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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
The Road Fund.

Of course, Triton would have been
better pleased to have one of the roads
mapped out through here. But as we
did not get it we will still receive some
benefit from the roads as suggested, II
they are built.-Tifton Gazette.
The amount that will be received by Geor-
gia from the federal road fund the first year,
which will end on June Both next, will be
only S134OOO, and the number of projects
that can be adopted and the amount Of work
that can be done necessarily very limited
Before a project can be adopted and mon
ey spent in any county that county must
show a willingness to cooperate IN the move
ment. agree to spend an equal amount IN
money or work and submit project for the
consideration of the Highway Department.
and if Editor Herring will see that the au-
tborities of Tiff county do this there VIII
be no grounds for dissatisfaction. In this
connection it is not amiss to state that prac-
tically all complaint at the action OF the
Highway Department has come from coun-
ties which have not only failed to signify a
willingness to comply with the requirements
necessary to share in the government fund,
but did not respond to letters of inquiry
sent them.
1t is the purpose of the State Highway De-
partment to connect every county site IN
Georgia with a first-class highway during the
period in which the government fund will be
available, and a map outlining a network OF
good roads has already been drawn and tent
atively adopted with that end in view. To
do this the cooperation of all the counties
will be necessary, and those that have not
already signed and returned the agreement
sent them by the department should do SO
at once, as it is the earnest desire of that
body that all the state share in the good re-
suits that are sure to come from the move
ment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
Shall We Meet Again?

George D. Prentice. the poet editor of the
Louisville Journal, wrote many pretty
things, but nothing finer than the prose-
poem reprinted below in response to the
question "Shall We Meet Again." Cut this
out and paste it in your scrapbook:
"The fiat of death is inexorable. There
is no appeal for relief from the great law
which dooms us to dust We flourish and
fade as the leaves of the forest, and the
flowers that bloom, wither and fade in day
have no Trailer hold upon life than the
mightiest monarch that ever shook the earth
with his footsteps Generations of men
will appear and disappear as the grass, and
the multitudes that throng the world to-day
will disappear as footprints on the shore.
Men seldom think of the great event of
death until the shadow falls across their
pathway, hiding from their eyes the face of
loved ones whose living smile was the sun
light of their existence. Death is the an
tagonist of life. and the thought of the
tomb is the skeleton Of all feasts. We do
not want to 90 through the dark valley. al
though the passage may lead to Paradise;
we do not want to 90 down into damp
graves even with princes for bedfellOws. In
the beautiful drama of lone the hope of
Immortality, so eloquently uttered by the
death-deyoted Greek, finds deep response in
every thoughtful soul When about to yield
his life a sacrifice to fate his Clemanthe
asks if thew should meet again, to which he
responds: 4 have asked that dreadful ques-
ton of the hills that look eternal-of the
clear streams that flow forever-of stars
among whose fields of azure my raised
snirits have walked in glory. All are dumb
But as I gaze uDon thy living face | feel that
there is something in love that mantels
through its beauty that cannot wholly per-
ish. We shall meet again, Clemanthe.'"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
Let's Get Together.

There are several towns in this section
of Georgia which are making great strides
along the way of material development, and
the reason back of that progress is the get
together spirit of the citizens of those COM
munities Such an example could well be
followed with profit in Dawson. In making
such a declaration The News does not wish
to be understood as intimating that Daw-
son is not going forward or that its people
are doing nothing for the advancement of its
interests. Dawson is without doubt one of
the best towns in this part of the state, but
much better and greater things could be ac-
complished by more united effort on the part
of its citizens.
Such spirit necessarily involves the lay
ing aside of personal differences and the dis
regard in measure of solely individual in
terests But in the general civic upbuilding
that would be bound to follow the individual
would reap a harvest of personal profit.
Dawson needs above all things more man
ufacturing enterprises, more pay-rOlls. In
years gone by the people of this town have
sent thousands of dollars into other sections
for reinvestment, in some instances to their
disappointment. If that money had been
put into enterprises at home the returns,
aside from the question of direct dividends,
would have been counted in substantial ben
eft to trade conditions here, and have con-
tributed potently to the prosperity of the
town and the individual along with it.
1t is not too late to begin now. An act
i've and energetic association of the mer-
chants and the business men of the town
adopting as its motto "The Good of Daw-
son" is necessary to get results. The News
hopes that such a united body will soon take
form and pledges its own best efforts to con-
tribute in whatever manner it may to the
upbuilding of bigger and better Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
Twenty-Five Cents Cotton.

