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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-16
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Unknown Man Shot in Temple Found
Partly Lying in Mill Pond.

Unknown Man Shot in Temple Found
Partly Lying in Mill Pond.
The Cuthbert Liberal nterprise
says: Coroner Blackshear received
a telephone message Wednesday
morning stating that two negro wo-
men, while fishing near the head of
Weatherby's mill pond in the Mt.
Hebron neighborhood, found a man
dead lying partly in the mud and
water. Coroner Blackshear and Dep
uty Sheriff Peacock went to the
scene, empaneled a jury and made an
investigation. The man proved to be
a mulatto of medium heighth and
stout build, but unknown. The jury
found verdict to the effect that the
deceased came to lbs death by
gunshot wound, the gun being in the
hands of unknown parties, and the
deceased was unknown to the jury.
The man was shot in the temple,
and was in partly decomposed con-
dition, and indications were that he
had been dead a week or ten days.
Who the dead man is, or where
he came from, is a mystery, as no
one is known to be missing from
the community. 1t is hoped that the
mystery shall yet be cleared up,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-16
Bought Big Building With
Pennies Made Shining Shoes

SAVANNAH, Ga.-Five years ago
Charles and Louis Lamas came to
Savannah from Greece and opened a
shoeshining shop in a little hole in
the wall on Bull street, near Brough-
ton.
They had nothing when they begun
business, but they were thrifty and
practiced the strictest frugality.
Now they are on the verge of closing
deal for the two-story brick build
ing, No. IA Broughton street east,
where M. Wilensky has had his shoe
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-16

factory for eight years. The Lamas
brothers will pay $4,000 cash for
the property.
And they saved all of this money
in coppers and nickels. They sell pa
pers for one cent and shine shoes for
five cents. Their "parlor" is con-
veniently situated for pedestrians on
Bull street and on Broughton, and
their business has always been rush
ing. Tney have accommodations for
eight or nine customers at a time.
and have knack of getting the peo-
pie in and out in hurry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-16
SEED CORN DAY.

Cedartown is to have a seed corn
day Saturday under the direction of
the farmers cooperative demonstra-
ton work. Several demonstration
agents and practical corn growers
will be present to help select seed
corn and make talks upon corn grow
ing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-16
HAD A PENNSYLVANIA WIFE
One Tallahassee Robber Muttered
"McKeespOrt" as He Lay Diving.

Mcheesport" as He Lay Dying.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: Mrs.
Jerry McAuley of McKeesport TODAY
was shown a picture of a man killed
several weeks ago while robbing the
postotflce at Tallahassee, Fla, and
identified it as that of her husband.
VINO has been missing from this city
for year.
The picture had been forwarded to
the McKeesport police. A slip of
paper found in the pockets of the
dead man bore the name McKees-
port, and further clue was given
IN the continual muttering of NC
Keesport" by the dying man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-16
A JAIL AT EVERY CROSS ROAD
That's What There'Il Be If This Ken
lucky Bill Passes.

A bill to make the breaking of
campaign pledges a penal offense has
been introduced in the Kentucky leg
islature The hackers of the bill think
that a man who makes campaign
promises ought to keep them, or fail
ing in that ought to be sent to Jail.
1t must be that the promoters of this
piece of legislation would like to see
their fair land dotted over with a
Jail at every cross road.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-16

Itching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles yield to Doan's Ointment.
Chronic cases soon relieved, finally
cured. Druggists all sell it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-16

Doan's Regulets cure constipation
y uncut gripping, nausea, nor any
Weakening effect. Ask your drug
sISt for them. % cents per box.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-05-07

