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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
Thomas E. Watson.

The unexpected death Of Thomas F. Wat
SON. United States senator, author and edl-
tor and for thirty years a prominent factor in
Georgia. shocked the wide circle OF his &C
uuaintances and admirers, who had not an
tcipated the possibility OF his death He used
the wide circulation OF his newspaper to
strike at men and measures he did not ap-
prove. His strokes were dealt without gloves,
and seldom failed to leave bruise. Whether
he was always just in his estimates OF men
and fair in his criticism of them and their
acts are matters upon which there IS d1-
versity of opinion. Those who followed his
leadership are confident that he strove only
for the attainment of that which is best in
government. Those who opposed him are
equally as certain that he was inspired by
motives which were personal and selfish.
Shakespeare makes Marc Antony say in his
funeral Grafton over the dead body OF Caesar:
The evil men do live after them.
The good is often inferred with their bones.
But it is human nature to bury the evil
that men do with their bones and to preserve
the good they have done to posterity. Those
who have been most bitter in their criticism
Of the dead leader in his lifetime will be con-
tent to let the bitterness pass with him to
the embrace of earth. They will prefer to
forget the stngs of his caustic pen and the
bruises of his virile eloquence in the presence
of the dead.
Tom Watson has been a powerful influence
in Georgia politics. and has dominated con-
siderable OF the sentiments of its people. By
nature he was a fighter. He looked
upon a conflict with the delight OF a
mailed warrior. He spurned no challenge. He
asked no quarter. Death came while he was
booted and spurred for the conflict Such men
leave their impress upon those with whom
they come in contact. So has Thomas f.
Watson left his impress upon the people OF
Georgia.
When the clay OF earth hides the form
from human ken and the dreamless sleep OF
the tongueess takes the place of the strife
and bitterness Of life the memory of the citi-
zen, the publicist, the author and statesman
will grow and blossom like the flowers plant
ed on the mound which marks his earthly
resting place, while the passing years will
mellow the partisan sentiments as the setting
sun melows the glare of day to the softness
of twilight.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
LET CATTLE EAT BOIL WEEVIL.
If Turned Into Cotton Fields at Right Time
They Will Help Exterminate the Pests.
From Fl. Worth CTexasl Record.

What amounts almost to a cotton shortage
in the world was necessary to arouse the
farmers 10 the importance OF making hard
and effective fight against the boil WeeVll ana
the boil worm. They have been making such
fight this year with good results. But the
hattie has just begun.
ASuggcstion has been made that the planting
OF cotton be discontinued for one year i'll or
der that the boil weevii, having no cotton
leaves and bolls to feed on, might starve to
DEATH But it is claimed, and probably truly,
that the cotton boil worms and Weev1ls, While
thev prefer the cotton plant, can live just as
well on other members OF the vegetable lam
iiy, so nothing would be gained by abandon
ing cotton for one year. In fact, it would en-
tail d hardship on the world that the people
would not permit.
Poison and various schemes of blowing un-
der the cotton plant have been suggested,
and each probably has some merit Without
doubt poison has been used this year
throughout the cotton belt with good effect.
There is one effective method of fighting
the boil Weevil that has been practiced by
some farmers. and should be adopted by
top crop, bat that loss will be small in com
parison with the better crop next year. 1t IS
this:
Cattle will eat the cotton plant, leaves,
bolls and stalks. They like it and they tatten
on it. If turned into a cotton field at any
time they will, ii IN sufficient numbers, clean
it up to the ground. They will eat the leaves,
they will eat the bolls cotton, seed and all, and
then they will chew on the stalks. And il
there be any boil weevils or boil worms nest
ing among the leaves or feeding on the bolls
the cattle will eat them too.
A cotton field is the finest pasture ground
for cattle of all kinds whether they be milk
cows, steers being fattened for the market
or calves. So long as the cotton leaves and
bols are to be had the cattle need little else
And cattle will prove as effective in Kidding
a field OF boil weevils, if turned in at the
right time, as turkeys will in clearing pota-
to patch Of potato bugs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
Too Much Politics.

The Augusta Chronicle notes that there
is complaint in South Carolina OF too much
time given to politics" and there are those
in that state who are asking for relief. One
newspaper thinks it is a reflection on the
people that they should consume more time
and energy in eecting governor and other
state officers than many men do in earning
a living"
Georgia is down with the same complaint
and as the Chronicle says, there is senti-
ment in the state against too many elections
Election of state house officers every four
wears and sessions of the legislature every
two years-or four years-have a great many
followers on this side of the river" says our
Augusta contemporary.
In this connection The News would
state that Hon. W. B. Parks, representative
OF Terrell county in the legislature, has eN-
pressed an intention to introduce at the next
session of the general assembly bill to fix
the term of the governor at four years and
make him ineligible for reelection. There
should and no doubt will be very little op-
position to such legislation. Political cam
paigns, with their wrangles and animosities,
are entirely too frequent in Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
The Tiger" to Visit Us.

