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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
SATURDAY NIGHT SKETCHES.

The News has received a copy of the book
of Editor John L. Herring, of the Triton
Gozette, entitled Saturday Night Sketches. ="
1t is one of the most interesting contribu-
tions to the literature of the day, dealing
with various phases of the fife of the pio-
neers of the wiregrass region of South GeOr-
gia-their habits, customs, fro1ics, labors
loves and lives. 1t is dedicated to the moth.
err of the author, as follows: "To my mother
who, like the wiregrass pioneer, is now a sa.
cred memory" In explaining the title OF
the book the author says:
Saturday night in the Southland is a
breathing space between the work of
the week and the devotions of the NOR
row. In Yiregrass Georgia there were
frolics of all kinds-candy-p ullings, old
fashioned dances and singing schools
Of course, there was counting at all of
them. On Saturday, and on other days
as WELL there was fodder-puIling, cane
grinding, contemplating and log-roII-
ing; but they were fun because every
body pitched in and they all had jolly
time after the work was done. To any
one familiar with the old-time South
this book will bring back a host of
pleasant memories, for it gives vivid
picture of those wonderful days when
life was simple and people were sim
cere.
With unpretentious charm and in homel!
way Mr.. Herring brings in review the Gle
days which have passed away. The bool
will be widely read with pleasurabIe inter
est
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
CORN PRICES IN THE sos.

From the Ida Grove Qowa) Record.
Jimmy" Bresnahan has good reason to
remember his first pair of long pants, with
their Accomplishments, coat and vest. He
told a representative of this paper last Sat
urday that in the latter part of the SOS he
"lamped" stylish suit in one of Ida Groves
clothing stores, marked SO. Then he return
ed home to Silver Greek township and told
his father that he wanted to break into
society by investing in new clothing. His
father told him to haul sufficient corn to Ida
Grove to pay for the suit, and it took Just
ninety bushels of good sound corn to pay
for that suit, the late Geo. A. Cobb giving
Jimmy" a cent more than the market
price, 10 cents per bushel. Mr.. Bresnahan
says that the same corn, if cribbed now,
would bring over $1,000 for seed, for he
hasn't any doubt but every ear would have
been suitable for planting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
Some Big Catches.

Anglers on the coast of Florida often
catch sharks weighing 100 pounds with a Is
ounce rod. On the California coast. too,
huge sharks II feet or Is feet long are
bagged. Occasionally a tartar is caught
which ends the business by smashing not
only the line but the boat
The gentlemen anglers of the Californian
coast actually have a challenge cup for the
biggest swordfsh caught in the course of
the season. The record is a fish $50 pounds
In weight, and the sport is described as about
as exciting as tiger hunting
Indeed, the taking of huge game fish with
rod and line has latterly become one of the
most exciting and fascinating sports in the
world. One of the gamiest fishes. beating
even the salmon of Scotch rivers. is the
tuna. 1t commonly runs to 200 pounds. and
the first thing it does when hooked is to
rush away at terrific speed. A hooked tuna
has been known to tow boat for IA hours
and ultimately escape
The tarpon is just as game when hooked.
Both it and the tuna leap out of the water
Prod!glous heights, and when a 2OO-pound
fish Jumps clean out of the water it makes
a splash The record for rod and line is $50
pounds for the tuna and 223 pounds for
the tarpon, but they run three times as bio
as TINS The Tuna and Tarpon clubs in Cal
HornIa are very exclusive. Members must
90 something big in the way of angling be-
fore they stand a chance of election.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
TERRIBLE SHELLFIRE.
Tons of Projectiles Rained on Every
Square Yard of Enemy Territory
Before an Advance.
The ordinary newspaper reader has hnt

