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BY E. L. RAINEY
CLEM E. RAINEY, Business Manager.
DAWSON, GA., SEPTEMBER 14, 1920.
. From the odor of the cigarettes they smoke
some men ought to be immune from fleas.
“Take your medicine like a man, now;
let's have no bolting or sulking,” is the
good advice of the Albany Herald. But
crow is very unpalatable, ’
s e
THIRTY-NINTH YEAR.
With this issue The Dawson News enters
upon its thirty-ninth year. Unlike the old
gentleman who, when he had a birthday, al
ways claimed that he was a year older than
he really was, The News feels that it mere
ly stands at the threshold of another yeari
of existence, a year destined to afford op
portunities for public service greater thanji
it ever had as-a medium of interchange of |
thought, a recorder of events, and a factor|
in the affairs of its town, county and state.i
The News here renews its devotion to its|
home people, and pledges its efforts to the!
greatest gBood of the greatest number. This |
has been The News’ policy under its present |
ownership of thirty-four years, and in con-f‘
formity thereto the paper has supported |
that which seemed right and best and con-?
demned what it believed to be wrong and |
injurious, ,i
To those who have sustained us with their |
patronage we are grateful, and The News?
will strive to merit a continuance of their |
friendship and good will. i
THE WHEREFORE OF IT. ‘
With but few exceptions the newspapers!
of the state have accepted the niomination of |
of Thomas E. Watson for the United States!
senate with good grace. Most of tl\em,‘
however, are offering explanations of|
his surprising strength and overwhelmingl
election. In the opinion of The News it is
not difficult to determine. There are a num-l
ber of reasons, chief among which isl
that a large majority of the people of thel
state, as has been clearly and emphatically |
shown by the last two elections, are oppos-]
ed to a league of nations as insisted upon
by President Wilson. Before accepting the!
covenant they want every safeguard nec
essary for the preservation of the sover-i
eignty of this government and the integrity
of the constitution thrown around it. Thei
people also have become tired almost be
yond endurance of federal dictation and in
terference in the political affairs of their
state. They believe they are capable of
electing their own public officials, and run
ning their own conventions without instruc
tions from Washington. Resentment of the
unseating at the San Francisco® convention
of the regularly elected Georgia delegation,
whereby the wishes of two-thirds of the
democratic voters of the state as expressed
through the ballot box and in convention
regularly called by the party machinery, al
so contributed in a large measure to the re
sult. Again, the people of the state have be
come weary unto disgust of the eternal
wrangle between Atlanta politicians and
newspapers, and decided, at least for the
time being, to quit pulling their chesnuts
out of the fire.
In this connection it is opportune to sug
gest that it is time to stop the idiotic and
inane habit some newspapers and people
have of calling all those who disagree with
them “reds” and “bolsheviks.” The tenden
cy of some politicians and their partisans to
call everybody who has the temerity to have
opinions of their own traitors and rascals
has been carried to an extreme.
The News preferred one of the other can
didates for United States senator. Now
that Mr. Watson has won the election fairly
under rules fixed by the democratic party
we shall throw no obstacle in his way, but
wish for him a successful career and useful
service to the people in the high office to
which he has been called. For a quarter of
a century or longer he has alternately been
courted and praised, feared and anathema
tized—at times persecuted, if not to say
prosecuted—by the political factions of the
state, according to which he favored at the
time. Now that political fortune, after many
vears of struggles and vicissitudes that
would have long ago crushed any man of
weaker mold and less determination, has
perched upon his banner we trust it will
have a mellowing and steadying effect, and
that the people of his state and country will
be given the full benefit of his unguestion
ed ability.
Senator Watson has had many trials and
tribulations, politically, but the old saying
that no lane is so long it never turns has
again come true. . 4
‘BUYING GEORGIANS,
In the last days of the campaign the
partisans of one of the senatorial candidates
published and sent broadcast a report that
one of the other candidates for that office
had sent great sums of money to rural
counties of the state for the purpose of cor
rupting the ballot. Just how did he go about
it to “buy” the people? Buying votes may
still be done in some wards of New York.
