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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-06
DRANK POISONED WHISKEY
MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH OF
ABBEVILLE POSTMASTER.
Dashed Lemonade With Whiskey
Mailed With no Address and
Died Short Time Later.

W
Died Short Time Later.
ABBEVILLE, Ga.-United States
secret service officers are in Abbeville
investigating the death of Leon P.
Wimberly, postmaster at this place,
which took place yesterday morning
under circumstances which give rise
to a decided suspicion of a murder
plot that killed the wrong man.
That Mr.. Wimberly came to his
death from poison in whiskey which
was thrust into the mail box at the
postoffice and found, unaddressed, BY
him Sunday morning there is not the
slightest doubt in the minds OF. ADJ
beville people What the nature OF
the poison is cannot be known until
the chemical analysis, which will be
made by Uncle Sans sleuths, is COM
pleted.
Mr. Wimberly, whose term as post
master would have expired shortly
and who had announced that he
would not seek to retain the place,
went early Sunday morning to the
postof1ce, accompanied by two neph-
ews, John l.. Mcleod of Savannah
and Wimberly Mcleod of AbbeYi.,e.
There Mr.. Wimberly found bottle
of whiskey with three two-cent
stamps on it, no label, but some
mucilage where one might have been.
1t was addressed to no one and Mr..
Wimberly thought that some Joking
friend had taken this means of max
ing him a present.
He took the bottle home and with
the two young men made lemonade,
which was strengthened by a por-
ton of the whiskey mixed in. VIM
berley Mcleod, after they had all
taken a drink, went home and ate
a hearty breakfast. Mr.. Kimberley
did not eat breakfast at all. Shortly
after eating Kimberley Mcleod vom-
tied violently. John l.. Mcleod, who
is from Savannah, was not affected in
any way, but Mr.. kimberley was TAX
en- with violent pains later in the
day.
Despite all the doctors could do he !
died Tuesday morning with absol1 a.
ly no idea as to who could have per-
petrated the deed. Government Off
Gals were notified and secret service
men are working on the case. What |
poison was in the whiskey is not |
known.
That it was intended that Mr.. VIM /
berley should get the poison is not
generally believed. The general the
DRY is that the label with the address
on ii had rubbed off somewhere and
that some man with murder in his |
heart IS now Travelling over the hor-
rible miscarriage of his ingenius
death plan. Mr.. Wimberly had not a !
known enemy in Wilcox county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-06
LIVER ALL RIGHT
AND BOWELS REGULAR

Don't take Calomel, Salts, Oils or
harsh cathartics when YOU can go to
any real drug store in town ana set
a box of sure, safe, blissfui HOT
SPRINGS LIVER RTTTTONS for only
% cents. They never fail
Done tonight means satisfaction in
the morning They are the product
of the greatest medical minds at the
worlds great Sanitarium and are
now offered to you as a perfect rem
edy for constipation, torpid liver, sick
headache, coated tongue and dizZi-
ness.
Free sample from Hot Springs
Chemical Co., Hot Springs, Ark.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-06
No. Six-Sixty-SiX

This is a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS e. FEVER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-06
POSTAL DEFICIT DISCOVERED
BURLESON FINDS
FALSE ECONOMY IN SYSTEM.
Report Charges That an Apparent
Surplus Was Obtained by Unjnsti-
fable Bookkeeping Methods.

! Report Charges That an Apparent
| Surplus Was Obtained by Unjusti-
fable Bookkeeping Methods.
/ Observation-Disclosures Cen
eral Burleson today made public the
report of a special investigation into
fiscal affairs of the postal service,
charging that during former Post
master General Hitchcock's admins
tration the service did not become
self-supporting, as was often assert
ed, but that in 1911 there was actu-
ally a deficit of more than $750,00O.
The report charges that IAN APP
parent surplus was obtained by un-
justifable methods of bookkeeping,
and that the efficiency and morale of
the postal service were sacrificed to
ruthlessly enforced policy of false
economy that showing of self-main-
tenarce might be made. The report
attributes to that alleged change
complaints against the service.
Surplus at No Time.
Mr.. Hitchcock, during his admin
istration and in his reports claimed
that in the year 1909 deficit of ap-
proximately $17,OOO,OOO had entirely
been eliminated and that in the ifs
cal year 1911 a surplus of more than
100000 was attained.
The report of the survey at the
direction of Mr.. Burleson says that |
at no time has there been legiti-
mate surplus in postal revenues since
1888, and that the postofice depart
ment under Mr. Hitchcock'S admin
istration in 1911 actually was under
a deficit of more than $75O,OOO.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-06
OLD CATO, THE KILL-JOY
The the Lid On in Rome Put Taboo On hobb
Skirts Did other Unpleasant Things


