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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

DAWSON, with its fine systems of wa
terworks and electric lights, is already
one of the most promising and pros
porous cities in Georgia, and if she had
a cotton mill she would move forward
still faster. And she can have it if her
public spirited citizens will bestir
themselves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

A GREAT many counties IN Georgia
have shown the practicabiIity and wis
dom OF working conyicts ON the public
highways. The state will soon have to
decide what disposition to make of it's
convicts upon the expiration of the
present lease, and it might take cue
from these counties. Toput the bulk Of
them to making complete system of
roads in the state, and put the remain
uer, including the women, to work on
farm to raise provisions for the con-
Ylcts and mules employed in road
building, would take them out of com
petition with free labor. and AT the
same time make them self-supportine
while carrying forward the invaluable
work ofproviding good roads for the
people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

THE business men of Dawson are not
content to pay higher freight rates
than rival towns are paying. And why
should they? Are we not as close to
the markets as Albany and Americas?
We do not begrudge the special privi-
leges enjoyed by our neighbors, but we
are envious of our own rights. The
Georgia q Alabama railroad is looked to
to remedy this discrimination, and the
movement now being made to secure a
reduction Of rates to Dawson promises
to be successful. This is a matter
which should interest every citizen Of
Dawson, and the gentlemen who have
it in hand should be given a united and
earnest support,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03
now 10 MAKE DAWSON GROW.

THE News has, for long tune, tried
to impress upon the business men OF
Dawson the benefit cotton mill would
be to the city. We still believe that
capital invested in such an enterprise
by any company or individual would
do much for the material prosperity Of
Dawson and yield handsome return
on the investment.
There are number of towns in Geor-
eia. smaller and less able in every way
than Dawson, where cotton mills have
been built by local enterprise, and in
every instance the investments have
proved profitable to the stockholders
and advantageous to the communities.
West Point, GAINESVILLE, Forsyth, Cor
dele and other towns of similar size
have cotton mills which pay handsome
ly, and which have increased their
population and business and given
them a reputation for thrift that has
been profitable in many ways.
There has never been a more auspi-
cious time for enterprises of this kind,
Building material and machinery can
be had cheaper than ever before, and
there is a good demand for such goods
as the smaller factories of the south
turn out.
If some wide-awake citizen, or some
company composed of few of our
monied men, would take the lead in
this matter THE News believes the
money could be easily raised for a cot
ton mill in Dawson, and that every
body who went into the enterprise, as
well as the community generally,
would reap an early and decided ad-
vantage from the effort.
MAYOR COLLIER seems to be Overdo-
ing the reform and retrenchment act
in Atlanta, and is liable to cripple the
city's government and institutions.
1t has been observed, too. that the
mayor has not applied the pruning
knife to his own salary.
EVERY man that has been selected
for the new cabinet is a millionaire.
Mr.. McKinley's official advisers have
money to incinerate, and are clear out
of touch with the people.
A GREAT many of the newspaper
boys have brushed the cobwebs from
their thinking apparatus and are tell
ing the farmers how to farm.
CONGRESSMAN BEN RUSSELL has the
sympathy of all the people of the dis
trict in his affection.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

THE Albany Herald calls attention to
one redeeming trait in Judge Lynch.
He doesn't make long speeches and get
drunk at banquets and insult defense
less women at summer resorts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

THE report comes from Atlanta that
the railroads have combined for fight
on the railroad commission. Any IN
stitutiOn that stands between the
corporations and the people will be
upheld by the people. If the railroads
want lively season of it let them lose
no time in beginning the fray.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

LAST week THE News printed
short interview with Captain Dews,
the Inspector of fertilizers for this dis
trict, i'll which he said that he had new
er before seen as many mules shipped
to and sold in this section. Each year
brings a lot of horses and mules into
Georgia that are raised in other
states, and takes corresponding
amount of money out. This constant
drain upon our resources could be
easily avoided by giving more atten-
ton to stockraising. 1t has already
been demonstrated that stock can be
raised here of as good quality as is
raised anywhere.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03
NOTES ABOUT OUR NE1GHBoRs.

