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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
Farmers Should Vote for HOke Smith,
Says Hon. James D. Weaver

of Sylvania, member of the exec
utive committee; Colonel wins
Evans of Sandersville. A bill had
passed Congress to fix price on
wheat. The price so fixed was
minimum price much better tnan
the price then prevailing in the
wheat market. Its deliberate pur-
pose was not to limit the price paid
! for wheat, but to stimulate produc-
ton by insuring the wheat growers
a generous profit, and Its provl-
sions extended for two years. The
nation was obliged to have wheat
for war. Our allies were Obliged
to have wheat for war, hence the
wheat growers were guaranteed a
minimum to stimulate production.
Some members of Congress argued
that a price should also be fixed on
cotton, since the wheat price-fixlng
bill had been passed But our po-
sition was that supply and demand
were making a price for cotton
that insured production; that it was
not necessary to give an induce
ment to the cotton growers; but be-
yond this, the price proposed for
cotton was not to be MINIMUM
price, like the price fixed for wheat,
but was to be q MAXIMUM price.
In other words, the wheat growers
were guaranteed NOT LESS THAN
a stated and very generous price on
their product; whereas the PROPOSE
ton regarding cotton was to say
that our farmers should be prohib-
tied by law from getting MORE
THAN a certain stated price, and
the price proposed was to be less
than the cost of production. Against
great pressure, Senator Smith stood
by US in the fight, fearlessly exert
ing his great influence against the
bill. Largely as the result Of his
mastery presentation Of facts and
figures showing cotton production
cost, the bill was defeated.
"These are not all Of the matters
al. measures in which Senator
Smith has rendered great service in
behalf of the farmers of his state
and the United States. His prln-
cipal efforts in the Senate have
been in the cause of agriculture
and education. No man that ever
served in the Senate has been bet
ter friend, an ADLER representative,
or a more influential spokesman OF
the man on the farm.
with these facts before me, |
could not refuse or fail to support
Senator Smith. AS said in the be-
ginning, l regard him as the ablest
champion of our interests that we
have ever had, | repeat that the
South, which furnishes the votes to
elect Democratic presidents, should
furnish a few of the presidential
nominees. am supporting Hoke
Smith as Georgia's choice for the
nomination because of his record,
because of his ability, because OF
his towering qualifications that
make him the peer of any aspirant
in either party. If he is nominated
at San Francisco, and l hope he
will be, my judgment is that he will
command more support among the
farmers of the entire country than
any other candidate the Democratic
party could nominate.
"What Georgia farmer, knowing
his record, can be against him?
What Georgia farmer, indOrsing
that record, can fail to go to the
polls and vote for him on the TWEEN
tieth of April?"
ADVERTISEMENT
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
Vice President of Georgia
Farmers Union Declares
No Farmer, Knowing Sen
ator Smiths Record, Can
Be Against Him.

Extracts from Mr.. Viewers
statement to the farmers of Geor-
gia follows:
Il am supporting Senator Hoke
Smith in this campaign because l
regard him as the ablest represen-
tative the agricultural interests
have ever had in Washington
either from Georgia or any other
state; because l think the time has
come when the Democratic South
which furnishes the votes to elect
Democratic presidents, should be-
gin to furnish the presidential
nominees; because Senator Smith
is qualified in every respect, by
ability and experience, to serve as
president. and in that office as IN
the Senate, would be a conspicuous
champion of the interests of the
farmers, upon whose prosperity the
nation depends.
Senator Smiths service in be-
half of agriculture has not been
confined to the farmers of Georgia,
but has immensely benefited the
farmers of the entire United
States. His reputation as a great
constructive leader of legislation
for the advancement of agriculture
is known to every organization of
farmers in the country. When the
five principal organizations hold
their meetings in Washington, or
when any one of them meets in
that city, Senator Smith is usually
invited to address them. They look
to him as their spokesman on the
committee on agriculture of the
Senate. They know his familiarity
with their problems, his absolute
conviction that their prosperity un-
derlies the nations prosperity, his
extraordinary ability to get results
in whatever matter he undertakes.
Senator Smith wrote and passed
the bill establishing farm extension
work
Senator Smith wrote and passed
the bill establishing vocational
training in the schools and colleges.
Senator Smiths efforts to get
our cotton across the ocean in the
fall of 1914 and the spring of 1915
are we'll remembered. In those eff
forts he has the support of Presi-
dent Wilson, who directed the send
ing of strong communication to
the British Government by Secre-
tary Lansing. Finally, as a direct
result of Senator Smiths agitation
of this important matter, involving
the freedom of the seas, cotton rose
above ten cents. a pound by May
1915, and the south was relieved
of the terrible depression which
threatened US with bankruptcy a
few months before.
"Well do ! remember, as a men,
Der of the committee who went to
Washington to represent the Geor-
gia Farmers Union, Senator Smiths
strong and fearless opposition to
the bill proposing to fix price on
cotton in the early summer of 1917:
The committee was composed of
J. H. Mills, President of the Geor-
gia Farmers Union, myself, as vice
president and chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee; H. A. Boykin
(Adyertisement.)
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
Statement.

