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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
THE WORLDS WAR DEBT.

Figures showing exactly the cost of the
war in all countries are not available. But
there is sufficient material at hand to give
an approximate amount of what the world
has been forced to mortgage in order that
German policies and kultur should not drive
civilization from the earth The compare
tive mortgages on the wealth of the ma
tons at this time with that of August l
1914, when war began, shows that while
at that time England had a national debt
equal to 4 per cent. of the national wealth
that debt has increased until now it is Al
per cent. of the national wealth The ma
tional debt of Germany has increased from
per cent. to so; that of Austra-Hungary
has increased so per cent; that of France
As per cent, and of the United States 8 per
cent. For purposes of comparison the fol-
lowing tabulatiOns indicate approximately
the increase in the national debts of the
principal belligerent nations from August .
1914 to January l, 1919:
Gross Debt Of Aur 1o1A T. ,o,o
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
Lies Magic Vase.
Orison SWEET Marden.

Life is magic vase. 1t will run over to
you only that which you drop into it-noth-
ing more, nothing less, nothing different.
If we drop in love, generosity tolerance,
magnanImity, kindness, helpfulness, unself
ishness-the life vase will run over to us
the same things in the same amount and
quality. If on the other hand we put in
hate, jealousy. envy, cruelty, selfshness,
grasping greed, malicious gossip about our
neighbors-it will run over with all these
black devils to torment US and rob us of
happiness and success
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
AND STILL THEY ACETATE.

From the Lyons Progress.
-. The Dawson News notes that the prohibi-
ton political party is now out of ioh bnt
doubts that its members can be convinced
OF the fact: Let no one be fooled. The pro-
hibition agitator will still be on the lob for
many years to come. They have already an
nounced that they will be in the next cam
paign to see that men in favor of enforc-
ing the law are elected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Packing house employees have approved
the 10 per cent wage increase granted
them by the federal Arbitrator. Now if the
packers, or somebody, will kindly see that
10 per cent. increase is not made up through
an increase in the price of meats, or a de-
crease in the price paid to live stock pro-
ducers for cattle and hogs, nearly every
body will be pleased
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Old age may be state of mind, but when
woman-or man, too, for that matter
well beyond the half century mark persists
IN acting like person of 20 one is led to be-
lieve the state of mind is next to lunacv.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Who can imagine finer garden spot and
the year round more desirable place in
which to live than Southwest Georgia?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
IT'S A QUEER WORLD.

From the New York World
There are times when I envy the tramn
his freedom from care" SAYS Ogden AZ
mour. This is frequent emotion on the
part of men of great wealth. How hannC
the world might be if all the tramps We're
milllonaires and all the millonaires were
trampsl WIZ
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Cranston Williams, the former popular
and versatile young editor of the Americas
Times-Recorder, now in the service of the
country in France, has been appointed by
Senator W. J. Harris as his private secre-
tary. Splendid for them both
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Another man has been killed in Atlanta
by a reckless automobile driver. Atlanta has
become as careless of the lives Of its citizens
as the Russian mobs are of the lives of
grand dukes and royal families.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Victor Berger, who was elected to con-
gress, is determined to serve the country. If
he cannot do SO because he wants to he will
do so because he has to.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

The bolsheviki ere becoming economical
Instead of wasting ammunition to kill their
victims they shove them through holes cut
in the ice
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

A citizen at our elbow suggests that the
term hard roads" probably means it
is going to be hard to get decent law pass
ed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Beer may be cure for the hiccoughs.
But what is there now to start the hic-
coughs?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

If government ownership of the meat
industry would increase the prices as gov
eminent operation of the railroads has, the
people will prefer the old form of robbery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

There is no ground to complain about
government generosity when 81 200, OOO,O
is appropriated to make good the guaran-
teed price of wheat
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Let the people who are clamoring for gov
eminent ownership of the packers remem-
Der the raise in railroad rates Meats are
high enough now
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

The man with large amount of money
on his person who accepts the solicitous at
tention of strangers in strange city is not
to be pitied if they relieve him of his wealth
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Circus men are anticipating a prosperous
season. They may be disappointed, Post
master General Burleson may beside to take
over the circuses as a war measure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Lots of people complain because they
are in the income tax class, and a lot more
kick because they are not.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

