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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07

7RE OLD coRrEOs
Meet tn DGwssa and Rsoesani1e 7ssir
Associn fiog.

~~~' " ~@"SvS 1"o heorg0HS<e Their
Associa ton.
In accordance with published
call the Confederate veterans of
Terrell county met in Dawson on
last Wednesday to reorganize
their association.
Captain John P. Allen presided
over the meeting and Veteran [
g. Marshall kept the minutes.
The body at once proceeded to
business, and the following officers
were elected to serve the ensuing
year; VIM. KaigIer president,
j. l.. Lanstord and WIN. jennings
Of the town district vice presidents,
j. A. Fulton secretary.
Judge j. c. F. Clark was elects
I'd an honorary member of the as
ISOLATION.
The following committee was
appointed to arrange for the aunu.
al reunions and dinners:
feurth Distrlct-Jas. Clark, Sr.
Sixth District-Willis Martin.
Third District umpkin Bow.
en-.
Eleventh District A. J. Lee.
Twelfth District VIM. Martin.
Town District-John Mccarthy
and |. G. Marshall
X. F. Simmons, w. d. Murray,
John McCafthy, VIM. Jennings of
the S1lth, +. b. Bridges and VIM.
Kaigler were appointed delegates
to attend the state convention OF
veterans which meets Id Atlanta OIL
the 18th inst.
The following resolutions we're
passed:
LIST, That. the president be ems
powered TO I'll ali vacancies.
Second, That the committee be
requested to get the names of all
the veterans in their respective
districts and report them to
the secretary.
This concluded the business, but
befcre adjoulning the old vets,
spent awhile in speech making AND
telling war stories.
These reunions bring together
the remnants of q band of heroes
who fou hit fof principles, and af-
ter suffering defeat and disaster re-
turned to their wasted homes and
under many trials and tribulations
resumed the duties of citizenship,
and are still acting their parts IN
all the duties of life. The number
of these veterans is yearly lessen.
ing, and the "plsces whica now
know them will soon know them
no more forever. "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
A KH0TTY SNAKE STORY.
One Snake Swallows Another Twice its
Size,

One Snake Swallows Another Twice its
Size,
Mr.. j. II. Lee is one Of our best
citizens aud farmers, and anything
he tells may be relied on.
MIR. Lee tells a SHAKE story that
surpasses in singularity anything
that we ever before heard.
A few days ago while standing
on the edge of pond on his planta-
ton, he observed a huge moccasin
lying at full length beside a pine
knot. Presently king snake came
up, and the fun began. As soon
as the moccasin saw the king snake
it started off at full speed. The
king snake caught him almost in>
stautly and as quick as "a fash
grasped its prey in the middle and
tied him in complete knot. The
king then tried to grasp the moe
easin>s head, but their position was
such the head could not be reached.
Finally the hold around the moc>
casin's body was relinquished, on.
ly to be qrasped about the head
and tied into another knot as be-
fore. The snakes renamed in this
position an hour or more when Mr..
Lee picked them up with a stick
and carried them a quarter of a
mile and put them them down in
the public road. While being
moved the king did not become the
least frlghted and and held its grasp
around the moccasin as they both
swung from the stick. When put
upon the ground again the king
begun examining the moccasin to
see if life was extinct. Finding
him dead, he proceed to swallow
the moccasin, head foremost. The
mOccasin was twice as large as the
king, and it took about an hour
and a halt to complete the swal>
lowing act, when his kingship
crawled into a fence corner to di
gest his dinner.
Mr.. Lee passed along there
gain later il the day end found
that the king haI burstod wide
open from swallowing the large
moccasin.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
EdyeTtfseJ Letters.

DAWSON, Ga. Aug. 5, '89.
The following is list of uns
claimed letters in the Dawson ?.
o. which will lie sent to the Dead
Letter Office il rot called for in IA
DAYS. w. r. BALDWIN, 7. Nj
Andrews Miss Lena, Bartlett Mrs
Ardie, Banks I. D., Blackshear
Samuel, Blackshear Miss Sarah,
Banks Miss Eliza, Brannen Mrs
Ann, Brown Miss Tildar, Brooks
Miss Carrie, Bush J. A., Galloway
Mrs Mollie, Daniel Lou, Gordon
Mrs NJ. P. Hines Miss Nellie,
Higgins Jonney, Howell Miss Geor-
gia, jackson Mrs Louisa, jackson
Miss Sallie, james J. b., (2)McCall
D. L., MondingJ L., Odum W. + I,
Pace Paul c.. Pitman Bob, Beard
William, Riley Gabe, Roberts NJ,
Stamper Miss Ann, Simkin Winter,
Noble Tolbert, Thomas Miss Babe.
