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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-26
NO CRYING FOR MARK TWAIN.
why HumOrist Declined Urgent In
vitati to Revisit Reno, New.


Mark Twain was recently invited to
revisit Reno, New, and attend the
Fourth of July celebration says the
New York Tribune The invitation
stirred his memory of the days he
spent in the Rockies in the early six
be impossible for him to make the trip.
In replying to the invitation he recalled
some of the memories Of his expert
ences and showed that the lapse Of
time had not caused them to become
uimmed. His Characteristic communi-
cation, which is written to Mr.. Full
ton, is as follows:
I remember, as II 1t were yesterday,
that when l disembarked from the over
land stage in front of the Ormsby in Car
son City in August, 1851. 1 was not ex-
pecting to be asked to come again. I was
tired, discouraged, white with alkali dust
and did not know anybody, and If you
had said then, Cheer up, desolate
stranger; don't be downhearted; pass on
and come again in 1905" you cannot think
how grateful 1 would have been and how
gladly / would have closed the contract.
Although / was not expecting 20 be in
vited, / was watching out for 1t and was
hurt and disappointed when you started
to ask me and changed it to How soon
are you going away?" For I was an or
phan at that time and had been one so
many years that I was getting sensitive
about it,
But you have made 1t all right now, and
the wound is closed. And so 1 thank you
sincerely for the invitation, and with you
all Reno. and If | were a few years
younger l would accept it, and promptly.
l would go. / would let somebody else
do the grafton; but, as for me, l would
talk-just talk. | would renew my youth
and talk ard talk and talk and have the
time of my life. l would march the I'M
forgotten and unforgettable antiques by
and name their names and give them
reverent hail and farewell as they passed
Goodwin. Mccarthy. Gtllis. Curry, Bald
win. Winters, Howard, Nye, Stewart
Nelly, Johnson, Hal Clayton. Jones,
North, Root and my brother, upon whom
be peace! And then the desperadoes, who
made life Joy and the slaughter house
a precious Professionalism Brown, Bill
Mayfleld, Farmer Pete" six Fingered
Jake" Jack Williams and the rest or the
crimson discipleship-so on, SO on. Be-
lieve me, 1 would start a resurrection 1t
would do you more good to look at than
the next one WILL If you go on the way
you are doing now.
Those were the days-those old ones!
They will come no more. Youth Will
come no more. They were full to the
brim with the wine of life. There have
been no others like them. 1t chokes me
ND to think OF them. Would you ike me
to come out there and cry? 1t would not
become my white head Goodby. I drink
to you all. Have a good time-and take
an old mans blessing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-26
SAYS He CAN GROW BIG YIELD OF POTATOES
Montana Mar Makes the Remarkable claim nat l10
Can Produce 1000 Bushels in Sixty Days on
Onlv One Acre Of Ground

any depth or length. -
He saws that at certain seasons he
can market all the potatoes he can
supply in Chicago at s cents a pound;
If he receives only one cent pound
his Weld per acre on an investment of
81. 800 and an expenditure of 81, sou
for labor and materials would be SlS,-
900 an acre, according to his figures.
Darst declares that his potatoes are
not only vinelesS, but are also eyeless.
He asserts that they are as smooth as
an apple, and that he must get his seed
supply from others, not being able
to raise seed by his process.
To few friends Darst has shown
his experimental plant and some OF
the potatoes he says he raised therein,
Several professional men of the city,
including one physician, have made
an inspection. They will not accept
Darst's statements as true, but will
not declare that he is attempting to
deceive. They are waiting for him to
make the public demonstration that he
promises.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-26
Bent Her Double.

81 knew no one for four weeks, when
[ was sick with typhoid and kidney
writes Mrs. Annie Hunter of
Pittsburg, Pa, land when l got better,
although had one of the best doctors
could get, [ was bent double and
had to rest my hands on my knees
when | walked. From this terrible
affection | was rescued by Electric
Bitters, which restored my health and
strength, and now [ can walk as
straight as ever. They are simply
wonderful" Guaranteed to cure stom-
ach, liver and kidney disorders at
Dawson Drug Co.'S. Price SOC.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-26

