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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
Where the Fault Lies.
From the Triton Gazette.

Demagogues appealing for votes at the
rural precincts are fond of telling the peo-
pie how the country child is being discrimi-
mated against in the matter of facilities for
obtaining an education. We call to mind
at least two candidates in the recent pri-
mary in nearby counties who reSofted TO
this absurd and reprehensible subterfuge-
and, sad to say, they were elected. A PROOF
of the old saw that the people love to be
fooled and further evidence of the truth OF
Barnum's celebrated statement
So long as people will allow themselves
to be hoodwinked by inscriptions men
who Intentionally mislead them for the pur-
pose of securing their votes we may expect
little of our state legislative body as a
whole But even these men will be sur
prised to know that no less authority than
the national bureau of education has been
deceived by this false plea of discrimlna-
ton against the rural communities OF
Georgia.
Under the head "They Have to Hold
Themselves" the Savannah Morning News
well answers the national bureau on this
question:
On Georgia a majority of the member
ship of the Legislature has always repre-
sented counties in which even the county
seat is not populous city, and If the gen
eral policy of Georgia has caused any dis
elimination against the country school child
it is chiefly the fault of the men who repre-
sent this child in the legislature. The rep
resentatives from the cities may share the
blame because they are members of the
legislature, but the far greater part OF 1t
rests on the so-called country representa-
tives. If there has been rank discrimlna-
ton the country counties have discriml-
mated against themselves.
Attention has been frequently called to
the fact that many of the rural counties re;
ceive more from the state for schools and
pensions than they pay to the common
wealth in taxes. No fault is to be found
with them for this-provided, of course,
their property is fairly returned they are
acting under general law and are just as
much an integral part of the state as those
counties which pay large sums in tax
money.
Charges that the state is discriminating
against the rural counties have been we'll
met by the Morning News. If the rural
counties want more school tax, however,
they should show a spirit of cooperation
before they ask the general assembly to tax
the balance of the state higher for the edu-
cation of their own children. We need a
little individual independence along this
line.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
A Georgian Given Credit.

In writing of "The Foundation of VIC
tory" the Washington Post has not gone
amiss in giving the Secretary of the Treas
urv the larger part of the credit for the sue
cess of the democratic party in the recent
national election. 1t is not a secret that Mr.
NcAdoo was influential in devising and push
ing to enactment the great constructive
measures-the federal reserve and farm
loan banks, both distinctly treasury leglsla-
tion-that won public confidence for Presl-
dent Wilson and the party. We hear talk
of Mr. McAdoo as presidential timber IN
1920. We have no idea about his attitude
Int some of his intimates say that he depre-
Gates such use of his name. 1t is early, too
early. to be stating preferences now. SO
MANY things can occur in four years But
no matter what the development may be 1t
is simple justice to the Secretary to say that
he is a man of affairs and has been OF won
derful value to his party and the country
1t is matter of interest, too, to know that
he is native Georgian, and the old cottage
in a somewhat dilapidated condltlon-ln
which he was born now stands in Milledge-
Vile
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
CARING FOR DUMB ANIMALS.

From the Augusta Chronicle.
Do not forget your horse during the win
ter season. He needs attention during the
cold weather as he needed attention during
the warm weather-snot only because he has
feelings, or that brutality toward him is a
crime, but that as property his value may be
conserved.
The humanity part of it is the most ap-
pealing. AS the editor of The Dawson News
puts it: "There is something innately
wrong with the man who is Indifferent to
the physical condition of his horse or other
dumb animals. There can be no hearter
display of human kindness than that of the
individual who pauses now and then to con-
slider that his burden-gearing equine COM
panion is a creature of flesh and blood and
needs protection against the same ravages
Of cold and heat and suffering which he
himself must combat
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
Cotton Fiber and Explosives.

