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Pave and
Progress
By E. L. RAINEY
PAVING OF FLORIDA SHORT ROUTE
THROUGH FIVE COUNTIES ASSURED
OB
WORK IS GOING ON /P 2
BROOKS, DOUGHERTY
MUSCOGEE, WORTH AND COL
QUITT HAVE MONEY, AND
WILL START SOON.
TERRELL WILL VOTE ON BONDS
All of Highway Through Georgia
From Alabama to Florida Will Be
Hard-Surfaced Except Short Stretch
Through Chattahoochee, Stewart
And Webster Counties.
VMOULTRIE, Ga—The work of
paving the Florida Short Route from
Sylvester via Moultrie and Berlin to
the Brooks county line is expected to
get under way early in the new year,
it is learned from the officials of Cal
quitt and Worth counties, the two
counties involved. The project, which
promises to be one of the most 'exten
sve and important highway paving
projects South Georgia has seen, has
heen under consideration for some few
weeks. Action taken by the State
Highway Commission in Atlanta last
Tuesday removed the last obstacle that
has beea in the way, when assurance
was given that state and federal aid
would be given as soon as the funds
are available. Worth and Colquitt
counties both have on hand the mon
ey they will have to put in.
One of tHe contingencies involved
when negotiations were started some
time ago was the route to be followed
out of Moultrie. The road from this
city is already part of the state aid
syvstem, but from here south the high
way has been via Pavo, which served
as a local point for the highways from
Moultrie to Quitman and from here to
Thomasville also. ‘
All Differences Settled.
Thomas, Brooks and Colquitt join
ed in a petition to the state highway
hoard asking that the Moultrie-Cool
idge-to-Thomasville road be designat
ed as part of the state system and that
the Moultrie-Berlin-Quitman road ' be
given a similar status. The commis
sioners of the three counties were
unanimous in the petition for such a
suggestion, but Pavo interests filed an
objection and a meeting was called
to give them a hearing. The matter
was taken under advisement until
Tuesday, at which time the highway
board consented to make the change
so strongly urged—and the change
that will result in the launching of the
big paving project referred to above.
The distance from Sylvester to the
Brooks county line via Moultrie and
Berlin is about 43 miles. The pav
ing program tentatively called for an
cighteen-foot 'road. Brooks county
also proposes to pave its part of the
Florida Short Route from the Colquitt
county line on through Quitman to the
Florida line, where it connects with a
paved highway.
The Florida Short Route already is
paved from Sylvester for several mijles
toward Albany and the entire twenty
mile link between these twc cities is tc
be hard surfaced, contracts for the
work already having been awarded.
Terrell and Muscogee to Pave.
Dougherty county already has on
hand the money to pave the Florida
Short Route from Albany north to
wards the Terrell county line, and Ter
rell county will vote on a $300,000 bond
issue on January 14th,\with which to
finance a paving program. Muscogee
county has the funds with which to
pave from the Alabama line to Chat
tahoochee county, and when all the
projects in the various counties are
completed the Florida Short Route will
have been paved the entire distance
through Georgia with the exception
of the link through Chattahoochee and
Stewart counties and a few miles in
the edge of Webster county. Author
ities of the three counties have applied
for federal and state aid and will grade
and put in good condition that link
of the Short Route.
News that the Florida Short Route
paving has been assured will be hail
ed with great pleasure here and
throughout the entire Moultrie terri
tory generally. Community leaders
and developers look upon the an
nouncement as meaning one of the big
gest things this section has experienc
ed in years.
[t comes at a time when the city and
section are showing unmistakable evi
dences of a forward movement along
all lines and will, of course, add impe
tus to that highly encouraging situa-
QUICK POTATO DIGGERS IS
NEW INVENTION ON MARKET
New Machine Sorts Them Out Into
Nice, Convenient Rows.
Drawn by a tractor or horses, a
potato digger now on the market har
vests the crop more quickly than is
possible by hand or plow, says Popu
lar Mechanics.
It straddles the row and has a
shovel in front, set deep enough to
avoid cutting the tubers while remov
g them.
