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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
The Government Should Pay.
From the Sparta Tribune.

In this weeks issue of the Saturday Eve
ming Post appears an article about congress,
written by member of that body itself.
He calls attention to a conddtion that has
existed ever since the founding OF this gov
ernment that cries to high heaven for change.
This condition is the law which makes it
possible for a creditor OF the government to
compel the payment of his claim The con-
gresham cites an instance of a manufacturer
who built for the United States government
during the war between the states naV@l
vessel, at his own expense, investing more
than fifty thousand dollars in the ship. Due
to the iault of She government marine archi-
tects the vessel sank on her maiden voyage.
This man has never been reimbursed. He
made numerous applications to congress and
to the courts for his money during his life,
and since his death his children have contin-
tled the efforts. Bt& that mans due was new
err paid either to hfm or TO his heirs.
Some years ago the state Of Georgia do
mated silver serv5ce to the United States
government 10 be used on one of the battle
ships i'll the davy. The service was bought
by the state Of Georgia from a eweler Of
Atlanta. This man had never been paid for
the silver abcAt two years ago, and if he
has been paid within the last two years 9tie
fact has never come q our knowledge.
Both the state and the nation are very
careful to pass laws ths&t require one man 10
pay anpther, ana even more careful to pass,
laws lIIdt MAKE Ildll pay kHC state Wlldl
he owes to the state. Bat wheu it comes 10
passing laws req firing THE state itself to ser-
tie its debts, just it requires individuals to
do, dense silence reigns.
The United States and tie state of Geor=
giai are both setting a gernTcous example.
to the people TIE state and national gov
ernments are much' better able to pay them
debts than is the average individual 1t is.
Just as di ySonest for stare or nation to ger
something for nothing as II is fog an indiviG-
laI to do the same thing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
ARBOR DAY. .
Soon as

Soon as hes landed from the seaS and
limbered up hrs pious knees, the Pilgrim fell
to Chopping tf7seS; and wren he died he lent
Fis son an ak, a Bible and a gun The for
est furnished beam and ra1er to him and all
his children after. They swung fle ak with
mighty strokes and hacked down hckories;
pines and oaks They needed wood for House
and barn for spfnning wheels to- twist their
warm They needed wood, and trees were
plenty. where tgn would dtY they cut down
twenty Yet these old boys we diould not
scorn, they wanred land to plant rheir CORN.
raise crop of Boston beams Though in the
Boughs the birub sang sweet, the wooded
land could grow no wheat. Alas their SONS
have formed the habit, and when they see
tree they grab ID. then haul il off to and
slab it. So in day the trees are Jew on
many mills where once they g7ew. I1ea drydus
all fave left their piaces-at Feast we seldom
see their faces O II you have some steep
Hillside where useless ferns are spreading
wide and pasture grass has mostly died l
pray you give it back to wood and set iii
trees DER many d rood. Yod- may not five
to, shop the sar1e but future folks. will Bless
yUgr name. The Hcdgng birds in many a
nest by your w1se' kindness will be 6iest, We
ALSO ought in ciayS and loans tor set out
naples round our homes. A tree it is pleas
amt thing in winter. summer fall or spring,
ard we shouEY learn and often quote The
verse on trees THAT KiEmer wrote before he
left his poet wife and gave Ill war Ills good
young life. Im heaven | hope he sings and
sets more tuGaflrT songs and lovelier- trees.
BOB ADYNFS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
The Ford Candidacy.

