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HEVOTED TO
pUBLIC SERVICE.
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yE. L. RAIN
EY
(OMMISSIONERS OF THIRD
DISTRICT MEET IN DAWSON
AN AsSOCIATION WAS ORGAN
{ZED. QUARTERLY MEET
INGS WwILL BE HELD.
T COUNTY AFFAIRS
74k ABOU
ae J. A Laing, of Terrell, Was
JuEglec:~e 4 President. Next Meeting
Will Be Held at Americus, and Sub
ects Of Timely Interest Discussed.
J! _ering at the court house ip
file MEEMAR g
bawson on T hursday of the commis
-~mvr~ of a dozen or more counties,
f“m\:fl was formed an organization
(;bv known as Association “of Coun-
Commissioners -of - the Third Con
mssional District, was largely attend
i and proved to be one of the most
eresting and important = gatherings
wer held in this section.
The meeting was called by the com
issioners of Terrell county for the
mose of perfecting an organization
: the officials in this section of Geor
-2 Who are interested in highway con
mction and the problems incident
ereto at which ideas and experiences
av be exchanged. Twelve of the fif
o counties were represented, and 75
- more visitors were in attendance.
ve counties that sent delegations
e Clay, Stewart, Webster, Schley,
f2con, Sumter, Dooly, Crisp, Lee,“
wlor and Terrell. No one was here
om Ben Hill, Turner and Quitmanl
uties, which was doubtless due to
e very inclement weather. |
Laing Welcomed Visitors. 1
Juige Joseph A. Laing, chairman of
¢ board of commissioners of Ter-]
Il ounty, welcomed the visitors and
koained the purpose of the meeting.‘
For many good reasons,” Judge
Jing said, “we deemed it advisable to |
iite you to come together and be our
ests teday. In the first place, we]
ihed to meet and become better ac-l
wnted with our neighbors and for|
|4 them to become better acquaint
|and all of us to become more close-‘
ssociated with and know each oth
for our own pleasure and profit and
e the benefit of the people for whom
k are working and striving to help.
ir job is said to be ‘a thankless one
d irom a pecuniary standpoint One‘
be shunned, but in importance to‘
g public weliare it ranks among the
it, for churches, schools, commerce‘
{ social intercourse are greatly im
¢d and go limping without good
iis. Besides building and maintain- |
| good roads we oversee and look af
s % expenditure of the-largest part
1 the public funds of the counties, and
nee great responsibility rests upon
r shoulders; wherefore, we should
kguiiv our office and do any and all
ings n our power to learn and apply
e best methods.
‘lt behooves us to seek the advice
d l:arn the experiences of each oth-‘
that we may profit by the same.
¢ need to co-operate in our labors
1 get the best results. Co-operation is
i great power in modern achicvement‘{
provement in mode of travel, com
g inication, daily mail and good roads'
making close neighbors of those
o were formerly strangers and‘
. And our power to do good and
ve mankind, which is the only way‘
o God's service, is greatly increas
and we should rejoice in and take}
= untage of the enlarged opportunity |
= ctch step with and go forward
¢ rogress of events,
2N || Vo the spirit of service that in-
S red our great semator, Benjamin H.
i, to the utterarice of his famous
= iis: ‘He who saves his - country
Z s himself, saves all things, and all
gs saved do bless him. He who
I ' country die lets all things die,
' simself ignobly and all things dy-
E (rse him.” I feel that we are help
-0 save our country; that it is
portant for us to more closely as
: ‘ii\'i‘{"lr\t'l\‘t-s together in order to
- 't the greater benefit and mutual
2 fance and get the benefit of co
- ;;3‘{"‘_ effort. You are called to-!
= r chiefly to organize for that pur-
b behali of our county and hos-
U clever and enterprising people
Xtend to vou a most hearty wel-
S Not only on this occasion but
"t you that the latch strings al
*hang on the outside of the gate.
Jelcome you to our county, to
arts and our homes, and trust
o 0 will often make it convenient
"Mt among us and always feel at
& Which is our earnest desire.”
Qfflcfls of Association Elected.
. e address of welcome grgan-
E Vas perfected. Judge i &
oy 00 lerrell, was unanimously
* president, ‘as were Hon. N. A.
