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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13
A COSTLY MISTAKE.
Cotton Planters Depending to Largely
Upon Commercial Fertilizers.

! 1t seems to us that the cotton farmers
of Georgia and other states are making
great mistake in depending SO largely
upon commercial fertilizers in the grow
! ing Of cotton. They are putting big
part of their profits in commercial ferti
lizers, and it is pretty safe to say that
the investment is not a good one.
The use of commercial fertilizers in
this state is steadily increasing. A
glance at the annual sales of fertilizers
will show that this is the case. For the
season of 1S74-75 there were sold in GeOr-
gia As, 64S tons; for the season of 1SS4.S5,
ITO 1913 tons, and for the last season,
1S96-97, 402, 10 tons. The amount of
commercial fertilizers therefore that was
used last year was nearly nine times
greater than the amount used twenty
two years ago. There has, of course,
been very considerable fall in the
prices of fertilizers, but the fall In the
prices has not kept pace with the in
crease in the amount used.
But why have the cotton farmers found
it necessary to putSO much OF their mon
ey in fertilizers? Is it not because they
have found that where they have planted
the same fields in cotton year after year
they have been compelled to increase
the amount of commercial fertilizers per
acre in order to get anything like a fair
crop of cotton? If this be so, how long
will it be before cotton cannot be grown
at a profit, because Of the cost of com
mercial fertilizers? viii not the time
come when cotton will have to be aban-
doned as crop in Georgia?
What is the remedy? Cease using
commercial fertilizers? No, because, in
that case, the amount Of cotton produced
in the present condition of the lands
would not pay expenses OF cultiVating it.
What the farmers must do is this: they
must not plant field in cotton oftener
than once in three years; they must grow
cow peas and grasses and other crops,
which yield material out of which ferti-
liZeTs can be mada-fertllizers which will
leave humus in the soil. When CONNER
cial fertilizers are used on land which
has been given a reasonable rest from
producing cotton, and which has been
literally treated with home fertilizers,
they give splendid results. The coJCun
farmers, who adopt this method with
their lands, tiud that they do not need 50
much commercial fertilizers and get a
very much larger yield per acre.
The steadily increasing use of fertili-
zers is a matter to which the farmers
should give the most thoughtful consid-
Grafton. They are now simply wearing
out their lands, and the time will come,
unless they change their method of farm
ing, when commercial fertilizers will not
be of much benefit to them. Let them
change their method-that is, let them
give more attention to those crops b.
means of which they can build up their
lands-and they will get better yields of
cotton every year, instead of poorer
yields as they do now.--Savannah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13
Why take JOhnson's
Chill and Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the
most stubborn case Of
Fever in ONE DAY.
CANCEL OLD PAPER MONEY.
Talk of an Effort to Induce the Government
to Replace Dirty Bills With New Ones.

Talk of an Effort to Induce the Government
to Replace Dirty Bills With New Ones.
What package of dirty and dlsreputa-
hle-looklng paper money from New
Orleans, received at the treasury de,
partment the other day, and from
which all of the employees ran away,
may prove of great indirect value to
the people of the whole country.
1t was feared in the department
that the bills contained germs
Of yellow fever. They were in a
condition laying them open to sus-
plcion of haboring almost any kind of
disease germs-dirty, greasy, ragged
and ill-smelling. The incident has
caused good deal Of comment all over
the country, aud pressure is being
brought to bear to inuuce the govern
ment to make some arrangement for
taking up old and soiled bills as fast
as they are received and issuing
new and clean ones in their stead.
The Bank Of England never gives out
any but bran new bills, with the result
that British paper money is always
clean. A regulation Of similar import
Is need IN this country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13
Dogs HEAD on AHUMAN BODY.a
Strange Member of a Chicago Family Seen
BY Policeman,

