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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17

to the left, in order to give them
an attack broadside. The march was
continued until the Indians could be
heard talking. A halt was ordered
by giving signs, and Col Wood dis
patched, with others, to gain the
rear of Gen. Wellborn and inform
him where Major Jernigan was stu
ated, the position of Indians, etc.
The messengers had not been absent
two minutes before a brisk firing
took place between Gen. Wellborn
and the saVages. A charge was or
dered with the sound of the horn,
and in 30 seconds from the firing of
the first gun the two companies gain
ed the hammock and covered the en-
tire line of the enemy. The firing
from all quarters was heavy and
animated. The Indians fought with
more desperation, and gave up the
ground with more reluctance, than
in any battle previously had with
them. The engagement lasted As
minutes, and ended about 1880
O'Clock. After forcing them from
their strong positions two infant
children were heard to cry in the
canebrake. They were brought to
the battle-ground. Major Jernigan's
loss was three killed-Mr. Carter of
IrwintOn, Ala, David Sutley of Ran
dolph county, and John Croker, Jr..
of Lumpkin. Thirteen were wound
ed. A part of those whose wounds
were slight returned to their homes.
The following is a list of them:
G. Butler Firth, Thomas Shepperd.
Willie Barton, VIM. Hughes, Colonel
Wood, VIM. Hilborne, Lewis Will
liams, Richard Cannady, Captain
Greene, B. Ball of Stewart county,
Captain Jenkins and Mr.. Patterson
of Irwinton, Ala. The loss of the
Indians was not ascertained. Eigh-
teen were found dead, some of them
three miles from the battle-ground.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17

Galba Matthew'S; by Gilford's COM
pany, a part of Capt. Snellgrove's
company, Col. Wood, Major Wills
and Capt. Smith, together with 9TH
ers, making his force amount to 800
men. A council of officers was called,
who requested Major Jernigan to
take the whole command, to which
he consented On the 27th, at sun
rise, the line was formed and the
troops quickly put in motion. The
trail was soon discovered, and about
three miles below the camp Major
Jernigans advance guard, under
Capt. Moye, heard the savages cross
ing Turkey creek at it's confluence
with the main branch of the Echa-
waynochaway. The troops were
marched to this spot and prepara-
lions made for battle. The advance
guard was ordered to proceed, and
in crossing Turkey creek the Indians
fired several scattering guns from
thick canebrakes, and appeared to
be moving forward. The commands
of Capts. Matthews, Clifford and
Snellgrove were detached to a place
on the eastern side of the main creek
and below Chenubbee and Turkey
creeks Capt Clifton's company was
stationed on the trail which entered
the swamp. The companies of Cap
tains Still and Ball were marched
across the creek. Major Jernigan
ha' ing thus arranged his forces, and
knowing that the Indians were be-
low him, dispatched Capt. Ball to
inform the troops on the eastern side
of the main creek that they would
be required in the swamp, and as it
was not probable that the Indians
would attempt to escape at the point
covered by Capt. Balls company he
was directed to blow the horn before
he counter-marched to induce the en-
envy to believe that a station was
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
FRENCH ARMY FLIES 688 MEN
REGIMENT OF AERONAUTS is TO
BE CONSTITUTED THERE.
Money for Military Purposes to In
clude Appropriation of $5,OOO,-
900 Yearly for Aviation.

PAR1S.-Future activity of Franc
PARASITIC future activity of
France on land, sea and in the air
was indicated in the discussions to-
day in both houses of parliament of
the army and navy budgets.
The trend of the discussion was
that France must strongly develop
all lines of defense and offense so
as to hold her rank among the pow
ers and maintain her alliances. thus
exercising an influence in the world
for peace.
During the discussion of the naval
budget in the chamber of deputies
CASTOR Thomson, former minister of
marine, chairman of the naval COM
mittee, declared that France was
ready to practice a pacific policy
which involved the limitations of ar
maments, but the policy of peace
meant that she must be solidly arm
ed. America couples her proposal
for International arbitration with
activity in naval construction. Eng
land never built SO many battleships
as now. Germany, Austria and It
ally are all developing their navies. ."
France, he continued, must be strong
both on land and on sea to keep her
rank among the powers.
Senator Alexander Millerand il
the senate outlined the aviation pro-
gram, for which from $4,5O0,00O to
$5,000,000 yearly is asked. Fifteen
dirigibles, he said, would be con-
structed, but most attention would
be given aeroplanes. This year the
army could mobilize 344 aeroplanes
divided into twenty-seven sQuadrons
and manned by 344 officer pilots and
344 observers. An aeronautic reg
iment was also to be constituted, he
said.
France is the first of the big pow
ers to make aviation feature of
its army.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
DYNAMITE FLOWER is HURT
One of the Men Who Recently Gave
Demonstration at Dawson Loses
q Hand at Valdosta.

