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AND HELP
pAWSON PROSPER
EE' L. RAINEY
IVOMINATE GOVERNOR AND STATE OFFICIALS TOMORROW
HE IS FOURTH WON_IAN IN
THE STATE TO RECEIVE
THE DEATH SENTENCE.
illed Her Husband, a Prominent
Physician and Druggist, in Atlanta.
says He Spurned Her Love. Were
geparated at Time of Tragedy.
\TLANTA, Ga.—The case of Mrs.
b 2 Lou Vinson, sentenced to be
| ced ior the fatal shooting of her
band, W. D. Vinson, in his office,
arch 30, 1922, which was appealed
higher tribunals, is expected to be
dded some time this fall. Vinson,
| Atlanta physician, received one
ot in hi= body as he sat at his office
& and, after he had fallen to the
L+ with his face toward his wife,
. shot him three more times. He
N "xlk]_\
“He told me I was worn out and
Lhe wanted a young and pretty
man,” Mrs. Vinson testified at her
2. She did not intend to kill him,
¢ said. *1 went to his office to talk
o some matters with him, but he
bde me so mad I just couldn’t keep
bm shooting him.” G
he fatal shots were fired from a
olver which Mrs. Vinson said was
«n her by Louis Vinson, a son of
Vinson by a former marriage, for
E orotection, f
Mre. Vinson, a frail woman of 43
the time of the shooting, had been
parated from Dr. Vinson, her second
hand. for some time. “He spurned
love,” she said, charging him with
Plea of Insanity.
Following the shooting counsel for
b defense filed a special plea of in
itv in Mrs. Vinson’s behalf, alleg
b that o disordered mental condition
s responsible for the killing. After
bearing by a jury in ordinary’s court,
vever, she was pronounced sane
] nlace n trial for her life. She
s convicted on june 3rd and sen
|to | anged on July 28th, the
v returning the verdict without
ommendation for mercy after de
rating hour and forty-five min-
Ropeals higher tribunals held up
B! disposition of the case.
son heard the verdict read
the sentence passed without any
otion, “I don’t believe they
| hang me,” she said, the day af
vard r what any woman would
o 1 mder the circumstances.”
Lrs n, according to the rec-
S t state historian, is the
hite woman to be given the
S nce in Georgia. Two of
t vere hanged and the third
( ter serving ten years.
First Woman Hanged.
liy Barclay was hanged in 1806
\ n conviction of paying a
i brother to murder her husband
S d marry another man.
sat berhardt was hanged at
1873 after conviction, to
her with Enoch F. Spann, of the
rder of Spann’s wife in Webster
pfter serving ten years of a life
tence for stabbing Narcissi Cow
girlhood friend, to death for
cng with her husband of a few
ks Kate Hamrick was pardoned
Governor Stephens in 1883. Gov
r Colquitt had commuted a death
teice to life imprisonment upon
]"fk that the young woman was
ecome a mother.
E AR e
paseball Cocktails
L.and Vender in Jail
h Does Thriving Business by Sell
ng Spheres Filled With Hooch.
" ORK.—*“Baseball cocktail,”
atest device of the bootlegging in
! d Max Sanford, 45, their
prucer jail today on a charge
{ the dry law.
A ccording to Patrolman
_ doing a land office busi
irteenth street and Third
- ¢ vesterday selling “balls”
\ | just like league base
; tasted much different—n
i y 50 cents apiece.
- te Douras held Sanford to
of $l,OOO for the grand
1l id he purchased the balls
£ s 8 flnyvn_ and the liquid
c rding to the patrolman,
ut 15 cents for each
‘ patrolman said the de
osed of a dozen of these
o cktails” during the few
» was watching him. One
: iell' to the ground, spill
g tents, which led to the
| i the scheme.
L%\;--\*E TO GET RADI
| ‘M FROM WOMAN'’S BODY
v 000 of M l“ :
| Vietal Lost While She Was
I . .
