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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24
MILLIONS PLAY IN
SUNSHINE OF SOUTH
FLORIDA ENJOYING GREAT
EST SEASON AS NATIONAL
PLAYGROUND FOR ALL.

Florida's greatest season since. II
became one OF the nations play
grounds is reaching its climax. Be
lore the end OF this month the rush
OF tourists from the chilly north will
reach its peak. In the four months OF
the season. it is estimated, a million
tourists will have visited the state,
leaving behind between. $l50,00O,OOC
and S200,000,000 in return Tor the
hospitality OF Florida
Sunshine for Sale.
Florida has sunshine for sale. Fresh
air and a place to play are thrown in
for good measure. So this season the
food OF visitors has broken all rec
ords Looking for the sunshine, they
have migrated from the north and
south and west by railroad, steam
ship, automobile and yacht.
There is amusement in FLORIDA tor
every taste and purse. There is horse
shoe pitching, sea bathing, golf, polo,
fishing, yachting and motoring. There
is a nightly whirl OF social events,
clubs and theaters.
Tags From Every State.
License tags from every state are
on the automobiles which roll over
the smooth roads into Florida. The
great crowds on the streets represent
every part of the country. Some are
rich, and some are poor. All are hap
oy and are having a good time in the
sunshine, however.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24
RUM BRINGS NEW LIFE
TO THE MOUNTAINEER
HAS BECOME 4 CRAFTY AND
WEALTHY BUSINESS MAN.
GOOD MARKET FOR BOOZE.

Gone is the old type OF mountaineer
Of Kentucky, North Carolina and Ten
nessee. In his place stands a crafty
business man, a product OF prohibition
in the United States.
Pure old mountain dew" as the
original moonshine was known, is no
more In its place is a booze concocted
from raisins, corn mash and the other
ingredients OF hooch,
Made Rum for Self.
Back in the old days the mountain
eer turned his spare corn crops into
liquor which he drank himself. II he
did sell it to his friends or neighbors
he asked only about 50 cents quart.
The mountaineer rarely ever lett his
barren home, but he liked good liquor.
SO he manufactured It,
With the coming OF prohibition,
however, moonshine liquor soon
brought fabulous prices. Then the
mountaineer realized that here was a
good business proposition in which he
could deal as an expert. Not satisfied
with the customary slow method of
making his booze, the moonshine, in
spired by a greed for the new found
gold, began speeding up his still. That
spelled the end OF pure moonshine.
Bought Homes and Cars.
Next the moonshiners used their
liquor money to buy swift motor cars
and good homes Their stills were
made bigger and more numerous, and
the trickle of moonshine liquor from
the mountains became a rushing
stream. Bootleggers in nearby cities
and large towns bought the moon
shine All the mountaineer had to do
was stay at home and make it.
In days gone by the moonshner
defended his still with his gun at the
risk of his life because he was poor
and could not afford to buy new ap-
paratus. Many were the killings, and
at the same time feuds among the
mountaineers were common.
No More Shootings.
Today the moonshiner is Just as
cautious. He goes armed, but when an
officer comes he merely hides to keep
himself out of the hands of the law
The moonshiner can buy many still
il he so wishes, so he does not take
the risk of brawl with an officer.
For almost the same reason there
are few feuds among the mountain
GERS. Feuds draw the attention OF the
law--and that means check on the
moonshining business.
Ii is estimated that full 90 per cent
OF the inhabitants OF the Appalachian
mountains are in sympathy with the
moonshiners. 1t even has been charg-
ed that the mountaneers elect their
own peace officers so that there will
be no local interference in their lq- |
uor making.
'A Children Go to College.
A change has come about in family |
lie as a result OF these newfound
riches, too.
In the old days the monshiner kept |
his family with him ali the time, men
and women living and dying in the
same communities in which they were
born without ever being more than !
ten miles away from home.
Today, however the mountalneer
sends his daughter to finishing school
and his son to college. Then they en-
ter the business world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24
RABBIT EARS ARE WORTH
MUCH MONEY IN KANSAS

