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The citizen., 1913-12-12
NEW IDEA NOT IMPRESSIVE
Cabman Tried It, and 1t Worked, hu'
He Still Prefers the Old
Way.

81 was in county court the other
day" said the seedy-looking cabman,
"and l heard one of those solicitor
chaps say, People don't seem to under
stand that the only thing necessary
to keep horse from kicking when he
is down is TO get hold of his ear and
keep his nose up in the air. A horse
cannot kick when his nose is in the
air. have seen lady keep a horse
quiet that way without soiling her
gloves. What's good enough for a
lady says I, is good enough for me-
and tried it experimental-like, instead
of sittin' on his cad
'Well," remarked the attentive list,
ener, did the horse kick?"
"Not bit! He seemed so tickled
with the idea that he couldn't stir for
lafTn! But I think shall sit on his
'ead next time, all the same. London
Answers.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Old Cider Glasses.

One of the latest of the RACES of
ardent collectors is for old cider
glasses, especially those engraved
with an apple tree or wreath of APP
pies and leaves, and occasionally the
motto NO Excise" in protest against
the excise duties on cider and other
liquors. which caused such a revolt
among farmers in 1868.
Old coaching glasses are also in
teresting and rare, says the Gentle
woman. They were so called because
when coach stopped to change
horses in olden days at an inn these
glasses were brought to the passenger
by an attendant. and the contents had
to be taken at once-in q draught as
a rule-for they had no feet' and so
were called "No Heel Taps" and
could not be laid down until the
liauor had been consumed.
Perhaps quaintest Of all specimens
of old glass are sets Of egg cups in
Waterford, both uncommon and very
valuable.
The citizen., 1913-12-12

There is many an old collier, agri-
cultural laborer and factory opera
tive still living who owes knowledge
of reading, writing and arithmetic to
attendance at Sunday school, for
down TO quite modern times secular
as well as religious instruction was
given, relates the London Chronicle.
The change came with the enactment
of compulsory education in 1870; and
an aunt, still happily vigorous and
alert, has told me her embarras ssment
when as a young girl who had Just
left Miss Pinkerton's academy, she
found among the class allotted to her
in the Sunday school the gray-haired
old coal dealer Of the village, who
wished to learn arithmetic. For many
years also Sunday school teachers
were regularly paid. Robert Raikes,
for instance, gave his assistants is
Cd per Sunday.
The citizen., 1913-12-12

Rodger, the great French tenor, was
a sensitive soul, and was prone to take
offense at any slight, whether inten.
tional or not.
On one occasion he was engaged to
sing at the house Of a wealthy finan.
cier. Rodger sang his first song mag.
nificently; but no one paid the slight
est attention to him, and the guests
continued to talk their loudest.
Presently the host thought the time
had come for another song, and sent
for Rodger He could not be found.
Next day there came d note from him,
accompanied by 1900 francs. The
note ran something lilae this:
81 have the honor 10 return the
twelve hundred francs which / re.
ceiyed for singing at your function;
and | beg leave 10 add three hundred
francs thereto for having so disturbed
the conversation of your guests"
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Rscorded in Eayptlan Lore.

In the worlds most ancient records
the monuments OF Egypt-we find
evidence of the existence of the cove
nant Of blood. Even then it seems to
have been a custom to covenant by
tasting the blood from another's arm.
In the Book Of the Dead" the most
ancient and most important of the sa-
cred books Of the Egyptians, there are
several references to blood covenant
ing and incidental mention Of the tast-
ing OF blood by gods and by men. An
inscription on an ancient Egyptian
monument details a legend OF the re-
bellion Of mankind against the gods;
of an edict of destruction against the
human race; Of divine interposition
for the rescue of the doomed people
In this legend prominent part is CIV
en- to human blood mixed with the
juice of mandrakes (love apples) and
prepared as a drink TO propitiate the
offended gods.
The citizen., 1913-12-12

Jim's boss sent him up on the roof
to paint it. That was early in the
morning Toward nightfall the bos~
clambered up the ladder to see wheth-
er his workman had flown away or
been eaten by the birds. There was
Jim sitting on the edge of the house,
singing.
Jim, you lazy piece, what you been
doing?"
Muffin"
Didn't send you up here to paint
the roof"
"Yassir."
"Wen. did you do it?"
"Yassir."
"What else did you do?"
81 went TO sleep"
"Why didn't you come down if you
had finished?"
"Deed, boss, you jes' said paint de
roof. You neveh said muffin bout
comm down"
The citizen., 1913-12-12
orlnIn Of Word astrlke. y

