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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
DON'T DO 1T.

Colonel James Galloway, in his very inter-
esting column in the Macon Telegraph, dis
sents to the suggestions that November 18th
be adopted as Thanksgiving day, and gives
reasons in which The News heartily con-
ours.
THE American traditional holiday of
Thanksgiving" he says, SHOULD be kept
separate and distinct There should be no
consolidation Of that and the celebration of
the 18th of November. November 18th will
be the great holiday Of the world. The
United States Thanksgiving has its own in
dividuality, and is born of American his
tory"
To Colonel Galloway we are indebted for
the following interesting information con-
corning the origin and celebration of the
national thanksgiving holiday:
Thanksgiving day is an annual festival
fixed by the president and governors of the
states. Washington appointed thanksgiv-
ing day after the adoption of the constitu-
ton in 1887 and in 1891 for the general
welfare of the nation.
"The first colonial thanksgiving in Geor-
gia was when Ogethorpe celebrated the set
tlement of his colony in Savannah and the
first state thanksgiving was in Augusta
'The first thanksgiving service held in
America was at jamestown in the year 1909.
The colony was in dire distress for food, and
were making plans to sail to the mother
country when Lord Baltimore arrived with
three shiploads of provisions and clothing,
The event was celebrated by thanksgiving
feast. And this was Americas first thanks
giving. The jamestown colony was planted
in the fear of the Lord. Eleven years later
the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth
Rock. They, too, had their season of suf-
fering, and when relief came observed a
thanksgiving.
"The American thanksgiving was handed
down from the jamestown colony and from
the Pilgrims and is now national event
Let it so remain. 1t is purely American
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
Retarding the South.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

The question of government ownership
of the railroads will undoubtedly be upper
most in the public mind during the next two
years
While the country is considering the
question it will be interesting to know
whether or not the attitude of the govern
ment, as expressed in its recent refusal to
permit the railroads now under federal con-
troll to continue their contributions to the
maintenance of development enterprises,
IS to become a fixed policy of government
control.
If hereafter no development enterprise
is to receive support from the railroads this
particular section of the country may well
inquire if the withdrawal Of this material
aid would not offset the advantages that its
advocates claim would accrue from govern
ment ownership.
The wonderful development of the west,
the breaking Of the wilderness, the redemp-
ton of the deserts, the establishment of
countless prosperous farm homes, the build
ing of schools and churches and cities
throughout that great section during the
last half-century have been largely due to
the enterprise and foresight of the rail
roads.
But for the railroads and railroad enter
prise and incentive the great mountain
ranges Of the west would today be barriers
against civilization.
The railroads have been liberal contribu-
tors to the development of the south-a de-
velopment that is still far from complete!
The railroads were anxious to continue
their support of an organization which,
while helping the country along it's lines,
helped them
But when the question of further rail
road contributions under government con-
troll arose it was announced that it would
not be the policy of the railroad administra-
ton to allow the railroads to contribute to
any organization not under federal control.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
A DAY OF THANKSGIVING

In setting part day after tomorrow, No
vember 28th, as the national day of thanks
giving President Wilson has done more than
follow q custom that had become dry
formality. He has summoned the people Of
the nation to the observance of a living pur-
pose. The Puritans after their first harvest.
which followed a winter of pestilence and
famine that would have shaken the faith
OF people less austere in their religion,
expressed their thanks to the Supreme Giver
for having saved them from destruction
At this time the civilized world lifts it's
face heavenward in a prayer of gratitude
for deliverance from a danger more appall-
ing than that which had been faced by the
people of Plymouth. Those who went into
the church in response to the proclamation
of Governor Bradford had escaped the dan
ger of the destruction of body Those who
will enter the churches of this land in re-
spouse to the proclamation of President Will
son have escaped from the danger of
the destruction of the principles upon which
civilization is founded.
When the anthem of "On Earth Peace,
Good Will Towards Men" f1oated down from
the choir loft Of heaven and the blended
voice of celestial singers were echoed and
re-echoed among the clouds that hung over
the Judean hills at night a new principle
of mans relation to man was proclaimed.
Mankind has again received new uplift
in its advance toward the goal Of perfection
How deep the meaning Of the occasion when
man. the creature pivps thanks to Cod the
creator, for the things so accomplished
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
BAN ON PEANUTS LIFTED.

