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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

Most of the people who live in the
world now have little to lose by a
war, except their lives; and only
very few, comparatively speaking,
could lose their lives in any war
The great mass who have lived just
above the borderline of subsistence
would continue to subsist The
worlds machinery of production and
distribution would be reOrganized by
a long war at present tension. Old
industries would be discarded, new
ones introduced. Old wastes would
be ended, new economies inaugural
ed. There would be more utilitarian-
ism everywhere; less frivolity and
luxury; more purpose, earnestness,
sincere thought.
This world, driven back to first
principles of the struggle for exist
ence. stripped of all arti1cialitfes, but
left with the stores of knowledge
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

The high cost of election in Geor-
gia is again emphasized by a dis
patch from Washington, to the effect
that more money was spent in this
state than in any other state of the
union by candidates for the United
States senate. In their pursuit of
the office of senator the Georgia can
didates parted with SAL, 492.63. 1t
has gotten so that a poor man can
not aspire to a state Office with much
hope of success. 1t is a condition
that should not exist.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer told a
Philadelphia audience the other day
that it was folly to believe that wo-
men are any better than men and
that out of sheer purity Of impulse
they would put an end to war if they
had the ballot in all countries. We
are not prepared to dispute it, for the
lady doubtless knows what she is
talking about. But it would be dao-
gerous for man to say III that.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

No other act of President Wilson
has touched so responsive chord as
his note to Great Britain telling her
that she must respect the rights of
this country on the seas. 1t is APP
proved both by democrats and repub-
licans in and out of congress, and
the country is ready to back him up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

Governor Colquitt of Texas has a
grievance against the administration.
In an interview which has been wide
ly published he finds nothing which
President Wilson and his admins
tration have done worthy of praise,
He criticises the new tariff law, the
anti-trust enactments and the Mexi-
can policy. Between Industrious en-
deavor along some lines and watch
full waiting along others there is no
doubt that the Wilson administra-
ton has not pleased everybody.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

Greatly as almost every county in
the South has needed demonstra-
ton agent in recent years your coun-
ty will need one more than ever in
1915. Our people must cut their cot
ton acreage in half, and in dealing
with new crops they will need guild
ance as never before, and all agencies
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

Somebody has discovered that
about 50 per cent of the automobiles
in this country are owned by persons
having an income of less than $4,000
a year. Which proves that the auto
mobile mans best customer is the
man in what is known as in moderate
circumstances is, the man who
can't well afford to own one.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

Every farmer in Terrell county
ought to have poultry, and he and
his wife ought to get in the game of
raising fine chickens. 1t costs no
more to raise fine ones than it does
the scrubs, and there is no COMPARE
son in the results except in favor of
thoroughbred stock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05
Will Need a Demonstration Agent.
From the Progressive Farmer.

must cooperate to give this guild
ance-farm papers, state agricult-
ural departments, agricultural col
leges, farmers Institutes, Farmers
Union leaders, etc. But every county
will need one man employed for MS
whole time for the purpose of per-
sonally visiting and advising farm
ers as to the new practices needed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

Sweet fields arrayed in living
green That is what we shall see
next spring when the wheat and
oats acreage in Southwest Georgia
delights the eye and cheers the soul.
And we are thinking of the great
benefit there will be to the farmers
in that grain.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

The Russians seem to be doing
most of the fighting and winning
most of the battles against the Ger
mans.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

Our Americas contemporary, the
Times-Recorder, is a splendid after
noon newspaper. Its news service is
good, and from a typographical
standpoint it surpasses any of the
smaller dailfes that come to our desk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

No extra session is a good slogan
for congress to remember. There
has been a plenty of congress.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

An observant and conservative
member of a large fertilizer manu-
featuring company expressed to the
editor of The News the opinion that
rs per cent less guano will be used
In this section this year. That in IT.
self will mean tremendous reduc-
Gion in cotton production.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-05

Cotton is looking up again. Here's
hoping it will hold it's ground.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20
More Profitable Potatoes.

