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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
The Strongest Bank.

The National City Bank of New York is
now the most powerful financial institution
in this country and perhaps, in the world.
1t has passed the billion dollar mark, and
it now has assets of actual value in the sum
of $1027 055 800. This has been disclosed in
the mid-year condition report, with the decla-
ration that the bank does not owe one cent
to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
the crossing of, the high mark having re-
suited from increases in the Institutions
own assets.
The American group of billion-dollar es-
adjustments is small The National City
Bank is the only financial institution included
The list is composed of the United States
Steel Corporation, the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company the Pennsylvania
and New York Central railroads and the Ma
tional City Bank of New York. There are
various other enormous enterprises that do
business in amounts involving hundreds of
millions of dollars and that carry cash bal
ances in scores of millions, but the billion
dollar enterprises, as can be seen, are few.
Other financial institutions throughout the
country have shared the increases in re-
sources deposits and reserves and this fact
is taken to mean that business expansion
surely will follow. The sound condition of
banking in nearly all sections Of the country
and the high record attained by the credit
structure, better than ever before known, en-
courage the hope that business progress is
now only a question of steady development.
Banks, it is explained now in a position
to handle the requirements of American bus
mess and have credit left over for any le-
gitimate governmental and commercial needs
of foreign countries. The outlook, then, for
reconstruction in Europe once the situation
there is considered safe for American finance,
is frightened considerably.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
o MIN!

l strike my tuneful Tyre today and sing
d joyful roundelay because my wife has gone
away. She piles my morning buckwheat
stack, then swings a broom to clear the
shack OF all the mud | homeward track. She
sews betmes, upon my britches, strong but
tons for my gallus bitches. Her patchwork
pattern on their seat is strong as reinforced
concrete. From early morn to twilight dim
she works and plans for me and Jim. She
bakes good pies and fills our skins with
calores and vitamins. Her gentle presence
many year has brought us comfort health
and cheer She also is a charming creature
in every line and every feature; she is the
finest wife, be CAD, that this bald bard has
ever had, but still you hear him shout today
MY wife has gone, hooray hooray." For
Jim and l with kiss and smile have sent her
off for quite while. We know she needs a
good vacation, which is the simple explana-
ton of this unseem1y jubilation Our joy
for her and not for us is we are pair of
lonesome cusses But soon we know she'll
come once more less weary than she was
before, and even nicer though by gum I'll
tell you now that's going some, And SO once
more I'll sing and say My wife is gone,
hooray, hooray. BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Georgia Paved Roads.

The program for the issuance of $4,000
900 worth of bonds to pave roads in Georgia
is meeting with more or less opposition
principally more There are several reasons
why the proposition meets with but little
friendlness
Thoughtful men believe that the starting of
paved road program just now is ill-timed.
Georgia people are neither i'll the mental
nor financial condition to wish $40000,000
bond issue upon themselves. They are not
ready for it. They might have been ready
in the boom days-or fancied they were
and they will be ready for it when times and
public expenditures get back to normal. But
it is not wise to suggest such a load now.
Many OF those behind the movement do
not understand the situation in the country.
They sit in their mahogany chairs in their
offices and demand that everyone help pull
Georgia out Of the mud" If they would get
out and mix occasionally with the people in
the country and smaller towns they will learn
that Georgia is not so deeply in the mud as
they seem to think, and that they cannot
Judge Georgia by what few fellows in the
cities want.
Let it be said in explanation of the atti-
tude of those behind the paved road move
ment that their intentions are splendid. Fur
thermore, they have worked out a plan
whereby the $40,000000 bond issue is not
to be saddled on to taxpayers all at once.
When their plan is more thoroughly under
stood it will be given a more kindly recep-
ton. But lust the same, the movement is
ill-timed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
A Disturbing Menace.

