The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-11-22


was sentenced to two years imprisonment for
him on the condition that he would behave
in the future
Judging from the manner in which sex
IRENE" punishment was imposed upon the
Germans who were tried for starting the war
those who engineered the recent Karl revou-
ton ought to be put in jail for at least a
week.
Husbands have diffrent opinions as to the
value of wives One at Chicago refused to
pay $1,000 ransom for his kidnapped spouse,
but one at New York wants 100000 from the
man who, he says, took his wife away from
him.
What an inspiring example of humility:
a vast concourse Of people repeating in uni
son, led by the president of the United States,
the simple petition of the Lords prayer. 1t
was one of the most impressive moments of
the Armistice day ceremonies.
The amount of newspaper space given to
Peggy Joyce might indicate that she is a per
son of real Importance. However, in this in
stance the indications are deceptive. Peggy is
OF no importance whatever.
On the one hand we laud the desirabilty
of peace, and on the other hand we reserve
our highest plaudits for the victorious leaders
in war Humanity is a strange mixture of in
constituencies.
American designers have voted to yield to
the Paris edict by 1engthening the skirts.
Bow-egged girls and those whose-er-un-
Outstanding is-er-spind1y will be the first
to applaud.
Mr.. Tumuty quotes Mr. Wilson as saying,
81 do not care a damn for the criticism of the
country" Thus is destroyed the conviction
that Mr. Wilson's strongest language was
Tut tut"
If that long, hard winter that has been so
freely and frequently predicted is to come it's
about time for it to start unless it is going
to extend into the spring when it gets under
way.
Secretary Melons medical beer regulations
aren't such whopper of wet victory after
ALL In all but nine states of the union state
prohibition laws prevent their application
Isn't it funny how impressions change?
What was believed to be "the man in the
moon" is now said to be nothing but patch
of weeds.
President Harding is being urged to expe-
dite a division of spoils here in Georgia. Very
many of the hungry are getting hungrier for
offices.
| The less a man needs it the more he gets
for his money J. Rockefeller got lot of adj
vertising out of his gift OF dime to a little
girl.
! Is a railroad millennium coming? The rail
road managers are coming to believe that low
er freight rates would stimulate business.
| Beauty parlors for men have been opened
in New York city. Not for the species of male
they call men down in this country.
/ EXCHANGE TALK.
What High Freight Rates Do.
| Jackson Progress-Argus: Products of the
! farm rotting in the fields while thousands are
crying for bread is one OF the situations
brought about by high freight rates Half OF
the country's troubles could be removed if we
had better system OF distribution, which
means bringing the producer and consumer
into closer touch by means of lower freight
rates The farmers Of the nation have done
| their duty splendidly, but the high rates for
freight have brought about stagnation in bus
mess.
Are Too Many Winners.
Triton Gazette Buck up and fight it
through. 1t takes courage to win battles
That's the two-fsted manner in which the
Jackson Progress-Argus goes after the hard
times, to which Editor Jones, OF Lagrange,
L