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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-23
STOCKS SLOW TODAY
BUT PRICES HOLD WELL

The usual dullness of Monday per-
vaded the stocks district this morn
ing, brokers and others apparently
having their hands full with the af-
fairs of the week-opening. The spirit
of the street was quite cheerful how
ever, and little was heard of the low
price Of sugar or the other depress-
ing features Of the market. Inquiries
have not yet begun in any volume, so
it is hard to determine with any de-
gree of certainty the strength of the
market in general.
Between boards there was a sale of
100 Honokaa at 81, which was an
eighth below the last previous sale.
This morning, however, bidding was
free at $11, while holders We're de-
FXXI&y.XyS < E-S12xXX
has already shown signs of diminish
ing.
Since tapping has commenced, a few
slight injuries by boring beetles have
been noticed, but at present we are
unable to give any special information,
nor do we know that it can be classed
as one of the rubber pests; but will
require close observation during the
coming year to see that it does not
get start in our fields.
There is still another pest that may
possibly become a menace to our ha-
yeas. This is a fungus disease which
is closely allied to what is known as
shot-hole fungus (Physlosticta pruni.
cola), but no fear need be felt from
this fungus as we know how to deal
with it.
C. J. AUSTIN.
At the close of the meeting it was
announced that William Williamson
and DR.. F.. V. Wilcox would this
afternoon deliver special addresses
on the subject of rubber, the former
telling of his recent trip to Nahiku
and the latter explaining the cultiva-
ton of rubber from a scientific stand
point
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
Joe Browns Proposal.

From the Macon Telegraph.
For statewide prohibition" would
receive more votes at primary in
Georgia than Hon. Pope Brown could
possibly get for himself
For local option would get more
votes than Judge Dick Russell could
possibly get.
If Dick Russell is in earnest about
local option, and is not riding it for
the sake of votes, he should agree to
the Joe Brown plan, which will as
sure the greatest number of votes for
that cause.
If Pope Brown is entirely serious
in desiring to maintain statewide
prohibition, and is not riding that is
sue because Russell mounted the 9TH
er, he should agree to the Joe Brown
plan because 1t will assure more
votes for that cause.
If neither Judge Russell nor Pope
Brown agree to the Joe Brown prop
osition to let the people vote directly
on the question then the people will
have the right to draw their own
conclusions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
TAXES AND IMPROVEMENTS,

From the Macon Telegraph.
The Calhoun County Courier has
figured out that because that county's
tax rate is only $3.50 against Ran
dolph's 50, Early's $11, and Terrells
$13 Calhoun is the best county in
which to live. The Cuthbert Leader
cannot see the point of the editors
argument, and suggests that all per-
sons desiring to live where taxes are
low will find the Sahara desert suit
ed to their purpose. Editor Howell
then proceeds to make a ''feW re-
marks about taxation. He says:
The desirabiIity of a county or a
town as a place of residence is not to
be measured solely by it's tax rate
The latter is of minor consideration
as compared to healthfulness, bust
ness opportunities, society, educa-
tional facilities, etc. We should pre-
fer paying $40 per thousand in Cuth-
bert to living tax free in some towns
we nave seen. AS a rule, towns with
very low tax rates have little in the
way OF improvements, and counties
that collect small taxes are unpro-
gressiVe. Most drummers say thew
are willing to pay fifty to seventy-five
cents for a good meal and, in our
judgment, the taxpayers ought not to
grumble if they are assessed in pro
portion to the benefits of government
they enjoy. Just as there are persons
who would choose to dine on rank
cheese and soda crackers rather than
pay nifty cents for a we'll served meal
$50 there are mossbacks who would
rather live among bears and wildcats
than to be surrounded by culture.
That is one way of sidestepping city
taxes"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
WOMEN WIN THE BALLOT.

