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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
Georgia S Parole Law.

The best proof of satisfactory results from
Georgias parole law is the small number of
prisoners who violate the terms of their pa
role. The annual report of the Prison Com
mission of Georgia, which is just from the
press shows that 10 per cent OF the states
prison population are out on parole. That
means that 768 persons are serving time out
OF prison and are producing something of
value thus releasing the state itself from the
obligation of their support. OF these 587 were
paroled by operation of the indetermnate
sentence law, which requires that all prisoners
who have good records shall be released when
they have served the minimum of the SEN
tence imposed on them. The remaining 18l
were paroled by the governor and the prison
commission after investigating their crimes
and their records as prisoners.
The record shows that during the past
wear only 3% per cent, or "a of the paroed
prisoners were arrested and returned to the
penitentiary to serve the remainder OF their
sentences, for misconduct. A deeper impress
sion might be made by the statement that
OF the paroled prisoners 96z8 per cent went
straight That is record for good behavior
that could be expected to please the state
prison board and to gain support for the
parole system Under the law and rules gov
erning the prison commission there is no
haphazard granting of paroles Every case is
studied with care, with particular attention
given to the habits and character of the man
or woman, the nature of his or her crime,
and prison conduct The granting of a parole
depends upon the apparent merit of the case.
To be paroled a convict must qualify i'll
several different ways First there must be
no dement's marked against him during the
time he is in prison Second he must have
4 Job awaiting him, the prison commission
being unwilling to release a man and let him
shit for himself in a way that might tempt
him to repeat the offense. Third, the prisoner
must have a friend to stand sponsor for him
and make a monthly report to the prison
commission. Fourth, he. must have served the
minimum sentence for the crime OF which he
was convicted This as can be seen, really
provides the paroled prisoner with an oppor-
tunity to reclaim himself He is provided for
as far as the chance at reclamation goes and
the rest is his own responsibility.
The merit claimed for the Georgia parole
law is that it reclaims hundreds of prisoners
every year, and that it saves the state thous-
ands Of dollars.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
VENTILATION.

Too many country folks at night are keep
ing windows shut down tight. To north and
south the great winds blow, to east and west
they also go, and all the other points between
are filled with zephyrs cool and clean. We
ought to open windows wide and let those
breezes blow inside Fresh air is plentiful and
cheap, we ought to breathe it while we sleep.
The blasts that blow through elms and birch
es bring oxygen for schools and churches.
We ought to open up our easements and ven
tilate from roofs to Easements. When | was
young | used to study how blood flows lung
ward blue and muddy, to take in air and go
off ruddy The object OF our circulation is
energy and oxidation. But in house too
tightly windered this noble work is greatly
hindered. Before you seek your good straw
bed before you rest your weary head, Syea
cen before your prayers said go grab a
window below and hist it up a foot or so Nor
should you worry though a draft blow. in
upon you fore and aft. II good fresh air your
Shirt-tail hutter a better prayer you'll likely
utter. The winds OF heaven from far and near
will bring You chunks OF atmosphere with
oxygen both days and nights to fill your
windpipe and your lights.
bob ADAMS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
For Those Old Girls.
From an Exchange.

The beauty expert who looks after our
complexion, eyebrow plucking and general
appearance is much exercised over discov-
cry in the paper of the fact that some scient-
lists who have been making excavations at
Carthage have found that the women 2,60C
years ago used cosmetics, face stretchers and
eyebrow pencils These scientists have discov-
cred the following;
Cosmetics used by Carthagnian women
Ivory pencils for darkening eyebrows.
Perfume atomizers
Rouge and face powder of various tints
Lip sticks.
Face masks.
Toilet water bottles of vivid aridescent glass
Now says our beauty expert, wouldn't
that just scad you There amt nothing new
absolutely nothing. Every time we invent
something these nosey old scientists go and
dig up something just like it. 1t hurts bust
ness Women go after these fads because
they think they are new. When they find out
that Cleopatra dolled herself up with the
same kind of dope they are off it for life
For them old girls, according to the prints
was not so much to look at you know. Let
the dead past bury their dead and keep em
buried. That's my motto. | can't sell dope
that the old dolls used 1000 years ago"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
Stirring Up Strife.
From the Winder News.

