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CThe Dawson Mews
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT $l.OO PER YEAR
DAWSON, (—*}:\TAPR. 271 H, 1910
THE GRIGGS MONUMENT FUND.
Mr. H. A. Wilkinson, one of the
committee appointed by the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of the
Second congressional district to raise
funds and erect in Dawson a suitable
monument to Hon. James M. Griggs,
the late representative of the dis
trict in congress, announces in The
News today that he will receive the
subscriptions of all who desire to con
tribute to the fund. An appeal to
Terrell county to have a part in this
memorial to its most distinguished
citizen, whose memory the people of
the district he served so long with
unswerving fidelity and distinguished
ability propose to thus honor and
perpetuate, should not be necessary.
His home neighbors and friends will
deem it a privilege, and will avail
themselves of this opportunity to re
spond promptly and liberally. ‘
The other counties of the district
have already contributed to the mon
ument fund (one of them raising
$1,000) and what the people of Ter
rell do must be done at once, as Hon.
H. M. Mclntosh, the chairman of the
committee, has informed The News
that he will visit Dawson at an early
day for the purpose of conferring
with the mayor and council and se
lecting a site for the monument, after
which a design will be decided on
and a contract made for its erection.
It is necessary, therefore, for all
contributions to be sent to Mr. Wilk
inson without delay.
REFORM IN THE COURTS.
Judge Fite of the Cherokee circuit
seems to have some views about the
eourts as well as about some other
things. If he were consulted he
would advise that the Court of Ap
peals be abolished and the supreme
court be divided into two sections
of three judges each, one to have
eharge of criminal cases and the oth
er of civil cases.
He would also abolish city and
county courts and increase the num
ber of superior courts, if necessary.
There would be then only the jus
tices of the peace, and the superior
and supreme courts. That would un
doubtedly be a simpler system than
the present one, and as far as we
are able to judge would be less ex
pensive.
The reason that Judge Fite wants
to get rid of the Court of Appeals
is that its decisions and those of the
supreme court are often in conflict.
That makes trouble for the lawyers
and the lower court judges. Judge
Fite is also of the opinion that too
many decisions of the lower courts
are reversed on technicalities and er
rors that in no way cause a miscar
riage of justice. The reviewing
courts ought to be prohibited, he
thinks, from reversing verdicts and
granting new trials in cases in which
substantial justice has been done.
The Savannah News thinks Judge
Fite’s ideas about reforms needed in
the courts are good ones, and wants
to know why he doesn't go bhefore
the legislature and present them. It
ig his privilege and his duty to do so
if he thinks the reforms he advo
cates would be of real benefit to the
people.
“A DISGRACE AND A PERIL.”
The News recently commented onl
the fact that, through assessmentsl
by committees and other expenses,
it is fast reaching that conditionl
in Georgia where a poor man will
not be able to run for office. In
the past week a number of our ex
shanges have endorsed the views of
The News, among them the Wesleyan
Christian Advocate, which thus forci
bly presents the matter: ‘‘Some of
our state papers, we are glad to see,
are calling attention to the deplora
ble fact that it is coming to pass in
this state that only a rich man can
run for office. It looks very much
like there is truth in the statement,
and to the extent to which it is true
it is both a disgrace and a peril to
the commonwealth. There could
fiardly come to us as a people a more
serious situation than that in which
the financially poor but eminently
qualified citizen would be barred
from public office simply because he
could not afford the expense incident
to an election. When such a state
of things is real there is something
radically wrong with the political
methods and machinery of the coun
oy
A Chicago man has been attended
by twenty-six physicians within one
vear. The doctors evidently don’t
know their business, or the man has
a wonderful constitution.
THE DANGER IN SOME
“SOFT DRINKS.”
It is assumed by the public that
the many beverages, varying in
name, that are now sold in this coun
try at soda founts or bars or by
grocers, by the glass in some cases
and bottled in others, are pure or at
least not dangerous to drink. So
great is the confidence of the con
suming public as to the non-danger
ous character of the many products
offered for sale that the consumption
of what is commonly known as ‘‘soda
fountain drinks’” has reached an
enormous volume, .
