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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Move The Capital.

Editor of The Dawson News: By
all means move the capital of Geor-
gia to Macon. Centrally located it is
easy of access to every county in the
state. Many, many people of the
southern section would be enabled
to visit and know something about
their own capitol who haven't time
or even sufficient means to travel so
far off as Atlanta. Everything requi-
site for a finished capitol is at Ma
con. Situation, climate, water and
health-just the site for a genial
southern city such as the granG old
EMPIRE State of the South ought tC
have for seat Of government At
lanta is too near out of the state;
in fact, it is so far north and 50 cold
to an extreme southerner when he
reache7 it he feels like he is in yam
keedOm, and for the life of him he
cant muster that warm, home-like
feeling in his heart that ought to be
in every mans soul when he walks
the halls of his own state capitol.
Many Georgians are proud of At
lanta, and it is wonderful city, but
it is not so appropriate for the state
capitol as Macon In fact, it is most
too Eighty, too snowy, too foreign,
too Dragging to be the seat of the
executive department of the solid
old state of Georgia. A capital city
need not necessarily be cosmopoli-
tan, but above all there should be
an individuality there. Everything
should stereotype the southland in
Georgia, for she is indeed a southern
state, and her individuality is her
chiefest charm Atlanta is too cold
and foreign for even Uncle Remus -
Come down south, ''ole niger"
Brentwood, Ga. FARMER
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
A REMARKABLE WOMAN.

The recent death of Mrs. Mary Ba-
ker Eddy has commanded worldwide
attention. No matter what may be
individual ouinions of her character
and work, of the cult that she found
ed. all must agree that Mrs. Eddy
was truly remarkable woman, a
woman of marked originality and
impelling personality. If she had
been less Christian Science would not
exist today or exert the influence
it does. She impressed it upon the
world, and forced recognition of the
movement as an expression of Telig-
ious thought, and she lived to see
the fruit of her work and enjoy a
triumph given but rarely in any hu-
man life. Christian Science churches
Gas a rule ornate and COSTLY dot this
country, and in America and CONT
mental Europe perhaps four million
persons are loyal adherents of the
new religious thought that claims to
be based on the life, works and
teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, on
Divine Love-Omniscienc Onipo-
tence and Omnipresence. God is
Love, There Is No Evil, All Is Good"
proclaimed Mrs. Eddy, and her ad-
herents have re-echoed the dictum
as Loyalty as she could have desired.
1t is a wonderful story, a story
of our own times-for it is barely
tRirty-fve years ago that Mrs. Eddy
commenced her teachings-to read
the rise and progress of Christian
Science, and how countless thousands
of intelligent and even influential
Americans and Europeans have &C
cepted it. They will tell you that
by it they have been healed of error
and sickness, and that physical weak
ness and disease does not alright
them.
So whatever the present or the
future may think of this woman,
who lived to be ninety years of age,
and who died as calmly and as pain
lessly as an infant sinks to sleep,
an must admit that she was a world
wide figure and a resourceful wo-
maa Will the cult live AND grow,
now that she has passed on? That
Is a Question the future must an
swer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Adds Another Laurel to South
Georgia's Agricultural Wreath

From the Savannah News.
South Georgia has recently had
another agricultural honor added to
her already long list. II. T. Bridges
of Dawson, Terrell county, has sue
ceeded in producing a yield of 1.241
bushels Of corn on a ten-acre field,
which is an average of more than
l24 bushels an acre.
Higher yields on smaller acreage
have been made in Georgia and other
southern states, but this is a record
average for so large a planting. This
yield won for the grower $500 in
cash prizes, besides having an adver-
Using value which should double the
value of every bushel Of the grain.
Mr.. Bridges will dispose of his corn
for seed purposes.
Discussing this unprecedented
yield Prof. James NJ. Johnson, mana
ger of the Model Farm, said that
few more such yields and the center
of corn production will gravitate to
the south, where he believes nature
intended it should be. Professor
johnson says that what has been
done in Terrell county can also be
done in Chatham county and in anv
other southern Georgia section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
THE LONGEST EVER.

