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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27
Plight of The Farmer.
From the Springfield Republican.

Senator Capper, of Kansas, has called at
tention in a speech in the senate to chal-
longing facts regarding the farmers plight.
The situation is impresslvely illustrated by
the extent to which people are leaving the
farms and the extent to which the farm own
ers are being succeeded by farm tenants.
On the basis of a recent survey of 3,775
New York farms by the state department OF
agriculture Mr.. Capper figures that $4,000
men have left the farms in that state alone.
In Iowa the state employment bureaus re-
port that not more than one-thlrd of the
farm boys who were in the army are re-
turning to the farms The percentage of
tenants on the farms throughout the coun-
try has steadily increased, as these figures
show: In 1880, 256 per cent; in 1890, 28,4
per cent; in 1900, 1873 per cent; in 1910,
81 per cent. Many students of agricultural
conditions believe that the present census
will show a percentage of between As and
so, with hundreds of counties above CO.
Meanwhile the farmer is producing 80 per
cent more raw material per man than be-
fore the war, due largely, the senator de-
clares, "to long hours and the unpaid labor
of his wife and children"
The substance of the exhibit so far is that
farming is increasingly Improbable ana
unpopular compared with other occupations
to which the average American can turn. Mr..
Capper instances the recent sharp drop on
the price of hogs and cattle, nominally re-
ducing the high cost of living by 35 and 81
per cent in these items since last summer
but actually not relieving the ultimate con-
sumner appreciably, while in the meantime
the cost of everything that the farmer buys
has been steadily mounting. In reply to city
suggestions that the farmer is profiteerng
Mr.. Capper notes that the winter wheat
area instead of increasing has decreased %
per cent the reason being simply that
farmers are being forced in self defense to
limit their efforts to what they can do with
their own labor and equipment" While
wheat production is falling off pork produc-
ton is also rapidly declining, the senator
says AS for beef cattle, with 100000 less
in 1919 than we had in 1907 we are slaugh-
terng annually at a rate of about 100000
more cattle and almost twice as many calves
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27
REAuTIEY SHADE TREES.

It would be a good plan for the street de-
nartment to begin a crusade in favor OF IN
telligent and artistic trimming of shade trees
along the sidewalks of the city. 1t is not
the amount of brush in tree top that gives
il beauty and utility, but the manner IN
which the limbs and brush are formed inns
is accomplished by artistic trimming; by
cutting out that which does not harmonic
with the general form of the tree as 1t is
pictured in the mind. But there is another
reason for trimming that is probably strong
err than the desire for beauty. Trees along the
sidewalk should be trimmed high enough that
the branches would not interfere with the
pedestrian who carries an umbrella on a
rainy day When one of these comes IN con-
tact with low branches of a shade tree and
the carrier receives a generous sprnkllng ne
develops a condition of mind anything but
favorable to shade trees as an element of a
city beautiful Trees ought to be trimmed
high enough to avoid this result. Such trim
ming adds to their beauty instead of de-
tracing from it. 1t is the business of the
city government to accomplish that purpose.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27
A sPL ENDID ACHIEVEMENT.

Our esteemed neighbor, the Moultrie OBJ
server, has just accomplished journalistic
feat that is a tribute to the ability and
energy of Editor Allen and his helpers and
to the enterprise and foresightedness of the
business men and people generally of that
section, whose cooperation made the under
taking such marked success. There has
come to the desk of The News LET the
World Know" edition of The Observer that
contains thirteen sections and 104 pages,
with handsome illustrations and well writ
ten articles portraying the matchless re-
sources and opportunities of that highly IA
vored section of Southwest Georgia. It is
really remarkable newspaper production,
and we congratulate Editor Allen and the
city of Moultrie.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27
Saving White Paper.
From the Macon News.

