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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
SUNDAY NIGHT BLAZE.
A Dwelling Discovered on Fire
at a Late Hour.

AT about one o'clock Sunday night
an alarm of fire was sounded from the
home of Mr.. G. B. Fillingame on Stone.
wall street, and it was promptly re.
sponded to by the fire department
who reached the scene of conflagration
and had stream of water playing on
the blaze in a very short time. The
blaze was extinguished in about hall
an hour after the arrival ofthe depart
ment, the house being partially burned.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
but it is not thought to have been the
work of an lncendiury. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fillingame were awakened by the
roaring of the fire, and the blaze was
quite large one when firstdiscovered
by Mr.. Fillingame. The house be-
longed to the estate of Mrs. J. J. Brad
ley, and there was the sum of $3.50 in
surance on the building. The furni-
ture and household effects of Mr.. Fill
lingame were covered by 5000 insur.
ance, but a good many of them were
saved.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
DIED SUDDENLY.
A Webster County Citizen Found
i'm Bed SpeechIess.

The Richland Banner notes the sud-
den death of Mr.. Bud Crossen at his
home in Webster county. Sometime
during Sunday night he was heard
making strange noise in his room,
when other members of his family
went in to see what was the matter
with him. They found him unable to
speak and doctor was hastily sum-
moned. Everything was done for him
that could be done but he died about
o'clock Monday afternoon, never being
able to speak from the time it was dis
covered that he was sick.
Mr.. Crossen was good citizen. He
was bachelor about thirty-five years
of age.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
PLAYED BALL IN SHELLMAN.
Dawson Team Defeated SheIman Will Play
Dawson Here Today.

The Dawson baseball team went
over to Shellman Friday and crossed
bats with the team of the latter place,
Shellman defeating them by a score of
II to 3. Only six innings were played
on account of rain, which put an end
to the game.
Each team had players from Albany,
all of whom went to Shellman with tne
intention of playing with that team,
but two of whom played with Dawson
for the reason that that team was
short three players.
The Shellman team will come to Daw-
son today and good game of ball is
expected to take place this afternoon
at four o'clock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
TERRELL'S CROPS LOOK FINE.
Most of the Cotton Clean Of Grass and Corn
Is Furnishing.

Is Furnishing.
The crops in terrell county are said
to be in fine shape just now.
Corn is growing at a miraculous rate
every day and cotton is in a most prom
Using way.
There is a fine crop of peas coming
on and large quantities of hay will be
harvested.
Though the rains have been very
abundant, they have as a matter OF
fact done little real damage in this
county and the outlook for good crop
of everything is most encouraging.
The reports are not quite so encour-
aging. from other sections of the state,
but the damage from the rains is not
believed to be in many instances as
Dad as has been reported.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
DRUG STORES CLOSED SUNDAY.
They Are Already Conforming to the New
City Ordinance.

The ordinance recently passed by
the. city prohibiting the opening of
business houses of any character and
the sale of cigars, soda water, ETC., on
Sundays, and fixing the hours for the
opening and closing of the drug stores
on the Sabbath, does not 60 into effect
in two weeks yet. The druggists of
the city, however, carried out the stip-
ulations of the ordinance Sunday, not
waiting until compelled to do SO.
Nothing but medicines could be
bought in Dawson Sunday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
They Want Your Cotton.

Messrs. Simmons & Hill have an adj
vertisement in THE NEWS to which
the attention of farmers is directed
They want to store the farmers cot
ton, and promise all who patronize
them fair and liberal treatment. Then
long experience in the warehouse bus.
mess insures intelligent and satisfac-
tory handling of all cotton carried to
them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Webster's Primary.

In the primary held in Webster coun'
ty last week Ordinary Tharpe' Sher'
if Horn and Tax Collector Samps Bell
were all defeated by small majorities
Sheriff Horn was defeated by Mr.. John
Montgomery "a votes, and. r. A. King
was nominated for tax collector also by
a small majority. J. P. Walker won
over Senator Passmore and several 9th
er opponents for representative.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Sardis Items,

Mr. J. E. Wall, one Of the prosper
Gus and enterprising farmers OF this
community, is charging and otherwise
improving his residence.
Mr.. Dave McCracken, who was very
sick for some time, is out again, much
to the delight of his many friends.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Artesian Well for Herod.

