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The evening world., 1911-05-23
SENT TO PAY
TAX IS ADDED TO
CONSCIENCE FUND
Anonymous Letter Decries
Personal Property Assess
ment "Wealthy Avoid"

Comptroller Prendereast has received
from Corporation Counsel Watson the
folio wing communication with Enclosure:
"Hon William A. Prendergast, Comp
%,roller.
Dear Sir: Yesterday. In an envelope
directed Bureau OF Collection OF Per-
sonal Taxes. 2so Broadway, New York
city, there was inclosed $40 in cur
rency, accompanied by a letter which
read as follows:
Commissioner Of Taxes: Enclosed
you will ind 500. approximately the
amount I was taxed on personal prop.
erty a while ago. I understand al
about the tax on personal property
but when / tell YOU that this Is abou
o~ne-fourth my income you wilt under
stand why I object 10 complying with
law so arranged that people OF wealth
can use the city and pay nothing, while
those who can barely exist on small
incomes are hit.
"Tf my name were still on the list
would use some OF the many legal way,
OF escaping the tax. am paying fol
that one year because | do not like tn,
method by which my name was re
moved from the list
Il have conferred with the head Of m,
personal tax bureau. who brought tn.
matter an one TO my attention, an'
find there Is no clue known to liz where
by our anonymous correspondent ma!
he discovered. Under the circumstan
ces, ! suppose you should credit tn
amount 90 the Conscience Fund "a
which purpose | beg herewith to han"
The evening world., 1911-05-23
AEROPLANE Wing
BRUSHES A PEAK
AS VEDR|NE FLIES
Aviators Reach San Sebastian
in Paris Madrid Race,
After Perils.

ST. SEBASTIAN. Spain, May ~
Aviator vedrine arrived here a, 1850
o'clock his morning from Angouleme.
having successfully covered the second
stage of the Paris 20 Madrid aviation
night. lie made q superb plane toward
the earth and VAS acclaimed by a
large crowd.
Vedrine said that no had not stopped
after leaving Angoulcme. lie left
French territory at Arcachon. and
while passing the sea en~oountered dam
gerous mir eddies. He almos, experi-
enccd disaster near Fuenterrah nj,
where a wing Of his machine grszed
the peak OF a huge rock.
Garros. who started from Angouleme
at Sl3 O'Clock this morning, success-
fully crossed the Bay OF BLscay and
arrived nero at IL o'clock. lie WAS
FORGED 10 stop two hours for fuel.
ANGOULEME. France. May 22.-Be.
fore an animated crowd the Angouleme.
st. sebastian stage for the Peti,
Iarlslen prize of so, 90 was inaugurated
here to-day.
The mrs, stage Of the flight contest
from Issy-les-Molineaux. just outside
Paris. to Angouleme. was begun on
Sunday. on account OF the accident,
however, which resulted In the death OF
Secretary OF War Berteaux and the
injury TO Premier Monis. all OF the
contestants were not able to get away
Some OF the aviators. including Train,
whose machine was the cause OF The
tragedy. retired permanently from the
competition.
Nedrine. Gilbert and Garros covered
the frs, stage. 279 miles up to yester
day afternoon.
Gilbert landed at Biarritz at Q o'clocl
to take ON a supply of oil. lie de
clared ne had lost hts way in the fof
and that he had been flying over tn,
sea two hours.
AyDnt ~ NAIAAi-c xANnK SAlD -.
The evening world., 1911-05-23
NEGR0'S VICTIM DIES.
Added TO Death List Of
John Cain.

still another name was added to-
day to the list OF those who fell be-
fore the mad fury OF John Cain. the
razor-slashing and revolver welding no.
gro who lett a wake OF dead and dying
behind him as he sped through IIarlem's
streets the night of May II.
Albert Linblom. th.rty-one years Of
age, a driver. OF No. LOG Manhattan ave.
nue.. who was cut down by Gains razor.
died this afternoon at the j. Hood
Wright Hospital.
The evening world., 1911-05-23
BRYAN, DIx'S GUEST,
TALKS TO LEGISLATURE.
Urges Federal Income Tax and
Direct Election of Senators
as Good Doctrines.

