davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
The Men and Women OnL,
Meetings.

Editor Dawson News: Judgment mnst
begin at the house of God"-St POI.
avoid filthiness and foolish TALKING 80,
testing, which are not convenient az
Paul ~
The fad of sermons ito men only and 60.
women only which is the long-suit of ~ "
ern evangelists, has no warrant of scrint
ure, and is one of the worst plague snots ~ -.
the current religious thought of the dar w
Not one instance can be named where anv y:
the prophets of the Old Testament mr. o, ".
Lord and His followers in the New Tasta
ment ever held services exclusively for Nv.
sex. Are there any ladies here?" said
human shape one night on an excursio1
train. mo, but there are few gentleman =,
replied John B. McGehee, and the b1art
guard was silenced Sin that can not IA
named is excluded by the apostle in tboOo
words: LET it not be once named amonS
you" The prurient and the vile attend the
meetings thus held and good men and nnro
women, through fear of ridicule or denim
citation or of putting a stumbling block in
some sinners way go, but men who think for
themselves, live like gentlemen themselves
are getting tired of this filthy stream heinz
in the name of religion, turned loose unon
the young. Whitfield, the first evangelist
of his day in England, and Jonathan ID.
wards, his peer in America, did not need this
clap-trap, yet the England and the states of
their day reeked with the free thought Of
the French revolution, and had not gotten
away from the debauchery of the so-called
high classes, but the gospel of Christ, with
the Old Testament scriptures as warning
beacons were sufficient to convince men of
sin and help them to that recreation that
meant purified lives. But it takes study TO
bring beaten oiP' out of the scriptures and
smutty anecdote-seXual study-out of
pierce Medical Discovery" is easier ac-
quired and more fetching, hence the use and
abuse of this new method to the tearing
down of homes-the suggesting of habits
probably not thought of before, but you say
it brings results. So does polecat, yet no
one would choose the latter as guard to
the house in preference to the mastiff, whose
strength and watchfulness mean safety
Neither will sober-thinking men, once they
allow themselves to think, longer tolerate
these, whom Jude best describes in his epis-
tie beginning at the seventh verse and
through the 18th. ANDREW P. RIVES.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
The Negro Makes Progress.

An interesting bulletin soon to be issued
by the Director of the Bureau of the Census
on negroes in the United States Indicates
Ehat there has been among that race an in
creasing tendency toward home ownership
a. marked increase in the percentage OF
school attendance, a pronounced decrease
in the percentage of illiteracy, a decrease
in the mortality rate, and an increase IN
4ae proportion of church membership.
This bulletin, which is special complIa-
4ion of information derived from the thir-
teenth census and from other inquiries
conducted by the census bureau, brings to-
gether in one publication all the principal
data pertaining to the negro race which are
in the possession of the bureau. The Work
of planning and arranging the statistical
tables. as well as all the clerical work. was
done by negro employees.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
sPECULATING ON PATRIOTISM.

From the Savannah News.
Some patriots in Canada are finding profit
in the war. One man says under oath that
he had bought some old horses, more or less
defective, and in few minutes turned them
over to army buyers at advances of so and
IS per cent. One good old animal, nearly
80 and spawned, brought 500, and knee
sprung charger went for $3.50. Which ndl-
Gates not only that some men still think
it is patriotic to cheat their government in
horse trade, even when it has terrible war
on it's hands, but also that the government
that goes into the horse market represented
by men who don't know better than to pay
500 for spawned horse that is nearly 30
should expect to be cheated
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
PROPHETS.
BY Geo. Fitch.