The Sentinel says a notable change
brought about in F.. Gaines bv the dis.
pensary is the deserted appearance of
the streets at night. THE revelers," the
Sentlne! says, ''who were formerly wont
70 regale us with nightly orgies, having
no further inducement to remaip up
town after the closing of the dispensary,
are tucked away in their beds before 8
o'clock. Since they are shut out from
the warm fires and deprived of the asso-
citation of the convivia' spirits that fire.
qnente1i the bars town has no attraction
for them after night. This is an Improve
ment generally appreciated, and one
which works an enforced reform that
promises good to many"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

SENATOR BACON has favored THE
NEWS with copy Of his speech on the
constitutional power of the president
in the recognition of people as a free
and Independent nation. Like every
other public utterance of the distin-
guished Georgian, 1t is able and con-
vincing. 1t was great speech.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

THE legislature will meet today and
give Judges Reese and Sweat certifi-
Gates of judicial uprightness. But it IS
clear that these festive gentlemen of
the ermine have been drinking too
much whiskey. And then, too, tenn
perance lecture toa jury has poor
effect when the lecturer himself is as
full as a goat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

THE new administration promises to
be mugwumpish like its predecessor.
Lyman Gage, who has been selected
for secretary of the treasury, has been
both a republican and a democrat.
The country has already had an over
dose of hermaphrOdite officials. and is
not hankering to have it repeated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

A citizen of Quitman county is in the
middle of bad fix. He sent off two Or
ders the other day in the same mail. one
to guano agent and the other to a bar
room man. The guano agent received
an order for two gallons of Charleston
acid phosphate, while the bar man got
one for half ton of corn whiskey. The
church has sent a'committee to wait on
the gentleman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

EVERY man that has been selected
for the new cabinet is a millionaire.
Mr.. McKinley's official advisers have
money to incinerate, and are clear out
of touch with the people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

The many friends in Dawson of Colo
mel c. b. Woo en- of Albany will regret
to learn that while in attendance upon
the supreme court in Atlanta Thursday
he slipped on the ice while going up the
capitol steps and fell, crushing one of
his hands and spraining wrist.
One of the most prosperous colored
farmers in Sumter county is Lum Allen
A few days ago he purchased a farm of
$50 acres and paid the price of $3.50
cash down-moHey he had made and
saved by his industry and strict econo-
| my.
The Patriot says the few farmers who
| planted long staple cotton in Marion
county last season got enought of it for a
long time.
Senator Bacon has selected Colonel Ed
! Wight, of Albany, to serve on the staff
of General Porter on Inauguration day.
The Webster Solid South has moved
/ from Preston to Richland.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03

A GREAT many of the newspape
boys have brushed the cObWebs frOr
their thinking apparatus and are tel
ing the farmers how to farm.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17
WEsr VIRGINIA. CONTEMPLATED
Arrested In Preston cOuniy-Had TO b
Carried on a Stretohsr.


uNIoNrowN, Sept, t6-Deputy
United States Marshal c. W. Fawcett, OF
Kingwood. arrived here last night en-
route to Clarksburg, having in charge
Edward Clary, better known as "slick."
who is charged with counterfeltlng, The
prisoner Is badly wounded. having been
shot In the knee. and he had to be carried
on stretcher. The deputy marshal was
assisted by the prisoners brother, David
CARY, and by Constable J. Il. Slsler. The
party remained over night at the Frost
House and left this morning over the
Baltimore a Ohio for Clarksburg,
Slick" Clary isscharged with another
or other persons with manufacturing
guld coin In Preston county, VIVA, soma
distance from Brandonvlle Three Of
the suspects are already In jail at Clarks-
burg. Collins, Glover and Hershberg.
They were arrested about three weekl
ago, and slick" was also picked up al
the same time, but as tht.e was but liz.
tie evidence against him he was released,
the officers trusting him to do little Sc
cret work for them, "SlIck" agreed 10
meet the officers AT an appointed placa
TO give them some pointers, but he failed
10 show up and then they went after him.
After long search he was captured In q
lumber camp near Frlendyllle.
Leaving Kingwood Monday, Deputy
Fnwcett, accompanied by Constable Sis-
Ter, drove To Frlendville, a distance OF
forty miles, arriving there at o'clock In
the morning. From there they walked
to the lumber camp, which was in Sc.
cluded place in the mountains twelve
miles out OF Friendwlle, and found thelI
prisoner. He was In a bad condition,
having been shot In the left knee last
Friday The bullet is still In the knee
joint, producing q bad wound.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17
THE sAYFRoN PLAGUE.
A brighter outrooG u, New orleans-Nsw
Cases MT Other Points.

