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AUTHOR OF DRY LAW EN
FORCEMENT ACT IS ADEPT
AT BURYING BILLS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The best
little -lid-clamper in Washington—
that's Andrew J. Volstead, of Min
nesota, father of the well known pro
hibition enforcement law bearing his
name.
Volstead’s lid-clamping proclivities
have not been limited simply to clamp
ing down the lid on the national thirst.
He puts the lid on a lot of legisla
tion, and— i
He also keeps a lid on his own lips.
It was as chairman of the judiciary
committee of the house that Volstead
gave his name to the proniche in his
tory. And it is as chairman of the
same committee that he is able to
sink without trace the hordes of bills,
resolutions and proposals of ail sorts
for repealing the enforcement law. No
pigeon holes in congress are more
crowded with dust-covered forgotten
documents than those of the judiciary
committee. And no ld is clamped‘
more tightly against possible consid-|
" eration and enactment of measures
disapproved by the committee chair-‘
man.
Here's Buried Bills. |
Among the bills buried under the
Volstead lid are proposals to amend
the constitution to permit wines and
liquors of 10 per cent alcoholic con
tent; to permit beer of 234 per cent
alcohol: to permit the states to decide
for themselves what constitutes ‘‘in
toxicating liquors” under the eigh
teenth amendment; to provide a na
tional referendum on prohibition, to
transfer enforcement of prohibtion
from the treasury to the department
of justice; to repeal the enforcement
act, to amend the act and so on, by
the score.
These bills were introduced, referr
,ed to committee—then buried. The lid
clamped shut on them and they were
gone! And if you try to tilt the lid
vou find sitting atop of it a small but
grim and very determined man who
doesn’t argue or plead or waste time
in words, but exercises the preroga
tives of his position as committee chair
man and the weight of the dignity
that position gives him to held the lid
firm.
“T Never Talk.”
“I nev:r discnss prohibition or the
prohibiticn enforcement act,” Vol
stead tells vou if you seek to lead him |
afield into the consideration of the|
merits ¢; ioht wines and beer, pro-|
hibition yo is the wet influence in 1;01-’
iites and lLindred subjects. !
Therei» has been much of Vol
stead’s paternal strength in prot('ctingi
his legislaiive progeny. l
Had b tiizd to argue the merits|
of his enforcement act, his enemies
might have tangled and confused his
statements and made capital of them.
But on railroads or coal mines or
matters not referred to the judiciary‘
committee for action Volstead will!
talk as freely as the most ardent ad
vocate of booze will discuss Vol
stead. Those issues, and not prohibi
tion, Volstead will tell you, are the
sericus problems to be faced just now.
There is probably no man in con
gress whose name is so widely known,
but about whom as an individual so
little is known, as Volstead.
“Little Gray Man.”
He might aptly be described as
“The Little Gray Man.”
Sixty-two years of age, slight of
build, unassuming in carriage and
presence, the outstanding factor in his
appearance is the leaden-gray over
tone that seems to enshroud him.
His plain, rather darkish-gray suit
matches almost perfectly in hue the
gray of his mustache and his hair,
which in turn blend with the gray
of his eyes. His serious, almost sol
emn, attitude toward all subjects of
discussion further cast a grayish aura
about his personality. There is no
suggestion of color, of gaiety, or
sparkle or scintillation about him. On-
Iy quiet, earnest, serious, grayness.
Born in Goodhue county, Minn., in
1860, when that state was still an out
post of our northwestern frontier, Vol
stead is a product of the hard-work
ing, serious-thinking people with
whom his whole life has been cast.
A firm in Dundee, Scotland, has re
ceived an order for five million jute
bags to be used in the export of grain
from Russia.
“Feeling
Fine!”
mne.
*] was pale and thin, hardly
able to go,” says Mrs. Bessie
Bearden, of Centra!, S.C. “I
would suffer, when | stood on
my feet, with bearwlg-down
pains in my sides and the lower
part of my bod¥. I did not rest
well and didn’t want anythins
‘o eat. My color was bad an
felt miserable. A friend of
mine told me of
CARDUS
9
The Woman's Tonic
and I then remembered my
mother used to fake it. , . After
the first bottie I was better. |
began to fleshen up and | re-
Ea.med my strength and good,
ealth¥ color. I am feelingfine.