One of the men, Mr.. Allen by
name, who recently gave demon
stration at Dawson of blowing with
dynamite for a Birmingham powder
firm, has met with a serious accident
at Valdosta.
While assisting in blowing up
some land and blowing up stumps
with dynamite he lost one of his
hands, and his face was badly bruis-
ed by the explosion of a box of dy-
Mantle caps, which were used to set
OFF the dynamite One of two ex-
plosions had been made and Allen
was setting off another. Sparks from
the fuse blew out into the box of
caps, causing them to explode. His
hand was torn so badly that it had
to be amputated. His face was bad
ly bruised and cut.
Allen has been engaged in this
kind OF work ten years, and the ac-
cident at Valdosta was the first he
has had, 1t is said that it was due
altogether to the sparks coming in
contact with caps, something that
might easily have been prevented.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
MT. ETNA BELCHES FLAMES
COLOSSAL VOLCANO is AGAIN IN
TERRIFIC ERUPTION.
Presents Beautiful Aspect in It's
Work of Destruction. Prayers
for Arrest of Iava's FIoxU

""AA "a DeStruct1on. Prayers
for Arrest of Lava's Flow,
Taormina, on the island of Sicily.
familiar name during the earthquake
OF 1908 which blotted out Messina.
Is crowded at present with tourists
who are viewing the wonderful spec
tacle of Mount Etna in eruption.
Etna is an isolated mountain, cut
Off from the adjacent mountain
ranges by deep valleys and rising in
solitary grandeur to a hight of TO-
STA feet. It's east side rises directly
from the Mediterranean, 80 miles of
coast being formed by it's lava
streams. Most of the eruptions are
from central crater, but there are
many secondary craters forming, by
their elected matter, smaller cones
surrounding the central one. They
present a beautiful aspect when view
ed from the summit; some bare and
barren, others covered with the dark
and sombre pine, or with the gayer
and more varied foliage of the oak.
the beech and the hawthorn, and all
arranged in picturesqe groups of
various nights and sizes. The Val
del Bove, an immense gully FIVE miles
across and surrounded by nearly YER
tical precipices, makes a deep cash
IN the eastern flank of the mountain
and has a singularly dreary and
blasted appearance The summit of
Etna Is desolate waste of solidified
lava and asnes, in the center of
which rises the crater-bearing cone.
When this colossal mountain is view
ed from a distance it appears as a
cone of beautiful regularity, the sub
sidiary craters blending and merging
with the majestic contour of the
whole.
There I've been seven violent
eruptions curing the Christian era.
three of them in the latter half of
the 18th century. At times the vast
torrents of lava have reached two
miles in width with a recorded depth
OF ITO feet, and have overwhelmed
towns and villages, sweeping their
inhabitants to destruction and deyas-
tating the surrounding country.
When the mountain breaks into
dangerous activity it is customary
for the Sicilian peasantry to offer up
public prayers to st. Anthony of
Padua, their patron saint, to arrest
the flow of lava.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
FORTY LABOR MEN ARRESTED
NEARLY ALL OF THE FIFTY
FOUR INDICTED ARE CAUGHT.
Aggregate Amount of Bail Is $780,
600, mad Some, 1t Is Said, Will
Not Be Able to Get Bond.

aggregate Amount of Bail Is $780,
600, mad Some, 1t Is Said, Will
Not Be Able to Get Bond.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-The Unit
ed States government today arrested
almost all of the tifty-four men in
dicted in the dynamite conspiracy
cases.
1t took into custody within a few
hours practically the entire staff of
the international Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
including the chief officers, members
OF the executive board, and about
twenty business agents and former
business agents. These included
Frank M. Ryan, the president; John
T. Butler of Buffalo, the first vice
president, and Herbert s. Hockin,
the second Vice-president and sue
cessor to John ]. Mcnamara as sec
retary-treasurer. Each of these
men was required to give $4,000
bond for his appearance for arraign-
ment here with all the other defend
ants on March IL.
More than forty of the men, chief
ly labor union officials, who are
charged with conspiracy to destroy
by dynamite or nitro-glycerine the
property of employers Of non-union
labor, were under arrest tonight, and
it was declared the apprehension of
all the others would follow within AZ
hours.
Covers Period of Six Years,
By its action the government re-
vealed the identities of the men
whom it charges with being the ac-
completes of the McNamaras and Or
tie E. McManigal in the dynamite
plots, embracing almost 100 explos-
ions which were begun in Massachu-
sets in 1905, which were scattered
over the country for six years and
which resulted in the wrecking of
the Los Angeles Times building and
an attempt to blow up President
Taft's special train at Santa Bar
bara, CAL, last October.
Fourteen of those indicted are
each required to furnish $4,000
bond, and forty are each required to
furnish 5000 bond, making an ag-
gregate bond required of $4,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
The Battle of EchaWaynochQway SlUan1p.

