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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-28
Town Killers,

Town killers are classified into eight
seperate branches, as follows: First,
those who 60 out of town to do their
stopping and have their job printing
done second, those who are opposed to
improvement; third, those who prefer a
quiet town to one of push and enterprise;
fourth, tn se who imagine they own the
town; fifth, those who deride public
spirited men; sixth, those W o oppose
every movement that does not originate
with them; seventh, th ose who oppose
every movement that does not appear to
benefit them; eight, those who seek to
iDjure the credit or reputation of indi-
Yiduals.
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THE LADY CHAPLAIN.
COnuicts Petitioned the Governor to Appoint
Mrs. May Preston SlosSOn.

Mrs. May Preston Slosson, wife Of
Prot. Slosson of Plat University, has
ecently been appointed chaplain to the
Wyoming State Penitenttary at Lar
annie.
Before her formal appointment as
chaplain Mrs. Slosson devoted several
hours each week to teaching the c0nVictS
When the governor of the state decided
that the welfare of the prisoners called
or the appoin ment Of a chaplain be
naturally turned to the clergy, aud i
vas expected that some popular preach
r OF the day would receive the appoint
ment. Tue convlcts held an independ
mt convention, and with oae voice peti-
toned the governor that Mrs. SiHsS)n
be made state chaplain.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-28
Touched Them for a Million.

If some of the New York newspapers
are correctly informed, Count BOni de
Castelane succeeded in "touching" the
family of his wife, formerly Miss Gould,
fol cool million during his recent visit
to New York. The Count announced
thaC hereafter he and the Counter
would pay an annual Y sit to the United
States. Miss Anna's share of TIE estate
Ct her father was $13,0C),C00, so that
b nj may be expected to make at least
ten Or dozen annual trips,
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is I'M
equaled for piles, injuries and skin
diseases. 1t is the original Witch Hazel
Salye. Beware of all counterfeits.
DAWSON DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-28

