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THE DAWSON NEWS
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FIRsT BAPTIST GHURCH
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DEDICATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL
BUILDING SUNDAY.
Dr. Hawthorne Preaches an Eloquent Ser
mon--Fully One Thousand People Pres
ent--Dawson’'s 815,000 House of Wor
ship an Ornament.
The dedication of the First Baptist
church in Dawson, Sunday, was a re
markable event in the city’s history.
The dedication of the new church
marked an era in Dawson’s progressive
ness and eulture, and showed the town
to be one of the foremost in the country,
The exercises commenced at 10:30
o'clock, and long before that hour
there were one thousand people present
to witness them?
The prominent Baptists of. Southwest
Georgia, with distinguished representa
tives from every part of the State, were
present.
The prominent divines of the state who
took part in the exercises, were, besides
Dr. Hawthoine, Dr. Stout, of Eufaula;
Dr. Tichenor, of Atlania; Rev, Baldy, of
Cathbert, and a number of other preach
ers.
The exercises commenced Sunday
with a brief statement from Dr. Patter
son, the present pastor of the church,
and who has headed the project of a new
church from the beginning to the end
explaining the condition of the church
and all the details leading up to zom
pletion. ‘
The church was begun last May, to be,
be paid for by the voluntary donations of
the Baptists of Dawson,
The chureh, as it stand completed, shows
the amount of contributions to be
$15.000,
Dr. Patterson spoke with some degree
of feeling ou the progressive spirit and
Christian zeal of the Baptists of Dawsen,
and complimented them on their noble
work in erecting a monument which
would forever do credit to themselves,
their town and the Baptist denomina
tion.
After Dr. Patterson’s address the reg
ular dedicatory programme was begun
as follows:
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AA AL NS v-, : . - 3
Doxology. .. ... ... .Congregation,
Invoeßtion, o . Gol T L
Prafer. - i e
Seripture Reading = - o o
Hymn.. (Lisherj. . . Congregation.
Hymn. (Woodworth). -Congregation
Sermon. Rev, J. B. Hawthorne, D. D.
Anthem " 0 0 8 e o RO
Dedicatory Prayer. Rev. 1. T, Tichenor
Hymn—*How Firm a Fou: lation™, ..
oo sVL R sßyOwe ko UR BREN B
Benediciion,
DR, HAWTHORNE'S SIEMON.
Dr. Hawthortie, in his sermon Sunday
morning, never fully more establishied his
teputation as or e of the leading divines of
Georgia never mo-e ably portrayed
the triumphs of Christianity,
lis eloquence was nu‘xi’-.v"“.‘_m_s to those
Who hieard Ling, and his wisdom made a
deep impression,
Ur. Hawthorne selected Lis text from
John VI, chapter 33rd, vepse: “That
which cometh down from Teaven is the
bread of life,** .
Fromthat he extr? oted these bear’ifal
thoughts:
],g,‘,\,,j:.'\“-(i:(}(:( '](’,] " eehoose as ap. emblem of
bread? wp- .#0 common and simple as
daity. sor o~ Gid he Rot choose some rich
upon th «© vare delicacy, found only
ftis t© «tablesof kings and millionaires?
mal . very commonness of bread that
as .08 it a fit emblem of Christ. Just
© Lphysieal humanity everywhere needs
oread, so does spiritual humanity every
where need Christ, and as bread is so
abundant as to be within the reach of all
classes of men, so Christ, the soul’s food,
the bread of life, is within the reach ot
all who hear the gospel.
“The bread of God” is the life of the
world. That means that Jesus Christ is
to the soul of man what bread is to the
body. eis a necessity and not a luxu
ry. It is to this truth that your
ihoughts will be directed this mos oing—
Jesus Chivist the world’s g.eat and only
necessity,
In the « ymplex condiion of 'tlnngs
about us many people have I t sight of
the distinco.ons between necessities 1“?(1_
loxuries, lln the eyes of the high tariff
man everything the pcople eat, or drink,
Or wear is a luxury, and 1,1:!.*:‘(sfu!"0 must
be taxed, while to the low tarifi man
everything, even to the champagae he
drinks, or the Havana cigar he smokes,
is a downright necessity.,
Food is a nec sity. But under that
head modern civilization presentsa menu
A mile long. The people, by pampering
their sensual nature, have educated
themselves with the belief that every
thing they eat or drink is a necessity.
