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The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
Amnesty But a Half Measure.

Senator ColquitPs recommends
tion to the President touching the
pardoning of people who are In pri-
son for violations of the internal
revenue laws, ends as follows:
i do not know of a single case
whereas general amnesty proclamas-
ton would reach person of motor
iously bad character, or one guilty
of very aggravated violations
whereas it would liberote many very
poor men who have been guilty of
violating law for the purpose of
earning a living for large and de-
pendent families. I earnestly re-
commend that the President grant
the amnesty
Senator Colquitt is ably assited
or rather lead in this movement by
Congressman Gambler. 1t goes with
out saying that he bas the sympathy
of the vast majority of Georgia peo>
pie who pity the men that have been
dragged away from home and impri-
soned for violation of a law that
was a mere expedient to raise mon
ey.
But the question arises if these
men ought not to be in prison-if
they should be pardoned as Sena>
tor Colquitt recommends ought 9TH
ers to be sent to take their place ?
The same reason that exists for re-
leasing man who has been in pri-
son a day for violating a revenue
law will be as good tomorrow for
one who was placed there this morn
ing. Where is the sense, the econs
omy, the good policy thrusting
people behind the bars one day and
appealing for general amnesty the
next?
There is a shorter way THAI gen.
eral amnesty t0guarantee the noun
tain people of Georgia and Carolina
and Tennessee their liberties and
their natural rights, and that is to
repeal the statutes that interfere
with them. An appeal for general
amnesty in the case of violators of
the internal revenue law isan argus
ment for the repeal of the law.
Logically, if it is just,
the people who disregard
it should bepunish,d. II it is an
unjust law, it should he repealed,
Senator Colquitt, of course, does
not admit this, but he unconsciusly
weakens the cause of the internal
revenue when he states that no per-
son (within his knowledge of not,
oriously bad character is now in
prison for violation of the law, that
none Of the ofienses were aggravat.
ed and that many OF the imprisoned
people were very poorand broke the
law to earn living for large and de-
pendent families.
Is there any American with a
drop of the blood in him that was
ieopardized by revolutionary sire,
who willSay that these people should
be in prison, or others exposed to
imprisonment through an excise re-
venue law?
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

Mr.. Jefferson Davis has written
to a friend in Atlanta that the ac-
couutsfof the recent riots in Mississ-
ippi was greatly exaggerated. He
also said; !,
Though it may seem singular,
it is true that race conflicts gener>
ally occur where the negroes are
few compared to the whites and the
personal association much closer
than on the plantations. On our
island we have 500 or 600 blacks
and say ten or a dozen whites. -
There has never been disturbance
among them. We Tor several wears
had a negro magistrate. He has
now gone away, but before his de-
parture a well~behaved sober young
man defeated the negro in the last
election contest, which at least
shows that the negroes to large
extent are willing to trust white
man"
Mr.. Davis rarely writes letter,
however brief' without giving
the country something to think
about,
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
Home,

-[London Spectator.
A..manEcan build mansion g
And furnish it throughout;
A man can build a palace,
With lofty walls and stout;
a man can build a temple,
With high and spacious dome;
But no man in the world can build
That precious thing called Home
It is the happy faculty
Of woman, far and wide,
To turn cot Or palace
Into something else beside
Where brothers, sons and Rus>
bands, tired,
With willing footsteps come;
a place Of rest, where love abounds,
A perfect kingdom-Home.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
Of Interest to Everybody.

Horsley and Killen, viii carry
this fall, one OF the best stock Of
goods, ever brought to this city.
Quality and quantity, will be the
motto Of this firm. Prices will he
such as tc suit everybody. Cloths
ing Will be made q speciality, and
one can have their measure taken
so as to obtain a complete fit.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
It Was the Last Half Pint he Had.