OF the Ownership, Management, Cir
culation, etc, Requested by the
Act of Congress of August "a,
1919.
Of The Dawson News, published
weekly at Dawson, Georgia, for April
l, 1920.
Before me, a notary public in and
for the state and county aforesaid,
personally appeared Glen E. Rainey,
who, having been duly sworn accord
ing to law, deposes and says that he
is the business manager of the DaU
son News, and that rho tNil0"'
to the best of his knowledge and be-
lief, true statement of the owner
ship, management, etc, of afore
said publication for the date shown in
the above caption, required by the
act of August "a, 1912, embodied in
section 443, Postal Laws and Regula-
tions, printed on the reverse of this
form to wit:
/. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor and business managers are:
Publisher, E. L. Rainey, Dawson,
va, CulIOI, Il. IL INalIlSy' Do"ooli,
Ga; managing editor, E. L. Rainey,
Dawson, Ga; business manger, Glenn
E. Rainey, Dawson, Ga.
2. That the owner is F. L. Rainey.
8. That the known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security hold
ers owning or holding 1 per cent or
more of total amount of bonds, mort
cages, or other securities are: None.
4. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names of the own
ers, stockholders, and security hold
ers, if any, contain not only the list
of stockholders and security holders
as they appear upon the books of the
company but also, in cases where the
stakeholder or security holder appears
upon the books of the company as
| trustee or in any other fiduciary re-
| lation, the name of the person or cor
poration of whom such trustee is act
| ing is given; also that the said two
paragraphs contain statements en-
bracing affiant's full knowledge and
belief as to the circumstances and
conditions under which stockholders
pear upon the books of the company
as trustee, hold stock and securities
in a capacity other than that of
bona fide owner; and this affiant has
no reason to believe that any other
person association, or corporation has
any interest direct or indirect in the
said stock, bonds, or other securities
than as so stated by him.
GLEN f. RAINEY, Business Mgr.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 18th day of April, 1920.
C. D. COOKE.
Notary Public, Terrell County. Ga.
(My commission expires June, 1929
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
GEORGIA EDITOR WILL
SAIL FOR IRELAND
JOE LAWRENCE, EDITOR ASH
BURN WIREGRASS FARMER,
TO VISIT OLD HOME.

ATLANTA.-Hon. Joe Lawrence,
editor of the Ashburn (Ga.) Wire
grass Farmer, one of South Geor-
gia's most influential weekly news
papers. has a passport in his posses
sion and will soon sail for the land
of his birth, old Ireland. He will
visit London, Ireland and Glasgow,
Scotland
Mr.. Lawrence will find much to in
terest him at Glasgow particularly,
because he formerly resided there,
and sold thousand of dollars OF
Irish potatoes to Sir Thomas Upton,
when that now titled son of Erin
was operating several stores there,
and before he became a multl-mll-
lionaire and the friend Of royalty
Mr.. Lawrence knew the baronet well
in those early days which were the
commencement of Lipton's career as
the largest wholesale tea merchant
in the world.
Mr.. Lawrence left Glasgow about
thirty years ago and has been resid
ing in Georgia practically evel
since. When he first came to thi:
state he located in Atlanta, but IL
time he was drawn to south Geor
gia. He went to Ashburn before the
depot was built, became its frs
merchant, later retiring from tina
business to enter journalism, and t.
use his own words he has never beer
able "to get away from the smell o
printers ink"
The coming trip will be Mr.. Law
rence's first visit to Great Britain
since his departuHa from IRELAND
I three decades ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
HELLO, AMERICA!
LONDON SPEAKING
TALK OVER THE ATLANTIC TO
START IN SIX MONTHS, SAYS
MARCONI CHIEF.

