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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21

The fact that a railroad company
merely fails to carry "a passenger to
his destination on schedule time,
causing him to fail 10 make cennec-
item with a train on another read, Is
not sufficient ground 1n which TO re-
cQUer damages, holds the supreme
coglTt OF GBnrgia in an opinion hand
ed down this week in the case of
Mrs. Annie Wellons against the Cen
trail of Georgia Railway Company,
which was appealed by the defendant
company AFTER Mrs. MJellons had been
awarded damages in the Bibb supe-
ri0r court. The opinion Of fine SUI
preme COURT reverses the lower court.
Mrs. WeIlons, whose home is in
Charleston, S. c., sued the Central
for mental distress and worry incl
dental to a delay between Perry and
Macon, wbGch caused her to miss
with the Georgia mad in
Macon and delaying her arrival in
Charleston some twenty hours.
Mrs. WeEUns was visiting her
mother in Perry, when she received
a message stating thar her husband
was very iE in Charleston. She
boarded the train at PgFry with 1nur
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
WRECK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL
CENTRAL OFFICIALS MAKE RE-
PORT ON ALABAMA ACCIDENT.
Crowd Was Unexpected, and for That
Reason Additional Equipment
Was Not Provided.

That a broken rail caused the
wreck on the Central of Georgia rail-
way near Eufaula Thursday of last
week has been announced by the
officials of the railroad. The report
follows:
In view of the exaggerated re-
ports of the loss of life and of ru-
mors respecting the cause of the &C
cident that have ben published since
the derailment of a passenger train
near Clayton, Ala, Thursday morn
ing the management of the Central
railway company feels that the pub
lie is entitled to a brief statement of
the facts as far as they have been
ascertained.
1.-The usual equipment of the train
was one coach and one combination
car. The train on this occasion con-
sisted of four coaches and one
/ combination car and was crowded
with between 400 and 500 excur-
sionists for the county fair at Eu7
| faula.
''The attendance on Tuesday and
Wednesday had been small, and no
| information had been received that
such large crowd would travel to
the fair on Thursday, otherwise more
ample accommodations would and
could have been furnished.
1.-The train was running only five
minutes late at Clayton, and cOnsum-
ed ten or twelve minutes in running
the three and one-half miles from
Clayton to the point where the acct
ident occurred. The derailment oc-
Cured on a descending grade and on
a two-degree curve. 1t is hardly
probable, therefore, that the train
was running more than thirty miles
an hour, which was neither unusual
or excessive speed.
The engineer states that he felt
the broken rail as he passed over it
and applied the brakes. The engine
and two cars passed safely over the
break and the three rear cars were
derailed and turned over, two turn
ing over on one side of the embank-
ment and one on the other.
THE track was laid with 56-pound
steel rails on pine and cypress ties
which we're reported in good condi-
ton"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
THE FIRST EUGENIC BABY.
Doesn't Even Whimper and Has a
Perfectly Delightful Smile.

Eugenette is baby. She is said to
be the first eugenic baby. Hence her
name She is the daughter of young,
healthy, eugenic American parents,
who are now in London, where she is
the sensation of the hour. Why, the
wonderful baby doesn't even within
per, And she smiles delightfully."-,
inst as a eugenic baby would be ex-
pected to do. Eugenists everywhere
point to her with very satisfied air
as if she proved an their theories
But they haven't explained why the
prize winning babies in recent New
York city baby show came from the
crowded, dirty, dark tenements. Eu-
genette carries upon her dimpled
shoulders the burden of proving
something or other about eugenics
No doubt the whole world hopes she
will prove that in her case the thories
of her parents are correct.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
NO NATL CARRIER, so
THE MAIL Il PILING Up
Four Carloads of First Glass Matter
in West Virginia Town

Four Carloads of First Glass Matter
in West Virginia Town
Declaring that they have no mail
service for three months persons who
formerly depended on the mail car
rier who travelled the Is miles be-
tween CIendennin and Walton, w
Va, forwarded an appeal to United
States Senator w. E. Chiffon for re-
lief. Piles of first class matter are
said to be collected at Clenden1n and
what is estimated to be four carloads
are in the hands of the custodian OF
mails at that point Some time ago
the government conducted an exam
ination for mail carrier to look after
the route and received bids for the
work. The lowest bid, $4,000, was
deemed too high by the authorizes
and they refused to accept it. The
bidder, however, would not reduce
his price and as no other person IN
the community would take the Job
for less money the mail has not been
delivered.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
DISSECT BRAIN OF
PRINCE KATSURA
Examination Is Conducted in Pres
ence of Widow According to the
bead Mans Wishes.