1t is said by correspondents that the Ger
mans are beginning to realize that they are
defeated. Some one must have removed a
couple of inches of thickness from their
skulls.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

People who are seeking remedies to re-
duce their flesh would find it advantageous
to live in some of the countries of Europe
for few months
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

Dog meat commands $500 a pound in
bolshevik Russia. That's what the people
want, else they would not tolerate the gov
eminent which has made it necessary
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

The high cost Of print paper has caused
the mail order houses to be more economical
in the size and distribution of their cata-
logues
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18

man NAV feel as Young at fifty as he
did at twenty, but he doesn't know half as
much. %
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
EGGS SCARCE.

EGGS bringing 4704sc: butter. 4an
50 cents: best calves. lsc: chickens.
SSc to ssc: hides. green. sec; green.
salted. Ssc- Wool. potatoes ana onions
In good demand.
~
HAzEIGROvE q 90.
1210 East Cary Street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
WILSON HASN'T POWER
TO HEIR THE BREWERS
President Can't Let Beer Go and
Stop Whiskcy.

The Birmingham News of August
3 carries Washington story under
the signature Of it's Washington cor
respondent to the effect that Secre-
tary Baker has announced that de-
mobilization OF the army will be COM
pleted on or before October l. Tho
correspondent says that the prohibi-
tionists OF the nation are greatly
alarmed for fear that the president
will issue proclamation declaring
that until the eighteenth amendment
to the constitution becomes effective
next January Is. beer and light wines
in states that were formerly wet be-
fore wartime prohibition will be
permitted to be manufactured and
sold. The correspondent says:
II. also is rumored that the prea-
dent may go So far as to claim to
possess the authority to include the
sale OF whiskey and gin during the
practically three months between the
date of actual rehabilitation and the
date when the national prohibition
amendment goes into effect through
out the country
Attention is called to this item for
the purpose OF emphasizing the fact
that newspa pers are giving their read
ers vast amount of misinformation
concerning prohibition these days.
Here is Washington correspondent
who evidently doesn't know that
President Wilson has no authority to
grant any special favors whatever to
the brewers. II President Wilson de-
clares the period of rehabilitation
ended, the sale of whiskey may be le4
gally resumed along with the sale OF
beer in wet territory. In other
words. the situation will be exactly as
II was before the wartime prohibition
act became operative.
This correspondent. goes on to ex-
plain how strong representations
nave been made to President Wilson
that IN view of the fact that the banks
have so much money loaned on strong
liquors that were in government
bonded warehouses and tho owners
have not had sufficient time to dis
pose of their holdings and meet their
financial obligations. II would be an
act OF justice II the president would
grant the whiskey owners the privilege
OF resuming sale at the end OF the
period of rehabilitation.
No one knows when The period OF
rehabilitation will be proclaimed at
an end. But 1t Ia an absolute GER
tainty II the proclamation comes be-
fore the advent Of constitutional pro-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
Pussyfoot, Prohibitionist,
Has All England Guessing
as He Silently Saws Wood

prominent American engineer at
present in London" The News repre-
sentative must have found this prom
inen1 American engineer" in the Sa-
voy bar, for his gloomy predictions
as to what Pussyfoot Johnson would
do % the rrophesies of jeremiah. OF
Holy Writ. looking like real es-
tater's prospectus.
Pusscy Overturns Triple.
Then the Evening News followed
up with cartoon by Poy--the king
pin OF the pencil boys over here-on
the front page. 1t represented kitty
wearing Methodistical tie and silk
hat tipping over the mug Of bitter"
OF the honest British worker while he
was eng~ossed in his newspaper, and
1t was entitled ''Pussyfoot'
Perhaps, in the first analysis. the
joke is on the correspondent Of Ani-
versh Service. whose office Is one
moor above that OF Pussyfoot John
son. The correspondent had ridden in
the so-called lift" with Mr. Johnson,
had talked with Mr.. Johnson, knew
he was some sort OF a prohibtonist
person--and let 1t 60 at that. So the
correspondent had a beat" pulled off
under his very nose.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

