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ednesday, Thursday and Friday, April Tth, and 9th.
The grandest array of beautiful SPRING GOODS ever shown in Dawson will be on exhibition in our mammoth store. The
richest cullings fromall the markets of the world are here in endless profusiom. Every gem of the loom or Spindle
that genius could imagine or taste could dictate.
s S CTI AL ITV ITATION ..
We extend an urgent invitation to every one to come and see our new goods. We promise you a rare treat__a peafect
feast to the eye. Our goods were delayed somewhat on account of the recent heavy rains, but they are here now in ail
the splendor of charming spring. We trust youwill afford us the very pleasant opportunity to show youour new goods
YOURS ANXIOUS TO PLEASE, i
DAVIS & DOZIFR, - N e W Daswson, Greorgia,.
WOULD SLEEP AS HE RIDES.
COLORED; ARMY MAN MAKES A
VIGOROUS DEMAND,
Central Railway Refuses to Sell Him
Sleeping Car Transportation
from Savannah to Atlanta,
The Central railroad is having a rather
unique controversy with Sergeant Wil
liam H. Chiun, a negro officer in the
United States army, stationed at Fort
Pulaski, in Savannah.
Chinn has received orders from the
commander-in-chief to go to Fort Mc
Pherson in Atlanta, and be registered on
the retjred list at hal.t' pay, according to
the r(w;uirement of the army regulations,
he h‘{wing reaclied the age of retirve
ment >
The point at issue between the negro
sergeant and the pajlroad COompany is
this: The negro wants to ride from Sa
vannah to Atlanta in a sleeping car, and
the Central railroad refuses to allow him
to ride in the cars for the whites.. There
are no sleeping cars for the negroes, and
Chinn is endeavoring to force the rail
road company to allow him to use the
sleeper with the white people. He
claims that he has the right to ride in
any car and has engaged a lawyer to rep
resent him in the case.
When Chinn received his crders to 20 |
to Atlanta several days ago, he received I
a warrant for transportation and sleep- |
ing car accommodations, The warrant
for transportation was drawn on the
Central railroad aud the warrant for
sleeping car accommodations was drawn
on the Pullman Car Company,
The Central railroad runs it own sleep- |
ing cars and no Pullman cars are operat- ‘
ed over its line. When Chinn went to |
the Central railroad ticket office in Sa
vannah and presented his warrant fori
transportation and sleeping car accom- |
modations Agent Brewer informed him
that he could not furnish him sleeping
car accommodations under the laws of |
Georgia, it being required that.separate ‘
accommodations be furnished for white
and colored people, and there are uot!
encugh colored applicants to justify |
the road in putting on a separate sleep- i
er. |
Chinn has now written to the authori- |
ties at Fort McPherson to secure a war
rant for sleeping car accommodations on 1
the Central railroad. He says he intends
to have a privilege that he considers he
is entitled to under the laws of the Unit- ]
ed States if there is any way to get it, |
When he gets his warrant for accommo
daticns on a Central railroad sleeper he
¥ill pr sent it with a demand that i+ be
honored,
It is likely that there wil be some
lively litigation before the negro makes
his coveted trip from Savannah to Atlay-
T 4 on a Central railroad sleeping car.
THE LARGEST LA¥D OWXER,
This Man Came Nearer to Posgessing the
Earth Than Any Other,
William Diury, the milllionaire land
owner of Keithsburg, 111., is dead. He
was the largest individual land owner in
the United States, having hundreds of
thousands of acres in Colorado, Nebras
ka and Texas, besides 6,000 acres of the
richest farming land in the county in
which he died. He was 87 years old,
His investmenis were in farm lani and
stock alone, and he added every year to
his vast possesgions,
Torturing, itching, scaly skin erup
’ tions, burns andscalds are soothed at
once and promptly healed by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the best known cure
for piles. SALE-DAvVIs Drue Co,
I COLORED MAN ON LYNCHING.
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Some Plain and Pointed Truths from an In
telligent Negro Minister:
Rev. Dr. A. J. Stokes, pastor of the
C-luwrbus stieet Baptist church in
Montgomery, Ala., is lecturing in
northern cities on the *“New South.” He
is a colored man, and his church is one
‘ of the larg=st and most influential in Al
abama. He treats his subject from the
standpoint of the intelligent black man,
who is anxious for the moral and materi
al advancement of his race und his coun
try.
I “It is a mistaken id-a,” said Dr.
Stokes during a lecture in Philadelphia
the other day, *‘to believe that the
future of our people is clouded and ov
ercast. I believeit to be the best out
look we ever had.” The race, he ex
plained, was accummulating property,
acquiring education and enjoymng full
civil rights in the south. Contrasting
the colored man’s condition in the south
Aud in 16 worth, he, showed that the
former ‘was almost ltcomparably the
better.
