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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

The Telegraph carried story in
its news columns a few days ago
stating that the Hon. Champ Clark,
speaker of the house OF representa-
tives of the United States congress,
had been led from a platform in De-
troit because he was too drunk to
deliver his lecture, and that the au-
dience had its money refunded at the
door
We have scanned the exchanges
carefully ever since to find if possible
some denial from the Honorable
Champ. We are particularly inter-
ested in him because of his recent
visit to Macon, he having delivered
a lecture here under the auspices Of
the Barracks, and having attended two
banquets while in Macon. At one
of these dinners there was tempt
ing cocktail at his place, which he
promptly and politely delivered to the
waiter without sampling. The glass
intended for the ante-bellum wine he
unostentatiously turned upside down.
There was a small bottle OF Green
brier, about a drink for a Kentucky
MissOurian, there also, and when Mr..
Clark was closing his remarks he
picked up the small bottle and stated
that with the permission of his host
he would take that along as a SOU
venir and present 1t to Mrs. Clark
when next he saw her-that in re-
cent years he had allowed that good
lady to do all of his drinking for
him.
And right there is where the Ma
con hosts fell for him good and
strong" If there is any one thing
that. reaches the heart of a Georgian
more quickly than all else it is gentle
reference to the fair sex. Mr.. Clark
acted peculiarly at the dinner. He
was apparently listless, nonresident,
unanimated, impossible to arouse;
land while he talked he kept his eyes
shut. This was the subject for much
discussion afterward. But there was
no act or suggestion that the Detroit
incident was in the embryo.
For ourselves we don't believe
lit. Detroit possibly has not the keen
sense of distinction possessed by Ma
con, and mistakes a tired man for a
drunk man. Mr. Clark was appar-
entity exhausted Those in close touch
with him ventured the opinion that
he had extended his lecture tour be-
yond his physical endurance.
The Speaker is undoubtedly an
UNIQUE character. He has always
held devout religious views. His
father before him taught the Bible
during his spare hours. He tried to
bring up the speaker as preacher,
but the youth took to law and poll
tics. He gives the impression
through his blunt honesty in speech
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
FATHER.
BY Ray /. Hoffman.

Oh! a father is a hero, worthy of
the name of Nero; he's a martyr and
a lemon and a prince; he will spend
his hard-earned money with a dis
position sunny, and he'll shovel forth
the coin without a vince. He will
send his son to college, hoping that
some useful knowledge will find Iodg-
ment in his hard and empty dome
And he'll work until his knuckles
shine and glisten like brass buckles,
just to keep things running smoothly
in the home. He will dress his pretty
daughter in way that papas ought
en-" till she rivals both a princess
and queen; when, a dollar to
shilling, he will dig his pockets drill
ing for a dime to fill his jimmy pipe,
1 ween. Now, his wife will spend
his Doodle till he's dizzy in the moo
dle-spend till there's not Lincoln
red to spare; yet he meekly acQu1-
esces, sadly smOOths his grayish tress-
es, and he never says wOrd-he
dCesn t dare. He gets calling that
abashes if he spill little ashes on
the tableclOth, the mantel or the
floor. If he feels a little frisky,
wants to take a nip of Whiskey, why
it's apt to start long domestic war
And they rage and yell and boiler
if he tries to spend a dollar for a lit
tie recreation unbeknOwn; it's no
cinch to be a father, with a thousand
woes that bother, and never have a
penny of your own. But he's got to
keep on working, there's no letting
up or Sinking, for it costs a wad Of
coin to run home. And he's got
to skip and hustle, pay the bills and
Jump and bustle-he must keep the
cog wheels steady in his dome. Yes,
the father is a martyr, he's the stop
per and the starter, for the big ex-
penses keep him on the run; paying
bills and being father is lot of dog
goned bother, with a lot of woe and
very little fun.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
A Law of Real Benefit,

