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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
Papers That Don't Pay.

From the Moultrie Observer.
The Hawkinsville News and Dis
patch. one of Georgia's best news
papers. announces that it will here
after be published weekly instead
of semi-weekly. The business ac-
corded our Hawkinsville contempt
rary does not warrant the cOntin-
ued publication of a tWice-a-week
edition. There are, perhaps, not
more than a half dozen semi-week-
ly newspapers in Georgia, and it is
doubtful if any of them receive
much more patronage than they
did as weeklies. The News has
been published more than two
years as a semi-Weekly, and we
must confess disappointment at the
patronage the twice-a-Week paper
has received from business men OF
Dawson. 1t has not been proper
tionate with the increase in eX-
pense.-Dawson News.
The Semi-Weekly Observer is one
of the Oldest semi-weeklies OF the
state. The Tuesday edition was not
launched with the intention of max
ing money 1t was put on to improve
the news service. We trust it has &C
complished something in this respect
10 has never made money. However
we have no intention Of discontinue
ing it. We make it a practice never
to retreat. And then we are living
in a day when the best service is
demanded. The country papers OF
the future must be better than they
have been in the past. In order that
they may be maintained at the stand
ard which will be demanded they
must have more revenue. To secure
the increased revenue there must be
broader and better developed fields
and there can be no successful two
papers-in-a-town propositions.
We believe there will be fewer
newspapers ten years hence than we
have today. Not only in the small
towns but in the cities as well. What
has recently occurred in New Orleans
Chicago and San Francisco will hap
pen elsewhere. There will be cOnsol
idations and liquidations.
We will not undertake to enumer
ate all of the conditions that are con
spring to make the existence of {
newspaper more difficult, but it mus
be plain to every one who has watch
ed the trend of things that each yea
the net profits of newspapers have
dwindled and men of means are les
and less inclined to back losing news
DaDer properties.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
Amazing Crop Wealth,

Last year Georgia farmers sweated
ont crop wealth amounting to $217,-
100000. or more than a million dol
lars a day for every day of the grow
ing season. According TO Home and
Farmstead. a most interesting paper
published at Athens in the interest
Of the upbuilding of rural Georgia,
only three states of the union-Tex-
as. Iowa and Illinois-produced
greater crop wealth totals.
Quite naturally Texas produces a
larger total, because it is four and a
half times as large as Georgia; but,
according to Home and Farmstead,
Georgia is far beyond Texas in aver
age per-acre crop yield-s2O.80
against $1S.52.
Georgia ranks fifteenth in per-acre
yield; Texas ranks thirty-second.
Moreover, Georgia outranks both
Iowa and Illinois in average per-acre
crop yields. Indeed, Georgia out
ranks thirty-three states of the I'M
ion in the per-acre production of
crop wealth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
For State Treasurer.

To the People of Georgia: I am
candidate to succeed myself as
State Treasurer, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary. My can
didacy is based strictly upon my rec
ord and experience in this office,
which are well known ta the
people of Georgia, and which
trust has been satisfactory
If. in your opinion, the management
of the states finances under my ad-
ministration for the past several
wears has been faithful and efficient
would gratefully appreciate your
endorsement at the polls in the COM
ing primary. Thanking you for the
support and confidence extended me
heretofore, l earnestly solicit your
further kind consideration Of my cane
didacy in the present campaign. Re-
spectfully, w. j. SPhhR.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

her race. secret suffering and sickness
is writing those lines every day pIainsr
and palmer.
They don It know what to do. Their
backs ache, their bodies ache: noon an. on
petite, bad digestion, sallow sling
dropping shoulders, always tired. Prob''
ably suffering from organic or function
al trouble peculiar to women. Doctors
don't seem to help them. It's Ditifnl,
But there is way out.
A distinguished Southern physician
gave a life time Of constant study IN
perfecting a remedy for suffering wo-
men and when ne had perfected it he
rightly called it Stella Vitae, the star
of life.
All dealers sell il and so certain are
obey that they guarantee to give vour
money back if Stella Vitae doesn't ben
eft you. If you want to stop that nag
ging pain, aid your digestion, clear IN
your complexion and regain your phvsi-
cal attractions try bottle of Stella.
Vitae. Try it today. Don't hesitate, for
it costs you nothing if it fails to benefit
you. Your dealer sells it in 81 bottles.
Thatcher Medicine Co., at Chattanooga.
Tenn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
Better Roads Better Farms,

Better farms naturally follow good
roads. They beget industry and
thrift. Easy transit is a blessing that
soon becomes to be appreciated. In
this connection Mr.. NJ. L. Beck. the
commissioner of agriculture in Ten
nessee, is quoted by the Manufact-
urers' Record as saying: Where
you find a good system of public
roads you invariably find improved
farms; you find better stock. better
outbuildings, better homes. You will
also find more and better schools,
better churches, than you can find
where the public roads are neglect
ed"
This is the judgment of agricult-
ural leaders throughout the South,
and there could be no brighter omen
of the progress of a section than the
awakening of it's farmers to the i'm
portance of well-built, well-kept high
ways. Good roads are essential to
industry and commerce, and to the
growth Of towns and the prosperity
of all business interests, but they
are peculiarly essential to the well
fare of rural districts.
The value of lands and of crops de-
pend very largely on the quality Of
the roads in the surrounding coun-
try
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
WHAT Is IT WORTH?