Thomas 6. c., Walker Miss Julia,
Williams Miss Tener.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
Death ofMr. Josh EILEnnnme.

Mr.. Josh Fillingame brother of
our townsman, Mr.. j. w. Fillin>
game, died at the home of the lat,
ter in this city on last Tuesday
night of typhoid fever.
He was just twenty>one years of
age, and was young man of good
moral character and well liked by
all of our people. During his short
residence in this city he made
many warm friends, ald everyone
spoke in the highest terms ofbim.
His remains we're carried to
Spring Vale for burial. To lis
family the News extends its sin
cerest sympathy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
JUDGE dA GUERRYHH.
Od~so"'S Able Lawyer and Popular CIT
zen Elected to the Jussssh,p--Eot

0d~so0's Abfe Lawyer and Popular CIT
zen Elected to the Jvsgssh,p--Eot
Candidate for Congress.
All OF Dawson rejoiced on last
Monday when the news was fash.
ed over the wire from Atlanta that
our distinguished fellow towns
man, Hon. J. H. Query, had been
elected by the legislature to sue.
coed the late Hon. John I. Clarke
as Judge of the Pataula circuit.
Judge Query was elected on
the first ballot, aud within halt
hour after the legislature went in
to joint session.
After Mtssrs. Harrison and
Powell had been put in nomina,
ton. Senator 9. B. Wooten arose
and said: "Mr. President-I
take pleasure in nominating that
distinguished jurist, the Hon. j. H.
Query, of terrell"
This was greeted with bursts of
applause, and Mr.. Bell, of For.
syth, arose and said 81 take
pleasure in secoading the nomina>
ton of the Hon. Jim Query"
Then came seconds by seven
other members, when the roll call
was begun. Here's how the vote
stood:
Query, 105.
Harrison, So.
Powell %.
Shortly after Judge Query was
notified OF his election he took the
oath of Office in the presence Of
Governor Gordon and few other
gentlemen.
He is we'll known throughout
Georgia, and the legislature has
reason to be proud of their choice.
No young mar in Georgia is ADLER
aud no man is better qualified for
the important positson to which
he has been chosen. A lawyer OF
excellent reputation, he possesses
in a high degree those other quail
ties necessary in a just and up.
right judge.
Having heen elected to the
Judgeship, he will not be in the
next race for congress.
Judge Query will hold his first
court in Quitman on the first Mon
day in September.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
Personal.

Mr.. VIM. Arlington, of Quit
man, is visiting relatives in thecity.
Mr.. Hugh McNulty, Of Sheffield,
Ala, is spending his vacation with
his mother in this city.
Mr.. }. w. Wooten is spending
d few days in Gainesville.
Charlie Holiday is back from
his summering tour looking as rosy
sud smiling as a glass Of circus
lemonade. He did not marry
while gone. as was renorted, but
ls still, and is likely to remain, in a
state of single cussedHess.
Mess. JEFF Davis and Jim VIII
iams were not benefited very M UGH
by their recent trip to Gainesville.
and we understand may 90
agaih before the summer is over.
Mr.. A. j. Flemin Q, a prominent
young merchant of Fl. Gaines,
vas In the city yesterday.
Pref. Lee HOyl left last Week
to take charge of a school in Crisp,
Ga. Lee is an excellent young
man. and the people OF Crisp will
be pleased with him.
Miss Ellen Martin Is visiting her
sister, Mrs. E. B. McNulty, on
College Hill.
Misses Bart and Eula Blair, of
Brunswick, are 10 the city visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Mize.
Miss Helen Parks has returned
hCme after several weeks stay in
Atlanta.
MIR. G. N. Jordan, Of Atlanta,
is on visit to bis brother, Col.
Tom Jordan.
Mr.. Jack HarrelJ, of Quftman,
is visiting his daughter Mrs. A. P.
Hatcher,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
TaIkino IN Cbvtcb

Is something that is carried to a
very dlsagreeable extreme by the
young people of this city. Several
times during the course of the n. eet>
ing at the Baptist church the
preacher has been forced to ask
for silence, SO noticeable and
troublesome was the noise.
We are sure no one would do
this if they would only think, for
nothing so plainly shows the cal~
i5re of a persons mind and 80
thoroughly disgusts everyone as
improper conduct in church.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
GOOD NEWS FOR DAWSON.

The Ala. Ga. & Fla. to Come to This City.