E : mter, vice president, and
Lurr, of Dooly, secretary
e rer. The following were ap
.;& committee to draw up by
i e association: 'W. C. Caye,
i Gistrict engineer of the
opi oy department; R. S. Oli
e 20s, and C, S, G 0
o hership will be restricted
der. - OTMMissioners, their clerks,
L. Aotneys, physicians, the dis
k. S¢er and his assistants.
Reer Celization was completed
e, > 2dJourned to partake of
o orbecue given by the Ter
¢ ONETS at the county farm
in...; cast of Dawson. It was
..o “Breced by those present
. f“;wn; knows a lot
g besides road work,
il .. 'Was thoroughly enjoyed
R & 'on séssion various
tng county commis
ude o 25 the different classes
- 'St equipment to use,
beeg .. Crossings, labor and
E 'scussed. Interesting
lavile 1, 0¥ J- B. Williamson,
liver .Y Ray, of Vienna, R.
Y, Charr 28, R. A. Henton, of
C Cave o .Mng, of Cuthbert and
Was g ’ -}‘fc:-ricus. :
three reoay . 10 hold meetings ev-
SUHLES, and invitations were
THE DAWSON NEWS
extended by Crisp, Sumter and Taylor
counties, that of Sumter being accept
ed. The next meeting will be held in
Americus on October 20th.
.0!41"'“6 of thanks was extended
e ifa"-'m on taking the initiative
in {OFm. S 0 . association, and to
other‘offictas. © ' " :county for cour
tesies shown the =~
The importance o 1 fce of
county commissioner is stro. 1 by the
fact that the commissioners of the fif
teen counties in the Third congres
ional district spend approximately
$1,060,000 a year.
Subjects to Be Discussed.
Judge Laing, the chairman of the
association, was requested to arrange
a program for the next meeting, and
he has assigned the following subjects
for discussion:
“The Care of Mules,” F. L. Wil
liams, warden of Randolph county.
“Control of Convicts,” W. H. Sir
mons, warden of Terrell county.
_ “Comparative Cost of Work by
‘Mules and Machinery,” J. B. Ansley,
kwarden of Sumter county.
~ “Best Kind of Roads to Build for
This Section—Sand, Clay or Pave
ment—Materials, etc.” W. C. Caye
and N. A. Ray, Americus.
“Financing—Direct Taxation or
Bonds,” R. S. Oliver, of Plains.
“Discipline and Morals of Camp and
Convicts,” Charles King of Cuthbert,
Randolph county, and T. J. Lewis of
Vienna, Dooly county.
“Co-operation of the People, Right
of Way and Material,” J. S. Sheppard
of Cordele, Crisp county, and R. J.
Dixon of Richland, Stewart county.
“Local Board Meetings, Public At
tendance and Discussions,” R. A. Hin
ton, of -Taylor county.
“Hygiene and Sanitation,” Dr. Guy
Chappell, of Terrell county.
“County Farms and Location of
Camps,” W. J. Wade, of Randolph
county. :
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A VIGOROUS FIGHT -
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; ON LINK JOHNSON
;GEDRGIA SENATORS DECLARE
~ THEY WILL OPPOSE CON
| FIRMATION OF NEGRO.
. WASHINGTON, D. C.—One of
the hottest fights that the senate has
i’seeu in many a day is scheduled to
come off. when the upper house of
congress takes action to confirm Hen-
Ty Lincoln Johnson, the Georgia ne
gro, to the position of recorder of
}deeds of the District of Columbia.
, “The two Georgia senators—Harris
and Watson—have already _ notified
their colleagues on the repubfican side
of the senate chamber that they will
not stand for this negro ‘being econ
firmed and that they expect to do ev
erything within their power to prevent
his going through. That will be
enough. The fiery manner in which
the junior senator from Georgia—
Watson—does business when aroused,
and the tenacity with which ‘Senator
Harris holds on to anything he takes
hold of are already well known here.
;The_re is not a more spectacular fight
erin congress—either end of it—than
‘Fom Watson. At a moment’s notice
he can tear around the sepate cham
‘ber and throw such outbursts of sar
casm into the ranks of those who op
lpose him that famous La Follette is
not one, two, three in the game.