The ordinary newspaper reader has but
vague idea of the terrible pummeling and
churning that is wrought on a line of
trenches before the masses of infantry
sweep forward to complete the work begun
by the cannons of big calibre He realizes
but family what the term Intensive bonn
bardment' stands for.
During the recent French attacks on the
western front every square yard of terri
tory held by the enemy's advanced elements
was drenched by 814 pounds of proiectiles
from the field or light artillery. The trench
mortars added 4O6 pounds of their own par
ticular brand of iron and slugs; the heavy
artillery contributed 1,4O8 pounds for their
share, to which the biggest long-range guns
added 576 pounds of the highest explosive
shells invented.
For every square yard, therefore, a to-
tai OF 1886 pounds of death-dealing metal
was expended, or almost a ton and a half
for space of SO inches long by SO inches
wide. The famous French ''seventy-fves"
fired on an average of 100000 times a
month, and during one of the recent often
slves the cannon of all calibres attained
the prodlgious figure of 100000 rounds
IN little less than week, even after the
French had turned over 800 heavy guns to
their allies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
Pass A Law.

Are your neighbors very bad?
Pass law!
Do they smoke? Do they chew?
Pass . law!
Are they bothering you?
Don't they do as you would do?
Pass q law!
Are your wages awful low?
Pass q lawi
Are the prices much too high?
Do the wife and babies cry
Cause the turkey roost so high?
Pass 3 law!
When the Nj. D. finds new diseases
Pass ? law!
Got the mumps or enfOrmitis.
Measles, Group or "Expiritis?"
Lest we all should fly to pieces
Pass . law!
Are the lights a-burning red?
Pass law!
Paint EN- green, or paint 'em white,
Close up all them places tight!
My, our state is such a sight!
Pass law!
No matter what the trouble is.
Pass law!
Goodness sakes, but amt it awful!
My! what are we going to do?
Almost anything amt lawful
And the judge is human, too!
Pass a law!
Columbia State.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
OUR WIND PROGRAM.

Major William A. Bishop, Canada's great
est airman, who has pastmed in France
most of the time since the summer of 1914,
and who has destroyed on his own account
some forty planes, has checked up progress
on the aerial program of the United States,
and delivered his conclusions in an address
to a Canadian club at Montreal. Montreal,
it may be said in passing, still harbors Can
adian clubs
Major Bishop says, putting it badly, that
the American aircraft program is "far be-
hind the SCHEDULED" that owing to the press
agenting given to that program Germany
has already greatly augmented her over
head strength; that France is unable to add
to her aerial squadron during the first half
of 1918, and that therefore during the next
three months England twill have to face
the most terrible time she has yet faced
especially from the point OF view of war in
the air" While American aerial aid "may
be felt later in the year, the United States
will not be a factor for the German airmen
to reckon with during the spring, he add
ed.
Well, there isn't anything very surprising
about that. Without going a bit deeper into
the subject the statements of Major Bishop
may be accepted with what face we can put
upon it. When we began talking about win
ming the war in the air-a line of talk, by
the way, that had the mschfevous effect of
leading people to hope for some sort of
magical victory-we talked too big A few
American leaders deprecated it, but others
added their flip. And by and by con
siderable portion of the American people
began to look for swarms of battle planes
to mobilize like locusts after a few passes
of somebody's potent wand.
Germany at the beginning said we wert
bluffing That was not quite true. Gu
heads were in the clouds, all right, but on
feet proved to be a considerable distance
from the ground 1t is to be regretted tina
our foolish talk some months ago has lie,
TO Germanys preparation that will TO
awhile disadvantage our brave Associates.
But somehow or other Britain and France
with their Major Bishop and their Captain
Guynemers, will muddle through. And il
time, even if not in due time, the America
squadrillas will be there. And then it ma
be possible for America to atone with. blow
for its rather unfortunate blowing.
incidentally, though, it might not be amis
to find out whether any of the delay 0
which Major Bishop speaks was unneces
sarv, and whether for the future it is avoid
able.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
Can You Locate Him?
From the Dalton Citizen.

