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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-17

breaking crop is foregone conclu-
sion, and prices will be disastrously
lowered, not only for 1910, but for
1911 as well. The evils attendant
on Over-production are not confined
, to the year of excessive acreage. The
next years values are almost in
variably affected by the heavy stocks
carried over to meet the new crop
and hold down it's value. The dam
ger that threatens the south next
season will accordingly not only hang
like a cloud over it in 1910, but also
in 1911.
The cotton planters have the stu
alton entirely in their hands if they
can be brought to see it as a unit
and to act in accordance with the
dictates of sound judgment and their
personal interests.
With no heavy stocks carried over
from this crop to next year, and with
the acreage held down so that pro-
duction cannot exceed say 10000
900 bales what is there to prevent
the south from marketing the crop
of 1910 at 19 cents and better? Ger
tainly nothing. The world wants the
cotton; it must have it, and if pro-
duction is clearly beneath the prob
abilities of the worlds consumptive
demands highly profitable prices
must ensue
1t is time that the south waxed rich
from its great staple crop. 1t can
certainly do so in the next few years
If it acts wisely By holding down
the production of it's food supplies
its farmers can, inside of the next
three years, make themselves the
most prosperous agriculturalists in
the world. Will they do it, or will
they reduce themselves once more
to a state of financial desperation by
ignoring the lesson of this year and
the lesson of past years, and by
bumper crop of cotton in 1910 bring
mortgages galore upon their farms
and debts innumerable as their bur-
den? 1t is solely up to them to de-
eide and to act.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-17
FARMERS PRICE-KICK REACTS.
harness Man Offers Better Trade in
Corn Than in "Old Times"

harness Man Offers Better Trade in
Corn Than in "Old Times"
d. e. Hirt, Vermillion, S. D., har-
1'sS dealer, turned a price kick on
'"Fmer who protested that he had
.o'merly bought for $95 the same
'a'i''y harness Mr.. Hirt was now
asking $45 for.
NV, ~F' Hirt Investigated, and his
'VNS showed that a $95 set of har-
=, ,'S mad been sold for 800 bushels
!. 'orn' so he told the farmer that
ut would bring him in the same
,b aOuit of corn now as had been paid
him r'e several years ago he would give
aess d double harness, a single har-
Will, saddle, set of blankets, buggy
nOn p, curry comb, brush and $40 in
a tb Ie farmer hadn't thought of such
Occnrr ns' and he admitted that the
renee was a horse on him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-17
WHEAT VERSUS CACTUS
Grain to Grow on Two Hundred
Million ParChed Acres.
DRY FARMING IN THE WEST

n,;nfau by Conservation to Drive
out the Sage Brush. Object of
scientific Congress Is to Reclaim
Tracts Larger Than States. Haul
mo Water by Rail.
billings, Mont.-Two hundred
,,i1lions of acres of land west of the
,nssouri river, an empire capable of
.nnnorting 100000 additional pop
,1otion. are expected to benefit from
tbo dry farming congress, recently
N session here, to push the new
methods Of handling lands where
notural rainfall is insufficient, to ad-
,.once with new energy the education
n American farmers to the posi-
biIities of these lands and energeti-
oaIIv to prosecute the compilation of
snocific scientific data on the basis
Of which to reclaim the dry districts,
we're the declared purposes of the
congress and it's 1000 members.
Out of this vast western area scien-
fists declare that all portions with
10 inches of rain per year are sus-
ceptible of successful cultivation,
while with even less precipitation a
few districts are capable of produc-
ton.
No district actually dry can be
brought under the new agriculture.
Rainfall is absolutely necessary, all
delegates agreed, and success de-
pends not upon the method but upon
the success with which the method
is made to conserve the actual rain
fall. Rainfall conservation" is the
name which describes the new plan
of saving the semi-arid lands, and to
this is added the application at the
right time of the conserved moisture
TO the plant growth.
Dry ON Top, Moist Below.
Excellent demonstrations of dry
farming were afforded delegates up
Oh table lands near Billings, where
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-17
Danger For Next Years Cotton Prices

