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VOL. XIV—NO. 39.
Dsvoted to Local, Mining and General Information.
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DAI i LON EGA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1903.
One Dollar Per Annum
W. 13. TOWNSEND, Editor and Proprietor
HON. f. W. WATKINS WILL
OPPOSE Uk FOrl. CONGRESS
DEALERS IN
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Clothing.
Shoes.
Dry Goods,
Hats,
Notions,
GrocErieS.
He Advocates the Separation
of the Two Races.
IBARGAIN STORE.
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CLOTHING,
iBhoes,
Hats,!
Furnishings,
\Dry Goods, Notions, (Inns, Machines, Groceries.
Clothing a specialty.
They will sell you clothing for cash
S at Gainesville or Atlanta prices. A
nice line of samples and will take
fyonr order for tailor made goods.
DAHLONEGA
Livery Stable,
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91 lew stable 09 Oallege St.
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Ellt.tav, C.a., Dec. 2.—Hon. E.
W. WfttkinB, of this place, today
announced himself a candidate
for congress from the ninth dis
trict. lh' will oppose Hon. F.
Carter 'fate, of Jasper, wli > at .
present represents the ninth in the j
lower house of congress.
Mr. Watkins is a successful i
business man and has represented !
his county in the halls ol the
Georgia legislature with honor to
himself and to his constituents. j
There are three principal planks 1
in Mr. Watkins’ platform. He
advocates the separation of the
races, giving to each a land where !
it can work out its destiny un
hampered by the other. He is
also in favor of the federal govern- !
ment pensioning all Confederate I
veterans who want it and care to j
accept, it. His course regarding
all tariff, financial and politicial
questions, ho declares, will bo gov- j
erned by the edicts of the Demo- j
cratic party.
He announces himself a staunch :
advocate of the free rural mail j
delivery system and pledges him- |
| self to do all in his power to givo i
i every one the benefit of this sys- .
) tern in the event of his election.
Mb. Watkins’ Announcement, j
Mr. Watkins’ announcement is
i as follows:
Ei.u.iay, Ga., Dec. 2, 1A03.
To the Voters and Citizens of the
Ninth Congreesional District:
I wish i.o announce to my fellow-
citizens and voters that I am a candi
date for congress, subject to the Demo
cratic primary, and I ask your gener
ous aid and support.
I want the office for the applaudits
and emoluments attached and with an
earnest desire that I may be of some
service to my constituents and to that
dear Southland for which I fought.
Tlie war is ended, but it left in its trail
conditions and problems which will
have to be settled sooner or later, and
which, I fear, will tax to its limit the
endurance of the Southern whites
In the midst of our fair Southland is
an alien race, alien in its feelings, in
stincts and sympathies, and growing
more so every day. Will our states
men shut their eyes and close their
ears till the thunder of racial conilict
awakens them from their slumbers.’
We owe the negro race a great debt, of
gratitude, we owe them our sympathy
and we owe them material help for
past favors. What Southerner can
forget the faithful blacks who minis
tered for four long and bloody years tti
our defenseless women and children
with a fidelity unheard of before in the
annals of mankind? It is said that
these are nearly all dead now, and in
their place an alien race now stands.
Admitting the fact, is it just to the
memory of our old ’ Mammys” and
1 “Uncles” to furnish no hope for their
| prosperity? Will the Anglo-Saxon
j race submit much longer, in the North
| or South, to those brutal, uumention-
; able crimes which have caused such a
i dread and fear in every community
| where the negro resides? Is our white
! rural population to go on much longer
i with the nightmare of negro brntali-
: ties ever menacing their loved ones?
Can two races totally dissimilar in
every characteristic, two races the very
I antipodes of each other, reside j cace-
fully side by side on equal terms? This
i • i i-Ua , «,c*f f.illti l<> fl fL
and prudence while it is yet time?
Our government, though itsdiplomatic
channels, can obtain permission from
Liberia or some Kuiopean power with
large areas of African territory to
transport and colonize our colored
population in some place where the
climate is suitable ; if not, wo have the
Philippines, which needs just such a
race. Or we could reclaim some of our
arid West and place them there, un
der the direct control of tho govern
ment.