In Mitchell county, Kan. they bark
back to the days OF the covered wag-
on. or so it seemed to Clarence Gran
ger. who redeemed 1755 rabbit ears,
100 crows heads and 100 gopher heads
at the court house for S10055 Gran
ger accepts ears as legal tender in
payment for ammunition at the man
datory county rates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24

A species Of worm has been found
which can live only in a block OF ice.
How in heck can it turn?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24

Census bureau gives Scranton, Pa,
the highest percentage OF fatalities
from accidents. Can't they evolve a
correspondence course to better their
position?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24
RIDES OUT ON ROOF
IN AN ELECTRIC BED

Henry L. Doherty, a New York
city hnancier, has invented and put
into operation an electric bed. He I'M
dresses in the warmth OF his bed room
then gets into bed, presses a button
and rides out to a sleeping porch.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24

One thing the country needs is hot
weather clothing that will let the wind
through without showing through.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24

Some politicians are beginning to
realize that Calvin Coolidge is presi-
dent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24
$4,000 IN CASH AND FOOD
WAS GIVEN TO NEWTON

Over $4,000 in cash and an equal
amount in food, clothing and labor
was donated to the people OF Newton
by surrounding neighbors as express
sions OF sympathy and assistance III
the suffering they had to undergo
as result OF the recent flood, and
the Newton people are very grateful
to each and everyone who contributed.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14

What we might call racial os-
mosis has been going on from time
immemorial. The '.long-heads" and
the "broad-heads," (dolichocephals
and brachycephals, have blended TO
form various peoples" and ma
tions). Now one racial type and now
the other has been at the top.
Rising and falling like the mole
cules in liquid whose tempera-
ture is varying, the individuals be-
come inextricaDly mixed together,
and their constituent atoms, racial
elements, unite to form hybrid units,
charged to a higher potentiality than
their parents.
None Of us can trace the sinuous
line Of his descent from the days
when men fought with cave bears
for homes, so why should we quarrel
over race? All races are lost in hu-
mainly. Humanity has needed them
all.
Even prehistory shows different
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
OVER LIES HURDLES
BY LOUIS E. BISCH
Copyright. 1925. Premier synd.. Inc.

portant because it helps to build
character and personality.
And Furthermore, the earlier it
goes in the more strongly and in
delibly is it registered.
Not only should adults be careful
what they discuss in the presence
Of children, but adults should also
have watchful eye over the COM
panions with whom their own chill
drcn play.
Lots of vulSority is learned at
play-that is, play with children
who have learned vulgarity from
other children or from adults.
Many bad habits may be formed
in this manner as well.
Children are not always as inno-
cent as our fond fancies picture
them as being.
Often they have destructive ideas
and feelings that even their parents
do not suspect.
Do not punish them.
Talk it out, explain, clarity.
Remember that they are totally
unable to evalIatc ideas.
Remember also that they start
immoral and that it is your job to
make them moral.
Simply be careful what your
children hcarl
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
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Definite, Intelligent
Program Necessary
For Advancement

r has been observed often that progressive town
or city has aggressive and enthusiastic chamber
of commerce working with definite program in
mind Without a definite program a chamber of COM
merce, matter how aggressive and enthusiastic the
organization may be, accomplishes little for the ad
yancement of the community.
community can do no better than to adopt pub
y program involving individual and concerted action
Periodically, publicity is possible only through pub
cy. Hence the initial step in carrying out successful
program to sell city to its own inhabitants by the
most effective means-publicity.
If the press the chamber of commerce and the
several civic organizations working individually and in
cooperation fail to sell city to its inhabitants
is certain the city will not be sold to the world at large
The success of an initial publicity program may be de-
termned mahematicaly by the response of the public
licty FOR the city.
The San Antonio press has done everything possible
to tell San Antonians about San Antonio. Furthermore
The Light has been instrumental in giving nationwide
publicity to this city through the visit here of B. c.
Forbes a financial and business authority who COM
ands the attention of capital and of reading clientele
Of 100000 persons. Then, too this nationwide pub
licy has been effective selling San Antonio to many
San AntonanS.
Should the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce in
augurate campaign for publicity fund this fall of an
amount large enough to bring adequate returns and the
indications that it will, it is believed that the
spouse of the community will prove that it believes in
itself.
Thepublicty bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
is directed by practical newspaper man of many years
experience. Furthermore, he is San Antonio news
paper man, and the Alamo City should mean more to
him than merely place in which to draw salary.
There is reason why he should not have the ability to
advertise San Antonio effectively.
The Chamber of Commerce is undoubtedly quail
fled to enter into efficient publicity program But
can do little if it does not receive the support and
cooperation of the public.
San Antonians, probably, will be called upon in
few days decide whether the Chamber of Commerce
can pursue definite EFFECTIVE program for the ad
vancement of this city, whether it must continue to
labor under the handicap of inadequate means.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14

