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By E. L. Rainey.
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Trocks, Prince Alberts, and Some Boys and Youths Hats
The Sale Has Been a Big Success.
We Sold Upwards of 40 Suits First 2 Days of Sale.
Our Mr. Davis is now in the Estern markets, where he_will spend some wekes buying our spring
= stock. We are preparing to mae the effort ot our lives this spring. We inten d show the largest, most
comprehensive and up-to-date line this spring the Dawson pubic has ever seen.
N W. H. DAVIS & CO.
REMARKABLY ELOQUENT
IN SHADOW OF DEATIL,
FORMER GOVERNOR ALTGELD DIES
SPEAKING FOR THE BOERS.
Apoplexy Strikes Him While He Was
Pleading for the Down Trodden.
Had Risen to Eminence
from the Tow Path.
Former Governor John P. Altgeld
died in Joliet, 111., Wednesdav morn
ing at 7:07 o'clock. He had been un
conscious since midnight.
Mr. Altgelt was the principal speak
er at a pro-Boar mass meeting that
night in the Joliet theater. |
Just at the close of his speech a sud
den dizziness seized him and he was
assisted from the stage. The meeting
proceeded, the audience not realiziog
what had happened. Mr. Altgeld was
taken to the door of the theaver, where
several vomiting spells seized him.
It continued for nearly an hour and
was 80 pronounced he could not be re
moved to the hotel. Physicians were
hastily summoned, and Mr. Altgeld
wis carried to the hotel across the
street. He retained conscionsness, and
urged the newspaper men to keep the
affair quiet for fear of alarming his
wife. Shortly before midnight he be
came uncouscious. He remained in
this condition until death.
The cause of death is given as cere
bral hemorrhage, there having been
an apoplectic seizure of the brain.
It was noted during his address that
the ex-governor threw an unusual
amount of energy and feeling into his
words, and the collapse. the bhysi
clans think, resulted from over-strain
ing his a'ready weaxened physical
powers,
The governor died as he had lived,
pleading for the cause of the lowly.
Mr. Altgeld, in his speech which
was fated to be his last, declared that
all friends of humanity owed a debt of
gratitude to Governor Yates for issu
ing & proclamation soliciting assist
ance for the Boer women and children
inthe concentration camps which the
l?ritish are maintaining in South Af
rica.
The speaker said that the people of
America had raised a large sum of
money ~ith which to relieve the dis
tress of the Boer women and children,
but were unable to send it to them be
cause Lord Pauncefote, the British
fim'?.cnssador at Washington, objected
wit. He further charged that Lord
Pauncefote had for years meddled in
American affairs.
There were eigkteen counts and
fpecific charge: in Governor Altgeld’s
I“tiictmenb. He said in substance :
; ‘Jus’ before the beginning of the
Spanish war {Lord Pauncefote, repre
senting the aristocracy, meddled in
our affairs and tried to unite the gov
¢roments of Europe in making a joint
Protest against American interference
in behalf of Cuba. But when the
American people asserted themselves
and our government was compelled to
£0 o the rescue of Cuba England is-
THE DAWSON NEWS.
sued a strong neutrality ‘proclamation,
forbidding all of her suhjects every
where from furnishing us any aid or
doing anything that would 1n any way
be a violation of the strictest neutral
ny.'!
I+ was a speech characteristic of the
old governor who had risen from the
tow path to the chiefest office of his
state. Death was at hand, but his
voice had all the old fire and all the
old sympathy which had won him the
hearts of many people.
ANTS ARE CANNIBALS.
And Human Beings May Some
time Become Their Victims.
The little black or red ant of the
temperate zone, says the National
Drugyist, is generally regarded as a
nuisance, but not as an insect that can
offer any danger to life or limb. An
incident that happened the other day
at Sthlang, Bohemia, however, shows
that under certain eircumstances the
little creature may become a serious
ma2nace, vto the life of children at
least.
