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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01
AN EMBARRASSING POSITION.

Jim Long Is Sent TO JAN When There Is
No Jail, aud Thereon Hangs Tale.
There were half dozen of us waitipo
Tor the stage to resume its journey after
dinner at Pete de Longs, when a man
came riding up on a mule and said he
Wo"ld like about five minutes talk with
our crowd. Being told to state his case
ne said:
gentlemen, my names jim Long
Me6be none o. you eyer heard of me
out I'm reformed boss thief. In nv
time hev stole over 200 bosses, but I'm
out OF the bizness fur good and all. If
l wasn't wouldn't be here today"
Where are you frOm?" asked the colo
mel.
From Grass Valley, sir. That's the
county seat, you know. | was sent to
Jail over thar fur year fur stealth nv
last hosS, and I've got ten months vet to
serve" ~
Then you've broke Jail, eh?"
w. OIL L GU see Unar amt anV iail
over thar except an old house without
doors or winders. Nobody kiG be locked
up, and every prisoner has to be board
"a by the sheriff, He's a mighty good
fellow, the sheriff is, but he can't stand
the expense and bother. He made
lt pleasant fur me fur the first month
but since then he's bin gittin down on
me -
Glow do you mean? asked the colo
mel.
why, he wants me to 60 We know.
THAT'S what he's bin dom fur the last
tour weeks-tryin' to crowd me oqter
Jail. Only Yesterday he called me a lot
OF hard names and threatened to stop nv
grub if didn't go.'
"Dou mean the sheriff wants YOU to
| escape?"
"Of course. I'm only ans expense to
him, you see"
Then why don't you doit?"
That's the trouble, sir. If escape |
want to go Up to San Quentin, which is
a hundred miles away. | am lame and
cam t walk. If | only had boss I'd 90
quick enough"
But you've got horse, said the col
onel.
"This horse belongs to the sheriff, sir.
He amt much of boss, but he'd take
me up to San Quentin and kin buy him
tor SO. DE was lent to me that might
ride over and see you folks"
'And what do you want?"
"Why, Kurnel, | want you fellers to
| CHIP in and make up them ten dollars.
You see the situation, don't you? I'm
sent to Jail. There's no jail. Pm a
burden on the sheriff and he wants me
to escape, but | don't want to steal
boss to escape on. I've Just made up
my mind to let the boss bizuess alone.
Somebody has got to buy me a boss or
I've GOT to COntiner to hang around Grass
| Valley and beat the sheriff out of my
| board. The stage driver knows all about
me-"
| The driver was called up, and he said
it was all as the man stated, and we made
up stake-purse of SO and handed it to
| the reformer.
"Gents," he said as he pocketed the
money and made ready to ride away, 81
thank you. | will now relieve the sheriff
| by escaping 1t was mean trick to send
me to jail wien thar was no jail. But /
amt bearin' no grudge, and as soon as /
kin pass over the money fur this boss
| I'll st out on the path of honesty and
travel it fur the balance of my days
Good day, all, and if you only knowed
the embarrassin' position yoH've helped
me out of you'd feel rewarded for what
you hey done"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01

VIZ as a bear fools around trap A man
doesn't like to own up that he is ILL.,
He says 80, 1t amounts to nothing l shall
be all right to morrow" But he isn't all
right tomorrow; nor the next day. Pretty
soon the trap snaps to ; and he has some
serious disease fastened on him.
The only sensible course is to keep away
from the trap, and not allow sickness to get
any hold on you. It is a frightful mistake
to triAe with indigestion and bilious troub-
les i'll the belief that they will cure then,
selves. On the contrary they drag the whole
system down with them.
When the appetite and digestion are IT.
regular it shows that the machinery of the
body is out of order and is not doing its
proper work; the blood circulation is poorly
supplied and is being gradually debased
by bilious pOisons.
The proper Alternative for this condition is
DR. PierCe's Golden Medical Discovery 1t
acts directly upon the digestive functions
and the liver; and enables the bloOdmak
ing glands to supply an abundance Of pure
blood, rich with the nutritious vital ele-
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In all impoverished and rundown condi-
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| man"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01
BULLET FOR BIG BURGLAR.
Merchant Gibson Made Good Shot and
Then PRAYED for His Victim.

