davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25
, CLARK COUNTY MAN ANSWER
ED AN ADVERTISEMENT
AND GOT STUNG.
WAS MARRIED IN NAME ONLY

After Being Presented With a Check
For $500 His New ''Wife' Return
cd to Her Family in the West.
Another Case in Which a Girl Was
the Victim.
ATHENS, GA peculiar divorce
oasa came up in the regular order
this morning in Clarke superior
court in which the husband sued the
wife for a divorce and sued her in
the name she bore before she married
him.
G. A. Phillips, living near Athens,
sned Mrs. Eta Speerman on the
grounds of desertion. He explained
that he sued her in her former name
and not as Mrs. Phillips because she
had never really been his wife, al
though the marriage ceremony had
been regularly said after the license
had been regularly issued. The di-
virce was granted-the first verdict.
This puts an end to a romance of
unusual interest. Early last year Mr..
Phillips answered an alluring adver-
tisement in a matrimonial journal,
became acquainted with Mrs. Speer-
man, a widow, she claimed, then in
the Middle West. He sent her mon
ey to come to him and they were
married in this city. The day after
the marriage and after the newly
wed wife had been presented with a
check for $500 or $4oO she received
a telegram frorN G. ~'ct~~ in the West
to the effect that she was needed at
home, as their mother was ILL., She
left Immediately and mailed her
husband of a few hours a post card
or twO-that was the last he has
heard from her, it is said.
About the same time a middle
aged man from the same section of
the country came to Georgia in an
Bwer TO an advertisement and mar
ried a young Gwinnett county girl,
secured what property she had and
disappearer in a few days after the
marriage ceremony. The general
impression at the time was that
there was a strong probability of
connection between the two cases.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25

seeks recompense for the loss of a
$500 diamond pin and damage to her
feelings, caused by the humiliation
to which she was subjected by an
unfeeling conductor.
According to Mrs. Barnhill's peti-
ton she had retired in the berth
assigned her and had gone to sleep.
when she was awakened and ordered
to go to another car. She was not
given time to dress, but in her night
gown and kimona, and minus her
hirsute adornment, was compelled to
appear before car full of passen-
gers, She charges that this treat
ment OF her was brutal, and an
outrage, causing her deep humilia-
ton, chagrin and embarrassment },
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25
A CITY AIDS CUPID.
Des MOines Establishes a Municipal
Matrimonial Bureau.


The municipal matrimonial bureau
IS the latest innovation in connection
with the Des Moines, Iowa, plan of
city government, and Edward G. Lyt-
ton, the mayors secretary, has been
designated general manager of the
bureau, which is announced as the
clearing house for lonely souls. "
The bureau has an advisory board
Of four members.
Women wishing husbands will be
requested by Mr.. Lytton to send to
MN their names, addresses and pho
lographs. He will keep a classified
waiting list from which to make rec
concentrations to wife-seeking appli-
cants. 1t has been decided to divide
Iue waiting list into three classes.
OIaSS A will contain the names of
women between IS and 25 years;
Gas" b ranges from % to 35, and
V'aSS { from 35 upward. Men wish
ing wives will be required to desig-
nate the class within which their
own age falls.
mayor Hanna has agreed to marry
tIee Of charge all couples matched
through the aid of the municipal bu-
reau.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25

DAN BERNADINO, Cal.-Presi-
ueut Taft babe adieu to California
Ie'e today and his special train
headed for the North and East. His
rSC scheduled stop is at Ogden,
VAL The presidents departure
-'om the state was marked by the
s''ue big crowds that greeted his
a "'D at the boundary, a thousand
1 ,a''eS to the north. Great throngs
0o'nered at all towns.
AZ riverside high school girls, all
s','Ted in white, pelted the president
''1 roses until the entire rear plat
~ IN OF the train was covered to a
''pln Of several inches.
!, me big crowds deeply impressed
raft. At Riverside he said
am surprised to see such oceans
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25
SUES ANOTHER MANS WIFE FOR DIVORCE
lTSON PREDICTS JOE BROWN
sage of McDuffie Speaks to Two
2usand People at HARRISON
County Fair.

