The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29

! Many of the weekly newspapers are on tn
ragged edge" now, and should the war ia
on mail and newspaper advertising becom
law many of them will be forced to sus
pend publication. The heavy expense at
tached to newspaper publishing in recen
years has about hit the limit now, and an,
more expense tackled on will put the kibosl
| to some of them.
Terrell county is producing feed and food
and cotton has been relocated to a nino,
place in the agricultural scheme This is ;
remarkable condition to take place in the
banner cotton county, but the determination
to feed folks instead of boil weevils is ne
doubt money-making change of system
We believe Terrell will realize all she plan,
for.
An effort was made in the house, DURING
discussion of the revenue bill, to secure ad.
ditional exemption for married men with
children, but it failed. 1t would be impos-
sible, of course, to fashion any tax bill 50
as to do precise justice to all, but it does
seem as if a body of $7,5OO-men ought to
be able to avoid obvious injustice.
Advice from editorial rooms and office
desks isn't of great deal of use in the act
ual harvesting and planting Farm work is
skilled labor, and requires brains and ener-
gy. The odd job man and the driftwood
of town and city will do for an odd days
work in an emergency, but the real farm
worker is a different proposition.
With the failure of winter wheat in Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, and poor
crop prospects in Argentina, there never
was before and probably never will be
again such a chance to make money from
cornfield. And nowhere can larger yields
of corn be made than right here in South
west Georgia.
Senator Hoke Smith favors the construc-
ton of freight cars by the government to
handle the traffic at home while we are fur
nishing ships to carry on commerce with
foreign nations, says the Moultrie Observer.
And why not? Home interests should be
looked after first
What would have been done three or
four years ago to man who predicted that
in the year 1917 fiat 10 per cent in
crease in all American tariff schedules would
be accepted as an incident unworthy Of
general discussion?
The report that eastern hotels are short
of help is almost too good to be true. If the
liveried opportunities that formally infest-
ed the approach to the desk have been thin
ned out this war has not been in vain.
If you are over Fl and under 81 years
of age you must register under the conscrip-
ton act. The age limit has been fixed and
your country wants your name.
You can never tell. There is one chance
in a thousand that the excited man who
reports having seen a submarine may have
seen one.
There is mighty little that can be done
for the malady of the man who ACQUIRES
the idea that all the girls are crazy about
him.
After little experience with the new
war taxes you will have no further Difficult
ty in taking your castor oil straight.
Buy liberty bond for your baby. 1t will
cash in about the time college expenses will
commence.
There is decrease in the loss of ships
by submarine warfare. This is hopeful.
A HOPE THAT is IN VAIN.
From the Darien Gazette.
The lawyers and politicians are still un-
able to decide whether an officer has the
right to search fellows home for whisky
Governor Harris says that private home
cannot be searched only for stolen goods
We hope the day will come when the Iegis.
lature will pass few laws that the people
can understand. However, this will never
be done until we have legislature without
any lawyers.
Sad Either Way.
From the Walton News.
That valuable exchange, The Dawson
News, publishes the following:
''The old forms of polteness seem
to be passing away The use of the
word thanks is heard less and less