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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-19
HIGH SCHOOL MEN MEET
Principals and Teachers Assemble at
University of Illinois.

University of Illinois.
Champaign, H.. Nov. 19.-School SUI
perintenIents and high school princi-
pals and teachers from all over the
state are here for the annual high
school conference of the University 81
Illinois, which opened last evening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-19
Some interesting prices
at the busy gToceFy-611
Seventeenth Street:

Jersey cream flour, in
towel sacks ....-.....$1.49
Fresh eggs, per doz. ..25c
Fresh country butter,
per pound .. 3Oc
Canned tomatoes andcorn,
full pack, 3 cans for. 25c
Pancake -four. all kinds.
3 packages fer. 25c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-19

Jesse Two Times.-At the Illinois
Sunday Jesse James" will be present
ed at afternoon and evening perform
ances.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
When You Haze Been Turned Doom RudeIy
BY John A. Jayne.

Looking back over the week one
is apt to remember the hard places
in which he has been, his unpleasant
experiences and bitter moments, more
than he does the joy spots, the glad
hours and the pleasant associations
with genial and kindred spirits.
There is an old saying that ''men
on the march of life have no time
to stop and count victories. 1t
would not be bad idea as you think
of the sore spots of life to para
phrase the old sentence and make it
read men on the march of life have
no time to stop and think of snubs,
turn-downs, failures and disappoint-
ments.'
Now by this time some one is say
ing: That's all very we'll for a man
who lives a protected life, who has
come to the place where life moves
easily for him; it's very we'll for such
a man to pray relative to forgetting
the past and not remembering those
who have mistreated you" But
where under the great canopy of
heaven are you going to find the man
active in the affairs of life who does
not run against the snags and snubs
of life every day? Every man who's
doing a mans work in a mans
world and DESTROYS of coming to bet
ter things and larger work finds that
his way is impeded and his path OBJ
structed. There never was a man
who had anything to do with life
but what found that the law of life
is, they who get up struggle up"
And in course of the upward struggle
one is sure to find many who refuse
to listen to him, refuse to recognize
his worth, refuse to give him an op-
pOrtunity of making good.
The fact of the matter is that all
men, sooner or later in their career,
must suffer rebuffs. They must en-
dure hardships. They must expect
that they will be turned down. The
fact that man has been turned
down does not make him less a man.
The fact does not destroy the worth
of his principles or the propositions
he may have to present. Rebuffs,
trials, turn-downs are simply tests of
a mans mettle. Blessed is the man
that endureth, for when he is tried
he shall receive the crown of life"
When you've been turned down
rudely there's no use in biting your
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
THE JUNK PILE OF LAWS.

The Thomasville imes-Enterprlse
wonders how many ordinances there
are on the books which have been
quietly relegated to the list of the
unused and useless" Here in Daw-
son there are too many to count
Every city's books are loaded with
such ordinances, the states books
are loaded with such statutes, and
so are the federal governments
books. There are a great many per-
sons, says the Savannah News, who
fatuously imagine that the only thing
necessary to work a reform, or a
change, is to secure the passing of
an ordinance or statute covering it.
Once the law is on the books the re-
formers think they have performed
their full duty, and the people pro-
coed at once to forget all about it.
Maybe it is better that way, thinks
our contemporary, as otherwise we
should have so much government as
to make life we'll nigh intolerable.
If all of the laws were enforced
there would be precious few Of us
out of Jail.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16

finger nails in despair. When you've
been turned down rudely there's no
use going off in the corner and mop
ing about it, the while sitting on
the stool of discomfort
It's well to remember that a gen.
tleman will not insult you; that he
who is not gentleman cannot. Per-
haps a snub comes from those who
should know better, but you do not
know all the circumstances in the
case. Possibly the very man who
snubs you has just been snubbed and
in a spirit of anger vents his spite
on you. There are a lot of people in
the world who do that, you know.
We know of man who for years
has been trying to gain foothold as
a newspaper man, a magazine writer
whose work is more than ordinarily
good Yet in five years nearly ev-
erything that he has sent to the pa
pers and the magazines has been re-
turned with the words mot availa-
bic" marked thereon. The stuff is
good stuff, well-written, epigram-
matte, bright, timely, but for some
reason the man is unfortunate in his
selection of papers and magazines to
which he sends stuff. Just the other
day this man said to the preacher:
q have had another dirty turn
down" He was mad clear through!
In anger he tore up his manuscript
that had been returned and talked a
blue streak, as men will under stress
of great indignation. But all the
hard talk, all the anger exhibited,
didn't help matters, not in the least
What he should have done was to
rewrite the manuscript if necessary
and send it out again, taking heed to
the character of the papers and mag
azines and their policies to which he
sent it.
While you are thinking of the way
you've been turned down, and that
rudely, look at your own turn
down" from the side of the man to
whom you presented your PROPOSE
ton. Go all over your arguments
again. Find out their weak spots,
Instead of wasting energy in cursing
and Safeguarding spend energy in
building up your propositions, re-
Numbering the while that you are
not the first, neither will you be the
last, to be turned down; that if your
proposition is a good one it will
eventually win.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
THE COUNTRY TRADE.

