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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
Uncle Sans New Coins.

If some one hands you silver coin that
has an unfamiliar look don't refuse it I'M
mediately in the belief that it is counter
felt or of foreign origin. The probabilities
are that it will be a sample of Uncle Sans
new mintage, which has been placed in cir
culation in compliance with the law that re-
ouires a change in the designs of the silver
pieces once in every twenty years.
The new coins consist of half dollars,
quarter dollars and dimes. For more than
a month the United States minis in Phila-
delphia, Denver and SAM Francisco have
been turning them out at rate of about
S40,0 900 worth day.
The design of the new half dollars IS con-
sidered higher type of art than the COINS
that have for so long been familiar. The
markings are not so prominently cut and
the coin has much smoother appearance.
.On one side of it is the figure of the God
dess of Liberty, holding in one arm bunch
of olive branches. Above the figure are
the words, "In God We Trust;' below it is
the word Liberty" On the opposite side
of the coin there is a spread-eagle grasping
an oak twig in his talons as he stands upon
a rock. At the top is printed "The United
States of America" and at the bottom
"Half Dollar"
One side of the new quarter has the full
figure of woman coming through gate
in wall On the opposite side there is
pictured an eagle in flight. The new dime
is of sharper cut. On one side is the
head of a woman. Over the head is printed
the word Liberty" and in the lower left
hand corner the date. The diverse side of
the coin has bundle of Roman "fasces"
tied tightly together, with an AK and a
strong oak stick Below the cutting is the
Latin quotation ''E Pluribus Unum.".
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
HELP THE BOYS AND GIRLS.

Editor of The Dawson News
AS l see it, the most patriotic work one
could do Just now, when the schools are
opening for another session, is to determine
upon something definite in the way of help
ing struggling boys and girls in their prep
aration for life. The older | grow the
more l am impressed with the thought that
to put something into the life of a child
that will enrich and uplift is vastly more
satisfactory than the amassing of wealth or
the qualification of ones own selfish whims
1t is certainly true that "a large part of our
responsibility lies in the f1ashlight pictures
we are throwing into lives around US" ut
were better that milestone were hanged
about your neck and that you be cast into
the sea than that you offend one of these
little ones" Let US interpret this as mean
ing eff you neglect one of these little ones.
We owe great deal to the young life of
our community and woe to the man or
woman who is not putting forth some eff
fort to smooth the road for little feet
There are many bright children handicap
ped by poverty through no fault of their
parents Let the well-to-do people in
childless homes "lend hand" There are
many ways of helping that might suggest
themselves. From high authority we clip
the following:
Children whose educational progress
is embarrassed by reason of uncor-
rected physical defects soon acquire a
loathing for education and all that ed
ucation represents, and the seeds of
idleness and responsibility being
sown, may develop into criminals or
dependents.
Education is one of the greatest
barriers to crime and poverty. 1t is
therefore essential that children should
be we'll educated, and that bad eyes or
any other physical or mental defects.
be detected and corrected, in order
that the requirement of an education
may become as easy and agreeable as
possible Yours truly,
LOVER OF LITTLE FOLKS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20