~ So far as Johnson is concerned it is
considered a mistake to place him over
the office to which he was recently
nominated by the president. There are
hundreds of women clerks under him,
and although they do not have to come
in daily contact with him—that is to
speak to him unless he should send
for them on some matter of business
—the fact that there is a negro over
them, a negro superintendent or boss,
is distinctly displeasing and inherent
ly wrong.
4,000,000 WOMEN
‘ TEACHING IN U. S.
8,000,000 ENGAGED IN GAINFUL
OCCUPATIONS, CLEVELAND
CONVENTION IS TOLD.
CLEVELAND; Ohio.—There are
8,000,000 women in the United States
in gainful occupations, Dr. Amelia
Henry Reinhardt, president of Mills
College, Oakland, Cal, told the 300
delegates attending the third amnual
convention of the -National Federation
of Buviness and Professional Women’s
Club in an address here this afternoon.
Fifty per cent of the women are
teachers, Dr. Reinhardt said, while 37
per cent occupy secretarial positions.
lOnly 1600 women have graduated in
aw.
Mrs. Lena Lake Forrest, of Detroit,
national president, in her annual ad
dress, outlined the aims of the federa
tion for the future and told of the
achievements of the past. She pleaded
for a better education for business wo
men, sane thinking on the problems
of the commercial world today, intelli
gent citizenship ,and a full acceptance
of the responsibilities of equal suf
frage.
Sees Successful Future.
She declared the federation was an
organization of builders and predicted
in years to come it would make its
voice felt throughout the business
world.
Delegates from practically every
state in the union represented a wide
diversity of occupations at the conven
tion,
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ANOTHER DENTIST HAS
| LOCATED IN THE CITY
* Dr. C. R. McKennie, of Coleman,
a recent “graduate of the Southern
Dental College, arrived in Dawson on
Friday and has been busy getting his
equipment installed in the offices re
cently vacated by R. R. Jones in the
second story of the Brannon building.
CRITICISES WOMEN FOR
ATTENDING THE BIG FIGHT
Statement of Rev. Stratton Draws Re
ply From Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The Rev.
John Roach Stratton when he criticis
ed the women who attended the Car
pentier-Dempsey boxing match, spe
cifically mentioned the women of the
Roosevelt family. Today Mrs. Kermit
Roosevelt, who was one of the most in
terested of the 90,000 who saw the
Jersey City battle, seemed more sur
prised than pained by Dr. Stratton’s
criticism.
“I enjoyed the fight thoroughly. I
think boxing is a wonderful sport, and
I am going to have it taught to my
children. As for the fight, it was a
perfectly sportsmanlike battle.”
Dr. Stratton declared in his sermon
that he felt sure if Col. Roosevelt were
still living he would not have ‘“gone
to this disgraceful affair.”
When this was read to Mrs. Roose
velt her only comment was: “What a
perfectly dreadful thing to say.”
Rev. Mr. Stratton is a former Geor
gia minister.
ORGANIZER WILL ?
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GEORGIA' COTTON GROWERS'
ASSOCIATION PROMOTING
FAMOUS CALIFORNIA PLAN.
ATLANTA, Ga—There will be’a
field organizer working exclusively on
behalf of the Georgia Cotton Grow
ers’ Co-operative Association, which
is promoting the famous California
plan for cotton in this state, in every‘
cotton county or group of counties of
Georgia within the next thirty days,
it was announced by Director oi Or
ganization A. A. Elmore on \Vednes-‘
day morning. ‘
The move is a part of a plan for the
immediate expansion of the associa
tion’s campaign, which was decided
upon at a big meeting of the state or
ganization committee and a number of
county chairmen of existing county
campaign organizations held in Atlan
ta on Tuesday. |
One of the most important develop
ments of the meeting wds the an
nouncement by Chairman Barrett that
the finance committee has secured
funds, the lack of which has greatly
handicapped the work up to date, to
make the proper development of the
campaign possible from now on.
There are now some thirty volun
teer county committees in existence,
which will be doubled in the hitherto
unapproached portions ofi the state
within the next few weeks, and these
will have the assitance of a headquar
ters ofrganizer, permanently - docated
with them, in a great sign-up drive
to’ be staged among the cotton grow
ers during the lay-by time between
the last of July and the first of Sep
tember. These field organizers will be
by preference local men of reputa
tion and standing. Director of Organ
ization A. A. Elmore is now on the
lookout for such men, and those who
are interested in taking up this work
are requested to get in commumnica
tion with him at the headquarters of
fice of the association, 408 Walton
building.
