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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26
The F failures.

/ want to stand with the failures
When the final trump is blown;
With the folks who bravely struggled,
And died unsung unknown
The folks who could have had riches
By swerving a bit from the right,
But tOiled without thought of inches
In the glare of flames white light.
l want to stand with the mothers
Who washed and cooked and sewed,
And spite OF their heavy burdens
Kept on in the quiet road
OF love for bunch of children
And care for a comfy home
! think they'll have the best place
Beneath the judgment dome.
l want to stand with the fathers
Who never did anything great"
But learned to do without things
To labor and to wait,
| tell you. friend, I'm certain
They learned it not in vain,
For we get what we give while living,
And many loss is gain.
l want to stand with the conquered
Who strove and failed-and won!-
For oft defeat is the limit
OF a victory begun.
I want TO stand with the broken.
The manned and bruised at heart
Who plugged on through disaster
And stuck-to the last dull part!
l want to stand with the Failures
Largely because I choose
The cOmpanionship of workers
Who wern't afraid to lose
The things that arc held worth having
While We live this side the Sleep,
And chose in their place the virtues
That keep and keep and keep!
LEIGH MITCHELL HODGES.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26
PROFANING THE PRINCE OF PEACE

From the Savannah News
When all the belligerent nations are calling upon
God to prove the justice of their cause the state
ment of the chancellor of the Duchy of Chester
England, that the wall of a church is not the place
to perpetuate hatred is to be honored His refusal
to allow the phrase murdered by the Germans -
to appear on a memorial tablet recording the death
of a Lusitania victim commands respect With
enmity and revenge and the fostering of bitter
hatreds the church founded by the Prince of Peace
has nothing to do
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

An indianapolis club of advertising men has
decided after debate that advertising does not
really add to the cost of advertised artcles-that
it merely constitutes of the items of proper
handling to an advantage, and that only the unwise
merchant fails to place his wares before the peo-
pie who buy. 1t might be added that none but the
unwise and unprogressve merchants failed to real
ize this long ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26
MIR. ADAM AND MISS EVE.

From the Opp (Ala) Messenger.
A Boston research society is engaged in an effort
to discover what Adam looked like. Its safe bet
that he didn't turn up his trousers and part his
hair in the middle" says the Andalusia Star And
you never make US believe that Mother Eve
wore an ankle watch.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

The United States has had one fight in the great
European war. in which it emerged Victorious
the determined contest waged by American physi-
clans and nurses against the deadly typhus in Ser
bia which is now announced as having been oblit-
Grated 1t was an expensive fight. and cost not
only money but American lives.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

The energetic and economical Teutons are teach
ing a valuable lesson to the rest of the world in
the way of thrift and frugality. Germany is feed
ing herself in spite of the and her isolated po
siton. and is manufacturing the greater part of
her munitions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Boy corn growers of Georgia have reason to be
proud that the championship of the United States
has fallen to of their number. record yield
of 241.71 bushels has won for Ben
I4eath. of Kensngton, Barlow county, nationwide
fame through the award to him of gold medal
by the Panama-Pacifc exposition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26
WILL MEAN PROSPERITY.

From the Mledgeville News
1t is oat planting time in Southwest Geop-
gia, and the farmer who fails to put in a good
sized acreage will not do his part in the fight
on the boil weevil.-Dawson News
If Editor Raneys advice is taken seriously it
will mean prosperity to his section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Those Americans who paid good money for Eng
lish titles and residence the pond are find
ing that they must contribute plentfuly from their
fortunes to aid England in carrying her war
There isn't much sympathy for them on this side,
either.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

L it becomes necessary for England to resort
to conscrption as now seems likely. the several
thousand American born Canadian farmers who
have taken the oath of allegiance in their new
homes will no doubt wish they back in the
land of the free and the home of the brave
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

We feel sure that those photographers who are
extracting so much fun from the fact that Sarah
Bernhard wears artificial leg are doing so
thoughtlessly. Human misfortune is never prop
er subject for hiarity And. besides, none of US
know when we may be similarly afflicted, and it
would not be in the least amusing to us then.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

The harvest news gets better as it comes in,
improving like the harvests themselves. The 1915
productions with the exception of cotton are going
to break the American records. Corn, as was to
have been expected, will retain its throne as king.
Wheat shows a tremendous stride, and for the
first time in the history of the United States has
reached the billion bushel mark.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26
MORE POLITICAL FARMING.

