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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-01-23

When woman suffering, from some form Of feminine
disorder is told that operation necessary it of course
The very thought of the hospital operating table and the
surgeons knife strikes terror to her heart and no wonder
1t quite true that some of these troubles may reach stage
where an operation is the only but thousands Of
women have avoided the necessity of operation by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. This fact is
aested by the grateful letters they write to US after their
health has been restored.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-01-23

Green peppers, stuffed with fresh
green corn and baked, make a dainty
luncheon dish.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-01-23
Not a Complaint.

i, well, Oscar, we ought to get In
that picture also. should think"
mo, you needn't be on every plate.
I took my camera along to have some
pleasant recollections Of the trip"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-01-23

II a man didn't have a wife he prob
ably wouldn't know that he had neigh
bors.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-01-23

A bird in the hand fails to catch the
early worm.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-01-23
These Two Women Prove Our Claim.

Cary Maine"I feel IL all work family OF
suffering shall always feel that
medicine
S0wERs Me.
found myself terrbe>suferer
N. C"I In bad
lcoud sghten health with
Ny back ached had both sides and
appetite and lifted chair 1t would cause
would heInorrhage growth which
could scarcely the doctor said and
get around get had
operation. friend advised
E. Pnkhams Vegeta
better gladly that
enjoying fine health and
baby girl
this letter help other
no pains slept well good appe suffering Ss
lite and was Wyona Charlotte, @
Now answer this question you can Why should
man submit to surgical operation without first giving Lydia
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound trialf You know that
has saved many ohers-why should it fail in your cases
For so years Lydia e. Plnlham's Vegetable @S$&SsA
male ills. No sick with wOmans ailments M ~ x.AM
herself she does not try this Ia "a v
NOUS medicine made from roots and herbs tt III EOI
restored sOmany suffering wOment Ohealths ~ III
EasVrfte to LYDIA EPINKHAM MEDTCNECO. fA S.SSS ~
(CONFIDENT1AL) LYNN, MASS for advice MN ia$N&SIW
will be opened, read and answered Eg >dkA
by o woman and held In strict confidence S1 SFF05<~
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
MAN AND WOMAN TO HANG
Death Of Connecticut Husband VIII
Be Thoroughly Avenged on
March 4th Next.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.-Mrs. Bessie
j. Wakefield and James Plew were
sentenced this afternoon to be hang
ed on March 4th next for the murder
of William Wakefield, tho woman's
husband. No woman prisoner has
been hanged in Connecticut since
Mrs. Wakeheld's counsel viii
appeal to Governor Baldwin to COM
mute the sentence.
Turned States Evidence.
Wakefield was killed in his homo
~ Cheshire, Conn, last July Plew
turned states evidence and confess,
ed that he had conspired with Mrs.
Wakefield to murder her husband.
While she took her three children
for a walk he shot Wakefield ana
then tied rope around the neck 10
give the appearance of suicide.
Plew is member OF the Jewkes
family, which scientists say has pro-
duced more than 1900 detectives
When arraigned Plew pleaded guilty
to homicide, under the ancient stat
utes OF 1912, which dispenses with q
jury and permits the court to deter
mine the degree of guilt. With one
exception this was the first time IL
200 years that the statute has beer
invoked.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
CAN'T WINK AT EN- IN GOTHAM
What Are We Coming To? Man Sent
to the WOrkhOuse For Using
His EyeIids.

NEW YORK.-On evidence that
he had winked at a sales girl in the
waiting room of Sixth avenue de-
partment store Daniel Sager was
sentenced to twenty days in the work
house by Magistrate House. Two Ct
ten other young men arrested by de-
tectives at the same time on the
charge of flirting were sentenced to
thirty days each. The other eight
prisoners will be tried tomorrow af-
ter spending the night in jail in de-
fault of $1,000 bonds.
The arrests resulted from the COM
plant of a young woman who wrote
to Police Commissioner Waldo that
while on a shopping tour recently she
had been insulted while resting in
the waiting room of a department
store
The detectives today were assisted
by several sales girls who were as
signed places in the waiting rooms
frequented daily by young men. The
crusade to eliminate the fiirters, 1t
was said, will be extended to other
department. stores.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
AN UNUSUAL LAWSUIT THIS
Injunction to End the Stay of a Son
as His Fathers Guest Until
He Is Invited.

