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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
Room in South Georgia.
From the Savannah News.

South Georgia has the finest sort of people. but
there are not enough of them. There is not
county in which there isn't room for hundreds
more, especially tiIlers of the soil No observant
person ride very far over the good roads with
out being impressed with the Importance of do
ing everything possible to bring in desirable home
seekers, and with the opportunities that are all
about for the right sort of newcomers. In some
parts OF this section of the state the soil is bet
ter than in others, but even in the most favored
places the population isn't large enough to take
advantage of more than small Der cent of the
bOuntiful offers of nature.
In time the lands that are now lying idle will
be brought under cultivation, but what the peo-
pie already here should do now is to hasten the
time when there will be no idle land that is fit
for farming. One reason why the drift of good
homeseekerS in this direction has hitherto been
slow is that we haven't adopted the methods of
more successful settler attracting sections. We
haven't used publicity to a very great extent or
endeaVored systematically to bring idle land and
good people together. So far as soil and climate
and attractiVeness to the eye are concerned there
no state that has more to offer people who are
looking for place to live and be happy and pros
porous than Georgia.
1t doesn't appear that it would be difficult to
start a steady stream of desirable people into
Georgia Why, for example, should young men
on the farms in the cold north and northwest hes
itate to leave a section that can't grow crops more
than half the year and go to a section that can
grow and has grown in many instances as many
as three hne crops in the year and where on ac-
count OF the difference in climate farm building
OF nearly every description can be built more
cheaply? That question becomes of special in
terest when it is pointed out that in the latter
section lands are cheap, roads are good and numer-
Gus, improvements are rapidly being made in the
county school systems and the outlook is that
farm property will become more and more valua-
Die every year for an indefinite time
The last census showed that Georgia's popua
ton was increasing about rapidly as that OF all
the states on an average but the next should
snow that 1t has struck far fasterd pace and will
show it if progressive methods of getting more
people are given proper announcement This sec
TONS biggest need right now is more people OF
the right sort.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
WARSAW,

Warsaw has never been able to forget that IL -
the capital of the Kingdom of Poland and - "aS
conscientiously maintains the vivacious gayetv s
which it was famed during the days of ire nv, Ipf
est fortunes. Warsaw is still a capital of tho ISL
eminent of Warsaw, Russian Poland one of m evf-
provincial capitals of a monster empire Tnstaass
of native king and court it has Russian ssau
ernor general and Russian army corps The soI
ETY. of the city, long ago modelled upon the soy say
ETY. of Paris is one of the few distinctive cba1ag
teristics which it has been able to retain f
the past. Even the Polish language is hun non
crowded from its schools and from better sociai
usage.
Warsaw is well situated. 1t is built in the midst
of fertile, rolling plain mostly upon the Iaft
bank of the Vistula which is navgable here f
large river boats. The main part of the civ liz; o
close to the river The old city is compact mas las9
and very crooked, wriggling in and out repard
less of all logic of direction. The more modern
parts of the city, on the other hand are laid ont
in broad straight streets In these parts one occa
sionally finds bath tubs, steam-heating and varoTs
devices of sanitary plumbing in the private homes
The center of the citys life is the Palace Souare
near the river and the Alexander bridge Here
and in the nelghborlng Theatre Square, one feels
the spicy, temperamental gayety which is tvnicoI
of the city, sees all phases of peasure-seeking
from that of the irresponsible frvolity of the care
less to the studiOus levity and brilliancy of tho
circumspect Southwest of the Palace Square is
the beautiful Saxon Garden, a lovers walk and
rendezvous. Along the river in the Praga suburb
upon the right bank, is the less frequented hnt
just beautiful Alexander Park.
There are many magnificent palaces of the old
Polish nobility in the city. number of these
sumptuous buildings are being put to public use
such as the renowned Casmir Palace which now
houses the university Other palaces are being
made to serve the needs of municipal and garrison
administration.
Warsaw has become, under Russian rule, great
industrial and commercial center. 1t manufact-
ures machinery, carriages and woven goods and
it trades in these things and in the animal and
food products of Russian Poland A great deal
of the citys production is the output of hand
work, and here are to be found some of the Door
est most patient and persistent arti1cers in the
western world
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
A Story of Distress.

