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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-02-26
SINS AND SINNERS.

The bank at Oaktaha, sixteen miles
south Of Muskegon, Okla, was robbed
last week.
DIR. George Beeman, forty-five years
old. ended his life at his home at Har-
Dor Springs. Mich. by swallowing a
quantity of carbolic acid.
A riot, the outgrowth of the strike
, In the hat factories at Orange. N. j.,
broke out when fifteen non union men
were set upon and stoned by a crowd
, of 200 persons.
In the district court at DEBORAH.
iowa, Judge A. N. Hobson sentenced
John Hogan. charged with burglary.
| TO thirty-five years at hard labor In
the penitentiary at Fort Madison.
A man known as Pap" Johnson, q
notorious jointist, or keeper Of an II.
licit saloon, shot and killed Mrs. Fran.
! ces Switzer at the woman's home at
, Lawrence, Kan, and then committed
! suicide.
After he had been told he could not
survive long. owing to consumption
which had fastened firm hold on
him, Lon Mcdonald, aged twenty-five
years, blew out his brains with a re-
yolver at Bangor. Iowa.
| After half hours deliberation the
jury In the case of Former Supervisor
NJ. w. Coffey OF San Francisco. charg
ed with accepting a bride Of $4,000
10 vote for a trolley franchise for the
United Railways company. brought In
a verdict Of guilty.
Mrs. Ed b. Lewis. wife OF a travel
Ing salesman Of Chicago, swallowed
poison at Natchez, Miss. and dice
within a short time. She was fount
unconscious in their apartment by hel
husband. Dependency Is believed u
have prompted the act.
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CASUALTIES.

While skating hand in hand over
the Ice on Sand pond. Norwood, r. l.,
four children were drowned when the
spongy formation gave way.
Shaft No. Is Of the Deering Coal
company. six miles south Of Benton.
ILL.,, blew up, and four miners are en-
tombed. There Is little hope that
they will be found alive.
Five firemen were injured, two SO
seriously that their recovery is not ex.
pected. In aspectacular and perilous
fire which destroyed the packing
sheds Of the Pratt Oil works In New
York.
Capt. Andrew Jackson Comstock. q
veteran Of the Mexican and Civil
wars. was killed by a south-bound
overland train while walking on the
railroad bridge near Moor Park. Ven
tura. Cal.
Sixty workmen were caught in an
explosion of dynamite cartridge In
the McAdoo tunnel. New York. and
two men were instantly killed. The
number Of injured was kept secret by
the McAdoom company.
The eighteen-hour flyer on the
Pennsylvania railroad. bound from
Chicago to New York, ran into q
small landslide in deep cut east OF
Altoona, Pa, derailing the train, but
fortunately injuring only one person.
Through a misunderstanding Of or.
ders Burlington passenger train was
wrecked at La Platte. Neb. by col
liding with pile driver attached to
q work train. The engineer and fire,
men we're injured. the former seri
ously.
The steel pier and 600 feet of an
proach Of the Starr Wave Motor com
pany ut Redondo. Cal. disappeared In
the waves during q storm. Not ever
scrap remained. except q small
barge. which went ashore. The piel
cost 100000.
Henry Klockard. IN aged prospect
or. who has been living in the noun
tains near Taft, Mont. placed I
prioed stick Of dynamite into hi
moath and bit the cap. and the q
plosioa hat followed literally basu
HI ho1y to pieces. TAs cause e II
Suicide = unkn0vn.
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G0ting, Murderous Assault and
Pillage in Greek Section Of
the Town.
THIRTY BUILDINGS DESTROYED
Fiery Speakers Arosse Race Hatred
Over Killiss Of . Policemaa
by . Greek

