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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-21
HALF OF FACE IS GONE.
ASSASSIN STOOD CLOSE BY
MIRA Mary Nelson. . Highly Respected
Wsuan. Literally RiddIed by Some
Scounirsl: but shs Motive Has Not
Come to Light

Hammond. La. Dec. so.-Horribiy
hutilated. the left side of her face
entirely gone and her body rIddled
with shot. Mrs. Mary Nelson. forty
five years OF age. one OF the most re-
spected women In the parish. was
found lying In what Is known as Hap
py Woods road. about two miles west
OF here.
The murder was committed with a
shotgun loaded with a mixture OF bird
and buckshot. evidently held by some
one standing about ten feet from her.
Mrs. Nelson was not assaulted. nor
were there any evidences OF robbery,
but suspicion has fallen on a negro
with whom she had had a quarrel
over dog. SO far there Is no trace
OF the negro. but Sheriff Hall Is on the
trail OF the negro with bloodhounds
and capture Is expected at any time
Excited posses. made up OF the won.
ans neighbors. have joined In the
chase.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-21
GALVESTON At HEAD.
Thursday She Received More Cotton
Than Any Other Seaport.

sfse't r<fy ShtEt 0LaH0tt
Galveston. Dec 20-Fcr the first
time this season the port OF Galveston
heads the list In cotton receipts. Re,
csipts Of :s.ail bales Thursday. as
against s.307 bales for Savannah, gives
Galveston the lead by 1876 bales.
At the close OF Thursdays markets
Galveston's total receipts for the sea
son thus far aggregated 1.150.e5i
bales; Savannah. l.i42.77s bales. and
New Orleans. sss.s34 bales. Total re
ceipts at all ports thus far this season
are uader total receipts for the same
period last season are under total re
ceipts for the same period last season
BY 1.o6i.7s0 bales. The decrease nj
Galveston. comparing with the same
period last season. amounts TO s31. .esa
bales.
The movement Of cotton Is increas
ing At Galveston and falling off al
the Atlantic ports. and II Ia not though,
probable that Galveston will again
take the second position this season.
Because OF average crops along the
Atlantic and a strike as New Orleans.
the port OF Savannah always a close
third. held first place In point OF ~
ceipts this season until the present
time.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-21
Hester esdIy Bruised

New Orleans. Dec. eo.-Hcnry C.
Hester. secretary Of the New Orleans
cotton exchange. was run down and
badly bruiesd by an automobile. His
injuries are not believed TO be serious.
He Is nearly seventy years old.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-21
DREADFU[[Y DISTORTED
Bodies Of Unfortunate Miners
In Bad Shape.
DEATH AGONY IS AWFUL.
Many Of Men Who Owe Their Lives
10 the Fact That At the Time They.
Were Attending Church Celebrate
Thsir Escape BY Csreusins.

Jacobs Greek. Pa. Dec 2O.--of the
300 or more miners made prisoners
ln the Dsrr mine OF the Pittsburg Coal
company by the terrific explosion the
bodies Of thirty Friday morning lay In
the main entry. where they were ten
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-21

New York. Dec. eo.-stsamship
agents say the great rush Of steerage
passengers bound for Europe II practi-
cally over. The French liner In Lor-
rains carried out so4 thirdclass pas.
pengsrs and the White Star liner Ara.
bic eoo--in each case the capacity Of
the rip.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-21
John Mitchell Seriously Sick.

Indianapolis. Dec. 2o.-whils at
tending at the Claypool hotel a Joint
conference OF miners and coal oper-
ators John Mitchell was taken sudden.
~ III. A priest and physician were
sent for. The latter says Mr.. Mitchell's
condition Is serious. though not cr.ti.
cal.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-21
UNUSUAL OFFENSE.
Man and Daughter Arrested ~
Common Scolds."

Jersey City. Dec. 20.-John Pfeiffer
and his daughter. Margaret. were ar
rested here under indictments charg.
Ing them with the somewhat unusual
offense OF being common scolds-"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-21
TABLE LINEN.

Linen Hemstitched Table Sets.
cloth and napkins to match, $3.50
to $500 per set. Wagner & Bran
don II
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-12-21

cvrmon nuisance Or rhe people tier
inhabiting. residing or passing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
THE JAMAICAN INCIDENT.