Engineer Duval, who surveyed
the line OF road from Midway, Fla. ,
to Dawson, is yet in the city work,
ing on the profiles of the line.
Mr.. Duval is of the opinion that
the road will be built to Dawson
instead of Richland, and the iol.
lowing special from Columbus to
the Macon Telegraph increases that
belief. The Columbus correspon>
dent says:
l had a conversation With
party this afternoon who has posi-
tive information that the survey of
the Alabama. Georgia and Florida
railroad, which runs from Dawson
to Midway, Fla, is far cheaper
than the other line running through
Cuthbert, and also that it is about
thirteen miles the Ohortcr line.
Netting is risked in SAYING
that Dawson will get the road, as
one Of the gentlemen remarked:
"This is an age of sharp compe>
tition,and the short and cheap line
is always sought for"
The line runs South. going
through Baker county, leaving
cambridge to the West and cross
ing the S. F. q W. road near
Whigham.
This means Baker county's first
railroad, and Primus Jones with
his first bale of cotton and first
railroad, should be happy.
The first bale could come over
the line to the Dawson mar
ket, one of the best in Southwest
Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
aM wsMr.
Khat The C. Il. a. andy d. 7. Go.
sIogId Do.


A petition was being circulated
Monday resenting the insult offer
by the rail road and telegraph
companies in wanting to move the
telegraph Office to the depot.
1t seems that they have COM
bined to work one office instead of
two, as at present, and to do it
must move the city office.
This IS al insult to our prosper
Gus city, and something that will
not be tolerated by our citizens.
Dawson's business is of too much
Importance to be ignored and in>
convenienced in such q manner.
To move the telegraph office would
give our business men great trouble,
ald the telegraph company would
deserve the Indignation of all il
they took such a step.
The old Central. ever ready to
give Dawson black eye, is the
instigator Of t.lis scheme.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
AGood Meef,no

The prOtracted meeting in prog
ress at the Baptist church is prov
ing a success, and doing great good.
Several have joined and many are
evincing much interest. Rev. B,
w eDavis is an untiring divine
and is working faithfully and earn
estly 20 revive the people of Daw-
son. He has been assisted by Rev.
j. G. Corley, oft. Gaines, whose
powerful sermons have done much
in stirring the people up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
oOR PUBLIC SCHOOL Ell.
Ths Measure 10~ seinG Drawn 10 by
Judge Cuerry. Col. PARTS and Others.


Judge cusrry. Col Parts and Others.
Judge Query, Col. Parks arc
other friends Of the measure arr
now at work drawing up the bill
to be introduced in the Legislature
providing fcf a system Of publ,
schools in Dawson.
To sustain the school, the bill
will provide that the town council
be empowered to levy tax on
all the property in the town to the
extent OF Onesffth of one per
cent. Added to this will be the
license taxes collected and the pro-
rata share of the state school fund
Further, an incidental fee of about
So will te charged, and no one will
be entitled to the benefits of the
school until they have been
citizens Of the city for six months.
Though known as system sus.
tanned by taxation, the fact is ap.
parent that the taxation necessary
will be very light indeed. Take
the incidental fee, the state school
fund aud the license taxes, and
there will be need for only very
slight property tax.
Dawson wants a system of pub
lie schools and she wants it bad
There is a school building here;
that is to say we havs a building and
a set of trustees, who meet once a
year and elect a teacher. Bot we
cannot talk too painly even wheii
we say thata school building, a
learned teacher and set Of
trustees are not altogether every
thing in the shape of school that
is needed in Dawson. We want
a school where the masses of chiI-
dren can go and pick up not only
the scant education dea t out to
them in "treacle doses"by our pub
lie schools under the present badly
organized system of free schools,
but We want school of method
and system.
AS many of our best citizens
seem to be in earnest about having
a graded system of schools in Daw.
son, there is every reason 20 hope
f0t the successful accomplishment
Of this very important matter. The
consideration of this subject carries
with it the most important results
which'has ever engaged the atten-
tention'of our people. 1t carries
with it a necessity and duty, and
the appeal which comes up to US
effects to a great extent the future
of odr children.
We are satisfied the proposed
system is the very thing we need,
and we believe our people will
adopt it when called upon to vote
on it.
The system cannot be put in OPP
Grafton unless twO-thifds of the
qualified voters of Dawson vote
tor it at the election to be hereafter
ordered by the city council.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
Gan snirits produced by Distill

"All spirits produced by Distill-
ers who use other materials than
Apples, Peaches or Grapes MUsT be
entered in Distillery Warehouse
and be stamped with warehouse
stamp (this makes first stamp on
darrell and when withdrawn from
Distillery Warehouse on payment
of tax, the tax paid stamp (Which
is the second stamp on and is the
largest) must be affixed"
The above is the law on all Dis"
titled goods and no barrel of Dis
titled Liquor can be stamped with
one stamp only.
