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. L. RAINEY.
i LEGISLATURE
JGAN N s[ss||]Nl
oT RACE FOR SPEAKER
\. HOLDER WAS ELECT- i
pON FIFTH BALLOT. |
RSINGAGEDINA
yI.) SCRAMBLE FOR SEATS
i
1 Aside Doorkeepers and
ed Pell Mell Into Hall. Reto-l
' to Adjourn July 21. Ladies
¢ to Lobby. !
Georgia legislature adjourned
bsday, and the house adjourned
hursday, after four fruitless
L for speaker. The candidates
w. H. Burwell of Hancock
;J. N. Holder of Jackson:
- and N. F. Culpepper of Meri
county. 5
first ballot resulted: Burwell
fider 60, and Culpepper 55.
third ballot: Holder 69; Bur
-0; Culpepper 53.
B ;ourth ballot: Holder 78; Cul
-54; Burwell 52.
ne senate S. L. Olive of Rich
county was elected president
it opposition, as was Mr. Pea
of Dodge county as president
. D. F. McClatchy was unop
for re-election as secretary,
B. Hooks of Monroe defeated
Hargett for messenger.
Holder Finally Wins.
the first ballot Thursday morn
r. Holder was elected speaker
house, defeating Mr. Culpep
j a vote of 105 to 78, Mr. Bur
aving withdrawn from the race.
They Ran Nip and Tuck.
roll-call of members was more
alf complete before it could be
ho was going to be the winner,
te being nip and tuck through
| of nearly a hundred members’
The two candidates never at
jme more than a couple or
ote¢ apart. When the last
f the list was turned into, how
older began to pick up rapidly,
» Jsth and deciding vote was
Dr. White, of Fulton. Des
bt fact, though, Culpepper ran
pl from 73, when Helder stood
78 at the end of the' roll call,
It vote cast being for Culpep
ter Holder had gone to 105.
r the election of the- speaker,
BEnarck Moore of Atlanta was
ted clerk of the house. He re
-3 121 against 45 cast for J. B.
bn of Jones county.
. D. Paulk of Ben Hill was re
d messenger of the house. He
)2 votes. W. C. Davis of Fulton
9 votes, and J. C. Morgan of
pn 18 votes. Representative
vy of Taliaferro was unanim
tlected speaker pro tem. Rev.
Ellis was re-elected chaplin.
ncluded organization of the
and adjournment was taken un
o'clock Friday morning.
ember's Wife Given Seat.
owing the elections Represen-
Burwell introduced a resolution
ing the privilege of the floor
‘.P\\ulte-r R. McDonald, wife
bind member from Richmond
. The resolution was unanim-
Passed and Mrs. MeDonald,
her husband’s constant com
and assistant, will have a seat
floor beside him.
the preparation of drawing
s came a wild seramble. The
scleared of all save those who
frmitted by resolution or mo
select their seats at will and
|of counties began. Not half
I counties had been called
he members on the outside
r ihv doorkeepers and rushed
¢ hall. Speaker Holder made
“al plea that those members
'}uumxgn\ had not been called
.t‘#t his request was not com
‘o. Men who had taken seats
Ferred positions during the
ply sat tight. Dozens of mo
iMe one after the other, with
‘\]'}] amendments and substi
¢ or more than an hour the
L’ “¢t the house cleared and
f‘\\‘nh the drawing was futile.
ISt resolution, other than
'l”w"?(z do with the organiza-
P that of Trox Bankston, of
"_"U”‘.\'. reciting the stress of
‘I-‘\- and the need for economy,
¢ upon both the house and
1” t 0 come to an agreement,
..,r;“\"’]““(m, to adjourn sine
f“:'Alm noon. It will come up
;¢ order upon the calen
wir - Prevailing opinion is
be killed promptly.
r"]"““n First to Lobby.
i‘l“: .\\(Ar(- the first to ulobbyn
"5 On the desk of every
B and senator there was
; ‘W-l‘f.wlar reading as follows:
. 'S to the General Aszem-
PTeia 1917-18,
ber Ving measures will be
e o ''€ your honorable body
ll(f‘f’sl(leration:
il ' ‘aise the age of consent
; j(.‘ln (x]g.hteen YEarS.
