The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-03-09

dent and his cabinet shall review the
survivors on parade, the old soldiers
| being in federal and confederate uni
forms as nearly like those of war times
as may be possible 1t is desired, of
course, that congress shall pass an APP
preparation to pay all Of the expenses.
| The government ought not TO appropri-
ate the peoples money to any sucn pur-
pose.
| Mrs. ZULA Cook, edtress of the Mil
Ter County Liberal, is one lady who
doesn't let sentiment get the better of
| judgment. She believes that criui-
mails, regardless of sex, should pay the
penalty of their crimes. In the last
issue of her paper she says: "A Mitch
ell county woman is charged with beat
ing her own daughter to death and
stamping the quivering body. And yet
here are cranks who say that such as
she and Mrs. Mobiles should not hang"
IT may be that the Maine court of in
curry will have to return Scotch YER
dict of mot proven" The wreck, 1T is
said has been sinking into the mud
steadily ever since it went down. In
the event of failure to raise the wreck
it Will be manifestly impossible to in
yestigate the bottom of it, embedded
as it Is in several feet of the horrid
mud and ooze of the harbor.
A KANSAS Officeholder who was so
unfortunate as to die before the expi-
ration of his term tried to will his Job
to one of his relatives. In this respect
Kansas is not far in advance of GeOr-
gia. Here one eminent gentleman has
a death death grip on fat job while
chasing another.
A CONTEMPORARY calls attention to
the fact that while the rest of the
country is discussing the probability
of war Massachusetts, has actually be-
gun hostiities. She has employed an
army of some 200 men to 90 out with
squirt guns and fight the gypsy moths.
JUDGE FISH is candidate to succeed
himself on the supreme bench. He has
made an able and efficient official, and
should find the gay back easy. If he
is defeated the southern part of the
state will have no representative on
the supreme bench.
THE populists will hold a convention
IN Atlanta next Wednesday and nomi-
nate state ticket. They are insisting
that Mr.. Watson accept the guberna-
torial nomination. Tom is undoubted-
ly the speediest pOpuist in Georgia.
AFTER all the claims that Judge AT
kinson is toting south Georgia about
in his pants pocket 1t seems that even
his home county OfGlynn is in dispute.
The Brunswick Sun says that GIynn
will go into the Gambler column.
JUDGE ATKINsoN's stand in favor of
eXempting manufacturing establish
ments from taxes is indefeneibIe from
any standpoint. 1t means special
privileges to corporations and higher
taxes for individuals.
WAGON loads of staff for man and
beast are going out of Dawson every
day now, with great deal of guano.
1t is to be hoped thatIt will be used to
prepare the farmers to live at home an
other year.
COLONEL BILL CLIFTON has been an
pointed to succeed Colonel Gambler as
secretary of state. The "War Horse. "
so-called, is of course jubilant. and
will tap barrel of oysters.
THE people of Houston county pro
pose to make it hot for any candidate
who uses whiskey as a means of get
ting office. And they are right.
The policemen of Atlanta have to be
mighty careful ABOUT the kind of
breath they have on them. Their
breaths are now Inspected.