The removal of the restrictions placed
upon the marketing of peanuts by the fed
eral food administration, upon the showing
made by the Georgia bureau of markets,
leaves the market as to that product open
to the influence only of the law of supply
and demand. 1t was promptly recognized
by the food administration that these re-
strictions should never have been placed on
peanuts at all
With the removal of the restrictions
which have already been announced from
Washington, any one can now buy peanuts
without a license, hold them as long as
may be desired, and get all he can for
them. The Federal Reserve Bank has de-
clared that peanuts stored in a reputable
warehouse are Just as good collateral as
cotton.
The advice is renewed to market peanuts
slowly. Producers, by so doing will get a
better price for them than has prevailed
this season
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
ONE OF MANY.

The Chatsworth Times, the only newspa
per published in Murray county. has sue
cumbed to the hardships imposed on thu
printing business by the war, and suspende,
publication. In making the announcement
Editor McGinty says:
After mature consideration the pub
fishers of The ChatsWorth Times have
decided to suspend publication of this
newspaper until conditions which have
been brought about by the war become
more nearly normal.
We have had this matter under con-
sideration for some time, but had hoped
that it would not be necessary to sus-
pend However, the constantly advanc-
ing price of paper and other things nee
essary for the publication of a newspa-
per, together with the fact that the war
has practically destroyed some of the
principal sources of revenue Of the small
newspaper, make it seem advisable to
suspend temporarily
Another consideration which has en-
tered into our decision to suspend is the
matter Of labor It is practically i'm
possible to get any sort of help.
We regret even now to deprive the
county of a newspaper, even for short
period, but we feel that we have al
ready sacrificed more than we should
have for this cause.
While the war has come to an end
it will be several months at best before
conditions will assume anything like
their normal condition. We hope, how
ever, that in a short while we will be
able to have the publication of the pa
per resumed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
The Boy and the Farm.
From Memphis Commercial-Appeal.


For years we have all been thinking that
tha exodus of the boy from the farm and his
eager search for the city was the result of
WEAKNESS of country life and a thirst for the
amusements of the city's great white WAYS ."
But the New York Post has found another
reason which may strike nearer to the root
of the matter. And this is the fact that the
boy-.and the girl-on the farms are not al
lowed to have anything individually their
own. They see their city cousins working in
shops or other emplOyments and keeping the
money thus made Out on the farms thew
themselves feed and water and pillow and
chop and come to the end of the year with
empty hands.
deft rhymer puts into the farmer bows
mouth this significant rhyme:
Il left my dad, his farm, his plough.
Because my calf became his cow;
lett my dad, twas wrong, of course.
Because my colt became his horse"
Here is not only a long missing explana-
ton, but sermon in four lines Everybody
familiar with life on farm recognizes the
ndeIty of the picture, and the Justice of the
boys plea is driven home forciblv. The child
IS told the animal is his, and he puts his
heart INTO the arising but when selling
clme comes the money goes to clad" Some
farmers are actually so mean and stin6v
mat they refuse to give their wives the "egp.
and butter money" these women have earned
with their daily labor in the dairy and the
poultry yard
Here is food for thought for those farmers
who wish to keep their children from the
cues lhere must be a clear understanding
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE BY A GEORGIA
EDITOR TO OLD-FASHIONED MOTHER
From the Hartwell Sun.