TOKIO.-The brain OF Prince nat
sura, one of Japans greatest states
men, who died Oct. 10th, weighed
about 1900 grammes, 800 grammes
more than an average persons brain
Prince Katsura was president OF the
Japanese society devoted to the
study of cancer, from which disease
he died.
The examination was conducted
under the historic japanese ceremo-
ny. When all preparations had been
completed DR.. Nagayo addressed the
spirit of the departed prince, saying
that, in accordance with the dead
mans own wishes, he was about to
dissect the body for the benefit or
science. After the operation the sur
geon again addressed the spirit of the
deceased, expressing gratitude for the
benefit which science would derive.
Princess Katsura, who had pract1-
cally remained throughout, then APP
preached to the body and uttered
brief prayer to her husbands spirit.
President Wilson took occasion to
manifest the sympathy of America by
sending a beautiful wreath through
George w. Guthrie, the American
ambassador.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
CANNOT GET DAMAGES FOR
MENTAL ANGUISH" ALONE
In Reversing Macon Case Supreme Court Holds Missing
Train Connection Not Sufficient Ground for Damage

small children and two of her sisters.
There was delay in leaving Perry
and also Fort Valley, although Mrs.
Well0ns told trainmen of her deep
anxiety to make connections With the
Georgia road in Macon. When she
reached Macon the train fGr Camak
had Ileft and she set up that SHE had
to spend a hot July day in fine depot
with a sick and fretful baby. She
said her mental anguish over the de-
lay in getting to the bedside of her
sick husband all but Frustrated her.
She gained averdict in tfEs lower
court, but the supreme court held
that SHE was not entitled to damages.
The court says:
Where a passenger has received
mo injury to his person OF f8s purse
by receiving bodily hurt, OF being
subject to insult, abuse or humilia-
ton, hs9 cannot recover for mental
anguish arising solely from tine cir
cumstaHee that a railroad Company
may have failed to carry him to his
destination within the published
scheduled time, and he thereby failed
to make connection with another
line"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
EIGHT JAIL BIRDS ESCAPE
while Emanuel County Sheriff Was
on Trip to Savannah Prisoners
Make Their Getaway.

SWAINSBORO, Ga.-Making a
hole through the foor of their cell,
descending into the furnace noon,
eight prisoners in the Emanuel eoun-
ty Jail at some time last night made
their escape, and left for parts un-
known so far.
One prisoner was left in the build
ing in cell adjoining the other
eight, and regretfully stated that he
was asleep when the lucky eight de
parted.
This ID the biggest jail delivery
Emanuel county has ever had, and is
due to the fact that the jail is in
had condition and insecure. The
sheriff has taken steps to recapture
the escaped prisoners.
Kennedy, the white man charged
with beating and then shooting his
wife, was removed from the Jail a
few hours before the delivery. He
was taken to Savannah when it was
reported that his wife was dying and
there were whispers of mob violence
whispered about town.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
TICKET TAKER AIDS STORK
BABY BORN IN PULLMAN CAR
OF FAST TRAIN AT FLOVILLA.
Unexpected Visit OF Mythical Bird
Caused Scatteration of Male OCCu-
pants of Sleeping Car Berths.

ATLANTA.-Ticket Collector j. j.
Lee of Atlanta found himself called
upon in a novel way early Wednesday
morning when Old DIR. Stork made
an untimely visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
w. e. Register of Tampa, Fla, as the
Royal Palm, a new train Of the
Southern railway, rolled through Flo
villa. Ga.
Collector Lee holds a medical de-
gree from the State Medical College
at Augusta, and proved to be the one
man out of scores in the Southern
railway service who should have been
on the train at that particular time.
Ordinarily when a passenger gets
on a train without a ticket or the
price of one there is a short confer
ence between the conductor and the
collector and these gentlemen with
the aid of a fagman, possessing the
muscles of a White Hope, unceremo-
niously dump the passenger off at the
first stopping place. Wednesday
morning it was different. DR.. Stork
arrived and made himself known and
the unheralded passenger, who prov
ed to be a little girl, was soon in
possession of the Pullman.
Two travelling men, who would
have seen somebody somewhere at
ordinary times before they would
have crawled out, gave up their COM
Portable lowers" and made addi-
tional room and all the ladies in the
car walked up everybody who had not
already been walked.
Mr.. Lee abandoned all thought. of
tickets and took active charge of
aiding DR.. Stork. He found after
hurried search of his pockets that a
bunch of keys, his train book and
pocket knife constituted his entire
medical outfit, but that failed to him
der him. When the train arrived in
Atlanta Southern railway officials
sent in a hurry up call for an ambu-
lance and sent mother and daughter
to the hospital, where later it was
said that little Miss Register and her
mother were in the best OF condition.
The most worried person in the
train outside of Mr.. Register, who
stated that he was a travelling man
from Tampa, was Collector Lee, who
from his medical experience knew
that his skill without the aid of the
things a doctor carries in his hand
bag might go for naught. Mr.. Lee,
or DR.. Lee, as he really has the title,
graduated in 1907 and had practiced
in Macon and Savannah before enter
ing the services of the Southern rail-
way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
TYPEWRITER CHAMPIONS.
Girls Lead in Taking Prizes or Num-
her of Words Written Minute.

