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Spend Dawson
Dollars in Dawson
By E. L. RAINEY
WILL ADVERTISE UNUSUAL ADVANTAGES OF TERRELL
A !
INCOME TAX LISTS ARE OPEN
ED BY “UNCLE” FOR SCRU
TINY OF THE CURIOUS.
JUNIOR ROCKEFELLER LEADS
Books Scanned for Financial Kings,
Stage and Photopldy Artists and
Other Moneyed Folk. Several Geor
gians Pay Large Amounts.
The United States government has
pared to the eyes of a curious public
for nation-wide inspection federal in
come tax records which testify to in
dividual and corporate contributions
toward the government’s operating
expenses for 1924.
[t was estimated that tax returns
of 8,000,000 persons and corporations
were contained in the books thrown
open \Wednesday for inspection in dif
ferent tax offices throughout the coun
try
The confusion and contradictory at
titude of officials of the internal reve
pue burcaus that marked the inspec
tion of the tax records a year ago
when the income tax publicity law
became effective were absent.
Curious Are Helped.
From California to Maine came re
ports of every facility being extended
to those who sought to select import
ant names and payments from the
thousands listed in the books.
Tax offices everywhere in the coun
try were crowded with newspaper men
and business men seeking the informa
tion the books contained.
The lists revealed that Uncle Sam
derives his income from many occu
pations and many quarters. The name
of the first man of the land, politically,
was far down in the list of incomes.
President Coolidge paid $14,081, Vice
President Charles G. Dawes paid $24,-
034
Mellon Taxed Heavily.
The largest contributor among
members of the president’s offcial
family was Andrew W. Mellon, sec
retary of the treasury, with $1,882,609.
John D. Rockefeller, jr., paid the
Targest personal tax so far reported,
$6.277,669. John D. Rotkefeller paid
$128,420. Henry Ford paid $2,608,806.
and Edsel Ford $2,158,055.
The Ford Motor Company paid the
largest tax reported by a corporation,
$16,493,160.
United States Steel Corporation was
second with $11,005,219, and the Gen
¢ral Electric Company third, with $7,-
245900, Standard Oil Company of
New York and affiliated companies
paid $2,336,436.
Films Aid Largely.
The government came in for liberal
support from the moving picture in
dustry, with Douglas Fairbanks lead
mg the list of high salaried actors.
He paid $182,190. Gloria Swanson was
second, paying $56,975.23.
Mary Pickford paid $34,075.23,
Charlie Chaplain $345.81, Harold
Lloyd $28,151.16 and Roscoe C. Ar
buckle $6,116.
Attorneys, writers and newspaper
men, while not occupying top brackets
in the list, still were not to be over
looked. John W. Davis, attorney and
tnsuccessful democratic candidate for
the presidency in the 1924 election,
paid $49,533; Max Steuer, attorney,
paid $198,455; Clarence Darrow, noted
criminal attorney, paid $3,900; Rex
Beach, writer, contributed $10,076, and
Rudyard Kipling, through his Amer
ican’ publishers, was taxed $4,990.
William Randolph Hearst was assess
ed $42,239.
The smallest payment reported was
that of Florence L. Smiley, of New
York, who paid three cents.
Tax Paid by Georgians.
The Coca-Cola company took rank
as the highest income taxpayer in the
state of Georgia, and Samuel C.
Dobbs, a former president of that
corporation, stood out as the largest
individual income taxpayer, the amount
being $247,046.64. i
Other income tax paid by Georgians
included Asa G. Candler, Inc., of At
lanta, $75,059.05; C. Howard Candler,
$81.867.39; Walter T. Candler, 354-
400.95; Ernest Woodruff, of Atlanta,
$61,097.58; W, C. Bradley, of Colum
ue. $51,352.92; John W. Grant, $25.-
840.48; James H. Nunnally, $19,972.33;
Robert W, Woodruff, president of the
{ Cola company, $5,451.96; F. C.
Stone, §67,454.43; John M. Slaton,
31874178, and G. Lloyd Preacher $ll,-
22165, Hoke Smith paid $1,300. The
Atlantic Ice and Coal company, which
owns and operates the plant at Daw
soi, paid $91,192.32.
Stribling Tops Cobb. |
In the world of sport Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb, of Augusta, manager of
th¢ Detroit baseball team in the Amer
ican league, paid $2,704.76, while W.
