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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
HABIT.

Habit is derived from the Latin word
habes, which means to have to hold, but the
word is often misused When man says he
has a bad habit of which he would be glad
to rid himself he mistakes the truth of the
matter, for if he only knew it the habit has
him rather than he has the habit.
When the sheriff has arrested the criminal
instead of the prisoner having the sheriff the
sheriff has the prisoner.
Years ago | heard this tale: A party of
men went out to hunt wild beast. One OF
them left the party and after some hours
they heard his voice calling them to him,
stating that he had something, but when
they reached him they discovered that he
was in the clutches of a bear. Therefore, in
stead of he having something, something had
him. Thus it is; instead of you having an
evil habit the truth is the evil habit has you
whether you realize it or not
Years ago | became acquainted with a
young man with whom I was favorably inn
pressed. 1t was in the spring OF the year; he
told me he had moved upon farm in the
neighborhood to make a crop for his land
lord The next time l met him it was in the
summer OF that same year. | asked him how
he had succeeded on his farm. He told me
he was forced to give up the crop for having
become a physical wreck, he could no longer
attend to it. l asked him the cause, and he
frankly admitted it was smoking cigarettes
asked him if he had quit it. He told me he
was going to do so. AS the habit had him in
stead of his having the habit l fear he never
did quit it.
The reason why a man addicted to the use
of tobacco does not abandon it when he real
ICES it is filthy, expensive and perhaps hurt
full habit is that the habit has him instead Of
him having the habit.
The drunkard, though ruined financially
socially and religiously by strong drink, new
er gives it up because the habit has him hope
lessly in his grasp SO likewise profanity,
gambling and all wicked practices tends to
have such complete mastery over their vic
Tins that they are finally abandoned by very
few.
Therefore boys and young men, that they
may never become hopeless slaves to these
evil habits, should by means indulge in
them while young. M. B. L. BINION.
Dawson, Ga, August &c. 1925.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
Should Give an Accounting.

The Jackson Progress-Argus says that one
OF the best laws ever enacted in Georgia's
entire history was that providing for a state
auditor, and adds: "The state OF Georgia is
an immense corporation, composed of some
three million people, and any business con-
Germs handling vast sums of money should be
checked up at stated intervals. What is more,
the various towns, cities and counties should
have audits at least once year. Private bus-
mess does it. Why not the public business?
The people OF Georgia are hard to arouse
but when once they do become aroused they
are going to demand more efficiency in the
public business"
Our contemporary could have gone further
and said that Georgia has one OF the best
auditors OF any state in the union. His work
has fully proven that it has the wisdom of
the legislature in creating the office.
The Progress-Argus is also correct in the
statement that all public money should be
checked up at stated intervals All county,
city and town officials, including school
boards, who collect and handle public funds
should make complete statements once a
year. The people pay the money, and they
are entitled to know how much is collected
and for what it is spent AS it is, the public
is ignorant of what becomes of vast sums
that are taken from their pockets by the tax
qathererS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
Sunlight as Medicine.

1t NAV be that the girls have been right
all along in discardng as many garments as
they dared to eliminate from their wardrobes,
and that the men have trailed far in the rear
by clothing themselves heavily from neck to
heels For women have been letting the sun
light in while the men have been keeping it
out Science declares for the thinner cloth
ing because it has been demonstrated that
sunlight as a therapeutic agent, or medicine,
is invaluable in the scheme of health.
Prof. c. T. Reed, of the physiology de
partment OF the University OF Chicago is
said to have gone further in his experiments
OF light therapy than any other person He
was searching for a new basis for light Their
apy and its application in the treatment OF
ailments and diseases such, for example, as
ricketts, and tuberculosis. When a functionng
blood stream was put under the full spec
trum OF the sun by Professor Reed he discov-
cred that actual physiological and chemical
changes took place The living organism was
visiby affected. Light rays produce marked
changes in oxidation. Plainly, the electro
magnetic waves-from which really come ev-
erything pertaining to life as known on earth
exert an IlHuellCe Oh anu NOutLOl VI liNiiS
organisms beyond endowing them first with
vitality and second with sustenance.
Professor Reeds experiments are consider
ed by science as important because he re
vealed that sunlight is both beneficial and
harmful depending upon the degree Of ex-
posture Sunlight If properly handled as a
therapeutic agent, will effect improvement in
diseased condition. if too intense it affects
blood pressure harmfully destroys white
blood cells, or corpuscles, and increases coag-
liability Light then as therapeutic agent
must be handled with such care as only could
come from detailed scientific knowledge OF
its powers.
The layman may have a splendid illustra-
ton Of the difference in effect upon life in
an environment OF darkness and one OF sun
light. Bulbs and seeds will .sprout in cellars
that are dark The plants will be white. Those
growing in the sun, if provided with sufi-
cient moisture, will be green. Likewise, there
is a difference with children. Babies that are
kept in the house will be pale They will
be fortunate if they escape ricketts,. Infants
that are taken into the sunlight and not ex
posed too much will be ruddy strong, full
OF vitality Tan usually means health; pallor
may suggest the presence OF an insidlous
disease or a weakening physical resistance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
Cupid and Enforcement.

