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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19
Ed ron ALLEN IN DAWSON.
How the Triton Gazette Man Was I'm
pressed with Our CITY,

How the Triton Gazette Man Was Inn
| pressed with Our CITY,
From the Triton Gazette.
Tuesday night at II o'clock we left
Triton for Dawson to attend the annual
session of the Georgia Baptist conven-
ton. Enroute we travelled over the
Brunswick and Western and Columbus
Southern railroads, and arrived at Daw-
son at nine o'clock Wednesday morning.
During our stay in Dawson we were
the guest of Capt. r. L. Melton, at the
Simmons House. We partook also of
the hospitality of Capt. Nhitlock, late
of Baker county, and the Hon, o. B.
Stevens. All of these gentlemen treated
us very kindly and made our stay in
Dawson very pleasant, indeed.
Dawson is an old town-many evidenc-
es of the fact can be seen everywhere
but the transformation into bustling
little city is going rapidly forward
Her new Methodist and Baptist
misunderstanding $4,000 each-are
splendid edifces and enduring monu-
ments to the thrift and progress of the
people of the growing young city,
The new Terrell county court house,
costing $4,000, is just receiving the fin
fishing touches. 1t would be an orna-
ment to city of one hundred thousand
inhabitants.
There are numerous tasty brick store
houses which testify to the healthy mer-
camille business which the tradesmen of
the city enjoy.
The city has splendid system of wa
terworks, affording ample protection
from drouth and the fire tiend, and we
are told that an electric light plant is
being agitated and Will become reality
In the near future.
However, next to her churches, the
GROWING glory of Dawson is her excel
lent graded public schools conducted in
the splendid college building in the
northeastern suburbs of the city. There
are about two hundred and fifty pupils
in attendance and a corps of seven ex-
perienced teachers. There is, undoubt-
eddy, no better or more thorough high
school in Georgia.
The advent of the Columbus Southern
railway has Injured greatly to the benefit
of the little city by furnishing COM
peting line for travel and the transporta-
ton of freight. In fact, we are told
that much of Dawson's recent prosperity
is attributed to its coming.
Particularly noticeable were the mar
row streets and sidewalks; there is but
one exception, and that the main thor
oughfare of the city.
A terrible calamity confronts the Ken
lucky colonies. Twelve thousand bar
rels of whisky were consumed by fire in
that state the other day and the colonies
may be temporarily compelled to take
water
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19
w. G. KENDRICK,
Main Street. Dawson, Ga.
For Ois1nission.

GEORGIA-TerreIl County.
Ordinary's Office. April 3rd, 1898,
Mrs. S. A. E. Dodwell, executrix
of the will of John Sanders, repre-
sents that she has fully discharged the
duties OF her said trust and prays for
letters of dismission. This is, there,
to1e, to notify all persons concerned
to show cause, If any they can, on or
before the first Monday in July next,
why said executrix should not be dis
charged from said trust.
j. w. ROBERTS,
Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19
Notice.

David A. Merritt ! Libel for Divorce
vs. Terrell Superior
Court
Lizzie j.. Merritt May term, 1898.
To the Respondent: You are here
by notified to be and appear at the
next term of Terrell Superior court
on the % day of May next, tLen and
there to answer to the above libel
tor divorce, or in default the court
will proceed as to justice shall apper"
tain. Witness the Hon. j. H. Guer>
ry, Jud of the Superior court OF
the Pataula circuit, This 4th day Of
March, 1893. w. s. DczIER,
Clerk Terrell Superb Court.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

*Except Sunday.
Through Pullman Sleepers st. Louis
and Jacksonville, and Palace Sleepers
from Montgomery to Macon via Dawson.
B. NJ. WILSON, Ag't.,
Dawson, GA.
j. c. HALLE,
Gen. Pass. Ag't., Savannah, Ga.
w F. SHELLMAN,
Traffic Manager, Savannah, Ga.
GEO. DOLE WADLEY,
Gen. Supt. Savannah, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

Those Tennessee miners are rowing
refractory again and serious trouble may
he looked for at any time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

~ ine cambridge Democrat says:
-! Lieutenant TOtten, who had the world
S''Ied Tor final flare up in September,
I1S revised his figures and gives us
- rIO'her LOCO years as a planet. The
,,'uIenant has wisely put his figures be-
~ 1Vuu controversy by his contemporaries"
ks, awfully, for the extension.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