1 11’?“"‘] suffrage for women,
i l'u",' enfranchise the women
" cigned b
: *d by the Woman’s
W o, Men's Leaguo
B, uffrage, Young Peo-
BB %¢ Association Xflm
W "'’y Suffrage Association.
THE DAWSON NEWS.
State Veterinarian Bahnsen Opens
On Dr. Soule Over Hog Cholera
Serum of State College Agriculture
CHARchtf{‘Mry aTLLING
IT AT HIGH Prront &
CREDITS SERVICE. ""*T
Lively Row Precipitated in Whichfi
: Clylrges and Counter Charges An?
&dd Back and Forth. Bahn
sen Goes at Length into History
; of Matter. |
Hog cholera serum, as manufac
tured and sold by the state college of
agriculture, has precipitated a row
between Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, state
veterinarian, and Dr. Andrew M.
Soule, president of the college.
His Charges.
Dr. Bahnsen charges Dr. Soule
with using the serum plant at the
state university as a means to get
unjustifiable high appropriations
from the state legislature; with sell
ing serum to the farmers of Georgia
at abnormally high prices; with fail
ure to provide serum sufficient to
meet the demands when he had serum
in plenty, and with using his influ
ence to discredit Dr. Bahnsen’s ser
vices as state veterinarian,
In reply Dr. Soule declares that
Dr. Bahnsen is making his sensa
tional charges simply to direct at
ltention away from charges against
ithe veterinary department that are
said to be contained in a report to
the governor from L. P. Cheatham,
‘employed as an auditor in the agri
cultural department.
In Brown’s Hands.
‘This report is now in the hands of
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
!Brown. It is understood that in it
Mr. Cheatham, who was employed to
audit the several branches of the de
partment on the retirement of James
D. Price, former commissioner, makes
‘sensational allegations in the report
regarding the manner in which Dr.
ißahnsen conducted the affairs of the
veterinarian office.
- Dr. Bahnsen’s charges are con
tained in a report to the commis
sioner of agriculture. Cheatham he
accuses of being a tool of Dr. Soule,
through whom Dr. Soule is seeking to
attack him and to discredit his de
partment.
Goes Into History.
.~ Dr. Bahnsen goes at length into
the history of the manufacture of
‘hog cholera serum in the state. In
1908, he says, the department of
‘agriculture began to experiment with
the serum, which was then $l5 a pint.
He says he advocated the establish
ment of a state serum plant, where
the serum could be manufactured for
farmers at cost. In 1911, he says,
he and Judge H. W. Hopkins of
Thomas secured the passage of a bill
by which the state college of agricul
ture was to make the serum at $5 a
pint. He says the college~refused to
co-operate with him in putting the
bill through, although a hard: fight
against it was made by the state
board of health, which favored an
other bill giving the board $6,000 an
nually to distribute the serum.
Much to his surprise, he said, the
state college, which began to make
the serum in 1912, charged $12.50 a
pint for it, and a protest from him
was unavailing toward lowering the
price. He says the college authori
ties left it to him the next year to ex
plain the high price to the state leg
islature, but that he did finally se
cure a reduction by buying in the
market and selling’ serum in open
competition with the college. When
this happened, he declared, the col
lege announced that ‘“through extra
ordinary skill and efficiency and the
practice of economy” it had managed
to reduce the price to meet Dr. Bahn
sen’s figure. " Dr. Bahnsen charges
that “the college dealt unfairly with
the public.”
Dr. Bahnsen claims that at various
times the state college refused to let,
him have the serum in sufficient
quantities for his department, though
the college had plenty of serum it
self. He goes into details regarding
the charges Mr. Cheatham is said ta
make against him, and replies to
them with sensational allegations
against Mr. Cheatham himself.
