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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
stop, Look. Listen! "

Every day the newspapers OF Georgia re-
port the death of one or more persons as the
result of collisions between automobiles and
railroad trains tragedies lagely due to the
carelessness of persons who seem to hold hui
man life cheaply That there is no excuse for
such collisions is belief strengthened by the
circumstances attending nearly every accident
of this kind The rule may have few eXcep-
tions, but they are very small in comparison
with the distressingly large number OF tatall-
ties suffered. Every driver of a motor car
knows that when he travels highway he
will encounter railroads and will cross their
tracks. He also knows that heavy tram,
running rapidly cannot be stopped as easily
as motor car and that it should be given
the right of way at all times. This puts the
responsibility upon the motorst, where 1t be-
longs, and it is an easy responsibility II Or
binary care is taken in the operation OF mo-
tor car.
On the country roads and the highways ap-
preaching railroad crossings warning signs
are placed sufficiently distant from the tracks
to permit the motorist to slow down or to
stop. The motorst who does slow down, who
looks and listens and only proceeds when he
knows positively that the road across the
track is clear runs little or no risk whatever.
If he takes the added precaution to make
sure that his car has sufficient momentum
to carry it over the tracks without stopping
it can be said that he faces no hazard what
ever. 1t seems that the observations are easy
enough for any one to make, and it also
seems that, since they do protect life and
property, every driver would be very sure to
make them 1t cannot be anything but care
1essness that causes a driver to steer motor
car across a railroad track without looking
to see whether a train is approaching.
A successful driver of a motor car who
has never been in an accident OF any kind
and who had driven for many years, explain
ed his success by saying that he also drove
in such way that he could not be surprised
by other traffic. If he approached a street
crossing. an intersection of roads or rail
road track he always held his car at speed
that would make it possible for him to stor
before he reached the danger point. That
plan it simple, easy and sensible. If all motor
car drivers adopted it accidents would be re-
duced to a minimum.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
Two Good Cotton Counties.
From the Moultrie Observer.

The Observer was right in its guess made
at the time cotton began to open: The Col
quit county crop will be about twelve thous-
and bales 1t is no bad crop OF cotton.
In this connection we wish to set ourselves
right with The Dawson News. Recently the
Observer stated "Colquitt county will lead
all south Georgia, and probably. all Georgia
in growing cotton this year. We mean that
her crop percentage will be higher than any
other county.
The Dawson News quotes these. two SEN
fences and says, among other things that
Terrell has already marketed thirteen thous-
and bales of cotton, and will market three
thousand bales more. That is a good crop
for even a good county like Terrell Maybe
that is higher percentage Of full crop than
we are making in Coquit. Our is little less
than fifty per cent of the best crop on record.
We know there are several counties making
more bales than we are making this year.
We are only speaking Of the ability OF Col
quit county farmers to make halt crop in
what we consider the worst cotton year we
have ever had, and what may prove to be
the worst year we will have in the next de-
cade.
Terrell is a splendid county and they were
among the leading cotton producers in the
state while we were a timbered country down
here, making one to three bales to the farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
For Leave to Sell.

GEORGIA, Terrell County. o ' a"
whom it may concern: Notice IS mere e.
by given that Mrs. /: E. kirksey d. d.
administrator of w. w. Kirksey' as-
ceased, having applied to me by iPn Tdl
tition for leave to sell the stocks anu
bonds of said w. w. Kirksey' dec s,ade
ed; and that an order was m io5I
thereon at the November term, l9- iii
for citation and that citation issue of + de
said w. w. Kirksey, deceased, wiz. %ai
take notice that I will pass upon +s salp
application at the December term T1r,
reil county; and that unless cause ca t;rn ls
shown to the contrary at sag 'i the
said leave will be granted, ms TN
9TH day of November, 1871. ,..-r
L. c. HOYL, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
No Harm in Baby Talk"

