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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-24

on one end of pole, the other being
stuck in the ground. The heart was
taken out, cut up in small pieces
and passed among the men as souve-
Mrs. -
pieces of the rope with which he
was hanged, after being soaked in
the Negroes blood, were also handed
about as souvenirs.
THE CHASTITY head remained on
the pole until long after daylight.
Not an undertaken in the city would
take charge of it, and finally the
city's dead wagon was sent to the
place. 1t is supposed that the head
was buried on the city dump.
Before the head was disposed of
thousands of morbidly curious peo-
pie swarmed about the neighbor-
hood. The greater part of this
crowd was composed of women and
children, both white and colored.
Youngsters who were too small to
see easily were raised above the
heads of the crowd often by their
parents The crowd was so dense
that the wagon had difficulty in fore
ing it's way through"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-24
BOY BURNED TO A CRISP.
Watchman's Story of Assault Has
"FiShy'' Flavor.

Early watchers Thursday morning
at the scene of the conflagration in
Americas found the charred body of
a negro boy, son of the old night
Waterman, McMichael. The boy
could not be found while the fire
ragged, and even then it was feared
that he had persisted, though his fate
was not known until next morning.
The boy, Is years of age, was in the
building before the fire started, and
it is the belief of many that it was
he who upset the lantern and started
the $4,000 blaze The boy, it is
said, was subject to fits, and while
seized with spasm may have knock
ed over the lantern in the possible
absence of his father. The story
told by the old negro of attempted
murderous assault upon him by an
unknown party, who threw a club
at him and knocked over the lam
tern, has decidedly "fshy" flavor,
and is generally discredited
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-24

we need to increase orr avoraoo ,,;o,.
OF corn per acre until if reaches a ~
n ouaneIS. Inls can be done. Phe-
nonenal yields per acre are good
only Tor prize taking They are ont
Oh the ordinary. We should strive
aS one man for a higher general
average yield per acre.
IT was not my purpose TO have
sald so much on that particular line
desire to utilize the Corn Carni-
val opportunity by placing before
your readers some very INTERESTING
ana comforting facts as to Dough-
allies. = VII } q el'
tell you, and shall not cease 10
oeclare the fact, that there can he
lound no higher or truer standard of
excellence in all-around farming than
mat set up by the record of Georgia
farmers IN 1860. Therefore, [ bring
TO your attention the fact that in
1850 the counties of Lee. Worth
Mitchell, Baker, Calhoun and Terrell
produced 1,120,715 bushels of corn
owned S2,823 swine and made 40
t49 bales of cotton-the latter alb
solutely surplus money crop.
In 1908 the counties named pro-
duced 2,733,604 bushels of corn.
owned S7,676 swine and made 6S.-
us bales of cotton.
The corn production of those coun-
ties in 1908, per capita, was 1922
bushels. Pretty good!
In those counties there are 1851
farm homes, occupied by the people
VINO own them. Of those homes less
than five per cent. are encountered.
The per capita corn production
of Dougherty and her allies, in 1908,
was 1928 bushels, and the number
of swine owned is on the highway to
100000.
South Georgia is the land of hog
and hominy, milk and honey. Here's
to her Respectfully,
MARTIN V. CALVIN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-24
l1oo and Hominy in Terrell
County and Her Circumjacent Allies
Hon. Martin V. Calvin in Atlanta Georgian

n1,tENT STATION, Ca
"a i,tonsely interested in the sub
D II III more and better corn in Geor-
o. 4o10 and the succeeding
III have been working and
if'' IN the line of a corn pro-
i'ln9 >, now ready to be launched
i' to speak-for a considerable
g gtn sociological i moment t, has ar
The P y is purposed from this date
ed ~ - to make the most of the
arra ira Tinter in that interest.
ping T time ago l sought to direct
FOne IGNITION to the fact that in
llle a.'T nine cotton states, leaving
l,, Ini and taking in Oklahoma,
flo sa 158,475,O00 bushels of
|duCe oro than Pennsylvania, Mich
P Nv n12isconsin. Minnesota, Kansas,
y tuo Dakotas, Colorado ana q. New
zoo but the average ylelu per
fV ~ the cotton states was only
/ HI bushels; in the nine eastern
tern states 26.S bushels
Weak Low Average Yield.
] weakness is found in the low
- at Weld per acre, and this, in
a aotion with and as a part of
i lf tonant system, is attributed to
toct that in 1907 the average
I n t of fertilizer applied to corn
r ocro in Georgia was less htan 60
Iu uI, there is not an esti-
Z in the figures given in the fore
L. paragraphs. The figures used
4fitptp a grad-grind fact, the
&wlodge of which should arouse
y farmer in Georgia and through
4 the cotton states to an ap-
sjatioD of his duty in the premi-
.l,Dst Increase to % Bushels.
Ahe point I am stressing is that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-24
.YNCHING IN The NORTH
m AS BARBAROUS EVER
KNOWN IN THE SOUTH.
Cairo. ILL.,, Women Joined the
Mob, and Stained Their
Hands With Blood.

