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THE NEWS
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B’ E. L. RAINEY.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY.
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DAWSON, GA., Sepr. 81H., 1897.
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THE REAL C4USE OF SILVER DEPRESSIUN.
We are having just now another
taste of the monometallist style of log
ic,says the Washington Star. We have
it in various publications setting forth
the facts and the details of the great
fall in the price of silver bullion. Ac
cording to all this, silver is on the
down grade and will soon cease to rank
among the precious metals, and so we
are told, with a gravity too beautiful
to be described in words, that silver
has seen its best days and that the
advocates of free coinage may as well
abandon their fond dreams forever.
It reminds us of the lively 'campaign
of 1896, It recalls all the ignorance
and stupidity of that never-to-be
forgotten episode. We hear once more
the strident bray of Bynum and Coch
ran and the frantic imprecations of
the New York Sun. Silver is even
more worthless than it was ten months
ago, they tell us. Then *‘‘the dollar
was worth but 50 cents.”” now it is
‘‘warth only 43 cents.”” And all the
wiseacres and the parrots and the owls
are prating, echoing, and looking wise,
until one begins to question the wis
dom of a providence that lets such
things continue. ‘‘Silver is depreciat
ingevery day !’ screams one miracle of
human intelligence. “The silver dol
lar is losing its purchasing power!"
yells another. The whole collection of
the monometallist chorus proceeds
to bay the moon until the welkin fairly
rings,
One hesitates to interject into this
inane hullabaloo even so muech as a
suggestion of common sense and rea
son. Itseemsa wicked waste of time
to ask these red-faced yelpers why sil
ver ; has depreciated in the market
and whether, if gold were subjected to
the same process, it would not lose Its
commercial value in like ratio. In
trinsically, the proposition is simple
enough, The mints of the civilized
nations are closed to silver and open
to gold. In this way the thing that
makes money of any me.al is bestowed
upon gold and withheld from silver.
In this way gold acquires fictitious
and artificial worth and silver is re
duced to its essential usefulness, In
the same way, were the processes re
versed—were the mints closed to gold
and opened wide to silver—gold would
depreciate and silver become more val
uable. Yet the monometallist orators
and editors, the paragraphers and the
headline enthusiasts, go ahead upon
their insensate and vociferous way as
though reason had vanished from the
earth and the people had nothing left
save slobber, gush, and poppycock.
It seems to us the most logical result
imaginable that silver, bereft of its
money attribute, should depreciate in ]
the market. Like gold, it has but a
limited adaptability to the uses of
mankind. It cannot be applied to any
practical purpose. It is not susceptible
of conversion into implements of hus
bandry, into machinery, into vools, etc,
It is fit only for ornament, or for coin
age into money. Robbed by legisla
tion of its latter quality, its range of
usefulness is sadly narrowed. We do
not ask monometallist shriekers what
would become of gold under like cir
cumstances., It would becruel, They
do not know. |
JupGE ALLEN Fort has filed his dis
senting opinion to the decision
of the railroad commission in
the recent cotton rate case. in which
the reduction of 25 per cent, was ask
ed. Commissioner Fort goes into the
merits of the case, and takes the posi
tion that the railroads have not kept
pace with the increase of the cotton
crop, the feduction in price and the
cheapening of the cost of transporis
tion by having the tonage of every car
practically doubled as the result of
compressing 1 the iuterior. ¢s a
strong paper,
Ur in Dawson City in the midst of
the] Klondike they have a bell which
calls up all the population to the bar
room when a liberal miner announces
that he is ready to ‘‘set ’em up:s’ As
Whiskey is sold there at fifty cents a
drink, and there are several thousand
people in and around the town, the
liberal miner has to plank down a hun
dred or two in golddust when he wants
to do the proper thing, The bell is a
new and'interesting institution, how
ever, which would flimmediately be
come popular in cities nearer to civili
zation than is the Klondike.
Trere will always be doubt as to
[jusc what was right injthe caze of H. S.
