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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11

there to intersect with iron pipe main.
$500 feet of 6-nch iron pipe to con-
meet with the present iron pipe at
Depot street, and run south on Stone
wall street to Third avenue.
$500 feet OF 6-inch iron pipe to run
from Stonewall street east on Lee
street to Pecan street, and there con-
meet with new iron pipe.
$3.50 feet of 6-inch iron pipe to run
from Main street on Seventh avenue
east to Elm street, and thence down
Elm street to Lee street 800 additional
feet and connect with iron pipe main.
3,4O0 feet of 6-inch iron pipe to run
from Main street east on Church
street to Crawford street.
100 feet of 6-inch iron pipe to run
from Eleventh avenue south on Mel
son street to Church street
That the following new main should
be laid as extensions:
900 feet of 6-inch iron pipe to be-
gin at Stonewall street and run west
on Third avenue to Main street.
1000 feet of 6-inch iron pipe to be-
gin at Orange street and run east on
Sixth avenue to Crawford street.
1,400 feet OF 4-inch iron pipe to be-
gin al Nelson street and run east Oh
Eleventh avenue to Crawford street.
In making their report the commit
tee expressed the belief that there is
urgent need of these improvements
and recommended that the council
take immediate action.
1t is probable that bond issue fQr
the necessary amount will be submit
ed to the voters of the city at an early
date.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11
Ec0IINCH CONSIDERS A BOND
,ccTJE FOR NEW WATER MAINS

ends, where a length of pipe has
been removed and the ends plugged.
in the system. The result of these
dead ends is to lower pressure and
to cause large quantities of stagnant
water in the mains. This stagnant
water is believed to be having bad
effect upon the health of the com
munity.
In the recommendations submitted
at a special session of the city coun-
Gil Tuesday night the cost was esti-
mated at $3S,0O0 The recommends
ton that 2l,350 feet of six-inch pipe
1900 feet of eight-inch pipe and 400
feet OF four-inch pipe be installed.
Thirty-two hundred feet OF the six
inch pipe would be used for extension
and all of the four-inch pipe would be
required for this purpose 1t was also
recommended that new we'll be sunk
at the light plant, so that an adequate
supply of water may be had in case
of fire.
The question of installing new
mains came up in 1919, when ii was
found that about 100000 would be
necessary to make the Improvements,
which estimate included a new well,
1t was found that the city would be
unable to put in the new mains and
lay the street paving then under con-
sideration at the same time. AS a re-
suit the city spent $4,000 on the new
mains in the business section of the
city, some of which went to replace
old concrete pipes and the remainder
to making extensions.
Following are the recommendations
as submitted to the council by the
aldermanic committee:
That an additional we'll be sunk at
the light plant SO that an adequate
supply Of water could be be had in
case of fire.
That the following old cement wa
ter mains be replaced with iron pipe
mains:
1900 feet OF 8-inch iron pipe main
to run from S. A. L. railroad crossing
on College street and connected at
that point with the present iron pipe
main, up to and across Nelson street
and down Tenth avenue and intersect
with Orange street water main.
$3.50 feet of 6-inCh iron pipe to con-
meet with the present iron pipe at
Depot street and run south down Or
ange street TO Johnson street and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11
DAWSON HIGH CLOSED A
GOOD BASKET BALL SEASON
Won From Pelham High. Baseball
Practice Started Friday.

The Dawson high school basket
ball team closed a successful season
Friday night when they defeated the
Pelham high school 10 to r. The
game started as if it would be an easy
one for the locals, who led at the end
of the first half by score OF II to 3,
but the Pelham lads came back strong
in the second half and Dawson was
forced to put forth every effort to
prevent second drubbing at the
hands of the visitors, who made nine
points in that period while the locals
made only four The stars for Daw-
son were Tedder and Turner; for
Pelham, Campbell and the elongated
center
Dawson at the beginning of the
season won eight straight games.
Then for some reason the boys SEEM
ed to be unable to win and lost six
in a row and then, coming back
strong at the end of the season, won
two more.
Dawson has now turned its atten-
ton to baseball, and from all indica-
tions good team will be developed.
There we're thirty-three candidates
out for practice Friday afternoon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11
,npNTIAL SECTION OF THE
ND- &c PRACTICALLY WITH
VI o,,r FIRE PROTECTION.
uo,I,D COST $4,000 DOLLARS
7.or Pines Would Be Laid in
Ne" - Streets of Dawson. Recon-
~"" ,..;o, Is Made by Committee
Hell Council After Investigation.