Shelter—a refuge from stoim and cold
and heat is ga necessity., But inw how
many amplifications and glorifications
this Decessity has passed. In our craze
for architectural ornamentation and
Spatial magnificence the simple idéa of
shelter is almost forgotten,
Clothing is a necessity, But whowill
attempt to name every fabric fand gar
mnent of this day of luxuries and exntrav
agance that comes under the head of
clothing? We are bewilderad by the
countless new devices of milliners, dress
makers and tailors, In all the novelties
and excesses how far we have drifted
from the original idea of necessity.
Coming up into the higherrealm of spir
itual life we find that Churist is the only
necessity. He is ‘‘the bread of life.”
Take away éverything else that our souls
are wont to feed upon and leave us this
’ “bread of God” and we shall live and
prosper. There are men masquerading
before the world as Christian ministers
who repudiate the idea that Jesus
Christ-is a necessity to the world. They
put him in the succession of great philos
ophers. They say that he was a great
teacher, and a great hero, but that what
he said and did is no more essential to
the world than what a thousand other
men have said and done.
Christ said: “I am the way, the truh
and the life.”” “No man cometh to the
Father except by me.”” “No man know
eth the Father but the Son, and he to
whom the Son hath revealed Him.”” “ge
that believeth on the Son hath everlast
ing life, but he that believeth not the
Son shal! not see life, but the wrath of
God abideth on him.”” Is it not strange
that men will attempt to make us be
lieve that these words do not mean that
without Christ salvation is impossible to
any man?
The testimony of the human conscience
everywhere is that man is a simner, that
sin separates him from God, and that
atonement is needed to restore him to
God. What is that atonement? Man
did not know until God revealed it.
Isaih saw it, and declared it when he
said: ‘“He was wounded for our trans
gressions, He was bruised for our inig
uities; the chastisement of our peace was
upon him; and by his stripes we are
healed.” Jesus Christ was the Lamb
for sinners slain. Fe was laid on the al
tar of justice, and our sins were laid on
Him. “He who knew no sin was made
sin for us.”” “!e bore our sinsin his
own body eon the tree.” ‘“He died for
our sins, “The blood of Jesus Christ
cleansech from all sin.”
~ The musical programme preparved for
the dedicatory services was very complete
and eluborate, and reflected great credit
ou those who had it in charge.
Mrs. T. J. Simmons was the conduc
tor of the musical feature of the service,
and it was the general verdict that never
had such talent as was there exhibited
before been known to the people of Daw
son. Necessary to be mentioned in connec.
tl.“n w ltllfllg-gllgw -t
vie was the baritone solo of Dr. Charles
uriggs, “Lord, Keep My Soul as Thine,"
rendered in masterly manner and calling
forth the admiration of every one.
DR. HAWTHORNE'S LECTURE.,
At three o'clockin the afternoon D+,
Hawthorne delivered a lecture to the
“Sunbeam Society” composed of chil
drer. This lecture was one of the pleass
ing features of the day, and was greatly
enjoyed.
\E NiGHT |
The dedivatory exercises continued |
thronghout the evening, embracing thel
mission:lry lecture by Dr. Tichenor, of |
Atlanta, delivered before a ‘érowded‘
church, composing thg eultd~q and intol- |
ligence of Dawdbn chirist® ;o
Dr. : Ti‘?‘honm'.‘? abject was simply
"Missmps,” "h"'\:.ling mora directly on
uhe foreig "mission work of the Bajtist
chuie”) ip the South. He impressed his
Plearers in a most favorable manner and
attracted interest from all that were
\prescnt at the service.
T e R
Pain in the back or limbs, is at once
driven off by a few applications of Salva
tion Oil, 25 cents.
Address to the People,
From tre Thomasville Evening News,
The News publishes today an address
to the Democratie voters of the 2nd con- |
gressional district. 1t is signed by the
delecates from the different counties
that made up the convention that metl
in Cutbbert last week., The address is‘
in good taste, avd will commend itself
very {avorably to the voters of the dis
trict that are not membess of the Alli
anc?’, » : ‘\.‘
The suggestion of the name dt Hon. ‘
0. B. Stevens, of Terrell, as'tle choice
of the Alliance of the aistrict, is made
not in « di tatoriel spirit, but simply in
the way of suggestion, aud as the means
for emphasizing the choics the faymers
have made. Mr. Stevens is a man who
i:as made a success of bis life in a busi
ness way, and in addition 4o this, he has
superb judgment of public men apd
'muusm'vs. He is in Yheroaghk acee rdA‘
with the farmers of the district, 37 c&ft}- |
fied with them in interest, aud}'r:s e
monstrated that identity, and £ .
