The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-18
,,r,N., DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
THEY DO NOT SUPPORT
1--WE COMMERCIAL BODY.

T. L. Rainey, Dawson Ca
Cir. I read with interest your
I'..ial in the last issue of The News
sino the organization of a COM
~, association for the better
nnlift and advancement of the
n i1oritv of Dawson. In my hum
nninion no more timely sugges-
| aonId have been presented to the
s...ns Of our town, and trust the
=, sown has fallen on good ground
.rinq forth hundred-fold har-
\ municipal corporation is as much
BUSINESS proposition as any other
Eation involving cooperation OF
- more individuals, and as such
.iros for it's success the combined
w. Of it's individual members
Snorlv directed. Just as a mercan-
nortnership in the commercial
IA will drag and its growth be
ndod for the want of co-opera-
md md efficiency of it's members, so
an municipal organization be like
Y Elected. 1t will not grow SOON
oomsIv. and like plants it will be
&otad and will produce little unless
Iirotad and fertilized by enuh1sl-
nersistent and intelligent Ell
the past. as we all know, there
bppn enthusiastic meetings OF
81 citizens of the city, and lately a
nj meeting of town and country
IONS for the organization OF a
nmprcial organization. Such en-
psiasm has only been sporadic, and
Il really resulted in harm and not
ID creating the opinion in the
Ids of the people generally that all
r. effort will fail, as they nave
81 led in the past, to produce any
Aterial results. 49,,
As a self-evident proposition there
a been something fundamentally
png Dawson and Terrell county,
h a population of 1874 Census
&IM grown white men, has so far
N unable to perfect such an organ
@tion, Every man, whether he be
ank president or a digger of ditch
likes to pride himself on being a
kiness man. To our sad mlstort-
IN the big majority of us are pat
81 our backs with the purest flat
In but there is ample evidence re-
#ining that there is still in Dawson
n Terrell county some men OF prov
executive and financial business
Pity
H. secure the hearty, enthusiastic,
#rOtic cooperation of these men
q insure the successful commence
snt and permanent organization or
numerical association which will
IN fruit worthy of the enterprlslng
Hkness men of our county and city.
There is no gainsaying but that we
III such an organization. There is
81 iy city in Georgia or the Unit
81 States of the size of Dawson but
81 such a business association, and
IRE are hundreds with less popula-
@ that have such associations,
ch are producing wonderful re-
is in the upbuilding and develop
bit Of their localities.
III you will go and make inquiry
Ong the citizens of our town and
nty as to our need of such an or
7 i2atiOn l venture to say you Will
find one but who will state that
is of the opinion that such an
anzation is badly needed and
Aeht to be formed for the general
"a of the community.
AS stated above, there must be
fething fundamentally wrong
len out Of 1874 grown white men
y wSon and Terrell county are una
to organize q permanent success
Il association of the character you
lined in your editorial before re-
#red to. What is the trouble?
believe a canvass OF the business
n Of our county and city for their
Nv will produce the crystalization
81 sentiment so strong that such an
ganlzation will naturally "esnlt.
s. Is human nature to heed and to
Fee confidence in the thoughts of
Sc who have succeeded. They are
leaders of public opinion; they
81 moulders of the public mind. In
81 r to acquire the cooperation of
|BRlclent citizens to put forward and