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THE DAWSON NEWS.
By E. L. Rainey.
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If you purchase Spring Dress Goods before looking at the extensive line we are now
displaying. .
You won’t save money it you buy from any other house.
DRESS GOODS CUT PRIEEs.
2,000 yards Black Lawn Dress Goods, worth from 25 to 50 cents
a yard, Your choice of these goods this week for JO cts.
a yard.
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LAPIES’ VESTS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY!
200 at 5 cents each. 1350 at 10 cents. 100 at 15 cents. 100 at
25 cents.
. S | The largest assortment in town. Manufactured
LADIES LIPPERS! by Evitt Bros. Frank D. Weylman, ard M. Felix
& Co., which 1s sufficient guarantee of their neatness and durability. From 735 cts.
a pair to 83.75.
CeoMFORTABLE, REAT, BDURABLE,
MCLAI ROS. &CO
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w E HAVE bought too many goods. OQur
stock must be reduced, and to do this we
wiil make :
IN PRICEKNS!
We must have the cash to meet our ob'igations.
Prices no object. We want money. If you fail to
get our prices before buying you will make a
Mistake. Cut prices in every depart=
ment. 50,000 yards Laces and Embroideries must
be sold. ~No prices on them. You must take them
at something. 1,000 pairs slivpers prices never so
low. On sale the grandest array of Dress Goods
ever in Dawson. Lovely Calicoes, Ginghams,
Challies, Crepes, Crinkles, French Organdies, Dot
ted, Figured and Plain Swisses, ¥ine Mulls, Eng
lish Percales, Plaids, Lawns, Satin Checks, Figured
and Check Dimities, Beautitul Pongees, Solid and
Figured Satteens, Irish Lawns, Belfast Lawns,
Lovely Cashmeres, in endless variety. We will
save you 25 per cent. on any of these. 500 yards
spool thread for 5 cents. 800 yards ball thread for
s cents. We have still a big stock of Clothing.
Boys' suits from 85 cents to $5.00. Men's suits
from $3.00 to $2OOO, at one=third usual
prices asked by other people. We mean
it. Come to see us before you buy a thing in our
line. SEEING IS BELIEVING.
Y ours, anxious tu please,
Davi Dozi
avis & Dozier.
Dawson, Ga., Wednesday, May 16, 1894,
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WILL CHANGE TO-DAY.
A DEMOCRATIC POSTMASTER ON
DECK.
Protessor J. W. F. Lowrey Will Take
Charge This Morning--Mr. W. R,
Baldwin Will Be His Assistant.
Dawsor will have a new postmaster
to-day.
This morning Professor J. W. F. Low
rey will give Captain J. M. Alexander a
receipt for the money and efficts be
longing to the postoffice at Dawson, and
the former will begin official life while
the latter will retire after a service of
four years and one month.
The new postmaster is one of Daw
son’s most prominent citizens, and will
enter upon the duties of the office with
the full confidence of the people, who
are satisfied that he will give them first
class service in every respect. Dawson
bas prooably never had a more efficient
or capable postmaster than he will prove
to be.
Mr. W. R. Baldwin ana Wlll Perryman
will be assistants in the office. Mr.
Baldwin, who is a former postmaster,
bas had many years’ experience in the
Dawson office and will be of valuable
help to the new postmaster.
During the four years in which Cap
tain Alexander has been in charge of the
postal interests «f Dawson the public
has had faithful service. He has given
close attention to his duties and has
always been accommodating, and retires
with the respect and good wishes of
everybody.
BLAKELY INTERESTED
lin the Extension of the Ceolumbus
Southern.
In speaking of the proposed extension
of the Colambus Southern railroad from
Dawson te Bluffton, the Early Coun:y
News says:
““The new road would be of great bene
fit to *he people of Blakely in the mat
ter of reduced freight rates, cheaper
railroad fare and a chance to get out of
town oftener than once a day by mail.
Besides this, it would open up vast for
ests of the finest timbered lands of the
south. which are at present allowed to
goto wasie for want of proper means of
travsportation to market of the lumber
and turpentine that could be manufac
tured from these immense pine forests.
“Some of our leading citizens signify
their willingness to go to Clumbus
with Bluffton and Dawson parties to get
the matter in such shape that it will
materialize.”
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Musical Asseciation.
The Chattahoochee Musical Assi cia
tion will meet at New Bethel church,
near Dawson, on the 31d Sunday in June
next, taking in the Saturday before.
