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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
A Helping Hand.
From the Peoria Chronicle.

When you see that a man is down do not
kick him. Try to conquer the brutal in
stncts that hamper your soul Lend him a
helping hand. If you see that he is strug-
Cling under burdens that are more than he
is able to bear help him up. You may need
help yourself some day.
You cannot live always in this world. Try
to do some good to others while you are
gratifying your own desires. When man
is in hard luck give him a chance to rise.
Men are not always dishonest because they
cannot respond to every call. Sometimes
they just cannot do it, and then they need
help.
If you were the only man who was to
survive the balance of your fellows it would
be different. But you and they must pass
away The time is not long. Try to make
it as pleasant as possible. Many a poor fell
low has been driven down to his grave pre-
maturely by stress of trouble.
There are more ways to torture a man to
death besides resOrting to the rack, the lash,
the wheel or the flames. Let man feel that
you have confidence in him and give him all
the encouragement that you can when he is
down, and when he is able to rise he will
not forget you. Neither will God.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
Georgia's Unterrifed.

The unterrifed democracy of Georgia will
meet in convention at Macon today for the
purpose of electing four delegates from the
state at large and two from each congress
sfonal district to the democratic national
convention.
While there will be contests for places on
these delegations there will be none as to
who will receive Georgia's vote for presi-
dent. The democrats of the state are solidly
behind President Wilson, and his admins
tration will be heartily and unanimously en-
dorsed and the delegates instructed to vote
for his denomination.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
THE THREE CLASSES
The Well-to-Do, the Poor and the
Down-and- Outs.

There are three main conditions of peo-
pie in this country. Our society may be said
to be composed of three classes, although l
do not like the word "class" as distinguish
ing any specific character or individual.
Glasses are not so much the result of the
makeup of humanity as the consequence of
accident, heredity and fortune.
The first class l would designate as the
Observation-Disclosures the wealthy or the
wage-earners. They do not lack in any ex-
IRENE; they do not go homeless, friendless
or moneyless. Happy are We as nation
that we can point to so large a percentage
of the population included in this class.
The second division is distinctly less fort
innate and less contented. They are in need,
but not necessarily deprived of the necessi-
ties of life. They are down" but not nee
essarily "out." They are face to face with
poverty but are not as result degraded or
depraved through it. They have not lost
their position of self-respect or self-sup-
port, but fight sternly to retain them. We
recognize that if this class gives way or
falls at all it will be in the hour of cru
cial need. In the great cities Self-respect-
ing working girls are often underpaid, I'M
derfed and i'll clad. In some of the larger
firms the wages barely enable them to keep
in any way respectable The money that has
to be sent away to some relative, the means
for the room she may share with another
girl, her board, her clothing, cause the work
ing girl to stint and suffer in order that she
may exc out an existence.
The third class comprises those who are
both down and out. They frequent the low
err elements of society often, indeed, not
through their own fault Alas, there are
thousands of instances where they are today
in penury and want simply because they
have never known what it is to even have
fighting chance. This class of poor we have
always with us, and no one can appreciate
as these friendless, homeless Out-of-works
the helping hand in their need and distress.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
Stevenson and Onions.
From the New York Post.

The poetic description of the onion, rose
among roots" and wine scented" that you
quoted from Robert Louis Stevenson is not
the only tribute that this writer has paid
to the humble vegetable, writes a cores
pondent When Seraphina, in prince Otto, -
wanders through the forest after the burn
ing of the palace she enters a wood cut
ters hut and asks for food He set down
a pitcher of coarse wine, bread, piece of
cheese, and a handful of raw onions The
bread was hard and sour, the cheese like
leather; even the onion, which ranks with
the trufle and the nectarine in the chief
nlace of honor of earth's fruits. is not per-
haps a dish for princesses when raw.
Would it ever have entered a mind less fan
tastic than Stevenson's thus to link the
truf1e, the nectarine and the onion?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
The Busy Home Dollar.

People do not know the value of money.
OF course our government stamps a certain
valuation on every piece of money in c1rcu-
lation. The silver dollar for instance, is
valued at 100 cents but a dollar in circula-
ton is worth infinitely more than 100 cents.
Just how much more no one knows, because
no one can tell how far dollar will go, and
how often it will change hands during its
existence.
During National Pay-Up Week the Daily
Times, of Geneva, n. Y, tried to ascertain
what a dollar was worth in that city; so
on Monday morning a dollar was turned
loose in Geneva, and the holder was asked
to state on a paper attached to the dollar
when and where he spent it, and the follow
ing comment from the Geneva Times indi
Gates something of the value of a dollar in
that part of the state of New York:
THE Home Dollar of Pay-Up Week paid
just fifty dollars worth of debts last week,
The Times office 1t will be remembered
that it was paid out last Monday. The Times
daily record showed that it passed through
ten different ownerships on Monday, four
on Tuesday, seven on Wednesday, six on
Thursday, twelve on Friday, and eleven on
Saturday, or just fifty in all. On Saturday
afternoon it was in possession of the Lynch
Furniture Co., which firm paid it out to
Mrs Walter Larm. This is the last report
made to the Times about it's travels. If
every man and woman who sends dollar
out of the community for something that
might be purchased at home could be made
to realize that their money is so valuable
surely there would not be such a tremen-
dous volume of money pouring into the cof-
fers of the great city mail order houses
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
Observe and Enforce.

