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SPINSTERS AND BACHELORS,
WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS
SIGN QUESTIONNAIRES
Hundreds of lonesome widows and
widowers, maidens young and old,
bachelors bald and youths of promise
are eagerly awaiting the decisions of
the “love court” held at Hammonton,
N. J., the first court under the aus
pices of the “Lovers’ Co-Operative
Union.
The union came about because two
widowers of the town lunched to
gether not long ago in a restaurant’s
unromantic atmosphere. Louis >,
Conley, head of a leading department
store, expressed his views to Thomas |
B. Delkar, editor of a Hammonton
paper, asserting it was a shame that
the widows and widowers of the town
were leading lonely lives. He sug
gested the names of the widows be
placed in one box, the names of the
widowers in another, and then a
drawing held to match them up. ‘
All Candidates Admitted
Mr. Delkar was struck by the idea,
and then and there the union was
started, with Mr. Conley as its presi
dent and the editor as secretary. The
story was sent to metropolitan papers,
and immediately a flood of letters was
received from lonely persons through
out the United States and Canada.
The first thought was to confine the
union’s patronage to widows and wid
owers, but as the mail increased and
vouth took its pen in hand to describe
unbelievable loneliness the two, wid
owers relented. They decided to take
in all entries and give every one anl
equal chance.
Must Return Questionnaire ‘
The original plan was just to place
the names of the men in one box andi
the women in another, draw and make |
it a catch-as-catch-can affair. But
that was too much like a lottery, so
Mr. Delkar decided to issue a rvgularl
questionnaire and make the service
selective and almost of a eugenic pro-‘
posal. !
The applicants are asked many !
questions, including age and physical
condition, previous experience in the
marital mart, preference as to loca-|
tion of future home, financial status, |
religion, occupation, talents, and edu-'
cational qualifications. Each candi
date must give two references, one,
if possible, from a pastor or priest.
They must outline their own person
alities, and also give their idea of
the kind of a person they would like
to marry.
Woman the Deciding Judge
Mr. Conley and Mr. Delkar will go
over the list carefully and match up
the couples from the information con
tained in the questionnaire. These lists
will then be presented to the “courts,”
consisting of three men and three wo
meil, The ‘“judge” is Mrs. Helen
Rodgers, and in case of a dispute she
casts the deciding vote. If she rules
that the couple is mismated, a new
selection will have to be made.
After the names have been paired
off the applicants will be notified of
the results and will be given six
months for a courtship, either in per
son or by correspondence. If no mar
riage bells are heard within that time
the applicant is at liberty to return
for a chance to be mated with some
one else.
Thousands Are Enrolled
It is estimated that at least 3,000 ap
plications were received before the
first session of the ‘“court.” Other
sessions will be held f{requently, as
it was impossible to pass on more
than a few at the first session.
STATE GOVERNMENTS
HAVE BIG BONDED DEBT
Is $lO.OB per Capita.. Three States
Have No Bonded Indebtedness.
NEW YORK.—The state govern
ments of the Unied States have a total
bonded debt of $1,071,506,981, or $lO.-
08 per capita, according to a survey
made public today by the Bank of
America. New York has the largest
individual state debt, totaling $267,784.-
000, but its per capita debt of $15.07
has the largest per capia debt $75.02,
is comparatively low. South Dakota
has the largest per capita debt, $75.02
while Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska
and Wisconsin have no bonded indebt
edness.
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The Federal Reserve Banking System, with com
bined resources of a thousand million dollars, has been
established by Act of Congress to stand back of the
farming and business interests of the country.
We are members of this system which enables vs,
better than ever before, to supply our farmers with
the credit and currency they need for producing crops
and to protect them against disorganized markets.
If you are not linked up with this system as one of
our depositors come in and let us tell you how it
helps you.
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s Dawson, Ga.
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EDITOR ASHONAIT'S LAST "COPY."
I Ordinarily the passing of one our
brothers is ‘“‘worth” no more than a
haif column or so. Months ago B C
Ashcraft, editor of the Monroe (N.
C.) Enquirer, died. The usual sym
pathetic notices were paid him. A
few days ago his successor on the
Enquirer unexpectedly found an edi
!torial written by Mr. Ashcraft on the
last day at the office, when he knew
he never was going to report for duty
again and that death hovered just
around the corner. Following is a
copy of that last editorial:
“Many a time during the years gone
by have 1 answered the call of the
man at the type-setting machine or
at the case for copy. This is my last
answer to that unstaying call—copy!
“The eyes of him who hangs the!
copy on the hook will not, after it is
set, read the proof, for they will be’
death dimmed. The hand that wrote
it will not mark the errors on proof
sheet, for before it is set that handi
will be cold, numb and cunningless
’in the grave.