1 f elected to congress, I will intro
duce a bill to separate the races, and
will press it with all the vim and ener
gy of my manhood. The young, vigor
ous, child-bearing portion of the race
could be moved first, the old ones, who
are attached to the soil, could be al
lowed to spend the remainder of their
days among those who now and forever
will care for them best.
Neither the Southern whites nor the
Deale j* in
sC>,
General Merchandise.
negroes are responsible, for the present
conditions of affairs, and properly pre-
DEY GOODS
OK ALL
KIND.
NOTIONS
A SPECIALTY.
C. W. SATTERFIELD,
Dealer in
' FAMILY
GROCERIES
A N ! >
General Merchandise.
history of the past fails to recoid a
single instance. AY ithout a hope of
amalgamation by intermarriage, no
such condition can last long. T\ ho
could entertain for one moment, vitli-
j out loathing, the thought of our liigh-
j Porn Caucasian blood mixing with
I that of the sons of Ethiopia? The
! present condition may last for a while,
but anyone with an ounce of discern
ment can see but wreck and ruin in
: the future. Every day but adds to the
J peril.
Within a few years the congested
i centers of the North and foreign lands
will begin to pour their surplus popu
lation into the South. Where, oh!
where will the colored brother be
then? Crowded to the wall by su
perior intelligence, with poverty and
starvation staring him in the face, l.e
will do deeds that will make the whole
world shudder.
Why not use a little common sense
sented, our generous government |
would lend a willing hand to help us ,
solve the problem.
The poor old Confederate veteran
who fought for what he thought was
right is entitled to federal pensions,
and their brave and gallant foes on the
other side of the Mason and Dixon lino
will be only too glad to let them share
in the bounty of the government.
There may lie some too proud to accept
such aid, yet there arc others who need
and would accept it. Will it be treat
ing the latter class right to withhold
this pittance from them because our
representatives, from motives of senti
ment alone, refuse to ask for it?
When a man holds an office for a
great while he sometimes becomes at
tached to certain interest and neglects
many tilings which a man seeking to
make a record and who is free and un
trammelled would gladly do for liis
constituents. Indeed, frequent rota
tion of congressmen is necessary to
properly safeguard- the best interests
of the people. For this reason, if for
no oilier, i think we should change our
representatives in congress occasion
ally and give it new blood, new ideas
and new energy into our political life.
The tariff, financial and other politi
cal questions will demand their share
of attention, and my course on each
will he governed by the edicts of the
Democratic party.
There are questions both political
and non-political which, will in the
near future force themselves before the
people for solution, among which are
the race problem, the repeal of the
amendments of the federal constitu
tion growing out of the civil war, the
reduction of Southern representation
in congress resulting from restrictive
suffrage. These issues will naturally
be of absorbing interest to the South
and should be discussed freely and dis
passionately before the public.
Aside from his legislative duties, a
representative in congress should work
unceasingly with the deportment to se
cure for his constituents every im-
provement in the public service. We
pay our part of taxation and should re
ceive every benefit which any other
community receives.
Some of our population is denied up-
to-daTe mail facilities. It would be
my pleasure and duty to do all 1 could
to supply every home, however hum
ble, the great benefit of rural free de
livery and put them in touch with the
best thought of the country.
My platform will be composed of the
following planks:
1. Separation of the races, giving to
each a land where it can work out its
destiny unhampered by the other.
2. Pensioning the old Confederate
veterans, letting those accept- it who
j need it and want it without being bar-
j red by the laudable sentiments of
1 those who are ably financially to do
| without it and who might probably
1 misrepresent the rank a:.J fib'.
| 3. I offer you my best record ns a
j representative in tin Georgia legisla
ture and iny successful business career
of the past twenty-five years as a guar
antee that your business and legisla
tive interest will be fully and faith
fully cared for.
With this brief announcement, fel
low-citizens, I ask you to withhold any
adverse judgment until I can open my
active canvass of the district and ex
plain myself fully on the stump.
In a short while I will arrange suit
able dates on which to address the
i people of the various counties, and I
trust you will givo me a cordial wel
come and attentive hearing, and, if
elected, I pledge you my best efforts
to win your approval.
Respectfully,
E. W. Watkins.
Q ALL KINDS
OK
SHOES
FOR
Ladies and Genta^
If®
REGISTERED
PBICES REASONABLE.
Lime as a Fertilizer.
