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The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
Making a Bluff.

was riding on g train the ether day
when g farmer got on al 4 small station
and took 4 seat beside ne After some
thing bad been said about the weather
and the planting season ] queTied OF him:
Well. are you interested IN this tarid
revision?"
i was for a while" be replied
''Bat you've, lost your interest nowT
TO some extent, res. When they frst
began hammeTing away ] was thinking
about Il day and night Finally. I sat
down ard wrote letter TO the President
II was only a bIuI. Of course. but It went
Yes. sir. scared Mr. Taft right OF his
perch. ] told him what would be the
consequence Il the committee on revision
didn't take back seat. and they crawled.
When you make bluff sir. make a big
one The bigger the biur the better it
goes.
But what was your bluG aboutT'
asked.
You mean what did I write 10 the
Presiaent2 Why. sir I told him that II
the dutv on pumpkins was removed and
the pauper labor OF Europe was permitted
70 compete with the American farmer
we'd get cur backs up and ruin the pump
kin pie business within a year les. sir.
and I underlined most all the words wifh
red ink Nothing Ike 4 little red Ink
when you are making a bluff Looks as
II you we're willing to shed your blood 10
make the blgf 20"
And pumpkins are not on the free
HstF'
Not a burned pump. and II the
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

DO the autos passing ny farm bother
ne muchT' repeated the old farmer when
asked the question. but iadulging in
little chuckle before he spoke. ~No.
can't say they DO now. but used 10 be
mad al EN- all the time. It has got 50
row that ny COWS and hogs and hens
look out for themselves. and # my dog
hears one coming he goes for his ken
neI I've got q son. Jim. you know, and
one day after an auto had killed a pig
for Us jim says.
Pap, this thing hss got 70 stop '
Yes. son.
Leave It to ne and III stop It 80
Go ahead. Jim
wall. that afternoon he loads Up q
big load Of hay. and when night comes he
runs the wagon out Of the barn across
the highway He grins but don't say
anything I grin. but don't say anything.
We expect 10 hear from an auto before
bedtime. but We don't. II was Jest az
daylight in the morning when jim calls
20 NE:
Pap, git up
What is II. JimT -
Come out and see whether this Is
our farm or somebody elses. In hanged
II / can tell
Il got into ny duds and stepped out
What did ! see? Why that load Of hay
perched up OF the ridgepole Of my big
barn-hay and wagon and ali. Funniest
sight you ever saw. Took US two days 10
git Il down
But how Oh earth did it get up there7'
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

ostrieh-And where viii yoa set the
tent for your show7
Nonkey-Oh, some canvas backed ducks
viii attend 20 that part OF il.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
- y ON THE PLATFORM.

There we're three men riding on the
rear platform Of the car. and two Of
them were acquaintances. Suddenly one
Of these asked the other:
Then you think the nomination VII
be offered him?-
"Oh. for sure" was the reply.
rs there any doubt Of his accept.
snce9"
Not the least"
''And how win he regard his chances
Il nominated agAnT'
"He viii be positive Of his election
this time"
viii he bring forward new issues, do
you thinkT'
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

Certain to-new and vital issues"
Well, 7 don't know don't know.
lie people have had three chances TO
accept him. but have refused 10 take
advantage Of it. As for me. III have to
think it over"
Excuse me-" said the third man. but
you have been talking OF something that
interests me. Do I understand that an
other nomination is to be offered Mr.
Bryant"
Not that-ve have heard Of" answered
one for both.
But inferred from what you said
that be was 70 be asked to run again.
You referred to the people having had
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
EAR From IT.

FAR FROM IT.
He always took his whisky straight
When al the club be fingered lai-ht:
Yet. we regret TO say.
That wasn't quite the wsy
He took his hcmeward gaight
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

three opportunities and 50 forth
Yes, but we were talking about Jim
SOL, Of our ward. He has been nomi-
mated for alderman and defeated three
times. and he's aching TO try It again.
Excuse Us for not making II mora plain
to you before. No. not Bryan. but jim
son Better put the name down snd
avoid future mistakes Good morning"
JOE KERR
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

Dickson-I'm never going on another
fishing trip with Dax-
WickS0n-What's the matter7
Dicksoa-He's rank amateur You
should have heard the account Of the
trip he gave my wife last night He
Queered me good and plenty
Wickson-Told whopperS. eh?
Dickson-WhOppers nOthin', lie told
the truth
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

farmers OF the United States don't present
ne with & silver medal then they -
uaSrateful lot and can look out fqs 2
selves next tine for all of ne
JOE kerry
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
lin and the Auto.
DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS

Hit by an auto In the night and tossed
up there. and my son Jim hsin't got over
looking pale yetr'
JOE KERR
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

Here Again.

