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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-27

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galow at Lakewood for rent by the
week or by the season. Tracy For
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evening. Both telephones. New
England. 1873; Farmers 29-12. Harry
Cohen, School St, Skowhegan. till
WANTED--At once a boy IA to 16
years old. or a middle aged man ON a
farm. Steady work for right party
Address Bingham Lock Box ass. 4w27'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
MEXICAMS CAN SHOOT
The Reasons Which Lie at the Root of
Their Hatred For Us.

The American expeditionary force in Mex
leo is not up against towards. 1t will en-
counter ignorant poems, unframed in mill
tary maneuvers, badly fed badly equipped
rifles, dating from a dozen different revolu-
tions. But they are as good natural rifle
shots as there are in the world writes John
Reed, the noted war correspondent.
They are seasoned by five years of inces-
SAINT, gruelling warfare.
In all the year and half | was in Europe
following the armies of every belligerent
country except Austria l have never seen
drawer men than the Mexicans.
At Gomez Palacio l saw ragged, barefoot
ed poems attack seven times hill 300 feet
high in the face of artillery. l saw them
walk up a street toward wall crowned with
five machine guns sputtering red death, car
rying nothing but bombs made of stick of
dynamite sewed up in sowskin, to light from
the cigarettes they smoked and hurl over the
wall; eight times they attempted it and eight
times they were almost annihilated; so that
the next day when | rode into the town the
street was so heaped with dead-hundreds-
that / could not get through. They went in
to battle laughing and joking and running
races.
At La Cadena l saw man shot twice
through the lungs stagger up, get on his
horse and ride back into the thick of it. And
that was the scrap where 20 men out of
IuU-HdII Oh CHeIu OIllCeTS-TOu0 OUT 10 HOlu
off 200 colorados while the rest got away.
They were killed, of course.
These Mexicans hate US. They hate us
because when they come to this country we
beat them, starve them and kill them. In
the southwest many Mexicans are killed ev-
cry year like dogs because the southwestern
American considers Mexican an animal.
They hate US because every year American
hunting parties make raids over the border
to have little sport shooting up Mexicans.
And they hate us finally because American
into Mexico and establish slave pens there,
where Mexicans are treated worse than they
are even by exploiters of their own race.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
Education In Terrell.

The presentments of the Terrell county
grand jury, as published by The News In its
last issue, reveal the interesting and encour-
aging fact that this county during the past
fiscal year expended 100000 for public ed
ucation.
The nine-months term, too, is privilege
not enjoyed by many other counties of Geor-
gia.
The schools Of Terrell are in the hands OF
capable officials. Locally the operation OF
the schools is supervised by respective or
CARNATIONS of conscientious trustees, and
the instruction of children is looked after
by efficient, loyal teachers.
The physical properties of the various
schools are being we'll maintained. The
school houses are, without exception, in a
satisfactory state of repair. They arc cool
in summer and warm in winter. They are
painted and kept correspondingly attractive
with the neat grounds which serve as sites.
Terrell county has many things of which
she is rightfully proud, and among them is
her system of public schools.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
A State COnStGbuIdry.
From the Savannah News.

Just how much state constabulary as is
proposed in the bill of President Persons, of
the state senate, would cost annually the
Morning News is not prepared to say, but it's
cost, in the states present financial condition
should be weighed very carefully against it's
possible benefits before the bill comes to a
vote. Education, which badly needs strong
er financial support in Georgia, might be a
better way to bring about strict enforcement
of the prohibition laws and eradication of
the lynching evil. The question arises, there
fore, as to whether it would not be better
to spend on the schools the money it would
cost to support constabulary.
The proposed new force would not imme-
diately if ever cause reduction in the num-
Der of county sheriffs and their deputies, and
so would save no money to the people in that
way; and it is not apparent how it would
effect decrease in the forms of lawlessness
that cause the people to pay large sums for
the support of the courts and of law officers.
Georgia is big state. A constabulary to be
worth while would have to be more than a
handful of men. These men would command
fair salaries. The total amount paid to them
and for their expenses on the states bust
ness would be many thousands of dollars ev-
cry year. Would they be worth it?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
The Great Deliberator.

