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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-01-09

hesiveness and co operation as
farmers in making our demands
on our lawmakers for helpful
legislation.
Candidates will soon be an
nouncing for the Legislature. Be-
fore we assure them Of our sup
port let us make known to them
our demand, that they give to
| the farmers the h slpful legisla-
ton they need. We know how
solicitous they are for the far
mers' vote, and how interested
they are in the farmers during
political campaigns, when they
need their votes.
If a candidate for Office is IN
reality good friend of the far
mers and anxious to do some
thing for them, and, has brains
aud ability enough to do it, he
ought to have brains enough to
tell the farmers before the cleo.
tion what he proposes to do. Ii
he hasn't that much brains he
couldn't do anything if elected.
There are lots of things the
next legislature can do for the
good of the farmers. The candi-
dates for the legislature who
have enough brains to do these
! things ought to have brains
enough and initiative to know
wha t some Of these things are
in advance, and enough courage
! and candor t. discuss them now
F" It would be a good idea for the
n farmers if they would cast aside
: personal preference and selec,
J men for legislative positions wht
J stand squarely on issues benefic
: iaIto the farming interests, al
: else being equal. The farmer
/; do not need or want anything
: thatwill not be for the genera
. good of the State. In the pas
4 their interests have been neg
g lected, Ifthey do not look af
. ter these matters they will b
T neglected and disregarded tn
q next time. When the legisla
J, ture is 10 session the farmer
! cannot be there to look after thei
interests. The others come
g The farmers should look afte
matter at home before tn,
e members are elected.
!; We have all heard Of 1.-THE tai
n wagging the dog.'s That illus
: trates the attitude of the Ten
d nessee farmers in legislativ
d matters affecting their interest
e as compared to other interests
1t should be nothing but commo
d justice fer the dog to wag hi
j. own tell awhile, especially whe
!. the tail is dependent on the do
r. for it's ability to wag at all.
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Good Suggestion.

Ii everybody in a town or
community would adopt and
practice the plan of not saying
anything Of an injurious nature
about Others, except in those ex-
IRENE cases where justice to so.
ciety demands il, how much bet
ter it would be and how much
more Joy and happiness would
find its way into the heart and
home, the shop and the store, to
take its place where sorrow has
reigned supreme. The plan
would work admirably il the
school, ia the church and ID the
home, thus making the home
brighter, the school mere. en-
joyable place, where the Young
mind would be taught not to- let
the seed Of gossip find place, NJ
its brain, and the church w0I
be substantially strengt vnS
Don't be a tale bearer nof o&
sip monger; if such you GFe, vi
are a worse euemy to the COM
munity In which you liv8 tIns
an epidemic Of sca1lat1
Dickson County L
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-01-09
j. II. Mcdowell.
WeII-Known Farmer and
Politician Writes Let
ter to Secretary of Agris
culture.

Inc luLeTe5b Tile lhTInlnR COtH-
munity has in a regional reserve
bank located in Memphis is set
forth 10 a letter sent to the sec
rotary of agriculture. the Hon.
David Houston, by Gen. j. H..
Mcdowell, Of Buntgp, Tenn,
president of the Tennessee Far
mers' Institute.
Copies of the letter will be
distributed by the banking CON-
mittee of the Business Mems
Club to the farmers organiza-
tions throughout this sectien.
Mr.. Dowell's letter is as fol-
lows;
II desire to give expression
from a farmers standpoint why
one of the regional banks should
be located in Memphis, Tenn.
From the currency bill | draw
the conclusion that one of the
special features of the bill is in
tended to aid the farmers in
building up the great agricultur-
al industry which is admittedly
one ofthe foundation pillars up.
on which rests the general pros
perity Of our nation. Therefore,
cotton being the staple crop of
an immense territory in which
Memphisis located, and more
cotton sold in Memphis annually
than in any other city of the
United States. it is but reasona-
BILE to handle the crop grown in
this territory and sold in Mem
phis than is needed in any other
city north or SOUTH To help the
farmers place the money where
it will help us most.
COTTON CROP REQUIRES CASH.
Under the system Of tenant
} labor in the south, where frugal
: |ity among them is the exception
. instead of the rule, farmers 81
: land owners have to furnish the
} tenant his food and clothing tt
make and gather his crop, be
sides money to market it. Fol
these reasons it requires more
money to raise and handle THU
, great staple crop of the souti
8 than is needed to handle any
F.. other crop produced in the ma
J ton. Such aid by our natiQna
5 government as the currency bil
} provides is a doctrine advocated
: by our farmer organizations. fol
more than 20 years, and speat
advisedly, having for that length
of time been associated as
. member of the Farmers Ali
: ance. Agricultural wheel and la
I ter the Farmers Go operative In
ion of America and the Farmer.
t institute. No class of ourindus
) trial forces would more grateful
ly accept the application of'thes'
! principles Of the currency bilk
: Give us one Of these regi0na
t banks in Memphis, located III
n1the greatest cotton growing ter
s ritory in the world, where nil
B lions of farmers will be made t,
!. rejoice and our children will ris,
q upto call you blessed, and ma!
q the Father, the giver Of all bless
' ings, guide your board in tn,
just solution Of this great prob
lem. p Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-01-09

