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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
FLIES.

know OF nothing far or nigh one hall
as nasty as a fly. His early home-lite, tar
from pure, gives neither culture nor allure, for
he is bred in horse manure. At first he is
maggot wormy, disgusting, yellow-white and
squirmy. You'd think that later blessed with
wings, he'd leave that unclean dump, by
iings, and rise in flight toward better things.
You'd think to honeyed flowers he'd go, to
sweet and wholesome scenes, but no-some
foul uncleanly place he seeks. the better
pleased the more it reeks His feet and legs
are thick with hair, he gets some germs en-
tangled there; then off he goes to fit and
Autter to light at last upon our butter, or
rest awhile and take tipple from off the
baby's nipple O he is such filthy critter
that when he's walked on fruit or fritter
find it not at all surprising that folks don't
find them appetizing. On every hand there
Turk to kill us bacterium and bold becilluS
The fly by whom these germs are toted
public nuisance should be voted. In every
home, along the wall let deadly swatters
rise and fall o let us all pursue the flies
and hit them right between the eyes.
bob ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
VaIueing the Railroads.

The interstate commerce commission,
which was instructed by congress eleven
years ago to undertake valuation of the rail-
roads, now has the work sufficiently in hand
to encourage the hope that the reports on
the larger systems may be made this sum
mer. Most of the unfinished work of valua-
ton is detail that can be handled in the Of
fees The field work of the bureau of valua-
ton practically has been completed.
The work already done has been far more
expensive than congress ever thought it
would be. The original appropriation was
100000 In the eleven years of the valua-
ton work several millions have been spent
At one time the employees in the bureau OF
valuation numbered 1880. That was in 1919
when the expense OF the valuation for the
year was more than $3500,000. At this time
the bureau has $50 employees, and an appro-
priaton OF $647 900 is available for the work
Final valuations of all the railroads will
not be arrived at, it is said, for two or three
years And when the final valuations are
fixed by the inter state commerce commission
the figures are to be contested by the rail
roads, which also have been busy engaged
in gathering data for presentation in the
courts Litigation is therefore expected to
delay the final establishment of values, on
which rates may be based for an indefinite
period
A tentative valuation of the railroads was
arrived at few years ago by the interstate
commerce commission The report placed
the value at approximately $l9000000,0OO
The railroads now claim this figure, too low
in the first place has been greatly increased
Some of the estimates have gone as high as
$30,000,0O0,OO0
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
The white Collars. -

When such an authority as President
Coolidge makes a statement before univer-
sity graduates to the effect that the world IS
cold towards white collars" the time has
arrived for something to be done in defense
of the workers thus described. Indeed even
as the world needs its artisans IN denim and
blue flannel it also must have those workers
whose tasks permit them to wear linens and
who. often, perhaps, through necessity and
restrictions against which they have no meas
ure of resistance do not garb themselves
thus in preference.
One cannot say these days that banker
likes his job better than he would that OF
the contractor or the farmer. There are pro
lessons who would if they could, leave the
classics in the lurch and stack bricks one
atop another. for SIS a day. And as for
clerks. it would be a safe enough wager as
general rule to lay money at any kind OF
odds that they would be glad to leave the
counter for the bench-if this also made
difference in their rating and standing at the
cashiers window.
When silk shirts were the vogue the So
called white collar workers did we'll to aver
age one apiece Not so with the man of
denim and blue flannel, who became socially
a white collar citizen after the whistle blew.
He had half dozen or more and of the
best This difference was not due to desire
or taste, but was the result of a wide gap in
resources The white collar mans financial
was not quite sufficient for him
to keep pace with his industrial rival in the
matter of tonsorial display. And the worst
Of it is that the situation has not changed
very much The white collar is still trailing
the denim and blue flannel
Some where, some time, some one is go
ng to stand up and defend the white collar
workers; is going to assert that they are ev-
Try bit as good as the more fortunate fel-
ows who produce the goods or service that
he others sell As a matter OF fact, the man
n denim and blue flannel needs the white
,ollar man as much as the other needs him.
Neither could exist without the other. Their
interests are mutual even If their viewpoints
~ far are not harmonious
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
One Way to Help the Farmer.
From the Douglas Enterprise.