The public will perhaps take very little
interest in the report of the congressional
joint committee on printing which is going
out after George CreePs scalp, and even sug-
gests that perhaps legal proceedings should
be taken against him for transferring the
without compensation of any sort"
The general public by this time knows
George Creel pretty well.
But the general public is, or should be,
very much interested in that part of the re-
port which shows that the joint committee,
as a result of it's investigation of the various
periodicals issued by the many departments
of the United States government decided to
have one hundred and eleven of them go out
of business in the interest of the public
purse and the conservation of white paper.
At the very time when the government
was urging the popular newspapers and
periodicals to reduce the use of white paper
to the minimum the government itself was
indulgng in an orgy of flooding the mails
with more kinds of propaganda than you
could shake a stick at. Some of it was wise
and necessary, but the greater part of it was,
to put it mildly, useless, and much of it, if
we believe the report of the congressional
committee, worse than useless.
One of these Creel publications, accord
ing to the report, seemed to think it had
special mission to boost the league of ma
tions; another was strong for making the
country "wet," while the Mess Kit-publish-
ed heaven knows where, although we know
the government paid the bills-''excelled
sensational theatrical newspapers" says the
report, with pictures of fascinating girls
and frothy literature"
There may be certain amount of poll
tics in the report of the committee, but we
are glad at any rate halt was called upon
the delirium of printing and mailing things
which has marked the administration, and it
was happy day when the committee by sus-
pending three of these publications was able
to make saving of $1,2OO,0OO year, and
proportionate amount of white paper
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27
The Congressional Pleasure
Jaunt to the Far East.


From the lhomasVllIe ilmeS-I"'S'F
The country isn't anticipating great batcn
of valuable information and responsible
iudqment from the trip that hundred con-
gressmen are going to take in June. They
plan. according to news reports, to attend
the democratic convention at Frisco, having
made the trip via the Panama canal. They
will inspect that en- route and will then make
haste to visit Hawaii, the Philippines and
then Japan and China for good measure.
This trip is said to be for the purpose of
ascertaining facts and figures that will help
them solve the great problems that will con-
front the United States in the east within
the coming twenty years. They propose to
find out from casual survey what is needed,
to anayze all problems from the surface
and to come back wiser men, ready for the
grave business of settling all problems of
that character with judgment and first hand
knowledge. The U. S. will pay part if not
all of their expenses.
Such iunketing trips are disgraceful They
do no more good to the country than if a
batch Of officials would take trip around
the world with the United States navy for
the fun of the thing These men should pay
all of their expenses and gladly do it for the
sake of the courtesies they will be shown
as officials of the government. 1t is neither
sane nor wise for them to saddle part of the
cost of the pleasure trip on the government
real investigation of affairs in the east
will probably never be made if it has to
be done by bunch of hundred congress-
men, travelling with their families for pleas
ure 1t would be about as effective as send
ing a blind man to describe the glories of the
setting sun or cripple man to take part in
a marathon. Junketing has been done, how
ever, at our expense and will go right on as
long as people will stand for it, and they will
as long as they haven't the nerve or the
energy to get up and speak out on it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27
The Silk Shirt in Cuba.
From the ST. Paul Pioneer Press.

The silk shirt seems to have taken its
place definitely in our national life as the
gauge of prosperity. Raised to sudden af-
fluence through greatly increased pay mil
lions of Americans have stormed the haber-
dashery shops for creations of the shirt
makers art in red and yellow stripes
And now comes word from Cuba that the
silk shirt craze has hit the island republic
and that the natives are fighting for a
chance to pay as high as $25 and $35 and
even $50 a garment. A single order for
$4,000 worth of shirts was placed recent
ly with a New York manufacturer by a
Havana merchant.
Cuban workman can afford the silk shirt
luxury fully as well as our own High
prices for sugar have brought millions of
dollars in extra profits to Cuban plantation
owners and inflated wages to plantation la
borers 1t is easy money, and to the aver
age Cuban as unexpected as it is sudden.
What wonder that he should be reckless
in spending it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27
Seed and Vegetables.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

The grand and incompatible cause of
free seed again has won in the congress of
the United States. In the course of broad
side of debate as "an hour of farmyard
vaudeville" one of the forensic gladiators
passionately pleaded that the motion to
eliminate the appropriation of $4,000 for
free seed distribution would take fresh
vegetables from the mouths of poor little
children" What he was thinking of, I'M
doubtedly, was that it would draw very
unfresh vegetables to the persons of poor
little congressman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27
EVERYTHING ADVERTISES.