NASHVILLE, Ind-An unique suit
in which a father asks a perpetual
injunction preventing his son and
granddaughter visiting him except on
specific invitation was filed in the
circuit court here yesterday by attor-
ney w. j. Beck for Collin NJ. McCord,
10 years old, Brown county farmer.
1t is alleged in the complaint that
Charles R. McCord, 38 years old, the
son, for many years refused to speak
to his father and mother when pass
ing the house, but that in March,
1912, the son, accompanied by his
daughter, Ruth, 10 years old, arrived
at the fathers home and announced
that they were there to stay. Since
then the complainant states the two
have lived at the elder McCord' s
without paying their board.
In the complaint the father asks
the privilege of inviting his son and
granddaughter to visit his home and
that the duration of the visit may
be determined by the host and host
ess and not the guests. Mr.. Beck
said be had consulted many law
books in the case, but had not found
similar one on record.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
SAW HIS MEMORIAL UNVEILED
General CastIeman Attends Unique
Ceremony Himself. Was Troop
err With Col. WattersOn.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-With the I'M
yelling here today of an heroic eques-
trian statue of General John Brock
enridge Castleman, veteran of two
wars and long a leading citizen of
Kentucky, the residents of Louisville
paid unique honor to him. Ceremo-
MES, attended by Gen. Castleman
himself, members of his family and
several thousand of his fellow-citi-
zens, we're staged beside the statue,
which occupies a commanding posi-
ton at the entrance to Cherokee
Park
The statue, one of the few ever
erected to a person during his life
time. is of bronze and shows Gen
CastIeman in civilian garb, seated on
his famous black mare Caroline. The
sculptor was r. Hutton Perry of New
York.
The eutenant-goverEor of Ken
lucky. Edward j. McDermott; Mayor
w. o. Head of Louisville and several
other public men spoke at the exer-
cises. and a letter from Henry Wat
terson. editor of the Courier-Jour-
nal whose absence in Europe pre-
vented him from delivering the prin-
cipal address, was read.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
DIXON SUES AMERICUS MEN
AUTHOR-ACTOR is GOING AFTER
ALDERMEN AND MINISTER'S.
Asks United States Court to Give
Him Big Sum in Damages in Case
to Be Called This Week.

AMERICUS, Ga.-Americus peo-
pie and more particularly five mem
bers of former board of aldermen
and two or three of the local clergy
are greatly interested in case to be
called this week before Judge Shop
pard in the United States court at
Macon. The we'll known actor, Thos.
Dixon, is plaintiff in the case, and
he asks damages in q large sum of
the Americas aldermen and min
listers.
And all because they defeated the
presentation here three years ago of
Dixon's play. "The Sins of the Faith
err making certain allegations
which Author Dixon deemed highly
detrimental to the character of the
play.
The production was to have been
put on at the Americas opera house,
as in other cities of the state, and
the theatre-going public was upon
tip-toe of expectancy But the coun-
ell did not want it; they considered
the play of not the kind desired, as
did the ministers. A special meeting
of council was called and the lid"
put upon Author Dixon's Sins of
the Father" play.
The council adopted set of reso-
buttons excoriating the play, and it
was to the verbage of this roast that
Author Dixon took umbrage. He
came personally to Americas and re-
quested to go before the council, but
was promptly turned down.
The result was the fling of suits
for heavy damages in the United
States court against those members
of the Americas council who support
ed the resolution.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
BRYAN Verifies Press Reports.
JACK JOHNSON LOSES TITLE
Negro Is No Longer Champion Prize
Fighter He Persistently Re-
fuses All Challenges,

PARIS.--At meeting of the In
ternational Boxing Union. with the
United States, England, France and
Switzerland represented, Jack john
son was shorn Of the heavyweight
pugilist championship because the
negro persistently refused to meet
challenges and because Of his con-
viction on the white slavery charge,
The following championships were
recognized Flyweight, Ladbury, OF
England; bantamweight, Coulton, OF
the United States; featherweight,
Kilbane, of the United States; light
weight, Richie, OF the United States;
welterweight, vacant; middleweight,
Klaus, of the United States; light
heavyweight, Langford, Of the
United States; heavyweight, vacant
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
WAS A BAD DAY FOR SLAYERS
SUPREME COURT GIVES FIVE
DECISIONS In CAPITAL CASES.
Holds Against Four and Gives One
New Chance for Life. A. f. Short
Must Serve Sentence.