Vines, grass and dirt fall away as
they are carried on an endless chain
belt ot a shaker at the rear. A kicker
attachment sweeps the refuse to one
side, leaving the potatoes in a row so
that they can be gathered quickly.
An ambulance was hastily summon
¢d when a Toledo, 0.,* man, upon
leaving an office building, fell and
broke his wooden leg.
THE DAWSON NEWS
&Y
T of Twenty
Years to Lue Is Held
Possible by Doctors
Medical Science May Bring Such
About Within 50 Years, Is View.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—There is
no insurmountable obstacle to the
addition of twenty years to the
average life within the next half
century through the application of
existing medical knowledge, states
John A. Kingsbury, secretary of
the Milbank fund, which is assist
ing community public health dem
onstrations in Chattarangus coun
ty, Syracuse and New York city.
Mr. Kigsbury today made public
the fund’s report of results accom
plished last year. It showed that in
Chattarangus county infant mor
tality had been reduced from 93
per 1,000 living births in 1923 to
65 in 1924, while the general death
rate over the same period had been
reduced from 14.4 per 1,000 to 12.6.
DESTROYED HAPPY ILLUSION
FOR MANY LITTLE ONES,
. JUDGE TOLD HIM.
CHICAGO.—Santa Claus, hardy
old bird, is not tough enough to with
stand the stuff peddled as booze in
Chicago. When he was turned out of
the South Clark street police statiomr
he was somewhat the worse for wear.
Except for the holiday season this
particular Santa is known as Thomas
Martin and was ringing a bell and
standing guard over a little red Salva
tion army chimney at Randolph and
State streets, when the aqua fortis or
whateven he drank caused him to fall
in'a sodden heap over the chimney.
Minus his cotton whiskers and red
suit he presented a sorry spectacle in
court. Judge Borelli was outraged by
the incident. “You broke the hearts
of every kid who had faith in you
when they loaded you in the patrol
wagon,” he said to the fallen Santa.
“It broke my heart as well,” said
Santa. “I'll admit I took a drink or
two. It was on account of the cheese
cloth pants not being winter weight.
The Santa Claus pants are getting
worse every year. I have been Kris
Kringling for three years and I never
touched the booze until yesterday. I
felt like it many times when the kids
and tiny cherubs and brats and pudgy
women, braying the joyful blah-blah
of Yuletide, passed me without slip
ping even a penny in my coffee pot.
I'm through with Santa Clausing and
its temptations.”
“Case dismissed,” said the judge.
“You destroved happy illusions for
many little ones when the police pick
ed you off the street.”
AFFIRMS VERDICT IN CASE OF
COLUMBUS MAN CONVICTED
OF KILLING HIS WIFE.
ATLANTA, Ga.— Although the
Georgia supreme court was evenly di
vided as to whether L. C. Hammond,
of Columbus should be given a life
sentence for murder, the law automat
ically stepped in and affirmed the
opinion of the lower court.
The action on this case marked one
of the few occasions in the history of
Georgia jurisprudence in which the
state’s highest tribunal has been
found evenly divided in a criminal
case. Three justices voted to afirm a
life sentence given the Columbus man
on a charge of murdering his wife,
while three justices voted for a rever
sal of the decision.
Five times Hammond has been tried
in Muscogee county superior court for
the murder of his wife, Mrs. Winnie
Hammond.
The wife of the defendant was kill
ed when she and Hammond were at
their home on the night of July 11,
1921, The defendant claimed that his
wife shot herself with his pistol, while
the state contended that the husband
had murdered his wife.
Those who voted to reverse the de
cision of the Muscogee court Were
Chief Justice Richard B. Russell and
Justices Atkinson and Hill.
The three justices voting to affirm
the decision of the lower court were
Beck, Gilbert and Hines. Under the
law when there is equal division in the
supreme court it automatically affirms
the decision of the lower court.
United States Pays Two Hundred
Millions Every Year in Pensions
Since System Was Begun in 1790 the
Government Has Given Seven Bil
lions to Kin of Soldiers.
Every year the United States is pay
ing more than $200,000,000 to surviv
ors, widows, helpless children and
other dependents of soldiers of wars!
in which this country has taken part.
Since 1790, when the pension system
began, the United States has paid
more than $7,000,000,000 to pensioners.
