The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-02-10
GLInPSEo OF GEORGIA.
DOINGs OF PERSONS AND THINGS AT
TRACING COMMENT.

The State Agricultural Society will
/ meet at Cuthbert today
Atlanta has just abandoned the idea
81 having an exposition, and now wants
the State Fair.
Let Georgia decrease her cotton crop
and increase her hog and hominy crop
and all will be well.
Last year Georgia used 337 900 tons of
gpano, which, at $40 ton, would
amount to So, 100000.
IT will soon be time to hear fIom the
georgia peach. The Delaware crop has
Just had its annual freeze-out.
Colonel Livingston has introduced a
blll to constructa military road from At
ANITA to Mcpherson barracks. Now,
won t that give the poor suffering farm
e1s of Georgia a heap of relief?
The Brunswick Times proposes Hon
II. G. Turner for Georgias next Gov
ernor The people of the new district
should follow the example of this dis
trict and send him back to congress.
"A woman in Americus is using a lamn
chimney that she has used for eight
years. She says she boiled it in salt
and water when it was bought in 1884,
and no matter how large a flame runs
through it, 1T wont break.
Only five counties, Cha ham, Bib.
Clark, Richmond and Monroe got the
refunded tax money paid back to Geor-
gia The whole amount is $S5, 900. On
ly in these counties did the federal tax
collectors get in their work in 1886.
The farmers of Washington county
have passed resolutions urging reduc-
ton of the acreage in cotton and the
raising at home of food and other sup
plies. They also advocate a cash basis
intrading and prohibition of speculation
IN farm products.
"a band of outlaws, with secret signs,
grips and passwords, has been unea TIL
ed in Brunswick. The band has perpe-
Tated numerous rObberies and audacious
Outrages recently About ten of the
gang, all young toughs, have been round
sdup.
IN pursuance of an act of the last leg
Nature tax delinquents will not only
ave to pay the cost of collecting their
Mrearages but interest on the amount at
me rate of per cent. per annum. This
act is not generally known, as it has
iever been published by the newspa-
,ers.
among the industries demanded for
Americus by the Times Recorder is
ersimmOn beer brewery. 1t proposes
Reproduction On gigantic scale of the
'sayory fruit upon which the toothsome
'posSum feeds" A 'simmon beer brew
nv S new scheme, but we wish it sue
ess.
keV. W. W. Wadsworth, Augusta's
ensatisnal minister, made things lively
gain last Sunday by publicly denounc-
lg some prominent citizens as profess
Ional gamblers. Like Sam Jones, Mr.,
Vadswerth seems to like to keep every
hing lively around him.
Thirty-tive female convicts are doing
fn work at new camp in Ebert
ounty. The organization was complet-
dlast week by the governors appoint
rent of whipping boss" 1t is Henry
~Deadwiler. The new camp is now in
ctual operation. 1t includes every wo-
IAN in the penitentiary except twelve
fifteen belonging to Captain James.
The acid works of the Coweta Fertil-
er'works at Newman are now in opera
on and it is said to be the largest acid
liant in any interior town in the south
~ states. The machinery and build
gs of the acid works cost $50. 900.
hich, added to the fertilizer factory.
axes the company's total capitaliza-
onsomething over 100000.
Peter Culp, of Athens, has remarka-
p srecord in regard to health. He is
sarly 80 years old, and during his entire
ie bias never taken any medicine. He
opposed to medicine, and believes that
brings upon humanity half the ills of
hichi complains. He is hale, hearty
oman, and his only rule is in regard to
8 diet, which he observes with scru-
uous regularity, Many mornings he
unges into cold water bath, and he is
great advocate Of walking as a health
vcise