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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
Compulsory Education.

A news item is being printed to the ell
feet that a determined effort will be Inaue
TO have the legislature enact compulsory
education law for Georgia at the approach
ing session of that body.
# is charged that compulsory education
il q species of paternalism that is not con-
sstent with democratic government Whleh
must be conceded as true. The News mas
ALWAYS been and is now opposed to 'pater-
naIism in any form, but even II compulsory
education is contrary to the principles Oh
which our government was founded II Is
perhaps one species of paternallsm that Is
justified because certainly the government
ought to have an interest in the equipment
of its citizens to be capable; certainly the
government ought to want the men and
women who are to be the continuing cit
izenship of the state and the nation to be
equipped with educational qualifications so
that it matters not the rank or the lineage
or the wealth of the sire those who are to
be our business men, our statesmen, our
bankers and our jurists may represent not
only the rich, but the poor that they may
come from the ranks of the people, Where
democracy has its BIRTH and where it is the
bulwark of liberty.
Let us not teach the children of today
that only those who can wear good clothes
are entitled to read and write, or those who
do not toll in childhood are entitled to the
advantages of the public school system OF
the state Certainly with education the
noorer children, the ones who compose the
non-school going population of the state
will be better equipped to acquire compe-
tence Men who could not read and write
have made success, bat that is the excep-
ton and not the rule
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
Doing Too Much.
BY Walt Mason.

81 fear I'll do too much,'' said James;
'I'll more than earn my pay; l don't intend
to bust my names a-toiling round all day.
for such a stipend as get in this dod-gasted
store, and if the boss would see me sweat
he'll have to pay me more" 1.-THE day is far
too short" said John, ''for all wish to DO
the hours fly past and daylight's gone be-
fore I'm half way through. And though my
pay looks pretty sick I'll work like old sam
Hill till boss observes that I'm brick ana
leads me to his till The boss was keeping
tab on them, as bosses always do; to James
he said: Young man, ahem! we'll nave
no use for you. The lad who fears he'll DO
too much with tramps will roam the pike,
and when he's old he'll be in touch with
poor farms and the like" To John he SAID
1--WE marked your gait, since first you came
last fall, and early you have toiled and late'
although your pay was small, Oh, all t1e
time and every day such lads employers seek
and now I'll increase your pay by SO cents
week" { $H3
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
WE SHOULD SMILE.

The thing that goes the farthest toward
making life worth while,
That costs the least and does the most is
just pleasant smile
The smile that bubbles from the heart that
loves its fellow men
VIII drive away the cloud of gloom and
coax the sun again.
It's full of worth and goodness, 100, with
manly kindness blent;
It's worth a million dollars and doesn't
cost a cent.
There is no room for sadness when we see
a CHEEKY smile
1t always has the same good look-it's
never out of style.
It nerves us on to try again when failure
makes us blue
Such dimples of encouragement are good
for me and you.
So smile away: folks understand what by a
smile is meant
It's worth a million dollars and deosn' t
cost cent.
La Junta (Col.) Republican.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
Census of the Citizens of the Sky

