The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-03-04

Now, it is plainly the duty OF every
farmer to grow more corn this year
than be has been doing. Plant more
acres, and make more to the acre.
Both can easily be done.
THE Atlanta papers have been hav-
ing a great deal to say about the union
railroad depot to be built in that city.
When they first began to talk about it
the impression gained from what they
said was that they we're going to have
a depot something like the one at St.
Louis or the one at BOston-structure
costing several millions of dollars. 1t
seems, however, that the cost OF the
depot and the shed and approaches is
to be about $3.50, 1000. That sum will of
course pay for modest structure, If IL
is built at all.
THE dignity of the presidential office
has fallen greatly. Every democratic
nominee for mayor in northern city
is forthwith heralded as a possible
presidential candidate. Mr.. NJ. E. In
gals of Cincinnati is the latest mayor
alty candidate who has been given this
distinction. If Mr.. Ingalls is wise he
will brush aside this meaningless
mention, and devote his energies to
private affairs after the election in his
city.
GOVERNOR TERRELL has declined an
invitation to be present at the dedica-
ton exercises of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition in ST. Louis on April
Both. Being loyal Georgian. he will
attend the Chautauqua at Albany
about that time and deliver an address.
| All of south west Georgia will be pres
cot and welcome him. and he will feel
| better for having declined the st. Louis
! invitation.
EVIDENCE has been filed that Apos-
tie Smoot, Utah's senatOr-elect. has
plural wives. But SmoOt, unlike Con-
gresham Roberts, who was denied a
sea: among the nations high muck-a
mucks, is a republican, and that will
cover multitude of sins with the pow
ers in Washington. The number Of
wives a fellow has makes no differ
ence there If his politics is right.
HERE is a worse affair in The north
than the one at Indianola, Miss. There
is "a small town in Pennsylvania called
Indiana, and there were twenty negroes
living there few days age; but they
have all been made to leave. The white
people drove the entire negro popula-
ton away and burned their houses.
MILLIONAIRE VANDERBILT has
solved the negro problem 80 far as it
affects him by paying Hamite $1,000
for nine acres of worthless lana which
Joined his Biltmore palace at Ashe-
Vile, N. C. He is one of those north
ern fellows who loves the brother In
black at long taw.
WE are ia receipt Of the Georgetown
Tribune, newspaper just begun pub
| LEGATION there by Messrs. Il. j. Cross
and George C. Williams. 1t is neat
and newsv, and this paper hopes it
will weather the storms of country
| journalism.
REPORT from Honolulu says that a
series of earthquake shocKs have ele-
waited the island of Guam as much as
six inches. That's few inches higher
than some of our other "benevolently
assimilated" possessions have been
raised.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, the alleged phi
lanthropist, was the guest of Atlanta
Saturday. He is down this way to
take a peep at the gold bricks he has
distributed in the shape of libraries.
THE Savannah Press notes that
Pierpont Morgan contrived to spend
Is cents in that town upon his recent
visit there. He bought Yiolets.
| AN exchange says the recent big
rise in cotton was worth $50, 900, 600 TO
the south. But the real farmers didn't
get any of it.