The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-15
CONSISTENCY, THOU ART A JEWEL

Our esteemed contemporary, pe
Cntbbert Liberal Enterprise, repro
dneed in It's last issue the answer OF
The News to the article OF Mr.. Hives
in which he classed all business houses
IN Dawson as literal barrooms, and IN
connection interposes this comment;
.We do not know who Mr.. Rives got
b;s information from when writing the
article in question, but suppose he
knew what he was saying. Whenever
IL becomes necessary for the preachers
ri q town the size of Dawson TO plead
for the suppression of gambling IN the
presence of ladies from the pulpit 1t Is
time for the honest and upright cltl-
zeps to begin making an effort 10 as
cover and remove the cause for THIS
laxity of morals among lts ol0 dn1
voung men. Mr.. Rives. as we'll as Inc
News, knows that good people abound
in Dawson, but with the present ngnts
before them each must admit that the
sinful ones do much more ABOUND
AS stated in last weeks News, we
have no desire to enter into discus
sion of the dispensary question, ana IL
wopld he our natural inclination to
mass unnoticed this enyiOus thrust CT
the Liberal. Enterprise were 1t not for
the fact that citizens OF Cuthbert were
the leaders and prime movers OF the
hoisterous AMI open betting in the
presence of ladies, which called for
the Just condemnation OF a Dawson
minister from his pulpit. 1t occurred
when the game of ball was played be-
tween Dawson and Cuthbert IN this
CITY recently, and we refer to 1t mere
ly for the purpose of giving the up
right and honest citizens OF the prohl-
bition city of Cuth bert, who are legion,
an opportunity TO discover the cause
apply the remedy and remove the
troubles If their treatment succeeds
we will endeavor to borrow the pre-
scription. We do not attempt to deny
that some DawsOniaus were also guilty
of this impropriety, but onlv wish to
show that no community, however
moral. is exempt from certain evil inhu-
ences. which it is almost impossible to
eradicate, and that the mania for bet !
ting is not confined solely TO whlskeY
towns. Some of the most reckless
gamblers never indulge in intoxicants,
and are gentlemen in almost every
other respect. For instance, Randolph
has been a prohibition county for
MANY wears, and its citizens have been
weared from their thirst for strong
drink. and especially those OF Cuth- |
bert, yet the capital of Randolph mum
bers among it's citizens some OF Tue
shire widest poker players VINO ever
handled the pasteboards. Gambling |
is not the only sin, and no community,
whether prohibition or not, has a cor
ner on the good or the bad, and ever!
bailiwick numbers among its citizens
persons whom it could very well afford |
to be without. We would also like to
inform the acknowledgements thai
gDe m&ndgemeut vi GuC O@SO"~4A O''AH
took prompt measures 10 prevent
repetition of the humiliatlng scene.
We hope this explanation will be
entirely satisfactory to Brother Stan
ford. and that he will not see fit to
continue the controversy. Newspaper
often engender unpleas-
antness between communities, and the
good people of Randolph have been
very generous to the people of Ter
re!l in the matter of assisting them in
the payment of their taxes, and we
fear AN unnecessary discussion, that
con accomplish nothing, will material
Iy injure the Randolph county business
OF Terrell's much discussed enterprise.