L “ndergoing Operation.
‘ O.—A tube of radium, val-
L *14.000, was back in the hands
;. 'Tecon who owns it and Mrs.
& Spohn, a patient in whose
o . radium was “lost,” was re
ot Overing today following an
- o recover the missing
| o |Tcvious operation a tube of
b v nserted in the incision.
ating . oPOhn was placed on the
e "I‘*l}“ for removal of the
n .0 disappeared. Another in
ed th"dlt‘d that the radium had
. ‘irough tissues to another part.
- Patient’s body,
THE DAWSON NEWS
Pajamas of Lace Are
Worn at Teas; N.Y.
May Adopt Vogue
PARlS.—_—“Pajamas teas” are likely
to be fashionable in New York next
wi according to fashion experts
vi ris,
; ; as gained in vogue
since 1t Deauville,
where leaders d ' a
leisure afternoon ente riends
in their hotels serving tea w dress
ed solely in a lace garment which re
sembles pajamas only because it is
made of a coat and trousers, but sur
passes anything ever seen in that line.
A prominent buyer for a Chicago
firm this week purchased a model, the
coat of which was yellow silk, lined
with pink and fastened by a single
button over the left shoulder. The
pantaloons, which reach to the ankles,
are made of diaphanous silk trimmed
with an orange sash, which holds
them at the waist.
500,000 TONS LESS
CROP FOR 1923 ESTIMATED AT
17,000,000 TONS. CONSUMPTION
EXCEEDS EXPECTATION.
Sugar production for the year 1923
will be nearly 500,000 tons less than
for 1922, it is estimated by the com
merce department in a survey of the
world situation.
World production for 1923 is put
at 17,000,000 tons as compared with
17,490,000 tons in 1922 when the con
sumption was estimated at 18,360,000
tons and the carry-over into 1923 was
put at 830,000 tons as compared with
the carry-over of 1,700,000 tons from
1921 into 1922,
The abnormal surplus of Cuban
sugar existing last January, the de
partment declared, has apparently
been absorbed and in addition the
normal amount of the new Cuban crop
has been taken. Revised estimates of
world production for 1922, the depart
ment added, are 1,600,000 tons over
the earlier estimates, owing largely to
the unexpected size of the Cuban
crop.
“But this year’s consumption,” the
department stated, “also has exceeded
all predictions, both in the United
States and in Europe.”
FORTIFYING SELVES AGAINST
COAL FAMINE. HARVEST
ING BUMPER CROP.
Farmers in Nebraska are not wor
rying about the strike of coal miners.
They are planning to load their old
“barrel” stoves with corn, keep warm
and save money. Burning corn has
been successfully tried before, but it
appears that this winter will see the
first wholesale use of the new kind of
fuel.
Nebraska does not produce coal, oil,
gas or wood, and therefore has to de
pend on outside sources for fuel, Some
suffering would result if the mines
were open at the present time, but
corn is expected to bridge the gap.
Corn Is Cheaper Fuel
Corn as fuel is cheaper than coal,
the farmers say. Coal sells in the vi
cinity of $l5 a ton, while corn brings
about 50 cents a bushel. It is cheaper
for the farmer to burn his corn than
to haul it to the railroad, sell it and
then haul coal back to his farm. Be
sides, the coal supply will be uncer
tain this winter.
Seven million, five hundred thousand
acres in Nebraska are at work pro
ducing the state’s fuel for the winter.
The weather conditions of the last
few weeks are ideal for corn growing,
and a bumper crop is expected.
Many Fortunes in Corn.
When the harvest season is ended
Nebraska farmers will have about
$150.000,000 worth of corn stored
away, it is estimated. The crop is ex
pected to near 250,000,000 bushels. The
value of this crop would purchase
about 10,000,000 tons of coal, it 18
said. :
1f Nebraska and its neighbor states
burn corn during the winter striking
coal miners will suffer. There will be
shortage of corn and meat, corn being
used to fatten cattle in that part of he
country. City dwellers also will not be
able to benefit by burning corn. Their
stoves are not fitted far such use, but
the old-fashioned ‘“barrel” variety
burns corn as easily as coal.
