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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-28
III Have nOOth
lt ChaRtauqllis

Presbyterians will have booth on
lhe Chantauqua grounds on st John's
College campus. 1T Whlcta they will
VII sandwiches, cake. candy and other
,ood things to cat. The booth viii
saer refreshmens to the hungry Chau-
iauquaus. and at the same time help
iae fund for the church.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-28

Prof. Danfortl, formerly instructor
al the Naval Academy. visited friends
here yesterday
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
IN GODS OWN TEMPLE.

''The groves were Gods first temple ere
man learned to hew the shaft and lay the
arch above them" but in this age the wor-
shippers seldom seek the first temple, whose
dome is the sky, whose decorations are the
flowers and the trees whose carpet is the
grass, and whose choir is the birds. 1t is I'M
popular to suggest attendance at this church
on Sunday, when such attendance would les
sen the number of worshippers in the pews
of the churches erected by the hand of man,
but during the summer vacation of the pull
pits a Sunday spent among the scenes which
God himself has created brings the soul in
to closer touch with divinity and makes man
forget his quibbling and wrangling over
humanity's construction of things divine.
No one can sit beneath the foliage of a
tree clothed in the garb designed by the
Creator without more reverent conception
of him who formulated the leaves and pro-
vided for their growing. No one can behold
the symmetry and color of the tiniest flower
without deeper appreciation in his soul
for the divine mind which conceived and the
divine hand which painted it. No one can
listen to the music of the birds and behold
the harmony of their plumage without be-
lieving that they typify on earth the melo-
dy with which heaven is enriched.
He who spends Sunday afternoon in
touch with Gods handiwork will get clear
er and sweeter view of the source of all re-
ligion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Strikes and more strikes, profteering and
complaint against it, lavish expenditures
and wild speculation, unrest, Lack of per-
spective-all these are signs of the times
Steady workers going day after day to their
old Jobs, farmers sowing and reaping, fac
tories busy, business alive, home building
and improving, a hopeful forward look gen.
orally among us of the common folk-these
also are signs of the times. The wise man
will balance one against the other. If he is
wise beyond the average he will hold we'll
what he has and go forward with courage
tempered with caution. The balance swings
about even now There may be that to fall
upon the scales that shall disturb the bal
ance, and send one side down and the 9th
err up swiftly and without much warning.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
TWO SINNERS.
Published by Request

There was a man, it was said one time,
Who went astray in his youthful prime.
Can the brain keep cool and the heart keep
quiet
When the blood is a river that's running
riot?
And "boys will be boys" the old folks say,
And the man is better who'd had his day,
The sinner reformed; and the preacher told
Of the prodigal son who came back to the
fold,
And Christian people threw open the door,
With a warmer welcome than ever before.
Wealth and honor were his to command,
And a spotless woman gave him her hand.
And the world strewed their pathway with
blossoms abloom,
Crying, "God bless ladye, and God bless
groomw
There was a maiden who went astray
In the golden dawn of her life's young day,
She had more passion and heart than head,
And she followed blindly where fond Love
led
And Love unchecked is dangerous guide
To wander at will by fair girls side.
The woman Hepented and turned from SIM
But no door opened to let her IN,
The preacher prayed that she might be for
given,
But told her to look for mercy-in Heaven.
For this is the law of earth we know;
That the woman is stoned while the man
may go.
A brave man welded her after all,
But the world said, frowning, 1--WE snail not
call"
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
THE CAUSE.

The strike of the shopmen of the nation
is far reaching in its consequence. How II
will be settled and how long it will last are
problems which concern the whole public.
If the railroad administration shoves the So
luton into congress considerable delay may
be expected unless hastily considered legls-
lation is rushed through. If the shopmen
are granted the demands they are making
it will result in an increase in freight rates
with a corresponding increase in the cost OF
living. If an adjustment is not reached at
an early date the rolling stock of the rail-
roads of the country, already in bad condl-
ton from lack of repairs by the railroad
administration, will not be sufficient to han
die the present crops and to meet the de-
mand for fall fuel shipments which, despite
the constant warnings of fuel dealers and
the danger of a fuel shortage, are far be-
low what they should be at this season.
The condition is the result of inattention
to reconstruction problems by the govern
ment at time when they called for serl-
GUS attention. Reconstruction problems
have been allowed to work themselves out
as best they could when intelligent direc-
ton OF the changing pOllCIeS 1iOIA wal w
peace demanded the earnest consideration
and action of both the executive and leglsla-
tive departments of the government. The
nation is reaping one of the consequences
of the do nothing policy which followed the
conclusion of the armistice. FiguratNely
the whole government has stood around
pointing with pride or viewing with alarm,
according to partisan inclinatlons, the
achievements of the war, while great prob
lens involving the immediate future were
ignored or forgotten. The penalty OF tAat
policy is upon the nation. The railroad shop
mems strike and the demand of other rail-
road employees for increased wages, and the
high cost of living with its side issues, have
overwhelmed the government like an ava
lanche, because no attention was given them
until they reached their present acute stage.
Now demands are made for hasty and super
fetal relief from their consequences. Con-
sideration at the right time would have
avoided the present condition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
Ford and the Tribune.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