The message that was sent to con-
gress when it convened last Tuesday
was the longest ever penned by
president 1t makes in it's entirety
ABOUT 10000 words, and if printed
in The News in full would fill seven
pages of the paper-and that is too
much to expect anybody to read,
even of United States presidents
words.
The feature of the message is the
announcement of the purpose of the
administration to insist upon econo-
my in all of the departments, and
to make every possible effort to in
crease the nations foreign and do
nestle trade
1t was expected that the president
would make extended comment on
the tariff, but he didn't He thinks
that much of the criticism of the
new tariff law is unjust, and that the
best method of making changes in
the tariff is by means OF commits
sion A commission is now at work
upon some of the tariff schedules,
and the president expects that it will
have report to make soon that will
be helpful in revising the schedules
that have been the subject of the
most criticism. He recommends that
the tariff commission be increased
to five members, and that it be made
a permanent institution.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
ExeCutrix' s Sale.

BY virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary will be I'D On
the premises of the late w. II. Gam
mage, on the Dawson and Bronwnod
road, on Saturday, December ith
to the highest bidder, the following
property: mules, 2 horses, 9 bug
gies, 2 two-horse wagons, plow-
stocks and all farming utensils, 2
sets of buggy harness, 2 umbrella
tops for buggies, 2 lap robes, Z
meat hogs, ! brood SOW and pigs,
60 gallons of syrup, 100 cans of
peaches, 4 syrup barrels, l jar of
P. beans, l Lester piano l double
barrel shot gun, / 80 calibfe Smith
& Wesson pistol, wash pots, 1000
bundles of fodder more or less, 500
bushels of corn more or less, 800
bushels of cotton seed more or less,
500 pounds Of field peas in hull more
or less, 500 stalks of seed cane more
or less and all the household and
kitchen furniture and 40 hens. Sold
as the property of w. H. Gammage.
deceased. Sale will begin at 10
o'clock a. m.
MRS. ANNIE GAMMAGE,
MISS WILLIE GAMMAGE.
Executrix
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Why We All Love the Dog We Haze;
Gives Us a COn1panionShip Almost Human
John Burroughs in Atlantic Monthly.

Considering the gulf that separates
man from the lower orders | often
wonder how, for instance, we can
have such a sense of cOmpaniOnship
with a dog. What is it in the dog
that so appeals to us? 1t is prob
ably his quick responsiveness to our
attention. He meets US half way.
He gives caress for caress. Then he
is that light-hearted, irresponsible
vagabond that so many of us half
consciously long to be if we could
and dared To a dog a walk is the
best of good fortunes; he shifts ad-
venture at every turn, is sure some
thing thrilling will happen around
the next bend in the road. How
much he gets out of all the different
odors that my sense is dull to take
in; the ground written over with the
scent of game of some sort, the air
full of the lure of wild adventure
How human he is at such times; he
is out on a lark In his spirit of
hilarity he will chase hens, pigs.
sheep and COWS which he would ordi.
narily give no heed to, Just as BOYS
abroad in the fields and woods will
commit depredations that they would
be ashamed of at home
! When | go into my neighbor's
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

house his dog of many strains, and
a great crOny of mine, becomes riot
Gus with delight. He whines with
joy, hops up on my lap, caresses me
and then springs to the door, and l.,
with wagging tail and speaking
looks and actions, says, Come on.
Let's off," | open the door and say
GO if you want to" He leaps back
on my lap and says, NO, no. not
without you" Then to the door
again with his eloquent pantomime,
till l finally follow him forth into
the street. Then he tears up the
road to the woods, saying so plainly,
Better one hour to Slabsides than
week of humdrum at home" At
such times, if we chance to meet his
master or mistress on the road, be
needs them not. and is absolutely
deaf to their calls.
Weil, l do not suppose the dog is
in our line of descent, but his stem.
form must join ours not very far
back He is our brother at not verv
many removes, and he has been so
modified and humanized by the long
intercourse with our kind, stretch
ing no doubt through hundreds OF
thousands of years, that we are near
to him and he is near to us.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
WANTS GRIGGs COUNTY.
rom the Doerun Advertiser.

