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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
Coolidge Speeches Invite Thought.
From the Atlanta Georgian.-

In the rare speeches that he makes Presi-
dent Coolidge performs the most important
of his many important functions as president.
These speeches give direction to public
thought. That will count more in the end
than all the laws and all the acts of the adj
ministration. Public thought is the basis and
the background of administrative acts.
His latest speech, calling for religious
revival follows closely on his great Omaha
speech for religious tolerance. 1t is the COM
plement to the Omaha speech 1t, too, is a
great speech, sound speech, and coming
from President Coolidge it, too, will bear
fruit.
Among self-called intellectuals there will
be dissent from the presidents statement that
there is no basis for morality except that
which comes from religion. Men OF sound
intellect will give devout welcome to that
statement. 1t should and will check those
whose vision of the spiritual is obscured by
the whir1ing phantasmagoria of modern ma
tera progress, and who would if they could
lead this country into paths that always have
led and always will lead downward.
When a man of President Coolidge's I'M
questionable Americanism sets forth the need
OF coupling moral training with intellectual
training, if intellectual training is not to be a
danger rather than benefit the rrelgous
are deprived of one of their strongest and
one of their falsest arguments
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
We Must Learn This.

Commenting on the suggestion by The
News that Georgia should feed itself before
undertaking to feed some other state the Cor
dele Dispatch says:
I'VE have one Georgian in this communi-
ty who has spent FIVE years-the past five
in Florida. During the time he made money
enough to come back and purchase a thous-
and acre plantation in Crisp. He may have
too much farm, but he is doing the planning,
and it is announced that his chief purpose is
to put this farm into the best it can do in
producing food crops to feed Florida. His
five years in Florida has made this business
which he plans to enter. He is not moon
chasing.
And here at close quarters where there
are good lands and convenience OF handling
many more farmers must learn the short
turns to the business of feeding Florida. Mil
lions OF people are pouring into that state
while Florida does not produce by any means
the first little bit of the butter, cheese eggs,
poultry, beef and pork, corn, beans, peas, po-
tatoes and whole milk that is used in her Dor
ders.
The Georgia farmer who learns to produce
the food crop that is in demand will COM
mand good prices for it-even here in his
own home state. But we have something to
learn in that line
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
Satisfying Honor.

Europeans have strange notions about hon
or and its satisfaction. Americans, despite
their globe trotting, somehow fail to utterly
understand their neighbors across the Allan
tic To prick the skin of an adversary with
the point of rapier, or to fire shot at him,
or, perchance, to sue former fancee for
breach of promise-ah, that is to satisfy
honor 1t may be suggested that some of
the Europeans may be compared to the
heather Chinese for strangeness and pecul-
arity.
The latest demand for satisfaction of honor
from one ingrained with European notions in
this respect is Dr. Benjamin Chapman, the
graduate of the University of Warsaw who
wears decorations from the late car of Rus
STA and who has the reputation of dashing,
swashbuckling soldier. The doctor, Tilted by
an American girl, wishes the court to force
payment from her Of 10000 good American
dollars in satisfaction of his honor, or, as he
puts it, its redemption.
Regardless of the way in which Europeans
would look at this the American view would
be that the young woman named as defend
ant in the case had not away with Dr.
Chapmans honor She probably did pique his
pride somewhat, but that is done every day
in this land OF the free and home of the
brave where one of the most widely recog-
nized prerogatves is that OF woman to
change her mind Even with woman sui
| frage fact and the equality of rights mill
family demanded every week day OF the year
and Sundays as we'll the American male re-
mains courteous enough, recognizing that is
the divine right of the female Of the species
Dr. Chapman's suit suggests cave-mar
stuff rather than an effort to protect or re-
deem his honor But it is 10 be doubted that
court would consent to seize the defend
ant by her bobbed head and shake her loose
from the 10000 simoleons desired in ap-
peasement of the doctors injury. better
course for the doctor would have been to lei
the lady have her way, and to reflect as
ph1sophically as possible that it were better
to have been engaged and Tilted than never
to have been engaged at all.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
Mr.. SUNDAYS Fear.

