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[UESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1920.
riX ARBITRATORS
TAX s
SPLIT DIFFERENCE
——
MAJORITY AGREE ON INCREASE
OF LESS THAN HALF THAT
ORDERED BY FULLBRIGHT.
Ap increase of sevenfeen and one
palf per cent on all real estate, bOth‘
. the towns and country, and of
twenty Per cent on stocks of mer
(.ham{is« of every kind will ba added
to the taxable values of_ '_l‘errellf
county, according to a majority re
ort of the board of arbitrators
gvhich met in Dawson Thursday for
the purpose of passing updn this
question. An increase of 20 per cent
was added to the value of merchan-(
dise. The valuations on all other
classes of property will remain as‘
) are.
theTyhe submission of this matter to
arbitration followed the ref.usal of
the board of assessors of this coun-_(
ty to follow the directions of State
Tax Commissioner Fullbright to in
crease the assessed value of proper-‘
ty in the county forty per cent. Mr.
¢. T. Tillman, of Quitman, was nam
ed as arbitrator on behalf of the tax
commissioner, and Judge J. A. Laing,
of Dawson, was appointed as arbi
yrator to represent Terrell county.
These two gentlemen being unable
to agree upon a third arbitrator, as
provided by law, the comptroller
general of the state named Judge
W. A. Covington, of Moultrie, as
umpire, Mess Ts. Tillman and Cov
ington concurred_in the findings for
an increase in values as stated, while
Judge Laing entered a _dissenting
opinion. The majority opinion is con
trolling.
The hearing of the arbitrators
consumed practically all of Thurs
day, and a number of witnesses tes
tified as to the values of real estate
in Terrell county. Much of this testi
mony went to show that many of
the lands in this county are no more
valuable than those in adjoining
counties, where the assessments were
already below those in Terrell, and
there was no evidence whatever to
justify the action of the state tax
commissioner in raising the values
fortv per cent.
The decision of the board of arbi
trators is final, unless some sort of
court action should be ~attempted,
and it is not thought probable that
there will be any official proceed
ings along this line. It remains to
be seen whether any individual tax
paver will contest the matter.
The result of the arbitration has
increased the tax values of the coun
ty $588,530.70 instead of $2,000,~
000 as ordered by the state tax com
missioner, Of this increase $354,-
905.85 is on farm land, $170,068.50
on city real estate, and $63,556.40
on ‘merchandise.
NEGRO PUBLIC SCHOOL
IS WITHOUT A PRINCIPAL
One Elected Sent a Substitute While
He Holds Another Place.
There is a vacancy in the princi
palship of the colored public school,
due to the failure of J. C. Lawrence,
of Monroe, Ga., elected to this po
sition some time ago, to show up.
At the beginning of the term Law
rence wrote to the board of educa
tion that he could not be here for
several days owing to illness in his
family and sent his father to act in
his stead, The board decided a few
days ago to dispense with the ser
vices of the father and instituted a
further inquiry at Mon Toe concern
ing the principal they had elected.
They were informed that Lawrence
was teaching in the school there,
and had been an insistent applicant
for re-election to that place during
the entire summer.
HANDSGME NEW STUDIO
IS OPENED BY M'COLLUM
Ha: Moved Into Lee Street Build
ing Viacated by J. I. Roberts.
Mr. R. C. MeCollum, who has bcen
engaged in business ag a photo
grapher for many years in Dawson,
having oceupied the building at the
corner of Main sstreet and Seventh:
avenue, has removed his studio to
the second floor of the building on
Lee street formerly occupied by J.
L. Roberts. Mr. MeCoiivm has fitted
these premises up in a very attract
-1"«* manner, the arrangement and
decorations heing very artistic and
esigned to give every modefn facil
ity for high grade photographic
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“FROM A DAWSON NEGRO. ‘
B. T. Wall, seventeen years old
and member of a well known family
of Randolph county, was lodged i
jail here Tuesday night after, it is
alleged, he had put to flight at the
point of a pistol Roe Carter, a ne
gro automobile driver of this city,
and driven off in Carter’s car. The
episode, according to Carter’s ver
sion of it, was as full of sensational
thrills and dramatic situations as the
most hair raising and blood and
thunder dime novels.
Young Wall, it is charged, hired
Carter to drive him to his home near
Shellman, and when they reached
Nochaway creek, about eight miles
west of Dawson, ordered Carter to
stop the car, explaining he had bur
ied three thousand dollars in the
swamp and wanted the negro to help
him dig it up. The automobile was
left standing by the roadside, and
the two started off to unearth the
ostensible hidden treasure. They
had not gone far, Carter says, when
Wall pulled out a pistol and began
shooting, and the young white
man, still brandishing the weapong
made his way back to the car, start
ed it off and left the owner running
through the swamp.
Carter made his way back to Daw
son and related his story to the au
thorities, and Chief of Police Hill,
after making an investigation, went
to the home of young Wall in Ran
dolph county and brought him back
to Dawson under arrest. Wall was
released under bond of one thous
and dollars Wednesday, after spend
ing the night in jail.
A SERIOUS FIRE WAS
NARROWLY AVERTED
When the Farmers’ Warehouse Was
Opened Sdturday Morning Two
Bales of Cotton Blazed.
What might have been a serious
blaze, had the building not been
opened when it was, occurred at the
Farmers’ Warehouse on north Main
street early Saturday. As it was; on
ly two bales of cotton were damaged,
and the loss was small. When the
warehouse was opened Saturday
morning smoke was seen to be com
ing from some of the cotton stored
in the building, and one of the bales
quickly burst into flames. The fire
department responded to the alarm
given, and the incipient conflagra
tion was soon checked.