United States Commissioner Suppee, of Bal
timore, dismissed charges against 19-year-
old girl and her mother because a prohibition
enforcement officer admitted he made violent
love to the daughter as a means to trap her
into a violation of the 18th amendment The
commissioner considered it plain case of
trapping" and declared that ''if the Volstead
act depends on such methods as this for en-
forcement | think it is pity that we have
1t and similar laws on our statute books"
The dry officer admitted making love to
the girl, and winning his way into her con-
fdence. He swore that she at length procur-
ed liquor for him for which he paid $500
The commissioner held that the girl procured
the liquor for the enforcement officer after
he had asked her to marry him and won her
confidence 1t is not believed that she sold
the liquor to him, but that she merely OBJ
tanned it.
The defense of the officer was that he had
been told by his superorS to go the limit
and get something on the girl and her moth
err" This he did, deputizng Cupid as his
aid Now the girl is free, the dry officer is
properly rebuked and the dignity OF the gov
eminent is upheld. Commissioner Supplee
has made it plain that the United States gov
eminent should refrain from making war of
this kind, and that Cupid is not proper
deputy or operative, in running down liquor
cases
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
VerbOten in America.
From the indianapolis News.

Before and during the world war we heard
much of the doctrine of "verboten" under
which the German people lived, and doubt
less many got the impression-which was
of course false-that practically everything
was "verboten" or forbidden either by law
or police regulation.
1t is certain, however, that the people were
subject to a RECOMMENDATION which we had
been taught to believe was-and which was
inconsistent with liberty as we understood
it.
Yet today our laws are mostly-certainly
very argey-inhbitions The aim of legis-
lators seems to be to tell the people what
they may not must not do. We are sub
ject to all sorts of regulations at the hands
of government state national.
Always there must be a statute.
Ii the constitution stands in the way we
at once start a campaign to amend the con
stitution to increase the power of govern
ment to regulate control and forbid. We
seem to have taken for our model Peter the
Great who used to regulate the length of
mems boards and whose care" for his peo-
pie was both infinite and infntesimal"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
Love and Money.
From the Fort Gaines Georgian.

A pretty sensible wholesome girl in a
good God-fearing home falls in love with
some worthless, no-account boy, and nine
times out OF ten it does no good to warn
her or to reason with her She is ruled by a
natural human desire for happiness that is
stronger than facts or reason and she acts
on desire. not on reason.
Desire for wealth is much the same with
many intelligent men and women. 1t often
pays little heed to reason. Desiring thing.
money, love or happiness, is one of the most
primitive mental processes. 1t requires no
effort. But it does require effort to make de-
sires come true. In trying to acquire money
they often gamble in land, securities, COM
modties or what-not without putting forth
any effort to determine just what chance they
have fulfilling their desires. They do not in
vest or even speculate. Like the romantic
girl who faunts all reason they end in a
quick divorce; that is, the get-richquick or
get-something for nothing proposition speed
lily divorces them from their money Invest
ing money requires long and careful thought
not romantic dreams,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
Facts Withheld.

Undoubtedly the experts" all of whom
favor a huge bond issue, are right in saying
that the cost of paving is saved in a few years
by those who use the roads the most. But
the trouble is that those who pay most for
the roads use them comparatively little,
hence the saving is not for them. Tourists and
others who do much long distance driving
save considerable by using paving, but the
man who uses his car mostly in the neigh
borhood where he lives doesn't get much of
this saving He would fare better with more
roads graveled than with the primary system
paved. This is a point" which the experts
very conveniently overlook.
The News is in favor of paving when it
can be done, as often is, without plunging
the state or county into hell OF debt" We
believe the time has come when Terrell coun-
ty should pave for the benefit of our own
people, and it is to be hoped the commission
ers will take under consideration plans look
ing to that end.
Terrell must not lag behind.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
The Lady From Bibb.

The Macon Telegraph says of the lady
representative from Bib county: "In her
speech to the Rotary club Mrs. Napier show
ed grasp of Legislative principle and theory
that is pleasing to those who have supported
her in her campaigns. She now has the right
to be called a veteran. She went to the heart
OF the legislative troubles when she said
to the Rotarians and through them, she was
speaking Of the country, If the men you
send there are not representative it is your
fault
Mrs. Viola Napier, the lady from Bib, was
one of the most dignihed, earnest and con
structive members Of the recent general as
sembly. She was always safe and sane" and
went about her work in quiet effective way
made her one Of the most influential
embers of the legislative body,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
Agree for Once.

