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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
Ordinary Did Rushing Business.

There was something doing IN the
office of Ordinary Roberts Saturday,
and incidentally in the matrimonial
line with colored society circles. The
ordinary not only granted licenses for
the marriage of three negro couples
but tied all three of the knots as we'll
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
EIYing Jenny Here,

The flying Jenny is again in Dawson,
at the jenny mecca in the
rear of the court house. They ex-
pected to operate on an old veteran
certificate, but the city council de-
creed that the merry go-round must
either pay license or move out of the
fire limits, ard the former course was
adopted,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
DaWSOn's Sick.

Mr.. Ivey Melton and Miss Beuiah
E,arrah have been on the sick list dur
ing the past week, but are out again.
Major A. Lewis and Sheriff Christie
are gradually improving. Mr.. Crow
ell Lupdy is out.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
Daughters Did Not Elect Delegates.

There were but few members in at
tendance upon the meeting of the
Daughters of the Confederacy at Mrs.
B. HI. Hoods last Wednesday after
noon, and no delegates were elected to
the state convention which meets at
LAGRANGE on October 81. This may
be done at later meeting, though IL
is probable that the Dawson chapter
will not be represented.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
Mrs. Ellen Q'Keefe Dead.

News has been received in Dawson
of the death of Mrs. Ellen O'Keefe at
Fort White, Fla, aged 81. Mr.. and
Mrs. O'Keefe were former residents OF
Dawson, and the news of her demise
will be learned here with regret.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
Attending Meeting Of School Commissioners

County School Commissioner Wiki
inson aud DR.. o. G. Crawford, chair
man of the county board of education,
left last night for Athens to attend
the annual session of county school
of the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
Wagons Repaired.

7 have lust received a lot of the very
best hickory, bone dry, and am pre-
pared to repair wagons. workman
ship and prices guaranteed.
Sasser, Ga. H. w. bEACh'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
Real Estate Agency.

have opened real estate Office,
and will buy and sell real estate.
Prompt and careful attention will be
given all business. Office in court
house. JAS. w. ROBERTS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
Carers Luck.

Hendricks Drug Stores drawing for
the s25 to be given away occurred FRI
day night. Mr.. Carver James heid tne
lucky number, and is now twenty-five
dollars ahead OF the game.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
Fl, Gaines Merchant Bankrupt.

Mr.. T. j. Lightfoot, a merchant OF
Fort Gaines, filed petition IN oanK-
ruptcv with Referee Wilkinson Fri
day. The liabilities are given at
Al 1855. and the assets at $50.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
shoe SHORT STOPS.

,.,,,ost trade makes the sharpest
cutlu prices
,r how gets son a tear" try a
pair Of those knee pan'' '' h0f"AO' .
LID horse and wild young man
.,e somewhat alike-one Will shy al a
s siv hoard and the other board bull
can donht the statement that there
;,;rc Of butter that gets old and
.'ong enough to walk, let goat get
s sS,nI YOU. Speaking of goats, did
O'u' aror think of how many of them
wv tIIpd every year? We buy from a
az s..torv that uses nine million skins
annually ca
~ 1902 Mr.. w. P. HOrnady, Daw-
ca Dear Sir: Replying to yours
,tbo ISL. will state that we make
s;nmant this week. Yours truly,
'1'f EDWIN CLAP & Son.
We have ten hats that must be sold.
We are selling lots of shirts. To
600 them is to buy them.
A shipment of that shoe that needs
M introduction to: Dawson THE Foot
Glove, has arrived, and they are neat.
We notice a good many travelling
men wearing tan shoes.
We are ready, are you!
We've got the stuff and that's no
bluff.
Onr shoes are solid leather.
Heavy and light, with prices right,
To suit both purse and weather.
Which man is the more useful in
store, the one who adds right or the
one that writes ads?
Advertising an advertisement sounds
funny, and yet that's just what you do
when YOU speak kindly of our adver-
tisements; all of which we duly appre-
eiate.
We mark our goods in plain figures,
but reserve the right to cut prices on
all odd lots.
The Dawson Recorder printed nov
Ell advertisement fov Hornady in Sat
urday's issue. Haze you READ it?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
Oultman Court in Session.

