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The Daily soliphone., 1902-03-18
A Lengthy Address to His Con. stituency in Greene
 County.
1 |Corrections of False Impressions, Etc-A Detail Statement of
 His Candidacy.
FELLOW CITIZENS:

My broken arm will prevent me from participating in the campaign opening Monday 10th at Delaplaine, aud closing at Paragould Friday 26th, day before election. have op- posed this campaign, not because of my disability, but because believed it to be an unnecessary imposition upon the people of the county under all of the circumstances and since the introduction and prevalence of the terrible epidemic of smallpox in the county. I know it, and such a campaign might be most disastrous in it's results. My candidacy for County Judge is nothing as in com parison to the health and lives of the Nople. of the county. If have not
 n honest and competent as Coun-
 udge, if the best interests of the
 ty have not been promoted by
 md if my administration and
 Hment of the county's affairs
 met with your approval I
 aeak at every crossroads and\
 1l aunty from now
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Democrat. Perhaps not, but she1
 has flown many dirty one. 1 The German press charge the
 British with bad faith toward the
 United States and stress laid on good
 feeling and friendship felt by the. German government. sss Come to think bout it those letters
 ln the Arkansas Democrat, purport-
 ing to come from all portions of the state, did have sort of sameness
 about them that would go to make
 the average reader suspicion that
 the same hand wrote them all.
 Jonesboro Enterprise.
 The greatest and most significant joke of the campaign is the unA questionable fact that Senater Jones has actually flooded Arkansas with's 100, 900 picture buttons of himself which were made by a gigantic New Jersey trust. The Senator is cer. tainly peach. The Boers are noble men of wal, ]: They deserve and cherish the admir-. ation of all patriotic and Iiberty. loving men of the world. General Methune, the British commandanS M who was captured by them, has hex surrendered to the BritisH. Hn B Methune been Boer general hea| would have been unmercifplly
 butchered. Do not such broad x \ minded and patriotic mon x7esaty & 7 liberty? Have they not'had d,icieIl $ trials and brutal treatment .t1 {
 to the world their ability as Y: IT a<s sustaining power? But the world < looks on while the damnable bloc xdY work of old England is carried Sn- vertically drenching the earth with
 the blood of noble men.
 Jonesboro is also agitatin9 tbt 2 building of new depot. A pr0mis
 nent official of the Cotton Belt com. panY has encouraged the idea. 4
 movement is also on foot to improve
 the water works system there. and
 a tiling factory is being built.
 Jonesboro is tolerable good country { town.
 After prolonged debate the senate
 yesterday passed the ship ubsidy
 bill, the final vote upon the measpra
 being AZ to 31. Senators Allison and
 Deliver of Iowa, Spooner and Quar-
 les of Wisconsin. and Procter and
 Dillingham; of Vermont. Republic
 cans voted against final passage q
 the bill, and Senator McLaurin of South Carolina voted for it. Some amendments to the bill were adopted but they were all agreeable to those 1 in charge of tue measure, the ni1 of the bill voting down all othSr amendments. With the exception |of amendments offered by MT. NE ] |lison. and accepted byl MT Eryes 2 limiting tho time q the operation Z of contracts made under th6 prd ' V visions of the bill to JulT l9l and providing thAt tho amq1nt u
 the expenditure m derR the TIT subsidy paragrapb 6ould nos ~ TIT '' < time exceed D8; I'D .0Q0 x Snpa IF none of the amen bts aerse materially affect the bill as Gl11 llG Ereported from tho commeFp tslai!s mittee. s ssss :
 Sandy Spences, Of Ss, fSnels county, sentenced to tWeI SI m in the penitentiaFy tpr ilird3f 3 TIT been pardohed by Y X N Am bassador F lowell ytop wired |his Little Rock frlsHS. ((lfo la OlxyS|
 Mekice yesterd 6ts Sq es &
 ksinass reg sk ,charges fled Gga alf.St 9ll @ x ' < Idepartment ' Ax f7S |saYs thsts IS absolQ AoI @ tthe chargss and be ll ssI
 leusryboiy very
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Aubrey Elliott, who has a pesitien at -Caruthersyilles Mol with the J. F. smyth Merchantlle ca. writes us to send him the Duly !nstead of the Weekly Hollph honea he yants the news from PafaGou Svery Iill l1EEe'