The world war, according to official
figures, cost the United States $24,-
CROWN JEWELS IN U.S.
WILL VISIT AMERICAN JEW
ELERS TO MAKE DEAL. LOT
IS WORTH $250,000,000.
The sale of certain surplus articles
from the old imperial collection of
jewels will bring representatives of
the Russian soviet government to the
United States soon. The gems were
obtained when the czar and his entire
family were brutally butchered on the
overthrow of the government by the
radicals and reds.
~ Appraisals just completed by for
eign experts place the value of the en
tire collection of crown jewels at ap
proximately $250,000,000. These in
clude the great imperial Russian
crown, made in the time of Catherine
11, weighing five pounds and contain
ing 4,000 carats of the rarest dia
monds.
Crown Worth Millions.
The crown is valued at $52,000,000,
and the imperial gold scepter, con
taining the world-famus Orloff dia
mond of 189 carats, valued at $30,-
000,000, which was laid as a gift by
%ount Orloff at the feet of Catherine
I
Another wonderful jewel is the gold
and diamond emblem of the imperial
realm, containing a 157-carat sapphire,
valued at $24,000,000.
The two coronets worn by the em
presses, each containing diamonds of
1,000 carats and valued at $4,000,000,
are among the treasures, as are also
two huge chains, with diamonds, for
the use of the emperor.
The emperor’s chains are valued at
$4,500,000, the so-called shah’s dia
mond of 89 carats, $14,500,000, and a
mammoth Indian sapphire of 258 car
ats, surrounded by diamonds, is worth
$11,000,000.
)
HUMANITY’S CRADLE
MONGOLIA BELIEVED CON
TINUOUSLY DRY SECTION
FOR 20 MILLSON YEARS.
CHICA G O.—Further proof that
central Asia was the cradle of the hu
man race and the discovery of addi
tional links in the evolution of mam
mals out of reptiles are among the
principal results of the third Asiatic
expedition of the Roy Chapman An
drews party of the American Museum
of Natural History.
Implements of a Stone Age race
earlier than those of the primitive hu
mans discovered in Europe were
found in the Gobi desert. No bones of
primitive humans were found this
year, but “it is certain that in some
localties they must have been present
and that eventually they will be
found,” said Mr. Andrews.
Found Oldest Land.
“We have determined,” Mr. An
drews continued, “that Mongolia is the
oldest continuously dry land in the
world. It has been a continuously dry
continent since the late paleozoic
times, probably .for twenty million
vears. We have determined that in
Paleozoic times a great seaway ex
tended through the central Asian pla
teau from the Caspian sea to the Pa
cific ocean. The central Asian plateau
was never invaded by an ice sheet
similar to that of Europe and Amer
ica.
“We have determined that in Mon
golia there were successive wet and
dry stages with an ever increasing
aridity. For the last 50,000 years the
drying up has been rapid.
“The theory that central Asia was
the point of origin for much of the
reptilian and mammalian life of the
world has been greatly strengthened.
We have discovered in Mongolia the
existence of several great groups of
mammals which previously were
known only from America or Europe.
Is Largest Mammal.
“The feet and part of the legs of
the great giant Baluchitherium, the
largest iand mammal that ever lived,
were discovered. Some three million
years ago, this great beast had sunk
in quicksand and was fossilized in an
upright position.
“For the first time archeology add
ed to our investigations. We discover
ed in the Gobi desert two Old Stone
Age human cultures. A late palolithic
culture, corresponding somewhat to
the Azilian of Europe, but probably
twice as old, was found. We named
these people the ‘Dune Dwellers’ be
cause they inhabited the sand dunes
on the shores of ancient lakes about
20,000 years ago.
“About 3,000,000 years ago a vast
redwood forest extended all over
Manchuria closely similar to the giant
redwood trees in California.”
610,000,000, Since the signing of the
armistice the government has paid out
$1,371,645,447 in pensions. The cost of
the civil war was about $4,500,000,000.
Pensions paid out as a result of that
conflict total nearly $6,500,000,000.
