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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
The Carpet Dagger: a Fable.

A female Carpet Dagger, a chip off tbs
old Block, had been Enfranchised and was
warming for a career. Hearing that tbs
Southerners were easy Marks, she determin.
ed to Exploit them politically. She was cev.
er, and Banked on her superior Intellect and
powers of Oratory to make her a Leader ~
the unwise People. She soon got a line on
the Southern situation, and observed that tba
Nearest way to social and political Distnc..
ton was by the Womens Clubs To this end
She became a Joiner, and annexed herself 70
Ali the clubs as we'll as to the Democrats
party, which gave her Entree to the creme
de la creme. But, alasi the Democratic partv
lost control! But this political Thimble.
rigger didn't. Without batting an Eye or
shifting her cud she joined the Republican
party in a Speak-Easy way, and thereby
plucked the Republican P o. Therefore She
covert1y attended All Republican committee
meetings. But her Social set would not stand
for the Shady ways of the Republicans and
she too, in club circles, was ashamed OF her
Black and Tan associates But for the sake
of the Republican Flesh Pots she continued
TO run the Social guantlet and to keep dubious
company.
AN EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
The Short Skirt.

When it was the vogue, and it is still pop
ular with great many girls and women,
who. for one reason or another continue to
wear it, the short skirt was much maligned.
Now. when the long skirt has returned, the
short one suddenly finds itself widely approx
ed from many directions. 1t begins to ap-
pear that the end of the short skirt is not
yet.
Deans of women's colleges in convention
at Chicago short time ago deplored the
passing of the short skirt and the low, COM
Portable shoes, which, they said, helped to
breed a healthy, vigorous race OF girls
Women generally liked the short skirt
They still like it, as witness the action OF the
federated city clubs of New York. They
adopted resolution urging all women IN the
interest of health to insist that new gar
ments, including draperies and panels, be no
nearer the ground than seven inches and cut
in such manner and with sufficient material
to permit perfect freedom of all parts OF the
BODY Dressmakers and designers who are
foisting upon US foolish little hug-me-tghts
that dust the sidewalks" were criticized Wo-
men generally found the short skirt comfort
able. 1t is beyond question the most sanitary
ever devised 1t was believed to herald wo-
mans emancipation in the matter of dress.
She got rid of the high heeled shoe because
of the short skirt She threw away the ar
nlor-like corset which was responsible Tor
the tight lacing that was most unhygienic
The short skirt was all right except
when it was abused. Knee length skirts
are as ridiculous as those that sweep the
streets. All extremes, it may be said are
outrageous, and it was happy thought OF
the New York club women to advocate
shorter skirt than long one that touches
the ground and longer one than the short
skirt that is too revealing. Surely the women
can be depended upon to indicate what they
like and want in the matter of dress instead
OF having dressmakers and designers dictate
an unwelcome style and force, through an
obeisance to fashion, its reluctant acceptance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
Invest Your Money at Home.

There is no doubt that too much Georgia
money is sent to other states AS proof OF
this is a statement by Mr.. Matt Z. Elliott,
of Macon, that 'in 1921 Georgians paid non
Georgia life insurance companies SZZ,o54O3/'
and approximately $17,OOO,OOO was paid to
outside fire and miscellaneous companies dur
ing the same period" This makes total
of S4O.O00,00O that was sent outside OF Geor-
eia that could have been kept in the state
Georgia, as Mr. Elliott well says, is COM
raittinp follv when it continually feeds a
stream of gold that flows to the east and
makes possible the great money centers.
Georgians should invest their money III
Georgia industries, and thus build up her
own interests If Georgia and other south
ern states would keep their money at home
there would not be such financial distress as
this section has passed through the last two
or three years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
A Cash Basis Town.
From the Worth County Local.

