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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-05-25
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Story That
Will Never
Grow Old

y Gk and those who fell in what
o. will ever be for this nation
SM3SY the Great War.
TX The story Of this war
will never grow old while
the republic endures. Since the last
shot was fired new generation has
arisen and another is rising. Yet the
boy OF fourteen today is as keen to
read and speak of the Great Civil War,
as was his father twenty-five or thirty
years ago.
1t was different from other wars. It
was not fought for land or room or
to reach the sea, nor for an interna,
tional position. Much less WIS 1t
fought for dynasty or a personality,
or against any of these.
The American Civil war presents
the unique spectacle Of a conflict ar
raging whole nation In arms for
ideas-for principles so firmly held
that both aides were rs.aay tc die for
them. 1t was the trial of the issue
between conflicting ideas of society
and government before the tribunal Of
the God OF Battles.
1t was waged on both sides with a
zeal born Of absolute conviction in
the righteousness of the cause. It was
waged until the victors had well-nigh
exterminated their opponents, as the
scars OF the south after nearly half
century still bear witness. And 1t
was the final Civil war for the Ameri-
can people. They may disagree, and
disorderly factions may rise in arms.
But never again can they be 80 divid-
ed as they were then. In furnace
heat that tested human will to the
limit Of endurance has been welded
their national unity.
The character OF the conflict whose
glory and whose sorrow 1t recalls is
what makes our Memorial day festi.
val unknown to other nations. On
this day we honor. as we should. the
memory Of the brave in all the repub-
lies wars. But we also celebrate as
that which gives to the day its unique
and distinguishing Significance and
that which sets us apart from all 9TH
er peoples the Great War that in very
deed truly made as well as saved the
American republic. Il
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-05-25
EASY TO CUT OWN HAIR
her at the hotel with my head almost

her at the hotel with my head almost
shaved
The atrocious American club cut,
which is universal in the United States
is often forced upon Englishmen.
mean the straight line at the back with
the skin shaved below it. 1t is ugly
and it is unhygienic, for the hair grows
naturally down the neck to keep the
sun OF and avert chills. There is al
ways risk Of disease in the BARRIERS
neckcloth and towels, even IL the scis-
sOrs are sterilized.
BY cutting your own hair and shaw
ing yourself you are keeping on the
safe side all the time. BARRIERS also
think too much Of the tips and you are
utterly at the mercy of the barber who
thinks you will not tip him"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-05-25
The ], i
Retreat at
Antietam

N WN tTAIlu ARMY pOSLS Will soon
~ j discover some veterans who
have passed through It, 1t
Is perfectly natural, OF course, that
there should be a number of New
York men who were in the front ranks
in forcing the famous Confederate re
treat at Antietam. An interesting
page in the stirring history Of this
great battle is supplied by John Kel.
ley, ex-commander of Farragut post:
we started the attack at daybreak,"
said Mr.. Kelley. in recalling the de-
cisive day. The resistance offered
by the Confederates was amazingly
stubborn. The proportion OF fatalities
in the next few hours on both sides
was appalling. Tho fight went on
without interruption for five long
hours. Then came the retreat and
our decisive victory. We read about
the enemy's retreating in good order,
but my experience does not supply
any Illustrations; certainly nothing
of this sort was seen at Antietam
when the break came it was all
one wild desperate scramble. In the
pASIulC OOOhb luS IIOOp6 udy IcLITc
in regular column formation, with
every line straight and all the flags
flying, but in actual warfare it is very
different. Our fire was whitening, and
the Confederates ran for their lives.
We had come 80 close together by the
end Of the five hours engagement that
in many places it amounted to hand
tohand conflict The enemy ran,
jumping. stumbling over their dead
and the earthworks they had defended
a few hours before. And we followed
them SO closely that in many places
the two lines intermingled. We ran
shouting, stumbling, over the rough
ground in q long struggling line, with
the careful alignment Of our parades
all forgotten. 1t was glorious vic
tory, but the field looked very little
like the conventional pictures of the
story books."-New York Herald.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-05-25
Chinese Educational Puzzle.