IT, : F. BETHUNE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07

If you want the purest patent
medicines and drugs you will find
them them at Cheatham q Deans
For Preserving Kettles 90 to
A. j. Baldwin 81 Co.'S.
Get Cheatham Il Deans prices
on lead and oil and other paints and
paint brushes before buying.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
rhn Preshpfannn Church

Is about completed, and arrange
menls are being made for the ded.
ication services the latter part OF
this month. The Rev. W. b.
Jennings, of Macon, has been ask
ed TO fill the pulpit or that day,
and if he accepts our people may
expect an eloquent discourse.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
John RnrLeKcnrn

Was a promiscious aud much
courted citizen on Saturday, and
along towards the shank of the eve,
ping and after nightiall things were
somewhat lively.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
Removal.

Mr.. ]. w. Fi.lingame has rented
a storeroom in the Farrar block
and will move his stock OF goods
about the first of September.
Frank Bethune will open a parlor
barber shop in the building to be
vacated by Mr.. Fillingame.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
The Game To-Day.

Our ball boys leave to-day for
Cuthbert, where the second game
will be played with the nine of
that city. Our boys are in fair
trim, and expect to be victors TOR
the second time. The following
compose the nine: Mercer, Naswor-
thy, Howard, McNulty, Glover,
HERS, Talbot. Marlin, Jennings.
A large number OF Dawsonites
will go down with the boys to cheer
them on to victory.
The "Lightfoots," a club COM
posed Of younger boys, went down
this morning to play with the
younger boys of Cu;hbert. They
play better ball, taking everything
into consideration, than do the lar
ger boys, aid Cuthbert's kids
will have to play ball to down them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
SaLfnaninL

This is week of self.denial with
the MethOdIsts,a land prayer meeting
is held at the church every morns
ing at nine o'clock. Pastor Wes-
ton gave a lecture last night, and
will deliver another on Friday
night.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07

Took place on last Saturday be>
tween two negroes, Caesar Morgan
and Clayton Aaron. Some one hit
Caesar with a rock land thinking it
was Aaron he stabbed him with
his knife. He is now in limbo.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07

Caterpillar flies have been seen in
great numbers in some of the cot,
ton fields CT the county, and in 9th,
ers youug caterpillafs have been
discovered.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
Decentralization "

Derma-Lotion,' an unrivaled
remedy for cure of letter, Ecze-
ma, Itch, Summer Heat, Eruption
of Skin and all Skin diseases. For
sale by W. G. Kendrick and
Cheatham q Dean, So
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
Vii MnHe TO ToMn.

Mrs. S. NJ. Brown, who lives
north of Dawson, has rented one of
Mr.. j. r MERGERS houses in Mer,
cerville, and will move to the city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
vi. KEMPNER, Dawson, Ca.
For Sale.

The livery stable on Main street
and residence and lot on Church
street. This is all desirable prop,
erty, we'll located. good buildings.
and water plentiful. Terms cash.
For information and particulars call
on or address &. n. BRYAN,
Nav y, 1889. BrOnWood. Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
New Clerk,

Mr.. j. q, helms has accepted a
position with the popular house of
j, w. Slade.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07
Notice

Is hereby given that at the adj
journed session of the Legislature,
TO meet ia July next, a bill will
be introduced to establish system
Of public graded schools in Dawson
and for other purposes.
Dawson, Ca, I'D. LANG,
June %, 1889. Mayor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-08-07

When you want a nice set of
Buggy, Carriage or Wagon Hair
ness call on Statham q Farnum.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-30
MARINE NEWS AND NOTES.

The schooner Fanny Adele, lumber
laden from Skamokawa sails to-day.
The stramer city of astoria has
been laid mp for repairs. until further
notice.
The American schooner MOilie
adams has been reported outside, at
Victoria. 3. c., with catch of 1000
seal skins, the largest of the season.
A letter received 10y Captain w.
Young, says the OregOniGR,. states
that the schooner Long, while enter
ing the Coquille river in tow OF the
tug Liberty, got aground, owing to
the shifting of the channel and for
nation of bank of deposit for $50
feet in from the end of the bar, due to
the extension of the jetty. The tug
struck first and the schooner ran in
to her, breaking off her jibboom and
bowsprit The schooner then worked
IN close by the jetty and her cargo
was unloaded and hauled to Bandon
by teams. Several efforts have been
made to get the vessel off without
success. She has no water in her
hold, and is resting easily. No fear
of her loss is entertained and it is ex-
pected she will float off with the high
tides,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-30
They Failed to Cooperate.

