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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
Farming ont States Property
From the Carroll County Times.


The Times is thoroughly convinced that
the state of Georgia has no business to own
a piece of property, no matter what that
property may be, whether farm or a rail-
road, when it holds it only as an invest
ment and must needs get somebody else to
operate it.
What would the farmers of the state
think were the state of Georgia to acquire
the ownership of fine farm of a few thous-
and acres valued, say at 100000 to
$20,000,0O0, lease it to some large corpor-
alton or New England mill owners to plant
in cotton to compete with Georgia farmers
in producing cotton There would be great
cutlery from the mountains to the seashore
and we fear the Brooks county farmers
might use dynamite or something else to
put an end to the competition.
Now, that is just what the state is doing in
her 138-mile railroad. She can't success
fully operate it; that was proven years ago.
She lost money on it till she leased it to a
great corporation of capitalists, who do not
live in the state, who operate it not for the
benefit of the people, but for their own ben
eft. The Legislature was convened last
summer in special session to enact law
prohibiting any one building parallel line
to this road so that thus the profits of their
leasehold would be increased.
Then let US go out of the railroad bust
ness until the state is prepared to take over
or buy all of the railroads within her Dor
ders and operate them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
Such Is the Fate of War.

English speaking people the world over
mourn the death and honor the name and
memory of Kitchener. His passing, and the
manner, is one of the impressive and graphic
episodes Of the world war
1t is to be recalled, as a coincidence, that
it was the fate of Lord Roberts (Britain's
other military hero) to fall victim 20 the
fortunes of war. The aged soldier went to
France to see and talk to his much-loved
land they loved him) native Indian troops.
That visit caused pneumonia and death, and
thus it comes that this war has cost Britain
the two great soldiers who were most hon
ored over the far-fung empire. Roberts and
Kitchener were to the Britons what Lee and
Jackson, what Grant and Sherman, were to
the people of the South and North.
Kitchener's grave, if his body is not found,
will be the sea-under the waves where
Britannia has ruled for centuries-and his
name will have undying place in history
as a great, stern soldier. A tablet will be
reared in Westminster Abbey to his mem
DRY, but his name and fame will live in song
and story wherever British sway extends.
They will talk of him in India and Africa
in Egypt and the Soudan, even up to Khar-
toum will the felaheen relate how the great
Sirdor ruled. 1t is tragic, the passing in
such a manner of such personality In the
list of the great Captains of all the ages
will be the name of Kitchener.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
RICE IN CHINA.
Millions of People Have Never Seen
the Supposed Staple Food.

Tens of millions of persons in China have
never seen or tasted rice, according to Com
mercial Attache Julean Arnold, of Pekin,
in spite of the fact that it is often spoken
of as the staple article of food for the whole
of the Monaghan population. Vast areas
of the country in the north cannot grow
rice, he says in a report to the department
of commerce, and even in the rice growing
sections millions are too poor to buy or use
it. The report, which deals with China's
density of population, goes on:
About 95 per cent of the population of
China is confined to one-third of the area
of the country, with density of 200 to the
square mile. Five per cent of the popula-
ton inhabits 65 per cent of the area, with
a density of 10 to the square mile. Lack of
transportation facilities and inadequate
means of protection account for the sparse
ness of settlement in the outlying depend
encies. About 40 per cent of China's popu-
lation is in the provinces south of the
Yanktse river, with a density of 230 to the
square mile.
"There are no wheeled vehicles in use south
of the Yanktse, except on the Canton rail-
way. There are, therefore, no roads in this
section. Rice is cultivated throughout this
area and transportation is over paths, rath-
err than roads, or by boats or waterways
In this section the water buffalo and oxen
are the only animals used on the farms,
and goods are carried on the backs of men
rather than on pack animals or wheeled
vehicles, except where the few miles of rail
ways are in operation"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
For DisnissiOn.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Whersst
as Robert Fulton, administrator W. !.
John A. Fulton, represents TO up
Court in his petition, duly filed ang
entered on record, that he has lu ~:
administered John A. FultonS e.
tate, this is, therefore, to cite all Pr H.
sons concerned, kindred and creuT
ors, to show cause, if any they tI u
why said administrator should not ~. :.
discharged from his adminlstra'ioorr
and receive letters of dismlsslon u
the first Monday in July, 1910
c.. HOYL, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
LEGAL NOTICES
Sheriff's Sale