How many bushels of potatoes to
the acre did you raise this last sea-
son, Mr.. Farmer Were your pota-
toes killed by the rust before they
had matured? If so the following in
formation from New Hampshire may
be of interest to you. E. M. Straight,
demonstrator in vegetable gardening
for the college extension service has
controlled potato blight this past
season (Which was an unusually diff
dicult one on account of the large
amount of rainy weather) by simply
spraying with the home made Bor-
deaux mixture. Every farmer knows
how to make this mixture and can
secure information concerning it's
use from the state experiment station.
So it is possible to prevent the stunt
ing of your crop by poato blight.
Another encouraging piece of news
from New Hampshire shows the val
ue of using only selected seed for po-
tatoes. The average yield of pota-
toes per acre is considerably under
200 bushels. But Mr.. Straight has
raised $50 bushels an acre, 421 BUSH
els on another and 400 bushels on a
third plot and he credits the selec-
tion of good seed with this increased
production.
These are two things any farmer
who will can do and they have dem
onstrated that they are very profit
able things to do. Neither requires
much money nor and unreasonable
amount of time and farmers will do
well to begin these practices with
their next potato crop.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20

Mrs. Nellie Weeks of Bath visited
Mrs. +. H. Gibson the last OF the
week.
Miss Belle Hinrnan of St. Johns
bury spent last week with her par
ents here.
Mrs. John Corcoran and daughter,
Lila, of Fitzdale spent the week
end at Lawrence Moore's.
Julia Fisher and Mabel Frazer
spent Friday with Mrs. Larkin Hos
ford in Woodsville.
Mrs. Charles Pratt, Electa Hunt
and Marion Hatley were in Woods
vile Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid society of this
place will hold its annual sale and
chicken pie supper at the hotel Fri
day evening, October %.
Walter Moore of Fitzdale was at
George Woodward's over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Gilbert Gilf1llan of
East Burke visited at Oscar frazer S
Saturday and Sunday.
The annual Sunday school conven-
ton of this district will be held IN
the NJ E. Church here November z.
Mrs. Sarah Russell of st. Johns
bury visited relatives in town part OF
last week.
Mr. and Mrs Morton Iyster and
two children of Waterford were at
Howard Emery's Sunday.
Arthur Bodwell returned from
California last week and spent Sun
day at his uncle, Fred Gibson's.
Mrs. Gochee, who has spent several
years at Charles Emery's, has gone
to Wellesley, Mass, to live.
Mr.. and Mrs. Downer Moore OF
Littleton called on friends in town
Friday and attended the chicken pox
dinner at North Monroe.
Mr. and Mrs. William Wheeler or
visited at Jerry Green
woods last week.
Newton Lang of WoodsVille and
Ray Lang of Bath visited relatives in
town last week.
Mrs. Emma Smith is spending
few weeks in Princeton, Mass.
r. d. Harding's family had green
peas from their garden October 10.
Miss Mary Gochee of Wellesley,
Mass, was at Charles Emery's sew
eral days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Carter and
Ruth visited Mrs. Carriers parents
at East st. Johnsbury Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Saville have
finished work at Henry Quimby's and
gone to Post Mills to live.
Kenneth Lamphier of st. Johns
bury spent Sunday at S. j. Astle's.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20
Wbv Not a New England Man I?

Friends of Senator John w. Weeks
of Massachusetts, claim he is sure of
New England's eighty-one votes in
the next republican convention. This
is surely a strong statement to be
made at this time and some news
papers question the, authority for
the statement that the four votes of
Vermont will be for Mr.. Weeks We
quite agree with them that no one
knows yet how Vermont will go in
dts choice Of a republican candidate
for he presidency but it is perfectly
proper for the people to begin think
ing about the proper man for such
place.
OF course the task before the re-
pubIicans next wear will be the de-
feat of Woodrow Wilson. No other
democrat has developed strength
enough to threaten the denomination
of President Wilson. There are three
things that will seriously weaken Mr..
Wilson's candidacy-his assault up
on American industry, his failure to
pay the running expenses of the gov
eminent and the lack of any con-
structive and firm foreign policy. The
battle is won if the republicans can
name a man the public is confident
can restore stable prosperity among
American industries, who can finance
the work of the government and pur-
sue a foreign policy that will compel
other countries to respect the nights
of the United States and develop
more intimate trade relations between
us and the great buying nations OF
the world.
In all of these respects Mr.. Weeks
has shown himself a strong and able
man. Hero is what the late EIDert
Hubbard had to say of his work and
influence in Congress:
In Congress he served on the House
COMMITTEES on Banking and Cur
rency and on the Committee of Agri-
culture where he did good work.
He Strengthened out the tangle OF
the Forest Reserve bill, and put on
the statute book a bill for the protec-
ton of birds.
Farms, forests, factories, are his
n1avthings. He is a working man
familiar with every phase of the lie
Of the toiler. sympathetic without be-
inc maudlin. His way of helping
neonle is to set 'em to work.
He II was who licked the postal
savings bank proposition into shape;
and while chairman of the post Of
fee committee he put an appropr1a-
ton bill, aggregating two hundred
forty million dollars, right, from
committee through Congress, without
the alteration of a comma
Weeks had much to do with the
framing of the Aldrich-Vreeland
emergency currency bill, under which
we escaped a financial panic IN the
early stages of the European war.
John Wfngate Weeks is an author
fty In finance, in diplomacy, dn naval
and military Offices. in civic govern
ment.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20
RYEGATE
bury spe1

