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UNCLE SAM HAS A
PROPHET OF FINANCE
JOS. 8. M’'COY, OFFICIAL “GOV
ERNMENT GUESSER,” BUSY
MAN. MAKES ESTIMATES.
Joseph S. McCoy, known as the
“government guesser,” has a weighty
occupation, for he is none other than
the adviser and dopester to the sec
retary of the treasury, the director of
the budget and the finance commit
tees of the United States.
The government must know how
much money it should expect from
its income tax next year. It has got
to have a line on what the customs
will bring in. There is a group of
taxes classed as miscellaneous internal
revenue items, including such taxes as
those paid on automobiles.
Has Just Guessed.
It is necessary to get at the facts,
for laws must be written this year to
drag in the money. McCoy is the man
who does the guessing on all these
problems. {
He has just turned in his guesses
for the fiscal yvear 1924-25. They are
for the use of the secretary of thel
treasury in making up the budget,
which, in turn, will be passed on tol
the coming congress.
To do this McCoy has to look intol
the future. He must estimate the tax
returns for next year., which will, of
course, depend upon the prosperity of
next year. McCoy’s estimates there
fore constitute an official forecast of
the good or bad times ahead.
McCoy occupies a solemn room in‘
the far corner of the treasury depart
ment. He is styled the “actuary” nfl
the treasury. An actuary in the nsur
ance world figures probabilities of
life. McCoy figures probabilities of
returns from tax -measures levied.
Prosperity to Continue.
“Income and excess profits taxes
this vear brought in $1,680,000,000,”
McCoy says. “Next year I figure they
will bring in a little more. That means
people will be earning a little more,
industry will be a little more profit
able, good times for the United States.
“Miscellaneous internal revenue
taxes, 1 estimate, will bring in a little
more than the $745,000,000 they yield
ed this year. This means that more
automobiles will be sold,
“Customs duties this year yielded
$562,000,000. Next year they will yield
a little less. There was a peculidr
boom in importations this vear which |
will not hold up. The manufacturerers
were buying heavily in raw and semi
manufactured materials.
“This was the banner year at the
treasury department. There never has
been such a vear before in the history
of the country. The prosperity of the
United States is something stupend-“
ous. Next year will be better. There]
is a period o§ prosperity ahead. |
Cigarettes Help Out.
Asked how he can tell whether the
country will be prosperous or not, Mc-
Coy replied that cigarettes help him
in his considerations.
- “They are a barometer,” the “guess
er” said. “When I want to get a flash
on the prosperity of the nation I turn
first to the treasury return from the
cigarette tax.
“I might find that the cigarette tax
returns had climbed steadily from
$15.000,000 a month to $20,000,000 a
month or that they had slumped
down to $10,000,000 a month.
“The tendency of the cigarette taxes
indicates the national tendencies of the
times. These masses smoke cigarettes.
When money is plentiful they smoke
them profligately. When money be
gins to get tight they go easy on the
‘smokes.”” .
RECLUSE, SUICIDE, LEAVES
$l5OOO IN ATTIC OF HOUSE
Ginseng King” Before Killing Self
Phones Friends It’s Judgment Day.
OWENSBORO, Ky.—~When Atwell
Haines, “ginseng king” of western
Kentucky, became tired of living as a
recluse near here he telephoned sev
eral friends telling them “his day of
judgment” was at hand. These friends
set out at once for the Haines c:{bin.
but Haines had shot and killed him
self before they arrived.
Relatives, knowing he had made a
small fortune selling ginseng root,
scarched his home. In an attic in a tin
figure. The desire for length ana
can, they found over $15,000 in money,
Liberty bonds and notes. Eight rela
tives will divide the property.
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Good fo the lust drop |
fihe uniformity of ‘
Maxwell House is due |
to the methods of |
cleaning, roasting and |
packing, embodying |
fifty years experience |
in blending a coffee |
unvarying in qQuality j
and cleanliness.oo |
MAXWELL
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Coolidge Will Draw
His First Pay Check
On Next Saturday
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Pres
ident Coolidge will get his first
pay check as president on Sep
tember Ist.
A treasury warrant for $5,958
will be given the president on
that day. It will represent Mr.
Coolidge’s salary for 29 days, at
the rate of $205.49 a day.
The president took the oath of
office August 3, a few hours after
Warren G. Harding's death.