The most beneficial legislation en-
acted in Georgia in recent years is
the "blue sky law, which has been
in effect now about one year. Since
if became effective the Secretary Of
State has turned down approximately
four hundred schemes of various
kinds to separate the public from its
cash through stock jobbing and sim
liar smooth devices. Within the same
period he has approved as legitimate
and worthy corporations only forty
one. None of these was passed until
the most careful investigation had
been made, and the sOlidity and tru t
worthy character of both the under
taking and the men backing the same
had been established beyond reas-
enable doubt.
There is hardly any method by
which the saving to the people from
the rigid and successful enforcement
of this law can be computed in dol
lars and cents. 1t is known that mil
lions of dollars of worthless stock
had been sold in the state for years
prior to the passage of the blue sky"
act. Terrell county was a fertile field
for the operations of suave ''promot-
ers'' and people here contributed to
worthless schemes thousands of dol
lars that should have been devoted
to the development of home enter
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
Amend the Law.

The endorsement by Senators
Smith and Hardwick of Hon. T. S.
Fielder for appointment to a position
in the federal government has caused
a renewal of criticism by many of
the newspapers of the state of the
steam roller methods of the recent
state democratic convention. The
manner in which state conventions
have been conducted in recent years
is undesirable and harmful, but Mr..
Fielder was not responsible for the
unseemly occurrences at Macon, and
what happened there should have no
influence in the matter OF his ap-
pointment to the position in ques-
ton. All must admit that such meth
DDS as characterized the Macon con-
vention should not be tolerated, and
it is to be hoped that the next legisla-
ture will so amend the election law
that the majority will have all it is
entitled to without silencing the mi
nority, and give each candidate the
pro rata strength that the primary
vote shows in each county. Some
thing should be done, and in nom
factional spirit at that.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
A HUNDRED-ACRE RYE PATCH.

From the Oglethorpe Echo.
Maxwell brothers have finished
sowing their rye patch which we men
toned last week as having engaged
in blowing therein nineteen plows
They sowed in it one hundred and
twenty-five bushels of rye, which
means the patch contains something
like one hundred acres. 1t is land
Just in the rear of the residence Of
Mrs. Allie Maxwell, which has been
sown down and improved for several
wears. and the Maxwell brothers ex-
pect to make a fine crop of rye there
on. They are raising and fattening
quite a number Of cattle for their
market and restaurant and also for
sale and will utilize this rye patch
largely for grazing during the winter.
A hundred-acre rye patch is indeed
some green patch for this section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

FROM BhllaueIpn
A lecturer of the New York Ethical
Society gives Philadelphia audience
to understand the eternal feminine
is a class rather than sex; that it is
still a biologic riddle with mission
unfulfIled, wandering about like the
poet in worlds not realized,
breathing a psychic atmosphere at
variance with that which man
breathes. 1t was not clear to the
lecturer. or to his audience, or to the
eternal feminine herself, just what
woman is and whence the trend Of
her development is taking her. But
one thing was certain in the speak
er's view-that she was failure.
Away with such pessimistic peril
phrases of a sublime text. The lect-
urer confuses the eternal feminine
with the everlasting female in a way
that suggests that his experience
with the mutable sex has not been
Wholly fortunate. There is a world
Of difference betwixt the antagonistic
types. When they are reconciled this
earth will be ready for the millen-
mum. OF the everlasting femaIe
enough has been heard and seen in
the angular, defiant, beetle-browed
militant virago campaigning for her
rights" with AK and torch, loudly
assertive of her wrongs, the domi-
neering. Ioquacious, insufferable sort
the limelight and the footlight know,
instead of the mild radiance of the
domestic hearth.
1t is in spite of her kind, rather
than because of their vociferous in
sistency, that platforms include
suffrage plank and state constitutions
admit a suffrage amendment. The
adroit woman who wants to particl-
nate in statecraft on equal terms with
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
Coolest Town on Earth
From the Washington Star.

The coolest inhabited place in the
world is undoubtedly Verkhoyarsk,
in northeastern Siberia, with mean
annual temperature of less than 3
degrees above zero and a winter tenn
perature of 81 degrees below
Verkhoyansk is on the great Arctic
plain scarcely more than $50 feet
above the level of the sea. Probably
there would be no town at all there
if it we're not necessary to Russian
governmental purposes to have a
trading center for region where
many thrifty Yakuts may carry on
their operations.
All its inhabitants except few Of
ficials and other Russians are Yakuts.
This doesn't prevent its being place
of some Importance, for the Yakuts
are the most progressive people in
Northern Siberia.
In winter the rivers in the vicinity
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
The Day.
London Daily Express.