The price of cotton, as the producers and
consumers have both learned by bitter eX-
perience, is swayed to a great extent by the
manipulations of spectators; but, after all,
It is the age-old phase of supply and demand
which really controls the figures at whlch
the farmer is enabled to dispose of his prod
uct.
It follows, then, that anything which at
fects the demand has an important bearing,
and the individual who raises cotton for sale
notes with satisfaction each new market
which is created.
Since the beginning of the European war
there has been vast and growing demand
for cotton fiber for use in the manufacture
of explosives A bulletin just issued by the
federal department of commerce shows that
during the three months ending September
80. 1916, there were 66,991,059 pounds OF
bleached cotton fiber, including linters and
hull fiber consumed in the United States in
the manufacture of gun cotton and other
explosives. This is equivalent to 133,982
commercial bales of 500 pounds each. The
cotton unused, held in these establishments
on September 80, amounted to 12,342,83C
pounds, or 24,686 bales.
There were 421 ,695 bales of bleached cot
ton fiber consumed during the first three
quarters of 1916. This is at the rate OF
527.119 bales annual consumption, and can
not be regarded as inconsiderable, being
roughly speaking, in the neighborhood OF
one-twenty-fifth of the production of the cot
ton growing states.
That the call for cotton for this purpose
is increasing in Importance is evident from
the fact that the calendar year 1915 saw
244.O0O bales thus utilized.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
Birth of Prohibition

The first liquor prohibition measure was
that of the Saxon King Edgar, who nearly
1000 years ago closed many alehouses, only
allowing one to exist in a village or small
town, and at the same time limiting the
draughts of the drinkers. The common
drinking cup of that day held about two
quarts, and Edgar had eight pegs placed at
even distances apart in each cup, heavy pen
alties being imposed on those who drank
from one peg to another without stopping.
Neither the working nor the result of the
act encouraged Edgar's successors to fur
Their action, and the next prohibitive legis-
lation on the sale of liquor is due to Henry
", who, on account of the prevalence of
beggars and vagabonds, empowered the JUS
ing of strong ale wherever they thought nee
eSSarV.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
Up Against It.

Information comes in quibbling way to
newspaper publishers regarding the probable
price of print paper during the coming
year There is no hint of any reduction in
price On the contrary, it looks as though
all the papers will have to pay at least fifty
per cent more than is now being paid.
Those who have contracts running through
next year are to be congratulated, though
we apprehend they are a minority, and a
small minority at that. How newspapers
can go on at the old figures for subscription
and advertising and meet the difficulties of
the situation is matter hard to determine
On all sides prices have been advanced. 1t
is only the newspaper that keeps on trying
to pay the increased cost of production and
be content with the price it got years ago
Shall we keep on brethren, to the jumping
off place?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
A CARD FROM MAJOR LEWIS
TO COLORED PEOPLE OF TERRELL

To the Editor of The Dawson News:
| believe | am as good a friend and well
wisher of the colored people as any man IN
Terrell county and capable of giving them
some good advice. | learn that many of
them have moved to Connecticut and many
Others anticipate going. Many who went
wish today that they could get back, but for
want Of means to pay their way home VIII
have to remain. A warning word to those
who are yet here: Would it not be better to
wait another year and see if it is not best
for you to remain here, and then go after
those who have gone have tried the new
country and tested the move whether 1T IS
best for you or not? Many, | learn, are
irving to sell their homes here and go to
the north and east If they do go they will
be dissatisfied and return and will never
have another home as long as they live:
Better go slow and keep your homes, and
sell later when others report how they are
satisfied. | remember years ago when your
white people had the craze to go to Texas,
and many sold their homes and their farms
and moved to Texas. Many of them came
back-those who had the money to come
on-and many of them have never had q
home since, and many others are in Texas
today in a worse condition than when they
left Georgia.
My advice to you is to wait another year
Then you can tell what is best for you &c
do. | don't object to you moving if you
can better your condition, but fear you are
making mistake The north and east are
too cold for you When the European wal
is over | believe South Georgia will be the
best country for the laboring man in the
United States. So be careful you dom
make big mistake when you leave South
Georgia, your old cotton home. Your
friend, A. LEWIS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
Christmas Not Xmas.