A resident of Great Falls, Mont
has either made one of the greatest
discoveries of the age in agriculture
or he is one of the greatest deceivers
of the time.
w. d. Darst, former cook, resid-
ing at No. 2l5 Eighth street, declares
that he has perfected a process by
which an indefinite quantity OF pota-
toes NAV be forced to grow on any
tract of ground at a cost not to exceed
! 50 ton He asserts that he can raise
30, 900 bushels of potatoes to the acre
every sixty days, and is satisfied that
much greater yield can be obtained.
Something concerning the expert
ment has been made public, and Darst
now declares that he has been notified
by the patent office that his appllca-
tiOns for patents have been approved
He declares that as soon as his pat
ents shall have been received he will
reveal his secret and demonstrate to
the public that he is telling the truth.
Darst has been a resident Of Mon
tana about six years, coming from
Chicago. He was employed in Helena
over three wears, and went to Great
Falls two and a half years ago as
chef Of the Hotel Grand. He recently
gave up his place and has been devot-
ing his time to gardening and to per-
fecting his potato-raising process, it'll
being his design to raise potatoes I'M
der ground without permitting sprout
or vine to appear above the surface.
He asserts that he has done this, and
that he can cause potatoes to grow
wholly underground, one layer of po-
tatOes on top of another
He says he has caused potatoes to
grow in this way with layers to a
depth of fifteen feet in which depth
there would be enough to produce 3d.
900 bushels of potatoes to the acre; |
and he declares there is no reason
why they should not be planted to a !
much greater depth with a correspond
ing increase in the yield per acre.
Darst declares that the secret lies in
the composition of a preparation that
takes the place of soil. 1t is upon
this mixture that he obtained a pat |
ent. He asserts that a layer of this
mixture three or four inches deep may
be placed in box with eyes of pOta-
toes. On this first layer may be placed
another layer of the mixture, with pO-
tatoes scattered through it, and so on,
one layer on top of another until the
box has been filled. Then the mixture
may be heated he declares, and
growth of potatoes will begin and pro-
gress rapidly in each of the layers.
He claims that all that all that is nee
essary is to keep the mixture at a
growing temperature and to water it !
every two weeks. Within sixty days |
from time of planting the eyes there
will be a crop of perfect potatoes in
each layer in the box, all the tubers |
being about the size of hens egg. |
All this, he declares, will come with
out vine or sprout appearing above
the surface.
In his experiments Darst has heated |
the contents of his box by steam |
coil, but he declares this is unneces-
sarv. and the heat Iof the sun will suf- |
free in the summer if the box be cover !
ed with glass. He terms his box an
incubator. The one he has used is a |
small one, but he believes the same
results may be obtained in a box of
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-26

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve pene-
trates the pores of the skin, and by
its antiseptic, rubifocient and healing
influence it subdues inflammation and
cures Boils, Burns, Cuts, Eczema,
letter, Ring Worm and all skin dis
eases. A specific for all blind bleed
ing, itching and protruding Piles.
The original and genuine Witch Hazel
Salve is made by E. G. Dewitt & Co.
and sold by Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-26
Mountain View Hotel,
GAINESVILLE, Georgia.

Nesting among the mountains of
north Georgia. an ideal summer re-
sort. Under new management. Hotel
opens 10th of June and closes October
lst. Reasonable rates. For particu-
lars address Mountain View Hotel,
GAINESVILLE, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-26
A PASTORS COLONY PLAN
Rev. S. H. Wallace Seeks $50, 900,
600 in Wall Street. He Plans
a Promised Land"

