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PIGEONS START ON
TRIP TO WASHINGTON
KEPR.OVER NIGHT AT SYL
VESTER, FED AND BEGIN
RETURN JOURNEY HOME.
The Sylvester Local says that J.
H. Pate, of that place, last Monday
morning received from a party in
Washington by express four piegons
with the request that he feed them on
arrival, keep them over night and turn
them loose the next morning. The
object was to see how long it -would
take the pigeons to fly back to Wash
ington. The birds came in on the 12
o’clock express train. Mr. Pate car
ried them home, placed them in a
wired chicken house, fed and watered
them, where they rested for the night.
Tuesday morning at eight o’clock he
turned them loose. The birds circled
around a bit to get their bearing and
after reaching the proper height they
flew towards the nation’s capital in
a straight line. It was guessed that
the birds would reach Washington in
eight hours from the time they de
parted from Sylvester. It is about
eight hundred miles from Sylvester to
Washington, and it is said the birds
fly about one hundred miles an hour.
Only One Reached Home.
The following acount of the return
flight, written by “J. B. S§.” of Wash
ington, and telling of the tragic end
that overtook three of the birds on
the homeward journey, is printed in
the current issue of the Sylvester pa
per. :
“Gallantly the four homing birds
rose in the early Georgia morning
air. Grateful in their gentle hearts
though they were to the kindly young
man who had received and treated
them so eonsiderately, they yet yearn
ed for their home on the banks of the
broad Potomac. !
_ “So, for a little, they rose high, fly
ing to the eastward in greeting to the
sun, the Lord of the day, then turned
northward on the long, to them, mo
mentous flight. Tom-—hero of a doz
en races, some from as far as Chi
cago—Mary, his mate, who had flown
from Beaufort, S. C, Sam and Sue,
younger birds, although both had
made flights of 300 miles or more. |
“Tom and Mary—thinking of their
pair of young fledglings in Washing
ton—set a dizzy pace, which Sam and
Sue, vet unmated but beginning to
love each other, 'matched wing-stroke
for wing-stroke. Without mishap thcy'
came above the salt marshes of Caro
lina, but there a predatory fish eagle
came swooping noiselessly from ahovc‘
them, sinking his cruel, cruel talons
into Sue’s helpless back, at the same
time a hunter below fired his heavy
duck gun at the eagle; but, unfortu
nately, one of the spreading shot also
struck Sam, giving him a mortal
wound, so that all three—eagle and
two pigeons—came down together.
_ “Tom and Mary came on together
in strong flight till over the Blue
Ridge in Virginia they met the coldl
rain and wind storm that had come
down out of Canada, bringing wintry
cold. It grew dark in mid-afternoon,
so the two birds, wet and bedraggled,
circled downward, seeking a shelter
from night and storm. In their swift
flight Mary, blinded and exhausted by
the cold, struck the naked branch of
a dead old oak and was instantly kill
ed. As she fell to the ground lifcless|
the disconsolate Tom alighted beside |
her. |
‘“All next day Tom crouched be-!
side his dead mate, while overhead
the cold winds moaned and the ccld
er rains came in miserably soaking
gusts. The following morning Tom |
gave his mate up forever, and, think-|
ing of the young one at home, he!
rose into the still storming air at 3]
p. m,, and came into the home, cold,
sick and heartbroken.” i
PAINTS
FIRST because they LAST
H. A. COOK
Parrott, Georgia
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H. A. COOK
. Parrott, Georgia ;
SEXLESS MERMAID BORN TO YOUNG WOMAN
CAMDEN, N. J.—The body of a
baby with the appearance of the fa
bled mermaid from the hips down is
in a local undertaking establishment
where physicians and medical experts
have viewed it with great curiosity.
Large sums of money have been of
fered by professors of Jefferson Med
ical college, Philadelphia, and the Uni
iversity of Pennsylvania Medical
school who wish to acquire the little
nymph-like infant for study and ana
tomical purposes.