Oh. the laziness Is creeping where the
violets are sleeping.
And the sunshine glistens lightly on the
stream.
Where the timid shadows shiver on the
border az the river
When the south wind wakes the crocus
from its dream
When The green Is softly glinting Ike the
whisper of n tinting
And there's music In the rhythm OF the
rain,
It's the lazy. hazy season. built for rhyme
5nd not for reason.
And we're glad 10 have it with Us once
sgain-
Ah, we need 10 maypole dancing nor the
glancins maids enhancing
To make festive such gentle time as
this.
Fer tbs fine TO watch the cleaning Of the
World with sunlft teemiBg
And existence is a sweet and priceless
bliss
There is drowsy satisfaction 10 this per
sonal inaction
While around you nature tolls with
might aud main.
There Is JOY enough IN knowing that the
grass and trees are growing
And the lazy time is With Us once again.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
AWFUL.

Jgsson-Hesr you bought a lot n Punk
VILE How does your land LEI
Wigsson-Not nearly so wei as the
agent that sold it to me.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
TO RrRY IT WITH

Fuller Water "a Temperance advOCate)-
They say alcohol Will clean silver up
nicely
Fuller Bcoze-Well. It cleaned up all
n1v silver
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
The Eureka Tailor Shop

Cleaning, Altering and Pressing Prompt service
and satisfaction guaranteed. Skirt work special
ty. We have the best workmen in town Give us
trial. One dollar per month or so cents suit
Washing and scrubbing extra. We de frst-elass
dyeing. Leave your laundry there for the Dawson
Steam Laundry. ]. L. MCLUNG, Prop.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

is the most common and by far the
most destructive of the rat family.
1t has been carried to almost every
part of the world on ships, and
wherever it has landed it has made
itself at home.
The rats bill of fare includes al
most everything eaten by man and
a considerable number of things not
included in human dietaries, as, for
instance, carrion, mice, kid gloves,
ivory and living horses hoofs. It's
most common foods are corn and
grain. If fed on grain alone it is
estimated that one rat will eat 60
cents worth in a year, while of
oatmeal it will consume $3.50 worth.
But the damage is not to be meas
ured by what ra. eats. Through
pollution of food products it does as
much damage as by eating them.
Besides, it does great damage by dig
ging under buildings and embank-
ments, by gnawing wood, cutting
holes in sacks and by cutting up
goods and papers to make nests. The
killing of young poultry and SQUADS
and the stealing of eggs are among
it's other destructive habits.
The rapidity with which rats null
tiply is the main reason why man
appears to make so little Roadway in
their destruction. 1t is calculated
that a single pair of rats and their
progeny, breeding without Interrupt
ton and suffering no losses, would
in three years increase to more than
20,000,OOO.
Rat proof construction of build
ings, especially the use of concrete
as foundations, is urged. The rats
food supply could be reduced and
their numbers thereby decreased by
the disposal of garbage and the pro-
lection of food supplies, the state
ment SAYS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
BRAINS OF APE AND MATHEMATICIAN EXHIBITED
In the Interest of the American Negro National Con
ference Is Held in New York CITY.

NEW YORK.-A national confer
ence in the interest of the American
negro was opened in the United
Charities building in this city today
by Prof. Burt G. Wilder of Cornell
University and Profs. Livingston
Farrand and E. r. Seligman and
John Dewin of Columbia University
Prof. Wilder, who is the author
of a form of bequest of the brain, :"
brought from Ithaca several brains,
including those of an ourang Outang
and an eminent mathematician
With these exhibits as a basis the
speaker made some interesting de-
auctions. In an address before the
conference Prof. Wilder said:
THE brain of the average negro
man seems to be about two ounces
lighter than that of the average
white man, and probably there oc-
ours more frequently than in the
white man a less development of the
prefrOntal lobessi. These two con-
ditions render it likely that the
whites will remain the dominant race.
There are exceptions to the above
general conditions of both kinds and
among both races"
Mrs. Celia Parker WOoley, found
er of the Frederick Douglas center
ia Chicago, was the chairman of the
afternoon session. She spoke on the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
RATS BOARD SIOO, 900, 900
A SINGLE PAIR OF THEM WILL
INCREASE TWENTY MILLION
IN THREE YEARS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the prince
of American milhonaires soon would
be a bankrupt if he had to pay out
of his own pocket the rats annual
board bill. 1t costs the American
people $1OO,OOO,0OO yearly to feed
the worst mammalian pest known to
men on grain alone.
This is only one of many inter-
esting facts CLEANED from a state
ment prepared by the experts of the
biological survey of the department
of agriculture, entitled "The Rat
Problem" and issued today. The
problem is one of the most serious
which has ever confronted officials
of that service, and an active cam
paign to rid the country of the pest
is strongly urged.
Untold millions of dollars worth
of property is being destroyed every
year by the rat, which is also the
principal agent in the dissemination
of bubonic plague. The Norway rat
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

