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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
Trade at Home.

The mail order house never has bargain
not for you, anyway, it is pointed out by mer-
chants here and in other sections OF the state
II there are bargains occasionally the thous-
ands of employees of the mail order concerns
get them, or their friends. Trade at home!
Your own home merchant frequently has
bargains, and he tells you about them in the
paper you read.
The home merchant knows you as neigh
Dor and he cares. He cares enough for you
and your trade that he goes to the trouble and
expense OF telling you about his goods and
the bargains he is offering. Besides, he cares
enough to take pains to carefully show you
the goods, and to explain their merits He
also affords you the opportunity OF selecting
from a large variety showing you article at
ter article until you are satisfied in choice
Trade at home and you get service, choice,
quality and as good prices, or better, than can
be had of the mail order houses. Trade at
home and you help build up the town and
better your own job.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
SOUND FARMING SENSE.
ne Wriohtsui11e Headlight.

From the Wrightsville Headlight.
One is struck with surprise if he drives over
this county at the number of acres in grain
this fall This has been noted before in these
columns, but it is even surprising past notice,
for there is quite deal more than was be-
lieved Thousands and thousands of acres
have been sown and part of it is now up and
growing. This will produce great change in
part of conditions next summer. Six years
ago farmers came to town and bought wagon
after wagon load of hay and corn that had
been shipped in here from the west, and
spent most of their scattering change for feed
for stock with which they made cotton to
get the money to buy the feed Now they
can't make cotton and are making the feed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
Young Men Leading in Crime.
From the Commerce Observer.

It is astonishing the way young men are
Welding to crime of various kinds from COM
mon burglary to bootlegging and killing More
than seventy per cent of the criminals OF the
day are between eighteen ana thirty years OF
age
The majority of automobile thieves are
Young men of about twenty years The
daring train robbers and the bandits who hold
up men and women in broad daylight on
HIGHWAYS and city streets; the burglars who
enter homes in dead hours of night to steal
jewery, diamonds and money-invariably
they are young men, sometimes scarcely
more than seventeen years of age.
In the unlawful traffic known as bootleg
ging young men lead. From twenty-five to
thirty are the ages most prominent in this
general crime which is an outcropping Of
whisky handling find their chief opponents
among the younger men,
And the question arises, "Why?" It is be-
cause there are so many youths who want
to live high without working; they go out to
make money the easy way, even at the risk
of their lives?
Or did the world war produce callousness
of conscience which is manifested in the free
use of the deadly pistol and the seeming dis
regard for human life? Does the reckless, the
sensational, the daring and the spectacular
make such an appeal to youths that many OF
them cannot resist the impulse to put into
actual practice some of the criminal scenes
enacted in the motion pictures?
1t is notable, too, that the bandits and rob-
bers nowadays are not young men of low
breeding and from tough districts They arc
invariably from good families or from what
is generally known as the middle class When
prosperity was at its zenith three years ago
crime was startlingly prevalent; and now, in
the midst of depression, the same. is true,
with young men playing the chief role
1t would be enlightening if some person.
a ,,OIOr O1H lie cf11Hnnf
psychology, as well as of other. sciences,
would explain the reason for the disgraceful,
shameful and terrible record which young
men have established in criminal circles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
What of the New Yearp

The amount of happiness and prosperity we
get out of the New Year will depend largely
on the spirit in which we enter upon each
day with its manifold duties and demands
Life is complex, and never satisfying to the
man with a frenzied passion for money get
ting and no time for the finer things, but how
easy and altogether worth while is life when
it is lived sanely.
There is no reason why the spirit of graft
tude and optimism should not hold sway in
Terrell county, section so highly favored by
Providence. We have enjoyed bounteous
yields of the products of the field, and while
the monetary returns have not been proper
tionate with production conditions might be
infinitely worse The influence of pessimism
is bghting to progress, usefulness and pow
er. Hopefulness is the inevitable forerunner
of confidence Instead of a gloomy outlook
on the year 1922 we should fervently give
thanks for the indications of returning pros
perity.
By energy, optimism and common sense we
can recoup our fortunes in time. Despite the
spirit of unrest there is a better feeling ex-
erting itself here and there, which will ulti-
matey improve conditions. We have reason
to be thankful for the progress that has been
made toward the era of worldwide peace
among men and nations, and the dawning OF
the day when the common welfare and hap
piness of society as a whole shall be the dom
inant thought of the world.
May the New Year hold for each of us
such joy of service such conquest OF self as
eha1I make each day victorious and alto
gether lovely.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
Government System Hurtful to Farmers
Bv Larry Grant.

