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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-27
ACADEMY
INTERESTING PROGRAMME AT
TENDING PRESENTATION OF
MEMORIAL WINDOW AT
BUCkHANNON. ..

On October ut ] 80 y. IN. former
students or tho Normal and Classical
Academy at Buckhannon will present
memorial window to the Urite.i
Brethren Church of that city. Follow
ing Is the programme:
Music-Old Students.
Invocation-Rev. J. T. Foster.
Music-Selected.
Introduction and purpose Meeting
Prof. IL. A. Darnall- .ce..sr Is. &
Presentation spcecl,-Hon. J. C. Nc
Whorter.
Response-Rnv. Geo. W. Durlctte.
Solc-Mrs. u. G.. Yong.
"Reminiscences of Schooi--R. Adj.
Hall. III
A College Song-Selected.
Talk-Former Teachers OF School.
Duet, selected-Alrs. w. S.1ilnson,
Mrs. Anna l.. Burnside.
Talk-Former Students Of School
Mustc-"When Shall We Meet
Arain?"
Denedlction-Rev. Judson Pr;trlard.
Come hack to nuckhannon October
third AZ l1.,.
And see the boys yoll know.
Where good people fdwcit. where mr.
was sweet, "a. szq ~. j. IT
Whore nuts and berries grow.
come back and climb sACatlemy Hi,
BY winding paths and ways,
And SEQ again those beautiful scenes
7 You knew in ;bygone days. 81
The boy and girl companions
E Whom you loved in days of yore
VIII all be back to grasp your hand
a AMI talk the old times Ger. ~.
Come back. no matter where you arc.
The trip you'll ne'er regret.
Anu live asnin those happy days
: In the town you can't forget.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-27

OIL AND GAS LEASES-Fo1 Sale ut
this ONCE. Best form W. Va. and Pm.
Acknowledgements. Also assignment OF
lease Mt this Office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-27
Miss Grace George.

Grace George believes that i'll tie
part OF Marion Stanton in "a Wolpull' q
Way" she has found n role that will
not only please and hold her; thor
sands OF admirers. but make many
more. It is said that as a young
common sense wife. she Is afforded
even create opportunities for the dis.
play of her talents than she Was as
Cyprienne In Sarddn's "Dlyorcons Y &
Your furnished rooms are rentalble
- yolI are 4 d EcIassi led nd Yertiser.-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
"MONEY IN FARMING"

From the Macon Evening News.
The Dawson News calls attention
to the fact that farming in Georgia,
when intellligently and industriously
followed, is about as good a business
as one could we'll find. The follow
ing experiences of a farmer in this
state is taken from The Dawson
News:
THE experience of J. A. J.. Hen
derson on a farm near Ocilla shows
what can be accomplished by farm
ing in Georgia according to modern,
thorough and scientific methods.
With fifteen mules, on five hundred
and four acres of land, Henderson
grew in 1908 the following: Four
hundred and thirty-one bales of cot
ton, the bales averaging over five
hundred pounds each; three thou
sand five hundred bushels of corn;
two thousand bales of hay; two
thousand bushels of potatoes, and
enough peanuts in the corn field to
fatten one hundred hogs. The big
farm is almost as level as a floor,
and every stump has been removed
from it by Mr.. Henderson, who en-
plOys in his farming operations the
modern machinery of the type so
generally used in the west"
There is. not another occupation
in Georgia which would yield the
same dividends as those above quoted
on the same outlay of capital, and,
besides, think of the independence
of the farmer who farms as did Mr..
Henderson. There is not a million
aire in the United States who can
hold his head higher or stoop less to
power than this Georgia farmer.
To Henderson his farm is a king
dom, and he is its autocrat If ne
cessity so demanded he could be alb
solutely independent of the nearby
store and a selling market would
fill his needs, so far as his family
living, with the exception of clothes,
is concerned. Politics he can fout
and politicians he can shoe from his
door with absolute impunity. The
debt collector or lawyer has no ter
rors for him. With a good living he
is immune from the courts-he is
free in reality, and enjoys a liberty
that most men cannot even realize.
Henderson is fortunate; he should
be happy. Would that there were
more HendersOns in every county in
Georgia
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
BRONWOOD BRIEFS.

