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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-08-09
TO HONOR CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Monument to Be Erected to Those Who
Died t.. Northern Prisons.


Nearly ono-tenth of the entire number
of confederate lldiers who died in north
ern prisons during the civil war lie bur~
led at old Camp Chase, near Columbus,
O., unmarked even by wooden head
stones, 2,200 graves there tell of the he
roism with which confederate soldiers
persisted oh aorthern soil. Since the late
war these graves have been neglected ;
bnt plans are now on foot for erecting at
Camp Chase an appropriate memorial to
cost not less than "a 600. This will be
the gift of confederate vere:ans in OHIO
and other states. Uunder the laws of
Ohio the association in charge of the
movement has been Incorporated and
several large subscriptions have been re-
ceived. The monument will be Of granite
and will be modelled on the same lines as
the "These Are My Jewels monument.
Ohlb's tribute to her famous sons, VIII ch,
since the worlds fair, has been standing
in the capitol grounds. Around the shaft
will be grouped six figures three gener-
al Cfficersland three enlisted men-One OF
each representing the three grand dlvls-
ious of the southern army-the army OF
Virginia, the army of Tennessee and the
army of the Trans NJ ssisslppi. Southern
camps of confederate veterans will be
asked to aid the Columbus and Nashville
camps by contributing funds for the
completion of the monument, the granite
work for which has just been contracted
sor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-08-09

"DeWitt's Little Early Risers did me
more good than all blood medicines and
other pills." writes Geo. II. Jacobs OF
Thomson, Conn. Prompt, pleasant, never
gripe-they cure constipation, arouse the
torpid liver TO action and give you clean
blood, steady nerves, a clear brain and
healthy appetite.
SALE-DAVIs DRUG Co,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-08-09

"Our baoy was SICK tor month with
severe cough and catarrhal fever. Al
though we tried many remedies she kept
getting worse until we used One Minute
Cough Cure-it relieved at once and
cured her in a few days" --B. L. Nance,
Prin. High School, Bluffdale, Texas.
SALE-DAVTS DRUG Co.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

chief aim, which was to start an
insurrectlon in Virginia and let
it spread all over the south, until
every stakeholder was murdered.
And this is what the north made
a martyr and a demigod of him
for.
Our own Robert K. Lee, Unit
ed States army officer, officiated
at his capture and trial. Jeffer-
son Davis and John M. Mason, of
the United States senate, were
appointed committee to make
report upon the invasion and de-
clared it of no significance except
as showing the animus of the
north toward the south.
A friend writes me who wishes
to know where he can get a true
history of John Brown and his
Virginia raid and execution. No
wher No southern man has
written his history. Three,
have been written from north
ern standpoint by enemies of the
south. The fairest account will be
found in "Appleton's Biograph-
ical Encyclopedia" but even this
one, which was written by Hig.
ginson, is tainted with the same
old anlmus that ustiiies every
thing an abolitionist ever did
against the south. 1t does look
like that of forty years of time
and the freedom of the negroes
ought to have Modified our ene-
mics and retired old John Brown
and his followers into oblivion,
but it has not, and now they are
transferring their bones to a more
congenial soil and will have grand
ceremonies over their burial.
Mckinley has been invited. and
as two of the seven were negroes,
| reckon he will go. Maybe the
devil has got them keeping post
Office somewhere IN Hades.
BILL ARP.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25
Beware of OIntments for Catarrf
That Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering 1t through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold 10
the good you can possibly derive from them.
HALLS CATARRH CURE. manufactured by F..
j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio. con tains no
mercury. and Is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. In buying HALLS CATARRH CURE
be sure you get the genuine. 1t Is taken inter
nally. and made in Toledo, Ohio, by f. j.
CHENEY q co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. 76c. per bottle
Halls Family Pills are the best
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25
Mr.. A. n. HartseH on q Visit to
North Carolina.

