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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-15

is having something to do with the
situation here. People want the cost
of living reduced, but no man is WILL
ing to give up the protection that the
Pavne-Aldrich law gives him without
a kick. Men who have voted for dem
ocrats for the presidency all of their
lives are here to keep from putting
into effect the pledges and platform
of the Baltimore convention.
Not a Bed OF Roses.
The life of democratic congress
man at this time, with office seekers
besetting him on one side and tariff
advocates on the other, is not sweet
one. There are eager friends in every
hotel lobby in Washington day and
night to warn their congressman
against false steps in endorsing men
for office or voting for a tariff for
revenue only The strain is telling
on some democrats There are seam
ed faces and tired bodies in the SEN
ate ana mouse.
The republicans, without much re-
sponsibilty, are resting-that is, the
few left over.
SmoIdering Sensation.
A smoldering sensation, that ulti-
mately may break out, has given the
Washington gossips something to roll
under their busy tongues. Newspa-
per representatives who would gladly
give the story in detail are afraid
to chirp. The suspense is nerve
racking. There is nothing to do but
wait. A senator is involved, and he
has said that a most dastardly effort
has been made to ruin him. If the
story is never printed years from
now. far back in the country, people
will be discussing in whispers the
subject that Washington is now hand
ing from man to man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-15

largely more than two-thirds of the
number were caused by negroes, and
this in the face of the fact that less
than one-third of the population of
Atlanta is of the negro race Taking
the state over the same relative per-
centage will no doubt hold.
Therefore, when comparisons are
made of the unlawful number of kill
ings and other felonies and misde-
meanors in Georgia and in England
we should discount the fact that Eng
land has practically no negroes.
But coming back to the main
proposition, if the capitalists of the
world were absolutely assured that
their investments would be strictly
and impartially protected by the laws
of Georgia we would have no diff
Guilty in securing more money than
we need for all the legitimate pur-
poses of development or commerce,
and if the people of the world in
general were absolutely assured that
their persons and property would be
impartially and completely protected,
through process of law. against evil
doors of every rank immigration Of
the very best classes would seek
Georgia whether or not she invited
them.
In other words, both population
and capital flow into states under
which experience proves safely guar
3ntee to them impartial ant complete
protection and, conversely, disorderly
elements shun states which are noted
for the enforcement of the law | am
led to use these words by recalling
that which consider the most per-
feet definition of what constitute the
duty of a civilized state. This is
found in the Bill of Rights in the
constitution of Georgia in the fol-
lowing words:
Protection of person and proper
ty is the paramount duty of govern
ment and shall be impartial and
complete
''In a state which has its institu-
tions and shapes its career upon the
level of the above declaration is
found the arena wherein exists in
perpetuity the basic elements OF
health, happiness and prosperity. We
can have no civilization without laws
based upon teachings of the Bible
and the state is the most civilized
which properly and firmly enforces
such laws. JOS. NJ. BROWN"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-15
PRESIDENT BREAKS MANY PRECEDENTS

ment in Washington. 1t provoked
growls and applause. Some old-time
democrats, Senator John Sharp Will
liams of Mississippi, for instance, did
not think the reading of the message
by the president the proper thing
and said so. Others, however, were
delighted. and believed that the act
ion of Mr. Wilson will have good
effect upon the country at large and
congressman in particular.
Split in Democratic Ranks.
All is not serene in the democratic
camp. There will be some bitter con-
tests before the Underwood tariff bill
reaches the end of its journey. Every
interest in the country is represented
here. The town is full of the smart
est sort of lobbyists, some in favor OF
lowering duties and others boosting
them
Senator Simmons thinks that with
good fortune the tariff bill can be
sent to the president for his sigma
ture by the middle of July. 1t will
REQUIRE clever work to get the bill
through both houses by that time.
The house, once the caucus has &C
cepted the bill, can hurry up its pas
sage. but the senate has not found
a way to make haste. The process
of tariff making there is Sew.
The senate is democratic by six.
That is a small margin when so many
interests are involved in tariff legis-
lation The house committee is con-
sidering one bill, which carries free
wool and free sugar CATER three
vears) If four democrats were to
withdraw from the democratic eau
chs and act independently on sugar
and wool or sugar or wool and all
the republicans would join them Sen
ator Simmons could not put through
the Underwood bill. If one of the
four democrats who quit the caucus
were to move TO ameHu tue Idllh plii
by putting a duty on sugar or wool
and had the support of the republi-
cans he would carry his motion.
Simmons Has Difficult Task.
The finance committee of the SEN
ate has a great task before it. 1t is
the desire of Senator Simmons to
hold his men in line. He wants to
present a united front after the eau
Gus acts on the bill. He is now qui-
city polling the senate to ascertain
how each man viii stand when the
showdown comes.
Powerful influence is being brought
on congressman. The fear Of panic
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-15

