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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
PROHIBITIONS FIRST YEAR.

Despite the fact that considerable liquor,
some of it good but much of it bad is still
obtainable it is gratifying to note that the
close OF the first year of national prohibition
finds increasing interest in favor Of the dry
era. According to Prohibition Commissioner
Kramer the American people are not only re-
covering from their hang over" but the
trend OF the public mind toward prohibition
is evidenced by official reports showing fewer
dealers seeking permits to engage in the bus
mess of handling liquor during the present
year.
With the closing of the saloon the social
drinker, the e-another-on-me type of con-
sumner has passed into oblivion. The patent
medicine jag is regarded as part of the ma
tons chang over" Mr. Kramer predicts the
disappearance of the appetite" of the steady
drinker, and consequently the ultimate end of
the bootlegger. Liquor smuggling and the
manufacture OF moonshine has developed into
a business OF large profits since the advent
of prohibition, and it probably will be many
years before this is stamped out. Meanwhile
the gradual but steady growth OF sentiment
throughout the country in favor of the saloon
less era is encouraging.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
How 1t Looks Over There.
Correspondence North American Review.


The soldier who goes back to his old dug
out in the woods near Grand Pre- is likely to
find that only the steady rains have reshaped
it; that the old helmet the shell-hit blew from
his head still lies where it fell two years ago
and more The villages of the Meuse, the
Ourcq, the Vese and Aisne look much as
they did when the American troops trudged
out of them for the last time. 1t is true that
the rubble is gone from the streets and the
litter of stone has been reduced to neat piles
of assorted pieces. Here and there rough,
new cottage has been fashioned from the ma
terials of its demolished predecessor AT in
tervals there are unfamiliar Shacks and bar
racks But on the whole Montfaucon and Fere-
en- Tardenois and Juvgny-they all look much
as they did when the Yanks started home.
Vaux, that little Marine village which the ar
tillery behind the Ninth infantry blew to bits
in the excitement of June, 19l8-Vaux has
only one new building. 1t is not much of a
building at that-just a shack of wood and
tar paper. And it is not a dwelling at all. 1t
is a buvette.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
HAS A STORY TO TELL.

From Henry Ford's Independent
Among the new figures in congress is Dan
iel Sutherland, who comes to Washington
with message which may well attract the
attention of this nation. 1t is a story of the
grievous oppression of a people. 1t is filled
with tales Of shocking injustice, of bureau
cratic stupidity and Of downright government
tai dishonesty. 1t tells of the processes en-
ployed in an effort to stunt and stife and
finally wipe out brave and hardy people by
depriving them of their means of livelihood.
1t is story which should attract instant at
tention in country which processes to be
exceedingly interested in the rights of small
countres-since it is the story of our own
abuse, mismanagement and robbery of the
people of Alaska
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
GAMBLING IN FARM PRODUCTS.

In addressing recently the congressional
committee which is considering pending bills
to abolish stock and cotton exchanges Mr..
Charles S. Barrett, of Georgia, causticay de-
nounced these organizations. He declared that
''the great staple crops of this nation are con-
trolled by a group of predatory gamblers
who are mercilesslly robbing farmers and city
people alike"
! In this connection the report of the federal
trade commission to the president relative to
gambling in grain is interesting. The commits
sion says all future trades in farm products
are not bad. 1t is close to the truth in that
statement. But the difficulty is to separate the
evil from the good Many farmers are spec
ulators in grain or cotton. They are not
gamblers, but insure themselves against loss
in marketing their crops. The general idea
is that if spectators combine to force down
prices their work is evil If they combine
to make bull market instead they are bene-
factors. The fact is that both are evils. Both
result in artificial prices, and artificial prices
are not healthy business symptoms at any
time. But where the future prices are based
on all the elements. that enter into an extern
sive business DEAL such as crop conditions
in foreign countries and at home, visible sup
ply and shortage or abundance of stocks in
consuming but non-producing countries, there
is no evil but much good, in the dealings on
the boards OF trade. 1t is doubtful if the aver
age farmer could afford the time to make a
scientific study of these things, and yet they
are a part of the things which make prices
when prices are regulated by the law of sup
ply and demand. When the farmers become
cooperative in their marketing they will have
to take all the things into consideration which
the operators on the boards of trade do
But it is said that this feature of dealing is
not gambling; that it is only when fictitious
quantities of farm products are bought and
sold, products which do no exist and which
the dealers do not own, that the process be-
comes gambling. This is the Objectionable
feature of the operations. The daily prices
are fixed not by the application OF business
Jaws to a condition. but by the artificial in
hation or defation of supplies not in exist
ence. Dealing in artificial cotton or grain
produces artificial prices. That is the obnox
ous principle in trading in futures. That is
what the industrial commission means by evil
influences That is what the farmers object to.
On the other hand if all the elements which
enter into a business operation indicate
that the supply of cotton or wheat at GER
tain time will fix certain prices: for these
products at that time it is only insuring
against loss for the owners to sell in advance
at those prices. That is something of a
gamble but so is every business undertaking,
the success of which is uncertain because of
unknown possibilities But it is gambling on
possible conditions which may be different
when matured from what they were in max
ing. Puts and calls are the spirit of gambling.
Futures are all right when based on actual
instead of artificial conditions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
UNCLE SAM GETS IN.

