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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-12-06

hammond dA-Fifteen-cent predo W
m,ry "a the prediction or Bed
a Antony. who operates a large
,l,nr business in Tsngipahoa par
n Pontchatoula. The recent hign
q Of -four, Mr.. Antony maintains
I'M toree this price on the bakers de-
vne their reluctance to advance
Iprsent prices.
\ NV Orleans. - Mrs. Herman j.
eeIferth was elected president OF
v<v Orleans Chapter 7e, United
hunters of the Confederacy, at the
1nuual meeting in Memorial Hall. to
S:reed Miss Doriska Gautreaux, who
"a that ofiice the prescribed limit,
~ ysas.
Puinte a Ia Hache. - John S. Bo-
- has sold his large orange grove
uusted at Buras to Roy B. Schaefer,
q New Orleans. for $4,000. the
I'VE has a large crop Of fruit this
nson, which is being packed and
Alypsd to the New Orleans and
kthern markets.
! Monroe. = What good roads have
me for Ouachita parish was demon
rnted when H. w. T. Hunt sold tc
VI D. Goff of Memphis a 42O-acr'
jsntation for $4,000. The SAM
hnd was sold about two years agt
- $50 an acre.
Alexandria - Robert F. Liebler,
nember of the Alexandria bar, whil'
1uferding an accused person charge.
sith murder in the Federal Distrik
cbwt was stricken with apoplexy an
Nd ut the sanitarfum.
New Orleans. - All port facilitie
\ New Orleans. save five wharvei
ee to be ratproofed at an expend
hrs Of approximately $2,000,O00, v
y Hudson. president Of the Doc
Dard.. announced.
New Orleans. - Chester S. O'Rei
y, 1910 Royal street. was named b
n War Department as a candidai
~ West Point.
Denham Springs.-Mayor ].
uestbrook received a shipment {
egvenment supplies a few days ag
"a sold them out as soon as the
sen unloaded. A larger shipmer
n been ordered.
Bogalusa-S. w. Francis Is in th
ogalusa Hospital in a serious col
uuon. His right arm was amputa
g as Q result of being accidental
not while hunting birds with hl
sothcr.
Amite.-The tax rolls this yea
ASe been filed and show the tot:
Eoperty valuation OF Tangipahc
Arsh to be s20.3e4,179, with the "
nous taxes amounting to S33s. .2SS. 81
rointe a la Hache. - The col
saiher aas given the oyster and fis
%eae boost, and orders are keepiu
~ lshing fleets and shuck factoriC
ns'on Rouge. - Former Govern,
tin G. Brumbaugh of Pennsy
VIA nationally known school ma
= q speaker at chapel exercises
% State University.
canxie.-Fire originating in Il
nent OF the high school buildiI
Uncovered and due to the G
!" oi the fire department d
were quickly extinguishe
pudding was damaged to the 3
W siso. covered by insurance.
Charles. =. Floyd Hamilto
\ parish engineer, announc,
ue entire thirty five miles
Highway traversing All,
= mas been stakod OF aud bi,
zen requested to he onar.
= ne srayeling of the lengt
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-12-06

Monroe-Seven new churches built
and dedicated three parsonages built
and seven rebuilt. 1854 members So
cured. salaries Of pastors more than
doubled, and the debt on the district
parsonage paid and extensive repairs
made on It is the record made by the
Monroe District Of the Methods.
Episcopalian Church for The year
which Rev. Albert B. Lutz has served
as presiding elder
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
THE GLAMOUR GONE.

