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OVIES AND LUXURY DEAL
ERS AS TO TAX ACT.
“.:,\Sl,”f\’(‘;'[‘()r\', D. .C.—President
ding, having taken over the lead
a;ip i congress, is now faced with
seproblef" of breaking down the op
osition i 1 his own party among rep
aatives Of agriculture and labor.
b has cucessfully undertaken this
v in connection with the farm group
he senate, by ordering the Norris
ki to aid farmers amended so as to
bce the functions of making - loans
| farmers in the war finance corpora-
The real test of his courage and lead
pip will come during August when
e Ways and means committee, acting
¥\ his suggestions,. reports the rev
o bill. This measure will eliminate
" xcess profits tax and reduce the
dax incomes frfom 77 per cent to
out 40 per cent.
Cause for Worry.
Fearing that the farm group in the
buse, numbering 80, zgnd the'labor
oup of 25 members will combine to
[se changes in the war revenue
. President Harding has been in
ned that his influence must be ex
e to ameliorate these discontented
itions. If there should be a solid
mbination of these two groups in the
bublican party, with the democrats
Fihe house who intend to vote solid
against the revenue bill, tl:ouble in
iting quick action and a bill in ac
sd with the administration’s views
feared.
¢ is pretty well settled that there
il be no shifting of the tax burden
the bill upon which the ways and
bans committee will discontinue pub
hearings and begin the actual prep
ion thereof this week. The excess
fts tax will be eliminated and the
which should come from corpora
s in lieu of this elimination will be
eed upon the net incomes of corpor
ions. The present tax will be increas
iirom 10 to 15 per cent and the ex
mtion of $2,000 now allowed remov
i The surtaxes will be reduced.
Drop Soda Tax.
There will be slight changes in the
msportation taxes and the soda tax
| be dropped. No attempt will be
hde to ind new taxes other than the
casing of the corporation tax. The
mmittee does not look with favor
jon an increase in the postage rates
that is, to increase letter postage
om 2 to 3 cents. In order to prevent
posing new taxes and repealing oth
k the bill will not raise as much
ney as required by the secretary of
treasury. . :
fßreryon wankisdn haygatht. (4%
den” shifted from his sh - 10"
ose of others. That }Q the tenor of
testimony which ‘i§ beig per
nctorily offered before ‘the ways and
ans committee. Jacob R. Hoffman,
oresenting the natiqnal committee
the fur industry, on Friday urged
bat the 10 per cent tax on furs be
ocaled, and A. Brady and Saul E.
bgers, of New York, and others in
rested in the movie picture business
id it could not longer afford to pay
he icderal taxes. They wanted the fed
al tax of 5 per cent on'film sales, a
) per cent admission tax and a levy
Bom $5O to $250 on seating capacity
i theatres repealed.
Theatres Hit Hard.
“Four thousand movie houses
broughout the country have closed
beir doors during the last year,” said
. Rogers. “Legitimate theatres real-
J exist in only six of the largest cities
f the country. Only one-third of the
fovie studios are operating.”
‘Ninety per cent of the actors of
e country now are walking the
rets,” said Mr. Brady. “Only one
fovie producer was able to pay a div
fnd last year. High salaries have! dis
eared. The days of .the Pickford
ly’banks‘—(_‘haplin salaries have pass-
Mr, Rogers revealed that Chaplin’s
fary in one year was $1,200,000, in
iding royalties, while the producers
ade §1,500,000 selling the films.
llforma Cotton Is |
Brought to Georgia
ng Staple Sent to Augusta to Be
Made Into Automobile Tires. :
SAVANNAH, Ga—With a quanti
of California cotton aboard, the
mer Point Bonito arrived in Sa
nah last night and is discharging
cargo today. In addition to the
Wle the vessel is unloading a general
rg“" h(‘fl‘.
This California cotton is ofl a pecu-
I and high-grade quality. It is ex
tdingly I(mgg and ?s used for the
Auiacture of casings for automobile
¢, these requiring great strength
d wearing quality,
Ater the casings are woven they
erally are sent to Savannah for
Pment, thus sending the cotton
fough the port twice.
A number of these shipments have
ed lately, There was a quantity
!the cotton aboard the Point Adams.