TIE NEWS his been informed that
Herod is to have an artesian well. Cit
liens in and around the village have
subscribe money with which to pay
for one. and the work of sinking it is
expected to begin at an early day. The
Herodites are always progressive and
enterprising.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Miss Davis Re elected.

The board of trustees of the Plant
ers' Academy have elected Miss Mary
Davis to succeed herself as teacher of
the school. Miss Dayis is an excellent
teacher, and the academy is to be con-
graduated upon again securing her
services.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
A FACT
CAMP MEETlNG AT CHlCKASAWHATCHEE
Will Be Begun on Friday Night, August
10th, by Pastor Carr.

The Chickasawhatchee campmeet.
ing will begin on the 10th-Friday
night before the second Sunday-oi
August next. Tenters are solicited,
and will report to the committee, B. P.
Collier, Samuel Roby and A. T. Wall,
on or before the 9th of July. All who
are interested in and favorable to the
campmeeting and can in any way help
are cordially entreated to bring or
send wagons and implements to clean
on the camp ground and haul fresh
sawdust for the tabernacle and tents
on July 9th, and thus do a praise
worthy act. Should it rain the 9th,
come the next fair day afterward.
All are invited to attend the camp
meeting. JOSEPH CARR, Pastor.
We sell harness, laprobes and whips
cheaper than you will find elsewhere
T OWpEV r. DNyTncnNr
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Planters
Warehouse.

We again offer our services to
the farmers of Terrell and surround
ing counties in handling their
cotton the coming season, and So
licit a share Of their patronage. All
cotton stored with US will have our
personal attention, and every effort
will be made to secure the highest
market price for our customers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
.HOICE Vegetables

~ will always find a ready
market-but only that farmer
can raise them who has studied
the great secret how to OBJ
tain both quality and quantity
by the judicious use of we'll
balanced fertilizers. No fertil-
izer for Vegetables nproduce
a large yield unless it contains
at least 80 Potash. Send for
our books. which furnish full
information. We send them
free Of charge.
GERMAN KALI WORKS.
9; Nassau ST., New York.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
SheIIman on a Boom.

Shellman is growing. The new
bank-The Peoples Bank-has open
ed for business. several brick business
houses are in course of erection, and
the town council has let a contract
for an artesian well. But few towns
show more evidences of thrift than our
enterprising little neighbor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
FROM ELDER DOCK CHAMBLESS.
He Writes to Tell of the Death of a Lit
tie Babe.

lie Babe
CHAMBLIssToN. July 18th, 1900.-
Dawson News: My wife has receiv.
ed a letter from her daughter, Dora
McLendon, of Pelham, Ga. In the
letter she said: 'Mama, please ask
papa to write to THE DAWSON NEWS
about the death of my dear little baby
and send me copy of the paper. She
was born August IL, 1899, and died July
5, 1900. The people have been very
good to us here. There were over o1e
hundred people to see her. She died
last Thursday night at 20 minutes pa st
ten O'Clock and was buried in Pelham
Friday afternoon. Mama, l feel like
my little babe has gone to rest, bless
her little hear5. She was so sweet |
don't believe [, could have given. her
up if had not seen her suffer so much
| saw that there was no chance for
her to recover. DR.. Reed never miss
ed day coming to see her. All that
loving hands could do was gladly done,
but nothing could save her from the
hand of death"
1t is very heartrending for mother
to have to give up her little babe; also
all that are near of kin feel the sorrow
and have deep sympathy for bereav-
ed mothers when they hear of the
death of loved one. All extend sym
pathy to Dora and her bereaved family
in their heartrending and stricken
condition. Hoping that the time will
come when Dora will see that all
things work for good for them that
love God and live according to His
purposes, I am, respectfully,
Doc CHAMBLESS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Your Help Is Needed.

All persons who are interested in
Chickasawhatchee church and Gene
terry are requested to meet there on
Tuesday, July gath, with tools for the
purpose of cleaning off the yard and
groves. This is a duty that should not
be neglected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Picnicked at Divers Mill.