ing to the war, however, it is almost impos-
sible to secure seed which is produced in
Europe almost entirely. There is a little
vetch on the market carried over, but it is
quite expensive.
Crimson Glover - Under the circum-
stances crimson clover is the best legumi-
nous cover crop available, and, indeed, it is
a most excellent one for this purpose. 1t
should be planted, if possible, in September
and anyway not later than October Is.
Crimson clover needs good strong land to
produce good crop of hay, and, like most
legumes, will not flourish on land that is
acid in character. For this reason a good
heavy application of lime will give excellent
results and is to be recommended in any
case. Also, it will pay to inoculate the seed
before planting with the proper bacteria,
which is now easily obtainable at small
cost. A legumnious crop must have this
bacteria, as it is by their aid that the crop
is able to take nitrogen from the air.
Where the bacteria is absent the crop is
helpless in this respect. The main reason
why we grow clover instead of some other
cover crop is because of the nitrogen it is
able to take from the air, so the matter of
incubation should not be overlooked. 1t
will often mean the difference between the
success or failure of your crop. F. j. M.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
TOO HIGH COST OF OFFICE.
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
Attention is directed by the news col
umns 10 the fact that C. M. Morris, de-
feated candidate for the gubernatorlal
nomination. ia Texas, spent $4,000 OF his
own funds in his vain contest. That is not
a particularly high price for governorship
NOWADAYS. In fact some might be disposed
to suggest that the defeat of Mr.. Morris
shows that he hadn't spent enough. No IN
formation is at hand as to the expense &C
counts of his competitors, but 1t IS pretty
safe to assert that none made respectable
showing at the polls without putting roll
of almost equal dimensions into circulation.
The Dawson News is reminded of some
notable campaigns in Georgia in which
huge sums of money were spent by rival
candidates. and of "the rapid and tremen-
dous increase in the expense of aspiring to
office in this state when candidate has to
submit his claims to a statewide election.
1t is indeed true that the poor man has been
practically ruled out, especially as to state
offices. There was a time when an ambl-
tious citizen of some reputation over the
state could sit down and address few nun
dred letters to leaders in the various coun-
ties and then consider himself candidate
to be reckoned with. That day is no more.
Efforts have been made to regulate cam
paign expenditures by law, but it is practi-
cally impossible to control the money end
of a political contest The elimination of
the poor man is a disadvantage of the prl-
mary system that no one seems to know
how to remedy. But the man who has a
living to make probably will do well to
stick to his regular job anyhow.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
Navy League and Preparedness.

Representative Tavenner, a democratic
CONGRESSMAN from Illinois, has had num-
Der of things to say on the floor OF the
house with regard to the navy league, and
what he asserts throws. light on the cam
paign for preparedness that does not
show up that movement as altogether so
patriotic.
Mr.. Tavenner is frankly and extremely
distrustful of the league and its objects,
and in expressing that distrust he has made
many bold statements, With reference to
the methods and personnel of those prlncl-
paIly in charge of the leagues affairs,
whatever else may be said of the Illinois
congressman's stand, he has at least made
out what seems to be a strong prima facle
case, and his speeches furnish food for an
abundance of reflection.
The gist of Mr.. Tavenner's allegation IS
that the navy league is fathered and los
tered by clique of manufacturers whose
private interests will be greatly enhanced
bv every forward move in the way of naval
preparedness He talks straight from the
shoulder and calls names, enumerating one
by one the steel, copper, zinc, lead ana
brass and nickel corporations which are
represented prominently in its membership.
He calls the roll of the nineteen founders
of the organization and shows the corpora
ton utilization, direct and interlocking, OF
each; and he produces figures to show that
it is the large contributions from the per-
sonal representatives of these corporations
which keep the league alive and going.
The gentleman from Illinois finds him.
self unable to believe that it is patriotism
which urges those big, dominating figures
of the corporations, men like J. Pierpont
Morgan and Charles Schwab, to so strenu-
ously exert themselves in the leagues at
fairs. He recalls that their patriotism did
not prevent them from selling armor plate
to the Russian government for $249 per
ton while they were asking their own gov
eminent $616 per ton for the same grade
of armor.
1t strikes the reader of Mr.. Tavenner's
speeches that he has a deep prejudice
against the league and its leading spirits
who will probably retaliate by seeing that
he is kept out of congress in the future
But the facts are the important things
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
The Garments Of Sin Brought
Ruin to Little Mother,s Girl
From the Houston (Tex.l Post.


the paths of SIM" The little home gradu-
ally overlooked with fabrics of rich hue
and texture, the little girls became accus-
toned to playing "dress up" in finished
garments designed for revelry and riot;
they caressed silken garments which week
later were wine-stained and cigarette
SCARED
The little mother after a time of going
back and forth began to experience the ia
miliarity which breeds contempt. She talk
ed of the beautiful furnishings, of the cost
ly appurtenances of the toilette, of many
things in unguarded fashion-but no word
of the tainted money that bought them ALL
even to the soul and body of the owner.
The angel of darkness which gradually
flung the veil of distorted vision over Little
Mothers face jeered and grinned when he
saw the little daughters fondle the gar
ments of SIM
When Maggie was IS there came a crisis;
the mother fell sick, there was dire need in
the home. There came strange women
visitors with strange words of sympathy
of their life so long familiar-Little Mother
forgot-and no one ever knew how it came
about, but one day when the mother stray
gled up and counted her flock Maggie was
gone.
Little Mother never found her child
again. She found in her stead some weeks
later, when able to go down into that I'M
ed her to sc0rn with: "Why, you taught
me to love the things this life brings. May
be you didn't realize it, in your talk, but
you did just the same"
Thus, like some foul and shiny octupus,
does the restricted district weave it's tenta-
cles in and out, winding in it's fetid en-
brace not only those "who will to sin," and
boldly enter its confines, but those who
peer unwittingly over the brink, or I'M
thinkingly skirt its borders as did Little
Mother.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
The Newspaper Census.