How many Japanese are there in
the United States, and is the num-
Der increasing or decreasing? These
are questions that naturally arise
when a recent statement sent out
from Toxic is compared with the
United States census report of 1900.
Then the total number in the United
States and Hawaii was 89,9S6. The
largest number was in Hawaii, 61,-
Ill; California came next with 49,
ISL; Washington with 5,617; Ore
gOn with 2,501; Montana with g.
AL; Idaho with 1921; the next
state had only 1913; five states had
one each, and ten states had none.
According to the statistics recent
ly compiled at Toxic there were in
December, 1906, $1,000 Japanese
subjects in the United States, and
out of that total no less than SO per
cent were in California and neigh
boring states. 1t is in agriculture
alone that anything like signal sue
cess has been attained. There are
IA 900 Japanese farmers in Califor-
mia, and they own an aggregate of
1920 acres, devoted mainly to the
cultivation of fruits and vegetables.
An important feature is their con-
tributiOn to trade with Japan, but
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

negro settlement work, and then took
up the subject for the afternoon ses-
sion, "Ihe Industrial and Education
Status of the Negro
Prof. w. E. Dubois of Atlanta Uni
versity of Georgia, the author of
The Soul of Black Folks" was next
introduced, and in the course of his
remarks said:
Witness the strike of the white
locomotive firemen in Georgia. Ne
gro firemen get from SO cents to
81 day less than the white firemen,
have to do mental work, and cannot
become engineers. They can, how
ever, by good service and behavior,
be promoted to the best runs by the
rule of seniority. Even this the
white f1remen now object to, and say
in manifesto: The white people
of this state refuse to accept negro
equality. This is worse than that.
The other day the white automobile
drivers of Atlanta made a frantic
appeal in the papers for persons to
stop hiring black drivers. The black
drivers replied: We have had fewer
accidents than you, and get less
wages but the whites simply said
This ought to be a white mans
job
At the evening session the speak
ers included Judge Wendell Phillips
Stafford of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

The exact amount of the failure is
not known. He set up private bank
and the individual deposits ranged
from 81 to $4,000.
1t is claimed that Oliver bought
property and gave his certified cash
ier's check on his own bank and then
induced the people to deposit in his
bank, and on account of the fancy
price paid they would feel under OBJ
legations to do so, to their sorrow.
After getting deeds to the prop
erty it is alleged that he would go
around to the neighboring towns and
get loans from the banks on this col
lateral.
Among the enterprises he started
were the Southern Manufacturing
company, Bainbridge; variety works,
Thomasville; variety works, saw
mills galore throughout the section
and various brick buildings in Gil
max.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
WHAT IS OUR JAPANESE POPULATION?
Fourteen Thousand Japanese Farmers California
lion Dollars Annually Japan Figures

an. Some Facts and Figures.
much more remarkable are the sums
RENTED by them to the home coun-
try. In 1904 they sent to Japan
S3,750,000, in 1905 nearly $1,000
600 and in 1906 $3.50, 900. Moth
ing is said here about Hawaii so we
may presume the Japanese popula-
ton is growing on the continent.
The acting cOnsul-general of ia
pan at New York furnishes the pa
pers of that city with the statement
that the Japanese are moving home
ward. During the month of April
26 first-class and II second-class
cabin and 210 steerage passengers
returned to Japan; 25 first-class and
80 secOnd-class and 1873 steerage
passengers entered the United States
For the same period one first-class
and 268 steerage passengers re-
turned to Japan from Hawaii, three
first~class and ~ steerage passen-
gers entered Hawaii. Thus it is ap-
parent that during this period SO
more japanese returned home than
entered the mainland of the United
States, and 1876 more returned home
than entered Hawaii. The largest
proportion Of these were of the work
ing class, as shown by their mode of
Lravel.-Macon Telegraph.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
PUBLIC CIDER CISTERN.
Loar, O., to Revive an Old Custom of
Its Communist Colony.

