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BY E. L. RAINEY
CLEM E. RAINEY, Business Manager.
DAWSON, GA., SEPT. 26, 1922
Scandal never takes a vacation, more’s the
pity.
In whipping a woman with a cat o' nine
tails the Texas “ladies” are carrying the
principle of equal rights too far.
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The United States treasury has accumulated
a fund of $83,000,000, representing uncollected
interest on liberty bonds. Really, it is such a
bother, this clipping coupons.
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Suppose the government took over the rail
roads and the workmen chose to remain on
strike, what power has the government to
draft them or any one else for service to
keep trains running in times of peace’?
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The fall garden is coming to be looked up
on as a very important part of the year’s
planning in the family budget, to keep down
expenses, and the recent refreshing rain was a
timely help to getting the seed in the ground
for fall vegetables.
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The Maine election result seems to be sat
isfactory all around. Democrats and republi
cans alike profess to be encouraged by it.
Democrats see in it a great republican slump
and the republicans an endorsement of their
party. It is gratifying to observe everybody
so well pleased.
The Thomasville Press is receiving con
gratulations on its recent 20-page “Fall Pros
perity Edition.” It portrayed in an interest
ing and attractive manner the advantages
of that splendid south Georgia town, and Edi
tor Davis’ enterprise should be and no doubt
is appreciated by his home people.
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It was a gallant and heroic struggle that
was made to reach the men trapped in the
Argonaut mine. This tragic occurrence and
the determined effort that was exerted to
effect a rescue ‘were dramatic to an almost
unparalleled degree. The spirit of the rescu
ers and their untiring labor were no less than
inspiring.
The carnival shows that have flooded this
section of recent vears are all bad, or so
nearly so that there should be no hesitation
in shutting them out of Dawson the com
ing season. They provide a low grade of
amusement, and bring sure-thing gambling
schemes as a side issue. They take away large
amounts of money, without leaving any val
uable equivalent. Keep the carnivals out.
Death in the last few days has entered Tthe
ranks of Georgia newspaper men and called
from their labors Editor Fuller J. Wind, of
the Cairo Messenger; Editor George D.
Rucker, of the Alpharetta Free Press, and
Editor E. M. Hirschberg, of the Montezu
ma Georgian. All were useful men in their
communities and were highly esteemed by
the newspaper fraternity. Peace and ever
lasting joy to them after their tribulations
here.
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We Are Sorry.
The Cordele Dispatch is fearful that an
innocently written paragraph which was
printed in a recent issue of The News, to the
effect that the city marshal there was adver
tising 171 sales for taxes and in the face of
these conditions there are some who would
increase the burden with big state bond is
sues. Our contemporary calls attention to the
fact that these sales are to satisfy executions
that have accumulated through a period of
ten years and are against vacant lots on
the outskirts of the city whose owners have
abandoned them and are unknown. “Advalo
rem taxes are not so heavy in Cordele,” the
Dispatch says. Our comment had no particu
lar reference to Cordele, and was intended
for general application. We are glad, there
fore, to print the fact cited by our contem
porary, and make proper amends if anything
we have said is calculated to do the enter
prising and prosperous little city of Cordele
an injustice. Nothing was farther from our
thoughts, it being the only purpose of The
News to call attention to the tax burden,
which has grown tremendously everywhere
in the past few years, and the efforts of some
in a period of financial and industrial distress
to further increase it with large bond is
sues. Taxes have gotten to be a considerable
item in Dawson and almost everywhere else,
and we congratulate Cordele that taxes are
not so heavy there. It is something of which
that town may well be proud in these days
when the public treasury is expected to foot
the bills for so many lavish expenditures.
Modern Miracles.
An eastern newspaper the other day relat
ed how a woman past 80 years of age, an
inmate of the home for the aged and infirm,
had recovered her hearing and her power of
speech after having been a deaf mute for 70
years. In another column in the same paper
was told the story of a man who had recov
ered the use of his legs after they had been
paralyzed for 35 years. In the woman’s case
recovery followed an attack of pneumonia,
and in the man’s case recovery was the re
sult of surgical treatmen. In each case re
covery is in the nature of the miraculous.