The Department of Commerce (bureau OF
the census) has just issued summary con-
corning the printing and publishing busl-
ness for 1914. 1t indicates that publishing
is a very large business in the United
States. The number of establishments en-
gagged in the industry in 1914 was 31,6l2,
and the value of their products IN that year
amounted to $810,5O8, Ill.
A total of $3.50 dailies was reported for
1914, representing a slight decrease as
compared with 1900 in 1909. The aggre-
gate of circulation of the dailies in 1914
was 28,436,O3O, representing an increase
of 17.4 per cent as compared with the 19O9
circulation.
During the simi-decade a number OF. pub
fishers of both morning and evening papers
suspended publication of one or the other
of their editions; in several instances dalhes
were consolidated; in others the daily, after
an experiment, retired into the weekly field
whence it came; and other dailles dlsap-
peared without transformation.
The number of weekly newspapers and
periodicals reported for 1914, 1876,
shows a slight increase as compared with
the corresponding number in 1909, 1907.
The 1914 circulation of such publications
was 5O,454,738, an increase of 23.6 per
cent as compared with 1909.
Everything else in the publishing line in
creased except the number of daily news
papers. They declined twenty in number
during the five-year period, but the aggre-
gate circulation increased ia as compared
with the 1909 circulation. This represents
a gain in circulation of approximately 3 u
per cent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20

She was such tender little mother and
the four little daughters sent as "keys of
Paradise" into the humble home babe fair
at an early age to rival their little mother
in grace and gentleness.
Over the coffin of their dead father the
little mother swore mighty oath to devote
her life to the little ones in thought and
deed and word. She would be mother and
father, and in the pathetic exaltedness of
her great grief she promised the silent
sleeper to be the strong arm of protection,
ever enfolding, ever safeguarding the faith
erless babes.
She doubted not of her success = she
had found the world good world, peopled
with good people. 1t had never been her
province to delve into the mysteries of
vice. She could sew neatly and swiftly
Maggie, the eldest child, II years of age,
was skilled in housewifely lore enough to
relieve her of those duties; there was a
day. Little mother pictured future
where home ties were strong and affection
ate. There would be economy for time,
but by and by the girlies would have their
education completed, each along money
earning lines, and the future stretched out
in a roseate glow.
But-somehow the sewing didn't come in
fast enough to balance the outgo, sickness
came, it was hard to interest people in
simple dressmaking and plain sewing, good
folks became aWfully eXacting, little shoes
wore out appallingly, little dresses became
woefully patched, childish tears were often
shed because 'they couldn't look like 9TH
ers," there came spells of fragmentary
charity; good people" were not always pa
tent, with the times of wolf at the door, so
it came about, because, perhaps, vice some
times assumes outward marks of virtue,
Lite Mother was induced to do sewing for
residents in certain part of Houston set
aside for those "whose feet take hold upon
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
The End of Summer.
From the Memphis Commercial Appea