London Daily Express.
You have sown for the Day, you have
grown for the Day;
Yours is the harvest red.
Can YOU hear the groans and the aw-
full cries,
Can you see the heap of slain that
lies, go
skies
The CLASSY eyes of the dead?
You have wronged for the Day, you
have longed for the Day,
That lit the awful flame;
IT'S nothing to you that hill and plain
Yield sheaves of dead men amid the
That widows mourn for the loved ones
slain
And mothers curse thy name,
But after the Day there's a price to
pay
For the sIeepers under the sod.
| And He you have Knocked for many
day
/ Listen. and hear what He has to say:
J vengeance is mine; 1 Will repay.
What can you say to God?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
Henry Chappen in the

You boosted the Day, and you toasted
the Day,
And now the Day has come.
Blasphemer, braggart and coward all,
Little you reck of the numbing ball,
The blasting shell or the white arms
fall
As they speed poor humans home.
You spied for the Day, you lied for
the Day,
And woke the Days red spleen.
Monster, who asked Gods aid divine.
Then strewed His seas with the ghast-
~ mine;
Not all the waters Of the Rhine
Can wash thy foul hands clean.
You dreamed for the Day you schem-
ed for the Day.
Watch how the Day will go;
Slayer of age and youth and prime
Defenseless slain for never a crime),
Thou are stepped in blood as a hog
in slime,
False friend and cowardly foe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
Your King Comes to Die With You"

The inspiring presence and words
of King Peter of Servia are given as
the chief cause of the successes re-
Gently achieved by the Serviah army,
says a dispatch from Nish Servia, to
the Matin.
Soldiers! Heroes! Your King
has come to die with you for the
fatherland, for Servia. Let us drive
out the enemy!"
Those historic words, says the Mat
in dispatch, were pronounced by King
Peter before the order for the general
attack was given which resulted in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

The recent dash of cold in the
weather was wholesome, and is to be
appreciated. 1t brought stress, Of
course, for the very poor, but its
general effect is good in a physical
and business way. Merchants have
stocks of winter goods that must be
paid for, and cold weather stimulates
trade. Let all help the needy to face
conditions, and hope the cold will
abide with US.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

day, in peace and with good will for
all, with tender thought of the little
children whose glee will be joyous,
in kindliest thought of all the grown
folk who will respond to the spirit OF
the time, The News sends greeting
to all who read it-and to all who do
not, for that matter.
May the day be one that will put
brightness into your souls, and leave
with you tender, blessed memories.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
Eternal Misunderstanding Female
From PhiladeIphia PubIic Ledger.

a Public Ledger.
men does all she can to win ma5cu-
line favor by reliance on the charm
that, as Barrie tells US, is what eV-
cry woman knows" as the direct
route to the establishment OF her
absolute despotism. The eternal fem
mime does all she can to differentiate
herself from harsh-voiced heavy
booted sisterhood, who storm and
vociferate and stampede with no re-
spect of persons and places, OF MS
tory and traditions, or of all the ira
ditional qualities and aspects OF Wo-
manhood.
To declare that women have been
failure is to utter a Shavian gener-
alitv with neither wit nor sense 10
recommend it. Fortunately, woman
was not fashioned according to lee
tlrer's recipe. The mothers, wives
and sweethearts, who since primeVaI
time have been 1.-The sweet presence
of a good diffused" on earth, nave
left in all times and climes thelr own
legible record to defend them anu
they need no modern champion. III
so far as they have been feIllni1o
they have been successful, 1t Is only
at those rare times when they have
denied and belied their own natures
and the fulfllment of the laws OF
their being that they have been IaA-
ures. 1t is not necessary to nave
career to prove ones self "a per
feet woman, nobly planned" Count
less women, despite the ridicule 81 o.
their advanced" and "emancipate,Gi
sisters, have built lives contenteGIg
into other lives, have fashioned tnS
home that does not live by bread
alone and is not wholly made Win
hands. and in their consecratea to,-
of day to day have found their nap
piness and had their own reWaIu'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