The Chicago Tribune, we believe, was
neither just nor truthful in calling Mr.. Ford
an anarchist Whether libelous or not, it is
the sole job of the court sitting at Mt. Glenn
ents to determine. But the most satlsfac-
ton the manufacturer now can get out OF
the case is to see the Tribune lose. Himself,
he is loser in any case.
For with due respect to the circulation
of the Tribune, only a comparatively few
people read the offensive editorial and prob
ably a very small fraction, if any, of
these were affected in their views of Mr.
Ford by so doing. But millions of readers,
including the most intelligent and worth
while people of the country from Boston TO TO
Frisco, from Skagway to Palm Beach, Will
have read the proceedings of the trial, and
before this vast audience-a very ocean OF
humanity-Mr. Ford on the witness stand
has made a veritable ass of himself.
He seems to be without academic knowl-
edge that we have a right to expect from
a high school even an eighth grade pupil.
A man who didn't know who Benedict Ar
mold was, who thought that an idealist was
one who makes profits for others and that
a mobile army was "an army moblllZed,
sought to instruct the American people IN
national policy and international relations
by the expenditure of vast sums of money
which has fallen into his hands in such sums
that he is at loss to know what to do with
it.
His attorney was right. The cross exami-
nation of Mr.. Ford has been brutal. 1t is
shame to push a fedgling into stream. The
pathetic fact of it all is that Mr.. Ford in his
efforts for peace is inspired by noble hu-
manitarian sentiments and is willing to
spend money, time and effort for the prose
cution of his benevolent purposes.
But what a pity to be ignorant in these
days of educational opportunity. And how
futile to say: eff I want to know anything
can hire a man to look it up" One of the
eloquent morals of the Ford-Tribune case is
that the education you attempt to buy is
likely to be more humiliating than no edu-
cation at all.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
FARMERS ON STRIKE.

An Illinois organization of farmers num-
herring 100000 members threatens to with
hold it's products from the market If the
railroad employees refuse to transport such
rroducts when offered. This threat, while
more illustrative than demonstrable, directs
attention to the power which actually con-
trolls the food supplies. In the first analysis
the farmers of the country have the power
+o override all other agencies in food pro-
drction and distribution. If they refuse to
sell or if they go a step farther and refuse
IN nroduce except for their own support, the
rest of the people would face starvation
True. food might be bought in other coun-
tries but that policy would place tins ma
ton in the same dependent and precarlous
situation that England is in.
Concrete control of food products or tood
deliveries by the farmers is remote, yet IN
the abstract they are the people who hold
the whip in hand. The railroad employees
NAV refuse to deliver the food from the
uroducer to the consumer, but such refusal
becomes a nullity when there is nothing to
deliver. As food is the source of lie
those who produce it could destroy
all others if they possessed the machinery
for united efforts. It is peculiar that IN the
struggle for mastery among the different
Aelements of society this fact has not been
taken into account.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
THE GEORGIA PERsIMMoN.

From the Marietta Journal.
The Georgia persimmon, noted from
time immemorial as being useful prin-
cipally as food for possums and for that
delightful brew dear to memory of boy
hood days, 'simmon beer, may become
a commercial product in the near fu-
ture Experts declare that from it bet
ter vinegar may be manufactured than
from apples.-Dawson News.
The Georgia apples and the Georgi
peach having proved their superior value
is not strange that the Georgia persimmo
should also have higher ambitions
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
IN A FURRY.

The agitation in congress and among the
departments of the executive branch of the
government over the high cost of living re-
minds an observer of the agitation displayed
by nest of ants when their habitation is
disturbed The difference is that in the case
of the insects the work of repairing the
damage is Immediately begun. There is no
investigation into the cause of the trouble.
There is no debate. All workers are at
once set to the task of rebuilding. Not so in
Washington The disturbance is merely the
signal for new cyclone of oratory and eX-
pensive Investigations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
WILL WOMEN VOTE?