Clasping in his arms the feeble
form of an aged colored man Capt.
Edwin Lindsay, of the Civil War
First Infantry, Virginia Volunteers,
the other day at the railroad station
in Birmingham greeted his former
servant, Dan, whom he had not seen
since the battle of Gettysburg, when
the faithful slave had carried the un-
form of his young master
from the battlefield.
The meeting was affecting in the
extreme. Neither expected to see the
other, and it was only by jostling
through the crowd that they met.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-15
Finds Ex-Slave Who Carried Him
From Battle Field at Gettysburg

Dan, the ex-slave, is about so years
old and infrm. Tears streamed down
the faces black and white when the
men recognized each other, and the
old slave said: "Cap'n Ed! Cap'n
Ed Doan 70 member me? Doan 70
member OF Dan what fetched 20
off de feel at Gittysbug?"
Capt. Lindsay took the aged man
to his plantation in Mississippi.
where the ex-slave will be given the
best the place affords the rest Of his
life. The men had been separated
half a century and neither knew the
other was alive
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-15
MIR. WILSON Is NOT CONCERNED
OVER WHAT OTHERS DID
IN THAT OFFICE.
CLOUDS RISE ON HORIZON

Democrats Are Said to Differ Widely
in Views on the Tariff. The Life
of Democratic Congressman Is
No Bed of Roses just Now.
WASHINGTON.-The new admin
istration is launched and the sixty
third congress is in session.
Many new people have come upon
the scene.
Washington looks like another
place.
The democrats are in the saddle
for the first time in sixteen years.
A new tariff-a tariff for revenue
only-is being made.
Washington is a most delightful
place any time of the year, and I'M
der any sort of an administration,
but in April with the flowers in full
bloom, the birds singing, and the
democrats in control at the white
house and in both branches of con-
gress, this comes pretty near being
the place that all good people ex-
pect to see in the sweet by and by.
Woodrow Wilson has wrought
revolution in Washington within five
weeks. He is trying to convince the
country that being president does
not prevent him from being plain,
everyday human being. He walks
talks, rides and thinks like an ordi-
nary man. His refined manner, his
eloquent tongue and simple, direct
way of doing things proves him
gentleman.
MANY Precedents Broken.
No president since Grover Cleve-
land has shown more independence,
courage or suavity. He has broken
precedent after precedent without
ado, and yet his critics do not charge
him with wrong-doing. What he has
done is approved by unbiased people
The people ''back home seem to be
with him.
If the present gait is kept up Mr..
Wilson will break more presidents
than Carter had oats and the govern
ment will run on.
The announcement that President
Wilson would read his message to
the house :astead of sending 1t up TO
be read by a clerk caused much COM
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-15
SOUTHERN FIRE INSURANCE
FINANCIERS TAKE 4 ROSEATE
VIEW OF THE COMPANIES.
People Should Appreciate Fact That
No Southern Company Has Failed
With Disaster to Policy Holders.