10Y. who held office in Rome in the
DAYS before the bosses. had turned
the town into an empire. AS there
were no watchful Washington cores
pondents in Rome in those days the
bosses were able to do this and get
away with it, although not while
Cato was on the job
Our old friend Cato you will find
listed in the history books as Cato
the Censor, though some disgruntled
persons around Rome said it ought
to have been Cato the Censorious.
However, for present-day purposes,
Cato the kill-joy is equally express
sive.
Cato's papa lived up in the coun-
try of the Sabines-you certainly re-
member who they were-and he ran
farm.
BY and by young Cato, wearying CT
the eternal round of feeding the hogs,
packed his old gray telescope and
came down to Rome to start a ca
reer. Now Cato was an honest lad
who had never worn patent leather
shoes or lavender silk socks in his
life, and Rome WAS great jolt to
him. For it was a tough town. Even
New York. with all its boosted iniqui-
ty, has never come up to Rome in
many regards. You see, the trouble
with Rome was it had started out to
be very respectable in deed, and then
slipped, and when Puritan town
goes wrong it is likely to go very
wrong, indeed.
Sounds of ribald merriment fire.
uuently disturbed the virtuous slum-
bers of Cato, over in his modest room
in the Y. NJ. c. A, and one night,
when a cabaret show had kept him
awake until 4:30, he sat right up in
bed, clinched his fists and beat on
the pillow and vowed that one of
these days he'd get himself elected
police commissioner or something
and then he'd saddle Rome with a
lid it wouldn't forget in a hurry.
The which, as you shall see, he did.
Cato, the Kill-Joy.
Though an honest lad Cato had
chosen the law for his profession and
he dabbled in politics, as young at
torneys will, and finally, after the
local Shandergasts had made them
selves especially obnoxious, Cato was
elected consul. A consul in those
days was sort of mayor of Rome
only there were always two of them.
But it was eight years later that
Cato made his first spectacular line
buck against Roman luxury. A per-
son who bore the rather fiossy name
of M. Fluvius Nobilior had just come
back from cleaning up the country
of Aetolia, wherever that is, and re-
ducing the inhabitants to properly
humble frame of mind. Plans were
made for a triumph in his honor. Tri-
umphs, you know, were sort of like
priests of Pallas parades, only more
so, and the captives were dragged
at the chariot wheels and there were
free-for-all games. and generally the
town supplied wine for anybody that
wanted it-and everybody did, of
course-oh, altogether they were
very joyous occasions.
Cato--and now you begin to see
when he earned that kill-joy title we
bestowed uEon him in the Opening
paragraph said such perform
ances were all foolishness and a
waste of the towns money that
might better be spent for arc lights
and improving the parks and boule-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-06
Uses Fire to Stop DOG Fight.

Bellefontaine, O.-Fire was used to
separate fighting bulldogs after they
had created a panic in the Big -Four
station and driven people scurrying
from the platforms. It appeared i'm
possible to separate the dogs, which
seemed to be In a death clutch, until
commercial traveller, Using hts own
etgaNtRnd that Of Hupth sSsess-
ia lighted end rs
wU cOmbatsf - -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-06
A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
Senator Stirs 1t Up by DenOuncing
DOg-LOving Women.

Senator George w. Norris of Ne
braska has stirred up little teapot
tempest because of speech he re-
Gently delivered before a Y NJ. c. A
gathering. He denounced the wo-
men who devote their time to lap
dogs instead of babies and said that
the CANNES were poor substitutes for
children. The women with dogs
the fair owners of Dodo and Chop
Suey and Fido and other CANNES with
endearing titles-immediately pitch
ed into the senator with courage of
militant suffragists and called him
cruel, ignorant and few other non
complimentary things. The senator,
however, does not care, or processes
not to care, and insists that he is
right and that his critics are wrong.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-06-06

No person need hesitate to take
Foley Kidney Pills on the ground
that they know not what is in them.
Foley & Co. guarantee them to be a
pure curative medicine, specially
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
PERK|NSON LEADS
PETERSBURG HIGH


