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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-19
CONGRESS RECEIVES
MAMMOTH PETITION
LINER N||NNEHAHA
IS STILL AGROUND
Little Likelihood of Saving Yes
sci, Which Is Held Fast by
Jagged Rocks.

Hugh Town, Scllly Islands, April IL
The Atlantic Transport liner Mime
haha which went aground at an early
hour this morning off the Scilly Isl
anda. is still fast on the rocks, ant
there Is little likelihood of saving her
All the passengers. numbering sixty
six, were taken off in safety, as vel
as about one third of the cattle. Should
the sea continue smooth, as now seems
probable, the greater part of the cargo
will be saved. but change of tbs
wind to the northwest would expose
the Minnehaha to heavy seas. with
hardly a chance of saving either ship
or cargo.
On Jagged Pinnacle.
No attempt was made to-day to get
the liner off the rocks. She lies on a
big Jagged pinnacle nearly mile from
Bryher Island. From the first, pros
poets Of floating the steamer looked
hopeless. and at high tide she was still
held fast forward of the bridge. The
engine room and hold and after part
of the vessel. however, are still dry.
All of the baggage belonging to the
passengers has been brought to st,
Mary's.
The sun had been invisible since We'd
nesday, and observations by the offl-
GERS of the Nfinnehaha We're impossi-
BILE, but the lead had been kept going
since noon sunday. when Shipman
Head was sighted. Captain Layland.
thinking himself southwark of the
island. after backing out, headed in q
southwesteriy direction, when sudden.
" his vessel foundered. She grated
along for a few yards and ther
crashed into solid rock. Wireless mes
sages and signals OF distress were i'm
mediateiy sent out. Boats from BY
her Island put out. and the steamer
boats We're made ready and filed witt
women There was not the slightes
sign of panic, both the men OF th'
ship and the passengers showing thu
utmost bravery. Robert King. o
Schenectady, n. T., one of the passen
gers, said.
.,The first intimation had that any
thing was wrong was when | heard th'
officers order all hands off deck. Tn
officers assured the passengers ina
there was no danger.
Well Taken Care OF.
"The women were put into the boats
before they were lowered, and half anc
hour after the ship struck boats ar
rived from Bryher.
"All the passengers We're landed on
that island, which was only ha4t-
mile distant. We were all well taken
care Of, and excellently treated by tbs
Inhabitants We left BrSher at noon
and were landed on st. Mary's Island
at / o'clock.
'.The captain of the Nrinnehaha, as
we'll as tho other officers, displayed
great coolness, while the discipline OF
the crew was perfect"
All the passengers are now comfort
ably housed in hotels here, and to-
morrow will proceed by steamer tc
Penzance and thence to London, The
captain, officers and crew of the Min
| nehaha left the vessel for the night
harding on st. Mary's. They will re
turn tomorrow to resume salvage op'
erations
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-19
TAFT is H0N0RED
Medal Awarded to Him by American
Cross OF Honor,

Washington. u. c., April 1s.---one OF
the two CROSSES awarded annually by
the American Cross of Honor was pre-
scented to-day to President Taft, The
Thomas RI. Herndon, Richard stockton
and Harry A. George. One cross is
given each year to the head OF this or
some foreign government, the other TO
the person among those awarded lite,
States, who ara considered to have per-
formed the most heroic rescue as a
tElifa-saSer. 35i iAlt3 itSi AZ q i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-19
paniel sleeps Well.

3NH [Specialto Thp pTImes-DIspatcn.1
Daytona. Fla, April lS,--Dr. Crown
ing says that Senator Daniel slept we'll
have been good. He has heen better
Tor the past two days than for some
days previous. 85 vi ss ssss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-19

The Richmond Transfer Company re-
celved cablegram yesterday saying
that there were no virginia passen-
gers aboard the Minnehaha.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
Dawson Hardware GO.
SCOTT MINE MAGNATE
Prominent South Georgian, Who Is
Trying For Fortune in the West,
Is at Home on a Visit.