BANKS ARE IN BETTER SHAPE TO SERVE THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE
\\"ASHINGTON. D. C.—Resources
of the national banks' of the country
amounting to $20,706,000,000 on June
30 showed an increase of $529,000,000
over the May 5 call and an advance
of $188,000,000 over June 30, 1921, ac
cording to an analysis of returns for
the last bank call issued tonight by
Controller of the Currency Crissinger.
Between May 5 and June 30, he
stated, resources of national banks in
each federal reserve district were in
creased with the exception of banks in
the Atlanta district, which showed a
reduction of $3.;189,000, the amount of
increase ranging from $828,000 in the
Dallas district to $273,162,000 in the
New York district. =
Loans and discounts, including re
discounts, on June 30 amounted to
;Sllzmw:inua@ since May
5 of $64,000,000, but a redfiction since
PEST REDUCED PRODUCTION
IN COTTON FIELDS BY 109
POUNDS PER ACRE.
Damage Caused to Potential Harvest
~ Has Greatly Increased in Past Two
Years, According to Figures by U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
Ravages of the cotton boll weevil
were greater in 1921 than ever before
in the history of the American cotton
industry and reduced production by
109.1 pounds per acre, according to
figures by the United States depart
ment of agriculture. The loss from all
causes such as climate conditions, plant
diseases, insect pests and defective
seed was 163.1 pounds per acre. The
nearest approach to this figure was in
1909 with a loss of 1449 pounds per
acre, and the smallest loss was in 1911
with 91.5 pounds.
It is customary in the cotton trade
to estimate the activity ef the boll
weevil in numbers of bales of cotton,
although it is recognized that were
the boll weevil nonexistent it would
not necessarily follow that the crop
would be increased by that figure.
6,277,000 Bales Lost.
Thus, in 1921 the boll weevil was
responsible on the acreage planted ,in
preventing the production of 6,277,000
bales. The quantity damaged through
other "tauses is estimated at 4,435,000
bales. The actual crop harvested was
4,954,000 bales. In 1921 the loss on
account of the boll weevil>was 37 per
cent greater than in 1920, when* the
production of 4,595,000 was prevented
by the pest. .
The department of agriculture has
made estimates of the reduction of the
cotton crop through boll weevils each
yvear from 1909 to 1921; inclusive. In
1909 the loss amounted to 1,368,000
bales, acgording to these estimates. In
1910 the 'loss was slightly less than in
1909 and in 1911 it was the least of
any of these years.
From 1912 to 1919, inclusive, the
loss due to this cause fluctuated be
tween 714,000 bales and 2,994,060 bales,
the latter figures for the 1916 crop.
Loss Greatly Increases.
Cotton production that the weevil
has prevented has increased greatly in
the last two years. Expressed as a
fraction of the full potential produc
tion of cotton, the damage by the béll
weevil in 1921 was about 34 per cent,
or, in other words, one-third the po
tential production. One-fifth, or 20.5
per cent., represented the weevil dam
age in 1920. Before that year the dam
age ranged from 14.3 per cent of a
potential production in 1916 down to
1.5 per cent in 1911,
Combjined damage to a potential
cotton production in 1921, estimated
at 10,712,000 bales, was greater than
the crop actually harvested—7,9s4,ooo
bales. In fact,.it was equal ‘to the
harvest and 34.7 per cent more, be
cause had there been no causes of dam
age to, the potential cotton crop of
1921 the production would have been
18,666,000 bales instead of 7,954,000
bales, and the crop that was actually
secured could have been obtained from
42.6 per cent of the acreage that was
cultivated.
EXPENSES OF U. S.