d tANAN, Ga.-Something like
z,OOC eople gathered at HARRISON
county air grounds at Tallapoosa
yesterG to hear the Hon. Thomas
E. Wat, !.
AT about lis o'clock Mr.. Watson
was carried to the fair grounds in
Col ]. NJ. McBride's auto. A brass
band led the procession, and as they
were entering the grounds a popular
air was struck up by the band and
several large cannon were fired in
respect to the guest.
Mr.. Watson assembled the speakers
stand AMI after a few Introductory
remarks by Colonel Mcbride he be-
gan his speech. He touched upon
foreign missions and national affairs.
He also defended prohibition, and his
talk all the way through received
the heartiest applause.
He was asked after the speaking
who would be Georgia's next govern
or. Mr.. Watson Strengthened up,
cooked his leg upon the arm of his
chair and, looking the question r
straight in the face, said:
i have been over Georgia pretty
much of late, and 7 find NOT many
Pope Brown supporters and less of
Dick Russell admirers, and I am
firmly convinced that Joe Brown will
be our next governor "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25
Sky ROCKETS IN A ROMANCE.
Man Writes Note on Piece of Fire
AZ spuEI IIID pue sYIoM

A skyrocket romance that origi-
mated in st. Louis little more than
year ago led to the marriage in
Ashland, Ore, of George Mold, Jr.,
of Alton and Miss Sophia BindeIl
Mold, while working in a fireworks
factory in st. Louis, filed an order
consigned to George Binden of Ar
tesian, N NJ, formerly of Alton. On
a rocket he wrote: 1.-THE girl who
finds this will be the girl who will
marry me-George Mold, st. Louis. ;"
Miss Bindell unpacked the fireworks.
found the rocket, answered the note
and the wedding followed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25
PLAN TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL
An Advisory Committee Is Appointed
BY the Methodist EcumenicaI
Conference at Toronto.

TORONTO.-A Methodist interna-
tional advisory commission was es-
tablished by the action Of the ecu
menical Methodist conference in this
city today. With a membership of
100 of the present delegates, to be
appointed later, it will act during
the decennial interims between meet
ings of the conference. While it's
functions will be chiefly advisory in
such church and UNCONVENTIONAL
matters as may come within it's
scope it will also attempt to use the
influence of the 30,O00,O00 Metho-
dists it represents in forwarding GER
tain movements for peace and Justice.
The conference adopted today an
address relative to the present stat
us and opportunities of Methodiism
and, upon suggestion of the business
committee, ordered that it be sent
to every one of the 100000 or more
Methodist congregations in the
world
The history of Methodism," the
address sets forth, lis of untold i'm
portance' Methodism was destined
to give a new course to the history
of the christian religion. 1t has been
used to quicken the life of other
churches and to call forth a new
spirit of aggressive evangelism.
Methodism is yet in its beginning.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25
YEP, IT'S HERE AT LAST
PARROTT AND BIDDY CROSSED.
AND RESULT is A FOWL
THAT SAYS WORDS.
THE TALKING HEN HAS ARRIVED

California Poultry Breeder Has Pro-
duced Chicken That viii Make
Him Fame and Fortune. Another
Grows Fowls With Red, White
and Blue Feathers.
STOCKTON, Cal.--W. H. Mckay,
poultry breeder and secretary of the
San Joaquin Poultry Association,
has been quietly working for some
time on breed of hen that will prob
ably make him fortune.
After extensive studies along the
lines of atayism Mckay says he con-
ceived the notion that by inter-breed-
ing parrots and black Orpingtons he
could get the much desired green
tinge for the Orpington feathers.
The results were astounding.
To poultry men the parrot is
know as negative breeder-that is,
its characteristics are not likely to
be impaired by interpreting. How
ever, Mckay figured that with such a
pronounced characteristic as green in
the matter of plumage there was
some hope of success, if he could Sc
cure the fertile eggs. He says he
was successful in this after many re-
peated experiments. There were
many failures, however, and a num-
Der of discouraging setbacks, but he
kept at work until he not only secur-
ed the desired green tinge for his
black Orpingtons, but he is now quite
certain that he will soon show a
breed of chickens that can talk.
Speaking of the matter Mr. Mckay
said;
! was greatly interested in a press
dispatch from a place in the east, the
other day, in which it was stated that
breeder had succeeded in producing
hen with red, white and blue feath-
ers. Well, l have for many months
been working to get the green tinge
on my black Orpingtons My study
Of atavism convinced me that it
could be done by crossing with par
rots. I finally succeeded to a GER
tain extent, but hope to do better.
THAT will eventually produce a
strain of chickens that can be taught
to talk like a parrot I feel certain.
Already I have adopted a name
the photograph hen
II had no thought of producing a
talking hen when l began to notice
that some of the hens were making
noises that sounded susplciously like
words. One of the hens can whistle.
and another repeats Chick, chick,
chick which is often used by my
wife and myself in calling the chick
ems for their meals. We were unable
to get either of the hens to do this
at command, and we only heard the
whistle or the words at long inter-
walls, so l rather hesitated to say any,
thing about it for fear my friends
would give me the laugh. During
the past week, however, the vocal
attainments of the two hens are more
frequently splayed-probably three
or four times a day. Some of nv
neighbors got on to it, and it is a Sc
cret no longer. I don't know where
it will end, or whether | can i'm
prove the strain, but I propose to
keep trying"
ERTENn on UyETT1 11r,T,v, ,,,v,,-c,,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25
FRIEND OF THE BEEF TRUST.