¥PORTS OF LIQUOR TO
UNITED STATES INCREASE
000,000 of Intoxicants Arrived Last
Year, and $500,000 Year Before.
“{i\'””-\"‘ITON. D. C.—lntoxicat
f beverages imported into the Unit-
I"“‘;"’“ during the fiscal year were
c¢ at more than $5,000,000, as
vared with about $500,000 in the
e S Vear, according to reports is
art 'BNt by the commerce de
” Was the largest item in the list
o - Ats entering during the year,
o . € to more than 2,000,000 gal
i Compared with 28,000 in 1920.
e Y Came in larger quantities in
clrn‘ with a total of 195,000
s;' 5. compared with 32,000 gal
ost - - - Great Britain shipped in
Ii @f”‘,};"“ whisky, France practically
’fater\f Cha‘,“Dagne and Spain the
Part of the other wines.
THE DAWSON NEWS
Guessed Wrong on Her
Weight; Wedding Is Off
NEW YORK, N. Y.—lt's all off
between Miss Maizie Ball, of De
fiance, 0., and Robert Widaseck, of
Irvington, N. J. He’s a war veteran
and Miss Ball has declared war, and
all because Widaseck said she
weighed 20 pounds more than she
claims theg ales will show.
They wé%‘gave been married,
and Miss Mai %"*&4O have arriv
ed at Irvington “ happy cere
mony last %aturday. BE shen she
failed to appear Widaseck = rted
her missing and gave a descr., =
of her. This said she weighed 1.
pounds and had brown eyes. The
young lady, who is with Her uncle
in Toledo, saw the figures, looked
at her own and junked the whole
program. She says she weighs only
123 pounds, and, incidentally, has
blue eyes.
So she refuses to come eastward
for the ‘nuptials. If Widaseck wants
her, she says, he must go get her.
He says he knew she weighed 123
pounds but heard from her that she
was becoming stout. Thereupon he
a}t)ided 20 pounds and let it go at
that,
‘ HEIDEY
WATSON WOULD “FIRE
INTRODUCES RESOLUTION IN
SENATE TO HAVE MEM
; BERS REMOVED.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator
Tom Watson has introduced the fol
lowing in the senate:
His Resolution.
“Whereas, the secret, unlawful and
ruinous policy of the federal reserve
board during the last year has inflict
ed an irreparable damage of at least
s3l,ooo,ooo,ooo¢+upon the helpless Amer
ican people by the sudden and colossal
coritraction of the money in circulation
without any previous notice to the cit
izens who were to be disastrously af
fected by this Wall street policy; and
“Whereas, the said reserve board
has loaned to monopolistic profiteers
the larger part of the entire loanable
funds of the government banks; and
“Whereas, the said federal reserve
board has been insolently heedless to
the universal cry of their victims who
are the laborers, farmers, merchants
and plain common people of our coun
try upon whom‘depend the future wel
fare, prosperity and defense of this re
public; be it therefore ‘
Would Remove Them.
“Resolver, etc., That the president
of the United States be requested and
he ‘is hereby directed to remove from
office immed{ate!i\; safter the passage 0f
this resolution the present five mem
bers of the federal reserve board and to
appoint in their stead five members
who shall not be bankers, but who
shall be honest and not mere assiduons
servitors of the Morgan interests, the
Standard Oil interests, the packer in
terests, the steel interests or any other
legalized marauders upon the com:mon
people of this republic.”
FAILED WITH RAILROADS AND
MERCHANT SHIPS. COST
EACH PERSON $500.00.
Advocates of ‘government ownership
have received a tremendous setback as
a result of federal operation of ships
and srailroads. Uncle Sam has burnt
his fingers to the extent of between
$3,000,000,000 and $4,000,000,000 in
handling ships and developing an
American merchant marine, whilg gov
ernment operation of the railroads has
cost him at least $1,500,000,000.
If each man, woman and child in
the United States were to pay his
share of this expense the per capita
cost would be around $5OO. The ef
fect of this situation came to light in
congress when the senate had under
consideration a proposed new govern
ment venture into the purchase and
exportation of agricultural products
through the creation of a new $lOO,-
000,000 federal corporation.
