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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
INHUMANITY TO SICK CONVICT
PRISONER DIES A WEEK AFTER
REACHING THE PENITENTIARY,
Was Taken from the Lee County jail
While Almost in the Throes OF
Death to Begin Hard Labor.

Was Taken from the Lee County jail
While Almost in the Throes OF
Death to Begin Hard Labor.
An Atlanta special in the Macon
Telegraph says Charles McLendon,
the negro convict taken to Atlanta
about a week ago to serve SEN
tence of eight years at the camps of
Palmer Brick Co. for the crime of
voluntary manslaughter, died We'd
nesday afternoon at the camps, and
his body was turned over to one of
the medical colleges of the city for
scientific purposes.
He was from Lee county, and was
practically dead man, it is said,
when he was delivered tothe guard,
] i'm jackson, by the sheriff of that
county. He had been in jail for
some months, wasting away with
consumption and another disease
equally fatal The guard says that
he did not want to accept the man,
but was forced to take him by the
sheriff, who said that he wished to
get rid of him and ventured the
opinion that the negro would live
until he got to Atlanta. McLendon
would never have been able to trav-
ell had it not been for the assistance
of two other convicts who were
along with him. These convicts,
although handcufed, aided McLen-
don when he was placed on the train
at Leesburg and taken from the
train in Atlanta.
The man whould have been sent
to the state farm, had the prison
commission known of his condition.
The commission, however, was kept
in the dark, and in addition to the
expense incurred in taking him to
Atlanta, instead of sending him to
the state farm, the man S life might
have been saved. The guard either
had no discretion in the matter, or
did not know how to use it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
TRIED TO BREAK JAIL.
Prisoners Priced Up the Water Pipe
Thursday Night.

An unsuccessful attempt to break
Jail was made Thursday night. Some
of the prisoners priced the pipe loose
from the bath tub and broke it.
They made no other Roadway to-
ward liberty, however, and were about
as far from it after their work as
they were when they began it.
1t is said by the prisoners that 1t
was done by Essie Johnson, who was
hung Friday, and Fletcher Murphy,
one of the negroes who is jail for bur
glarizing the depots.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
SWUNG JOHNSON INTO ETERNITY.
Board Refused to Interfere and the SLAYER of an
Old Negress Paid the Penalty. Confessed lust Be
fore Mounting the Death Trap.

Contrary to all expectations Essie
r.,bson died on the gallows in the
Terrell county jail Friday for the
sander of Eliza Banks, an old
negress eighty-two years of age,
three months ago.
4 strong petition, signed by near
r. al of the grand and trial jurors
a,d endorsed by the Judge and So
Ifci+or general, requesting acommu-
.o+ion of the sentence to life impris-
ann, mi was presented to the pris-
commission, but after consjd-
,.fro the case that board refused
- interfere, and late Thursday af-
tornoon Sheriff Oxford received
notice to execute the sentence of the
the law next day.
Johnson had persistently denied
his guilt, and there were circum-
o+,ncps connected with the crime
rhicb caused some citizens to be-
love there was a possibility that he
did NOT commit it. This doubt, how
orar was removed by a confession
made 2 few minutes before the con-
dnmned man started to the gallows.
The confession was first made
nrivately to a News represent
alive, but only after Johnson
had been assured that the last
chance for him to escape the gallows
WAS gone, and that what he said
would not be told until after he was
dead. He then confessed to the
murder, saying he did it to prevent
his victim from testifying in court
AGAINST his wife, who was charged
With the theft of some meat. just
before the trap was sprung he
,aid Il did it, in response
TO an urgent request by Rev.
A. ]. Wilkinson, pastor of the
A. NJ. E. church, who was with him
in his last moments, to say whether
he was guilty.
The gallows trigger was sprung
at 1:l5 o'clock, and the victim was
one of the calmest and most self
possessed of the twenty-five or
thirty people who were present.
y Just before leaving his cell he ask
! ed permissionto bid his fellow pris-
oners goodbye, and after shaking
hands with them he assembled the
steps to the gallows without a ire
NOR or assistance, and was appar-
emily unaffected by the fate that
n was but a minute or two ahead OF
him. After the moose had been ad
sjusted for the drop he asked Sheriff
Oxford to tighten it little in order
that there might be no chance of his
neck not being broken by the fall.
4 The execution was as perfect as it
was possible for it to have been.
Il The body gave only two or three
slight witches as it hung in space,
and the attending physicians pro-
bounced life extinct in eight min
utes.
Johnson at first refused to put on
the new suitofclothes that had been
provided for him, but he finally con-
seated to wear them He insisted,
however, on wearing his old shoes,
sand was permitted to do 50.
The crime for which the penalty
was paid Friday was one of the
most diabolical ever committed in
the county. One night last fall Eliza
Banks, an old negress, heard her
chickens sQualling and, with torch
pm hand, went out to see what was
#disturbing them. She was knocked
down and shot three times, but liv-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21

