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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
TAFT LOVES THE OLD MAIDS
THE PRESIDENT THINKS THEY
SHOW MANY NOBLE VIRTUES.
What He Said of Them in One of His
Speeches in South While Talk
ing to School Girls.

NEW YORK.-Rev. Elmer V
Huffner of Grand Junction, Col, who
holds that bachelor maids are worth
less to humanity and ought to be ex-
lied to an island and who specifically
mentioned Miss Helen Gould as one
who would be happier if married
entertains views that are diametri-
cally opposed to those held by Presi-
dent Taft,
Miss Gould would be able to find
considerable comfort in the views OF
the president. She has the moral
support of the president, and he in
turn would be supported by his ven
cradle maiden aunt, Miss Della Tor
rey, of Milbury, Mass, for whom he
entertains a love and devotion that
has frequently been remarked upon.
In one of his speeches in the South
his talk to the girls of a normal
college in Georgia-the presiden
said;
Il think that the secret of most
domestic infelicity is that young wo-
men think that unless they are mar
ried their lives are not a success. AS
a matter of fact, believe the reverse
is exactly the case. Look into your
own lives and your families. Take
some aunt of yours who never mar
ried. What a sweet, self-sacrificing
disinterested and lovely character she
has grown to be, 70 and 80 years of
age. And think of all the benef-
cence which spreads over all the
family circle in which she lives. And
then tell me she would have been
better off if she had married. l do
not believe it."
By many this speech is regarded as
public tribute to the character of
the presidents Aunt Della"
On several occasions Mr.. Taft has
publicly extolled the virtues of maid
en- ladies and pointed out that mar
riage is not necessarily the open Sc
same to happiness and contentment
in life
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
ALEXANDER is IN THE RACE
HIS EXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT
HAS MATERIALIZED.
the Closing Hour. Governors
Veto Occasion of Entry.

Representative Hoop
er Alexander of DeKalb, taking Gov.
ernor Browns veto of the Tippins
bill as the occasion for his action,
Thursday announced that he was a
candidate for governor.
No definite word came from Mr..
Alexander until 1880 o'clock Thurs
day morning, about which hour Chas.
D. Mckinney, of Decatur, a friend of
Mr.. Alexander's walked into the Of
fee of Treasurer G. NJ. Hitch of the
state executive committee, counted
out 5000 in bills and asked that Mr..
Alexander's name be entered as a
candidate for governor
About the same hour Mr.. Alexan-
der strolled down to the newspaper
reporters desk in the house of repre-
sentatives and remarked:
We'll, boys, I've made that an
nouncement."
Asked if he had prepared any
written announcement of his candi-
dacy Mr.. Alexander replied that he
had not, but would turnlsh state
ment of his attitude within the next
few days.
Mr.. Alexander told friends that,
while prohibition would be an issue
in the campaign it would not be the
only issue.
Discussing his possible candidacy
before he made his announcement
Mr.. Alexander said he had received
a large number of letters from
friends urging him to run, besides
number of personal solicitations.
"And 80. to So per cent of them,
he said, were accompanied by the
qualification that l probably would
not be elected, but said We need
some one to make the sacrifice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
BIG BEAR STIRS THEM UP
Doors Are Double Barred in Decatur
Since Bruin Appeared. Walks
Upright and RObs COrnfields.

DONALSONVILLE.-The country
few miles south of this place is
greatly disturbed over the appear
ance some days ago in that section
Of an enormous bear.
Signs, footprints, etc. of the bear
have been seen near swamp and in
the corn fields and last night one of
the farmers living near the swamp
heard a disturbance in his field and
after an investigation he found it
was caused by the ''varmint" break
ing down his corn, and the man actu-
ally met the bear coming out of the
field. The bear had its arms full Of
corn and was walking upright.
Today large party has been hunt
ing the bear, but the dogs were
afraid to go into the swamp, al
though they found where the bear
ate the corn outside of the swamp.
From tracks and marks the bear ap-
pears to have a short piece of chain
on its foot.
The bear is still at large and is
causing settlers of that section to
double bar their doors at night.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
CANDIDATE CRISP IS COMING
SPEAKS IN BRONWOOD MONDAY
AND IN DAWSON TUESDAY.
Americas Aspirant Is Invading COun-
ties of His Opponents. Congress
siOnaI Race Warming Up.