I It may be believed that the aver
age ‘“‘soda fount drink’ prepared by
and its constituents known to the
druggist is harmless in character
and often refreshing and palatable.
And in like manner many of the
aerated or bottled beverages are de
void of deleterious qualities. There
are, however, instances and develop
ments from time to time that warn
the public of the danger to health.
or even life, that may lurk in a bev
erage offered for sale openly and its
danger possibly unknown to the
dealer who sells it. The pure food
laws, national and state, that now
exist and the vigilance of their en
forcement are proving of value, and
the developments are sometimes of a
startling nature. Here is a case in
point: At a trial in Birmingham,
Ala., in which the Celery Cola Com
pany, makers of a well-known bev
erage, were found guilty of violating
the pure food law prominent physi
cians of that state and Georgia testi
fied that caffeine in cola drinks is del
eterious to health, and particularly
dangerous to women and children.
A newspaper account of the trial
says—
“this feature of it came as a
distinct surprise, and created a
sensation, That it was taken
seriously by the Coca-Cola offi
cials of Atlanta was shown by
the fact that they sent a law
ver to the trial. He consulted
with the attorney for the Cel
ery Cola people, and it was no
ticed that the defense here used
part of the answer made by the
Coca-Cola people to the govern
ment libel against Coca-Cola in
Chattanooga. Dr. H. C. Fuller,
one of the pure food experts
from Washington, swore that
there were over 100 drinks on
the market which contained caf
feine, and that there were about
50 which contained cocaine.
The defense offered no evi
dence, expert or otherwise, to
show that the effects of cocaine
or caffeine were other than de
clared by the government's wit
nesses.”’
This case at Birmingham and the
decision are attracting much interest
throughout the country. It is anoth
er warning to the public to caution
in indulgence in beverages that may
be of dangerous character, and bev
erages that contain caffeine appear
to be those that come in a destructive
way in the danger zone.
Much must depend, obviously, on
the intelligence and integrity of the
dealer who purveys such beverages.
He shouild satisfy himself that the
product he offers for sale is not
harmful. One hears much of the
culpability of the man who sells an
alcoholic drink, but what must be
the thought of the dealer who know
ingly sells a drugged beverage, that
is bound to sap health, to a woman
or child who suspects no danger?
The culpability in that case is great
er than that of the vendor of alco
holic drinks. And, finally, the pub
lic has its measure of responsibility
—to acquaint itself, as may be prac
ticable, with the nature and at
tributes of the products it consumes.
Indiscriminate and careless indul
gence in beverages simply because
they are palatable and presumably
‘harmless is to be avoided. There
is little room for doubt that such
indulgence has been of most dele
fterious character—impairing health
and even affecting the moral strength
of those who indulge. The taste for
the effects of cocaine and caffeine in
beverages must, in the outcome, be
no less deplorable than in the taste
that dominates the steady indul
)gence in cigarettes, for example.
‘lntelligent inquiry and intelligent
‘discrimination will prove the safe
guard of the public. This is really
a matter of prime importance to the
public in view of the many prod
ucts of the kind offered for sale
everywhere and every day.
Some right interesting times seem
to be just ahead in this senatorial
district. In the last issue of The
News Senator Irwin replied to a criti
cism of his position on the income
tax by Would-Be-Senator Shaw, and
in today’s News is an advertisement
in which Mr. Shaw says that in next
Wednesday's issue of the Blade and
Bludgeon, of which he is the editor,
he will ‘reply to Mr. Irwin's reply.
Both gentlemen push ready pens,
and ink may be expected to flow
freely before the war is over.
In true western style of the old
days a trio of negro highwaymen
held up, on Saturday night, at the
end of a street car line in a lonely
spot of the outlying section of one
of Atlanta’s residential suburbs and
shot and instantly killed the motor
man and after robbing the conductor
of $35 fatally shot him in the back.
Every possible effort should be ex
erted to capture the bandits, and once
they are in the clutches of the law
the courts should make short shift of
them.