William Carlisle, the escaped convict from
the Wyoming penitentiary, has come to the
sordid end of his experiences as highway
man The glamour of romance which has
made him present day Robin Hood has
vanished. Hounded through the mountains,
living in constant fear of recapture, trailing
through snowdrifts and suffering all the tor
lures of exposure, betrayed by those forced
to give him food and shelter, he attempted
+o further his criminal career by taking the
life of an officer of the law, and In return
for that attempt received bullet in his own
body.
His sensational hold-up of a passenger
train and the ease with which he seemed
to evade the law have been inspirations to
hundreds of weak-minded youths who LOOK
upon such characters with admiration ano
determine to copy them at the first oppor
tunity. Who would not have been Wllllan
Carlisle defying the law, escaping the Oh
ficers, sending joking messages and revehnf
in the freedom which his own mighty valol
achieved? But who would want to be the
bounded criminal fleeing through the snow
sleeping in constant terror and paying tn
final penalty with bullet in his being? ina
is a different story; that is another chap
ter.
The young criminals who begin by cas-!
stages and who are inspired by the daring
and seeming success of experienced GRIM
inals might learn valuable lessons from tn
ending of men like William Carlisle. Shoul
he survive his wounds he will exist as Gag
ed animal, looking through prison gates an
living according to prison regulations
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
ARE CHEAP PRICES WANTED

Do the people want cheap prices? The
carnival of high priced buying which the
country is experiencing is psychological as
well as economic. For many years the buy
ing public bought the best because it was
the cheapest It was economy to pay IS or
Sc for pair of mems shoes which would
last the buyer year or more rather than
pay $500 for pair which would last him
two or three months. In those days high
prices meant high quality and more service.
But in these days of initiation and profteer-
ing high prices and medium or low quality
more often go together than high prices and
high quality.
Along with this psychological element in
prices and buying is that of pride. The aver
age individual would rather pay the display
price on a commodity than purchase another
sample from the same stock at reduction
price sale. The two human elements indlcat-
ed are utilized for the purpose of maintain
ing high prices. The buying public wants
high prices, even if it does rail against the
high cost of living. 1t wants that which costs
the most in the belief that it's best, and,
having the money to pay, goes on its way en-
couraging high prices by demanding the
things which sell for higher prices.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
A Suggestion.

Editor of Dawson News: Those who seem
to be constitutionally "agin the government
might find relief in the Morning Exercises
for Tired Business Men," recommended by
Commerce and Finance" publication de-
voted to the interests of the business world.
Here are the suggestions:
Rise a. m. Stand in the middle of room,
raise arms slowly overhead, take deep breath
and say Damn the government" lowering
arms in attitude of despair ten times.
Extend body fat downward on floor, COW
err eyes with hands, kick heels, think of the
railroads and weep, till dry.
Kneel, wiring hands, mediate upon the la
Dor unions and groan $50 times.
Assume sitting position, hands on hips,
sway gently to and fro and concentrate on
Mr. Burleson until generous frothing at
the mouth sets in. Till exhausted.
Collapse on floor. Grovel vigorously, think
of the income tax and gnash your teeth as
in anger. AID lib.
While cooling off try to get number on
the telephone.
Note-Observe this simple regime every
morning before breakfast and you will reach
the office with most of the cares and troub-
les of the day already out of your system.
OBSERVER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
A Fishing Tale.

One spring day, perfect dream,
A man sat by a limpid stream
With a fishing rod and reel,
A box of flies and wicker steel;
BY him sat a tempting maid
With ripe red lips, but hes afraid
To kiss her.
From the branches overhead
A mocking bird looked down and said:
"Fool, fool, get wise, get wise,
Kiss her, take her by surprise;
Faint heart never won the fair
Kiss her, kiss her, she won't care,
So kiss her."
In the stream she threw all day
Stones that scared the fish away;
All day long he fished and fished,
All day long she wished and wished
That the poor blind simp could see
The chances he had and that he
Would kiss her.
Soon, too soon, the day had passed,
Home they went their way at last;
It was Just trifle late
When they parted at the gate,
And the maid with bushes red
Pursed her lips and softly said
Well. he kissed her.
Dawson, Ga. W L. BARFlELD
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
ADoUBTING CONTEMPORARY.