When Policeman George Riordan re-
turned to the stock yards police station
last night after a visit 10 the house of
Albert Janecko, 4817 Wood street, he
seemed unusually excited Ia eXplana-
ton he told story which made the
other policemen laugh, although Riordan
declares it is true.
RiOrdan was sent to the house to ar
rest Mrs. Janecko on a warrant charging
her with disorderly conduct. When he
arrived, he says, the family seemed great
ly alarmed and unable to understand
what he wanted, as no one in the house
could speak English. He declares that
he was taken to the rear room, where he
was shown creature with the form of
human being, but having a head like
that of dog. He was told through an
he leges, that the creature
was the child of Mrs. Janecko and was
% years old.
They supposed he had come to take
the queer being away, and implored him
not to do so. He says he was Sd affected
by the strange sight and the terror of the
family that he would not serve the war
rant New York Times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Mckinley Has Already Prepared an Out
line of 1t.

line of 1t.
The president has already prepared an
outline of it and he will fill it in from
time to time as he gets the opportunity.
He hopes to have it finished before the
congressman begin to pour in, when his
time will be pretty well taken up.
The message will be comparatively
brief and very much to The point.
The president will point out the bene-
fits to be derived from annexation of the
Hawaiian islands and urge a speedy rati-
ticatiOn of the treaty by The senate, He
expects now to repOrtiu his message the
progress Minister WoodfOrd will have
madein his negotiations with Spain look
ing to bringing the Cuban war to a close.
He will set forth the Cuban situation as
he sees it, extenuating nothing. But in
case nothing defiute has been done by
Spain toward the freeing of the island
he will ask congress to keep its hands off
little longer.
He will strongly urge the enact ent of
S me currency reform legislation and ex-
press the hope that BET re the fifty-tifth
congress ad jOurns the theory of general
arbitration will be made a fact by the
putting into operation a treaty stripped
OF some of the objectionable features
which caused the defeat of the first one
negotiated between this uItry and
Great Britain.
The part of the message relating to the
Cuban situation win be the only portion
of the message held back for revision un-
ii. the last day.
From now on the president will make
appointments as rapidly as he can. He
IS anxious to get the matter OF federal
office out OF the way. The ofice-seek-
ers are still here in great numbers. in
fact there are more Of them here than
there have been at any time since the ad-
journment of congress. The president
IS back TO stay and it is we'll known that
ne intends to keep at the pie counter
till the last piece worth eating las been
given away.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13

A beautiful and costly Marble will soon
mark the last resting place of Hon.
Charles F. Crisp in Oak Grove cemetery,
Americas. The massive shaft, seventeen
feet IN height, has just arrived, and will
be placed in position this week. 1t will
be plain, but very handsome and of mas
sive proportions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13
NEWS AND VIE VS..

It has always been a question with the
country newspaper man what be would
do if an indignant woman set ont to
horsewhip him. Some years ago w. w.
Wick of Topeka was running county
paper and a woman assailed him on the
streets Of the town. He gathered her up
under his arm and paraded around the
square. She kicked and squirmed, but
he marched laughingly along displaying
her to the crowd that had gathered. 1t
mortified the woman so much that she
left town on the first train and never
bothered the editor afterward.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13
BuckIen'S Arnica Save.

The best Salve in the.worId for Burns,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, salt RLeum, Fee
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blain's, Corns and all Skin Erlptions
and positively cures piles or no pay
required 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction or money refuned.
Price % cents per box For sale by
Sale-Davis Drug 90.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13

Whatever your pursuit 10 lite may be,
a thorough business education is what
you need. The American Business Col
lege, Omaha, Neb, now offers a com
pIeta business course by mail free for
advertising purposes, and we would ad-
wise our young people to investigate the
matter and profit by it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13

New York, with Bird Sim COler and
Lem Ely Quigg taking leading parts in
the current municipal campaign, shoul d
never again poke fun at the nomenclature
of other sections of the country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13

A new inmate at the Iowa Industrial
school is Elma Davis, aged 5 years. He
was sent up for stealing horse and
buggy, a bicycle and tricycle. and setting
fire to a dwelling house.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13

Certainly you don't want to suffer
with dyspepsia, constipation, sick head
ache, sallow skin and loss of appetite
You have never tried De Wits Little
Early Risers for these complaints or you
would have been cured. They are small
pills but great regulators.
SALE-DAVIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13
Gets the worth of Her Money
nm the Blakely Observer.