A peasant woman going out to labor
in the fields, after nursing her infant,
laid ber baby on the ground in the
shade and went to work. After a lit
tle time the child began to cry violent
ly, but the mother, thinking that it
simply wished to be taken up, paid no
attention to it. The cries increased
in violence at first, but after awhile
the child seemad to get quiet, and soon
the crying ceased entirely.
The mother finished her task and re
turned to the baby to find it covered
with millions of ants, which had eaten
out the eyes and filled the cavities of
mouth, nose and ears. They had
eaten through the walls of the stom
ach, bad filled the esophagus, the
larynx and, in fact, occupid every
cavity or passageway iu the boly. The
baby was dead, of course. |
We remember hearing of a similar
incident that occurred in Alabama
about the time of the civil war, where
a child of a year and a halt or two
years strayed from the camp of its
mother, a widow of the poor white
class moving her effects back to her
old home, and was lost. Aftera search
for it, which last for several days, the
remains of the child were found on an
ant-heap or nest. Little was left,
howevyer, but the bony skeleton. Such
incidents are, fortunately, exceeding
ly rare, but the fact that they may oc
cur should not be lost sight of, and
should be better known commonly
than they appear to be.
A Louisville Poker Game.
It a Louisville story is true, high
play at poker is not entirely out of
date at the Kentucky capital. The
Ltmry is that a week or so ago Nat
‘Goodwin and Bog Gray, president of
ian atheletic club, sat down fora quiet
'eveniug at the great American game
of “draw.” It was evening when they
'sab down, but it was not when they got
[up. When accounts were squared
Gray had Goodwin’s cheek for $15,0600
}and hiz =ote for $3,000. Goodwin's
losses represent a good many admis
ls'ions at the theater door.
Dawson, Ga., Wednesday, March 19th, 1902.
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UNCLE SAM IS VIGILANT IN HIE PURSUIT.
A Citizen of Baker County Is Arrested for Boiling Syrup Skim
mings Three Years Ago. Bound Over in the Sum of One Hun
dred Dellars for Trial in United States Court.
An incident has just occurred which
shows how sleepless and persistent
the government is in ferreting out
and bringing to punishment the violat
ors of the laws as laid down in the re
vised statutes.” United States Deputy
Marshal Williams has arrested James
Donnelly, a citizen of Baker county,
who three years ago resided in Miller
county. Three years ago Donnelly
lived ona little farm which he rented
and it was a hard struggle to make a
living. In his ignorance of the law
governing such cases the man fixed
him up a rude still and boiled a lot of
syrup skimmings out of which he made
some stuff that is said to resemble rum
and will, if enough of it isdrank, pro
duee intoxication, if nothing more.
That was three years ago. and short
ly afterwards Donnelly moved to Baker
county and thought the affair was for.
gotten. But Uncle Sam never forgets
HORSE MEAT AT BANQUET.
Fashionable Society Partake of a
Unique Dinner. ?
A London cable to the New York ‘
Journal says: |
s‘Pashionable society partook lastl
night of as unique a banquet as was
ever held in Paris. The pieces de re |
sistance were of horse flesh and Lhei
flesh of mules and asses. The givers
of the banquet were the horse butch
ers and their wives.
“While hors: flesh has long been |
sold in Paris amoag the poor, this was |
the first effort to make it fashionable. t
“‘Broken-down racersand cab borsesl
when fattend are in great demand in|
Paris by the horse butchers. The
committee announced that it intended
to hold a fat horse procession during
the Easter holidays. |
“Fifteen hundred of Paris fashion-l
ables attended the dinner and the ball
that followed.” 1
FUNSTON GETS FRANTIC. ‘
The Tin Hero Talks Throngh Hisi
- Hat. |
General Fred Funston, who was
given a banquet in Chicago, said: |
“Two negro soldiers deserted our
army and for a time served in the in
surgent army. They were caught and
hanged. It would have been more of
an act of -justice had we hanged some
of the people who signed the petition
1o congress asking that we confer with
the Filipino leaders in an effort to se
cure peace.