“The thought of laying aside my
pen—and that forever—is a stagger
ing one, but there is no use to wince
nor cry aloud, not a bit of it. About
the best thing to do is to be reconcil- |
ed—and if I am not reconciled what'’s
the difference? '
“‘Was your uncle reconciled when!
he met death?” a long-faced preacher |
asked a boy whose uncle had died. i
“The boy replied: ‘Reconciled, |
h-1 he had to be !
“Now this contemplation of unl)uck-‘
ling the harness, of quitting the work;
DAWSON MAN HEADS |
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VOCATIONAL TRAINING
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WILL BE DIRECTOR OF THIS'S
EDUCATIONAL WORK 2
IN GEORGIA. l
—_—— !
Fort E. Land, who was for a numl)cri
of years a resident of Dawson while
superintendent of the city public
schools, has been elected by the state
board of vocational education director
of the vocational education work in|
Georgia under the Smith-Huges fed
eral law to succeed Mr. M. L. Brit
tain, who was recently elected presi
defit of Georgia Tech. Mr. Land has
served as one of the supervisors in
charge of the rehabilitation work.
Big Growth in Work.
The work has grown during the four
year of its operation from an expen
diture of $50,000 to $200,000 annually
The federal government by this law
does not give aid to general education,
but to three technical departments of
it: Agriculture, shop trades for boys
and home economics for girls. From
the federal treasury hali of the expense
involved is given, leaving the rest to
be met by the local authorities. Be
sides the twelve district agriculural
schools thirty-three other high schools
in the different parts of the state have
been given this help in the establish
ment of strong agricultural depart
ments. In addition, thirteen negro
schools have been aided in this field.
The plan is for half of the time of
these students to be given to school
work, and the other half to practical
agriculture. In one of the schools at
Forsyth last year the fifty boys, be
sides getting good high school train
‘ing. made a profit and deposited in
| the bank over $5,000.
| The shop work has naturally been
developed in the larger centers like
Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus and
Augusta. The teaching is done under
careful technical regulations given by
federal authorities, and divided into
lday work, part time and evening train
ing. In more than thirty high schools
!()f the state, classes have been formed
for trades in woodwork, auto mechan
‘ics, etc,
Three Thousand Students.
l Altogether more than 3,000 Georgia
boys and girls, above the age of four
lt(-cn have been given the advantage of
’this practical training this year.
! Mr. Land, the new director and exec
| utive, has been one of the supervisors
lin charge of the industrial rehabilita
| jon department, and has made quite a
success in the training of people in
jured in industry.
Congress gives the Georgia voca
tional board this year $111,038.48. The
legislature was able to make only a
small appropriation, but because of
Ithc successful management by the
lSmith-Huglu-s board in this state there
! has been no difficulty to raisc part of
{the fund.
From the Monroe (_N. C.) Engquirer.
I love, is calculated to bring on some
sob stuff and it may be tnat some of
vou like to read that kind of stuff
—_but I do not like to write it.
“For many vyears [ have written
copy for the Enquirer. I have told of
the successes of our people. I have|
gladly told of their joys and it has’
been a delight to me to chronicle the
ifact for them the banner of success
{ loated full mast and that for them
'thc bugle of victory was sounding‘
sharp and clear. Sorrowfully I ha\'cj
ltold of the griefs of our people. With
'a heavy heart and an unwilling handl
}I have told of death entering the
'homes of our people, of pain, sickness.g
isut’fcring and loss coming to the peo- |
ple whose servant I have been in the
!\\'av of furnishing them with the local
news. DBut no more will I talk of the
events of good or bad, cheering or|
sorrow-laden in our community.
“] pass my pen to another hand. 1
wish I knew who will take my place
here in the office. 1 might tell him |
a few things thatewould be of inter
est, if not of benefit to him.
“My work, as [ have intimated, has
been pleasant. There have been, of |
course, times of gloom. The paw of
old ‘hard times’ has, now and then,
pressed painfully hard on overburden- !
ed shoulders, but there has not been al
time when that hard old paw pressed |
down hard enough to crush to earth. |
The night has not been so dark that |
there was not, now and then, bet\\'ecn]
the clouds the gleaming of the star!
of hope. ’
“My relations with the public have
been pleasant. The public is not as |
good as the candidates for office tell
it that it is, neither is it so absolutely
bad as the defeated candidate thinks
it is, and taking it year by year thel
public is pretty fair in its dealing with
the individual, at least I have found‘
it so. i
“I have long since come to the con
clusion, however, that the editor who
pets the public is a fool and the editor
who fears the public has a broad
streak of cowardly, yellow cur in his
make-up.
