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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
Uncle Sans Payroll.

AS officials hint that there will be no re-
lief from present tax burdens provided by
the next congress the public may turn its at
tention to thoughts of economy in various
directions, for there is nothing to prevent the
average taxpayer from thinking that, if the
powers in control tried hard enough they
could reduce expenses of the nation, the
state. the county and the town and thus
tighten the load of revenue the people carry.
1t probably would be the verdict OF the aver
age citizen who pays taxes that no admin
istration ever had gone as far as it could go
in cutting down expenses, and this probably
would be correct.
Lately-during the two years OF the Hard
ing administration-Uncle Sam has lowered
the operating cost of his establishment, the
government OF the United States. 1t may de-
yelop later that he can reduce it even more
II promises count, and The News believes
thew do when made by President Harding
another effort will be made to see if further
reduction is possible To date the govern
ment has economical in various ways. The
plost striking example of this economy, per
haps, is shown in Uncle Sans payroll, which
has been reduced in two years from 6Oo,79-
to 504778. The difference in the number Of
employees is 102016.
From the figures announced it would ap
pear that Uncle Sam has really done large
part in effecting real economy. The execu
tive branch of the government itself has gone
far in cutting its expenses. If the legisla
tive branch would do as much it would cos
much less to run the government and, Incl
dentally, the taxpayers burden would b'
liphtened.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
An Advertising Pioneer.

F. Wayland Aver, who died Jew years
ago in his country home near Meredith n.
Y, was responsible in large measure Tor the
development of advertising into one OF the
greatest businesses in America. Together
with his father, n. W. Aver, he founded the
advertising agency Of n. W. Aver Son in
1869. The senior Aver died in 1873, but the
business always has borne the name with
which it was begun. Mr.. Ayers lite was one
of great activity. He was an ideal1st, and he
was distinguished for his integrity. Not only
was he an original thinker in the advertising
field. but he was a leader in the Baptist
church and in the Y NJ. c. A. He had been
president OF the northern Baptist convention.
He was elected president of the Y. M. I. A.
of Camden in 1899 a post he had held until
recently: for many years he was member
of the international committee Soon after
going to Camden in 1869 where he united
with the Baptist church, he became superin-
tendent OF the Sunday school, position he
retained until his death. He developed fine
dairy business at his country home, Meridale
farms He was interested in banking in Phil
adelphia His first connection with advertls-
ing was when he found opportunity to solicit
advertising for a religious publication some
months before the firm of N. w. Aver &
Son was organized. He maintained his busi-
ness on basis of absolute integrity. He re-
fused lottery and other forms of advertising
which he regarded as questionable. He in
jected new standards and methods into the
advertising business, directing it toward the
high principles upon which it is conducted
today. 1t was through his assistance that
Cyrus K. Curtis was able to secure the credit
that made the phenomenal success OF the
Ladies' Home Journal possible. During re-
cent years he had not been active in business,
but had devoted himself largely to his phllan-
thropies He was in his 10th year, and is
survived by wife and daughter. He was
fine example of the Christian man in bust
ness On the occasion of the celebration of
the 50th anniversary of the beginning of his
business Mr.. Taft now chief justice of the
United States supreme court said OF him:
1--WE are honoring man who has made adj
vertising a science who has robbed it of its
many evil tendencies, and who has the right
to be proud of the record he has made
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
Dailies and Weeklies.

