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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
MORMONS NAME PRESIDENT
HOLD THE BALANCE OF POWER
IN THREE STATES.
Have Affiliated With the Republicans
Since Mark Hanna Traded With
Them for Mckinley.

1t would be a curious condition
of affairs if the presidential election
should be so close that the Mormons
would be able to name the next presi-
dent And yet there is a possibility
of it. A Denver, Col, dispatch to
the New York Herald quotes former
Gov. Osborn of Wyoming, who is in
charge of the branch headquarters
of the national democratic committee
with headquarters at Denver, as say
ing that should the election be close
there is little doubt that the nine
electoral votes of Idaho, Wyoming
and Utah, which are controlled by
Mormons, will be the determining
factor" Mr.. Osborn has charge of
the six mountain states which have
twenty electoral votes, and he is
working vigorously to win them. He
feels sure of the five electoral votes
of Colorado, the three of Nevada and
the three OF Montana, but he is I'M
certain with respect to the nine votes
of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. A
careful canvass of the situation con-
Vinces him that these nine votes are
absolutely under the control of the
Mormon church. They will not be
cast on principle, but in accordance
with the views of the Mormon elders
as to which party has the best chance
of winning. II Mr. Bryan in the
%vryA
elders that he stands the best chance
of victory he will get them. On the
other hand if the outlook for Mr..
Taft appears the brightest he will get
them.
The Mormon church is determined
to be in touch with the winning par
ty If that is possible. Its purpose is
always to get on the winning side,
and it is its purpose to do so at the
approaching election. 1t is claimed
that Mr.. Bryan really won Wyoming,
Idaho and Utah in 1900, but Mark
Hanna made deal with the Mormon
elders on the eve of the election, and
the entire situation in these three
states was changed in almost a night
to Mckinley.
The mormonS, too. have been in
sympathy with and voted for the re
publicans ever since Brigham Rob-
erts, Mormon congressman, was ex-
PEELED by the democrats. Utah is at
present represented in the United
States senate by an elder of the Nor
mon church. II what former Gov.
Osborn says Is correct the Mormons
are in politics for what they can get
out of it for the benefit of the Nor
mon church. 1t shows that they are
Shrewd politicians, and reveals a con-
dition of AFFAIRS that is deplorable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
MONEY IN FIELDS OF OKRA,
Plant Is to BE Used Extensively i'm
Making Paper.

Making Paper.
Farmers who find little profit in
cotton at II cents may find new
field opened to them in the planting
of okra for paper manufacture, if ex-
periments to that end, now being
made by Mr. Moore OF Bib county,
prove successful, as seems entirely
probable.
MIR. Moore has one hundred acres
OF the okra planted, and it is now
ready for the machine. A large
quantity OF it has been cut so as
to be ready to feed into the machine
as soon as it is set up.
AS has been stated, the stalk of
the okra contains the fiber used in
paper-making, and other uses.
The wood for paper-making seems
to be growing scarcer, and the paper
makers have been looking for a sub
stitute Experiments show that the
okra furnishes the best.
Mr.. Moore planted one hundred
acres as an experiment as to how it
can be grown in this section. Should
1t prove successful and machines for
stripping it can be had it is prob
able next year he will plant several
thousand acres in okra.
So great is the advance in cost on
paper that the statement was made
recently that the newspapers of the
country would be compelled to cut
down the size of their papers. This
would necessitate less reading mat
ter as the size OF the type would be
reduced in proportion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
DEMAND FOR ENGLISH WIVES.
australian Bachelors Are Calling for
Them by the ShipIOad.

Every Englishwoman who lives
anywhere in the United States and
is unmarried has only herself to
blame. She has merely to go to
Australia to have her choice of a
quarter-milllon bachelors. That is
the number Of white men in the land
OF the bushmen in excess of white
women, and the demand for wives is
perennial Indeed, so insistent is the
call for helpmeets that leading
Australians are urging England to
send Englishwomen to the colony
from the mother country" by ship
loads. The promoters of this whole
sale matrimonial enterprise explain it
Is impracticable for the men Of Au-
stralia to leave their business long
enough to return to England and do
their wooing there. So, as the mas
culine mountain cannot go to Miss
Mahomet it behooves her, says pub
lic-spirited Australians, to go to the
mountain.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
RAYS FROM THE SHELLMAN sun
Perhaps He Didn't Have the Change.

