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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY.
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D \WSON, GA., Nov. 9th, 1892,
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THE LEGISLATURE AND ITS WORK.
In some respects tue present legisla
ture is an able body. A number of coun
ties have sent their best man. A few are
vory feebly represented. So far but lit
tle has been done, aud it is feared that,
imitating those that have gone before, it
will work slowly in the early part of the
pession and give a few remaining days to
the passage of many poorly prepared
measures.
Some measures of importance will be
up for consideration. Mr. Bacon's rail
road bill will deserve Specifl attention.
‘While the country is against monopolies
it does not follow that our legislature
should be hostile to raiiroads. They
have done much in developing the state,
in appreciating our property, and should
not be mercilessly slaughtered.
Opinion seems divided as to the prop
er course to be taken with the law pro
viding for bosrds of equalizers. The
partial trial it has had may be sufficient
cause to abolishit. We incline to that
opinion—unless amendments could elim
nate the evil and secure the good.
.. Following ;the governor's recommen
dation, an effert will no doubt
be made to abate the horrible prac
tice of lynching. Wae doubt,if the
bill already prepared meets the demands
of the case. The taking of human life
without the livense of law is barbarous.
The ignorance, prejudice and passions of
men are liable to carry it to an extent
that would ljeopardize the lives of the
purest and best. Our safety is in wise.
laws speedily and impartially adminis
tered.
A bill introduced by Mr. Hill of Mer
jwether ought to pass. It is to include
on traverse jury lists the persons select
ed to serve on the grand juries. We
think it is much more essential that the
best and most intelligen. cit:zens should
compose the traverse juries than the
grand juries.
The pension question is one that should
Yeceive serious attention at the hands of
.the legislature. Mr. Renden of Meri
wether has intr duced a bill on the right
line. It provides that no widow who is
worth as much as the homestead aliow
ed by this state shall receive a pension.
The only tiouble with the billls it does
not go far emough. It should also pro
vide that these well-to-do anl wealthy
ex-soidiers who draw their pensions with
8o much regularity should be dropped
from the roll. The present indiscrimi
pate pension laws of Georgia work an
injustice to b. th the needy veterans and
tax payers of the state. No one
should receive a pension umless he is in
actual need of it, and then he should be
liberally provided for.
In the Senate a bill that is worthy of
becom'ng a law has been introduced by
Mr. Smith, empowering the state school
board to prescribe the text books used
in the public schools, and when pre
scribed not to be changed for two years.
Under the present law the county school
boards prescribe the text books, and in
some counties they very frequently
change the books and put the parents to
extra expense. By putting the power to
prescribe in the hands of the state board
one standard of books woull be adopted
for the whole state and the publishers
could be induced to sell much cheaper,
perhaps for one-third less than present
prices. A uniform line of books would
save the parents of Georgia at least
$225,000 a year.
As in the last legislature so in this
the “soldiers’ home’ will play a part.
According to the Atlanta papers the bill
presented by Mr. Fleming will pass.
These journals seem to think that it was
an ilssue in the race, and of course the
“home'’ will be accepted. We think
our avaricous Atianta friends could haye
rendered more service to that side by
giving some argnment. During the last
session it was ably discussed and over
whelmingly rejected. The bare fact that
an alliance legislature passed it (if argu
ment was on their side), will hardly cause
the present body, in the absence of new
reasons, to reverse the decision. As faras
can be seen tuere are not thirty old vet
erans who would occupy the ‘‘home”—
and these could better be provided for in
another way. Why, then, should the
state, in times like these, vote appropri
ations to a thing not needed and soon, in
the very nature of things, to pass away?
The legislature should consider the
guestion in the light of reason and not
rush on influ: nced by sentiruent and At
;anta.
As we see it, this is a good time for a
deliberative body to fimmortalize itself.
Let them amend a few laws, pass two or
three wholesome measures, reduce as far
possible the burdens on the people, keep
sober, avoid bad associations, ‘use free
passes very sparingly, come home and
go to work as early as possiole.
Tue Lumpkin slate went through
without a bobble and the eighteen third
party-republican minority holding the
balance of power decided the election of
the judges and solicitors in an over
whelmingly democratic legislature. Un
less the people rebuke such methods
men of merit will prefer to remain in the
background rather than run the risk of
being sacrificed by an invincible combi
nation, and the state will be the loser by
the promotion of mediocrity.
LurLa Hugsrt, the Georgia wonder, is
living at a delightful Jome in Plainfield,
in this state, with her husband, Paul At
kinson, and two boy children, Paul and
Grady. All her striking powers now
have a domestic application.
Ix the language of Corporal Gunn the
people of Georgia have been frequently
humbugged, but this ‘“‘soldiers’ home”
humbug is the hummingest bug that has
hummed since the days of wild cat state
aid to railroads.
Dawsox is on a high rollicking wave
of success. It is the best city in south
west Georgia. This is no home manu
factured verdict, but is the verdict of
the strangers who come within our ghtes.
Tue Chattahoochee Valley Exposition,
held at Columbus, is pronounced to be
one of the best, if not the best, ever held
i Georgia. = It was largely and profita
bly attended by our people.