Your Uncle Samuel, otherwise known as
the United States government, has every 9th
er individual or government on the face of
the earth backed off the boards when it
comes to possessing a deliberative mind.
If you doubt this ask any Dawsonian. The
Dawsonian, whether he be adult or school
child, will tell you that, something like four
years ago, our benign government decided to
build postoffice in Dawson. Supposedly
the astute officials in charge of such mat
tiers had already consumed a reasonable
amount of time in arriving at this decision;
but four torturous years have come and
wendell their way into the discard, and still
there is no government-owned postoffice
Indeed, the United States of North America,
through it's duly designated and accredited
representatives, has not proceeded so far as
to acquire ownership of site for its build
ing.
The question naturally arises, if guar
tet of years has been expended in pow-wow-
ing and jockeying over the elemental mat
ter of a location, how long will it be before
the actual work of construction shall be I'M
dertaken? Guesses will be received at The
News office up till midnight of December
31st, 1920, and the most accurate hazard
will win for its author years subscription
to this moral guide.
1t may be worth noting that all hope is
not yet lost After the four years referred
to a decision has been reached as to lot
on which to place the proposed structure.
This is at least start, and at the present
rate it is not entirely impossible that some
of our grandchildren's children may live to
receive mail from federal building in Daw-
son
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
FORTUNES IN WASTE PAPER BASKETS

From The Way.
The days when poor men may pros
pect for gold are pretty well past, but 1t
seems as though a substitute, perhaps
less picturesque, offers itself IN the
waste paper baskets.
Not very long ago the Hemingway
Paper Stock Company purchased from
the banking firm of Townsend, Whelen
& Co.. in Philadelphia, batch of old
correspondence to be used as paper
pulp The price paid was $40.
An employee of the purchasing firm
began going over the documents and let
tiers, and discovered a great number of
old foreign stamps. He reported the
matter to his employers, and they or
dered him to go through the whole lot
and pick out every stamp that seemed
unusual A vast number were selected,
and when shown to A. F. Herkels, pres
ident of the Philadelphia Stamp Club,
he appraised their value at over $751;
900, thus giving the firm a profit of
more than a thousand dollars on the
dollar of their purchase.
1t has often been truthfully said that
we throw away enough to live on.-The
Dawson News.
If the editor of The News would sOmt
time leave his office in the state capitol ant
cross the Washington street viaduct near thu
end he will come to warehouse where waste
paper collected from office buildings anC
houses of Atlanta is being baled by mel
who are out of work. The baled paper i
being sold for enough to support the men
and largely bear the running expenses o
what is known as the Christian Helpers
League.
Today no man in the city of Atlanta neet
go without a bed and food. He can Obtain
both, not as a beggar, but as the result O
his work
The Christian Helpers League, with it
warehouse and lodging room, is not design
ed to keep men at the work of baling paper
but only to tide them over until they can ge
permanent work.
There is room for such an institution il
every town and city.
The finding of man is better than indin
a stamp, even though the latter sells TO
S75 900. The man has a soul
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
Buying Home Products.

