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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25

Turkey and cranberry sauce, crisp
weather, a general sense of well-being
and football are In the air at the very
mention of Thanksgiving, writes Mar.
euerite Samuels in the New Orleans
Times-Picayune.
But football and too much dinner
are not, in the final analysis, all Of
Thanksgiving. There is q deeper, in
spirational side to the day set aside
through three hundred years Of Amer
lean history as the great national
celebration of gratitude.
Do you remember the simple story
Of that first Thanksgiving day as you
read 1t In your primary reader3 And
the thrill Of thankfulness for national
greatness and goodness that came to
you as your chubby fingers drew de-
formed turkeys and round-eyed Pill
grim fathers on the school blackboard7
1t Was in 1921, the fall following
the landing at Plymouth, that the Pill
grims celebrated the first Thanksgiv-
ing day. The little colony, one hun
dred and two souls who had Jared
westward from England for their con-
sciences sake, had weathered the
storms OF the Atlantic and the worse
hardships Of New England winter,
and they had won through at last
to a sort Of acknowledgements
speaking.
Back from the rocky coastline Of
Massachusetts,. with its thunder Of
umitless waves, a little group of log
houses crowded together behind the
tall stockade, feeling safe in their
nearness to each other.
Garnered corn filled the barns and
the storerooms Of the houses were
pungent with ripe apples. The colony
felt firmly established in the New
World of its seeking. Even the silent
footed Indians had begun to under
stand that there was room for them
and for the pale faces too. The de-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25
o THOU, WHOSE BOUNTY FILLS MY
CUP.

o Thou. whose bounty fills my CUP.
With every blessing meet!
give thee thanks for every drop
The bitter and the sweet:
praise thee for the desert road.
And for the riverside;
For all thy goodness hath bestowed.
And all they grace denied. n
thank thee for both smile and frown.
And for the gain and loss;
I praise thee for the future crown.
And for the present. cross.
r thank thee for the wing of love-,
Which stirred my worldly nest;
'And for the stormy clouds which drove
Me. trembling. to they breast.
bless thee for the glad increase.
And for the, waning joy; u :
And for this strange. this settled peace
Which nothing can destroy.
Jane Crewdson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25
IF THE WORLD WERE YovRa

II all the world were yours to give to me.
White, iustrous pearls from some warm
southern sea,
Great blue nrs diamonds set In carven
rings.
And scented silks that midas vessel
brings:
Rare perfumes from some garden. dim
f. and sweet,
Ind 3sweled sandals for my bare white
feet:
p Lowell II al the world belonged to you
And you should bring each day rare gifts
anew:
csver my flesh with charms that al the
OF all the earth could give Int your
hands,
You could not give me more than IN that
June
When. underneath q lovers scented moon
Your lips touched mine. Then loves
white flame divine
Burned In my heart-and all the world
was mine!
dan Isbells Fortune. In 1--we Stories.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25

London. November 23.-Behind barbed
wire entanglements and heavily barri-
caded doors. the Rev. G. H. Borril, a
clergyman. for nine month has been be-
sleged in his home In the heart of Lon
don.
Nine stalwart detectives, working in
eight hour shifts of three day and night,
are the besieging force.
Last Christmas the Rev. Borril refused
to pay q tax levy imposed by the Social
list borough council Of Islington. Because
he said, he was an opponent Of socialism
and didn't have enough to meet the levy
anyway.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25

Unable to seize his property, the coun-
Gil got an order for arrest. Then the
siege began. Since detectives cannot
force entry into house under British
law. their only chance Is to seize the
clergyman when he comes out.
Thus far, it's cost the council $4,000
to maintain the siege. And the s'dghtfn
parsons" tax levy only amounted to
The clergyman gets his food and sup
plies by drawing them up on rope pas
sed through the upper window.
He spends his spare time preaching to
he detectives through top story win
tdow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25

excess Of good things I become self
centered and forget my obligations 10
my fellow men"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25
THIS THE DAY TO GIVE THANKS To THELORD

