might be satisfac-
torily arranged. 1t is shabby conduct for a
great nation
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
SWAPPING COWS FOR TOBACCO.

From the Cordele Dispatch
Some farmers are going to. abandon their
cows and chase off after tobacco next spring
and make one more costly b1under Tobac-
co requires first somebody who knows what
he is doing. Scrub tobacco experts are Jar
more costly than scrub dairy cattle You will
find that true when you slam your head
against stone wall in the tobacco business
next spring. Tobacco will pay those who
know what they doing-that is, if there
is any demand for it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06

1t may be said that the entire country has
lost patience with congress so far as Mussel
Shoals is concerned. The difficulty lies in
opposing factions being unwilling to meet on
middle ground. The output OF enough nitro
gen to supply farmers with only one-sixth
OF their needs would hardly be enough to
effect the price OF fertilizer. The farmers have
been fed lot OF misrepresentation during
the Shoals controversy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06
Pointed Paragraphs.

This is cold, cold world-and the coal
man is glad of it.
Once upon a time they tried to shut wo-
man up in a lunatic asylum-but she kept
right talking.
When lovers elope it's also a getaway for
common sense.
1t takes more than Sunday suit to make
saint.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06

"The Christmas of some folks was curtail-
ed because they had to pay the years taxes
just before the time for buying presents, "
says the T m asville Times Enterprise
Many who paid their taxes had little left for
Christmas. Others, however paid no atten-
ton to taxes and had their Christmas. They
will worry later.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-06

What are we to do for big, successful men
in the future' Those who walked three or
four miles to school and underwent many
hardships in their youth soon will be all
gone. A great many OF the younger genera
ton can't walk few town blocks to school.