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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
CHURCH DROPS THE BIBLE
NEW PLAN OF A JERSEY CITY
CHURCH is A STARTLING
INNOVATION.

The New York Times prints this
unusual item of news:
Owing to the growing lack of in
terest in the Bible on the part of the
young men members of the Sunday
school class of the First Congrega-
tional church of Jersey City the
church has decided to abandon the
international Sunday school lessons
and go in for sociology. Prohibition.
! protection, free trade, socialism,
single tax, municipal government,
| social betterment and kindred sub
Jects will be taken up instead The
church is one of the largest in Jersey
City, the Rev. John l.. Scudder, who
| has become well known to the Jersey
| City public because of his war on
! illegal liquor selling, being the pas
/ tor.
/ The Bible class, as a strictly Bible
class, has been abandoned, and Nell
son Forman elected president of the
sociology class, and Lester Mehrhoff,
secretary of the new class. C. E.
Adams, New York commission mer-
chant, will be the sociology teacher.
cusSion, but no open opposition to
the new church plan, most of DR..
Scudder's members having frankly
acknowledged that something had to
be done to maintain the interest in
the church. DR.. Scudder explained
some of the reasons for the change.
The lessons from the lives of
Abraham, Jacob and the rest of the
Old Testament heroes are interest
ing and beneficial" he said, "but
they do not touch modern life in
tlmately enough to interest young
men. The young man of today is
face to face with economic and So
.cial problems which did not exist in
Biblical times. These problems are
pressing for solution, and the minds
Of our young men should be guided
correctly in their thought upon them.
One of these questions is that
of the young woman in business.
There are 100000 women earning
their own living, or the greater part
of it, in this country, and their pres
ence in the labor market has com
plicated not only the wage, but the
matrimonial question. A young man
nowadays finds it hard to support
himself, and if he wants to marry
he is likely to fix his affections upon
some woman who is making more
money than he. The solution of this
problem is to be found in a study
of present conditions, and not in a
philosophical inquiry into the wan
behring's OF the twelve tribes"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
EGGS DISLIKE THEIR NAME.
Were in the Restaurant Business,
and Couldn't Stand the Joshing.

Were in the Restaurant Business.
and Couldn't Stand the JOshing.
A New York dispatch says: JUS
tice O'GOrman, in the supreme court,
has signed an order authorizing VI
rich Egg and his wife, Emile Egg. to
change their name. The Eggs are in
the restaurant business, and said that
they could stand the joshing no
longer. They wanted immediate re-
lief, but he courts order will not
go into effect until after Easter.
Mr.. Egg left it to the newspaper
men to say that his name had grown
stale-in fact, he got to a point
where he did not care what they
said-all he wanted was a change.
He said that his friends kept ham
mering away at him, one day asking
him If he was scrambled and the next
II he was an Omelet. That kind of
joke is funny enough the first time
you hear it, but Egg says they soon
lose their freshness. He and his wife
are the only Eggs in the city direc-
tory.
Besides assisting her husband in
an advisory capacity, Mrs. Egg runs
dressmaking establishment, and
she says her name hurts business.
After April 10th they will be known
as Mr.. and Mrs. Ulrich Eek.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21

sonal application for pardon, the
same beng in a letter that was and
is remarkable. Much of it is in verse
of fairly creditable nature. Since
the application was filed scores of
pardons have been granted and sew
eral dozen of convicted man-sIayers
have been freed. Still it was only
a few days ago that the commission
took time to decline the petition.
The records in the case disclose no
protest against a pardon for the old
man, but, on the other hand, sew
eral voluntary appeals. After a SER
vice on the sea for more than a half
century he is anxious to spend his
last days at the sailors home, Snug
HarbOr, on Staten Island.
w. G. Thompson a Free Man.
1t seems almost an act of irony
when it is noted that the commission
recommended Communication of SEN
tence for w. G. Thompson. a man
of education and former high stand
ing, who was in the penitentiary from
the same county, Chatham, under
sentence of seven years for embez-
Element, although he has served less
than a year. In his case several
thousand dollars were taken, and the
defendant fled to New Jersey, and
was caught and brought back at
great expense. There were protests
to his pardon, too.
On this petition the governor went
the prison board one better, and
made it a full pardon.
But that is not all This man,
who stole from his employers near
ly 100000, has been shown I'M
usual consideration by the governor
treatment never before heard of
in dealing with a convict in the PEN
itentiary for crime of high degree.
When the convicts were distributed
to the counties on the breaking up
of the lease system on April list
Thompson was to go to Decatur
county, but, by the request Of the
governor, he was left at the Flowers
Lumber Company camp at Jakin, in
Early county.
On April LIST the Jakin camp ceased
to exist officially. Guards and war
dens were taken away, but ThOmp-
son was left there unguarded and at
work for the lessees, and remained
there two weeks, until he could be
pardoned by the executive.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
CONVICTs MAKE COMPLAINT.
One Says Old Lease System Para
disc to Present Plan.