There is always much talk in the
cities and towns about how to get
and hold country trade. There are
various ways. One, and it is one
of the best, is to tell country people
through the newspapers that go into
their homes that you want their
trade. And it is also wise to have
what they want, and be able to sell
that something at a price they can
afford to pay. If that be done and
the countryman is treated white his
trade and confidence will not be so
hard to secure and hold. But the
whose trade and friend
ship is worth having is hardly to be
lured very far by the Establishments
of a "chance to win" patent
church. a music box or something
else of the kind. He trades like the
town man does-for good value and
right treatment. If added to these
there are at times attractions and
offered by a town to buy
and sell and spend money too it
would help. What does Dawson
offer, we would like to ask, to the
country people around here in the
way of attractions and amusements?
They have to go to other towns for
these things.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
TRIBUTE TO REV. L. L. LYONS.

Whereas, an allwise Providence
has seen fit to remove from our
church and Sabbath school our late
and much-loved pastor and friend,
Rev. L. L. Lyons Therefore be it
Resolved first, That we thus ex-
press our great and sad loss of him
as a pastor and as a friend. He
was consistent, true, loving, conse-
Grated, Cody, sincere, wise and
loyal.
Resolved second, That we emulate
the life and example of our dear
pastor in always being helpful in
church work, exemplary in conduct,
loving, kind and Christlike.
Resolved third, That we extend
to his family our sincere sympathy
and tenderest coincidence, praying
that in this sad bereavement they
may be comforted by our Heavenly
Father; that Gods goodness may
overshadOw, guide and protect them,
and may they meet the dear husband
and father in the sweet bye and bye,
where there is no more goodbye.
Resolved fourth, That as a Sabbath
school We keep in memory the life
and teachings of our dear pastor,
and may we on the resurrection
morning clasp hands with him again,
and not one of us be missing.
G. M. HARRIS,
MRS. J. P. HANNA,
MISS LUCY HASS,
Committee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
DIR. BRIDGES MARRIES.
Young Physician of Dawson Gets a
DOuglasville Lady for Bride.

Young Physician of Dawson Gets a
DOuglasville Lady for Bride.
On Wednesday evening of last
week, at $3.50 o'clock, at the home
of the brides parents in Douglasville,
DR.. D. R. Bridges of Dawson and
Miss Mamie Pittman were united in
marriage.
The couple are spending a few
days at the brides home before COM
ing to Dawson.
DR.. Bridges is a native of Terrell
county, and since entering upon his
chosen profession has located in
Dawson, and is building for himself
a lucrative practice. He holds the
confidence and esteem of a large cir
Gle of friends and acquaintance.
The bride is a young woman of
many admirable traits and accom-
plishments. She taught school in
the Bethel community, and has many
admirers in the county who will well
come her back as Mrs. Bridges.
A host of friends extend DR.. and
Mrs. Bridges congratulations and
best wishes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
BY THIS HE WILL BE RENIEM-
BERED.