Honor bright, did you ever hear OF great
man ripping hell out OF some one whom ne
did not like or dipping his pen IN the vitrlol
OF anger and hatred? AS far as we are famll-
lar with history we do not know of single
person who ever succeeded i'll building per
manent place for himself in the hearts OF his
felowman except through constructive ser
vice that was rendered in a spirit of love for
all humanity the rich and the poor, the weak
end the strong, the good and the bad alike
The above was taken from Hills magazine
and expresses one of the great truths OF lite
that we should all heed. do unto others as
YOU would have them do unto you ought
to be burned into the minds OF all people No
Joy. no success, no good ever comes to us
by giving the other fellow hell" The man
who is always stirring up strife, who speaks
in disparaging way about his neighbours is
bound to go through life morbid and unhap-
py We drive people from us. Happiness pass
Is by on the other side, and success is mea-
ger and unsatisfactory.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

From the Dearborn Independent.

During the world war the American pow
der industry expanded greatly because of the
material and labor required in the, manu-
facture of war explosives. But the market
for powder has fallen off. 1t is to revive this
market that a prominent powder company is
offering $25,000 in merchandise prizes to the
individual or club which at the end of the
three-month season has killed the greatest
number of crows or other birds or animals
designated as "vermin' in the competition
prospectus.
We hold no brief for the crow But when
it is said that $1,000 persons, including wo-
men and children, have enrolled in this cam
paign we foresee an indscriminate slaughter
of innocent song birds
Crows are wary birds and the old pioneers
averred they were able to "smel powder -
1t takes trained hunter to get within gun
shot of the crow Too many disappointed
hunters will take crack at something" re-
CARELESS of species Among the birds con
spicuously black who will come in for indis-
criminate shooting by amateurs who think
they are shooting young crows" will be
the American raven, purple grackle, bronzed
grackle, rusty blackbird red-winged black
bird, purple martin, cowbird and startling.
Many will unthinkingly shoot robins wood
peckers grosbeaks, bobolinks, mourning
doves thrushes, whippoorwills and numerous
other songsters rather than return home
empty-handed. The thousands Of amateur
hunters entering into this contest will can
nonade the quiet forests and woodlands,
frightening away many valuable species dur
ing their nesting season.
This campaign to educate the youth of the
land in the practice OF cruelty and slaughter
OF birds is sincerely to be deplored. We trust
the destructive features of this contest will
arouse such adverse criticism that the effects
OF the nefarious project will be nullifed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
The Demand for Drugs.

According to statistics gathered by the de
partment at Washington scarcity OF liquors
creates larger demand for drugs The port
authorities at New York recently seized a
foreign-owned ship because it was found to
contain thousands OF dollars worth of drugs.
The smuggling OF drugs across the Canadian
border has increased in about the same pro-
portion as the smuggling OF liquor has been
suppressed.
There seems to be condition created by the
demand for either liquors or drugs that must
be worn down by persistent enforcement OF
both the prohibitory and the narcotic laws.
Such enforcement is going to require time,
many years perhaps, until habits are eradi-
Gated. Tor these are the causes OF demand
Yet whatever the period required for change
law enforcement should proceed SO long as
laws remain The situation presents no al
tentative
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
Importance of Cooperation.
From the Columbus Ledger.

