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The Dawson TNews
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT $l.OO PER YEAR
BY E. L=R_:l_—;;'—l:ll_’_-—_
DAWSON, GA., JuLy 2811, 1909
WILL SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.
The daily political sheets are now
telling what Governor Brown will do
in the event the legislature passes
the new prohibition bill, miscalled
“the anti-near beer bill.” Governor
Brown himself says: “I have not
discussed the Alexander bill with any
one, nor have I told a living soul
what I intend to do with it when it
comes to me, if it does come. Any
assertion to that effect is not true.
1 will go further and state that any
thing that may be published, pur
porting to come from me, as to what
1 propose to do with the bill will be
untrue. If the measure reaches me
in due course I shall act upon it
Prior to that I shall have nothing
whatever to say. I am not in the
habit of crossing bridges until I get
to them.”
Should he be called upon to act
the governor will speak for himself,
and may be depended upon to do
what he believes to be his duty in
the premises, and do it unhesitating
ly. He may be depended upon, too,
to give his reasons in a plain, terse
manner that no one can mistake or
misconstrue. |
RUNNING AHEAD.
The cost of keeping this government
going last year was over $694,000,-
000. We took in about $604,000,-
000, or about $90,000,000 less than
we paid out. In ordinary business
this would be tending to bankrupt
cy; in national it is only a deficit
to be made up some other year.
It is hard for the government to
economize, so hard that little of it
is done.
For every secular day of the fiscal
yvear of the government the customs
took in over $1,000,000 a day. That
is a big sum to receive in taxes in
24 hours. It is the only source of
revenue which showed an increase
over 1907-'OB, that advance being
about $15,000,000. It gives an idea
of how vast our shipping interests
are and how much we buy abroad
every vear. Little of this outside
buying is in food; nine-tenths is in
jewelry, clothing and luxuries. But
for the dollars of the Americans
foreigners would suffer. Thousands
of merchants in the old world would
fail should our pu'rchasers conclude
to patronize only the merchants at
home. There is little danger of a
change, but it would work immense
harm to Europe if it were brought
about.
Next year the customs receipts are
expected to show an increase of $40,-
000,000, or $50,000,000 over those
of the past fiscal year, which should
go a long way toward wiping out
the shortage of this year and bring
ing about the return of the times
when we sensibly dim}nished our
national debt every twelve months.
THE LAST OF THE DAVIS FAMILY
“The ashes of Margaret Davis
Hayes, in a tiny metallic urn, were
interred today in a vault in Ever
green cemetery here. The final hon
ors over ‘the Daughter of the Con
federacy’ were as simple as she had
wished, the service following the
usual Episcopal form, with the sing
ing of the two favorite songs of Mrs.
Hayes.”
This announcement from Colorado
Springs, Colo., conveys to the nation
the information that the final words
have been spoken over the body of
the last survivor of one of the most
illustrious families of the south.
Within a few days the ashes of
this last daughter of the confedera
cy will be committed to their final
resting place in Richmond by the
side of her illustrious father, Jeffer
son Davis, the first and last presi
dent of the Confederate States of
America.
f - PASS IT.
A Dbill has been introduced in
the lower house of the general as
sembly providing for a reduction of
the railroad commission from five to
three members, and the ousting of
the legal adviser (Judge Hines) and
the rate expert, and also a reduction
in the salary of the chairman of the
commission, all of which would mean
a saving of some $25,000 to the
tax-payers of Georgia.
The News has always contended,
and the people have now come toi
gee it, that the enlargement of the
railroad commission and the cre
ation of the office of legal adviser
was altogether unnecessary and a
useless expense. These, as well as
some other sinecures, should be abol
ished by the 4egislature before that
body adjourns.
A Georgia editor who has been to
Atlanta is responsible for the asser
tion that there is not an orator in
the state senate. What luck!
! A GOLDEN WEDDING.
i The Newnan Herald and Adver
hiser, in its last issue, gave an ac
count of a ‘“society” event in that
town which will no doubt be perused
with interest by the readers of The
| News. Says the Newnan paper:
A rare occurrence was the cel
ebration on the sth of July of
the fiftieth anniversary of the
marriage of “‘Uncle’”” Samson and
‘“Aunt”’ Alice Dyer, twe humble,
trustworthy colored people of
the ante-bellum type, both well
known to many of the people of
Newnan, whom they have been
serving for many, many years.