What car be the emotions of human beings
who thus have had lost powers restored to
them? Théir sitmation is something akin to
being raised from the dead.
To have won anew the right and the pow
er to dare and to do—is not that a marvel
eus experience, such as few men have? Truly,
- the age of miracles has not passed.
i Justice Clark’s Quest.
Associate Justice John H. Clark is quoted
by the New York World as saying that he
is leaving the supreme court bench to preach
the doctrine of the league of nations to
America. He believes, it is said, that the
I politics and business future of the United
States depends upon its becoming a member
.of the league. To bring his fellow country
men to that viewpoint is to be his public
work henceforth. Justice Clark discloses fi
delity to an ideal that is singular and also
impressive. In surrendering his place on the
bench he is making a real sacrifice. There is
1o reason to doubt the purity of his motive
nor the quality of his courage. He has under
ftaken a formidable task. It would not be wise
lto affirm that the people of the United States
,could be converted or to assert that the Unit
ed States will never enter the league of na
tions. At the present time, however, there
is not much to encourage such hope. There
is no encouragement in the situation in Eu
rope nor in the state of public opinion in the
United States. Generally the people of this
country have lost interest in the league of
jnations. It is a stupendous undertaking for
one man to seek to reawaken that interest,
to change their viewpoint, to implant in their
minds the will to act. Justice Clark is 65
vears of age: will be live long enough to ac-/
complish his purpose? The magnitude m‘}
the undertaking reveals the idealism of the |
man. Whatever may be thought about the |
lecague of nations, the calmness and assur-'
ance with which Justice Clark sets out upon |
his quest provoke admiration and respect. i
| Let the Record Speak. '
' There is nothing more convincing than of
‘}hcial records, which effectively answer the fol-‘
i]nwing from a recent issue of a neighboring
contemporary:
The worst indictment of our courts is
the fact that for 65 murders in this coun
try only one conviction was obtained,
while in Great Britain and Canada for
every two murders one conviction is ob
tained. Is it any wonder that thugs,
thieves and crooks of every description
flock to the paradise of legal laxity?—
Dawson News.
What is the use for the courts and the
juries to convict them when the prison
commission and the governor turn them
out nearly as fast as they are convicted?
What's the use to put the tax payers to
the expense of trials, anyway? Why not l
let the prison commissien and the gov
ernor handle the whole thing to com
mence with?—Colquitt Sun.
Now, let's see about that. Our friend of
The Sun evidently hasn’t taken the trouble
to ascertain the real facts. ®There are 7,767
prisoners in the Georgia penitentiary, and
in the past year 17 were pardoned and 207
were paroled, which means the latter are
still convicts but are permitted to serve their
sentences outside of the confines of the pen
itentiary during good behavior. Furthermore,
the very small number of 6 were returned
to prison to complete their sentences, which
shows the wisdom of the parole law and
justifies the clemency that is extended in de
serving cases. The governor and the prison
commission are just as much in favor of the
enforcement of law and the protection of
society as any other good citizens or any
editor, but they are also merciful and very
properly extend clemency to unfortunates
whose release would mot be incompatible with
the best interests of society. The law intends
for them to do so; it makes it their duty. It
would indeed be cruel for men who enter
prison to know that all hope was left behind.
If our memory is correct, we might state
that the editor of the Colquitt Sun, who is
also a good lawyer, has more than once, and
successfully, appeared before the prison
commission and the governor in behalf of
clients who were seeking paroles. He believed
he had meritorious cases, the same as oth
ers who plead for the poor devils in prison,
and it is to his credit that he used his talents
to secure for them another chance in life.
The fall trade revival has come in Dawson
‘sooner than was expected. The pick-up in
il\usiness has been so marked as to attract at
itcntion. The cotton market has shown a brisk
trade, and bank clearings show that business
}gencrall_v is much better, which indicates that
merchants and business men are taking in
)more money. An early fall trade is one of
'thc best things possible for the city. There
'has been a dull summer everywhere, but
.with the early revival of trade better con
ditions will prevail. It is also noticeable that
employment conditions are better. There are
not nearly so many men for every job open.
In fact, in some lines of labor it is hard to
get enough men to do the work in sight.