Then Prayed for His Victim.
NlLLEN, GA, Early this morning L.
Z. Gibson, young merchant here, was
aroused from sleep by some one endeav-
oring to enter his room. He jumped up
and reached for the intruder, but fail
ing to find him returned to bed. Soon
atterward the party returned ana sue
ceeded in getting into the room. This
time Gibson opened fire with 38 Smith
d Wesson, (which he had secured after
being aroused the first time. The shot
took effect in the neck of the burglar,
who tell to the floor and begged Mr..
Gi'Sson TO pray for him. Mr.. Gibson,
though terribly excited, fell upon his
&n5es and offered . very devout prayer
for tie burglar a negro about 40 years
Old. The wound is very serious and
may be fatal. Mr.. Gibson has the APP
proval of the community, who of course,
know that he did perfectly right.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01
CUBAN REBELS RAID HAVANA
FIRE UPON THE PALACE FOR THE
FIRST TINE DURING THE WAR.
The object of the Rebels Was to Release
General Rus Rivera aud Hang q
Citizen who Had Acted
as a spy.

AS spy.
NEW YORK, Nov Ron Sunday
morning, for the first time in the history
Of tie Cuban war, rebel bullets sought
the palace in Havana, says a dispatch to
The Herald from Havana. The shots
came from Casa Blanca, 600 yards across
the entrance to the harbor, and while
nobody was hurt, the palace with it's
electric lights was shining mark and
must have been hit. The Spanish au-
thorities attempt to make light of the af-
fair, but at the same time reporter for
La Lucha, wLo wrote up and attempted
to publish the facts in the case, was ar
rested and is still incommunicado.
The attack on Casa Blanca was made
by Brigadier General Rafael De Carde
mas and so rebels. They entered the
town shortly before midnight on horse
back, and at the end of the four hours
each man led out of town a horse with
- extra he had appropriated, laden
with clothing, provisions, silver plate
and considerable money Before they
lett they fired two voileys across the
narrow harbor entrance at the palace
and then coolly retired to a friends
house inside the Spanish lines and took
supper, previously ordered. All this
was under the guns of Cabanas and Nor
TO.
1t is learned from an inside source that
the object of the rebels was t. effect the
release OF General Rus Rivera and hang
a citizen named Fumiero, who is known
as spy. They failed in the first only
because of some misconception regard
ing the appointed time on the part of the
confederates within the prison with
whom arrangements had been made to
admit the raiders into the fortress. Flu
micro managed to escape across the
larbor. The whole affair was ell plann-
ed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01

WARNING Persons who suffer from
coughs ana colds should heed the warn
ings of danger and save themselves suf-
ferng and fatal results by using One
Minute Cough Cure. 1t is an infallb!e
remedy for coughs, cold, Group and all
throat and lung troubles.
SALE-DAvIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, SIS


FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F. j.
CHENEY 81 Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State aforc-
said. and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of CArABaH that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. D., 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
~
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send fol
testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
9Sold by druggists, 75c.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01
GEORGIA'S CRIMINAL RECORD.
Two Hundred and Eishty-four HOmicides
in Twelve Mouths.

Here is the record of crime for the
state. 1t is taken from the attorney-gen-
erals report. He requested the record
in each county and received it from all
but Twiggs and Union. The statistics
speak for themselves and need no com
ment. They show:
Homicides IN GEORGIA during twelve
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01
FROM ROOF TO ROOF.
Somnambulist's Walking Feat Over the
Tops of Fifteen Houses.

