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THE DAWSON NEWS.
/1;\ E. L. Rainey.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.——
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Our Mr. Davis is now in the Eastern Markeks buying our sp}ing stock. We will, in a few days, be fully equipped to usher in the season with
e Most Marvelous Lot of Bargains cver known to Dawson, ana our stock will be replete with every novelty and every new weave that the
markets afford.
MONEY Is MADE IN BUYING....
We fully realize this fact, and with a shrewd buyer and spot cash at headquarters we are confident that we will be able to offer to the
trade this season the greatest array of matchless bargains ever before displayed in Dawson. Don't buy anything until you have examinec our
stock, for we are sure we can offer you inducements to trade with us. Yours truly,
Lt RDANNTIS & DOZITELRS. Davraotl, GS.
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COMMITTED TO JAIL.
SHERIFF McALLISTER SENT TO HIS
OWN PRISON.
He Waived Preliminary Trial Before Judge
Griggs in Dawson. The Coroner
Made Acting Sheriff
Thursday last the people of Dawson
waited the coming of the eas. bound Cen
tral train with impatience. It was about
three hours late in arriving, and it had
asone of its passengers Sheriff J. T.
McAllister, of Clay county, accused of
the murder of Judson Hyatt, the Macon
drummer. The crowd thronged about
the depot, and there was a buzz as the
party accompanying McAllister alighted.
The party coming from Fort Gaines,
witnesses for and against;McAllister, had
been augmented by citizens of Cuthbert
and Shellman, who came to Dawson to
see what would be done.
The party did Lot take the omnibus or
cartiages - yitt ieaded by ‘Mayor W.
A. McAllister, of Fort Gaines, a brother
of the accused man, walked direct to the
court house. McAllister himself was
accompanied by Coroner Royal and waik
ed aloug without showing that he knew
that he was the cynosure of all eyes. He
stopped several times to shake hands
with acquaintances, andwas perfect mas
ter of himself. He is a fine looking man,
handsome some term him, with clear
cut, resolute features, He wears a black
mastache and had on a dark suit of
clothes, a colored shirt fiont show
ing in the vest opening, He is fully six
feet, looks as if he weighed about 180
pounds, and appears to be just on the
other side of vhirty years.
The crowd increased as the party near
el the court®house, those lining the
sireets falling in behind. At the court
house there was a delay of about five
minutes in opening the superior court
room. During this time McAllister
stood in the lobby in the midst of about
400 people calmly engaged in conversa
tion, showing no uneasiness or impa
tience, When the court room Wwas
opened there was a rush for seats, and
the room was rapidly filled, the negrues
towding the gallery.
sust before four o’clock Judge Griggs
entered and immediately called the court
to order. McAllister sat within the bar
flanked on one side by Coroner Royal
aod on the other by his deputy sheriff,
Mr. Williams, Gathered about him were
Some friends and his counsel, Messrs.
Clarence Wilson, J.D. Rambo and Judge
W. A.Scott, all of Fort Games. The
Bate was represented by Solicitor-Gener-
WH. C. Sheffield of Arlington, Judge
J. H. Guerry of Dawsen, W. €. Worril
of Cuthbert, J. W. Wdlters of Albany.
Uolonel Dupont Guerry of Macon,
other counsel for the prosecution, was
'db.sent‘ because of a washout in the
Tailltoad between here and Macon.
. I.n response to the question from Judge
"Tggs as to the state being ready, the
Solicitor- General asked a postponement
of the trial till seven o'clock because Of
Fhe absence of Mr. Guerry, one of the
“}f»ciate counsel., At the request of Mr.
Wison, of the defense, a consultation of
the attorneys on both sides was held io
zzi f.’l:dge‘s room, and as a result of the
rence Mr. Rambo stated to the
court that McAllister waived commit
;‘l‘;:th:rial.‘ Mr. Rambo further asked
g :lgh.ster be committed to the jail
€xplain hames’ e e going 0.