He is as much opposed to lynching as
any other man, and recognizes and as
serts that the majority of public opinion
in the south is against it. Yet he declar
ed boldly that lynching is not an unmiti
gated evil. Said he: ‘‘There never was
a respectable colored man lynched in the
south, except in a .case of murder. I
speak from my own experience when I
say that in the lynchings I have known
about the victims were always men no
body in the community codld say a good
word for. They came out from the
slums at mgkt, like the raccoon, and
stole back again. * * The negroes
who commit heinous crimes do tha en
tire race harm, and while I would nct
lift a finger myself to lynch them I do
feel that every one of such removed from
ouc race benefits the race so much.”
Haviug correctly diagnosed the case,
Dr. Stokes knows the remedy to be ap
plied;and he is advocating it. Dr. Stokes
says ‘‘educate.”” Elevate the rate. Re
-nove the caase, and the effect will be re
moved. Preach against crime; wipe out
those crimes which lead to lynching and
there will be n» more lynching. It should
not take intelligent colored persons one
minute to decide whether they will fol
low the advice of Bishop Turner or Dr.
Stokes,
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All He Asked.
‘“And do you really want to be my
son?”’ asked the widow Mullins of young
Spudds, who had asked for her daugh
ter’s hand. :
“I can’t say that I do,” replied the
truthful suitor. “I want to be Helen'’s
busband
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How thankless and inconsiderate a
person with littlie o complain of in the
way of heaith can be. While visiting a
friend wio had been shut in for years
with ill bealth 2 lady was 80 ipconsider
ale a 8 Lo sly: '] have been at home a
whole week with neuralgia,” little think
ing of the years of suffering her friend
had boine uncomplaingly., There are
many such, Mrs. Samue) Stamm of Lo
2anton, Pa, bore her thiiry-four years
of suffering with e urage .0l fortitude,
‘Her trouble was rhevm . .51, in the
knee. In consequence her kuoo 1 A 4 he
come 80 stiff that gbe could Luidly wa'k,
Mr. Statam is a well to-do merchan: wud
had spared no pains or expense to re
lieve her, but with little success, until
one pight when it grew so painful that
- she could bardly endure it he persuaded
her to try Chamberlain’s Pain Balm,
| The effect was magical. The first appli
| cation relieved the pain, and its contin
'ued use has removed all, stiffness an
| given her the free use of her limbs once
| more. If you have friends who are
‘ troubled with rhieu natism insist on their
| giving this remedy a trial. You can do
| them no greater fayor, as it is sure to
| give prompt relief, and if they are a lit
l tle patient it will effect a cure. For sale
at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by Farrar &
I Harns, druggists,
HALF A MILLION PAID OUT.
BIG HOLE MADE IN STATE’S CASH
BALANCE.
A Large Pension Roll. Widows of
Yeterans and Indigent and Dis
abled Soldiers Get It, 2
The state treasury is out $520,350. But
it has all gone through legitimate chan
nels
That knocks a big hole in the balance
of cash on hand.
The work of checking up the pen
sion warrants and exchanging them
for regular executive warrants has just
been completed and the amount runs
over half a million.
I* is divided among pensions for wid
ows of confederate veteraus, for which
there were 3,805 warrants drawn, ag
gregating $228,300; disabled veterans of
the confederate armies, for which there
wore 3,230 warrants drawn, aggregating
$109,440.
The total foots up $520,350, and that
amount has been taken from the balance
on hand of cash in the treasury, leaving
the supply of money considerably dimin
ished.
The pension business has grown to be
an epormous tax on the state and it is
said that Georgia pays out more in pen
sions to confederate veterans and their
widows annually than all the other south
ern states put together,
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Quinine and other fe-,
. .
ver medicines take froms
to 10 days to cure fever.
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Johnson’s Chill and Fever
. .
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
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CUBAN GENERAL CAPTURED.
Major General Rivera Taken Prisoner and
Will Be Shot,
in au encounter between Cuban and
Spanish solders near Havanna, a few
days ago, in which (General Velasco
commanded the Spaniards and General
Rivera the Cubans, the latter received
three bullet wounds and, with Lis chief
of staff, Colonel Bacalla, and Lieutenant
Terry, was taken prisoner.
When Rivera was taken before Velas
co the latter told himi that as a man he
regretted his wounding and capture,
Gen. Rivera replied that h 3 was proud
to shak the hand of so valorous a Span
ish general,
Rivera will be ordered shot by Weyler,
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Rare Memento of Keats,
Keats’ autographs maunuscript of
“Endymion,’’ 181 pages, has just been
sold ut auction in Loncon for 3,475, or
nearly $2O a page. 1t is the author’s
own copy of the draft made for the
printers, the orizinal draft being now
in the United States. The manuscrip
of ‘‘Lamia,’”’ 26 foolscap pages, wuas
sold at the same time for 1,525, or 60
a page. Both manuscripts will probably
leave England.
The Rande of American Women.
An English woman who is expert in
palmistry says American women are
among her best customers, and she at
tributes this fact to their vanity. A
better reason, however, may be that
they have handsome hands.