We read that "Burt" Castles, of New
York, man of means who has succeeded IN
business and who is accounted an authority
as to cotton, thinks the staple will reach
the twenty-five cents figure. If cotton by
the law of supply and demand, is really
worth two-bits a pound let it go to that
figure without any delay. There is still
some cotton in first hands, and the high
price named would put money in circula-
ton. All hail the high prices! If cotton is
put at that figure as the result of specula-
tive enterprise-well, there may be results
later on not so wholesome in character. Let
the high price and money come. Cotton IS
bringing more now than in fifty years, and
as for seed the price is far above any figure
any one ever expected to see.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
The more we know, the better we forgive;
Whoe'er feels deeply, feels for all who live
Madame de Stael.
A Candy Eating Nation.

Annually the American people consume
more than $17O,OOO,OO0 worth of confec-
tions. They spend more for chewing gum
than they spend for agricultural implements,
paints and varnish carpets and rugs. Health
experts declare that the people of the United
States are less cautious about the use OF
sweets than they are regarding any other
manufactured food product and condemn
the use of so much confection. If candy
has ever injured any one we do not know
it. but we do know that there is no other
one thing which has contributed more, or as
much. to the happiness of children.
There is no need of taking the JOY out of
our own children's lives, so far as candy
eating is concerned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
Florida Papers Take Action.

On account of the enormous increase in
the cost of white paper, which has confront
ed American newspapers with the most seri-
Gus problem in their history, the Weekly
Press Association of Florida has decided to
raise the price of subscription to $500 per
year on January 1st, and an increase IN the
advertising rates is also in contemplation.
Florida editors have been forced to take
this step in self-defense. Paper has advanc-
ed from so to 300 per cent, and is hard to
buy even at these enormously increased
prices Always a very important factor in
the cost of publishing newspaper, the cost
of white paper has now become one of the
primary factors.
So distressing has become the paper stu
alton that number of the leading publish
ers of the country have suggested cutting
down the size of the issues as one means of
economizing in paper
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
A Peanut Farmer.
From the Savannah News.

The Dawson News tells of an Alabama
farmer who has succeeded in giving the pea
nut, otherwise known as the ground pea,
pindar or goober, a distinctly honorable rat
ing in the financial world. The peanut,
which is grown more successfully in the
Southern states than elsewhere, has been
climbing to new state of dignity with re-
markabe facility in recent years; and 1T is
generally agreed that a more fitting name
must be chosen for that Well-knoWn class
long designated as peanut politicians" AS
to the Alabama case, the News has the fol-
lowing to say:
a farmer had only 100
acres of peanuts in the field to show his
banker, to whom he owed $1,000. The
banker did not think it was so bad He
said that he would cancel
the farmers note and give him $4,000
to boot for the produce just as it stood.
The banker is harvesting $4,000 on the
peanuts and will have about $1,000
worth of hay in addition. Goodnight,
cotton!
Rather should it be said, Good morning,
cotton" The News heads its comment on
the Alabama case peanuts VS.. Cotton"
Why not peanuts and Cotton VS.. the Boil
Weevil?" 1t would, indeed, be goodnight
TO cotton" if it were not for the fact that
peanuts and other leguminous crops can be
made the support of more diversified farm
ing. 1t is a mistake to assume that any
crop so far developed can proftably be en-
ployed in displacing cotton entirely, but
there are several crops which can be turned
to fine account in making cotton cultivation
practicable and worth while under the al
tered conditions that have come with the
boil weevil. The peanut has its place, and
a big place at that because of Georgia 5
future as a pork raising state. Instead OF
pjtting cotton against peanuts why not
form an alliance between the two?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
An Honest Obituary.
From the Marquette Tribune.

