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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
ALL TOGETHER.

The action of the Dawson Chamber of
Commerce in enlarging its scope of actlvl-
ties to include all of Terrell county and in
augurating campaign for membership de-
serves the enthusiastic support of every cit
izen interested ir the future development
of the county 1t should not be superficial
support of words and good wishes, but
substantial support of membership enroll
ment.
Terrell county is the stellar center of ag
ricultural development in Southwest Geor-
gia It's opportunities are unsurpassed, and
its progress and prosperity has been a mar
vel. But with the marvellous speed which it
has shown, and is showing, should come
determination on the part of the whole peo-
pie to make it better. There is more en-
thusiasm for and confidence in the horse
which passes the three-quarter post running
with unfaltering gait than there is in the
one which displays sporadic bursts of speed,
then breaks and loses distance while re-
covering Terrell county has the pole in the
race for development, and is running with
an unfaltering gait. That gait and that
speed must not only be maintained, but must
be increased. The Chamber of Commerce
should be made the steadying hand on the
reins of the splendid racer.
But with all it's splendid development the
county cannot afford to pause. With its nat
ural resources of rich and productive terri
tory it will continue to prosper as in the
past But what must be done is to go out and
bring in to the county a desirable class Of
white settlers, and into the city of Dawson
enterprises. We must attract
the attention and convince the judgment of
those who are not ready to accept its ad-
vantages on faith. 1t gets the county nor
the city nowhere to have the citizens slap
each other on the back and boast of general
prosperity. That is good street corner en-
tertainment. But the facts must be told to
the stranger. They must be presented else
where than at home between citizens. That
is business. That is what gets and grips the
favorable attention of homeseekers and of
enterprises looking for advantageous loca-
tions.
There must be a centralized and repre-
sentative civic body to speak for the county
and the city. There is no body which can
possibly fill this place except live and dem
ocratic chamber Of commerce. Such an or
ganization must combine all the activities
and be representative of all the opportuni-
ties of both the city and the county. 1t can
not be an organization of merchants or
bankers or professional men alone, but must
include the farmer and all classes of work
ers 1t must be a combination of all these,
IL e IL.
A large membership in the Chamber of
Commerce will enable it to undertake great
er diversity of effort.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
THE COMMON MOTHER

When this race of new ventures and
spheres for women has been fercely and
feverishly run we shall find at the goal the
patient and beautiful form of the common
mother AS all the painted and dsheveled
racers stand about no one will revile her
who, almost unnoted, had reached the ulti-
mate milepost ahead of the others.
Education and opportunity are reckoning
womankind hither and hence, to this place
and to that place in the world, but what
about the home fre-the fireplace? If girls
and women are to rule the factories and the
offices, reckoning by numbers, who is to
rear the American baby-the future citi-
zen? Or is the future to fare onward with
out him? Through all the fog and haze of
doubt and uncertainty face that does not
perplex shines clearly and serenely-the
face of the common mother.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
Wrongs Methods of Remedying
"The High Cost of Living"
From the Progressive Farmer.

Aroused by furore of protests against
the so-called "high cost o. living" President
Wilson seems to have committed himself in
favor of policy of forcing prices downward
prices of commodities and wages of la
Dor; and certainly there are many leaders
in house and senate who are eager to put
such a policy speedily into effect
Our own view is that such a method of
remedying the "high cost of living" will
only result in confusion worse confounded,
and instead of allaying unrest and suffer-
ing will increase both. Our national pros
perity, like John Sharp Williams cow, might
''get well of the disease and die of the RENE
dy."
That a real evil exists here no one can
deny. But the wiser remedy, as we see it,
is not to try to force prices generally back
to pre-war levels, but simply to level up
these unduly low places in economic topo-
graphy-as we'll as level down any unduly
high prices occasioned by actual profiting.
We cannot ignore the financial results OF
the world war with it's enormous bond is
sues, money issues, and general expansion
of credit. Six great European powers, with
the United States and Japan, for example,
in five years increased their paper circula-
ton from billion dollars to 121 billion
dollars The result is that we have natural
ly come to new high level of prices, and
we should accept higher prices as natural
and seek to adjust those that are out of line
instead of trying to carry everything to-
ward pre-war levels.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
George Washington Was a
"HardshelI"