Rev. Billy" Sunday, famous evangelist and
dispenser OF super-heated birthstone, has the
fear that the United States is going to hell
so fast that she is breaking all speed limits. "
He grouped violations OF the prohibition
laws, general crime, divorce and loss OF re-
spect for the statutes as indicating the di-
rection the country has taken.
1t is true of minority element in the
United States that it is not living right, and
it is equally true that it would be a fine
thing if this could be corrected There is too
much crime. There is too much divorce. There
is also too little respect for law. But Rev,
Mr.. Sunday errs in concluding that these
faults are traceabe to a great majority OF
the people The situation, while admittedly
bad enough, is not as terrible as he says it
is II it were the future would be hopeless,
for so far no one has found way to apply
a sure cure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
Small Towns Must Fight for Existence.
]. A. Golden in Sylvester Local.

There never was a time when the small
town. from a commercial standpoint, was be-
ing weighed in the balances as in the pres
ent era and this means right now There
never was a time when unanimty OF purpose
in behalf of the survival OF the small town
and an impulse OF cooperation, coordination
and fraterna and good will cohesion on the
part Of commercial factors of any small town
were of more vital moment than right now.
Enthusiasm for perfect highways, for traf-
ic arteries connecting large population cen
tiers, is of natural inspiration. Concrete roads
represent developed enterprise in keeping with
the time, but the establishing OF these perfect
roads means diversion of business to the
larger towns.
The small town, if its commercial factors
are alive and alert to their peril is face to
face with struggle for vertable existence.
If such a fight is to be waged with any hope
of ultimate success it should engage an al
lied harmonious effort on the part OF those
most vitality concerned-the merchants and
business men of the town.
No town can prosper without unanimity of
purpose. No town can hope to survive in the
face of present and developing conditions
with the commercial factors of that town di-
vided into factions and waging internecine
warfare against each other. No town eX-
pect to exist with warning elements seeking
to drive each other out of business and out
OF town.
No town has ever bui1ded on a foundation
policy of disintegration. No sound doctrine Of
enterprise promotion was ever covenanted on
the theory of destroying or driving away in
dividual factors in the achievement OF COM
munity prosperity.
Towns that succeed and expand in popu-
lation and in enterprise possess business men
who seek to attract and to retain other en-
terprsing factors, not to hamper and drive
away The old adage, live and let live is
not defined on a basis of prices. 1t is meant
simply to imply treatment OF your neighbor
of sort calculated to permit him to live
and to contribute to the attainment OF your
livelihood.
A town is precisely what its people choose
to make it, and commercially it is just what
its commercial factors choose to make it.
There may be certain qualification OF Ill
terror inclination in placing obstacles in the
Iway of individual ambition and achievement.
But community prosperity is not builded on
the foundation of malice and hatred. And
the future prosperity Of the typical small
town was never subject to the hazard that
confronts it at the present time. By hearty
cooperation of every one concerned we will
make our community the best that can be
made by all pulling together.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
NAV Bar Gun Toting.

A federal law is proposed to regulate the
possession OF revolvers, the one-hand gun
employed in majority OF homicide cases
The ant-gun toting law would be in the
form OF heavy excise tax meant to be pro-
hibitive.
Granted that congress will enact such a
law what then? Does anyone have the
slightest hope that the underworld will have
fewer revolvers in its possession, regardless
OF the excise taxes? If, indeed, federal
statute similar to the New York law forbid
ding the possession of such weapons were
enacted criminals still would be heavily arm
ed for then there would be bootlegger Of
pistols. Criminals are going to own and car
ry the one-hand gun and they also are going
to use it as they do now, and one law more
or less will not change that fact
Barring gun toting, or hoping to dscour-
age ownership by levying a heavy excise tax
does not appear to be consistent way O.
getting at crime in this country. In the frs
place such a federal law will fail to reach it>
objective just as the New York law has fail
ed New York criminals are not withou
weapons just because the law imposes heavy
penalty for their possession.
There is just one way to get at the solu
ton of the crime problem. That is to con
duct continuous campaign against all known
criminals, to give them the limit in punish
ment and to make it stick. Punishment, rath
er than bar on weapons. is the solution
and in time the people will realize it. Fewe
criminals ought to be the slogan OF privat
citizens OF police and other peace officers, o
course and of all society. If more murderer
were put to death or sent to prison for TIL
rest OF their lives potential killers would no
be so keen about taking innocent human life
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
A Timely Warning.
From the Macon News.

