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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-21
Just Received

Georgia raised seed barley, rye and
car load of Texas red rust proof seed
oats. T. o. WHITCHARD & co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-21
Everything Brand New.

Everyt repairs for mar! eNoy
l9O3
cent SOUL Tta
carpets already with house @ live
cheaper
These and figures Will sell anu IN
Ito one
county value Yours for trade
G. v. PACE Dawson, Ca
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-21
NICE NEW HOME

dining Kitchen
bath and trunk closets to ROOM
sheathed
window has sash weights bottom and outside window
hall Fire places are
tile and oak mans with large mirrors House has three ]
included having LUMBER
amount of lumber and used the o The house @
stockse smoke house large patch and garden large roy O
the streets
school postofce located good
in
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28

Washington Oh his knees in the SHOWS
of Valley Forge. | see George Wash
ington overcoming the besetting diff
culties of his presidential life. Why?
Because | see George Washington as
soon as lie had taken the oath of office
going to the sacred chancel. There, as
a humble supplicant, he begged the
protection of him who was King of
kings and Lord Of all. l hear George
Washington turn to his old friend, DR..
Craik, and say, Il die hard, but am
not afraid to die" Why? Because the
Christ who had been his guide through
life was his comforter in death. Oh,
my brothers and sisters, would that we
might one and all have the same di-
vine reinforcement in life's struggles
that George Washington had. Would
that we might be able to use the cross
as a magnetic compass to guide us over
the troubled sea of time into the
smooth, unruffied sea of eternity.
Thus we draw near to the close Of
the earthly career Of this greatest OF
all Americans. His life and death in
one sense shall in all probability be
just the same as our life and death.
He lOnged - earnestly and intensely
longed-for the time when he could re-
tura to the beautiful fields Of his dearly
beloved Mount Vernon. When that de-
lightful day at last seemed near, he
wrote those happy words: Il have re-
tired from all public employments and
shall tread the paths of private salts
faction. EnviOus of none, l am deter
mined to be pleased with all, and this |
my dear friend, being the order offmy |
march, | will move gently down the |
stream Of life until sleep with my ia |
TIERS" But, alas, alas, less than three
years after George Washington return
ed to his beautiful Mount Vernon there |
was heard a rustic in the air. The |
death angel flew down and knocked at |
his door, and within a few hours be
was gone. SO with our lives. We may
look forward to a happy and glorious
earthly twilight, but in all probability
life for all of us means continued work
TO the close. 1t will mean hard work
clear up to the end. Then when our
work is done, whether we'll or poorly
done, God will call us, and we must
go. We shall go in all probability as
George Washington went-quickly, un-
with hardly warning.
May we one and all live as he lived.
Be able to die as he died. Live in the
hearts Of those with whom we have
come in contact; live as Washington
has been-a blessed father Of many
nations"
copyright, 1903, by Louis Klopsch.l
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
Amused Only the Actors.

In his Random Recollections"
Charles II. f. Brookfeld, a highly es.
teemed actor on the London stage,
says: Il remember a piece which we
produced at the Comedy theater, writ
ten by popular author and very
strongly cast, which amused US all so
much that we could hardly rehearse it.
Charles Hawtrey used every now and
then to warn us: Now, don't speak too
soon on that. There's certain to be a
big laugh, and we don't want them to
miss the next line We rehearsed for
six weeks. On the first night nothing
went wrong-but the piece. There was
not one laugh nor one round Of ap-
plause from start to finish We took
off the comedy in ten days, during
which we rehearsed as a stop gap
conventional three act farce with no
literary pretensions. 1 think 1t ran for
a year"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
Tennyson and Truth.

One Of the pleasantest things that
Tennyson's niece has to say Of him Is
this: II think no man that ever lived
came nearer than he did to perfect
truthfulness. He was often a martyr
to his determination never to say any
thing that was not strictly and abso-
lutely true, for none could be more
sensitive than he was about paining
people. and yet he would discard all
smooth speeches that would have given
pleasure, but would not have been
quite sincere, and would just say right
out the wholesome, though sometimes
unpalatable, truth instead, feeling utter
ly miserable for days afterward, with
the fear that in this moral surgery be
had not handled the knife as gently as
he might have done. Unless by his
keeping silence the cause Of truth
would have suffered, he would never
mention any matter that might injure
a single human being, and he always
put the best construction upon peo-
pies words and actions. He was
always far more severe with himself
than with others and would bitterly
reproach himself for being brusque In
manner to untactful strangers and for
allowing fits of depression to get pos
session of him at times"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
Make of Religion an Umbrella.

