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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
AMERICAN. ''
in even less time than the q months period. Let Companies Help the Director
 General

in even less time than the q months period.
 Let Companies Help the Director General
 While this work is going on, the President should continue the central organization in Washington under a Director General, who will supervise
 the whole situation, direct policies and make those adjustments with the various railroads that will be required after governmental control ceases. The present contracts between the
 government and the railroad compa-
 nies should continue until the new
 protective legislation is passed. But
 this central organization should di- rect the operation of the railroads through the companies themselves rather than through a system of re- ginal directors. In other words, say ito the Boards of Directors and exec utive officers of each company that from and after a given date they are to take charge of their properties and manage, maintain and operate them for account of the United States and as may be ordered by the President ; through the central rganization in Washington. At once there will begin to be a. better feessng among officers and men, and less uncertainty about the future; the intricate and delicate ly adjusted organization on the great systems of railroads will begin to
 function better and work more
 smoothly and effectively; tlere will be
 less lost motion and crossing of wires than under the very highly central iZed system now in existence with re- gionaI directors This will be carry ing but the theory of the President | dress to Congress on January 4, 1918:
 ''The common administration will be carried out with as little disturb ance of the present organization and personnel of the railways as possible. Nothing will be altered or disturbed which is not necessary to disturb. We are serving the public interest and safeguarding the public safety but we are also regardful of the in terest of those by whom these great
 properties are owned and glad to avail ourselves of the experience and trained ability of those who have been managing them"
 Most, if not all, railroad managers have reached the conclusion that what is known as the divisional system of operation is better than the "de- partnlental.'' In other words, that someone must be in the drivers seat on a small enough unit of property to control the ordinary maintenance and operation subject to a central direct ing authority as to general methods standards of work, maintenance and accounts.
 Where the departmental system has 1 been tried it has not proved effective because of conflict of authority be- tween heads of different departments
 at long distance from a central di-
 recting authority.
 In making this suggestion I, of course, have no criticism to make of the Director General, or of the staff in Washington, or of the various Re-
 gional Directors and their assistants (nearly all of whom I know person
 ally), and they are all good and ex-
 perienced men, loyal to the country.
 to the Director General, to the ra1l-
 roads, and all have worked unceas- ingly.
 (Couttaued Nondzy.}
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
THE IRISH QUESTION.

Editor The Times. Str:-Your edi- toriaI of Monday evening was appre- ciated by every loyal Irishman in Bridgeport, for a speech such as was made by MT. Splain, does in no way represent the views of those who are working for the freedom of Ireland.
 MT. SpIain's language, endeavoring to lower the reputation, honesty and integrity of such a man as President Wilson, Is about as mean and con temptibIe a political trick as could be used; and his speech was the topic of conversation among thousands in Bridgeport on Monday morning.
 When he said that he hoped party politics would not come into the Irish question, he was in no way sincere as hts speech later showed. Those Irishmen in Bridgeport today who are heart and soul for the freedom of Ireland one notices are not ap- bearing before the public at every opportunity and making speeches in which no one places any sincerity.
 Until such men as Justice Coha- Ian, MT. Spladn, MT. Jeremiah O'Leary and a few others, are silenced, the true Irishmen will not do anything but listen to President Wilson whose word of honor, character. integrity and deeds have always proven so no- ble.
 President Wilson will settle the Irish question when the proper time comes as he has said, but such low down tactics as displayed by MT SpIain should not be taken as a rep resentation of thousands of loyal Irish-Americans in this country.
 Signed,
 AMERICAN"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
APPROVE OF MILLERAND.

Paris, March 22-Newspapers here comment most faYpraibly on the aip- pointment of Alexandre AIiilerand, former minister of war, as governor of Alsace-Lorraine. The Matin at taches particular significance to the appointment, pointing out that Pre- mier Clemenceau and N. Miilerand, 'twho have been divided by politics have become eereconci1eA-'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22

ours in the United States. and with great concentrated populations to be
 served with food, fuel, shelter, light, etc. there must be continuous service by the transportation agencies, just as much as a continuous supply of wa ter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
Credits to Re NTaintained

much for the future development of the railroads and greater satisfaction t7. the v,rrf7Ii1
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
BULLETS AND BREAD.

