The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, August 07, 1889, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextAnd respectfully calls attention to the following unapproachable bargains which he offers for next 30 day FOR CASET ONI.Y. One thousand yards Columbus checks at 53¢, worth 7 cents. One thousand yards best brand sheeting at 6c, worth 7 cents. Fifty pieces prints at s¢, worth 6e., Fifty pieces Best Dress Prints at ¢ cents, worth 7 cents, Just Lend For One Moment s, Listening Ear. 1,060 Yards Figured Lawns at 4e, worth se¢. 1,000 yards best dress Ginghams at9e, worth 12c. 1,000 yards white lawn- at Ge, worth 8. 1.000 yards white lawn at G3c, worth 10cts, 1,000 yards white lawn at B¢, worth 121 c. 1,000 yards Check Muslin at 6, 7 and B¢, worth double. Anice line of Sateens atlOc. sLL LI N EBER v For Ladies, Misses and Children, Trimmed and Untrimm ed. Make me an offer and take them at your own pricr., A large assortment. of Artificial Flowers, : M 3 Clothing erartment. Is in full blast, and we can show youany kind of Suit you may call for. I offer special Barrains in Gentle- | men’s Suits, having bought a large quantity. lam determined to reduce my Immense Stock of Goods, and it will pay yon to read my advertising column each week, and note the reduction 1n prices, Your patronage is solicited. No trouble to show goods, M. KEMPNER, Dawson, Ca. l For Sale. The livery stable on Main street and residence and lot on Church street. Thisis all desirable prop. erty, well located, good buildings, and water plentiful. Terms cash, For information and particulars call on or address C. N. Bryav, lx} 22,1889. l}rﬂl})Vt)(}xi, Ga, SENT FREE. Every reader of this paper who expects to buy anything in the line of Diamonds, fine Jewelry, Silver and Clocks, or who tninks of buying Should end for our new illustrated catalogue for 1889, which we send t'rejc. . P. STEVENS & BRO., MWMEWERDRDERS+® 47 Whitehall, St. Atlanta, Ga. ] Druggists and Pharmacists. Ipposite Court~house Square, DAwsox, GA. —)10¢( Kecp arways ¢n hand Fresh Drugs, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, MEDI CINES, BRUSHES, GARDEN SEED —AND— Toilet Articles. We keep a full line of ) PURE PAINTS, LEAD and OIL end sell them as CreAP or CupAp- ER than any other house. BOTH OF U 3 being PHYSI CIANS and having in our employ MR. W. B. BRANNON, aclerk of experience in our line, we claim advantages not ];))esessed by any Drug House in Dawson. Phyaicians and the lavety alike can always rely on us for PURE DRUGS and ACURATELY %?(;}\ POUNDED PRESCRIP JONS, "INTT T (T TNTO7 € <THE NEWS: e ————————————————————— THREE BALES TO THE ACRE. Fine Crops Prospects and Happy Farmers. Mr. J. W. Baldwin has a two acre patch of cotton in the city that is given up to be the finest ever kpown. The cotton is much higher than the avreage man, and good judges say it will make two and a half cr three bales per acre. The farmers throughout the coun ty are in five spirits. Copious rains have fallen for some veeks, and crops are asfine a 8 the laods will produce under favorable circumstances. While in some places the stands of ent~ ton are irregular, the fields have heen kept free from grass. The laud has heen vell tilled, and the Erospecfs'lor an abundant harvest ave not been more flattericg since the war. All early planted corn is made and it is not av all uncommon to hear farmers say that they will gather from twenty to thirty bushs ¢ls per acre from a whole crop, and having seen many of the crops, they do mnot over estimate the prospective yield. If t.ere is no disaster tbere’ll }e evough made here to supply the county for two vear:. Advertised Letters. Dawsox, Ga. Aug. 5, ’B9. The following is a list of un< claimed letters in the Dawson P, 0. which will Le sent to the Dead Letter Office ii nnt called for in 14 days. W. R, Barpwix, P M Audrews Miss Lena, Bartlett Mrs Ardie, Banks I. D., Blackshear Samuel, Blackshear Miss Sarah, Banke Miss Eliza, Brannec Mrs Ann, Brown Miss Tildar, Brooks Miss Carrie, Bush J. A., Caloway Mrs Mollie, Daniel Lou, Gordon Mrs M. P., Hives Miss Nellie, Higgins Jonney, Howell Miss Geor gia, Jackson Mrs Louisa, Jackson Miss Sallie, Janes T. 8., (2)McCall D. L..MondingJ L.,Oodum W. E, Pace Paul C., Pitman Bob, Beard William, Riley Gabe, Roberts M., Stamper