From Council After investigation
~. possibility OF losses amounting
thousands of dollars should
T. ~. break out in Dawson was present
i'I' ' ,t,ro the city council at the reg
60 O, o,+b1v meeting of that body on
ulaf 9lo", n;5bt by &C. H. Peddy, super
IuesGag of the water and light plant,
a ~ nm the, condition of some
in IeP0, nater mains of Dawson, which
Of IN ibid about 80 years ago IN resi-,
were ,'' ooct;ons. 1t was estimated
deI''lait o ~, $4,000 feet of main piping,
thar d sU ~orld cost about $4,000, would
wI'''n . "oa to insure adequate fire
pr9 el, "oonocil went on record as be-
Il. tbat new water mains should
IIe' lniJ to replace old ones which are
be h ,-,d ~ condition. and that bonds
III y tJ he issued to meet the cost. The
S''ou,D and light committee was ap-
vac '..d to investigate the sltuatlor
P'I', ~ make recommendations to the
anu ,,or i This committee consists OF
C l,dermen J. A. Shields, M, &. Hill
and W. H. Locke,
an" T.s " mains in question are OF con-
.a and we're laid about 80 years
. rC'' as a part OF the original water
4so a" .ystem. These pipes have de
.1, U,% it is said, to the extent that
t F, will stand no more than 81
la'g Of pressure, which is consid-
pc opi'' Inadequate to furnish fire pro,
. .,.g There are number of dead
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11
Cannon NOW CONNECTED
WITH ROBERTS & LARK

G.. R. Cannon, well-known young
man OF Dawson, has become connect
ed with the firm of Roberts & Lark
Mr.. Cannon will handle the account
ing of the firm, according to present
plans, and assist in other branches of
the establishment. Mr.. Cannon has
MANY friends in Dawson who wish
him success in his new connection.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11

Christians OF all persuasions sing
Lead Kindly Light"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.

Commenting on the failure of the re-
cent school tax election to carry in Cal
houn county, the Admission Star says:
calhoun voters in a recent school tax
election declined to give the schools of
this county the small additional tax
asked and needed. That was mistake.
The question will be before the Calhoun
voters again, and they then will author
ize the tax, for it now is we'll known de-
feat in the previous election was not due
to opposition to the tax so much as it
was to the failure of the friends of the
schools to get out and vote. The next
time they will vote"
The incident pointedly illustrates the
Importance of voting in local and general
elections. Time and again public senti-
ment in a community has been largely
in the majority for some proposed meas
ure affecting its welfare, but has often
allowed it to fail because of the neglect
of many who favored it. Opponents of
measures affecting the interests of a
community are usually active at the polls,
while adherents take it for granted that
it will carry, and do not take the trouble
to vote. So it goes by default. Thus
the duty of every citizen to vote on meas
ures of public policy is emphasized.
Many an election involving the COM
munity welfare has failed because those
citizens who favored it neglected their
civic duty in this respect. Perhaps one
or more defeats may be needed to arouse
the citizens to perform their duties. In
that event, such defeats may prove help
full, instead of otherwise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
Watching The Parade
BY JOHN PILGRIM