Mr. Coolidge also will receive a
check for $65.74, representing
two days’ salary as vice presi
dent.
The late President Harding’s
last salary check will be for
$410.08, representing payment for
two days. It will be presented to
Mrs. Harding.
| Shellman News
, Mrs. ‘R. G. McCurdy and Miss Lula
Fred Etheridge entertained at a rook
party at the former’s home Wednes
day afternoon. The house was beau
tifully decorated with roses and zin
nias. A delicious salad course was
served.
‘ PERSONALS.
L Conre nds Myss GG Sheffield re
turned to their home in Atlanta on
Thursday after a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Sheffield. They were accompa
nied home by Misses Mildred and
Frances Sheffield.
Misses Julia Frances Wooten and
Mary Alice Jernigan returned Satur
day morning from Chatanqua, N. Y,
where they attended summer school.
Miss Mary Frances Wiggins re
turned to her home in Atlanta Thurs
day after an extended visit to Mrs.
H. O. Crittenden.
The many firiends of Mrs. Amanda
Curry are glad to learn she is up after
her recent illness and able to be ont'
again. ‘
Dr. and -¥rs, E. M, Martin andl
daughter, Ruth, returned Saturday af—!
ter a short visit to relatives in At-l
fanta. .
My. and Mrs. Ben T. Reese and |
Mr. Emmett Reese visited relatives in|
Buena Vista several days last week.
Misses Mary Clayton and Annie
Ballow, and Mr. Ro%ert Ballow spent
Sunday with §riends in Shellman.
Mrs. Clifford Grubbs, of Sylves-l
ter. attended the funeral of her broth- |
er, Mr. Marion Martin, Tuesday.
Misses Elizabeth, Nell, Jewell and
Eleanor Cheney visited their aunt in
Cuthbert several days last ‘week.
Messrs. Jim Curry, Roy Crittenden
and Walter Adams spent several days
of the past week in Macon.
Misses Massic Lane and Mabel
Sawyer, of Americus, spent last week
with Miss Rebecca Wooten.
Mr. Tracey Walker came Saturday
‘to spend several weeks with his moth
er, Mrs. Herbert Walker.
Mes. C.'P. Payne, Miss Dorothy
Payne and Miss Virginia Crittenden
visited in Americus Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Batler Ray and 'son,
James, of Cordele, spent last week-end
with Mrs. S B. Ellerbee.
Mrs. A. J. Baldwin, of Dawson, is
spending a few days with her mother,
Mrs. M. 15 Coxwell.
Miss Eugenia Crittenden, of Little
Rock, is the charming visitor of Miss
Carolyn Crittenden.
Miss Sara Short has returned from
Morgan, where she attended the Mon
roe-Bates wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Allen and chil
dren and Miss Marjorie ‘Curry spent
Friday in Edison.
Mrs. Ernest Baldwin and children,
of Dawson, spent Friday with Mrs.
J. C. George,
Miss Henrietta Wooten visited her
sister, Mrs. Stewart Griggs, in Daw
son last week.
Miss Christine Sears leit Tuesday
to visit Miss Marguerite Payne in
Reynolds. &
I Mrs. C. M. Cheney spent several
| days of last week with relatives in
l Columbus.
Miss Amy Twitty, of Pelham, is the
attractive guest of her sister, Mrs. J.
T. Martin.
Miss Ruth Sears returned Saturday
after a visit to Mrs. Harry Davis in
Cuthbert. > ‘
Miss Isabelle Terry is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Clarence Pullen, in Jack
sonville.
Mrs. Steve Saunders and children,
of Americus, are visiting Mrs. India
Fulton.
Miss Sara Poole. of Americus, 1S
the attractive guest of Miss Annie
Frlton.
Miss Freddie Bell returned Satur
day from attending a house party at
Milford. 3 .
Mrs. John Tarver and children vis
ited relatives in Midway, Ala., last
week.
l Mesdames H. R. Watson and R.
g. Watson shopped in Albany Mon
ay.
Miss Bennie Lee Hali, of Coleman,
visited Miss Gladye Weathers recent
ly.
Miss Annette Arthur visited Miss
| Wilela Arthur in Cuthbert last week.
Miss Kate Rambo, of Bluffton, vis
ited Miss Annie Fulton the past week.’
| .Miss Francés Baldwin, of Dawson, |
j\'ls‘ltcd Mrs. J. C. George last week.
l Mr. Emmett Rainey, of Perry, is
visiting Mr. Louis Crittenden.