~ “In one case two ignorant beings
were executed. while in the other
people more guilty than they and in
‘possession of their senses were allow
ed to go free. :
~ “We are informed that Major Wal
ler, one of the bravest and best officers
in the navy, is to be court-martialed
because he shot some patives who
stole the food from his_starving men.
‘lf that is true, I sav ‘Bully for Wal
ler.’ lam glad he did it "’
anything his relatives do, and the old
gentleman has a way of looking after
things in which he is concerned that
sometimes causes his nephews consid
erable trouble. In this case the fancied
security of this humble relative of his
uncle was only transitory, for it was
rudely disturbed when Marshal Wil-
Jlams suddenly appeared in a field
where he was plowing and took him in
custody and carried him to Columbus.
He was given a preliminary hearing
and bound oyer in the sum of $lOO.
Donnelly made no effort to prove
thav he was not guilty of the charge,
and acknowleaged to the cane juice,
but said he had only made a quart for
his own use.
Donnelly is a tenant farmer and his
looks indicate the extreme poverty of
his class, but that he was ignorant of
the seriousness of the offense there
was no doubt whatever.
DU BIGNON’S LAST CALL.
State Democratic Cemmittee to
eet on March 29.
The State Democratic Execut.ive;
Committee will be called in session
March 29, and the ordering of a pri
mary will then be considered. Chair
man F. G. dußignon has decided upon |
the date after hearing from the mem
bers of the committee. i
A majority of the members of the
committee heard from expressed a.“
desire to have the meeting cailed for a
day late in March or early next month, l
and the 29th of this month was select- |
ed as the day by the chairman. l
At the meeting Chairman dußigoon
:will tender his resignation. He an
nounced his intention of doing this
some time ago, and it is generally be
lieved that Vice Chairman Edward T.
Brown of Atlanta will be named as
chairman. I
A PANIC IN KANSAS. |
People Stirred by the Words of’
a Baby.
There is a panic at. Harper, Kan.
The superstitious at that place are
cortain that they *have received a di
rect warning from the Diety. Fiye
weeks ago a baby was born into the
‘household of John Shelby, a working
man. At the age of three weeks the
baby began to talk. It’sfirst attempt
was not a word but asentence: ‘‘Six
years of famine in Kansas.'” 7This cen-!
tence, according to a multitnde of wit
nesses, the baby has repeated at in
tervals during its waking hours ever
since. Hundreds of people are jour
neving to the home ot John Shelby to
!bear the “baby prophet” predict six
| lean vears for the sunflower state, and
lthe neighborhood people are holding
services and adyising the storing up
iof grain. ¥ :
«NO SABBATH IN 50 YEARS.”
New York Minister Makes Sen=-
sational Statements,
In discussing ‘‘Ameyica’s Religious
iCrisis.” Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer,
pastor of the Madison Avenue Baptist
}church, New York, 3aid:
; “Religions. especially evangelical
; religion, is to day of very low validity.
The attendance at church service is
shamefully small. We are attacked
by seculan writers. They tell us that
the ministry is deteriorating, that the
churches have lost their influence to
the schools, and that education alone
can encompass all the activities of
life. They say that the churches
spend more for the superfluities of life
than for the gospel, and point with
scorn at the ice cream suppers and
‘other cheapening methods of obtaining
‘money to support the gospel. They
condemn us for sending missionaries
abroad when our people are spiritually
starving at home. But however true
‘these accusations may be in part, they
are oyerdrawn. They must be taken
with an allowance. Yet a thoughtful
man will not ignore them. He must
admit that there is a crisis in Ameri
can religious life.
‘“ Ag has been said, we live for mon
ey by day and pleasure by night. I
have no fear in saying that at the
present rate at which we are living in
50 years we will have no Sabbath.”