w. s. Philpot, Albany, Ca, says; ''De-
Wits Lutte Early RIsers did me more
go9d than any pills ever took" The
famous little pills for constipation, bill
iousness and liver and bowel troubles.
DAWSON DRUG Co.
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Mrs. j. X. Miller, Newton Hamilton,
Pa, writes. ~ think ReWitt's WItcD
flazei Salve the grandest salve mTde'
1t cures piles and heals everything All
fraudulent limitations are worthless.
DAWCN DRUG Co.
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ocean transportation we pay annually to for
eign ship owners over $165, 900, 1909. We
ought to own the ships for our carrying
trade with the world, and we ought to build
them in American %shipyards and man them
with American sailors. Our own citizens
should receive the transportation charges
now paid to foreigners.
l have called the attention Of Congress to
this subject in my several annual messages.
In that Of Dec. 6, 1897, / said:
Most desirable from every standpoint Of
national Interest and patriotism is the effort
to extend our foreign commerce To this
end our merchant marine should b eimproved
and enlarged. We should do our full share
of the carrying trade of the world. We do
not do 1t now. We should be the laggard no
longer"
In my message of Dec. s, 1899, I said:
"Our national development will be one-sided
and unsatisfactory so long as the remark
able growth Of our inland Industries remains
unaccompanled by progress on the seas.
There Is no lack Of constitutional authority
for legislation which shall give to the coun-
try maritime strength commensurate with
Its Industrial achievements and with Its
rank among the nations of the earth.
1.-THE past year has recorded exceptional
activity in our shipyards, and the promises
Of continual prosperity in shipbullding are
abundant. Advanced legislation for the pro-
lection Of our seamen has been enacted. Our
coast trade, under regulations wisely framed
at the beginning of the government and
since, shows its results for the past fiscal
year rnequaled In our records or those of
any other power.
Need of the Canal.6
I'VE shall fail to realize our opportunI-
ties, however, If we complacently regard
only matters at home and BLIND ourselves to
the necessity of securing our share In the
valuable carrying trade of the world.
II now reiterate these Views.
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"a subject of Immediate Importance to
our country Is the completion Of a great
waterway Of commerce between the Atlantic
and Pacific. The construction of q mari
time canal Is now more than ever indispen-
sable to that Intimate and ready communl-
cation between our eastern and western sea-
ports, demanded by the annexation Of the
Hawaiian Islands and the expansion Of our
influence and trade In the Pacific.
Our national policy more imperatively
than ever calls for Its completion md con-
troll by this government, and 1t is believed
that the next session Of Congress, after re-
celvlng the full report of the commission ap-
pointed under the act approved March 3,
1899, will make provisions for the sure ac-
complishment of this great work.
Would Restrict Trusts.
Combinations. Of capital which control the
market in commodities necessary to the gen.
eral use Of the people by suppresslng nat
ural and ordinary competition, thus en-
HANGING prices to the general consumer, are
obnoxious to the common law and the public
welfare. They are dangerous conspiracies
against the public good, and should be made
the subject of prohlbitory or penal legisla-
ton.
Publicity will be a helpful influence to
check this evil. Uniformity Of legislation in
the different States should be secured. Dis
elimination between what is injurious and
what is useful and necessary in business
operations Is essential to the wise and effect
I've treatment of this subject.
Honest cooperation of capital is necessary
to meet new business conditions and extend
l npr ronidiry iporoo tn - 1rat~ ..I 49,
conspiracles and combinations Intended to
restrict business, create monopolies and con.
troll prices should be effectively restrained.
Best Friends of Labor.
The best service which can be rendered to
labor is to afford 1t an opportunity for
steady and remunerative employment and
give 1t every encouragement for advance.
ment. The policy that subserves this end is
the true American policy. The past three
years have been more satisfactory to Ameri.
can worklngmen than many preceding years.
ANY change of the present Industrial OF
financial policy of the government would be
disastrous to their highest interests.
With prosperity at home and nm increas.
ing foreign market for American products
employment should continue to walt upon
labor, and with the present gold standard
the workingman is secured against payment
for his labor In a deprecated currency. Fol
labor a short day Is better than a short dol,
lar. One will tighten the burdens. the other
lessons the rewards Of toll. The one will
promote contentment and independence, the
other penury and want.
Speaks for Good Wages.
The wages Of labor should be adequate tc
keep the home in comfort. educate the chill
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than sos, 900, 600. There was required 49,
100000 less to support the navy this year
than last, and the expenditures on account
OF Indians were nearly two and three-quar-
tiers million dollars less thar in 1899.
The only two items Of increase In the pub
lie expenses Of 1900 over 1899 are for pen
sions and interest on the public debt. For
1885 we expended for pensions $139, 1914, 920,
and for the fiscal year 1900 our payments on
this account amounted to S14O.S77 ,316. The
net Increase of Interest on the public debt
of 1900 over 1899 required by the war loan
was $263, 4os.2 5.
Bonds Speedily Taken.
While Congress authorized the govern
ment to make a wal loan of $500, 900, 900 at
the beginning Of the war with Spain, only
5000, DOC, 600 Of bonds was issued, bearing 3
per cent Interest, which were promptly and
periodically taken by our citizens.
Unless something unforeseen occurs to r.
duce our revenues or increase our expendi-
lures, the Congress at Its next session should
reduce taxation very materially.
Fifty years ago we were selling govern
ment bonds bearing as high as 5 per cent In
terest. Now we are redeeming them with a
bond at par bearing 2 per cent interest. We
are selling our surplus products and lending
our surplus money to Europe.
Europe Is Our Debtor.
One result of our selling to other nations
so much more than we have bought from
them during the past three years Is a radical
Improvement of our financial relations. The
great amounts of capital which nave been
borrowed of Europe for our rapid, material
development have remained a constant drain
upon our resources for interest and dIyi
dends and made our money markets liable
to constant disturbances by calls for pay.
ment or heavy sales of our securities when.
ever money stringency or panic occurred
abroad. We have now been paying these
debts and bringing home many Of our Sc
c~urlties and establishing countervailine
credits abroad by our loans and placing our
selves upon a sure foundation Of fnancIa
independence.
In the unfortunate contest between Great
Britain and the Boer states Of South AfrIca
the United States has maintained an attl
tude Of neutrality in accordance with Its
well-known traditional policy. 1t did moi
hesitate, however, when requested by the
governments of the South African republics
to exercise Its good Offices for a cessation o,
hostllities.
Did What We Could.
1t is to be observed that while the South
African republics made like request of other
powers, the United States is the only one
which complied. The British government
declined to accept the Intervention of any
power.
Nlnety-one per cent of our exports and i'm.
ports are Low carried by foreign ships. 70,
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ports for the year 1900 over those of the ex-
ceptionally prosperous year of 1899 was
about half n million dollars for every day
OF the year, and these sums have gone into
the homes and enterprises Of the people.
There has been an increase Of over $50, 0OO,-
600 In the exports of agricultural products,
$92, 692,22O in manufactures and in the prod
ucts Of the mines of over $40, 900, 900.
Big Gains In Trade.
Our trade balances cannot fail to give sat
isfaction to the people of the, country. In
1898 we sold abroad $615,432, 676 Of products
more than we bought abroad, in 1899 $780,
s74,s13 and in 1900 $544, All, 701, making dur
Ing the three years q total balance in our
favor Of 81, 6S9, 7~79,100-nearly i've times the
balance of trade in our favor for the whole
period of 1OS years from 1870 to June 30,
1897 Inclusive.
-Four hundred and thirty-six million dol
lars of gold have been added to the gold
stock of the United States since July 1, 1896.
The law of March IA, 1900, authorized the
reminding Into 2 per cent bonds Of that part
of the public debt represented by the 8 per
cents due in 1908, the 4 per cents due in 1907
and the 5 per cents due in 1904, aggregating
$780, 00, 900. More than one-third of the
sum Of these bonds was refunded in the first
three months after the passage of the act,
and on Sept. 1 the sum had been increased
more than 1888, 100000, making in all $780,
SIS, $50, resulting In a net saving of over S.
$685.
Government Saving Money.
The ordinary receipts of the government
for the fiscal year 1900 were $40, 527,O 6O In
excess of its expenditures.
While our receipts both from customs and
internal revenue have been greatly ~lncreas.
ed, our expenditures have been decreasing.
Civil and miscellaneous expenses for the fs-
cal year ending June 80, 1000, were nearly
S14, COO, 900 less than In 1899. while on the
war account there is q decrease of more
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TO- RESIDENT M'KrNLEY's letter
JG of acceptance is probably the most