From the Moultrie Observer.
When the sun Shines it advectises the
JOY of living When the flowers bloom they
advertise the beauties of nature The minis
ter breaches a splendid sermon. He is adj
vertising heaven. The cost of living scars.
1t is advertising economic problems. You
simply cannot dodge advertising, because
as experts tell us-it is everything and
everywhere, always has and always will be.
1t pays to advertise
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

The kings and queens of the screen posi-
lively refuse to be left off the front page
IL 1T isn't divorce it's marriage, and
when it is neither it is fight. Politicians,
wars earthquakes, famines and panics come
and go, but it would seem the troubles of
the movie stars in real life run on forever.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27
THEIR HELP NEEDED.
Commerce Observer

From the Commerce Observer.
In some communities the women are be-
ing admitted to membership in the trade
bodies and commercial organizations. Judg-
ing from the many dead boards of trade over
the country they need to receive the prac-
teal aid, advice, opinions and support of
women.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

There is little or nothing in the hurrah
over overall clubs and similar movements
1t doesn't get anywhere except into the
papers. The need is for careful buying of
things that are actually needed, and less ex-
travagance in things that can be easily done
without.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

The coal miners are satisfied with their
increase; the coal operators are satisfied
with their increase, and only the public is
dissatisfied. But of course, that is of no
consequence in the present scheme of
things.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

Prominent among athletic records are
the running broad jumps made by pedes-
TRANS as they dodge automobiles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

Senator Smoot started some bawling when
he determined to wean the government
press agencies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

There is little question about it now.
The treaty is in politics, Both sides will
play the game. Big democrats and big re-
publicans did their best to keep it out, but
small republicans and small democrats have
driven it in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

Among the every day nuisances is the
man who examines the addresses on his mail
while standing at the post office box, keep
ing long line of people waiting to get their
own letters.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

The only thing settled by the Georgia
primary is that the people of the state are
overwhelmingly opposed to the league of
nations as brought from Europe by Presi-
dent Wilson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

The time is almost here to execute the
death sentence on the fly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

Added to all their other troubles, the re-
publicans now have Hoover on their hands
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

The returns of last Tuesdays election
show what provaricators all political manag-
ers and their newspaper organs are. 1t did
not happen as any of them said it would.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

In olden times the knee trousers of men
made their bow legs conspicuous. Now the
women are having troubles with bent ex-
tremities.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

Eliminate grade crossings" is a contem-
porary's advice in connection with the pres
ent program of improving roads That is
good advice, and it ought to be followed to
the extent possible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

A Cincinnati drug company recently
bought 100000 gallons of whisky for
medicine That trade territory must be
very unhealthy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

In this great day of advance thought and
action there is no such thing as moving in
politics without being smeared.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

The good news comes from Washington
official sources that clothing will begin to
drop in price by fall. But does official
Washington know ANYTHING about it?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-27

The federal trade commission gravely re-
ports that it finds the price of food high.
Thus suspicious are verified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

nearly 81% of its whee1base. The springs
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rough road travel.
The heavy frame Of the bort helps also
in making it comfortable and in holding
the car to the road.
This oversize frame IS particularly val
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Were YOU to continue questioning more
and more bort owners the proof in favor
OF. the car would mount higher and
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There IS no weak spot In the bort record
OF performance.
It has earned the friendiness of owners
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There Has Grown Up in Washington
Avery Sound and Solid Respect For This Car

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It's economy In this respect is quite as
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And then again, the next owner you
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In this connection 1t IS worth remember
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

In every section Of the country, n every
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cost.
Your own figures, if kept accurately,
will show that the sum Of seasons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17
HON. SAM C. COOK.

Tn the announcement column of the
Eagle this week will be found the
announcement of Hon. Sam c. Cook,
candidate for Judge of the Supreme
Court, Third District. Mr.. Cook was
born and reared in Lafayette county,
graduating from the University here
in 1878. He served as member OF
the Legislature from Pamela county
in 1886; served as member of Legis-
lature from Coahoma county in 1890
1924; was appointed Circuit Judge by
Gov. Longino in 1902; was reappoint-
ed to the same office in 1906 by Gov.
Vardaman, and reappointed in 1910
by Gov. Noel. In 1912 Governor
Brewer appointed him Supreme Judge,
which place he has ably filled and held
with distinction to the present
time.
Mr.. Cook is one of the most able
jurists in the state, qualified by ripe
experience to fill the position he as
pires to, and if reelected he will UNI
doubtedly render the same satisfactory
service in the future as he has in the
past.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.

