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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
LIKE CLEVELAND.

President Taft has been commend
ed throughout the entire country for
his recent appointments to the bench
of the Supreme Court of the United
States. In going outside of his party
to fill the vacancies on the Supreme
Court bench the President has done
as bold thing as Grover Cleveland
ever did in his presidential career.
Perhaps this is not drawing it
strong enough, for in one batch Mr..
Taft selects two Southern democrats
and one Northern republican for the
highest positions in his gift.
The country at large is satisfied
with the appointments, for the ap-
pointees meet the requirements of
the supreme judiciary. Fitness stands
out unchallenged, while party expe-
diency and sectional prejudice are
blown to the winds.
AS The News has before said, the
people of the South have reason to
feel very kind toward President
Taft
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

The stand which Governor Brown
has taken against the pistol-totin8
habit will do the whole state good
1t is a notification to those who think
that they should use a deadly weapon
on the slightest provocation that if
they violate the law they need expect
no clemency from the Dardoning
power. The Governors stand in this
matter should stiffen the backbones
of the judges and grand juries, and
cause them to view with less leniency
crimes that are the fruit of the pis-
tol-toting habit
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
THE JOY OF HELPING OTHERS.

The misery of the very poor has
never been relieved at Christmas or
any other time-never will be re-
lived until society is organized along
far different lines than now.
But it is some satisfaction to note
that as far as the people of Dawson
can do so they make the Christmas
season one of help and sympathy
for the very poor in our midst.
There are hundreds of people here
who are poor in the common &C
ceptance Of that term, but thank
God the number is limited-small,
indeed-as to those who know the
very squalOr and sting of poverty,
and to whom the holiday charity
extended by their neighbOrs will be
acceptable And as far as practi-
cable these unfortunate people will
be provided for on a generous scale.
Added to these there will be much
quiet, secret helpfulness for those
who would not accept the charity
trat is semi-public, yet who are in a
condition that will make help, if eX-
tended in considerate and right
way, very acceptable. They are in
every community You know them,
or if you don't it will be very easy
to find one or more of them. They
are in town and country alike. These
people, by virtue of circumstances
that vary perhaps in ey ry case, are
in Strengthened conditions. All are
having the hardest kind of a time
getting along But they have never
come to you begging, and they never
will, for they have that pride of our
race that shrinks from parading or
making capital Of their distress.
Isn't it possible, dear reader, for all
of us who are more fortunate to do
something for these who are our
neighbors and friends, as well as
what we do for the poor who are
compelled to make public their
need? Single out some person of the
kind, and in some appropriate way
(your judgment will guide yOu) ex-
tend to him or her the help that
you know is so sorely needed. Do
it quietly, do it considerably, and
in a way not to parade your good
deed or humiliate the one you would
fain help. There is help of this sort
to be extended as sure as you live,
and all around us are the peolpe
whose hearts we may gladden..
And in this way may the true spir-
it of Christmas be carried out and
made manifest; not in publicity, but
in our hearts and the hearts of those
into whose lives we may thus bring
some measure of sunshine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
USELESS OFFICES.

Speaker Cannon is said to have
lodged with Attorney General Wick
ersham his protest against the APP
pointment of w. B. Lewis, a Boston
negro, to be an assistant attorney
general of the United States.
The Speaker doesn't base his OPP
position on the color of the appli-
cant. He doesn't care three straws
whether he is white, or black, or
yellow, or green. He says there is
no use for the office, and that the
creation of it would be an outrage
upon the taxpayers. Now, says the
Savannah News, if Speaker Cannon
will go a little further along that
line he will have the gratitude OF
the public at large. How many Of
fees, fat offices, are there under the
government that are absolutely use
less? Senator Aldrich is on record as
saying that he could run the govern
ment for $300,OU0,0OO a year less
than it is costing. 1t is perfectly
safe proposition that YefY large
part of this waste goes for the pay
ment of salaries to government OIL
Gals who are not needed and who
never render an adequate return for
their compensation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

Of course the failure of the Dub
lin Courier-Dispatch to let it's read
ers know that, according to the Off
cial census as announced b. Director
Durand, ne Second has more pOpu-
lation than any other tong1 essionaI
district in Georgia was an oversight.
1t will no doubt be given in the next
issue of our contemporary, together
with the fact that the Eleventh is
not only not the most populous dis
trict, but has dropped from second to
third place The Second and the
Eleventh both have the same number
OF counties eighteen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
The Home Lights.