1t is generally recognized that China
has set to work at the wrong end Of
her education problem. :. Ohina
has begun at the top, has tried to
establish universities without pFepar-
ing students for them, and all the
lower rungs of the ladder are 80
badly constructed that 1t is aAsst
impossible for the student to nsmt
by them. National Review, Shanghai.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-05-25
Soda Water Quenche. Fire.

Marietta, Pa.-Fire in the laboratory
OF Lebhart's drug store was extin-
guished with soda water and bird
seed. The clerk hurried to the cellar.
Embossed soda tank charged with
$50 pounds pressure, carried it to the
first floor and turned on the fizz.
While he was using the soda water
another clerk grabbed packages OF
bird raanna containing grit and threw
1t en- the fire.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-05-25
chew,na Gum Famine.

Chicago "a chewing gum famriae Il
Threatened III Chicago as result OF
the strike OF chewing gum makers
who want shorter hours and In
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-05-25

Many man succeeds because he's
good guesser.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-05-25
Fright Restores Faculties,

Fright Restores Faculties.
s New York Oscar Settner, deaf and
dumb for two years from tho effects
of. fall from the roof OF his home,
had his faculties restored through
fright at an approaching trolley car.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
YEOMANs NEWS NOTES.
Personal Mention and Happenings in
and Around That Community.

Misses Mabel and Thelma Bradley
have returned to their home at Bue-
ma Vista after visiting Mrs. c. c..
Jones.
The many friends of Mr.. w. H.
Lasseter will regret to learn that he
has been quite sick the past week.
Miss Pauline Hay, after a pleasant
visit to Miss Matte Tedder, has re-
turned to her home at Sylvester.
Miss Jessie Chambers is at home
again after an extended visit to rel
atiVes and friends in Alabama
Several from here attended the
barbecue in Richland Wednesday,
and report a pleasant time.
Miss Willie McGill was the guest
of Miss Ruby Woolbright at Pleas
ant Hill last week.
Miss Mary Kirksey spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. West Cham
bless, near Doverel.
Mr.. w. A. Mason of Norman Park
was here Sunday as the guest of
Mr.. Tommie Jones.
Miss Ida May Gormley has gone
on trip to points in Florida and
other places.
Miss Lizzie Jones is visiting her
sister, Mrs. D. S. Kaufman, in Par
rott.
Miss Sophia Lou Anderson is visit
ing Miss Eunice Halves at Richland.
Miss Frances Gormley is visiting
relatives at Benevolence.
Miss Matte Tedder visited friends
in Shellman last week.
Miss Dollie Oxford is visiting
friends at Cusseta
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Hickey were
here Sunday,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
4 GREAT NEWSPAPER.

In celebration of having moved in
to its new building and starting it's
new and modern publishing plant the
Macon Telegraph issued a sixty
eight page "house-warming" edi-
ton Wednesday, and during the
day received several thousand
visitors who called to take a
look at the home and equipment of
Macons most valuable asset and pay
their respectes to the veteran editor,
Col. c. R. Pendleton, and his CO.
workers. The Telegraph has advanc-
ed steadily in recent years, and is
now not only one of the best news
papers in Georgia, but stands in the
forefront OF Southern journalism.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
DON'T AGREE ON PROHIBITION,

Because Representative Hooper
Alexander made strong and per-
sistent fight for the Tippins bill it is
being said he is to be the candidate
of the Smith forces for governor. It
is doubtful if this view of Mr.. Alex
ander's course is the correct one, as
it is now known to many who SUD-
ported Senator Smith in his cam
paigns for governor on the belief that
he was prohibitionist that he per-
.sonally is opposed to statutory prohi-
bition and favors the legalized sale,
under regulations, of whiskey in
Georgia. There is every reason to
believe that he would not align him
self with the prohibition cause were
campaign to be precipitated with
that as an issue. If Mr.. Alexander
should be the candidate of the Smith
faction it is quite certain that he
could not carry the full Smith
strength In fact, it may be doubted
if he could carry the greater part OF
| it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
MOTT THE WHOLE CHEESE.

