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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
HAS COUNTRY TOO
MANY SMALL BANKS?
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED FAIL
ED DURING 1924. VERY FEW
LARGE BANKS FAIL.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-In the
course of an address before the Credit
Men here few days ago Vice Gov
ernor Edmund Plat, of the federal re-
serve board, made some very striking
observations with regard to the large
number of failures among small banks
in this country since 1929.
After noting that very few of our
banks of any size have failed in this
period Mr.. Plat said that of the 753
banks which had to close their doors
in the United States last year no less
than 65 per cent had capital OF $25,-
600 or less and only 10 per cent cap
ita of more than 100000, and that
nearly all of those which failed were
in agricultural states, although during
the year agriculture itself made a con-
spicuous recovery.
No Bank Failures in Canada.
Then Mr.. Platt made the most in
teresting statement in his address,
namely, that with agricultural condi-
tons exactly the same as Cursor il
anything not quite so good-Canada
had no bank failures.
The branch-banking system prevails
largely in Canada and does not SO pre-
vail in the United States. Unless we
are to subject many people living in
small communities or in other thinly
settled agricultural territory to great
inconvenience, said Mr.. Plat, this
means at least some branch banking.
The attempt to provide banking facili-
ties for small communities, and par
ticularly where agriculture is the dom
inant industry, by means OF small in
dependent banks has again proven a
failure, as at every period of agricul-
tural depression
Mr.. Plat expressed the opinion that
the only remedy is branch banking
mot necessarily on any very large
scale as in Canada, but on a scale
large enough to serve the people ade-
quately and safely"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
MANY PEOPLE BEING
CURED OF CANCER
SOCIETY FOR ROL OF
CANCER SAYS DISEASE NOT
INEVITABLY FATAL.

The American Society for the Con-
troll of Cancer has issued statement
saying that the information which the
world now possesses about cancer
would be be sufficient to save thous-
ands of lives which are needlessly
sacrificed to the disease if the people
would learn the essential facts and CO.
operate intelligently with the medical
profession"
The society said its statement was
prompted because Sin over 100000
homes shadow of Encouragement and
despair recently has been cast by the
daily press through the inaccurate re-
porting of the discussions of the can
Ger problem at the Atlantic City con-
vention of the American Medical As
ISOLATION"
Published statements that cancer
was Unbeatable, infectious, incurable,
inevitably fatal, and that nobody knew
anything of practical value about the
disease are contrary to the facts, the
society says.
The disease must be discovered ear
" and suitable measures for its eradi-
cation must be employed in every
case, says the society, adding, sur
gerry and the application Of x-rays and
radium are the measures which the
medical profession recognizes as the
most effective means to combating
/ the disease.
"a great many more people hav'
been cured by these measures thar
is commonly supposed and the mum
Der constantly is increasing"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
COUNTY TAX LIMIT
URGED BY WRIGHT
COMPTROLLER RAPS PRAC-
TICE OF HIKING RATE TO
BEAT THE STATE.

Criticizing the present practice OF
counties which add to their incomes
by increasing the tax rate instead OF
raising assessments on property, Will
liam A. Wright, comptroller general
OF Georgia. urges that the legislature
impose a limit on county tax rates, in
his annual report
While the state tax rate is limited
to mills there is no limit on the coun-
ty rate, General Wright points out.
Therefore, the practice of the counties
in increasing their revenue by increas-
ing their rate instead OF raising as
sessments will "starve the state if per
mitted to continue" he says.
81 earnestly recommend the passage
OF some legislation limiting the
amount of the county levy, in order
that the state may receive its just and
fair revenue from ad valorem taxes,
he states
The report points out that while the
average county tax rate in 1000 was
sos mills the present average is Il
mills
In the last IS years the value OF
the property on the tax digests has
increased from $23S,934,126 to $1042,-
659,S57, or approximately 436 per cent.
For the same period the value OF pub
lie service corporations has increased
from $12,4o0,525 to $170,763,2l6 or ap-
proximately 1867 per cent. 1t will be
noted that the value of property on
digests has decreased $138,8l3,20l
since 1920, while the value OF public
service corporation for the same pc
Rod shows an increase of $5,353,593."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
NEGRO SLEPT ON ICE;
TAKEN TO TOWN COOLER