Hon. w. D. Scott, mayor of Moul-
trie, has many friends in Dawson
who will read with much interest
the following from the Moultrie OBJ
server:
Mayor w. D. Scott reached home
this morning after an absence of
nearly three months He has been
in Nevada, where he has recently in
vested in mining property and be-
come himself quite an expert and
successful miner. He returned to
Kimberly in the early summer to
look after some claims he had stakeG
off, and when he reached the prop
erty he found that it was growing
in favor, and he has made quite a
good thing of it. He has put in
three months exploring and locating
claims and then selling them, and
has found quite a profitable traffic.
incidentally he has secured con-
troll Of mine that was already open,
and is turning out quite a lot of
minerals. gold, silver, etc, at a good
profit. He has also purchased the
town of Lander, with a splendid To-
cation in a mining district, where
there is large spring, ranch and
some gardening and farming. Wa
ter is quite an item in that part of
Nevada, it sometimes selling as high
as a dollar and half per barrel;
hence a spring corresponds in value
to the well in the days of Abraham,
and the mayor thinks he has in his
town a very promising property.
Mayor Scott left his interests in
Nevada in competent hands, and will
remain here for some time"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21

resident of Albany for about fifteen
years. He was a native of Decatur
county, where he was born forty-one
years ago. His father, Chas. J. Nun
nerlyn, was a member of the COnfed-
crate States CONGRESS, and served
with distinction in the confederate
army, attaining the rank of colonel
Prior to his coming to Albany
Mr.. Munnerlyn was engaged in the
drug business at Eatonton, and also
gained valuable business experience
in railroad work He managed a
cotton compress for a time after
coming here to live, and ten years
ago went with the Exchange Bank.
Five years later he was transferred
to the Albany National Bank, be-
coming cashier of that institution in
1905. He was one of the most popu-
lar men in the Albany business dis
trict, and enjoyed the confidence of
the public in the fullest measure. His
personal friends were legion. and
his untimely death has spread gloom
throughout the business district with
which he had been so long and pleas
antly Identified.
Personally Mr.. Munnerlyn was
affable and charming He was quiet
rather than obtrusive, and friends
were drawn to him by warm quail
ties of his nature, which those who
associated with him We're left to dis
cover for themselves. He was de-
voted to his home life, and was an
ideal husband and father. He is
survived by his wife, who was Miss
Daisy McNulty of Dawson, and by
one daughter, Miss Florence Mum
nerlyn, just budding into sweet wo-
She was to have left home
today to resume her studies at Agnes
Scott college
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
PROTECT REMAINS OF DEAD
Dignity and Beauty Combined With
Strength and Durability in
Burial CaSketS

The selection of collins is getting
down to common-sense basis. A. ].
Baldwin & Co. are urging upon their
patrons the necessity of paying more
attention to durability if they wish
the remains Of their dead to be pro-
tected from the ravaces of the earth
and burrOWing animals. Too much
attention (they say has been paid
to mere appearances on the day of
the funeral, and not enough to the
welfare of the body after it is buried.
In Baldwin q Co.'S. establishment are
number of styles of caskets made
by the Lead-Coated-Steel process,
which is reported to be indestructi-
BILE. These caskets are all that can
be desired in the way of dignity and
beauty, and are said to be more than
ten times as durable as the best
wood coins. Whilst the manufac-
turing cost is considerably more than
wood this progressive firm is show
ing liberal tendency to equaIi~e
the expense, and the fact is that peo-
pie OF moderate means can now af-
ford greater protection to their dead
than could have been obtained sew
eral years ago only by the very rich.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
WAS READING WHEN HE DIED
WITHOUT A MOMENTS WARNING
MIR. MUNNERLYN EXPIRED.
Was Apparently Perfectly Well
Had Been at His Desk in the Bank
as Usual That Day, and Was Lying
in Bed Reading When Wife Heard
Him Gasp. A Popular Man.


The Albany Herald prints the fol
lowing particulars of the death OF
Mr.. ]. P. Munnerlyn, whose sudden
demise the night before was men
toned in the last issue of The News
and whose remains were brought to
Dawson for burial:
John Paul Munnerlyn, cashier OF
the Albany National Bank and one
of the best known business men Of
Albany, died suddenly at his resi-
dence on Society street at II o'clock
last night.
Death came without even mo-
mentary warning. During the day
Mr.. Munnerlyn had been at his desk
in the bank as usual, and attended
to various matters which claimed his
attention in the business district,
where friends and acquaintance
saw nothing in his appearance to in
dictate that he was not in his usual
excellent health
. A4C 0pShk IIS evening dJ uOulE}
and after retiring for the night lay
for some time on the bed reading a
magazine. Mrs. Munnerlyn was in
the room, and he had interspersed
his reading with bits of converse
ton. There was not the slightest
indication that his physical condi-
ton was not perfect. He was ap-
parently feeling as well as at any
time of his life. Suddenly he was
heard to gasp, as if for breath, The
magazine fell from his hand and in
a moment he had ceased to breathe.
Or. A. H. Hilsman, who was
summoned by telephone, was one of
the first to reach the Munnerlyn
home, and Mr.. Munnerlyn had been
dead for some time when he arrived.
1t was the physicians opinion that
death resulted when a blood clot
which had formed in a vein reached
the heart.
owing to the lateness of the hour
the fact of Mr. Munnerlyn s death
was not known last night. 1t pro-
duced a profound shock today in
business and social circles, and ex-
pressions of deep regret were uni
versal. There were scores of call
ers at the residence during the fore
noon.
John Paul Munnerlyn had been a
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
SOON START CEMENT PLANT
and Terrell County People
Arc Interested.