DE lynching Of a negro by a mob
&airo, H., a few nights ago was
Of the most barbarous affairs
Ahe kind we have ever seen re-
Sed. The details are sickening.
#any of the details of this Illinois
bling that are given in the north
newspapers are not Mt TO print,
Sthe following extract from re-
in the Philadelphia RecOnd will
b to show the morbidness and
#arity of the crowd $t+s rs se.
iost revolving barbarity attend
be lynching of the negro. Com
q report is that when the rope
around his neck and he was
his last chance to make a
nent he said:
killed her, but Alexander took
lead.
ANY in the great mass of peo-
BAD become impatient during
Efforts to induce the negro to
a statement and there were
nds for work
I'VE don't want to hear him;
him up; kill him; burn him, -
frequently heard. The crowd
go forward, and the rope, which
Peen thrown over the steel arch
Fnlch was in the hands of wo-
was pulled up and the body
few feet from the ground,
II broke and James came
ing down. The mob by this
nad become so impatient that
leil upon the negro and riddled
Fith bullets. The body was
Fu more than a mile through
SNeetS to the spot where the
" was committed and burned.
Gt Gut Into Bits and Passed
Around as Souvenirs.
slore the fire was started, which
suited by a young woman, the
mead was cut off and placed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-24
SIX DIE UNDER TONS OF EARTH.
Railroad WOrkmen Killed in a North
Carolina CaVe-in.

OarOIlna cavern.
Six workmen were killed and
number of others barely escaped
death when 1000 cubic feet of earth
caved in and entombed a cOnstruc-
ton force engaged in building
concrete viaduct at Salem creek,
Winston-Salem, on the Southern rail-
road.
The men were at work on the
foundation for the trestle abutment
when the earth, towering 80 feet
above, suddenly caved, burying them
beneath the heavy load. Rescue
work was Immediately begun when
a second caving occurred, catching
number of the rescuing party.
These latter, however, were soon
brought to the surface. The first
body was recovered within 80 min
utes and the last within two hours
of the catastrophe. The men died
of suffocation, not one OF the bodies
being in the least mutilated.
We will sell you lumber, brick,
ETC., cheaper than you can buy else
where. The Variety Works Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-24
PAS MARRIAGE MIXES KINsHIP
Bride Is Now MOther-in.Law of Her
BrOther-in-Law.
By a marriage in Winchester, Va

BY a marriage in Winchester, Va.
Frederick A. Cochran, well-known
farmer, became the brother-in-law of
his own son. Cochran, who is so
years old, married Miss Carrie A.
Clevenger, who is the sister of the
wife of his son, DR.. F. A. Cochran,
Jr. The wedding was according to
the rites of the Society of Friends,
and took place at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Ms. Benja-
min Franklin Clevenger, at Clear
brook. A large reception followed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-11-24
No Case on Record.

There is no case on record of a
cough or cold resulting in pneumonia
or consumption after Foley's Honey
and Tar has been taken, as it will
stop your cough and break up your
cold quickly. Refuse any but the
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in a
yellow package. Contains no opiates
and is safe and sure. Dawson Drug
Co. and Peoples Drug Store.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
HARTMAN TO CONTEST.
viii Fight Recent Decision i'm "Spok-
ane Rate Case" Claiming
Discrimination.

PORTLAND. Ore, April THE
Hartman lines, according to w w.
Cotton, general attorney for the Ore
gon Railway & Navigation Co.. will
contest in the courts the recent de-
cision of the interstate commerce
commission commonly known as
"The Spokane rate case. on the
ground that the Hartman lines are
compelled to carry freight a much
longer distance in order to deliver
II at Spokane from eastern points
than is the Great Northern or North
ern Pacific.
The burden of the contention of
the Hartman attorney is that the
rate fixed discriminates in favor of
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific, which are competitors OF the
Hartman system.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
TAFT SENDS IN
SELECTIONS
FIRST APPOINTMENTS MADE BY
THE PRESIDENT GO TO THE
SENATE FOR CONFIRMATION
ELLIOT NOT YET DECIDED.