Washington Critic.
Not long ago Senator Blackburn
went out to Western Texas on q
pleasure excursion, and en- route
took in the Indian Territory. He
was so pleased with its green, blue
grassy appearance that he conclud-
ed to take horseback journey
through part of It. One day.when
he was riding alone, taking in all
the points Of the great pasture land,
he was overtaken by well-mountS
ed, wellarmed, and we'll dressed
redskin, who spoke little Eng.
fish.
( 'Cowmanj eli? vas his first in.
qdiry.
ooh, no I'm just looking at this
fine country. | don't live here; I
live in Kentucky
'Kentuck? Ugh! You got whiss
key p
The Senator had a small flask of
old Crow in his side pocket and
Immediately produced it. In lit
tie time the aboriginal wanted a
second drink, and finally the whole
flask; but after giving him toe small
'jiggers' the civilties we're brought
to an end.
That evening whetl the Senator
was in the public room of the hotel
at the little Texas town, he told the
circumstance of having met the In~
dian, and said:
In all my life | have never seen
any human being on God AlmighS
tvs green earth that ever had a
tlthe OF the appreciation for bot<
tie of whiskey that this redskin
manifested. Gentlemen, | am tell
ing you not a whit more than the
absolute truth when say that In
dian began by Offering me his res
peating Colts rifle and ended by
dismouuting from bis horse, and
offering me his Arapaho blanket,
his Mexican silyer~mounted saddle,
his gun, pistols, and the horse itself
Tor what remained in my flask. l
really believe he would have given
me his leggins, moccasins,gee string
and all, and gone back naked for
just that little modjeum of whis~
key
well, senator said one of his
auditors, why didn't you trade
with himg
Trade with himY exclaimed the
Kentuckian, in utter astonishment
at such suggestion. MY God,
man it was the last half pint /
had
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

n. Y. Judge to criminal And the
sentence Of the court is that YOU be
shocked with electricity until you
are dead, aud may
CriminaI, nterrupting That's
played cut, Judge You can't work
that on me.
N. Y. Judge: Silence in COURT
What's the natter?
Criminal: Electricity won't shock
me Judge. Nothing else, either,
I've read "The Qdick or the Dead?"
Puck,
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
THE LAW Is WRONG.

Hon. Edgar Simmons, of Sum-
ter, who has been engaged before
the governor for several days in the
contest over the office of sheriff of
Lee county, said last night that the
law was wrong, and at the summer
session of the legislature he would
introduce a bill throwing all these
contests in the courts Of the coun,
ties where they originate.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

Judge Lumpkin holding court at
Washington, dismissed the petit
jury Thursday, but both judge and
grand jury remain in session, the
latter Investigating the Broad river
trouble. On thursday county
oailif, Robert Toombs Smith, was
sent to Jail for twenty days for con-
tempt Of court. His ofense was
that, having been ordered to serve
Il subpoena on a colordd woman to
appear as a witness, he took occa~
sion to advise her personally to
leave the county.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
I'm Improbable Client.
Providence Journal.

A day or two ago a talented
young lawyer of Putnam, Conu.,
was delighted by finding in his Of
flee a richly dressed lady, who an
nounced her desire to employ him
professionally. With a beaming
smile the young Blackstone handed
the fair visitor a cushioned am
chair, aud assured her "that he
was entirely and devotedly at her
service" Seating herself, the lady
ungloved her small, white hand,
that literally glistened with dia-
monds, and applied a Suez scented
handkerchief to her lips, blushed,
and casting her eyes upon the floor,
said:
MY business is very particular
it is-pardon me, sir, but you will
not betray me?
Bctray you! Not for the world,
madame, YOU can confde in me
with the same reliance as in priest
at the confessional
The fact isl want-that is. I
have been unfortunate in my mar,
riage relations
he eyes Of the lawyer glistcrcd,
and drawing his chair close to the
SIDE Of his fair client, remarked;
I scc-I sec-you want d.
yorcc. / am just the man to get it
tDr you. | am perfectly an tuit in
matters OF this kind. How long
have you been married.
Nine years
Nine years! You must have
been very young when you entered
this bliss-I mean wretched state,
4 was mere child-a foolish.
inexperienced girl. A doting moth,
er placed me in the arms of a man
cid enough to be my father. But
he was rich, and for two or three
years ! did not know the difference.
| was as happy as though my hus-
band had been twenty years youn-
ger, but association with other wo-
men opened nv eyes, and | became
wretched. l pined for heart
that was congenial with my
own !
Exactly sor exclaimed the law
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
WOOLFULK'S NEW TRIAL.
The Supreme Courts Decision III
The Case.