Hon. w. c. Vereen, prominent south
Georgia business man and banker, of Motl-
trie, has sent out a timely warning to the
Georgia farmers advising against over-plant-
ing of cotton next year. Mr.. Vereen offers
some interesting figures on cotton acreage.
He says: in 1914 Georgia and Alabama
combined had 100000 acres in cotton, while
Texas and Oklahoma had 100000. In 1924
Georgia and Alabama planted 100000 acres
in cotton while Texas and Oklahoma had in
creased their cotton acreage to 2l,000000.
From this it will be seen that Texas and
Oklahoma are giving cotton the right of way
over all other crops" Mr.. Vereen gives these
figures to show that it will be mistake for
Georgia farmers to take a gamble on cotton
to the exclusion of tobacco, watermelons,
peanuts and other crops that can be grown
proftably in Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
Not Feeding Itself.

tice of The News comment, and adds:
Georgia is not feeding itself and has not
since the civil war. Certain sections produce
a surplus of food crops, but the state as a
whole is not self-supporting. One of the
worst features of the drought in thirty-odd
counties in north Georgia is the failure of
food and feed crops. This could not, OF
course, be helped this year. But there is
great room for improvement even in normal
years.
II Georgia succeeds in feeding its own
population and then can produce a surplus OF
corn, wheat, oats, meat, chickens, eggs dairy
products, potatoes, vegetables, etc, ready
cash market can be found in Florida for all
these things.
But just now, as The Dawson News
points out, the big thing is for Georgia to
feed itself"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
SHOULD FEED GEORGIA FIRST.
From the Columbus Inquirer Sun.

The Dawson News, always alert to the OPP
portunties of Georgia, is not averse to the
suggestion that this state feed Florida, but
believes that Georgia's first duty in this mat
ter is to Georgia. The News says
The statement is going the rounds of
the press that Georgia Should Feed
Florida" Georgia should feed Georgia
first Every once in awhile we are re-
minded by officials and newspapers that
every year Georgia buys from other
states many millions of dollars worth of
meat, and more millions of poultry, eggs,
dairy products, feedstuffs and other
things. 1t would be fine thing if Geor-
gia would feed Georgia. Then if any
thing is left it would be fine thing for
Georgia to feed Florida. And Georgia
could do both if she would.
All Of which is true and we'll said. Geor-
gia can feed her own people and still pro-
duce enough to feed the people OF Florida,
and the people of this state have wonderful
opportunity in this respect, Of which they
should avail themselves.
But as long as the state is sending out mill
lions OF dollars annually for pork and grain
and other farm products that should be rails
ed in Georgia the people of this state will
not be pursuing the proper course. Georgia
soil will produce virtually all things for home
and those who till the soil and
fail to supply themselves and have something
Tor sale in addition are permitting a great OPP
portunity to pass.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
Big Drain on Business.

It's quite neat little sum that owners Of
motor vehicles contribute to the public cot
fers Of the state. For instance, there IS So
100000 for license tags, $3,500,000 gasoline
tax, and 100000 from the half cent tax
for inspection, making total Of 100000.
This does not include the advalorem tax
paid on automobiles and trucks, which still
further increases the amount. Most OF this
huge sum, together with the hundreds OF
millions OF dollars required to purchase these
vehicles, has been withdrawn from business
channels and spent for pleasure. And that is
another thing that is the matter with Geor-
gia There can be no real prosperity under
conditions that now prevail Sending nearly
all we make to Detroit and other northern
cities for cars and burning the remainder in
gas largely explains why debts are 50 hard
to pay and mortgages are larger and more
4 numerous.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
PERPETUAL CAMPAIGNING.

