The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-10-18
THE LIME KILN CLUB.

"Can anybody give me change for one
cent?" asked Judge Addy, after the
meeting had opened, as he held up a
copper to the gaze OF the crowd. There
was a deadly silence for two minutes,
/ during which he intently scanned each
face. and then gave up in despair. That
shows to what extent" he continued,
1.-THE financial panic has got In its work
on the club. and if the worm doesn't
/ turn pretty soon he'll wish he haG;ler."
Major How Comeitso Pope then secur-
/ ed the attention of the Judge, and offer
ed resolution to the effect that the club
! issue clearinghouse certificates on the
horn. the triangle and the sword. Col.
4 Henry TAYLOR seconded the motion, after
he had endeavored to adjust his pipe to
the new road law, and failed.
Sheriff P. II. Addy was opposed to
the motion. He stood up. and, with fire
in his eve, spoke as follows: "When, in
the course of human events, it becomes
necessary for the Lime Kiln Club TO
show the Congress of the United States
tri tx or two, decent respect fol the
opinions of that body demands that this
motion be voted down. Ii certificates
are issued they will have TO be redeemed
in a short time, after which we Will fall
back into the same old rut. No, sir;
this financial panic business has been
panicking around here about six years,
and it is likely to keep on, till the coun-
try comes to the clubs platform of ''free
chickens and free interruptions. Sup
pose some man should become hasty in
his conclusions about redemption time
and foreclose his certificate on the horn,
for instance? With what could we
sound the note of our assembling to-
gether?
What other instrument can be heard
from the shores of Maine and the valleys
of California? Or, if he get the triangle,
how in the world could we ever go sere-
nading? Suppose he get the sword, with
what could we fight the battles of the
people, hew down monopoly, or cut pen
a watermelon? 1t will not dO-thls is
suing of certificates-it will not do. The
Lime Kiln Club had better issue biscuits
and plugs of tobacco
A fter hearing this speech, Major Pope
and his second promptly withdrew the
motion, and K Strickland went on with
his peanut eating.
Several matters of minor Importance
were taken up and disposed of. The
druggist that told member of the club
he could get 'Sozodont'' at the millinery
store, was fined cigars for all hands, and
oysters for three.
Al the next meeting the club will nom
mate candidates Governor, Senator and
Congressman, who will take the field at
once, and fight to the bitter end. AS
Col Gray, mot Shakespeare, as common
ly supposedly remarked, "We're strictly
in it."
The club, just prior to adjournment,
tried its campaign song, which gained
two woes on thespot.
LIME KILN SONG.
Air.-"Paddy Sell Your Cotton-seed, "
When watermelons on the vine
Are CROWN s.hig and nice,
O, why not let rs mortals go
In there without a price?
Ten thousand chickens on the plain,
Zen thousand on the lea,
And yet we must all these pass bY;-
Say, let S have chickens free!
o. Will the time never come
When poets with their rhyme,
| Or Congress with its speeches make,
The moon shine all the time?
These are the issues true to him
&ho would his country save;
The Lime Kiln Club declares for these
Long will it live and wave.