Georgia, Terrell County H..
sold at the court house door % !, n
county on the first Tuesdavv' !; m said
1916, within the legal hon horny IN !, July
to the highest and best hi bidG d sale
cash, the following proper Tluuer fq|
One house and lot No. : " ~ E0,vt
street, in the city of Dawson VI n Junsl
county, Georgia, in that Dart barn. 81 fe2rrsl
son known as the PascbaI o " Diav-
said to contain 35 feet bv i HIl4dl 10
This lot is the lot formerIyv n r44 feet
Charles Morrow, and the : b owned y
fOur-room house, said I Jot Is 4
bounded as follows: South h. oEelag
street, east by lands of Geor0 oS ! June
west by lands of Chas. Morreeee ron
on north by lands of J CCtOT v and
Said land with Improvements i SIyles
levied on as the property Of t64SsreS S
Williams to satisfy an execnt Glafile
sued from the City Court Of fE no Is
on the 26th day of April, 1 00SgScl
favor of G. W. Dozier & 70 Co' n
against Charlie Williams M hi, ana
day of June, 1916. J. 2. TII "TS STd
Sheriff. 0NNhR,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
lust Hams.

The farmers of Terrell county have NOV
ed their smokehouses. No longer are these
domiciIes of hams, shoulders and bacon To-
Gated in the West, but on the farms of the
good citizens and enterprising agriculturists
who live in the county of which Dawson is
the capital.
No longer is it necessary to import the in
gradients which go into the construction of
fried, boiled or broiled ham, delectable
speckled gravy and those other alluring COM
ponents which go upon the table of the
Terrell county farmer, particularly the ia
nous corn hoe-cake of Southwest Georgia
He is producing them upon his own broad
acres.
More than that, he is making it possible
that his urban brother of the county capital
may enjoy the same delicacies without i'm
porting them. The grocery stores of Daw-
son are now carrying in stock Terrell county
raised meats, and every day the local con-
sumers are purchasing direct from farmers
also.
Good
And we say "Goodr' advisedly. The ejac-
ulation has reference not only to the meats
but to the idea.
When the Terrell countian produces his
own meats, and raises enough not only with
which to feed his family but to feed his
neighbors, he has taken a long step forward
in scientific farming and toward the goal of
prosperity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
The Tremendously Increased
Cost of Newspaper Making
From the Atlanta Georgian.

Very few readers of the Georgian and
other newspapers realize the extreme seri-
BUSINESS of the white paper situation, and
the tremendously increased cost to news
papers of that large item of expense because
of the constantly soaring price of that indis-
pensable commodity.
Not only is white paper far and away
more expensive today than it ever was be-
fore, and likely to go still higher in price,
but the gravity of the situation is further
increased by reason of the fact that it may
become a pressing problem in the near fu-
ture as to whether newspapers will be able
to get white paper at all.
Every agency of the government that may
be put into operation under our present
laws, as well as every cOntrlvance that prl-
vate enterprise can suggest, is at work
seeking to relieve this distressing situation
in as large measure as possible-but, at
best, results cannot be expected to be par
ticularly advantageous or helpful
The newspapers are being put to it as
never before in all their history to meet the
demands of their constituencies and to sup
ply to the public that quality of output the
public demands.
Every avenue through which white paper
may be conserved, therefore, is being close
ly guarded-for not only is it the duty of
newspapers to meet the full requirements of
the service imposed upon them, but it is a
matter of pride with them as we'll to hold
everything up to the maximum standard.
Practically without exception every mate
rial entering into the manufacture of white
paper has advanced within the past IL to
IS months from SO to 800 per cent.
Inks were never so high, and the increase
in price of materials used in the art depart
ment (such as zinc) and in the composing
room (such as linotype metal, etc.) has been
positively staggering.
Some of the chemicals absolutely inds-
pensable in the department have gone to
all but prohibitive prices
1t is safe to say that, with these extraor-
binary expenses added to the tremendously
increased cost of the white paper and collat-
eral items, the reader is getting from the
newspapers Of this country today far and
away the greatest value for the price he pays
than ever beforehand far greater than he
had any right at any time to expect or even
anticipate-and really, far more than he is
entitled to, from the standpoint of strictly
good business and common sense.
The newspapers are carrying tremen-
dous financial burden, from which the pub
lie directly benefits in astonishing measure.
Just how much longer the newspapers will
be able to bear this strain is problemati-
cal-but certainly they are deserving of the
greatest measure of communication and
thanks for what they have been able to do
and for what they have done so far.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
For Leave to Sell.

Georgia, Terrell County.-NOtlc9s
is hereby given that the undersigned
has applied to the Ordinary OF san
county for leave to sell the land De,
longing to the estate Of Mrs. Name
]. Simmons for the purpose Of dlStrf
button among the heirs of the estate .g
Said application will be heard at llt
regular July term, 1916, of the COuti
of Ordinary in and for said county q q
Terrell. This June 9Th, 1916. ~ d
A. WILKINSON, Admr. of Mrs Ma
mic ]. Simmons, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
INFORMATION FOR KNOCKERS.

