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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1925-07-18

row and two children, Wesley ant
Thomas, spent Sunday with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Will Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Brittinghan
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Landlord of this place.
Miss Avis Smith left for Silver
Beach, Northampton county, Va, or
Sunday night, and from there she will
go to Wachapreague, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl C Parks and son
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Savage of Pocomoke, Md.
Mr. l.. J. Jones motored to Balti-
more this week on business trip.
There will be a festival at Pitts
Creek Presbyterian Church Tuesday
evening July 28th.
Misses Ada, Roxie, and Audrey
Gusts, of Princess Anne, Md, are
visiting friends here.
Mrs. V. S Hill, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
| is spending some time with her sister
in-law, Mrs. L. F. Redden.
Mr. Milton Henderson, of Miami,
Fla, is on a visit to his sister, Mrs.
Clyde Townsend.
Master Franklin Paradee, of Balti-
more, Md, is the guest of his grand
mother, Mrs. A. H. Northam
Farmers in and around Beaver
Dam are now busy with their pota-
toes.
Mrs. L. F. Redden had as her guests
Saturday evening, Mrs. Lloyd Town
send and children, Mrs. Frank Kill
mon, Mrs. Walton Townsend and
daughter, Ruby and Misses Ada, Roxie
and Audrey Gusts.
Mr. .and Mrs. A. H. Northam, and
Mrs Walton Townsend and daughter
Ruby attended the funeral of Mr.. Tul-
ly Shrieves of Hunting Creek, Va.
Little Billy Smith, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James F. Smith, has returned
home from the Salisbury hospital,
where he underwent an operation. His
condition has improved very much.
Mr.. John w. Marshall and daugh-
ter, Eva, attended the funeral of his
sister at Bethel Church, Sunday.
Mrs. Catherine Shrieves attended
! the funeral of her sister, at Bethel
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Hill, of Pitts
burgh, Pa, spent last week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w.
Hill. After few days visit he re-
turned to his home, but Mrs. Hill
will remain for an extended length of
time.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1925-07-18
STOCKTON NEWS

Mrs. Lou Price, after disposing o
her household goods has gone to Hur
! lock to make her home with her sis
ter, Mrs. William Cottman. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Cottman motored here for {
visit and Mrs. Price accompanied then
home.
Quite a number from here of the
?. E. Church and friends joined the
Snow Hill church in picnic at Public
Landing on Wednesday last.
F, Mr.. and Mrs. Hearn, son and friend
Of Parsonsburg, were guests at the
M. E. parsonage last week. Mr.. l..
Atwood Bennett and family were also
guests of Rev. and Mrs. Graham on
Sunday last.
Mrs. John Garnett and daughter,
Sara, of Tennessee, are visiting the
formers mother, Mrs. Sallie Houston.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burbage and
son have returned to Cape Charles,
after a visit to the home of Mrs. Bur
bage's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Smack.
Miss Edna Woodell was a recent
guest of Miss Sue Bromley.
Mr. Robinson, of Ocean City spent
part of this week here at the home
of A. S. Bromley.
Mrs. Harold Cherix of Delmar, was
a weekend visitor to friends here.
Miss Cecilia Houston, who has been
here on a visit to her mother, Mrs.
Sallie Houston, returned to her home
in New York Friday.
Mr.. Charles Hopton and Charles,
Jr., of Philadelphia, are spending
their vacation here with friends.
Mr.. Levin Houston is at Camp Eus-
ter for the summer.
Mr.. Arthur Hill and family of
Overlook and Master Henry Hill,
of New York spent Sunday here with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hill.
Mr.. Bennum Hancock is on the sick
list.
Miss Elizabeth Taylor returned
home Saturday after a visit with her
sister in Carbondale.
Mr.. and Mrs. C P. Hudson enter
tained at the Bay last Saturday in
honor of Mrs. Horace Yerger and
children.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1925-07-18
REMSON NEWS

Mrs. George Hastings and two
sons, of Philadelphia, are visiting the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Colvin
Redden.
Mr.. and Mrs William Baughsman.
of Eden, Md, spent the week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Thad. Stevenson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tiff, of Cape Charles,
Va, and Mrs. James Davis, of Stock
ton, spent Friday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph P Boston.
Miss Cynthia Ardis, of Pocomoke,
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanders Ardis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Risley and
daughter Ellen B., and the formers
parents spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Eba Collins.
The Willing Workers of Beaver
Dam will hold a festival on the
church lawn at the Pitts Creek Pres
byterian Church on Tuesday night,
July %. If that night should be
storm, the next night.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1925-07-18
BEAVER DAM NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Bell and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sterling and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Robertson Spar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
The Old-Time Country Citizen.
From the Washington News-Reporter.