Prof. Cheek, of this city, who is one of
the directors, will conduct the music
service.
" Good Conntry Lard at 10 cents per
pound. J. W. F. Lowßky.
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GUERRY FOR CONGRESS.
THE TERRELL STATESMAN SQUARE
LY IN THE RAaCE.,
He Defines His Position on the Public Is
sues--To Make an Active Canvrss ot
the District.
Each succeeding day makes it more
certain that Hon. Ben Russell will not
be returned to congress, if he goes back
at all, without a protest fiom a very con
siderabie portion of his constituency.
There are now two able and popular
gentlemen opposing him. These are
sudge J. H. Guerry, of Dawson, and
Hon. J. W, Walters, of Albany. Theie
will hardly be any other entries, and t! e
campaigh will open up at once and in
crease in interest until the nominating
convention meets,
Colonel Walters has been recognized
as a candidate for several weeks, but it
was not until last Friday that Judge
Guerry yielded to the importunities of
friends in different parts of the district
and announced his intention of making
the race. His decision was not generally
known, however, until Saturday morn
ing, when THe NEws sought an inter
view with him.
STANDS SQUARELY ON THE PLATFORM.
“Js it true, Judre,”” he was asked,
“that you will enter the race for the dem
ocratic nomination for congress from
this district?”’
“Yes, | have determined to ent2r the
race,”’ was the reply.
“Have you any objections to defining
your position on the issues now betore
the public?”’
“None what ver. It is the duty of
every man who aspires to public office to
let the pevple know where he stands
upon those questions affecting the public
interest or welfare, I ¢ mnot n-w enter
into an explanation of cvery position I
occupy, but can only briefly rtaie my
position and leave the explan ition and
amplification of those views to another
time, I believe that this democratic
admininistration ought to devote ail its
time and energies to enacting and en
forcing those retorms in legislation de
manded by the democratic platform of
1892. The tariff ought to be immediate
ly reduced to a revenue basis and thus
relieve the burden of taxation from the
jaboring and agricultural classes of our
people.
“Everybody will agree that an interna
tional agreement on the coinage of silver
would, for all purposes, be the wost sat
isfactory settlement of the silver ques
tion. But as this agreement 1s highly
improbable, if not impracticable and im
possible, I see no reason why America
should longer hesitate to settle this
vexed question in her own borders and
among her own people. lam for free
and uplimited coinage of silver under
such regilations as will giyve the people
a sount and stable money. And this,
too, ought to be done at once. lam
heartily in favor of the repeal of the ten
per cent tax on state banks. lam equal
ly as strongly in favor of that other
measure of relief now agitated by the
democratic party, a graduated income
tax. I can call to mind no othe: meas
ures that call for a sitatement from me
at present. I desire to say that I fully
appreciate the condition of the people of
all classes. I know that they have been
living for years under such legislation
and systems of taxation as are shameful
to this government. I believe it Lo be
the duty of every servant of the peop e
to devote his time and energies to the
righting of these wrongs and substitut
ing therefor such legislation as will
guarancet to every man a just and full
reward for honest to1l.”
AN ACTIVE CANVASS.
Judge Guerry will address the people
of every county in the district. He will
soon arrange and advertise his dates,
and will then enter into an active canvass
which will be continued until all the
delegates are chosen.
He has strong assurances of support
from all parts of the district. His abili
ty is recognized, he has strong personal
friends in every county in the district,
and isan active campaigner. With these
in his favor he enters the race in good
shape, and his friends believe that he
wili make a winning fight.
A National Dinner.
The ladies of the Baptist chuich, as
sisted by the young ladies, will give a
“National six o’clock dinner” at the
armory on Tuesday, May 22ad. The fol
lowing will be the programme for the
evening:
American Table—Judge and Mrs. J.
M. Griggs.
Euglish Table—
French Table—Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Edwards.
German Table—Mr. and Mrs. E. Em
merman.
Ice Cream Parlor—Mesdames Goneke
and Clark.
Curio Hall—Mis, Tibbs,
Committee of Arrangements—Mes
dames Griggs, Roberts, Jones, Geise,
Slade and Whitlock.
The ladies are requested to meet at
the armory Monday afternoon at 2
o’'clock premptly.
Yol. 10.—No. 49.
THE GENERAL LEADS.
HE FORGED AHEAD LAST SATURDAY,
And Will Remain There Until the‘ Cam
paign Ends. Atkinson Takes Some
Counties by Trickery.
Saturday was a great day for General
Evans, a day which will insure his tri
umphant victory.
