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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
THE VALUE OF A DOcI
Real Worth of Canine to Man Can't p.
mated in Mere Dollars and g..

In customs case in New York roo.
the value OF a couple of dogs imported =
Chicago man an appraisers memora.loV '
has been filed that contains these IN
The evidence discloses that there is wv noIaa
form market value for a dog. Tho NJ nv
governed a great deal by fancy and "e
sire to procure dog of certain breed
price paid is usually arbitrary" NON
the case in question, and even with th6 w
ter of the price for dogs, we have moth.
do. But when it comes to thinking Of II
real value OF dog-not the market vain.
then every one in the world who has ar
known good dog friend has feelings IL
not for courts or appraisers to measrr.
them the value of dog The tbing oiT.
cannot be done.
Great men have written of dogs In ..
some of the best stories of some of N
worlds best story tellers have had mn5
do with dogs, with the love and faithful
of dog to a man and the tenderness of
toward his dog friend and companion Wo-1
any of the great writer's who have Io~
their dogs, who must have loved tbeir !. II
to write so delightfully."- of dog nature N.Y.
a value-a market value-on them III
can you imagine any of the characters Il
fiction who have delighted in dogs boi
willing to part, for money, with their csn%i
friends?
Private Otheris had a weakness ono II
many. He stole dogs. But who can yoa
the story of Garm, the story of noble dos
love for man, without a feeling Of Z,
derness for the "ascally cockney who mrs
have had much good in him or a good Ill
could not have loved him So
That is what We think. In Otheris' c,s
it may be so, but practically it isn't. The hi
who loves a man doesn't love him becarI
that is a good dogs nature to his mastpr
So, who may measure the value of do4l
Pedigree and breeding may raise the price
a certain puppy to a point only to be O.
sidered by millionaires or spendthrifts.
the actual value of a dog to the man I'll
owns him and loves him-that isn't ne8
urable. The only measure is the value L
sentiment to mankind. The love for I'D
is a sentiment; if one can't find some great
sentiment to take its place it is a very Il
one. 1t lifts lots of lives up to psN
higher than that they naturally would seg
The faithfulness of the dog teaches son
men things they might not otherwise knOg
the good nature of the dog leads some me +
to a better nature than perhaps is thet I
ordinarily; the whole-sOuled democracy III
good fellowship of the dog keep some me-
from being cast down when luck seen
against them. The dog is a necessary Il
junct to civilization; he helps to civze ma
Here's to the good friend, old and homo
and sometimes stupid though he may b
who looks up at us with honest eyes; vi
greets us with an honest wag of his tail
he has on one, or with an honest wigg%
of what ought to be his tail if he is berea
who believes in US even though We fail
many things; who somehow sympathA@ 6
with our moods and who almost never d
plays any of his own in contradiction
ours; who, in short, is good, kind lO7 :
friend.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
A Mere Matter of Form.

1t is pretty generally and thoroughly I'M
derstood that lin calling ConstantinOpie's
attention to the continued massacre of Ar
menians by Turks the protest is informal
and unofficial. Secretary of State Lansing
says as much.
No one is led to hope that aught will be
done to improve the situation. There can
be no changing of the leOpard's spots.
The unspeakable Turk will proceed to the
further assassination of helpless men and
women and helpless babes in arms whenever
he feels the need of little diversion and ex-
citement-though by this time the occupa-
ton must have lost something of its interest
and excitement.
Perhaps the same God who takes cogni-
zance of each tiny sparrow's fall has some
idea of His own regarding the Turks and
their Armenian massacres, and perhaps He
may decide to take the matter in hand.
Until He does We of clay are seemingly
helpless to do more than execrate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
What We Are Up Against.