The following article, which appeared in
recent issue of the "Signs of the Times"
may be of interest to some of our readers
elder Charles w. Vaughn, pastor of the
Old School Baptist church at Hopewell, N
j., recently read to his congregation an in
teresting bit of history concerning the bap-
tsm of George Washington. 1t was from
The Witness of Spirits by James W. Zach
airy, in part as follows: George Washington,
the father of our country, was reared an
Episcopalian, but had learned the way of
the Lord more perfectly, and when he saw
Elder John Gano, his chaplain, who was hold
ing meeting with soldiers and taking can
didates to the river to baptize them, he ex-
claimed, II have never been scripturally
baptised," and demanded immersion at the
hands of his chaplain. Elder Gano miners
ed George Washington in the Potomac river
in the presence of about forty persons.
Elder John Gano was born in Hopewell
N. j., July %, 1927. He was of French de-
scent, and received his education at Hope
well Academy. He was ordained to the min
stry in Hopewell church on May 26, 1854.
From thence he moved to Morristown, and
after two years to Yadkin, N. c., where he
succeeded in establishing a large church,
which was discontinued during the war of
1856. Elder Gano then returned north with
his family, owing to the ravages of the In
dians. Mrs. Mary Gano, 90 years old, the
great-grandmother of former Secretary of
State William J. Bryan, is a grand-daugh-
ter of Elder Gano"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The trouble with most people is that they
do not know when they are we'll off. The
business man envies the farmer, the farmer
envies the business man, and the laboring
man envies his employer Neither would
probably be a success if they exchanged po-
sitions The happiest man on earth is the
fellow with a clear conscience and a healthy
family. He may have little left when his
grocery bill is paid, but when he lies down
at night he has nothing on his mind to pre-
vent sound refreshing sleep.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
THE TROUBLE is UNIVERSAL.

From the Jackson Progress.
There is profteering everywhere
and on every hand. 1t is in every COM
munity, and is practiced by every in
dividual having an opportunity.
son News.
This statement is broad in scope, but it
seems justified. Not all the gouging is being
done by "big business" by any manner of
means. Experience shows there are as many
profteers off of Wall street and packers
row in Chicago as are to be found in these
centers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
MORE MILLIONS TO JUNK.
From the Cordele Sentinel.

From the COrdeIe Sentinel.
The picric acid plant at Brunswick, de-
signed to manufacture munition material,
on which construction was well under way
when the war closed, may be scrapped after
all. 1t was designed to cost seven million
dollars and more than half this amount had
been spent. The plant was put on the mark
ct and bought by an association of Atlanta
and Savannah manufacturers, and these have
now turned the plant back to the govern
ment, claiming that they were unable to get
proper deeds to the plant and real estate
holdings connected with it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
PASSED A GOOD LAW.
From the Commerce Observer.

From the Commerce Observer.
One of the best measures enacted into
law by the legislature was that providing
for sign boards along the public roadside
to be erected in the respective counties of
Georgia. This is a step in the right direc-
ton. Such a law has long been needed 1t
is difficult for a traveller to properly find
the way in his home county unless he is
well posted on the roads. 1t saves time,
avoids guessing and relieves travellers of
useless annoyance when the roads are prop
erly marked
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
GOOD THINGS IN STORE.

From the Commerce News.
The vines hanging on the trees on the
banks of the river are heavily laden with
muscadines, pretty as brunette young lady
with black eyes! If so, we may not get the
wine, but we will get the preserves, and
such; and then, too, with a good potato
crop the 'possum will fatten on the musca-
dimes and persimmons, and that means there
are good times in store for all of US this
winter
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
TIME IN GEORGIA.

From the Lyons Progress.
Georgia has now about five different
times. The railroads in the eastern part of
the state operate by eastern time. The rail-
roads of the western part of the state oper-
ate by central time. The state government
uses Georgia time established by the legisla-
ture. The farmers work by sun time, and
most all of us are having a h-ll-of-a-time
trying to keep up with the times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The birds are getting through with their
summer housekeeping, and soon will take
wing for climes where summer remains. The
birds appear to be most interesting in spring
time; their anthems are then most unreserv-
ed, their activities most intense Their YER
nal songs are radiant with the morning,
their autumnal lays are lyrics of farewell.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The person who drives an automobile
recklessly is dangerous character. He is
as much your enemy as the man who would
assault you by any other method. If the
services of the fool killer ever were needed
for anybody they are needed in his case.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The two NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Perry
man, of Talbotton, and Pat Griffin, of Balm
bridge-did the state great service when
they put through the legislature a bill ere
ating the office of state printer. 1t was a
piece of legislation which had long been
needed, and will save to the state of Geor-
gia thousands of dollars yearly
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The fair which Albany is preparing to
have next month promises to be a splendid
success, like everything else our enterprising
neighbor undertakes. 1t will be magnif-
cent exhibit of the products and resources
of the best section of the best state in the
United States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The phrase "fair prices" for what we eat
and wear and few other things is not re-
markable for its perspicuity. Will some ex-
pert tell US just what fair price" is? Also
how it is to be determined, and who is to
do it, and whether it can be done in this
century or the next? 1t is kind of tough to
have to wait for it till the millennium.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