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 afraid of him and he would keelb him for no less. I told him I wal compelled under the law and enviYbH ments to allow this time, but I ybrb- posed to head off such an outrage <by adopting another method of fafine for these unfortunate people. / 4t is our Christian duty to care fof the aged, infrm and helpless. livery good citizen cheerfully pays /a tax for that humane purpose, bqE while that is true, it is our dutY ecoDo- mize and make the taxatbA as light as possible. I, therefora appointed Hon. Joe Liddell, Parsq McKelyey and Esq. Grayson, of Ache town- ship, as com mmissionera On part of the county to look out And select a good county farm to as near Par gould as possible. After pains- taking invcstigatiq they reported in favor of the preA{n farm, costing, my recollection n(bE is. $1, 800. MT. Kitchens two yehfs later said to me, 'The county fa74 has paid for itself in the differeneA in the costs of the two methods dlcaring for the poor. It is true the hard times and unpre- cedented seI erity of the winter has crowded ou1 Accommodations for room, but long h fore MT. Hopkins raised his frenzi1 d complaint MT. Newsom and mys1 If decided to build depart ment fod the males remote from the female department. Now as the purcE se of the farm being bad deal s not true. The farm is a good 9eragetarm of the county and ls geniently situated to Para-
 i'd is noted as ahigh healthy
 As the law now is the 9hty Court is required to let an- cllg. If the law was changed to 3 years I think it would be better \e superintendent of the farm
 rotate his crops and thereby
 the interest of all parties
 !. l would be glad if the
 islature would make the
 ln law as general law, if
 n let the law apply to Greene
 alone. It is complained that s lot of insane people at the
 farm. No person regrets
 than l3 M what shall
 Che county seek
 b in tde asylum but we are
 ed with the reply from the
 apt. of the asylum. ''No more
 l. Greene county" It may
 D our legislature completes
 ion dollar state capital that
 a will be given the lunatic
 Greene county has ten in. rsons who ought to be in the Lunatic Asylum for care and ent and take Greene county Average of the state and l have lbt 75O insane persons arc de- a of the benefits of the asylum e xstate at this time. Whose The alleged phuper abuse cen injected into this campaign to defeat me. Any man who the paupers have been neglect- bot clotbed. ted, aud medically Cd. utters \ delibdrate and will alsehood. whethea 1t be from date or voter. To verify the
 6Nthe matter get in.~y your
 we to the county farm
 gewsom and
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A fire alarm was sounded from the home of Mrs. M. M. Jones. on West Depot street, this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. A flue burned out and the fire caught the roof but was extin- guished before serious damage was done. The loss was trifling. The fire company responded promptly.
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aays the Mississi ippi 1! horso ma fears oi septertai ku bfe < ,Ilsis ' position HIs Parsl < him prospe
 MI and X fh |mar q s1n tbi
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The residence of Riley Shepard three miles ncrth Of thecity was destroyed byafire last night but the details of tho conaagF Lion is not known. 2 s. ,ss l|8 ss11I s < IL IS mid he iQf every tbing he had, ths don teaA U the home having been totsll iifaed A aentismap| syTas in the clf thta sniug eicul at- inR . pettt b asklpg for sa6acrrp. tion6 to - psed n 6nyinG supplies TX q apfors nnata taniIy
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 \the county
 hemI. The he proper
 there and } restored.
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x ssrdS 5S \! z aisis6in6 khs mar rll la:'
 IxsS ol IT afr of \ sopesboFo
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Passed the Senate Yesterc By a Vote of AZ to 3I-
 And Other News.
Conduct of the South African VI riors as Noble Men of WSrf
 State Happenings.

"The Democrat has never fowna doubtful flag, whines the ArkansaA Democrat. Perhaps not, but she ! has flown many dirty one.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
WEALTHY GYPSIES.
They Have Been Trading in Daw-
son Several Days.

