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The Dawson MNews
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT $l.OO PER YEAR
BY E. L. RAINEY.
DAWSON, GA., Dec. Bth, 1909
TWO BEQUESTS.
Some years ago a bishop died at
Walladolid, Spain. He left by his will
he sum of $lO,OOO in the hands of
#rustees who were to hold it uatil the
sime for its use in the manner he
desired. The Spanish prelate was a
patriot, of that there can be no doubt,
and the love of country is always
sommendable. He felt keenly the
fumiliation Spain suffered as the re
sult of the war with the United States
—the loss of the Philippines, of Cuba
and Porto Rica, the defeats and sur
renders at Manila and Santiago. And
#e bequeathed the $lO,OOO to the
sSpaniard who should, in coming time, |
strike a blow at the United States‘
“hat would, in some measure, be re
venge for the humiliation his country
Wad undergone. He was patriotic,
we must believe, this Spanish pre
tate—another Father Ryan after a
manner, perhaps—but revenge was
the desire of his soul, even in death.
At Boston, Mass., the will of Ed
win Ginn, the well-known millionaire
sublisher, was recently made public.
de puts aside $1,000,000, the annual
interest on which, $50,000, is to con
£titute a perpetual fund to promote
the cause of universal peace. “My
aim is to unite the business men of
the world in a great permanent asso
ciation, which shall have for its ob
ject the suppression of war,” said Mr.
ginn. “Until now men have been
arganized to kill one another, and
this organization shall aim to keep
them from this wholesale killing.”
How commendable the effort to
sromote peace among men—to put
an end to the rapine of war, the loss
af life and suffering, the tears of
widows and mothers, the wail of or
shans. We can feel sympathy for
the bishop of Valladolid, whose soul
rose in.resentment at the shame, as
¥e saw it, that the Americans put on
Bis native and beloved Spain. But
#is bequest breathed the spirit of
fengeance, too, and he must have for
“gotten the divine statement, “Ven
. geance in.mine, saith the Lord. I
~will repay.” :
The amount of either bequest is of
~me¢ impert. It is the spirit. The
; bishop probably gave all he had. Mr.
*Ginn was wealthy, and gave a million.
“But it niay*be said that the spirit of
‘}l-‘!he,_Axperican puhlishél‘f,was the more
chommendable of the two, for his as
+piration was one that makes for hu
. man happiness, in the aggregate. In
fais mind's &ve he saw, instead of
i:the carnage of war and ravaged
~iands, homes that were blessed b
‘meace-—smiling homes where happy
wives and mothers dwell secure from
“the haunting fear of bloody war; in
‘fancy he heard the innocent ripple
af childish laughter and glee, inno
_zeut children not doomed to half or-;
shanage and perchance poverty be
canse of the angry strife and rivalries;
sf men and nations. |
It will be of interest, in some years
of the distant future, to note the dis
aosition of the Spanish bishop's gold
—how and on whom it shall be be
stowed, and for what. Somehow, we
fancy it will not go to a war hero of
‘and or sea. In the unfoldment of
time there may come a victory of
peace that .will win right fairly the
bishop's bequest, for the era of
“peace oh earth, good will among
men,”’ is sure to come.
- DEATH OF HON. BEN RUSSELL.
' Hon. ‘Benj. E. Russell, for thirty
years one of the best known news
paper men of Georgia and a former
representative of the Second district
in congress for two terms, died on
‘Saturday morning at his home in
Bainbridge of pneumonia. For near
ly half a century he was a conspicu
wous figure of this section, and was
esteemed for his many admirable
qualities of mind and heart. Like
all of the rest of us, Ben Russell may
‘bave had his faults, but, as has been
truly said of him, ‘‘nature molded
him in the mold of true patriotism,
and endowed him with a brave heart
well interspersed with the milk of
human kindness.”” Peace to his
ashes.