From the cambridge Post-Searchlight.
Heard a fellow kicking on the baseball
sport. Have looked in all the law books that
we could find and failed to find where a
man had to attend game if he did not want
to. A man don't have to go to a picture
show, fishing, hunting, autoing or do any
thing that he does not get any pleasure out
of. Found where a man that wanted to
could enjoy these different sports if he saw
fit, and still be considered respectable cit
izen. A great many of them overdo it, and
great many eat too much also. 1t is not
good principle to decry all recreation be-
cause forsooth some overdo and abuse them.
All work and no play makes Jack dull cit
izen. undisputed right to do as he pleases
in the premises
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
For Administrator.

Georgia, Terrell County.-ddo an ri
Whom 1t May Concern: NJ y, ma NJ
having in proper form applied " ;,+ ~.
for permanent letters of adlnl mn .ics
ton on the estate of Miss, fl2 u n
Jones, late of said county, TINS md
cite all and singular the creditors @l "a
next of kin of Miss Florice JGne'+ bs
be and appear at my Office within ~, sp'
time allowed by law and show cau al,
if any they can, why permanent a su
ministration should not be gr Innss'
to M. G. Hill on Miss Florlce9 o&cial
estate. Witness my hand and oI 1H1S
signature this 9Th day of June L.
L. C. HOYL, Ordinary
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
CAMPAIGNING FOR DORSEY.
rom the Triton Gazette.

From the Triton Gazette.
While intending the opposite number Of
newspapers of the state, by their persistent
nagging are contributing to make the NOM
ination of Mr.. Dorsey for governor posi-
BILE. Almost any day you can find some ref
erence to Mr.. DOrsey's candidacy-such as
he is running on the Frank case" "try-
ing to revive dead issues" "Watson's candi-
date" etc. To read few of them you
would think Mr.. Dorsey had committed some
objectionable sin by saying he would get
into the race for governor. Before he has
announced any platform number of news
papers have gone to the trouble to write
his platform for him, and have given in adj
vance his views on public questions
To his credit. be it said, Mr.. Dorsey has
maintained discreet silence. He is letting
his opponents do all the talking, and so far,
the advantage is all his. Mr. Dorsey has
not announced that he would make the race
on his record in the Frank case in fact, he
has not mentioned it in any way, but those
who seek to discredit him by making the
protest, may find that they have thrown a
boomerang.
Mr.. Dorsey is clearly within his rights as
citizen of the sovereign state of Georgia
in becoming a candidate for governor, and
those who seek to read him out of the race
may find that the people will resent it. They
insist that he is too young and has seen no
public service, but so far as we are inform
ed his record in that respect will compare
very favorably with that of Mr.. Pottle, or,
when ages are COMPARED, with that of DIR.
Hartman or even Governor Harris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

In Kansas high schools students are re-
quired to learn to swim before they are
graduated. There have been urgings to
make swimming compulsory. The Kansas
requirement has stirred up bitter dissent in
some instances, and law to make swim
ming compulsory is not generally favored.
1t is supposed that parents will have the wis
dom to attend to an important matter of
that nature, but in far too many instances
the parents prevent their children from
learning that which may at some time save
their lives or enable them to save the lives of
others
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Yuan Sh Kai, late president of the re-
public of China, now sleeping with his faith
ers, was bold and ambitious man-never
scrupulous when his own fortunes were at
stake-but withal rarely able man. He
would have been to China, had he lived and
had his way, what Diaz was to Mexico. He
would have maintained order and developed
the resources of the country What effect
his death will have on conditions in China
remains to be seen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Bryan and Roosevelt nave, by scolding
and disposition to dictate, lost opportunity
to be useful and great men. They have be-
come thorns in the sides of their respective
parties, and are on the verge of making
themselves frst-class nuisances 1t would
be for their good if they could peep through
their ego and see that the country needs and
wants a rest from them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Some Eastern educators are urging that
grammar be eliminated from the public
school curriculum The Springfield Repub-
lican discusses the suggestion in serious
vein. While admitting that persons OF an
acquisitive turn may acquire good forms of
speech by noting the conversation and writ
ing of well-educated persons it insists that it
would be a grievous mistake to abolish the
study of grammar from the schools. 1t as
serts, moreover, that the knowledge of gram
mar, although difficult to attain, is the prin-
cipal distinguishing mark of the educated
person.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