Chicago, Circinnati and other large cities,
but how vwould one proceed to do it in GGeor
gia ard the rest of the countrv that is hon
est still? The ballot is seeret; no one knows
how another mar votes. Just how would
the bnyvirg he done, assuming as these
gontlemen assumed that voters of (odrgia
can be bought?
THE TAX QUESTION.
The Moultrie Observer, in noting the dif
ferences which have arisen between the
state tax commissioner and the Terrell
county board of tax equalizers, says:
The state tax commissioner’s authority
will soon be put to a test, we should
guess. His instructions to the tax assess
- ors in Terrell county to increase the as
' sessments forty per cent. have not been
. complied with, and, furthermore, the state
commissioner, Mr. Fullbright, has been
. informed that no further steps will be
made to increase the assessments. The
state commissioner, in his get-to-gether
| meeting with tax officers last winter, found
| that Terrell property was assessed below
. the average, and he asked that the assess
. ments be brought up this year to the
i average, which meant an increase of for
| ty per cent., as stated above.
i Our Moultrie contemporary states the
'matter correctly with the exception that
“Terrell couny property was assessed be
low the average” heretofore. That is not
‘,our understanding of the matter at all. The
fact is Terrell county property has hereto
fore been returned at a higher valuation
‘than in the average farming county. In the
‘eternal quest of more money for the state
it was ordered that tax values in every coun
ty be increased, and a certain percentage
was fixed for each to bring it up to the
average. It was the failure of Terrell coun
ty to increase its taxes to this average which
has brought about the controversy with the
commissioner.
With the state tax up to the limit and
with everything and everybody imaginablel
being taxed in every way conceivable]
the board of tax equalizers feel that,|
with assessments already higher than ever|
before, Terrell county is paying a reasona-‘
ble amount of tax to the state and as much}
as should be exacted. l
The people of the state everywhere are‘
complaining of the ever increasing tax bur
den, and are beginning to inquire why the |
interest of the man who pays the taxes isl
not given some consideration. The object
of solicitude seems to be the institution or
department that spends the money—never|
the man who pays it. As Speaker John N.
Holder said in a recent speech at Dawson,:
in declaring his unalterable opposition to
placing one penny more of tax on the citi-‘
zen’s home or farm land, no one has ever
seen a lobby in the state capitol during the‘¢
sessions of the legislature in the interest of}
the taxpayers, the men who “dig” into their|
pocket for the money to foot the bills of
the government, whereas at every session
the legislative halls fairly swarm with lob-‘;
byists for new and larger appropriations.
Mr. Holder has been a member of the house
many years, and, as does every one else
who has served in the legislature, knowsi
that to be a fact. |
Notwithstanding the ever increasing flowi
of money into the treasury the state’s fi
nancial condition is now the worst in its his
tory. Expenditures are still mounting be
cause an indulgent legislature appropriates
money without regard for results. It sup
plies money without insisting on economy
and competency. It violates almost every
business principle, setting an example that
is almost religiously followed by many who
handle the people’s money. Officials, after
they have spent their allotment, finding they
need more money, get it for the asking. If
corporate and private business were con
ducted on the same plan crash after crash
would follow and financial ruin would get
‘the most of them.
E It is time to cut out the extravagance,
'time to cut out the politics which has run
'riot everywhere since the beginning of the
!late war, and get down to business.
| HUNTING FOR PEACE.