WASHINGTON, April l.-Presi-
dent Taft today sent to the senate
the nomination of Geo. II. Moses, of
New Hampshire. to be minister TO
Greece and Montenegro and of Leon
ard Hand, of New York, to be United
States district judge for the Southern
district of New York.
Retiring President Charles w. Ell
liot of Harvard university, Il was
stated today was In receipt from
President Taft yesterday of tender
of the ambassadorship to Great
Britain. He expressed to the chief
executive his great appreciation of
the honor, but did not think he would
be able to accept the post
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
MEANTIME THERE IL SOME con-
Germ ABOUT THE ATTITUDE
oF I<SUI.GENTS-JAMES !.
HILL IN FAVOR FREE LUMBER

WASHINGTON. April Opening
today's debate ON the tariff bill, Mr..
cantrall, of Kentucky. in his maiden
speech discussed the tobacco and
hemp schedules of the bill. He de-
elared he opposed protection to hemp,
as 1t is in great part the product of
foreign countries and should come
into the United States free.
\ general defense of the bill was
made by Mr.. Gaines. of West Vir-
ginia. a member of the committee on
WAYS and means.
II was said today that President
Taft had been directly appealed to
by Speaker Cannon and Leaders
Payne and Dalzell. The tactics of
the insurgents are worrying the
leaders more than they are willing
to admit and 1t is TO bring these re-
calcitrants into line that the presi-
dents's aid has been sought.
II has been represented TO presi-
dent Taft. according to current re-
port. that the insurgents are not liy-
ing up to the letter of the verbal
agreement they made with him at
the time OF the fight against the
house rules. At that time the "in-
surgents" are said To have pledged
themselves not To oppose the tariff
bill If the president would agree to
keep his hands off the fight.
To remedy the objections TO the
extended drawback provisions of the
bill, Republican representatives for
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
Railroad Rate Case of
Nevada is Now Up to
interstate Commerce
Commission
SPECIAL EXAMINER LEAVES FOR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. As III A
STRONG CASE HAD BEEN MADE
FOR DESIRED REDUCTION.

RENO. April Shortly afte~
noon today Special Examiner Lyon
closed the hearing for taking testi
mony in the case of the Nevada Rail
road commission against The South
ern Pacific Co. and the Nevada and
California railway.
The testimony offered hy the
plaintiffs supported their contention
that the merchants of Nevada were
being charged rates in excess of the
rate charged the so-called California
terminal cites such rates 10 Nevada
points under the service rendered
being discriminatory and unfair. The
testimony further showed that on
goods delivered at Reno direct from
the eastern point of origin, were
charged same rate as on shipments
that moved through to the coast ard
then distributed from these points TO
the interior. 1t was further shown
that no necessity existed for hauling
shipments over the heavy and ex-
pensive mountain grades and then
returning them to Reno. In this
sense, the plaintiffs showed that the
railroad could not sustain such 3
scheme OF rates as being lawful.
The San Francisco intervenors
were represented only by counsel and
put no witnesses on the stand. The
associated jobbers of Los Angeles
swore only one witness. who, under
persistent and adrOit eross-examina-
ton, both by counsel for plaintiffs
and special examiner finally defined
the position of the interyenors as be-
ing represented in the case TO pre-
vent the trade of Nevada from slip
ping from them by granting the
prayer of the plainti tiffs.
The direct examination of G. w.
Luce, general freight agent of the
Southern Pacific company, closed
with the identification of some tables
prepared 10 illustrate the Justice of
the rates as viewed by the defend
ants.
He was subjected to a severe cross
examination as we'll as by searching
inquiries by the examiner. In re-
gard to cancellation of intermediate
rates to Reno he said the reason was
that the company could not make as
much profit out of that as by charg-
ing the full back haul rate. and not
being as profitable they had been
cancelled. He also testified that the
back haul charge was not divided
with the lines east of Ogden. but the
entire amount went to the Southern
Pacific Co
Under inquiry of Special Examiner
Lyon as to the basis used by the
Southern Pacific. permitted that
traffic managers did not take into
consideration the cost of the service
only in such cases as where the rate
became very low. The general and
favorite plan was so long as the
business would move under high
rate il was considered fair and
rate. He did not produce
any evidence In disproof of the evil
dence presented by the plaintiffs, but
strengthened in many WAYS their tes-
timony.
Special Examiner Lyon leaves to-
night for Washington and the rail
road representatives go to the coast.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
Eight Hundred Federal
Offenders Marched Out
of Flames Under Guard
of 300 Soldiers
BUILDING LOSS 500, 65,OOO-PRISON-
FRS CONFINED IN HOUSES UN-
DER MILITARY GUARD-NEW
STRUCTURE NOW GOING UP.