When the bishop of Colorado, DR..
Sanford Olmsted, was rector of the
Church of st. Asaph, at Bala, Pa, his
ready wit made him at once the ad.
miration and the fear of the people Of
the neighborhOod.
There is a fashionable golf and rid
ing club at Bala, with grounds that ad-
join those of the little church. and it
happened on a certain afternoon. whep
DR.. Olmsted was holding a special serv
ice, that a number of golfing clubmep
were caught In drenching shower an6
hurried for shelter into the church.
They entered with a great clatter OF
their golf sticks and with much sup
pressed chuckling and hard breathing
Their noise and their gay sporting At
tire made a jarring rOte or the sim
plicity Of the service. But DR.. O.msteC
paid no heed to them till the end of nj
sermon. Then be said with smile:
1--WE have heard Of people who make
cloak Of religion. Now we know thar
there are others who make Of religion
an umbrella"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
The Old Buffer Hadn't Gone.

Canon Stratton, the vicar of ST.
Pau's, Leeds. now in his eightieth
year, is a generous philanthroplst, and
many stories are told in Leeds Of the
manner in which the good man has
been imposed upon. One night. as he
fingered for q moment in house where
be had been visiting a very bad case"
be heard the Invalid" Jump vigorously
from his bed and cal! out
Has the old buffer gone2 What die
ht 'eaver
The o!G buffer hasn't gone" cried
the canon "and be doesn't intend TO
leave anything" -
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
ONLY FOUR MINUTES.
Apt Illustration OF What q Long
Time IL Really Is.

Time IL Really Is.
Bert Nortoni of Macon won q lawsuit
in the federal court at Hannibal few
days ago in way unusual among law
yers by silence. Mrs. Martha b.
Phipps of Macon sued the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway compa-
ny for $4,000. She claimed that a
spark from one of its engines caused
the burning Of her deceased husbands
business property at Ethel. The testi-
mony showed that the Santa Fe train
stopped at Ethel four minutes the night
of the fire, but also that the fire was
we'll under way before the train pulled
out, and the roads attorneys argued
that it was ridiculous to maintain that
a fire could be started by spark and
get well under way in such short
time. Mr.. Nortoni devoted practically
his entire argument to this point
"He said," says the Macon Republic
an, III young fellow was sitting on
a sofa playing hands with his girl.
time Travelled like an express train, but
If you dumped a lot of engine sparks
on the pine roof of a dry building in
summer time four minutes were ample
time to settle the fate of the structure
in spite of all efforts to save it. There
were some incredulous smiles ut this.
The attorney took out his W..ch and
handed it to Juryman L. S. Harlan. "A
banker of Clifton Hill, Randolph coun.
ty, and requested him TO signal whcn
four minutes had passed The jurymen
leaned over and looked down at ~"
watch then they got tired and settled
back in their seats. Mr.. Harlan low
cred his hand and rested it Oh his
knee. The attorney shifted his feet
few times and sat down in a chair
Judge Adams looked at the clock and
then out Of the window.
"a deputy marshal put his head In
at the door to see What the matter was
and waited the result Of the curious
scene. Nearly every man in the room
that had watch was studying its
face. The speaker was sacrificing four
minutes of his allotted time, but he
Juror Harlan announced the four mill
utes had expired and handed the watch
back to Mr.. Nortoni. Only four min
utes, and yet to every man in the room
1t had seemed, under the suppressed
tension, to have been twice as long.
The court remarked after the case had
been decided that it appeared fully
fifteen minutes. The wearisome sus-
pense was an effective object lesson to
the jury and was startling exposition
Of what might transpire in that time.
The jury found that the defendants
engine had ample time In four minutes
to fire the restaurant building, and they
brought in a verdict for the plaintiff
for $14, 4,19S.2S-the exact sum her proof
showed her loss to be-"
The case had been pending in the
courts ten years.-Kansas City Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
Bret Harte.

