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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03
Gloom Buckets. "
From the New York Times.

THIS is a newly coined western phrase for
pessimists. The rough and ready and hopeful
men OF the middle west have grown little
weary OF the Respondent groups of men in
the east who paint the future of the United
States and Europe in such unrelieved black.
Today each new depressing article or speech
ci theirs is greeted in the west with the de-
risive cry: Here come the gloom buckets
again However, it may be with jewellers on
OF the country and on the Pacific coast are
still hugely optimistic They have no use for
preachers of despair. Their indomitable buoy
ancy was accurately and shrewdly expressed
by the veteran Uncle Joe" Cannon, who, on
his retirement from public life and his return
to his home town in Illinois, was asked by
the correspondents for message" With
something like snort he replied Just say
tnat this country is hell of a success
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03
"Humbugging the Women.

Every spring and fall notes the Savan-
nah Press, at seems to be necessary tor the
men who do business in retail way in Sa-
vannah to call attention to the tendency OF
some people to do their buying away from
home" What the Press says OF Savannah is
true of Dawson and practically every other
town or city in the state. The man with the
sample trunk or peddler's pack is great
menace to the prosperity of the retailer. In
an editorial strongly condemning the prac-
tice of buying from itinerants the Press says;
1t may be safely assumed that the
travelling man who pays to bring himself
and his trunks into and out OF Savannah
and paws for hotel accommodations cannot
undersell the man in the retail district
who buys his goods at wholesale tot
ten in the very same market from Whlch
this itinerant peddler buys hls) ana mas
them sent here and sold in the regular
course of business. If this were so we
would not have any retail stores. The
whole theory of business would be wrong
and the retail house could not survive.
The fact is these migratory men with
their samples really get more Tor their
goods than does the local merchant
They come in the guise OF benefactors,
but in reality they are parasites preying
upon the whims and the vanity largely OF
the women BUYERS who think it adj
vantage to get something from out OF
town.
Our Savannah contemporary also stress
es the fact that it is unfair for women whose
husbands make a living in a town to buy
away from home. They should remember
that the money they spend with these agents
who sell for outside houses is made out of
home people, and, as the Press says, il wo-
man takes the money paid to her husband
by home people for the products he sells and
spends it in other markets she is unfair to
the home town. The Press continues:
women are the principal patrons of
this class of home town visitors. Hus-
bands make the money in Savannah and
the women thoughtlessly spend it out
side OF Savannah They pay it to eastern
centers through the means of the Savan-
nah postofice and then they express
great surprise that Savannah has not
better retail stores. 1t has now better
stores than some people deserve to have
at their doors"
The home retailer, as the Savannah pa
PER points out, is at the service and command
of the customer twelve months in the year:-He
pays his share of the city taxes, both as a
home owner and as business man. The cas-
ual visitor who hits town with his samples
today and is gone next week meets none OF
these obligations. 1t is not fair to deny the
home merchant the business that is by all
fair means his and let those outside receive
the dollars that should be spent here because
they are made here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03
Some Butter.
men

Surely the statistician will get busy fol-
lowing the announcement from Chicago that
the American people consumed last year 10
pounds of butter per capita. And, incidental
", just see what heroic part the Amer
lean cow played, Tor, of course, some butter
always goes for export, which would make
the total production for the year exceed 10
pounds per capita The amount consumed, If
the figure as given is right, totals for the
country 1,76OOOO,OOO pounds or 100000
tons. 1t would require $50 ships each OF
10000 tons carrying capacity, to transport the
butter. Perhaps some statistician somewhere
may be found who will figure out how many
waf1es the tons OF butter would have made
perfect If in alliance with the best grade OF
Georgia cane syrup.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03
Whv Biennial Sessions.