| Notice is hereby given that a Special cleo
tion will be held in District No. = OF La
| fayette County, Mississippi. pursuant to an
order of the Board sbf Supervisors OF Lafayette
County, Miss, passed June 9th. 1920, that
special election viii be held in the Spence
Road District. at River Side School House of
Lafayette County, Miss. on the 9th day OF
July, 1920 Said election shall be held to as
certain whether Or not a majority OF the
electors of said Special Road District are in
favor of the issuance of Bonds for the pur-
pose of constructing and maintaining cer-
tain Road in said Separate District. SAID eiec-
ton being held as provided for in Chapter
IT'S of the Laws of 1914. and in compliance
with petition filed with said Board OF SUI
peryisors, praying for the issuance OF the
Bonds of the following territory. to-wit:
Section "a. and all that part OF Section
81, 35 and SO, lying South of Tallahatchie
River, in Township 6, Range 2, West; also
that lies South of Tallahatchie River, in
Township 6. Range |, West; also Section l.
|2, 3, 10, IL, IL, 10. IA and 15 in Township
Ia, Range 3 West, also that part of Section
/, 2, 8. and IL, that lies South of Tallahatchle
River in Township Z, Range l, West; also
all of Section 4. 5, g. Z. 8. 3, 10, II, 10 "a,
Is, is, II, and Is in Township 7. Range l.
West.
All of the above lands being and lying in
Beat 2, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
All qualified electors in the above descrih-
ed territories shall be permitted to partici-
pate in said election.
b. T. MITCHELL
A. M. HALL.
J. M. JOHNSON.
By Gale johnson. Proxy.
Election Commissioners of Lafayette County.
q. June lo-l7-2a)
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17
st'i(;EI.

The undersigned clerk OF the board
Of Supervisors oI Lafayette County,
Mississippi, will receive sealed bids
up until IL o'clock Noon, Tuesday.
July 9th, 1920, for the following, to
wit.
The flooring Of the covered bridge
across the .old Yocona River bed in
Beat 4, near Taylor, Miss.
The building OF bridge across HUI
lett Greek, west of Burgess, in the
Bacon Road District in Beat 4. All
the above work to be done according
to plans and specifications now on
file in the Chancery Clerks Office.
Also for the furnishing of 40 tons
of coal at The Court House and Jail;
also for the making Of a sectional
Index Of tie lands of Lafayette
County. Mississippi, as required by
law.
The undersigned will also receive
sealed bids for the furnishing OF z
road machines with s #. blades for
Lafayette County.
The Board reserves the right to re-
iect any and all bids and let the same
at public outcry. The successful bid
ders will be required to enter into
bond as provided by law.
This June 18th, 1920.
". M. WOODWARD, Clerk.
June 17-24 July ID
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND.

Cause No. 5102.
Elk parte Emma Anderson Avant, ct
al, petitioners.
BY virtue of the authority vested
in me as commissioner, by decree of
the Chancery Court of Lafayette
County, Mississippi, rendered en- May
rs, 1920, | will proceed to sell for
division among the heirs of Jack
Avant, deceased. to the highest and
best bidder for cash, at the South door
of the County Court house in Ok
ford, Lafayette County, Mississippi,
on the first Monday in July, which is
July 5, 1920, within lawful hours, the
following described lands situated in
Lafayette County, State of Missis-
Isippi, to wit:
The north half of the northeast
quarter of Section six co., Township
Eight (S), Range Four az, West.
The title to the above land is be-
lieved to be good, but / convey only
such title as is vested in me as COM
missioner.
Witness my signature this May
|26, 1920.
|W. M. WOODWARD. Commissioner
Harry M Bryan, Atty for Petitioners.
&c. June 10-17-24, July -
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL Els.
TATE.

BY virtue Of the authority vested in
me by an order of the Chancery
Court of Lafayette County, Missis-
sippi, dated the Goth day of May,
1920. appointing me special COM
missioner in case No. 5134, styled j.
A. Parks, ct al, Exparte.
/ will as such special commissioners
offer for sale, and proceed to sell to
the highest bidder for cash at pub
lie cutlery at the south door of the
Court House at Oxford in said coun-
ty at II o'clock A. NJ. on July 5th
1920, the following described prop
erty in said county and State. to-wit:
The Southeast Quarter of Section 49,
Township T, Range One West.
Title to the above property is
thought to be good, but | sell only
as such special commissioner, afore-
said.
Witness my signature this the 9th
day Of May, 1920.
| ]. E. AVENT, Special Commits
sioner.
John Falkner, Jr., Sol. for Com'pts.
(E. June 1O-17-24, July L.