The Ford presidential candidacy, which up
10 this time has been largely talk assumed
definite status some days ago, with the III
ing of petitions in his behalf in Nebraska
at the instance OF the American Economic
1eapue. A place is sought not on the demo-
cratic or republican ticket but on the pro-
gressive ticket Similar petitions are to be
flied in every state in the union, the presi-
cent of the league, Roy M, Harrop, asserts.
The New Republic discussing the Ford
boom. ventures the prediction that Mr. FORD
will seek the democratic ncmnaton-and
will not get it. The New Republic says that
Mr.. Ford is liked by owners OF his motor
cars. by laboring men, by soft money ad-
vocates. and by people OF all classes, be-
cause he is successful and does not belong to
the despised breed Of politicians, and yet ne
will not get the democratic nomination be-
cause he is not and never has been demo
Graf nor possesses neither the qualities OF
qualifications of president. What then! he
New Republics guess is that Mr. Ford Wi
either organize or Join an existing third par
ty movement
A good deal OF this discussion is merely
speculative. but the Ford presidential candl
dacv is no longer speculative. Unless Mr.
Ford shall see fit to strange it.and there i
slight reason to believe that he will, in spit'
Of his statement when in southwest Georgi;
recently that he would not be a candidate to1
Dresident-he will be on the primary ballo
r. every state next year. As a candidate OF
the progressive ticket he will be nominated
Ct course, but as to his election-weH' tina
is another story There will be ample time
and opportunity TO discuss that later
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
IS Minutes for Primping.

1t is not a charge that the Investigators
with penchant for statistical observations on
the "primping" habits of Northwestern uni
versity goods make when they say the girls
average As minutes every day trying to make
themselves more attractive in appearance.
Rather do they emphasize that the girls are
making investments of account. 1t is a good
habit for woman to form early in life, that
OF improving as much as possible with a
reasonable amount of time and attention de-
voted to the identifying art, the appearance
she will make on the world A sister from
Europe observed-they are most observing
indeed, when in this country-that the sales
woman is very splendidly groomed, that her
hair is always we'll cared for, her nails prop
erly manicured, her clothing neat and fash
ionable. The visitors conclusion was that
the saleswoman seemed to realize that ap-
pearance counted for much in her work and
that this was the incentive behind the effort
to appear attractive. The visitor guessed
right the first time. The sensible saleswoman
knows that intuitively-or should.
AS to taking up much time in "primping,"
which the statisticians said would total, at
JIG idlC VI II llllllulCS d udy, OAo udyo III ~
years, that is not much for woman to de-
vote to her toilet It is less than two years,
little more than per cent of the total time
lived, asleep and awake
A much more amazing revelation is posi-
bic if one would go into the business of cal
cuating the total of the time devoted to par
ticular things. A person of 90 might be as
founded to realize that he had slept fully 20
years of his life, and straightway he would
think DRIP Van Wrinkle! Still the average
person Just about does that The child I'M
der IS sleeps about half his time, and, after
that, the average should be one-third, which
is eight hours per night, Many persons OF
90 may have slept more than 20 years.
The thing to remember, however, is not
the time consumed, but the effect the thing
produces Even if one sleeps 20 years in %
one is refreshed by the indulgence and made
1T for actual work Besides, what could one
accomplish if one did not sleep many hours
Of the "a? The "primpng," even if it re-
ol1ires As minutes day for the desired ct
fect to be obtained fits in very nicely with
the normal woman's wishes. She has the de-
sire to appear to the best advantage. In any
sense it would be an investment not the least
feature of which is that it contributes to her
own contentment
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
What Governs HE Price Of Cotton?
From the Montgomery Journal.

The recent, decfines i'll tiIe price of cotton
cannot be explained by the ancient declara-
ton that the supply exceeds tire demand. In
fact, there las never been a time IN the Unit
ed States wien theroc was not a demand for
few more pounds Of cotton, although tire
allegation las been frequently employed TO
lower the price wlgfe the staple was being
sold by the producer to tie dealer or manu-
facturer. TlTe ultimate consumer IS never M
formed that cotton goods are cheap because
there was a. large yield IT cotton, but he
frequently Hears thar high prices are the re-
srTIt OF varruNsy imaginary CONDITIONS.
There has always been d discriminatory
difference between TIE price of the raw mate
rial regard E-sss of the cosr of production, and
the manufactured product. 1t mas often been
charged thar everybody derives a fairer profit
from dealing III cotton than the farmer who
grows it, vino certainly earns his living in
the way appointed by Cod This is undena-
bly, true under certain conditions
While tie farmer IS planting his Crop the
price OF cotton shows a tendency to advance
but ligF1- wind blowing from the east after
the plant commences ton grow is sufficient to
cause decline. 'Fiis happens despite the fact
that it IS known that cotton cloth will de-
mand fair prize regardless of conditions
Now ttiat the boil weevil has p1ecipitated
cotton famine throughout the southern belt
it would seem that tFre recent declines total
ing about five cents pound were unauthor-
lied. Especially is TINS true if the old charge
about rEie supply exceeding the demand has
any Influence over the market
The farmer; who produces the, food for riie
rest OF the, world, should be given a fair
deal
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
Automobiles and Cotton.

