The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03
ANOTHER PUPILS CAUCUS
.,r,,nR4W ALL OF THE TICK
IRIS SUGGESTED LAST WEEK.
r.orhle Experienced in Finding One
That Meets the Church Re-
quirements-Adjourn
without Action.

Without ACtlOn'
Editor of The News Our caucus
10. decided to withdraw the three
,,ogats suggested by us for the new
-.booI board for fear that all of
+ +bnm might decide to run, and thus
W. nc in an embarrassing position
n NOT knowing whom to support.
We caucused again Friday for the
Durnose of concentrating on one
ticket and after we had about
agrapd it was discovered that a
5ond made to this property had
come Daculiar conditions attached
Ia if t0-wit: that one-third of the
trnsrpes should belong to the Bap-
tist church. One-third to the Metho-
dist church, and the remainder
might be any old thing. This was
sumner; so the chairman named
committee to retire and select a
hoard in accordance with this rule
and name two Baptists, two Metho-
dfsts and one Presbyterian on 1t.
They retired, but stayed and stayed
and STAYED until we thought they
had skipped, but when they returned
wn discovered the whole trouble.
They wanted to name two Presby-
tprians on the board, but the Pres
bvterian said no, his church was too
weak numerically to take so proml-
Dent a part, and the Baptist Alton
SOS said there must be three Metho-
dists, and the Methodist Gastons
said nay, and insisted that the Bap-
lists should have majority, and
there they stood, the MethOdists
wanting the Baptists to control and
the Baptists wanting the Methodists
to control. Did you ever hear OF
such deadlocked committee?
The chair asked whom the Metho-
dists had named as the three Baptist
commissioners, and when they an
nOunced their men the Baptist mem
bers with one voice said they weren't
Baptists, that they never saw them at
the Baptist church. Then the chalr
asked who were the three Metho-
dists that the Baptists wanted, and
these being announced the Metho-
dist members shouted that they
might be Methodists, but that they
would have to find their names on
the roll to believe it, for they didn t
spend much time at the Methodist
church. 1t was mutually agreed
that the Baptist committee should
go round to the Methodist church
and the Methodist committee to the
Baptist church Sunday and prove
that their nominees were properly
qualified.
Well. we'll! You should have
seen those committees when they
returned They were the blankest
looking crowd of boys and girls you
ever saw. whats the matter!
was asked in chorus.
Well" said the Methodists, we
We're dead wrong; there WASH d
single man on our list who is Bap-
fist; not a single one was there, ana
We know that they would surely De
there if they were members.
We own the corn" said the Bap-
uSt members. There WASH SIN
gle one Of our men at the METHODIST
church Sunday, and we have to al
nit that no church member could
possibly be kept away from church
on Sunday, for our daddfes won |
let US miss school a day out OF hVe,
and we know that they would surrey
90 one out OF seven.
There was hardly anybody at our
church but women and children.
Same at ours, " replied the others.
What shall we do? we are
obliged to have a board of commis-
Sloners 1t is true that they usually
meet, discuss politics, smoke anu
vote for teachers accordingly when
they have larruped some of us on
slreperous fellows what amt their H.
ana agi'n them when they Wallop
tuelF kids; yet, like many other
necessary evils, we must have COM
miSsioners.
50 what shall we do to keep the
peace with that old fogy who mixed
0p schools and churches, anyhow
l tell YOU" said the smart girl
On the committee.
Wait till the next time" said
The chairman.