- Stribling, jr., Georgia prize fighter,
paid $3,260, and his father-manager,‘
W. L. Stribling, sr., paid $3,149.03.
Georgia congressmen who paid in
come tax are listed as follows: Charles
R. Crisp, Americus, $78.80; Gordon
oo LaFayette, $27.24; Thomas M.
el Gainesyille, $71.59; W. W. Lar
son, Dublin, $15.84. 5
Many other corporations and indi-
Vidual returns reflected an era of un
trecedented prosperity in Georgia.
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LIGHTNING’S HEAVY TOLL.
More than 100 men, women and
children have been killed by lightning
i Sweden this- summer.
THE DAWSON NEWS
HIGH INCOME PAYMENTS
' MADE IN UNITED STATES
{JEB' )
T x 22 highest payments of
incmfié*»yflky' dividuals, accord
ing to figures™ i« umblished are:
John D. Rockefellew s eiimaz 669
Henry Ford ... SN 806
Bdeel-Ford ... ... . 2158088
Andrew Mellon ......... 1,882,609
R Boo Mellon o oozoo . 1180.699
Payne Whitney ... 1,180,699
Mrs. Horace Dodge ......... 993,028
F. W. Vanderbilt ............ 792,986
Trovmas B Rvan ... 791861
George F. Baker ... 783,406
. R Morgan o 2 874379
Claude H. Foster .......... 569,989
SIX MILES BETWEEN ALBANY
AND TERRELL COUNTY LINE
WILL BE IMPROVED.
} ALBANY, Ga.—A six and one-half
‘mile stretch of the Florida Short Route
‘lying in Dougherty county, betweer
the city limits and the Terrell county
line, will be paved soon, according to
announcement made Friday by A. J.
Lippitt, chairman of the county board
of commissioners: Plans for the pav
ing have met with the approval of
‘the state highway commission, it was
‘stated.
This is considered to be one of the
- most important paving projects ever
‘undertaken by the county commission.
‘ This stretch of road is one of the
imost important in the link between
Chicago and Miami.
~ Estimates placed the cost of paving
at $23,000 per mile. Half of the ex
pense will be borne by the county,
which, according to Mr. Lippitt, al
ready has the money on hand to pay
its share. The other half will 'be
paid by the federal government. The
contract for the work will be let with
in a short while and the work will soon
begin, Mr. Lippitt believes.
* The county itself will bid for the
scraping and = graveling work, while
the slag and asphalt work will be giv
en to other parties,
" At present the highway, formerly
designated as the Dawson road, is only
thirty feet wide, but in conformance
with policies of the federal bureau of
roads and the state highway depart
‘meut. requiring 50-foot rpads when
permanent improvements are to be
’madc. Mr. Lippitt has obtained the
permission of every property owner
on the stretch to be paved to widen
?the road 10 feet on each side. When
finished it will be one of the finest as
phalt finished roads in the state.
" Plans for paving the remainder of
‘the Short Route to the county line
‘have not been made, but it is likely
that these will follow completion of
[thc present project,
STATE GEOLOGIST HAS ONE
REPUTED TO BE TEN MIL
LION YEARS OLD.
Away back yonder, ten million years
or so ago, thcre grew a pine tree in
Georgia. Of course there were other
pine trees here too, but this is a par
ticular tree that is the subject of this
itreatise.
| The tree flourished and waved it’s
|branches to the south wind that makes
Georgia so pleasant the year round
!whcn the sea extended up as far as
the line drawn generally east and west
'through Augusta, Milledgeville, Ma
con and Columbus. ,
' All of that fertile region known as
south Georgia was at that time at the
bottom of the sea. History does not
fsay whether there was a hole in it or
not. But along the seashore this tree
grew, maybe where Macon now is.
It was not like the pine trees that
grow in Georgia nowadays. Pine trees
these days have rings in them, showing
how old they are. But this pine tree
had no rings, thus indicating to Dr.
McCallie that in those days, known as
the cretaceous age, there were no sea
sons—no spring, no winter, no sum
mer, no autumn. They were all the
same.
This pine tree fell, was covered up
by the deposit of earth that filled this
region as the sea receded, and became
petrified.
It is now on display in the state
capitol, where it has been for years on
exihibit. |
Dr. McCallie says that there is no.
evidence of telling how old the tree is,
but that it must have grown in the cre-.
taceous era, which existed more than
ten million years ago, as the years are
reckoned now by the (Georgian calen
dar. It may be added that this is most
ly guesswork.