The Savannah Press gets at the
gist of the Jamaican incident-Gov-
ernor Swettenham's request to the
American admiral and his crew to
withdraw from Kingston and get
aboard their ship. What the govern
or tried to protest against was the
easy and unwarranted way the United
States has of landing armed soldiers
in the West Indies every time there is
a revolution in sight, or any trouble
on the horizon Great Britain is very
Jealous of her sovereignty. In the
case of the earthquake and fire the
governor thought it was reflection
upon his own ability to keep order
to have the United States marines
marched up to the front gate and
camped on the Plaza. 1t was prec-
edent which Great Britain could not
allow. 1t might do for San Domingo
and Hayti, but when the big stick
was waved over one of the Crown
colonies the case was different,
Great Britain, Germany, the Neither
lands and all the possessors of the
small islands in the Caribbean have
been watching with much concern
the habit which American warships
have of asserting a protectorate over
the republics south of us. Not only
is Latin America tired of it, but the
big countries of Europe are very
much bored at the cockiness which
our soldiers and sailors assume I'M
der the example and encouragement
of the Big Stick in the white house
at Washington Some day our gov
eminent is going to find itself in
a very awkward position because of
it's habit of nosing into the affairs
of other countries.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
The Spread of Prohibition.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Prohibition that prohibits must be
confined to localities where the SEN
timent is strongly in favor of pro
hibition State laws that forbid the
sale of Intoxicating liquors are dead
letters in those corners of the state
where they are not upheld by public
opinion. A periodical devoted to the
anti-saloon interest has figured that
through local prohibition some 3d.
100000 people, or more than one
third of the population of the ma
ton, are living without the legal sale
of intoxicants.
In Ohio there are 1900 dry"
townships. In Georgia 1913 out of
1877 counties of the state have pro-
hibition, eleven-twelfths of Arkansas
is under prohibition laws. Indiana
has 649 townships and 40 cities
where the sale of liquor is illegal.
In Vermont only % towns out of
14O have saloons. Tennessee shows
that 1885 out of 1,848 towns have
shut out saloons under the local OPP
ton law, and that over half the in
habitants of the state live under pro
hibition.
In each of these states prohibition
is considered effective because it is
strongly supported by the sentiment
of the communities. In no instance
has a drastic state law brought sat
isfactory results. 1t is an interest
ing illustration of the effectiveness
of home rule in matters which affect
restricted localities
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
SMALL FAMILIES.

The small American family is
copied from France. The French
mans excuse is poverty, coupled with
the idea interviewer that the fewer
the offsprings the better the rearing
For more than a century he has pro-
eeeded on this assumption, What is
the result? In one hundred years
France has increased her population
from 3O,O0O,OOO to 38,OOO,OOO. If
the large family had remained in
fashion it would now be nearly 1907
100000.
Great Britain and Germany COM
bined were only little in excess of
Frances population a century ago
Today the former has 100000 and
the latter 62,000,0O0 This, too, has
been attained with a diminishing
birth rate for the past forty years,
All the advanced nations of Europe,
save Italy, are in this declining cate
CORY, but none of them are down to
Frances standard.
The continental United States
would now contain 110,000,OO0 in
stead of 90,000,000 if the large fam
lily had heen kept up. The families
of old Kew Englanders and those of
the southland were noted for num-
hers. The Irish and Germans COM
ing in were a match for them in this
respect. But. the sons and daughters
of these divergent races do not live
up to the example of the generation
preceding them Today the Ameri-
can-born have fallen behind until
they are in as reprehensible a class
as the French. 1t is the shame of
the nation that it should be. so. An
other Iamentable fact is that our men
in alarming numbers are not marry
ing. Divorce is also large contrib
utor to the smaller birth rate.
The extinction of what is known
as the native American and those
who copy him is bound to come. This
country in the next century will be
dominated by the descendants of the
vigorous races of Europe who are
slowly filing up our cities and towns,
and who come mainly from Italy,
Russia and Austria-Hungary.
The American who can contem-
plate with complacency the gradual
ebliteration of his kind in our COM
posite population has little of the
virtues of the founders of this ma
zion and none of their patriotism and
Sove of home and family
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30