''1' V'' 10 NVFIN6 an OIU OuSUOHL Oh
It's Communist Colony.
Cider pumped from a big cistern
Will quench thirsts at Zoar, o., after
next fall. The cistern, whose walls
are of cement, has a capacity of 100
barrels, and is in the public square.
II Is being cleaned and will be filled
with apple juice. The cistern was
used for this purpose years ago when
me Zoar communist society was in
existence.
With the advent of the Rose local
opuon law the residents determined
10 restore the old custom. A pump
VIII be installed, and the beverage
Will be free to all who care to work
the handle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

Itching piles provoke profanity,
but profanity won't cure them.
Doan's Ointment cures itching, bleed
ing or protruding piles after years
of suffering. AT any drug store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

How Titles clothes hang about
her! Why, they don't fit her at all. !"
But think how much worse she
would look if they did,"
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-01
: sBARNSBORO.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Outwater, of Cam
den, have returned to their home after
a brief stay with Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Price
William Lock met with painful
and what might have proven a SER
ious accident on Saturday evening
last, while in the act of riding BIZ
cycle. The wheel caught in rut and
threw him off into the road and lacer-
ated his face very badly, and a sharp
projection cut deep cash just below
the Optic Mr.. Lock was compelled
to stay from his work and have his
face swarthed in bandages for three
or four days, but is now able to attend
to his duties.
Gas lights have been installed in the
M. E. Church and Sunday evening
last, they were used for the first They
make a decided improvement in the
lighting of the church and after a
few changes are made by changing the
lights in the pulpit to larger candle
power the congregation will be pleas
ed with the change
Miss Violet Tomlin had the mis-
fortune to lose her pocketbook, which
contained sum of money, on the
train while enroute from North Wood
bury to this place on Saturday even
ing last
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-01
HURFFVILLE.

Alvin Truncer of Atlantic City, was
visiting friends here on Friday.
Howard McNulty has purchased a
new driving horse.
9 Miss Geneva Morgan spent Sunday
at Paulsboro.
Miss Kathryne Sherman spent Sat
urday and Sunday with William May
nard and family at Woodbury. Heights
Mrs. Albert NJ Hurff and Mrs
Brooks Hurff spent Saturday and
Sunday with Samuel B. James and
family at Philadelphia.
Price Williams who had his ankle
injured about three weeks ago is able
to be about with the aid of crutches
William McCracken moved into one
of Porch Bros. houses on Tuesday.
Freeman Rudrow, who resided here
for number of years, but now OF
Camden, will be buried in the NJ. E
Cemetery to-day (Thursday)
At a meeting of the Board of Edl-
cation Saturday night the following
teachers We're elected: HurffyiIle
grammar room,H. NJ Davis; Bunker
Hill, Miss Harriet Olsen; Chestnut
Ridge, Edith Downs; Mount Pleasant
Anna Gahrs; Grenloch, Eugene Sher-
man, Jr. HurTyiIle primary room
and Turneryille are yet vacant. Hen
ry L. Hurff was elected District Clerk
Mrs. Hiram Nicholson was taken to
the Presbyterian hospital to undergo
an operation on Tuesday.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-01
TURNERVILLE.