I-Vew Virus to Combat Tuberculosis
Will Soon Be Ready for Hpspitals
A virus that will give immunity to
tuberculosis soon will be in the hands
of the hospitals, “The British Medical
Journal,” predicts.
The statement is based on the re
searches of Professor Calmette, of
France, who, after years of labor, has
produced a vaccine from the extremely
virulent strain of the bovine type of
tuberculosis Jbaccillus. As in the case
of Pasteurs’ Anthrax vaccine, it can-‘
not produce the disease, yet it can pro
AT MEETING OF CITIZENG
|wILL RAISE $2,500 FOR PRINT
i ING AND CIRCULATING AN
. ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET.
'FARM SCENES WILL BE SHOWN
'Also Went on Record as Favoring the
. Paving of Florida Short Route. An
. other Meeting Will Be Held Thurs
-1 day Night. Big Attendance Urged.
At a well attended meeting held in
the court house Thursday night un
der the auspices of the mayor and
council and the Kiwanis club of Daw
son plans were outlined for an. exten
sive campaign to tell the world about
the great opportunities offered to set
tlers by Terrell county.
A special committee composed of
E. J. Pace, A. E. Gibson, Wi ‘L. Bat
tle, R. D. Smith, Rev. M. L. Lawson
and Dr. J. G. Dean recommended
‘that an eight-page folder be gotten
out telling a story in pictures of the
agricultural possibilities of the county.
The committee stated that already fif
lty pictures of farm and county scenes,
as well as cotton gins and school hous
es, had been taken. The photographs
show cotton fields, asparagus, peach
‘orchards. soy beans, cane, potatoes,
corn, peanuts, tobacco, pecan orchards
‘and many other crops.
It is planned to have at least 20,000
of these folders printed and distribut
‘ed to tourists as they pass through
‘the county, and also to secure lists of
{farmers in other states and mail copies
‘direct to them. The committee also
recommended that suitable signs be
erected on the Florida Short Route
‘and other principal highways of the
county inviting tourists to stop and
see Terrell county before going fur
‘ther.
~ Mr. R. L. Saville, who presided at
the meeting, suggested that immediate
steps be taken to raise $2,500 for the
purpose of putting the advertising
program into effect, and a finance
committee composed of R. R. Jones,
'W. A. Mitchell, E. W. Hollingsworth,
R. L. Saville, W. L. Battle and J. A.
iShic]ds was appointed to raise this
{amount. A number of citizens present
subscribed voluntarily, and nearly $4OO
oi the amount was pledged before the
meeting adjourned.
Would Pave Short Route.
The meeting also discussed at
length the paving of the Florida Short
Route, and a motion by Dr. Dean that
ithc meeting go on record as favoring
the movement was unanimously adopt
ed F A Shields, Rl Saville and
1. C. Hoy! were appointed to co-oper
ate with the county commissioners in
‘having the road paved through the
county.
The meeting was attended by citi
zens from nearly all parts of the coun
ty, and short talks were made by
many of those who were present.
Another meeting was called for
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock, at
which time reports will be received
from the committees.
There is no way of estimating the
benefit that will be dcré*ed from
$2,500 spent judiciously and¥wisely in
advertising Terrell county. Terrell
should let the stranger and the out
side world know about her resources,
and this can never be accomplished
without the expenditure of some time,
effort and money on the part of her
citizenry.
It is hoped that every section of the
county will join hands and come to
gether with the view of making this
great undertaking a success, and that
the court house will be filled to its
capacity at the meeting that has been
called for Thursday night.
FOURTEEN MEMBERS OF DIR
IGIBLE CREW WERE FOUND
IN THE WRECKAGE.
CALDWELL, Ohio—The giant
dirigible Shenandoah is no more. It
went down in three pieces here early
Thursday and killed its commander,
Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lans
downe, and at least thirteen of the of
ficers and men making up the crew.
The airship struck a line squall—a
variety ‘of storm most feared by air
men—shortly after 5 o’clock Thursday
morning near the Noble county village
while traveling at an altitude of 3,000
feet. en route from Lakehurst, N. J.,
to the west.
Most of the dead were found in the
tangled wreckage of the control cabin
where a full crew was on duty at
tempting to ride out the buffeting
winds which resulted in the complete
destruction of the giant of the air.
tect those who take this precautjonary
measure.
The vaccine is known as “BCG” in
France, where it is now being tested.
