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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
THE YAGRANCY LAW.
LEr rnE STATUTE BE rNroRcrp.

LET THE STATUTE BE ENFORCED.
just at t.lis time when there is sucl
a strong disposition in certain quar-
ters to enforce laws and ordinance
which have not attracted much atten.
ton heretofore, good citizens vii
wonder why We do not know more
about the vaerancy law.
Ii is fact that this statute is al,
most dead letter, and vet its Judi
cious enforcement would be a great
thing for the morals and general vel
fare Of the community.
Al all hours of the day nnd night,
in Atlanta and in other large cities,
white and black loqfers, singly. in
pairs and in groups, may be seen
touhging Ground the corners and on
The back streets They are able,
bodied men, but it soon becomes evi.
dent that they have no occupation
and are seeking none. They fill the
legal definition oil vagrancy by having
no visible meats of support, and by
leading idle and dissolute lives.
Their presence in the city is constant
menace to its peace, its morals and
its property. They live upon tn,
labor OF others, produce nothing aud
ip the course OF tine 90 to swell the
ranks of more active criminals.
So long as we ignore the vagrancy
law We may expect to see worthless
class in the city recruited 1y the sam,
class in the country, and our streets
will swarm with tranping negroe.
and few whites hose labor is act
ually needed IN many lines OF en-,
ploymeut.
We must get rid Of these lisances
or they will take possession o; tn,
cites and towns aud make it necessary
TO double our police force. The va
grancy statute is one OF the best laws
in our penal code. 1t does not strike
at the honest poor man who is out OF
work aud looking for job. 1t is
aimed at the fellow who, with no
means OF support, is determined to
lead an immoral and Idle life.
We must put new life into the halt
dead statute and carry it out. The
beneficial effects OF such course will
soon be apparent. The volume OF
crime will be diminished, and the sup,
ply of labor here and out in the
country will respond to the demand
for it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
Advice 70 a Young Man.

SO you We're little too pert, and
spoke without thinking, did YOU: nv
son? And you got picked up quite sud-
denly on your statement, Ell? Oh. well.
that's all right; that happens to older
men than you every day. I have noticed
that you have very positive way of fl
ing a decision where other men state an
opinion, and you frequently make pos
tive assertion where older men merely
express belief. But never mind you
are young. You will know less as YOU
grow older. Don't 1 mean you will
know more ?" Heaven forbid, my boy.
No, indeed mean that you will know
less. You will never know more than
you do now never. If you live to be
10000 years old, yea will never again
know as much as you do now. No
hoary-headed sage, whose long and stu
dious years were spent in reading men
and books, ever knew as much as a boy
of your age. A girl of fifteen knows
about as much, but then she gets over it
sooner and more easily.
"Does it cause pang, then, to get rid
of early knowledge" All, my boy, it
does. Pulling eye teeth and molars will
seem like pleasant recreation alongside
of Shedding off great solid slabs and
layers of wisdom and knowledge that
now press upon you like geological
strata. But how are you to get rid of
all this superintendent wisdom ?" Oh,
easily enough, my boy; just keep on air
ing it; that's the best way. 1t won't
stand constant use, and it disintegrates
rapidly on constant exposure to air
Burdette, in the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
Four Girls of Spirit.