ATLANTA, Ga.-Atlanta house
wives were rather leary about the
ice they put in their iced tea Thurs
day, when it became known that
Leroy Bell, negro, spent Wednes-
day night dreaming that he was
North Pole explorer while asleep
on several large blocks of ice load
ed onto truck for early morning
delivery in an exclusive residence
section.
A patrolman found the negro
asleep on the ice, with the frig-
ed tarpaulin used as cover. He
aroused him, and after a few shiv-
ers the negro said his hotel got so
hot that he hunted cooler place
to finish his nap. The ice was so
soothing that he fell asleep by the
time he had cooled off a bit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
AMERICUS GRIEvES
FOR VENERABLE TREE
OLD OAK, STORM CENTER OF
COURT FIGHTS AND POLITI-
CAL INTRIGUES, FELLED.

AMERICUS, Ga.-The old oak in
front of Sumter county court house,
which has been there beyond the
recollection of this city's oldest inhab-
liant, under which horses of anti-bel-
lum Office holders were hitched and
automobiles of the newer Office hold
ers were accustomed to be parked, was
cut down last night to make way for
modern mprovements-the paving OF
Americas street with asphalt.
Political history has also been made
under the boughs of the famous old
oak-campaigns planned and political
opponents discussed their differences
and reached agreements. The tree was
mentioned in heated discussion in
the hall of the legislature in 1902, when
Judge ]. A. Hixon and Hon. w. I.
Lane, representatives of Sumter coun-
ty in the Legislature and opponents of
different political factions, were divid-
ed on a question of local legislation
and told of an alleged agreement that
between them was reached in a con-
ference under this tree.
Felled During Night.
Citizens awoke this morning to find
workmen laying pavement, where the
oak once stood. During the early hours
of Saturday morning these same work
men cut down the tree.
Who gave the city engineer and the
paving contractor permission to cut
down the tree is still a mystery to the
citizens of Americas. Some say the
city council authorized its removal
but others contend that every MEM
Der of the council was against cutting
down the tree; while others say coun-
ty commissioners issued the order, but
this is taken with grain of salt by
some, because it was generally known
that the board opposed the removal
of the oak.
The tree, probably the Oldest in
Americas, was here when the first set
tiers arrived and has been the subject
of court discussions on numerous oc-
casions. Injunction after injunction
has been taken out by citizens to pre-
vent city council from removing it.
Only a short while back experts in
tree surgery were brought to Amer
! icus to treat it for a rot, which threat
ened to destroy it. The city paid a
large bill for his services, and it was
thought at the time that the tree was
to remain in its present location until
time brought about its destruction.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
JUDGE PRAISES JURY ON
CONVICTION OF WOMAN

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Convicted
of manslaughter by jury of faith
ers Dorothy Perkins, l7-year-old
bobbed blonde, is in jail today
awaiting sentence.
"A verdict like this may stop wo-
men from shooting men in the fu-
ture," Judge Mcintyre said in
praising the jury. TOO many times
have women appeared in this court
on murder charges and appealed to
mems natures, In many cases they
have escaped punishment"
She's too glib; she's the smart
young lady of today" said the pros
ecutor, in arguing to the jury. She
admitted having taken four drinks
at party.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23

A compilation of figures on meat
production and consumption by the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture contains the following informa-
ton:
During 1924 the estimated number
of food animals slaughtered in the
United States reached the highest peak
in history, totaling 119,9S0,500 or
about IL animals for every man, wo-
man and child OF the population.
About two-thirds OF all food animals
slaughtered are federally inspectedi
the remaining one-third, which do not
enter interstate or foreign commerce,
are not subject to federal inspection.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
LABOR AGENT
ARRESTED IN SUMTER
T. A. THAXTON, OF SUMTER
CITY, TAKEN TO THE JAIL
AT AMERICUS.

John A. Thaxton, resident Of Sum-
ter City, was arrested Thursday af-
ternoon by Sheriff Macarthur and
Deputy Sheriff Chappell, of Sumter
county, on a warrant charging him
with immigrating labor from Georgia
into Florida He was taken to the
county Jail and later released on $l,5OO
bond.
Thaxton was arrested on the testi-
monv of a white man, who stated that
he drove a car OF negroes into Florida
for Thaxton, in a car alleged to have
been owned and operated by Thaxton,
according to Deputy Sheriff Chappell.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23