Mr.. A. NJ Hartsell. whose i'm.
provement we noted in recent
issne of the Era, was taken TO
Concord, N. c., Friday by his
brother, Mr. NJ. b. Hartsell, who
came down the day before. DIR.
l.. 7, Gregory, who has been one
OF Mr.. Hartselfs attending ply
sicians during his severe and pro.
tracted illness, accompanied him
onfhe journey. We are certain
ly glad to note Mr.. Hartsell's I'm
provement-Era.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25
Volcanic EruptionS

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions
rob life of joy. Bucklen's A -Ica
Salve, cures them also Old, L.a-
ming and Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Boils, Fel"ns, Corns, Warts, Cuts,
Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped
Hands, ChIlblains, Best Pile cure
on earth Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only 25c. a box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by CRAWFORD
Bros, Druggist. 9.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

Lord Wolseley, whose rating of
Lee as the greatest commander Of
the civil war made some admirers
OF Grant unhappy, has continued
his studies Of the war with an es-
say on Stonewall Jackson, of
whom he speaks with almost
enthusiasm. Few men, he con.
cludes, have been more fitted by
natural instincts, by study and by
self-discipline to become leaders
Of men.-Springfield Repu blican.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25
Pointed Paragraphs.

Utter nonsense-Silly girls and
dudes.
The tandem is responsible for a
good deal of back talk.
There is no scheduled time for
the arrival of opportunities.
Speaking of growing industries,
of course farming heads the list
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

Joseps Stockford, Hodgdon, Me-,
healed a ore running for seventeen
years and cured his piles of long
standing by using DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. 1t cures all skin diseases
Crawford Bros. d-w-s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

"If you scour the world you will
never find remedy equal to One
Minute Cough Cure" says Editor
Fackler, of the Micanopy, Fla, "Hust-
ler." It cured his family of LaGrippe
and saves thousands from pneum onia,
bronchitis, Group and all throat and
lung troubles. Crawford Bros. dives
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
aoyAl aAxnso so~osa co. ssv vo

Brigham Young as their leader.
He was a Jealous advocate of
polygamy and showed his faith
by his works, for when he died in
1877 he left seventeen wives, six
teen sons and twenty eight daugh
ters that he acknowledged-be-
sides number of others who ack.
nowledged him.
But these Mormons who are so.
journing in our land declare that
polygamy is now abolished and
that they are not proselyting to
that faith, though 1t Was the faith
OF Abraham and Jacob and David
and Solomon. Well, our people
don't want such men fooling
around their families and demor,
allzlng weak men and werker
women in every community. A
moderate chastIsement would
have sanitary influence on such
tramps.
Fanatics and tramps have their
nursery in New England. We see
that the bones of the seven lieu
tenants of old John Brown have
recently been removed to North
Elba and are to be reburted with
honors, and that Mckinley was
invited. That shows the aniums
of that people. They still make a
demigOd of that old fool John
Brown, whom Gaddings and
Beecher and Garrison made a
cats paw of to incite the slaves
of Virginia to lnsurrection and to
provoke them to murder and ar
son and rape. They furnished him
with $500 in gold and all the ri
f1es and ammunition he wanted,
and so he took up his residence
near Harper's Ferrv and for two
years lived there and planned his
hIoodv and treaoonah,a soboo
Fred D,ugIas visitad hin ,houo
and advised him TO wait for the
fruit was not ripe. But the old
fanatic heIisvad ,ba,ord ,o. n;,h
him and wouIdn,t -, lo,nau
and en- cne dork ni,'ht 49, b; -
l;ttla hand of ftrortv.tr do1naod
followers snr,risod and o-ar
powaro5 tbe onar1s and fool, tha
ar.apaIand than calml. owaital
the unrising ri ,ba naoroas Prt
the neyroas vould NOT rico No.,
of them wore a,tacha6 r. tboir
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

"When our boys were almost dead
from whooping cough, our doctor gave
One Minute Cough Cure. They recov-
cred rapidly" writes p. b. Bellies, Ar
gyle, Pa. 1t cures coughs, colds, grippe
and all throat and lung troubles.
Crawford Bros. d-w.s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

Watching the Shamrock.--"Bar-
RIM her name, what be there IT.
ish about herr" Dom if know,
lest it be that after her leavin'
there's q wake."-Life.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