Our esteemed and always interest
ing neighbor, the Times-Recorder,
seems to be very much tickled
over the Encouragement of the con-
gressional districts, and announced
some DAYS ago that Americas will be
the capital of the new Third dis
trict. 1t also said that IF this
scheme goes through it will leave
a mighty pretty opening for
certain Americas politician to go
to congress. 1t will be news to
the people that congressional. dis
tricts have capitals, and it may be
stated also for the benefit of our
contemporary that Americas and
Sumter county will find that they
cannot lord it over at least part
of the district. And then, too, 1t
has been the case where a gerryman-
der was perpetrated in the interest
of some budding statesman the
goods were not delivered, and it
may be so in this instance.
Terrell county had much rather |
have remained in the old Second dis |
trict, to which it is bound by ties OF
association and sentiment, but as it |
has been decreed otherwise we pro-
pose to make ourselves at home |
among our new neighbors and take
part in whatever concerns the well
fare of the people of the district.
We extend friendly greeting to eV-
eryone of the counties of the new
Third district, and hope our associa-
ton will be pleasant and profitable
to all.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
THE sOUTH's GREAT LOSS.
From the Augusta Chronicle.

From the Augusta Chronicle.
Under that heading the New York
Tribune devOtes two columns with
prominent display headlines regard
ing the recent big slump in Southern
cotton prices. With the price now
quoted at just a little less than 4
cents a pound or $40 bale from the
top the loss to the South, figuring the
crop at only 12,500,000 bales, would
be well upward of $200,0OO,OOO.
Discussing the tremendous decrease
in values the writer says that no 9th
er section than the South, endowed
as it is with unlimited resources,
could stand the pressure of such a
loss without great depression in ev-
cry line Of business, and yet the
South goes on apace and the farmer,
the one vitality affected, views it pref
ty much in the light of common ev-
ery-day occurrence.
Just here it may be we'll to re-
mark that the Southern farmer is not
alone the man so vitality affected. The
Southern business man is one who
must share the burden, and indeed
bear the brunt of it. For with chang
ing conditions commerce will de-
crease. The Southern farmer will
not have the money to buy MANY
goods, and in the next year or two
he will learn again the lesson of
growing at home the things he needs
there. If the business man fails to
cooperate with the farmer he will
nave no cause to cooperate with the
business man little later when such
an agreement would be mutually ben
eficial, to say the least of it.
The business man should lose no
time now in getting next to the sit
uation and giving the farmer every
benefit possible in the premises, for
1t will rebound to the credit and ben
eft of all. If the business South
the industrial and commercial South
will ally itself with the agricult-
ural South and do it at once there is
no doubt but that this section of the
country will continue to prosper and
prosper abundantIy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
Randolph Is Dissatisfied.
IN the Cuthbert Leader.

From the Cuthbert Leader.
Randolph, Terrell, Clay and Quit
man have been taken from the Sec
ond and added to the Third congress
s1oonal district, and there have been
other subtractions from the Second
as well as from the Third. This ar
rangement is not satisfactory to
many Of our citizens. Randolph conn
ty was attached to the Second district
from long association. We have new
er furnished congressman, but we
have taken an active interest in the
selection of national representa-
tive and felt proprietary interest
in Judge Griggs, who lived in an
adjoining county but married a Ran
dolph county lady and owned prom
erty in our county. A number of our
citizens are strong admirers of Con
gresham Roddenbery and dislike ia
lose MN as our representative.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
THE FARMERS BOY.