Omaha. Feb. %. - From m!d-after.
noon until far into the night South
Omaha, this citys' big suburb, was
the scene OF rioting. murderous ~.
sault and pillage. More than thirty
buildings have been destroyed. burn.
ed or badly damaged, and probably .
score OF persons injured, half that
number seriously. BY heroic work
the police have prevented actual loss
OF life, and at midnight 1t was the
generally expressed opinion that the
worst Of the affair was over.
The immediate cause OF the trouble
was the killing on Friday night OF Pc
liceman Edward Lowery by John Ma.
suredes, a Greek, whom the officer
had placed under arrest.
Aroused by Fiery Speeches.
Masuredes was brought to the
Douglas county jail here at once, and
for fear an attempt might be made to
lynch him he was taken Saturday aft.
ernoon to Lincoln and placed in the
penitentiary to await his preliminary
hearing.
On Saturday a petition was circx
lated in South Omaha and signed by
hundreds OF citizens, setting forth
that a large number of Greek resi-.
dents OF the place were OF the unde-
sirable class and calling a mass meet
ing at the city hall Sunday afternoon
to discuss methods Of Kidding the city
Of them.
More than thousand persons at.
tended the meeting. which was ad.
dressed by men OF prominence, in.
Guiding two members of the state leg.
islature. Some OF the speeches were
heated. and when the meeting ended
q large portion OF the crowd started
out with the intention Of carrying out
the suggestion Of the speakers in the
most summary manner.
Give Offiesrs Hard Fight.
The South Omaha police force,
though small. responded valiantly to
the demands upon its resources. Sher.
III Bradley Of Douglas county was call,
ed upon and went to the scene with
a number OF deputies. but their com.
biped efforts were insufficient for
many hours to prevent the destruc.
ton OF property Of the Greeks and as
saults upon its owners. In few in.
stances was there any show Of resist
anee.
Early In the evening a call was made
upon the police of Omaha for aid, but
after consideration the department
decided not to send policemen to the
scere OF the trouble. Gov. Shallen
berger was consulted and expressed q
willingness 10 call out the troops II
necessary.
Fifteen arrests were made In con
nection with the riots up to midnight
Four Hurt In Race Riot.
Kansas City. Mo-. Feb. 22.-Follow
ing a quarrel In Kansas City, Kan.
yesterday between a Greek laboreI
and an American. a general fight en-
sued. in which four men were hurt
Fifty Greeks were being attacked b,
. crowd Of men and boys armed with
, sticks and stones when the police ar
rived and arrested a number OF par
Elephants.
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PERSONAL.

Theodore Robert Shear died OF
heart disease in New York. following
the news that he had been left a for.
tune Of 100000 by John c. Pack.
ard, an uncle.
". J. Langson, secretary OF the
Milwaukee chamber of commerce for
forty-four years, is dead after a short
by devotion to duty.
George Willard. one of the best
known lumbermen of the Mississippi
valley, died at Burlington, Iowa, at
the age Of eighty-two. He came to
Burlington fifty.one years ago.
W. N. Martin, civil engineer and
farmer, made flight of $50 feet at
a height of six feet In his aeroplane
at Canton, Ohio. The initial power Is
furnished by horse attached to a
rope and pulleys.
Marquis Emmanuel Henri victur
MEN de Noailles. former member of
the diplomatic service, is dead in Pa
ris. He was born in 1880. In 1872 he
represented his government In Wash
tngton.
Miss Emily Virginia Mason OF a IA
nous Virginia family, who won fame
during the Civil war as a nurse OF
Confederate soldiers and who minis
tered to Union soldiers at Libby pris.
on, is dead in Washington, aged nine,
ty-four years.
II seems unlikely that the present
administration will appoint sue.
cessor to Henry Vignaud, secretary
Of the American embassy at Paris
whose resignation has been forward
ed to Washington. TO take effec,
March 81. Secretary Knox will de-
termins on an appointment to the po
sition soon after coming into Office.
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MisTRiAL IN SALOON CASE.

Anti-saloon League Indignant at Fail
ure Of Juries to Convict Men.
Eau Claire. Wis. Feb. ga jury
after being out seven hours last night
reported disagreement in the case
Of the state against Durham, a saloon
keeper, charged with selling liquor on
Sunday. Out of seventeen other sa.
loon men arrested in the present cru
SADIE, two pleaded guilty and one was
acquitted. The Anti-saloon league has
been at great pains to get evidence,
including carefully labeled bottles of
whisky and is highly indignant at the
failures to convict.
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VICTIM OF BRUTAL ASSAULT.
Girls Assaiiant Narrowly Escapes
Death At Eatner's Handa.

Duluth, Feb. 81. - Miss Enda Sta
brodt. twenty-three years old. daugh-
ter OF Charles Stabrodt, was assaulted
last evening.
Alphonse Laurin. a laborer. who
worked for neighbor OF the Sta
brodts, is under arrest on suspicion.
Mr.. Stabrodt tried to shoot the
girls assailant when his attention
was attracted by his daughters cries.
but the gun missed fire.
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Looted Four Times In Three Weeks.
Fergus Falls. Mimi. Feb. 23.-Ths
general store Of Palubicki Bros. In
Perham. was robbed four times dur.
ing the last three weeks. and several
other burslaries have been reported
In the scme locality.
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Third Fire Victim Dies,

Sioux Falls. s. D.. Feb. %. - The
death Of the baby Of the family has
added one to the list Of victims of
the fire which destroyed the home OF
John Walker, Lyman county home.
steader. Walker and his four-year.
old daughter were burned to death,
but the baby was rescued from the
building by the father. who died try.
ing to save the girl. The mother and
four children are left.
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War Chief Runs Amuek.

