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ALGUST 12, 1908.
}i,\ll.\'E.\'T SPEAKERS WILL AD
DRESS PDAWSON AUDIENCES.
pishop Candler, Dr. Dickey, DuPont
Guerry and Dr. Smith Among
Those Who Will Come.
Rev. O. B. Chester, the pastor, has
L nounced a programme of rare in
..rest for a chautauqua to be held
+ the Methodist church in Dawson,
eeinning on August 19th. and con-
Juding on August 30th.
geveral of the most eloquent
eakers and greatest educators of
i
qeorgia are. om the programme,
among them being Bishop W. A.
candler, Hon. DuPont Guerry, Rev.
nr. W. E. Dickey and others.
" The occasion will undoubtedly be
. literary feast, as well as being pro
tyctive of a moral and religious up
it for those who may attend. The
seople of Dawson and Terrell coun
v are to be congratulated on their
srospective privilege of enjoying
vithout charge the splendid pro
sramme that has been arranged.
pr. Rufus W. Smith, president of
raGrange Female College, will
sake the opening address on the
ovening of August 19th., his subject
neing ‘‘Christian Womanhood.” Dr.
gmith is a profound speaker, and at
the same time possesses an eloquence
and wit that he employes with power
syl effectiveness. The programme
in full for tais splendid occasion fol-
JOWS:
August 19th., 8 p. m.—Address,
nr. Rufus W. Smith, president La
granee Female College—‘‘Christian
vomanhood.”
August 20th., 8 p. m.—Address,
nr. J. W. Malone, president Andrew
remale College “Denominational
Schools.”
August 21st., 8 p. m.—Address,
Ilon. DuPont Guerry, president Wes
evan Female College—‘‘Relation of
‘ye Church School to Civic Right
‘(7,l;s}‘,l's.\.”
August 23rd., 11 a. m.—Sermon
py-Dr. J. E. Dickey, president Emory
‘ollege.
~ 23rd., 8 p. m.—Sermon by
Dr. Dickey.
August 24th., 8 p. m.—Address,
ney J. B. Dickey—' Introspection
versus the Outward Look.”
August 25th.,, 8 p. m.—Address,
prof. E. A. Pound, superintendent
Jublic school of Waycross—‘God’s
‘all to Men.”
August 26th., 8 p. m.—Address,
ov. B. Anthony, D. D., of Americus
“Fundamentals of Methodism.”
August 27th., 8 p. m.—Address,
Rev. Chas. T. Clark of Lumpkin—
The Seriptural Mode of Baptism.”
\sugust 28th., 8 p. m.—Address,
Miss Mary Johnstone of Dawson—
‘Why I Am Going as a Missionary
to Korea.”
Angust 30th., 11 a. m.—Sermon
Lv Bishop W. A. Candler of Atlanta.
August 320th., 8§ p. m.—Address by
Bishop Candler.
JURY COMMISSIONERS MEET.
Are Making the Biennial Revision of
the Jury Boxes.
The recently appointed jury com
missioners met Monday morning, and
nave since been busily at work re
vising the jury boxes of the county.
They will perhaps finish today. Be
fore finally adjourning they will
Iraw jurors for the November term
f court.
- The commissioners are H. P. Hass,
C. K Oxford, M. N Childy A 0
Hill, F. M. Jennings and J. H. Lee,
all of whom are new members ex
cept Mr. Hass. Dr. H. A. Cook of
Parrott, who was recently appointed
t member of the board, declined the
position, and Mr. Lee was appointed
by Judge Worrill in his stead last
COUNCIL LETS CONTRACT.
Will Pay $466.59 for an Addition to
Water Station Building.
The city council have let a con
ract to Messrs. Dunbar and Bartlett
or the erection of an addition to
‘e building at the water station for
1€ new air compressor. The amount
;“;:f( ‘_V“L‘H be paid ror its erection is
The compressor cost the city $3,-
‘4, and will be paid for in three
allments with interest at 6 per
it. The manufacturers will be
'd $lOO extra by the ecity to send
Jlexpert here to superintend its in
s6s Each for Assessors.
The city council has fixed the pay
tiiree tax assessors this year
. *bo each, an increase of $l5 over
st vear, when they were paid $5O.
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Horsley Drug Company’s
Cream sodas are the delight of Dawson:
made ot the purest fruits and Juices, and of
pure fresh cream. Ice creams of all flavors
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IF A BODY WISHES TO
MEET A BODY
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Drop in at our fount. Almost everyone
when down town visits this popular rendez
vous—a most pleasant meeting point where
men and women gather to chat—to enjoy a
drink
Horsley Drug Company
Phone 150
Negro Woman Was Fined Fifty
Dollars for Slandering Jesse James
Declaring that she had slandered
the memory of the one-time famous
outlaw Judge Edwards taxed a fine
of fifty dollars against a negro wo
man on trial in the city court who
loudly proclaimea herself to bhe a
daughter of Jesse James.
