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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
Written for Atlanta Georgian

" FlJten LOT AtldIlJd ST0Of&lAn
A pale, delicate boy, strangely out
of place among the eight big negroes
who formed the rest of the line,
stood in the hallway of the Tower
carrying a small bundle of clothing
in his hand, ready for the trip to the
convict camp.
The boy was brave and did not
finch, in spite of the sympathy of
the deputies and the coming separa-
ton from the Observation-Disclosures
who had been his constant compan-
ion since his confinement. They were
the ones who showed their sorrow
that boy of eighteen, not long off
bed of illness and still weak, should
go out to take his place among GRIM
inals and thieves at work on the pub
lie roads of the state.
"All right, let's move on" came
h, order. and the line shuftled fer
ward
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
THREATEN TO ELOPE WITH HIS
BRIDE, A GEORGIA GIRL OF
TWENTY. OLD MAN is 20.

The New York American prints
the following account of the mar
riage in New York on Wednesday of
Edward B. Alsop, wealthy retired
steel marchant, and Miss Ef1e Pope
Hill of Washington, Ca, concerning
whose engagement there has been
much gossip on account of the diff
ference in ages, the groom being over
70 and the bride just 20 years old.
The marriage took place in Trinity
church;
Following a wedding dinner at
downtown restaurant, at which the
bridegroom's two sons, Hal and Ned
Alsop, Harvard students, and his
nephew, Reese Alsop of Brooklyn,
were guests, the bride returned to
her mother, Mrs. John J. Hill, at the
Hotel Latham, and the bridegroom
adjourned to the Waldorf-Astoria,
where he continued the wedding fes-
tivities until late into the night.
In this he was assisted by his
sons and host of friends and 9TH
ers, who were unable to resist the
contagion of the high spirits of the
happy groom, the burden of whose
many remarks was:
"They claim I am eighty. Don't
you believe it. 1 am only forty, for
man is only as old as he feels.
(Have a cigar, gentlemen.) We are
going to make the grandest little
team that ever came down the mat
rimonial home stretch. (Some more
wine, waiter, please.) My boys agree
with me that this is a momentous oc-
casion for their dad"
Son Has Eyes for New Mama.
She's a peacherino," interjected
the son, Ned, and, looking at his
father, added:
''If you don't look out, pop, mama
and l will elope.",
81 don't think there is any danger
of that" retorted the old gentle
man, laughing, "for I am still able to
lick you, Ell, WHAT"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
Will Remain in Savannah.
POLICEMAN AT THE AGE OF II
Assistant Chief Kemp of Albany to
Be Retired. Has an Interest
ing Record.

ALBANY, Ga.-One of the Oldest
active members of a police depart
ment in Georgia is to be retired by
the city government of Albany on
two-thirds pay, in recognition of his
long and honorable service. He is
James w. Kemp, now and for many
years assistantn chief.
Mr.. Kemp has an interesting rec
ord. He was dashing confederate
soldier and fought in many battles
before being taken prisoner and car
ried north. Returning to Albany af-
ter the war he was elected sheriff of
Dougherty county, and handled
many bad characters during the
strenuous days of his service in that
office. Subsequently he served on
the police force, and has now been
assistant chief for many years. He
is II years old, and has been in fee
BILE health for some time, though
continuing to discharge his duties
with no vacations except such as
were necessitated by illness. The
police commission sent a committee
to the city council with a request
that the faithful old officer be retired
on two-thirds pay, and the petition
will be granted probably at the next
meeting of council.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24

he saw women in front of the bars
there drinking whiskey and gin
along with the men "just like ho-
boes," a condition that he never saw
in this country.
John Horne of Astoria, Ore, at
lacking the proposed legislation,
quoted literally from the Bible.
When telling how Noah was directed
to plant grape vines and make wine
therefrom Chairman Nelson of the
subcommittee interrupted:
81 would suggest" said the sena-
tor, that Noah did not live in a
prohibition state"
The witness did not dispute this
suggestion. The spectators laughed
and the hearing went on.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24

the mountains of Kentucky, and
mingled with the feudists of the
deadly Breathitt county district with
experiences galore.
Then he decided to carry out his
long cherished intentions to return
to Georgia. He worked his way to
Pembroke, to find the family gone.
Some had passed away and some had
moved to other localities. He was
able to locate his sister in Savannah
and came here. From her he learn
ed that, giving him up for dead, his
wife had married again, and with
their daughter, who was also mar
ried, lived at Blichton.
Will Remain in Savannah.
He visited these Sunday, and yes
terday returned to Savannah. He
has decided to remain here and
make his home in the city which
when he saw it last was in the hands
of federal troops and the center of a
starving country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
AMERICANS AND CHURCH
CENSUS SHOWS ONLY $4,000, 900
OUT OF $4,000, 900 INHABI-
TANTS ARE MEMBERS.