The possibility of universal suffrage Tor
women creates an interest in the question of
whether or not they will exercise the right
once it belongs to them. While majority rule
is the principle of democracy it is notori-
Gus fact that rule in this country is by de-
cided minority. Not only is this true of the
actual number who exercise the franchise,
Ibut the number who vote for successful
candidate for president is a minority cf the
whole number Of eligible electors. This is
no new feature of the government. 1t has
been co-existent with the government itself.
In the first presidential election the pres
idential electors of Pennsylvania were chos-
en- directly by the people. They received
$3.50 votes. This voting population gave
the ten electoral votes of that state to
Washington. The first census taken under
the federal constitution in 1890 showed
that at that time, two years after the first
election, there were $4,000 qualified voters
in the state. Thus approximately 5000 vo-
tiers out of a total of $4,000 determined
the presidency, so far as that state was con-
cerned.
President Lincoln was not only minority
president of the total votes cast for the four
candidates in the election of 1890, but he
was a decidedly minority candidate of the
whole electorate of the nation. He received
scarcely one-fourth the votes of the male
population of the country over II years of
age at that time, while the total votes Of all
the candidates in that election was only five
eighths of the total voting population. The
same disparity between the number of votes
cast and the number of people entitled to
vote is found in every election since the
foundation of the government The ratio
changes according to the intensity of the
campaign issues, but the successful candi-
date always is a minority one. The Harri-
SON campaign of 1910 came nearer getting
out the entire vote than any other, not ex-
cepting the Mckinley and Bryan campaign
of 1896. In the Harrison campaign the log
cabin, hard cider and live coons combined
with the campaign cry of "Tipecanoe and
Tyler, too" to bring out the largest per-
centage of the voters the country ever ex-
perienced
Will the women, when enfranchised, be
more interested in the exercise of their
rights than the men have been? In the
states in which they have the full fran
chise a large percentage of stay-at-homes
is found. Some of these may be accounted
for among the women who are opposed to
the franchise There is a considerable num-
Der of this class in every state In the coun-
try the difficulties of reaching the polling
places keep many women voters at home
The general lack of interest among women
in public questions may cause others to be
Indifferent. Whether these causes will be
general when the national enfranchisement
is in force is problem. But the indiffer-
ence of women can hardly be more pro-
nounced than the Indifference of men for
more than a century has been.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
They Know a Good Thing.
From the Worth County Local.

with prospective purchasers of its farms
They come from North Georgia and other
states and in a great many instances readi-
Iy purchase what looks to them as real bar
gains in dirt. The cause of this influx to our
country is two fold: First, it has been adj
vertised by those who in past years have
come with US from other sections, a letter
to their friends and acquaintance having
a good effect; secondly, the honest to good
ness boosting which has been done by our
folks of late is having a telling effect. The
most gratifying part of it is that when they
do come and see for themselves they usually
exclaim that truly the half has not been
told"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
AND YOU A sAVANNAHIAN!

From the Savannah Press.
Mr. P. R. McElveen, of Arcola, writes to
The Press relatives to the complaint of Edi-
tor Rainey, of The Dawson News, that there
are good things he once knew in Savannah
that no longer come from there. Mr. Me
Elveen refers to our editorial utterances rel
ative to The Dawson editors complaint and
suggests that it is Chatham artillery punch
Editor Rainey has reference to.
How stupid of US not to have thought of
that With an editor bearing the name of
Rainey it would be natural that his thoughts
would be upon something wet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

There's one thing the prosperous Ameri-
can does not like to gamble on, and that is
going to prison. And if a few had been sent
there, following innumerable Investigations
and prosecutions at a cost of millions of
dollars to the public, there would be less
to complain about. Let US hope that the
present move against plunderers of the peo-
pie will result in some real good.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

Wheat ought not to be worth 1925 a
bushel and shoes ought not to be worth SIS,
Just shoes, and we need not fatter ourselves
that we are really prosperous when such
prices obtain 1t is mere make-believe pros
perity, prosperity expressed in cheap dol
lars
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

President Wilson, who was quite ready
to get the government into the railroad
business, is not so eager for responsibility
when there is trouble, and so he passes the
buck to congress. Congress, of course, will
in turn pass the buck to the ultimate con-
sumner, who pays and pays and pays.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

Terrell county, which has set the pace in
so many ways that are pralseworthy, has
excelled again This time it is a court that
has actually paid $749 into the public treas
urv This is indeed day of unusual things.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

The poll tax statutes in many states-in-
Guiding Georgia-which require the pay
ment of this tax as a condition precedent
to voting will have to be changed when
equal suffrage is adopted. Most of the stat
utes specify that the tax must be paid by
male citizens.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

An Atlantic City minister reserves the
rear row of seats in his church for bath
ers who desire to attend the services in their
bathing suits Why not give them the front
row, and thus increase the church attend
ance?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

Tobacco juice and turpentine have been
one says-eficient remedies
in case of snake bite. Well never believe
they're as good as the time honored spirits
of fermenti.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

Senator Harris came down from Wash
ington the other day, and paid the Georgia
folks a pop call. All were glad to see him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

The people are afflicted sufficiently with
out attempting more price-fxing. All such
attempts resulted in higher prices. Well may
the consumer pray to be delivered from it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

With lumber soaring in price there is talk
of paper houses. Unfortunately, observes
a contemporary, paper scared first.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