Are you a member of the church
The Church? There is but one, you
know, and that is the church Of
Christ, and you are not a member UNI
less you have joined by spiritual
birth. Your name may appear on
church roll. If so, what is it worth
to the church and community? What
will you take for your church letter?
If it is no good to you or the church
or the community you will do well
to sell it if you can get buyer. II
you have been thoughtless and care
less about this matter it is high time
you were brushing the dust from
your mind and your church letter,
for when you put your mind to work
your church letter will stand for
something. If you have sound mind
think on these things little.
Dawson, Ga. w. +. h.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

ers of our country's uniforms are
users of opium, morphine and CO.
caine. The severest penalties have
not seemed even to check the habit.
Starting at the Preside in San Fran
cisco with transports returning from
the Orient the drug habit has spread
among the enlisted men in the army
by leaps and bounds. The reason is
easily found. Not one man in hun
dred once he has tested the pease,
the mind-ease, the soothed nerves
and the surcease from all sorrows,
disappointments and responsibilities
that come from a first use of opium
ever again has the will power to deny
himself that delightful nepenthe.
Opium is like the salary loan shark,
a friend today, smoothing difficulty
and trouble with a free and easy
hand. Tomorrow it becomes a mas
ter, exacting a toll hundredfold
more terrible than the ills it eased. -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom It May Concern: ]. B. Wills
having in proper form applied to me
for permanent letters Of administra-
ton de bonis mons on the estate of
J. S. Wills, late of said county, this
is to cite all and singular the credit
ors and next of kin of J. S. Wills to
be and appear at my office within the
time allowed by law, and show cause,
if any they can, why permanent ad-
ministratiOn de bonis mons should not
be granted to j. B. Wills on J. 5.
Wills estate. Witness my hand and
official signature this End day of May,
1914. w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
SHOULD SHIP INSTEAD OF BUY
From the Fitzgerald Press.

From the Fitzgerald Press.
Georgia is awakening to the great
need of diversified farming and rails
ing foodstuffs at home with remarka-
BILE speed. 1t is as if a roof were on
fire over our heads.
One of the important things We
are beginning to recognize is the ex-
IRENE necessity for hay-good, juicy,
home~raised alfalfa. While our pig
clubs and our corn clubs and our can
ming clubs are progressing rapidly
we are realizing that a hay club
wouldn't be a bad thing. Here is
what The Dawson News says
THE Douglas Progress and the
Fitzgerald Press are urging the or
ganization of hay clubs, as thous-
ands of dollars are sent out of the
state every year for hay that is Of
no better quality than can be rails
ed in Georgia. The experiments
thar are being made with alfalfa
in Terrell and other South Geor-
gia counties this year promise to
revolutioniZe the hay industry, and
in the next two or three years the
farmers of Georgia may be expect
ed to be shippers instead of buyers
of hay"
Several experiments in alfalfa have
been proven transcendantly success
full right here in Ben Hill county. At
the farm implement demonstration in
Fitzgerald on Thursday, June 18th,
a look will be taken at some fine
alfalfa near the city, and very likely
Dr. Barrow, of the State College OF
Agriculture, will touch the subject
forcefully.
Alfalfa can be raised in Georgia
in Ben Hill county-as cheap or
cheaper than it can be raised in the
sections upon which we depend now
for our supply.
Really there is just as much rea-
son for organizing hay clubs as there
is for effecting corn clubs. We need
education along the former as well
as along the latter line.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
The Unhappy Rich.

From the Andalusia (Ala.) Star.
Morosina, the banker and finan-
cieT, left fortune of perhaps eight
million dollars. His family, those
who he left behind with his money,
are involved in grave scandal.
General Duryea, many times a mil
lionaire, through the manufacture of
his starch, was shot and killed by his
son. The younger Duryea, with mill
lions at his command, had led a
singularly unhappy life, and had
made miserable those about him by
his eccentricities, which later culmi-
mated in a homicidal insanity. G. w.
Post was millionaire, over and over
again; he was one of the most sue
cessful business men. His fortune
was estimated at many millions of
dollars. But he was more miserable
than the poorest paid labOrer among
his thousands of employees. While the
gardeners and the stable boys on his
big California estate sang and whis-
tied about their work with the black
ness of hopeless misery upon him he
crept into his big house and killed
himself with q rifle.
1t is common - humanity to envy
wealth 1t is common error in hui
mainly to imagine that life is full
and happy where there is great
wealth. But wealth is only an ac-
cessory of life. Its possession never
insures happiness. Simple and clean
living, affection and domestic joys,
an interest in life, good health and
clean conscience, out of these pro-
coed such happiness as is Vouchsafed
to humanity. These blessings may
be had as readily by the poor as by
the rich.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
A Short-Sighted Policy.