Lodge Opposed to Corporation.
“We have found deficit of $4,000,000,-
000 in the shipping board,” said Sen
ator Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia.
“We are asked to furnish $300,000,000
more to fill another hole, and of course
that will be followed by filling another
hole.”
There has been appropriated by the
federal government to date a total of
$1,780,000,000 as a result of govern
ment operation of the railroads during
wartime and " the guarantee of a six
per cent return on the investment fol
lowing their return to private ower
ship.
"~ “T know,” said Senator Henry Cabot
TLodge, of Massachusetts, republican
floor leader, “that we put over $3,000,-
000,000 into the shipping board. I
know that last year they lost at the
rate of $1,000,000 a day as a deficit,
and I believe it is owing to the funda
mental fact that the government of the
United States is utterly unfit to carry
on a business venture.”
Wed Without Rites;
Couple Sign Contract
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The mar
riage by contract of. Dr. : Leslie
Spier, professor of anthropology at
the University of Washington, now
teaching at the Columbia Universi
ty summer school, to Miss Erna
Gunther, of Brooklyn, was announc:
ed today. The acknowledgement of
their signatures to a marriage con
tract before Justice McCook con
stituted the ceremony. Such mar
riages are legal under a New York
statute, but infrequent.
YELLS AND SCREAMS AND OR
DERS GHOSTS FROM CELL.
JUST POSE, SAY GUARDS.
CHICAGO, Ill.—Carl Wanderer,
who would have dropped through the
gallows trap this morning but for in
tervention by the American Legion,
kept murderers’ row in an uproar to
id::xy with hysterical shouts and efforts
to break down his cell door.
He clambered uff the barred sides of
the cell, screaming and yelling and
carrying on an imaginary conversation
with ghosts.. At times he addressed
his murdered wife, begging her not to
be disappointed because of his failure
to “meet her in heaven.” At other
times he ordered intruding spirits out
of his cell.
Demands Chicken.
Wanderer’s guards merely laughed
and shrugged their shoulders at these
manifestations. They say he is pretend
ing madness in order to strengthen
his chances when the supreme court re
views his claim of insanity. The guards
say Wanderer began these demonstra
tions just as soon as he heard that
Commander McCauley had succeeded
in having the governor order a reprieve
and a rehearing of Wanderer's alleged
sanity. .
“It’s just a pose,” said the assistant
jailer, who has been Wanderer’s clos
est observer for months. “He acted
sanely enough last night. He refused
to eat the jail dinner and ordered spring
chicken. He knew that Charles Appel,
of the north side Turner hall, had
been in the habit of sending chicken
dinners to condemned men on the
night before the hanging and he de
manded the chicken, even though he
was not to be executed the next morn
ing. He made such a racket that we
had to send for the chicken. Then he
calmed down.”
Gambles Against Gallows.
The public generally i; angry and
disgusted over the ease ' with which
Wanderer flouts the rope. He admits
killing his wife in cold blood and then
shooting down the poor tramp he had
engaged to help rob her. From the
start he has boasted that he will nev
er hang for his crimes and bets are
being made in the streets that he
knows what he is talking about. Bets
also are offered, with no takers, that
Gene Geary, slayer of three men,
“Tommy’”’ O’Connor, with four mur
ders against him, and William Galla
gher, killer of two, will never die at
the end of the rope.
wU,IHERN METHODI‘TS - BE
" HIND CAMPAIGN. $l,OOOO TO .
~ $lOO,OOO TO, BE PENALTY.
a SPei———
i WASHINGTON, D. C.—Active ag
itation for nation-wide blue laws began
here recently. It is proposed to pro
cure legislation for the most drastic ob
servance of the Sabbath that ever has
been suggested or known. The propos
ed bill provides:
“Hereafter it shall be unlawful:
“For any person in the employment
of the United States to work or carry
on his ordinary vocation on Sunday.
“For any person or corporation to
operate on Sunday any freight or pas
senger train or mail train, or any oth
er train or part of a train in the car
rying on of interstate commerce, trade
or traffic of any kind.
“For any postoffice to be open on
Sunday or to deliver mail on Sunday;
for any mail to be carried or deliveren{
on ' Sunday by any employe of the
Uni,ted States whether in city or coun
try.
