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Dollars in Dawson
By E. L. RAINEY
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FALTERING BETWEEN PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE OPERATION.
BATTLE FAR FROM END. ‘
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HUGE PROJECT IS BIG PUZILE
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Factions Are Preparing for Another
Battle When Congress Convenes in
November. Government May Have
«White Elephant” on Its Hands
Uncle Sam’s $100,000,000 football
«ill i being kicked around the field
of national politics. The south and the‘
west are fighting to carry it to their
own goal posts, but now the federa]}
government has the ball tucked se
curely in the crook of its arm. }
The question of the last few years
is still up in the air. |
What shall be done with Mussel
Shoals? |
Playing a Strange Game. !
This is the game the government
has been playing for several years.
The government is seeking a plan to
put to some use the greatest power
project in the history of the country.‘
Between two plans—one for private!
and one for public operation of the
nlant—the government has been un
able to decide. So congress, as has“
been the case for several sessions,
aoain will fight over Mussel Shoals)
when it convenes in December.
While the battle over its fate rages
federal engineers are continuing work
on the giant project on the Tcnnf:sseel
river in Alabama. A major part of the‘
project will be completed late this year |
and operations actually can begin then. |
Uncle Sam does not wish the plant
to lie idle, so he has become a sales
man. The federal government will
manufacture power at Mussel Shoals
and sell it—if a buyer can be found.
For there is a great deal of uncer
tainty about Mussel Shoals. The gov
ernment is not sure just how long it
can supply power from the plant in
commercial quantities. Another thing:
Because of the uncrtainty of the ulti
mate disposal of the project the gov
ernment cannot make leases or con
tracts for sale of the power. So even|
this plan .is rather unreliable.
Government operation of the project
will begin, however, as soon as possi-'
ble. and the plant likely will be kept.
in operation until it is disposed of in|
some manner.
West and South Battle.
“The whole dificulty of the Mussel
Shoals project has been a battle be-‘
tween the west and the south., Senator
Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama,
favoring private operation of the proj
cct, represents the wsouth. Senator
George W. Norris, of Nebraska, who
advocates public operation of the plam,l
represents the west.
Senator Norris- and his followers
contend that the government in 1916, |
when the project was proposed, plann-{
¢d to manufacture nitrate and fertilizer
at Mussel Shoals. The west uses ;nuchj
fertilizer, so Senator Norris has stood
firm for the scheme of leasing the
project to a private firm which shall
manufacture: fertilizer and nitrates and
<!l them under terms of a contract
with the government, |
[he south does not use as much fer
tilizer as the west, but has a great de
mand for power, so the plan of its
representative, Senator Underwood, 1s
exactly opposite that of Senator Nor
ris. Senator Underwood wants the
government itself to run the plant as
a link in a giant power system to
cover the country and reduce power
loth Senator Underwood and Sena
tor Norris have introduced their plans
in the form of legislative measures 1n
congress. Congress, however, has ta
ken no definite action on either one.
About all congress has done is to In
vestigate the possibilities of Mussel
Shoals under each scheme.
May Bring Matters to a Climax.
The fact that Mussel Shoals now is
ready for operation in part may bring
matters to a climax. While the federal
government tries the experiment of
manufacturing and selling power the
Underwood and Norris factions are
preparing for another battle.
There is little doubt that the Mus
scl Shoals project will be a major issue
before congress when it convenes 1
December. Unless Uncle Sam wishes
t 0 have a “white elephant” permanent-
Iy on his hands congress will have to
dispose of the project in some man
ner. That is the opinion of govern
ment officials who look for a clash
between the public and private opera
t advocates in the winter.
Plant a Mammoth Project.
The Mussel Shoals project, about
vhich all this controversy is raging,
i« sccond in magnitude only to the
Panama canal. Its Wilson dam alone
cost $45,000,000, and the entire plant
will cost about $150,000,000.
The project has been in the process
0f construction for seven years and
will not be completed for several
vears to come. Thousands of work
men are building the project under the
supervision of some of the most expert
of government engineers.
e possibilities of the plant are
‘mmense, Machinery that will gener
ate a constant current of 600,000 horse-
Power from the flow of«the Tennessee
nver is being installed. Monster gen
crators, moved by the flow of the
stream, will generate this power.