editor of The News: The mem
bers of Stone Castle Chapter D. A.
r. have been deeply touched by the
generosity of two of it's most valued
members, Mrs. J. B. Perry and Mrs.
]. R. Mercer. These ladies have not
only given the site for the marking
of the historic battle-ground, Echa-
waynochaway, but in addition have
decided to the Chapter sufficient
ground for a park. The natural
growth of magnificent oaks and mag
nolias make it already beauty spot,
and it will be a labor of love for
the Daughters to express their ap-
probation by enhancing the attract
iveness of the place. To preserve it
as an historic spot it will be appro-
priately marked. From Whites His
torical Collection of Georgia we get
a thrilling account of this famous
battle, and thinking that it cannot
fail to be of interest to your many
readers we would be glad if you
could find space to publis it in your
next issue. M. G. H.)
On the 25th day or July, 1886, at
the Echawaynochaway swamp, Major
Jernigan had a sharp contest with
the Indians. The enemy having the
advantage of ground and being SUI
perior in numbers Major Jernigan
ordered a retreat of $50 yards, bear
ing his wounded before him, expect
ing that the Indians would renew the
attack, which, however, they did not
The wounded were carried to Capt
Stapleton's house. The loss in the
skirmish was three killed and seven
wounded The battle lasted so min
utes. The members of the enemy
were estimated to be from 200 to
800. On the 26th Major Jernigan
pursued them until sunset, when he
was reinforced by a company from
Lanahassee, commanded by Capt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
WANT JOS. Il. HALL TO QUIT THE RACE
ANIMAL, REMOVAL PLAN MAY
IN STUMBLING BLOCK TO
AMBITION.

= Saws He Is in the Race to Stay,
However. and Will Soon Begin a
vigorous Stamping Campaign for
Office of Governor.
ATLANTA.-It is said here that
.;ords of Hon. Jos. H. Hall of Ma
On fearing that his proposed cam
zion for governor will interfere
si+b that city's plans to secure the
ITO caDital, are endeavoring to dis
oda him from making the race.
Mr. Hall is a leader in the capital
.omovaI proposition. 1t was his bill
.ybicb in the house last summer,
has given a favorable report by the
sommittee on constitutional amend
nopts He is thoroughly in earnest
bout it. He says Macon must have
he caDitaI and he proposes to get it,,
4 there is any way to do it.
The question seems to have arisen
tn whether Mr.. Hall can do Macon
otter service in this connection by
inning for governor or by keeping
hit of the race. Many of his pOliti-
i l friends. according to the talk
ere, are inclined to think this move
laont will suffer if Mr.. Hall insists
sDon remaining in the governors
bee.
Mr.. Hall himself has not been
Aeard from on the subject, but it is
hid to be his purpose to make the
emoval of the capital a part of his
slatform in the governors race.
What the other features of his plat
Drm will be is not known, except
hat it is his purpose to fight the
roposed amendment to the state
constitution increasing the govern
RS borrowing power from $780,
Zoo to $500 900. This amendment
#as passed at the instance of Gov.
Hoke Smith, who saw in it an oppor-
unity to take care of the salaries of
De school teachers.
Mr.. Hall, however, thinks the pro-
psal is a dangerous one, and ne is
IA the opinion that if it is properly
kplained to the people they will re-
Use to ratify it.
Altogether, it is an interesting po-
Aical situation and one in which de-
Shipments will be closely watched.
attest reports from Mr. Hall are
Pal he is in the race to stay, and
he question is what effect will the
@Dital removal situation have upon
Mm.
GubernatOrial timber is rather
low in its development this year.
p. Hall is so far the only announced
candidate, and Mr., Slaton is the only
Rher one looming prominently on
ne horizon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
TAFTS COMING TO GEORGIA
The President and His Wife will
Be Guests of Savannah in
the Spring.

