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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

to vote for members of the General
Assembly. All persons voting at
said election in favor of adopting the
said proposed amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballot the
words, For amendment to the Con-
stitution, creating the County of Ev-
ans" and all persons opposed to the
adoption of said proposed amend
ment shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, Against
the amendment to the Constitution,
creating the county of Evans" If
a majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General
Assembly voting thereon shall vote
for ratification of said proposed
amendment then the Governor shall,
when he ascertains same from the
Secretary of State, to whom the re-
turns from said election shall be re-
ferred, in the manner as in cases of
election for members of the General
Assembly to count and ascertain the
result, issue his proclamation for one
insertion in one daily paper of the
State announcing such result and de-
claring the amendment ratified. &.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Act be, and the same are,
hereby repealed.
Now, therefore, I, John NJ. Slaton,
Governor of Said State, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the
voters of the State qualified to vote
for members of the General Assem-
bly, at the General Election to be
held on Tuesday, November 3, 1914.
JOHN NJ. SLATON, Governor.
By the Governor: Philip Cook,
Secretary of State.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01
In Remarkable Rhapsodies Illinois
Governor Tells of the CORES of Corn

and now they move, and slowly into
sight there comes the golden glow
of promise for an industrious land.
Glorious corn, that more than all
the sisters of the field, wears tropic
garments. Nor on the shores of Nj
lus nor of Ind does nature dress her
forms more splendidly. My God! to
live again that time when for me
half the world was good, the other
half unknown
And now again the corn! that in
it's kernel holds the strength that
shall Tin the body of the man re-
freshed) subdue the forest and COM
pei response from every stubborn
field, or, shining in the eye of beau
ty, make blossoms of her cheeks
and jewels of her lips, and thus make
for man the greatest inspiration to
well doing, the hope .of companion
ship of that sacred, warm and we'll
embodied soul, a woman.
AYE, the corn, the royal corn,
within whose yellow heart there is
of health and strength for all the
nations! The corn triumphant!
That with the aid of man hath made
victorious procession across the tuft-
ed plain and laid foundation for the
social excellence that is and is to be.
This glorious plant, transmitted by
the alchemy of God, sustains the
warrior in battle, the poet in song
and strengthens everywhere the
thousand arms that work the pur-
poses of life. Oh! that | had the
voice of song or skill to translate
into tones the harmonies, the sym
phonies and oratorios that roll across
my soul. when, standing, sometimes
by day and sometimes by night, upon
the borders of this verdant sea l note
3 world of promise; and then before
one-half the year is gone l view its
full fruition and see its heaped gold
await the end of man.
Majestic, fruitful, wOndrous
plant! Thou greatest among the
manifestations of the wisdom and
the love of God that may be seen in
all the fields, or upon the hillsides. or
in the valleys"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

The following remarkable rhap-
sody on corn was delivered by Gov
ernor Oglesby, of Illinois, at the Chi
cago Fellowship Club on September
9, 1894, in response to a toast,
What l Know About Farming"
The corn! the corn! the corn!
that in its first beginning and in it's
growth has furnished aptest illustra-
ton of the tragic announcement of
the chiefest hope of man. Il he die
he shall surely live again. Planted
in the friendly but somber bosom OF
Mother Earth it dies. Yea, it dies
the second death, surrendering up
each trace of form and earthly shape
until the outward tide is stopped by
the reacting vital germ which,
breaking all the bonds of its sad GER
ements of its sad decline, comes
bounding, laughing into life and
light, the fittest of all the symbols
that make certain promise of the fate
OF man. And so it died, and then it
lived again.
Again my mind turns to the glo-
rious corn. See it-loOk on its rip
ening, waving field. See how it
W tdlS d CIONA, p1OuuCi IMAM AAIOlA-
arch ever wore; sometimes jauntily,
and sometimes, after the storm, the
dignified survivors of the tempest
seem to view a field of slaughter and
to pity a fallen foe. And see the
pendant caskets of the corn filled
with the wine of life, and see the
silken fringes that set a form for
fashion and for art.
And now the evening comes and
something of a time TO rest and lis
ten. The scudding clouds conceal
the half and then reveal the whole
of the moonlit beauty of the night;
and then the gentle winds make
heavenly harmonies on a thousand
harps that hang upon the borders
and the edges and the middle of the
| field of ripening corn, until my very
heart seems to beat responsive to the
rising and the falling of the long,
lmelodious refrain. The melancholy
clouds sometimes make shadows on
the field and hide its aureate wealth !;
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01
EVE ALWAYS PROUD OF ADAM.
Since First Man and Woman Were
Fired From Eden 1t Has Been So.