Perry, who is to be hanged at Decatur
today for killing Bely Lanier. Mrs.
Perry claims to have been assaulted by
Lanier, and for that reason strong
pressure was brought to bear upon the
‘governor to save the life of the con
demned man. But the_governor re
fused to interfere, and it may be that
a man who avenged an outrage upon
his wife will pay the death penalty to
day.
IT is reported that General James
L.ongstreet and Miss Ellen Dortch, as
sistant state librarian and candidate
for the hibrarianship, will be married
at the executive mansion today. Miss
Dorteh 1s the most prominent woman
politician in Georgia, and the rumor of
her marriage is no doubt full of inter
est to the several aspirants who would
Keep the state's books. Many happy
days to the gallany general and his
winsome bride,
BeFroORE closing last week the South
Carolina senatorial campaign reached
the you-know-where-to-find-me stage,
but,the election passed off without any
scraps between the aspiring statesmen
and resulted in the success of John L.
McLaurin. The defeated candidates,
Messrs, Irby and Evans, are now ex
plaining and calling Senator Tillman
names. The senator is pretty well
qualified to talk back,
THE Valdosta Times observes that
Judge Jim C(‘riggs made some remarks
about prosperity while in Atlanta the
other day, and wants to know if he has
turned republican too. If Judge
Griggs has caught a gleam ot prosperi
ty why shouldn’t he say say so? Are
we to infer that The Times would have
prosperity for none but republicans
and democratic bolters?
THE governor has written to the
judges of the state calling their atten
tion to the fact that the law is being
violated in the hiring of misdemeanor
convicts to private parties, and re
quests that they take some action in
the premises, The judges understand
the situasion, and it is hardly probable
that they will do anything radical.
WHI" E it is too early to discuss gu
bérnatorial politics, The Albany Her
ald takes occasion to say that no man
who sulked last year, or who did not
stand squarely by the party in the
trying times through which it passed,
should be put at the head of the state
ticket. No good democrat can find
fault with The Herald’s poéition.
ProsrEerlTY is about to strike Editor
Jim Brown of the Newnan Herald. It
is given out as astraight tip that the
wielder of the guill in the governor’s
home town will be appointed state li
brarian. Editor Brown’s many friends
here at his old home hope there 1s no
mistake in the report.
THE railroad commission has done
the proper thing by Dawson. There
will be no more discrimination against
this town in freight rates, That
means more business for Dawson and
cheaper goods for those who trade
here,
THE report that Hon. H. G. Turner
had designs on his old seat in congress
has been denied. The denial was hard
ly necessary, None but democrats can
g 0 to congress from Georgia.,
Ir WeyLER has succeeded 1n pacify
ing Cuba, as given out by him from
time to time, then why is Spain on the
eve of sending to the island a force of
27,000 more men?
Now watch Dawson hum. With
freight rates as low as her rivals, she
will ask none of them odds,
The Sardis Sehool.
V” elessor 1., A, Gilew’ school at Sardis
Gpeneel ost A Rpic ously last M'mtlay
morting, The people of that enterpris-
W anc wideawake comtnunity look well
ey Lheir eduicationasl interestsa,
Card of Thanks,
b Aake Chir miethod of extending my
Nitariteit 1} alike Lo iy "'l“,”"" f‘)r Lh"ir
Prosipt assistance when Iy ginnery
was o fire GO Y. Pace,
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Johnson’s Chill and Fe
ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. It cures the most
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stubborn case of Fever in
24 Hours.
A TERRELL MINISTER.,
A Correspondent Writes of His Work in ap
Adjoining County.
