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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-13

 tary Howard s. Challenger, who i'm mediately forgot the etiquette of board meetings in waiting for a call from the chair for remarks and after gazing at the paper in his hands stat ed in a loud tone that the last par agraph was not neded, and he would vote against it.
 The resolution then went on to Viii Ham Bell, who gazed at it a minute and said he saw nothing offensive m 1t and passed it along to Owen Burns
 The offending resolution read as follows:
 ''Whereas, His honor the mayor has requested the Board of Appor- tionment to order an audit of the ac- counts of the Board of Education; therefore,
 "Resolved, That this board vel comes an inquiry into its accounts or into it's official conduct in any manner and pledges it's official assist ence to any person who may be as- signed by the Board of Apporuon- ment to complete it and we urge that this inquiry be expedited in order that the pendency of this 1nVestlsa- ton may not furnish an excuse for diverting moneys .sorely needed TOT the conduct of our schools to other
 
 The resolution from the "and we urge" to the end was the cause of all the discussion and they were finally stricken out so that the resolution ended with the words complete it."
 Mir Plotkin said that the invesu- gation was all a camauf1age and the mayor would not allow any other city department to be investigated, as he didn't dare to.
 MT. Challenger then said they were insinuating things about the ad' ministra ton and opposed. Dr. A. C.. Fcnes said it was not complimentary to the Board of Apportionment.
 Dr. E. F. McGovern then said he was sure that the inquiry had to dc with the $2,5O0,000 asked for the building of new schools and that the board really needed the money and were serious when they asked for it He said that the board should insist that the money be granted and if il was dodge to get around it then all should insist on it.
 MT. Plotkin again took the floor in defense of his resolution and said that if the board had been part o1 the city administration the inquiry would never have been asked for.
 Owen Burns then said that while he welcomed the investigation, ht failed to see the need of 1t. The amended motion was then adopted
 Four members of the Board of Edu > cation were absent last night. Dr G. w. Osborne presided in the ab sence of President Elmer H. Ravens Others absent were N. w. Bishop Will; m R. Webster and Denis Mul Vibil1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-13
Reds Sign Loftus
 Promising Youngster

Richard Loftus, promising young butfiefder, has been signed by Man. hger Pat Moran of the champion Reds and will receive an extensive trial in the South next spring. L"St summer Loftus started out as a member of the Fitchburg club of the New Eng land League, but the season was about half over when he broke his ankle and was forced to remain idle during the rest of the race. Io took part in 53 games and was charged with three CT TOTS. His fielding average was .975. and it enabled him to lead the league. He was also the organizations cham pion batter, with an average of 1856. Loftus, who made his debut as a pro- fessional last season, made quite a reputation as a simipro player in Concord Masza
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-13
OPENING MORE
 FACTORIES IN RAvACED POLAND

New York, Jan. 12-There is one more shoe factory running in Poland, 250 joblsss, destitute shoe,na kers arf. back on the payroll after several years of forced idlencss and 10000 barefoot children are soon to lave shoes.
 That's one way Isid'r Hershield, American Jewish Relief Commission CT in Poland Is combining relief ard reconstruction work. He found the factory n Wilma, subsidized 1t with relief funds at his disposal. gave en- ployment 70 350 hungry Jewish work men and immcd' ely began turning out children's shoes.
 He plans on securing 10000 pairs at once 10 give some ro.ief to the hungry, barefoot children of Poland. MT. Hersh1 ,Id stated that the shoes retail for 50 marks, which i3 little over $2 at the present rate of ex- change.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-13
SCHOOL PROBE EXCUSE FOR NOT FURNISHING MONEY NEEDED FOR
 SCHOOL HOUSES PL0TKIN SAYS

Board of Education Adopts Resolution Demanding Expe dton of Inquiry Into It's Affairs Board Must Have Money With Which to Build School Houses, Declares Dr. McGovern.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-13

The Board of Education made prompt and sharp reply to motion of Attorney Samuel Plon the board voted reso-
 The resolution offered suggested that the inquiry Elerry suitable support the schools might be denied.
 At the instance of of the Republican members of the board this of the resolution excsed though most of the Republicans plainly sympathy with the sentiment
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-13
TEMERITOUS OFFER.

