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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06

charge of murder and arson. The
warrant was sworn out by James Val
entine colored, charging this woman
with having murdered his sister, AL
berta Valentine Patton, and setting
fire to the building and burning the
body. Georgia Scott and Alberta Pat
ton lived in the same house on an al
ley, between Twelfth and Thirteenth
avenues, and Saturday night about Z
o'clock the building caught fire and
burned the body of the Patton WON
an to crisp. At that time the house
was occupied by these two women and
a child, Aline Demoss, years old, but
the child being asleep could not ac-
count for the flames, and the Scott
woman says she knows nothing. The
fire, it is claimed, was discovered by
John Rogers, who says he broke in
the window and rescued the child af-
ter the Scott woman had escaped and
tried to rescue the Patton woman
from the next room, but failed.
James Valentine stated that Geor-
gia Scott and his sister had disa-
greement and that five minutes before
the fire she purchased a gallon Of oil
and returned to her room. The child
said that Georgia Scott sent her to
the restaurant to get something to
eat, and when she returned she be.
came sleepy and was told by Georgia
to lay down and go to sleep. Doing
this she fell asleep, but was soon
awakened by knocks ON the window
and screams in the room, then she
saw that flames almost enveloped the
adjoining room. After the fire it Is
said Georgia Scott went away and nc
one knew where she was Saturday
night.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06
THE OWLS WISDOM.
From the Philadelnhia RnllAti,

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
In hollow tree, during my vaca-
ton, found two young owls" said a
student. Il also found In the same
nest two eggs. Puzzled that the mother
owl should have abandoned her set
ting ere its completion. laid the mat
ter before my farmer host.
The farmer told me that country
people know well that the owl, after
Matching half her brood, leaves the
other eggs to be Matched by the new
born birds. These young are warm
FLOODED, they are helpless to leave the
nest, and nine cases out of ten the
complete the hatch as we'll as the
mother would have done. I'd con-
slider this a superstition If I hadn't
seen a proof Of it."
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06
ORDERS NEVER CARRIED OUT.

1t is further charged that the or
ders given DR.. Reisman by DR.. Cowden
were never carried out, the treatment
from the time she had taken the pois-
on up to the time of her death was
not that he would have advised.
Dr. Reisman is charged with grave
infringement of the laws of the hos
pital for undertaking to treat a pa
tient in the hospital without the sane
ton of the staff; that he was doubly
culpable for alleged treatment of a
private patient; that his conduct was
unethical and contrary to the dis.
cipline Of the institution, and that he
authorized and continued the falsi
fication of reports.
The Board is requested to make q
thorough investigation and deal with
the matter as they may see fit.
The document further states thai
allegations made herein were agreed
to at a conference, after an investi
cation, between himself, Drs. Cowden
Reisman and Boswell
The communication states that {
| postmortem examination was hell
upon the body Of the patient, who die
Wednesday, and 1t Is charged tina
the condition of the patients organ
showed that she had died as a resul
OF the administration of a poison ant
death was due to that cause alone
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06
CHARGES OF GRAVE NATURE.

Charges of very grave character
were this morning preferred against
DR.. e. E. Reisman, House Surgeon of
the City Hospital, by Dim. G. McGah-
non. The charges, which consume
four pages of legal cap paper, were
filed with the Board of Public Works
at noon.
In his charges DR.. McGannon al
leges that on the 10th day of October
he operated upon Addie Crockett, a
negro woman sent to the City Hospital
from GAINESVILLE, being assisted in the
operation by DR.. G. N. Cowden, the
latter taking charge of the case after
the operation. The patients condi-
ton is declared to have been entirely
satisfactory until the night of the 14th
inst. when the patient complained of
a burning sensation in her stomach,
with other symptoms that attracted
the attention Of the nurse. The nurse
it is stated, thereupon notified Dr.
Boswell who called in Dr. Reisman
who then assumed charges of the case
1t is alleged that though DR.. Cowden
daily visited the patient and gave or
ders for the treatment, he was never
informed of the accident, nor were any
of his orders carried out. On the
Goth instant, it is stated, the patients
condition was such that Dr. Cowden
became convinced that something was
being hidden from him; that the pa
tient reluctantly told him that she had
been given the wrong medicine and
been vomiting and unable to eat from
that time. Dr. Boswell, the inferno,
when questioned, told DR.. Cowden that
he must get his information from the
house surgeon, Dr. Reisman.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06
9ANEc-sTRlcKEN WOMAN Is
BURNED.