George Won Meyer, chairman of the Roose-
evelt republican league, made the announce
ment at Chicago that Business is for Roose-
Welt" He referred, of course, to what is
known as "big business" and at that he gave
utterance to only half truth This great
trust buster who never busted trust differ
entiated between the trusts. There are good
trusts and bad trusts, he said. He identified
the Morgan enterprises and the steel cor
poration, which have consistently been for
T. R., with the former.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
Notice to City Tax Payer

You will please take notice CO., eos.
the city tax assessors will De II 9Th
sion at the court house on June 9th
to 18th, and from 18th to Ju4 tav re-
for the purpose of receiving tS4 lime
turns. Please call within salg thus
and give in your taxes, ana led
avoid being double taxed as t0th,
by the city code. This JuI riort
1916. R. E. BELL, City Olei'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
HAIR IN THE CAMPAIGN.
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News
The president and vice president have, to-
gether but one mustache, while the repub-
lican nominees muster two mustaches and
two boards. Can it be that hair will be-
come an issue in the campaign? IF so,
it should be remembered that Mr. Fairbanks
makes up on his chin what he lacks for g.
considerable distance on his head.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Every time there's a vacancy in the SUI
preme court there are those, both democrats
and republicans, who rush forward with the
name of Hon. VIM. H. Taft. The Savannah
Press does not take kindly to the suggestion,
and editorially lectures those who make it
with such regularity The able and genial
Mr.. Taft was a jurist before he was presi-
dent and is eminently fitted for place on
the nations highest tribunal, but we agree
with our Savannah contemporary that a
democratic president should appoint demo-
crat to succeed Justice Hughes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

The bane of any community is the citizen
who lacks even a semblance of interest in
that community. He is not only selfish, but
is short-sighted, unable to realize that
his own welfare is inseparable from the well
fare of the community.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
BUT WONDERS NEVER CEASE.

From the Augusta Chronicle
When we see some of the things that have
been admitted to the bar in Georgia we
wonder all the more that the Georgia Bar
Association should draw the line on women.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
TO REVENUE RAIsERs.

From the Townsville Times-Enterprise.
Ten cents per day for those who wear
paint on their faces would net the country
enough to build several thousand subma-
rines and have money with which to buy oil
for them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
A GUILELESS EDITOR.

From the Oglethorpe Echo.
Tell us. Malnda. why it is that the sea-
ehore hotels invariably put pictures of wo-
men in near-bathing suits in their adver-
tisements. Is it the thus women that are
supposed to attract to resorts?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

But wasn't that rain good and timely?
The Lord is staying with glorious old South
west Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Americas is laying the foundation for a
most excellent district fair to be held next
fall on the grounds of the Third District Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical school 1t is uni
versally conceded that not one of the agri-
cultural schools in the state is superior to
the one presided over by Professor Collum
and the counties that will furnish the exhib-
its for the fair are admitted to be the best
agricultural sections of Georgia, and the fair
is destined to be a magnificent success. This
entire section should help make it so.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

A mournfuI Texan asserts that the office
of democratic national committeeman was
wrested from him by ''liquor submarines.
These sub-surface craft are numerous in po-
litical waters this year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Miss Ellen L. Spencer, although only %
years of age, has been telephone operator,
stenographer, head of department, CORE
spondent, ad writer travelling saleswoman,
secretary, fiction editor for publishing
house, newspaper reporter, free lance writer,
model for advertising photos and an author
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Terrell farmers have just harvested the
biggest wheat crop in the history of the
county Another evidence that they are get
ting away from the all-cotton policy. and
getting in position to successfully fight the
boil weevil.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Note how the republican and progressive
parties steered clear of the prohibition is
sue; and the stand the republicans took on
woman's suffrage, unfolding the democratic
principle of states rights.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

One of the greatest things the govern
ment has ever done for business men in the
history of the country was the enactment of
the currency law. 1t was something the
republicans had talked about for twenty
years, but it was not until the democrats
came into power that it went on the statute
books
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21
SUBJECT FOR DEBATE.

From the Savannah Press.
An Atlanta girl engaged to one man mar
ried another. Which was the lucky guy?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Those Mexicans who are following Amer
lean troops northward to the border may
have an experience similar to that of the
hare that followed some yellow jackets into
the woodchuck's burrow.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

The gubernatorial campaign just won't
get "het up" AS the different aspirants
pranced into the ring for the inspection of
the voter it was each time predicted there'd
be something doing politically, but the peo-
pie obstinately refuse to become excited
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Amazing is the tommyrot of many of the
movements" of these latter days.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

It looks as if Colonel Rufe Hutchens vii
have to forego his plan for one Roosevelt
to carry Georgia in the presidential election
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Buying in other towns that which you can
buy at home makes your own town that
much poorer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-21

Notwithstanding that the campaign is
young the political liar is busy.