From the OglethOrpe Echo.
The advent of the boil weevil is giving news
paper farmers plenty of opportunity to save the
farmers Of the state. Guess they are proceeding
on the idea that in Saving others they are saving
themselves good fat jobs in public office.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Public service corporations everywhere are in
ssting that their employees accord courteous treat
ment to patrons The public be damned" days
have no place in the modern business world and
are being reegated to a position far in the rear.
1t pays to be polite now, just as it always did,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Mayor Thompson has ordered all Chicago sa-
looms closed on the Sabbath. It's commendable
move, but it is respectful opinion that the
thirsty Chicagoan will not be particularly con-
founded in his efforts to get nip on SUNDAYS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal tells of hen
that laid 2S7 eggs in $50 days. That hen is out
of place. She ought to be in Southwest Georgia
where she would have so much company in indus
try and attention to business.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

An army of $500 Serbian women the fir
ing line will be formidable array for Austrians
and Germans to face. No one will blame them
if they emulate the example set by many Russian
women.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

The State Fair at Macon has thrown open its
gates for ten days, and every Georgian who can
should it. 1t is of the best expositions of
Georgia's resources that has yet been put on ex-
hibition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

The Pacific coast is going to try reindeer meat,
which will hereafter be shipped regularly from
Alaska. If it proves palatable and a sufficient
ply be regularly obtained it ought to 90 far
towards solving one of the problems of the high
cost of living.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Railroad statisticans figure that sixty per cent
Of accidental deaths on the right-of-way are due
to trespassing But there will be trespassing as
long as there are railroads
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

According to reports the Turks have slain nearly
half a million Armenians and rendered another
half million homeless and starving, The unpop-
ularity of the Turk is not hard to understand.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Press reports say that Mr.. Taft often laughs
good-naturedy and heartily. But his predecessor
in the presidency doesn't appear to be finding any
thing in life worth being amused over
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

One thing about the European war that interests
ne Is q wonder as to how the allies and the cehtI"l
mowers manage to discover so accurately the mum
har If soldiers slain on the enemys side
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Wireless telephony across the will soon be
in vogue, and by next year people in England will
be able to inquire via long distance how the Ter
rell County Fair is progressing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Those newspapers and Atlanta correspondents
who are trying to Drecipate political campaign
in Georgia have little to do. ThereIl be plenty of
time for that next year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

The Fort Worth Record thinks the under
writer's who arranged for the loan to the allies
constitute a skindicate instead of a syndicate
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

1t is about time for the ice man to leave off his
peaceful chucke; but where he leaves off the coal
man will proceed to take up the gladstone chorus.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Germany's desire for million bales of American
cotton at ten cents a pound does not look so i'm
pressive that the price is considerably above
that figure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

Do you know anything more truly exhilarating
than the Southwest Georgia brand of sunshine these
beautiful October days?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

The Balkan states apparently did not know when
to let well enough alone
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26