Miss Kate Cowart came over from
Leesburg Saturday to visit her moth
er. We are always glad to have her
with us.
Mr.. Billie McCorkle and son of
Ellaville have returned to their home
after spending several days in Bron-
wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Durham and
children of Dawson spent Sunday
bee.
Misses Eulah Patten and Mary
Lizzie Harvey of Americas are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Harvey here
Mr.. Tebe Collins and daughter
came down from Ellaville Sunday to
see his mother, who is quite i'll.
Miss Matte Derrick of Plains is
here with her sister, Mrs. W. R.
martin, for few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Dolph Williams of
Dawson spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Capel here.
Mrs. B. L. Benjamin of Fitzgerald
is here with her aunt, Mrs. A. c..
Hill, Tor several days.
Misses DOME and Lola Murray and
Clara Patten spent Sunday at Sasser
with Mrs. Blackstock.
We are glad to learn that Mr.. A..
c. Hill and Mrs. J. T. Collins con-
tinue to improve
Mr.. Chappell Carnage of Armenia
was mingling with his friends here
Sunday.
Miss Mary Clements spent several
days with homefolks at McRae last
week.
Mrs. ]. T. Raglan of Dawson spent
Monday with Mrs. G. n Bryan.
Many from here will attend the
carnival at Dawson this week.
Miss Eva Waller of Plains is visit
ing Miss Maggie Wells.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKissick of Ameri-
Gus spent Sunday here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
sENsELEss AND UNBECOMING.


The Wesleyan Christian Advocate
makes a very timely and deserved
criticism of the Taft blowout in New
.Orleans which The News desires to
endorse. The New Orleans affair
was worse in the respect complained
of than the Atlanta hurrah, and
goodness knows that was bad enough.
'One thousand citizens attended
the Taft banquet in New Orleans last
week, paying for the privilege of a
seat at the table $25 each" says
the Advocate. And yet with such
a useless and senseless extravaganza
as that we cry hard times. Mr..
Taft, as the president-elect of this
great country, deserves to be treated
with courtesy and the highest re-
spect, but such extravaganza as the
above shows is unwarranted and I'M
becoming in a republic. The utmost
respect due him can be shown with
out such a senseless waste of money
as New Orleans INDUCED on his re-
cent visit there"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
1t Isn't Altogether Bad.
Shellman Sun.

From the Shellman Sun.
The City Court of Dawson is not
altogether bad, if it is a costly and
perhaps unnecessary expense to the
county. Last week Walter Scott of
that city paid fine of $500 for
keeping whiskey in his place Of bus
mess. If the court is able to get the
freight from the criminal class
(and they are the proper ones to
pay IT'D, it seems as if the county
might stand for the court, high sal
aries and all. The system can be
mismanged, and it is the duty of the
proper ones to see that the officers
do their duty, for the city court in
Georgia was established as a matter
of economy for the county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
FOR A CLEANER PRESS.

The newspapers of the country
having not voluntarily desisted from
publishing accounts of incidents that
should not be placed before the pub
lie, if standards of decency are to be
preserved, the lawmakers of one
state at least, South Carolina, have
had the courage to enact a law which
will in a degree curtail the so-called
newspaper license" which, by COM
mon consent, permits the publishing
of matter that would not be permit
ted to be discussed in polite society.
The South Carolina law makes it a
misdemeanor to publish the name of
a victim of a criminal assault.
So far so good. But we agree with
The Columbus Ledger that "the law
should go farther and make it a mis-
demeanor to publish the details of di-
vorce scandals, or trials where re-
spectacle women are involved. AL
though it may seem necessary to
bring out the facts in such cases in
the court rooms it is unnecessary to
spread this immoral slime over the
face of the country, debauching the
youth of the land and offending the
sense of decency Of all self-respecting
men and women. On the principle
that the thought is the father of the
deed the publishing of these obnox
ious details makes the commission oil
crime more frequent.
The law above referred to is OF
the right line, thus saving the victim
Of the crime and her family the EN-
barrassment of the newspaper motto
riety and the sense of the country
from further debasement.
"A cleaner press should be the
slogan"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
SASSER SETTINGS.

