The Dawson journal., 1886-09-16
The Dawson and Albany Railroad.

peOple nave DECK SHf1iH9 OF tne
prospective road. SO far, howev-
er, talk has been the capital stock
of the company. Now, it seems
to the JOURNAL that we have talk
red enough and tlfat the time has
come for hearty, earnest work
from all of oar citizens who are
interested In the future of Daw-
son and Terrell county. That it
is a necessity has been fully dem
onstrated by the number Of Tey-
rnll county farmers who have
already, this season, carried their
cotton to other markets where
competition has forced the rail
roads to givc Tow rates Of freight,
enabling the buyers to pay higher
prices for the staple. True, there
is certain small territory f,om
| which Dawson will always get a
certain amount of cotton, but moth
ing ike the number of bales she
ought to and would receive If we
| hcd competing line of railroad.
The Amelicus, Preston and Lump
-kin road has cut a large slice from
our territory, the discrimination
in freights has cut off another
large slice IN the direction Of those
| towns which have more than one
railroad, and we are thus brought
face to face with the cold fact that
If Dawson expects to hold her po-
sltion as cotton market, her
citizens must turn out and
work for the Dawson and Albany
road. With it Dawson will be
one Of the best towns IL Geol-
gia without it we do not like to
think of her future. Talk will
never build railroad. 1t is work
and money that counts. Without
work and money earnest, hearty
work and liberia contribusions of
moneY--we may jnst as we'll say
now there will be no railroad con-
nections with Albany. But if ev-
cry man will turn out willingly to
DO everything he can f2r the ad
vancement of thc proiect,it early
completion is an assured fact al
ready. The JOURNAL suggests a
meeting of the citizens on Monday,
Sept. 9th, in which to consider
the advisab:lity of building this
road. Let all of our citizens come,
for it is of interest to every man
in Terrell county. We shall have
more to say about this next week.
A Terrell County Farmer Lose; His
Grub in Albany.
The News and Advertiser tells
as follows hoy a Terrell county
farmer lost his dinner in Albany.
The piece contains moral, and
that is: bring your cotton to Daw
son, get good price for it, say @
your dinner and return home with
your appetite satisfied and at
peace with the world:
"Day before yesterday morning
n Terrell county farmer brought a
load of cctton to the city, and
stopped at Hall & Fudge's ware
house. He ha,' basket of pro-
visions, and deposited it in the
Office where he thought it would
be safe. When he went to look
for his basket. however,it was not
10 be found.
After investigation Messrs.
Hall & Fudge became satisfied
that the basket had been stolen by
some one not connected with the
warehouse, and it was learned
that a strange negro had been
loafng about the place. Suspi-
cion pointed towards a negro lad
named Bill Johnson, and he was
hunted up and charged with steal
ing the basket and provisions.
"Of course he protested his in
nocence at first, but the theft was
finally fastened upon him.
Remembering the uncertainty
of iuries, the Terrell county far
mer and Messrs. Hall & Fudge
concluded to settle this case them
selves if possible; 50 they asked
the negro which he had rather do,
go to Jail and be sent to the chain
gang for stealing, or take whip
ping. He chose the latter, and a
tiogging that .he will remember
for some time to come was forth
with administered. He pretend
ed not to know where the basket
and dishes were when the Terrell
county farmer first commenced to
apply the lash, but before the
castigstion had been finished he
remembered where he had left
them and made confession
/ which led to their racovcrv."