One hundred and seventy eight ba
bies of parents who had the disease,
were vaccinated, and none of these in
fants died, although the mortality
rate of non-vaccinated babies is one
out of four the first year of life. So
far the experiments in England have
been confined to veterinerary surgeons.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 8, 1925
MUST PROTECT THE BIRDS;
INSECT COST MILLION DAILY
Man’s feathered allies, the birds,
are of great ecomomic importance.
Were it not for their assistance the
insect pest would destroy more than
would be possible to estimate,
Even now the ravages of insects
cost the farmers, orchardists and
timber growers over $1,000,000 a
day, increasing the cost of food
and clothing for all of us.
Only in the past few years have
we begun to consider the problem
of protecting our birds. States cities
and individuals are creating bird
sanctuaries in many parts of the
country, and beneficial results are
already apparent. The value of in
sectivorous birds is difficult to es
timate, yet it is interesting to
learn that in Pennsylvania the birds
are of greater value than all the
cattle, swine, sheep, and chickens
on the 215,000 farms in the state,
MAN MADE $5,000,000
~ GAVEITALLTO U. S.
CHIEF PLATE PRIN’I.‘ER IN
U. S. MINT, STILL POOR AND
WORKS FOR HIS LIVING.
Though he has made more_than §,
000,000 since he was 12 years old, Ed
ward Meyers,of Washington, D. C.
is working for a living as watchman in
the treasury building. Meyers who is
now 75 years old and bent, figures he
has made over $5,000,000 during his
life. Yet every penny of it was turn
ed over to the United States govern
ment—for he was a plate printer in the
federal mint before he retired. |
Trained 200 Workers. |
Mr. Meyers has still another record
for service. During his career as Un
¢le Sam’s most expert money maker
he has trained about 200 workers. Be
side, he has turned out Liberty bonds,
treasury certificates, war saving
stamps, and other government certifi
cates.
Mr. Meyers began his career as an
errand boy for a Chicago note com
pany when he was 12 years old. At 15
he became an apprentice in his trade
and later had charge of several note
printing firms. He resigned from one
of these to accept the government po
sition from which he has just retired.
Millions Qf No Avail
If Mr. Meyers had kept all of the
5,000,000 he has made during his life
‘he would be one of the world’s rich
est men today. His job required him
to furn the money over to the govern
ment,though, so, it was of no avail to
him.
~ So now, at the age of 75, despite the
fortune he has made, Mr. Meyers still
has to work for his living.
jWEATHER MAN SAYS TEZXAS
WILL HAVE TO START CLI
| MATIC CHANGE TO HELP.
ATLANTA, Ga—There must be a
storm in Texas sweeping across the
lGulf of Mexico into this section before
{those sections of the southeast suffer
ing from the most disastrous drought
in more than fifty years can expect
any relief.
This was the opinion Wednesday
of C. F. von Herrman, meteorologist
in charge of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture weather bureau
here, who said that local rains, slight
in nature, have no significance as har
i bingers of relief.
' At present there is no sight of even
'a slight disturbance in the l.one Star
|state. where all the precipitation in
this section originates. Mr. von Herr
man also said that September, Octo
'bcr and November are the driest
months of the year, especially the two
latter. December, he said, is recogniz
ed as the wettest month and there
fore he can see no promise of real
relief before that time.
| If December runs true to form, he
'said, relief should come then, but at
‘the same time he called attention to
‘the fact that July and August also are
very wet months ordinarily, but did
‘not run true to form this year.
| Although the drought in existence
now is described by Mr. von Herman
'as the most disastrous in fifty years
‘he does not mean that it is of the long
‘est duration, as there have been sever
lal since 1879, the first year of the
operation of this bureau, which rivals
this in length. |
‘THE “HORSEMAN’S CHURCH”
i STONE LAID AT LEXINGTON
Racing Interests Aid Rector Who
‘ Fought Repeal of Betting Law. l
The cornerstone of the “Horseman's
Church,” as it has been called, but in
truth the Protestant Episcopal Church
of the Good Shepherd, was laid at Lex
ington, Kentucky, last week. The
building funds were given by friends
of the thoroughbred racing interests in
America, Canada and other countricsi
because the rector, Dr. Thomas L. Set
tle, last year helped the horsemenl
against the state law permiting betting
on races by parimutuels. 2 i
Dr. Settle pointed out that the pari |
mutuels were more to be preferred,l
if race betting was induiged in, than
bookmakers. The new church is to
cost about $175,000.