SAVANNAH, Ga.-President Taft
is coming to Savannah in May and he
is going to bring Mrs. Taft along, or
rather Mrs. Taft is going to accom-
pany her husband, for she has ex-
pressed desire to pay Savannah a
visit, and special invitation is 60
ing to be extended the first lady in
the land to see what Savannah looks
like while her husband dimes with
the Irishmen.
That Mr.. Taft is coming to Savan-
nah foT the centennial celebration of
the Hibernian Society there appears
little doubt. A message fixing the
date of his coming is expected at
any time. The assurances of his
coming are indicated by his having
written prominent men of the city
asking fer facts about the local Hi
bernian Society, the career of the
leading members, their part in the
city's development and other data.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
JAPS TORTURE CHRISTIANS
MAKING EFFORTS TO STAMP OUT
CHRISTIANITY THERE.
Missionaries Make Protest to Presi-
dent Taft Concerning Their Treat
ment in Far Away Korea.

AAA ~A %AVsSS AAOASds
NEW YORK.-Dr. Arthur J..
Brown, president of the Presbyte-
rian board of foreign missions. will
go to Washington tomorrow to pre-
sent to President Taft charges re-
Gently received from missionaries in
Korea that Japan is making efforts
to stamp out christianity there by
torturing converts, closing mission
schools and interfering with the
work of the American missionaries.
of whom there are between three
and four hundred in Korea, mostly
under the boards of foreign missions
of the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches.
An account of the situation given
by a missionary just returned from
Korea characterizes conditions there
as little short of barbarous. While
there have as yet been recorded no
cases of physical attacks on Ameri-
cans they are compelled to endure
constant interference with their
work, and every possible means is
being employed to nullify their eff
forts and discourage them so that
they will give up in despair and re-
turn to the United States, leaving
Koreans to be dealt with by the Jap
anese.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
Reduction of WeeDH Played
Important Part in Big Cotton Crop

WASHINGTON.-The reduction
of boil weevils in the cotton belt in
1911 had an important bearing on
the production of the record cotton
crop, according to w. D. Hunter, in
charge of the southern field crop in
sect investigation of the department
of agriculture's entomology bureau.
Hunter says that because of a
combination of climatic influences
the boil weevil was exterminated in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
KILL CREDIT; LIVE ON CASH
REVOLUTION IN ECONOMIC CON.
DTTIONS IN SOUTH URGED.
-Four Hundred Delegates Gathered
At Southern Merchants Con-
ventiOn in Atlanta.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in the
economic conditions that have pre-
vailed in the South was the keynote
sounded at the Southern Merchants
Convention, which opened in this city
today. More than 400 delegates from
several Southern states are here.
President J. K. Orr of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton of Atlanta, host to the hun
dreds of visitors, urged the farmer
to abandon the production of cotton
as the chief money crop and to de-
vote his attention to raising more
corn, cattle, hogs, grain and hay.
His message to the merchant, in
which the farmer was also included,
was to stamp out the credit system
entirely and conduct business on a
cash business.
j. G, Anderson of Rock Hill, S..
G., father of the Rock Hill cotton
reduction plan" asserted that over
production of other money crops was
the greatest drawback to the pros
perity of the South.
Resolutions endorsing the Rock
Hill plan were introduced before the
convention and referred to a special
committee.
Among those in attendance from
Southwest Georgia is ]. M. Clifton, a
prominent merchant of Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17

tWenty-three thousand square miles
in northwestern Texas and western
Oklahoma.
Hunters belief is that with the re-
turn of seasons favorable to it the
insect will regain all the lost terrific
ry and multiply the same as hereto
fore. 1t will be necessary for plant
ers to continue their fight against
the pest. The weevil advanced both
north and east in 1911.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL CAMPAIGN
MEN HIGH IN RANKS OF WORK
PLAN NATIONWIDE MOVE.
At Meeting in New Orleans Attended
by Some of Highest Sunday School
Officers of the World.


NEW ORLEANS.-A continent
wide campaign in the interest of the
Sunday school, as proposed by Mari
on Lawrence of Chicago, general Sec
rotary of the World and Information
al Sunday School Association, today
met with the enthusiastic approval
of the general secretaries, field work
ers and officers of the associations
in conference here.
The general secretaries, field
workers and members of the inter
national executive committee went
into joint session and later appoint
ed a committee to report tomorrow.
Today's program provided for meet
ings of the various committees for
the purpose of discussing routine
matters. The Louisiana association
adopted resolutions urging the in
ternational body to meet in this city
in 1917.
With the attendance at the con-
ference of George w. Bailey of Phil
adelphia, president of the World as
ISOLATION; w. N. Hartshorn of Bos-
ton, president of the International
association; Marion Lawrence of
Chicago, general secretary of both
associations; E. ]. Warren of Three
Oaks, Mich, chairman of the World
Association executive committee.
and Fred A. Wells of Chicago, chair
man of the International executive
committee, five of the highest Sun
day school officers of the world are
gathered here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
BURNS HER BABY IN STOVE
Mrs. MCCarren COnfesses a Horrible
Crime to the Police.

