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Official Organ of tka United States Circuit and District
Courts, Northwestern. division, Northern District of Georgia.
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DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER^, 1921.
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If Ireland mgkes peace with England then who
and what is she going to fight?
Folks who handle other people’s money ought
to handle it, instead v of taking it.
Business Depression and High Freight Rates.
“A Hammond, Kas., man bought a car of
coal at a mine in Linn county, four miles east
of Pleasanton. It was hauled to Pleasanton
over the Missouri Pacific and traveled nine
teen miles over the Frisco to Hammond, twen
ty-three miles in all. The freight on the car
was $133.45. The coal itself sold for $125.20.
And to think they shot Jesse James!” exclaims
Mr. Spencer. Mrs. Edna Cain Daniel, of the
Quitman Free Press, under a cross-page rib
bon head. “It Takes a Lot of Faith and Old-
Time Religion to Smile When Freight Rates
are More than the Product Shipped is Worth,”
contributes to the discussion a story of a
Quitman merchant who bought some sweet
potatoes from a farmer, paying 60 cents a
bushel, or 1 cent a pound for them. The buy
er shipped the potatoes to Atlanta, where he
was paid 3 cents a pound. There was 10
bushels or 600 pounds in the lot. The Quit-
man man paid the farmer $6 for the potatoes;
he paid $7.05 freight, and got one-quarter of
a cent a pound for packing and profit.—Tif-
ton Gazette.
Speaking to the above the Columbus Enquirer-
Sun pointedly remarks, that “the railroads may
tell us by way of explanation that these are iso
lated cases, and possibly they are, but there should
be no such cases,” to which we wish to utter a
hearty amen.
There are no commodities we can now bring
to mind, except cattle and hogs on foot, but what
are selling for from fifty to 100 per cent above pre
war prices, and yet freight rates are so outrageous
ly high that for a haul of one or two hundred
miles, on some of the most essential commodities,
the freight charges are more than the cost of the
products at the point of origin. It is so with
steam coal, notwithstanding the fact that such
coal is more than 100 per cent higher in price
than before the world war. It is so with many
food products, also selling at double pre-war
prices. The Citizen has in previous issues, point
ed out specific cases in line with those cited by the
Tifton prper as quoted above.
We submit that such freight rates are indefen
sible and a business deterrent of serious con
sequence.
Such rates are almost prohibitive, and are do
ing a big part in holding back business, which
makes for continued depression and stagnation.
The railroads are the victims of their own folly
—cutting off a nose to spite a face, as we saw so
forcibly set forth in a cartoon the other day.
A hotel, a school building and a depot are three
necessities Dalton must be provided with.
As much as we detest a fly we are obliged to
state he is a gentleman compared to a mosquito.
Thomas J. Simmons, who for several years
has been managing editor of the Macon News,
has resigned his position to take charge of the
new paper at Athens, which is to begin publica
tion this week. He will be editor and general
manager of the Athens paper, which means that
the paper will be a success.
Education a Necessity.
After high school, what? Is it better to go
from high school into the first opening to be had,
with the hope of advancement by home study; or,
to take the way to a more useful, fuller life via
college.
There are various ways of secuing an educa
tion, but the most expedient is by attending good
schools. Men without an opportunity to get more
than the briefest fundamentals of an education
have attained distinction. Other men with health,
wealth and favorable chance have been miserable
failures. But, we are not thinking today of the
indomitable person, or of the ne’er-do-well, but of
the average boy or girl of normal tendencies.
J. Sherman Wallace, in his “Why Go to Col
lege?” says ‘Education gives man the power of
attention, puts him into fellowship with all the
ages, makes him many-sided. An educated man
will live more in a day than an ignorant man can
live in a century.”
If, then this thing called education has the
power for multiplying enjoyment, creating oppor
tunities, producing bigger results, isn’t it a serious
matter to fail to get the very best education pos
sible, even though it means foregoing for a little
while the earning of a livelihood or the beginning
of a social career? >
Less than one per cent of American men are
college graduates, yet statistics show this one per-
cent has furnished:
55 per cent of our Presidents.
36 per cent of the Members of Cpngress.
47 per cent of the Speakers of the House.
54 per cent of the Vice-Presidents.
62 per cent of the Secretaries of State.
50 per cent of the Secretaries of Treasury.
67 per cent of the Attorneys General.
69 per cent of the Justices of Supreme
Court.