Georges ClemenCeau, former premier OF
France and better known as de Tigre," the
tiger, is coming to the United States in No
vember to tell the American people that their
impression of France as an imperialistic and
militaristic nation is all wrong. He also will
talk about the league of nations, of which he
has very definite ideas, along lines somewhat
different from those heard nowadays. The
Americans who will hear NJ. Clemenceau on
the occasion of his tour across the continent
from coast to coast may rest assured of one
thing, and that is he will come with full
understanding of his subject as he sees it.
As to the league of nations M. Clemenceau
is coming to tell Americans that he detests it
as part of the peace settlement. He views
d league of nations in a broader way con-
siderS that its main purpose now ought to
be a coalition of the allied powers that won
the war OF course he includes the United
States in that. He wants continued unity
of the victors, unity of purpose for peace
that would be fought for if it came to that.
A mutual understanding of the pers OF war,
common course Of action between the al
hes and the United States, which want peace
and ought to be strong enough to make it
compulsory, and a league of nations that
would be acceptable to this country-that is
the C1emenceau idea he is bringing to Amer
lea His visit will be interesting, en-
tertaining. A great many Americans believe
in the league of nations idea and a great
many others Ga majority do not. Even so,
ale Tigre' will be an attraction while here
because he has the force necessary to let
everybody understand just what he means
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE WET-DRY POLL.

New York Tribune: The final returns of
the Literary Digest's poll on prohibition have
been tabulated. Out Of approximately 1000-
600 votes 40.8 per cent favor modification of
the present laws, POO per cent favor repeal
of the prohibition amendment and $50 per
cent favor strict enforcement. Two questions
arise in discussing this verdict Was the straw
vote fairly representative OF the nations feel
ing? Did the form of the ballots permit an
nequivocal answer? The first question may
be answered more or less affirmatively. Bal
lots were mailed to 100000 voters in all
parts Of the country. Experience with such
polls shows that return OF 10 per cent is
unusually good. In view OF the strong feel
ing of most people on this question it may
be assumed that there was no concerted eff
fort on the part OF drys or vets to have
those who received missionaries to vote or
refrain from voting. Certain individuals car
ried on an active propaganda among their
friends. But an opportunity was given to a
opinion, and, from week to week. as new re-
turns came in, the variation was so small as
to make it plain that the poll accurately re-
teCtcd the sentiment OF cross section of the
electorate. To the second question an affirma-
tive answer can also be given. 1t has been
claimed that the formula DO you favor mod
ifcation of the existing laws so as to permit
the introduction OF light wine and beer?" was
not sufficiently specific. They say that much
depended upon the contingent circumstances
Those who favor modification NAV not favor
the return OF saloons. for example To most
people, however, the question seems clear
enough. The answer to IT, on its face value
shows opposition to the law. The poll there
fore, must be taken as favorable to the vets
and as opposed to Nolsteadism as it is at
present.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
Dawson's Insurance Rates.

A recent dispatch from Americas says there
has been a reduction of fire insurance rates
in that town Notwithstanding that Dawson
has a splendid water system and an efficient
paid fire department insurance rates here
have steadily advanced and on one class Of
risks the increase has been as much as Is
per cent in the past several years, The last
time Dawson was re-rated the rates were ad-
vanced on the ground that the water system
was deficient, whereupon the city spent $50
900 improving the mains and plant, with the
IDEA, Of course that with better water facili-
ties the cost Of insurance would at least be
lowered to the former figures and perhaps
more That was too or three years ago, and
up to this time nothing has been heard from
the insurance octopus in regard to the mat
ter. Dawson is paying excessively high in
surance rates as compared with other towns
that have no better water facilities, and it IS
a matter that our city authorities and cham
Der Of commerce should look into. 1t is an
opportunity for them to render the town a
real service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
A Good Dog Law.

Owners of valuable dogs in Dawson-every
dog is valuable in the eyes OF the owner, Tor
that matter-will no doubt be interested in
an ordinance which has been adopted by the
mavor and council of Cordele, and which the
Dispatch says ought to give owners OF dogs
III that city quite bit OF comfort The
ordinance requires that dogs be inoculated
with an anti-rabies serum, and wear tags
showing they have been immunized and are
safe
Owners of dogs that are worth saving,
says the Cordele paper, will be glad Of the
opportunity to go through this process to
save them. And people who fear rabies should
find relief in the measure, because a dog that
has been immunized can do no harm nor can
a dog with rabies harm him. Japan has al
most obliterated hydrophobia with this treat
ment of the dog In test in that country
it was said that the method which is being
forty-seven thousand II it becomes a prac-
tice in Cordee-and it will if the ordinance
IS strictly enforced-this will become the first
city in the state to work under the plan. A
dog with tag on is saved by the police. He
is to be kept at home, but if he gets into
the streets with dog tag on he escapes
death and is returned to his owner His tag
is the mark of safety Dogs without tags will
be slain without question after October LIST -
Cordele's experiment with this dog legisla-
ton will be watched with interest, and if it
proves to be successful it will likely be adopt
ed throughout the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
RUDE RURAL RMY MES
HAIRY VETCH.