Bartow. Telfair and Lincoln are added
to the Evans column—B more votes.
Mr. Atkinson gets only Cherokee and
Clinch, a total of 4 votes.
THE GREAT VICTORY IN TELFAIR.
The greatest victcry 1s in Teifair.
The ‘“men who contrsl’” had fixed
things in that county—or ;thonght they
had. The wholly unjustifiable act of
fixing the mass meeting at a remote
place in the couaty so that it might be
in an Atkinson stronghold, faraway from
the majority of the people, seem2d to
clinch things for Mr. Atkinson. The
news that the people of the county rose
in their might and overthrew the manij,-
ulators, carrying the county for Geneial
Evans, is glorious news indeed and
shows that the people, the real controll
ers of the counties and the state, have
determined to assert themselves,
SNAP JUDGMENT IN QCONEE.
The high-handed action in Oconee,
where twenty men with no semblance of
authority, pretended to speak for the
county, will be promptly repudiated by
the people of the county and indeed,
will hardly be endorsed by even the
most rampant followers of the gentle.
man from Coweta.
Under the call the executive commit
tee et Saturday to fix the time and
method of selecting delegates to the
"‘gubernatorial convention.
Wlhen the committee met it decided
to elect delegates then and there with
out giving the people of the county an
opportunity to speak. i
(Oconee is an ()verwhelmingfy Evans
county and the only chance the Atkin
son men had was by trickery. So they
resorted to the Coffee county trick.
The vote was 20 for Atkinson to 13
for Evans,
The dewmocrats of Oconee are utraged,
and do not propose to let that action
stand. A mass meeting will be called
and an Evans d-legation will be sent to
the convention,
THE RESULT,
"he strength of the two candidates is
'shown below, Evane having 18 votes
and Atkinson 14. Granting Atkinson
Ocoaee’s two, which have small show of
ever getting 'in the convention, Mr. At
‘kinson has 16,
For Evans—Richmond 6, Terrell 2,
Elbert 2, Bartow 4, Lincoln 2, Telfair 2.
Total 18.
For Atkinson—Meriwether 4, Baldwin
2, Coffee 2, Clinch 2, Cherokee 2, Doug
las 2. Total 14.
CONTEST IN BALDWIN,
It is very uncertain that Baldwin
county’s vote will be cast for Atkinson.
He claims the county by seven majority,
but 69 illegal votes were cast for him,
and a contest has been begun by Geuner
al Evans’ Baldwin county friends. Some
of the Atkinson men propose to suvrren
der the county rather than resist the
contest.
COLONEL JESSE WALTERS.
The Dougherty Statesinan Was In Dawson
Thursday.
Hon. Jesse Walters, of Albany, was in
Dawson a few hours Thursday, stopping
over here on his way home from Lump
kin, where he had been engaged in some
important legal Husiness growing out of
the recent prohibition election in Stew
art county,
While here Colonel Waliers stated that
he was a candidate for congress, and ap
peared confident of success. He said
that he would begin an ac.ve canvass as
soon as he could dispose of his legal
business in the spring courts, which will
take two or three weeks. He will chal
lenge all opponents to joint discussion,
and will speak in e ery county in the
district.
There is no doubt that Col nel Walters
will contribute his part towards making
the campaign a lively one. Able, bold
and aggressive, the Demogratic bantam
of Dougherty is goiug to make it mighty
interesting for al' who oppcse bim for
the honor of representing the second
district in congress.
Death of a Chiild.
Little Mira Lee, the 18 months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Monk,
of Randolph county, departed this life
at the home of Mr. Thomas Aycock, in
the 4th district of Terrcll county, on
Tuesday, “he Bth, and was burried at Old
RehoYe:h on the 9th ijust. Her
soul has taken its flight, and is trans
planted to bloom in the paradise of Goi.
‘“Suffer little children, and forbid them
not, to come unto me, for such is the
kingdom of heaven.”’
Why should we mourn departed friends,
Or shake at death’s alarms,
’Tis but the 7oice that Jesus sends,
To call them to his arms.
The sorrowing parents should rather
rejoice that their dearest darling will
never again know sorrow or pain, but
will ever walk the golden streets of the
celestial city. A FRIEND.
e e@ QP e et
Hood’s Sarsaparilla has cured many
afflicted with rheumatism, and we urge
all who suffer from this disease to give
this medicine a trial.
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~ Ladies’ $3.00 shoes for $1.50.
| J. W. ¥. LOwWREY,