The farmers of Southwest Georgia have
awakened to both the necessity and deslra-
bility of diversifcation. They have begun
an extensive production of foodstufts and
feedstuffs. They are raising great variety
of commodities for their own use and for
sale to their urban brothers.
But the farmers are beginning to com
plain, seemingly with no small degree of JUS
tice, that the jewellers of the cities are not
backing them up. The ''trade at home"
slogan has a euphonious sound, but, if it is
nothing more than a theory, it is of small
value to the enterprising agriculturist who
produces things which he hopes to sell to
the people adjacent to his farm.
Conway. Ark, town Of $4,000 inhabl-
tants. has set notable example along this
line. This progressive municipality has de-
clared that hereafter it will not buy outside
produce until the local supply shall have
first been exhausted. One merchant there,
in particular, is buying all the homemade
canned goods and fresh fruits and vegeta-
bles he can secure. The other merchants of
Conway are falling in behind, and the pro
cession has grown until practically all of
them are included.
This is practicing what is preached 1t IS
a concrete, tangible evidence of how the
trick should be and can be turned
When Dawson and other Georgia towns
follow this shining example we are bound to
have more prosperous state and more pros
porous towns for prosperity is inevitably
builded upon the primal fact that we live
pregariouslv and as a result of each others
efforts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
The Gubernatorial Contest.

With one exception, if The News remem-
bers correctly, the present Georgia guberna-
torial race, with its four entrants, is the
most imposing in the states political his
tory so far as the number of candidates is
concerned; and yet it is arousing less parti-
san interest than any other similar contest
for many years past.
This is a good sign of safeness and sanity.
The people of Georgia are too busily engag-
ed with other matters of greater moment
than politics, and they do not propose to al
low themselves to become "all het up" be-
cause of the aspirations of the gentlemen
who are counting the privilege of serving the
dear people as governor, There are other
things to be decided besides those which are
adjudicated by the printed ballot, and Geor-
gians are evidently experiencing keen real
ization of this.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
Another of Wars Horrors.

If you, man or woman, get caught IN the
rain and find that color runs or fades in your
new suit be a sport, and don't complain to
the tailor or merchant you got it from. 1t
can't be helped.
The National Association of ClOthiers has
lust sent out a statement warning all pur-
chasers that colOrs in garments can no long
err be guaranteed, and ''they must learn to
accept the situation as one over which no
mill, manufacturer or retailer can exercise
control" The American output of aniline
dyes is still far too small to supply the lack
of German dyes. And some of the Ameri-
can anilines, because of the undeveloped
state of the industry and the haste with
which manufacturers have tried to meet the
demand, are inferior to the "fast" German
dyes. Eventually the trouble will be ended
by the renewal of imports or by the ade-
auate response of the American dye indus
try.
Meanwhile there's nothing for the con-
sumner to do but grin and bear it. NSurely,
suggests the clothiers, ''the American public
can be trusted to meet this condition cheer
fully, if everybody is frank about it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
Little Colonel Laughter.
Little Colonel Laughter

Little Colonel Laughter
Leads the vanguards of green youth
Beneath the flying banners
Of the blessed wars of truth;
His sword is lovely sunshine,
And the music of his drums
Across the garden closes
In ripping echo comes!
Little Colonel Laughter
Wears a uniform of white,
With epaulets of silver
And smile that leads to light;
Beyond him wheel the columns
Of the imagery of child;
And on the world is dancing
And the heart of love is wild
Little Colonel Laughter,
Let me be a soldier, too,
And fight the tender shadows
On their velvet wings of blue;
Enlist me for the crusade,
And I'll follow and obey,
Forever and forever,
Yes, forever and a day!
-FOLGER MKINSEY.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

After many unsuccessful efforts extending
through year to withdraw Governor Harris
from the gubernatorial race Atlanta newspa-
per correspondents have given it up as hope
less, and are now retiring DR.. Hardman.
recent story says that the latter gentleman
would probably quit the race for governor
and run for congress in his district. The
Doctor promptly put quietus to the mat
ter with vigorous denial and announcement
of dates for several speeches. He has made
and is making a more vigorous campaign
than either of the other candidates, and his
activity promises to be increased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
DIDN'T EVEN SMILE.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The young woman had spent busy day.
she had browbeaten fourteen salespeople,
bullyragged floorwalker, argued victorious
" with a milliner, laid down the law to a
modiste, nipped in the bud a taxi chauffeur's
attempt to overcharge her, made street
car conductor stop the car in the middle of
a block for her, discharged her maid and en-
gagged another, and otherwise refused to al
low herself to be imposed upon.
Yet she did not smile that night when a
young man begged:
''Let me be your protector through life"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
Growing Demand for
MOdeSfv i'm WOnlen'S Dress
From the Tampa (FIa.) Times.