The Jackson Progress-Argus strongly pre-
sents in a few words the reasons why there
should be fewer sessions of the Georgia leg
islature. 1t says:
One of the most important reasons
why Georgia should have biennial SEES
sions of the legislature is not so much
f. the S125.000 that would be saved annual
lv but the freedom from turmoil and
strife that would result. Annual sessions
of the Legislature keep the state in hot
water. Business interests are affected.
Politics become rampant. The people are
kept in a stew from the day the legisla-
ture convenes until the day it adjourns,
Surely Georgia could get along all right
if the legislature did not meet but once
every FIVE years A session every two
years is often enough, and we trust that
the biennial session bill will be passed
this year.
At the last session of the Legislature
the house overwhelmingly passed bill pro-
viding for biennial sessions but the senate
deferred action until the last night, when the
measure failed because it did not receive the
required constitutional majority on account
OF absent memberH A large majority OF
those present voted for the bill, but the num-
Der was not sufficient to put it through.
The people of the state are yet going to
have their way in this matter. Almost unani-
mously they want biennial sessions of the
general assembly and less legislation, and
they are going to see that their representa-
tives carry out their wishes. The Legislature
which will convene in few weeks is expect
ed to do this.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

Worcester Telegram: Abraham Lincoln
said you could trust the American people.
His announcement to that effect has been
tested many times and found true The PEG
pie, as a whole are honest. But the people
as indivduals-differ. When there was
Slight fire in New York picture house the
other day the manager told the patrons to
leave and come back for passes to another
performance OF these patrons $50 took him
at his word and left. But when the time came
to give out the passes to them no less than
500 ladies and gentlemen appeared and swore
by the shade of Harold Lloyd they'd been IN
the theater. And knowing to what extent,
even unto perjury, mankind will go to get
pass to a theater the manager thinks LIN
coin didn't include theater goers in his pro-
rouncement. The evidence sustains him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

This is the day when the almighty dollar
reigns supreme. All else is forgotten in the
mad rush for wealth. Never in the history OF
the world has murder and crime of all kinds
been so prevalent The people are money
mad-they are passing through period when
everything else\takes back seat. Men will
go to church, profess Christianity on Sun
day and on the following days of the week
battle for more money, honestly or dishon-
estly as the case may be.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

Strange signals believed to have emanated
flom some other planet have been intercept
ed at Paris, but the foremost scientists do
not incline to that opinion. Everyone is care
full. however, to avoid saying the Martians
could not make the effort to send messages
to the earth In this day and time so many
strange things are coming to pass that the
wise hesitate to say that anything is impos-
sible
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03
CAN'T AFFORD TO OWN PROPERTY.

It makes a red-blooded American mad to
think that he is being taxed to death to keep
up a gang OF "furriners" and that the law
makers Of his country will spend more time
looking after the interests of other folks than
Of American citizens. This country is taxed
to death and a burden laid on prosperity to
such an extent now that man does. not see
any use in working to accumulate anything
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

If the claimed new treatment OF pneumo-
MIA is as efficient as held by the physicians
who are experimenting with it the world will
realize that another great boon has been pro-
vided by electricity. The mysterious power
that provides light, heat and energy for act
ual work now is to be turned into medicine,
and science it is believed, is merely on the
threshold of its possibilities.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

There is just one way in which taxes may
he reduced That is by curtailing expendi-
lures. The shifting of the burden from one
branch of industry or society to another will
accomplish nothing more than bring about
more confusion. The way to reduce is to
retrench.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

The government departments national and
state-will send you a bulletin telling what
to do about every conceivable thing-even to
saving money-and you wonder, as to the
latter subject, why they don't put their in
formation into practice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

One Of the mysteries OF lie is how men
can quit their labor Saturday night 100 per
cent efficient and return to the task Monday
morning something less than 50 per cent eff
icient For some reason not always easily
explained the machinery loses momentum
during the interval
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

Messrs Bryan and Cox appear to agree on
the proposition that the country ought to be
saved from the republican party.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

Everyone is sure to be grate1ui lol any
and all mistakes in weather forecasts Wnen
blizzard is predicted and it fails to arrive
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

March done its durndest" to afford us va
riety
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03
Just For Fun.