In case of death, call us on the phone, wherever you may be, and our representative will be with you without the least possible delay- From an undertaker's advertisement in the New York Times.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-13
NATURALLY.

"I suppose when Hungary settles its government 1t will change it's form of national assembly,
 t'Why should it?"
 Because its Diet might not agree with it's new constitution."-Ba more American.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
NATIONAL FINANCES.

Secretary Glass, of the treasury depart
ment. has issued a statement in reply to
former Secretary McAdoo that should be of
public interest Mr.. McAdoo had written
letter in which he strongly urged reduction
in taxation and, in a way, showed how 1t
could be done. Secretary Glass takes issue
with this proposition, and with figures drawn
from treasury reports proves that there can
be no reduction in taxes now. The secre-
tarys statement shows that on August both
the governments gross indebtedness amount
ed to $26, 500, 701 ,648, and that on Dec. Slst
it amounted to $25,837, 078,808, reduction
of S759, 622,840 But there were obligations
of the government not included in these
figures which on August 30th amounted to
more than four billion dollars and on Dec.
31st to more than three and half billion
dollars. These obligations are known as loan
certificates. In course of time these will be
retired, provided expenditures are not in
creased. But, the secretary says: Should
congress embark on new fields of large ex-
penditure or further reduce taxes it will be
necessary to revise treasury plans and call
on the country for another loan"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
Selecting Our Judges.
From the Columbus Ledger.

Announcement coming from Atlanta to
the effect that a movement is well under way
to bring about a change in the method of
selecting judges and solicitors in Georgia will
be noted with interest and degree of graft
fication The Ledger is on record as favor
ing a change from the present plan as
means of eliminating politics, and we believe
many will agree with us here.
There is grave objection to the election OF
judges by popular vote because it plainly is
possible for many men to be elected for
qualities other than those which a good
judge ought to have. A good politician
might stand far better chance than man
who was infinitely his superior as a judge.
According to news coming from the cap
tal city the question of a change in the pres
ent plan is expected to come up at the next
session of the legislature, and it would be
we'll for judges and lawyers and students
of political economy to study the whole
thing and give the legislature and the people
the benefit of the conclusions they reach
There is no doubt that very heavy burden
is going to rest in the next few years on the
shoulders of the judiciary, and it is well to
make sure that the men who are to occupy
the bench shall be judges in all that word
means of courage, learning, temperament
wisdom.
There should be serious thought and earn
est reflection here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
How 1t Pays to Advertise.


We know a Georgia merchant living in a
country town who pays his local newspaper
nearly 81 900 a year for advertising. This
merchant has pursued this policy for many
years, and the result is that he has grown
immensely rich while giving the people of
his county the very best service.
In this fast age, when almost every house
hold receives the local paper each week, the
merchant who neglects to advertise his
wares is standing in his own light, and like
wise failing in his duty to support the most
active agent of progress and prosperity in
his community. 1t is not only good policy on
the part of a business man to advertise his
goods, but it is his duty to support with his
patronage the newspaper which continually
places before the public the best things to
be said about his county.
The merchant referred to in the above
paragraphs is Christian gentleman, whose
influence is behind every worthy movement
in his county. He advertises in his local pa
per not only because it pays him dollars and
cents to do so. but because he believes it is
his duty to uphold the newspaper whose in
f1uence in his community is on the moral
side of every issue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
Why Not Diversity?
From the Marietta Journal.