kle OF pride. More surprise. this time
genuine. From that we went to what
he ate for breakfast and did not eat
for luncheon. and then to his reserve
power. which st 65 became n matter
for thought. And so. in a wide circle,
back to where we started. the picture.
Father was a rascal" John Gil
more said. picking up the frame. THE
hsppiest day OF my life was when I
knew he was safely dead In bed and
not hanged. II the child had looked
like him, I-weIl, she doesn't She's
Gilmore, every inch. Supposed 20
look like me"
Very aoticeably," I agreed soberiy.
had produced the notes by that
time, and replacing the picture Mr..
Gilmore gathered his spectacles from
beside e. He went over the four notes
methodically. examining each care
fully and putting IL down before
he picked I'D the next. Then he
leaned back and took OF his glasses.
They're not so bad" he said
thoUghtfully Not so bad. But I
never saw them before. That's my
unofficial signature. I am inclined TO
think was speaking partly TO
himself-'to think that he has got
hold OF a letter OF mine. probably 70
Alison. Bronson was a friend OF her
rapscallion Of a father"
took Mr. Gilmore's deposition and
put Il into my travelling bag with the
forged notes. When ] saw them again.
almost three weeks later, they were
unacceptable, a mass OF chsrred pa
per on a copper ash tray. In the in
terval other and bigger things had
happened: The Bronson forgery case
had shrunk beside the greater and
more imminent mystery OF the man in
lower ten. And Alison West had come
into the story and into my life.
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roar of iron on iron. the rumble Of
wheels. the throbbing beat, against
the ears. OF fire and heat and Drawn
welding prosperity.
Something OF this voiced 20 the
grim old millionaire who was respon-
sible for at least part OF f. He was
proppsd up In bed In his East end
home. listening to the market reports
read BY nurse. and he smiled little
at my enthusiasm.
II can't see much beauty in IL my.
self" he said. But it's our badge OF
prosperity. The full dinner pail here
means g nose that looks like a fue.
Pittsburg without smoke wouldn't be
Pittsburg. any more than New York
prohibition would be New York. SIT
down for few minutes. Mr.. Blakeley.
Now. Miss Gardner. Westinghouse
Electric"
The nurse resumed her reading in
a monOtonous voice She read liter
ally and without understanding, using
initial and abbreviations as they came.
But the shrewd old man followed her
easily. Once. however. he stopped
her.
do is ditto" he said gently. not
do"
AS the nurse droned along. l found
myself looking curiously at a photo
graph in a silver frame on the bed
aide table II was the picture OF a
girl in white. with her hands clasped
loosely before her. Against the dark
background her figure stood out slim
and young. Perhaps 1t was the rather
grim environment, possibly ii was my
mood, but although as a general thing
photographs OF young girls make no
appeal to me. this one did. l found
my eyes straying back to IL. By a
little finesse even made ont the
name written across the corner, All
SON"
Mr.. Gilmore lay back among his
pillows and listened TO the nurses
| listless voice But he was watching
me from under his heavy eyebrows
for when the reading was over, and
we were alone. he indicated the pic.
| ture with a gesture.
Il keep II there 10 remind myself
that am an old man" he said. THAT
IS my granddaughter. Alison West"
expressed the customary polite
surprise. at which. finding me respon
siye. he told me his age with a chuc'
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No solution Offering itself. went
back to my berth. The snorer across
had apparently strsngled, or turned
over. and SO after time I dropped
asleep, to be awakened by the morn
ing sunlight across my face.
felt for my watch. yawning pro-
digfously. / reached under the pillow
and failed to find IL, but something
scratched the back Of my hand. ! sat
up irritabiy and nursed the wound.
which was bleeding a little. Still
drowsy. / felt more cautiously for
what 1 supposed had been my scarf
pin. but there was nothing there.
Wide awake now, reached for my
travelling bag. on the chance that 7
had put my watch in there I had
drawn the satchel to me and had my
hand on the lock before realized
that It was not my own!
Mine was OF alligator hide. I had
killed the beast in Florida, after the
expenditure OF enough money 10 have
bought house and enough energy to
have built one. The bag I held in my
hand was a black one. sealskin,
think. The staggering thought OF
what the loss Of my bag meant to me
put my finger on the bell and kept IL
there until the porter came
Did you ring. sir?" he asked. polk
ing his head through the curtains OBJ
seauiously Mcknight objects that
nobody can poke his head drought
a curtain and be obsequious But Pull
man porters can and do.
NO" I snapped. 1T rang itself
What in thunder do you mean by ex-
changing my valise for this oneT
Youu have 70 find Il 81 you waken the
entire car 20 DO e. There are impor-
tant papers in that grip"
Porter" called a feminine voice
from an upper berth near by. Porter,
am I 10 dangle here ali day."
Let her dangle." said savagely.
You find that bag OF mine"
The porter frowned. Then he
looked at me with injured dignity. y
brought in your overcost. sir. You
carried your own valise"
The fellow was right In an excess
OF caution I had refused 70 relinquish
my alligator bag. and had turned over
my other traps 70 the porter. II waE
clear enough then. ! was simply q
victim OF the usual sleeping car rob
berry. 7 was I'm a lather OF perspirs-
ton by that time; The lady down the
car was still dangling and talking
about II; still nearer 3 feminine voioe
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easily.
Il have a huncb that you are going
70 have trouble" he said. as locked
the alligator bag "Darned II I like
starting anything important on Fri
day"
you have q congenital dislike 20
start anything on any old day" I re
torted, stin sore from my lost Sat
urday. And II you knew the owner
Of that house as 1 do you would know
that II there was any one at that
window he is paying rent for the
privilege"
Mrs Klopton raped az the door
and spoke discreetly from the hall
Did Mr.. Mcknight bring the even
ing psper7' she inquired
Sorry. but I didn't. Mt Kloptou. "
Mcknight called THE subs won.
three 20 nothing" He listened. grin.
ming. as she moved away with little
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-05-07