Editor Allen, the veteran of the Pearson
l'l‘rihunc. hasn’t an exalted opinion of our
primary election system. He vigorously
).s\\'ats it in these plain words: “The people
of Georgia, with one voice, should demand
Ithv elimination of the primary from her sys
tem of nominating candidates to fill her of
| fices. The coming generations should not be
|rcared amid the atmosphere that has ever
'prvccded the primary. It é fruitful of crime
and dishonesty, and is the means of hoisting
iupon the country incompetent men to fill the
offices and transact the business of state and
t county.”
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' Senator Hiram Johnson has returned to
Washington with a California lemon, in the
view of the Springfield Republican. That
paper thinks a 65,000 plurality is nothing to
be proud of. The senator, however, appears
to be delighted that it is no smaller, rather
than chagrined that it no larger.
“Best Weekly Newspaper in the United States.”
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Editor Dawson News: While 1 was in
Kansas City several months during the past
summer Mr. A. F. Seested, editor and gen
eral manager of the Kansas City Star, one
of the great newspapers of the west, saw sev
eral copies -of The Dawson News, and was
high in_ his praise of both the editorial and
mechanical ex€llence of our home paper. He
| President Harding was urged to get out
[ the “big stick” and use it, and was criticized
[ for weakness because he hesitated to do so.
| Then suddenly he swung it. and delivered a
| mighty wailop. [s everybody satisfied? Not
[that vou can notice it. Indeed, very few
|\\~vm to be satisfied, for a wide variety of
Ireasons. Now the president is being criticized
I:u unsparingly ‘for using the big stick as
formerly he was for not using it. It's a fine
ljob«the job of being president and trying to
[ satisfy 100,000,000 people, each with a differ
{ent opinion,
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| Asia Minor is an ancient battle ground,
gzm(l the Turks and Greeks have been fight
{ing battles refought many times during the
llu.\t 2,000 years or more. Nothing ever has
been settled in the near east. The present sit
nation contains no hope that the contest will
not continue for another 2,000 years. The
contest is both racial and religious, and it is
fful by the accumulated animosities and hates
of centuries. What reason is thefe for any
one to cherish iilusions of peace in that quar
ter of the world? .
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l DO IT NOW. I
[ doing work a choice of plan is free to
anv maid or man, to either labor when they
ought to, or else to wait until they’ve got to.
The latter method is the one by which most
human tasks are done. If in the spring be
times I tale from off its nail a snag-tooth
rake with ecase 1 curry up the lawn, and
burn the trash that lay thereon. If then I
seize the waiting mower and drag it through
the cpen door that tool and 1, like ‘frolic
friskers, slip c'er the lawn and trim @ its,
whiskers. While here and there I go a scoot
ing, the weeds and grass fly scalahooting; in
joyful haste the task is sped; the lawn is
slick as buttered bread. But if I let the rak
ing go and let the dandelions grow, the mow—l
er clogs on hill and hammock; its handlc
jabs me in the stomach, and thus against my
gizzard pressed it knocks my temper galley
west. O if I polish off the weeds and leave
some room for garden seeds I soon have
lettuce, onions, beets and other classy garden
eats: but this advice no merry josh is, where
you grow weeds you can’t grow squashes. In
stead of dallying and chewing, the needc(l"
tasks we should be doing. In skirt or shirt
or waist or britches, a stitch in time_ saves
lots of stitches. When death shall give us
our quietus well finished work in heaven will
greet us, but jobs undone will rise to vex us
and swat us in the solar plexus.
—BOB ADAMS.
| About the Kisn. |
Editor Dawson News: “Seek not wunto
witches and wizards that mutter and peep,
but seek unto the Lord vour God.” Why
the Ku Klux Klan? As well ask why the
[talian Mafia, the Chinese Tougs that set
up mob rule and live by secret assassination
of character, civilization and the subversion
of government. One has*as much right to
live and flourish as the other and none have
any right. Where strong, patriotic, intelligent
men lived the old K. K. K. did not flourish.