That progress and advancement is depend
ent iii large way on cooperation in the
business world is brought out quite forcibly
III these lines written by the secretary of a
chamber OF commerce in another city:
Did you ever stop to think: That some
people do not seem to realize that for a city
tie become buster and better all must CO
operate?
That buster city means a better business
Tor every one in the city without regard to
their business or profession?
That there are some men who are always
satisfied and will not lend their efforts to
make city buster? There are others who
are not satisfied and sit around and howl
about it, but will do nothing but howl There
is no place in a progressive city for this class
OF people.
That a city whose citizens are progressive
and possessed OF determination. initiative.
strength and faith always ahead
That there is much to be derived from sub
stantal growth: The prosperity. OF a city
and the success of its industries and enter
prscs depend largely upon the attitude OF its
citizens
That the public mind" is made up in the
aggregate OF every kind OF mind and back
OF these minds there is power. intelligence.
harmony and stability that must be directed
into the proper channels?
The public mind IS an asset that is great
enough TO make small cities into large cities
and large cities into small ones
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
Hinged With Tragedy.

A national peril is seen by Senator Cap
per, of Kansas in the DRIFT from the farm to
the CITY, which he declares totaled 100000
people last year. He was addressing the AS
sociated Clothing Manufacturers OF New
York He told the gathering IN the metropolis
that he only could bring them news tinged
with tragedy" Of their biggest customer, the
American farmer
Senator Capper is a publisher of farm pa
pers His publications made a survey OF the
exodus of farmers to the cities, and discov-
cred that the millions who have left the farms
in recent years were not fascinated by the
brilliant lights of metropolitan life, but made
the change because they could not go on IN
definitely as they were For, while 34,OOO,0OO
farmers SOW and pillow and reap, said Senator
Capper, 100000 others traffic in farm prod
ucts, taking 81 for every dollar that finds its
way into the farmers pocket. The Kansas
senator does not think that kind of treat
ment Of the most necessary industry on earth
is economically sound
Results OF the farm desertion are already
discernible according to Senator Capper,
who told his audience that statistics showed
an increase in the living costs for the entire
country last year over 1922 of $3,333, 900.
He then compared the cost of living in the
city to the values on the farm by saying a
81 so cafe dinner would bring only 10 cents
OH the farm, including the labor OF prepare
ton The difference is represented by the
profits of the other 100000, which as is
easily guessed are far greater than anything
the farmer possibly can command
Eventually the migration from the farm,
Senator Capper pointed out, will increase
congestion in town and city, leaving, mean
while, deserted homes and lands in the coun-
try and finally a shortage in production in
foods and a consequent enormous increase in
general living expenses. Then he offered a
solution while fixing the blame for the con-
dition
Senator Capper, like all others who have
studied the agricultural situation with refer
ence to prices of all commodities, has found
that the trouble came from the post war de-
hation that cut farm prices more heavily
than those of manufacturers and labor. A
way must be found, he pointed out, that will
restore farm prices to a parity with other
commodity prices Therefore "a sound prac-
teal marketing system that will find an out
let for the farmers surplus and prevent spec
uators from using that surplus to budgeon
his home market price" is mandatory After
awhile, of course, when the mass of people
not engaged in farming discover that their
own situation is becoming more and more
precarious because of the mistreatment of the
farmer they will be compelled to allow the
adjustment that should have been made long
since When a nation must have food before
anything else those who produce it are nat
urally in a position to demand what they will
Those conditions that interfere with the
farmers program of honest profits are who'll
1y artificial, and can have rightful place
in a logical economic arrangement
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
Our Great Tax Burden.
From the Montgomery Advertiser.