Rev. and Mrs. l.. H. Simpson re-
turned from Greensboro on Monday.
Rev. Simpson assisted Rev. +. Z.
Collins at the communion services
of the United Presbyterian church
preaching Friday, Saturday and Sun
day.
Leon Adams of Providence, r. l.,
has been at home with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Adams for the
past 10 days. He returned to MS
home this week somewhat improved
in health by a period of rest.
Mrs. P. A. Taplin, who has spent
the summer with her daughter, Mrs.
Hood, of Corinth and Mrs. John
White of Topsham came on Thurs-
day to spend few weeks with ner
daughter, Mrs. w. D. White. MRS.
Taplin was greatly surprised on
Saturday to be visited by the Blrtn-
day circle coming in to celebrate her
birthday which occurred on Sunday.
She proved a happy hostess with the
assistance of her daughter, MIS- ;:
White. and the afternoon passed OH
pleasantly for all present Mrs. Jen-
ME TAYLOR made the birthday cake
which was beautiful to look at and
in no way disappointing to the
Mrs. Charles Taplin of South
Ryegate was a calelr in the village
on Saturday.
+ A. Nolan attended the Sunday
school convention at Richford Thurs
day and Friday of last week.
The teacher of the village scnool,
Miss Lincoln, took her little tots to
the top of Blue Mountain one DAY
last week. They enjoyed the cllmp
greatly, showing but little WEAKNESS
from the vigorous effort.
A number of the children of Mr..
and Mrs w. H. Nelson have been
sick with the prevailing cold
Miss Lydia White, who has spent
the summer with her cousin, W. u
White and family returned to Brad
ford on Friday of last week.
Fred Douglass suffered severely LOT
a few days with a sharp piece OF
gravel that was thrown into his eye
from the threshing machine. lie
went to the hospital and had it re-
moved.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20
PASSUMPSIC

(Mrs. Harold Wood, correspondent
Mr.. and Mrs. Bern Webb of New
port were in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Miller of Lun-
enburg visited a few days at M. K.
Bruce's.
Miss Carrie Rocket has returned
to her home in Maiden, Mass, after
spending a few weeks with Mrs. o.
N Pinney.
The next Grange meeting will be
held October %.
Richard Wright and a stranger
had an auto collision at the park
Saturday afternoon. No one was
hurt.
Mrs. William McGill and daugh-
ter, Portia, of East Barnet spent Sun
day at F. C. McGiH's.
John Harvey and Mrs. Della Laid
of West Barnet spent part OF last
week with their nephew, Charles
Somers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Badger and
family of Danyille spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Badger
Mrs. Alma Godan of st. Johns6ury
visited at J. H. Wark's Last week.
Nathan Banks and Frank Sargent
spent Sunday with Hiram Banks.
spending a few days with friends
here.
Beginning Tuesday evening special
Gosnel services will be held in the
Baptist church every evening for 10
DAYS or until October 81. These
meetings will be in charge of A. H.
Sargent Of Franklin, N. H. Mr.. Sar-
gent has had successful eVangel1stlc
experience in New England and IN
tho west. He comes highly endorsed
by pastors and the Evangelistic AS
ISOLATION of New England. At pres
ent Rev. Mr.. Sargent is conducting
meetings in New Hampshire.
o. N. Pinney and family and Frank
Hastings motored to Lost river Sun
day.
cation with Mr.. and Mrs. Guy HaW-
ley of Hanover, N. H.
Mrs. Elvira Brock is spending 10
DAYS with her brother, Horace Gil
tiIlan, in Barnet.
The Pomona Grange meets mere
Wednesday night to work the hfth
degree.
with Mrs. E. P. Little Thursday al
Miss Helen Keith and Mr.. James
Somers returned Saturday from
Richford where they attended the
state Sunday school convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Bushway and
daughter of Lebanon, N. H., visited
at J. H. Wark's last Tuesday
Robert Mcbride returned home to
Montreal Sunday
Mrs. William Trotter, VINO mas
been at A. T. Symes for the past
three months, returned to her nome
in Montreal Sunday, where she VIII
pack her goods and return TO 81
Johnsbury to live.
Rev. S. C. Reynolds held a meet
ing in the hill district Sunday. There
was a good attendance.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20

