The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1883-07-26

our enterprising farmers had OF
a bale of cotton but was trouble
somewhat about getting it ginnec
Hence its delivery will be delaye
we fear until some one else step
in and takes the prize.
The JOURNAL was never in
more prosperous condition thai
now. Almost every day we hav
the pleasure of adding the name o
some new subscriber to our list
thus making the JOURNAL NOR,
and more valuable as an advertis
ing medium.
The new railroad survey leave.
our town to the west, passing
through the northeast corner O.
the old car shop, out by the Over
Nelson Institute, on through DIR
Paschal's patches and out by the
residence of Mr.. w. r. Baldwin
on Lee street.
We take back everything said ii
these columns this week about the
hot, dry weather. On last Tues
day evening our town and com.
munity were refreshed by a nice
shower of rain. In other sections
Of the county rain has been more
abundant.
Dawson can't begin to supply
the demand made upon her for
store houses. Will not some OF
our monied men build up a few
more to rent? 1t would be a pay
ing investment, and, besides, you
would thus aid in building up your
town.
Ii the ravages of the caterpillar
is general, which seems very likely
now, the farmer will not be hurt
so badly after all. The farmers
would receive just as much money,
in our judgement, for three mil
lions Of bales as they would for
six millions.
In the formation of another new
congressional district in the state
it may become necessary for the
second district to give up one of
her counties. According to the
arrangements being made now in
Atlanta it seems as if Quitman
must go.
DIR. r. G. Jones is digging up
stumps this week by the whole
sale. He has twenty hands en-
ployed at this business. The DR..
is an entefprising citizen, and if
he had a million of dollars he
would invest it all in our county in
the way of substantial improve
ments. Success to you, Doctor.
We think it wrong, and basely
SO, to charge that the Macon Tele-
graph would exult over the losses
of the truck men. While we have
differed with the Telegraph, and
sometimes very widely, we do not
believe the editors of that paper
capable Of exulting over the mis-
fortunes Of any class Of men.
If the Macon Telegraph should
undertake to measure the success
of raising cotton by the same strict
rule that it applies to the melon
business the Georgia cotton bale
would have to go. Were it not SC
old and hackneyed, we would feel
like saying, ooh, consistency, thou
art a JEWELL"
We noticed few days ago in
the Albany News and Advertiser
where the Brunswick and Western
railroad authorities had just re-
Corded a mortgage upon the above
road in that city in favor of the
New York Trust Company for the
sum of S3,500,000. 1t is believed
by many that this money was Dor,
rowed to begin work upon the new
road at once. May it be so.
We are not quite ready to an
nounce that real estate transfer
but we have seen it a brewing fol-
several days. In fact, it is getting
along towards the time of yeal
when we shall expect good many
such transfers. All that is neces-
sary is to get a few Of our, trading
men aroused and they Il trade every
day on something, even a pocket
knife.
At this season of the year our
people should exercise every pos
sible precaution to improve the
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