ing that they must contribute plentfully from their
fortunes to aid England in carrying on her war.
There isn't much sympathy for them on this side,
either.
Mayor Thompson has ordered all Chicago sa-
looms closed on the Sabbath. It's commendabe
move, but it is respectful opinion that the
thirsty Chicagoan will not be particularly con-
founded in his efforts to get a nip Sundays
---
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal tells of hen
that laid 287 eggs in $50 days. That hen is out
of place. She ought to be in Southwest Georgia,
where she would have so much company in indus
try and attention to business.
The State Fair at Macon has thrown open its
gates for ten days, and every Georgian who
should it. 1t is one of the best expositions of
Georgia's resources that has yet been put on eX-
hbition.
An army of $50, 900 Serbian women the fir
ing line will be formidable array for Austrans
and Germans to face. No will blame them
if they emulate the example set by many Russian
women.
According to reports the Turks have slain nearly
half million Armenians and rendered another
half million homeless and starving. The unpop-
uarity of the Turk is not hard to understand
Wireless telephony across the will soon be
in vogue, and by next year people in England will
be able to inquire via long distance how the Ter
rel County Fair is progressing.
Press reports say that Mr.. Taft often laughs
good-naturedly and heartily. But his predecessor
in the presidency doesn't appear to be finding any
thing in life worth being amused over
Those newspapers and Atlanta correspondents
who trying to precipitate political campaign
in Georgia have little to do. Therell be plenty of
time for that next year.
Germanys desire for million bales of American
cotton at ten cents a pound does not look i'm
pressive that the price is considerably above
that figure.
1t is about time for the ice to leave off his
peaceful chuckle; but where he leaves off the coal
man will proceed to take up the gladstone chorus.
The Fort Worth Record thinks the under
writer's who arranged for the loan to the allies
constitute a skndicate instead of a syndicate
Do you know anything truly eXhiarating
than the Southwest Georgia brand of sunshine these
beautiful October days?
The Balkan states apparently did not know when
to let we'll enough alone.
The allies trying to put the tame in Mesopo-
tamia.
These are hard days for the crouch
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26

The allies are trying to put the tame in Mesopo
mi
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-10-26
WHEREABOUTS OF THE RULERS.

These are hard days for the crouch.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-02
VERY MUCH IN WRONG BATH
Guests Mistake, Il VIII BE Under
Stood, Was Not a Thing to Be
Wildly Advertised.

Smythe's mistake. which Is de-
scribed In an English contemporary,
must have been disconccrting. to sa:'
the least.
You'll find your bath in the out.
'ouse.'
Thus he had been directed the night
before at the little inn where he was
stopping. and that Is why he was now.
In his dressing gown. pushing open the
Clubhouse door. IL was dark. but
there was the tub. and II would do.
He hoped In. In the middle OF his
additions the rcd.faced landlord thrust
his head In at the door. In the dim
light he failed to see the man in the
tub.
Water quite nicely warm, thanks"
observed Smythe, but it's a tritle
muddy"
Muddy he hanged" roared the
landlord. bursting in suddenly. Your
tubs in the next place. Git out OF Il,
YOU blitherin' idiot! Not n word OF
this In the 'ouse, mind! not n word OF
this in the 'ouse. That's my ONE.
brewed ale you're a.washin' in"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-02

Padded warriors" and "moleskin
artists as football terms have be-
come obsolete. So have a great many
other epithets which have applied to
football as II was played ten years
ago. The tesh "gridiron." when
speaking OF a football field. has really
lost it's significance. even though 1t is
the generally accepted word for a
football field. The reason that these
terms have lost their significance is
that the game OF football Is changing
until II, like all other sports. Is now
hardly recognizable as the game that
was played ton years ago. There may
have been n set OF moleskin trousers
o by some player, sometime. How.
ever. it's a dead cinch that the aver.
age trousers which were called mole
skins were rank limitations. They are
considered too heavy for use general.
ly, and II is a safe bet that there is
not now a college player in the coun-
try who uses even the imitation.
The gridiron, as II used to be. has
given way 10 a field on which there
is but N set OF lines. these being the
lateral ones. The parallel ones have
been abolished altogether.
Unnecessary Equipment.
The tendency among football play
ers and coaches OF the present day is
to eliminate all the unnecessary equip
ment on n player that is possible. and
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-02
HIS SILENCE A COMPLIMENT
Too Many Men Are Apt 10 Make the
Mistake That Is Recorded Of
This Husband.

