The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-06
JUDGE RUssELL's BABIES.

Georgians were present and made adj
dresses, among them Judge Dick Rus
sell. one of the several able gentle
men who are seeking the democratic
nomination for governor of Georgia.
The News has it from a gentleman
who was present that Judge Russell's
speech was the feature of the day. He
fairly shelled the woods, and aroused
the multitude of hearers to a high
pitch of enthusiasm. He declared he
would be ashamed to say that he was
either a railroad or an anti-railroad
candidate, but he stood for the COM
mon people of the state and for the
things that we're to their best inter-
est. In referring to the report that
he had thirteen children, he said;
II have only nine. However, |
have never made any point OF them
in this campaign. But when l am
elected governor, and take my lit
tie procession out on Peachtree
street in their blue ginghams they
will put to shame some of those
Peachtree street swells whose
wives have nothing but pug dogs
to fondle."
1t will, indeed, be sight for those
Peachtree folk when the judge and his
good wife and nine rosy, happy chill
dren march down the fashionable
thoroughfare of the capital city to
the states mansion. And may it be
an inspiration to them, too!
Here is to Judge Dick and his nine
babtes-gingham dresses and all
MONDAY was the day of democracy,
officially known as Labor Day. 1t is
the day which the toilers have set
apart for the celebration of the glory
of toll. There are holidays in honor
of religious events, and in celebration
of military victories and political tri-
umphs, but it remained for the plain
people to demand that labor should
be honored with its own particular
holiday.
THE announcement comes that We
suvius is making ready to erupt
again. We sympthize with the Ital-
ians in that locality, but wouldn't ad-
wise them to move to Georgia as a
means of relief until this political
campaign is over. Georgia just now
has spouting of hot air to no small
extent
SAM SMALL has quit Brunswick and
the Brunwick Journal. No matter
who succeeds him, the paper will be
the poorer for his loss. The clear
ness and force of his writings take the
rank of first water
A MITCHELL county negro has been
arrested on the charge of peonage.
We don't believe the case has yet been
reported to that northern magazine
which recently berated the white peo-
pie of the south on this charge.
HON. W. H. VENABLE dropped dead
suddenly in Atlanta Saturday night.
He was, few years ago, president of
the state senate, and was one of Geor-
gia's best known and most useful citi-
zens.
THREE seismic jars, it is reported,
followed Immediately the conclusion
of the peace conference at Portsmouth.
Wonder if they didn't terminate, with
increased force, in Japan?
The Albany Herald has changed its
form" from four to eight pages. Our
neighbor is always good, no matter
in what shape it is presented to an
appreciative public.
WE neither see the sense, propriety
nor reason for some of the newspapers
devoting column or two daily to the
dirty Taggart divorce case. Give us
a rest, please.
THE Athens Banner says the aver
age Georgian cannot get along with
out his Bacon, and has an aversion
to Graves until he has to come to
them at last.
IT is to be hoped the railroad com
mission won't be fired before that
body issues an order requiring the
erection of union depot in Dawson.
ATLANTA has a case of yellow
fever, carried there from Pensacola.
Can't keep an enterprising town like
our capital city in the background.
THE political fires are almost going
out. The Savannah Press says it
takes a good deal of blowing even to
make the embers glow.