REDUCTION OF §157,000,000 LAST
MONTH COMPARED WITH
SAME MONTH YEAR AGO.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Running
expenses of the government fell off
by more than $157,000,000 during
July as compared with the same
month last vear, while public debt
disbursements were reduced by $196,-
000,000, according to the monthly
statement of expenditures issued by
the treasury. The total expenditures
chargeable against ordinary receipts
amounted to $225,000,000 during July,
against $382,000,000 a year ago, while
public debt disbursements aggregated
$34.000,000, compared with $230,000,-
000 ‘for July, 1921. Of the expenditures
chargeable against ordinary receipts
the largest item was $184,000,000 of
interest on the public debt, with $43,-
000,000 for the veteran’s bureau next,
while of the public debt disburse
ments $16,000,000 expended in the re
tirement of liberty bonds of the fourth
loan was the largest item.
June, 1921, of $756,000,000. Holdings
of United States government securi
ties amounting to $2,285,000,000 on
June 30 increased by $266,000,000 dur
ing the year and by $161,000,000 since
May 5, 1922. Other securities held
aggregated $2,277,000,000 on June 30,
an increase of $115,000,000 over May
5 and of $272,000,000 over a year ago.
A tendency fo carry less cash in the
vaults of the banks was reported, the
amount. of June 30 standing at $326,-
000,000, which was a decrease of $B,-
000,000 since May and a decline of
$48,000,000 since June last year.
Balances due from bank and bank
ers included lawful reserve, aggregat
ed $4,256,000,000 on June 30, an .in
crease of $74,000,000 since May and
of $404,000,000 since June, 1921.
Capital stock of the banks on June
30 stood at $1,307,000,000, or gg,,
990,000 more than on Mgy 5 ind $33,-
000,000 more than in June, I¢2l. Sur
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 12, 1922
Will Have a Mild
Fall, Says the Son of
Noted Indian Chief
SELKIRK, Mani—An open fall
with no cold weather until late in De
cember was predicted today by Har
ry Prince, a grandson of the great
Indian chief Peguis.. He based his
opinion principally on the position and
movements of the stars, and declared
the dipper is exceptionally slow in its
turning movements this season. This
fact, he stated, is an unfailing sign of
a long continuance of warm weather.
’
ATLANTA’S RECORD
€4 i
OF JULY “DRUNKS
DURING MONTH 629 WERE AR
RESTED ON STREET. AROUS
ES BAPTIST EDITOR.
ATLANTA, (?.——Th(’ report of the
police departmerft that 629 persons
were arrested for drunkenness on the
streets of Atlanta in July has aroused
comments from the ministry.
“Mark you,” warns Editor L. D.
Newton in the current issue of the
Christian Index, Georgia Baptist or
gan, “the streets of Atlanta do not
include the drunken people in dance
halls who were hauled home in auto
mobiles or left behind closed doors to
sober. This does not include the
drunken gambler who tumbles from
his seat and lies in a pool room un
til the sun rises and awakens him.
This does not include the drunken
men and women who violate the law
under the cover of private homes
where all night parties are held.
“These are the poor ifools who walk
out on the streets.
“There is no time, however, to
flicker. The light is on. The whisky
people are organized. They are get
ting some little engpuragement here
and there, but they are fighting at
their last stand. They know it and it
is going to be a desperate fight.
“We do not know the records in
Savannah and,Macon and Augusta and
Columbus for July. We would like to
have it to print alongside the Atlanta
record.”
FEDERAL INSPECTORS
PLACED UNDER BOND
SWORN OUT BY ECHOLS FAR
MER. ANOTHER CHAPTER IN
DIPPING DIFFICULTIES.
VALDOSTA, Ga.—Echols county,
the present battle ground between
dippers and anti-dippers in tick eradi
caion work of federal authorities, ex
perienced some new moves today.