When the glimmer of the home
lights beckOn a welcome. ''-Rhea
Iayne.
Glimmer of the home lights,
Coming through the cold,
Welcoming the out-hands
Back to the fold.
Warm is the greeting
Falling on the night
Oh, my brothers,
Have you all a home light?
Oh, sweet the departure,
And sweet the return
OF the happy one for whom
The home lights burn;
Lighted by the loved one
Listening for his feet,
Known among others
In all the road or street.
God pity the wanderers
Who reckIessly roam,
And never are thrilled
With the sweet lights of home!
God pity the home
That refuses to throw
It's light to the victims
OF want or of woe!
Home and Farm
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County-To all
whom it may concern: Mrs. Susie
B. Gurr, having in proper form ap-
piled to me for permanent letters
of administration on the estate Of
T. e. Gurr, late of said county, this
is to cite all and singular the cred
ttors and next of kin of T. E. Gurr,
to be and appear at my Office within
the time allowed by law, and show
cause, if any they can, why perma-
enet administration should not be
granted to Mrs. Susie B. Gurr on
T. f. Gurr's estate. Witness my
hand and official signature this
18th. day of November, 1910.
w B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
BRONWOOD BRIEFS.
Items About People Who Have Come
and Gone the Past Week.

Miss Belle Berry is expected home
will be accompanied by Misses Tay-
lor OF HartweIl, Deadwiler of At
lanta, and Simmons of Toccoa.
Miss Martha Gunnels, who has
been attending school at Andrew col
Iege, will spend the holidays at
home.
A number of out-of-town people
enjoyed the play here Thursday
evening Hazel Adams by home
talent.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hare returned
from Smithville Sunday, where they
attened the funeral of their uncle
Mr.. Tracy.
Mrs. B. F. Brimberry of Albany
has returned home after pleasant
stay with her daughter, Mrs. j. H.
EIlerbee.
We were very sorry to have Mr..
and Mrs. E. Kersey leave for Okla
homa. We hope them much sue
cess.
Mrs. Pinckney Powell and chill
dren of Leesburg spent the week
end with relatives in Brentwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Glass of Thorn
asville are spending a few days with
their mother, Mrs. S. E. Glass.
Miss Clifford Best of Fort Gaines,
who has been teaching expression
here, is at home now.
Miss Kate Collins is at home now.
Mrs. Joel Childs is spending the
holidays in Georgetown.
Mr.. Raymond Stapleton will ar
rive home this week from Mercer
University.
Miss Matte Melton has returned
home after a short visit to Miss Pearl
Berry.
Miss Catherine Connolly of Ala
bama is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Pruitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Huffaker and
children are expected soon from
Florida.
Mr.. Dorsey Smith of Montgomery
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Ben HoI-
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Cotton and Miss
Willie Holland are expected home
Miss Berta Hind of Dawson has
been visiting Miss Grace Collins.
The literary teachers are spend
ing the holidays at their homes.
Mr.. and Mrs Grover Wall spent
the weekend here with relatives.
Miss Alma Murray will leave soon
to visit friends in Montgomery.
Miss Myrtle Bridges is at home
after teaching the fall term.
Little Miss Edna Belle Petty is
visiting in Midway, Ala.
Mrs. w. w. Massey is visiting
friends in Birmingham.
Miss Pruitt of Alabama is visiting
her brother here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
Administrators Sale.