from the memphis commercial Appeal.
The days with speeding wings are flying
past. Summer is at an end.
Autumn comes touched with beauty and
with a promise fulfilled, and autumn will
bring to US the 'garnered fruits of the field
Autumn comes with the energies of men
burned out and with the earth parched and
dry-with listless woods and dropping
flowers awaiting the final call which will
come in few weeks.
So strenuous have been the days of sum-
mer that we have almost forgotten how
rapidly the season passed. We have COM
planned of the heat just as we will complain
of the cold in January, forgetful of the
manifold blessings that come to us clothed
IN the hot rays of the sun.
Summer is necessary. Typhoid is a
dreadful disease. 1t is many times fatal in
bits fnish but the man or woman who re-
covers becomes new Body in the world
All of the physical impurities are purged
away. The fire of fever does its work 1t
burns slowly, but if we Withstand the tor
ture we have much to be thankful for, and
we can take up the threads of our tangled
yesterdays, remade and rejuvenated.
So it is with the world. When the days
of July and August are counted among the
yesterdays, while we still suffer from the
heat that inevitably fingers on through Sep
TENDER, we can feel content that the fierce
heat OF summer has purged the earth-that
the ground has been parched for purpose
and when the chill winds of winter come
and the warm rains of spring fall the
scheme of nature will have been fulfilled
and the earth once again will be in a condi-
ton to yield her bounty for the sustenance
of mankind.
Summer is gone. We view the end with
qualification and with regret We instinc-
lively feel that our lives are passing like
of of
tered the autumn season of life; some of us
tstill linger in the dying days of summer
To such the passing season will appeal, be-
cause it is so like the passing of youth and
the silent approach of the time that mar
shals us into the grey-haired days of winter
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
Administrators Sale

Georgia, Terrell County.-By vii
tue of an order of the Court Of al
binary of said county will be sold n
public cutlery on the first TUESDAY n
October, 1916, at the court hous n
said county, between the usual hns
of sale, the following real NJ
tate situate in Terrell county N
wit: A part of land lot No. iii n
the 18th land district of Terrell counl
ty, Georgia, located in the northVesl
part of said land lot, and being I'd
west half of said lot, except 30 aereI
cut off the south end of said wed
half of said lot, containing in all ID
acres of land more or less. TemI
cash. This 4th day of Septembel
1916. GUS ROBINSON, Admins
traitor of estate of Jeff Robinson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
Administrator SaIo

Georgia, Terrell Countv-R,,
tue of an order of the Conf p ~ w
binary of said county will If ba . Of Or-
public cutlery on the first T NJ S9la at
October, 1916, at the court rtaSSs o,,sys m
said county, between the usu rIT Se. y
of sale, the following r real AOuf'
tate situate in Terrell countv 1 e.
wit; One vacant lot in the city, % !,
Dawson, Terrell county, Ga, SI oSc..s y
on the north side of Church 'S Stsats
75x20O feet, bounded east bv nv NJ Y
Jennings, north by Electric Il It'll
Plant; also 200 acres of land n msa
or less, formerly known as The I po.
place, being in the Third land dis t'Ga
of Terrell county, Ca, and consist ii,
OF about 25 acres off lot No. 10 10s
acres of lot No. 252, and 80 acres "
Lot No. 251, located about th,oa
miles east of Dawson, Terrell connt v
Ga. Terms cash. This 4th dav N
September, 1916. MRS. TTzzT II
HILL AND E. T. JORDAN, Admins
traitors of the estate of Mrs, M nj
Jordan.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20

Heavy damage to the country's cereal
crops during August caused loss of many
millions of bushels in prospective produc-
ton, cutting down the nations wheat to
below the amount required for home con-
sumption, according to the forecast of the
department of agriculture. AS a result,
bread will be higher. At the closing session
of the executive committee of the master
bakers at Chicago last. week recommends
tions were made that the scent loaf of
bread be abandoned and the 10-cent loaf
he standardized
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
Administrators Salo

tue of an order by the C c. 2I
binary of said county tboul t Of Cd
sold before the court houa ae viii
sad county on the first TT uSot i
October. 1916, between iffses ties j
hours of sale, to the biebo.na1e lea
p ppcpe a4yh to thf f3%Is0yng des sa
hundred ffty-three C25SI NO, n!
(SO) acres in the NORTHWEST bbV91, thit|
OF }fI number two hundred sev vsS cO9s'
(279), eighty-six 1851 a Scsrrsnty-na
south side of lot numb arft Is on i
a aefS fl s6 in &c. tbs son also thirty H
lot number two hundred Ofner
(2So), making in all three three bu elghP|
eighty-six and one-haIf GIGa d!re
acres in one body in the Fou,tSto SatA
district of Terrell county urn as1 (4a|
OF Georgia; also two Wat cHu STAT
other jewelry. Said proper Tone Is, a33
sold for the purpose of disfysitwa i b
and is sold as the estate of IM, Mr. y
Simmons, deceased. H. A W.T. N NJ
SON, administrator of the ELI EtLAlN,
Mrs. M. J. Simmons, Dece s estate Of
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
DOESN'T BELIEVE ALL HE HEARS.