A Brighter OutlooG ut New orleans-New
Cnsrs MT Other Points.
NEW ORLEANS. September 1e-A
brighter outlook for New Orleans Is evil
dent tonight so far as the fever stu
alton is concerned. The reports re-
celved by the board of health and COM
piled at o'clock from all sections OF
the city were of a more encouraging
nature. Instead of twenty cases re-
qulrIng Investigation as on yesterday,
there are only ten to be looked into to-
day, and OF these only three were pro-
nounced suspicious and two declared
yellow fever.
Tonight II was given out by the
board OF health that the case in the
negro district was the most serious at
present existing. OF the remaining
nineteen cases. half at least are consld-
cred to be practically well.
President olllphant, OF the board OF
health, and President Britton, OF the
council, said that the chances of crush
ing the disease In Its inclpiency had In
finitely improved.
A fatal case developed OF genuine yel-
low fever In the very heart OF Biloxi
to-day. There have been altogether
twenty-five cases OF yellow fever in
Biloxi, with only one death, that Of to-
day.
At Ocean Springs no new cases have
been reported.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17
MEXICAN CONGRESS OPENED
ny President DlAz-IIs Message Shows
the Country I'm Good CoulItIon.


CITY OF MEXICO, Sept 16-Presi-
dent Diaz opened congress this evening,
reading his semi-annual message cover
Ing the period since April He said the
country was at peace with all civilized
countries and was gradually making
more Intimate ties with them
Titles TO new mines issued during the
past half year number 7l9, making the
total since the law regarding properties
was put In force FIVE years ago, G,5i9
The expectation OF minerals rose in the
past fiscal year TO S4 1000, 900, silver re-
malnlng about as in the previous year
While gold was a million dollars great
er. Nearly n million acres of mineral
and waste lands have been transferred
20 private ownership to settlers, sales
to private individuals. etc, The heavy
rains which have been general all over
the country give promise OF heavy
crops.
The postofHce department and the
telegraphs owned by the government
show remarkable Increase OF business.
Heterrthg to the question of the de-
cline In silver as affecting the finances
OF Mexico, the president GAYS:
Unfortunately the present fiscal year
does not begin under as good auspices
as the previous one for the excessive
weakness and fluctuations of silver, Of
zen sudden and violent in their charac-
Ter have 80 influenced economic sltua-
lions OF the country that II is demand
ing the serious attention OF the govern
ment and has caused the adoption of
measures OF prudence, all expenses not
absolutely necessary being postponed or
reduced. The magnitude and sudden
character OF the present perturbation In
SILVER certainly do not correspond to tho
known causes which have produced IL,
ana therefore there are well founded
motives for expecting that the factors,
more or less artificial, which may have
hhu an Influence In the decline OF sill
yer, VIII be OF short duration and may
even soon bring about a favorable re-
notion. There ls not, therefore, for the
present, any Berious reason for alarm.
Ihe nation will be nblo 10 pass through
THIS difficult period confronting Il with
the Samo serenity which II displayed n
rev years ago whom the causes pro.
duced alarm.
This portion OF the message attracted
great attention and was fayorably ro-
Celved.
In conclusion the president assured
congreaB that there was every renson
for congratulatlon on the state of tho
country, which steadily grows richer.
while the government revenue is con-
tlnunlly increasing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17
Love I.syeisd Rank.

BERLIN, Sept. 1e.-k sensation has
been caused her and elsewhere by the
statement that the archduke Franz Fer.
dlnand, son OF the late Archduke Karl
Ludwig and Princess Annunciat, daugh-
ter OF the late King Ferdinand II OF Ma.
pies, heir presumptive OF the throne Of
Austria Hungary was married in Lon-
don last week to q middle class lady
from koillscheidt near Aix-La-Chapelle.
The Kolnische Volks Zeitung says the
lady's father was formerly mine man.
ager, and that one OF her brothers Is a
clergyman OF Essen, and that another
brother Is a tradesman OF Aix-La-Ch
pelle.
The Lokal Anzeiger adds: "she Is q
former housekeeper OF Herr Krupp (the
great iron manufacturer) Of Essen,
where she met Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand. The couple have gone to Algiers."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17
BRUTAL OUTRAGE
or Two Married Men on YOuRg Girl,
Whom They AmbpIhsd.