Three federal inspectors, wearing
badges of the bureau of animal indus
try were arrested on state warrants
charging them with trespass and they
are being held under $5OO bond each,
and Judge W. E. Thomas, of the su
perior court here, has granted an order
requiring the federal and state author
ities to show cause before him why
they should neot afford additionzl fa
cilities for cattle dipping in Echols
county.
Last Saturday, it is charged, three
of the inspectors wen upon the prem
ises of J. H. Howell, of Howell Sta
tion, and made a search for cattle not
bearing the dip mark. It is reported
that Mr. Howell objected to the search
and that temporarily he was placed
under arrest by the inspectors, who
liberated him when their search was
completed.
Following this Mr. Howell had war
rants issued for the men, charging
them with trespass.
Dr. Peter Bahnsen, state veterina
rian, and Dr. S. J. Horne, federal in
spector in Georgia, hurried here and
arranged bond for the three men in
the sum of $5OO each.
Petition for injunction was filed be
fore Judge Thomas, setting up that
cattle owners on the east side of Alap
aha river had been summoned to drive
their cows to the McKinnon vat, in
some instances requiring a drive of
as much as' twenty-four miles. Judge
Thomas issued an order that the de
fendants show cause on September 16
why closer vats should not be pro
vided. v
The petition sets up that the de
fendants, Dr. Bahnsen, Dr. Horne and
J. C. Jetter have a band of twenty
men, armed with rifles, side arms and
machine guns, who are being em
ployved in the plan to compel the
plaintiffs to drive their cattle an un
reasonable number of miles for dip
ping. They aver in their petition that
they are willing and anxious to dip
their cattle if the proper facilities are
provided for them without driving
such great distances.
:plus and undivided profits of $1,541,-
000,000 on June 30, was $19,000,000
greater than a year ago, but showed a
reduction of $22,000,000 since May, at
tributed to payment of dividends at
wf_—;_‘_-‘;——_.———
!Should Refer to Dawson
IManufacturers of Anti-Kink
Africa Appeals to United States for
Hair Kink Remover.
A hair kink remover is desired by
several semi-civilized tribes of
African natives, says a report to
the United States department of com
merce, at Washington. Africans are
strangely " interested in stories of in
ventions by white men that far out
shine the magic of the mative wizard,
lis said.
FORCES HAVE BEEN SLASHED
NEARLY IN HALF IN THE
PAST SIX MONTHS.
'REORGANIZATION A PROBLEM
'War Department JFaces Many Diffi
culties in Perfecting Adequate De
fense With Loss of 100,000 in En
’ listed Personnel.
| i S i . 2
| WASHINGTON, D. C.—After
‘months of reduction and reorganiza
tion the enlisted strength of the reg
ular army of the United States has
now been decreased to a mere 125,000
men, as provided for in the army ap
propriation act, which President Hard
ing, Secretary of War Weeks, Gen,
Pershing, chief of staff, and many pub
lic citizens resisted.
By reaching this figure, the war de
partment announced today, the army
in a little more than a year has been
cut almost in half, at least 100,000
enlisted men, or 45 per cent of the
post-war strength, havigg been re
leased.
The problem the department has
faced to make 125,000 men do the
work that 225,000 have been doing
was an enormous one, almost impos
sible from the standpoint of perfect
ing adequate defense for the country
and its possessions, but reorganiza
tion plans finally have been worked
out and are now being effected.
Tasks of Small Army.
These are the missions which' the
125.000 army must perform:
Train and develop the national guard
and the organized reserves, the two
great branches of the citizen soldiery.
Maintain the necessary schools for
the training of officers and enlisted
men of the three components (regular
army, national guard and organized
reserves) of the army of the United
States. |
Maintain the administrative over
head for the three-part army. :
Provide peace time garrisons for
our continental coast defenses. ;
Provide peace and war garrisons for
our overseas pOssessions, :
Maintain a well trained forceé for
emergency purposes and to serve as a
model and demonstrating force far the
two bodies of citizen soldiers.