Their home on Pinson street
was appropriately = decorated,
fud at 8:30 o'clock to the
. strains of the wedding march
and preceded by two little flow
er girls the old couple walked
to the front porch and again
plighted their troth. Rev. H.
R. Bennett performed the cere
mony in an impressive manner,
commending their faithfulness
to each other and urging the
younger generation to profit by
~ their example. After the cere
mony their white friends were
served first with barbecue and
a salad course, then with cream,
cake and punch. The numerous
presents from both white and
colored friends attested the es
teem in which they are held.
After wishing the old couple
many more happy anniversaries
the white guests left, impressed
by the orderly and respectful
conduct of the colored people.
Those people of the north who are
s 0 much concerned with the ‘“prob
lem” in the south can find much in
this incident to think about.
It is to be hoped that the exam
ple this old couple have set by their
industry, humbleness and faithful
ness to their marital vows may be
emulated by the colored race gen
erally.
The Atlanta Journal is about to
throw a fit because, it claims, there
may be an extra session of the leg
islature. All of which is very amus
ing. There has not been even an in
timation of an extra session except
by The Journal and the newspapers
that are served with Atlanta news
from its office, and if there was any
probability of the legislature meet
ing again the. Atlanta paper wougd
not be the medium through which it
would first be made known. It has
lost that job.
It is a pleasant sight to travel
through Terrell county and see the
fields of waving corn that meet the
eye. Some who are supposed to
be competent to judge corn yields
say there are a number of farmers
who will get a hundred bushels from
an acre of land, and one farmer has
an acre of prize corn which it has
been estimated will yield a hundred
and sixty bushels.
The Douglas Argus thinks that if
we are to have a compulsory edu
cation law it should be so framed
as to compel teachers to teach. Too
many are engaged in this work who
are not capable of teaching, and un
der our present system about all
most of them do is to let the chil
dren recite to them.
‘“‘Joe Hill Hall will never be satis
fied until he makes everybody walk
or pay fare,” says the Savannah
Press. Thought everybody was do
ing that now except members of the
railroad commission and eminent
politicians who swing around the cir
cle on dead-head ‘agricultural spe
cials” furnished by the railroads.
The Barnesville News-Gazette
warns members of the legislature
that the introduction of many bills
will not make them statesmen.
Nevertheless, several members of the
body seem to be proceeding under
that impression.
The committee has reported ad
versely on the bill to create the office
of labor commissioner in Georgia.
That was right. Now the state house
should be cleared of some of the
sinecures that already exist.
Senators Bacon and Clay are both
serving their third terms, an honor
never before conferred on any rep
resentative from Georgia in the
greatest law-making body of the
world.
The Farmer Who Becomes a Town Laborer.
ek s e R e e
By Dr. Seaman A. Knapp.
I have no sympathy with the un
rest of our rural population. We are
upon the eve of radical changes for
the betterment ef country conditions.
Today the safest place for invest
ment is the farm. Land values will
increase rapidly with increasing pop
ulation. They will more than double
in thirty years. Already the aban
doned farms of New York and New
England are being bought by capital
ists for investment. There is many
a 4 man planning to sell his paternal
iacres in the country for a pittance
and invest the proceeds in a cottage
lin the town—and then earn the sup
port of his family by daily toil. It
is th® act of an irrational man. He
does not stop to think that that farm
- will give him a home and support
!and soon quadruple in value. He
WOULD YOU EMPLOY YOURSELF?
Suppose the conditions were just
reversed. Suppose you were doing
the hiring for the business (of which
you are now a part)—
Would you be glad to employ yvour
self?
In other words, get out of yvourself
for a moment, and have a look at
that self from an unbiased stanc
point. :
Do you think that Other Chap
vou're gazing at measures up to the
standards you have in mind?
