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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-19
Reports Hou.e Ran.....a

Mrs A. L. Peoples. 25oI Grove Ayo-
nue.. reported TO the police yes,srdav
mat her mouse had been entered dun
but that nothing had been stolen
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-19

Henry Gray, colored was sentenced
to four months in Jail Yesterday hy
fnltcc Justice Crutchfield on a charge
OF stealing copper pipe from Krause
q fenf1cld. The pipe was valued at
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-19

Joseph Ridley, coiored. was Ansd f25
ana costs In the Police Court yester-
day Of charge Of being disorderly
hno refuntn9 TO move whom ordered
10 do 80 by tho police.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-19
Fined for A.,auI,,nv n,

w T. Davis was fined sic and costs
IN Police Court yesterday on charge
OF asSaultinE and beating Or. r. NJ
hawkins. dentist
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-19
Negro Held for sboo,,,a

jessie West. colored. was sent On 20
me grand jury from the Police rorrt
rcs.crnhy on charge OF shooting
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
My MOther-A Prayer.

(Out in the far west-in the city of Seat
tle-an editor, Tom Dillon, wrote and pub
lished one of the most beautiful of mother
tributes.)
For the body you gave me, the bone and
sinew, the heart and the brain that are
yours, my mother thank you l thank you
for the light in my eyes, the blood in my
veins, for my speech, for my life, for my
being. All that | am is from you who bore
me. For all the love that you gave me un-
measured from the beginning, my mother, l
thank you. | thank you for the hand that
led me, the voice that directed me, the
breast that nestled me, the arm that shielded
me, the lap that rested me. All that am
is by you, who nursed me. For your smile
in the morning and your kiss at night, my
mother, | thank you. | thank you for the
tears you shed over me, the songs that you
sung to me, the prayers you said for me,
for your vigils and ministerings All that |
am is by you, who reared me. For the faith
you had in me, the hope you had for me, for
your trust and your pride, my mother,
thank you. | thank you for your praise and
your Gliding, for the justice you bred into
me and the honor you made mine. All that
am you taught me.
For the sore travail that I caused you,
for the visions and despairs, my mother for
give me. Forgive me the peril brought to
you, the sobs and the means | wrung from
YOU and for the strength I took from you,
mother, forgive me. For the fears 1 gave
you, for the alarms and breads, my mother.
forgive me. Forgive me the joys deprived
YOU, the tolls made for you, for the hours,
the days and the years claimed from you,
my mother forgive me. For the times that
hurt you, the times had no smile for you,
the caresses did not give you, my mother,
forgive me. Forgive me for any Anglers and
revolts for my deceits and evasions, for all
the pangs and sorrows I brought to you,
mother, forgive me. For the lessons did
not learn, for the wishes did not heed for
the counsels did not obey, my mother, for
give me- Forgive me my pride in my youth
and my glory in my strenthg that forgot the
holiness of your years and the veneration Of
your weakness, for my neglect for my self
ishness. for all the great debts of your love
that have not paid, mother, sweet mother,
forgive me.
And may the peace and the joy that pass
eth all understanding be yours, my mother,
forever and ever. AmenI
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
Lacking In Logic.

Secretary Baker, in consideration of a
wage increase for workers of the govern
ment arsenal at Rock Island, ILL.,, says that
'the government ought to be little in adj
vance as to wages and working conditions
that prevail in private establishments"
Government employees should be paid what
they earn, and their hours of labor should be
no less than those workmen employed by
private establishments. The secretary can
be right in his opinion only by establishing
that private employees are underpaid. In
some instances they doubtless are, while in
others they most certainly are not. The
wage in every employment, whether of the
workman or the entrepreneur, should be de-
termined by social service and market val
ues.
One of the most common errors, and one
which is incompatible with democracy, is the
rather widespread notion that the govern
ment employee should have shorter hours and
more pay than any other workman perform
ing service of equal value.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
SAGE The Birds.