The Benevolence correspondent of the
Cuthbert Liberal has the following to
say of a Terrell county minister and his
work:
‘“About a year and a half ago Pasto:
M. B. L. Binion thought it expedient to
go up to Ammon’s academy occasionally
and preach to the citizens of that com
munity, and accordingly announced that
he would preach to them every first Sun
day afternoon. Little did he think at the
peginning of these services that they
would continue till now, but the longer
he preached the more interest was mani
fested, and a part of the results of his la
bors up there was the reception of a
member by baptism into the fellowship
of the church here one month ago,a lady
who had for more than ten years been a
prominent and eunthusiastic pedo-Bap
tist. The Baptist church here last
month, in a call conference, ‘extended an
arm’ to the good people around the acad
emy, and at the solicitations of her
prominent and influential citizens Mr.
Binion came up from his home in Terrell
county last week and carried on a four
days’ meeting, day and night, during
which time he rveceived by letter another
good lady into the fellowship of the Bap
tist church here. The congregations,
day and night, werelarge and the behav
ior was splendii—so much so that Mr.
Binion commended the people for it.
When Mr. Binion first entered the minis
try, 40 years ago, he preached in this
same community in a small log school
house. But nearly all those he preached
to in ante-bellum days have joined the
great majority, and yet he is spared to
preach the unsearchable riches of
Christ.”
Why take Johnson’s
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Chill & Fever Tonic?
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Because it cures the
most stubborn case
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of Fever in ONE DAY.
GRAVES GOSSIP.
Dr_Graves is here from north Geor
gia looking after his plantations,
““Resolved, That woman should have
equal suffrage with man,” is the sub
ject of the debate which is to oceur at
sardis schoel house next Saturday
night. Professors J. D. McLendon
and L. A. Giles are the antagonists,
the latter representing the affirmative.
~ Messrs. Claude Bridges of Dawson
and Jim Bridges of near Shellman vis
ited homefolks Sunday. 'There is an
attraction here for the former that we
decline to mention,
Since my last communication Miss
Janie Sawyer has returned from a
visit to Cuthbert, accompanied by Miss
Duke, a charming young lady of that
city.
&)[essrs. J. €. and Ike Hill, Janies
Mcßea, Ben and Edgar Davidson and
Jim Grimes are attending the big
campmeeting in Quitman county this
week.
Mr. J. M. Smith, who has been a resi
dent of Graves since its earliest days,
was foreman for this section of the
Central railroad for over 34 years.
Misses [.ena and Helen Dismuke are
visiting Miss Lula Jenkins at Pecan, in
Clay county.
The Shakers have made a discovery
which is destined to accomplish much
good. Realizing that three-fourths of
all our sufferings arise from stomach
troubles, that the people who cannot eat
and digest food, without subsequently
suffering pain and distress, and that ma
ny are starving, wasting to mere skele
tons, because their food dJdoes them no
good, they have devoted much study and
thoug bt to the subject, and the resalt is
this discovery of their Digestive Cordial,
A little book can be obtained from
your druggist that will point out the
way of relief atonce. An investigation
will cost nothing and will result in much
good.
Children all hate to take castor oil, but
not I.axor, which is palatable.
A list of deaths from snake bites and
wild beasts is rather an urusual feature
to be found in a country’s official reports
of mortality, and India is the only coun
try of the world which presents such sta
tistics, Last year’s mortality in that
country includes 1,133 deaths from snake
bites aud 291 from attacks of tigers and
other wild beasts. Owing to the religious
prejudices nf the natives against taking
life snakes and wild beasts are not rap
idly exterminated, which, no doubt,
aocounts for the large annual mortality,
No man or woman can enjoy ife or
accomplish much in this world while suf
fering from a torpid liver. DeWitt’s Lit
tle Early Risers are the pills that cleanse
that organ quickly.
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F NOTES ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS.
- They are evidently religious people in
Worth county. While they were haying
preaching at Shiloh two Sundays ago,
according to a correspondent of the
Worth Local, a snake crawled up in the
pulpit at the preacher’s feet. But so
small a thing did not disturb the wor
ship. A member of the <ongregation
quietly went up and killed the snake
without the preacher stopping a second
or the congregation losing the thread of
the argument.