LONDON, Notwithstanding to
Godfrey Isaacs, managing director of
the Marconi company, within six
months we may be speaking to New
York, Cleveland, Chicago, San Fran
cisco and any of the other towns in
the United States. The time is rapid
ly approaching when the whole world
will, through the medium of wireless,
be on instantaneous speaking terms.
The prospect is a dazzling one, both
from a commercial and social view,
and it opens up endless possibilities.
eve are going ahead with the con-
struction of the wireless stations, and
possibly by next autumn we shall be
in position to open the service with
the United States" said Mr.. Isaacs.
"The working will be quite simple
as far as the public is concerned. You
you want in any of the American
towns. The message will be held on
the Atlantic, where our stations will
transfer it to the American lines.
Messages will travel at the rate of
100000 miles per second; communi-
cation will be instantaneous.
eve are going to bring every
country in the world into telephone
communication with each other-not
in an Indefinite time, but very
soon. The rates will be cheap, pos
sibly about a shilling a minute.
'In a year or so we hope to estab-
fish regular telephone communica-
ton with Australia, and London will
be able to speak to Melbourne OF
Sydney as easily as New York. In
dia and Egypt will also come into the
service
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
ILLINOIS LEVEE BREAKS
AND FLOODS 47,OOO ACRES
Several Hundred Families Had to
Flee From Homes.

MUSCATINE, Ill.-The breaking
of the Illinois levee at a point a mile
above here has flooded 1000 acres
of ground. The overflow of fully
10000 additional acres lying below
the district first affected cannot be
averted.
L The flood will create a lake two
miles wide and twenty in length. The
several hundred families residing in
the district lying behind the levee,
which had been threatened for days,
had moved out, averting the loss of
life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20

OF the Ownership, Management, Cir
culation, etc, Requested by the
Act of Congress of August "a,
1919
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
SHELLMAN WILL ENTERTAIN
VETERANS AND THEIR WIVES
Cuthbert VIII Join Neighbor In
Memorial Day Exercises.

The R. F. Crittenden chapter of
the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy has invited the Stonewall Jack
son chapter to unite with it in enter
tanning the Confederate veterans and
their wives at Shellman on the 26th.
The Stonewall Jackson chapter held
a meeting at the home of Mrs. c. L..
Tumlin Tuesday and its members
were pleased to accept the invita-
ton.
1t will be departure from custom
to hold the exercises elsewhere than
in Cuthbert, but Shellman is noted
for its hospitality and the change
will doubtless be a pleasant one for
the veterans and many others-Cuth-
bert Liberal-Enterprise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
POEM WRITTEN BY A
LITTLE DAWSON GIRL

The following verses were written
by Gladys Lewis, the bright little
daughter of DIR. and Mrs. j. H. Lewis
Take little bit of sunshine,
A bit of violets, too;
Add these two together and
You'll have a brilliant hue.
Take a little bit of dewdrops.
A bit of clouds Gas black as crow !;
Add these two together and
You'll have a bright rainbow.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
DAWSON GIRL
UNDERGOES AN OPERATION
Francis Thompson Suffered Severe
Attack of Appendicitis.

The following regarding former
popular Dawson girl is of interest
to her many friends here who are
pleased to know of the improvement
in her condition. The Forsyth paper
says: "The friends of Miss Frances
Thompson will regret to learn that
she had to undergo an operation for
appendicitis Tuesday at a Macon
hospital. However, she stood the OPP
Grafton WELL and her friends wish for
her an early recovery"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
LEGLESS TAXI DRIVER
GETS TEN-YEAR SENTENCE
Held Up and Robbed Two Able Bodied
Young Men.