There is a country whose cities are never
overcrowded, a census OF which has just
been completed registering on che average
two citizens to every acre. This country is
the land of the sky; it's citizens the birds.
The United States department of agricult"
ure has discovered the facts and incorporat-
ed them in a bulletin which the public may
have for the asking, though by what meth
DDS the governemnt biologists obtained ana
substantiated the numbers this same pup
lie has not yet been advised. Did they re-
sort to aeroplanes? And once in the aTeo-
plane did they consult Mr.. and Mrs. Bro as
to the number of their children? We are
not vet informed, but it can be easily seen
that there might be some confusion.
AS a rule. statistics only stupefy, but
there's something to be said Tor the ROBIN
which may interest some people. There Is
mora of him than of any other bird in the
limited states-six pairs of robins to each
farm Of fifty-eight acres. The English spar
row is a close second, five pairs to each
ffty-eight acres. No other bird is nearly so
abundant as either the robin or sparrow
One conclusion which will interest man
lkind-chiefy because it concerns man
kinds the preference OF breedlng DlruS
for thickly populated centers. They prefer
fine Great White Way to the quiet forest.
Throughout the United States, taking 100
robins as a unit, other birds were noted in
the following ratio: Catbirds, 49, Rouse
wrens. %; brown thrashers, 81; kingbirds'
81; bluebirds 26.
Chevy Chase, Md, holds the record for
density of population. One hundred and
s;xty-one pairs were found nesting on TWEEN
tv-three acres, thirty-four species of birds
being represented.
The department announces that this cen
sus is to be repeated, and on much larger
scale if bird lovers are willing to aid. There
are no funds to pay for the work, and Il
therefore depends on volunteers who viii
contribute the facts in the case.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
THE OFFICE OF ORDINARY.

From the Valdosta Times
The election of an Ordinary in any county
is a more important matter than the casual
observer of events might imagine, and in
rich and populous county like Lowndes it is
still more a matter Of great Importance.
We are apt to reach the conclusion that the
office is clerical one only, that it is merely
matter of issuing marriage licenses anC
keeping records of matters of minor i'm
pOrtance.
AS a matter of fact, it is one of the most
important offices in the county. No other
office in the county has a greater responsible
ity in dealing with the affairs of widows and
orphans and that element of people who are
presumed, under the law, not to be able to
care for themselves. A citizen dies, leaving
a large estate to be divided among the w'd-
ow his children and other relatives. 1t may
be that both the mother and father are
dead, leaving only small children to share
the estate. The law has provided that the
Ordinary shall appoint administrators for
such estates.
So the estates-the property of widows
and orphans-is almost entirely at the dis
posal of the Ordinares of the counties. The
law creating the office presumes that the
people in their elections will name only men
of high character and integrity to fill the
office 1t presumes that man should have
some knowledge of the law-that he should
have plenty of common sense and that he
should be above reproach in character quail
ificatiOns.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
POLITICS AND CATTLE TICKS.

Both are sapping the life of the whole
country, bat politics is by far the Creates
parasite Just little sulphur and salt put
where the cattle can get it will eradicate
the cattle tick, but it will take burnt sui
phur fumes to get rid of the Objectionable
class of politicians. The biggest damage
the cattle tick has done is to make JOBS dor
tho ofica seeker. Thousands of dollars for
salaries and watts for dipping cattle are
being spent when ten cents worth OF sulphur
will do the work on almost any farm.
When l was a boy on the farm we mad
hundreds of cattle in the pasture each sea-
son-poor cattle bought up from the neigh
bors cattle which had been allowed to al
most starve-and they always had ticks on
them when first bought, but in few days
after they got into the pasture where they
would get to the trough of sulphur, salt
and soda or ashes they got in good shape
We always had beef to SELL rms same SIM
Mo renondv will do the same simple work to-
day if our farmers will only use the same
simple sense. FLO" DOh'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
Boycotting the Gnano Dealer
From the Lee County Journal

