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Who would willingly disillusion a little child as
to Santa Claus?
In producing $16,000,000 worth of honey annu
ally in this country the busy little bee assures us
there is something in her besides the sting.
Some men are so strongly committel to the prin
ciples enunciated by the Society for the Prevention
of Useless Giving that they prefer to give nothing
at all.
The commission which was created to release the
state’s railroad very properly elected Hon. Murphy
Candler to the chairmanship. He is eminently the
man for the place.
Rich and poor alike will be poorer after Christ
mas expenditures have been attended to, but there
will be a soul satisfaction which will more than
make up for the outgoing cash.
Merry Christmas to all the children and grown
folks in all thé homes where The News goes or
doesn’t go. There can be no limitation as to wish
ing joy this season. Good wishes include every
body.
To Georgia Editors, one and all-——Madame, Miss
or Mister: Merry Christmas to you and yours. If
vou experience the joy that we hope may come to
you in all heartiness you will say Lless the Lord
for Christmas.
The Star of Bethlehem shines bright vet, as
bright as on that night when the shepherds saw it,
when its gleam led the Wise Men from the East to
the manger where the Prince of Peace lay. And its
message now as then is of “Peace on Earth, Gond
Wwill.” |
! Editor Furlow, of the Madison Madisonian, did
himself proud last week. He issued a handsome
forty-eight page edition replete with newsy and
interesting reading matter and bright and snappy
advertisements. The Madisonian is one of Geor
gia's best newspapers every week of the year.
American Lives at $5,000 Each.
It is reported that Germany will pay at the rate
of '55,000 each for the American lives lost when
the Lusitania was sent to the bottom by a German
torpedo. Secretary Lansing and Ambassador von
Bernstorff have decided to discuss the matter, it is
said.
. That may be one way of settling the diplomatic
issues involved.
And, yet, would you barter your life for $5,000?
Would pou sell the life of vour fathor or mother,
vour sister or brother, vour wife or child for
$5,000?
If we are going to put a price on the lives of
Americans who are murdered while traveling where
they have a right to be isn't $5,000 apiece rather
cheap?
Christmas. A Few Words.
In what we hope is the best spirit of the Christ
mas season The News sends greeting and loving
thoughts and good wishes to all its friends. The‘
words are not formal or perfunctory, or in con
ventional spirit. It is the time when peace and
good will find expression in virtually all hearts.
Who are our friends? We find it hard to think
of any who is not a friend today—so far as we are
concerned, at all events. And, especially, do we
think of the readers, of the advertisers of corre-’
spondents of the paper as friends. It would be!
strange if that were not so. As the years gol
by the associa®ion with these friends becomes more |
and more prized, more of a privilege that is worth |
living for. We have found in the operations of The l
News for nearly thirty years that there can bei
some sentiment in business. It cannot be all sen-'
timent. The paper has to face a pay roll and other
expenses every week that are seldom if ever as‘
small as they were the previcous week. DBut we}
are glad there is room ‘in our scheme for somewhat
of sentiment, and may it ever be so. There m‘e‘
hundreds of readers the editor knows personally,
there are hundreds he has never met and does not |
know, and never will meet or know. But to him‘
each one of these is a friend. Life is serious. All
feel its cares, and it is well to let thé feeling of!
friendship, of peace and good will, have full sway%
when vou can; and this is the time. We shall all |
have to take up the graver gide of life soon enough, :
and while we can let us Yyield to the Christmas
spirit. |
Wie hope that in all the homes where those whc
read The News dwell theie will be peace and con
tentment, that there will be health and happiness.
But we realize that for some there must be trial,
and even sorrow. To them we send sympathy, the
sole regret being that sympathy is all that can
be sent. For all whom happiness is possible may
the day be one to recall as a blessed day, and
emphatically so for the little children who bright
en happy homes, for who does not find gratification
in seeing children happy?
Mr. Ford’'s Peace Fiasco.
Mr. Henry Ford’s trip to Europe at the head of
a party who will endeavor to plant the seed of a
peace propaganda has mot aroused any enthusi
asm on this side of the water. England seems to
have small patience with the matter, and the other
nations at war probably feel much the same way
about it.