More swine than any other kind of
animals were slaughtered last year,
the total exceeding 80000,000
The smallest slaughter of food ami
mails was for goats, of which 92,300
were converted into meat; but goats
showed a larger per cent of increase
in slaughter over the previous year
than the other classes of food animals
The United States stands first
among the stock-raising countries Of
the world, but Argentina and Austria
liza, which are sparsely populated, have
large SURPRISES OF beef and mutton
and are the principal factors in sup
plying the European deficit in these
classes of meat.
The United States habitually ex-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23

ports from II to IS per cent of its to-
tai production of pork.
The United States has approximate
w one-sixteenth of the worlds popu-
Iation, but has within its borders about
one-seventh OF the food animals.
The total quantity OF meat consum-
ed in the United States has increased
steadily each year for the last six
years. but the ever-increasing popula-
ton reduced the per capita consump-
ton about pound in 1924 compared
with the previous year. Per capita con-
sumption was 1649 pounds exclusive
OF 1873 pounds OF lard.
Indications point to somewhat
shorter supply of meat for the next
year,4or two at least.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
OGLETHORPE MAN HAS
SHOT GOURD 1872 YEARS OLD

Go, BoRo, Ga.-A shot
gourd I6Edp, old is owned by
John H. u Of Oglethorpe
county, who W. Greensboro
this week. 1t was b., % Geor-
gia by his grandfathc, suben
Fades, when the first sett-4rs on
Broad river came in from Virginia.
On its smooth surface is etched
in "1743." 1t was evidently owned
in Virginia by Mr.. Fades great
grandfather, for 1743 was thirty
three years before the Declaration
of Independence, in 1776. The shot
gourd was very valuable article
in those days, for there was plenty
of wild game of all kinds in those
days.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
Methodist Church Folks
Read Bible in 90 Hours

Relay reading of the Bible from ON
cover 10 cover was completed in the
First Methodist church, at Yucalpa'
ca1 in 30 hours, IS minutes. Mem
bers II the congregation did the read
ing by turns. At the conclusion oI,,,; ;le
doxology was sung, and resoIutl li
was passed to make the coVer-to-oO'-
er public reading an annual event.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-23
Expert Eaters to Get
Good Jobs at Washington

To find out how to tell if meat is
tender or tough expert beef eaters will
be employed by the bureau OF stand
ards at Washington, ID. c. Mechani-
cal tests will be checked against the
opinion OF the eating experts, who
will be given the toughest meat OBJ
tainable
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31

body and mind to something ap'
preaching the normal.
He was straining his bonds pain
fully when once again the door or
his dungeon swung open. He sank
down again in a shiver Of disappotnt'
ment and disgust. 1t was Sir Dudley
Glenister who staggered into the
noisesome hole jingling coins In his
pocket and exuding triumph IN every
pore Of his great. coarse body.
WELL my bold hero. you've bitten
of more. than you can chew" the
baronet jeered the helpless man.
Norman made no answer Where
was the use? He was not going to
plead to the bully for mercy.
"Sulking won't help you. the
ruthless voice resumed. 1.-THE SEN
tence of the court has been pro.
nounced and no defense will prevail.
Tonight, my dear Slater. an accident
Is going to happen to this ancient
ruin. It Is going to be utterly de-
stroyed by fire. But before the
flames catch hold I shall call again
with a hunting.crop and repay with
interest the dressing-down you gave
me in Cadogan Garden. Makes your
flesh creep. eh?"
II it did there was no sign. Nor
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31
Fortune A1garded OF; Patents After
TzQeuty- Year Fight in the Courts

WINS is the story Of "an who
has given the best Years Of his
life in a fight for his rights and
VINO having won his rights and 500
onO oOO hardly knows what t" do
Twenty wears ago Georg" Carson
,was desert rat Drcspector y
certain smelling device was born OF
MS experiences in the mines and he
s,onR n 20 Washington to CT pro.
,ection If government patents
several wears later he diScoterci
r,4.rs rpan:as USING his patents
and temandel payment nf royalties
Hc was turned down Theu he went
tc coilrr and Tor 20 wears he hos suf'
fereS one reverse after another Now
me Spprerae Court Of 'he United
sta4es mas awarded him $40 nG0 Coz
m ms fight asainst rae Amerioar
snaeltine Con- pany tor Encouragement
Of hIs patent
When this +uaI vict"ry tvas won
hu1jluc tc end his long battle Cav
son frand himself confined IN bed II
= San Francisco hospital ward
man worth millions being cared To
IT, university "inic hospita'-and
,na,3.>. ,N.a ~
What caD do with rwenty mi
dinn dollars" ne asks Il am uearl
So wears old now and not yer
healthy guess III. go to som
nuie, place when I get out OF her
and build shack and just monke
arounr alore with my own little e.
periments Maybe. before die
can invent something else which III
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31