For Infants and Children.
The fac- 2
simile is on
signature every
of Z £ Wrapper,
THE OLD MAN HAS HIS FUN.
How He Frightened a Woman With Icy
Jets of Water.
A writer in the New York Press, in de
scribing a visit to a rich old Spanish Cre
ole in Mexic», says: “He has hidden
fountains all over his place which are
started to playing when hidden springs
are touched. A frog sat in a low tree
and when I touched him he spat a stream
of water in my face. It is the old gen
tieman’s happiness to wet his guests,then
banquet them; and many a hearty laugh
he has in the course of a yoar. In the
middle of the widest garden walk is a
spriug thav on being touched by the foot
lets loose jets of icy water straight up
from the ground. I saw a young woman
pause over this spot so that the water
came up under her petticoat; and what
do you suppose this frichtened creature
did? Raised her umbrella' I thought
the old aon would die of laughing.
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If you have ever seen a chila in the
agony of croup you can appreciate the
gratitude of the mothers who know that
One Minute Cough Cure relieves their
little snes a7t o, 'sly as it is administer
ed. Many les]]a- ‘D this city are nover
without it, SALE-DAvis DrRuG Co.
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Are gaining favor rapidly. 5
Business men and travel
lers carry them in vest I s
pockets, ladies carry them :
in purses, housekeepers keep them in medicine
closets, friends recommend them to friends. 2Z5c.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
FOR SAILTE.
1.—400 acres near Parrott. 230 under
plow. good place eheap.
2.—44oacres 10 wiles from Dawson. 3500
acres in cullivation; fine land. Price
way down,
3.—1,200 acres near Dover. 600 under
plow well improved. A fine tarm
cheap. _
4.—900 acres near Sasser. 600 in culti
vation; splendid improvements,
bargain.
5.--150 acres 3 miles from Parrott, Mag
nificent improvements. desirable
home cheap. :
.-~ desirable home in Dawson. 9 room
house, 2 acres of land,
7.—140 acres 5 miles north of Dawson.
3-horse farm. Well improved.
8.—380 acres 8 miles east of Nawson,
agnificently improved. |
9.—A four room house and lot in Daw
son. Cheap and easy payments,
Several nice city lots, |
STEVENS & YEOMANS, |
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I'o the Public. {
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My services I again tender to the good |
people of Dawson and vicinity, Thank
ful for past liberal patronage, I hope to!
merit a continunance of tho same. Busi- |
uess attended to with prompiness andl
despatch. Charges reasonable, When |
not professionally engaged I can bn!
found at the drng store of Farrar & |
Harris during the day and at my resi
dence at night. Parties owing me are
earnestly requested to make some ar
rangements to settle at an early date, |
am very much in need of the money to
pay my debts and support a helpless
family. Clifford £ Farrar or Charles A,
Harris are authorized t, receipt in my
name f r money due me, l{:\spcr‘n’lllly,'
W. C. KENDRICK M. D. l
N ) Y N is offered one boy and one girl in each county h‘-v iicl.):]‘
4 \ 4 * largest, most elegantly equipped and eminentiy pract g
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banking and office work. Pusitions are guaranteed through the Employment
reau. Address
The Georgia Business College, Macon, Ga-
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fine appetite and a ripe old age,
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A Known Fact,
An absolute cure for sick head
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(GEORGIA & ALABAMA RY,
[:}s MILES SHORTEST KOUTE FROM
- DAWSON TO SAVANNAH.
Entirely new Columbus and Southern
Georgia and Eastern Alabama passen
ger line. The new Atlanta and Southern
Georgia passenger route via Columbus,
PASSENGER SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JAN
UARY 3, 1897.
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11.571 800 ... ..Parrott.. ...| 5 45|11 36
12.06/ 386 |.....Weston. .. .|5 05|11 19
’12.:35 345 {..Ar Richland, .| 4 4511 00
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Pullman car service on main line be
tween Savannah and Montgomery.
CONNECTIONS, :
Close connections at Columbus for :\%-'
lanta and all points North and W esf;
Montgomery forall points reached D)
Lonisville and Nashville Railroad, W -
tern of Alabama Railway and Plant 5y
tem Railway; Cordele for all nmnl;
reached by the Georgia Southern m;\
Florida Railway; Helena for Brupswic
and all points on the Southern l{:u‘l“'}.‘-",
Collins, Stillmore Air Line and Collios
and Reidsville Railroad points; Meldriu.
the Central of Georgia Railway; b‘",‘:n'
nah with Plant System and Florida “'ill
tral and Peninsu'ar Railways for q!
points north'and south, and with (‘”.a"'
wise steamship lines for all eastern poius
CECIL GABBETT, V. P. and G. A.
APOPE G EP A 2
CHAS. N. KNIGHT, Ass't. G. P. A-I
W. P, LEVIS,Com, Agt. Columbus, “.f'
B. M. WILSON,Com.A . Daws '"-2