VIII be sold at public cutlery on
the farm of the late ]. w. Dismuke,
three miles southwest of Dawson,
on Thursday, January 5th, 1911, to
the highest bidder for cash, ten
mules, four wagons, 500 bushels Of
corn, 5000 pounds of fodder, and
farm implements, tools, etc. Sold
as the property of J. w Dismuke,
deceased, under an order granted
by the Ordinary of Terrell county
The sale will begin at ten o'clock
a. m. This December 5th, 1910.
w. H. DISMUKE, Executor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

Senator LOrrimer of Illinois, who
was charged with having bought his
seat, has been completely exonerated
by a committee of senators. The
legislators who he was said to have
bribed were tried in the courts some
time ago and acquitted. The Only
Honest One, who refused to sit with
LorI;mer at the banquet table on 4
visit to Chicago recently, now prob
ably sees where he went off half
cooked again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

Of all the thoughts in connection
with Christmas the most pathetic is
that prompted by the two hundred
convicts in the Georgia penitentiary
who have chosen this as the time
to impIore executive cIemency, as a
Christmas gift from the Governor
in the shape of a pardon. They wait
and hope, and who can picture or
imagine the hopes of the waiting?
Which ones, how many will get the
Christmas gift 50 desired? God pity
them, and give solace and strength
to those to whom the gift will not
come.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

There will not be another issue of
The News before the annual Christ
mas holiday, and we take occasion
now to tender to all of our readers
the kindly wishes of the season. And
to the thousands of children in the
homes where The News goes We say:
May it be happy, merry Christmas
for you. May Santa Claus fill your
stockings to overlooking, and with
just the things you are hoping for as
Christmas gifts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

Jaler Phelts has died Of wounds
he received while protecting negro
in the Muscogee county jail from a
mob that wanted to lynch him. The
brave jailer was a martyr to duty,
and his memory is to be honored.
But it is a reflection on the people
that an officer should lose his life
in such a manner in one Of the larg-
est cities of the state. Something
is radically wrong when such a
thing occurs, and it is up to tn"
people of Columbus and Muscogee
county to remove this stain, as far
as such a thing can be possible,
by bringing the members of the mob
to Justice. The eyes Of the entire
state are on you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
For DismissiOn.

Georgia, Terrell County-Mrs.
Matte V. Ellis, guardian of Mrs
Maude Irwin, having applied to me
to be discharged from such guard
tanship let all persons concerned
show cause before me at the court
house in Dawson, Ca, in said coun-
ty, on Monday, the 2nd day of Jan
uary, next, why such application for
discharge should not be granted.
Witness my official signature this 9Th
day of December, 1910.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
A CONFESSION is IN ORDER.

From the Arlington Courier.
The Dawson News and the Dublin
Courier-Dispatch wound up a dis
pute last week as to which had the
larger population, the Second or the
Eleventh district. The Dublin paper
asked Editor Rainey for a confession,
and it was given just as a satisfaC-
ton. Since the 1910 census shows
the Second district is the largest in
the state Editor Rainey should have
a "doublin 'fession" from his exact
ing contemporary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County-To all
whom it may concern: Martha A.
Toomer and Ben Little having in
proper form applied to me for per-
manent letters of administration on
the estate of Richard Mcconnell,
late of said county, this is to cite
all and singular the creditors and
next of kin Of Richard Mcconnell to
be and appear at my office within
the time allowed by law and show
cause, if any they can, why perma-
nent administration should not be
granted to Martha A. Toomer and
Ben Little on Richard McConnelPs
estate. Witness my hand and official
signature this 5th day of December.
1910.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
Kalamazoo celery always in stock
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
A Boquet for Our Women.

From the Cuthbert Leader.
The Terrell county ladies cleared
$1,085 on the county fair, which was
held for the benefit Of their library.
Those ladies are public-spirited, en-
ergetic and 1inanciers-a fine combi-
nation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
CONGRESSIONAL REDIsTR1CTINC