man preserved silence. gazing UP at
the dissipated face with weary scorn.
There Is just a chance that you
may be spared the degradation of be-
ing thrashed as well as burned" the
husky voice went on. That rests
with your lady.love. who Is my guest
on the upper floor II she consents
to become my wife she will be spared
the flames and you will be spared the
whipping. You will burn anyhow. as
I have no other means Of stopping
the fuss you would make"
The threat fell fiat, so far as any
outward show went.
II am now going up to present my
terms to Kathleen" Sir Dudley cor.
cluded. II hope I have made 1t clear
that It rests with her whether yGu
are logged in addition to being Gre
mated"
He went out. locking the aoor De-
hind him. -
CHAPTER XIII
The Inspectors Susy Day
TNg?ECToR wEAGGE's explore'
tfS@s took him to the local post
office. where he sent of 8 coupfe
Of reply.pa!6 kilograms and then eet'
tied down to several bng.dlstance
talks on the telephone. Nent he set
out and walked by field footpaths 20
Colnbrook Towers-
AS ne plodded up The elm avenue
to the statesmans country home =
car passed him. also going toward
the house. and stopped. Mr.. Co!nsa
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31
PEN Pointers

Some people will agree that there
are two sides to story. but they
think both sides are theirs.
Where there is will there IS usu.
ally a flock Of relatives scrapptng
over It.
A child never learns to mind when
a parent doesn't mind whether the
child does or not.
One good turn deserves another
except when the semaphore is
against you.
Nhis Is the dine Of year when the
weather man deals. mostly In cold
facts.
Some hens lay eggs in the winter
and some lay down in the job.
It is rumored that The gas com
panies originated the expression
Skeep the home Hres burning"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31
CHAPTER XIII
The Room Downstairs

NORMAN SLATER did not re-.
Y cover his senses till the small
hours Of the morning. and then
for long while only in the
sketchiest fashion In his war ex.
perience he had been gassed on one
occasion and buried in a shell.hole
Tor half a day on another. and his
present sensations reminded him OF
both His head was splitting. his
throat was parched and his limbs
were so cramped that movement was
almost denied him.
Not a ray of light shone on his
misery
BY degrees remembrance came
back. up to the point when he had
succumbed to superior numbers and
a most potent anesthetic in the
keepers cottage From that his
mini worked backwards to the
events Of the day before and what
had led up to them. He groaned In
despair-not for his own plight. but
because he feared for Kathleen.
At first he had not the faintest
notion where he vas. The sound OF
running water gurgling close by
presently gave him clue to his
whereabouts. and at last the
breaking of dawn on an iron.grate6
aperture high up in the wall OF his
prison confirmed It..
His treacherous captors had car
ried him to the deserted mill across
the stream and had fastened him to
a wall in the basement. AS the light
grew stronger he was sure OF this
That pile of rotting sacks in the cor.
ner must once have held golden grain
reaped in the pleasant countryside
which he would never see again.
His gloomy meditations were dis
turbed by the grating Of key and
the opening Of the door of'his prison
Judith Grimes entered. bearing q
basin Of porridge and a jug Of milk
She went out as silently as she had
come. a gaunt and forbidding figure
with her scanty gray locks and angu
lar shoulders.
The food and drink restored biz
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31
November 1 to z

vour birthday this exceedingly progressive
mind Won are always busy ideas and inventive
You have very positive nAexbe will Your pertinacly @
r Determination inpe YOU to achievements IN
difficulties secreive and seldom duge your a ono
cause you object having them known but because you @ ~
else might make of them -, ~, ,sac+;or Won feel
You are not deronstratve and show the aecon you
paconse NJ vour cold distant your most
nsr sntirev understand do not rea make
The women brilliant conversaeonahsCs ~" H"N0 my ~
sians writer's eocutonists and actresses s ond ,nns
The men become chemists house and floral deo"'0rs anu
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31
BEGIN HERE TODAY

