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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-21
GRAND PRIZES

For best homemade scooter,
an automobile posted by Richard
Dix. movie star, now on display
in JOske's window.
For best home made Pushmo-
bile, a $3.50 ball bearing scooter,
posted by the Hex company each
for driver and pusher.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-21

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- Scooter Race
Please enter me in The Lights Scooter race.
:.
Age Address
Mark X here Il scooter is entered in best home
made scooter for prize.
- Pushmobile Race
Please enter US in The Lights PushmobiIe
Name Age Address
Pusher t.................. .'..'..-'
Name Age Address
{ Mark here If pushmobile is entered in best
homemade pushmobile for prize.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-21


Sealed bids addressed to the Hon. Au.
;ustus McCloskey, county judge, will be
received In the office OF the county au.
ditor until IL o'clock a. M, Friday,
september 4. 1925. for the surface treat
ment with limestone rock asphalt one
~ inch in thickness and Is feet iu
width OF the Palo Alto Road from the
Somerset Road to thu Medina River in
County Commissioners Precinct No. ] Of
Bexar County, Texas. in accordance with
specifications on file in the Bexar Coun-
ty Highway Engineers Office. A certi-
fled or cashiers check in the sum OF
five 80 per cent Of the amount bid
must accompany each bid.
The county reserves the right to re-
Iect any and all bids.
w. s. KENDALL, County Auditor.
BIDS WANTED
Sealed bids addressed to the Hon. Au-
gustus McCloskey. County Judge, will
be received in the office Of the County
Auditor until IL o'clock a. m. Friday.
september 4, 1925, for the surface treat
ment with limestone rock asphalt one
% inch In thickness and l6 feet In
width of the Somerset Road from the
end of the present treatment to the
BexLr County line in County Commits.
sioners' Precint No. OF Bexar County
Texas, IN accordance with specifications
on file In the Bexar County Highway
Engineers Office. A certified or cashiers
check in the sum OF five go per cent
Of the amount bid must accompany each
bid.
The county reserves the right to rejec,
any and all bids.
w. S. KENDALL, County Auditor.
BIDS AND PROPOSALS.
Sealed proposals will be received bl
the City Of Schuenberg, Texas at the OF.
flee OF the City Secretary until 10 a. m.
September !, 1925, for the following
work:
Contract No. embracing about sever
miles OF sewers.
Contract No. 2 embracing sewerage dis.
posal plant
Certified check for five per cent must
accompany bids. Plans, specificat ions
and all necessary Information are on
file with the City Secretary or may be
obtained from Sanitary Appliance Com
pany, 3OS Hughes street Post office Box
1912, Houston, Texas, upon deposit OF
$1,000. Cty reserves right to reject any
or all bids.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-21
PRICES CUT DEEP

\ LIBERAL TERMS
1N2l Touring, starter ......... S13J
1912 Touring, extras .......... 16J
1921 Roadster, new paint ..... 1S5
1923 Touring, fine shape $50. 225
1923 Panel Light Delivery .... 30
1922 Coupe. only ........... 300
1924 Roadster, cord tires. ...... 2S5
1924 Coupe. new enamel ...... 42h
1925, Ton Truck, Warford ..... 425
1924 Tudor Sedan, only ....... 4S5
Late Model Fordor Sedan. ..... 4SJ
The Used Ford Store
CHARLES GEORGE MOTOR co.
40 L. Houston st. Or. 500.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-21

SAOO ~ l. ""
of the Many
Real Bargains, We Have
In Real Good Slightly
Used Automobiles
Be Sure and See Our Stock
Before You Buy
81 Cadillac sport touring in
good condition, good looking.
1924 Master Six Buick. Z
passenger sedan, almost new,
bargain.
1924 Master Six Buick coupe,
in perfect condition, good look
ing. bargain.
1924 Buick Six 7-passenger,
can't tell it from a new car,
bargain.
1924 Buick Six touring in
fine condition, bargain.
1925 Chandler touring, almost
new, many extras, big bargain.
New Durant sport touring, real
good looking, big discount.
New Rollins touring. best buy
in the city,.
Lincoln 7-passenger in good
condition, new cord tires, big
bargain.
REQ sport, good shape, good
looking, late model.
Essex six coach, run very lit
tie. bargain, 1924 model.
1923 Essex coach, a real good
one, new tires.
Buick Six touring, 1923 mod
Ell, q real good one, bargain.
Star coupe, 1923. looks and
runs like new, only $3.50.
1924 Star touring. used very
little. real buy, 1915.
1925 Chrysler touring, almost
new. run less than G000 miles.
Cadillac 80 7-passenger, looks
and runs like new.
1924 Ford touring, no better
Ford. many extras, bargain.
1923 Ford sedan, a real good
one. priced to sell.
1924 Little Overland Club Sc
dan. a real good one, good look
ing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-21
HERE ARE ENTRANTS.