LEANENWORTH, kan., April -
Ii took 1 200 soldiers to maintain or
der and prevent the prisoners from
escaping during n fire which destroy
ed four buildings of the military
prison at this point today.
All of the 800 prisoners were
marched out of their cells To private
houses when il seemed that the
whole prison would certainly be de-
stroyed. They were held under u
heavy military guard until the fire
was gotten under control.
The fire, which probably started in
the prison tailor shop, gained rapidly
against the prison guards, who were
obliged TO work with buckets and a
small hose.
Half an hour after the fire broke
out, the Leavenworth city fire depart
ment reached the fort, but nothing
could be done to save the burning
building \ new military prison is
now under course of construction and
it is not probable therefore that the
burned buildings will be rebuilt.
A few men were overcome by the
heat during the fire. Major Thos.
II. Slavens. commandant of the pri-
son. said the fire was probably eaus-
ed by defective wiring. The dam
age is placed at 500. 900.
Two soldiers were injured while
fighting the flames, but none of the
prisoners were hurt in any way.
Much excitement attended the re-
moval of the prisoners, many of
whom are desperate characters. 1t
was feared they would make an or
ganized break for liberty. When the
fire broke out great outcry at once
arose in the prison, the convicts fear
ing they would be burned to death.
They battered on the doors of their
cell houses as the light of the fire
streamed in through the windows.
Many screamed in terror as the au-
thorities for the moment refused TO
move them.
Soon. however, several companies
Of soldiers, including cavalry men.
were under arms. A strong Gordon
of troops were thrown about the
prison and every precaution taken to
prevent escapes. All the soldiers
that could be spared from the ranks
of fire fighters were detailed as
guards and then the delivery of the
prisoners began.
When the bolts of the cell house
doors we're shot back the flames had
reached the main building. II every
thing had not been done in perfect
order lives would have been lost As
1t was. strict military discipline pre-
vailed.
Soldiers. with leyeled weapons,
greeted the convicts as they were
marched out They had been previ-
ously warned that the slightest bel
ligerent move would mean death.
Shoot them down In their tracks,
commanded the officers. 'if they
don't keep in line. The first man
that tries to escape dies
The rifle barrels of the soldiers
and the swords of the officers CLINT
ing in the freight effectually awed
the prisoners and they meekly fol-
lowed their heavily armed guards to
the stockade. Not only did tie strict
military rule prevent any escapes,
but il effectually stopped the panic
that had broken out among the con-
victs.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
German Navigator with
Military Officers and
Soldiers Pass Eleven
PsriIOus Hours
CAUGHT IN ADVERSE WINDS
DRIFTED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF SAFETY CAUSES MUCH JOY

MUNICH, April 1.-The Zeppelin
board was this afternoon swept help
lessly to the outer country by the
play of winds. soldiers i'm swift au-
tomobiies raced after the airship to
be on hand when the descent should
he attempted and several squadrons
Of heavy cavalry galloped To the
northwest for the same purpose.
The airship left Frcidenshafen ear
~ this morning and covered dis
tanee of III miles in five hours. IL
was the counts intention 10 land at
Munich I'm the presence of the prince
regent and the entire garrison, but
owing to "A squally wind this mnncu-
yer became impossible.
The co.Int then endeavored to OYER
come the resistance OF the wind by
rising to "a greater altitude. but this
Inaneuycr apparently was not sue
cessful for the balloon drove Gp-
wards from the sight OF the people /.
Munich in a northeasterly direction
The airship WAS manned BY Count
Zeppelin. Major Sterling several Of
hcers of the engineers corps and "A
crew of soldiers from the balloon
battalion of the German army
The airship landed safely at Din
golfing at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
after having been 1 hours in the
air. Several anxious hours were
spent by the aeronauts before an op-
portunity afforded for the making of
a safe landing The news that they
had finally accomplished return to
earth relieved great anxiety which
had been created he erndaswdw
had been created here and was re-
eelyed with shouting aud other dem
onstrations In the streets
A part of the journey was made un-
der circumstances of great peril, as
one of the motors refused 10 work
and 1t was impossible for the air
ship to make headway against the
wind. which increased steadily In vio-
lenee. Helpless and drifting rapidly
TO leeway the airship travelled for
hours
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
TANK SHIP IS
EXPLODED
TWENTY MEN BLOWN INTO AIR
IN GREAT SHEETS OF FLAME
TWELVE ARE DEAD-SHIP
BURNS TO THE WATERS EDGE

