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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
HIGHWAY SUPERVISION.
From the Savannah News.

From the savannah news.
Does the appointment of Thomas
P. Stanley to the position of super
visor of highway construction by the
prison commission mean that. We are
to have a new departure in road con-
struction? 1t is certainly to be hoped
so. Much of the road building, since
the Inauguration of the good roads
movement, has been of costly kind,
not because the cost originally was
great, but because the cost of repairs
has been great. At this time not
only in this state, but in many others,
vast sums are being spent annually
on roads that are always fast ap-
preaching dissolution"
Roads that have the quality of per-
manency cost a great deal to con
struct, though not nearly as much as
they did a few years ago, because it
has been discovered how to handle
the material used to much better adj
vantage, but when built they last a
long time, and the expense of keeping
them in repair is small. Besides,
they have the advantage of always
giving satisfaction. There is never
reason to complain Of them, and
hence tax payers feel that they get
the worth of their money. Being
satisfied the tax burden for road
building isn't regarded as a heavy
one.
1t is said that the main roads
around Detroit, Mich, cost about
So, 900 a mile. but they are kept in
repair at an annual expense of $40
to SIS mile, while the so-called
good roads in some of the states, no.
tably in New York, New Jersey and
Massachusetts, cost for repairs per
mile 5000 to $1,000 a year. And the
Detroit roads, with very little atten-
ton, last a generation or more. In
fact, there is hardly any wear-out to
them.
Supervisor Stanley ought to extend
his activities to all the counties
where there is activity in road build
ing. 1t is in his power to render the
state a great service simply by show
ing road builders what makes for
permanency in road building.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Pay Your Subscription
Sheriff. Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Will be
sold on the first Tuesday in January,
1914, at public outcry, at the court
house door in said county, to the
highest bidder for cash, certain prop
erty of which the following is a full
and complete description; The en-
tire stock in trade, tools, implements,
machinery, paints, oil, hardware,
nuts, bolts, ironware, 1900 feet of
lumber, more or less, one complete
wagon body, ten wagon bodies, more
or less, uncompleted, eight buggy
bodies, more or less, one delivery
wagon body, rubber tires, hose, one
iron safe, one stove, mating, one
desk, tables, ropes, pullies, wagon
tires, one gasoline engine, tire ma
chine, anVils, hammers, in fact every
article of any kind or character locat-
ed in the two story brick house on
the west side of Jefferson street, OPP
posite the city guard house, in Daw-
son, Ga, occupied by w. H. Stout as
a blacksmith shop; also -wo top bug
gies on outside and several wheels;
also seven buggies, one automobile,
tools, implements, in the building
rented from the Dawson Market and
Grocery Company. Said property
levied on as the property of w. H.
Stout by virtue of a fl ia issued from
the City Court of Dawson, said coun-
ty, in favor Of ]. R. Webb, j. D.
Laing and J. w. Glass against said
w. H. Stout; said property being
now in my possession. This Deem
Der 2nd, 1913.
J. H. SLADE, Deputy Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
ADVERTISEMENTS AND SALES.

From the Philadelphia Aedger,
The ordinary newspaper or period
ical doesn't dream of the potency of
good advertising. One of the largest
if not quite the largest general adj
vrtiser in the United States is a man
ufacturer in the Philadelphia metro
politan district.
There is a never-ending race at
that plant between the advertising
department and the builders. The
advertisers bring in so much business
that the builders are kept busy en-
larging the factory.
Something like million dollars a
year is spent on advertising this
company's output which is luxury
in every sense. At the present mo-
ment orders for new business are so
far ahead of the capacity of the plant
that it would seem a hopeless job
ever to catch up. But the advertisers
never relax.
The head of the great concern now
knows almost better than anybody
else that before you can reap a har-
vest you first must SOW the seed. The
advertisers are the chaps who are
doing that.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
A Corn Famine.