I read each day the daily press, but Of
tentimes it is a mess. I do despise the useless
daily, which with red type is lit up gaiy but
gives us only sins and scandals, wild acts OF
murderers and vandals. If what they serve
for our inspection were of our life true
cross section, I'd think the earth was on the
skids and sliding down toward Satan'S grids,
that Ewes fair daughters all were scum, and
all of Adams sons, by gum, were mad with
dope and soaked in rum. But in my daily
walks | find most folks are patient, true and
kind They do an honest daily stint and
seldom find themselves In print, for If they're
short on wicked capers they are no asset to
the papers O, l am glad these wholesome
rhymes are published in the BIllyille Times,
that | may air my half-baked views within
the weekly Homeburg News. Jones builds
a barn and builds it good, then paints it red
i knew he would. A simple rural tale,
and yet, when printed in the last Gazette
that item brings to you and me some visions
others cannot see, of red barns where we
used to play and jump from big beams to
the hay, which rose beneath in springy swells
and filled the air with pleasant smells. The
country weekes now and then print COM
mon facts for common men, the old, old
facts of death and birth, of love and life up
or the EARTH but in a lot of city journals
too many shucks come with the kernels.
BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
Greedy for Fake Bait.

Current discussion in Georgia of invest
ments in domestic and foreign stocks reminds
an Atlanta banker that more than a few
Georgia cracker" investors overlook valuable
purchases in some securities to be found at
home. Not only does money in millions go
outside the state for good stocks and bonds,
but the wildcat oil and mining companies
find Georgia one of the richest states in the
union for their field OF operations, Rich in
manufactures and farm wealth, Georgia also
produces every year a bumper crop of suck
ers greedy for fake bait. Here in Dawson
the money that was poured into the Golfers
OF one bogus oil company was enough to
have installed half dozen industrial plants
with payrolls which would help every bust
ness concern in the city. Payrolls are Dawz
sons greatest need.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
Be Gentle to Your Neighbours Chickens.
From the Cochran Journal.

Your neighbours chickens. Aren't they
lovely? You are so interested in their growth
and Development that when you find them
eating up your garden or scratching up your
flower yard feeling of neighborly love
comes over you and when you attempt to
coax them out for fear they might over eat
themselves you are sure that the stone or
stick you throw will fly far from the mark.
We once heard of neighbor who was so
unnatural She punched hole in some grains
OF corn and tied a string to each grain, on
the other end OF the string she fastened a
card and actually wrote on that card: Keep
your chickens at home" She scattered this
corn about on the lawn. As usual her neigh
bor's flock of nice chickens came over to
feed on the lawn and found the innocent
looking little grains OF corn, which they at
tempted to devour at once. Not being able
to swallow the strings and cards, they ran
home in great CONSERVATION with the mes
sage to their owner who had to catch every
one of them and pull out the strings. OF
course the lady was very much pleased and
these neighbors lived together very pleas
antly thereafter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
Take Care of Leather.
From the sandersville Progress.

In 1864 when Gov. Jos. E. Brown was
preparing to fee from Milledgeville, then the
capital OF the state, because Of the approach
of Sherman and his followers, he yelled to
some. of his attendants to take care OF the
collards that had been pulled up by the roots
and loaded on a two-horse wagon. That was
good advice, as collards are appreciated by
many southerners as an article of diet. The
present high price of leather makes it advls-
able to take care of it in every FORM as the
expenditure of money for new supplies can
thus be saved.
The continued high price Of leather makes
it a wise precaution on the part of the farmer
to put his leather equipment into good work.
ing condition before the spring rush starts.
Properly selected leather more than repays
in good service the care spent upon it and
reduces materially the amount the farmers
must expend on this one item.
Specialists in the bureau of chemistry,
United States department of agriculture have
learned that the durability of machine belts,
driving belts harness and other leather arti-
cIes used by the farmer can be greatly in
creased after a judicious selection in the first
place by giving them the care that will
strengthen and preserve them.
Boots and shoes will last longer and will
keep the feet dry if we'll creased during the
wet season, while the serviceabiity of har-
ness is rendered greater by careful cleaning
and oilng three or four times year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
A Good Example.