Old-fashioned "hard times" like older
people tell us we had from 1898 to 1897,
would be rough dose and untold hardship,
but it may be that experience will have to
be endured again before the country comes
to it's senses. There is altogether too much
extravaganza, too much idleness and too
much Indifference to the general welfare.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The recommendation of the New York
labor council to suspend all strikes for six
months and wait to see what happens is
plain common sense. Perhaps strike will
create two pounds of sugar where one exists,
but nobody believes it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

Fall business is opening well in Daw-
son. For years this city has had an envia-
BILE reputation as a trading center, and peo-
pie have come from miles around to sell
their produce and buy their goods. The
merchants have new and attractive stocks
of goods, and will make it both pleasant and
profitable for you to trade in Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

Now the miners want the government to
levy on the people enough money to buy
the mines and let them run them. If they
won't work much now how much will
they work if they have all the say about
it? %
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

After denouncing the profteers some peo-
pie proceed to lay in twice as much of sup
plies as they need.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

Some of the members of congress act as
though they believed all the liquor in bond
ed warehouses is going to evaporate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The sale of government goods is not meet
ing the official expectation. That's because
the sale lacked some paid advertising.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The prosecution of the food hoarders
seems to have adopted a 'watchful waiting"
policy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The friends who help one spend his mon
ey are not the ones who loan one money
when reverses come.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The fact is becoming more pronounced
that the theory that raisins would change
a bottle of near beer into the real stuff is
about the same as that of carrying buck
eye in the pocket to ward off rheumatism.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The plan to have suits turned inside out
and made into new ones will draw smile
from the small boy who has always seen the
suits cut down instead of turned inside out
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

Partisan politics is being squeezed out of
the peace treaty by the statement of republi-
can reception committees and the president.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The only justification for the bobbed hair
cuts which the young men are parading is
that it makes them look as though they had
on a cap when they hadn't.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

Lies joys never come unadulterated. The
place where the fish bite best is the place
where the mosquitoes bite the worst.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

The White Ribboners are not much in the
public eye just now but the blue ribboners
will be conspicuous next month. The annual
fairs will be held then.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

What will happen when the school kids
union insists on taking over and operating
the school room?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
RESURRECTION OF THE PIG.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
A boys essay: "For the pig to die is to be
born again to sphere of greater utility.
When we get out of bed we brush our hair
and clothes with his bristles; for our break
fast we have crisp, savory slice of bacon,
or maybe it's sausage. When we arrive home
for our dinner we find some tender chops
awaiting US, and they make US feel as strong
as a prize fighter And we dream of ba-
CON- pork chops and sausages, and the cause
of all this is the pig"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

Persian ladies ornament their faces by
painting on them figures of insects and
small animals.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

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Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-19
NATIONAL PARTY
BEING FORMED
BY LABOR MEN
Initial Steps Taken Monday
at Conference of Represent
atives in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. 18.--Initial steps
IA the organization of national Ia
Dor party were taken Monday at a
conference of representatives of la
Dor organizations of several states
A temporary executive committee
was named to issue call for dele
gates to national convention to be
held in Chicago in November and to
set a definite date. Duncan McDon-
aid, president of the Illinois FEEDER
alton of labor and chairman of the
state labor party, who presided at
the conference, said that the party
expected to have between $500 and
5000 delegates at the convention.
A constitution and platform will
be formulated at the national con-
vention, it was announced, and de-
c;sion as to what candidates will be
entered in the 1920 campaign also
will be made.
The basis of representation to the
convention as decided Monday was
one delegate to each central labor
body, of which there are 760 in the
United States, and one delegate for
every 500 members of all labor party
groups and all local unions.
The new party will represent the
100000 members of organized la
tor in the United States, and will
have the cooperation of nonpai-
tisan leagues and farmers organl-
cations in various states" said Rob-
ert M. Buck, editor of the Official
newspaper OF the illinois labor
party.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-19
Labor Organizations
of Lincoln to Start
Cooperative Store

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 18.-Labor or
ganizations here have decided to es-
tablish cooperative store of their
own to buy and sell necessities in an
effort 10 reduce the cost of living.
This was announced Monday by
Frank NJ. Coffey, secretary of the
Nebraska State Federation of Labor,
following a meeting of representa-
tives of various labor unions, at
which the decision to operate the
store was reached.
Articles of incorporation had been
prepared and will be filed with the
secretary of state soon, Mr.. Coffey
said. No person, he stated. would
be permitted to have more than 10
shares of stock, nor less than 10, and
profits from the enterprise would be
divided among stockholders in &C
cordance with the amount of their
at the store.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-19
HOPE TO KILL
DAYLIGHT LAW
DESPITE VETO
Friends of Repeal May Pass
Bill Over the Head of
President.
Ry E. c. SNYDER.
Mt of The Omaha Bee.