“For any newspaper or other paper
or publication published or purporting
to be published on Sunday to be re
ceived, cartied or delivered as mail
by any agency of the United States,
in any postoffice or over any route un
der the jurisdiction of the United
States.
“For any person or corporation en
gaged in interstate commerce Or car
rying on any business or vocation un
der the laws of or with the permis
sion or license from the United States
or any of its agencies, to do or carry
on any ordinary vocation or business
on Sunday, the purpose of this act
being to repress our national determi
nation to honor the Sabbath day and
keep it holy, as God commands, there
by securing for all that opportunity
for spiritual and bodily refreshments
decreed by our Lord for the happiness
of all men and the safety of all na
tions. }
“Any person who does any of the
things above declared unlawful or
who procures or aids another in doing
any of the things above declared un
lawful shall be guilty of a misdemean
or and punished upon conviction by a
fine of not under $lOO nor over $lO,OOO
for each offense and by imprisonment
for not over six moaths in the discre
tion of the court. |
“Any corporation that does or aids |
in doing these forbidden things shall
upon conviction be fined not less than
$l,OOO nor over $lOO,OOO for each oi
fense and upon conviction a second
time for like offense shall forfeit its
‘charter and franchise and be enjoined
\from; operating in interstate commerce,
provided, however, that emergency in
stances of charity and necessity are not
included nor punishable under the pro
visions of this act.” .
Noah W. Cooper, chairman of the
Southern Methodist Sabbath Saving
crusade, is here with a committee of
twelve—five who will aid him in urg
ing speedy and _effective action by
congress. A petition, printed in pam
phlet form, and entitled, “Appeal to
our President and Congress for Na
tional Sunday Laws, by Southern
Methodist Conference,” is being dis
tributed to all members of congress.
Senator McKellar presented a copy
just before adjournment recently. At
the same time, he declared, he did not
subscribe to the declaration set torth
and could not indorse the legislation
proposed.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1921
Jobless Giant, Berlin
Bound, Needs 3 Beds
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Three beds
were lashed together to make one
big one Saturday on the stecamship
Orduna, which is carrying Ludwig
Schulten and some additional cargo
back to Germany.
Ludwig is seven feet three inches
tall and life until recently was rosy
for him. All he had to do was sit on
a platform in a side show at Coney
Island and let people see how huge *
he was. But the giant business is
not what it used to be, if it ever was.
Giants are a drug on the market,
cheap and plentiful.
The other day Otto Wuffin came
along, loftier than Ludwig by four
good inches. He strutted around the
show looking cruel}{ at Ludwig,
‘who knew that his day was passed.
He tried high heeled boots and hats,
but Otta did the same and main
tained * his four inch lead. All was
over. Otto has the job now.
The plan in regard to the three
beds tied together is that Ludwig
shall sleep is them diagonally from
northwest to southeast, but he fears
this may cause seasickness and in
terrupt his growing. If he does get
seasick what a commotion there
will be in the ocean.
COPS NAB MR. BRYAN;
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COMMONER EXCEEDS SPEED
~ LIMT IN EFFORT TO FILL
‘ CHAUTAUQUA DATE.
CHICAGO.—William Jennings Bry
an had delivered a lecture at Delevan,
Wis., and was making a fast' automo
bile jump to Waukegan, a Chicago
suburb, where a chautauqua audience
awaited him. His driver had been do
ing a little better than fifty an hour
‘when he slowed down for a curve and
‘made the acquaintance of Marshal J.
Congdon.
~ “Where are you going and who are
you, anyway?” was the introduction.
‘ “I'm going to Waukegan. I'm Wil
liam Jennings Bryan and I must de
‘liver a lecture in Waukegan.”
“What is your business?” as the lit
tle notebook appeared.
“I’'m a writer on subjects of political
economy. I’ve been in politics forty-one
years. I have been a candidate for pres
ident on several occasions and have
served as secretary of state. In, Lin
coln, Neb., where I live, I am fairly
well known as a law abiding citizen.”
“That may go in Lincoln; but I nev
er heard of you, Mr. O’'Bryan. You
will have to tell the judge about it.”