From the Hartwell Sun.
Thank God! some of us have an old-fash-
Toned mother. Not woman painted and en-
ameled, with all the society manners and
fine dresses, whose white jeweled hands
never felt the clasp of baby fingers, but a
dear old-fashioned mother with sweet voice,
eyes into whose clear depths the love light
shone and brown hair, just threaded with
silver, lying smooth upon her faded cheek.
Those dear hands worn with toll, gently
guided our steps in childhood, and smoothed
our cheek in sickness, ever bleaching out to
US in yearning tenderness. Blessed is the
memory of the old fashioned mother 1t
floats to US like the beautiful perfume of
some woods blossoms. The music of other
voices may be lost but the enchanting mem
DRY of her will echo in our soul forever"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

The poor editor catches it on all sides,
The doctor buries his mistakes, and goes
right on looking wise. The lawyer covers
his errors with a thick camoufage of tech
nicalities that nobody can see through, but
the busy editor hanging over the forms
until he is ready to drop, goes to press per-
fectly sure that everything is in place only
to find as he looks on the printed page that
the type has been dancing a jig, and little
mistakes that look as big as boxcar type
stare him in the face in fendish glee over
his helplessness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
THE PRINT PAPER FAMINE.

Newspaper is being made from sawdust.
The London Times says: "Sawdust is a by
product produced in Britain. 1t takes the
place of wood pulp, the importation of
which is greatly reduced owing to govern
eminent restrictions. Sawdust paper is
manufactured by the Donside paper mills,
Aberdeen, where experiments have been in
progress for a considerable time and are
still being carried on in the hope of effect
ing further improvements"
The importance of the new process to the
newspaper business cannot be overesti-
mated. Sawdust newsprint paper, if en-
tirely successful, means to some extent the
alienation of the present famine. The war,
as is generally known, has forced newsprint
paper to new high rates, and actually has
resulted in scores of small newspapers be-
ing forced out of business, either because
of inability to buy enough paper for their
needs, or inability to pay the price demand
ed by paper makers.
And the end is not yet. In fact, the sit
uation is even worse than it has been, and
the war industries board has issued an order
forbidding the shipment of paper to pub
fishers except by special permission
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

Dawson sportsmen have taken advantage
Of the fine days since the opening of the
hunting season Wednesday, and parties have
been out bright and early every day in
search of game. Those who are informed
as to the local outlook report birds plentiful
this season, and owing to the abundant grain
crops they are in prime condition for fur
nishing toothsome meals. County Game
Warden McNiel is authority for the state
ment that not so many licenses as usual
have been issued.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

Sister Emily Woodward, of the Vienna
News, is one of Georgia's bright lady edi-
tors, and has knack of saying much in
few lines. IF the same amount of energy
that was expended in celebrating the an
nouncement of peace" she says, "had been
utilized each day for the winning of the
war the celebration might have been staged
much earlier than it was"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

as to individual rights When things are nut
on Q business basis and the boys and Girls
see the visible results Of their abors there
viii be heartier cooperation, and more of
the younger generation may remain in the
rural districts. Every farmer father who
reads that rhyme above should cut It out and
study its meaning
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
THE USUAL ORDER REVERSED

From Swainsboro Forest-Blade.
colored man from the country walked
into the store of one of our merchants the
other day and remarked, "Boss, I've been
trading with you a mighty long time, but
things shore have changed from what they
used to be. I used to bring my money in my
pocket and carry off the goods in a sack.
but now have to bring my money in a sack
and can carry off the goods in my pocket"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

You may get your rights by insisting on
them, but you will never get satisfaction.
People who go through life exacting certain
things from those about them, claiming jeal-
ously what they consider their due, miss all
that makes life glad. Spontaneous affection
which bubbles up like a spring, kindness
which finds its reward in the doing are
never the portion of the people who claim
their rights
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

The trip abroad of the president and his
participation in the preliminary discussion
of the peace conference has invoked both
criticism and commentator. There seems
to me no sound reason against the course
upon which the chief executive has decided.
1t is out of the ordinary, it is true. But the
times and the occasion are likewise unusual
The presence of the president at the peace
council cannot injure the influence of the
nation of which he is the head. Whatever
honOrs are extended the president because
of his visit to Europe will be to him as the
head of the government.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
The Answered Call.