In the pleasant summer weather rye and
vetch grew green together. A boy came over
hills and hollows saw the vetch and spoke as
follows: Funny little purple pea, what can
you do for me? ! see you twining in the
lacy leaves grow pretty purple posies blow,
what's your use, I want to know" My beauty
would be some excuse, had my vine no other
USE smiling at you from the rye as you
wander barefoot by. But | have other uses;
root nitrogen my best excuse is. Plow us
under and entomb US, rye and | will give
you humus In your field or garden plot bury
us and let us rot. With little longer stay,
moved in June and slowed away, we make
mighty tasty hay. We grow we'll in falls and
springs guess we have our place, by jings,
in the general scheme of things" Once a
better bard than I wrote of coming through
the rye. So | make this rhyming sketch in
honor OF rye's chum the vetch
BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
The Value of a Good Name.
From the Triton Gazette.

Much water has gone over the dam since
Pub1icius Syrus in Maxim" quoth: "A good
reputation is more valuable than money" Yet
its truth applies with equal force today. In
the opinion of Editor Charley Brown, of the
Cordele Dispatch. it applies to the negro as
well as to the white man, for he says:
can unusual verdict was given a negro in
Irwin county the other day by jury Of white
men against white man. He won damages
against the white man for beating him up.
His assailant took a crowd to the Negroes
home and jumped on the negro In the de-
Tense to the suit the white man claimed that
the negro had insulted his wife. But the ne
gro had a good name-a reputation among
white people that went further than what his
white assailant said on the stand. The jury
not only would not believe what the white
man said about it. but gave the negro dam
ages for the injuries. What want to stress
is the meaning of good name for negro
Just how far it will go in test-in a crisis.
The negro who lives so as to merit the con-
Gdence of white people seldom suffers when
his case is left in the hands OF those who
know him. The good name is the thing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
THE ONLY GIRL.
From the Americas Times Recorder.


When you go back to the old home town
after being away many years one OF the
most startling discoveries is the change
wrought by time in fellows you once knew
as town drunkards loafers or DULLES.
A fellow who in his early twentes was
up brisky and wrings your hand. You learn
that he is in business for himself now and
doing fine
He is restless. You guess that he is anxious
to confde. Then the great and important Sc
Cret comes out. He met the only girl" and
married her; Proudly he, opens his watch,
shows you her pCture-also the things that
are running around the house besides the
fence. She put him to work.
A little further down the street you meet
the fellow you once knew as the town bully.
There is a sad, reminiscent vacancy in his
eyes, such as Napoleon must have had at
St Helena. The system has caught him.
He is industrious, obviously, but in such a
timd way that you wonder if he went in
for preaching.
Then his great secret comes out He, also,
met the only girl and married her. He
doesn't tell you, but you surmise that she has
him we'll tanned.
Another familiar face looms up. You can
not place him until you realize that it is be-
cause his red nose, bleary eyes and finger
tremble have disappeared.
The town drunkard
You wiring his hand comment how well
he is looking Then you ask him what he's
doing to get the stuff these days.
ooh" he boasts, putting up like fresh
blister, Il never touch the old hardware any
more. Haven't had a drink for SO long l sup
pose three fingers of it would make me sick.
| quit when | met the only girl We're mar
ried now. | voted dry"
The good influence of good women is
about the finest thing in life Poverty is a
sad handicap. So is i'll health. So are thous-
ands of other forms OF misfortune
kind Of bad luck that can happen to a man
is in not meeting the only girl or in meet
ing her and not getting her.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

Mere mans oft repeated assertion that wo-
man cannot compete with him on mental
basis will have to be modified somewhat. &C
cording to what astronomers say of her ab-
ity as the highest type OF mathematician.
More than one half Of the computers in the
astronomical laboratories are women for the
reason that the astronomers whom they as
sist in their work find them more reliable
than men. The infinite patience OF woman in
working out problems with the various fine
" adjusted instruments together with nat
ural aptitude for the work is believed to
hold the secret Of her success in this line of
scientific endeavor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

Senator Capper suggests that the plain
common sense way for America to help Eu-
rope is to collect every dollar OF that SILL
OO0.O0OO0O war debt as quickly as possible.
Europe, the senator points out would then
have $11 000000,000 less to spend on larger
armies, bigger air fleets, more deadly poison
gas and more war. The senator contends that
Europe should not expect us to contribute
$1,000 100000 to another massacre of ma
tons, and that is what cancelling the war
debt amounts to. As he interprets the pur-
pose OF the American people, they intend
to plant no more forests of white crosses in
foreign lands" Senator Capper hits the nail
on the head It is not up to America to fl
nance any more European wars-not right
away in any event.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
NO DOUBT OF 1T.
,exiuptOn Echo

.-or the Lexington Echo.
! ne customary announcements are being
made that colleges cannot accommodate the
applicants for entrance into them. There's
room in the old field schools for some OF the
applicants, and don't doubt but that they
could profit by attending them and studying
the three rs a little more anyway.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
ALSO AMEN HERE.