JAMES WRAGGE. Scotland
Yard detective. assigned to the
murder case Of James Glenister.
comes Unexpectedly upon Simon
Trlckey. former clerk Of
SIR DUDLEY. believed to be
the murderer of Glenister. From
Trickey he learns that Sir Dudley
made an appointment with Clients.
ter to meet him on the estate. and
that Glenister had not been seen
alive since. Meanwhile Sir Dudley
is holding
KATHLEEN Glen S T e r
and her lover. Norman Slater. in
nriSCn
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world will think worth while"
Of courst, the man is besieged
with suggestions. There must be
lot of mortgages in the world. for
most of these people want me TO
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31

WANT NOTICES for persons desir
ing employment will hereafter b
published free of charge. Person
seeking help will pay full rates.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

You can jump on my feelings so
long as you don't shove me in quod."
Then just one little question. You
took your wife over as damaged
goods to oblige gentleman. didn't
you?"
Mr. Simon Trickey rasped his
stubbly chin with unclean finger.
nails. For an instant his scowl
seemed to presage revolt. He ended
by solemnly winking at his inter.
locutor
She wasn't a cinema star when
she did me the honor to accept my
heart and hand" he replied with sly
suggestion. Quite nice little al
lowance paid quarterly she had. but
who paid it haven't the remotest
idea. You might ask her the next
time you're strolling along Lips.
combe Road
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31

AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-31

save their farms and stores" Carso'
says.
And relatives, he didn't know t.
had any, but since the court ava I
he has heard from several hundred.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

National-"The Goose Hangs High,
comedy, at 500 pm.
Keith's-Roye and Maye, vaudeville,
al 2:15 and SIS pm.
Earle-"Five Jolly Corks," vaude-
vile, continuous from l to IL pm.
Metropolitan-"The Making of O'Mal-
ley" at 1870 am, 1870. $50, $50, 1880
and $40 pm.
Palace-"Pretty Ladies' at 1:l5
a m. /, PAS, 4:30, 6:15, and $50 pm.
Columbia-"The Manicure Girl" at
1855 am, 12:40, 2:10. 4:25, $40, 1855
and $50 pm.
RiaIto-"The Man in Blue at 1885
an, 1885, 4, 5:55, s and 10 pm.
Tivoli-'The Talker," at 1925. $40.
7:20 and 9:40 pm.
Ambassador-"Makin of O'Malley,"
at 6:15, and $50 pm.
Earle Roof-"Up the Ladder" con-
tinuous from 7:3o to IL pm. Dancing
from II to midnight.
CentraI-"The Snob Buster" at
1890, 2, $3.50, 5, $50, s and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
MARY T. MARSHALL
DIES; ILL A WEEK
Was National Secretary of
Alpha Chi Omega and
Editor of the Lyre.

Mrs. Mary Emma Marshall ma
tional secretary of the Alpha Chi
Omega Women's Fraternity, and we'll
known In this city, died at Emer-
gency Hospital Saturday. She had
been i'll about week and underwent
an operation Friday.
She was the wife of Herbert c.
Marshall, economist and lawyer of
the Department of Agriculture, who
has charge of numerous publications
in the division of agricultural econom-
les in the department
In addition to her work as national
Evening star., 1925-07-27
Gold ValuabIes Found Among Trash
By Cotored Woman Digging in Dump

The jewelry and money were
dropped in trash basket by Mrs.
Bailey Thursday, and unkhowingly
sent to the trash heap. where the
package was hauled to the District
dump on Montello avenue north
east. Mrs. Bailey did not discover
her loss until yesterday. She and
her husband went to the dump and
looked for the missing valuables.
but no trace of them was found
until early today. The woman said
she did not find the other valu-
ables. Mr.. Bailey and Detective II.
X. Wilson of the ninth precinct
questioned her at her home today
regarding the circumstances under
which she found the jewelry. The
entire contents of the razor box
safety deposit vault were valued at
500. No arrest has been made.
Evening star., 1925-07-27

Digging in a miscellaneous mass
of debris gathered from all parts
of the city, Estelle Pendell, an old
colored woman of 107 Mount Olivet
road northeast. today found part of
valuable trash" consigned to the
District dump last Thursday
through a mistake by Mrs. Stewart
r. Bailey of 1861 Thirteenth street.
The aged colored woman found a
woman's gold watch. two lockets
and two gold neck chains. part of
the valuable articles which were
thrown into the trash by accident.
The rest of the valuables, 10 $50
bills. two diamond rings and a
mans diamond ring set with sap
phires were not recovered. al
though the entire lot was incased
in a small razor box wrapped In a
p1per bag