Save the birds. They are the hope of the
farming life of America. This has been
proven again and again. Just before
Thanksgiving OF last year the president of
the League of American Sportsmen, Col. G.
o. Shields, in an address before chapter
of the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton made the following statement:
Cotton growers" he said, close $780,
100000 a year by the boil weevil. Why?
Because the quails, the prairie chickens, the
meadow larks and other birds, which were
formerly there in Millions have been swept
away by thoughtless men and boys"
The chinch bug costs wheat growers an
other 800, 100000, he said, and the Hessian
fly $200,OOO,OO0.
'It takes more than $4,000 chinch bugs
to weigh an ounce, and nearly $4,000 Hes
sian flies to weigh the same," continued the
speaker. GA quail killed by an expert in
Ohio had in its craw / 200 chinch bugs. An
other killed in a Kansas wheat field had
1000 Hessian flies"
Col. Shields added that potato growers
pay $17,00O,O00 a year for spraying pois-
ons, and remarked that quail slain in Penn
sylvania had 127 potato bugs in its craw.
He said that Mrs. Margaret NJ. Nice, of the
faculty of the Massachusetts State Univer-
sity, after long study, estimated that quail
destroys $4,000 bugs and 100000 weed
seeds annually.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
A Community Pest.

The Abbeville News has some pretty harsh
things to say about the habitual gossiper, al
ways eager to say something to the discredit
of another man or woman. We cordially
agree with the Abbevile paper in its strict
ures, and believe, with it, that if we would
all attend more strictly to our own business
and let that of other people severely alone
we'd all be better off The community Cos
siper is a pest and despicable individual.
Sometimes the gender of the offender is
masculine, sometimes feminine, but, in
either instance, the offender should be os-
tracised by the higher-minded among his or
her fellows. Gossip is merely polite name
for SANDER in many instances. 1t is not
only distasteful to persons of genuine cult
ure and innate refinement, but often 1T is
dangerous More than one inexcusable hom-
icide is directly traceable to the unscrupu-
lous tongue of the community tattler.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
Outside Interference Again.

The Montgomery Advertiser and other
out-of-state newspapers are having consld-
cradle to say in opposition to the guberna-
torial candidacy of the solicitor-general Of
the Atlanta superior court circuit.
The News is not enlisted in the support of
that candidate We believe in the long-estab-
lished precedent which has prevailed in
Georgia to give a governor a second term
unless there is some controlling reason why
this should not be done, and we know of
nothing which has occurred that should sub
ject the present incumbent to the humia-
ton of having this denied to him.
But, if we view the matter correctly, it is
entirely for the people of Georgia to decide
who shall be their next governor. Outside
interference is not desired, or needed When
he is elected and has assumed office he will
be governor of Georgia, not of Alabama,
Massachusetts, Illinois or New York, and if
our observation is worth anything these 9TH
er states usually have their hands fairly full
of their own affairs, without adding an at
tempt to assist this commonwealth in select
ing its public officials.
Meddlesomeness and irresponsible, SLAM
derous criticism-a veritable avalanche of
loose-mouthed opinion, expressed verbally
and in newspaper columns-from other
states had much to do, individually, to bring
about the unfortunate and regrettable &C.
currence which brought to a close the most
widely discussed and notorious criminal
chapter in the annals of Georgia.
If the Atlanta man is Georgia's next gov
ernor he will have the character of the cam
paign that is being waged against him large
" to thank for the denouement
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
Too Much Taxation.
From the Rome Tribune-HeraId.

