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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
My Friend, the Dog.
By George Matthew Adams.


Treadng through a maze OF instinct, all
too misunderstood, decade after decade, GER
tain intelligence of faith and loyalty and ser
vice has touched the path OF mans life as has
none other of the dumb world.
1 am referring to my friend-the dog! He
it is who learned to think and to understand
in terms of man, who is master. But back to
the early days of the chase we must go to I'M
derstand fully. There was that earliest instinct
to kill--for food. Man had it. the dog had it
and has.
But where in all the brute world has there
arisen one to cope with the intelligence and
feeling and aspiration OF man as does my
friend the dog?
The tiger exists through stealth, and so
does the lion, and the leopard. But the dog
gives warning. He scents the mind OF his mas
ter. h leads. He co-operates.
AS no other animal my friends the dog has
bridged the great chasm that divides the in
telligence of the lower animals from that OF
man.
Ny friend the dog understands. He knows
his master He loves him with an intenseness
that is almost sacred He would gladly die
for his master He often does. Ready at an
instant's notice for any emergency, he Meth
er offers nor gives any. quarter he IS loyal to
the end. His is in the fight to finish.
My friend the dog is true sportsman and
a gentleman among his kind.
But deeper than all else is his tenderness
and affection. You interpret his words in the
wag of his tail, in the touch of his nose, in
the warmth of his eye.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
ABOUT VAMPIRES.

vampires are common in the United
States" says contemporary.
1t is not uncommon for man whose first
ancestor was named Adam to blame the wo-
men for his woes Sometimes man accuses
woman of being "vamp" because he hates
to admit that he was chump. Adam would
have called Eve a vamp possibly, if moving
pictures had been in vogue then, and he had
been instructed from them. A vamp never
harms a man who isn't candidate for vamp-
ing. There are more such candidates than
there are vamps to vamp them, with the re-
suit that one vamp has half dozen fish on
her string.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
THE HELPING HAND.

People with sympathetic hearts must be
deeply impressed by the reports OF suffering
coming over from Europe. The plight of or
phan children in most of the countries is the
terrible feature of the situation. 1t is esti-
mated that ten million of such little ones are
without homes or proper care. In noting the
distressing conditions over there the Augusta
Herald calls attention to an organization
which is doing much keep life in the bodies
of helpless and innocent little children an or
ganization which always answers the call OF
humanity and should have the liberal support
and assistance OF every person who has in
his or her heart the instinct OF human sympa-
thy and tenderness. Says the Augusta paper:
In many districts such children are run
ming entirely wild. Through the summer
they would wander around the woods and
fields and pick up something to eat. But
God knows what they can do through the
winter. In some of the Baltic countries
there are said as a result OF such exposure
to be practically no children between the
ages of one and four.
The American Red Cross has done no.
bic work for these unfortunates, probably
more than any other one agency. The first
step toward further help is for everyone to
take out his membership in this splendid
organization during the roll call period OF
this month.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Texas Cotton Affects Market.
From the Montgomery Advertiser.

Texas grows more cotton than any other
state and an authority says it grows it at
notwithstanding its generally higher prices
for farm labor 1t uses relatively less fertii-
ger than any other state. Its level prairies are
easier to cultivate than other lands. So it is
that Texas can afford to take less for its
cotton than its neighbor states. Besides, Tex
as is less well equipped with warehouses and
field cotton houses than other states, so that
its capacity is more limited than elsewhere.
Hence Texas has been selling its cotton fas-
ter than other states and this cotton has
helped to depress the market for the moment.
But it cannot permanently depress the mark
ct. Much Texas cotton is being held, as else
where. Cotton will not only go up later-it
is gong up now!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Is Nature Discriminating?
From the Shreveport Times.