The strike of the union laborers on the
Worlds Fair building is off, at least for
the present.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19
We TELL YOU

nothing new when we state that it pays to engage
in permanent, most healthy and pleasant bust
Such is the business we offer the working class.
We teach them how to make money rapidly, and
guarantee every one who follows our instructions
faithfully the making of $4,000 a month.
Every one who takes hold now and works will
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can be no question about it, others now at work
are doing it, and you, reader, can do the same
This is the best paying business that you have
ever had the chance to secure Yon will make
grave mistake if you fail to give il trial at once
If you grasp the situation, and act quickly, you
business, at which you can surely make and save
large sums of money. The results of only few
hours work will often equal weeks wages.
Whether you are old or young, man or woman, 1t
makes no difference, do as we tell you, and sue
cess will meet you at the very start. Neither
experience or capital necessary. Those who work
for us are rewarded. Why not write to-day for
full particulars, free f. C. ALLEN & CO,
Box No. 42O, Augusta, Me-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

The disappointed office seekers will
scarcely reach home in time to plant a
crop, but they'll strike it right for BLACK
berry time and pollywog fishing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

My wife was confined to her bed for
over two months with very severe at
tack OF rheumatism. We could get moth
ing that would afford her any relief, and
as last resort gave her Chamberlain
ram Balm. To our great surprise she
oeSan to improve after the first applica-
"'n and by using it regularly she was
sOon able to get up and attend to her
muse work. E. H. Johnson, of G. j.
Nnutson q Co., KIngsington, Mimi. so
cent bottles for sale by Farrar & Farrar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

We learn that Solicitor General Griggs
VIII assist Solicitor Price Gilbert in the
prosecution of the Hogg boys, who are
charged with the murder of Mr..
Oaye Shippey, near Buena Vista.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

We are expecting a lot of
Refrigerators soon. Wait
until they come. A. ]. Bald
win & Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

A terrible calamity confronts the Ken
lucky colonies. Twelve thousand bar
rels of whisky were consumed by fire in
that state the other day and the colonies
may be temporarily compelled to take
water.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-04-19

800. tennessee will Secure Hotel Ac-
the I ccommodation for Worlds Fair
pasGanperS.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27

as Minister he secured two couples Of
merinos in France and sent them home
to the United States. He followed
up this beginning with other ship
mentS. But on his return to the
United States in 1907 he was aston
1shed to find that the subject of
merinos had attracted very little
notice. He set to work to enlarge
the number of his mernos as fast
as possible. He wrote articles tell.
ing of the wonderful increase in the
amount and oualityof the wool which
the merino cross insured. He was a
sanguine man, and soon had his
neighbors wild about the new breed
of sheep. The mania started, Liv-
ingston began to sell nerino lambs
at $3.50. Merino wool was made into
blue cloth superior to anything that
had been produced in the United
States. Samples were sent through
the country. Liyingston's shearings
were publ affairs. At one of the
meetings the famous Jaron yielded II
pounds and II ounces of wool.
EX-President Thomas Jefferson and
President Madison caught the merino
fever Both had estates in Virginia.
Mr.. Jefferson wrote to United States
Minister Erving at Madrid asking
him to send over some merino sheep.
The Minister turned the matter over
to Consul Jarvis, who managed to get
twelve of the famous escurials on
board a ship at Lisbon. Jefferson at
Monticello and Madison in the White
House exchanged letters congratulate
ing themselves that the merinos were
coming Jefferson unfolded in de-
tail his plan to make the sheep per-
form the greatest possible amount of
good. He scored Livingston roundly
for his lack of patriotism in accept
ing such high prices, Livingston had
just sold four of his meriDos for
$4,000.
"Since fortune has put the occasion
upon u.s." Mr.. Jefferson wrote to Mr..
Madison, "is it not incumbent upon
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27
THE SWELL OF THE '3o'S.
George Wells, an Old-Time New-Yorker.
Who Died the Other Day.