The latest in the controversy is
another card from Dr. Soule in which
he says the records of the college are
open to the trustees and the com
missioner of agriculture for inspec
tion.
Scores of Jews Driven From Homes
In Palestine Perish From Lack of Food
BOSTON, Mass.—Details of the
evacuation of Palestine have just
been received by the Boston branch
of the provisiofial committee for gen
eral Zionist affairs. The cable in part
follows:
“Between 8,000 and 9,000 Jews
were compelled toflj]'ékve Jaffa. Of
these more than 3,000 are now in
lower Galilee; more than 1,000 in
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1917.
A CAT IS PICKED UP |
FAR OUT ON THE OCEANI
; LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Carl Han
son and George Fitch returned to
Redondo Beach, Cal., from a fishing
trip bringing with them a large black
cat which they found riding an emp-’
ty keg miles out at sea. The felinei
was famished and had undoubtedly
weathered a big storm. X l
BY MURDER CHARGE
|
ki
FOR KILLING R. C. M'ALLISTER.
HE IS ARRESTED BY SHERIFF
UNDER A WARRANT.
J. Eugene Peterson, who killed Rob
ert C. McAllister in a pistol duel at
Fort Gaines Tuesday afternoon was
next day arrested by the sheriff of
Clay county, under a warrant charg
ing murder, and placed in jail.
If id understood Peterson will
plead justification on the ground that
his life was in danger. The defense
has not yet decided whether to de
mand a preliminary hearing in a jus
tice court or apply to Superior Court
Judge Worrill for bail.
Near Postoffice.
' The McAllister-Peterson tragedy
occurred in a garden at the imme
diate rear of the local postoffice.
Peterson owns the postoffice building,
lwhile McAllister’s wife is postmis
tress. Peterson says he had employ
ed a negro carpenter to build a toilet
in the garden for the convenience
of postoffice employes and that McAl
lister ran the carpenter away, who
later reported to Peterson, who went
to the scene armed with an automa
tic pistol. McAllister met him and
called him vile names at the time
reaching for a section of iron and
lboth drew pistols and fired. Six shots
were exchanged, McAllister being
| shot in the right side, the bullet cut-
Iting‘ the artery near the heart. He
staggered to the lobby of the post
lofl‘ice, fell and expired in a few min
utes.
Flesh Wounds.
Peterson received flesh wounds in
the right hand and left arm. Mrs.
McAllister was within a few feet of
the shooting, but did not see it nor
were there any eye witnesses save
the participants.
The town was wildly excited for a
time, with many women and children
screaming on the streets in the heart
of town. Everything is quiet now.
The parties in the tragedy are prom
inent in both business and social cir
cles, having lived many years in
Southwest Georgia, and both families
are widely connected. Bad feeling
had existed for some time between
the two men.
It was feared other killings would
result, but the danger has passed.
Sentiment in the county is not fully
crystallized.
McAllister leaves a wife, five chil
dren and considerable estate. Mr.
Peterson is a national republican
and his wife was .postmistress under
Roosevelt and Taft, when she was
succeeded by Mrs. McAllister, who
was selected by a popular vote of the
patrons of the postoffice.
LIONISTS GIVE BIG SUM
TO THE PALESTINE VENTURE
Nearly Half Million Dollars Pledged
by American Zionists Toward
Ocgupation of Palestine.
BALTIMORE, Md.—A total of
$473,000 was pledged here recently
at the annual convention of the Fed
eration of American Zionists to
ward -a fund of $1,000,000 to equip
an’ industrial army to go to Pales
tine and prepare the way for its oc
cupation by Zionists.
