The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-20
.I1BLESS MEN ARE
PUT UP At AUCTION
UNUSUAL SCENE STAGED
an y, posToN COMMON. Wo-
~ I'm WEEP, THROW CASH.
,unIsANDS AT THE "SALE."

-. If Idle offered to Highest
Se n.adsr But No One Buys. Specta-
' D pledge Help, However, to Tide
Them tn. Over Hard Times
pocTON.-Jobless men were plac-
~ tbe auction block on Boston
,oo today. Stripped to the waist
e ,,.' the custom of the old slave auc-
E E,', tbey declared their willingness to
Da,5 by standing before a crowd OF
.onssnds, offering their services to the
Eighest bidder,
I7I,.torical women wept and threw
a.r to men offered for sale.
lD ~cborn lambs of unemployment,
,.;r srctioneer, Urban Ledoux, called
' H., Iedoux, a philanthropist work
Who recently opened the Church
| tbe unemployed, led fifty men to
4. common to bring home, he said,
!, tbe people their stories OF human
|.;:, gv inst as William Lloyd CARR
II HEADED for the slaves there seven
y Years ago. 1t was to prove his
so+ge. we're good citizens out OF a
n that he put some of them on the
Iock he explained.
Iedorx', efforts were not rewarded.
hi The three who stood up for bids
Eooe got lob, although the crowd
Fsdred help to tide them over week
/ two while they sought employment.
Fbsr leader said, however, he consld-
Irsd he had brought their plight and
H. honesty of their purpose to public
Mention, and he announced that the
Imtion was to be a daily event, to be
bntinued at least this month.
Has Fed Hundreds.
Iedouy and his men, box lunches in
Ind came to the common from his
Badouarters, where he has fed hun
Ieds. While they ate he called Tor vol
neers to stand at auction prepared
work for a week for the highest
,aders. Eight men stepped out, two
iOrd var veterans, most OF them in
lotbrg and shoes we'll worn. Each
Tas asked how long he had been out
work and without food and shelter.
One man had not worked for year.
mother had eaten only twice week
six months of unemployment.
lanes Ferris, rs, an outstanding
Ian who said he had served four
ears in the army, was called to the
lock- He stripped to the waist and,
hie Ledoux directed, went through
he army caliSthenics to show his mus
ular Development. Bids were called
pr.
This is one of the men you used
bring the war. What will you do with
im now? How much will you bid Tor
bis mans services for week in order
hat he may have food and shelter 7"
be auctioneer asked.
Bids we're made, but when they were
allied those who had made them had
Tipped away. Ferris was then declared
be without a bidder.
Dog Sells for SIS.
A dog was brought to the block. He
as knocked down for SIS with the
ondtion, accepted by the successful
idder, that he be returned to the
church OF the unemployed" as its
laScOt.
Joseph Mitchell, a negro, was called.
lis shoes were without soles and his
.othng was ragged. Replying to Le-
oN's questions, he said he had been
Without food for days at a time in the
TX months he had been out OF job.
There was no bid and the auctioneer
ahd on the crowd to pledge him
bod and shelter for a week. Mrs. An
lR Jackson responded, and went the
lctloncer one better by saying she
EouId be responsible for Mitchells
Btenancc and shelter for a second
PEEK, if necessary. John Farley, wear
p 6. A. R. button, added 81, an
'her man promised a suit of clothes
nd a second man passed Ledoux 81
buy some beans for the boys"
William Davis, a boy of Is, out of
JOB Tor year, was offered. He said
I had kept himself going for a time
\ $500 that he had saved, but had
t,aC5ed the end of his rope and was
!, munger yesterday. He was promis-
home for a week by Mrs. J. H.
11annmgcr, and the man who promis-
the clothing to Mitchell gave 81
Davis
With no bids for the three set up
-ydouX suspended his auction.
pice Divorced, He Weds