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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
FREED OF MURDER CHARGE
Tindall, Who Killed Charles Taylor
Who Was Embracing Sister
in-Law, Is Acquitted.


MACON, Ga.-On the first ballot
the jury Friday afternoon declared
George F. Tindall not guilty of the
murder of Charles H. Taylor.
The verdict was received with APP
plause and seemed to meet with pub
lie approval. Tindall was warmly
congratulated on the outcome of the
case. The closing argument of the
defendant was made by John R.
Cooper, and it is claimed to have
been one of the most dramatic ever
made before a jury in a murder case
in Bib county. At times the men
in the jury box were in tears as
the lawyer pleaded for the life of his
client.
Mr.. Cooper contended that the
case afforded striking contrast,
that it was the rich arrayed against
the poor, and he urged the acquittal
of Tindall on the ground that he
was justified in killing Taylor and
had so proved by the states own
witness, Miss Lula Carter, fiancee of
Taylor, and about whom the trouble
that led up to the killing occurred.
Miss Carter, who formerly resid-
ed at Smithville, was found in the
embrace of Taylor when Tindall re-
turned home on enight several weeks
ago and Tindall claimed he thought
she was his wife and that man was
trying to assault her.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
BRYAN DoDGEs QUESTION.
Refuses to Commit Himself Regard
ing Possible Nomination.

Refuses to Commit Himself Regard
ing Possible Nomination.
Will you be in receptive mood il
the democratic nomination is offer
ed you?
This qeustion was put to William
J. Bryan, who stopped off in Chicago
on his way to Louisville, KY.
The Commoner smiled and then
lodged.
81 am not talking democratic poll
tics now" he said. Fact is, I've
been too busy watching this Taft
Roosevelt controversy. 1t takes UP a
lot of time to follow it,"
1T is a great f1ght-the first time
in many years when two such prom
inent republicans and old friends
like Taft and Roosevelt have quar-
relied. The fact that they know so
much about each other makes it
doubly Interesting"
Mr.. Bryan refused to discuss the
convention held in his home state,
Nebraska, where he was forced to
squelch boom started by his
friends.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29

Jack Johnson might know one punch
that would knock out a man every
time it landed. Uncle Sammies"
knockout punch was a set speech he
learned when first he essayed to trot
in double harness. Whenever he lost
his trotting mate he furnished up
the old speech and won another heart
with it. That was all Uncle Sam
mics" stock in trade, his one speech.
But ten wives is pretty good har-
vest for one spiel.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
YOUNG WOMAN HUMAN OSTRICH
One Thousand Metal Articles Re-
moved From Her Stomach.

An official report of an operation
performed upon Miss Letitia Miller
of San Rafael, Cal, for the-removal
of 1897 articles, mostly metal, from
her stomach, says she is on her way
to recovery. These articles are:
One hundred and eight wire hair
pins, open safety pins, 21 broken
pins, five prune pits, % buttons, 8
collar buttons, 13 nails, 8 screw
eyes, 40 tacks, one staple an inch
long, five parts of teaspoons, 425
broken pieces of hairpins, one piece
of string, one piece CT thread, 104
unidentified odds and ends, mostly
metal, nine parts of combs and ESQ
small pins
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
YOUNG MAN BURNING ALIVE
STRUGGLED IN AGONY ON CROSS
ARM OF AN ELECTRIC POLE.
As Current Was Shut Off His Muscles
Relaxed and He Was Carried
Down by Fellow Workers.