Missouri does the right thing in the right
way in beginning the marking of all state
highways at all road intersections in such a
way that the wayfarey may not err, in day
light or at night, notes the Louisville Cou-
rier- Journal.
Missouri has marked 800 miles OF main
roads, and proposed to mark the rest Of the
system by July 1st Signs four feet from the
ground in a position in which automobile
lights will cover them signs one foot in
diameter, with black letters on an orange
background, "colors of greatest visibility,
will be erected upon angle iron fence posts.
This will be done by the state
AS the Louisville paper points out an
enormous amount of time is lost by drivers
of vehicles who find it necessary to stop here
and there to make inquiries as to which road
to take, and much time and mileage are lost
bv travellers who rely on guessing to save
the trouble OF making inquiries Difficulties
of making, inquiry" says the Courier Journal
are all but nsuperabe after dark in any ru-
raj community. Only watchdogs are awake
The halloo OF the lost automobiles is lost in
the bark of the faithful dog whose barking
does not awaken the owner, because he is
used to it,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
A Gentleman
From the Washington Star.

Hey, there; be a good sport and pick up
my brush for me" That is what house
painter who had dropped his brush out of a
window, called to passerby- The passerby
left the pavement, struggled up terrace and,
so goes the story with much difficulty
stopped over and picked up the brush" Then
he passed the brush back to the painter The
passerby was the chief justice OF the Unit
cd States, Mr. Justice Taft. A porty man,
but one whose good nature and good fellow
ship overcome greater obstacles than ter
races! Good nature and good humor are
among the natural endowments of this man,
and they sl1one forth when he was the presi-
dent. Nearly all men who have. come into
personal contact with Judge TAFT have got
the sense that he is human being or very
human" man, instead OF a stiff and hard
mixture Of clay, ice and wood The office OF
chief justice of the United States does not
allow Mr.. Taft to mix with his fellows or
to mix with as many of his fellows as freely
as when lie was the president, but it is still
in him to go out of his way, climb ter
race and pass back to a house painter fallen
brush.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
Farm Mortgage Debts.

The total mortgage debt on farm debts in
the United States OH January l, 1920 had
reached the staggering sum of $,8577O0,-
coo, according to estimates made by the
bureau of agricultural economics, Unit
ed States department of agriculture, and the
bureau of the census. The estimates are bas-
ed on 1920 census figures supplemented by
information secured through missionaries.
The mortgage debt on fully owned farms
amounted to 1873 per cent of the value Of all
fully owned farms, including those not mort
gagged. The mortgage debt on tenant farms,
according to special reports received from
the owners of such farms in selected coun-
ties, was 81 per cent of the value OF the
farms covered by the reports.
A tabulation of the mortgage debt by
states shows the aggregate debt on farms
in Georgia to be less than that of IS other
states The sum is $37 ,671 $500. First IN the
list is Iowa. with total of $1098,970,0OO.
Second in the list is Wisconsin, with total
debt OF $455, 100000, and the amounts range
from that figure downward to $2,350000 in
Rhode Island and $4,000 in the District OF
Columbia The total debt of Nebraska is
$40, 100000, of South Dakota $278,88O,000,
and of Minnesota sass $4,000.
The figures for Georgia are somewhat
startling in view of its pre-eminence as an
agricultural state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
Time to Call a Halt.
lightened.

The News is opposed to any new taxes
OF any kind or description unless they shall
be used to Tighten the existing burden or to
distribute it more equitably. The News IS
opposed to any further increase in taxation;
il believes it is time to put the brakes on
public expenditures; it thinks the p1ling up
OF monumental debts for present and I'M
born generations to pay should be checked.
If public debts shall long continue to in
crease at the present rate soon we Will be
able to do nothing else but pay the taxgath-
erer. Every lawmaking body, from congress
down to state, county and municipality IS
diligently searching Tor new sources OF rev.
enue to exploit Why not divert some indus
try to hunting new ways to reduce spending'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
1.-THE Most Attractive Newspaper
In the State.