The number of pensioners on the
government rolls is 512,537, as com
pared with 525,539 during the fiscal
year 1924, The maintenance and oper
ation of the pension system costs the
government nearly $1,500,000 a year.
However, payments are gradually get
ting smaller.
DAWSON. GA., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 29, 1925
WORLD COURT FOES = |
1
COUNT ON FORCING
DELAY IN FINAL VOTE
T i
PLAN TO SIDETRACK PROPOS-/
AL BY OPPOSING FOREIGN
DEBT SETTLEMENTS.
TO FIGHT TO THE LAST DITCH
Tame in Comparison With League of
Nations Battle. The Leaders Have
Changed, and Hate and Heat and
Bitterness Have Gone in Senate.
The fight in the senate over the
world court is a pale reflection of the
great league of nations battle there
seven years ago. The high. peaks of
passion will not again be reached. The
hate and the heat have gone. Neithér
in the senate nor in the country is
there the same tense feeling, writes!
Frank B. Kent, the Washington repre
sentative of the Baltimore Sun.
The reason lies not so much in any
contrast in principles, The difference
is in the perscnalities that lead thel
opposing forces. In place of \Voodrow’
Wilson there is Calvin Coolidge; in
place of Lodge and LaFollette, of
Knox and Brandegee, there is Borah. |
Death has changed the characters .inl
the drama, but the issue did not die.
The white house support is infinitely
less militant, far more political. In the
senate the opposition is less venomous
and vindictive, rigidly determined, but
not ingpircd by personal malice and,
animosity. i
The basic question to be answered
is shall we cling to the old policy of
isolation or embark upon the new
policy of international co-operation?
From the chief source of journalistic
opposition to league and court, the
main reliance through seven years of
senators with an anti-Eurcpean com
plex, has come the candid admission
that the United States will probably
be pushed into the court. It sounds
like surrender, and it accords with the
judgment of most experienced sena
torial observers, but it does not mean
the fight will not go to the last ditch.
As seen at Washington the purpose
was to carry the debate over the
Christmas holidays and then sidetrack
it by bringing up ratification of for
eign debt agreements. It is concededly
vital to the administration to get these
agreements ratified without delay.
Payments already are being made.
Failure would put Mr. Coolidge in a
hopelessly embarrassing situation. All
treasury dep&rtmcnt calculations
would fail and both foreign and fiscal
policies of the administration bog
down. No one close to him cares to
contemplate this contingency.
To sum up, the isolationists bank
heavily upon the absolute necessities
of the administratiorf in the matter of
foreign debts and tax reduction to
avoid a vote on the court before April
Ist, and they may succeed. Delay is
their chance and they know it. By
spring the situation may change, but
not many think so. Soon or late a
vote will be forced, and unless the
president weakens it is hard to see
how the proposal can fail. There is a
notion in some heads that they mlay
get him in such a jam over ioreign
debts and taxation that he will be com
pelled to abandon the world court bat
tle to save the other two.
CO-OPERATIVES IN
MANY STATES THRIVE
THOUSANDS OF GROWERS'’ AS
SOCIATIONS IN WEST SELL
MANY PRODUCTS.
One-fifth of the annual crops from
the farms of the middle west are
marketed through co-operative organ
izations. Many thousands of these or
ganizations thrive in middle western
states, a survey shows.
“The co-operative movement,” Pres
ident Coolidge said recently in an ad
dress in Chicago, “promises the great
est success as a more orderly market
ing calculated to secure a better range
of prices.”
Co-Operatives in Indiana.
The-sale of one of every three bush
els of Indiana wheat is handled
through the Indiana Wheat Growers’
Association, which is about a year
old. Eighteen thousand Hoosier farm
ers are marketing their wheat through
800 elevators with which the associa
tion maintains relations. 2
Five major co-operative organiza
tions are operating’ in Michigan with
nearly 700 local organizations. Pro
duction includes milk, potatoes, live
stock, fruit and grain.
Kansas has a great number of co
operative wheat and elevator associa
tions and a considerable number of
mercantile establishments.
Texas handles co-operatively cotton,
wheat, figs, melons, broom corn, al
falfa and live stock.