From the Blakely Observer.
onsuela Vanderbilt, that was, is now
the mother of bouncing boy, who was
born to the title of Marquis of Blandford
and is heir to the half dozen titles held
by his father, the Duke of Marlborough.
Perhaps Consuela now thinks she's got
the worth of her money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13

10 heal the broken and diseased tissues,
to soothe the Initiated surfaces, to in
SANITY relieve and to permanently cure
Is lhe mission Of DeWitts Witch axe
pdYe SALE-DAyIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13

If you wish tC be enrolled as free
student in the Mail Department of the
American Business College, Omaha,
Neb., send in your application at once.
Their offer of free course by by mail will
be open for limited time only.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-10-13
The man with WEIGHT on his leg can't

The man with a weight on his leg can't
nope TO win in the race. A man with a
weight on his health can't expect to com
pete in life and business with those who
are not handicapped. If his brain is
Fea7y, and his blood sluggish, because
of constipation, he will not succeed in
doing anything very well. Constipation
is the cause of nine-tenths of all sickness.
Symptoms of it are sallowness, listless-
ness, poor appetite, bad taste in the
mouth, dizziness, biliousness, and lassi-
tude Constipation can be cured easily
and certainly by the use of DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They are not at all
violent in their action, and yet they are
more certain than many medicines which
are so strong that they put the system
all odt of order The great advantage of
the pheasant Pellets" is that they cure
permanently.
Send u one-cent stamps to cover cost
CT mailing only, and get his great book,
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, absolutely free. Address
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
NO. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y' k3Es
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-24
 DEATH s RECORD.

DEATH OF COL. JOHN W. WALTON.
 At his residence near this city. on Fri day night, at the ripe age of 79 years, Col John W. Walton passed from nor tality to eternal rest and peace.
 At an early age Col. Walton came from North Carolina to Alabama, then com paratively new state, and located in the vicinity of Greensboro, where he resided until 1S69 By industry and the exercise of high order of executive ability, he amassed an ample fortune, being one of the largest land owners in the state, at the time of his removal, in the above named year, to 'Gallatin, Tenn. From and has since resided near Birmingham. Yesterday his remains were expressed to Gallatin, Tenn. for interment.
 In every essential he was a noble man. Nature made him honest, truthful, chari- table and brave in the broadest and best significance of the terms, and he dealt with his fellow-men upon the broad basis of those great cardinal virtues. His charity was as broad as his truthfulness and honesty were sincere and absolute, and of his abundant means he always contributed cheerfully and with open hand. In his domestic and social rela- tions he was the faithful husband. the loving father, the true and loyal friend the Christian gentleman.
 He leaves surviving him widow. two daughters, Mrs. J. J. Garrett, of this city, and Mrs. Merrill. of Jasper, Ga, and six sons. His many friends in Alabama and Tennessee will receive, with a sense of personal loss, the news of his departure.
 Peace to the ashes of a true and noble man.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-24
INTEND TO IGNORE THE PLEDGE.

INTEND TO IGNORE THE PLEDGE.
 The Montgomery Advertiser strongly urges the bolters to come back within the democratic organization and partici- pate in the beat meetings. nominating conventions and primaries of the party. Yet, in the same breath it says that if the principles ennunclated in the Palmer and Buckner platform are not adopted. then ssthose who have pledged to sup port It's ticket are dissolved from their obligation, just as they decided last veal"
 The plan of the Advertiser is for the bolters to ignore that part of the com mittee's call which declares that those participating in the primaries, beat meet ings or nominating conventions, pledge themselves to support the nominees of such primaries, beat meetings or nomi- mating conventions. whether municipal, county, state or federal"
 'In this way" says the Advertiser, ''they can have a large influence In pre- venting the result they fear in 1900" For, Eff the Alabama democratic convention next year refuses to reaffirm the Chicago platform, it will have an important ef- feet on other states, and thus party opinion can be formulated aright for 19O0."
 Come in and try to influence the result, and then bolt again If 1t goes against you!
 If you will come back in good falth' with a bona fide intent to abide the re- suit, the committee says come. If not, neither the letter nor the spirit of the call invites your return.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-24
AFTER BIG COMMISSIONS.
A Macon, Ga, Real Estate Agent Files
 an Important Bill.