Perhaps He Didn't Have the Change.
Editor Lane of the Edison News
is being sued for $1,000 damages by
Mr.. Warren Plowden of Calhoun
county. The editor was careless with
his automobile, so Mr.. Plowden says,
causing the latter's mules to run
away. We are surprised that Mr.
Lane didn't pull thousand dollars
out OF his pocket and give it to Mr.
Plowden when the affair happened,
and save the annoyance OF a court
trial.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
Money Order Business Boosted b,
the Dry Law.

Our citizens are great people for
reciprocity in trade. Thousands and
thousands of dollars come into She'll
man territory annually for cotton I;
and no small portion of these thous-
ands go out yearly for goods from
other states. Five prosperous mail
routes radiate from the Sheuman
office through this territory; have
always been prosperous, but their
business is growing. From June 30
1907 to July l, 1908, the five car
riers issued 1898 money orders,
amounting to $7,81756. That's
good, and bad, too.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
CARTER PARTY STILL ALIVE
WASN'T WHOLLY EXTINGUISHED
BY THE RECENT ELECTION.
Colonel John Temple Going to Shell
the Woods in Georgia Lit
tie Later On.

the Woods in Georgia Lit
tie Later On.
Apparently not wholly disconcert-
ed by its defeat in the state election,
in which Candidate Yancey Carter
got less than 1000 votes for gov
ernor, the Independence party is still
in business at its same old Atlanta
stand.
National Committeeman E. E.
Clapp is still in charge at the partys
offices in the Austell building, and
says he will be right on hand until
after the national election, for, be it
known, that Hisgen and Graves are
running in Georgia for president and
yice-president, respectively.
The fact cannot be overlooked that
in the same building, and not so
very far away, are the offices of the
Hon. Sidney Tapp, presidential can
didate of the new Liberal party, or
gained at bedroom conference re-
Gently held in Chattanooga. Col.
Tapp is getting ready to go to Chi
cago to be notified of his nomination
without thought that he is leaving
the field here to the enemy-his
neighbors.
Col. Tapp Protests.
Col. Tapp claims that the Inde-
pendence party has filched his lead
ing plank-women's suffrage. He
poses as the originator of this plat
form plank and now asserts that the
independents never thought about it
until the Liberal party announced
its intentions. SO it is war to the
teeth between them.
Committeeman Clapp has wholly
ignored Col. Tapps claim of pre-
emption upon the women's suffrage
plank, and is going about his business
as if the Liberal party offered no
formidable opposition. He says
Georgia is to be educated regarding
the Independence party and it's plat
form between now and November
3rd, and that headquarters proposes
to keep in active touch with the
state.
Not only that, but Col Graves is
coming to Georgia before the end of
this month, Mr.. Clapp says, and he
is going to shell the woods proper.
Former Congressman NJ. w. Howard
of Alabama. vice-chairman of TIE In
dependence party for the south, is
coming also, and the promise is that
things are going to be made to hum
in political way from then on to
voting time
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
RATHER IN BUNCH OF BANANAS
Reptile Was About to Strike Man
When He Killed 1t.

Had it not been for the presence
of mind of a negro drayman in Ma
con he might have suffered the bite
of two-foot rattlesnake. The dray-
man had just carried a bunch of ba-
nanas from his dray to Thomas
Joseph's fruit stand and had hung
up the bunch upon a hook when the
RATHER dropped from the fruit. A.
the reptile was about to strike, the
drayman snatched his whip from I'M
der his arm and killed the snake.
The rattler was of the diamond
back variety and of a species that
is considered most deadly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
Return of Democratic Simplicity

When Little Joe" Brown is in
Quoted into Office and the bolts on
the executive door are removed:
when that Cherokee county gourd
and the blue painted bucket take the
place of spring spigots and decorated
coolers; when pure spring water is
given precedence over the medicated
carbonated sort, a genuinely demo-
catic era will dawn in old Georgia
Valdosta Times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
HEADLEss TAFT CABBAGE.