"A corn famine for fifty years" is
the way Mr.. Peter Radford, a we'll
known citizen and writer of that
state, sizes up the Texas situation af-
ter noting that the 1913 crop will be
100000 bushels short of that
states requirements. Mr.. Radford
says:
I'VE have had a corn famine in
Texas for the past fifty years, and
l want to appeal to the Texas farm
ers to plant more corn. 1t causes
the annual drain of more than
$30,0O0,000 upon the resources of
the farmer and this spectre of want
should be driven from the land.
The remedy is very simpIe-plant
more corn
Georgia and most other Southern
states have had the same famine,
and there can be no true and lasting
prosperity until it is broken. Let
our Southwest Georgia farmers re-
member that in planning their next
years crops.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
LISTEN, LITTLE GIRL.

You've a very narrow skirt,
Little girl.
Are you sure it doesn't hurt,
Little girl?
That's a mincing little stride
Where the street is wild and wide;
Are you sure there's room inside,
Little girl?
What will happen if you slip,
Little girl?
Aren't you fearful it will rip,
Little girl?
You would better take a sack,
So if anything should crack
1t would serve you coming back,
Little girl?
Does your mama know you're out,
Little girl?
We're afraid to go about,
Little girl.
If we met you in the sun
With your skirt so thinly spun,
Why, we might all have to run,
Little girl.
Let the bottom out a bit,
Little girl.
It's much too tight a fit,
Little girl.
AS the matter sadly stands,
You'll be walking on your hands,
And in that eyent-my lands!
Little girl.
-GANDERBONE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
ChriStmas---A Few Words.

In what we hope is the best spirit
OF the Christmas season The News
sends greeting and loving thoughts
and good wishes to ali its friends.
The words are not formal or per-
functory, or in conventional spirit.
It is the time when peace and good
will" find expression in virtually all
hearts.
Who are our friends? We find it
hard to think of any who is not
friend today-so far as we are con-
cerned, at all events. And espe-
cially do we think of the readers, the
advertisers and the correspondents of
the paper as friends. 1t would be
strange if that were not so. AS the
years go by the association with these
friends becomes more and more priz-
ed, more of a privilege that is worth
living for. We have found in the OPP
Grafton of The News for nearly thirty
years that there can be some senti-
ment in business. 1t cannot be all
sentiment. The paper has to face
pay roll and other expenses every
week that are never as small as they
We're the previous week. That eX
plains why there must be business as
well as sentiment. But We are glad
that there is room in our scheme for
somewhat of sentiment, and may it
ever be so. There are hundreds of
readers the editor knows personally,
there are hundreds he has never met
and does not know, and never will
meet or know. But to him each one
of these is a friend. Life is serious.
All feel its cares, and it is well to let
the feeling of friendship. of peace and
good will have full sway when you
can; and this is the time. We shall all
have to take up the graver side of
life soon enough, and while we can
we yield to the Christmas feeling.
We hope that in all the homes
where those who read The News
dwell there will be peace and con-
tent, that there will be health and
happiness. But we realize that for
some there must be trial and even
sorrow. To those we send sympathy
the sole regret being that sympathy
is all that can be sent. For the
greater part it is grateful to feel
that there will be health and happi-
ness. For all for whom happiness is
possible may the day be one to recall
as a blessed day and emphatically so
for the little children who brighten
happy homes, for who does not find
qualification in seeing children
happy?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Extravagant Living,

Americans are reputed to be the
least thrifty of all nations. We rank
below even Japan and Iitaly in this
respect. In Switzerland there are,
according to recognized authority,
544 depositors in savings banks for
every 900 of population. Comment
ing on this fact the Nautilus Maya
zine says:
Life has grown more and more
complex at a bewildering pace in
America. The more we have gain
ed in our conquest of material
things the more We have wanted.
We have not been content with
simple living well within our
means. We have constantly reach
ed out to make a showing equal to
our more wealthy neighbors. This
has become almost a mania among
Americans of all classes. And hay-
ing succeeded in raising our stand
ard of living, by strenuous and UNI
renting effort to get ahead, we
have not found ourselves any hap
pier or healthier or more useful to
ourselves or others. What we need
is to popularize simpler standards
of living. We ought to make it
the custom, make it fashionable,
for each family to live within it's
means. A man who earns $4,000
a year and spends more is not bet
ter off at the end of the year, and
no happier, than the man who
earns but $4,000 a year"
1t is our ideals, our purposes and
our standards of living that play the
great part in making us really happy
and successful. or the reverse.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Administrators Sale.