Cincinnati. Feb. 23.-With an ear
splitting warwhoop an unidentified
Navajo Indian war chief ran amuck In
the union station here yesterday. and
before he could be overpowered he
had fatally stabbed and cut Mrs. An
M Devord Of Huntington. w. Va. and
Max Mayors Of Cincinnati and seri.
ously wounded Joseph w. Gordon Of
Cambridge, Ill.
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Cars Plunge Fatal,

wapello, Iowa, Feb. %. Frank
Nader. forty-five years old. a travel.
Ing man OF Davenport. was instantly
killed and five persons we've seriously
injured when a day coach on the Mus
catine Northern & Southern railroad
left trestle over Turkey creek and
plunged into the raging current.
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FARMERS MEET At wAsAsAA.

institute 10 Conducted by Forrset
Henry Of Dover, MINI.
Wabasha aiisn.. Feb. 81. The
farmers institute was held at the
court house yesterday and was we'll
attended. Forrest Henry of Dover,
MINI. had charge OF the meeting. /.
Bracket OF Excelsior. Mimi. handled
the horticultural department and C.
W. Hale Of Stewartville. Mimi. spoke
on corn growing.
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cAvoUR HAS BIG FIRE.

$4,000 Blaze in Hall Where Masque-
rade Ball Was Held.
Huron. S. D, Feb. 2:.--Fire at Ca
your. nine miles east OF Huron. on
the Chicago 4 Northwestern rail-
way. destroyed property valued At
$4,000.
Among the losers were ]. F. Co.'S
tello. general merchandise: Cavour
State bank. Duesler's residence. post
once and telephone exchange.
The fire originated in Costello's
hall. where a masquerade ball was
held Friday night.
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CAPT. J. J. HlssARo STRICKEN.

Pioneer Of Lake Region sueeumbs to
dlease.
Duluth. Feb. 23.-Capt. J. j. Hib.
bard Of Duluth died yesterday at the
age OF seyenty-eight years of Bright's
disease.
The death Of Capt. Hubbard re-
moves one Of the Oldest residents OF
the head of the lakes region. He was
. pioneer Of pioneers. having been
here q half century.
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Tanning Plant pestroved.

Milwaukee. Wis. Feb. %. - The
four-story tanning plant of the Albert
Trostel & Sons Tannery. together
with another foul-story structure ad-
Joining. was destroyed by are early
yesterday. entailing q loss OF $4,000.
fully covered by insurance.
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Seven Killed by Explosion.

Port Arthur. Ont, Feb. 23.-Seven
men were killed by premature ex-
plosion Of dynamite on the line OF the
Grand Trunk Pacific fifty miles north
Of Nipegon yesterday.
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Killed by Fallino Tree

Washburn. WIS.,, Feb. IA Polish
laborer employed by the Hines Lum-
Der company at Cussen was killed
yesterday when the tree which he and
q companion were saving down
swung around on the stump and land
ed on his body.
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Woman 10 Attacked,

Cleveland. Feb. %. - Mrs. Mary
Rickmers. nineteen years OF age, OF
Gates Mills. a small town near here.
eas attacked by an unknown man
ate last night. while returning home
from = shopping tour. No arrests
AVE been made.
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Dies Like Predecessor.

Duluth, Feb. a3.-Henry Pandle fell
from the top of the water tower at
Hibbing and was instantly killed. The
distance is $50 feet. He was forty.
ave years old and married. His pre-
decessor as operator at the tower,
John Murphy, was killed in the same
manner two years ago.
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BUFFALO HERD DYING OUT.

Thirty Animals Presented to WinnL
peg Have Dwindisd TO Two.
Winnipeg, Feb. ga peculiar cpl
demic has seized buffalo herd which
was presented to Winnipeg by Lord
6tratcona many years ago. From .
herd Of thirty It has dwindled to two.
Feeding in too confined an area and
the failure to infuse new blood into
the herd are the two principal causes.
At one time is was the second largest
herd In America.
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Aoed Woman Murdered.

Detroit, Mich. eb- F23. - Mrs. F.
Richard, aged sixty-eight. WAS found
murdered in her home yesterday.
Frank Bialk. aged twenty-five is lock.
ed up charged with the murder.
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THRICE sgREAvgD IN 3 DAYS.