Both national and local tax problems stand
as disturbing menace to the future growth
and progress of the country. The combined
earnings of this nation amount to htty-eight
billion dollars a year, and out of that the
public pays more than seven billion dollars
in taxes. The yearly tax bill of seven bill
lion dollars is a menace to prosperity, and
increases living costs. The farmer, the work
man, the clerk and the merchanic are be-
ginning to understand that taxes play an i'm
portant part in the high cost of living.
AS the Memphis Commercial Appeal says,
experience shows that a reduction of taxes
represents insurance against unemployment
and lessons the possibility of slowing down
of industry"
1t is remarkable the length of time con-
gress, state legislatures and county and mu-
nipcal boards can resist this tax reform
which is so necessary to equalize present
day tax burdens
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Georgia Needs More Hogs.
From the Athens Banner.

In summing up the situation in this state
and anayzng the statistics relative to hog
raising in Georgia Dr. Milton p. Jarnigan,
of the State College of Agriculture shows
that there has been a decrease in hog raising
of over twenty-five per cent since 1920. This
condition should not be allowed to continue.
1t can be improved, and Georgia can be made
the banner hog-raisng state of the union.
Climatic conditions and all-year-round pas
turage enable the farmer to raise hogs at
less expense than in any other state 1t is
time our people were coming to the realiza-
ton of the Importance of raising their own
meat Millions of dollars in the past have
been sent out of this state to the west for grain
and meat. Every pound of meat and every
bushel of grain for home consumption should
be raised our farms and surplus suffi-
cient to supply other sections of the country.
DIR. Jarnigan is giving some sound advice
to the hog -raisers in this state. 1t should be
needed, and every farmer should see to it that
his smoke house is filled with home raised
meat and the money which he has been send
ing west be kept at home and used for other
purposes.
During the war there were few families in
the towns and cities who did not raise one
or more hogs to say nothing of the large in
crease in hog raising by the farmers. The
same policy should be adopted again.
Join the movement to raise every pound or
bacon consumed by our home people. Keep
YOUR money in the south and i'll Georgia. 1t
is a good investment and an encouragement
of an industry which can be made one OF
the most profitable in the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
A Regular Election.

1t IS all very interesting this talk OF the
possibility. even probability some profess 10
believe. of the failure of a presidential can
didate to obtain a majority OF the electoral
college votes. The outlook, in the opinion OF
The News. is for regular election with one
Of the major party candidates being chosen
and with the result made known lew hours
after the polls are closed. The possibility OF
the election being thrown in the house OF
representatives. or deadlock developing
| there into the United States senate, is more
remote than it was in 1912. R. NJ LaFolette
is not a Roosevelt nor does he even come
close to being one.
The American people who are to vote in
the November election for Davis and Bryan
and Coolidge and Dawes are to be congrat-
ulated on the privilege of choice. Turn back
the pages of political history to any period
and search for a better offering of candidates
by the two great parties. And search in
vain Better men than Mr. Davis and Mr.
Coolidge, as The News regards them, have
never been put at the head OF the two major
party tickets. Both are representative OF the
best in American character, conduct, ntelll-
pence. force, citizenship, truth and honesty,
When it must be apparent to every thinking
citizen that each party has offered the peo-
pie square deal in naming candidates 1t is
difficult in the extreme to figure out how in
the name of common sense Senator LaFol-
lette can be seriously considered.
1t is unthinkaDle that the majority of the
American people have no better political
judgment than to trail in the wake OF man
like LaFolette. 1t will do nothing of the
kind The majority does not feel the dis
content the unhappiness, the bitterness and
the radicaism that Senator LaFollette would
be glad to stir into action. Not yet have the
people deteriorated to that extent and The
News does not believe that they ever will
Just who is for Senator LaFollette, any
way? The socialists are the latest to tag
along with him The communists, the reddlst
of the reds in this country will line up for
him. and the senator will not give them the
boot The grumblers, the grouches and 9th
ers of that selfish minority which would set
up an oligarchy by employing balance OF
power-these are for Senator LaFollette.
Comparatively speaking it is only handful
of voters that look upon their duty as citi-
zens in that light The majority can be de
pended upon to smother the LaFollette fol
lowers with ballots in the election. John w.
Davis or Calvin Coolidge will be the next
president The majority of American citir
zens will retain their sanity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
What Georgia Pays in Taxes.
From the Americas Times Recorder.