- The statements issued by Premiers Lloyd
George, of Great Britain, and Giolitti, of
| Italy, strike the keynote of the psychology
i’of peace in Europe. The peace conference
'having completed its work of dismembering
the defeated nations and remaking the map
.of Europe and a portion of Asia it behooves‘
,all governments which are in accord for
' peace to combine their moral and diplo
'matic influences to keep the peace, to quiet
'the nerves of #he masses, to set the wheels!
of industry in revolution and to bring con-}
_tentment to the country. Had not Poland
‘developed an exaggerated national ego and
‘entered upon a campaign of military con-!
quest while her people were being fed byj
the charities of the world there would not
‘have been any war in middle Europe. Had
the Polish people accepted the conditions of
their new national life as the Jugo-Slavia
and Czecho-Slovakia people did, though for
'sometime after the conclusion of peace
' these nations were considered the danger
spots of Europe, the recent conflict in which
Europe was saved from another war by the
| tithe of a hair would never have taken
' place. The struggle between bolshevism and
'Poland would not have occurred had the
jpeople of that country been content with
)justice in the peace treaty. .
There must be tolerance on the part of
the victors, which will permit the vanquish
ed to reconstruct themselves and to make
possible the existence of their people under
thy new conditions. But these conquered
and remnant nations must understand that
the grip of the conqueror is on their throats,
and that any disposition to start trouble
anew will bring retributive punishment upon
them, and that every attempt to foment dis
cord will result in more drastic terms be
ing imposed. As the premiers’ statement
well says, these congquered nations must dis
play a spirit of loyalty in executing angd in
meeting the terms imposed upon them that
will meet the spirit of moderation displayed
by the vietors in enforcing the terms im
nosed. .
When a man tells yvou that there is more
whisky being made now than hefore the
dry spell don’t believe him. It is not whis
ky. It is just stuff.
: GEORGIA’S GARDEN SPOT.
The editor of The Dawson News says
he has spent his entire life in Southwest
Georgia since he reached manhood and
expects to spend the rest of his life there.
Why a fellow will spend his life in Ter
rell county with Franklin county only
two hundred miles away we cannot un
derstand.—Lavonia Times.
It is evident that the editor of the Lavo
nia Times has never been in Terrell county.
We have been in Franklin, one of North
Georgia’s best counties, and the more we
see of that or any other section of country
the better satisfied we are with this unrival
ed section and greater is the determination
to spend our remaining days here. The Lavo
nia editor should come down to Terrell
county and see a real good farming coun
try, where there is fertile soil and splendid
climate; where the growing season is long
and conditions are favorable to almost any
crop the farmer may care to produce;
where crop failures are never known; where
the farmers are intelligent, prosperous and
progressive, live in modern holmes, have
churches within easy reach and nine-months
schools for their children. Grand old South
west Georgia is not surpassed by any sec
tion of country in the world.
A POOR PROGNOSTICATOR.
Editor Rainey, of The Dawson News,
who himself holds public office, inquires
if the time will ever come when a poor
man can run for United States senator
or governor, There’s no bar against run
ning, but getting elected is another story.
Governor Dorsey is an example of a poor
man who will be elected, because the
people desire to place their stamp of ap
proval upon his conduct when our coun
try was at war.—Greensboro Herald-
Journal, » e
In the light of what happened Wednes
day one is constrained to believe that our
Greensboro friend is not a shining light as
a political prognosticator.
If Governor Dorsey, who is a good man
and has a host of friends in Georgia, had
been elected it would not have disproved
our statement that a poor man has but lit
tle chance of being elected g&overnor or
United States senator. He had influential
personal friends and political alignments
who could and doubtless did see that every
legitimate expense of his campaign was met.
- Regardless of the issue, the fight to make
Ireland free is destined to be a winning
fight. When men believe in what they are
doing nothing can prevail against them, and
Terence MacSwiney, if he dies for his
country, will be one more of a long list
of martyrs whose death will mock any ef
fort England will make to appease the un
fortunate country unless absolute freedom
is granted.
