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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
TAX RATE FIXED.
The State and County Levy $11. 90 ON
the Thousand.

The county commissioners were in
regular monthly session yesterday, and
before adjourning fixed the county tax
rate for this year at IS. "a ON the thous-
aud, reduction of Is cents as compared
with last year.
The state levy is $3.50 ON the thousand
-85 cents less than in 1893. This
added to the county rate will make
$11 90 per thousand the people of Ter.
rell county will pay the tax gatherer this
year, which is a reduction of 81 90 as
compared with the rate OF year ago.
The total valuation of the taxable
property of the county is So ,2S3 900, and
the levies made will bring S12, 500 reve-
nue. to the county and $11,768 to the
state.
The fact that the. commissioner shave
been able to reduce the tax rate speaks
we'll for their management of the affairs
of the county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
A Word to Mothers.

Mothers of children affected with
Group or severe cold need not hesitate
to administer Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. 1t contains DO opiate nor
narcotic in any form and may be given
as confidently to the babe as to an adult.
The great success that has attended it's
use in the treatment of colds and Group
has won for it the approval and praise
it has received throughout the United
States and in many foreign lands. For
sale by Farrar & Harris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
THE NEWS AT SHELLMAN.
an Old Citizen Passes Away. 1000 Bales of
Cotton Received.

AN Old Citizen Passes Away. 1000 Bales of
Cotton Received.
:, SHELLMAN, Sept. 4.-"Uncle" Allen
Oantzler died here Friday night after a
snort illness, and was inferred Saturday
win Masonic honors. He was ABOUT IA
years of age, was a consistent christian
a. aaa was widely known and respected
throughout this section. He was the
asher of DR.. j. D. Dantzler, former
ei'lzen of Terrell county.
ihe two warehouses here have stored
yyYeF !,OOO bales of cotton this seasont
LUIS Is about three times the amour
''oIed last year to same date.
81 S1elIman Institute opened for the fall
s session Monday morning with a large
EE..0uuance. Miss Mabel Langston OF
ba a. recently elected music teacher,
NAAlfEu.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
WENT WET.

Lee County's Election Was Big Victory
for the Ants.
A prohibition election was held over
in Lee county Friday, and the result was
big victory for the ants, the majority
for the sale being 437. The negroes
voted the wet ticket almost soldly, and
carried the day against the prohibitions
lists. In ODE of the districts the regis
tration for the election was SAT negroes
and five whites.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
BiSmarck'S Iron Nerve

rs vas the result of his splendid health.
a raomltaole will and tremendous energy
n tV not found where stomach, liver, kid
Wy yS ana bowels are out of order. If
thu S want these qualities and the success
Pill 9T UT use Dr.. Kings New Life
and , t1ney develop every power of brain
Co.. 0ooy' Only Csc. at Sale Davis Drug
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
Bicycles Given Away.

am offering one new high grade ol-
cyole in every county in Georgia Tor a
little pleasant work. No one has taken
up the work in Terrell nor adjoining
counties. Any boy or girl, gentleman
or lady, can easily do the work. write
at once
J.E SMITH, Monticello, Fla,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
Will Save His Arm.

Mr.. G.. G. Palmer, an account of whose
injury in a railroad accident at the Cen
trail depot was Published in last week S
News, is doing as we'll as could be ex
pected. DIR. Dean, who is attending hitn,
docs not now believe that it will be nee
essay to amputate the injured arm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
VIII Sneak at Pearson.

Congressman Griggs will go down 10
Pearson, in Coffee county, tomorrow ana
speak to the people of the wiregrass at
that place Friday. The occasion Will Dc
a big barbecue, and the people OF all
that section will be theres Besides
Judge Griggs. Governor Gambler Is e1-
pected to be present and speak.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
A WHITE PRISONER.

Sheriff Holder of Stewart County Was in
the City With o Friday.
Sheriff Troy Holder of Stewart coun-
ty was in the city Friday with white
prisoner who had been arrested for
him at Clayton, Ala. The mans name
was Kennedy, and the charge against
him was cheating and swlndling.
Sheriff Holder came in from Ala
@ma with his prisoner on the noon
Central train and was in the city until
5o'clOck, when he left with him on the
Georgia and Alabama train for lump
KIN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06


produce the effect of mig hty revolution, which gave
strength vgor and courage little business We &C
KNOWLEDGE that slightly ds6gured by the long dull
summer but still in the ring and will stand like Jeff
ries and Fzsimmons ready to knock all competition
Read the prices make below Save your pennies We sell
everything in odd cents which great saving you
the amount saved in twelve months Here goes tor
warm numbers:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06

| will have a carload of Kentucky
horses to arrive Friday, for sale and
20 swap them. If in need of a good
animal come to see me. j, FL. SLADE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
COTTONMARKET.