When the state is Tedistricted
and divided into twelve con-
gressiOnal districts, instead of
eleven, which work will prOba-
bly, be done by the legislature
in June next, the Second district
will have to be changed about as
much as perhaps any district in
the state. In the first place, it
has more counties than any dis
triCt in the state and perhaps
a larger population, and it may
be that as many as half a dozen
counties now in the Second will
find themselves in new districts
after the changes have been
made.-Albany Herald.
While it is true that the Second
district has more population than any
of the other districts our Albany
is mistaken in saying
that it also has the most counties.
One other district, the Eleventh, has
the same number-eighteen.
Being the most populous there is
no possible chance of this district es-
Gaping the pruning knife; in fact
when the carving begins it will be
the piece de resistance, and occupy
the place of honor on the table. The
News wants to say now that when
sIicing time comes Telell county
will object to any use of the knife
that would have the effect of sever
'rg it from the Second district, to
which we are bound by ties of as
sociation and sentiment that are we'll
We will not consent to
being moved into a new home among
strangers.
All who are concerned are put on
notice that Terrell county wants to
remain in the Second district
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

The News would like to see some
of the reformers (but with more en-
ergy and better success after cleo
ton than is usually the case) tackle
the fire insurance trust 1t is one
of the biggest and about the greed
lest octopus we know of, and one
that neither produces nor develops.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

The Dawson stores are full of use
full and good things for Christmas.
Dawson is the place to buy every
thing one needs for Christmas time
or any other time. Read The News
to learn what merchants and trades
men offer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
Courier-Dispatcb's Move Next.

Courier-Dispatcb's Move Next.
From the Vienna News.
The Second congressional district
is composed of eighteen counties with
a population Of 297,S05. Brother
Stanley of the Dublin Courier-Dis-
patch will have to be mighty good
Rainey of The Dawson News, as the
Second shows a larger population
than the Eleventh district Really
the Second is too large, and when the
legislature meets next summer there
is going to be some shifting around
and the formation of a new congress
sional district, should Georgia be en-
titled to a twelfth congressman I'M
der the new apportionment bill to
be passed by congress.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
In Favor of the Second,

From the Nashville Herald.
Guess Census Director Durand
settled the dispute between Editors
Rainey Of Dawson and Stanley Of
Dublin as to which has more pOpula-
ton, the Second or the Eleventh dis
triCts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
Would Be Wise.

From the Savannah Press.
According to the last census it
would be a wise thing if the capitol
were moved to South Georgia, where
the center of wealth and increase Of
population have gravitated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
Should Think of This.

From the Montezuma Record.
A Terrell county farmer made
1,241 bushels of corn on ten acres.
All the cotton farmers who made
very little cotton and no corn this
year should think Of this
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
Stated 1t McII.

From the Albany Herald.
The Dawson News states the ques-
ton of the proposed removal of the
state capitol from Atlanta to Macon
fairly and sensibly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

The close of the year finds Dawson
and Terrell county on a solid foot
ing, and hopeful of the future. There
are but few better towns and no bet
ter people than right here in Gods
country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
Notwithstanding

''lf
Don't economic on H..
question. A cheap csF. 50
soap may cause sore rs,
ehapped and blistered lang s1s1
dry and falling hair, and s SSlI
troubles. '' olaf
Plant Juice Medicated 81
sells everywhere at IA s ool
a cake, and one trial nrorss
superiority. ''
1t has an agreeahIo
fathers freely, and exca,a j
a shampoo, shave or bath
1t removes dandruf j
notes the growth of the no,l
and prevents its falling ONT
Ask your druggist for pr,
Juice Medicated Soap. WI
for free Plant Juice Book
at all druggists.
Write for Free Book IA
f. A. DILLINGHAI
SS1-s8 w. Fifth Street
Cincinnati, 0.
For Sale by Dawson Drno ID
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

1t should be made unlawful to sell
pistols as we'll as to carry them. That
would strike a harder blow than any
thing else to this menace to life and
good order.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

Most of the opposition to the re-
moval Of the State capital from At
lanta to a central and convenient
location for the people seems to be
in Atlanta.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

The News favors the election of
all officials, from the lowest to the
highest, by the people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21

JAMES G.. PARIS
Attorny and Counsellor az
Dawson, Ga.