! Mr. Gene Stutz, of Albany, visited
| friends in Shellman jast week.
| Mrs. L. P. Tavlor, of Cordele, is
i‘:isiting Mrs. C. W. Martin. : !
| Miss Jewette Greene is visiting Mrs.
{ Harvey ‘Smith‘ in Atlanta. l
| POTATOES “FORBIDDEN
" FRUIT;” WERE DENOUNCED
i An attempt made to introduce po
itatoes into Scotland in 1725 was de
nounced from the pulpit. Two pointsl
!held against them was that they were |
{ not mentioned in the Bible, and so
| not fit for Christians, and also that
| they = were.tife forbidden fruit, the
{ cause of Adam’s fall. They were ac
i cused of causing leprosy and fever.
| RS A
! The diamond roek drill was invent
led in the United States in 1834,
i In- 1920 2,276,000 automobiles and
{trucks were produced.
i Russia used to export 4.000,000,000
leggs a vear before the war.
MRS. G. W. BELL DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
THE PASSING OF A GOOD WO
MAN HAS BROUGHT SOR
ROW TO MANY.
l Mrs. G. W. Bell, who was known
and loved by a large circle of friends
and acquaintances, died on Monday
morning at 6 o'clock.
. Mrs. Bell was 58 years old and had
resided near Shellman all her life. She
was from one of the oldest and most
prominent families of Georgia. On ac
count ot being sick several years -she
was depriced of many pleasures, but
‘afforded many to her family of ten
children and husband. She was a real
' Christian mother.
It is true to natupe, although it be
expressed in a figurative form, that a
mother is both the morning and eve
ning star. Heaven hath imprinted in
the mother's face something beyond
this world, something that claims kin
dred with the skies—the angelic smile,
the tender look, the waking, watchful
eve, which keeps its fond vigil over
her precious family. A mother’s love
can never be supplied; it glows in her
sympathies and reigns in all her
thoughts and deeds. And even when
she is gone to her last rest the saint
ed mother in heaven is always first
in the hearts of her tuusband and chil
dren.
Interment was in Rehoboth ceme
tery Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev. J. G. Corley conducting the fun
eral services.
Besides a large circle of friends and
relatives the deceased is survived by
her husband, G. W. Bell; four sons,
John, Horace, Dudley and Andrew
Bell; six daughters, Mrs. J. L. Luns
ford Mrs. H. C. Sherrer, Jessie,
Freddie, Thelma and Sara Bell; four
brothers, John Lay and George Lay
of Coffee Springs, Ala., Charlie Lay
and Lawrence lay of Shellman; two
sisters, Mrs. Charles Bynum of Mi
ami. Fla, and Mrs. R, F. +Peak of
Coffee Springs, Ala.
Deep and sincere is the sympathy
that goes out to the bereaved family.
Unique Party Given |
At Shellman Thursday
«Ladies of the 60c” Are Honored by
Miss Crittenden. |
One oi the most unique entertain
ments of the season Wwas given by
Miss Annie Ree Crittenden on Thurs
day afternoon at her home on Pearl
street, in honor of her aunt, Mirs. L.
P. Taylor, of Cordele, the guest of
Mrs. C. W. Martin.
Miss Crittenden was assisted by
her sister, Miss Idalu, and Miss Leila
Fred Etheridge in receiving the
guests. The home was appropriately
adorned with marigold, thus giving a
pretty setting for the "girls of the
605.”” An arrangenrent of song and
music was prepared for the occasion.
i Miss Lula Ree Etheridge and Mrs.
H. R. Watson in their most charm
ing manner sang “Carry Me Back to
Or Virginny,” after which little Miss
Eugenia Short and Wista Curry, in
their always coquetish way, entered
with a basket of the much loved old
fashioned pinks, giving to each guest
a bougquet. Following this the flower
ceremony was most interestingly
read by Miss Leila Fred Etheridge.
Miss Lula Ree Etheridge then sang
“Loveship.” A contest telling of the
many modern things the girls of the
60s did not enjoy was then read by
Mrs. H. R. Watson.
The old time ballad, “When You
and I Were Young, Maggie,” was
then sung by Miss Lula Ree Ether
idge, Mrs. H. R. Watson and Mrs.
