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: " BY E. L. RAINEY
CLEM E. RAINEY, Business Manager.
Pt W e eTy
DAWSON, GA., SEPTEMBER 7, 1920.
A man’s enemies never kick him when
he is down. They watch his friends do it.
Automobile accidents will continue as
long as fines for reckless driving are nom
inal.
bbl G oo e
Will a handsome man have the same in
fluence on a jury of the new citizens that
a pretty woman exerts on a jury of men?
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THE TURN IN THE ROAD.
In the life of every individual there
comes a time when the road turns. Some
times it turns from the dismal windings of
adversity and discontent into the rolling
hills and through the pleasing scenes of
contentment. The individual who is selfish.;l
arrogant and exacting finds himself where
others apply the results of these things to
him. If he is manly he will accept the re-|
sult without grumbling. If he is cowardly |
he will protest against the injustice to him
self, though when the conditions were re-l
versed he never thought of the injustice he!
was imposing on the other fellow. 3
Human relationships are unequal things. |
One person is disposed to give more than;
justice. Another is disposed to give less than
justice. The one who is generous suffers, |
and the one who is covetous prospers for the |
moment, but when the turn in the road is!
reached the one who has been unfair, un-i
just, exacting and dominating finds his|
highway, which before has been through|
pleasant surroundings, suddenly changed to:'
a passage through a quagmire. The p]eas-i
ant shade which refreshed him before be
came the miasmic shadows of reeking for-’
ests. The sunshine is changed to the dark|
of forbidding gloom. .
The road of life canmot be diverted, but
he who has more than one from which tol
choose may take that which promises the
happiest ending. He cannot travel along a
way which is selfish and insincere without
coming to the place to which this road
leads. Human happiness does not necessari-!
ly mean following a narrow and straight’
path or climbing a difficult hill, But it does|
mean following a highway which leads'
through pleasant places, and not through
those which are forbidding and abhorrent.
SERVES THEM RIGHT. |
Sugar speculators want the government!
to save them from the reaction of their at-‘l
tempt to plunder the public. If justice ever,
overtook a band of looters the fall in the
price of sugar is the record. Their pitifull
whine will only elicit a loud guffaw from |
the public, whose pockets these speculators;
have picked with impunity in the past.
When the speculators got sufficient control
of the sugar supplies to send the prices up |
to 25 and 30 cents a pound to the consumer‘;
every owner of raw sugar began dumping
the supply on the market. They knew the
inflation would not hold. Serbia rationed
its people and sent large shipments to the
United States. Java piled in all its available
stocks. 4
The speculators had to take these offer
ings or have the price fall because of the
increas# in supplies. They attempted to
hold their corner on the commodity. But
the proposition became too large as the
new crop approached maturity. They could
not unload as fast as they anticipated, be
cause housewives refused to buy sugar. The
canning and preserving season was expect
ed to yield a rich harvest to the specula
tors. But the canning and preserving were
so reduced that they consumed only a frac
tion of what the speculators expected. Now
they have their stocks on hand, bought at
high prices to maintain their corner, and
-the new crop is coming in. The people are
willing for them to get relief in bankruptey,
and every one that goes to the wall because
of his high-handed attempts to rob the pub
lic in the price of sugar will bring tears of
joy to the éyes of the consumers. Thé
speculators doled out their supplies so that
consumers were limited in their purchases.
Now these speculators want the govern
ment to save them from the loss on the
supplies they withheld from the public. It
is hoped that the price will drop to 5 cents,
and that every sugar speculator will be
come a bankrupt.
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THE COST OF ADVERTISING.
The National Editorial Association has
adopted a basic price for advertising in
small newspapers after a thorough investi
gation of publishing costs:
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In making this scale of prices the or
ganization issues a warning “that disaster
and ruin face thousands cof publications un
less they immediately adjust themselves to
the rew conditions and. rigidly adhere to the
new rates.”
