The Dawson journal., 1884-07-17

LOOK IN the barbecue on last Fri
day; also Col. John w. Forester
OF Leesburg. No c1everer gentle
men in Georgia than Weston and
Forester.
Bob Farnum left on last Sun
day for Oxford to enter school.
The Doctor is determined to give
his boys a good education-the
very best heritage that parent
can leave to child.
The Dawson and Albany Rail
road ought to be built. Let us 90
at it, gentlemen, in good earnest.
Such road would increase the
valuation of Terrell county real
estate rs per cent. in less than
twelve months.
Instead Of educating SO many of
our boys for professions and clerk
ships they should receive a train
ing with view to the trades. A
good mechanic is one of the most
independent of men and ought to
be respected as highly as any pro-
fession of life.
| We had pleasant call on last
Friday from Col. r. F. Critten-
den, of Randolph. The Colonel
is one of the best men of our sec
ton. We should like to see him
returned to the Georgia Legisla-
ture again.
The watermelon returns are not
very satisfactory this season, not
withstanding the scarcity of mel
ons. Crouch and Sharp recently
shipped a couple of very fine car
loads to Louisville and received in
return only SAT.
The people of Dawson and
community are brought under OBJ
legations to Mr.. Holiday, our cour-
teous telegraph operator, for the
kindness of displaying bulletin
board in front of his office giving
the balloting of the late Chicago
convention on last Friday.
Our very efficient Tax Receiver,
W. r. Baldwin, reports an in
crease in the taxable property of
Terrell county over last year of
$81, 733. Increase in polls, 100.
No county in Georgia has more
efficient Tax Receiver than Ter
rell.
DIED-The infant child of Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. Winderweedle,
Johnnie, aged l year and s months.
The little fellow was taken sud
denly i'll on last Sunday and died
on the following day. Was buried
at Chickasawhatchee church GEM
etery. The bereaved parents have
our deepest sympathy.
Miss Lizzie Pilsbury, of Ameri-
Gus, at the home of her grand
mother, this city, gave an ice
cream entertainment to few of
her intimate friends on last Fri
day night. The hour was most
pleasantly spent in games and
pleasing conversation by the little
boys and little girls who were
present.
The heaviest rains are reported
to have fallen IN the vicinity of
Smithville on last Friday night
ever known in that community.
The result was that Wells mill
dam was washed away and several
very serious breaks made in the
railroad. 1t is claimed that 10
inches of rain fell in three hours,
but this, certainly, must be a mis-
take.
-Cuthbert Enterprise: The
Board of Trustees of Macon Uni
versity, at their recent meeting,
conferred the degree of L. L. D.
on Judge John I. Clarke, of this
city. It could not have been
more worthily bestowed. Judge
Clarke is a man of varied and pro-
found learning, and is an honor,
not only to his county, but to the
whole state of Georgia.
We fear that the excessive wet
weather will have the effect to pro-
duce a good deal of sickness this
summer. Already we hear of
several cases of fever about town.
Our neighbors and friends should
look well after the sanitary sur
roundings of their premises. A
free use Of lime is not bad thing.
Mr.. Rainey, our new editor, is
sick at the residence of Judge
Simmons with chills and fever.
He had only been in our city five
or six days when he had the first
chill; hence we tell him that he
brought the seeds along with him
from Houston, as we don't have
such things in Dawson. He will
be up, however, i'll day or two.
The melon men of Southwest
Ga. should hold convention be-
fore the season arrives for plant
ing again and demand of the rail
roads a reduction of freight. There
is no reason why q car load of
melons should not be carried as
cheaply as car load of corn or
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