The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-02-24
How large is your corn?'
Parrott Paragraphs,

Parrott Paragraphs.
But little worth relating has transpired
during the past few days save the death
of Mrs. Isabella Brightwen. She passed
away quietly Saturday evening at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. John
Leverett. Mrs. Brightwell leaves several
children and many friends to mourn her
death. She was buried Sunday at Poplar
Springs beside her husband, who was
buried ten or twelve years ago.
Notwithstanding the cry of hard times,
our farmers wear cheerful faces and have
started the new year with the determi-
nation to right the extravaganza of the
past by economizing in the future. With
a little more self-denial, little more
work and more economy, together with
lots more education, we are certain
ly the most lucky, if not the happiest
people, on the globe. Just think of our
climate, hardly day during the year
but that we can do some thing to our in
terest, And such soil, adapted to the
cultivation of almost all the necessaries
of life, and still the cry, ''hard timesr'
"hard times!' If the reader will pardon
the expression | will substitute the word
'times" with ceases" "hard cases.
They are what we have to contend with
more than times; they have done more
towards stagnating business and destroy
ing confidence in financial circles than
all the times since the civil war. What
mean by ''hard cases. are men who will
get your confidence and then betray it
Men that will sacrifice honor for I'll q
almighty dollar, and men that regardeth
not the laws of his country. When L
look back over a space of seven years of
peace, plenty and prosperity l cannot,
with justice to the laws of nature, at
tribute the present financial depression
to "hard times" but to "hard cases."
Five years ago a fifteen dollar neg O
with a ten dollar Texas pony could go
to your banks and get pocket full of
money. The result: pony killed, money
spent, negro gone and confidence de-
strOyed. Four months ago, to my GER
tain knowledge, a man with any amount
of collateral could not get one hundred
dollars. However, | have bright hopes
of the future; our farmers say they are
going to raise all the necessaries of life
and let cotton be second consideration.
And our merchants claim that they are
going to quit the credit business, then
the 'hard cases. will have to go to work.
and there will be no complaint of ''hard |
times"
But little guano has been sold con-
pared with same date last season.
Mr. Engram, the sulky pillow man,
passed through town Tuesday, bidding
bis friends bye bye til! next fall, when
those notes are due. Those that didn't |
buy of him say they think they can buy |
much cheaper another year.
Messrs. Gene Doughtie, Henry Kern.
Jim McKinnon and Carter, four popular
statesmen of Columbus wholesale houses.
were on our streets Thursday and Friday. i
A numler of Parrott's ladies and g n
tlemen spent Wednesday evening at I'm
Gle George Kaigler's gin pond fishing.
Quite number of fish were caught and /
fried near the pond. All claim to have en-
joyed it hugely.
Mr.. j. B. Harrison came DOWN from |
Columbus Friday and bought 40 bales of
cotton, ranging in price from five and a
half to six and quarter cents. p.
Compliments of the Season.
Perhaps the country
Would be less forlorn
If you plant less cotton
And drink less corn.
-Montezuma Record.
And the country at large
Would heave great sigh
If the editor of The Record
Would drink less rye.
Dublin Post.
And the Dublin Post
Would be better within
If its long legged 6litor
Would drink less gin.
Athens Banner.
And the editor of The Banner
Wouldn't be such dandy
If he'd stop swinging rum
And drink less brandy.