NICE JUICY TURKEY may
be q powerful incentive to
Thanksgiving. yet is not
necessary when there d gen.
uins appreciation Of the real
blessings OF the year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25
MISS ETHELYN WHITE

MISS ETHELYN WHITE
Washington. Nov 23.-There's a hint
Of romance about the French delegation
to the arms conference. And there's
going to be a wedding not long after
the Frenchmen's need OF an interpreter
ceases.
Miss Ethelyn White. chief interpreter
with the legislation, was also the French
interpreter during the Versailles confer
capacity with the American army over
seas.
While there she met Major R. P.
Howell OF the, American army. Now
Howell and Miss White as principals.
Major Howell is stationed at Camp
HUMPHREYS. Miss White Is member
Of an old Knickerbocker family--the
Gildersleeves of New York.
She was educated in Paris and speaks
four languages
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
Business.

Day by day there are more hopeful signs
of the country's steady return to sound bust
ness conditions. The signs are many and va
red They must be employed in a process OF
deduction to get their true value. 1t is en-
couraging to observe that the average of
optimistic predictions in this regard made by
careful students of the times is very high
Even with hard, cold facts admitted and dis
,cussed it is noteworthy that the tone OF pes
sirnism, so prevalent short time ago, is now
missing. Reflected opinion shows that the
nation and the people are looking forward.
Duns report is more optimistic than it
has been for several weeks. 1t points out that
more stability has developed in some markets,
with definite business gains following period
of persistent liquidation, and that there is
1essening of the financial stringency in coun-
try districts. Dun's emphasizes that lower
discount rates have been allowed in New
York, which may be considered as a reading
of the country's financial barometer. Wall
street bankers do not demand 8 per cent now
but lend money at TX per cent, showing that
financial transactions are becoming easier.
The Boston Federal Reserve Bank lowered its
re-discount rate from per cent to E per cent,
which is encouraging to eastern interests dl-
rectly and to the country generally by reason
of its cumulative effect.
Buying has been encouraged in various re-
tail lines by price reductions. The garment
industry has revived remarkably. Many lines
of cotton goods are in much better demand
than the trade had expected, and certain silk
goods actually are scarce. Agricultural inter
ests are encouraged by the lower price levels,
the new figures on steel recently announced
being followed by reductions in farm machin-
cry and implements The governments hope
of getting the country back to normally" is
now stronger than ever and not without good
reason
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
Is Modesty a Back Number?
Bv Beatrice Fairfax.

How about modesty? Is it an outworn Gus
tom, to be discussed and lamented only by old
fogies? Is it an absurd notion kept alive by
women too unattractive to find immodesty be-
coming!
Looking at things cold-bloodedly, I'm pref
ty sure that modesty is about as attractive
and alluring as a lot of silly folks think the
elaborate self-revelation OF today is.
Immodesty wouldn't be SO bad if it were
only shocking" Immodesty wouldn't do
much harm if it offended only the prlgs and
prudes and Miss Nancys of the world. What
ever it did to ethics and morals, immodesty
might still have a chance to consider itself
Iimportant-if it weren't so lacking IN all
aesthetic values.
You can't make immodesty pretty.
On the stage with lighting and color ef-
feCts thought out by an artist sCanty draper
les often have the feeting llovellness OF an
etching or painting. Flesh half yelled IN chit
ion and seen through a maze Of swlrllng mo-
tons and with soft lights playing may create
an illusion of fragrant loneliness. But flung
brazenly in your face on the street or IN a
ball room-its garish and glazing. The gar1Sh
and glazing is not beautiful, and nothing can
make it so.
Leaving all dealism out Of it, ignoring
sweetness and fneness and dainty feelings
and high principles, there's still a word to
say for modesty. It's charming.
"Charm!" Magic word Charm-token Of
what every woman longs to possess. Once
someone very wise and very worldly said that
a woman's mystery is her charm. There's a
lot in that Man, the immemorial hunter, and
humanity, immemorially restless, can't help
being lured by the unknown, the unrevealed.
What allures holds in a magic charm.
Today l was walking down the street
when | beheld coming toward me a pair OF
slender gray legs propelling in a seal coat.
Why balk at the word, since are so &C
customed to the sight? | found myself ex-
aiming those fully revealed members OF an
anatomy calmly and dispassonately. They
were out challenging comparison and criticism.
They could stand neither. l found even my
eyes glued to that glaring and Haunting reve-
lation.
Just as l passed the gray silk stills with the
coat of seal above happened to glance up,
and there, under the loveliest rose-colored hat
imaginable, | saw the vivacious prettiness of a
girl | know. | was astonished Really, |
hadn't thought of a girl-just OF that expose
of gray silk And then | heard voices back
of me. Masculine voices And this is what
they said
Say, wasn't that a scream? What do you
think she did that for?"
Fool girl! Might have thought she was a
queen if she had kept us guessing-huh? But
I've seen better sticks in the chorus. Still who
cares?"
Some baby doll when you looked at her
face But-oh boy-why should you? She
didn't expect it"
Rather degrading, isn't it? But never mind
that We're not being moral or fine or ideal
istic now. Just practical.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
A Big Success.