For a country that is not at war and has
had no war of consequence for more than
half century the United States is perhaps
the most tax-ridden nation on the face of
the globe. If you will sit down and count
up the various kinds of taxes you pay you
will be astonished There are state and
county taxes, municipal taxes, license tax,
street tax, war tax (Which comes in the
shape of revenue stamps), school taxes
(Which are special in some dstricts), pro-
fessional tax, paving tax (which, fortunate
ly, only comes once in while), and various
other kinds and forms of taxes which we
have not time now to recall. 1t is really
a remarkable situation altogether But what
are we going to do about it? Our legisla-
tive bodies, from congress down, spend most
of their time fixing new ways to spend mon
ey. The public monies are the rightful prey
Of the average legislator, state and national
In congress there is continual cry for more
pensions, although the civil war is half a
century behind us. River and harbor i'm
provements claim a large slice, although
river traffic in this country is practically a
thing of the past, having been superseded
by the railroads and motor drawn vehicles.
The public building grab has grown to as
tonishing proportions. During late years the
first thing a new congressman does after he
learns the ropes is to dig into the public
treasury and get what he can for his dis
trlct. When ne mas gone Cne limit IN CnlS
regard he considers that he has performed
his full duty.
There is undoubtedly too much taxation
in this country, but it seems as if the high
point hasn't been reached The great troub-
lie is that there are too many kinds of taxes
that come in all kinds of ways. No sooner
have you paid one tax than another hobs up,
and so on through the year. 1t is just one
long series of taxes after another. By the
time you get through the whole thing be-
gins over again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
THE LIGHTNING ROD
Only Two Places Safe From Thunder
bolt. $500 Persons Struck Yearly.

o. S. Peters, who is connected with the
bureau of standards, department of com
merce, Washington, has been conducting
some Investigations into the action of thun-
derstorms in the United States. He gives
some striking information and conclusions
According to Mr.. Peters 1900 persons in
the United States are yearly struck by light
ming during storms. Out of these 500 are
killed outright or are fatally hurt From
which it appears that lightning stroke is
much less certain to cause death than is gen
orally supposed.
Mr.. Peters says there are only two places
possible to be regarded as comparatively
safe from the thunderbolt. One is the I'M
derground cave-not the cellar or the dark
closet so popular with women and persons
who become so greatly alarmed during
thunderstorms. The other is a building
thoroughly protected by lightning rods The
belief in the lightning rod is thus offered
a new lease of life. Once upon time,
quarter of century or so back, no house
was considered complete unless provided
with lightning rods. The popular belief has
changed in % years to such an extent that
the house decorated with lightning rods is
today curiosity, and few even think of the
matter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
Not a Political Question.

We regret to note disposition on the
part of some of the Georgia newspapers to
inject the states railroad into politics. Many
columns of editorials have been and are be-
ing written pro and con as to the ADVISABLE
ity of selling the property, and some are
urging that it be made an issue in the guber-
material campaign.
The Western and Atlantic is business
organization, and the method of operating
it is purely a business affair. 1t is illog-
ical and foolish to handy it about IN the
guise of political proposition. The Georgia
legislature has named a commission of able
men to thoroughly investigate this highly
important matter in all of its detailed raml-
fications. and this commission, we take it, IS
going properly about the discharge of It's
appointed duties If this valuable property
is to be made football by politicians it will
be far better to sell it.
So far as politics is concerned, then, let's
forget the Western and Atlantic. 1t is as
improper and futile to mix politics and bus
mess as it is politics and religion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
More Indians Than Ever

There are more Indians living today with
in the territory originally comprising Mex
leo than ever existed at any one time in
all the rest of the Western hemisphere COM
bined, according to a bulletin issued by the
National Geographic Society of Washing
ton.
"Of the 100000 inhabitants of Mexico
fully 38 per cent are pure Indians and 43
per cent of mixed blood, only 19 per cent
being whites" continues the bulletin.
"These 100000 Indians, many of whom
are descendants Of that wonderful race, the
Aztecs, are divided into many linguistic fam
lies and tribes, the numbers varying accord
ing to the standards of differentiation adopt
ed by each ethnologist Some authorities
group them into IA families, with 81 Ian
guages and SO dialects, while others make
16 family divisions, subdivided into 1872
tribes.
"The majority of the pure-blooded Indians
of Mexico are quiet, somewhat melancholy
people. Even on holidays, of which there are
131 on the Mexican calendar, they move 81
lently among the crowds, the men either
barefooted or wearing woven sandals, their
shoulders covered with their striped serapes,
and the women with their dingy blue rebosas
wrapped about them. In attire the young
girls, like the children of Holland, are mini
allure replicas of their mothers
"The pure-blOoded Indian of the remote
regions untouched by civilization is more
frequently than otherwise a stalwart indi-
vidual of upright character, moral, honest
and loyal. One Of the finest examples of
his race was Benito Juarez, q member of the
Zapotecas tribe of Oaxaca, He was by turns
a shepherd, student of divinity, governor
of Oaxaca. minister of Justice, and finally
president of the republic.
"PorfiriO DiaZ, the outstanding figure in
Mexican history during the last quarter of
the nineteenth century, was also born in
Oaxaca, and according to his official biogra-
ply was one-fourth Indian. However, some
genealogists hold that he was more nearly
three-fourths Indian
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
Peaches and Peaches.