F. M. Martin. Mrs. Martin, known
for her rare talent in music, was the
accompanist for ‘the afternoon. Of
special interest was the rendition of
“Annie Laurie” and other selections
given by Mrs. Sally Shockley, of
Florida, the guest of Mrs. M. S
Watts, who was readily assisted by
Mrs. Tom Lane, of Americus.
At the conclusion a delightful ice
course was served. Those assisting
were Misses Marjorie Curry and Mil
dred Watts.
RESOLUTIONS ON DEATH
OF MRS. E. E. G. GREENE
Whereas, death has removed ‘from'i
the membership of our church and
the charter roll of our missionary so
ciety a co-laborer and friend, Mrs.
Emma Elizabeth Gaskin Greene, we
submit the following as an expression
of our sorrow in her passing and a
tribute to her memory:
We desire to bear testimony of her
splendid devotion as‘a mother, which
characteristic perhaps was her best
and most prominent virtue.
Her love and great confidence in
her children and all that they did was
ever an inspiration to them and a nbte
of encouragement in their every pur
pose.
Her loyalty as a friend to all those
whom she knew and loved most in
timate will keep green in their hearts
her memory.
Those who knew her best warmly
attest Rer hospitality and generous
friendship.
As members of the Woman’s aux
iliary of the Methodist church of
Shellman, therefore be it resolved,
that we offer this expression as a
tribute to her memory and as a mes
sage of tenderest sympathy .to her
loved ones.
Resolved further, that this tribute
be entered on the records of the Wo
man’s auxiliary of the Shellman Meth
odist church and that a copy be sent
her bereaved family. Committee,
MRS. OSCAR CRITTENDEN,
MRS. F. F. CRITTENDEN.
Japan now boasts of the largest
statue in the world, in process of
making.
The first iced car run between Chi
cago and New York was in 1876.
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS
is often caused by an inflamed condition |
of the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inflamed you i
have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing. Unless the inflammation can J
be reduced, your hearing may be de- |
stroyed forever. l
HALL’'S CATARRH MEDICINE will|
do what we claim for it—rid your system
of Catarrh or Deafness caused by
Catarrh. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE
has been successful in the treatment of
Catarrh for over Forty Years.
Sold by all druggists.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
THE DAWSON NEWS
Special Notices
FOR SALE OR RENT—My home
on College St. G. M. ROBERTS,
Dawson, Ga. 7-17-tf
WANTED—Dogwood and Persim
mon logs., Write for specifications.
JEFFERgON FARMS, Albany, Ga.
3-27-tf. »
FOR SALE--At a bargain, a brand
new Ford touring car, fully equipp- |
ed. 1. LEVERETTE, Parrott |
Georgia. 8-21-2 t |
FOR SALE—One 300-account Mc-i
Casky system. Cost $150; will sell
for $6O. Terms if desired. BOX 46,|
Dawson, Ga. 3-14-4t[
ROOMS FOR RENT —Three or four !
nice rooms. Electric lights. Tele-|
phone. Apply at once to A, H. MIL-‘
LER, 211 +-W. 7th Ave. v 8-28-It}
FOR RENT-Furnished f{ront h(‘d-{
room, with private entrance. Well|
ventilated. MRS. W. L. MILI;ER,'
Dawson, Ga. 8-28-.71!
WANTED—To exchange new mod- |
el Ford touring car body, in perfect |
condition, for Ford coupe body. Tele
phone 395, or write care Box 146,
Dawson, Georgia. 8-28-1 t
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Invite Your Ginning Account
With Us This Season
The ginning of cotton, always an important operation, has never
been more important than it will be this season, when due to the
short crop it is more necessary than ever to have your cotton gin
ned for the best and cleanest samples to demand the best price.
The farmer who gins with us may rest assured that our reputa
tion for “‘doing 1t nght” will be sustained.
Southern Cotton Oil Company
| DAWSON, GEORGIA g
Receipt
IF issued by a bonded warehouse can always be negotiated,
matters not how bard times are, for the reason a bonded
warehouse is under Government Protection—the
‘Dawson Compress and
Storage Company
is the only bonded warehouse in Terrell County, and the
largest; with a storage capacity of 8,000 bales. We must
give weather protection to all cotton in our care. Besides
weather protection a complete automatic sprinkler system
protects your cotton from fire, and gives you the lowest in
surance rate that any warehouse can offer.
BONDED WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT
In Charge of J. E. HAMILTON and GEO. D. JENNINGS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1993