A Southeast Romance-A man from the
east boarded street car in the south.
A southerner got up to give lady his seat
The eastern man beat the lady to it.
The body will be shipped back east for
burial-The Nashville FennessCan.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

Are you the plumber?" asked Mrs. Cooke.
YES. maam, I'm the plumber all right"
Well" she replied, Il just want 10 eau
ton you to exercise care when doing your
work. All my floors are highly polished and
in perfect condition.
"Oh, don't worry about me slippin. lady,
I've got nails in me shoes"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

Justihed.-Johnny: What makes that new
baby at your home cry much, Tommy"
Tommy: 1T don't cry so much and any
way. if you had all your hair of and your
teeth out and your legs were so weak you
couldn't stand on them l guess you'd feel
like CRYING. too"-The Comedian
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15

sive military enterprise in Itself
dlsorganized French trade At home
as a near-war might be expected q
do.
She's encountering an unexpected
difficulty, too The communists
Bolshevik in short-are busy. The
didn't have much trouble In arous
ing discomfort among the German
In the Ruhr but they didn't stop a
thm-they started propagandizini
among the French there also. An'
now they're active among the miner
in France itself. and a big strike o
coal workers there IS threatened.
Question For L. :. To Answer.
Secretary OF state Hughes who
was hoping 10 attend the Pan
American Congress at Santiago
chile n March. says now it's doubt
ful IL he can 20.
with the European situation 50
scrambled. it's easy TO understand
why. However. the secretary Will
need a first-class explainer TO repre-
sent him. for al least one very awk-
ward question IS going 10 be put 10
me United States.
For some time Brazil's been
strengt hening her army. concentrat-
ing most OF II in the south, near the
Argentine frontier More recently
an extensive enlargement OF the
Brazilian navy began.
with this work well under way
Brazil invited Argentina and Chile
10 join her in an armament limita-
ton conference, her idea beng 10 get
~ over before the Pan-American
Congress and have something 70 re-
port 20 the latter.
But Argentina refused CURLY.
News dispatches say the Argentine
press waxed almost violent" So
Brazil abandoned her conference
plan.
II transpires that Argentina took
RrazTs military and naval prepare
tons TO herself. and her ideas 10
avail herself OF the publicity which
must mark the Pan-American Con-
Gress 10 ask the Brazilians what they
mean by making that sort Of prepar-
atoms and talking armament lmita-
ton az the same time.
Answering this query will he Bra
ziIs funeral What the United states
will have 70 explain is how she hap
-ened 70 lend Admiral Nogelsang
and about forty other experts 70
Brazil. 20 help the latter carry out
1er naval program, considering the
interest Washington has expressed in
Limitation. TOO.
Coming Santiago Meeting.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15
BY CHARLES p. STEWART


Europe's current history Is de-
velopng finally so that it begins TO
be possible TO guess something about
what 20 all means. Americas war
debt settlement with England Is mix
ed mp in It more than a little bit
settlement? Well. it amounts to
that u was framed. on one side
10y representatives OF the Washing
ton administration. That accounts
for our executive branch. It's been
approved by the British government
That accounts for England. It's
been approved by the United States
House OF Representatives. It's a
foregone conclusion that f. will he
approved 10y the Senate. though
some senators will fight q. And
that will end IL.
In spite OF a certain amount of OBJ
lection. most people appear 10 think
3, was a pretty fair bargain financial
~. 10 will tend % stabilize exchange
and an that sort OF thing. Thus far.
its 10 the good.
But all the best authorities are
agreed that it ties the United States
and England tight together for the
next CO years by a bond OF more
than four and a half billion dollars
and whether or not that's a good
thing depends on the viewpoint
Frances Diplomatic Triumphs.
Diplomats generally agree that
France has out-maneuvered England
i'm the field ~ International politics
since the war.
If isn't straininE a point 70 wonder
if tho French aren't glad Germany
defaulted ON renaration PAYMENT
if r wasn't Frances idea an alonS
90 seize the German coal lands. thus
reducing Germany ~ comparative
national unimpo~tance and corre-
snondinrlv exalting France.
Italy is on Frances side.
Most or the little European coun- .
tries are pro-French. o.
France has supported Turkey
against England.
Angry a. they were a. the soviets
for ropudfating tho czarist govern
mont's debts. the French have estab-
Hshed. unohicially but none the less
effectively. pretty good relations with
inc FTf'sfN ut -Iri|i .A''NN~
better. AZ any rate than England.
All in an. politically. France Is
much tho strongest power In CONT
mental Europe today
shes also the worlds strongest
military power.
British Economic Power.
England's traditional policy has
been 20 prevent any sinslc power
from becomln- TOO strong i'm CON
tinental Europe-to play one OH
against another. or others.
n she isn't deeply perturbed a.
Frances present predominant. 10
marks n change in her whole diplo-
macy Of centuries
And in one way. FOR an OF her
political successes. France Is weak
financially. economically.
This is just where England j.
strong. but not as strong as she
used 10 he. She feels since the war
tho need OF some assurance that {
Americas with her when she has oc- .
casion 10 put the financial and eco ,
uomic screws on.
Does that explain why she was In .
n hurry TO get The matter Of her war
debts fixed up. 20 she could get busy?
Maybe.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15