1t was a severe day for slayers
seeking a new trial in the supreme
court Tuesday. Out of five cases in
which opinions were handed down a
new trial was granted in only one CT
them
This was the case of Dorsey Reli-
ford, which came up from Liberty
county. The accused was placed on
trial for his life and an attorney was
appointed to defend him. The attor
ney was given only ten minutes in
which to confer with his client be-
fore the case went to trial. This the
court held was an insufficient time
and did not give the accused
chance to prepare his defense. The
trial court should have granted a
new trial, and the case was accord
ingly reversed.
The cases of Shadrick Webb from
Early county, Dwene Perkins from
Worth county, and Jim Brannon
from Habersham county, all convict
ed of murder in the first degree, were
affirmed by the supreme court.
Alva F. Short was jointly indicted
with Linwood w Lunday, his broth
er-in-law and native of Terrell
county, for the homicide of J. Doug
lass Bass, but the defendants were
separately tried The defense I'M
dertook to plead the "unwritt Il
law" but this was not admitted by
the court as the slayer had not only
had time for passion to cool, if he
had been inflicted an injury, but had
also written the defendant threaten
ing anonymous letters and had
sought him out to kill him. 1t was
also held that the court correctly
charged the law as to voluntary man
slaughter and that the jury was en-
tirely within its right in rendering
the verdict which it did.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
HE WILL LICK EN- FOR YOU
GIVE CLERK THE MONEY, AND
HE'LL DO THE REST.
Innovation Put in Force For Better
Mail Service During the Holt
days, 1t Is Said

hdgS 1t IL N1otihS
Christmas gift givers this year VIII
not be forced to lick their own
stamps when they affix the proper
postage to their parcels for mailing
unless they wish to, for the postof-
ce department has announced that
its postmasters and their assistants
would attend to that duty if request
ed. Notice to that effect has been
received in Dawson by Postmaster
Lewis.
The innovation is put in force in
the interest of better mail service
during the holiday rush, and is ex-
pected to facilitate the services of
the vast crush of matter that will
tax the resources of the departments
, army of employees.
Orders were issued to postmasters
to affix postage, when requested, on
mail matter of the second, third and
fourth class, the latter being parcel
post matter. The stamps will be
pre-canceled and the plan is expect
ed to prevent the great waste of time
experienced by postoffice patrons
while waiting in line to buy postage
and mail their packages.
''Under such authorization, de-
clares Postmaster General Burleson,
when a package is presented for
mailing the clerk receiving it, after
collecting the required postage, shall
later have it affixed by an employe
of the postoffice. The postmaster
general believes the plan will result
in a great saving of time in the de-
partment as well as to the postof-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
TERRELL SENTENCES STAND
MCRORY AND CRUMBLEY MUST
SERVE LIFE TERMS.
supreme Court Hands Down Decision
in Nearly a Dozen Murder Cases.
Several Are to Be Hanged.