A writer signing himself Veteran" has an
article in house organ, Tips for Statesmen, y
that is worthy of reproduction. The Dalton
Citizen thinks that if this Veteran" were
tracked to the lair he would be found to be
a former citizen Of Dalton, Mr.. James Huff
Says this Veteran" among other things:
We need some country citizens of the old
school who had family prayers morning and
evening, and whose words were laws i'll their
households. We need some dads with back
bone enough to lick the devil out of disobedl-
ent kids and nerve enough to tell mama she
is spending too much money and neglecting
her home and children-and we could use
few men who pay their debts, love their wives
and who are absolutely honest
We might not like it for everlasting
diet but we'd love to sit around tor a spell
with men of the type we knew when we had
rags tied around nail-1ess toes. Those men
had whiskers-lot of whiskers They cheWed
tobacco and spat with wonderful accuracy. A
fv within ten feet was in danger They had
convictions When they said Stay all night
with me" they meant it. They read the old,
substantial books, and were mighty familiar
with what Solomon's proverbs said about
home and family life,
Those old country citizens knew a boy
from his hoofs up. They could read him,
smell him, see through him and beyond him,
and when these boys became men and put
away the things OF childhood, and father went
over the long, long trail they loved their
memories of him.
Some of these country citizens knew the
difference between democrat and a repub
1can They knew the tariff for protection and
the tariff for revenue They believed the first
chapter OF Genesis but put their own person
al construction on it. They did not care
whether the Lord used six days OF twenty
four hours each for creating the world, or
six days of a million years each. They claim
ed it made no difference.
The men we have in mind were not with
out sin. They had high tempers and some
times "cussed" when they got mad. They
were sober-most of the time. They were
honest-most of the time. They were truth
utmost of the time But they were he-folk
with he-deas and ideals, and when the show
down came you always knew exactly where
to find them, and they stayed put-these old
time country citizens.
Through the haze and mIsts OF the years
we see these men. Kindly, courageous and
manly men. There were preachers and law
yers and farmers and doCtOrs-all gentlemen
of the old schoo1-consderate of the feelings
OF others-wise in the ways OF the children of
men, They had honor enough to keep their
lives sweet-dignity enough to impress the
youngsters, and goodness and piety enough
to take them ito the land that is fairer than
day
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
Why Southern Farmer Is Poor.


The south produced last year 100000
bales OF cotton, which was sold for approx
mately one billion five hundred million dol
lars 1t is estimated. that fully one billion
dollars OF the total amount received by all
OF the cotton states was paid out to the west
ern grain and dairy states for food and dairy
products, which were largely consumed on
southern farms This means tWo-thrds OF the
market value of the entire cotton crop Farm
ers generally complain that the prices received
for their cotton this season have not paid the
actual cost OF production. Under such a sys-
TEN OF loading every expense OF the farm
(ncluding food and feed on cotton. no mat
ter how high the price, ii will never be prof
table 1t is utterly impossible, and so long as
such a system of uneconomic farming is ad-
hered to land values will continue low, labor
will continue to leave the farms and the
farmers generally will live in a continual state
OF unrest and financial depression. While the
western dairy states endeavoring by dis
criminatory laws to prohibit the sale of cot
ton seed meal and other by-products from
cotton seed in those states the time has come
for southern farmers to wake up and deter
mine to make their farms self-sustaining and
save the cotton crop for their own prosperity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
Law Not a Substitute for Sense.