More than once Dawson people have prov
en- their ability to put over almost any sort
Of big undertaking once they determine to
stand together in a spirit of cooperation.
notable instance was the way in which the
town took care of the state reunion OF Con-
federate veterans given up to be the most
splendid entertainment in the history OF that
organization Dawson has won fresh laurels
in successful Community Sale, which was
a season Of fun and frolic as well as good
business for three days of last week. The
perfect weather was a great asset, making 1t
possible for the people to pour IN from
all the neighboring counties and towns
Truly all roads led to Dawson and
for the entire three days the streets and
places of business were thronged with happy
shoppers. The merchants, with all the help
they could muster in, had what they could
handle in the way of business, and everybody
is pleased over the unqualified success OF the
occasion. 1t is but another evidence OF what
our people can accomplish when they stand
together, and pull for the interests OF the
community.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03

The greatest decrease in value has been in
the southern states, where cotton and tobac-
co are the chief crops and the lowest rate OF
decreases in the far western states. In Georgia
the average value of land is placed at $40 an
acre.
The slump in farm land values is attribute
bic to a number of causes, among which is the
recent great reduction in the prices OF farm
products, the high freight rates which penal
ize shipments from the farm, the advance III
interest rates by the Federal Reserve Bank
from AZ and per cent to 6H and per
cent, and transportation in land. We are
now suffering from the inevitable effect OF
land booms of recent memory. All OF these
factors have undoubtedly contributed to low
ering land prices.
The slump, however, is only temporary, and
conditions will correct themselves in time.
That time, however, may be somewhat long,
depending upon the progress that is made IN
restoring normal conditions in industry, trade
commerce, finance and transportation. The
farmers situation is tied up with the general
situation and is affected by it.
While few dollars may have been clipped
off of the price of Georgia land it is incorrect
to say that the value of that land, especially
here in Southwest Georgia, has been much re-
duced. 1t is still the most desirable farm
land in the United States, if not in the world.
The country is going to continue to eat and
wear clothes, the existing depression will
pass away and our farm land will be in de-
mand as it always has been. 1t is to be hoped,
however that there will not be another pc
Rod of speculation in land. This is something
that benefits only the speculator while 1t IS
of positive injury to the farmer who farms,
as is apparent by present conditions
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
What a Boy Costs.
From the Christian Life Magazine.

