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OF SUVWWVIER WASH GOODS |
AT DAVIS . DAVIDSON COMPANY’S.
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2ist, we are going to offer our entire stock of Wash Goods, Summer Silks ..
dies’, Misses” and children’s Slippers, and every article of Summer Merchandise at greatly reduced prices. We mean to close out
our summer goods. It is our purpose not to carryover a dollar’s worth of these goods, consequently the prices we are making
will appeal to your good judgment more than anything we could say. Below we quote you prices on a few of the many Cr()c,;i
things we have to offer you in this sale: |
Fifteen pieces beautiful Cotton Voiles
Colors: black, blue, brown, tan and gray,
former price 10 to 35 cents, reduced to
5 to 20 cents.
10 pieces beautiful new Velvet Spot Voiles
colorings blue, brown, champagne, cream
and white. These are extreme values.
Former price 35 cents; to go in this sale
20 cents.
35 pieces of Beautifully Flowered Dimities
in-all the colors; were 15¢, price this sale
10 cents.
Remember This Sale Begins Wednesday, June 2list,
And continues until July Ist. This is a Spot Cash Sale. No goods charged at these prices. |
YOUR TRIENDS,
Davis-Davidson Company. Dawson, Ga.
STILL DICKERING, BUT NOTHING DOING
That Is the Status of the Waterworks Matter. Dif
ference of Opinion Among the People as to What
Should Be Done. Committee Give Their Views.
§¥l here have been no new develcpments
in the negotiations between the city
council and the waterworks company
since the former voted down the lat
ter’s proposition to sell its plant and
settle all claims for $38,500. There
has heen some further correspondence
in regard to the matter, but nothing
bas as yet come from it, and there ap
pears to be much doubt about a settle
went being reached.
The ecouneil, as well as the people,
are dividel in their views as to
what should be done. Some favor a
settlement at $35,000, while others fa
yor the city putting in a new system of
its own unless the present plant can
be bought at a much lower figure than
any yet proposed.
Aldermen Baldwin and Dean and
City Attorney Edwards, the commit
tee appointed by Mayor Mercer to
confer with representatives of the
waterworks company in an effort to
reach a settlement, have given THE
NEWS the following interview show
ing the conclusions they reached and
the reasons therefor:
What the Committee Says.
‘‘We feel that thus far no mistake
To be sure, you are growing
old. But why let everybody
see it, in your gray hair?
Keep your hair dark and rich
and postpone age. If you will
Hair Vig
only use Avyer’s Hair Vigor,
your gray hair will soon have
all the deep, rich color of
youth. Sold for 60 years.
“1 am now over 60 years old, and T have
a thick, glossy head of long hair which is a
wonder to every one who sees it. And nota
gray bair in it, all due to Ayer's Hair Vigor.” i
MRgs. H. R. Bun Tis, Becida, Minn. .
il‘.(»oia bottle, J.C Avn;tflm)_,
I druggists. owell, ass.
ruggists for ] i 88
White Hair
has been made, and that we have now
Lin easy reach what would be a fortu
| nate ending of a long drawn out fight.
| After spending an almost entire day
'iwith the waterworks representatives,
' during which time the whole situation,
iboth from the city’s standpoint and
that of the company, was gone into at
| leng.h, every possible argument being
‘ brought to bear which could Dbe
lthougm of by either side to lead to a
satisfactory settlement, we arrived at
the conclusion thatnot only is it high
ly important to have an end of sus
pense, a termination of annoying and
expensive litigation, but that the need
for the end is so urgent that some
compromise should be effected.
1t is familiar history that the wa
terworks litigation has for almost a
dozen years ‘hung like a millstone
about the neck’ of the municipality,
hindering almost every thought of
| progress in other directions. This
situation should cease. An end can
now be had without material hurt to
the town, and at much less cost than
|ever again if the present effort 1o end
{it is thwarted. The present svstem is
| defective. No one denies that. This
| committee has so contended for years.
l\’Ve are of the same opinion_still, but
it could be worse. It can be greatly
|improved by bringing together the
{ ‘dead ends’ and by laying cross sec
itions, and by parallel lines if need be.