Borah must have startled all the sensitive
members of the senate when he spoke on tax
es the other day. Others are too insensitlve
to have been moved or even interested. But
he certainly did talk 1t is said that the presl-
dent in particular was greatly impressed by
the Borah statements.
State and federal Indebtedness said the
Idaho senator, now reaches S32O0O, OOO.OOO
and before the end OF the present session OF
congress will reach $36,000000,0O0. 1--WE shall
pass a tax bill, so it is said, reducing taxes
some $250,000000 or $300,000000 increase
cur obligations some $4,000000000 Through
the soldiers bonus) and go home to report
to our constituents that we have lghtened
their burdens.
The gross annual tax bill, state and nation
AL was $21 1914 100000 in 1928; by 1922 it was
S57, DOL 100000 In 1913 o. per cent of the
income of the people went for tax, and in
1922 not less than 121 per cent. The farms
tax bill in 1913 was $624000,000 and in 1922
it was 81 100000 000-an increase in percent
age of farmers income from A. to 1910. In
one county of a northwestern state this year,
a wheat-producing county, total taxes were
600 and the value of the wheat crop was
$225000 or less by $4,000 than the amount
the county had to pay for government. In
1902 continued Mr. Borah railroad taxes
were SIT a mile; twenty years later they
were 81 ,24l mile. In 1911 the railroads paid
IN taxes $98600000 and in 1922 their tax
bill was $30l0000 900, an increase of POS per
cent You cannot levy these burdensome and
crushing taxes" said the westerner without
affecting the citizenship OF the country in
every walk of life
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

Senator Norris. chairman of the senate
agricultural committee, seems to have made
happy suggestion when he pointed out that
Henry Ford to whom is attributed desire
to become the benefactor OF his fellow citi-
zens by operating Mussel Shoals, might ex-
ercise this phanthropc tendency by running
the government plant as a 81 year man
Now. Mr. Ford could do that very easily.
Senator Norris suggestion serves to minimize
the claims OF some OF the Ford supporters
that the industrialist is influenced more by
philanthrophy than anything else. Mr. Ford
wants Mussel Shoals for the money that is
in it for him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
AS to Insurance Rates.

Two of Dawson's near neighbors are com
planning of high insurance rates. The Fort
Gaines Georgian says:
Downward revision OF some of the
fire insurance rates made in Fl. Gaines
property 'by the Southeastern Under
writer's Association seems to be in or
der Premiums exacted on numerous
risks in the business district here are
much too high, it appears to us.
The Cuthbert Leader finds the same con
dition in its town, and comments as follows
upon the seeming futility of a protest to. the
organization that controls insurance rates:
II our Fort Gaines friends shall sue
coed i'll persuading the Southeastern I'm
derwriters' Association to reduce their
insurance rates we want their recipe
Cuthbert found the representative OF
that body hard-boed when the AID Club
took up with him the question of insur-
anCe rates.
Dawson has suffered in like manner fo
many years, and at intervals The News ha'
called attention to the high rates of insur
ance property owners have paid and are pay
ing here. The fact is, if we are correctly III
formed the rates are higher now than they
were before Dawson installed first class wa
ter system and paid fire department More
than once bonds have been issued and the
waterworks system improved and extended tC
insure better fire protection. with the belle
that insurance rates would be lowered bu
every time rates have been revised it ha'
been upward Official and civic bodies coulc
render the city at large no greater service
than to take up the matter of insurance rates
with the view OF effectipg a reasonable re
duction
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

AS delegate from the Third district
Brother Charles Brown, of the Cordele Dis
patch will be conspicuous and enthusiastic
figure at the democratic national convention,
end ii Mr.. McAdoo doesn't pluck the big
plum it will not be the fault OF our genial
neighbor Editor Brown has been an earnest
and able champion OF Candidate McAdoo.
who. if he should be elected would be due
this Georgian a great many thanks and any
thing worth while he may have at his dis
posal
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

The story OF the death of Mrs Frank Kee-
nan in a theater while her husband was per-
forming on the stage brings out a happy feat
ure OF their married life that will destroy
some illusions long popular with the general
public Mr. and Mrs Keenan, had been mar
RED for 40 years-most unusual for theatrical
people-and were still married to each other
when the wife was called. So, after all it
can happen that stage folks will wed and
live together without ever being divorced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