In spite of handicaps, reports turn
ed in at the meeting showed great
progress has been made in the sign-up
work already. Hart county alone has
signed over three thousand bales to
date, several other counties being close
behind Hart in the returns.
Miracle Birds of the
Mormons Again Save
The Crops of Ranches
Myriads of Sea Gulls From Salt Lake
Destroy Locust Plague That In
fested the Farms.
SALT LAKE_ CITY, Utah.—The
sea gulls, “miracle birds” of the Mor
mons, have come again to the rescue
of the Utah farmers. ®
Their first appearance probably sav
ed the Mormon pioneers from death
by hunger.
It was in 1848, when Salt LLake City
was but a desert camp, comprising
a log-and-mud fort, with its encircling
tents and prairie schooners. The re
ligious emigrants had planted all their
surplus grain in the fresh turned soil.
1t was their sole food reliance for the
next season. That failing to mature,
they might perish. ;
A pest of locusts threatened the pre
cious crop. Prayers arose day and|
night. |
Then happened what the settlers
were pleased to term a miracle, for
the gulls from Salt Lake swept in by‘
myriads to devour the locusts without‘
touching the grain. |
Today vast flocks of these same‘
birds, to which a monument has been
erected, are successfully combating a
pest of field mice appearing at West
Jordan, Utah, in such hordes as seri
ously to threaten crops.
One farmer said that the land sud
denly was covered with mice barrows.
When he turned the irrigation water
into the field he thought that the
ground had turned gray and come to
life. A living swarm of mice of all ages
and sizes fled across the fields.
The sea gulls were attracted by
the sight and at once commenced war
upon the mice. Every morning the
gulls come in from the lake and search
out the fields that are being irrigated,
to devour the mice. They are extermi
nating the pests rapidly. |
Baby Perished in Blaze;
Sun Rays Ignited Bed
The rays of the afternoon sun,
focused on a bed through a flaw
in the window pane of the Perko
vich home, at Benwood, W. Va.,
set the bed afire and resulted in
the death of Maggie Perkovich, a
seven-months-old baby. The house
was partly destroyed by fire.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1921
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U. S.; GETS NC REPLY
HARDING’S ATTITUDE AP
PEARS TO BE “THERE AIN'T
NO SUCH ANIMAL.”
PARIS.—In the office of the secre
tary of the league of nations at Geneva
there is a filing case devoted to unex
pedited business. One section of this
case contains a collection of communi
cations from the league of nations to
the new American government. None
of them has been answered.
For since President Harding assum
ed office the attitude of the state de
partment towards the league appears
to be “there ain’t no such animal.”
Washington simply won’t answer.
President Wilson used to answer
league notes and even sent a communi
cation to the council of the league two
days before he left office. But Presi
dent Harding is unwilling to waste
postage on the league.
Many Appeals Sent. -
’ In that green filing case there are
appeals for hungry folks. There are
reports of projects for the suppression
of white slavery, plans for the sup
pression of the opium traffic and no
tifications of proposals to change the
covenant. There is even an invitation
to America to send a mirister to dis
cuss the mandate mistakes that Wash
ington thinks the: league made.
There is a growing feeling among
league officials that t.he republican ad
ministration at Washington is not will
ing to let the league be buried in or
derly fashion but is hurrying along
the corpse in unseeming fashion, and
this tends to peeve the corpse. This
feeling is attested in the telling of two
stories one hears about the corridors
{of the Petit Luxemburg where the
disarmamenrt conference of the league
is being held.
| Receipt Scheme Fails.
Noticing that the state department
would not reply to the league com
municaticns some league ofhcial sent
communications to Washington by
registered mail, which, g course, would
give the league records the receipt of
the state department.
A short time after this system went
into effect the youthiul American con
sul at Geneva ealled solemnly upon
the secretary of the league and inform
ed him that unofficially and orally he
was instructed to say that the #étate
department had received its registered
mail from Geneva all right, but inas
much as the American government did
not recognize the existence of the
league it would not reply.
