The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-04-06

NInG Hark6Tlb6S III NCOi = =" W -
tainlv superstitious, for they believe
in signs" was the facetious criticism
passed by wag in the Kimball House
lohby this morning when he saw Il
foot sign bearing the inscriptions
"The Headquarters of the Alton b.
Parker Club of Georgia, Rooms lOo
and 10 Kimball House." swung, as
canopy, over the head of Ed Galloway
presiding at the desk in that well
known hOstelry.
On leaving the Kimball House few
minutes later he saw suspended from
the balcony on the outside OF rooms
1903 and 10 the sign headquarters OF
the Alton B. Parker Democratic Club
of Georgia" which is the name select
ed by the alleged Parker club with A.
T.. Miller of Macon as president.
This got the wag's brain working
and he remarked:
ssWe all know who puts up the signs,
hut the question now before the house
is, who puts up the dough-"
The above is the prelude to what
promises to be the most exciting COM
ic opera ever staged in Atlanta, for the
facts, without establishment, are
these:
The real Parker club, with Hugh
Dorsey as president, has secured head
quarters at the KINDA House in
rooms 1O8 and 10, and has placed Sec
rotary w. c. Wadley in charge. There
has been furnished desk, chairs, sta
tiouerv and, it is said, full corps OF
stenoCraphers to prepare campaign
literature which will be furnished him
within a day or two
On the door of the entrance to the
headquarters is a sign, thusly: Head
quarters of the A. B. Parker Club OF
Georgia, Rooms los and ITO Kimball
House.
Without the headquarters, on the
balcony, there is stretched a 2O-foot
sign of the rival club, the alleged
Parker Democratic Club of Georgia.
In Aaring lines it is proclaimed:
"Headquarters of the Alton B. Parker
Club of Georgia. Rooms ia and ZIG,
Kimball House."
1t is explained that the alleged
Parker club tried to secure the corner
rooms as headquarters and Installed
the sign before securing the rooms.
ALLEGED CLUB.
In rooms ia and 1l6 the alleged
Parker club has opened up headquar-
tiers. The rooms are to be in charge
of Captain w. G. Massey. On the
door of the headquarters entrance is
the sign:
"HeaLq uarters of the A. B. Parker
Democratic Club of Georgia. All Dem
ocrats Welcome. Rooms ia and ll6."
The rooms have been fitted up with
a number of chairs, tables and a new
long distance phone hangs mutelY on
the wall.
The only campaign literature yet IN
the alleged Parker club headquarters
isa pile of 500 Atlanta Journals of last
Sundays issue proclaiming at length
the organization of the alleged club.
It is believed the Journals will be
used for reference to prove to visitors
that there is such an organization as
the alleged parker Democratic Club
of Georgia." and to show that there
are numbered among its one hundred
officers many democrats who support
ed Cleveland in his many campaigns
and others who are declaring for
Hearst. Its said that the list of COM
mittees will be prominently posted so
that there may be no danger of an Off
Ger not being recognized when be
comes into the headquarters.
WHO'S WHO IN THE KIMBALL?"
1t is rumored that strike is immi
nent among the bell boys at the Kim
ball House because they are unable to
differentlate between the original and
the alleged Parker clubs, which have