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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-02-28
Az AWFUL TRAGEDY ENACTED
M-kONELINESS OF SECLUDED
WlNNSOR PARK LAST NIGHT

association with her. He later advised
one + rs friends that he simply could
ncSAIive without rhis woman. His
'friend\ tried to reason with him but
the mora they endeav red the more
depressed NsSd despond Mt he became,
However. nOtnng was heart of the
affair until shortly before II o'clock
last night when Brown. shot through
the stomach, made his way to his
room over Morgan & Davis saloon on
Bay street and advised his friend,
Jesse Aldredge, VINO rooms next door.
tt::.;,;; t:.;,;; Ac w2s shct, and that Mrs. Daven.
port had been killed outright near
Windsor park and that Davenport had
done the shooting. MIR. Aldredge says
that Brown was perfectly collected in
narrating his narrowing story and told
him that he had walkeGubut 10 the
park with Mrs Davenport; that tley
had found a trystng place near the
park and after having been there for
some time Davenport appeared on the
scene with revolver
He says that he was shot first and
tnat then the wife started towards the
husband, who turne@ weapon upon
her. firms only 22as ~ which pene-
uated her must have caus-
I'D almost iB brown ln4n
a.4+., .,,,.4e,,.4 ~. k4i3ysa
as1ctsng Ainher was .axa eps-
SOD ana entera tne Of a nc
.gIs aesting va be sent for
Asls, &, Y Z 4 ss1y 70 IS dour
tlaSl n Das e 3pck ana G4owu
.eelllse.. tsi9 'Ass7kau reported the
aboye' stated facts To- Mr.. Aldredge.
,Dr I N Bishop was sent for aud on
slight examination found that Brown
was shot through the hip and prob
ably 4 portion OF the stomach and that
g was in a criticA condition. He
WAS suffering intensely and the physi-
elan administered opiates, which re-
lieyed him ARRANGEMENTS We're be
ing made early tnis morning to re
move him 70 the city hospital
In The meantime MIR Adredge ad-
yised Assistant Chief Of Police Owens
who detailed two mounted officers to
the scene as mapped out by Brown.
and there, in the BRIGHT moonlight,
In a crouching attitude. indicating in
tense suffering AMI writing, the body
ot MIS- Davenport, cold in deata. was
found.
Some forty wards from where tha
body was located. on the bank Of inc
ditch extending out Mansfield street.
were found two white roses, bum
die Of papers and calendars, her p5ck-
etbook, bin Of fare Of the Metro.
politan restaurant and a white fasci-
nator
Coroner jennings was notified after
midniaut and went 20 the scene Of
the tragedy, and is making arrange
ments for coroner's investigation TO
take place this morning. The body
was removed to Moore's undertaking
establishment
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iomusly adopted, whereby tae city is
TO lease the southo.n touyavo feet
of Gloucester street 10 the Downing
Company for period Of twenty zee
ten years of which no charge is to
be made for the lease, the remaining
ten years to be fixed by arbitration
after the expiration of the first ten
years. In consideration OF these facts
the Downing Company is 10 surrender
to the city it's present ten year lease
on the northern forty-dye feet with
all improvements. which is to be CON
yerted into city or public dock,
AS the matter now stands the Down
ing Company now has a ten year lease
on the property safe and secure from
any legal processes. and under the
circumstances council is to be COM
mended on the splendid piece Of work
it mas achieved
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-02-28
Geing overhauled.

3eIn9 UVerhauIed.
The Cumberland Route steamer EN-
incline is at the wharyes Of the Par
ker-Hensell Engineering Company be.
ing thoroughly oyerhauled. The Dor
othy Is IN her place on the Fernandipa
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-02-28
Davenport Arrested

AT 3.l5 O'Clock this morning it was
learned tnat Davenport had just been
arrested by officers owens and Coins.
A News reporter FASTENED to the coun-
ty Jail and had an interview with him.
lie said lhat he did not do the shoot
ing, and that ne can prove that he was
al his boarding house, Mrs. Lcym's
on Newcastle street, from $50 O'Clock
up to the time Of his arrest
Brown revived from the Influence of
the oiHtas and was seen subsequent
to Dayenports arrest by the News
reporter and he made the following
statement
the man slipped up the ditch and
shot me then made like ! had a
pistol and asked Mrs Davenport to
give it to me The man then snap
ped twice al me, after had 5een
shot Mrs Davenport then started
towards the man, saying she would
shoot nint but she did not have a pis-
tol and made the remark in an effort
ITO frighten the man He then nred
lat her and fed I remained with her
for s~AaW minutes. She asked for air
and udragS2Ded the clothes about
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-02-28
TIE Weather.