The other day Surrogate Fowler of New York,
had before him the application of "a man of con-
sequence" in the state of Virginia who asked that
the income of his son, who is fifteen years old,
be increased from $4,000 a year to $4,000 that
is from 5000 month to nearly 800 week.
The income is from trust fund left to the boy
by grand-aunt, and last year it yielded $6,973.
The gentleman Of consequence said that school
ing for his son cost $1,000 clothing $3.50, spend
ing money 5000, smedicine $3.50, travel $500,
and sundries $500, a total of $4,000. Presuma-
bly, this Spartan father feels that he must relax
the rigor of his training so far to make up the
difference between $4,000 and 81, 400 out of his
own pocket. The item for medicine might be mildly
criticised; it is unduly low in fact, out of pro-
portion.
The surrogate increased the allowance $1,000,
making it $1,000. 1t must have been streak
of fendish cruelty that caused him to deny the
application for $1O0 a week and his explanation
that the minor should be taught economy and the
value of money savors of ghoulish gloating over
the woes of the needy and distressed. Why should
a poor lad of Is exc out miserable existence on
800 a week when in the plenttude of six years,
or maybe less, he will bask in the Rockefeller
magnifcence of $6,973. more than 1914 a week?
Then, there is the principal. Is there anyone
on this green earth with the simple tastes of this
ill-treated boy who could possibly expect to spend
a whole $350000 in the short period of life that
remains to him after he has reached 81? Surely,
in the face of this prospective wealth, will
be found wanting in natural sympathy to
agree with the cod-blooded minion of the law that
the motor proposed is unnecessary for a lad
in a boarding school"
The father must also receive our need of pity.
Besides being a of consequence in his state
ne is commissioner of the Panama-Pacihc expo
ston, and therefore knows that even Spartan
trained schOolboys cannot travel far on 81 500 a
YEAR Other sad facts that he has married again.
and now has limited means. All fair-minded peo-
pie will weep for the miseries of both.
Other aspects of this interesting story of unde-
served suffering will readily suggest themselves to
any reader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
Capital unishment.
From the Savannah Press.

The fact that Joseph Hillstrom is to be shot to
death by firing squad in Salt Lake City unless the
governor interferes has served to bring to the at
tention of the world the peculiar laws rela-
tive to capital punishment the state of Utah has
Under these statutes man sentenced to, death for
the commission of a crime may be hanged by the
neck until he is dead he may suffer the death
penalty by means of shooting. He has the right
to choose the method of his execution to this ex-
tent.
Hstrom was convicted of participation in the
murder of Salt Lake grocer and his son, and
while the built up by the state on cir
cumstantial evidence there is feature of it that
he has never explained fully although he protests
that he is innocent He says that he was wound
ed upon the night of the murder by irate hus-
band, and that he will go to his death rather than
disclose the name of the who shot him or
the woman in the case. He has held to this idea
through all of his troubles, and he is steadfast in
his determination today.
Naturally the making of such a plea as this
whether true not, would attract attention and
web of sympathy for the man. This is
just what has happened, and now the governor
is threatened with all kinds of things If he per-
mits this gallant to die.
Hillstrom is not anxious for pardon, but says
he would like to have new trial. Failing in that
he prefers death through the means of a gunshot
wound to being hanged He has made the request
that he be not blndfolded when the time comes
for the state to take his life by shooting.
Utah and Nevada are the only states in the union
that inf1ict capital punishment in which the con-
demned has the selection of the method of intct-
ing death. They each give the choice or hanging
or shooting.
Discussion of the subject recalls the plea few
years ago of the late General Clement A. Evans
at that time a member of the Georgia prison COM
mission, in which he advocated asphyXiat1on for
men condemned to die. But Georgia sticks TO
the gallows There has been a good deal of talk
at different times of substituting the electric chair
but nothing has ever come of it. South Carolina
electrocutes as do the states of New York, Arkan-
sas, Indiana Kentucky Massachusetts, Nebraska
New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Virginia The states of Maine Michigan, Min
nesota, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin
have no death penalty in their statute books With
the exceptions noted all the other states ayenge
murders by hanging.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
IA Modern Barbara Frietchie
From the Confederate Veteran.