All of the 817 co-operative market
ing organizations in Wisconsin are on
a paying basis. Towa ships co-opera
tively hogs, cattle, sheep, butter, grain,
fruits and vegetables.
Thousands in Minnesota.
Minnesota, with nearly 4,000 loca!
co-operative associations, is increasing
them vyearly.
Nebraska has 500 local co-operative
marketing organizations.
The North Dakota Wheat Growers’
Association is the most impertant in
that state. It Joans farmers up to 75
per cent on wheat delivered to the as
sociation, in addition to selling the
grain.
lilinois has a well diversified mark
eting program sponsored by the state
agricultural association and the state
farm bureau.
ALL RECORDS BROKEN IN UNITED
STATES BY THE USERS OF TOBACCO
Man Who Erected First Monument
. To Father Adam Dies in Baltimore
Retired Contractor, 69, Also'Famed for Building Monument to the
U. S. Constitution, Which Is “Gone But Not Forgotten.”
BALTIMORE, Md.—John P. Bra
dy, known as the first man to erect a
statue to Adam and a monument to
the constitution of the United States,
is dead.
By a popular coincidence the man
who first honored the progenitor of
the human race with a shaft died at
a time when the world was given the
news that Robert Quillen had erected
the first statue to Eve at Greenville,
R C. 4
Mr. Brady, who was 69 years old,
died at his home Friday night follow
ing a lingering illness. .
A retired contractor, he erected the
shaft for the world’s first man in 1909
on his estate at Bowleys lane and
Philadelphia road. He explained that
too little attention had been paid by
HAS APPLE AND ALL, AND
NEIGHBORS GLARE IN HOR
ROR IN FRONT YARD.
FOUNTAIN "INN, S. C.—Robert
Quillen, author and paragrapher, has
erected a monument in the front yard
of his home here to Eve, the first wo
man, 2
The monument, which Mr. Quillen
says is the first that mankind has
erected to the first woman, after an
estimated 6,000 years of history, was
carved by a local marble cutter and
placed on the Quillen lawn only a few
days ago. It bears this /inscription:
“In Memory of Eve, the First Wo
man.” :
Oh, Horrors!
To make the shaft harmonious Mr.
Quillen had a “nicely carved apple,
with twig and leaf,” placed below the
inscription. But neighbors “stared at
the monument with incredulous hor
ror,” said Mr. Quillen in the current
issue of the Fountain Inn Tribune,
his paper.
“I'm sorry,” he added. ‘I never
hurt anybody’s feelings nor offended
against anybody’s pet superstitions.
This is purely a family affair. Eve was
a fair and charming lady and deserv
ed a finer monument than I have pro
vided for her. It is almost incredible
that after over 6,000 years of history
none of her kinsmen erected a stone
to her memory.”
“Distant Relative.”
Mr. Quillen further explained that
“Eve was a distant relative of mine,
6n my mother’s side,” that she was
“the first lady of the land; a reigning
belle of her day,” and that the monu
ment is an effort to atone for the “un
pardonable neglect of her by poster
ity.”
POWER PLANTS IN
MR -
TO SUPPLY SEVERAL TOWNS
IN SQUTH GEORGIA WITH
POWER AND LIGHTS.
All details incident to the transfer
of the Georgia-Alabama Power Com
pany to the Columbus Electric and
Power Company, of Columbus, have
been: completed, and the transfer will
‘be made December 3lst.
} The Fort Gaines plant, on Pataula
creek, properties at Americus, Albany,
Cordele, Valdosta, Pelham and others,
are included in the transaction.
The deal turning over the power
companies mentioned in the foregoing
‘was consummated in the latter ‘part of
August of this year, !
The distribution of power to this
section, including the cities mentioned
in the forégoing, will Ibe done
through the consolidated companies,
which will be operated as the South
Georgia Power Company.
Permission was granted a few days
ago by the Georgia Public Service
Commission to issue 80,000 shares of
stock in the new cofmpany at a par
value of $25. Permission was also
granted to issue $424,000 in five-year
notes, and $239,000 in bonds of the
Georgia-Alabama Power Company
and $2,339,000 in bonds of the ‘South
Georgia Public Service Company. |
This is the company that has made
a proposition to the city council to
furnish Dawson with electric power.
