The Dawson journal., 1883-11-08

waters.
Mr.. A. ]. Carver, we learn, has
rented his farm below town to a
gentleman from Alabama, Mr..
). B. Mount. One by one our
county Is being filled up with new
comers. Terrell is destined to be
the finest county in Georgia, yet.
The example of one or two en-
terprlsing farmers in a communi-
ty IS OF inestimable benefit to the
country. Let those who have the
enterprise and means pave the
way and the rest will follow in the
same wake.
Farmer, do you read and think
as much as you ought, or do you
content yourself with blindly crop
ing about in the dark, following
the same old blaze hacked out bv
your grandfather one hundred
years ago?
Fun-loyers will attend the auc-
ton at Bronwood next Thursday
to hear the best auctioneer in
Georgia. Mr.. Ellis is worth more
than circus, Is Ell? I'll 60 any
way and if lots go cheap will take
half a dozen.
We know one or two planters
who declined to take 81 cents for
their cotton some two months ago.
Even though they should get 10
cents for it now, it would have
been better sold two months ago
at nine.
The Henry County Weekly saws
''if this weather continues ten davs
longer the cotton crop of the coun-
ty will yield between two and
three thousand bales more than
was expected" And such is the
report that we get from many
other counties.
We understand that our young
friend, Mitchell }. Webb, will APP
ply for license at the next term of
our Superior court to practice law.
Mitchell Is an apt student in books
and we doubt not that he will be
fully able to get through all
right.
The farmer who plants fifteen
acres in cotton to the plow will
have more clear money at the
end Of the year than the one who
plants thirty acres. We are will
ing to wager $1,000 in gold that
the truth Of the above proposition
can be demonstrated next year.
Our friend, Capt. John Nc
Carthy, says you can get in a bug
gy and ride twenty miles in any
direction from Dawson and you
viii not be able to fnd anybody at
work. Everything and everybody
seems to be idle. This is owing,
no doubt, to the dry weather.
II our farmers will determine
to plant less cotton and turn their
attention more to stock raising by
sowing tie greater part Of their
lands down IN grain, then, we
shall see them prosper and -four
ish as they never had done before.
Farmers, will you do it, or will
you continue in the way Of folly
and ruin?
We understand that the grand
jury, which will convene in a short
time, will look very sharply after
the condition Of the roads in this
county. It is whispered around
that our next grand jury will be a
very strict one Evil doers will
be brought to justice from every
quarter.
What will our next grand jury
do about adopting the new road
law? Remember, it remains with
this body to say whether we shall
adopt it OF hold on to the
present system. In our next is
sue we will publish the new law
in full, that all may see it and
read it.
We are glad to be able to state
again this week that Col. Parks is
still improving. With some assis-
tance he is now able to walk about
the house a little. It should be a
source of qualification to him to
know that he has so many anxious
and solicitous friends, who are al
ways glad TO hear of his improve
ment.
Mr.. Elan johnson, Of Atlanta,
was in the city yesterday. He has
been spending several days at
Bronwood, getting ready for his
sale on the 18th inst. Mr.. John
son is a man of fine enterprise and
business talent and we hope hls
scheme will succeed. Certainly,
there is no more desirable place in
Georgia for a pleasant home than
Bronwood.
Mr.. L. A. Lowrey has purchas-
ed the property of Mr.. w. Z. Wall
in and near the city Of Dawson, con-
sisting of about 1870 acres of land,
100 of which is woodland together
with good house and lot, all of
which added to tie place he now
owns makes it as valuable proper
tY as there is in S. w. Ga. As he