A prophet is a man who is able to say, l
told you so,' and prove it.
He is a man who wears his hindsight be-
fore; who is able to read the future as read
lily as if it were a Walt Mason prose poem;
who can write a book of interesting history
beginning with the day after next year, and
can then sit around with ease waiting for
time to catch up with him.
Prophets are as old as history, but have
been steadily deterorating for thousands OF
years. In biblical times there were great
prophets who could not only tell what was
going to happen in the next generation but
would linger along and see that it came true.
Nowadays, however, about the best proph-
ct can do is to put his prophecies a long
way ahead and live on his reputation dis
creetly retiring from view before history
hands him the cruel, raucous he, ma.
A batting average of .GGf is very good
for modern prophet Still people are very
easily satisfied nowadays. If a prophet
makes l 900 guesses and one of them comes
true he rises to great honor and his book
goes into the eleventh edition in two weeks.
There are three kinds of prophets today;
those who prophesy for revenue only, those
who are in a state of continual Shudder over
what is going to happen in 1920, and those
who are trying to figure out whether the
public can stand them in one office another
term. Joe Cannon and Charley Curtis are
the greatest American prophets today.
They came out of the cyclone cellar last
year and ran for election on the republican
ticket. Senators Burton, Root and others
who retired to said cyclone cellars just at
ter the storm blew over should take cor
respondence course in plain and fancy fore
casting.
The greatest war of history broke loose
last year, but very few prophets were on
the job. Madame de Thebes, of Paris, was
the only one who discovered it heading in
from the dim mists of the future, and as she
has been prophesying it regularly for twenty
years, anyway, she was bound to win ii her
health and endurance held out
Most of the modern prophets are engag-
ed in trying to discover which way the price
of wheat and various stock are going to
Jump tomorrow This is why prophets are
so poor and must be avoided so carefully
when one has money to lend. The men
who make money on the price of things to-
morrow are not the men who pry into the
future with a Jimmy and find out they are
the men who manufacture the said price to-
day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
Fire Losses in Rural Districts
From the Atlanta Journal.

More regard for fire protection in small
towns and rural districts would go toward
reducing America huge ash heap. Cities
are painfully negligent in this matter, few
of them having adequate laws for the con-
struction and inspection of buildings, but
the average farm and village almost wholly
ignores the peril of fire. The result is the
destruction of millions of property at total
loss, for insurance is naturally high if not
prohibitive where the risk is so great.
Many safeguards against fire are now
available to rural communities Gasoline
engines and electricity have opened wonder
full possibilities in this respect, as in santa
ton and household service. Aside from all
mechanical devices the exercise of the SIM
pest precautions in kitchens and barns and
stores would prevent many fire; and due
care in building would go further STILL The
Savannah Morning News, in commenting on
the number of recent fires in the country
districts of South Georgia, makes this praise
worthy suggestion:
cit would be a good thing if in the
buildings on farms in Georgia fireproof
materials were used. The farmer can
get no insurance at such rates as most
farmers could afford to pay on his
home his barns or his stock, and fire
means a total loss TO him of the value
of everything the fire reaches A fire
proof barn would cost more than the
average barn on Georgia farms, but 1t
would be a good investment 1t is sell
dom that anything lis saved from the
flames when a farm house or barn
catches fire, and in the smaller cities
and towns that have not yet been able
to provide adequate fire fighting appa-
ratus and an ample water supply for
such emergencies the loss often IS very
great"
There is a nationwide tendency to the
Improvement of rural conditions generally
a growing purpose that the farm home shall
have as far as possible all the conyeniences
of city home, and all the projections. No
item of this good program deserves more
attention than that relating to safety against
fire
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
RevOIUerS.
From the Gazette.

A revolver is q nickle-plated substitute
for bravery, which has practically driven
the original article out of the market.
The revolver gives puny man with
81 inch brain and the pluck of a grasshopper
a 10O-yard reach and makes him more dead
" than a Sioux Indian There was time
when this country had no dangerous ami
mails except bears and wolves, and life was
safe except on the frontiers but now vast
hordes of 16-year-old boys with cigarettes
in their face and portable cannon in their
hip pockets are producing obituaries with
the skill and enthusiasm of cholera Mi
crobe, while it is at all times possible to
meet q personal enemy who has beer chas-
ing you for a week, and who is reluctantly
compelled to defend himself when he catches
you by filling you so full of lead that your
remains will require eight pall-bearers.
Revolvers are now so generally used in de-
bate in domestic uuarrels and together of
all sorts that 5000 Americans die of them
each year, it is said.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
Is To Be Expected.

