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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
GRAVES GLEANINGS.

Miss Douglass Burge left Wednes-
day for Tampa, Fla, where she will
spend the winter with her cousin,
Mrs. Geo. w. King.
Miss Fannie Moye of Cuthbert and
Mrs. F. w. Wagner of Atlanta were
the guests of Miss Helen Smith last
week.
Mrs. Nancy Smith has returned
from visit to her daughter, Mrs.
M. E. Jennings, at Midway.
Mr.. l. H. Kimble has returned
from a visit to relatives in Eufaula,
Ala.
Miss Eva Waller left Saturday to
visit relatives in Americas and Ma
con.
Mrs. E. B. Whitchard of Albany
is the guest of Mrs. Laura Witch
ard.
Mr.. Herchel Heisler has returned
from White Sulphur Springs, Fla.
Mrs. jamie Reynolds of Fitzgerald
is the guest of Mrs. H. T. Achord.
Mr.. Cullen Trammell of Lumpkin
was the guest of friends last week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Her Wandering Boy.

she wept as if her heart would break.
BY and by she became calmer, and
her lips moved as if in prayer. Some
thing was Juggling at his heart, and
he stepped close to the window that
he might hear, if possible, what she
was saying:
on, Father, he was my own lit
tie lad, and | loved him so and
prayed for such great things for him
1t may be he's an Outcast tonight.
and far down in the ways of sin;
but oh, Father, in loving kindness
bring him back, for | need him so
and | love him" the sobbing was
starting again and she could 90 no
further
Outside the house a struggle was
going on. ne had been acquainted
with the ways of sin so long. His
heart was hardened, and he was al
most turning away when he heard
the sweet old voice again know
he'll come, Father; he'll come back
to me, my laddie."
The old name awakened memories
of the days when she had sung him
to sleep and said, Good night, lad
die, mothers own man of the house. -
Tears came into his eyes for the first
time in years.
He opened the door and walked in
where she was, and, trying to stop
the awful choking in his throat, said !.
Your prayer is answered, mother;
We come back. There there. little
woman, don't cry like that; / can't
stand it, you know"
But tears of joy soon ceased to
flow and She chung to him and said
brokenly: You're very welcome
laddie, for I've been loking for YOU,
| and God is good, so good.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

We expect to see, and that before
a great while, the newspapers and
some of the politicians of Atlanta
who bolted the democratic nominee
for mayor, pleading for party reg
ularity and cracking the party whip
for their own selfish purposes. But
the people who believe there is hon
or in politics as well as in other
things will remember them. Their
recent conduct will live to haunt
them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Il have asked the sOloist to sing
an old familiar piece, Where Is My
Wandering Boy Tonight?'" an
nOunced the minister of a large
church one Sabbath evening
The great organ drOned softly the
opening strains of that sweet hymn,
and a woman rose and sang as sweet
ly as human voice can sing. When
she came to the chorus many We're
in tears, and away upstairs in the
gallery an old lady was sobbing to
herself, and swaying gently to and
fro as if in pain.
once he was pure as the morning
dew
As he knelt at his mothers knee:
no face was so bright, no heart more
true,
And none was so sweet as he"
The singers voice seemed to break
and upstairs the little old lady was
passing out She could bear it no
longer.
Across the gallery from where she
sat, off in a dark corner, a tramp was
sitting in shame-faced attitude lis
tening, too. He saw her go, and i'm
mediately got up himself and left so
quietly that his exit was unnoticed.
Down the street she went, almost
overcome with pentup grief, and af-
ter her, a short distance, followed he
of the wandering tribe. At last she
turned into a street where the houses
were of the poorer kind. stopped in
front of one of them, and unlocked
the front door and went in.
She lit the lamp, but forgot tc
draw the window shade and kneel-
/ ing down by an old rocking chair
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
A TOTAL ABSTINENCE FAIR.

