The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-30
FEARFUL, WONDERFUL SHE
PRETTY MISS HUDSPETHS CRU
SADIE AGAINST BACHELORS.
While Determined to Make Them Get
Married She Turned Down Eight
who Presented Themselves to
Her for Matrimony.
Her for MatrimOny.

The men of Stuart, Neb., have been
terrorized by woman. and she is not
six-foot amazon who goes about
brandishing revolver, either. On
the contrary, the fact that she was in
vited to wed by each of eight bache-
lors who presented themselves to her
in a body is sufficient indication that
she is really woman, and not unat-
tractive personally. She is the terror
of Stuart because she is born boss;
she has the boldness of a dozen aver
age men, and very considerable abil-
ity.
She is Miss Rosa Hudspeth (age
not mentiOned), and she went from
Des Moines to Stuart, Neb., five years
ago. She got possession of the Ledg-
er, the only newspaper in the town,
conducted it along rather unusual
lines. but made a success of it. She
then extended her activities in several
other directions, including politics,
and made herself feared if not hated
by refusing to support candidates of
whom she did not approve and by
publishing their records at the mo-
ment when she could do them the most
damage.
Not satisfied with ordinary triumphs
Miss Hudspeth began crusade
against the bachelors of Stuart, de-
claring that she was determined to
make them get married. almost ev-
erv business man in town. she wrote,
sis bachelor. The banker is I'M
mated. The real estate man and the
money lender are bachelors. The city
attorney is a single man. The tele-
phone man is a dandy, and the biggest
merchant is yet running at large. At
every turn in search of news an I'M
mated self cOnfronts one" Her col
umns were filled with unerring allu-
sions to the bachelors, their manner
of life, and their forlorn condition.
All this gave rise to the unworthy
suspicion that Miss Hudspeth was
herself signing for matrimony IN vain,
and the prosecuted bachelors thought
thev would have peace if one of their
number, to whom the lot might fall,
would agree to sacrifice himself But
the terrible Miss Hudspeth emerged
from the test prepared for her in trl-
umph and with increased prestige.
Eight prominent bachelors deputized
one of their number to invite her into
| his office, where the whole eight were
waiting for her, and where she was in
vited to take her pick of the lot, with
the assurance that the favored man
would procure a license and marry
| her in half an hour.
Whether Miss Hudspeth feared bad
faith and laughter at her expense is
not stated. Whether she had cast a
fond eye on any particular bachelor
no one will ever know, for, if tempted,
she rose superior to such weakness
and calmly passed upon the merits OF
each sutton, or pretended sutton, IN
turn, Directing to one because he was
too fond of the convivial bowl, to an
other because he was too fat, to a
third because he was too lean, and sc
on through the eight. We should not
be surprised to learn that her Objec'
ton to the man she disliked most was
on the ground that his legs were bow
ed. The laugh was on the bachelors.
No one of them was good enough
for Miss Hudspeth, but her determine
ton to force them to find wives sui
fered no decline. She kept it up. The
bachelors grew tired of it and begar
to fight. They withdrew their adver
, tisements and started paper of theil
own. Miss Hudspeth, now very pros
porous, retaliated by going into bust
ness in opposition to several of them
According to the latest intelligence
she still insists that they shall marry
but she herself shall be at liberty tC
remain single. This inconsistent atti
tude, of which she is seemingly quite
unconscious, is proof positive tina
this fearful and wonderful Miss Hubs
peth OF Stuart, Neb., is woman after
all.-Macon Telegraph.