1t is quite interesting to note that the
average value of the cotton crop per acre in
Georgia in 1919 was only $54.42, to which
the value of the seed added $1O97, while
the value of the corn crop was $500.
The value of sweet potatoes ran $101.2O
per acre, while Irish potatoes brought
$151.90, the tobacco crop was worth
$114.39 per acre, and peanuts $61.50. Cane
syrup brought S19722 per acre and sor-
ghum syrup was worth $93.81, oats sold for
$4,000 and wheat $27.62.
When we consider that corn, oats, wheat
and some other crops require so much less
labor to make and to market than the cotton
crop it would appear that there must be
some good money in other crops than cot
ton.
Irish potatoes, and even the lowly sweet
potato, seem to have brought home the coin,
and so long as Cobb county is at the door of
a large and healthy city like Atlanta, filled
with people who have vigorous appetites, and
who are in the habit of pampering the same,
everything that is good to eat is going to
command a fair price in this moral vineyard.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
DEPORTATION OR PRISON7

Some genuine Americans question the
policy of the government in deporting the
undesirable alien radicals and reds instead
of sending them to prison. A recent pub
lie discussion of this question was founded
on the principle that deportation does not
silence the persons deported nor stop the
agitation of the dangerous doctrines they
hold; that both will go on whether the agi-
tators are in the United States or Russia
or Germany, while if they were sent to pris-
on their influence would be destroyed and
their agitation rendered void. The same pub
licist contended that it was just as danger
GUS to democracies to leave these radicals
free to plot the overthrow of one govern
ment as another There is considerable meat
in what he says, but it does not upset the
elementary principle that one government
has no right to be imposed on by another by
admitting the undesirables from the latter
to the former.
In the raids which have created such a
sensation among the Americans and such
CONSERVATION among the reds the United
States is only correcting it's own blunders
1t has admitted these people as immigrants
They brought with them the doctrines with
which they are now charged, or the mental
ity to accept such doctrines after they were
on American soil. In either case some meth
cd of either preventing their admission OF
holding their views in subsection should have
been adopted. 1t was not Now the govern
ment must correct that blunder and pay
the penalty for that laxness by searching
them out and sending them back to the
countries from which they came.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
SAYS HE'S DISGUISED.

John Sharp Williams is disguised with
the whole political situation, especially with
the treatment of international affairs as if
they were questions of party politics." and
he says he would rather be a dog and bay
at the moon than to spend one day in the
United States senate after the expiration of
his term. John Sharp just slipped in when
he made the race for his present position.
He never did like the hill billies of Mississip-
pi, and the hill billies never did like John.
John Sharp Williams is the scholar of the
senate, he is one of the orators of the senate,
but he is not one of the rank and file of the
Mississippi democracy Vardaman and Bill
are candidates to succeed him, and it is
likely that the former will be returned to
the senate
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
Leave the Butter for Bread.
From the CordeIe Sentinel.

Now Pete Bahnsen, not content with his
problems of hog serum, tick watts, etc, has
warned dealers that all ice cream sold in this
state must contain at least eight per cent.
butter fat, as the law provides. The rather
startling statement is made that of 1873 sam
pies of ice cream tested only per cent.
contained the per cent of fat the regula-
tions required and 8 per cent. had less than
4 per cent.-a few as little as 04 per cent.
But why consider ice cream as a food? 1t is
not eaten for that purpose. People either
eat ice cream for recreation or amusement
or from habit, or in order to sit down in the
drug store. Let them make the cream of
sweets and foam and camoufiage and leave
the butter to 90 on our bread. 1t is all too
scarce, any way, without taking more of it
to fatten up ice cream. If the experts keep
on food will be so scarce we can't get
enough to go around, or so high we cant get
i, any way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
Rural Hospitality.
From the Dalton Citizen.