Wall street Is interested in the
scheme Of a Methodist minister from
the west to float $50,O0O,OO0 in bonds
for the establishment of a great reli-
gious community in Oregon to be called
the Cooperative Christian federation,
says the New York Herald.
arriving in New York from Port
land, Ore, several month"; ago, the
Rev. H S. Wallace made the rounds
of the financial district, explaining the
details of the enterprise with such
success that the Title Guarantee and
Tcu3t Company Of New York has con-
scented to become trustee for the 500,
OO0,O0o mortgage if Mr.. Wallace can
interest a sufficient number of wealthy
subscribers to purchase the site for the
settlement in Oregon.
1t is proposed to locate the communi-
ty in the heart of the Willamette val
ley, which. according TO the prOspec-
tus Of Mr.. Wallace has never been in
vadcd by chinch bugs or grasshoppers,
whore roses bloom every month in the
year and where in January the grass
is as green as it is in June in the east
ern states.
In speaking of the religious aspect of
the Cooperative Christian federation
Mr. Wallace said:
The federation is not the church or
a church, nor does it claim to speak by
the authority of any church. 1t is an
effort to answer the charge made that
the church has no salvation or benefits
for the life that now is; that she is in
IN alliance with the rich and offers
nothing to the laborer and the poor.
st is an organized effort to amelio-
rate present conditions by helping each
person to help himself, dividing Oppor-
tunities, but not property. Our main
effort is so to readjust the relations Of
capitalist and labor as to destroy the
antagonism now existing by bringing
these two forces together in Christian
cooperation.
"Inasmuch as stocks are negotiable
ana as stockholders are enabled to ask
courts to appoint receivers and as in
subordinate incorrigible and vicious
characters are encouraged to harass
organizations with lawsuits, no stock
will be issued
The only safe plan is to raise the
money necessary by selling bonds pro-
tected collaterally by property Of the
federation"
In the statement which he submitted
to banking institutions in New York
Mr.. Wallace has thus provided for the
$5O,OO0,OOO bond issue:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-26
Young Men
Wanted

How would you like to secure a
commission as an officer under
Uncle Sam. If you are between
the ages of II and 30 years, pos
sess the necessary common
school education. are moral
persistent, and can pass the re-
duired physical examination
send me four one cent stamps to
paw postage, and | will mallyou
a personal letter, literature, etc,
that will tell you of the qualifi-
cations required for positions
leading to promotions of high
rank as an officer in our army
or navy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-26

1t is proposed to have 100000 acres
of wheat lands, 100000 acres of alfal-
IA and $4,000 acres Of sugar beets. In
addition there will be orchards, graz
ing and timber lands. The 10000 mod
ern electric lighted cottages and dwell
ings will have each from five to ten
rooms. They will be sold to members
at the rate Of $3.50 a room a month for
eighty months.
According to his calculations, the net
profits per annum will be $14,077, 800.
Mr.. Wallace submitted his plan to
Morris K. Jesup and many other prom
inent men. He says it has the unqual-
flied approval of Dr. ]. NJ. Buckley and
DR.. Josiah Strong.
E. o. Stanley, vice president Of the
Title Guarantee and Trust company,
said that Mr.. Wallace had asked the
trust company to become trustee for
the mortgage and that a conditional
arrangement had been made to do so,
provided Mr. Wallace raised sufficient
capital for the enterprise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-20
The Mote i'm Thine Own Eye.
SUPERIOR COURT.
The Days Work of the COurt-Nany
Cases Disposed of Yesterday

The John O'Kelly case, which be-
gan Tuesday, consumed nearly the en-
tire dav of the. court. The case mas
been on the docket FOR some time ana
the public is familiar with all the
facts in the case. A young man named
Mangum, of Durham, came mere dur
ing the carnival, which occurred in
May, 1908, and went over into the
dark east the outcome of which was.
he and a negro hackman, named John
O'Kelly. had a serious fight, and of
course the case got in court. Inc
case has been holly contested and
fought to a finish by both O'Kelly, the
defendant, and the State as repre-
scented by Solicitor Jones.
Other cases disposed of during the
day were:
State VS.. Haywood Pool, charged
with assault with deadly weapon.
Guilty. Fined $40 and costs.
State VS.. Munroe Upchurch, charged
with assault. Judgment suspended
upon payment of one half cost andode-
PENDANT recognized in the sum of $25
for his appearance from day to day
during the term.
State VS.. John Leigh, charged with
larceny. Continued for bill warrant
being returned to court after grand
jury had been discharged.
State VS.. Garland Pool. Continued
for bill.
State VS.. M. M. Smith, charged with
receiving stolen goods. Continued by
consent.
State VS. Dolly Bagwell charged
with assault. Continued by consent.
Will Adams, who was convicted and
condemned to die, has appealed to the
Supreme court in forma pauperls.
Court then took a recess till $3.50
this morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-20
ROTTEN TIE WRECK
Freight Train on South
ern Goes to Smash
at M0rrisviIIe.