The old-fashioned mothers and a Jew old
fashioned fathers who INDUCED in "baby talk
when conversing with the delights OF their
hearts and the apples of their eyes did not do
great injury to their children, according to
IDr G. G. Ide supervisor of education in the
schools of Philadelphia. His verdict that baby
talk is not acquired from parents who talk
baby talk to their children in babyhood," and
that ''that means that child does not hear
and remember sound very we'll" probably
will be unwelcome to some of the modern
PARENTS who disdain to employ the time hon
ored method of conversation with the young.
DR.. Ide. no doubt will encourage fathers and
mothers who are in the habit of saying pity
sings" to their little ones in a way that only
they can understand.
1t is possible that DR.. Ide has overlooked
the chief reason for baby talk" being non-in-
furious His theory that child does not hear
and remember sound very well may be cor
rect, but it does not go as far in disarming
"babv talk" as the childs own attitude toward
it as it develops growth and understanding.
When the city pity tweetums' gets to be a
big bow or girl the baby talk" simply has
TO stop because the child itself will not permit
it. All children have longing to be grown
ups. This is manifested in their desire to do
things that adults do, to wear clothing OF the
more mature design and of larger size, to be
regarded as real persons with individual char
acters thoughts and responsibilities. Nothing
in the home possibly can remind the child 50
emphatical1y that it is regarded as baby as
does "baby talk" AS rule every child has
whitening contempt for baby talk from
the moment it realizes just what the odiurl
means The attitude of the child may be count
ed on as sure to remove the injurious effect,
or prevent it altogether, for no child that is
sprightly goes through life talking any of the
baby talk" it heard when it was an infant
Much could be said in defense of baby
talk" and little in condemnation of it. The
preiudiced, of course always are bitter. 1t
was high brow" notion some few years
ago-and it may prevail even now-that chill
dren should be addressed from birth in the
language correctly spoken as to grammar and
with a pronunciation of words that was pain
ful1v stiff and accurate The mother of the
old school never would be able to understand
that. She would be bound to express her at
lection and DEVOTION if they were to be ex-
pressed all over again under the same circum-
stances, in the prattling baby talk that she
used before. Of course, baby talk always
sounds silly and inane to the outsider when
she hears it; but she easily acquires an un-
wonted proficiency in this language of the
crib when her own baby looks up and COOS
and crows for an answer of some kind Suf-
fee it to say that most babies get their an
swers in the same language, and that they
survive it in splendid fashion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
Public Is 'Stuck" as Usual.
From the Athens News.

lust as the News had held from the first,
there was no railway strike.
And, Just as the News has maintained from
the beginning, the railway brotherhoods have
been bought off by the railway labor board at
the expense OF the public.
Reduction in freight rates is the one out
standing, crying need of business today. With
out it there will be, there can be, nothing APP
proximating a return to normal business con-
ditions. Under present freight tariffs the farm
err is being forced to the wall because the
Transportation charges on his produce make 1t
impossible for him to move it at proht. I'm
der the burden of high freight rates the ult1-
mate consumer is staggering along, paying ex-
cess profits that threaten all the while to be-
come the straw that breaks the camels back.
For months economic experts have preach
ed freight reductions. For months 1t has been
pointed out that until transportation charges,
which are a full 100 per cent higher than they
were before the war, come down there can be
no reasonable ground to hope tor return OF
normal times and fair measure OF prosperity.
OF all these facts the railway labor board IS
fully cognizant. That its promise to the unions
that no reduction in wages will be made until
after a full discussion" has been had means
that freight rates cannot be brought down for
upwards of a year the board knows tull well.
That in making such promise the board has
deliberately robbed the country OF Its best
chance to return to normal conditions the
board cannot fail to realize.
Yet following the line that has ever been
theirs-actng as they have always acted,
prompted apparently by an oVerpoWermg tear
of the railway employees, the members OF the
board have called off the brotherhoods A +
TER their own associates in unioniSm on the
railroads had refused to join them because
thew did not believe the brotherhoods could
make the strike effective.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
Administrator S Sale.