Forecst for today in Georgia. Rain
aiehg thS soGst.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-29

sat alone on the porch I'LL 1t was very
late. The west wing was deserted save
for her. She was watching down the
dry, dusty road over which he had
driven. At length some one came trudg-
ing around the bend. 1t was n man
with a grip. 1t was he-he was COM
Ing back.
"Hellor' she called in vain attempt
to be cheerful. did you miss your
train|
"No, / didn't miss the train," he re-
piled as he came up on the porch. His
voice was as hoarse as his clothes were
dusty. mo, l didn't miss my train,
but l drove clear into town before l
understood what it all meant. / regis
tered that package and sent it special
delivery, too" He was sitting close
enough to whisper. "And | walked
back over six of the toughest miles 1
ever Travelled just to ask you If 1
couldn't put another ring where the
old one used to be-"
The moon rolled back of kindly
cloud, casting an impervious shadow
over it all and even the omnipotent
story teller couldn't see.
Late that night, sitting on the floor
in her room, she held diamond ring
between her fingers and contemplated
it. 1t was the same ring she had worn
all summer, the same ring that made
the people talk, the same ring that at
tracted him.
With an air of satisfaction she re-
turned 1t to her jewel case.
"And what would dear old papa
think" she was muslng, 'if he only
knew 1 can never wear his present
again" Columbia Monthly.
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and was thinking to herself what a
fine beginning it all was.
Hadn't we better try and find the
ball?" she broke In, but made no effort
to go. In fact, they did not go. The
lazy morning slipped by, leaving them
at the brook. They came in late to
luncheon, and she knew what all the
girls were saying.
1t rained torrents during the two
days following, and he taught her to
play chess.
1.-The object Is to checkmate the
King" he told her.
"Yes, see," and she wondered If 1t
were not equally commendable to be
able to checkmate Jack"
As soon as the sun shone they were
out of doors again. They didn't play
tennis as much as golf, and seemed to
enjoy padding a canoe better than
either. There wasn't so much to do
in the canoe and they could talk vol
umes. He told her of his work at col
lege, and, boy like, built for her castles
of future success. She appeared to be
most interested and asked him so many
questions that he began to think his
plans were worth something after all,
She was the only one who had ever
spoken encouragingly of them.
II shall be so anxious to learn in
after years Of the name you surely will
have made for yourself" she said to
him one evening as he bade her good
night
He looked longingly into her eyes as
the elevator boy waited in going
up" attitude.
"By Jove," he CALCULATED, If 1 only
had sister like you"
81 suppose she'd get you to quit
smoking cigarettes" And she laughed
out Of his head-once and for always
that bothersome, sisterly idea.
That night she wrote in her diary
something like this:
every mornings hours.
Every afternoons hours.
Every evening" hours.
Total, hours every day.
Eight hours day for two weeks would
be equivalent in point of time to Sc
ries of weekly calls spread ont through
period of two years-and besides he
has greater efficiency for speed than
most men,"
A summer is not lifetime, but is
long enough-at least she thought it
would be long enough. She was to re-
main through the month of October he
was to leave the last Of September.
Time passed more rapidly and more
happily than ever before. They were
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natural preserved Such the enter
which establishing Oklahoma
tribal tradition the Wichita mountain region has been the favore
Kiowa Indians thihe
abundance delightful climate But like the Indians
largely thing of the
splendid natural all the
the
will protection
interesting the
herds of buffalo
did before
to In
Wichita the
visited the region unite
without question: be made the successful the United
5720 act in
mountains that attain
Rio
splendid which fertile
finally the in
Gulf Mexico
pathway of the plains rich grasses
earlier the migratory herds
dry although whitens
average rainfall ohon+
inches and the annual
Seldom does the temperature go below
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having the sweetest experience Of their
lives.
"He cares for me-" she thought over
and over again. "He likes me, but why
doesn't he-W
She began to realize that his "efficien-
cy for speed" was not so great.
my engagement attracted him, and
yet my engagement holds him off," she
concluded. She knew it-his every
word and act proved 1t. He need not
speak; and yet he ought to.
AT length the days of field and wood
were over. Their evening strolls were
at an end Even summer-end "good-
bys" are sad, and there is no use re-
peating them. All were said-that is,
all "goodbys" were said-but nothing
more. He went to pack his grip She
retired to her room to weep, to dry her
eyes and to weep some more. For a
long time she lay on her bed, face
down, and the pillow was tear stained
Its all over now" she was thinking
Then she walked to the window and
nervouSly tied the shade string in ever
so many little bows and knots. She
was looking at the two-carat stone. on
her engagement finger.
"My ring attracted him-and alas !!
my ring is driving him away" And
she tied more knots in the window
shade string.
Il have it," she cried, and in burst
of enthusiasm she jerked the string
and snapped the shade to the top of
the window, Her tears burned dry and
beamed with determination and glowed
with anticipated success. 1t took only
few minutes to pull the ring from her
finger, seal an envelope and wrap up a
small, dark-green box about an inch
square.
Every evening at o'clock the stage
drove to town--not to return before the
following morning, When she came
down on the porch the horses were
waiting and he was about to step up
Into the stage.
Wlll you mail these in town for
me?' she asked, as with her left hand
she gave him the letter and the pack
age. He glanced from the package to
the hand and back again to the pack
age. 1t was addressed to a man In
Colorado. The letter was directed to
the same man.
"Good-by," he said; "I'll mail them"
She was expecting him to say more,
when suddenly all the guests came hur-
rying out of the hotel. They crowded
around him and babe him most DEM
onstrative adieu.
"Oh, pshaw" she said, as the stage
swept round the bend. II didn't think
the whole house would be here"
She alta no dinner that evening and
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-29
THAw's BEST FRIEND.
II Anyone Cnn Save Whites SLAVE
1t Is His Mother

