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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-11
DONATION OF $4,000.
Bishop Turner Gets That Much to
Assist in Buying Steamship.

The republic of Liberia, through
Bishop H. NJ. Turner of Georgia, has
donated to the colored National Emil
grafton and commercial association the
sum of $25, 900 to assist in purchasfnga
steamship to ply between the United
States and vest Africa, for commercial
purposes as we'll as for immigration. 1t
is the bishops desire that white as
we'll as colord people purchase shares
in this enterprise, and assist such ne
groes as wish to remove 10 Liberia
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-11
DAWSON NEGROES in THIS.
WERE STAR WITNESSES IN AN I'M
P0RTANT TRIAL AT MACON.
White Man Was Being Prosecuted in
the United States Court for Al
legged Crook edness at Gov
ernment DistilIery.

The Macon Telegraph prints an In
teresting account of the trial in the
United States court in that city of
white citizen OF Crawford county for al
legged crookenness at distillery, and
in which two Dawson negroes who
were appointed to official positions in
the revenue department ofthe govern
ment soon after the election of Presi-
dent Mckinley play conspicuous parts.
The Telegraph says:
"The case of the United States VS.
Hardison, Grace and Mathews was
concluded yesterday. The defendants
were indicted and charged thereby
with conspiracy to defraud the gov
erument of revenue on corn whisky
made at Hardison S distillery in Craw-
ford county.
Matthews was the negro storekeep-
er and guaeer in charge of the distill-
cry. Grace was negro, who had
qualified to act as substitute for
Mathews at one time, while the latter
was away attending a negro Masonic
meeting.
THE contention OF the government
was that four barrels of peach brandy
had been substituted for four barrels
of corn whskey in the bonded ware
house, and that these barrels were
guage1, stamped and marked as whIs-
key, and the revenue due on them had
not been paid.
"Davis, another negro storekeeper
and guager, had been previously en-
ployed at the distillerY, and was an
intimate friend OF Mathews. Davis
reported to his superior, DR.. McCar-
thy of Macon, deputy United States
collector OF internal revenue, that he
found upon opening one of the four
barrels to treat some negro friends
that the contents were peach brandy
instead of corn whiskey. Not satisfied
with reporting it to his immediate su-
perior, Dayis fastened to Atlanta and
reported there.
deputy Marshal Thomas and Reve-
nue. Officer Vlgal seized the four bar
rels of peach brandy, all the whisky
in bond, and the distillery.
"When Hardison was called and con-
fronted by the officers he promptly re-
piled that the four barrels contained
peach brandy.
"'How and when the corn whisky
got into those barrels. said Hardison,
Il do not know. Matthews carries the
key end sealed the locks and had also
Lutte control
1.-THE brandy and distilery were
seized Oct. l, 1900. Between that time
and the trial of the case, concluded
yesterday, Matthews was convicted of
irregularities with the government
and served term in Blob comfy jail.
Hardison and Grace were tried sepa-
rately, and Mathews, who turned
states evidence, was the star witness
for the government. Outside of the
theories of the government revenue
agents, the governments case hinged
upon the testimony of Matthews and
Davis, the negro storekeepers, and a
white man named Bryant, whose char
acter was impeached to the satisfac-
tory of the jury.
"The contention of the defense was
that Hardison was the victim of a plot
Matched by Mathews and Davis to get
even with him for a grievance they
held against him.
"The Jury, after deliberating half
an hour, returned a verdict of not
guilty"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-11
BIG TIRsBER DEAL.
Thousand Acres of
Land Change Ha ndS.

The Blasingame and Morgan Lum-
Der Company of Moultrie closed deal
last week which conveys $4,000 acres
of saw mill timber from them to J. j.
Whipell of Newport News, Va. The
price was $3.50 per acre. The check
given for the timber was $50, 500. The
timber is located in western Florida,
near Tallahassee. Blassingame and
Morgan bought it few weeks ago for
speculation, and are understood to
have made margin of profit out of it.
They retain 1900 acres for their own
use, and will put mill there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-11
LOCAL OPTION IN VERMONT,
After Half a Century of PrOhibi.
ton the State DiscardS 1t.