The Alaska-Y ukOn-Pacific EXPOSE
ton at Seattle next year will be novel
in that it will be the first colossal
show to forbid the selling of alco-
holic drinks on or near the grounds.
Great pressure was brought to bear
by the wine growers of California to
strike out this restriction but un-
availingly. 1t was pointed out that
the receipts from the concessionaires
at the st. Louis Exposition were near
ly $4,000 day or over 100000
a month, or $l,200,O00 for the six
months it was open This tax went
long way to meet expenses.
Seattle is young, vigorous. nimble
and with the temperate character Of
the jewellers in the northwest ought
to be able to demonstrate whether it
IS wise to sell alcoholic beverages at
a fair worldwide in scope No en-
terprise of this kind has ever en-
forced the non-alcoholic beverages as
inc OAIAS MINUS W ne VI uilh III the res
taurants on the grounds, to say
nothing of the inhibition beyond the
enclosure. The thirsty individual
must load up a mile outside the
gates or else have his bottle with
him when he goes inside. Even then
he cannot have his dram with his
meals or expose the bottle without
incurring the risk of being expelled
from the grounds.
An immense source of revenue is
shut out by thus drawing the line
at intoXicants. The stockholders will
lose much by the enterprise with OF
without Incorporate drinks. These
big fairs never pay, even indirectly
A city does advertise itself by the
mammoth exhibition, and that is all
That this is at too high a price is
cleaned by the fact that the towr
which risks one never wants another
Seattle will derive glory from he
show, will lose several million dol
lars. and is satisfied without resort
ing to the revenue Of wines, beer
and WHISTLES to lessen the loss.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Governor Brown will continue his
trips through the state until he has
covered every section. He wants to
get acquainted with all the people
and it is mighty good idea" says
the Darien Gazette Mr.. Brown is
merely carrying out a campaign
promise. And the more the people
see and know of him the more are
they convinced that they made no
mistake in calling him to the chief
executives office. He will make one
of the best governors Georgia has
ever had
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

The sensational trial of w. H.
Mitchell, a prominent citizen of
Thomasville, for the alleged abduc-
ton of Miss Lucille Linton. a lady
of equal standing in that town, end
ed Saturday with verdict of guilty
of assault and battery, and a SEN
tence of one year in the Changing
was imposed by the court. The
case was the most remarkable, per-
haps, in the peculiarly of its feat
ures that has ever been entered on
the criminal dockets of this state.
Both the prosecution and the de-
PENDANT were represented by the
ablest legal talent to be had. and the
case was stubbornly and skilIfully
fought. Hon. S. A. Roddenbery,
who was one of Mitchells counsel
and put all of his wonderful energy
and legal ability into the case. was
so shaken with emotion when a YER
diet Of guilty was returned and SEN
tence passed upon his client that he
burst into tears and wept like child.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

a stock company has been organ
lied in Fitzgerald for the purpose of
publishing daily newspaper, and
will buy the plant Of the Fitzgerald
Enterprise, which means that Editor
D. h. Mercer, who has been a live
wire in Georgia journalism num-
Der Of years, will retire from the
strenuous life. 1t is needless to say
that he will be missed Mr.. John
w. Greer, an experienced and cana
bic newspaper man. will have
charge of the new paper. All of
the parties concerned in the transac-
ton have the best wishes of The
News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
A Campaign Fake Exnloded

From the Nashville Herald.
This deficit talk is interesting
We heard from the stump few
months ago that for the first time in
the history of the state the school
teachers were being paid their sal
aries as they became due. And a
good many teachers believed it. too
But, 10 and behold. the fact ie
brought out here in the last month If
the year that the state owes tho
teachers $1,3OO,OOO, and that oniv
ABOUT one-third of the amount due
them for the year has been Daidr
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
THOUGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS.

The time draws near the birth
of Christ The Yuletide with its
Joys and pleasures, its dance and
song and game and JEST is almost
come. And we'll it is that this fes-
tival of sweetness and light appears
30 surely and inevitably, for in its
train are peace, good will and char
ity. casting always a ray of hope and
faith upon many a drear, desolate
and despairing existence.
And yet there is another aspect,
one too sadly overlooked-an aspect
for seriousness, fit for thoughtful
contemplation. On Christmas eve
one was born into this world to
justify the ways of God to man"
and though it may be very we'll to
celebrate His coming we have, in our
headlOng fashion and careless habit,
forgotten the sacredness of the oc-
casion, and made it largely one of
fOulness and carousal. The columns
of the press on Christmas morn and
few days following are, almost as
a matter OF course, filled with hor-
rOrfying accounts of murders, deaths
and homicides with sickening details
OF drunkenness and vileness, of vice
and crime gone rampant mad. The
situation affords an awful anomaly
of holiday most religious observed
in a manner most irreligious.
That the flesh is weak we under
stand That the world has not yet
reached the high point of civiliza-
ton when men will not require the
satisfaction of their coarse and SEN
sual desires We honestly believe But
that, for this reason, We should
desecrate the hottest of days, and
drench the holly and the laurel
wreath with the contents of the was
sail bowl we most vehemently deny.
70 eat, to drink, to sleep is not
TO live; it is to exist on a level with
the fish and the swine There is an
element of thought, of meditation, in
the lines
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Develop at Home.
he Savannah Press.