At the village hall a democratic po
liceman recognized the‘commoner im
mediately and after apologies Bryan
sped on his way.
There was no further adventure un
til Zion City was reached, where a
motorcycle drove the machine to the
curb. :
“I'm William Jennings Bryan,” said
Mr. Bryan to a request for his name.
“Glad to know you,” said the mo
torcycle cop. “I'm Woodrow Wilson
and that man in uniform is Robert E.
Lee. Christopher Columbus is out
shooting craps with Queen Elizabeth.”
The commoner, for once in his life,
had no answer ready and the party
proceeded to police headquarters. The
police chief took one look and said,
“Lemme shake the hand that raised
grape juice to its present high state.”
Mr. Bryan complied and sped on to
ward Waukegan.
‘IS SHOWN BY FLORIDA MAN.
~ NINE HIDES AND $2.50 RE
‘ QUIRED TO BUY SHOES
VALDOSTA, Ga—Wilbur Shiver,
of Jennings, Fla., while in Valdosta
this week, disclosed the fact that there
is a great inequality between the price
of hides and a pair of shoes.
An experience which Mr. Shiver had
showed that nine cow hides and $2.50
in cash were required to buy one pair
of shoes. Leather is quoted at from
$1 to $1.50 per pound, while 4 cents
is the highest price hides will bring.
when the producer offers them for sale.
Recently a local dealer in hides ac
cumulated a carload and after a num
ber of attempts to sell them found
that he could not get enough over his
purchase price to pay for handling
them and he finally made a contract
with a Vermont tannery and shipped
the hides there to be tanned, after
which he sold the leather. This local
dealer found that he could not get the
hides tanned in Georgia, nor could he
find an independent tannery except the
one in Vermont, to handle his hides.
As a vast number of cattle are raised
and slaughtered in south Georgia and
north Florida, in the Valdosta trade
zone, many hides are brought to this
market, and the prices are matters of
much concern in south Georgia.
The difference in the sale price of
hides and the cost of shoes is making
the selier of oge and purchaser of
the other ask “why?” i
The Nimble Grasshopper
Is Staple Article of Food
Is Quite a Delicacy in the Markets
Of Syria and Egypt.
In the food markets of Arabia,
Syria, Egypt and Madagascar grass
hoppers are a staple article, and when
roasted or fried in butter, with a little
parsley, are said to be delicious. The
nimble grasshopper is a vegetarian;
he lives in the sun, and his flesh when
cooked is white and delicate. In the
Oriental countries, where it is appre
ciated, the little creatures are prepar
ed for export by being dried in the sun
or preserved in brine. - :
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ILEGISI.ATURE FROWNS
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’MEASURE INTRODUCED BY
~ PERRYMAN OVERWHELM
i’ INGLY DEFEATED.
- ATLANTA, Ga.—That the agita
tion against the prison commission, the
state prison farm and the county con
vict camps has made but little head
way in' the house of representatives
was indicated Friday afternoon by the
action of the house m tabling the reso
lution by Perryman oi Talbot, who
has led the figi‘:t by a few members
on the prison commission, providing
for the appointment by him of a com
mittee of nine from that committee to
investigate the ' question whether the
prison - commission ‘“had been derelict
in their duty;” to examine the books
and records of the state prison farm;
to investigate the treatment of prison
ers at the farm; to visit, inspect and
investigate any or all of the county
convict camps; and to make such oth
er investigations as in their judgment
might be necessary to a full and com
plete survey of the state’s penal sys
tem,
After a debate in which the prison
commission vigorously defendeg by
Moore of Appling, Mason of Hart and
others the resolution. was tabled by an
almost unanimouyg vote, there, being
only four or five votes in the negative)
1f possible the senate is even more
unanimous than the house against the
agitation directed at the state peniten
tiary. The whole proceeding is looked
upon as absurd, and without founda
tion.
The committee which recently vis
ited the state farm reported splendid
crops, the best ever grown there.