A dispatch from Vermont says: The
advocates of local option carried the
state today, ard after more than half
a century of prohibition cities and
towns of Vermont will after March 1
be premitted to decide whether or not
intoxicating liquors shall be sold ia
those communities.
The total vote with seven small
towns missing is 3C.58S in favor of q
license law, and 28,946 opposed. The
missing towns gave total vote of less
than 800 at the last election. 1t is a
coincidence that Vermont voted for
prohibition in 1853 oy 1,2OO majority.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-11
ISLANDERS THE SOUTH.
Noted New York RefOrmer Makes
a Sensational Attack.

One naturally looks to the pulpit for
trGth and charity, but one does not al
ways End these divine attributes there.
For instance Rev. Br. Parkhurst said
the other day: There is a degree of
barbarism in our treatment of the
black race that is not exceeded in any
other part of the world, and although
we send missionaries to Christianize
other lands there are communities in
the south as un-Christian as any part
of heGthendom. Ct is difficult to un-
derstand how q man so grossly lgnO-
rant of social and religious conditions
in his own country, within a days
Journey of his home, and so manifest
lv marrow. minded and preiudiced,
could have attained to that eminence
in spiritual leadership which DR.. Park
hurst enjoys. If DE-. Parkhurst's life
depended on finding one OF these un'
Christian communities in the south to
WllC1 ne 50 pQdFiodICdlly AOFOto AO
would be a doomed man. The fact
probably is that for the satisfaction of
making sensational statement he
cast truth aside and slandered the
most Christian and ehivalrous section
of his country. If his ignorance OF
the south is as dense an1 inexcUsable
as appears from his utterance it would
stand him in good stead to miss trip
or two 20 Europe and come down here
and study conditions as they are.
Three mOG5hs in the south would be
sufficient to induce DR.. Parkhurst to
apologize to the section for the utter
ance quoted above; that is, assuming
him to be man broadminded enough
to recognize truth when he sees it and
of sufficient moral courage to acknowl-
edge an error once he has been con-
viaced. Savannah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-11
POUNDED TORPEDO WITH AXE
Athens Negro Thought 1t New
Kind of Pocket Book.

David Miller, negro man, found q
orpedo on the Seaboard Air Line track
near Athens and concluded it was
new kind of pocket book. He tried
70 open it with his knife, but failed to
uOso, and then started topound it with
an axe. The first blow exploded the
'orpedo, and piece of the flying tin
cut OF the end of the Negroes nose and
ouried itself in his head, just heiow
me eyebrow. He came near bleeding
y death before medical assistance
could be secured, and as it is he may
lose his eye.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-11
TO ANOTHER NEGRO
Roosevelt Gives cOlIectOrship at
ST. Marys.

President Roosevelt has appointed
John M. Holzendorf, a negro, to be col
lector of the port at st. Mary's, Cam
den county. The post is now held by
a negro named B. Coffee.
There was white applicant for the
post in the person of a Mr. Arnold,
who was endorsed by the white people,
but Holzendorf had the endorsement
of the republican organization.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
sand voice ;white-robed choir rendered

sand-voice, whfte-robed choir rendered
the sweetestsmusic of the afternoon.
Here is where the strangers in Zion very
naturally supposed the service was GER
tainly about to close. The indications
were strong, but like signs4in dry wealth
err, they were wrong, most decidedly
wrong.
1t had really just begun. The soft and
gentle strains of the singing, and the
gladstone and ever welcome jingle of
dropping coins, had scarcely died away
before Dowie was again on the broad ros-
trum.
Everybody wondered. This time he was
calm and serious. He began by telling
slowly Of his visit by invitation to the
University Of Chicago one day last week
the day that John Temple Graves of
Georgia spoke there on the race ques-
ton.
He listened attentively, he said, to John
Temple Graves, and afterward met him
in the presidents office, also by invita-
ton. He said Mr.. Graves was a perfect
gentleman. There could be none more
polished but the doctrine he was preach
ing, he regretted to say, was simply as
bad as 1t well could be.
He then took up the points made by
John Temple Graves in advocacy of a
segregation of the races, and, one by one,
tore them into shreds.
In this address Dowie was eloquent and
dramatic, and carried his great audience
with him in a magnetic manner that was
really wonderful.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
|BUFFETED BY FATE
Thomas Eyer Crosses the Ocean
Twice to Find Someone to
Care for Him.
Not Wanted in Norway or Minneso.
ia, He Is a Problem for the
Authorities.

