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THE DAWSON NEWS.
gy E. L. RAINEY.
any Interesting Matters Considered. A Water and Light
Commission Proposed. Petitions on Bond Election Not
Considered. Heater Question Still Unsettled.
The regular meeting of the city
quncil Tuesday night wasa lengthy
o it being after 11 o’clock when
solons laid aside weighty prob
s and sought their cpuches.
1t was, tOO, @ harmonious meet
o the <chool house heater even
fioo to disturb their serenity.
'l}‘;..q.x this matter came up Attor
evs Wilkinson and Marlin, repre
nting the Atlanta Furnace Co.,
po installed the system and re
ntly began suit against the city
| ;1.1):11:111«~- of $474 they claim is
qe them, informed the council that
ev would withdraw all proposi
m;.s that had heretofore been made.
Jderman Baldwin then made a
otion that tbe city tender the $364, l
¢ amount the building committee
laims is due, 1O the company with
] costs to date. This motion was
yried, and the furnace com
oy has accepted the amount
ndered.
Mayor Mercer personally paid
¢ attorney fees in order to get the
1S ,M‘H‘n-t].
Bridge Bids Were Rejected.
Alderman Hill reported bids for
ilding o bridge across the créek
the southwestern section of the
ty, on the Graves road, but as all
e bids were based on different
lans they were rejected, and thei
uilding committee was instructed |
secure plans and specifications
» a suitable bridge and ask for
ids on the same. |
Water and Light Commission.
Alderman Dean offered a resolu
on proposing to amend the city
arter and provide for the crea
on of a water and light commis
on. whose duties it would be to
ke charce of the waterworks and
ectrical systems. [t is proposed
at the commission shall be com
sed of the mayor and three busi
ss men of Dawson who shall have
en residents of the city for not
ss than two years. They shall
ve entirve control of these depart
ents of the city government, ahd
me the employes and fix
eir salaries. For their services
is proposed to pay the chairman
the committee $2OO and the other
omembers %130 each per annum.
e resolution was referred to the
ht committee of council in con
ction with City Attorney Ed
rds, and a report will be made on
it the next meeting of the coun
'he light committee reported that
'y had investigated the recent
i'tf'r.i-‘lu\\ n at the light plant, and
(1t was due to carelessness and
":12“‘"1"‘. No action was taken
the report.
Made Short Shift of Petitions. |
W 0 petitions were read bearing
the bond election that has been
iered for April 11th, one asking
t the election be deferred and
other endorsing the action of
”' in calling it. The body
"'i]”"" reading of the petitions
stence, and when this was con
fed they were quietly put aside
B t comment.
W motion the clerk was ordered
Üblish a notice to the effect that
mell agrees, in the event the
Wl resalts in favor of the issu
f o o ds, that only $25,000 of
PO W e sold.
v 'or Moving Old Court House.
' £ moving the old court
> W 0 the site recently bought on
Street for the negro school,
‘ moving the dwelling
i the datter lot, were read and
F The bid of Mr. F. A.
or M) was accepted.
[ ‘ant on the treasury for
Mas ordered drawn in favor of
“Ev_" rounty upon delivery to the
i to the lot on the north
‘Ler of the jail yard that was
- burchased fora guard house
g ilding committee was
| 7¢o 10 get plans for the
and obtain bids for
- “ouneil adjourned to meet
“"‘_"‘: 20th inst. for the pur
© Wying a street sprinkler.
THE CRY OF LARGE ACREAGE
IS WEAPON OF COTTON BEARS,
SAYS PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
Urges Upon the Farmers of Georgia
the Importance of Reduced Acre
age and Diversification of Crops.