The truth appears to be that Mr. Ford is en
gaged in a rather precarious undertaking. No one
will blame him for desiring peace nor for exer
cising every possible legitmate influence toward
Iha§ end, but his activities smack greatly of meddle
someness. In hastening to assure Europe that the
junket is without official sanction or approbation
the administration at Wiashington has acted wise
ly; and it will be seen, before the tour is ended,
that in rushing in where official heads fear to
tread the Michigan man is deliberately borrowing
a big load of trouble for himself and his associ
ates, no matfer how true may be their conscien
tiousness.
‘ Treasures That Do Not Rust.
| There is but little time remaining now to those
!negligent people who have refrained from partici
tlpati(m in one of the most beautiful expressions of
{\the Christmas spirit, the purchase of Red Cross
| seals. No one is inhibited at any and ali times
ifrom venting his generous impulses in direct aid
lin the fierce, unceasing battle against tuberculosis,
| put the little seals of such insignificance and sug
-Igestion are peculiarly a Christmas institution.
‘; This is the season for their sale, and with its
{ passing the widespread appeal made by their uni
‘\'ersality and cheapness suffers eclipse. For a lit
tle while the public awakes to a realization of the
lpower of the dread scourge and the havoc it works
‘in secret, the heartrending misery and suffering
that is hidden from the eyes of the world in so
Imany thousands and thousands of homes in its
Ishadow. Then, the existence of the insidious dis
lease is conveniently forgotten unless it is sharply
brought to attention by individual experiences,
' Buy Red Cross seals at every opportunity this
week, and add your mite to the beneficent store
lof treasures that do not rust.
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l Who Makes The Offer ?
Announcement is every now and then made that
la certain nation offers 20 cents a pound for 1,000,-
' 000 bales of American cotton, and the cymbals are
lsounded and an effort made by certain politicians
{ to arouse some enthusiasm for themselves.
The thing to be considered is, what nation made
the offer? If it came from one of the allied nations
well and good; if from one of the central powers
there is no room for optimism in conne:ti)m with
the incident. The allies are probably able to pay
for the cotton and to conduct it safely across the
water, but the central powers are not. Cotton is
used in making explosives, and the allies, who are
{in control of the seas, would no more allow Ger
many, Austria or Turkey to import a million bales
of cotton than they would permit them to purchase
{pure gun powder and land it safely.
i Thege things are to be considered before cheer
ing too lustily the alleged efforts of said politicians
‘to “help the farmer.” |
The Valdosta Times thinks it pathetic to see the
c¢lamorers for ‘“‘port rates” a few years back now
kicking vigorously against the new adjustment of
freight rates which does for the smaller cities and
towns of the state now just what they claimed
“port rates’” would have done then. The people
finally awoke to the fact that the campaign of
abuse and villification that was made for alleged
“port rates” was solely in the interest of Atlanta.
About the easiest thing to do we know of is for
some conscienceless damagogue with monumental
brass to bamboozle the people as a political leader.
Editor W. W. Fleming is an applicant for the
Blakely postmastership, and is strongly endorsed.
The Early County News has for years been Blake
ly's best asset, and Editor Fleming deserves at the
hands of his people anything that he may want.
The highest praise we can give him is to say that
he would make as good a postmaster as he is an
editor.
The pigs in Georgia now number over two mil
lion and represent over $16,000,000, according to
figures on live stock and crops just prepared by the
bureau of crop statistics at ‘Washington for the
Georgia chamber of commerce. This does not in
clude the two-legged variety. They are not worth
anything at all. :
Governor Harris stated Sunday that he will be
a candidate for a second term. We know of no
reason why he should not and will not succeed
himself, even if the newspapers of his home town
are not obsessed with enthusiasm over the pros
pect.