\U. S.TAX ON STOCK
| IS DUE JULY 31ST
RETURNS MUST BE FILED BY
THAT TIME. RATE IS $l.OO
PER THOUSAND.
To avoid penalties prescribed re
turns of the capital stock tax provided
for by the income tax law' must be in
the hands of collectors of internal rev
enue not later than July 31. Directions
to this effect were received yesterday
at the office of the Georgia collector.
This tax is a special excise tax im
posed on corporations with respect to
“carrying on or doing business.” On
domestic corporations the tax is $l.OO
for each $l,OOO of its capital stock, or
so much of it ai is in excess of $5,000.
Foreign corpordtions must pay at the
rate of $l.OO for each thousand with
out the benefit of the $5,000 exemp
tion.
With a view of prompt collecting of
the tax the bureau suggests that cor
porations may submit checks with the
returns for the amount of the tax due.
This method is appealing to corpora
tions, as it lessens liability to penalty.
Returns are required oi every do
mestic corporation regardless of the
lp?r value of stock and of every for
eign corporation irrespective of the
amount of the capital employed. Cer
tain organizations not formed for profit
are exempt from the stock tax. Or
ganizations entitled to this exemption
are described in regulations of the bu
reau that may be obtained in the di
vision office. |
Penalties Are Proevi(dcd. |
Corporations claiming eKemption are |
required to file returns setting forth
the basis of the claim. If because of
lack of complete data or other reasons
than illness or absence it 1s impossib]cl
to file a complete return on or beforg,
July 31 a tentative return may be sgb
mitted, reporting the approximate fair
value in order that an initial assess
‘ment may be made, thus avoiding pen
alty.
Penalty for failure to file a return
within the time limit is an added as
sessment of 25 per cent of the amount
due. A fine of $l,OOO is provided for
failure to make a return on time. For
wilful refusal to supply information or
attempting to evade the tax a fine of
not more than $lO,OOO or imprisonment
f?ir not more than one year is provid
ed.
Governor Has Declared
For Biennial Sessions
Hardwick Says Economy Would Re
sult and State Would Save Much.
Biennial session of the state legisla
ture, to supplant the present annual
session, has been recommended by
Governor Hardwick in a special mes
sage sent to the house and senate.
The governor pointed out that bien
nial sessions, in the first place, would
mean economy, that the change would
bring about a saving of practically
$536,600 each vear. He also said annual
sessions result in too many/ changes
and amendments in the laws.
Biennial sessions, he pointed out
further, also would® prevent disturb
ance of business that is incident to a
session every year.
WATSON ENGAGES IN BREEZY
DEBATE. SAYS HE IS ORIGI
NAL PROHIBITIONIST.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Declaring
Senator Nelson, republican, Minnesota,
had inferred everyone opposed to the
‘measure was lined up with the brew
eries, Senator Watson, democrat, dur
ing a short debate in the senate today
on the Willis-Campbell bill, shouted:
“l want it understood I'm not a
whisky-soak.”
“If you bring -back the beer and
light wines,” Senator Nelson had de
clared, “you’ll bring back the saloon
and the fight for prohibition will have
been fought in wvain.”
The Georgia senator said he had
joined the fight against the saloon
when at the age of 14 he was “baptized
in Sweetwater creek,” and joined the
church. He flayed the bill as an in
fringement on personal liberities.
Senator Watson launched an attack
against soft drinks, declyring them
“pernicious bellywash” that had almost
“ruined” Georgia. Charging they had
an injurious effect on the human sys
tem he made the cryptic remark that
“one bottle leads to two."”
Declaring the Anti-Saloon ILeague
was “sailing under false colors,” Mr.
Watson said that as long as it opposed
the saloon it did commendable work.
With the saloon gone the league is go
ing too far in its activities, he added.
“I'm on the water wagon for good,
but when it comes to dictating to an
hcnorabie profession how far it can
go in emergencies, we're going too
far,” the Georgian asserted.
Passage of the bill, he added, would
put millions of dollars in the coffers
of soft drink and lemon extract manu
facturers and sellers of cocaine.
Extracts From Speech.