: s 2 gat Inter
est, by using his means and,g s
: y Z Wk 8 time for
their benefit. The groumd e.~ h. )oo
farmers base their right 7 soeeat &
cla "dl‘dated‘s.fl:;e &}!&t£9ofm mends itself to
e e %" Peren .c:' all men. It is
not too_wmich to say th
s .. 4t seven-tenths of
thevoters of the dis* .
‘they claim the ¥ xict are farmers,
’fas;l;'% éyu et ‘thel" ight in view of this
4agbTo sugg r choice, and to ask
the ratification of that choice by the
‘ other voters of the district,
' [Communicated. ]
The Cuthbert Convention,
From the Fort Gaines ilerald.
M. Epitor: Having been a delegate
to the alliance convention at Cuthbert on
Feb. 25, and there seems to be an attempt
to mislead and prejudice the people
‘against the gentleman recommended by
said convedtion as a suitable man to rep
resent us in the next congress, I feel it
a duty I owe the convention, as explana
tory to the people, to give the plain and
stern facts connected with our conven
tion.
We had before our body the names of
the following distinguished gentlemen :
Hon. R. G. Mitchell and Rev. Rushln, of
T'homas; Col. C. B. Wooten, of Albany;
Judge J. H. Guerry, of Dawson; Hon. L.
O. Jackson, Bainbridge; Dr. I. H. Hand,
of Baker, and Dr. A. M. Raines, of Quit
man,
From the f: ¢t that Judge Guerry only
had five supporters, and I am fiee to say
if we had been there till now he could
‘not havepolled any more, (I assert this
from a full knowledge of the sitnation),
his friends thoaght it best for pruden
ial reasons not to sacrifice his name.
There were about eight ballots taken
without any wmaterial change in the
count. Rev. Mr. Steverson, of Thomas,
went to Mr. Stevens and asked his con
sent to be put before the convention, but
he protested, and not until solicited the
third time would he consent, then only
on condition that his recommendation
could be made unanimous. It is now in
timated by Judge Guerry that Mr. Stcv
ens was unfaithful. lam frank to say
that Mr. Stevens was a staunch suppcrt- ‘
erof Judge Guerrv, first, last and all the ‘
time, and it was only from the facts
as before stated that his name was not l
balloted for.
Now, as a close friend and suppoiter
of Judge Guerry, Isay, in attempting to
braad Mr. Stevens as a traitor, he must
charge myself and his other friends in
the convention the same; as it was doné
by conference and 351'3v3:uent, and i)y 21
means in the interest of Mr. Stevens, I
fm Lree to 34y that should M By ens
b 6 clacted-to the 531 congress it will be
a clear case of the office seeking the man
and not the man the dfce, one of tihe
foremost essentials for honest rcpresen
tation and honest legislation, as chyonic
oftice seekers are detrimental to honest
governmeiit, DELEGATE.
{Vommunicated. ] l
A Card from O. B, Stevens,
Letters similar to the one from “Dele-:
gate' have been veceivél by me from ov-l
ery delegate in the Cuthbert convention
who was friendly té Judge Guerry’s in-|
t2losls, all of Which cleariy disproves
any effort or intention of treating him
unfairly, and any statement to the con
trarvy is absolutely without fedadation
I had never had any irtention of running
{0 congress up to the very itstant of my
‘accepting the endorsement, and then on
ly upon being beseiged by the other
friends of Judge Gu@rry and the unani
‘mous request ‘of the convention. What
wrong has been perpetrated by the con
‘ vention endorsing myself, and refusing
to emdorss Jiudge Guerry? Not a single
wrongful aét on the part of his friemds
can be pointed out. After using all
‘efforts in his behaif, and doing no geod,
what reason is there in saying %hat I
oughtto make further sacrifices? It is
Itrae X and Jadge Guerry have besn good
frisnds, and I have always been veady to
do him a kindness, but above ¥y obliga
tion to him as a friend I was uunder the
| higher obligation of abiding “he action of
l that convention, and if its actidh pro-,e
l adverse to him my allegiance to Lim was
at an end, should he oppose it, He ha
no right to expect anything else, 1 »&> 1
a greater cause to be offended Mfi |
than he has with me, but J 4 . 5% -
make due allowances for? . 75“{‘.*‘?4'3’.’_["
think he is the only ms- ,;“‘im'.{ff*r‘a?n‘t
to rnn for congress awho lias a }'lght
ers’ convention .2 pr mtl}’er, the farm
is N 0 cause ¥ dlt:l not think 0. There
the noile” .of stnf? or bad feeling. If
A. £ nof thag convention is ratified
5'3 ae people and the nomination given
) o me, I will endeavor to make a faith-
71_”\'\“\‘ re} resentative. I am authorized
by the convention that endorsed me
to say that they will cheerfully abide the
action of the Democratic convention,and
| support the nominee,whoever he may be.