II man insists on paying $500 for a ninth
hand, ten-year-old automobile worth about
SIS no law can keep him from it. It's the
same III buying investments. If a man insists
on throwing his money away dealing with
big-talk strangers and trying to get some
thing for nothing law can protect him
from his folly Since Kansas adopted the
FIRST blue sky law fourteen years ago forty
five other states have enacted measures de-
signed to prevent fraud Scarcely two of these
are alike. wide variety of experimenting
has been tried
When the year of 1925 closes it will have
seen forty FIVE legislatures in session in the
states and territories and the national govern
nent OF this union. They will enact thousands
OF new laws and tinker up thousands of old
laws Its process that goes on continually
at a cost of millions of dollars annually. And
every year the basic problem remains the
ssame-you can't substitute law for common
sense. No blue sky law can or does guaran-
tee any security or any investment although,
astrange to say, many people actually believe
that that is the purpose OF such laws.
Do you know physician, dentist or law
yer whom you feel might not always tell
you the truth! FOSSlDly you 40 10 you
know a physician, dentist or lawyer whom
YOU feel you can depend on for the truth so
far as he can ascertain it? Certainly you
do In finding out the worth of an attorney.
physician or dentist a man or woman mzy
have to experiment a little, take chance.
But in making investments there is no such
urgency The money can be kept in the bank
until the investor is certain that the persons
with whom he deals are honest and capable.
That's nothing more than common sense, and
if the investor will not exercise such COM
mon sense he cannot hope for laws to do it
for him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
College Scandals.
Georgian

A few weeks ago the postal authorities e7E-
c1uded from the mails the Harvard Lampoon,
college paper, because its contents were in
decent and seditious recently here ia
Georgia the Emory University college paper
was suppressed because of objectionable mat
ter, and later the polfee OF New Haven ar
rested students OF Yale University because in
observing "A Night in Rome they appeared
on the streets OF that city too scantily clad
College pranks are sometimes objectionable
enough but deliberate infractions OF the law
are decidedly worse. Both may charitably be
charged to over-exuberance OF animal spirits,
but this should never be allowed to go so
far as to bring institutions into disrepute. All
of these universities are trying to increase
their endowment funds, and occurrences such
as these do not loosen up purse strings Aside
from this consideration, scandals are discred-
liable to all concerned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
A Timely Warning.

Former Governor Joseph NJ Brown, who
recently returned to his home at Marietta af-
ter a stay OF five months in Florida, where
he has investments, writes a very interesting
article to the Atlanta Constitution in which
he says the wonderful growth and prosperity
OF that state is due~-in' large measure to
legislation which guarantees to men OF means
that their Income will not be confscated
while they are living, and that after they die
their estates will be protected for their legal
~ designed heirs" He warns the legislature
now in session. not to increase the already
heavy tax burden in Georgia if they would see
their state grow and prosper, Additional
taxes would not only keep men with capital
to invest from locating here but would drive
many more thousands OF our own good citi-
zens into Florida and other states.
Governor Brown IS scholar and student
a sound thinker well informed and competent
to speak on all subjects, and heed should be
given the warning he so forcibly presents
through the Constitution The future of Geor-
gia is at stake. and the state cannot afford to
make the mistake OF wringing more dollars
from the pockets OF its citizens by means OF
new taxes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
A State of Mind.
From the Cordele Sentinel.

The Calhoun Times and The Dawson News
are not convinced that we have rotten politics
in Georgia. The Dawson paper says politics
in Georgia is no worse than it has been. The
same can be said OF hell-Commerce News
We have rotten politics in Georgia because
we have rotten politicians. Saying politics is
no worse than it has been or no worse than
in other states, doesn't mean anything in our
favor. Instead Of trying to justify rotten pol
itics we ought to be doing our level best to
get rid of it-Dalton Citizen
Most Of this is a state of mind If we sub
scrbed to that faith ourselves we should sug-
gest Christian science to those who see SO
much OF rotten politics in Georgia.
Georgia is not as free from pin-money pol
iticS as it should be- 1t has peanut stunts pull
ed quite often. But one would not be fair
to Georgia to select just these stunts to prove
that the politics of the state is all rotten.
Those who ind 50 much wrong with Geor
gia must do their Boosting about other states
Let's suggest that they boast about Georgia
because that's good policy Ii we must knock
be sure the knocking has to do with men
and affairs off in Alaska-or up in New York.
Georgia is all right. Let the fellow who is out
be of good cheer There viii be a day when
his winning streak may be open again, and
when his friends are all snugly in office; then
he may conclude with a real reason behind
it all that-Georgia is. all right.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
Georgia Holds On.
From the Athens Banner.