A contemporary given to philO-
sophie and helpful thoughts makes
this observation: III. H. Rogers will
be known more for the few thousand
dollars he expended in the education
of Helen Keller than for the many
millions he accumulated by the
hard driving and sitting of competi-
tors in the oil business. Money does
not make a man much comfort in this
world or much reputation in the
world to come except such of it as
is used for lettering the world"
Well said, and true. Often it is
the small (by comparison) that be-
come potential as object lessons. In
the story of the life of the Gentle
Nazarene it is the humble, timid
widow who gave her might and Mar
tina with the alabaster box of ONT
ment who, after the lapse of twenty
centuries, we delight to refer to as
examples. And yet, after all, the
redemption of Helen Keller from an
existence of darkness was one of
the most wonderful things Divine
love and mercy have ever inspired
man to achieve. 1t was a miracle in
a way, if one thinks of the wonder
of the outcome. And what a beauti-
full, exalted life, that of Helen KEEL.
Ter, was given to the world-what a
wealth of happiness to the blind girI
herself.
Undoubtedly the money that Mr.
Rogers gave for Helen Keller's re-
demption is the most fragrant, most
beautiful flower that blooms in his
memory. He gave millions to other
charities, and must have been a bet
ter man than the world thought him.
But his ministration to the blind
girl looms up over all of the other
deeds of good.
A man doesn't have to be a multi
millionaire to be helpful to his
kind. Rogers living sold petroleum
and its products, but dead his ex-
ample is open to all, free as an ex-
ample.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
The POlitest Negro.
.e Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
The politest and most considerable
negro lives in Woodbury., n. J. The
other day he accidentally got into
the way of an automobile, and it
knocked him down and ran over him.
The radiator came into contact with
the negro S head and the machine
was put out of business. Picking
himself up out of the dust and brush
ing his clothes the negro fastened
to apologize for having injured the
car. Deed, boss, you must 'scuse
me- he said, hat in hand; 81 didn't
mean to do it. l never heard you
comm at all, or l sho' would have
got out of de way" The driver re-
luctantly forgave the negro, and the
incident was closed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
GRAVES GLEANINGS.

Mr.. and Mrs. William K. Dennis,
Little Miss Helen Dennis and Mrs.
Jennie B. Nixon of Shellman spent
the weekend with Mrs. w. D. David
son.
Mr.. and Mrs J. H. Melton and
children of YeOmans were visitors at
the home of Mr.. H. H. Melton last
week.
Miss Lena Dismuke of Chickasaw-
hatchee spent few days last week
with her cousin, Miss Eva Waller.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. T. Grimes and lit
tie daughter, Eleanor, are spending
several days at Cordrays.
Mr., w. A. Davidson and Mrs. C.
M. Davidson spent Sunday with rela-
tives here.
Miss Bessie McLain of Herod was
the guest of Miss Lille Dismuke last
week.
Miss May McCarty of Dawson is
the guest of Miss Mamie Breedlove.
Col. H. H. Turner of Dawson was
visitor here Sunday.
Mr.. o. l.. Mcneil spent last week
in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
The One-Horse Wagon and the Mule.

From the Griffin News and Sun.
They are all coming around to it,
even those who were swept off their
feet by the first rush of the scouts"
and "pathfinders. The Dawson
News says:
Terrell county is not goingto
get excited over the movement
of the Atlanta papers for good
automobile roads, but is going
along in the even tenor of her
way improving the highways for
the benefit of the farmers and
all other citizens"
To which the Savannah Press,
which had small automobile fad of
its own until the Atlanta papers
grabbed it and ran under the bank
with it, adds:
The oxcart and the cotton
wagon need good roads most of
all, and possibly the coming of
the automobile will help them
out. But it is true that the men
who most need better highways
are the men who lose three mil
lion dollars in Georgia hauling
their crops to market every
year.
Still we must deprecate going to
the other extreme, which the Column
bus Ledger shows in this paragraph:
"The Atlanta papers should
be delivered by automobiles, and
none but automobile owners
should be allowed to read
them"
Just let, the Atlanta papers alone
and they will come home with their
long tails behind them; and when
the legislature meets they will have
forgotten their present break and he
baa-tng at something else.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
+ arm Lands

$500 acres, with stock in
Guiding mules and brood mares
hogs, COWS and goats; corn. fod,
der and all farm implements
including reapers, binders ana
other improved machinery
This magnificent farm, togetb,
er with all of the above nron-
erty, can be had for SIS an
acre. "A
400 acres, four miles south Of
Dawson, at a price that canno+
be met in any similar value.
557 acres of land in i'm
proved state of cultivation, two
and one-half miles north of
Bronwood.
$50 acres of land southwest
OF Brentwood, having on it q
large quantity of hardwood
timber.
1000 acres of land in the
Fourth district. This place is
well improved.
300 acres of land in the Sixth
district, well improved.
665 acres three miles north
of Bronwood, including stock
VIII give you a bargain in this
and terms if desired.
100 acres lying in and lust
beyond the limits of Dawson
100 acres OF land east of
Brentwood.
400 acres of well-improved
land a mile and a half from
Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
BOTTLE VS.. JOB.