Some folks complain that Coolidges speech
es lack the inner fame of passionate belief. "
Good enough Just now we are looking for
the unimpassioned action OF cold horse sense.
We've tried out the passionate, and it's raised
the very devil with us.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

A California man declares that he saw a
sea serpent fully one half mile long, and he
probably is telling the truth about it. And if
he doesn't abstain i'll the future he also is
likely to see another one and some pink ele-
plants and blue monkeys and other things
horrible to mention.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

The Methodists III conference at Spring
field Mass have asked congress to let the
dry law alone and congress probably will.
In the first place congress has no time to
monkey with just that kind of buzz saw,
and in the second place congress has no in
clination to disturb the condition
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13


not to attempt
Some girls who think they can sing ought
to patronize a correspondence school OF
thought.
When man combines business with pleas
ure business usually gets the short end OF it,
Almost any one can be power for evil
but it takes man among men to be power
for good.
When man attempts to interfere with the
affairs of a woman the best he can get is the
worst of it.
"Will you be mine" is catch question for
girls.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

1t is apparent now that the democratic
nominee for president will not be known I'M
til the convention acts. Smith and McAdoo
will have more votes than any of the other
candidates, and Underwood will be third, but
that either OF them will secure the prize is
not believed by those in touch with national
politics to be possible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

A careful survey of the political field re-
veals a singular unanimity among the office
seekers as friends of the farmer Everybody
wants to help the farmer. 1T is our candid
conviction, too, that all of these boys enter
tain hope that the farmers will reciprocate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

The Triton Gazette states the case plainly
when it says that zone trouble. with the
farming system, in Georgia is that, though
we raise many crops that bring outside money
into the state we have to turn around and
send money back out OF Georgia to buy some
thing to eat" AS our contemporary further
SAYS there is not enough difference in the
number of carloads OF Georgia products go
ing to other states and the number OF car
Georgia
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

The condition OF the state capitol is grow
ing worse day by day in every way, and the
lives Of the legislators will be in danger next
month, il, as usual, they jar the surroundings
with vociferous speech.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

II isn't senate debates that should be
broadcast to the people; it's the peoples opin-
ion that should be broadcast TO the senate, is
the trite observation of an esteemed contem-
nOrarv.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

Six men have died in Louisiana for the
death OF one man, so the old law of an eye
for an eye a tooth for tooth, and life for
a life was enlarged upon in effect However
organized society, which has been forced to
protect itself against murder, is officially as
well as legally right in assuming that life
in the mass does not enter into the matter
Of balanced punishment. In this particular
case the guilt was shared equally by the sep
arate Individual and, since none of the guilty
paid with more than one life the old law
is upheld in principle after all
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

Not yet is the income taxpayer assured
that he will have his payments for 1928 re-
duced in any amount.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

A war between the United States and Japan
is about as apt to happen as that LaFoHette
or any one of his stripe will be president
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

A Judge says that pedestrian has equal
rights with a motorist. But casual OBJ
server notes, that is not what the hospital in
ternes think about it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

The state campaign is slow in opening,
which may mean that it will have swift
finish.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

The farmers of this section are planting a
been slow to learn that, under boil weev
conditions, they cannot buy feed for their
stock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
SOUNDING A KEYNOTE.

From the Teliair Enterprise
This country has turned out some great
statesmen--and there are good many more
who ought to be turned out.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

Earnest messages are being delivered to
the people at the protracted services at the
Methodist church, and large congregations
are attending daily. A genuine revival is one
Of Dawson's greatest needs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

Dolls for adults is a new Paris fad, and
the vogue may find its way over here like
the rpstick and the three or four coats OF
paint.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13

The interstate railroad commission, It
seems is about to find out what everybody
else has known all the whitehall the pull
man surcharges are unreasonable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-13
A POLITICAL TIP.
Evansville Journal.

From the Evansville Journal.
Watch the man who's always patting you
on the back He may be just picking out a
good place to plunge a knife