Here is what Senator Watson said
as copied from the-Congressional Rec
ord proofs. These are excerpts:
Upon being asked when he became
a prohibitionist, he said:
“It was when I joined the church
and was buried in baptism in the wat
ers of Sweetwater creek when I was
14 years old. I have been i the battle
ever since and I do not like to have
any man insinuate that I am a whisky
soak or have any sympathy with whis
ky soaks.”
“In a few days I shall be 64 years
old, and never did I take a drink ,in
a bar room, not even a drink of lem
onade. The very first and only secret
organization that I ever jeined before
I pecame 50 years of age was a tem
perance society and I never broke its
vows.” :
. “Mad Prohibition Rush.” '___
“Just as Andrew Jackson sold ne
groes into slavery when it was’ the
habit in the south to do it Abraham
Lincoln sold whisky over the bar
when it was the habit in the west to
do it.”
“1 always was opposed to the open
saloon.” s
“l wrote the first anti bar room
plank that was ever put in a political
platform south of the Mason and Dix
on line. I do not drink whisky myself
and I do not now even drink wine.”
“l am on the water wagon for good
so far as that is concerned.”
The Picture of Tree
Made by Lightning
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Stays in Boy's Flesh
Eastman Youth Still Lives, and Is
Object of Wonder After His
Harrowing Experience.
EASTMAN, Ga.—Travis Grimsley,
who was struck by lightning several
days ago, is now getting along as well
as could be expected after his harrow
ing experience. Grimsley was sitting
on the porch of his home during a bad
electric storm, and the bolt which
struck a large cedar tree a few feet
from the house passed through his
body leaving him unconscious. Xfter a
few minutes he was brought back to
consciousness, and although he was
confined to his bed for two days he
is now in a good condition.
The strange part of the accident
was the picture which was left on his
back. The cedar tree which was hit
Iby the holt before it passed on to the
‘boy is reproduced in fine red lines on
his back. The flash seemed to turn
his back into a photographic plate, on
which to presegve a living picture of
the tree as it was before being de-‘
molished by the elements. The picture
is perfect in every detail, each limbl
standing out from the trunk, just as it
had stood for the many years before
being struck, and torn to splinters.
Will the picture remain on Grims
ley's back as a reminder of his ac-‘
cident, or will it gradually fade? That
is the question which time alone will’
answer.
LEGISLATURE NOT IN HURRY TO ACT
ON TAX PLAN OF GOV. HARDWICK
Legislative Storm to Break in House.
Rather Cold Reception Given the
Measure by Members.
ATLANTA, Ga.—An income tax
bill without a limit on the rate of tax
ation to be levied by the legislature
does not seem . likely to pass the house
or the senate, in spite of Governor
Hardwick’s strong influence actively
supported by the leaders on both sides
of the capitol.
This has been indicated by the rath
er cold reception given by members
of the house to the action of the ap
propriations committee of the house
in approving the bill without a hear
ing. The bill had: been up for tentative
discussion in the committee once or
twice, and on the day when ‘it was
set for a hearing nobody appeared
against it. Representative Carswell, of
Wilkinson, one of the administration
floor leaders in the house, then insisted
that the committee report the bill fa
vorably. This was done with the pro
viso that none of the members of the
committee should be bound to support
iANDREW CARNEGIE FAILED
| TO DIE IN POVERTY
Famous Iron Master Left $22,151,011
After Giving Away $350,695,653.
A report just issued by the state
’comrol]cr’s office at Albany, N. Y.,
shows that the estate of Andrew Car-
Inegie has a gross appraisal value of
1525,933,014 and a net value of $22,151,-
011. This report shows how the famous
iron master failed in his oft-expressed
wish to die poor. The fortune left,
lhowe\'cr, was only a remnant of what
'the Scotch emigrant boy laid up dur
ing his lifetime in America.
Constant gifts to colleges, for li
lbraries. to pension funds, and to hero
funds and other benefactions raised
ithe total which Mr. Carnegie gave
away during his lifetime to more than
$350,000,000. Mr. Carnegie died on
Aug. 11, 1919, near Lennox, Mass. A
list of his gifts to the world made pub
lic at the time showed that gifts and
grants. made by him and the Carnegie
Fo%ldation of New York, up to June
1, 1918, Paggregated $350,695,653, most
ly in the United States.