feel the bag with the notes. between
me and the window. and with my arm
thrown over II for security. I lapsed
again into slumber. Later. when I
tried 20 piece together tho fragments
o. that journey, I remembered that
my coat which had been folded and
placed beyond my restless tossing.
had been rescued in the morning from
a heterogeneous tumble OF blankets.
evening papers and cravat, had been
shaken out with profanity and donned
with wrath. At the time, nothing oc-
CURED 70 me but the necessity OF
writing TO the Pullman Company and
asking them II they ever travelled IN
their own cars. even formulated
some OF the letter
IF they are built 20 scale. why not
take a man OF ordinary stature as
your unit?" I wrote mentally. Il can
not fold together like the travelling
cup with which I drink your abomina-
BILE water"
was more cheerful after had had
a cup OF coffee IN the Union station.
Il was too early 20 attend to business.
and 7 lounged in the restaurant and
hid behind the morning papers. AS 1
had expected. they had got hold OF my
visit and its object On the first page
was a staring announcement that the
forged papers in the Bronson case
had been brought 20 Pittsburg I'm
derneath. a telegram from Washing
ton stated that Lawrence Blakeiey OF
Blakeley & Mcknight had left FOR
Pittsburg the night before. and that.
owing TO the approaching trial OF the
Bronson case and the illness OF John
Gilmore, the Pittsburg millionaire,
who was the chief witness for the
prosecution. II was supposed that the
visit was intimately concerned with
the trial.
looked around apprehensively
There were no reporters yet In sight
and thankful 20 have escaped notice
I paid FOR my breakfast and left At
the cabstand chose the least dilapi-
dated hanson I could find. and giving
the driver the address OF the Gilmore
residence, in the East end, ! got in.
was just In time AS the cab
turned and rolled on. a slim young
man in a straw hat separated himself
from little group of men and hUr-
ried toward us
Hey Wait a minute therel" be
called. breaking into a trot
But the cabby did not hear, OF per
hRps did not care 70. We logged com
fortably along. 90 my relief. leaving
the young man far behind. I avoid
reporters on principle. having learned
long ago that I am an easy mark for
a clever interviewer
IL was perhaps nine o'clock when
| left the station. Our way WAS along
the boulevard which Rugged the side
OF one Of the city's great hills. Far
below, 90 the left, lay the railroad
| tracks and the seventy times seven
I looming stacks Of the mills. The white
mist OF the river. the grays and blacks
OF the smoke blended into a half-re-
vealing haze dotted here and there
with Ere. II was unlovely. tremen-
dous. Whistler might have painted It
with its pathos its majesty. but he
would have missed what made Il in
| hnitely suggestive-the rattle and
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was giving quick orders In French.
presumably 10 "A maid. The porter
was on his knees. looking under the
berth.
Not there. sir" he said. busting his
knees. He was visibly more cheerful.
having been absolved OF responsible
ty. Reckon IL was taken while you
was wanderin' around the car last
night"
III give you $50 II you find g." I
said. a hundred Reach up my
shoes and III"
l stopped abruptly. My eyes were
n1ed IN stupefied amazement on a
coat that hung from a hook at the
foot Of my berth. From the coat they
travelled, dazed. 20 the soft bosomed
shirt beside It, and from there to the
collar and cravat in the net hammock
across the windows.
"A hundred" the porter repeated,
showing his teeth. But / caught him
by the arm and pointed 10 the foot OF
the berth.
'What-what color's that coatY"
asked unsteady
Gray. sir" His tone was one OF
gentle reproof
"And-the trousers?"
He reached over and held up one
creased leg. Gray. too" he grinned.
"Grayi" i could not believe even his
confederation OF my own eyes But
my clothes we're blue," The porter
was amused; he dived under the cur
tains and brought up a pair of shoes.
Your shoes. sir" he said with
flourish. Reckon you've been dream
ing. sir"
Now, there are two things I always
avoid in my dress-possibly an lido
syncracy of my bachelor existence.
These tabooed articles are red neck
ties and tan shoes. And not only were
the shoes the porter lifted from the
floor OF a gorgeous shade OF yellow.
but the scarf which was run through
the turned over collar was a gaudy
red. II took full minute for the real
import OF things to penetrate my
dared intelligence. Then / gave q
vindictive kick at the offending en-
semble.
They're not mine, any of them"
snaried. They are some other fell
lows. I'll sit here until | take root
before put them on"
They're nice lookin' clothes" the
porter put in, eying the red tie with
appreciation. Amt everybody would
| have left you anything"
Call the conductor" said short
iy. Then a possible explanation 90
| Cured to me. "Oh. porter-whats
the number Of this BERTHE"
Seven. sir. II you CANT wear
! those shoes"
"Seven," Ia my relief almost
shouted IT, why. then, It's simple
enough. I'm in the wrong berth.
that's all My berth is nine. Only
where the deuce is the man who be-
longs here?"
Likely in nine. sir" The darky
was enjoying himself you and the
other gentleman just got mixed in the
night. That's ali. sir" II was clear
1 that he thought had been drinking.
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CHAPTER ~.