ALBANY. May 23.-Willlam jennings
Bryan addressed the Legislature at noon
to-day and attended an informal recep-
ton and luncheon given In his honor al
the Ten Eyck Hotel by former State
Comptroller IL. Glynn. Tonight he will
lecture at the Armory under the Joint
auspices OF the Tenth Regiment and the
Albany civic League. He will be- enter
tanned ~ dinner On the executive man
sion by Gov. and Mrs, Dix,
In has address % the Legislature Mr..
bryan advocated the Endorsement OF the
Federal income tax, election of United
States Senators by popular vote and d.
rect primaries.
The evening world., 1911-05-23
KuIs Himself with Gas.

Richard Murphy committed suicide
this AFTERNOON by inhaling gas. He was
found dead in bed by his wife. He was
sixty-two years old and lived at No.
22S West one Hundred and Twenty
soirth street.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
"HANGNAN'S GROVE" PASSES
HISTORIC SPOT NEAR HOUSTON.
TEN, is NO MORE.
Last Giant Oak That Bore Mute Evil
dence of GrewsOme Happenings
Falls Under the Axe.

/ HOUSTON, Texas. - "Hangman'
Grove" one of the historic spots OF
Texas possessed by Houston, has
passed. The last standing tree, the
last standing of a group of great
oaks, which in the pioneer days OF
Houston provided natural galloYs
for the hanging of offensive persons
has succumbed to the march of pro-
gress, and "Hangmans Grove" of pi-
oneer days is to become a residence
property.
This little grove, then far remote
from the settlement of Houston, to-
day is the center of the fashionable
residence section of the city. But
few know the grewsome history of
these giant oaks in Gray avenue, al
though the secret of their long stand
ing on a desirable residence section
now is out. Since it has been an
nOunced that residence is to occupy
the site many old residents of Hous-
ton have told of the efforts of owners
to sell the site, but of their inability
because of the CHASTITY history con-
nected with the spot.
By peculiar coincidence the last
giant oak that this week fell under
the axe constituted the gallows for
the last hanging on this spot 81 years
ago. Its broad hanging limbs ten or
twelve feet from the ground were
marred by the great rents in the
bark where ropes tied about them
had sunk into the bark as the limbs
grew and widened. The last vestige
of this hemp long ago disappeared in
the shape Of souvenirs, but the rents
remain and mutely tell of the grew
some happenings two score years
ago.
For years this grove served as a
place for the execution of death SEN
fences imposed IN the early days of
Houston. 1t served mostly for the
disposal of outlaws, in those DAYS SO
prevalent, but no record was ever
kept as to the number that swung
into eternity from these boughs. The
grove was discontinued as a place
| OF execution when public sentiment
grew against it because OF the i'm
moral effect it was said to have upon
the minds of boys who f1ocked to the
place when hanging was adver-
| tiSed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
Wins Fight for life

1t was a long and bloody battle
Tor life was that waged by James B.
Mershon of Newark, n. j., of which
he writes; Il had lost much blood
from lung hemorrhages, and was
very weak and run down. For eight
months was unable to work. Death
seemed close on my heels when |
began three weeks ago to use DR..
Kings New Discovery. But if has
helped me greatly 1t is doing Ali
that you claim For weak. sore
lungs, obstinate coughs, stubborn
colds, hoarseness, la grippe. asthma.
hay fever. or any throat or lung
trouble it is supreme. so cents and
81 Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
CUMMINS AN ARISTOCRAT?
Curtains in the Senator's Office Suit
Cost Three Hundred Dollars.

w hSI AlUSII d. CuLuulnS nrSt ran
for governor of Iowa it was charged
that he was a blooming aristocrat
who never drank anything but cham
payne, and hated awfully to speak to
an ordinary man Cummins proved
that it wasn't so and won.
The ancient charge may be reviv-
ed. 1t has been discovered that the
curtains of each window of Senator
Cummins' Office suit cost $500
Great heavy velvet draperies, tied
with massive silken cords, lined with
the daintiest raw silk, these splen-
did hangings are severely simple. The
The hangings were inherited with the
office suit.
The offices used to belong to Sena-
tor Hale Of Maine. He was chair
man of the appropriations committee
and entitled to whatever he liked.
He had it. When Hale moved out as
senator his suit went to Cummins.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07