There will be more haHgings in
Georgia within the next few months
if the mandates of the trial court and
the supreme court of Georgia are fol-
lowed, and mercy is not extended
through the prison commission and
the governor.
Six murder cases were affirmed by
the supreme court of the state We'd
nesday, four of the six involving the
death penalty. Within two days the
higher court decided eleven murder
cases, with IL afffrmations and one
reversal. The reversal hinged upon
the brevity of time allowed counsel
to confer in the trial of Dorsey Reli-
ford, of Liberty county. Three more
murder cases are to be decided this
week
Among those whose sentences
we're affirmed Wednesday was Rob
ert McCrary, who shot and killed
Jack Ransom at the home of the de-
ceased, and was tried for murder at
the last term of Terrell superior
court and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for life. In a dying statement
Ransom said McCrary shot him be-
cause he had refused to lend McCrary
90 cents.
The verdict in the case of Ben
Crumbley, another Terrell county ne
gro under a sentence of life impris-
onment,, was also affirmed Crum-
bley killed David Hampton, and was
tried at the last term of the superior
court.
No Error in Bexley Sentence.
Jim Bexley, white, was indicted
in Coweta county with Idella Nc
Laughlin for the murder of the wo-
mans husband, Amos Mclaughlin.
The damaging testimony in the case
was given by two young daughters
OF Mclaughlin. Mary Mclaughlin
testified that she was aroused from
sleep by the hum of voices in an ad-
joining room and going to the door
and peeping through saw her mother
and Bexley in conversation, this oc-
curing about midnight. Shortly
thereafter Amos Mclaughlin came
home and the girl said BeXley shot
him twice, then handed the pistol to
her mother, who fired a shot into the
head of the PROSTATE man. 1t was
a sordid story, there being much evil
dence involving the character of both
the mother and the young girls Bex-
ley was sentenced to death, and the
supreme court finds no error in that
verdict
George Smith was convicted in
Lowndes county for killing Jesse
Simmons and was sentenced to death
which verdict the supreme court
found sound. Katie Mcdowell testi-
fed that she had been to church with
Simmons, the two living together fo1
a time Finally, Simmons quit and
Smith began going to see her. Later
Simmons returned, and the presump-
ton is that Smith was jealous OF
Simmons.
I. B. Hall, white, w9s convicted in
Tiff county and sentenced to death
for shooting Dennis w. Hall to death
This verdict YVES affirmed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
1T IS CHEAPER TO DIE NOW
SOME OF THE BENEFITS TO BE
DERIVED FROM NEW TARIFF.
Teens With Possibilities for Reduc-
ing the High Cost of Shutting
Off This Mortal Coil.

Americans can die and be buried
cheaper now than ever before. The
new tariff law offers this cheering
prospect. 1t is teeming with POSSIBLE
tiles for reducing the high cost of
dying. Undertakes may face a cut
rate war.
Mahogany, rosewood and satin
wood collins are all cut per cent
in the new law. Sherwood and gold
plated coffin handles are given an in
creased tax of 3 per cent, however.
Outer packing boxes are reduced 10
per cent. Slight tax reductions are
made on undertakers chemical sup
plies for embalming, which helps
some financially. The duty on altar
of roses alone is cut 3 per cent. Cut
flowers for funerals are still taxed
one-fourth of their value, but then
the general run of funeralys have few
imported flowers.
Mourning stationery is reduced
some in the new law, but hardly
enough to save any money for Mrs.
Weeds" as her statione". Tombstones
ought to go on the bargain counter
if the retail purchaser is given the
benefit Of the tariff reduction of rs
cents a cubic foot in the new act.
Hangman' hemp is reduced in
taxes from 2 to l per cent a pound,
significant tariff revision. Oh, yes.
Another Illuminating feature, indica-
tive of passing in ones chips,
cheaper, is that asbestos, birthstone,
firewood and bone dust are also on
the free list in the new law. But
life-saving apparatus is on the free
list also.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
A CUTHBERT MANS STUNT.
Will Push Wheelbarrow All the way
From Atlanta to Jacksonville.

According to the Atlanta Const1tu-
tion Edward Simmons, a native OF
Cuthbert, Ca, started on walking
tour Friday and hopes to reach jack
sonville in two weeks.
Simmons, who arrived in Attain Ia
from Dayton, Ohio, Thursday, VIII
trundle wheelbarrow the entire dis
lance between Atlanta and the Flor
ida metropolis.
Simmons explains his unique Jaunt
by saying that he wishes to reduce
weight. He has done some proIes-
sional pedestrian stunts before ne
says, but this is his first long tramp
He will be unaccompanied.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
IN THIS COUNTRY.

The teacher was giving test on
the value of foreign money in Amer
lea. When it was little Harry's turn
she asked:
Harry, how much is q guinea
worth in this country"
Harry smiled and answered: A
dollar and half a day"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
NOW A PEANUT TRUST.
Department of Justice Has Begun am
Investigation in Virginia.

Washington dispatch says an liz
vestigation Of an alleged trust among
peanut buyers who operate principal
ly in Smithfeld and Norfolk, Va,
has been begun by the department of
Justice.
According to representations made
to Attorney General McReynolds by
prominent residents OF North Caro-
lima TIE nut BUYERS have forced
down the price nearly 80 per cent in
short time. 1t also is asserted that
the alleged combination made over
200 per cent profit last year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
] KILLED IN CENTRAL WRECK
EXCURSION TRAIN LEAVES THE
TRACK NEAR EUFAULA.
List of Injured Totals 115 From the
Crash. Were ON Way to Attend
q Street Fair.