DIR. w. H. Hoyl, dentist. My ap
planes are the most improved, and
all pain relieving methods are used.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
COMING TO DAWSON.
fl. Schloss Will Have Magnificent Dis
play of Spring and Summer Wear.

III. SChIOSS Will Have magnlnCenC DIS
play of Spring and Summer Wear.
Mr.. Hugo Schloss will be in
Dawson on February 26. q and %
with the greatest line of spring and
summer clothing ever exhibited in
this section, having just returned from
New York, where he purchased the
largest line of most up-to-date clothes
worn by men or boys; the largest and
most beautiful line of the celebrated
Manhattan shirts; the latest styles in
the Knox, StetsOn, Halves and Young
Bros hats; an immense line of gents
furnishing goods; the largest and
most elegant line of piece goods in my
tailoring department, from which we
can make you suit from $40 up.
The exact date of my arrival in
Dawson will be announced later.
H. SCHLOSS, Eufaula, Ala.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21

For water ground meal phone mum
Der -. j. NJ. RAUCH.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
INSPECTION ON FRIDAY.
The Dawson Guards Will Be Drawn
I'D and Looked Over.

Friday night is the date fixed for the
annual inspection of the Dawson
Guards, and the boys of the company
will have everything in apple-pie or
der for the occasion.
State Inspector w. G. Obear will be
accompanied to Dawson by Captain
Carl Reochman of the Sixteenth United
States Infantry, who is inspecting the
state troops in behalf of the govern
ment.
First Lieutenant Galloway Peddy is
now in command of the Guards, Cap
tain Wilkinson having been commits
stoned a major.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
HOW to Avoid Pneumonia.

You can avoid pneumonia and other
serious results from a cold by taking
Folev's Honey and Tar. 1t stops the
cough and expels the cold from the
system, as it is mildly laxative. Refuse
any but the genuine in the yellow pack
age. Sold by Hendricks Drug Store,
Dawson, Ca, and H. A. Wall, Bron-
wood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
DOMESTIC MISSION DAY.
Services at the Methodist Church Next
Sunday Morning and Evening.


Sunday Morning and Evening.
Next Sunday, Feb. 18th, is to be
observed by the Methodists OF Daw-
son as Domestic Missions Day. "
Every member of the church should
make a special effort to be present
at the IL a. m. service and make
some offering, however small, for the
support of our home missionaries.
There are seventy-one of them labor
ing in Georgia. The new hymnals
will probably be used that day.
At D. N. there will be an inter-
esting program rendered by the Ju-
venile Missionary Society. All are
invited to attend the prayer meeting
Thursday, 7 p. M, to talk about and
pray for the missionaries in south
Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
Dress Making.

[ have resumed dress making at my
home adjoining the hotel on Main
street, and solicit the work of the
ladies. Experience in the business en-
ables me to guarantee satisfaction in
every particular. Prices reasonable.
MRS. w. E. LUNDY.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
SILVER Polish.