The chocolate damsel struck a
dramatic pose, and declared with an
air of finality: ‘“lse a daughter er
Jesse James, I is.”
STORY OF HORNED BABY WITH SPEECH
OF ORACLE CAUSED MUCH EXCITEMENT
Great excitement was caused a
few days ago by a report which rap
idly gained currency to the effect
that a negro woman living in the
southern part of the county had
given birth to a baby with horns
and a power of speech which took a
peculiar turn.
The mother, so the story went,
asked the doctor, who was from Daw
son, why he didn’t kill ‘‘that thing,”
whereupon the horned infant ad
dressed the physician in this man
ner:
“You aint goin’ to kill me; I come
here to stay seven years, and when
Terrell County Negro Draws a
Federal Pension of $lOO a Month
Abron Faniel, a negro living near
Bronwood, is not only the one per
son in Terrell county who draws a
pension from the federal govern
ment, - but 18 one of the few
in the state who receives as large a
sum as $lOO a month from this
source.
While serving in the regular army
during the Spanish-American war
Faniel suffered the total loss of his
TAKING A CHEW OF TOBACCO COTTON IS COMING IN FAST
Rich Hall, a Negro Workman, Fell
Dead on Main Street Early
Tuesday Morning.
Rich Hall, a negro who was em
ployed in the erection of Dr. W. B.
Cheatham’s brick building on Main
street, died suddenly Tuesday morn
ing just before six o’clock.
Hall, together with other laborers,
was at the building awaiting the
hour to begin work. He was chat
ting with his fellow-workmen, and
was in the act of taking a chew of
;tobacco when, without a moment’s
‘'warning, he toppled over and died
\on the sidewalk.
COMMITTEE MEETS FRIDAY.
To Consider Question of a Vote on
the City Court.
The democratic executive commit
tee, at the request of a majority of
the members of that body, will meet
Friday morning under call of Chair
man Edwards to consider the ques
tion of submitting the abolishment
of the city court to a vote of .the
people at the October state election.
The News understands that thexje
is some division of opinion on this
proposed action by the ('ox.nn}lttee,
some taking the view thnp it 18 en
tirely out of the jurisdiction of the
committee, while others think that
it would be nothing but proper for
the committee to arrangse for the
settlement of This question at the
polls.
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LIGHTNING CAUSED BLAZE.
‘lmru of Mrs. A. E. White Was Com
pletely Destroyed.
During a severe electrical dis
turbance which visited this locality
Tuesday afternoon lightnin; struck;
the barn of Mrs. A. E. White, one
mile from Dawson, and caused al
blaze which resulted in .u€ complete
loss of the building. All the stock |
were saved. The loss .umounts to
$250, covered by $l5O insurance.
Does your back ache? Do Yyou
have sharp pains in the side and the
small of the back? This is due, us—!
ually, to kidney trouble. Take De-
Witt’'s Kidney and Blm_lder Pills.
They will promptly relieve weak
back, backache, rheumatic pains and
all Kidney and Bladder disorders.
Sold and recommended by Dawson
Drug Co.
The luster of this alleged lineage
failed to dazzle the court, however,
who believed that the noted Ameri
can who had risen to greater dis
tinction than any other in his
basely slandered. 4. think that
especial line of endeavor had been
is slander of Jesse James,” said the
judge, ‘“‘and this court believes it
to be its duty to fine you according
ly—fifty dollars.”
I go I'm goin’ to take you with me.”
Many people, especially the ne
groes, readily accepted the astound
ing report, and there were loudly
expressed beliefs that ‘it was a
sign.” As the physician was return
ing next day from the direction in
which the alleged monstrosity was
supposed to have its home he was
frequently stopped in the road and
accosted with the inquiry: “Doc
tor, is dat air baby got - sho’ nuff
horns?”
“*Shut up!” ejaculated the doctor,
as he streaked it off in his automo
bile, which is taken as evidence that
the horned baby does not exist.
eyesight at San Francisco while on
his return from the Philippines. He
therefore receives $lOO monthly on
the score of total disability in
curred during war. For the pur
pose of making out the necessary
papers to collect his pension for the
quarter just ended he has just ap
peared before Clerk of Court Dozier
and made the required depositions.
He collects his stipend quarterly.
| Dawson Leads the State in Receipts,
and Maintains Its Record as the
Leading Early Market.
Cotton has begun to roll into Daw
son, and by the end of the week it
iwi]l be coming with a rush. Many
fields are whitening, and picking has
begun in earnest.
| As usual Dawson has taken the
{foremost place as an early market,
fand the various gins and warehouses
“have begun to present scenes of ac
tivity.
