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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
FOR CONGRESS.

To the Democratic Voters of the
Third Congressional District: l here
by formally announce my candidacy
for the office of Congressman from
said district to the 63rd congress,
subject to the Democratic primary
to be held next summer. Owing to
my familiarity with conditions in
Washington (being the confidential
clerk Of the Speaker of the House,
l believe if the people will honor me
with the great office i can be of SER
vice to them, and l will certainly
strive to faithfully and inte.4lgently
represent all the people of the dis
trict. Their interest and welfare shall
regulate, control and influence my
every vote and act, and at all times
l will be true to the masses of the
people. Before the primary l will
announce a formal platform of prin-
ciples, address the voters on the pub
lie questions of the day, presenting
my views fully to them and endeavor
to see as many of them, in person as
possible. If you can give me your
support and influence I shall always
be most profoundly grateful, Very
respectfully, CHARLES R. CRISP.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
FOR CONGRESS.

To the Voters OF the Third Con-
gressional District: l have the am
bition to represent the Third district
in congress. AS to my fitness and
worthiness, / propose to submit that
to the voters of the district, along
with other gentlemen who may as
pire to the honor, in a democratic
primary.
am farmer, was born and
reared on farm in this district, and
have contributed all that l possibly
could to the advancement of the
farming interests of my section of
the country.
AS a member of congress I would
be controlled largely by the same de-
sires and purposes that have actual
ed me as private citizen in advanc-
ing the farming interests of the state
and country, which ultimately is the
interest of every person, whether
merchant, lawyer, doctor, banker,
mechanic or citizens following other
callings.
shall be glad to meet the vot-
ers face to face in every county of
the district before the day of cleo
ton. Sincerely, JNO. r. MERCER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
QUILL QUESTIONS
(By Cobb Randy.)

By OODD MAINLY
What is man that he should boast
himself of tomorrow? Today you
have the promise of Opportunity;
force it's fulfllment while he is near;
tomorrow he may have passed. Is
not a discount today better than a
costly and Improbable suit tomor-
row? Count not on the interest, but
accept Opportunity offer before he
is bankrupt.
If you must travel life fast why
not take the straight road? There
is always danger on the curve. II
you juist must, be doing something,
do good. Where find you broader
field for your efforts?
Life.
If all of life were but a dream,
And we but CHANGING shadows
were,
What profit we to fit the theme,
Or atheist or worshipper?
But since our life is toward an end,
And we may choose eternity,
Can we afford to drift on sin,
Content with life as life may be?
How long is there youth? So long
as there is hope. So long as things
to come are greater than things gone
by. Does ones hope end with this
world, or may we yet, in youths
strength, embark on that eternal
sea?
Does every road lead to success?
No. Read the sign post No man
need be uncertain of his destination.
If you thought you were on the
way to Eden and the roses have ceas-
ed to grow turn back. You are on
the wrong road. But be sure first
they have ceased to grow. The bush
without the rose is no less the rose
bush. Be content with the thorns,
for there is season for the flowers.
What may day bring forth? 1t
does not depend altogether on the
weather. If you have sown in faith
your season will come in due time.
The Call.
If there is a task that must be done,
Unseen by others, seen by you,
Whose is the task? You are the one
To see it through.
Suppose a friend needs have a word
To steer him clear of unseen woe;
Could you hold back thing you'd
heard
And let him go?
What if you feel the crying need
A world of darkness has for light?
Have you not felt call indeed
To join the fight?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
For Representative.

To the Democratic Voters of Ter
rell County: l hereby announce my
self as a candidate for the position
of Representative from Terrell coun-
ty, subject to the Democratic pri-
mary. 1t is important that all Dem
ocrats call on the Tax Collector and
register before April LIST, and urge
my friends to do so. Because of
my business engagements I do not
now propose to make an extended
canvass, but / desire to thank you
for your past support and trust that
my record merits continuation of
the same. Very truly, B. F. MELTON
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
GEORGIA TAX RETURNS.