The earliest use Of the word
Strike in the sense of stopping
york, occurs in the London Chronicle
ior September, 1865, in connection
with coal strike, The publication
reports a great suspension of labor
N the Northumbrian coal fields, and
the co}liers are stated to have struck
out" for a higher bounty before enter
ing into their usual yearly bond"
The time-honored illustration of profit.
less labor, carrying Goals to Newcas.
tie" appears to have received its first
slap in the face during this strike.
The Chronicle reports that several
pokes Of coal were brought from Dur.
ham to Newcastle by one of the COM
mon carriers, and sold on the sand.
hills for Sd a poke, by which he
cleared Cd poke"
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Tricks of the Bad1er

So widely do the holes of badgers
ramify that Col. Afford Lucts, Brit
ish sportsman. had a force of eight
men digging for ten days and finally
abandoned the attempt to come up
with the badgers. 1t is believed that
badgers spring traps by rolling over
them on their back. The operation
has been observed by many credible
witnesses, to say nothing of the FIRE,
quent discovery in traps of hairs from
badgers backs. Among their fa,
vorite foods is honey. At the London
zoo one may often see a visitor with
a pot of honey scraping out the sweet
with a walking stick and then giving
the end of the stick to badgers to
suck. Formerly badger meat was
priced in England, the hind quarters
being made into hams, which, when
cured. were said to be as good as the
best bacon. Badger meat is an IN
common article diet in England at
present.
The citizen., 1913-12-12
Woes in tha 4MovIep business. roo

WOES N IHs "WoVIt" BusIness, TOO.
Downtown theatrical managers who
have to deal with jealous actresses
and fussy stars, and exercise diplom-
acy q thousand times a day, need not
think the lesser movie managers
haven't troubles OF their own, says
the Kansas City Star In all my ex-
perience in the show business re-
marked the manager Of motion pic
ture place On Thirty-frst street, Il
never had such time as had last
night. l have two machines. One Of
them lost the governor belt, the other
snapped a tension; three keys on the
piano stuck, and the trap drummer
broke the head of the snare drum
The citizen., 1913-12-12

What's that you call your mule?"
Il call him Corporation answered
the old colored man.
How did you come to give him such
a name?"
Fun studyin' de animal an readin'
de papahs. Dat mule gets mo- blame
an abuse dan anything else in de town
ship, an goes ahead having his own
way jes de same"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
Last Years Fire Record,

The losses by fire in the United
States and Canada during 1912 ag-
gregate s225,32O,OOO, or $9,O16,S5O
less than for 1911, and 50, 149,75O
below the amount recorded in 1910.
Although these figures indicate a de-
crease within the past three years
the losses in these two countries
during the past thirty-six years show
that the fire risk is steadily increas-
ing, due in part, probably, to new
factors of civilization that tend to
produce new fire risks. The losses
during 1912 were distributed over
a wide area. of country and the heaV-
lest ones occurred during the first
two months of the year. The most
disastrous confagrations were those
at Houston, Texas, where a loss OF
s4,5OO,000 was sustained, and the
burning of a life assurance society
building in New York, which caused
an estimated loss of 100000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
Sherif's Sale

I will sell before the court house
door in Dawson, Ga, on the first
Tuesday in April next, to the highest
bidder for cash, all the following
property towit: One combination
wood working machine, one power
hammer, one House cold tire setter,
one power fan and two hand blow
ers, two anvils and two blacksmith
vices, one /. B. S. drill and one tire
shrinker. Also all tools and stock
consisting of wood and iron, now con-
tanned in the blacksmith shop of w.
H. Stout, on the west side of the
street running by the guard house
in the city of Dawson, Ga. Said prop
erty levied on and sold by virtue of
mortgage fl ia from the City Court
of Dawson in favor of the City Ma
tiOnal Bank VS.. w. H. Stout. Said
property being bulky and expensive
/ to move will be sold as it remains
in its present location. This the LIST
day of March, 1913.
]. H. SLADE, Deputy Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
The Veto of The Webb Bill.