Itook twelve bottles (of Cardui)
and haven’t had a bit of trouble
since.” -
Thousands ot other women
have had similar experiences in
the use of Ca ui, which has
brought relief where other
medicines had failed.
If Xsou sufier from female ail
menfs, take C-~dui. It is a
woman’s medici~e. It may be
jist what you need.
At yourdruggist’s or dealer’s.
E®
“FIRE PROTECTION WEEK"” WILL
BE OBSERVED FROM OCTOBER 2 TO 9
\ Gov. Thos. W. Hardwick has issued
a proclamation calling on the people of
the state to observe the period from
'October 2 to 9, inclusive, as “Fire
Prevention Week.”
- The proclamation asks that school
authorities, commercial organizations
and civic bodies arrange suitable and
appropriate exercises within that pe
riod, with a view to building up a
sentiment of education toward further
safeguards against the enormous fire
losses the country has been sustaining;
and to the newspapers he makes re
quest that the subject matter be care
fully studied and editorially handled.
“Only by arousing the public to the
appalling situation created by our ex
cessive fire waste can the evil be pro
tected,” says the proclamation.
Some surprising figures of losses are
given in the following portion of the
proclamation:
“Year by vear the national destruc
THE W.C. T. U. ISSUES
SENT OUT FROM NATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS TO ALL LO
CAL ORGANIZATIONS.
EVANSTOWN, Il.—A Sabbath
observance pledge, perhaps as strict as
anything ever attempted in the Unit
ed States, was issued Sunday from
the national headquarters of the Wo
man’s Christian Temperance Union at
Evanston.
The pledge, sent out under the name
of the National W. C. T. U, and rec
ommended by the organization, says:
“I agree to neither purchase nor
patronize Sunday newspapers.
“To use my influence by word and
example against railroad and stecam
boat travel and excursions.
Do No Shopping.
“Not to patronize any store, barber
shop, news stand, drug store (except
for medicine), bakery or any other
place of unnecessary work on the Sab
bath, and to use my influence to close
them. : :
“Not to send or call for mail on
the Sabbath.
“To make the Sabbath work at home
as light and simple as possible, that
all may enjoy the privileges of the day.
“To use my influence for legislation
that will protect the Sabbath as a
dav oi rest and worship.”
For Sabbath Observance.
In leaflets accompanying the pledge
are arguments for Sabbath observance.
“One of the greatest perils menacing
our nation is Sabbath desecration,
which is increasing at an alarming
rate,” states one of the brochures.
“The world war accentuated every
excuse for disobedience of the fourth
‘cognmandmcnt and increased the in
evitable moral laxity which accompa
nies the open and flagrant disrespect
for any law of God.
“The liquor traffic was always an
ally and promoter of Sabbath desecra
tion and a flagrant offender against the
law.”
First Film Has Been
Made of the Ice Caves
Of Mount Adams
Marvelous Subterranean Caverns Are
Subjects for the Screen. Will
Thrill Audiences.
TROUT LAKE, Wash.—A party
of film men taking scenics in Mount
Adams wonderland were aided by na
ture to secure some marvelous sub
jects for the screen that will thrill au
diences in the near future.
After fulfilling their purposes of
photographing the ice caves, lava beds,
glaciers and snowy peaks a violent
snowstorm detrained them for three
days in a tiny ranger’s cabin. Films of
a mountain blizzard were obtained that
they declare will surpass any such
picture ever produced on the screen.
Making their way carefully down
the treacherous loose shale and lava
into the forests near Guler a small
fire was encountered. For lack of men
to fight the blaze, it grew rapidly and
the motion picture men were drafted
into the business of fire fighting. From
its beginning the progress of the for
est fire was duly filmed by the chief
photographer.
This is the first time films have been
exposed in the marvelous network of
ice caves in the Mount Adams region.
The whole district is full of subterra
;nean caverns, many of grotesque de
sign and unsurpassed color.
| The photographers used a new sys
it(‘m of lighting to obtain the cave
pictures. Fearing smoke from pan
|fia~‘hc~.~‘ would injure the delicate beau
it_\' of the icicles, a powerful storage
Lattery. and a newly invented electric
bulb were used successfully.