THREE TO _FIVE FOLD IN
CREASE IN PAY OF PICKERS
FAILS TO BRING THEM.
'FARMERS CALLING FOR HELP
Conditions in Southern Fields Today
Prove Vastly Different From Ten
Years Ago. Arkansas and Missis
, sippi Consider Use of Mexicans.
| Cotton picking in Dixie is not what
jlit used to be.
. Time was when the cotton farmer
basked in the autumn sun while cheap
labor picked his cotton, but now he is
pestered not only by a scarcity of help,
but the price he must pay‘for labor is‘
something unheard of in the cotton
field. It used to be—ten years ago—
the pickers were® at the farm house
door bright and early begging for
work., The price was thirty to fifty
cents a hundred—and no perquisites.
Labor Costs Multiply. |
In southwest Georgia the price now
ranges from 80 cents to $1.25 a hun
dred, and the’ pickers are carried to the
fields in automobiles and ‘trucks.
In Alabama, and further west, as
high as $1.50 is paid and pickers are
being fed and housed. Many are the
cars parked alongside cotton fields,
in fence corners and in farm roads.
There are aristocratic sixes and eights
out there. The cotton farmer chau‘f—|
feurs for his help and is glad of the
opportunity .
Wherever cotton is grown, the call
is for help and more help. Agents say
the labor has gone to the public works,
meaning highway construction, build
ing of houses, railroad, factory and
mines. It is explained that when
times are good, the labor quits the
farmer. When the dull season comes
in the centers of population the un
skilled labor drifts back to the farm.
Mexican laborers are invading the
cotton fields of the central Mississippi
valley “on trial.” ;
In two states, Arkansas and Mis
sissippi the experiment is being made.
George Jacobs, Bolivar county, Mis
sissippi planter, has broken the ice
in his state with the importation of a
party of six field workers, while dis
patches from Jefferson and Lonoke,
Ark., report Mexican workers engag
ed in numbers for work on the Earle
Wright plantations.
To what extent northern Mississip
pi planters will follow Jacobs’ lead
will be determined at a ‘“‘bigger and
better” cotton picking conference to
be held at Cleveland Wednesday. ()ne'
proposal to be considered, it is under
stood, would involve the bringing in
of 2,500 Mexican field hands.
| Mechanical Pickers Not In Use.
| Gathering of the cotton crop has
‘become such a serious question that
‘many cotton growers hereabouts are
looking for another profitable crop.
‘The mechanical pickers are not in use
‘here, and the only satisfactory means
of picking the staple is by hand. |
~ Cotton picking is recognized as a
tedious task. A good picker can gath
er 200 pounds in ten hours; that is
a fair average, according to the farm- |
ers. And even the high phice paid |
on that scale it does not reach the
price paid by the public works. Time !
was when white labor was available.l
It is almost impossible to employ
unskilled labor on the cotton farm,'
land this leaves the planter almost en
tirely depended wupon mnegro labor,
}which is growing more scarce all the
while. ‘
]
iNEGHO SOLDIER SLAIN
,WOULDN’T GIVE SIDEWALK,
AND CURSED IN PRESENCE
OF FULLBRIGHT’'S WIFE.
} At Americus Sam Green, a negro
soldier, was shot and instantly killed
by J. Fullbright, who is employed as
‘night watchman at the Shiver lumber
plant. Fullbright was walking with
Mrs. Fullbright and their daughter
when the killing occurred. Green, it is
stated, was attending a dance at a ne
gro store and negro soldiers were
blocking the sidewalk. Upon being
asked to permit passage of Fullbright
and his party three of the negroes be
gan cursing and Green, it is stated,
made a motion as if to draw a revol
ver, at the same time uttering threats.
Fullbright fired one shot, wkich pen
etrated the negro’s eye. A preliminary
hearing, held before Justice of the
Peace Shy shortly after the killing, re
sulted in the exoneration of Full
bright. Green was one of a number
of negro soldiers at Americus from Ft.
Benning to dismantle Souther held. |
New England City Formally Greets
Every Baby Born Within Its Gates
Here's something new in. civic en
terprise.. The city of Hartford, Conn,
gives a formal welcome and the keys
of the city to every baby, whether boy
or girl, born within its gates.