A party of young people from Da~-
son picnicked at divers mill Thurs
day. The day was very pleasantly
spent despite the inclement weather.
which did not succeed to a great eS-
tent in interfering with the enjoyment
of those present,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
A Neighborhood Cue.

The people of Bethel community, in
the eastern part of the couaty, had a
neighborhood picnic and barbecue
Friday. The dinner was a sumptuous
one, and the day was one Of much
pleasure to all WHO were present.
A slight attack OF cramps may bring
on Diarrhoea, which is, in many cases,
followed by inflammation of the stomach
and other dangerous complaints.
All such disorders are dangerous
and should in their infancy be
treated with the best. known remedy.
The merits of Pain Killer are known
and it is recognized as the standard
specific for cramps, diarrhoea, etc.
Avoid substitutes, there is but one
Pain-Killer, Perry Davis. Price 25c.
and soc.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Eating and Sleeping.

Food supplies the substance for re-
pairing the wastes of the body, and
gives strength. Sleep affords the OPP
portunity for the repairs to be made.
Both are necessary to health. If you
can't eat and sleep take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. It creates a good appetite and
tones the digestive organs, and it gives
the sweet, restful sleep Of childhood.
Be sure to get Hoods.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18

The law holds both maker ana CIT
eulator of counterfeit equally guilty.
The dealer who sells you dangerous
counterfeit of DeWitt's Witch Hazei
Salve risks your life to make HUE
larger profit. You can not trust hlnl'
DeWitt's is the only genuine and orig
inal witch hazel salve, well Kno" d
cure for piles and all skin diseases Ses
that your dealer gives you De"l'0
salve.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Lee Howl Promoted.

Mr.. L. c. Royl, whorecently accept
ed a clerkship in the census depart,
ment at Washington, has been pro,
noted to the position of sub-chlel ol
one of the divisions. This VIII De
gratifying news TO Mr.. Hoyl's many
friends at home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18

1-horse, 2-horse and 4-horse Owens
borro wagons sold by Petty 81 Hol-
llngsworth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18

Best line of toilet soap in city at
Dawson Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
Biliousness is cured by Hoods Pills
Have Moved to Dawson.

The last issue of the Richland Ban
ner contained this item : "Mrs. B. w.
Saville and her daughter, Miss Chap
Saville, left Tuesdayo for Dawson.
where they will make their future
home, Mr.. Saville having already been
there several months. Our people re-
greet to lose this estimable family, but
we wish them much success, health
and happiness in their new home"
1t has been demonstrated by expe-
rience that consumption can be pre-
vented by the early use of One Minute
Cough Cure. This is the fayorite rem
edy for conghs, colds, Group, asthma,
grippe and all throat and lung troub-
les. Cures quickly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18

OweEsboro wagons for sale by Petty
& Hollingsworth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-07-18
PICNIC
GOODS

IN" ware receiving a nice line of
R. s gods. Call and see them.
.% are a few prices that
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02
MR.. CALHoUN,s RESOLUTION.

New York Tribune: Senator Cal
houn of South Carolina, has had
q long sleep. Now, like Rip Van
Wrinkle, he has opened his eyes on
a new and strange scene, and walks
before a generation that knows him not
and calls him by an unfamiliar name.
Yesterday the senator from South Car
olina stretched himself and arose in
the Senate chamber to offer a resolu-
ton. 1t declared that under the consti-
tuition the federal government had no
power to rule over colonial dependen-
cies but was restricted in its operation
to states as integral parts of the Union
and to territories intended for future
states.
1t is long years since Mr.. Calhoun
has taken part in the Senate, where he
was once so active. Indeed, he Is so
much an unfamiliar figure that people
mistake his identity and sometimes call
him Tillman, as did the reporters yes
terday who chronicled his resolution.
Yet anybody who knew the history OF
John @. Calhoun in his younger days
would have no difficulty in recognizing
the author of that resolution despite all
disguises and the rayages OF time. III
is one of his stock resolutions, as sure
to crop up in one form or another when
occasion offers as n Populists denunci-
alton of the ''crime of '73." We do not
remember lust when Mr.. Calhoun be-
gan to lumber the Senate journals with
statements of this doctrine, but he kept
it up faithfully till he went into his KIP
Van Wrinkle retirement, and naturally,
on awakening, takes up the discussion
lust where he left off half n century
ago. Mr.. Calhoun has probably not
yet awakened to our dealings with
Alaska, our possessions in Samoa, ana
to the fact that since his early activity
it has been proved that the United
States is a Nation with all the attri-
butes of Nation, and not = mere con-
federation of states. Long ago politi-
clans and judges abandoned the trust
for Statehood notion which he has so
suddenly projected upon us from the
remote past. 1t is almost as curious as
a fiintlock gun and quite as useless. 1t
won't even serve for constitution boz
gle any more. Mr.. Calhoun should go
to sleep again. 1t is no honor for M-1
TO wake I'D out of his time and have TO
pass for n Tillman.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02
A Foolish Manifesto.