Soil fertility lies at the very basis OF hui
man life. AS soil grows poor the human
race dies out America is consuming and
wasting its soil fertility at a rapid rate.
We have come to the point where our land
must be fed if it would feed us. The ques-
ton asks itself: Can soil be kept indefinitely
fertile? The answer is found in land that has
been cropped for 1000 years or more, and
is yet very fertile. But such land is not to
be found except in stable civilizations.
Within the memory Of men now living
commercial fertilizers in America were hard
ly known America now consumes over g.,
100000 tons of these every year. OF this 80
per cent is from raw materials found in our
own country, but the 20 per cent we buy
from abroad costs us more than $35,000, 900
every year.
This money goes mostly to Germany for
potash and to Chile for nitrates. Potassium,
nitrogen and phosphorus are the three ele-
ments most NEEDED for soil sustenance and
these are what we seek in commercial fer
tilizers. Raw PHOSPHORUS we have in abund-
ance. Indeed, the world comes to use for it
because our deposits are now open, are very
rich and easily worked.
One way to help the farmer besides lend
ing him money and marketing his products
is to ensure him cheap fertilizers as ma
tional policy
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
Ceorgia's Educational Institutions.
]. B. Nevin in Atlanta Georgian.

every young Georgian intending to go
to college should give his first considera-
ton to Georgia institutions that serve the
need of Georgia. They do not thrust the
student into environment foreign to him.
They are nearer home and do not involve the
cost of travel. They offer what other col
leges and universities offer. Much OF the
future of Georgia depends on the patronage
that Georgia people give their own colleges
and universities" says The Dawson News.
Much, as The Dawson News remarks,
does depend upon the patronage that Geor-
gians give their own colleges and universe
ties; and, by the same token much depends
upon the support Georgia gives to her own
colleges and universities. At present, Geor
gia is not giving to her university the sup
port it deserves.
Somewhat apropos of the foregoing l no
tced a newspaper headline today reading:
Rush to College Is Ebbing."
1t is to be hoped that is not so. The press
ure upon our higher institutions of learning
for the past two or three years has been
heavier than ever before in the history of
the nation, 1t is fine sign. 1t would be
too bad to see any slackening or letting
down OF that trend of thought among our
young people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
Holy Stone Polished by Kisses.
From the Detroit News.

The worship of stones is an ancient and
universal custom Up to the end Of the nine
teenth century the peasants of the Norwe-
gian mountains cherished round stones which
they kept in a comfortable bed of fresh
straw
Once a week these stones were carefully
washed, smeared with butter or STEPPED in
ale and they were treated with great respect
that they might bring good luck to the
house.
Kaaba, the holy stone of Mecca is worn
and polished by the kisses OF the crowding
pilgrims while the Do-Ring of Lhasa Thibet
is believed to mark the centre of the uni
verse.
At Mukden, in Manchuria the conquering
japanese found the black stone OF the Manchu
dynasty, which has also been supposed TO
mark the centre of the world
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
Commends Bank Of Parrot.
- - Anericns Times- Recorder.


