The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-26

Continuing a series OF sermons be
gun the Sunday preceding the Rev
O. B. Chester preached Sunday, Feb
p. 1909, upon fraudulent gain, the
second of Dawson's Sin Streams"
Gambling. Mr.. Chester declared in the
course of his sermon, is worse than
liquor. which was the subject OF the
SERMON delivered the week before.
The gamblers relation to society
was characterized as that OF thief.
"A man who steals is thief, and the
Bible declares that no thief can inherit
the kingdom OF heaven. That means
he will inherit hell. The man who
wins another mans money by gam
bling will, with the last throw OF the
dice win hell.
Included in the sermon was a
sweeping denunciation OF gambling on
margins, cards and even dominoes.
Card parties were declared to be a
tributary to this ''gamblig stream It'll
was announced that the third and last
OF the series would be preached the
next Sunday at the Dawson Methodist
church.
Two men, wearing flowing boards
and long hair, who declared them
selves to be 'Israeltes "-members OF
cult having a colony at Benton
Harbor. Mich.-visited Dawson during
the week. They arrived Thursday al
ternoon from the west and held ser
vices on the streets that afternoon and
the morning following. They live in
colonies, own property in common,
are vegetarians asd practice celibacy.
They declared that they believed by
proper living the body would never
die" Among the other beliefs they
declared was that after Christ came
for the second time heaven would be
on earth and old Jerusalem would be
the lasting home OF the saints.
After the people Of Dawson had
been worked up to pitch OF expect
aucy over the promise of genuine
man eating lion being exhibited here,
the lion in question, which was one
OF the main attractions OF the Metro
politan Carnical company, had to be
killed on account OF his ferocity. The
pelt OF the animal was exhibited.
The beast was an AfiCan lion, one
OF the largest in captivity. He was 20
years old and recently it became dan
gerous for the trainer to perfom with
him under some circumstances, He
was a man-killer and had three dead
victims to his credit These were two
men and woman. Only two weeks
before he attacked his trainer while
the carnival was exhibiting in Albany.
A bystander, by thrusting his cane
into the Jaws Of the animal, saved the
trainers life"
A hatred OF men, carried by an old
woman in England to a most remark
able extreme, was told of III this sisue
OF The News. The woman. according
to the account. would not take any
money that had the head OF King Ed
ward on it, but demanded the Queens
money She refused to transact bust
ness unless she could deal with wo-
man. and refused to live in a house
where there were men, dogs or cats.
A letter from SUBSCRIBER feldtlNe
tc the near-beer question, which was
regarded as settled for a year at
least. stirred the matter up again. 1t
said in part: We are of the opinion
that the city fathers reckon without
their host if they think the matter
can be settled by wave OF the hand.
Things have come to pretty pass IN
Dawson, the democratic capital OF the
democratic county of Terrell, one OF
the most important sections of the
democratic state of Georgia, when