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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
COURT HAD SHORT SESSION.
Adjourned as Soon as Report of
Grand Jury Could Be Received.

The adjourned term of Terrell SUI
perior court, which convened Monday
morning, did not last longer than noon.
Judge Sheffield, on account OF theprev,,
alence OF smallpox in the county and
in Difference TO the wishes of citizens,
adjourned the court as soon as the
report of the grand jury could be re-
ceived and jurors drawn for the May
term.
During the morning several pleas OF
guilty were entered by prisoners,
among them VIM. Brown, who killed
his wife recently on the Keith place.
He was given life sentence in the
penitentiary.
The grand jury presentments con.
tanned no recommendations OF special
interest. They com mend the present
system of working the roads.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
DEALERS MUST REGISTER.
Those Who Pay Special Tax Must
Visit the Ordinary.

Under the state law all dealers in
Dawson aud Terrell county liable to
special tax levied by the legislature
must register in the Office of the ordi-
nary at once.
Among those thus required to regis
ter are photograph artists, auctioneers,
keepers of billiard tables, keepers of
any other tables, ten pin alleys, YEA
doris of patent medicines, liquor deal
ers, dealers in pistols, dealers in
futures, vendors of stoves, itinterant
doctors, dentists, etc, packing houses,
brewing companies, pawn brokers,
cigarette dealers, shows, circuses, etc
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
PERRY s ROBERTS OUT.
The welI-KnOwr|-, Warehouse
Firm Quits business.

Perry & Roberts, the well-known
aud popular cotton warehOusemen, who
have conducted one of the largest and
most successful businesses of it's kind
in southwest Georgia, have dissolved
copartnership, and both have retired
from that field. Mr.. B. B. Perry will
devote his time to his large farming
interests, while Mr. George M. Rob-
erts becomes secretary and treasurer
of the Southern Grocery Co.
he new firm of Perry & Ivey, con-
sisting OF Mr.. Pat Perry and Mr..
Claude Ivey, succeeds that of Perry &
Roberts. Messrs. Perry and Ivey are
energetic and popular young men, and
will no doubt do a h0urishing business
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
NEWS OF THE SOCIAL REALM
RECEPTIONS AND OTHER ENJOYABLE
FUNCTIONS DURING THE WEEK.
A Number of Entertainments Mark the
Fleetinu of the Old Year and Extend
Greeting to the New.

Mrs. Maggie Crouch entertained the
members of her Sunday school class
with delightful party Tuesday even
ing. The time was very, enloYaoII
spent by those present in playing
games. Delicious refreshments were
served during the evening.
Progressive Love Party.
One of the most delightful affairs OF
the present season will be the PRO
gressiYe Love Parry" which will be
given at the Hotel Thelma this Tues
day) evening by Mrs. NJ. |. Harrell in
honor of her niece, Miss Pollard, OF
Massachusetts. Mrs. Rarrells repu-
tation as an entertainer is well known,
and the young people hidden to this
leap year entertainment will not lack
inspiration for the enjoyment which
the occasion suggests.
In Honor of Miss Noyes and Miss smith.
One of the most thoroughly enJoya-
BILE events yet recorded in the social
calendar this season was Mrs. II. W
Pittman's reception Tuesday evening
in honor of her sister, Miss Noyes OF
Acworth, and Miss Smith of Americas.
The charming informality OF the occa-
sion was the keynote of the exceeding
pleasantness of the evening. odd
fashioned games" made a program of
amusement which was heartily enter
ed into, and was just as heartily de-
lighted in by all present. Blind
mans buff, gathering the potatoes ;"
ana tossing the handkerchief" were
very enjoyable features of the enter
tainment. The way in which the
guests found their places at the table
represented a very original concep
tion. At each plate was a souvenir
molly leaf on which was written the
name of the one who was to occupy
chat place, but the letters in the name
were trans posed so that it was neces-
sary to rearrange the letters in Oruer
10 find ones self, or rather the means
of his or her identity. A delicious
sd ldQ cOuES6 was SCINCOH oANCL WhASh
the parlors were made the scene OF
pleasant conversation for the remain
der of tbs evening.
a Tacky Party.
Miss Julia Christie entertained
Thursday night at her home on Third
avenue in honor of her guest, Miss
Ella Stevens OF Atlanta. The occasion
was one of the most delightful ever at
tended by the younger set in Dawson,
and Miss Christie proved herself a
charming hostess.
MIR. Bell Gives Dinner.
Mr.. j. Mercer Bell entertained sew
eral friends with an elegant dinner at
the hospitable home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. r. Mercer, on Stonewall street,
Thursday evening, which was greatly |
enj Dyed by those present.
Entertained Sunday School Glass.
= JGdge j. G. Parks entertained the
mem 6ers ~ ~his Sunday school class
AFTERNOON with a candy |
pulling. The occasion was very
merry ana pleasa4t one TO all present. |
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
GUANO HIGHER THIS YEAR.
Price of the Crop Persuader Adj
vanced 81 to 81 a Ton.