every reciprocity treaty we have en-
tered into. Every charge made
against this treaty is charge made
against the things our government has
been doing for century and more
The Shantung provision Is ridi-
culous excuse for opposing or amend
Ing the treaty. A small portion Of
the Shantung province was leased by
China to Germany twenty -one years
ago, when the president and senate
were Republican Five years ago ia
pan took the subject OF this lease from
Germany by an act of war. The peace
treaty simply recognizes the status
quo.
The opponents OF the treaty hahitu-
ally represent the council of the
league Of nations as "A parliament of
man, federation of tho world"
which might legtslate on our domes-
tic concerna This lis absolute false
hood. There IL not the slightest ex-
cuse for It. The purpose of the leagu e
and the powers OF the council are
explicitly stated. 1t can only restrain
q bellicose nation from going to war
until negotiation. litigation or arbi-
tration shall have been exhausted in
the effort to avert war
The opposition to the treaty is In
spired by inhumanity. by predatory
public policy, by a desire to perpetu-
ate the state of war and preparation
for war.
Civilization philanthropy, human
brotherhood, reason. Christianity. the
perpetuation OF the policies to which
the United States has been devoted
from the beginning of its history. de-
mand tho immediate and unqualified
ratification Of the treaty. The United
States must not support savagery. Tho
American people will not endure IT.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

hihition, 1t will mean the resumption
of the sale of all liquors and will per
NIT the manufacture of beer. 1t IL
hardly likely that many breweries
would, reopen for so short u period
as three months. assuming that Mr.
Bakers statement is correct and thai
rehabilitation will be completed by
October / Inasmuch as there will
be no beer supply except possibly OF
the lis per cent variety and even that
may tie under the ban by that time. it
will be seen that the country might
be thrown upon whiskey basis be-
cause there is plenty of whiskey In
bonded war ehouses and available for
sale II sale Is permitted. This is Just
what the most active anti-purohibt-
tionlsts have professed to fear most.
The splendid record made by prohi-
bition during the first month OF its
operation promises to be maintained
and even bettered during the months
to come and a whiskey orgy would
serve a contrast that would insure a
most hearty welcome to constitutional
prohibition on January Is.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
PROHIBITION DEPOPULATE.
INDIANA COUNTY JA|LS.
State Charities Board Presents Fig
ures-34 Jails Empty After Six
Months Prohibition.

The prohibition law became oper-
1918. The effect of the dry law upon
crime is seen in the figures presented
in the annual report of the Indiana
board of state charities This report
for example:
At the close of the institution year
September 80, 1918. "a Indiana jails
were empty and IS others had fewer
than five inmates each, In eight
others the only occupants were in
sane persons. The six most populous
counties had only $50 inmates in their
jails. The year before they had e25
including these of Indianap polls. The
total jail population of the state was
smaller by $50 than ii was the year
before. The number of jail commit
ments decreased 1872 in the year.
The commitments to county jails
for the period April 3 to September
IL were 1865, against 2,411 In the
preceding six months, a decrease of
So per cent. The decrease in commit
ments for vagrancy fell off more than
half in the last six months of prohi-
bition. which was effective from April
!, 1918. The workhouse OF Marion
county. which includes indianapolis,
which had % inmates on September
so, 1917. has been closed
The annual report Of the board OF
charities Of the District of Colum bia
for 1918 also shows similar reduction
in prison population. The average
number Ct male prisoners In the
workhouse reformatory in 1918 was
but 3l3, against 536 for the previous
year. decrease Of 40 per cent Pro-
hfbition became effective there No
vember !. 1917.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
THE IMPENDING STORM"