More complete returns from the
election on constitutional amend
ments held recently in California re-
wise the first estimate of the defeat
of woman suffrage and point to a
majority for that measure of ap-
proximately 1000 votes, with the
probability that the figures will run
higher with reports from precincts
yet silent.
A significant feature of the ballot
ing, as it touched the suffrage amend
ment, was that the cities voted almost
solidly against it, while the country
districts proved its electoral saliva
ton. The natural supposition would
have been that the contrary condi-
ton would have obtained, the cities
voting for and the country against.
However, in this connection, says
the Atlanta Constitution, lit should
not be forgotten that rural Califor-
MIA, so-called, is in a great measure
populated by fasteners of the leisure
class. 1t would be from mental soil
of this nature that an appeal such as
that embodied in the universal suf-
frage creed would would bring read
lest response.
The effect upon the remainder of
the west and the country of Califor-
MAS example cannot, of course be
ignored in any prophecy as to the
future progress of the movement
Woman suffrage is yet a far way from
capturing the nation as a whole. 1t
has still to make decided progress
IN the east, the middle west and the
south. But each triumph registered.
regardless of the location of the bat
lie ground must have a bearing on
Inc ultimate destiny of the cause"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
Campaign Comments.
Be Honest, Gentlemen.
he Columbus Ledger.

From the Columbus Ledger.
The average Georgian will agree
with former Governor Brown in the
assertion that the liquor question, in
so far as it relates to the present
campaign, is false issue and should
have no place in the discussion.
Little Joe" is quite correct here.
There is no legislature to be elected
this fall. The term of the present
legislature runs for another year.
Injecting the liquor question into
the campaign, therefore, would not
necessarily have the effect of bring
ing about any change. 1t will be the
privilege of the legislature to say
that the status should remain as it is
until the people have declared them
selves with respect 1t.
Mr.. Brown makes a very strong
point here. There is really no pro-
hibition issue and the gubernatorial
candidates should abandon the fight
along this line.
Be honest, gentlemen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
JUSTICE HARLAN

One OF the most notable figures in
public life in America passed a few
days ago with the death of John NJ.
Harlan, justice of the United States
supreme court. He had been on the
bench thirty-four years, and in point
of service was the Oldest member of
the nations most exalted tribunal.
He was from Kentucky and a repub-
lican partisan. Throughout his long
and honorable career he exemplifed
q boldness Of Interpretation and
clarity OF vision that made him one
of the courts outstanding factors.
During a term of service character
lied alike by yigor and a tendency
toward fearless independence, he has,
upon many important causes, not
hesitated to set himself radically at
variance with the majority of his col
leagues His dissension on the
Standard Oil decision is the most re-
cent and, perhaps, destined to be
the most conspicuous illustration OF
this tendency. He was one of the
four judges who upheld the consti
nationality of an income tax.
Justice Harlans decisions were al
ways broad, and his sympathies AM
convictions were in the interest of tn,
people
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18

Another rivet is loose in the shack
les that bind man to the chariot OF
dominant woman, thanks to the horse
sense of a Saint Louis judge. Too
long has she possessed a tremendous
advantage over him before Judge and
jury, and Justice winks her left eye
in satisfaction beneath her proverbi-
al bandage at this latest evidence
that the time may come when a mere
man will stand something like an
even chance when his word is pitted
against a woman's in a witness box.
Let a woman make almost any kind
of unsupported statement against
man, charge which he can contra
dict only by his own denial, and it
has been the custom to take her word
for it and send him to jail or reduce
his bank roll in a way to make him
stagger.
But the Saint Louis judge gives US
hope. To be sure the woman in the
case did not prove star witness for
herself, but the ground for rejoicing
lies in the fact that the court was so
ungallant as not to rest satisfied with
her uncorroborated charge, and, by
questioning, so weakened it as to give
him courage to decide against her
and save the man from disgrace and
Imprisonment.
Arthur Walchman is a florist AS
an assistant in his store he employs
Mrs. Tillie Shaw. The other day Mrs
Shaw caused Walchman's arrest, and
he was brought to trial on the charge
of trying to kiss her. Poor Walch-
man! The court scowled at him and
the crowd in the court room were
ready to see him boiled in oil for his
nefarious conduct.
But for some unexplained reason
the court thought to pry little deep
er into the alleged offanse. did he
really try to kiss you?" asked the
judge, probably possessed of a desire
to listen to narrowing account of
distressed innocence battling bravely
and successfully against brute force.
well, no." replied the complain
ant. He didn't actually try, but I
had an intuition that he was going
to-"
In his own behalf Walchman said
the woman had another guess com
ing. The worst he did was to pass
by her chair on his way to the tele-
phone. She couldn't have hired him
to kiss her Then the judge thought
long and deeply. Finally he said he
couldn't send a man to jail on a wo,
mans intuition.
Let the bird of liberty scream!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
Resolutions by Methodist Philatheas
on Death of Mrs. w. b. Cheatham.