Such measures, together with an zn'-l
tesian water supply, which the council
has already taken steps 1o provide,
will, we are quite sure, render the
' system fully adequate for all purposes.
This will be far less expensive to the
city than to discard the old and put in
a new system, even should the water
company make no effort 1o interfere
‘with such a step. We are, however,
perfectly sure that interference would
be prompt, and are apprehensive that
it might be effective, and that the town
would in that event embark on anoth
er leagthy ?d costly litigatiom, de
pending in the meanwhile on no water
at all for fire purposes except the cis
tern supply, or on a system which
would be in no way improved, but
would be growing constantly less effi
cient by reason of the fact that its
owners would not go to material vx-l
pense for betterments until the courts
had ended the appeal.
“In our conference with the water
works representatives we first asked
' them for a proposition for settlement.
They offered an itemized statement of
' what they own in the town and placed
‘on these items the value which they'
say their engineer claims would be
;r_equu-ed to duplicate the same at thisl
time. The footing showed the amount
of $43,596.056 as their estimated cost of
the system with its attendant real es
‘tate and personal belongings if dupli
‘cated today. They then exhibited their
bills for rentals running from January l
1, 1895, to January 1, 1905, wgethe}‘
H Fifteen pieces of Fine Mohair Lustres
' beautiful line of colorings, former price
35 cents: our price for this sale
20 cents.
Ten pieces of Fine French Organdies
beautiful large flowers, former price 3b
to 50 cents, your choice this sale
25 cents.
Twelve Pieces of Beautiful Batistes
all shades. were 10 to 25 cents, to go in
this sale for
5 to 15 cents.
with interest on same, making the
amount of $27,934.55. It will be seen
that these two sums show a total of
$71,520.60. They then reduced the item
of total present cost of such works to
$28,900, and the items of rentals and
interest to $19,417.50, or a total of $48,-
317.50, as their first proposition for
settlement. From this they of course
admitted would be taken the amount
of court costs held against them by
the city, leaving a cash balance of
$45,000. We of course could not con
sider any proposition which did not
contemplate allowing also city taxes
and interest thereon for all of these
years. They finally agreed to this,
reducing their offer to $41,000. This
we refused. After varied discussion
and private consultation we felt that we
‘could not afford for reasons already
set out, together with others to follow,
to fail in a settlement of the matter:
hence, it was concluded to offer them
the sum of $35,000 and all claims to
date. They then proposed to meet us
Ihalf way in the difference between us;
that is, they agreed to settlefor $38,000
and $5OO for rental for the present six
months. We refused this, and took
the matter to the couneil, the action of
which is familiar to all, it having sim
ply refused to consider the $38,000
I proposition, and entered upon the 60
days’ truce for further consideration
of the question.
‘‘Now, as to further reasons for
our recommendations of settlement
for the amount named as our of
fer. There are many guestions in
volved in this matter, among which
the most potent pertain to the possible
future course of events should no set
tlement now be reached. Suppose the
Dawson Waterworks Company cannot
prevent by any process of law the city
going forward at once and construct-.
ing another system. By due investiga
tion of the subject almost every mem- ‘
ber of the council is convinced that
not less than $40,000 would be required
to construct the needed works, and
perhaps more will have been spent
when all necessary personal property,
Isuch as meters, meter boxes, valves,
valve boxes, guages and numerous
|other necessary Items have been paid
for. In the proposed settlement with
‘the water company all these things are
included with certain real estate, a
total amount of from $6,000 to $B,OOO
of their property. They are already
in place, performing service for nearly
200 patrons. Should the city install
another system every patron would be
expected to be filled with enough p -
triotism to sever his or her connection
with the foreign corporation and be-l
come a patron of the city’s works. It
can readily be seen that in doing this
each one would have to incur quite a
little expense which should be unnec
essary, and which, in the aggregate,
would in the matter of 200 consumers
amount to quite $2,000, if not more.