That esteemed contemporary, the Macon
News, does not accept as ancient everything
that is heralded as relic. Hear it:
1t is a sad duty to be an inconoclast,
hut in the news columns of that es-
termed journal, The Dawson News,
we find an item to the effect that
a Dawson lad has a copy of the
Ulster County IN. W Gazette,
nrinted January A, 1900, containing an
account of the death of George Wash
ington." Perhaps there was never a
more cruel hoax-if we may speak of 1T
so mildly-than that of printing this
spurious edition of the Ulster County
Gazette, of which there is at least one
here in Macon. The edition must have
run into tens of thousands, for new
one seems to creep ito the news dis
patches every day.
We have no way of knowing if frequent
and numerous copies of the Ulster County
m. w Gazette are printed, nor are we pre-
pared to say there are no spurious issues OF
the paper. We do know, however, that the
couv in Dawson is very old paper. We
have known of it twenty-five years or longer
and understand it was in the family of
late well-known citizen of Dawson nifty
wears before it passed into the hands of the
present owner. From the mechanical appear
ance and the general makeup of this copy
we are prepared to believe that it is gen
nine COPY of the Ulster County Gazette OF
January A, 1900.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
"Modest Sixteen"
From the GreenviIle (Tenn.l Democrat.

From the Greenville (Tenn.) Democrat.
What has become of modest sixteen" OF
ten or twenty years ago, who wore her hair
in braids down her back or tied in bunch
of curls-whose sweet countenance and re-
firing manner proclaimed her little girl?
This was the most beautiful and appealing
period of her life, just before she turned
the corner into Grown-up street.
In vain do we search for these lovely
maidens in this day and time. The transition
period between the days of socks and bobbed
hair and young ladyhood seems to have van.
ished altogether. There are still plenty OF
"sweet sixteens," but they look so old 1t
takes a second glance to tell whether they
are really school girls or their own older SIS
tiers. Coiffures of the most elaborate design,
sometimes not altogether guiltless of artifi.
ciality, has replaced the school girl braids OF
long ago. and hose designed for grown-ups
add ten years to their age; while often their
compilations, which should be fresh and girl
ish enough to need no aids to beauty, are
touched up with powder and rouge.
The fault lies not so much with these girls
who are denying themselves the precious
privilege of youth-a boon which, once lost,
can never be regained-but with the moth
ers who encourage their daughters to be
real young ladies when they should still be
children.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
THE, BREAK IN STOCKS.

Few people are concerned in the break OF
prices in Wall street. Yet conditions there
may be reflective of developments which will
come home to large portion of the people
Some days ago when the price of specula-
tive stocks went down many points and then
recovered it looked as though the market
had been manipulated by pools or interests
which would profit by the rise and fall OF
security quotations. The second decline and
the facts which have come to light as re-
suit of that decline indicate that it is the
beginning of defation process which in
time will have its effect on high prices. The
last decline was not voluntary on the part
of the spectators. 1t was forced upon them
by the banks which withheld loans for pure
| ly speculative purposes.
It is an axiom of trade that speculative
prices dominate trade prices In the same
commodities. Speculation may send up cot
ton to high price, and the man who owns
actual cotton and is able to land it gets the
benefit of the speculative high prices. In
versely, if the price is beaten down by bear
influences the man who is forced to sell cot
ton at that particular time suffers the con-
sequences of the low speculative market
These are elementary illustrations of specu-
lation If the speculator who has sold fictl-
tious cotton is able to put up his margin
when the change in price eats up the one ne
formerly carried he may retain his holdings
until the market gives him a profit. But II
he cannot put up the margin he loses.
In the last decline in speculative prices,
and in smaller degree in the former one,
the banks refused to loan money for mar
gins Hence, the spectators were forced to
dump their holdings on the market and the
decline naturally resulted. The explanation
was made that the bank reserves were de-
clining, the money going into speculative
channels, thus reducing the available supply
for commercial transactions.
The decline in leading speculative stocks
ranged from 5 to 33 per cent. AS these
prices fall prices of actual commodities, OF
which the speculation is the shadow, also
decline. If the money to carry margins
is not available the other stocks in time
must be debated. AS this policy spreads to
the whole list of speculative stocks prices
will decline everywhere. This decline will
not solve the general imitation problem. The
spectators will not yield without battle,
and the guage will rise and fall as the con-
test to avoid financial disaster is fought by
the bull and bear influences. But as the in
fation is taken out of stocks price levels
will become more normal, and in the end will
reach the point where the laws of trade and
commerce instead of the artificial law of the
stock exchange will govern.
Stock speculation is one of the balloons
to which high prices are hung. When that
balloon is punctured there will be less ten
dencv to lift prices upward and more inclina-
ton for them to come downward.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
Demand for Ice Cream.
From the Savannah Press.

