The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-09-11
DAWSON MAZE DARK.
Hundreds of Negroes Crowd The City,
One of Her Public Halls Turned
into A PnHdemonjum-- The Town
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"'"oFe0S OF negroes CFoWd Inc City,
One of Her Public Halls Turned
into A Pundemonium- The Town
Painted A bright HermiiGon.
Probably some of the most dis
graceful scenes ever enacted in the
city Of Dawson occurred on last
Friday night.
1t was the occasion of q match
game of ball between the Cuthbert
and Dawson negroes, and the city
was filled to overlooking with the
chocolate colOred gentry from far
and near. From the arrival of the
"canuon BALI train on Thursday
night till its departure Saturday
morning, the town was virtually in
possession of the negroes. Their
conduct, as witnessed by NEWS
man at the depot on Thursday
night, was simply disgra etul. At
the time a lady was going off on
the train, and the oaths thst greet>
ed her ears and their altogether
depraved actions were shocking and
disgusting. Some few Of the O.
groes were sensible enough to at
tempt to keep order, and their
actions are highly commendable;
but as a whole they were extremely
disordCrly, and made the night
hideOus with their conduct. With
the dawn things received a some
what brighter aspect, hut by the
time the visitors had imbibed a few
barrels Of rot gut" whiskev, they
begun to cause trouble. Dispute
after dispute was the order of the
day, and a riot ancng themselves
seemed imminent before night.
drunken negroes from everywhere,
walked our streets in all their glory,
and in view of the fact that those
of this place and Cuthbert were
decidedly antagOnistic, the worse
was expected. Fortunately the
game resulted in victory for DAVIS
son, presumably from the tact that
they were more familiar with the
vile stuff they drank than were
their opponents, and thus an almost
inevitable negro fracas was averted.
In the afternoon the best vehicles
in the city We're adorned by the
dusky damsels noted for their street
perambulating proclivi'ies, all i'm
mensely Infused with the hillariiy
OF the occasion = and liquor. AT
nishtfall things had reached a
mel owy max and a diminutive
hell was started in one of the best
halls of the city. The Guards
armory, from dark till nearly day,
was the scene of one of the most
depraved and revolving negro
round ups" that ever occurred
outside of the dark continent.
Every negro and his cousin, for
mi es around, was there, and it
was hard to decide who was the
drunkest, he or his cousin. Ar
istocracy mingled with the ICONS
mon herd" aud liquor mingled
with all uRtil everybody was on
level-sOme level on the floor.
The bar rooms of the city were in
full blast until the "wee small
hours and if the food gates of
eternity had been turned loose on
Dawson a stream of inky black
ne:s would have washed the Plu-
tonlan shores. At about two
ocln:b they marched en- masse down
one Of the most prominent and
populOus streets to the depot, and
the air for some distance was made
thick enough 10 slice, with caths
and every concei fable kind Of hell,
ish noise. 1t was at the depot
that they so pointedly lguored the
Laws of the city. Mingling with
their DRUNKEN songs and curses was
the occasional crack of a pistol,
and citizens for blocks around de.
cided the storm had broke, but it
proved to be only the parting sa>
lutte OF drunken and boisterous
mob The city of Dawson, on last
Friday night, was disgraced by
many unlawful and revolving acts.
We make no comment, none is
necessary.