This can be saved to the patrons, and
we believe should be. Again, to pur
chase the present works would put the
city into an immediate source of reve
nue: there would not be months of de
lay before such a situation could ex
ist. As beforeintimated, however,it is
by no means a certainty that there is
any possibility of the city being able
to go forward with other works now
or until the end of the 20-yvear period.
The courts have not fully settled all
the questions at issue, and we are of
The Dawson News. Wednesday, June 21, 1905.
Ten Pieces of Rep Pique
white, and white and black striped, re
duced from 25 cents to :
15 cents.
Twenty Pieces of Figured Lawns
any color, former price 10 to 20 cents,
to go in this sale for
S to 10 cents.
All of Our Summer Shirt Waist Silks
that were formerly £l.OO per yard to go
in this sale at
75 cents.
INTERESTING EXERCISES WILL
MARK THE SESSION'S END.
There Are Twelve in the Graduating
Class. Mr. John Turner Will
Be Valedictorian.
The Dawson public schools will
close their doors for the session to
morrow.
The end of the term will be marked
by special exercises in the several
grades from eight to ten o’clock, and
lp:u'ents of the children and the public
generally are invited to be present.
The graduating exercises ,will oceur
in the auditorium at eight o’clock in
the evening, and the program for the
occasion will be one of the most in
teresting in the history of the school.
F In addition to the essays and
!speeches from members of the gradu
[ating class a delightful musical pro
gram will be rendered by pupils of
ers. W. A. Baldwin’s music class.
~ The gaduating class this year num
‘bers twelve. Mr. John Turner re
ceived the highest mark in schol
arship, and to him falls the honor
of being valedictorian. The diplomas
will be delivered by Superintendent
Hankins.
Those who will graduate are:
Misses Callie Christie, Alice Rob
erts, Helen Patterson, Birdell Nor
ton, Pearl Melton, Lessie Kendrick,
Pauline Lark, Messrs. John Turner,
J. W. Patterson, Count Gibson, Hen
ry Melton, Emmet Horsley. !
the opinion that Dawson will never
commit ‘a greater error nor a more
costly one than to fail in its present
opportunity of settlement of this. vexa
tious question.
‘*As to the question of the city’s lia
bility for rentals, we are fearful that
the rentals forthe four and a half
yvears preceding the injunction, to
gether with interest thereon, will have
to be paid should the matter get again
‘into the courgs. This will amount to
‘about $13,(50. To this must be
added the possibilities as to the
six and a half years during which the
injunction has existed—this time may
or may not have to be paid for: may
or may not have to be paid in full.
The courts would have to decide the
question, during which fight more
costs and more attorneys’ fees would
pile up. We are certainly morally
obligated to pay something for the
benefits derived. |
‘“As to the statement that we owe
nothing for rentals, especially since
the injunction, we are constrained to
fear that a fight in the courts would
not bring such result. We have to
admit that the town has had the bene
fit of reduced insurance, and no doubt
certain property has been protected
by the works during this time, and
these facts would have their weight in
a court of equity. It has bheen said
that we are being bluffed and are
throwing away the fruits of victory.
We contend that we are not only ad
voeating the part of wisdom in this
matter, but that in any settlement
which might be made approximating
the figures we name the city would be
paid handsomely for having made the
fight and for the years of waiting. For
instance, suppose this fight had never
been made, the amount of rentals and
interest thereon to July Ist. wouid be
about $29,000, which amount would be
out of the city’s treasury.
‘““What we advise and hope for is a
settlement, and that without material
delav. We believe these facts and
figures deserve careful consideration
by the voters and citizens of the town,
and earnestly hope that such consid
eration may result in a proper and
just settlement of the question to all
concerned.
‘“‘By way of a brief resume as to
our proposition: Werecommend $35,-
000 as a reasonably fair proposition.
