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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
Merry Christmas!

Before another issue of The News Christ
mas will have come and gone. We wish all
of our readers and friends and everybody else
a Merry Christmas. 1t is in the heart of
The News to be merry and we trust it is
equally in the heart of everyone to be merry
however they may be affected by circum-
stances. The News is persuaded that there
never was a better spirit than there is today,
at this Christmas time. Never was there
greater or more abundant reason for rejoic
ing. The overflow Of good will, of brother
ly love, of kindliness that has been manifest
ed this year has been inspiring. All is not
yet right in the world, but there is much to
encourage hope and faith. The star of Beth
lehem more than ever Eliminates the world
with its holy light. The world is coming
more and more to see that its only hope is
in the program of him whose birth we will
celebrate next Monday Christmas is the
great festival of love. 1t is the day when love
is enthroned and made triumphant. We see
at Christmas time how much love there is in
the world, and in its great overflow we are
made to rejoice and be glad.
Merry Christmas then, to one and all to
young and old, and may God bless us, every
one, to use the words of Tiny Tim
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
Young Man, Go to Work!
From the Cobb County Times.

There is a marked inclination on the part
of many of the youths OF today to shun all
manner OF work manual and otherwise
which BODIES no good for the future manhood
OF the nation.
This is the type which is generally to be
found eternally Hanging out" at the corner
decree ange from one Corn cor5e Of
his mouth and a smutty story, embellished
with the latest slang, issuing from the other,
The type seldom produces dangerous char
acter, but they are inevitably useless. An in
dustrious bootlegger will often make better
citizen than a chronic loafer.
Every young man, upon completing his
studies, should either learn the profession or
trade of his choice, or else identity himself
with some other honest business. 1t mat
tiers not how small the job nor how low the
wages any job is a starter and the start is
the most difficult. The choicest fruit is at
the top OF the tree, and he must climb who
gets it. viii, grit, energy and endurance are
the qualities that lead to it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
John Wanamaker.

John Wanamaker, for many years Ameri-
cas- most widely known merchant lived a
long, useful life. Born more than "a years
ago at Philadelphia he did not have a rich in
hertance of money, his legacy being rather
in the human qualities that bring a success
more certain AT IA he was an errand boy.
A little later in life he was a retail clothing
salesman. In this work he learned the rudi-
ments of trade and, once he got into bust
ness for himself as a merchant, he stayed
there and grew famous and rich. His death
marks the passing of an active force in bus
mess, for Mr. Wanamaker was in the har
ness until the beginning of his last illness.
Chosen by President Harrison as postmaster
general Mr.. Wanamaker was once on office
holder but he never was an office-seeker He
was best known as a merchant, but he was
philanthropist OF the first order. Religious
work attracted him early in life, and, for
more than half century, he was devoted
to the creation of benevolent institutions
With an enormous fortune at his disposal he
was powerful as a builder He founded
hospital and the Wanamaker Institute of In
dustries, and erected Y. NJ. c. A., college and
church buildings in large numbers in for
eign countries For "a years he was super
intendent of Sunday school, which he had
organized He always was interested in the
welfare Of those less fortunate than himself
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
CURRENT COMMENT.
DRUNKEN MIDDIES.

Springfield, Mass Republican, The secre-
tary of the navy is decently and othclally
shocked by the cases of drunkenness among
midshipmen after the recent football game
in Philadelphia. He will order an invest1ga-
ton. Times have changed in the navy. Nor
has federal prohibition done it all. The navy
at sea went dry before the country did. In
the old days Jack had his daily ration OF
grog but that passed years ago. Even the
officers mess was deprived of champagne,
light wines and beer by Secretary Josephus
Daniels before there was such a thing as the
18th amendment.
With or without the 18th amendment or the
Volstead act, the mdshpmen would have
been subject to disciplinary measures for get
ting drunk 1t is part of the job OF naval
officer to keep sober on both sea and land.
A drunkard cannot be an officer and a gen
teman. An officer and gentleman will new
e. get drunk Temperance is virtue, and
will always be one, whatever one may think
OF prohibition.
In assailing prohibition the vets are failing
perhaps to lay enough stress on temperance.
If they should succeed in overthrowing pro-
hibition they would have a very wet country
on their hands-at least in certain sections OF
it, The present tendency in fighting the dry
laws is to declaim against tyranny" The
fundamental rights of a citizen to liberty and
the pursuit of happiness are said to be de-
stroyed. The converse, to many minds, is that
it is the inalienab1e privilege of an American
citizen to get as beastly drunk as he likes.
Perhaps the midshipmen from Annapolis had
been reading that kind of literature.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
New Attack on Bill Of Rights.
From the New York World.