Two Of the Occupants Escape, One Is
Dead-WheE Awakened the Sheets
of Flames In the Room Scared
Her out of Her Wits and
She Plunged Under
Her Bed.
Mrs Alberta Patton, wife of John
Patton, was burned to death Saturday
night in a fire which destroyed
building on an alley between Twelfth
and Thirteenth avenues. She and
Georgia Whitner and Aline Demoss, 6
years old, were il the house asleep,
so it was reported, when the Whitner
woman was suddenly awakened by
some one breaking in the window
She jumped up screaming and found
flames had cut off her exit through the
door, and escaping through the win
dow she left the child in the bed and
alberta Patton in the next room with
smoke and flames between her and
! the door After Georgia Whitner had
escaped, John Rogers, of 11O9 10 John
ston avenue, said he jumped into the
room through the broken window and
rescued the child; then went back
into the next room and found Alberta
Patton lying on the bed asleep, and
awaking her tried to pull her out, but
she became SO frightened at seeing
the fire everywhere that she tore
loose from him and ran under the bed.
By that time he said, the flames were
sweeping into the room, and he be-
came alarmed and fed to save his
own life. By the. time Engine Com
pany No. came to the scene the
flames had completely enveloped the
room.
The building burned was owned by
Mrs. Mary Quinn and was occupied by
John Patton, his wife, mother and his
sisters little child, Aline Demoss and
an adjoining room was occupied by
Miss Georgia Whitner. The cause Of
the fire is unknown. The building al
most completely destroyed, was val
ued at $500.
Georgia Scott, colored, was arrested
Monday by Deputy Sheriff Frank Tur
beville and committed to Jail without
bond by Squire Jake Levine on the
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06
A GREAT RELIGIOUS WEEKLY.
The National Baptist Union Now In
Its Tenth Year with a Re-
markable Record for
Regularity.

One of the greatest assets to the
city OF Nashville. known as it is to be
one of the leading publishing centers
in the United States, IS it's newspa-
pers, both religious and secular. The
leading religious journal in the United
States printed and published by the
race is the National Baptist Union.
a sixteen-page weekly journal. the Of
fetal organ of the National Baptist
Convention. The paper has chal-
lenged the attention of all the adj
mirers of clean, religious Journalism.
1t has on its editorial staff some bril-
liant editors, the editor in chief being
Rev. E. w. d. Isaac, d. D., who has as
ISOLATED with him a splendid corps
OF associate editors and contributors.
The business department. is managed
by Rev. R. H. Boyd The paper has
made a speciality of dealing strictly
with news of national character. It
should be read by every Baptist minis.
ter Sunday-school superintendent and
church worker who desire to be well
posted or well informed. Since Octo-
Der LIST, the subscription price has
been fixed at $3.50 per year, $1OO for
six months, $0.75 FOR three months.
A request for specimen copies with
i've cents in postage stamps enclosed
VIII receive prompt attention. Ad-
dress all inquiry letters to the bust.
ness manager R. Fl. Boyd, 523 Sec
ond avenue, North, Nashville, Tenn.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06

Mr.. j. w. Devices, former en-
ployee of the A. NJ, e. Publishing
House, left this week for st. Louis.
Mr.. J. w. Irwin and Mr.. Louis Fos-
ter, OF Columbia, Tenn, were in the
city Thursday on an important bust
ness mission.
Rev. J. B. Miller, of Birmingham,
Ala, is in the city. He will conduct
the revival at Spruce Street Baptist
Church for Rev. T. J. Townsend
which begins Sunday.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06
GOULD DEEsTRIcK sKuLE."

The Ould Deestrick Skule will be
ably presented by the young people of
the First Baptist Church on the Goth
of this month. The presentation will
be the best yet. DR.. J. P. Crawford
is the efficient teacher. There will be
many interesting and amusing remi-
niscences in the school The two
pairs Of Honeysuckle twins will be
drawing cards themselves.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06

called in and made an Investigation,
the details of which are set out in the
charge set out in the communication
to the Board of Public Works.
1t is stated that the records, charts
and order books kept by the nurse
fails to mention anything with re-
gard to the mistake which is alleged
to have made or the treatment sub
sequently given the patient.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06
GIVEN oxAIIC ACID.