Federal tax reduction, in one sense, is out
OF politics, and in another way is still in
politics. Both democrats and republicans
agree that taxes must be reduced, and both
seek reduction for the political benefit that
will accrue in the 1923 election If that cleo
ton were not in prospect there possibly
might not be so much for the taxpayer to
hope for
OF course, the two parties may disagree
as to methods of tax reduction, yet this will
not matter much. The one will want his
method to result in as great reduction as the
others way will. Competition for the tax
payers vote is certain to help his pocketbook,
and the keener the competition the greater
the help.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
Mr.. Ford and the Cow.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger

Having roamed at large over many fields
of financial and political speculation and adj
venture, Henry Ford has now arrived plump
up against the farmer and his problems. In
current farm journal he approaches this great
field by first venting his opinion on the COW.
It's interesting to know what the manufactur-
ing wizard thinks about the farmers most
helpful domestic animal, only less interesting
than the question why Mr. Ford attacks the
COW as the farmers greatest handicap. For
that is the way Mr.. Ford leads off He would
abolish the COW. She is an inefficient creature.
The farmer spends more time on the COW than
she is worth to him. Zone of the reasons |
keep farm with $50 head of cows is to prove
that they are wrong" he says. Cows milk
isn't much use anyhow, he thinks, and syn
thetic milk will soon drive it out of the mark
et--and synthetic milk can be manufactured.
Maybe Mr.. Ford is right at that The farm
ers will not quarrel with his statement that
cows make lot of trouble. Meanwhile, is
Mr.. Ford inventing a synthetic COW to give
the synthetic milk?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
What Are You Doing for Georgia?
From the Americas Times-Recorder

Editor Rainey, of The Dawson News,
thinks it really should be made felony for
any one to ask What's the Matter With
Georgia." He says it is high time Georgians
stopped slandering their state.
Georgia isn't all that it can be; neither is
any other state There is much to be done in
Georgia by Georgians, but progress is being
made, as Editor Rainey points out.
There has been more Georgia farm lands
sold to outsiders in the past II months than
at any other similar period of its history,
fully $4,000 acres having changed hands in
the last ninety days, according to one daily
Hundreds and thousands of people from all
parts of the country are passing through
Georgia now. To these new Georgians and
these visitors are we to ask what's the mat
ter with Georgia, or are we to prove to them
that here lies fortune, opportunity and hap
piness?
The mud thrown by one man is bound to
spatter others. The meanest bird in the
world is the one who soils its own nest
We are taken at our own value What is
your valuation of Georgia-of yourself? You
are Georgia.
What's Georgia worth to you? What are
you worth to Georgia.?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
Oddities.

The fossil of a dwarf camel, believed to
be 100000 years old, is displayed at the
National Museum in New York city.
Hair in violin bows is obtained from white
horses, the best supplies coming from 81
IBERIA
In two states-Vermont and Georgia
husband is entitled by law to the earnings of
his wife
In parts OF Europe goats are driven through
the streets and MIXED at the door of the
customer
The portrait of the late President Harding
was recently engraved on the head of a pin.
There is no Chinese alphabet, but about
10000 syllable characters to learn instead
A man in Mexico, Mo, has attended church
for 81 years without missing a Sunday
A gorilla four feet, six inches in height
has the strength of four strong men,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
Pointed Paragraphs.

If all thieves were compelled to wear pris-
on garb stripes would always be the pre-
vailing fashion.
Many a girl who declares that she wouldn't
marry the best man on earth-doesnt
Don't think that it is disgraceful to tumble
to your faults.
others merely serve as hat racks
Some heads are made to carry brains, while
You have doubtless observed that small
men seldom insult large ones
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

The situation resulting from the unprece-
denied drouth in some sections of the state
is distressing and alarming The Madisonian
reports that in northeast Georgia where
crops are total failure farmers are said
to be disposing of their cattle and seeking a
livelihood in other sections. Enough feed
stuff is not being made to feed the stock I'M
til Christmas" With diversified crops and the
best yields in years south Georgia has much
for which to be thankful.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
HAS NONE TO SPARE.

From the Sandersvi1le Progress
Some of the state papers are advising Geor-
gia farmers to raise crops to feed the hun
CRY Foridians. Right on the heels of this
advice comes the statement that three hun
bred million dollars worth of foodstuffs are
imported into Georgia every year to feed our
own people. 1t does not appear that Georgia
has anything to spare if these statements are
correct
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

The trouble with most diet cranks is that
having tried a particular regimen of food
which agreed with them they Immediately
wish to inhict it on the rest of the world, as
suming that what agreed with them should
prove beneficial for all other persons. But that
is a universal failing of human nature.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
THE PUBLIC LOVES BUNK.