The following concerning an en-
terprise in which Dawson and Ter
rell county people are interested, and
of which Mr., w, H, Davis is the sec
rotary and treasurer, is from the At
lanta Constitution:
The Piedmont Portland Cement
Company is rapidly completing a
100000 plant at Aragon, Ga, Polk
county, and it is now stated by the
officials that it will be ready to turn
out the finished product within sixty
days.
This is another of Georgia's big
enterprises which are springing up
every few days. The plant, it is
stated, will begin with a capacity of
l, 900 barrels a day, the purpose be-
ing to double it in the course of a
year. The work of crushing at the
plant will begin within the next two
or three weeks, though it will be
two months before the actual manu-
facture of cement is begun.
The officers of the company are
j. c. Bass, of Carrollton, president,
and w. II. Davis, of Atlanta, form
erly of Dawson, secretary. treasurer
and general manager Mr.. Davis
has just moved his home from Daw-
son to Atlanta, and is living at rs
Moreland avenue. He will be in
charge OF the company's Atlanta
Office in the Gambler building,
through which it's entire product will
be marketed"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
COTTON IN CALIFORNIA.
Bale and Two Bales Per Acre
Grown in That State.

Bale and Two Bales Per Acre
Grown in That State.
When we think of California we
usually think of oranges. grapes,
Gives and the like. 1t is not gen
orally known that a portion of Cali
fornia is developing into a great cot
ton growing country. At the recent
Imperial Fair at Ell Centre, Cal,
there was sight not seen at any
previous fair in California. King
Cotton sat is state on a throne over
Swallowed by a canopy of feecy
whitencss grown in the Imperial
valley. His feet rested on a rug
swayed in the breezes a field of cot
ton stalks bearing their burden of
white bolls. At the portal there
swung from cotton pillars a great
$40 piece composed of cotton and
cotton seed.
The growing of cotton in Califor-
MIA is a comparatively new thing,
but few acres having been planted
until the past year when quite
| good-sized acreage around Ell Cen
trO was planted to cotton.
Growers claim yield of one to
two bales per acre-an average of
more than a bale per acIe-and fully
twenty-five thousand acres were
planted to cotton the coming season,
and about fifty thousand acres next
season. The plant is grown alto
gether by igation-Cotton Oil
News
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
The Lash of n Fiend

Would have been about as well
come to A. Cooper of Oswego, N. Y,
as a merciless lung-racking cough
that defied all remedies for years.
, 1t was most troublesome at NIGHT .
ne writes. Nothing helped me till
| used Dr. Kings New Discovery.
which cured me completely I never
cough at night now" Millions
know it's matchless merit for stub
born colds, obstinate coughs, sore
lungs, lagrippe, asthma, hemorrbaga
Group, whooping cough, or hayfever.
1t relieves quickly and never fails
to satisfy. A trial convinces. soc
$l.OO. Trial bottle free. It's posi-
lively guaranteed ~ Dawson Dr1v
Co
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
THE PASSING OF UNCLE LON
FAMOUS GEORGIAN PICTURES
QUE FIGURE IN THE HOUSE.
One of the IrOnieS of Politics

