The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-07-27
N DAWSON 35 YEARS AGO
~ OLD COPY OF THE DAWSON
TOITRNAL is INTERESTING.
rho Rusiness and Professional Men
of That Time. Some Live
News Items of 1875.

News Items of 1875.
While looking through some old
,oners in a desk that belonged to
s;s father, the late N. w. Pace, a
oonv of the old Dawson Journal, bear
mo date of April 18th, 1875, was
fonnd by Mr.. w. l.. Pace. The pa
nor although thirty-fve years old, is
in q good state of preservation. 1t
&c four-page seven column sheet,
and carries at it's mast head S. R.
Weston as editor and ]. G. Parks
associate editor.
The Journal was we'll patronized
nv the business men of the town,
brr not a firm whose advertisement
appeared in the paper Of the date
above is in existence today.
Who the Business Men Were.
VIM. Wooten advertised "a pro-
dnce and family grocery emporium 4"
and stated that he had ION hand and
arriving 10000 pounds of bacon and
500OO pounds of -four" Other gro
cerv firms carrying advertisements
we're Hood & Paschal and Peet & Nc
Donald. In the dry goods trade were
". W. Farnum, Jno. l.. Griffin and
Johnson & Lee, the latter firm being
COMPOSED of Elan Johnson and J E.
Lee Mrs. A. o. Garrard and Mrs.
NJ J. Powell advertised millinery
stores. and j. B. Jobson and N. B.
Barnes had cards in the paper as
jewellers. n. G. and ]. K. Prince
nsed a space across four columns and
inches deep to inform the public
that they were in the livery business
and had ION hand and will all the
while keep well-brOke horses and
mules" Jones, Dozier and Lowrey
firm composed of T. M. Jones, n.
", Dozier and L. A. Lowrey, adver-
tised guanO for sale, as did Grim &
Tucker and Walker & Peoples. o.
0. Nelson, president of the Dawson
Manufacturing Co., offered the pub
lie cotton screws and seasoned
blamed and rough lumber" and also
advertised that lowing to the decline
in the price of iron we have reduced
the price of sugar mills, kettles and
gin gearing J. L. Jay was another
firm that also dealt in lumber, sash
doors and blinds, and he offered to
exchange lumber for oats. E. b.
LOyless and r. l.. Melton each adver-
tised Dykes cotton seed for sale, the
former so and the latter 80 bushels.
T. J. Hart ran a carriage and buggy
shop. and manufactured these vehi-
cles. Another advertisement was
that of Johnson & Hill of Brown
Station NOW Bronwood).
The lawyers who had professional
cards in the Journal were r. F. Sim
mons T. H. Pickett, ]. H. Query,
J. l. Sanders, J. l.. James, w. G. and
J. G. Parks.
The county officers whose names
appear in the paper were w. G.
Parks, ordinary; S. R. Christie, sher-
if; T. J. Ethridge, tax receiver, and
J. c. F. Clark, clerk of the superior
court.
Calmly Talked of Her Own Death.
The old paper contains an &C
count of the death of Mr.. PAGES
mother, from which the following is
an extract:
She seemed cognizant of her
death, and calmly related to her hus-
band and friends her wishes as to
the kind of grave clothes that should
be provided, who should make her
coffin, and the spot where she should
be buried. All of this was done
calmly as none can do only those
who die in the Lord. After all the
arrangements were made as to the
disposition of her body after death
she earnestly exhorted her husband
to make peace with his God-to live
the life of a christian. and raise up