The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-09-26
SOUTHERN SPECIALS
NOTING THE MOST INTERESTING
OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY.
And Presenting an Epitome of the
South's Progress and Prosperity.

And Presenting an Epitome OF the
South's Progress and Prosperity.
The democrats of the fourth West
Virginia, congressional district held
their convention at Petersburg We'd
nesday and nominated Hon. W. II.
Mckinney, by reclamation. Ex-Gov.
McKenny's name was not presented to
the convention. The nominee is one
of the most distinguished lawyers in
the state and resident of Petersburg.
The monument erected at Canton,
Miss, in honor of A. D. Harvey and
his brave scouts who fell in battle was
unveiled Tuesday in the presence of
large concourse of citizens. Adj
dresses were made by Wiley Nash and
Scott Fields, a poem was recited by
George Shelby and Miss Georgia
Goodloe, of Memphis, sang ''The Con-
federate Veterans.
DR.. Moss and William Moore, of
Lancashire, England, are in Augusta,
Ca, where they will permanently To-
cate. They expect to start in short
time a soap factory. To this they will
add facilities for the output of sizing
material used on yarn before it is
woven into cloth. This latter industry
especially will be of incalculable bene-
fit to this section of the country.
The bottom seems to have dropped
out of the spirits of turpentine market
at Savannah, Ga. The factors received
an offer from the buyers Wednesday
of 24I cents a gallon for 10000 casks
of spirits of turpentine, and after a
conference they decided to accept the
proposition and the sale was author
lied. A month ago they were holding
this stuff for 20 cents. This deal alone
represents $4,000.
A special from Admission, Ala, says:
Captain W. Fl. McKleroy, First Lieu
tenant Thomas L. Stokes and Second
Lieutenant p. II. Long, of the Wood
stock Guards, of Admission, have for
warded their designations. Press of
business and other circumstances caus-
ed Captain McKleroy's resignation.
Lieutenant Stokes removed to Atlanta
and Lieutenant Long gives no definite
reason for his action.
1t is stated at Montgomery, Ala,
that Traffic Manager r. E. Lutz, of
the Western, will be given the general
freight and passenger departments of
the road in addition to his present du-
ties In other words, the three offices
will be merged under Mr.. Lutz. The
statement is also made that in the
event the offices are consolidated as
stated, the headquarters will be re-
moved here, but no credence is giver
to this.
A Lexington, Ky, dispatch of We'd
nesday says: On the best information
to be had it can be said that the dis
trict democratic committee will declare
the Hon. w. G. Owens, of the county
of Scott, the democratic nominee for
congressman for the Ashland district.
There is very little likelihood Of Col
onel Breckenridge making a contest,
and, should he do so, it is almost
certainty that the committee will re-
fuse to go behind the returns.
The Parker gold mine, situated
within eight miles Of Murphy, N. c.,
has been sold in London for 100000,
equal to $15O,00O. This mine has
never been actively worked, but the
prospects of rich find are good.
There we're 10000 shares sold at so
cents per share. A large tract of land
in Jackson county, including the Sa-
vannah copper mine, has been sold to
a northern company for $125, 900.
The Whittier tract, in Swain county,
was recently sold for $3.50 to
northern company.
At Memphis, Tuesday, in the mo-
ton of Strickfaden, charged with
lynching, to be released ON bail, Butch
McCarva, son of the sheriff, testified
that on Wednesday before the lynch
ing Ed Smith, Sisley and Frank Berry,
three men now in jail, asked him to
assist in the lynching. Richardson,
the detective, they said, wanted
McCarga to be in the party. They
also stated to him that Richardson
had agreed to make the arrests and
then to allow the prisoners to be cap
tured. McCarver did not enter into
the business. Strickfaden so far has