The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-22
Rl)STER FIRES A BOMB
NC OUR PEOPLE TO TASK
l,ACK OF PUBLIC SPIRIT.
vo Have Greatest County i'm the
say S.,+e and Urges That More Inter-
Ra Taken in the Fair.

anu OlSO0
ost Be Taken in the Fair.
90 Of the greatest drawbacks to
in Terrell county is the lack
piOs aongb public spirit and belief in
o. greatness of the county's re-
IH0 The fact of the matter is,
SUI sont fully realize what a great
We Nv we are living in. We say
. .Ots because we don't see how its
u ,l,y could be so unconcerned about
p0Vr rs that tend to show the outside
' ulnr1d what this county really is. We
WV, ..boosters," and boosters" we
la .. have if we open the worlds
I w. as to what we are and what we
va for Look at other towns and
ntios that are not to be compared
nowson and Terrell, according to
" n~ that have been put on the
TeSoU 90 N sneak, just by boosters. "
map tb ~ other hand, we have one of
w bost counties in the South, but
Ile aontont to know it ourselves and
are 4ba other fellow find it for him
let Vlso no cares to know. We are too
oo. ndost about our home county, and
h llouoforn will let the other fellow tell
tI lan ATS its merits. The writer has now
S Soo here several months, and the
NV NV 'sb0osters" seen, that is, sure
o Onnygb boosters" have been visit
o ons They lust can't help seeing what
VS. rordan SPOT we are living in, and
~ ran we help but see it? Travel
III over the South and you can count
a. Az COMMITTEES on the fingers of one
hand that will compare faVorably
18th n'+ Terrell. The only trouble Is
o ", over-balanced one crop system,
and think we are cured OF tha'
now. o+ ,,,o+o
oricallv patriotic is not going to
or,C' TO anything. Everybody
merchants. bankers and farmers,
have All got to get behind the move
mont and push with might and main,
Tell the world you live in the garden
enot and believe it yourself so firmly
that YOU can push your argument
tbTough without a doubt. We have
got to have the belief behind 1T all
and with a study of our county
greatness we can impart our belief.
We know of no better way to show
this rounty's resources than by eV-
orvbodv getting behind the county
fair and pushing it through with all
+he vim of which we are capable
When we say everybody this includes
Won. second person, singular, you
Because the other fellow is doing his
mart does not mean that he is doing
part of it for you. No one can do your
part but you. Then, you say, what
can | do? If you are a banker OF
merchant you can give a liberal Sub
scription toward getting premiums
No fair can be a success without pre-
miums. Then, you say, what will
get out of it? You get the apprecia-
ton of your customers and have the
n pleasure of knowing that you are
8 helping your county on the road OF
4 progress. Your bank or business will
81 grow as your county grows, but not
4 one iOta faster. If you are farmer
q you can get busy and save some OF
Il the best Of everything raised on your
farm and bring it to the fair. This
year the year that you have diversi
fled your crops more than you ever
did before, you can get up an exhibit
that would be creditable anywhere.
Well you say, the other fellow is
doing this and my exhibit is not need
ed. If I carried an exhibit I might
nj ! - y n
i Here We are on the stool of do-noth-