Eight years ago there was only one
girl in the country who could write
80 words a minute on a typewriter
and keep it up for an hour. She won
a prize for speed and accuracy in
1906, held her supremacy for four
years, and in 1909 raised the number
of words to 95. Then in 1910 a man
wrote 100 words a minute. He kept
the lead for two years, but lost it in
1912 to a girl who wrote at the rate
of III words. This year another girl
has taken the prize with record of
1875 words a minute. This marvellous
increase in speed-a gain of more
than fifty per cent over that of 1906
is due as much to the improve
ments in the typewriting machine as
to greater skin on the part of the
operator. The modern machine re
spends more quickly to the touch
than the early ones, and works more
freely.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
MOTHER AWARDED DAUGHTER
JUDGE LITTLEJOHN GIVES MRS.
BARLOW CUSTODY OF CHILD.
Famous Case Over Possession of AM
Eleven Year-Old Stewart County
Girl Is Ended

AMERICUS.-Jud u. A. Little
john yesterday handed down his de-
cision in the now famous Barlow
case and awarded the eleven-year-old
] daughter of J. E. Barlow and Mrs.
Edith Barlow to her mother. The
case has attracted statewide atten-
ton because of the prominence of
the parties concerned. !
When Mrs. Barlow and her former
husband were divorced the court
awarded the child to the father, on
condition that it was to be allowed to
visit her mother at reasonable inter
walls. Mr. Barlow then moved to
Cuba, and invested in Cuban real es-
tate. He took the child with him.
Last August he returned to Geor-
gia to visit in Lumpkfn As soon as
they reached the little town Mrs.
Edith Barlow went there in the hope
of seeing her little daughter The
little girl went to her mother and re-
fused to leave her. Then the second
Mrs. Barlow obtained a writ of ha-
beas corpus and demanded that the
mother surrender the child.
The case was tried before the ordi-
nary of Stewart county, and Mrs.
Edith Barlow was permitted to keep
her little child in her custody. The
case was then carried before Judge
LittleiOhn. At the end of the hear
ing his honor reserved his decision.
1t was handed down last night, and
Mrs. Barlow and her eleven-year-old
daughter are happy together in At
lanta. Barlow was represented by
several prominent Atlanta attorneys
and J. E. Hudson represented Mrs.
Edith Barlow
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
MAY WITHDRAW THE MILEAGE
VICTORY IN SUPREME COURT
PROVES RATHER HOLLOW.
Interstate Commerce Commission Re-
Gently Held Exchange of Mileage
for Tickets Was Reasonable.

W.
Gently Held Exchange of Mileage
for Tickets Was Reasonable.
ATLANTA-Whil the supreme
court has sustained the order of the
railroad commission requiring rail-
roads to pull mileage on trains it is
a rather hollow victory after all.
Only recently the interstate COM
merce commission held that the regu-
lation of the roads requiring the ex-
change of mileage for tickets insofar
as Interstate traffic was concerned
constituted a reasonable regulation.
Therefore, if the commissions or
der is finally made the law the mile
age would apply only to travel with
in the state. The original mileage
order provided that Interchangeable
mileage would be pulled on trains
only of the issuing road, and further
that it did not apply to cities and
towns of 10000 or more. 1t was fur
Their held that roads could not be re-
quired to check baggage on mileage
pulled ON trains. 1t is not improba-
Bile that the roads will decide to with
draw this mileage altogether, taking
the position assumed in South Caro-
lima.
What new tack will be given the
fight has not been determined yet
Justice Beck dissented in the ma
iority views of the court, agreeing
win former Governor Brown and
Railroad Commissioners Gambler and
Gray that it was a reasonable regu-
Iation of the roads. Governor Brown
it Will be recalled, vetoed a mile
age bill practically on this ground
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
COLLEGE GIRLS TO ACT AS
JUDGES IN UNIQUE CONTEST