MARSEILLES, April. 1.-The
French tank bark Jules Henry. in the
oil trade between Philadelphia and
French ports, blew up today and was
practically totally wrecked.
The entire deck of the bark was
lifted by the force of the explosion
and the forward portion of the ship
wrenched off
Twenty of the crew were blown
into the air. Great sheets of fire
shot up from the vessel and in few
seconds she was enveloped in flames
and quickly burned to the water line.
Explosions in her hull shattered the
latter badly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02

HOPE To GET VOTE ON TARIFF
BILL IN HOUSE ON APRIL 10

the wheat growing states OF the west
have submitted To the ways and
means committee an amendment In
the nature of an additional provision
to the drawback section.
neir principal contention is that
the Payne provision would result in
the manufacture of flour for export
at the cities along the Atlantic sea-
board instead of at the western mills,
as Is the custom now. In order that
the western manufacturers may re-
tain the export trade IL is proposed
that anw article manufactured of
grain raised in the United States in
order TO obtain the drawback when
exported in lieu of imported grain.
must be manufactured in the same
mill or factory as the article manu-
factured from the imported grain
The amendment also requires shat
the expectation shall be made wi hin
the fiscal year in which the importa-
tion of the grain used or checked
again is made. A further provision
would make all bran, shorts and 9TH
er by-products of imported wheat
manufactured in bonded ware
house and would, when from domes-
tic consumption, subject to to duty
Of 25 per eentum ad valorem, based
upon the market price at the place
of manufacture.
\ compromise is To be agreed TO
by the various factions on the Re-
publican side of the house regarding
the consideration of the Payne tariff
bill. and 1t is confidently expected
Continued From Page Three
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
CELEBRATE THE END
Of BUBONIC PLAGUE

SAN FRANCISCO, April L.
, San Francisco celebrated Off
, cially the close of its campaign
, against the bubonic plague to-
, night by giving public dinner
to DIR. Rupert Blue, of the Unit
, ed States marine hospital SER
, vice, and his corps of executive
, officers. Four hundred citizens
, gathered i'm the big ball room of I
, the Fairmont hotel as an en- |
, preston of their appreciation I
, of the work done by DIR. Blue
, and his associates and assist I
, ants.
The room was appropriately |
decorated in red. white and blue |
, bunting. mingled with a profu- I
, sion of California flowers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
ARRIVE MONDAY.

County Clerk Oldheld received a
telegram from Judge Brown yester-
day stating he would be in Ely Mon
day night and would hear habeas cor
pus proceedings now pending. Pro-
bate and law matters will receive a
hearing on April and T. The Judge
will be here for two days only
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
GRIP RESULTS FATAL.

Mrs. Frank Pistoni. of Riepetown,
died yesterday morning at that place
from heart failure. She was weak
ened by an attack of grip. The de-
ceased was the wife of Frank Pts
toni, one of the oldest residents of
Riepetown. Dir. Pollock was called
TO attend her early yesterday morn
Ing but she WAS dead before his ar
rival
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
ALASKA MINER HERE.

Thomas ID. Drew. prominent
Alaska mining man. arrived last ev-
ening and will spend several days in
the camp
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
MoDJEsKA IMPROVED.

LOS ANGELES. April IA
message from the bedside of Madame
Modieska at Bay Island. sent by DR..
Boyd. her physician. states that If
her condition remains the same to-
morrow, the patient will be moved
from her present location to the Good
Samaritan hospital in this city.
Ralph Modieska. her son, is with ner.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
EI.IOW FEVER SHUTS
OUR PORTS TO MEXICO

Eli PASO, April Federal
} quarantine against all northern
} ports of Mexico II threatened
} because of yellow fever which
} has developed in Chihuahua and
Monterey. The quarantine is
being made effective today mt
all ports along the Rio Grande.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-02
DOYLE BACK.

George Doyle of Osceola. who
went to Reno with the Ely Mystic
Shrners. returned last evening.