State Of Georgia, Terrell County
By virtue of an order from the Court
of Ordinary Of Terrell county, Geor-
gia, l will sell before the court house
door in the city of Dawson, Ga, on
Tuesday, Janary 9Th, t914, during
the legal hours of sale, the following
described property to-wit: Two
houses and lots in the city of Daw-
son, Terrell county, Georgia, ly-
ing and being in the fair ground
addition to said city of Daw-
son, Ca, one lot being known as the
home place in said fair ground addi-
ton to Dawson, Ga, and one house
and lot lying just east of said home
place in said fair ground addition to
said city of Dawson, Ga. Sold as the
property of James Nables, deceased,
for the purpose of paying debts. This
Dec. 1st, 1913. J. S. LOWREY,
Administrator Estate James Nables,
Deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
SAYS LOBBY Is NOT DEAD.

James Galloway in Macon Telegraph.
The Dawson News congratulates
the country in pleasing editorial
that lobbying is dead" 1t COM
mends President Wilson for his part
in clearing Washington OF political
lobbyists, and thinks the lobbying
problem is solving itself. In Georgia
strenuous measures were taken to
stop the pernicious practice, and set
public opinion against what was call
ed the third" house. All this was
done in the interest of purer politics.
Yet, in the face of this attempt to
purify politics, Dr. Anna Shaw felic-
itates herself upon the action of the
women of California. DR.. Shaw tells
US that all the leagues of the Wo-
mems Euqual Suffrage Association of
California sent delegates to the capt.
tai, where they established headquar
tiers for the purpose of lobbying to
enforce their views upon members of
the legislature. So the California
suffragettes disregard the efforts of
the national government and of num-
bers of states to discountenance lob
bying. At the same time they claim
they wanted the ballot to purify poll
tics. So lobbying is to be the politi-
cal weapon Of the California women.
1t has the approval of the national
association of women, dominated by
Miss Jane Adams and Dr.. Anna
Shaw,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Twas a Good Speech.

Hon. Frank Park, the new con-
gresham from the Second district,
has made his first speech, and there
is much besides its breyity that COM
mends it. He not only said much
in little, but he said it well. and the
to which he gave utter
ance do credit to him as a man and a
charged with the duty
of legislating for the people. Com
menting on Mr. Parks speech the
Savannah News says:
"A congressman maiden speech
is more or less great event IN MS
life. Representative Park, the new
member from the Second district.
didn't delay his initial effort very
long after he took his seat. He
showed that he believes in ecOno-
MIXING time in debate, as his
speech was only five minutes long.
Yet he seems to have said quite a
good deal in that time. He was
speaking on an important subject,
discussing the plan for the world to
stop building warships for year.
He was one of the majority that
supported the resolution favoring
a naval holiday He favors
spending less money on warsnips
and more on roads and schools.
He no doubt reflects the wishes of
the great majority Of the Ameri-
can people ir that respect"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Administrators Sale.

State of Georgia, Terrell County
By virtue of a special order from the
Court of Ordinary of Terrell coun-
ty, Georgia, l will sell before the
court house door in the town of
Lumpkin, Stewart county, Georgia,
on Tuesday, January 9Th, 1914, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, to tie
highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing described lands, to-wit: All IF
lot of land number 233 and the WIS
half of lot of land number 234, all
lying and being in the 18th district
of Stewart county, Georgia, and CON
tanning in all sos "a acres, more or
less. Sold az the property of Mrs.
N. c. Saville, deceased, for the pur-
pose of paying debts and distribution.
This Dec. LIST, 1913. r. l.. SAVILLE,
Administrator Estate of Mrs. N. C.
Saville, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
TWO CHRISTMAS POEMS
THE BUNDLE CLOSET.