{ Saturday night 50 new bales had
been received, and since then 42
| bales have come in, making the total
receipts Tuesday at noon 92 bales
Americus had received only 16 bales
iSaturday night, while Albany’s re
ceipts were not made known. They
}were not near as much as Dawson’s,
however.
! At this date last vear only one
bale of new cotton had been received
!in Dawson, and that was the first
{bale of the season, which was
|l)rought in by Mr; A, C. Lalng on
August Bth.
I Good middling was bringing 914
|cents at the time of going to press.
i'l‘hore was little demand, and the
;market was dragging.
i TOM CLAYTON IS DEAD.
,’(‘lork of Calhoun Superior Court
| Passed Away Suddenly.
, Mr. 8. T. Clayton, clerk of the
;‘suporior court of Calhoun, county,
ldiod a few days ago.
' He had been away from home sev
im‘al days and returned on the night
{hefm'e his death about sunrise next
morning. He was ill on his arrival,
!hut no one thought that he was so
;d:maomnsly sick until just a short
' while before he died.
The interment was in the cemetery
'at Morgan with Masonic honors.
.~ Tom Clayton was genial and kind
to everyone, and was widely known
}throughout this section. A wife and
one child survive him. |
~ Mr. W. J. Ragan has been appoint
ed clerk of the court to fill the un- |
iexpired term of Mr. Clayton. |
{ She Likes Good Things. |
~ Mrs. Chas. E. Smith of West
Franklin, Maine, says: “I like good
things, and have adopted Dr. King'sé
New Life Pills as our family laxa
tive medicine, because they are good
and do their work without making a
fuss about it.”” These painless puri
fiers sold at Dawsoa Drug Co. 25c.'
THE DAWSON NEWS.
NO MORE BRICK OR WOODEN
SIDEWALKS IN DAWSON.
Council Says in Business Section
They Must Be of Cement Tile or
50 Per Cent. Portland Cement.
At the meeting of the city council
Tuesday night the paving ordinance
was amended so as to prohibit any
but cement or tile sidewalks in the
business section of Dawson. Here
after pavements in front of business
houses can be constructed only of
cement tile or good fifty per cent,
portland cement. 'The street com
mittee of the council is vested with
authority to have pavements re
paired or new ones built when in
their opinion they are neededg.
There are many very bad side
walks in Dawson, and the new ordi
nance will likely result in their im
provement, and prevent any more
brick and wooden pavements. It is
as follows:
City Ordinance.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Dawson, and it is
hereby ordained by authority of the
same, that Section 160 of the City
Code be and the same is hereby
amended as follows: By striking
the following words in the fifth line
of said section, “Good hard brick,
stones or wood blocks,” and inserting
in lieu thereof the following words,
“Cement tile or good 50 per cent.
Portland cement;” also strike in
first, seventh, ninth and sixteenth
lines the following words, “Or les
sees.”’
Said section so amended reads
as follows: “Section 160. All own
ers of real estate in this city upon
which business houses are located
shall, when required by the city
council, cause to be laid in front
of such property, under the direction
of the street committee, well-made
pavements of cemeunt-tile or good 50
per cent. Portland cement, of such
width and grade as may be directed
by said committee, and all such own
ers shall keep the pavements in front
of such property owned by them in
good order and repair. When the
owner shall be required to cause
such pavement to be laid, or to re
pair pavement already in existence
in front of said property, shall fail
or refuse to do said work in a rea
sonable length of time the council
shall have such work done forth
with, and the cost thereof charged to
said owner, of whom payment shall
be demanded by the clerk, and upon
his or their refusal to pay, the clerk
shall issue execution for said amount
against said owner and place the
same in the hands of the city mar
shal, who shall at once proceed to
collect the same by levy and sale.”
Done at regular meeting of City
Council of Dawson this Aug. 4, 1908.
F. M. M'NULTY, Mayor Protem.
R. K. BELL, Clerk:
A WIRELESS FROM DAWSON.
Young Man Sends Message to Lady
on the High Seas.
What was perhaps the first wire
less message with Dawson as a point
of origin (even though the wire was
the connecting link) was sent by a
gentleman of this city a few days
ago to a young lady on a European
bound steamer.
At the time the message was dis
patched the vessel was two days out.
The answer was promptly forthcom
ing, and it is said that a smile of
seeming elation overspread the
features of the young man when the
response was placed in his hands—
but this is a matter in which un
doubtedly the public has nothing to
do.
; PROF. RUDD SICK.
'Telegraph School Will Be Closed Till
i September Ist.
. Prof. R. R. Rudd of the Georgia
'Morse Telegraph School is confined
'to his home with a severe attack of
i fever, and the school will be closed
!until September Ist,
| The school has been very success-
Iful since its opening a few months
ago.
i Prof. Rudd’s many friends hope
[he will soon be able to again resume
| work.