TULSA, Okla.-"Cedar Legs" Carl
Templin, taxicab driver, minus both
limbs and one arm, was found guilty
of highway robbery here on Satur-
day and sentenced to serve ten years
in the state prison at McAlester. :.
Cedar Legs" was convicted of
holding up and robbing Irwin Mercer
and companion last fall. Both the
victims are strong, husky youths.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-20
TEXAS WILL PLANT
LARGE COTTON CROP
ESTIMATED 100000 ACRES
WILL BE PLANTED IN THAT
STATE. SEASONS FAVORABLE.

DALLAS, Texas.-Last years
flooded autumn and this years lag
ging spring conspired to make Texas
1920 cotton acreage at least ten
per cent larger than last, according
to M. H. Wolfe, cotton exporter.
Texas will have around 12,000,-
900 acres of cotton this year-ten
per cent more than last-according
to present prospects" Wolfe recently
declared
Cotton will be Texas heavy crop
more because the season forced it,
Wolfe said, than because planters
preferred it. The wet autumn prac-
tically eliminated wheat drilling and
oat sowing suffered likewise. The
late spring now is expected to pre-
vent large corn acreage.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-06-05
THE NEW FOURTEEN POINTS

That the name of Brandywine, IN. r., be changed to Coldwater, N. |.
 That Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" be made the national anthem.
 That all mention of the Bourbon Kings be expunged from the school books.
 That, on account of being sugges- tive, rye bread be withdrawn from sale by all bakeries. :."
 That no part of ship be referred to as the saloon, for the reason that such reference might arouse false hopes. r." :=".-.
 That all bars be removed from harbor entrances or be designated by some other name. .:. That the word port" be expunged from navigation charts and refer ences.
 That the use of alcohol lamps be forbidden by law. That the useless 9.0OO,O00 white jackets and apronS in this country be sent to the starving Bolsheyiks and that the word "still'' be ex- punged from the American language land all dictionaries and the word quiet" substituted.
 That all mint be plowed under and vanilla beans planted. That any barber tantalizing a GUS toner by using bay rum on his hair be given ten years. That men with the 'foot and rail'' limp shall not be allowed to march in any public parade. That all pretzels shall be made straight instead of bent in the old familiar style to avoid "reminiscences.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-06-05
A EXTRACTION.

On April IA, 1920, the Alaska Daily Capital, newspaper published by me at Juneau Alaska, published an article, quoting Tom Parker as authority, charging that George C. Hazelet of Cordova was largely re- sponsible for the riot in Keystone canyon, near Valdez, September 25, 1907, during which one man was fatally shot by Ed Hasey, a deputy United States marshal. and several others were shot and seriously in jured by said Hasey. In editorial comments on said article, said Ju- neau Capital and the Anchorage Times, also published by me, charg- ed that said George C. Hazelet was mainly responsible for said shooting.
 Whereas, full investigation of the facts surrounding the transaction discloses that at an exhaustive hear ing before the then United States commissioner at Valdez, and that after a prolonged consideration by federal grand jury of the Third division, MT. Hazelet was exoner-  ated and absolved from liability Further, that Judge Cushman, of his own motion, at the trial of the civil case growing out of the trou- ble, dismissed such action against Mir. Hazelet, thereby establishing conclusively that George C. Hazelet was not responsible for -he death or in jury of any person. All the con- potent evidence shows that the ac- tions of Mr Hazelet throughout were characterized by caution. and his re peted efforts to reconcile the con- lSliutl.S t!ttcteS>S SilO"Su all edIISSL desire to avoid trouble and disorder.
 Therefore. in view of the wrong done to MT. Hazelet through the un- truthful statements published in said Juneau Capital and said Anchorage Times, and as reparation for the wrong done to an honorable and re- spected citizen of Alaska, I hereby publicly retract said published state ments and editorials
 Dated at Cordova. Alaska, this 18th day of May, 1920
 CHARLES E. HEBRON. Signed in the presence of:
 FRANK H. FOSTER.
 E. E. RITCHIE.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-06-05

