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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
MOVIES IN THE CHURCH.

A number of ministers in attendance at
the Methodist Centenary at Columbus, Ohio,
have approved the plan for introducing NOV
ing pictures in the churches on Sunday.
There are directors to the scheme. They
declare that this innovation would change
the Sabbath from day of spiritual uplHt
to one of recreation and amusement. If the
innovation becomes general it will require
time. and many of those who are adherents
of the belief that the Sabbath was made
for man and not man for the Sabbath must
pass from church activity before it holds
the entire confidence of the ministry.
The same gathering of Methoaists which
is considering the adoption of moving plct-
ures secured the attendance of Sergeant AL
vim C. York, who is not a member of that
denomination, ostensibly as drawing card.
Another feature of the same day was Com
mander A. C. Reed, who piloted the NC-4
seaplane in its flight across the Atlantic,
Neither of these men has achieved marked
distinction in secular fields, if killing the
enemy bv wholesale can be termed secular.
No criticism attaches to the gathering fo1
offering these attractions. The point Is that
they were elements outside of church actlVl-
ties. They are rot the same as the parade
headed by a camel rider celebrating the in
coming of the prohibition law. That was re-
ioicing over an accomplishment in which the
church had considerable part. If, then,
York and Reed were diversions why should
not the church adopt the moving picture as
q diversion?
The movie is not evil per Sc. 1t becomes
an agency of evil only when used for that
purpose. The Bible is filled with thrilling
dramas which, if presented on the screen,
would give the church goer new and clear
err concept of the events. What boy would
not forsake a swim to see movie of the
battle between the shepherd boy with his
sling and pebbles against the Phlllstlne
giant with his shield and broadsword? What
boy would not spend the next week in trying
to fashion a similar instrument, just as he
tries to initiate the performers in the circus?
Gideons army, which threw the enemy into
confusion by its lighted candles, would have
a new interest to young and old if they saw
it visualized.
1t might be said that this method would
be proclamation CT that which is sacred. But
what is the difference between the depletion
of the event on the screen and the too Of
ten bungling word depletion of the same
event in the pulpit? Proclamation is in IN
tent. not in act
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
FOR CLEANER MONEY.

A bill which has been introduced by Con-
gresham Charles H. Brand, of Georgia,
is step in the right direction, and should
speedily be made law. 1t is measure for
cleaner currency, and would affect every
community in Georgia, especially South
west Georgia, where there are perhaps more
nasty, greasy one dollar bills in circulation
than anywhere else in the world. They are
regarded by competent medical authorities
as a menace to health.
Congressman Brands bill authorizes the
secretary of the treasury to ship at govern
ment expense fresh currency to or from any
bank in the United States which requests
this service in exchange for old currency
of the same denomination
Bully for Brand! We will all owe him a
vote of thanks if he pushes his measure to
early and successful passage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
s. A DAY AT 81.

A Chicago man, 81 years old, one time
a millionaire but now broke, walked into
a federal employment agency the other day
and secured job paying $4 a day. man
81 years old who can "pull down" $4 a day
isn't ready for the junk pile by a long way,
remarks a contemporary.
The old man in question, says reliable re-
port, is the person who used to make the
little school states with the red frames
around them. If this is true, and he would
really rather loaf than earn his livelihood
at 81, it should not be a difficult matter for
the former users of those red framed states
to raise a sufficient sum to keep the old man
in comfort But $4 day at 81 is doing
pretty well.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
The Touch of the Years.
By George Matthew Adams.