Son of Farmer Ascends From Stable
Cossacks to Throne of the Persians
|llliterate Man Leads Revolution That
| Results in Banishment oi King
‘ And Power for Self.
‘! From hostler in the stables of the
' Cossacks to shah ot Persia is the rise
‘of Reza Khan Pehlevi. Leader of the
grevolt which overthrew the govern
'ment of King Ahmed Kajar, he has
ascended the throne of the country.
Beza is the son of a Persian farmer
and has had littie education.
| From tender of the horses Beza be
posterity to Adam, blamed for all the
joys and woes of the world.
Mir. Brady stated at the time that
Adam’s shortcomings had been over
rated, proving the Shakespearean con
tention that the evil men do live after
them, the good often being interred
with their bones.
Scon after Mr. Brady erected the
statue to Adam ‘he built a mogument
to the constitution and placed it in his
estate, :
This monument is inscribed:
In Memory of the Constitution
of the United States.
Gone, But Not Forgotten.
He explained that the constitution,
because of amendments, constrictions
and intrepretations, had passed away.
On the shaft of the Adam memorial
was inscribed:
In the Memory of Adam, the First
Man.
GOVER4OR PLANS TO MAKE
ADDRESSES IN EFFORT TO
BUILD UP SENTIMENT.
Governor Walker plans to canvass
the state from end to end in the inter
est of the issues set up in his call for
an extra session of the legislature on
Febryary 24th, he announced Wednes
day. The chief executive declared that
he expected to open his campaign in
or near Waycross during the early
part of January, following an official
inspection of a proposed water power
development affecting the Okefenokee
swamp.
“I plan to speak in every county
possible, devoting at least three days
of each week during the months of
January and February' to advocating
the causes of pensions, highways and
education,” Governor Walker an
nounced. “I believe that there is a
strong sentiment over the state for
the advancement of Georgia along all
these lines, and it will be my endeavor
to crystalize this sentiment in advance
of, the meeting of the legislature.”
A COMFORTABLE MAJORITY
ROBS THE SCENE OF ANY
UNCERTAINTY.
Mingling with members of congress
the most striking characteristic that
can be observed is the readiness of the
legislators to take their cue from the
Coolidge administration and follow
along, writes David Lawrence from
Washington,
The insurgency in the ranks of the
Wisconsin delegation has, of course,
iadgcd a bit of color to the usual or
ganization processes which might oth
erwise be perfunctory, but the com
ifortable republican majority in the
ihouse, for_instance, robs t’he scene of
any uneasiness or uncertainty.
. For the Wisconsin insurgents can
do very little to block legislation. The
steam-roller rules in the lower house
make it easy for the majority to sup
press rebellion. ;
There is only one opportunity that
‘the Wisconsin group has to stir up
‘trouble and that is to pierce the re
publican legislative program so effect
ijvely as to draw support from the
!rogular republican ranks. Just what
constitutes a regular or an irregular is
not easy to describe, but history re
peats itself in the house of representa
tvies and a member who is looking
ahead to what will help or hurt him
in his next fight for re-election usually
decides his vote on the basis of what
can or cannot be used against him by
a candidate in the primaries of his
party.
Division in the ranks of the repub
licans has been the rule rather than
the exception snce the war. The Wis
consin delegation may hope to draw
republicans in sufficient ‘number so
that with a democratic coalition cer
tain measures may be blocked or de
feated.
The chances of such an outcome,
however, are remote, for the very
reason that the Conolidge strength is
just now all-persuasive and the lines
of cleavage on legislation are not dis
tinct.
Icamc a leader of the Cossacks and
lthen took part in the revolt which re
| sulted in the banishment of King Ka
|jar. Immediately he was chosen as the
}new dictator and began perfecting his
| organization.
| Beza has a large part of the Persian
{army in his pay, it is said, thus as
| suring him safety in his new office.
| Reza also has retained the Persian
lparliament, which is held likely to re
main loyal to his policies. The depos
‘ed king, however, declares he expects
soon to be called back to the throne
Happy New
Year to All
VOL. 43.—N0. 18
BILLION AND HALF DOLLARS
’ PAID FOR PRODUCTS OF THE
| “WEED” DURING 1925.