The child with no schooling has one chance
in 150,000 of performing distinguished service;
with elementary education, he has four times the
chance; with high school education eighty-seven
times the chance; with college education eight
.hundred times the chance. Is it not too big a risk
then to try to measure up to your possibilities
without the instruction, study and influence that
schools give?
We, as a community, are very proud of the
large number of boys and girls who are seeking
higher education. This year there are many col
lege matriculates, and we are sure their courage,
.ambition—yes, their sacrifices—will be greatly re
warded.
The Dalton Citizen is one of the three or
four newspapers in Georgia daring to attack
the Ku-Klux Klan, and Editor Shope is won
dering what it is that is keeping the other
newspapers silent. It can’t be fear, for the
Georgia editor is a courageous individual; and
it cannot be that the “Imperial Wizard” is
distributing some of the income from the
hundreds of thousands of members of the
klan “where it will do the most good.” ‘What
is it, then?” is the question puzzling Mr.
Shope’. The sympathies| of the community
will be with him in the progress of his investi
gation for answering his own question; and
we are quite sure that when he finds out, he
is going to give the reading public the bene
fits of his information.—Chattanooga Times.
The silence is dumb in most instances.
We have, in moments of mental lapses, felt that
maybe the boys got “caught,” or “hooked,” as the
purists say, and are ashamed to acknowledge it
Or; again, they may feel that the Ku-Klux organ
ization is too unimportant to receive any sort of
mention. It is an Atlanta organization, and the
two Atlanta newspapers and the one Hearstie are
perhaps just playing polite and courteous to home
enterprise and initiative.
Ku-Kluxism is a direct challenge to the courts,
yet -Governor Hardwick can see no wrong in it.
Governor Kilby, of Alabama, doesn’t care to ex
press an opinion. x
The wizardry of the “imperial wizard” has
evidently hypotized them—he performs “wonders”
you know, and also has “power to control.”
But admitting all this, wouldn’t you hate to feel
that you had been Ponzied in the name of liberty?
The “Kloran” shows that the form of ceremony
appeals to childish minds, where it does not show
up pluperfectly ridiculous.
The women are not asking to be protected by
a “tar and feather fraternity,” and they never will.
They believe in law enforcement by legally con
stituted authorities.
The oath given to the “Imperial Wizard” by
the KlEagles is enough to sicken one who has a
proper regrrd and respect for the eternal fitness
of things. No word of loyalty is expressed in the
oath for the state or nation. Not even the help
of the Supreme Being is invoked—it is all to the
“Imperial Wizard,” the “Emperor of the In
visible Empire,” the “Wonder Worker,” the being
who has “power to control”—a veritable snake
charmer—teeth removed while you wait—see the
corn curing hero as he comes!
Here is the pledge, the underscoring being The
Citizen’s, in order to direct special attention to the
importance and infallibility of one Simmons, the
“emperor” and “imperial wizard,” the “wonder
worker” who has “power to control:”
I, the undersigned, in order to be a regular
appointed KlEagle of the Invisible Empire,
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Incorporated),
-do freely and voluntarily promise, pledge and
fully guarantee a lofty respect, whole-hearted
loyalty and an unwavering devotion at all
times and under any and all circumstances and
conditions from this day and date forward to
William Joseph Simmons as TmpprjaT Wizard
and Emperor of the Invisible Empire, Knights
of the Ku Klux Klan (Incorporated). I shall
work in ail respects in perfect harmony with
Jiini and under Jiis authority and directions,
in all his plans for the extension and govern
ment of the Society, and under his directions,
with any and all of my officially superior
officers duly appointed by him.
I shall at any and all times be faithful and
true in all things, and most especially in pre
venting and suppressing any factions, cisms or
conspiracies against him or his plans and
purposes or the peace and harmony of the
Society which may arise or attempt to arise.
I shall discourage and strenuously oppose any
degree of disloyalty or disrespect on the part
of myself or any klansman, anywhere and at
any time or place, towards him as the found
er and as the supreme chief governing head of
the Society above named.
This pledge, promise and guarantee I make
is a condition precedent to my appointment
stated above, and the continuity of my ap
pointment as a KlEagle, and it is fully agreed
that any deviation by me from this pledge will
instantly automatically cancel and completely
void my appointment together with all its pre
rogatives, my membership in the Society, and
I shall forfeit all remunerations which may
be then due me.
. I make this solemn pledge on my Oath of
Allegiance and on my integrity and honor
as a man and as a klansman, with serious pur
pose to keep same inviolate.
“Billy” Sunday sympathizes with Rosco (Fat
ty) Arbuckle. Now, we expect to see some folks
rare back and blow up.