The editor of this paper had the pleasure
OF spending a couple of days recently in .
good-sized town where practically all bua'
ness is transacted on the cash basis, !R
town referred to is Selma, Ala, which has
two creameries, one of them being the lafg.
est in the southern states and where the chlel
agricultural industry is dairying and TIT
growing of live stock and poultry for market
1t was just a week before Christmas, an a
business in the town was moving in hga
gear. We were told that the people were oaI
OF debt and prosperous. They showed it n
their faces. The farms and the farmers look
ed it. The business houses and the business
folks looked it. Everybody in the county "
seems are milking dairy cows, including al
the negro farmers, who constitute maJoflQ
The farms are operating with cash receE'a
from the sale of cream We were told tnaiI
the farmers paid cash for their mules i, an.
the small amounts of commercial terhILza
used. One mule dealer stated that he a1a
sold a number of car loads of mules I'm
year for spot cash. And, by the way af
county of Dallas, in which Selma is locaFs
has no advantages that Worth county oJl
not enjoy, one of which is better water anu
better health.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

The report of the census bureau that the
death rate last year was the lowest since the
beginning of annual compilations in 1900 IS
welcome because it is so gratifying. 1t shows
that science continues its forward march in
the interest of human life, for of course, the
reduced mortality is due in great degree to
the extended practices of prevention and cure
as applied to diseases. This is shown IN
marked reductions in fatalities among those
suffering from the principal causes of death,
heart disease grip and pneumonia and tu-
berculosis. Methods OF treatment, now more
advanced, prove the value OF the scientific
research made.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
The Marking of Roads.
From the Albany Herald.

There is a law in Georgia which re,
onres that forks of roads be marked, ana
also that mile posts be placed on pubic
roads but like so many other laws, 1T
tie attention. is paid to it by the authori-
ties of most counties. There is no doubt
that failure to comply with the law re-
curing that highways be marked causes
travellers great inconvenience and ire
ouently much unnecessary travel ana
loss of time If the road authorities OF
the counties would do their duty IN tins
matter they would render great puphc
service-Dawson News
The statute to which The Dawson News
directs attention is in that large and grow
ing list of "comatose laws" OF which Geor'
ola has so many. They have not been re-
0ea1ed. and are therefore alive, but they are
not enforced and therefore may be consid'
cred dead.
But it is a good law that requires the au'
thorities of all Georgia counties to mark the
forks and crossings of principal highways
The man driving through section WITT
whose highways he is not familiar has
right to expect plain directions at points
where he may be confused. AS he travels by
dav he finds those who will direct him, but
making inquiries means inconvenience anc
loss Of time. The travellers more serious
troubles are experienced at night, when ne
must either arouse sleeping farmers or take
chances of going far out Of his intended
course.
The road authorities in those counties
where the highways are all plainly marked
never fail to "make a hit" with the public
And every county in Georgia should be OF
this particular honor roll-both because 1t /;
the law and because it is due the public
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

Diversified farming succeeds because the
owner attends to the details. As the Fort
Worth (Texas) Record says, "he has no one
crop proposition that keeps him working
overtime at stated periods in the year and
many idle days when he has nothing to do
except find fault with the world. He must
think and plan and work all the time, planting
one crop, cultivating another and harvesting
another He has no time to idle, no spare
moments in which to worry about collecting
what he thinks the world owes him but for
which he can show no invoice" Diversified
farming makes both for contentment and
prosperity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
The Good Old Fashioned Way.
From the brownsville -Enterprse

From the Townsville Times-EnterprSs
1t is currently rumored that in cerl aan
town in this part of the state two yoIhu o
business men had disagreement. 1t goLe r III
before many words had passed, and nf h.
was imminent on the streets of the city. h sg
stead of shooting, cutting or some o .bt
equally dangerous and totally indelell stOs
method they agreed to go back OF a S''''
And they did it with "fair fist and skull, /
as the old saying used to be. They WEN a NJ h
it as rapidly as possible, and with all tb ~:
vigor of virile young manhood. Wheh Ian ~.ts
got through both had evidences OF the s'i .adl
but they had fought out their differences aot b
done it fairly, and without any detrimlebh sire
the peace of the community, or wen V ,aai
and peace of mind of those dependent t dpg
them. If every fight was like thar r mn
wouldn't be so many courts and 50 i romI
munity. They were both men of the nsD
stamp.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