Wife and Two Children Of Polk coun-
~ Farmer Ole Of Typhoid.
Crookston. MIMI, Feb. 81. - Death
entered the family Of Pierre AuJette.
. well known and highly rsspe:ted
farmer. living about five miles north
east Of this city. three times within q
period Of three days. First the eldest
son died and he was followed within
twelve hours by the oldest boy. Dur.
ing the funeral Of the two. which was
held the following day, the wife and
mother passed away. Typhoid fever
had broken out in the household and
Mr.. Audette is now the only one liv.
ing OF a family Of four.
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Ex.BANk TELLER ARRESTED.
Prominent Michigan Youth Accuses
Of $500 Theft.

Traverse City. Mich, Feb. 23.-Ells.
worth Hale. a prominent young citi.
zen Of this place, was arrested on
complaint Of United States Bank Elk.
aminer EnRle. charging him with en-.
bezzling $500 from the First Nation.
al bank Of this city.
Hale was formerly paying teller OF
the bank, but resigned in November,
1907. to embark in the theatrical bus.
mess. He has been released under
$1,000 bail.
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TWO KILLED Nv SWITCH ENGINE

collides With Railroad Automotils In
eeyns City With Fatal Results.
Grand Rapids. Mich. Feb. n. - A
dispatch from Boyne City says that J.
e. Mighan and w. s. Spratt. rromi-
nent eitigens Of that place. were in
stantly killed when a switch engine
on the Boyne City. Gaylord & Alpena
railroad ran into railroad automo-
bile.
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CONVICTED FOR KIDNAPPING.

Washingtonian to Pay the Penalty Tor
Holding Up Man for Ransom.
Bellingham. Wash, Feb. 21.-A jury
at Mount Vernon yesterday declared
Leo Bozemer guilty Of kidnapping for
the purpose of holding for ransom.
The penalty is an indeterminate term
OF from five to twenty-one years i'm
prisonment. Bozemer held up Edward
English. a millionaire logger, near
Mount Vernon, bound him to . tree
and compelled him to write an OF Ter
to his wife for $1,000. Before Mrs.
English could secure the money her
husband escaped. Bozemer was cap
tured two weeks later.
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Taft In Phlladelphla.

Philadelphia, Feb. %. - President,
elect Taft arrived in Philadelphia ear
~ yesterday morning from Cincinnati.
He was met here by Mrs. Taft, Who
came from New York. The president-
elect and Mrs. Taft are the guests Of
DR.. 8. Weir Mitchell.
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GARFIELD MAY SUCCEED ANGEL

Secretary Of interior Named ~ Possl.
Bile President Of Michigan AZ"
Ann Arbor. Mich, Feb. 2l.-Current
reports yesterday added the names OF
James R. Garfield. secretary of the in
terror. to the list of possible success
sors Of DR.. James b. Angel. who has
resigned the presidency of the Uni.
versity of Michigan.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-02-26
Scores Die In Blizzard

kiey. European Russia. rep. rs. -
Terrible snow storms have prevailed
for the last week and more than q
hundred lives have been lost in the
billiards. in Southwestern Russia dur.
ing the last three days.
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Dies for eetrayer's Sake.

St. Joseph. Mich, Feb. 21.-Rather
than betray the man who was father
Of her unborn babe. Lizzie Ne,elsky. a
pretty seyenteen-year-o,d Jewish girl
OF Benton Harhor. ended her life by
jumping into the st. Joseph river.
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pespendent; rrie. Suicide,

Goldheld. New. Feb. 21.-Ed L. NY.
ers. brother Of Al Myers. the million.
aire mining man. shot himself through
the head ut his room In q hotel here
yesterday and win die. Dependency
vao the cause.
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Attempt 10 Save poo e.,,,.

Columbus. Feb. g. - John Dolby,
aged sixty-hve. was fatally injured
last evening when he was run down
by Toledo & Ohio Central freight
train in an effort to save his poodle
dog from destruction.
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Dose Of Glyesrin Kills.