When the mother is rejoicing over
birth of the baby the city sends her a
neat brown folder containing the wel
come and bearing the seals of the city
and the state. The mother is to keep
the certificate for the baby until it is
old enough to understand the greeting.
INDIAN “WITCH” BOUND ON
ICE AND FROZEN TO DEATH
Tied to a cake of ice and frozen
to death because she was suspect
ed of witchcrait. That was the fate
of Mastetta Moccasin, an Indian
youth living in the far northern
part of- British Columbia.
Relatives of the youth, who was
charged with bewitching an aged
chieftian, complained to the authori
ties, and mounted police have just
arrested five men who are charged
with killing the youth. The five
were captured after a chase of 2,000
miles.
20,000 ATTEND THE CEREMONY.
STANDS ON LAWN OF NA
TIONAL ELKS’ HOME.
BEDFORD, Va—A rectangular
block of granite, surmounted by a
bust in bronze, was unveiled on the
grounds of the National Elk’'s Home
here today to the memory of the late
Warren G. Harding. ?
The approprigte ceremony of Elk
dom marked the drawing of the string
and disclosed the handsome memorial
shaft. Nearly 20,000 Elks were pres
ent at the ceremony, special triins
having brought thousands.
Brass bands played for the rites,
the Richmond, Va., lodge having sent
a uniformed band to the gathering to
blend with those sent by the more dis
tant lodges.
The memorial, which stands on the
lawn of the National Elks’ home here,
was unveiled in gratitude for Presi
dent Harding’s active membership in
the order and for many acts of fra
ternal brotherhodd in private life as
well as for the honor he gave the or
ganization through being occupant of
the highest post in the land. {
Inmates of the home here lent aid
to the ceremonies of the day, and the!
visitors were entertained at the home
after the ceremonies, i
ATLANTA WOMAN'S VIEW OF
SIGNIFICANCE OF “OBEY.”
| REBUKE TO CLERGY.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Whether the word
“obey” is stricken from or left in the
church marriage ceremony makes not
;]ittlc difference in the opinion of a
‘rcprcscntative of the contracting party
‘most interested—a woman. She 1s
Mrs. A. H. Sterne, prominently identi
fied with church and P. T. Association
work. She lis a member of the
fashionable Episcopal church, and is
the wife of a former president of the
Churchmen’s Club, of Atlanta.
l Mrs. Sterne has been much in
terested in the debate between the Rt.
ißcv. Irving Peak Johnson, bishop of
Colorado, who opposes, and the Rt.
Rev. Charles L. Slattery, bishop co
adjutor of Massachusetts, who es
pouses elimination of the word “obey”
!from the marriage service of the
church. Final action on whether it
will be eliminated will be taken at the
)trie‘nnial general conference to be
held in New Orleans on October, 7th.
b , “The big thing in the marriage cere
'mony,” said Mrs. Sterne, “is the word
‘love, and if everything else but that
is eliminated the ceremony, 1 think,
‘will still be complete.”
Mrs. Sterne also delivers a slight
rebuke to the clergy for engaging in
controversies ‘“over such trivialities
while we in the pews are hungry for
the simple but dynamic teachings of
Our Lord Jesus Christ.”
. Mrs. Sterne’s viewpoint, from the
side of a woman, follows:
Valuable Time Lost In Convention.
“I feel constrained to say that to my
mind the word ‘obey’ in the ceremony
is as unnecessary and the idea as ob
solete as that of the world’s being flat,
and the promise, if made, of its sound
ing as a tinkling cymbal. The work
able and successful method is in
partnership, a single purpose of both
parties striving to make a success of
the bargain mutually entered into, All
problems are best’solved when worked
out together.
“To my mind the only absolutely
necessary word to be considered is
“love.” Where love is allowed to
rule the relationship between husband
and wife, parents and children nothing
else is important, ‘and.l for one feel
that to take up much valuable time
of this general convention of 1925 will
be making ‘much ado about nothing.’
“We in the pews are worn with
much controversy and are hungry for
the simple® but dynamic teachings of
Our Liord Jesus Christ applicable to
our every day life.”
The custom has prevailed in Hart
ford for more than a year. It was in
augurated by George A Parker, a
great lover of ‘children and the chair
man of the city juvenile commission.
It was well received by the city fath
ers and has proved popular. The cus
tom, so far as is known, is not ob
served by any other city in the world.
Milkmen of Alaska deliver rein deer
milk frozen in cakes. .