Some interesting figures have
been compiled in the controller-gen-
erals office on the tax returns for
1911, exclusive of Georgia's corpor-
ations.
The tables show a total value on
real estate and personally of $751;
60S,6O8, on which was realized by
the state taxes of $3,922, 4OO.82, this
being exclusive of the defaulters list
amounting to $1,078,776.
For 1911 there were 229,030 white
polls and 119,S73 negro polls; 1899
white and 4,6S5 colored defaulters
on polls. There are 1,949 lawyers in
the state; 2,667 doctors; sos den
fists; AZ veterinary surgeons; Al
architects; Y civil and mechanical
engineers; 70 presidents of corpora
tions, and II superintendent or
agents of corporations.
The total number of dogs return
ed for taxation for the year number
ed 1913, 1914, considerable falling
off from the year previous.
There are 81, 642,313 acres of i'm
proved lands in the state, valued at
$192,419,409; 4,337,864 acres of
wild lands, valued at $5,354,474.
City and town property shows a val
ne of S215,649,41O; bank stock $94,-
597,768; surplus and undivided
profits, $2,298,O92; building and
loan $37S,255.
On personal property the follow
ing interesting figures are shown;
shipping capital, $302,S22; stocks
and bonds, $2,939,O5O; solvent
debts, $52,OO4,236; merchandise
$3S,971,929; bicycles and autos
(mainly autos), $2,435,704; manu-
factories, $38,235, 4O2; iron works
and foundries, $1,361,579 mining
capital, $214,860; household goods
S25,8O6,928; silverware watches and
jewelry, $1,6572O4; live stock, $45,,
O71,823; plantation and mechnica
tools. S1O,602,943; farm products
held for sale up to April, $1,666,
282; other property, $8,621,561.
In practically everything the state
shows a substantial gain over the
year previous. Georgia is dOins
pretty we'll thank you, despite the
cry of the political demagogue the
past several years that everything
has gone to the demnition bow
vows.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
The irst Woman

In the beginning when Twashrl
came to the creation of woman he
found that he had exhausted his ma
terials in the making of the man, and
that no solid elements were left.
In this dilemma, after profound
meditation, he did as follows:
He took the rotundi of the moon,
and the curves of creepers, and the
clinging of tendrils, and the trem-
bling of grass, and the slenderness OF
the reed, and the bloom of the flow
ers, and the lightness Of leaves, and
the tapering of the elephants trunk,
and the glances of the deer, the clus-
tering of the rows of bees, and the
Joyous gaiety of sunbeams, and the
weeping of clouds, and the fickleness
of the winds, and the timidity of the
hare, and the vanity of the peacock,
and the softness of the PARROTS
bosom, and the hardness of adamant,
and the sweetness of honey, and the
cruelty of the tiger, and the warm
glow of fire, and the GOODNESS of
snow, and the chattering of jays, and
the cooling of the krokila, and the
of the crane, and the fidel-
ity of the chakrawaka, and COM
pounding all these together he made
woman and gave her to man.
But after one week man came to
him and said; Lord, this creature
that you have given me makes my
life miserable"
She chatters necessarily and
teaSas mo hpyond endurance never
leaving me alone; and she requires
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
Legend Shows Man Troubled With
Problem From Beginning.

incessant attention, and takes all my
time up, and cries about nothing,
and is always idle, and so l have
come to give her back again, as
cannot live with her"
So, Twashri said: Very well, "
and took her back again.
Then after another week man
came to him again and said: Lord,
/ find that my life is very lonely
since l gave you back that creature.
| remember how she used to dance
and sing for me, and look at me out
OF the corner of her eyes and play
with me and cling to me, and her
laughter was music, and she was
beautiful to look at, and soft to
touch; so give her back to me
again"
So Twashri said, Every well,' and
gave her back again.
Then after three days man came
back to him again and said: Lord,
l know not how it is, but after all
she is more of trouble than pleas
ure to me, so please take her back
again.
But Twashri said "Out with you.
Be off! | will have no more of this
You must manage how you can"
Then man said: But l cannot
live with her." But Twashri replied:
Neither could you live without her"
And he turned his back on man and
went on with his work.
Then man said: What is to be
done? For l can live neither with
her nor without her. Armenia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL.