Class No. !, Scooter No. /, Wesley
Mabrito, 1888 West French; No. 2,
Eugene Haddon, 1906 Nolan; Royce
Wagner, 2O6 Avondalc; A. Cara,
$40 Lexington.
Class No. Scooter No. 80, Herman
Haag, $50 Delmar; No. 81, Dennis
Heitkamp, 300 Montclair; No. -. Ed
ward Syers, 100 West Magnolia; No.
%, Scxtius Garrett, S14 Burnett; "a.
J. d. Kaiser, III Eager street; 50,
Albert Schultze, 407 Cedar street ;
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
The South Goes to Church.
From the Birmingham Age-Herald.

Mr. B. c. Forbes is impressed by the fact
that in the south religion is a very real
vital everyday, living thing and Sunday is
Sunday-a holy day, not a holiday.
The people Of the south will not be offend
ed by this comment. However much they
may depart from their religious standards on
occasion the people OF the south do not per-
NIT their standards to be lowered. Their as
piratons are always high, even if they do
not lay claim to being better than other peo-
pie
In the south church attendance is the reg
ular thing for the majority OF the people.
They may not all go every Sunday, but they
have their church affiliations and they main
tain their church membership as an obliga-
ton they owe both themselves and their
communities They are not consciously striv-
ing to Guido other sections III religious OBJ
servance but if a stranger comes here and
after long sojourn is ready to give the south
the religious palm, then the southern people
are duly gratihed.
Shreveport, La, is selected by Mr. Forbes
for especial mention He finds that of total
population Of $4,000 Shreveport has an aver
age church attendance of 81 900. This means
that the church membership must constitute
very high percentage indeed of the popu-
laton for the total number OF Church-gOerS
is probably we'll above the average number.
Shreveport may not have the highest per-
centage of church attendance among southern
communities but it at least has an enviable
record.
Ii there are other communities that can
beat Shreveport with its 95 churches and its
average congregations OF more than 500 they
may we'll be gratihed at their formal fidelity
to their religious professions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
The Next Income Tax.

The next income tax to be collected by the
government is expected to carry the reduc-
tons yet to be agreed upon after congress
Convenes in December. Returns must be fill
ed by March 18th next, and at least one fourth
OF the taxes paid. Leaders have advised the
president that the legislation necessary will
be enacted before that time, and that the re-
auctions will be applied to the next pay
ments.
This is distinctly pleasing to taxpayers
who will find themselves benefited in appre-
ciable amounts and who also will be given
the advantage of quick action on an import
ant legislative matter. The great mass Of
taxpayers is represented by those whose in
comes are not more than $4,000 1t is pro-
posed that the rate for them will be reduced
from per cent to- per cent. A married man
with an income of $4,000 and one child
would be expected to deduct $500 and
$400 making a total of $1,000 and pay a tax
of per cent on 500. His tax would be ST.,
Three per cent would be collected on in
comes between $4,000 and $80O0 and per
cent on incomes from $4,000 to $4,000 The
surtax rate would be reduced from 40 per
Gent on incomes more than $4,000 to 20 or
IS per cent.
These figures show decided reduction in
the income tax rate. Assuredly the reductions
will be appreciated, especially by the great
mass Of taxpayers for whom the rate is to be
reduced to l per cent. To have such an ap-
precable reduction and to have it apply on
incomes now being earned is to provide re-
lief from the tax burden that will amount
to something and to provide it without long
and tiresome delay. In fact there is a pos
sibiity that congress yet may succeed in
making favorable impression on the peo-
pie
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
The Decrease in Farms.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer

The Department of Agriculture reports that
the number Of farms in the United States
decreased last year to the extent of $4,000
and that cropped lands showed a reduction
OF 100000 acres. Presented iii this bare
form the figures seem pessimistic; but when
we go behind the returns we find that con
ditons are far from discouraging. The idle
acreage exclusive Of summer fallow, is eSti-
mated at 25,000,000 acres, most OF 1t beng
in the southern states and in Michigan Wis
consin, Montana, Washington and Oregon.
This is the day of big business in farming
as we'll as in other pursuits, and 1t IS general
lv believed that the greater part OF the de-
crease in individual farms is due to consoll-
dations. Year by year modern business
methods are being introduced into agricul-
ture; and enterprsing men are finding that
larger farms-when properly conducted-can
be made to yield larger percentage OF
profit than many small ones. Improved ma
chincry, too, has played part in these con-
solicitations. Laborsaving devices OF all kind
help to keep down the costs and make it
possible to do business on a large scale. HI
nally. we are told by the Department OF
Agriculture that a large portion OF the area
abandoned for cultivation has been turned in
to pasturage indicating increased live stock
raising Yet on the other hand we have great
stretches OF new land brought into cultiva-
ton Thus in the dry farming district OF the
Great Plains something like a million acres
have been cultivated for the first time.
The possibilities for farming in this coun-
try are very great; and, as the years go by,
they will be gradually utilized.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
A Good Idea for All Towns.

Some of the cities and towns in Georgia
are making it their business to see that visi-
tors and tourists are treated with courtesy
and consideration, and not hailed into po-
lice court for some minor infraction OF law
For instance Atlanta is supplying visiting
motorists with tag which entities them
while in that city to special exemption from
parking laws. This is as it should be. AS the
Georgian says, it makes for good will and
a finer and better understanding between all
concerned 1t is an example that Dawson
and other towns could follow with advantage
1t is easy to do harm to community by
being too particular about small things. The
good policeman is like the good school teach
er; he can't afford to take notice OF every
little nfraction of rules and regulations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
"The Weekly Par Excellence"
From the Atlanta Georgian.

In its issue OF August 18th The Dawson
News says: The Dawson News is Al years
old today, and has been under the manage
ment of its present owner and editor 80
years We are thankful for the favors OF the
past, and promise to do the best we can in
the future"
The Atlanta Georgian congratulates The
Dawson News upon its birthday anniversary,
and wishes it many happy returns OF the
day.
There are not many weekly newspapers in
the United States just like The Dawson
News. geographically, it is well-nigh per-
feet; working model for any daily any
where. Editorially, it is most appealing.
Those responsible for its existence take their
assignments very seriously.
The Dawson News is a real, constructive
force for enterprise and progress i'll its vicini-
ty 1t is the Georgia weekly newspaper par
excellence; and the Atlanta Georgian COM
mends it to the consideration and attention
OF newspapers verywhere-large and small,
daily or weekly, as the case may be.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
Safe in South Georgia.
From the Savannah News.

There is a fine lot of "risklessness" in
farming in the south Georgia territory.
Last year the corn crop for the entire state
was short Last year south Georgias corn
crop, however, was pretty we'll up to fine
normal YIELD with both acreage and yield per
acre slightly greater than previous years.
This year the crop is again short for the state
at large-four million bushels less, by pres
ent estimates, than last years crop, and
seven million lower than the average crops
for the past five years But the failure has
not been in south Georgia. Due to untoward
seasons, late planting period, and then I'M
precedented drought the upper part Of the
state suffers the bulk of that loss.
Again in south Georgia, where there is a
slightly increased acreage in most Of the
counties, the crop is practically made, and
the yield is excellent. For the second year
south Georgia proves its dependabity in the
making Of the staple feed crop. South Geor-
gia counties by scores had corn to sell and
ship last year. south Georgia corn is but
one of the half dozen commercial crops on
which the producer can depend. The failure
years for any crop in south Georgia are few
and far between.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
Dawson Should Do Likewise.
From the Thomasville Enterprise.