GEORGIA, Terrell County.-NotiCe
is hereby given that by virtue OF an or
der of the Court of Ordinary OF said
county, will be sold at the w. w. Kirk
sey home place in the Eleventh district
of said county, between the legal
hours of sale, on Thursday, the 18th
day of November 1921, to the highest
bidder for cash, the following describ-
ed property to wit:
One bay mare mule about fifteen
years old; one bay mare mule about
sixteen years old; one bay mare mule
about fifteen years old; one White
Hickory two-horse wagon, IN use
about five year; one red top-buggy ana
harness: one 1917 model 400 Chevrolet
touring car; one two-hOrSe John Deere
steel pillow; one Gannt cotton planter;
one Seay guano distributor; three SIN
gle Haman pillow stocks; one tWo-horSe
Haman foot and beam; five wedding
hoes; one long handle shovel; two
pitchforks: three sets pillow gear; one
L. ]. harrow; two tenders; three tons
more or less, cotton seed; one pos,
hole digger; one mattOX; one three-IoN
Chattanooga can mill; one SO-gaHoA
syrup kettle one Cross-cut saw; one
hand saw; one brace and bit; one draw
ing knife; one sow and ten pigs nine
shoats; one thousand drawed shingles
more or less; 100 bushels corn IN the
shuck, more or less; 1000 pounds 100
der, more or less.
Said property is sold as the properly
of the w. w. Kirksey estate, now IL
the hands of the undersigned Tor ao-
ministration. This the 9TH day Oh NO
vember, 1921. ....
MRS. l. E. KIRKSEY, AdministT,a-
trix, Estate of W. w. Kirksey' de-
ceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
Gun Notches.

At New. York the other day a man died
who had been famous figure in the early
history of the western country, man who
had been instrumental in creating respect
for law and order, but one who went into
eternity credited with having killed u men.
w. B. (Bat) Masterson was credited with
having that many nOtches in the stock OF
his gun. To his credit it can be said that
when he quit the west and its so-called bad
men" some years ago and went to New York
he avoided the hero attitude and the glamour
with which his admirers and friends sought
to surround him.
Bat Masterson was an expert with fire
arms. In his career he was scout and In
dian fighter, peace officer and United States
deputy marshal. He was a scout under Cen
eral Miles. President Roosevelt appointed
him deputy marshal for New York in 1905.
The friends of "Bat" Masterson, whose
gun was believed to have so many notches
are stout in their insistence that he never
shot or killed in any cause but that OF sell
defense; and that of most cases while up
holding the law of which for many years he
was an officer. He was known as "a terror
to bad men" when a Kansas sheriff at the
age of q years. He had the same reputa-
ton as marshal in Colorado. He was re-
spected by the two-gun men OF Arizona. He
was recognized as dead shot with pistol OF
rife, and as man of wonderful courage
Now that "Bat" Masterson is dead his friends
and admirers recall that he never courted the
limelight was not boastful OF his exploits and
that he always maintained he had no notche:
whatever in his gun nor the right to put them
there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
LEGAL NOTICES
Administrator Sale

GEORGIA, Terrell County
virtue of an order granted BY tbs
Court of Ordinary of Terrell count '
will be sold at public outcry on 49,
first Tuesday in December. 1921 ~
the court house door in said countv
between the legal hours of sale. TO the
highest bidder for cash, all the eoutI,
of redemption in the following descrb.
ed land, to wit:
That tract or parcel of land in Ter
rell county, Georgia, described as fol-
lows: In lots 146, Us and 178 bounded
as follows: Beginning at point of the
west side of lot 146, APO feet north nj
the southwest corner of said lot thence
east 1900 feet to the branch thence
with the run of said branch and into
lot Us and to the public road, thence
little south of each along said road
1000 feet to the bend of the road
thence a little north of east 400 feet
to a point on the east line of lot III,
1860 feet north of the southeast cor
ner of said lot, thence south along
said lot line 1860 feet to the southeast
corner of lot Us, thence west along
the south lot line of lot Us, 1880 feet,
thence south and into lot 178, 1000
feet to the creek, then with the run Of
said creek in a northwesterly direction
to a point on the west line of lot 17S.
1000 feet south of the northeast cor
ner of said lot, thence north along the
west line of lots 178, Us and 146
4,520 feet to the place Of beginning
all in the Third land district, and CON
tanning 276 acres, more or less
Said property will be sold as the
property of the estate OF Fannie Fer
gerson, deceased, and will be sold sub
ject to lien of $2,75OOO due Novem-
Der l, 1921, in favor of Pearsons-Taft
Land Credit Company, which bears
per cent interest from November l,
1921; also subject to mortgage lien
in favor of J. A. Fergerson Of $937.4L,
with interest thereon at 8 per cent per
annum from July l, 1916. This No
vember E, 1921.
S. J. FERGERSON, Administrator
Estate of Fannie Fergerson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
PEPTO.MANGAN KEEPS
THE BLOOD PURF
Growing Children Need PLENTY Of
Red Cells in Blood