Official reports from Paris to the effect that
the customary increase in the number of boy
babies which follows wars in France is up to
the traditional ratio prompted statistcians of
the United States to inquire if similar con-
dition exists here. New York makes the first
report, which is distinctly unlike that from
Paris, which asserts that 90 per cent of the
babies born in France since the close of the
war are boys This, the French officials as
sure, is part of natures effort to repair war
waste OF male lives and has been part of
French history after all wars, especially those
of the Napoleonic period. Whether it is be-
cause we lack the military instincts of the
French or because nature is less mindful of
the United States the fact is that the old ratio
OF 105 boy babies to 100 girls stands for 1919
and 1920 as for years before the war.
If the French birth statistics are without
flaw, and if what is reported now is mere repe-
ton of relative figures after all other wars,
France seems to be favored i'll at least one
material feature, as no other nation has claim
ed a similar condition
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Georgia's Kind.

We folks down here in Gods country don't
wonder that a Macon girl Miss Corliss Pal
mer, took first prize as the most beautiful girl
in America That's the kind we grow in Geor-
gia. We don't know that we are glad the bal
ance of the world is finding it out There are
no more than needed for home supply, without
having young men coming from all over the
world to carry them off-Tifton Gazette.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
JAMES AND BURROWS NovIcEs.

From the Griffin News and Sun.
If Jesse James and Rube Borrows were
alive today the hearts of those two famous
robbers would literally break. as they watch
the operations of modern profteers," says the
Rome Tribune Herald. The only difference
between James and Burrows and the profit
GERS is the former had horses and the latter
have
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

1t will interest many friends here at the
home of his nativity, where he grew to
manhood, to know that Mr. Thos. w 10y
less has left Augusta and is now editor of the
Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Mr. Loyless is one
of the ablest and most fearless writers con-
nected with the southern press. The News
wishes him mighty we'll in his new field, and
congratulates the readers of the Enquirer Sun.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

The officials in the treasury department at
Washington should wake up and give the pub
lie some clean money. If they cannot afford
to give us new paper bills why not call in the
ones that circulate in this section, wash and
sterilize them. The dirty, filthy paper money
that every one is obliged to carry these days
is a public menace.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

Any one who may be counting on a repub-
lican administration bringing about a radical
change'in the cost. of living or otherwise over
turning present conditions is likely to be dis
appointed. Political parties always have been
long on promises and short on the fulhllment
of same
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

In a sermon on married life Georgia min
Ister said men could not live. on love. They
must have biscuit that will not mash a toe if
one falls on that member A woman member
of the church sent note to the pastor say
ing women had to have men with table man
ncrs who would not permit their biscuit to
fall
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

Suppose the price Of farm products keeps
going down and the-price of farm labor does
not fall. What's goag to happen? Why, the
farmers will raise only what they require
to live on, and production for the market will
be curtailed below the danger line. The in
evitable must happen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
EXCHANGE TALK.
Will Take Hoke's Seat.

Jim Williams statement that Tom Watson
will not take his seat in the United States
senate probably means that he will take Hoke
Smith 's-Thomasville Times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Do Your Own Thinking.

A Montana woman declares that women do
their own thinking up there, and the men
admire them for it. That's nothing at ala
lot OF women down this way do the thinking
for both themselves and their husbands
Rome Tribune H Herald.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
FASHION NOTE.

From the Townsville Times Enterprise.
The Older they grow the younger they want
to look, said milliner the other day after dis
posing Of girlish creation to a lady that
looked like she ought to be fifty
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

Sugar Corn Faces Profteering Charges
says newspaper headline. To which the
slangy might appropriately reply, "Ches-
nuts"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Inpossible.

The farmer is raising Old Ned because the
price OF wheat is down, and the consumer is
raising the devil because the price of -four is
still up Perhaps you can figure it out-but
we pass-Winder News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
EASY MONEY GETTING SCARCE.