the defeat of the Austrians ~.
aged hlng arrived on the battle front
at the supreme moment when tb n
country's fate hung in the balano cue
Mounted on charger he slowly rodn
through the Servian lines and ' Wae
everywhere greeted with the wiIdo as
enthusiasm. His words had the go az
feet of train of gunpowder on
the unforgetable battle began bo
fore Topola, the cradle of the Ko De
georgevitch dynasty, ten miles SO a
Mount Oplenatz, where rest the ae6n n
of the Servian hero's royal family 10
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Andrew Carne gle, who believes in
international arbitration of all dis
putes between nations and has munif-
icently endowed a Peace Foundation
to encourage the movement to that
end, is opposed to a truce in the war
during the Christmas holidays He
says it would be unchristianlike to
stop the fighting and begin it again.
Andy has a plentiful fund of incisive
humor Characteristic of the Scotch
DeOple.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Representative or twenty Ameri-
can nations assembled in Washington
the past week and discussed matters
of common interest. Perhaps tie
most important topic considered was
the rights and interests of neutral ma
tions in time of war. Up to this day
neutrals have not had many rights
that the belligerents seemed to con-
slider entitled to respect. The gath
ering last week went on record after
a manner that is virtually message
to those at war. As neutrals they
said, we have rights and it is our
purpose to see that those rights have
due consideration. 1t was a polite
and guarded message, but t. the
point, and we imagine that it Will be
needed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

The preparedness or unprepared-
ness of this country for war boots
but little for several years to come,
at least. All the other nations that
really amount to world powers will
be so exhausted by the present Euro
pean war that the United States, even
as she is, will be cock of the walk
for many years to come.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

of Verkhoyansk freeze to the bottom jill,
and the small trees have been KNOW" "
to snap and split from the force u
the frost. .o,sk is
In spite of all this Verhoyansh1 ,o %
not, as one might suppose, uls sasorr-
able place OF residence. 1t IS pr aonv
ed by many Russian officials u Ii''' Its
more southern and warmer posts ,,oa ar
atmosphere in winter is always Ci1" Is
and for the little time that the sun ob +
above the horizon it's beams are uh NV
structed. The air is still, ana no III, I've
yards or drifting snow storms H'''-
life a burden to the inhabitants
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

1t seems that British ships We're
the violators of the Panama canal
neutrality regulations. 1t has been
only a little while since the British
ambassador at Washington complain
ed of the violation by Germany Of
neutrality laws in this country and of
two of the Latin Americas. All Of
which goes to show that one belliger-
ent cannot be depended upon more
than another to respect the regula-
lions of neutral nations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Joseph Smith, second Of the name
to be accounted a prophet Of the Re
organized Church of Christ Latter
Day Saints, Mormons, is dead at the
advanced age of eighty-two. He led
that branch of the Mormon church
that eschewed polygamy, and bore
the reputation of being sincere and
able man. The Mormon faction Of
which he was the head is not as
strong, numerically, as that instituted
by Brigham Young, but it is firmly
established.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Many towns in Georgia have put a
ban on holiday fireworks and it will
be surprising If the loss by Christmas
fires this year is not less than usual.
There is a good deal of cotton stored
about the towns-ffteen thousand
or more bales in Dawson-and the
danger of causing disastrous fires by
careless handling of fireworks is on
that account greater this year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

There is in use in this country one
automobile for every 57.6 persons, a
total of 1,735,369 cars. Georgia has
less than her proportion of them, but
so has every other state except those
in which there are very large cities.
New York has nearly tenth of all
of them, and Illinois has 1861. "
The statistician forgot to add that a
million or more of these automobiles
are in the possession of people who
cannot afford to own them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
Best for Kidneys. Saws Doctor.

