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SPECIAL JUNE- SALES AT LOWREY’S
I am anxious to close out Waistings, Lawns, Low
Cut Shoes, Slippers, etc., and for this purpose all these
rticles will be sold through the month of June at prices
that defy competition.
The stock is unusually attractive, and there are plen
ty of bargains.
JQ w. Fo LowreYQ
Dawson, Ga.
REMEMRBER: This Sale Will Begin Thursday, June I, and-Close Friday, June 30.
CITY AND WATERWORKS COM-|
PANY HOLD CONFERENCES.
Question Will Be Up Before Council
This Afternoon. Disagreement
on a Committee Report.
As the outcome of a conference be
tween representatives of the eity council
and the Dawson Waterworks Co. the
city has resumed use of the water sys
tem, and the protection thus afforded
in case of fire is once more assured. ‘
Mr. H. B. Hodge of Philadelphia,
secretary of the American Pipe .\l:mu-l
facturing Co., the purchasers of the
waterworks company’s bonds, and At- ‘
torneys Olin J. Wimberly and J. (:.1
Parks, representing the inwerest of the i
waterworks company and the bond
holders, took up the matter of a set
tlement KFriday morning and an
agreement was reached whereby,
pending negotiations for the pur
chase by the city of the waterworks
plant, the city will use the water of the
company for at least sixty days with
out prejudice to either party.
At a meeting of the council Mayor
Mercer appointed Aldermen Baldwin
and Dean and City Attorney kdwards
a committee to meet the representa
tives of the waterworks company in
conference with a view to arriving
at a settlement of back rentals due the
company and if possible agree upon a
sum for the purchase of the plant.
Several conferences were held between
the representatives of the two interests,
but no agreement was reached.
The News understands that the water
works people wanted 33,500 for their
plant and their claims against the
city, while the committee representing
the city were not willing to go over
$35.000. It was finally agreed that the
latter sum be reported to the council,
and another special meeting of that
body was called. Alderman Raines
offered a motion that $30,000 be paid
the company for all of its interests in
and agcainst the city, and Alderman
Baldwin offered a substitute that the
report of the committee ($35,000) be
adopted. Those voting for the substi
tute were Aldermen Baldwin, Dean
and Whitchard, and against it Alder
men Raines, Deubler and Jennings.
Mayor Mercer broke the tie by voting
-against adopting the scommittee’s re
port, and it was therefore lost. Alder
man Deubler then made a motion,
which was carried, to postpone further
action upon the whole question until
the regular meeting of the council
Tuesday afternoon. At the time of
going to press the council is in ses
sion, and it is not improbable that
pefore adjournment an agreement will
be reached whereby the whole water
works question, so far as the ¢ity and
the proprietors of the present system
are concerned, will be settled.
No Gloss Carriag Paint Made.
will wear as long as Devoe’s. No
others are as heavy bodied, because
Devoe’s weigh 3 to 8 ounces more to
the pint. Sold by Bell Bros.
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SANB Do 2t i s O D SAPIP Y RO R
Why is it that Aver’s Hair
Vigor does so many remark
able things? Because it is a
hair food. It feeds the hair,
puts new life into it. The hair
Hair Vig
cannot keep from growing.
And gradually all the dark,
rich color of early life comes
back to gray hair.
“When I first used Ayer’'s Hair Vigor my
hair was about all gray. But now it is & nice
rich black, and as thick as I could wish.”
z‘:xa. SusSAN KLOPFENSTIEN, Tuscumbia,
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SARDIS SCHOOIL CLOSES. i
Pleasant Day Ends Successful Session
Under Mrs. W. H. Gurr.
Appropriate and interesting exer
cises marked the close of the Sardis
school, five miles north of Dawson, on
Wednesday. Besides the patrons of
the school many Dawson and Par
rott citizens were present. A bounti
ful basket dinner was served at the
conclusion of the morning program.
The Sardis school is one of the lead
ing institutions of the county, and has
been fortunate in having as its prinei
pal Mrs. W. H. Gurr. Under her ef
ficient iuanagement it has grown and
prospered.
OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS.
il’ruminvnt Citizen of Parrott Taken
| to Atlanta for That Purpose.
. Mr. James Whaley, a well-known
'nnd prominent citizen of Parrott, left
Saturday for Atlanta. where he went
i tohave an operation performed for ap
pendicitis at St. Joseph’s Infirmary.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Whaley
and Dr. J. T. Arnold, his family phy
| sician.
| No news has been received in Daw
i son from Mr. Whaley since he reached
Atlanta. His many friends sincerely
‘hope that he will pass safely through
the ordeal and have a speedy re
! covery.
COTTON TOOK A DROP.
Government Report Caused the Staple
to take a Downward Turn.
The government’s first monthly cot
ton report was issued Thursday, and
under its influence the price of the sta
ple, which had reached 8} cents in
Dawson. took a drop down.