So you are twenty-one
And you stand up clear-eyed, clear minded,
to look all the world squarely in the face You
are a man.
Did you ever think, son, how much it cost
to make a man out of you?
Someone has figured up the cost in money
of raising child. He says to bring up young
man to legal age, care for him and educate
him, costs $4,000, which is a lot of money
to put into flesh and blood.
But that isn't all
You have cost father many hard knocks
and short dinners and gray streaks in his hairs,
and your mother-oh, boy, you will never
know. You have cost her days and nights of
anxiety and wrinkles in her dear face, and
heartaches and sacrifice.
1t has been expensive to raise you; but
II you what think you are, you are
worth all you cost-and much, much more.
Be sure of this: While father does not say
much but "Hello, SON." way down deep in his
tough staunch heart he thinks you are the
finest ever; and as for the little mother, she
simply can not keep her love and pride fer
you out of her eyes. You are man now
And some time you must step into your
fathers shoes. He wouldn't like you to call
him old, but Just the same he isn't as young
as he used to be. You see young man, he has
been working pretty hard for more than TWEEN
ty years to help you up, and already your
mother is beginning to lean on you.
Doesn't that sober you, twenty-one?
our father has done pretty well, but you
can do better. You may not think So but he
does. He has given you a better chance than
he had In many ways you can begin where
he left off. He expects good deal more from
you, and that is why he has tried to make
man of you. Don't finch, boy
The world will try you out. 1t will put to
test every fiber in you; but you are made OF
good stuff Once the load is fairly strapped
on your young shoulders you will carry it,
scarcely feel tiff only there be the willing
and cheerful mind. All hail to you on the
threshold.
the freight and your back debts to your
mother and father. You will pay them up,
won't you, boy?
How shall you pay them;
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
A Cheerful View of Death.
From the Savannah Press.

Andrew P. Rives is man well known tQ
the newspaper readers of Georgia because OF
his frequent contributions to the newspapers.
He has some original ideas and his communi-
cations are very interesting. He has been
writing to The Dawson News, giving his
views on deaths and funerals and telling how
he wishes to be buried.
Mr.. Rives does not look upon the transit
ton from life unto death with very marked
evidences of either sorrow or regret He wants
everyone to know that death is looked for
ward to by him with more joy than regret;
No doubt his wishes will be carried out and
there will be a funeral where grief does
not stalk abroad. He takes very hope
full and cheerful view of death and the here
after, declaring: "He that liveth and believ.
eth in Me shall never die" The kingdom OF
God is within you," ''the Christ as one who
wraps the drapery of his couch around him
and lies down to pleasant dreams"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
The bad Man.

Sam Cardinella, master mind OF gang OF
thieves and murderers, collapsed when about
to be hanged at Chicago, illustrating that he
was wholly without moral courage. The STAY
er was unable to face death, which he had
visited and caused to be visited upon other
human beings 1t is evident that Cardinella
a self-styled bad man." was bad only in the
evil he could do, and that the word bad" in
no way applied to fearlessness.
The average murderer is an out and out
coward In killing he takes as much advant-
age of his victim as may be possible. Rare is
the slayer who takes an even chance at death
with the man whose end he would accom-
plish If the killers risk of life as great
as that of the chosen victim the former would
not be so eager and ready to kill. Such a man
was Sam Cardinel1a, who had to be carried
to the gallows and strapped to a chair that
the moose might be adjusted. Some slayers
are defiant to the last. Psychologists would
call them detectives, for it is recognized that
the most intelligent and bravest man is not
without fear
The highest type of courage, however, is
that which is triumphant in the face of dan
ger. II is no where better illustrated than on
the field of battle, where the soldier, fully
aware of the danger that threatens him, I'm
dertakes his task.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
Revising Taxation Laws.

Revision Of the tax laws promises to be one
of the important questions before the general
assembly when that body convenes next
month The need for revision OF the laws
governing taxation is generally recognized.
There are other changes needed which are
more important than the basis OF valuation.
1t will be well worth while for Georgia to
iron out the inequalities and determinations
existing under the present laws, and provide
adequate and fair means and methods of
equalization and place and distribute the bur
den of direct taxation fairly. The fairest tax
and that which is most easily endured is the
tax which is equally distributed. The law
should make sure that no one escapes his just
share of the burden and also that no one car
ries more than his share.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
Very Good, and Timely.
From the Madisonian.