{itizens of Cochran, jealous of
their good name and desiring that
it be known that whatever they do
¥s, done decorously and with due re
gard for the proprieties of the occa
sion, indignantly protest against the
report which has gone out that th:
negro who was lynched there Friday
was burned at the stake. They in
sist that the victim, ‘“‘without mal
treatment of any kind,” was hung
to a tree and shot, “‘after which the
crowd dispersed with order and quiet
ness.”” We congratulate Cochran on
this unique innovation. A nice,.“or
derly” lynching is really something
new.
| THE MAIL ORDER BUSINESS.
The Emporia, (Kan.) Gazette se
verely criticises the people of that
place who patronize mail order
houses and buy their goods away
from home.
The Gazette says: ‘‘The man who
buys his goods of a mail order house
and expects his neighbors in Emporia
to buy goods of him or to buy labor
of him, or to-buy professional ser
vice of him, is economically a leech.
He is sucking industrial blood out
of the town and gives none back. He
sends his profits out of town like a
Chinaman, and has no more right to
a standing in the community than a
foreigner. We are all neighbors in
dustrially in this town, and the man
who sends away for his goods is not
one of us. He is of another indus
trial system, and deserves no man's
support in Emporia.”
This is vigorous but not unjust,
says the Macon Evening News. In
every community people must give
as well as take. We are all depend
ent on each other, and when one dj
verts his expenditures to distant mer
chants he not only takes directly
from others in the community what is
due them, but he indirectly injures
himself in detracting from the gen
eral welfare of his city. Besides,
goods bought away from home under
the inducement of specious offers sel
dom pan out. It is more satisfactory
and will be found cheaper in the end
to select what one wants from goods
one can see and examine before one
buys. '
Hats off to the noble ladies of the
Library Association, whose annual
bazaar will open today. The ladies
have arranged for an event that will
in many ways interest and delight all
who attend. It will be open all the
week, and the community ought to
extend cordial and generous apprecia
tion, reward the ladies by making the
bazaar a glorious success, for as
suredly the purpose is as commenda
ble as one could wish. That is The
News’ view, and we believe it will
be the view of Dawson people in gen
eral.
The Union News says the cotton
buyer, the ‘‘sly old coon,” made the
farmer believe that ten and eleven
cents was a big price for cotton.
Then he proceeded to buy it from him
for future delivery at that price. The
Union News, maybe, has forgotten
that two years ago this same ‘sly
old coon” bought cotton for future
delivery at 11 to 12 cents and had to
settle for it at that price'when it was
}b"t-in"ging “from 8 to 9 cénts in the
;market. Give the devil his dues.
A few days ago four thousand dol
lars were paid' for a 32-page pam
phlet, containing two tales, ‘“The
Murders in the Rue Morgue’” and
“The Man That Was Used Up,” writ
ten and published in 1843 by Edgar
Allan Poe, who was half starved dur
ing the most productive vears of his
life. As the Macon Telegraph says,
it is the same old story over again.
‘‘Seven wealthy towns contend for
Homer dead
Through which the living Homer
begged his bread.”
What is needed in Dawson and
Terrell county is a strict application
of the law. The sale of whiskey, ac
cording to report, is notoriously com
mon, and crime and rowdyism are
increasing. The worst thing about
it is that the character and lives of
young boys who are just reaching
manhood are liable to be ruined.
There is a remedy, and the good peo
ple should see that it is applied.
Uncle Sam has started some war
ships toward Nicarauga, and is
threatening to spank that little South
American republic because it put two
Americans to death while executing
a number of revolutionists. Very
likely they were a couple of advent
urers who hunted trouble down there
with the expectation that this country
‘would protect them.
There is such a thing as letting
well enough alone. In Pike county
B. P. Perdue was convicted on his
first trial of involuntary manslaugh
ter and given a sentence of fifteen
years in the penitentiary. His law
yers got a new trial and Perdue was
sentenced for life. There is such a
thing as letting well enough alone.