Quitman superior court ais in ses"
sion at Georgetown, Judge Sheffield
presiding. Solicitor Laing,, Stenog-
rapher Christie and several Dawson
ATTORNEYS are in attendance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
PLANTERS
WAREHOUSE.

We again offer our services to
the farmers of Terrell and surround
ing counties in handling their cot
ton the coming season, and solicit
a share of their patronage. All COT
ton stored with us will have our
personal attention, and every effort
will be made to secure the highese !
market price for our customers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
DAWsoN's COTTON MARKET
5,3OS Bales Have Been Received
by the Warehouses

The receipts of cotton by wagon at
the warehouses in Dawson at noon
yesterday were 5.30S bales. The
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10

Let Perry & Roberts weigh
your cotton. They will give
# their personal attention.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10

mia duIIest trade makes the sharpest
cut prices
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10

The Dawson Recorder printed nov
el advertisement fey Hornady in Sat
urdays issue. Haze you READ it?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10

onr how gets ION tear" try
IL " those knee pants at Hornady's.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10

uiId horse and wild young man
nowhat alike.-one will shy at a
arc iS , Saard and the other a board bull.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22
A SENSIBLE PRINCESS.

Princess Henriette of Sleswick- -Hol-
stein, aunt of the reignlng Duke of
SIeswick- -Holstein and his sister, the
German empress is the wife of Profess
or Won Esmarch of Kiel and an ex-
ceedingly happy woman.
Professor Won Esmarch is the most
celebrated surgeon in Germany and has
proved himself capable of making the
princess who shares his life a very
happy woman, so that she has nothing
to regret, though for many years she
had much to suffer for his sake.
Princess Henriette had the misfortune
to belong to a poor though princely
house, and the fact that her brother.
Prince Christian, had married a daugh-
ter. of Queen Victoria probably con-
firmed her family in the idea that un-
less the princeSseS of Sleswick-Holstein
married in their own rank they should
live and die in dignifed spinsterhood.
These ideas did not at all coincide with
the inclinations of Princess Henriette,
and in 1872 she, having then reached the
age of thirty-nine, decided on going her
own. way and marrying Professor Won
Esmarch. Her marriage caused COM
plete estrangement between herself and
her sister, the late Princess Amelie of
Sleswick- Holstein. who for many years
would not even speak to her.
The German emperor has a decided
liking and respect for his wife's aunt
and makes point of going to see her
whenever he visits Kiel.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22
wealthy phi1anthropi.ts.

1 have no use for wealthy phiian-
thropists-as q class. They commit
more harm than good. and their per-
formances only serve to cultivate a
sense of humor in those whom they try
TO help. It's of no use; a person reared
in luxury and never having known any
other conditions cannot possibly appre-
ciate the point of view of the other half.
It is only those who have been down in
the world and who have suffered them
selves who can understand Naturally
those are the ones who haven't the nee
essary means to do good.
But. dear me. why do 1 bother you
with all this?
During this Lent I have been particu-
1arly amused by the adventures of lit
tie Tessie Wainwright. Tessie is a
rosebud of a girl, a delightfully."- frivo-
lous little thing, but the settlement
craze has reached her just as it has
reached most of the girls of our set.
At the beginning of Lent she decided to
take a class Of Italians at the st. Schol-
astica mission on the far east side. The
class met every Thursday evening, and
it's avowed object was to teach the
Italians to speak English-not that Tes-
sic herself knew a word of Italian (far
from iD; but. as she argued. it was all
the better so. Her scholars would
learn quicker because they would not
then be tempted to speak to her in
their native tongue. The first night ev-
erything went swimmingly. 1t was
very easy for Tessie, as her class COM
prised about half a dozen half grown
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22
She