Nn AhNJ
Special Dispatch to the IntellIgeneer.
TERRA ALTA, W. Va. Sept 1e,-
News has just reached here of brutal
outrage perpetrated upon the person Of
Lctitla Wilhelm, an orphan girl, aged
sixteen years, who resides with her
brother-in-law, Luclan uppole, near
Crellen. about five miles east Of here
John T. Ashby and Sherman Duval,
both married men with families, on
Tuesday afternoon went on a spree at
3 o'clock. They sent young lad named
Miller to the house OF Uppole, telling
Kim to get the Wilhelm Girl TO come TO
work at Duval's, short distance away
The two men then hid In the bushes,
and when the boy and girl came along
they caught the girl and hurried her 10
the woods, where they assaulted her
repeatedly for four hours. They also
took the hoy and forced him to assist
them, but as soon as he was released he
went horne and told Uppole what had
happened, and he Immediately went to
Oakland, the county seat, and swore out
warrants for the mons arrest.
Deputy Sheriff Austin Brown and n
posse came to Crellen and last night
arrested Ashby, Duval and the boy
Miller, and took them 10 the Oakland
jail,
According to the boys statement
made this morning Ashby 10 not as
much to blame in the matter as Duval,
but both men bear unsavory reputa-
tlons, and 1t will most probably go hard
with them. Ashby has not been living
with his wife for two months past, and
when she heard OF the crime of her hus.
band she said that she hoped he would
be sent to The penitentiary for twenty
years. The physician at Oakland made
a medical examination OF the injuries
received by the girl. but as yet has made
no statement concerning her condition.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17

CITY OF MEXICO. Sept l6.-An at
tack was made shortly otter 10 o'clock
this morning on President Dlnz as he
was proceeding from the palace 10 the
Alameda to distribute medals to the
survivors of the wars The city Is In a
fever of excitement and the stories are
generally conflicting. The most reliable
version OF the AFFAIR is that rs the pres
ident was entering on foot the Alameda
or Central park OF the city, a middle
aged man armed with long poinari
Jumped forward from the crowd ana
made an attempt to stab the president.
He was at once seized by the presidents 8
suite and the police, and heavily hand
cufled. Then, by side strests to avoid
publicity. he was taken under a strong
guard TO the Fourth ward police sta
ton. The authorities have SO far re-
fused to make a statement,
The president was walking, as Is his
custom on Independence day, and was
between Minister Mena, OF communica-
tlons, and Gen. Barrio Zabal. minister
OF war. Gen. Mena grappled with tho
would-be assassin, who was at once dis
armed and handed over TO the police.
The excitement among the foreign coll
onles is intense. AS this dispatch is
being sent, $4,000 troops are marching
past the president, who is surrounded
by his cabinet and unmoved by the at
tempt, and the people are hurrahing for
Mexico and Gen. Diaz.
The president escaped entirely unin-
jured. To-day is the great national
holiday OF the country, the anniversary
OF the declaration OF independence. and
the streets are thronged with people.
The attack on the president was made
Just before the great military parade
started. The assailant Is middle aged
man, with long dark hair and a promin-
ent nose. He looks something like an
italian. The attack may be the result
OF the recent propaganda here against
all forms OF anarchists. One Jose
Ventre, from Spain. has Just been ex-
PEELED from the country and sailed two
days ago on the Ward line steamer for
New York. Another version is that the
man was simply presenting a petition.
This Is not believed.
The ceremonies OF the morning were
not interfered with and the parade
started on time and was reviewed by
the president as planned, at the ma
tional palace, The prlsoner gave the
name OF Arroyo.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17
READY TO RESUME
Operators ofweat Virginia Want nIInerI
10 Start Tn,