The head of the child is normal and
periectly proportioned and so are the
hands and arms. Outwardly the up
per body is not unusual, but x-ray
photographs taken at the Cooper hos
pital revealed the infant had no spine
and no ribs or hip bone.
Physicians who examined the body
said there was no evidence of sex.
COCKE SPOKE T 0 =
ALABAMA LEGION
;DAWSON MAN ADDRESSED
CONVENTION AT MOBILE.
SAYS BONUS SURE.
MOBILE, Ala.—National Vice
‘Commander E. E. Cocke, of Dawson,
Ga., was central speaker at the state
Legion’s annual ‘banquet Thursday
night. He outlined the legion pro
gram for comrades and told them the
Owsley administration would loom
large in legion history.
Owsley, the speaker said, would
go into the Brussels conference Sat
urday morning with full powers from
the legion and the determination that
some scheme of national arbitration
must result which will outlaw war,
Adjusted compensation, he told
comrades, has enough votes in the
next congress to pass over presiden
tial veto if necessary.
The legion wants the door closed
to immigration until some practical
' basis for admission is determined, said
Eth(- speaker. “The question is,” said
| Mr. Cocke, “do we want thc emigrant
|as an economic slave or as a future
iAmcrican citizen?”
’Govemment Economy [s
| Needed, Says Slaton
Former Governor Is at Home Again
After a Trip to Europe.
John M. Slaton, former governor of
Georgia, has returned home from a
two months’ trip through England,
France, Switzerland, Italy and Bel
gium with Mrs. Slaton. Mr. Slaton
says the world today is suffering from
lack of governmental economy and
added that he believed the next pres
idential election should be decided!
along economical lines. |
“Wherever I went through Eu
rope,” continued Mr. Slaton, “I found
that heavy taxation is paralyzing in-l
dustries and working hardships upon‘
the people. The same condition exists
in this country. The burden must be
reduced. The man and woman in ev
ery walk of life feels the pinch. An
administration conductéed with the
most stringent economical policy is‘
the one that will greatly aid the coun
try generally.” |
Man Believed to Be
Ax Murderer Is Held
Jailed at Birmingham on Suspicion of
Being Implicated in 11 Killings.
Suspected of being the ax murderer
who took a toll of 11 lives in 26 at
tacks, Sam Lucia is in jail at Birm
ingham, Ala.,, where the killings oc
curred. Lucia’s past life is under close
examination to determine his connec
tion, if any, with the killings, which
were dirdcted mostly against Italian
owners of small stores.
The theory ,of blackmail and re
venge has been advanced for the 11
killings, and Lucia, police say, has a
record in New Orleans, La., as a
criminal. Lucia also is suspected of
being a member of a national gang
of kidnappers, authorities declared.
Lucia, however, says that he has
been in the United States only two
vears and that he cannot speak Eng
lish. He says that the Lucia who has
a police record in New Orleans is an
other man.
Like the mermaid there is only one
Jower extremity, tapering as does the
tail of a fish, but without scales, to
an end that has the appearance either
of a hand or foot. A web there con
nects what experts variously describe
as apparently toes or little fingers.
Mrs. George W. Kephart, Broad
way and Royden street, in whose un
dertaking parlor the body is, will not
divulge the name of the parents. The
mother is seventeen and the father al
so is young.
The child died Monday only a min
ute or so after being born. Coroner
Pratt, of Camden county, was sum
moned by the undertaker and he ask
ed permission to remove the body to
Cooper hospital where x-ray photo
graphs were made.
The baby was the mother’s first
child.
PARROTT PERSONALS
AND NEWS NOTES
SEVERAL LEAVE TO TEACH
SCHOOL. SADDLE HORSE IS
| SOLD AN ATLANTIAN.
l September is here and the toll of
‘the school bell has called Miss Na
dine Marshall to Cataula, Miss Gladys
Pinkston to Marshallville, Miss Argie
Cole to Lyons, where on the third of
September théy assumed their duties.