A Missouri woman asks a divorce
from her husband because he went
fishing on the Sabbath day She
must be friend to the beef trust.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25
PRESIDENT TAFT ADMONLSHES
THE NENL Y-MADE SUFFRAGETTES

Won't Do Say We Will Not Go Down Those
Awful Polls Stand Around You've
Got Part of Better"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25
PUBLIC PRESENTATION or "PUFFS"
"SW7ITCHES" AND TRAITS" BPUTAL

Hurried From Retiring Without Time to Gather
Her Hrsute AdOnmens Conductor
Them to Her, Causing Humiliation and Embarrassment
Willmar tribune., 1911-06-21
CHAPTER n.

The Devotion Of Mr.. Gormly.
The relationship of Miss Haldane
and Gormly was all very well so far
as it went, but it did not go far
enough for the mans purpose at least:
and Gormly was shrewd enough to see
that things might run on without any
definite results in this way forever.
Since the beginning Of the acquaint-
ance Gormly had kept track Of Miss
Haldane through a clipping bureau!-
instance Of his practical common
sense which may amuse the romantic,
reader. He had neither the time nor
the inclination to search the journals
In which were chronicled the doings
OF social New York-in which the Hal
dane name was prominent; so he in
structed his private secretary, Cha.
loner, upon whose discretion he could
rely, to have sent to him at his private
address all clippings relating to Miss
Haldane. Gormly, therefore, knew the
life Of the object of his attention as
we'll as it could be known from its out
ward and visible presentation before
the public. Indeed, there was little
that was concealable under such cir
cumstances-theh higher you rise the
less privacy you have, obscurity being
the prerogative, or the penalty, of the
humble-so that he was entirely
aware of Miss Haldane's goings and
comings, who her friends were, what
houses she visited, what diversions
Willmar tribune., 1911-06-21
AT THE TOP OF THE HEAP
Champion Hot spender and cutup
Found at Pittsburg Amuse-
ment Park. r.,

talk about your hot spenders and
regular daredevil cutups,"4 said a
Pittsburg motorman, "but I saw the
champion Coal Oil Johnny OF the lot
a. an amusement park the other day.
We were standing outside the gate.
waiting for the car to fll up, when q
bunch Of bold young blades came
rompfng out Of the park and made for
the car. They were from the coun.
try, and had been having a high old
time with pink drinks and strawberry
jiggers, and you couldn't stop 'em with
a breakwall. One Of them suddenly
broke 2way from the bunch and made
a dash for the front enc of the car,
but blocked his way and told him
he couldn't get on at this end.
10, got the price, he shouted, an
don't you think haven't And he
hauled out handful of small change.
insisted on his going to the back end
and he put up an awful argument and
got all fused up. Finally he strobe
back to the rear platform, paid his
nickel, and, striding straight through
the car with glare Of defiance at me-.
he stepped OF and marched around to
the rear again. Slapping down anoth-
er nickel, he repeated the perform
ance, and blamed II he Didn't make the
circuit six times before we got started.
each time with his chin little higher
as he passed me. His friends cheered
him to the echo, and suppose they'll
be telling out in Bingville for years
to come how he socked it to the Pitts.
burg Railways company -Pittsburg
Gazette Times.
Willmar tribune., 1911-06-21
Working Backward.

