The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-04

the last issue of The News there ap-
Deared a double column advertise
ment as follows:
BLADE and Bludgeon. Semi-Month-
". Price Till Sept. LIST. rs cents.
| will answer the attack of Jno. r.
Irwin, Senator of this district, in B
& B. Wednesday week. Do you want
to see what his political hide looks
like? Do you want some news in re-
gard to this income tax amendment?
If so order today. Emmett r. Shaw,
Editor"
This is the most wonderful ex-
ploitation of monumental cheek in
claptrap advertising that has ever ap-
peared in the history of newspaper
publication
The general impression prevails
that the ''B. & B." is a joke. No one
takes it as a serious proposition
And it is thought by many that this
paper is run only for the purpose of
exploiting the editor thereof, gaining
certain kind of cheap notoriety and
at the same time making the public
pay for the tidbits of undertaking
sentiments that frequently appear
in its columns. See what the Spring
vale correspondent of a Cuthbert pa
per says of him.
Now, fellow-citizens, what called
forth this advertisement? Why does
Mr.. E. r. Shaw, the editor of the
'B. & b." desire to make you pay
for looking at my political hide?
Why does he propose to make the
citizens of this district pay money in
order to become informed Un the in
come tax question?
Why does he undertake to pat the
people on the back and at the same
time run his hand in their pockets
and extract therefrom 25 cents for
the '@B. & B.?" Are you certain that
by paying in advance you will get
value received?
/ will explain the matter. Last
week I saw in the "B. & b. where
the editor had called the people
fools" had dubbed your senator a
republican," and denominated the
legislature of Georgia as a set of
nubbln heads simply because the
people, the senator and the legisla-
ture differed from the editor of the
b. q B. on the income tax amend
ment.
asked him politely to inform the
people, your senator and the Georgia
legislature why the income tax
amendment should become approved
by the states.
l asked him to tell these people
why they should give to the general
government the right to levy direct
taxes upon the citizens of the various
states.
asked him why we should not
MAINTAIN the Jeffersonian principle
OF states rights, and reserve the
riight Of local government and taxa
ton.
., In reply to these polite questions
me editor of the "B. & B." inserts
the above advertisement in The Daw-
son News.
Look it over, fellow-citizens; read
H. What do you think of it? Be-
HoId the answer that this Solomon
gives.
Does he tell the people that he
vocatlng vicious legislation? Look
dI the above advertisement.
he says to the people: 81 will
answer j. r. Twins attack. l will
sNe you some news about the in
Soihe tax amendment next Wednes-
Jay through the B. & B., but you
must pay me for the benefit of my
mlSuom, my opinions and my judg-
nent, The B. & B. Is cents from
now till Sept. 1st."
Mr.. e. r. Shaw, editor of the ''B.
" g., you have posed as the friend
W tne oppressed poor. You have adj
5,oCdIed the rights of the down-trOd-
een pillow boy. You have claimed to
5aYor the wool hat and one-gallus
Do|S' You have denounced members
VI congress and made and unmade
governors and cabinet officers. You
1--we laid the flattering JUNCTION to
!Sour soul that within the ''B. & B.
- centered all virtue and honor and
tp'oIiIlcal integrity; you have adver-
Leu mat you are against wrong and
ways for the right, and that all
no ullter from you are rascals and
~ pucfltes; you have claimed to be
h - me newspaper business for the up
obbnulhg of the people, but by the
1--we advertisement you have shown
y youI cloven foot. You show to the
w. roilu that you are not interested
- 'ne income tax amendment or in
fn ,o welfare of mankind except in so
"a a. DIS 1t may be the means of adver-
sing yourself and putting money in