But my chief reason for pennlng this article
is to enter a protest against the way Uncle
Sam is treating southern farmers through
his market reports. Even before turroW mas
been run or seed put into the GROUND tne
government starts to estimating the probable
cotton acreage and yield-something that only
the good Lord knows. Then, when the south
ern farmer plants his crop, the acreage put
in is published to the world But the un1aH-
ness to our cotton growers does not end even
here Ginners are required to make regular
reports of the number of bales they gin, ana
This information is also made pubic. 30 the
manufacturers and buyers are kept posted by
the government all about the cotton crop, ana
know exactly how to play their cards and beat
I the farmer.
Now. suppose that two rival merchants
were engaged in business in the same town.
| One merchant was kept posted as to all the
affairs of his rival-how much he owed when
his bills became due, and what he paid tor
| his goods ETC. The other merchant is kept
in ignorance as to the business oil his Compel
itor. Does not reason and common sense tell
lvou that it is only a question OF tune when
1.-The merchant kept i'll ignorance must 1ail, pc
cause of the knowledge OF his affairs given MS
lrivalP
Places Farmer at Great Disadvantage.
And this is the way Uncle Sam through his
crop reporting bureau and agricultural depart
lment is treating the southern cotton planter.
The government makes public all about the
Farmers business, but never let's the farmer
know anything about the affairs OF those who
buy and consume his crop. OF course, the
farmer is at a disadvantage, and will so con-
tinue as long as such one-sided rule bust
ness is kept up.
If Uncle Sam thinks it all right to make
public all about the cotton crop and produc-
ton why not let the southern farmer also
have some information about the consumers
and BUYERS of his staple? Why not let the
Government publish to the world how much
, Tor little) cotton the mills have on hand! Why
does it not tell the farmer what the manu-
, Ifacturcrs of his cotton getting for goods
and the cost of manufacturing the raw ma
terial into cloth? The farmer can then know
whether or not he is being paid fair price
, lfor his crop, and sell Understandings.
But being kept in the densest ignorance OF
all that interests the consumers OF his raw
material he must deal with closed eyes as
it were and come out loser every time.
Agricultural Department Farmers
Worst Enemy.
believe that the agricultural department
growers that could be created, and the sooner
the thing is torn UP root and branch the bet
ter for the south and the producer OF the
t Iheecv staple | have watched the cotton re-
Iports for many years, and the yield IS gen
Ierally exaggerated to the benefit and enrich
lment of the buyer and mill men. few years
ago a crop of 100000 bales was predicted,
= land less than 100000 were made. | be-
= Ileve when the crop of 1921 is all ginned less
than 100000 bales will be the total
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
Funding the Allied Debt.

The funding bill approved by the senate
finance committee is a measure designed to
extend for the allied powers of Europe the
time in which payment of their debt to the
United States may be made. AS the measure
provides, the time is extended to 1947, more
than quarter of century That would give
Europe an opportunity to work out its fnan-
cial and other economic problems and to de-
velop new wealth with which to meet the
obligation to the United States, for, with no
immediate demand for the principal of the
debt the allies will be able to devote the re-
mains of their financial resources to indus
trial growth, in which, of course, is the only
hope of ultimate economic redemption.
The United States would collect semi-an-
nually the interest on the debt of $l1,329,
Psi 228 which the bill provides at the rate of
S per cent. II seems that the United States
is making a reasonable rate and allowing
generous extension as to time. The measure
may be little Disappointing to the debtors in
that it provides that no part of the principal
or interest may be Cancelled. The entire
amount must eventually be paid, but the Unit
ed States is in the position of a reasonable
CTGulOI. OOHlt VI lIlG dlliCS put Out lSClSl ,
soon after the close of the war regarding can
collation. of the debt, the argument being that
because America suffered less in the conflict
than any of the governments with which IT
was associated and subsequently participated
equally in the benefits of victory she might
be expected TO pay a proportionably larger
amount of the wars cost. The argument was
not sound In the first place the United States
did not enter the war with the others, be-
cause it lacked cause. In the second place
the benefits of victory were not equally dis
tributed and could not have been by the pro
visions of any treaty whatsoever. 1t would BIZ
impossible to ignore that the allies had
quicker and deeper interest than the United
States in gaining the mastery Of Europe. Sc
victory alone meant more to them than tc
this country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
IturaI Department Farm
Worst Enemy.
Out of Style to Pay Debts.
From the Lincolnton Journal.

There was a time not so long ago when
the people OF this community regarded an
open account or a note which they owed as
an important matter that should be paid or
arranged at the time it was due; when it was
apparently the aim of most folks to have said
Of them, His word is as good as his bond.
But now we are told by bankers, merchants
and individuals that a large number of the
same folks appear not to regard their prom
ises to pay at a certain time as binding le-
galy or morally.
This is bad state and it would make 1
big difference in the life OF business if we
could get back to the old time practices. OF
course. there are many who cannot pay, but
we know OF many people who have the money
in hand and do not pay, and seemingly have
no regard for promises.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
Tail Deliveries.

