The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-01-18
GEORGIA GLIMPSES.
,s or PERSONS AND Things AT
D0iN"' CITING COMMENT.

cobinet Possibilities-A Negro
Geors'" ,oaIver--school Cencus--Other
News Items.
,.+on county negroes continue to
li for oklahoma. Another carload
I Embarked last Thursday.
~ o,action in Rome moves the trib-
In lift up it's voice and cry aloud foT
y a4 change in our election laws. "" are
81 coming to it together.
THE Albany Eows and Advertiser is of
The opinion, and il is not alone thas
~, INV G. Turner would make most
EXCELLENT cabinet officer
Tho lbany Herald thinks south
o.oio convention of land owners ne
.ss;ty to determine upon plan of
s,olIer farms and thicker settlements.
rbo farmers of Berrien county have
,..+ GREAT quantity of pork this season
~ unreasonable killing. In consequence
The meat supply of that county will be
short.
Hon. W. A. Little, of Columbus, has
boan appointed by Governor Northen
% special attorney to look after the
states property along the Western and
Atlantic railroad at salary of $4,000.
~ .,,,,s of rVhomas comfy are re-
rorted as being in favor of long cotton
ruJture, and many of them will plant
+ba staple this year. 1t yields as>much
as other cotton and sells for twenty
cents pound.
The first negro ever elected tax re-
ceiver in Georgia has been elected to
tba. Office in Camden county. j. M.
Holledrof is the name of the negro. 1t
# is very important Office and the in
cumbent has to give good bond.
The town of Lithia Springs has 9ai-
sv council. The other night they pass
ed an ordinance that when there is NJ
disturbance in town the marshal must
take pick and shovel and be working
on the streets. The question that is
now disturbing the brain of the marshal
is. when he is off at work on the streets
how is he toknow if there is disturb
ance in town.
Already the papers are specializing as
TO whom Governor Northen will appoint
in case of senator Colquitt's death.
There are many suggestions for the
place, but we do not believe the govern
or has ever thought of the matter. AS
to his own aspirations, so far they have
been locked in his bosom, for no one has
even intimated that the governor would
ike to be a senator. Time alone can
tell who will succeed Colquitt, even if he
should, or should not, die.
The Rome Tribune comes out in
leading editorial squarely in favor of the
Australian ballot system. The Tribune
says: "The Australian ballot is now in
use in about three-fourths of the Union,
and it has given satisfaction everywhere
In no state would the people go back to
the old methods, Now is the time to
begin movement for the same reform
in Georgia. We have got to take some
such step if we wish to remove our cleo
tons beyond the possibility of being car
ried by purchased floating vote.
Two very prominent Georgia divines,
who recently consigned Jag Gould to
the lower regions, have been subjected
to a keen and critical analysis By Mrs.
Dr. w. II. Fslton, in an article contrib
uted to the Atlanta Constitution. Intel
lectua'ly, the writer 10 ono of tho most
brilliant women in Georgia, and she il a
gifted conversationAliSt. Several emf
miuent Georgia statesmen have discover
ca the fact and DR.. Hawthorne and DIR.
Chandler are enjoying q similar expert
ence
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