R ':W safe and s)lid a structure
e en JudgeGriggs interrupted
edto !tht:tnouohadholnhwi
order McAlhster confined in any jail
except the one at Fort Gaines. Following
this he read the formal order of the court
that J. T. McAllister be committed to
the jail of Clay coanty for murder until
he be discharged by legal process. Judge
Griggs also explained that bat for sick
ness on his part he would have Leld the
commitment trial at Fort (aines, and
that the order to appear in Dawson was
not intended as a reflection on that
community. ‘
Coroner Royal was instructed that it
was now his duty to act as sheriff of
Clay connty, and McAllister was placed
in his charge.
Judge Griggs stated also that he had
expected to have some other judge pre
side in Clay county at the term of court
which convened on Monday, but that
now he would hold the court himself,
and would be prseent the entire term.
He inquired of McAllister if all prepara
tions had been made for court, and upon
being replied to in the affirmative he
instructe 1 Coroner-Sheriff Royal to have
the usual number of bailiffs on hand
and to be present at the court on Mon
day. These for.nalities being concluded
the court adjourned. McAllister stood
for awhbile talking with acquaintnaces
and was introduced to several
gentleman. Upon being asked if he
would say anything for publication
he replied: *“No; all I have to
say is that I am very sorry for what has
happened, but I was justifiable in doing
as I did. lam very sorry for itall.”” A
few moments afterwards he stepped over
to Coroner Royal and, tapping him on
the shoulder, said to him, *‘Cnae on;
let’s go,’" and the party returned to the
depot, expecting to catch the delayed
crain. They waited at the depot for
some time, but as nightfcame on they
returned to the city and took supper at
the Barnes House. At three o’clock next
morning they boarded the fast train and
were soon whirvled away.
There is an intense feeling of interest
in the trial which is to come off this
wgek in Fort Gaines. Thereis a “ril
liant array of legal talent on both sides,
and every point will be hotiy contested.
This week's report of the proceedings
will be watched with interest by people
throuzbout the entire state.
WON'T INTERFERE.
Gov. Atkinson Will Let the Law Take Its
Course in the Hyatt Case.
According to an Atlanta special, Gov.
Atkinson has recéived a number of com
munications asking him to take some
action against Sheriff McAllister, of Clay
county, for the killing of Judson Hyatt,
the Macon drummer, at Fort (aines.
The governor is urged to remove Mec-
Allister from office, but when asked
about the case he said he would allow
the law to take its regular course with
the present lights before him.
While the coroner’s jury pronounced
the killing justifiable the grand jury will
make an investigation of the case when
it meets and McAllister will be indicted,
if they think an indictmentis warranted.
The stories of the killing which have
come to Atlanta have all been meager
and unsatisfactory as to the motive for
the deed, and i: is believed that the
whole trouble has never been brought
out. '
Emigrstion Fever in Webster.
From Webster county comes the news
that the negroes are victims of the Afri
can emigration fever, and that a party is
being organized to ship to Liberia. They
will probably lay out what wealth they
possess for the emigration agents to
scoop up and return to their present
homes on foot.
Dawson, Ga., Wednesday, March 20, (895.
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THIS IS WONDERFUL.
A DAWSON YOUNG MAN’S REMARKA
BLE RESCUE |
From the Clutches of a Fatal Malady.
Snatched from the Jaws of Death,
as It Were.
Several weeks ago Mr. Reed Jones left
Dawson with the intentlon of going to
Colorado in the hope that the climate
there would check the disease, consump
tion, which was so rapidly sapping the
vitals of life.
Since then nothing has been heard from
Mr. Jones by his Dawson friends, and it
was supposed that he was seeking health
in the salubrious climate of the Rocky
mountains. He did not go west, however,
and is now in Macon about as strong and
robust as before the attack of the usually
fatal and dreaded disease upon his con
stitution.
