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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-10
NEARLY II MILLION
DOLLARS WAS SPENT.
BY GEORGIA IN 1924
STATE TREASU RER SPEER
MAKES PUBLIC RECEIPTS
AND DISBURSEMENTS.
GEORGIA'S FINANCIAL STATUS
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Due to
Common Schools on Last Years
Appropriation. Federal Funds Dis
bursed Through State.


Almost Sl7,000,00O passed through
the treasury of the state OF Georgia
during 1924, according to statistics
made public by w. ]. Speer, state
treasurer. On December 81, 1924, the
receipts for. the twelve-month period
totaled $16,765,2640S against disburse-
ments of $l6,739,47439.
Discounted school warrants that
were hoated last spring to provide
funds for the maintenance OF the COM
mon schools Of the state until the re-
ceipt of tax moneys later in the year
were paid last week by the transfer to
the National Park bank OF New York
OF $2,34S,441
An additional $395,07S OF discounted
warrants will mature March l, max
ing a total Of $2,743,519 in school war
rants discounted during the year 1924,
to provide payment for teachers
After these sums are paid there will
remain due the common schools the
sum of $22,00170 as balance on the
1924 school appropriation, and Treas
urer Speer expects to distribute about
half this amount to the various coun-
ties and towns early in February. The
remainder will be paid as soon as the
condition of the treasury will permit.
The treasurer's statement shows
that on January l, 1924, there was a
cash book balance of $2,326,4l6.50,
and at the close of the fiscal year on
December 81, 1924, the cash book bal
ance was $2,352, 20619.
AS custodian of federal funds the
state treasurer disbursed during 1924
SI4O1o7.65 for federal vocational
training; $l1,0S3.39 for federal rehab-
ilitation work; $2,05S.55 for federal
venerea1 disease prevention; and $18,-
216.67 for federal hygiene OF materni-
ty and infancy work.
Federal funds for disease proven
ton and maternity and infant hygiene
were paid over to the state board OF
health in accordance with the cooper
alton features of the federal and state
laws.
Additional federal funds to the
amount OF $2,061, S0676 were handled
through the state treasury tor hlgf
way purposes, this sum being paid tc
the state highway department tc
match state and county funds.
/ Bonds of insurance companies ant
other corporations were handled BY
the state treasurer to the amount o.
approximately 100000 during thu
year 1924.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-10
INDIANS CLAIMING
CHATTANOOGA CITY
CHEROKEES DECLARE THEY
OWN TOWN AND FARM LAND
AND PREPARE SUIT.

The entire city OF Chattanooga,
Tenn, and 100000 acres OF fertile farm
land in the vicinity will be proved
property of tribe OF Cherokee In
dams, if the suit OF John Taylor at
torney for the Indians, is won by the
complainants. The Indians base then
claim to the land, which is valued at
more than $100,000,000, on treaties
made several centuries ago.
Saw Each Had Share.
The indians, through their attorney,
assert that each member OF the tribe
was awarded share of the disputed
territory in a treaty signed by them
with the state of North Carolina,
which then included the present state
.of Tennessee, in 1888.
At that time the state otilclals per
suaded some of the Indians to MI
CRATE to the west. A few OF the trlDe.
however, stayed in the mountains OF
the state and later, according to the
s,,it were given shares in the land on
which they had remained.
Laugh at Suit
The people of Chattanooga laugh at
the suit. They declare that even
should the Indians claims be proved
legal, they are the rightful owners OF
the land by reason OF their residence
there for many years. In this event.
however, Taylor hopes to invoke
federal law which he says provides
that the government must pay dam
ages for all Indian land the use OF
which has been taken into other hands.
TAYLOR says he has documentary evil
'dence sufficient to prove the Indians
the owners of the city and the ada
cent territory
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-10
Officials of Vocational Board Ad-
nit Distribution of Household
Pamphlet Was Blocked When
Branded as Foolishness.

jected to it as "foolishness" 1t was
said that the results of the question
naire were to be used in compiling
scientific data for use in home eco
Monies instruction.
The diary was an eight-page PAM
phlet with a page OF printed entries
to serve as a sample. Copies OF it
could not be obtained from the board,
but Representative Byrnes created
amusement when he read the house
their sample entries:
Saturday, November 5th: 6.30-7,
dressed self, walked husband, opened
doors and windows downstairs, pre-
pared breakfast; 7-7.30, ate breakfast,
planned evening party with husband,
called children; 1908, dressed baby,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-10
AN ENORMOUS TAX BILL IS PAID BY
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
Texan Comes to Georgia to Learn
The Best Methods of Raising Cotton