The printer never knows what another
day will bring forth in prices of paper that
he uses. He gets tired reading announce
ments of increases in prices of paper, and
wishes they would charge what they want
and send on the bill and say nothing about
it. An idea Of the advance in the price of
printers paper is given by the Moultrie OBJ
server in an extract from circular letter
from house that issued a new price list
on February LIST last. They say:
from house that issued a new price list
Since our notice of advances in prices
under date of February 3rd, 1916. quota
tons from mills have again advanced. We
are compelled to withdraw all previous quo
tations and until further notice will accept
all orders on basis of list price plus 20
ner cent. On newspaper there is an advance
of 10 cents per 100 pounds. Also the fol-
lowing advances on colored goods will be
added to list prices before taking into con-
sideratiOn the plus 20 per cent
Five per cent on all colOred papers listed
over 10 cents per pound; 10 per cent on
all COlOred papers listed at 10 cents per
pound and less; . per cent on all colored
envelopes, and per cent on all cOlored carl
board and bristols.''
The next mail brings the following from
another house:
Owing to the many advances in al kinds
| of raw material labor, etc, We decided
/ some weeks ago, to make an advance on our
entire line and prepared a net list covering
same. We are now in receipt of more ad-
vanceS and find this list is not sufficient to
meet thess demands We are, therefore
obliged to withdraw all prices, terms. etc
! and Will. from this date on, add u per cent
to the bottom of each invoice and. if nee
| essary, We may be obliged to make still
further advances without notice"
| The printer himself will have to do some
raising or he will soon be out Of business.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
Our Latest Possession.

Haiti is now ours. The treaty just rati-
fed while called protectoratiye, is one of
absorption.
The land lies so nicely between Cuba and
Porto Rico it just had to be absorbed. The
process of absorption was extremely simple.
There was a revolution there; We landed;
took sides; put down one set of bar
barians and set up another; then made
a treaty with the latter, whereby they sold
themselves and everybody else out-terms
unknown, except that this is one of them
American supervision of finances
Part of the finances are the extraneous
loans which the country, before its absorp-
ton contracted with foreign powers.
But, from geographical standpoint, there
are some loose joints. True, We now have
an unbroken string of caribbean insular
possessions from Havana to San Juan, Porto
Rico of something like 1900 miles long;
but chain is no stronger than it's weakest
link, and right in the middle Of this one lies
the Windward Passage, commanded by ia
maca VIE have the lock. but England holds
the key.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
The Demand For Cleanliness

Those who eat-which means everyone
have come to a grim realization within recent
years that insanitation means unhealthful-
ness and ills, followed sometimes by death.
People have reached that point where they
are insisting that their stomachs must be
given food that is clean and unpolluted
Most markets and grocery stores have
grasped the public realization and are cater
ing to it-some of them through an awak-
enng from plain, everyday slothfulness,
some through ordinary personal pride, some
because of no sentiment more eleYating than
that of business policy; but, no matter what
the motive behind the movement, it is no
longer considered fashionable to conduct a
place of business where food is yended in
premises occupied by innumerable flies, rats:
reaches, ants and other undesirable things.
The individual who owned and operated
place of this kind began to notice that his
competitor next door who ousted the vermin
from daily companonship was getting the
cream Of the trade.
Not alone is pure food a present day slO-
gan, but pure atmosphere and physical sur
roundings have come into their own.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
Russia Deals BIOzV For Allie
From the Macon Telegraph