Menominee, Mich, Feb. %. - Mrs.
Ann Scherer, twenty-nine years old.
died in the hospital here from the ef-
fects of a dose OF glycerin taken by
mistake for castor oil
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-02-26
CAUGHT ~ DUMMY" PACKAGE
Youth Who Sent "elaek Hand" Let
ters Arrested,

New York. Feb. 23.-In response to
. series Of threatening BLACK Hand
letters, George Cohn. wealthy manu-.
facturer. yesterday placed a package
Of imitation money under a stone at
. spot designated by the letters.
A few hours later a young man
came up on bicycle and took the
package and rode away. Detectives
caught the youth, who said he was
Paul Weston, fifteen years old. He
will be arraigned on a charge of ex.
tortion.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-02-26
ALLEGED SLAYER CAUGHT.
woodsman Accused Of Connolly Muir
der Arrested at Ely, MINI.

der Arrested at Ely, MINI.
Duluth. Feb. ga woodsman who
gives the name Of Edward Picord Is
locked up at the county Jail, suspect
ed of being the shorter OF the two
men who murdered Brakeman John
Connolly of the Duluth, Missabe d
Northern road in a pool room at Proc.
tor, MINI. Oct. so.
The arrest was made by detectives
In the employ Of the Missabe road. A
reward OF Sl.750 Is offered for the ap-
prehension and conviction Of the muir.
derers. .. ~.
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Young Ski Jumper Injured.

fcuHg OK JuHpeF 1uIureu.
Duluth, Feb. 23.-John McLachlan
Of Grand Rapids was severely hurt in
ternally while ski jumping yesterday.
Il is said he cannot recover He Is
twenty-ene years old.
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Two Perish In Hotel Fire,

Tower. Mich. Feb. 23.-Duffey La
France and Peter Emo were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
Hotel Finan. twostory frame build
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Four ouakss Felt In spain.

Madrid. Feb. %. - Four prolonged
earth shocks were felt during the
night ut Elche. in Alicante province.
but NO damage was done.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-01
IN HONOR OF MISS MELTON.
Elegant Entertainments in Smithville
For Dawson Young Lady.

In honor of Miss Alice Melton of
Dawson, who was visiting in Smith
vile, Mrs. F. S. Hale entertained in
charming manner. Music was a
feature of the entertainment, Miss
Melton delighting the guests with a
number of her favorite selections.
Dainty and tempting refreshments
were served.
The young ladies who enjoyed
Miss Alice Ansley's hospitality on
Saturday evening when she enter
tanned at a six o'clock dinner COM
plimentary to her guests, Misses
Alice Melton and Odele Allison, will
long remember it as one of the most
delightful affairs of the season.
Those present were: Misses Lizzie
and Elma Evans, Susie Lunsford,
Nell Mckinney, Nettie Burton, We
nonah Lewis and Elite Richardson.
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SONS OF REST START SOUTH.
Professional Panhandlers Hit the
Trail for a Warmer Climate.

Professional PanhandlePs Hit the
Trail for a Warmer Climate.
They're on their way south.
Blind Tom, Crippled Pete, One
armed Jim, and the man who is only
one of the few survivors of the Gal
weston food and many many other
panhandlers hit the southern trail
when the first frost settled over the
northern country.
The frost has settled, and the pan
handlers, yeggmen, together with
many others in their profession, are
now counting the crossties between
here and the Mason-Dixon line.
On their arrival in Dawson, how
ever, they will not find welcome
written on the door mat, or help
ing hand extended to them, but the
"shams" will be notified to move on
and go while the going is good.
Last winter an army of panhand-
lers visited Dawson, and holding
forth at street corners or squatted
on the cold pavements begged for a
few pennies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-01
WHERE SOUTH STANDS IN ITS OWN LIGHT
The Millions OF Dollars That Are Annually Sent North
for Insurance Should Be Given to Home Companies

with pardonable pride to the record
of our own home company, The
Southern Life Insurance Company
of Dawson. This company has been
in successful operation for number
of years, and has provided insurance
for our people right here at home at
the lowest minimum of cost.e They
have maintained large deposit in
our local banks, and they have col
lected and disbursed right here at
home thousands of dollars that other
wise would have been sent to the
north never to have returned to. us
again.
Insurance is a simple matter, SIM
ply a matter of protection, and The
Southern Life Insurance Company of
Dawson seems to nave solved the
problem.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-01
DIED IN COTTON FIELD.
A Well-Known Citizen of Webster
County Passes Away Suddenly.

IN w O1tAACn OG NCOSbtE
County Passes Away Suddenly.
Mr.. Davis Bryant, one of Webster
county's best citizens, died suddenly
at his home near Preston a few af-
ternoons ago.
Mr.. Bryant, who resided a mile
from Preston, walked over to town
in the afternoon, and was apparently
in good health. After returning
home he sat down with his family
to rest and talk awhile, and then
went to a field near the house to
pick cotton. A short while after 60
ing out he was stricken with appo-
plexy, and death followed immedi-
ately.
A son was with him, and as soon
as help could be obtained he was
removed to the house.
Mr.. Bryant was one of Webster s
old farmers, and was we'll known
throughout this section, where he
had many friends.