The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-01-01
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I. w. Jones' f Baker County, Star.
Ties The Gi;y Of AIhang.
Yesterday was field day for
the warehfusemao--st least two Of
them, biessrs. S. r. Weston & Son
aad r A1Han.
The Tin, P w. Jones, Of Ia,
ker, the historic frs. bale man,
brought ii the remnant of his
crop. ninety-eight bales of the
feecy staple, aud divided it be-
tween thea, above.namei ware,
housemenw
Mr.. Jona yaR in the city early
yesterday Morning aud anhounc-
ed to his friends that he would
startIe the ity during tie day by
marketing about 4 hundred bales
of cotton, TIE last of his crop.
MS friends paid 10 attention to
1t and many Of them would say:
Look here, Primus,you can't fool
US that way, You've fooled us
before"
Well, jqst watt" he would re.
ply, and thew did
About bali past II o'clock yester,
day Mr.. Jones was seen Econ ing
down Broad street from the west,
followed bya long train of wa yons
loaded with cotton. The sight at
tracted the attention Of the citizens
an9 as the train drew nearer the
business portion of tie e;tE it,
caused tbefrfowd to gather to as
certain the object Ct such a pro.
cession.
As the train advanced, all kinds
Of expressions could be heard,
such as "Hero comes Primus
Jones cotton!"
Gust look at the wagonsp""Aint
that heap o cotton?" exc.
By this time the train had reach
ed Washington street, and MIR.
Jones overseer sI,tioaed himself
in front OF the train, book in hand,
TO turn the Wagons alternately to
Wcston's and ITali's warehouses.
J'ho-4-.r.;S.. &c farmers, the first
bale man, ag4Gioriyin his gnlky
and viewed the procession serenely, |
smile OF satisfaction PLAYING over
his FEATURES as men, boys, dogs ard
everything else gathered to see
what was going on.
Six,mule, todr-mule, two-muIe,
six-o&en four oxen and every other
kind Of team imaginable, each
with its load Of the great asrioult-
ural staple.
The policemen gathered to keep
the teams ir,m blocking the streets
and to tern the number Of country
and city teams first one way or
the other to keep the streets clear.
While Hon, Prinus was seeing
the fruit Of his labor marketed he
was approached by News aud
Advertiser reporter, bat before a
query caol) he pat be sid:
80, / loli you SO. You didn't
believe that was going to bring in
all this cotton, but you see it now,
don't you.
Eyes, I see it, " was tie reply,
"but where did it come from?"
From my place in Baker II
made over thirty bales to the pillow,
and am just bringing ii the rem
nants Of the crop now"
Just at this time Hon. w. w. !
Hooks, Of Lee, a brother tariner
anda brother representative in the
lower House OF the Legislature,
approached the buggy, saying:
"Primus, where did you buy all
this cotton ?"
"Nonn o your business, was the
prompt reply, as he gave his over
seer orders about the division OF
train.
After all the wagons had driven
to the respective warehouses, Mr.. |
Jones went around, saw the cotton
weighed, obtained the receipts, and
the remainder of the day he spent
in circulation with his many
friends receiving their congratula-
ton on his agricultural success
albany NeWs.
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One Fact
Is worth column of rhetoric, said
an A merican statesman II 10 a