There are two ways of looking at federal
aid" One is that if you are going to build
roads it will be best to take all the federal
aid you can get, because you are paying 1t
in as government tax anyway and If Georgia
does not take her share other states will re-
ceive it and Georgia taxpayers will pay it
lust the same. The other is that if you do
not want to spend the money at all on the
roads, or anything else, then leave federal
aid alone as all you will be out will be what
you pay in government taxes AS Georgia
is going to spend money on roads why not
get all the federal laid" we can?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
The Remedy Is Work.

Hon. RATE Simmons, of Statesboro, one OF
the best informed men on agricultural cond1-
tions in Georgia, "has probably found the
remedy for the boil weevil in the cotton
PATCHES of the state" says the Savannah
Press. It is expressed in one woodwork,
Our Savannah contemporary says:
Mr.. Simmons says the boil weevi can
be conquered in Georgia by work. The
farmer must work harder than the Wee
vii if he is to win in the battle against
him, and everybody knows the weevll IS
a most industrious little pest. lie puts
in long hours and he is in action all the
time he is supposed to be on the job.
Higher fertilization, a good mule and
an active farmer is a combination no boil
weev can withstand, says Mr.. Simmons.
He doesn't attach much Importance to
patent weevil killers, poisonous concoc-
tons nor to the theory that cotton can
not be raised under weevi conditions.
The plan by which this diminutive but
costly "varmint" can be put out of bust
ness is to plant cotton and work it so
that it natures quickly and is in the
warehouse or the gin house before the
weev awakes to the fact that he has
lost his linten luncheon.
The Savannah paper is right Mr.. Sim
mons has hit the keynote. Terrell county has
never made complete failure raising cotton
since the advent of the weeyil. The smallest
crop gathered any one year was 10000 bales
Last year the county grew the best cotton
crops in the state. And work did Thorough
preparation OF the soil and rapid, intelligent
cultivation Listening to experts" and using
poison (no doubt the latter helps some il
economically and properly applied will not
grow cotton. 1t requires great deal of en-
ergy combined with liberal fertilization and
much hoeing and blowing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
THIS IS THE GARDEN SPOT.

J. B. Nevin in Atlanta Georgian.
The Dawson News informs US that Gus
cious Strawberries are being gathered from
the gardens of citizens" thereabouts that
fragrant flowers are blooming out-of-doors
and that fishing expeditions are frequent"
Fine for Dawson
We are not quite sure we yet have heard
the first robin around and about Atlanta: but
undoubtedly he is somewhere in the vicinity
and likely to burst into gladstone song any
momentl
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

They're already talking of budget sys-
TEN when the legislature meets next sum-
mer. Budgets in conduct OF public affairs are
the relief toward which we are turning to
reduce taxation. Budgets are businessllke
and sensible, but it must be remembered by
the public which seeks economy, and means
to bring about economy that its demands
must also be curtai1ed to point where
budgets may be made effective.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
Georgia Press Talk.
Southwest Geor

Southwest Georgia was none the worse of
when thousands of negroes left this section
some years ago for the north and the Ade
News sees no reason for alarm at the present
exodus from certain sections of the state. II
says:
1t is their right to go if they want to,
and it will be good in many ways for
them to get scattered over the country.
There will be plenty of them left here to
do the work. In some instances it may
mean that the white people will have to
do more work than they are now doing.
There are thousands who are content to
stay here, and they will not be lured
away.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

Political reform the world over seems to
be about the same. In Russia it was merely
the substitution of one autocracy for another.
In Italy the fascist undertook to stop GER
tain abuses, and is now indulging in worse.
In Mexico it is merely change to get at
The public treasury. In the United States it
is turning one set of rascals out and putting
another in. There is never enough progress
toward better government Tor it to be called
reform
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