As for the industrial shortage, the immigration authorities, working in cooperation with the interests of in dustry, should be able to accomplish must to relieve the situation.
 As matters stand. the warnings and appeals of members of Congress should set the nation not only to but to acting along all lines that might serve to increase the production of the nations farms.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-06-05
Department of the Interior Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE

Passengers are required to pur- chase tickets before entering trains.
 Tickets can be purchased from the station agent, whose office is in the employment office, on the ground floor of the General Office Building. Alaskan Engineering Commission, or at North Nenana.
 Tickets will be on sale at my time during office hours, and can be purchased in sufficient time before the departure of the trains.
 Regular trains for the south leave the foot of A street on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 a m
 The following change of schedule between North Nenana and Fair banks is effective June 1. subject to change without notice:
 Leave Fairbanks at SOC a. m; arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
 Leave North Nenana, 200 p. m.; arrive Fairbanks, 6:3O D. m.
 A ferry will be run between Ne mana and North Nenana to connect with Fairbanks trains. Passengers for Fairbanks should purchase tick cts in Nenana before crossing the ferry.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-06-05
LET THE NATION GIVE HEED.

Senators and representatives at last have awakened to a realization that the country Is facing calamity through decreased food production, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. Not withstanding all that has been writ ten, spoken or otherwise urged thru the vress, from the rostrum. in Con- gress, by many and various eco homie and trade publications. the alarming fact remains that thousands of acres of fertile land are uncul- tivated at this time, in one of our most crucial years. One senator predicts the most serious famine in the history of the nation. He speaks from first-hand knowledge concern ing the idle lands in many states he has visited. Other senators from food-producing states are making similar predictions. It is asserted that, while the amount of farm la bor last year was 84 percent of normal, this year it is only 72 per cent of normal; that only small percent of the farm boys who en-
The Nenana daily news., 1920-06-05

tered the war have returned to the farms. They are in the cities and factories.
 In this connection the Interracial Council submits interesting figures. It contends that the industries of the United States are short from 100000 to 5,O00,O00 unskilled workers as a result of the dwindling immigration during the war With our own labor established in fac tories. mills and shops, in view of i the shortage of immigration, it is plainly to be seen that the country i is not in the way of accomplishing the only thing that by any possi- bility could bring down the high prices demanded for the necessities of life.
 l 4 point here for consideration is that ir many industries larger work ing forces are required as a result of the average reduction of the work [ day from a ten-hour to an eight hour period. It is stated that there are approximately 8.00O,0OO foreign born wage earners in manufacturing, mining, transportation and other in dustreS, and that the more or less general acceptance of the eight-hour day by industry has resulted in an approximate loss in production man-hours". which represents the la bor of from 100000 to 2,O0O, 900 foreign-born workers. The industries report that it is almost impossible for them to get men, hence the con- tinuous drop in production. Natur- ally, with the exceptional wages de-
 
 manded and paid, our own labor, skilled and unskilled. rapidly is ab- sorbed by the industries, and the most important of all industries sui fers.
 In view of this immense shortage of unsklled labor in the industries. Senator Smiths suggested only rem edy does not seem to promise much hope for relief, though it would help to some extent He suggests that ; all manufacturers of articles not chased as necessities suspend opera tions for a time and thus permit labor to return to the farms. But would labor return to the farms? It is not likely. Nor is it likely that anything short of war mea- sure" would compel manufacturers to suspend their business for the good of the country.
 A real remedy would be the in- creased immigration of selected la | bor, skilled and unskilled, especially unskilled, as this class of labor more easily might be diverted to the farms where it is needed.
 During the 12 months succeeding the armistice the official figures show that 68,79O immigrants from the p white races supplying unskilled la- bor came into this country and 166,- 925 went out That is an ominous /. showing.
 i The Government is eager to as- i sist in this matter. The department ! of agriculture has 17 bureaus of service whose business it is to de- velop methods helpful to farmers and attract and assist immigrants to the soil. Putting the immigrant into touch with the department would seem to be valuable service at this time. Through the work of this department alone does there seem to be any real hope for helping the serious labor shortage on the farms.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-06-05

OVER-THE-IcE EGGS, $l.50 per dozen, at Fowler & Morris.