Of all the Christmas mystery,
And all the Christmas fun;
OF all the Christmas revelry
And all the Christmas sun,
Of all the Christmas fancy,
And the laughter and the din,
The finest is the closet
That they hide the bundles in.
o, the little, little closet,
Underneath the old front stair;
They bring EN- in the hallway,
So well not know they're there.
And they keep it locked and secret,
And they always wink and grin
When we ask about the closet
That they hide the bundles in.
1t isn't fair for peeping,
And you mustn't ever know,
Or else the gentle magic
OF the Christmas spell would go;
And that's the sunny reason
Why the children all begin
To guess about the closet
That they hide the bundles in.
Everybody's packages
Are in it, big and small;
And children's eyes are wishing
They could see through the wall;
But the merriest side of Christmas
Is the waiting with a grin
To investigate the closet
That they hide the bundles in.
Selected
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
A CHRISTSIAS MINUET.

When silver flutes and violins
In Christmas-land are signing
A dreamy waltz that sets the feet
OF youths and maidens flying;
l see among the plain black coats
And girlish rosebud faces
Strange figures of the long ago
Come out and take their places.
In stomachers and gay brocades
That Time has stained and faded,
In buckled shoes and velvet suits
With gold belaced and braided,
They tread a stately minuet,
The courtliest of dances,
And underneath the mistletoe
Renew their old romances.
When chimes are rung, carols sung,
And snow the landscape covers,
The spirit of the olden time
Around the holly hovers.
Then every shadow to my gaze
A powdered head discloses,
And all the air is family sweet
With lavender and roses.
With lifted skirts of pink and blue
They courtesy down the middle;
l hear, above the stops and strings,
The spinnet and the fiddle.
The creaking of a coach and four
Between the pines and laurels,
And footsteps in the frozen snow
That vanish with the carols.
Nina Irving.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Heroic Spirit In Women,

Now. there's a wife. When Daniel
Rrunn. a fireman in a Trenton, n. j.,
factory. was seized with appendicitis
the other night and could not get
man to relieve him it was his wife
who trimmed the fires, watched the
gauges and kept steam up so the
plant would not have TO shut down.
All through the night she alternated
between her PROSTATE husband, ad-
ministering such aid as she could,
and the boilers.
MolI Pitcher, taking her husbands
place in a battle of the revolutionary
war. swabbing out the cannon and
ramming home the shell, was not
more heroic than Mrs. Brunn. 1t was
merely a difference in the weapon,
not in the spirit; coal shovel instead
OF ramrod.
Wherever man is found in conflict
there is woman by his side, encour-
aging, cheering, soothing. upbraid-
ing. as the occasion demands.
If we had more M8ll Pitchers and
more Mrs. BRUINS, women who are
content TO work by some mans side
until occasion brings out the heroic
in their nature, what a lot of other
things would take place!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
BUYING NEGRO FARM HANDS.

From the Triton Gazette.
Another farmer has fallen for the
old game of buying a negro and a
large family, and as result is out
500 and the negro. 1t was case of
the same old fiim-fam over again.
The negro went to S. R. Johnson, a
Worth county farmer, and told him
that if he would take his wagon and
go with him to Coney, in Crisp coun-
ty, and pay an account of $9S.S1 he
owed there the negro would move on
to Johnson's place with his family,
which he affirmed, as usual, was large
enough to cultivate a two-horse farm.
negro to Coney in his wagon. AS is
necessary to pull the trick, they
reached there after night. The negro
went into the commissary, bought
box of matches and wrote on a slip
of paper "$9S.S1," which he carried
out to the farmer, telling him that
was the amount he owed. The farm
er wanted to go in and pay the ac-
count himself, but the negro insisted
that he be allowed to pay it, as his
old boss was busy. The farmer gave
the negro the money, and he hasn't
been seen since. 1t does seem that
with the wide publicity which has
been given the tricks of this negro
and the frequency with which he
works it the farmers would get wise,
But, then, a sucker S born every
minute, and the temptation to do an
other farmer is always hard to with
stand.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Notice to Debtors and Creditors

State OF Georgia, Terrell County
Notice is hereby given to all credit
ors of the estate of J. P. Lee, late of
said county, deceased, to render in
an account of their demands to me,
properly made out. And all persons
indebted to said deceased are hereby
requested to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned. This list
day of December, 1913.
c. B. WEAVER, Administrator of
Estate of j. P. Lee, Deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
DONE GOT A QUARTER.

