The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23

If it is true that Georgia was set
tied by colony of poor people from
Great Britain who sought to thus
avoid their creditors, it is equally
true these creditors soon followed
and their descendants are yet camp
ing on the trail of some Of the heirs
and assigns Of Oglethorpe's compan-
ions. They have it down to such a
system now that few will acknowl-
edge that their forefathers came over
with James Edward, especially on
the 10 and 18th of the month. 1t is
appalling with what frequency this
connection is denied.
Georgia was founded as haven
of promise and a refuge for the OPP
pressed debtor. 1t has developed in
to a land of subterfuge and promis-
sorry notes. We boast of our progress
and our achievements, but we seem
to be going back to the days of Ogle-
thorpe, for that patient Indian low
ing man expressly prohibited in the
colony of Georgia both slavery and
rum. Think OF that in 1882. Geor-
gia was so dry in 1882, so dry that
there was only seven feet of water
in the Savannah river.
Georgia owes more to Ogiethorpe
than New York does to Peter Stuy-
yesant or the Mississippi delta to De-
Soto She was slow to pay this debt !
of gratitude but there now stands on |
guard in the city Oglethorpe founded |
2 monument to his memory that Will |
last through all the ages. The state |
of Georgia has done it's share towards |
this great achievement and patriotic !
people did their part also.
Georgia valor and Georgia chiv-
airy are uncomfortable. As long ago
as 1858 Mexico brought to close
its war with the United States, when
they heard in Mexico City that the
Irish Jasper Greens from Savannah
had already reached New Orleans and
were still hustling westward. And If
the lately lamented Emmett Rifles
had been then organized it is doubt"
full if Mexico would even have agreed
to fight at all.
Georgia has much to bring her to
the attention of the world. Her
fruits, her crops of growing grain,
her splendid advantages horticulture
ally and agriculturally invite the set
tier, be he urban or suburban in his
tastes. Middle Georgia boasts Of her
great peach orchards with their lus-
cious fruits, but one can take the
most enthusiastic horticulturalist
from the peach shipping center and
IN FIVE minutes on Bull and Brough- |
ton streets convince him that the fin
est peaches live and grow in SaVan-
nah, and if the day is at all breezy
he must quickly be convinced that
hey have much to support this the
Dry. Savannah, we are told, intro
1uced sugar cane into Louisiana.
tbs from this vegetation the Missis-
sipp river bottoms grow their syrup
crop, but no louisiana lasses is as
sweet as a Geargia lass it.
The climate of Georgia is unsur-
passed and the health of Georgians
is something of which all Georgians
should be proud. According to sta
.istics the death rate is less than that
Of Massachusetts, or New York. I'm Z
we cannot readily find
similar statistics relating to Maine
and Kansas, and so it is feared those
given will be of little value under the
existing conditions. There is moth s
ing in New York statistics to show
how long a man can go without a
drink with the express office locked |
up, so it is feared we will have to
learn this by experience here at