Others who are doing their bit to
blot out illiteracy will leave to fill
their respective positions at an early
date.
Horseback riding still holds sway
among the lovers of that Sport. Mrs.
J. L. Hopping, oi Atlanta, made a
trip to Parrott in order to purchase
a fine registered saddle horse from
Mr J. W: Tilleyw
Miss Lucy Mae Bridges has recov
ered from a recent illness and is to
leave on a vacation at an early date.
Miss Myrtle Stubbs will have charge
of her work at the telephone exchange
while she is away.
Mrs. Ollie Balch, Miss Josie Pritch
ard and Mr. Bill Cole, of Parrott:
Mrs. J. L. Avery, of Thomasville, and
Mr. Leonard Wade, of Atlanta, spent
Sunday in Columbus with friends.
Mr. Lawrence Steyerman and Miss
Mae Steyerman stopped in Parrott on
Friday to visit Miss Josie Pritchard.
They were en route to Columbus to
attend the Labor day ball
Miss Mattie Belle Pinkston enter
tained with a spend the day party on
last Friday. The guests were Misses
Charlie and Merle Pinkston, Frances
Wade and Ray Herring.
Mrs. D. S. Williams and Mrs. J. R.
Merritt, of Sale City, arrived Monday
to be the guests of Mrs. Ross Brown
and Mrs. Ollie Balch.
Miss Lucy Merritt, who has been
spending several weeks with her sis
ter, Mrs. George Leey has returned to
Cairo for the winter.
Ruth McLendon and Clarice Her
ring have returned from the sanita
rium at Plains, where they had their
tonsils removed.
Albert and Grace Hodges, of Wat
son, Ala, have been spending the
summer with their grandmother, Mrs.
Ross Brown.
Mrs. J. L. Avery, of Thomasville,
who has been the guest of Mrs. J. H.
Pritchard, is now visiting relatives in
Columbus.
Mr. Leonard Wade has returned, to
Atlanta after spending several days
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Wade.
Miss Kathryn Brown has returned
to her home in Cairo after spending
several days with Miss Louise Pink
ston,
Mrs. Hatcher, of Cuthbert, has been
at the bedside of her daughter, Mrs.
J. C. Pinkston, whe is improving rap
idly.
Mr. J. C. Pinkston has returned
from Plains sanitarium, where he un
derwent an operation for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Timmerman,
of Plains, spent a part of last week
with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pritchard.
Miss Lula Hurst, who has been the
guest of Mrs. Thornton Lee, has re
turned to her home at Perry.
Mrs. Royal and daughters, Misses
Julia and Hortense, of Arabi, are the
guests of Mrs. J. H. Cole.
Mr. J. F. Wright is spending some
time with relatives and friends in
South Carolina.
Hugh McLendon left Saturday
night for Atlanta, where he will at
tend school.
Miss Bertha I.ee is spending several
days in Atlanta as the guest of Miss
Cloe Irwin.
Mrs. G. W. Dunn has had as her
guest the past week Miss Hathaway,
of Atlanta.
Several couples from Parrott at
tended the dance in Dawson Friday
evening.
Mr. Glenn Crowell, of Atlanta, has
spent several days with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Reddick are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Reddick.
ANGLER FISH HAS FLAG
TO ALD OBTAINING FOOD
Lives on Bottom of Sea, and Seeks
Prey by Stealth.
The family of the angler fishes con
tains more strange forms than any
other.
Living on the sea bottom and seek
ing theit prey by stealth, angler fishes
do not need powerful swimming mus
cles; corsequently the size of the
body and tail has become consider
ably reduced, so that the head. rela
tively to the size of the body, is un
usually large and villainously ugly.
The rays of the back fin are very
long and the foremost is provided
with a filag-like flap of skin at the
top, extremely sensitive to touch and
playing a very important part in the
capture of its food.