REPORTS from South Georgia lndlcate
another tremendous cotton crop. It's
ali right to raise cotton; but raise nome
supDIies frst-Marietta News
Much cotton is being planted IN TINS sec
4ion of the state, more than at one time 1t
was thought would be the case; but neV-
ertheless. the acreage has been CONSIDERABLY
reduced, and not near as much Of the staple
will he produced as in former years But
why shouldn't cotton be planted extensively
here? This is the recognized cotton section
az the state, and, naturally, it is to be eX-
oected that large acreage will always be
devoted to growing it,
While that is true the grain crop, Whlch
was more or less seriously injured by the
drouth that has prevailed throughout this
section for a month, is the largest that has
been planted in many years. and it is under
stood that more corn has been planted than
usual This being true, there will be much
better conditions throughout this section
wear hence than have been known in long
time before.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
ORIGIN OF THE MORTGAGE.

From the Kansas City Journal.
The oldest investment in the world is the
real estate mortgage. In ancient Babylon,
2,1OO years before Christ, in the reign OF
King Khammaragas, money was loaned on
mortgages; while the great Babylonian
banking house of the Egibi family, founded
about 600 B. c., invested large sums in
mortgages on both city and farm property
The mortgages we're recorded on bricks,
which were preserved in the contemporary
safety deposit vaults great earthenWare
lars buried in the earth-and having been
dug ND in our day show the archaeolOgist
when, where and how the mortgage origi-
mated
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
The Trip of the Liberty Bell.

Thirty thousand dollars, thinks the Sa-
gannah News, is a great deal of money to
spend on taking the Liberty Bell from phil
adelphia to San Francisco and back. Yet
it is estimated that the round trip OF that
valuable bit of freight will cost that much.
It isn't surprising that some folks in Ph1la-
sielphia think the relic is being used to pro-
vide certain men with a nice free trip to
the exposition, and our contemporary asks
If the real reason for its journey is desire
to show it to millions of people to stir up
their patriotism or is the trip to be a junket
for which the people will pay and which
will be enjoyed by small group of men on
the inside of Philadelphia politics.
The bell will travel on a special train
attended by twenty-five councilmen. 1t will
ride on a fat car, but the cOuncilmen Will
be more comfortably provided for.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
FORGETTING THEIR GOOD RESOLUTION

Form the Progressive Farmer.
THE folks in my section seem to be Tor
getting all their good resolutions about cot
ton acreage reduction" leading farmer
from one of the SOuths worst all-cotton sec
tions has just told US. And the same sort
of report comes from numerous sections OF
the South. Poor Richard observed long ago
that experience keeps a dear school, but
fools learn in no other" The question now
is what sort of folks are those who will not
even learn in the school of experience?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
Help GrOz0 By RESOLVING.

That you will keep so busy boosting that
you won't have time to knock.
That you will vote, talk and work for a
bigger, better, brighter town.
That you will help to make this a good
town so the town can make good.
That you will increase the value of your
property by improving its appearance.
That you will say something good about
this town every time you write a letter
That you will invest your money here
where you made it and where you can
watch it.
That you will not point out the towns
defects to a stranger nor fail to point them
out to a neighbOr.
That you will keep your premises cleaned
up and your buildings repaired as a matter
of both pride and profit.
That you will brag about this town so
much that you will have to work for this
town in order to keep from being liar.
That you will take half day right now
to pick up the odds and ends around the
place and turn them into either use, money
or ashes
That you will contribute as much money
as you can afford and as much enthusiasm
as anybody to any movement to develop the
towns resources.
That you will make friends with the farm
ers if a town man, or with the town folks
if a farmer, and help work together for the
good of the community of which this town is
the center.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

They are running the 'swatting'' business
into the ground. 1t is now swat this and swat
that and swat the other, and to cap the eli
max May LIST has been set apart in Georgia
as swat the rooster day" 1t is claimed
that the gentleman who proudly struts be-
fore his flock of danes and whose clarion
notes announce the approach of day has
fulfilled the service for which he is intend
ed, and at the approach of the good old
summer time he should take a back seat
until autumn is well in. The silly season
evidently isn't over.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