President King, Farmers Bank,
Nfcoklyh, Mich, has used DeWitts
Little Early Risers in my family for
years. Says they are the best. These
famous little pills cure constipation,
biliousness and all liver and bowes
troubles. Crowford Bros. d-w-
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

them and they moved to Missouri
and founded the city of Zion. Not
long after he went back to Kirt.
land on visit and they tarred
and feathered him, but his per,
secution gave him strength and
followers and they built church
there and called themselves the
Latter Day Saints, and started a
bank and flooded the country with
wildcat money in the name of the
Lord. The leaders we're arrested
and indicted for murder, treason,
burglary, arson and larceny, but
were allowed to escape from Jail
and leave Kirkland with their
families. From there they went
to Illinois, guided by an angel,
and founded the city of Nauvoo.
There they built another church
and sent missionaries to England
to make converts, and they made
them. Nauvoo grew rapidly and
the saints soon numbered 1900
men and elected Smith mayor
and lieutenant general. In 1912
he was at the very height of his
prosperity and took hand in
politics. In 1S43 he had another
revelation from the angel and
was advised to take some spirit.
ual wives. Accordingly he took
two married women, the wives of
DIR. Fostor and William Law, two
of his chief supporters. OF course,
this raised a rumpus and Foster
and Law started a newspaper
against him and published the
aflidavits of sixteen women, who
charged Smith and his head man.
Rigdon, with impurity and i'm
morality. Smith then DESTROYED
the press and Foster and Law
had TO fly for their lives. They
appealed to the courts and had
warrants issued for him and Rig
don and seventeen others. They
were arrested and put in Jail. The
governor visited them and prom
ised protection to them, if they
and their families would leave
the country, but the people were
so eXasperated with them they
went that night to the Jail and
broke down the door and shot
Smith and his brother to death.
What kind of story is that to
found the Mormon religion upon
And yet these Mormon elders
have the cheek to travel through
this southern land to propagate
their spurious faith among our
people.
But Smiths wife and his son
Joe never did accept the revela-
ton as to spiritual wives, and the
son reorganized Mormonism at
Piano, H., where he publishes
The True Saints Herald, and is
in all that region the acknowl
edged head of the Saints of the
true Mormon church. The poly
gamists were all expelled, after
suffering by whipping and house
burning and other penalties by
mob violence. They moved in
scattered bands to Utah and chose
II
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

Eat plenty, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
will digest what you eat. 1t cures all
forms OF dysnepsia and stomach troub-
les. K. r. Gamble, Vernon, Tex, says ::
at relieved me from the start and
cured me. It is now my everlasting
friend.'' Crawford Bros. d-w-s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25
ARP ON THE MORMONS.
Bill Says That the Movements of
the Saints are Mysterious to
Him.

| tuo SAlHtS are mysterious TO
Him.
The Mormons are mystery to
me-S,000 miles from home they
are raising a -commotion among
our people and l don't under.
stand what they are after. Are
they really missionaries sent out
from Utah to propagate their re
ligion, or are they religious tramps
who find this an easy way to live.
They compass sea and land TO
make single proselyte and re
minds US of the far reaching zeal
of the Jesuites as they went to
the heather of all countries who
had not heard of Jesus, but these
Mormons 90 to the Protestants in
enlightened Christend0m and
seek covertly to undermine their
faith. They work upon the weak
minded and fanatical and onlv
make converts by destroy ing the
peace Of the family. No wonder
that the good people of the com
munities drive them out and NAL
treat them. | have no respect
for proselytcrs in Christian land
who would seek to draw their
converts from one Christian
church to another and SOW discord
in family.
L was ruminating about this
Mormonism, which is another
child born of New England fanat.
icism, where all the devilish
things originate. 1t is close akin
to the doctrine of free love, that
originated there half a century
ago, and is now pretty generally
accepted. If man doesn't find
his affinity when he marries he
finds her afterwards, and they
keep on swapping around.
Joe Smith came from there and
one day pretended to find a
Bible under a big stone. 1t was
placed there by an angel and had
golden leaves, and he was tod to
read it for it was the last will of
God and he must preach it to the
people. He copied the writing
and was going to sell the gold,
but the angel rebuked him and
took the golden leaves away.
Well, that man found fools enough
to start new departure in re
llglon and because the good peo
pie at home made fun of him, he
anu iiIS IOIlON CTS IIONtu 10 etn -
sylvania, where he had more
visions and dreams and the angel
gave him a pair of magic spec
tacles and Urim and Thummim.
and talked to him behind cur
tain, and John the Baptist visited
him and gave him the Holy Ghost
and the gift of prophecy and
supernatural powers. From there
he and his followers went to Pal
myra, n. Y, and had the Book
of Mormon" printed, and organ.
lied a church with thirty mem
bers and Smith casted devil out
of a man named Knight.
But Palmyra got too hot for
them and they moved to Kirkland,
Ohio, because the angel said so.
But Kirkland got too warm for
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25
/ ID Hangs
! OEl-.lA