From the Americas Times-Recorder
Daniel Sully, king bee of former
SPECTATORS, is predicting twenty
cents for cotton. Down in New Or
leans the leader of the bulls says
fifteen cents is entirely too cheap.
Other spectators on that side of the
market unite in the expression of a
similar opinion. All, or nearly all,
Of these men never handled a bale
Of actual cotton in their careers.
They are spectators, gamblers, to
put it accurately, in the south's great
staple product, and are not governed
in the slightest by any special interest
IN this section or any genuine desire
10 promote the welfare of its farm
erS. This year they may be for high
prices, and next year they may be
endeayoring to unduly force values
down. There is nothing stable in
their friendship for cotton. Tenn
porary personal interests govern
j3em entirely in every act of their
business lives.
LUZ white Oul1y ana MS COaQJ tutors
On the bull side of the market are
Qolng their level best to create the
impression that even the present
phenomenal values are too low the
leehng is becoming widespread that
mere is an acute danger in the stu
s'lon for the cotton planters. The
leaF IS general that out of the high
prices, the result entirely of a less
sled production, there will grow an
enormous crop in 1910 and return
" or 3 cents cotton. The danger
y mot a purely imaginary one. If
ialllng off in the crop can put the
price up to Is cents a proportionate
Increase in the crop can just as easily
suI II down below 10 cents. If cot
.ou planters from one end of the
"uth to the other, forgetting the les
souS OF the past, turn cotton wild
SAN ignore corn and oats and hay
a anu vastly increase their acreage in
IlIon, and if weather conditions in
''u'Olon prove favorable a record
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-17

raised in the south is it not time
for the average 15-bushel crop to
become a thing of the past?
Mr.. Bats, of course, had good
land, used good seed, fortified lib
orally, plowed his land thoroughly
and cultivated his crop we'll. These
are the things every man must ex-
pect to do to grow good corn crops,
and the sooner we learn that corn is
not poor land crop" the better it
will be for us.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-17

"My child was burned terribly
about the face, neck and chest.
applied DR. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
The pain ceased and the child sank
into a restful sleep Mrs. Nancy
NJ. Hanson. Hamburg, N. Y.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-17
INDIVIDUAL CUPS FOR BAPTIsTs
Columbus Church TO Do Away With
Old Communion Practice.

Old Communion Practice.
In the future individual commun-
ion cups will be used at the First
Baptist church in Columbus in place
of the large silver pitcher that has
been used in the past. This new
arrangement was tried last Sunday,
and met with general favor among
the communicates. At a recent bus
mess meeting of the congregation
the vote in favor of the individual
system was unanimous. 1t is under
stood that the board of deacons were
also unanimously in favor OF the
change, which was instituted by Rev.
L. r. Christie, the new pastor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-17
80 BUSHELS OF CORN ON ACRE.
Carolina Yield One of the
Largest on Record.

J. F acre acre of corn, grown by Mr..
recent natts of Garner, N. c., in the
22s' Wake county contest, made
largest bushels of shelled corn, the
and ~ on yield ever made in the state,
When 70 OF the largest on record.
Such crops as this can be
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-17
Avery's Tornado" Disc
Harrow.

Ferfect Center Hitch. Easily Changed for Either
Two or Three Horses.
No Side Draft. Perfect WORKING Claarors
.AEERY'S TORNADO" DISC HARROW is
simple IN construction, and being made of iron
ana steel throughout is necessarily strong and
very durable Each gang works independently
OF the other and may be set at anv angie While ~
notion The Anti-Friction End Washers, which
fevolve independently of the gangs, prevent rid
ing or rocking OF the gangs, remove all strain
from bearings and reduce the draft
and 2O-nch discs - ~
r. We can also furnish Avery's Reversible Disc
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23

name of its citizens that it makes it a
criminal act to wantonly, purposely
and maliciously traduce the good name
of any one of them. And in the terms
of its provisions it makes no exceptions
in favor of any claSs-and it bears just
as strongly upon the preacher in the
pulpit as upon the friendless devil who
pays the penalty upon the rock-pile.
1t is well in these days of political
stress and needless agitation that We
take this matter to heart and keep our
selves reminded that we are law break
ers when we give loose rein to our pas
sion, prejudice or hatred, and that
while we may be led away by our pas
sion, our prejudice or our hate-which
ought not to be the case-we are no
better than the commonest of law
breakers when we permit ourselves to
indulge in slanderous statements about
our neighbors or traduce the good name
of another without just and unqueS-
toned warrant.-Chattanooga Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23