Have you thought OF what automobiles are
costing the people OF this section!
Terrell county raised $4,000 bales OF cot
ton in 1922; Sumter county, its near neigh
Dor, raised Just a little more The two coun-
ties together raised $4,000 bales. The whole
state raised 10000 bales. Terrell and Sum
ter raised III of the entire cotton crop OF
the state, and there are 100 counties IN the
state If the other counties had done as well
in proportion Georgia would have raised
3,5000OO bales.
Terrell county's cotton crop, including the
seed, was worth $3,000,000. Pretty good for
a small county with only $40 square miles.
We do not know what Sumter county did
with the money she received for her cotton
crop, but we presume that most of it went
for automobiles, as did Terrelps
There are 1900 automobiles in Terrell
county. They cost an average OF $1,000 each,
or $1,200000. The average life of an auto
mobile will not exceed four years. The en-
tire capital invested in an automobile will
be consumed in that length of time. This
means loss of capital of 100000 each year.
The interest on $1,200000 at per cent is
100000 a year, which is total loss. This
is not all. The upkeep OF an automobile, in
GLIDING gas oil and garage bills will easily
run to $50 per month or 5000 per year, or
for 1900 automobiles the neat little sum of
$4,000 a year.
Thus we have 100000 loss in capital,
$4,000 loss in interest and $4,000 for up
:eep expenses, or $1,116,000 for the total
,ost of automobiles for Terrell county for
.ach year This is more than one-third Of
he total value of its cotton crop.
What is the answer?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE TWo-DoLLAR BILL.

Sherman Democrat: The nations should ex-
tend special vote of thanks to the treasury
department for deciding to discontinue max
ing two-dollar bills. AS study in mental
process we should like to know how the
department came to issue bills OF this de-
nomination., anyhow and why the depart
ment did not sooner return to common
sense. There is no practical need for any
bill OF small denomination other than the
one and five Probably, it would be, more
exact to say that there is need for only one
small currency denomination the one-dollar
bill, for there are thousands of individuals
who think, and rightly, that the five dollar
bill is largely used as standard in denomi-
nation currency. Everybody who receives a
two-dollar bill hastens to pay it to some one
else He fears that he will mistake it for a
one. And his fear is warranted We say good
bye to the two-dollar bill with no regret
Two ones are better than one two any day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

The cotton belt farmer enters the new
crop season with more hopeful outlook
than for some years past. The price of cotton
on the primary market is now above Is
cents, and in all likelihood it will go higher
before the new crop is harvested. There APP
pears TO be good reasons for believing that
a high price level for the new crop will be
maintained. One OF these reasons IS the abb
sorption of surplus stocks With no surplus
on hand at the time of harvesting in the fall
it is reasonable to conclude that the effect
en- prices will be beneficial Whatever may
be the fact as to other crops, the cotton sea-
son Is getting away to good start The cot
ton farmer has every reason to feel encour-
aged.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
THERE'S A REASON.