After being shipped from one continent
TO another to find some one who would
care for him and provide him with the
necessities OF life. Thomas Eyer, crippled
and infirm, was In police court this NOR
ming on a charge Of vagrancy He told
his story to Judge Dickinson, and was
turned over to the poor department,
which will investigate his case.
Eyer came to this country from Norway
twenty years ago and worked in the log
ging camps of the north thru the winters
and in the harvest fields in summer
About four. years ago he became i'll and
was no longer able to work for living.
He managed to collect enough money to
pay his way back to Christiania where
he had relatives. &
When he arrived in Christiania he was
disappointed by the welcome he received.
Instead of receiving him with open arms
his brothers and sisters, when they
learned of his condition, turned him over
to the public charity department of the
city and the outcome was that he was
furnished with steerage passage for
America and sent to Bemidji Mimi,
where he had made his home before
returning to the old country.
In Bemidji Eyer sought relief from the
poor department, but was again shifted,
this time being sent to Minneapolis. He
wandered about the city for time, re-
ceiving help at the Union Mission until
the patience Of the superintendent was
exhausted. when he was turned over to
the police.
Eyer is totally incapacitated by phys
ical nfirmities. He has no particular
claim upon the authorities at Bemidji
and Minneapolis authorities feel that 1t
is hardly right for them to care for the
man. His case Is now held under advise
ment by the superintendent of the poor
department.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
STATE CAPITOL.
WANTS THEIR SUPPORT
Dairy Commissioner Will Ask But
termakers' Views About But
ter-scoring Contests.

"a
Dairy Commissioner Mcconnell will send
out a circular this week asking the but
termakers of the state whether they want
the educational butter-scoring contests
resumed If a sufficient number declare
their willingness to send a twenty-pound
tub of butter each month"; the contest will
be started.
A SIS silver cup will be given to the one
getting the highest average in the twelve
contests The second prize will be a $50
cup, and the third one valued at $25:
Prizes of So, 50 and 81 will be given for
those making the best score each month.
Every buttermaker scoring 81 or over in
six or more contests will receive diplo-
ma. B. I. White and Sam Haugdahl will
do the scoring and Professor T. l..
Hacker will be referee.
The contests will make much work for
the department and will cost about $1,000,
but they will be Of great educational val
ue and are especially valuable for coach
ing the buttermakers to make a fine show
ing at the st. Louis exposition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
PASTOR 0NsA MODEL WIFE
New Jersey Minister breaches Ser.
mon Under That Heading -Ep-
igrams on Wifehood.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Camden, NJ j., Sept. 2S.-The congre-
cation that crowded the Kaighan Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church In Camden
last night listened to a sermon on "A
Model Wife," preached by the Rev. j. M
Lee. Among the many unique express
sions used by the preacher were:
1T is not good for man to live alone
God took rib from mans side and of it
formed woman. He thus created a
vacuum in mans life that nothing but a
sweet woman can fill.
''The model wife accords to her husband
full authority in general affairs, but real
ICES that she must be the head of the
house. do not mean boss. From boss
in petticoats, good Lord deliver us.
1.-THE model wife is a good housekeeper.
If the carpet contains samples of every
thing cooked for month; if the table
linen looks as if soap costs $40 a cake;
if the walls are festooned with cobwebs,
husbands from home. Go to the saloon
keeper, thou sluggard, and learn the art
of shine and sparkle.
IF some wives would use the same
energy in their houseWork that they do
in gossip and gadding, many saloons
would be vacent.
Better a thousand times to be bache-
lor than to wed long tongued, ball-bear-
ing jawed woman.
The model wife lives within her hus-
bands income. Many a man has been
strangled by the rope of his Wife's+ fine
lace.
II pity man who, after marriage, finds
all he has to show for his marriage fee
is dress form, a medicine chest, sand a
whining voice.
~, ,i, "a A,o1i wit &c
than fit of chills and fever. I don't
wonder that men drink whisky to get over
the attack.
MANY suicides pistol has been loaded
with unpaid bills and aimed by careless
wife,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
SCHEME TO GET COCAINE
South Minneapolis Druggists Being
Worked by a "Fiend."