There was some criticism of housing
conditions, for which the commission
is in no respect responsible, the leg
islature having not made an appropria
tion with which to make needed re
pairs -and improvements. ;
BANK’'S OFFICIALS INCENSED
BY CRITICISM OF FORMER
MEMBER OF POLICIES.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Criticism
of federal reserve system credit poli
‘cxes which was continued today before
gcongressmnal committee by John
kelton Williams, former comptroller
of the currency, aroused resentment on
the part of the system’s highest offi
cers, Governor Harding of the reserve
board and Governor Strong, of the
New York reserve bank. In one of the
frequent verbal:interchanges Governor
Harding charged across the committee
room swinging his fist, but was halt
ed by struggling associategs just in
front of his adversary, who rémained
cool, but was rising for the threatened
encounter. g
A few minutes later Mr. Strong,
while reading to the committee a re
port which charged Mr. Williams with
“false and misleading statements” was
interrupted by the former comptroller,
who shouted:
“That statement of yours is false.”
Govesnor Strong, however, contin
ued reading and presently referred to
Mr. Williams as being “jealous of his
prerogatives.”
“And that's a lie, too,” the latter
interjected.
Both federal reserve officials, with
'a number of associates, had sat ap
parently unmoved during two days,
ralong with an audience which number
ed many senators and representatives
allied with the “agricultural bloc” in
congress, while Mr. Williams elaborat
ed three general charges. He said first
that the board had countenanced un
due lending to a New York banking
group during the last two_years, for
speculative uses, while forcing liquida
tion in southern and western agricul
tural districts and that it had allowed
extortionate interest charges and gen
‘erally *failed to “ease down” inflation.
Mr. Williams concluded his two-day
discussion with observations that
“there never had been the currency in
flation in ‘this country some people be
lieved;” “that there was present im
provement from the lowering of inter
est rates,” and that “farmers are en
titled to get, through the reserve sys
tem nine months’ credits on ware
house certificates for their produce.
though dealers and profiteers should
be restricted.” 2
ANOINTS SICK AND CRIPPLED WITH OIL
AT SALE CITY; PRAYS FOR RECOVERY
REV. “BUD” ROBINSON CEN
TRAL FIGURE AMID UNUS
UAL AND PATHETIC SCENES.
CAMILLA, Ga—As_ thousands
looked expectantly on, Rev. “Bud”
‘Robinson, whose father was a whisky
dealer in the rugged mountains of east
Tennessee, anointed scores of sicky af
flicted and crippled with oil and pray
ed for their recovery Saturday.
It was “healing day” at the closing
of the Holiness camp meeting, whichi
has been in progress for: ten days atJ
Sale City. Nearly one hundred men,
women and children, anxious to be
cured of some sickness or infirmity,
made the trip to Sale City. They came
from all parts of the surrounding |
country, and began to arrive early in
the morning. J |
i They came on foot, on horseback,
in buggies, wagons and automobiles.
It was a pathetic crowd. There were
old men bent with age and disease,
some on sticks and many being helped
along. There were old women, almost
blind, limping their way to the plgce
of anointing by the preacher. There
were middle-aged men and women and
the most pathetic of all were the little
!children.
Child Looks on in Wonder.
One little fellow was deformed and
was carried to the preacher "in his
father’s arms. He sat there with his
big blue eves fixed in wonder and
amazement on the strange scenes. His
Screen Silken Hose Is
Plan of Seattle Court
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SEATTLE, Wash.—Short skirts,
rolled stockings, highly colored gar
ters worn below the knee, daint
ankles and thin summer dresses afi
figure in an investigation being made
by William W. McGuire, superin
tendent of buildings, to determine
the advisability of placing screens
about the witness stands in the dif
ferent superior court rooms,
Attorneys have often contended
that juries are swayed by pretty
women with plump limbs, short
skirts and silken stockings, who sit
with crossed legs and smile at male
jury members. Learning that pre
cautions against such influence had
been taken at Spokane by building-a
short screen about the witness stand
which allowed a full bust view of
the witness, but concealed the lower
portion of the anatomy, McGuire de-.
cided to investigate the need of such
precautions here.
With - the protection afforded by
the screens women clad in short
skirts may cross their legs and take
their ease without exercising any un
due influence upon the jurors,
GEORGIA FISHING PARTY WAS
FAR OUT FROM SHORE, AND
ONE WAS KILLED.