Patrons of The News who regard its rates
s high will note that the prices recom
lended by the National Association are
Phigher than they have been paying.
' THE OTHER SIDE.
The abundant crops will reduce the cost
of living, according to government officials.
' The farmer will have so much food to sell
that the supply will reduce the-demand and
the price will fall. That is the operation of
the law of supply and demand. But there
is another side to the question. Will® the
prices of what the farmer must buy fall
" in a corresponding degree? If they do not
the farmer will be the victim of his own
.industry and good fortune in producing
large crops. It might be said that if his
| large crops result in Jower prices per bush
el or other sale unit the increased number
' of these units will move up the difference
between what he would realize from a
‘small crop at high prices and the present
crop at low prices. But if that is accepted
'as the standard of farm economics the
!farmer profits nothing by increasing his
! acreage or devoting longer hours to its cul
tivation, for he cannot get more as a total
for a large crop than for a small one.
The reduction of prices on manufactur
ed products will be hard to bring about. Be
hind them are organization of labor and
capital, which are interested in preserving
the present scale of wages and present
rates of income. If the farmers could com
bine their interests and hold their crops
so that prices would be under their control
they would be able to meet higher prices
for things they have to buy with higher
prices for what they have to sell. But that
policy will preserve the present standard of
high prices, and living costs will remain
where they are.
THE CENSUS.
The federal government does some
things well, and elsewhere it fails misera
bly. It has recently demonstrated how not
to take a federal census. To the impartial
observer the system devised by the govern
ment for the decennial enumeration ap
pears to have been lamentably inadequate
and inefficient to the point of absurdity.
The purpose of the census is to provide an
accurate count of the population. It is idle
to contend that the present census is accu
rate, which is to say that its table of fig
ures is of little real value.
If the officials at the top of the census
organization in Washington had devised a
workable or efficient plan it would not
have been necessary to request the ser
vices of volunteer local committees, which
was the case in many instances, to secure
an accurate count. Nor would it have been
necessary, as has been done in numerous
instances, to recount the population of a
city or town, to say nothing of hundreds
of towns which charged inaccurate and in
complete enumeration and failed to obtain
a recount. It is nothing short of humiliating
that such should be the case.
The taking of the census costs the fed
eral government millions of dollars. If the
work is worth doing at all it is worth do
ing thoroughly. If it is not thoroughly
done, then the millions expended have
been wasted. If business men or the or
ganized industries were to approach their
undertakings in the spirit with which Uncle
Sam tackles the gigantic task of taking
the census they would te laughed at for
amateurs. Worse than that, they would be
foredoomed to inevitable business failure.
The federal government has been in the
business of taking censuses for a good
many years. It has been at it long enough
to have devised a workable pldn and an
efficient organization. The enumeration
should’ be so thorough, and there should
be such evidence ofspainstaking on the part
of the government, as to call for no con
cern from the peopie, no chamber of com
merce committees to enroll names missed
by government enumerators and no requests
for recounts.
The News does not pretend to say what
is the matter with the census organization.
It is only referring to its failure to deliver
the goods.
The failure of the railroad administra
tion, the inefficiency of the postal service
under its present administration afid now
the manifest shortcomings of the census
taking machinery do not provide advocates
of government ownership of everything
with a great deal of usable material.
Henry Ford says the trouble with this
government is that the people do not take
enough interest in elections. He ought to
know, as he has never voted but three or
four times in his life.
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We have the picture of the prohibition
candidate at the clothes wringer, of Hard
ing making up .the first page of his news
paper and again in his band uniform with
his old brass horn around his neck, and of
Debs in his prisén suit. Hasn’t Cox ever
done anything wonderful?
Those who want to go and fight in the
new wars of Europe should not be detain
ed. Their feelings may be noble. But as a
nation we will hardly be willing to call out
more troops for overseas service. The men
who have been there at least will not be
anxious to return.