The declaration of martial law in Argen-
tina for thirty days is intended to give the
military authorities time and opportunity
to crush the bolshevist uprising by force
1t will be found in time that no other method
will crush this irresponsible class of malcon-
tents who seek to set up governments as
dangerous to human rights and liberties as
the will of the most irresponsible despot
There is no difference between ear of
Russia lining people against the walls of
prisons and shooting them because they are
out of harmony with his policies and boil
shevist despot or an irresponsible power
assuming soviet who does the same thing
The people who are mental bolshevists
may be fed at a kings table until they can
gorge no more, and they will retire with as
much malice in their souls and with as devil
ish purposes in their hearts as when they
sat down. These people suffer from empty
heads rather than empty stomachs
Force is the only power the bolshevists
fear because it is the only one he knows He
was it's victim before he came into power,
and it is the instrumentality with which he
has maintained himself in power. There
is no other method by which Argentina can
suppress the outbreak of national distem-
per.
1t is hoped the government may be sue
cessful in exterminating the incpient dis
play of the Russian method of rule in Amer
lea. If it is stamped out and its advocates
and adherents made to fear the conse-
quences of the law there will be less dan
ger of rows of people, whose only crime is
opposition to the rule of cut-throats and
assassins, being Unfortunately murdered
Bolshevism is either dangerous evil or a
new freedom In this country people do not
argue between the two. They know which
it is. That is why there is demand, some
times not expressed but just as determined
that the evil be crushed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
STAND UP TO DAWSON.

The article printed in the last issue of
The News from Hon. D. C. Pickett, urging
upon the people the Importance of patron
izing home merchants, was a timely and
splendid communication. Mr.. Pickett con-
fessed he had not, himself, done his whole
duty in this respect, but promised to do bet
ter in the future, resolution that all loyal
Dawsonians could make with profit to them
selves and their town There is entirely too
much buying away from home by Dawson
people. Automobile parties who make fire.
quent visits to neighboring towns and re-
turn home with machines loaded with mer-
chandise are among Dawson's worst enc
mics. They do not intend to be, of course,
and it is due to thoughtlessness of the eff
feet it is having on the prosperity and well
fare of their own town. 1t is the duty of
every resident of Dawson to stand loyalty
by the merchants and other business inter-
ests of the city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
UNFIT TO SIT IN CONGRESS.

The dispatches state that Victor Berger,
cOngressman-elect from Wisconsin and one
of the five socialist leaders recently found
guilty of violating the espionage act, plans
a fight to retain the seat in the national as
sembly to which he was elected. Irrespective
of his guilt or innocence, admissions which
were corkscrewed from Berger during the
trial stamp him as an unfit man to sit in the
congress of the United States.
He justified the sinking of the Lusitania
and declared that it was not an invasion of
American rights. He asserted that the Unit
ed States was plunged into war by trickery
and treacherv of the national adnIinistra-
ton and congress-" He admitted that he
favored a general strike of workers to pre-
vent the nation from preparing for war.
In letter written about two years ago he
gloritied the l. w. w. and predicted that it
would take the place of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. He confessed that, under
his own signature in 1909, he advised work
ers that safety and hope will finally lie on
ly in a violent and bloody revolution" He
became more definite later, and advised
workngmen to have "a good rifle and the
necessary rounds of ammunition in his
home"
All of this is not from one of the boshe-
wiki in Russia, but from man who has been
elected to congress in the United States
and it is cause for satisfaction to know that
this man Berger will be sent to the federal
penitentiary instead of to congress.
Liberty is one thing and license is anoth-
er, and to say that any one holding views
of this kind is a representative of the Amer
lean people is lie and SANDER upon their
patriotism and intelligence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
Mr.. Wilson Tits the Lid.
From the Chicago Tribune.

1t was to be expected that reports of Mr..
wilson's visit to London would be replete
with accounts of four horse coaches, plumed
chancellors of the royal soap dish, brilliant
ly embellished Scots guards, and what not.
But there is always one journalist who may
be depended upon to strike the symbal in a
new way; and so one has noted with admir-
able savoir faire that the president fuses
his top hat with grace and skill" Now, it is
one thing to make the world safe for dem
ocracy, but it is quite another to make
free with two gallon hat right out in pub
lie, and especially a public that is as accus-
er to think of such unkosher conduct in
granger twist. The late Senator Dolliver,
OF Iowa, was wont to wear his topper on
the back of his head as sort of a COM
promise between the east and west; we shiv-
er to think of such unkosher conduct in
Mayfair. Some there are who profess to
read character in the manner of ones eat.
ing; let an Englishman observe your con-
duct in top hat, whether you sport it
rakishly aslant or soberly erect and with
grace and SKILL" and you are card indexed
One hopes that Mr. Wilson may continue
to manage his policies with as much skill as
he tits his lid, for Americans not infre-
quently 90 a visiting only to come away with
hat that some one has deity substituted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
Slandering the Peanut.
From the Cordele Dispatch.