In the September American Maya
zine Katherine Holland Brown, writ
ing story entitled Aunt Jane and
the Lion Tanner" tells about a girl
named Elizabeth Ann, who marries
an adventurous fellow, Jerry Led
yard, who takes his bride far away
to Ecuador on a business expedition
full of risks. Although Elizabeth
Ann is as practical and cautious a
woman as ever lived yet she falls
right in with Jerrys plans and adOres
him because he is such plunger.
In other words, she is a loyal wife
with good sporting qualities. One of
the characters in the story puts it
this way:
She dotes on his wild flights,
his headlong risks. And she'll back
him up always. She'll brag on him
year in and year out. And when he
does pull off his big success she'll
say she expected it all the time. She'll
stand by Jerry Ledyard till the last
horn blows.
" Lots OF women are just like
that. The gritty Aunt Janes-the
world is full of EN-. I'll bet when
Adam and Eve were fired out of Par
adise Eve didn't turn hair. She
knew her Adam was the finest little
landscape gardener going? He'd
plant a garden that would have Eden
backed off the map. And it's been
the same way ever since.
Look at us, the millions of US
men-folks, a bunch of commonplace
fOrked radishes as you'd care to see.
Yet somewhere, for nine out of ten
of US, I'll bet there's a woman wait
ing, a woman who thinks her man
is the one glorious, perfect knight.
A woman who believes in him, and
boasts of him, and cherishes him
through all his plumbers and his fail
ures and his sneaky little sins"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01
An Optimistic View.

Amidst the dense gloom and fore
bodings that overcast the country 1t
is refreshing to find some one who
sees prosperity and better conditions
in the United States as a result of the
great conflict of arms now in prog
ress in Europe. Herbert Quick. edi-
tor of Farm and Fireside, a national
farm paper published at Springfield,
Ohio, discusses war from the point
of view of American farmers in the
current issue of that publication in
part as follows:
For while the war will stimu-
late business in the United States
and make for good times. Our grains
will bring good prices and so will our
meats. Cotton and wool will go
higher. Manufacturing will be slim
ulated here and our unemployed will
be working while the soldiers of Eu-
rope waste their time and lives in
AS farmers we should
save our money and get out Of debt
while the war prices prevail. Make
the most of the good times now.
Make every acre produce its maxi
num-"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01
MYSELF AND ME.

I'm the best pal that l ever had,
| like to be with me;
/ like to sit and tell myself
Things confidentially.
l often sit and ask me
If | shouldn't or | should,
And l find that my advice to me
Is always pretty good.
I never got acquainted with
Myself till here of late;
And I find myself a bully chum--
| treat me simply great.
I talk with me and walk with me.
And show me right and wrong;
| never knew how we'll myself
And I could get along.
| never try to cheat me,
I'm as trustful as can be.
No matter what may come or go,
I'm on the square with me.
It's great to know your self and
have
A pal that's all your own;
To be such company for yourself
You're never left alone.
You'll try to dodge the masses,
And you'll find the crowds a
joke,
IF Won only treat vO1lrSplf as well
AS you treat other folk.
I've made a study of myself,
Compared with me a lot,
And I've finally concluded
I'm the best friend I've got.
Just get together with yourself
And trust yourself with you,
And you'll be surprised how well
yourself
Will like you if you do.
George Cohan.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01
Colonel Bunk Cooper.