At meeting of the presidents Of
twenty of the nations largest cor
porations held in New York the other
day it was matter of comment that
of those present twelve were farm
ers' boys"
When the youngster at home on
the farm gets the blues" and fan
cies that there is no longer the
chance there used to be to rise
above the monotony and drudgery
of tiller of the soil he can think
of those twelve captains of industry
who started as he is starting and re-
member that when they were boys
there were times when they, too, i'm
agined that it was a hopeless ambi-
ton to aspire to win their way to
the front in the city.
He wants to remember that the
farm has evolved some of the worlds
greatest men and some of its most
conspicuously useful ones, and that
with the increasing activities of the
nation in all directions there is now,
more than ever, room at the top for
the exceptional man.
In the contemplation of the stir
ring achievements of the farmer S
boy, past and present, if he has i'm
agination and soul he will find help
full aspiration when the day seems
dark and the future full of gloom
Let him recOllect--as the world
surely does-that it was the farm
that gave us Abraham Lincoln, one
of the worlds most majestic figures;
that gave us Andrew Jackson, Mil
lard Fillmore, the martyred Garfield,
Horace Greeley, Sir Isaac Newton
and the brilliant Carlyle. 1t was a
farmers son-Eli Whitney-who
created the cotton gin which laid the
foundation for the growth Of the cot
ton industry, now worth $90O,0OO,-
900 a year to the United States, and
a farmers boy-Elias Howe-who
emancipated womanhood from the
slavery of the needle by inventing the
sewing machine.
Where service is the only creden-
tial that commands recognition and
a mans ability must square with his
responsibility the farmers boy" whC
has hardened to the call of the bis
city will be found today in the from
rank of the worlds useful workers
in every large city on the face of tht
earth. He makes good, and thu
world needs him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
Are There Business Men i'm the
Legislature?
from the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
The fact that the house has appro-
priated 100000 more than there is
in sight from the revenues, taking
the most liberal view of them, iusti-
fies the inquiry as to whether there
are any business men in the Iegisla-
ture. If there are they ought to be
heard from. 1t is admitted there is
deficit now in the treasury of more
than $225,000. Therefore if the ap-
preparations are 100000 more than
the revenues we shall have a deficit
of $525, 900. Is it business-like to
run the state so deeply in debt? The
money will have to be paid some
time, and there is no prospect that
the demand for appropriations in
future will be less imperative than
they are now. Hence the prospect is
that the debt will be steadily increas-
ed instead of being gradually paid
off. The only outcome of such finan-
ciering is bankruptcy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

The bill passed by the legislature
providing for the state needs carries
nearly 100000. Governor Smith
is supposed to be a sentinel on the
watch-tower to detect any tendency
to extravaganza and check it, and if
there has been over-indulgence in
spending money it may be supposed
that he will not be backward in put
ting into execution his threat to use
the veto The amount appropriated
seems very large, but we reflect that
Georgia is developing and needs more
money every year. Hence, we are
not prepared to say that the appro-
priation is larger than is justified.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

The hay crop of the North and
West has been seriously hurt by the
drouth, and prices have already ad-
Vanced considerably and will go still
higher. The farmers of Southwest
Georgia will miss an opportunity to
add to their bank accounts if they
do not harvest big crops of hay, as
it is a commodity for which there
is always a heavy demand.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
It's Dead Easy ,
From the Albany Herald.

From the Albany Herald.
Inc Macon News heads an editori-
al with this interrogation: Where
Are We At On Liquor in Georgia."
Inc answer is dead easy to one who
can see things as they really are
the prohibitionists have their nrohi-
bition and the liquor men have their
liquor. The strange and seemingly
inconsistent part of the situation is
however, that nobody is satisfied
with it. u
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

The dispatches from Rome report
the serious illness of the venerable
head of the Roman Catholic church.
1t is a condition that naturally
arouses the solicitude of Catholics
the world over and of good men and
women of all religious beliefs. 1t is
of little difference in such a case
whether one be Catholic or not
Pope Plus is a man of exemplary
life and character, a christian and
the exalted head of a great faith.
He has been useful to the world, and
there will be general and sincere
hope for his recovery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

The good roads movement in this
section of Georgia was given great
impetus by the enthusiasm manifest
ed and sentiments expressed at the
big gathering at Richland last We'd
nesday. Several thousand people
were present to hear speeches and
partake of the barbecue that was
served in generous quantity by the
hospitable people of the Stewart
county metropolis. 1t was memoir
able occasion, and we congratulate
our Richland friends upon the sue
cess they made of it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

The arbitration treaty with Great
Britain and France was a matter of
great pride and justly so with Presi-
dent Taft. 1t was an achievement
he had a right to feel proud of and
we think the American people, with
out regard to party differences, shar-
ed the gratitude and pride of the
president. He was striving to dimin-
ish the chances of war, to more effect
ually assure peace.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

The Early County News has just
celebrated its fifty-first birthday. Our
contemporary is one of the land
marks of Southwest Georgia and has
contributed it's part to the transit
ton of this section from a pine will
derness to the most populous and
prosperous part of the state. May it
live fifty years longer with the Flem-
ings still pushing the pencil and ma
nipulating the scissors and paste pot
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23
A SERIOUS MATTER.