Henry Zern, veteran auctioner
near Pleasant Run, Pa, planted two
cabbage stalks this season, naming
one Bryan and the other Taft. The
Taft stalk grew, but no head de-
Veloped, whereas the Bryan stalk
produced remarkable results. A
large head formed, and after that
had been pulled off five additional
heads grew on the stalk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
What a Strong Team,

China has an editor named Ii Sum
Georgia has one named Fuller Wind
We suggest that the two form a mart
neTshlp and run a paper together
LII could manage the office work all
right, while the Georgia editor would
make a capital outside man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
Are You Only Half Alive

People with kidney trouble are so
weak and exhausted that they are
only half alive. Foley's Kidney Rem
edy makes healthy kidneys. restores
lost vitality, and weak, delicate neo-
pie are restored to health. Refuse
any but Foley's. Dawson Drug Co
and Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
woman Interrupts Political snenl1er

A well dressed woman interrupted
political speaker recently by con-
tinually coughing. If she had taken
Foley's Honey and Tar it would have
cured her cough quickly and expelled
the cold from her system. The gem
ulne Foley's Honey and Tar contains
no opiates, and is in yellow pack
age. Refuse substitutes. Dawson
Drug Co. and Peoples Drug Store
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
The Center of Formulation

The center of population in the
United States in 1900 was six miles
southeast of Columbus. Ind Tn 1874
II was eight miles west by south of
519 miles. NV Gu
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21

Dyspepsia is our national ailment.
Burdock Blood Bitters is the national
cure for it. 1t strengthens stomach
membranes, promotes flow Of diges-
tive juices, puri6es the blood, builds
yoW APP.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
GOES ON TO JAPAN
A CORDIAL INVITATION WAS RE.
cEIVED FROM THE EMPEROR.
A Cabinet Meeting Decides to Send the
big Sixteen" and So Notify
Ambassador Takahira.

Washington, d. C.-The American
battleship fleet is TO visit Japan. The
desire Of the emperor Of the island
kingdom to play host to the big Six.
teen was laid before Secretary Root
Thursday by Baron Takahira, the Jap
anese ambassador. The invitation.
which was couched in most cordial
terms. was made the subject Of eX-
tended consideration by President
Roosevelt and his entire cabinet Fri
day. Secretary Root was directed to
accept the invitation and the accept
ance was laid before the Japanese
ambassador late Friday.
II is regrded in official circles here
as more than likely that China will be
next to bid for a look at the feet, and
that should this be the ease the invi-
tation would be accepted
Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Pills
bury, chief OF navigation, are arrang-
ing the details OF the new itinerary.
With the exception OF China. II Is be-
lieved 70 have been determined that
all other invitations, should any be re-
eeived, will be declined for at best the
fleet will not now be able to reach the
Atlantic seaboard before the FIRST OF
next March.
The itinerary which seems 10 be
the most direct includes stops at the
Hawaiian islands. Samoa. Melbourne,
Sydney. Manila, Yokohama-should
that port be selected as the stopping
place In Japan-possibly a Chinese
port, back 70 the Philippines, and
then home By way Of the suez canal,
with only such stops as are necessary
for coaling.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26

Intelligent talking Is n ~ the
most beautiful and anlmating recrea.
tions, and a person who understands
the art possesses a most useful and
enjoyable accomplishment No din.
nertable Is wen appointed without
good takers. n the basis Of Interest,"
Ing conversation is reality. After a
course Of dinners IN the British me-
tropoiis. Sir Walter Scott said The
clergymen and the lawyers talked bet
ter than the wIts"-that is, the wits
talked for the sake Of talking. while
the representatives Of yhe church and
the law had something to talk about
Yet apecialties and hobbies are not
admissible at a dinner-table, and a per-
son who can only talk on his fad
has no business in society, for any
conversation at the ~dinnertable that is
q strain on the attention or patience
soon becomes irksome; indeed, ms OF
the chief elements OF pleasant com
Fany is a readiness to talk or TO be
talked to on any rational subject The
most charming takers, says the New
York Weekly. let q bright listener see
their thoughts in formation. fer tax
that has been prepared has a ready
made hatness. Il IS the aeratsi
thought Of the moment hat has the
sparkle; and n good talker finds the
right word by instinct as a clever
horse on q bad read always puts his
foot in the right place. This fact
makes the good talker also a good lis
tener. because his best conversation
viii follow brightly and instantly the
lead that others give st. and it pre-
vents, likewise. the worst OF all con
versationRl faults-the persistent e.
fort to monopolize the talk.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
AnorAgR nANk RonnEp.
Bandits Took $500 from Hoffman, OK.
Institution IN Daylight.