Frank Waller was unique character
An honest comment is difficult to make in a
newspaper. We do not want to say an I'M
kind thing about him. He put nothing into
this world and got nothing out of it. His
boarded wealth brought him an early grave,
and he could not take any of it with him,
He was honest as he saw honesty, obeyed
the laws of the land when it cost him moth
ing, neighbored with no one, trusted no one,
got all he could and kept all he got His
uppermost philosophy of life was false
one-that is, that a man with money in his
pocket must of necessity have friends and
happiness. He contracted no debts, gave
nothing to charity or public enterprise,
knew nothing about the high cost of living,
Travelled none, read little, never spent a
cent ''foolishly," never invested or gambled.
Many a lad of 10 has seen more of life
worth living than he He belonged to no
societies, fraternal or religious. He enjoy
ed making good deals in buying and selling.
He was SOBER Industrious, independent, a
stickler for the last pound of flesh allowed
by law. He has passed to his reward.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

1t is the Daughters of the Confederacy who
have instituted movement for appropriate
allusion to the strife of the. COS in this
country. 1t is to be spoken of as ''The War
Between the States"-words, by the way,
that The News has generally used when
speaking of the trial at arms that eliminated
at Appomattox in 1865. The Daughters of
the Confederacy seek to have the struggle
officially designated as above. The move
ment, as to spirit and details, is in every
way justified and right, and Southern peo-
pie in particular should desire to see the
purpose realized
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
SOME MORE EVIDENCE
THAT 1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE

From the Triton Gazette.
Verify, oh, we doubling Thomas it pays
to advertise! Not long since, in appealing
to his home folks to start something, Editor
Grubbs, of the Worth County Local. sug-
gested that there had not been a fire alarm
in the Lord knows when. And speedily,
even on Wednesday last, the fire whistle
sounded, and it was the editors home that
sent in the call. The ladies got there in
time, but Editor Grubbs lost his home by
fire only few years ago, and burned child
breads the fire. So the next time he begs
for things to liven up a little he'll leave the
fire fighters out.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
Peddlers and Fakers.

With the coming of the fall season, es-
pecially in prosperous times, when money
circulates freely, there comes hordes of ped
dlers and fakirs preying upon the people.
Sometimes there are as many as dozen or
two working" a county at the same time.
Commenting on this subject the Elberton
Star says:
AS the country is prosperous now
there will soon be a lot of fakirs trav-
cling around with swindling schemes of
various sorts to the fleece people out of
their hard-earned money. Watch out for
the slick fellows, and if you have any
surplus cash to invest put it in some
home enterprise or in a good bank for
safe-keeping.
Terrell county and this section is fer
tile field for these fakirs. They are now
making their appearance, and The News en-
phasizes the importance of giving due atten-
ton to all schemes and cheap wares that
may be presented, and admonishes our peo-
pie to keep their money at home. The home
enterprises and the home banks are the ones
that should be patronized in every instance
This will insure permanent prosperity, peace
and happiness for our section of the cOun-
try
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
KEEP KICKING, AND KICK HARD.
From the Cuthbert Leader.

From the Cuthbert Leader.
Two representatives of the Central rail-
road were in the city this week attempting
to reconcile our people to inferior train ser
vice. They claim that Albany was made the
terminus for the through trains because
there is more business on that division and
transfers can be made more quickly at
Smithville We have the same kind of
coaches as formerly on the noon train, but
inferior equipment on the night train On
the day trip north our coach is attached to
the train from Albany at Smithville, but at
sleeper have to transfer at Smithville. We
may not be able to help ourselves, but we
people down this way don't relish being side
tracked
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

Sixty dollars ton has been paid in Ter
rell county for cotton seed this season, the
record price for that product since it began
to have a money value. Forty years ago
ginners were begging people to accept cot
ton seed as a gift, to get it hauled away
from the gin plants, where it was wont to
accumulate in great piles or mounds, like
the piles of sawdust around an old-time saw
mill here in South Georgia. The piles of
saw dust, too, are gone. Modern economy
utilizes that by-product of timber, even as
it has found and utilized the value of cotton
seed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

Think of it. Contracts can now be made
for cotton to be delivered in September a
year hence at a minimum of fifteen cents
pound Will there be ground in the cotton
producing states to meet the demand for
acreage next year? Let us hope that in the
exuberance of the situation there will abide
with us some practical, old-fashioned farm
ers who will be thoughtful enough to realize
the menace of the boil weevil and raise
something, enough to eat The world will
need food as much as cotton cloth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
PAPER AND COTTON IN A RACE.