The farmers and laboring classes com
pose three-fourths of the Dew ocratic vo
| ters of the district, and they have a right
to be heard in selecting 2 man to repre
sent them. They have seen fit to place
the leadership upon me, and 1 will use
all honorable means to secure the nomi
pation. O. B. STEVENS,
GEORGIA DEMOCRASY,
MEETING OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE,
Two Conventions Called--No Snap Shots
Countenanced,
Georgiais to have two conventions, and
the State Democratic executive commit
tee has named the days.
~ The convention to select delegates to
‘the national convention will meet-in At
lanta at noon on the eighteenth of May.
The convention to nominate candidates
for Governor and State house ofticers
will be held at the same hour of the day
and at the same place on August 10th,
There were a number of interesting
features at the meeting of the commit
tee. There were present nineteen mem
bers. Chairman Atkinson presided, and
Mr. H. H. Cabaniss was asked to act as
secretary. The committee met in the
appropriations committee room at the
capitol,
. When Chairman Atkinson called the
| committee to order he made a few inter
esting and timely remarks as to the ne
cessity of organization and of hard work,
in the face of the Third party movement.
When he had concluded somebody asked
that Capt. W. D. Ellis, of the State com
mittee of ihe Cleveland club, be permit
ted to make a few remarks, and the re
quest was gladly granted.
Capt. Ellis argued_in favor of postpon
ing the convention to select delegates to
Chicago to as late a date as possible. He
said he came as the representative of the
Cleveland Club, but notin any spirit of
dictation. He gave his opinion simply
as advice and trusted that the committee
wounld see it to act as suggested,
After Capt, Ellis bad retired the mem
bers of the committee took up the busi
ness in hand.
There were several suggestions as to
the date of the fpst convention, it being
decided that two conventions should be
held. The first week in June was sug
gested by one committeeman, May 25 by
an~h ~ and May 18 by Haw ~ -
g T AR e
e, “% the ninth district. The dates
woro COUSIUEred 10 oluer given., 1O
June suggestion was knocked out, then
May 25 was defeated by a vote of 12 to 7.
After that May 18 was decided upon,
As to the date of -the convention for
the selection of State officers, there was
a good deal of suggestion and discussion.
Some of the members thought in view of
the Third paxrey agitation, there should
be an €y convention,
‘oo Jim Smith, the big fariner from
Og}éthurpe, thought otherwise, and m."ul.e
epe of his strong, straightforward, sensi
\
Dile speeches opposing any departure
from the usual order of things., He said
that there was great unrest among the
farmers, and he believed anything thag
looked like taking snap judgment would
result in driving a good many men into
the Third party who would not other
wise go there when they knew the exact
state of affairs.
The committee agreed with Col. Smith,
and fixed August 10th as the day.
The question cgme up whether dele
‘gates should be elected by primaries or
in what manner. Mur. Rice, of Fualton,
introduced a resolution to the effect that
“this be left to the Demoératic organiza
tions i the different counties,” which
was adopted with an amendment recom
mending primaries wherever practicable.
This puts the committé¢ on record as
favoring the primary dystem.
Mr. Dessau wanted to fix a uniform
date pon which all counties should act,
b]qf this was defeated.
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Y 0 both conventions each county will
%zfiowm two delegates for every repre-
F@éfifiafiix'e in the lower house of the Gen
casal Assembly.
BE AR so,i St T e
~Mhere was some talk of a ‘‘yardstick”
By. which people taking part in the pri
maries would be measured. This was
vigorously opposed by Mr. Dessau and
other members who thought no question
of that kind should be raised, He
‘argued that the call and resolution set
ting forth the committee’s action should
be addressed to all Democrats—to the
Democratic party of Georgia—and the
committee so decided. It was further
decided that proxies can only be held by
citizens of the county they represent.
Parrott Paragraphs.
PARROTT, GA., March s.—Everything
is quiet and serene in our town. The
weather is perfect and the farmers are
hopefal.
Parrott Variety Works are beginnlng to
be recognized by other places as well as.
Parrott. Mr. R, W, Terrell, the mana
ger and proprietor, has just completed
\a contract for the handsome hotel at
Cuthbert; also one for Lumpkin. While:
yet in the prime of life he has many
yYears’ experience in the business, and
his work is admired wherever seen, We
’ predict for him a prosperous future.