To the Voters of Terrell County:
l am in the race to succeed our pres
ent Solicitor General of the Pataula
circuit, who is not asking for re-
election. My candidacy is based up
on the highest plane possible, and
subject to the Democratic primary
to be held this summer. If elected to
this important position promise to
perform my duties faithfully and to
the best interests of your citizens
and county. 1 hope to see every
voter in your county before the pri-
mary, and trust that you will hear
from me before making your decis-
ion as to whom you will support. I
desire your vote first; then your sup
port and influence. Sincerely yours,
BILLIE" B. BUSH.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
Tax Receivers Rounds.

New overwhelmingly April /
a. m; Tuesday, April 8, a. M;
Tuesday, April %, a. m.
Old Eleventh-Monday, April l, D.
m; Tuesday, April 8, p. M: Tues.
day, April 23, p. m.
Fourth DovereD -Tuesday, April
2, a. M; Wednesday, April 10, a
M; Wednesday, April "a, a. m.
Third (HeroO Tuesday, April
2, p. M; Wednesday, April 10, D.
m; Wednesday, April "a, p. m.
Sasser District-Wednesday, April
8; Thursday, April IL; Monday, Nav
6. Az '''
Brentwood District - Thursday
May z.
Parrott-Friday, April 5; Tues.
day, April 16; Tuesday, May 13
Twelfth-Monday, April 8: Wed.
nesday, April II; Wednesday, Nav
IA. Az
Waner-April 25.
Pleasant Hill-May 16.
Bridges StOre-Tuesday, April %
a. m. 60
Graves-May 1, p. m.
Court HOuse-Saturday after the
rounds. Every day till after the
Spring term Of Superior Court
]. D. LANG, Tax Receiver
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
UNDERWOOD'S INCREASING
POPULARITY.

From the Savannah News.
One reason why Mr.. Underworld
popularity is increasing is that his
whole public carer and the things
for which he stands are of a char
acter to invite confidence. He is
one of that type of Southern states
men that played so important a part
in the affairs of the nation before
the War Between the States and that
began to make their influence felt
again in public life after the recon
struction period Politically clean,
able, conscientious and broad enough
in his views to deal fairly with the
interests of all sections he is the
sort of a statesman the people are
looking for to bring the nation back
to safe constitutional mornings, to
safeguard it against the dangers of
the new doctrines which ambitious
men are proposing as means of
gaining place and power.
1t cannot be repeated too often
that the South is the most American
and most conservative part of the
union, and thinking men in all parts
Of the country are looking to the
South to lead in resisting the attacks
on the fundamental principle on
which the government is founded.
What is more natural, then, than
| that, in the stress and storm of the
existing political unrest, they should
! regard with special favor a Southern
leader.
The sectional differences of the
| past are forgotten and there is a gen
eral feeling of gladness that they
| are. There hasn't come from any
part Of the country a single note of
disapprOval of the candidacy of Mr..
Underwood, and it is certain there
will be none. Indeed, if he should
be the nominee of the democratic
| party the very fact that he is a
Southern man would be one of the
sources of his strength.
There is feeling of satisfaction
all over the South that there have
been no attacks upon his record.
While other candidates are explain
ing the speeches they have written
he is serene and smiling, unafraid
and unattached, because, although
! the leader of the house and for sey-
enteen years participant in the
discussions of congress, he has an
unassailable record.
He has been consistent and has
kept steadily in view the welfare of
the nation. He has held fast to the
faith of the fathers of the republic.
He believes that, having before them
when they made the constitution the
histories of ancient republics, they
built wisely and solidly, and he sees
no reason to change what they did.
He is the sort of a statesman the
people are looking for. They are
tired of being dragged hither and
thither by emotional statesmen who
aim to attract the attention of the
multitude by proposing new remedies
of doubtful value for every com
plant this or that disconnected fac
ton makes. The South is proud of
Mr.. Underwood, and the signs are
multiplying that her Empire State
will name him as it's choice for pres
ident.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
AN APPALLING INDIFFERENCE.