A Japanese house is built different.
ly from an English one. The roof,
which with us is the last important
part of the outward structure to be
completed. is with the Japanese the
first thing to be finished. All the tools
used by the carpenters and joiners
have reversed action. The Japanese
carpenter does not push a plane away
from him, but pulls 1t toward him.
The gimlets are threaded in the Oh.
posite way to ours; the saws are made
so as to cut on the upward pull and not
on the downward thrust: screws have
their threads reversed. and keyholes
are always made upside down and the
keys turned backward. In the house
II the clock is an old one it will have
stationary hands, with the face revolv.
Ing backward and the hours marked
8, 4. 6, s, 4. 3 and so on. reckoning
from noon.
Willmar tribune., 1911-06-21

ually enough remarked that she liked
men who, did things. who really &C..
complished something for good in this
world.
Gormly instantly resolved to do
something. Now II any man really
wants to accomplish good in this
world, there are few opportunities of
greater possibilities than those pre-
sented In the political arena. There
is also no field in which it is harder
to accomplish the end. Gormly as q
political force was entirely unknown.
He was without experience. One
requisite, popularity considered vital.
he had, and that was an abundance OF
money. Another requisite he pos
sessed, albeit unwittingly. was char
acter. And still third was his, and
that was imagination coupled with
capacity-the ideal and the real; the
dreamer and the practical man In one!
An Irresistible combination that!
Fortune was further kind to him.
however for concurrently with his de-
cision she presented him with an
opening. Gormly's business was suft1-
ciently great to have enabled him to
extend it in several directions. He
brought Ireland, England, France,
Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy, and
the Orient into New York bay and un-
loaded them in his great institution.
He had conceived, some dozen years
before after paying tremendous freight
charges, the propriety of establishing
his own line Of freight steamers. 1t
had amused him to combine the prac-
tice Of the ancient merchant prince
with the customs of the modern one.
He had bought the controlling inter
est in a freight line of half dozen
large steamers, which he found no
difficulty In using as cargo carriers
for other people when they were not
supplying his own needs.
The purchase of the freight line had
with it lease of one of the piers in
the North river. The lease had run
out the year before He had there.
after availed himself Of what he con.
ceived to be an excellent opportunity
Of subleasing another pier in the East
river. The city had just completed an
elaborate railroad, surface and sub
way. for the transportation Of heavy
freight from the water front to the
great mercantile establishments IN.
land This system had been leased
to the Gotham Freight Traction com
pany, vast corporation with full
set of ostensible promoters and di
rectors, but which had back of it pow
ers and persons unknown to the gen
eral public, carefully concealed from
| it in fact
The corporation had not been form
Willmar tribune., 1911-06-21

gain admission, yet standing still and listening
for the result Of the ballot that was to show we
knew how ITO help weak sister republic to her
financial feet" -.: .---..E -
Of T. The vote of the representatives Of great
and sovereign people had been taken. The repub
He was true to its trust. The solemnity Of the
feeling Of duty well done still hung upon the
great chamber. Each Of the Thousands were busy
with his thoughts .-y..-..s
The voice Of member from Ohio broke the
Stiffness II have resolution Of privilege to Of
fer" it said.
1T must be question of high privilege, sir, to
receive consideration at such an hour" said
Speaker Cannon In solemnly subdued tones. Let
tho resolution be read"
s, Resolved, That this house Of representatives
tho United States Of America authorize the hir-
Ing Of another rubber for tho capitol Turkish-bath
rooms" ''@ .ta@
When the Appalachian Mountain Forest Re.
serve bin was under consideration member Of
congress who was in favor Of saving Che trees
told striking story about the saving Of great
tree IN far OF Australia. Il was long way to go
for tree story. but perhaps the moral was worth
he Journey.
In 1853 John Boyle O'Reilly the Irish poet was
political convict in Australia, sentenced to hard
labor for life. With gang Of fellow convicts un-
der the charge Of British officer and squad Of
soldiers he was breaking road through q tropi-
cal forest. They came to tree and the men
were about to lay the at its 1eots when O'Reil-
h made them STOP dropping his own az the
WHILE The British onaoer ordered the mon to
work. OReilly put his hand to his cap. saluted
and said, II should like to speak u you"
The officer was amazed at this eonvict's impu-
demee. but perhaps it was the vey boldness Of
the thing that wrought the purpose intended.
This tree IS too beautiful to fell; please let It
stand" said the convict.
The British soldier looked dumfounded. Come
over here said OReilly, "and look ak 1t from this
point Of view"
The convict was now the commanding officer.
The Englishmen followed the 1rishmap for hun
dred yards and then, turning his horse. looked up
on the tree and his eye hndled. He looked down
upon O'Reilly and said: "The orders are for the
Willmar tribune., 1911-06-21