Minneapolis Tribune: The man
ifesto issued by the so-called Sill
yer Republican leaders on the pass
age of the currency bill in the House,
and which is evidently the composition
of Charles A. Towne, is both melan-
choly and amusing. IT is melancholy
soul excluded from paradise: reading
between the lines one cannot help see
ing that Mr.. Towne's grief over his dis
association from the grand old Repub-
lican party is acute. He Is Intelligent
enough to know that 1t was the mistake
of his life and that it has doomed him
TO walk in outer political darkness. The
manifesto is amusing because of the
juvenile "bluff' which it puts up to ex-
cuse his apostacy. He isn't manly
enough to acknowledge that he was
wrong and that the course of events
and the experience of the world during
the past few years have turned his
monetary theories to foolishness: but
he abuses the Republican party for
keeping abreast with the times and pro-
htihS ny tue iesSoHS ol ucluul business
demonstration. Every prediction made
by Mr.. Towne and the other Slvertes
in 1896 of the effects OF the malnten-
ance of the gold standard has been fal-
sined. The volume of money, instead
of diminishing, as they said 1t would,
has increased; prices, instead of de-
clining further, as they said it would,
have risen; business, instead of suffer
ing further depression, as they said it
would, has revived. The fires have
been lighted under form.r idle fur
naces; shops have been re-opened; Ia
Dor has received full employment at
advancing wages, and our foreign as
well as domestic markets have broad
ened out amazingly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02
The Flag-Furlers.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: De Ar
mond of Missouri has Joined Williams
of Mississippi in Offering resolution
to compel the government to pull down
the flag in the Philippines. What De
Almond wants Congress to say is that
I'VE are opposed TO the retention of the
Philippines, and that it is our purpose
to consent to their independence as
soon as a stable government shall be
established by them, and toward the
prompt establishment of such a gov
ernment we pledge our friendly assist
ance."
Do the Democrats mean to make an
issue of this question? Williams of
Mississippi said the other day that his
fiag-furling bill was introduced after
consultation with many Democratic
leaders in Congress, and that it repre-
sented Their views. If this be true, the
Democratic party is certain to get n
beating in 1900 which will make its de-
feat in 1896 seem like comparative
vi rtory. A wave of expansion senti-
ment is sweeping all over the country.
1t is felt in the Democratic section as
well as in the Republican region. Most
of the southern newspapers of infiu.
ence-the Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Chattanooga Times, Galveston News.
New Orleans Picayune, Nashville
American and many other representa-
i've ion,nals in the Democratic sec
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02

The Democratic party is still hunt
ing for issues for the next campaign.
The debate on the currency bill made
it look for a few days as If the battle
was to be once more on the main lines
of the contest of 1896; but the various
anti-expansion resolutions introduced.
mainly by Democrats, in both houses
of Congress, show that in the minds
of many of the leaders of that party.
the expansion issue overshadows in
Importance the financial But Their,
is no question of principle on the mat
ter. The Democratic party, when it
meets in national convention, will
adopt platform denouncing the Re
publicans and opposing what they
have done, and their campaign speak
ers will make prominent whatever is
sue they think will catch votes at the
time. They have no positive policy of
their own, and their whole stock in
trade is opposition. They depend al
together on the Republican party for
their issues, simply taking the other
side every time. The day when De-
mocracy stood for principle of any
Kind has long gone by.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02
Ian Maclaren on the Churcb