The new prohibition law went into effect
Monday, and The News hopes to see II given
a fair trial, and a cessation of agitation by
both those who favor and do not favor it.
The News also hopes to see the law en-
forced, not in a spirit of fanaticism or per-
secution, but in a manner that will inspire
wholesome respect for and observance of it.
In this respect The News would say that
it is as much the duty of all good citizens
to observe a law as it is to enforce it,
Let's do both as to this law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Sheriff C. W. Mangum, a sweet-spirited
and heightened christian gentleman and a
most capable official, was defeated for re-
election in the Fulton county primary Fri
day by more than a thousand votes. The
Frank case was largely responsible for his
political downfall, because it was believed
by many that the sherff's kind treatment
of that noted prisoner was evidence Of
friendship and sympathy for him. The sher-
iff has suffered for being humane to help
less prisoner.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

The matter of most interest before the
state convention in Macon today will be the
proposition to exclude Thos E. Watson and
his followers from the democratic primaries
The News ventures the opinion that the con-
vention will go slow about it. But what
ever is done it will not amount to a
great deal one way or the other, for it is
about the hardest job imaginable to keep
any number of persons who desire to vote
from doing so.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
NEEDS THE MONEY.

From the Augusta Chronicle.
Senator Hardwick frankly told his demo-
cratic colleagues that they were going back
on their party pledge in voting to keep sugar
off the free list 1t will be difficult, We
think, to get up an argument on this point,
but neverth eless and withstanding, this gov
eminent needs the money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Our attention has been called to the fact
that an article reproduced in the last issue
of The News on pardons was Wrongfully
credited to the LAGRANGE Graphic. 1t orig
inally appeared in the LAGRANGE Reporter,
of which our good friend, John H. Jones,
formerly of Shellman, is the versatile editor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
The Pan-TOting LGz0.
From the York Is. o. News.

There are many things in Georgia many
of US do not approve of, and then there are
some things all of us have to appreciate.
Dawson, Georgia town, has just enacted
one of the best laws we ever read, the title
of the act being "The Pan-Toting" law. This
law prescribes that any cook caught on the
streets of the town with a basket of pro-
visions, after leaving the home of her en-
ployer, will be severely taxed and possibly
Jailed provided she cannot exhibit a writ
ten permission from her mistress saying
that the aforesaid mistress had given, per-
mission to the cook to carry away the pan of
provisions.
York people are very familiar with this
evil as are the people of all other sections
in the South Dozens of worthless, lazy
negro men are supported by the victuals
brought them from the home of some white
man where the negro woman is employed
as cook. If the Georgia law will prevent
the negro women from carrying pans home
then the negro men will have to go to work,
and death blow will be dealt vagrancy.
If the law works in Georgia it would work
in South Carolina, would it not?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

A school baseball game in Oklahoma City
ended in a riot. If this war spirit continues
growing it may be we'll to consider prepar-
edness even when attending a meeting of
the ladies aid society or pink tea Those
in the habit of attending bridge parties
should not require training.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

To make pretty and attractive town re-
ouires the cooperation of every inhabitant.
Plenty of good soap and water and plenty
of good paint, with liberal use of elbow
grease, will do the work And now is the
time to apply them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

While celebrating the 1O3rd anniversary
of his birth at Springfield W. Va, the other
day William Firman Johnson Taylor told his
friends that he would have fought in the
war between the states but for the fact that
he was at that time too old to serve, and
that war ended more than fifty years ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Hon. DUPONT Query will be appointed by
Governor Harris to succeed Hon. Robert
Hodges as judge of the city court of Macon
on Judge Hodges elevation to the state
court of appeals as the successor of Judge
r. B. Russell, resigned. Mr. Query is
high-class man and a lawyer of unusual
ability and has friends throughout the state
who will commend the appointment as one
of the very best the governor has made.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

San Francisco is to have a municipal
opera house. Most cities will have them in
days to come. We may not admire Ger
many's militarism, but there are many
things the Germans have in municipal gov
eminent that we may pattern after to adj
vantage
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Close following the governments accept
ance of young Hammond's device for di-
recting torpedoes in water by means of wire
less comes the report of another American
boys invention that renders almost abso-
lutely accurate the dropping of bombs from
an aeroplane upon an object beneath it. On
occasion Yankee ingenuity appears to meet
all demands made upon it,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