It has cost the taxpayers one hundred
million dollars a month to carry the rail
roads since the first of last March. That
kind of paternalism is ended, and the rail
roads will now have no rich uncle to look
to. But with the new rates which have been
allowed they ought to not only give better
service but also make money.
e ——— R
There is one thing for which the secre
tary of state should be given credit. He re
fused to have the formalities connected with
proclaiming suffrage converted into a sen
sational movie. He deemed constitution
making as still too sacred to be so treated.
Mr. Colby sérved American decency in that
respect.
Our former neighbor, John H. Jones, who
at one time edited the Shellman Sun, but
is now a resident of LaGrange, was nomi
nated for the state senate in Wednesday’s
priméx*_v. The News congratulates Brother
Jones. He is one of Georgia’s best known
and most popular editors, and will be an
able and useful lawmaker. |
Governor Cox is winding up a 9,ooo—mile‘l
political campaign journey, and he has been
greeted by great throngs of people and vo
ciferously cheered as he poured hot shot
into the enemy. The democratic nominee is
making an aggressive campaign, and there
is no doubt that he is causing the vepublj
cans much discomfiture. I
Now, it is the state of Maryland which
has been caught with the wrong matto., On
its state banner are inscribed Latin or Ital
ian words which mean “Deeds are mascu
line, words ar feminine.” The women ob
ject. They want the wofds scratched off.
Why not? Tsn’t it a lie nowadays?
Two factions among the women are now
debating the question as to who is respon
sible for the suffrage victory. As a matter
of fact it was neither faction. Women are
entitled to vote now because a majority of
the men in the country gave them equal
franchise rights.
Old Love.
It seems but a f w short days ago
We strolled by the sea,”
Reading in each other’s eyes
Life’s deepest mystery.
oOld love, old love,
I often dream of you
Sleeping out your long sleep
Beneath the violets blue.
You loved sunshine and the light
T loved shade and gloom;
You loved lilies pure and white,
I dark Pansies’ bloom.
Old love. old love,
I often wonder why
I, world-weary, still must live,
While yop—vou had to die.
At times, dear. when the daffodils
Are drenched with April rain
I feel your presence near me,
And our ‘souls commune again.
01d love. old love,
I know vou wait for me
Among the lilies that will live 3
Through Eternity.
Pewsos, Oo: W.'T. BARVIELD.
THE DAWSON NEWS.
From the New York Tribune. |
Two of the fastest of the smaller animals
are the greyhound and the jack rabbit. The
greyhound can do at the rate of thirty-two
miles an hour, while his cousin, the Russian |
wolf-hound, can-beat him by five miles and |
has much greater powers of endurance, The |
greyhound, like the horse, digs in with his
fore feet and usesshis front legs for pulling |
as well as pushing with his hind legs. The
jackrabbit’s front legs are only crutches, but
like the antelope he makes up for it by the
power of his hind legs.
Out in Kansas a crazy jackrabbit start
ed up beside a passenger train making for
ty miles an hour. Passengers crowded the
platforms and the windows and whooped it
up for the jack. The jack went completely
insane and raced the train for miles, never
losing an inch or a jump. As the train and
the jack flashed past the last mile post neck
and neck the jack curled up in the air in
the middle of a jump and lighted squatted
on his haunches and rubbed one of his
forefeet over his nose; The jackrabbit is
speedy, all right, but he’s plumb crazy.
There is another mammal that is so fast
no one has ever been able to find out how
fast he is. This is the porpoise. The por
poise can do stunts in front of the fastest
boat that travels the bounding wave, and
when he is through after several hours of
clowning he flirts his tail and nonchalently |
speeds beyond the horizon. The porpoise
will do his tricks under the bow of a nine
knot cargo tramp or a twenty-knot ocean
greyhound. He is like the antelope in that
he sets his pace according to the speed of
the pursuer,
And let us not forget that small and hairy
creature, bird, insect or beast, the honey
bee. This little creature develops great
speed on the western plains. In Oklahoma
there was a passenger train making the tra
ditional forty miles an hour. It was a
warm day and the windows of the cab were
wide open on both sides. A honey bee flewl
through the cab, grazing the nose of the
startled engineer, turned at right ang'les.]
flew for a dozen miles beside the engine,
and then, with an intelligent hum, put on a
spurt and disappeared up the line ahead of
the rocking traing [
II No Lean Years in Southwest Ga. I
Lo e e )
From the Albany Herald.