That New York judge evidently figured
that the woman who could marry three men
in quick succession did not have sufficient
affection Tor the memory of the first two to
Justify awarding her $4,000 because she
claimed cremation company did not take
the precaution to prevent their ashes from
sympathizing with each other
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

A recent death was that OF Mrs. Eva A.
Ingersoll, widow OF Col. Robert G. Ingersoll,
i'll her home in New York city. She was in
her S3rd year and had survived her famous
husband "a years. the newspaper reports of
her death state that, like Col. Ingersoll, she
was an agnostic. In dedicating his first lect-
ure to her Colonel Ingersoll described her as
"a woman without a superstition"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

The old world seems to want everything
else but peace, and yet that is the one thing
it needs to make it progressive and selt-sus-
tanning; but the old world is never content
unless it is disconnected 1t must have some
thing to worry about
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

Surely those hundreds of millionaires who
have chartered transatlantic liner for a
pleasure jaunt into the near eastern waters
will take advantage OF the opportunity to
obtain great happiness in relieving much
of the human suffering they could find if they
wished.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

The New York state boxing commission
has put the skids under the heavyweight
championship bout, and has explained that it
was because the fighters and promoters
wanted too much money. At last the poor
old public finds a protector.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

We have no railroad stock and dislike high
freight and passenger rates as much as any
one, but there are other ways to accomplish
results than through persecution Most of
the things suggested regarding railways are
tor political reasons We have so hampered
and hobbled the railways with unfavorable
legislation that they are no longer custodians
OF their own property and the end is not yet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

Building material for Improvements I'M
der way in different parts of the city is
blocking the sidewalks and causing some lit
tie inconvenience, which every one is glad to
put up with temporarily because it means
progress and gives employment to large
number of workmen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

Laziness may be considered as the prime
motive for robbery After that may be list
ed downright cussedness. Take man too
lazy to work at an honest job and having
natural meanness in his makeup and he IS
ready for any kind of violence that will give
him possession of another's property.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
SWATTING AN EVIL.

From the Swainsboro Forest-Blade;- rress
Senator Walter F. George and Co aes+.iiag
man Charles R. Crisp are heartily enG ~ 4.
the movement in Georgia, fostered D5l.
Atlanta Georgian, against the illegal san
narcotic drugs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

Sentimenta1ists urge lowering of the imrni-
grafton bars Do they expect immigrants, all
of them unskilled workers, to rear happy and
law abiding families on $14 week? Indus
trialists clamor for protection and more pro-
lection from cheap foreign labor, yet they
would deny American working men the same
protection they demand for themselves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

ANY one who thought Jack Frost had lost
his punch now knows he was just waiting Tor
a good chance to deliver 1t.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

To tax the farm, then the mortgage on the
farm and then the income from the mort
gage on the farm is certainly getting EN-
coming and going; and in the end the farm
er paws If all.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

The girl one cannot forget is sometimes
one who continues to remind that back pay
ments of alimony are overdue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
ENCORE! ENCORE!

George Bailey in Houston Post.
Wild-eyed, woolly and bloodthirsty reform
er that we are, we are unable to escape the
conviction that 90 per cent of reform is bunk
and about 95 per cent of us reformers are
nuts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
AN IDEA FOR WIVES.