From the Savannah Press.
Dawson people will have to
invest their own money in fac
tories before they can induce
much outside money to come
here for investment in manufac-
tures.-Dawson News.
The News is right. Home enter
prise and home capital should begir
the work of home development. The
men who show their faith in theil
own city will win.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
THE Yearly Nuisance :"

From the Darien Gazette. "--''
The biennial session movor,on+ :.
growing ana we are more confident
IMAM ever that the yearly nuisance is
doomed. The biennial session move
ment is a good thing and shouId he
pushed along. Oe
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
RAISE CORN

The offer by Mr. J. r. Mercer
of 500 in prizes for the four
largest yields of corn on an acre
of Terrell county land is arous-
ing renewed interest among our
farmers in the corn crop. If the
farmers of the south would give
more attention to growing corn they
would not be under the necessity of
going to the west for it, for they
would soon realize how much cheap
er this important crop could be
raised at home.
Last spring bank at Gaffney, S.
c., offered a prize of $50 for the
largest yield of corn from one acre
in that county. Seventeen farmers
competed for the prize, and the total
production was 1884 bushels. or an
average of so bushels per acre. The
prize was awarded to a farmer who
raised 121 bushels on a single acre.
If the farmer who has been paying
from $1.00 to $1.20 a bushel for
corn with which to make a cotton
crop this year cannot conceive and
appreciate the economic advantages
of some plan of successful corn grow
ing he may as we'll make up his mind
to live poor the balance of his days.
There is no hope for the farmer
who buys western corn with which
to raise cotton He is doomed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

President Ted Roosevelt has re-
appointed w. d. Crum, a negro, col
lector of customs at Charleston, S.
c., an important position which
makes the incumbent conspicuous
official figure. And yet there are
some white people in the south who
rave over Ted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
FOR SALE IN EARLY COUNTY

The following lands; ~.
hundred and twenty-five Acres
of land without improvement
price $1,000; fifty-acre tract tD o5
public road with new fourlroo vi
framed house, otherwise n MN
proved, price $3.50; SEVENTH TItlll-
acre tract with fire-room fro I've
house, rough, one acre cIa as%nie
otherwise unimproved, price sea-
All of these tracts outside s stooJ
law, and accessible to so 5[UTA
and churches. 'noolS
Terms one-tenth cash WI,
rent or farm on high-priced I %ns
when you can buy lands cbaa ,@i III
Early county. Address III
X. III. SHEFFIELD, Blakelv 10
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
The Wirz Monument

From the Columbus Ledger.
The Dawson News insists that An
Jacksonville is the proper place for
the Wlrz monument. 1t hopes that
the Daughters will not allow the Ioud
talk or some meddlesome people to
deter them from placing it there ~
Savannah Press. The Dawson News
is quite right Andersonville is tho
only place for the Wirz monument
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
ZONE OF THE BEST IN
THE SOUTH"

From the Macon Evening News.
Editor Rainey of The Dawson
News continues to get out one of
the best weekly papers in the
South. The people of Dawson
ought to be proud of Rainey and
his paper. Both are a credit to
Terrell county and to the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Tom Watson has announced that
he will never again run for the
presidency. He hasn't sworn off
from electing governors of Georgia,
however.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

"a travelling man says he finds
business conditions better in Cuth-
bert than in any neighboring town
he visits, says the Cuthbert Leader.
We know the agreeable gentleman.
He says the same thing in every town
in which he sOlicits orders.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Some of the papers are very much
perturbed over whether Mr.. Bryan
will be candidate for president four
years hence. 1t is too far away, the
next campaign, to predict what will
occur, so don't worry about it now
The party may and it may not want
Bryan.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