Across the Aisle,
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fered a solution of the difnculty.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-22
Keen Red Cross stamp alive,

The Red Cross Christmas stamp
has proved a great success thus far.
AS an agent of charity it has trans
ferred thousand of dollars from the
pockets of the benevolent to chart
table and philanthropic use in the
prevention and cure of tuberculosis
disease. This method of collecting
money for great charities, however,
is threatened with two dangers In
terest in the Red Cross stamp is liable
to decrease, as people become FAM
liar with the same thing, season af-
ter season, and its loses its novelty.
This is one danger. The other grows
out of the ill-advised attempts to
make use of similar non-official
stamps for advertising purposes. Thus
we have before us large blue stamp
bearing the portrait and name of
William ]. Bryan, which was used
during the last campaign of the great
commoner, and a smaller gray stamp
employed by corporation which
publishes law books.-New York Sun.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-22
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS


A number of charitable requests
are contained in the will of Miss
Elizabeth A. Hays, whose home il
Burlington was found to be treasure
house when she died. The will was
probated by Executor Reginald
Branch. Rich relatives Of Miss Hays,
including Schuyler Rainier, the
farmer whose safe was robbed by a
daylight craftsman last fall, are be-
queathed nothing. There are be-
quests Of from 500 to $500 to other
relatives, but the residue of the es-
tate, said to be valued at nearly
100000, is left to Miss Ella Horner,
a grandniece. The estate includes
five farms, the Dutch Neck shad fish
cry, several town properties and
mortgages. Mrs. Edward Richardson,
wife of the caretaker of Miss Hays
farm, is given a furnished house at
305 Stacy street, Burlington, and
$100, and her husband and three chill
dren each 500. The Home for Aged
Women is left 5000; the Florence
Methodist Church $500, and $4,000 is
left in trust for the perpetuation and
upkeep Of the Hays burying ground,
where Miss Hays and many ancestors
are buried
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-22
Women Paint Their Church.

Lest church improvements should
be halted by lack of funds dozen
prominent society women o. the FASH
ionable St. Barnabas' Protestant Epis-
copal Church, Burlington, undertook
the job of painting the exterior of the
church. Headed by Mrs. Philip Smith,
a young English woman, and wife of
the rector, and Miss Florence Stew
art, popular society girl, the women
astonished residents by appearing
with ladders, paint pots and brushes,
and bravely setting to work By noon
they had completed thirty-foot Sec
ton, from the caves to the ground.
The women baked on using the lad
ders on the front facing St. Mary's
street, and after consultation
formed pin-money club to employ
real painter to do that section. No
crowds stopped to gaze at a mere man
up ladder.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-22
Near.Cranberry Sauce.