The Supreme Courts Decision III
The Case.
ATLANTA, Feb. 1.-THE SUI
preme Court decided to-day that
Tom Voolfolk must have a new
trial. They find that the errors in
the court below were numerous and
glazing, and after having the opin-
ions read, which would fill four or
five collums of a paper, one would
be apt to imagine that there was
hardly anything but errors in the
trial.
While the Court referred at some
length to numerous errors alleged
in the motion for a new trial, the
verdict of the court below was re-
versed, mainly for the errors in the
following three grounds:
l. The court erred in permitting
a witness to testify that when the
hat was drawn from the well, it was
claimed to belong to a son of Silas
Voolfolk, the objection being that
the testimony was hearsay and IL
legal, and that the witness did not
state who it was who claimed thar
the hat was the boys.
2. The court erred in refusing on
the next day after it was given, to
rule out the testimony OF Davis,
that after the killing some one
slapped him and said : Tell every
body that the Voolfolk family are
all killed but one and Davis said
Immediately, the one that got
away was Tom Voolfolk, and he
is the one who killed all the rest.
The motion to rule out was on the
ground that this testimony was il
legal, as what Davis said to anoth-
er was not proper testimony, it be-
ing only his conclusion.
3. The court erred in permitting
Howard to testify in answer to the
question as to what Mrs. Voolfolk
said to him when she was leaving,
going home-aud afterwards in re-
fus.ng to rule out the testimony as
fellows: she ssil her visit was to
see me, and know what to do; her
life was IN danger from Tom Wool
folk. The way be treated her, size
" ecte TO 5e Killed. HE oIiecS
uCn was that the testimony was
hercsay, and that even dying dee
iaratioaa could not BE given in eY-
idence, unless it was first. proved
that the person was in articuIo
morris, and was conscious of death
at the time OF making them.
Voolfolk was convicted OF the
murder Of his father, step-mothor,
aud six brothers and sisters. The
scene of the crime was near Macon,
and Voolfolk was branded as the
most noted criminal of modern
times Justice Simmons who de-
livered the decision, referred to the
demonstration IN the court room at
Macon diir.ng the trial OF the case,
when the crowd cried; Hang him,
hang him. The Justice also CEN
sured the court below for not TAX
ing summary measures for the
punishment of those who raised the
cries.
In reading the decision Justice
Simmons said that Judge GustiD
should have stopped the argument
Of counsel for the State when the
applause and cries Of chang him"
arose from the crowd and should
have shown 10 the jury that no mat
ter whatever position the Moonlight
entertain the law would project
them in making an impartial tri-
al. The decision is a long one
covering thirty pages Of typcwrit-
ing.
The Judgment is reversed, and a
new trial ordered.
Of Interestto Everybody.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

Itch, Prairie Na1ge, and
5tratches Of every kind cured in30
minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lo
lon. Use no other. This never
fails. Sold by w G Kcndrck,
Druggist, Dawson,Ga.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
Are You Intending TO Build a .Ronea

If SO, send us your address and
80 cents in stamps or postal note
for our new book containing over
Fifty Different Styles and Plans of
Houses, costing from $500 to SO,
500, suitable for city, town or coun-
try, arranged by the best architects
in the United States and Europe,
The book gives pictures and plans
OF each house, showing just ho1
they look when completed. Any
carpenter can build from these
plans. If your ever intend to build
a house, write at once, as this adver-
tisement will not appear again in
this paper.
Address, &c Shepard,
Evansburg, Pa,
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

"a ATEEF5 Procured. Wm. G
~ Henderson, 925 F St, Wash
inrton, ,. c. Formerly Of Exam
ming Corps Us. Patent Office.
II years experience. Send Shetch
motel arotor reports rs 10 p"te"t-
, Iay. Correspondence solicited
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

There are 493 mountaiu peaks in
the United States more than 10000
feet in height. The highest mouho
tain east of the Mississippi is
Mount Balsam Cone, in the Black
mountains OF North Carolina.
which is 6,67l feet high,
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

Don't say that a man is bowleg-
geo even If he has that cccentlicity
of gait. just say that he doesn't
obstruct the view of the scenery
when he is walking,
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

We keep full IiDe OF Tobacco
and Cigars, and when you once
trv our goods you will not use any
other LIillman u Stevens.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

The Harverian Society Of Great
Britain estimates that fourteen per
cent. Of mortality among adults in
the United Kingdom is due to al
cohoL
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

Shoes OF all sorts, sizes and quail
tiles that must go in the next %
days. Take advantage Of the low
prices. Nolan Bros.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

There is only one way to stop a
small boy from asking questions,
and that way is not We v satisfacto--
ry if you have any further use for
the boy.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
THE STAIN ON THE GOVERNOR.

