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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-12-04

We badly overstocked in Clothing and here where
wew you big money We have by far the largest
best assortment of Clothing carried by any one house
in Dawson. No liberal offer will be refused by U.S. The
celebrated and always popular Sause Brothers Clothing
sold by u.s. and they need recommendation to any
who has ever worn their goods. They fit they we'll
made and their color the best We arc only too glad
to compare Strause Bios Clothing with any line carried
in Dawson and feel perfectly safe a decided victory to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-12-04

Daniels prices are reasonable and
will meet competition,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-12-04
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK :?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-12-04

their clothing If will certainly pay you to see our line of
clothing before you buy will sell you sure
Owing to the short and low prices getting for
cotton, trade evidently will be lighter thus season. and
winter goods carried won't make us any interest
lying shelves hence have decided to sell all our
winter goods at anything above cost that friends will
allow for them and invest the money farm supply goods
for next spring. thereby turning money instead of
allowing it to lay idle in unreasonable goods
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-12-04

We don't quote you long list of prices, especially on
desirable stuff andin that way make big blow to how
ao we SELL as you cannot judge reayhow cheap are
4eIng our goods unless you could examine the quality
|cnds are only cheap when the quality and price
combined.
We don't offer you big lot Of premiums trade with
but we will save you enough money to buy all the prem
INNS YOU are looking for and sell you The premiums real
chpap
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
YOUR WATCH.

In laying aside n watch be sure that
1t rests upon its case.
A watch should be wound up every
day at the same hour.
Avoid putting it on a marble slab or
near anything excessively cold.
If suspended, the action of the bal
ance may cause oscillation, which will
interfere with its going.
A sudden change of temperature, con-
tracing the metal, may sometimes
cause the handspring to break.
The cold also coagulates the OIL and
the pivots and wheels work less freely
and affect the regularity Of the time
keeping.
To keep your watch clean take care
that the case fits closely and see that
the watch pocket is kept free from
fluff, which Is so often given Off by
Innings.
Avoid sudden Jars and falls, for even
II 1t does not seem to affect it at the
moment, a watch will resent rough
handling by becoming gradually tout
Of order" without apparent cause.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
SuppIementing Stable Manure.

The maintenance of fertility in farm
only the manures produced on the farm.
1t has even been found that by the in
PRODUCTION of dung from the towns, or
produced on the farms and applied at
the rate of fifteen tous per acre yearly,
the grain yield only averaged twenty
one bushels of oats as a result of twelve
years continued dressing. | do not
mention this to disparage stock manure,
but to draw attention to important facts
which must sooner or later confront
every farmer.
The stock manure produced in the
barn and yard and Immediately applied
to the soil or carefully preserved makes
one of the best imaginable first condi-
lions in providing fertility for crops.
Instead of applying it yearly it pays
best to give moderately heavy dressings
of it to the land about once in three
years aud to use healthy artificials to
meet DEFICIENCIES and balance the soil
for each crop. 1t is well known that
all crops are benefited either in yield or
quality by the presence of much
larger proportion of phosphate than
stock manures provide, and that some,
such as wheat, need plenty of readily
available nitrogen as we'll
1t is wisdom then to use commercial
phosphate and nitrogen In addition to
stock manures, not in place of them.
The use of commercials In this way Is
much the same as using concentrated
grain feeds with ensilage or other fod-
ders. By not using commercials to
balance our msnuring heavy loss of
plant food is entalled, as the crops are
unable to properly asslmulate unbalanced
rations and fail to produce to their full
capacity or fall an easy prey to the
various insects and fungi which do
natures scavenger work and show their
preference for surplus accumulations
thrown together without sufficient brac-
ing.
1t is grand thing to have lots of
stock manure. but we should bear in
mind that the farmers who make COM
mercal fertilizers pay best are stock
raisers as well and use farmyard manure
as the basis of their manuring.-T. c..
Wallace in Breeders Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
Don't Dine Alone.