Muskofec. Ok.-Two bandits 30
lleyed 10 be members OF the same band
that held up the aank OF ryro, Khns
last week. Thursday afternoon walked
into the Davis bank az Hoffman, so
miles southwest OF here, covered the
bank officials with pistols and gather
ms up $500 10 currency, mounted their
horses which were standing outside
aud escaped.
So quiet and sudden were their
movements that tho robbers secured a
good start before a posse was formed
to pursue thom, The two men headed
into the dense country southeast OF
here and no trace OF them has boon
found.
The vlce-president. l. r. Davis. and
Cashier w. 3. Davis were the only
persons in the bank. The robbery
took place at 1880 p. m. The Tyro
robbers were last trailed 20 a point 40
miles north Of Hoffman.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26

There should be a pocket edition au
tomobile that the chauffeur couls
chuck into pocket Of his oyercoai
while he pulled his snoW-shoes out Of
the other. Equipped with the arctic
boots he could sail merrlly along
sliding down inclined places and toll
ing up the hills Bat the main point
is that he would make progress. how
e slow, Automobiles are too cum
bersome. It 70 al right for them tc
have weight II the owner is going 70
p~atronize the ~boulevards exclusively.
Sull, In an ordinary c-ross-eountry run
perhaps he could get away with fences
barb and rail; but when there Is a
bog or snowstorm and he wan 10
transport the machine 10 the nearest re.
pair shop on his shoulder It's weight is
a serious handicap.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26

Coneyville, KansRs.-An anonymous
letter warning the officers OF the Home
National bank Of Caney. Kan. 20 be-
ware Of bank robbers was received
"Wednesday from some one who said
he merely wanted 20 sound a note OF
warning. The writer added that the
bandits who robbed the bank at Tyro,
Kan, are 10Y In the Usage hills. nine
miles southwest Of Caney, where they
are being supplied with horses and
kept informed as to the movements OF
their pursuers by a man well known in
the criminal courts Of southern KAN
sas.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
81 - u EdMsrd.

King Edward has come forward
again to enrich American cigarmakers
He ordered 1000 cigars two years ago
at a cost Of $4,000, but this time his
smokes are 20 cost him proportion
ately more. The order is for 500, says
the Philadelphia Public Ledger. and
the % will be 1880. There is no
e-xaggeration as 10 the price or the ex-
rense incurred in the manufacture.
said one well up on cigars. Three
thousand dollars was actually paid by
King Edward for 1000 cigars, and the
margin Of profit even at that unprece-
dented price was exceedingly small.
The manufacturer was eager e gain
the prestige of having served royalty
and went TO extraordinary expense.
The cigars we're eight inches in length
and at the thiekest part In the middle
n inch IN diameter. They were
made Of the finest Vuelta Abajo tobac-
co. The 500 that are TO go 70 England
win have thin bands of gold on them.
but they viii not be wrapped In silk
The manufacturer WIN make a nice
proht-much greater than that Of the
man who Allied the order for the thou
sand two years ago"
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
ALLIsoN lNpoRsEp IN IoWA.
Delegates Instructed for Taft and
Tariff Revision.

Des Moines. Iowa-The Republican
state convention Wednesday elected
four delegates at large to the National
convention. instructed them to vote for
William II. Taft, Endorsed Senator VII.
liam b. Allison by a vote Of 672 1924
to 500 7-24. and approved the plank Of
the Ohio platform calling for a revis-
ion Of the tarin at a special session
Of congress.
The Allison people dominated the
convention from its opening TO its
close, and had things their own way
throughout, The Cummins people. al
though defeated In the convention.
took especial delight in having. as they
declared. forced the standpatters to
indorse a plank calling for a revision
OF the tariff, and thcy made a point OF
frequently reminding the Allison PEG
pie Of the fact.
II was generally expected before the
final session OF the convention that
there would be a majority and minor
ity report on the tariff. and the Cum
Minis men had prepared to make a
strong fight for the adoption Of the
Ohio plank. When the committee &C
tually settled down 60 work. however.
Il was evident that the Allison people
were determined 4 Endorsed the plank
themselves and the only fight that was
made on the report Of the committee
on resolutions was against the indorse-
ment OF Senator Allison.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
RIn Telephene Prehts.