The government 1s probing the
cotton pool, and the fact that the
investigators began on the bulls
gives some ground for the charge
that the movement is liable to bene
fit the bears and be detrimental to
the interests of the southern farm
ers. It is to be hoped that the gov
ernment has not unwittingly per
mitted itself to be used in the inter
est of the cotton gamblers and
against the producers. .
Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemeus),
who for years had delighted the
reading public with his humor and
quaint stories, died at Redding,
Conn., Thursday night. He lived
nearly seventy-five vears, and for al
most half a century he was a literary
worker, building upon a foundation
of merit a superstructure that will
last through the ages.
This timely query is made by a
contemporary: ‘“What right, any
how, had John Temple Graves to at
tend a democratic banquet?” That's
one trouble with the democratic
party. Everything that comes along
is allowed to butt in and spout hot
air telling what should be done to
save it.
Dr. Broughton, it is ‘'said, will prob
ably go to London to accept a call,
and Editor Stovall of the Savannah
Press hopes that the King and a few
of his friends know what they are
about to run up against.
It is said that Judge Dick Russell
is seriously considering making the
race for governor. It will require an
amazing amount of nerve to give
up a $4,500 office to run against Gov
ernor Joe Brown.
The census enumerator is one per
son who will be apt to keep a secret.
He is subject to a penalty of $l,OOO
fire and imprisonment if he reveals
any information or facts gathered by
him.
The Darien Gazette is still boost
ing the movement for biennial ses
sions of the legislature. It is a good
thing. Push it along.
Editor Dick Grubb's Darien Ga
zette is thirty-six years old, and is as
bright and snappy as you please.
Congratulations.
CURRENT EVENTS.
The other day in York, Pa., a bad
man aimed a crushing blow with a
club at the head of a girl telephone
operator. She had on one of those
big hats about the size of a foot
tub, and under the hat her hair was
done up with puffs and ‘“‘rats.” The
blow descended upon this great cush
ion of wire and straw and hair, and
the girl escaped without so much as
a bump. Now, who will dare say
that there is no virtue in big hats
and ‘‘rars?’’
No negro has ever been a member
of the Pennsylvania legislature. But
that record is going to be broken.
A negro is going to be a member of
the next assembly. He lis Henry
Bass, a lawyer, and he lives in the
Seventh ward of Philadelphia. Not
only is he a politician, but he is a
boss in his ward, and he has decided
that he wants a legislative term, and
is going to have it. It will besworth
while noting how the Pennsylvanians
will welcome Representative Bass
“into their midst” as a lawmaker.
THE MAN WITH THE PISTOL
In a trivial quarrel Terrell M. Bras
well of Union City, Ga., the other
day shot and killed Jeff Crow, one
of his ‘‘best friends.”
Braswell is now in jail at Fairburn
awaiting trial on a charge of murder.
Crow left a widow suffering from
tuberculosis and three small chil
dren. The family, suddenly deprived
of its means of support, is absolutely
destitute,
That is only a sample of parallel
tragedies, a half a dozen of them
that have succeeded each other in
Georgia in as many weeks.
They all leave a trail of widowed
mothers, of fatherless children.
Each of them was needless, being
provoked by petty causes.
Back of each is the universal
menace of the man with the pistol.
Had Braswell not been provided
with the handy concealed weapon
Crow would now be alive, and Bras
well himself be walking abroad a
free man.
At the worst the men, in the ab
sence of that fatal pistol, would have
had a fisticuff, a scuffie. They were
“firm friends,” but one is dead and
THE DAWSON NEWS.
From the Shellman Sun.
While it might be no easy task to
select a senator who would please
Mr. Rives—or anyone else as an all
round man, for that matter—we, and
others, most cordially endorse what
he says about the selection of a dis
trict senator. After the meeting ct
the district committee chairmen in
Cuthbert some time ago we were
under the impression that the sena
tor would be chosen as Mr. Rives
suggests, and the action of Clay in
presenting only one name for the
district, or rather selecting the nom
inee without an expression from the
other counties, was not expected.
Mr. Rives states that Randolph
was the first county of the district
to break the old established rule of
nomination by all the counties.