Mrs. Ada McCarren of Halifax, N.
S., put her five weeks old baby in the
stove and burned it to death, accord
ing to a confession which the police
say she made when arrested.
The child had been missing for
nine days. Small bones found in an
ash barrel in the house led to the
arrest of the woman, who previously
had explained the child's disappear
ance by saying that it had been kid
mapped.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-02-17
|ATIENT RUNS FROM SURGEON
ARMER DISAPPEARS AS DOC
TORS WHET THEIR KNIVES.
Rtef stripping His Coat He Steps
into an Ante Room, and Is
Not Seen Again.

ihUo an Ante Room, and Is
Not Seen Again.
ATHENS, Ga.-One of the most
puSual cases in the history of this
~ OF the state, in which a surgeon
rs eIuded and would-be patient
a we'll without the knife or other
tention from the physicians, turn
up this week.
II a prominent farmer of an ada
w county was taken i'll and the To-
a physician made careful examina-
.pn and pronounced it appendicitis,
Aplch had advanced far enough to
*4ulre certainly an operation.
lie better to employ the best
ulpment the local doctor took his
'lent to Atlanta and there obtained
use Of an operating room in a
slcal institution and the assist
Rce and consultation of an Atlanta
rgeon.
iHe patients bravery waxed the
ROnger as the crucial moment ar
Reu' After stripping his coat he
Fpped INTO an ante room for a mo-
Fnt-and never returned. The
SSIclans thought the man had
Pn'ed or had become confused and
INTO the wrong room. Search
80 TO find him, however. After
search in the city the physician
II lhe train home. He timidIy in
i'ea as to whether any word had
r. heard from the patient. He was
4 urea mat the patient was at home,
mad got back the day before
in Atlanta apparently as we'll as
ual' The doctor two days later
ps,ered courage to visit his patient
,ne country and found that the
T. WIN appendicitis had seen the
spot UNITY to escape, fed from the
IaIlng room and gone home On
~ examination he was found to
a, no symptom of appendicitis re-
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-08-16
1ERANnN NOTES.

Mrs. ]. H. Terry, of Nashville, is
the guest of Miss Len Hebrons on
Baptist Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. Powell,
relatives of Rev. d. w. Bloodworth,
have returned to their home in Nun
cy, Ind, accompanied by her aunt,
Mrs. Hockey Taylor. A 6-o'clock din
ner was served Thursday evening at
the beautiful home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ramsey on MurfreesbOro railroad in
honor of Prof and Mrs. j. r. Inmani
Rev. White and Mrs. James Scott.
Rev. d. w. Bloodworth attended the
Stone River Association at Murfrees-
boro. Miss Rosa Harris has return
ed home from her long visit in Nash
Vile and Kentucky Rev. Williams
gave a grand rally Sunday night at
the NJ. E. Church for the home. Mis-
sionary Society Miss Marian Myers
of Chicago, is visiting her father OF
East Main, street. The Misses Hell
wins, Inez and Johnny, write that
they are having a grand time in La
fayette, Ind. Mrs. McLane and two
little granddaughters, Mae Bell and
Geneva Martin, were the guests oil
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hughes.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-08-16
INDIANAPOLIS UND) NOTES.

We are glad to report to the
Globe this week that our city seems
to be on the frolic and everybody is
enjoying himself to the highest.
PicHics are given at several Of the
parks and excursions are running
out to Chicago and Toledo and sew
erai other cities on cheap rates. MT.
Walter Mays left for Nashville,
Tenn, last week on account of his
sick brother. Mrs. Eddie Harris and
Miss Eddie Okley left today for
Dickson, Tenn, to the picnic that
Is TO be given there Friday, August
2, 1912. Mr.. VIM. Harris, who came
to our city in 1910 left few days
ago for st. Louis, Mo-, where he is
expecting to live. Mr.. r. D. Booker
gave a party last Monday night ana
everybody had a nice time. Several
courses were served and music was
furnished by Mr. H. c. Mitchell, Mr..
Hugia Bradley, Mr.. E. d. Bell, Mr..
Jesse james, of GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
Mr.. Fl. c. Mitchell and Mr.. J. D. Nit
cheH have moved their boarding
place to 1855 Chicago street with Mr.
VIM. Drain and Mrs. Emory Drain