The sweeping Russian victory BY WIND
the Grand Duke Nicholas has taken EZeruz
the key to Mesopotamia from the north, az
taken loo 900 prisoners, may not unrea@1
ably be looked upon as the first phase
the operations the allies have been pann4
for the tremendous spring manoeuya
which it is fondly hoped will isolate the W
to Germany and Austria-Hungary so tl4
they will be defending their own bounda,a
and absolutely cut off from communlcaI@
with the outside world.
With the great Russian commander, va
has won for himself the most distinguish
.honors of any field leader in the war alreM
pushing southwark and practically u1q
posed, a junction with the beleaguered bit
lfsh troops at Kutelmara is imminent a4
with that complete relief from what mas Y
peared to be a serious enough situation u
the allies in the furthest flung theatre
war. theatre holding the key to BrtA
domination of the Orient. All threats
Suez are removed, troubles in Egypt ~
India can be safely depended on TO Cea1
because of their hopelessness and the hJ
slams face a railroad line direct into VI
stantinople with what may be a hrstC7
fighting chance to win through to the GO1
en- Horn. This is clearing the way for 1
most important allied movements under I
listing conditions.
With the Turks cleared out of the road
.Bagdad and that historic old point serious
menaced by joint Russian and British IoN9
the Turks will be in fix where sepaI'I
peace looms up as a distinct probabillU,,
not an actual necessity. Bulgaria has
some time shown signs of having a@3
enough, this feeling on the part OF the D5
CARS increasing with the ever enlargng Di5
ish and French army being modified WV
Salonica and the islands around Corfu
their base. With both Turkey and Bulgal.
out of it through separate peace-not IL \
unlikely eventuality by any means, W.T.
late spring to see it brought about
Teutonic allies would be thrown back =, y
their own resources, and we may look Il.
the grim struggle to the finish to c0nineH'
on every front.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
Russia's Latest Comeback.

Russia has not lost her ability to execute
a fip-fop, and jump sQuarely into the cen
ter of the calcium glow. Her latest is the
achievement of something spectacular and
far-reaching. The capture of Ezerum is ad-
mittedly of tremendous tactful advantage,
and it requires no strategist to discern that
the Turks will suffer still more severely
than they have thus far because Of the loss
of this stronghold.
The countries not engaged in the wal
have had from the beginning a profound
respect for the man now in command in the
Caucasus. When he was sent there after
being deposed as commissioned by the
car it was expected that ne would wake
things up, and the Grand Duke Nicholas h2t
justified the expectations of him as a grea
military genius
Doubtless he has planned other surprise
for his enemies and his past career is seem
ingly sufficient guarantee that he will carr
his plans to successful conclusion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
Canal Cost 1857, 40, O4S'
From LesIie's Weekly

Up to the present the Panama cana! y
cost the people of the United States $S'oo
436, O84.84. Of that amount $14, $50 S'os
has been devoted to Notifications. Cohs.'
had actually appropriated for the cana ~
total of $394,399, 1902 to June 80, ~
These figures are given in the annual req:
of Major General Geo. w. GOethals, !
far the American people have had niue /
of the Panama canal. Whether there =
be strategic military advantage TemalH'
be seen, as there has not yet been an!
tempt to send dreadnoughts through tHe
nal.
The canal is being paid for out OF cu.aa
revenues, although the benetciarleS la
will be future generations. This Is 4
true of the large sums of money SpeH' /
nually on rivers and harbors ana pss5si
buildings. 1t is especially true OF the ii
200 which physical valuation oL h
railroads is costing. No large corpora "a
could survive under such system ~
nance. Stocks and bonds are issued lol .a u
manent improvements out of curreh' ,ios
nues, so that the entire burden Is
upon the present generation. ON! I'D
pennies of the price paid for rallroau ioS
ct go for permanent Improvements, su MI
for the railroad stations in which Tue ne
is purchased. This distributes the DuIu ri
permanent improvements over long pC
of years, so the hardship is felt by 10 90
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
Rich Mans Chance in Law.