The fish commonly lies concealed
onn the sea bottom with this “‘flag”
erected. From its general resemblance
to the surroundingg sea weed it is
quite inconspicuous, so that the pass
ing fish seek not to avoid it.
If one touches it the jaws beneath
open instantly and the luckless tres
passer is engulfed. It is probable that
this flag serves also as a lure to at
tract passing fishes.
TY IS GOING BACK.
Ty Cobb has stolen 822 bases since
1905. But Ty is going back. Last year
he stole only nine bases, this season
only two.
THE DAWSON NEWS
HARDING MARTYR TO
SERVICE OF COUNTRY
}DEVOTION TO DUTY AS PRES
i IDENT WORE HIM TO THE
| POINT OF EXHAUSTION.
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. Washington has at last awakened
'to the fact that the job of being pres
'ident of the United States is too
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‘much for one man to shoulder. Wash
ington alone knows how hard the
'martyr president, Warren G. Hard
’iug. worked.
i Washington knows, even though
‘the country does not know, that
‘Harding, as Woodrow Wilson, is to
be listed in the ranks of “martyr pres-.
idents.” McKinley, Garfield, Lincoln,
were killed by the weapons of assas
sins. Wilson was rendered an invalid
by overwork. Harding was killed byi
overwork, |
Didn’t Look Fit. |
Before President Harding left
Washington for his trip to Alaska
those who knew him best remarked
that “he didn’t seem fit.” He had lost
the buoyancy and alertness which
characterized him when he entered |
the white house. : i
When the president was taken ill in,
San Francisco the physicians diagnos
ed his illness as resulting from pto
maine poisoning and strain of travel
When the president died Dr. Boone,
one of the attending physicians, said:
“Something snapped—that’s all.”
But Washington knows that it was
the daily grind of being president of
the United States that killed Warren
G. Harding; that made an invalid of
Woodrow Wilson.
Job Followed Him.
Harding’s personal physician, Brig.
Gen. Sawyer, demanded that the pres
ident take up outdoor exercise. Twice
a week Harding would go to the golf
links for recreation, but it was no.
use. His official duties followed him
there and some important conferences
were held and important decisions
were made in the club house at the
golf links. |
Four bags of mdil arrived at Seat
tle, Wash., when the presidential par-‘
ty arrived there. The mail was for the
president. It was white house busi
ness. He discovered that the job of
being president hounded him wherev
er he went, |
Some of the Detail. |
Harding, like Cleveland, Roosevelt,
Taft and Wilson, worked night after
night after all Washington had put
business aside and was bent on rest
and recreation. Cleveland, Taft and
Roosevelt had rugged constitutions
and somehow survived the ordeal.
Wilson and Harding were conquered
by it. |
The president of the United Statesl
signs on an average of 50,000 papers
a year. Indian wills, Indian deeds,
commissions for postmasters and an
infinite variety of official papers are
presented to him each day for signa
ture. In each case he must know what
sort of document he is giving his ap
proyal o
During the last session of congress!
Fresident Harding signed 800 bills.
He was not only. supposed to sign‘
them, but to know what they contain
ed. On an average of 40 letters a day
demanded his personal attention. He]
dictated on an average of 20 a day.
Then there were the cabinet meet
ings, conferences, attention to what
congress was doing, placating those
not in accord with his policies, receiv
ing delegations from here, there and|
everywhere in the land, and last but|
not least there was the handshaking.
The Handshaking.
When Harding went into office he
was genial and affable. The strain of
the job told on him and he lost some |
of his easy-going characteristics. But!
he never let upon the handshaking. |
When Woodrow Wilson was presi- |
dent he refused to set apart ccrtain{
hours of the day and week to meet |
the common people. The common!
people didn't like him for it. '
When Harding went into the whitc'
house he set aside Mondays and
Wednesdays as reception days to meet
the people. It wasn’t long before he
was meeting the people every day in
the week. It secemed as if evervbody
in the country wanted to shake hands
with him.