An old letter written by a young officer in Lees
army as it marched into Pennsylvania in 1868
tells a pretty story-as pretty indeed, the Bar
bara Frietchie incident, and in this true. The
extract is taken verbatim from the letter:
''Greencastle Pa. June "a, 1863.-Yesterday my
men were marching VIGOROUSLY through the lit
tie town of Greencastle the bands all playing The
Bonny Blue Flag Maryland and Her Bright
Smile Haunts Me STILL, and the soldiers all happy
and hopeful, joyously keeping time to the music,
many following it with their voices and making
up for the want of welcome they were not receiv-
ing in the enemy's country by cheering themselves
and giving themselves a welcome.
LAS the band, playing Dixie passing
yine-covered home a young girl rushed out on the
porch and waved a United States flag. Then, eth
er fearing it might be taken away from her or
finding it too large and unweldly, she fastened
it around her as an apron and, taking hold of it
or each side waved it in defiance, called out with
all the strength of her girlsh voice and all the
traitors, traitors and take this flag, the
man of you who dares!
knowing that many of my men from the
section of the country which had been within the
enemys lines, and fearing lest some might forget
their manhood 1 took off my hat and bowed to
her, saluted her flag, and then turned, facing my
men, who felt and my unspoken order And
don't you know that they were all Virginians and
didn't forget it, and that almost every man lifted
his cap and cheered the little maiden who, though
she kept waving her flag ceased calling us
traitors, till letting it drop in front of her, she
cried out: ooh, I wish-I wish I had a rebel
flag; I'd wave that, too
1--WE left the little girl standing there with the
flag gathered in her arms as if too sacred to be
waved now that the enemy had done it rev.
eTence.'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
Senatorial Ignorance.

Senator ]. Hamilton Lewis, whose principal
claim to fame is a flaming beard, has made public
his letter protesting against the proposed war loan
of billion or so dollars to the allies. In the
course of his letter Senator Lewis said: If the
billion dollars sought goes to the European bank
ers one-half of all the available cash in America
is taken from the American people"
1t is a matter of surprise that any senator should
show such total ignorance of the facts and cir
cumstances of this loan. If the loan is made
whether it be billion dollars or only one-half
of that sum, not dollar of it will go outside
of America. The foreign governments are not
even asking that dollar of it be sent to Eu-
rope All that is proposed is that the European
governments be given loan credit at our banks,
and that this credit be used exclusively in pay
ing for American products and supplies. This
banking credit will be covered by the bonds or
notes of England France and Russia. America
will keep every dollar of it's cash besides having
the European bonds, and by making this loan it
will be enabled to continue to sell to the allied
governments enormous quantities of farm prod
ucts and munitions of war which otherwise we
would not be able to sell them because it would
be impossible for the European governments to
ship us one billion dollars of gold in payment for
them
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
The Pressure of Prosperity.

The pressure of prosperity, according to the dis
patches is being felt increasingly in the iron and
steel belt of Pennsylvania.
One by one the furnaces, which long had been
disused and were rusting away into what approach
ed the abandoned" state, are being rehab11tated
and put into commission. Fires are lighted on
many hearths that had been cold long time, and
mines are being worked that had not known the
sound of pick and the reverberation OF dynamite
for months. Millions of dollars are going into
circulation
And the activity in iron and steel is being re-
fected in other industries. Cities are taking on
new life Artisans in the building trades are busy
the sound of the saw and hammer is awakening
echoes Only in the textile industry is there slack
ness, and that is coming along all right now that
German dyes being replaced by American
chemists
There is a feeling of better times over the entire
country and it is predicted that are on the eve
of prosperity that will continue several years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
A Thirsty Oath.