The women will listen.to a
missionary tell how the Chinese
women bind their feet to make
them smaller and will grow high
ly indignant over the blindness
Of the poor heather. Then they
will 60 home and'get out "a their
straight fronts and spend i half
hour powdering the wells and
bruises around THU cipch line
caused BY the tight corsets Be-
side this she will hate j shoe
clerk who sells hArs shoes that 1T
unless ills the number Called
for. 4as :IS MN Il
,~asf 4+tsf tfff<3
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Farmers Letter.
BY CAPT. T. F. PECK

In Tennessee, Agriculture lie
the paramount industry. 1t is
the basis not only Of the pros
perity OF the farmers, but all OF
the people. We know that it has
not in the past been given the
encouragement its Importance
merits. AS a result one does
not have to travel far to see the
effects on the land Of the indif-
ference shown towards our most
important industry.
The notion that any fool could
be a farmer, and teat If there
was an especially bright and
promising boy in the family he
should be educated for a profess
sional career, has resulted iu de-
priving the farms OF the inteili-,
gence needed In their. manage.
ment, and the depleted soils SO
much in evidence are abundant
provf that every fool could not
be farmer.
Fortunately for Tennessee
some Of the bright boys educat-
ed and equipped for professional
careers, III their search for an
opening where their professional
services were needed, have learn
ed some things that we're not in'
cluded in their school curricul-
UNI. Thatprofessions could be
crowded until the compensation
offered 10 many cases for their
services was not more than that
paid for ordinary day laborers
that more were looking for plac'
es than there are places to be
filled; that while there was room
at the top Of the ladder for the
professional man with proven
ability, the foot Of the ladder
was SO crowded that it was
hard struggle to even reach it
and many never succeeded in do
ing so.
When they got out in thu
world they learned that all thu
brains aud bright intellect wer'
not given to the professions
that some Of it was even givel
to agriculture and, most re mark
Z able of all, was being rewarded
with prosperity, influence AM
leadership in the affairs of tn
country.
The lessons they have Learned
have caused them to see posi-
bilities in farming if the voca
tion could be given the encour
agement its Importance de
mands. Our State Department
Of Agriculture have not been Civ
en- the consideration their i'm
portance merits. In many case
the men placed at the heads Q
these departments are not select
ed for their fitness for the place
but rather as a reward for pas
political activity. In many cas-
es, whether they are or are NO
qualified for the work, they ar
handicapped for want Of funds t
make their departments wha
they should be.
Our lawmakers must be mad
to appreciate the important par
agriculture plays in our genera
prosperity, and the importanc
Of having competent officials a
the head Of the departments an
to provide them with adequat
funds to conduct the work mos
advantageously to encourage th
I development Of the agriculture
! industries of the state.
Now, fellow farmers, our Law
makers are not going to bottle
about legislating in our intere'
unless we demand it Of then
Other industries demand thu
their interest be looked afte
fostered, protected and enlarge,
They put into the fields cand
dates pledged to take care ,
their interests, while we as ia
mers, have been drifting alonI
n r.. Il Z s
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Symposium.
OF Business Conditions Is
sued by Chamber OF
Commerce of United
States.
A statement from Washington