The band of horsetraders spoken OF
below by the Cuthbert Leader are the
ones who have been in Dawson several
DAYS. THE horse traders who were en-
camped in our suburbs for several
weeks have struc,- camp, and the
square looks quieter on that account.
"They are from Kentucky and Ten
nesseeu and consist of nine families.
They are well equipped for travelling
and carry good many head of stock.
II is said that the leader of the party
is worth about 100000, and that some
of the others are comfortably liked:
They lead life of travel through
choice. Two or three of the party
have been coming here for years.
"a peculiar coincidence connected
with one of this party has come to
light. One of them, woman of twen-
ty-two, was born in the suburbs OF
Cuthb bert while her parents were en-
camped here. zone night last week,
not far from where she was born, she
gave birth to child"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
500 NEW CARS.
Central Railroad VIII Soon Pur-
chase That Many.

There was a special meeting of the
board of directors of tn Central rail
way Tuesday for the purpose of consi 4
ering the purchase of 800 new box cars
for use on the various lines of the com
pany. The business of the company
has increased very rapidly during the
past year and the proposed purchase
of cars is made on the urgent require
ment of the new business. The Cen
trail has been building cars in its shops
in Savannah for several years. but the
supply has never yet been equal the
demand, and only short time ago it
was necessary for the company to
place an order for about $50 coal
cars with the American Car and Foun-
dry Compay.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
AN HONEST NEGRO SURE.
Paws a Debt That Had Been Due
Twenty Years.

A case of honesty among negroes
has just developed at Elberton, Ca,
which surpasses all incidents of oebt
paying. About twenty years ago Wes-
lev Thornton. colored, lett Ebert
county for Arkansas, owing J. B. Eb-
erhart $50. Mr.. Eberhart had lost
sight of the account and meyer expect
ed it's payment. Recently he received
a letter from Thornton inclosing re-
mittance covering the principal and
full interest. Thornton wrote that the
debt was an honest one, and he always
intended paying it, and by saving his
nickels and dimes had beer able TO
scrape enough together to clear the
debt. Mr.. Eberhart made a calcula-
ton TO see if Thornton really did pay
all the interest due, and found that he
had sent enough to pay the principal
and every cent of interest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
GEORGIA's OIL NOT BRIGHT.
Commissioners Stevens Goes Out
on a Still Hunt.

Tue Macon Telegraph says com.
plants against coal oil in Georgia
have caused Commissioner O. B. Stew
ems to make tour of inspection. He
passed through Macon few days ago
to look into the situation in all parts
of the state, and announced that when
he returned.to Atlanta he would make
his report.
"The oil see ms to meet the require
mentr so far as its power to resist heat
is concerned, said Mr.. Stevens, "and
it will not explode except under such
conditions as are contemplated by
the law, but that is not the trouble.
We have no complaints on that score.
The trouble seems TO be due to the
fact that there is not enough illumi-
mating power in the oil. do not know
what the trouble is. That is what
am Investigating"
Very naturally the report of the COM
missioner is being watched for, be-
cause the people who have been burn
ing oil IN Dawson have been very i'm
patient about the light which it fur
nishes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
ATLANTA is YEiRNING
GREATLY FOR HEllERIE,
DEAR PWINCE" WILL BE CORRALED
IF IT is POSSIBLE.
Would Draw Visitors and Trade and Be,
Fine Financial Investment. Mar
thaviIIe Is Wide Awake.