A fac-simile of "Adams Silver Pol
ish" label will be found on page 9.
You will be the wiser, and maybe hap
pier, by reading it. Whether you live
in or out of Dawson your order will
be promptly attended to.
ADAMS JEWELRY STORE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21

TIE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
l2s Arch ST., Philadelphia
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21

ed several days, and stated before
dying that it was Essie Johnson who
made the murderous assault upon
her.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21

Just received a new line of Lewis
and Crossett's oxfordS at McLain
Bros. & Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-21
A COTTON EXCHANGE.

j. A. McRee & Co. Will Open an
Office in Dawson.
The News learns that Dawson will
soon have full-fedged cotton ex-
change.
A representative of J. S. McRee &
Co. of Americus has been in the city
making arrangements to that effect,
and it said that the room in the Dean
building next to GOeppe's tonsorial
parlor has been secured as an Office
for the exchange.
The firm proposes to be ready to
begin operations by March /.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-29
Why Swamp-Root
Gives Strength,

Almost everyone, from personal ex-
perience, knows that the effects OF any
kind Of severe physical strain are felt,
first Of all. in the small of the back
in other words, in those Vital Organs,
the Kidneys. This is as true in the
case OF the very powerful man as it is
with one Of less strength, and it is
especially true whenever the kidneys
are weak.
Weak and unhealthy kidneys arc re-
sponsible for more sickness and suf-
fering than any other disease. there
fore. when through neglect or other
causes, kidney trouble Is permitted t.
continue MANY FATAL RESULTS
ARE SURE TO FOLLOW.
SWAMP ROOT STRENGTHENS
THE KIDNEYS. and through them
helps all the other organs. When this
Wonderful Discovery can put the hui
man body into condition to stand hard
work and tremendous strain, it is easy
to understand how it has cured thou
sands in the more ordinary and less
strenuous walks of life
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-29

the chairs to the highest Offices in the l.
.. .. F. and Masonic Orders. He says:
Columbus, Neb., March IA, 1906.
&c. ]. Hood Co, Lowell, Mass.
Gentlemen: For n great many years
I have known the value OF Hoods Sar-
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Il was in the army foul. years in and
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City Point, Va, I was wounded and con-
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was under the doctors care most Of the
time. I lost the use of my left leg and
side, and tried almost every medicine
known besides the treatment of physi-
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in the country, but failed to get relief.
Every Spring l was fiat on my back, and
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ct. ii. Saunders"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-29

to have been lost through stragglers
deserters and prisoners during such q
campaign.
Col. Oladowski will be remembered
by many soldiers Of the Army OF Ten
nessee not only as a gentleman of high
character, but also as an officer who
was faithful and exact in the perform
ance of his duty.
regret to find 1t necessary to notice
this small affair, upon which Gen.
Johnston seems to lay so great stress.
whereas he might, in his Narrative.
have furnished the future historian
with important matter had he given an
account of the miraculous escape OF
his army at Resaca, when, under cover
of darkness, we marched over bridges
commanded by the enemys guns, and
were thus extricated from the pocket,
or, I may say, cul de sac, in which he
had placed US, with two deep and ugly
streams, the Connasauga and Ooste-
naula, in our Immediate rear.
OF this historical fact there Is no
mention whatever in Gen. Johnston's
book; and I shall always believe the
attack of Stevenson's and Stewart )
Divisions, therein described, together
with our return to our original position
on the following day, saved us from
utter destruction by creating the i'm
preston upon the Federals that the
contest was to be renewed the next
morning. They were thus lulled into
deliverance. 1t was upon this occa-
sion Gen. Polk remarked To an officer
Of high rank, now residing in New
Orleans, that our escape seemed al
most q miracle.
ITO be continued
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-29
1 Feeling Of Security.

You naturally feel secure when you
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Swamp-ROot Is scientifically com.
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1t is not a stimulant and is taken in
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1t Is not recommended for every
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1t is natures great helper in reIiev-
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"A sworn statement OF purity il With
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III You need a medicine you should
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II you are already convinced that
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Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
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MALT will convince anyone. You
VIII also receive a booklet Of valuable
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neys. When writing be sure and men.
ton The National Tribune.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-29
The 10Th Wis.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
n history Of the organization and SER
vice OF the 18th Wis. Give, also. each
Oh The engagements in which the regi-
ment participated.
l have been a reader of The National
tribune for many years. and / esteem
it highly. I take several papers but
none gives the solid comfort that I re-
ceive from The National Tribune.-O
NJ. York, Strongs Prairie, Wis.
The 25th Wis. was organized at Ia
Crosse Sept. IA, 1862, and mustered on,
June z, 1855. The first Colonel was
Milton Montgomery, who was breyetted
a Acknowledgement and succeeded by
Lieut. Jeremiah NJ. Rusk, who was
also brevetted a Brigadier-General 1,
belonged to Fuller's Division of the Six
teenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee
and lost 81 killed In battle and 400 died
from DISSATISFACTION National Trihune
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-29
FOUND DEAD IN BED!