under date Jan 2, says:
Any general statement as to
thecondition Of the manufactur-
ing throughout the United States
at present would be both mis-
leading and inaccurate, since
this condition varies according
to the locality and the nature Of
the product" says a symposium
of bushes conditions, Issued by
the chamber of commerce of the
United States on reports of one
day-Nov. 80, 1913, which were
taken to be fairly representa-
tive.
The textile industry is adjust
ing itself to changed conditions
resulting fromN decreased tariff
rates" continues the report,
but the effect so far does not
justly previous apprehension.
The paper manufacturing bust
ness is below normal, while shoe
manufacturing is good with pros
poets of an advance in prices.
This is true, likewise, of the
leather tanning business. All
manufacturing connected init.
mately with the railroads and
with the steel aud iron industries
lis necessarily feeling the depres-
sion Of these two great branches
lof business.
l"The great increase liz popula-
ttion and the increased demand
Ifor meat as food, coming at the
|same time as the decrease in the
Inlmber ofcattle and sheep, nat
lurally has brought about the
present high price of meat. Con-
sequently there has come q wide
lspread apprehension Of the ulti.
mate trend Of this tendency.
"A careful study of the facts
indicates that it is one of those
} economic problems likely to
solve itself and that the number
of cattle in their relation to the
J number of inhabitants moves
J rather in a series of cycles than
in straight line. For instance
the number of cattle per onehun-
dred of population is the same
now as in 1870 and 1900, but
we are evidently facing a great
change in the cattle raising in
4 dustry.
AN impartial survey, there
fore, Of the situation seems to
; warrant the statement that while
the price of cattle probably will
[continve high in the future, the
various agencies mentioned grad
nally will work for a more abun-
dant supply and a more reasona-
lble price.
There is a general hopeful
ness for the future throughout
the central west.
s~'Throughout the southeastern
t.Atlantic states, mercantile bust.
ness Is in good volume, and this
IS true in general througout the
west and south. Business varies
Emuch in these sections, accord
ing to locality. Where crop.
were good, business was very &C,
, tive; and in sections where croE
returns last year WEIR poor, bus
mess is correspondingly quiet.
The nations foreign commerce
for 1918 Appropriated 81, 25O, 600
600, the department of commerce
!, estimates. OF that amount ~,
500, 100000 represents exports
and sl,75O,OOO,OO imports,
making the balance Of trade II
favor of the United States $749,
) 600, 900, which exceeds the RECORD
, Of any previous year.
J The years exports were the
largest in the history Of the coun
J try, while imports aretexceedef
\ ouly by those Of 1912. The de
! cline in imports is attributed il
part to reduction in prices o
certain articles imported.
.;ncraeoa ~ foodotufrs ~
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Order Of Publication.
To /. G. JOYNER:-

To j. G. JOYNER:- sss
You are hereby notified that y0I
tract of land, consisting Of 230 acr6,
and being In the First civil distTlctDf
Henderson county, Tennessee, Vas
sold by the Trustee Of said couny,
for Its taxes for the year 1909 md
1910, and bid of by ]. n. Holmes on
the 9th day of June 1911, and the sans
was duly certified by the Trustee fq
said county, to my Office as required
by law; and you are further notifies
that two whole years have expiret
since said sale and sixty days notice
has been issued by nie as required BY
law to the Sheriff of Henderson conn
ty, and the same has been returnel
unexecuted.
You are therefore comtnandei1
appear before me on the It'll
February, 1914, and redetn
land or the same will be b
|yened to the said pnfcaa
Y .ITaiss' Jan 4, 1914
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-01-09
Order of Pub LEGATION.

Ifyf(iISAN DOUGLASS
You are hereby Actifed that your
tract az land, consisting Of 10 acres.
and being IN the First ciyil district 81
Hei,derscn county, Tennessee, was
sold by the Trustee Of SAID county
for its taxes for the year 1910, AMI
bid 06 BY j, NJ Hawthorn, Oh the 5th
day Of June, 1911, and the same was
duly certified by the trustee for said
to mr. Office as required by
law, and you are further notified that
two whole years have expired since
ID ale and that 60 days notice has
Y isssed by me as required bylaw
Sheriff Of henderson county
- same has been returned un-l
You are thei eforc com. N
40 appear before me ~ I'M.
~ February. l9l4,gul ii esjer ~
y y 3i1c Will tx M MI.
1pt tlSEt heaer " NJ
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-17