There was baptism on Saturday af-
ternoon in the pond of Mr.. J. S. Car
ter, better known as the old Cheesman
grist mill The candidates were four
men and four ladies, some being from
this place, some from Blackwood and
some from Clayton. Rev. Mr.. Bowen,
of Clayton, was the, officiating clergy
man. Rev. Walter Joslin made the
opening prayer The Pentecostal Ma
zarenes led the singing.
Quite number from this place at
tended the Sunday school convention
held at Cross Keys last Thursday
evening. The convention was very
interesting, and every Sunday school
worker should not fail to attend these
helpful events The address made by
Rev. Samuel D. Price was beneficial
Sunday school.
On Sunday afternoon, on account of
the stem, Rev L. Joslin did not fill
the pulpit. Mr.. E. Spain had charge
of the service and gave an excellent
address.
On Saturday evening, June 26th, the
friends OF Mr.. Charles Cresson gave
him a complete surprise party in hon
or of his birthday. Refreshments con-
sisting OF cake, candy and lemonade,
was served, and games INDUCED in,
therefore the evening was pleasantly
spent
Mr.. Benjamin Bachelor of this place
was taken very sick with cramps
one night last week, and for the first
time in his life, although near eighty
years of age, was obliged to call in a
physician on account of sickness. His
daughter, Mrs. Johnson, of Camden,
was notified and came to give him the
needed attention He is somewhat
improved at this writing.
Mr.. Harry Carter, blacksmith of our
town. accidentally ran nail in his
foot last Saturday, and on Sunday the
foot began to swell and got very pain
full. A doctor was summoned quickly,
and gave him treatment He is now
walking on crutch.
A few friends of Mrs. Eby King
gave her a sewing party. recently. The
ladies of this place realize a friend in
need is a friend indeed. When they
learn OF their neighbor's burdens, they
are glad to help to make them lighter.
Some are aided in their housecleaning
some in canning others in sewing So
the good wok goes on.
Mr.. Thomas has purchased one f0f
Mr. A. Williams bay horses and will
be among the many needed cart lifters
at the Bateman Mfg. Co. this week.
Any one desiring work of this kind
can besupplied by this Co., as there
are many needed in the work of inn
provement just to take place.
Mr.. Albert Prosser and family of
Camden, were Saturday and Sunday
PrOssers.
Anna Spain, trained nurse Of Coop
er's hospital, returned to Camden on
! Tuesday last.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-01

WANTED Middle aged woman to do
general house work, good wages Apply
f2e Hunter street, Woodbury.. N J 500.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
FLYING FOR HEALTH
Effects Of Higher Atmosphere on Aero.
naut's Appetite.

The influence OF even sporadic fight
on the physical body and the health
Is remarkable In balloon voyages |
have been in the ali for as long as four
days at n time. Once I made a voy-
age almost an invalid from rheuma-
tism. could scarcely raise my arms
on q level with my head. My blood
was black. The doctor would not per-
NIT me to taste meat. Within a few
hours every drop Of blood In my body
had become bright red liquid, look
ing like flame, and | seemed unable 10
appease my appetite for strong ami
NAL food, OF which had none too
much aboard From the tortures OF
rheumatism that voyage conveyed me
to the tortures OF hunger
went to see friend who was very
low with consumption. | told him to
90 with me on a voyage and he would
come back well man. He shook his
head, but was persistent Al last
he went and for the first two hours In
the air | thought he would bleed 10
death with hemorThages. | felt like
q murderer. but soon be began 20
change. The voyage was from ST.
Louis to the Atlantic Coast That was
20 years ago. lie went back home and
Is still living, a robust man. had
another friend who cured a very bad
case Of iron and copper dust in the
lungs by a few ballon voyages
Worlds Work.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08

age of both races to make the negro,
q negligible quantity in politics.
II you, white men of Maryland, abol-
ish negro suffrage you will take
forward step In diminishing the evils
of the race situation, and you will
certainly improve the morals of the
political situation by compelling the
Republican politicians TO appeal more
to intelligence and less to ignorance.
One thing you may be sure Of: This
Is your last chance to get rid of the
incubus, and II you do not care to
avail of 1t you will be sufferers, Al
most every negro In the city of Wash
ington can read and write; the public
money has been lavished with GRIM
lnal extravaganza upon their educa-
ton, but large proportion Of them
have not been made good citizens by
all this favor Political equality no
more than social equality should be
accorded 10 the negro. He is not fitted
for It, and as race never will be. A
Republican Congress deprived the ne
gro OF the suffrage in Washington a
generation back No Republican Con-
gress from that day to this has ever
considered the question Of restoring
it. Enlightened public sentiment"
In the country would not entertain II,
but It will sustain Maryland If Mary
land shall now put an end to negro
suffrage Washington Correspondent
BALTIC. Sun.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
OpInIons Of Others.

never yet knew any man so bad
but some have thought him honest and
afforded him loyei nor any one 80
good but some have thought him vile
and hated him. Few are so thorough
ly wicked as not 10 be estimabie 20
some: and few are so Just as not 20
seem unequal. ignorance. envy and
Partially enter much into the opinions
we form Of others Nor can man.
In himself, always appear alike 20 all.
In some, nature has made a disparity I:
in some, report has blinded judgment.
and in others accident Is the cause OF
disposing us to love or hate--owen
Fellthnm.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08

A negro woman has been licensed
to drive a taxicab In Paris.