The latest speck on the war cloud is dis
appearing, and we do not anticipate the sew
erance by this country of friendly relations
with Germany. The people will resume
their attitude of watchful waiting. In the
course of time We shall expect another note
from the president telling Germany she can
not longer violate International law and the
rights of humanity and Germany will prob
ably go right along doing the same old thing.
The dignity of the United States as a world
power has withstood a great deal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Decidedly interesting is the report of the
receivership of the Frisco railroad, which
had developed improvement in management
under the authority and cooperation of the
court, and a distinct improvement in the
property is shown. This is different from
the average receivership reports, which in
far too many instances reveal incompetency
in management or plundering by grafters.
In a small business there usually is left lit
tie of the original assets after the receivers
have been discharged.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
MORE WATCHFUL WAITING.

From the Elberton Star.
Georgia voters seem to be waiting to hear
from their congressman in reference to the
war situation, and the congressman seem to
be waiting to hear from the voters before
speaking. Elections on this year, war or no
war
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Dawson as a whole appreciates the honor
conferred upon one of its prominent citi-
zens, DR.. J. G. Dean, in having been elected
president of the state medical association of
Georgia He was elected without opposi-
ton, which is said to be the first instance of
of its kind in the associations history. The
News is convinced that in honoring DR.. Dean
the organization also honored itself.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

, The tendency to separate white and negro
races is growing throughout the South, not
so much because of racial prejudice as a
desire for racial distinctions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Apparently Berlin reports of losses by the
allies find credence only in Germany, while
no one is likely to give full credence to re-
ports of German losses coming from Lon
don, Paris, Rome or Petrograd.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

A Chicago woman who charges her hus-
band poured gasoline over her and tried to
light it with match wants divorce and
ought to have it, considering the high price
of gasoline and the extravaganza of the act.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

incidentally, looking over Won Igel's pa
pers may have aided the president in reach
ing decision as to the form and text of
the ultimatum to Germany.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Why do they have wars and water pond
elections right at the beginning OF the oase-
ball season?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Can any one guess what was Colone
Houses report to President Wilson afte
sizing up the situation in Europe?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

This entire nation is Just now FORWARD
looking" with its eyes directed toward Ger
many.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

There is no novelty in the assertion that
we have the government that we desire. 1t
is no better and no worse. If it is bad we
are at fault; if it might be bettered We have
it in our power to improve it. The major
ity-the mass-in this free country may go
to the ballot box and bring about whatever
it may desire in the matter of government.
Ours is a government Of for and by the
people-if the people desire it to be such
and will go to the polls and vote their SEN
timents after exercising their prerogatives
in the preliminary caucases or conventions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

If the Terrell county farmers continue to
enlarge their food crops and stock-raising
operations the boil weevil is going to have
a mighty hard time of it around here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
COURT BENCH-POLTICAL ROsTRUM.

From the Brunswick News.
This new method of political campaigning
in South Georgia whereby superior court
benches are transformed into political ros-
truma may be pleasing to the candidate, but
it does not add very much to the dignity of
the courts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Five tornadoes in Kansas in one day! Kan
sas never did do things in the ordinary way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

The Darien Gazette has just entered its
forty-third volume, and Editor Dick Grubb
is making it just as bright and interesting
as ever Editor Grub has adorned Georgia
journalism nearly half century, and among
all the congratulations and well wishes he
is receiving from his brethren of the press
none are heartier or more sincere than the
ones which go to him from this sanctum.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

1t is reported that Hon. b. S. Miller, of
Columbus, Editor T. w. Loyless, of the Au-
gusta Chronicle, and Editor r. L. McKen-
ney, of the Macon News, have acquired
controlling interest in the Columbus En-
quirer-Sun. That means that Columbus is
going to have an up-to-date morning news
paper. If the Enquirer-Sun isn't a success
under their guidance it can't be made enc.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-24
NEW TALE or tue BREMEN
Orduna's Officers Hear She Was
Taken into Cai,hncss.

NEW YORK. Sept 22 Officers on
the Cunard liner Orduna which sailed
yesterday for Liverpool said that the
latest news OF the submarine Bremen
In naval circles was that she lad been
captured OFF the ncrth of Scotland
while lying helpless on the water
through the breaking down of her en-
gineS, and had been towed into Cath
ness by 4 British destroyer.
u was reported in shipping circles
Yesterday that quantities of raw rub
her lad been shipped to New London
this week consigned to the Eastern
Forwarding company, m rica II
agents for German merchant submit
rines. Paul Hilken, who has charge
of the freight department, left for New
London Friday night Captains OF in
coming steamships Yesterday said they
had rot picked up any wireless from
a submarine or seen anythinr OF one
on their way across the Atlantic.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-24
WILL BUILD $4,000, 900 STATION
Illinois Central Officials TO Rebuild
Chicago Terminals.