It was an estimable Christian woman
who, the other day, asked why the newspa-
pers, when abiding to the great mld-wln-
ter festival, Christmas, wrote the word as
"Xmas." Her contention was that the inevi-
table tendency of such nomenclature IS to
impair the sacredness of Christmas, and
there is force in her view.
1t is in line with the effort of making
Santa Claus the central figure of Christ
mas. Our lady friend told of certain
Christmas festival for children, but largely
attended by grown folks, where, in the talks
and the music, there was but little reference
to the nature of or reason for the obserN-
ance of Christmas. All the talk, all the
singing was joyful laudation of or refer
ence to Santa Claus: eve have put aside
the gentle Nazarene," said our lady friend,
and Emade Christmas a festival to do honor
to mythical characters"
The News never did use the Xmas abbre-
Walton to any extent, preferring the word
Christmas And while we desire to see
Christmas hold its place as time for gent
ality, good feeling and good deeds, and
above all see it a season of real enjoyment
for the children, yet we have long real
lied, as most thoughtful people must have
done, that in the revelry and indulgence of
the times the day is fast losing its sacred
memories and suggestions. 1t can be made
as joyful as one ought desire and yet hold
its value as season for reverence and graf
itude.
The News is not preaching to any one.
Religious belief is an individual matter
as are the customs and observances of relig-
ious character. We accord and claim the
greatest freedom in those matters. But all
should have respect and consideration for
sincere religious convictions. Christmas is
essentially religious festival. The manner
of it's bservance-sometimes by some /
of a nature to impel the thought |
that it is in danger of being made reproach /
to Christianity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
Famous Apples.
From the New York Sun.

Our correspondent who points out that
the Bible doesn't specify Adam as eating
an apple at the nstigation of Eve wonders
why tradition should have fixed on this par
ticular fruit as the instrument of the fall.
Such compendiums of religious knowledge
as we have consulted are silent on the point.
But we may draw his attention to another
famous fruit which has invariably been de-
scribed as an apple. This was the rosy
sphere which Eris threw among the guests
at one of the more notable marriages in
Olympian society Hera, Aphrodite and
Athena each claimed it, for Eris had writ
ten that it should be awarded 'to the fair
est" The arbitration of Paris was singu-
larly successful and was one of the causes
of the Trojan war.
Possibly the fruit of discord and the fruit
of the tree of knowledge of good and evil
were both identified as apples because the
the apple is one of the oldest and commonest
fruits known to man, and one of the most
uncertain in quality. The smoothest exte-
rior, the choicest coloring oft disguise the
detestable Ben Davis. Or it may be that
Eve plucked the apple before it was sufti-
GENTLY ripe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
Negro Demonstrators.
lanes callawax in Macon telegraph.

The great cry is to grow food crops. But
negro farmers cannot do this as well as
white men. Why? Because negroes are
used to growing cotton. They tend the best
lands of the South. They have not been
taught Investigation of crops. A negro
tenant can grow cotton successfully, but ne
fails on corn and oats and potatoes and abb
hors trucking. 1t will take much teaching to
get negroes to change their plans and diver
SHY, producing more food crops. On farms
cultivated by negro tenants is where agrl-
cultural education is needed.
The negro farmer must be reached and
trained into growing food-producing crops.
How can this be done? Why not put ne
gro demonstrator in every county of the
black belt? He will know how to reach the
negro farmers through their various Organi-
cations. These negro demonstrators could
be under the supervision of the white demon
strators.
Cannot our state department-our com
missioner of agriculture-so manage as to
put negro demonstration in Southwest Geor-
gia, where negro tenants are so numerous
and need teaching? They do not need it on
cotton But crisis is upon them, and they
need instruction, and a negro demonstration
can reach them in a way white man can
not He can attend their societies. their
churches, their organizations. Something
should be done to teach them how to do for
1917
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
COULD TELL A LOT ON ONE ANOTHER