From the Houston Post.
1t isn't an economy wave that so many
lines OF business complain at. People are
spending all they get as usual they're Just
not getting so much or working so much
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

A contemporary notes that the eighteenth
amendment covers wine and the nineteenth
women. The twentieth should cover so-called
song.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

From the New York American.
The law of supply and demand fixes the
price of food. You supply what the profteers
demand
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

The biggest robbery in the United States
at this time is the print paper trust, but it
does not worry the trust busters at Wash
ington to any great extent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

The less important a man is the NOR
badges he wants to wear on his coat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

The woman elected to congress in Oklaho-
ma is a restaurant keeper She must be in a
class by herself or she would never have been
elected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

Lots of domestic harmony is spoiled by
constant harping on one string
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
GOING UP!

From the Hartwell Sun.
We used to buy a ton OF newspaper for a
little more than the freight on one ton now.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

The News cannot think of anything that is
less needed or could do as little good as an
extra session of the legislature. The Atlanta
correspondent of the Telegraph says informa-
ton from Governor Dorsey, himself is that
he has not at any time had that matter I'M
day serious consideration at all, nor has he
now; it is further ascertained that he has not
at any time authorized such a statement. If
that is the governors attitude he is acting
wisely
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
EXTRA SESSION.

Discussing the proposed extra session of the
legislature, which is fostered by one or two
Atlanta newspapers the Macon Telegraph
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

There isn't anything especially surpris-
ing in the newest political sensation
worked up by Atlanta's professional re-
form agitator Marion Jackson, except in
the apparent possibility. that Governor
Dorsey is placing himself in the near po-
sition, if two of the Atlanta newspapers
have correctly quoted him, OF becoming
the conspicuous goat IN the evolution OF
somebody's under-the-cover scheme for
an extra session of the legislature.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03

Batting is the worlds greatest in
door sport.
1t varies from a duty to a passion
and an uncomfortable habit. Some
people eat merely in order to live.
while others postpone their deaths in
order that they may struggle up to
the table for n more square meal
with trimmings.
Eating is a necessity. No matter
how proud or naughty a person may
be he cannot rise above 1t. In some
nations almost half of the rulers
spare time is spent in eating rare
ano complicated meals. However,
In these nations the peasant is usual
ly less extravagant. He gets along
with a few bites a day. One of the
reasons why the Russian soldier Is
hurting himself with such reckless
courage against the enemy is doubt
less the knowledge that IL he sur
wives the war he will have to go
back home and live on black bread
with cheese for dessert on holidays.
Some people make eating an. art
and exist daintily on aesthetic look
ing dishes which a farmer could no
eat fast enough to keep himself from
dying Of starvation. Others make
eating a dissipation. The Romans
were a mighty people but in time
they got to lying around the dinner
table for eleven hours at a time and
slightly after this the empire perish
ed of indigestion.
A mar can exist on SIS worth OF
food a year. However, there is no
competition for this sort of a job. The
average American eats up 5000 worth
of staple and fancy groceries, meats,
etc, each veal with ease. There are
other Americans who step into a
city restaurant in the evening and
pay enough for a dinner - @a~n o
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
SCHOOLS IN DANGER OF
BANKRUPTCY, SAYS GR0TTA

81 consider it scandalous on the part
Of any municipality or commonwealth
to fail to make instant provisions that
will enable its teachers to obtain the
necessaries of life" Rabbi Stephen s..
Wise of New York City told members
of the Newark Wednesday Club in a
speech indorsing the School and Teach
er Campaign in New Jersey.
At the same meeting David Grotta,
president of the Wednesday Club, told
Its members that unless the compensa-
ton of the public school teachers is
increased in keeping with the cost of
living there is danger of the schools
going into bankruptcy. He said in
part:
ut is a very serious %predicament
confronting the teachers caused by
the refusal of the government to give
them adequate pay at this time. Our
school system because of this is in
danger of bankruptcy"
A. ]. Glennie, principal of the Hamil-
ton School, said IF we are going to
have our schools advance or if they
are going to live up to the standards
of the past the work must be done on
an advanced system, and it is your
concern to see that that system Is re-
tained.".
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
TEACHING IS CENTEEL
FORM OF STARVATION
Says Father Dillon in Plea for
Higher Salaries for Public
School Teachers.