Irrespective of calamity prognosticators as
to conditions in his state, and that we
are going to the dogs" there is much to
encourage and cause us to view in brighter
vein than some citizens would have us. The
Triton Gazette in speaking of conditions in
south Georgia says
People who have travelled round a bit in
Georgia and other states say that crop pros
poets look better to them in this section than
in any other section they have visited. We
have complained about it being dry, but it
hasn't been near as dry here in some other
sections. Tobacco prospects are good, cotton
crop conditions were never better and the
other staple farm crops look mighty good.
Unless there is an extremely unfavorabe sea
son for the next two months we going to
have ~bountiful harvest.
IF you have had a tendency to complain
forget it. If you have been toting a Crouch
unload If there has been a wrinkle in your
brow, replace it with smile. You have but
one life to live. Forget your imaginary trou-
bles and enjoy this one while you here
There will be somebody else to worry after
you are gone and forgotten Better to be
thankful for what you have instead of COM
planning about the two birds in the hand
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
The Governmental Army.
From the Fitzgerald Herald.

The number Of public employees at Wash
ngton is said to have been brought down
just about to the irreducible minimum This
means $4,000 persons, against 100000 Just
before the war and nearly 100000 at the
war peak.
1t is still good many. 1t is far more than
private enterprise would use to carry on the
same business. Governments are VIGOROUSLY
slow, cumbersome and inefficient in the trans
action of routine business not to mention the
expediting of unusual business.
1t is to be remembered too, that along with
the increased business left on the govern
ment's shoulders by the war there is a nat
ural growth of work and personnel due to the
growth of population and wealth and new
standards of federal service.
On the whole Uncle Sans army of civilian
employees may be regarded as an expensive
but inevitable and necessary evil.
Three ffths Of the list consists of postal
employees.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
Yet Some Fall for II.
rom the Jackson Progress-Argu

When it is proposed to start movement
to raise money for specific purpose the first
thing usually done IS to rent an office, hire
chairman and clerical force, buy stationery
and food the country papers with propagan-
da. The chairman and the force are well paid,
paper dealers get pay for their paper out of
the money raised and the newspapers get.
We Eave basket in our Office and bet your
life we know how to use 1.-THE Commerce
News.
Tine above comment brings out a regretable
state OF affairs. Tbs chairman gets pay. the
clerical force gets pay, the man who rented
the office gets pay. the paper dealer gets pay,
the government gets pay for the stamps used
Everybody is paid but the newspaper 1t is
the goat, the boob, the dummy the laughing
stock. Yet in spite of all these facts some Of
our exchanges continue to fall for this prop
Uganda, much OF which is sugar-coated and
done up in nice packages and often well dis
guised. When will the country newspapers
get up their backbone, use a little common
sense and demand Justice:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

The rumor persists that Governor Smith,
OF New York, will retire from politics and
join the staff OF The World as special wr-
ter at a salary of $4,000 year The New
York World chance-if it exists-is said to
be just one OF many others made to Governor
Smith He is said to be in demand in several
Offices, newspapers, magazines and other pc
rodcals at pay that is fancy, to say the least.
The uncertainties OF life are complicated more
by those OF politics, and if Governor Smith
is as clever as he is reputed to be he will take
the first $4,000 job offered and forget the
presidency, The best time to harvest the al
falfa of life is when the crop is right and the
sun is at its brightest
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
Governor Walker.