1T is no trouble to raise large
cotton crop in Texas" said Mr.. Schof-
felmayerfel land we grew almost s.
100000 bales this year, but it took
more than 100000 acres to do it.
We want to produce cotton intensive
ly and cut down the acreage enough
to raise our own feed and as much
food crops on every farm as possible.
That is why The Dallas News under
took the More Cotton on Fewer
Acres" contest last year in which al
most 1000 farmers took part III l70
cotton growing counties in Texas. The
average acre yield of lint for the state
in the last FIVE years in Texas has
been about l40 pounds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-10

ATLANTA, Ga.-Coming all the
way from Texas to gather information
about cotton-raising in Georgia in
connection with the More Cotton on
Fewer Acres contest conducted by
The Dallas Morning News and The
Semi-Weekly Farm News OF Dallas,
Victor H. Schoffelmayer, cotton con-
test director and agricultural editor OF
these papers, is attending the meeting
OF the Association of Southern Agri-
cultural Workers in Atlanta. He will
remain for several days and then go
to Marlboro county, South Carolina,
which has become famous overnight
in Texas as the outstanding cotton
growing county of the southeast.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-10
5000, 900 DOLLARS WORTH
GEORGIA SCHOOL BONDS SOLD
Borrowed Money Will Be Used for
Paying Teachers Salaries

Georgia school warrants 70 tiiI
amount of $3,000,000 have been SOFA
TO the Fourth National bank OF Al AZ
lanta at the discount rate OF ~,
which is the lowest rate on record ana
which was highly gratifying to Gov
ernor Walker. ~
There were four bidders besides the
Fourth National. -
Funds from the discounting OF these
warrants will be used in the payment
OF sa,aries of teachers for the past
ear and the warrants are due IN FEB
narv and March of 1926.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-10
A MONTANA FARM OF
1900 ACRES is HORSELESS
The Corporation Owning 1t Cultivate'
With II Large Tractors.

A farming corporation in Montana,
established seven years ago, and now
operating 1900 acres where all work
is done by machinery, expects to pro-
duce 100000 bushels Of grain dur
ing 1926.
Not a horse IS to be seen on the
land. Fourteen tractors are in use.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-10

1t SENS that some young women
try to put on by taking more off.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
MOTORISTS unable.
/ TOAVO|D ARRESTS
A. W. Frye Says Traffic Laws
Are Such That Coast-to-
Coast Trip Means Fines.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, February lit Is i'm
possible for a motorist to drive from
one coast OF America to the other
without being arrested from two to
six times, unless he has eloquence
enough to melt the heart of the traffic
policemen, declared A. w. Frye, su-
preme commander of the Maccabees,
In an address at recent automobile
mems conference.
The only way to avoid trouble with
the police is by driving so cautiously
that 1t deprives the trip Of much of
ITS pleasure" said Mr.. Frye. There
is not only lack of uniformity be-
tween States but between cities in the
same State. Every individual police
department has its own rules. If 1
drive from the Maccabees' Interna-
tional Home at Chatham, Pa, to
Washington, D. c., and in Harrisburg,
Pa, make a left turn around a traffic
officer. I am liable to arrest
If in Washington, d. c., I carefully
drive inside the traffic officer l will be
lucky to escape the Police Court. II
in Washington I give the hand signal
used in California to indicate I am
going to turn to the left, the car be-
hind will probably crash into me, be-
cause in Washington the signal means
for him to pass.
''The Maccabees' international motor
caravan, which will bring to Wash
1nston in July $500 ears and more
than 10000 Maccabees from all parts
of the United States and Canada, will
be the greatest object lesson the
country has ever seen of the necessity
for uniform traffic laws. Careful
records of all conflicting traffic regu-
lations will be kept by the caravan
squad leaders. and these records will
be turned over to the Department of
Commerce, to aid Secretary Hooyer's 8
drive for uniform motor legislation"
Evening star., 1925-02-15
THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS

whole point. The owner spends a
lot Of time on 1t, but he's gone too
far with system. Whenever he sets
out to inspect tho plugs he makes 1t
4 rule to examine two Of them before
divin' into the job. He is systematic
about this, and up to a certain point
he is sensible.
For instance, he looks at the plugs
of one OF the end cylinders and then
at one OF the plugs toward the CEN
this Is to make sure that In judgin'
all the plugs by the one he examines
he isn't maxim the mistake of over
lookin' the difference in fuel dis
tribution. Sometimes the center CYL
inders will get q richer mixture than
the end ones or more oil, dependin'
upon the motor, the adjustment of
the carburetor and other matters
His little system helps him up to this
point, but then he makes the mistake
Of carryin' 1t too far.
I've just towed his car over here
because 1t would not run right He
said the trouble couldn't be due to
the plugs, but when he told me about
his system that was the first place /
looked. He forgot that rings. cylin-
ders and pistons do not always wear
evenly, and that any one of four, six
or eight cylinders may foul It's spark
plug quicker than the rest.
His system cost him a repair bill,
a lot of trouble and worry. Some
times it's best to do a little more
work on the car than you think 1t
needs.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Did You Know

That the use Of calcium chloride in
the cooling system to prevent freezing
is undesirable, not merely because OF
its corrosive action, but because 1t
forms short circuits when it gets on
the ignition wires or the spark plugs
Should the radiator boil over and some
OF the solution reach the engine, trou-
BILE Is likely to follow. This salt does
its evil work when cold. for then 1t
absorbs moisture and forms a short.
BY the time you start to look for tho
trouble 1t melts and defies detection.
That while a six-cylinder engine IL
supposed to be inherently free from
vibration because of the ideal arrange
ment OF the crank throws on the
crankshaft, 1t does, however, develop
peculiar vibration Of It's own because
of the length Of its shaft The front
ptstons, being SO far from the drag
gtng fywheel get a lead on the engine
when the driver accelerates quickly.
The front of the shift thus tends to
twist. 1t is being minimized by many
manufacturers through the use Of
front end vibration dampeners, tandem
fiywheels and very much heavier
crankshafts.
That a six-cylinder engine that will
start on compression (starting by
switching on the ignition without
using starter when warm) Is usually
out OF balance? Sometimes incorrect
timing Of the valves will enable a six
to do this. Usually, however. the en-
gine will not perform satisfactorily
otherwise.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
HILL-CLIMBING POWER.
Advice Given in Matter Of Cool
ing Process.

A cool mixture is invariably pow
err increase in hill climbing. but IL
you are using an autopatic shut
ter device on the radiator core do
not make the mistake Of keeping the
engine running so cool that the shut
ters are partly closed when you start
climbing. IT this happens the shut
ters will not open until the engine
is little too warm for best per-
formance.
A trick in this connection is to
run at a moderate speed until near
the bottom of the hill, then speeding
up as soon as the shutters have
opened fully. II the increased speed
should for any reason tend to chill
the engine little tho thermostat
will be little slow in registering
the change and the shutters Will re-
main wide open, thus helping to keep
the mixture cool enough for best per-
formance Of the engine. On the
other hand. II you run fast on the
level before climbing the engine will
cool down, the shutters will close
and they may not open quickly
enough to keep the engine at the
coolest and most efficient point when
1t starts to pull hard on the hill.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Juss Where-and When.

0u6g w uC4C-SkAU xICAs
New models In speed laws are in
expectation as part of the progress
of the present year. According to
those who are watching the ma
chinery Of the 45 State legislatures
now, or soon to be, in session this
year, there is a possibility that some
State will offer remedy to the pres
ent inconsistencies.
The point attacked most strenu-
ously by progressives is the fact that
speed laws attempt to tell drivers
where they should keep within GER
tain speed limits, rather than when.
The difference Is this: The law
warns a driver against travelling
faster than, let us say. 25 miles an
hour through residential districts
where hoouses are not closer togeth-
er than 100 feet. But the law does
slippery the speed limit is automati-
cally lowered to Is.
Most States have provisions In their
motor vehicle laws forbidding the
passing of schoolhouses at more
than a speed OF eight or ten miles an
hour. This tells the driver where"
but overlooks the when" feature of
safety. Why does the typical law not
rule that a speed of 10 miles an hour
is in order when children are playing
in the streets?
Our legislatures have given due
consideration to the place but not to
the time. Accident investigations are
beginning to reveal that there are
certain times of the week. of the
day-even of the year-when extra
caution is necessary in driving. Yet
the motor laws still consider only
the matter Of dangerous places.
What the law doesn't consider the
average driver is almost certain to
overlook. Putting it another way,
the law is now being criticized for
encouraging disregard for the matter
of consideration for the times when
extra caution through slower speed is
essential.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Views Of the News.