From the Frankfort Evening News.
When politics reaches that stage where
senators and congressman are perpetual can
didates and maintain expensive headquarters
with complete organization year in and year
out, campaign or no campaign, it is not diff
fcult to see why they want salary raises, and
why 50 much of the legislation OF congress
has the political stamp rather than that of
true craftsmanship. This will also explain
why so many people find themselves on the
government and state pay rolls. Politicians
supporters.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
The Divorce Increase.

The increase in divorce has moved pessi-
mists to predict that trial marriages may
come in the future Here in Georgia an At
lanta superior court Judge has frequently de
cried the growing evil of divorce, and re-
Gently adopted procedure that is expected to
make it more difficult in his court for couples
to be legally separated. He describes divorce
as "hitting up a more furious pace than
ever" and he gives his impression OF the
causes, but he evidently is at loss to I'M
derstand how it can be checked 1t may be
apropos to observe in this connection that, Il
Mark Twain were alive, he would say the
same thing about divorce that he said of the
weather-that, in substance, everyone COM
plains Of it but does nothing about it.
1t is doubtful if anything can be done to
prevent divorce from increasing at its pres
ent rapid rate, and, perhaps gaining great
er speed. There are more divorces now per
population than there were last year. In
some communities there are more divorces
than marriages, fact that seems to suggest
that matrimony is not a success but not one
that could be employed to suggest its aban-
donment In seeking to control divorce So
ciety would be attempting to defeat the de-
sires of a great part of itself Men and wo-
ment in large numbers want divorces. The
laws permits them to obtain DEGREES, to wed
again. TO obtain more divorces and marriage
licenses and inhnitum. Consequently when
divorce is 1egalzed as it is, and when mar
ried men and women reach parting Of the
ways they avail themselves of the privilege
accorded them under the law.
Opposition to divorce would be an error
if enacted into law. There are numerous cases
in which it would be cruelty to enforce a
continuance of the married state. Also there
are cases in which it may be held that ii
would be immoral to order by law such a
continuance The rights of citizens also must
be considered in dealing with divorce. One
OF the deepest principles OF Americanism is
based upon the right to pursuit OF happi-
ness" Unhappiy married persons ought to
be permitted escape from situations that are
ntolerable. Therefore, it is possible to de
fend divorce both as a legal and moral in
stituticn without going to the extreme OF ap-
p1auding the increase before which the judge
stands aghast.
Ii way could be found TO check or re-
duce the divorce mania there is no doubt
that the national life would be lifted to a
higher plane Any country is better off when
its family life is of high order. The success
full home is an essential unit in the commu-
nity's strength, and that means Of govern
ment High life so called is responsible for
much of the divorce But ii peopte desire
high life despite the dangers of divorce, de
stroyed homes and shattered ideals they are
going to have it. That too is their legal
right, and they will stand upon it. Divorce
may be controlled, but as yet human ingenui-
ty has not progressed far enough to discov-
er the way
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
Playing the Game.
From the Brunswick News.