The News has received from Senator
Smith a neatly bound volume containing
memorial addresses delivered in the senate
and house of representatives on the life and
character of the late Congressman S. A.
Roddenbery. Numerous beautiful tributes
were paid by his colleagues to the memory
of Mr.. Roddenbery, who in his short ser
vice gave promise of a useful career in the
law-making body of the nation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

Georgia's new tax law has been declared
constitutional and valid by a recent supreme
court decision. AS a result of this law there
was an increase of nearly ninety million
dollars in the tax values of the state last
year During his administration Governor
Slaton has devoted his efforts to improving
the states tax system and financial condi-
ton, and that he has succeeded in a large
measure is gratifying to every Georgian who
is interested in the welfare Of his &C mmOn-
wealth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
HE'S GAME. BUT

From the Greensboro Herald-Journal.
VIE read an article in last weeks
Dawson News in which Editor Rainey
refers to a social entertainment as one
of the frying size" class. So far SO
good. but here's betting he won't make
note of another kind by referring to
the "old hens. "-Richland News.
Editor Rainey is game, all right but he'd
better not throw off on the women and their
entertainments
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

Actual experience has shown that nothing
pays so we'll in the upkeep of public roads
as frequent use of the drag In fact, in
this section of the country it is impossible
to have good roads if they are neglected
any length of time after being built.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

Good morning, Mexico. What is the name
of today's president?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

Dawson joined the rest of the Southland
Monday in paying honor to the heroes of
the Southern confederacy. The Memorial
exercises here were unusually interesting
and appropriate, and the address was deliv-
cred by the distinguished governor-elect of
the state, Hon. n. E. Harris, who himself
saw service in the army and is a Confed-
crate veteran. His tribute to his comrades
and the self-sacrifcing women of the six
ties was eloquent and touching. The line of
veterans who fought in the civil war is
growing thinner and thinner each year, and
soon there will be none of them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

A wise man talks of others. The fool
babbles of himself
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27
A Greaf Ruler.
From the st. Louis Times.

Il am not a hero. You will find
them in the trenches. king Albert OF
Belgium.
This most beloved monarch seems to nave
each and every quality that goes to make up
thu zeal man. Every time he says anytime
we learn something more in his favor, anu
in this last statement we notice that he is Cne
first OF the big men, in the war to adll u.
that in the matter of fighting he amounts
to little. The heroes the war has made u
date are not those who direct the move
ments of troops by the telephone; they are
the unknown in the trenches. But few d
those in command will ever have the man
hood to credit the pawns with all the glory
at their OWE expense
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

All roads lead to our subscription books.
Are you travelling?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

Some folks wander in their minds, Du'
are never able to stray far.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

A man with a snore is somthing OF
bore-to his wife.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-27

It is evident that there are men and Wo-
men who lie awake of nights scheming how
to fleece other men and women out OF any
money they may chance to possess. one OF
the latest developments of the kind is what
is called the scenario shark, a genius
who calls himself a photoplay specialist and
who for the sum of $25 will teach people
by mail how to write photoplays. To begin
with he only asks $1.O0, and only $50 all
told, while the sale of the play will bring to
the author at least this amount He is the
more dangerous because he appeals, IN
subtle manner, to the vanity of his victim.
He as good as tells you that you have liter
airy or dramatic talent. That sort OF nattery
fetches many one who is not otherwise
susceptible Beware of the scenario shark.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-29
ES-
TATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION
1n!Ethe FirstfIJudicial District Court
sof1 the State of Nevada, Ormsby
County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Phil.
! ippena Wagner, deceased.