Apropos of the filing of the will Of
Bret Harte in London. NJ A P. says
"It is surprise that the greatest OF all
American short story writer's should
have left SC little money, fox. apart
from what be made by his books. his
serial rights were very valuable. re
member the editor of the Id!er remark
ing to me some years ago that every
thousand words Bret Harte liked &c
write for a magazine could be changed
for 20 sovereigns as easily as Bank
OF England note for that amount. II is
curious that his son should have re-
ceived the name Francis which his "a.
ther had practically dropped instead OF
the other Christian name by which his
father was known all over the English
speaking world"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
Profits of wagner's Operas.

Accounts are published in Germany
showing the amount Of the royalties
earned in 1902 by the compositions OF
Richard Wagner. The most lucrative
Of the operas was "Lohengrin," which
was played 997 times in Germany, 400
times in France, Holland and Italy
and 31S times in England and the Unit
ed States and brought in $4,000. Next
In popularity came "Tannhauser," play
ed 26S times in Germany and 210 times
elsewhere, at a profit of E7050. "The
Flying Du Gilman" earned f2,550; Die
Meistersinger," $1,000; Tristan ind
Isolde" 600, while "Die WaIkure,"
"Rheingold," "Siegfried" and "Gotter-
dammerung' brought in f4,400 among
them. The total royalties of the year
were over 100000, and this figure does
not include the Baireuth receipts.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
Her FathomleSs Eyes.

1t was the hermit Thoreau, whose
mistress was wood and stream, who
wrote: THE lover sees in the glance OF
his beloved the same beauty that In the
sunset paints the western skies. 1t is
the same diamond here lurking under
a human eyelld and there under the
closing eyelids OF the day. Here, in
small compass. is the ancient and nat.
ural beauty Of evening and morning.
What loving astronomer has ever faith
omed the ethereal depths of the eyer
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
Queer About the Eyes.

Prince TroubetskOy, the artist, once
painted in Paris the portrait Of an
American who was cross eyed. The
painter thought great deal about the
matter and finally made his picture
cross eyed, too, so that it should be a
faithful likeness.
When it was done, the original
looked at it and said:
1T seems to melt seems-why,
hang it. this picture is cross eyed, isn't
itY
"Why, no more than you are, sir"
said Prince Troubetskoy.
"Well, perhaps you're right" MUIR
INJURED the American. "It seems to have
a queer look about the eyes, though"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28
IlenllHIn.

"De Starr is the great exponent OF
realism In the drama"
81 know; that's why he wouldn't take
my play"
"What was the matter with your
playY
why. the hero had surgical opera
ton performed. and De Starr said II 1t
was done at all it would have to be a
real operation, and he couldn't stand
for that eight times a week."-Wesh-
ington Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-28

The recent trials by the Egyptian
government Of motors Tor desert use
bsving been concluded. greater revo.
luton Is said tc be 10 store. for trial Is
to be made with a new ship OF the
desert" This vehicle is to be propelled
by wind and sail. there being plenty OF
the foruer in the desert which. Il Is
believed, car be tarued to good account
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-24
First Decision Under the New
Elkins Law Rendered by
Grosscup Today
six COMPANIES ARE ENJolNED
An Order Entered in the Federal Court
to Prohibit Discrimination Against
the Small Shippers in the Western
Tsrritory-Fourteen Railroad Com
panies Affected by the Ruling.