You have seen him and heard him talk,
so have we-the almost perfect man. He
Is that kind of a man because he modestly
and demurely says so himself. He stands on
the street corners and points the finger of
scorn at nearly everybody who passes. He
can pick flaws in all of them, and tell you
all the bad about them with never whisper
of charity or syllable of love. He is a Cos
sip, and all the scandal of the community
falls readily from his lips. He never con-
tributes to any worthy cause outside of his
begrudged donations to the church which he
belongs to, and he belongs not for the pur-
pose of lettering humanity or for making
the burden of the weary and heavy laden
any lighter, but for the sinister purpose of
adding responsibility to his name which his
character cannot.
He impugns the motives of all his neigh
bors who do things. He is against every i'm
provement for the betterment of the COM
munity in which he lives and makes his
money, and sees graft and intrigue in all
officials whose actions and deeds are remov-
ed one degree from niggardliness.
The burdens and wants of the poor are
nothing to him, for his acts of kindness and
charity proceed only from his lips and not
from his heart. He gives nothing and takes
all He radiates gloom and kills cheer. He
thinks evil and speaks evil of ALL He alone
knows how to run the country, and how to
prosecute the war. His face is long and his
Abs, Obs and Aliens are ominous and for
bidding.
Every community has one or more of him,
and his first name is HYPOCRISY!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
A SERIOUS OUTLOOK.

From the Savannah Press
The extreme seriousness of the sit
uation should not in any way be mini
mlzed. No attempt should be made by
any one to minimize it. The people
should be made to realize the fact as
it stands, and that fact is that the en-
tente allies in general and the United
States in particular are facing crisis
the like of which they have not here
tofore faced. AS the situation presents
itself at this moment it appears that it
could scarcely be more criticaI-CoI-
umbus Enquirer-Sun.
We think there is far less tendency il
Georgia now to minimize the European sit
uation as it affects America than ever be
fore. We will have to fight the kaiser, AM
fight him hard And that is what most O
us are prepared to do.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Nearly every day now the papers bring
reports of casualties in Pershing's force
in France. We may expect these daily re-
ports to continue, and the list to grow day
by day as more of our men are concentrate
ed in France, and have more and more act
i've part in military operations there That
is the fate of war, and inevitable. We knew
that it would be so when we sent the men
abroad, and must meet that phase of the
matter in the right spirit. We are in the
war to win it, and our fortitude and deter.
minatiOn must be equal to all the demands
of war, even to giving up many of our brav.
est and best.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
WAY BACK IN ST WAS SOME WINTER,

From the Webster City Qowa) Journal.
January of TINS year was cold for fact,
but nothing like they used to have back in
81, when steam from the tea kettle would
fall in snow upon the kitchen floor and when
the breath of the sturdy pioneer would blow
back in his face in the form of icicles. That
was the winter when the snow was so deep
they had to build extensions to chimneys on
one-story cabins, and the only wav thev
could get out of the house was through a
hole in the roof. That was some winter. ac-
cording to the oldest 1nhaBitant in COMPARE
son with which this has been like summer
zephyr at the equator.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

The recent delightful weather had its in
f7uence with Dawson hOusekeepers, and ev-
licences of spring gardening can be seen in
every part of the city-women busy them
selves putting in shape the plot of ground
that later on is to yield nutritious and en-
joyable green stuff, made possible without
going to the grocer. 1t is an encouraging
sign. Let US hope it will be in vogue by all
classes of people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
SOME WOMEN, TO BE sUREr

From the Early County News.
Mr.. Lamar Williams asserts that the
best looking women are found in Ma
con, which means, of course, that Mr..
Williams has never been in Dawson.
Dawson News.
Rainey, we know you have some good
looking women in Dawson, but to see the
finest, all round best looking women in
Dixie you should come to Blakely, the only
town that has preserved the old time, be
fore-the-war good looks and good cooks
with the original Confederate flag pole
which stands on the public square, where il
was placed in May, 1861.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Corn meal and all substitutes for -four
are now high and going higher every day
The new order compelling their use is send
ing them higher. Most of the men who hold
such foods do not care for the people and
what it costs them to live, or whether they
live or die for want of food Just so long as
they can reap a big profit from what they
have to sell. There is no reason, justice or
common sense of having corn meal sell for
five cents a pound while flour sells for
about 6 cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

1t is alright to minimize politics as poll
tics is generally understood, but it would be
the limit of idiocy to forget that United
States senator, congressman, state officials
and legislators must be elected and public
affairs must go on properly under the best
men we are able to elect. And every one
of them should be 100 per cent good men
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