Whether the other two counties pre
ferred some other Randolph man
that year or not, whether Randolph
and Clay preferred some other Ter
rell county man than Col. Irwin in
1908 or not, or whether Randolph
and Terrell prefer some other Clay
county man than Mr. Shaw now or
not the counties had better get back
to the old way of choosing the sena
tor.
But here is what Mr. Rives has in
the Leader this week: ‘‘The prac
tice of allowing one county to nomi
nate the senator is not democratic
usage; the first heard of it was four
years since. The rotation system
did not contemplate anything more
than that the senator should be a
resident of the county whose time it
was to furnish the man, and that the
other two counties should select
some nian from that county, and I
hope that Randolph and Terrell will
insist at the state primary for their
rights. The present senator was se
leéted by a faction in Terrell with
the result that the balance of the
district has been represented by this
decimal .000, and should Clay nomi
nate Shaw and Terrell and Randolph
submit we will be represented by
this .000000 in the next senate. * * *
Clay county has good men: they are
not to be blamed for refusing to en
gage in a scramble in their county,
the smallest in the district, with the
editor of ‘The Blade and Bludgeon’
for an office to which the whole dis
trict should elect.”
THE THINGS THAT KILL.
From the Savannah News.
At the white house the other day,
Speaker Cannon said that he expect
ed to live twenty-five years longer.
He is now seventy-four, and hence he
thinks he will come very near reach
ing the century mark. It was sug
gested that he wouldn’t live that long
if he didn't quit scrapping in poli
tics. ‘““Don’t you believe that,”” he
said. ‘‘Activity is the foundation for
a long life. The people who die don’t
die from overwork. They die from
gluttony, underwork and worry.”’
And isn’t he about right? The peo
ple who live long are, as a rule, those
who are abstemious and don’t worry.
They don’t impair their stomachs by
gorging themselves with rich and in
digestible foods, and they don’t de
prive themselves of sleep by worry
ing about their business, family or
other affairs.
Speaker Cannon has the faculty of
leaving his cares and troubles behind
him when he leaves the capitol for
his home. When he retires for the
night it is to sleep, not to lie awake
planning the next day’s campaign
against the insurgents. He has been
in congress a great many years, and
he has seen scores if not hundreds
of congressmen ‘‘cross the great
divide.”” He has observed that those
who pass out of life long before they
have reached ripe old age keep late
hours, enjoy greatly the pleasures of
the table, do as little work as they
can and worry over every little inci
dent that comes up in the course of
a day’s business. He is profiting by
his observations. And it isn’t at all
improbable that he will come pretty
near reaching the age which he has
fixed for the limit of his life. Hav
ing naturally a strong constitution
and being, it is reasonable to sup
pose, immune to nicotine poisoning
he will be able to do pretty nearly as
much work five or ten years hence
as he does now.
If people would avoid the things
which he says kill there would be
a great many more old men than
there are. And there would be more
real comfort and happiness in the
world. Work doesn't kill, provided
there is no worry connected with it
but worry and work together are
dangerous.
From the Atlants Constitution,
the other must stand trial for his
life because of the pistol.
How much longer will the people
of Georgia endure a condition that
runs the trail of barbarism and sav
agery through our twentieth century
civilization?
How long will- we continue to per
mit murder to arbitrate the most
common of disputes, the bravado with
the ready pistol to salve his drunken
or violent temper with bloodshed, to
glut his primitive passions with a
toll of widows and orphans?
How long before civilized Georgia
will, by merciless convictions and ex
ecutions, by undeviating enforcement
of the law against concealed weapons,
stamp out this reproach upon so
ciety?
In the Union City tragedy the Con
stitution does not attempt to pre
judge the case in advance of the reg
ular jury trial. The killing may have
been in self-defense, but in this case,
as in most others, it is the equation
of the pistol to which we object.
Had neither of these men been armed
a petty quarrel would not have ended
in death and with worse than death
for innocent sufferers.
HOT FROM THE BAT.
| Wanted
Fresh Fish.
Fresh fish received daily. Phone
254.
For Sale.
Twenty thousand drawn ecypress
shingles. J. W. ROBERTS.
Horse for Sale.