Colonc. o@ak Cooper is off on a
trip to > York, and on the eve
Of his dss- .:e left word that should
the cocveU ON at Macon be unable
TO nominate either Of the other can
didates foc tae short term senator
snip and needed him for it Il would
return TO Georgia at once upon mott
ncation 10 that effect Colonel Coop
er viii long be pleasantly remember
ed in Geofea as an aspirant for that
"Isn none While his lambaster
was IN f-e working order and he ap-
pNea - F'r7~ously during the cam
pAisn r." Did it with such rare good
Ao1ioT tra' i- was more of enjoy
l7n' 'aa2 eunishment. May he live
long and prosper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

The News has frequently been ask
ed what was the unit and popular
vote of each of the candidates for the
short term senatorship. According
to the best obtainable figures Slaton
carried 55 counties with 143 conveh-
ton votes; Hardwick AZ counties
with 124 votes; Fielder 81 counties
with 81 votes; Hutchens counties
with IS votes. Stations popular
vote is 68,O08; Hardwick's 61,9S2;
Felder's 34,79O, and Hutchens &c.
PSI.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

If all of the men who have been
executed by military order in Mexico
in the last three years were alive to-
day and inclined to work patriotical-
ly for the upbuilding of their coun-
try it's future would be much bright
er. The victims of executions have
not been poems, as a rule, but the
more educated, better class of Next
cans, officers in the army and leaders
among the people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01
Editor c. B. Allen, of the Moultri

Editor c. B. Allen, of the Moultrie
Observer, managed DR.. Hardman S
campaign, and that he did it wisely
and well is shown by the magnificent
vote that gentleman received-but a
few short of victory. We congratu-
late Editor Allen and DR.. Hardman.
The jackson county candidate is one
of Georgia's splendid men, and may
be governor yet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

Thus admonishes the Moultrie
Observer to a very large class of our
fellow-citizens: My friend, while
you are figuring out how low the
price of cotton will go before it hits
the bottom and how dull trade is
going to be this fall your competitor
will have all the cash customers gar
nered and relieved of their surplus
and will be whistling rag-time."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

Politics come high in some other
states as well as in Georgia. The
successful candidate TO" governor OF
Texas makes a statement that the
honor cost him $31, 100000. He will
find, after contending with the trials
and tribulations of the office for a
while. that it isn't worth it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

Recent Investigations conducted
by the United States senate have cost
1855, 900. These investigations have
been frequent, but if they have
been of any benefit except to the in
dividuals who got the extra jobs thus
provided it has been kept a secret
from the public.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

We read in the headlines of a
paper The Kaiser is willing to sac
rifce 100000 men to win a decisive
battle" There it is all in a nut
shell. And 100000 poor deluded
people are willing to let him do it,
or rather to do it for him. None of
them went to war because their per-
sonal liberty was threatened. Not
because their country was attacked or
invaded. The time is coming when
the divine rights of kings" and the
chance of birth will be given back
seat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

The Savannah Press notes that not
having established a direct and per-
manent partnership with the AL
mighty for war purposes Great Brit
ain is proceeding with the usual
calmness, deliberation and determi-
nation that always marks its people
in crucial times, to muster its forces
and those of it's allies, and prepare
for a stubborn, prolonged struggle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

The democratic hosts are gathered
g., Macon today. and what they will
IN to somebody will be a plenty,
Who we do not know. If they are
a.;sa tbe steam roller will not be put
IN action.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

Hon. Wallace Miller, of Bibb, will
be a candidate for speaker of the
next house of representatives. He
is a young man who has already
made a mark for himself in the legis-
lature, and is admirably equipped for
the high and responsible position to
which he will aspire.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

