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‘ DAWSON, GA., OCT. 22, 1918.
What sort of peace would Germany have
considered when her armies were headed in
the other direction through Belgium?
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Every time General Allenby pulls a hand
ful of tail feather out of Turkey the old
bird gives a squawk of distress, and the
world sits back and laughs.
The venerable editor of the Tifton Ga
zette informs us that cotton sold one hun
dred years ago for the same price it is sell
ing today.
HOLY LAND EMANCIPATED.
Students of holy writ and others interest
ed in the Holy Land who have followed the
campaign of General Allenby, commanding
the English and French expeditionary force
in Palestine, with eager interest from Joffa
to Jerusalem and up the valley of the Jor
dan are gratified at the progress made in
clearing that historic country from the re
pugnant rule of the Ottoman Turk.
Palestine, the land of tradition, song and
story, is not merely revered zs the birth
place of Jesus of Nazareth, but is beloved of
many peoples. It was the birthplace of
Abraham, the promised land of the chosen
people, a land that once flowed with milk
and honey. No spot on the earth's surface
is so crowded with events so momentous to
the human race or so rich in memories cher
ished in legendary lore. It was reputed to
have once been the garden of the world.
Mary, mother of Jesus, and Joseph traveled
the lonely roads that wound around the
Judean hills on their way to Bethlehem,
where it was decreed Jesus should be born.
Now these same grounds are resounding to
the din and noise of contending armies,
while the sound of artillery awakes the
echoes in the hills about Nazareth. At Jeru
salem, now reconquered, after its long occu
pation by the Moslem, David wrote the
Psalms and Solomon his Songs. Within the
confines of this land lie the Garden of Geth
semane, the Mount of Olives, the Hill of
Calvary, the Sepulcher of the Christ. Much
of the beauty, beatitude and blessing of
our present christian civilization had its be
ginning here. It is the source of inspifation
for humanity. Is it any wonder, then, that
the christtan world has long cried out in in
dignant protest at the sacriligious occupa
tion of the unspeakable Turk? Or that a
grateful cry at its deliverance is heard wher
ever the christian religion is held in rever
ence?
The stretch of country along the Medi
terranean sea, known as the Holy Land, has
been in the iron grip of its Moslem conquer
ers since its invasion and conquest by the
Saracens in 635, with the exception of the
period it was held by the Crusaders from
1099 to 1187. No organized or concerted
effort has ever been made to redeem it-in all
these centuries until now. Although in sen
timent dear to many peoples none has ever
made a serious atempt to wrest it from the
clutch of its alien invaders and restore it to
something of its pristine beauty and tradi
tional destiny. In all these centuries the
curse of the oppressor has rested heavily
upon it. Its people have been burdened
by heavy taxes, its forests have been cut
down and its soil impoverished. The once
populous and prosperous people have dwin
dled to a tenth of their number. Its an
cient cities and temples have crumbled to
dust. And in the place of their departed
magnificence remains nothing but squalor
and poverty.
Modern civilization owes a debt to this
impoverished land, a debt that should be
repaid with interest. Now that there is a
prospect that Palentine will be swept clear
from the Ottoman rule forever an effort
should be made by philahthropists, both
Jew and Gentile, to restore this country,
so rich in tradition and sentiment, and make
it at least habitable for the people who still
cling to its denuded hills and valleys,
TAXING RICH NEW YORKERS. -
War taxes are catching many rich New
Yorkers in their toils who have hitherto es
caped payment on much personal property.
This has been done to such an extent as al
most t 8 become a national scandal. Certain
wealthy families in New York have been
called upon every year to list their personal
property holdings, but the lists they would
turn in represented but small moities of
what they were reputed to own. They were
threatened with law suits by the assessors,
the newspapers would publish their names
with lists of securities they were supposed
to have in their strong boxes, but to no
avail. On various pretexts they would go
free. But things are different now. The
ineome tax with its drastic penalties for
misrepresentation was the first to catch
these old offenders. Then the city had its
opportunitv, Caoncealment under generali
ties was no longer possible. The federal
tax lisls made it possible for city tax as
sessors to get after rich delinquents, and
they were not slow in taking advantage of
it.