Georgia men and women paid in taxes last
year-state. county and city-not less than
sos 900. 600 Nor is federal taxes included in
this sum
With the sessions of the Legislature near
at hand this subject of taxes is one of inter
est to all OF US.
The Dawson News interestingly discussed
this question some time ago, and gave these
figures:
State taxes collected in Georgia last
year amounted to $l2,000,000 and coun-
ty taxes to $23,0O0000.
Adding to these amounts the estimat-
ed municipal taxes paid, the total state,
county and municipal taxes in Georgia
last year easily reached $65,0000OO,
This does not include federal taxes,
embracing the large total of $40000,000
income tax, or occupational taxes or au-
tomobie license and gasoline taxes.
altogether, they run the tax bill OF
the state for one year we'll above the
S100.000000 mark.
1T is an enormous total. OF course, it
must be recognized that the price of pub
lie Improvements, of the greater demands
of increased business, is more taxes. Yet
the prospective investor or citizen al
ways asks, as one of his questions, about
the tax rate OF state county or city 1t
is considered an important item by him.
A high tax rate frequently 'scares him
off, A growing state requires heavy out
lays for public purposes. But it must be
borne in mind that high taxes are not
good advertising"
One OF the greatest faults with Georgia is
the unrestricted local tax systems. Of the
total of more than $l00,000,000
paid in taxes each year by the people of the
state only about $4,000 900 goes into the
state treasury.
Too often we kick on state taxes, when the
trouble lies nearer home
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Millions Face Famine.

In the Vo1ga region of Russia there had
been rain for 62 days up to July g. Crops
there, as a consequence of the drouth, have
failed and 100000 people face either starva-
ton or rescue through charity. Most of the
live stock has been consumed by the peasant
population which is now leaving the rural
districts and going to the towns and cities
begging for food
Hoarding of food has begun in the Volga.
The soviet government has issued a decree
against the practice and is preparing punish
ment of the most extreme character to dis
courage it. General alarm throughout Rus
STA is felt as a result of the Volga condition
because of the realization that production has
not yet been restored to anything like nor
NAL. The other sections of Russia, it is said,
will do well to feed their own, which makes
the prospect for relief for the Volga famine
sufferers from this sources practically disap-
pear.
Once more the indications are that the
outside world will be called upon to distrib-
ute food supplies to millions of Russians. 1t
were easy to guess in which direction the
starving will turn their eyes in hope.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Judge DiscOurses ON Nagging.
From the Atlanta Georgian.

Judge Peter W. Meldrim, of Savannah,
distinguished jurist, scholarly and 1ovable,
now and then in his charges to juries frames
a thought in classic words
Getting somehow onto the subject of
"nagging' few days ago the Judge in the
course of some remarks, said: From the
days Of Socrates and Xantippe men and wo-
men have known what is meant by 'nagging
although philology can not define it nor legal
chemistry resolve it into its elements Humor
can not soften it nor wit divert it, Prayers
avail nothing and threats are idle Soft words
but increase its velocity and harsh ones its
violence. Darkness has for it no terrors and
the long hours of the night have no drapery
of the couch around about it. The chamber
where love and peace should dwell becomes
an inferno, driving the poor man to the sa-
loon, the rich man to the club. 1t takes the
sparkle out of the wine of life and turns at
night into ashes the fruits of the labor of
the day"
1t does so The judges words are rather
fine, The Georgian thinks suitable for scrap
book purposes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Eggs From China.
From the Savannah Press.