Tho faithful Ford Is said to have
been chagrined recently when Kan
sas man discovered that the bat
teries OF his electric car could be
used to thaw out frozen water pipes.
but conclusions were a bit too hasty.
Another uotorist has discovered that
II the Ford engine 10 allowed to run
during the night while parked in the
side yard the pipes can't freeze. The
theory of 1t has something to do with
vibration.
According to the news report the
newest name for garage Is autoria.
The story goes that a woman motor
ist coined 1t as a special name for
the neat little structure in the back
yard that houses the family sedan.
Garage, to her way Of thinking, sug-
gests a mess OF oil, cotter pins and
whatnot- So tonight don't forget to
lock the autoria.
The commissioner OF plants and
structures OF New York City has
asked for the cooperation of the
police and fire departments in an ef-
fort to lessen the number Of auto.
mobile fires on the bridges spanning
the East River. A bridge fire IL viewed
as a serious hazard. owing to the
blocking Of trafic and the possibility
Of panic. Some regulations may be
forthcoming holding drivers respon-
sible for any invitation to fire such
as q leaking gas tank, defective wir-
ing or careless smoking. A bridge
fire Is q new version Of an old story
Water, water everywhere and not
q drop to quench."
Evening star., 1925-02-15

ally discount the first possibility.
Excessive choking, II that appears to
be the more logical cause, Is the re-
suit of an improper carburetor mix
ture. There is also the possibility
that you are not using the right
grade Of oil, or good oil.
II you have run the car a little too
fast in second" SO that It will be
difficult to shift to "high," try speed
ing up the engine while going
through neutral" The clutch should
be engaged while giving the engine
gas, but 1t should be disengaged as
usual before completing the shift.
This will usually save a clash of
gears when starting away down a
grade.
The easier your clutch works the
less chance there is for having a
wheel spin around on the ice or snow
when trying to start away without
chains. The clutch needs to work
smoother In Winter than in Summer
Evening star., 1925-02-15
ENGINES CARRY RESERVE.
Practice Of Using It, However, Of
ten Harmful to Machine.

Some cars are equipped with a re-
servo gas tank. but all engines
carry reserve power supply. It Is
for this reason that a large percent
age of motorists keep going day in
and day out without realizing that
they are running on the engines
reserve power and that suddenly the
engine Is gcdng to give out altogether.
Reserve power is such an impor-
tant point in the design of some
engines that It is possible to climb
steep hills in high gear with the
cylinders hitting on only five or seven,
depending upon whether the engine
is six or an eight. This may be
due to faulty spark plugs or which
is more likely, to valve not seating
properly. Compression In the par
ticular cylinder approximates nil,
and contributes hardly anything to
the work of the engine. The other
Ave or seven cylinders carry the
burden, and do 1t exceptionally we'll
But suppose second cylinder
grows weary? When you run on the
reserve, you skate on thin ice.
Folding pianos have been perfected.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Now You Have It.

(AnswerS to last weeks questionS.)
1. The wiring from the positive
pole of the battery to the starter
button switch, and thence to the
starter motor, is always the largest
and heaviest insulated wiring on the
car so that the starter can draw a
maximum charge from the battery
with minimum of current loss. The
more electrical energy the starter
motor receives the quicker 1t will turn
the engine, and the quicker the latter
will start.
.. You do not mesh two gears to-
gether when you shift to high" The
sliding gear that is used to mesh with
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Lessons From Accidents.

Climbing a steep hill that was COW
cred with ice, a driver got ratified and
lost control of his machine when
finding 1t necessary to shift gears
and try fancy steering because he
had caught up to the car ahead, which
suddenly started backing. The acci-
dent that followed could have been
avoided had he shifted into second"
at the bottom of the hill and kept a
reasonable distance behind the other
car. There Is a lot in knowing
enough to appreciate that other
drivers have the same hazards to
look out for.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
URGES WINTER SPARES.
Worn Tires Should Be Saved fol-
Warm-Weather Touring