From the Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise.
Bunk" observes the Atlanta Georgian, SIS
always plentiful" How true! He who would
completely debunk the present generation
would probably be mobbed to death and his
estate con6scated by the indirect process of
boycott; but posterity would build a monu-
ment to his memory
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

Noting that the government is conducting
experiments to make the dollar bill last long
er the Swainsboro Forest-Blade suggests to
those in charge of the undertaking that "the
first thing to do is to bring back the fifteen
cent shave, twenty hve-cent hair cut, fve-cent
shoe shine, ten-cent movie ticket and five-cent
sandwich" That would be something worth
while to the average fellow.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

A party of Is or more business men of
Macon will visit number of Georgia towns
this month on a good will tour. They will
be in Dawson on September 18th, and will be
given cordial welcome. There should be
more visiting of this kind 1t widens &C
quaintanceship, and promotes good feeling and
neighborliness, The News is glad the Ma
con boosters have included Dawson in their
itinerary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

The world will never be much better 50
long as so many people think they can inn
prove human nature by making a law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

Chicago's moron menace, described as con
stantly increasing, is no surprise at all. Mo
rons, like other criminals, are encouraged by
the lack of punishment. When there are 400
cases of this kind in one year with only 70
convictions the risk taken by the degenerates
is comparatively small.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

Seems as if we ought to have parents
labor law, too-one that would relieve father
from working all day in order that three or
four lazy louis may joy ride, play pool and
avoid labor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

New arctic lands have been discovered by
the Macmillan aviators which will encour
age exploration of the northern regions
Where land exists it is practically certainty
that minerals, metals and perhaps oil may
be found
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

The best advertising town can have is
to get busy and do something. There isn't
much that can be said for a town that is
content to stand still and make no effort to
move forward
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

As he grows old and richer Editor Jim
Williams OF the Greensboro Herald Journal,
becomes more cautious about involving his
wealth. In the last issue of his paper he made
this announcement: I'VE are ready to rec
ommend most all of our friends to almost
anything except the banker"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

The new plan of prohibition enforcement
may go further than anything yet attempted,
but those who hope for bone dry United
States are doomed to disappointment. Some
how, somewhere and sometime someone will
manage to make liquor and dispose of it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

The release of George Remus, bootlegger
and criminal deluxe, from the federal peni-
Tertiary the past week was the occasion OF
many columns of stuff" in the Atlanta news
papers as to his movements and sayings. They
threw around him the halo of a hero Yet,
we wonder why there are SO many crimi-
mails, and why crime is on the increase.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

The miners and operators are both stand
ing pat as fuel war is threatened Mean
while as the hot weather continues the pub
lie refuses to worry The next question is;
Who will take the trouble to prevent strike
and guarantee an adequate coal SUPPLY
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

Georgia candidates appear to be numerous,
according to Atlanta gossip. Many of the
candidates. will depend upon ifs and ands be-
fore it is definitely settled who and how many
will be in the field
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

Although such an appalling crime wave has
swept over the country statistics have never
been compiled showing the number of law
abiding citizens, and we rather imagine that
they are still the controlling element.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08
ALL CAN'T SEE ALIKE.

From the Swansboro Forest-Blade
There are different opinions as to what is
right and what is wrong. A man may have the
very best intentions and may believe with all
his heart that he is doing right, and at the
same time some one else may be fully GER
tain that this man is doing nothing but
wrong.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

The most essential part Of an education
OF any kind is in learning to work and work
hard. All the rest doesn't count without that.
A diploma isn't worth a dollar bill without
it. It's the corner stone OF success
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

Urging farmers to get into the soil build
ing campaign and go as far as you like, y
the Jackson Progress-Argus says: 1T be-
speaks better day for the state when coun-
ty after county is preparing to sow whole
carload OF vetch seed, in addition to other
soil building crops" 1t is an encouraging sign
that land owners are awaking to the import
ance OF improving the fertility OF their soil.
There can be no real prosperity in agrcul-
ture without it. Vetch will be planted on
many Terrell county farms this fall
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

Beefsteak may rise and fall in price without
anyone paying any attention, but cut in gas
oline is always greeted with enthusiasm by
millions of consumers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

The Muscogee county tax rate has been
fixed at 8 mills, and is perhaps the lowest in
Georgia Muscogee has one OF the best sys-
tens OF highways in the state, maintains its
institutions and affairs generally in liberal
and progressive manner, and the fact that
its taxes are kept at such low figure is
highly creditabe to its board OF commission
ers. Other counties should take notice, and
profit by Muscogee's example.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-08

Spoiled children always belong to the
neighbors.