FOmSMONEY^IAE
Cures Colds: Prevents Pneumonia
Tho writings of PI iny show that
the Romans practiced tho liming
of soils more than two thousand
years ago. England, Germany
and France have used lime as a
fertilizer, more extensively than
any countries. Soino parts of
France which is of a granitic ori
gin have undergone an agricultur
ill formation owing to the use of
marl.
Radian is the most prominent
of our early writers who has call
ed attention to the use of lime in
the United States. His work on
“Calcureous Manures” was pub
lished in 1382. The Rhode Island
Experiment Station has carried
on a number of experiments with
lime, and claim that soils benoiit-
ted by the use of lime, either on
account of their acid condition or
of a deficiency of lime, are very
widely distributed. Probably
about 09 per cent of tho soils of
the U. S. have never been limed.
Lime is one of tho four essen -
tial ingredients of plant food, but
it is not so important as either of
tho three ingredients—phosphoric
acid, potash and nitrogen. Soils
derived from mica—schists and
sandstones aro often deficient in
lime and this is sometimes true of
soils of limestone formations. If
farmers are in doubt as to wheth
er their soils need lime they can
experiment with beets. Boots of
all kinds make a ready response
to liming o-n soils which arc defi
cient in lime. For this purpose
lay out two small plats and apply
the same amounts of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash to
each. ‘ Apply lime at the rate of
1 or 2.) tons per acre. A compar
ison of the growth and yield of
the two plats will furnish a safe
means of judging whether the soil
is deficient in lime or not.
The chemical action of lime on
soils is valuable. In certain
chemical compounds in tho soil,
lime takes the place of potash,
thus forming a new compound and
liberating the potash s > plants
can use it. In the case of turn
ing under tho heavy green crops,
if there is a heavy application of
lime it will prevent the formation
of acid or sour humus which is
noxious to most agricultural
plants.
Lime produces physical effects
which are beneficial, especially on
clay soils which when wet by rains
are not porous enough to allow tie
w iter t) pass through them with
sufficient rapidity and they lu-
como water-logged and the air
which is necessary in the soil is
1 excluded to some extent. With
j those soils lime floculates them, i.
j o., causes the small soil grain to
! unite, forming larger ones and
| thus rendering the soiii more o,peu
and porous. Sandy soils are ben*
■ efitted by tho application of lime
by rendering them more compact
and they can thereby better re-
tain their moisture. Lime as
sists in changing nitrogen in or
ganic matter into nitrates, the
form in which it is chiefly assimi
lated by plants, aids in tho de
composition of organic matter
and facilitates the work of bac
teria on leguminous plants, par
ticularly upon tho sour soils.
However beneficial liming may
be, it is injurious if applied iu
exoesive amounts on light sandy
soils. If freshly slacked limo 13
applied on such soils the decom
position of organic matter is un
duly hastened, and the soil is ren
dered more open and less retentive
of fertilizers and moisture. Un
der the above conditions freshly
slacked limo should lie applied in
small quantities and not too fre-
j quent intervals.
The Madison Advertiser believes
in publicity, it says tho people
have a right to know what their
public servants are doing. Tho
minutes of all our county organi
zations, boards of education, coon
ty commissioners, city council,
etc., should be published in our
local papers. This is done nearly
everywhere in Georgia.
Jim
It is claimed that Col.
Smith, tho big farmer who owns
20,000 acres of land in Oglethorpe
county, will sell his lands and
move to Athens. Col. Larry
Gnatt has the sale of the lands. It
is thought that Mr. Smith will en
tor tho race for governor two } T cari
hence. A bird i;i tho hand is worth
two in tho bush and Mr. Smi'h
ought to hold on to his lands.
xpori merits at the Rhode
Island Exp. Station have shown
that the following crops were
benefited by the use of lime: Let
tuce, beets (all kinds), celery, on
ions, parsnip, cauliflower, cucum
ber, eggplant, {turnip, cantaloupe,
asparagus, cabbage, pepper, pea,
peanut, tobacco, sorghum, alfalfa,
clover, barley, wheat, oats, tim-
ophy and blue grass.
Common sorrel and watermel
ons were injured by its use, while
Indian corn, millet, rye, potatoes,
carrots, redtop (grass), and the
bent grasses are indifferent when
supplied with large amounts of
nitrogen.
Chas. W. Davis,
N. G. A. a
(To be continued.)
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