Should the supreme court uphold Solicitor
General Beck's contention that citizen may
be punished both by the federal government
and by the government of his state for the
TctorT OF of the po6n
over the bill OF rights will have been record
ed. The fifth amendment to the constitution
provides that no person shall BE subject for
the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy
OF life or limb and until the passage of the
18th amendment this fundamental right had
never been questioned. An offense against the
law has been an offense either against the
state or against the nation, never against
both. According to Mr.. Beck a man tried
under the Mullan-Gage act in New York and
acquitted may then be tried under the Vol
stead act on the same charge. Or man con-
victed under the Mullan-Gage act could
serve out a sentence and at its conclusion be
convicted again by the federal authorities for
the same crime.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
Georgia Lowest in Average Yield.
From the Triton Gazette.

That Georgia will show for 1922 the lowest
lint yield to the acre of any of the cotton
growing states IS rather startling; also in
formative, that must look to other crops
than cotton for money This statement is
made in the final report for the season made
by ]. w. Jay & Co., cotton commission mer-
chants OF New York city. The estimate is
based on figures to November 18th This re
port places the average lint yield per acre in
Georgia at % pounds; Oklahoma comes next,
with l08; Florida third, with 100; South Car
DINA 10; Texas, 125, taking fifth rank; and
Alabama 1874 North Carolina goes high, with
248 pounds while Missouri tops the list with
368. The average yield is 1877 pounds per
acre, which shows how far Georgia falls be-
hind. The report estimates the crop at 9,928,
600 bales, of which Georgia produced 10000,
Arkansas and Mississippi over a million each,
and Texas 3,193000. Georgia has picked 90
per cent of her crop to November 14th of
which 90 per cent has been ginned. The aver
age picked for all OF the states was 97.4 and
the average ginned 1914
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
Everybody's Uncle.

News from Lausanne, Switzerland tells OF
the European view that more than l,OOO'OOO
additional refugees have been created IN the
near east for the United States to iced,
clothe and. perhaps, shelter by giving them
homes and opportunities here. The sugges-
ton has been made by the league of nations
that America undertake the work OF anchor
ating the sufferings of these newest war VIC
TINS DR.. Nansen, league commissioner,
has plans looking to the immediate removal
of the refugees from Constantinople, Ana
tolia and Thrace, but an appeal to America
is included in their completion.
NJ. Venizelos, Greek representative at the
Lausanne peace conference, extends the plan
by announcing that the United States will be
asked to revise its immigration laws in order
that vast numbers OF Greek refugees may be
brought to this country. Then he announces
that all appeal to America for funds Will be
made. Money thus provided would be used
to charter ships, to buy food and clothing
for the refugees and to install and support
them in new homes until they could care for
themselves British and Grecian ships would
be chartered under this plan and paid for
with American money, the purpose being to
transport Greek refugees to America.
In addition to what the United States has
done and is doing in the old world in behalf
OF suffering humanity Europe now asks more
benefits from America. Europe conceives the
plan and works the whole thing out. Europe
does little more than that, expecting the
United States to undertake the work because
it has the resources demanded. The refugees
are in need because of the old worlds per-
sistent errors which America has condemn
ed; vet under the circumstances, the adj
vantage lies with Europe for the reason thai
country cannot be depended upon for help.
In the meantime reports from Russia are
graver than ever, that country now facing
its worst famine since the soviet tyranny be-
gan David A. Brown, of Detroit, one OF the
commissioners selected by American Jewry
to tour Russia and report conditions, says
the Russians have exhausted their fuel sup
plies, have eaten their horses and cows, have
sold their furniture and now have nothing tc
fall back on. The rich soil is there still, but
there is nothing with which to cultivate it
no implements, no motive power Wealth un-
told lies within a foot of the surface Of the
ground, but crops do not grow on it.
Russians by millions who are starving OIL
freezing depend mostly upon America fol
their chance to live Greek refugees number
ing 100000 or more look to Uncle Sam, al
the suggestion of the allied powers of Eu-
rope, for sustenance. All Americans sympa-
thize with these people, but they would ap-
preciate it much if Europeans individually
whose governments turn in distress to this
liberal aud and
charitable in their attitude toward the United
States Uncle Sam is regarded over there
as everybody's uncle when he has something
Europe heeds and must have, but they have
not as much respect for him as he deserves
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

The managers of the public library will, as
far as possible, continue to put the best books
written within easy reach of the people of
the county, to cultivate taste for the best
literature, but in order to make purchases of
books each month the funds will have to be
increased by the cooperation OF the city and
county A few Dawson women have given
freely OF their time and talent towards putting
needed funds into the treasury, but the read
ing public must rally to their support if the
library is kept up to the high standard ex-
Dected
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
Looking at the Facts.