The thoughtful women of the country
are awakening to the necessity of demand
ing dress reform on the part of female be-
ings of an unfortunate type who know no
limit of immodesty in their efforts to attract
the attention of men. Few care what COM
ments are made on such women, but all de-
cent-minded men and women do object to
the manner in which they reflect upon the
sex as whole and set injurious examples
to young women and girls who see them in
their shameless toggery. Those interested
in the reform movement believe that the on
ly way to control the dress of these admira-
tion-seeking unfortunates is to enact laws
and ordinances against the immodest dress
and to arouse public scorn against the wear
erS.
Among the leaders of the fight for dress
reform is Mrs. Amelia E. Barr who has writ
ten many excellent novels, and who expresses
her opinion in these words:
Dame fashion shows poorer taste today
than she has shown at any time during the
past seventy-five years Half-portion gowns
are entirely too much in evidence. The
gentler sex no longer dresses; it undresses."
In speaking on the subject of Scandal
Rev. Creegan, of Dayton, o., recently said:
"Women's present style of dress is shame
less and indecent in its appeal Too often it
is accompanied by reckless affrontery of
manner that shows the low ideals of the
Wearer. Even innocent young girls now try
to assume the knowing, unsophisticated ways
of the woman of the world. Scandal is the
alluring or leading of others into sin, and
means, therefore, the murder of the soul. A
murderer tries to hide his crime and never
boasts of it, but the scandal-giver boasts of
his success in leading others from the paths
of virtue"
In commenting upon the statements of
many prominent Americans on this subject
The Editorial says
Gust bit of solid thinking ought to sat
isfy any woman of judgment that the immod-
est dress craze ought to be frowned upon
with the utmost severity-in the interest and
behalf of pure womanhood"
Tampa is fairly free from such displays,
and therein is more fortunate than some of
the larger cities.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

Now that the schools have closed the boys
and girls should begin to think rather seri-
ously how they will employ their time be-
tween now and September This is too long
period to be idle, and idleness is the most
Improbable occupation in which one can
engage. The public library is splendid
resort for those who can't find something
better to do And come to think about it,
there is nothing better. 1t contains splen-
did collection of good books, and if the
youngsters are seeking profit or pleasure
they could find. neither in greater abund-
ance than at the library.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
CoNCEALING BOOZE.

From the Triton Gazette.
Many and various are the original re-
sources the devotees of booze are put to
these days. They planted it between rows
of corn in Coffee county and hid it in corn
cribs in Lee; concealed it in warehouses in
Dougherty and in barns in Girard; but the
limit of resourcefulness is developed by those
veterans of the rye in Albany, who concealed
their store in the cemetery. But it was not
the first time that a man went in hunt of a
drink when he saw the ghost walk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

Another of the great men who have fig
ured as pioneers in building the civilization
and material welfare of the new world has
passed from the earthly arena in the death
of James j. Hill, railroad builder and CAPT
talist That his success in life was not an
accident is made evident in the fact that he
was of Scotch-Irish parentage, and his career
is another proof that the boy who is placed
upon his own resources early in life likely
will succeed if there is the proper founda-
ton to work upon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

Sell cotton now (for fall delivery at
twelve cents the pound, or wait until Octo-
Der and get, maybe, fourteen or fifteen cents
a pound That is the problem that devel-
opments of the time are putting up to grow
ers in some parts of the cotton belt. And
we can we'll understand how the proposal
can make the farmer look and feel serious
as he debates it in his mind.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

Notable as an aftermath feature of the
Titanic disaster was the marriage of many
of its surviving widows and widowers 1t
may be expected that the Lusitania relicts
will await the verdict of the claims court
before contracting new marital alliances.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