The Webb bill, which was designed
to prohibit the shipment of whiske!
into prohibition states, has been We
toed by President Taft. He is not
against the sort of legislation fol-
which the bill provided, but believ'
ing that it was unconstitutional he
did not feel that he should shirk
his duty by signing 1t and putting
an unnecessary burden on the SUI
preme court.
When the bill was before the SEN
ate Senator Root, thought by many
to be the ablest lawyer in that body,
said that a law prohibiting the ship
ment of whiskey into prohibition
states would be unconstitutional on
the ground that it made a distinction
in the states A law prohibiting the
shipment of whiskey into any state
would be constitutional, but the
Webb bill sought to prevent its ship
ment into only those states which
have a prohibition law.
The bill has been passed over the
presidents veto by both houses of
congress, and has, therefore, become
a law in spite of the disapproval of
the president
There are many, even among those
who are in no wise aligned with the
prohibition element, who will not
feel warranted in deprecating or OPP
posing a movement that is strictly
in accord with the principle of local
self-gOvernment, the right of a com
munity, or of a sovereign state, to
establish and maintain regulations
for the welfare and protection of So
ciety. Even the citizen who chal-
1enges the wisdom of what are called
sumptuary laws must admit that it is
quite another question that is involv-
ed in the Webb bill, for the purpose
of the measure is to uphold and give
effect to law enacted in legal and
orderly manner.
When Georgia or any other state
ordains prohibition its action should
be respected by other states. And
least of all should the federal gov
eminent condone or sanction pro-
cedure that would interfere with the
assertion of the principle of local
elf-goyernment
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
A New Issue Raised.

Another matter of tremendous i'm
portance has come forth to plague
the councils of the American suffra-
gists. 1t finds them divided, and it
will probably keep them in that state
for many day to come
Shall the American woman call
herself Miss, Mrs. or Mistress?
A Chicago woman raised the issue
by declaring that henceforth she will
have her cards engraved with Mrs,
although she is a miss, and she ad-
vises all of her sex to adopt the in
noyation, whether they are married
or single. Several prominent wo-
men, among them Rev. Anna Shaw,
believe that all womn should as
sumo the same title, but Miss Shaw
suggests the revival of the eld-fash-
Toned form of mistress"
The most sensible comment on the
matter has been made by New York
woman, Miss Anna Weeks, who says
that the Chicago woman's idea re-
minds her of the old saying thai
whether a woman is married or sin
gle she is sure to regret it.
Evidently the women will have con
siderable caucusing to do before
thew agree on the prefix to thei
names
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
MIR. RiVes Discusses Mrs. Patter-
sons Campaign.

Editor Dawson News: And the
chief object of the recent itinerary
of Mrs. T. E. Patterson, ct al, as the
lawyers say, was to defeat Jefferson
Randolph Anderson of Savannah for
the presidency of the Georgia senate,
because, forsooth, Anderson is OPP
posed to the Tippins bill. Now, the
writer knows J. Randolph Anderson
personally and by his record in the
legislature. and does not hesitate to
say that Georgia has no son more
fitted for any position than he. HIS
opposition to this bill, as president
of the senate, nor to any other meas
ure would have no more to do with
his action in reference to it than
would Judge WOrrills belief about
baptism have as to the amount of
fine he would assess on blind tiger.
Judge Worrill and myself were both
reared Methodists, but there is not a
man in the bounds of the Pataula
circuit who believes that, il guilty
of an infraction of the law, would
not be punished as severely as John
Gum, whose father was Presby-
terrain and his mother a Baptist, and
who is himself a Baptist, if both
were arraigned before Judge Worrill
on the same charge. And in this
respect-in being absolutely fair and
incapable of being either bought or
scared know of no man more like
Judge Worrill than Jefferson Ran
dolph Anderson of Savannah. And
&c nJ~t n
Mrs. Patterson S meeting in Cuth-
bert, contained in the Leader of Feb.
27th: "She solicited interest in the
Tippins bill and gave PERSONAL inter
est by interviewing our senator and
getting him to work for it. She also
asked that we request our senator
not to vote for Mr.. Anderson for the
| presidency of the senate. as he stands
unfavorable to the bill" Now, Mrs
! Patterson resides in Griffin and Mrs
Gilreath in Cartersville-one place
near Atlanta to the south, one neal
Atlanta to the north-both working
for North Georgia in opposition to {
candidate from South Georgia. This
and not prohibition is the meat in the
nut. 20, Christianity, what crime!
have been committed in thy namet
exclaimed one writer. A prohibition
list, or as | prefer to be called, TEN
perance man for forty years, l fee
like saying; 20, prohibition, wha
rotten political chicanery has beef
committed in thy name!" Now.
acquit Mrs. P. and her co-workers o
the w c. T. L. of being anythin
but unsuspecting tools. AS the Mas
ter said of the Jewish rabble, so sa
, of them: Forgive them; the
know not what they do" Respectful
ly, ANDREW P. RIVES.
Cuthbert. Ca, March l, 1913
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
Bankrupt Sale.