Petersburg, Va. March 3l.-Fh- baseball
team OF the Petersburg High School opened
the season lis Farmvillc by taking both ends
OF douoic-header from the strong High
Seven OF last years star team have
returned, ana with the addition OF Il few
husky youngsters who showing rare
form formid able team has been devclcpe,l.
The rigid practice which is beini; carried
on daily is putting the team in good condi-
ton FOR the game Saturday with the
Greenesville County High School OF Emporia.
and needless TO say, the boys from Peters
burg High School Will bring home the
bacon"
II. :. Perkins. last years star catcher,
has been unanimously elected captain of
the team. ana under his leadership the Red
and Black should have the most successful
season III the history of the school
Manager Young has arranged an exceed
ingiy good schedule which follows:
April The Individual School at Peters
burg.
April ; Grecncsvisle County High School
at Eniporla.
April l2-Blackstono High School AT Black
stone.
April 14-Bencdictinc College at PETERSBURG
April l9-John Marshall Nigh school at Pc
April 23-Chester High School mt Chester.
April 26-Greensviie High school at Pc
tersburg.
April 2e-John Marshall High School at
May $-Blackstone Academy at Blackstone
May G-Bcuedctinc College at Richnond
May 10-Farmville High School at Peters
burg
May l6-F armvine High School at Farm
willie.
April 17-Tarmvie High School at Farm
vile.
May 2l-Mctiuirc's University School ot
May 2i-Maury High School AT Norfolk
jpcnding).
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
ON CLOSE TERMS
WITH EMPEROR

lSpecial Gable to The Times Dis patch. !
Berlin7fs4sch 81 Pierpont Nor
gan belonged 10 the inner circle of
the kaisers friends. He made fire.
queni cruises 10 the North Sea. or the
Norwegian Coast. aboard the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern The Kaiser
watched his friends illness constantly.
and personally instructed the German
embassy at Rome To keep him posted
daily as 10 the financiera condition. The
Kaiser several years ago suggested the
possibility OF Mr. Morsan's appoint
ment as ambassador 10 Berlin but the
plan came 10 nothing, the nnancier be-
Ing unwilling 10 leave business for
diplomacy.
TO the end of his life. the money
King corresponded with the children
OF the woman who was his landlady
during his course at Gottingen Uni
versity. fie always gave these ch,l-
cren handsome gifts OH their BIRTHDAYS.
When this woman's little hotel was
torn down several years ago, Mr. Nor
gan bought the door OF his old room.
whereon tho landlady had liked a medal
plate with the following words: I'm
forgettablc, generous boarder. the
American, Mr.. Morgan. lived here one
year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
| AMbETH FIELD
NEARLY COMPLETE
( Special 10 The Times pispatch !

charlottesville. Va. March 3o-With an
other section or the concrete stadium nearly
finished. tho improvements on I.ambeth
Field at the University of Virginia. rap
idly nearing completion AT one end of this
section small clubhouse is being built.
which vii! be lifted up To accommodate Wis
Ting teams. while AZ tho other end OF the
stadium Will be erected covered stand.
Work on the southern section Of tho stadium
will begin this spring.
The fence, which formerly inclosed only
Lambeth Field. has now been moved bn ok
so rs TO include Lefevre Field. and the space
on the eastern side Of the stadium. Tho
terrace between the TWO fields Is being
carefully graded. and Letevrc Field will be
put into good shape for the use OF stu
dents and other than members OF the teams.
The cinder track. which was considerably
torn ZIP ny hauling stone for the construc-
ton OF the stadium, is being prepared FOR
the track meets. which will be held OH Lam
beth Field In the near future
All OF the stadium and terracing will he
completed before next fall in order that the
football management may be able to accom-
modate the large crowd expected for tho
Vanderbilt game the first Saturday I'm No
veinber. The new granGstand will he ready
before the next baseball sea son.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
BOWLING
Petersburg Bowling Tournament.

