The Dawson journal., 1884-07-17
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BY ]. H. HAMMOND, NJ. D.

well drilled in the base ball business.
Mr.. Rufus NJ. jackson, of Bluftor,
Clay county, was in our village or
last Saturday.
Mr.. Cuipepper, of Sumter county,
spent two or three days in our vii
lage last week, visiting relatives.
Owing to other engagements it
was impossible for us to attend the
Dawson barbecue on last Friday.
Nearly everybody and all the dar-
kies from this part of the county
were present at the Dawson barbe.
cue.
Rev. B. w. Davis, of Dawson will
preach, as we learn, at the Baptist
church here on next Friday and
Saturday.
We learn that there has been sew
eral deaths among the colored peo-
pie in this section during the past
week or two.
The Rev. l.. II. Green filed bis
regular appointment here on Sun
day last. Owing 20 sickness in our
family we were unable to attend.
Misses Mite MILKY and Nettie
Brown of Cuthbert, have been spen,
ding several weeks with Mrs James
Arnold. Miss MILKY is Mrs. Ar
nold's sister.
The new game LogomachY was
presented to our attention the other
day by Mr.. Geo. McLain. We tried
a game with him and found it very
int resting.
There is some talk of getting up a
club here to be known as the Chick
asawhatchee Barbecue Club for the
purpose of giving a barbecue annu-
ally.
If we ever own and edit newspa-
per we want to employ Ben Allen as
devil, and after he serves a proper
time as such we will advance him to
the more honorable position of fun
ny editor of the paper.
We do not see how Dawson and
the people of Terrell county can
afford to do without the Dawson &
Albany Railroad according to oul
way of thinking the road is a press
ing necessity.
Mrs. Hammond is quite sick, and
has been for several days past, and
duties OF keeping house during her
illness devolve upon us, which We
carry out to the letter only we have
considerable trouble with the chill.
dren and chickens.
While at Mr.. D. P. McLain's tn,
other evening he treated US to some
very nice peaches; in this connection
we would say that we do not remem
Der ever to have seen so much frui
on peach trees as there Is on tn,
trees in Mr.. McLain's orchard at tn
present time.
The first term of Prof. Wilkinson
school will be up on next Friday
after which time the Professor vii
give the pupils short vacation, ant
he, the Professor, will arrange him
self to beat anyone playing checks
or baseball that has time and incl
nation to give him trial.
Taking his whole crop in consider
alton we venture to say that Mr.
G. D. Bowen, farming on Mr.. W. L
Simpsons place, has as fine croI
as anyone in Southwest Ga; Mr.
Bowen expects to make 1000 bushel.
of corn and 60 bales of cotton, Will
4 plows.
With a road from Americas Wis
Preston to Lumpkin, and probably
one from Columbus via Cuthbert tc
Albany, Dawson without any com
peting line of road will loose consid
cradle trade, besides this, if the roac
was built it would increase the value
of real estate in the county from IL
to % per cent. We hope our mon
led men will not fail to see the i'm,
portance OF the road.
Our very clever young friend
W. L. Simpson, has made some very
valuable improvements ON his plan.
tation since last fall; besides build
ing a nice residence, cribs, lots and
out houses, he has about so or 100
acres of land that was last Christmas
in an old field, thickly Overgrown
with old field pines, cleared up, un-
der a good fence, and q Furnishing