While Dethel Association was in ses
sion last week Dr. Jim Stanford of Cuth
bert arose in meeting and ‘‘laid before the
public an offer of a check for $l,OOO to
the person who proves from the New
Testament seriptures that an infant was
ever baptized.” We are not prepared to
join issue with the doctor. The good
man is avidently strong in his faith and
has a fat pocket book.
A very damaging Lail storm occurred
in Stewart county, about four miles from
Lumpkin, a few nights ago, making an
almost total wreck of several farmers’
cotton crops. The hail storm was heard
by many of the citizens of Lumpkin.
The bolls of cotton open and those not
open were knocked off.
The large ginnery of E..J. Protho at
Richland caught on fire Friday after
noon., The outfit cost $3,000, but the
loss amounts to not more than $5OO.
There were fifteen or twenty wagons
loaded with cotton there at the time,but
these were moved away,
William Spence, a hard working young
white man of Quitman county, while
crossing Pataula swamp Saturday night,
was taken from his bugey by a band
of masked men and whipped. He was
charged with circulating slanderouns re
ports against a girl,
A singular accident happened at Spring
vale a few days ago. A little megro was
choked to death by a window sash fall
ing across his neck.
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Gl o e SRR e S e
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The bladder was created for one pur
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disease except by one of two ways. The
first way is from imperfect action of the
kKidneys. The second way is from care
less local treatment of other diseases.
CHIEF CAUSE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kid
neys is the chief cause of bladder troub
les. So the womb, like the bladder, was
created for cne purpose, and if not doc
tored too much is not liable to weakness
or disease, except in rare cases. It is
situated back of and very close to the
bladder, therefore any pain, disease or
inconvenience manifested in the kidneys,
back, bladder or urinary passage 1s often,
by mistake, attributed to female weak
ness or womb trouble of some sort, The
error is easily made and may be as easi
ly avoided, To find out correctly set
your urine aside for twenty-four hours;
a sediment or settling indicates kidney
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ordinary effect of Dr. Gilmer's Swamp-
Root, the great kidney and bladder rem
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proprietors of this paper guarantee the
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6th. 1897, Write for catalogue.
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The Fall Term of
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Dawson Public Schoo
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—! WILL BEGIN ;
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Sept. Bth, 1897
Tuition is free to vesideut pupils (
school age. Each pupil must pay in ad
vance a Book Fee of $2.00 for the use of
books during the term. ‘ :
Children under six years of age wi
not be admitted. Pupils over eighteen
years of age, and those that do aot live
in Dawson, will, in addition t) :he book |
fee, be charged as follows: |
Primary Schools, per term. ..., ..¢ . 00:
rammar Sehool: & ¢ - B 0
High School, S, O
All applicants that are vni‘":m} to en
ter the school will be given by the Sup
erintendent a certificate. Up n_ the
presentation of this certificate to Treas
urer A. J. Baldwin, and the payment
him of all charges, he will issue an ad- |
mission ticket that will entitle bearer to |
a seat in school, -
No PUPIL WILL RE ADMITTED WITH:
OUT AN ENTRANCE TICKET. All ey
pupils that decire admission into _;hl]'
school, and all former pupils that fi\!x.(‘li
of promotion and that wish examination
for promotion, will, September 2,3, {m;
4, present themselvesin the school b&lll'.'
ing for examination and gradation. ‘“.].fli
ing thest days the corps of teachers wil
be present. : 3
For additional information address,
E. L. RAINEY, Secretary,
or HOMER WRIGHT, Sap’t.
This institution leads in Y\lz%jll,'l\.:.".‘ljjvl‘.
ages of Solid Christian “."il-;.‘ .
Music, Art, Elocution, Health B 2
Economy of lll"'<‘~,“"“fl'.' f‘l"__._:(”
tion. Catalogue ;..::m{:‘l’_ll
begins September 15th, 1897,
“[l' FUS W. SMITH, Pres..
L.a Grange, (:a,
