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0068 SHEFFIELD LOST EYE
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UNEXPECTED MISFORTUNE BEFALLS
THE WELL-KNOWN JURIST.
suddenly Loses the Sight of His Left
optic Without Any Apparent Cause.
Has Temporarily Quit Work.
T'be friends of Judge Henry C. Shef
seld throughout the: entire state, and
especially those of the Pataula judicial (
eircuit OVEr which he has presided
4ith such eminent ability for eight
yeats will regret to know that he has
Jost the sight of his left eye.
The afiliction came upon him about
sen days 880 suddenly and without ap
parent cause, and in the absence of
4oy explanation of it has of course
cgused him and his friends more or less
uneasinees.
judge Sheffield is now in the middle
of his work holding the fall courts of
tpe circuity but on account of his
qrouble he did not hold Miller conrt
Jast week. After organizing the grand
jury be left that body in charge of So-
Jicitor Laing and went to Atlanta to
consult 8 gpecialist. Solicitor Laing,
after Judge Sheffield’s return from At
janta, visited him at his home in Ar
lington Saturday and found that his
condition was not such as reports in
sicated, and that probably nothing se
rious will resuit.
Randolph court was to have been
held this week, but owing to inability
0 get a judge to preside for him
judge Sheffield passed an order
adjourning the court until the sec
ond Monday in January. The next
and last court to be held is +in Terrell,
and it maybe that a judge ,cun be se
cured to preside here.
The people of Terre!ll county and of
the entire cirouit deeply sympatoise
with Judge Sheffield. They sincerely
hope that his affliction is not serious,
and that he will ouickly be restored to
his accustomed good health and bouy
ant spirits.
VETERANS MET SATURDAY.
Elected Delegates to State Reun
ion in Augusta. |
At a meeting of the Confederate vet
¢rans at the court house last Saturday
Commander of Camp Brantley, W. B.
Quailes, presided and J. A. Fulton act
ed as secratary. |
The attendance was small on account
ol Howe’s circus being in town. The
following were elected delegates Lo
the state reunion to be held in Augus
taon November IQ, 11 and 12: T. A.
McWVilliams, W. B. Oxlord, J. G.
Fitzpatrick, A. J. Lee, J. L. Parrots.
The following were appointed alter
nates: J. R. Jolly, Sr., G. E. Hiller,
S. W. Arnett, H. P. Hass, J. A, Cham
bless.
The delegates and all who des'~e (o
attend the reunion from here wili inke
the nine o’clock train Monday nigat,
November 9, and will arrive iu Augus
taat 7 a. m, or 1 p. m., as they desie,
the following day. The fae will be
once cent per mile for the round trip
plus 25 cents, making $4.71.
THE PROTRACTED MEETING.
Interesting and Profitable Ser
vices at Baptist Church.
The protracted meeting which was
begun at the Baptist church Sunday
already promises to do much good in
the community. The corngregations
are large, and growing interest is man
ifested at every service.
Rev. J. R. Jester arrived fcom Bain
bridge Monday,and is ably assisting
the pastor, Rev. J. M.Long. These
minisiers are preseniing vhe gospel
with zeal and force, and their earnest
efforts are already being felt.
Two services are held daily, at 10
o'clock in the morning and seven
in the evening, and everybody has a
cordial invitation to attend.
You Know What You Are Taking
When you take Grove’s Tasteless Caill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that
itis simply iron and quinine in a taste
less form, No cure, no pay. 50 cents.
A STRONG,
May drop dead at any mox
ment, A life insurance policy
will do much of his unfinished‘
work. Ts your family wholly
dependent upon your uncer
tain life? There is no company
issuing apolicy as safe and as
low in costas the :
MUTUAL LIFE OF GEORGIA.
Place your application on
file with the
Terrell County Division
JAS, L. SIBLEY, Div. Agt.
SYRUP BARRELS
afe scarce this year. Those who
buy in time will get them.
PETTY & HOLLINGSWORTH.