The war goes on in Europe, and
is developing in the Far East. The
people this side of the water CLEAN
but limited idea of the facts as they
are happening over there, owing to
the strict censorship of all war
news
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

The News congratulates Editor
Pat Griffin of the cambridge Post
on his election to the legislature.
Decatur county will have in him an
able and alert representative.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

Georgia farmers should not sell
their cotton until they are obliged
to. The price is bound to go up.
Cotton sold in Liverpool last week
for - cents a pound. 1t will be to
your interest to hold for awhile if
you can.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01
A PROCLAMATION:

Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of
Georgia, to be voted ON at the Gen
eral State election to be held on
Tuesday, November 3rd, 1914, said
amendment providing for salary of
the Judge of the Superior Court of
Bibb county. By his excellency,
JOHN M. SLATON, Governor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

Although he has been in office but
a year Governor Slaton has made a
record for achievement. Much has
been done for the state
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

Your Uncle Joe Hall fell by the
wayside, and no more will his deep,
full voice be heard in the halls of
the legislature. Too bad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

The merchants of Dawson have
bought large stocks of goods, and as
usual this will be the town to trade in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

The greatest opening in the whole
world-cOttOn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01

A ground hog case sausage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-01
PROCLAMATION.

Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia, to be
voted on at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November Bird,
1914, said amendment providing for
the creation of the County of Evans.
By His EXcellency,
JOHN NJ. SLATON, Governor.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-26
Wesserunsett Grange Entertains

Wesserunsett Grange held special
meeting Saturday evening to entertain
their guests, members of East Madi-
son Grange. Quite a number were
present from Athens and Skowhegan
Oranges. At the close of the bust
less session the following program
was presented by the lecturer.
A drama SAunt Jerusha's Quilting
Party; graphophone selection, l.. l..
Smith; song by the choir 1.-THE Whip
o-will"; dialogue, Ethel and Lena
Amazine; song, Nett Moody I'm Au-
tumn Time; monologue, Carrie
French Aunt Jerushas Visit to the
City; tableaux Innocence; recita-
ton, Lindley Parsons; song by the
choir How Can | Leave Thee; tab
leau, mo Rose without a Thorn;
duet, Daisy Snow and Pearl White
two colored ladies dressed in cos
tune.
At the close of the program supper
was served in the banquet hall to
about 80 patrons. A social hour was
then enjoyed by both young and old.
May we have many more such meet
ings.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-26

nearly Four Hundred and Fifty
Million Dollars, shown in Trust
Company resources, as compared
with the figures of year ago, to-
gether with the larger number
of Companies recorded. Is an i'm
pressive reminder that the scope
of useful activity occupied by
these institutions is continually
broadening and charging. Con-
siderable attention has been given
by banking associations and leg
islative bodies during the past
year to a revision of the various
State laws governing the opera
ton of financial institutions with
in their respective jurisdictions.
This in turn has led to more gen.
eral recognition of the desirable
ity of bringing Trust Company
legislation, so far as might be
found eXpedient and practicable,
into line with the laws now gov
erning those institutions whose
operations are subject to the pro-
visions of the Federal Reserve,
Act BY this means it is hoped
that progress may be made toward
insuring that greater degree of
harmony and more effective con-
cert of action between State and
National institutions so neces-
sary to the advancement of both
and to the fullest development of
the nations resources and COM
MERGE"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-26
PHILANTHROPY PREVAILED
At the Thanksgiving Social Monday
Evening in Bethany Chapel