Miss Ann,Simkin Winter, Nobbe Tolbert, Thomas Miss Babe, Thomas G, C., Walker Miss Julia, Williams Miss Tener. The Presbyterran Church Is about completed, and arrange ments are being made for the ded ication services the latter part of this month. The Rev. W. B. Jennings, of Macon, has been asks ed to fill the pulpit on that day, and if he accep's our people may expect an eloquent discourse. A CuttingAff ray Took place on last Saturday bes tween two negroes, Caesar Morgan and Clayton Aaron. Some one hit Caesar with a rock,and thinking it was Aaron he stabbed him with his knife. He is now in limbo. “All epirits produced by Distill ers who use other materials than Apples,Peaches or Grapes MusT be entered in Distillery Warehouse and be stamped with warehouse stamp (this makes first stamp on parrel) and when withdrawn trom Distillery Warehouse on payment of tax, the tax paid stamp ev:vhich is the second stamlg on and is the largest) must be aftixed.” The above is the law on all Dis« tilled goods and no barrel of Dis~ tilled fiquor can be stamped with one stamp only. tf, F. BETHUNE. f A KNOTTY SNAKE STORY. One Snake Swallows Another Twice its Size, Mr. J. 1. Lee is one of our besi citizens aud farmers, and anything he tells may be relied on, Mr. Lee tells a saake story that surpasses in sinzularity anything that we ever before heard. A few daysago while standing on the edge of pond on his planta tion, he observed a huge moccasin lying at full length beside a pine knot, Presently a king snake eame up, and the tun began, As soon as the moccasin saw the king snake it started off' at full speel. The king snake caught him almost ins stautly and as quick as a flash grasped its prey in the middle and tied him in a complete knot. The king then tried to grasp the moe casin's hesd, but their poeition was such the head could not be reached. Finally the hold around the moce~ casin’s body was relinquished, on ly to be grasped about the head and tied into another knot as be fore. The snakes remained in this position an hour or more when Mr. Liee picked them up with a stick and carried them a quarter of a mile and put them them down in the public road. While being moved the king did not become the least frighted and and held its grasp around the moceasin as they botl swung from the stick, When put upon the ground again the kipg begun examining the moceasin to see if life was extinct. Finding him dead, he proceed to swallow the moceasin,head foremost, The moeeagin was twice as large as the king, and it took about an hour and a lnalt to complete the swal lowing act, when his kingship crawled into a fence corner to di, gest his dinuer. Mr. Lee passed along there «gaiu later in the day end found that the king had bursted wide open from swallowiog the large noceasin. Death of Mr. Josh Fillingame, Mr. Josh Fillingame brother of our townsman, Mr. J. W. Fillins game, died at the home of the lats ter in this city on last Tuesday night ot typloid fever. - | He was just twenty~one years of | age, and was a young man of good moral character and well liked by all of our people. During his short residence in this city he made many warm triends, and everyone spoke in the highest terms of bim. His remains were carried to Spring Vale for burial. To Lis family the NEws extends its sin— cerest sympathy. John Barleycorn Was a promiscious and much courted citizen on Saturday, and along towards the shank of the eve. ving and after nighttall things were somewhat lively. Will Mave to Town. Mrs, S. M. Brown, who lives north of Dawson, has rented one of Mr. J. R Mercer’s houses in Mers cerville, and will move to the city. New Clerk, Mr. J. C. Nelms has accepted a sition with the popular house of g(.’ W. Slade. - Derma-Lotion,” an unrivaled remedy for cure of Tetter, Ecze ‘ma, Itch, Summer Heat, Eruption aof Skin and all Skin disens-s. For sale by W. C. Kendrick and Cheatham & Dean, " JUDGE JiM GUERRY IT IS, Dawson's Able Lawyer and Popular Cit izen Elected to the Judgeship--Not a Candidate for Congress. Altot Dawson rejoiced oa last Monday when the news was flash ed over the wire from Atlanta that our distinguished fellow towns man, Hon, J. H. Guerry,had been elected by the legislature to suc. ceed thelate Hon. John T. Clarke as judge of the Patuula circuit. Judge Guerry was elected on the first ballot, and within a halt hour after the legislature went in to joint session. Atter Messrs. Harrison and Powell huad been put in nominasl tion, Senator C. B. Wonten arose and said: “Mr. President—l take pleasure .in nominating that distinguised jurist, the Hon. J. H. Guerry, of terrell,” This was greeted with bursts of applause, and Mr. Bell, of Fore syth, arose and said- I take pleasure in secoading the nominas tion of the Hon. Jim Guerry.” Then came seconds by “seven other members, when the roll eall was begun. Here's how the vote stood: Guerry, 105. Harrison, 63, ' Powell 22, - Shortly after Judge Guetry was notified ot his election he took the oath of office inthe presence of Governor Gordon and a few other gentlemen, He is well known throughout Georgia, and the legislature has reason to be proud of their choice. No young mar in Georgin 1s abler aud no man is better qualified for the important positson to which he has been chosen. A lawyer otl excellent reputation, he possesses ! in a high degree those other quali ties necessary in a just and up right judge. Having heen eleeted to the judgeship, he will not be in the next race for congress. Judge Guerry will hold his first court in Quitman on the first Mon day in September. GOOD NEWS FOR DAWSON. The Ala. Ga. & Fla. to Come to This City. Engineer Duval, who surveyed the line of road trom Midway, ﬁa.,— to Dawson, is yet in the city works ing on the profiles of the line. Mr. Duval is of the opinion that the road will be built to Dawson instead of Richland, and the ifol« lowing special from Columbus to the Macon Telegraph increases that belief. I'he Columbus correspons dent says: \ I had a canversation with a party this afternoon who has posi tive information that the survey of the Alabawa. Georgia and Florida railroad, which runs trom Dawson to Midway, Fla., is far cheaper than the other line running through Cuthbert, and also that it is about thirteon miles the ohorter Jine. Nothing is risked in saying that Dawson will get the road, as ohe of the gentlemen remarked: “This is an age of sharE compes tition,;and the short and cheap line is always sought for.” The line runs South, going through Baker county, leaving l Bainbridge to the West and cross g the S. F. &W. road near | Whigham. This means Baker county’s first railroad, and Primus Jones with his first bale of eotton and first railroad, should be happy. The first bale could come over tha line to the Dawson mar ket, one of the best in Southwest Georgia. 1 Columbus Southern. The laying of the side tracks and switches in the yards of the Columbus Southern, in Columbus, was completed oun last Saturday, and the work of laying the track on the main line was begun Mon day morning. The contragtors have now gone at the work lin earnest, and say that the entire live will be com-« pleted and equipped by the first ot next March. Maior Hood tells the NEws that he has instructions from the con tractors to have the trestles be tween Dawsoir and Albany built, and to have ties n:ade for the road from Richland to Dawzon, Tt will take one hundred and foriy thous and ties for this end of tﬂe road, and Major Hood has nlrend,y cons tracted for them with Terrell county Earties. He will have the trestles built at once. At the stockholders® meeting in Columbus last week the old board of directors were re-elected. The Game To-Day. Our ball boys leave to-day for Cuthbert, where the second game will be played with the nine of that city. Our boys are in fair trim, and expect to be victors ror the second time. The following compose the nine: Mercer, Naswor thy, Howard, McNulty, Glover, Hiers, Talbot. Marlin, .f;nnings. A large number ot Dawsonites will go down with the boys to cheer them on to victory. The “Lightfoots,” a club coms posed of younger boys, went down this morning to play with the younﬁr boys of Cuthbert. They play better ball, taking everything into consideration, than do the lar ger boys, ard Cuthbert’s *‘kids" will have to play ball to down them. When}m want a nice set of Buggy, Carriage cr Wagon Har ness cail on Statham & Farnum, ’ AN INSULT. What The C.R. B. andW. U. T. Co. . Would De. o::rﬁtion was belaf circulated Monday resentiog the insult offer. by therail road and teh'gtagh companies in wanting to move the | telegnpi? office to the depot. It seems that they have com* bined to work one office instead of two, as at presept, and to do it must move the city office. This is an insult to our prospers ous city, and something tll:at will not be tolerated by our citizens. Dawson’s business is of too much importance to be ignored and ins convenienged in such a manner, To maye the telegraph office would vive our business mexn great trouble, aad the telezraph company wou'd deserve the indignation of all it they took such a step. The vld Central. ever ready to give Dawson a black eye, is the instigator of tids scheme. THROUGH THE CITY. Mr. W. J. Slade has reuted a residence in Mercerville. : To the boys who go to Cuthbert: “Punch, punen with care.” " Weare under obligations to Mr. A. J.Lee for syme deﬁgioua priines, Beveral of wur planters will begin picking cotton next week. Mrs. J. W. Weston was called to Americus yesterday by the iliness of her father. Mr.J. W. Turner has begun rebuilding his residence, It is 10 be one of the preftiestin the city. A marriage is booked to occur in Dawson two weeks from to~day. The groom will come from a mids dle Georgia town. Prof. Dawson; of Upelika, Ala., has been engaged to assist in the college. President Jones is expects ed in Dawson to-morrow. - Albert Clark came down from Macon yesterday. He had his hand in ina sling, caused from be ing mashed by a job press. All of our warehouseman have received jute bagging except the alliance warehouse, which has res ceived a shipment of cotton begging Dawson is considerable of a man« wfacturing town. One shop pays out four bundred and fifty dollars a week in wages.— Montezuma Ree ord. Mr. T. D. Sales left yesterday for Macon, where he has “accepted a position with the drug house of Dr. T. A. Cheatham. Tom Sales is one of our best boys. The city assessors are late in begipning their work this year. They will probably begin dis chargding their duties next week. The ety isgoing to show a big increase. The National Bank building is rapidiy going up. President énr vor and Cachior Christic are bm’! arranging the preliminaries for business. Nearly all the stock has | been signed for. The J. W. Wooten Bank is sow open and ready for business, With three banks Dawson’s bank ing importance will be second to no town in Southwest Georgia. Daw son keeps on getting there. Ordinary Roberts was engaged Monday hearing the contest over the w.ll of the late Jas. T. Hayes. The will was set aside on the ground that at the time it was made Mr. Bayes was delirious from fever. It is rumored that the coloted alliance has placed the paice of picking cotton at 60 cents per hun dred. On the other hand, the colored people claim that they have no alliance. We shall see what we see. Col. A. P. Mooty, father of Miss Mooty who has been engagea in the art department of the cols lege, died of paralysis one day last week. At thetime ot his death Col. Mooty was superintendent of public schools in Columbus. Last Bunaay the annual foot washing of our Primitive Baptist friends took place at Chickasaws hatchee church,about one mile east of the city. This occasion is always fraught with pleasure. Dinnver ‘is syread on the grounds, of wnich all are invited to freely partake. This church numbers among its members many of our sturdiest and best citizens. Woik has commenced on the Bainbridge and Cuthbert railroad. This will have a tendency to cut oft the line from Bu:nbnfige to Richland, end will greatly increase Dawson’s chances of getting the road from Quincy. On Monday night, while in his backyard, Mr. W. N. Lott saw a negrn get over the fence into Mrs, Wooten’s yard, and scon heard the doors aug blinds rattling as it some one was tryicg to eﬁen an ertrance. Mr. Lott called to his aid several neighbors,who surroun ded thehouse and cavght David Hodge in the dining room. David is now the guest of Sher~ iff Thointon. Mrs. Wooten and family are at Gainesville, and no one stays at the house during their absence. Removal. Mr. J. W. Fidingame has rented a storeroom in the Farrar block and will move his stock ot gooas about the first of September. Frank Bethune will open a parlor barber shop in the building to be vacated by Mr. Fillingame. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL BILL. The Measure now Being Drawn Up by Judge Guerry, Col. Parks and Others. Judge Guerry, Col. Parks acd other fﬂends";);' the measure are now #f work drawing up the bill to be introdnced in the l':»gislature providing fof a system of public schools in Ditwson. 4 To stistain the school, the bill will provide that the town council be empowered tolevy a tax on all the property in the town to the extent of onefiith of one per cent, Added to this will be the license taxes collected and the pro rata share of the state school fund, Further, an incidental fee of about 83 will be charged, and no one will be entitled to the bemefits of the school until theéy have heen citizens of the city for sl months. ~ Though knowr as a system sus tained hznta:ation, the &ot is aps. ‘parent that the taxation necessary will be very light indéed. Take the incidental fee, the state school fund and the license taxes, and there will e need for ouly very slight property tax. Dawson wauts 4 system of pub lic schools and she wants it bad. There 18 a school building here; that is to say we have # building and a set of trustees, who meet once a year and elect a tescher, But we cannot talk too painly even when we say thata scheol building, a learned teacher and a set of trustees are not altogetherevary. thing in the shape of a school that is ueeded in . Dawson. We want a school where the masses of chil« dren ean go and pick wp not only the scant education (&'a't ot to them in‘‘treacle doses”by our pub lic schools under the present badly organized system of free schools, but we want a school of method and system. As many of our best citizens seem to be int earnest about having a graded system of <choolsin Daw son, there is every reason fo hope tot the successful “accomplishment of this very important matter, The consideration of thigsubject carries with it the most important results which'has ever engaged the atten tention’of our people. It carries with it a necesaity and a duty, and the appeal which comes up to us effeets to a great extent the future of oir children. We are eatisfled the proposed system is the very thing we need, and we believe our people will adopt it when called upon to vote on it. The system cannot be put in op eration unless two-thitds of the qualified voters of Dawson vote tor it at the election to be hereafter ordered by the city council. Personal. Mr. Wm. Arrington, of Quit man, is visiting relatives in thecity. Mr. Hugh McNulty, of Sheffield, Ala., is spending his vacation with bis mother in this city. Mr. J. W. Wooten is spending # few days in Gainesville. Charlie Holliday is back from his summering tour lookit:’% as rosy dod smiling as a glass of circus lemonade,” He did not marty while gone, as was renorted, but ¥s still, and is ikely to remain, in a state of single cussedwmess. Mess. Jeff Davis and Jim Wilk< fams were not benefitted very much by theif reeent trip to Gainesville, tnd we understand may go agaiit before the summer is over. Mr. A. J. Fleming, a prominent young merchant of Ft. Gaines; was in the city yesterday. Pref. Lee Hoyl lett last week to take ehurge of a school in Crisp, Ga. leeis an excelleat young man, aid the %eople of Crisp will beﬁleaaéd with him, ; iss Fllen Martin s visiting her sister, Mrs. E.B. McNulty, on College Hill. Misses Bart and Eula Blair, of Brunswick, #re io the city visitiiig Mr. and Mis. C. L. Mize. Miss Helen Patks has returned hume a‘ter a several weeks stay in Atlanta, Mr. €. N. Jordari;, of Atlanta, ison a visit to bis brother, Col. Tom Jordan, : Mr. Jack Harrell, of Quitman, is visiting his daughter, Mrs, A. P. Hatcher. Talking In Church Is something that is carried to a very disagreeable extreme by the young peeple of this city. Several times during the course of the n.cets ing at the Baptist church the preacher has been forced to ask for silence, s 0 noticeable and troublesome was the noise. We are sure no one would do this if they would only think, for notbinfso plainly shows the enl« inre of a person’s mind and so thoroughly disgusts everyone as improper conduct in church. et et -Y e e A Good Meeting. The protracted meeting in progs ress at the Baptist church is prov ing a success, and doing dgreat good, Several have i'ioiued and many are evincing much interest. Rev. B, W &Davis is an untiring divine and is working faithfully