Mr. Jones’ experience after leaving
Dawson and the agency which hias given
him a new lease on life are told of in the
following from Saturday’s Macon News:
~ “Mr. Reed H. Jones, a promingnt
young citizen of Dawson, may move to
Macon within a few weeks and establish
here a general agency for the electricure,
a new invention similar to the electro
poise and other discoveries of this
pature, but said to possess advantages
peculiar to itself.
«‘Mr. Jones has had a remarkable expe
rience, the facts in connection with
which are well kngwn to the writer. Mr.
Jones was almost s}xatzhed from the jaws
of death, as it were, within the past two
months. For ten yeis he has been a
victim of what physicians all agreed was
consumption. Up t> two months ago he
had not had a night’s rest nor eaten a
square meal in seven or eight years.
For the past three years he has been un
able to walk a distance of fifty yards
without the greatest fatigue. He has
spent a great deal of money in an effort
to improve his health, traveling from
Florida to California and searching the
whole country for the health which was
denied him.
“About Jamuary Ist he cane to Macon
en route to Colorado, but afterward
changed his mind and started for Nasau
Bahama Islands. He went to Tampa to
take the boat for Key West, but after
reaching Tampa he was completely pros
trated and physicians said he could not|
live two weeks, and advised him not to
attempt a sea trip. They wanted to tel |
egraph to members of his family, but.
Mr. Jones would not consent to this.i
Two days after his arrival 1n Tampa he
chanced to meet Dr. Lillibridge, the in
ventor of the electricare, who said his
instrument would save the young man’s
life. ¥4
“Mr. Jones at first laughed at the idea,
but as a last resort he consented to ac
company Dr. Lillibridge to Bartow, Fla.,
where the treatment was begun. Within
a week Mr. Jones slept well, had a good
appetite and was able to take an ordinary
amount of exercise, things he had not
done for five years. He remained 1n Bar
to~ two months and returned to Macon
yesterday in better ‘heaith than he has
enjoyed for ten years. His friends here
bardly knew him, so great was the
change in his appearance. He was a
passenger on the Georgia Southern train,
which was held out all Thursd:y night
by a washout near Grovania, and was
awake all night, but this did not fatigue
him, for he spent the entire lay in Ma
con, walking about the streets and en
joying himself as he had mot beeg able
todo in five years. Of course, he has
not been entirely cured, for be has only
been under treatment two months, but
the fact that e is in better health than
he has been for seven or eight years is
considered marvelous by all those who
know the circumstances.’’
TO EXPEDITE BUSINESS.
Cases to Be Set for Trial on Certain Days
in the Superior Court.
At the request of Julge Griggs the
members of the bar held a meeting in
the superior court room Thursday after
noon to consider a suggestion |that cases
be set for trial on certain days, or to
devise some way of expediting the busi
ness of the court without sv much
friction.
Heretofore all witnesses and litigants
have been required to be in constant
attendance upon eourt, while under the
proposed rule they would be expeocted
only ou the day when the cases in which
they are interested are to be heard.
The setting of cases for trial on stated
days was virtually agreed to, and a com
mittee consisting of Judge Guerry, Colo
nel Parks and Colonel Marlin was
adopted to formulate rules. This com
mittee will report to a meeting of the
bar on Friday of the week preceding
court. |
ELECTED PRINCIPAL.
Rey. H. R. McLendon Wlill Teach in the
Graded Schools.
At a meeting of the board of public
school commissioners Friday afterndon
Rev. H. R. McLendon was elected princi
pal of the graded sckools to fill the
vacancy caused ;by the resignation of
Professor E. E. Britton, who is now con
ducting a flourishing business institute,
some time ago. |
Mr. McLendon is a highly educated
gentleman of considerable experience in‘
the school room, and some excellent
work may be expected of him.
By Way of fowa.
The very latest comes from lowa and
reads atter this fashion:
A manin this state m rtgaged his farm
to buy his wife a pair of diamond ear
rings. The wife took in washing to pay
interest on the mortgage, but on the first
job lost ove of the “gparks’ in the suds, I
whereupon she tried to hang herself in
the barn, but the rope broke and she tell
on a Jersey cow worth $l5O and broke
its back. Her husband then undertook ‘
to shoot the cow, to put it out of its’
misery, but the gun burst and destroyed
both his eyes, and then the wife ran
away with a lightning rod peddler. |
Recent advices are to the effect that
the mortgage is still on deck, and bids
fair to live to a ripe old age.