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| How to Avoil Appendicitis.
l Most victims of appendicitis are
| those who are habitually constipated.
| Foley’s Orino Laxative cures chronic
{constipation by stimulating the liver
[and bowels and restores the natural
iaction of the bowels. Foley’s Orino
| Laxative does not nauseate or gripe
fand is mild and pleasant to take.
{ Refuse substitutes. Dawson Drug
| Co. and People’'s Drug Store.
. House and Lot For Sale,
| My house and lot in the city of
' Dawson, on Crawford street, near
the college, and in good neighbor
‘hood. Improved with good five room
two-story dwelling with all neces
sary out houses. Also one good
large store ho.use connected to dwell
ing, with a good established line of
customers. Here is your chance to
get a home and make a good living.
Have good reasons for selling. Call
at home for further information, as
the first to come will be the first
served. C. M: LANGSTON.
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Notice of Lost Certificate,
I have lost a certificate for one
share of Farmers’ Oil Mill and Fer
tilizer stock, No. 64, and issued un
der date of September 15, 1904. All
parties are hereby notified not to buy
or trade £ r the same, as I will apply
to the company to have the stock
reissued at the next meeting of the
directors on the first Monday in Sep
tember, 1908. This August 8, 1908.
MRS. I. W. CANNON.
VALUABLE
AND MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
We offer for sale 800 acres of farm land in good state of
cultivation and good improvements: 20 head of mules, farm im
plements, corn, fodder, and cotton seed; a nicely painted, well
finished six room dwelling and two stores and lots, together with
$3,000 of new and well-assorted merchandise in the village of
Doverel.
This property is all conveniently located to good schools and
churches, and is a rare opportunity for any one who wishes a
pleasant home and money-making investment in one of the best
communities in Southwest Georgia. Our reason for desiring to sell
is to move to another section of the state. Call on or write to
LEE & THORNTON, : DOVEREL, GA.
AND BUGGIES.
We have just received a large shipment
ot high-grade Runabouts and Buggies,
and extend to you a cordial invitation to
visit our Repository in the building for
merly occupied by the First State Bank.
A line of well-satisfied customers will
warrant the statement that our styles
and prices will please you.
We also have a complete line of Harness
B. B. PERRY & CO.
Dawson, - Georgia.
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DR.INK REAL BEER.
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Don’t Deceive Yourself
DRINK
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Not the best, but better than the rest.
Buy direct from the brewery and save middleman’s
profit. We offer delivered in Dawson, “Hofbrau’ at $lO
per cask o 1 120 bottles, and allow 18¢ per dozen for the
bottles F. O. B. Dawson. Samples free. Write us.
PORTNER BREWING COMPANY.
Alexandra., Virginia.
Who told you that Hall was
going to leave town. It’s only
to deceive you, as he is the
only tinner in town, as his
work will show. And the only
first-class plumber that can
put you up a job up to snuff
with the inspector’s O. K. on
it. Hall says he will stay as
long as he can make three
‘‘square’” meals a day and pay
his debts.
PNI NS NI NSNS TSNS NSNS NSNS NSNS NS PSSP
JAMES G PARKS.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL
LOR AT LAW.
Will practice in all the courts,
both State and Federal. Prompt
and careful attention given to
the interests of every client who
may put business in my hands.
I make a specialty of preparin
all kinds of legal papers, sucg
as wills, deeds, bonds and con
tracts, examining and abstract
ing titles, also commercial law
and collections. Office in Dean
building.
Notice of Lost Certificate, ;
I have lost a certificate for five
shares of Farmers’ Qil Mill and I"er-‘
tilizer stock, No. 103, and issued un-t
der date of October 3, 1904. All!
parties are hereby notified not to buy |
or trade for the same, as I will apph"
to the company to have the stock |
reissued at the next meeting of the
directors on the first Monday in Sep
tember, 1908. This August 1, 1908.
W. D. DAVIDSON.
PHY SICIANS.
’vwwmww
DR. H. STAPLETON
Physician and Surgeon
BRONWOOD, GEORGIA,
All calls promptly answered
DR. HOWARD T. HORSLEY
Sasser, Ga,
I offer my professional services
to the people of Sasser and
vicinity.
OSTEOPATHY
R. L. CLAGETT,
Osteopathic Physician.
“The Drugless System of Heal
ing.” Investigate It.
Dawson, Ga. Office phone 203.
Residence phone 63,
Rooms 2 and 3 Dean Building.
DR. CHAR B OROUCI?TI
DENTIST
DAWSON, : : (iEORGIAi
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DR. R. M. STEWART.,
Office over store occupied by J.
M. Rauch. The patronage of
solicited. Work guaranteed.
Office phone No. 30.
DR. S. D. BOWMAN.
Office Adams’ old place, 21-22
Baldwin building. Hours 7& |
to 6 p. m. Office phone I€ 3
residence phone 81. 1
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