& Mr. A. J. Lee, after having moved his
saw mill to a neighboring forest, is now
ready to furnish the public with lumber.
E. 8. Pinkston has just finished a come
modious dwelling on Pinkston street.
Doctors H. A. Cook and J. H. Willi
ford are having lumber laid down for
nice dweilings to be built in the near
future, :
Mr. A. J. Lee has purchased land om
Church street and wi'l build soon.
Parrott High School, the pride of the:
town, is holding up admirably with a
roll of seventy-five pupils, and prospects:
for quite a number more. We feel that
our efforts for a school unsurpassed by
any in the country have not been a fail
ure, We do not mean to say we are not
surpassed in number, but for the general
advancement and strictly moral diseip
line which is rigidly enforced by our
teachers we do feel that ‘we are not sur
passed. As to the competency of our
teachers, after many years of experie nce
the citizens of And ersonville, Cuthbert
and Dawson will testify as to Prof. A. J.
Clark, and of his :ssistant, Miss Ada
Jumper, nothing will speak louder than a
diploma of high honor awarded her by the
Normal College at Nashville, Tenn., one
year ago. In connection with the literary
department Miss Ludie Clark, a teacher
of high culture, is teaching a music
school. lam sorry to say after all this
there are yet some citizens who fail to
appreciate the effort made for the ad
vancement of their children and are
withholding them from school, though
it is to be hoped that in the near future
they will realize the advantages of an
‘education and keep them out no longer.
Yes, the school is the pride of the town,
and the trustees never did a better thing
for the town’s prosperity than when they
secured the services of so competent
teachers Now, everybody send to school
and encourage the children in their stud
ies, and when they reach the stage of
womanhood and manhood they will never
regret the day they entered Parrott High
School, ~
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Cottondale Dojs,
CorroxDALE, ¢~ March 7.—Nice
weather for farmers, and in spite of hard
Umes the farmers wear merry faces,
Oats wre fine, and prospects indicate &
good crop,
Marriage bells will soonringabou t our
little village.
Wells are numerous about our little
village, but there is one k ind not numer
ous. ‘‘hatis a “B:ight—well”
Licutenant Totten, of Yale University,,
is agiin on the warpath. Our Lord will
yet, from what Totten says, have tore
sign or give up.
Miss Ella. Cochran, of Smithville, aad
Miss [izzie W ndsor, of Villa Rica, hive
returncd home after a pleasant stay at
Mr. W. V. Avera's.
Some farmers are planting corn.
" Mr. John Jennings is on a big farming
basis this year, having used five tons of
guano,
- Pleasant Hill academy is on a boom.
Forty-five pupils in attendance,
Mr. J. J. Kennedy is erecting a hand
some residence.
I understand that fish traps are nums
erous. Messrs, Kennedy, Cummins Jen
nings and Adams are building a large
one,
Teachers’ Institute meets again Satur
day. It seems as though some teachers
don’t understiud., What's the matter?
Tue News is a hustler, It isa very
neat paper, and contains valuableinfor
mation, JNSTRUCTOR..
Chambless Station Items.
CHAMBLESS STATION, Ga., March 5.
The farmers are making ready for corn
planting next week.
Mr. Arch Goss lost another pupil last
Sunday night. Frank McGill, a little
son of Mr. Charles MeGill, died with
pneumonia, and was buried at Poplar
Springs cemetery Tuesday. Drs. Patter
gon and Dismuke attended him. .
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The school at Mt. Olive numbers 63
pupils in atiendance, with 67 on the roll.
The patrons are suited with their teach
“er, and are willing to aid and assist him.
Fhe farme s are not using as.much
guano as nsual. Let every farmev plant
for a diy year and cheap eotton, and
make their debts accordingly.
FARMER.
Politics in Baker.
NEwTON, GA., March 3. The political
pot will soon begir to “pile” in this
county. The most prominent candidates
for congress will be Colonel C. B. Woo
ten. of Albany, and Judge Jim Guerry,
of Dawson.
Baker will name the senator this year,
‘and Hon. B.F. Hudspeth will be the
nomineeif he consents to run.
The people, as a rule, will stick to the
democratic party, and those who expect
to ride into office by the third party
scheme will be sadly left.
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The proprietors of Salvation oil, the
greatest cure on earth for pain, will pay
a large reward if any certificate pnblisged
by them is found not to be genuine, It
costs 25 cents a bottle,
Ri i o
Weare now receiving a nice line of dry
| goods, of which we propose to cax a
full stock throughout the seasonm
| any quality shoes and hats. o
c T, O, WarrcHARD & Co.