SIXTY DOLLARS WORTH OF CHEAP PISTOLS
That Represents the Sale of Weapons by One Dawson f’irm in a
Day’s Business. Pistol-Toting on the Increcase.
No.withstanding ths heavy sen
tences received in the city cou:t by
those convicted of cac.y'ag coacezled
weapoas, the punishment in many in
stances being a term in the chaingang
witkoat the privilege of paying a fine,
others guilty of this pe.nicious prac
tice do not seem to have profited io
any great extent by the warning set
before them.
Hurdly a day passes in Dawson, and
never a Saturday, that dealers do not
sell oae or more pis ols—in most in
stances to negroes. On a recent Sut
urday one firm sold $62.50 worth of re
yolvers to members of the colored pop
ulatioo alone. They were all of the
cheaper grade of weapons, but deadly
NEW CONTRACT LAW
A Labor Contract in Georgia
Cannot Now Be Violated
With Impunity. ;
This being the season when the
farmers are planning for the coming
year it might not be amiss to publish
for their benefit the new contract la.w}
which is intended to protect them
against trifling idlers who get advances
from them on promises Lo work and
then leave them in the lurch. The
law follows: |
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
geaneral assembly, and iis hereby eu
acted by the authorivy of tue same,
That from and after vhe passage of
this act if any person shall contract
with anotner to pe~iorm for him ser
vice of any kind with Intent to procure
mouey, or other thing of yalue there
by, and not to perform the service
contracted for, to tue loss and damage
of the hirer; or a‘ver having so cun
wracted shall procvre f.om the hirer
money, or other things of value, with
intent not to pe ‘form such service, L 0
vhe loss and damage of vhe hicer, he
shall *be deemed a commoa cheat and
swindler, aad upun convicuvion shail be
puaished as prescribed in section 1039
of the code.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
satisfactory proof of the coatract, vhe
procuring thereon of moaey or other
things of value, vhe failure to perform
the services contracted for without
good and sufficient cavs2, and loss or
damage to the hirer, or failure o re
tara the money so adyanced with in
terest thereon at the time said labor
was to b 2 performed, shalt be deemed
peesumptive evidence of the intent re
ferred to in the preceding section.
We have ordered a carload of syrup
barrels. See us before you buy.
T.OO. WHITCHARD & Co.
THEY COME AND 60.
Mr. H. H. Brown has returned to
his home in Tampa, Fla., after spend
ing several days in Dawson witu tue
family of his mother.
Col. R. C. McAllister and Judge W,
A. Scott, prominent citizens of Fort
Gaines, were in Dawson Mh.onday.
Hon. A. P. Passmore of Webster
county was in Dawson Monday looking
after business aairs.
Miss Fannie Stallings of Americus
1s visiting at the' home of Mr. E. G
Ansley.
Mr. John Speight of Xufaala was the
ouest of the family of Mr. J. T. Ragan
Sunday. .
Mr. C. G. Brown of Augusta is visit
ing relatives and friends in Dawson.
Anxious Moments,
Some of the most anxious hours of a
mother’s life are those when the little
ones of the nousehold have the croup.
There is no medicine s 0 effective in
this terrible malady as Foley’s Honey
and Tar. It is a household favorite
for throat and lung troubles, and as it
contains no opiates or other poisons 1t
can be safelv civen.
KENDRICKE'S DRUG STORE.
The Circus Saturday.
, Howe's circus exhibited twice in
Dawson Saiurday to big crowds. It
was a clean, up-to-date enlevtaioment,
and the performances gave universal
satiscaction. The acrobatic and eques
vrian as well as vthe aerial ucts wece all
of high class order, and were alone
worth the price of admission, o say
pothing of the many different special
ties that were introduced.
We Have Them.
The Tyson, Jones and Rock Hill
buggies. They are for sale. Come and
see them and you have bouzhta bueggy.
PERRY & ROBERTS.
§ (WAI LR S B,
W. A. Herrenof Finch, Ark., writes:
“] wish to report that Foley’s Kidne
Cure has cured a terrible case of ki&y
pey and bladder trouble that two doc
vors had given up.”