Does he work hard while he is
working, .with the best interests' of
the business at heart—or does he
do as little as he can, and choke his
The editor of the Oglethorpe
Echo, after a visit to South Georgia,
writes an editorial on the wonderful
development of this seetion, and
claims that it is due to people who
have moved here from North Geor
gia. Rats! The cheek of these
North Georgia people always' was as
tounding, and is their chief asset.
Several hundred délegates attend
ed the Farmers’ Union convention in
Macon, and it was one of the best
meetings the organization has ever
had. The Union is strong and pros
perous, and in many sections is
of much benefit to the agricultural
interests.
More buildings are going up and
other improvements being made in
Dawson now than at any time during
the past ten or fifteen years. The
News is proud of every evidence of
enterprise and progress on the part
of Dawson’s business men and citi
zens.
The Georgia division of the Farm
ers’ Union has endorsed compulsory
education. It's a safe Dbet, as the
Savannah Press says, that half of
those who voted aye have boys who
spend more time in the cotton row
than on the school bench.
M'LENDON COMMITTEE REPORTS
Submitted No Law Either as to Find
ings or the Facts.
With the bare submission of the
evidence and a brief statement the
joint committee to investigate the
dismissal of S. G. McLendon, chair
man of the railroad commission, by
ex-Governor Smith finally discharged
its labors in the matter Monday.
The report was submitted in both
the house and senate, and no action
was taken. With the report, which
consists of 460 printed pages, and
comprises the entire evidence during
the hearings before the committee,
the chairman of the two committees
made a simple statement.
It was set forth that the function
of the committee was simply to in
vestigate and lay the facts before
the two bodies.
The report consists of two parts,
one confined to the evidence sub
mitted in reference to the governor's
message of suspension and matters
cognate or incidental thereto. The
other part represented matters deal
ing with the bond deal in which the
chairman is alleged to have taken
part.
In the senate this statement was
read together with a statement of
ex-Governor Smith printed in the pa
pers and in which he denied any pre
vious knowledge of the bond matter.
In the house the matter was simply
submitted.
POLITICS.
From the Cordele Rambler.
A gentleman remarked yesterday
that the present legislature was the
best that we have had in years be
cause they have done so little. He
favors less lawmaking, and was con
sequently pleased with our present
body of sleepy politicians.
The legislature of Georgia is cer
tainly getting to be a complete farce;
quite a number of the members are
off attending to private business,
while others are politicking for some
other and better job, and among
them they do nothing but spend the
people’s money.
The McLendon matter furnished a
lot of food for politicians who want
to kill legislation; the Smith crowd
use it to defeat the Brown men, and
the Brown men use it to further de
stroy the half dead Smith policies—
politics, politics, nothing but poli
tics.
Let 'Er Roll.
From the Willacoochee Sun.
Hoke has passed and Guyte is
passing.
fails to note the possibilities of rap
idly increasing his wealth by the
planting of valuable trees, and he
voluntarily exchanges the rights of
a king and the privileges of a free
man for a daily wage and the badge
of service.
The prosperity of the cities, so far
as relates to the masses, is illusory.
The number of toilers who finally
acguire a reasonable reserve for old
asg in the country as compared with
the same class in the cities is #en
to one, taking the whole country in
to account.
While the wage is high in the
cities the costs of rents and living
are in proportion. The multiplied
attractions induce a habit of liberal
spending, not conducive to economy.
The small farmer may earn less, but
he can save niore.
THE DAWSON NEWS.
conscience when he accepts his sal
ary?
Are you the sort of man you would
hire if you were made ‘‘the boss”
tomorrow?
If not; if there are little flaws in
your character as you turn the spot
light on yourself—
Grind ’em out! Get rid of them,
because there is no telling when you
may be hiring men, and you’ll want
the best of them-—and the best in
them—just as your employer does
right now.
Make the Superman of yours
square up to the standards you have
in heart—then you would be glad to
employ yourself!
WIRED CHICKEN HOUSE DOOR.
And Mr. Smith Caught Negro Raid
ing His Poultry.
Recently the family of Dr. W. C.
Kendrick had been bothered by
chicken thieves, and many tooth
some fryers had gone via the mid
night prowler and crocus sack route.