LET the Georgia legislature bear in
mind the fact that the people of Georgia
do not want the disabled confederate
veterans -of the ‘state treated like:pau
pers..
QUALIFICATIONS and the wishes of the
people seem to cut no figure with the
average Georgia legislator; its ‘‘how
many votes can you gimme?"’
Ix some parts of Georgia suggestions
are beiug made that the present legisla
ture arrange for a constitutional conven
tion to be held next year. :
It is to be hoped that the farmers of
Terrell will place less dependence on the
cotton crop next year and diversify the
products of their farms.
IT seems that Mrs. Lease is more suc
cessful in collecting eggs in her own
dear bleeding Kansas than she was ip
Georgia.
Tae democrats of Georgia rallied
around the flag once more yestérday and
hit old Monopoly one more blow between
the eyes.
THE circus boycott is on in Georgia.
They object tothe high license, and we
have, perhaps, seen the last of that kind
of fun.
THE Australian ballot should be
adopted universally. It protects the
people from the boodlers.
. St
BeN RusserLrn woke up this morning
and found himself a congressman. Ben
will make a good one.
B. F. HupspetH, of Baker, will prob
ably be the late Senator Reuben Jones’
Successor.
Tue Atlanta Journal is a model pa
per. It ishighly appreciated in Dawson.
THERE will now be a greati big lull in
politics. The big lull will be welcome.
Mu~icipAL politics have quited down
considerably—a calm before the storm.
DeMocrATs of the Second did their
duty nobly yesterday.
CrtizeN HAND can now return to his
spiritualistic seances.
CoNGRESSMAN RUSSELL, we congratu
iate you.
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MAKING RAIN.
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
A Thnunderous Booming--Tests of High
Explosives by the Agricultural Depart
ment.
Washington, November 2.—For nearly
a week nervous people in Washington
nave been shocked and startled by a
scries of heavy explosions that occur at
irregular intervals, rattling windows and
ghaking houses to their foundations. |
These ncises are the work of rain-mak
ers across the river at Fort Meyer, and
the fact that they are so audible at
that distance is an indication of the tre
mendous strength of the explosive
charged. The experiments are being
conducted by the agricultural depart
ment, and just at present the object is
not to effect rainfall in the vicinity, but
to determine upon the merits of ceitain
new explosives which will be used for
that purpose in the future.
The explosives used in the celebrated
Texas experiment were unobjectionable
except in one respect and that was their
very high cost. Two of the new explo
sives thatare being tested promise well.
One is rosellite, a powder resembling in
‘appearance moist brown sugar and smel
ling like fresh concrete.” It ‘is the in
‘vention of Dr. Roselle and is made by
‘mixing one part to seven of chloride of
potash and asphaltum oil. Itis one of
‘the safest known high explosives to han
dle and can be exploded only by means
of a detonating fuse. It ranks above
‘dynamite and is cheaper. The other ex
plosive intended to take the p'ace of the
‘rather expensivejoxygen, is hydrogen bal
loon. It is a vast paper bag 30 feet long,
5 feet in diameter filled with carburet
‘ted vapor which explodes with enor
‘mous energy and is likewise cheap of
preparation. :
The partg across the. river has prac
‘ tically stisfled itself of the value of the
pew compounds and is about to break
camp and leave early next week for San
Antonio, Texas, where attempts on a
1 gigantic scale will be made to shake
‘rains outjof the clouds on the dry Texas
praries.
GEORGIA'S REGISTRATION LAWS.
Judn,Spe?r Holds That They Are Uncon
stitutional. .
Macon, November 1.-~Judge Emory
Speer, of the United States Court, . ren
dered his decision this morning on the ob
jections filed by the Young Men’s Demo
cra.ic Club, of Richmond county, to the
appointment of supervisors of elections
in Richmond and Wilkinson - counties.
The decision disallows the objections,
and goes on to say that the registration
laws at present operative in the State of
Georgia are contrary to the laws ana
Coustitution of the United States because
they do not grant . equal rights to the
electors. ancf are contrary to the Consti
tution of the State of Georgia because
they are contrary to the provisions for
registration laws, which must be uniform
and apply equally to all voters in the
State. The decision takes up seventeen
close type written pages, and it is inge
nious and interesting. It may have the
effect of creating a general registration
enactment by the present General As
‘semhly. At the conclusion of his decis
ion Judge Speer says no uniform regis
tration has ever been enacted by the
State.
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in the medicine world, admired in pros
perity and envied in merit by thousands
of would-be competitors. It has a lar
‘ger sale than other medicines. Such suc
cess could not be won without® posttive
‘merit.
Hood’s Pills cure constipation by re
storing the peristalic action of the ali
‘mentary canal. They are the best fam
ily cathartic.
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For the latest styles in French #hd
American pattern hats, callat Mrs. C,’L.
Mize. §
A Sharp Farmer.