The little village of Bartlett,
twelve miles from Memphis, has not
yet ceased discussing "a sensational
scene that occurred there on Thurs
day evening, in which four of the
leading village bellies, with long
switches in their hands, administered
to a well-known young man severe
chastisement for certain reports said
to have emanated from him.
The young man in the case is Rob-
ert Yates, who lives at Bartlett, and
until short time ago was employed
by the Tennessee Paper Company, in
Memphis. His parents are of the
highest responsibility, and he has
stood high both at Bartlett and Mem,
phis. fhe young ladies who covered
themselves with glory are Misses
Henson daughter Of Judge Hanson,
formerly of Shelby county,, Lille
smith, Josie Smith and Matte King.
They are pretty and bright.
II had come to the ears of the
ladies that young Yates had made
statement to the effect that he could
successfully assail the virtue OF any
lady in Bartlett with the exception OF
two or three. This remark was re-
ported to have been made in the pres
ence of some boys who conveyed it to
the ladies. The tour girls concerned
determined to take the matter in their
oY bands without consulting with
their male relatives, and they laid a
plan to encompass the desired end.
Yates came o Memphis on Thurs
day, and was due to return to Bart
lett in the evening about O'Clock
The girls We're in waiting for him
when he aIig hted IRON the train, each
armed with stout switch. He had
not proceeded lar from the depot
when they surrounded him. One
seized him while the others belabored
him with their switches. He tore
away from his captors, but was seized
again before he had gone but a lew
steps, by boy, who held him until
the girls had given him terrible
thrashing. They grasped their
switches by the slender End and laid
the heavy end on his face, arms and
back until he cried tor mercy. The
girls were there for punitive, not cau>
tionary purposes, and they did not
desist until they had accomplished
their object. The scene was wit
messed by half the population of
Bartlett. - Memphis Appeals Ava4
Ianehe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15


We authorize our advertised drug,
gist to sell you DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, upon this condition. If you
are afflicted with la grippe and will
use this remedy according 10 direc.
tions, giving it a fair trial, and expe-
rience no benefit. you may return
the hottie and have your money re,
funded. We make this offer because
of the wonderful success OF DIR. Kings
New Discovery during last seasons
epidemic. Have heard Of no case in
which it failed. Try it. Trial bot,
tie free at T. d. Sales drug store.
Large size 80 cents and 100.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
Eternal Vigilance.

Is the price OF health. But with all
our precau;ion there are enemies
always lurking about our systems,
only waiting favorble opportunity
to assert themselves. Impurities in
the blood may be hidden for years or
even Tor generations and suddenly
break forth, undermining health and
fastening death. For all disease ar.
ising from impure blood Hood'i sar.
sapar LA is the unequalled and
unapproached remedy. It is King o.
them all, for it conquegs disease.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
WY Congressman Co armed.

"Why do carry a gGn?D said a
member 81 Congress in response to a
Washington Star reporters question.
"Because | am liable TO need a wea,
pom at any time. If you were per-
mitted to look under the coattails Of
the entire national legislature YOU
would fluid revolvers in two or
three hip pockets. A senator or rep
resentative, merely by reason of his
conspicuousness, is always in greater
personal dagger than the citizen in
private life. For one thing he is an
object OF pursuit by cranks, per.
ceutage of whom are murderously in
cined. Ii yon could get together
list o. the deadly ARRAYS in which
congressman have been gagged
through no fault Of theirs, you would
perceive that such a precaution is
worth taking"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
The Ladies Dehqhted.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the liquid
fruit laxative, Syrup Of Figs, under all
conditions, make it their f9vorite RENE
dy. 1t is pleasing to the eye and to the
taste, gentle, yet efiectual in action on
the kidneys, liver and bowels.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15


The following lrnk statement
from j. L. Hare, OF Trenton, Texas,
will be OF interest to many OF our
citizens.
"My little hoy was very bad off
for two months with liarrhoea. We
used various medicines, also called
in two doctors, but nothing done
him any good until we used Cham
berlaiIs Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, which gave immediate re,
lief and soon cured him. | consider
it the best medicine made and can
consclentiously recommend it to all
who need diarrhoea medicine. For
sale by Farrar and Farrar, Drug
gists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

Why not all boom farming for a
while2 1t has been run down long
enough. Let US turn off the chronic
grumhlers who have had such gIo-
rious feast for the past fifteen years.
There is no sense in running down
the best business on earth. Now is
good time to talk up farming and
keep talking it up until we make it
easy for farmer to borrow money al
a reasonable rate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
DIR. Ae1er's English Pills

Are active, effective and pure.
For sick headache, disordered
stomach, loss OF appetite, bad cons
plexion and biliousness, they have
never been equaled, either in
America or abroad. Sold by Dean
d Davis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

Another bright boy has fallen a
victim to the accursed cigarette. A
lad OF fifteen years in Milledgeville
has been pronounced hopelessly blind
by DIR. Calhoun. OF Atlanta, caused
by smoking the poisonous opium
stepped cigarette.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