Rev. DR.. John A. Dillon, superintend-
ent of the Roman Catholic Parish
Schools, Diocese of Newark, alive to
the threatened breakdown of the pub
lie school system, in a letter to the
public urges the people of the state to
awaken to a realization of the impor-
lance and dignity of the teacher in the
general scheme of education n points
to the teacher shortage as a danger
shat menaces the very heart Of ting
educational system.
"That the American people have not
fully appreciated the Importance of the
teachers influence in the life of the In
dividual, family and society is evident
from the fact that they have made
teaching "a genteel form of starva-
tion,'" said Father Dillon. THE sal
airy offered is amazingly low when
compared with that paid in other pro.
fessions for an inferior quality of
genius, preparation and experience. In
this severely practical age the teach
ers of our public schools cannot be e
pected to remain where their efforts
are so little appreciated
at is time now, it is imperative, for
the peaple of our state to manifest a
deeper interest in education by in
creasing substantially the present in
adequate salaries of teachers, and In
this very practical way aid the teach
ing profession to return to the hon
ored place which rightfully belongs
to it."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
"LIFE OF REPUBLIC AT
STAKE -BRUMBAUGH
Increased Compensation for the
Teachers Is Only Remedy for
Serious Situation Con-
fronting Education

Martin G. Brumbaugh, former gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, expresses
hearty Endorsement of the New Jersey
School and Teacher Campaign in a let
ter to the Executive Committee, in
which he says that in the situation
confronting the public school system
the very life of the republic Is at
stake"
1.-The war just over has given new
emphasis to the schooT ard new revefa-
ton to the potency of the teachers of
America as her sacred guardians"
says Mr.. Brumbaugh. "We are today
confronted with the facts that thou
sands of schools are without teachers,
other thousands with teachers of re-
duced standards and many classes dou-
bled up in one way or another.
"Surely every lover of our land will
sense the personal duty of urging a
restoration Of our schools to their for
mer efficiency and of advancing them
to meet the new demands, particularly
for a wider use IF the school to make
and train American citizens and to
provide the maximum or pnySlcal em-
cheney in our c%itizenry.
"All of this means more and better
teachers at a time when for economic
reasons we have fewer and poorer
teachers. Many of our choicest spirits
have gone into more profitable occupa-
tons.
at is a serious situation. The very
life of the republic is at stake. The
only remedy is increased compensa-
ton that we may attract and retain the
finest men and women In the country
for the training of our children. To
do less is to impair, if not to lose, our
ideals. Every lover of his country or
of his kind must inevitably urge great
er compensation for our great army
of consecrated and loyal teachers"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
Bonus Voted to Hackensack Teachers.

Bonus Voted to Hackensack Teachers.
Voters of H~ackensack approved by
a majority eff 613 to II the proposal
submitted by the Board of Education
to borrow $4,000 for the payment of
an additional salary bonus to teachers
during the current year. The new
bonuses, subject to the limitations of
the bonus law, which prevents the pay
e of a total bonus in excess of 80
per cent of a teachers salary, viii
vary from $210 to $3.50.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
ffRg 3! s
EATING.

Belgian family alive for a month;
and there are still other Amer.
leans who manage to consume
$40. 900 worth of food a year.
1t is staggering to the mind to
conceive'of a man who can load away
this amount of provisions. Stiff
many ordinary sized men do it. When
we think of the large number of sour
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
SHERIFE'S SALE.