Our hearts are bowed in sorrow
this morning. Our golden chain as
a Philathea class has again been
broken. There has gone out from us
one of our most loyal members, one
of our very best students of the
Word, one of our most queenly, mod
est and devout women. We feel that
the city of Dawson has lost another
of it's very brightest lights. The gar
den of God on earth is yielding to
our great discomfort it's rarest flow
ers. God is taking to another field
of activity His choicest workmen.
AS we look up out of the valley of
sorrow this morning let US resolve:
1st. That we give God humble
thanks for the beautiful and Christly
life of Mrs. Cheatham, feeling assur-
ed that being dead she yet speaketh,
and will for generations to come.
End. That we have lost a studi-
Gus, loyal and prayerful member of
our Sunday school class and the
church and community a model
christian character.
3rd. That death has robbed us
and many other individuals of the
most valuable of all the valuable as
sets OF personal life-a true and un-
selfish friend.
4th. That we extend to the brok-
en-hearted family of the deceased
our sympathy and assure them of
our earnest prayers in this time of
great sorrow.
9Th. That these resolutions be
spread on the minutac of +ba o1orc
DOCK, that a copy be sent to the
FAMILY and one furnished The Daw-
son News for publication. MRS. G.
A. JACKSON, MRS. R. E. BELL,
MRS. j. NJ. BELL, Committee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
"sWATTTNG CONGRESS. "
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Representative Roddenbery. who
comes to congress from Georgia. has
no illusions about the Importance OF
his Job or the esteem in which ma
tional legislators are held at home,
He tells this story:
A little Georgia boy whose father
mad Just been elected to the Iegisla-
ture of that state said one day:
Nav, pops pretty big man now,
amt he?"
ooh, 1 dunno" answered his moth
err. = - --i0'--
IF he makes a good record they'll
send him to congress, won't they,
maw?"
i dunno Maybe. l ain't ever
had much use for congress since they
wouldn't pay for the cotton that was
stole durin' the war. Still, if thew
want to send your pa up there it
don't make no difference as fur's I'm
concerned. They CANT swat congress
too hard to suit me. ~
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
Bankrupt Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-By vir-
tue of an order dated October 7,
1911, passed by the Hon. Frank U.
Garrard, Referee in Bankruptcy, Dis
trict Court of the United States
for the Northern District of Georgia.
Western Division, the undersigned
trustee Of the estate of f. w. Her
man, bankrupt, will sell at public
cutlery on Saturday, October 21st, at
the store house on Main street of F..
w. Herman, between the legal hours
of sale, all the following described
personal property, to-wit. Ali stock
of merchandise of said bankrupt.
consisting of gents furnishing goods,
clothing, boots, shoes, hats, etc, and
also open accounts of chooses in ac-
ton of said estate. This property
sold free from all encumb ORANGES and
liens. H. A. WILKINSON, Trustee
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
NORTHERN LYNCHERs GO FREE.

It begins to look as though there
will he no punishment of any of the
several hundred men who so brutally
1vnched lack Walker at Gainesville
Pennsylvania.
Walker was negro who had shot
and killed a policeman when the lat
ter caught him holding up a foreign
er. The negro, badly wounded by
shots fired by the officer, was taken
from the hospital, chained to his iron
cot, dragged to field near the scene
of his crime and burned to death.
About twenty-five arrests were made
and eight men and boys were indict-
ed. Four of these have been tried
and each has been acquitted, and 1t
is stated that probably all further
trials will have similar results.
The lynching by this northern mob
was as bold and brutal crime and
as open a defiance of law as ever
occurred in any section Of the coun-
try, and it is now to be hoped that
the hypocritical newspapers and
people of the North who denounce
and abuse the people Of the South for
making short shift of brutes who
commit uncomfortable crimes upon
white women will sweep before their
own doors before lecturing US again.
While the northern lyncners usu-
ally have less provocation than the
southern mob it seems to be just as
difficult to punish them, which leads
to the conclusion that human nature
is pretty much the same everywhere
Notwithstanding the holier than thou
pretensions of some.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18