; ECHOLS COUNTY
UNUSUAL AND ALMOST UNBE
~ LIEVABLE MOVEMENT RE
| PORTED FROM THERE.
~ VALDOSTA, Ga.—Petitions are be
ing circulated and generally signed
that the county of Echols be abolish
ed completely and different portions
of it added to Lowndes and Clinch
counties.
This is rather an unusual fmove at
this time, when the legislature is con
fronted with so many plans to create
new counties, and that the people of
any county should desire to do away
with their government is regarded as
out of the ordinary. ;
Former State Senator Tarver, from
Echols county, stated yesterday that
petitions were being carried all over
Echols county, and would be present
ed to the legislature, asking that all
of the county on the Lowndes side of
the Alapaha river be ceded to
Lowndes county, and the remainder
on the opposite side of the river be
placed in Clinch county. It is stated
the petitions are being signed very
generally. The argument is being used
thdat by dividing the county between
two old, prosperous and well estab
lished counties the burden of govern
ment will be less costly and taxes cor
respondingly decreased.
~ The idea advanced that, being iso
lated as it is, the county has made very
}little progress in development, and di-
L vided into the other counties there
would~be more development and prop
erty values will be increased:
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!ALLEGED SLAYER OF HIS TWO
STEP-CHILDREN PARTICU
LAR ABOUT APPEARANCE.
MACON, Ga.—Since time began‘
the keeping up of appearance has been |
of supreme importance with both men |
and_ women, according to historians,
in fact the first record of a person be
ing dissatisfied with their appearance
‘was when 'Eve realized in the Garden
of Eden that she was not properly,
clothed. ‘
But the love for appearing well
cannot be laid only on women, for
men are at tiraes also cbsessed with
the idea of presenting a good appear
ance, which at times would have been
humorous had it not heen for the
serionsness of the occasioen
for in more than one instance men on
’going to the scaffold to pay a penalty
for some crime wowld say something
labout their dress and according to
!ncwspaper accounts one man going so
"l'as as to ask if his tie was tied straight
'just before leaving his cell. -
. The keeping up of appearances was
one of the first steps taken by Glen
Moore Hudson, when he was brought
to the Bibb county jail on the charge
lof having killed his two step children
|and who was removed from Albany
after his wife made an alleged .confes
sion charging him with the crime.
Hudson was having his hair cut
‘Saturday morning when he was vigited
in his.cell by a reporter. He was sit
ting on a stool and one of the pris
oners was busily engaged in using the
clippers on that part of the hair back
of the neck.
The prisoner practically refused to
talk and the barber never missed ‘a
stroke. When asked if hé had anything
to say further than his statement de-‘
nying the crime Hudson shook his
head and replied “no.” |
As the reporter turned to leave one
of the other prisoners said: “He is
going to get a shave, too.”
the committee’s report.
One of the biggest legislative
storms the state has seen is due to
break out during consideration of the
bill in the house.
Many New Special Taxes.
The general tax act, which has been
practically rewritten in its entirety, in
conformity with the recommendation
of the governor, carries many new
special and occupation taxes not here
tofore included in the law, among them
cigarets, cigars, scft drinks, gasoline
and a redistribution of the profession
al taxes,
Although there have been numerous
resolutions adopted by associations
over the state in opposition to the
schedule which is to be proposed, it
has been a matter of impossibility to
grant hearings and the bill will go to
the house of representatives for action
without the people of the state having
had an opportunity to discuss it with
the committee, and with no way in
which the subjects of the proposed
tax can reach it except through their
representatives.
BUY AT HOME
AND HELP
DAWSON PROSPER.
VOL. 39.—N0. 47
‘A REMOTE AND EXCLUSIVE
[ ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANT
IS LAWMAKERS’' REFUGE.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Cloistered
far from the thousands who are now
thronging the national capitol to in
terview lawmakers on pending legisla
tion the staid United States senators
have removed their dining room to the
second portico, where none may enter
save one of the chosen ninety-six.