AT the time OF going to press the
cotton market was as follows:
Fully good middling, So; good
middling SO; middling 535. Receipts
by wagon 3,941 bales.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06

2 spools Coats thread, guaranteed ZoO
wards in every spool, for 10 cents at tne
Bee Hive.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06

Cotton seed bulls at Martin &
Guerry's.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06

Ruv YOUR scissors from Petty Hol-
lingsworth. They guarantee every
pair.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06

Stoves and Ranges at Petty G. Hol-
Hardware Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06

ity, Best Values, Lowest Prices.
When We hung out our an
nouncement on Lee street the
first day of January, 1899,
they ridiculed our efforts, gave
our prices the horse laugh,
and they whispered that we
would be busted in six
months, but fortunately for
us we builded wisely
and our weekly, bulletins
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06

10 dozen Sweaters, each. 40 cts
Good Suspenders, per pair $50. eta
Overall Pants .................4 3 cts
Big lot Tobacco, per pound. -. 80 cts
Large Wash Pan only. ..... Q cts
Big Kit of Fish. ............, 48 cts
Grits per pound. ........... ...2M cts
/ package Arbuckles Coffee and
bar Soap ............ Is cts
Wild West Toilet and Bath
Soap, sold in drug stores for 10
cents, 5cts, bars for. .. 25 cts
Big Shipment OF shoes, and we are
selling them way down below any one
else. Ladies fine Button or Lace, Pat
ent Tip, Scents up to $500 All the
latest shapes-Silk Tops, etc. Come to
see them. No harm TO look and it is q
pleasure to show goods.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
DON'T BE hum BUGGED
but Join the big procession of the crowds that daily march
The Star Grocery. where you will find everything
First Glass; Polite Clerks Honest Weights etc.
Our Foundation:

Enterprise, Reputation. Push; Liberal
ity, Best Values, Lowest Prices.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06


2ooo yds. good heavy checks,
worth 8 cents.
,0o yds. best checks worth &c
soOO yds. good yard wide
sseeting worth 5 cents. .....
posntiful line of Calicoes, all
new shades. ......;;'4
} 5o0 wards good quality Bed
Ticking worth ..;o t
s0O wards good white Bleach
Ing, cheap at TIC. .;:.....:
1000 yards Cotton Flannel
The times., 1899-01-06
THE cATANIA DISASTER.
She Carried the District of CoIumbia
Volunteers 10 Cuba.

The steamer Catania was yesterday re-
ported as lost in midocean, having gone
down with all on board while making the
trip from Glasgow to New York The
tragedy excited a great deal Of interest in
Washington last night, especially among
the members of the District regiment of
volunteers, who recall their trip to Cuba
on the Catania during the late war with
Spain.
When the second expedition left Tampa
Fla, for Cuba. the Catania was assigned
TO the District regiment. This vessel
among many others, left the port on July ..
but was compelled TO remain behind the
rest of the fleet at Key West because her
machinery broke down. After staying a.
Key West over night, during which time
the apparatus was repaired, she again set
sail for Cuba, conveyed by the converted
yacht Wasp. En- route to the islands the
machinery worked very badly. and on two
occasions broke down completely She was
pronounced unseaworthy by nearly every
one connected with the vessel. The steam
er listed to starboard during the entire
trip and had to be steered by hand
as the steam steering gear was out of or
der. She was pronounced by the pilot the
hardest problem that he had ever eucoun-
tered.
During the trip the highest rate OF speed
attained was seven knots an hour. and not
until July ~ did the vessel reach Slboney.
Hers she remained during the season and
was not used until the fever breaking out
among the soldiers caused a scramble for
vessels TO take the regiments back TO the
United States. The Catania was again
assigned 10 the District regiment. but the
officers positively refused to allow the
troops to be transported On her. stating
that she was not safe for sea duty
The Catania was sunk three years ago
near Rio Janeiro and was practically aban-
doned. During the Klondlke fever. when
there was a great demand for passenger
boats Of almost any description to carry
the fortune hunters TO the gold fields. she
was raised by a wrecking company ana
fitted out for this service. At the outbreak
of the war she was chartered bv the
| United States Government as a transport.
| When there was no further use for so
many boats to transport the troops between
here and Cuba the Catania was returned
to her owners who converted her into a
| trans Atlantic steamer
The captan of the Inflated steamer.
Charles A. Furlong, who did everything in
| his power to make the trip to Cuba pleas
ant one for the District boys, Went down
with his vessel. He will long be remem-
bered for his care and interest in the com
fort of the soldiers in his charge.
Many expressions of regret were bea ri
| last night from the boys to whom he had
endeared himself The captain had spent
nearly his entire life on the water and had
visited every prominent port in the world.
He had circled Cape Horn seven times. He
was an Englishman by birth, but was mar
ried TO an American actress who now lives
! in New York with their only child
The times., 1899-01-06
OPENINGS IN THE ARMY.
Not Enough West Point Graduates
10 EfI the Vacancies.