Freight train No. 172. on the South
afternoon just beyond the high bridge
over Crabtree Creek near Morrisville
some seven or eight cars being thrown
down 4 high embankment, several of
them badly Splintered and all more or
less injured by the tearing away OF
trucks, wheels, couplings, etc.
The wreck occurred at about half
past two o'clock in the afternoon.
For some reason a car near the middle
of the train jumped the track. while
the freight was going at a rate Of
twenty-five miles an hour. The cars
to the rear, some eight of which We're
destroyed or injured as stated, fol-
lowed the first car over the embank-
ment. Fortunately no one was injured
in the smash-up, although the locality
was one which made a wreck exceed
ingly dangerous.
Both the train going West and that
coming East were delayed, passengers
having to be transferred past the
Wreckage.
From passengers who arrived on the
delayed eastbound train. or who came
in from the West after having been
transferred to the Westbound train,
which stopped at the wreck and back
ed it's way into Raleigh, it was learned
that the cause Of this wreck was also
a rotten tie. One of these gentlemen
stated that as he walked past the
scene of the accident he kicked at
some fifteen or twenty ties within a
short distance which We're utterly rot
ten and unserviceable. Almost every
wreck and there have been a num-
Der, which occurs along the line of
the North Carolina railroad reveals
the presence of these defective ties
which are q constant menace to the
life of the large number of passen-
gers, Who are forced to travel by that
road. In addition to delayed trains.
execrable service and scant accommo-
lations, the lessor of the road endang-
ers constantly through the condition
in which it permits the track to re-
main the physical safety of it's pas
sengerS.
Had yesterdays wreck been that Of
a passenger train there would in all
been many casualties. 1t
was merely a fortunate accident that
the tie gave way when train bearing
instead of humanity was
passing the point that was too rotten
to longer stand the strain.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-20
PEABODY'S CONTEST OPENS.
One Man Testifies That He Voted
Forty Times.
CIV the Associated Press

Denver, Colo, Jan. 1S--In the Court
of Deputies Chamber today the COM
mittee of tWenty-seven members of
the General Assembly, eighteen Re-
publicanS and nine Democrats APP
pointed to hear the contest of James
II. Peabody for the seat of Governor
Alva Adams, held it's first open ses-
sion and took testimony from two
witnesses.
Harry c. Biddle, minority member
of the Denver election commission
testified that registration books were
withheld by the country clerk from
all Republican judges, that the clerk
had strict instructions from the ma
jority members of the election COM
mission to give the poll books only to
Democratic judges. Witness said tnGt
May the registration list, re-chec!led
and compared, showed the names of
5000 persons, dead, nonresident or
fictitious.
Joseph Totter, waiter, testified
that on election day he voted at least
forty times. He said that slips con-
tanning names and addresses were
given to him by men whom he knew
to be prominent in the politics of the
lower wards of Denver. and he was
to vote the Democratic
ticket He agreed to cast these
votes for 81 each, and cast more than
twenty before noon. a certain route
was designated for his work for the
forenoon, and he was cautioned to
charge his clothing occasionally. IN
the afternoon he said he cast twenty
moro ballots fer which he received
fifty cents each.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-20
sACREDNEss OF CHILDHOOD.
Sermon by DR.. Mci<elway Touching on
Child Labor an Eloquent and
Convincing Appeal.

Rev. A. j. McKelway preached to a
large audience at the Baptist Taber-
nacle last evening on the Sacredness
of Childhood. He said that there
were three essentials of childhood thar
distinguished it from developed man.
hood, its helplessness, its humility and
it's promise. Thus childhood makes a
three-fold appeal to us, since it cannot
help itself, since giving does not pau
perize the child and since its promise
forbids the sitting of it's powers of
body. mind and soul.
DIR. McKelway recited briefly some
of the facts about child labor and its
curse, North and South and in North
Carolina as well. He said that there
We're 5000 children under IA in the
North Carolina mills in 1901. and per-
haps $1,000 now. Unless this evil of
the labor of young girls and of UNI
taught boys is stopped now, there will
be 10000 such children in four years
more, with the girls untitled for the
motherhood of the future and the
boys disfranchised.
At the close of the session many
of those present assured DR.. Nickel
way of their full sympathy and CO.
operation. Some of them recting
facts Of the unlawful labor of children
in Raleigh itself.
DR.. McKelway's address was one of
great power and eloquence of appeal
and it took the congregation by
storm. If necessary he will speak,
said he in every church in the State.
in the interest of the campaign which
he is waging. Interest in the question
of child labor is in the formative stage
despite great and persistent endeavor
on the part of those who are working
for the enactment of protective laws:
but it is a subject which when prop
erly presented strikes popular chords.
DR.. McKelway is a master of the sub
ject in all its details and he sets forth
the importance and the humanity of
the measure in way that is entirely
convincing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-20
RICHMOND COUNTY ACT.
Prohibition Contest Before Liquor
Traffic Committee This Afternoon.