bitches have made him, after &C
years, one of the financial powers OF
the United States.
The rise of the fortune of F. NJ
Smith dates from his discovery OF
borax in Teels Marsh, New, in 1874.
His little cabin in the foothills over
looked the desert marsh which
| cleaned white in the sun, and this
/ deposit at length aroused the young
wOodsman's curiosity to such a de-
gree that he procured samples,
which proved to be the finest borax
ever discovered in this country.
From this country God forgot"
has come one of the great fortunes
of the west; fortune that makes
"BOraX' Smith today the head of a
corporation second only in power in
California to the Southern Pacific
railway-a corporation that controls
the light and power system, the
traction company, the interurban
railway and ferry systems with a
vast contemplated scheme of docks)
of the third city of the state, tOgeth-
er with vast holdings of power sites
in the Sierras-the whole designed
to form a powerful and well nodded
factor in the commercial life of the
state.
In the outskirts of the city of Oak
land is Borax Smiths palatial home,
surrounded by a great deer park;
adorned with drives, walks, ponds
and statuary. In the midst of this
great private park, with it's stone
gates and high wrought iron fences,
there is a little cabin with a shake
roof, one window and one low door,
a bunk in the corner and a puncheon
fOOr-a cabin Of one room, whose
roof in the rear is not quite high
enough to allow tall man to stand
up straight 1t stands almost in the
shadow Of the huge pile that is the
present home of the president of the
United Properties Company Capital
5000, 900, 000)-visibIe and tangible
evidence Of the altered fortunes of
the one-time wood chopper of the
Nevada ranges.
In the little cabin, weather stain
ed and SCARED, there is placard
which says: Home Of F. NJ. Smith.
Teels Marsh, Nevada, 1873"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
SEEING BY WIRE.
Queer Invention of Electric Eye May
Be of Untold Value.

Some of the priceless discoveries
Of the past have been utilized imme-
diately as the basis of inventions of
untold practical service to humanity.
In this category fall such inventions
as the arrow, the axe, the needle,
the plowshare, the steam engine, the
cotton gin, and a myriad more. 9th
ers have been Implements not for the
common man, but for man of sci
ence, means for extending the vision
of the seer, and principal among
these have been the microscope and
the telescope. Such tools as the9e
in the hands CT men of brains have
been productive of untold benefit to
humanity.
Very recently another has been
added to these potent instruments of
potential knowledge The micro
scope and the telescope have de-
manded light as a condition of Oper-
alton. Now wonderful tool has
been put into the hands of science,
the liberator, which will force Moth
er Nature to let slip from her chary
grasp some of her most closely
guarded secrets-secrets hitherto
protected by obscurity and inaccessi-
bility
Prof. j. H. Rosing, a Russian sa-
want and a member of the faculty of
the archaeological Institute of St.
Petersburg, has invented an electri-
cal optical apparatus which will
make plain the dark places of the
earth. Prof. Rosing compares this
apparatus to an electric telescope
consisting of two sections, a mirror
to receive impressions and an eye
piece, Joined by wires. The inven-
ton is based on the recent discovery
of the properties of the Cathode
rays, which are influenced and set
in motion under the impulsion of an
electric current.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
$6OO,OOO,OOO MORTGAGE.
Was Made by Great Northern Rail-
way to Secure Bonds.

move that is suggestive of rail
road operations on the scale of the
Northern Securities Company was
announced by J. j. Hill, chairman Of
the Great Northern Railway com
pany, Wednesday, when he announc-
ed the execution of a $60O,O0O,0OO
first and refunding mortgage to Sc
cure bonds for the Great Northern
and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad. The statement follows:
THE Great Northern Railway Co.,
as of date May /, 1911, has executed
its first and refunding mortgage. Sc
curing total authorized issue of
$500, 100000 bonds"
The size of the mortgage is ex-
planned by the fact that the out
standing obligations of the company,
which are to be refunded amount
approximately to 100000. In
Guided, however, in the figures last
named is the direct and contingent
obligation Of the company of the
Burlington joint As, maturing in
1921 and aggregating $222,400, 900.
Covering a future of so years ap-
proximately 100000 in bonds
therefore, will be available for gen
eral corporate purposes, double
tracking and additional mileage.
Since it's beginning 80 years ago
the Great Northern has expended
between $35O,OOO,0OO and $4OO.-
100000 out of capital earnings. The
provision made for the future, in
consideration of the rapidly growing
territory which Great Northern lines
serve, would seem intelligently con-
sentative
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
THE BEE KING STUNG.
Wed on Two Hours Acquaintance.
Now Gets Divorce.