UeorSe "ehst an Now 1Orkers
Who Died the Other Day.
George Wells, an old time New Yorker,
died tho other day in that city, aged SO.
At one time he was one of the best
known men in the metropolis. He was
the king of New York swells, and the
society bellies Of that day We'd in COM
petition for his smiles. He and his
cousin, wealthy wholesale grocer
named Babcock, were reckoned among
the handsomest men in town, and both
were leaders in the fashionable world.
They were habitues of the restaurant
kept by Petit h Crook on Water street,
near Wall, which was famous before the
war as the gathering place for wealthy
brokers, bankers, and merchants of the
lower part Of the town. Here Wells
held forth to select coterie every
afternoon between and o'clock, his
favorite subjects being society and
dress. His remarks upon these subjects
were considered authoritative, and he
exercised much the same influence over
his listeners as was welded by Beau
Brummell over the frequenters OF Bath
in another age. He was very elegant in
manners as well as dress, and boasted
OF being "A gentleman of the old school. !"
An old timer who remembers him In his
younger days said of him Tuesday
George would run as far to kiss a
friend as kick an enemy. as the saying
goes. He and his brother were once in
the warehouse business and wealthy.
They failed through their simple trust
in friend. The latter obtained ware
house receipt from them on the promise
that he would store the goods with them
the next day. Then he sold the receipt
and disappeared, and they had to make
good to the purchaser. From that time
until ten years ago George was in the
insurance brokerage business in Wall
street. He was the most popular and
best-known man in the business for
many years. His "reminiscences Of old
New York were extremely interesting.
He lived in a retired way for the past
ten years on an annuity from an invest
ment In an insurance company"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27

us to so dispense this benefit to the
farmers of our country as to put to
shame those who, forgetting their
own wealth and the honest simplicity
of the farmers, have thought them fit
objects of the shaving art. No SEN
timent is more acknowledged In the
family of agriculturists than that the
few who can afford it should incur
the risk and expense of all new i'm
provements, and give the benefit
freely to the many of more restricted
circumstances.
That was pretty good doctrine.
Mr.. Jefferson then suggested to Mr..
Madison his plan. He proposed that
they give all the full-blooded males
we can raise to the different counties
Of our State, one to each county, as
fast as we can furnish them"
Mr.. jefferson in a letter to Mr..
Jarvis returned thanks to the Con-
sui for putting him in the way to
extend the improvement of one of
the most valuable races of our do
mestic animals" He repented his
intention to give each county in Vir-
glnia ram. In that and other ways
the ex-President disseminated the
new breed through the State. He
placed Virginia under debt to him
for period of great prosperity.
Merinos became common. The bot
tom fell out of speculation.
This importation of merinos from
Spain for Mr.. Jefferson and Mr.. Madi-
son was great diplomatic feat. At
that time Spain's policy was to pre-
vent, by heavy penalties, the sale Of
her sheep to go out of the country.
Consul Jarvis made several unsuccess-
full attempts. Then, all at once, the
opportunity came. Napoleon had in
vaded Spain. Europe was at war.
By shrewd negotiations the United
States obtained the privilege of trade
as neutral nation. From Maine to
Georgia the shippers loaded their
vessels with wheat, corn, Goldfish,
bacon, beans, rice and other stores.
They set sail for the Spanish penin-
sula. At Lisbon and Cadiz flour sold
| for $17 and S1S a barrel; corn for 50
and So bushel, other things in pro-
portion. Just at that time Spain was
in distracted condition. Estates
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27

cliffs where nothing else without
wings can follow. There is nothing
in venison to approach this wild NUT
ton. Englishmen who have eaten it
say it surpasses the finest tame NUT
ton of their country.
On his second voyage to America,
in 1893, Columbus stopped at port
In the Canary Islands, and brought
live stock for breeding purposes in
the colony he was to found. Besides
the eight hogs, Columbus brought
small flock of sheep. In 1880 Cortez
had falling out with the politicians
In the City OF Mexico, went to Cuer-
navaca and founded a great sheep
ranch. The eight hogs imported by
Columbus were the progenitors of
countless thousands which stocked
the Spanish posse e3sions. From the
Cuernavaca ranch of Cortez the flocks
of sheep were driven in all directions.
They occupied what is now Old Mex
leo and Texas and New Mexico and
were even driven into the Utah of to-
day. Pizarro took some of these
sheep with him on his expedition for
the conquest of Peru, and the flocks
spread over South America, crossing
the Andes and occupying the great
plains Of La Plata. When Menendez
came, in 1865, under commission of
the King of Spain, to colonize Flor
Ida, he brought 400 sheep, as well as
500 negro slaves, and San Augustine,
"the Oldest town in the United
States" was founded. The traces of
that Spanish origin are seen to-day in
the sheep of Florida and Southern
Georgia.
Sheep played an important part in
the early settlement of this country.
The Catholic priests who established
a string of seventeen missions for the
Indians from San Diego to San Fran
cisco had over million sheep in
focks attached to those missions
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27

