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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
FERTILIZER FEES.
Practicsl'and Proper Suggestion of the In
coming Commissioner.
h. al,

Practicsl'and Proper Suggestion of the In
coming Commissioner.
From the Atlanta journal.
Hon. o. b. Stevens, who will be the
next commissioner of agriculture, makes
practical and proper suggestion when
he says that the surplus arising from
fees tor the inspection of fertilizers
should be used to extend the work of
the agricultural department and enlarge
its usefulness.
The present commissioner, Colonel
Nesbitt, has repeatedly recommended
that tins be done, but his advice has not
| been needed
The welfare Of the state would be pro-
mOteu if the legislature would strength
en- the department of agriculture-give
it the means for more effective service.
Colonel Nesbitt has done we'll with the
very small amount of money at his dis
| posal, but it has been far too little for
| the needs Of the farmers and the good of
the state. The various publications of
| the department are sought after and
| priced by the farmers, and yet only
about one in fifty can get them.
The fertilizer money is raised by tax.
ing an article used only by farmers, and
it seems but simple justice that it should
| be expended in their interest and on
| their education.
At present the net proceeds of this
fund, some twelve or fourteen thousand
| dollars, is turned into the state school
| fund, where it amounts to ''a drop in the
bucket" while if devoted to educating
| the farmers the state would be vastly
benefited by it, This very thing is now
done in number of states, and Georgia
| should take like action.
Every farmer in the state is entitled
to, and should have, the publications of
| the department. Farmers institutes
should be held in every county, and
every other known means should be
used to build up the industry upon
which all other industries depend
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
ANOTHER TRAGEDYIN SUMTER.
A White Farmer Kills Negro Laborer
and Flees.

White Farmer Kills a Negro LabOrer
and Flees.
AMERICUs, Ca, Sept. 8.-The sixth
bloody tragedy enacted in Sumter coun-
ty within the past thirty days occurred
last night, when Dink Frazier, white
farmer, shot and instantly killed Charles
Fuller, negro laborer.
From all accounts the killing seems to
have been without provocation. Fuller
had driven Frazier's team to Americus
with a load OF cotton. Frazier accused
the negro of misusing the mules and or
dered him off his place, at the same time
shooting three bullets into him,
The negro had no weapon when the
coroner searched his body TODAY. Fra
zier is reported to have gone to parts
unknown.
This tragedy occurred very near the
scene of the recent double murder of
Mrs. mary McGarrah and James Bonn
and the lynching of their murderer,
Hamp Hollis
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

How frequently
a woman asks this question: How much
thought and study she devotes to it! 1t is
natural. A woman hates to think that she
is growing day by day less charming and
attractive and youthful to her husband's
eyes than in the days of courtship
woman may always retain her charms
and the vivacity and freshness of youth if
she will take the proper care of her health.
tremendous percentage of ill-health in
women is due to weakness and disease of
the distinctly feminine organism DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is an unfail-
ing remedy for all disorders of this nature.
1t allays inflammation, heals liberation,
stops facilitating drains and soothes and
tones the nerves. 1t preserves in a woman
all the charm of healthy youth Thou
sands of women have testified to its mar
velous merits.
Favorite Prescription is sold by all re-
spectacle dealers in medicines Deal only
where you are honestly treated. ANY store
keeper who tries to gwe~you a substitute
for what you demand is not treating YOU
honestly and you should take your trade
elsewhere.
.. For nine years have suffered with falling
of internal organs" writes Mrs Mary Williams,
of Raleigh Wake Co. N c BOX 1867 II was
troubled with bearing down pains l had indi-
gestion aud female weakness and nervousness.
could not sleep at night I was constipated
and had urinal trouble. The doctor here said
that no medicine would reach my disease DR..
Pierces Favorite Prescription, Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and Pleasant Pellets have
cured me"
An every day necessity in the home. A
good home medical work Send q one
cent stamps to cover mailing only, to the
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association.
Buffalo, N. Y, for paper-covered copy of
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser. Cloth binding 81 stamps.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
PREFERS TO BE A CONVICT.
Has Served Sixteen Years, and Is Unwilling
to Accept Freedom,