This week Gov. Gordon was
forced to leave his private Office for
the supreme court room and for
several days, and far into each
night, sat patiently listening TO the
almost interminable record of evil
dence and the scarcely less inter-
minable speeches OF lawyers. In
the meantime the public business
was aceumulating in the executive
Office, and people desiring to see the
executive official business had to be
informed that his excellency was
holding court The governor came
out Of these sittings worn out and
exhausted. The law should be 50
changed as to relieve the exs
ecutive of these purely judicial
duties.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
4 PLnno 70 be Clyen EmnY.

The Georgia Music House Ma
con, Ga, with It's characteristic
progressive spirit, will this year,
give some lover Of music hand
some Upright Piano. This Is a big
stroke OF enterprise, and those who
would like to nave an elegant pio-
no, tree, should write at once and
learn all particulars. 1t viii cost
you but a postage stamp.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
GEORGIA'S WEARIED Cow
ERNOR.
Governor Gordon Broke Down by
Election Contests-Changes in
the Law Suggested.

ATLANTA, Feb. 9.-The present
law imposes upon the governor the
duty of hearing and determining
the contests which follow the bien-
NAL election of county officers.
During the trial of these cases the
governor is Invested Of his execu-
tive character and made to sit as a
judge.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20
Ea11 Hl8 Winter
TEKEs So LADIES

Generally are Respectfully SolicitS
ed to examine my stock and note
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-02-20

P R 10 Il =.
sm- Am determined to please
the most. Fastidious Buyer~Ssa
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-06-29

Council Bluffs to the further cxtrem-
ity of Omaha. Where once was heard
the hiss of the arrow rs it sped on its
way into the middle Of white man
who was looking the other way, now
all is changed Where there were once
no residences, to say nothing Of hotels,
l visited n town in interior Nebraska
last week where they had good hotel,
with matches in the Office. What do
you want it for?' asked the landlord
when ] said | wanted match l said
| had just chopped some wood and |
wanted to start fire in my room if he
would let me have O match that he
was not using. Then he took key
out of his pocket, blew q grain of wheat
out Of it, and, looking ut me with .
keen, searching glance. opened q
drawer in his desk, and got me blue
headed match
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-06-29
A Truthful! Girl,

During the war, Miss n, beauti
full and spirited Nirginian, whose
brother Ga Confederate soldier had
been taken by the Union forces, was
DESTROYS of obtaining pass which
would enable her to visit him. Fran
els p Blair agreed to secure an au-
dience with the President, but warned
his young and rather impulsive friend
to be very prudent, and not let word
escape her which would betray her
Southern sympathies. They were ush-
cred into the presence of Mr.. Lincoln,
and the object for which they had come
stated
The tall, grave man bent down to
the petite maiden, and, looking search
ingly into her face, said
You are loyal, of course?"
Her bright eyes flashed. She hesita-
ted moment and then, with face
eloquent with emotion and honest as
his own, she replied:
"Yes, loyal TO the hearts cOre-to
Virginia."
Mr.. Lincoln kept his intent gaze up
on her for moment longer, and then
went to his desk, wrote line or two,
and handed her the paper. With n
low the interview terminated. Once
outside, the extreme vexation of Mr..
Blair found vent in reproachful words.
"Now, you have done it," he said.
Didn't l warn you to be very careful
You have only yourself to blame"
Miss n. made no reply, but opened
the paper. 1t contained these words
pass Miss N. She is an honest gir<
and can be trusted. A. LINCOLN"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-06-29