Governor Walker was inaugurated Satur-
day for second term. Though many OBJ
stacles have confronted him since he assum-
ed office his administration has been Of
real value to the state, and he enters upon
another two years OF service with a program
that means still more for Georgia. He is one
OF two governors elected to succeed himself
in almost 20 years, which is evidence that he
enjoys the confidence and good will Of the
people, who should stand solidly behind him
IN every effort to advance the best interests
Of the commonwealth The News wishes Gov
sernor Walker we'll
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

One OF the alarming tendencies of the
times is the increase in crime committed by
whites The white population OF the Georgia
penitentiary has more than doubled in recent
years, and whites also seem to be committing
most OF the capital offenses. In the past year
only two negroes have died in the electric
chair at Milledgeville and at this time eight
white men are awaiting execution when all
the legal technicalities that are being resort
ed to in their behalf are exhausted. The laws
delay and the efforts OF prominent and inhu-
entail friends in behalf OF white criminals
are two OF the causes OF the growth OF crime.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

An instrument perfected for the long-range
spotting of lcebergs is SO sensitive that the
heat from the tunnels of an approaching yes
sci will affect it at a distance of six miles.
A rich ruler from Himalayan India, after
being feted and shown all the glories of Eng
land was asked what most impressed him.
The green grass" he said.
A man-and-buIl team hitched to a two
wheeled vehicle, pulling load of wood, coal
or other material, is a common sight in Japan
Sales of Christmas seals for tuberculosis
eradication last year exceeded $4,5000OO
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
HEADLINE READING PERNIc1oUs.

From the Dalton Citizen.
The world is suffering from too much
headline reading and thinking. Our polt-
ical, industrial, scientific and religious
controversies to a great extent are clash
es OF catch words. seiges against slogans
and the alignment of headlines against
headnes.-Dawson News
Headline reading is a pernicious form o
reading 1t doesn't get one very far on the
road OF correct information. To read under
standingly is to read carefully the full text
1t is amusing to hear persistent headline
reader discuss public questions
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

1t has been demonstrated this year that
Georgia soil has tremendous intrinsic value.
There may be summer rains in great abund
ance, but it may now be set down as mat
ter of history that Georgia survived entire
spring season without so much as one real
rain The condition OF the corn and cotton
crops at this moment bear testimony to the
ability OF Georgia soil to withstand unfavor
able weather conditions
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

Not long ago we thought China so lacking
in cohesion that it couldn't even take care Of
itself Now it is showing a concentration in
its anti-foreign revolt that we'll may be dis
turbng to the rest of the world When the
Chinese once wake up and pull together they
will make little Japan look like 80 cents, and
the rest OF us may be glad that we are sep
arated by seas and other barriers from her
possibly militant millions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

Officialdom has thought up another scheme
to help job holders and incidentally waste a
lot OF public money. 1t is now proposed to
take quick survey" of the condition Of
crops from an army arplane, flying over the
fields at a height of from 500 to 1000 feet
and mote with unassisted eye the extent OF
damage done by insects or storms" OF course
it is pluperfectly absurd any twelve-year-
school boy knows better.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

President Coolidge is said to have devel-
oped an increase OF geniality during the last
year This is natural and reasonable. He is
getting by with a lot of his stuff. Another
treasury surplus is in sight, and this will be
followed by another tax reduction. You can
count on the fingers of one hand when the
treasury has accumulated surplus.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
LOAFERS AND LEACHES.
the Sandersville Progress.

From the Sandersville Progress.
There are too many loafers and teaches in
Georgia for the good OF the state Those who
produce nothing and are not engaged in any
productive business are burden upon the
wealth producers. We need more people who
are theoretically engaged in gainiul occupa-
tons in order to fully develop the natural re-
sources OF the state
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

The old-fashioned girl with braided hair
hanging down her back is still seen 1ntre-
ouently; and is pretty good to look at
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

The Bermuda onion is another product that
has been shipped from Terrell this year and
found to be profitable. The old county is COM
ing along all right with cotton, watermelons,
tobacco, asparagus, pecans, onions, strawber-
ries, hogs chickens and eggs to sell. Diver
sifcation on a proper basis will bring pros
perity il persisted in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30

Editor McGill, OF Sylvester, has found an
other reason for being kind to animals. He
says: always be kind to animals, keeping
constantly in mind that after all the talk pro
and con you may have evoluted from a
monkey"