ATLANTA.-B Bankers and finan-
ciers who have their finger on the
pulse of Southern business take
roseate view this spring of the South
ern fire insurance situation. While
many fire insurance agents over the
country have been disturbed by the
recent failure of the American Union
Fire Insurance Company Of Phila
Ieiphia and the Monongahela Under
writers of New York considerable
comment favorable to the Southern
companies has resulted from these
two failures.
Southern people have just cause
for pride in the fact that no stock fire
insurance company domiciled in the
South has ever failed or retired in
such a way, causing loss and disas-
ter to policy holders and agents.
One Southern company was fatally
injured by the San Francisco earth
quake, undoubtedly an act of Provi-
dence; another was wrecked after
/ control was gotten away from South
ern people who formerly owned it,
while the Shawnee Fire company of
Kansas, the Ohio-German of Ohio
and many others in sections away
from the South have left a most IN
! savory record.
Laws Afford Protection.
The laws of the Southern states re-
| lating to fire insurance companies
and the insurance departments are ali
| awake to the protection of policy
holders and agents, and it is an un-
disputed fact that a smaller proper
ton of the companies in this section
than in others have failed.
The South is growing by leaps and
bounds and the fire insurance COM
panies of this section will. with the
continued hearty patronage of home
people. compare most favorably with
those of other sections. There is no
antagonism between the South and
any other section, but the South, it is
pointed out, should be as wise in
building up its own institutions as
the East in supporting its institu-
tions. They We're all of small pro
portions years ago. and the patron
age of their own people caused them
to grow large. just as is now coins
on IN the South.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-15

The young man who inhaled gas
because he was deprived of his daily
rations of cigarettes should have
been warned of the danger of hitting
the pipe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-12-25
SHOP D
Frank

Gee! my mouth is watern' for that
candy, l can't hardly wait until Christmas. ="
Says Phil!
Our weekly output for the past week was
lc2, 900 pounds or an average daily run of
900 pounds.
Foreman John Strebel says his left leg is
becoming longer than the other from climb
ing up and down the stairs.
'Scipio Africanus, is our new runner,
he has been there before-we can tell by the
way the wash bowls are polished.
Here we have completed the second mile
stone of our advent into the silent CITY and
still the world continues on its same old
course.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-12-25
A Sad Death
Miss Evelyn Glennon, a Gen
eral Favorite at This Pris-
on, Passes Away at Ten
der Age of Seventeen.

Let us pause in our celebration of this
Merry Christmas tide long enough to give
thought to bereaved friends; those
whose hearts have been wrung by sorrow,
and to whom even at this moment when
all the world is glad; the universe seems
dark. and words of sympathy, cold and
meaningless.
Let us unite in extending our sincere
coincidence to Guard Glennon and those
he holds dear, whose home has been dark
ened by the death of his loving sister
Miss Evelyn, who passed away last week
at the tender age of seventeen years
Death at any time comes as a severe
shock, but when it strikes the budding
flower of the family, in whom the hope.
pride and love of all was centered, the
blow seems particularly hard to bear.
Miss Glennon was from babyhood,
general favorite with both officers and in
mates of this prison, where her father
SO long faithfully served as Deputy War
den, ''Topsy' they afectionateIy called
her, ana many dark day at the old priS-
on was turned into sunshine by her
presence.
The Mirror joins with all the officers and
friends of the family in offering it's SYM
patty, and trusts that devine comfort and
understanding may be given to the wild
owed mother, the brothers and sisters of
the household to say as the martyed Nc
kinley said at the last:-''It's God S way
His will, not mine. be DONE
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-12-25

was something else; replied Bill.
Don't worry Bill we will buy you new
wagon and good team of mules for we
were cooped up in the prospect when your
mules, wagon and dynamite came to our
rescue; promised Lane.
How about your miracle old man.
asked Kane
well you see men | reckon that thar
meericle is plum exploded;" replied Old
Man Rivers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-12-25
A NEW DAWG IN TOWN

A new and valuable acquisition has been
made to the new prison force. A dawg,
Duke by name, has come by parcel post to
Deputy Warden Sullivan from far across
the seas. Duke is a horn and bred Irish
bull, with a pedigree that reaches from
here to his birthplace on the lakes of Kill
larney. The Deputy is naturally proud of
his new pet, so are the officers-so are we
ALL
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-12-25
Grrfttttp frnnt Rpu. .. G. Smith
Office of the
Board of Parole,
Saltwater, Minnesota.
NNNN~