South Minneapolis druggists are being
annoyed by cocaine flend who. unable to
get his favorte drug in any other man
ner, resorts to subterfuge. He has Sc
cured quantities of the drug by nnisrepre-
sentation, but at last he has become
known to the druggists and Is unable to
secure the stuff ... ~l
A few days ago he went into a drug
store and told the clerk tllas he had been
sent by the proprietor Of another drug
store to get thirty-five grains Of cocaine.
The unsuspecting clerk dealt out the drug
and the man left. Shortly afterwards the
clerk telephoned the druggist who the
man said had sent him and learned that
the man had lied.
Attempts of like nature have been made
at other stores. The druggists are now
suspicious Of all requests for cocaine and
will not sell the drug without written
order known to be genuine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
HENRY 0'BRIEN IS FREE
Lunatic Accused of Assault Released
Judge Cannot Commit Him
to Asylum.

Henry O'Brien, indicted by the grand
jury for criminal assault upon a woman
near the Kenwood boulevard last spring,
is now free. Judge Elliott has ordered a
nolle entered on the ground that the de-
PENDANT is mon compos mentus" and that
the law giving the district court judges
the right to commit prisoner in this
condition to the state hospital Is uncon-
stitutional.
The O'Brien case has been hanging fire
for some time. Last term the defendant
was brought before Judge Elliott for ex-
animation and it was determined that he
was an imbecile. That precluded his be-
ing tried The court held however, that
the law providing for his commission to
the state hospital was unconstitutional and
the case was continued, the defendant be-
ing out on bond, with the understanding
that he be sent to some asylum or hos
pita1. This term defendants counsel made
a motion to have the case finally settled,
and after an extended argument it has
been held that the law Of this state pro-
vides no way of dealing with a dangerous
lunatic, r@tHN'1 fts.#ls fSHss &sazys.gy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
RECORD IS DEFICIENT
Milkman Escapes Penalty for Sell
ing Milk Without a License

Failure either on the part of~City Clerk
Lydiard to include in last years council
reports all the actions Of the .councili, or
on the part Of the standing committee on
health and hospitals to report to the coun-
Gil a recomme nda ton made by the com
missioner Of health, was responsible for
Albert Dooies. a millkman of Fridley.
Anoka county, being found not guilty on
charge Of selling milk without a license.
He had made application for license.
The health department recommended that
the license be refused. The recommends
ton was referred to the committee on
health and hospitals, but that is as far
as the matter went, as shown by the
records.
Dooies was arrested upon complaint Of
Inspector W. d. Mccall charged with SELL
ing milk without license. He told the
court that he did not have a license but
that he had made application for one and
that after the application had been made,
he had thought nothing Of the matter He
had gone ahead supposing that the council
had acted fayorably upon the matter.
while the health department understood
that the license had been refused.
Inspector Mccall told the court that
Doois had refused to allow his herd to be
inspected by the health department and
that his license was held up for that rea-
son. The records failed to show that such
was the case and Judge Dickinson found
Dooies not guilty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Scandinavian Branch of Salvation
Army Plans Its Observance.

The Scandinavian branch Of the Saliva
ton Army, 1903 Sixth street s, Ensign A.
Lindberg, officer in charge, has set Oct.
8-11 as the date for the festival this year.
This is coincident with the army's cele-
bration all over the country.
During this time army officers will be
glad to receive and will seek gifts OF
every nature There is nothing the army
cannot make use of. The following is a
list of articles Of practical utility which
will gratefully be received by the repre-
sentatives Of the branch:
Fruit, flowers, canned goods, vege-
tables, fish, meat, chickens, live stock.
corn -four, wheat, oatmeal, condensed
milk, bread crackers, cheese, tea. coffee,
cocoa, books pictures, jewelry, shoes,
coal, wood. lumber, Shingles chairs.
sheets, blankets. cutlery, tools, furniture
new or used), clothing (new or second
handl.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
scANLoN CASE UP AGAIN
Matter of Freight Rebates Involved In
the Trial.