A dispatch saws that Atlanta will
have Prince Henry if he strolls any
where in this section of the south dur
| ing his visit to the United States.
The people of the city will make a
long pull, a strong pull and pull all to-
gether to capture him, and will enlist
the assistance of the county and state
officially in securing the princes pres
ence in Atlanta for at least enc day.
The prince as an advertising card
for the Gate City is regarded as shot
stuff" and every effort will be made to
secure him, so that In later years it
can be said that she once lived here
and has many friends in the city,"
If the prince comes he will be shown
every attention.
He will be given banquet, ride
over the city and particularly drive
out Peachtree and back IN Colonel
Bob Lowry's tallaho coach and then
carried to Grant park, where will be
shown him the Gress Zoo, and the Cy-
clorama Battle of Atlanta. All of
these things will no doubt greatly at
tract his attention and give him lots to
talk about when he returns home and
over mug of beer tells the emperor
all about the things he saw in the
United States.
He may also be entertained at the
oyster roast and beer matinee at the
Atlanta brewery, as final wind up of
the festivities of the occasion.
The chamber of commerce and the
city council of Atlanta have passed
resolutions inviting Prince Henry to
visit Atlanta, in which it is intimated
that should he fail TO do so he will re-
turn home without having seen q very
large slice of the United States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
is MAN "TOO LAZY?"
Woman Says Laziness Causes
More Destitution Than Liquor.

Mrs. Sophia Demuth of Alton, Ill,
makes the charge against man that he
is altogether too lazy. She holds, in
deed, that his laziness causes more
destitution and suffering than his
drink habits
For eighteen years Mrs. Demuth has
been police matron in Alton. For a
number of years she has been an Off
Ger of the humane society, and for two
years the probation officer of the
County Court in which she lives. tt
will be seen, therefore, that Mrs. De-
muth has had opportunities for inves-
tigation: and, having waited so long to
give publicity 10 her theory, she is
certainly deserving OF the credit of
honest conviction.
In the course of her experience, she
says, she has found that not all lazy
men drink, nor are all drinking men
lazy. Men who have schooled them
selves in Incidence, she says, and who
have gone to such degree of laziness
that they lack in { large measure the
initiative for earning a stable liveli-
hood, are chiefly responsible for the
poverty of the country, and are indi-
rectly the cause of the large expendi-
lures for charities and corrections. In
short, it is her belief that laziness
causes more restitution than liquor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
CANNOT ACCEPT PRESENTS.
Congress May Relieve President,
However.

In the present opinion of the Of
ficials in Washington President ROose-
welt cannot accept any present from
either Emperor William or Prince
Henry without authority from con-
gress. An examination of the prece-
dents is said to disclose the fact that
while in many instances presidents
apparently received presents from
abroad they never have retained these
except by express authority conferred
by congress. In the other cases where
the gifts have not been returned the
presents have been deposited by the
president in the department of state
or in the Smithsonian Institution.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
GEORGIA A "BLAcK PATCH. -
Boston Females Celebrate Its Removal
From Darkness to Liqht.

A utilization to celebrate the remov-
al from the w. G. T. U. map of the
United States of the last "black patch, !"
signifying a section in which scientif-
ic temperance instruction did not pre-
vail, was held by Mrs. Mary H. Hunt,
national and worlds superintendent of
the Department of Scientific Temper
ance, in Boston, Mass, few nights
ago.
Many temperance workers were
present, including Miss Katherine
Lent Stevenson, president of the state
union, who said:
eve are met to commemorate a
great victory. Congratulations are
surely in order, first to the state OF
Georgia, then to the whole nation,
which has shared the shame and sor.
row of that one black patch in our, for
two years, otherwise spotless temper
ance legislation map"
Mrs. Harriet T. Todd read new
version of Marching Through Geor-
gia."
A letter was read from national w.
c. T. U. president, Mrs. L. NJ. N. Stew
en5on Of Portland, Me-, saying:
Cali temperance people must rejoice
that Georgia has risen into line with
every other state in the Union by the
enactment of temperance education
al law"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
BRYAN COULDN'T COMPLY.
Received an Unusual Petition
from Lady Teachers.

Mr.. Bryan recognizes the Inherent
right of petition, but he also knows
that it is not always wise to grant
what the petitioners pray. At Wash
ington, Pa, the other day he deliver
ed an address before an assembly
from the public schools. AS he as
cended the platform note was hand
ed TO him. 1t proved to be a petition
signed by all OF The women teachers
asking permission to Kiss him. He
blushed. shook his head and said he
couldn't let them, because his wife
read the papers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
FIVE CANDIDATES IN FIELD.
Smith and Brown Pretty Certain
to Be in the Race.