THEY'RE having a terrible time over at
the neighbors Being refined folk they
are not crying out loud, but l have no
doubt that if there were an amplifier in the
masters bedroom the sound of the sobbing
could be heard for miles.
Harold" they say piteously, sis going to
get married. And he is SO you-ou-oung"
The girls young too. Somehow, that al
ways seems either a crime or a mistake to
us elders. We forget the raptures of youth
and only think of youths mistakes. Armed
with stale years and competent income, we
feel that youngsters, armed only with cour-
age and ambition and inexperience must
make a mess of life.
"If he had a larger salary" walled Har-
ODDS mother And Betty knows nothing of
economy feel they ought to wait"
My own belief is that if they love each
other and Harold can pay the rent and the
grocers bills, by all means let them fly to
marriage like two birds to the mountain. Of
my immediate acquaintance quite as many
have messed up matrimOny who waited to an
age of presumed discretion as those who
married "too young" Maybe more of the
discreet ones have failed in this greatest Of
Iife's adventures than have the superbly daring
boys and girls who only knew they loved.
We are more plastic, more adaptable, while
our bones are green. We get used to each
others ways better than after our own
ways have set like wet plaster. We may
agonize more quickly, but we forgive more
readily.
But they are not old enough to know
their own minds" weeps Harold's mother.
At what age, pray, can one say with
certainty that he knows his own mind!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
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GAME AT WASHINGTON
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WASHINGTONL-Mc Neely smaeksd the
first ball pitched for three bases. - Harms
was hit by a pitched ball. Rice walked.
All three stole home during an address by the
Gentleman from Arkansas. AIR aicuia'
the Gentleman from New York, rose to q
point OF order. The Chairman demanded
that he state his point Of order Mr.. NC,
Graw charged that neither team mad
quorum foiht Oh order o'eriuieu. Ahe
sue was tnens retired on tWo-tniros 'o'e'
NEW 1ohn-Linostrom MI ZOE IVY
bases DetWeen the eierk OF the senate anu !,
the chairman OF the Hmmittee on ways ana
means. oConneiis mt into minority re-
port. houhg singled over iirs. Dase On
s.rict party iihes. nehy went ou' oh auos-
ton OF personal privilege. Terry strucA out
nuns "asln l g, Nsw tUrN' "P'e"''
SLCOND iNNA>u dos
+ WAShINGION-Fec was given
the fioor' he was given Dase on7pai,s wiz. ~
leave to print. huei hit what appeared 10 pe
homer over Lnird oase' Dut tne umpire :,
Gslea II Iouh Inc !ans shou'eu iaii: I'ue'
moved Ior tne aooptioh Oh .he hiaJofv
port. Inc Iioor ieaaer neid that lhe ma.
.er was hoe eeua'ae . Tah,,sa,.
olsani1eu anru a,aa w o ~ frst on no;nt
s - $3.50. ~. We" ss a.I;a u Low McNeelv
.J ~ - Esa,,a.s f'
p'p NTu - yNpK xU;lson s;noled but was
~. off e.. IN sn;r;taS debate over
tSs annro,r;at ;cns hill ~ deenan~tbe barbor
~ CHI, Drreak Jockson moved, To table
S.. -. .hro,,,, art snudv went .out de-
mandinr more nav for postal. workers
Runs-(See late sporting editions Con-
pressional Record). ~"
THIRD INNING; ri''
wAsHJNcyT4lN-H filibustered be-
4ryssn third base and the Congressional ar
ch;yes Rice drove a hot resolution through
the committee on credentials. Goslin hit
: wy In,,sI@ ,,lav Rico d;snuted the deci-
t n;aU Thora xros = hot dahate between both
So. ~ ,,Sr;ra rafus;nc to. reconsider.
r. S, 60 ,roro n an nnroar and there were
shouts Of win the gentleman yield?9 Take
tha hio hmm ont ~ etc Judge was called
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
The Right Word
HORSE SENSE
I'll MNL.. Er..n.nu. I'm This ArtinlAl
Rv SY. OUTFITS NICHOLsON


A reader in New York, who signs himself
"A Stableman Literateur," begins his letter
by saving that "As a lifelong library student
though, on account of business exlgencles'
with little opportunity to indulge his literary
tastes. the writer has been interested In
YOUR articles, mainly of course to test As
knowledge of grammatical rules and1to de-
termine lust how closely he manages to keep
his wits about him.
The writer continues, 81 noticed the other
dav YOU remarked, You will be given another
opportunity to, ETC. AS l read this, I'M
mediately looked up to the head OF the articie'
but failed to see the admonition 'tlnd tn1l
error in this article" so 1 assume that the
sentence was written in that form lhCeh-
tionslly but not as an error. / am curious
TO know how in the construction you ex-
plain the regimen of opportunity. Ne often
hear such declarations as The bride will be
given away by her father The bride VIII
he given a diamond necklace. Is it possible
that the bride can be given thus In TWO
manners so totally diverse? While In the
former instance it is quite lncontrovertlDie
that the bride will be given, it seems 10 me
that in the latter it is the necklace tnat
will be given and by no means the Drlde
So in the case in points, it seems to me that
what The Right Word proposes giving Is an
other opportunity to its readers. l am quite
prepared to have you flay this letter 70
shreds. Make as merry with it as you please
or pulverize it into smitberines
The locution quoted from %lnea hisn'
Word" will be defended in the next" artlcie'
The correspondent's argument sounds rea-
sonably, doesn't it? Wen see.
Yesterdays Error
Wrong: for some one to indefinitely re-
tain this sample.
Right: for some one to retain this sample
Indefinitely
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
BENEFITS ALREADY APPEAR.