An Alabama editor is contemplate
ing the enlargement of his paper.
He announces that he may soon be-
gin to print weekly the names of citi-
zens of his town who get whiskey
by express.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Speculation came in contact with
human rights at Reel Foot Lake in
Tennessee, and the question has
come up for argument; whose earth
is this, anyhow?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Judge Reagan of Columbus gave
man of family, charged with gamb-
ling, a lecture. A sack of -four
would have done them more good.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Notice to Stockholders,

Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing OF the stockholders of the City
National Bank of Dawson, Ga. will
be held in the office of said bank at
10 o'clock a. m. Tuesday, January
IL, 1909, for the purpose of electing
directors of said bank for the year
1903, This December 7, 1908.
X. S. WORTHY, Cashier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
With Gloves.

From the Thomaston Times.
The officials of Dawson, Ga, will
doubtless be more careful in hand
ling lightning rod men in the future.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Congress convened Monday. Champ
the leader of the democrats.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Special Notices.
Wanted,

One large size, good second hand
iron safe
CLIFTON HARDWARE co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Atlanta has repudiated the white
primary, and elected an independent
candidate for mayor. 1t does not
take very wise man to see that the
time is not far distant in Georgia
when primary election will not be
worth the time it takes to hold it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
DevOut and pure,

SOBER SteadIaSt and demure,
without which life is the empty
,shell-the pearl within has been
withdrawn And when the work of
Christ is under consideration the eff
feet should be that of grave cheer
fitness and pleasure quiet, and not
~ frantic deeds and sinful acts.
Let us hope that with the coming
day a clearer vision will be caught.
when men will see how soon the
banquet cup is drained and realize
the value of calm reflection. Then.
and only then, will the merry bells
Of Yule
Ring in the valiant man. and free.
The larger heart. the kindlier hand
Ring out the darkness of the land
Ring in the Christ that is to be. 3"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Two bottles of Horn of :,
ton cured me of Rban,. ,''a d.
and a chronic sore of se @,,'a tlsm
years standing. c. e. TEoH gI4,Ceen
Brown House, Macon Gas a
On one occasion when
not get to a doctor 7 waa could
OF a severe attack of AnnonS gured
by the use of Horn of SoIuu!cltis
| think it the best rema 9ddauon.
earth. BEN n R0Pnm1Tuy on
With McCaw Manufacntrir,iao D,
Keep bottle of Horn Of G.,
walton on hand. 1t is wond. GAL
how many ailments it will cpro
such as Neuralgia, Collie IT, Tnot,
ache, Backache, Sore Throat 1oo IN
digestion, etc. i0''' IN
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

The Atlanta Journal, playing for
negro votes for Maddox, said:
There are thousands of good citi-
zens among the negro race of this
city All the same, so all accounts
agree, Mr.. Maddox's friends put
greater trust in the long green as an
agency to get the most of that vote.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Announcement,

We wish to announce to the pub
lie that We are now in position to
dress lumber, and will give you as
prompt service as possible.
THE VARIETY WORKS co
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
PoCanS for Sale,

Fine home raised paper she'll pc
cans for sale at % cents pound de-
livered. Phone 10, two rings.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Cabbage Plants.

Write Monroe Stevens, Shellman,
Ca, for cabbage plants. S1.50 per
1000 f. o. b. at Shellman, or %
cents per 100 by mail, prepaid.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Lost between the Southern Cot
ton Oil Cos. mill and the Peoples
Drug Store a pearl handle, gold
mounted fountain pen with initials
b. E. w" Finder will leave it at
Wall Bros store and get suitable re-
ward.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Notice to Stockholders

Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing OF the stockholders of the Daw-
son National Bank of Dawson. Ga,
VIII be held in the office of said bank
at 10 O'Clock a. m. Tuesday. January
u, 1903, for the purpose of electing
of said bank for the year
1909. This December 7, 1908.
r. l.. SAVILLE, Cashier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Brick for Sale.