There is nothing more delightful, or dis
pensed with greater freedom, than the hos
pitality of those living in the country They
who live outside the pale of the cities are
generally more demonstrative of their
friendship and less restricted in their fellow
ship than those who live in crowded places.
Townspeople are courteous and friendly, but
somehow fail to put the same enthusiasm in
to their greeting of visitors, even when their
homes are genuine.
Perhaps it is the rural citizens outdoor
work, their well-regulated lives so close to
nature and their abundance of things that
are luxuries to those who live in congested
centers that enable them to entertain so m
formally, so pleasantly, and apparently with
such ease those who pass within their gates.
A guest in a rural home is usually given
access to every room in the house, and to
the grounds; yes, even to the barnyard; the
orchard and the fields are his for the length
of his stay, and the horses or automobile are
ever ready for his pleasure. But 1T is not al
together these creature comforts offered
that make notable rural hospitality as it is
that the guest is given place in the family
circle and surrounded with that indescrlb-
ably sweet and restful feeling of 'hone."
To visit in the country is treat for most
of us, a great privilege oftentimes only real
lied when occupation, great distance, or lack
of time prevents one from accepting the hos
ptality of those friends "down on the farm. "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
Sparrows' Neighborly Interest.
From Our Dumb Animals.

There are many qualities about the noisy
little sparrows which annoy u.s. Ihey VIII
hnild in the most unheard-of places, such as
the gutter at the corner of the house, Just
within the top of the column which supports
the front porch, or perhaps even In Ine
blinds to the guest chamber; but there Is
one characteristic which they show that VIII
never fail to win our approval, and tnat Is
their neighborly interest.
One day | saw a mother and father spar
row hopping about in a state of seeming ex,
element They chirped and fused ana
tapped their wings until began to lnvesti-
gate matters Then it was learned that one
of their baby birds was down on the grass
beneath the tree and for some reason would
not attempt to fly. l thought perhaps the
little fellow might be injured, but when
examined him decided that he was just too
frail or too afraid to attempt to rise from
the ground.
The distracted parents tried every course
thew could think Of but the little fellow only
hopped along on the grass. Then suddenly
the father bird flew away. The mother stay
ed nearby, continuing her pleas. In very
short time the father returned and with nm
came a number of sparrow nelghbors. Iney
chirped and talked matters over, then tney'
too, began to take hand IN the tylng les
son. They flew down beside the frightened
little fellow, and chirped and encouraged
and scolded. They perched upon the fence
and gave more instructions and suggestions.
They sat on the limbs and discussed the SIT
uation.
And bv and by the little bird thus encour-
aged made a mighty effort and flew into a
low shrub. Then that flock of sparrow neigh
bors chrped with evident delight, and soon
flew off again. leaving the pleased parents
to get the baby back into his tree-top home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
The American Senate.


The United States senate just now ap-
pears to be in the condition of the famous
old canal boat that
"Heaved and sot, and sot and heaved,
And high her rudder flung,
And every time she sot and heaved
A wusser leak she sprunk."
And while thinking of this situation the
eloquent words of Senator Felix Grundy of
Tennessee, spoken on the floor of the senate
more than seventy-fve years ago, come to
mind:
'Tf ever the liberties of America are lost
the last great battle will be fought upon this
floor. When the Goddess of Liberty shall
find no resting place in the executive man
sion-when the spirit of anarchy and despot-
ism shall expel her from the other end OF
the capitol, she will still linger in and about
this chamber, unwilling to be gone; and
when compelled to take her final flight from
our land the last impress of her feet Will be
on the top of the canopy which overshadows
the American senate"
Senators would do we'll to ponder over
the above ardent and patriotic declaration
of the Tennessee senator. There are persons
who, Judging from the action of some sena-
tors think the Goddess of Liberty has al
ready taken cher final flight from our land
But there need be no fear. America
"child of the earths old age" will continue
to be the pride and joy of the teeming mil
lions of her sons and daughters. Our boast
shall ever be like Websters, "that we are
Americans, we will live Americans, and we
will die Americans"
"Sail on! o ship of state!
Sail on o union, strong and great
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
WOULD BE. A BLUNDER.