Significant in many ways is the Statement
from Terrell county that only four cars %
guano and three cars of nitrate OF soda bo
been shipped to Dawson for the season s
1915. This news has in itself probably Az
greatest commentary we have yet seen unon
the changed conditions among the farmarS
of this part of the state.
1t is familiar maxim here that Terreu
county farmers have been accustomed fo
many years to using more guano and other
fertilizers and of using them more effect
lively that the farmers of any county within
a radius of hundred miles probably with
in the state. So the announcement of the
great curtailment of fertilizers this wear
in Terrell has an unusual significance.
We are not finding fault with Terrell
county farmers, mind you, for having used
so much fertilizers in the past nor for their
having suddenly discarded the use of them
AS matter of fact, we believe that Terrell
county farmers have secured the best DOS
sible advantages from their wide use of fer
tilizers in the past, and that they are pro-
portionately wise in disseminating the use
of them now.
The point we would make, however is
that farmers in all parts of South Georgia
have discarded for this year the use of most
fertilizers. Whether they could use them
or not is a debatable question, but the fact
that they are not using them is the milk in
the cOcOanut. 1t serves to put practically
all farmers on an even basis in their farm
ing operations this year. Those who have
been using fertilizers plentifully for years,
however, have the advantage of a soil that
has been enriched by constant fertilization,
while those who have not used fertilizers
have no such advantages.
But farmers have a very even start in the
work of making the next crop. There is no
surplus fertilizer around. 1t is we'll that
this is So for the farmers are learning
a valuable lesson from it. They are learn
ing as never before to make crops that pro-
duce not only salable products but also fer
tilizers for the SOIL In this we have the
gist of the very best kind of farming May
the good work be kept up and may the
farmers of Lee county and every county in
Georgia and the South learn this practical
lesson and begin now to put it into practice.
1t means more profits and better soil than
they have ever had, so it is one of the great
est blessings that has ever come to the
farmers in disguise or any other manner.
But only stern necessity could teach it to
them. Therefore, this new lesson will be
duly impressed upon each farmer before
many months have passed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
HAVE DONE THEIR WORK WE'LL.

From the Valdosta Times
The war upon industry, which has been
going on in this country under the name of
progressiveism'' for several years is bear
ing fruit that ought to satisfy the most pro-
gressive of them ALL Regulating industry
has put the fires out of thousands of fur
naces and has, incidentally, put million
or so workmen to looking for something
to do, living on their former earnings or
depending upon friends or the general pub
lie for support Still, the progressives in
this country haven't quite as much as the
Mexican variety to their credit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
A Pestiferous Nuisance.

Editor Doty of the Andalusia (AlaO Sta
has his own views of the ever present an
reformer; and they are inter
esting, too. He says
Reform is great stuff. We spend
hours in useless endeaVor to get others
on the right track and then run wild
with our own engines. Big eaters are
always prating about the folly of over
eating and prohibitionists can always
name the best brands of liquors. We
have never seen a suffragette who was
good housekeeper, or a temperate man
suffering from Indigestion. Big takers
never accomplish big things. It's the
cool, quiet, collected cuss that throws
his strength into the battle for better
things and emerges with victory perch
ed on every banner. Know thyself."
1t is there the greatest reform should
be accomplished.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

Editor Anderson, of the Macon Telegraph
wants to engage the other editors OF the
state in potato raising contest, and num-
Der have accepted his challenge, which
means that more potatoes will be grown in
Georgia this year than ever before. These
scribes may prove to be good potato grow
ers, but we put them on notice that they
will have to get busy if they beat the record
of the Terrell county negro who sold $500
worth of potatoes from two and half acres
last fall.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

1t is pleasant to have grounds to think
that a woman has been acquitted of the
charge of killing a man without owing the
verdict to her sex and beauty. Youth and
beauty were not on the side of Mrs. Helen
M. Angle, who was charged with killing
Waldo r. Ballou at Bridgeport, Conn, and
yet she was acquitted. There is no reason
to suppose, in this particular case, that the
sight of a woman in distress affected the
jurymen so much that they did not return
a just verdict, as the evidence against her
was not impressive.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
Purpose.
From the Ohio State Journal.

The poorest mortal in the world is the one
who has no purpose in life, one who Just
drifts along, the victim of every low lnnu-
ence he rims into. The safe way, the hope
full way, is to have a purpose that aims at
something higher than the present situation.
1t may not always work, but it will do an
immense good, even if it fails at times.
How often we see men and women DRIFT
ing along without any aim or destiny, appar-
emily ready for any port that may appear.
They are without guide, pilot or purpose and
they are pretty sure to land at the port OF
Failure. 1t is dangerous to drift. Get a
purpose. 1t is never too late, though IN
voutb if proves the best friend one can have.
A purpose in life steers one away from bad
habits, and especially does it break up loaf
ing, which is one of the worst menaces that
dallies with youth. And how extended Is
this menace! One can see it in the street
any day-boys and young men literally spoil
ing their lives because they were living with
out a purpose
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
TERRELL COUNTY COLLARD SEED.

