The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-02-17
THE TIMES In TERRELL.

CITY AND COUNTY GOSSIP TOLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
Shipping Cotton Seed to COlumbus--They
Rugged on The Streets--Commis-
siOner Kaigler--A Sermon on
Dancing--Other Items.
Mr.. Ed Orr is the happy father of
sweet little girl. It's birthday was
Thursday, Feb. 18th,
Capt. w. b. Oxford is the grandfather,
and Mr.. j. NJ Wall is the father, of a
bright little boy. 1t is the pride of
the household.
Parrott is but two years old, yet she
received lasts season 1900 bales of cot
ton against 700 received the year before
1t is expected that thee oming season
will show an increase of $500 bales,
The employees of the Dawson Variety
Manufacturing Company are ON half-a-
day time, but it is hoped that at the
end of thirty days full time will be
given them. This is better than no
work at all, and it may enable the en-
ployes to bridge over, to great extent,
the present difficulties.
Dr.. Dean assisted IN adding several vo-
tiers to the population of Terrell county
last week. AS this is the presidential
election year we will need all the demo-
cratic voters to be obtained. However,
these new corners will have to wait
score of years abefore they will be emit
tied to the right of suffrage.
Mr. George Kaigler has been connected
with the educational interests of Terrell
county eighteen years, eight years of
that time as County School Commits
sioner. He has been a faithful and
competent public officer, and without a
doubt VIII be his own successor at the
election, in May next, Of County
School Commissioner for this county.
During the heavy skirmishing around
Parrot, on Thursday morning, DR.. Jno.
T. Lamar, who lives some three and a
hall siniies distant sss that Ileg4U
woman came runningSmto his house in
frigh e. manner and. asked him the
cause of the heavy gun firing in the
direction of Parrot. It is said thai a
Dawson gentleman led tie attack that
day.
Recently negro man and woman
''hugged' each other in broad day light,
on one of the streets OF PARROT. They
were taken in charge by the marshal of
the town, and lodged in jail. The negro
man paid his fine of 500 after con
tinement of a little while, but the negro
woman remained in jail all night, when
next morning she paid her fine of $500
and was liberated. Kissing costs some
thing in Parrott.
The guano trade is greatly reduced in
this section. TO every wagon load that
is seen going out of the city this yearat
least ten loads were carried out last year.
This is another indication of the strin-
gency of money matters. If it was not
so the guano dealers would buy more
largely of it, and the farmers would use it
more freely. AS it has heretofore been
used almost exclusively on cotton it in
dicates that the acreage in cotton will be
largely reduced this year.
Quite large number of ia m rs living
in the northern part of the county are
shipping their their cotton seed to Col
umbus, for which they get for every two
pounds one pound of meal, having no
freight to pay coming or going. These
farmers would give the preference of
the exchange to Dawson, but as it costs
them more to do so they have naturally
turned to Columbus. We hope that this
notice will put our buyers on the alert.
SO that in the future Dawsons interests
will be guarded in the matter.