Six years old and perfectly gen
tle. J. H. McCLELLAND.
For Sale.
A good horse and buggy cheap.
Apply to J. A. LOWREY.
For Painting.
Paper hanging, ete., see or write
to J. W. HUCKABY, Dawson, Ga.
bt e S L e
For Rent.
Two good office rooms over the
postoffice. Apply to
D. R. SETWART.
b D DR
Important Notice.
See us before buying buiiding ma
terial. We can save you money.
VARIETY WORKS CO.
s i e (SR
Vote tor
CLEVE GAMMAGE
For Tax Collector.
PISTOLS IN THEIR STOCKINGS.
Aberdeen (Miss.) Dispatch.
“I am told that some of the wo
men friends of Mrs. Carter have got
revolvers concealed in their hose.
What is the matter with searching
them?” _
This, from Sheriff Jones, mounted
on a bench at the opening of today’s
session of the Carter murder trial
here, caused wild excitement in the
court room. There were 300 women
present to hear the final testimony,
which was expected to be sensational.
“The men have been disarmed;
why not disarm the women?” Sheriff
Jones continued, and he was about to
volunteer to become one of the
searching party when Judge Mitchell
accused him of being ungallant in
even suggesting that the women
should be ‘“frisked’” for weapons.
Taking courage from the rebuke
by the judge the women recovered
from their embarrassment and cries
of derision were directed at Sheriff
Jones.
A report that an attempt might
be made to assassinate John Carter
should he be acquitted of the alleged
murder of Dr. R. P. Wendel, his
wife’s physician, caused Judge Mitch
ell to order the men to be searched
today as they entered the court room.
Three deputies were stationed at the
door to go through the pockets of
every man who entered. It was not
announced how many revolvers were
found.
~ The Courtship of a Son of Swat.
They were seated in a parlor and
the lights were burning dim:
He was.a diamond hero—she a fan
quite fair and trim;
But they knew not, as he opened up
the game by murmuring love,
That father was the umpire on the
stairway just above.
“I love your form,” he led off first—
“with me you've made a hit;
You’'ve got the curves, you've got the
speed and you are looking fit.
Now, if with you, my Turtle Dove, I
| make a hit likewise,
‘Won't you improve my single state
and make a sacrifice?”
“T'll never play too far off base,” he
whispered in her ear:
“My Salary Whip has got the stuff to
put them over dear.
Just give the signal for a steal and
I'll no longer roam,
And when I slide into the plate please
call me safe at home.”
“I've got to have the Dope Complete,”’
the maiden softly sighed:
Show me your batting average in Mr.
Breadstreet's Guide.
It takes at lot of speed these days
with cunning and intrigue
To win a battle now and then with
the Grocer's League.”
“But giwe me errorless support’’—
his heart here took a bound;
“And let me live in Big League style
and T may come around.
Unwrap the tangle from the dope and
you can cop the bet;
We’ll play a double-header, pal, on
any date you set.”
He started warming up at once, and
with a happy sigh
He whipped a fast one ‘round her
neck—the other was waist high;
But here the umpire butted in—she
said: ° ‘“‘Oh, father, please
Don’t call him out: he's showing me
the way they work the ‘squeeze.’
The Old Man gave an irate snort and
said: “I'll help the fun
By showing him another play that's
called ‘the hit-and-run.’”
He swung like Wagner at his best—
a sole-inspiring clout—
The Son of Swat slid down the steps,
the umpire yelleqd: “You are
out.”’
i S
An Excellent Teacher.
From the Eatonton News.
The Farmers’ Union is a good and
practicable organization and every
farmer should be a member. Farm
ers need to use a little more business
sense in their operations and the
Union is a good teacher.
SPECIAL NOTIGES.
For Sale.
Will sell at once to be delivereq
a little later excellent family horge
fine Jersey cow; two Courtlanq l)ug.'
gies and harness; one new one-horge
‘wagon; one Jno. M. Smith carriage
‘With pole and shafts; children’s mer
ry-go-round; Smith-Premier type.