Uncle Sam was little late, as usual, but
increasing stunt He now charges approxi-
mately so per cent more for box rent at the
postoffice than heretofore, making the boost
during these days of readjustment. Box rent
is charged according to the size of the box,
the amount of mail one receives having moth
ing to do with fixing the price. The large
boxes now cost $3.50 quarter, So per year.
The former price was $4 per year, and pro-
portionate advances have been made in the
rental of the smaller boxes.
As business proposition it doesn't seem
sound to deliver mail daily free OF charge
to any part of the city at big expense
and charge the patron who goes to the post
office and gets his mail. The same principle is
practiced on the rural routes. The patron re-
siding eight or ten miles in the country has
his mail delivered every day free of charge.
If he went to the postoffice for it he would
have to pay the box rental unless he depend
ed on the general delivery, where man is
employed to serve the public. The cheapest
method the government has of delivering the
mail is through the rented boxes, and that
is the only delivery service for which it
charges. If it is necessary to increase the re-
ceipts of the postoffice department-and it
should be made to pay its own way-a plan
should be adopted that would reach all pa
irons INSTEAD of only few of them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
UP TO DATE.

From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Annie had just returned from party and
telling the family about it she said But
Jeanne didn't want me there at all :" "How do
YOU know she didn't" asked her mother.
"She told me So" said Annie. Then" said
her mother, you should have come right
home. That's what l should have done when
| was a. little girl" But mother, times have
changed since then l just slapped her in the
face-and STAYED"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
PAS PRIZE PERFORMANCE.

From the New Orleans Item
A Miami (Fla.) girls latest Crush" sat
in the parlor and played the piano until her
tortured father, gentler means having failed,
phoned for the police. They came and found
he was a petty officer of the. marines who
had absconded with $4,000 1rritated papas
sometimes hit the bulls eye. Of course, it
may appear hasty on his part to summon the
police, but it takes something like that to
separate piano from a young man who
thinks he can play it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
SHOULD BE FEDERAL EMPLoYE

From the Kansas City Times.
The case is reported of Chicago man who
spent almost his entire fortune of $l500,00O
in a year, and is now brought into court to
have conservator appointed to manage his
affairs The question arises, how does it hap
pen this man isn't in government job at
Washington where he wouldn't be interfered
with
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
WHAT WATSON WILL DO.

From the Townsville Times Enterprise.
They're still worrying over what Tom Wat
son will do when he gets in action in the SEN
ate Mr.. Watson will disappoint his enemies
and perhaps delight his friends by being a
sane, rational and sensible representative of
this state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
INCLUDING Goldfish.

From the Boston Post
Boston'S supremacy as the leading fishing
port of the world seems to be safe. Her near
est competitor for the honor is Grimsby, Eng,
but from figures just compiled it is evident
that the title will remain here for some time
to come. The receipts of groundfsh here dur
ing 1920 will exceed 125,000000 pounds, it is
expected; over 100000 pounds more than
came in last year. establishing a new record.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
HOW SHE LANDED HIM.

From the New York Herald
The American "heiress to $25,000,0O0 es-
tate" who testified in her suit for divorce
that she paid 100000 to buy off twenty two
women who claimed prior engagements to
marry the titled foreigner she finally married,
suggests a new international industry which,
pursued with energy, should favorably affect
the foreign exchange market.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK.