to Accept Freedom,
From the Albany Herald.
Out at Cruger Il PAGES brick yard
where state convicts are employed, there
is negro who prefers to be a convict to
free man. Such is the case with jim
G riScOal.
Jim was sent to the changing for life
ON charge of murder, of which he was
convicted in Dodge county, and he has
served in many convict camps through
out the state. He was in the gang out
at Lockett's few years ago, and when
Cruger q Pace hired convict labor be
was among the convicts sent them. His
good behavior at all times during his
service, and his continued protestations
that he was innocent of the charge of
which he had been convicted, caused his
time to be decreased and last month,
having served as convict sixteen years,
he completed the sentence, which at the
time of his conviction was for life.
He would Aot accept his freedom,
however, but asked to be allowed TO
stay and serve as one of the camp cooks,
a position which he had held for many
years. He was not allowed to stay with
out any compensation. as he wished, but
he was hired as one of the camp cooks
and is stlll there, satisfied to sleep and
eat with his old fellow convicts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
SEARCHING FOR BIS son.
Postmaster SIMMONS Charters "A Tug to Look
for the Schooner PIatt.

BRUNSWICK, Ga, Sept. 8.-Bruns-
Wick's postmaster, w. A. Symons, has
chartered tug and gone in search of
the American schooner John H. Platt
Ives, master, on which bis son is a pas
senger. The Platt is many days overdue.
In addition to the crew and Fred Sy-
mons, the Brunswickians, there are 9TH
er passengers. Coastwse vessels daily
arriving report numerous wrecks drift
ing along the southern coast.
Postmaster Symons will investigate
the wrecks and be relieved of the sus-
pense attendant upon indefinite ne rs
from the Platt. 1t is possible that the
Platt has been dismantled and blown
into the gulf stream. The south At.
lantic and gulf coast will be thoroughly
patrolled.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

THE state democratic executive com>
mittee, it is said, is apprehensiye about
the result of the election for congress
man in the Eleventh district. The
populists and republicans have COM
bined against Mr.. Brahtly and a bar
rel has been tapped in the interest of
Mr.. Wilkinson, the fusion candidate
The district, so report says, is being
flooded with dollar arguments.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

WHILE the Constitution and the
Telegraph are gaffing each other and
patting your Uncle Allen on the back
he is very wisely toting his own skill
let. Your Uncle has done this same
thing very successfully before, and
may be depended on to steer clear of
strife generators in this campaign.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

For diarrhoea, dysenery, collie, chol-
era, tux and all summer complaints,
nothing is so gentle, soothing and eff
fec.ive, as Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam. II
never fails to give relief and if taken in
time will effect a speedy cure. Be sure
that you get "Beggs'," the only remedy
with national reputation. For sale by
SALE-DAVIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
WALL1Ne, Tenn. Anril %. 1893.

l was very bad, down nearly all the
time suffering with my side, back and
kidneys, and would have been dead long
ago without relief. After taking DR.. j.
d. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm a
few days found it was helping me. aud
by the time the second bottle was gone
[ was well, and have been IN good health
since. JAMES FISHER, SIR. f sale by
all druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

The controversy that is going on be,
tween some papers as TO the mean.
ing ofColonel Gamblers remark at Mil.
ledgeViile that free silver is not car.
dinal principle of democracy is out OF
order. 1t will settle nothing, and will
lnJure the democratic cause in the an,
preaching election. There is no reason
why democrats should pull their razors
and fight each other when the enemy is
advaLcing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

TIE retrenchment fever has hit At
anita fore and aft, and also promises 60
figure conspicuously in the municipal
campaign In Dawson this fall. Re-
trenchment isa good thing and should
be pushed along. 1t should become
epidemic throughout the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

greens and said it was vinegar. OF
course we were horse dew combaw for
three days, and now that we are able
to talk our language is not fit for pub
LEGATION"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

. S'S'iAie'iA eeA-A@e'l &c II OL4A ANeI41o"'
Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin. l have been
afflicted, more or less, for a quarterd
a century with catarrh of the stomad
and constipation; a residence in Wash
lngton has increased these troubles.
A few bottles of your medicines haT
given me almost complete relief. and
am sure that a continuation OF thei
use will effect permanent cure.
Pe-ru-na is surely wonderful rem
edy for catarrhal affections.
j. D. BOTKIN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

