The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-05-13

resents in the general assembly. Daw.
son is the home of Hon. o. B. Stew.
ems, commissioner of agriculture, who
in his very first race carried 100 coun-
ties in the state. How we'll he has ad-
ministered his Office is attested by the
fact that in the last democratic prima-
ry he lost only three counties in Geor.
gia. Years ago MIR. Stevens was rep.
resentative from Terrell. Then he
was sent to the state senate, and in
1894 was a candidate for congress in
his district. He received the support
of the Farmers Alliance, and came
very near being nominated. There
was something in the district cam
paign which his friends did not ap-
prove and he was urged to make the
race before the people. He would
have been elected probably, but de-
clined to be driven into an antagonis-
tic position to the democratic party.
The high plane he then took has made
him impregnable in the councils of
the party. When so many alliance
leaders lost their heads he remained
true TO his political allegiance. The
neighbors of lobe Stevens say that he
has always been noted for his unshak-
en- sagacity. 1t was at the Albany
convention, when Mr.. Stevens name
was withdrawn, that young Griggs
won his spurs. He leaped into promi-
nence by denouncing in an impassion-
ed way some of the methods by which
he thought his favorite had been beat
en- tor the nomination, but he warned
the delegates that Terrell could not be
stamDeded in her fealtY TO the party.
James M. Griggs is now congress
man from the second. His career has
been phenomenal. At one time he
was editor of little paper in Berrien
county. Then he was careless, easy,
genial boy, without thought of the
morrow or an indication of future
prominence. He moved TO Dawson
and married. Then he commenced to
climb. He was appointed solicitor
general of the circuit and afterwards
Judge of the court. He went to con-
gress without trouble, and it is said
that not man in the Chautauqua dis
trict is ready to contest the palm with
him for his place. He is as witty as
Proctor Knott, as fearless as Babe
Bailey and as ready as Tom Reed. If
the house ever becomes democratic
Griggs is going to give somebody a
race for the speakership. There are a
number of Interesting young men In
Dawson There is James G. Parks,
who, years ago, went out of the law
school of tee state university, who has
twice represented his district in the
state senate. He is a scholarly, elO
Quent man, and has the finest law
practice in that section of the
country. There is NJ. j. Yeomans, the
sOn-iu.law of MIR. O. B. Stevens, sole.
itor of the city court, who has become
one of the most astute political mana
gers in Georgia. He was chair
man of the last state democratic con-
vention, and, it is said had 5000 cor
respondents on his list during the
summer of 1902. He believes that the
new process of boiling turpentine from
pine stumps Is going TO revolutionize
the naval stores industry in Georgia.
More than that, he is firm advocate
of the buff Plymouth as the coming
fowl. Future governors of Georgia
want to get mighty intimate with Geo-
mans, for he has lots of practical infor-
nation bound up in his experience
already. Mr.. Joseph A. Laing is the
solicitor general of the circuit. He is
an old Athens graduate: is fine law
wear and good citizen. Most of the
we'll to do men In the Georgia villages
have fine dogs and modern guns, and
here and there a fourishing fishing
club follows the sport which DR.. Van
Dyke says created philosophers and
makes men for craftsmanship. Rev.
Osgood F. Cook, formerly the pastor
of Grace church, is now stationed in
Dawson, and has many friends. He
has admiral BILE pulpit talents and social
Qualities. Hon. Samuel r. Christie is
state senator from the Eleventh dis
trict, composed of the counties of Clay,
Randolph and Terrell. He is resi-.
dent of Dawson. He entered the army
mere boy and Joined Purden's bat.
terry He has been sheriff of his coun-
ty and representative in the lower
house of the legislature. He is chair
man of the board of county commits
siooners, and is a fine type of the sue
cessful business man, and, like Mr..
Laing, is brother'in-law to Hon. ..