Another strikingly concrete evil
dence of the great moral and business
forces back of the movement toward
temperance in this country is the re-
cent proclamation by Mayor Mahool
of the city of Baltimore, says the At
lanta Constitution.
Pointing to the fact that two city
officials, recently detected in embez-
Elements from the municipality, at
tributed their downfall to whiskey
Mayor Mahool has decreed that
hencefOrth municipal employees must
not look on the wine when it is red
Or white or amber.
AS our contemporary declares, it
is no reflection on sumptuary prohi-
bition laws to say that developments
such as the one at Baltimore are OF
more effect in enforcing temperance
than the most rigid introductory laws
that might be placed on the statute
books. In other words, it is an issue
between the bottle and the job.
The action of Mayor Mahool mere
ly parallels the policies of the ma.
jority of the great corporations in
America, notably the railroads. Some
years since the fiat went forth from
the custodians of all big business
interests that the drinking man was
persona non grata.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
WASTED OPPORTUNITIES.

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
The Dawson News thinks that the
raising of cattle for market would
seem to be an opportunity for some
of our farmers who are becoming
poorer every year buying western
corn, hay and meat at high prices,
with which to make cotton, to bet
ter their condition. One firm of
butchers in Dawson bought in Ala
bama last year and shipped here
100000 worth of cattle, besides
large quantities of western beef they
were compelled to buy because of
their inability to get enough live
cattle to supply their trade. Recent
ly this firm received a shipment of
beeves from Alabama for which they
paid $500. How much better it
would be if this money were kept at
home, which would be the case if
some of our people would turn their
attention to raising cattle and supply
the demand. More COWS and less
cotton would mean more prosperity
on the farm"
Cattle may be raised as probably
in Georgia as in any other section
of the south, and it stands to reason
! if Alabamians are able to raise them
and sell them to Georgians, Geor-
gians might Go the same thing.
Georgians are not making the most
of the opportunities they have, and
until they do they will not reap the
reward to which the fertility of our
soil, the geniality of our climate, the
propitiousness of our seasons and the
favorableness of conditions generally
entitle them. The people of Georgia
should arouse themselves and grasp
the opportunities that are theirs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16

Editor J. B. Stanford of the Cuth-
bert LiberaI-Enterprise was a pleas
ant caller at our sanctum Saturday
afternoon. The acknowledgements is
one of the old newspaper stand-bys
of Southwest Georgia, and Editor
Stanford and his co-worker, Mr.
Coram, are keeping it up to it's usual
standard of excellence. Mr.. Stanford
reported that Cuthbert has about re-
covered from the destruction of the
cyclone. Modern and substantial
buildings have been erected in the
devasted area, and the town has
taken on new life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
BURGLARS VISIT BRoNwooD.
Several Stores Entered and Small
Sums of Money Taken.


A few nights ago burglars visited
Bronwood and entered several bust
ness houses. 1t is evident that mon
ey was all they wanted, as no goods
were taken.
At the pOstotnce they secured So
cents in nickels, which were taken
from bag of pennies. The pennies
were poured out on the floor and
left there. At Barnes & Massey's
store they got so cents from the
cash drawer, and at Mr.. w. c. Cal
houn's place they got a 81 silver
piece with hole in it. The window
of Mr.. ]. F. Miller's store was broken
open, but the thieves for some rea-
son did not enter.
The burglars were doubtless the
ones who entered number of bust
ness houses in Parrot recently.
There they also only took what
money they could find.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16

The railroad commission heard ar
gument Thursday on Atlanta's petit
ton for port rates. Several weeks
are expected to elapse before a de-
cision is reached. 1t is a question
over which politicians and paid attor-
neys can no longer arouse the fury of
the people, who have long since
learned that it is a movement in
the interest of Atlanta, and would,
if carried through, be detrimental to
the other cities and towns of the
state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
HEROD HAPPENINGS.