tors w. J. and Charles H. Mayor, DR.. c.
+. McNevin, Frank A. Day, the COVER
nor's private secretary; Fred i. Lynch,
democratic national committeeman, and
the Misses Jane and Sue Heller, the
governors nurses.
DR.. w. j. Mayer stated that there
were no traces OF blood poisoning aud
that the immediate cause of death was
exhaustion and heart failure.
1t being the fifth day after the opera
ton, the one when the crisis usually ar
rives in a case of this kind, unusual
apprehension was felt by the physicians
yesterday.
When the governor had breathed his
last Mrs. johnson, who had been in at
tendance at her husbands side and who
had borne up bravely under the ordeal,
totally collapsed and was taken to the
Sullivan home.
Gov. Johnson at times during the
night seemed to wish that the end might
come, for on one occasion he said:
my. the time drags slowly / am so
uncomfortable"
He lapsed into Inconsistencies at one
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
AND UNICOI COUNTY
CLAIMS HIM, TOO

Attorney +. b. HensIey and daugh-
ter, of Johnson City, who have been
spending some days with relatives and
friends here, returned to their home
Sunday Mr. Hensley is one of the
foremost lawyers and citizens of John
son City. This is accounted for by the
fact that he is an old Yancey county
boy They always make COED, no
matter where you find them.-Burns-
vile, N. G., Eagle.
Our contemporary fails to note that
Mr.. Hensley moved with his parents
to Unicoi county when a mere boy
He grew to manhood among us and
we, too, are proud Of his success Er-
win Magnet.
III may be noted in passing that he
succeeded in Johnson City.-Comet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
BREATHED HIS
LAST AT 3:25
TUESDAY AFTER OPERATION
John A. Johnson was Three Times
Elected Governor of Minnesota
and Was a Popular Man

Rochester, Mimi, Sept. q Gov. John
A. johnson, three times elected COVER
nor of Minnesota, a candidate for the
democratic nomination for president of
United States in 1908 and looked upon
by many throughout the country as the
probable democratic national standard
bearer in 1912, died at st. Mary's hos
pital here at 3.25 O'Clock this morning,
following an operation last Wednesday.
Gov. Johnson's life hung continually
in the balance until the end came. SO
frequently did his condition change. al
ternately for better and then for worse
that his physicians, ever hopeful but
none too optimistic, We're able to say at
no time since the operation was perform
ed that the governor had more thad an
even chance for his life. At his bedside
when the end came were Mrs, johnson,
Miss Margaret Sullivan, her friend, Doc
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
JUDGE h. TYLER ANNOUNCES
VIII Make the Race for Nomina-
ton for Circuit Judgeship IN
the First Tennessee District.

Bristol, Tenn, Sept. 22-Judge III.
Tyler Campbell has just made the
first positive announcement that he
will enter the race for the circuit jndge-
ship in the First Tennessee circuit,
subject to the election to be held asXt
August lie said that rs it was early
yet he had made no formal announce
ment of his candidacy, but that he
would do so i'll due time.
Judge Campbell served the circuit
one term and made an enviable repu-
tation. 1t is this that has caused him
to receive many letters from over the
circuit urging him to become candi-
date. The contest will be between him
and the Hon. Dana Harmon, of Greene
vile, for the republican nomination,
which is regarded as being equal to an
election, so large is the repu olican ma
jority in the circuit. Mr.. Harmon has
for many years been the prosecuting
attorney Of the circuit, and is one of
the best known and most popular men
in the circuit.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
THE LAW
AGAINST ISLANDER.