TO Tin the Vacancies.
More vacancies in all branches of the
army await the West Point cadets who are
to be graduated in February than al any
previous time since the Civil War. and not
only will every man find place at once.
but there will be large number left over
that will be filled later from civil life.
The graduating class numbers seventy,
all OF whom will no doubt be given GER
tificates regardless of whether some may
be deficient or not, as the authorities con-
tend that it would be unfair to deprive
single one of a commission on account of
the fact that the graduation will occur be-
fore the usual time.
In accordance with a usual practice the
five leading members will be assigned to
the corps of engineers, and. contrary to the
conditions that have prevailed for years a
majority of the class will be assigned to
the cavalry arm, it being the purpose OF
the authorities to fill most of the infantry
vacancies and IA number in the artillery
from young men appointed from civil life
The adoption of the Hull bill will result
in so large an increase Immediately that
between 200 and 500 officers must be pro-
vided at once aside from those that come
from West Point this year, and in antici-
patton of the pressure that will be exerted
to secure commissions the authorities have
determined TO make the examination rigid
and take none in but well qualified men.
The times., 1899-01-06
MORE ABOUT EMBALMED BEEF.
Colonel osgood Talks to the AiGcE
PctIef Comn,i.siOn.

The Alger Relief Commission met again
yesterday for the purpose Of developing
testimony to bolster UP the Sccrttary o.
War. one witness was examined, and II T.
likely that some Of the testimony given
By him was decidedly distasteful to the
commissioners
Col. Henry b. Osgaol. OF the quarter
masters department. ard who vas Ge17t
quartermaster ct SGnt.a G. ts-; ed nat ne
saw four quarters Of eInEaimed c. pro-
cess" beef at lamps Dest,4- T. -s,l IL
the Fifth Army Corps Under Leuera. Slat-
ter FOR Cuba. He testified taat tlis D c.
WIS prepared By Armour & Co, and at t1e
instance OF man who's name was Pow
ell. and Who claimed 70 be the inventor
81 the emblaming process. t0ionei OsSOO
stated that no part OF this beef was own@'i
by the Government, nor was one pouad
OF IL issued to the troops. When que7
toned by Commissioners Woodbury., the
witness said that had this meat been sub
iected TO refrigeration he thought that n
could not have detected any differences be-
tween it ard the usual cC.d storage meat
He testified that there was great con-
fusion in the loading OF the transports az
Tampa. and declared that some OF the
ships were bad. though some were good
Some of the ships were net properly ven
tiIated, not having side ports. The eath T
was extremely hot. X Was his emphatic
opinion that too many men we're loaded
on the transports and he said that th-s
would have been discovered sooner hid
rough weather been encountered. 1t was
fortunate for the expedition that the
weather was fair.
The witness was reminded that IT had
been brought to the attention cf the com
mission that in one instance artillerymen,
guns and horses had been loaded on one
ship and the ammunition on another.
Colonel Osgood smiled and said that al
though this case had not come within his
personal knowledge, yet it was quite prob
able as great confusion prevailed.
Things were pretty badly mixed UP,
said the witness.
Colonel Osgood said that tue timed
roast beef was not good 10 eat and that
the men did not like It. Though he con-
sidered the beef pure. it was tasteless and
the men would eat it only when they had
no other kind of meat. Timed roast beef
was designed simply as an emergency
ration, to be used when troops were too
far from the base of supplies TO get fresh
meat Canned roast beef had been used
to scme extent in the regular army for
ten years to his personal knowledge. hut
il was never in demand by the soldiers.
He had tasted it himself, and did not
relish it.
The witness contended that the refrig-
Grated beef served to the troops was OF
good quality, and that those men who re-
fused to eat il because the exterior fat
had turned green from exposure to the
sun were in the wrong. He said that they
should have trimmed off this mold.
The times., 1899-01-06