In noting Judge Griggs' appoint
ment to speak at Moultrie next Mon
day the Berrien County News observes
that "the voters of Colquitt county
will have chance to shake the hand of
one of the best friends of the farmer
Georgia has ever had in congress"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
DYE ALL COLOke

can repair your clothes, TX vi,
anyway. If you have any OLD c wv w
torn and in need of repairing give yn'
to me. If you have coat or pam
pants too large | can make them
you. | will line your coats anu .oi I
your vests. | can also clean III V Fl
and hats in first-class style. | VIII go
Crease, Tar, Pant or Turps000S ,
out of your clothes. If the sun !,
changed the color of your clotneS i
to see me. / can be Iouhu o oon
streets every day. See me anu
the price. Yours to please, "a.
THOMAS KEITH, Dawson ' 70:
~ You will find me at ny ne
dence, 4O3 Third avenue, ""
colored Methodist church
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

Miss HELEN GOULD has sent $500 to
help the sick soldiers In Georgia. Miss
Gould is one of the fine characters that
the war has brought to public notice.
She is noble young woman, and de-
serves manly Georgia boy for hus-
band.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

A RECENT issue of the Hardema n
(Eenn Free Press contained the fol-
lowing paragraph: eve wish to ex-
PLAIN our lack of editorial this week.
We was down to Memphis and smart
Alec at the tavern but train oil on our
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

THE fuss that is brewing between
General Miles and the officials of the
war department is the outcropping of
jealousies and ambitions. 1t is a nasty
mess for supposedly big men to be get
ting into.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
Variety Enough to Meet Every Taste.

Stove in America, and since the man.
ufacturers have put in Illuminized
oven doors and racks, which put it
still further ahead of all other stoves
IN cooking, in holding heat, in saving
fuel and in cleanliness. For years
Garland Stoves and Ranges have been
made from the best iron and are Civ.
EN- up by all to last better than any
other stove made. Examine we'll
into the merits OF this stove before
making purchase.
We still handle the IRON KING.
SHOES.
We have added LADIES' AND
MEMS FINE SHOES to our al
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
FURNITURE.

In this department We have the
goods, and the prices are right. II
you want bargains you can find them
here. My stock has increased for
the fall trade in quality as we'll as
quantity. A line of fine Bedroom
Suites. Chairs and Rockers; all neat
and stylish; design, workmanship and
finish unsurpassed. Ask to see them.
STOVES.
We have added to our already large
stock of stoves the GARLAND, the
most celebrated stove in the world.
This stove took the premium. at the
Worlds Fair in 1893 as the best
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
NOTICE!

l am first.class clothes cleaner az
will give you perfect satisfaction
am a first-class dyer, and can
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14


ready il immense line. The celebr,f.l
j. A: Smith & Co.'S shoe is our D'n Ias3
er. Don't be deceived by imjtat; e''
None genuine without the namn 1' ~ \
A. Smith & Co. on each shoe Gal, -, !
price our shoes. We will pnJo ar al1
all competitors. '''SA
STAPLE DRY GOODS
We have a complete and haudsO,.
line of Staple Dry Goods, and v;nI
uphold uor past reputation for stvisI
quality and price in this department
These goods are trade winners, ANIL
we askyou to give them your carsfa
attention before buying elsewhere
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

THE Cars universal disarmament
proposition was very nice, but the
other fellows wouldn't see it that way
The car, however, if he desires to do
so, can throw away his gun and take tc
the bushes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14
FURNITURE, STOVES, Shoes
and Staple Dry Goods.


tt
have combined owne make
economical buyers ''pS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-09-14

CANDIDATE HOGAN is not much of a
"silyer bug" He wants the govern =
ment to enlarge its printing facilities
and begin turning out greenbacks.
THOMAS H. WHEELER, son of General
Joe Wheeler, was drowned Thursday
while bathing in the sea at Camp
Wikoff, Montauk Point, l.. L.
GENERAL LAwTON Is holding food out
to all Cubaus who disarm, and as usual
they quickly bite the bait.
AN Alabama farmer put croton oil
in his melon patch and broke up a
camp meeting.
A MEMPHIS belle is named Miss Out =
aw. She ought to be captured.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
ONLY PORTUGOSLINGS.
And When They Grow Up They Will
BE Portuganders and Not
Portuguese.