The spirit of philanthrophy has
been very prevalent in Skowhe-
gan during the present week,
and was much in evidence at the
Bethany Chapel Monday after
noon and evening. 1t was the
occasion of the annual social and en-
tertainment and abundant donations
for the needy of the community were
brought in the form of Thanksgiving
generosities twenty-eight big boxes
were sent out Tuesday in different
sections of the town, some of which
provided dinners for families of ten
persons The contributions were
said to be the largest in Bethany S
history.
The social and program Monday
evening was indeed enjoyable Num-
bers were presented as follows: Con-
gregational singing; prayer; recita-
ton, Althea Healy and Maurice
VALERIE; piano duet, Marguerite Mer-
riam and Dorothy Pennell; recitation,
Mae Sylvester; duet, Virginia and
Smith Ames; reading, Miss Isabelle
B. Thomas; piano solo, Miss Velma
Fogg and cantata, Primary children,
assisted by Mrs. G. R. Fogg. In the
cantata were represented the first
Thanksgiving of 1920 and the Thanks
giving of 1914. In the first of these
festivities the tiny maids and men
were dressed in Puritan costumes, and
with ancient spinning wheel and old
furnishings, the scene was indeed
realistic. Then there was Plymouth
Rock and the Indians in feathers and
war paint, while Priscilla and John
Alden played an important role in
the performance This cantata was
given in the childrens room and at
its close the company retired to the
chapel where pop corn and apples
were served.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-26
THE rTOPlANS ENTERTAINED
b, Mrs. Edna Page Smith at Her
Home

On the evening of November p, the
Utopians were royalty entertained at
The home of Mrs. Edna Page Smith.
At six O'Clock the door of the
spacious dining room vas opened and
the Utopians entered. quickly finding
the seats at the table by the dainty
place cards They fingered long at
the Thanksgiving dinner and merrilY
talked as they partook of the good
things provided for them.
After dinner the guests repaired
TO the den, brilliant with its red
walls and glowing fire From the
great mouth of the photograph is
sued strains of the lighter operas,
The Mocking Bird, Robin Hood, The
Spring Maid, etc. closing with brill
liant selection by Tetrezini from
Pugoleth.
In the guessing contest which fol-
lowed Miss Edith Gledhill secured
the prize, the book of verse written
by Mrs. Elizabeth Merrill
At 500 the door of the den was
opened and from below issued the
strains of a waltz by the orchestra.
Arm in arm the Utopians descended
the stairs. The great living room
had been transformed into a ball
room. decorated with tir trees frou.
behind a screen rose and fell the
Nitchlng sound of waltz. The
dance orders contained six numbers.
and for two hours the Utopians
danced not only some of the older
dances, but some of the new ones
skillfully led by Miss Leila Fair
brother
At the close of the dance they re-
turned to the den. and before the open
fire told tales of the olden days, of
the present days and of the days TO
be. The horn of an automobile was
heard at the hour of 11.30 and the
Utopians hurried into their wraps and
were whirled swiftly over the snow
to their homes, each with an added
sheet to the pages of pleasant mem
cries.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-26
w. c. L. U. HISTORY
Taken up at Tuesdays Meeting of the
Local Union In Library ParlOrs

An afternoon of interest to Tenn
perance workers was enjoyed Tues
day in Library parlors at the regular
meeting of the Clementine Weston
w. C. T. U. The subject was THE
History of the w. C. T. u" and the
program was conducted by Mrs. Eta
A Lacasce with Mrs. Ada Phillips
in charge of the music. Mrs Emma
Pooler and Mrs. Emma Pencil were
the hostesses and the meeting was
opened by singing There will Come a
Brighter Morrow. Devotional ex-
ereises were conducted by Mrs Nc
Glauflin and during the business sesr
sion it was voted to contribute $4.00
for the Juvenile work of the w. c. T.
U. The program was presented as
follows: Piano solo, Miss Dorothy
Day; THE History of the Woman S
Christian Temperance Union, Mrs.
Caswell; vocal solo THE Perfect Day
and encore, Lyle S. Moore; readings
by Mrs. Greenwood on the life of Mrs.
Lillian M. N. Stevens; History of
Prison Reform. Mrs. Lacasce; vocal
solo, DR.. S. M. Cover. The accom-
PIANIST of the afternoon was Mrs.
Dora T. Nye.