MONTGOMERY, W. Va, Sept. TO-
About 600 delegates assembled in conven.
ton here at 10 o'clock to-day to make q
scale basis and to select delegates to meet
the operators in conference that will Ia
held In Charleston not later than Satur.
day. ]. u. Lewis, n large hard coal oper-
ator at HaHdley, said that the hard coal
operators were ready 10 meet the miners
in conference on any day and the sooner
the better for both parties, He says thd
soft coal operators Will not pay the scale
price and that tho hard coal men are
willing to go on the Ohio basis and re-
sume work at once,
a local convention was held last night
at East Bank Coalburg Grown Hlll and
North ConlburE and indorsed the action
OF the Columbus convention. The mincr1
at North Coalburg refused an offcr from
the company OF 20 cents screened and a6
cents run OF mine. This Ia a hard coal
mine,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17
REMARKABLE CHARTER


SoeiRiists In Kansas incorporate tho
American Pacific Company.
TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. l6.-The aecre-
tnry Of state to-day ssued charter to q
remarkable railroad corporation. The
name set forth In the charter Ia the
American Pacific Railroad Company,
Tho capitalization IL Si55,65o.OOO. Tho
lncorporatora are all western and south
orn Socialists. They are Robert Il. HunI
ter, Solomon Kelm and Katie ]. kirk
man, OF Ottawa, Kans,; j. c. Jones, Peter
swcnscn and Charles II, Klnchen, Texns,
w, II. Shrout and u. l.. Fllley Hondu.
ras Central America, and w. II. Hunter,
California, The company allcges In lie
charter that II will build rnllnad lines
NJ follows. From Savannah, Ga, to san
Diego. Cal, from North Dakota to Cen.
tral America. from Dallas, Texas, to
Throrltmorton, Texas. The company
also ALLEGES that II viii operate the rail.
roads "for the benefit Of humanity" Tho
employees OF the company become stock
holders. and after sixty days employ.
mcnt they have vested rights In their
lobe and then can be- removed only fof
cause, aud then only when their casea
have been passed upon by the board OF
arbitration, created by the charter
Robert n, Hunter, whh filed the char.
ter, was very particular that II be signed
at ig.g8 O'clock, which wnR done. An nc.
cult scientist " Chicago, told him, hc
says In hls letter to the secretary OF state,
that II the company was born on Sep.
tcmhcr 10, at 1898 o'clock, II would be a
success.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17
BANK OF GNaIAND's ACTION
In Regard to siIvsr-osrmany,. jealous
Growi.

/ UNuNls
LONDON. Sept. 16.-At the semi.an-
nual meeting OF the Bank of England
to-day, the governor, George sandeman,
said:
You are probably aware OF the pro-
posals laid down before the government
In tho summer by the United States and
France, whereby this country might
increase Its use Of silver as a contri-
button TO an international agreement,
which, while not affecting our gold
standard, might enable the mints OF
France and America to resume FREQ
coinage. Among the proposals was ona
asking the bank TO hold the amount OF
silver permissible under the act OF 1884
as against Its notes"
The governor then read letter, dated
July 20. addressed to the chancellor OF
the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beach.
| 1t was as follows: referring to our
conversation, we beg to say the bank
| ia prepared to carry out what Is laid
down as permissible In the bank char
ter. viz, to hold one-flfth OF the bullion
held against It's note issue In silver, pro-
vided always that the French mint is
| again open to the free coinage OF silver
and that the price at which silver 10
procurable and salable are satiBfac4
tory"
Replying to the questions the gov
ernor said the bank had no negotia-
tions with the United States monetary
commissioners, adding: I'VE havd
bought no silver. All we have done is
to agree, under certain circumstances.
| to carry out what is permissible under
the act of 1874"
BERLIN, Sept. 1e-The National Zei-
ung. referring to the intlmation In the
! Times OF September II that the Bank
OF England was prepared 10 hold In sill.
yer one-flfth Of the bullion held aguinat
| It's note issue, says: THE unfavorable
reception the announcement has met
from oil the organs Of British tradq
leaves no room fordoubt as 10 the opin-
ion OF the British commercial bodies and
as TO the ultimate fate Of the latest
American attempt 10 secure for the sill
yer mine owners, with the aid OF Eu-
rope. rise in silver as q reward fol
their support OF the Mckinley tarim
policy and to keep the silverites In good
humor,"