From the Harrisburg Patriot.
Home helps: A splendid way to make
husband stay at home at night is to stay
there with him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

The Turks lost the jackpot in the great
poker game just ended at Lausanne because
they had reached the limit of bluttlng and
feeling safe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

February has turned out to be a little
more consistent than January as winter
month
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20

There are other pests besides the boil wee
vii from which suffering public would like
to have relief. Says the Sparta Tribune:
If all the boil weevil exterminators on
the market would actually catch and kill
one boil weev apiece it would only be
a matter of days before the south would
be entirely free of two pests-the wee
wills and the exterminators
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-20
Nations, like people, know when they have
had enough. Says the Oglethorpe Echo:

Mighty assuring to see the apparently
decided disposition of our governments
leaders to stay out of the present wran-
gle in Europe. Of course efforts will be
made to draw us into it, but it would
seem that recent experiences should be
enough to make us wait for the very last
straw to be placed upon our power of
endurance before we take a hand.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-07-13
A Blackfoot Mans
Experience

Can you doubt the evidence Of this
Blackfoot citizen?
You can verify Blackfoot endorse
ment. Read this:
Aug. Carlson, proprietor of tailor
shop, 116 E. Pacific St., Blackfoot,
says. II was troubled with my back
and kidneys. There was dull, pound
ing ache through my kidneys. My
kidneys were irregular and 1 began
to look for a good kidney remedy.
A friend recommended Doan's Kid
ney Pills and after had used one
box, the trouble left. 1 believe the
cure is permanent, for 1 haven't been
bothered since. 1 know from exper-
fence that Doan's are good; therefore
l gladly recommend them"
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Carlson had. FosterMilburn
Co., Mfrs, Bugalo, N. Y. adv
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-07-13
SOME BANK SALARIES

Investigations made by the Missouri
Bankers Association have revealed
that 1858 banks in the state in towns
Of under 1000 population are paying
their cashiers and chief executives an
average of only S110 month. Only
273 of the 1,162 reporting banks in
towns under 5000 population pay the
president a salary The report says:
at indicates that, even allowing for
the economy of living in small com
munities, the cashiers and managing
officers of those 1,l62 banks, who re
ceive an average of $40 per month,
either must have personal means to
begin with, or must maintain the
standards necessary to their positions
as the leaders Of their communities and
the builders of the commonwealth by
means of side lines such as selling
insurance, collecting commissions on
farm loans, and trading in real estate"
DR.. c. P. Steinmetz, consulting en-.
gineer of the General Electric Comps.
ny, says that Niagara Fails could sup
ply electricity fer Chicago II need be.
80 wide IL the present day range Of
electric transmission. Such 4 circun.
stance might drive home to larger
number the vsDlsrs q their native
land.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-07-13
MORELAND

Monday the High Line Canal ha'
another break causing an overflow
into the Peoples Canal.
Last week Mr. and Mrs. George
Woods of Thomas and their son ant
wife from Star Valley spent few
evenings at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
James Leavett.
Tuesday the ladies Of the Relief
met in meeting after the roll call re-
ports were made and splendid les
son given.
There was a splendid program pre-
pared for the Fourth Of July but b
the disappointment of thewhole com
munity, it was postponed to let few
see the cows that passed thru here
that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Foreman and
daughter spent the Fourth with their
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Stanley Richardson
from Pocatello were up to spend the
Fourth.
Gusts Furnice and daughter Ruby
and Mabel were here for the Fourth.
The ball game played on the More
land diamond was won by the Grove
land team on the, Fourth.
Homer Carter was operated on in
the Blackfoot hospital for appended
tbs the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Wheeler made
a business trip to Pocatello Tuesday.
John Wheeler returned from Odgen
Thursday where he had been on bust
ness.
Miss Thelma Foreman returned
home from Pocatello where she has
been for some time at her brothers
home.
Miss Idonah Young was in Pocatel-
10 on Tuesday.
Mrs. Laura Bartlett and Mrs. Ida
Wheeler were guests of Mrs. Bertha
Grimmitts Thursday.
Mrs. Arnold Kent spent the Fourth
at her mothers Mrs Jess Eds.
Mrs. Boon of Rexburg is visiting
back on her ranch to try to improve
Mr.. Boone's health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Wheeler have
moved to their home in the hills Mrs.
Wheeler sister Persia went with
them. ~'%S
Miss Mary Hatch is at the post
office whala,sslsr: 4 orren the post