Judge and Mrs. j. r. Hanna en-
tertained at a spend-the-day party
on Monday. Among their guests
were Mrs. Gilbert Pinson of Sylves-
ter, Mrs. j. T. Cocker, Miss Alma
McLain, Mrs. j. J. McLain, Mrs. Den
mis- and Messrs. w. o. Cocker, D. ].
Dennis and Carroll Pinson. The en-
broidery club also met there that
afternoon. The porch parlor was
decorated with lovely flowers, tables,
ETC., and the guests were entertained
in it, and in the diningroom at din
ner and at luncheon.
Mrs. w. H. Garrett entertained a
number of her friends Saturday af-
ternOon. The house was decorated
with pot plants and fragrant mag
nolias. Delicious ices and cake
were served in courses. Mrs. ]. L.
Hass and Mrs. J. P Hanna assisted
in receiving.
There will be preaching at the
Baptist church the fourth Saturday
and Sunday in this month by Rev.
White, the Bethel evangelist, or
some other minister. A successor to
our late pastor, Rev. Lyon, will not
be called probably until the associa-
ton this fall
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned McLendon en-
tertained at a dining Saturday, the
honorees being Revs. Chester and
Allison. The delicacies and substan-
tails of the season were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Brim, Mr.. J.
I. Brim and Mr.. J. H. Brim attend
ed services in Sasser Sunday even
ing. They heard Rev. Browne,
noted Primitive divine.
Rev. o. B. Chester preached here
Saturday afternoon to an appreciat-
i've audience. We are always glad
to have this noted divine with us.
The many friends of Mrs. J. H.
Brim will be glad to know that she
is convalescing from a recent very
severe spell of sickness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Weaver of
Morgan and Mr.. and Mrs. James Lee
Of DOverel visited relatives here Sun
day afternoon.
Misses Agnes and Loomye Brim,
who have been at school in Milledge-
vile, returned home last week to
spend vacation.
Mr.. J. T. Brim is adding to his
already great popularity by giving
some of his friends auto rides in his
fine touring car.
Mr.. J. H. Brim, Mrs. J. E. Brim
and Misses Bertha, Loomye and Ag-
mes Brim attended foot washing at
Macedonia Saturday
Mr.. George McLain, Miss Mary
English and Miss Bessie McLain Wis
tied friends at Graves last week.
On the second Sunday in next
ed at the Methodist church.
Rev. and Mrs. D. S. Dennard are
guests of Mrs. j. j. McLain and their
many friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Harris and
Miss Melinda Harris visited PARROT
relatives last week.
Mr.. James Adams of Cotton was
the guest of his daughter, Mrs. j.
H. Brim, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Jordan of Styx
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Garrett Sunday.
A good rain would be appreciated
now more than anything else we
know Of
Mr.. Mathis of near Bronwood
filled his regular appointment here
Sunday.
Miss jamie English of Dawson has
been recent visitor to homefolks
! here.
Miss Glennie Aycock of Graves has
been a recent guest of friends here.
Several of our sportsmen enjoyed
trip to Pine Island last week.
Several from here attended sew
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16

We had the pleasure of meeting
in Dawson Saturday Editor E. F.
White of the Richland Georgian. He
reports that that town is enjoying
an era of prosperity, and is growing
and thriving as it has not done in
several years before. Mr.. White has
greatly improved the Georgian since
his connection with it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
EPISCOPALIAN SERVICES.

Rev. Lawrence to Hold Services for
Two Days.
The Americas Times-Recorder of
Tuesday said:
Rev. ]. B. Lawrence, rector of
Calvary Episcopal church, left yes
terday afternoon for Dawson, where
he will conduct services for two
days, or longer.
Mr.. Lawrence has paid previous
visits to Dawson. There are a num-
Der of Episcopalians in that city, and
it is not improbable that flourish
ing congregation will grow up in
that vicinity"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16

1t was a remarkable tribute that
was paid to General Clement A.
Evans by the United Confederate
Veterans in Memphis when they re-
elected him as commander-in-chief
after he had declined to stand for re-
election, and had asked that this hon
or be given to some one else. 1t
shows how the old veterans through
out the south have become attached
to the grand old Georgian. General
Evans is a high type of the brave
soldier and christian gentleman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16

Representative Kicklighter of Bry-
an county wants a new county
formed with Groveland as the county
seat. He will have to kick harder
to get it. We are of the opinion
that it will be long time before any
more counties are made in Georgia,
if ever.