Wherever trees are appreciated
much sympathy will be felt for
Mr.. Philip Dienstbach, an aged
and respected citizen of Balti-
more, who is serving a term of thir-
ty days in jail in that city for de-
Tending a favorite tree on his prop
erty in default Of paying a fine of
$40. The old gentleman is abund-
antly able to pay the fine, but he re-
fuses to do so as matter of prin-
cipIe. The incident has aroused a
great deal of interest in Baltimore.
1t seems that Mr.. Dienstbach' S
beautiful tree was in the way of an
electric lighting and power compa-
nv, whose linemen proceeded to chop
and mutilate it until it Was ruined.
The owner of the tree, some seventy
years old, tried argument and finally
force to make the despoilers of the
tree quit their vandalism, and then
he was arrested, carried to the police
station and locked up, after which he
was tried, adjudged guilty and fined.
The Suns report says:
Mr.. Dientsbach's eyes filled
with tears several times as he
looked through the bars and
told his story. 81 raised that
tree" he said. 1T was a South
Carolina poplar, and took a
great deal of pride in it. When
it grew up it gave shelter in
summer from the hot sun, and
any man who loves natures
beauty could not help taking
pride in it. But then along
comes this big corporation
the hogs-and the men saw and
chop away at it, They climbed
right up the tree with those
spikes just the same as they do
a pole, and they did not care if
they killed it. !"
The old mans affection for his
tree can well be understood. Every
time a lineman spiked the tree he
felt pang, and when they cut and
sawed the large limbs his own limbs
were racked with sympathetic pain.
To him it was as if true and kind
friend were being hacked and mu-
tilated and done to death in his very
presence. No wonder he raised his
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
Mothers Apple Pies.

Recalling scenes of childhood
How l love to think them DER,
Times when me and Billie
Were playing round my mother S
door;
And though my hair is white as cot
ton,
And my steps l feebly take,
| seem to taste those apple pies
My mother used to make.
In memory / can see her p.
AS she'd test the oven door,
And l feel like me and Billie
Were boys again once more, =.
And a-watchin' and a-waitin
For them pies to bake
Them good old apple pies,
My mother used to make
Some folks brag and talk
About fine steak and roast,
I'll agree it may tempt you,
But if you want to hear me boast
Take away all your puddins,
Don't pass me the steak,
Just present an apple pie
Like my mother used to make
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
NEWSPAPERS AND RAILROADS.

Some of our newspaper brethren
are vet editorializing about the with
drawal of their railroad passes. 1t
comes strange to these editors to
have to pay cash for transportation
over railroads that run right out OF
their home towns, but that is what
they are doing. The News hash I
mile of transportation over any
road. and editors of other Georgia
papers are complaining that they are
having like experience, which they at
tribute to the influence of the Hep
burn railroad law as construed by
the interstate commerce commission
The News is not complaining, I'M
derstand 1t is willing to pay for
what it gets in the way of railroad
TRANSFORMATION, and receive pay for
what it renders in advertising space.
If a newspaper man has to or wants
to travel he ought to be as able 10
nav railroad fare as a merchant,
a farmer, lawyer, doctor, banker
mechanic or any other man. If ne
can't afford the expense home is the
place for him.
But the sudden change from the
usages of past years seems strange,
for the papers have traded advertis-
ing space for transportation from
time immemorial. 1t is The News
opinion, judging from its own ex-
perience and observation, that the
roads will find that they have been,
as a rule, getting the best end OF
past arrangements.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
IN DECATUR, TOO.

Decatur county, like Terrell, is in
the throes of a prohibition campaign
and the cambridge Search Light calls
the attention of it's people to the con
servative though positive manner IL
which the campaign is being conduct
ed here. Our contemporary says;
There will be something do
ing in old Decatur during the
next sixty days. There is moth
ing so entertaining and exciting
as a prohibition election, and 1T
can be heartily enjoyed by all
if they keep cool. There will be
many arguments pro. and con.
made by well-meaning and hon
est people. The fight is on up
in Terrell, and there has been
no less than conservative,
though positive discussion OF the
question to date.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
Sheriff. Sale.

Georgia. Terrell County.-Wil be sole on the
first Tuesday in February next at pubic ouloIS
hours of sale, to the highest bidder for CAST Ine
following described property, towit: Two lots
numbers twenty-eight (28) aud twenty-mne 900
and decided by the Dawson Investment Co. to l..
w. Escridge Said lots are near to and south of
the colorpd public school building in Dawson,
Ga, and each is 80 feet bv 100 feet. fronting on
Dean street fifty feet and extending west one
hundred and five feet Levied on and sold the
property of L. w EscsidSe to satisfy a fl ia is
sued from the justice court of the l54th district;
9. NJ in favor OF H. w. Harris against the said
Escridge. This January t. 1907
j. H. SHADE, Deputy Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
FOR THE LOVE OF A TREE.
From the Savannah Morning News.