From the Dalton Citizen.
The No-Tobacco League is demanding
law restricting the use of tobacco in
public places, and prohibiting the adver-
Using Of tobacco products. May Provi-
dence spare US from more prohibitory
gislation-Dawson News.
Amen! And then again, amen! Prohibi
tory legislation, such as mentioned above i
Simply crime-b breeding legislation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

The senate has passed bill which limits
candidates for senator to an expenditure OF
$4,000 and candidates for representative to
an expenditure of $4,000 in their campaigns
for election. These sums, however, do not
include necessary personal expenses such as
travel, subsistence, stationery, writing or
printing and distributing letters, circulars
and postage etc. Newspaper advertis
ing is prohibited. Such a law would not
be worth much and would do little to pre-
vent excessive expenditures by candidates.
It would no nothing to prevent expenditures
by friends OF candidates. 1t amounts to lit
tie more than a gesture by congress.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
A Georgia Miracle Announced

Sylvester Local: Miracles are still being
performed here i'll Georgia. For instance it is
announced that the tax rate Of Thomas coun-
~ for this year IS six dollars on the thousand
Thomas county ought to tell the other coun-
ties of the state how the thing is done
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

The News congratulates the legislature. 1t
will have as member Hon w. G. Sutlive,
Of the Savannah Press.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

Sunday observance along sane lines must
be encouraged. No one who has the interest
OF his community at heart is going to argue
in favor OF or do anything to promote Sab
bath dissertation. And yet sensible people
realize that there is such thing as going to
extremes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
SAD RECOLLECTIONS.

From the Waco Times-Herald
And speaking of invisible things, do you
recall when the parson dropped in for din
ner and displayed his fondness for fried
chicken while you waited for the second
table?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

saying that "a bird in the hand is worth two
in the bush" after discovering that jewels
always have a much greater value after be-
ing stolen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

As a rule the death penalty is abhorrent
to modern teachings, but there are cases
when it is well to have the knowledge that
this penalty can be inflicted in such cases.
The average hardened criminal cares little
for a long penitentiary sentence, but he would
very frequently hesitate if he knew the death
penalty could be called into action.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

That clerk who managed to deposit $4,000
10 his personal credit in one year on salary
of $50 per month betrays all the ear marks
Of a real hnancier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

Europeans do not seem so excited about
the possibilities Of war as do the Ameri-
cans Perhaps that is because the Europeans
are fearing there will be no conflict.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

In the death of Senator Watson Georgia
has lost its most potent political factor. No
man in the states history ever had more
loval or devoted following, and no man ever
exerted greater political influence Governors,
United States senators and others in high
places courted his favor, and in the last
twenty years no one he opposed has been
elected to these positions His passing will
cause a great change in the politics OF the
state
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

Nowadays with the long skirt back in
vogue a fashion display is just what it claims
to be.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

The support by William J, Bryan of a wet
candidate for the senate in Nebraska is caus-
ing some of his admirers to marvel. Many
OF them believe that the Old Commoner
must have had his fingers crossed when ne
entered into this political compact.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03
Georgia Press Talk.
Always Something to Tell.

HartWell Sun: Before the election the can
didate tells what he will do. After election he
tells what he can't DO. If defeated he tells
what he would have done There's always
something to tell
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

The world stands aghast before the men
ace OF another great war 1t wonders, too
how Prime Minister Lloyd George, OF Great
Britain can continue policies which practical
" guarantee to produce a conflict He is
playing with dynamite in the near east, and
when one plays with an explosive one may
expect an explosion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

why not swear in the new governor at
once?" asks the Townsville Times-Enter-
prise. We'll, there's the little matter OF the
law not making provision for it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

The general tendency OF female auto driy-
ers is to speed. Notice the average woman
and you will see that she will maintain a
greater speed under like circumstances than
man. 1t is possible our women are getting
fast"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

Twenty years ago if woman exposed a
fetlock she was embarrassed while today
well, to say the least, the show business is
less embarrassing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

Yout don't hear anybody kicking about
hot weather down here in the cotton belt
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03

The Turk continues to be unspeakable, but
not speeches.