Of course you will vote for paving bonds.
You can't do otherwise and treat your town
right Remember that.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

People who recall the things advocated by
the populists will remember that among
them were high prices and cheap money.
These times seem Realistically populistic.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

1t will be disastrous in the end to increase
wages, then rates, then wages and then rates
again, if every time wages are increased the
cost of living goes up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

There may be no kick in near beer, but
there is certainly kick about it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
Peanuts Are Always a Safe Crop

Peanuts Are Always a Safe Crop
And BENTHALL PEANUT PICKERS contribute
their share in making crop of peanuts doubly safe by
eliminating all losses experienced by hand picking. The
BenthaI Peanut Picker pays for itself every two hun
dred bags picked With the Benthal you and your boys
do the work of hundred hands and do it better You
are not dependent upon help. Pick your peanuts and get
the big pro6ts-and then you make more money by
picking for others.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19

The Royal and the Royal Junior Hay
Presses. These presses speak the
latest word in hay press Improvement
Simplicity, strength, large capacity
light draft. Capacity up to one hum
dred and eighty bales an hour. Don't
let bad weather get your hay this
season. It's worth good money. ana
the Royal will help you save it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-08-19
Sunny South Wagons Give
Better Service

They are especially for use IN 'll'
section, for the cotton fields, IpeanuS'
corn and fertilizer hauling and tor me x
timber and turpentine distnct-"iI
particular reference to weather %i1
road conditions. The best thorough
seasoned Oak and Hickory are u'''
and the iron parts are thoroughly 'S''
ed to stand the heaviest strain
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-09-10
SENATOR T. E. RIDCELL OFFERS PLAN
. FOR IMPROVEMENT OF LEXINGTON ROADS

: They shall annually file report
with the legislative delegation ana
clerk of court Of their acts. receipts
IF. mo1evs and where from, eNpendl-
lures, county indebtedness. machinery
ETC., owned by the county and suggest
ed supply bill.
Z. They shall determine where the
construction crew, now called chaln
gang, shall work. provided that each
district. as now divided, shall have six
months of it's service out of every
twenty. four consecutive months.
Should the convicts for any cause
become too expensive. they should pc
turned over to the State to form
crew. who would return them to work
the roads.
(This would not abolish the con-
struction crew as that is necessary and
would be cared for by the means no"
used for the gang).
Supervisor.
/ The supervisor shall have charge
of the construction crew. build coun-
ty roads and bridges and maintain the
State roads-national highway, l call
State roads and cross county, county
roads-all State roads shall be built by
contract.
2. He shall advise with the district
commissioners in their districts about
their work, personally inspect. the
roads and bridges every sixty days,
and have concurrent authority when
employing a township contractor.
3. He shall file a monthly report
with the commissioners of his acts and
condition. of the county's affairs.
f. The automobile tax and a levy
on all county property shall be made
10 support the construction crew, the
county treasurer keeping separate
account for this purpose.
Commissioners.
l. The commissioners shall have
charge of maintaining the roads and
bridges in their respective districts,
implements, contractor and enforce
ment Of the laws pertaining thereto.
2. They with the supervisor shall let
out the maintainance of the roads and
bridges in a township to contractor,
who shall give bond for faithful SER
vice.
8. They shall furnish the contractor
with road machine. drag and trac-
tor or mules and report book.
4. They shall personally inspect the
roads and bridges every thirty days
and file monthly report with the COM
missioners of their acts and condition
OF roads and bridges.
5. The capitation road tax and a. two
mills levy on the taxable property of
the township shall support this worn,
The Sceurty~ treasurer to keep sep
arate account for each township.
Contractors.
l. The contractors shall give bond
for faithful service and care Of i'm
plements, etc.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-09-10

On last Friday night, Georges Pond
was the scene of a most delightful
moonlight party given in honor Of
some of Lexington's popular young
ladies who will leave shortly for the
different female colleges. The young
ladies thus honored were Misses Vir-
ginia Riser, Kathryn Berry, Bruce
Caughman. Sarah Black and Minnie
James. The party was chaperoned by
Mrs. Bessie Berry.
The following were present: Misses
Mary Caughman, Elsie Geiselman, Sar
ah Berley, Pearle Caughman, Thelma
Riser, Virginia Riser, Zenith Riser,
Kathryn Berly, Bruce Caughman,
Leone Kyzer, Martha Kyzer, Bertha
Sue Berley, Marguerite Dent, Marguer-
ite Lorick, Sarah Black, Minnie James,
Olga Rawl, and Melvin Farr, C. l..
Shealy, John Fox, Rob Cook, John
Sox, Murray Schwarty, Shafter Taylor,
Burt Price, Rufus Haltiwanger, Julian
Corley. Julian Taylor, Geo. David
Roof, r. E Whitaker, Jacob Kami-
ner, Vasco Miller and Claude Thomps
son.