mos brought into Kentucky, only
two of them, sold for 81, 800. In the
next three or four years the Kentuck-
ians went wild on the subject of i'm
proved breeds. Prices mounted to
fabulous figures. Samuel Long, of
Lexington, bargained with Mr.. TrOt-
ter, of the same place, for one ram
and one eve. He agreed for these
two sheep to build four-story house
so feet by 10 feet. The house cost
Sl5, 900. Thoroughbred sheep dropped
in value long before the house was
finished. Within six months after
Long had completed Trotter's house
the same kind of sheep could be
bought for $50. Long kept his high
bred ram and eve until they were
worth no more than ordinary sheep.
Then he killed them, invited his
neighbors to barbecue and thanked
God he wasn't worth dollar. Soon
afterward he died of broken heart.
The craze for fine sheep to improve
the breeds was not confined to Ken
lucky. In New York State the
merinos were eagerly bought at $500
or 81, 900 head, and even as high as
$1,500. That was in 1910 and 1911.
But the speculative fever ran only a
short time. In 1915 merinos sold for
81 apiece.
After the war of the revolution
there was such a rush from the
United States to import fine sheep
from England that that country re-
vived an old law to stop it. A pen
atty of 93 fine and three months
confinement was imposed on any per-
son who exported sheep from Eng
land. One of the most enterprising
sheep breeders in this country was
| George Washington. He had flock
of 700 or 800. He bred them up until
they yielded five pounds of wool to
the sheep. Thomas Jefferson, as
Washington's Secretary of State, be-
came so interested in the subject that
he concluded to push the number of
sheep" on his plantation, saying he
chad never before considered, with
due attention, the profit from that
animal"
After Washington's death some of
the best of his sheep were bought by
George Washington Paike Custis
and taken to Arlington. A new
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27
Costly Railroad in South America.

The Oroya Railroad over the Andes,
connecting Peru with the basin Of the
Amazon, will be opened to traffic soon,
according to the announcement. This
road, although but 200 miles long, has
cost about $50 90, 900, and it was begun
twenty-six years ago by Henry Meiggs,
the story of whose extraordinary career
reads like romance. Its construction
was stopped by the ruin of Peru in the
Chilian war, and it has finally been
completed through the efforts of Michael
Grace, brother of ex-Mayor Grace, of
New York, who succeeded in "inancier-
ing" the enterprise in the English money
market. The opening of this railroad
is considered an event OF very great
commercial Importance, inasmuch as
the next century will witness an extra
ordinary development Of South Amer
lea. AS feat in railroad engineering
this road is perhaps the most wonderful
on record. Springfield, Mass, Repub-
liaan
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27

The statement published by the New
York Sun of Consul Roosevelt at Brussels
that it has been found profitable to ship
cargoes of horse meat from this city to
Belgium to supply the tables of the poorer
classes may be news to most New York
ers. A good horsesteak is not unpalat-
able, and though its edibility was dis
covered rather late in the day, thousands
of working people in Europe are now
glad to pay little over six cents pound
for it. Beef is entirely beyond their
means, and so is the varied bill of fare
that most working people in this favored
land enjoy every day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27