1.-The old lease camp was a Para
disc beside this" is what a white
convict has written, in effect, to a
friend in Atlanta relative to the re-
cent change in the penitentiary sys-
TEN.
The prisoner was formerly a pris-
oner at the Chattahoochee Brick
Company's camp, which was held up
before the investigating committee
last summer as the worst of the lot.
He is now on the road gang of one
of the larger counties. He is a man
of education and came of a good
family. Before the crime of which
he was convicted he stood we'll in
his home county. He is serving a
sentence for manslaughter.
Although was a convicted Grim
inal they recognized the fact that
had been a gentleman" he writes
in reference to his former prison
life. while at the brick yard /
was never chained, never wore a
shackle and was given comparatively
light work to do. Now 1 have to
wear two shackles and am chained
to my cot every night, and have to
work from daylight until dark like a
slave"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
TEN PER CENT OF MURDERERS
BEEN FREED SINCE JANUARY I
Wholesale Release of GeOrgas COnvicts Months
The Remarkable Treatment O W. q. Thompson

Il ATLANTA.-Out of about IS par
lions, paroles or combinations of
sentences recommended by the pris-
pa commission and approved by
8he governor since January 1st
Anrty-three of the beneficiaries
Bere in the penitentiary for either
nanslaughter or murder, a ma
prlty for the latter. During the
ame period less than half that num-
Rer OF prisoners, convicted for either
~ the crimes noted, have been COM
nItted to the penitentiary by the
NourtS. Further than this, out of
Roout 200 pardons or combinations
II sentence recommended and grant
sed during the twelve months preced-
FlS January LIST about sixty were
gwen to men serving sentences for
|cIlmes involving the taking of human
lle. in other words, more than 10
per cent. Of that part of the prison
POPULATION held for taking the lives
.oI IeIoWmen have been set free dur
lHS the past Is months.
Most of those whose release has
oeeh recommended were able to COM
lnahd the assistance of influential
IIends, who circulated and secured
Suong petitions and employed good
%lofneys to represent them before
~ne commission.
Inc dlsprOpOrtiOn, however, be-
tt"eeh the quick hearings, prompt ac-
~ou ana even the nature of that ac-
u9U on the petitions between those
VINO are ably and thoroughly repre-
Ssu'ed and those who are able to
command the aid of influential
oa1i' secure strong petitions and
"Ploy able attorneys is striking.
Case of j. w. Hart.
~, OAe case in point may illustrate
u9'e Is an old man, j. w. Hart, at
NJ S1ate farm who is 81 years old.
~ sailor by occupation, and
toh evidence that seemed reliable
ny greater part of his life has been
VIZ opulaDIe. The fault of his later
St Vo'S was a fiendish addiction to
,,,ong drink. While in Savannah on
ny re OIL his periodical sprees nearly
ow. 49, years ago he committed the
sj1 ,Lue OF burglary. He confessed,
Go,l, guilty, and admits his guilt
Eboo"' declaring, however, that when
b.. VrIme was committed the pro-
y + roo5 spree had made him virtually
m 'nouman, He was without friends
. 81 Yen acquaintances, and was sent
II oo 1ue state farm for term of three
b o"'S' lie has a fatal disease and
"aS been unable to work.
His Appeals Denied.
ok months ago he filed a per-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
Baptized For Lords Navy in Icy Water