Edward Reilly of Wilmington Del. re
cen0ly performed a wonderful feat in his
sleep, In his nightclothes he climbed
from his bedroom window to the roof of
his house. There are 5 houses in the row.
and he walked along the roofs of the row
for half an hour; then he climbed down,
but climbed into the wrong window. The
window he entered was on the rear of the
second story of the house of Amos Brin-
ton, TWO doors below his house
A niece OF Mr.. Brinton was slumbering
In the room at the time, and, awakened by
the noise of his entrance she screamed
when she saw his ghostlike appearance.
Her screams brought Mr. Brinton. who
upon entering the bedroom fired a shot,
which missed Reilly. The gas was light
ed, and to his amazement Brinton discov-
cred that the intruder was his neighbor.
He saw that he was asleep, and with a
punch awakened him. Reilly at first want
ed Brinton to apologize, but when he found
he had been walking in his sleep and was
not in his own room he could not saw
enough to excuse himself Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01

r. Il. BELL
The commonwealth., 1897-02-04
Notice..

By virtue of power in me ves,ed by
that deed of trust which was executed
to me Oh the Is day OF Feb. 1889 by
Montgomery Shields and his wife, E. L.
Shields, which is duly recorded in
HALIFAX county, in the Registers office,
In Book IS, on Page 54S, shall sell for
Cash at Auction, In the town of Scot
land Neck, on the 20 day of February
1897, the property therein described,
to-wit All of the right, title and in
terest of the said Shields and wife in
and to that land in said county which
John White conveyed to Eveline
Shields for lie with remainder to her
children, being that land bounded by
the lands of Andrew Shields, Thomas
Hancock, J. H. Darden, w. E. Whit
more and others, and containing three
hundred and ten acres, more or less.
Janiy 20, 1897. w. A. DUNN,
% At, Trustee.
The commonwealth., 1897-02-04
Notice..

By virtue OF power in me vested by
that deed of trust which was executed
to me on the IL day of April, 1892, by
Elias Barnes, which is duly recorded in
Halifax county, in the Registers office,
in Book 90 on Page 1875, ] shall sell for
Cash at Auction, in the town of. Scot
land Neck, on the 20 day Of Feby., 1897,
the property therein described, to-wit:
That tract of land beginning on main
run of Beech Swamp, near a marked
white oak, n ~, f 9S to a live oak on
new canal. N 43 e 1873 poles to gum,
N AZ E 100 poles to pine stump, cor
ner on the path, S % E "a to an old
pine stump, on main run Of the Mill
branch, then down main run of said
branch to string-wood in Nancy
Kings line, thence with said line to the
Billy branch, thence up said line to J.
l.. Dunn's line, thence With said line to
the main run of Beech Swamp, thence
said swamp to the beginning and con-
tanning 284a acres, more Or less.
Jany. 20, 1897. G. w. Bryan,
l % It. Trustee.
The commonwealth., 1897-02-04
RINGWOOD RIPPLES.

Correspondence to THE COMMONWEALTH
RINGwooD, n. c.. Feb. 1st, 1897.
Snow and ice md extremely cold 10
several days.
The mail from this place failed to &c
one day last week which was great
annoyance to our people.
Mr.. Ed. Simpson returned from Will
SON yesterday.
Mr.. Edgar Matthews returned home
Tuesday, from pleasant visit to Wake
Forest and Siler City.
Mr.. John Bishop mace flying trip
to Llttleton last week.
Mrs. Pattie Tyree is visiting bel
nephew, Mr.. Ed. Simpson.
Rev. J. S. Williams and Mr.. n. M
Harrison, of BrinkleyvllIe, we're in
town Sunday.
Several OF the young people from
this section are off at school, Among
the number are Messrs. Walter and
Cecil Matthews, johnson Barden and
George Gossette at Thompson's School
Mr.. Ray Weller and Misses Ruby and
Bessie Vinson at Ridgeway School
Miss Della Weller at Oxford Seminary
Mr.. Cnas. Harrison at the A. & NJ
College.
The farmers are busy burning plant
beds and preparing for the coming crop
Mr.. Guilford Sykes is very sick.
EDGAR
The commonwealth., 1897-02-04
LOOKS BRIGHT.