[ Why Panama Slides Slide |
} Concerning the causes for the disastrous slides
that have recently closed the Panama canal to
traffic a writer in a scientific magazine says:
“The canal pierces the continental ridge at
Panama only a few hundred feet in height and}
nine or ten miles in width. A v-shaped cut was
made through this ridge and the canal located at
the bottom of the v. It will be seen at once that |
there must be high slopes to either side. The slidesl
oceur because a mass on a slope loses its frictional
grip on the underlying material, and slips——-not}
necessarily with rapidity—on and down under the
influence of gravitation. But ‘on and down’ bring
it at last into the canal itself. |
“The precise cause of a slide does not seem to|
be known with certainty. It is probable that son‘w“
slides may be safely attributed to the slow tobog
ganing of soft surface material on hard, underiy
ing rock sloping toward the canal. The cutting
away of material on the lower edge may easily
precipitate a general movement of the material
above simply bcause a support has been removed.
‘lt seems doubtful whether the movements of
‘earth and rock at Panama are in general due to
' the steepness of the slopes to either side of the;
'c:’mal. Such an influence may indeed play its part.
' The controlling cause appears rather to be tilted
underlying rock. The mass on the rock moves
down however it may be piled up. It seems rather
‘('urious. though, that the canal should have been
| located just where two such tilted rock surfaces
intersect each other—that is just above tha bot
ltom of a hidden rock valley.”
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g “Why is it,”” asked the curious guest, “‘that poor
| men usually give larger tips than rich men?”’
| ““Well, suh,” said the waiter, ‘‘the po’ man don’t
!want nobody to know he's po’, and the rich man
idon't want nobody to know he’s rich.”
i “Woman is like ivy—the more you are ruined
| the closer she clings to you.” An cld bachelor
i adds: “Ivy is like woman—the closer it clings to
! yvou the more you are ruined.”
{ A shrewd old gentleman once said o his daugh
ter: ‘“Be sure, my dear, you never marry a poor
man: but remember the poorest man in the world
{ is the one that has money and nothing else.”
f Man wants but little here below;
{ He's not so hard to please;
; But woman (bless her little heart)
f Wants everything she sees.
i John asked Julia if she would have him. *No,”
| she said, “I'll not have you,” but before John
icould recover from the shock she archly put in:
;"]’,ut you may have me.”
{ 3
‘ ““Johnny, I married your father because he saved
|me from drowning.” Tl bet that’s why pop’s al
ways telling me not to go swimmin’.”
’ How is it that widows generally marry again.
| Because dead men tell no tales.
THE DAWSON NEWS
| Egypt and Its Cotton Crop |
From the Home and Farm,
The southern states can raise cotton echneaper
than any other section of the world. During the
civil war England took steps to develop cotton in
Egypt with some success, and efforts were made to
develop cotton in Brazil with little or no. suc
cess,
It is interesting to learn something aront Egypt's
experience as a cotton raiser in the past two vears.
A year ago an edict was issued restricting the cot
ton area in Egypt. The hope then was that by this
restriction prices would be restored and prospericy
be returned to the Egyptians who were engaged
in that industry.
Recently it has been announced that the English
government had decided to remove the resiriction.
It is said that the original order was a precaution
ary measure; but it was thought that by limiting
the area to one-third of every estate the benefits
would be so manifest that the restriction would be
a permanent feature of agriculture in Egypt. The
same argument is made in Egypt as in the south
for the restriction of the cotton crop. It must be
restricted in order to advance prices, and it muast
be restricted because deterioration of land follows
overcropping.
The objections to the decree, upon which a re
fusal to continue it was placed, are the extreme
difficulty of enforcing the law because of the num
ber of small holdings; second, the fear of a falling
off in the demand, which a year ago justified the
decree, no longer exists.
At the end of the agricultural year (August 31)
the stock at Alexandria had only increased 10 per
cent, compared with the previous year. The 1915
crop is not expected to exceed five million canters,
as compared with 7,500,000 canters in 191%. A
canter ig 100 pounds, or one-fifth of a bale.
Here, then, is a diminution of one-third, partly
due to the order of restriction and partly, it is
added. “‘to cotton pests which have been very
active.” It is believed, therefore, that the renewed
demand for cotton will soon exhaust the surplus
and leave an open market for a large crop in 1916.