From a recent letter written by ]. j. McGrath an old newspaper man o: Nome, I've are permitted to take the following interesting notes con- corning Nome people on the outside:
 Gus Seiffert has made a big deal fer ground in which he is interested somewhere on the southwest Alaska Ccast. He, Sport Smith and myself had dinner together yesterday at the restaurant which Fred Price has opened on Third avenue Bert Brown. Frank Burley Sport, Charley Suter and others, heard are going north with Gus.
 Charley Snyder. Abby (Abendroth) end Bert Brown are working for Felix Brown. Bert is in the wholesale de- parement. Felix Browns place is the headquarters for all Nome people here and Felix himself is the same cid Felix. and no one could say more for him.
 This mornings P.-I. had a telegram telling of Hugh O. Gil's arrest for libel. It called him editor of the Nome Democrat so we all guess who the gentleman is.
 Billie Sale is working in the treas. uiers office. He has the agency fol this state and others for a new type. writer roller and Max Herschberg 's running the business and doing fine I understand.
 Frank O'Connor is temporarily Iocat.
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NEWS NOTES

The following are the names of tFose who made the nearest guesses of the time would be made by the winning team in the All-Alaska Sweepstakes race: Mrs. E. c. Divine, first, 80 hours. 57 minutes, 3 seconds, Miss Charlotte Hill, second, S1 hours, 15 min. 10 seconds; Mrs. Huldur Bergh. third, 80 hours, 4s min. fl 1-2 seconds; Mrs. Inez Eubanks, fourth, 8 hours, IS minutes; Miss Elva Glass fifth. 80 hours.
 The prizes consists of cut glass pieces and an electric curling iron. The donors of the prizes are Henry Rurgh, Al Orland. H. H. Moller, Billy Webb. and the Seward Peninsula Power and Light Company.
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fore, giving his dogs more rest and keeping them in primte condition form start to finish This race demon Strates that young dogs cannot be relied upon, as they lack toughness and will quit earlier in the game than the older dog. This was demonstrated Ly the Allan team when he arrived in Nome all his old dogs were in the harness pulling and in the pink of condition. while his pups were being hauled or were following behind.
 It is said that Aver had the same
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experience with the old and young dc gs of his team. There may be am ther reason why the Allan and Aver teams did not show up as we'll as cX- ptcted When the teams run into cold weather accompanied by high wind the young dogs would naturally be effected by the sudden change more u an the old seasoned dogs. John sons Siberians of course would enjoy such conditions. But after all has been said and conjectured we can say with Allan 1t was the case of the best
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-17

A native was brought into town from Cape Douglas suffering from a dislocated shoulder. The shoulder becoming badly swollen the natives operated upon him with a knife and removed the puss which had formed but severed nerve which caused the native to loose the use of one of his arms. Dr. Neuman is now treating the native and will probably give him back the use of his arm.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-17

ed as agent for his company at Skag- way.
 Barney Watson has retired from the Schuback- Hamilton Co.
 George Kilroy and Mrs. Kilroy have heen here for some time.
 Ira Orton and Judge Lyons also Judge Murane have offices here. Harry Wells and Otis Osgood have a saloon up near Third and Pike. Jafet Lindeberg and Walter John. son are here at present and are said 10 be about to open ground on Cache creek, somewhere near Knik, which was prospected by Frank Reed and Jim Murray.
 Others to be seen around here are Gene Winter. J. Gafrney. Tim Cloves. Nick Butler. Tom Doyle, Tom Dona hue, McCloy, Kah. etc.
 Tom Nestor has opened a big wholesale cigar place on Occidental aN enue. He has an immense stock. Leo Lowenherz is in a banking or some such business.
 Gus Borgen and Mrs. Borgen and Bernie Stone and Mrs. Stone went tc Juneau on the same boat last week Stone says he has a newspaper plant
 
 ready to take north. Harry Barnett lives in Tacoma bu, comes over here often. P. H. Watt is now assistant man. ager of the Frye hotel. It is owned by the family of the lady who is his wife
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A. B. EASTER BALL POSTPONED

Owing to the strenuous times of the past week following the dog races the A. E. Easter ball has been postponed and will be given next week, date to be announced later.
 The Easter ball in the past has been one of the most successful so- cial events of the year and after a week in which the community may teke the rest cure no doubt the att tendance will be up to the average ard the success of the affair will be assured.
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NOTES CONCERNING NOMEITES
 OF THE BIG OUTSIDE