In a large advertisement in recent issue
of The Dawson News there appeared plan
statement" from a very wise banker, D j.
Csrter president of the Bank Of Parrott IN
which the bank gave its customers year
ro+;ca that only to those who grow tood crops
vii credit be extended 1t evidently be,
Eeves the man who refuses to live at nome
i not a safe banking risk, and no bank can
safely loan its money to any othef lilulVlu-
Heads OF two Americas banks have fire.
o,,antIv sDoken of the thousands and thous-
ands OF dollars that are going out OF the
county every week for feedstuffs that can be
raised here.
Cotton is "a gamble 1t is never sure
croD When bumper yields are harvested the
orire drops. When the price is satisfactory
The Weld is low. Under weevil conditions
cotton is more OF a gamble than before.
The farmer who raises nothing but cot
ton borrowing the money with which to
produce it, and in addition borrowing more
money to buy feedstuffs Chat he should pro
duce) is making the banker to take long
risk
II his cotton crop fails he can't meet his
obligations for that year and is forced to
pyramid his loans in order to purchase TODD
for himself and his stock for a second year
With plenty of feed raised at home and
cotton as clean surplus money crop the
credit risk is small. Many farmers live at
home" but thousands do not and in conse-
quence hundreds of thousands OF dollars leave
Sumter county every year. never to return.
This one thing, local bankers say, is ter
rife drain on the resources of the county, a
block in the road to financial recovery and
ultimate prosperity.
Mr.. Carter and the Bank of Parrot are
to be congratulated for taking so far-sighted
a policy in the interest of their depositors,
their farmers and the entire community.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
Spending, Not Saving.
From the Winder News.

In addition to the carefully compiled ma
tional budget members OF congress nave IN
troduced bills requiring further outlay OF So'-
;oG 400 600 Most of this money which con-
gress is seeking to withdraw from the treas
Trv would be expended in pursuits entirely
apart from the authorized activities OF the
government.
If enacted these measures would more
than double governmental activities and re-
ouire the services of approximately l,OO0OOO
new employees. Taxes would increase to
three times their war time volume. The pub
lie is grasping the fact that congress is a
spending and not a saving organization II
our various governments from the nauonal
down to the militia districts continue their
orgies of extravaganza God only knows what
will become of the various industries OF the
country that are struggling to keep going.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
Ace Versus Weevil.
penditures

If boil weevils were endowed with human
faculties they would feel highly amused,
somewhat honored and greatly relieved. They
would laugh uproariously at the idea OF
fighting them from an airplane; they would
be honored that the most spectacular of war
machines is brought against them, and last
but not least, they would feel that their safe
ty is assured.
There are several reasons why fighting
weevils with an airpane would be impractical
First is the cost. A good commercial plane
would cost, at the least, s., 500 How many
farmers can afford the first COST There is
the cost OF equipping the plane to spray the
poison; paying a pilot who would in addition
to driving his machine, have to keep the
thing in condition. and the cost of maintain
ing the machine. Then, there is the cost Of
poison, which would be sprayed on, to be
met
When the farmer is up against the matter
of spending the immense sum that would
result from such a system-granting that
miracles do happen-he may try catching
fish with submarine blowing his land with
a l6-inch howitzer and shooting rabbits with
machine guns mounted in armored automo-
biles
The proposal to fight the boil weevil with
airplanes is absurd on the face Of it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
Eating Too Much.

An insurance company official has reached
the conclusion that as a rule the American
people are eating too much. Food consump-
ton statistics gathered from several coun-
tries show that Americans eat more than
any other people. Analysis of death causes
in company risks" discloses preponderance
of diseases due to overeating, especially of
foods that are not nutritious. This official
would have greater attention paid to diet-to
both quantity and selection OF food.
During the last twenty years at least less
attention has been paid to food values and
more to food tastes This has been due not
only to changes in domestic economy, but
also to availability OF greater variety of pur-
chasable foods. In large cities kitchens have
becomes "kitchenettes, and grocery stores
delicatessen shops. Even in towns and vii
lagos home cooking has been superseded to
a considerable extent by bakery and canned
products.
There is temperance in eating as well as
in drinking There is common sense too;
and, what is more to the point scientific
fact Eating for the sake of eating IS not a
mark OF intelligence Eating to build up and
sustain body and mind indicates brains, es-
pecially when pocketbooks can afford the
most expensive delicacies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
Respect for Life.
From the Fitzgerald Herald.