More than 1000,00000O eggs are exported
from China annually according to estimates
OF the foodstuffs division of the department
of commerce. The annual production of
eggs in that country is placed by the same
authority at 26,250000000, or the product of
350,000000 laying hens at an average of rs
each. In addition to eggs exported in the
shell approximately 57,642,000 pounds of egg
abumen and yolk and 36,8l20OO pounds of
frozen eggs are shipped out of China each
year.
A report prepared on the subject by the
foodstutfs division says Japan is the principal
market for Chinese eggs in the she'll while
Great Britain takes more than half the al
bumen and yolk and almost all the frozen
eggs exported. The United States buys only
one-tourth as much egg albumen and yolk
from China as does Great Britain. The bulk
OF the large quantities of egg products inn
ported into this country, however, comes
from China.
The cost of producing eggs in China is
very low, it is declared There are no poul-
try farms. A few chickens are raised by al
most every family, and are fed table scraps
with coarse rice or Iow-grade wheat and
other crop refuse, vegetable scraps and what
can be picked up in the yards and fields
There is little feeding, however, in most areas
except in winter The average price of eggs
IN HankOw, China, which is more or less
representative OF the whole egg producing
section in wholesale quantities laid down at
the factories was 10 cents dozen in 1928.
Even the Chinese hens seem to be made
to work Tor very low returns. The labor UNI
ions will have to look into this. A hen, be
she American, Chinese or British, is worthy
Of her cackle
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

from the Jackson County Herald.

better answer to the question: what is
the matter with Georgian" than any we have
seen. Royal Daniel, of the Quitman Free
Press, and Richard Edmonds, of the Manu-
facturers Record, who think Georgia is on
her way 10 the lower regions, should read
carefully these words from the pen of Ed
Rainey: Georgia is without question the
best place, in the world to live. People leave
for other states and then, when they can,
most of them come back. Georgia has its
drawbacks and no place is real heaven,
but Georgia comes nearer to it than any
other spot on the globe. Georgia climate has
evidently been adjusted by an all-wise Crea-
tor to make it the garden spot of the world"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Road Signs.

The finest thing a motorist encounters,
next to good weather and highway in
good condition, is road sign Some never
see road sign because they are in too great
a hurry, but they are there to be seen, new
ertheless, and they have information that is
invaluable. Road signs friendly things.
They warn drivers of motor cars of danger
turns, of intersections, of city limits, of rail-
road crossings, and advice as to directions,
Even "Detour" is a road sign that one al
ways should see, since it is meant to guide
the motorist in the right direction. Road
signs are sometimes conspicuous for their
absence.
Road signs demand two things before they
are able to give full service to the public.
The one is to be erected at the approach
to danger, and the other IS to be read and
obeyed by the driver.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Pointed Paragraphs.

Because" is Ewes legacy to her daugh-
tiers as an excuse for the inexcusable.
The young gentleman who seeks situa-
ton isn't as likely to succeed as the young
man who hustles for job
If some men knew themselves they would
be ashamed of the acquaintance.
Some men can hear the ring OF silver
dollar farther than that Of a church bell.
If man fails to get what he really de-
serves be ought to be thankful.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
OUR PROGRESSIVE" GIRLS.

From the Madison Madisonian
According to the Walton News many
young girls in Monroe and -Hartwell and
other towns their size are taking to the habit
OF smoking cigarettes, which has come to be
regarded as a matter of course on the part
OF society in the cities. Whisky drinking is
said to be getting even more common among
society girls in the cities than cigarette
smoking. But it all goes with bobbed hair
and trousers or Knockers
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

The senator or congressman who is prom
ising everything for votes is knave and a
cheat He it is who is leading the people
to anarchy and socialism by teaching them
that the impossible can be accomplished by
legislation There is nothing today that is
so undermining our American democracy as
the bunk singers and liars who, for an of
fetal mess of pottage, are promising the i'm
possible in exchange for public Office.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