Hon. Joseph M Browns attitude
as to the whiskey issue will apnea1
strongly to many of the most sincere
advocates of prohibition, who have
all the while stoutly maintained that
the question should not be injected
INTO gubernatorial politics. If there
Is to be an expression of the peopIe
on this question-and no one can
deny that it would be the right thing
the suggestion that it be settled
on Its merits by the white people is
a good one. -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
Remove 1t From Politics.

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Remove the liquor question from
the politics of Georgia.
This is the sound and timely sug-
gestion made by former Governor
Joseph M. Brown in an address to
the people of Georgia.
Until this question is settled, and
in decisive manner, it will continue
to be a disturbing element in the
politics Of the state. For several
years past the question of prohibi-
ton and anti-prohibition has been
the bone of contention in Georgia
Neither side appears to be satisfied
with present conditions, and it seems
that the time has come when it
should be disposed of in a definite,
final manner-when a decision
should be reached from which there
should be no appeal, except to the
same authority which rendered it.
Governor Browns request to the
state executive committee offers a so
luton of this problem, which has
been disturbing and distracting the
people Of the state for so long a time,
and it seems that if the people of
Georgia want to dispose of it and
bring about peace the matter should
be submitted in the coming primary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
Would Not Impose ON the Candidates

"OuAu NOt AAipoS6 on Cn9 Candidates
From the Vienna News.
The Americas Times-Recorder
taVors the nomination of a candidate
for congress by a majority of the
popular vote, and wants the race RIM
over in a second primary between
the two highest candidates in the
event neither secures a majority
That would be very expensive to the
candidates, and something that has
never been done in Georgia in a state
district or county election. 1t would
be a burden that we do not believe
the people of the Third district will
impose on the candidates. Dawson
News.
We are very well satisfied with the
county unit plan of nominating con-
gressmen and state officers. and. like
The Dawson News, we do not believe
that the candidates will be imposed
on in the manner mentioned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
THE WAY TO WORK

siasm will do towards making work
a pleasure. The gift of enthusiasm
is a divine one which keeps us youth
full and helps us to forget the shad-
ows of life.
Without it we can do nothing sue
.cessfully. Love your work for its
own sake and you will treble your
chances of a good and comfortable
future, but if you go daily to your
task grumbling at fate, and people
and all the rest of it, you bring a
deal of needless trouble upon your.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18

If you are compelled to work for
your living do not complain about
it. Idleness and luxury do not bring
happiness; on the contrary those
who work are invariably the least
Discontinued.
Often, of course, one has to do
work not congenial to the particular
temperament, but even so life can be
made to swing along peacefully if
the task be done with a light heart
and an enthusiastic spirit.
| 1t is quite wonderful what enthu-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
Has vitalized the Campaign.

From the Savannah Press.
After discussing some state and
local issues in the announcement of
his platform Hon. Joseph M. Brown
sounds three vital notes in his cam
paign Their discussion injects an
interest into the campaign which it
has not yet had. 1t looks like Gov
Brown had vitalized the campaign
with single stroke. The other can
didates have been picking cotton by
moonlight, but Gov. Brown has walk
ed out into the sunshine and the OBJ
jects he defines stand out as clear as
day
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
Direct to the People.