Weeks is, a worker. a builder, a
thinker, a doer.
Mr.. Weeks has built UP this record
without the appellation of Gear
that greatly handicapped another
New England man and without dis
trust of him as a man. He has re-
peatedly shown himself capable of
graphing with national problems and
assuming a brave and consistent pol
icy regarding them. He is gaining
a reputation throughout the whole
country that will assist him and be
an asset to his party. These things
being true it is proper for every YER
monter to think for himself whether
or not he would serve Vermont best
by joining with the other New Eng
land states and encourage the candi-
dacy of John w. Weeks of Massa-
chusetts. If Mr.. Weeks could go into
the next republican convention with
the eighty-one votes of New England
solidly behind him it undoubtedly
would give him the lead over any
other candidate and exercise strong
influence in the final choice of the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20

The best size UP of President Will
sons matrimonial affairs we have
noticed was in the Mortified News
which said: mo one can ever think
that President Wilson is not a man
of wonderful executive ability, for
with wars and difficulties besetting
the country on every side he has
found time to WOO and win for him
self wife, which shows that his Off
cial duties and his recent sorrows have
not weighed SO heavily as the public
has supposed. Less than two years
ago the papers and magazines were
showing President Wilson walking
hand-in-hand with his first wife
less than year ago the papers have
picture him bowed in grief at her
death, and now, he is again shown,
posing as the happy bridegroom.
Woodrow Wilson is surely a senti-
mentalist
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20
McIN1loE FAILS

(Mrs. D. M. Nichols, correspondent. J
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Chamberlin
and son, Leslie, of Lisbon, N. H,
were guests at d. M. Nichols two
days last week.
Mrs Alice Stowell and baby were
guests at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Shanty Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kennison were
visiting relatives at East Burke last
week. They returned to George
Blair's Saturday night.
Percy Van Dyke was in Boston last
week to attend a ball game.
E. L. Field has gone to Richford
to work in a blacksmith shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Cass are re-
joicing over the birth of little son.
Mrs. Willox of West Danville is car
ing for Mrs. Cass.
Quite a few from here attended the
Birth of a Nation" at st. Johnsbury
Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A M. Bedell and
Priscilla visited relatives at Little
ton, N H, from Thursday until
Sunday.
If you don't know, inquire about
the Marathon race held here on the
main street last Friday forenoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Dow enter
tanned a few of their friends Last
Thursday evening, the occasion be-
ing their seventh anniversary. Pro-
gressive whist was enjoyed and a
dainty lunch served.
Allie and Ramie Fenoff have NOV
ed their families into Mr.. Phelps
tenement near the cemetery.
Conner Moore and son of Peacham
were at Mrs. Martha Moore's Sun
day.
Mrs. Ellen Bedell has finished work
at R. M. Johnson's and Miss Jennie
Dow is there for the present.
Leon Hartwell of Beverly, Mass.
visited at R. M. Johnson's Sunday.
Mrs c. /. Smith and family and
Mr.. Gilchrist motored to Lost river
Sunday.
Miss Alice Phelps returned from
Laconia the first of the week.
The Harvest Dinner is to be held
at the vestry this noon.
Miss Martha Gleason was the guest
of Miss Martha Hall at St. Johns
bury last Saturday.
(Intended for last week.
D. S. Roberts of Sheffield has fin
ished work on the hill and has re-
turned to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kennison,
(Alice Blair) of Jefferson, N. H., are
visiting at her parents, George
Blair's. Miss Blair went from here
early in the summer to work for Mr..
Kennison's people in one of the
Waumbek cottages at Jefferson.
Word has been received of the
marriage of A H. Gibson, who re-
turned a short time ago from Cal
ifornia to Mrs Wheeler of Lancaster,
N. H, at her home last week. They
will return to his home in Ryegate to
live.
Balfour Hunt of Greenfield spent
the weekend at John Buffum's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex WEIGH and
Norma spent several days visiting
relatives in Groton recently.
Miss Alice Phelps is visiting Mrs.
Young at Laconia, N. H, going by
auto with her brother, H. ]. Phelps,
and family Saturday.
Mrs. Louisa Warden of Hanover,
N. H., has been visiting Mrs. Julia
Smith the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Field of Lyn-
don visited at E. L. Fields Friday
and Saturday. Mrs. Choate and
Charles, Jr., of West Barnet were
guests there Sunday.
Robert Kelley has returned from
Conway, N. H., where he has been
visiting his niece, Mrs. McLane for
the past three weeks.
The Mcclure girls from Bradford
visited their grand parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Parker, over Sunday.
Mrs. Blanche Chase spent the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20
weekend with relatives at West