With the return of normal times the
bunkest, hot air artist, barnacle, parasite,
grafter, promoter, director of “uplift” and
“welfare” movements and pieces of creation
of every description seeking to live without
giving a commensurate return will be out
of business.
Some motorists will run over a railroad
crossing without looking either direction,
and vet their relatives will expect the news
pavers to write them up in their obituaries
‘as prominent citizens of high intelligence.
The slowness of the public pulse would
indicate that both the republican elephant
and the democratic derey nesd seme
monkey glands, v
An exchange says that the old-fashioned
woman who prided herself on the quality
of her home-made jelly now has a daugh
ter who dances like i§.
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Charlie Chaplin’s wife says Charlie thinks
himself a socialist, but refuses to divide
his money- even with his wife. That’s the
‘usal socialist custom. "
Once the girl and her fellow sat in a se
cluded place on the front porch. Now they
find a secluded place along the automobile
road.
The time has arrived when the candi
date must hand out ice cream cones and
candy along with cigars,
e
The real labor problem is to get the work
done, and then hustle the money to pay
for it. ‘
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Small performances do not meet big
promises.
The Harm of Local
Jealousies and Animosities
The following from the Griffin News and
Sun is as true of Dawson as it is of Griffin,
and largely explains why it is so hard for
this .and many other towns to move for
ward and prosper. Says the Griffin paper:
Hardly a week passes but that some
good citizen has a suggestion to make for
the betterment of Griffin.
No sooner is the suggestion made than
some other good citizen objects—principally
because he does not like the first citizen.
It is human nature, and we are just as
human here as elsewhere. !
But here is a better way—a way that is
quite as human and more humanizing.
Forget your antipathy toward the man
and think only of his suggestion—of what
it will do for the city—of what it will mean
to you as a citizen of the city.
Very few good -citizens think exactly
alike. Many are diametrically opposite in
their convicitions, in their tastes, in their
likes and dislikes,
But there is a common ground upon
which we may all meet, and bury our ani
mosities.
That is the common good of all—the bet
terment of our community— the fostering
of the welfare of our collective citizenry
for the benefit of each individual citizen,
and for the benefit of ourselves.
It is the starting point of prosperity—
the grave of adversity.
' Homefolks Esteem Him. I
From the Walton Tribune.
The probability that a Walton county
man will be the next governor of Ceorgia is
a matter of the greatest local pride, and
one which our entire people can contem
plate with the fullest measure of pleasure
and satisfaction.
Than Clifford Walker the county has nev
er produced a more brilliant and worthy
son nor one whose heart beats were more
in sympathy with the people. A man of big
heart and broad sympathies, his life has
been one of constructive endeavor and his
voice has always been raised in behalf of
the poor and oppressed. :
In private life he has always acted the
part of the earnest Christian citizen, active
in his support of every movement for the
public weal, while his every public station
occupied has felt the force of his character
and reflected his abounding affection for
mankind.
As mayor of Monroe, solicitor general of
his circuit and attorney general of Georgia
he demonstrated his thorough fitness for
public service and at the same time gave
evidence of his many lovable qualities as a
gentleman. A man of stainless life, he nev
er compromises with wrong, and yet his
heart is full of commiseration for the weak
and unfortunate. He has always dared to
do his duty regardless of consequences. His
lexicon of words has never been fettered
with failure, |
Georgia will indeed do herself credit to
place Clifford Walker, the stalwart Chris
tian citizen, in the governor’s chair; and
from reports that are pouring in from every
section of the state the Tribune feels t.hat}
his election is assured. 1
A Great Experiment.
From the New York Times.
There will naturally be an outburst of
jubilation by suffragists over their hard
won victory. But that mood ought not to
be lasting or dominant, It is a great experi
ment upon which the nation is entering. Its
difficulties and dangers should be uppermost
in the thoughts of serious-minded citizens
of either sex. In winning over the country
to woman suffrage a concrete state of facts
has probably had more influence than ab
stract arguments about the inalienable
rights of the individual, or about the nature
of a democracy. We had a large and grow
ing body of citizens who were dissatisfied
with their political conditions. And in a
democratic government it is expedient to
eliminate such dissatisfactions, if it can be
done without violating any vital principle.