The coffee was weak. the bread un.
dcrdone, aud the fowl tough, or at
least he said so. His wife's long pa.
thence gave way.
John Henry" said she. I've tried
faithfully to cook to suit you for
twelve long years. No IA in the town
has better-cooked food. yet you ars
always finding fault. Why cant you
praise nae once In a while. Id like TO
know"
lie looked up In establishment.
We'll II you Amt the most unrea-
sorable | EVER saw. he ejacu-
lated. why. many and many is the
time I've sat down TO a meal and new.
or said a word about IL. Anybody
would know there wasn't any fault
TO be found. or I'd "a found IL. aud
yet you want a better compliment than
that! That's just like a wonian-they
cant tell a compliment when they get
one"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-02
EXCELS IN ATHLETICS
War Makes America Supreme on
the Track and Field.
Pick OF Young Men OF Germany.
France and England Are on Firing
Line, and Are Being Killed
on Like SO Many Files.

-
Despite the fact that Uncle Sam
has been In n terrific sporting slump
during the last year and has been most
gloriously walloped al every start.
there Is one division which American
supremacy Ia certain TO be contin-
ued. That is on the track and field.
With American coaches and Ameri.
can methods taking hold In the Euro
pean countries there was a high hope
over there that our revered uncle
might be pushed on the skids during
the Olympian games OF 1916. That
hope Is now exploded, however. The
games were scheduled to be held in
Berlin, but with the intense hatred
that has been stirred on the other side
by the war. II Is doubtful II England
or France would compete even should
peace be restored by that timc. That
puts one spike In the hope OF beating
the United States. but the most tragic
cause back OF the collapse OF Euro.
pean hopes lies In another direction.
The young men who were fast devel.
oping into sterling athletes and who
might challenge our boys are now be.
ing killed on like flies! The pick OF
tho young men of Germany, France
and England are on the firing line.
Some OF Gormany's most promising
material for the Olympic games for
1916 were army officers or at least
subject to the call to the colors. They
answered. and their finely trained mus.
clos are now carrying them on long
forced marches. Feet that once sped
owe the cinder path are now trcading
through fields of blood or splashing In
the mud or mire Of the trcnchcy. And
This is true Of the young men OF Eng.
land and France as well as OF Ger.
many.
Can you imagine what Il would be
10 suddenly have our Ted Merediths.
our Nal Sheppards, and a score or
SO OF other young men at the peak
of their athletic careers suddenly
killed of! II is such a situation as
this that the European countries face.
II the war continues over an extended
period. IL may be safe to say that the
United states VIII DC supreme IN attn
letics for another generation. The
men rising up to challenge Us arc
now Offering their lives on the battle.
fields or undermining their wonder
fully developed strength by exposure
In ~rain-soaked trenches. II they es.
cape with their lives they will return
to their homes old men so far as ath'
letics are concerned. Such conditions
as this strike pretty close to what
war really means. There will be lit
tie glory for tho United States com
ing out OF international contests fol
the next few years. While we have
been enjoying peace and our ath
letes perfecting themselves. Their
foreign rivals have been shedding
their blood on battleiields.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-02