France We have answered your call,
And aved you from destruction and fall
Our long sanding debt to you is paid,
Though many brave sacrifices have been
made.
Columbia heard and needed your cry
That stirred the spirit that meier will die,
That sent the streams of khaki-clad heroes
10 meet and CONQUER the whole nations foes.
Your people cheered them along their way,
frightened and comforted them dav by day,
Talked together of Lafayette,
And how America repaid her debt
Your men and ours fought side by side.
Struggling together over battlefields wide,
Sharing all joys and sorrows together
Linking closer the hearts of allied brothers.
We hope forever to be united,
All malice and strife arghted
May we always be the Allies,
With no war to darken the skies.
KATIE BRIDGES.
Eighth grade, Bronwood High School
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

The congress which will assume office on
March 4th next will have great problems
to deal with. 1t will be tremendous task
TO change the country back to civil life after
being absolutely absorbed in war for two
years
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

Many articles of clothing and household
supplies must be purchased this winter The
advertising columns of The News are full
of suggestions, and should be of real help
in buying the right things economically
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

Why not send ship load of sawdust to
the Germans? Their war scientists boasted
that they were so intellectual they could
make food from such material.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26

Europe has no place for kings Within
a few weeks the kaiser, five kings, seven
princes and ten dukes have abdicated their
thrones, the majority of them seeking Sc
clusion. And there are still more to fol-
low
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-26
OUR BAPTIST FRIENDS.

OUR BAPTIST FRIENDS.
From the Savannah Press.
The Baptists of Georgia are getting out of
debt, but they would never be happy unless
they were in deep water over something.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-09
BAKER TO ENLARGE
 FIVE BIG HOSPITALS
This Will Cost $6S5, ,O0O and Exten- sion of Camps Will Cost
 $18,O0O,0OO.

Washington, Nov. 9.---The War De-
 partment announced yesterday that
 orders have been given for altering
 five buildings and institutions for hos
 p1tal purposes at an approximate cost .of $6S5.0O0. Of this $235,O0 is to be
 spent for alterations on the West chester County Alrnshouse, Westches- ter, N. Y, where beds will be provid- ed for 1850 wounded soldiers. The buildings of the Exposition Park property, Rochester, N. Y, are to be modified to accommodate 1000 soldiers. This will cost $175,0O0 The Commonwealth Armory at Boston. the West Baden Hotel, West Baden, Ind, and the Henry Ford Hospital also are to be modified and extended In all beds will be provided for 4,65O men. The War Department has author ized additional constrduction at sev- eral large camps at a cost of $1S,- O00,000 Contracts for the purchase of ,O00 leather jerkins to cost $3,7O3,- 400, have been awarded to 23 manu- factturers.
 1 A Board of Contract Adjustment has l been constituted by Secretary Baker
 to hear and determine all claims or 1 disputes over any contract by the War ItDepartment. The decisions of the board will be final, but provision is
 mace for an appeal to the Secretary l of War
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-09
A. K. MACOMBER TO RETAIN HIS
 RAGING STOCK