Somebody in South Georgia persists in
slanderng the peanut. There is lamenta-
ton about the price hanging around 800
ton and it is claimed that the farmer can
make nothing for himself raising them and
selling at such a price. That assertion is
not true. The farmer can raise them and
make money at 800 ton, even in these
times of high prices. That is a thing Just
as sure as an individual goes at it and gives
his time honestly and faithfully The farmer
can make money growing peanuts at such
price, and he should be glad of the OPP
portunity. He ought to hope that this price
stays up.
1t is not the price which has made it hard
for the farmer the past season. 1t has been
the weather and the lack of labor
There was a season in the fall-a long
season-which was ideal for threshing pea
nuts and many farmers took advantage of
this weather. Soon a long rainy season fol-
lowed and to this good hour there are many
hundred bushels still in the stacks in Crisp
county. We presume that this is the case
all over the peanut growing belt 1t is a
rather bad plight to get in. The farmers
who have been caught in this manner will
hardly get through with the old crop till the
dry winds of March come to their relief
Picking and threshing can be done only in
dry weather.
They were caught in this predicament be-
cause they had no labor to get through with
the picking. Those who were more FORUM
ate went through with the picking at the
proper time. The lesson of the past season
has taught farmers not to pass the dry fall
days with their peanuts still on the poles
IN the fields. They can be cared for earlier
at much handsOmer profit And the
peanut season comes but one time a year.
Let US grow them, even more of them than
we planted last year. They are going to
prove a valuable crop, especially since we
must reckon with the boil weevil
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
The Voice of the Dead.
By Joseph Fort Newton.

Do the dead speak to US? Indeed, yes.
Their words are they, their acts are they,
and their legacy is at once memorial and a
mandate. Evermore the dead command, and
the living obey. Our institutions, our philoso-
phies, our language, our laws were handed
to US by hands now fallen into dust Every
library is a whispering gallery where he who
has ears may hear the voice of the dead.
This Moses forbids that King Alfred enioins.
Prayer IS a fellowship with the unseen and
eternal. The gate between the seen and the
unseen is always open not only to those
who go from here there, but also, in very
real degree, for those who have vanished to
return. Religion is itself a higher spirit
uallsm, IN which the communion of the
saints, the fellowship of just men made per-
feet is sovereign experience and an mex
haustible solace. Tennyson knew-what ev-
cry sorrowing heart may learn if it is pa
tlent and true-that the dead return, and
may be nearer to us when they walk by our
side. In many ways beyond our tracing the
dead influence, teach, bless and sanctify US.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
Worthless War Histories.
From the Monroe Advertiser.

Upon the very dawn of victory our coun-
try is being flooded with histories of the
world war. Not one, but many concerns are
launching them upon the market The voice
of the book agent is even now extolllng
these freshly printed volumes. For at least
two reasons we wish to warn our readers
against these histories In the first place
they are practically worthless. They are
worthless because they were necessarily COM
piled in haste before the events which they
are supposed to chronicle were completed.
These histories are bound to be inaccurate
for the reason that many of the important
phases of the war have not been allowed to
be published as yet, and peace terms must
be approved before full details will be re-
leased by government authorities.
These histories are practically worthless
since no man living could at this early date
and under the government restrictions pub
lish a history of the war which would be
complete or exact in any large degree. 1t fol-
lows from this that these histories are being
published by incompetent men. No man who
has a reputation to sustain would allow his
name to be used in connection with such a
volume.
The fact is that these histories in all their
incompleteness and inaccuracy are rushed
upon the market for no other purpose than
to make money at a time when the people
are intensely interested. In the interest of
real education and in order not to- spend
money for that which is of no value these
histories should not find a place in our
homes.
Valuable histories of the war will be writ
ten, but it is work which will require time
and the ability of competent men. 1t will
pay all the citizens of Georgia OF wait
until a reliable history is published, one
which will be worthy of any mans library
because it contains a full and competent
treatment of the events of the great strug-
gle. We understand that full history of
Georgia's part in the war is now being com
piled and the work of each county will be
treated separately. A staff of able men will
be engaged in this work for period of at
least twelve months. This volume will be
of vital interest to every citizen, and we
would do well to wait for its appearance
before we invest in history.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
The Space Grafters.
From the Covington News.