In the District Court of the United
States for the Northern District of
Georgia, Western Division.
In the matter of RisdOn L. Nichol-
son, Bankrupt.-Tn Bankruptcy. No
SSH pursuance of an order
issued by Hon. w. w. Wright, Ref
cree in Bankruptcy, dated February
18th, 1913, will be sold before the
court house door in Preston, Webster
county, Georgia, at public cutlery, to
the highest bidder for cash, during
the legal hours of sale, free from all
liens. on the Sth day of March, 1918.
the following described property to-
wit: One house and lot in Preston
Ga, one Warren piano and the ac-
counts of said r. L. Nicholson. This
25th day of February, 1913.
w. E. JENKINS, Trustee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
Shall Women Vote in Georgia?

! 1t is announced that bill will
| be introduced in the Georgia legis-
lature at its next session looking
to the amendment of the constitu=
ton so as to extend the right of
suffrage to women. The women of
Georgia have not yet made much
noise about wanting to Vote.-Al-
bany Herald
The News believes that women can
be distinctly useful as members of
public school boards, and we would
cheerfully and conscientiously favor
law making them eligible to hold
those positions and giving them the
right to vote for members of those
boards. For many reasons We be-
Iieve that should be the limit of
their suffrage, and that the great
body of modest and home-loving wo-
men of Georgia would not want or
have more. We do not take kindly
to the presence of women in the pull
pit, of women as governors of states,
as Judges, as congressman or legisla-
tors, as mayors and city councilmen
and the like. These responsibilities
are for men, But the life and the
training of the child in the public
school is part and parcel of the
child's life at home, and that is why
women who are wives and mothers
would be notably valuable in the
management of those schools.
That is as candid as We know how
tn no
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
President Wilson.

Hon. Woodrow Wilson, OF New
Jersey, was inaugurated president OF
the United States today, and that
he has full appreciation of the grave
and tremendous responsibilities he
will at once confront there is every
reason to believe. Not since Lincoln's
time has any president entered the
white house under conditions as por-
tentious as those that exist now, and
that undoubtedly awakens the solic-
will at once confront there is every
who today las taken the helm OF
state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE.

al. The exception is a poor thing to
bet on.
If there is any way you can, by
denying yourself a little luxury, by
using a little foresight even at a
sacrifice, you ought to prepare for
that time when the great law of av-
erages hits you. When that time
comes if it finds you in your own
home, with a little money in the
bank or in some safe investment. you
won't have to suffer or to ask from
those who have shown more sense.
You will have saved both your indie
pendence and your self-Tespect. You
will be able to take the comfort that
you ought to have, to do well by
yourself under adverse circum-
stances.
You are living in the sunlight now.
Would you be ready for the night If
if it should come? And don't you
.hink it likely it will come?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04

There is a tendency among some
of US to spend as fast as we obtain;
to take no thought of the morrow.
Almost inevitably it brings suffer
ing. The prohigate of the present Is
the pauper of the future. The man
who has no sickness in his family
no reyerses in his business, no inter
ruption in his income, is experience
ing life at par. He is getting the
full 100 per cent.
But 100 per cent isn't the aver
age. Somebody is having trouble
Disease and death are creeping into
some mems homes, disaster into some
mems business. Ultimately it is pref
ty certain, by the great law of aver
ages, to hit US somewhere. The man
who is experiencing none of these
troubles is both lucky and exception
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
A New Congressman Today.

