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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
THE PRICE OF COTTON.

The government has fixed the price of
this years wheat crop at 1920 per bushel,
or, roughly, full two and one half times the
average for the past ten years, says the
Progressive Farmer.
Corn and oat prices have not yet been
fixed but it is probable that they, too, will
be put at figures not far from two and one
half times the ten-year average.
Now, as our contemporary says, if these
crops are to sell for these prices we believe
cotton is also worth around two and one
half times what it has averaged for ten
wears past In other words, we believe that
middling cotton should bring 25 cents, and
that anything less is unfair to the Southern
cotton grower. The only fair measure is
found by ascertaining the exchange value of
a commodity, and measured by this yard
stick cotton at Is cents is not high. A bale
of 25-cent cotton today will not buy more
-four, meat, meal, lard, cloth or steel than
would bale of 1O-cent cotton few years
ago.
The Southern farmer will be in good fl
nancial condition this fall, and he should
resist declines in cotton by stubbornly hold
ing off the market. Especially is this so dur
ing the next three months, when there is
usually tendency to try to sell too fast.
We should have rs cents for our cotton
crop, and we will get it if we stick out for it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
BIBB CoUNTY's BLOT.
From the Quitman Free Press.

From the Quitman Free Press.
Anyone who reads the Sunday Macon
Telegraph shuddered at the details of the
shocking story which was carried on it's
front page
Four young girls of Macon lured by SOL
diers in an automobile to a lonely road
were dragged from the car and ravished as
their screams for help were heard "a half
mile away at a sleeping convict camp.
This has happened despite the closing of
the red light district of Macon, despite the
activity of the Committee on Public Welfare
and despite the united but futile effort to
legislate morality.
And it will happen again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
A PROBABLE. Peril

He does not need to be an old man who
can recall when the boil weevil came to us
from South America through Mexico, and
the concern that was at once aroused. 1t
seems but yesterday that the people in the
region first invaded began holding public
meetings (Which have been kept up by 9TH
ers as the pest advanced eastward), devising
ways and means to deal with the menace
to the South's chief agricultural industry.
We can recall the reports that we read from
the cotton growing sections contiguous to
the Rio Grande, where the invasion was first
in evidence, telling how this new enemy to
hearts of cotton growers sad. Every county
where cotton was grown joined in the move
ment for defense. The efforts have been va
ried in nature, but as a whole along the
same general lines. The newspapers came
to the front, as they always do, when they
can serve the public veal. The papers have
worked without price and with zeal, filling
their columns with matters touching the
danger and relating to safeguard and de-
Tense The state and federal governments
have been prompt to render all the service in
their power. The South knows the result.
The boil weevil is with us yet. The pest
crossed the Mississippi years ago, and is
now making its ravages felt in Georgia and
other Atlantic states. But we realize that as
to practical danger we have learned h'w to
combat the once feared pest. We fear it
yet, after a manner, but not as in the OUT
set. We can deal with it, and we do deal
with it.
And now a new enemy to cotton, the pink
boil worm, coming also through Mexico, is
the South. The News is free to
confess it has much to learn about this pest,
its operation and the extent of its power to
work harm. We have printed all the matter
available on the sui iect and shall continue
to do so, presenting additional information
in this issue of The News. All we know
now tends to strengthen the apprehension
that this pest is more to be feared than was
the boil weevil. That may or may not be
true. The safest course is to believe that is
the situation. In Egypt, in India, in South
America in Mexico, in every region where
the pest has developed it has wrought havoc
The South is warned to prepare to combat
the danger. The federal government has al
ready set to work to that end. Southern
at Washington are on the alert.
Texas will be the place of INVASION and nat
urally Texas will be expected to act first
in defense of the South. The pest must be
kept out Of Texas at all hazards IF that be
done the other cotton. growing states may
hope to escape invasion. 1t is suggested that
the zone system-a zone where no cotton
will be grown for a time, thus providing an
area that the pest cannot enter or cross
holds the best promise of protection. But
probable details need not be discussed now.
The thought for the present is to arouse the
people to the fact that action is in order,
and prompt action at that We do not want
to think of pest that will destroy the cot
ton crop. The country, especially the South,
must get ready for defensive work
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
MORE KIND WORDS.
One of the States Best.