placed on the ankles and the kicker
usually had a wooden block in the Too
OF his shoe. which was said to aid his
kicking. The cleats on the shoes
were few and far between. Shin
guards were used on both legs and
oftentimes. the calves of the legs were
protected with pads.
One Pad After Another.
The Jerseys were just one pad NJ.
ter another. The elbows and the
shoulders were protected completely,
and then there usually was a lump OF
felt on the breast TO protect the
breastbone. The head guards were
as heavy as could DO obtained.
The trousers nowadays are not
padded at all. They are OF n canvas
material with a piece Of mica on the
inside TO protect the thigh. The knees
have absolutely no protection. while
players In some schools use q piece
OF felt to protect the hips. Other
schools, Purdue, for instance. use a
pair OF felt pads which are put under
everything else and which protect not
only the hips. but also the ribs. These
pads are not used. however. except
by players who are in danger OF in
juring some already sore spot.
Shin Guards Abolished.
The shin guards have been abol.
ished altogether. The shin guard
makers have not suffered. however.
as they found n friend in need in Rog-
or Bresnahan, the present manager OF
the Chicago Cubs. who appeared on
the Polo grounds some years ago
wearing shin guards to protect him.
self from foul tips. Now every catch.
er and umpire in the country boasts
u pair OF them.
The shoes are OF a light leather,
it'll no pads in them and no wooden
blocks for the kickers' toes. The bot,
toms are literally lined with cleats
to enable the player to get a focthold
on any kind OF ground.
In most cases the jerseys are abso'
lutely %unpadded, with the occasional
exception that a player puts a pad on
his elbow. Instead OF shoulds pads,
n contraption known as shembles is
used. Shembles are q leather harness
which fits over the head. protecting the
shoulders, collar bone and breastbone.
They are worm inside the jersey and
are responsible for many of the sets
OF wonderful shoulders SO much ad.
mired by goods In football players.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-02
Landlords Way.

John barrymore. the actor. a
talking about Germany's submarine
policy In New York.
When Germany told Us we Amer.
leans might cross the seas in safety
provided W. used such ships as she
offered, | nearly died laughing" he
said.
Il was irrcsistihly reminded of the
poet who complained to his landlord:
Landlord. | really must insist OH
your repairing my doors and win
dows. They close 80 badly that II III.
terrupts my work. 1t blows lay hair
all about my face
"'Humph,' said the landlord. The
easiest way out of that difficulty is for
you to get your hair cut of. New
York Times.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-02
PENN'S GREEK A BEAR"

An amusing story Ia being
told on Mike BoriZas. the vi.
gantic Greek football player OF
the University OF Pennsylvania.
who Is tho strongest man In tho
college ranks, but a greenhorn
at football. The Greek never
saw n football or a football
match until he tried for tho
Penn. team, and of course has
been learning very slowly.
After considerable prelim.
mary practice early in the year
In tho rudiments, he was sud
denly thrust into a practice
scrimmage, the first OF the year.
Only a few rudimentary signals
had been given the backs and
no effort had been made to
give them to the line men. The
quarterback reeled OF some
numbers, S.l2.3.2.6.l4. Just as
the center was about TO pass
the ball. Borizas stood up In
the line and called: II have it,
Before the startled coaches
could ask the reason for the in
corruption, Borizas called out:
"Forty.hve." He had added tho
numbers of the quarterback's
signal together as a problem.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-02

uB n consequence. the football uni
form OF today will not weigh nearly so
much as an average mans everyday
clothes. contrary to the general be-
lief that football players are made up
OF some bone and muscle and the rest
pads.
The reason for this In that the
coaches demand. more speed from
their men and II is certain that speed
cannot be obtained where n player Is
loaded down with pads. Then, too.
the old.time rushing, everybody'tump'
on game. has passed away and nova
days, when n man Is spilled, he is usu'
ally back In his place in a jifry, ready
TO carry the ball again, whereas II
used TO take about five minutes to
unravel the players after 22 OF them
had become entangled.
The football clothes which were
worn when the game was first intro
duced. would. like old baseball uni
forms, seem like Jokes to players now.
The trousers were heavy, padded
throughout with cotton or felt. Tho
shoes were OF the heaviest leather
which could be obtained. Pads were
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-02
Anoien,a used Gas Warfare.

The earliest use Of deleterious gases
in siege warfare Is recorded in the
history of the P~eloponnesian wars
from 43i to 4Oi -. &. During this
struggle between the Athenians and
Spartans and their respective allies
the cities of Platea and Delium we're
b%esioged.
Wood saturated with pitch and sui.
phur was set IN fire and burned under
the walls OF these cities in order TO
generate choking and poisonous fumes
which would stupefy the defenders
and render the task OF the attacking
forces less diflcIlt.