There is every indication that the Biz
mingham district is headed towards an
industrial expansion unprecedented in its
history. This is the opinion of most of
the industrial leaders. 1t is in the atmos-
phere, and is founded not only upon the
decision of the United States Steel Cor
poration not to contest the ruling of the
Federal Trade Commission as respects
Pittsburg Plus, but upon the strategic
advantages the district enjoys in low pro-
duction costs, labor conditions, proximity
to consuming markets, steadily improv-
ing transportation facilities, climatic ben
efits and the like.
There is feeling, which is apparently
well founded, that the Birmingham dis
trict is soon to become basing point for
other products, in addition to pig iron,
in which low production costs have long
given this district prestige. 1t has long
been conceded that iron and steel prod
ucts can be produced in this district
cheaper than in many other places. The
artificial advantage which Pittsburg has
long enjoyed, preventing the Birmingham
district from becoming basing point,
having been removed, there is nothing
tangible to prevent the district from
coming into it's own.
This is indicated, among, Uther ways,
by the impulse of numerous industrial
interests to seek sites for the erection of
steel producing and fabricating plants in
the district. 1t is intimated that several
large interests, representing millions of
capital, are already negotiating for such
sites, while many smaller enterprises are
figuring on the establishment of plants
to utilize basic. products in diversified
manufacturers That the Birmingham
district will attract numerous enterprises
to benefit from the low costs of produc-
ton here is the general view of industrial
leaders who comprehend the ultimate eff
feet of the removal of the Pittsburg Plus
barrier.
The decision of the Tennessee company
to manufacture metal cotton ties is ex-
pected to be followed by early announce
ments of plants to turn out other finished
products which are new to this district.
There is no doubt that larger portion
of the iron and steel business of the
country will eventually, if not in the
early future, come to Birmingham. Con-
ditions are fast shaping themselves to
this end, and there is reason to believe
that industrial leaders of foresight who
predicted that Birmingham would have
a population of half a million within the
next decade knew what they were talking
about.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
Admission, Ala, Sept. 80, 1924.
Surveying The invisible Empires. !"

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
Are there in reality three Invisible EN-
pres? If so, are any of the three a menace
to our democracy or are any of them a bene-
fit? You are as capable of answering these
questions as the next one and the reading
public is hungry for light on this disturbing
subject.
Catholic, Jew, Ku Klux Khan" tells from
the viewpoint of an outsider the inside of
very far reaching controversy. 1t has been
the desire of the publishers to give a general
survey of the entire situation, to show, as
the title indicates, what those on each side
believe and just why they conflict
Reliable authorities have been secured from
each side to present forcibly the charges
against each other and likewise the defense.
In reading, you will see what it is all about
and get grasp of the whole matter in a way
that could never be had from reading the
partisan propaganda encouraged by all sides.
How sincere are these interests? Do their
spokesman really tell in this book the whole
truth, or are they Concealing behind direct
accusation and plausible defense certain sell
fish motives about which they are silent? Read
and decide for yourself.
GEO. S. CLASON,
Editor. Nutshell Publishing Co.
Chicago, ILL.,, Sept %, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03

owned by The individuals who have ere
ated, itsevalue.g n sss-,A s. dr.. 1-... :. 4, !,
And yet aFollette IS name to com
jure within Wisconsin. g He is their apos-
tie of unrest. The Wisccnsinites are get
ting along so well it frightens them, and
they need prophet to wall forithem, just
as peoples, of olden times, when enjoying
a long period of well-being, kept worry
ing all the time and offering obeisance
to evil deities to keep them appeased and
from destroying their happiness. Wis
consin has no kick coming, but it keeps
kicking just to stay in practice should
misfortune ever befall. And LaFollette
is their kick-leader, just as college has
its cheer-leader.
The nation at large, however, has not
hypnotised itself into the Wisconsin
frame of mind. LaFollette is interesting
as modern example of the political
whirling Dervish, but there is nothing
in the nom Wisconsin American tradition
which renders LaFollette an all-American
prophet or priest, so the Wisconsin cult is
not likely to receive national endorsement
at this time -ttt..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03