The Madisonian has spoken out in meeting
about the Jasper tragedies, and has placed the
blame where we think it belongs, but we are
not disposed to overwork the matter, as some
papers and people seem to be dong. he al
fair has been thoroughly aired in all quarters
of the country.
The state courts seem to be taking V1gor-
Gus and orderly action. A jury OF twelve white
men have convicted white man, very prop
erly, we think, on the testimony OF sell
confessed negro murderer Other prosecutions
will no doubt follow, and the strong arm OF
the law will see to it that justice is done, IT.
respective of race or color.
There is no peonage in Morgan county ana
very little in Georgia. Our people are easily
swept off their feet and are given to Jumping
at conclusions Few negroes will work unless
they get at least part OF their pay IN ad-
vance and federal agents will do our farmers
and our state a great injustice if they pay at.
tention to every negro who claims he IS held
in "peony" Poems are being made so much
of in Georgia that they are springlng up eV-
erywhere, and their chief grievance is that
they got their money for service, very little
of which is sometimes rendered. Now is
mighty good time for our federal agents and
our emotional people to keep their bearings.
Now that we've romped on Jasper to our
hearts content let's turn our attention to the
Improvement and development OF our own
section
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
PROFITEERING IN TIJUANA.

From Corondo La Patio.
The whole Tijuana outfit is run as if today
were the last opportunity to get the public's
money. Let us draw a moral from a bottle
of whisky.
The bartenders at Tijuana serve it in glass
es that have almost the same cubic contest
as a thimble. There are fifty-two such drinks
in one bottle. For the least aduterated whisky
Is cents is charged, making the revenue for
the bottle $50
When the disti11ers were frantical1y search
ing for buyers for their big stocks before the
was practically given to the dealers, which
they stored at Tijuana and which was to be
paid for at a price of about 80 cents bottle
as they withdrew it from storage They sell
the bottle that cost them 80 cents for $50 to
$50
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
A Startling Suggestion.

Some of the sensational race stuff being
printed in Georgia newspapers might be eX
pected of the Chicago Tribune, but was hardly
to be expected of our own daily newspapers
and "a high state official" Commenting or
the startling suggestion by the said high Off
cial that the federal government be asked
to take charge of law enforcement in Georgia
the Macon Telegraph says:
"No one has any idea OF the United
States government taking charge in Geor-
gia. This state can wash its own llnen and
doesn't need any outside launderers; it be
leves in using home labor. And certainly
Georgia has as good washers OF linen as
they have in Washington, d. G., where
all the fine Legislative power of great ma
ton is centered, but which city is so rot
ten as regards racial conditions and con-
troll that its terrible smell, like the sound
of the famous shot, goes around the world.
Whatever the federal government does IN
regard to peonage law violations 1t will
not be in the nature OF taking charge in
Georgia"
1t is also of interest to note that Senator
Harris has entered a protest against the un
thinkable proposition. He very truly says IT
would be deporable were Georgia to become
afflicted with such history"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03

NEWSPAPERS ARE .WASTEFUL.
From the Iowa Herald.

From the Iowa Herald.
Yes, we do fall for crazy news, all right.
Take that Georgia farmer whose income tax
was cents. He insisted on his right to pay
it in four installments and sent the revenue
collector a money order for cent last month.
By the time he gets his tax paid in four in
stallments he will have paid in postage, money
order fees, envelopes etc, about 80 cents. This
item of news has been printed in all the dailies
of the country and now the weeklies are tax
ing it up 1t is estimated that the cost of tee-
graphic tolls, composition, white paper, etc,
in telling about this freak taxpayer will amount
to $4,000. Phew! No wonder the cost of liv
ing is high.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03

Somebody is always taking joy out OF life,
and it is too bad that such pretty story had
to be spoiled. 1t is now reported that Doro-
thy Miller, the New York girl who offered
to marry any man who would provide her
with 81 900 to pay for an operation on her
mother, is a fraud. 1t is charged that the Mil
Ter family formerly lived in Brooklyn, where
the same or a similar method of raising money
was employed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03

Dawson gave cordial welcome to the young
men from our neighboring town of Richland
who compose the band that furnished mus
ic during the three days Community Sale.
The personnel of the band is of the best fam
lilies of that town, and the gentlemanly de-
meanor of the young men during their stay
here made for them many friends. The band
has been in existence only a short time, and
gives promise of becoming one OF the best
musical organizations in the state.