From the Doerun Advertiser.
1t is being rumored that a move
ment is already on foot for organiz-
ing new county. Said county is
to be created from parts of Colquftt,
Worth and Mitchell counties. The
name was not suggested in our pres
ence, but we would not hesitate in
bringing the name of Griggs to the
front. In so doing we believe that we
would voice the sentiment of the peo-
pie whose faithful servant he was,
and for whom he faithfully served.
That the new county should be nam
ed for this worthy statesman, a mon
ument to the name he has given us,
seems right and his due. The organ
izing of such a county would mean
much for Doerun. Let us get right
in line and see that the next legis-
lature gives US our due.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

The Louisiana legislature has
elected Judge Thornton to the Unit
ed States senate to succeed the late
Senator McEnery, and, as heretofore,
the senators from that state may
be depended upon to take sides with
the prOtectionists in any tariff legis-
lation that may be undertaken by
the democrats at the next session
of congress. In his speech prior to
his election the new senator declar-
ed himself in favor of protection for
the states industries, and in order
to get it the Louisiana senators must
support protection for the industries
of other states.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
THE 500 BALE OF COTTON.

Is the hundred dollar bale of cot
ton due next year? And if it comes
will it bide with the South for
awhile? Mr. Brown Of New Orleans
seems to think so, judging from a
letter he recently issued. Mr.. Brown
is a bull of the bulls. He believes
in cotton, and his efforts in its be-
half (along with Eugene Scales and
others) have been worth millions of
dollars to the cotton growers of the
South Many a Southwest Georgia
farmer has money in the bank today
that he wouldn't have but for the
faith and efforts of Brown and his
ilk. We do not know Mr.. Brown
personally, and may never meet him,
but we know what he has done for
the South and appreciate him for it.
What he has done as a cotton oper-
ator entities his views to considera-
ton
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

The river and harbors bill that
was reported by the committee to
congress Saturday carries in round
numbers $1,OOO,OOO for Georgia riv-
ers and harbors, of which the Sa-
vannah harbor will get 100000.
Much of the credit for Georgia's big
slice of this pork" is due tosCon-
gresham Edwards Of the First dis
trict. 1t is worth the while of any
district to put an energetic and capa-
BILE representative in congress and
keep him there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

One of the best of the many
excellent appointments Governor
Brown has made since he has been
in office is that of Hon. Chas. S.
Reid of Campbell county to the solic-
itor-g eneralship of the Stone Mount
ain circuit, which became vacant by
the resignation of Congressman-eIect
Schley Howard. Mr.. Reid is an able
lawyer and heightened gentleman,
and will make a capable. pains-tak-
ing and conscientious prosecuting Of
f1cer. The people of the Stone Mount
ain circuit are to be congratulated
on the governors selection.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Some Bacteria, to Be Sure.

From the Savannah News.
A supply of shucked eggs recently
was captured by government health
inspectors, and by actual count there
were shown to be 100000 bacteria
to each gram of eggs. The stuff was
in the tins. If the mixture had been
left in the can the hen put around it
when it was born the chances are the
bacteria population would have had
to pad the census before it could
claim any such figures.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Fears There May Be Bloodshed.
m the Moultrie Observer.

From the Moultrie Observer.
Tillman killed Gonzales for doing
one-tenth what Tom Watson has
done, and was acquitted. Carmack
was killed in Tennessee for a great
deal smaller matter, and his slayers
were never punished. Georgia has
been fortunate to be spared thus far
tragedy such as stirred South Car
DINA and Tennessee, and yet no one
could be surprised at any time If
Mr.. Smith or some member of his
family should finally lose self-c9n-
troll under their terrible strain.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
NEEDS A REST.

The best thing about Congress is
that it will remain in session only
until the 4th of next March, and if
the president declines to call an
extra session he will confer a favor
upon the country
If that august body did not meet
for another year few would be sorry
But it must vote on the appropria-
tions which keep the machinery of
government in operation, and that
requires an annual meeting.
We are too much governed. We
are suffering from too much politics,
too much agitation, too much unrest
We are lacking in that patience
which was once our distinguishing
mark. We are too prone to change.
We insist upon ideas being hurriedly
made into laws, and as quickly we
demand the undoing of the same
laws.
The country is law-sick, and needs
rest from legislative Quacks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
A CHARMING CANVAssER.