(Staff Correspondent Of The Omaha Bee.)
Washington, Aug. l8-(Special
Telegram )--Friends of repeal of the
daylight saving law in the house are
hopeful that they will have votes
enough Tuesday to pass the meas
lire over the presidents veto.
Thcy came within eight votes of
having two-t thirds majority favora
BILE to its passage when the repeal
of the law was attached as a rider
to the agricultural appropriation bill.
Since that time number of demo-
crat who voted to sustain the presi-
dent IN his veto have heard very
pointedly from their farmer friends
and they are now seeing a new light
which gives the republican leaders
hope that there will be enough
changes among the democrats to
pas. the measure, the veto OF the
president Notwithstanding.
Representative Andrews and 9th
ers of the Nebraska delegation re-
ceived a long telegram from Mrs.
H. ]. Holmes of Omaha, president
of the Mothers club OF the state.
urging the passage of the repeal
owe the presidential veto for the
reason that the law has an injurious
effect upon the health and education
of the children and she gives the
names of physicians, teachers and
who endorse this view.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-19
Two Nebraskans and
One Iowa Man Cited
For Bravery by French

Three French war crosses were
received at the army recruiting sta
ton yesterday for delivery to
American soldiers for heroism dur
ing the world war. Citations ac-
compansing the decorations were
signed by Marshal Petain.
John Kelly of Burchard, Neb.,
with the 34lst machine gun battalion
when his platoon was subjected to
the fire of the American infantry
went to tell the infantry of the
identity OF the unit and returned
under machine gun fire by the
enemy.
Serg. John Brinda, Valentine,
Neb., Company B, 355th infantry,
was decorated for rushing forward
without orders and killing the gun
firer and capturing the rest of ma
chine gun crew that was retarding
the advance of his platoon.
Corp. Robert w. Colflesh. Des
Moires, Company NJ. Seventh in
fantry, was cited for not taking shell
ter while his men were exposed un-
der barrage although he was
wounded. He was wounded sec
ond time while helping the last one
Jump in a trench
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-19
OVER 200 DEAF MUTES
GUESTS OF AK-SAR-BEN.

More than 200 deaf mutes, mem
bers of the Nebraska State Asso-
citation for the Advancement of the
-beaf, in session here for the past
tour days, were initiated into the
mysteries of Ak-Sar- Ben at the Den
last night Contingents from Mis-
souri, Valley, Logan, Mondaman,
Honey Creek, Loveland and Mo-
dale, la, were also present.
The show, depicting prohibition
even in the confines of hades, was
particularly well staged and was
well received.
The Conversation between the
actors was interpreted in the sign
language by an instructor from the
Nebraska School for the Deaf. Fol
lowing the show John Heinzman,
the only member of the Ak,Sar- Ben
who is deaf mute, explained to the
members of the association the ad-
vantages of membership in the Ak
Sar-Ben.
L. r. Pike, mayor of Missouri
Valley, Ia, also delivered brief
address extending thanks in behalf
Of the other members of the Iowa
city delegation for the reception ex-
tended them by the Ak-Sar-Ben,
He invited Omahans to visit the
Missouri Valley fair, soon to be
held.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-19
EXPECT AV|AT0RS BACK TODAY
Is KILLED AND
20 ESCAPE IN
MINE EXPLOSION
Blast in Colorado Due to
= Gas; -Four Bodies
Recovered.

Trinidad, Colo, Aug lS-Eighteen
men are believed dead. buried under
the debris from the explosion at II
o'clock this morning in the Oakview
mine of the Oakdale Coal company
near La Veta, Colo. At E O'Clock
Monday night five rescue crews had
been unable to recover any of the
bodies.
Fumes from the gas explosion filled
the mine and several rescuers were
overcome and were revived with dif-
ficulty. Owing to the wrecked con
dition of the mine and gas fumes it
was considered doubtful whether the
full death list could be learned at
once.
Approximately 40 men were i'll the
mine when the explosion occurred,
including Fire Boss William Chris
topher. Ten men escaped from the
mine through the main stop after
the explosion and 10 others made
their way to the surface through an
mine. William Davis, a
miner, one of those overcome by the
recovered sufficiently to
make his way to the surface. None
of the others has been heard from.
The explosion occurred about a
mile and a half in the workings of
the mine.
fearful throngs of women and
children relatives of the missing men
eagerly wait at the mine for word
from rescue crews. Volunteer res
cue crews came from the Walsen-
burg and Trinidad districts and mine
officials said rescue attempts would
be continued all night.