ST. LOUIS.-While thousands of
persons struggled for points of want
age today eighty of the 125 recruits
for the navy of the Lord" a negro
church, were immersed in the icy wa
ters of the Mississippi river by Rev.
j. B. Parker, who is called THE
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
UPLIFT NEGRO WITH THE HOE
GOV. SMITH SAYS TEACH BLACKS
TO WORK IN SOUTH, AND
LET MORE GO NORTH

IN welcoming the educators and
phllanthropists taking part in the
southern Educational Conference to
Atlanta and to Georgia Governor
smith enunciated the doctrine that
the distribution of the negroes
throughout the country would go far
towards solving the race problem.
He said that with more negroes
IN the north and east and a greater
proportion of whites in the south
the problem could be better handled.
as 1t would be better understood.
The governors speech in part fol-
lows:
Education of the Negroes.
The presence of a great number
OF negroes in the South creates a
problem which must be understood.
| do not believe that those who dwell
upon the work of negro institutions
into which few hundred of the race
enter comprehend the question. The
real negro educational problem is
found in the six million negroes who
40 not enter these institutions and
VINO are utterly unsuited for the op-
portunities which they offer.
I refer to the great body of the
negroes engaged in the simplest
lines OF manual labor.
These people are descended from
ancestors
century ago were savages in Africa.
For a while they were compelled to
labor. Industry was forced upon
them. Since this condition ceased,
freed from restraint, they are prone
to ldleness and to carelessness, even
when at work.
Teach Blacks to Work,
The first step in the education of
TINS great body of the negro race is
to inspire desire to do better the
labor they are called upon to per-
form, and to rid them of q willing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21

Admiral by his numerous converts.
The baptized negroes, after run
nlng from the water, changed their
garments in a nearby boiler shop.
Forty-hve of the recruits turned their
packs on The Navy" when they felt
the cold water
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
BLEW PASSENGER TRAIN OFF

A passenger train on the Chicago
& Alton railroad near MAYHEM was
blown from the track by a hig wind
Monday and rolled down an embank-
ment. None of the passengers were
killed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21

For a mild, easy action of the
bowels a single dose of Doan's Reg
ulets is enough. Treatment cures
habitual constipation % cents a
box. Ask your druggist for them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21

ness to live poorly if perchance a
meager support can be made with
half time labor. The negro engaged
in the simplest manual labor will
find his first inspiration from being
taught the pleasure of doing that
labor with artistic skill
The negro who uses the hoe or
uses the pillow will be lifted to a
higher standard when he can be
given the inspiration which comes
from efficient labor and increased in
dustry.
Mere instruction from books will
accomplish almost nothing for him.
He must learn upon the direction of
the white man and grow by imita-
ton
Let Negroes Go North.
THE best educator he can have
will be found in the white man who
will control and direct him and fur
nish him an example of the benefits
brought from intelligent industry.
Experience shows that negroes
improve most rapidly where there
are fewest negroes in proportion to
the number of whites. The best
friend of the negro should seek his
distribution to all sections. This
can be accomplished by more white
settlers coming south and more ne
groes going north, east and west. 3"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
Was Really Never a Convict.

From reliable reports it seems
that Thompson during the short time
he was supposed to be in the peni-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-21
Teach Blacks to Work.

The first step in the education of
TINS great body of the negro race is
to inspire a desire to do better the
TABOR they are called upon to per-
1orm' and to rid them of a willing
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30
"TOOTSIE" CAME BACK.
Dog Travels 81 Miles i'm II Hours i'm
Returning to Master.

North Yakima, April 30.-"Toot-
sie," mongrel dog belonging to
"Scotty' Sanderson of the Hub cigar
store, has made a new record for
long distance running.
The dog was given to a home
steader living east of Ellensburg, and
was taken by train to Ellensburg and
from there by wagon. The dog stayed
there three days and left her new
home early in the morning. and in
the evening turned up at the store
dustry and tired.
The distance across the sagebrush
hills and streams is about 80 miles
in a bee line. The dog made the trip
in about IA hours. Sanderson want
ed to get rid of the animal, but won't
sell her now.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30
POLAR CRAZE IS
SPREADING
EIGHT NATIONS STRUGGLE To
CONQUER THE FROZEN NORTH
HAS BECOME INFORMATION
AL CRAZE.