early as August, 1911, st. Louis pa
per announced that "this valuable
animal is already introduced into Up
per Louisiana, where it promises to
flourish in great perfection.
From Maine to Georgia and
throughout the entire region east of
the Mississippi, merinos - full
bloods, halfbloods, and all degrees
were for sale, Merino lambs sold
for 81, 900 in the height of the fever,
and came down to 81.
In the piney woods of West Flol
Ida and Southern Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana is one of
the queerest branches of the indus
try. Sheep run wild. They roam at
large in the pine woods and are self
supporting. When shearing time
comes round the owner hunts up his
flock, wrestles with it for the fleece,
and pays no more attention to his
property for twelve months. In
Jackson County, Florida, Mrs. Car
penter has a flock of 1000 which
grew from seven sheep. In some
years Mrs. Carpenter has got as much
as 81, 900 for her wool.
To many people sheep is sheep,
and that is all. There is as much
difference in breeds of sheep as there
is in races Of people. Six centuries
ago some of the breeds Of sheep in
England were no larger than rabbits
or rats. In 100 an English OK
weighed 400 pounds; calves, so
pounds; sheep, 28 pounds; lambs, 1S
pounds. In 1900 the live weight OF
cattle in England was 800 pounds;
sheep, so pounds; lambs, so pounds
Last year Armour g. Co., of Chicago,
killed over 1000, 900 sheep, and the
average weight was 80 pounds. Most
of these were from west of the Miss
issippi, where the average weight is
not equal to that east of the river.
The human race Is not all that has
been growing better. What can
be done with sheep is shown in
the increase of the wool bearing. In
1910 the average weight of
the fleece east of the Mississippi
was l.s5 pounds; in 1850 it was .. 4s
pounds; in 1860 it was 2.S6 pounds;
In 1870 it was 3.67 pounds; in 1880 it
was All pounds; in 1890 it was 5. O4
pounds A better Illustration of
what can be done In sheep develop
ment would be hard to find.
But another great change is taking
place. Its progress the past two years
has been very marked. The eastern
portion Of the country is going in for
mutton-raising instead Of wool-rais-
ing. New England, New York, and
New Jersey began some time ago to
Danish the flne-wooled merino, and
to bring in the English breeds for
food. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi-
gan, and Wisconsin are now follow
Ing. Wool-raising is being turned
over to the ranches in the West. The
sheep-raising in the East is now pri-
marily for meat. We are becoming
nation Of mutton-eaters. The chop
Is dividing honors with the steak.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27

Italy expends every year S96, 900, 900
for her soldiers, and less than 81, 900, 900
for schools. In Spain it costs 510O. 600,
900 to main the army, and only 81, 50O,- :
600 to educate the children; but then, it
is the exception to find Spanish farmer
who is able to read or write. Germany
boasts of being in the foremost rank
among the Nations in the Kulturkampf
of the world; yet she expends $685.
900, 900 on her army, while $40, 900, 900
is deemed sufficient for the education of
her children. France maintains an army
at an expense of S151, 900, 900 and sup
ports her schools with S21, 900, 600
The United States expend S115, 900, 900
for public schools, while the army and
navy cost only $54, 900, 900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-27

flock, with added fame, was created.
Custis inaugurated the custom of an
nual sheep-shearing meetings. Gen
tlemen farmers came from the neigh
boring counties. The date was the
30th Of April. The meeting place
was the great Arlington spring, which
gushed out not far from the Potorr ac.
Toasts were drank, speeches were
made and prizes were distributed for
the best specimens of sheep.
While the merino mania lasted it
oyershadowed everything. The fever
ran, like something contagious, from
town to town and from farm to farm.
The papers were full of it. Marvel
Gus statements of the great profits to
be made were in circulation. Farms
were advertised as peculiarly adapted
to merino sheep The worst scrubs
were given the names of the most
noted Spaniards. Ships were named
1.-The Merino." A farmer in New Jer-
sey who got half bushel of potatoes
from single one used for seed called
the product merino potatoes. Bull
calves in Pennsylvania were adver-
tised as "the pure merino breed" A
farmers wife named her tenth child
"Merino Schmidt"
Robert r. Livingston, of New
York, known in American history as
Chancellor Livingston" was largely
responsible for the mania. Livingston
was Minister to France. He went
abroad, he said, to get information
which would be useful to his fellow
citizens, especially in agriculture.
Up to that time Spain had made the
rest of the world believe that merino
sheep could be raised advantageously
only in that country. She had put
the rest of Europe under tribute to
her fos this precious commodity.
France, however, had begun to ex-
pertinent. Livingston saw, as he
thought, great opportunity. He
became convinced, after studying the
merlnos, that they would thrive in the
! United States. Through his influence