The Years Roll By.
Tuesday evening a week ago, despite
the threatening weather, a merry party
met at the residence of Mr. F. M. Mec-
Nulty and made gay the night, even
though the clouds were dark without.
It was the anniversary of Mr. McNulty’s
birth, and his many friends wish for him
coutinued occurences of a similar happy
occasion. It goes without saying that
the party enjoyed themselves hugely in
both dining hall and parlor,
Be Carefal With Fire.
It would be well at this time of the
year for our farmers to be careful about
fire. A few days ago Mr. Robert Smith,
of Benevolence, had 12,000 rails destroy
ed by fire on his place, and a few days
afterwards Mrs. Nora Perryman had
‘several hundred pannels burned.
~ Are you all tired out, do you have that
tired feeling or sick headache? You can
be relieved of all ibese by taking Hood’s
Sarsaparilia. B
Vol. }Vl..—-No. 41,
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A FEMALE EVANGELIST.
OPEN AIR SERVICES IN NDAWSON SAf-
URDAY AFTERNOON.
A Big Crowd Listen to the Exhortatiom
and Chip in to Defray Expenses--A
, Fluent Talker.
Last week a female eyangelist reached
Dawson, and endeavored to secure one
of the churches in which to preach. It
is said that she brought no credentials,
and for that reason the use of any of the
local pulpits was denied her.
But the woman evangelist was in Daw
son to preach, and preach she did. Sat
urday afternoon it was learned that she
would conduct services, and when she
began her ‘alk from the west portico of
the court house a large crowd, which
gradually increased as the sound of her
voice reachedtbe streets, had colllected
to hear her. The megroes practically
ook possession of the meeting, the
evangelist on the poch being surround
ed by fully two dozen negro men and
women, while the space in front was
filled up by the same race, the whites.
present lining up against the near by
warehouse. '
The exercises were opened with pray
er and song,Charley Harris, alocal negro
preacher, leading the singing, in which
all the colored pari of the audience
joined. After reading a chapter from
vhe Bible the woman aunounced herself
as Mrs. 2. A. Swmith, state evangelist,
from Key West, Fla. Shesaid that she
hd been preaching for thirty years, and
that during the past seven hundred days
had preached from one to three ser
mons a day. She is a woman of about
50 years of age and has a settled, sober
look.
Picking -up her Bible and waving il
aloft she announced that her text began
at the first verse of Genesis and ended
with the last clause of Revelations.
Warming up to her work, she took of her
cloak and continned her talk in great
earnestness, and while exhorting her
hearers to turn from sin to righteous
ness she did nor negleet to cite many
verses from the Bible giving her, as a
woman, the right to preaeh. She round
ly denounced all who would debar her
from this on account of her sex, and
touched up the officers of the churches
who declined to permit her to preach
from their pulpits. She was very fluent
in her language, and guoted scripture
familiarly.
Her forcible way of putting things
caught the darkies, and when a collec
‘tion was taken up they chipoed im about.
's2. At the close of the services about
dusk the negroes sang two hymns and it
l was something strange to hear their
stronZ, resonant voices ring out upon the
streets of a busy city. :
Such services may possibly do good,
but it looks too much like sozial equali
ty to see a white woman, surrounded
like this one was, expounding the gos
pel. Her motives we do not guestien,
but the way shé mixed up the races
does not suit.
Since putting the above in type we
learn that Mrs. Smith' is now occupying
‘the pulpit in the negru churches here.
Comment is unnecessary.
Killed a Turkey .
Mr. W. A. Snipes, of our neighboring
county, Randolph, killed a wild turkey
gobler a few days ago that weighed 10
pounds. Inour woods sportsiaen are
having a jolly time shooting game.