The Tifton Daily Gazette is seven years old,
and is healthy and happy. Its editor, of course, is
older, but his heart is young and in the right
place.
Now the railroaders are threatening to strike.
The labor unions are cutting their own throats as
fast as they can. The public is tired of foolish
strikes.
“The Wages of Sin Is Death/
The Arbuckle case at San Francisco has started
much moralizing by many people, some of it bad
and much of it good.
The truth is the people, both men and women,
who accepted Arbuckle’s invitation . to a “gin
party,” knew exactly what they were doing,
where they were going and what for. They had
beep to such parties before.
If the Arbuckle tragedy at San Francisco shall
serve to break up the days and nights of immoral
revelry between the sexes of the moving picture
colonies it may prove to be worth all it cost.
But so long as film stars, so-called, are paid
fabulous amounts for the short time they are in
actual employment, the money is likely to make
fools of the vast majority of them. Most people
can stand poverty and moderate circumstances
admirably, but wealth and affuence too frequent
ly pull them down to moral decay through the in
strumentality of uncontrolled appetite and passion.
And not all people who are victims are inherently
bad, either.
Mr. G. A. Hall, writing in the Calhoun Times,
makes the following pointed observations regard
ing the Arbuckle case:
The inevitable has happened. Just as long
as the American people insist on making he
roes of people because they are fat, or fair, or
foolish, we can expect a. succession of such
disgraceful episodes as that reported in cur
rent issues of the daily papers.
Clownish fatness; the voluptuous appeal of
• beauty thinly veiled; the absolute yielding to
lawless sex impulses; these are the dominant
characteristics and stock in trade of the high
and mighty film heroes and heroines that
nightly gather in high revelry at Hollywood.
“Harding to Attend World Series Game If He
Can Arrange It,’ r reads a headline. He might use
one of his varipus vacation days for the purpose
if it comes right down to . the pinch.
Did we see somewhere the other day where
twenty Fords an hour were being made? If so it
would seem to indicate that the people are still
determined to have a rattling good time.
School bonds are necessary, because of the lack
of school room in Dalton. In many grades two
children are now occupying a single seat, and one
teacher is trying to teach upwards of sixty pupils.
Notice where a Los Angeles man has been sent
up for fifteen years for-stealing three cents from
a child’s bank. If he had swiped a half a million
from a real bank he might have got off with a ju
dicial lecture.
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♦ CLIPPINGS AND COMMENT^ ♦
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There may be -some effort made to stop dy
namiting trains in Georgia, but everybody
who wants to, seems to dynamite the streams
of the state for fish.—Savannah Press.
Train dynamiters ought to be sent to the chain-
gang, and stream dynamiters are not entitled to
much better treatment.
The secrecy of an order presuming to take
part in law and government is itself its con
demnation in a democracy.—Wesleyan Advo
cate, Atlanta, Ga.
Could anything be plainer or more forcibly
put? The Wesleyan Advocate is the paper of the
Methodists, and it is most gratifying to see it take
a stand against Ku-Kluxism.
The Chicago woman suing for divorce be
cause her husband wouldn’t give her a nickle
is entitled to a decree. Still, if the accused
husband can think of anything to do with a
nickle besides giving it to his wife, he ought to
be entitled to honorable mention, at least.—
Macon Telegraph.
Perhaps the husband held the opinion that the
wife had no penny to go with the nickle.
This “fag end” of summer the weather
man is handing us is a scorcher.—Schley
County News. •
And we don’t know how it is with you,
Brother Moulton, but it has about “got our
goat.”—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
And it has just about done the same thing for
us. We had rather build fires for awhile than to
continue" to empty the refrigerators drip pan.
President Harding has decided not to start
that association of nations. In fact, he doesn’t
know what to do, for he knows that whatever
he does somebody won’t be pleased.—Rome
Tribune-Herald.
Well, when he is in doubt he can take another
week-end trip on the Mayflower, begining on
Monday and lasting until Sunday night.
The fellow who pays as he goes may not
get as far as the fellow, who promises to pay
after he gets, to the place he hopes to reach,
but he will Be in a whole lot better condition
when he gets to the end of his journey. Ever
noticed it?—Albany Herald.
Yes, we have noticed it. Also the fellow who
pays as he goes not likely to pay as much as the
fellow who goes and then pays.
Gov. Miller, of New York, is mentioned as
a possible presidential candidate for 1924. But
he won’t do—he’s too old-fashioned. He re
mained at his desk all summer.—Chattanooga
News.