From Everybody's Magazine.
A slouchy co1ored man went shut
fling down the road whistling like a
lark. His clothes were ragged and
his shoes were out at the toes and
heels, and he appeared to be in the
depths of poverty for all his mirth.
As he passed prosperous looking
house a man stepped from the door
way and hailed him. Hey, Jim!
got a job for you. Do you want to
make a quarter"
NO, sah,' said the ragged darkey,
4 done got a quarter"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Notice to Debtors and Creditors

State of Georgia, Terrell County
Notice is hereby given to all parties
concerned that l have been appointed
administrator of the estate of Mrs.
L. NJ. Johnson, deceased, and that
parties holding claims against said
deceased or her estate will present
them to me, properly made out, and
all parties owing said deceased or her
estate are requested to come forward
and make payment to me at once.
This Dec. 1, 1918. ]. F. C. DANIEL,
Administrator Estate of Mrs. L. NJ.
Johnson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
THE COST OF A GIRL.

From the Baltimore American.
According to a petition to the sur
rogate in darkest New York it costs a
minor daughter of parents who hap
pen to be persons of social position
in that vicinity no less than $6,12O
year to live and be educated. The
fetal is made up of the following
items: Salary of governess, $3.50;
board and expenses of goyerness, ST.
500; art lessons, $500; riding les
sons. $500; dancing lessons, 500;
general house expenses, $1,000;
dress, $1,000; pocket money, $3.50.
This will remind those who remem-
Der it of the famous saying Of the
wife Of a wealthy denizen of the same
city. IN the course Of suit brought
against her by an architect who did
not get all the money that he claimed
to be due him she remarked that it
was as much the duty of woman to
live up to her income as it was to live
up to her reputation.
Obviously, the cost of high living
is keeping pace with the high cost of
living generally. The average per-
son will think that a girl can worry
along and secure a pretty good educa-
ton to boot on considerably less than
$1,000 a year In any event, the vast
majority of girls do it. A course in
how to save money rather than how
to sQuander it would be a valuable
addition to every curriculum.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
For Leave to Sell.

State of Georgia, Terrell County.
Notice is hereby given to all concern
ed that I have this day applied to the
Ordinary of Terrell county, Georgia,
for leave to sell the lands or city
property belonging to the estate of
B. H. Brown, deceased, and that
same will be heard at the January
term of the Court of Ordinary, of
said county, January 5th, 1914. This
Dec. 1st, 1918. j. A. FOUCHE,
Executor Last Will of B. H. Brown.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23

It is surmised at Ell Paso that
Villa, the rebel commander, after the
latest battle near Juarez executed
more of his prisoners than his troops
killed in fair conflict on the battle
field. That seems to be the Mexican
way, and is further reason that in
stead of giving the revolutionists aid
and encouragement the United States
should hands off and let them fight
it out
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23

Do you intend to do something that
will make this Christmas more enjoy
able, more endurable for some one of
your fellow creatures less fortunately
circumstanced than you are? If you
do, the day will be happier for you.
If you haven't thought of tt-well,
the Christmas sun will not set until
six o'clock Thursday evening, and
your opportunity will abide with you
until then.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23

Some of the country roads are
being dragged since the rain. The
drag is a great road preserver," says
the Pelham Journal. And our con-
temporary is right The drag is the
most economical and effective way to
keep roads in good repair, and if used
more would lessen the tremendous
cost of working public highways in
Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Shareholders Meeting.

A meeting of the shareholders of
the Dawson National Bank of Daw-
son, Ga, will be held at their bank
ing house on Tuesday, January 10,
1914, at II O'Clock, for the purpose
of electing directors and for the
transaction of any other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing. R. L.. SAVILLE, Cashier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Shareholders Meeting.

A meeting of the shareholders of
the City National Bank of Daw-
son, Ca, will be held at their bank
ing house on Tuesday, January 13,
1914, at II o'clock, for the purpose
of electing directors and for the
transaction of any other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing. K. S. WORTHY, Cashier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-23
Withdrawal of Reward.

The reward, heretofore offered, of
$3.50 for the arrest and delivery to
the Sheriff of Terrell county OF Ar
thur, alias Bogue, Williams is here
by withdrawn. The parties who
placed the money in my hands for
the payment of the reward have
withdrawn it. This December 18th,
1913. NJ. G. HILL,
Sheriff Terrell County, Georgia