Matter Of Freight Rebates Involved in
the Trial.
Peter Elge, indicted under the name Of
Fred Williams, and Fred Hill, were ar
raigned to-day on two indictments,
charging forgery in the second degree
Both entered pleas of not guilty and their
cases are set for trial Oct. 8.
The case Of the state against Timothy
Scanlon, indicted for grand larceny in the
first degree, was taken up before Judge
Pond and half Of the jurors were Sc
cured before noon. Scanlon's case is one
ofes pecial interest to railway men in
that it has to do with rebates. The de-
PENDANT is accused Of stealing claims for
rebates from the office Of the Minneapolis
& st. Louis, taken, SO it is claimed, for
the purpose Of establishing proof that the
company was carrying on the illegal
practice of giving rebates.
Last term the Scanlon case was called
for trial. The defendant demurred to the
indictment on the ground that 1t did not
set forth facts sufficient to constitute
public offense in that the rebate claims are
not subject to larceny. The question in
volved a close point OF law and with the
consent Of all parties, 1t was certified to
the supreme court, which held against
the defendant
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
LOOKS LIKE MURDER
Unknown Man Found Fatally In
jured Beside st. Louis Tracks
dies at Hospital.
Pockets Of Dead Mans Clothes Were
Turned Inside Out When
He Was Found.

An unknlwn man was found lying I'M
conscious beside the Minneapolis & St
Louis tracks at First avenue N early this
morning and was taken to the city hos
pital, where he died this afternoon. He
hM memorandum book and two let
tiers In his pockets, but the letters bore
the names Of Anderson and Olson, while
several other names were found in the
book. The authorities have not been able
to identify him.
The man was about So years old and
was evidently a working man, altho he
was well dressed.
It was at first supposed that the man
was struck by a train in the yards some
time during the night, and received the
injuries which proved fatal.
Later, however, the fact that the man S
pockets were turned inside out gave
strength to the theory that he had been
murdered and robbed. IL $ .s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
ARMENIANS IN RIOT
Clash With Cossacks-Three Killed
and Several Wounded.

Tif1is, Russian Trans Caucasia, Sept. 49,
The transfer Of the property of the Ar
menian church at Shusha to the Russian
authorities according, to the imperial de-
cree issued June Is, has been attended by
a conflict between Armenians and Cos
SACHS. Excited Armenians made dem
onstration in front Of the residence Of the
governor and stoned a detachment Of
Cossacks who attempted to dispense them.
Shots from the crowd and from persons
on the roofs Of houses In the neighborhood
were answered by a volley from the Cos
two Cossacks and one rioter were killed,
but the Armenians, In the darkness, car
ried off a number Of wounded persons.
Similar rioting on the part of the Ar
meaians occurred recently near Elizabeth
pol, at Baku and at Kars.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28

S. T. Fullerton, executive agent of the
state game and fish commission, says he
will procure the indictment of E. j. Wal
ton, the Chicago man who assaulted w.
B. Boyd, deputy game warden, at the St.
Paul union depot Saturday morning. He
had an argument with Boyd in the morn
ing over the seizure of game, and when
he him in the evening ran up and
struck him without warning, cutting a
bad scar and stunning the warden some-
what It is claimed that brass ''knucks''
were taken away from Walton. Boyd got
back with one short punch that spoiled
Walton's looks. Walton was arrested, but
the charge made was simple assault, and
he gave $50 ball. jumping it when his
case was called this morning. Attempt
will be made to indict him for assault
with dangerous weapon and bring him
back to st. Paul for trial.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28

John Arbuckle, the Brooklyn coffee merchant
has long cherished an idea that floating hotel
on Which Recommendations and meals at moder-
Investment. Last year the plan was tried, With
only moderate success but. nothing daunted, Mr.
Arbuckle will put his floating hotel into COM
mission again this summer. The full-rigged ghip
Jacob A; Stamler has teen fitted uo as a hotel
who want e. spend the night on the water Nir.
Arbuckle VIII take out several parties of mothers
and. children. from the tenement districts. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
CARD OF THANKS

The sorrows and reverses Of life are
many times made less severe to bear
when human sympathy and help are
given. During the long illness Of wife
and mother the neighbors and friends
have been exceedingly kind and mindful
of the comforts of the suffering one. For
this and the floral pieces furnished at
the funeral, we wish to thank each and
all. Ambrose Kicker, Ernest, Archie,
Jennie, Pearl, Samuel and Raymond
Kicker.