The next day, DR.. Reisman told DR..
Cowden that the patient had been Civ
en- oxalic acid by mistake, but that
she was getting along all right. That
afternoon it is alleged. DR.. Cowden
found the patient in dying condi-
ton; whereupon Dr.. McGannon was
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06
BANK DIRECTORY.

There are thirty-seVen Negro banks
and institutions doing a banking bus.
mess in the United States. They are
owned and operated exclusively by Ne
grOes and are scattered throughout the
several states, principally in the South.
The names, locations, and other infer
nation concerning some Of them are
given below.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06
PHONE MAIN 377
Corrected January Il, 19OS.l
LeaveS-WeSt and ADMINISTRATIVE

Corrected January II, 1908
.eaveS-WeSt and NOrthwest-Arrives
7OOam-Memphis, Hickman, Pa '3:S5pm
ducah, ST. Louis, con-
connects for Centreville ~
2:l6 l-Paducah, Hlck man +l:32pm
5:;Dpm-W averly Accommodation, s:OOam
Flyer solid train %9,O5am
TO st. Louis.
Hi:30pm-Memphis and Hickman t6:50am
SOUTH AND EAST.
.2lam-Chicago and Florida "3:l3am
Limited.
E s3Oa INST. Louis Jacksonville s6:55pm
"DlXle Fly er." Con-
nections (D for all branch
line points.
I2l7pm-C hlcago, Jacksonville. f3:2Opm
Dixie Flyer" Solid
train. Dining cars.
~ p m-ChattanOogl an h Q +l05Oam
East. Connections q for
Shelbyville, Sparta, Fayeit-
vile, huntsville, Tracy
City, South Pittsburg.
200 p m-Tullahoma AccOmmoda- !8:l1am
ton. Connects for Shelby
Vile.
10 p m--Chattanooga, Atlanta *6:35am
Augusta and points be-
yond.
LEBANON TRAINS.
Wam-Lebanon Mixed 800 800.
9am-Lebanon Express 80. 2:lOpm
Npm-Lebanon Accommodation !6.40pm
0upm-Lebanon Accommodation. !S:3Oam
Daily. daily except Sunday.
N. HUNT, c. T. A., Maxwell House.
HOWELL PHILLIPS p. a., Maxwell
House,
~. DANLEY, q. p. A., Union station.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09

President Elect Taft urges the con-
sumers to make themselves heard on
tariff revision. Hosts of them sup
posed that they were doing that by de-
livering their minds as to the Chicago
platform and candidate in November.
They made less noise iii that way than
they would be likely to should all get
together before the ways and means
committee. A member of the commit
tee has said that he expects "some-
body to make the fur fly when the re-
rision fight is on. There are consum-
FRS who would like to let fly chain
shot, solid shot, lyddite shells. or what
ever is best at smashing armored
things, before the new schedule is fixed
up for good.
And there's the rub-agrccing upon a
tariff schedule that will drown the
several volumes of different kinds of
noise. General Hancock was laughed
at for saying in the campaign of $780,
"The tariff is local issue" He had
been swinging around the circle as n
soldier candidate on revision plat
form. Every fresh swing brought him
face to face with now brand Of
noise, one community shouting to have
this on the free list and that taxed to
the limit, while a neighborlng section
shouted for exactly the reverse. If the
body of consumers today could drop
I'm Mt tariff committee hearing for
just one session they would feel like
asking Mr.. Taft to put the tariff up to
real experts, If he knows any then 60
ing home to resume consuming
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
The MeI6dramatio unities.

With the deepest sympathy we listen
to the sorrowful tale of the poor wo
man whose wan beauty is enhanced
by the silvery rays of the moonlight
that rest upon her wan countenance.
"Oh, sir" she sighs, have pity.
have been thrust out from my home,
where ! was surrounded by every lux
ury. The door has been closed against
me. and am star-r-r-ving. Out into
the cold, cold world l must go, tc
trudge down the snowy streets in
search of aid"
Choking back the tears that are
brought to our eyes by her pitifui
plight, we ask:
But why do you not pawn some of
the diamonds upon your fingers or the
costly necklace which you wear to OBJ
tain wherewithal to feed and clothe
yourself?'
ALAS" she weeps, looking up into
the scattering snowf1akes that have re
sponded to their cue and are beginning
to flutter down upon her-"alas. If
did that could not be found starving
in the old mill in the next act when
the villain comes there to conceal the
papers and to attempt to kill the noble
hero."-Chicago Post.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09