To the Inmates of the
Minnesota State Prison.
Christmas easting of the body or pleasing
the but the joyous the birth of Him who
the friend of all good bad and who to His
side those who have visited the sick and prison. He was
born Bethlehem but He will be born every
human heart if will make He is not only the light
of the world, but the hope of all men.
SAMUEL G. SMITH,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-12-25

3Brtann 0fftrtals
1anarn nf GnntrnI
c. E. Vasaly, Little faiis
c. ]. Swendsen, St. James
Ralph w. Wheelock, Minneapolis
Downer Mullen, Secretary.
7snarn nf a1arnlr -
c E. Vasaly, Chairman.
Henry Wolfer, Secretary.
Rev. S. G. Smith.
Charles S. Reed
Resilient Officials
J. J. Sullivan......... .....Deputy warden
J. Backland Asst. Deputy Warden. New Prison
John Whelan..... Asst. Dpty Warden, Old Prison
E. Dera gish. Steward
g. A. Newman .-...'...'....'... flyslclah
Miss Mary Mckinney Matron
Chas Corcoran Catholic Chaplain
Rev. J. Mccoy, Protestant Chaplain. New Prison
C. F. Benson. ..... Protestant (hlpan Old Prison
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-25

worst or all, wrote DAVID, / nad
borrowed $500 to try the experiment,
and 1 gave the little farm as security.
They have foreclosed, for $500 is a
lot of money out here. Unless 1 pay
that and a penalty Of $50 inside of
month my farm will be taken away
from me-the dear little place Laura
and have worked so many years to
secure"
No wonder, therefore, with this
dread secret on his mind, that John
Hayden took little interest in the gay
careless, gifted group Of men and
women-actOTs and actresses they
called themselves daily posed
and Unanswered before the camera
to supply city dime shows with at
tractive motion picture films.
1t was not in his kindly nature,
however, to be suTly and sullen with
anybody. The gypsy-like crowd was
made welcome to the shelter of the
old house when it rained. Mrs. Hay
den did some extra cooking for them.
The man in charge of the movies,
one Rupert Dale, appreciated all
these little cOurtesies. Twice when
he needed an old couple in the seem
arios he paid husband and wife a
substantial sum. Mrs. Hayden was
as pleased as a child.
ITO think of us old folks earning
money, real money, in what is going
to make us look like real actors to
the people who will see those pic
lures when they are Finished" she
marveled.
At any other time, with a mind
free from care, all this would have
been a pleasant series of episodes in
the quiet, humdrum life of John Hay
den. Now, however, it was a false
position it made him assume-tO
smile when his heart was breaking!
Each dawning daw drew them closer
and closer to the vortex of ruin that
must be announced sooner or later.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-25

truth. Inc OLD man CTleQ 10 SCeaQy
his nerves, to gain courage for the
distressful disclosure.
He arose and sighed as he noted
the bright, cheering sunlight beyond
the network of vines that screened
the natural spot Of beauty where he
had been seated lost in painful medi-
tation. About to take up his clutches
and proceed on his cherries mission
John Hayden paused. Some one had
halted just beyond them. engaged in
conversation. He recognized the
tones of one of the speakers as that
of the roIIicking, good-natured leader
of the movies, Rupert Dale:
Yes" he was saying, we're ready
to report in now, almost. There's
two more scenarios and then we're
through"
How about the finish up of that
big feature fiIm?"
We've got to burn up a house to
act that out"
well, why don't you find one to
burn?" demanded Dale's companion,
evidently a person of Importance and
direction in the movies proposition.
"The company don't stop at expense,
you know, where it's an extra good
film"
81 haven't run across an empty
house in our travels just suited to
our purpose" replied Dale.
why, the ideal old barracks to
work in the fire and the explosion is
that old ruin I noticed right beyond
here. Do you know who lives there?"
ooh, very we'll"
"Offer to purchase it."
"How much?"
"Oh-say $780," was the careless
reply Of a man who made money so
fast that the amount was a mere in
Cidental tTifie.
'Tu take it, oh, I'll take it," cried
a quavering voice, and John Hayden
staggered into view and from very
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-07-18
Prot. James G.. White Dead.