Major General A. W. Greedy, U. s.
A., retired, describes in the Indepen-
dent the polar explorations during
the year 1908. 1t is not generally
known, but polar exploration has
reached the dimensions almost of an
international craze, judging from the
summary made by General Greedy of
the nations engaged in search OF one
or the other of the poles. In 1908
Canada, Denmark, France, Germany,
England. Russia, Sweden and the Uni
ted States were represented among
the - expeditions which were strug-
Cling toward the end of the planet.
The fascination of polar investiga-
ton is illustrated by the fact that
eight leaders are veterans-Peary and
Cook of the United States, Brenier of
Canada, Erickson and Rasmussen of
Denmark, Charcot of France, Shackle-
ton of England and Geer of Sweden.
Peary sent his final word from Etah,
North Greenland, on August II, 1908,
and hoped to reach the north pole in
the spring of 1909 or 1910. His ex-
pectation then was to winter with his
ship, the Roosevelt, on the north
coast of Ellesmere Land in about 50
degrees 40 minutes north latitude.
General Greedy, himself acquainted
with the horrors of Arctic isolation,
says that the fortitude and endurance
of Eichsen and Hagen, who died No
vember, 1907, are unsurpassed in
polar history.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30

The only way the situation can be
met is by increase in production and
decrease in waste.
Since 1870 we have burned up an
average of $50,O00,O0O every year
total of about $2,O0O,OO0, most of
which could have been saved had
we been willing to take ordinary care
of our property. The department be-
lieves that with proper care and cul-
tivation the forest area indicated can
be made to supply the wants of
10000 people. When that limit is
passed what will happen no one
knows, but it does not particularly in
terest many people now alive.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30

the basis of our present actual con-
sumption as a people, disregarding
entirely our export trade, the coun-
try will require by the year 1881
the following additional acreage: For
wheat, 13,5OO,000 acres; for corn,
100000 acres; for oats, 23,7O0,-
900 acres; for the minor cereals,
100000 acres, and for hay, 40
100000 acres; total of 1873, 100000
acres, without providing for the pro-
portionately increased consumption
of vegetables, fruits and other pro-
ducts.
About one-fifth Of the United
States will, from natural conditions,
remain grazing land. This land can
not produce crops, but will continue
to grow hardy grasses. 1t was the
grazing ground of the buffalo, and is
now occupied almost to its capacity
by cattle and sheep. 1t lies principal
Iy west of the 1O3d meridian A small
amount of this land can be irrigated
and small amount used for dry
farming, but it is thought there will
be at least 30O,0OO,O0O acres which
must always remain a range for
grazing. There is left only about 2
per cent of area, found chiefly in
California, Nevada, Utah and Ore
gon, which will remain irreclaimable
desert.
If, as anticipated, the population
in 1850 has grown to 150,000,000,
the forest area, in order to give
arabic land enough to support it,
without any exports, and allowing for
more intensive cultivation, must have
decreased to 360,00O,0O0 acres. To
this should be added 100000, 900
acres in farm wood lots. The reduc-
ton, owing to the character of the
land, will be chiefly in the east, and
is not likely to go beyond these fig
ures. BY care and renewals this
amount can be made to furnish most
of the timber needed, though it will
not be long before we shall become
importers of timber and lumber pro-
ducts.
1t is shown that in countries using
a reasonable amount of lumber and
guarding against waste 100 acres of
forest to every 100 inhabitants are
required to maintain the supply and
keep climatic conditions normal. With
our wasteful consumption, which is
six times greater than that of France
or Germany, we should need 1900
acres for each 100 inhabitants, or
more than twice the existing area, in
order to keep up the present cut. AS
things are going our supply will be
exhausted in from 25 to 80 years.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30
LAND FUTURE OF
THE ]. ).