Take from this amount about $B,OOO
worth of real estate and personal
property before referred to, which
‘would be included in this trade, but
‘which would have to be purchased ex
tra of any cost of a system construct
ed by the town:; take from it $13,000
rental and interest for the four and a
half years antedating the injunction,
and we have left but $14,000 as a cost
of the real waterworks as originally
constructed and referred to. But
there is still more to be taken from it,
as we see it. There are yet six years
during which the injunction has con-
tinued, and for which the compan_v!
claims rental and interest. It is said
the city could not avoid using the wa
| ter during this time. While it is true
'the officials opposed, was there a citi
i zen of the town who would have had
his home go up in smoke placidly
with water at hand with which it might
be saved? Then let’s moralize a
| little bit. Can the city, any more
than a eitizen, afford to use something
and derive benefit therefrom without
making due recompense? We say not.
We fear, as said before, that we do
owe something for these years. Sup
pose, then, in a court contest the city
‘were to succeed in showing that the
benefit derived in fire use during this
six years’ period was worth but one
half the former rental charge there
would still be left a debt on the city,
when 7 per cent interest is added, of
$7,260 more. Take this from the above
$14,000 and we have left but $6,740 to
be paid for the watezworks proper.
‘*Suppose, again, and such certain
ly is in the bounds of possibility, that“
the courts should say that full rental‘
must be paid for the six years. It
then becomes apparent that the price
we offer, considering what has beenl
received, is a reasonable one, and we
think. as before stated, that some
such price would not be unfair tc
either party.”’ |
Residence Changes Hands.
Mr. H. O. Thornton has 'sold his
residence on Fourth avenue to Mr. W.
A. Eubanks, who will soon occupy it.
The price paid for the property was
$3,000.
Has Stood the Test for 25 Years.
The old original Grove’s Tasteless
Chill Tonie. You know what you are
taking. It’s iron and quinine in a
tasteless form. Nocure no pay. 50c
Our Stock of White Lawns, Swisses,
Organdies, Wash Chiffons, Linens, etc.,
is full and complete, and the same pro
. portionate reduction applies to these
goods as those where prices are quoted.
Slippers
Prices on all Ladies’ and Misses’ Slip
pers are :
Reduced 25 cents to 50 cents per pair.
Men’s Clothing.
Special cut prices on all summer clothing.
If you need a thin coat or suit it will pay
you to see our line and get our prices be
fore buying. We will most assuredly
save you money.
FT. GAINES BOT FIRST GAME
’
l DAWSON DEFEATED MONDAY IN
I BRILLIANT BASEBALL CONTEST.
No Better Exhibition Ever Seen Here.
Two More Games to Be Pulled Off
With Results Doubtful.
In the cleverest baseball contest
leverwimessed in Dawson, Fort Gaines
met the Dawson aggregation on the
local diamond Monday afternoon and
scored a vietory by the marginof 3
to 1.
From first to last the game was
made up of clean, snappy, practically
errorless playing, wherein the two
batteries were apparently evenly
matched and did a major portion of the
work. 'The batteries were for Dawson
Drew and Stewart and for Fort Gaines
Hamilton and Leslie. Each pitcher
r_viplded seven hits.
| Dawson scored in the first inning
‘and Fort Gaines went to the bat with
out result until the seventh inning.
when, with everything pointing 1o i
victory for Dawson, Hancock rapped
out a good one to left which Ransome
attempted to field, and failing to do 50
lost the ball in the tall grass. Three
runs for Fort Gaines were the resull,
and Dawson came to the bat thrice
more without result. &
The game was umpired by W. A
Baldwin, whose impartial and excels
lent decisions met with entire approv
al. The crowd that turned out was OBt
of the largest ever known, and ¢l°
thusiasm was unbounded.
Much interest is centered in the W 0
remaining games of the contest 10 be
played this (Tuesday) and tomorro®
afternoons and Dawson will make @
hard effort to retrieve the loss of the
first game.
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~ Itching, blind, bleeding or protrud
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no matter of how long standing, In'
to 14 days. First application gives
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hasn’t it send 50c in stamps and it
will be forwarded postpaid by Pars
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’ SCOTT'S EMULSION won't make 2
' hump back straight, neither will it make
a short leg long, but it feeds soft bone
and heals diseased bone and is among
the few genuine means of recovery in
' rickets and bone consumption. ‘
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists,
409-415 Pearl Street, New York
l soc. and $1,00; all druggists. |
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