VERDICT FOR $7,500 GIVEN
AGAINST CENTRAL RAILROAD
Sued for Damages for Death of J. W.
Goens at Americus.
In the city court of Americus the
jury in the case of J. W. Goens, ad
ministrator of the estate of John Clif
'ford Goens, in an action against the
Central of Georgia railway to recover
damages for the death of John C.
Goens, brought in a verdict for the
plaintiff in the sum of $7,500.
[t was the contention of the plain
tiffs that the death of the man occurr
ed because of negligence on the part
of the railrcad and the jury, which
was out only a short time, sustained
the plaintiff’s assertions.
Judge Ben Turnipseed, of Fort
Gaines, and Shipp and Sheppard, of
';\lm.-ricu_~. represented the plaintiffs,
and Judge R. L. Maynard and Yeo
imans & Wilkinson, of Dawson, repre
| sented the defendant road.
{ e e I e e
BREED LIKE SIXTY!
“Rats breed like sixty near the wa
ter here,” sidid Frank A. Zunser, “and
l\'.'.“ bave to get rid of them every ifew
| months. We can oniy do it, we find,
ib_\' using Royal Guaranteed Rat Paste
which is the best rat killer we have
‘ever found.” Get a 25 or 50 cents
handy tube today and destroy ALIL
rats. Sold and guaranteed by W. A,
Haire and Collier Drug Co.—adv.
tion of life and property has been
mounting, until the total annual loss ot
material wealth now approximates the
enormous sum of $485,000,000. This
means the wiping out of needed re
sources at the rate of about $1,370,000
a day, in addition to the destructién
of forty-eight lives daily.
“In our own state, during the five
years ended with 1920, our fire waste
came to the great total of $37,325,926,
a sum that would build 7,545 $5,000
homes, or many miles of good roads.
Thus it is evident that we have been
paying our full share of the tax levied
by carelessness and ignorance in han
dling fire hazards.
“Since most fires are preventable
the regrettable devastation by burn
ing that takes place day after day is
largely unnecessary. It goes without
saying that every effort should be
made to relieve the self-imposed bur
den represented by preventable fires.”
\
BURN YEAR ROUND
pe ‘
SMOULDER UNDER SNOW AND
BREAK OUT IN CONFLAGRA
TIONS LATER IN YEAR. |
DULUTH, Minn—Peat bog fires,
seemingly insignificant, but often fore
runners of disastrous forest fires, oc
casionally continue their work of de
vastation the year around. Evidence of
the winter spread of these fires is of
fered in Aitkin county, where forestry
men were forced to utilize every mod
ern means of fire extinguishing equip
ment to suppress the menace before
it spread to the forests.
Buried under thick layers of snow,
peat fires near the town of Aitkin and
McGrath smouldered during the win
ter and when the snow was erased by
spring their presence was made known
by the clouds of smoke which com
menced to sift through crevices in the
baked soil.
The fire near the town of Aitkin
burned constantly during last summer
and fall and several times threatened
to spread to the town when dry winds
fanned the ever smouldering embers.
Undermines Highways.
The fire near McGrath, forty miles
away, caused greater damage during
the winter by spreading to peat de
posits along the road. Burning under
a stretch of road nearly a quarter of a
mile tong, the fire undermined the
roadbed and in several places the sur
face caved in, opening cavities several
'feet deep. This same fire is believed
to have been responsible for the forest
fires last September which destroyed
one town, swept over many miles of
wooded country and threatened dozens
of farm homes as well as several
towns.
‘ Foresters are planning to attack the
deep scated firec with water pumped
from adjacent streams, during the
summer season when growing vegeta
tion hinders spread of the flames. Tons
of water will be poured thto the un
| der ground furnaces in an effort to
' penetrate to the base of the fire and
subdue it before the fa!l fire season
arrives.
It was these stubborn peat bog fires
which caused the serious forest con
| flagrations in northern Minnesota, par
| ticularly those of the fall of 1918, when
lstrong winds carried pieces of burning
peat into the woods, starting fires
which destroyed thousands of acres of
growing timber, wiped out =everal
towns and caused a death toll of sev
eral hundred.
Science must develop some effective
means of combatting these peat fires
during the winter months, before their
ravaging attacks can be halted, fores
try men assert. No matter how deci
sive be the blow dealt this evil during
the open season, winter with its heavy
snows holds in abeyance modern sup
pressive methods while strength s
gained in the smouldering underground
deposits for continuation of the ravag
ing attacks when the snow departs.