That, it would seem, has been the chief
moving cause in bringing America round to
the idea of woman suffrage. But discontent
does not necessarily become intelligent by
the act of being enfranchised, and the new
political privileges now bestowed upon wo
men carry with them the gravest responsi
bilities. It is. no longer a question of sex,
but of country and the common weal. And
Americans, whatever their doubts and fears
in all this matter have been, will hope that
the new voters may blend easily in the al
ready great electorate, For a time our
elections will be made more dubious and
cumbrous, as they certainly will be more
costly. But we do not doubt that the cheer
ful and indomitable American spirit will ap
ply itself to making our institutions “work,’
as Gladstone phrased it, even under novel
and arduous and what may almost seem
revolutionary conditions.
SAYS THE DAWSON NEWS
IS “A REFRESHING SIGHT”
From the Tifton Gazette,
The Dawson News is alwayrs a refreshing
sight to the newspaper man and these days
especially so, because of the variety and at
tractiveness of its cotton warehouse and
cotton ginnery advertisements. We believe
the warehousemen and ‘ginners in Terrell
are the most liberal advertisers in their
line in the state. and to this fact we at
tribute no small part of Dawson’s promi
nence as a cotter market, For many years
wo have thoneht that Tifton misses an op
portunity along tnis line.
THE DAWSON NEWS.
. NURSE THAT JOB.
, From the Savannah News,
¢ We are going to repeat the advice
~ that if you are hooked up with a fairly
good job hang on to it. There may be a
time when it will not be so easy to get
~ hooked up to such a job. There are some
things that do not look just right. The
~ crazy season which followed the war,
when every one wanted to roll in clover,
is somewhat subsiding.—Dawson News.
Good advice! There’ll come a time
when the jobs—even the ‘“positions” and
“situations’”’—wiil be infinitely more dif
"ficult to land than they have been for the
past three or four years.
WHO IS TO DECIDE?
From the Lincoln Journal.
Now the political managers will rehearse
for us the old debate between the eyes and
nose. Which party deserves the most grati
tude from the new women voters, the one
furnishing the essential thirty-sixth state
or the one-furnishing the most antecedent
thirty-five? Which is the most useful brick
in the wall, the one-at the bottom or the
one at the top?
DIAMONDS BECOME COMMON.
From the New York World. s
French jewelers complain that Americans
have ceased to buy diamonds. There is an
idea that American homes are pretty well
stocked with diamonds, And under the new
scale of luxurious expenditure it may be
they no longer denote the affluence they
once did.
IT’S REAL NEWS.
From the Kansas City Star.
Again wholesale beef prices have “declined
materially,” according to the statement of the
Chicago packers. Thanks again to the Chi
cago packers for the information. It’s the
only way the public has of knowing that
beef prices have declined. L ;
A CLOSE OBSERVER.
From the Griffin News and Sun. ¢
. The Dawson News declares there are
some front vorch campaigns coing on in
Dawson—in the hammocks. Editor Rainey
is a very close observer, and nothing ever
escapes his notice.
INFORMATION WANTED. ‘
From the Detroit News. |
The French loan expert who is coming
to call on our government will confer a
great favor on marv if he will explain how
we can get one back. :
The Alarm About Peanuts. : l
From the Moultrie Observer.
Why the peanut excitement? Is the im
portation of twelve million dollars worth of
peanuts into the United States during a
twelve months period, and at a time when
the price of peanuts in this country is about
twice as much as the normal price, sufficient
to create alarm? Making a rough guess,
we would say that the twelve million dol
lars worth of foreign peanuts *imported in
to this country in the last year is an amount
about equal to the Georgia crop. This is not
enough to affect the market seriously.