Chicago, April 24.-Judge Grosscup
today entered an order in the federal
court enjoining six railroad companies
from discriminating against small
shippers In the western territory. The
decision was especially important, be-
Ing the first under the new Elkins.
The ruling applies to fourteen rail-
roads, which were covered by the pro-.
ceedings Instituted In the federal court.
Six of these companies were defend
ants In the local court and the others
are under the jurisdiction of the Kan
sas City federal court. Judge Grosscup
announced that he and Judge Phillips
are OF one mind relative to all the
points involved. and that the latter
would render like decision today.
. The decision holds that the govern
ment has a right to bring an action
In equity to restrain railroad companies
from discriminating either by furnish
lower rates or giving rebates to favored
shippers. That while each injured cit
izen has right to such relief In his
own behalf. in cases like those under
consideration, injured persons are so
numerous and the injury to each so
Infinitely small. that 1t is the duty Of
the government to act for them under
the power specifically conferred by the
statutes. TIE Elkins' law is held to be
simply declaratory of the substantive
rights which existed before and the in
junction would lie under the interstate
commerce act.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-24
Passengers on a Burlington
Train Held Up In Depot at
Lincoln
THE ROBBERS SECURE $4,000
After Holding Up People in th. Depot
the Bandits Appear on Train a. il y
Leaving the City and at Point Of
Guns Hold Up Occupants af Enni,
grant Car.

Lincoln, Neb., April 24.-Passengers
on Burlington train were held up and
robbed Of $1,000 early this morning, as
the train was leaving the union station
lin Lincoln. The train has been robbed
three times within 100 miles OF Lincoln.
The work this morning was accom-
plished mostly while the passengers
from branch and feeder lines Of tho
Burlington were at the Depot awaiting
the arrival OF the transcontinental
Many persons in the depot were asleer
and did not know they had been robbed
until aroused as the train was pulling
into the station. The presence OF the
robbers was first discovered by wom-
an. She screamed and the people lin
the waiting room gathered around. ms
|vestigation proved majority Of them
had been robbed. The confusion per-
rnitted the robbers to escape. Later they
made their presence known on board an
immigrant sleeper. The conductor and
porter, with the passengers. were
|herded into the end of the car and
|searchings instituted by one man while
the others held the crowd back with
guns. They left the train between Linz
coin and Milford.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-24
EVANSTON WOMAN PRESIDENT.
Mrs. j. e. Scott Chosen Head Of Nom.

Mrs. j. e. Scott Chosen Head Of Wom. .
ems Foreign Missionary Society.
Milwaukee, Wis, April 24.-Mrs. ].
Il. Scott OF Evanston, Ill. was unani-
mously re-elected president OF the
women's Foreign Missionary Society
of the West yesterday at the annpa,
convention Of the Organization IN Bap-
tist Tabernacle church. The other OH
GERS elected were:
Vice President, Mrs. L. e. Stillman,
Dayton. Ohio: foreign secretary. Mrs.
Frederick Clatworthy, Evanston, Ill. !;
home secretary, Mrs. Julia L. Austin,
Chicago; recording secretary, Mrs. j.
w. Carpenter, Chicago; treasurer. Mrs.
Matilda E. Kline, Chicago; auditors,
George O. Holloway and James p.
Piercy, Chicago.
The state vice presidents elected
We're: Colorado, Mrs. II. F. Wilkinson;
Illinois, Mrs. c. w. Barber: Indian ter
ritory and Oklahoma, Mrs. M. ]. ARM
strong; Iowa, Mrs. F. T. Atchison;
Michigan, Mrs. q. Grenell; Minnesota,
Mrs. F. b. Lathrop: Missouri, Mrs. M.
j. Breaker; Montana, Mrs. G. L. Gave;
Nebraska, Mrs. j. w. Merrill; North
Dakota, Mrs. A. E. Mills; Washington,
east, Mrs. w. f. Winfield; Washington,
west, Mrs. George Campbell; Wiscon-
sin. Mrs. William Lindsay. and Wy
oming, Mrs w. III. Frazee.
Wisconsin has agreed to raise $4,000
for children's missionary home. The
society has also agreed to raise $5O,OOO
for missionary purposes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-24
EDWARD REACHES NAPLES.
Enthusiastic Reception is Accorded the
Visitinu Monarch.