1t will be invariably observed that when
Mr.. Lloyd George takes firm stand he ad-
mits that he is not infallible, and that if
he is wrong the people have the right to cor
rect him. Possibly that is because under the
British governmental system there would
be no chance to get away with the 'what
are you going to do about it," stuff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

For twenty-three years Editor John Her
ring has made the Triton Gazette one of
Georgia's best and most useful newspapers.
A pioneer newspaper man of this section,
he has done able and valuable work in max
ing known its unsurpassed advantages and
bringing about its development Especially
are Triton and Tiff county greatly indebt-
ed to him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
sHELLMAN's EXCEPTIONAL RECORD

From the Hartwell Sun.
The enterprising town of Shellman in
Randolph county, adjoining Terrell, has set
for itself the goal of selling one thrift
stamp to every man, woman and child of it's
population, including blacks and whites and
any other colors and races and nationalities.
Up to date just one other town in the whole
United States has been able to make this
record this being Charlotte Mich.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
THRIFTLESS FARMERS.

From the Macon News.
The Darien Gazette calls attention to the
fact that it is a common sight to see farm
ers carrying home from the city rutabagas
grown in Canada. There is no people ON
earth except our own who would stand up
under this wasteful policy for long, and now
that the food crisis is acute it is certainly
time that we paid attention to the primary
demands of self-support.
has, killed itself because it went elsewhere
to buy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Enough has been revealed by investiga-
ton of the packers at Chicago to indicate
that prices are being controlled, and that
the consumers are paying the freight" 1t
is likely the packers will be told not to do
it again. That is the way the government
dealt with the newsprint thieves. After hav-
ing discovered that they stole $4,000 from
the publishers of the country they were told
that they could keep the swag if they would
stop stealing. That is not the exact Ian
guage used, but it means the same.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Editor Jack Patterson has acquired the
Covington News, and already there is no.
ticeable improvement in that always splen-
did paper. We wish him and the retiring
editor, Mr.. Frank Raglan, mighty well in
their new endeavors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Savannah is receiving with becoming
modesty congratulations on having, been Sc
lected by the government for a 1O,0OO-ton
dry dock. We wish to join in the felicita-
tions. Savannah has never Jared as we'll as
she deserves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Dawson should rot let 1918 pass without
paved streets and a white way. One of the
very best towns in Georgia, it is in this
respect far behind smaller and less preten-
tious places. In fact, it stands almost alone
fact not at all credtable TO our civic
pride.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
OBITUARY OF A STORE.

From the Sandersville Progress
The Dawson News recently published an
obituary notice of store whose proprietor
did not believe that it was necessary TO ad-
vertise The merchant had to make an as
signment for the benefit of his creditors he
cause the patronage was not sufficient to
meet the current expenses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

The New York World has approached all
the American forefathers in its vicinity, and
announces that they are unanimously in
favor of Wilson and Baker as against
Chamberlain, Hitchcock, Wadsworth and
Roosevelt. That clinches it,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Some of our contemporaries are claiming
to have the prettiest women in Georgia. Of
course. We want to concede here and now
that every town has the prettiest women
in the woodland also some of the ugliest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

While the farmer is being urged to do
his best no orders have been issued short
ening his day, as the town fellows day and
the railroad mems day have been shorten
ed. No eight-hour day there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

The secretary of war is heartily in favor
of the policy of military parades. No one,
however, is more conversant than the secre-
tary with the difference between parading
and being paraded
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Now that the supreme war counsel, or
whatever it calls itself, has been cuffed
soundly on the ear we trust it will not issue
any more of those Eight onv statements.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26
NOTICE.