Sam Jones wants to spill as much
blood as was spilled in our civil war
IN order to stop the liquor traffic,
and proposes to head the procession
with his own rifle. But that rifle
cannot kill half as far a. most Of the
whlskey now On the market.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

in Paris the advertisement must be
true. A Paris tobaccouist, who had
perhaps been in Americo, advertised
IA certoin cigar to he "the best in the
world for five cents" lie was ar
rested, failed to prove it 'the best,
and was fined sixty dollars for "ma,
licious intention to deceive"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15


The following remarkable state
ment is clipped from the Montezuma
Record" Bill Irwin and Archie Davis,
two gentlemen OF very dark color,
had a row up III Houston county the
other day, on Mr.. Carey Soloman's
place. 1t seems that Bill went to
Arches house and tried to slice him
up tor some cause or other, and
Archie put in Il demurrer to the san
culinary proceedings. Bonnie Bow
man, eoored, elected himself sheriff
and appointed two other negroes as
HE assistants. They went for Bill
and arrested him. He was carried
before Justice Taylor for trial. After
the trial the sheriff took the prisoner
to bis house Tor the night, ami kept
him safely by locking a choin around
his hands and tying him up to the
joists Of the house. Next day he took
Bill down in Dolly county and sold
him to white man named Jim Jones
and one dollar in cash was the con,
slderation He issto work tor Jones
until enough money is made 10 pay
che costs IN the case, then we suppose
he will breathe the pure air OF liberty
once more. All this happened in
community almost as completely
Africanized as.Hypolyte's Haitian do
minions, and is only a specimen of
what may be exp cted in the future
where ignorance hold full sway.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
Well!

a gentleman living in this county near
Tallapoosa, has well from which he
has been drawing fine quality of n. o.
syrup for several -Tallapoosa
DISPATCH.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

Now is the time 10 provide you're
self and family with a reliable RIMS
edy Ter bowel complaints. 1t is all
most certain to be needed, and no TAM
lily can aft r to be without it. Ii
costs buta trife and may be the means
Of saving much suffering, ii not life.
There are many different remedies in
use, but Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy is uudoubt-
edly the best. p andg50 cent bottles
for sale by Farrar IL Farrar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

AS there is no royal road to learns
ing, 50 there is no magical cure for
disease. The effect, however, of
taking Ayers Sarsaparilla for blood
disorders comes as near magic as
can be expected Of any mere human
agency. This is due to its purity and
strenoth
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

The Constitution says that an old
time Georsia slavery negro is some-
what on the order OF the white mule
he neither dies nor resigns. That
is, be dies but seldom.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
DO l'0G WANT T0SAVE
From IS to so Gents on Every
Dollar You Spend?

II so, write for our Illustrated Cata-
logue. containing illustrations and prices
of everything manufactured In the
United States, at manufacturers prices.
10000 Illustrations, all lines represented.
Catalogue mailed free on application.
Address,
CHICAGO GENERAL SUPPLY Co.,
IT'S West Van Buren, St, Chicago, Ill
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

FashioHable homes are papered now. in
stead of being painted or plastered. ii
yuo would be in fashion Dean & Brannon
viii supply you with the latest styles Of
wall paper,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

Two million and halt is the mum,
her of persona who are said to work
on Sunday in this country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

Albert Erwin, editor of the Leou-
ard, Texas, Graphic, says: "For the
cure OF cramps in the stomach CHAINS
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy is the best and most
speedy | ever used" Many Others
who have tried it entertain the same
opinion. For sale by Farrar 4 Far
rar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

The declining powers of old age may
be wonderfully recuperated and sustain
ed by the daily use Of hoods sarsapa-
rilla.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

Things of beauty and Joys forever are
various hues and artistic shades of the
pretty assortmens of wall paper at Dean
q Brannons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
SOLD BY
DE. & r. b .McLAIN
PHOTOGRAPHS
S70R D AND D C0EssI1ER!I

Do not give your old sewirg machine
away. r. w. HUTCHENS q son, ex-
perienced adiusters, viii work up this
and adjoining counties. Sewing parts
tor all machines furnished also will re-
pair stationary engines and gins reason
ably. Satisfaction guaranteed.
4. W. HU rCHENS d SON.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15
FOR SALE.