I have several thousand good brick
for sale. Call on me at the Metho-
dist church, where the brick may be
seen. F. A. RUGGLES.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Biz Mule BARGAIN.

Three good farm mules and one
good, heavy sawmill or turpentine
mule that must be sold at once.
Come and see them and secure bar
gain. j. w. F. LOWREY.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Today may end politics.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-04

If Mr.. Grant had laid aside
gun and rod and come as a visi-
tor, he would have met a most
whole-sOuled and generous people
who would have shown him corn
eleven feet high, well cared, and
other crops in proportion. A
pretty fair fringe of native tim
Der along our creeks; some
very nice planted groves where
picnics are held, and peach orch
ards whose owners count their
peaches by hundreds of bushels.
True, the late frosts killed our
fruit both this season and last
but we still have exhibits from
last year milk and cream amount
very favorably with that we
ship in.
If friend Grant will refer to
the last Biennial report Of the
State Board of Agriculture, he
will find that in 1905, and in
1906, while our County was still
In the pasture business, and max
ing little pretense Of farming, tn
value of our farm products ag-
gregated $1,274,737. Our assess
ed valuation last Spring on real
estate was $3,414, 139; town lots.
$122, 100; personal property $3.50
1874; railroads $44S,0S9. With a
population of only 1856, and on
ly two shipping points, we sold
last year milk and cream amour
ing to $35,OOO.OO Poultry and
Eggs (not including the birds on
visitors carried away, $25, 10000
and fat cattle off the grass, $lO7
600.
We have no very rich people,
nor any very poor ones. Our
County owns a poor farm, but
we have not had a pauper bor-
der there in the past eight years
Hodgeman County "out on tn
branch" Zone of the best wat
cred counties in the west half
OF the State), has had no boom
or boomers; has broad areas of
smooth and fertile land yet un-
touched by the pillow. Our great
est need is of more people and
better farmers to help us devel-
op our agricultural wealth.
We offer greater opportunitie.
than any other County within
our radius, to homeseekers of
limited means, who have Drawn
and hardihood, and this is the
type of settlers we are getting.
Come again, Mr.. Grant, in a
lew years, and you will see a
beautiful and prosperous coun-
ty, famous for bonanza farms.
Yours very truly,
James W. Rhoads,
JetmOre, Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-04
STRIRlGG BACK
Man Interested in Central Kan
sas Talks.

An article appeared several
weeks ago, in the Augusta, Kan
sas journal, which was in inter
view with party, who had re-
Gently been. to this county on a
uniting trip, and in which this
county was given a very bad
name. The following article was
sent to the editor Of the journal
with a request that he print it
In order to correct the former
article, but this he refused to
do.
In your issue of September
24th you quote from James A.
Grants remarks regarding our
County.
Friend Grant has unintention-
ally done our County a great in
Justice. On his recent visit he
didn't stay long enough to becom
acclimated, and no doubt while
here he was suffering from q
slight attack of that complaint
which is usually indicated by "a
dark brown taste in the mouth. ~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-04

store here for, seven years, and
has a host of friends who extend
congratulations and good wishes.
The groom is a railway mail
clerk, running from his home
town to St. Louis, and the young
people will make their future
home at New Albany. Stafford
COURIER. :.
The Tamplins lived in Great
Bend some years ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-04
CLARK ON TARIFF HEARING
Tells a Few Things About the
Tariff.

In astatement made by Champ
'Clark of Missouri, ranking Demo-
crat of the ways and means COM
mittee and the next minority
leader of the House, he declares
that the tariff hearings thus far
held by the committee have dem
onstrated that the public pays
the tariff taxes; that the highly
protected manufacturers sell
cheaper abroad than at home and
that the necessity of important
reductions in the new tariff law
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-04
has been shown.

has been shown.
This is the first expression ex-
planning and summarizing the
results of the hearing given by
Mr.. Clark or by any member of
the committee. Mr.. Clark's ut
terance is considered significant
here as indicative Of the position
which will be taken in the tariff
fight by the Democrats. Mr..
Clark said:
1.-The hearings are being con-
Quoted in a great rush. They
run from 8 80 o'clock in the morn
ing till midnight with an hour
at noon for. luncheon, and an
hour alright for supper.
cd" Mn&teHtksId all hewitfess