Justice Louis D. Brandeis, of the
supreme court, pledged $lO,OOO,
while Mrs. Joseph Fels, of Philadel
phia, pledged $20,000. San Francisco
Zionists guaranteed $35,000; Los An
geles, $5,000; Ohio, $35,000; Virgi
nia, $5,000; Buffalo, $1,000; Sioux
City, $3,500; Philadelphia, $25,000,
and Chlc,ago, $32,000. Other con
tributions ‘are to be counted.
ing been dispersed in the colonies of
Judea and Samaria. Thirty Jews
have received special permission to
remain in Jafia. Six hundred per
sons were compelled to leave the
farms. % '
“Scores of deaths incidental to the
evacuation were due to insufficient
noprishment and the hardships of the
journey. In order to take care of
‘the refugees clay cottages are heing
erected. Jerusalem has not been
WILSON'S WAR POWER
10 EXGEED ANY KING'S
MEASURES PASSED AND UNDER
CONSIDERATION MAKE HIM
STRONGEST AUTOCRAT.
NEW MARK IS SET IN THE
CENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY
Pending Measures Would Put All
Industries Under Sway of Execu
tive, and Give Him Authority Over
Production and Disposition of All
Food in the Country.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—No ruler
of modern times has exercised au
thority comparable to the war pow
ers which will have been conferred
upon the president of the United
States by the time the present ses—l
sion ‘of congress ends. Those powers
will make him the strongest auto-‘
crat on earth, greater in the posses
sion of authority than any king, em-i
peror or 'dictator. |
Monarchs who in the course of his
tory attained supreme domination
)"over the people they chose to rule
iusurped their powers, gained them
‘by conquest or claimed them by di
vine right.
' The congress now in session has
set a new creation of new powers
tand in the transference of these pow
iers to the nation’s chief executive.
Diiferent in Europe.
In England or France such powers
in war time are given to a cabinet
whose existence depends wupon the
continued support of the parliament
which confers the powers. In Ameri
ca they are given to a single man,
‘'who remains in office four years, re
'gardless of the will or the continued
‘support of congress.
’ Far-reaching and permeating into
practically every activity of Ameri
can life, into every branch of indus
‘try on land and on sea, and into the
mines, factories, workshops and
farms, transportation systems and
!all the agencies of trade, both for
eign and domestic, will be the au
thority which the president will be
permitted to exercise when all these
war powers have been given him.
Many of the powers lave already
been given to the president, while
others are sought to be conferred
upon him by measures still pending
in either house or senate with rea
sonable assurance that they will be
passed before congress adjourns. To
enable him to carry them out he has
been given sums of money reaching
into the billions, the huge war chest
|of the nation, which will be filled by
' the most comprehensive and search
ing scheme of taxation ever devised
in the country’s history, having been
lplaced at his command. He may dis
burse these sums in this country or
to the nations abroad in any manner
that may seem to him advisable in
order to prosecute the war in which
the nation is now engaged.
WOULD RETURN BILL TO COM
MITTEE ON GROUND THAT
DRY SECTION UNLAWFUL,
WASHINGTON.—The fight in con
gress over government eontrol of
food and other necessaries have vir-*
tually narrowed to the question of
prohibition.
The house control bill as amended
by the senate agriculture committee
was substituted in the senate for its
original draft and debate proceeded,
Senator Lodge opening with a speech
in favor of continuing manufacture
of beer and wine. The bill as it now
stands would prohibit the manufac
ture of -all intoxicating liquors, but
empowers the president to exempt
wines. X
Senators Johnson, of California,
and Kellogg, of Minnesota, delivered
prepared speeches on the general fea
ture of the bill, promising it their
support as a war measure.
Lapse of several days in general
discussion and delivery of set speech
es on other provisions before the
prohibition fight develops in earnest
is in prospect. There is pending a
motion by Senator Hardwick to send
the bill back to the committee on
the ground that the prohibition and
other important sections are uncon
stitutional.
Senate sentiment is said generally
to favor stopping manufacture of
distilled spirits, so the debate will
center upon beer and wines. Resort
for the first time to the senate’s new
cloture rule in an effort to hasten
action may be attempted, although
there is such a marked division of
opinion over the question of permit
ting brewing to continue that leaders
say it would be impossible %o secure
cloture.