It's all very well to think of Win
ter as the time of year to wear out
the old tires, but some motorists
change their minds after they've had
a puncture or two on a cold day. 1t
Is then that they discover that there
is no time of year more inconvenient
and costly to have a puncture than
in Winter. If the tires are half gone
and in such condition that to ride on
them fiat would be to engage in ex-
travagance it would be better to buy
a few new tires for the Winter and
keep the others for hard use in the
Summer.
On the other hand, if the tires are
very old you might just as we'll take
a chance on having them go flat or
blow out during your Winter driving.
You will not feel obliged to get out
and change them. for there would be
nothing to lose in cutting them to
pieces on your way to warm
garage.
Evening star., 1925-02-15

Too much system doesn't pay In
takin' care of a car. / know it for a
fact because / see what happens to
a lot of cars that are serviced ac-
cordin' to logic and system.
You can carry a good thing to ex-
tremes same as anything else. It's all
right to make 1t part Of a system to
inspect the spark plugs ever so often,
but you go step too far when
you try to save labor by takin' the
condition of one plug as an indica~
tion OF what shape the rest are in.
There's q car that illustrates the
Evening star., 1925-02-15
The Sunday Motorist
An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners
EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN

the second speed gear on tho counter.
shaft OF the transmission is merely
locked against the main driving gear
of the transmission. The counter
shaft gears revolve while the car is
in high" but actually play no part
in the gear combination at that time.
8. A universal Joint permits the ro-
tating motion OF the final drive of the
car to 'Ko around corners" In other
words, whether the car Is bobbing
up and down or running on a smooth
road the universal transmits the
power from Transmission to difYeren-
tial. A straight shaft without joints
would break.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
WORTH REMEMBERING.

Sudden gusts Of wind will throw
the car off its course as quickly as
an uncharted hole in the road. When
it's windy keep a firmer grasp on the
wheel, particularly when meeting an
other car.
Always throw away rags used in
process of cleaning spark plugs.
Should these rags carry bit of car
bon and be used for polishing, the
body would be badly scratched
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Too Much Gas Harmful.

A common mistake in cranking a
cold engine is in setting the throttle
too wide. This is particularly risky
II the engine has just been filled with
fresh oil. The drag" of the oil and
the sudden racing of the engine
(even if momentary) may break the
oil pump.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Points to Remember.

Always examine the oil that has
been drained from the engine. 1t
will give you some idea Of the condi-
tion OF the engine. II 1t is very thin.
and you have not exceeded the 500
mile limit on the one filing of oil,
either the engine needs new rings or
you are using the choker too much.
If the car Is fairly new you can usu-
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Well, Of All Things!

The Cadillac car was Henry Ford's
first auto venture. A year later. In
1909. he organized the Ford Motor
Company.
Bucks first car was failure
w. c. Durant put 1t across.
The Pierce-Arrow Company, for
merly George N. Pierce Company, used
Evening star., 1925-02-15
What's the AnsWer2

/. What State has the highest gas
oline tax?
2. Why does a gasoline engine stall
despite the fact that you may give il
q generous amount of gas? Why
doesn't a steam engine stall?
8. How old Is the electric self.
starter for automobiles?
(Think these over during the week
and look for the answers in this de.
partment next Sunday.)
Copyright, 1925)
Evening star., 1925-02-15

to make refrigerators, bicycles and
bird cages.
Elwood Haynes built his first car
with the aid OF the practical Apperson
brothers.
Tho steering tiller Of the first Pack
ard looked like q coal shovel.
Evening star., 1925-02-15

There's many y sinxle-cylinder man
riding around In nm eixht-cylinder
car.
Evening star., 1925-02-15

Folding pianos have been perfected.
Evening star., 1925-02-15

No wonder you ceased hearing about Light
Skies No wonder millions in equipment have
been sent to the scrap pile to make possible
new cars to compete with the Jewett. But
run them on the coal scales and you will still
find them Light Skies hundreds Of pounds
lighter than Jewett. Check up on the piston
displacement of their motors. You will still
find them underpowered -20% to 3o% less
power than the Jewett.
Evening star., 1925-02-15

THREE years ago we built the first Jewett
l. cara Six. 1t was revolutionary
two ways
Ithad about one third more power than was
ever put into car of it's size. It was stnoier by
hundreds Of pounds than other cars Of it's size.
And it was Sn-remember that Three
years ago it was sturdy, .big-powered Six.
1t could outperform and stand up with cars
Of far higher price. That was when other
makers in Jewetfs price class $1,000 to 1900
Offered dependable but sluggish Fours, or
Light Skies, underpowered and short-lived