The farmers have already begun to
haul out the guano for the next crop,
and soon wagons will be banked
around the storage building waiting
their turn TO be loaded.
There has been considerable ad'
vance in the price of guano, and the
farmers will pay from 81 to 81 per ton
more for it this year than last.
But notwithstanding the high price
the dealers are expecting a large
trade. It is the general opinion that
the sales will be as large as they eyer
were.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
BRYAN-AVERA.
A Terrell Groom Claims a Quit
man Bride.

At the residence of MIR. and Mrs. j.
A. Avera in Quittman county, on Dec.
9th, Mr.. D. w. Bryant and Miss
Carrie Avera we're married at the
home of the bride The ceremony was
performed by Rev. A. A. Garrett of Fit.
Valley.
The groom is a prosperous and sue
cessful farmer of Terrell county, and
the bride is loved and admired by
friends who know her good traits OF
character.
The happy couple left Immediately
after the ceremony for their home
near Dawson. A host of friends extend
congratulations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
FOUNTAIN PEN PERFECTION,
Quaker City SeIf-FiIIng Fountain Pen Fills
Itself and Thereby Fills Long FeltWant.

Quaker City SeIf-FiIIing Fountain Pen fills
Itself and Thereby Fills Long FeItWant'
Anv reliable time saver is eagerly
welcomed by the modern business man.
prohahlv the most forcefu. illustration
of This condition of things in recent
wears was the enthusiasm with which
The fountain pen was greeted. IL
seemed to mean the saving OF so mucn
time and annoyance for SO MANY people
that its sale was simply phenomenal.
But the fountain pen was not by any
means perfect and its users soon dis
covered that the bother was only con-
centrated, instead of being dispensed
with The finest fountain pen would
write indlfferently we'll as long as there
was ink in it. but when that gave out
our busv man had to stop, unscreW an
inkv can. hunt around for filler and
the particular ink recommended Oy
the manufac turers of that particular
men and so on through long process
of annoyance.
The manufacturers of the Quaker
CITY Self-Fllliug Fountain Pen nave
overcome all this bother and produced
a practical writing tool which Is as
easy to use as if one were simply writ
ing with the filler needed for the old
pen. There is nothing to unscrew,
nothing to squirt, nothing TO lose or
get out of order. It's construction is
simple and substantial and the opera
ton of filing it so simple that you
wonder nobody thought of it before,
IL is merely necessary TO dip the
pen, pressing it slightly, lift up as
usual and 60 on writing. Its capacity
is no less than the bothersome kind.
We feel that we are not over-prais-
ing the Quaker City Self-Filling Foun-
tain Pen when we say that it repre-
SCENTS the acme of fountain pen achieve
ment.-Free Press.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
SPRING TERM OPENS.
Dawson Schools Have a Good
Attendance.

The spring session of the Dawson
public schools opened Monday morn
ing with Superintendent Hawkins and
his corps of efficient teachers In
charge. For the first day of the term
the attendance of pupils was crafty
ingly l.rge, being 200 Already the
teachers and pupils have settled ao"n
t1the routine of duties, and the pres
ent session gives promise OF being one
of the most successful in the history OF
the school
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
Children Poisoned.

Many children are poisoned and
made nervous and weak, If not killed
outright, by mothers giving them
cough sYrups containing opiates.. Fo-
Lewis Honey and Tar is safe ana GER
tain cure for coughs, Group and lung
trouble, and is the only prominent
cough medicine that contains no CPL
ates or other poisons.
HENDRICKS DRUG STORE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
You Know What You Are Taking

When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the for .nula Is plainly
printed on every hottie showing that
it is simply iron and quinine in a taste
less form. No cure, no pay 30 cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-06
A Card.