and preached. He was an insurance
agent, and kept general store. A
cold day he would frequently, while
drawing gallon Of molasses, shoe n
broncho mule, write sermon on hu-
mility, and whip wife. He would
then put up the molasses, wipe his fin
gers on his whiskers, and write an edi-
torial entitled I'VE Have Come to
STAY" He remained in Omaha and
Council Bluffs until one day he saw n
man enter the store wearing new high
silk hat. The next morning Mr.. John
son sold out his varied interests and
went to Salt Lake City, where he be-
came the head of several more families.
His wonderful versatility in matters
of business was obtained by driving q
bobtail car on Forty-sccond street,
New York, while quite young, during
Which time he had to drive skittish
horse, make change with his teeth,
whip the newsboys off the rear plat
form, and shovel snow off the track at
the same time. Mr.. Bryon Reed has
The -irrOlc complete with the excep-
ton Of No. 6.
Mr.. Anderson was the editor. He
was also successful obstetrician and
undertaken, which frequently gave him
scoop over his rivals in Chicago.
His "Salutatery," as Mr.. N. c. Bar
row, the able associate editor Of the
boomerang, used to say, starts out IS
follows:
well, strangers, friends, patrons,
and the good people generally, where
ever in the wide world your lot NAV be
cast, and IL whatever cline this 1rroao
may reach you, here we are upon Ne
braska soil, seated upon the stump OF
an ancient oak, which serves for an
editorial chair, and the top of our
badly abused beaver for table, we
purpose editing the Arror." He then
| took another drink.
He wrote some real touching things,
one of which was called "A Night in
| Our Sanctum." 1t went on to state
that there was more Joy in one moment
| Of the glad, free, unfettered life in the
prairie than thousand years in the
bosom of civilization, wearing suspen-
! deys and putting dinner of till after
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-06-29

SCllDCd lii the Blule. 1ueI "uhttu "
naugurate somewhere n church which
should be self supporting, and encour'
age the social instinct to remarkable
degree. Their chief ambition was to
organize o paying church, wherein the
elders would not have to rely upon
donations, and wherein also the Old
Testam, mt idea of home might be car
ricd out. SO they hitched up their
cattle and steered their caravan toward
the West, over sage and salaratus,
across unbridged rivers and through
mountain detiles," which became still
more so as the troupe approached
them.
Discovering the Great Salt Lake
Basin, they returned across the baking
powder desert, and the 23d Of Decem-
Der, at Council Bluffs. issued their
epistle, recounting the disagreeable
repulsion from Nauvoo, the fortunate
discovery of the Valley of the Jordan
and the Great Salt Lake, and recon-
mending q reorganization Of the church
bv selecting o President, Vice Presi-
dent, Umpire and Corresponding Sec
rotary. Mr. Brigham Young, rising
Young red -whiskered man who COM
bined the philanthrorical instincts OF
Jaw Gould with the keen social in
stincts of an English duke, was chosen
President.
The gang then went into winter
quarters on the banks Of the soiled
Missouri.
The winter quarters were situated
upon the lands belonging to the Oma-
I l.. | Cor hn Mnr
mol,s Some OF the holes in the ground,
where tie saints lived are still visible,
although they were dug forty-three
years ago.
In the early history Of Omaha the
first successful club organized fol
mutual benefit was called the Claim
Club. The object Of this club was,
according to IFS preamble, to better
protect those who had good and prior
claims to lots and lands.
The Claim Club met upon call Of the
Pre- ident, and was addressed OF times
by men who were selected by the club
as thoroughly worthy. These after
dinner o! ator5 stood on barrel while
addressing the club, and at the close
cf the speech the barrel was generally
kicked out from uuileT blleiLi, ituNluS
them supporting their weight entirely
bv means Of the neck. But all lawless
acts of claim clubs were afterward ut
tributed to special clubs, who ran nm
impromptu business, something rs the
White Caps do now, when they want to
whip woman, and are afraid to do SO
single-handed.
The Ar'rOT was the first Omaha
newspaper. 1t started out July %,
1854. 1t was devoted to the arts, sci
ences, letters, climate, resources, agri-
culture, mean temperature, and poll
ties. Mr.. J. f. Johnson was the
business manager, and had four wives
besides. 1t is needless to say that he
was man of great ability. All day
he would manage the paper, and then,
weary and exhausted, take up the task
of successfully managing his four
souls idols. He also practiced law.
incidentally he ran blacksmith shop