Well, that is against him according to the cus
tom set by the preent administration. Pesidenting,
according to the Harding formula, seems to be
about seventy-five per cent vacation and twenty-
five per cent work.
Editor George Rucker wants every Geor
gia editor to stand for something. Ail right,
George, we’ll tell you what we stand for. It
is the League of Nations, the Versailles treaty,
40-cent cotton and an honest government.
And we are against slackers, slackerism,
profiteers, muckrakers, blatherskites, political
demagogues and dead beats. Does that suit -
you?—Greensboro Herald-Journal.
Well, it ought to. The only omission we note
is that “Uncle Jim” failed to state that he is op
posed to the Koo-Klucks.
Still you don’t hear the women fussing and
cutting up about the style of men’s hair-cuts
as the men are doing about the way some
of the women are bobbing their hair. And the
women might well tell the men to attend to
their own business.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
If the women want to wear bobbed hair, high-
heeled shoes and short dresses, they have that
right, and with all of them, they are far better,
for the most part, than the strutting man who con
siders himself a paragon of virtue, and spends his
time inveighing against the. clothes the women
wear.
Yet, we need not expect anything. Char
acter, high ideals, the best things of life, are
cheap in the eyes of the world. When we
idolize men because they are fat and foolish,
woman because of physical charm, caring
nothing for character, we are certainly sow
ing to the wind, and in the end we shall reap
the whirlwind.
As long as we underpay our teachers, and
the great host of thoughtful men and women
who are working for the regeneration of the
world; as long as we starve decency and up
rightness, and, at the same time, overpay big-
stomached clowns like Arbuckle, strong brutes
like Dempsey, and certain feminine celebrities
whose chief stock in trade is physical charm
and blatant sex appeal, just so long will the
world tragedy of overpaid indecency and un
derpaid righteousness go on.
Let the succeeding pictures of human de
bauchery be thrown on the screen: ,Hands
palsied by dope trying in vain to reconstruct
the torn fabric of civilization, minds so full of
Mutt and Jeff, the prize figbt, the base ball
score, that no sane thought is possible ^these
are the kaleidoscopic pictures of the world’s
condition that foretell utter rottenness and
death.
To the little leaven of spiritual power in
the life of that quiet, thoughtful woman who
lives on the side street or lonely farm; to
the cleansing power of the strong man’s life
that under trying circumstances will not
yield; to the saving influence of these men
and women must we look now, as always,
for the life of righteousness, the spirit of
purity and truth, that will save the world
from a cancerous death of lawless passion and
hideous sin.
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♦ LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
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The Greatest Good.
To the Editor of The Dalton Citizen:
Every man strives for that which to him is the
greatest good. Conceptions of greatest good differ
according to the different stages of development
reached. To some the greatest goocTis wealth; to
others it is social position, to others it is political
power, to others it is fame, to othes it is knowl
edge; to a few, scattered through the centuries, it
has been spiritual purity. _
No man would be miserable; hence every man
seeks that which he believes will make him happy.
That which he believes will make him happiest,
is to him, the supreme good. Conception of su
preme good is ruled by development, and deter
mines character. No man can rise above, his
ideals; and no man can become better than his
conceptions.
Folly and wisdom, evil and good, ara differences
in development; not that folly ever develops into
wisdom, or evil into good, but folly and evil have
power to attract only because superior develop
ment has not brought appreciation of the immeas
urably higher joys of wisdom and righteousness.
From the Apostle Paul we have it that, “The love
of money is the root of all evil.” Tbis love of
money is the ignorance of an embryo soul. It is
ignorance that makes men selfish; selfishness that
makes them unjust and injustice that fills the
world with misery and strife and blood shed. Not
until the world has grown out of injustice will
it be free from the consequences of injustice. Not
until the world has realized the utter folly of
dividing itself into jealous, contending factions,
can it have peace.
It is the ignorance of undevelopment that gath
ers pebbles and passes the jewels by unnoticed;
that heaps unto itself dust and mould-laurels that
perish, and baubles that tarnish in the grasp, and
despises the wealth that is incorruptible. It is
this ignorance that dreams of builffing enduring
temples upon the shifting sand. Wisdom digs
down to the immovable bed-rock.
Development is soul unfolding. Increasing de
velopment brings wider vision, and wider visions
bring deeper understanding of values and nobler
conceptions of good. The oak rises above the
creeping things by growing. We grow up,to the
things that lie above us. The higher is not
brought down to the lower. We reach apprecia
tion of the eternal realities as we reached appre
ciation of Plato and Shakespeare and Emerson—
by the development of our powers.