From the Triton Gazette
Terrell county man told The Dawson
News the other day that he had gathered
SO pounds of collard seed from very small
patch, after using all the collards he want
ed for his table. He sells the seed readily
at $3.50 a pound, and his crop will brlng
him $3.50. Growing collard seed has been
found a very profitable business where the
nroner effort was made. A number of seed
men contract for their collard seed. The
collard is a Georgia product and practically
all the seed sold are grown in this state. A
great many more could be sold If market
was sought for them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
JUST CAUSE FOR DIVORCE.

From the Triton Gazette.
All of us will admit that Mrs. William
Stikes ought to have divorce. This is her
advertisement in the Springfield (Mo.)
Leader:
my husband, William Stikes, left
NV bed and board just before election
dav without just cause or provocation.
All persons are warned against board
ing or trusting him on my account, as
l will not be responsible for the results,
as he is a loafer drunkard, liar and
bull moose"
To be all three things she mentioned is
bad enough, but to be a bull moose is too
much.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

Hon. Pat Griffin, the genial editor OF the
Rainbridge Post has taken over the BAN
bridge Searchlight and consolidated II WIN
his paper. There is room in Bainbroge lor
only one good newspaper, and that city Will
40 hanefited by the consolidation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
GETTING BETS DOWN.

From the Macon Telegraph.
The legislature of Texas has passed a
law fixing a very severe penalty for
betting on elections. Very few peo-
pie konw that Georgia has law of that
kind, and fewer still pay any attention
to it.-Dawson News.
Naturally when we are allowed to openly
bet on anything else we won't refrain from
getting down on the issue that tempts the
most
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

1t was a very interesting speech Sen
ator Hardwick made at Moultrie Friday
night in explanation and defense of his OPP
position to the administration ship pur-
chase bill One feature especially worthy OF
note was his attack on President Wilson
and Secretary McAdoo because of their OPP
position to extending aid to the farmers of
the South. Mr. Hardwick has doubtless real
lied that public man is at great disadVant-
age when it becomes necessary for him to
eYD1ain
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

One patriot, at the trial of high officials
charged with election frauds in Indiana, tes-
tilted that he voted as many as twenty-five
times in a day. Before going TO the Hoos1er
State the fellow must have had experience
in Richmond county in the days when Tom
Watson was batting the old-timers so heav-
ilv
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

The people of brownsville have erected
and unveiled monument to the late Cap
tain John Triplett, who was for many years
editor of the brownsville Times Enterprise
CAPTAIN Triplett, through his paper, was
very useful and valuable citizen of Thom-
asville, and the stone that has been reared
to his memory is a richly deserved honor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

The Triton Gazette says the impression
&c growing in the ordinary, everyday Amerl-
car mind that we are not being governed
,,;selv Int too much. And it is true. With
government supervision over almost every
thing a person does or consumes we nave
the government expert, who is generaly
more expert in drawing his salary than IN
any other one thing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

Oh yes, the world owes us all liV-
ing, but the poor fool who thinks he
can get it without working for it is go
ing to be badly disappointed Better
go to work and make an honest l1V-
ing-Darien Gazette.
Such fellows need not sit around and
think it will be handed to him on silver
waiter. A living is waiting for him, but ne
will have to collect it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

When the personal offering for Billy sun
dav began to pour in Philadelphia expected
that it would reach 100000 or at least
$4,000, but it hasn't reached $So'ooO'
Still we agree with the Savannah News that
is quite bit of money, at least to an ordl-
nary individual, although it may not look
big to an evangelist who has been preaching
strenuously a few weeks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

Governor Slaton promised to give the
state a business administration, and he has
done it all right. Without disparaging the
services of any one who has held the office
of governor the administration OF the pres
ent executive has been more far-reaching N
beneficial results than any we can recall.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
WE NEVER BET.