The law;ers down in Savannah are
getting highfalutin’. They want the
court to change a time-honored cus
tom and henceforth take out for din
&ner at 5 or 6 o’clock in the evening.
Judge Charlton, who is a plain and
level-headed man, is very naturally
balking.
Whiskey and pistols lead 'to crime
and trouble. There is too much of
both in Terrell county, and it is time
for decent and law-abiding citizens,
[with whom the county abounds to,
to suppress these two evils,
The average man would rather
have a public office than to be able
to make a good living.
True Manhood the Corner Stone of Society.
In laying the corner stone of a
Young Men’s Christian Association in
one of our Georgia towns not so long
ago Col. Wm. B. Stubbs, president
at that time of the Savannah Young
Men’s Christian Association, said:
“If we could preserve a true, noble
type of manhood all else is safe.
“If your leading business men are
the embodiment of integrity, and
their word is their bond, then your
commerce will be conducted on a
high plane, and stability and perma
nency will mark the history of your
business enterprises.
“If the leading men in society are
| HEROD HAPPENINGS.
IStore Building Sold. Preparing For
| a Christmas Tree.
1 Messrs. Leon and Frank McLendon
‘'have purchased the large store be
longing to Mr. C. M. Harris, and will
have it filled with an up-to-date stock
of new goods by January Ist. They
may purchase what is left of the
Gumm and Brim stock and put it at
once on the bargain counter. It is
being sold very cheap now.
Prof. Collins and Miss Coker are
arranging a very interesting pro
gramme for the Christmas tree exer
cises, which will be on Christmas eve
night at one of the churches. It is
for the community, and they would
be glad for all to put presents on
the tree. '
The friends of Mr. C. M. Harris
will be glad to know that he has en
tirely recovered from a recent very
critical illness caused by eating fresh
(?) oysters at Shellman, from which
he was poisoned.
There will be preaching at the
|Methodist church next Sabbath by
Rev. Allison or some other minister.
)It will be the last service at the
church this year; so let us have a
full house.
’ Mr. Lash has returned from Co
lumbus. 1t is said that he will save
one eye, but in all probability will
lose the other. We all regret this
;affliction upon him very much.
~ Mrs. Lumpkin Gumm and Mise
‘Hilda Gumm returned this week from
Milledgeville, where they received
many social courtesies during their
visit.
} The collection at the Baptist Sab
bath school next Sabbath will be for
‘the orphans—half of it to be used in
our town. Let's give liberally.
~ Miss Alma McLain has returned
}from a delightful visit to Sylvester,
‘where she was charmingly enter
tained by Mrs. Gilbert Pinson. -
' Mrs. Henry Smith is still on the
sick list. She now has pneumonia,
which is a source of much ;'e%‘,et to
her friends. ; ' ASEN BB v
Capt. and Mrs.. Dennis- spent Sun
day with Doverel friends and heard
Rev. A. B. Hawkes preach a fine ser
mon. 5y ’
Mrs. '‘A. W. English returned from
Stockbridge last week. She left Mrs.
Frank English better, but sfift"Very
sick. Ao : i ‘
| Mrs. Ross Weston and ‘thtee little
tots of Albany have beén attrdctive
visitors of Mr. and.Mrs.dJ. R. Martin.
Mesdames Geise and. Whitchard of
Dawson were popular guests of rela
tives and friends here last weék.
Several from here went over te
Doverel Sunday afternoon to /hear
Prof. Sauls and his class sing. :
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bellflower and
Mr. J. T. Bellflower spent Sunday
with Doverel friends.
Miss Helen Melton has returned
from a pleasant visit to relatives at
Blakely and Colomokee.
The continued illness of Mr. J. H.
McLendon is a source of much re
gret to all of us. '
Miss Sarah English of Ricnland
spent Saturday and Sunday with rel
atives here.