How many people dine alone? The
restaurants all number solitary diners
among their regular clientage. How
many thousands of people. men or wo-
men, will eat lone dinner or supper
tonight in the cities and towns and
hamlets of Christendom? The evil Of
eating alone Is the subject of an ear
nest although cheerful warning from
the London Lancet The hygienic val
ue Of gregarious dining is insisted up
on. The necessity of taking food in
social fashion is an inherent racial sort
Of thing. and those who go against 1t
for years usually have to pay for 1t
with some Of the Ills Of indigestion.
Breakfasting alone Is not bad for a
busy generation. but dining alone Is
not habit to be long continued, in CIV
ilization or out Of 1t. without disastrous
results.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
How Banana Trees Grow.

1t Is peculiar fact that but one
bunch Of bananas grows on a tree.
After the fruit has been cut the tree Is
then cut down to the ground, and from
the stump another tree sprouts which
bears another bunch the following
year. The greatest trouble of farmers
is to keep the farms clear of sprouts.
They shoot up from the roots of the
tree for radius Of ten feet and grow
like weeds.
AS the fruit Is cut from the trees It
is placed on the backs Of little pack
donkeys and transported in this way
to the coast. One donkey can carry
from three to six punches, according to
the size Of the punches and the dis
lance from the coast. In the season at
Baracoa there are more than 5000 DON
keys that stretch along In line for
miles, Flooding toward the coast with
their loads Of bananas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
IN A GARDEN.
some Late Paintings and Their out
come-Celery, Radishes and Beans.

After the early peas were picked and
the potatoes dug the land on which
they were grown was cleared Of vines,
plowed with a one horse pillow and pull
verified by means of the narrow tooth
cultivator and one horse planker. 1t
was then planted to late crops, as fol
lows: One-half row celery, one and
one-half rows turnips, onehalf row
winter radish, one-quarter row spinach
and one-quarter row lettuce. This was
on July %. On the same day string
beans were planted in the space pre-
viously occupied by the early planting
of the same crop. This half row was
not replowed. The old vines We're sim
ply hoed off and the ground hoed over
A few cucumbers for pickles were also
planted in the vacant spaces among
the early cucumbers
For the celery furrow was opened
with the one horse plow and the plants
which had been grown in a seed bed,
were set in the bottom of the furroW
A few days after the plants were set
a heavy rain washed the dirt into the
furrow and nearly buried them. The
earth had to be looseHed around each
plant by means of n knife. Not many
days later another heavy rain necessi-
tated repetition of the operation. AS
the celery grew the furrOw was gradu-
ally filed up by means of the cultivator
and hoe. When the plants were about
a foot high, they were handled and
earthed up for blanching. The stalks
of each plant We're drawn close togeth-
err and held with one hand while earth
was packed about the base of the plant
with the other hand. Then earth was
drawn up to the plant with hoe until
only the tops of the leaves were left
exposed. Two weeks later it was nee
essary to again bank up the plants,
since they had grown considerably in
that time. 1t was then past the mid
die of October and no further banking
was necessary to blanch the stalks.
The spinach and lettuce planted July
% failed to grow The turnips did well
until about the LIST of September, when
the hot weather caused the leaves to
turn yellow at the tips and finally die.
The crop was almost an entire failure.
a few peas planted Aug. IS on the
land previously occupied by early cab
bage made a very dwarf but healthy
growth and produced a small crop ear
ly in October.
Of the late planted vegetables the
celery, winter radishes. beans and GU
cumbers produced satisfactory crops,
so that, although some of the crops
failed, the late planting as a whole was
not unproftable
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
Shallow Cultivation For Corn.

We do not believe in deep cultivation
for corn after 1t has grown more than
three or four inches high. By that
time it has begun to seed its roots out;
hence to work the soil deep after this
has begun Is to break those roots and
to check the growth. There may be
period in the growth of plant or tree
when root pruning Is beneficial, but
so little is known about 1t that we do
not care to experiment with 1t in
haphazard way. But in a year like the
present deep cultivation is likely to
break more corn roots than in a dry
and warmer season. The corn root needs
moisture, but not too much, and 1t de-
lights In the heat of the sun. 1t Is
thus likely to run much nearer the sur
face than 1t would have done If we
mad been favored with more warm days
and less rain. Working the soil as
deep as the manure used Will make 1t
fertile before planting the seed and as
thoroughly as possible after the corn
begins to grow, but not more than
three inches deep between the rows,
and In season like this we would pre-
fer not to go more than two inches
deep. says American Cultivator.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
Echoes From the Press.