Telfair Enterprise: The Dawson News
has rounded out thirty-fve years service.
All but five years has been under the guild
ing hand of Hon. E. L. Rainey, who is now
a member of the state prison commission.
The Dawson News is one of the cleanest,
best newspapers in the state. 1t could be
nothing else with the able guidance it has
had at the hands of Mr.. RaTney. He is ablv
assisted by his son, Glenn Rainey, who looks
after the active management of the paper.
May The News and the Raineys see many
years more of service together.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
"Sane, Conservative. Reliable ~

Jackson Progress: Sincere congratuIa-
tions are being extended to The Dawson
News and its editor upon the completion of
its thirty-dfth year. The Dawson News is
easily one of the best papers in Georgia.
Sane, conservative, reliable, it has the con-
fdence of its readers and the people gener-
ally. For thirty years The News has been
under the management of Hon. E. L. Rainev.
now member of the prison commission.
May The News and its editor continue to
flourish.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
FEDERAL CONTROL OF NEGROES

While looking over recent issue of an
Iowa newspaper our eyes fell upon the fol-
lowing editorial paragraph:
"While we are adopting government
control of everything else why not do
something in the way of controlling the
movements of the country's labor sup
ply? Is there any other intelligent civ
ilized nation that would let large part
of its working population shift around
the country as our negroes are doing
just now"
It is very interesting contribution to the
discussion Of the negro problem" especial
ly so when it comes, as it does, from that
section of the country which poses as the
negro's only and best friend. We know of
no Southern newspaper or Southern man
who has suggested anything as radical
When a few more Northern mobs kill the
black man by wholesale and more Northern
newspapers advocate the abridgement of hi
rights like this Iowa paper he may at las
begin to realize that his best interests arr
here in the South among people who un
derstand him and are his real friends.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

The senator's from the Northwest urged
upon the president that the wheat growers
be granted a price for their product based
on the law of supply and demand Now,
can't some good hearted senator be found
to suggest the same basis for the meat pack
ers, the coal barons, the steel producers and
the-but why go on?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

Too strict enforcement of minor city or
dinances as to people who come to Dawson
to do their trading hurts the town. 1t is
easy to carry some things too far-for in
stance, requiring the gable end of coun-
tryman's mule to be at certain angle when
he stops in the street.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

1t will interest the friends of Jack Powell
here in Dawson, his old home, to know that
he is now in charge of the Midtown Advo-
cate. That paper now scintillates with his
paragraphs, and is otherwise much mprov-
ed. Luck to you, Jack.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

Vienna News: If the paper he publishes
was not such concrete testimony that the
editor of The Dawson News carries q level
head around with him there would be dan
ger of swelling in that part of his anatomy
after all those bouquets he had rendered
him by his press friends on che occasion of
The News anniversary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
"a High Place of Prominence ,,

Lagrange Reporter: E. L. Rainey has
owned and edited The Dawson News all but
five of the thirty-fve years in which it has
assumed a high place of prominence and in
f1uence IN the journalistic world It's thirty
sixth year promises to be one of eminent
success, which in no degree can exceed the
deserving qualities of its editor, who. is a
splendid man beyond expression.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

With the closing of all the Peoria distiller
les the moonshiners of North Georgia, Ten
nessee and North Carolina doubtless will feel
that they have been freed from lot of cut
throat competition
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

Thomasville Times: E. L. Rainey has
rounded out thirty-five years of newspaper
work, and he is better the last year than he
has been at any time vet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

The depreciation of the dollar in Madrid
is rather the less alarming since we are not
calculating to spend very many of them in
that vicinity at present. It's the depreciation
of the dollar at home that really hurts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

Brother C. w. Ham is again the presiding
genius over the destiny of the Rochelle New
Era, and uses more than two columns of
space to tell us about it. Ham is a good
newspaper man, and The News welcomes his
return to the craft
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

Sandersville Progress: The Dawson News,
which has long enjoyed the reputation of
being the best country weekly in Georgia.
has recently celebrated its thirty-sfxth birth
day, thirty years >of which has been under
the direction of Editor E. L. Rainey His
brethren Of the press wish him many happy
returns.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

Gentleman Jim" Corbett is going to
teach the soldiers how to fight If recollec-
ton serves US this gentleman in a little pre-
arranged engagement gave perfect illus
tration to the American public of how not
to fight.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
~one of the country's Top-Notch. q"

Meter Advertiser: The Dawson News.
one of the top-notch weeKlfes, not only of
Georgia but of the entire country has com
pIeted its thirty-tifth year under the guild
ance of Editor Rainey. May The News tribe
Increase!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

Judge Bill Covington is aspiring to the
mayoralty of Moultrie, that hustling South
Georgia metropolis which has done so much
for this entire section. The ''red topped
rooster of the wiregress" has numerous
friends and acquaintance here in Dawson
who hope that his ambition will be realized
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

After all of Hoover's efforts to curtail
those with hearty appetites comes now Dame
Fashion and promises gowns this fall that
will enable the plump stylster to appear
wonderfully slender.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

And $40, 100000 has about the same
relation to a comprehensive sum of money
as the ocean has to a teaspoon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
"A Model of Journalism -