Whether this innovation is prompted
by a desire to further emulate the
House of Lords, to increase the ex
clusiveness of that body or to enjoy
the open air and cooling breezes from
the Potomac, as some claim, the
¢hange has resulted in much comment.
f At any rate the senate is now dining
jon a roof #arden that has the sem
'blance of the hanging gardens of
’Babylon. Every instrumentality and
agency of the government has been
‘utilized to make this spacious portico,
' which opens just off the historic Mar
'ble Room, both inviting and comforta
‘ble. Along the heavy balustrades of
|marble and besides the massive Corin
‘thian columns a profusion of plants
from the government botanical gar
den have been placed. Palms, ferns and
|tropical flowers of a most select variety
obscure the cold stone walls.
l Tables, snowy with linen and glit
tering with silver bearing the sea? of
the “U. S. Senate,” each attended by
an obsequious servitor ready to an
}swer every beck and call, are arranged
in tiers along this portico. Special
‘menus are provided daily which would
appeal, to the epicurean taste of any
‘member of the senate. In the right
‘hand corner of the menu is a beautiful
‘etching of theg capitol, and printed there
on 1 the legend: “United - States Sen
ate, }’lestaurant, The Capitol, The Por
tico.’ '
While it is said that the prime pur
pose in establishing the restaurant on
the portico was to dine al fresco, the
senators find that it removes them
from the hazzard of interruption, as
they would if they went to the first
floor of the senate, where the bour
geoisie eat, It is true that every safe
guard imaginable is thrown about the
privacy of a senator as he goes about
the capitol. As he walks from the sen
ate chamber he may step into a pri
vate elevator for the eyclusive use of
senators and be dropped to the cafe
floor in a corridor directly in front of
‘anO{her private dining room. But even
at that there are a few yards of space
where someone might speak to him
and thus disturb his train of thought.
Again, should he desire to go to his
office in the senate office building an
other private elevator will convey him
to the basement of the capitol, where
he steps on a monorial subway . car
that will carry him beneath the traffic
of street to.another elevator in the of
fice building. There, with the mystic
three rings, the elevator is summoned
and woe betide the elevator boy who
should stop to take on any one save
a senator or fail to answer the first
call. This is because one of the rules
of the capitol is that when three rings
are sounded the elevator must re
spond and get the senator, regardless
of who else or how many may be
waiting.
In the capitol there are two pri
vate spir#l stairways, with marble
steps and heavy bronzed railing, for
the exclusive use of senators desirin
to mount from the first to the seconfi
floor.
Soon after this session convened vis
itors were barred from the Marble
Room. A barrier of high screens, which:
are at| each end of the senatfreception
’hall,' and which also removes the sen
ators ftom the gaze of the public, was
}erected. Now when a visitor desires to
discuss questions with a senator he is
given a seat on a cushionless bench
in an antéroom to wait his turn, '
It has become known that a protest
has gone up from what might be said
is a majority of the senate against the
atmosphere of exclusiveness. They
have declared that such is not in keep
ing with their ideas of representative
government, but it just so happens
that responsibility for this innovation
is in the hands of a few senators who
feel they should be as secure in their
exclusiveness as they in keeping their
seats in the senate. -
To Kill 30,000 Army
Horses in Mesopotamia
British Finds It Too Expensive to
' Bring Animals Back Home.
LONDON, Eng.— Horse lovers
throughout the country have been
shocked by Colonial Secretary Win
ston Churchill’s announcement in the
house of commons that 30,000 army
horses in Mesopotamia are to be kill
ed because it is too expensive to bring
them home.
It was explained that they are main
ly heavy draft horses, for which there
is no local use, and that they had to
be fed on imported fodder. The near
est possible markets are India eor
Egypt, but the difficulties and cost of
transportion thence are said to be pro
hibitive. x
Shipping men say it costs £4O to
£5O to bring a horse from the east to*
England, not counting horsemen’s
wages. :
he war office view is that it is bet
ter for the horses to be killed humane
ly and scientifically than to be left in
the hands of natives who would not
care for them properly, and no one
would suggest turning them adrift in
the desert,
UKASE AGAINST SILK
STOCKINGS IS ISSUED
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—A ukase
was issued by the department of edu
cation here tabooing silk stockings,
peekaboo waists and high heels at the
local high school and the girls must
wear middy suits of plain white or
blue, either of cotton or wool mate
rial. They must also content them
selves with cotton or wool hose and
low heeled shoes to go with them. .