The Worth County Local has such a time
ly and sensible editorial under the head,
Does the Poor Man Get Square Deal in
the Courts?" that we reproduce it in full:
The other day the news dispatches car
ried an item to the effect that the court of
appeals had refused to grant new trial
in the case of the state against H. H. Tiff,
Jr of Triton, in which case the sentence
imposed was six months in the Changing
for violating the automobile law.
''On our streets a number of citizens were
discussing the case and it was the consensus
of opinion that if the offender had been a
poor man he would have already been serv-
ing his time on the gang, and it was the
opinion of all who expressed themselves
that poor man has no showing in the
courts.
"There is spirit of opposition to consti-
tuted authority abroad in the land today
that is absolutely alarming. So prevalent
is this idea that one can make a charge as
untrue as the above and it goes uncOntra-
dicted in the average crowd, when as a mat
ter of fact there is nothing to It, On the
other hand, if there is any favoritism in
courts it is in the interest of the poor man.
Show the writer one case where it may
appear that wealth was valuable asset in
a criminal court and we will obl4gate to
show three where the lack of funds saved
the man charged with crime from sentence
on the gang.
just recently d lIldn vas COnFICISu III
the state court here for fagrantly violating
the prohibition statutes, and on account
of the fact that he had wife and a number
of small children depending on him for a
living Judge Cox imposed a sentence which
was the maximum of the law, but suspended
it during good behavior, and did not impose
a cent of fine on him.
I'm recent session of the United States
court at Albany number of offenders were
sentenced for violations of law and the SEN
tence suspended to allow the poor man to go
home and make a crop for the dependent
family.
The law itself allows a poor man to car
ry his cases or appeal to the higher courts
of the land without paying &C ent OF cost,
and charges a man with means extremely
high fees. Under the law no man can Re
tried without the benefit of counsel, though
he may not have a cent
LAS matter of fact, the writer recalls
but few cases where the facts would seem
to indicate that wealth was an asset in es-
Gaping just punishment, while the offender
escapes with no punishment on account Of
his poverty.
I'VE have a few small newspaper men IN
Georgia who are failures themselves, and
are prone to charge every i'll they are heir
to to their impoverished condition. As a
rule, we all get square deal, with the odds
in favor Of the poor man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
EDITOR LAWRENCE FOR NATIONAL
DELEGATE FROM THIS DISTRICT

From the Macon News.
Prominent and influential citizens of Tur-
ner, Crisp and DOoly counties are booming
Joe Lawrence, editor of the Wiregress Farm
err, as one of the delegates from the new
Third district to the national democratic
convention in st. Louis. Turner county pre-
viously belonged to the Second district,
where her citizens were always hOnOrably
recognized.
Since the redistricting, when the county
was moved into the Third, they have Loyalty
fallen into line and supported the candidates
coming from the other side of the district,
never until now asking any recognition for
any of her own citizens. Therefore, they
think their wishes in reference to Editor
Lawrence should be granted without any OPP
position. He is a man who has played a
large part in the development of the sec
ton, and who is well known and has many
warm friends on both sides of the river and
in every way worthy and capable as a COM
mitteeman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
Rotate the Judges.

Judge George Hiliyer, of Atlanta, Judgt
Lambdin, of the United States court, an(
others who have occupied or now occup!
judicial positions have given advice as t.
how to rid the state of lynch law.
+ The Valdosta Times thinks it is good
sign to see the courts interested in the mat
ter. and also to see them confessing thai
the courts are not as effective as they might
be- but believes that there is another cause
at least partly responsible for lawlessness in
Georgia. 1t says:
When the state of Georgia departed
from the old custom of appointing
Judges to electing them by the people,
thus putting the offices of judges and
solicitors general into partisan politics,
we really expected the condition which
has followed in Georgia. The Times
opposed the change, but was RELOCATED
to the rear as a 'reactionary.' In a
FRENZY of folly these offices were taken
out of the hands of the legislature and
the governor and were turned over TO
the rabble. 1t was fixed so that the
best hand-shaker and the glibbest-
tongued demagogue could win a seat on
the bench. The smoOthest politician
could become the prosecuting attorney.
Under the system of election by the peO-
pie the temptation is offered to judges
and prosecuting attorneys to play poll
tics" rather than enforce the laws. If
man is prominent in his community, if
he and his kinfolks control many votes,
there is a chance that the judge or the
solicitor who feels the need of that
influence on election day may lean
little from the straight and narrow
path in order to get it. 1t is easy
enough for a judge or a solicitor to
cater to the whims of political expedi-
ency. rather than hew to the line OF
the law.
Our Valdosta contemporary thinks that
the sooner the state gets back to the old
system of election by the legislature the bet
ter it will be- There is no doubt the pres
ent system of choosing the judiciary has its
serious drawbacks, but The News does not
believe that the people will ever consent
% return to the old method, which built
Up a political ring that dominated the en-
ire state. A better plan, and one which
we believe would be more satisfactory,
would be to rotate the superior court judges.
The people do not have the confidence in the
courts they formerly had, and they will not
Until the judiciary is removed from the in
1uence of local politics.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
WASP BURIEs ITS VICTIM.