II Il was only health, We
might let it cling.
But Il Is a cough. One cold
no sooner passes of before
another comes. But it's the
same old cough all the time.
And It's the same old story,
too. There is first the cold,
then the cough, then pneu-
5 monia or consumption with the
long sickness, and life tremb-
ling In the balance.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25

Take LAXATIVE BROMo QUININE TAB
LET'S. All druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. E. w. GROVES sig
nature on every box. % cents. l..
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-10-25
THE LIFTED CROSS.

Before knew the love OF Christ
ess BleediRg meath my cross lay:
S'4sut by His strength bear it now
Singing on hfe's way
NJ MARGARET A. RICHARD
Columbia, y c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-29
SHOOT WITHOUT csu ,e.
Negroes From r. nInssoId Fire Into Texas
Town.

Reports have reached Laredo, Tex,
that there was a pitched battle We'd
nesday night at FIT. Ringgold. Rio
Grande City. Tex, between a company
of the Ninth United States cavalry
(negro) garrisoning the fort, and sew
eral hundred citizens who attacked the
post shortly after dark. over 1000
shots are said TO have been fired. but
the casualties are not known here.
The following explanatory telegram
was received from the Judge of Starr
county: Negro soldiers at Ft. Ring
gold deployed In a ravine at south edge
of town and fired over 100 shots over
and into the town. Fusillade continu-
ed at intervals of one and n half hours.
One citizen wounded in his house.
Houses all over town penetrated by
balls. Women and children fed to
woods and ranches. Population ter
roriZed. I fear the people may decide
to avenge themselves for this dastardly
act. No cause for It,"
At the war department II is stated
that the information received from the
department of Texas is that trouble
at Fort Ringgold is nothing more than
n drunken border row, and the belief
is expressed that II has been exag-
gerated as TO its proportions. Secretary
Root received telegram from Cover
nor Sayres stating that everything
was quiet in the disturbed region, and
that no further trouble was feared.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-29
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

Four Boer cannon were struck during
thunderstorm near Ladysmith few
days ago.
Lord Charles Bcrcsiord said that he
believed war between Japan and Rus
sia is imminent
The transport Sherman arrived in
San Francisco from Manila last Mon
day. Eight sick soldiers died en- route.
Richard Bailey, while performing with
snakes at Allegheny, Pa, last Satur-
day, was bitten by rattler and will die
1t is reported that Lord Iveagh has
purchased the Muckross estate in Ire
land, which includes the lakes OF Kill
larney.
The Beers are accused OF using
dumdum bullets, shooting upon the
wounded and disregarding the flag OF
truce.
A dispatch from Pekin announces that
an imperial decree has been issued ap-
pointing Ii Hung Chang minister Of
commerce.
The United States is believed to be
negotiating with the powers for an in
ternational agreement ancnt China and
the open door" policy.
John Golbcr, of Pittsburg, was
paraIyzed from his waist down as a
result oi being struck by a Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg train.
The first through train from Ta-Lien-
Wan on the new Chwang Munk-
den railway, China, left on Friday with
engineers for Port Arthur.
The Khaliia and his emirs were killed.
his army routed and his camp captured
by the British troops after fierce con-
fict near Godid in the Soudan.
The English people are becoming
angcred by the French insults OF the
queen, and it is said English nobility
will boycott the Paris exposition.
Aguinaldo's mother and oldest son
have been captured by the Americans.
$4,000 in gold, belonging to the mother
was taken and placed in the treasury
at Manila.
Major General Nelson A. Miles, COM
manding the United States army, said
that the English will win in South Az
rica, but at enormous cost in life and
treasure.
Three Pittsburg boys. the sons OF
Mrs. Virginia Essex, have fallen heirs
to fortune OF about $4,000, left by
their. uncle, M. l.. Turner, OF Falls
Church, d. C., who murdered his wife
and then committed suicide.
Julia Straney, OF Marshall, near Pitts
burg fell beneath the wheels OF a Pitts
burg Virginia & Charleston train at
Homestead. and was possibly fatally in
inred-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-29
TERSE TELEGRAMS.