Capper's Weekly: Sixty-three perso S
were murdered in England last year. Over
here each of our big cities alone runs up a
higher murder record than that. In proper
ton to population we have So times as many
murders as England There's reason-sev-
eral reasons. Here is one. In the United
States anybody can buy a revolver In Eng
land you cannot buy such weapon unless
you present permit from the police, and
such permits are not issued to persons in
private life. In the United States we might
easily cut our murder record in half the first
year The Capper bill for regulating gun
toting contains the English feature and
points the way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

The Philadelphia Ledger says there is
more than meets the eye in the announcement
of the Commoners demise. 1t is sign that
Mr.. Bryan is growing old. 1t is sign that
the peerless leader" is through and that to-
morrow he will be lingering under the Flori-
da equivalent OF the vine and fig tree. HE
may from time to time the Public Ledger
continues, pull a powerful and puissant oar
in the political galley, but when he lays aside
his steerman's trumpet through which he
has directed the faithful for 20 years it is an
indication that Ulysses believes his political
voyagings are coming to an end. Ulysses has
eaten the Florida lotus"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
Mr.. Cox's Suggestion.

James NJ Cox, whose position in the demo-
cratic party as leader is not definitely es-
tabished at this TIME, wants to take the
league OF nations issue out of politics. In a
recent address at Buffalo, from the same
rostrum on which Lord Cecil Robert appear
ed, he declared the league never should have
been an American political ISSUE Mr.. Cox
made the following statement:
This question ought never to have
been brought into American politics, and
it is my desire to take it out of Amerl-
can politics. However. if this adninistra-
ton will make effort to establish in
ternatona1 relationship on a basis that
will enable it to function no man will
give any more wholehearted support to
its progress than |.
An impression that has been made on the
American people within the last few weeks
is that the league OF nations issue, particu-
larly the international court feature has be-
come a very live political question, 1t is not
so much an issue between the major parties,
however, as It is between factions in the two
parties. Some democratic leaders want the
league and some do not. Some Of them want
the United States to become member OF
the world court and others are against it,
Likewise with the republicans.
When it comes right down to the main
point which is whether the league of nations
would be a good thing for the United States
and whether membership in the world court
would bring profits OF peace to this coulstfy,
it appears that neithev the one mor the Other
should be made political issue Still, mat
tiers of such import are not easily disposed
OF. Major parties have habit OF making
such things political issues, whicl5 is deemed
much more expediert way CO handling
them
As to Mr.. Cox's suggestion, much might
be said in favor of it. IF the league Of ma
tons were a thing that the majomty OF tic
American people believed would profit them
an arrangement ought to be possibla whereby
republicans and democrats alike would be
given the opportunity tU say so, Or, if tbs
world court membership is something THE
United States should have it ought to be
possible for it to profit democrat as much
as it would a republican Such al propose
ton as the world court oould not Blow hon
for the one nor cold for the otheE,.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
THE BROTLER VS.. THE HEN

From the Nashville Herald.
At Dawson, in Terrell county, few days
ago, was held the first cooperative chicken
sale. The lamentable feature of this sale was
the fact that there were only about $50
pounds of frying size chickens, whereas there
were $500 pounds of hens sold. The hens
cents pound. 1t is possible to produce a
two pound frier at eight to ten weeks of age,
and there is good money in them at that
price. Hens weigh great deal more, but it
takes eight to ten months to produce five
pound hen. Hens are far too valuable as
layers to sell at anything like dollar each
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

And SO Miss Alice Robertson, after all,
has entered the lame dunk list, noswithstand-
ing her declaration upon her retirement from
congress as representative from an Okla
homa district that she would not. The regtt-
lations have been strained, it appears, to pro-
vide Miss Alice a place as welfare worker
in the veterans bureau in Washington. When
Miss Alice asserted positively chat she was
through with public fife somehow or other
we believed her, Notwithstanding that all
lame ducks talk that way. 1t mast be that the
Oklahoma chicken farm had lost its lure dur
ing Miss A1ice's two years sojourn in Wash
ington. Is there one who would deny Miss
Alice the comfortable berth TO which she has
fallen heir? Is not a pioneer congresswoman
and the first woman lame duck entitled to
especial consideration?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