President M. L. Johnson, of the
Georgia division of the Southern
Cotton Association, has issued a note
of warning upon the threshold of the
new cotton crop to the planters and
growers who have their own interests,
as well as those of their state, at
heart. President Johnson says:
‘‘Let me warn the cotton planters of
Georgia and the south that the ery of
large acreage is the weapon with which
the cotton bears are to-day seeking to
hammer down the price of the remain
der of this season’s crop. The bears
and the mills are playing this card
for all it is worth, but we can, if we
will, force the price to 15 cents by re
fusing to supply them. But we can
not accomplish this if we continue to
supply the mills with cotton from day
to day. If this be doue put the blame
where it belongs, upon those who sell,
and not on the Southern Cotton Asso
tion.
Let me again impress upon the far
mers of Georgia the importance of di
versification. Sit down right now and
figure out what corn and hay and meat
you will need for the next year and go
to work in earnest to raise them. You
will find it the best investment you
have ever made. Plant in hay and
other crops every acre that will not
raise at least one-half bale of cotton,
for in cotton, you know, it will not
pay you.
“*Let me warn you against increas
ing your acreage on the idea that
somebody else is going to reduce. The
future depends upon you and your in
dividual efforts. Any other policy will
mean, perhaps, a 12,000,6J0 bale crop
and 6 conts a pound with which to pay
for $2OO and $3OO mules. The blame
will rest upon you. I wish to issue
this note of warning to every Georgian
and to appeal to him for his own
good, the good of his family and the
fireside, for good prices and success
depend upon the individual action of
each grower. Thus only can we solve
the problem. The association will do
its part: will you do yours?’’
NO CANAL WORK.
Battalion of Men Drawing Enormous
Salaries Are Not in Panama,
Congress is thinking of making a
new set of canal laws. The public is
in a bad humor about the canal. The
years are sliding by and the mopey
is flowing out and nothing is being
done.
A battalion of men at enormous sal
aries are in the Unitzd States and not
in Panama. Man are paid $lO,OOO a
year who know noth.ng of canals. The
actual management of the canal work
is from Washinglon.
THE TWO PETITIONS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL
One Asked That Bond Election Be Deferred and Economy Prac
ticed; the Other That the Election Be Held as Was Ordered.
The two petitions bearing on the election for sever bonds that were
presented to the city council at the meeting of that body Tuesday night
are nrinted below. The petitions excited much interest and comment.
The one asking that the election
be deferred is signed by 158 cit
izens and business men of Dawson,
and is as follows: :
“mo the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of Dawson.—Gentlemen: We,
citizens and tax-payers of Dawson,
respectfully petition your body to be
conservative in expenditures. We
have no guarantee that our resources
for gathering taxes will continue as
they have heretofore been. The life
of the dispensary is uncertain, and
should this source of revenue be cut
of our advalorem taxes will be a
heavy burden. Let us not issue more
bonds until the contract with the city
for waterworks shall have been com
pleted, we Know the extent of the out
lay it will require, and we are able to
take a complete inventory of assets
and see just where we stand. As
good, safe business men let us com
plete what we have under way and
then recapitulate, when we can better
deiermine what more we can under
take. We would all like to have sew
erage, but we would like to know that
we are able to bear the increased
‘burden before it is thrust upon us.
DAWSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1906.
NO EVIL ODOR TAGS AFTER HER
Baroness Drives a Perfamed Automo
bile About Washington.
Baroness Hengellmuller, wife of the
ambassador from Austria-Hungary,
has created something of a sensation
among local automobilists in Wash
ington by running a heavy touring
car which leaves behind it a delightful
odor suggesting burning incense,
which completely dispels the obnox
ious smell of gasoline.
The baroness is the undisputed so
cial leader in the diplomatic set in
addition to being an enthusiastic and
skillful motorist. She is acknowledged
to be one of the best dressed women at
the national capital, and she is clever
in the introduction of new fads which
the smart set are ever ready to
emulate.
For the present she has declined to
impart the secret of perfuming her au
tomobile. As she drives her machine
rapidlv through the streets and over
the beautiful roadways which sur
round the city there is neither an
evil odor nor smoke in her wake. She
enjoys the exclusiveness of her new
fad and smilingly says that by and by
the process by which she accomplishes
this delightful innovation will become
popular throughout the automobile
world.