GERMAN PRISONERS ESCAPE. |
PETROGRAD.—NQWSD@”" say !
that more than 3,500 German prison
ers and 100 officers, alsé prisoners,,
escaped from. various parts of Rus
sia’ last month and that very little
h_&‘lx has been given toward recap
tothigovheg L. cEaL
sl S G eTR NG e R Fa R
Vanguard of the American Army -
Land On French Soil Amid the
Wild Cheers of the Allied People
'THE RECORD PRICE IS
PAID FOR A BULL CALF
D. W. Fields, of Brockton, Mass.,
has just paid the record price for a
bull calf. He gave a check for $53,-
200 for a five-month-old bull bought
from Oliver Cabana, of Buffalo, N.
Y. The bull is King Ormsby Jane
Ray Apple. The previous record
price was $35,000.
b L e
U. S. TO RUSH WORK
ON 100,000 PLANES
AMERICAN AIRMEN MAY TURN
TIDE OF WAR BEFORE LAND
FORCE IS SENT ABROAD.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretary
of War Baker in an interview offi
cially indorsed the plan to put an
overwhelming force of American air
planes on the European battlefront
in the shortest possible time.
It is understood the war depart
’ment has prepared plans involving'
the expenditure of $600,000,000 in
the immediate construction of a vast
fleet of air planes, and that estimates
covering the plans will be forwarded
to congress shortly.
The statement of Secretary Baker
is regarded as doubly important S 0
far as consummation of the gigantic%
plan to put upward of 100,000 air-.
planes’ into action is necessary, be-}
cause it shows that President Wilson
himself is squarely behind the prop
osition.
Will Be Hurried to France.
Secretary Baker does not say this,
| but it is regarded as obvious that he
'knows the president’s views and that
'he would not advocate the plan un
less the president indorsed it. With
the administration’s full endorsement
it is believed the plan will now be
come a reality in record breaking
time and that America will be send
ing airplanes and aviators to Europe
by the thousands within a few more
months.
It now appears that the war de
partment does not expect to have a‘
large American army \in France for
a year or more. |
After stating that a few infantry
units would be of little except moral
value to the allies, Secretary Baker‘
said: |
It’ will take no more shipping
space to send a thousand air pilots'
abroad than a thousand infantrymen;
it will take no more space to send
airplanes and motors than to send
artillery. It is now certain that if‘
we make the effort we ecan send
enough of both men and machines!
within a year to be of great value,
perhaps to turn the scale, all without
handicapping our plans for the army
which is to follow, nor hindering the
vital flows of food and munitions.
“American airmen and aeroplanes
may turn the tide. They furnish our
supreme opportunity for immediate
service on the fighting line.”
The war department has discovered
that it cannot turn out and trans
port an army large enough to count
in as short a time as amateur war
riors promised. It is improbable that
the sixteen training camp canton
ments will be finished by Sept. 1.
It is unlikely that any large propor
tion of the national guard will be
trained sufficiently in elementary
’principles to go abroad before win
ter.
John B. Summerford Was Directing
Field Hands When He and Horse
Were Slain Near Leslie.
John B. Summerford, aged 32
years, was killed by lightning Wed
nesday afternoon while superintend
ing the operations of his field hands
on his plantations near Leslie, Ga.
He was on horseback at the time,
and the animal was also killed in
stantly.
None of the negro field hands
were injured by the bolt, which ac
companied only a light shower of
rain. The dead man was the son of
J. M. Summerford, one of the best
known residents of Sumter county.
He is survived by his wife and sev
eral brothers and sisters.
Woman Against Having Flags
On the Stockings of Young Girls
DES MOINES, lowa.—The Amer
ican flag on a girl’s stockings prompt
ed a single and singular declaration
in Des Moines.
Police Chief Jackson just had ar
rived at his office. His telephone bell
rang. The words of a woman came
fast and furious from the other end
of the wire: ' 4 L &
~ “Chief Jackson I want to know if
you approve of a girl wearing the
American flag on hér stockings. It's
'ALL TROOPS ARE REGULARS,
- AND COMPRISE DIiViSION OR
DERED TO EUROPE MAY 18.