DR.. ]. T. R. Neal. Greenville, S.
c., says that in his 80 years of expe-
rience he has found no preparation
for the kidneys equal to Foley Kid
ney Pills. In soc and 81 sizes. Best
YOU can buy for backache, rheuma-
tism, kidney and bladder ailments.
Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

This pleasant mention of the young
man of The Dawson News is from the
last issue of our esteemed neighbor,
the Early County News: ''Mr. Glen
Rainey of The Dawson News spent
Monday in Blakely and paid our office
a pleasant call while here. Mr.,
Rainey IS a chip off the old block,
and keeps The News in the class of
Georgta's best weeklies while his
father looks after his duties as state
prison commissioner"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Judged by reports from all over
Georgia farmers elsewhere are not
holding their cotton like they are in
Terrell county. The farmers here
started out to hold their cotton, and
by the eternal they are holding it..
They realize now that it would have
been better if they had sold their
cotton at the beginning of the sea-
SON
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Connecticut has no more con
viets." They are all prisoners" or
inmates" That is a distinction
without a difference, and is another
instance that here is nothing in a
name. When a man is locked up in
the penitentiary for his crimes the
result is the same whatever he is
called.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

A few days ago it was given out
through the press of the country that
cotton in Germany was worth from
fourteen to eighteen cents per pound.
It was also reported that the demand
for cotton was enormous. 1t is hard
Europe why it does not bring more
here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22
A $4,000 JOB.

From the Macon News. ,riee.
The ThomasviIle Times-Ente Ip eft
the Dublin Courier Herald, the ,1 US
fin Daily News, the Dawson N otber
the Waycross Journal anu Uging
prominent Georgia papers are u lbons-
Tom Fielder to accept that ten 'l noe,-
and dollars a year federal p
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Merry Christmas to all the children
and grown folks in all the homes
where The News goes, or doesn't go,
There can be no limitation as to wish
ing JOY this season. Good wishes
include everybody.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Moultrie's big packing house has
begun operations, and should mean
a great deal to this section, especially
to the farmers, as it will afford them
to raise stock and aban-
don the all-cOttOn policy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Since taking editorial charge Of
the Griffin News and Sun Mr.. K. l..
Duke has greatly improved that pa
per. He is giving the people of his
town and section a paper that is
credit to them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

The Moultrie Observer has discov-
cred that "there is plenty Of money
in the country" and points to the
bank statements as proof of it's asser-
tions. Maybe so, but our contempt
rary fails to tell how to make the
banks loosen up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

The home coming for the holiday
vacation of the boys and girls off at
the schools and colleges has begun.
Their coming brings gladness to their
kindred and friends and makes the
holidays more joyous to all.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

The Methodist preachers who, by
the law of change and the fiat Of the
Bishop, had to migrate are now dom
iciled in their new fields of useful
ness, ready to preach and facilitate
Christmas weddings. Be generous
with the preachers, boys. AS rule,
you marry but once in a lifetime.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Mr.. Burleson, the postmaster gen
eraI, renews his recommendation that
the government take over the tele-
graph and telephone lines. We are
rapidly travelling toward a central
lied government. The people will
see the mistake of it after it is too
late
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

The Star of Bethlehem shines
bright yet, as bright as on that night
when the shepherds saw it, when its
CLEAN led the Wise Men from the
East to the manger where the Prince
of Peace lay. And its message now
as then is of peace On Earth, Good
Will "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

The Philadelphia Press calls Col.
Roosevelt the founder" of the pro-
eressfve party. And likewise its
"founderer,' remarks the Savannah
News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

So far in this session there does
not seem to be a concerted move
ment on the part of any great num-
Der of congressman to force through
a bill cutting down the congressional
mileage allowance from 20 cents a
mile to say five cents. The congress-
men and senators pay two and a half
or three cents a mile and collect from
the public treasury twenty cents a
mile, thus getting quite neat rake
off at the expense of the people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

Kansas is a food producing state.
It's wealth is the largest per capita of
any state in the union.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

The Augusta Chronicle has built
sky-scraper and had a house warm
ing. Congratulations, Editor 10y
less.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-22

If Santa Claus utterly ignores any
little child in any home where The
News goes the editor wants to know
of it.