While the politicians are greatly perturbed
over the world court proposal there are no
signs that people generally are excited or
even interested. A western CONGRESSMAN who
has Just completed journey through 10
states estimates that not more than one-half
of the people know anything about the
world court business and care less, and that
practically all of the remainder are for it.
Aside from the politicians the congressman
found only one man in the 10 states who
was opposed to the world court. That being
the case, what chance is there that the. world
court or the league Of nations issue will de-
determine the fate of any political party next
wear?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

tnues. 1t is indicated by the census esti-
mates and it is revealed by figures adduced
by the United States department of agricul-
ture as the result of recent survey of farm
population With this shifting of population
living costs continue to rise. Therein is the
explanation of the drift cityward; the higher
remuneration of labor in the cities as con-
trasted by the earnings of the farmers labor
i'll the country. The drift cityward can be
stayed only in one way namely: by max
ing it more profitable for men to five and
labor in the country than on the farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

If you are tempted to dsparage the weak
ness of your neighbor don't do it. Remem-
Der that you dwell in house of glass. Dis
paragement of anothers weakness is in it
self confession of weakness, and is the
refuge of small mind.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

Now who will say that women have not
the courage of their convictions, since the
Atlanta Federation OF Women's clubs adopt
ed resolution to boycott sugar and sweets
except for necessities until the price comes
down to normal?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
BUT SOME DON'T THINK so.

From the Winder News.
The Dawson News, in talking about par
dons and combinations, says that hanging
is not as bad as murder and that a SLAYER
thus disposed of doesn't murder anybody
else. The Winder News heartily agrees with
our south Georgia contemporary in this
statement
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

The Oklahoma governor who announced
that me would commute all death sentences
to life imprisonment gives considerable en-
enlargement to prospective mardercrs. 1t is
SO muuil easier to kill when there is msp death
penalty attached.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

The Cordele Dispatch has issued special
edition Of 80 pages in which the agricultural,
commercial and Industrial advantages of Cor
dele ard Crisp county are portrayed by ar
tractive illustrations and interesting articles. 1t
makes surprisingly good showing for that
entcrprising town and surrounding section,
and we felicitate our contemporary and the
constituency it so Welt represents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

"Of the 56500O men and women who reg
istered in Georgia in 1922 twenty per cent
or more did not pay anything but one dol
lar" says the Greensboro Herald Journal.
Many did not even pay one dollar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

A normal heir to huge fortune recently
was found at the end of a ten-year search
out in California; he resigned his job at once
and made preparations to go back home and
get the money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

Electricity plays some peculiar tricks. The
lightning captured by Benjamin Franklin,
who employed a kite for the purpose, was
kinder than the high voltage that sped down
the string OF little boys kite the other day
and killed him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
THE RIGHT WAY.

From the Triton Gazette
The Gazette has good company in the
spelling OF Mussel Shoals, The Dawson
News beng among the number spelling the
word in a manner that gives the correct
derivation
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

The Edison News is urging potar0 cur
ing house for its town. It's a good thing for
any place TO have. One wsuid' help Dsw-
son.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

He that planteth a tree is the servant
Of God,
He provideth a kindness for many gen
erations
And faces that he hath not seen shall
bless him Henry NanDyke
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08

A little more than month and the legis-
1ature will be at it again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
Georgia Press Talk.

The Commerce News ffas little, patience
with those good but misguided people who
would maze heroes of our orimNtals Editor
Shannon says:
1t has come to pass that just a8 soon as
the courts convict and impose fines
bunch OF tender hearted people begin at
once TO implore the prison commission
and the governor for mercy 9or the Grim
inal. True, they never heard the Evidence
and know but little about the crime.
but they Just can't srand for punishment
to be inflicted. 1t raust be some punish
merit for a person 10 be sent to hell-if
there is such a place, where the worm
dieth not and the fire is not quenched-
not for twelve months, but for eternity
whatever that means-but that is Gods
plan. No prison commission at St Pc
ter's gate.
Editor Bacon takes a gloomy view of the
situation and secs no hope for the friendless
and oppressed taxpayer. The Madisonian
says:
The editor of The Dawson News is
talking against the wind when he at
tempts to solve the tax problem But,
then, he is right, and most folks in Geor-
gia and elsewhere will be found in hearty
agreement with him when he says: The
News is opposed to any new taxes, of
any kind or description, unless they shall
he used to Tighten the existing burden
or to distribute it more equitably.'