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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 e ————— A Pneumonia claims one-tenth of all who die.