Coincident with the Animal Indus
try Conference, which is being held
in Quitman today under the auspices
OF the Brooks County Industrial
Club comes the announcement from
Moultrie that more than fifty car
loads of cattle are soon to be shipp-
ed from Colquitt county to Western
ranches. Numerous items have ap-
peared in the press during the past
month about large shipments of cat
tie being made from other counties
in South Georgia.
The sale of cattle for shipment
from counties that are nowhere near
self-sustaining in meat production is
an evidence Of short-sightedness lit
tie short of imbecility, in view of the
fact that but one county in Georgia
Is said to produce more meat than
it eats, and that Georgia sends
West annually over 100000
for meat and meat products. The
Western buyers state that they are
purchasing Georgia cattle to be
shipped West and fattened for mar
ket. Undoubtedly they are paying
the price Of cattle allowed to get
thin during the winter and will reap
the profit from fattening that the
Georgia raiser might just as well
make himself if he would raise for
age and fatten his own cattle and
sell them at home.
The Animal Industry Conference
viii do much to enlighten the peo
pie of Georgia to the danger of this
policy of selling cattle for shipmen
outside the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
The Judiciary and Politics,

The Macon News characterizes as
an astounding proposal the recon-
mendation of the State Bar Associa-
ton to the legislature that every
Judge in Georgia-supreme court and
court of appeals justices, superior
court. city court and justice court
judges-be appointed either by the
governor or the supreme court. And
we agree with our contemporary,
which says in discussing the matter;
Ye gods and little Dutch her
ring, AS if the worst politics in
the world-the kind that some
times smells to heayen-are not
usually involved in the appoint
ment of judges
Long before the public is aware
that there is even a vacancy pend
ing wires have been pulled and
strings tied in the political inner
circle, and the new judge is named.
He is thrust upon the people, just
like that. before they hardly know
what has happened.
The Georgia Bar Association has
some excellent suggestions for the
reform of judicial procedure. Their
suggestions, if enacted into law,
will do much toward alternating
that roundly denounced condition
known as the laws delay Such
archaic and cumbersome surviy-
ais of the common law period as
appearance terms will be abolish
ed. The process for the settlement
of litigation will be expedited.
Between the movement TO re-
form the judicial procedure and
the appointment or election OF
Judges there is nothing in common.
The two are not correlated in any
particular. They are distinct prop
ositions, without anything in mu-
tual.
The present method Of choosing
judges will not be changed soon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
For Congressman.

To the Voters of the Third Con-
gressional District: [ hereby an
nounce myself a candidate for re-
election as Representative from the
Third district to the Sxity-Fourth
C64th) Congress, subject to the pri-
mary of August 10Th, 1914. Dur
ing my short term of office 1 have
earnestly endeavored to serve the
people of the district, and will deeply
appreciate a second term. Or ae-
count of i'll health 1 will be physic-
ally unable to canvass the district. |
shall ever be grateful for all support
given me. If elected, I promise to
discharge the duties of the office to
the best of my ability. Very sim
cerelv. CHARLES R. CRISP.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
Is APPRECIATTVE.

From the Cuthbert Leader.
Mr. A P Rives' efforts to help the
boys at the state reformatory seems
to be appreciated. The superintendent
of the reformatory wrote him per-
sonal letter, in which he said: Per
nit me to thank you again for your
kindness to the boys. Your thought
fulness has been the means of inter-
esting others in our behalf. Espe-
cially do we thank you for the kind
references to us in your communica-
ton to The Dawson News
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
A TEXAS WONDER.

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, dissolves gray
ell, cures diabetes, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism, and all irregu-
larities 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 treatemnt, and
seldom fails to perfect a cure. Send
for testimonials from this and othe1
states. DR.. E. w. HALL, 1926 Olive
street, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by drug
oriSfc
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

A news item states that a Greene
county man has sold twenty-seven
steers for $2,018, an average of about
$40 each. Georgia could be a great
cattle raiisng state, and it is crafty
ing to note that a number of enter
prfsing Terrell county farmers have
bought registered beef cattle and
made a start in that direction.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
rs
FOR STATE SENATOR.