Douglas Sentinel: The Dawson News, ed
tied by Hon. E. L. Rainey has just eele-
brated its 35th birthday. The News is a
model of weekly journalism, and Dawson
is to be congratulated on being the home of
SO good paper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

ing may now be aTIayed. The food dictator
tells us that meat will continue to cost more
each month. But the boost will be steady,
not by Jerks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18
"a Fine Newspaper"

Darien Gazette: The Dawson News has
entered upon its thirty-seventh year and, if
any thing, is brighter than ever. Editor
Rainey gets up fine paper-clean and high
toned. May success continue to crown his
efforts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

There is also the pathetic case of the gen.
tie young thing who is afraid the war will
be over before she gets a chance to be a
Red Cross nurse.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

The Cordele Dispatch wonders if we know
the difference between a goober and pea
nut. Why certainly, esteemed brother. And
do you know that the peanut and the goober
are different varieties of the groundpea, and
there's really no difference in the appear
ance, shape and taste of the nuts. In all es-
sentials they are really the same.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

We are fighting not to establish the free
dom of the seas, but to re-establlsh It,
Get the difference?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

The senatorial campaign, which opened so
fast and furious a short time ago, quickly
petered out. The promoters probably found
out there's such thing as being premature
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

With corn cob pipes selling for 10 cents
instead of the usual nickel the average man
may rejoice over the prediction of a 'great-
est ever corn crop
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

According to the Athens Banner there is
one county in -Clarke-which has
actually reduced its tax rate. Wonders will
never cease.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-18

For a man who is everIastingIy and tee
totally done for, dead as a mackerel, some
of the newspapers are wasting a mighty lot
of good space on T. Hardwick
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-15

never "fazed' the present congress.
That bill passed in very few days
with very little comment or argument
or debate.
Then came the army bill. carrying
an appropriation of $2.S00, 900, 900 and
It went thru without scarcely any de-
bate. The only question congress
asked was II the government needed
the money
Let Err Go Gallagher.
Then there were ether billion dollar
appropriations.
Let er CO." said congress-a billion
or so dollars doesn't amount to any
thing-"the government needs the
money-we know 1t does, because the
department heads say so, and that's
enough for u.s." So they voted addi-
tional billions, and they will continue
to vote additional billions and addi-
tional tens OF billions.
The present revenue-r raising tax bill,
az Is we'll known, proposes to raise by
direct taxation two billion and eight
hundred million--small item, another
billion or SO doesn't matter.
But what Is this money for?
~ don't know" say 21 members Of
the Wayo Aad means committee. "but,'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-15
1gress Is Setting Terrific Pace at Using MoneyBlion

they add, "the government needs the
money"
How shall we raise it?" asks some
impertinent person.
"Oh. first tax everybody all they
can stand and then put a flat 10 per
cent tariff on. and shut your eyes and
vote. We don't know anything about
this. but the government needs the
money"
"Yes. but for what?" again asks the
impertinent one.
"Oh. id II l know-governmen
just needs it,
"Well. is this taxation just?"
Don't tknow-government needs II"
do you think a 10-cent flat tariff
is equitable or just?"
"No-government needs the money.
Shut up, and vote-aw, come on, let's
vote"
Too Much to Conceive.
Seriously. the present fiscal year OF
1917 the United States congress Will
appropriate total already agreed
upon OF THIRTEEN BILLION, NINE.
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
As Jim Sykes would say: There
amt no sich sum-it kain't be did"
But. as Representative Fordner
says. ~ am like the little boy digging
potatoes: when he was asked how
much he received for digging them. he
replied: 'Nothin. but l git he'll II !
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-15

more than balance the amount paid
by the people in taxes.
American business men and Ameri-
can working men will reap the bene-
fit of every penny OF the $1,000 900, 900
everybody will have more money
than they have ever had before.
There will be just as much money
in the country after the s7.000,0 900, 900
bond issue is sold as there IL now
only 1t will put $1,000. .000,0 900 at work
that Is not working now.
How II Works.
To illustrate: A working man buys
a 500 bond at his bank. From him
the bank gets the 500 and he gets
a piece of paper that pays 3h per
cent interest. Perhaps he thinks the
500 disappears in the air when the
bank gets his money and he puts his
bond In a safety deposit box-all he
has to show for his 500.
Evolution Of n Hundred Dollars.
The government calls on the bank
for the hundred, or as much thereof
as Uncle Sam needs to pay his war
bills. The government then turns the
money over to one OF the many hun
dred industries which today are work
ing overtime to make the necessary
arms for the vast armies OF the United
States. The company which receives
the money from the government In
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-15