II Anyone Cam Save Whites Slaves
Ii Is His Mother.
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, leader OF
Pittsburg society and ruler of the many
millions left by her husband, the late
William Thaw, has proven herself re-
markable in times of stress and trouble
If anyone can save Harry K. Thay
from suffering the consequences of his
crime In killing Stanford White, it will
be this devoted mother, who is his best
friend.
Mrs. Thaw showed her ability as a
manager when her daughter, Alice, de-
cided to marry the Earl of Yarmouth.
There was opposition from members
of the family, who did not like the
earl. Once settled that ner daughters
happiness depended upon the mar
riage, Mrs. Thaw consented. There was
trouble oyer the settlement but she ar
ranged that to the satisfaction of all
concerned.
A year or so later Harry Kendall
Thaw returned from Europe with Eve
lyn Nesbit, announcing her as his wife.
The elder Mrs. Thaw hastened to haul
in the relns and arranged for anoth-
er Wedding. Then she took them home
with her. This high-minded and de-
voted mother has redeemed situations
that to others have seemed to be beyond
hope of saving, and has controlled her
offspring when only she was capable
of doing so. Out Of the complex love
affairs of her children, when all the
world scoffed, she has seen what was
true and developed successful mar
riages.
With her other children, Josiah and
Mrs, George Lauder Carnegie, Mrs.
Thaw seems to have had less trouble.
Mrs. William Thaw has her own
views regarding the conduct Of the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-29
Why They Call Him "old Beans.