It is said that Egypt is enjoying prosperity, be
cause she hag produced more cereals which have
brought fair prices, but that Egypt has nothing to
complain of in regard to war conditions, and that
under this wave of prosperity Egypt will continue
to raise more grain and less cotton.
l A Sermon on Busybodies |
SSeN R S B R
From the Focl Killer.
1 like to see a man attend to his own business—
if he's got any. And when he gets that done 1
like to see him sit down and rest—or go fishing.
But now and then we find some Smart Aleck who is
so durned industrious that he has to go around
and meddle in the affairs of his neighbors. One
such busybody in a neighborhood can cause more
trouble than ferty peace makers can settle.
The busybody thinks he is so much smarter than
anyvbody else that nothing can be done right unless
he bosses the job. He don’t stop to consider that
the world got along several thousand years before
he was horn, and that it will never slip a cog nor
pay any attention when he dies.
There is no man so big nor so important that
his death will cause even a ripple on the sea of
human activities. All of the so-called ‘“‘big men”
of the world might die this very minute, and they
would never be missed except by their own fam
ilies and personal friends. Other men would step
right in and take their places and the world would
go on just the same.
Knowing this to be the case it is plum funny
to see some little old one-hoss busybody tryinz
to advise and dictate to his neighbors as if they
didn’'t have sense enough to run their own busi
ness. Any community that is worth its salt will
resent such an insult, and will treat the busybody
with the contempt which he deserves.
WANTS EARTHLY TREASURES, TOO.
From the Savannah News.
Members of small churches in the rural sections
of the state will no doubt earnestly hope that the
success of the Rev. Stephen D. Cremean, who is
said to have made $30,000 on cotton with initial
capital of $2OO, will not prove such attractive bait
for others of his calling that they will give much
time to speculation in cotton. There are many
Georgia communities wich will pay their ministers
a larger salary than $3OO, and even a $3OO salary
from a country church is better prospect than suc
cess in market transactions. Nearly every min
ister can preach a sermon, but not all of them can
make $30,000 from a $3OO start in so short a
time. ! A
TOO MANY PEE WEE “STATESMEN.”
From the Dalton North Georgia Citizen.
The big newspapers are predicting that more
republican than democratic congressmen will
vote for the president’s policy of prepared
ness. That remains to be seen. Congress
men ought always to do what they think is
best for the country, but they usually proceed
upon the theory that what is best for the party
is best for the country.—Dawson News.
Yes, and it's this kind of busimess raised to
power which has made the word politician oppro
brious. .
I'T SURELY 18 THE TRUTH.
From the Macon Telegraph.
The authorities differ on the efficiency of
the quail in destroying the boll weevil, but it
won’t hurt to give the birds a chance, anyway,
if the boll weevil is one-tenth as destructive as
~ we hear it is.—Adel News.
~ Or, to put it this way: The quail will do infii
nitely less harm than the boll weevil, and the same
energy expended in killing boll weevils for a year
or two now expended in annihilating quail would
about kill the weevil.
WHAT'S DONE WITH THE MONEY?
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| From the Thomasville Press.
| Every time the legislature meets the publie
I school fund is increased hundreds of thous
| ands of dollars “in behalf of the children of
{. the rural districts.”” Yet, the state school term
| is not extended a single day. What’s done
| with the money?—Dawson News.
‘ Now, you said something. The appropriations
lerow, but the service is at a standstill. Somebody
;"higher up'’ must be faring well, as no complaints
‘:n‘e heard from that direction.
E CLEGISLATURE DOESN'T KNOW, EITHER.
?I-‘:*om the Milton County News.
| Everytime the legislature meets the public
| school fund is increased hundreds of thous
| ands of dollars ““in behalf of the children of
| the rural districts.”” Yet, the state school term
| is not extended a single day. What is done
| with the money?—Dawson News.
| Bir; you have asked an unreasonable question,
‘more especially if vou penned it to the average
| Georgia editor. Ask the legislature.
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i OF COURSE,; OLD BOY.