The existing strength is 155,000 less
than the number authorized by the
national defense act, enacted as a re
sult of lessons of the world war, and
102,000 less than the authorized pre
war strength before the three-part
army was creataed.
TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES
FOR CONGRESS IN ALL OF
TWELVE DISTRICTS.
Candidates for congress in all of
the 12 districts in Georgia will be
nominated by the republican party if
present intentions of the state central
committee are carried out, C. C.
Coyle, secretary of the committee, has
annognced.
Mcetings of all congressional dis
trict central committees will be held
within the next 30 days, and each
will nomingte a candidate for con
gress, Mr.” Coyle said. The district
committees consist of the chairmen
of county committees.
May Have Candidate for Governor.
“Republican leaders are debating
whether or not we shall enter a com
plete state ticket in the field,” Mr.
Coyle said. “I do mnot think a con
clusion will be reached until after the
democratic primaries have been held,
but it is possible that we may nomi
nate candidates for state offices.
“There is little doubt that congres
sional nominations will be mad.. A
number of south Georgia districts
des#re to regain their votes in the na
tional convention. Rules of the nation
al committee prohibit any district be
ing represented which has not cast
2,500 republican votes at the last gen
eral election. A district casting 10,000
votes is entitled to two delegates.
“The Seventh and Ninth districts
cach have two delegates, and the Fifth
and Eighth districts have one dele
gate each, and there are four delegates
at-large, so that our total state dele
gation would be 10. We hope to in
crease this number at the fall elec
tion.”
the close of the six-menth period.
National bank circulation outstand
ing on June 30, amounting to $726,-
,000.000, was reported as the greatest
{on record, an increase of $5,000,060
isince May and an advance of $22,-
iOOO'OOO over June a year ago.
| The total deposits of national banks
‘on June 30 aggregated $13,366,000,-
{OOO, an increase since May of $554,-
000,000 and since June a year ago of
| $1,178,000000.
i Liabilities to other banks and bank
jers on June 30 was $2,953,000,000, a
| reduction since May of $47,000,000,
{but an increase since June, 1921, of
!$465,000.000.
The amount of bills payable on June
|3O was $288,000,000, while rediscounts
' amounted to $280,000,000, the combin
ed reduction of bills payable and re
discounts since May being $26,000,000
&%i’ since June a year ago $963,000,-
‘Georgia Jury Awards
Negro $3OO Damages
For Alleged Beating
SSRGS 0
TIFTON, Ga—An unusual verdict
was returned at a special term of Ir
win superior court, when a judgment
for $3OO damage was rendered against
l.ee Bussel, a young white farmer, in
favor of a negro, Colonel Bishop. The
negro was suing for damages for as
sault and battery, which he alleged
was committed by Bussel and several
of his friends, who the negro claimed
went to his house, called him out and
shot him twice. f
Bussel did not deny the assault, but
claimed that the negro insulted his
wife. This the negro denied and as
serted that he had loaned Bussel a
gold watch which he refused to re
turn, and that he took the matter up
with some white friends and they went
to Bussel about it. The assault fol
lowed. Several white men testified to
the negro’s good character.
SPREADING RAPIDLY
ANNUAL LOSS OF $100,000,000 IS
PREDICTED. NOW INFESTS
36 GEORGIA COUNTIES.
g -
When Dr. Hinds, Professor Starch-I
er, Professor Duggar, Agricultural
Commissioner Allgood and other au-!
thorities went before the Alabama
legislature two years ago and warnedl
the lawmakers that the appearance of
the Mexican bean beetle in the state |
called for rigid measures of protectionl
and an adequate appropriation to con
fine the pest within the territory of*
the original outbreak, but the majority
of the members of both houses refused
to be guided by the scientists and
turned down the opportunity to con
trol the beetle within the counties
where it was first observed, says the’
Alabama Farm Facts.