SNRESIDENT M'KrNLEY'S letter
u of acceptance is probably the most
important unofficial document is
sued in this country in a quarter Of a
century. The President takes the coun-
try into his confidence and throws a new
light upon the history of the past two
years. Irrespective Of its caustic arraign-
ment of the critics Of the administration
and its forceful clinching Of the fact that
Organism MEANS the Immediate" de-
struction of the gold standard and sub
stitution therefor Of free silver coinage
at the ratio Of 16 to 1, the letter is i'm
portant in the historic sense because it
gives the American people their first
knowledge of the craftsmanship and con-
ditions connected with recent epoch-mak-
ing events.
The President, although by nature a
mild and conciliatory man, can be arous-
ed to a point Of dangerous combativeness,
and when the mood is on him he becomes
one Of the most effective debaters we
have had in this country for many years.
In his letter he wastes no time in what
might be called preliminary sparring, but,
having definitely located the enemy's
vital spot, which is the free silver heresy,
he strikes at it with force and precision.
The financial question, he says, may not
hn tho naror,o,1nt ;ccna h,,t ~ SC tbn i'm.
mediate issue. 'It will admit of no de-
lay and will suffer no postponement."
For has not the Democratic party declar-
ed for the Immediate" coinage of silver
at a ratio of 16 to /? And is there any
doubt that Mr.. Bryan, who insisted upon
ethe insertion sof the silver plank in the
platform, against the advice Of the best
men in the party, will use every means,
if he is elected, to carry his principles
into practice?
After paying the tribute of his regret
that the Democratic party by its nominee
and its r%eiteration of the free silver plank
of 1896 has made it necessary for the
voters TO reanfm Cnelr decision or four
years 6 in favor of the existing gold
standard, President Mckinley boldly
picks up the gage of battle on the issue
of Imperialism. What that issue is he
states most happily in a single paragraph
near the end Of his letter. After he has
marshaled the facts which place the
whole controversy in the ~clearest posi-
BILE historical light before the reader, he
says:
The American question is be-
tween duty and desertion-the
American verdict will be for duty
and against desertion, for the Re-
public against both anarchy and
imperialism.
AS a campaign document the letter is
regarded as ~phenomenally strong. But
it is more than a campaign document. 1t
is a contribution to history. The Presi-
dent deals candidly with the American
people. He is not afraid to tell them
what he has done or why he did it. He
deals in facts rather than in arguments.
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TEXT OF THE LETTER.
Presidents Views on Free Silver an,
h Philippine Question.