Buov Terddl <
County Products
VOL. 43.—N0. 2
]MANY FORESTS ARE DYING
lAND DAMAGE TO CROPS RISES
i INTO THE MILLIONS
ESUFFER FOR DRINKING WATER
! o o i
:Heat Has Been Excessive, the Ther
l mometer in Some Sections Rising
Above 100. August the Hottest and’
‘ Driest in Georgia's History.
¢ The south continues to wither and
’burn in the wake of the most severe
|drouth in years, with prospects for lit
‘tle relief during the next few days, a
‘sun-cy of the reports reveal.
] Damage to crops runs into millions
‘of dollars. Live stock are suffering
%bccausc of dried up pastures and the
scarcity of drinkizg water. Thous
ands of acres of forest land are in dan
ger as a result of drouth and thous
ands of patrolmen are being held ready
to fight forest fires that may break out
at any time and ravage southern for
ests. Many forests are dying out for
'the lack of rain.
Rivers Are Low.
Southern rivers are lower than ever
in history. Many southern cities are
suffering for the lack of drinking wa
{ter, and the most drastic measures are
being taken to conserve the supply.
In many towns of Alabama auto
mobile’ owners are¢ forbidden to use
water in the radiators of their cars.
tNumerous southern cities have forbid
den the watering of lawns.
. With only .02 of an inch of rain
fall August was the driest mon in
the history of Georgia since 1904, when
there. was a 38-day drouth.
Tennessee Hard Hit
Tennessee has suffered the worst
drouth in 55 years. The drouth rec
ord for the past 55 years was broken
when the rain precipitation for the four
crop growing months in 1925 showed
only 689 inches, or 44 per cent of
normal,
The Tennessee river gradually but
surely drops lower. It is already at
the lowest mark on record.
Arkansas Is Suffering
In Arkgnsas the rainfall during Au
gust was 2,50 inches less than normal.
This together with cold nights and
days with hot winds has already caus
ed an estimated damage of $500,000 to
‘the farmers of the state, the bureau
states. Temperatures have averaged
from 95 to 100.05 degrees. Cotton has
deteriorated decidedly in the uplands
and is shedding badly. Fruit and
truck crops are also far below normal.
The bureau report states that the
outlook for the farmer this year in Ar
kansas is decidedly bad.
Alabama Badly Hurt.
In Alabama great damage has been
done to crops, and water and' power
supplies are running low and small
streams are drying up as a result of
the extreme drouth, which threatens to
break records established more than 50
years ago. :
- Water is being shut off several hours
a day in some towns and cities. Oth
ers report wells drying up and water
being hauled several miles for drink
ing and for watering livestoek.
Cotton over the state generally is
opening prematurely, and the yield is
off because of the dry. weather.
Carolinas Suffer.
The Carolinas are suffering just as
badly. Many of the smaller towns
are reported to be hauling their drink
ing water several miles,
Temperatures all over the southeast
were - extremely high for August.
~ Von Herrman, meteorologist at At
lanta, attributes the extreme drouth in
‘the south to the lack of tropical storms.
| Negroes Lured North for
High Wages Fill Jails
Ohio Warden Gives Migration as
Cause of Increase in the Prison
Population of the North.
That negroes lured from their
lhomes to Ohio, in a hope of finding
| plenty of work at big pay, have been
responsible for the increase in the
lpopnlation at the Ohio penitentiary
lis shown in the annual report of War
den Thomas, says the Columbus Dis
patch.
This report shows that 1,211 prison
ers were received in the penitentiary
from June 30, 1924, to the same date
this year, Of this number 341 were
irom southern states. Kentucky led
'with 85, while Tennessee was second
with a quota of 43. Alabama and Geor
gia each sent in 41 colored prisoners,
and North Carolina sent 36 with Vir
ginia following with 29,
West Virginia's contribution to the
population was 31, while South Caro
lina natives numbered 16, Mississippi
11, Fiorida 7 and Louisiana 9.
“These negroes come north expect
ing to find plenty of easy work with
high pay, and when they are unable to
find this they are easily led into com
mitting crime.”” Director Harper said
in discussing the report. . 7
“Ohio policemen are more diligent
than those of the South also, and this
probably leads to the arrests of many
men who for the same crime in the
south would not be caught.”
OXEN HAUL FIRE APPARATUS.
The first fire in five years found the
fire department of Alton, N. H., with
out horses to pull the apparatus. A
yoke of oxen hauled the machine to
the fire.