From the Rome Tribune-Herald.
Why not go direct to the sovereign
power in whom alone is vested the
right to make or change any existing
law we may have on our statute
books? Who dare stand up before
the people and deny them the right
to express their will at the ballot
box? If the people want this ques-
ton settled now, and effectively, it is
the only way it can be done. The
election of either candidate for gov
ernor, as matter of fact, settles
nothing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
For Sale.

one seVen-room house with bath
and sewerage on Seventh avenue,
Dawson, Ga.
8l2 acres Of fine farm lands in
Herod district. II plows in cult
walton; balance in timber.
one residence lot on Church st.
Eight mules, one horse, one bug
gy, one trap, wagons and farming
implements.
q. T. JORDAN, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
For Votes Only.
From the Oglethorne Echo

From the Oglethorpe Echo.
Dick and Pope have been forced
to the card-writing stage of explain
ing their prohibition proclivities.
Ihey make it clearer and clearer
that the said proclivities are for votes
only
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18

The recent cool weather has given
the people hint of the splendid au-
tumn weather that will soon prevail.
In all the earth there are no grander
and more enjoyable autumns than we
have in Southwest Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18

There are some who are fearful
mat Governor Brown was too plain
spoken in his recent card about GER
tain matters for his own political
good. The News is one of those who
believes that it never hurts a man to
tell the truth and contend for the
right.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
A Strong Point.

From the Savannah News.
There Gov. Brown makes a strong
point. He asserts that the liquor
question is going to be an issue cam
paign after campaign until the people
themselves decide 1t at the ballot box.
Would it not be an excellent idea to
let them have the privilege of ex-
pressing an opinion now? The ques-
ton is with the state executive com
mittee. The committee can make the
issue plain and direct by putting on
the tickets ''For prohibition" and
Against prohibition. Such a ticket
in the primary would have the effect
of taking out the personal element
and putting the matter right up to
the people Themselves. 1t would not
be question of Joe Brown, or Dick
Russell, or Pope Brown, in so far as
the liquor question is concerned, but
the question itself. If the question
is voted on in the primary 1t will be
settled by the white people of the
state and by them alone. 1t seems
to be reasonable and logical to re-
quest the executive committee to let
the people vote on the question and
thus dispose Of it. On the whole
Mr.. Browns statement makes very
interesting reading. 1t is plain, di-
rect, forceful. 1t leaves nothing to
be guessed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18

The Terrell County Fair days draw
near-Oct % to 2S-and it is entire
ly in order to indulge in pleasant an
ticipation of the attractions of that
exposition. Get ready for a trip to
Dawson next week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18

ton then by all means let's enact
a prohibition measure that means
what it says-and enforce 1T to the
letter. If the majority speak for To-
cal option then let's change the law
to meet local conditions.
In either event it will remove the
Issue" from the realm of personal
politics, where it has never been and
never will be satisfactorily settled.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
Mr.. FARMER

Why pay $50 to $50 per acre for
farm lands when you can get Just
as good for from SIS to $40, in a
healthy locality, and in tracts of from
zoo to 1000 acres, on easy terms.
Write today for our price list, etc,
THE TOOLE LAND COMPANY,
Arlington. Ga
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
The One Who viii Decide It.

From the Darien Gazette.
When one politician skips from
one side of the road to the other
why, some of the papers imagine il
means heap-but it doesn't. Keer
your eye on the quiet voter. He is
the one who will decide the contest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18

The Advertiser, one of the Madi-
son papers, was sold the other dav at
public sale for 1927. Madison is
evidently not a two-paper town The
TWO papers at Fort Valley have con-
soiidated, and it is a getting together
that will be beneficial to the pub-
nshers and that wide-awake little
city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
"a Fine Newspaper. I"

From the Darien Gazette.
The Dawson News has Just ceIe-
brated its thirtieth anniversary, Ed
ltor Rainey gets up a fine paper and
the people over in his territory anne
clate MS efforts, as can be seen by a
glance at the advertising columns Of
The News. May our friend continue
ito be prosperous and happy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18

We never advise anyone to sell
cotton or hold it for higher prices.
There are some growers who are
holding for better prices than now
prevail, and there is reason to be-
lieVe the policy will not be losing
one.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-18
Squirming Beautifully.

From the Elberton Star.
The whiskey papers that were for
merly partisans of Governor Hoko
oInlIh are squirming beautifully
these days. Politics prompt them to
support Pope Brown, liquor demands
tnat they support Judge Russell and
they are splitting the difference bv
lighting Little joe" They had bet-
ter choose this day whom thew viii
serve. 80