Jack L. Patterson, exchange editor OF
the Atlanta Journal, says in the current is
sue OF the Georgia Publisher:
AN advertising solicitor who is a pro
duc,-' is valuable asset to any newspa-
per. but the solicitor must have something
upon which to base an appeal to the bust
ness men Of a city or town. The editorials
and news departments should be kept uo
to a high standard OF excellence and care
Jul attention should be given the make
up The Dawson News is, in our opinion,
the most attractive newspaper III the state,
daily or weekly"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
CURRENT COMMENT.
UNcANNY INVENTION.

Shreveport Times: An uncanny invention
is claimed by Belin, the French electrical
scientist His machine, by transmitting hgnt
to see the party with whom he is talking by
telephone. You look in box, see the per
son at the other end of the wire. Maybe
Beln has the invention, maybe not. But its
Just a question of time until such device
will Be in common use. We are projecting
the voice by wire and radio. And well soon
also some kind of invention by which, you
can see what is happening at distant places.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
soBB1NG OF THE CRIMINAL.

Chicago Tribune Police Commissioner
Enright, OF New York, asks the public to
stop sobbing for the criminal and sob Tor
the victim. It's a request which has to be
made about every time there is crime bad
enough arr to get the public interest. The vic
tim IS remembered until the criminal is
caught. Then the criminal becomes the cen
ter of sympathetic ntereN, as If ne or she
were innocent and in great jeopardy. This
sentimentalism may be incurably distorted
,vealed if the number OF victims is to be de-
creased
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
MORE LAWS MORE LAWLEssNEss

Minneapolis Tribune: 1t seems to us that
one way to have less lawbreak1ng would De
more laws broken # you have 100000 on your
statute books than if you have 500 on your
statute books And if people get in the habit
Of breaking minor and useless laws lightly
it requires no great leap to get in the habit
of breaking major and useful laws lightly.
Isn't it about time that we began seeing the
connection between leading the world in law
lessness and leading the world in laws?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

Five young perverts who peddled Smut "
filthy booklet, among high schools boys
and girls in Chicago got jail sentences and
fines of 500 each. The. only fault The News
could find with the verdict of the court would
be that the proper application Of tough and
durable shingles or strap was omitted, not
withstanding that there are now some who
contend that discipline of that kind is vio-
lation of law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

According to the Savannah Press colony
OF Swiss dairy farmers have been induced to
come to South Georgia. This movement IS
said to be the result of trip to South Geor-
gia by the secretary of the Swiss Milk Pro-
ducers' Association two years ago. AS the
Press says. the Swiss are the best dairymen
in the world and they can find ample oppor-
tunity for profitable employment in cheese
and butter making in south Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
WHEN KISSING MEANT SOMETHING

From the Triton Gazette.
From "Fifty-one Years Ago in Lagrange"
in the Lagrange Reporter: "A lady CORE
spondent says the first time she was kissed
she felt like a tub OF roses swimming in
honey cologne, nutmeg and cranberries. She
felt as it something was running through
her nerves on feet Of diamonds, escorted by
several little Cupids in chariots drawn by
angels, shaded by honeysuckles, and the
whole spread with melted rainbows." That
must have been in the days when kissing
was ali art and not habit
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

If congress has the power to help the
farmers it must be along the line of making
their produce worth more money, and not
along the line of lending them more money,
The more they borrow the more they owe
Borrowing is temporary relief at best. I'm
less the future, holds improvement in the
prices of farm products lending the farmers
money will only increase their debt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

AT all the father and son banquets much
stress is laid upon what fathers should do
for their sons Would it not be well once
in awhile to lay little stress upon what
the fathers have done for their sons? COM
parison of the condition of the average boy
today with that of the average boy OF ~
and 50 years ago will show that lot has
already been done for the sons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

A German sex play SO bad that women
are not to be allowed to see it and yet con-
sidered so good that bunch of rich and
influential New Workers cannot miss it, will
be put on for men only. Shades of Anthony
Comstock-to think that this could come to
pass in city which recently erected a statue
called Civic Virtue!"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