The fire was caused from a spark
packed in the cotton at the gin.
MANY DAWSON STUDENTS'
LEAVE FOR VARIOUS SCHOOLS
Largest Number Who Have Ever
Gone From Here.
During the past week a large num
ber of Dawson boys and girls have
left to attend college in this and oth
er states. Among them are:
Miss Nancy Gurr and Joe Henry
Nasworthy and Clifford Farrar, Uni
versity of Georgia, Athens; Ralph
Hill, Virgil McDowell and Albert
Petty, Georgia School of Technology,
Atlanta; Misses Grace Grimes, Lu
cile Lewis and Sarah Jones, Wes
leyan college, Macon; Misses Mamie
Callaway and Lucile Jones, Bessie
Tift, Forsyth; Miss Thelma Kitchens,
State Normal school, Athens; Miss
Catherine Wilkinson and Miss Em
'ma Herman, Agnes Scott, De
catur; Miss Martha Bell, Brenau,
Gainesville; Misses Willie Chappell,
Carolyn Geise and ,Winifred Brim,
Converse college, Spartanburg, SO
‘Misses Ardis and Lynn Williams,
Mary Baldwin seminary, Staunton,
Va.; Miss Della Horsley, Lorena
'Hall comservatory, Columbus, Ga.;
John Grimes, Hunter Bell, Will Da
‘vidson and Davenport Edwards, Em
ory university, Atlanta; Miss Wray
;Hass, Shorter college, Rome; Man
ning Yeomans, Clemson college,
Clemson, S. C.
PRINCE ALFORD IS TAKEN
TO THE STATE PENITENTIARY
Transfer Guard Came to Dawson
For Negro Who Acted Crazy.
Mr. Robert Etheridge, transfer
guard for the state penitentiary,
came to Dawson Saturday for Prince
Alford, who was convicted at the
last term of the superior court and
sentenced to two to three years for
shooting his wife. He was taken- to
the state farm near Milledgeville.
Alford, after his convietion, devel
oped symptoms of insanity. Three
other prisoners who were con
vieted at the same time were assign
ed by the prison commission to the
Terrell county road gang. :
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Luke Rielly Says, “That Rat Died
Before Reaching the River.”
“Since moving near the river two
years ago, we've always used RAT
SNAP. Watched a vicious water rat,
nibbling at RAT-SNAP outside the
“house. About 15 minutes later he
darted off for the water, to cool his
burning stomach, but he died before
reaching it.” Three sizes, '2s¢, 50c,
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FRIENDS OF MESSRS. WALKER
AND HARDWICK WILL MAKE
THE ARRANGEMENTS.
The second primary for governor
between Hon. Clifford Walker and
former senator Thomas W. Hard
wick will be held on Wednesday ot
next week, October 6th, and it is
practically assured that the polls will
be opened at all of the precincts in
Terrell county.
County Solicitor W. H. Gurr, rep
resenting Mr. Hardwick, has notified
friends of Mr. Walker that he will
join them in paying managers of the
election at precincts where friends
of the candidates will not agree to
act without remuneration, and it is
understood that gentlemen interest
ed in Mr. Walker’s candidacy will
obligate themselves to bear an equal
part of the expense.
Mr. Hardwick led in the first pri
mary, receiving approximately 9,000
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Wednesday, September 29th
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We will have with us on this date Mr. Gorman,
an expert aviator. Mr. Gorman was for 32 months
an instriicior in an American aviation corps, and
holds Texas state and U. S. licenses. The PLANE
MR. GORMAN USES IS OF THE LATEST TYPE.
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THE DAWSON NEWS.
more popular votes and 24 more
county unit votes than Mr. Walker,
coming within only four votes of se
curing the nomination.
Very little interest has been man
ifested in the run-off primary, and
the indications are that a small vote
will be polled next Wednesday. In
the first primary Mr. Walker carriea
Terrell county, receiving a plurality
of the votes. ‘
A VOICE FROM MAINE LIFTED
. IN BEHALF OF THE WELLS‘
Another Emphatic Protest Also
Comes By Mail.
Word comes from the state of
Maine: “Your two deep wells are
worth more than your paved streets
to the peaple from the country,”
and a letter from upper Georgia
contains a sentence like this: “From
this distance it seems almost crimi
nal to do away with your deep wells.”
Numbers of people from the coun
try have asked, ‘“Where are we to
get a cool drink of water, in hov
weather, unless we buy it?”
It is hoped that at least the wells
will both be capped and saved, so
that future councils, seeing the neea
of good water, may restore them.
MR. KENNEDY IS IMPROVING
RESIDENCE ON CRAWFORD ST.
Mr. W. D. Kennedy, who bought
the residence on Crawford street
that was occupied by Mr, T. W.
Martin, is making some repairs on
it, and will probsfi»ly move his fam
ily to the city. Mr. Martin has mov
ed to the home he bought on Church
street.
Nice home in Sasser, Ga. SMITH
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HERMAN'’S
Notice to Farmers
* Due to the recent demands made upon
us we are now operating our ginnéry
both day and night. This gives more
time, and by so doing we are abletorun - °
our gins slower, thereby turning outa
good sample and good clean seed. If
; you do not get to the gin in the daytime
we can take care of your cotton at night.
Until further notice we will operate
both day and night.
Dawson Cotton Oil Company
Dawson, Georgia
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