THOUSANDS OF MEN HAVE
GONE TO FIGHT GERMANS
Crossed in Record Time Despite U-
Boats. Are in Excellent Shape and
Ready for Action. Net Gain to
The Allies. ‘
The advance guard of the mighty
army tne United States is preparing
to send against Germany is on French
soil.
The second contingent of Ameri
can troops arrived at a French sea
port and disembarked Wednesday
‘morning. The troops landed amid
%the frantic cheers of the people who
‘had gathered for hours before in an
ticipation of duplicating yesterday’s
surprise. o
Enthusiasm rose to fever pitch
when- it was learned that the trans
ports and convoys had successfully
‘passed the submarine zone. The port
‘was speedily beflagged in honor of
‘the occasion.
‘ All the troops were transferred to
‘a camp where Major General William
L. Sibert is installed. Thence they
will go soon to a point near the
front. All the troops are in excellent
shape, enthusiastic over the success
ful trip and their reception and eager
for action.
All Seasoned Men.
~ In defiance of the German subma
‘rines, thousands of seasoned regulars
and marines, trained fighting men
with the tan of long service on the
Mexican border or in Haiti or Santo
Domingo still on their faces, have
been hastened overseas to fight be
side the French, the British, the Bel
gian, the Russian, the Portuguese and
the Italian troops on the western
front.
News of the safe arrival of the‘
troops sent new thrill through Wash
ington. No formal announcement
came from the war department, but
when Major General Pershing's of
ficial report has been received there
may be a statement as to the num
‘bers and composition of. the advance
guard.
Press dispatches from France, pre
‘sumably sent forward with the ap
proval of General Pershing’s staff,
show that Major General Sibert, one
of the new major generals of the
army, commands the first force sent
abroad, under General Pershing as
commander in chief of the expedi
tion.
- One thing stands out sharp, despite
‘the fact that the size of the task that
has been accomplished is not fully re
vealed as yet. This is that American
'enterprise has set a new record for
the transportation of troops.
Considering the distance to be cov
ered and the fact that all prepara
ltions had to be made after the order
came from the white house the night
lof May 18, it is practically certain
that never before has a military ex
pedition of this size been assembled,
convoyed and landed without mishap
in so short time. It is a good augury
’of future achievements.
~ Net Gain to the Allies.
. The American forces will be a net
gain to the allies. It will throw no
single burden of supply or equipment
upon them. The troops will be fed,
clothed, armed and equipped by the
United States.
| Despite the enormous difficulties of
unpreparedness and submarine dan
gers that faced them, the plans of
the army general staff have gone
lthrough with clocklike preecision.
PINK BEANS BRING HIM
FOURTEEN DOLLARS A SACK
One Farmer Gets $47,600 and An
other $35,000 for‘ Crop.
MARYSVILLE, Cal.—“ God bless
the war; it is ill %ind that blows no
body good,” is what William H. Bur
mood of Meridian said when he re
ceived a check for $47,600 for his
1916 crop of pink beans. Burmood
‘had 3,400 sacks and at 14 cents a]
pound they brought $l4 a sack.
Dal Smith, another Meridian farm
er, also is jub_liant.. Like Burmood he‘
speculated with his beans, and for
12,500 sacks he received a check for
'585,000. |
a shame and a disgrace. I want you‘
to tell me what yvou think of it.” |
The ardent lover of her country’s
flag refused to reveal her identity.
“I_idon’t.care what you think of:
it,” continued the voice. “I don't be
lieve a woman should be allowed ‘to
wear the American flag on her stock
ings. Goodness knows short skirts
are bad énough,” o o il
¢ Chie'ii".lackson~ irgiorsed,‘the‘ifiro,-
test 'and sent an officer to look® for
a blonde woman wearing a short
dress and an. American flag pafied(
on the calf of hex deg. = 1. e
VOL. 35.---NO. 45
WOHLWENDER AFTER
NEADRITHOE
APERUITURE
SENATOR WANTS TO KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SPEND.