Neither is it likely she poses now She
has simply changed; that is all
Moreover. in the picture of those days
Americans see their "lassie'' wholly un-
affected, honestly pleased with the
praise and admiration she was begin
ming to receive. Everywhere in society
her husband, Dr. Burnett, later di-
vorced, was with her. When strangers
paid their respects at the modest home
OF the BurnettS, he it was who received
them first and decided whether or not
she should be interrupted and bored by
them. Now, no doubt, q naughty Eng
lish footman is. delegated to perform
this office. Apparently her husband
idolized her, and apparently she idol
lied him. Those who remember the
pleasant old picture in Washington re-
call that they saw in these two the ex-
preston of perfect welded devotion.
Who knows how things are going to
turn out?
To these same people who saw in the
"lassie' of that day a pretty, unaf-
fected, gifted American girl it is even
more amusing than surprising to read
of her now criticising in lofty, faraway
British style the ways and accent of
the natives of the United States. Or
perhaps the reporter misunderstood or
misrepresented the lady. Some news
paper reporters dfstort villainously-not
tally cross eyed and cannot see facts
straight. Let us hope this was the case
in the present instance for the sake of
that sweet picture of the country girl
picking blackberries upon the golden
Tennessee hillside to get postage money
By the way, what English girl would or
could have thought of doing that?
To meet copyright requirements Mrs.
Burnett writes her novels partly in
England, partly in the United States.
She says she likes to come among the
Americans to catch ''the atmosphere of
their spirit and DASH
Dear, dearl
She further informed the reporter
that she makes up her characters from
real life, like the great Dickens; there
fore she comes among us foreigners in
the United States to study us. She also
remarks, the reporter at any rate
understands her to remark that some
day she is going to write a paper"
American clubwoman fashion, to Amer
lean mothers, criticising their methods
of rearing children. The novelist de-
clares that to foreigner the defects
of American children spoil their whole
makeup and adds:
Their pronunciation is dreadful.
They are not so exclusive as their little
English cousins. They make chums of
illiterate nurses and servants"
Again one can only remark, Dear,
dearl ELIZABETH LEE.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22
THE LOT OF CHINESE GIRLS.

In no part of China is the future life
of a girl matter in which she is con-
suited. Infanticide is allowed all over
China, and no father ever counts his
girls as anything worth mentioning.
The girls very names bear witness to
this. 'One Too Many" "Unwelcome
Bud" are very common epithets. One
old woman boasted she never had
daughters" and this was explained by
the fact that she had strangled five
baby girls, and all her neighbors ad-
mired her for doing so.
This feeling is very strong among
poorer townsfolk. If they permR
daughter to live, it is generally with n
view to making money out of her. The
well to do don't want their girls to work
in the fields as the agriculturists and
the hill tribes do. This is why they
treat her differently. The hill folk and
farmers protect their women by inn
posing heavy fines on any male who
even speaks to them. The townsfolk
shut up their women instead.
A girl baby is usually drowned in a
pail of water as soon as born; but, If
saved, then she lies on the floor and
lives, if she can. If she has a brother,
she is taught from the beginning to al
ways give way to him. In her early
girlhood she plays with him, flying
kites, playing at ball and helping her
mother as much as she can, to wait on
her fAkher, feed the silkworms or aid in
all that has to be done. II the girl is to
be sold or hired as a dancer at a tea
house or show, then even the poorest
girl must have her feet bound.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22

To return to this costume, it is made
with a plated skirt stitched down ilat
and a blouse also composed of nat
plafts opening over an inner vest of line
tan silk batiste tucked and closed with
tiny jeweIed buttons. The hat worn
with this is of the tan batiste shlrrso
and trimmed with greer. foliage and
punches of pearl grapes
1 must tell you about those pearl
grapes. They are among the newest
things As their name indicates, they
are made of large white and smoked ar
tincial pearls-the kind you see on nat
pins. YOU know They also come IN al
the pale colors and are mounted on
stems of beautiful green foliage. Rath-
er an exaggerated effect. you say? Yes,
bug dainty when surrounded by sort
friIls Of lace. and most of the spring
hats are conspicuous for the abundance
of lace seen on them.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22