pctcrSburE Bowling Tournament,
The local boWlers are taking great
interest In the Petersburg tournament.
and from present indication Richmond
Will send over g. large delegation to
battle for honors. All OF the nve-man
teams which took part In the Rich
mond tournament have already signi-
fled their intention OF entering. and Il
large number of individuals who
failed to send in their entries for the
Richmond tournament will no doubt be
seen In the ranks In the Cockadc City
tournament The Cook Printing Co
team was the first to send in their
entry. The Petersburg Bowling AS
ISOLATION has offered n big prize list
to be contested for. AS q great many
OF the merchants of Petersburg have
offered to donate prizes. this has ere
atod new interest here among the To-
cal pin artists.
The committee has arranged the
schedule for tho three days to he known
as Richmond days When the Capital
attempt to smash records in the Peters
burg tourney. All bowlcrs who wish
TO take Vart liz the coming tournament
can obtain entry blanks at the New
port alleys.
Tonight the Richmond Lunch team
meets tho Remington Typewriters on
the Newport alleys.
The Make Ups and The EnGSavcrs
team, OF The Times Dispatch League,
will battle for honors ut s II. NJ. on
tho Newport alleys In their regular
schedule games
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
ADJUSTMENTS.
Acadcmy--"The AIiiSud0."
Bijou-BiIiy Il. Van In "A Lucky
IloOdOo."
C0iOnsaI-XRuievilIc
Empire-Minfnturc Musical Comedy.

He Is One Funny Man.
Back TO the Bijou comes Billy g.
Van In "A Lucky Hoodoo." Same man.
same piece. and same hilarious fun. all
Just as provocative OF laughter as If
all were brand new. SO amusing in
deed. In their low comedy that IL seems
q pity that Van insists upon introduce
ing so many altogether unnecessarv
DIS or coarse comedy. without which
the man and the piece would be quite
as funny and infinitely less rowdy And
van rs clever and original enough to
be able To dispense with the cheap
trickery or frequent profanity
Scattered throughout the burlesaue
tensely amusing to many, but, appar-
majority. The character of II property
man III vaudeville house affords Van
opportunities for indulGing in 4 lot
Of wise slangy talk that makes the
initiated rock in their seats III il
wasn't for the property man tand he
might have added land the drummer')
half these actors would be driving
trucks Is only one OF the gems OF
theatrical wisdom that fall from his
experienced lips
The chorus. composed or nfteen girls
and one eNcruciating contralto, is
above the average in appearance, the
girl on the left end--as the house
loolls-emulating frankie Bailey in
certain respects, even though they are
darned in spots
And the musical director, r.. E.
Chapman. il the man who invented
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
BASEBALL RESULTS

AZ Macon Toronto. International League
u. Macon. South Atlantic. u.
AT philndel phin-Ph Philadelphia Americans
.; University OF Pennsylvania. O.
Al Wash'ngton-cst holic University. Q: La
Al Roanoke Providence. In;ernationaIs, q;
ROANOKE, virginia League. g.
M; ~ CharIo,ie ~ c-Boston Nationals, g.
A. knoNyille Philadelphia Americans
'mlNedp' :: Univer"ity Of Tenncsace. =
AZ hot Springs, Ark.-Boston Americans
. Pittsburgh Rationale o
NJ Savannah-Newark Interrat:onals 4;
charleston. south Atlantic League ?
-. Gr.smrtlle. 5 c-Furnan, s; Prcsby-
Baltimore. s. .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
JEFFERSON WINS
FROM FORK UNION

Special 70 Tho Times DIspdtch.
Charlottesville Va. March 3l.-Jcfferson
school opened her baseball season to-day
debating the Fork Onion Military Academy
nine 10 10 In u siX-inninr contest called to
allow the visitors to catch q train. Fork
Union presented heavy hitting combina-
ton. one player. Williams. twice knoc king
the ball over III" entire feel offence. Gooch
led with thu stick FOR Jefferson The game
was played In Il gale, which accounted for
the numerous errors.
Score b.? innings: Ri II
jefferson .............. q . O O re- 6fo g
Fork Union o q 10 Is IN 3
Bat,erie.- Harmon and Brown; Morgan
and PEBBLES no - - = 80
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01

You can drive the worst case Of malaria
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strength into your muscles. braces up
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movement. 1t is the most bracing medi-
cine ever discovered: is just as safe for
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blood cnergizer and purifier evef known.
You don't wait for results; you feel the
effect right away. as S. s. S. Is Just az
natural TO the blood as that you should
think or see or exercise any OF the senses.
Hundreds of people hercabouts know
S. S. S. They have used It for years and
all have marveed the way It cures ma
laria. knocks rheumatism. drives all forms
OF blood poison out of the system, cures
rc@eiEla, isore3, buiis, sCyC,faia. itching and
all skin eruptions. You will find S. S. s.
on sale at any drug store at 800 bot
tie, and It's absolute purity and freedom
from all poisonous drugs Is absolutely
guaranteed. II there is anything peculiar
about your case that you want to know
more about write in confidence to Medical
Department, Tho Swift Specific Co, 127
Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. But do not neg.
lect to get a bottle NJ :. ;. S. today,
sure. and cure that Ina!aGIa.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
MAYER Wins His Game.