News of one of the most disas-
trous wrecks that ever happened on
the Central of Georgia railroad was
received in Dawson Thursday morn
ing.
The wreck occurred at 1880 O'Clock
Thursday morning seventeen and
half miles from Eufaula, when three
coaches of excursionists from Ozark
to the Eufaula street fair precipitat-
ed down a fifteen foot embankment.
Nine people were killed outright,
four others are dying and 115 are
more or less injured, some of them
seriously.
The Dead.
The dead are: Monroe Floyd,
Clayton, Ala; Pomp Oustey, aged so,
superintendent of the Barbour coun-
ty poor house; Lane Williams, Clio,
Ala; Mrs. Alto Adams, Clio, Ala;
Mrs. Curb Bell, Clio, Ala; Miss Bon
ME Brooks, Clio, Ala; small son of
.B. F. Brooks, Clio, Ala; Mrs. Will
burn Mccain, Clio, Ala. Maud Nc
Rae. a negro woman, Clio, Ala.
The fatally injured are: Jack
Peak, Clayton, Ala; Wash McRae,
Clayton, Ala; j. w. Kendrick, Clay
ton, Ala; Lonnie Fuller, Clio, Ala.
The crew injured are John Short,
negro porter, Eufaula, internally
hurt; J. H. Goodroe, conductor in
charge, of Eufaula, badly shaken up.
Homes as Hospitals.
Twenty of the most seriously in
jured of the passengers are being
cared for at hospitals in Eufaula and
Clayton, while nearly one hundred
are in the homes of the people of the
towns near the scene of the wreck.
Many farm houses have been thrown
into emergency hospitals and physi-
clans for fifty miles around have
been rushed to the aid of the injur-
ed and dying.
AS the train passed over the bro
ken rail, which is officially given as
the cause of the wreck, the engine
and two cars passed over safely, three
cars of excursionists turning turtle
down the embankment The three
cars were demolished.
Made Heroic Efforts.
Heroic efforts were made by the
passengers in the two forward cars
on behalf of the people in the debris
and many hands fell in to extricate
them; others aided the train crew in
reporting to their officials; Others
reached the nearest telephones and
begged for aid from all nearby towns
Most of the injured are white.
II will be AS hours before an Off
cial list of the rs injured is gotten
as they are scattered over an area Of
so miles to be cared for, and no list
was taken at the local Offices where
they purchased their tickets. The in
jured are from Clayton, Louisville
EIamville and Clio.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
EUROPE SLOW TO APPROVE
NOT SATISFIED WITH OUR POLL
ON OF DEALING WITH MEXICO.
Huerta's Statement to Diplomatic
Corps Is Regarded as Open Deli
ance OF United States.


Corps Is Regarded as Open Def
ance of United States.
WASHINGTON.-The president
today admitted to callers that the
Mexican situation is grave, but no
immediate action is expected from
the administration.
The president has not written his
message to congress and has no pres
ent intention of writing one.
The opinion prevails here that the
United States is sounding European
powers on the question of lifting the
embargo on arms to the Carranzis-
tas.
Big Nations Not Satisfied.
1t is understood that Great Brit
ain. Germany and France hesitate
to approve this policy, because OF
the heavy financial losses that 1t
might entail on Mexican cities.
The president is still determined to
oppose Intervention unless it is fore
ed upon him.
Huerta Is Openly Defiant.
Huerta's statement to the diplo-
matte corps in Mexico, declaring that
he will remain in office until the new
election, is received by the state
department today from Charge
O'Shaughnessy.
Bryan Verifies Press Reports.
Secretary Bryan refused to give
out a statement, but admitted that it
is correctly stated in the press.
The press dispatches state that
Huerta's statement is a direct def
ance of the United States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14
A MILLION FOR MISSIONS.
That sum Is Decided Upon by Meth
odist Missionary Convention.

A Decatur, H., dispatch says: An
appropriation of s1.15. goo was Le-
cided upon at the Methodist Mission
airy Convention here today to carry
on the work OF Methodist missions
next year, nearly $4,000 more thar
last year. OF the total s893,65S vii
go to field work.
Missionaries from India today de
clared that the last ten years in thai
country had seen christianity bull
up more than 100 per cent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-14

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