Perhaps the rule of the square deal and
courtesy, obedience to standard rules and OBJ
servance OF the usual ethics is practiced more
in the world of sports than it is in the bus
mess world. At least, we hear more OF the
craftsmanship of individuals or teams en-
gagged in competition with each other and
the regarding of breach OF the usual rules
governing the contest as not only unsports-
manlike but absolutely ungentleman1y
1t is so easy to forget ones standard of
conduct in putting over business deal We
are so prone to take advantage, to conceal
things that might give away our advantage
and make the more just to the other fellow
ii he but had the inside dope, sometime
There are certain border line cases in which
we may stay Just inside the legal right and
business methods of certain recognized
type yet at the same time be guilty OF con-
duct which we would not like to be exhibited
against us if we were on the other side of
the deal
Playing the big game Of business seems
to many men the time for letting everything
moral and ethical slide. An unwarranted
profit a shoddy piece of work Of goods. con-
tracts just below specifications etc. anything
Just to get slightly larger profits. are con
sidered ali right with some business men. as
with some wOrkmen. but the better class of
business and professional men are learning
to play the game on the level Just as they
do in sports. The world is the better for
their example Would that we could have
more OF them. There should be a course in
business ethics and business methods in ev-
cry high school curriculum, and every board
OF trade ought to teach them to its members.
It's hard to gather a woman meaning
from her words, but nature has saved few
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
Pointed Paragraphs.

It's unwise to judge man by the criticism
OF his enemies Only his friends can properly
denounce him.
Pleasure that isn't shared with another
loses half its power to please.
If a man has common sense he seldom
makes use of it i'll love affair.
Competition being the life of trade monop-
oily must be the death of it.
Matrimony worries woman less after she
gets into it than before.
It's always great bore for the burglar if
the safe is locked
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17

Armistice day celebration this year would
not have been consistent if attention were not
given to the gains made for peace since last
November. The Locarno security pact, the
prevention of war between Greece and Bull
garia and the determination of the old world
to solve amicably its economic and political
problems are all to be regarded as reasons for
thanksgiving everywhere. War is less likely
now than it was year ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17

The farmers are now waking up to the
fact that they must have some cooperative
plan to handle their produce, and not leave
it to the spectators. No other business could
possibly exist and stand the fuctuation OF
prices such as take place with farm produce.
AS it is now the farmer has nothing to say
when he sells his produce. He simply asks,
What do you pay?" and when he buys a
plow or other necessary articles, What do
l pay?" He gets it coming and going.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE-?

From the Pearson Tribune.
Sunday desecration seems to be growing
universal. lady writes the Tribune from
Miami Fla, that all sorts OF work is being
done there on Sunday; all manner of revelry
IS engaged in; fishing and hunting is nothing
unusual. This is the civilization that Mann
mon is building for the use OF the coming
generations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17

Income tax returns show Billy Sunday 5
income to be 100000 year It's lot OF
money, but compared with other champion
ships, like that of Mr.. Dempsey, for instance,
it isn't enormous And then Billy fights at
least five times a year. Generally wins, with
k o.. too.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17

Speaker Longworth OF the house OF repre-
sentatives is promising the public tax cut
before Christmas, but we do not suggest that
the people ought to take the trouble to hang
up their stockings. It's better to be surprised
than disappointed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17

Mr. ]. Kelley Simmons, former we'll
known and popular Georgia editor, is back
from Florida and has returned to newspaper
work as state news editor for the Macon
Evening News His knowledge of affairs in
Georgia well fits him for his new work, which
he is making one OF the most interesting feat
ures OF our contemporary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17

The country does considerable complaining
about Wall street, and very likely there is
reason for some Of it, but what would we do
without Wall street? 1t is very necessary to
have a great financial center. Wall street is
blamed for many things for which it is not
responsible, and it is probably responsible for
some things for which it is not blamed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17

The News has never understood why any
abe-boded man or woman, vigorous and full
blooded, should seek milder climate than
Georgias. 1t is but natural that the invalid
should seek milder climate, but the South
west Georgia winter is glorious thing when
one has health and vitality.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17

The politicians are still talking about an
easier path for the farmer to borrow money.
1t is no trouble for the farmer to borrow
all the money he can reasonably hope to re-
pay. What the farmer needs is his fair share
in general prosperity, 50 that instead of Dor
rowing he can add few hundred once in
awhile to bank account.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17

The lowly potato has suddenly advanced in
the market, thanks to the antics OF Jack Frost
Prohteering in potatoes may now be expect
ed. There is nothing that warns the heart
OF the food Spectator as does scarcity OF a
commodity.