GEORGIA MELON SHIPMENTS
NOW TOTAL 10,148 CARLOADS
. Georgials wiatermelon - shipments
I‘4‘; l‘he season reached a total of 10,-
mrdEarloads up to noon Thursday, ac
sording to the daily report issued by
e bureau of agricultural economics.
THE DAWSON NEWS
W ilkinson County Peach
Tree, Seventy Years Old,
Is Still Bearing Fruit
) EFF E RSONVILLE, Ga—
%om Davidson, who lives in
“Wilkinson county nine miles from
here, brought some fine white
English peaches to town from a
tree on his farm that’s known posi
tively to be 70 years old. When
Davidson moved to this farm in
1900 the tree was known to be the
oldest in that section of the coun
ty. Why he is sure of the age of
this tree is that in 1900 Billy
Smith, better known as “Apple”
Smith, one of the oldest citizens
of Wilkinson county, told David
son that he had been eating fruit
from that old tree since 1868. The
original stump from the tree is in
good condition and has sent forth
new branches many seasons. The
most remarkable thing about the
tree is that it has never been giv
en any special care; never been
sprayed or the ground cultivated,
around it.
REV. HENRY MELTON'S
.
MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION
THERE GIVE PART OF FARM
PROCEEDS TO CHURCH.
‘ The plan adopted several years ago
;by the Bluffton Baptist church, of
‘which Rev. Henry Melton is pastor,
iwherehy the members cultivate a
“Lord’s acre” and give the proceeds
to the support of the church, is be
ing adopted in other states.
A Starkville, Miss,, dispatch says
‘members of Kewanee Baptist church
have again dedicated patches of their
farms to the church. Last year ffteen
members pledged parts oi their farms
to the Lord with the agreement that
the profits derived therefrom would
go into the church treasury. After all
expenses were paid the patches netted
the church $363.
“This year no call for farm pledges
was issued, making it an entirely vol
untary affair. Members who last year
were benefited by their experience, or
who as outsiders witnessed the transe
formation of those ‘who added their
bit in inareasing their religious
strength by exercising with farm im
plements, were quick to join in with
the movement. It is stated that those
who took part in the dedication of soil
to church purposes became happier,
better church members and better citi
zens.
“Persons close to the movement
have observzed, they say, that those
who are serving the Lord in the fields
appear to have a better time in life
and enjoy greater prosperity in line
with the Lord’s promise to bless those
who are loyal in their stewardship to
him.”
SILK-LOVING WORKING GIRLS
LESSEN DEMAND FOR COTTON
Held Responsible for Decreased
Consumption of Million Bales in
Year. Automobiles Also Come
In for Part of Blame.
FT. WORTH, Tex—What does the
poor working girl wear and why?
And does the fact that she patently
prefers silks to the less costly and
more concealing raiment indicate that
she is morally decadent? :
Women, and particularly those af
filiated with the world of business, are
responsible for the decrease in cotton
consumption in the United States, R.
G. Worrell, cotton goods buyer, as
serts. He quotes. figures compiled by
the Department of Commerce which
show that cotton consumption de
creased 1,000,000 bales the past year.
But the attitude of working girls
in preferring silk to cotton is entirely
commendable, counters Miss Osea Ed
'mondson, president of the Business
and Professional Women's club.
“American women are notoriously
well dressed. Then why condemn the
working girl, who is attempting to
follow the modes introduced by older
women if she succeeds merely in mak
ing a gaudy display of herseli?” she
asks.
~ “Silk hosiery, both in point of beau
ty and also of comfort, can.no longer
be questioned, even by the extremists,
iand if women’s penchant for silk in
other articles of apparel is really the
cause of the slump in the sale ot cot
ton it is most assuredly a question 107
‘the manufacturers, not the reformers.”
‘ The indictment of Mr. Worrell em
‘braces 2 broader field than that of
women’s wear, however. Automobiles
are responsible for the slump in .the
sale of linens and cotton household
goods, he holds.
Entertaining at home is speedily
becoming passe since the advent of
BIGGEST TELESCOPE IN THE WORLD IS EXPECTED TO EXPOSE 100,000,000 STARS NEVER SEEN BEFORE BY MAN
The most wonderful telescope in the
world is now perched on Mount Wil
son, 6,000 feet above Pasadena, Cali
fornia, writes S. Leonard Bastin, in
St. Nicholas. This telescope took five
years to build, and it is believed that
it will reveal 100,000,000 more stars
than can be seen by any other instru
ment of its kind.