IL doing the right thing without be-
ing told. But next TO doing the
thing without being told Is TO do
IL when you are told once. That
is 20 say. carry the Message 20 Gar
cia: those who can carry a mes
sage get high honors, but their pay
is not always in proportion. Next
there are those who never DO a thing
until they are told twice: such get
no honors and small pay. Next.
there are those who do the right
thing only when necessity kicks
them from behind. and these get
Indifference Instead OF hogors. and
a piftance for pay. This kind
spends most OF us time polishing
a bench with a h~rd-luck story.
Then. sun lower down IN the scale
than this. We have the fellow who
viii not DO the right thing even
when some one goes along 10 show
him how and STAYS 90 see that he
does o.: he is always out or job.
and receives tho contempt no de-
serves. unless ne happens 10 have
a rich Pa. ln which case destiny pa
tently awaits around thu corner
with a stuffed club. To which class
do YOU belong 9"-Elbert Hubbard.
Are he men OF Wilmington 20
be such a fellow OF the latter class
i'm this enterprise OF new city char
ter and a change OF administrative
provisions that can only benefit the
community Are the var ous fra
iernsl civic and social organizations
going 10 show themselves such kind
OF fellows
Wake up. men Of wilmington. An
swer the clarion cry Of iniative
Crit'cise the proposed charter.
knock D.. boost it. tear it 20 pieces.
rebuild 81. crown II, Give 8, the
brown derby: But discuss 10. act on
% and come out IN the open and
fight FOR 10. until o. meets with your
approval. And greater service can
no asked from no man.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15
A Message TO Cdrcia-and You
BY Charlton

Will the Message 10 Garcia" that
preachment Of Ebert Hubbard be
taken from Wilmington TO Dover.
out or the crucible OF the pre-
war days OF tribulation and ordeal
will Wilmington emerge. an insur-
rectionist. drugged. or not to be
drugged?
The story OF the message leaned
hot from the heart OF Fra Elbertus
during the after-dinner' hour. Of
Washngton's birthday. February
twenty-second. eighteen hundred
and ninety-nine. birth anniversary OF
a man whose name Is synonymous
with libertv
Liberty and this town. one has
10 laugh! Shackled 20 "a condition
that seems imperyious TO adjust
ment. that Of state jurisdiction
that breeds only discomfort. this
community is also shackled TO
pharmacopolia OF Indifference that
only leads 10 an ineffective striving
towards an achieving OF municipal
progress We say. striving, advised
~, because the efforts OF the Cen
eral Charter COMMITTEES towards
universal betterment OF civic admin
istration are the worthy efforts OF
an unselnsh body. out for the pub-
lie good. It's mem bers have been
put 10 the test and have taken the
message TO the public. They have
kept the faith. The world cries
out for men 20 keep the faith
Garcia's trust IN Rowan was justi-
fed. He took the message. and de-
livered g.. VIII the Dover message
be delivered?
Are the people OF Wilmington 20
be like The man who walked the
streets. with the wind whistlinC
through his threadbare coat. look
ing for work? no one who knows
hum will employ him because he is
a hrebrand OF discomfort and re-
fused 10 take the Message 70 Gar
cha" His answer was. Take il
yourself"
The world bestows rs big prizes
both In money and honors. Tor hut
one thing. And that f. Initiative
What is initiative? TN tell you: II
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15