Time is the master painter Every deli
cate tint-every marvellous combination
every mysterious mixture he understands,
Time paints faces, bodies, cities and ma
tions.
But the most marvellous pictures of all
are those which he paints upon the lines
and planes of peoples faces.
His brush is the touch Of the years
And while time does the actual painting
and picturing he always cOnsults with and
works with and lives with the one whose
picture he paints.
Sometimes he chisels burrows across great
and noble brows, each with million mean
ings Sometimes he touches jet and makes
it silver-sometimes changes summer to
winter. But although Time is memorable he
is very kind and gentle and tender
Age has nothing to do with time. For with
age time is forever and there is no measure
ment of space.
Time is no respector of persons or cir
cumstance. Every face and every body bears
his stamp. Sometimes that stamp is beautl-
full and sometimes not. But if you Will 1t
So time will always make what he leaves
good and beautiful.
Your eyes may reflect something more
beautiful than any work of Raphael. Across
every plane of your face may wander the
touches of the years that mean happiness
and inspiration and gladness to everyone
who looks at you.
Never mind what the mirror says: Keep
playing in the yard of youth-and your
heart will take care of everything else.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
SAMUEL AND SWEET SARAH.

The following was sent to The News by a
subscriber:
Sir Samuel Simms saw sweet Sarah Sam
son swimming. Suddenly she seemed sink
ING. Sir Samuel stood stunned Striding sea-
ward spurning single, Sir Samuel skillfulIy
SWAN Sarah-ward. Sir Samuel skiilfully sup
ported swooning Sarah. Swimming shore
ward, Sir Samuel successfully succored Sa-
rah Seeming somewhat shaky, Sir Samuel
sampled some spirits-special Scotch.
Sarah saw Sir SamuePs self-sacrifcing
spirit. Sir Samuel saw Sarah's sweetness
Sir Samuel soon sought Sarah Striding
slowly. Sarah sighed softly. Sir Samuel
seemed speeches..
"Say something. Sir Samuel" said Sarah.
"Say Sam Sarah" said Sir Samuel.
Sarah, smiling shyly, softly said Sam
"Sarah-Sally," stammered Samuel.
''Sweet Sarah-sweetheart.
Sarah sOlemnly surrendered.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
GOOD OUT OF EVIL.

The filibuster in the United States senate
in the closing hours of the last congress pro
voked a storm Of denunciation from those
who believed the attempt to defeat import
ant legislation was a partisan scheme. The
appropriation bills which the filibuster pre-
vented from becoming laws at that time
were passed during the present session in
the closing days of June. Almost $1,000
100000 were saved to the taxpayers by the
delay over the bills. The total amount In
three of the important measures was 1885,
100000 less than the same three measures
carried when they were before the senate
ready to be voted on at the time of the fiji
buster. The saving in the army bill is ap-
proximate $4O0,OOO,0OO; on the navy bill
S119,O00,000 and on the sundry civil bill
S367 100000
If the appropriation carrying the larger
amounts had been enacted in March it is
conceded the money would have been spent.
No important agency of the government
will suffer because of the reduction in the
amount of the appropriations. Some useless
appendages and commissions have been
eliminated and others have had the amount
of money they have been receiving material
ly cut down. But in no instance has eff
cheney been sacrificed A billion dollars
saved to the taxpayers is material bene-
fit in these times when every source of rev.
enue production is being squeezed to meet
the heavy demands of the machinery of
war not yet demobilized.
Those who were responsible for the SEN
ate flibuster did not have the taxpayers in
mind when they tied up the legislation. But
because of that filibuster extravaganza has
given place to econmy, and the saving OF
large sums in the treasury is the result.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
THE TELEPHONE GIRL.

From the Covington News.
GIRL. She is working hard to make an
honest living-something some of you
have never done and never will do
Dawson News.
And vet. girls who have never performed
useful service or allowed a sensible
thought to invade their Uranium are often
impoiite to telephone operators. We have
always considered the working girl more
human than the silly little sissy arrayed IN
the height of fashion like the queen OF
Sheba, who surveys all others with haugh-
tv disdain Clothes make a fool just about
as often as they make a woman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
Alone in the Wide, Wide Sky,
From the New York Tribune.