don; of her visiting list, and speaks of
Americans throughout as they" de-
claring that their children are loud
and unframed and Have you noticed
their accent 2,
There was a time
But first observe that the career. of
Frances Hodgson Burnett shows as in
an electric light picture how the
achievement of persons cherished as
piratfons modifies the persons charac-
ter, in some cases changing it altogeth-
er. 1t even changes physical attributes,
according to the one who writes of
Mrs. Burnett as she is now, for he gives
her reddish hair. Now, there was a
time when Mrs. Burnett's hair was not
reddish. but very dark brown-almost
black in an evening highland, worst of
all, time when Mrs. Burnett herself
had as determined an American accent
as anybody short of the British stage
Yankee
Upon the brain cells of hundreds of
Americans is photographed vivid pic
ture of this fine lady of quality as she
was a quarter century ago in her little
home in Washington As to whether that
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22

ten how she picked bIackberries to sell
to pay the postage on that first attempt
at literature, not daring for fear of fall
ure to let it be known she had sent it
So she earned the money to pay the
postage on that parcel in which her
hopes were bound rather than ask her
mother for stamps. Now, say what
you will, in all Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett's career there is no prettier. more
taking episode than that of the sunny
faced sixteen-year-old girl picking
blackberries on the Tennessee hillside
to get money to pay the postage on her
first story. She had not a visiting list
among the British aristocracy then.
Later she was married, and when she
began to be yet more successful she
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22
The Augmented Glass.

Antonio knew little English. He
turned, with a magnificent gesture, to
the others.
Back, pigsf'' he cried. do you not
see that you are frightening the ST.
gnorina?' Then he turned to Tessie
''The classl" he exclaimed proudly
And the class all grinned sheepishly,
revealing rows of glittering teeth. At
this moment the settlement door was
opened by the austere young woman
before mentioned. AS the army ad-
vanced upon her she threw up her
hands and fled in dismay. 1t entered, it
settled itself noisily. chairs gave outg
books were all too few. The great room
was crowded to overfowing. and part
of the overflow was placed in the hall
Still the Italians kept coming. 1t SEEM
ed as if the walls of the little mission
would give way under the unaccustom-
ed pressure Finally the door was
shut, and the austere young woman,
who had by this time recovered her
presence of mind, announced that no
more would be received that night.
Meanwhile the elect within gazed
with ecstasy upon Tessie. The girls
took notes of her red silk waist, and
the way she fastened her belt and COL
lar. The youths could not take their
eyes off her for more than second at
a time. Tessie blushed adorabiy as she
wrote easy English phrases on the
blackboard and coaxed the class in be-
wftching accents to repeat them after
her.
am afraid very little English is
being learned at the st. Scholastica set
tlcrnent, but all the girls are doing their
hair a la Tessie, and the directresses
are planning to buy the house next door
because the present quarters are too
cramped.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22
JENNY LIMBS GRANDDAUGHTER

An interesting young debutante made
her first public appearance in England
lately in the person of Miss Gwendoline
Maude, granddaughter of Jenny Lind.
the famous singer. Her rendering of
Mozart's "Voi Che Sapete" was re-
ceived with enthusiastic and well de-
served applause, and she was also
heard to advantage in an air from Ma
non" and two German songs. Otto
Goldschmidt, the venerable husband of
Jenny Lind, was at the piano. 1t will
be remembered that the Swedish
nightingale left one daughter, who
married an uncle of Cyril Maude, the
well known actor. and who. although
not inlleriting the wonderful voice of
her mother, is herself an accomplished
musician and composer. She has writ
ten several charming songs, among
them being setting of William Can
toms delightful Rhymes For a Little
Woman The mantle Of the iIlustrious
prima donna appears to have descended
upon her fortunate grandchild, whose
future career will be watched with
great interest.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22

went to Paris with her husband. Dr..
Burnett, he studying in the schools and
hospitals, she helping out the expenses
of the family living, which was hum
BILE and economical as was fitting those
who had yet to conquer the world; aft
er Paris a small house in Washington
on street which was not Portland
place. London, by any means, but a
somewhat unfashionabIe locality in our
nations capital, where to this day ne
gro cabin occasionally stands beside a
millionaire's pretentious home.
In Washington society, which is real
ly the most delightful in America, the
young novelist and her husband were
welcome everywhere. She was then
gentle, sweet tempered and a little shy,
not yet forgetting. perhaps, the coun-
try girl picking blackberries upon the
Tennessee hillside to pay the postage
on her first story. The home was a
modest one, its chief ornaments the
''lassie" herself and two little boys in
velvet Jackets. She was honestly fond
of them. but she did not pose either as
a mother or as an English woman in
those days She did not pose at all.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22