KENDRICK'S DRUG STORE.
nevertheless, and represented an add’
tion of a dozen or mrore to the army ot
pistol toters.
The p’stol-toting hab't seems to be a
growing evil,and the ¢’y is fu'l cf ne
groes every Saturday who wa'k the
st 'eevs with their handy weapoas.
Some of them have the pistol con
cealed 7a the pocket, nchers have it in
a satchel hanging fom the shoalder,
while others carry it avound in the
hand unbreeched.
The cba'ngang now holds a nrmber
of violato:s of the law agaiast carrying
concealed weapoas, aad this number
will be )i 'gely augnented unless
those guilty of tuis crime transfe.
their guns f"om the persoa to the
househoid she.",
WON'T LET THEM KNOW.
Committee Won’t Make Known
Dates of Investigation,
Senator S. R. Christie returned on
Thursday from Macon, where he went
to attend a meeving of the committee
appointed by the legislature to inves
tigate the various official departments
and all of the different institutions of
the state. In other words, the commit
tee will investigate the accounts of
everybody and eyerything connected
with the state government that re
ceives or spends moaney.
The commitiee, which is eomposed
of Representatives J. H. Hall of Bibb,
P. M. Multerin of Richmond andJ. E.
Haves of Macon and Senators S. R.
Christie, P, H. Comas and J. T. Duncan,
at the meeting in Macon empleyed C.
H. Camfield of Albany and W. G. Raoul
of Macon as expert accountants, and
decided to begin their work of investi
gation today. It was decidad also not
vo make known the dates on which the
affairs of the difernt depactments and
institutions will be investigated, and
the first that will be known of the com
ing of the committee will be when
these gentlemen walk in, hang up their
hats and go to work.
Senator Christie will leave next
Monday o begin his duties as a mem
ber of vhe committee.
For wedding and birthday
lgifts go to the Dawson Drug
Co.
SAW MILL BURNED. 1
Mr. J. D. Laing Loses His Plant
in Calhoun County. |
The saw mill of Mr. J. D. Laing,
which was located in Calhoun county,
was destroyed by fire early a few
nights ago.
Mr. Laing estimates his loss at $6OO,
and he had no insurance.
He has been forced to suspend oper
ations, but will soon be ready for bus
iness again.
Not a Sick Day Since,
“I was taken seyerely sick with kid
pey troubie. I tried all sorts of medl
- none of which relieved me. One
day I saw an ad. of your Electric Bit
ters and determined to try that. After
taking a few doses I felt relieved, and
soon thereafter was entirely cured and
have not seen a sick day since. Neigh
bors of mine have been cured of rheu
matism, neuraliga, liver and kidney
troubles and general debility.” This
is what B. F. Bass of Fremont, N. C.,
writes. Oaly 50c, at Dawson Drug Co’s.
Has Returned to Dawson.
Mr. W. H. Bishop, who some months
ago moved to Swainsboro, nas returned
to Dawson. The News is glad to wel
come Mr. Bishop and his family back
to their former home.
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An Ancient Foe
To health and happiness is Serofula—
as ugly as ever since time immemorial.
It causes bunches in the neck, dis
figures the skin, inflames the mucous
membrane, wastes the muscles, weak
ens the bones, reduces the power of
resistance to disease and the capacity
for recovery, and develops into con
sumption. %
«A bunch appeared on the left side of
my neck. It caused great pain, was lanced,
and became a running sore. I went into a
gencral decline, 1 was persuaded to try
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and when I had taken
gix bottles my neck was healed, and I have
never had any trouble of the kind since.”
Mges. K. T. SNYDER, Troy, Ohio. ;
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Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and Pills
will rid you of it, radically and per
manently, as they have rid thousands.
ICHILD FELL FROM TRAPEZE
Audience Was Horrified When Baby Per
former Missed the Bar and Fell With
| a Thud on the]Ground.