President Harding has let it be known that,
although the administration realizes the dit
ficulty of prohibition enforcement, he does
not contemplate any modification of the Vol
stead act His announcement should dispose
OF the differences attaching to certain letters
purporting to have been written by him in
which it was said he recognized that a large
number of American citizens desired les
SEEMING of restrictions. 1t also should settle
any doubt that may have arisen as to the
governments attitude towards enforcement.
Given the law by the legislative body the
administration first would concern itself with
execution of the the statutes before advising
that they be modified
The present situation with regard to pro-
hibition enforcement is most unsatisfactory.
Anyone looking at the facts and dispensing
with theories is compelled to admit as much.
The administration from President Harding
down has such view OF enforcement, but it
cannot be taken that the government is ready
to throw up its hands in despair. Government
officials can see readily enough that more
money is going to be required OF congress
to make prohibition enforcement more ef-
fective than it has been. How much will be
required before perceptble showing can be
made no one knows. Billions spent on pro-
hibition enforcement would not make the
country bone dry. An army OF prohibition
enforcement officers could not hope to eradi
cate bootlegging and moonshining, but only
could lessen these violations.
The opposition to prohibition are resource
full energetic and persistent, and are given eX-
tensive support in violating the prohibition
laws by millions of thirsty citizens who
want the whisky. That provides an ideal
field for the vets in which to operate, and
makes enforcement of prohibition difficult.
The next question naturally is: What is
the United States, as a government and a
people, going to do about it? The whole thing
hinges on enforcement or the lack of it. Pro-
hibtion laws, admitted by all right thinking
people to be good laws are ineffective if not
enforced. No plan, however good can pro-
duce great benefits unless it be carried out.
The country is face to face with question
that must be answered. Obviously the people
and the government are not going to be sat-
isfied to have prohibition laws on the statute
books and an orgy of bootlegging, moon
shining and drunkenness at the same time.
The people will have to support the govern
ment in more extensive plan of enforcement,
which will mean the expenditure OF more
millions as time goes on, or admit the failure
of prohibition in practice. Modification, if
that should come, would mean a breaking
down of the whole structure. America must
find way to enforce the prohibition law or
admit it cannot be done America will have
to be honest with ITSELF and that is impossi-
bic if the government and the people go
complacently on, clinging to prohibition in
theory without unfolding it in practice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

You don't understand the Towney-Shep-
pard maternity bill? Neither do many other
people. But we understand it to be an at
tempt to NEEDLE with the affairs OF husband
and wife in their relations to parenthood, &C
cordng to the notions OF few he-grannies
ii congress Just think OF a corps of enforcers
OF the usual calibre trapsing hither and back
telling husband and wife this and that We
hope that most of these he-grannies were de
feated in the last election.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
HAVE AMENDING HABIT.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: We still are
in the period of change that began with the
income tax amendment The tendency now
is to undo the system of checks and balances
created by the constitution and upheld gen
Grafton after generation by the courts. The
danger now is due to the fact that the ma
tons class minded folk are increasing and
are finding the constitution irksome in their
peddling of panaceas and economic cure alls.
Many of the would-be amenders belong to
the crowd Of political direct actionists," who
would rule the United States without writ
ten constitution
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
American girls are behind the times when

American girls are behind the times when
compared to the English miss who, at 20,
has been engaged to the 20 men employed in
the concern for which she works, and who
now is the iancee of the proprietor. The TWEEN
ty-six engagement rings she returned to
her former frances they will set in clock
which they will give their boss and his bride
as wedding present. The strongest impress
sion about the whole thing is that she was
alter the boss all the time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
Lack of Enterprise Only Thing in Way.
From the Lincolnton Journal.

41Olll Tic L1ilSOIIIlOI jun Hd1'
The farm with a few sows, hundred
or SO hens, several mich cows and few
goats will be prosperity farm. Live
stock and poultry mean as much as cot
ton, corn and other crops Georgia can
raise enough hogs to feed Georgia. South
west Georgia may easily become as ia
nous for her hogs as for her cotton
Dawson News.
The News speaks plainly and to the
point and the only reason that Southwest
Georgia and Northeast Georgia do not be
come famous for hogs and other live stock
is because the people have been satisfied to
remain in rut. They got in this rut from
years of cotton raising and they have be-
come so innoculated with the disease" that
it is going to take several years of treat
ment' by the boil weevil to eradicate the
trouble. But after awhile the plains of South
west Georgia and the hills of Northeast
Georgia, and the fields in between and sur
will be inhabited with multtudes
OF herds of animals. And when that day ar
rives then will Georgia be looked upon as
one Of the wealthiest states in the union
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
VAST SUMS FOR LUxURIEs.