In only one of the seventeen counties of the
old Second congressional district was there
a lodge, and in this county there was the
only negro disturbance in the district. Such
men as the Hammonds in Thomas, the for
mer editor of the Macon Telegraph in Lown
des (Pendleton), Turner in Brooks, Gabe
Wright in Dougherty and closely associated
with him John A. Davis and Nelson Tift,
John Perry and the elder Jones in Baker,
Ben Russell in Decatur, the Bells in Terrell,
and with them the Cockes and the Morelands,
in Miller Henry Sheffield, who also dominat
ed Early and Colquitt; in Randolph Eugene
Douglas and John McK. Gunn, with the
Stanleys in the Seventh, Crockett Andrews
in the Sixth, Phillip Pearce in the Ninth, the
Crittendens at Ward Station, and others in
every district of the county, while William
Harrison, in Quitman, fixed things so that
with these law abiding men who knew the
law and dared enforce it against both the
“Loyal League” and the K. K. K. neither
flourished. There may be miscarriages of
justice, but this has been the case since
Solomon, else he would not have written:
“Seest thou the misrule in a province; mar
vel not at this for He that is higher than the
highest regardeth, and He is higher than
they.” And God has spoken thus: “Be sure
your sin will find you out; and though thou
climbest up to heaven or diggest down to
hades there shalt my right hand drag thee
forth, and my eye shalt behold thee.” Only
ignorant men and men seeking office for
emolument in an illegal way seek the dark
of lodge rooms to plan governmental pana
ceas—the ignorant because he knows no bet
ter, the organizer because he wants illegiti
mate gain. The southern members of con
gress are opposing the anti-lynch measure,
but the measures for suppressing “white
capping,” enacted and enforced, overthrew
the old K. K. K. and are still functioning,
and can and will, if necessary, be invoked
to destroy the new. Shall we by organizing
a lodge in Cuthbert proclaim to the world
that we are a decadent race unworthy of
our sires. God forbid. This also applies to
Terrell county. ANDREW P. RIVES,
Cuthbert, Ga.
‘ Good Wishes From Contemporaries. |
Albany Herald: The Dawson News has
entered upon the forty-first year of its ex
istence. Its life has been one of usefulness,
and here’s hoping that it wiil live and con
tinue to expand in its sphere of usefulness
for another forty years, and that Editor E. L.
Rainey and that son of his will live with it.
“A Credit to Journalism.”
Jackson Progress-Argus: The Dawson
News has just celebrated its forty-first an
niversary. Editor Rainey is recciving the
congratulations of many friends on the great
success he has made of The News. Here is
a paper that is a credit to journalism. clean,
bright, attractive, conservative. The News
is one of the best of all Georgia newspapers,
and the Progress-Argus wishes this excel
ilcnt_ paper and its editor many more years of
| usefulness.
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remarked that he had seen a great many
‘wcckly newspapers, but none that came up
to the standard of The Dawson News. “It is
the best weekly newspaper in the United
States,” he said. I am writing this to let
you and the people of Dawson and Terrell
county know what these who are competent
to judge think of our local newspaper, %
truly, HENRY WILKINSON.
THE DAWSON NEWS
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i| CURRENT COMMENT. |
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. Arkansas Gazette: The American Bar As
sociation at its last meeting heard a report
from the commission it appointed to investi
-gate the nvtter of lawlessness in this coun
try. The report should be sufficient to enlist
‘the supvort of the entire people in the fight
for the re-establishment of law and order.
"It should be, but it will not be. The chances
arc that even those who read it will be but
ittie surprised. The bar association had this
‘to say of the average Ame#can’s attitude to
'ward crime and lawlessness: “The plain
American citizen trusts t 8 Providence to take
care of the country while he goes on his way
trying to accumulate all the world’s goods
he can acquire, He sees and knows that the
'machinery of our criminal laws m many
states has almost broken down.” The plain
American citizen who follows this course, and
‘most of them do so, might resent it if he
were told that he is largely responsible for
allowing this country to become the most
lawless in the world. Nevertheless, the re
sponsibility must be placed on his shoulders.
The plain American citizen could, within a
few months, re-enthrone the law and bring
back the lost respect for law if he would do
his duty. But the plain American citizen is
too busy to take active part in the selec-|
tion and the election of the officers whose
duty it is to enforce the law.
BIRDS ON THE WING.