Prof. James G. White, brother of DR..
W. &. White, of this office, died at his
home in Lexington this morning about
7:3O o'clock, after protracted illness of
stomach trouble. He was GO years old
and is survived by his wife and two
grown daughters. The burial will take
place in the Lexington cemetery some
time Saturday, the exact hour having
not been decided on when we went to
press. Prof. White had been a men,
Der of the faculty of State College for
forty-five years, or rather since the or
ganization of that institution of learn
ing. He held the chair of mathematics
and for nun Der of years was manager
OF the institution. The latter he gave
up because of declining years. He was
devout member of the Christian church
and had been deacon in DIR. Spencer's
church for many years. He was prom
inent educator and did splendid work
for the institution with which he had so
long been connected.
Prof. White is the second brother that
DIR. White has lost in the past month
Mr.. Henry W. White dying in Chicago
on June goth. His remains were brought
to Lexington for interment and those of
Prot. White will be laid by the side oil
them.
DIR. Whites legion of friends here
deeply sympathize with him in the sor.
rows that tread on each others heels. so
fast they follow.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-07-18
After Fifty Years.

DIR. A. @. Smith, of Gordonsville. Va ,
an own cousin of the writer, had a most
remarkable experience at the Gettys-
burg reunion Of the blue and the gray,
we learn from the Ashland, Va, Her
aid, edited by another cousin.
When the lannon's battle was fought
fifty years ago, DR.. Smith, who was a
soldier in Pickett's division, fell desper-
ately wounded at the Bloody Angle. ly-
ing over the stone wall. He lay unable
to move, and burning with thirst, i'm
plored Federal soldier passing, to give
him drink of water from his canteen.
The soldier took compassion on him and
did so. While telling of the incident
during the celebration, DIR. Smith said
he would give almost any thing to meet
the man again. 1t got noised about
that the doctor was anxious to find his
deliverer and the man who gave him a
drink of water heard of it and began to
look up the Confederate.
The remnant of Pickett's division
made another charge on the fiftieth an
niversary of the great charge, almost at
the same hour, and climbed over the
fence TO the top Of Cemetery Ridge. As
the doctor stood at the Angle, the two
men were brought together. Youths
then, they are old men now and neither
could recognize the other. But they
talked over the circumstances and each
became fully satisfied that they had met
on that fateful occasion. The Federal
soldier proved to be Mr.. Hamilton, OF
Philadelphia, and gentleman Of high
business standing. Fully convinced OF
his identity. DIR. Smith showed his APP
probation in no unmistakable way, and
the two became fast friends. taking
each others address and promising to
meet again here, and in the hereafter
when the mists have rolled away.
That the two should meet after fifty
years on the same spot, the Federal able
to give positive proof that he was the
man who relieved the thirst of ths
wounded Confederate. is most remarka
BILE and is cumulative proof that truth
| is stranger than fiction.-W. P. Waltor
in Lexington Herald.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-07-18
A Plot Unearthed.

For some days the report has been in
circulation that the various fires which
have occurred in Nicholasville were the
result of home talent. Fire Marshal
Peel has been quietly working on the
case for several days, which came 10 a
elimination Sunday when one young
man was arrested and put under $500
bound, and three others made affidavits
that they were parties to the burning
OF the buildings in connection with the
young man under bond There will be
several arrests made before the week is
gone, as Mr.. Peel says he is determined
that the heinous crime shall be probed
TO the bottom and no guilty person shall
escape II the charges can be proven as
true, the crime is one OF the most dia-
bolical that has ever occurred in Jessa-
mine county, as not only thousands OF
dollars worth of property have been de-
stroysd, but their were plans laid TO
burn other buildings Saturday night
Jessamine Journal