Many towns are offering special courtesies
to strangers within taeir gates. Atlanta, Sa-
vannah and other cities have taken up the
idea, and are following it cur very carefully
1t means simply that the tourist, no matter
where he comes from or whence he goes, is
shown a little attention.
He is approached by gentleman and Civ
en- first warm greeting, asked if he desires
anything special, and if he proves nqusitive
is told the things OF interest about the town
Then he is given the key to the city told
to use courtesy card presented him as an
entree into any store he may visit as well as
the right to park in any street at any time
and for any length OF time.
They claim that it makes a very lasting
impression The claim can be proven for
there is nobody that SHES at courtesy 81 that
kind, even if he does not desire to take adj
vantage OF it. 1t leaves good taste in his
mouth, especially after he has tackled few
folks that don't know anything about the
roads and are grouchy in telling what they
do know.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
The Cost of Crime.

A criminologist has just estimated that
crime costs the people OF this country $780,
100000 a year This tremendous amount ap-
proximates the cost of maintaining the federal
government If the criminologist be correct
the country has both an economic ard a social
problem demanding solution.
The amount includes loss and destruction
Of property, as well as the cost of apprehend
ing and furnishing criminals, But it does not
include the salaries paid great armies of po-
licemen and constables, or the loss in product
i've man-power which these peace officers as
we'll as the criminals themselves represent.
These expenditures and losses run the total
up still higher.
What is more remarkable about this enor-
nous cost is that it obtains in times OF com
parative prosperity When there are hard
times, unemployment and poverty the cost OF
crime assumes larger proportions. But these
are good times. There is little unemployment
and less poverty, as statistics show Yet
crime statistics have mounted to unheard-of
totals. The only deduction possible is that too
many people are trying to get theirs" in
dishonest ways
Another thing; there is today a reaction
from moral standards which once obtained
and restrained young men and young women,
who now constitute the larger proportion of
criminals. They have been shaken from their
educational and religious foundations. They
run to excuses in every direction, They seem
to have lost their moral balance, and seek to
make the ends justify their means, the end
being easy money usually 1t is this element
in the high cost of crime that really causes
most concern for it is not so easily reached
and influenced
The cost of crime-$35 for every man, wo
man and child in the country-is indisputably
a challenge to the intelligence, resources and
inventive genius Of the entire public. The
problem presented is capable of some solu-
ton. The real question is: what is the best
solution? To determine this is the business
OF the people themselves-not that of con-
gress the legislatures, the courts the po-
lice authorities If the people can and will
find the solution Legislative bodies will enact
it into law, and courts will apply the law.
The only care to be exercised in solving
the problem is that there is no interference
with justice There may have been too much
pampering of criminals, too much brotherly
love stuff which criminals have foregone en-
tirely. There may have been too much re-
form talk before criminals really deserve re-
form Sometimes it seems that the people in
these matters interfere too much with JUS
tice. Consequently the high cost OF crime
should be treated purely as an economic and
social problem, to be solved in accordance
with fundamental principles and in full sup
port OF justice to all concerned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
Works Both Ways.
From the Jackson Progress-Argus.

More money is lost in blooms" than is
made in them although we do not hear so
muck about the losses What goes up comes
down." and what goes up must have some
prop under it to keep it up if it stays up.
Georga's resources of various and sundry
kinds make mighty good prop for Georgia
prosperity. News-Gazette.
You never fail to hear from the fellow who
makes But the fellow who loses is as silent
as clam. 1t would be contrary to the law
of economies for any one to go on winning
always without somebody losing. 1t simply
cannot be done.
And another thing about this Florida boom:
if the people who are eternally boosting Flor
ida would work half as hard for their own
community times would be infinitely better
in Georgia. Had you ever stopped to think
OF that?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
A Publicity Grab.

Judge Raulston OF anti-evoution fame, if
that's what it is is the first judge we ever
heard Of being in contempt Of his own court.
A judge on the stump, discussing the merits
and dement's of a case still in his court is
something new in this land. The judge is
evidently evolving, says the Dalton Citi-
zen. Developments since the Scopes affair
have been disappointing as to Judge Raulston.
He impresses one as a small-bore mountain
politician with a desire to profit politically
by the notoriety he gained as the presid-
ing judge at the trial OF this more or less
| celebrated case. The judge has desire in
aggravated form for free publicity
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
THE TWIST.