Our prohibition friends of the legislature, who
will convene again next month to take up unfin-
lshed business, might get cue from dry Iowa.
Thirsty residents of that state will have to raise
Their right hand and take an oath solemnly like
tnis; 4 solemnly swear that I'm going to drink
1HS particular liquor myself. I am not going to
treat anybody
they will swear this, or some oath like it, if
they adhere strictly to Judge George A. Carpen-
eers ruling in the United States district court
"nen he granted preliminary injunction com
pellng the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail
-osd TO accept shipments of beer and liquors for
points in Iowa
why not law to that effect in the effort to
swat The Georgia dram drinker?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
Election Fraud Gases.

Five of forty-one Texans indicted for alleged
frauds in elections have been found guilty after
the jury remained out for twenty-four hours.
All five of the convicted men have given notice
of appeal. Their conviction may be affirmed or
it may not.
But the point is that since the government be-
gan to use the candidates. of congressman and
other federal officials as an excuse for investigat
ing doubtful elections it has grown to be a dan
gerous expedient when candidate candidates
resort to crookedness.
There will always be more or less crookedness
in politics. of course, but it is growing more pre-
carous as time goes by.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
Night and the Stars.
From Golfers Weekly.

We are too much indoors. Even when ngn'
comes we turn up the lamp and sit within It's eA
Guiding circle to read what other indoor men nave
written or We go out, hastily and under cover Oh
the street lights, to get within other walls WheI5
folks are gathered to see or hear something oi
what others have done. Or we sit on a shaded
porch with trees about so that the vast eneirc19
night is only GOODNESS and breeze. The stars u"
not get much chance at U.S. Thus we keep tno
universe away from our souls. Such living maA59
for pettiness of the spirit These scandalzing gos
slp1ng little villages always live under roofs anu
behind blinds and curtains as if in ambush tnd'
each 1nhabitant might lie in wait against the Igp
utation of the other. Almost all of those Hn g
wrote the Bible lived in fat-roofed houses ar4
went up on the house top when day was done ln s
the wheeling planets and the whole host OF L l9
stars We're their familiars. 1t was in that He
that they thought of man and his destiny. -
this modern confusion of change we need the et5l
nal inhuences-the moon etching patterns Oh IAN an
and roadway, the night cleaning of the rivers, '
steadfastness of the North star. Night ougnt y
free US from the littIeness of the days dongs an1
lift the heart to the things that above ana -
yond days.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
Rapping the Monroe Doctrine.

Another mighty has risen to take rap at
the Monroe doctrine, Congressman P. P Campbell,
of Kansas, being the gentleman who in this in
stance bids for the elusive limelight.
Which reminds that it is not the first time
that venerable and respected doctrine has been
raped and if memory serve Alright there
has been more than one politician who has mag
ined it to his advantage to pause not at the pol
icy, but to march onward and attack the
constitution of the United States.
The Monroe doctrine has outlived all the poll
tcians who have assailed it, and will do so for a
long time to come.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05

The gushing habit is another form of the hys-
terical frenzy. The subject is to be the point now
because in too many quarters there is a tendency,
not to reform discipline, but to gush-to swell
with emotion the fallen angels who are sent
to prisons. The kind of gush we are thinking OF
is windiness that is fond of decaiming against
the terrific boge of punishment that tells us in
platform efforts that children and criminals should
not be punished; it is the form of baDble which we
associate with pompous sermoniZing and hands laid
hearts-the emptiness and windiness that in
cite the public to pose before the mirror and adj
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
When the Blow alls

When the blow faIls-rise and meet it!
That's the only way to beat it.
When the crash contestant ag2ini
That's the way life turns out men.
When the battle goes contrary
To the golden dreams be brave!
Maybe fortune, bright and merry,
May ride in on life's next wave.
When the blow falls-stand and take it!
That's the only way to break it.
When the clouds come-laugh them by!
That's the way to clear the sky.
When the effort wanes and weakens
Take a grip and start anew,
Maybe love will light her beacOns
On the rolling seas to you.
When the blow falls-clinch and answer!
That's the only way to chance her.
When the rain falls-keep on driving!
That's that the way to keep on thriving.
When the conflict seems in vain
Clench the fist and keep on fighting
Always sunshine after the rain,
Always beauty after blighting.
Selected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
COLORED COTTON NOW A FACT.