Capt. D. J. Dennis made a business
trip to Shellman Friday.
" Mr. A. L. Brim of Pelham visited
relatives here last week,
THE ALABAMA ELECTION.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Fanaticism, combined with politi
cal designs, rode on the black camel
in Alabama Monday.
Nobody denies the fact that a great
prohibition wave has been rolling
over “the country, or doubts that
there was just cause for some sort
of revolution against the whiskey
habit.
But some politicians would ride on
their grandmother’'s coffin - just as
they would ride on the prohibition
camel, or the republican elephant, or
the democratic ass for the glory of
a brief triumph in the game of poli
tics.
Alabama, like Georgia, has statu
tory prohibition. As in Georgia, a
governor and a legislature elected
on a local option platform went fur
ther and made a state-wide prohibi
tion law. From a political point of
view it seemed good, and promised
a fruitful field for further exploita
tion. 'The governor called an extra
session of the same body that made
the state-wide law and submitted
several drastic amendments to the
new law, and also an amendment to
the constitution making prohibition
a part of the fundamental law, all
of which the legislature ratified.
One of the amendments to the statu
tory law gave the right to search
private homes for liquors, and the
right of seizure. The constitutional
amendment submitted had to be rati
fied by a vote of the people. On this
amendment they voted Monday, and
it was overwhelmingly defeated.
It was intended to confirm and
maintain the right of search and seiz
ure in private homes, fearing that
without such a provision in the fun
damental law the courts might de
clare the new statutory law uncon
stitutional and void.
If the amendment had been adopt
ed it could not have been repealed
except by a two-thirds vote. Against
the right of petty officers to enter
and search the home, and against the
THE DAWSON NEWS.
clean and pure in their moral life
and live up to the right ideals your
society will be free from those hu
miliating scandals which, alas! too
often make a city’s social history an
unwritten because unwritable book.
‘“Even the Dbrotherhoods and
churches of your city will be limited
in their spheres of usefulness by the
individual characters of the men who
compose them.
‘“Every phase of a city life’s is but
the sum of the best units in individ
ual character, modified and weak
ened by the degenerating effects of
the indifferent and the bad.”
further right of one-third of the
voters to make that right perpetual
—“forever’’—the people revolted.
That is the Alabama story which
came over the wires Monday night.
They might have adopted it if it
had come in a less objectionable
form. But the Alabamians got a
taste of the search and seizure act
and they did not like it. In one case
a deputy searching for an alleged keg
of beer went into lady’s jewelry box
and stole therefrom diamond ear
rings. This, of course, was an ex
treme and exceptional case, but it
came in time to lay bare the danger
of a drastic law.
Doan’s Regulets cure constipation,
tone the stomach, stimulate the liv
er, promote digestion and appetite
and easy passages of the bowels.
Ask your druggist for them. 25
icents a box,
See us before buying building ma
terial. We can save you money. The
Variety Works -Co.
See* us for Bancroft and Texas
Rust Proof seed oats. J. M. Rauch.
Berkshire Pigs For Sale,
I have pure bred Berkshire pigs‘
for sale at $lO a pair.
G. M. CHAMBLESS, Parrott, Ga. ‘
~ Lost or Stolen. ‘
One bay horse about medium size;
about ten years old; bucks in bath
front knees, but more in left knee;
also one second-hand Hart buggy and
set of harness, second-hand, Dutch
collar. Taken about 7 or 8 o’clock
Monday night of last week from court
house yard. Finder, or any infor
mation, will be paid $lO reward.
B. J. ASBURY, Sasser, Ga.
Notice to Stockholders,
Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the stockholders of Dawson
Nation Bank of Dawson, Ga., will be
held at the office of said bank at 10
o'clock a. m. Tuesday, January 11,
1910, for the purpose of electing di
rectors of said bank for the year of
‘l9lO. This December 7, 1909.
R. L. Saville, Cashier.
" Notice to Stockholders.
Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing: of ;the. stockholders of the City
National Bank of Dawson, Ga., will
be held at the office of said bank at
10.-o’cloek a. m. Tuesday, January‘
11, 1910, for the purpose of electing
directors of said bank for the _\'ear{
of . 1910. .This December 7, 1909, 1
¥X. 8 WORTHY, Cashier.
The Surrender Sale Gontinued
For Ten Days
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Owing to the fact that our 10-day Surrender Sale was
such a success we have decided to continue our surren
der prices for just ten days. Don’t fail to avail your
self of the prices, as such an opportunity has never
been oftered the people of Terrell and surrounding
counties. Remember the prices will positively be dis
continued after Dec. 16. And in addition. to the ex
tremely low prices we are going to send up balloons
every other night to which will be attached a coupon,
and the party finding the coupon and presenting it at
our store within 24 hours will be given a valuable prize.
The coupon contains the number of the prize, so be
on the look-out. First balloon Thursday night.
The Empire Store
P to
Dawson, Ga.
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For Sale.
Five-room residence on. Church
street. Lot 74x210. E. T. JORDAN.
‘ For Sale.
Full-blood Jersey heifer, entitled
to registration. W. H. DAVIS.
s ST L i
For Rent,
Four nice, large connecting rooms
on Stonewall street. Possession given
January Ist. ’Phone 189.
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Oats for Sale,
Genuine Bancroft variety. Fine in
every respect, and guaranteed to be
as good as any. H. A. McNEIL.
Shingles for Sale.
I have received a car of No. 1
and a car of No. 2 shingles, and will
be glad to supply you. T. J. SLADE.
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Lumber for Sale.
If you want good lumber call on
or write me at Parrott, Ga.
G. W. BASS.
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Oats for Sale.
Genuine Bancroft Rust Proof Seed
Oats, free from Johnson grass. Ap
ply to LOWREY & DAVIDSON, Daw
son, Ga.
eocsb e eLRT BT A
For Rent,
January 1, 1910, will have nice
5-room cottage in good neighborhood
for rent. Price $12.50 per month.
L. C. HOYL.
| Lost,
Setter puppy, eight months old,
red and white spotted, very thick;
bobtailed. Finder will be rewarded.
RiuL, SAVILLE,.
Gen L e R e
Lost Dog,
$lO regard for black hound dog,
tan legs, toe nail off on left front
foot. Please notify Wash Bazeman,
Bronwood, Ga., R. F. D. No. S BoX 8
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For Sale.
One good buggy horse, one nearly
new Summers top buggy and one
good set of harness. Will take $225
for the turnout,.
T. M. FOREMAN, Sasser, Ga.
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For Dismission.
Georgia, Terrell County.—Where
as, J. C. Joiner, executor of the last
will and testament of Mrs. Julia A.
C. Atkinson, represents to the court
in his petition, duly filed and entered
on record, that he has fully executed
the last will of Mrs. Julia A. C. At
kinson. .his is therefore to cite all
persons concerned, kindred and cred
itors, ta show cause, if any they can,
why said executor should not be dis
charged from his administration, and
receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in January next, 1910.
This December 6, 1909.
W.. 8:. CHEATHAM, Qrdinary..
DR. CHAS. F. CROUCH
DENTIST
DAWSON, : : : GEORGIA
DPECEMBER 8, 1909,
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PHYSICIANS
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Office over postoffice. Phones .
Residence 246. Office 70.
Dawson, - Georgia,
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Physician and Surgeon
BRONWOOD, GEORGIA,
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Attorney eand Connsellos
at Law.
Will practice in all the
courts, both State and Federal.
Prompt and careful attention
given to the interests of every
clien who may put business in
my hands. I make a specialty
of preparing all kinds of legal
papers, such as wills, deeds,
bonds and contracts, examin
ing and abstracting titles, also
commercial law and collections.
Office in Dean building.
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