The man who trusts in the Lord and
goes a-fishing, leaving his plants to
care for themselves, will find that they
are unable to fight the battle alone.
If some enterprising queen breeder
will get up a 'nonswarming" strain, a
greater benefit will be conferred upon
the beekeeping fraternity than tongue
reach. By this improvement all of US,
from the red clover fields to the orange
blossoms and from buckwheat to sage
of the west, vii! jump for joy.
There are always kickers against the
silo. They are two legged kickers. l
never have had a COW or steer or horse
or mule or hog to be on anything but
the most friendly relations with my
silos.
The average hired man has an an
tipathy for an oil can and will run a
machine till its groans can be heard at
a distance before he will look into the
matter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09

The meaning of the word humus is de-
cayed vegetable matter. Agricultural
chemistry calls it organic matter. Soil is
composed of two principal elements.
mineral matter and humus. We have all
noticed how readily newly cleared forest
ground. or new prairie ground responds
to a crop. This is because the land is
rich IN humus. After time, because of
constant cropping, the humus is worn
out of the soil and it becomes barren in
measure, and particularly it fails to grow
a crop in drOuth. The farmer has gone
along year after year taking off crops,
and he has not re-supplied the soil with
decayed vegetable matter or humus.
One very important function of humus
is to act like sponge and hold moisture.
To ILLUSTRATED Take tin pan and punch
the bottom full of holes. Then fill 1t
with coarse sand and turn on a quart Of
water. 1t will be seen that large pro-
tlon Of the water runs readily through
the sand and out of the pan. Turn
out the sand and fill the pan with dry
muck, which is decayed vegetable mat
ter. Turn on quart Of water and but
little of 1t will run through. AS we said,
the muck or humus holds the moisture
like a sponge.
Last spring we plowed under heavy
growth of rye and planted the land to
corn. A severe drouth set in the first of
April and held to the first of July, but
the turned-under rye soon decayed and
held the moisture as 1t was escaping up
ward out of the ground, and we had
very heavy crop Of corn on that ground.
In the same way it is noticed that pota-
toes, which require large amount Of
water, do well after heavy clover sod is
turned under. Indeed, any cropis helped
greatly by the addition of the decayed
clover or any other vegetable matter in
the soil.
ASS rule, farmers do not pay sufficient
attention to this matter Of supplying the
humus to their soil. All crops must take
their food in liquid form. Plants
drink; they do not eat. Therefore, all
manure is worthless until it has been dis
solved by moisture, and rendered soluble
so the plants can take it up. 1t Is grand
thing for the soil, to turn under heavy
growth of rye, clover or alfalfa. The
clover and alfalfa are worth very much
the most.
We believe there is no way that Is
cheaper to fertilize our land than to sow
about % pounds of alfalfa seed to the
acre, and pillow 1t under in the fall when
about foot high. Considered as mere
question Of manure, we do not see how it
can be done more cheaply than in this
way.-Hoard's Dalryman.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
THE MAN BEHIND THE PEN.
And the Comment of the Man Who
Received His Letter.