from city employees to apply for in
creases in salaries, and especially those
who are underpaid in proportion to serv-
ices, rendered. There are srumors that
about fifty thousand dollars of the addi-
tional revenues will be set aside to cover
shortages in the public improvements de-
partment before salary increases are al
lowed. That is pretty hard on those who
are entitled to raises on the basis of
service rendered. To penalize honest
men in order to make up losses caused
by official negligence or incompetence is
neither fair nor logical.
In view of the large increase in mu-
nicipal revenue, there is no better time
to start the system of an emergency, or
surplus, fund to provide for unforeseen
expenditures which are certain to arise,
and for expansions which are sure to be
needed. That is the businessllike system
which efficient private enterprise adopts.
Every city, and especially a growing COM
munity like Birmingham, is bound to
have unforeseen and emergency demands
for funds. Birmingham is already fac
ing such needs in acute form. Living
from hand to mouth is just as sunwise in
a public institution as in private en-
terprise. y
With several hundred thousand dol
lars increase in revenue, over and be-
yond substantial raises in salaries of POI
lice and firemen, increased park appro-
priations, coming survey costs and sew
eral other additional expenditures, there
is every reason why Birmingham should
set aside an emergency fund. The avail
able municipal revenues, with the large
additions in taxable properties, may be
expected to increase steadily. No. grow
ing city of this class should neglect such
an opportunity as is presented to get on
a business basis and stay there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03

lightning.
You can cast plumbline down pit or
faith IN tie oceans dep:h, hut you cannot
tell how deep il the grir: If mother Nth
her dead child in her lap.
You can calculate the distance OF star,
but there are no lenses or logarithms BY
which to estimate the joy of two lovers. You
can anaIyze water, earth, or gases, and de-
termine their constituent parts, but you can
not get at The elements that compose in
rocence, conscience, or remorse.
You can set value in dollars and cents
upon the services of a salesman or brick
layer but you cannot even approximate the
value of an act of unselfish helpfulness
What is the price of golden deed? What
price-mark shall we put upon the act of the
fireman who dies tryinggt save human
being in a burning building, or Of mother
drowning that her baby Apaysb rescued, OF
the policeman shot at his post Of duty, of
such as Regulus and Nathan Hale?
There are sentiments before which reason
ia dumb and even theology. is COMPOUNDED.
Moses asked that his own name be blotted
from Jehovah's remembrance If his people
were not to be saved and Paul declared HIM
self willing to be accused for his brethren
sake.
There is not SO tall an angel in the human
heart as self-sacrifice.
There is no shine, Of sun, of lamps, or OF
rose-cut diameAds, so dazzling and beautiful
as certain shinings of the face when high
thought burns behind it.
There are no flowers so tinted and
fragrant as certain flowers that grow in the
garden of hearts.
Weigh the clouds and measure the east
wind, but wherewithal shall you gauge the
pressure of passions, or with what barometer
shall you indicate the storm force of desireF
The~earthquake makes its record upon the
seismograph, but where is the record OF the
trembling that seizes souls, such as bleached
the heart Of Jean Vatican? SIZE
And what of the spirits photograph, called
memory; the spirits telephone called SYM
patty; and the spirits heat and cold, called
love and hate? is.
There are more mysteries in the mind OF
man than in all heaven and hell; there are
further distances than Arcturus. snowier
peaks than the Himalayasi and stiller, stranger
deeps than the underseas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-03
THE WISCONSIN CULT.

Although the statutes of Wisconsin are
said to bear the stamp of LaFollettism,
there appears to be none of that result
which one might expect. There is no
public ownership more than in other
states. There is no freedom from taxa
ton. There is no constitutional reform,
for the constitution of 1848 still stands.
There is prosperity among the people.
There is also unrest. There is no social
ism, although Victor Berger. one of the
country's leading socialists, is power in
the state. Indeed, it is doubtful if practi-
cal socialism would be tolerated in a
state where there is so much property