tFrom the ST. Louis Globe Dcmocrstl
France has, in the opinion OF So many persons
been on the verge Of revolution 50 long that the
average intelligent outsider vii he apt to icel
that IFS condition is not very precarou- In
France the expected seldom happens. The fact
that France has lived under the present system
longer than under any previous regime since the
overthrow OF the Bourbon Louis NyL more than
century ago, affords fair presumption that
she will stick 10 this government good while
longer The weakness Of the element, which
have hitherto menaced The republic is strong
indication that peril i. not quite So close as many
persons on the ground fear. still some OF the
conditions are present which portcnd trouble.
There is possibility that France may Yet FUR
uish great end Of the century sensation
The times., 1899-01-06

Among the minor scandals OF the Alger-
ian war management, It IS sufficiently no.
torlous ttat a medal OF honor TO which
Generals Wheeler and Wood considered
Col. Theodore Roosevelt entitled for dis
tinguished galiantry at the fight of San
Juan Hill. and recommended that 1t be
given him, was refused b. the Secretary
OF War on account Of his hostile personal
feeling toward the Rough Rider.
War Department officials friendly TO
Alger and coFbin assert that the services
o. Colonel Roosevelt viii receive adequate
recognition in the double -giIt-potato hrevet
OF brigsdier general which it is proposed
to confer upon him in common with lot
OF other volunteer colonels. few of whom
The times., 1899-01-06
TO CONTROL ELECTRICITY.
4 New Trust Incorporated with
S.5,oOO.Ooo Capital.

Trenton, y J., Jan. 5.-The Electric
Company of America, with a capital Of
S25. 00e coo. was incorporated with the
secretary of state this morning The in
corporation fee was S5,e00.
The trust will control the electric COM
panies of every city in New Jersey, and
will also control all the important COM
panies in every other State in the Union
The same Philadelphia capitalists wto are
backing the United Gas improvement
Company are behind the new trust.
James E. Hays is the New Jersey agent,
and the principal office will be located in
Camden. The certificate grants the new
company the right TO manufacture and sell
coal. coke. gas, light, heat steam, COM
pressed air power. ice, ccld storage, re-
frigeration and water rs well as e,ec-
tricity.
The capital stock is divided into 100000
shares at par value of $50 each. The
company commences business p-ith $4,000
paid-up stock. OF which James E Hays.
OF Camden: Elmer Smaliing and Attur
Phillips, OF Philadelphia, each hold forty
shares
The times., 1899-01-06
PROGRESS OF THE TREATY.
The Joint High Commission Resumes
Its Deliberations.

The Anglo-American Joint High Com
mission resumed its sessions yesterday
morning after the holiday recess. This
is the final session and will last but two
weeks. and at its conclusion the treaty win
be presented TO the Senate
Representative Dingisy and former Sec
retary John W. Foster, OF the American
side OF the commission, and Sir james
Winter Sir WiIfrid Laurier and Hon. John
Charlton, OF the Canadian side. were alb
sent
The subcommittees were instructed to
resume their work, and Immediately after
the joint session the subcommittee on the
Behring Sea question held meeting. A
sealing agreement which may include the
purchase of the Canadian fleet by the Unit
ed States will be reached within a few
days. as the negotiations are proceeding
amicably.
The other questions to be agreed upon
before the treaty can be completed are:
Atlantic and Pacific fisheries Alaska Can
adian bounadry international transporta-
tion. alien labor laws mining rights. Gus
toms duties, revision OF naval agreement
Of 1917. frontier line making, reciprocity,
and eXtradition.
The sessions will be resumed at $50 this
morning.
The times., 1899-01-06

(From the Philadelphia Ledger,1
General Gomea appears To have lost an ,Ppor-
tnity to make an important demonstration both
on his personal behalf and On that OF Cuba, when
he refused to take ra1t ia the ccreuwnies attend
ing the Spanish evacuation of Havana. except on
his own terms. II does not matter SO much
about Cuba. since her interests win De promoted
at least As well by the American commanders as
they could b. by the Cuban leaders bu, Come,
bv his long struggle in her cause. was at least
entitled to official recognition in the taking over
OF the island, and this he could have had if he
had not refused it in what appears from the re
ports to have been spirit Of petty pique. That
which General Brooke did under the circum-
stances was wholly proper and commrndaLIe.
The times., 1899-01-06
THE FAYERwEATHER FORTUNE
An Injunction RcstrnininE Its Inn
inedIate Distribution.