OF the supine inactivity of our pub
lie officials, we are heading stra ,ght
toward destruction.
Public endurance is at the bresx-
ing point. Revolution is lowering
dangerously near.
THE government should heed the
impending storm, before It is too late
10 prepare to meet it"
OF course we cannot afford to have
our great country wrecked by any
thing: but If there Is an Impending
storm" of revolutionary character it
Is as much the duty of every individ-
ual citizen as for any individual off,
rIal TO heed 1t and take necessary
precautions. Offlcials--the govern
ment--can generally be depended
upon to do " hat the nstion--the peo-
ple--want done and no more. They
cannot afford to run too far in ad =
( vance of the public thought
To sit down and denounce the gov
( eminent for this and that without
ourselves doing what we can to keep
the government moving In the right
direction land this lis the effect of the
iamentation to which we refer) is
both lazy and lacking in courage In
ago. Eternal vigilance LIS the price oil
1 liberty and everybody, whether IL
/ public or private life, must pay thu
price IL he would remain free.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

We have noticed in several OF cur
antA consem porartes an editorial
Asr the heading The lTnpehoihs
-. wh,ch i. most striking ex-
sS don OF foolish fear.
- begins, as mannes''''''''4
..,.pv begin with a wrong
49,. NO nation ever Is greater
z -. government 1t maintains
chen goes on to blame '''' S
.or everything about which
nplAint can be made.
q An undue exaltation OF the
s1rrr,ent. all too common IN these
SS.. .rhen we have just begun 10 re-
70 the normal conditions o. pre-
ssmes During the war the gov
nnf. n the instrument OF the ma
was properly charged with sfea'
duties of which il Will be
~ relieved in due time But not
- he height of the war or AT
tina has the government~-speak
s.e ~ of,ciai group in charge OF
fArtng the national will
m the equal or anything near
nai OF the nation from when
- every power which 1t exer-
cannot AFFORD" runs this edi'
>ii 40 have our great coun-
cleed upon the rock Of greed
nx4ce. And yet today. because
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
A PLEA FOR JUSTICE.

aIoyhApa your child will have an op-
pnity to 60 to coliege-and then
in-the wheel of fortune may
and he may be obliged to go TO
Ik ~ an early age instead OF en-
mg the educational advantages you
planned for him.
hAtever may befali your own boy,
net is that the great ajority will
70 even TO high school The
quate education which most chill
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

designed to enforce it would be in
valid. The authority OF congress to
enact a. war prohibition law rests in
the provision in the Constitution
which gives congress power to sup
port the army and navy. This power
and obligation extends through de-
mobilization. The courts have so
held. Congress acted within its con-
emergency legislation to be operative
not only till the conclusion of war
but to continue through the period Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
LODGE, ROOSEVELT AND THE LEAGUE

Tnncdors Roosevelt in several
books and Senator Lodge In
dalivered four years ago very
I'd that the only way to avert
~ " e1fecf q combination OF ma
tllnx would. restrain any nation
htoks the peace Ia pointed out
Philadelphia Ledger, which
& dsciarss: Debate has shown
~ opponents OF the league OF
- aro opposed to any league to
1T war
xcesd wants peace, virgorousiy
- this Democratic newspaper.
Ansr3can people want peacs~ To
~ tn treaty. including the cove
1|II; - ~ league Of nations. would
threw the world back into the
I143oa IT 1914. when every nation
E1uSR snrned to the teeth, whom the cost
auents Was 20 great that Gu
I11i1i - threatened with bankruptcy.
whan war was likely to be pre-
$3.50 ~ any minute because one
- thought that some other ma
maight make war and desired the
100 OF getting In the frSt blow.
- 1Gonros doctrine and our do
eoncsrns arc sufficiently safe
- They were safe enough un-
- original draft bat they have
ij11I - specifically safeguarded In the
n1Do lsst any opponent should
- n excuse for opposing.
Aass are prseedsnts In our own
teey Tor every concession We would
80 IN the covenant We have
IIi nn4ssd tbs territorial integrity OF
and New Granada We have
- sur naval force on the Grea.
nA We have waived our right 10
80 ~er In svery arbitration treaty
have uAde. We have waived the
~ Of Congress to control duties in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

dren receive would be materially
ampiified and enriched by the men
a good kindergarten provides. Only
one child in eight is enjoying these
educational advantages which all the
children of the country are entitled to
and should receive.
A kindergarten ought to be opened
in every one OF the elementary
schools TO provide equal opportunities
for all of the nations children.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