Judge Dick Russell, who rendered his res
ignation to the governor some time ago. will
retire from the court of appeals today after
nine years of service. Judge Russell is truly
a man of the people, and is one of the most
popular men ever connected with the public
life of Georgia He will return to the ranks
of the private citizen with the affectiOnate
regard of thousands of people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

When the Rev. P. S. Grant told the lead
ing club women of the United States, assem-
bled in convention in New York, that the
woman's club has doomed the Society lead
err he gave utterance to a truth that is be-
coming more and more obvious. The woman
of only social influence is being occulted by
the woman imbued with the spirit of social
service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

The Girard embroglio seems to be gnaw-
ing on the Montgomery Advertiser, which
plaintively AYERS that Georgia ought to
spend more money on her school teachers
and less money on whiskey ventures in Ala
bama" Pears to US that if we were the
Advertiser, with the Alabama end of the
whiskey conspiracy looming as impressively
large as it is, we'd keep pretty dog-gone
quiet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

Recently we have been hearing much in
praise of the Swiss army 1t was foisted
by the apostles of scaredness' as a model,
Now it develops this perfect army is caus-
ing the only trouble Switzerland has. When
their army officers are not spying for France
they are spying for Germany. Thus is the
idol broken-the sawdust shaken out of our
Swiss doll Bring on the 1917 model.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

1t has been announced time and again
that "Joe Bailey is dead" But the ex-sena-
tor, as is so often the case, is very live
corpse. He dominated the Texas state
convention last week. He dictated the plat
form and virtually selected the delegation
to the national democratic convention. To
quote a Texas anti-Bailey newspaper, "The
dominant influence of the ex-senator was in
every mind 1t marked an epoch in Texas
political history" man of Bailey's brain
and eloquence will always be a power.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

From the eastern cities comes the report
that the copper pennies are becoming scarce.
This is presumably due to the fact that the
metal is being used for war purposes. In
France copper money is becoming scarce,
while it is said that silver money disappears
as soon as issued. In that county it is be-
lieved that the white metal is being boarded
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07
Dipping Vat Destruction.

The News finds itself entirely willing to
believe that many of those who are or have
been engaged in blowing up dipping watts IN
Georgia imagine that they are conscientious
ly endeavoring to avenge a gross injustice
laid upon them. Ordinarily they are far
from outlawry and they themselves would
be the first to cry aloud for swift and sure
punishment of those who departed from the
laws straight and narrow path.
But, whatever their motives and beliefs,
the stubborn fact that they are violating the
provisions of the statute books is incontro-
vertible. Law is law and lawbreaking is
no matter under what guise or
peculiar construction. If a law is deemed
unjust or burdensome the proper procedure
is an effort to strike that law from existence;
but so long as it is unstricken it is the duty
of every good citizen to abide by it and to
encourage others in doing likewise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

Hon. Joseph E. Pottle opened his cam
paign for governor in all address at War
renton last Wednesday, In spirit of cour-
tesy and fairness to Mr.. Pottle personally, no
less than its obligation as news medium
to the large number of our readers who are
adherents of the Milledgeville man, we are
presenting on another page the salient feat
ures of his opening address. 1t is due to Mr..
Pottle to say that he has presented his case
in comprehensive and vigorous manner, and
there can be no doubt that it will be read
with interest by those under whose notice it
comes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

A writer in the Atlanta Constitution has
resurrected our old friend, "Pot Rates"
and wants it included in the new state road
lease. Having once served its purpose as
spook in a political campaign it can't again
be used as terrifer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

Great Jehosiphat! Would you believe it?
The price of soap is going up. 1t is said to
be due to the shortage of oils and fats Soap
manufacturers, according to reports, say it
is hard to get raw materials.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-06-07

The favorite sons of several states may
have complimentary mention at Chicago
next week, but it does look like Hughes is
the one who has real show for the republican
nomination.