From the Doerun Advertiser.
Miss Alice Jordan of Sasser, who
is in the contest for the automobile
to be given away by The Dawson
News, was soliciting subscriptions for
that popular weekly around Doerun
Saturday.
There are a great many Terrell
county people among us; besides,
The Dawson News has the reputation
of being the best weekly newspaper
in the state, and would prove an
interesting addition to anyone's read
ing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
DEPLORABLE AND ALARMING
CONDITIONS IN GEORGIA
From the Lexington Echo.

From the Lexington Echo.
The deplorable consequences re-
sultant of both the legal and illegal
sale of intoxicating spirits is becom-
ing more self-evident and strikingly
manifest with the passing of each
day.
If steps were taken toward justice
in the direction of the local dispens-
ers of the stuff, who abound in every
community, it would in large meas
ure restrict the abundant circulation
Of intoXicants.
The fray on one of Athens most
crowded thoroughfares recently is a
striking example of the evils of the
blind tiger liquor Beginning with
couple of besotted negroes it ended
in the gun play on the part of one
Of the negroes which ended the life
of a good citizen, and the fact thai
no more were injured is regarded
as miraculous Then the mob spirit
that was engendered is another aw-
full consequence. There was a crowd
of over two thousand people thirst
ing for the life of the black who had
spilled the blood OfrOne of the citi-
zens of Athens. The formidable front
presented by the police and the
threat of calling out the military
company quelled the turbulent spir-
it.
In Madison county last week a
drunken negro shot at a crowd Of
little children who were offering him
no molestation at all When called
to by some one to cease he turned
on this person and fired at him. The
daily papers contain accounts of
murders committed each day by
some one under the influence of
drink. We could cite many other
such examples as the above.
The situation is becoming alarm
ing. Such conditions cannot exist
long. When it resolves itself into
the fact that you endanger your life
or risk personal affrOnt at the hands
of some one made bestial by blind
tiger whiskey whenever you go on
the streets things must change their
course.
We know not to what cause to at
tribute the fact that daily the law is
! being violated by the illegal sale of
whiskey. Whether it be the negli-
gence Of the authorities or the mad
equacy of the official force to cope
with the situation we do not know.
Of course when there is a violent
outbreak caused by liquor the Of
fender is snatched up and made an
example of. But the disturbance
could be avoided in most instances
by the arrest of the party who was
furnishing whiskey to that person.
If the authorities are short-handed
why not reinforce them and allow
= them to go about in a systematic
manner in the work of hunting out
all such offenders? Or, whatever the
cause is, let the remedy be found
and applied and the good results
! will soon make themselves manifest.
If the present tendency of things
is allowed to have full sway it will
soon result in a complete demoral-
izatiOn of all the laws and order of
the state 1t will completely put to
rout that air Of sobriety that should
characterize the civilized nation.
Let the proper authorities get to
work and restore that peaceful air
of harmony and serenity that is so
appreciated by the law-abiding citi-
ZenTy
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

Monday President Taft appointed
Associate Justice White of Louisiana
end a Southern democrat Chief JUS
tice of the United States Supreme
Court, and named Judge Joseph R..
Lamar of Augusta for one of the
vacancies on the supreme bench
President Taft has been very con
siderate of the South since going into
office, and the people down here have
cause to feel very kind toward him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Speaks Out for South Georgia.