Man dreams the unbelievable, the lmpos-
sible he sets it down in immortal words,
and generation after generation READS II
with bated breath. The literal-mlnded Jeer
and boot. whats the use of such non
sense?" they ask. And then comes CASUAL
abled-bodied doer among men, with new
courage. and achieves the impossible, and
the story-writer spills words on the front
page of the newspapers that make the earth
loo dizzily in its orbit as if it had struck a
soft spot in the ether.
We suppose there is no more unearthiy
picture in all our literature than the VIVID
scenes of "The Ancient Mariner" wherein,
cumulatively, moon, ships and ocean play
their weird parts in strange and trlgntfuI
drama. To read the Colerdge poem IS 10
lose ones solid grip with every reality and
be swept into a sea of silence and strange
birds and spectre banks. There IS heart
sinking quality about such famous lines as:
"Alone. aone-all, all alone;
Alone on a wide, wide sea-
Yet for sheer tossing of reality into the
air for breathless, gulping moment give us
the plain, unadorned narrative of an Eng
lish aviator, John Alcock, just landed IN an
Irish bog, sixteen hours out of New Found
land:
eve had a terrible journey. The wonder
is that we are here at all. We scarcely saw
the sun or moon or stars. For hours we saw
none of them. The fog was dense, and at
times we had to descend within 300 feet OF
the sea. For four hours our machine was
covered with sheet of ice caused by troz-
en- sleet. At another time the fog was so
dense that my speed Indicator did not work,
and for few minutes it was alarming. We
looped the loop, ! do believe, and did other
comic stunts, for had no sense OF horizon.
No sense of horizon There have been
moments of inebriation for many mortals
in the wicked past when the horizon was none
too sharp-when it swayed up and down
most uncertainty. But at least such episodes
were on terra irma. To lose the horizon
H. 900 feet above the open ocean is quite
another tale. Of course, this is not an I'M
common episode for fiers. A cloud area or
a fog bank often overturns pilot; The
strange gasping fact here is the thought
of these two humans rushing at 12O miles
an hour somewhere over a waste OF waters,
bound upon the most appalling venture ever
attempted by man. and losing the sun, moon
and stars the whole sense of gravity, the
earth itself, for hours at a time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
SURPRISED? WELL, NOT EXACTLY.

From the Buffalo Commercial
There once was an old farmer who never
would admit that he didn't know all about
everything that came up. He was never sur
prised "Wa'al," would be his invariab!e
comment upon some striking incident, per-
sonal or otherwise. Il expected it" Recent
ly at county fair he was invited upon the
platform. and the magician, after some ma
nipulation. extracted a rabbit from his flow
ing beard.
''Ha! har' laughed his wife, when he re
turned to the audience, ''now you can't say
you expected that.
"Wa'al-no-that is. not exactly. Fur two
DAYS I have been feelin' somethin' goin' on
in them whiskers O mine, but I couldn't
quite make up my mind twas rabbit"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
The Stump in Way of Progress.


A stump pulling demonstration campaign
for South Georgia is under way of prepare
ton. 1t is proposed to put a special train
out supplied with machinery and equipment
that will travel from county to county and
demonstrate effective methods of clearing
land of stumps. This train will start our
from COrdele next month. 1t should be Of
the deepest interest to every land owner.
We know of nothing that stands in the way
of progress and success more than the stump
in this section. It's pathetic to stand by and
see men of good judgment work their lives
out in a field full of stumps. Yet they call
themselves good business men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
THE PUBLIC ALREADY AWAKE.