COLUMBUS, Ga.-Flesh on the
body of Eugene e. Burroughs, %
years old, sizzled and smoked and
his clothing blazed and burned for
several minutes this afternoon when
his body came in contact with live
wire as he was doing some wiring
on a crossarm of a lighting pole
here. He would have been burned
alive by electricity had not some of
his follow workmen fastened to the
power house near by and had the
power entirely cut off from the city
of Columbus.
Muscles Relax.
AS the current was cut off Bur-
roughs' deathly grip on the wires re-
laxed, his body fell backward, but
other wires held him in place until
rescuers who hurried up the pole
reached him. They carried him to
the ground.
Burroughs was taken to a hospi-
tai, where it was found that he was
severely burned, the wiring having
eaten into his body. He was suffer-
ing from the shock, and his condition
tonight is reported to be critical
At Work 10 Days.
Burroughs is employed by the
Georgia Power Company. He came
here fifteen days ago, and his home
is said to be in Rome
This afternoon while he was at
work on the croosarm it is believed
that he touched a live wire above
him. Persons below heard a faint
cry and looking upward saw him
struggling in agony to free himself
from the dealy current which was
passing through his body. None
could be of assistance at his side
and like flash some one thought
of the power house, which was only
a short distance away
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
THE ENGLISH SPARROWS
sICULTURAL OFFICE GIVES
DVTCE ON COST OF LIVING.
the Birds Are Equal to Quail
Is a Table Delicacy, and Rec
Ommends Them for Food.

IS a Table DeliCacy, and Rec
Ommends Them for Food.
Cook mess of English spar
advises the agricultural de-
snent, as means of combating
high cost of living, in farmers
etin No. 493, just issued. The
Rrtment says the birds are equal
quail as deicacies, which is the
y redeeming feature to a long list
pisance8 of which they are accus-
u the bulletin.
english spagrows are good to eat,
n their use is recommended as
because of their nutritlve val
And as a means of reducing their
Hbers," says the bulletin. "They
been utilized for food in the
world for centuries. Their flesh
Rlatable, and, though their bod
HPre small, their numbers fully
pensate for their lack of size.
II that have been trapped may
sept alive in large outdoor cages,
Rered from storms and cold
Is, until they are wanted for the
n Kill mercifully a sparrow that
Deen trapped place the thumb
~ the base of its skull and dis
n us neck by hard and quick
cure The whole operation re-
II only a fraction of minute
can be done with the fingers.
Rpsrrows may be cooked by any
methods employed for reed
or quail. When boned, broil-
Duttered and served on toast
are particularly good and COM
laForably with the best kinds of
game"
economy the department ad-
against long keeping of a live
H. as each bird eats half it's
= IN food daily. Minute details
i'en for dressing the diminutlve
ana persons contemplating add
kuem to their menus are invited
7file for instructions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
AGRICUL TURAL BILL CARRIES
AN APPROPRLA TON OF $4,000, 900

WASHINGTON.-The senate has
passed the agricultural appropria-
ton. 1t carries ST., 100000 to meet
the expenses of the department of
agriculture for the next fiscal year.
The senate made an increase of about
100000 over the amount carried
by the house bill.
The most important amendment
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
MUST KISS OR GO TO JAIL
A New Commandment Is Laid Down
to Chicago Husbands.

Husbands, kiss thy wives daily,
is a new commandment laid down in
Chicago the other day by Judge
Goodnow in the court of domestic
relations. Mrs. Julia Gore had her
husband hailed into court, where she
complained that he refused to kiss
her. mo man is too old to kiss
his wife, the judge Numbered.
You must kiss your wife every day,
or l shall know the reason why. "
Disobedience, the judge said, would
mean Imprisonment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
Democratic Odds.

was offered by Senator Nelson OF
Minnesota, which was adopted with
out the Formally of a roll call. 1t
directs the secretary of agriculture
to at once select, segregate and clas-
sify" all agricultural lands included
with forest reserves with a view of
having such lands opened for home
stead entry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
BETTING ON THE CANDIDATES
ONE car, GET WAGER SPLIT AL
MOST ANY WAY DESIRED.
Shows Race For President Uncertain.
Two to One Are Offered Against
ROoseYelt's Nomination.