It is doubtless true that bad market con
ditions confront the peanut growers this
vear, due to the fact that oils are so cheap
that the oil mills will hardly enter the
market. But if the Observer has been cor
rectly informed the oil mills have not been
responsible for the high prices paid for pea
nuts. It has been unprofitable to mill pea
nuts for the oil for some time, and the
shellers of peanuts, the peanut butter peo
ple and the candy makers have been the
principal buyers. It may be presumed that
the peanut processors will be in the market
again this year, and though prices may not
reign as high as they did last year there
is not reason to believe that the demand
will be so bad as to greatly depress the
market,
We wonder if the peanut marketing agi
tation grows out of propaganda of some
sort. The Observer has no evidence that
such is the case, but it looks like the sug
cestion of a tariff on peanuts is springing
up with wonderful unanimity over the
country. Fortunately there will be ample
time for inquiring thoroughly into the pea«
nut situation before any legislative action
can be taken. It will be a year before con
oress is ready to consider tariff-legislation,
and in that time we will learn much about
the dangers of Chinese peanuts,
We will .probably hear much about the
necessity of tariffs in this -county in the
coming months. Prices of everything have
been boosted in America, and the day is
coming for a decline, Naturally, there will
be a cry for protection against the produc
ers of various products in other countries
who are willing to sell on our markets at
lower prices than we have been paying for
the home products. If we are expecting to
trade with the whole world we will have to
bear in mind that a tariff is a thing that
works both ways. If we close our doors to
products raised in other countries we may
expect to find other countries closing their
markets to us through the .workings of the
tariff. »
l The People and the League. l
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Do the people you meet on the street and
in the stores and factories care anything
at all about the league of nations? The
New, K York World has a staff reporter tour
ing through Indiana and Illinois, picking
up expressions from these people, met at
random on the streets of the cities, and
taking their offhand and unsuggested views.
The World could not better be pleased
than by the knowledge that everybody is
talking league of nations and taking the
Wilson side of it; but its touring reporter
does not give it that pleasure. He seems to
be giving fairly what he hears; and what is
it? People do not care a continental about
the league of nations. There are a few ex
pressions which deal with it, but they do
not make it vital. They have lost whatever
interest they might have had. They talk
about taxes and high prices and prohibition.
Ninety per cent make one of these three
subjects important. A few talk about labor,
but without partisan bearing. The exorbit
ant prices and high taxes they have to.pay
are the engrossing subjects, and most of
them are trying to find out whether the
election of Harding or Cox will bring re
lief. They are‘interested in° what comes
right home to them, what affects them im
mediately and directly. They do not give
the league of nations a thought. If the re
porter had written that the republicans he
met were going to vote for Harding and
the democrats for Cox he would have come
very near the fact,
Watch The
News Colums
This Fall and profit by patronizing
its advertisers— 5
~ All of the Leading
Merchants Have
Bought Large and
Complete Stocks of
Ready-to-Wear, Men’s Clothing, Boy's
Wear, Furnishings and Staples. These goods
are fresh from the eastern markets.
Fatronize the House that
| Advertises its Goods---it
believes in them.
WAREHOUSE SERVICE
Farmer's Warehouse
MAIN STREET DAWSON, GA.
Our warehouse building has been completely
repaired and put in the finest condition for
the 1920-21 season. '
OUR SERVICE WILL BE
- THE VERY BEST.
Mr Gay Raines will again be in charge as
general manager and will give personal at
tention to each cu,stomer's needs. :
Exclusive Cotton Warehouse
Our warehouse offers ample storage room for
your cotton and we will guarantee protection
from the weather. We will be in direct
touch with the market and assure our custo
mers top prices.
Weights Guaranteed
; .
Farmer's Warehouse
: GAY RAINES, Manager
DAWSON, . . . GEORGIA
TUESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1929,