| 4 Bit of PathOs in His Exit From the
! Stage of Public Life. Would Have
Been Chairman of the Powerful
Committee on Appropriations.
| The following special from Wash
! ington to the New York World will
be of special interest to many Geor-
gians:
Old in years and veteran in point
Of service "Uncle Lon" Livingston,
one of the few remaining picturesque
figures of the house, finally has been
defeated for the denomination from
the Fifth district of Georgia. If the
Old Roman lives to round out his
present term he will lead the army
of the disappointed which will make
it's exit from the stage Of public life
on March 4th next.
There is a bit of pathos and the
irony of politics in the passing of
Uncle Lon" known in other days
as the Farmers Alliance congress
man from the Empire State OF the |
South. The Georgia returns have
been read with a feeling of regret
here and in other sections where live
men who have grown old in the ser
vice with Lon Livingston.
Uncle Lon is in his seventy-ninth !
year, and has been a member of con-
gress for twenty years. He has be- !
a cCin I 10 Tlz
of the celebrities to be pointed out
to tourists about the capitol. He
was regarded as a fixture in the |
house, just as the journal or the Con-
gressional Record. Nobody believed
that he would fail to come back"
Practically everybody who amounts
to anything down in the Fifth GeOr-
gia has suffered the privilege of run
ming against Uncle Lon during
these twenty years. But the Living
ston majorities rolled up just the
same, regardless of the power or
prestige of opponent. 1t has re-
manned for William Schley Howard
"a 'youngster' 20 send the Vete
ran down for the count of ten
But two members of the house
have served for longer continuous
terms than Leonidas Felix Living
and John Dalzell, republicans, of
Pennsylvania. Two others came to
the fifty-frst congress with Living
ston-JOhn A. T. Hull republican,
of Iowa, and William A. Jones, demo-
crat, of Virginia.
Hull has been defeated, too for
"Cannonism" was the issue in Hulls
district, just as it was in Uncle
Ions, although Livingston is a dem
ocrat and Cannon isn't such a live
issue in Georgia. Only Jones of the
trio of 1891 will enter the sixty-sec-
ond congress, but then Jones has
never voted in effect to retain the
Cannon house rules. Livingston and
Hull did, and their respective con-
stituents hav refused to forget.
And here's where the irony of the
smiteful hand of politics enters, rob-
bling the Georgia veteran not only of
his ambition to die in harness." but
of probably the choicest committee
assignment in the lower house
Livingston is the ranking demo-
cratic member of the powerful COM
mittee on appropriations John J.
Fitzgerald, democrat of New York,
a Tammany ally-another young
ster, forty years "Uncle Ions" jul
niOr-ranks second. Indications
are that the next house will be dem
ocrattc. Champ Clark, minority
leader and prospective speaker,
would have been in duty bound to
appoin Mr.. Livingston chairman of
that committee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
HE "TNsULTED" PICTURE.
A Remarkable Occurrence i'm Pitts
burg, Pa, Court.

There is such a thing as "lese ma
jeste' in Pittsburg, it seems. Two
men who had made insulting re-
marks dirested at the portraits of
Lincoln and Mckinley were SEN
fenced to jail for three years each
by Judge Brumm for the offense.
lhere was no law to cover insult
ing picture, but the Judge found
the men guilty of being Migrants and
nuisances and sent them up. And
yet we say hard things about the
administration of law in Russia and
China.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
UNUSUAL ROMANCE.
Youth of 10 Marries Widow of 05.
Ardent Courtship.

A romantic courtship lasting six
weeks reached a climax at Milan,
Tenn, when 19-year-old Henry John
son of Memphis took his bride. Mrs.
Aleck Mcdonald, 65 years old. John
son conducted his courtship with
such vigor that he gained the CON
sent of his aged bride 10 an early
marriage, which was solemnized
Wednesday.
The bride has bees = widow ten
years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
The Less They Know the Better. Bust
ness Not Conducted on KNOWLEDGE.

me Less they knOW the Better. Bust
ness Not Conducted on knowledge.
But few of the men who sell the
hundred different paints in the mar
ket know much about them. All De
voc agents have a state chemists
certificate telling just what it's made
of; they know a good deal, not only
about Devoe but the rest. Devoe
buys every paint, that has any sale,
and analyses it. Devoe agents find
out all about it.
When we know what a paint is
made-of, we know how it will act;
we know how far it goes, and how
long it wears.
Devoe is the standard; call it 100.
The best of the rest is about rs; the
worst about 25; the rest are between.
But the men who sell them don't
know any better They know what
the maker tells them That is: they
know that he tells them. They don't
/ know whether he tells them the
truth or not
| The business is not conducted on
knowledge; the less they know the
more comfortable they are. Dawson
Drug Co. and Peoples Drug Store.
|
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
FARM PROPERTY