Now Gets Divorce.
To show the courts disapproval
Of marrying on two hours acquaint-
ance Judge Monroe of Los Angeles.
Cal, announced that he would with
hold the decree of annulment of the
marriage of w. T. Marten and Emma
b. Marten for ninety days
Marten, who lives in Pomona, was
a member Of the board of supervis-
ors that built the present courthouse,
has big fortune, and is known as
the millionaire bee king" In Au-
gust, 1910, he subscribed for a mat
rimontal paper. One of the adver-
tisements struck his fancy. 1t read:
Am farmers daughter, aged 81,
American, Presbyterian, kind-heart-
ed and loving; five feet six, weigh
1879; perfectly healthy, fond of home
life, can do any kind of house work;
school education, light blue eyes,
dark hair, fair complexion, sincere
and will marry soon if suited"
This was Emma J. Bernard of
Washington, N. j. In October Mar
ten SAINT her a ticket and $25 for her
expefSAs to California. Two hours
after she arrived they were married
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
FROM THE PICK AND SHOVEL
TO PRESIDENCY OF 100000, 900
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION.
The Story of the Rise of Western
Ditch Digger to Wealth and
AtfiuenCe.

Back in the early 70's, says Human
Life, fresh-faced, thick-set yount
man applied to a contractor at Co
lumbus, New, for a job with pick ant
shovel.
I've got all the men want, " and
don't need any more" said the con
tractor.
Next morning the fresh-faced
thick-set young man showed up on
the job with a shovel on his Shout
der and pick in his hand, and went
10 work
Along came the time-keeper; look
ed at the man who was making the
dirt fly, and, thinking the face unfa-
miliar, said:
What's your name?"
Said the young man, My name
is Smith"
Smith" said the time-keeper, L
don't find your name here"
well, it ought to be- said the
ditch digger without pausing in his
work.
What did you say it was again?"
said the timekeeper.
'F NJ. Smith" said the ditch dig
ger.
So the time-keeper put it down on
his list, little doubtfully, and Smith
had the job.
Last week this same thick-set,
fresh-faced person, now, however.
with griZzled hair and a white nous
tache, was elected head of the big
gest corporation in the state of Cal
ifOrnia, the United Properties Com
pany, capitalized at $2O0,0OO,000.
same qualities of resourcefulness
and persistence which won Frank
Smith his job at $3.50 a day digging
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
NEGROES ON THE FORCE.
Atlanta Considering ACCESSIBILITY of
Employing CoIOred Detectives.

In Atlanta the advisability of add
ing negroes to the detective force is
being considered 1t is argued that
a negro detective can find a negro
criminal where a white detective will
fail for reasons that are too well
known to be detailed. 1t is the prac-
tice in about every southern city for
the white detectives to have negro
'spotters,' though so far as known
no city has negro detective force
For number of years there were
negroes on the police force OF
Charleston, and they were sometimes
assigned to special duty as detect
ives, but they were officially police
men and not detectives.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
NIGHT RIDERS DESTROY CROP.
Involuntary Reduction of Acreage Is
Forced Upon Georgia Grower.


Forced Upon Georgia Grower.
Night riders entered the shade to-
bacco field of W c. Gibson of the
Attapulgus tobacco district, in Deca-
tur county Wednesday night and
pulled UP and destroyed one-half
of the growing tobacco plants.
During last year the tobacco plant
ers Of Decatur and Gadsden counties
formed a tobacco growers associa-
ton for the purpose of reducing the
acreage and regulating labor condi-
tions.
Most of the farmers were induced
to join the association, among them
w. c. Gibson 1t is said Gibson fail
ed to reduce his acreage one-half,
according to the mandates of the as
ISOLATION, and infringed other rules,
and that he was accordingly expelled
from the association. In the spring
he planted two and One-half acres OF
shade tobacco, which he claimed to
be One-half of his last years acreage
but it is said that members of the
association claimed he had planted
as large a crop as he had last year
Anyway, the parties who entered his
field during the night pulled up just
Cne-half of his crop, making for him
an involuntary reduction of acreage.
An effort is being made by the off
GERS to to apprehend and prosecute
the guilty parties.
This is the first depreciation of a
similar character that has happened
in the tobacco section since the burn
ing of a number of tobacco barns
last year belonging to the tobacco
syndicate
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
A Dreadful Wound

From knife, gun, tin can, rusty
nail, fireworks, or of any other ma.
ture, demands prompt treatment
with Bucklens Arnica Salye to pre-
vent blood poison or gangrene. 1t
is the quickest, surest healer for all
such wounds, as also for burns, boils
sores, skin eruptions, eczema, corns
piles or chapped hands. 25c at Daw-
son Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
To Ice Consumers.