w Grant Stevenson, the Edinburgh
sculptor, has completed Il statue ir
bronze of Robert Burns. which will be
shipped to Milwaukee for erection in
one of the public parks. The statue.
which is twelve feet in height. repre-
sents the poet standing with a note
book in one hand and quill pen ir
the other. The granite bears an orig
inal design. ornamented with bronze
panels of '"The Cotter's Saturday
Night" and Burns at the Plow
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
by coachman. who charged them with

by a coachman. who charged them with
sorcery.
The phonograph is suggested by a
French photographer as a means Of
timing when a clock cannot be watch
ed. He has fitted his machine with
cylinder counting from / to $40. with
intervals of one seo3nd between the
numbers.
Largest of all guns carried by Brit
ish warships is the twelve inch. but
since the Brazilian ships now building
in England are to be fttcd with l3.5
inch guns ii has been decided to con
duct experiments with the large weap-
on for the British navy.
At meeting of the London Zoolog-
ical society the secretary pointed out
that the young CRATES have relatively
much shorter necks than their yurents
the neck in the former being rot long
CT than the fore legs. which 1t largely
exceeds in length in the latter
The Interurban railway of Winona,
Ind, is the only electric line in the
country which is not in operation on
Sunday. The officials, moreover, with
the exception of two, serve without
pay, and the profits of the road are
entirely devoted to the support of a
technical school at indianapolis.
There is at Lincoln Center. Me-. Il
shoe factory unique in that one man
erected the building. developed the
water power, constructed the water
wheel and gearing and invented and
built the machinery. This same man
now serves as owner. agent. salesman.
bookkeepcr, foremaE and "help."
Switzerland is suffering from a
plague of leeches, which are killing the
fish In the lakes and rivers by thou.
sands. In the upper course Of the
Rhine. IN the Aar. the lakes OF
Neufchatcl and Constance, where the
plague is most acute. thousands of
dead fish are seen floating on the wa
ter.
A few years ago it was considered
an extraordinary and wonderful feag
for n ship 40 cross the Atlantic inside
a week. Now it is done in trifie over
four days When Chicago erected the
Masonic temple. containing twenty
two stories. we thought the limit had
been reached. In New York now there
are structures twice that height.
Since the law was passed recently
giving halfpenny head for dead
rats the schoolboys of Copenhagen de-
vote their playtime to hunting the
TsI.
fire brigade station, where the tails are
cut off in order that the reward may
not be claimed second time The
bodies are burned the same night in Il
furnace at the gas works
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Wheat natures in Canada in from
80 to 100 days.
The first balloon was made by
French priest in 1920.
\ 1000 foot pier is under construc
ton at Minster-on-the-Sea, England.
There are about a quarter of a mil
lion more men than women in Aus.
tralia.
In some provinces of British India
rubber is displacing tea as the princi.
pal product
There are neither bachelors nor OLD
maids in China, where celibacy is
deemed unnatural and vicious.
Saxony has probably more factories
in proportion to its area than any 9th.
er country. The present number is "a.
701.
There are twenty monasteries Oh
Athos, the holy mountain, the largest
being n Russian one with 1000 monks
in it.
Mexico is destined to become prom
inent factor as producer Of refined
petroleum. New wells are being con-
stantly discovered.
London did not have an adequate
water supply till 1906 Two-thirds of
1t comes from the Thames. the rest
from artesian wells.
1t Is reported that a student of the
Electro-Technical Institute of St. Pc
tersburg named Freudinberg has in.
vented an apparatus for exploding
mines by wireless telegraphy.
During storm at Stoke-on- Trent,
England, young woman had mar.
row escape. Her spectacles were struck
by lightning. The frames were split
and the lenses broken. The wearer
escaped injury.
The Chinese method of relieving one
pain with another is going out of
vogue, and there is large sale of pat
ent medicines. Sedatives are judged
and valued by what they do in the
shortest possible time.
Coal ashes are being washed into
spaces in Pennsylvania mines from
which the coal has been removed. AS
"dtGl lSSCucS thCN 1Ol III
mass strong enough to hold up the
earth and prevent cave-ins.
Incredible as it seems, Cleveland, one
of the great cities of the country, was
not incorporated as village until 1911
and had then population of not more
than 800 people, though its location
made it prominent in a small way.
First place among the universities
of the world in matter Of mere mum
bers, up to last year held by that OF
Berlin, has now been won by the Uni
versity of Paris, which had student
body of 1G.6O9 in last summers semes,
ter.
Sorcery now and then figures in
twentieth century life. The Paris civil
court has just dismissed suit brought
against Professor Raymond and DR..
Menard, two well known physicians,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09