From the Fort Valley Tribune.
Twenty years ago, when some of us as
school boys stole fragments of twist which
came from the casual tobacco patches of our
fathers, who would have thought that Geor-
gia was destined to become a great tobacco
state? The achievements of one age are the
utter fantasies of the age previous Thus
Georgia shall be ushered soon into a whole
some, sound era of prosperous development.
Growing intelligence such as Georgians pos
sess knows no defeat
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
Pointed Paragraphs.

Imitation may be the sincerest form of
fattery, but most men acquire wealth by do
ing what they see others do not do.
Don't marry for money, but always for
love. Yet if a girl has money there is no
harm in trying to love her.
Why does the man who declares his will
lingness to die for woman always back out
at the last moment?
After woman reaches the age of 80 it is
impossible to convince her that the good all
die young.
woman never tires of shopping as long
as her hair stays in curl.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
An Asset to Dawson and Terrell. >

From the Albany Herald.
The Dawson News is one of the best
papers in Georgia in the weekly class 1t is
credit to the publishers and their commu-
nifty 1t is carefully and ably edited its typo
graphical eXcellencies are unusual, and it is
one OF the most valuable assets OF Dawson
and Terrell county Editor +. L. Raney is
still at the helm, after 80 years OF editorial
control, and the younger Rainey has splen-
didly proved his capacity on the business end
of The News organization. May the years
continue to deal kindly with them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
Paving the Short Route.

A recent issue Of the Moutre Observer
under the head 1T Is Now Up TO Georgia.
printed this interesting and encouraging item
of news and comment:
Madison, Florida, will celebrate the
completion of the Job of paving from
Madison to the Georgia line 1t is worth
celebrating. 1t is a fine piece OF work,
and it is a great favor to those who wish
to go into Florida and come out again.
1t makes the Florida Short Route the
best highway into Florida, and you know
Moultre is on that highway Moultrie has
right to feel like celebrating, and She
should send down a delegation to CON
graduate and felicitate the Madisonians.
The Florida Short Route is one of the
most important highways that passes through
Georgia, and the counties it traverses in this
state cannot afford to lag behind those il
Florida. The Short Route through Georgia
must be put and kept in first class condition
and it should be paved.
The Florida Short Route does not pas:
through Cordele, but our contemporary there
The Dispatch, takes notice of the Moultrit
papers remarks and adds:
'Moultrie can do more than go down
and congratulate Florida builders 1t can
pledge its full backing of all efforts in
Georgia to get the main highways paved
And in doing SO Moultrie will not be
giving the tourist lift so much as Moul-
trie will be giving Georgia land values
lift by making them look more like real
progress with paved highways
Let's get busy on the Florida Shor
Route. and make it the best highway through
Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
TOURISTS PICKING COTTON.

From the Calhoun Courier.
of South Carolina tourists returning from
Florida stopped in Terrell county, pitched
their tent and are now engaged in picking
cotton They said they had found no oppor-
tunity in Florida to make money Another
tourist family is reported to be picking cot
ton on the farm of w, r. Curry, near Shell
man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
A Rough Road.
From the Baltimore Sun.

II things are going badly with you then
read the report issued by the board OF tenn
perance prohibition and public morals Of the
Methodist Episcopal church That should
cheer you up considerably. This country is so
filled with rottenness according to the re-
port, that you will wonder how you found
time 10 worry about private difficulties OF
your own. The degration OF the theatre is
a menace" sport is characterized by bru-
tally" gambling is increasing" fiction is
perverted" Only prohibition IS going along
vel.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
CAUTIOUS CAL.

From the Springfield Republican.
Governor Pinchot settled the strike" Tin
1920 by bringing about a victory for the
miners and raising the price of coal for ev-
cry householder in the northeast For that
performance he got no thanks; on the con
trary he was blamed. With mastery inactiv-
ity Mr.. Coolidge serenely came through the
crisis without a worry or scar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

Every day prospectors from other parts OF
Georgia and from other states are here look
ing at and pricing Terrell county farm land.
Terrell has long enjoyed an enviabe reputa-
ton for its fertile soil and good crops, and
this year, when failure has been complete
in so many sections the fine crops here have
attracted more than usual attention. There is
no safer investment than in Terrell county
land