From the Dalton Citizen.
When the public begins to realize
that all-the-year-round good roads are
dividend paying investments then the
highways will be transformed into
smooth surfaces that can be used at all
times under all conditions with a great
saving of time and money.-Dawson
News.
The public. in our opinion. realize it now
and soon the work of building good roads
all over the state will begin in earnest. Ter
million dollars worth of good road bond:
have been voted in Georgia during the pas
three months.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

1t is reported that there are $4,000 prom
inent prohibitionists in Ohio who have stor-
ed in their cellars from $4,000 to $4,000
worth of liquors EACH and Editor Shope, of
the Dalton Citizen wants to see their names
published and "the light turned on the hypo-
critics." 1t has been said that whisky has
more enemies in public and more friends in
private than anything in the world, and we
are prepared to believe it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
HON. JAS. D. WEAVER.
he Forsvth Advertiser.

From the Forsyth Advertlser.
Hon. Jas D. Weaver, of Dawson, is the
latest prominently mentioned" candidate
for governor. Mr.. Weaver, who is a native
of the neighboring county of Epson, has
made q signal success in business in South
west Georgia, and is one of the wealthiest
farmers in that section. Should be make the
race for governor he would have a strong
following.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

The Savannah Press says Columbus con-
tinues to look to that city for all the good
things in life But we hear that one of the
goods things we once knew no longer comes
from there
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

1t has become very noticeable that boil
shevism nowadays has small place in either
foreign or domestic news This alone is not
conclusive proof that bolshevism is waning,
but when taken in conjunction with the
kind of news regarding bolshevism that is
published it is very satisfactory.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

1t must be great feeling for railroad
stockholders to receive their guaranteed in
comes from the government while the roads
themselves are losing millions every month
But its poor amusement for the taxpayers
who don't own any stock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

Perhaps that hiatus between packer prices
on hoof and wholesale and retail prices is
another utilization of the ''by-products.''
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

About the only thing that has dropped in
price is letter postage, but you can't fry or
bake postage stamp.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

"Hats off to the great American hog"
exclaims a western newspaper. Which kind?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

The Dawson pedestrian takes much pride
in the number of automobiles in the city;
not because he is interested in the ma
chimes, but because he has been able to es-
cape death under them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

The peanut planter will have the laugh on
the cotton grower this fall
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

Mr.. Henry Ford has been making pain
full spectacle of himself on the witness
stand. Just how anybody could ever have
imagined Ford was fit for a United States
senator is a deep mystery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

The legislature will be with us only two
weeks longer. Having increased our salary
we know it is the best legislature that ever
assembled.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

Don't worry about the departing aliens
and the money they viii take with them
Wave them glad farewell
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

From the number of points sticking up
it looks as though political lightning rod
agent had been working among those who
would like to be governor of Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29
THE ORIGINAL PRoFITEER.

From the Lavonia Times. -,
beoan business in the Garden of Eden with
two apples and snake, and now he owns
more than one-half the wol@&
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

Among the items in the twenty-five
years ago" columns which are not believed
today are those announcing board at $3.50
a week
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

After q Missouri man had served a ten
days sentence for poisoning dog the dog
came back.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

There are 100000 pairs of army she's
to be put on the market. That ought to re-
lieve the stringency and reduce the prices,
but it will not.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-29

The Royal and the Royal Junior Hay
Presses. These presses speak the
latest word in hay press Improvement
Simplicity, strength, large capacity
light draft. Capacity up to one hun
dred and eighty bales an hour. Don't
let bad weather get your hay this
season. It's worth good money and
the Royal will help you save it.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-19
LAS MUJERES CELOSAS
Ell ENEMTCO DE LA FELlClDAD

la Gale, van muy p~egaditas de 81
brazo Y no puede alzar los ojos a
YER a ninguna mujer, porque, 81 10
hace, ipobre de ell Al regreso a la
casa nj Dios 10 libra de las iras de
su media naranja. .agria.
FL pobre hombre soporta TODD con
santa calma. con sublime abnegacion,
por miedo de las rinas. por tenor
a cue los vecinos sc enteren de que
tiene IN inferno dentro de su pro-
pia casa, Y convertible en- nuevo
Job, lleva Ia vida mas amarga que
imaginarse pueda, pasando Ell supll-
clio de Tantalo, aunque en- medic de
su paciencia mas de una vez Sc We
tentado a coger a su c"lnsa consorte
por ell pescuezo y LAM; la a Ia ca
lie. o tirarle a Ia cabeza con 10 pri-
nero que e%ncuentre; pero Sc detlene
Dor no dar un escandalo social, y su-
FIRE. sufre resignado su vida de amar
guras.
iLibrete Dios, l~ector, de una mu-
jer celosa!
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-19