VIII practice N -
courts, both State and fe ,D.
Prompt and careful al.' .,
given to the interests o. o e
ellen who may put buslu 'oi
my hands. make q 9ps',
of preparing all kinds u 40
papers, such as wills ~
bonds and contracts eva
ing and abstracting ul,sS.
commercial law and cone
Office in Dean buildjn5.
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-03
| Am of that Opinion

Dear Miss Thomas: think you all will
make iust a little more room and let me
Join your Household. | am like Mrs. Bessie
Avera. l am studying something else. She
expressed my sentiments exactly. / have long
since found out that a poor woman hash {
any voice I'm anything except in the kitchen;
but | do think that there are enough nice
in this world TO get whisky clean out OF
the world.
! was glad when ] read Miss Thomas Chat
Of April Z. stating that they wanted prohi-
hilton in FLORIDA; we have prohibition here,
but they order IL from Florida
Surely II he only knew the trouble he is
causing the dealer would stop his business
and hunt another job. l pray that God will
change his cold heart and all other dealers .
We got so in our community could not have
preaching on account Of whisky, and the en-
dren could not have an egg hunt for whisky.
Oh It's shame!
I don't think poor Mr.. Bach win ever come
again. He ought to blame the parents for, the
way those children do. Come over and see me
and my Jim. We have one sweet little Sara.
two years old. I know he would like her II
she does get dirty The shut-ins all have my
sympathy; l hope their last days will be
happier.
With much love to Miss Thomas and the
Household. YOUNG MOIHEh.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-03
r E A D

The press dispatches from Washington
a few DAYS ago announced that the de-
partment of agriculture had published,
under the seal of its official approval,
treatise on bread and bread-making
which controYerted the popular notion
that hot bread is unwholesOme. Senator
Bob" Taylor of Tennessee, is credited
with originating the saying that the Ma
son and Dixon line marks the boundary
between the land of hot biscuit and pure
delight on the one SIDE and cold light
bread" and dyspepsia on the other. Ger
tainly it is true that New Englanders
have gasped in horror when they con-
templated the southern diet of hot bread
and fried meat three times a day. They
would not admit Bob TaylOr's CLASH
fication of hot biscuit with pure delight,
and they might not know that bread,
simple bread, Is known only as light
bread" in the south. SouthernerS are
convinced that all northerners are afflict-
ed with physical and mental dyspepsia
supernduced by the Incorporate con-
sumption of cold Eight bread" thrice
daily, and of pie at breakfast. The Ma
son and Dixon line was run before the
American people had crossed the Missis-
sippi, and therefore the division does not
obtain west of the Father of Waters. On
the whole, perhaps. hot biscuit and the
frying pan have had the best of it in the
west -@''
In view of this sectional warfare it is
not the least significant fact concerning
the recent official approval of hot bread.
that the author of the particular depart
mental bulletin containing the defense of
hot biscuit and hot rolls was written by
Miss Helen Atwater. of Connecticut. This
removes the last cause for bitterness and
strife between the sections and the Ma
son and Dixon line may now be blotted
from the memory of man.
AS a matter Of fact the different opin-
ions held i'm the south and north as to the
comparative merits of bread hot and
bread cold are based in the main. upon
ignorance Any one who has travelled
knows that in all but the exceptional in
stance. cold bread in the south is an
abomination because the southern cooks
do not know how to make it, while hot
bread in the north is an unthinkable desc
Grafton to him who has tasted of the
best products Of a. negro kitchen. Nota-
BILE exceptions are, of course. the Parker
house rolls, which are eaten hot in the
north. and the salt-raising bread which
is eaten cold in the south. But on the
whole it is unquestionably true that the
average hot biscuit which boa SITS of ped
igree reaching back to the May1ower is
utterly unfit for human consumption
while a loaf of Tight bread" descended
from the cavaliers of Virginia is a sad
and hopeless apology for food Then the
north does not know how to make corn
bread, and therefore il does not like
cornbread.
The marked sectional divergence OF
views upon the matter of making bread
probably had its origin in that peculiar
institution" which was responsible for a
similar divergence of views upon all dues-
tions. The northern housewife. who did
her own work, was inclined to reverence
the institution of a weekly bake day be-