Ali the assistance of modern sci
ence will be used by the seniors at
the University of Chicago when the
annual competition for prize facial
adornments begins next Thursday.
Co-eds are to act as judges and will
award the honors. Heretofore ma
ture has been left unassisted in the
annual contest, but this year it has
been ruled that such scientific meas
ures as the use of vacuum cup treat
ment may be resorted to.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
NEW LIQUOR LAWS
EFFECTIVE IN TEXAS
Put Grape .Jliice in Competition NVSth
IntOKicants, and Prohibits Solicit
ing Orders in Dry Territory.

ing a1BuefS III DF1 IS%EAAN8s
AUSTEN, Texas.-Two new HqnG'
statutes became effective at midnight
Monday.
One, prohibiting the shipment of
liquor into dry territory, makes an
apparent attempt to put grape juice
into competition with intoxicants by
providing specifically for its trans
portation Local dealers also are
forbidden to solicit business by let
ter, circular OF in any manner. Some
lawyers take this to mean that news
paper advertising of liquor may be
stopped in dry territory.
The other law. known as the $50
civil closing clause. adds to the re-
strictions imposed by the already eff
feetive $3.50 penal closing law.
Texas also puts into effect twelve
other new laws. One puts building
and loan associations under state
supervision. A blue sky" law pro-
hibits corporation stock sale without
a permit from either the secretary of
state or the commissioner of insur-
ance and banking. Exceptions to
this are companies with not more
than twenty-five stockholders and
fraternal beneficiary organizations.
Other laws will require railroads
to furnish cars to shippers upon
written demand; prohibit the use of
the Lone Star flag for trade marks,
and make it a misdemeanor for Off
Gals of state educational and charita-
BILE institutions to create a deficiency
to meet expenses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
JURY GROWS VERY LENIENT
MANY SENTENCES SUSPENDED IN
TEXAS UNDER NEW LAW.
Disguised at Use of PardOning Power
Court Requires Released Prisoner
to Give 100000 Bond.

WACO, Tex.-Suspended sentences
have been dealt out with a lavish
hand in the fifty-fourth district court
during the past few days, the jury
taking advantage of this opportunity
to show clemency to whites and ne
groes alike. So popular has become
this method of escaping punishment
that a number of the defendants have
entered pleas of guilty and thrown
themselves upon the mercy of the
court in the belief that leniency
would be exercised toward them.
Whenever a jury recommends that
sentence be suspended the court has
to comply
After having been out all night
Saturday the jury in the case of Jack
Smith, negro, charged with the muir
der of Madison Halliburton, another
negro, September 4, returned YER
dict Of guilty Sunday morning, but
recommended that the sentence be
suspended, which was done.
l.. f. Keith, charged with dispos-
ing of mortgaged property, pleaded
guilty before jury in the same court
Monday morning and was given two
years, but his sentence was likewise
suspended.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
[Il1 CROPS OF THE STATE
,opGJl CORN SHOW WILL
INTERESTING FACTS.
aoo IF Corn Has Been Greatly
.,osed by the Corn Clubs. Live
rop Raising Also Helped.

.Nf -,nsnI DN WV N~OAA-
..,cL Raising Also Helped.
,NTA-The approaching an
roorgia corn show is developing
sacts of interest with reference
argia crop yields and Georgia
~ information was brought to
y .tr this week by Chairman H.
n .stings. of the corn show COM
- that Fayette county has made
~ corn this season to last the
the entire year and more.
- :,,nortance of this information
mt of the fact that it has been
s.todlv stated as a reproach to
cultural Georgia that the state is
9sIIed to purchase large quanti-
If corn from the West every
A., wear at least, Fayette county
not 90 outside of its borders for
,gIa bushel, and the result is at
,tod IN the work and splendid eX-
10 set by the Boys Corn Club Of
county, Fayette county was one
mo first in the state to organize
III and it is one of the strongest
Georgia,
!. not known definitely whether
70 are any other counties in the
with a similar record, but pros
r. are that there are a few others,
sbeir corn yields could be known,
expected that some prize will be-
bred at the coming corn show to
7 Georgia county making the best
living in the matter of raising
EDngh corn to supply all its needs
period of twelve months.
Splendid Premiums Offered.
Incidentally, the problem of stock
ssing in Georgia has been coupled
with this years corn show. w.
sWhite, Jr.. of Atlanta, has offered
prize to the Boys Corn Club
kking the best showing this year
thoroughbred short horn bull.
Mr. Whites idea is to encourage
4 ok raising in the state. This in
lstry is growing in Georgia, but
bving very slightly. But as an n
\ ation of that growth he mentioned
fact that out of 10000 beef cattle
.ughtered in Atlanta last year 5000
Re Georgia grown. This is larger
smber than was ever before shipped
Atlanta in the same period OF
be.
Not only is the cattle industry
bwing some steady growth but
Ire is every Indication of ten
hey among the farmers TO deal on
with thoroughbred stock. 1t is
b tendency that Mr.. White and
hers will seek to encourage in con-
etion with the Georgia corn show
Plans are now being made to Sc
be Atlanta homes for 1000 Corn
hub boys from all parts of Georgia
ring the two or three days they
ll be in the city. The Atlanta la
Is who entertained them in their
ines last year have in many in
lnces expressed their appreciation
the visit, and it is considered there
ll be no doubt of securing plenty
homes for the boys who will make
trip this year as a reward OF
BRIT for their successful effort
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
DEPOT ROBBED, THEN BURNED