1t is a serious matter when we
think how men in public and business
life are distrusted and arraigned at
the bar of public opinion as I'M
worthy of confidence or opportunity.
We are ever suspecting somebody OF
! wrOng-doing and purpose to work in
! jury to somebody or something. We
talk of graft and fraud and dishon-
esty as though truth and honesty
were lost virtues, fed from our midst
never to return. We speak of our
institutions as of doubtful value, of
our laws as inadequate and our peo-
/ pie as misgOverned. AS for capital
and its use the air fairly rings with
talk of trusts and monopoly and plu-
tocracy. Men are heard to talk of
wealth as though it were little short
of criminal to acquire wealth and
that those who hold it are prone to
use it to the detriment of their fell
low-men, even if all of us well know
but for the great aggregations of
capital the wonderful and benefcent
enterprises that characterize our
country and our time would be i'm
possible.
How to find a remedy or counter
act the undesirable conditions that
have developed is a perplexing ques-
ton. 1t is to be hoped, though, that
there is a remedy and safeguard in
the patriotism and common sense of
the great body of the American peo-
pie, for in the last analysis it is
the people who must be relied on.
All over our broad land, with it's busy
millions, are the men and women
who must exert the influence that
will be a make-weight. They are in
every community, and no matter
what the station in life, what the in
fuence and opportunities, each has
his or her influence that counts in
the aggregate. There is a duty and
opportunity that involves each one
the duty to be level-headed, Just and
patriotic; to stand out against the
appeals and false teachings of the
demagogue, the alarmist and the agi-
tator; to be conservative in estimat- |
ing men and measures. There is the |
call OF duty to believe in our country
and people, to properly appreciate
the prosperity and opportunities that
as a people we have; to have faith in |
the purposes and aspirations of the
people, confident that the average
man means we'll and wants to do
tight, and that the man who has per-
'hance acquired wealth is as willing
% give his neighbor a square deal as
S the man who has no wealth. The
prejudice that has been engendered
against capital and enterprise is one
Of the deplorabIe developments of |
this land, and it has done much
harm.
If, then, all over the land the
great mass of the people are lust
and courageous in their thoughts, |
.ull of faith in the possibilities of
heir country and the honest pur-
pose of their fellow-men there will |
surely be built up a fabric of conf
lence' OF honest purpose, of patriotic
aspiration that will guide us as a peo-
pie through storm and stress and we
shall settle all our problems as we
90 along and settle them wisely.
The trust of the patriot and SEN
Sible man must be in the peopIe
Ihey hold and must utilize the safe
guard against all dangers, and he
who loses faith in the people is as
one lost in the wilderness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

A dispatch from Americas to the
daily papers says sit is generally con-
coded that the courtesy of furnishing
the congressman from this district
will be accorded Sumter county"
Why any such distinction for Sum-
ter county? Hasn't the other coun-
ties of the district just as much right
to the congressman as Sumter? We
have never heard of congressional
seats going to any one by courtesy, -
and if Sumter county expects the
honor of furnishing the congressman
she will have to get off her stills
and hustle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

Early county has voted against a
bond issue of 100000 for road i'm
provement. If they have not already
done so the people of that good coun-
ty will yet learn that it takes consid-
cradle money, whether raised by
bonds or direct taxation, to have
good roads.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

Speaking of boilers, Mr.. Hooper
Alexander, who has been spoken of
as a prospective candidate for gov
ernor, has not only not always voted
for the democratic nominees, but
has taken the stump and lent his
voice to the cause of opposition can
didates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-23

Hon John R. Mercer of Terrell,
Hon, Charles r. Crisp of Sumter, and
Hon. John T. Hill of Crisp have let
1t be known that they want to go to
congress. Next.