The statute laws of Tennessee contain
very impressive inhibition against
slandering ones neighbor 1t was CON
ceived for the protection Of all classes
of people; the poor and the rich; the
high and the low, and it even oman
ties " the newspaper with its "protect-
ing folds" The law says one may not
speak evil or unjHstly of ones neighbor
for the purpose of injuring him either
in his character or his business; and to
violate that law makes the offender
just as much law-breaker as if he put
his hand in his neighbours pocket and
stole his money. 1t is based on Bibli-
cal authority and constitutes a rule
most important in the preservation of
society and the maintenance of the
peace and harmony of community life.
"Thou shalt not bear false witness, y
"judge not that We be not Judged" are
commands that still hold good and so
manifestly are they approved by civil
lied communities that they are embod-
led in the criminal codes Of every state
in the Uni0n-essential to the orderly
maintenance of government and i'm
posed by all the obligations of social
life. In all times since the beginning of
civilized society SANDER, the attack
upon character and reputation, has
been rightly regarded as the most seri-
Gus and injurious wrong one man may
attempt to do another. The principle
that all right-thinking men hold TO is
embodied in the lines of the poet
"Who steals my purse steals trash tits
something, nothing.
Twas mine, It's his, and has been
slave to thousands
But he that filches from me my good
name
Robs me Of that which not enriches
him
And makes me poor indeed"
So jealous is the state of the good
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
CORPORATIONS RAISED.

The state board of equalization has
completed the review of and action of
the schedules of corporations and per
sonality, reported by county authori-
ties throughout the state. AS a result
number of assessments have been
increased as follows:
Washington county-City National
bank from $40, $50 to $4,000; Onoka
National bank from$l10, $50 to $130,0O0;
Banking & Trust company from $2155
to $1,000; johnson City Steam Laun-
dry from SO, 600 to $4,000
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
MRS. PARSONS DYING

R. ID. Parsons has gone to Morganton,
N. G., to be ut the bedside Of his wife,
who is dying in a sanitarium there.
Mrs. Parsons was taken i'll at the AR
lington Hotel, their home in this city,
several months ago and was taken to
hospital at Knoxville for an operation,
but it was decided to try the private
sanitarium at Morganton, hoping to
benefit her. For some weeks her life
has been despaired of and it can only be
II short time now until death relieves
her of her suffering. She is noble
christian character, hard worker in
the Munsey Memorial church, and is
about to pass to her reward in the
Lords vineyard.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
JAMES MULKEY DEAD.

James Mulkey, aged 70 years, after
ssveral years of affection with Bright's
disease, died Sunday Mt 2.3O p. m. on
Seventh avenue. He was son of
the late Philip Mulkey, of st. Clair,
Tenn, and was a soldier in the war of
the rebellion. Mr.. Mull<ey was good
citizen and faithful Christian. He is
by wife and seven children,
all of whom are married. The fune-
raj was conducted at Harrison chapel
Monday at 2 p. M, and the body was
laid to rest in the Peoples cemetery,
four miles north of this city,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23

The Greens, father and son, are MAX
ing an excellent newspaper ont of the
Dyer County Herald. Uncle John is a
forceful writer and yields stalwart
democratic pen, and is gladly welcomed
back to the field. May he never depart
therefrom until given an assignment to
interview st. Peter.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23

START EARLY

Republican candidates for the ceun-
ty offices of this county are entering
the race early, and other prominent
gentlemen are being talked of and may
yet announce. So far Johnson City
has no announced candidate for any
office, but the friends of w. i. Hart
seem determined to run him for regis
ter, with or without his consent.
"Beefy," as he is familiarity known to
his large circle of friends, is one of our
best citizens, and would fill the office
with credit If he can get the nomina
tion-and then beat democrat. If he
is not in the hands of his friends, he
soon will be, for they are determined.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
BRISTOL IS WET

Judge Kelly rendered his decision in
the election contest last Monday in favor
of the "wets" and from it there can be
appeal Already ten licenses have been
granted aud many other applications
are being considered. Moore street only
has been exempted from the saloon dis
trict because it leads to the Virginia In
Stitute
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
remotest manner refer to him.