From the Philadelphia North American.
Just to show that he's sanitary, also that
he's looking out for the future generation,
the South African wasp always buries his
prey after he kills it. He stabs a spider
with his poisonous dart. digs a hole in the
sand and buries the dead spider with an
egg.
When the egg matches the young wasp has
dead spider to nibbe at until he gets big
enough to hunt food for himself. Thus the
wasp looks out for his children before they
are Matched. He's member of the family
which scientists have named the pompilus.
Spiders are his favOTite victims He will
pursue the spiders which live on the ground
and paralyZe them with his poisonous sting.
Even the spiders which build webs are not
safe from his attack. He will fight his way
through the web until he reaches the cen
ter, where he will grab the spider and hurry
away to bury it.
The pomDilus IS so dreaded and feared
that the snider has learned to distin guish
him by the hum of his wings
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08
Cuts Both Ways.

Editor Dawson News Some years since
there was a great furore raised because the
railroads of the country, as a matter OF
courtesy, not with any intent to bride, but
simply as a courtesy to men representing the
people in their official capacity as judges and
legislators granted passes to members OF
the legislative branch of the government
and to the superior and supreme court
judges. The result was the Hepburn act
of congress and similar act by the gen.
eral assembly of Georgia restricting free
transportation to the officials and employees
of transportation companies and to such
as by contract with the operating carrier
as lessee, was contained in the lease by the
owner of the operated road Thus the
Central of Georgia has leased the South
western, and the terms of its contract con-
tains this clause, that the stockholders shall
have free transportation once per year to
the annual meeting in the city of Macon.
But when a stakeholder attempts to carry
any but himself-even member of his
family-on his stock certificate he becomes
Violator of the law, and if the railroad
should not attempt to collect the fare it
would be equally guilty, and this decision
handed down in a recent case of one of the
Eastern roads is of interest here: The
court held that the road not having been
diligent in trying to collect the demurrage
for fractions of days, amounting to one hun
dred dollars, and the industry falling to ten
der the amount due each was equally guilty
of violation of the act and was fined $40,-
600 each. But it further held that had
the road demanded and the industry re-
fused to pay the amount only the industry
would have been guilty" The Georgia law
goes the federal law one better and makes
a person failing to pay his fare, concealing
the age of a child subject to fare, guilty
of stealing a ride on the train, and punish
able as a misdemeanor, and if the conductor
in charge of the train knowingly allows such
things done he is guilty as an accessory be-
fore the fact. Now this article is written
because this is election year, when every
officer from bailiff to president is to be
elected, and demagogues of every hue will
be abroad damning the transportation lines,
so it is but just that people should know
that every fool law advocated against these
blessings to the people will cut both ways.
Respectfully, ANDREW p. RIVES
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-08

Although both of the aspirants to the
mayoralty OF Dawson have ardent cham
pons who are greatly interested in their
success the campaign has been so far con-
Quoted on a quiet and dignifed plane, and
will no doubt continue so until the primary
election one week from today. 1t is good
for Dawson and commendable in all who
are interested, and is approved by the peo-
pie regardless of their preferences. Too
often we are unreasonable and unjust in po-
litical campaigns, and do not accord to 9th
ers that which we demand for ourselves
the right to think and vote as we believe to
be best.