and earn estly “o revive the people of Daw son, He has been assisted by Rev. J. G. Corley, of Ft, Gaines, whose powerful sermons have done much in stirring the people up. e s G e see— -Belf Denial. This is a week of selfdenial with the Methodists,and prayer meeting is held at the church every morn ing at mne o'clock. Pastor Wes ton gave a lecture last night, and will deliver another on Friday night. THE OLD CONFEDS Meet tn Dawson and Reorganize Their Association. In accordance with a published call the Confederate veterans of Terrell county met in Dawson on last Wednesduy to reorganize their association. Captain Jobn P. Allen presided ovér the mteting and Veteran I G. Marshall kept the minutes. The body at once proceeded to business, and the following officers were elected to serve the ensuing year: Wm. Kaigler president, J. L. Lanstord and W, Jennings of the town district vice presidents, J. A. Fulton secretary. ~ Judge J. C. F. Clark was elects «d an bonorary member of the as sociation. The following coftimittee was arpointed to arrange for the annu al reunions and dinners: Feurth District—Jas. Clark, Sr. Bixth District— Willis *Martin. Third Dis‘rict— Lumpkin Bow en. Eleventh Digfrict— A. .;‘ Lee. Twelfth District-- Wm, Madtid. Town District—John McCarthy and I. G. Marshall R. F. Simmons, W: D. Miirray, John McUCasthy, Wm. Jennings of the 811th, B, g Bridges and gm. Kaigler were appoint.d delegates to attend the state convention ot veterans which meets {ti Atlanta or the 15th tost. The following resolutiotis were passed: Ist, That the president be ems powered fo fill aIF vacancies. Second, That the commiitee be requested to get the names of all ihe veterans in their respective districts and report them to the secretary. This cnnc{uded the business, but befure adjourning the old vets spent awhile in speech making avd telliug war stories. These reunions bring toiatber the remnants of a band of heroes who fou-kt for ptinciples, and af ter suftering defest and disaster re turned to théir wasted homes and under mauny trials and tribulations resumed the duties of citizenship. #nd arve still acting their parts in #ll the duties of life. The number of these veterans is yearly lessens ing, and the “places which now know them will soont know them no mote forever.” e s Caterpillars. Caterpillar flies have been seen in great numbers in some of the cots ton ficlds cf the county, and in oth ers young caterpillars have been discovered. It you want the purest patent medicines and drugs you will find them them at Cheatham & Dean’s- For Preserving Kettles go to A. J. Baldwin & Co's. Get Cheatham & Dean’s prices on lead and oil and other paints and paint brushes before buying. Red Star STORE, J. G, PARKS, H. 8, BELL J. G. Parks & Co., FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS DAWSON, GA. All kinds of property insured at reasonable rates, - Losses satisfacs torily adjusted and promptly paid. Companies represented all strong liberal und reliable. Office over drug store of Cheat~ ham & Dean, north side of Puhlic Square, W. A. MekAIN Y Vi Pl el :un__lj_rus Wateh 7 Wat Prenijunﬂs LOW PRICES. HE V:—IL“ ALSO AND BUY " TR - LAgent. DAWSON, GA. Always ;‘l:;n.ndogfrelhest FANCY ANDFAMILY GROCERIES, At my_l;:;f will always be found a completé and choice line of Dos mestic and Imported Whiskies, - Wines, BRANDY AND BEER- Duxi—ng—th:Su mmer you will al¢ ways find at my store’ DELICIOUS ICZ COLD Keg and Bottled Beer--the best in the city. Pickled Oysters Are an excellent table delicacy; and cdni be found at my store, Trf them: ; : mvite the continued patrowage of the public, and can be found at m¥ olf stand on Main Street, next door to A. J. Baldwin & Co. T. Y. MARTIN, Agt., . e el Mrs.C. L. Mize Has Hecelved & beautitul line of MILILINERY and would be pleased to have the Ladies call and examine her goods: Dress Malzin, 8- lam also prepared to do D Making; andpthg ladies won’lc{z well to bring their work te me, I sell the Domestic Sewing Machine, 1 am still on ROGERS & JANE'S BLOCK; ‘ DAWSON, GEORGIA. ‘ Notice Is hereby given that at the ad journed session of the legislature, to meef, ia July next, a bill will be introduced to establish a system of Xublio graded schools in Dawson and for other purposes. Dawson, Ga., J.D, Larxe, June 23, 1889, Mayor.