From the Birmingham Age-Herald
The defeated candidate for mayor of Una
tilla, Ore is E. E. Starcher. He was beaten
at the polls after a spectacular campaign by
Mrs. E. E. Starcher.
Let us hope that during the heat of bat
tie the two rivals did not indulge in person
alities. The average man and wife know so
much about one another, both good and bad,
that it would never do for this knowledge
to be used on the stump. 1t would set a
bad precedent at time when feminism is
decidedly to be reckoned with. In the fu-
ture husbands and wives will doubtless have
many differences of opinion in politics and
may even run for the same office, as Mr.. and
Mrs. Starcher did.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
Rats AS Boarders.

If you are entertaining few rats IN your
home you are harboring boarders who are
enterprising and costly. The federal public
health service vouches for this fact, which
if has proved to its own satisfaction by ex-
haustive investigations. Those who looked
into the matter have figured that it costs
S1.82 to maintain rat for year, rate
of about one-half cent per day. In the
aggregate, they say, the rats of the United
States cost its citizens good many millions
of dollars each twelve months.
The rat, unfortunately, is not in the least
particular as to his food He will attack any
thing from cheese to ones last year over
coat.
What Anglers the public health service is
the fact that the rat is a CRATER, pure and
simple. In return for the favOrs which he
exacts he confers absolutely nothing, and
does much that is harmful and actually dan
gerous. His most heinous offense is the
toting around of feas that are responsible
for bubonic plague, and he spreads many
other disease germs in addition.
Seaboard communities have been the chief
sufferers from incursions, but they are by
no means alone in this respect. Boston, in
fact, became so worked up over the potent
aIities for evil inherent in her rat popula-
ton that she appointed an official rat catch
err, and the Women's Municipal League of
the Massachusetts metropolis has put afoot
a vigorous starvation to rats" campaign.
The mayor of the city has pointed out that
the quickest and easiest way to get rid of
the rodents is to exterminate them by re-
fusing to feed them, and the housewives are
asked to cooperate with this end in view.
This is valuable tip to the housewives
Of Dawson and this section Rats must have
food if they exist. If they can't find 1t IN
your home they will desert your domicile, a
consummation devoutly to be wished.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Mrs Minnie Lee Biedybiederman of Mus
kogee, Okla, thinks her last name is freak
ish, and that to be obliged to wear freak
ish name constitutes extreme cruelty, so she
is seeking divorce from H. A, etc. Mrs.
Minnie, etc, also AYERS that her husband did
not always wear so much name, having
been born just plain Biederman, but that he
hitched the "Biedy' part on in front at the
same time he took her for his better half
which, of course, aggravates the cruelty
But the Muskogee judge before whom the
case was brought has not as yet made up his
mind as to whether or not the wearing of
freakish name does constitute extreme
cruelty. You see, the Judge has to answer
the question with great care as he answers
to the name of De Graffenried
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
A Response to the Homesick Soldier And
They Call 1t Patriotism"

A Response to the Homesck Soldier And
They Call 1t Patriotism"
You say you're down in old Ell Paso,
With the fever in your veins.
We are back here in dear old Georgia
With our hearts all full of pains.
How we miss those happy faces,
Who were to us so dear,
And alas those merry voices
We would like once more to hear.
| myself haven't a relative
In that God-forsaken land;
But to all you boys I'd be sister
When your troubles came to hand.
Mothers back home here are weeping
For their darling boys out West
OH how they would love to fold them
Just once more to their breasts.
You boys are now facing battle,
Though you may not have to fight
You will learn that you most always win
By striving to do the right.
In the battle you are facing
You will soon begin to see
How much you do appreciate old Georgia,
Where you were so happy and so free.
In our fancy we can see you
AS you stretched your yearning hands
Toward your mother country
And your childhood's happy lands.
If with outstretched hands
We could meet you only half the way
Many mothers would be happy
Ere the dawn of another day.
With outsretched hands we can't reach you,
All we can do is earnestly pray
That from your own dear Savior
You may never, never stray.
Remember the lessons mother taught you
When before her you have stood,
How she taught you to be honest
How she taught you to be good.
When the golden sun is setting
In the azure western skies
And the memories of home and loved ones
Do within you arise,
When your heart is filled with sorrow
And life seems a dread and fear
Just drop upon YOUR knees and utter
A prayer to Him who is always near
L. N. D.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