CHICAGO. Sept. 22.-It was learned
today that plans for the Illinois Cen
tral railroads. new passenger terminal
call for steel and granite structure,
seven hundred by four hundred feet
with facade of columns SURPRISING
In beauty any similar architecture In
the world, and with trainsheds 1,400
feet long.
No official information will be
given out until next week, when the
plans will be submitted to the council
committee. President Markham an
nounced today, but from other sources
n general outline OF the underta king
was learned. Architects and others
who planned the new station aimed to
make 1t one of the finest in the world.
Their ambition to achieve architec-
tural beauty was inspired by the pros
pectve enlargement of Grant park
and the lake front boulevard system
and the proximity of the Marshall
Field museum. No estimate of the
total expenditure has been announced.
but it is said 1t may reach twenty mil
lion dollars
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-24
POSTPONE TRIAL AS
VICTIM WEAKENS
X. G. WcstwuOd Sinks nj Oklahoma
Hospital and His Wife l. Not
Given Hearing

Reports from the Oklahoma hospi-
tai that *. c. Westwood, prosperous
garage owner who was shot by his
wife early Monday morning. was in q
prccarious condition and expressed
fear of complications. led County At
torney j. f. EVers to ask that the pre-
liuinary trial of Mrs Westwood.
charged with assault with intent to
kill. be postponed, when It came up
Friday afternoon. The continuance
was granted.
Al an early hour this morning West
wood was said to be irrational and his
condition was much worse than at
any time since the bullet was fired
Into his back. AT times yesterdlY
his mind was a blank. 1t was said
at the hospital that Mrs. Westwood
had not called to visit her husband
since the shooting.
Mrs Westwood is at her home at
Seventh and Guthrie streets and is at
liberty on $1,000 bond, which was
furnished by her mother.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-24
A Number of the Biggest
Bags in the Country
VIII Participate.
FIVE ARE ENTERED
A Purse of $4,000 Has Been
Posted and the Race VIII
Draw Large Crowds.

special TO The World.
MUSKOGEE, okla. Sept 2S-F1ve
ST. Louis balloons are expected to he
entered in the race to start from
Muskogee October Z, which today re-
ceived assurance of sanction from
the Aero Club of America through a.
Il. Lambert of St Louis, who is now
in New York city.
The likely st. Louis starters will be
W i. Ashmann. Miss Sophia" p. j.
Mccullough, st. Louis W.; John
Berry, Million Population Club;
Capt. III. Il. Honeywell, Uncle Sam,
and +. Cole with Il balloon not yet
named.
guarantee of n purse of $4,000
and gold trophy was wired last night
by Tams BiXby, president OF the Mus
kogee Free State Fair. under whose
auspices the race Will be made.
Balloon racing has maintained its
place in the world of sports, although
1t was predicted that the advent of
the aeroplane would push balloons into
history. There is said to be a lot al
interest manifested in st. Louis over
the coming race, and a crowd of st.
Louis people are expected In Musko-
gee to see the start.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-24
CAT FhNCrEps DRAW BIG FINES
Women Who pisobcy Court order
After Conviction Arc pcnaIilcd.

CHICAGO. Sept 22.-Isabella and
Anna Patton. cat fanCiers, We're fined
500 each the other day by Circuit
Judge Smith for contempt OF court for
taking possession OF the property at
1859 Kenwood avenue after they mad
been dispossessed by court order. A
mortgage on their home had been
foreclosed by the Swedish Home Be
noVolent association ard they hal
been eVicted by the sheriff They re-
turned to the premises and were
eVcted again. At that time they werv
found In the basement of the building
with about forty Of their cats. The
doors had been barricaded.
Your honor" said Attorney Albert
-. Miller. representing the Swedish
Home Benevolent association. 81 think
Attorney John g. Wilson should be
held in contempt also, in this case,
because 1t was upon his advice that
these women again took up their resi-
dence in their former home, thereby
Ignoring the courts order"
'Tf ! had issued the original order"
said Judge Smith II would send him
% jail But as Judge Baldwin issued
the order, l am going to refer the pro-
ceedings against Mr.. Miller to Judge
Baldwin"
Those cats are still at the house"
Sfilu bllbfUSy hllltT. Inc Fntrl1I
was ordered to put them out. They
evidently strayed back with their own
ers."
There are no cats In the house
now replied Attorney Wilson.
II beg your pardon" said Mr.. Miller.
"a cat was seen In the cellar window
and ] have witness"
"Oh, that might have been an timer
ant cat" answered Mr.. Wilson.