One city lot containing over
: acres with 6 room dewlling
close to the business part of
town on gro Avenue. Price
$2,5oo.oo.
House and lot on Stone
wall street at a bargain.
House and lot on Lee street,
cheap. House and lot on
Orange street 1850, cheap.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

The next easiest thing to rolling off
u log is to tell an editor how TO run a
paper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

Never put yourself in the power
OF nun who will kieb dog for
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

We will sell the lots of the
Dawson Investment Company.
Beautifully situated. Low
Price from $4,000 to $4,000
per lot. Terms one fifth cash,
thebalance in 4 annual install.
ments. These lots are sellinr
rapidly, come quick and get
the best selectiona
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-07-15

It is said Georgia has a saloon to
every 6l2 Of her population.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-27
Trout Frv Ready for Delivery.

NEW YORK, Nov. ,2z-Application for
trout fry to be delivered from the State
hatcheries next spring are already com
ing in. Application blanks can be OBJ
tained by writing to Edward P. Doyle,
clerk of the board, room 90, Fulton Mar
ket Bank Building, this city. The com
missioners have now completed their.
new car for carrying fish, and will next
year make free deliyeryof fryat any sta
tion on the Ontario & Western Railway
direct from the car. The car is complete
in all its appointments for the trans
portation of fish, and will carry at one
time 600, 900 fry. This will be great
accommodation to the people interested
in stocking the streams, and will do
away with all the expense they have
heretofore had to bear in going to the
hatcheries for the fish, and al so for the
transportation. We are advised that
the commissioners have arranged for a
large output of fry this year, and it is
hoped that everybody interested will
send in their applications early.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-27
LABOR NOTES.

A Federation of Trades has been or
Ranized in San Diego, Cal, which will
be affiliated with the Federation OF
Labor on the Pacific coast.
The labor organizations Of Denver,
Col, are agitating TO abolish the local
Pinkerton police force maintained by
the capitalists of that city.
The pressmen's strike at the Werner
Works in Akron, o., has been settled,
the company agreeing to advance wages
and employ fewer apprentices.
The National organization of the
Wagon and Carriage Makers will be
represented at the Birmingham Conven-
tion of the American Federation of La
Dor by Cornelius Kelly
The Austrian government has given
orders TO expel from all universities and
other public educational institutions
any students or teachers who attend, OF
speak at, the meetings of organized
workmen.
The Knights of Labor of Indiana will
hold their annual convention at Con
nersvine on Dec. 2, aud after the lose
an offensive aud defensive alliance will
be formed with agricultural and reform
organization
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-27
Mr.. Coviile's Experiment.

Mr. Coyille has got but one apple
tree, but it is a good tree. It has hung
full of blossoms, and in the past week
has been a very beautiful ornament in
his little yard We do think apple bios
SONS the sweetest flowers ever created
On Mr.. Coville's tree worms have made
a huge and unsightly nest.
Mr.. Coville learned that the only sur,
way of getting rid Of the nest was to
burn it away. This was to be done by
a lighted bunch of rags saturated with
camphene and tied to the end of a pole
80 as to be applied to the nest 1t was
on Friday evening that Mr.. Coville did
this business, His wife helped him. He
put barrel under the tree to stand on
as he did not have pole long enough t.
reach the nest from the ground. He
tied lot Of rags on the end of stick
and dipped the mass into basin of cam.
phene, and then touched off match anG
applied the ball of flame to the nest
High as he was from the ground still he
had to stand well up on his toes to make
the remedy effective But Mr. Covill,
did not mind that at all, because the
flame was doing the work most beauti.
fully.
"That'n sizzle 'em, by gracious" h,
shouted down to his wife, who stood by
him, while his eyes were riveted on tht
devastation above his head
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-27
FIGHT FOR SPEAKER
Candidates Getting Ready For
the Caucus Contest.
FEW MEMBERS ON THE SCENE.
Mr., Mcmillan Confident aud Denies That
He Oontemplates Withdrawing.