While hundreds watched his per-j
formance on the trapeze in the tdnt of
Howe's circus Satucday a little eight
year-old boy missed the bar which he
endeavored to swing himself to aad
went flying through the iutervening
space of about twenty feet to the
ground below.
The audience was intently watching
the gymnastics, marvelous for a child
of thit age, while the little actor
turned and swung and per’'ormed his
feats high above their heads when
suddenly it was seen as he swung far
out that he had miss=d the bai, und the
eager interest of huud.-eds was mo
mentarily turned into horror as they
realized that the child would fall to
the ground below.
1n a horrible iustant of uncertainty
the little fellow grasped at the bar,
tfien cluvching at the air weat down
rd Lo whal seemed a certaio death.
He struck the ground witn a sicken
ing thud, and lay where he had fallen
a helpless little heap of inanimate
flgsh.
One ol the attendants rushed hur
riedly Lo the prostrate form and, gath
ering it up, earried the little actor
from the tent,
When the audience learned that he
had not been killed or even seriouslv
hurt by the fall it breathed a sigh of
relief as it once again turned its atten
tion to the other performances.
The injured boy was able to perform
his stunts again at the nignt enter
tainment, aud, seemed in no way the
worse for his accident.
BUYS TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
Mr. W. W, Collier Purchases Com
pany’s Interest at Bainbridge.
Mr. W. W. Collier has bought of
the Georgia-Alabama Tel!ephone Co.,
which owus the systems at Dawson
and PBainbridge, Ga., and Union
Springs, Ala., the svstem at Bain
bridge, and the telephone business in
that town will be under his proprieto:-
ship in the future.
It is understood that Me. Collier is
no longer connected with the Georgia-
Alabama Telephone Co., having giv
en his interest in that company and
$2,800 for the system at Bainbridge.
A Home for Sale Cheap.
My home on Lee street is still for
sale. It is one of the nicest, up-to-date
homes in Dawson. FPlenty of out
buildings, including a three-room ser
vant house. All brand new and not a
nail needing. Price $3,500 cash, or on
easy terms at 8 per cent interest on de
ferred payments. Deeds perfect. Call
on or address myself or J. A, Horsley,
Dawson, Ga. . . G. XN PACE
Mrs. Jennings' Condition.
®he wanv ‘rlends of Mrs. R. W.
Jennings, whn has been dangerously
ill with pneumonia, will be pleased to
learoed that she was thought to be
somewhat better yesterday. The
News joins her many friends in the
hope that she will soon regain her
wonted bhealth,
The Best on Wheels.
We have just received a car load
each of the famous Birdsell and Flor
ence wagouns and are selling them as
cheap as a good wagon can be sold.
PERRY & ROBERTS.
Rich, sparkling American
cut glass at Dawson Drug
Co’s. .
To Cure a Cold in One Day :%oe.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabkess 2 7 | _50.5757
JEWELRY. ™%
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Watches, Lockets, Fobs,
Cuff Buttons, Scarf Pins, |
Dress Pins, Beauty Pins,
Brooches, Efc. ‘
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Diamond Rings and Brooches.
We have a beautifu line and cordially invite your inspection
when you wish something nice for ycurself or friend. Our
prices are‘right and our goods are all guaranteed to be the best.
DAWSON DRUG CO,,
Wholesale and Retail, Dawson, Ga.
Leave Calls for Dr. W. B. Cheatham.
| JUST RECEIvE .
A Car Load of Texas
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" Rust Proof Oats
And Car Load of Salt.
Groceries, Bran, Hay, Corn,
%2?1 :fl é:;x;gs{l gt feed stuff at the lowest prices.
BIG LOT 10ct GOODS
and Novelties Just Received.
You will be astonished at what you can gethere for 10 cents.
51 WILL BUY A SMALL WAGON LOAD.
AS TO FURNITURE.
We just have too much. Must se it at some price.
See our 3-piece all Oak
Suit for $l3.
iz:::;m-vve propose to se(l; ;;;u gngrl::lgpr: t\b,an anybody ever has im
Moffett ea];urniture Company
And Ten Cent Store.
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