OTEniTF DALE.
By virtue of a writ of heri facias, to me u
rected, issued out of the New Jersey Court o.
Chancery, will be sold at public vendde, on
WEDNESDAY, H SEVENTH DAY OF
JANUARY, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND TWENTY,
at two O'Clock in the afternoon of said day
in the Court Room, No. 2o1, Second Floor
Guarantee Trust Building, in the City of At
lantic City, County of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey. y
Situate in the City of Pleasantville, Count
of Atlantic and State of New Jersey.
Beginning at a stake in the Northeast edge
of Pleasant Avenue, standing forty feet
enthusiastically from the South corner of
Samuel Gregson's lot and extends ID at
right angles to Pleasant Avenue Northeast
wardly one hundred and fifty feet to a stake /;
thence (2) enthusiastically fifty feet to a
stake thence go enthusiastically parallel
with first line one hundred and fifty feet to
the Northeast edge of Pleasant Avenue; am
thence "a ENTHUSIASTICALLY in the Northeas
edge of Pleasant Avenue to the place of be
ginning. x
Decree approximately 1888, besides inter-
est. costs and fees.
Seized as the property of Jennie Ellison
ct al. and taken in execution at the suit OF
Charles S. Adams and to be sold by Z
ALFRED j.
Sheriff.
Dated December 10, 1913.
H. w. Lewis. Solicitor.
Prs fee, $13.os
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
POOR SCHOOLS ARE
COSTLY ScHooLs"-kENDALL.

Commissioner OF Education Calvin
n. Kendall, in his annual report, de-
clared poor schools are costly schools"
and said that children are the victims
of this condition. He pointed out that
inadequately trained teachers mean
poor schools and low educational
standards.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03

In judging a bank always remember
that capital and surplus give security
to the depositor and any possible
s~hrinkage in the securities Of the bank.
The capital and surplus of this bank
form a margin of safety that assures
absolute security to those who intrust
their money to us-Pleasantville Trust
Co. adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT!

Notice is hereby given that the Accounts
of the Subscriber as Executrix of the Estate
audited and stated by the Surrogate and re-
ported for settlement to the Orphans Court
of Atlantic County, on Wednesday,, the
Twenty-eighth day of January next, at which
time application will be made for tcommis
sions.
Dated December 22nd, A. D. 1919 E
CATHARINE F. PIPER,
Linwood, N. J.
Printers fee, $5.46s 4
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03

lNsURANcE-Fire, Automobile, Plate
Glass. MAX H. kIRSCHT, 8 NJ.
Main St., ~PleasantVille, N. J.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03

The Pleasantville Press is on sale
each week in Atlantic City at the
Shore Fast Waiting Room, s S. Vir-
ginia avenue, and at Max Schwartz's,
1920 Atlantic avenue.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03

kitchens which had to close dow
this winter before the line was fe.
and then ponder upon these vorae
ious eaters and drinkers of th
worlds choicest foods we wonder .
Providence IL its ~inscrutable way
will not get tired Of thera some da,
and invest them with a thick o
of bristles in order that they ma,
herd with their kind TO-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the First National Bank OF Absecon will be
held at its office in the City OF Absecon, coun-
ty of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, on
Tuesday, the thirteenth day of January.
1920, art $50 o'clock in the afternoon, for
the election of directors for the ensuing year
and for the transaction Of such other business
as may properly come before the meeting.
WALTER ]. ROBERTS, Cashier.
Absecon, N, j.. Dec. IL, 1919.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the First National Bank of Pleasantville will
be held at it's banking house In the City OF
Pleasantville, county Of Atlantic and State OF
New Jersey, on Tuesday, the thirteenth day
of January, 1920, at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, for the election of directors for the
ensuing year and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before
the meeting.
GEO. H. ADAMS, Cashier.
Pleasantville, N. j., Dec. IL, 1919.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03

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or some parts thereof, and you, Oh
Drakeford, is made a defendant becauA
is alleged that you hod a mortgage on
lands subsequent to that of the complaii
as aforesaid.
Dated December 10, 1919. !
H. w. LEWIS,
Solicitor of Complainant.
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