LIBERALIZATION of the National Guard was
a mistake The papers have called atten-
ton to the fact that 10000 national guards
men, mustered out from service on the Dor
der, had refused to sign agreements binding
them to future military service. The New
York Sun says that "24 900 guardsmen of
this state have taken the position that they
will not bind themselves to re-enlist." To
the man who does not make soldering bus
mess a little bit of war goes a very long
way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

Reviewing the results of the recent cleo
ton relative to prohibition Bomfort's Wine
and Spirit Circular declares eve must not
lose any more ground or we shall be dan
gerously near national prohibition" and
proceeds to tell why. But Bomfort's Cir
cular does not tell the real reason why the
country is dangerously near national pro-
hibition" They are: Safety first" in the
homes, the mills and mines, on the railroads
and the ships. 1t is the security of life and
property that has and is still debating pro-
hibiton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

Both Carranza and Villa evidently believe
in safety first" for the former will defend
a town until Villa makes it too hot for him
to remain there, and then run away leaving
it for Villa to loot; and after Villa has
loaded his plumber on freight trains and
scurried towards the mountains Carranza
forces again appear and reoccupy the field
of battle. This kaleidoscope warfare re
minds one of the lines by Goldsmith:
He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day;
But he who is in battle slain
Can never rise to fight again
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

Editor Hugh ]. Rowe, of the Athens Ban
ner, is being suggested for the unexpired
term of the late Congressman Tribble with
out opposition. Editor Rowe is an able man,
and has rendered the party valiant service.
1t would be an honor worthily bestowed, and
we would be glad to see it made unanimous.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
BUT NO BOIL wEEvILs ARE THERE

From the Savannah News.
eve imagine that any proposed drastic
measure attempted to prohibit the planting
of cotton in certain sections so as to cheek
the boil weevil would meet with strenuous
opposition We do not believe that these
things ought to be done by law" says the
Eton Messenger. That plan would work
beautifully in Utopia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

A lie always needs truth for handle
to it, else the hand would cut itself which
sought to drive it home upon another. The
worst lies, therefore, are those whose blade
is false, but whose handle is true.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

The estimated expenditures of the federal
government for the year ending June 30
1918, are more than billion and half dol
lars. The largest items are army, $500, 694,-
684; navy, 1886, O70,651; postal service
1926, 1855, $3.50; pensions, $155, 100000; pub
lie works, $145117,394. The federal gov
eminent is some establishment, and the eX-
penditures are some money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
A THOUGHT WORTH WHILE.

From the Conyers Times.
Do you know of a case where a small re-
membrance of some kind Christmas morning
would be the occasion of much cheer in a
blighted home? Make up your mind now
that you will remember that home
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

The formation of new cabinet IN Great
britain. with David Lloyd-George as pre-
roiar is generally construed to foreshadow
a more vigorous prosecution OF the war ny
the entente allies. If so, the next year
should bring fateful developments. The
world awaits them
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
A WORD TO THE WISE.

From the Quitman Free Press.
We wish to call attention to the manner
in which the Free Press is covering the
Woman's Club Cooking School.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
FOR THAT ONE TIME.

From the Savannah Press.
Grip is not spread by kissing, says the
Dawson News, but it would hardly hold that
when you are denied kiss you have lost
your grip.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

There may or may not be an embargo on
foodstuffs, but it is plain to see that the need
for such a measure is engaging the thought
of American people o..
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

Congress is again in session, and every
day the chaplain prays for the country OBJ
serves a contemporary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

The esteemed gentlemen who are an
nouncing for office in the next state pri-
mary are crowding the season.