The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-16
In Sunday School He Gave Ad-
vice to Children.
MORE ABOUT CLIMAX BANKER

Carried $500 in Currency in an
Automobile From Climax to Face
vile. Performed Acts of Kindness
for the Destitute. His Identified
ton as an Escaped Prisoner from
Mississippi.
TOWNSVILLE, Ga.-Several per-
sons went from here to Climax to-
day to attend the sale of the live
stock belonging to the Southern Man
ufacturing Company. Eight yokes
of oxen were sold and four or five
horses. These were sold by special
order of Referee Lane to save the
expense of keeping them Motion to
confirm the sale will be heard at
cambridge Monday.
There seems to be no doubt at all
left of the complete Identification of
Oliver as the prisoner escaping from
the Monroe county Jail at Aberdeen,
Miss, and it is reported that his law
yers have admitted the Identification
AS those return who have been to
the scenes where most of divers
operations were conducted the story
of all grows greater instead of less,
and his power over men and knOwl-
edge of human nature seems won
derful. Nothing was too great for
him to tackle and nothing small
enough for him to pass by.
Talks in Sunday School.
When he first began his opera
tons in Climax he joined the church
and made talks to the Sunday school
children, giving them such good adj
vice as to what they should do and
how to make the most of their lives.
Among other things he advised them
to begin early and save their money,
and told them that for every dollar
they put in his bank he would put
two to their credit, and it is said
they were saving all their pennies
and nickles and putting them in the
bank.
When Oliver bought out the bank
at Faceville the people seemed lit
tie doubtful about him at first, and
to let them see how much money he
had at his command he brought $685.
600 in currency from Climax in his
automobile and deposited it in the
bank, taking care to let it be seen.
of course in small place this
seemed a wonderful amount of cash,
and effaced all doubts Of him, SO
they quickly began depositing with
him, and in a day or two they had
put in between $4,000 and $4,000
In the bank.
New York Banks 80. Il"
One of his operations which
seemed rather hard to explain hap
pened at HAVANA, Fla. Oliver want
ed TO get into an enterprise there,
but the company owning it demand
ed collateral. He put up $4,000 or
$4,000 collateral and then gave
them the address of large banking
house in New York to which he said
they could telegraph and find out his
standing. They did so, and the an
swer came back that he was o. X.
1t is charged that one plan he had
was, while talking to some man
whom he wanted to get interested,
to accidentally drop a paper showing
what money he had on deposit in
certain banking house 1t is said
that one of the most shrewd and care
sui men in this section became in
sterested by picking uB a note after
Oliver had left showing Oliver had
$4,000 to his credit in one of the
best banks in New York. Oliver had
just been asking his advice as tc
how TO invest some money, so when
he found the note he of course want
ed to get in the game himself
Don't Believe Him Insane.
Mr. Mcintyre, the custodian, says
the report that the people believe
oliver mentally irresponsible is a
mistake, and doesn't gain any cred
ence around Climax, and that people
say there that "he has shown a lot
more sense than they have" 1t is
said that the latest excitement
around there now is over new dis
ease that has broken out and seems
a general epidemic. The symptoms
are said to be an enaemic condition,
with a downcast look and an aver
sion to exercise or society A dag
nosis of attending physicians have
designated it as "Oliver-ate-us."
Among the seeming contradic-
lions of divers character was his
kindness. He is said to have taken