Pretty soon Georgia peaches will be
travelling northward by the car loads,
but those we love the best-God bless
'em-stay here with us the whole year
round.-Swainsboro Forest-Blade.
For which let us all be duly thankful and
profoundly grateful. The variety which are
shipped northward by carload lots resemble
almost identically the other variety which is
with us always-both are luscious and
temptingly sweet, both are beautiful to gaze
upon, both are without superiors in their
line. For the Georgia peaches, those which
grow upon trees and in our homes, let US not
forget to give thanks on all Thanksgiving
days and in between.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
The Shipping Bill.

The main difference between the new ship
ping bill and the administration measure
that was filibustered to death by revolving
democrats in the senate last year is the pro-
vision limiting the government operation of
vessels to five years after the close of the
European war. This concession has made its
passage possible.
The bill creates a Shipping Board of five
members not more than three of whom shall
be of the same political faith. The secreta-
ries of the navy and of commerce are addi-
tional members ex-officio.
The board may form one or more corpora
tions, with total maximum stock of $780,
100000, of which the board shall hold not
less than majority, purchased from the
proceeds of the sale of Panama canal bonds.
Power is given to construct suitable vessels
for use as naval auxliaries or naval trans
ports.
The ships thus obtained, together with
other military and naval vessels suitable for
commercial use and not in use in time of
peace, will be under American registry, and
will be Immediately available for national
purpose in emergency. At the expiration
of five years after the close of the war they
will revert to the nation, the minority
stockholders being bought out All other
property of the board at that time will be
sold.
The government will operate the ships on
ly in case private agencies fail to lease OF
charter them for service on routes demanded
by our foreign trade and only then through
q private corporation in which it holds the
m q ioritv of the stock
The shipping board is given wide powe
to regulate the rates and practices of com
mon carriers by water. Illegal combination
and discriminatory rates are forbidden b.
the bill, and the board is empowered to can
eel or modify any agreements disapprove'
by it.
Private shipping will not be harmed by tn
bill The government vessels viii take owe
routes that are now insuficiently provide
with shipping.
The operation of merchant ships will b
something new for the government 1t is
step towards public ownership of utilities
which is opposed by many of the country
ablest and safest statesmen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
The Journey Home.

Years and years ago when l
Was just little lad,
An after school hours used to work
Around the farm with dad,
I used to be so wearied out
When eventide was come
That l got kinder anxious like
About the journey home.
But dad, he used to lead the way,
An once in a while turn round an say
So cheerin' like, so tender-"Come!
Come on, my son; you're nearly home!
That alters used to help me some,
An so | followed father home.
I'm old an gray an feeble now,
An trembly at the knee,
But life seems just the same today
AS then it seemed to me;
For | am still so wearied out,
When eventide is come,
An still get kinder anxious-like
About the journey home.
But still my Father leads the way,
An once in a while l hear Him say,
So cheerin' like. so tender-"Come"
An same as then that helps me some,
An so Pm followin' Father home.
Home and Farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
NEW STATE PROPOSED
Lincoln May Be Carved From Wash
ington and Idaho. Reminder of
Old State of Franklin.
That handle part off Idaho which sticks U