The Norfolk Landmark thinks that
the business outlook for 1897 is bright,
and bids the South cheer up. It says ::
"The country Is going to have better
business conditions during 1897 than it
has had for several years, according to
all Indications. The revival cannot be
expected to come with a rush, and it
may not be overwhelming, but we
think it is coming. The South, and
Virginia especially. if we see rightly,
have excellent prospects for business
awakening. The fact Is that this Sec
ton of the country has suffered less
than any other from the depression
since 1893. We have had far fewer
failures, our business institutions and
banks have made better showing of
stability, and our great natural in
dustries have exhibited much more
vigor-these must be the conclusions
OF anyone who will give fair examin-
alton to facts and figures.
"In the last year, for instance, the
Southern parts of the United States
have attracted half of the increase in
exports from the entire country, and In
the case OF many cities the gain has
been phenomenal. New York has
practically lost its prestige as COM
mercial port. The owners of Southern
cottos, factories have uttered few, if any
complaints. The New England mills
have done nothing but complain. Ac-
cording to the Manufacturer Record
one of the most reliable authorities in
the country, the total production oi
pig iron in the United States was
$685. ,127 tons in 1896, against 9,446.-
303 for the year preceding. For the
same two years, respectively, the pro
duction OF the South was / ,7O2, ,O38 tons
and 1884, ,451 tons. Thus, while the
production of the whole country de
creased eight or nine per cent, the
production of the South increased
nearly eight per cent"
The commonwealth., 1897-02-04
STANDS AT THE HEAD.

Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist
of Shreveport, La, says: Dr. Kings
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the best seller
I have" J. F. Campbell, merchant of
Stafford, Ariz., writes: DR.. Kings New
Discovery Is all that is claimed for it
It never fails and is a sure cure for
Consumption, Coughs ana Colds. /
can not say enough for Its merits" DR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, coughs and Colds is not an exper-
iment 1t has been tried for a quarter
OF a century, and today stands at the
head. t never disappoints. Free
trial bottles at E. T. Whitehead & Coz
Drug Store.
The commonwealth., 1897-02-04
FAMINE IN INDIA.

Advices from London dated Jan. 3Oth
said:
"The famine in India spreads In area
and increases in intensity. Thoroughly
reliable and Independent Indian ad-
vices concur in stating that relief will
be required to the extent of about
f3, 3,50O,O 600 before the famine abates,
the period Of relief extending to Sep
tember next. Nobody attempts to fore
cast what will happen if favorable
rains fail to fall in the famine district
in July and August next. The urgent
and prospective pressure of the stu
alton has awakened public recollection
to the existence of the famine insur-
ance fund initiated by Lord Lytton, as
Viceroy, after the famine of 1877. The
Government of India then undertook
to set apart annually f1.5OO,OOO as a
famine fund. A scheme of special tax
alton for this fund was adopted and
carried out. What has been done with
the fund? 1t has been largely mis-
appropriated for military purposes, and
worse still, it has been drawn upon to
give compensation allowances to the
vast body of civilian and military Off
cials in India, whose fixed salaries have
suffered by the depreciation OF the
rupee. Even men who accepted office
In India when the rupee stood at its
lowest, and who knew what the sterling
value of their salaries would amount
to, have claimed and got out OF the
famlne-insurance fund compensation
for the deprecated rupee. The dis
honor attaching to this scandal will
tarnish for all time the history oi
British rule in India,
"The Russian fund for the relief oi
India has fixed out. The foreign press
spoke of it, but 1t turns out to be
nothing tangible. If Americans think
of contributing, the relief should be
given in grain. Timed meats, or other
foods, excepting grain, would touch the
caste pre]udices even of the famine.
stricken"
The commonwealth., 1897-02-04
Editor.
as TO JUDGE NORWOOD.