From the Cedartown Standard
Last year was supposed to be hard one
in Georgia, yet the government reports show
that 81 GOO was spent in the state in 1921
for chewing gum, $8,50000O was spent for
soft drinks S36OOO,0OO for cigars and cigar
cites, $22,000,000 for tobacco and snuff S.
100000 for auto accessories and $4,000 900
for luxurious foods. That's going some.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
SOME WORDS OF WISDOM.

From the Worth County Local.
All this talk about the wonders of calcium
arsenate and other boil weevl remedies is
liable to do more harm than good 1t IS
hoped that no farmer will be led into the
mistaken idea that he can plant a big cotton
crop and get by with it. 1t is all right to
figure on a small cotton acreage to the pillow,
but the farmer who puts all his trust in cot
ton another year is bound for disaster
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

w. G. McAdoo, who was arrested the 9th
er day for speeding, formed the habit while
head OF the treasury department, having
broken all records in the fast and furious ex-
penditure OF money, and is finding il
hard to hit the pace expected of the ordinary
citizen
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Enterprising citizens OF Cuthbert and Ran
dolph county have launched a movement for
$4,000 cold storage plant and consider
able part of the needed amount has already
been subscribed. 1t is a worthy undertaking
that deserves success We wish our neigh
bors we'll
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
A Contemporary Has an Idea.

Sparta Tribune: The Dawson News is
wondering what the AZ bales Of goats boards
are for that passed through the Panama
canal en- route to the u. S. A. Now we don't
claim to have the absolutely straight dope
Oh those bales, but we will bet the jam of
hole in a Christmas doughnut that some en-
terprisng Yankee is importing them to make
side whiskers and eyebrow mustaches for the
southern fippers who have been vainly en-
deavoring to sprout one for so these many
moons" Who will call the bet?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Clemenceau, the distinguished Frenchman,
has returned home He learned while here
that there is willingness on the part OF
Americans to help France and the rest OF
Europe but he also learned that there is no
sentiment in favor of shouldering all the
troubles of Europe
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

The Augusta Chronicle says "the United
States census bureau reports that fewer
deaths and less births is the outlook for l9zZ.
Another expert" real one at that is evl-
IDENTIFY on the job
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Mr.. Ford had the pleasure of seeing Mr.
Newberry get out OF the trenches before
Christmas.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Russia may be getting on her feet, as Mr.
Hoover asserts, but she is IN no hurry u
throw away her American crutches
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Hall the world does not know where the
other half gets its liquor, but 1t IS $40"
half not to know.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Don't forget to hang up the stocking and
leave the Aue open so Santa Claus can get IN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

The folks who write it Xmas" ought to
he taught that it is perfectly all right to put
an ex on an office holder but not on Christ
mas.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Noting that numerous bae-to-the-acre
crops have been reported in South Georgia
the Lexington Echo says if that section had
averaged only bale to the mule this year
things would be a whole lot better
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Now every one may easily understand ex-
acty what the word "bagatelle" means; it is
what Mr.. Haynes asks congress for the en-
forcement of prohibition $90O0000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Every kid has Christmas coming. Isn't
it so? Then give some lonely little kid a
Christmas 1t doesn't cost much to make a
child happy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

Miss Coriss Palmer, the Macon, Ga, girl
and Eugene Brewster, in providing the air for
their love song, may not realize it, but they
are running the Tiernans a close race for
the spotlight.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

The "unspeakable Turk" has workable
scheme for enforcing liquor prohibition. He
makes it matter of religion rather than pol
tics and kills those who do not belong to
the church
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
Goat Boards Excite Curiosity.

cambridge Post-Searchlight: See where
one firm received AZ bales OF goats boards
by The Dawson News of last week. Go on
we fall for it; tell what they will do with
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19

That was quite pay day Uncle Sam had
on Friday, when he distributed $1,000, 000,-
900 on account of victory notes, treasury GER
tfcates and interest, 1t is big sum, but
Uncle Sam had the money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
Evening Like an Angel.

When evening like an angel walks
The dim old village street
And children's homing voices die
In echoes far and sweet;
I watch the home lights softly glow .
Between the arched trees,
Like lights OF love along LIES way
Or by its chartless seas;
I hear low greetings in the dusk,
The word of friend to friend
The tender phrase OF one who meets
n love at journeys end;
And DER the village hearths and homes
| fancy / can see
The angel Of the evening speak
A bendicite!
Arthur w. Peach in Delineator.