died after a short illness with
pneumonia. Mrs. Hopes went 70
Baltimore a few days ago In order
to be with her husband. who had
been taken sick while on a visit
there. she was 81 years old and her
husband eight years her senior.
Mrs. Hopes was a former resi-
dent OF Baltimore. a daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs Albert G. warneld
and was we'll known for her work IN
behalf Of charity. She was a mem
Der Of the Daughters OF the Revolu-
ton and thu Colonial DANES. as
well rs other local orga nizations
The Hopes were married In 1850
and leave three children. Major Ed
ward. who fought In the world war.
Albert C.. OF West Chester. and Mrs
Frederick Stevenson. OF Phuadel-
phia.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15
CHESTER WILL CAST
THE BIGGEST ANCHOR

CHESTER. Pa. Feb. 15.-De-
clsred 70 be the largest ever made
in this country. an anchor has been
fabricated and shipped by the
American steel Foundries. OF this
city. for the Levlathan. which IS
being recondltioned al Newport
News. Va. The anchor weighs a.
500 pounds. and was wrought OF
cast steel. II wa7 shipped in a we'll
car. the lower bottom OF which ac-
commodated one arm OF the anchor.
The Levlathan is the largest ship
anoat. Formerly the Fatherland. it
was seized by the United States from
Germany early IN the war. and now
is being generally overhauled at
Newport News
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15

a League of American Nations. and
she favors H. too. because she be-
lieves. by doing so. she's pleasing
The United States. But her reason is
that she wants North American
hacking in n long-stand.ng dispute
she has with Argentina concern ng
control OF The mouth NJ the River
Plate. This doesn't win the idea
much support among the Argentines.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15
Kidney and Bladder
Troubles HAVE TO GO

cloaaed % Kidney DeposIts are pIs'
solved and the Toxins (Polsonsl Com.
pieteiy Driven Out. Druggists Told
10 Guarantee IL In Every Instance.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15
|Of
"CASCARETS' CONSTIPATION
Clean Your Bowels Stop Sick Headache, Dizziness,
Colds. Sour Stomach, Gases Bad Breath

Clean your bowels-then feel fine,
Enjoy the incest. gentlest bowel
cleansing you ever experienced by
taking one or two candy-like cas-
rarets tonight. They physic your
bowels fully. All the constipated
waste and sour bile viii move out
Of the bowels without gripping or
YOU up. There will be no
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15
DEATH TAKES COUPLE
A FEW HOURS APART

WEST CHESTER. Pa. Feb 15.-
Within p few hours OF each other. AZ
the Belvedere. Baltimore yesterday.
Mrs. Margaret Warneld Hopes and
her husband. Herman Hopes, a
leading business man here and pro-
prietor OF the Highland Dairy Farm
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15
For Itching Torture
Use Antiseptic Liquid Zemo

There is one remedy that seldom
fails 10 stop itching torture and re-
lieve skin irritation. and that makes
the skin soft. clear and healthy.
Any druggist can supply you with
Zemo which generally overcomes
skin diseases. Eczema, Itch, Pimples.
Rashes. Blackheads.. in most cases
give way 10 Zemo. Frequently minor
blemishes disappear overnight. Itch
ing usually stops instantly. Zemo is
a safe. antiseptic liquid, clean. easy
TO use and dependable. II costs only
35c: an extra large bottle $1.0O. Il
is positively safe for tender, sensitive
skins.