Mr.. John c. Harris. prosperous young
farmer of Chambersburg N. Y, went to
bed last Thursday night feeling az we'll as
Usual Next morning his wife found him
d cad in bed beside herl Was it murder!
Yes and no. No. because he died from
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lfei Was not this self-murdcr7
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-29
The 123d Ind.

Editor National Tribune: would
like short history OF the regiment that
put down the rebellion, 1884 Ind
W. Slain, Co. /, L23d Ind. Summityille
Ind.
The 1o3d Ind. was organized at In.
dianapolis, Terre Haute and Greensbure
from Nov. 25, 1863, and mustered out
Aug. 25, 1865. The first Colonel was
John G. McQuiston, who was in COM
mand when the regiment was mustered
out. and brevetted a Brigadier- General
The 123d Ind. belonged to Hascall's Di-
vision Of the Twenty-third Corps, Army
of the Ohio. and lost 81 killed and 1872
died from disease.-Editor National
Tribune.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-29
LASSOED THEIR PRISONERS.
Novel Wartime Experience of an ILL.,
nOfs COmrade Whose Regiment Per
formed Service ON Foreign Soil.

The unique experience of n volun-
feer regiment in the war of the rebel
lion is described by Comrade s. w.
Evans, Gath ILL.,, who writes from his
home at Lexington, ILL.,:
"At one time during our service Of
three years my regiment had one little
experience that was somewhat out of
the ordinary and that fell to the lot of
but few. We were sent out of the
United States, and served for a while
in foreign country, and during that
time we were in one battle. Although
not actually engaged ourselves, we We're
under fire OF two contending forces in
In January, 1864, We were stationed
at Brownsville, Tex, and our Mexican
neighbors across the Rio Grande were
having a little revolution or something
OF that sort, and two small armies,
each having few pieces of artillery,
were confronting each other. One even
ing about o'clock they met at the
town of MatamOras, just across the
Rio Grande from Brownsville, and the
ball opened. In short time-my regi-
ment (the Saith ILL.,, q part of the goth
Wis. and two pieces OF artillery were
ordered out and sent across the river
We marched up to the edge of the
town, where We remained that night,
the musketry and artillery Of the
'Greasers' making music for us all
night long. Next morning we went
into town: the fight was going on as
we passed. Soldiers Of Mexico were
scattered along the streets, some firing
around the corners OF buildings and
some We're on the housetops.
We proceeded to the quarters of
the American Consul, loaded up his
effects, and thus. after a service Of
about IL hours in Old Mexico. and
having accomplished our mission
abroad, returned once more to the
United States. After our return we
had the privilege of seeing the end of
the fight. One side had gotten the
other on the 'skedaddle,' and the pur-
sued were making for the river, fol-
lowed by the pursuers, taking them
prisoners with the lassO. Our boys
lined up on our side of the river and
watched the fun.
Comrades. tell us some Of the Incl
dents that occurred while in the Rio
Grande country, the land Of cactus and
ehaparral, goats, greasers, sand and
feas."
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-29

Editor National Tribune: I am con.
slant reader of your eycr-welcome pa.
per. The National Tribune. Will Won
kindly publish sketch of the 1st Mich
Engineers. and oblige n member OF Co
a OF that regiment?-It- T.. Hill, Wells.
bOrO, Pa.
The 1st Mich. Engineers was organ.
lied with 10 companies at Detroit, Dec
IL, 1861, and two additional companie.
were added in 1862 and 1863. The reg.
iment was mustered out Sept. %. 1865
The first Colonel was William p. Innes
VINO was succeeded by col. John IL
Yates, who was in command when the
regiment was mustered out The regi.
ment belonged to the Army of the cur,.
berland. and lost Is killed and 81 die
from disease Editor National Tribune