That handle part of Idaho which sticks up
like a sore thumb alongside of Washington
may form part of new state, Lincoln. Such
state would also take in part the of eastern
part of Washington, and congress will prob
ably be asked to consider the proposition
at its next session.
Only once in the history of the United
States has such thing been done. That was
when West Virginia was created out of the
old state of Virginia New states have been
created out of the wild portions of the older
states, but the plan in contemplation for the
state of Lincoln would take valuable part
of Washington, including the city of Spo-
kane, away from it. The concurrence of the
federal congress and the legislatures of
Washington and Idaho would be required to
accomplish this.
The project to make a new state to be
named for Lincoln recalls the fact that there
was once a state named for Franklin, but it
never became part of the union. The story
may be read in history, but it is almost en-
tirely forgotten.
In 1874 the state of North Carolina pass
ed an act conveying to the government of
the United States the lands that now con-
stitute the state of Tennessee The reason
for the act was because North Carolina had
grown weary of the burden imposed upon
the treasury by her western settlements and
had become irritated at the complaints of
to have frequently made.
After the passage of the act of cession
by the legislature of North Carolina the set
tiers in those lands which are now eastern
Tennessee felt that they had been cast adrift
by their own state, had not yet been taken
up by the national government and that
thus they were under no government. They
organized themselves into an Independent
commonwealth, which they called the state
of Franklin.
The state of Franklin applied for admis-
sion into the union, but before action on the
matter was taken by the national govern
ment the state of North Carolina repealed
its act of cession. The state of Franklin had
a stormy and heroic career. North Carolina
asserted it's right of sovereignty over the
land, and in 1887 the last legislature of
Franklin held its session at Greenville, and
also in that year John Sewer, the governor
of Franklin, was put under trial on the
charge of high treason, was rescued by his
fellow citizens, kept out of the hands of his
enemies, and was at length pardoned and
remained the leader of the people in that
part of the country until his death.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
Barrel Skirfed Women.
From the Saturday Globe.

AS may be judged from it's name, the con-
tour of the new barrel skirt bears marked
tacle used for encasing flour and apples.
How fitting that this model should be chosen
to encase the flowers of womanhood and the
apple of Mr.. Everyman's eye. AS an article
of wearing apparel we have been accustom-
ed heretofore to the use of the barrel only
as a substitute for stolen or damaged trous-
ers by either bulldog bitten or bathing gen
tlemen in comic papers. Now they are worn
by the very best and fairest and, conse-
quently, we may prepare ourselves for a
long list of endearing love terms resulting
therefrom for use in those letters so popular
in divorce and breach of promise suits, such
as "My Little Barrel of Sweetness" '"My
Little Sugar Barrel" etc.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
POWER OF LITTLE THINGS.

From the Macon Telegraph.
France, the nation which takes such mar
velous care of little things, might give the
United States a wholesome lesson. The great
Bank of France is compelled to make loans
as small as 81 each, and there are a large
number of loans, it is said, smaller than So
each. 1t rs further declared that more than
half of its loans are under $40 This bank
is a detailed mechanism to take care of the
needs of the smallest borrower, observes the
Milwaukee Journal.
Most American meat dealers will not sell
less than a whole chicken, but in Paris the
thrifty housewife, whose small family cam
not consume or afford whole chicken, is
privileged to buy wing, leg, or slice of
chicken.
Our business is organized for the $500
and the S., 900 borrowers. Our bonds are in
standard denominations of 900 each, APP
parently to bar out the small investor with
certainty But the thrifty French saver can
buy all the $40 government bonds he wants,
and poor, indeed, is the peasant or shop
keeper who has not one to dozens of these
tucked away in the family's treasure stock
ing.
Many mickle makes a muckle, but Amer
lea has Just begun to learn the lesson. Many
a small waste added to the great current
makes a vast drain of hundreds of millions
of dollars France, above all nations can
teach us the undreamed power of little
things combined into stupendous wholes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-31
Fate of RevolutioniStS.

There is little occasion for the extreme
criticism of the English government for the
summary manner in which it is disposing of
the Irish revolutionary leaders. Any one
who engages in a revolutionary enterprise
understands the hazard and what will occur
if the movement proves unsuccessful. Less
mercy can be expected in time of war. How
ever, it will be noted that the English gov
eminent did not execute woman arrested
with the other revolutionists and indubita-
bly, guilty.