When the young body is CROWN,
children frequently experience w %aiS
ness. Girls and boys sometimes nm DIM.
too hard and over-tax their systa p,ay
They become pale, weak and sic C,i,S
They lose their appetites, become N a., =
guild, and are not able to make nr ,o,,-
ress in school work. Growing FIG 49,
fast" is often true. 1t is most jn5no w.
ant to keep the blood Of growing
girls and boys in a healthy state. .
pure. The red cells in the blood 10y ~
increased. They carry life-giying o% "a,
gen to all parts of the bodv a3d
wholesome youthfulness blooms aga ,;u
in clear compilations, bright ewes a a,,i
buoyant spirits. Sold both in Iio u,;J
and tablet form by druggists evd dTyu
where. The name Guides Pento-
Mangan" is on the package.-Ady
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
For Administration.

GEORGIA, Terrell County. o;n no
whom it may concern: J. u; L1aI ME-
having in proper form applieG: .Iot;or
for permanent letters Of admlni5IItlidb.o1tttt
on the estate of Mrs. M. Z. aloV al
late of said county, this is to cue Of
and singular the creditors and l ne and
kin of Mrs. M. E Talbot to DC t;r1e
appear at my office within the the sDr #
allowed by law, and show ca udy,il-
any they can, why permanent aG 10 /
istration should not be. granted - es-
D. LANG on Mrs. NJ. E. Talbot olf :
tate. Witness my hand and olli5s
signature, this 9TH day of N9 ,!lrr
1921. L. c. HOYL, Ordiliai'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15

The vets and the drys are never at a loss
for something to fight about. The ruling by
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon that beer
could be prescribed by physician has been
interpreted by the -prohibitionists as \
national law covering all states as blanket.
The dry forces insist that the state laws SUI
persede it. Thus the battle goes on over a
new issue, but if the two elements in the
controversy did not have it they would find
something else.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM.

From the Fl Gaines Georgian.
Our good old county of Terrell leads in
other things as we'll as in agriculture. Mr..
sage, the prohibition officer for this sec
ton, stated to The News few days ago
that Terrell was the only county in his
territory in which he had not raided still
nor made an arrest, and spoke OF it as
another evidence Of the high class of citi
zenship which makes this the best county
in the state.-The Dawson News.
That does indeed speak mighty we'll for
Terrell county. We assume that Captain Sage
knew what he was saying, but we do not
recall his having raided still or made ar
arrest in Clay county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
ANTS AS GARDENERS.

Amongst insects few show such great in
telligence as ants. The workers have many
important duties allotted to them, one being
that OF looking after the eggs. These they
carry to different parts OF the nest as the
temperature varies, SO that they may all
hatch out properly
In China ants are used to keep the orange
groves free from very destructive worm
which infests the trees. The natives capture
the insects by holding the mouth Of lard
bladder close to their nests The ants are
then put in the branches of the orange trees,
bamboo poles being laid from one tree to
another so that the little insects may travel
easily through the grove.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
The Fourth COMMUNICATIVE Remember thu

The Fourth ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt
thou labor, and do all thy work; but the sew
enth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy
God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man
servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cat
tie, nor the stranger that is within thy gates;
for in six days the Lord made heaven and
earth. the sea, and all that in them is, and
rested on the seventh day; wherefore the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed
it-Exodus 20:8-ll
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
Vast Farm Values.
From Farming.