Hon. Charles r. Crisp is carrying
his campaign into the home coun-
ties of his opponents, and little
life is now being put into contest
that has heretofore been as dull as
it well could be.
Mr.. Crisp, the Sumter county can
didate, has already visited Clay, the
home county of Mr.. Shaw and now it
is said that he will be in Terrell, the
home of Mr.. Mercer, next week. The
News has been informed that he will
speak in Bronwood next Monday af-
ternoon, and in Dawson Tuesday
morning.
All three of the candidates are now
actively canvassing all parts of the
district, and each claims to be SAN
guine of election.
Messrs. Mercer and Shaw have not
made a fight in Sumter, Mr. Crisp's
home county, but now that the latter
gentleman has thrown down the
guage of battle in their counties they
will no doubt engage him in fight
in Sumter, and go after all the votes
they can get there.
The people are invited to hear Mr..
Crisp next week, and they will no
doubt turn out and give him re-
spectful and attentive hearing. ~-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02

copies of Col. Huff's letter broadcast
through the land for publication in
the newspapers.
Demonstration for Huff.
Shortly before the trial commenc-
ed the doors leading into the court
room were opened and the great
crowd surged in. Hundreds were
unable to get into the court room.
Perhaps never before has such great
interest been shown in court room
procedure. The great popularity of
the aged and esteemed defendant
was wildly portrayed.
Col. HUFF entered the court room
accompanied by his two sons, Edison
and Prentiss, and his attorney, Col.
Query. For 80 minutes the defend
ant was kept busy shaking the hands
of hundreds of friends who pressed
forward to extend their sympathy.
Gray-haired men, younger men
who had learned to love him for his
ever patriotic energy for everything
that helps Macon and her people
pressed forward and grasped him by
the hand, lending a word of sympa-
thy and displaying a token of friend
ship and love. Old men and young
men from every walk of life grasped
the old mans thin hand, and to each
he gave gratifying look and appre-
ciative smile, uttering now and then
word of thanks.
It is rumored on the street here
this afternoon that demonstration
will be made when a large crowd OF
Col. Huff's friends, headed by band
and drum corps, will visit him at his
home and serenade him. 1t is re
ported that the crowd will then e
to the home of Judge Speer, where
he will be burned in efhgy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
THE SEABOARD BUYS ROAD
Purchased Tampa Northern Recently
Is Story That Is Being Told in
Railroad Circles.

VALDOSTA, Cat is reported
here on what appears to be good au-
thority that the Seaboard Air Line
railroad has recently purchased the
Tampa Northern railroad from Tam
pa to Brooksville, Fla, and that a
link from Madison, Fla, to Brooks
vile will be built, thus giving the
Seaboard good route to Tampa.
The story also refers to the close
connection between the Georgia and
Florida railroad and the Seaboard, it
being stated that the two roads are
owned by practically the same inter
ests and that the Florida purchase
means a nearer route to the North
and West, giving the Seaboard traf-
f1c arrangements and terminal facil-
tiles in Florida much letter than it
has ever enjoyed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02

NAL announcement is as follows:
To the Voters of Georgia: Acced-
ing to the wishes of large number
of friends throughout the State l
make this my formal announcement
as a candidate for Railroad Commits
sioner, and complying with the rule
prescribed by the State Executive
Committee l designate Hon. H. w.
Hills unexpired term, which COM
mences Dec. Is, 1912, and expires
Dec. Is, 1914, as the place to which
| aspire. With a full realization of
the great Importance of this office,
touching so closely as it does the in
terest of the people and the material
welfare of the commonwealth, l de-
sire to say that should l be selected
at the primary to fill this place l
shall give my best endeavors to a
fair, fearless and impartial discharge
of the duties that may devolve upon
me as Railroad Commissioner. Real
izing that it will be impossible for me
to make a personal canvass of the
state in the limited time intervening
between now and the date set for the
primary 1 respectfully request and
urge that my friends in each county
use their every influence in the fur
therance of nay candidacy. Respect
fully. ]. ]. FLYNT.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
huff IS HOT AFTER SPEEE
CHARGES FEDERAL JUDGE WITH
OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.
Specific Charges Are Extremely Salty
and Impeachment of Judge
Speer Is Asked.