hereby announce myself as can
didate for the State Senate from the
Eleventh Senatorial district, subject
to the Democratic primary. l have
endeavored to profit by my opportu-
mites to learn to become useful dur
ing my experience in the General AS
sembly, and believe that my expert
sEce in law maxim body has bet
ter equipped me to serve the people
whom ] represent. If elected, /
promise a faithful and conscientious
discharge of the duties of the office
to the best of my ability. l solicit
YOUR support. D. C. PICKETT.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

There has recently been a decided
adance in the price of cotton in
consequence OF the unfavorable pros
poets of the growing crops, especially
in Texas. The advance has been
mostly in new crop futures, which is
the more important, since the old
crop has now almost entirely passed
out of first hands. A few weeks ago
October in New York was selling
arodnd 111a cents, and now it is
around p cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

The total wealth of the American
Indians is estimated by the bureau of
Indian affairs at $9OO,OOO,OOO That
wealth has been given them by the
white men as a sort of golden salve
to soothe their feelings, which were
hurt when the palefaces took away
from them most of the continent,
leaving them but comparatively few
acres
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
For Representative

To the White Voters of Terrell
County: I am a candidate for the
Legislature, subject to the action of
the Democratic primary August 10.
Your support and influence will be
and should you elect me
1 will show my appreciation by CIV
ing you the best service in my power.
Yours truly, M. j. YEOMANS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
For Representative

To the voters of Terrell county: !
announce myself a candidate for Rep
resentative from Terrell county in
the General Assembly subject to the
regular Democratic primary. Your
vote and influence in my behalf is
earnestly solicited and will be highly
Thanking you in ad-
vance for any consideration my can
didacy may receive at your hands,
Respectfully, J. 1t. WILLIFORD.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

Hon. H. NJ Stanley has been elect
ed head of the knights of Pythias of
Georgia. OF course, says the Savan-
nah Press, he will see that bubbles do
not work over time in the lodge
rooms, but get back to the home roost
in time to avoid storms and lock-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

Strikes are costly in ways other
than the loss of wages and the sus-
pension of business. A million dol
lar bond issue has been ordered by
the state of Colorado to pay the ex-
penses that have been incurred on
account of the strike among the min
ers of that state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
Lost or Mislaid.

Policy No. 577747 issued by The
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany on the life of Steve Moreland
Cooke. The finder viii please return
it to the undersigned. An applica-
ton has been made for the issuing
of a duplicate STEVE MORELAND
COOKE. Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
Notice to Teachers.

The annual examination of teach
ers will be held on June II and 10.
The subjects on which they will be
examined are about the same as usu-
al. If any special information is de-
sired call on J. W. F. LOWREY, G.
S. s., Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

There will be gala times in our
sister city of Fort Gaines on Wednes-
day of next week Make your plans
to go and enjoy the event. The News
will underwrite the merit of any
event the people of Fort Gaines offer
with as much confidence as it would
Ia Dawson event.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

The suggestion of Hon. J. E. Shop
pard of Sumter for governor has call
ed forth many favorable comments.
Mr.. Sheppard is one of the strong
men of South Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

A recent item in The News that
the people OF Georgia were never as
little interested in political cam
Daign as they are in the present one
brought forth this explanation from
the Darien Gazette: There is a
reason: there are no new issues and
there is no sense in the people get
ting excited over nothing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

Hon. W. j. Harris opened his cam
oaign for governor Saturday with a
speech at Cedartown in which he Wig
orously discussed men and measures.
The indications are that much inter
est will center around Mr.. Harris and
his race. He is an aggressive fight
or and already has drawn fire from
those who oppose his candidacy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

With Mr.. Cooper Edge as editor
and Mr.. ]. G. Rockmore as business
manager the Twiggs County Citizen
has taken on new life. They are good
newspaper men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

The suffragettes have issued ukase
of mo Votes No Kisses" and the
cambridge Searchlight thinks it will
bring their foes to terms. We differ
with our contemporary. Who wants
to kiss a fussy and mannish old SUI
fragette? Ugh!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
BABIES. DOGS AND PROSPERITY.

From the Lincoln Home Journal
The Dawson News reports that
Terrell county is showing more evil
dence of prosperity, as there is a de-
crease in dogs and an Increase in
babies and pigs. We believe in Lin
coin county there is an increase in
all three
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

With the spread of prohibition SEN
timent and the dry winds from the
east South Georgia is needing irri-
cation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

The good roads builders should get
busy and widen all the roads of the
state if there are any more candi-
dates to run.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26

yice-President Marshall is an hon
ored guest Of our state today and
will he the principal speaker at the
agres Scott College celebration in
nacatur He was accompanied to
Georgia by Senator Smith.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-26
LOOK AT YOURSELF
Is Suffering Writing Lines
In your Face?

Many a
handsome
W 0 man
looks in
the glass
and sees
eprerna
ture lines
of the old
h a q a !.
ready be-
glnnlngt0
S h oW in