The total value of American farms as
shown by the census of 1910 was SIS 0000 00-
1000 Last years census gave them a value of
sos 900 100000.
This enormous increase cannot be attributed
in any large part to temporary initiation. Farm
values a rule have not been inflated during
the recent boom so much as land values in
the cities. The instances of farms whose SELL
ing price was doubled or trebled in a year,
and which are now bankrupting their buy
ers, have been spectacular but not representa-
tive.
The average farmer has kept his farm, and
is still working it and expects to work it, and
considers it worth at least as much as the
census valuation indicates 1t may be said
safely that the total farm value is not likely
TO fall much, if it falls at all, with falling
prices, for there is a slow and sure apprecia-
ton of all agricultural lands with the growth
of population.
Here, then is a gain of S33,OOO00O0OO in
10 years in the value OF farm lands The en-
tire national debt, even if we include the
S11, 000000,000 principal and interest which
the allies owe this country and will almost
certainly pay some time, is several billions
less than that Thus American farmer alone,
if the increase of his wealth for the last 10
years were turned into cash, could far more
than pay every dollar the nation owes.
D.,:fJ;-,r ,,-0r1-,,a, - 4
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15

1t is evident that the war is to be fought
all over again. Mr.. McCombs book is fol
lowed by Mr. Tumulty's, and a forthcoming
publication, to be written by Ray Stannard
Baker, will relate the story of Mr.. Wilson's
participation in the peace conference from
his viewpoint We have also Senator Wat
sons sensational charges in the senate against
the army and an inquiry into them War is
enthusiastically the aftermath
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
AN ISLAND OF SALT.

1t has ebeen recently discovered that Cote
Blanche, an island on the southern Louisiana
Cote Blanche is one of string of islands,
several of which contain valuable salt de-
posts. The best known of them is the island
Iof Avery, discovered by accident during the
civil war to have a salt deposit. The site Of
the worlds largest salt mine is on the island
LOT Avery
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
OH. BOY!

Once upon a time there was an inn i'll
Merle Engan1dd named the the B9L Inn Along
stopped there for five hours. According to
records recently discovered the liquid refresh
ment served them during these five hours was
as follows; 126 bottles of port, 48 of sherry,
"a bowls of punch besides innumerabe mugs
of ale and porter, which were free of charge
and were not counted in the reckoning.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
EVERYTHING KICKS THE KING.

From the Worth County Local,
Everything and everybody kicks old King
Cotton in the ribs When a cotton gambler
on Wall street takes cold the price goes
down. When a Wall street millionaire gets
Ia new divorce cotton goes down. When a
molly king of one of those dinky little east
ern European states bristles up and threatens
war on neighboring tribe cotton goes down.
When there's three weeks dry spell cotton
goes down, so forth and son on.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
A GRIEVoUs BURDEN.

From the Meriwether Vindcator.
The constitution of Georgia wisely pro-
vides a limit of five mills and but for this
limitation heaven only knows what would
have become of the taxpayers
Taxes have gone higher and higher with
the years, and hating time has arrived
Already the burdens are too grievous to be
borne.
Instead of adding to them why not inves-
tigate the matter of practicing economy?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15

In four years time the cost Of printing
plant operation increased 200 to 800 per cent,
and in this country more than 1000 news
papers went out of existence. A survey OF
these conditions gives the publisher who has
been able to maintain his plant on stable
basis full cause for satisfaction and rejoicing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
"a CANDY HOUND"

Joseph R. White, jr. Is year old Brook
Ign boy who weighs 20l pounds, couldn't re-
sist the temptation of candy and so is Serv-
Farms at Canaan, n Y. His appetite demand
ed 81 worth of sweets per day and to satisfy
Ibis appetite he had to steal the money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15

Parachute jumpers continue to break rec,
ords, and now and then one breaks his neck
The average man has to possess unusua
vision to see any advantage of feat OF tha
kind. There's lot more glory in making al
acre of ground produce more corn or cottor
than ever before
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15

The Savannah Press of Friday contained
So pages brimful of interesting reading mat
ter and attractive advertisements. The Press
is one of the souths best afternoon newspa-
pers and is a Savannah institution of which
the people of that city should be proud.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-15
ASSURANCE DOESN'T ASSURE.

From the Kansas City Star.
The assurance that the United States will
run the trains if the general railroad strike
materiazes is meant to be quoting, we sup
pose, and maybe would be if the United
States hadn't demonstrated how it runs trains