Received His Letter.
I knew 1t was a mean letter when I
wrote it, but afterward 1 concluded
that I must have written a good deal
meaner than l knew. l was counsel
for a large manufacturing company.
One Of their customers, always an un.
satisfactory man to deal with on &C.
count Of his constant fault finding and
objections to paying his bills on vari-
GUS absurd psetexts, finally refused
point blank to settle a bill for some
$1,000 on the ground that the goods
were not just as ordered. The COM
pany then instructed me to write him
the worst letter that l could indlte,
threatening him with all possible pains
md penalties, legal and otherwise, with
good measure of abuse thrown in, since
they had little hope that he would pay
and less desire for his custom In the
future. Accordingly l bent myself to
the task. l hope I'm an honest man,
but l can't help saying that that letter
was a singer. l suspect that it was
the meanest thing that ever went into
a mail bag.
A few days later a messenger from
the manufacturing firm called and ask
ed me to step over to their place of
business, as there was a man there who
wished to meet me- | am about feet
inches, and my weight averages 10
pounds.
When I reached the firms place,
was ushered into the private office.
The first thing l saw, and about the
only thing visible, was big man who
must have weighed fully 800 pounds.
"Mr. Blank" said the president, "this
is Mr.. Dash, who wrote you that let
ter"
Mr. Blank arose, shutting off the
light from two windows. For a full
minute he stood looking down at me
with open mouth and bullying eyes.
Then he turned to the others and with
an expression of mingled establishment
and disgust on his face said
! "Well, smitten Cesar! If had known
1t was such a little, insignificant, saw
ed off cricket who wrote me that letter,
l never would have paid that bill"-
Harper's Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
COUNTRY HIGHWAYS.
POTTS AS TO MAINTENANCE AND
IMPROVEMENT.

Much Can he Accomplish by Intel
ligent Supervision - Road Guards
suggested-Useless Repair Materi-
aI-Road Machines.
There is no question that so vexes
the minds Of the executive officers of
our country towns as that of how to
best care for the public roads, says G.
2. Augur of Connecticut in New Eng
land Homestead. They know that only
a certain amount of money will be APP
proprlated for the purpose, and they
are well aware that they will be held
to strict account for it's expenditure.
Except in a few instances, where iso-
lated patches of improved roads are
laid down with the help of the state
appropriation, the work is very imper-
fectly done, and the material used Is
worthless for the purpose. Often the
men in charge of road repairs know
that the slipshod methods employed
are poor economy, but the fear of adj
verse criticism, perhaps loss of office,
if this years expenditure exceeds that
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
A Truly True Dog story.

Here is an Australian dog story from
the back blocks: A sheep dog had been
brought from a station into a small
township and fretted after the sheep.
One day not a child was to be seen
about the place. and as evening came
the township became alarmed. Search
was made, and the juveniles were
found huddled up in the corner of a
paddock. where the dog had rounded
them up. He had no sheep to look aft
er, so he took the children. The mar
rator of this lie guarantees it as a fact.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
BRUSHING SHED FOR CATTLE.

eight inch board Is nailed at the top
Of the posts In the upper edge of these
boards are cut notches about four inch
es deep and two and a half inches
wide.
Now take boards 4 inches wide, Is
feet long and l inch thick. Arrange
these in as many pairs as there are
notches In each end board and bore
holes through them at intervals of one
foot preparatory to boiling them to-
gether. Brush is now placed between
these boards and clamped fast. Only
one Of these brush is shown in the H.
lustration. The clamps thus formed
are now placed in the notches in the
end boards, with the brush hanging
down. They are held down by narrow
boards nailed across the tops of the
posts.
The difference in height at the two
ends makes 1t suitable for cattle Of all
sizes. The brush will last for a long
time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
Roads and Rural Delivery

The determination of the postofiice
department not to establish rural free
delivery where the roads are bad will
deprive many farming communities of
the benefits of the system. There are
innumerable bad roads in the United
States.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
Better Roads Are Needed

American roads must improve great
ly before this country can hope to
match French feats with horseless We
hicles. Some day we shall have high
ways such as are enjoyed in France
Then there will be great race records
for automobiles on this side of the At
lantic.-Cleveland Leader.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
COMFORT FOR CATTLE.
A Big Fly Brush For Cows In the
Midsummer Pasture.