Philadelphia. March 3l.-Joseph
Mayer. of Brooklyn, won his game III
the national amateur 1S.2 ball line
billiard championship tournament to-
day from Percy Collins, of Chicago. by
a score OF 400 TO 32l.
Mayer made n new high run record
for the tournament OF 100. His aver
age was II 2227. Collins had high
run Of seventy nine His average was
1926
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
ORIOLES BATTLE
GAMELY TO END
Especial to The Time,-pispatcb

Baltimore. Md, March 3l.-The Phillie. won
to-days game with the orioles by a gar
risen finish" IN the ninth when Cravath
doubled. Doolan sacrificed. and Knabe Went
ont on fly. scoring Cravath. The game
vas hotly-contested 20 the last inning, the
Baltimore team getting the short end OF the
20 score Nicholson, starting for tho Phil
lics. was Knocked of the mound and tho
veteran Seaton WAS sent in to stop the bonn
bardment
The high gale interfered great deal with
tho game and presented the playing OF an
crrorlesS contest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01

Bristol Tenn, March 3l.-Tor the
second time recently Jim Poulios. the
Greek wrestler, threw Frank Burns
OF Baltimore, in match here tonight.
The first fall was gained In thirty
four minutes ana the second in fifteen.
Poulios says ne will so after Joe
Turner nj tho first opportunity
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
YERKE'S TRIPLE
WINS FOR BOSTON
lspcci,>l to The TimcsDispatch. ]

Especial to The Timcs- Dispatch.
Hot Springs Arh., March 3l.-Boston Amer
leans shut out the Pittsburg Nationals to-
day TO In the sixth and last scheduled
game. and won the exhibition series. thrce
TO TWO. here to-day. One game tie
Boston VIII finish the training season and
leave for home Tomorrow. Pittsburgh Will
stay until later ia the week
IeTkes's triple In the eighth inning of
Adains's delivery. scoring Bali and Hall, Won
to-day for Boston.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
SENATORS TRIM
ALEXANDRIA TEAM
Especial 10 The rlmes.pispatcb ]

Washington March 3i.--ln farcial eXhi-
bition game here to-day the Washington
American League Baseball team defeated the
Cardinals. of the Alexandria, Va, Athletic
Club. by the score OF II TO o. In honor OF
the occasion the Mayor OF Alexandria had
declared the day public holiday, and hun
dreds of residents and school children OF
that c:ty witnessed the game.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
COLORED LEAGUE WILL SOON
START BASEBALL. SEASON

six teams have put up forfeits in the coll
ored amateur baseball league. schedule
will ne adopted early meeting, and
the season Will begin about the tenth OF this
month. At recent meeting William Wilson
was elected president and treasurer and g
T.. Mayor vice president a game has been
arranged for Thursday between tho Sidney
stars and tho Southsde Athletics. For
further Information call Monroe 1876.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
CHANCE PREPARES
FOR BROOKLYN

Especial Gable to Tho Times DispatchI
Hamilton Bermuda. March 3l.-Midkln
VIII play second base la the Yanks' "cour-
tesy game against Brooklyn II Hal Chase
" unht FOR duty at that time. This wa1
Manager Chances announcement as the team
left the island by boat for New York to-
night.
The entire squad put in hard days work.
the rain obligngly holding OF until they had
hnisiicd. About shutdown, however. The
showers started and soon developed into a
vertiable clUudburst AS already announced
Ign.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01

wilson, N g.. March 3i.-Eastern IoIIec.
debated Atlanta Christian College here TO-
day to o. In tho fifth inning Barnes. of At
lantic. drove what seemed to be !, homo run
but was thrown out at plate.
Score by innings: RU f.
Eastern ................I 90 q 0 0 o Oc-i 2 .
Atlantic ...-............O o o 0 o o % !"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. White and Russell: AZ
lantic. Barnes and Stewart