+, feeble hand, as well as his voice, in
protest.
But the corporation saw neither
| beauty or an object of affection in
the tree. To it the tree was nothing
more than an obstacle in it's way, to
! be removed in the most expeditions
manner possible, Such corporations
care nothing for the grateful greens
and cooling shades of nature Where
! they interfere with stringing wires.
| They are not interested in citizen S
adornment of his property with trees,
nor do they bother themselves about
! the sentiment that may attach to
citizens home and grounds. They
would sacrifice the most beautiful
tree in the world as quickly as they
would a blackjack, if it stood in the
way, provided they were not re-
strained. The incident recalls that
fine poem by George P. Morris,
great favorite fifty years ago, which
every child should memorize:
| Woodman, spare that tree!
Touch not a single Dough!
In youth it sheltered me,
And I'll protect it now.
Twas my forefathers hand
! That placed it near his cot;
/ There, woodman, let it stand;
| Thy AK shall harm it not.
| That old familiar tree
Whose glory and renown
Are spread DER land and sea
And would st thou hew it down?
| Woodman, forbear thy stroke!
| Cut not it's earth-bound ties!
Oh, spare that aged oak
| Now towering to the skies!
When but an idle boy
l sought it's grateful shade;
! In all their gushing JOY
Here, too, my sisters played,
My mother kissed me here,
My father pressed my hand
Forgive this foolish tear,
But let that old oak stand!
My heartstrings round thee cling,
Close as thy bark, old friend!
Here shall the wild bird sing,
And still thy branches bend,
Old tree! the storm still brave!
And woodman, leave the spot;
While I've a hand to save
Thy AK shall harm it not.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
Sheriff's Sale.

Georgia, Terrell Couuty.I will sell for cash
to tn highest bidder at the usual time and place
of sheriff's sales on the first Tuesday in FebrI-
ary 1907. in Dawson Ga, three bales OF lint cot
ton at Sasser Ga and seed out Of said three bales.
being one hundred bushels more or less; one hun
dred and fifty bushels of corn more or less: thr e
hundred bundles of fodder and ten bushels of
swee: potatoes more or less said corn, fodder and
potatoes located on CrowelI Lundy's farm All
of said property to be sold where located by sam
Pile Same levied on and sold as the property of
Jake Hall under ard by virtue Of u mortgage
foreclosure in favor Of !. W. F. LOwrey against
said Jake Hall issued from the Superior Court Of
said county. This January 2, 1901
j. II. SLADE. Ueputy-Sheriff
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
The Pineacres Hunting Club.

Is being organized to control the
hunting privilege on tract of 70,-
900 acres in South Georgia. The
cost of admission and the annual
dues are within the reach of the
sportsman of moderate means. Those
who join secure the best hunting in
the South for a generation. A linn
tied number of applications for mem
bership will be received now by
GEO. D. LOWE, Secretary,
Fort Valley, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
a Mean Shot at the MuIe.

Louisville Post: Mules were taken
from the parlors of some of the
flood-stricken houses in southern In
diana, according to the press dis
patches. This is not the first in
stance of where the long-eared type
of animal has made his way into the
drawing room.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
As SEEN BY MIR. DOOLEY.

Don't believe it," said Mr.. Doc
lev. Nobody is too smart to be
bunkoed. TIL on'y kind iv people
that can be bunkoed are smart peo-
pie. Ye can be too honest TO pc
bunkoed, but niver too smart. It's
the people that ar thryin' to get
something FIR nawthin' that end IN
gettin' nawthin' FIR ivrything."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30