The entertainment at the school
auditorium was we'll attended Mon
day night, and the pieces were we'll
rendered by the children.
Mr.. Brown of near here and Mrs.
J. T. Spence have been quite sick
recently. Their friends wish them
speedy recovery.
There will be a dance at the skat-
ing rink Friday night. Those who
wish to dance are especially invited
to attend.
The skating rink will be open to
those who wish to skate on Monday
and Thursday nights.
Sasser's street committee is hav-
ing clay put on the street near the
school building.
Mrs. Collier is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. w, L. Simpson, in Jack
sOnville, Fla.
The rains around here recently
have given a new impetus to the
Oat crop,
Miss Eunice King of Lee county is
visiting Misses Alice and Emma Jor-
dan.
Mr.. Hart of Benevolence is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Robert Grier.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Everett of
Americas visited Mrs. c. A. Wilburn.
If you are troubled don't tell us,
but advertise what you have to sell.
Miss Mamie Bowen is visiting Miss
Jennie Alice Moreland in Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barrow of Lee coun-
ty attended church here Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Culberson filled his reg
ular appointment here Sunday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
The Passing of "NIy Policies.


From the Augusta Chronicle.
1t is now but little more than one
week off when the cOuntry's nerves
may begin to relax. The passing of
President Roosevelt and his poll
cies' can but mean a much needed
rest for an Over-wrought nation
For, regard the man as we will
whether admiring his 'boldness" or
cOndemning his 'reCklessness. -"
whether impressed by his honesty of
purpose or amazed by his 'incon-
sistency;' whether charmed by his
personality or incensed by his car
rogance we must all admit that
for the past seven years or so he has
led the country merry dance.
1t involves no animosity for the
man, therefore, nor disrespect for
the high office which he occupies to
make the candid observation that his
retirement from the presidency will
cause these United States-commer-
cially, industEially and financially. at
least-to breathe a sigh of relief.
Not only because Mr. Roosevelt him
| self will no longer be a disturbing
factor, but because my policies
must also go more or less into
eclipse. For it follows, "as night the
day, that the Roosevelt influence
upon public sentiment, and. partic-
ularly, upon his political imitators.
cannot live long after him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
NO CHANGE IN THE LAW.

Joe Brown says they cannot alter
syllable of the prohibition law while
he is governor, unless it is done over
his protest. Recently the impression
got abroad, probably through some of
his political opponents, that if a bill
were passed permitting the manu-
facture and sale of blackberry wine
he would sign it. 1t turns out that
this impression is erroneous. In a
public statement issued within the
past few days Mr.. Brown says:
4 made a pledge to the peo-
pie that | would, if elected, veto
any change whatever which the
legislature might make in this
law. Therefore, if a single syl-
liable of that law is changed by
the Legislature during the term
for which | have been elected |
will protect that pledge and veto
it..
Sometime ago a farmer, a former
citizen of Terrell county, was CON
victed and fined in Sumter county
for selling to a neighbOr some home
made blackberry wine. OF course
the law had been violated, and the
court could do nothing else than i'm
pose sentence when the accused
farmer had been convicted. In a
speech at Jackson Mr.. Brown made
some reference to this case, but said
nothing that would leave the i'm
preston that he favored modifying
the prohibition law even in respect
to this product of household manu-
facture.
And no one could reasonably ex-
pect him under the circumstances to
be party to any modification of the
prohibition law His position is such
that it isn't probable that any eff
fort will be made to change the pro-
hibition law in any particular during
his term of office,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
No More EuIOgies.