The result is that John D. Rockefeller,
who never paid tax on more than $5,000,000
of his‘enormous wealth in New York city, is
now paying on double that amount. And
the same thing is true of many others of the
I.\vrealthy men of the city.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
A well-known film playwright is seeking
the most beautiful woman of America to
star in a new scenario. Every community
in the country is invited to share in the
search. But his quest for the “most” beau
tiful woman is likely to prove as fruitless
as Diogenes’ search for truth. Beauty, espe
cially feminine beauty, is comparative—and
elusive, :
There is no positive standard by which
it can be judged. Painters who seek the
mdst beautiful women they can find as mod
els for their pictures are not always in agree
ment as to the most perfect types. A nota
ble instance of this is seen in the many pict
ures of the Madonna, a favorite subject of
the masters in the middle ages. No two of
the paintings of the beautiful Mary are
alike.
There have been many community con
tests to find the most beautiful women, but
the reswlts are usually disappointing. Where
one person can see beauty in a female face
others see only plainness or mediocracy. The
fact is, beauty in women is largely a mat
ter of preference. And rarely two persons
will choose the same subject. To illustrate,
some years ago a famous English “beauty”
dazzled London society for a time. Fhe
newspapers raved over her, published col-f
umns about her wonderful complexion, her
perfect form and her azure eyes. That is
while she was in England, under the pro
tection of His Majesty, King Edward the
VII. Later, she came to New York, and
great was the curiosity to see her. But what
one actually saw was a rather stout athletic |
looking woman of good features and fresh |
complexion. Her counterpart could have been |
found in nearly every country hamlet in%
America.
The enterprising playwright will, perhaps,
fail to find the “most beautiful” woman in
America; but he may have a whole colony
of beauties thrust upon him. For every wo
man is beautiful to some person. And if the
playwright will offer a prize for his Ameri
can beauty, to be won in a competitive con
test, he may gather a whole boquet of them.
A WESTERN WAIL.
As an unprecedented example of igno
rance, meanness, selfishness and prejudice
The News submits for the consideration of
its readers the following from an lowa news
paper on the question of fixing a priec for
the South’s cotton:
President Wilson bearded the lion
in his den when he decided to fix the
‘price of cotton. He is defying the pow
er of that part of the country in which
his political party is all-powerful by
right of inheritance. When he places
the limtations on the price he will more
emphatically defy the political powers
that make democratic presidents possi
ble. But the president is right in his
course. The cotton growers of the
South are among the country’s great
est profiteers.
A member of the New York cotton
exchange has had an expert investiga
tion made of the cost of producing cot
ton. The investigation included more
than 2,000 cotton growing counties. It
took into consideration the rent of the
land, cost of fertilizer and seed. break
ing and preparing the land, planting,
cultivating, picking, ginning and mark
eting the crop, labor, mules, horses, ma
chinery, bagging and other supplies,
even including corn meal and bacon,
which many of the planters furnish
their negro laborers. These estimates
were based on the cost of the commod
* ities in 1917-18, the period of last
yvear’s cotton crop. They showed that
the cost of producing a pound of cot
ton, oufside the planter’s profit, was
11.28 cents. This crop was sold at an
average price of 27.5 cents, allowing
the planters a profit of approximately
145 per cent.
The South wants 35 cents a pound
for its present crop. Even allowing for
the increase in the cost of production
over that of last year this price per
mits profiteering that borders on pub
lic robbery. The president proposes to
check this extortion by fixing the
price. * * * The cotton planters are
entitled to a fair profit on their crop,
just as an Towa farmer is entitled to a
fair profit on his corn or hogs or cat
tle. But the cotton planters are not
entitled to a profit one and a half times
the original cost of production of the
commodity. No trust, not even Stand
ard Oil, ever took such a toll from the
helpless publiec.
This wail out of the west is absurdly ridic
ulous, and comes with poor grace from a
section of the country where the principal
product—wheat—has almost been thribbled
in price by the government, not for the pur
pose of guaranteeing a fair return for the
labor in producing it, but to encourage
greater production. The South’s cotton., at
its present price, likes a great deal being as
high as wheat, comparatively, and the first
time in the history of the country is, under
the law of supply and demand and not by
governmental favor, yielding the growers a
small profit.
The jackassical bray from lowa shouid
have no weight with well-informed and fair
minded people.
For some years now tendency to light
clothing has been encouraged by an abund
ance of coal. If clothes have not supplied
sufficient warmth furnaces have made up
the deficiency. While filmy dress goods are
still abundant coal is becoming scarce and
exceedingly expensive. It is beginning to
look as though the women especially would
have to wear more clothes or suffer from
the cold.
Is it any wonder print paper is scarce?