WONT PAY FOR CONVICTS.
Dougherty and Laurens Counties
in a Squabble.
Tt is possible that the counties of
Laurens and Dougherty will have a
lawsuit over a disabled and decrepit
convict.
Some time since the county ¢c mmis
sioners of Laurens agreed to take from
Dougherty county ten able-bodied con
viets. The convicts were examined
by the county physician of Dougherty
county and were pronounced able bod
ied and sound. In a day or two after
reaching :there one of the convicts
gave evidence of decrepitude and has
gsince been in the county hospital.
The commissioners reiused to pay for
the services of this convict, and so in
formed the authorities of Dougherty
county. The officials of Dougherty
county were very much incensed at the
action of the commissioners of Laurens
and ordered all of the convicts return
ed to Albany. Thisorder the commis
sioners refused to comply with., Thus
the issue is formed.
White Man Turned Yellow.
Great consternation was felt by the
friends of M. A. Hogarty of Lexington,
Ky., when they saw that he was turn
ing yellow. Hisskin slowly changed
color, also his eyes, and he suffered
terribly. His malady was Yellow
Jaundice. He was treated by the best
‘doetors, but without benefit. Then he
was advised to try Electric Bitters,
the wonderful stomach and liver reme
ldy, and he writes: ‘‘After taking two
bottles I was wholly cured.” A trial
proves its matchless merit, for all
stomach, liver and kidney troubles.
ch.ly 50c. Sold by the Dawson Drug
Vol. 18--No. 28.
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A STRANGE SCENE 1§
. ENACTED AT ALTAR.
MAN SUED BY A JILTED GIRL AS HE
WEDS HIS BRIDE.
As Preacher Was Pronouncing the
Words Which Made Them Man
and Wife a Breach of Prom
ise Suit Was Served. .
- Franklin Mareellus Olds and Miss
Agnes Aprile stood in front of a flower
‘decked altar vnder a bower of palms
in New York. As Rev. Charles Hall
was pronouncing the words to join
them in wedlock he asked :
“Does any man know cause why
these two should not be united ¥
“I do!"” shouted a young man ip the
crowd,
Every one turned to look at the un
welcome guest, who walked forward
until he reached the bridegroom’s side
and said in a clear tone:
“This man was engaged to another
young lady and he has failed to keep
his promise to marry her. She is now
suing him.”
Mr. Olds’ face flushed erimson,while
Miss Aprile lookel astounded and
seemed ready to collapse.
The intruder was a lawyer’s clerk
sent to serve a summons in a suit for
$50,000 damages for breach of promise
brought by Miss Olga Landsdorff.
While Mr. Olds glanced over the
summons the clerk left the building.
The mirister remained silent until Mr.
Olds stuffed the paper into his pocket,
and in a low tone told him that he
could preoceed, as there was no valid
objection.
Dr. Hall continued the ceremony to
the end.
Mr. Olds; who is about 50 years old,
is a Newark lawyer and is reputed to
be wealthy. He is retired from active
practice. The plaintiff, who claims to
be the .neice of Baron de Neuville,
claims to have heen engaged to Olds,
and that the match was broken off
without warning while she was in Eu
rope with her aunt.
BIG VICTORY FOR TRUSTS.
Anti-Trust Laws of Georgia and
Other States Knocked Out.
The United Statessupreme court has °
decided the Illinois anti-trust statute
to be unconstitutional because of the
provision of the law exempting agri
cultural products and live stock from
the operations of the law.
The decision of the court in effect
declares unconstitutional the anti
trust laws of Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Mon
tana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wis
consin. In each of these states there
is an exemption in fayor of live stock
and agricultural vroducts in the hands
of the raiser or prodvcer, or of labor
organizations. Usder the rulings of
the coury an anti-trost law, to be con
stitutional, must apply indiseriminate
ly vo all eombinations, with no exemp
tions or exceptions whatever. s