DEVIL'S GRIPPE NOT BAD l
AS IT SOUNDS, DOC SAY!
Devil’s grippe, a mysterious and
contagious disease, which is raging in
Virginia and which has caused three
deaths, is probably a milder form of
influenza, Dr. W. H. Pound, acting
commissioner of health in New York,
said. The “Devil’s grippe” makes the|
malady sound worse than it really is,” |
he said. !
SHECE O l
USE OF CIGARETTES GROW- |
-ING IN THE UNITED STATES’
In 1902 slightly over 2,000,000,000
cigarettes were manufactured and con—l
sumed in this country, but in 1922 the |
number had leaped to more than 50,- |
000,000,600 The chief increase is in
the last six years and is attributed to
the war, ‘
Sponges of cemmerce come from!
the eastern Mediterranean sea, thel
West Indies and the coasts of Florida'
and Central America.
RED PEPPER HEAT
ENDS RHEUMATISM
Red Pepper Rub: takes the “ouch”
from sore, stiff, aching joints. It can
not hurt you, and it certainly stops that
old rheumatism torture at once.
When you are suffering so you can
hardly get around, just try Redy Pepper
Rub and you will have the quickest
relief known. Nothing has such con
centrated, penetrating heat as red pep
pers. Just as soon as you apply Red
Pepper Rub you will feel the tingling
heat. In three minutes it warms_the
sore spot through and through. Pain
and soreness are gone.
Ask any good druggist for a jar of
Rowles Red Pepper Rub. Be sure to
get the genuine, with the name Rowles
on each package.
FOUR MIGHTY RIVERS
ALL RUN PARALLEL
For 100 Miles Separated Only by
Rock Partitions.
Kingdom Ward, who has returned
from Burma after eleven months spent
in the Tibetan-Yunnan marshes, made
a complete traverse, east to west, of
that extraordinary belt of the earth’s
crust through which the waters of the
Tibetan plateau escape.
Here four of the greatest rivers of
Asia flow in a strip of mountainous
country not more than seventy-five
miles wide.
There is nothing elsewhere on the
earth’s surface to compare with these
mighty rivers—the Yangtse, Mekong,
Salween and Iriawad—running para%—
lel to each other for a hundred miles
ard separated orly by rock partitions
which in places attain altitudes of 25,-
000 feet.—l.ondon Times.
For Councilmen.
We, the undersigned, hereby an
nounce ourselves for Councilmen of
the City 40oi Dawson for the ensuing
two years, subject to the democgatic
primary. W. A. DAVIDSON,
W. F. ENGLISH. W. H. LOCKE.
Quart of Water
Cleans Kidneys
Take a Little Salts if Your Back
Hurts, or Bladder is
Troubling You
No man or woman can make a mis
take by flushing the kidneys occasion
ally, says a well-known authority. Eat
ing too much rich food creates acids,
which excite the kidneys. They become
overworked from the strain, get slug
gish and fail to filter the waste and
poisons from the blood. Then we get
sick. Rheumatism, headaches, liver
trouble, nervousness, dizziness, sleep
lessness and urinary disorders often
come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidneys, or your back hurts, or if
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment, irregular ‘of passage or at
tended by a sensation of scalding, begin
drinking” a quart of water each day,
also get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a tablespoon
ful in a glass of water before breakfast,
g;d in a few days your kidneys may act
e.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and has been used
for years to flush and stimulate the
kidneys; also to help neutralize the
acids in the system, so they no longer
cause irritation, thus often relieving
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; makes a
delightful effervescent lithia-water drink
which everyone should take now and
then to help keep the kidneys clean
and active and the blood pure, thereby
often avoiding serious kidney complica
tions. By all means have your physi
cian examine your kidneys at least
twice a year.
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