An Average Addition of Two and a
Half Communicates to Each of
the 100000 Churches in the Past
Twelve Months.
In announcing a gain in church
membership during the last year of
but one and seven-tenths per cent
DR.. H. K. Carroll, former director of
the religious census of the United
States, deplores the fact that but
100000 out of the $4,000, 900 in
habitants of this country are taking
any interest in religion
Summarizing the achievements of
the twelve months he thinks the half
million new members-an average
of but two and a half communicates
to each of the 100000 churches-a
very unsatisfactory return on the
$1,757,575,867 invested in the relig-
ious property owned by the 1876 diff
ferent denominations of the country.
Disappointing as this may seem to
the spiritual minded is would obvi-
ously be unfair to interpret it as an
Indictment of the 100000 Ameri-
cans who for one reason or another
have no church affiliations. Of this
vast number Of non-church-going cit
liens of the republic large percent
age, it is reasonable to assume, are
religiously disposed, even though
they do not practice it openly. The
fact that they have recourse to the
ministrations of the clergy only in
sickness, marriage and death, or
when the youngsters are to be christ
ened, is not to be held against them
or to be accepted as proof that they
are hostile to the church and it's in
strumentalities for good. in coun-
try where religion is rs free as air
and the church and state have moth
ing in common it indeed is surpris-
ing to many that the denominations
have enlisted as many active parti-
sans as they have or are as agrees
i've as they are. No business institu-
ton employs more varied agencies to
| extend its influence and stimulate in
terest in it's work and service.
Finance, literature, oratory, music
all the arts that appeal to the
imagination and awaken those i'm
pulses which control the actions of
so many of us-are suppliant to it's
needs, and whether we will or not
serve to everlastingly keep its mes
sage before us. AS if it were the
veriest trifle single group OF zeal
Gus Protestants in New York raise a
million dollars for a nation wide cam
paign of evangelizing and express
their willingness to add another mil
lion to it if necessary Exulting in
its new world freedom Judaism gath
ers increasing impetus and unfurls
| its banners where there were none
before. Catholicism is thrilled by
| its great historical work, THE Cath
| Ollie Church in the United States"
| the six million word mosaic of the
Catholic Editing Company of New
York showing the striking growth,
vitality and potentially of that de-
nomination in the republic What
ever else these prove they show that
! the religious spirit which responds
to these calls still wakes strong with.
in the average man
Religion as an element in our ma
tional life is bigger and more pow
erful than any party or business and
must be reckoned with, even if it
does only enlist the active interest of
but a third of the Aemerican people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
ATLANTA'S OLD "JOHNNIES >
Dignified Fathers of Families Stand
at Side Entrances of Theatres
and Wait for Chorus Girls.

and Wait for Chorus Girls.
ATLANTA-A well known Allan
ia business man became so enraged
at comic valentine he received last
week that he put the missive in the
hands of the detective department,
it is learned this morning, and pro-
poses to criminally prosecute the
sender if he can be located
There wasn't anything so terribly
wicked about the valentine, but the
man who received it, a pillar in the
church and the respected grand
father of large family, had his SEN
sibilities outraged by it none the less.
The valentine was comic, and de-
picted the worthy gentleman waiting
at a stage door, theatrical side en-
trance, for a bunch of chorus girls
whom he was going to take to sup
per after the show.
The thing which made the old man
so mad, it is whispered, is that the
insinuation was true. That more
than one of Atlanta's dignified faith
ers has recently been engaged in the
same kind of antics is an open Sc
cret.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
20 DEAD IN STORMS PATH
Cyclone Swept Through Northern
Louisiana and Mississippi. Death
and Destruction Wrought.

and Destruction wrought.
NEW ORLEANS.-A total of TWEEN
ty persons were killed and at least
three score injured, many of them
seriously, in the cyclonic storm
which swept through a strip of
northern Louisiana and Mississippi
Wednesday night. The property
damage, according to the incomplete
reports received here, will perhaps
total half million dollars. The
fatalities, except in three instances,
are confined to negroes. One white
child was killed at Shreveport, Mrs
Grove, an aged white woman, was
killed at Homer, La, and a white
man named Timmon was killed near
Ringgold, La.
The death list is: Shreveport, La.
eight; Homer, La, three; Magnolia,
Miss, three; Lexington, Miss, five;
RinggOld, La, one.
1t has been impossible to secure
reports from the remote districts of
the affected territory.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
NOAH DIDN'T LIVE IN DRY STATE,
SO BIBLE QUOTATION is FLAT