A Chicago paper takes up an entire half
page with a picture of a young man and
voung woman embracing, with the follow
ing printed beneath it: “I will love anoth
er man,” said Theodora, “and then their
lips met for one last kiss, in which it seem
ed they exchanged their very souls.” Oh,
censor, where is thy club?
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The allies are now engaged in the biggest
peace drive in the history of the war.
TERRELL'S GOOD WORK. i
The people of Terrell county are to be|
congratulated on the splendid manner in
which they showed their patriotism and loy
alty in the purchase of liberty bonds. It
was a magnificent demonstration of the
Terrell county spirit. It indicated the spirit!
of the people in the war, and their readi
ness to meet their obligations in the fullest.
The committees, men and women, deserve
commendation for the efforts they made.”
The full assessment of $349,857 was not
only raised, but was exceeded by severall
thousand dollars. But the fact that more'
than 1,200 persons were purchasers of the
bonds is more so. The number of purchasers
doubles that of any other liberty loan,
showing that the people of the county are
backing the military forces of the nation in
the field to the last requirement.
The democracy of the sale, including the
people in every walk of life—the working
woman and her employer; the laborer and
the capttalist; the profe§sional man and
the artisan—is an illustration of the unity
of the people in the one common cause to
which the nation is committed. l
i e et Rit et
Brother Burleson doesn’t seem to be giv
ing any better satisfaction directing the
country’s wire service than he has handling
the mail. For instance, the Thomasvillel
Times-Enterprise indites this: “The tele
graph service is so universally rotten that!
it is fast becoming the most serious problem |
before the business world this season. The:
service since the war began has not been the |
best, but in the past few weeks it has been|
as poor as ever was noted in the history|
of the past twenty years.” A prominent bus-;
iness man of Dawson says a telegram was!
three days reaching him. }
The hustling little town of Sasser takes!
the blue ribbon for leading every other sec—%
tion of Ten’-e}l county in promptly raising
her quota, $23,500 in the fourth libertyi
loan. The patiroti¢ citizens have been fore-!
most in every line of war work, and this ]a-i't}
achievement is but another proef that they!
stand solidly behind the government. |
Greatly appreciated by The Dawson News
management are the kind expressions that
come from subscribers scattered far and
wide cver the country, who, in renewing
subscriptions, take time to say how much
they value the paper. This is one of the
haertening things that comes into the life of
a busy editor.
One of Dawson’s preminent merchants
uttered a striking truth in the following:
“The idle dollar that doesn’t show 'its face
in this war crisis will make its owner
ashamed to show his face when the boys
come home.”
As booze goes out it also goes up. The
price of beer has gone to 10 cents at almost
all points where it is yet permitted to be
sold. The brewers are bound to reap the
last dollar of their harvest.
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The ordinary bad cold is plebian in com
parison with the patrician influenza.
Hun shock troops seem to be getting bad
ly shocked these days.
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| GEORGIA SANCTUMS. l
STREET CORNER GENERALS.
Dalton Citizen: Even the soap box strate
gists are arguing among themselves that
Marshal Foch knows what he is doing,
though of course they will continue to check
his “errors.”
- ALWAYS IN ORDER.
Thomasville Times-Enterprise: No Geral
dine, it is not meant that vou and he should
not have a party every other night if you
want it just so you don’t invite anybody
else to come in and take part. |
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A REAL JOY RIDE. |
Lavonia Times: Some people have a pecu- |
liar sense of humor. A Hartwell citizen
whose mother-in-law had been visiting him
carried her home on Sunday and got pulled
for joy-riding. If he had been going after
his mother-in-law it would have been all
right. |
SELF-DENYING EDITORS.
Cairo Messenger: Just as we expected.
Like Brother Jerger, of the Thomas Times,
we had to give up our cigars. Also our
chewing tobacco, cigarettes, cold drinks,
ete,, ete., to be able to pay our debts. There
are others who could do the same thing if
they would—we expect,
NOT READY TO MOVE.
Bainbridge Searchlight: A fellow wanted
to know why we did not publish the truth
about everything that transpired here. Wol
would were it not for the fact that we would
have to leave town. and three-fourths of |
the other folks would, too, Why depopulate |
the town to give somebody something t{o!
gossip about? '
MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY.
Talbotion New Fra: A friend from way
out in Texas wrote us a nice letter a fowl
days age, and enclosed a check for $5.00 |
to credit him for his subscription to our
paper. He said he liked the paper, and we
like such a subscriber just as well as he likes
our paper.
PLAIN ENCUGH.