Presidents Views on Free Silver and
the Philippine Question.
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. c.,
Sept. s.-To the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
Chairman Notification Committee-My Dear
Sir: The nomination of the Republican ma
tional convention of June 10, 1900, for the
Office Of President Of the United States,
which, as the official representative of the
convention, you have conveyed to me, is
accepted. I have carefully examined the
platform adopted and give it my hearty
approval.
Upon the great issue of the last national
election 1t is clear. 1t upholds the gold
standard and Endorses the legislation Of the
present Congress by which that standard
has been effectively strengthened. The sta
bility of our national currency Is, therefore,
secure SO long as those who adhere to this
platform are kept in control of the govern.
ment.
Same Issues Involved.
In the first battle, that Of 1896, the friends
of the gold standard and Of sound currency
were triumphant and the country Is enjoy
Ing the fruits of that victory. Our antag-
onists, however, are not satisfied. They COM
pei us to a second battle upon the same lines
on which the first was fought and won.
While regretting the reopenIng of this
question:, which can only disturb the present
satisfactory financial condition of the gov
eminent and visit uncertainty upon our
great business enterprises, we accept the
issue and again invite the sound money
forces to join In winning another and we
hope a permanent triumph for an honest
financial system which will continue invio-
liable the public faith.
All Loyal to Silver.
AS In 1896, the three silver parties are
united under the same leader, who, imme-
diately after the election Of that year, in an
address to the bimetallists, said:>
1.-The friends of bimetallism have not been
yanquished; they have simply been over
come. They believe that the gold standard
is a conspiracy Of the money changers
against the welfare of the human race-and
they will continue the warfare against it,"
The policy thus proclaimed has been ac-
.cepted and confirmed by these parties. The
silver Democratic platform Of 1900 continues
the warfare against the so-called gold con
spiracy when 1t expressly says:
w reiterate the demand Of that 1.-THE
Chicago platform Of 1896 for an American
financial system. made by the American PEG.
pie for themselves, which shall restore and
maintain q bimetalllc price level; and as
part Of such system the immediate ~restora.
ton of the free and upllmited coinage OF
silver and gold at the present ratio of 10 to
/, without waiting for the aid 'or consent OF
any other nation
The Paramount Issue.
So the issue Is presented. 1t will be noted
that the demand Is for the Immediate restor
alton OF the free coinage of silver at 16 tc
|. II another Issue Is paramount, this IL
immediate. 1t will admit Of no delay ant
will .vaer no postponement.
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The Philadelphia 7
Porto Rican pesos a
daily finding their
United States minis
bers, in exchange Il
money. So far a tot,
of the Porto Rican
received at the Phila
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An evangelistic ca

An evangelistic ca
planned in England
airy. Regrets are {
country that our
have not taken steI
similar campaign wi
the new century. a
made now to ascerta
paign cannot still
If not in January, |
q date in 1901 as m:
lish campaign will b
of the new year. an
days and nights. IL
pei meetings to be Id
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For years caffeine:

For years caffeine.
the grazing country
gee, The capital of tn
Oklahoma. Now a
proposes to turn the
q gigantic wheat fe
600 acres have been
dians for years recei
an acre from the cal
ing privileges, and
try was given up to
firm offers them rs
all lands and one do
in cultivation. It ag
fences and make 9th
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a New York phys;
with he announce
drinking is to be indu
ton, as the tannic
causes Rheumatism.
all such suggestions
little that he could ei
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: The Boston Elevat,
pany distributed abb
tickets, through chu
table associations, s
and. children and sic
Sons who cannot pay
to the woods or the
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People marvel at t..
the human body, wi
and 60 arteries. Blu
in this respect com.
carp. That remarkal
fewer than 4,3s6 DO.
every time it breath
veins, to say nothing
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! After all, we know
this world of ours.
Hedin, the famous 81
rapher, who has bee
eive explorations in .
the ruins of an anci,
size. There are grea
tersecting the ruins
China cannot show tt
says that everything
built upon a grand
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"A balloonist who m.
mile high jump tells
how it feels when 70
fuses to open and "
down about five m:
Thanks, it's a nj
care for.
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A wealthy pioneer ]
the other day whose
of frugality and hon
children. AS to the
cat his funeral the
nosha ~outnumbered
Manysa man now livil
dead will be inter-
mausoleum will not ]
and honorable an cpl
pie statement of fact,
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s "A boxing match in
1etic house resulted
of one young man so
~despaired of. This j
clubhouse boxing m
great point is that
practically without
ing. This shows wh;
ability can do. Tru'
training he might he
on the spot, but eve
ing he came SO nea,
bilious young men WI
as to be deprived of g
ton must feel encous
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The New Hampshiy
Woman's Clubs has :
lowing apt motto: IT
our granite, in aspil
mountains, in symp
far-reaching like our
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Ten car loads of
ware, 10000 pieces
Gently shipped to sgd
Wales. This is the fl
the sort that ever
country to the antipo
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-09-20

"A street fakir in K;
ing business selling
til some one examin
Then it was found
strip of gauze was
mustard. When the
a little the mustard
and set up a burnin
the deluded victim
rent of electricity wa.
him. Before all this
however, the fakir ha
and was on his way tt
n~eighborhood
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Did anyone ever re;
was not beautiful bell
cued from drowning?
whose parents were
Why is it?
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Prosperity In General
Our industrial and agricultural conditions
are more promising than they have been for
many years; probably more so than they
have ever been. Prosperity abounds every
where throughout the republic. / rejoice
that the Southern as well ms the Northern
States are enjoying a full share of these i'm
proved national conditions and that all are
contributing SO largely to our remarkable
Industrial development.
The money lender receives lower rewards
for his capital than If 1t were invested in
active business. The rates Of interest are
lower than they have ever been in this coun-
try, while those things which are produced
on the farm and In the workshop, and the
labor producing them, have advanced III
value.
Our foreign trade shows a satisfactory and
increasing growth. The amount Of our ex-