The Time For the Caucus Not Yet Fixed
Bile as Possible = The Friends OF Mr..
Mills Jubilant-The Question Of Presi-
dental Preferences Not to Come up.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 The Demo-
cratic candidates for the Speakership of
the House were busy yesterday holding
conferences with their friends and get
ting ready for the cauc us contest. Mr..
Mills and his friends are in q pleasant
mood over Mr., Carls!e's letter vouching
for Mr.. Mills moderation of temper,
while the other candidates are not dis
posed TO attach much Importance to it,
at least as to the influence upon their
own strength.
Very few members have as yet reached
the city, and those who are here are
chiefly those who are the earnest advo-
Gates of one or the other of the caudi-
dates. The doubtful men do not seem
in any hurry to appear on the scene, and
until some Of them come there can n OF
be any material change in the situation.
Mr.. Mcmillan said this mornil g that
there was absolutely no fouudaUio for a
statement that he intended to withdraw.
| He said that he might get whipped,
though he did not expect to, but that he
| would never run away, and there was
certainly nothing in the situation to
make him approach the fight timidly.
! His friends speak with the greatest con-
| fidence.
Each of the candidates are receiving
many callers, the supporters of one
/ candidate calling on his rival, and there
| is an evident purpose TO make the con-
test Us amiable as possible.
The time for holding the caucus has
not yet been fixed, but it will be held
very soon, A report is out that as soon
as the caucus is called Mr. Bland will,
before the nominations are made for
/ speaker, introduce resolution, and
demand a vote on it, making declara-
tion Of principles on the silver question.
| There have been some efforts made to
drag in the question of presidentia al
preferences, but it is asserted that no
man who has an ambition to be presi-
dent wants his strength to be tested in
this uncertain manner.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-27
Meeting of Irlsh-AmerIenns.

NEW YORK, Nov 27.-The conference
of representative eIrish-Americans, called
pursuant to resolutions adopted at re-
cent meeting of the Municipal Council
of the Irish National League, met in this
city yesterday. Two hundred members
were present j. w. Casey, of Roches-
ter was appointed chairman. A COM
mittee was appointed to draw up plat
form. The sentiment of the meeting
seemed to be that the platform should
set forth the principles euunciated and
supported by Paruell, that dependenc CO
of the Irish people upon any English
statesman should be disapproved, and
that Independence pure aud simple,
should be the watchword
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-27
IMPRIsoNsp II YEARS.
ProsidoHt Harrison will Investigate {
Case Of the Jefferson Borden Niutiueer

President Harrison wiu Investigate tho
Case Of the Jefferson Borden Niutiueers.
TouNsoN, Me-, Nov President
Gompers OF the American Federation Of
Labct has obtained the promise Of Presi-
dent Harrison that he viii investigate
the circumstances in the case OF the two
American seameu who have been cou-
fined in the prison here for the past II
years. The President has evinced great
interest in the story of the men, which
is as follows:
In May, 1875, +. W. Clark and George
Miller, American citizens, shipped from
New Orleans on the schooner jefferson
Borden, bound for Liverpool Her cap
tain, w Peterson, treated them and the
other members OF the crew, it is alleged,
with the greatest cruelty. The food
was bad, the fresh water carel essly
kept, and the crew subjected to over
work and torturous punishment. Mad
dened by their hardships, Clark and Mil
Ter and third member Of the crew,
John Glen, British subject, formed a
mutiny and attacked the captain and
his officers
During the melee the mate, Corred on
Peterson, the Captains brother, was
struck with a Delaying pin and killed.
The Captain retreated to his cabin, and
from a window laid out each OF the mu-
tineers with revolver. No one was
killed, but they were so severely in
jured that they were easily put in irons.
After treatment In British hospital
the men were brought to Boston and
tried and convicted of mutiny The
sentence Of death imposed on the two
Americans was commuted to imprisou-
ment for life, while the Briton through
the Offices OF the British government,
received ~ years sentence.
The delegation that presented the APP
plication for the pardon of the two men
was appointed by the Labor Union meet
ing at Detroit last year, through the of
forts of the Seamen's Union.