From the Purcell (Okla.) Call
The average country editor is a
chump. He will submit to the abuse
of some old miserly skinfiint or Shy
lock in the community for years, and
when death in all it's merciful kind
ness removes the worthless old car
cass to a place that has possibly been
eager and yawning for years to even
up his devilish score Mr.. Editor, in
laudatory language and a half-col-
umn space. will pour out his hypo-
critical sympathy touchingly, yea,
pathetically. Not so with the Call.
The next old reprobate that shuffles
off may die with this troubled fact
on his mind, that we are going to
everlastingly lambast him as soon as
we have proof that his grouchy life
has been snuffed out and he is on
his way home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

What is the message of the silent
sky?
'Tis this sweet word, hear all We
that pass by:
God cares!
He cares for all His creatures ever
more,
His the wide mercy and the open
God cares!
When to the doubling mind there
comes confusion,
When to the broken heart there
comes disillusion,
God cares!
When friendship fails and I 90 ON
alone,
To feel the warm life slowly turn to
stone,
God cares!
When others grasp the prize for
which I strove,
When naught but sorrow seems the
need of love,
God cares!
When sleep brings horror and the
night no rest,
When that one dear, dead face lies
on my breast,
God cares!
God cares! no, not for all. but for
each one;
This is the creed 1 hang my soul
upon
God cares!
Contributed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
One Is Yet With Us.

From the Griffin News.
In a reply to the suggestion that
all the freaks have temporarily dis
appeared the Columbus Ledger init
mates that they have taken to the
woods because they have been so
shamefully outshone by that most
monumental of all freaks, the Hon.
Col. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Pungent Comments on the President
His Idea of a square Deal"

His Idea of square Deal"
From the Macon Telegraph.
Senator Lodge, President Roose-
velts friend in the senate, has pro-
posed new rule which forbids in de-
bate offensive references to any CO.
ordinate branch of the government.
The rule, of course, is intended to
head off Senator Tillman, who has
been collecting material with a view
to replying in kind to President
ROOsevelt's recent personal assault
on himself.
1t is the Roosevelt idea of the
square deal" He takes advantage
of his power and place to personally
pummel others, but he is always
ready enough to have somebody or
something hold the other fellow
when his turn comes for punishment.
No one has used and abused a free
press more than Roosevelt, and yet
he is leaving no stone unturned to
! find law to punish newspaper edi-
tors for free criticism of his admin
| istration.
No one has denounced the trusts
and "malefactors of great wealth
so much as he, yet with his sanction
the Steel Trust has gobbled up al.
most the entire available supply OF
coal and iron ore in the south in
violation of law, and he is placing
obstacles in the way of the senate
committee investigating the deal
by taking personal possession of the
papers on file in the department rel
ative to it and Withholding them
from the committees inspection.
| That's Roosevelt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Poker for Church Purposes.

From the Christian Index.
A certain church in Georgia, of
what denomination we do not know
has recently adopted a unique gamb-
ling scheme to get money with which
to beautify it's house of worship. The
scheme was to put five dollar gold
pieces in cake, cut the cake in
slices and sell to the highest bidder.
We look next for a game of poker
by some expert player to raise money
for church purposes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

The peoples burden of government
is increasing. The states expenses
are growing faster than it's income
can meet. The annual report of
Controller General w. A. Wright,
now in course of preparation, shows
that last year the states receipts
from all sources were $5,383,273
against $4,813,7O4 in 1907, while
the expenses of last year were S.
57O,295 compared with SABOTAGE
the year before. The last legislature
cost $108,721.02 not including print
ing-the largest amount in many
years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
HOLMART NEWS.

Mrs. ]. w. Chapman is trying to
organize a Sunday school. Why not
everybody take a hand in it?
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Stanford are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.
Holland.
Mr.. Robert Stokes visited his sis
ter, Mrs. George Hall, Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. Russell Berry, one of Hol-
mart's pupils, has been on the sick
list.
Mr.. George Stokes of Sales City
was up for a few days on business.
Mr.. Charlie Denton left Tuesday
for Armenia, where he will work.
Many Valentines were handed out
by the school children.
Miss Masery Thompson spent Sum-
day in Brentwood
Mr.. Ray Fletcher is in Sales CITY
for a brief stay.
Old Holmart is on a boom-has
two teachers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION

The Hon. Joseph M. Brown
is showing signs of possessing a
level head. He has announced
that in his first message to the
Legislature he will recommend
biennial sessions. That is what
the Morning News has been
urging for many years. If Mr..
Brown makes the recommends
ton and the legislature APP
proves it a signal victory will
have been won by the Morning
News, and good many thou
sands of dollars, every two
years, will be saved to the tax
payers. The people should hold
up Mr.. Browns hands in his eff
fort to cut down the expenses of
government. Savannah Morn
ing News.
What the morning News says is
true. For years it has advocated
biennial sessions of the Georgia leg
islature. The proposition has grad
ually grown in public favor, and il
the change is now made our contem.
porary will deserve the credit. II
will be a real reform, too.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

Mr.. w. J. Vaughn formerly of the
Milledgeville News, is now at the
helm of the Middle Georgia Farmer
at Griffin. Editor Vaughn is one of
the best newspaper men in the state,
and his return to the work is pleas
ing to the fraternity. He has al
ready made a wonderful improve
ment in his paper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

In Wayne county, New York, Mrs.
Georgia Sampson has been indicted
by the grand jury for murder, the
crime being the killing of her hus-
band, a nephew of the late Rear
Admiral Sampson, who, wanting
credit for the job, came into the
limelight just after Rear Admiral
Schley sunk the Spanish tubs at San
tiago, Both she and her husband
were wealthy and cultivated, and
moved in select circles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

Fate certainly moves mysterious
ly. Old Geronimo, the famous
Apache chieftain, was one of the
most cruel of murderers. Not less
than forty men, women and chill
dren are known to have been killed
by him, and yet he died in bed as
peacefully as any christian might
hope to do.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
IMPRESSION THE NEWS MAKES

Editor John Holder, who will be
the Speaker of the next house of rep
resentatives, says in the last issue
of his Jackson Herald:
Every time we read The Daw-
son News we are impressed that
Dawson is one of the best towns
in Georgia"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Perhaps Speaks From Experience.

From the Augusta Herald
In a south Georgia town they re-
Gently held a voting contest to find
out who was the ugliest man in town.
Another way to find this out would
be to inquire who was the most dis
appointed when the jug train ar
rived with his order untitled.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Marked Copy" Did the Trick.

Germs that might be interested.
Result: Twelve immediate in
quiries, three propositions for the
factory site, one thriving factory
located which today pays wages to
175 persons living in that town.
Watch this paper for such oppor-
tunities to boom your town.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

Marked Copy on a newspaper
wrapper is sure to make the receiver
open and read.
Last year & southern man bought
fifty copies of his local paper con-
tanning a suggestion for a factory
location, marked them and mailed
them to fifty individuals or con-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

The great American fleet reached
home from its world cruise Monday.
Millions of money have been spent
on the undertaking, which, let us
hope, will have a tendency to firmly
establish peace between our govern
ment and the nations of the earth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

Capital invited to Georgia and to
Dawson will come to develop re-
sources which will add to the de-
mand for labor and for all Of the
products of labor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
But Dawson Does Big Things.

From the MOntezuma Record.
Dawson capitalists are figuring on
getting electric power from Albany,
generated at MuckafoOnee creek.
This is an extremely large undertake
ing, but it will likely be put through
successfully
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Or Cat.

From tie Atlanta Georgian.
How many times has the body
guard of President Davis been kill
ed? If his name is not Legion it
must be Banquo.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Our Incoming Baptist Governor.

From the Christian Index.
1t may not be out of place in our
Georgia news to say that our incom-
ing Baptist governor has shown the
good sense, among other things, to
decline to have a great parade at
the time of his Inauguration. And
the good common sense of the people
approved his decision.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

Monday was the one hundred
and seventy-seventh anniversary of
George Neutrality-suspicious., soldier,
statesman, law-giver and the father
of his country" There were many
notable celebrations of the day
throughout the United States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

Better do a good deed today The
chances are that you failed on it yes
terday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

Governor Smith, in Saturdays pa
pers, handed out a reply to Major
Hanson and incidentally took a
whack or two at Clark Howell. The
can't get over it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

Corn planting is now the order of
the day. Don't forget the prizes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24

Spring has sprung again, and the
frult trees are beginning to bloom