The frequency with which notorious, des'
perate criminals are breaking out OF prison
all over the country suggests that something
must be wrong with the methods of guarding.
Leniency on the part of jailers, wardens and
guards is suspected of being the chief con-
tribution to the prisoners opportunities Tor
escape. That might be the result OF a certain
contempt for the job which prison officials
and employees would feel as a result OF beng
too familiar with the task. If that be true
probably it would be better practice to vary
the monotony of the routine existing IN a
Jail or penitentiary The conviction that some
thing should be done to minimize the chance
for escape is made positive by the great num-
Der of deliveries.
Prison service has an effect on jailers, ward
ems and guards 1t either hardens or sottens
them as a rule, and this is the day OF the Ill
ira reformers good deal has been written
and said about the honor system and humane
treatment of criminals No doubt great many
inmates Of prisons are worthy of trust, but so
many condolences have been betrayed that the
result is Encouragement of the idea. With
criminals whose ofenses against society have
been mild and whose terms OF Incarceration
are short the honor system might work to adj
vantage when sensibly applied; as to its appli-
cation in the case of desperate characters such
as .safeblowers highwaymen and other des-
peradoes any effort in this direction seems to
be foolish in the extreme. If the arch GRIM
inal gets no opportunity to escape he will not
regain his freedom, and it is the duty OF ev-
cry responsible person connected with the
prison to see that no such chance is possible.
The newspapers have printed within the
last few weeks reports OF criminals escaping
from prisons here in Georgia and in num-
Der of other states Some of the men who VOL
their way to freedom had perpetrated crimes
Of such brutality that they deserved no len
iencv whatever and yet without it they coulf
not have escaped. Why, then, should any
leniencv whatever be shown? One jail dehV
erv suggests to prisoners in another prison
that they make dash for liberty. Somehow
inmates of prisons get reports OF escapes
When there are waves OF crimes with Ire
ouent successful attempts made to break Jai
prison officials ought to be doubly careful IL
Guarding the prisoners for whom they respon
sibIe. Beyond doubt if proper precaution
are taken by prison officials prisoners canno
escape from a modern, strongly built prison
It should be impossible for any one to SNUG
ole weapon to a prisoner, or to give hi1
tools with which he can work his way to tn
outside world Prevention lies, OF course, l
careful searching, which evidently has bee
neglected in great many cases. Criminal
who have outraged society and been put be
hind prison bars ought to be kept there unit
their full terms are served
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
Milk Extracted From Peanuts and Oats.
From Illustrated World.

People are not yet having their beefsteak
served in concentrated tablets or their ilet
mgnon in capsules, but in Boston they have
achieved synthetic milk. No cow has part
in producing this milk 1t is made from oats,
peanuts and water. The experts at the New
England sanitarium at Melrose, Boston, Mass,
where it is made guarantee its purity. They
recommend it because it contains none of the
animal fat which vegetarians blame for most
human ills. Some dieticians, however, decry
it for this very lack Of animal fat. Certain
my sterious and necessary elements known as
vitamines are missing, they say, and animal
fat would supply them.
\ quarter of pound OF peanuts and anoth-
er OF Scotch oatmeal are ground together and
added to four quarts of water. The result is
four quarts of milk.
If this product is found to be a satisfactory
substitute for milk from COWS it will prove
boon to mankind
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

Senate opposition to promulgated treaties
has become habit at Washington. No mat
ter what the pact provides some one is ever
ready to invegh against it The Borahs,
Reeds. Robinsons, Stanleys and Kings stand
recalcitrant and stubborn, to maliciously in
terpret and goatingly to embarrass and con-
found A chronic ailment of this kind wheth-
er it be a partisanship disease or factional
exhibition of mulishness, is detrimental to the
majority desire for progress.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

The Augusta Chronicle, which was recently
DESTROYED by hre, has already installed mag
niicent new plant, and will print bigger, bet
ter and brighter Chronicle than ever before.
The equipment is modern in every respect,
and gives our contemporary facilities not sur
passed by any other newspaper anywhere
Mr.. Thomas ]. Hamilton, president and editor
of the Chronicle, is being warmly congratu-
lated on the prompt manner in which he has
surmounted great difficulties.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

A good New Year resolution is to pay cash
for everything that is bought. One OF the best
agents for filling the poor house is charge
account Paying cash puts constant check
on buying, while a charge account encourages
reckless purchases It's easy to buy and have
cit charged" but when the day OF reckoning
comes it is not so easy to settle the bill, and
MANY conscientious merchant is accused OF
adding to the bill simply because the customer
cannot realize all his or her moments of past
foolishneSS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

While the worlds attention has been con-
centrated on Washington, Guatemala has been
INDUCING in the favorite pastime of the Cen
trail American states and has had little revo-
lutionary party. What the fuss is all about no
one appears to know. Governments are easily
overthrown and set up in Central America.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