Relief from the fly torment is just
as necessary to comfort and thrift Of
cattle in summer pasture as are shade,
drink and food. A place where they
may brush off their prosecutors Is cas-
lily provided by utilizing device Illus
trated in American Agriculturist. Ac-
cording to the description given, four
posts are set In a rectangle II by 8
feet posts 5la feet high at one end Oh
the rectangle and 8 at the other.
Across each end Of the rectangle an
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
1t Works Both Ways.

you are an ungrateful child! If 1t
hadn't been for you. could have gone
to the mothers congress"
"If 1t hadn't been for me. you couldn't
have gone. because you wouldn't have
been a mother."-Cleveland Plain Deal
err
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09

In many parts of the northern and
middle states tradition fixes the 25th Of
July as the proper time for sowing fat
turnips for winter use. In the middle
states turnips are sometimes sown as
late as the end of August.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09
A0Mfn9 the Turnin.
On the fourteenth day Of July
Sow youy turnins vot ov dry

For the fall and winter crop in the
north,
The Washington times., 1901-12-10
RODNEY CASE ON TRIAL.
Hearing of Their Domestic IpfrIici.
ties Bcgun In Equity Court.

The domestic troubles OF Lieutenant
Commander Robert Burton Rodney. L. $.
y. retired. and his wife. Mrs. Margaret
E Rodney. were aired yesterday, at con
siderable length, in Equity Court No. ].
Justice Hagner presiding.
The hearing embraced the reading OF
the testimony in a suit for separate main
tenaH.s aad support instituted by Mrs.
Rodney against her husband, and his suit
against her for absolute divorce on the
grounds Of cruelty and desertion.
The differences between Mr.. Rodney and
his wife date back to within 4 few days
after their marriage, ON November g.
1900. at Toronto. Canada. Mrs. Rodney
was a Miss Owens, and besides being dis
tsntly related to Mr. Rodney. is closely
connected with family Of the English
nobility.
Immediately after the marriage cere-
mony the bridal couple left Toronto for
Washington, arriving mere on November
5. two days after The marriage Accom-
panying them was Miss Elizabeth Cole.
cousin OF the bride Miss Cole It was
claimed. both by herself aud Mrs. Rodney.
came as a Communion to the latter. with
the understanding that Mr. Rodney was
TO pay her $50 per month for her services.
Circumstances which developed later
showed that Mr.. Rodney did not endorse
this contract for the services Of MSS
Cole As a result she sued him beforIc~l
local justice Of the peace for an unDa4-
balance. Judgment was rend ared aeainst
Miss Cole and soon aftcrward she re-
turned to Toronto.
About three months after the marriage
Mrs Rodney instituted proceedings for
limited divorce. During the tendency OF
the suit the court allowed her s45 per
Plonth as alimony
The differences between herself and her
husband were finally settled and the pro
ceedings we're dismissed. For a short
time all went we'll Then the family lars
became 50 frequent and serious as TO re-
suit in Mrs Rodney filing suit for sep
arate maintenance and support
Mr.. Rodney not only denied the charges
made against him by his wife in her suit
for maintenance. but also filed proceed
lnss for divorce against her on the
grounds Of cruelty and deseTtion He
ESQ suggested in his complaint that he
had cause 20 ask for divorce on statutory
grounds.
During the last four months each side
has been taking Testimony in support 81
its contentious. and the presentation CT
this 10 the court was begun today
The hearing will be resumed this mcrn-
ing
The Washington times., 1901-12-10
LABOR MOVE IN POLITICS.
Connecticut League Hopes to Con
troll the Sfntc.

r-ANSoNlA. Conn, Dee. 9.-The labor
,rganizations OF this town. spurred on by
the results OF the November election In
which they elected Stephen A Charters
mayor and got all the rest Of the city
ticket except city clerk. have now de-
Jared that they are going TO try TO run
the State by getting labor men in all
other cities to join with them in their
newly formed Independent League Of Con
necticut
The promoters OF the new party say
that they hope eventually TO h1ld the
Nalance OF power in Connecticut politics. 9"
The labor men here have held several
meetings in the last few days. and al
though they declined to make the names
Of theiF leaders public or to make any
claims Of numerical strength. they have
been very confident in their attitude
Today they came out with declaration
Of principles which has been sent out
broadcast 10 all labor organizations in
Connecticut