From the Griffin News and Sun.
Cotton and news print paper are running
a race to see which can climb to the highest
price We don't care how high cotton goes
but we consider the paper situation with
fear and trembling, for we newspaper fell
lows are about to be forced out of business.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

Without doubt, it is perfectly clear to
Great Britain that all war vessels and all
war operations of the enemy are Illegal.
Here is one nice thing about the situation: if
Great Britain and Germany do not like each
others methods they can go ahead and fight.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

The Oglethorpe Citizen has completed its
fifth year under the management of Editor
C. NJ Hirschberg, and he has been unani-
mously reelected by the stockholders for
another twelve months, an evidence that he
is successfully on the job. Brother Hirsch-
berg is making the Citizen an excellent
newspaper, and well deserves all that is
coming his way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
BOB WHITE THE FARMERS FRIEND.

From the Albany Herald.
Hunters going forth this winter will find
F'Posted" signs on good many farms
where they have not appeared before. The
Bob White is an insect eater, and many a
farmer who never felt that way before feels
now that he wants the birds to gorge them
selves without molestation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

You can never get ahead of the Georgia
editor One of our contemporaries is al
ready admonishing its readers that Christ
mas is coming, and urging them not to
"forget that merchants in this town have
the goods you want to buy for those Christ
mas days" If everybody else was as loyal
to his home town as the editor the said town
would be a great deal more prosperous than
If is
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
MERGERS GUINEA SCHEME.
From the Cuthbert Leader.

From the Cuthbert Leader.
1t is reported that ]. R. Mercer, Of Terrell
county, has decided to test the alleged etfi-
cheney of guineas as destroyers of boil Wee
wills. He has 500 of the speckled fowls and
plans to increase his flock to 1000 by cotton
growing time. If the guineas don't eat the
weevils he can eat the guineas, or go into
the wholesale egg business.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

Associated Professor Carlson, of the de-
partment of physiology at the University OF
Chicago, advises to fast few days instead
of taking vacation. But the trouble is that
sometimes we are compelled to take both
medicines.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

Chairman Gambler, of the railroad com
mission, is of the opinion that the move
ment to call the legislature special session
for the purpose of AUTHORIZING the issuance
of many million dollars of bonds to extend
the state road to the sea is out of order.
Nobody, as far as our observation extends,
but the promoters of the scheme favor it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

The politicians have said what they think
of Mr.. Adamson's eight-hour law. The men
who work eight hours will tell what they
think of it on November T.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08
AND LOTS OF 1T.

From the Savannah Press.
Wedding notice in the Claxton Enter,
prise Moore-Kale. That is what the groom
will find he will have to have.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

A young woman in New York walked on
the street while asleep, in her pajamas. 1t
seems that some women are better dressed
while asleep than while awake.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

In spite of the recent great loss of ammu-
milton they find enough of it in New Jersey
when it comes to shooting down women
strikers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

The speed craze is tempting even our
ancient gods. We note from a newspaper
headline that Cupid Rides in Motor Car"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

The newspapers tell of man being dead
from injuries received while walking in his
sleep. Moral: Keep awake while you're
asleep.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

The surest way to starve the boil weevil
out is by the hog and hominy process.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

Hay fever in South Georgia might be 6
blessing, as the Savannah Press remarks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

On the program of human events women
are the consolation race.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

The British house of commons is discuss
ing the food situation. Everybody is doing
it, as the song says.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

Maine had a munitions explosion. Thus
far neither political party has claimed that
it has any political significance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

The Deutschland, not satisfied with try
ing anything once, has responded to the
curtain call.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

AS is her custom, Terrell county will give
all of the democratic nominees a practically
solid vote today.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-08

Il6ulClHGo'
A Young woman in New York walked on
the street, while asleep, in her pajamas. 1t
seems that some women are better dressed
while asleep than while awake
The politicians have said what they think
of Mr.. Adamsons eight-hour law. The men
who work eight hours will tell what they
think of it on November 7.
In spite of the recent great loss of ammu-
milton they find enough of it in New Jersey
when it comes to shooting down women
strikers
The newspapers tell of man being dead
from injuries received while walking in his
sleep. Moral: Keep awake while you're
asleep.
The speed craze is tempting even our
ancient gods. We note from newspaper
headline that Cupid Rides in Motor Car"
Maine had a munitions explosion Thus
far neither political party has claimed that
it has any political significance.
AS is her CUSTOM Terrell county will give
all of the democratic nominees a practically
solid vote today.
The Deutschland, not satisfied with ''try-
ing anything once" has responded to the
curtain call.
HAY fever in South Georgia might be
blessing as the Savannah Press remarks.
The surest way to starve the boil weevil
out is by the hog and hominy process.
On the program of human events women
are the consolation race.