ING FOR DRINKS AND GAS.
Asking That a Tax Be Placed Upen
These and Other- M;
Mateyial: Which Are of s
l. Nature. LR o
Among the first measures intro
duced in the Georgia legislature was
a resolution by Senator Wohlwender
of the Twenty-fourth, asking an in
vestigation into the enormous expen
ditures of money upon soft drinks
and automobiles and gasoline for
pleasure, and asking that a tax be
placed upon these and other business.
es conducted and materials sold for
pleasure. : :
After reciting the fact that the
annual report of the controller-gen
eral of the state for 1917 shows that
there is a deficiency in the revemue
of the state of nearly half a million
dollars, and that the people are bei!{gi
put to unusual and extraordinary ex
pense to prosecute a war, and that
“the cost of the necessaries of life
as well as other foodstuffs has reach
ed a price almost inconceivable, and *
many of its citizens are hardly able
to feed their families with the pres
ent wages and salaries; the resolu
tion continues: “That the ways and
means committees of the senate and
house investigate the useless con
supmtion of thousands of barrels of
sugar in the making and manufac
tureing of soft drinks, and the use
less expenditure of millions of dol
lars yearly in the buying of soft
drinks, which are detrimental to the
health of the consumers, and are be
ing sold to children, when said money
could be converted to a better pur
pose; likewise an unnecessary ex
penditure of money for automobiles
and gasoline used for pleasure rid
ing; that committee seek a way to
raise revenue for the state either by
an additional tax upon the syrups of
soft drinks, or upon the retailers of
said drinks, either or both; alse upen .
the retailers of automobiles and of
gasoline, where the same is used for
pleasure; it being the purpose and in
tention of this legislature, as far as
possible, to derive the revenues of
the state from drinks sold, business
conducted and materials sold for
pleasure and luxuries and not from
the necessities of life.
“That no member of this senate or
of the house be permitted to wvote
upon any bill or bills where he is in
terested in the defeat of the same
by reason of being a stockholder in
any manufacturing plant manufac
turing soft drinks sought to be taxed,
or is employed as counsel by any
such manufacturing plant, or has or
is accepting hospitality and entertain
ment by any stockholder, counsel oz
lobbyist of any such manufacturing
for the sole purpose of getting sail
member to defeat any such bill or
bills.””
CUTS OFF A FINGER -
AND HAND OF A BABY
Horrible Crime Is Committed by a
Negro Girl in Baker County.
News has been received of one of
the most horrible crimes ever cow
mitted in Baker county.
Mary Bradley, an eleven-year-old
negro girl, was sent to a neighbor’s
house to borrow some soap. She
found all the family absent from
home except a two-year-old child,
who was crying. Mary told the child
to hush crying, which the baby did
not heed. Mary then took the baby
into the kitchen and cut one of its
fingers off with a case knife. Then
she cut off the little one’s hand.
When found by the baby’s mother, -
Mary was dragging” the baby over the
vard. Mary was taken to Newton
and lodged. in jail.
NOW BOOTLEGERS ARE .
WORKING BY THE AIR ROUTE
West Virginia Reports Fliers Bring
Booze Into the State.
HUNTINGTON, W, Va.—Au
planes are said to be used to haul
intoxicants from wet territory in
Kentucky into West Virginia, anil
the authorities here are making an
investigation.
Reports have been received of air
planes flying over this city and Char
leston. e
The stringency of the quart-a
month law has led to the adoption of
desperate measures to. bring. booze
into the state, as ‘all . well-known
lanes ofstraffic, such as railroads and
highways, are closely guarded. =
sil ettt . B ; T
FPERHAPS, THEY SLEER = = &
| . BOTH NIGHT AND DaY,
. SALINA, Kans—Four fownships
in thif county, acmr@ifig m’mag.??
and; one zoil, AR
and. one golg, watch each, ‘wiille g
four . other ‘3 arh shosh
there is ot » watch Thers i nofh
ing in the reports to she wwh nt hes
came of the watches reported fon .
taxation in former years,