Positively no hunting or fishing
Will be allowed on my place. All
trespassers will be prosecuted.
MRS. JULIA NASWORTHY
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Not only was Mr.. Trotzky clever enough
to make his bluff pay, but he was wise
enough to quit while the quitting was at
least possible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

An exchange thinks that Miss Rankin,
on the whole, has done no worse than the
average male congressman. For heavens
sake! has she done as badly as that?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Before ever the country is inveigled into
observing a commemorative Garfield day it
will have to be made very plain that it is
to be James A., not DR.. Harry one.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Happily, it doesn't cost any fuel to make
the political pot boil.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-26

Spare the pullet, and don't swat the roos-
ter quite yet.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-19
HURLEY WANTS WORLD
STANDARD FOR SEAMEN
Chairman OF shipping Board Will
Try to Reach International
Agreement on Wages.
UNIONS APPROVE PROPOSAL
vessels Will Soon BE Avail; BILE for
Commercial Routes With South
America, Africa and Asia as Well
as With Europe.
UNIONS APPROVE PROPOSAL
tBy Associated Press. !

WASHINGTON. November lS.-Chair.
man Hurley. OF the Shipping Board,
who sailed for Europe last Saturday
to prepare for the returning OF Ameri-
can troops and for moving needed food
supplies to the war-famished nations
overseas. also plans to seek an inter
national agreement between govern
CARNATIONS OF the principal maritime
powers for standardization of seamen's
wages and working conditions.
IT was stated to-day that MIR Hurley
rxpccts to propose that tho American
laws and tho agreements between the
government and the Scamen's unions
or these. subjects be accepted as the
standards. and il is understood that
The American Federation of Labor and
the British Scamen's Union are pre-
pared to support the proposal.
rlated by Mir. Hurley, it was said.
would eliminate the chief difficult.. that
has confronted American shipping in
tcrcsts in past years in their attempts
other nations. The standards for
American seamen are said to be the
Highest IN the world. and now that this
on the seas. officials believe that unless
some international agreement Is reach
ed. great proportion OF trained sea
men VIII be attracted TO the American
merchant marine.
IT was lea rncd to-day that the Ship
ping Board. as far as consistent with
ne necessities OF government needs. is
and that within n few months officials
hope TO have American ships CARRYING
a nee e!dn eommodi,ies OF peace to South
as we'll as TO Europe.
some ships requisitioncd by the
shipping Board during Inc war are be
nS turncd BACK to private owners. In
all, some 100000 tons of shipping was
rsquisiticned.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-19
ALLIES WILL HAVE TO SAVE
GERMANY FROM STARVATION
First Duty VIII he to Feed Recovered
Territories. Says Nr.
ttynes.

i,nNioH. November lS.-British Food
s0n'Eoile er;, J; clynes; writing in the
i ems wb 1hmes s says Hs, one Of the prob
ana her allies in the immediate future
INC iceuns Of the destitute and al
r rDrons s''r.Ty h masses OF Continental
Europe mere is no doubt that the
condition OF the enemy countries and
some OF the ncutrais is almost on the
n"tdsr !ne OF starvation. This mat
cnore o"S when we cannot afford to
loses obligations on US and we cannot
"hord TO disregard a mass OF starry
ing humanity
~ IS satisfaction 10 me to have
zen ahie' in conjunction with MIR.
liooFcr, NJ Boret and Signor Crespi. to
SCI up an interallied food council,
provide food for the allies and which
can now be used for arranging supplies
aor recovered territories and lastly for
9snized territories w!ll certainly have
first claim upon our attention. Eman-
G I peoples in Belgium. Northern
rance, rance, Italy and the balkans are al
reaoy receiving supplies through our
interallied organization.
We must OF necessity be satisfied
as 70 me actual conditions OF the Ger
man people before sending our helm
10 them. One OF the frSt Jobs will he
70 ascertain exactly the condition in
I'chbm ny ana Austria. and next week
with MI Hoover and tho other food
controllers az meeting OF the inter-
allied council"
still necessity for strict economy ~
home
Sir j Beale. first secretary OF the
BRUSH MINISTRY OF Food while en-
phasizing that Germany has onlv her
sell 10 blame for her present food silt
uation. said:
ny good fortune there has heen 90
tabiished in London within the VAST
rev months an organization capable OF
handling this difficult preliminary OF
neace, namely: some measure OF pro-
cognatc diflicui,,esI that are like,w 70
crop UP long after peace Is siGnedi,