Our neighbor of the Blakely Re-
porter is evidently careless reader,
else he would have seen the an
nouncement last week that the mat
ter appearing on two pages OF. this
paper for and against the dispensary
is paid for. The space has been
bought and is being used by the cam
paign committees of the. opposing
sides, and the editor of The News is
no more responsible for what APP
pears therein than he is for any 9TH
er advertisements that are printed
in this widely read purveyor OF
publicity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
Sheriff S Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County. Twill be sold at the
usual place for sheriff sales in said county, To
the highest bidder for cash, before the court
house door in SAID county. on the first Tuesday IN
FEBRUARY 1857. the folio wing described properly
towit: 500 pounds Of seed cotton more or less;
200 bushels Of corn. more or less; 1900 pounds Of
fodder. more or less; 81 bushels Of cotton SEED
more or less 900 stalks sugar cane, more or ess
said county, and same will be sold by sample
where located. Said property is sold as the prop
erty of Ellis Arnold by virtue of a levy mace IN
mold nnder an execution issued from the City
Court OF Dawson, said county. January 1907
j h. SHADE. Deputy Sherlt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
THE LAMB IN WALL STREET.

Asked what chance the lamb, OF
greenhorn, had to win in Wall street
Isaac Seligman, the New York bank
err, said:
There is one chance for him
to win against four or five
chances for him to lose. A
widely celebrated stock opera
tor, a maker of the markets on
more than one occasion, has
said that with all his know
edge of the intentions OF his
competitors in the street he
counts himself fortunate if he
wins four times out of seven.
The lamb as he is called, Whc
knows nothing and is begga1
among kings, can figure out his own
future from that hypothesis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
Sheriff's Sale.

Will be sold on the first Tuesday in February
1907. before the court house door. in Dawson,
Terrell county Georgia within the legal hours
of public sale to the highest bidder for cash. the
following described property. towit: Four bales
of cotton in the warehouse Of J Hill in Daw-
son, Ga. and the seed from the same. and also
two thousand pounds of hay on the farm of Mrs,
G. NJ. Harris Oh the road between Doverel and
Her, d. All OF the above property VIII be sold by
sample Levied ON and sold as the property of Y.
w. and ] S Moreland To satisfy distress war
rant Tor rent in favor 9f Miss Irene Harris against
said defendants. This January r. 1907.
J. II. SLADE Deputy Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
EXCHANGE TALK.
And Should BE None.

Albany Herald Dawson and Ter
rell county are in the throes of a
campaign over the dispensary. The
county has had a dispensary system
for several years, and now the tenn
perance people want to cut it out anil
have prohibition. The contest, judy
ing from what we see in the Dawson
News, is waxing warm, but there IS
no apparent bitterness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
Need the Money.

Savannah News; There are a
number OF millionaire members of
the United States senate, and every
one of that class voted the other day
for the increase of senatorial salaries
from $4,000 to $1,000 a year on
account of the increased cost of liv-
ing. The poor fellows doubtless felt
that they actually needed the money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
The Thing to DO.

Savannah Press: The Hon. Hoke
Smith wants to extend the state road
not only to the sea, ou- to Clncln-
natl; from the Atlantic ocean to the
Ohio river. If the state road is eX-
tended at all this is a logical thing
to do.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
A Clear Diognostician.

Kansas City Star: Congressman
DeArmond's bill vesting solely in the
United States supreme court the
power to declare an act OF congress
unconstitutional is so sensible that
it is sure to encounter a great deal
of opposition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
All for Jim in Decatur.

cambridge Searchlight; The AL
bany Herald is proud of Congress
man Griggs, and indeed it ought to
be, for he has done great things for
Albany. And by the way, we are
all for Jim down this way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
DUEL WITH SHERIFF.

Negro Fugitive From alabama EX'
changed Shots With Officer.
A negro named Moses, wanted at
Scale, Ala, was shot several times
Friday morning by Sheriff Lumpkin
of Schley county in attempting his
arrest.
Moses was concealed in a dwelling
and opened fire upon Sheriff Lump
kin with a revolver when the officer
entered the door.
Four bullets from Moses revolver
all missed Sheriff Lumpkin, who
fired in return, every bullet taking
effect in Moses body.
The negro fell at the first shot
from Lumpkin's revolver, which en-
tered his breast.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-30
TWO-CENT FARE.

Former Railroad Commissioner
Pope Brown should take courage.
There will be a general move this
year in many legislatures, and very
likely in the general assembly of
Georgia, Ior a two-cent passenger
fare, and the probability is that it
win succeed in most of the states.
Such law adopted in Ohio last year
is working well all around, both the
railroads and the people being
pleased, the latter because they can
ride cheaper and the former because
increased travel has increased their
revenues.