other country, and the per capita
wealth is far, far greater than any
other country.
Add to this the vast undeveloped
natural resources of this country.
which will now, of war necessity. be
opened up, plus the genius and enter
prise OF the American business man.
and greater liberality of the govern
ment in fostering new industries and
developing resources, there Is no
reason for fear. even IL the taxes are
double those proposed in the revenue
raising bill, which appears to be the
most vicious piece of legislation ever
proposed. Many thinks bonds would
be better, and not to put the whole
burden OF the war on this generation.
let the Coming People Pay.
In hundred years this country will
double in population, and the coming
hundred million who will reap the
benefits of the war should according
to many, pay their proportionate share
OF the benefits. We, OF this genera
ton have paid our share of both the
revolutionary and civil wars.
But anyway, according to a promi-
nent Washington banker. the United
States Is just entering a period of the
greatest prosperity the country has
ever known.
Let us hope he is right. ~
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-15
SCHOOL BIDS TURNED
DOWN; ALL TOO HIGH
Board to Meet Again Wednes-
day Night to Elect Teachers
for Next Year.

All bids for the proposed new unit
school buildings, to be built in Tulsa
at an estimated cost of S45O,OOO, were
rejected by the board of education
last night Plans are in progress TO
reaGvertise for bids on the buildings.
The bids received last night were far
higher than the board. thot they
should be.
The school board will meet In a
special meeting Wednesday evening
to select the major portion of the
teachers for the next years term. At
this meeting report concerning the
outcome of the extra levy to be voted
upon today will be heard. This levy
Is based upon last years excise sheets
and in all probability the extra
amount will not be needed. The in
creased valuation Of property and the
added amount OF property In Tulsa
will probably take care of the funds
which are needed.
A committee of women appeared
before the board and asked permis-
sion to use the domestic science de-
partments OF the schools to study
sewing and cooking. The board grant
ed the request and offered to furnish
an instructor IL the applicants would
pay the actual expenses of the under
taking. AS soon as school Is out these
classes will be started.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-15

turn pays II out to employees who are
more numerous and making more
overtime and higher wages than ever
before, portion OF 1t going to the
same man who bought the origina.
500 liberty bond, and he in turn pays
II out to the grocer the butcher, the
movies. etc. These latter again de-
post II In the banks, and the opera
ton is repeated over and over. Thus
the s10O which had been boarded goes
to work and as II works 1t earns II
profit for every person who handles
It, and the earning capacity OF the
$1,000, 900, 900 begins and continues In
It's profit-earning tour thruout the
commercial channels of business.
The workingman not only gives
the 800 to Uncle Sam to help him
beat Germany, but the 500 gives him
employment, brings profit to the
grocer and the butcher. and increases
the deposits In the banks.
Simple, isn't 1t?
Our Reward Great.
Not only docs the United States reap
the profits OF all expense OF the war
from the American standpoint, but we
will reap the benefits and the profits
In the furnishing all the allies and
many of the neutral countries.
The per capita debt of the United
States is far less than that Of any
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-15
DOrnfaH of German
Spy Organization Al
America ThOt Near

SAN FRANCISCO, May IL
Vigorous action for the over
throw of the German secret scrV-
Ice in America and the arrest Of
ring leaders and subordinatcs
thruout the country was begun
today by the federal authorities
acting on information they said
had been furnished by Rudolph
Flamindinghe. ALLEGED German
master spy on the Pacific coast.
Flamindinghe, under arrest IN
Los Angeles. is said to have given
the government agents informa-
tion which. II is believed. will re-
suit in the immediate roundup of
virtually every German secret
service operative in the United
States.
According to federal author
tiles in the United states the Ger
man secret service has been di-
vided into ten districts with Il
chief and subordinates operating
in each division. Afraid to com
municate by mail or telegraph,
members Of the ALLEGED supply
ring have adopted an elaborate
system of codes which are car
ried by messengers from one dis
trict to another.
Practically all of the impor-
tant members OF the spy organ
iZation are under surveillance
and simultaneous arrests are eX-
pected to follow their exposure
by Flamindinghe's reported con
fesSion.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-15
Cabinet Official Says
Russia Near Ropes End

PETROGRAD. Sunday, May 13. -
(Via London. Tuesday. May Is. $3.50
a. M. delaye6 In an impassioned
appeal to delegates from the front at
meeting in Petrograd today, A. +.
Kerensky. minister of Justice. made
the most alarming diagnosis Of Rus
sia's internal crux that has come from
any official since the revolution. The
minister of Justice. who heretofore
had made only the most optimistic and
reassuring declarations, confessed that
his confidence had left him and that
he feared disaster.
"Dcath Welcome"
IT came to you" said NJ. Kerensky.
"because my strength is at an end.
no longer feel my former courage nor
have | my former conviction that we
are conscientious citizens. not slaves in
revolt. | am sorry l did not die two
months ago when the dream of new
life was glowing in the hearts Of the
Russian people. when | was sure the
country could govern itself without
the whip.
'As affairs are going now, It will be
impossible to save the country. Per-
haps the time is near when we will
have to tell you that we can no longer
give you the amount of bread you ex-
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