MACON, Ga.-Following his writ
ing of a 45-page typewriter letter
to Judge Emory Speer of the United
States court for the Southern district
of Georgia, suggesting his impeach-
ment and sensationally attacking his
acts upon the bench, Col. W. A. Huff,
former mayor of Macon and mem
Der of the legislature, was arrested
for contempt of court.
Colonel Huff, in company with a
bailiff of Judge Speer's court, was
Immediately carried to the federal
court house and into Judge Speer's
chambers.
Colonel Huff asked for delay in
the hearing until 10 O'Clock Wednes-
day morning. Judge Speer took the
request under advisement, After
reading extracts from the letter
Judge Speer held Colonel Huff for
contempt of court, the hearing to
take place Wednesday morning at o
o'clock. Colonel Huff was released
on $1,000 bond.
In Colonel Huf'S letter scores OF
acts on the bench are charged to
Judge Speer, who has held his pres
ent Office for twenty-seven years, and
his personal as we'll as official char
acter is bitterly attacked.
Colonel Huff's $50, 000 estate has
been in the bankruptcy courts under
Judge Speer for thirteen years, and
is still pending, it is said, without
any nope of immediate settlement,
and the charge that Judge Speer has
improperly juggled this case for
the financial benefit of himself, his
relatives, special lawyers and friends
furnish the ground for the assault
on the judges record, private and
judicial.
The letter is remarkable for its
verbal construction, being written
with astonishing force and eloquence
and containing almost every adject-
i've possible to apply to anybody
without being obscene.
Specific Charges.
Colonel Huff makes the following
specific charges:
That Judge Speer has improperly
juggled' the Huff estate case, for
the financial benefit of himself, his
relatives, special lawyers and 9TH
ers.
That Judge Speer is a 'petticoat
pensioner, and a judicial harlot,
whose chastity can never be regain
ed, and that he is venal and cor
rupt Judge"
That Judge Speer should be re-
moved from the bench for improper
official conduct.
That Judge Speer's court lives to
steal" and Gin most cases the thefts
are for yourself and friends"
That the Huff case has been pro-
longed for the benefit of Judge
Speer's relatives and ''hirelings," ard
that he has illegally awarded fees
out of the estate.
That the Huff estate money,
amounting to $4,000, has been on
deposit in a local bank for several
years without drawing any interest.
That Judge Speer's receiver is
president and his brother-in-law is
vice-president of the bank, which is
alluded to throughout the letter as
the Family Bank"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
A SENSATION NEAR DESOTO
QUICKSILVER WAS DEPOSITED
IN POND TO DESTROY DAM.
Resulted From Recent Lawsuit, and
Sumter County Is Stirred by
Great Sensation,

A tremendous sensation was stirr-
ed up at DeSoto, in Sumter county,
with the recent discovery of a guam
tity of quicksilver, supposed to have
been deposited at the base of the
dam now nearly completed at the
Simmons mill pond, near Chokee.
It is an old saying that quicksilver
deposited at the base of a dam will
work it's way through the structure
and ruin it. Whether this is true or
not it is the talk of that section of
the county that the quicksilver de-
posted at the base Of the dam there
was placed there by parties who
wished to destroy the dam, the con-
struction of which they had failed
to prevent by bringing of Injunction
proceedings before Judge Littlejohn
at Americas.
The trouble arose from the con-
tention that the dam, which was bro
ken down by the spring freshets,
should not be rebuilt by its owner.
In order to prevent the rebuilding of
the dam on the contention that the
flooding of the former pond surface
with water would produce sickness
an injunction was sought. At the
recent hearing of the case in Ameri-
Gus before Judge Littlejchn the in
junction was denied.
Recently when the dam was rap
idly nearing completion more than a
pound and half of quicksilver was
taken from the mud and water at
one end of 1t, workman having dis
covered the presence Of the substance
with which he was unfamiliar. The
owner of the dam was notified and
quantity of the mercury removed.
The affair aroused much interest and
discussion among those interested in
the case.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
TEARS DIM SpEER'S EYES
Huff Greeted With Demonstration
When He Entered Court Room.