There was look of great disappointment
on the face of the boy who was coming out
younger, but with very aggressive and ten
aclous disposition, was conspicuously tat
tered. His garments bore the marks of con-
fict, but his face showed no signs of remorse.
Come on in the house." said the older
boy.
What for2 I'm waiting for that other
Spanish boy to come out"
We'll, it's no use. We've made mistake
and we've got to apologize
To those two Spaniards?"
They're not Spaniards. They only look
Ike Spaniards:. They're Portuguese"
''Portu-what?
Portuguese"
:. mo, they're not. I'll take your word for
added, reluctantly. "But they're too little
for Portuguese. And, what's more. they
never will be Portuguese. They're nothing
but Portugoslings now, and when they
grow up they'll be Portuganders. wash
ington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
OF A LOWER ORDER.
Woman Has Progressed. But Man Is
Vet In q BeniEhted
State.

4 few weeks ago a new play was tried upon
town near New York. The author was a
man, but IN some way he had learned a good
deal about women's mental processes; and
when the leading lady. proceeded to cut a
Gordian knot by methods strictly feminine,
girl in the audience beamed appreciatively
oh, You willy creature" she murmured,
addressing the absent dramatist Then she
turned impulsively to a serious-looking wom-
an who SAT- beside her
Now how could he have known she would
do just that? He certainly must have been
a woman in some far-off incarnation"
Her neighbours seriousness became sever
ity, and she frowned the frivolous young per
son down
THAT is quite impossible" she said, with
impressive gravity. Evidently you haven
studied the subject. Woman is a progressed
state. A man may look forward to being a
woman in future incarnation; but he be-
longs to a lower order and has never been
feminine in the past
Then she wondered why the girl found the
rest of the play so funny.-N- Y Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
. POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Some Sapient Sayings About Men,
Women and Things in
General.

Time and court plaster heal all wounds.
Woman's chief aim seems to be at target
called man.
Some men are so fixed that they have no
use for moving van.
Charity never begins at home while house
cleaning is going on.
No man is modest enough to believe him
self overestimated by others.
Beware of the cyclist who praises wheel
of different make from his own.
There are men living to-day who would
rather be right than be vice-president.
Providence takes care of some fools by Civ
ing them wives to look after them
When a man inherits dishonesty that is
about the only thing he honestly acquires.
But few women would carry pocketbooks
if they couldn't put anything in them but
money.
The man who can acknowledge mistake
without blaming it on some one else has true
moral courage
Imitation may be the sincerest flattery, but
more men acquire wealth by doing as they
see others do not do.
After a man has dropped few thousand
dollars in stocks it is useless to tell him there
is no money in them.-Chicago Evening
News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16

may be some sadness, because it is m
timely, and out of season Gray hairs are
crown of honor to the aged, but to the
young they are stigma There is no need
TO be gray in youth Grayuess comes from
deficiency of the co1oriog matter which
gives the hair its natural tint. This color
ing matter can be supplied arti6ciaily
and is SO supplied by DIR. ]. c. Ayers Hair
Vigor. 1t is by supplying the lacking
pigment that Dr. Ayers Hair vigor re-
stores gray or faded hair to its original
color. Beyond this. it makes the hair
grow. gives it gloss and softness, stops
II from falling, removes dandrud, and
c1eanses the scalp. Mrs. c. II. AyTes,
Mount Airy, Ga. writes:
"About three years ago. my head became
full of dandruh. which caused great an
noysnce. after a time. the hair began
falling out The use of Dr.. J. C Ayers
Hair Vigor stopped the hair from falling
out. and N ade the scalp clean and healthy"
Mrs. c II AYREs, Mount Airy, Ga
Or. Ayers Hair vigor is noted as
dressing. 1t is used every day by thou
sands whose chief claim to beauty rests
on beautiful hair. Send for DE-. Ayers
Curebook, a story OF cures told by the
cured Free Address the J. c. Aver Co..
lowell, Mass.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
WOMEN IN BUSINESS.
From the Free Press. Detroit, Mich.