1912 ACRES, two-horse farm
in cultivation, near school and
church, good neighbOrs close to
you, with two sets of houses on
place; can be bought for $40
per acre Our time is limited
on this. If you want it see us
at once.
"A ACRES in 4 = miles of
Parrot, 40 acres open, is Of
fered for $3.50. Now, if you
want a small farm at a bar
gain you had better investigate
this at once.
List your property with us.
We are doing our best to sup
ply customers with what they
want, but have more demands
for farms than we can fill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-21
LEWIS, CROWELL & HOYL
RedlEstate

In city property we offer sew
eral desirable residence propo-
sitions at very attractive prices.
All of them are bargains. and
one a regular pick up either
for a home or an investment.
How about a Groom resi-
dence, modern conveniences,
we'll located, in splendid repair,
large lot, substantial stockade,
convenient to school churches
and business section? Will
readily rent for $25 per month;
at the low price of $4,000. If
you want medium-priced
home in Dawson you will never
beat this
We also offer a 4-room resi-
dence in thickIy settled resi-
Dental section on popular
street, house in splendid re-
pair, for the low price of ST.
400.
Nice, new convenient newly
erected Groom house at 81
GOO This is something extra
good.
Modern Groom home on
Church street for $3.50. You
may be able to get this if you
act quick, or it may be sold be-
fore this advertisement ap-
pears, as several parties are
after it, No one has an OPP
ton on it, and you may secure
the home by acting promptly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-06
LANE AND PROUTY
 NAMED AS JUDGES

Washington, December 5.-Informaticn from an excellent, if not absolutely au- thoritative source, indicates that Presi- dent Taft has determined upon two members of the new court of commerce.
 They are Judge Charles A. Prouty of Vermont and Franklin K. Lane of Cali fornia, both members of the interstate commerce commission.
 1t is understood to be the desire of the President. to secure men for the new court who not only are in touch with the freight rate situation throughout the country, but who are familiar with pro- ceedings of the interstate commerce com- mission. Judge Prouty has served as member of the interstate commerce com mission for nearly 20 years and is vide ly known and respected by both ship pers and carriers throughout the coun- try MT. Lane is now serving his sec- ond term as commissioner having beens appointed as a democrat by President Roosevelt His services on the commits sion have been particularly notable es- pecially in the elimination of relating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-06
PROMINENT MAN OF
 MERIDIAN DEAD

Meridian. Miss, December 5.-(Special.) Dr. Nj. J. Thompson, aged 65. one Of the oldest and most prominent practic- ing physicians in east Mississippi. died at his home in Meridian this morning al 2 o'clock.
 For 2s years he had been recognized as one of the states leading physicians ana surgeons, and his practice covered a wide field. He was Q Mason and Shriner and his burial tomorrow afternon at o'clock wills be under the auspices of the Masons. The deceased Is survived by his widow, two sons. Sidney and Stennis Thompson. and four daughters, Misses Ida, Mamie and Ethel and Mrs II. A. Benners of New Orleans.
 Mrs. j. H. Odom died at a local hos pital in this city yesterday as a result of pellagra. Mrs. Odow lost one of her children a few weeks ago of pellagra and two that survive her are afflicted with the same disease.
 W. P. Moore, good roads engineer of Jackson, Tenn. is in the city having been engaged by the board of supervisors to make a survey and prepare specified tions for the work of improving the pub lie roads in this beat, $2000O0 having al- ready been authorized for the work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-06
For Sale

$26. 26.000-10-room Mountain Terrace corner lot 210x150. New, hand somely decorated, modern in all respects. Will sell for less than actual cost. Will ex- change for good city property. Ask for No. 226
 S15 .000-Four Groom houses, on lot 200 x190, fronting on two streets; houses now rent sS0.00 per month. Big value. on Avenue E and Railroad front. Terms. Ask for No. 22S. S11, ,500-Nineroom Highland avenue, very desirable location, cor ner lot 100x1O0. A bargain s25e0 cash, balance easy. Ask for No. POP.
 sfo. o.0O0-11-room on 9th avenue, near Terminal station all conyen- fences; lot 5Ox190. Good in- vestment; city property in ex- change. Ask for No. 201. S.41o-Lot 62x175. l F blocks east of Five Points; s55 per front foot. The best location. Investigate this
 See our MT. Garden. Both Phones 2s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-06
Art ColIectinn Ieft fn cifx

San Diego. December Sly the terms of the will of Mrs. Harriet s Fairhead, a former resident of Jacksonville, Fla, filed here today, a collection of valuable paintings and tapestry is left to the city of San Diego, and a local church is be- aueathed S2000O. MT. Fairhead died m October, a son three weeks later and Mrs. Fairheal passed away week ago.