los altos tfrculcs inte!ectuales roma
nos.
La muerte de sus hijos Ia llevo q
IN sitio campestre, en- Misenum, don
de paso los u!timos amos de su VI
da.
Sus amigos la visitaron, pero STEM
pre- eEcontraron en- ella ana admira-
bic ~compoStura Y I'm quieto esprit
tn de resignation Y orgullo, con el
que hablaba de Ia labor p~olitica de
sus hijos Y de su inoportuna muer-
te.
Nunca sus ojos Sc empanaron de
lagrimas, nj do muestras de pena nj
arrepentimiento. Siempre creyo que
sus hijos habian cumplido con 81
deber, V que este reclamaba cual-
quier sacrificio.
Hace mas de veiutiun siglos que
Cornelia ofrendo sus joyas a Roma,
pero su vida todavia perdura en- la
Historic, como I'm ejemplo para las
madres de nuestra epoca, V perdura
"a mientras exista esa preciosa flor
del patriotismo, que encuentra IN eI
corazon femenino su mejor verjel.-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-19
iSon Leales las Muieres

Tn peri6dico parisiense, tuvo Ia
idea de preguntar a varios llteratos
| notables 81 la mujer es tan leal CO.
mo Ell hombre, Y mientras unos du-
dan Dc ia franqueza de la mujer, pc
70 hacienda responsible de clio al
astado de escIavitud en- que el hom-
hre-tirano la deia consumirse, otros
afirman. por el contrario, que Ia
| muier no es mas ieal que el hon.
bre. V otros. en- fin. piensan Que las
muieres son 10 mismo que los hon-
bres.
Pau marguerite dijo:
"Cuando los hombres ]reprochan a
Ia muier de ser debil, cautelosa V
desleal. podra ella responder cue no
es mas que 10 que los hombres Ia
| han hecho cue sea. EllCs han hecho
, las leyes. clos han invadido las ca
rrerqs ' ellos han establecido Ell
! derecho del mas fuerte."
Marcel Provost opino.
"El que la muier. historicamente
condenada a ser la mas debil en- Ia
lucha contra cl hombre. haya desa-
rrollado mejor sus i~nstintos de astu-
cia. cast TO puede negarse. Pero ell
ola en- que la mujer tenga los mis-
mes derechos V las mismas condicio-
mes sociales Que ell hombre, su astu-
els lie sera menos ~necesaria,'
Nov Nor1au ha GichO:
"Debii. astuta por naturaleza, eau
telosa. Capaz del heroismo cuando la
impulse ell sentimiento; pero no. tie
! ne en- sus relaciones cor los indife-
Brentes mas cue INA nocion muy va
"a de la sinceridad. mo considera
falta ~sacrificar muchas veces Ia hon
/ radez al interes. FL retrato no
sera halagiieno; pero es justo. Pc
70 de quien es Ell retrato? de la
! muier? iValiente misog;no! Haz he
! cho. sencillamente. ell retrato de nues
ira especie. Tcdo ESQ puede decirse
del hombre tanto o mas que
de la mujer."
Los progresses realizados en- Ell Sc
no de la humanidad-dijo Alfred
Fouille-por los grandes moraliza-
dores, por los Buda. por los Confu-
clio V los Socrates. han consistido en-
carte en- insinuar al corazGn del HON
bre a'gunas de las virtudes funda-
mentsles de Ia muier: mansedumbre,
piedad, abnegacion,'