In a celebrated murder case now in prog
ress in New York 81 talesmen out Of $50
had to be excused from jury duty because
they declared themselves unalteraby opposed
to capital punishment under any circum-
stances.
Here is vigorous expression OF sentiment
found all over the country. Americans are
less and less inclined to participate in legal
executions. Though they may approve CAPT
tai punishment in theory they are likely to
balk when It comes to sentencing man or
woman to death by their own vote.
Yet our country is pre-eminent in the muir
der rate. Isn't it strange that nation which
takes human life SO lightly by violent and
illegal methods should show so much hest
tation to take it by orderly, legal methods?
II life is respected in the jury box why not
in the home, Office factory and public high
way?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
What Ais Georgia.

Once in awhile some one asks What ails
Georgia." The question is answered, IN part
bv the Marietta Times when it says:
1t has been pointed out that one main
reason why Georgia is not getting her
share OF factories is due to the exorbi-
tant tax rate that is charged. For in
stance. we have a tax bill in effect that
forces not only the factories to pay SO
much as per capital but if the factory
happens to be a branch of other facto
ries located outside of the state our tax
bill calls for part in gross capital stock
of the entire organization. This bill
should by all means be remedied, as
large corporations will be unwilling to
locate in Georgia as long as this bill is
in effect.
Not only are industry and thrift being
strangled by numerous and high taxes and not
only are business enterprises suffering, but
the individual is having a hard time of it
trying to keep the tax gatherer satisfied. 1t
has about reached the point that a person
cannot afford to own property. Income from
owned as an investment will not
more than pay taxes, insurance and upkeep. In
face of this there is more or less talk going
about of various and sundry state bond is
sues. However, it is we'll enough to remem-
Der it isn't the state tax that is hurting; it
is the local levies for counties, municipali-
ties and schools. An eminent Georgian, Judge
Enoch Galloway, in delivering the baccalau-
reate address before the graduating class of
the University of Georgia a few days ago,
said that, measured in the relative value of
the dollar, this country has the heaviest debt
of any in the history of the world, Spenders
of public money should let that sink into
their thinking apparatus.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

In voicing opposition to a proposal to re-
peal the clause in the state constitution limit
ing bond issues to 7 per cent OF the value OF
property on which bonds are issued the
cambridge Post Searchlight calls attention
to the fact that the state has been struggling
As years to pay 10 million dollar debt, and
only million of it has been paid yet" In
these times of extravaganza with public mon
ey the people cannot afford to consent to the
removal of any Of the few remaining safe
guards.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
Put Your Money in the Bank.
From the Augusta Chronicle.

CIOHl Tic EAASuSCd AHTO IuCIc
A few days ago the Chronicle took occa-
sion to urge upon the people of Augusta who
had habit of carrying money around with
them, leaving it lying around home or hid
ing it in sock or somewhere else equally
as ludricous, to put it in the bank and put
it to work.
Apropos to this adnonition relative to put
ting money in the bank the Triton Gazette
arises to remark:
We've heard of bsent-minded people
before, but the Estherville, Iowa, lady
who deposited $500 in a savings bank
FIVE years ago and then forgot all about
it beats them all. She refused to accept
the interest until the bank proved to her
that she was the person who deposited
the $500 She has nothing on US, how
ever, for if we have $500 on deposit in
any of the banks we have forgotten all
about it.
1t is strange just how people do forget
about putting money in the bank, and recent
,ly in Augusta friend of an aged citizen, af-
ter regarding him as being somewhat short
of money for a period of several years, in
trying to assist him in some small way dis
covered that the fine old gentleman had two
savings banks deposits aggregating several
hundreds OF dollars which had been safely
reposing in the banks since 1907 to 1909, with
a goodly sum of interest accrued.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

Coolidge will go down in history as the
vetoing president During his short incum-
bency he has faxed" more bills than any 9TH
err occupant OF the white house, and it is safe
to predict that more will receive the same
treatment when congress assemblies again.
The president" says the Donalsonville
News, INSISTS that reduction of federal ex-
penditures is the most important thing he
has to accomplish, and he is determined to
fight it right on that line whatever the cost,
just so it's not in cash.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
Pointed Paragraphs.