Cranberry sauce is easy to make.
Take so many handfuls of widowed
dried apples or slightly moldy evap-
Grated ones, and soak them overnight.
Add pint or so of shop-worn, with
cred Cape Cod cranberries. Let the
whole soak for an hour, weight down
with saucer, adding just enough
water to not quite cover the saucer.
Boil three-quarters Of an hour,
Sweeten to taste, pour into molds and
set on ice, Sometimes a little red
cake coloring is necessary, but If the
cranberries are deep red this does
not improve the looks of the sauce.
Several chefs hereabout have given
this recipe thorough test, and say
1t pJeases all partakers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-22
CENSUS PROCLAMATION OUT
President Taft Calls on All Citi-
zeRs to Aid Enumerators.
No Disclosures VIII Be Made Regard.
ing the Person or His Affairs by
Government Agents.

Washington, d. C.-President Taft
issued the customary proclamation in
regard to the taking of the census.
In it he says:
Nov, therefore, I, William How
ard Taft, President of the United
State of America, do hereby declare
and make known that under the act
aforesaid it is the duty of every per-
son to answer all questions on the
census schedules applying to him and
the family to which he belongs, and
to the farm occupied by him or his
family, and that any adult refusing to
do so is subject to penalty.
"The sole purpose of the census is
to secure general statistical Informal
ton regarding the population and re-
sources Of the country, and replies
are required from individuals only
in order to permit the compilation
of such general statistics. The census
has nothing to do with taxation, with
army or jury service, with the COM
pulsion of school attendance, with the
regulation Of immigration or with
the enforcement of any National,
State or local law or ordinance, nor
can any person be harmed in any way
by furnishing the information re-
quired. There need be no fear that
any disclosure will be made regard
ing any individual person or his af-
fairs For the due protection of the
rights and interests of the persons
furnishing information every employee
of the Census Bureau is prohibited
under heavy penalty from disclosing
any information which may thus come
to his knowledge.
81 therefore earnestly urge upon
all persons to answer promptly, COM
pletely and accurately all inquiries
addressed to them by the enumerators
or other employees of the Census Blu
reau, and thereby to contribute their
share toward making this great and
necessary public undertaking sue
cess"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-22
Ladder Race Kills Him.

After climbing two ladders leading
out of a mine shaft at Mount Hope,
Jacob Evermont, of the night shift,
dropped dead of heart disease. He
was only nineteen years old The
ladders are each los feet long, and
Evermont mounted both at rapid
pace. He was employed by the EN-
pire Steel and Iron Company. Ever
mont started in the lunch hour to
climb out of the mine and was in
friendly race with fellow-workmen to
reach the top first. In order to reach
the cage which carries the men the
last stage to the surface, the two lad
ders have to be climber first. Ever
mont ran to the bottom one and be-
gan climbing swiftly. He never
-s1ackened his pace, though his rivals
we're far below him. Just before he
reached the elevator he dropped on
his face, and when picked up was
dead.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-22
Tangling the Pigeons.

Pigeon is pretty good on the peck,
too, but once those pink feet get into
a lady's combings he may lose 1.-THE
foot, not the combings- they cut
into the skin of his claws clear to the
bone, and the more he tries to pull it
off the tighter it gets. Combings is
that balled-up bunch of hair that a
young lady takes from her comb and
throws out of the window, instead of
saving for switch. Many a poor
pigeon loses his leg on this account,
and the ordinance against this INSIDE
meanor should be strictly enforced by
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. Before this law
was enforced in Tips old town he had
many a fine pigeon badly crippled up.
New York Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-22
How Was It?

The illustrator was drawing pic
ture of boy and girl sitting on g
bench in a warm embrace.
my neighbors next door, he exa
planned, "old maids, both Of them.
wanted to know how managed with
the models. If they both sat there
like that hugging and kissing for nc
to draw them.
Certainly l replied. And 7
have to show the girl how to put her
head on his shoulder. Have to sit
there, put my arm around her waist
and almost kiss her Yes, almost.
don't have to kiss her. The other
model does that
Oh said my old maid neighbors
when | explained it to them. I sup
pose then we must understand now
that when we hear SHREK in here
we mustn't mind It's Just you
breaking in a model. New York
Press.