By reason of having been trans.
ferred from the Second to the Third
district when Georgia was reappor-
toned after the last census Terrell
county has new representation in
congress today. Our people gener-
ally, including The News, were well
satisfied with Congressman ROdden-
berry as their representative at the
national capital, and besides their
appreciation of the interest he has
shown and efforts he has made to
serve them locally they have noted
with much satisfaction his rise in
prominence and influence.
Today Hon. Charles r. Crisp be-
comes the representative of the Third
district in congress. Having several
years ago filled the unexpired term
of his lamented father, and having
served the house in the important
and responsible position of parlia-
mentarian the past two years, he has
had experience and training that, in
connection with his high character,
industry and ability, will make him
an influential and effective represent
alive at the beginning of his service.
That he will give a good account of
himself in congress is conceded.
To both the old and the new con-
gresham The News extends felicia
tons, and best wishes for still great
err success and usefulness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
LOCALIZED ROBBERY.

From the Madison Madisonian.
The bursting of two life insurance
bubbles in Georgia recently has given
a black eye to those of our citizens
who had money invested in stocks
of these concerns. 1t has given fur
Their evidences of the great need of
our present. admirable code of insur-
anc laws The companies in ques-
ton were founded or chartered be-
fore the present insurance laws be-
came operative. This law needs fur
Their strengthening, so that such
farces as that enacted in Atlanta last
Monday cannot be permitted in Geor-
gia in future. The case in question
involved the winding up of the af-
fairs of the Cosmopolitan Life Insur-
ance Company concern founded
on hot air and newspaper advertis-
ing, claiming to have a million dol
lars capital and a million dollars sur
plus
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
Sheriff S Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-WiH be
sold on the first Tuesday in April,
1913, before the court house in said
county. within the legal hours of
sale, to the highest bidder for cash,
the following described property to-
wit: One bay horse about years
old, named John, said horse hay
ing been levied on to satisfy a mort
gage fl ia issued from the Superior
Court of Randolph county, said state,
in favor of J. c. Dozier against J.
s. Brown, and said horse is sold as
the property of J. s. Brown, defend
ant in fl ia. This March 1st, 1913.
NJ. G. HILL, Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04

The mummy sleeve" is the very
latest thing in the world of dress. 1t
is fashioned after those worn by the
Pharaohs in their tombs. Into the
grave seems an odd place to go after
a new fashion. Our esteemed broth
er of the Savannah News, who speaks
with the positiveness of one who is
authority on such matters, imparts
the information that what the tight
skirt does for the legs the mummy
sleeve does for the arms, that is, puts
a narrow limit on their usefulness.
Modern fashions almost make woman
a mummy, and mere man may only
stand aside and wonder what freak
ish design they will follow next"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
II Isn,t Fair to the citizen

From the Cuthbert Leader.
The Leader agrees with The Daw-
son News and the Eufaula Citizen
that it does not look fair for a city
to sell water and lights by measure
to its citizens and make the consum-
ers pay for the measures or meters.
We have held this opinion for some
time We contend also that it is
unfair, when meters are in use, for
the city to have a minimum charge
of $1.00 per month for lights, even
though only twenty-five cents worth
might be used some months in the
summer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
For the Gentleman of Leisure.

From the Triton Gazette.
Under the strict enforcement OF
the law no game has been sold and
none served in hotels and restau-
rants. Yet it is notable that the
cases made for violations of the game
laws were against the men for whose
benefit the laws were enacted. I'm
der them the sportsman can have all
the game he wants for his own use or
to give his friends, but the man who
has no time to hunt must do with
out. While the 'pot-hunters" and
the busy men have obeyed the law
the "sportsmen have been frequent
and fragrant violators. If the law
is failure it will be the fault of
such "sportsmen."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-04
A SUICIDAL POLICY.

From the Macon Telegraph.
The Dawson News relates that al
ready in Terrell county, that brag ag-
ricultural county, wagons heavily
loaded with shipped corn from the
West have passed through Dawson
on the way to some farms which still
pursue the all-cotton programme.
Terrell is a great agricultural coun-
ty," says The News, but this buying
corn in the West is a suicidal policy.
The News hopes this is the last year
such sights will be witnessed. There
have been raised from so to 1855
bushels of corn per acre in Terrell
and we ran make the corn if we
will "