Yesterday morning a man named
W. b. Marye brought down from
Portland thirty-eight men that he
had promised TO locate on timber
claims on the Nehalem. Several of
the men had made arrangements to
start on the journey by chartering the
little steamer Occident; the others in
tending to start with teams, but on
account of the arrest of Marye on 4
charge of embezzlement the party
was delayed. The strange part of the
affair Is that the men allege that they
each paid Marye S45 for locating
them and that last night he refused
to take the party out and locate them
and also that he refused to return
their money paid until they return to
Portland. These men were considerab-
ly excited last evening and vowed ven
gance on Marye, if he did not come to
time. Marye's is alleged to have jumped
several valuable claims, among them
Clark Loughery's, near Knappa, one of
the Ocean Canning company's in Wah-
kiakum county, near Skamokawa and
one claimed by boy in Nehalem.
Mr.. Marye claims that he only re-
ceived $35 from each man to be used
in defraying actual expenses in locat-
ing them on government timber land
in Clatsop county, and for filing in the
land Office at Oregon City. Mr.. Marye
also claims that he has paid fourteen
of the party their money back, and
that when he gets to Portland he will
pay the others in full, and that he
will return in three days apd go out
and locate those that wish to go.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-30
POETRY OF THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN.

Despite its virulence the campaign
is not without its humorous features.
For instance. here is a specimen of
some of the poetry that goes in Rich
mond:
Little Malone sat all alone,
Eating patronage pie,
He put in his spoon and pulled out a
coon,
And said, "what a great man am l."
Old mother Hubbard went to the cup
board
To get poor white man a bone:
But when she got there the cupboard was
bare,
All gobbled up by Malone.
There was great man named MahOne.
With scheme to refund loan
He'd pay the state debt,
And stranger still yet.
Would not tax Billy Malone.
And here is another, both taken
from the Richmond Dispatch:
When the lion eats grass like an OK,
And the fishing worm swallows the
whale:
When the terrapins knit wooden socks,
Aid the hares outrun by the snails;
When serpents walk upright as men,
And the doodle bugs travel like frogs:
When the grasshopper feeds on hens,
And feathers are found upon hogs:
When Thomas cats swim in the air,
And elephants roost upon trees:
When insects in summer are rare,
And snuff never makes people sneeze;
Where fishes creep over dry land,
And mules on velocipedes ride;
When foxes lay eggs in the sand,
And women in dress take no pride;
When Dutchmen no longer drink beer.
And girls get to preaching on time;
When billy goats butt from the rear,
And treason no longer is crime;
When the humming bird brays like the
ass,
And potato bugs sing like the lark;
When plow-shares are made out of glass,
And fieas can be caught in the dark;
When gas meters cease to tell lies,
And the COW jumps over the moon;
When the Yankees forsake pumpkin pie,
And the dish runneth after the spoon;
When streams to their fountains flow
back,
And limberger smells like cologne:
When the skin of the white man turns
black,
And the heart of Virgiuians to stone
Not till then will they follow the track,
OF thy treachery, Billy Malone.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-30
EupeDSy.

This is what you ought to have, in
fact, yOn must have it, to fully enjoy
life, Thousands are searching for il
daily, and mourning because they find
it not. Thousands upon thousands of
dollars are spent annually by our peO-
pie in the hope that they may attain
this boon. And yet it may be had by
all. We guarantee that Electric Bitters,
if used according TO directions and the
use persisted in, will bring yOu Good
mend Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia
and all diseases of Liver, Stomach and
Kidneys. Sold at soc. and S1.O0 per bot
tie by j. w. Conn, Druggist.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-30

and receive proposals for the doing
of such work, and enter into con-
tract with the lowest responsible bid
der, and proceed according to the pro-
visions of sec. 3 of ordinance No. 1S5,
as amended by ordinance No. 205.
Jas; "a W; WEIGH, Committee
1. B. ELBoN. S. & P. w.
Councilman Welch moved that the
city attorney be instructed to draft
an ordinance forbidding the shooting
of air guns in the city limits: motion
carried.
Councilman Welch moved that the
auditor be instructed to make up the
accounts of the street improvements
around the custom house and send
them on to Washington for payment:
motion carried. Council then ad-
iOuEned.