The federal authorities offered to
meet the state appropriation dollar for
dollar and send men into the state to
help in the work of controlling the
pest their interest being to prevent the
spread of the insect into other states,
but the lawmakers considered the mat
ter too trifling for their serious atten
tion, some even making a joke of the
whole matter.
Alabama Invaded., 4
What the officials of the extension
service and the state and federal de
partments of agriculture then apprc-‘
hended has come to pass. Unchecked
in Alabama because the state quaran-!
tine board had no funds to carry on'
the work of control the pest has!'
spread from thirteen to thirty-five
counties in Alabama, thirty-six coun—!
ties in Georgia, thirty-four counties |
in Tennessee, two in Kentucky, twol
in North Carolina and two in South |
Carolina. The rapid spread and in
crease of the pest in these states caus
ed very serious loss in 1921 and the
loss may be doubled this year.
Specialists of the federal department
expect the bean beetle to spread south
and west to the Missippi river, besides
;comiuuing its main spread northward
‘tn the extensive bean areas ol .\'ewl
York and Michigan. Cold weather does
not check the pest, as it has bccu]
known to live for weeks covered with
snow and to survive a temperature of
thirty degrees below zero. From five
to seven generations cach season are
known in the southwest, while only
‘two generations occur each season in
‘the bean growing sections of the cold
‘er states. The federal authorities pre
| dict an annual loss of $100,000,000
lthrough the ravages of the pest. This
loss is in actual crops, but does not
‘take into consideration the forced
abandonment of certain crops for soil
’l)ui]ding in the states affected. The in
sect attacks garden beans, soy beans
‘and cowpeas and has made inroads
in alfalfa and sweet clover in places.
Absolute quarantine of an infested
area and the growing of resistent legu
minous crops, such as velvet beans,
were formerly found effective meas
~urcs, but the pest isgnow out of all
ordinary control and guarantine is im-
Ipnu.-ib]c. When it first appeared in
Alabama in a few counties it probablyl
|could have been held in this state and
eventually exterminated, if the Alaba
ma legislature had appreciated the se
!rinucnv»s of the situation and sup
, ported the measures requested by the
state authorities.
l Laboratory at Birmingham,
} The federal bureau of entomology
;ix maintaining a laboratory in Birm
ingham for studying the bean beetle
| problem, and it is hoped will be able
to work out some practical system ofl
‘ficl(] control which will give relief to
farmers within the infested areas and
' prevent the pest spreading to other |
| states. |
“The decided reduction,” Mr. Cris
singer said, “in the liability of nation
‘al banks for bills payable, represent
ing all obligations for borrowed mon
ev, which took place in the 15 months
preceding June 30, 1922, together with
a similar reduction on account of re
discounted paper is evidence of the
fact that our national banks are stand
ing on their own stilts so to speak:
are in a strengthened position, and
abundantly able and are in fact in a
better position to take care of the re
quirements of commerce and industry
made upon them than they have been
at any time since the signing of the
armistice.”
The number of reporting banks on
June 30, he added, was 8,249, which
was 99 more than a year ago, while
the percentage of loans and discounts
to total deposits on jl\me 30 was 6892
compared with 70.93 on May 5, and
with 73.47 per cent on June 30, 1921
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A NEWSPAPER
DEVOTED TO
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOL. 40.—N0. 2
RACE BETWEEN HARDWICK
AND WALKER HAS PICKED
UP CONSIDERABLY.
CLOSE CONTEST IS EXPECTED
With Exception of Race for Com
missioner of Agriculture But Little
Interest in Other Contests. No Lo
cal Politics Disturbs Terrell Voters.
The democratic state primdry for
the nomination of governor, state
house officers, members of the legis
lature, congressmen and commission
ers in the various counties will be held
lWednesday of this week, September
13th,
Final campaign statements were
issued Saturday by the several state
wide candidates or their campaign
managers. All are alike in at least one
particular, though differing in others.