William Surprise, a farmer of Lake
county, Ind., succeeded in surprising a
couple of swindlers very badly the other
day. They were go ng to buy his farm in
the good old fashioned way, and first
permitted him to win a goud round sum
of money at three card monte. The next
morning he drove to town with them in
the most guileless way to draw $5OOO and
place in their hands to show his good
faith,but when they got there he quiet
ly secured possession of the tin box
which contained the money that he had
won at the game, and proceeded to call
an officer to arrest his companions, who
only escaped by precipitate flight.
A big lot of the celebrated P. & P. kid
gloves just received. DBesure tocall and
get a pair. Arthur, Crittenden & White
head .
The Cushion Mania.
From the New York Herald.
Cushions gay on every chair,
But never a place to sit:
Cushions, cushions everywhere,
Till T nearly take a fit.
Cushions strewn upon the floor
On every side I see—
My wife has taken acushion craze
And there is no room for me!
LET US WRITE YOUR POLIEIES
: WHEN YU WANT FIRE INSURANCE.
. We have the agency for several
STRONG AND RELTABLE COMPANIES,
Among the companies represented by us are the Phay;,
Assurance Co,, of London, established in 1782, with assets
$2,546,896.77; The Eastern Assurance Co., of Toronto, apg
and the Greenwich, of Norfolk, Conn, Call on us at the Dyy,
son National Bank when you want insurance.
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CREOSOTE 5,834.,
Bay Horse, 15 1-2 Hands High. Foaled Rpril 3rd, 185,
: Standard and Registered.
SIRED BY GEN. WASHINGTON 1161.
(Dam Lady Thorn 2.18}) .
SIRE OF Luzerne, 2.27}; Presto, 2.194; Poem, 2.163 Prose, 2.27%; Stanza, 2.
: Ox Eye, 2.284 Gen. Bendam, 2.294; Mamb. Thorn, 2.29, etc.
Dam CRE0LE...............8y Jay Goula 197. ........ By Hambletonian 19,
Full sister to Sappho, Rec. 2.20§. Sire of 23 Sire of
Dam of Patience...... 2.284 in 2.30 list, and also George Wilkes. .. 3.9
Dam of Myriad........2:284 dams of Electioneer.. . ~. 2
5aranic:......2.38 Pre5t0...........2.19% Dexter.......... 3.
: P0um......wn....2.164
2d dam Le-810nde........... By Ethan-Allen 43........8y Black Hawk
Trial 2.24. G dam of Rec. 2.25—Te pole 2.15. Record 2.32
Patience.............. 3.28% Sire of the dams of - Sire of dams of
BARID. . iciinnen BEE T BN eBO BENS... ..., 0 0
Pix1ey...............5340 0pi1...........;: 888 -Neson. ..., 510
j & 15 thers in 2.30 list, : ;
8d Dam Hamlin Mare........8y Abdaliah 1............8y Mambrine .
Dam of Le-Blonde. ...2.24 . Sire of Hambletonian 10 - G sire of Hambletonian
Tid5..........2.38) and damof 10. Sire of 41 in 2.3
Vil Goldsmith’s Maid. ..2.14 G. sire of 770 in 2.3,
. : G G sireof 815 in 3.3),
Lady Thorn, 2.18}, trial 2.104, (the dam of Gen. Washington) was, for the season
the queen of the turf, having defeated such horses as Dexter and Goldsmith's Maid,
Ethan Allen and Jay Gould bot‘t)xl h%ld ;hlt; Salliou:a Cl(llan:ipifonsl'xlf% itnE their day,
: mu super re orse, standard for E ti
wiggfinln?esritance frm: thg mosyt noted performers as well as prodgue:ei: 1%11:;
reasonably be expected to make a successful sire. ;o
y@=For circulars and terms, call at
’ Farnurm.'s Stalles,
s . Dawson, Georgia.
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=| THE SYURPRISE STORE,:
| g"j Opposite J. W. Wooten’s Bank. 4
Intends this fall and winter to lead the trade in the best .
.| goods and at the lowest, prices. His stock of clothing is new, %
8 and having been bought from personal inspection, can be de s
S pended to look well and wear well. His mens outfis can't be ‘
= beat sto the latest styles. He challnges any merchant in | 8
the eity to sell a better or cheaper shoe than he can. His |
O | shoes are of the best Buston leather and can't be beat for wear, |
" | good looks and a complete fit. It you want a latest etyle of hat | o IR
you will be able to find it in my store, and of the best material, | H
2 | tor little money. <
Z | New goods just arrived. Prices to suit the hard times and | 0
(X | low prices of cotton. A large stock of mens, boys, youths and U
T | childrens clothing, mens, ladies, misses anc childrens shoes, %
w 3 | hats, and t ;‘
e GENT’S FURNISHING GOODS. | ?
g Mens suits from $3.00 up. . Youths suits ages 13 to 18 i;
¥ | from $2.50 up, Childrens suits ages 4 to 13 trom $l.OO up. | o
7y | Mens fine shoes from $1.25 up. Ladies, misses and childrevs | ¢
=3 | shoes at a great sactifice, Mens good working shirts from %0
’ O | cents up. It is impossible to state everything we have inour | 4
= line, and a call in our store will convince you that the only ‘ .
i | way to save money is to deal with the | 5
({-,‘ i Opp- J. W. Wooten Baflk, KS
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