{ —_—
;Frc\m the Conyers Times.
| A lot of women are like some Thanksgiving
| turkeys—too much white meat and not enough
| dressing.—Dawson News,
| You are assuredly right; but—we can stand
lit if they can.
HOW NICE OF YOoU! 7
From the Thomasville Press.
You would have to go a long way from home to
find a better paper than The Dawson News.
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Live In Pleasure And
®
Die Out of Debt
You can certainly do this if you
Get the Habit of Paying Cash
Let us make you our cash price on your
Hames, Traces, Horse Collars, Back Bands and all
other Plow Goods for your Fall and Winter plow
ing. We sell the Texas Black Land Plow, the
best on the market.
Battle Hardware Co.
Phone 311 Dawson, Ga.
Good bread and good diges
tion—
That is_ the burning ques
tion.
C(}mdbine both and be well
e
By eating our FAVORITE
BREAD.
Fresh Bread Cakes Ev
ery Day. Free delivery
to any part of the city.
Telephone at Daw
son Cafe 3 1 7
Dawson
Bakery
C. A. TASSIOS & CO.
!MILLIONAIRE OIL PRODUCER
| BUILDS A TOWN FOR WIDOWS
i’l‘hey Compose More Than Fourth of
! of the 5,000 Population.
! Sand Springs, Okla., was built for
!widows. They compose more than
iu fourth of the 5,000 population. The
town was foundel by Charles Page,
muliti-miilionaire oil producer of Tul
’su. His earlier recollecticns were of
' his mother’s efforts to rear her large
family, unaided, and he resolved that
when he grew up he would take care
of all the widows.
When he made his foertune Page
founded Sand Springs. He built doz
ens of comfortable cottoges in which
gas, fuel and rent were free. Fac
tories he bought so the widows might
have employment. He built a car
line to Tulsa upon which widows r'de
free. There is a day nursery, free
medical attendance and a vccational
school. If a widow wants to get mar
ried Page helps her do that. He
likes grandmothers, too. There is a
score of them there, with nothing to
do but knit and read and reminisce.
Page probably has more ‘‘children”
than any other man in the world. An
orphans’ home in a nearby town re
cently went bankrupt. To better pro
vide for the little inmates Page le
zally adopted the whole institution
and moved it to Sand Springs.
in.\'E MAN EATS 200 RAW
i OYSTERS AND WANTS MORE
| Stops Because He Has an Invitation
i to a Turkey Dinner.
l EASTON, Pa.—The country has
| some big eaters, but it will be hard
| to find one who can beat the gastro
| nomic feat of Joseph Perrino of this
ipl;u'o to win a bet. Perrino succeed
lPd in storing away 200 raw oysters
{in his stomach at one sitiing, and left
’with the remark that he might have
| eaten more if he had not been invit
‘ed to a turkey dinner.
f THREE CORDS OF GOLD ARE
i MELTED IN UNITED STATES
i MR
| Was Sent in Coin By European Coun
! tries to Maintain Balances.
} NEW YORK.—One hundred and
i two million dollars in gold, which
ghas been sent in coin by the Euro
| pean countries to maintain their fi
i nancial balance with the United
| States, has been melted into bars.
| The total weight of the bullion is two
‘ hundred tons, and occupies the space
' of three cords of wood.
Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
| GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
. Malaria,enrichesthe blood,and builds up the sys-.
em. A true topic. For adalts and children, 50¢c.
‘A Ford Car
On Every Farm in Terrell
Keep the boys and girls at home
on the farm, and you are invited to
call at our place and let us help
you.
Touring Cars, $471.85
Roadsters, 421.85
We carry a full line of Automo
mobile Accessoties and do Repair
Work. We are
Automobile Experts
Lamar Automobile Co.
Dawson, Georgia
Wire fencing, nails and galvan
ized roofing are rapidly advancing
in price. We were fortunate to get
two cars of
American Field Fence
and a car load of Nails before the
advance.
Now is the time to buy, as they will go higher
Dawson Hardware Co.
We Sell the American Steel Fence Post
DEOCBMBER 91, 194,