New York. Jan. 5.-The United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals has vacated an
injunction granted By Judge Lacomb. in
the Fayerweather Will case, which re-
strained the executors, Thomas G.. Rich,
Justus l. Biakeley and Henry b. Vaughn.
from distributing about S3.0G0.O00 among
various educational institutions pending
the final decision in a suit which has been
brought against the executors by Emma $.
Fayerweather and Mrs. Mary ". Achter.
weather.
The executors We're about to make the
distribution in accordance with decree OF
the Supreme Court of this State when the
next of kin began proceedings in the
United States Court. They alleged that
the 50, 100000 rightfully belonged to them
under a codieil which the executors al
legged was burned
The times., 1899-01-06
81, 900, 900 FOR COAL PROPERTY
\ Rig Syndicate Purchase al Scrnn-
ton, Pa. Announced.

New York. Jan. "a syndicate com
posed of capitalists interested in the New
York, Ontario and Western Railroad Com
pany has purchased ali of the coal proper
ties around Scranton of the Laekawanna
Ircn and Steel Company. The formal an
nouncement Of the fact was made today in
an official statement.
The price paid by the syndicate was
81 000. .0G0 and the output OF the colisries
will raise the tonnage of the railroad com
pany to total OF about 100000 tons =
year 1t is understood that a company
will be formed to mine and deliver the coal
to the railroad. and that it will sell out
to the New York, Ontario and Western
Railroad Company at ccst should that
company at any time decide to purchass
the property
The times., 1899-01-06

Il may be worth the while of the survey
board which is secretly doing something
about the beef scandal to note a revela-
tion before the Alger Relief Commission
yesterday. This was the opinion OF an
official OF the commissary department that
the climate Of East Cuba somehow made
mems siomachs sensitive. Properly
handled. that theory might be made to do
a great deal Of service. The medical men
failed TO observe any such effect, but that
does not matter. The sensitiYeness of this
important organ might account for the
suGerings on the transports.
The AIger Relief Commission yesterday
achieved a direct and specific contradic-
tion Of 4 positive statement by Colonel
Roosevelt. The latter described at length
and in detail the confusion at Tampa He
said that nobody knew what transports
the different regiments we're TO take, and
that after the Rough Riders had been as
signed 70 particular boat. they found
other troops already in possession. Gen
eral Miles's testimony confirmed much OF
this OF showed that nobody seemed TO be
IN charge Of anything Colonel Osgood
IS the officer who says he had all tho
business of loading the transports in hand
and there was no confusion or difficulty.
The times., 1899-01-06

(From the Cincinnati Commercial. Tfihune.)
There appears in some quarters trace of anger
at the Confederate badge incident in which the
President WAS mixed up. We see nothing TO
worry over. The President was 4 guest, and it
was his bounden duty to show gentle considera-
ton Tor the feelings, and even preiudiccS Of hi
host The President has not weakened hin,sel; .
particle in the eyes OF those who are willing to
forgive and forget.
The times., 1899-01-06
HIS GUN UNFAIRLY TESTED.
DR.. Calling Dissatisfied With the
Trial That Wrecked His Rifle.

Cleveland. jan. 1.-Dr. Gatling is likely
to touch on an explosion bigger than that
which wrecked his new gun at the testing
grounds at Sandy Hook yesterday. \
charge that it was purposely and deliber-
ateiy wrecked may be expected
George Hoyt, of this city 4 friend OF
Dr. Gatling. who was organizing n COM
pany 10 manufacture The guns for the in
ventor, said today:
received Il letter from d. Catling Yesterday
IN which the inventor said lie fully expected the
GovrmmeEt experts TO burst his gun. lie said
they were subIectinc it to unreasonable tests,
showing disposition to be unfair with il.
Mr. Hoyt claims smokeless powder was
used, and not only that. but quantities Tar
in excess Of service charges He says the
result OF yesterdays tests would d,iay the
formation Of the company, but that Dr.
Gatliug would by no means Ie; the mater
rest He said the Government would be
forced to make further tests.