When He Entered Court Room.
Macon. Ga.-With tears in his
eyes and tremb bling voice Judge En-
ory Speer of the United States dis
trict court Wednesday morning per-
sonaIly replied to the charges of Of
fetal corruption that had been made
against him in letters written and
sent to him by Col. w. A. Hun,
which brought on the contempt
charge against Colonel Huff and the
hearing of the charge. At the end
of his statement Judge Speer an
nounced that he would not preside at
the hearing of the matter himself
and would ask that another judge be
appointed to try the case.
The trial of the contempt charges
against the former Macon mayor will
come up at the November term of
the district court here and the trial
Judge will be designated by Judge
Don Pardee, senior judge of the
United States court of appeals. In
the meantime Colonel HUFF remains
under $1,000 bond.
In arguing the demurrer that
sought to have the case dismissed
because it was claimed the letter,
while admittedly derogatory to the
Judge, was not in contempt of the
court, Dupont Query argued that
Judge Speer, while sitting on his
porch was mot Judge Emory Speeri
but Just Emory Speer." The judge
declared in the opening Of his state
ment that a conspiracy had beer
made against him by sending out
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
BARTLETT TRIED TO SUICIDE
Cuthbert Man Drank ChlOrofOrm on
Central Train While Returning
Home From Atlanta.

J. w. Bartlett, when returning to
his home in Cuthbert from Atlanta,
came dangerously near succumbing
to a dose of chloroform which, he
stated, he swallowed as the Central
train was nearing Americas Wednes-
day morning. Upon arrival there
Bartlett was unconscious, and think
ing him intoxicated the conductor
turned him over to the depot police
man.
Arriving at police headquarters
Bartlett managed to tell the officers
what he had done, saying thai
troubles prompted the act. Physi-
clans brought Bartlett around all
right, and his brother, summoned
from Cuthbert, carried him home in
the afternoon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
JACK Stations EARLY LIFE
HOW HE SAVED MONEY 10 PAY
WAY THROUGH COLLEGE.
Was a Sturdy YOungster' Win Sor-
rect Habits, and Always Did
His Work wen.

Georgia has had as
governor a number OF self-maoe
men. as the term is generally unoer-
stood, and in one or two instances e
first honor college man mas occupaeu
the executive office.
But it will remain for Hon. john
M. Slaton, his friends say, to COM
bine both of these qualifications ~
the executive office-a governor VINO
has made his own way, paid his own
way through college and carried OH
the highest honors OF his alma ma
ter, the University of Georgia.
Whether an exception or not Mr..
Slaton's record is a blow to the ola
tradition that a first honor man IN
college never does any big things ID
life: for he is first honor man Of
the state university, where ne pald
his own way with money he earned
as a clerk of the old Green Line As
ISOLATION at SIS month.
81 we'll remember Jack Slaton as
a clerk of the old Green Line Asso-
ciation," said Representative r. A.
Nisbet of Sumter, a member OF the
present legislature. HE was work.
ing here with the organization Wnen
came to Atlanta from Macon In
1883, with the Macon contingent.
Jack Slaton was working then as
a clerk with this organization at $40
month, and | understood at the
time that he was saving money from
his salary to educate himself at the
University of Georgia. He was an
efficient clerk, too. He was industri-
Gus, sober, energetic, did his work
well and seemed to show a prefer
ence for grass, about at night He
didn't pursue any of the follies OF
youth like some of the others, but
had a serious purpose in view well
illustrated by the story that was gem
orally told of him in the Office short
Iy after 1 came here, and that was
almost thirty years ago.
''The association was then in need
of good clerks, and it did not let one
get away from 1t If it could help 1t.
They offered Jack Slaton 1925 a
month, a pretty healthy increase, to
stay there, and / remember how we
all wondered why he turned it down,
but he did because he had saved
the money to pay for his college
education and he was determined TO
get it. He adopted the wise policy,
as his record has shown, but it was
temptation that few young men
could have turned down."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
TOOK ACID; is ABOUT TO DIE
Holiness Man Drank Poison to Shame
Baptist Brethren, Whose Meet
ing He Interrupted.

FORT SMITH, Ark.-At Arbuck-
les Island, a rural community near
nefe' one Justice, a holiness leader,
,.II'errupted a Baptist meeting to
20 the faith of the Baptist breth-
fsIs and demonstrate the superior
~ NC. OF his own sect in the power
rbo Yer over matter. He read from
with ~@se which says that those
SON Upper .opeE faith need fear no per-
- oS4 =, ana then, despite the protests
carboylp Ieacner, drank a quantity of
o ar acid, first declaring his faith
a.o Offering Prayer for the success
OF his denomination. He immedi.
@'ely sank to the floor frothing at the
a and experiencing the greatest
agony. At last reports he was still
dition. pieoSi ~ US oon-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
THRILLING RIDE IN MID AIR
ELECTRICAL STORM IS ENCOUN-
TERED IN BALLOON RACE.
The Lightning Flashed, and Air Craft
Grew WObbly Four Thousand
Feet Above the Earth.