No one few years ago would have
thought that in 1919 thousand ice
cream manufacturers would meet in
convention in an American city, and
that the total investment in the max
ing of that cold CONNECTION would
amount to more than $200,000,-
OOO Manufacturers of cold drinks
have investments of half billion dol
lars. Indeed, it is said there are some
breweries which have made more mon
ey in 1919 than in the wettest year
their business had ever known-Daw-
son News.
Ice cream has ceased to be luxury. TIL
ease with which it is delivered, its compare
lively low cost, the variety of favors of
fered and the promptness with which it i
placed in reach when wanted make it NOR
of a necessity than anything else. Beside
ice cream has a food value. This makes
desirable as the part of any menu. The oil
days of homemade ice cream have prett,
nearly vanished however.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
Indifference of People.
From the Washington Reporter.

What's the trouble with the people?
Only few of them go to church. They
will not turn out to vote in special
election. You can't get corporaPs
guard out to a meeting called to consid-
er the common welfare of city, county
or state. Have we reached the point
where every fellow is looking out for
himself while the devil takes the hind
most?-Dawson News.
We don't know what the trouble is, but
we do know they won't turn out for the pur-
poses above mentioned, and will not answer a
call as they should when it means dollars in
their pockets. Wilkes county has called two
meetings to organize the county in the
American Cotton Association and attendance
at both meetings was about tenth of what
it should have been.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
Badly Frazzled Phrases.
From the TeIfair Enterprise.

There is a fast growing sentiment against
the employment of the terms "drive" and
cover the top" for every campaign started
for money. 1t is right they should be frown-
ed upon. Besides the fact that most of us
are tired of hearing anything that smacks
of the war, we hate to hear these war terms
used for anything else. They are sacred to
the memory of the boys who went to war
just as are the uniforms they wore. Who of
us would not cry down any movement inaug-
urated in which the uniform was used to stir
up enthusiasm?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
COST OF A MODERN NEWSPAPER

The New York Times recently printed
some illuminating figures on the cost of pro-
ducing a modern daily paper. Taking re-
cent Sunday issue as an example the Times
statistician shows that the cost of the white
paper alone for this one issue was In excess
of $40, 900 Ink cost $4,000, mechanical Ia
Dor exceeded $4,000, and the cost of print
ing, emitting the above factors, was $3'ooo'
There were incidental expenses OF more tnan
So 900, and the cost of postage and express
exceeded the $4,000 mark. There is ru-
NOR afioat in newspaper circles that the men
who financed the ST. Louis Republic lost a
million dollars in five years. Then they stepp-
ed from under, sold the newspaper and the
BUYERS suspended publication"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

Mr.. Edwards, the democratic candidate
having been elected governOr-notwith-
standing the state went republican by 10000
maiority-on promise to "use all powers at
his command to prevent prohibition becom-
ing effective" it is safe to predict that pro-
hibition in New Jersey will not be very eff
'fective during the next two years. 1t Is
something unusual for a politician to take
the stand Edwards has His backbone must
be in fine shape, too.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

A news item from Texas says negro cot
ton pickers must be hauled to and from the
fields in automobiles. They refuse to be Ia
ken by conveyances other than the motor
car. This is their excuse: "Well, we can't go
because it makes our head hurt to ride IN
wagon" And Moses, of New Hampshire,
saws the southern negro is victim of white
opnressors
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
.oppressors.