NEW YORK.-Prospect of a
thrilling race, wide latitude in bet
ting, and promise of the best field
that has been entered in a 'presi-
Dental handicap" for many years,
have finally awakened New York s
betting spirit, and it is reported to-
day that money is being freely Of
fered in wages as to whether Taft
or Roosevelt or a dark horse will
gain the republican nomination. An
other betting chance is the contest
on the democratic side with the
wagering opportunity offered on the
November finals between the two
parties as climax.
Against Roosevelt.
Several bets were made today at
2 to / that Roosevelt would not re-
ceive the nomination, while the same
odds were given against the chances
of President Taft getting it. One
broker on the curb offered to bet 6
to that Taft, if nominated, would
not be elected.
AS regards chances of election, if
Taft is nominated he offered to take
the short end of the wager at to 8.
He also offered to bet l to Z that
neither Taft nor Roosevelt would be
nominated.
A few curb brokers profess them
selves willing to bet $500 against
$1,750 that Roosevelt will be the
next president. They are prepared
to bet 1000 against $500 that Taft
will be defeated. They ask and offer
even money that the next president
will be neither of these two candi-
dates.
Democratic Odds.
Odds named against the democrat
ic candidates are quite as interest
ing.
Odds of 2 to have been offered
against Champ Clark's nomination
at the convention, and 31a to
against Wilson's nomination. Odds
are toll against Judson Harmon
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
HIS FUNERAL is JOYOUS.
Industrial Workers ExuIt Over Com
rade Killed by Police.

While scores of police stood post
ed at vantage points awaiting the
first sign of trouble several hur dred
members of the Industrial Workers
of the World conducted the funeral
of Jose Mikolosek, a comrade, who
was killed last week in battle with
policemen at San Diego, Cal.
They did it peacefully, but with
out signs of mourning. Rather it
was an occasion of joy, several
speakers declared, because the man
whose ashes presently would be TAX
en- from the crematory had achieved
the highest destiny" martyrdom in
the cause of human emancipation
and liberty"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
A VALUABLE APPLE TREE.
An Offer of $4,000 Recently Made
For 1t Was Refused,

An offer of $4,000 for an apple
tree in Oregon was made recently
by an eastern syndicate and refused.
The tree bears a yellow apple known
as the Chelan, said to be different
from any other Oregon variety. The
nursery company which now owns
the tree will develop the fruit. It's
keeping properties are said to be re-
markable, which is attested by the
preservation of several boxes of the
fruit in cold storage for two years
without deterioration.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-29
mas HIS TENTH WIFE.
~ oixty-Nine, and May Be Good
For Several More.

For Several More.
Hcle Sammie" Killow, out Ar
r. way, has just taken a new
IN his sixty-ninth year. Uncle
inle already had nine wives,
one at a time, and he speaks
me great game of matrimony
Fck Johnson might talk of pugfl-
Yet, despite his great record,
re Sammie" had no great knowl-
OF the arts of love; but he
one thing that brought home
aeon nearly every time, Just as
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-17
TRAINING BOYS FOR WARFARE
Youth Of Australia, From an Early Age,
Undergo Compulsory Mill
tary Service.

Australian lads of twelve years be-
gin more or less voluntary form OF
military training. 1t is an indulgent,
happy.go.lucky sort Of thing, designed
primarily to be of physical advantage.
When the lads are fourteen years old,
a limited military service is severely
compulsory with penalties for eva
sion, and fines laid upon employers
and parents who interfere, and thus
continues, with physical exercises,
drill, parades. and rifle practice, for
four years. whereupon these cadets
are passed into the citizen forces.
Four whole-day drills are required
each year, and ~ halliday drills and
"a night drills. A perfunctory attend
ance upon these grave obligations-in-
apt, sullen, frivolous behavior-corrsts
for nothing at all. II the cadet fails
to be marked efficient by his battalion
officers he must perform his service
all over again. In Kalgoorlie Of west
ern Australasia great dust storm
blowing that might've watched a
column OF these little conscripts"
march past with rifles and bugles and
drums; and they we're smart to see
brown uniforms, with tricks OF green,
and wide.brlmmed Australian hats
caught up at the side in the Australian
way. 1t is no farcical affair. When
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-17