Now you have it, Mister Kaiser,
In a concrete, simple word;
If no better. you are wiser
Since you Wilson’s message heavrd,
And you'd now better get, busy
Moving off of stolen land,
Cr the whirl will make you dizzy
Which the allied world has planned.
Nothing short of full surrender,
With world-safetv puvaranteed, ‘
And complete, victorions splendor
Will our progress now impede
And vou'll keep up this dust-biting
"Till your hellish crimes shall cease, »
For we're goine to keep on fighting
"Till the world has lasting neace.
Dawson, Ga. —W. P. {ORNADY.
THE DAWSON NEWS.
Wealth For The South.
R A R O TR O
Timmonsville, S. C.,, Has a Tobacco
Record of Value. Prosperity Great.
If a ban were to be placed on the rais
ing of tobacco we would cease to hear the
glories of Timmonsville, S. C., which are
now sung throughout the entire south. The
prevailing conditions, however, warrant that
the immense output will be only increased
as the demands grow for this product. *The
farmers often receive 70 to 80 cents a
pound for hundreds of pounds ‘of tobacco,
and it is a cammon sight to see a check for
35,000 handed to one man for his day’s sale,
Nearly every man is the richer by hundreds
of dollars for every day’s load that is sold
on this market, and one fact that impresses
the visitor is that there are no turned tags.
Every one is more than thoroughly pleased
with the prices received.
The town itself is booming from so much
money. Everybody has it in plenty, the
banks have enormous deposits and the mer
chants are doing a wonderful business. The
negroes are simply buying anything that
take their fancy, from silk shirts up, and
seldom asking the price; simply pulling out
a wad of bills in payment. The buyers have
been instructed by all the big concerns to
give sky-high prices for all concerned, The
merchants are growing rich as debts are be
ing daily cancelled and new supplies bought.
Everybody is full of “pep” an& the praise
belongs entirely to King Tobacco instead of
King Cotton, :
DeaE e s
TROX DRESSING UP.
Moultrie Observer: “Trox Bankston
wears flowers and a smile.” says a newspa
per headline. He ought to be ashamed of
himself for going so lightly clad, with winter
approaching, too. *
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Prices are advancing. SAVE MONEY by buying
now, and SAVE AND MAKE MORE CROPS.
save one-fifth the seed and increases yield 3 to 7 bushels per
acre. Covers each grain uniformly with moist soil.
| Sunny South
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Mowers, Rakes, Grain Drills, Spreaders, Walking
and Sulky Plows, Tractors. Every kind of Imple
ment for the Farm.
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STALK CUTTERS ¥
Have one ready and %
handy just as soon as \ S
cotton is out of field. 7T e "’\ / .
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Quick action and a \ s 555’ / N\
cleared field means J_ \ |‘\ F&@ A“E
made especially for , Q "’~~""“”"““’
hard wortk. N\ |LA fi,@m‘\'_‘ :
CUT STALKS EARLY AND PLANT
A WINTER CROP.
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ields-Geise Co.
Agents
MAXWELL MOTOR CARS D&WSOR, Ga.
Flies Disturbed His Church Nap
From the Dallas (Ga.) New Era.
We wish some arrangement could be
made to feed the flies that remain in church
buildings during the week. It is annoying
to have to sit there all during the service
and fight flies. During the Sunday service
many flies are attracted to the church, pos
sibly by the bald heads of the nodding el
ders, or the sweet singers in the choir. Then
at the close of the service, when the jani
tor hurriedly closes the edifice, many of the
flies are left in the church, to remain pris
oners for a week without rations. By the
following Sunday they are too weak to get
out of the church, and consequently attack
the congregation with all the vigor their
weakened condition will permit. Something
should be done to feed them, and we are
willing to contribute a reasonable amount
to such a fund. Last Sunday we sat there
and fought flies all during the service, and
were thus robbed of a much needed nap.
Perhaps some will object to feeding them,
in the interest of the conservation of food;
but something should be done. If we can’t
feed them the church should draw on the
collection fund and purchase a lot of fly
swatters and have the ushers deliver one
to each member of the congregation. Per
haps if the sermon was punctuated by a few
vigerous swats it would stir things up a bit.
GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT. |
From the Saturday Evening Post. |
Official figures of railroad earnings for
the first six months of government manage
ment were lately published. They show that
gross earnings increased a hundred and
eighty-two million dollars, operating ex
penses increased four hundred and fifty
seven million dollars, net earnings decreas
ed two hundred and seventy-five million dol
lars—or a little more than one-half. J
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1918
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