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Tbe vets
Eno the "drys" battled at the capi-
t., today over the question of pro
lung the shipment of liquor into
t I'sS where its sale is barred. Mrs.
I1a ,,, an. M, N. Stevens of Maine, pres
."' oI the national w. c. T. u, ap-
t;~ leu with the legislative represent
lives and the officers of that organ
1 'on while delegation of German
paa- ''@n men and women, led by
representative Bartholdt of Nilsson
L. opposed the legislation. The hear
PIG was before the senate COMMITTEES
pa the judiciary.
CHAIRMAN Nelson of the sub-com-
,ar ,.ss conducting the hearing OBJ
" 'eo mat while he was in London
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
"JIM CROW" GALLOWS IN CHICAGO
THE LIMIT OF RACE PREJUDICE

CHICAGO, IH.-Four white men,
alleged murderers, condemned to be
hanged here Friday, demand a Jim
Crow gallows for a negro who is also
to pay the penalty of the Law for
murder, Every one of the white
men objects to the forfeit of his
life on scaffold that holds the death
drop of black man.
The negro is Thomas Jennings
convicted on finger print" evidence
of killing Clarence Hitler, railroad
freight clerk. The white men are
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24

Ewald and Frank Shiblawski Philip
Soemmerling and Tn omGs Schultz,
found guilty of numbering Fred
Guelzow, truck farmer, some time
ago.
A scaffold has been arranged so
that three men may be hanged at
time. This means either one or two
white men will die simultaneously
with the negro. The condemned men
are fighting for precedence in the
execution and against final hour
association with negro.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
HOUSTON SWEPT BY FIRE
Loss of Nearly $1O,OOO,OOO in the
Texas City. Burned Area More
Than Mile in Length.

HOUSTON, Texas.-In the wake
of the most destructive fire in the
history of Houston smouldering
wreckage tonight covers an area
about one and a half miles in length
and varying in width from 200 yards
to half a mile in the northeastern
section of the city. More than a doZ-
en- of the city's most important in
dustrial enterprises are in ruins;
200 or more dwelling houses and
store buildings are in ashes and ap-
proXimately / 900 persons are home
less. An accurate statement of the
monetary loss is not yet possible,
but the most conservative estimates
are that the amount will reach at
least $7,00O,OOO The insurance car
ried will not exceed 40 per cent. Elk
cept for few who suffered minor
burns and bruises no casualties at
tended the fire.
Breaking forth without warning
in an untenanted rooming house
shortly after / o'clock this morning
and at a time when a fierce gale was
sweeping from the northwest, the
flames made remarkable Roadway.
Four hours later the area of destruc-
ton had been defined,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
HE SMILED At DEATH.
Wealthy Stock Raiser Goes to Scat
fold for the Murder of Three
People in Alabama.

MOBILE, Ala.-With a laugh on
his lips Lawrence Odom, a wealthy
stock raiser, was hanged in the Mo-
bile Jail yard this morning for trip
pie murder.
Odom killed Charles Goland, Dave
Gartman, two young men, and JOS
Stokes, an aged farmer, last March,
who witnessed against him in dog
killing case.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
GHOULs ACTIVE IN LOUISIANA.

Bodies Buried Three-Quarters Cent
ury Dug Up and Jewels Taken.
Grave robbers plundering the
graves containing bodies buried 70
years ago, securing jewels valued at
several hundreds of dollars, was the
story brought to New Orleans from
Pointe-a-La-Hache
The water soaked caskets, with
glass smashed, containing wasted
bodies, were found above the ground
Monday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
ITALY WANTS TO KNOW.
King George Writes to Gov. Brown
Asking How Georgia Makes the
ScorChing Autos Slow Down.

ATLANTA. -Governo Brown has
instructed Secretary of State Phil
Cook to prepare a copy of Georgia's
automobile laws to be sent to the
Italian government at the kings re-
quest.
Italy is preparing to frame new
national auto laws and wants gem
eral information on the subject.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24
NEW INDUSTRIES.

Among the new enterprises estab-
lished during the week were: Alba
ny, $4,000 development company;
Camilla, $4,000 ice plant; Macon,
$4,000 lumber company; Newborn,
$4,000 cotton gin; Rome, $4,000
drug company.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-24

Learning makes a man fit com
pany for himself Yourg.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-03-14

the 18th it Gained down and the sun
shone, though it was not the only
pleasant surprise he gave. In our
course stretched a big glacier running
toward the south. At it's eastern end
was the mountain range going in a
s~outheasterly direction. OF the western
part of it no view was to be had, it be-
ing hidden in dense fog,
At the foot Of this glacier, the
Devils Glacier" a depot for six days
was established; at SO degrees south
latitude the hypsometer indicated 5000
feet above sea level. On November 80
we began to climb the glacier; the
lower part of it was very much brok-
en- and dangerous. Moreover, the snow
bridges very often burst. From our
camp that night we had a splendid
view over the mountain to the east.
There was "Helmer Hansen's summit" y
the most remarkable of them all. 1t
was 10000 feet high and covered with
such broken glaciers that in all prob.
ability no foothold was to be found.
Oscar Wistings," "Sver Hassels." and
"Olav Hjanlands" mountains also lay
here beautifully Illuminated in the
rays of the bright sun.
In the distance, and only alternately
to be viewed in the fog, appeared
from time to time Mount Nielsen
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some places it was so steep that it wa,
difficult IN ,,co orr cly;c