EIGHTY BILLION CIGARETTES
Feminine Use of “Fags” Said to Be
Spreading to Smaller Towns, and
More Than 36,396,000 Pounds of
Snuff Were Dipped. Other Figures.
WASHINGTON, D. C—Lady Nic
otine had the biggest year in her his
tory in 1925,
Smokers of the United States paid
$1,624,000,000 for cigars, cigarettes, to=
bacco and snuff this year, on the basis
of estimates made on internal revenue
figures issued by the treasury depart
ment,
Cigarette consumption for the year
will reach 80,000,000,000, about 12,000,-
000,000 more than last year, accord
ing to the tax returns. The retail price
paid for this pile of fags would more
than meet this year's interest on the
public debt.
More than 720,000,000 cigars were
smoked during the year. If their aver
age retail price was 10 cents—the lim
it sét by the late Vice President Thos.
H. Marshall—the natjon paid out
$720,000,000 for this tobacco product.
Smoking and chewing tobacco con
sumed amounted to 328,000,000
pounds, and, although the use of snuff
1s not prevalent, the country got away
with 36,396,000 pounds, a material in
crease over last year.
Increase Due to Women.
The enormous increase in the con
sumption of cigarettes is considered
almost entirely due to their use by
womnien, -
One official ventured the guess that
more than hali of the feminine race
over 17 years of age living in the larg
er cities smoke cigarettes.
Ferainine use of cigarettes is rapid
ly spreading to the smaller towns and
rural communities.
Officials predicted that more than
90,000,000,000 cigarettes would be
smoked next year,
Although the number of cigars
smoked this year will be less than in
1924, figures disclose that a heavier
tax is being paid on this product.
Officials explained that the country
is smoking better cigars than ever be
fore, an additional indication of pros
perity. : A
Huge Tax Paid.
In November federal tax was paid
on 598,478,000 cigars, about 2,000,000
less than last November, but the tax
was $20,000. For five months ending
December Ist, the government col
lected $159,222,211 as taxes on all to
bacco commodities. This is the largest
source of miscellaneous internal reve
nue receipts and takes the place on
the government’s ledger of the pre
war liquor taxes.
The tax for the July-December pe
riod of 1925 was $12,730,000 greater
than in 1924,
The gcvernment collected $105,-
471,000 from cigarette taxes during
this period. It was $12,000,000 akead
of 1924. The snuff tax was $2,813,000,
chewing and smoking tobacco $28,-
571,000 and on cigarette papers $492,-
000,
\
490 Federal Employes
Dropped in One Month
Total of 62,519 Government Workers
Were on Rolls October Ist.
Government departments in Wash
ington suffered a net loss of 490 em
ployes during the month of Septem
ber, it is shown in a report on employ~
ment conditions made public by the
civil service commission. :
During the month 1,283 emploges
were separated from service and 793
employes were taken or, says the
Washington Post. On October Ist
there were 62,519 government em
ployes in the ecity.
The department of commerce had
both the largest reduction of force and
the greatest number of additions. The
‘department sutfered a loss of 262 em
ployes in that time and took on 134.
The war department let out 178 em
ployes and took on 75. The treasury
department dismissed 176 employes
and took on 64. The department of
agriculture relgased 102 employes and
took on 76.
The treasury department, with 16,-
113 employes in Washington, continu
ed to have the largest personnel, by
far, of any department.
THREE KINDS OF FLOWERS
ON THE STEM OF FOURTH
Botanical Wonder Is Propagated by a
Texas Man. 3
From the stem of a night-bleoming
cerecus will soon come the luxurian®
blossoms of three different kinds of
crab cactus as a result of a grait
made by Wade Ligon, of San Anto
nio, Tex. Technically the cacti are
known as Ruseylium, Trauncatum
and Macoyannum. The first two
bloom soon after Christmas and bear
tubular-shaped pink blossoms, while
the third will bloom at Easter with
magnificent blood red blossoms. .
. Ligon is a disabled ex-soldier who
has beer at Fort Sam Houston for
treatment. ) 2
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Pneumonia claims one-tenth of all
who die.