The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-17

slowed. Mr.. Slaton has been a mem
Der of the house for several terms
and has served the state with such sag
nal ability and fidelity that he easily
ranks among the foremost OF Oeor-
gia's public men.
Sneaker Slaton will sound all right,
and will be all right.
THE Macon Telegraph notes that
doubts are not wanting as to the gen
uineness of the corpse OF John Pau
Jones which General Porter has found
in the St. Louis cemetery in Paris
"It may not be civil to investigate
gift corpse too closely" says the CHI
cago Tribune, but that journal IS or
the opinion that the inscription on the
prOposed American tomb, if honestly
written. would be: "Here lies-per-
haps-the body of John Paul Jones. "
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is probably
the first republican leader OF proml-
nence that the great democratic CLUB
of the west, the Iroquois Club of CHI
cago, ever entertained. He was not
entertained however, as republican,
but as a friend and as the president
1t was a great compliment to the pres
ident for him to be the guest OF that
organization.
THE indifference and uncOncern
with which the marriage VOWS are as
sumed and discarded in some sections
of this country is scandalOus and dis
gushing. In New York city Mrs. Mary
j. Crowther, "a handsome brunette
of thirtv-twO years." has been granted
a divorce from her seventh husband.
IN case carried up from Augusta
the supreme court has decided that
street carnival is nuisance, and no
municipal government has right to
grant to any party the use of its
streets for such a purpose. This will
put an end to the swindling, filthy,
immoral street shows in Georgia.
THE Southern Baptist Convention,
now in session at Kansas City, Mo-,
has declared that it is not its business
to solve the so-called negro problem.
And that is true. Meddling with the
negro and his future by various bod
les and individuals has made prob
lem where none existed.
NAN PATTERSON has been released
from Jail on her own recognizance,
and one Of the most exploited criminal
cases that New York has enjoyed in
many years is at an end Let us hope
that nothing more will be heard of
this nasty affair.
The Madison Advertiser wants to
know if Pope Brown manipulated the
late cotton growers convention in At
lanta to boost his campaign for gov
ernor He missed it if he did. The
thing is too weak to boost anything
THE Americas Times Recorder says |
that if the bicycle laws Of other cities /
have no more effect than they do in
Americas they might as well attach a
shot gun and turn it loose. The same
here.
THE brownsville Press ventures the
belief that the per capita wealth of
southwest Georgia is greater than that
Of any other section Of the state. Our
contemporary is not alone in this be-
lief.
AN official report on assertions in
the American navy says that Of an en-
listed force of 30, O66 men only 1917 per
cent deserted. "Only" 1917 per cent
seems rather large.
THE Atlanta Journal calls on the
state railroad commissioners to re-
ign. Governor Terrell, however,
iced not begin looking around for
heir successors.
HON. c. r. PRINGLE, for many
ears president of the Georgia PrOhi-
,itiOn Association and pioneer lead
r in that cause, has died at his home
n SanderSville.
Hon. ROLAND ELLIS of Bibb cOun-
Y has resigned as member of the
legislature. As Georgia politician
dr. Ellis is in fair way to become a
THE railroad commission has low
red the rate Oh cooking stoves to
Dawson. Now if they will only lower
he rates on things to cook on the
tOyes.
A WISE country editor observes
hat all the advice his contemporaries