rehabilitation. II is now well set
tied by the Supreme Court that IL
congress has power to enact a law 1t
has also the power to enact additional
legislation to make the original act
effective and enforceable 1t is neces-
sary to define the term Intoxicating
liquor" In order to make the act en-
forceable.
Mr.. Root has not very good rec
ord as prophet concerning the con-
stitutionaltty OF anti-liquor legisla-
ton. The drys are not worried over
his pronouncement
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

cent brewers out of business and in
ciaentally dispense with Mr.. Roots
services SO far as that feature OF the
case is concerned
The burden OF Mr.. Roots conten-
ton seems to be that the war pro-
hibition act Is invalid because an
emergency no longer exists and. be-
inE invalid OF course any legislation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
MR.. ROOTS OPINION

10 not at all surprising that Mr..
counsel for the brewers. would
M seassure Mr. Feigenspan. presi-
En4 tbs Brewers association, by
|nk4ng 70 him that the dry law en-
nent code AS passed by the
And now pending In the SEN
Unconstitutional. That en-
ent ceds win put the 2.7s Der
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-02-28
SCOUTS LIFE FOR ALLIES.

In the death Of Denwood w. New.
bury. age seventeen years, in a lum'
Der camp on Mount Spokane there
passed . boy who. disappointed that he
was too young to enter the army. had
done all he could to aid the causes
Of the allies to prove he was not Q
Stacker, and who had striven to live
up to the principles he had learned AZ
a boy scout.
He was intensely interested in the
war. and had contributed from his
earnings to the French war orphan
fund, the Armenian relief. and had In
vested in War stamps and bought @
Liberty bond. At the camp he collect
ed $64 from the men for the Red Cross.
He had been a member Of the boy
scouts in California, where we lived
before going to Spokane two years
ago, and his efforts were along the
line Of making a good record for the
scout service.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-02-28
SCOUTS A NATIONAL FACTOR.

"War has certainly brought to the
boy scout movement great opportuni.
ties" says Milton A. McRae Of San
Diego, Cal. 1--WE have had some loss.
but I believe a much greater gain, and
the publicity that the movement Is re-
ceiving in America Is a wonderful as
set. and really beyond comprehension.
II marched for two and a half miles
In a great parade at the head Of the
San Diego council and the boy scouts,
and I am certain that did not mis-
interpret the cheers and plaudits of
the thousands of spectators who lined
the streets while the procession passed
by. The boy scout movement is fac
tor in this nation"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-02-28

Almost any kind of odds would be
offered that there isn't golfer in
this country who could beat the best
ball Of Charles Evans, Jr., national
amateur and open champion, Jock
Hutchinson and Bob Macdonald, yet
this is what is claimed for Walter Ha-
gen. former national open title holder.
The story Is that soldiers tobacco
fund match was staged at the Bob
OLink club course recently, with Ha-
gen and Evans. the American-born
pair, playing the Scot-born.
Hagen had just arrived from De-
troit, where he Is with the Oakland
Hills club, the morning Of the match.
and he had never seen the Bob O'Link
course before. Although there was q
breeze amounting to half gale Ha-
rem went round In 81, establishing a
record for this circuit and winning
for his side by up and 5 to play. 1t
was a single-handed victory, for Ev-
ans didn't get in on a hole. Hagen
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-02-28
,Cz1ezG EtzsC w.

was seldom Off the course, while tho
others were repeatedly SO. Hutchin-
son had Is. Macdonald 70, and
Evans an 80. Hagen was over par
only once, but he came back with a
at the next hole, a 197-yarder. At
the ninth, 435 yards, he had a 3.
Record at Evanston.
The following day the former ROch-
ester professional went to the Evans
ton course, Chicago, another strange
circuit, and he set record Of 60
there. Hardly a golfer in this coun-
try of prominence but has taken
crack at Evanston. and the record
was 68 until Hagen Topped off two
strokes. The former open champion
made the first seven holes in %, but
slipped on the next two. finishing
with a 81 for the outward half. Pre-
vious to going to Chicago Hagen had
made his home course at Detroit in
20 on three different rounds within
one week.