The question of prohibition FOR
Richmond county will be the feature
this afternoon before the House Com
mittee on Liquor Traffic, when The
matter is to be brought to a finish.
The bill that will be discussed is
that of Senator Everett, of Richmond.
W hch has already passed the Senate.
its provisions are that all of Rich
mond county is to be prohibition tor
rtory. and the indications ere that
prohibition is going to win.
There will be vigorous opposition
from the whiskey interests and there
will be an effort made by this to eX-
empt Hamlet and Hoffman, where
VI hiskey abound from the provisions
Of the act. Saloon Keepers, distillers
and their attorneys are here to try to
stem the tide.
There are now present i'll the city a
biz delegation from Richmond and
adjoining counties. as we'll as from
over in South Carolina. here 10 urge
the passage of the bill. In the dele
cation there are among others. Mayor
W. n. Everett. Register of Deeds w.
S Thomas. Major Jno. ID. Shaw,
Cameron Morrison. +. &. Whitlock,
Chairman Democratic Executive Com
mittee: a. S. Dcckery, John l.. Everett,
Clerk of the Superior Court; Hon. \.
.
Walter L. Parsons. w. G. Leak, j. L.
Leak. T. c. Leak. .Jr.. Robert l.. Steele,
= s. Steele. r. a. Johnson, William
Entwistle w. +. Crosland. Prof, a. Is.
Hill. f. r. Biggs r. II. Gibson. z. w.
West Claude Gore. w. III. Roberts, ID.
A. Parsons. Rev. Jno. n. Cole, Rev. j.
II. Hall. Rev. r. S. Wright. Rev. w. II.
Coppodge. Rev. +. G. I<ilgore. Rs.v. M.
i. Seabolt. Rev. NJ. n. McIver, j. G.
Davis. c. c. Taylor, w. p. MacRae,
Jno. Morrison, d. M. Morrison, and
others from Rockingham: j. M. Jami-
son, Geo. j. Freeman. O. I. Goodwin,
W. r. Bonsall, j. b. Goodwin and
others from Hamlet. Delegations from
the counties of Robson, Scotland, An
son, Moore. Chatham and perhaps
other counties in North Carolina and
delegation from Marlborough county,
S. c., are also present.
There are present in opposition to
the bill u. +. Long, A. x. Atkinson.
Starkey Hare, Il. f. Hoyd, j. M. Smith.
u. ]. Mcleod, e. A. Lackey. saloon
keepers and distilleries. and their at
tCrneyS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-20
EIGHT REPUBLICANS BOLT.
The Case of Niedrinohaus Takes
More Sober Tinge.
(By the Associated Press

jefferson City Mo-, Jan. 18.-The
boiling of six Republicans onsthe first
and two more on the second Dallot
from the ranks of Thomas Is. Med
ringhaus, Republican caucus nominee
for United States Senator to succeed
Francis NJ. Cockrell, resulted in no
choice for Senator in a joint session
of the Legislature With the exception
of one, who cast his ballot for DR.
Pettijohn. of Linn county, all the
caucus boilers voted for Richard c..
Kerens, of st. Louis. who was the
strongest opponent of Niedringhaus in
the caucus.
All the 176 members of the two
houses We're present today, making SO
votes necessary for a choice. The
separate vote of yesterday gave Med
ringhaus 80; Cockrell so; Bittinger /;
Kerens l.
In the first joint ballot today John
Bittinger, the Oldest member in point
of service in the House and five other
Republicans bolted to Kerens, giving
Niedringhaus 81; Cockrell SO; Kerens
g. On the second ballot two more
men bolted, Niedringhaus going to DR..
Pettijohn and one to Kerens, leaving
NiedringhauS So votes.
Democratic members of the House
held a caucus tonight and discussed
plans for re-organizating the House
and depoSing Speaker Hill (Republi-
cam No definite conclusions were
reached. 1t is current rumor that
should the Democrats attempt to elect
a Democratic speaker they will join
with the Kerens Republicans in elect
ing Senator.
Those who are opposed to Niedring-
haus say that 10 votes will be taken
from the Niedringhaus strength to-
morrow