The department of agriculture has
issued an interesting and valuable
circular on the future of land in the
United States Land is stated to be
the only one of our natural resources
which is not eXhaustible, or which, if
exhausted, can be renewed. The
time will come when coal, gas, oil and
all mineral deposits will give out,
but the land can be kept productive
and it's fertility increased. Within a
century there were east of the Rocky
mountains about 700,000,000 acres of
forest. That has been reduced to
800. 100000, most of it arabic, and
it is anticipated that as population
increases it will be taken up for Gull
tivation and the forests pushed back
onto the mountain ranges and the less
fertile land This is just what has
happened in France, where most of
the forests are on the poor sandstone
soils and only per cent of the al
Iluvial soil is under forest. In the
west the increase of tillable land is
Expected to come from irrigation and
from the extension of dry farming.
1t is estimated that in so years the
area devoted to agriculture, instead
of being 81 per cent, as it now is,
will be about SO per cent The bureau
/ of statistics of the department of agri-
lculture estimated in 1900 that upon
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30
LANDED RIGHT SIDE UP.
Baby Falls From Second Story and
Escapes Serious Injury.

North Yakima, April 30.-Edna
Tut, a 8 year old baby, escaped
death here today when she fell from
a second story window and struck
on the back of her head and shout
ders on a hard porch floor. She was
unconscious for about an hour. Later
she fell asleep and when she awoke
she was apparently as well as she had
ever been.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30
TOLEDO POLICE
WITHOUT CLUBS
GOLDEN RULE MAYOR MADE
PEOPLE FRIENDLY TO OFFIC-
THEIR AID.

Toledo, Ohio, April 30.-Police-
men without clubs.
No, this isn't in Arcadia, nor heav-
en-. It's in Toledo, Ohio.
1t isn't that Toledo doesn't have
any crooks or bad men. Police Of
ficers over the country would deny
this. AS would those in Toledo
They have four-horsepower billies
and self-cocking cannons in hip
pockets for such as these.
But, the good citizen sees only the
immaculate, unarmed guardian, in
white gloves and spotlet trousers. If
the good citizen goes wrong or drinks
one highball too many, he knows
that the policeman is his friend and
goes with him gladly.
Used to be in Toledo like every
clubs. They used to beat up prisoners
with them on the street and some
times impetuous citizens who rolled
up their sleeves and waded in at the
sight of blood.
But now
# prisoner is mean enough to
talk back when the uniformed Beau
Brummels tap them on the wrist and
say, Come along" the citizens are
ready to lend a hand to the police
Toledo police are the special guard
ians of women and children, helping
them across crowded corners. They
are friends with the men on their
beats. No longer is the twirling
stick in sight to provoke an offender
to resist.
Sam Jones, now dead, the golden
rule mayor of the city, was respon-
sible for the present. condition.
Brand Whitlock, the novelist-politic-
ian, who followed him, is in accord
with his theories.
1t came as a shock when Jones
first proposed the innovation. Old
time police officers hooted and ridi-
culed when the mayor made the sug-
gestion. In the end Jones had to
work out his plans by stages.
| First, he took away the clubs and
gave hickory canes to the cops. This
wasn't SO bad Cane kind of looks
nice with a shiny blue uniforms
rather jaunty and Beau Brummel on
a sumner afternoon. Nurse maids and
serving girls smiled welcome. Besides
the hickory cane was heavy enough
to lay out bad man in case of need.
Rather to the policies surprise they
found that the people did not rise up
to take advantage of their unarmed
condition. They followed up Jones
theory about making friends with
people They found it paid.
Then Jones took his next step and
took away the canes. The police COM
planned at first, but have grown used
to it nowfi and like it.
Chief of Police Harry Knapp was
great admirer of Sam Jones. He
was the first to object, though, when
the mayor disarmed his men. Now
he is convinced.
Il would hate to see Toledo go
back to the old plan," Knapp says.
1--WE are all enthusiastic about the
present system"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30
Abjuring Allegiance.

Judge Lowell of the United States
circuit court in speaking before the
Charming club the other night on
naturalization cited numerous in
stances of would-be citizens who had
been coached for the examination be-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30

fore the court, but who fell down
when an unexpected question was
asked. 81 asked a Turk" said Judge
Lowell, "as to whether he understood
what was meant when he swore to
abjure all allegiance to the sultan.
Sure" was the answer.
what Is meant?"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30

B4 you buy, see my second hand
bicycles; IS and up. New ones
guaranteed, SIS and up. Agent fol-
the Indian Motorcycle.
sss J. ]. EYER.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30

Three California league pitchers
took part in a recent Boston Washing-,,
ton game, Walter and Arellanes with
the Red Sox and Dolly" Gray with
the Nationals