Quite the most interesting part of
the telescope is the mirror, which is
by far the largest ever made.
It has a diameter of one hundred
iinches. or a theasurement of eight feet
four inches across its surface. There
;
SNOW, HAIL AND RAIN
FALL OVER THE NATION
TEMPERATURE FALLS TO 50IN
SOME SECTIONS WHILE OTH
ERS SWELTER IN HEAT.
BIG CROP LOSSES REPORTED
Tobacco Crop Damaged in Kentucky,
And Rio Grande Flood Inundated
Two Thousands of Acres of Texas
Cotton in the Valley.
Hail stones as large as eggs, snow,
floods, violent thunderstorms and cool
weather have found mention in Aug
ust's weather chronicle in place of the
usual record of sky-rocketing temper
atures.
Hail has been reported in several
midwestern states, causing consider
able damage to the tobacco crop in
parts of Kentucky. Snow fell for five
minutes over an area of several square
miles near Amberg, Wis.,, and was
followed by a damaging hail.
From the southwest comes word of
damage by flood waters of the Rio
Grande river.
From 750 to 1,000 acres of tobacco
were destroyed by hail_in the vicinity
of Lexington, Ky., the loss being es
timated at more than $lOO,OOO. A
small loss was sustained by corn and
other crops. The hail lasted for less
than an hour, but was so heavy that
it remained on the ground 3% hours
in some places.
Detroit, scene of a destructive rain
on Friday, again was visited by a
violent wind and thunderstorm. For
two hours rain and hail pelted a por
tion of the business area, flooding
hundreds of basements and filling the
streets with 18 inches of water. The
hail was half an inch thick.
Mercury Drops 26 Degrees.
At Indianapolis the mercury dropp
ed 26 degrees to 58 when hail as large
as marbles showered the city for half
an hour. . Outside of the flooding of
basements little damage resulted.
Two hundred soldiers from Fort
Bliss, E 1 Paso, Texas, have been or
dered out to assist farmers, business
men and reclamation service employes
in fighting the Rio Grande flood in
the lower valley cotton fields. Damage
to crops in the vicinity of Fabens, 30
miles below El Paso, is estimated at
$275,000. Several hundred acres of cot
ton land were inundated when the
‘river broke through levees one mile
‘below Fabens, bringing the total fiood
ed area to between 2,000 and 2,500
acres. A force of 1,000 worked to hold
the waters in check. :
Phoenix, Ariz., where the mercury
registered 102, was the leading hot
weather point. Elsewhere tempera
tures in the 50s, 60s and 70s predom
inated.
attractive road houses and other
places of entertainment within easy
motoring distance of the best regu
lated families. "That mother appreciates
hotel delicacies and service is evidenc
ed by the fact that she is losing the
traditional pride in the quality and
quantity of the household linens.
Draperies and the conventional par
lor bric-abrac are sharing the same
fate.
As for daughter’s beau,’ he doesn’t
even know whether her parents have
rugs on their floors and cares less.
GEORGIA KNOWS NOTHING OF
DROUTH, SO WHY BEEF
ABOUT DRY SPELL?
ATLANTA.—Don’t “beef” about
the drouth; look: how long they last
down in New Mexico.
No need for Georgia people to com
plain about the length of the drouth.
Up to a few weeks ago it had not
rained for a year and a half in New
Mexico.
Herman Baser, junior in the Uni
versity of Illinois, hiking through At
lanta, got drenched there recently by
the first rain that had fallen in a year
and a half.
The hiker started from Chicago on
June 17th, and made a ioop down by
Santa Fe, went north to Denver, then
to Minneapolis and back to the
“Windy City” once more. He then
made a jaunt to Cincinnati. From
there he came to Nashville, Chatta
nooga and Atlanta. Before the sum
mer is over Baser expects to reach
Washington and New York.
Baser is a clean cut fellow, fresh
looking despite the dusty roads he has
visited.
is only one firm in the world—a
French company—that is able to cast
glass disks of such enormous size.
Even they do not find the work
casy, and they made eight attempts
before this particular mirror was suc
cessfully cast.
In the rough state the mirror was
101 inches across, 13 inches thick and
it weighed over five tons.
From first to last the mirror took
over four years to polish. The work
was done by means of very fine emery
powder applied by wooden brushes
wrapped in cheese cloth.