The dispatches announce that one states
man has found solution of the tax prob
lem. and when the legislature convenes he
will propose tax on cigars cigarettes, soH
drinks, amusement tickets, etc. What the
people would hail with enthusiasm is states
man who would evolve some plan to lessen
the already heavy tax burden instead OF in
crease it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

Congressman Upshaw is opposed to Sena-
tor Underwood for the democratic nominal
ton for president and favors Mr.. Bryan. lie
says Underwood is not dry" enough IN his
views, and has queer idea that W. }. IS
the only man who can lead the party to VIC
torV
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

The prospect for quiet summer is good.
No congress in session; no elections lmpend-
ing; no coal or railroad strikes probable; only
the chautauquas and vacation journeys and
baseball and other summer sports. 1t doesn
promise to be an exciting summer; it may
be even dull with nothing but peace and
Drosperitv to concern us. Happy prospect!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
A MoNEY-MAKING CROP.

from the NaShV1Ie Herald.
Terrell county asparagus is selling for $50
crate. That is just another one OF the many
money crops that can be grown here. Some
are already planting this fine crop in Ber-
r.en county. One man is planning to plant
three acres There are so many ways to
make money by farming and gardening in
crate them
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

This country is thoroughly favorable to-
wards settlement Of European difficulties in
a peaceful manner, and is willing to bear its
Just part. 1t is a little suspicious, however,
1t spent $5O000,0OO,00O and many lives pro-
tecting civilization, and wonders what sort
of civilization it got for the men and money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

Spiritualists have overlooked one OF the
best opportunities ever offered. Not a me-
dunn has come forward with a slate writing
from Tutankhamen telling what he thinks OF
the fuss living persons are making over the
discovery of his tomb and trappings.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

The Sixty-seventh congress a do nothing
congress? There were introduced 10000 bills
and 1898 resolutions, and congress killed
1900 bills and 1908 resolutions. Surely that
was doing something, and it was important
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

Hanging is not as bad as nor worse than
murder, and every time slayer is thus put
out of the way the state makes certain that
he will not have another victim.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

President Harding's friends evidently are
operating on the ancient theory that 1t Is
the early bird that catches the worm
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

The time has arrived when payrolls are
essential to the growth and prosperity OF
Dawson With weekly payrolls of several
thousand dollars the merchant, the banker,
the lawyer, the mechanic and every other
line of trade and industry would be stimu-
lated, business would be stabilized and the
town would prosper as it never has before.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

The world court proposal has gained the
of Senator Hiram johnson, and
that helps it not little.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

March has a reputation to live up to, and
is generally successful in doing it
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

The Georgia hen has started on her an
nual producing period, and, according to
experts" by the end of the year will have
laid eggs worth several million dollars
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27
Georgia Press Talk.

The Pearson Tribune calls attention to one
OF many things that are bringing prosperity
to south Georgia. Editor Allen says:
The eleven thousand pounds of chick
ems shipped in one lot one day last week
is the direct result of the work OF the
Thomas County Poultry Association.
This is only starter for the 50,000-egg
incubator which is running at full capac-
ity and turning out chicks by the thous-
and each week. The organization is one
of the best enterprises ever established
in this county. 1t has opened the eyes of
the people to wonderful industry that
goes with a small capital, and its mon
ey producer.
Editor Shannon, of the Commerce News
tells OF an incident in which a number o
ladies were embarrassed by their pastor L
follows:
This happened in certain Georgia
town. The ladies had met one afternoon
to engage in a game of cards At an I'M
guarded moment the pastor made a pop
call on the hostess Then business be-
gan to pick up. The women scattered to
the four corners Of the room like flush
ed cOvcy OF birds. leaving the hostess
to handle the pastor and the cards as
best she could II those women had
been holding prayer service they would
not have hid under the bed when the
pastor called.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-27

Old Boreas seldom sleeps at the switch.