an important Dill
 Macon, Ga., Jan. 23.-Mr. Thomas J. Fielder of Americus, Ga, formerly of the firm of Fielder & Hehre, real estate agents of New York city, filed bill today in the circuit court of the United States for the Western division of the South ern district of Georgia, against his part ner, Alfred N. Hehre, the Corbin Bank ing company and several loan companies whose business has been in the hands of Fielder & Iehre Among the loan conn panies concerned are the American Free hold Land Mortgage company, of Lon don, limited; the Land Mortgage and Investment and Agency company, of America, limited; the Union Mortgage Banking and Trust company, limited; !; the American Mortgage company, of Scotland, limited, and the New England Mortgage Security company. The bill was filed for complaint by MT. Marion Erwin, attorney.
 The complaint seeks to subject to the lien of commissions to the amount of about $60. .000 due his firm, large amount of real and personal property in the state of Georgia in the hands of the local agents of Fielder & Hehre, and the Cor bin Banking company and for disso- 1ution of the firm of Fielder 6 Hehre and an accounting from the parties at inter- est.
 MT. Ernest P. Willingham has been ap-. pointed temporary receiver of the proper ties concerned by Judge Emory Speer.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-24
THE FIELD TRIALS.
Novelist Wins the Cup-Winners in the All-Age Setter Stake
 Named.

West Point, Miss, Jan. 23.-This was another good day for the trials and some excellent running was done in the re- maining three braces of the second series and one brace In the third before the all-age setter stake was decided Novel, ist and Lillian Russell were the first brace. Novelist was the superior in pace and range and particularly in find ing game. She was the winner of the cup.
 Tonys Gale and Cincinnatus Pride were down after Il o'clock, Tony's Gale running an exceptionally good trial, ex- ceiling Pride in range. pace, searching and point work. When Harold Skim- polo and Tory Luna was called 1t was proposed by MT. Avent to have pro- fessional handler run them instead of an amateur s in the first trial. meet ing was called to decide the matter. When it was allowed, one of the judges refused to serve, when reconsideration was had which left 1t to the judges A substi- tute handler was proposed by the judges and refused, when Tory Luna was de clared out of the stake and Skimpole sent on. He did fair york; but was not placed finally.
 Tony Boy and Tony's Gale were then tried to decide first and second winners, Tony Boy getting the award after close contest of nearly an hour. Pin Money and Young Riprap, the setter and pointer derby winner, were then tried to decide the absolute derby winner. Both ran well, but Pin Money, the setter, won with something to spare. Hippo, winner of the all-age pointer stake, and Tony Boy, winner of the all-age setter stake, were then called to decide the absolute all-age stake winner. Hippo was ready, but Rose claimed that Tony Boy was sick and asked a postponement of the trial until Monday next, which the judges granted.
 The champion stake weight starters begins Tuesday and will take two days to decide w. s. Bell, of Pittsburg; N. S. Wallace of Connecticut, and J. N. Scale, of Jackson, Tenn, will be the judges. The winners in all-age steers stake were: Tony Boy first, owned by Norvin T. Harris, Louisville. Ky. sec ond by Tony's Gale, owned by Fox & Blythe, Harrisburg, Pa.; third to Marie's Sport, owned by H. B. Ledbetter, Farm ington, Mo.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-24
BUSINESS INDICATIONS BETTER.