Over a ton of glass was rubbed
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1925
FIFTY-NINE BILLION WAS
FARM INCOME LAST YEAR
ANALYSIS OF DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE OF BAL
ANCE SHEET PAST YEAR.
NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT MADE
Income of $2,712,000,000 Stil Too
Low to Yield Fair Return. Unin
cumbered Capital of Farmers Is 49,-
900,000,000 Dollars.
Although agriculture in the United
States did better financially in the
year ended June 30, 1925, than in the
preceding 12 months it§ income was
nevertheless not sufficient to yield
both a fair return on the capital in
vested in the business and a fair wage
for the labor of farm operators and
their families.
This is: brought But by the depart
ment of agriculture in an analysis of
the agricultural balance sheet for the
last crop year.
On the capital invested in agricul
ture the return for the year ended
June 30, 1925, says the department
was at the rate of 4.6 per cent com
pared with 3.3 per cent in the year
ended June 30, 1924. This return rep
resented interest on the investment
and payment for the managerial ser
vices of farmers. It was the net income
that remained after providing for
operating expenses and property taxes,
and making an allowance for the un
paid labor of the farmer and his {mily
at hired labor wage rates. In round
figures the net income for the 1924-25
season was $2,712,000,000, compared
with $1,992,000,000 in 1923-24.
But this sum did not go exclusively
to farmers because farmers do not
own all the capital invested in agricul
ture. They own only about 79 per
cent of it, and have to pay interest
on the balance. It is estimated by the
department that the current value of
the total capital invested in agricul
ture was $59,154,000,000 in 1924-25,
compared with $59,548,000,000 in
1923-24. When farm indebtedness is
subtracted from these figures the re
maining amounts are approximately
the value of the capital owned by
actual farm operators. In 1924-25 the
value of the farmers’ unincumbered
capital, according to the department,
was $46,904,000,000, compared with
$47.,298,000,000 in the preceding crop
year. :
"~ Inestimating the net return to the
actual farm operator in the crop year
11924-25 the department divides the
gross return on ghis . unencumbered
capital in the same way <as it does the
gross return to all the capital invest
‘ed in agriculture. That is to say, it
reckons the net income available for
;intcrcst on capital and the managerial
services vf the farmers after deducting
iopcrating expenses, taxes and an al
lowance for the labor of the farmer
}and his family. On this basis the re
turn on the farmer’s encumbered cap
ital in 1924-25 was 4.1 per cent, com
pared with 2.5 per cent in the preced
ing year.
While this is a gratifying increase
it still comes far short of equaling the
rates that the farmer has to pay for
the use of borrowed capital. Interest
paid by farmers on mortgage and oth
er indebtedness in 1924-25 was 6.4 per
cent, and 6.6 per cent in the preceding
vear. Thus, as a combined return for
the use of their capital and for their
own managerial services farmers re
ceived around 2 per cent less than was
paid solely for the use of other capital
‘under conditions not requiring the
lenders to take any responsible part
in production.
J. E. DYAL, OF BAXLEY, UN
DERTAKING THE TASK ON
TEN THOUSAND ACRES.
BAXLEY, Ga—Practical reforesta
tion has been begun on a tract of 10,-
000 acres north of Surrency, in Ap
pling county, owned by J. E. Dyal, of
Baxley.
For several years Mr. Dyal has
been considered to be the largest in
dividual turpentine operator in the
world, having approximately 1,000,000
cups hung on pine trees in this sec
tion. Portions of the tract now have
excellent stands of young pine, and
Mr. Dyal will use every approved
means to referest the sections where
a natural catch has not occurred.
The stumps are being blasted by a
distillation company and the lightwood
also utilized by the same concern. This
will reduce the fire hazard very much.
Later Mr. Dyal will put a tractor into
the tract and break strips at close in
tervals to catch and hold the pine mast
from the nursery trees. After a few
years this tract will supply a contin
uous production of naval stores and
pulpwood.
away in this manner. Then a coating
of silver was given by a special chem
ical process, and the great mirror,
weighing more than ‘four tons, was
ready for placing in the lower end of
the tube. -
Such large mirrors are very suscep
tible to heat and cold, and a special
cork chamber is built round the glass.