The warning note of the approach
of the invading cotton boil WeeVll-
the deadly enemy of the cotton plant
of the South-issued by the govern
ment demonstrators who are station
cd in Georgia has been met with dis
couraging indifference by the aver
age farmer. is the statement made
bv Prof. ]. Walter Hendricks, the
demonstration in the First district.
He says that Georgia is destined
to undergo a most destructive inVa-
sion of this pest, which has turned
fertile regions into waste lands in
many sections of the United States.
The farmers who have been seen by
the field agents, he says, are abso-
Iutely Indifferent; they take the
stand that the weevil will not come,
and if it does get here within the
next eighteen months, as the gov
eminent men have warned them, 1t
won't amount to much.
Never in the history of the South
has such a grave error been made,
says Professor Hendricks. ''The Wee
vii is coming; he is now crossing AL
ALBANIA, and when l say that the wee
vii will come into the state of Geor-
gia within the next eighteen months
| mean, of course, that he will make
his first appearance on the western
edge of the state, but that he is COM
ing is an absolute and undisputed
fact. If the farmers do not respond
to the warnings which we are striv-
ing to give them and practice diversi-
fed farming then a crow will need to
carry his dinner with him in crossing
the state if he does not wish to go
hungry"
Some of the farmers are planting
more corn and less cotton this year
than formerly, but the masses have
not yet been able to see that way.
They will plant and plant cotton
without wisdom until the weevil hits
them In Louisiana and Mississippi,
where the weevil fiOurished, the
lands and the crops have never come
back to normal conditions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
ONE OF LEFE's TRAGEDIES.

A Washington dispatch says:
Martin Gajen, a man without a
country, has been ordered deported
from the United States. Gajen shipp-
ed from New South Wales on the
barkentine Arizona, bound for San
Francisco. When within two days
sail of the latter port he became in
sane. Under the immigration laws
he could not be received in this
country, and the steamship which
brought him here was ordered to
take him back to his starting place.
But New South Wales refused to &C
cept him. Gajen was born in Rus
STA and that government was ap-
pealed to, but in vain. Efforts were
made by the immigration authorities
in this country to locate some of the
relatives of Gajen, but without sue
cess. He has been detained at the
immigration station at San Francisco
ever since, but orders for his deport-
alton were issued today. Just where
ne will be sent has not been deter
Poor devil. Reason gone, home
less and friendless in a strange land,
yet because of the law he must be
set adrift without rudder or COM
pass. The inhumanity of it all!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

The decision of the interstate COM
merce commission that if railroads
accept state rates such rates must be
interstate as we'll as interstate is a
far-reaching one. A railroad cannot
charge one rate to a point just in
side a state line and another and
much higher rate to a point just over
a state line. This decision, if sus-
tanned by the courts, will bring about
a readjustment Of rates all over the
country, and will probably lead
eventually to the abandonment of
rate making by state railroad COM
missions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL.

am candidate for the Office of
Solicitor-Gencrql of the Pataula cir
cult, subject to the action of the
democratic primary. If elected I
promise my best efforts in the faith
full dischage of the duties of the
office. B. T. CASTELLOW.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
UNIDENTIFIED CAMPAIGNING.

1t is a consoling thought that of
the several democratic aspirants for
the presidential nomination only one
Governor Wilson of New Jersey, or
his friends) are conducting a cam
paign like that Colonel Roosevelt is
waging against President Taft.
While Mr.. Taft is making dignified
and fair-worded speeches in dig
nified way Colonel Roosevelt has
tackled the president Gas rival as
pirant) with about the same spirit
and vigor as rival candidates for
district bailiff would display. That
is what we have come to in this
country, when men who aspire to the
highest office in the gift of the peo-
pie must meet and combat all the
methods of demagogy. 1t is not a
refreshing spectacle. But there is
satisfaction in knowing that the in
dications now are that when it is all
over he will be about the worst dis
credited political four-fushers the
country has ever known.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
FOR SHERIFF.

am candidate for reelection to
the Office of Sheriff. l am grateful
to the people of Terrell county for
past kindnesses, and if again entrust-
ed with the position will continue to
faithfully perform its duties. Re-
spectfully, NJ. G. HILL.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

A law providing Jail penalty and
heavy fines for the manufacture, sale
or gift of any sort of a pistol that
can be concealed on the person
would be very drastic measure, but
if enforced it would mean great saw
ing of human life and greater saving
of human sorrow, remorse, humilia-
ton and suffering.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.