Naples, April 24.-The royal yacht
Victoria and Albert. with King Ed
ward on board arrived here yesterday
and received an enthusiastic welcome.
After the yacht had anchored, King
Edward received the Duke of Abruzzi,
Foreign Minister Marin and others, who
welcomed him in the name of King
Emanuel. The royal yacht was es-
corted by ten British war ships, which
answered the salutes of Italian ships
and land batteries.
I The German crown prince, Frederick
William, and his brother, Prince Eitel,
and Crown Prince Louis of Portugal,
also visited King Edward.
Rainy weather marred the festivities.
King Edward subsequently visited
the Queen of Portugal on board the
yacht Amelia, the German princess on
board the Sapphire and the Duke of
Abruzzi, on board the Italian cruiser
Liguria. The king will attend a gala
performance at the San Carlo theater
on Saturday.
King Victor Emanuel sent a person.
al telegram to King Edward, greeting
him on his arrival, which King Edward
answered Immediately, saying that he
felt himself to be among old friends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-24
sTRYCHNINE IN FOOD
Breakfast Food Received Thru the Mail
Kills a Wealthy Man Living Near
Pensacola, FIa.-Detectives at Work.

Pensacola, Fla, April 24.-Roiand u.
Morgan. formerly of Chicago and later
of Elgin, Ill., but for the past two
years a resident OF new settlement
founded by himself six miles from
Pensacola, received a package of break
fast food thru the mail Monday morn
ling. He tasted it, swallowed spoon
full, and in fifteen minutes he was dead.
His wife. sister of C. E. Wilcox of Chi
cago, tasted a portion of the food and
spat it, out Immediately. The deadly
effects OF the stuff worked on her even
with the mere tasting and she became
deathly sick. Mrs. Morgan's mother,
Mrs. Davis, also of Chicago, tasted the
food and became dangerously i'll.
Morgan laughed at what he thought
was timidity on the part of the women,
and calmly poured small portion into
a saucer Over this he poured lit
tie cream. and stirred it. Removing
pipe from his mouth, he scooped up
spoonful, which he swallowed. He pre-
pared to take a second spoonful, when
deathly pains seized him. He stood by
an orange bush and suddenly he fell
into the thorns, badly decorating his
face. Rigor had set in by this time,
and before hastily prepared emetic
could be forced down his throat death
had seized him and he died in excruci-
ating torture.
Mr. Morgan was popular in this city.
and when the fact of his death was
learned several friends hurried across
the bay to his home and ascertained
the details of his death. A reporter was
among the first to learn the circun-
stances, and he formed a suspicion that
Morgan had been poisoned. He Sc
cured the remaining portion of the food
and had it analyzed. In the half pound
of food was enough strychnine to kill
by three different chemists CT Pensa-
cola and the results were the same.
Chemical tests in every way were made
and the poison developed in large guam
titles. A quarter grain injected into
the hind quarters of a healthy rabbit
yesterday killed the animal in four
minutes.
Mr.. Wilcox arrived from Chicago yes
terday anorning and at once began TO
work on the mystery. The matter was
taken up with postal authorities, and
cooperation of government detectives
is promised. Wilcox had the body ex-
i1umed, and the stomach removed. 1t
will be sent to Chicago for analysis. MIR.
Wilcox says he knows of no enemy OF
Morgan who could be guilty of poison
ing him. and the affair is shrouded in
mystery The postmark on the package
was indistinct, and the authorities are
asked to decipher it. Sensational dis
closures are soon expected. Morgan
was a man of means and was very
highly esteemed among moneyed men
Of Pensacola. He owned several hum
dred acres of land here, part of which
was improved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-24
Short kilograms.

Kwang Tang-A Chinese deperado,
who confessed to sixty murders, has
been crucified. He fingered three days
on the cross.
Breslau, Silesia-The bodies of fifteen
persons who were frozen to death dur
ing Sundays snowstorm have been
found. A number Of people are still
missing.
Yokohama-The arrival from the
United States of j. d. Farrell, assistant
oe j. ]. Hill, has revived ruinors of an
impending ocean freight and passenger
var.
Antwerp--In speech in the senate
DR.. DefavereauX, the minister of for
eign affairs, declared that 9. European
zollverein against the commercial de-
velopment of the United States was an
illusion.
Manila-Lieutenant Colonel Henry
w. Sprole, Of the First cavalry, shot
himself in the head with a revolver at
Taal, province of Batangas, and died
Immediately afterwards. EIis brother
officers say he was temporarily insane.