The silent man is more to be feared than
the garrulous chap.
Why don't girls employed in match fac
tories get married sooner than other girls!
When doctors disagree they can always
unite in attrbuting it to heart failure.
Nature supplies her children with brains
but she can't compel them to use them.
AS some men become prosperous they be-
come undesirable neighbors.
The impression made by beauty is more
than skin deep
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

1t is said the annual commercial fertilizer
bill of the United States is $350000000. OF
that amount North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia spend one-half There can new
er be real agricultural prosperity in these
states as long as there is such tremendous
drain on their resources. 1t emphasizes the
necessity of building up the soil. The corn
belt spends only per cent as much, and
y states buy no commercial fertilizer at all
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
MRS. cooLIDGE's HAT.

From the Donalsonville News.
There are lot of women in Washington
who would give almost anything to know
where Mrs Coolidge buys her hats. The
word has gotten around that the first lady
of the land has turned down the fashionable
stores on street the capitals Fifth avenue,
and has chosen little shop in Mt Pleasant,
formerly suburb and new part of north
west Washington. 1t is reported that Mrs.
Coolidge bought six spring hats there. But
the location of the shop and the identity of
the owner are secrets which Mrs. Coolidge is
keeping as steadfastly as her husband keeps
his counsel on matters of state Importance
Wbv does the average son think that he
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

OF all the proposed state bond issues The
News is inclined to believe that the one for
a state port at Savannah is the most merito-
rous. Under present conditions however, the
people will be very slow to vote bonds for
any DurpOSe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

The federal and state governments now
collect approximately $3OO,OOOOOO each year
from the railroads in taxes The advocates
of government ownership of the railroads
conveniently overlook the fact that the sue
cess of their plan would mean cutting off
this source of revenue, for our system does
not tax government property for the upkeep
of the government
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

AS an humble member Of that church, The
News believes it would be great mistake for
the Southern Methodists to deliver themselves
into the hands OF the Northern Methodists.
Nothing could be more harmful to this great
religious body, which has done so much for
the uplift and salvation OF the world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

If the boil weev survives the hot weather
and the liberal quantity of arsenate on which
he is being fed his will be the charmed life
indeed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

The Madisonian does not approve of the
half holiday that has been adopted in many
towns. 1t is of the opinion that one OF the
troubles now is too much play and not
enough work 1t is a strain on the magma
ton to believe that in these dull summer
days work is so heavy everybody must shut
ND shop once a week for rest and recreation
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

Good roads cost lots of money, but if it is
judicously spent they are worth all they cost
Primary elections cost a lot of money, and
often are a positive menace to good govern
ment
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

Senator Harris carries a potential rabbit
foot. The Atlanta Journal, the Atlanta Con
stituton the Macon Telegraph, the Savan-
nah News, Hoke Smith and Clark Howell
are all for his reelection. Never before in
the political history Of the state were these
eminent Journals and gentlemen bedfellows.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

Whether he likes it or not, Senator La
Toilette will have broad stripe OF red plas-
tered on him if he offers himself as an indie
pendent candidate or third party leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

Uncle Sam has gotten his affairs on a
busness-ike footing once more. He will
close the years work tonight with surplus
of $5000000O0 representing receipts over ex-
penditures.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

Summer has come There is no doubt OF
it. Some of our Georgia towns report that
the pesky mosquito is on the Job again,
sign that never fails
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

Mr.. Phillips and his lily whites could not
carry Georgia for President Harding, and
Line Johnson and his coal blacks will fare
no better for President Coolidge.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

Why does the average son think that he
knows more than his father?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01

Once in awhile some one asks What ails
Georgian" The question is answered, IN part
by the Marietta Times when it says: