The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-18
LITTLE old new YORK.
Some of the Things of interest
IranSpiring There.
QUITS THE JOB

Big Preacher Has Resigned Presi- |
dency of the Society to Ttegenerate
Gay Gotham. Apples, the Same as
i'm the Days of Mother Eve, CaHse |
Trouble. An Important Court De-
cisiOn.
NEW YORK.-The Society for the
prevention of Crime, which, in
former years, received a great deal
of free advertising in consequence
of the famous 'Parkhurst Investiga
ton, must find another president.
Dr. Parkhurst has resigned and
seems determined to resist all efforts
to induce him to remain at the head
of the society. There is considera-
Bile speculation concerning the rea-
sons for DR.. Parkhurst's resignation.
1T is stated that DR.. Parkhurst gave
as his reason that he was getting too
old for the strenuous work connect
ed with the position, but as he is
only Sc years old and shows no sign
| OF physical or mental debility the
reason given by him is not consider
! ed adequate to account for his sud
| den withdrawal, Some pessimisti-
cally inclined persons have suggested
that DT. Parkhurst has at last recog-
nlzed the hopelessness of regenerat-
ing sinful Gotham, and that he has
| become tired of the constant strain
of maintaining a fight against vice
without the slightest prospect of &C
comprising anything. 1t is said that
he shares the opinion of DR.. Aked
that IF New York can be saved
there is no city on earth beyond re-
demption," but has strong doubts
concerning the possibility of saving
! New York. He. if any man, ought to
know
Apples Cause Trouble.
Ever since Eve, the mother of the
human race, got herself and her affin-
/ ity, old father Adam, in trouble by
poaching on the apple reservation in
the Garden of Eden apples have
been the cause of all sorts of trouble
in this world. The apple which Paris
awarded at the Olympic beauty con-
test caused an ugly row between the
sea-born Aphrodite, the prize-beauty
and her less fortunate competitors,
and kicked up lot OF trouble during
| the Trojan war. An apple, falling
from tree, was responsible for the
discovery of the law OF gravitation,
and how much worry and trouble
that law has caused the school boy
of every generation since that time
will have experienced to their cha
grin One particular variety of APP
pies, the "malus virdis" vulgarly
called green" apple, seems to pos
sess greater power to get people in
trouble than any other variety. How
many men are there who have not,
| in their boyhood, suffered physical
and mental fortunes and well lOcaliz-
ed pains as a result of partaking of
/ that particular kind of fruit?
Now it has happened that even a
prospective military genius, earning
$3.50 a month, with clothing board
and lodging, as private in the reg
ular army, has fallen victim to the
traditional hoodoo of the green ap-
pie. For eating green apples in dis
obedience to an order of his superior
he was courtmartialed, sentenced to
six months imprisonment in a mill
tary jail and dismissed from the
army, becoming thus deprived of
every prospect Of being placed on the
retired list with the rank of major
general. This case should be a
wholesome warning to American
boys, especially those living in proxi-
nifty to orchards.
Important Decision Rendered.
The New York Court of Appeals
rendered an important decision the
Iother day, which has caused consid-
cradle comment throughout the state
The decision is to the effect that every
person. irrespective of sex, color,
Nationality or creed has proprietary
rights to his or her own face, which
cannot be infringed upon or violated
with impunity. This decision caused
general surprise, as nobody ever sus-
pected the existence of such right.
The fact that thousands of persons
in all walks of life do not even own
their own souls is so generally
known that it was naturally surpris-
ling to hear from good authority that
there is really something not owned
by the trusts, but by the individual
citizens The people of New York
are in great luck.