Earl Hunt has gone east to visit his family.
 Mike Samuels passed through Seat tie on the way to San Francisco last week. ..
 G. P. Goggin has an office at West ern avenue.
 Brother Carroll has been rolling around all same as ever during the winter. but I have not seen him re- gently.
 Former Chief McVeitty and J. H. Montgomery have gone to Juneau with. I understand, the object of start ing a blacksmith shop. /
 Mallock arrived here few days ago.
 Harry Nash Is in the real estate business here with his brother. Mrs. Nash and their daughter are also here.
 Mrs. Ludwig and family are also here. He is working with Nick Nich- alson. The boy is working in a drug store.
 Most of the bunch are scattered all over the country and not many are here.
 You have no dea how quiet things gre all over the coast. Thousands of men idle
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The great All-Alaska Sweepstakes is now over when Aver arrived in Nome this afternoon at 2:2O:4O
 The race was full of surprises and everybody is now asking. or explain ing, how 1t happened. It seems that tho only explanation why Johnson won first place, is the fact that he had old seasoned well trained dogs and every one of them a veteran. Johnson showed better judgment in hendling team this year than ever be-
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-17
HAMBURGER STRIKES
 RICH QUARTZ

Different assays of the ore show $I.So0 to Sl.4oo per ton. These as- says are from strInSers and are not ei. en as the assays of the facs Il the :c:.;. Assays ta zen from the face of the 'eeec however gives the rmarka. pl. hign value of 1s0 per ton. It s reported that Hamburger has struck a large body of ore and he is confident he has a real paying quartz proposi- ton.
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August Hamburger who has been working on his quartz ledge at the head of Newton gulch has finally struck what. according to reports. which seem authentic, is a real good quartz mine. Hamburger has shown his confidence In the mine by spending much of his time prspecting it and driving tunnels. for the past four yca-". He was finally rewarded for lis labor when few days ago he run !r'o a shoot of ore which show le. ,rarkable high values.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-17

Arthur W. Johnson at one time q teacher in the Nome high school and now a senior in the University of Minnesota, has been honored by being selected to represent his fraternity in New York city where they are hold ing national convention. Mr. John- son is also president of the senior class of the university.
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READJUsTMENT OF
 OF PASSENGER RATES

WASHINGTON. April 1.-The in- terstate commerce commission has given notice that the readjustment of passenger rates on all interstate roads in conformity with the short and long haul provision of the act of congress will become effective May 1.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-17

Mir. and Mrs Ince are located at Georgetown, near Seattle. Mir. Ince is in the coal and wood business and doing well.
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MT. Shields of the government board Of education and A. Lomen are ex- pectlng to start tomorrow with a deer team for the mouth of Tubuktoolik river. MT. Shields is going to inspect the reindeer herds at that place.
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FLOUR IS CHEAP. Bread only Sc. North Pole Bakery and Anvil Bakery.
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Miss kenly. the government nurse, is going to Golovin to do such medical work as may be required among the natives at that place
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This is a good time to start right. Subscribe for the NUGGET and know what is going on.
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d!cted by the grand jury upon the charge of getting money under false pretense is out under $500 bail.
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For the benefit of patrons, toilet in rear of Eagle saloon will be open on Sundays.
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c. O. Lowell deputy marshal al Council City will return to that plac. today.
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Marshal Jordan arrived In Nome yesterday evening. He has paid a visit to Kiana and way points where he went to attend to business pertain ing to his office.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-17

Charles Dalquist came in late last night from the Safety roadhouse for supplies and returned early this -morn- ing.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-17

Valentine Galloway who was in.
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Nels Swansberg has received tele- graphic orders to take charge of the Julian dredGe. on Osborne creek. and get it in readiness for the spring work. Swartzel is now hauling supplies and coal out to the dredge.
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The school board will meet at tho school house today at D. m.
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JOHNSON'S SIBERIAN DOGS
 WIN, ALLAN 2ND, AVER 3RD

team winning and nothing can detract from the well earned victory of John soE and his SlbeI ian veterans The remarkable thing of the race was the age of the Siberian dogs which causes enc to ask when Siberian dog be- comes old.
 100 TONS OF FLOUR.
 Bread only Be. North Pole Bakery and Anvil Bakery.
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