CHICAGO.-Dr. L.. E. Custer of
Dayton, o., and Andrew Farrell of
indianapolis, who sailed the balloon
Cole, which landed at N.cGregor, Ia,
arrived here last night. They had
shipped their balloon to Dayton. The
Cole had a thrilling experience in an
electrical storm.
About two-thirty yesterday
morning 1 was awakened by the
smell of gas" said Terrell. Il lean
ed over the edge of the basket and a
hot blast of air greeted me. / knew
Immediately that a warm current of
air was sweeping up from the earth,
expanding our balloon and robbing
us of gas.
I'VE did not have enough gas to
maintain the height to which we had
assembled, and yet we were being car
ried up and up. All about the light
ming flashed and all the time we
were going higher. Suddenly by
some freak of the storm we were
caught and whirled around like we
were in the center of a whirlpool.
eve let out two thousand feet Of
gas. 1t did no good. We continued
to ascend. The balloon had grown
fiabby and we were four thousand
feet from the earth.
I'm the distance we could see a
red light on another balloon, but
that did us no good. Of a sudden
we were dropped ? little more than
three thousand feet, or to within
less than a thousand feet of the
ground. Soon after passing over
much wooded country we threw out
all ballast and landed unframed"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
TO PUT AN EXTINGUISHER
ON TELEPHONE FLIRTATIONS

There is to be no more flirting
with the hello girl" here.
The operating school of the Bell
Telephone Company has announced
that it has begun training the CO.
quettish propensity out of woman
kind-that is to say, so far as it per-
tains to telephone service.
When the masculine voice gets
gay" over the wire the apprentice in
the operating school is taught to con-
meet him with the chief operator,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
BOUGHT LAND AT BOTTOM OF
SEA; CAN'T GET MONEY BACK

LOS. ANGELES.-A lot at the bot
tom Of the Pacific ocean was pur-
chased by Charles F. Daley from the
Wilmington Dock Company, he tes-
tilted in court, saying that he suppos-
ed the lot was in the city of Will
mington. Later he discovered it's
whereabouts, but because he delayed
in filing suit to rescind the contract
of purchase after an abstract COM
pany had informed him of the loca-
ton of the lot he must stand by his
bargain, according to the ruling
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02

made by Judge Conrey yesterday.
Daley purchased the property in
January, 1908. He afterwards had
the records searched and was told
his property was mostly under high
water of the ocean, and that the
dock company owned only few feet
of the lot.
Daley made a demand on the COM
pany to take back their share of the
lot. This the company refused to do,
and Daley brought suit to have the
concern return his purchase money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
BIG DAY IN sMITHvILLE.

Barbecue and Ball Game in Lee
County Town.
Today is a big day in Smithville,
the occasion being a barbecue and
a baseball game between the Leslie
and Smithville teams.
A cordial invitation was extended
by Smithville for everybody to be
present, and the hundreds of visitors
have received a royal welcome.
1t is one of the biggest crowds tina
| ever assembled in the town.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
JUDGE CHEATHAM RETURNS.

Ordinary w. B. Cheatham return
ed from Macon Thursday morning,
where he spent several days with a
sick nephew, Dick Cheatham. The
young man was thought to be some
better when Judge Cheatham left
for home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02

whose cold, official voice is calculated
to effectually dampen the ardor OF
the f1irtatiously inclined.
Under the order all possible con-
versation other than those pertaining
to switching is forbidden, and the
operator has positive instructions, if
the one calling persists in talking,
to switch him to the chief operator.
BY minimizing talk the telephone
company already has accomplished
much in time saving and more sat
isfactory service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
Veto Sustained.

ATLANTA, Ga, July Especial
to Dawson News. THE vote of the
house this morning on Governor
Browns veto of the Tippins bill was &:
For overriding veto, "a; for sustain
ing veto, 50. Necessary to override
veto. 1913 votes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02
FLYNT SQUARELY IN RACE
PROMINENT MAN CANDIDATE
FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
Veteran Legislator and Former Pres
ident of Senate Accedes to Re-
quest of His Friends.

GRIFFIN, Gallon. J. j. Flynt
of Griffin, for several terms mem
Der OF the legislature from Spalding
county and afterwards president of
the Georgia senate, has acceded to
the request of friends throughout
the state and entered the race for
railroad commissioner.
Mr.. Flynt is one of the ablest and
most popular men in Georgia, and
that he will receive strong support
is a foregone conclusion. His for