A prominent business man recently ex-
pressed the opinion that there is one thing
filling mans place in the business world.
they can't be depended upon because they
are sick too often. This is refuted by Mrs.
c. w. Mansfield, business woman of IS
Farrar St., Detroit, Mich, who says:
"a complication of female ailments kept
me awake nights and wore me out. / could
get relief from medicine and hope was
slipping away from me. A young lady in
Pink Pills for Pale People. l took them
and was able to rest at night for the first
time in months. / bought more and took
them and they cured me as they also cured
think that if you should ask any of the drug
gists of Detroit who are the best buyers OF
DR.. Williams Pink Pills they would say the
young women: These pills certainly build
woman owes her life to them
AS a business woman l am pleased to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
A FAMILY FAILING.
The struggle with Heredity.
The Right Side of the Color Line.

To heredity, to the transmission of
traits from sire to soc. we owe most of the
possibilities of growth and development
If each newly born being started out anew.
without the force of heredity the level
of life might be expected to be that of the
digger Indian or Bushman. Naturally bad
traits descend like the good Pecuiiarities
of feature, excentricities of speech and
manner, birth marks, etc, are handed
down just as surely as manual dexterity,
physical beauty, mathematical ability.
and the mental and moral qualities in
general. A curious example of this de-
scent of family traits IS furnished by Mrs
Maggie Pickett. Canton, Ga, in whose
family gray hair was hereditary. She
writes:
Gray hair is hereditary in our family.
As long as can recoliect, my mothers hair
has been gray. About twelve years ago.
my hair began to show signs of turning.
I resolved to try Ayers Hair vigor. and
after using it only few imns my hair
was restored to its natural color. I still
use this dressing occasionally. bottle
lasting me quite while; and though over
forty years Of age. my hair retains its
youthful color and fuIlness- To all who
have faded and gray hair. would heartily
recommend DR.. Ayers Hair yigor-"-Ars.
MAGGIE FIcxETT, Canton. Ga
There IL no shame in gray hair. butt
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16

enable women to take their proper place in
life by safeguarding their health as DIR.
Williams Pink Pills, for Pale People. Act
ing directly on the blood and nerves.. in
hsy oo and heah
to the exhausted woman when every effort
of the physician proves unavailing.
For the growing girl they are of the great
est benefit, for the mother indispensable, for
every woman invaluable.
For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and other
diseases long supposed incurable, these pills
have proved their efficacy in thousands of
cases.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
NEEDED HIM IN THE HOUSE
The Cool RetOrt of a Witty Girl to
Her CompIacent Ftancee Sets
Him to Thinking.

Among weddings slated for the near flu
ture is that of clever young lawyer who
has just won for his bride charming girl to
whose heart he had long laid siege. The law
yer is not without a certain amount of good
opinion regarding himself and particularly
prldes himself on being rather a favorite
among girls of his acquaintance. Nearly a
year ago he first sought the hand of the
bride to be, but she demurred A few
months later he met with a second refusal,
but determined to make one more effort.
BY this time the young woman had come to
regard him with good deal of esteem: This
feeling grew in warmth, and SO, when, a
week or so ago, he once more urged his suit,
she said the word which made him the hap
piest man in town.
And you will be mine?" he asked.
=, 'Tt seems too good to be true. When shall
the wedding take placer"
II don't know
There is no use in putting it Off"
NO" she answered 81 think not"
The young lawyer named day preposter-
ously close at hand, and after some hesita-
tlon his charmer agreed.
knew that you would realize that you
would be happier with me than without me, -
be suggested, with just hint of triumph in
his tone.
Perhaps the girl concluded that this was
as good time as any to take him down a
peg or two, for she replied very coolly:
les, do realize it now. You see, papa
Is out of town on business good deal, so that
mamma, aunty and / are often quite alone
the conclusion that it would be ever so much
safer to have man in the house all the
time
The accepted lover gasped in establishment
tor moment. but then. seeing a twinkle in
his adored ones eve, forgave her on the spot.
tn the way home, however, he voted that his
future wife would be dangerous customer
IN repartee.-Chicago Chronicle.