1t is about time that the space grafters
let up on the weekly papers of the country.
Every mail that comes still brings them.
Every organization founded seems based on
the idea of hogging the press out of the one
thing they need-pUblicity Will it never
cease?-Bainbridge Post-Searchlight.
1t will if the Post-Searchlight and 9th
er Georgia weeklies Join the Covington
News in the adoption of a business basis.
SO far as this newspaper is concerned no
more free publicity need be expected by
organizations involving financial deeds Of
any kind anywhere.
During the war the News responded to
the limit of its ability to every patriotic
call, but now that the war is over all space
gratters, including government superintend-
ents and publicity directors and experts, are
hereby notified that cash must accompany
copy to insure insertion.
The readers of the News are not especial
ly interested in rat killing campaigns. fv
swattlng expeditions, the determination Of
bed bugs in Siam nor the protection of
orphan pole cats in far away Algeria. News
papers have nothing to offer for sale except
space and subscriptions, and it is with pleas
ure that the management announces the
discrimination of the free department of
the News. Every editor in Georgia accom-
pllshed material results in the various en-
terprlses promoted by the government, but
now that the circus is over the side shows
may as we'll close so far as the News is con-
cerned. 1t has not and has never been the
patriotic duty of newspapers to shoulder the
expenses thrust upon them by the govern
.Ie1l and its multitudinous publicity di-
"ectors, and the curtain is down on the lit
tie stage occupied by this newspaper
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
THE BAN ON NEWS.

The decision of the peace conference to
conduct its negotiations in the cloister rath.
er than in the open and the withholding of
the procedure and deliberations of the
council from the public will be resented in
America, where the public is accustomed to
know what those who are acting for it are
doing. While it may be said that this coun-
try was out voted in the determination of
the question of open or secret deliberations
the public will ask why the president, if
he is able to sway European public opinion
at WILL did not bring that public opinion
to bear on the determination of this point
The failure to obtain publicity of the pro-
ceedings is a reputation of the first of the
presidents fourteen points of peace That
point read as follows
Open covenants of peace, openly ar
rived at, after which there shall be no
private international understanding of
any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed
always frankly and in the public view
The council proposes to throw SOP to
the public in the form of communicate de-
liyered to the press each day. But that is
worse than giving no information whatever,
because there are no guarantees that it will
not be colored to suit desired ends; that in
formation which the people of this country
want, even demand, will not be suppressed,
and that the evils of unaccountabiity of
those in authority will have neither check
nor regulator. The people want to know
what disposition is being made of the prin-
ciples for which they gave freely of life,
sacrifice and service
They do not want peace brought to
them prepared in secret.
They want to know what reasons exist
for conclusions written into such peace
which are not in accord with the pre-con-
ference announced purposes of those who
made the treaty, and with the understand
ing of the people upon the merits of the
peace itself
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-28
HELP; DON'T KNOCK.

The Townsville Times Enterprise in
urging support of the commercial organiza-
ton in that city says some things that are
applicable to the situation here in Dawson.
After remarking that few are carrying the
burden, which "they are not going to do
always unless some other folks join in and
push and help to make it CO." our contempt
rary adds:
at won't go if you stand off and
snarl at it. 1t won't go if you are one
of those that criticise and knock, when
you haven't done anything to boost It's
a tangible asset only when it is work
ing smoothly, which it will never do I'M
til it claims the interest and attention of
every bright mind and capable business
head in the county"
That is as true of the Chamber of Com
merce in Dawson as it is of the Thomasvillt
organization. The Dawson trade body ha!
not received the united and earnest support
of the business men of the city it deserves
but in spite Of that and other handicaps i
has been of material benefit in a number Of
instances. The benefits to be derived from
having an intelligent, capable man handling
correspondence is worth a great deal, anC
with all the business interests working with
him in harmony and good will many thing:
can be accomplished for the upbuiding Of
both the city and county.
Dawson is ripe for work along that line
and 1919 can be made one of the Creates
years in the city's history with united anc
! harmonious work.
l. Get behind the Chamber of Commerce
and make Dawson grow.