PERRY, Fla—A Georgia fishing
party had a narrow escape off the gulf
coast Saturday. The pilot was killed
and two others seriously injured. The
party was composed of C. W. Greene,
J. W. Grantham, Joe Vickers and Lige
Corbett, of Willacoochee, Ga.,, Waldo
Henderson, of Ocilla, Ga, and Nick
Klimnes and Charles Valonsky, of
Tarpon, Fla. : .
While off the gulf from Keyton
Beach, about twenty miles west of
Rock Island, fishinfi for red snappers
the party was caught in a heavy elec
tric and rain storm. S
Lightning struck the boat killing
Pilot Nick Klimneg instantly, seriously
wounding Henderson and Grantham,
and knocking all others unconscious
except C. W. Greene and Joe Vickers,
and tearing a large hole in the front
end of the boat. The boat was an
eighteen ton launch. The machinery
was disabled and the pumps kept run
ning. The boat gvas run within three
miles of shore before she went down.
At this point there was only seven feet
of water and it was possible to save
crew and party by using small boats
to take them to land.
Henderson and Grantham are now
at the Hotel Greystone, Perry, under
special treatment. The injured will be
taken to a Valdosta sanitarium as soon
as they are able to make the trip.
‘INCREASED TAX ON CIGARS,
. TOBACCO. SOFT DRINK
EXEMPTION URGED.
WASHINGTON, D. C—A tax of
two cents on bank checks, a flat li
cense tax of $lO on all automobiles, ir
respective of cost or horsepower. An
increase of first class postage rates to
three cents and an added levy on ci
gars, tobaceo and cigarettes are un
derstood to have been among tax re
vision suggestions presented today by
Secretary Mellon to the house ways
and means committee, meeting in ex
écutive session,
Other suggestions were said to have
included:
A reduction of 50 per cent in trans
portation taxes, both passenger and
freight, next year and their elimination
the year following.
Repeal of the taxes on soda fountain
drinks and ice cream.
Repeal of the excess profits tax ang
elimination of the $2,000 exemption on
corporations’ incomes.
Increase of the normal income tax
on corporations from the present 10
per cent to 1 per cent.
Elimination of the irfcome surtax
brackets above 40 per cent, with the
tsurtax rates on incomes ranging from
$O,OOO to $50,000 increased.
father looked appealingly and hopeful
ly into the eyes of the preacher.
Another child turned his tear-filled
eyes ugward and prayed earnestly
when he was anointed with the oil
The whole scene was tremendously
tragic and impressive. The big crowd
was hushed to silence by the unusual
spectacle. ’
It reminded one of the days when
the “Man_ of Galilee” was on earth
and the sick, blind and crippled went
to him for healing. With his pale face
lifted upward this strange old man of
the east Tennessee mountains anoint
ed the eyebrows of each one of those
who come to him with oil and in a
trembling, fervent tone prayed for their
recovery.
| Does Not Promise Cure.
After the service those who had
been anointed quietly went away as
they came. Those who limped to the
altar limped hopefully away. So far as
the casual observer could see there
was no change in their condition. Per
haps they were helped, perhaps they
were not; who knows? !
It was pitiful to see them so ex
}pectant, so willing to do anything to
be healed. Robinson disclaimed the
reputation that he was a divine healer,
but declared that he. represented the
Divine Healer. -
Robinson was born sixty years ago
in the mountains of east Tennessee,
[and his father died when “Bud” was
a child.
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- DAWSON PROSPER.
VOL. 39.—N0. 49
- STARVING NATIONS
DEATH RIDES GREAT .HORSE
THAT THREATENS TO GAL
~ LOP ALL OVER EUROPE.
BERLIN.—That livid horse which
ip John's apocalypse had death for its
rider gallops today over immense Rus<
sia, breathing pestilence from its pallid
nostrils. ]
} In May Lenine predicted that a good
iharvest would follow last year’s poor
yield. Since then the drtfuth has’ with
ered all the crops and fruit. The earth
has been split with wide fissures. No'
’harvest is possible. Even cattle cannot
be fed. :
[ Recent excellent plans for reconcil
ing the peasants and townfolks have
gone glimmering. Since the land was
taken trom the crown and the big pro
prietors and turned over to the peas
ants the area under cultivation has
diminished 80 per cent, The red army
rhas taken the best men from the plows.