The editor of The News has lived in
Southwest Georgia since his early man
hood, and has never yet seen a crop fail
ure or lean years of famine. He expects
to live here all his life, and never will
see a crop failure.—Dawson News.
Here in a few words is stated something
worth thinking about. '
Editor Rainey is not by any means an old
man, but he has been here long enough to
have noted the passing of many seed-times
and harvests. .
And he has never seen a crop failure in
Southwest Georgia. There have been bump
er-crop years, average-crop years and short
crop years, but never has there been a crop
failure.
When there has been too much rain for
cotton, the corn fields have flourished and
returned heavy yields. When it has been
too dry for corn the cotton fields have been
white from August till the pickers finished
bringing in their snowy burdens, and it has
unfailingly held true that whatever condi
tions militated against the full yield of cer
tain crops made sure the bumper returns
of others.
No part of the United States is more ver
satile in agriculture than Southwest Geor
gia, where the growing season is long and
both soil and climate are favorable to the
splendid fruition of almost any crop the
farmer tares to produce. Hogs and beef
cattle have now become two of the great
money ‘‘crops” of the section, and thous
ands of acres of nuts and fruits are pouring
an ever swelling volume of wealth into their
owners’ bank accounts, ;
Nature has highly favored this section,
and just how great its advantages are is be
coming more generally known as the results
of diversified agriculture become apparent.
It now has many money crops, and the
specter of crop failures never haunts its
farmers, merchants and bankers.
Frem the Washington Post.
A lively campaign is in the making. By
September 1 it is expected that the battle Wzll
be raging along #he entire front, involving
every conceivable shade of opinion upon every
imaginable subject. On the sidelines will be
found a large crowd of”interested partisans
adding zest to the contest; Bryan raging up
and down the chautauqua platform; Gompers
and his colleagues of the labor movement
cheering their favorite candidates and hurling
a blacklist at those they oppose; Wheeler,
Baker and Anderson, of the anti-saloon
league, demanding the election of a dry con
gress in protection of the e'ghteenth amend
ment, and the farmer-labor party struggling
for government ownership of utilities and
necessities with ‘“enlightened democratic
manageent,” which means management by
the employes. All this in addition to the
emission, from time to time, of socialistic
méssages by “Gene” Debs through the bars of
the Atlanta penitentiary.
The country is calm now, but probably it is
the calm that precedes the storm, for it is
inconceivable how all these divergent ideas
and conflicting ipterests can be unleashed
apon the American public in a national cam
paign without creating more ferment than a
crock of home brew. It is urged that aside
from the league of nations there are no great
issues involved in this contest; but what have
issues to do with a presidential campaign?
There is plenty to talk about, enough to prom
ize and no lack of ground for critic’sm. What
more is needed to make a campaign? If
that additional state necessary to give wom
en universal suffrage in this election does not'
come through very soon another element of
axcitement will be injected which will add to
the gayety of the situation. Anybody who
believes this is to be a mollycoddle affair
is booked for an awakening before November
second. J
WHO GOT THE MEDAL? ‘
—_— |
I'rom -the Minneapolis Journal. |
A Carnegie medal for the preacher who
married his fifth wife, after losing two by
disaster and two by natural causes. Or
should it go to his bride? .
MAGNIFICENT.
From the Omaha World-Herald. |
The faith that the anthracite operators‘
will absorb that $85.000,000 added annual
ly to the cost of production is sublime. !
Animal Speed Demons.
TRS i S e L
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Greyhound Is Equally Fast.
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