Mr. R. D. Smith, the popular book
keeper of the City National Bank,
who, with his wife, has rooms at the
home of Dr. Kendrick, and is jointly
interested in the chickens, put his
wits to work to catch the thief. He
stretched a wire which had been
attached to a bell in his room
to the hen house door, and ar
ranged it so that when the door
was opened the bell would be rung,
and patiently abided his time. One
morning recently the bell began ring
ing, and Mr. omith hastily rushed to
the- window with pistol in hand and
saw the fast vanishing form of a
man leaving the yard. He fired sev
eral shots at the intruder, but if any
of the bullets had the desired effect
it has not become public.
GEORGIA’'S U. S. SENATORS,
From the Atlanta Georgian.
When Senator ‘‘Steve’ Clay in the
United States senate chamber last
week took the oath of office for the
third time the impressive spectacle
inspired The Washington Herald to
say some very pleasant things con
cerning the genial and distinguished
Georgian, and to refer especially to
the tribute which he took occasion
to pay to his colleague, Senator Ba
con, in his address before the gen
eral assembly. What the Herald
says must be gratifying to' the peo
ple of Georgia. It follows:
“This, we think, however, was not
quite the happiest incident in con
nection with" Mr. Clay’s election. The
finest thing appertaining to the same
was his warm and generous eulogy
of his senatorial colleague, Mr. Ba
con. Mr. Bacon is the first senator
Georgia ever returned to congress
for a third term; Mr. Clay is the sec
ond. They began their senatorial ca
reers within two years of each other,
and they have since worked shoulder
to shoulder for the best interests of
their state as each saw it. They have
not always agreed; here and there
they have split, and parted company
in voting. Notably, they were not
able to see the lumber schedule from
exactly the same point of view; Mr.
Clay being an out-and-out advocate
of free lumber, Mr. Bacon believ
ing in a fairMy stiff tariff thereon.
But Senator Clay, in addressing the
legislature subsequent to his elec
tion, specifically disclaimed because
of these differences the right to call
himself a better democrat or a more
faithful, efficient or honorable sena
tor than Mr. Bacon. ‘I love the
senior senator,” said Mr. Clay, ‘and
no man shall ever question his
democracy unchallenged in my pres
ence. Georgia ought to be proud of
him, for he is true to himself and
to his constituents.’
“We do not know how that im
presses the country outside of Wash
ington, but it is refreshingly pleasing
to us. Too often at the capital do
we hear it said of senators from the
same state, ‘there is no love lost be
tween those two.” It frequently hap
pens, indeed, that they do not speak
as they pass; and now and then it
has occurred that senators from the
same state have declined even that
association with each other incident
to approaching the vice-president’s
stand in order that one or the other
might be sworn in for a new term.
“There are no petty jealousies and
spites between Mr. Clay and Mr. Ba
con. When Mr. Clay takes the oath
anew he wilk be accompanied by his
Georgia colleague, who is not alone
his fellow-member, but ‘his cordial,
appreciative and trusted friend.
“We think Georgia may felicitate
itself that it is ably and satisfactorily
represented in the United States sen
ate.’’
Fifty More Georgia Colonels,
From the Baltimore Sun.
Fifty more colonels in Georgia,
fifty more uniforms, fifty more nota
ble citizens march, fifty more follow
the horns. Fifty more colonels iu
Georgia—that makes ten thousand
and one; fifty more fellows to strut
and have fun, fifty more Georgia big
guns. They're thicker than ‘‘skeet
ers” in Jersey, they're thicker than
crabs in the bay, until the whole
state of old Georgia is getting to be
one ‘“‘Hooray!” But Georgia is dry
as a boneyard—oh, list to the
mournful sound!—with fifty more
colonels in Georgia, and not enough
drinks to go round.
S S
“Like the Man That He Is.”
From the Grady County Messenger.
A friend is said to have asked
Judge Griggs why he accompanied
ex-Commissioner MeLendon as his
friend before the investigating com
mittee, and the reply was character
istic of the man: “Mr. McLendon
is my constituent and also my friend.
I have never turned my back on
either when they were in trouble.”
Judge Griggs’ loyalty to his constit
uents and his friends is one of the
reasons for his personal popularity.