From the Birmingham News
Upper Madison avenue. The new Ghetto.
Street filed with pushcarts, fat, corSetless
women and smudgy-faced children. Kippered
herring and horseradish. The pungent odor
of garlic, The hurdy-gurdy hangs on here
until the snow flies Young orthodox Jews
with silken boards and sorrowful eyes. Egyp-
tan girls selling chalk statuettes from bask-
cts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

Revision Of the tax laws by congress will
not be an easy matter. 1t is something like
adjusting a collar on a mules neck after it
has been galded with the weight OF the load
and the ll-ftting of the collar The adjust
ment must all be made in the collar, for the
reason that there is no opportunity now to
Tighten the load.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

Is the following stock or society item?
Good looking calves will be encased in the
himsiest silk during the cold weather. Man
ufacturers of cotton casing are not discour-
aged however, as there are many scrub
calves in the country"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

The incident concerning the Inauguration
gives another indication of what may be ex-
pected from President Harding. 1t is an echo
of his statement about "the great response
bility" He insists on keeping his feet on the
ground, and he is governed at all times by
plain common sense. The new president will
be inaugurated with impressive simplicity,
and both Mr. Harding and the country are
to be congratulated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

Dawson is more disappointed than the aver
age town over the announcement from Wash
ington that there will be public building
program for few years. A government
building here was authorized some years ago
and site was purchased, but for various
reasons its erection has been delayed The
present postofice quarters are not in keep
ing with the general development of the
city. But we must keep waiting, it seems
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

Fur houses are sending out circulars urging
trappers to catch no furs this winter on &C
count of low prices. When the farmers do
that concerning their products they are
branded as would-be prohteers
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

AS nation we are getting over debauch.
For five years we have been running amuck,
as it were We have been spending freely,
buying anything and everything at almost
any price. And now we have got to pay.
That's the story.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

One OF the negative joys OF the rural mail
carrier these days is to fish the pennies out
of the mail boxes and stamp the letters.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

Nineteen twenty-one will be just as good
a year in which to let oil stocks and other
wildcat securities alone as 1920 was Those
who got their wings singed need no advice,
but there are lot of other goslings just
learning to ay
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

The scorn of the egotist is as harmless as
the slurs of the ignorant.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

The war must have taken the veneer off
the average foreign scion of nobility, for
there has not been marriage of an Ameri-
can girl with one of that breed since the
war closed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

There's lot of discussion about why wo-
men shut their eyes when they are kissed.
One look at the average masculine map fur
nishes reason enough.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
BEST EDITED.

From the Griffin News and Sun.
One of the best edited newspapers that
comes into the News and Sun Office is The
Dawson News, of which E. L. Rainey, men,
Der of the state prison commission, is editor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

An investigation says that grown people
in New York city do not know what ham
and bacon come from, and that lot thought
they were manufactured like chocolates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

This home brew talk is not new. Trouble
has been brewed at home for centuries.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

Hon. A. J. Perryman is now sole owner
and editor of the Talbotton New Era, and
the paper is showing decided improvement.
Brother Perryman is a good editor as well
as an able and popular legislator
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

A farmer sold load of corn and purchas-
ed pair of shoes with the proceeds. He
also sold a beef hide he brought to town on
his load of corn for 81 cents
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

The officials of Warren, O., have put ban
on enthusiastic hugging at public dances.
Why should people hug if they are not en-
thusiastic about it?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

There is silver lining to the cloud that
taxes are higher this year than they were
last. They are lower this year than they will
be next.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

Everybody in Terrell county is busy anc
cheerful, and conditions generally are look
ing much brighter hereabouts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25
WHEN TO REGISTER

Sec. 4. That every owner of motor
vehicle or motorcycle shall, on or be-
fore the first day of March in each
year, before he shall operate such mo.
tor vehicle or motorcycle, register
such vehicle in the office of the Secre.
tary of State, and obtain a license to
operate the same for the ensuing wear.
and every chauffeur employed to oper.
ate motor vehicles shall likewise regis
ter and obtain license, as hereinaf-
ter provided.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

1t is never fair to judge man by his
clothes. Sometimes the shabbily dressed man
is not poor, but has a son or a daughter in
college.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-25

The goose that laid the golden egg had
nothing much on the ordinary biddy that
lays what used to be the common old ev-
ery-day hen egg.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-08
ALL DELIGHT TO HONOR F0CH
Whole World Paid Homage TO the
Genius OF the Great French
Master OF War.