MANY SEE MIGRATION OF
MILLIONS OF BUTTERFLIES
illa i 25l
For a Time Sun Was Aimost Obscur
ed by Them.
CAPE MAY, N. J.—Great crowds
of folks were attracted to the board
walk here Saturday afternoon to wit
ness the flight of millions of beauti
ful butterflies that were flying along
the beach on their way to warmer
climates. Over along the Delaware
bay shore at Cape May point ifolks
say that for a time the sun was al
most clouded over with the butter
flies that were all colors of the rain
bow. Olld timers say that this is a!
sure sign oi early cold weaiher and
heavy frosts. |
12 Generations in One Year! |
There are about 12 gencrations
flies in one year! They are he fastest
breeding of a!l household pests—and
the most dangerous to your health!
Wipe them out! DESTROY them
everywhere! Use Royal Guaranteed
Fly Destroyer. Positive death to all
flies. $3.00 per gailon, with sprayer
free. Sold and guaranteed by W. A.
Haire and Collier Drug Co.—adv.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. P. KENYON
Office: Brannon Build:ng.
Res. Phone 131.
Office Thone 70.
PR. C. R. McKEMIE
DENTIST
OFFICE: BRANNON BLDG.
(Over Battle Hardware Co.)
Res. Phone 34. Office 395
DR. W. H. GARDNER
EYE. EAR. NOSE AND THROAT
| GLASSES PRESCRIBED.
THE DAWSON NEWS
ELECTRIC WIZARD WILL NO
DOUBT HEAT THE HOMES
AND COOK THE FOOD.
ATLANTA, Ga—To relegate coal.
Middle aged persons of today used
to smile at talk to the cffect that the
saloon was passing. Then they giggled
over reports that the cart horse was
disappearing from the streets. Now
they are ha-haing, it is presumed,
when they are told that the day is
probably near when coal will be n:
more than so much waste,
It may be recalled that an inventor
generally arises when he is needed
and this coal situation has brought
about a condition that makes necessi
ty paramount on the fuel question.
The recurring nuisance of strikes and
dear fuel are rapidly paging that
electric wizard who will heat homes
economically by merely pressing a
button,
Turn a screw and one gas plant puts
fuel into the stoves of countless homes
and thousands of kitchens. Turn a
spigot and from one supply gushes
the water for thousands upon thous
ands of people cvery day and night.
Thousands of persons every' morn
ing brown their toast or make their
coffee electrically. It is only a step
from a toaster big enough to supply
one’s breakfast wants, and one of sui
ficient power to heat one’s house and
do it more economically than it is
done now with high-priced coal.
NORTH GEORGIA APPLES.
Rabbit Farm Orchards, John Talia
ferro, distributor, Blue Ridge, Ga. Ap
ples sprayed, graded, hand picked,
packed in bushel boxes, $2.00, $1.50
and $l.OO per box, according to grade.
Cash with order f. o. b. Blue Ridge,
Ga. 8-29-6 t
Libel for Divorce.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Terrell
County.—To Dave Williams—Greet
ing: Georgia Williams vs. Dave Wil
liams. Divorce. The defendant, Dave
Williams, is hereby required personal
ly, or by attorney, to be and appear
at the next Superior Court to be held
in and for said county on the third
Monday in November next, then and
there to answer the plaintiff’s demands
in an action of divorce, as in default
thereof the court will proceed as to
justice shall appertain. Witness the
Hon. Wm. C. Worrill, judge of said
court, this 18th day of September,
1922, W. S. DOZIER, Clerk.
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The greater part of our spacious up stairs will be devoted to Ladies
Ready-to-Wear. Our Mr. C. A. Wall is now in the Eastem
markets buying, and we can very soon be able to show you
The Latest Creations in
Ladies Suits, Dresses, Wraps
and Underwear
We have engaged the services of Mrs. Claude Watson (an expett
dress maker) and if they dont fit you, she can make them fit you
while you wait.
Our showing in every department of our large store will be complete
and comprehensive and we will be able to well supply your every
need. Quick sales and short profits---our motto for this season.
We will appreciate a visit from you.
Your friends,
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