The most OF the troubles OF our body poll
tics are not due to what people think, but to
the fact that too many of them do not think
at all It is not half SO important what an
individual thinks as how he thinks The indi-
vidua1 who thinks clearly is never Dol
shevist or a red, nor does he propose to tear
down the foundations OF his government.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

With one accord the democrats are pro-
claiming that John w Davis is by far the
best man that could have been nominated.
The thing now to do is to fall in behind
him and win a great victory next Novem-
Der Do it for Davis
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
SELDOM BoRRoWs MONEY.

From the Edison News
The Parrot bank advises that only those
farmers who raise their living at home, and
also feed for their stock, need ask for loans
at their bank. The farmer who grows feed
stuff for his family and stock seldom ever
has to borrow money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

A Thurngian maid of II was wise for her
years A superanuated sutton of 81, who per-
sisted in wooing her, she knocked in the
head with stick and dispatched. In a case
of that kind it must be admitted that he treat
ment accorded was bob eficacous and de
served
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

A few conhding republicans are hoping
that the Ku Klux Khan will split the demo-
cratic party to the extent of making some
of the southern states doubtful. No possibil-
ty of such thing. The south is democratic,
and will remain so.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

Some one has discovered that women are
an actual force in national politics; but that's
nothing strange. Let some one suggest
single thing of moment and account in which
they are not force when they wish to be.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

What an odd thing it is, when one comes
to think about it, that here in midsummer
when bathing beauties are supposed to be
having the time of their young lives they
are doing most of their swimming in the pict-
ure columns of the newspapers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

The first open boil will be due in the next
few days The cotton crop IS promising Just
now in this section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

Our lawmakers up in Atlanta seem to be
equal to the occasion A roll cali showed a
very large number of absentees and three days
later they were granted leave OF absence 1or
that particular day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

gratifying feature of the outcome OF the
convention is the fact that it gave the dem
ocracy candidate for president who caf be
supported by democrats everywhere without
any qualms or reservations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Could Have Been Worse.

Talbotton New Era: The crops of Georgia
last year were valued at $236,000,00O. This
was $24,000,000 more than the season be-
fore. Not such a bad crop, after all
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

Lower heels and shorter skirts are be-
coming fashionable again Once more it is
going to be difficult to say whether ma and
grandma are on their way to school or to
bridge party
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

The Georgia editors are having their an
nual vacation this week and being roy
ally entertained at Waycross, with side trips
to the Okefenokee swamp, Douglas, Black
shear and Jesup, closing the weeks pleas
ures at Brunswick, where unstinted hospi-
tality and surf bath will delight the scribes.
1t is great to be a Georgia editor about the
middle OF July every year
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

lust why a woman should wear a spiked
dog collar to discourage the male OF the
species is not apparent to persons who hold
that word to the wise is sufficient.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Georgia Press Talk.
Three Little HIS.

Townsville Times Enterprise The Clear
water Sun says hooch hugging and haste
are responsible for Is per cent OF the auto
mobile accidents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

The Greensboro Herald Journal thinks we
have too many holidays and adds; There
will be plenty of time to loaf and spend
money. Work is what is needed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

The democrats acted wisely in putting the
league Of nations on the shelf There is moth
ing in the league matter for the democrats
or anybody else. That is as irrevocably set
tied as anything can be that is settled right
This nation does not need to be in any league
to hear a call to duty from any source. 1t
has never closed its ears to such call nor
failed to respond 1t simply preserves for
itself Judgment as TO when duty calls
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22
Or Slabs in the Pocketbook.

Waycross Journal: The woman delegate
who received scalp wound in the conven-
ton will discover that it heals much faster
than the heart wounds often suffered in po-
litical strife
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-22

Times have changed, even with respect to
baseball Babe Ruth can hit some home runs
and does, but no one pays much attention
to them any more.