appeared at the door between the
morning.glo vines. The red patch
OF color was Sally.
She made her way, carrying a
bucket, to the spring, where she knelt
down and gazed at her own image In
the water.
Before going home she set down her
bucket by the stream. and. with a
quick glance toward the house to make
sure that she was not observed.
climbed through the brush and was
lost to view She followed path that
her own feet had made. and after
steep course upward came upon a bald
face OF rock, which stood out storm
battered where rift went through
the backbone OF the ridge. This point
OF vantage commanded the other val
ley. Down below, across the treetops,
we're q roof and chimney from which
a thread OF smoke rose in an attenu-
ated shaft. That was Spicer South's
house and Samson's home. The girl
leaned against the gnarled bowl OF the
white oak and waved toward the roof
and chimney. She cupped her hands
and raised them to her lips like one
who means to shout across a great dis
tance, then she whispered so low that
only she herself could hear:
Hello, Samson SOUTH"
She stood for a space looking down,
and forgot to laugh. while her eyes
grew rellgiously and softly deep, then,
turning, she ran down the slope. She
had performed her morning devotions.
That day at the house OF Spicer
South was an Off day. The kinsmen
who had stopped for the night stayed
on through the morning. Nothing was
said of the possibility Of trouble. The
men talked crops and tossed horse
shoes in the yard; but no one went to
work in the fields, and all remained
within easy call. Only young Tama-
rack Spicer, raw-boned nephew. wore
a sullen face and made a great show
OF cleaning his rifle and pistol.
Shortly after dinner he disappeared,
and when the afternoon was well ad.
vanced Samson, too, with his rifle on
his arm. strolled toward the stile.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-17
CHAPTER ~.

George Lescott had known hospital
ity of many brands and degrees. He
had been the lionized celebrity In
places of fashion. He had been the
guest of equally famous brother artists
In the cities of two hemispheree. and,
since sincere painting had been his
pole star. he had gone where his arts
wanderlust backoned. He had fol-
lowed the lure OF transitory beauty
to remote sections of the world. The
present trip was only one OF many
like 1t, which had brought him into
touch with varying peoples and dis
tinctlve types Of life. He told himself
that never had lie found men at once
so crude and go courteous as these
hosts who, facing personal perils. had
still time and willingness to regard his
comfort.
The coming of the kinsmen. who
would stay until the present danger
passed, had filed the house. The four
beds In the cabin proper were full,
and some slept on floor mattresses.
Lescott, because guest and wounded.
was given a small room aside. Sam.
son, however, shared his quarters in
order to perform any service that an
injured man might require. 1t had
been a full and unusual day for the
painter, and its incidents crowded in
on him in retrospect and drove off the
possibility of sleep. Samson, too.
seemed wakeful. and In the isolation
OF the dark room the two men fell into
conversation, which almost lasted out
the night. Samson went into the con.
fessional. This was the first human
being he had ever met to whom he
could unburden his soul.
The thirst to taste what knowledge
lay beyond the hills; the unnamed
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-17

lated through drawn blinds, and the
June rustic and bird chorus in his
ears-and his own thoughts In his
brain.
Conscious. but in great pain, Purvy
beckoned jim Asberry and Aaron Hol'
lis. his chiefs of bodyguard, to his bed.
side and waved the nurse back out OF
hearing.
"If don't get WE'LL" he said feebly
there's a job for you two boys. |
reckon you know what II is?"
They nodded. and Asberry whis.
pered name:
Samson South?"
yes" Puryy spoke In whisper;
but the old vindictiyeness was not
smothered. "You got the old man, I
reckon you can manage the cub II
you don't he'll get you both one day"
The two henchmen scowled.
"Ill git him tomorrer." growled As
berry. Thar halnt no sort OF use
In a-waitin'"
mol" For an instant Purvy's voice
rose out of It's weakness TO Its old
stacceto tone OF command, a tone
which brought obedience. "If get
well | have other plans. Never mind
what they are. That's my business
II don't die, leave him alone. until
give other orders.
III get well and Samson South 10
killed meanwhile | won't live long
either. II would be my life for his.
Keep close to him. The minute you
hear OF my death-get him." He
paused again. then supplemented.
you two will find something mighty
lnterestin' in my will"
II was afternoon when Purvy
reached the hospital. and, at nlghtfall
Of the same day. there arrived at his
stores entrance. on stumbling. hard.
ridden mules, several men. followed
by two tawny hounds whose long ears
tapped over their lean Jaws, and
whose eyes we're listless and tired, but
whose black muzzles wrlnkled and
shifted with that sensitive instinct
which follows the man scent. The ex-
sherlff's family were lnstltuting pro-
ceedings independent of the chiefs or.
ders. The next morning this party
plunged into the mountain tangle and
beat the cover with the bloodhounds
in leash.
The two gentle-faced dogs picked
their way between the towering rho
dodendrons. the glistenlng laurels. the
feathery pine sprouts and the moss
covered rocks. They went gingerly
and alertly on ungainly. cushioned
feet. Just as their masters were de-
spairing they came to place directly
over the store. where a branch had
been bent back and hitched to clear
the outlook and where a boot heel
had crushed the moss. There one OF
them raised his nose high into the
air, opened his mouth. and let out a
long, deep-chested bay Of discovery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-17