From the Dalton Citizen.
Sworn statements, filed with the sec
retary of state of Kansas, show that
seventeen candidates for state office
and the state legislature went through
the recent state primary without
spending one cent Besides these,
nine spent less than dollar, seven less
than fifty cents, three spent dime or
less. and two a two-cent postage
stamp. How different to what it is
here in Georgia, where on account of
the expense of a campaign, the door to
a state office is practically closed to
poor man.-Dawson News.
Election expenses are of course too high
in this state, but We'll be hanged if we be-
lieve everything we hear and read about
Kansas and her politicians.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
Bird Treaty With Canada.

Persons and organizations who are inter
ested in the protection of migratory and
game birds are elated by the ratification of
the treaty between the United States and
Canada intended to insure the cooperation
of the~two countries in bird protection.
William T. Hornaday of the New York
Geological Society and a campaigning trus-
tee of the permanent wild life protection
fund, says the treaty is the most important
step ever taken to protect birds.
at MEANS" he said, "that virtually
1922 species and sub-species of our most
interesting American birds will be protect
ed from the Gulf of Mexico to the North
Pole. 1t is of prime Importance to the
farmers, the forest owners and the fruit
growers, since it means that the birds
which kill the insects viii be conserved"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
For Leave to Sell Land

State of Georgia, Terrell GOul y
Notice is hereby given that m ~ '
dersigned has applied to the UrG ~ \
of said county for leave to sea .. !
land belonging to the es@"
Mrs. Rowena Joiner tOr n
purpose of distribution among ~ \
heirs of said decedent. SAD aTga
cation will be heard at the reg rsgt |
October term, 1916, of the OOul' h
Ordinary in and for said couI y n
Terrell. This Sept. 4, !9io, y Srl
PUGH, Administrator OF MIS-
ena Joiner. deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20

Note how quickly some farmers decided
to "wait a while" when cotton dropped
below fifteen cents. The free selling, be-
yond doubt, had much to do with the de-
cline When cotton is being rushed to
market, dumped on the market as was seen
in Georgia ten days or two weeks ago, some
decline was to be anticipated. The law of
supply and demand has not lost it's force,
nor is it liable to do So In it's working it
is as sure and memorable as any law of
nature
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County.-TO d
whom it may concern: Mrs. Meth
C. Daniel having in proper form d
piled to me for permanent letters 1
administration on the estate of NM
NJ. j. Scott, late of said county, hl
is to cite all and singular the cred
ors and next of kin of Mrs N. \
Scott to be and appear at my OhrI
within the time allowed by law an
show cause, if any they can, VIZ
permanent administration should ID
be granted to Mrs. Nettie c. DanRl
on Mrs. M. ]. SCOTS estate. Winel
my hand and official signature i|
4th day of September, 1916. L ..
HOYL, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
For Administrator.

Georgia, Terrell County:--T \
whom it may concern: R. r. Manl
having in proper form applied to u
for permanent letters of admlnSuaI
ton on the estate of Daisy Simmons
late of said county, this is to cite "
and singular the creditors and neII
of kin of Daisy Simmons to be q
appear at my Office within the nnII
allowed by law and show cause,
any they can, why permanent aGnI \
istration should not be granted 70
R. Marlin on Daisy Simmons, es11
Witness my hand and official s aslI
ture this 4th day of September lSli
L. C.. HOYI. Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-20
For Leave to Sell LaI

State of Georgia, Terrell S ~ h
Notice is hereby given that o III
dersigned has applied to the o III 4
of said county for leave 70 -
land belonging to the estate t n ID
Simpson for the purpose Oh S IL H
ment of the debts and for +, uD o.sr
ton among the heirs OF tn5 J # S d
Said application will be hest tSo C Cop
ular October term, 1916, OF .h' eoIlt
of Ordinary in and for SAY Fl
of Terrell. This Sept. q, l9lS' SinI
BELL, Administrator OF d. u
son. deceased.