Il An Atlanta dispatch says: The i'm
preston is gaining ground at the cap
ltol that there are going 10 be five can
dldates in the gubernational race in
spite OF the effort in certain quarters
to make it appear that Hon. Pope
Brown Of Pulaski and Hon. Jim Smith
sof Oglethorpe are only quarter horses.
You may put it down that Colonel
Smith will be in the race to the finish"
said Hon. Mark Willingham of Ogle-
thorpe, who was in the city few days
ago Il have heard from Mr.. Smith
within the last three or four days, and
l know he is in it to stay. He is not
saying much now, perhaps, buthe is at
work and will be heard from at prop
er time and in proper way"
Hon. Pope Brown is quoted as say
ing to one of the capitol officials when
last IN the city that he intended TO
run to the end in spite of the efforts of
certain politicians and certain news
paper men to make it appear that he
was out of it.
saw a package of letters two feet
Llgh addressed to Mr.. Brown the other
uay' one of bis friends remarked,
and they were nearly everyone favor
able. That looks like he is at work,
does Mt it?'
Hon' William Schley Howard. repre-
sentative from DeKalb county, was in
the city few days ago. In speaking
u matters political he said:
i met Colonel Estill of Savannah on
'he Train the other day, as he was re-
turning from Gainesville. He is man
.nSC admire greatly, and we are anx-
.ous 10 hear 'from him in DeKalb.
invited him to come over and meet our
peo"le, and l hope he will do so. The
people of DeKalb hope to have the
pleasure OF hearing from all the candi-
NaVes Tor governor during the course
o' the campaign"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
OUR SYRUP AND SUGAR.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
Coming TO Georgia.

Hon. James Wilson, United States
secretary of agriculture, will be in
Savannah on March 5. The secretary
will be accompanied by DR.. II. W..
Wiley, chief of the national bureau of
chemistry. They will be entertained
5y the Savannah board of trade and
possibly other organizations while
here.
Secretary Wilson is coming south to
make an investigation of the syrup and
sugar industries. From Savannah he
will go to Waycross, Jacksonville.
Brunswick, Miami, Key West, Tampa,
Sanford and other points in western
Florida
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
SOLD HUGS.
Unique Church Entertainment in
Springfield, Ohio.

For the benefit of Springfield, o.,
church, the women of the congrega-
ton sold hugs al thurch festival.
The schedule of rates was as follows:
Girls under fifteen, two-minnte hugs,
Is cents; girls under twenty, so cents;
twenty-five, IS cents; another mans
wife, 81; old maids, 3 cents. 1t
is said that the hugging booth was
we'll patronized, which is most pecul-
lar circumstance. Ordinarily the hug
that is bought and paid for is not de-
sired. 1t is the stolen hug: the hug in.
the darkened hallway or behind the
parlor door, that is most appreciated. .
! If the property hugs at the church fair
sold at the prices quoted they brought
big money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-05
B. s B. AFFAIRS.
Road To Be Pushed Much Faster
Than at First Thought.

A Brunswick dispatch says some de-
velopments in Brunswick and Birming-
ham railroad matters may be looked
for within the next few days. Vice
President c.. j. Bushnell and party
srom New York were in Brunswick on
a hurried tour of inspection on Mon.
day.
His report, it is said, will be extreme
ly satisfactory. They found more
here than he or his party expected.
He said: "You can say this much,
that beyond any question the Bruins
wick and Birmingham will be pushed
on to Birmingham good deal faster
than was expected after we finish. ar
ranging the terminals here. Expe-
rienced people know the expense and
trouble of getting terminal facilities
after road is built, and our people
have judgment enough not to push
their road into the foundation until af-
ter the interior is fixed. In a short
time the full plans may be divulged
by others, but | do not care to antici'
pate that"
Chief Engineer Roberts and corps
have just returned from satisfactory
prospecting tour through Georgia and
Alabama. President Machen is ex,
pected from New York the first week
in February.