According to the report the cotton
percentage of acreage for the entire
belt shows a decrease of 11.4. The
average condition is 77.2.
Returns to the department of agri
culture show the total area planted in
¢otton in the United States up to May
95 to be about 18.120.000 acres, a de
crease of about 3.610,000 acres from
the total acreage planted last year.
Cotton was quoted at 8 cents in the
local market yvesterday.
Huge Task.
It was a huge task to undertake the
cure of such a bad case of kidney dis
ease as that of C. F. Collier of Cher
okee, la., but Electric Bitters did it.
He writes: ‘‘My kidneys were so far
gone 1 could not sit on a chair with
out a cushion, and suffered from
dreadful backache, headache and de
pression. In Electric Bitters, how
ever, I found a cure, and by them was
restored to perfect health. I recom
mend this great tonic medicine to all
with weak kidneys, liver or stomach.”’
Guaranteed by Dawson Drug Co.:
price 50¢.
I Family Moves to Macon.
i Mr.J. E. Mathews, who has been the
efticient superintendent of the Southern
Cotton Oil Company’s plant in Daw
son for the past two years, has re
im()ved with his family from this eity
|to Macon. During their residence in
Dawson they mage many friends who
Iregret very much to see them leave.
| Many good wishes follow them to
theiz new home.
! Honors for Miss Pace.
’ Miss Vesta Pace, who returned to
her home in Dawson a few days ago
‘after graduation at Wesleyan, was
the winner of the medal for excellence
in drawing. This honor was contest
ed for by many, and its award to Miss
Pace testifies to her signal ability in
this direction. Her many friends con
gratulate her on her achievement.
A Bad Scare.
Some day you will get a bad scare, |
when you feel a pain in your bowels,
and fear appendicitis. Safety lies in
Dr. King’s New Life Pills, a sure
cure for all bowel and stomach dis
eases, such as headache, biliousness,
costiveness, etc. Guaranteed at Daw
son Drug Co’s. drug store; only 25¢.
Try them.
State Warden Visited Camp.
Hon. Jake Moore, state warden, has
just inspected the Terrell county con
victs and looked into matters con
nected with their work and care. He
stated that their condition appeared
excellent, and that no criticism could
be offered by him,
To Cure a Cold in One Day
take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails tocure. E. W. Grove's sig
nature on each box.
The Dawson News. Wednesday, June 7, 1905.
Mr. Melton Thanks Those Citizens
Who Have Have Assisted Him
in Saving His Crop. '
I cannot express my sincere ap
preciation of the great kindness
of those who sent mules, plows aud
hands Monday and Tuesday to
assist me in cleaning the grass out
of my farm. R. L. MELTON.
The foregoing card of thanks from
Mr. Melton was written in apprecia
tion of help which about twenty citi
zens of the town and county gave him
by sending each a plow and hand to
join in the erusade against the grass,
which had literally taken his farm
three miles from Dawson. With this
additional force the cotton was almost
¢leaned in two days.
On account of continued sickness
among his farm hands, and inability
to secure others on account of the
searcity of laborers, Mr. Melton’s
crop was in an extremely bad condi
| tion, and much of it would in all
probability have had to be turned out
}had it not been for the generous as
sistance of friends and neighbors.
WILL LEAVE BRONWOOD.
Professor Huffaker Will Not Accept
Re-election.
Professor R. B. Huffaker. who has
been principal of the Bronwood High
School the past three years and made
that institution one of the best to be
found in any of the small towns of the
state, declined re-election by the board
and will seek a broader field. He has
already had the offer of splendid po
sitions, but has not yet decided which
one he will accept.
Professor Huffaker is one of the
most progressive and successful teach
ers in the state, and the community
that secures him will have cause for
congratulaton.
BRONWOOD BRIEFKS.
Occurrences of lhé Week in and
Around That Community.
We are glad to welcome Mr. R B
Weaver to our city. He has bought
the local telephone exchange, and we
wish for him much success.
Mr. Will English was in our little
city last week. Come again, Billie;
we are always glad to see you.
The young people of Bronwood pie
nicked at Oliver’s mill Friday, and all
report a good time.
Messrs. J. J. Hill and W. G. Aven
attended the district conference at
Leslie last week.
Won’'t some one bring in some
chickens that are ripe? We are chick
en hungry.
Mrs. W. G. Aven spent last week in
Americus visiting her son, Mr. W. G.
Aven, Jr. 5
Mr. Frank Bussey of Cuthbert was
up to see his cousin, Robt. i“llerbee,
Sunday.
Mr. R. M. Andrews will put up a
ginnery at Pleasant Hill in the near
future.
Mr. J. H. Ellerbee made a trip to
Florida last week.
If you want a good horse see W. £
Aven. |
~ Mrs. Thornton Returns to Dawson.