To call attention to the dangers
of exposing children to converse
ton not fit for immature minds,
ought really not be necessary.
Nevertheless, although we, as
adults, know full well that the lit
tie ones "pick up" all sorts of talk,
altogether too often are we care
less about what we say and discuss
in their presence.
Children are ike foreigners in one
particular. Invariably will "cuss"
words and slang stick in their
minds when they learn the language.
Judgment, reasoning, COMPARE
son. are faculties that develop late
as the growing mind unfolds.
Hence. the young mind fakes in
everything whole, is unable to sep
arate the good from the bad and the
valuable from the worthless.
When a child hears profanity it
is engraved on its plastic brain
just as deeply as when it hears n
golden rule.
Children do not discriminate.
They do not because they cannot.
Therefore we must be ever watch
full as TO the kind and quality of
the thoughts that go into the max
ing Of their minds.
Whatever goes in is always i'm.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
Races of Mankind and History

gan to paint their cavern walls
with the earliest examples of hui
man pictorial art-pictures Of their
contemporaries Of the animal crea.
ton, mammOths, bears, horses, rein
deer-drawn with such mastery Of
form, attitude and action that they
might serve as models for modern
beginners; and for some graduates,
too.
One cannot but wish that those
ancient artists had been inspired
with the thought that their pictured
walls might, some ten or twenty
thousand years in the future, be
examined and studied by successors
of theirs, possessing a civilization
that they could not yet dream of,
and who would treasure beyond all
price a portrait Of one of those
cavern painters, drawn-as he sure
ly could have drawn it-as true to
life as the animal forms around it.
There must have been some Mag
dalenian belle who fired the hearts
Of the mammoth hunters, whose
face glowing on that cavern wall
would have made the natural gal
lery of the Font-de-Gaume more ia
nous than the Louvre.
Later came from Asia it would
seem) 'broaG heads" (bracby-
ccpbals), who apparently drove out
the "long-heads." But around Peri
CORD, the country of Les Eyzies,
some anthropologists imagine that
they can still detect the ear-marks
Of the Cro-Magnon race in the exist
ing inhabitants. But those petite Lau-
gcrie- Chancelades, it is believed,
we're driven to the Pyrenees, and
over into Spain-but their blood is
yet on the earth.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
Their First Jobs
Clerk to Manufacturer.
By Philip Nolan

One of the leading leather manu-
facturers of the New England sec
ton got his first job in a clerical
capacity with the firm Of Black and
Ncwhall, in Boston.
Later he made n connection with
the Lyman W. Smith Sons Company
and then the ]. W. KEENAN, Com
pany.
When the Lyman W. Smith Sons
Company was absorbed in the new
firm Of Winslow Brothers & Smith,
he was selected TO become the pres
ident Of the recognized business,
position which he held for more than
ten years, also becoming president
Of the Eastern Leather Company,
The Morrill, Leather Company, and
the Ellis Pond Ice Company. In adj
dition be became vice president Of
the Brandt Leather Company, and a
director in a number Of financial
and industrial corporations, includ-
ing the American Trust Company
and the Hub Hosiery Mills.
He is Frank @. Allen, Of Boston.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
By GARRETT p. SERVISS

races acquiring the same civiliza-
ton.
At that marvellous prehistoric
site, Les Eyzies, in France, which
is the most impressive spot on this
planet for anyone who meditates
on the adventures of mankind in its
infancy and it's growing youth, there
are to be seen remains of two re-
markable races-the CrO-MagnOn.
very tall, short broad face, still
prognathous and the Laugerie-
ChanceIade, "pctite face, more har-
monious, without prognathism."
Both were long-heads, (dolycho-
cephals), yet they were different
races. And both represented stage
of evolution far advanced beyond
that of their predecessors, the men
of the Neanderthal race, thick
set, robust and bestial, with enOr-
nous, prognathoua faces"
The Seanderthals disappeared and
the others took their place and be-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
SAN ANTONIO,
SEPT. II, 1925
Disrespect for Bible
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