Try Heinz’s apple butter at Wall’s,
EXCESSIVE TAXATION.
From the Middle Georgia Farmer.
The people of nearly every city
and state are suffering from excessive
taxation, which, in some instances,
is made necessary by inexcusable ex
travagance of public officers and ser
vahts.
Every legislature spends much of
its time looking for something new
to tax or something that can stand
a little more taxes instead of wisely
economizing and making present re
ceipts go ten times further than they
are going, as they ought to do.
A limit must be reached some
time, and in our opinion it has now
been reached. Just because a man
has deprived himself, suffered and
saved, and finally has a few surplus
dollars is no reason why his savings
should be confiscated by his state or
city. Conditions have practically
reached the point where none but the
wealthy can make money, and this
class is controlling the legislatures,
courts, commerce, tariff, supply, and
all else, and are making the balance
of us carry all their burdens. The
poor consumer is paying it all with
no hope of relief, and at the same
time every doodle of a politician is
casting around, looking for a place
and means to increase that burden
and find something new on which to
levy an additional or extra tax. The
country, states, counties and cities
are “all living beyond their means.
Individuals get discouraged and do
likewise, and the poor fellows who
keep on plodding and striving are
paying the unpaid bills of the other
fellows, and thus carrying more than
their share of the burdens.
It is time to get down to business
and call a halt. It is time the people
were waking up to the indifference
and extravagance of their legisla
tures, etc., and bringing them to per
sonal account.
The Time of Their Lives.
From the Barnesville Gazette.
Haven’t we “refawmers’’ been hav
ing the time of our lives during the
past two years? Hon. Hooper Alex
ander has $1,500 in his pockets, paid
him by Governor Smith in plain viola
tion of the law, and a near-fee of
$40,000 in prospect. Hon. S. G. Mec-
Lendon made $1,500 dealing in bonds
as chairman of the railroad commis
sion, and Brother Jim K. Hines, be
sides the fat office as special attor
ney given him in payment for ser
vices rendered in the memorable
campaign, is a willin’ witness be
cause he failed to make a $l,OOO fee
on a bond deal. What other graft
is covered up by the “refawm’ dust
and smoke of the late administration
we do not know.
Wha§ Else Is “Refawm’ For?
From the Macon News.
Hit Hines some more if it will
make you feel better. True, there
was no express law touching his
office, but morally he is in the same
boat with McLendon. They were
both ™1 ‘“reform” for what they
could get out of it.
Under the Pure Food Law.
From the Savannah Press.
The editor of the Thomasville
Times-Enterprise has been a ‘“‘visit
in’.””© He says next to Savannah Al
bany sells about as much pure beér
as any place in the state. Thanks
for the compliment. We strive for
purity down here.
They're Dry in North Georgia.
From the Blakely Reporter.
A north Georgia editor relates the
following: ‘‘A man tells us he was
sick two weeks and not a soul called
on him. He ordered a jug by ex
press the next week, and five came
to see him the night it arrived.”
A Griffin View of It.
From the Griffin News.
A Valdosta negro died from drink
ing near beer and eating watermel
ons. Watermelons do not seem to
be safe with any kind of diet.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1902, of the
condition of the
’ .
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance
Gompany of Georgia
Organized under the laws of the State of Geor
gia, made to the Governor of the State of Geor
gia, pursuant to the laws of said State:
Principal Office, Dawson, Ga.