Life is at school. The teaching of nature is
symbolical. The world is a schoolroom with
walls and floor covered with wonderful emblems.
Work, experience, reflection and suffering are high
instructors, teaching life to use its mighty powers
wisely. Also, dark-browed evil occupies a chair,
and fearfully demonstrates the eternal law of cause
and effect. You who dispute this, explain if you
can, how evil came to have existence in a world
called into being by infinite / goodness. Merely to
say that man was created perfect and holy, and
that by transgression he fell from his original
state of perfection, explains nothing. The fact re
mains that being infinite wisdom, God necessarily
forsaw man’s temptations and fall; and being in
finite power, God could have shielded man from
temptation—could have killed the devil before man
was brought into being. The fact that He did not
proves God had a purpose in allowing evil to come
into the world; and God being love, all His pur
poses were necessarily formed in love. Therefore,
while man was created perfect and holy, and by
transgression fell, God’s plan was not thrown out
of joint; not His purpose concerning man inter
fered with. ^Redemption is as ancient as creation;
and through” all the ages, God’s plan concerning
the beings made in His. image, has been moving to
completion. God does not fail. Men are doing
what God purposed they should do—building their
own characters, acquiring their own wisdom,
winning their own worth. This is the grandeur
and glory of life.
The structure of the earth forshadowed the com
ing of man. The minerals forming deep in its
bowels—the existence of electricity, the possibility
of the power of steam, predicted the civilizations
of far off ages. How to reach these hidden treas
ure? and use them—how to harness these mighty
powers and compel them to serve his purpose,
was the task of man. Through his own unfold
ing powers, he was to establish his lordhip over
the treasures and forces of nature. Likewise, by
the unfolding of his own powers, man was to
reach knowledge and appreciation of the spirit
ually beautiful, wonderful and sublime. God did
not leave His creatures to work out their own
ruin; but He left them to work out their own
salvation. Being infinite wisdom, God necessarily
foresaw all that would ever be in the world—all
the darkness of superstition, all the horrors of
paganism, all the shameless cant and hypocrisy of
Christiandom. Being infinite power, God could
have kept the world pure from ali these evils; the
fact that He did not provesit was not His purpose
to do so. Being infinite love, all God’s purposes
were necessarily formed in love Hence, evil must
be made to serve the good of man. The life that
is man is not forced; but it is taught. The life
that is man has neither wisdom nor righteousness
thrust upon it; but it is led through teaching to
choose v. lsdom and righteousness.
JESSIE BAXTER SMITH.
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♦ EXCHANGE OPINION
Recalling a Governor.
North Dakota is trying an interesting experi
ment in State.politics. It is to attempt to recall
a governor. There has never been a proceeding
like this anywhere in this country before, so stu
dents of politics will watch the outcome with in
terest. Several states have fired their governors
through legislative impeacnment, but North Dakota
sets the pace when it comes to having one recall e
by the electorate of the state.
Governor Lynn J. Frazier is the executive who
must let his record be passed upon at the polls
Thp TnHpnpnrlpnt VniArc’ Accnniotinn io LnUinri ,
The Independent Voters’ Association is behind the
movement, which has succeeded in getting a pe
tition signed with enough names to have the recall
election held on October 28th. The secretary of
the association summarizes the reasons for the
recall election as follows:
In this recall election campaign the prin
cipal questions ipvolved are whether or not
public officials. shall be required to render
honest public service and not be permitted to
appropriate public property for their per
sonal gain. These are fundamental principles
of public government and civilization itself.
The campaign incident to the recall will mark'
the fifth successive year that North Dakota has
gone through bitter political strife. Governor
Frazier was swept into office on the Farmer-La
bor ticket in 1916 by 50,000 majority. Two .years
later he was elected by 15,000 majority and last
fall was re-elected for his third term by 6,000 ma
jority.
A. C. Townley led the Non-Partisan League
forces to victory on a platform of state owned and
operated industries, including mills and elevators,
packing plants and a state bank. The Bank of
North Dakota was established, small mills were*
purchased at Drake, the construction of a $2,000,-
000 mill was begun at Grand Forks and a State
Home -Builders’ Association started. Through fi
nancial difficulties, due to inability to sell bonds
authorized for the capitalization of these indus
tries and through intense opposition, the Non-
Partisan League has failed to carry out the pro-
gram " .Jrjmi
CHEERY LAYS
for DREARY DAYS
B, JAMES WELLS, Tb,Pri. te ,. Pw
You Never Can Tell When 5
A fellow looked into a rifle 8
That hadn’t been loaded for years
And squinting, he laughed just a
At somebody’s half-expressed^‘f£?