Great Britain is after the sub marine
boat Holland.
Tucson. Ariz., has accepted Andrew
Carnegie's gift of $4,000 for a library.
Willie Tascott, who murdered mil
has this time been located in Van
couver.
West Lawrence, a Pensacola, Fla,
criminal was lynched by a mob last
wednesday. Bullets We're fired at the
pody until II fell to pieces.
During the deer hunting season just
ended in the Adirondacks twenty-three
persons were accidentally killed by
hunters. The number of deer killed
was also larger than usual.
There was a terrible battle in Co
lombia last week between the rebels
and the government. in which 1000
rebels were killed and 1000 wounded.
The rebel general Rablo Villar is
among the slain.
j. II. Greaves, a member of the Phil
adelphia Athletic Club. dived to his
death in the swimming pool at the
clubhouse Wednesday He plunged in
to the shallow portion of the pool and
struck his head upon the stone bot
tom. He was brought to the surface
as quickly as possible, but too late to
save his life.
United States reservations In Iowa are
preparing to go on the warpath. An
Indian girl. II years Of age, married, Is
being detained In a school house by the
Indian agent who says that the law
compels all Indians under 18 years to
attend school. The redskins demand
her release or war.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-29
United States May Instruct kruger.

The reported determination of the
United States to compel President
Kruger 10 allow Consul General Mac
rum to exercise his rights as British
agent at Pretoria has created an ex-
celent impression in London, and has
called out various expressions of salts
faction and gratitude. The "PallMall
Gazette" says:
The United States Government is not
going to stand any nonsense from
President Kruger. 1t has the British
representative who kept an eye on Hob
sons captivity at Santiago, and il was
British representatives who did similar
services for captured Americans every
where in Cuba and the Philippines.
More power to Macrum's elbow.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-29
WILL NOT RETURN TO CONGRESS-.
Gen. Wheeler Hopes That United States Sow.
erciun,y Be Asserted In the Philippines.

Gen. Wheeler will not leave his COM
mand In the Philippines to return to
congress. In the course of an interview
he spoke as follows:
Congress, II II occupies the first
day of the session i'm passing a resolu-
ton declaring in unmistakable terms
that the sovereignty of the United
States Is to be maintained In the Phi
lippines, thus dispelling Aguinaldo's
delusion that the anti-imperialists can
assist him, will be performing sacred
duty.
such resolution would save the
lives of many American soldiers and
of thousands of deluded Filipinos,
would avert famine, suffering and de-
ISOLATION from these islands, and would
render unnecessary the expenditure of
hundreds of millions of dollars"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-29
Autocratic Cinnamon.

Manila Is threatened by Highbinders
according to mail advices from that
place.
The Chinese Imperial Consul Gem
eral has come into conflict with a Chino
In Manila named Palanco, a mandarin
and the uncrowned king of all the
Chinese in the Philippines. He is a
man of great wealth and influence
among the Chinese. who look to him
rather than to the Consul General, and
is antagonizing the latter on the
ground that he has no right to exercise
any authority over the Chinese, except
the Cantonese.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-29
The Schley Home Movement.

funds for the purchase of a residence
for Admiral Schley in Washington,
held an important meeting recently.
The organization is being rapidly per-
fected. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, widow OF
the senator from California. has sub
scribed 5000 Application will be made
to the government officials for per-
mission to circulate subscription papers
in the departments. Committees in
all the states will be named and news
papers in various parts of the coun-
try will be asked to receive contribu-
tions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-29
WAR Is ANNOUNCED.
England Recedes from the p On on that She
Is Furnishing Rebels.

The Russian newspapers announce
that the British charge d'affaircs has in
formed the Russian government that
Great Britain has been in state of war
with the Dutch republics in South AT
rica since October. The Svet, comment
ing on this, says:
England, in giving this notification,
withdraws her declaration that she is
not carrying on war, but is merely sub
jugating rebels
The Novoc Vremya, which attaches
far-reaching importance TO the British
notification. says:
The powers are now in position TO
send not only Red Cross agents, but
military agents as well, and they may
judge this a fitting time to intervene,
especially as the Afrikanders are going
more and more to the Bocr side