IelnOleSJ manner REFER 10 MIN,
In view of all the eruptions lhe Ten
nessean has had, well may we ask, up
on what carbon the editor has fed that
his heart, soul, body and brain vacuum
have become so filled with putrid focal
matter from the sewers of ages, and
which he belches SO necessarily, buzz
zard-like, upon who come within the
range OF his nauseating person. 1t fol-
lows as a result of nature that nothing
good could come from such n source,
and n proper conception of an honest
motive by another could not be hatch
ed or injured in such soil. The vile,
vicious and Venomous insinuations and
libelous assumptions are poured forth
in torrent of vapid mouthings that
can harm only the feeble minded
writer. Large quantities of calomel
and chaser may give him relief, but
a permanent cure is impossible.
Finally, every one, not afflicted with
idiocy, knows that as a rule persons
sign IA petition for a pardon through
sympathy, or desire not to refuse a
request; and of the 900 signers to the
lsenberg petition it is probable that
not 100 knew him, or any more about
the merits of his petition than did the
Governor The record did not show
that his conviction was improper, nor
that his sentence was too severe; on the
other hand, the statement of the Attor-
ney-General, Harmon, that at the
time of the conviction he thought, and
still believed Isenberg guilty and the
sentence light, entirely negatived the
idea that he deserved a pardon. But
when Morrell was convicted, and the
fact was certified to the Governor, and
the Acknowledgement wired the Cover
nor recommendation for pardon
without qualification, the record then
showed the conviction of lsenberg was
was improper. Not until then was a
case for a pardon made out. Not until
then did | ask the Governor for par
don. Not until then did he grant it,
and properly so. =
have no apology tc make for what
| did; certainly none to Lucifer Leafs
Libel Monger. | have never enter
tanned doubt about the strict propri-
ETY. of all did. Had the Tennessean
commended my course | might have
doubted, but being blessed by its CEN
sure, "not a wave of trouble rolls
across my peaceful breast"
plead guilty to the charge of being
a friend of Gov. PatterSon-an ardent
supporter if you please; and have
sometimes been designated a partisan
of his, without giving ofense; but
never trangressed the rules of sincere
friendship in this matter, nor betrayed
his confidence in the remotest particu.
lar, and the assumption that ! did
could only have been conceived in d
diseased brain.
CY H, LYLE
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
FOY w. DULANEY
ENROUTE HOME

Foy w. Dulaney left Kingston, ia
maica, on Sept, 14th, and is expected
to arrive in this city before Saturday,
the 25th. He will be taken at once be-
fore Esq. p @. Miller and given the
opportunity to make bond for his APP
pearanes at the next term Of the Cir
emit oourt. Oct. a
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23

The nation lost one of its biggest men
in the death of Gov. johnson, of Mime
sofa. He was splendid example of
what energy, common sense, honesty of
purpose and desire to be of service to
his felowmen can do for man in this
country of ours, the greatest under the
SIM.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
CARD OF THANKS

We want to thank Capt. Hodges and
his company for The honors bestowed
upon our son. We also extend our
thanks to all our friends who consoled
us in our great grief.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Dunbar.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23

1t is said there are only $50 words in
the Eskimo language, but this must be
a mistake. If there were not that many
letters in the alphabet it would be i'm
possible to spell the names of one family.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO. IS

LUCAS COUNTY
Frank J. Cheney makes oath thathe is senior
partner OF the firm of f. J. Cheney & Co., doing
business in the City of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNERD DOLLARS for each and eve
ry case of Catarrah that cannot be cured by
the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK
CHENEY,
Sworn to before me md subscribed in my pres
ence. this 9th day of December, A. D. 1885.
fSrArA A. w. GLEASON,
NTARY PUBLIC
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23

o'clock. Toward the end he revived
and raised himself several times to pat
his wife on the cheek, His last words
were:
"Well, Nora, guess am going; we
have made brave fight"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23

AS DR.. Cook is democrat, perhaps
he can discover some feasible route TO
the white house. --Commereial-A
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23

johnson City has gone after the East
Normal School in a way, it
seems, that it will win.-Sevier County
Republican.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
IN CITY POUND

One red cow; one black and white
spotted heifer Same can be returned
by payment of proper costs, or will be
sold Oct. LIST in front of the court house
door. Ii. II. Holt, Poundmaster.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-23
CY H. LYLE

Peary may yet wish he had white
witness. His criminal sclfshuess was
his undOing.