William Waldorf Astor. changed her
nationality and become Briton?
1t is true Mrs. Burnett was born in
England, but her family came to the
States when she little girl, very
little one. Not only that, but they add
ed to this the plebeian proceeding of
migrating to the wilds of Tennessee,
where the future illustrious novelist
had her bringing up. 1t was unpar-
donable in them, but it is true.
A late photograph of the lady repre-
sents her as fine woman, with a
handsome, naughty face, something as
if she had studied the character of her
own Lady of Quality till it had struck
in. She chats to the reporter of her
spacious house in Portland place, Lon
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22
woMANLY VIRTUES MEN LIKE

First, one mustunderstand that what
attracts men and what they like are
not always the same thing
A man is often attracted by be-
witching smile. but a good tempered
woman in the end has the greatest hold
on him and wins his respect. 1t is
mistake to think that in these days
men prefer brainless. silly women
on the contrary, they like those who
have bright, quick brains, who take an
interest in things around them and can
talk sensibly on subjects in which
they themselves are interested, though
if the women possess superior knowl-
edge on any one topic they will do well
to keep that fact in the background and
play the part of interested listeners.
Irreverent women are lan abomina-
ton to men. Whatever may be their
own religious opinions, if they have
any, at any rate they like to feel that
women cling to the faith which they
once learned at their mothers knee.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22

my EtESatN "At4-SHN OF lllt 81 <1AAsio7
provocauon- tasia mis- 5 on
Mrs. Van Amsterdam didn't lecture
herself: she paid for the lecturer,
pictures, the whole thing in a word.
We-the women who patronized the
affair-sat a little ways. back, ana
the club Cabout forty girls aged from
twelve to seventeen) feasted their eyes
on the lecturer and took in every de-
tail of her rather gorgeous costume. 1t
was plain from the very first that she
was much afraid of them. She began
her talk in an apologetic manner, and
when they giggled-which they did Of
ten. and sometimes without any visible
provocation-she made haste TO join in
with them lest the laugh be against
her, a fact which 1 haven't the slightest
doubt they appreciated. This probably
all seems very trivial to you, but to me
it served as another Illustration of the
class line. The lecturer would not have
felt at all embarrassed in the presence
of an audience OF children of her own
sort, and she was only afraid of these
girls because she was conscious that
she did not understand them. As a
matter of fact. they understood her a
great deal better than she understood
them. and they knew it. That is the
trouble with most of our charities; they
help the poor outwardiy. but cannot
get at their souls. their minds. the root
Of the matter. as it were. In other
words. they cannot do any real good.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22
EASTER sURToUT MODELLED BY PAoUIN.

This artistic and
beautiful garment
is one of the finest
examples of the
new silk and lace
outer coat. The
striking individu-
aIity of its con-
struction, the ar
tistic and impress
sive cape and full
sleeves commend
themselves to the
woman who would
have s o m e thin g
different from her
neighbor for Eas-
ter and who would
still be attired in
good taste. Its
availability for rid
ing, walking, visit
ing or evening
wear at the opera
or as a cover for
delicate gowns is
obvious and is q
strong recommen-
dation from the
utiIitarian stand
point.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-22

- c.55, her.
she saw before her what seemed a null
titude on the sidewalk. As she ap
preached the multitude became highly
animated. 1T waved, it gesticulated, it
Gursled; strange cries ana gibberish is
sued from i. Grinay fingers were point
ed at her. She distinguished the words
La ragazza, La ragazzai" repeated
eXCitedly. They We're Italians. Visions
Of the Malta and of bandits with stilet-
tos- rose up before her. She nearly
tainted wish fright; but. recovering her
self with an effort. she dashed up the
mission STEPS. which by a Rlerciful
providence happened to be near by
Horrors, The crowd followed her.
What had she done to deserve their
vengeance? She gave the doorbell a
frantic pull and then turned TO face
them.
At this moment there was a violent