BUSINESS INDICATIONS BETTER.
 A State Herald reporter yesterday, in his rounds, took occasion to interview several of BirmiDgham's leading busi- ness men on the prospects of trade for the new year They all report that the indications for business is much better. Real estate is in demand and the prices slightly advanced and firm. Money mat ters are also easier and those who have crate their money are now loaning it on good collateral at fair interest. There Is better feeling gen. orally in all lines of business than since 1890--the people are in better spirits and seem determined to cast aside all things else and devote their attention strictly to business.
 quiring as to what the legislature is do- ing, the querry one hears on the streets is relative to the price of iron, new in- dustries, the carnival or something of a business nature.
 Birmingham well knows that if there Is a possibility of changing the tide by unit ed effort, which it seems is the last re- sort, she must set the pace. Our people are enterprising and determined and feel the necessity of taking a firmer grasp of the situation as it is and making the best of it. Such concert of action is al- ready being felt, and if kept up for a few months the effect will astonish even the hardened croaker.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-24
THE TELEPHONE.
port of the Busirtes-Barometer of !. the Business World.

A State Herald reporter asked Mr W. L. Woodruff, manager of the Telephone exchange, if he had anything of inter- est. He said he had just compiled some interesting facts. He formerly kept record of the connections made every day, and now keeps the record for three days. The average last year was 10,445 per day, with 651 telephones in use, being sixteen per day to each subscriber The average connections now are 1865 per day, with 763 phones, an increase of over 1,500 connections day The highest number of connections are made between the hours of g and 12, and will average 1900 connections per hour. From F to 1 the average is 600 connections per hour on account of lunch. The number of con- nections begin to rise at 1, Gnd grow larg CT till when they decrease. The small
 est number Is between 1 and a. m. In
 these records the rise and fall of busi- ness transactions in the various cities during the hours of the day and night are clearly indicated in the curve of origirat ting telephone calls, the busiest
 point being found at about 10 o'clock in the morning, falling away to the mini mum. which is reached at about o'clock
 a. m.
 The large telephone exchanges show in a general way parallel lines of telephone traffic, rising quickly to a maximum after o'clock in the morning, falling away at noon to a day minimum at 12:30 D. m, rising again in a broad afternoon sweep to maximum at about o'clock, and quickly dropping after or o'clock has passed
 On an average, 10 per cent. of the calls made are answered that the parties called for are busy. One operator last week in one day of nine hours answered 1,425 calls. There is an average of 1,200 calls be- tween D. m. and a. m.
 A comparison of the Birmingham ex- change with those in other cities makes favorable showing for Birmingham. Take Syracuse, for instance It has a population of 90,000: telephones, 1,621 av- craze calls daily, 16,022. Birmingham, with a population of 30,00O. has 800 tel ephones; average calls. 12,000. Syracuse avera ges 10 calls per day per subscriber. and Birmingham, IS. Syracuse made an increase of 109 telephones in 1896, an in- crease of 2 per cent, and Birmingham made a net gain of 142, an increase of par aant
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-24

The time has passed in Alabama when the Montgomery Advertiser can presume to play on the ignorance of the people with any degree of success by miscon- struing plain language to suit it's own convenience. Speaking of the Adyertis- CTS comment on the resolutions adopted by the state executive committee, the Annlston Hot Blast thusly points out the handwriting on the wall:
 We regret to see the Montgomery Ad- vertiser already paving the way for men in this state to participate in primaries and then bolt the nominees and platform. We believe when a man takes part in the primaries that he is In honor bound to support the nominees We want to see all the bolters come back into the or- ganization of the party. but want them to comeback in good faith under the reso- lutions adopted by the state committee.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-24

persuasive and mandatory. forbidding splitting in cars In New York city the health department took steps, last year, to put a stop to the evil in surface and elevated cars and ferries.
 Now the Chicago commissioner of health proposes to try his hand, and bases his plans on an ordinance which reads: Any person who shall commit any indecent or filthy act, in any place in the city, shall be deemed disorderly person, and upon conviction shall be fined 8 or imprisoned in the house of correc- tion six months, or both"
 The Civic Federation and the Woman's club promise their support and a police order will be requested to enforce the law
 The movement is certainly most com mendable one. Our observation is that steady headway is being made in this direction, for in a number of places the street railways have succeeded in almost stamping out the practice.-Chicago Street Railway Review.