weekend with relatives at West
Canaan.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Duncan are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
OF a son, Richard Johnson, last We'd
nesday.
Quite a few of the young people
from this Grange attended the meet
ing at North Monroe Wednesday
night Of last week
Mrs. D. M. Nichols attended the
banquet at the St. Johnsbury House
last Thursday given by Editor w. j.
Bigelow. There were 80 present. 1t
certainly was an informal affair and
much enjoyed by all.
Miss Emma Stevens and Charles
Wheeler of Craftsbury were married
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-20
A BIG Defense Program.

1t is announced that President Will
son has approved of the plan of Sec
rotary Garrison for the increase of
the army and the establishment of a
reserve force. He has also approved
of plan calling for a great increase
in naval expenditures and practically
the construction of new fleet of
battIeships and cruisers. 1t is ex-
pected that at least 100000, 900
will be asked for in the army and
navy departments. This means about
$40, 100000 more per year than we
have been spending for those de-
partments. 1t is suggested that this
increased expense will be taken care
Of by bond issue.
This is a big program and will
call for the expenditure of about one
and one third million dollars every
working day in the year in these
two departments. This, however, is
much less than the daily cost of real
war, and if it serves to keep US free
from attack and war will be war
ranted expense. The need of increas-
ed expense in building up a national
defense is very great. These additions
are called for by men acquainted
with the weakness of our present
forces and with the terrible force
necessary to successfully repel an in
vasion by a strong nation.
1t is unsafe for this country to
continue with it's fighting ships forty
per cent. below its requirements for
successful defense and even the insult
ficient supply of war vessels we have
undermined. 1t is stated that in
addition to the tremendous increase
in ships the navy needs 1000 more
officers and 10000 more men. At
least 1900 more men are needed TO
man the coast defences. Our regular
army consists of only 10000 men
scattered over this country and our
island possessions of the Pacific.
There is a force of $4,000 effective
militia but combine both forces and
they would not be equal to the num-
ties of the last year. The presidents
request for a regular army of 12O, 0Oo
men seems none too large. In add
ton to this there should be some sort
of reserve that would enable this
country in case of necessity to put
an army of 100000 men into the
field. ]. Bernard Walker, chairman
Of the navy committee of the Nation
al Security league, says also that 49,
600 trained officers are necessary to
control an army of such size.
So it must be admitted that the
president and his secretaries are not
Calling for more than the country
really needs. 1t is question
whether bonds should be issued. A
country that paid for such an under
taking as the Panama canal during
it's construction should be able to
meet the cost of a proper system OF
defense. There is one other feature
that should be given very careful
consideration and that is the cost OF
our present military and naval serv-
ice. United States has paid enor-
mously for the totally insufficient
military and naval protection it now
has. Our weak and inadequate army
and navy has cost over half as much
per year as the powerful and efficient
force of Germany In fact no coun-
try in Europe shows such high cost
as the United States. Everyone will
admit this is wrong. The United
States government should be able to