New York-The annual report OF
President Vail, Of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company. pre-
scented Thursday. shows profits OF S23,
479, 900 against Si7.s57. 900 last year.
Mr. Vail speaks OF the vast raminca.
lions OF the present system. saying
that Il Is national IN character. with
millions OF subscribers connected by
millions Of miles OF circuits with local
exchange systems. al bound into one
large. comprehensive system embrac.
ing i.664. 900 miles OF wire.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
Chinese Are %lndIunant.

Canton.-The greatest Indignation
prevails here against the government
for yielding to the Japanese demands
IN the Tatsu Maru case. It being con.
sidered that the governments action
in this matter has brought disgrace
upon this province. More than fifty
thousand persons attended the mass
meetings held Saturday; buildings
were draped In mourning and twenty
or more orators delivered denuncia.
tory speeches.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26

Garden City. Kansas-An at
tempt to wreck Santa Re pas
seuger train No. S. just west Of here
Friday by placing n C0-pound steel
rail- across the track, failed because
OF the low pilot on the engine which
knocked the obstruction aside The
train was going at a high speed and
would have been derailed n the wheels
had struck the heavy rail There Is
no clue TO the Identity Of the wreck
ers. but the police r. rounding up a
gang OF tramps who have been lol,er-
ing In the railroad yards.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
Rsnsws Leavsnworth Joint VA.

Leavenworth. Kan-Attorney Gen.
eral Jackson has renewed his hght on
Leavenworth ~iointkeepers. Jackson
Thursday instituted criminal proceed
ings against some OF the leading prop
erty owners OF Leavenworth. Thurs
day afternoon the sheriff vas engaged
IN serving notices on 90 jointists 10
yaeate. The action OF the attorney
general is causing CONSERVATION. as
the belief has been general that the
liquor light had been dropped hy the
state officials.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
4 LEelslAr!vE sRooRAM.
eumpromlse Of Conflicting Interests 70
be Urged BY PRECEDENT.


washington. n. C~.-Presiient Rooso
Welt has determined on a Legislative
program the enactment OF which win
be urged upon congress IN a special
message which ne said Saturday win
60 In this week Bach OF the meas.
ures to be proposed Involves perplex'
ing difficulties and each win have TAR
reaching erect on the business and
economic conditions Of the country.
The program Is the product Of im-
portant conferences through which
the president has been put in posses
sion OF the views OF an interests con-
cerne8.
The program includes,
"A declaration In favor OF a revision
Of the tariff IN a special session to be
held after March 4. 1909.
an amendment to the sherman anti
trust Law so as to make important
concessions 70 combinations OF both
labor and capital.
Limiting the powers OF certain
courts in the use of the injunction in
labor disputes.
Passage OF an employers liability
bin.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
RattIe h south AfrIen.

Berlin-The government Thursday
night published a %cablegram from
South Africa. reporting a battle be-
tween the German expeditionary forces
and a body Of H~ottentots In the Kala-
hari desert. The German troops had
been sent out to find Simon Koppers.
the last Of the Hottentot chiefs. who
is still hostile. The engagement was
a very severe one. The enemy lost IS
killed. Seven men and several women
were captured. Koppers escaped. The
German losses also were heavy. Cap.
tain Won Erckert. commander OF the
expeditiouary force. Lieutenant Ebln-
ger and ~ privates being killed and n
wounded, Of whom nine were seriously
hurt.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26
Two Oklahoma ordern.

Guthrie, Ok-CoL A. 2. Watson Of
the State Corporation commission
drew two proposed orders Friday
night, on which companies interested
viii De given hearings. which viii
bring about a radical change IN the
railway operations. The first pro
vides that railway companies cannot
change their present passenger SEIZED.
ulos or abolish any station or telc
graph Office without hrst having sub.
mitted Il 10 the commission. The 500,
ond order nxes telegraph rates AZ 20
cents for ten words and one cent for
each additional word. 10 and between
points In this state.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26

Pekin-The throne has given its
sanction TO an experimental decrease
n the importation Of opium, which has
been agreed 20 by Great Britain, The
experiment win extend yer three
years and its purpose is TO determine
the effect this viii have on domestic
cultivation and the S OF opium. If
Il proves successful measures will be
taken TO continue the regulation. The
throne orders further regulating OF the
opium evil and appeals to the nation
at large to abandon its use entirely.