The many friends of Mrs. W. Otis
Thornton will be glad to know that
she has returned to Dawson, and
assumed charge of the local office of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. Mr. B. F. Sauls, the former
operator, has severed his connection
with this company, and has accepted a
position as a travelling salesman.
Dawson Downed by Shellman.
Shellman landed a victory from the
Dawson baseball team Monday after
by a score of 13 to 8. Several Da.w-‘
sonians went down to view the con
test and cheer the team on to a victory
that failed to take place.
A Dawson Woman Asks
‘have you a floor paint that will last
two weeks 27’ Yes, we have Devoe’s:
it has a beautiful gloss, and will wear
two years ify properly applied. For
sale by Bell Bros.
Cotton Seed Meal.
For a limited time we offer cotton
seed meal at $l.OO per hundred
pounds. Terms cash.
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PREDICTS A REDUCED YIELD.
Commissioner of Agriculture Stevens Gives
Figures Which Point That Way.
Commissioner O. B. Stevens, of the
department of agriculture, predicts a
big slump in the yield of cotton in
Georgia as compared with last year,
which he attributes quite as much to
providential causes as 10 the reduc
tion in the acreage. According to
Mr. Stevens’ view the extremely
rainy weather, which has produced
an abundance of grass, and the pres
ent scarcity of farm labor are going
to have much if not more to do with
‘cutting down the yield than the reduc
tion which has been made in the acre
age in Georgia, which, according to
reports made to the department by its
numerous correspondents, amounts to
about 13 per cent as compared with
that of last year. Mr. Stevens be
’ lieves that if the unfavorable weather
Icontinues, with the scareity of labor,
Georgia will make oniy about a mil
lion-bale crop, or 1,500,000 bales, un
der the most favorable circumstances,
'as against 1,900,000 bales last year.
AMERICUS SETS GOOD EXAMPLE.
Council Prohibits Bicycles on Sidewalks
and Bull Dogs from Running at Large.
From the Americus Times- Recorder.
Nothing but praise was heard yes
terday for the eity council in having
regulated bicycles to the roadway and
bull dogs to the back yards. Hereto
fore the bike and the bull pup have
held high carniyal in Americus, bi
cyelists riding down citizens on the
sidewalks while the bull pup struck
terror to the juvenile heart. Bike
riders, especially the negro store por
ter variety, have long been a nusiance
and the wonder is that more of them
here have not been killed outright by
outraged and runover citizens. In the
future bicyeles will not be allowed on
sidewalks even in the suburbs, and
any yiolation of the law reported to
the police will have prompt attention.
Heretofore muzzled bull dogs have run
at large, but the danger of this has
been recognized and any such straying
cur will be a shining mark for the
dog catcher.
ESCAPED FROM THE ASYLUM,
Prominent Albany Man, Who Was an In
| mate, Saw Things in the Institution.
| From the Atlanta Jourpal.
. J. G. Hilsman, 30 years old, who
claims to be from Albany, where he
says he was employed in the First
National bank, was arrested by the
‘police Saturday at the Kimball house
‘and held at police headgquarters pend
ing instructions from his family and
from the insane asylum at Milledge
ville, from which place he escaped on
May 18.
Hilsman says that his uncle, Dr. P.
L. Hilsman of Albany, had him sent to
the asylum to take treatment three or
four months ago. He tired of the con
finement there, however, and as he
was in the convalescent ward and al
lowed the freedom of the grounds he
quietly ‘‘lit a rag.”” He made his way
to the train two miles away and came
on to Atlanta. He went to the Kim
ball House, where he was arrested.
Hilsman says that the fare at the
asylum is bad, and the rats and
roaches he saw there, he declares, are
a foot long. Hilsman says that he
was sent to the place for aleoholic
treatment.
’THE TIPPLING HABIT IS GROWING.
. The tippling habit is growing among
‘the American people, according to fig
ures of the bureau of statistics. The
nation’s drink bill has increased dur
ing the last year so that each of the
81,752,000 inhabitants is spending on
an average of $18.32 annually for
stimulants, or $91.65 for each family
of five persons, which is an equivalent
of one glass of beer a day for every
one of the population. The use of
whiskey increased from 1.01 gallons
for each personin 1896 to 1.48 gallons
in 1904, and the consumption of wine
in the same period shows a gain of
100 per cent.
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In sympathy with this movement, I shall redyce
the prices of all other goods for that month.
If you appreciate the worth of money call while
this sale lasts.
It is a big sale, and you cannot afford to maiss it.
Yours in earnest, ,
J. W. F. Lowrey,
Dawson, Ga..
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T!le Kind You Have Always Bought, and which Las been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
" and has been made under his per- |
M sonal supervision since its infaney.
2% *« Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and ¢ Just-as-good’’ are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experimente
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhceea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep..
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
cenuine CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
in Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CIW. : i -
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VARIETY WORKS CO.
MANUFACTURING MACHINISTS.
DAWSON, GEORGIA.
We solicit your patronage. Special attention to Mail Orders
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