! Notice is hereby given, that in pur-
suance of the last will and testament
of said decedant, and in pursuance Of
an order of the First Judicial District
/ Court of the state Of Nevada, Ormsby
county, made and entered on the 9th
day of May, 1915, in the matter of
the estate of Philippine Wagner, de-
ceased, the undersigned, executor Of
said estate, will sell at public auction,
subject to confirmation of said court,
the following described real property:
! The south half of block No. II Of
Sears, Thompson & Sears division OF
Carson City, Ormsby county, Nevada,
with the improvements thereon, and
known as and called the White
House, to be sold furnished as it is.
and as a lodging house, and as a unit
J and going concern.
I The south Is feet of lot No. 8. in
block No. II of Proctor & Green's
division of Carson City, Nevada,
known as and called the Burlington
Shoe Store, with the improvements
thereon.
Lot No. 9 and the east half of lots
numbered 7 and 10, in block No. II.
of Proctor & Green's division of Car.
son Of Carson City, Ormsby county.
Nevada, with the improvements there
on, and known as and called the
Walsh Grocery Store and premises.
The premises called the Walsh
Grocery Store will be sold subject to
a leasehold right held by Ed J..
Walsh for the period of five years,
beginning December /, 1914, and sub
ject to the payment to Mr.. Walsh
the sum of $170.3S balance due him
for improvements on said premises,
deducted from rentals at the rate of
$21 a month.
The premises called the Burlington
Shoe Store will be sold subject to a
leasehold right held by E. Burling-
ton CO. for the period Of three years,
beginning May 80, 1914, with the priv
ilege of two years more beginning at
the expiration of said date.
Said sale will be made on the Sd
day of June, 1915, at II o'clock a. M,
of said day, at the Court House door,
Carson City, Ormsby county, Nevada.
TERMS OF SALE-Ten per cent
cash and balance to be paid on con-
hrmation Of sale by court and deliv-
cry of deed.
DAN KITZMEYER,
Executor of the estate of Philippine
Wagner, deceased.
Date of first publication, May 10,
1915.
Date of last publication. June :,
1915.
&tShcC~ho Ynr TIA Ao0A
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-29
EXAMINATIONS

Examinations of applicants for GER
tificates as certified public account
ants, to be issued as authorized by
Chapter 1917, Session Laws of 1918,
State of Nevada, will be held IN
Reno, Nevada, on Monday May 81,
1915. Application blanks will be fur
nished on request. Per order
State Board Of Accountancy, Paul
CASTOR, Secretary, S29 Lake ST., Reno.
Nevada. m2O-3t
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-29

s9itrqfiH1wash not af poriHcsa11ot Of lazy people would starve to death
San Francisco Star. bon
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-29

Decoration Day flowers. Orders
should be left at Muller's Drug Store
Now. m22
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-29

taYas, but in fheoI5rrRobf' htefhhtional
qids ohT-.oS yEM ,OO2IOIhdH me
1e99ih1 yeatqsAtof aiensai,,arineGA (alteredo!
Re. as th1I ex elniee ebeiltg er eiess e. siHg thtts
e the asbfeay OG Gtlpose O avboatd tarhnefFgi
acknowledgements ao6ttbn1sooThat7 tlae9'
nee isyteHeeded1stThe Old rulerthat ai9
.laen ae2aiprsza tesa bertitobaheeIe aptor1f
ordhbdi ttHefd ritaGbyeasefiz 1eoassthadd
TING hepoHesfPdt neutrality-suspicious.
-c,hia al dYsi .waeAr'e2 ihabilhty to hifs,isho a97
'i4hilit1aatsy2 opp9Hraaqpt64sl pf the eapsGfsoa''do'
4 ii J; tGdt stIGo ss2rtaib ts1il 9dl r9t'
q rt;akippaiq prbb7fff9 se o " 9 nlHH}tts SSaffslYy Up Hpder-
port. .4ShS dmas, Absref8re,a b 1aRYSJ5Ylly des'
roy hasiflWaNfa bsfnr liBbp9iitFefqdb to the ship
eager $, fas dqognf9mbaAtsantse Are not only
" bheys mayenat sven tbeimade prisoners
bass hen et1ifosat heensHl n differences OF
az Hnizcefs Dnusito&rtesunk the captor IS