. "When I consider Thy heavens, tia
work of Thy hands, what is man
that Thou art mindful of him." he
was endeavoring to express the in
significance of man, how small a
speck of dust he was in the cos
mos. Our knowledge of the universe
at present and the belief that the
sky is not a fixed dome, but vast
field full of remote stars, has but
augmented this idea Of mans in
significance. The passage may mean
something different now from what
it meant to David, but it means
vastly more.
The Bible was given as book of
spiritual revelation to elevate and
orientate the spirit of man, and
anyone who will live in accordance
with its moral precepts will live a
fine and high life. But the Bible
was not given to teach cosmogny,
or geology, or astronomy. Its langu'
age had to be made in such way
as to be understood by the people
to whom it was addressed contem'
poraneously.
According to this view any errors
that may have crept in do not per-
tain at all to the Bibles spiritual
message, but they are due to the
faultiness necessary in its express
sion. .,tr
That message is. still above and
beyond and before mankind. 1t is
a mark of progress to grow toward
it. But we cannot grow toward its
ideals of spiritual excellence unless
we are free TO grow in every direc-
ton, and in this case we must out
grow some Of the scientific views OF
the past.
Copyright. 1925. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
AMOUNT OF SLEEP WE NEED
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator From New York.
Former Commissioner Of Health, New York City.

we'll on eight hours, and in my
opinion, it is a rare person who re-
quires less. Personally, 1 should
hate to be pinned down to that
number. Every once in a while /
want two or three extra hours.
As have observed Mr.. Edison, it
strikes me he knows how to relax.
Brief and, perhaps to him, uncon-
scious periods of more or less COM
plete relaxation make up for the
sleep he does not take. There is
no doubt people differ a great deal
in their personal mannerisms and
characteristics. If you drum the
table with your fingers, tap your
foot, cross and uncross your legs,
twirl your thumbs, bit your nails,
twitch your shoulders, play with
your knife and fork, wiggle and
twist in your chair-all these
things wear out your body. They
are silly and unnecessary habits
which sap your Mercy.
Mr.. Edison does not do these
things. He conserves his mental
and physical reserve, using it for
useful purposes only. He can get
along with four hours of sleep, but
you and 1 are not so sensible, so
we need more sleep.
Jack Dempsey is not so frugal in
his demands. He uses great chunks
of physical strength. He wears
out three or four times the energy
Mr.. Edison does. 1t is not so deli
cately and nicely applied, so the
wizard accomplishes for humanity
results which count for more in the
long run. But in the ring, Demp-
scy. too, is a wizard.
Each Of us must decide for him
self how much sleep is essential.
Certainly, there must be enough to
give a sense of rcfreshment. Reg
ular hours for sleeping and sleep
ing in a well-ventilated, quiet and
dark room are the real essentials.
Copyright, 1925, by Newspaper
Feature Service. Inc.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14

A man. in Washington has
brought suit to prevent the govern
ment from paying the salaries of
some teachers on the ground that
they are violating the provision of
the current District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill which says that
nothing shall be taught which is
"disrespectful to the Bible"
What is disrespect for the Bible?
The whole matter hinges upon this.
The modernists may hold that
they are quite as respectful to the
Bible in their Interpretation as the
fundamentalists are in theirs.
1t is not disrespectful to any
book to differ from another person
in your Interpretation Of it. The
Baptists and Methodists differ in
their views of what the Bible meant
by baptism, and there are issues
upon which the Catholics and Prot
estants. Seventh Day Adventists
and Evangelicals do not see eye to
eye. But the majority of the COM
municants in each Of these cases
respect the Bible quite as much as
the majority of any other group.
To read your own Interpretation
into book and. then insist that
anybody else who does not take it
is disrespectful to that book, is COM
ing it a little too strong.
1t is not disrespectful to believe
in progress, nor to believe that
mems views may change with the
discovery of further facts.
Indeed many passages of the Bible
are expansive in their meaning;
that is. they meant something at
the time they were written, but
they mean much more now.
For instance. when David wrote,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14