Why should the church leave her high
place and come down into the arena.
where she will be put to shame? Do
men come to church for petty pleasures
Mt only for children, or for the satisfac-
ton of their souls and the confrnuAton
OF their faith? Would Christianity ave
pleasing preachers" and 'brightNhen."
ant had given themselves to 'socials'
and sales and "talks"? The church
triumphed by her faith. her holiness, her
courage, and by these high virtues she
must stand in this age also. She is the
witness to Immortality, the spiritual
home OF souls, the servant of the poor.
the protector OF the friendless, and II
she sinks into place of second-rate en-
tertainment then 1t were better that her
history should close. for without her
spiritual visions and austere ideals the
church is not worth preserving-Ian
Maclaren in the October Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02
The Republican National Convention.

The next national convention of the
Republican party will be held in Phlla-
delphia, June 10Th. 1t is seldom that
an eastern city secures this honor, but
in a year when the nomination is
foregone conclusion, and when the IN
fiuence of the convention on sup
posedly doubtful state is unnecessary.
it is fitting that the state which has
cast the largest Republican majorities,
and the most consistent, for many
years, should be recognized.
The national committee, at its meet
ing to determine the time and place OF
the convention, agreed that it would
not take jurisdiction over the matter
of representation in Republican con-
ventions, leaving the matter to the CON
vention itself. The delegates to the
coming convention will therefore be
elected in the usual way.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02

The attempt of Senator Maso,, and
his Democratic allies to have the Con
gress of the United States initiate the
board of aldermen of the city of Chi
cago by passing resolutions favoring
the Beers in their contest with Great
Britain viii no doubt meet the fate it
deserves. This is eminently one of the
cases in which Washington's advice
to keep clear from entangling alli-
ances should be followed. The ap-
pointment of our consul at Pretoria to
look after the interests of Englishmen
during the war is no more sign of
an alliance with Great Britain than
the similar appointment of the French
minister in this country to act for the
Spaniards during our late war was
proof of the alliance of France with
Spain, or than the appointment of our
minister in Paris to look after the
Germans in the Franco Prussian war
was proof of our alliance with Ger
many.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02
Winter EYcursIonR.

The Southern Pacific Company and
Its connections operate the best first
and second-class service to California,
Arizona. Texas and Mexico. Through
Pullman Palace Sleepers and Tourist
Sleepers from all principal eastern
points. Personally conducted Tourist
Excursions from Cincinnati, Louisville
St Louis. Chicago. ST. Paul. Mime
apolis, Des Moines. Omaha Kansas
City. etc. For particulars and descrip-
tive literature write w. G. Neimyer,
Gen1 Western Agent, 23S Clark St.
Chicago; w. II. Connor Comr Agent,
Chamber Commerce Bldg, Cincinnati.
Ohio, or w. j. Berg, Trav. Pass Agt,
220 Ellicott So. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02

Chicago policemen are complaining
bitterly over the frequent assess
ments" levied upon their scahty pay,
and assert that Inspector Heidelmeier
threatens condign displeasure toward
any officer who fails to hand in his pro
rata share of the taxation. The civil
service commissioners might take an
hour off and give the inspector a full
explanation of the laws which are sup
posed to govern the police as well as
other departments of the public serv-
ice.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-02

It is all right that the English IAN
guage should be employed in legisla-
tive proceedings, in courts of law, and
as basis of school instruction. But
American civilization cannot afford to
postpone direct efforts for the moral
and spiritual culture of that first gen.
Grafton of immigrants who will never
learn the language of this country
The multitudes of Scandinavians,
Slavs, Italians and Germans whose
children pass into our schools shouid
haar in thoir- -tnngne fhe-iessnns ,., Z
the higher lessons of religion. This
is the growing conviction of some of
the churches and OF that tireless and
devoted band of workers who make up
the Womau's Christian Temperance
union. They are looking among the
immigrants themselves for persons
competent to instruct. inspire and
guide these millions toward the higher
levels OF life.