Why They Call Him "OId Beans.n
Senator Pomeroy was called by
many of those who knew him as old
Beans. His friends used the nickname
as term of endearment. while those
who didn't like him employed it to ex-
press their dersion. He obtained the
title by reason Of having at one time.
when the people of his state were hun
cry, large quantity of that nourishing
food shipped from Boston to Kansas
Whenever he prof1ted in a pecunlary
way by that act, of course l don't
know, but he, at least, gathered In a
host of friends.
Il first heard Of the soubriquet when
was one of the assistant doorkeepers
Of the Senate. My station was to the
left of the chamber, facing tn secre-
tary's Office. One day, when the Sen
ate was in session, big, breezy west
erner came up to me, and said: VIII
you kindly send my card to Old Beans 1
'Well, that stumped me- and was
obliged to confess that | didn't know
beans Then the stranger explained
When old Beans appeared he fairly
fell into his friends arms, and when
that gentleman told BIN, that l was lgy
norant Of the name the Kansans knewE
him by, l was told why they so desig4
mated him" m."-Washington Post.
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gwen her a comether to-day that she'll
not be forgetting in a hurry"
why, what did you say, Nora q,
asked Mrs. Harmon, with an anxious
glance at the pretty flushed face Of her
little maid of all work.
she said," and Nora caught her
breath, "she said, The dress your lady
wears to church is about fit to hang
out my lady's washing inr"
And you said?" prompted Mrs. Har-
mon, as Nora paused.
An | said." Nora's head was proud
" lifted, There's not thing nv lady
wears. even IL it's when she's all alone
Wild himself away, would be fit for
that! l said to her, an she'd never
a word to give me Youths
Companion.
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The Kingfisher.

Many and curious are the legends of
the kingfisher. One of these is to the
effect that the bird was originally
plain gray in color, but upon being let
loose from the ark flew toward the
setting sun and had its back stained
blue by the sky and its lower plumage
scorched by the sun to gorgeous hues.
The dried body of the kingfsher was
once used as a charm against thunder
bolts and moths, and it was hung up
so that it might point with its bill to
the winds quarter.
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THE FINAL WORD.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

No more loyal or devoted servant
could be found than Nora Sweeny. The
thought her mistress was an angel in
very slight disguise, and that the rest
of the family were all far superior to
the ordinary run of mortals.
Her indignation was beyond bounds
when she found that Bridget Halloran.
attached to the Laphams on the second
floor of the apartment house. consid-
cred "her family" far ahead of Nora's
in every way, because of their style of
dressing.
"She's always talking to me about
their clothes, Mrs. Harmon, dear"
said Nora, with hint Of tears in her
voice as she set down the heaped
basket of snowy garments one Monday
ON her return from the roof, but I've
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-29
AN OLD WAGON ROAD.

1t holds, in a wide and easy curve,
The gold-shot mist of a willow clump,
And takes the sun, in lazy swerve,
To clear the roots of a half-charred
stump.
Yonder, ahead, where the slant is steep,
Turning aside from a primrose lane,
The cut of the wheel lies sharp and deep
In clay that gathered the slow spring
rain.
But wild sweet clover in time can heal
The scars long left by the wagon wheel.
Adown the hollow it runs awry
With errant scorn of a settled pace;
The brown leaf-layers so densely lie
They hold the trail by the vaguest
trace;
And lower still where the mold is wet
With trickling pearls of a wayside
spring,
The slender arc of the track is set,
A couch for the wood-weeds' blossom
ing.
Across the hill, on the other side,
A new road runs to the village rim;
Its bed is graveed and hard and wide;
No star-weeds tangle along its brim.
1t travels on through the suns hot light
With naught of pausng to doze or
dream;
No swerve it follows, to left or right
No Turing dip to a shade-cool stream.
And the old road idles its way alone,
A vagrant, careless of long neglect
Witch hazel threatened and bramble-
grown,
1t sinks in a hazy retrospect.
And inch by inch as the wild things creep
Closer and thicker with web and skein,
1t lapses into a placid sleep.
A part, once more, of the woods do
main.
And wild sweet clover at last shall heal
The scars long left by the wagon wheel
Youths Companion.
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LIFE AND ITS HANDIcAPs.
Indiana Educator Declares lgnor-
ance Is Greatest Barrier.