she affected, who paid her attention,
and SO on.
Meanwhile the man did not neglect
his business nothing would ever
make him do that-but he divided his
time between 1t and the young woman
which was great concession to her
influence. One reason why he had be-
come such an assiduous student or the
clippings was because he wanted to
know whether Miss Haldane was, or
was likely to be, engaged to be mar
ried. His apprehensions on that score
were soon set at rest. 1t was Miss
Haldane's second season. She had
created an instant furor when she had
been launched in society the year be-
fore. The usual contingent of i'm
pecunious foreigners had promptly
laid their coronets at her feet; but it
was quite evident that none of them
had found favor in her eyes, and that
she was still Free He would enter it,
he decided; but how?
First of all, something must be done
to bring Gormly himself into the pub
lie eye in some other capacity, some
higher capacity, some more attractive
capacity, than that of mere retailer
of ribbons, so to speak; the public eye
for Gormly being Miss Haldane's liq-
uid orbs. And Gormly knew that the
way to private consideration is more
often than not through public inter-
est. He had to do something to justi-
fy himself, therefore, to make himself
known in some enviable way; in short,
he determined to make himself worthy
Of her. And again the question arose:
but how? .....-
He had thought vaguely Of the ra-
cling game, of the most magnificent OF
yachts, Of the finest and speediest Of
stables, Of the fastest string Of auto
mobiles. of a thousand similar things
which he had dismissed as unworthy
of his high purpose and inadequate to
bis end; until finally, fortune favoring
him, he hit upon the field Of politics.
Miss Haldane, in some Of those now
rather frequent conferences. had cas-
Willmar tribune., 1911-06-21
! ed to promote the health of

ed to promote the health of it's men,
bers. Therefore when Gorm1y ap-
piled to the authorities for permis-
sion to construct switch from his
pier on the one hand and his ware
house near the river front on the other
to connect both with this subway, the
permission was instantly granted, but
coupled with an expense demand upon
him for something like million dol
lars.
Gormly could give Miss Haldane a
million dollars to play with; he would
not spend ten cents for bribery. He
saw Instantly that the demand upon
him was a mere attempt to hold him
up. To build the switch would cost
perhaps forty or fifty thousand dol
lars; the privilege might be worth as
much more; but inasmuch as no
streets were crossed, no overhead traf-
f1c hindered, he was doubtful even as
to that. The road had been built by
private capital subscribed by the peo.
ple-on a public franchise. The in
terests Of the public were supposed to
w pal d1AOOAk "a ACd6OAhU10
upon their investment was all that the
promoters had a right to expect.
Gormly had consulted his attorneys,
had appealed to the city council, and
had done everything that he could to
settle the matter short OF publishing
the whole affair. He had failed alb
solutely everywhere. The members Of
the transportation committee of the
board of aldermen were very sorry,
but they did not see what could be
done. A gentle hint that Gormly
might prefer to indemnify the alder
men for their trouble in case they
should give him permission was met
with panied silence or explosive wrath,
It was furthermore pointed out to him
that the board had no power, tho
rights Of the people having been vest
ed In the corporation for q ninety-nine
year period. It was too bad that the
innocent aldermen had allowed them
selves to be placed In such an unfor-
tunate position: but 90 1t vas and
Willmar tribune., 1911-06-21
sYNoPsls.

A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
FASCINATED with tho bold. artful wife OF a
drunken prospector in g. western mining
Town They prepare to elope In blind
ing blizzard but are confronted by the
maudlin husband. He is shot by the
w11e' but the chivalrous boy pins a
note to tho body, taking the crime
upon himself. In their flight to the
railroad station the woman's horse
1alls exhausted: the youth puts her
On ms own and follows hanging to the
surrup strap. Seeing he is an impedi-
"ent. the woman thrusts her escort into
a snow drift and rides on. Half-frozen
ne stumoles into tho railroad station just
~ the train bears the woman away.
Willmar tribune., 1911-06-21
Can Spiel In Any Tonoue.

Ex-Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr., Of Massa.
chusetts, who was appointed by Presi-
dent Taft as this country's special rep
resentat1ve to Mexico'3 centennial cele.
bration, can make speech in any old
language. Whenever the city of Bos-
ton wants to welcome distinguished
German. Guild Is called on to make the
welcoming address in German. II a
French dignitary blows in. Guild gets.
of a spiel in French. When he went
to Mexico he told the Mexicans all.
about themselves in Spanish.