WAS DRUNK AT AGE OF 108.
Barney Hughes of Washington Found
Guilty of Habitual Drunkenness.
A jury in Justice Barnard’s court,
in Washington, has found Barney
Hughes guilty, as charged, with ha
bitual drunkenness.
““I will be 108 years old on the 16th
of March,’”’ said Hughes to the court
when the charge against him was read
reciting that he was habitually under
the influence of liquor and that he was
unable properly to manage his prop
erty. ’
He denied that he had touched 1
drop of liquor for the last seven years,
although the records of several chari
table institutions were introduced to
{show he had recently been admitted
to these institutions several times
to recover rom the effects of strong
drink. This testimony was re-enfor.2d
by a statoment of a policeman, who
said he knew Hoeghes well, and who
remarked: ‘‘This is the first time I
ever saw him sober.”’
PERFUME 3,000 YEARS OLD.
Made in Egypt Before Birth of Christ
and Buried With a Princess.
The curator of the museum uacork
ed an ancient alabaster case.
““Smell this,’’ he said. j
I The odor was delicious. From the
| vase emanaizd an odor swcetor than
‘ violets, roses or lillies of the valley.
( ““You are now smelling,”’ said the
curator, ‘‘an Egptian perfume 3,000
vears old. This perfume was made in
Egy pt before Christ’s birth, and it
was buvied with an Egyvptian princess
—there she is over there.
“‘How well it must have been made
to keep strong and sweet for thirty
centuries. It is only rarely that we
find perfumes in mummy cases, but
‘when we do they arc alwavs delicate
and pure.
' “*Marvelous perfumers the Egyp
!ti:ms must have been! Beat us all
| hollow.”’
| i T
i An editor named Hajek in lowa was
| horsewhipped by a woman named Sle
i jek. Strange she didn’tuse a bootjek.
We have a beautiful and well equipped
city hall, and one suited to all
emergenciés; then it seems a needless
expense to buy another lot and build
another hall. Our mnegro school is
well located as it stands, and we can
not fee! that it would be either wise or
prudent to incur the expense of a lot
less suitable. We wouid close our
petition by begging you to defer these
things for the present, and give Daw
son an economical administration.’’
The one endorsing the action of
the council and declaring strongly
for bonds contained 98 signatures of
citizens and business men and is as
follows: \
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of Dawson—Gentlemen: Be
lieving as condltipns now existin ref
erence to sanitation in the city of
Dawson, and for the benefit of the
health and the mat2rial promotion of
the city’s progress, we, the undersign
ed citizens of Dawson, most heartily
endorse the action taken by your
body at a meeting calling an el-ction
for the purpose of issving bonds
to install a system of sewerage in
this city, and that you should have the
earnest co-operatioon of all citizens
looking forward to the upbuilding and
‘material growth of Dawson.
J. M. Bgry, President. ' L. C. Hovy, Sec. and Treas.
T. E. Gurr, Vice-Pres. D. C. Pickerr, Gen. M'g’r.
| - S. A. Loviess, Superintendent of Agencies.
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They know that the plan of assessment is based upon the latest and best
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offered by any company. '
Evefy man wants to leave provision for his family in the event of his
death, but he is tired of buying insurance at two or three times its actual
value.
THE SOUTHERN LIFE was organized upon the urgent de
mand of the times, and in order to meet the wants of the people.
That it is doing this is fully attested by its showing to date. The
people recognize and appreciate a good thing and they push it along.
The Southern Life has rapidly become by far the most important
factor in local insurance matters, and it is only a question of time when
the entire State will feel the effect of its influence.
Do you wish to consider the most practicable, the cheapest and at the
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DAWSON, : GEORGIA.
VOL. 24---NO. 25.