Dawson and other Georgia cities of its
class are affected but little by the fuel reg
ulations, which in other sections are caus-
ing inconvenience and discomfort. Such of
them as apply, however, should be cheerful
w observed, whether we consider them wise
or not This is time when all good citizens
should set an example of obedience to con-
sttuted authority.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
A TALENTED DAWsONIAN.

The many Dawson friends of Ray McGill
are finding much pleasure in his clever work
as cartoonist for the Atlanta Georgian His
efforts to boost the Empty Stocking Fund
are especially appealing, and one cannot fan
to catch something of the Christmas spirit In
studying these Santa Claus cartoons so sug-
gestive of the yuletide season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

Every week Great Britain is increasing
her debt to America by the purchase OF
goods at inflated prices and selling them to
the continental countries which cannot pay
for them, according to the London Globe,
which adds: England, without the help of
richer countries, cannot control prices, re-
store credit and fight famine"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
BADNESS ALSO INTERESTING.

From the Kansas City Star.
DR.. Frank Crane tells the American Mag
azine the four most interesting subjects in
the world are: Love, money, danger, good
ness Maybe So But don't people find bad
ness rather more interesting to read about
than goodness?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

The pecan crop is the largest in the his
tory of the product. The retail price is in
harmony with the production.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

No ultra radicals or dangerous foreign an
archists have been located in Georgia. Not
one arrest has been reported, and but little
unrest among laboring classes in this state
has been found There is work for all. There
is a living wage for all. There is opportunity
for all=in Southwest Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

Thoughtful and observant people have no
doubt that nationwide panic is incubating,
and when it materializes the robbery by
profteering in this country will have had
more to do in propagating the scourge than
any other one thing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

When the high cost of living begins to go
down will every one be as willing to read
lust his wages and his prices that way, or
will they insist on holding what they got IN
the name of equalizing living conditions?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

Thus far living expenses have been re-
duced exactly in proportion to the number
of profteers who have been arrested, which
means that no profteers have been caught
and living expenses are higher
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
MUCH IN LITTLE.

From the Fort Gaines Georgian.
The Dawson News put an excellent two
column editorial in these three lines: 'It is
no longer a question whether man can af-
ford a car, but whether he has one."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

Government reports state there is SO per
cent more wool on hand now than there was
a year ago. Wonder if So worth of wool
will still be necessary to make a $500
suit of clothes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

One is justified in wondering if President
Wilson would not like to have some of
Cleveand's vocal expressions in which to
couch his ideas of the senate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
GET THE PARLoR REDS, TOO.

From the Minneapolis Journal
The government made raid on the an
archists, but the parlor reds crawled under
the whatnot and were overlooked.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

The press boys are all glad to see Jesse
Mercer back in Georgia. His particular
work will be to lessen the consumption of
the demon rum in the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

Your friends can buy anything you
can give them except your photo
graph. McCOLLUM'S- STUDIO.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

The consumer may as well prepare to
bear his share Of the coal settlement"
There is little likelihood that he will escape
with an unscathed wad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

There is said to be shortage of mistletoe
this year. But substitutes are easily found.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

A contemporary 'hit the nail on the head"
when it said the country is really suffering
from the high cost of loaing rather than the
high cost of living.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

A woman economist asserts that love must
go into what people eat. Probably she ex-
poets it to take the place of sugar as sweet
ening.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

When a man calls himself an idiot he ex
poets everybody to refute the charge.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16

That esteemed contemporary, the Macon
News. does not accept as ancient everything
that is heralded as a relic Hear it:
The courier-index., 1919-07-25
Winners in BOYS Club.

Ashley County Leads in Poultry
Hamburg, July 24.-Ln a years
time Ashley county has increased its
poultry club membership from Sc to
100 and the scrub focks of chickens
lave been almost completely elm