Compelled to deliver all surplus prod
ucts beyond his own barest needs to
the commissaries, the peasant has rais
ed only what he personally néeded.
Had he been offered agricultural ma
}chinery, axes, knives, scissors, needles,
thread, coal and oil in exchange he
would have worked hard for abundant
Crops.
Mad Hordes in Flight.
But what good is the soviet ruble to
the peasant? His city cougin pays 10,-
000 rubles for a portion of ice cream,
‘500,000 rubles for a pair of shoes. The
peasant has a cupboardful of requisi
tion slips and paper money, but he
cannot purchase the simplest necessi
ties.
This catastrophe, which is the most
terrible ever known in the country ac
customed to famine, falls just as one
half of the army was to be demobilized
and the peasants relieved of a large
part of the taxes they have had to paz
in kind, Military communism, whic
Lenine thought necessary during the
war, was to end and make room for
state capitalism and freedom of retail
trade. o
But now the peasant who even last
year lived on twelve poods of cereal
per capita, or twenty-three less than
the German peasant, sees winter com
-3(1)% without food or fuel. Between 20,-
000 and 30,000,000 are filled with
savage emotions at the prospect of
starving amid the snow and ice, which
may come this year as early as Sep
tember. e G
Hundreds Die in Road.
Whole villages meantime are emi-~
grating to Siberia and Turkestan., The
roadd are choked with all sorts of Ere—-
Thistoric vehieles. Skinny horses, which
l"en last .spring could be bought for
a few pieces of bread, drop dead amid
dying men on the roadsides. .
The fugitives are unwelcome every
where because . they brba pestilefice.
They stay their fearful B r:f{er ‘when
they can with fruits, nuts and the bark
of trees. And as they are armed and
as there are hand grenades and ma
chine guns® in every village bloody
&battles ensue.
Famine, cholera, pestilence, that apo
calptic team, drags the Russian peo-
Lple to the edge of the precipice, To
‘morrow it may plunge them into the
abysses.
Even such work as America is do
ing for the German and Austrian ba
bies would evaporate like water on a
‘hot stove in Rusisa, when 22,000,000
and more are on the verge of dying
‘from starvation; ‘and 60,000,000 to 80,-
1000,000 adults are suffering the pangs
of hunger. ; .
. &
Harding Cuts Off /
3,471 Men From Payroll
Administration Cannot Reduce Em
ployes to Their Pre-War Number.
i WASHINGTON, D. C.—The gov
ernment has reduced its forces 3,471
)since the Harding administration came
[into office.
But early in August, according to es
timates of the civil service commis
sion, dismissals will reach 6,000.
Government employes in the Dis
trict of Columbia today number 35,-
709 fewer than on November 11, 191‘3,
when the United {tates began active
participation in the war. ;
The work of some war bureaus did
not start until the war was over. That
was true, for instance, of the public
health service, which undertakes to
provide treatment and hospitals for
disabled service men; and the bureau
of internal revenue, upon which fell
the task of collecting money to pay
for the war.
It will probably be impossible for
the present administration to reach the
old pre-war level of 39,220 employes.
That’s because of two factors: ;
1. The federal income tax reguires
hundreds of collectors, clerks and ste
nographers. S
2. Many employes are required in
the enforcement of the prohibition
amnedment. :
Two Have Narrow.
Escapes from Death
Man and Woman Slide 300 Feet Down
Mountain Glacier in Utah. &
SALT LAKE CITY.—O. D. Rich
ardson, of Seattle, and Mrs. Leonard
Fish, of Salt Lake City, his sister-in
law, are recovering today from slight
injuries and shock which they suffered
when they plunged down a glagier on
the Alta divide in the Wasatch moun
tain range 370 feet Sunday. :
Richardson lost his footing inan en
deavor to save Mrs. Fish when she
started to slide down the glacier. The
next moment he also slipped and join
ed his companion 300 feet below on a
cleft of rocks. Both were knocked un
conscious. They recovered several
hours later and cried for ?:;l}p. Boy
Scouts in the vicinity render as%
ance to the couple, who were numbe <
‘with cold. The aid of persons living at .
Brighton, several miles distant, was -
obtained. el L e