From the Wesleyan Christian Advocate.
Savannah had last week some samples of colored
cotton grown by farmer in South Carolina. Those
who saw those samples have doubt but that black
cotton will be a fact in the future. That will
mean a good deal for the cotton grower. This re-
minds of that thrilling story by Dumas of 'The
Black Tulip" May the producer of black cotton
escape the torture and agony and wrong of the
grower of the black tulip, as the novelist recites
these things. What a story of jealousy is that
story of Dumasl
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
THE GUSHING HABIT.
From the New York Medical journal.

mire itself prodgiously. 1t is not only an a..
and dangerous habit, but morbid one "'sufd
Hysterical gush and windness serve M
ends, except to butt thick heads against hard 5000
They help to deceive the people for time - lacts
ceve them to their brains and nerves: tn NJ ue-
them from regarding increasing idiocy and bvSto
clear enough in the light of symptoms of nstiI
disease. The way most assuredly to fight tb @
ady is not to go up "in the air. on noliti iual-
piratical airships armed by crazy mobs, for on on
tigo provide rules of law and common sensa 'er-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05

"Why not let Judge Fite enjoin the boil weevil
from a further invasion of Georgia? asks the
Jackson Record. Well hadn't though of that,
but have no objections to interpCse. If there
is anybody who can make B. Weevil sorry he
hit Georgia soil it is the rambunctious jurist
of the Cherokee circuit But after all has been
said, Judge Fite is able and conscientious man
who has decided convictions, and is never afraid
to uphold them He is invincible in his circuit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
CERTAINLY WE DO, 30.

From the Albany Herald.
1t is misunderstanding time in Georgia.
and these are great days for the youngsters
They take us back few years to our happy
boyhOod in a little country home in a Middle
Georgia county.-Dawson News.
Heard a walnut drop to the ground the other
evening. Don't you remember when you used to
stain your hands hulling EN-?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
HOW NICE OF BOTH OF YOU.

From the LavOnia Times
The Dawson News has just passed it's thirty
third milestone and during twenty-six of that
time its present editor, E. L. Rainey, has been
in charge of it. 1t is one of the best weeklies
in the state.-Cuthbert Leader.
You spoke a mouthful then.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05

Judging from current events the Cuthbert Lead
or thinks 'f capital punishment were abolished in
Georgia we might expect Judge Lynch to get I'M
usually active" And so would the cowardly scamp
who carries artillery in his hip pocket The MUIR
derer deserves no leniency.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
YOU MUST COME, TOO.

From the Cuthbert Leader.
The Terrell County Fair Will be held at Dawson
November 10th, 18th and 18th. Our neighbors in
Terrell have held several successful fairs during
the past five or six years, and sure this one
will be worth going miles to see
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05

This talk of the boil weevi running this sec
ton of Georgia is the veriest rottenest rot that
we ever heard" remarks the Thomasville Times
Enterprise. Then you said something. This is
the best part of the best state of the best world
and it will take something more than tiny bug
to do it much harm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05

Hon. Hugh Dorsey says he is not even contem-
plating a race for governor This is only more
evidence of how little credence is to be placed in
political reports that are sent out from Atlanta.
Governor Harris will, in all probability be re-eect-
ed without opposition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05
OTHERS CURIOUS, TOO.

From the Macon Telegraph.
How do you tell the time, girls, by knee
watch except after you have returned home?
Dawson News.
OF course, this is your play but you're not
good scout if you don't share the news if you get
answer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05

Mr.. ]. w. McWhorter has mounted the editorial
tripod-whatever that is-and frightened up the
Vidalia Advance considerably. We welcome you
to the ranks of scribes, Mr.. McWhorter. Long
may you and prosper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-05

We would be willing countenance some of
the sport shirts we have if the wearers would
only don heavy underwear And yet, you'll have
to give the sport shirt lads credit for not taking
to artificial moles