}writer. almost new; complete outfit
of new office furniture; upright pis.
no and household furniture; will
probably sell my automobile,
| W. H, DAvlg,
‘ —h_-———v ey \
| For Sale.
I have one Ranger coaster brake
bicycle that I will sell cheap. 1t has
been run one week, and is in perfect
order. Call or write me,
RALPH McGILL Yeomans, G
For Sale.
An excellent horse. Works any
where; safe sound and withoyt blem
ish. Don’t miss the opportunity tq
get him. J. G. DEAN,
——
Work Wanted.
I want employment as fireman 3t
saw mill or manufacturing plant,
Reference given. THOS. L., WALLER,
Bronwood, Ga., R. F. D.
. .
Notice to the Public.
We will sell cotton seed huils and
meal only for cash or its equivalent,
SOUTHERN COTTON 011, Co.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MMM
FOR STATE SENATE.
To the White Democratic Voters
of the Eleventh Senatorial District:
Whereas, Clay county, whose time it
is to furnish the Senator from this
district, has named me as her choice
for presentation to you I beg to here
with announce my candidacy for the
Senatorship of this district, subject,
to the General District Primary., |
pledge each county and the whole
district the best efforts and best ser
vice that it will be possible for me
to render. Thanking each voter for
his consideration, vote and support
in advance I beg to be yours truly,
EMMETT R. SHAW.
Fort Gaines, Ga., April 25, 1910,
| HARD TO CONVICT.
From the Albany Herald.
Officers, both state and municipal,
who have undertaken to enforce the
prehibition law. in Georgia have
|found it no easy matter to convict
‘blind tigers.” This has been the
experience of the arresting officers
generally, and in communities where
the prohibition law is not backed up
by a practically unanimous publie
sentiment—and such communities
appear to be in the majority—it ap
pears to be almost impossible to con
vict anybody of selling liquor unless
it be an ignorant sort of fellow who
doesn’t know how to exercise a modi
‘cum of caution and is too poor or in
}difierent to hire a good lawyer when
his case is called.
The state court of appeals handed
down decisions in several whiskey
cases yesterday, and these all go to
‘accentuate the fact above stated—
‘that convictions in blind tiger cases
are exceedingly difficult. The first
case decided by the appellate court
was that of Andrew Daniel, triei he
fore Recorder Broyles in Atlanta
and sentenced to the stockade. The
arresting officers who had broken
Einto the defendant’s premises testi
fied that they found in his possession
thirteen half-pints of whiskey which
‘had been shipped from Chattanooga.
‘They claimed that they had found all
the “‘ear-marks” to show that a crime
‘had been committed.
~ The case was certioraried to the su
perior court, wheré the recorder's
sentence was upheld. Taken to the
court of appeals that tribunal dis
missed the case on the ground of in
sufficient evidence. “It takes more
than the ear-marks of crime to con
vict a man in Georgia” was the dic
tum of Judge Arthur Powell, who
wrote the opinion of the court.
When officers make out what ap
pear to them to be conclusive cases
of guilt, producing a quantity of
‘“‘ear-marks,’” in the shape of flasks
of whiskey, only to have the defend
ants dismissed on some technicality
or on the grounds of “insufficient
evidence,” they can hardly be ex
pected to be very enthusiastic about
working up other cases.
Another Hero.
From the Savannah News.
In St. Louis the other evening 2
street sweeper ate a whole ham and
drank three gallons of beer at one
sitting. Of course the admiring spec
tators paid the bill. No one man
could pay for all that out of one
week's wages; and no street sweeper
was ever known to have two weeks
wages at once.
“Great” States.
From the Americus Times-Recorder.
Texas is a greater state than Wwe
thought. Here is what Congressman
Sheppard says of it: “If all the
mules raised in Texas were rolled
into one that animal could drink the
Gulf Stream dry in fifteen minutes.
If all the Kentucky colonels were
turned loose in one distillery the re
sult would doubtless be the same.
That Dear Legislature.
From the Atlanta Journal. .
Congress hopes to quit work by
June Ist. It ought to, and give the
country a recess before the Georgld
legislature meets.
A girl isn’t always a jewel because
she is set in her ways.
For Sale