We haven't time, if we were willing,
to belittle ourselves finging at other
peoples advertisements. 1t is our
opinion that those ,who, attend totheir
own business will have good stead y
job. DAVIS-DAVIDsON co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
GRiNNlNG
An Accepted Form of Sport In EARLY
EnElish Days.

An Accepted Form OF Sport In EARLY
English Days.
That grinning matches were an ac-
septcd form of sport in early English
days is shown by an advertisement an
nouncing q gold ring to be grinned for
by men on Oct. 8 at the Swan, Coleshill
heath, in Wa~rwickshire, which appear
ed In the Post-Boy Of Sept. II and II,
I'LL, supplemented by the suggestion
that all the country fellows within ten
miles Of the Swan should grin an hour
or w In their glasses every morning
in order to qualify themselves for this
extraordinary competition.
Addison gives q detailed account of
one of these Controversies of faces"
telling us that the audience unanimous
ly bestowed the ring on IL cobblcr, who
produced several new grins of his own
invention, having been used to cut
faces for many years together over his
last"
His performance was something like
this: AT the very first grin he cast ev-
cry human feature out of his counte-
nance; at the second he simulated the
face Of n spout, at the third that of a
balloon, Mt the fourth the head OF q
bass vlol and at the fifth n pair Of nut
crackers" Addison adds that a comely
wench, whom he had wooed In vain for
more than five years, was so charmed
with his grins that she married him the
following week, the cobbler using the
prize as his wedding ring.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
NORPFlINE
Opium, Whiskey and
All Drug Habits
Cured Without Pain at
Your Home.

If you are addicted to these habits
you think you will quit it. You won't:
you can't unaided; but GU can be cured
and restored to your former health and
vigor without pain or the loss of an
hour from your business at a moderate
cost. The medicine builds up your
health, restores your nervous system
10 Its normal conditi n you feel like a
different person from the be ginning of
treatment, LEAVING OFF THE
OPIATES AFTER THE FIRST DOSE.
You will o be convinced and fully
satisfied In your Own nina that you
will be cured.
MI. Il. M. Brown, of DeQueen, Ark,
says: cover seven years ago | was
cured of the opium habit by your medi-
cine, and have continued in tho very
best Of health since.
DR.. w. M. Tunstall, of Livingston,
Va says: III am glad to say that |
firmly believe that / am entirely and
permanently cured of the Drink Habit,
as l have never even so much as wanted
a drink in any form since | took your
~eradicator, now eighteen months ago.
1t was the best dollar l ever invested"
Mrs. Virginia Townsend, of Shreve-
port, La, writes: "No more opium. /
have taken no other remedy than
yours and l make no mistake when l
say that my health Is better now than
it ever was in my life, and | owe it to
you and your remedy. 1T has been
twelve years since L was cured by
your treatment"
For full particulars address DR.. b.
M. Woolley, 301 Lowndes, Bldg, At
lanta, Ca, who will send you his book.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
THE GYPsIEs.

Their Tribes Existed In Europe
From I"niric;noriaI Times.
Gypsies were found in England about
1914, according to ~ Dialogue of Sir
Thomas More QJ20), but the exact
year of their arrival is unknown. They
were present in Scotland in 1905, and
possibly they were the "Saracens'
whose depredations in that country
prior to AGO are OH record.
Bataillard and other authors believe
that gypsies existed in Europe from
immemorial times, for they find no ac-
count of their crossing the Bosporus,
and no record is known to exist of their
passage to England OF Scotland.
They were better received i'm these
countries than in any other, but so
early as 1881 an act was passed re-
curing Ii Egyptians TO quit the
realm under pain of death, Il similar
edict being issued in Scotland i'm 1541
and Mt varying periods in most of the
European states.
Transportation across the seas was
among the mildCr means adopted and
probably was he cause of much fur
ther dispersion of the tribes. Under
Henry VIII. gypsies were shipped from
England TO Norway or France, and
from France, so recently as 1902, they
were dcported to Africa.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
AT HOME IN
What Most ~Impresses About the Thorn.
well Orphanage.