HrS finger pressed gently the trigS
The bullet went right through hk K •
And there was a dead mister ni« H er brain ’
Who ne’er pulled a trigger again ’
You never can tell when it’s loaded-
It’s apt to go off anywhere. ’
That coon, just for fun,
Looked into a gun,
Now he’s in the grave-digger’s care.
A fellow once courted a widow
(He thought it was only a i es t)
But he didn’t know that sweet kid)
And he who laughs last laughs^ b es t
He soon got ensnared, did our smart! 1
And (surely you now guess the rest)-
There was a nice wedding party— ’
Our hero was not there as guest.
You never can tell when it’s loaded-
Our hero is tied down for life-
With a low, muttered curse ’
He hands o’er his purse
To his freckle-faced, red-headed wife.
Republicans won the election-
„, A , p ™ ise they made of good times,
That dollars would grow upon bushes
And when it would rain, would rain Him
But peopie are doing some thinking— d mes
They have to think hard to raise cash
And the next time we hold an election
’Twill settle Republican hash
You never can tell when it’s loaded
The promise they made was all “bull’
Shortened hours each day,
With a shortness of pay,
Will ne’er make a dinner pail full.
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Don’t Crow.
Don’t crow' about your business, son
I really hate to say it: ’
The rooster crows about the egg.
But still he doesn’t lay it.
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Don’t Kick.
Don’t kick about your job, my lad,
No use to buck and “rare”;
The mule, as long as he will kick,
Will not get anywhere.
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Rise Again.
Take a little batch of biscuit.
And you knead and beat it down,
And you pound it and you hound it
And you slam it all aroun’;
You go away and leave it—
Your work is all in vain,
For in a little hour or so
Tis all “riz” up again.
When fortune pounds and hounds you
And slams you to the ground,
And all your pretty castles
Are scattered all around.
Just think about the biscuit
And’ imitate the dough,
And straightway rise up to the skies
Regardless of the blow.
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Hard Times Knockin’.
Hard times knockin’ at de cabin do’.
Hard times, what yo’ say?
I’se busy wid dis ’possum fat
And can’t see you today.
Hard times knockin’ at de cabin do’?
Hard times, go away!
I’se busy wid dis ’simmon beer,
I can’t hear what yo’ say.
Hard times knockin’ at de cabin do’.
Hard times, where yo’ gwine?
Dar’s too much corn an’ too much meat
Within dis house of mine.
Hard times knockin’ at de cabin do’.
Hard times, run away;
Dar’s too much love within my place,
Yo’ ain’t got time to stay.
* * * * * *
Gone, But Not Forgotten.
Fido was our little dog.
He was our joy and pride:
He fell into a sausage mill.
And people ate him fried.
******
Obituary.
Here lie the bones
Of Simon Snooze;
He tried to drink
Some moonshine booze.
******
The Guy I Like.
A guy I like
Is Henry Drew,
He’s always got
Some good home brew.
******
Pants.
A funny thing it is, but true.
At least so I am told:
Dogs wear their pants in summer
But not when it is cold.
Sad But True.
Tis hard to think.
When skies are blue.
That coal bills, huge,
Will soon be due.
*****
„ Drive Ahead.
In the rain or skies of blue
Drive ahead.
Friends are false or friends are true-
Drive ahead.
Keep your eye upon the goal.
Forge ahead with heart and soul;
Just you let the old world roll
And drive ahead.
If you rise or if you fall,
Drive ahead.
Falling doesn’t spoil it all—
Drive ahead.
After every tumble rise—
Keep your head up in the skies,
That’s the way that fortune lies—
Drive ahead.
The Bank of North Dakota, which became
depository of all the state tax money, was se ^
ly embarrassed by the passage of an - t
by the voters last fall, which made the dep
public funds other than the state treasur'
tional. The State House Builders’Associa
virtually non-operative after building n •> ,
houses. The Drake mill is being operated,
$2,000,000 Grand Forks terminal elevator ana
is only half completed and work is suspe. 1
lack of funds. , clin ff
So North Dakota is to have the —jj
again with the hopes of drawing a better 0
natorial hand next time. f T ii: n(
And in the meantime, the governor ot
who has been arrested for alleged embe
has asked for a change of venue, because '
the judge before whom he is destined to
is prejudiced.—Savannah Press.