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 9-A. K Ma comber's. racing colors will be seen on the race tracks of New York next year. With the prospect of peace before the end of the year he has changed his plans for 1919. He sent word to Walter Jennings, his trainer, today not to sell any more horses. With the war over Mr. Macomber will be at liberty to devote his attention to the turf as his war work for the government will not require his ac- tual attendance in California.
 q am certainly glad that MT. Ma comber has decided to continue in racing next year." said Trainer Jen- nings "and I know that racegoers will be elated when they hear the news, for his colors always have been popular. But Pm sorry that I sold any of MT. Macomber's horses. I had an offer of $1O,OO0 for Star Master, but rejected it.
 T didn't mind losing Motor Cop 50 much, but | would have liked to keep War Marvel and War Pennant, as they are colts of the highest class and most promising timber for next years Derbies."
 The Macomber horses probably will winter at Mr. Macomber's stable at Belmont Park instead of at Silver brook Stock Farm, New Jersey, as | was planned.
 Flags never ran a better race in his i career than he did in the Annapolis l Handicap at the Pimlico track yester- day. He carried 129 pounds and was | hampered in the early stages of the
 race, but he managed to get up in time to nip Jock Scott, the pacemaker
 on the post by a nose. The time 1:11 4-5, was not only the fastest of 1 the meeting, but equalled the track record:
 Motor Cop, the favorite, had soant
 opportunity to show his brilliant
 speed, as hA was caught in a pocket
 at the start and kept there. The Walden Stakes for two year
 olds at mile and the remount race
 for stallions eligible to become the 1 property of the government are the
 features of the Pimlico card today.
 Billy Kelly will carry 130 pounds in
 the Walden and if he can do this and
 win at the distance, the longest of | the season for two year olds, there
 can be no disputing his claim to the | title of champion.
 The remount race Is offered at the
 request of the remount division of l the War Department. The Maryland 1 Jockey club has decided to purchase any or all of the contestants for Un- cle Sam. The price of each stallion has been established at $10O0.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-09
Georgia "F. F." Girls
 In the Cotton Field

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 9-Animated by the Twin the war; spirit, Southern girls have left their knitting and abandoned their club meetings to go into the cotton fields.
 The labor problem has become acute all over the country, but mo- where has it affected agriculture so seriously as in this section. Largely dependent upon the negro population 10 do farm work and help in harvest ing all crops, the South was handi- capped before the war began by the exodus of negroes to New York, New Jersey and other sections of the North and East where higher pay was prom ised. Then, when the war came. thousands of negroes were drafted, and thousands more were taken for war work As consequence, it soon to grow one. Now, with the cotton crop in danger, the debutantes are leading the way to its saving.
 The movement had it's start in Richmond county, where young women of the first families volunteer ed to go into the fields and pick the cotton. Then it spread to Lithonia Ga, where the members of the Ro- salie Howell Patriotic League, named after an Atlanta girl now a nurse in
 a French hospital. followed the exam pie. Now prominent Atlanta girls have donned overalls and gone into the cottoS. fields and the money they make will | given, to the Red Cross.
 Tn ge girls are the Misses Cornelia
 Walk IT, Martha Louise Casselle, Ven-
 ice N tyson, Henrietta Davis, Wickliffe ! Worn :, Virginia Walker, Mary Nelson Lela .3onder and Sarah Kennedy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-09
WARNING TIMELY

You are in danger of catch ing the grip if you are weak and rundown.
 The grip germ finds it's earl jest victims among those whose resisting power is lowest.
 The pure food elements in Father Johns Medicine build energy to resist grip garms.
 The gentle laxative effect of Father Johns Medicine helps to drive out impurities.
 You are safe when you take Father Johns Medicine because it is guaranteed free from alco- hol or dangerous drugs in any form.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-09

The members of Troop S4 turned out for the meeting in good shape on Friday evening expecting to have little Halloween party all their own. But expectation do not always come true, because instead of having little party, Troop 10 came march ing in without any warning whatso- ever and we all had a "big" time and I think a jolly time. Naturally we did not have supplies enough when we had expected only our own boys, but I haven't heard of any of the boys who starved. It seems that one surprise isn't enough for tfiis troop for. one evening, SO MT. Butler, the Scout Executive, came in later in the evening. When things were pret- ty nearly. over, MT. Storrs invited the troop to his meeting of this week and you may be sure that we accept ed with greatest of pleasure. He told us that we would have to go through a "Ch2mbe of Mystery" but we will be glad of the chance.
 Jesse Williams, Scribe.