Some one asks: "What has become OF the
old-fashioned young man who went to the
country dance and stayed for the fight alter
ward?" Why, he is burning up the ROAD Oh
the way back to town in high-powered mo-
tor car and running around every red iigh'
he sees ahead of him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

The money sent out of Dawson for what
might have been bought at home is the mon
ey that never comes back While it is true
that the thousands taken out of circulation III
Dawson and Terrell county can never be re-
called we can profit by past experience ana
resolve to do more for the upbuilding OF our
own community.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

Henry Ford wants the government to pay
for the completion of the Mussel shoals prof.
ect by issuing millions of $40 bills based on
the unused power of the Tennessee river. Why
not run the government by capitalizing the
wind power of Kansas cyclones?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

People are as stubborn about their religious
beliefs as they are about their political be-
liefs. 1t is as impossible to get all the pro,
Tossing Christians under one religious 1901
as it q to get all the people into one politicai
household The time when men shall dweil To-
gether in religious unity is still remote.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

Medical men claim that fried potatoes are
more dangerous than Shine" but we have
yet to hear Of man going home and beat
ing up his family after putting away
a generous portion of either American or
French fried.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

The latest in fur neck pieces is live cat,
but unless the girls effect truce between the
feline and the canine they won't be able to
carry kittens and poodles around at the same
time
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
WHAT is A GOOD FARMER

From Farm Life.
"The requirements of good farmer are
at least four" says Liberty Hyde Bailey:
"The ability to make full and comfortable
living from the land; to rear family care
fully and well; to be of good service to the
community; to leave the farm more productive
than it was when he took it"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

The Terrell county farmers begin the New
Year confident of the future. In common win
others they have been hit hard, but by per-
severance, industry and intelligent application
of the best methods of farming they Will win
the fight over adverse conditions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

If the people of Georgia could cash in
their automobiles at so per cent OF the cost
price hard times would go up in smoke. The
man over q years of age who does not own
an automobile of some description is the ex-
ception and not the rule.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

To some senator's the fact that his seat
cost $263,0OO will be the strongest evidence
that Senator Newberry is entitled to it,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

Now all together for a happy New Year
and prosperous one as We'll WITH Pieh'y
of hard work thrown in to bring us back to
that state of normally we've been hearing
50 much about
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

The Pearson Tribune by Editor Ben L.
Alien, is typographical gem The Tribune
is not one of the most pretentous newspa-
pers, but its contents are as interesting as its
mechanical appearance is attractive.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

1t is much cheaper to scrap battleships with
sledge hammers even at war time wage than
to scrap them with 16-inch guns and subma-
rines. And just now we are looking for the
cheapest way out
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

This year more farms will be cultivated by
their owners, many tenants having found
themselves unable to continue under present
conditions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

Much that passes for patience, remarks a
pointed paragrapher," is merely laziness. Ii
which case patience ceases to be a virtue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
IT'S A FACT.

From the Newman Herald and Advertiser.
The easiest way to become an object of
suspicion is to go to a small town where you
are unknown and attend strictly to your own
business
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

One is left to wonder where the Chicago
girls carry their "hip liquor"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

Contemplating the billions poured into the
railroad treasures by Uncle Sam it isn't easy
to understand the poverty of the companies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

Syrup is plentiful in Terrell county, and,
like all other farm products, is cheap enough
for everybody to have a supply. There is no
lack of good things in this favored section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

1t is hard to believe that January is here
when autumn weather prevails day after day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
THE WOoDPECKER.

From the Savannah Press.
The Dawson News speaks of the wood
pecker as a tree surgeon. We thought from
the way he bores into things he was a tree
dentist.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

1t would have been better if Debs had re
NAMED in Jail awhile longer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03

A good New Year resolution is to trade
at home Nothing could help Dawson more.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-02
Still a Despotisrr1

The rulers of Russia are about to
execute thirty political prisoners
who have opposed their government
in exactly the same way that these
same rulers opposed the government
which they finally overthrew.
No Romanoff was more despotic-
more ruthless--in the use of power
to crush opposition than are Lenine
and Trotzky. Even Debs has discov-
cred that the methods Of the Bolshe
wiki are the methods employed by
the grand dukes. What Debs has
discovered was discovered long ago
by all sincere persons able to read
Only a few professional radicals and
parlor Bolshevists don't know it.
Lenine and Trotzky out of power
posed as the friends of the oppressed
and the liberators of the prosecuted.
In power they have become oppres-
sors and prosecutors, with rifles
ready to shoot down all Russians
who believe that Russia ought to be
free.
What is to be said of the intel
lectuals of the numerous company
which says that Russia can be re-
stored without first getting rid Of
Bolshevism and it's system?