There is complete agreement that all
will win,
Governor Thomas W. Hardwick is
c\)){;posed for re-election by Clifford
| Walker, former attorney-general,
| whom he defeated two years ago in a
|rpn-over primary after the elimina
tion of John N. Holder in the first
‘primary. The governor's campaign
‘head%:arters claim 125 counties, while
}the Walker forces assert that he will
carry 115 counties and perhaps more.
| But Little Interest.
’ The campaign has been marked by
apathy on the part of the voters, and
less interest has been manifested than
ever before known in a state-wide
election. w
The governor has delivered many
speeches in all parts of the state, hav
ing been on the stump continuously
since the legislature adjourned, while
Mr. Walker has not made a speech
and issued but few personal state
ments. His line of campaign in this
race has been unique in the annals
of Georgia politics, his contention be
ing that the people do not want
speech-making.
J. J. Brown, commissioner of agri
culture, is a candidate for re-election
with opposition by A. O. Blalock,
formerly collector of internal revenue
for Georgia, and O. M. Houser, a
prominent farmer of Houston county.
Chief - Justice William H. Fish, of
the state supreme court is opposed
for re-election by Judge Richard B.
Ru%se]l, of Winder, who was formerly
o~ the court of appeals.
Chairman Candler’s place on the
public service commission is sought
by J. E. Palmour, Gainesville; Mack
1.. Johnson, of Bartow county, and
Walter MacDonald, of Augusta. All
three are members of the legislature.
Mr. Palmour is a merchant, Mr. John
son a farmer and Mr. MacDonald a
lawyer.
James A. Perry, a member of the
commission, is opposed for re-election
by W. Trox Bankston, of West
Point, who ran against Paul B. Tram
mell two years ago.
No Candidate for Pension
Commissioner.
There is no candidate for pension
commissioner. J. W. Lindsey, the in
cumbent, died after the official ballot
had been prepared, and his name,
which appears on the ticket, should be
stricken. His successor will be chosen
at the regular election in November.
R. E. Davidson, of the prison com
mission, is opposed for re-election by
W. C. Brvant. formerly state oil in
spector under James D. Price as com
missioner of agriculture.
The office of state school superin
tendent for the full term, made vacant
by M. L. Brittain's resignation to
become president of Georgia Tech, is
songht by M. L. Duggan, supervisor
of schools in the department; N. H.
Ballard, of Brunswick, and A. M.
Souders. in charge of the educational
work of the veterans’ bureau in At
lanta.
Other state house officers are candi
dates for re-election without opposi
tion.
The primary, as usual, an as re
quired by law, will be held in accord
ance with the county unit plan. Which
ever candidate carries a county will
receive the county unit votes of that
county for the nomination.
No Local Contests.
There are no county or district
contests in which the voters of Terrell
are interested.
Representative W. B. Parks is un
opposed for reselection. E. R. King,
of Ft. Gaines, has no opposition fer
state senator, and Congressman Crisp
likewise has no fight on hand.
The probabiiity is that an unusually
light vote will be polled in the county.
GEORGIA’'S TAX VALUES
MORE THAN EXPECTED
Decrease Not as Much as Was Look
ed for. Total $1,018,845,211.
A decrease of $83,365,755 under the
aggregate taxable values of last year
is shown by Georgia's tax digest for
the present vear. The total values are
$1,018,845,211, despite a recent predic
tion by Commissioner H. J. Full
ibright that the digest would not run
over one billion dollars.™
It has been generally expected that
the digest this year would show a loss.
The decrease last year under 1920 was
$71,262,092, or about 7 per cent.
CAL‘HOUN COMMISSIONERS
REDUCE THE TAX RATE
The board of roads of revenues at
their regular meeting in Mor last
Tuesday fixed the tax rate § Cal
houn .sqq.q%_ this year at $23.50 on
the thousand, which includes a levy of.
$5.50 for county school purposes,