}Pipes and coils and fans are also used
to keep the mirror at an even temper
ature. \ ‘
More than forty clectric motors are
employed for moving the great tele
scope, opening and closing the dome,
and for riising 4nd lewering the plat-
FIGURES UPSET MAID'S BELIEF
THAT CUPID FAVORS WIDOWS
Widow Has Better -Ez;r:c;?;_Mar:yThan His Feminine
Counterpart Is One Reason, According to Census Report.
| The great contest of the century
maids versus widows.
It's a catch-as-catch-can proposition
,with the marriage altar as the goal.
. So great has been the publicity giv
len the widows for the last half cen
tury that the maids have almost come
to believe they haven't a chance
against them in the magrimonial race.
l But figures, which never lie, have
‘been produced by the census bureau
}and by insurance company officials to
ishow that there is little basis for the
belief that widows can beat the aver
age girl to the altar.
There are more widows than widow
ers in this country, according to the
census figures. Also it was shown that
more widowers than widows remarry,
and that when widowers do rewed
‘they take more maids than widows
for mates.
~ On the face of the statistical ma
terial, widows might be expected to
‘make a better showing. To begin with
there are 3,350,000 more unmated men
than single women in the United
States. Out of that number there
should be enough men for the widows
to make a number of choices without
interferring with the matrimonial in
terests of the maids. Yet tabulations
of 1920 census returns showed that
out of 110,000,000 people widows out
number widowers by more than 2,-
000,000,
Edward Gray, insurance company
official, has a simple explanation for
the situation. -
“When marriages are broken by
USE OF $1 BILL HAS
HIGH PRICES, AUTOMOBILES
AND MOVIES BLAMED BY
THE GOVERNMENT. ‘
High prices, the automobile and
movies undoubtedly - were responsible
for the run on the one-dollar bill, but
the federal bureau of efficiency be
lieves the American public has per-{
mitted the habit of carrying a pocket-i
ful of the convenient form of currency
to go to excess. |
A study of the uses of the one-dol
lar bill, just completed by the govern
ment's efficiency bureau, shows that
seven times as many one-dollar bills
‘are carried now as in 1900, and the in=
!crease in the use of the bill since 1910
has tripled. The estimated production
of dollar bills for the present year is
;800 tons, against ninety tons in 1900.
IThe bureau believes that is “too
much.”
Efforts of the treasury department
to put silver coins back into circula
tion have been unsuccessful and a 4 re
cent campaign to popularize the two
dollar bill has met with no enthusi
asm, so the efficiency bureau was ask
ed to get the facts regarding the one
dollar measure.
“The drift toward the excessive use
of low-denomination bills,” says the
report, “is uneconomical from the
standpoint of both the public and the
government.
“The development of so bulky a
currency is bad from the standpoint
of the users because of the time the
individual loses in having his change
counted out to him in small bills. He
loses time again in counting it out
when he makes a purchase. The mer
chant has a great bulk of small bills
that he must count into the bank,
where they must again be counted.
“The bank has an added task in
handling this bulky currency if, for
example, it is a member of the federal
reserve system and wants to send its
extra currency to the reserve bank.
Both banks have to count a bulky
shipment. The reserve bank may want
to send the used notes to Washing
ton for redemption. It is forced to
count innumerable small denomina
tion bills.
“When these bills reach Washing
‘ton they must be counted and recount
ed, sorted according to currency type,
examined lest they be counterfeit, de
stroyed with proper formality. The
smaller the denomination the greater
the work in thus retiring any given
1 $l,OOO.
' “New money must be issued in the
place of that destroyed. The life of a
idol]ar bill is but seven months. It
| completes its cycle and is replaced in
that time. 1f fives can replace ones
there is a corresponding saving. If
twos can be made to ‘serve the cost
| will be reduced to one-half.
The two-dollar bill, the report says,
is a useful denomination that has
fallen into disuse for no sound reason
' but merely because it is believed to
|bc unlucky. It is largely used in Can
ada. In England the smallest piece of
Ipaper money in use is a ten-shilling
bill which is worth a little more than
| the two-dollar bill.
form from which the observations are
made. e
To cause the telescope to move
across the sky a huge driving clock
is used. This is gdriven by a weight of
one and a half tons.
The most wonderful photograph of
the moon has been secured with this
telescope. . In it one can see with re
markable clearness the great’ mountain
ranges, which rise to a height of 20,-
000 §eet, and many of the craters,
some of them fifty miles across, are
plainly visible.