Minneapolis Journal: At this geason of the
vear an unwonted restlessness is apparent in
bird life. The black birds assemble in con
vention-like groups along the telegraph wires
or fence rails., From the bewildering chatter
and insistent twitter one might infer that
our feathered friends were holding a legis
lative session. And why should not those
who wish journey southward? The plumage
oi the hard working parent bird is now rath
¢r worn and ragged. The voung, who have
heen patiently fed and rearcd. are now ready
to shift for themselves and the parents are
free to enjoy a little tour. But just why so
many birds will go south the next few weeks
is a mystery. Surely no threat of cold yet
worries them, and food supply is still ample,
just as it is in the soutlkland at springtime,
when they come north. Perhaps, like human
beings, birds tire of one locality and like A
change. |
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l “Taking Over.” |
From the Indianapolis News.
Whenever a supposed emergency or crisis
comes there are always those who would
solve the problem by having the government
“take over” something. Nothing could be
more amusing, were it not so serious, than
this ascription of mystical power and super
nal wisdom to a government which, at its
hest, never represents more than the aver
age intelligence of the community. Now it
is urged that the government ‘“take over”
the railroads. The nature of the process is
not yet disclosed, nor have its results been
clearly thought out. What is looked for is
a more or less miraculous healing of the
sore with which the nation is now afflicted.‘
Of course, the government has no more
power than the railroad executives to com—‘
pel men to work. It could undoubtedly, as it
did during the war, tempt them to work by
the offer of very high wages and very easy
working conditions. But that would simply
aggravate the situation. If this policy were
adopted the government would, if it contin
ued to operate the roads, either have greatly
to increasé ‘fares and freights or else tax the
people to make up the deficit. While if the
roads were turned back with conditions es
tablished by government, in force, the cx(‘cu-‘
tive would face the old problem in great
ly exaggerated form. There would and could |
be no permanent relief.
Sl R e S e B G
l In Lighter Vein. I‘
A friend just returned from teaching in
Kentucky tells this story of a backwoodsman
who had been elected to serve in the state
legislature. |
Arrived at the capitol, he handed his card
to the doorkeeper. That individual glanced
at the jname, and said: ‘
“You go upstairs.” |
“Like hell T go upstairs!” quoth the em
bryo maker of laws. “I was elected to the|
lower house, and that’s where I stay!”—
Judge. |
Safety First.
A clergyman was having tea with a fam
ily newly settled in his parish. On the side
board were several decanters, filled with|
what looked like spirits. : |
“My friends,” he said to his hostess, “you(
should avoid even the appearance of evil. T
do not suggest that you drink, but—"
“Why, Vicar, they're only filled with fur-‘
niture polish. It's the decanters I like; they're
so pretty.”
“Exactly,” said the Vicar, “avoid even’ the
appearance of evil, I repeat. I helped my
self to a drink from the big decanter in thc‘
middle.” !
EDITORIAL WISDOM. ‘
From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
“Are you working on some heavy edito
rials today?”
“Yes,” replied the editor of the Chigger
ville Clarion. “I thought I would tell thel
coal operators how to put the coal industry
on a paying basis, point out the fundament
al weakness in the present way of operating
the railroads and suggest a solution for the
financial problems of Europe. With those
matters out of the way I'll probably step
down the street and see if I can’t stand off
my landlord for another week.” ‘
A WINNING COMBINATION. !
From the Pearson Tribune.
A Lowndes county farmer realized $2,000
from three acres ot land seeded to onions.
He used one hundred and fifty pounds on
the three acres and in the spring sold them
as sets. The moral to this is “the man and
not the land brings success.” The land was
the foundation but the man had to do the
thinking, planning and put his thoughts and
plans into execution to reach this handsome
result. G
A REAL BUSINESS WOMAN.
From the Topeka Capital,
The smartest thing I ever heard said was
by a good, motherly old soul whom every
body loves. She lost her husband many
months ago, and when asked why she never
married again replied: “I have never hap
pened to run across the man I would trade
my pension for.”
MORE HIGH PRICES.
From the Shreveport Times.
Radium worth $20,000,000, but weighing
only six ounces, has .been produced in the
last twenty-six years.
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Philadelphia has just finished a memorial
horse trough. It will be an artistic addition
to her other antiques.
COMPARE--
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1922
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