II it would not Danish wars per-
haps it would at least deprive them
Of much of their venom, to have
everybody understand how little
ground there is for drawing racial
distinctions between nations. We
often hear violent prejudice ex-
pressed against those who speak
another language. But modern study
in anthropology and archaeology has
shown that language is not a test,
or proof, of race. Peoples of widely
different origin speak the same
language. So, TOO, nations are made
up Of peoples of divergent racial
antecedents.
Races are the products Of nature;
nations Of history. Progress and
advancing forms Of civilization are
largely fruits Of racial intermixture.
An inbreeding race deteriorates. The
totality Of human excellence is
only attainable by cross-brceding.
There is no pure race in existence
today. Those that have remained
with the least intermixture have
had the lowest civilizations.
Eugene Pittard, anthropologist of
the University of Geneva, averts
that false theories about race have
been "confiscated by politicians to
the profit of their ambitions, gcner-
atiye Of recent catastrophies.'
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14

From the early days of thought
about living there has been peren-
NAL debate over the number of
hours one should sleep. Sir John
Sinclair, a distinguished English
scientist, warns against sleeping
too much, particularly in the sum-
mertime. He says oyersleep blunts
the senses and weakens the body
and mind.
Napoleon considered four hours
enough and Thomas A. Edison be-
lieves that amount Of sleep is suf-
ficient. Jack Dempsey looks upon
nine hours as the irreducible min
imum.
L can quite understand why Ed
ison and Dempsey should differ and
yet both be right. In all probable
ity, physical workers require more
sleep than those who are mentally
occupied. An active child must
have more sleep than an inactive
person well past middle life.
Habit has lot to do with it. IL
your parents have insisted that you
rise at 6 80 and you have kept up
that practice, you are not able to
keep your eyes shut after that hour.
On the other hand, if 0 o'clock is
your regular breakfast hour, you
will think you are killed if you
have to catch Hrain at Z.
Most early risers go to bed early.
Nine to six is nine hours. Nine to
five is eight hours and the hardest
workers never get up before that,
except possibly for a few months
during the rush season.
Country people look askance upon
the late hours of city folks and yet,
the truth is, both classes get about
the same length of time in bed.
Eight hours or even nine is the rule
Of most Americans.
II were to lay down hard and
fast rule for the human family, 1
should fix eight hours as the mini
mum. Most of us would do very
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
Freaks Of Nature
The Dolphin.

The dolphiRs, as a whole, are
timid, harmless creatures, but every
family has at least one black sheep.
In the dolphin family, the erring
brother is called the killer, the
wolf of the ocean. The dolphin wolf
is one OF the most ferocious fish
that inhabits the briny waters.
They travel in schools and attack
every kind of fish, be it a black
fish or n whale. They bear down
on their prey like a pack Of hun
cry wolves, fastening their teeth
into the victims body, and carry
ing it under water with them, they
dcvour the bleeding victim in short
order.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
Wine in Washington

Wv 7 HILE negotiating in Washington for especially
wv lenient terms of payment of Frances debt of
W $3,340O00 900 to the United States on which
interest aggregatng 1885, 100000 has accrued Premier
Caiaux and the other ENJOYS from Paris will not lack
the wine that cheers.
Fearing that the ENJOYS might suffer unduly while
in America from the discomforts of prohibition the lead
ing champagne firms of France have supplied the debt
commission with stock of the choicest brands of wine
in sufficient quantity to assuage the thirst of the mem
bers of the commission their aides and guests during
the entire stay in the United States
The wine will come in under the diplomatic immu-
nifty which the commission enjoys. It will help to
brighten any dull moments while they are engaged in
thesr arduous task