One very interesting problem in
connection with these craters is likely
| death,” he said, “it. is oftenest the
|husband who dies. There is a reason
for it. Men as a rule wait longer than
women to marry, ‘fiusbands, you
know, are usually older than their
wives. Moreover, statistics show that
women have a greater expectation of
life than men. Therefore the excess of
single men over single women has a
natural correlative in the excess of
Iwidows over widowers, |
“But this is not the whole explana
tion. The fact is that more widowed
men marry than widowed women. The’
widower has a better chance to marry.
Even though he has many children,
’i‘f‘ he appears a good provider, he can
usually find a mate. Youth doesn’t so
'much matter.
) “On the other hand, a widow is
handicapped. The average marriage
‘that does not wind up early in the
«divorce court carries a woman well
past her youth. Almost always there
are children. The widow in that case
finds it hard to get another mate. A
widow, young and comely and -with
out children, often demonstrates her
superior attractions by winning a sec
ond or third husband against the se
verest competition. That is to be ad
mitted. The chronicles of social affairs
prove it almost every day.
“Nevertheless, she is the exception.
Men generally prefer to found their
own families rather than inherit them.
That favors the maid. Moreover, the
older a man becomes the more his
fancy turns to youth, and the better
off he is the more likely he is to win.”
TWO FRENCHMEN, PROFES
SOR BIGUORDAN AND GA
BRIEL, SO PREDICT. |
PARIS.—Next winter will be long
and hard is the deduction made from
researches which have been carried on
by the astrohomer-priest, Father Ga
briel, and which Prof. Guillaume Bi
guordan, director of the Paris obser
vatory, has described to the Academy
of Sciences. Father Gabriel has dis
covered that the Lunar solar cycle of
744 years is divided into two periods
of 372 years and four periods of 186
years. He says that the weather fol
lows these periods and that this win
ter will be as severe as were the win
ters of the years 1553 and 1740. His
ohservations are based on researches
into the works of historians, poets and
writers which were likely to give
weather indications. |
The noted French astronomer Ara
go already has remarked on this re-‘
currence of hard winters without,
however, indicating the periods be
tween them, |
MOVE TO CHARTER CO-OPER-
I ATIVE SOCIETIES TO LEND
MONEY TO MEMBERS.
ATLANTA, Ga—Following two
defeats in previous legislatures indica
tions are'that a bill providing for .the
formation of credit unions in Georgia
will be passed at the present session.
The bill defines a “credit union” as
a co-operative society intended to pro
mote thrift by encouraging regular
habits of saving and to use the funds
thus obtained in lending money to
members.
Thus groupss comprising a credit
union might be formed in a church,
an agricultural community, a factory,
a business establishment, or any other
place where a group of persons wished
to co-operate.
~ Credit unions, according to the bill,
‘would be chartered by the state and
be under the supervision of the, state
hanking department. A board of di
rectors, a credit committee and a su
pervisory committee would be clected
annually by the members of each un
ion to have charge of its affairs.
Funds would be accumulated by the
savings of its members. Shares of $5
each would be sold for cash or by pay
ments as small as 10 or 25 cents a
week. Money would be lent to mem
bers at ‘“mominal” rates of interest,
not to exceed 1 per cent each month
or 12 per cent a year, The rate of in
terest, however, may be as low as
6 per cent a year.
The bill provides that credit unions
shall not be subject to any tax except
the advalorem tax on property impos
ed by the state constitution, unless
made subject to additional taxes by a
law specifically naming credit unions.
Twenty-one states now have laws
permitting the formation of credit un
ions, advocates of the measure assert.
'to be solved, For some time it has
been doubted whether these are really
ldue to volcanic outbursts. .
| It has been suggested that they may
‘he really “shell holes,” the sheils in
fthis case being fragments from other
worlds which have from time to time
‘bombarded the moon. . Big craters
made by exploding bombs on the
earth have just the same features that
are to be seen in the holez on the
moon. On this earth we escape most
of this bombing from the skies be
cause we are surrounded by an atmos
phere which turns most of the meteors
into dust. |
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VOL. 42.—N0. 50
COURTBY SENATE SEEN
RECENT STATEMENT INTER
PRETED AS ASSURING QUICK
END OF OPPOSITION. .