1t is hardly conceivable that the demo-
cratic party will commit suicide by nominal
ing Herbert Hoover for president No one
seems to have been able to find out definite
ly whether Hoover is republican or dem
ocrat, but from the best information obtain
able he has affiliated with the republican
party in the past. The rank and file of dem
ocrats will not follow political nOn-descript
as a candidate for the highest Office in the
nation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
HABITS OF THRIFT.

The national treasury is engaged in a
campaign to educate the people to the i'm
portance of saving in times of peace. The
government still is a generous borrower
from the people. 1t will accept all the loans
offered it. 1t needs the money. But behind
the financial necessity of government Dor
rowing is a commendable desire to encOur-
age the people to save. The treasury offers
several forms of loans some one of which
will suit the condition of every individual
If the campaign checks the extravaganza
and reckless spending now so pronounced it
will serve good purpose. If it sets the peo-
pie thinking towards that end it will not be
effort wasted. What an individual does with
his own money is a personal matter with
him. But in the aggregate what the people
do with their money becomes a national
question Reasonable economy of the indi-
vidual becomes reasonable economy for the
whole people, once the policy becomes gen.
eral The reserves of the individual are the
reserves of the nation. They are the ma
tional reserves in times of panic or depres-
sion.
1t requires the equivalent of $50 in Amer
lean money for Austria to buy bushel of
wheat 1t requires the equivalent of $40
in American money to buy a bushel of corn.
1t takes the equivalent of $40 in American
money for Germany to pay for bushel of
wheat. France is paying more than double
what America is paying for all commodities,
if measured in American money. England is
paying 20 per cent more than America for
like commodities These things are due to
deprecated foreign currency. The less re-
sponsible the nation the greater the depres-
sion The depression takes the practical
form of exchange notes, but the real trouble
is the deprecated currency.
American hogs declined roughly from
$3.50 to SIP per hundred. The farmers are
suffering the losses, if the difference in these
prices is considered a loss. But why are
they? Because foreign buyers were driven
out Of the market by the depression of their
money and there are, in consequence, 5,000,-
600 more hogs in the United States than
there were in 1914. The decline in hog prices
may be straw in the wind, but blown straws
show the direction in which the wind is blow
ing. Other items have not been so viciously
hit, but if Europe cannot sbuy pork because
American products? If Europe ceases to be
a purchaser of American products will moi
the supply at home follow the same course
as hogs, and prices decline?
There will be no panic in this country
But price levels built upon the inflated cur
rency of Europe, which is nearly as cheaI
as confederate money after the surrender OF
Lee, cannot survive. If price level change
comes a few hundred dollars saved out OF
the flush times of the present and invested
in government securities or placed in saw
ings institution will be a valuable asset
against individual hardship. In the aggre
gate these individual assets will be a secur
ity against general depression in the entire
country. On that ground the suggestion OF
the treasury for individual savings are ger
name
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27
A GOOD SERMON.

From the Dalton Citizen.
You may read and study conditions,
you may heap abuse upon the govern
ment, the producer, the jobber and the
retailer, and you may theorize all you
want to, but you'll have to come to the
economy route finally if you want to
beat the high cost of living.-DawsOn
News.
That's good sermon. Foolish buying
together with paying any price asked con
tribute largely to the living cost.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27

The average woman will vote as intelli-
gently as the average man. The average man
would vote more intelligently if he held his
vote as higher personal privilege than he
seems at present and to have done in the
past The tendency among US is to vote
against" somebody or something more than
to vote for issues and men. Most of US vote
specifically
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27

The poor census enumerator will soon be
an object of pity, for there will fall upon
him in unstinted measure the anathema
of ambitious towns and villages because ne
did not report twice as much population as
they really have. There are two things the
average man will lie about-the population
of his town and the number and size of the
fish he catches
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-27

The people of the United States have been
entirely too tolerant in the past, and it is
now time to resort to heoric measures to
wine out the anarchistic menace to legal au-
thority. There are still few hopeful souls
who believe the best way to deal with the
reads is to let them alone, but that plan has
been tried for more than 100 years, and re-
suits prove it is a complete failure.