Marshal Fochs home In the Avenue
de SAKE, Paris, has become one OF the
wonderful dwelling places OF the
world. Far more than a dwehiDe
place. II is now n museum OF glory.
The rooms OF that modest first roor
nat are crowded with the trophies
which all civilization has offered IN
homage 10 the man who led the allies
10 victory. Such PERCUSSION OF beauti'
ful things and notable works OF ART
Is rare. and admidst IL the unassum
ing figure or the marshal moves u,
most grieved. as II seems. by the pos
session OF these precious tributes,
which only his kindly courtesy induced
him to accept.
They come from every part OF the
world. That large, solid silver stat
uette OF French general OF the Napo-
leonIc wars Is signed by Los Amigos
de Francla Francophlle league IL,
Spain. Next 10 II is mn alabaster fig
ure by a French master. over the
hearth stands great gilt empire
clock Inscribed ITO Marshal Foch,
from the grateful town of Cassel."
Gold caskets. ieweled swords Of
honor. antique and valuable NINA.
lures and worries the splendid enam'
eled collar Of the Grand Cross Of the
Bath, are crowded together in the
glass cabinets that line the walls.
Here Is all the respect. all the enthu'
siasm. all the gratitude and JOY Of
victory Of whole world. expressed
Ia the finest and lo,ellest forms that
the ingenuity 81 great artists, scu'5''
tors. goldsmlths. can contrlve. And
il is proof and touchstone Of the merit
OF the man TO whom they have been
offered that he lives in this illusufous
treasury ~ glory without seeming TO
be conscious either Of II or his fame
-. Ward Price, In the Continental
Edition OF the London Mail.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-08
WEEKLY MARKET QUOTATIONS
Snyder, Tex. July I. 1921.
Cash prices paid at Snyder by buy
ers of produce Thursday July 9TH.

II no doubt has been many years
since Snyder was closed as tight on
July the 4 as il was on this one. One
hundred and forty five years ago. tie
Declaration OF independence was
signed and with each ucceeding year
the memories of this eventful day
grows stronger and now the sacred
ness of the day is made more m NOR
able because the world war heroes
have given us another star on which
10 gaze in admiration and thankful
ness.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-08

aud said She would not stand IN the
way IT her husband Obtaining d.
vurce. ihat hc might marry the woman
81 his choice Her last request was
that Mrs. pcivggic leave The room for
IN hour. 4 Few minutes later Mrs
Parsons stepped tn u medicine cabinet.
snatchcd bottle 81 poison aud raised
(, 10 her lips
Parsons called Mrs. Deivggie back
when his wife tainted. Physicians Were
>m mourd aud Mrs. Parsons wa
rushed To hospital At the hos
p',al. the physicians at first deSpa,r"'
p' 're recovery of Mr., Parsons.
We mu,t make transmission q"
,luoi" said one Of lhr docipis. .h
husband declared br was wiling g.
give bi, blood. and q pint MAS draw
'ru,a his ,riuS.
:. Den. rctm.rry appeared g'r.al.ll y
". licr S.. s.n an Investigation of 'h
case. Iroy discovered that Mrs. Pa
>.u~ haf boon patient in an lilin"
hn~p.uI when hpr husband me-, 'l
"oth,r woman. Parsons ana ""
Uei,glir iu,cr are said "a have ma"
complete confession uf 'hrir Hoa''-
rr. "otEcr woman WAS Ordered T.
eve up Parsons.
= A,iIl." rrpird Mrs. D"i'gEic ."
'..,. been nusr,,,l N,lcr bat r.r~or
- lhe Sos, m:D l ever really love"
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-08
To Our Friends.

To those who have been so kind
and thoughtful during all the DARK
hours thru which we have just passed
i'm the loss OF our dear Robert, TO
those who have sent flowers. tel T.
grams. and letters Of sympathy and
all the other little gets OF love that
comfort us. we wish To thank YOU We
pray Gods richest blessings on you
all.
DR.. and Mrs Il. G. Davenport.
Mccall Davenport
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-08

and the spirits will bring Ms much
riches"
Officers at Abilene report that Cos
tella was greatly offended when fore
ed TO submit to the indignity OF ar
rest and made protest in words that
were both loud and unTJecoming of a
lady. especially one who Is gifted
with the power OF talking with the
spirits of the departed.-Colorado
Record
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-08
GrceiI-Whitc.

Wilt X Green and Miss Myrtle
White were married last Saturday by
Rev. ] H. Hicks at the Methodist
parsonage.
Mr.. Green is a son of J. W. Green
and Miss White is daughter OF
l.. G. White. all of snyder.
The Signal joins with the many
friends OF these young people in best
wishes for the future and pleasant
journey through life
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-08

Col j. 4. Noble has returned IRON
Galveston and other south and east
Texas points Col. Noble said that he
attanded his son. Earl's wedding at
Texas City. and was one OF the most
elaborate wedding he ever attended
said his son was happily married and
that M himself was back in Snyder
rejoicing. He visited the old homo at
Itasca and found most all the old tisi-
ers had passed away.