When one re-. visits the Thornwell
Orphanage after two or three years In
teryal. as the writer did last Thurs-
day, one is always astopished at the
growth. Always there are two or
three new and handsome buildings
with s condary improvements add
Ing TO thu complete efficiency of the
plant. In short, the Thornwell Or
phansge has grown to be a great in
stltutior, Involving a large permanent
investment and annual expenditure. 1t
would be regarded as a most impor-
tant feature OF the town were 1t in
lSichmond or Nashville, just as it Is of
a town of 5000 people.
However, 1t Is not the bigness or the
completeness or the architecture of the
Ihornwell Orphauage that impresses
the observing visitor. Rather is It that
the institution does not seem to be an
orphanage. That word brings to mind
always the picture of children who arc
herded at public expense and one
tolnks OF the inmate as a creature diff.
ierent from Their small human Great
ures, with its own peculiar stamp
which it must bear through life. At
DIR. Jacobs institution one sees some
hundreds of girls and boyr, each and
every one with the air and manner of
content and happiness, quite equal to
THAT OF children in most homes. In
deed, we believe that the children in
this orphanage enjoy more of intelli-
gent home care, and, while they are
supported with extreme economy, have
more 10 help in right moral and ply
steal development than the children Of
the average American household. This
can be said of few "charitable institu-
tons" One can't think of q home IS
being Constituted" The c%hildren's
homes like this at Clinton are exceed.
ingly rare Public benovolences usually
fail just where DR.. Jacobs has sue
ceeded. There are thousands of or
phanages AID other institutions far
wealthier than the Thornwell, but the
inmates as a rule are 'therded in them !"
1t is written in the faces Of thcs, boys
and girls in G inton that they feel at
home.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
st. PntricIS's Purgatory.

Medieval songs and legends, which
are rich in all sorts Of mythical and
fantastical lore, locate the entrance to
st. Patrick's famous ''purgatory" on
the island of Tough Derg, Ireland. The
opening itself was through Il cave, the
existence of which was revealed TO the
saint by Christ, who informed the good
Patrick that any one with the moral
courage to go down into the cavern
would be saved the pangs OF the real
"purgatory" after death. Patrick built
a monastery at the entrance of his
earthly 'purgatory" and secured the
way to the pit by an iron gate provid-
ed with strong chains and locks of
peculiar and intricate workmanship.
Lough Derg, next to Jerusalem, was
the most celebrated spot on earth dur
Ing the middle ages. Thousands visited
"purgatory" every year, and the whole
island had the appearance Of a popu-
lous city.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
UNTIMEL.Y CHEERS.
The Misplaced Enthusiasm of an lex,
Corpse In Ireland.

n Misplaced Enthusiasm of an ok
Corpse In Ireland.
1t was the rule in Ireland at one
time that after an execution the body
should hang an hour, but the sheriff,
from mistaken lcnity, would on some
occasions look away after the prisoner
had been turned off, while The friends
of the culprit would hold up their COM
paniOn by the waistband of the trousers
so that the rope would not press upon
his throat.
When the hour was expired the
deceased was put into n cart, which
was driven at Il gallop along the stony
road. The jolting generally brought
the prisoner to. One such recovery
was so complete that the resuscitatcd
man sat up in the coffin and gave three
cheers.
One of his friends was so shocked mt
this indecent conduct that he hit the
eN-corpsc on the head With his shillalah
n finished him. The question then
arose whether the assailant could be
tried for murder, but ii was ruled that
no man could be successfully charged
with the murder of Il man who was al
ready dead in law.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
THE WINTER OF 1861.
Coldest OF the Ninetecnth Century In
New England.

COldeBt OF the Nineteenth Century In
New England.
The winter OF 1861 was noted for be-
ing one OF the coldcst, and, in fact, it
was the coolest one. In the century.
The coolest day Of the winter was Fri
day, Feb. %, and is known as cold
Friday. There had been Il heavy
storm Of light. fine snow. 1t cleared
Off cold, and the wind blew q perfect
gale, thus making the cold more fear
full. The air was filled with snow so
thick one could see only q rod or two
In any direction. Men who were Oblig-
ed to be OH the road persisted and were
found frozen as hard as marble statues.
n very few travellers survived the or
deal. But few had thermometers in
those days to tell how cold it really
was, but what few there were regis
tered 40 to so below zero in Androscog-
gin, and In Aroostook county 1t was
even lower. Penobscot bay was frozen
over so solid that Sam Randall of
Vanalhaven took n horse and sleigh
and, together with the Hon. Martin
Kif, who was the representative to the
legislature from Ninalhaven, cruised
from Ninalhavcn to North Haven, then
to Saddle island, then to Camden and
thence across country to Augusta,
where lie left Kiff and returned to vi
nalhaven again safely. Portland harbor
and Boston harbor were frozen over
solid. Thousands Of the Boston people
awaited themselves of the fact, and the
Ice on the harbor was covered with
characterization Journal.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
slCkRooM TACTICS.
A Successful Nurse Must He Gentle
Patient and TactfuI.