From the Valdosta Times.
The proposition to move the state
capital from Atlanta to Macon is
gathering strength as it grows. Ma
con is the logical place for the state
capital. South Georgians spend
more money to get to Atlanta dur
ing a decade than new capitol
building would cost. AS the center
of population comes towards the
south the capital, as we'll as other
state institutions, ought to come that
way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

The people of Middle and South
west Georgia care nothing for the
quarrel between Macon and Atlanta,
and are not interested in any retail
iatory" movement that may or may
not have been inaugurated by one
or the other of these cities. But
they are interested in a more central
location for the state capital-a To-
cation that would be more conven-
lent and accessible to large major
ity of the people of the state,
many of whom now have to trav-
ell from 200 to 800 miles at heavy
expense and an absence of three
or four days from home when
ever they have business with any
of the various state departments
Macon is the logical site for the cap
ital, and with united efforts those
who would be most benefited can
move it there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

Presenting that Georgia will be
entitled to another congressman I'M
der the new census a number of
newspapers are suggesting different
gentlemen for the office of congress
man-at-large" In that event we are
for Hon. J. ]. Flynt of Griffin for the
place. He has served with much
distinction in the legislature and as
president of the senate. OF recog-
nized ability, of genial disposition,
firm in his convictions and fearless
in advocating them, and loyal to his
friends Jim Flynt would make an
ideal congressman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Notice to Stockholders.

Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the stockholders of the City
National Bank of Dawson, Ca, will
be held at the office of said bank at
10 o'clock a. m, Tuesday, January
10, 1911, for the purpose of electing
directors Of said bank for the year
of 1911. This December 5th. 1910.
K. S. WORTHY. Cashier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

General Porfirio Diaz has been in
augurated president of Mexico for the
eighth time. The ceremony was of
a quiet nature as compared with
some previous inaugurations, but
formal and impressive enough to let
the world know that the grim, gray
old man is still at the helm with a
strong hand and a stout heart. His
rule has been autocratic, but he has
much to his credit The condition
Of Mexico thirty-six years ago aud
is condition today is the best all
swer to the criticisms of Diaz and
MS ways. 1t may be better for Mex
co that he should rule on N his own
peculiar way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

To the esteemed Dublin Courier
Dispatch; Take notice that the Off
cial figures just given out by Census
Director Durand show that the Sec
Ond congressional district has a
larger population than any other
Georgia district, and leads the Elev-
enth district by 1864 The increase
in the Second district is 7O,S25, while
in the Eleventh it is only 9,786.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Notice to Stockholders

Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the stockholders of the Daw-
son National Bank of Dawson. Ga.
will be held at the office of said bank
at 10 o'clock a. m, Tuesday, Jan.
10, 1911, for the purpose of electing
directors of said bank for the year
of 1911. This December 5th. 1910.
r. L. SAVILLE Cashier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
So What's the Use2

From the Griffin News.
A Joe Terrell democrat has about
as much chance to convince that
Hoke Smith executive committee of
anything as a Mexican revolutionist
has of being invited to dine with
President DiaZ
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
A Hint.

From the Blakely Renorter..
The South Georgia Conference will
be held at cambridge next year. The
wise farmers in that region will give
more attention to poultry raising
next season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

The Griffin News says those At
lanta papers that used to write so
sarcastically of hay seed" legisla-
tors may now have to curry favor
with some of the same "rubes' to
keep the capital located there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Thinks Wore Obesity.

From the Albany Herald.
The Dawson News is a bit chesty
about Terrell as an agricultural
county, and it has a right to be.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

-Cosse & BlackwelIs imported
chowchow, Mrs. Kids pin money,
Heinz's mangoes, sweet, mixed and
sour pickles at Wall Bros.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14
Torpid Liver

The office of the liver !. :.
extract from the blood -
impurities which constr. 'S'
bile and to create the gss ,q,'
juice which perfects the y
gestion o. food. ~
"hen inactive it becoro.
torpid and produces ssll ',s
complexion, sick ba.daI%
constipation, loss of appe t4s
and indigestion,
Dillingham's Plant Jni.lI
VIII arouse the liver to bas,t,
activity, move the bowels gen,l
ly and without gripping Il
tone up the digestive orgsnl
Plant Juice is $1.OO a bottlI
at all druggists.
Write for Free Book 70
f. A. DILLINGHAM|
ss1-sa W. Fifth Street
Cincinnati. o.
For Sale by Dawson DRUG q.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

It's so funny about those Atlanta
papers. They are mighty anxious all
of sudden to help Macon raise
100000 for Mercer University.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-14

Lady, have you started on your
Christmas buying yet?