HARDING’S PLAN IS FAVORED
Senate “Regulars” Wary of Clash
With Coolidge on Protocol. Early
Committee Action Likely When the
Congress Meets in December.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Predic
tions that President Coolidge’s world
court recommendations will be accept
ed by the senate at its next session
were made today by two prominent
members' of the senate committee on
foreign relations—Senator Lenroot,
republcian, of Wisconsin, and Senator
Swanson, of Virginia, the ranking
‘democratic member.
~ American adherence to the world
court will be accomplished by vote of
the senate after three years of delay
over the proposal, without the amend
ments to the charter of the court de
‘manded by the committee on foreign
relations in adopting the so-called
“Pepper plan” of 1924,
i Republican opposition to the origi
nal Harding plan, having rallied
jarmmd the Pepper resolution to pre
'scribe conditions which President
Coolidge held unacceptable and “un
worthy of America,” in his Memorial
day address of 1924, will be .negligible
now that Senator Pepper has disown
ed them.
Mr. Pepper’s statement was inter
preted as formal notice that ail life
iha(l gone out of the republican opposi
tion 1o the world court proposal,
Senate “Regulars” Wary.
To President Coolidge’s | personal
influence before the country is at
tributed the backdown of the opposi
tion which has delayed action on the
world court proposal for over two
years. Republican senators who are
“regular” in all other matters do not
wish to open the session of congress
by clashing with the white house, be
cause when winter comes primaries
and elections will not be far behind.
Administration forces had a major
ity of at least six for ratification be
fore Senator Pepper’s statement. It
would be surprising in the new situa
tion if as many as a dozen votes were
cast finally against approval” oi the
proposal—Borah, Norris, Johnson,
Brookhart, Reed of Missouri, Ship
stead, Frazier, Copeland, Wheeler and
possibly one or two others. _
Consideration of the world court
plan has been set for December 17,
a special order making it the “unfin
ished business” for that date having
been entered before adjournment of
the special senate session in March.
The proposal was submitted to the
senate on February 24, 1923, by Pres
ident Harding, who accompanied his
recommendation with a letter from
Secretary Hughes embodying four
suggested reservations which he held
adequate to detach American partici
pation in the court from any political
relationship with the League of Na
tions,
Democrats Backing Harding Plan. °
After the proposal had been per
mitted to repose in a pigeonhole in
the foreign relations committee room
for more than a year the committee
by a margin of one vote adopted a
resolution prepared by Senators Ledge
and Pepper. Democrats on the com
mittee, led by Swanson, of Virginia,
gave notice they would support on
the floor the original Harding plan.
In his Arlington address of last year
Mr. Coolidge announced he would ac
cept nothing short of the Harding
plan with the Hughes reservations,
because he considered anything less
“unworthy of America.”
HALF WOMAN DESERTS HER
HUSBAND FOR ANOTHER MAN
Legless Wonder Being Sought in All
Parts of the Country.
A country-wide search is being
made for a legless woman who is re
ported to have eloped from her hus
band, in New York city, with anoth
er man.
Mrs. De Fuller, known in circus
lside-shows as “Gabriello, the only liv
ling hali woman in the world,” is 45
{years old and was born without legs.
{She is 2 feet 8 inches high and weighs
’l2B pounds. *
Her disappearance has been report
;c(l by ‘her husband, who is also her
{manager and who does the “ballyhoo
ling” at the sideshows in which she
’amwnrs. The woman disappeared with
all her costumes, $2,000 worth of jew
felry and $lOO in cash.
| Despite the fact that Mr. De Euller
|says he and his wife were peritctly
'happy neighbors told police the wo
imzm left her home in company with
ja man.
iARREST PROMINENT WOMAN
| FOR AN AUTO FATALITY
| e ——
Mrs. Adams, of Ft. Valley, Charged
' With Involuntary Manslaughter.
A warrant was issued at Macon by
Coroner Lee Wages charging Mrs. E.
B. Adams, of Fort Valley, with inyol
untary manslaughter as the result of
the death of Velma Calhoun, S5-year
old negro girl, who died as the result
of being run over by an autémocbile.
It is charged that Mrs. Adams was
driving the machine. The negro baby
was crossing the road at the time of
the accident and persons first to reach”
the girl say that the driver of the car
did not stop. Bond was fixed at $l,OOO,
The world owes nobody anything
except what he earns. S