In saying that he hasn't written a
single name on the cabinet slate as yet
and that not one of the cabinet posi-
tions has been offered to any one Mr..
Taft invites campaign Of buttonhol-
ing that must be far from agreeable to
a president elect. The assurance is
certain to redouble the activities of the
friends Of candidates. He would better
let the guessers go ahead making
states, the more the merrier, and keep
the candidates busy also guessing on
the real thing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
Helpful to the Hen,

Little Mabel was visiting her uncle
in the country and helping him gather
eggs.
whats that one you leave in the
nest every time?" was the youthful in
Quiry.
That's just the nest egg. 1t isn't n
real egg, you know-it's made OF por-
celain," explained her uncle.
"Oh, see" said Mabel ITS the pat
tern that the hen ses."-Woman's
Home Companion.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09

Tom Johnson says he still has a
thousand fights in him. If he makes
that prophecy good now that he is
poor, he will doubtless enjoy the battle
better than when he had a bank roll to
fall back upon. 1t is almost a truism
in this country that you can do any
thing with money! But it takes sand
to "do anything" without money.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
Standard DIPS business Machine.

1t is well not to let our surprise and
Indignation over the illcgitimate opera
tions of Standard Oil blind our eyes to
the marvellous business methods Of the
company. 1t has not only driven out
competition here. but has successfully
competed with the long established
and perfected systems of the old
world. Mere greed and bludgeoning
could not have given Standard Oil the
complete asccndency it enjoys today.
Mr.. Rockefeller's story of how the
legitimate advantages of the company
were wrought out is a feature Of the
history which many American busi-
ness men may learn from. 1t is rec
ord Of keen business intellect working
patiently and persistcntly. More ex
pense and labor were put into legiti-
mate work than into illegltimatc, and
competitors were outgeneraled rather
by doing better work than by trickcry.
Stripped of its high finance superstruc-
turc. there remains a model business
machine in Standard Oil.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09

The 'best seller in fiction is beaten
to n fraZzle and likewise to a pulp as
money maker by the white paper
industry, according to the revelation
Of paper trust profits brought out at
the tariff hearing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09

There is time even in a short session
of congress to pass a law prohibiting
the announcement of an international
marriage unless the whole crowd
makes affidavit that it's go.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
Autumn Bliss.

1t is so sweet to wander far in autumn
woods,
She all to him and he the world to her.
And so to sit beneath a spreading chest
nut tree
And jump right up to save a steel
speared bur
From crushing
All, Clarice
New York Globe.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
Went Ono Better.

Did you hear how Mrs. Winnout got
the better of Mrs. Getthere on her new
hat?"
mo. uow!'
"When she learned that Mrs. Get
there's hat was as big as hers she took
the trimming off the hat, put it on the
box the hat came in and wore the box"
Town Topics.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09

Some folks think Roosevelt could
have had n lot of fun breaking the
"solid south" But the south has not
been heard from in that connection
since along about 1865.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09

Some one should remind Admiral
Evans that 1t is bit reactionary just
at this time for an old sea dog to
abandon waterways for railroading.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
A Joint Aroumant.

81 had quite an argument today with
my butcher over the quality of a
roast"
sort of a joint argument, eh?"-
Browping's Magazine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
Alfred Knew.

"Can you tell us what auto-sugges-
tion is, Alfredo"
"Yessum. It's when mamma keeps
hintin' to papa that lot of our friends
are buyin' motor cars" kansas City
Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
She Was Dear.

'Please don't keep calling me 'ies.
at the table," she whispered. "Peop&
will think we are ON our honeymoon 4
'But can't help calling you DEAR
gasped the young man with the ligh
pocketbook. "The portion you ordered
amounts to over $3."-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-09
He MIGHT.

PA, would you go up in an airship
If you had a chance?"
"Well,' replied Mr.. Henpeck as lie
looked around cautiously to assure
himself that he would not be over
heard, 81 might if l could be assured
that no ladies would be admitted."-
Chicago Record-H Herald.