I am a candidate for the office Of
Tax Collector of Terrell county, sub
ject to the Democratic primary. If
elected I promise my best efforts in
the faithful discharge of the duties
of the office. J. o. RUSSELL.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

Civic beauty, cleanliness and com
fort of the people should be the uni
versal slogan in Dawson. Keep IN
mind the fact that city beautiful
is the avowed enemy of the mos
ouito. the fly and other pests.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

The moving picture can delight
and instruct. And they can be used
to a demoralizing and vicious eff
feet. AS witness a news item from
Hillsville, Va, that the court room
tragedy has been dome over" to
exhibit in moving pictures. It's a
pity, and it's wrong.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

Following the primaries in New
York Tuesday, in which President
Taft defeated Colonel Roosevelt by
s to /, the latter left for the West
after declaring that he was disgust
ed. Well, we should say so. 1t is
enough to disgust any man to be so
overwhelmingly repudiated by his
home state
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

The Omaha correspondent of the
Kansas City Star writes that while
w. ]. Bryan is not presidential can
didate, yet just the same he figures
that the nomination is quite likely to
come to him at Baltimore. He ex-
poets, says the Omaha writer, that
no one of the present leading aspir-
ants can hope to poll the necessary
two-thirds vote; that a deadlock will
ensue and then-Bryan will be there
and he will make a speech. 1t will
be a repetition of the historic episode
when he sang the sweet song about
the "cross of gold and crown of
thorns that hypnotized democrats at
Chicago in 1896, and-well, it will
be Bryan for the fourth time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.

I am a candidate for the office of
Tax Receiver, subject to the Demo-
cratic primary. If elected I will not
ask for third term. ]. D. LANG.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

The Wilson boom in Georgia is
wabbly, and a cry has gone up to the
New Jersey man to hurry down here
and try TO brace it up. He will speak
here some time in April in an effort
to breathe new life into it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
A Texas Wonder

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, removing grav-
ell, cures diabetes, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism and all irregular
tiles of the kidneys and bladder in
both men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. If not
sold by your druggist will be sent by
mail on receipt of $1.00. One small
bottle Is two months treatment, and
seldom fails to perfect cure. Send
for testimonials from Georgia and
other state. DIR. E. w. HALL, 1926
Olive street, st. Louis, Mo. Sold by
druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

The Americas Times-Recorder
does not approve of Hon. Charles R.
Crisp's declaration in favor of a par
cells post, and uses a double-column
editorial in long primer type to say
so. 1t is a proposition that cuts
both ways. 1t is very popular with
the people in the country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
DICK GRUBB HITS THE
BULLS EYE THREE TIMES

From the Darien Gazette.
Don't let the lOud-mOuthed politi-
clan fool you. The country is not
going to ruin, and even if it was he
could not prevent it. AS a general
thing, the candidate always feels
confident that the world will go to
smash unless he is elected It's a
reelection on the people when they
stop and listen to that class of poll
ticianS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

Foot fashions CHAMP.
mighty often these days
1t keeps the mannf..
turer busy ssin,
which way the cats 90.
ing to jump.
We make a close study
of whats next" You,n
find all the up-to-tbe.
minute styles in III.
Red Seal line for tb,
season.
Ask your dealer II
show you "Ty Cobb
and cred Rock, " two Of
the latest lasts. Thev'll
please you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
A Spring Poem.

n 3pIIII2 OCIIFs
From the Moultrie Observer.
Soon the organ grinder,
With his hurdy-gurdy thing
IT'S a horrible reminder
OF the presence here of Spring
Let us sing
While we bring
A load of bricks
To at him fling.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30
Municipal Ticket.

We, the undersigned, hereby an
nounce ourselves as candidates for
the offices named below, subject to
the Democratic primary:
For Mayor:
F. M. M'NULTY
For COunciImen:
]. c. HOLLINGSWORTH
A. L. M'LENDON
J. d. MORRIS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-30

The Duttenhofer shoes for ladies
can't be supposed McLain Co. have
them.