1 Income during the first six months of 1909 as
follows:
& Membership fee5......................5 400
b Annual dues [held as property of
INOMBSN] (...l i L asst
O ARMERRIONLE, ... G o
WL Moome. ....$2,667.00
2 Disbursements during the first six months of
1909:
a Losses and c1aim5............. seivas o OBSTEOO
b Annual dues [held by members] ...... 250,00
¢ Total paid or returned to members 2,827.00
d Commissions paid to agents and offi-
GO i e e e 40.00
Total aisbuteements. .................:. 2,667.00
3 Exhibit of Policies:
a Policies in force Dec. 31, 1908, 947
Am0unt........ ceeseieenaaena. ... $1,033,000.00
b Policies written since Deec, 31, 1908, 12
BIBORDN i 8,000.00
Total in force June 30, 1909, 957
SAWMOBNE L 0 coveneenes.. 1,041,000.00
Total losses and claims Incurred and paid during
the first half of the year 1909.... .. ... $2,377.00
State of Georgia, Countg' of Terrell: Personally
appeared before the undersigned W. H. Gurr,
Secretary and Treasurer, who being duly sworn
deposes and s:‘vs that he 1s the Chief Officer of
the Farmers' Mutua] Fire Insurance Company of
Georgia, and that the foregoing statement is
true. W. H. GURR.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th
day of July, 1909, W. B. CHEATHAM,
Ordinary Terrell County, Georgia,
MMMM
JAMES G. PARKS,
Attorney and Counsellor
at Law.
Will practice in all the
courts, both State and Federal.
Prompt and careful attentign
given to the interests of every
clien who may put business in
my hands. I make a Specialty
of preparing all kinds of legal
papers, such as wills, deeds,
bonds and contracts, examin
ing and abstracting titles, also
commercial law and collections.
Office in Dean building.
JULY 28, 1909,
1
Put Your Moncy
—IN
REAL ESTATE!
There is no safer investment
than Dawson property and Ter
rell County Farm Land. lap
offering the. following:
“\
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Farm Lands
5,800 acres, with stock, in
cluding mules and brood mares,
hogs, cows and goats; corn, fod
der and all farm implements,
including reapers, binders and
other, improved machinery,
This magnificent farm, togeth
er with all of the above prop
erty, can be had for $l5 ap
acre.
450 acres, four miles south of
Dawson, at a price that cannot
be met in any similar value,
557 acres of land in im
proved state of cultivation, two
and one-half miles north of
Bronwood. -«
630 acres of land southwest
of Bronwood, having on it a
large quantity of hardwood
timber.
1,000 acres of land in the
Fourth district. -This place is
well improved.
300 acres of land in the Sixth
district, well improved.
665 acres three miles north
of Bronwood, including stock.
Will give you a bargain in this,
and terms if desired.
100 acres lying in and just
beyond the limits of Dawson.
150 acres of land east of
Bronwood.
400 acres of well-improved
land a mile and a half from
Dawson.
City Property
A bargain in a three-story
brick Jbuilding in Dawson. A
fine piece of property, and a
good investment,
Two brick store houses on
Third avenue.
Four tenant houses and lots.
Two rexsidences on Third ave
nue; conveniently located and
desirable for homes.
Dwelling house, with store
connected, on Crawford street.
A good opportunity for any one.
Ten acres of land, with five
tenant houses, in good location.
Will give you an extra good
bargain in this.
Nice residence on College
avenue.
One house on Lee street.
Two houses and lots on Vine
street.
If you want a bargain in a
20-ton ice plant see me.
A 35-room hotel for sale in
a flourishing town.
If you efer intend to own any
Terrell county farm land or a
home or other property in Daw
son you cannot afford to miss
some’ of these. Here is an op
portunity of a life time.
J. A. Horsley
Real Estate Agency,
Dawson, Ga.
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Dr. W. H. Gardner.
Oftice over postoffice. Phones:
Residence 246. Office 70.
Dawson, - Georgia.
DR. H. STAPLETON
Physician and Surgeon
BRONWOOD, GEORGIA.
All calls promptly answered.
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DAWSON, GA.
Office in Dean building. Calls
promptly attended night or day.
'Phones: Office 70, residence 89.
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DR. R’ M. STEWART.
‘ Office over store occupied by J.
| M. Rauch. The patronage of
‘ solicited. Work guaranteed.
Office phone No. 30. he
’ S. D. BOWMAN, DENTIST.
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‘ DAWSON, GA.
| Telephone. Office, 163.
~ Telephone: ' Residence, 81
DR. CHAS. F. CROUCH
DENTIST
DAWSON, : : : GEORGIA
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The Sweetest
Thing in town is Hall and his
Gasoline Stoves; solves the res
taurant problem.
Will have tea and biscuits
next Friday afternoon, July
30th. For ladies only.