Soon after Judge Norwood went up
on the bench as one -of the circuit
judges of the State be disgraced his
high office, himself and the State by
getting drunk while attempting to hold
court In Robson county. His incom-
potency cost that county considerable
money.
We said Immediately that Judge
Norwood ought to resign. and if he did
not have the manliness to resign he
ought to be lmpeached. He has con-
tinued his course, repeating his dis
graceful conduct several times, until,
as appears in our report of the proceed
ings of the Legislature, articles have
been drawn up for impeachlng him !;
but at this writing we do not know
whether he will resign or will be I'M
peached.
This paper has given its opinion
more than once on matters that thus
touch the honor of the State and we
give it further as our opinion now, that
after having persisted in his course of
debauchery while acting as one of the
States most honored servants, the func-
tlons of whose Office are so important
in the cause of justice, Judge Norwood
ought to have been 1mpeached with no
opportunity of resigning after papers
for impeachment had been drawn.
We hope to see the time, and that
right soon, when every conscientious
tree voter will refuse to cast his ballot
for man who would debauch himself
and disgrace his State by bestializing
himself while in the capacity of a
servant OF the State. The humlliating
statement went out in the papers few
days ago that one member of the Leg
islature has been drunk ever since
Senator Prltchar1's election, and that
he is threatened with delirlum
tremons Whneyer he Ia ho ouoht
to be expelled from the Legislature.
Whenever the free voters of the
State are willing to say SO, they can
see to it that no man, of whatever
party, who is addicted to habltual in
toxication need offer himself for their
suffrage. If man must drink let him
be decent about 1t or be given no place
as public servant of the people.
The commonwealth., 1897-02-04
ECECTRIC BITTERS.

Electric Bitters is medicine suited
for any season. but perhaps more gen.
orally needed when the languid, ex-
hausted feeling prevails, when the liver
is torpid and sluggish and the need oi
a tonic and Alternative Is felt. A prompt
use of this medicine has often averted
long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers.
No medicine will act more surely In
counteractlng and freeing the system
from the malarial poison. Headache
Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness
yield to Electric Bitters. SOC. and 81.
per bottle at E. r. Whitehead &. Co.'S
Drug Store.
The commonwealth., 1897-02-04
MILK AND DISEASE.

Some time ago we made sire refer
rnce x: tic facts !.ro:,s!,s .n,: ii. s!ss
,Ie.:::.l Conare u: Char!.,t.e relative
TO the Importance OF pure milk and he
danger Of using Impure milk.
The January Bulletin OF the North
Carolina Board OF Health givesa paper
read by DR.. r. H. Lewis. The pape:
is of course too long to print here &; but
it shows conclusively that the matter
of using pure milk is one of great inn
portance to the human race.
DR.. Lewis opened his paper with this
significant statement:
"Of all food products milk is the only
one which is absolutely essential to the
life of man. In the economy OF nature
it is his sole support in the most crit
ical period of his existence, i. e., at its
beginning, when his vital machinery is
most easily thrown odt of balance. But
while it is indispensable in infancy 1t
also occupies most important place
in mans dietary through life, particu-
larry with children and invalids, and
very properly, for it is the only single
article of diet that is a complete food
in itself. If it can be shown, therefore,
that it is frequently the carrier of dis
ease, it is easy to understand and ap-
preciate the tremendous Importance OF
the subject we have under consider
ation."
Then 1t was shown that the milk OF
the COW is the medium oftentimes OF
transmitting poison which produces
fever, diphtheria, tuberculosis and the
like.
The statement was made by DR..
Lewis that "one-seventh of all deaths
are due to tuberculosis, and that COWS
are very subject to the disease, identical
with that found in man." This, then,
it would seem, is very important sub
iect as it touches the relation of the
health of the people and the milk they
use.
After discussing the fact that milk
is infected with tuberculosis and the
views of different ones as to how this is
done, DR.. Lewis concludes by saying
"But, however that may be, there is
no doubt about the fact that tuber-
cnlosis is communicated to man
through the milk of diseased cows, and
remembering the terrible nature of the
malady, that should be sufficient to put
us on our guard"
In the discussion some hints were
given for guarding against the possible
and probable diseases growing out OF
the use OF impure milk. Some of the
suggestions were these:
"Healthy-e COWS supplied with good
food and pure water; perfect cleanll-
ness of the hands OF the mixers, of the
udders of the COWS and of all milk
utensils; and rigid abstention from
contact with the milk at any point ol
all persons who haye been exposed te
infectious diseases"
One main caution was that all milk
and milk vessels should be perfectly
clean and the hands of the mixers
should also be clean.
There is, no doubt, more in the ques
| ton of pure milk than many suppose
and and for this reason THE COMMON.
WEALTH has given some little space tc
the subject.