From the Richland News.
We read an article in last weeks Dawson
son News in which Editor Rainey refers 10
q social entertainment as one of the fry
ing size" class. SO good so far, but here's
betting he won't make note of one by re-
ferring to the "old hens"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30

There are 100000 automobiles in use
in this country, and one-half of them are
owned by farmers. But we have perfectiy
good pair of legs and are not bit envlous'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-03-30
Neutrality is good thing-as long as II


Some politicians spend hundreds OF
thousands of dollars to get into Office =
Echange. Poor economy. Wed let tnem
into our office for half the amount.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-18
Registrando
los obordos

Resumen de la carga del vapor "Ber-
wind.'
Para San Juan:
Arroz 14,809 sacos, harina 2,348, gas,
gasolina y aceite de lubricar 3,143 ca
jas y barriles, MADEIRA 21,231 piezas.
Total Al ,535 bultos con 1856 toneladas.
Para Arecibo:
Arroz- 1857 sacos, harina so sacos.
Total 2,617 bultos con 133 toneladas.
Para Aguadilla
Arroz 4,198 sacos, harina $50 sacos,
aceite de lubricar y gasolina 46 cajas
Total 5,194 bultos con 3O7 toneladas.
Para Mayagiiez:
Arroz 1929 sacos, harina 284 sacos,
gasollna, gas y aceite lubricante 2,O3O
caJas. Total 70, ,143 bultos con 5O2 to-
neladas.
Para Ponce:
Arroz 11,187 sacos, harina 1,05O sa-
cos, gas, aceite de lubricar y gasolina,
(Continda en- la pagina 12.)
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-18

MARIPOSEO COMERCIALj

Q menos saqueadas, una y otra vez, por
este 8 Ell otro bando, arruinandose la
gente de tai modo que todos los valo-
res han desaparecido de la circulation
y la gente de algunos medios ha sail
do del pals desterrandose voluntaria-
|mente en- virtud de circunstancias
apremiantes.
1ora es va que cese la lucha que
los hombres de buena voluntad Sc pom
gan de acuerdo para hallar una solu-
cion al conficto y esforzarse en- re-
construir Ell pals y restablecer las rela-
clones exteriores para hallar medios
que ahora faltan, para ir normalizando
gradualmente la situaci6n del pals.
Els indudable que Mejico hallar1a to-
do ell apOyo que necesita en- los Estados
Unidos tan luego como nombre un 60
bierno estable que de seguiridades de
paz en- el exterior y de respetar los de-
rechos intereses de los extranjeros. a
fin de que entire dinero en- ell pals para
continuar las explotaciones comerciales
que antes de la guerra exist1an, en-
pleando brazos del pals que ahora estan
ociosos.
La guerra va despoblando POGO po-
co Mejico, y bien pronto faltaran
brazos para trabajar los campos para
!operar las industrias nacionales. Los
|eXtranjerOs Sc aprovecharan de estas
circunstancias y los q. menos beneficial
dos quedaran seran los mejicanos.
Urge, pues, encontrar una formula pa
ra que cese ell derramamiento de san
gre y la ruina de los campos y de los
hogares. Solo la paz es promesa de
|salvaci0n para ell porvenir."
Cast coincimos en que es hora va de
que termine tanto desorden y desbara-
IJuste en- Mejico; pero, pesar de los
buenos oficios y deseos de los Estados
Unldos, continuaran pagando los vi
drios rotos los extranjeros, sin que les
importe un bledo, a los Carranzas. Oroz-
cos y compan1a, la situaci6n en- que
haya de quedar su pals, despu6s de tan
ia revuelta y tanto desastre.
MERcURIo.