The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-14
FORUM OF THE PEOPLE

yes. Then why not do good while
we are yet alive? for SIN the grave
where thou gOest there is no labor"
II IN your inward consciousness Won
ieel that it is right to vote for proA
hIbltlon, then you have felt the inns
preston of the "still small voice" that
sayeth ''come up higher" Cherish
TINS small beginning of right, John,
I'LL you have deep~toned faith in it
then you will be prepared to fight
and overcome other evils, therby be-
coming more Christ-like, and in the
emu receive tine reward "He that
overcOmeth shall inherit all things"
L need not comment on the want
woe and misery entailed upon the hu
man race by the bondage of this evil,
nor the injustice of brushing away
the wishes of our opposite sex, for /
perceive you are aware of this. How
ever, we must ultimately do the right.
John, either from principle or through
suffering, for
Right is right, since God is God.
And right at last must win,
10 doubt it would be disloyalty.
"CO falter would be SIM"
Yours very truly,
RICHARD ROE.
Fewer Ohdces and Smaller Salaries
EDITOR News see the Georgia leg
islature seems to be disposed to cut the
public school fund and the pensions of
the old confederate soldiers, while thew
d. not say word about cutting the sala-
ries of the many officers. l do not see
/ any use for a commissioner of agricul-
ture, state school commissioner, county
school commissioner, prison commission
er, experimental station, inspectors of
oil and fertilizers, and l see no use for
chronological school. All of these could
be abolished. There are in Terrell coun-
| ty one hundred men who would be glad
to receive and collect the taxes of the
county for salary of $500. The whole
OF it could be done IN one hundred work
ing days, aud this salary would be more
than can be made on a five-horse farm
in whole year. The old veterans, of
course, are thankful for ali the aid the
state has given them, and are willing
that their pensions should be cut, if, in
the language of Colonel r. F. Critten-
den,you commence at the top of the tree
and cut down." cutting every salary and
abolishing every Office which is not
public utility. l, too, am obliged to
say that l will have to discontinue all
my papers when the subscriptions ex-
pire. My subscription to THE DAWSON
News has about expired, and as | shall
not be able to pay for it | must ask you
to discontinue to send it TO me. All the
farmers have done almost worse than
nothing this year. They are all in debt,
and the future locks dark and lowering.
Ever your friend.
T. A. MCWILLIANs.
Graves Station, Ga.
Mayor CheAtbam Corrects False Report
EDITOR News: 1t has been reported
that the city council levies a tax on the
dispenSary, or intends doing SO would
state that the city council does not now
nor does it intend levying any license
tax whatever on the dispensary. If we
had any such intention we could not do
it, as recent decision of the supreme
court says it is not liable to taxation by
state or city. This report is circulated
by the enemies of the dispensary. Our
dispensary is success. 1t has lessened
the sale of whisky, as we'll as lessened
our taxes. W. B. CHEATHAM,
Mayor Of Dawson.
Can Vote Only Once in -Four Years.
Section 1547, Code of 1895, says: "If
the result of any election held under the
provisions of this chapter shall be for
or against the sale, then no other cleo
ton shall be held IN the same county
in less than four years thereafter, which
must be done upon a new petition and
by otherwise conforming to this chaps
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