wanderlust that had at times brought
him restiveness so poignant as to
be agonizing; the underlined attuning
Of his heart to the beauty of sky and
hill; these matters he had hitherto
kept locked IN guilty silence.
In cove or lowland pocket, stretch
ing into the mountain side, lay the
small and meager farm Of the Widow
Miller. The Widow Miller was a
South" that is to say. she fell. by
tie OF marriage, under the protection
OF the clan head She lived alone with
her fourteen-year-old son and her six
teen-year-old daughter. The daughter
was Sally.
The sun rose on the morning after
Lescott arrived, the mists lifted, and
the cabin OF the Widow Miller stood
revealed. A tousle-headed boy made
his way to the barn to feed the cattle.
and red patch Of color, as bright
and tuneful MS Kentucky cardinal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-17

OF contact with the outside world: a
town where the ancient and modern
orders brushed shoulders; where the
new was tolerated, but dared not be-
come aggressive. Directly across the
street from the courthouse stood an
ample frame building, on whose side
wall was emblazoned the legend,
"Hollman's Mammoth Department
Store" That was the secret strong
hold Of HOLMAN power. He had al
ways spoken deploringly of that spirit
of lawleesness which had given The
mountains n bad name.
When the railroad came to Hixon
It found in Judge HOLMAN public.
spirited citizen" incidentally. the tim
Der that II hauled and the coal that
its fiat cars carried down to the Blue
grass went largely to his consignees.
He had so astutely anticipated coming
events that, when the first scouts of
capital sought options they found
themselves constantly referred to
Judge Holman. No wheel, It seemed,
could turn without his nod II was
natural that the genial storekeeper
should become the big man of the
community and inevitable that the one
big man should become the dictator
His inherited place as leader of the
Hollmans in the feud he had seem
ingly passed on as an obsolete pre-
rogative.
Yet. In business matters, he was
found to drive a hard bargain. and
men came to regard It the part OF
good policy to meet rather than com
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-17
CHAPTER ~.

In days when the Indian held the
Dark and Bloody Grounds a pioneer,
telling oak and poplar logs for the
home he meant to establish on the
banks of a purling watercourse. let his
ak alp, and the cutting edge gashed
his ankle. Since to the discovered be-
longs the christening. that watercourse
became Crippleshin. and 30 II Is today
set down on atlas pages. A few miles
away, as the crow flies, but many
weary leagues as a man must travel.
g brother settler. racked with rheuma.
tlsm. gave to his creek the name of
Misery. The two pioneers had come
together from Virginia, as their ances-
tors had come before them from Scot.
land. Together they had found one
of the two gaps through the mountain
wall. which for more than a hundred
miles has no other passable rift. To
gether and as comrades. they had
made their homes and founded their
race. What original grievance had
sprung up between their descendants
none Of the present generation knew
perhaps II was farm line or disputed
title to pig The primary incident
was lost in the limbo OF the past; but
for fifty years. with occasional inter
walls OF truce. lives had been snuffed
out In the fiercely burning hate Of
these men whose ancestors had been
comrades.
Odd Spicer South and his nephew
Samson we're the direct lineal descen-
dants OF the manner Of Misery. Their
kinsmen dwelt about them: the Souths.
the Jaspers. the Spicers. the Wileys,
the Miilers and McCagers. Other fam
lilies. related only by marriage and
close association. were. In feud align
mmt. none the less "Souths." And
oyer beyond the ridge, where the
springs and brooks flowed the other
way to feed Crippleshin. dwelt the