Help US give better service by hav-
ing your ice box ready when ice ar
rives, which will be about the same
time every day. Have pay ready
when ice arrives. Drivers have or
ders to leave no ice without check or
money, Five minutes lost at each
of twelve stops means one hour lost
DAWSON ICE COMPANY
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
A PATIENT, PERSISTENT THIEF.
Replaced Money in Bags With Coins
of Smaller Denominations.

of Smaller Denominations.
A very patient and persistent sort
of thief was the Pittsbdrg bank teller
who stole $14,5O0 in quarters and
dimes, taking care to put nickels and
pennies into the bags from which he
had extracted the larger coins so as
to preserve the bulk and weight 1t
seems to be just as true now as ever
that when a man wants to steal he
will find a way to do it. Banking is
probably the best system2tized bust
ness in the world, yet the human
equation has got to be reckoned with
even in banking, and the thieI es
from time to time slip their fingers
into the money receptacles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
NEARLY A MILLION
Automobiles Running in the United
States

According to the latest estimates
there are now 100000 registered mo-
tor cars in the United States. New
York leads with approximately TO-
600, California and Pennsylvania
each have about 100000, Ohio has
$4,000, Illinois 10000, Iowa 24,2OO,
Massachusetts, $4,000, and Michi-
gan $4,000.
One automobile manufacturing
concern recently paid a railroad for
single days shipment $12.944.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-07
THE CITY BARBERSHOP.
Was Once Dead, But Has Come t.
Life Again.

We have again opened the we'll
known City Barbershop, located be-
tween Herman's and Hornady's, and
have employed experienced work
men. Our service cannot be excell-
ed. In addition to the barbershop
we have installed a pressing club in
the rear, and are prepared to do all
work satisfactorily aud promptly.
Special attention to ladies suits
and skirts. g. c. CROWELL, Prop.
DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil is the
best for that often fatal disease
Group. Has been used with success
in our family for eight years. -
Mrs. l.. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Huttig news., 1911-10-21
 Be dtinne for Children.

Sunset should be the time for every child under eight years of age. When the chickens go to roost and twilight begins to deepen the country baby's head begins to droop and he Is ready for his cot. The more nervous town baby, who has nothing for an ex an pie except the sun. and who, at an, rate. on rainy days is used to twilight atmosphere at midday. seldom wishes to go to bed with the chickens
 If he lives In an apartment he must hear drifting down the hall the tantali zine voices of his elders at dinner, and the smellaof savory things from the Kitchen grects his nostrils But hard as it must seem the city mother must have even more rigid rules about bed time than the country mother Her child Is At greater disadvantage ir the first place In not living where he can breathe the purest air in the midst of healing country sights and sounds The distractions of city life are sc numerous and SO varied that city bred children need more repose than chil dren in smaller towns of the country Between and 6: 30 o'clock they should be undressed and put to bed.
The Huttig news., 1911-10-21
Drove His Red Monstrosity Past the
 Sturman Grocery.

looked demurely down "I think. she said softly, that father believes it is high time for me to marry"
 And so 1t Is" cried young Hancher enthusiastically And if Papa Sur man can see possibility in me he must not be disappointed.
 The next morning Hancher. senior received this surprising message:
 Have married the girl who came to your assistance yesterday. We are waiting at Elders hotel for you to congratulate us. Tom"
 At the same moment Sturman was puzzled over this:
 Married the young man with the 'commendable modesty' of which you spoke. You mus: come to the Elder hotel at once and congratulate us sIabel"
 It is recorded that the two old en emies celebrated the nuptials of theiI children, shook hands and were friends again.
The Huttig news., 1911-10-21
More Widows Than WIdowers.

The proportion of remarriages shows an almost continuous decrease, says the registrar-gsneral in his re- port on the births. deaths and mar riages in England and Wales during 1909.
 The number of widows, he states. is always much greater than that of widowers. because. in the first place men marry later in life than women: secondly, because the duration of male life is shorter than that of fe- male life. and thirdly. because the proportion of widows who remarry Is much lower than the proportion of widowers who remarry.
 Marriages of persons described as divorced have steadily increased and in the year 1900 were the highest on record.