some places it was so steep that it was
difficult to use our skis.
Some big crevices forced us from
time to time to make detours. The first
day we climbed 1000 feet, the next
day mostly up some small glaciers,
camping at a height of $500 feet. The
third day we were obliged to go down
on a mighty glacier, "Exelhybergs
Glacier" which divided the coast
mountains from the mountains further
south. The next day began the longest
part of u climb. Many detours had
to be made in order to- avoid broad
cracks and open crevices. These were
apparently mostly filled up, as the
glaciers in all probability had long ago
stopped moving, but we had to be very
careful, never knowing for certain how
thick was the layer that covered them.
Our camp that night lay in very
picturesque Surroundings at a height OF
5000 feet. The glacier here vas mar
rowed in between the two 1%5,000feet
mountains, the "Fridtj of hansen" and
the Don Pedro Christopherson." From
the bottom of the glacier rose mount
"Ole Englstad," a big snow cone 13,
500 feet high.
The glacier was very much broken
in this comparatively narrow pass
The mighty %crevices seemed to stop us
from going further but it was not sc
serious as it appeared. Our dogs
which up to this time had covered a
distance of about 1000 kilometers, the
last days hard work, ran this day 81
~kilometers, the ascent being $500 feet
an almost incredible record. 1t took
us only four days from the barrier to
get up On a vast inland plateau.
We camped that night at a heighr
of 10000 feet. Here we had to Kill
t%wenty-four of our brave companions
and keep eighteen, six for each Of ou1
three sledges. W.
We stopped here four days or
account of bad weather. Tired of this
we set out November %. On the 26tf
in a furious blizzard and in a dense
snowdrift, absolutely nothing was to be
seen but we felt that, contrary to ex
pectations, we were going fast down
hill. The ~hipsometer gave us a fall OF
800 feet.
The next day was similar. Ths
| weather cleared a little at dinner time
and exposed to our view a mighty
mountain range to the east, not fal
off On1v for a m and then Il
disappeared in the dense snowdrift. Or
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could not stand the long run to our
denOt at 2O deprees south

could not stand the long run to our
depot at 80 degrees south.
We agreed to return and wait for the
arrival of spring. The provisions were
cached, and off we went for the hut.
With the exception of the loss of a
few dogs and a couple of frozen heels
everything was all right.
In the middle of October spring
came in earnest. Seals and birds ap-
peared. The temperature was steady
between 20 and 80 Celsius (68 degrees
and Sc degrees Fahrenheit.
The original plan that all of US
should go toward the south had been
changed. Five men had to do this
work, while the other three were to
Edward land. This last mentioned trip
vas not included in our program, but,
owing to the fact that the English had
not reached it, at least this summer, as
was their intention, we all agreed that
the best thing to do was to make this
trip also.
On October 20 the southern party
started five men -four sledges, fifty
two dogs, and provisions for four
months, everything in excellent order.
The Journey to the Pole.
We had made up our minds to take
the first part of the trip as easily as
possible, in order to give ourselves and
the dogs a rational training, and on the
23rd we made our depot in 80 degrees
south. We went right ahead.
On account of the intense fog an
error Of two to three kilometers hap
pened once in awhile, but we were
caught by the flag marks, and found
these on our way without difficulty.
Having rested and fed the dogs on
all the salt meat they were able to eat,
we started again on the Goth with the
temperature steadily between minus
20 and 80 Celsius a degrees and %
degrees below Fahrenheit).
From the start it was the intention
not to drive more than 80 kilometers
a day, but it appeared that this was
little for our strong, willing animals.
At 80 degrees south we began to build
snow cairns Of a mans height in order
to have marks on return trip. On the
31st we reached the depot at 81 de-
grees and stopped there one day and
fed the dogs on as much pemmican as
they wanted.
We reached the depot at 80 degrees
on November 5, where the dogs for the
last time got all they wanted to eat.
On the Sth, southwark again, with a
daily march of so kilometers.
In order to tighten our heavy sledg.
es we established depots at each de.
gree of south latitude.
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Flickertail Facts
North Dakota State News In Con-
densed Form.
Farmers Institute.

Farmers Institute.
Glen Ullin, March IL.
Mandan, March 1914. (Dry farm
ag congress.)
Valley City, March Is.
Iillsboro, March 1921.
Special Dairy Institutes.
Wyndmere, March ~.
Enderlin, March 10.
Wimbledon, March IA.
Courenay, March is
Darlington, March 16.