“I have mingled with our people in
public gatherings of about all kinds—
from preaching services to street
brawls—but the thought comes that
at the next gathering of the people
where 1 will be one of the number I
will be the silent party at the gath
ering, and at that gathering no mat
ter what is said or done I will make
no objection, but I do hope that onl
that occasion no self-appointed saint,
who claims to know all about thcl
other world and knows so little .'11)()ut|
‘this world that he wearies part of itsl
'iuhabitants almost o death when he
speaks, will make an ass of himself by
fulminating over me and airing my
many failures—a thing he did not have
the nerve to do publicly while T was
\in the land of the living. Neither do‘
I want any ‘sugar-mouthed’ individ
ual who never had any kind words for
me while-I was tailing along the best
I could, to come and say pretty noth
ings, over my rotting remains. And!
vou folks who have taken delight in
throwing rocks at me when I was
not looking, for God's sake keep your
flowers off my grave—l do not need
them.
“l would like to leave a message to
my business associates—the boys in
the shop—but I cannot write about
that for there comes a lump in my
throat, and, doggone it, my eyes fill
with tears when I try to tell of the
loyalty, the fidelity, the patience of
‘those who have labored with me year
‘after vear and some of whom have
‘grown up in the shop. I love them
with a love unutterable, and if the
blessing of a dying man is worth a
whoop they will be endowed with
richest blessings if old reason shall sit
enthroned when I pass out. Boys, we
have fought the battles together.
“You have not failed me. God
bless you. If I have failed to act the
man before you forgive me as [ hope
God has forgiven me, for if I have
played the coward’'s part, if I have
been untrue, dishonest and unclean in
my dealing with you or in my life be
fore you 1 have not been aware of it.
I have tried, God knows, I have tried,
to play the man in my work. You can
tell the man who says that 1 knowing
ly wrote falsely of any person, insti
tution or thing, or that I with-held my
pen from writing the plain truth when
I deemed i best to write it for fear
of any man or for favor from any
one on the face of the earth that he
i 5 a har.
“Perhaps some one will want to
know what are my views concerning
death and the future state. My an
swer is, I know nothing about death,
that mystery that all men since the
race had its origin have faced. I know
no more about the future than the
cave men knew. And you who read
this know no more. But although 1
do not know and cannot know, I can
trust—no man can do more.
“I came across this bit of verse
some time ago. I do not know who
wrote it, but it so well expresses my
thought that I pass it on as the adopt
ed child of my brain as I face death,
'thc grave and the great unknown:
“T cannot feel
Phat all 1s well: when darkening
clouds conceal
The shining sun;
But, then, I know
God lives and loves; and say, since
it is so,
| Thy will be done.
“‘I do not see
Why God should e’en permit some
things to be,
When He is love.
But I can see
Though often dimly through the myvs
t(lr_\' i ;
His hand above. ‘
"‘ - ~ “‘l do not know
| Where falls the seed that I have tried
| to sow
With greatest care, |
But T shail know {
The meaning of each waiting hour|
below, j
Sometime, somewhere. ‘
“I do not look '
Upon the present, nor in Nature's
book, |
To read my fate;
But I do look
For promised blessings in God’s holy
book; &
And I can wait.”
B (. ASHCBAET
“Note—Dßoys, print this as it is writ
ten. Read proof carefully. For me
the forms are locked. The last line
is written—B. C. A.”
THE DAWSON NEWS
'SAYS CANDLERS
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| ATLANTA Ga—Further confir
'mation of the story regarding the re
ported delay in the wedding plans of
'Asa G. Candler and Mrs. Onezima
' Deßouchelle, of New Orleans, came
in dispatches from Reno, Nev., Friday,
which quoted Mjys. Deßouchelle as
saying opposition by members of the
Candler family stood in the way of
the union.
It was said in the dispatches that
Mrs. Deßouchelle attributed the op
position partly to Bishop Warren A.
Candler, brother of Asa Candler, on
the grounds that she was a Catholic,
a suffragist, a divorcee and a society
woman,
Bishop Candler could not be reach
ed. It was said at his home he was
not at home. Asa Candler declined to
listen to the dispatches. ‘
“I am a Catholic, a divorcee, have
been in society and am a suffragist,”
Mrs. Deßouchelle is quoted as sa_v-'
ing. “They do not approve of any of
these things.” 1
While the Candler-Deßouchelle |
wedding plans scemed to be at a
standstill silence veiled the progress
of the suits by and against Walter T
Candler, Asa Candler’s son, who is
charged with assault by Mrs. Sarah
Gillespie Byfield and threatened l)_\r"
suits by her husband, Clyde K. By-!
field and August Dreyer, 2 New York
attorney.
WALKING IN SLEEP WAS ?
FATAL TO SAVANNAH BOY
Victim of Tragic Accident Fell Three
Stores to Pavement.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Monroe Hodg
kins, 14 years old, third son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry B. Hodgkins, fell from the
third floor window of his home at 218
East Gwinnett street at 10 o’clock last
night and died at the Park View Sani
tarium an hour later after failing to re
gain consciousness. The boy was
walking in his sleep and stepped from
the open window of his room, falling
to the ground. His skull was crushed
by the fall and he was unconscious
when picked up.
Cultivate forbearance till your heart
yields a fine crop of it. Pray for a
short memory to all unkindnesses.
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