Indiana Educator Declares IgnOr-
ance Is Greatest Barrier.
DR.. R. ]. Alley of the State Univer-
sity of Indiana delivered an address on
"Life's Handicaps" at the annual meet
ing of the Alumni Association Of Val
paraiso University. He said in part:
"Most men attribute their lack of
success to an unkind fate that mas
loaded them with some dead weight.
The world in its pre-estimate Of men
usually predicts failure. 1t does this
because it sees only what seems to be
the handicaps. The world predicted
failure for Stanley, Disraeli, Webster,
Lincoln, Moses and Jesus. The indi-
vidual makes wrong diagnosis and
the world fails entirely in its forecast.
"There are many handicaps that may
come into the life of any one. Evil
habit may, like vampire, suck the
very life blood. 1t may turn the life
current into SO deep groove that
finally the individual is powerless in
self-direction.
Ignorance Is the greatest handicap
of the present. A generation ago one
could make fair showing In the race,
even though he knew but little. The
competition Of the present and the
mastery methods now required in the
doing of everything puts the ignorant
man so far In the rear that he Is hard
ly recognized as being in the race at
all. The timid man cannot solve the
great problems of the present The
the courage to do hard things The
problems of adjusting the relation of
capital and labor and Of cleansing our
municipal, State and national admin
istrations call for a high degree of
courage. We need men Of the pioneer
type, men who will go into the Jungle
of corruption and graft with the same
conquering spirit that was in our fa-
theirs when they left the ease of the
East and builded their homes in the
unbroken wilderness af the West.
mo man can hope to be punched
with the winners in the battle of life
unless he has perspective good enough
to see things in their right proportions
and a spirit SO elastic that he can read
lily adapt himself to conditions as they
are.
The real handicaps of life are cura-
BILE. They are within the power of the
individual. He can form habits; he
can remain ignorant; he can be mis-
cradle pessimist; he can allow fear to
overcome him; he can pick piece of
charcoal from the street and hold it
so close to his eye that he fails to see
the acres of diamonds all about him !;
he can do all these things, tEt he does
not need to do them; he can do their
opposites. He can form good habits !;
he can Danish ignorance; he can be a
happy optimist he can round out his
life with the highest kind of courage !;
he can push the bit of charcoal far
enough away to let the light Of dia-
monds in. He can do all these and en-
ter the race without single dead
weight to carry and with the aSsur-
ance that the great starter on high is
anxious for him to win."-Chicago
Chronicle.
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DC
trousers pocket, and when needed can
be quickly brought forth. 1t is very
simple in construction, comprising
handle, length of cord and a needle
for slipping the end of the cord through
the gills of the fish. The cord is ar
ranged so that it can be folded in the
middle and passed through hook in
the center of the handle In this way
the string of fish, If very long, will
not trail upon the ground.
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case. What those views are remain
untold. 1t Is certain, however, that she
will expend her entire fortune, if nec-
essary, In the effort to save her son
from the electric chair. Her mother
love has been touched at Its tenderest
point, as Harry Kendall Thaw always
has been her petted and best loved son.
Always has she forgiven his escapades
and designations, continually trusting
that her love and devotion would tell
In the long run. Now, in her old age,
she faces the terrible ordeal of son
charged with deliberate ind premedi-
tated murder.
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other countries in introducing these
"eye-catchers." Still, one of the most
interesting seen recently comes from
Germany. 1t is shown in the illustra-
ton. This apparatus is glass vessel,
anu is nearly filled with water or other
suitable transparent liquid. A fame,
produced by liquid combustibles (such
as oil and compressed air) burns be-
low the surface of the water. The air
is led in through the larger and the
combustible by the smaller pipe. At
the left is an opening for admitting the
liquid and on the opposite side an over
flow pipe. When the apparatus Is
placed In a shop front or the like the
flame, burning within the liquid ap-
paratus, can also be used for produc-
ing hot water for heating purposes.
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given proper ven
tilation. No one
will deny that
mems hats afford
no means of sup
plying this much
needed ventilation.
In addition, men
never discard a
hat while in the
open air during
hot weather = as
women do. Means
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No Excursion Ticket.

Beenaway-Let me see! About No
goodson-when left he was going
from bad to worse, and Staidhome
1T subsequently developed that he had
no retypn coupop--Puck.
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New Kind Of Dialect story.

whats this" demanded the puz
Eled critic, reading the manuscript "G'
long wild We or Oi'll gif you pune
NIT der nose yet already What sol
of language is that to put in the mout.
of your hero?"
That's the most novel feature of mi
book" replied the young author; 'yoV
see, the hero's father was Irish and hii
mother German. Philadelphia Ledger
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In a basket. He
would rather pro-
cure a piece Of
cord or wire and
carry the fish that
way. What the
fisherman needs in
such an emergency
is the carrier
shown in the illus
tration, the inven-
tion of a Wiscon-
sin man. When
not in use it can
~ aIs,-oJ H. hha