lSeaboard Freight House is Destroyed
at Richland.
The freight depot of the Seaboard
Air Line was robbed of $3.50, several
cases of whiskey and then burned
early Wednesday morning. There IS
no clue to the guilty parties.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
CAN CHARGE PROFIT ON STAMPS
HotelkeePers and Merchants Rave 4
Right 80 Charge for Trouble.

Druggists and hctelkeepers are not
obliged to sell postage stamps; and
if they do so for the convenience of
patrons, who never patronize any
other department of their business,
they have right to charge fDT the
trOE19lie. Tits is the effect of a de-
cision made by the postmaster gem
eral with regard to slot machines set
up in stores and hotel offices, from
which four cents in face value of
postage stamps can be obtained FOR a
nickel The prohibition by 1aw of
the sale of postage stamps for profit
applies only to postmasteTs and pos
tai employees, mot to persons uDpon-
nected with the service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
ALIENS BUY MORE COTTON LAND
English Syndicate Pays $2,OOOtOOO
for $4,000 Acres in Y;azOO Delta.


for $4,000 Acres in YazoO Delta.
A British syndicate OF cotton spin
ners, the Deercreek Cotton Estates
Company, has Just paid two million
dollars for twenty-five thousand acres
of cotton land in the Yazoe Delta
Warren, Issaquena and SRarKey
counties, MississippD.
Fifteen thousand acres of this land
were planted in cotton this year and
the remainder will be brought INTO
cultivation next year for long staple
cotton.
Foreign individuals and corpora
tions already own between Twelve
and fifteen million acres in the
South.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
MANY LEAVE TRAIN TO
SHAKE TRAMP'S HAND,

BY FHagging Train to Stop He Proba-
bly, Saved Many Lives.
Scores aof passengers left the
coaches rof a Southern railway train
Is miles north of Jesup, Ga, We'd
nesday to wiring the hand of a tramp
who saved many lives in a melSdra-
matte manner.
The train, carrying four crowded
sleepers and several day coaches, was
rushing towards a broken rail- at 4
speed Of fifty miles an hour wh%n the
tramp appeared in front of the loco
motive wildly waving his hands.
When the engineman stopped the
tram it was within a few feet of a
rail misplaced by the Palm Limited,
which had passed a short time before.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
LIVED WITH A BROKEN NECK
DIED OF STOMACH ACHE
Was Recovering From Accident Re-
ceiVed Two Years Ago.

While in a fair way to make good
his promise to fool the surgeons, +"
made more than two years ago wher
his neck was broken as a result of
diving into shallow water, Waldorf
Miller, 10, died from stomach trouble
in New Rochelle, n. Y. He had so
far recovered from his injury that
he was permitted to walk a few
steps. Several years ago a brother Of
Miller also received a broken neck by
diving. He lived ten days after the
accident.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-11-21
kGOVERNOR rCOEzQUITT LEADS
TEXAS TURKEY TROI.'
Five Thousand Live Birds i'm Annual
Parade aa tCuerO.

Governor O. B. C0lquitt of Texas
headed the annual turkey trot" pa
rade at CuerG, Tex, Wednesday, con-
sisting of five thousand live turkeys,
which stalked through the streets in
droves of few hundred each behind
trained leaders.
One giant bronze turkey gobbler
drew a baby carriage with a small
child passenger, never seeming to
mind the load. There %ere also ale
gorical and industrial floats in the
parade.