A Successful Nurse Must He Gentle,
Patient and Tactful.
The proper mental atmosphere Great
ed in a sickrOom is often as important
as the remedies given. A nurse should
be I'm touch with her paticnt-that is,
she should be sympathetic Inc not al
low irritability and whims to upset her
c~quanimity. The nurse who can create
an atmosphere of rcposc, who "a hui
NOR without indulging her patient in
all the idiosyncrasics of sick people,
has won half the battle. An unsympa-
thetic, impatient nurse will do more to
hinder recovery than the lack of rem
edies. 1t is not acts and words alone
that help or hinder; her very thoughts
are as potent as her general conduct,
and the sensitive patient will be influ-
enced for good or ill il the nurse were
dumb. She should at all times main
tain Il positive uplifting mental ntti-
tude and remember that the patients
irritability or mclancholia is justified
by her physical condition and is not
pervcrScncSs.
GcntlcncsS, patience and, above all,
tact are the requisites for good and in
telligcnt nursing, and the nurse who
lacks these qualities has indeed missed
her calling. Patients have often failed
to improve simply because they did not
fancy their nurse. A nurse must be
likable and make herself liked. and II
takes only plain tact and II little cir
cumspcction to ingratiatc herself with
the most embarrassing Of patients.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
Are Women Really stiney,

Are women meancr in giving than
men? 1t cannot rightly be urged that
they are. Women, after all, in buying
or in giving are commonly making use
of money that others have earned.
They have been trustees Of other peo-
pies money for 1000 years, and long
use has made them careful Of their
trust. OF course the petty meannesses
of a certain kind of woman have af-
fordcd infinite opportunities for mems
Jests and contempt, but those petty
mcanncsscs are nothing in comparison
with the great m%canncsscs Of really
sordid mCn.-London Spectator.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
o H ROSE.
The Term which stands as the Sym
Dol of Closed Lips.

The Term wh.ch stands ms the SYM
Dol of Closed Lips.
Sir L. Browne, in his Enquiries Into
Vulgar Errors" dated 1G4G, says of the
old phrase sub rosa, 1.-THE expression is
commendable, IL the rose from any
natural propertie may be the symbolic
Of silence" and goes OH to quote some
Latin lines which represent the rose
bud folded i'm its sheath as an emblem
Of closed lips.
He also speaks of the secrecy to be
observed Sin society and compotation,
from the ancient custome in Symposl-
acke meetings to wear chaplets of roses
about their heads"
Others derive the expression from the
fable that Cupid gave a rose to Har-
pocrates, the god of silence, as n bride
to prevent the disclosure of the amours
OF Venus.
There are many records Of roses
carved upon ceilings in early and in
more modern times as reminders TO
guests that words spoken i'm conviyial
moments should not be repeated.
1t Is said that in 1926 roses conse-
Grated by the pope were placed over
the confessionals In Rome to denote Sc
crecy.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
Const Line OF the phi,ippine.

A geographical magazine makes the
interesting statement that the Philip
pine Islands have q coast line double
that OF the main part of the United
States. The measurement given is H.
AL statute miles, while the total area
Is stated as 115,O2G square miles. In
the Philippines there is one mile of
a n to every ten miles of area; in
the United States the proportion is 1
to 300. 1t is said that 1900 islands and
islets can be counted on the CHARTS
Harpcr's Weekly.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
JOHN ISSAFE AGAIN.
Laurens Escaped Convict Captured
Laurens Convict PardOned.

John Miller, negro, sent to the pen
itentiary from this county for Is years
for manslaugbter in 1897 escaped in
1901. Last week he was recaptured in
Charlotte by Sheriff Monts Buford Of
Newberry and carried to Columbia
where he will visit his old friends for
IL years.
Governor Hayward has pardoned
Charles Rapp ent-nced to five years
from this county for mau-ktiling. 1t is
stated that tn, Judge and solicitor
agreed to recommend a pardon at the
end of three years at the time Of the
trial.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-03-02
FOR CORONER.

Many friends of Major NJ. HI.
Ferguson, from every Township in
the County, have solicited him to
become n candidate for Coroner
at the next Primary Election, and
he has consented. He will abide
the rules and regulations of said
Primary. Friends.*