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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
|INDETERMINATE SENTENCES
PRISON COMMISSION FAVORS
BILL BEFORE LEGISLATURE.
After Hearing From Chairman of the
Board Senate Committee Favor
ably Reports Measure.

ATLANTA-The Georgia prison
commission favors the indeterminate
sentence bill, and have voiced their
approval through their chairman, K.
E. Dawson, who appeared before the
senate penitentiary committee.
After hearing from Mr.. Dawson
the committee unanimously voted to
report the measure favorably to the
senate. 1t has also been reported
favorably in the house, and the dec
laration that the prison commission
favors it apparently means that it
will receive no opposition from any
source.
The bill provides that instead of
sentencing a prisoner for a fixed term
of years the judge shall sentence him,
for burglary say, for not less than ten
years and not more than twenty
years; or for not less than five nor
more than ten, as the case might be.
1t is then up to the convict's own be-
havior as to whether he gets out un-
der the minimum sentence or has to
serve the full term.
In appearing before the committee
for the members of the prison COM
mission Chairman Dawson said:
THE prison commission is heartily
in favor of the indeterminate SEN
tence. We have had practical expert
ence of the operation of such a law
in the boys reformatory, and it has
worked well. We have found out
that it makes better boys. 1t gives
them the incentive to work for their
release, and yet we are enabled to
keep an eye on them and keep them
under our supervision after they
have been paroled. They know that
their only chance to get out before
serving their full term is to make
good in department.
IF the convicts are given indeter-
inmate sentences l believe the same
condition will prevail. Instead of in
.creasing their evil tendencies and
making them as sneaking and idle as
they dare to be they will have an in
centive to behave themselves and do
good steady work. They will be Civ
en- the power to redeem themselves.
We have discussed the matter thor
oughly in the prison board and we
are satisfied that with the safeguards
thrown. around it as they are it is a
good and practical one"
The measure is so framed as to ex-
clude from the indeterminate SEN
fences convicts who have been con-
victed of two former offenses, also
convicts who are sentenced to life
imprisonment; also convicts SEN
fenced for treason, arson, criminal
assault or attempted criminal as
sault.
1t is understood since the declara-
ton by Mr.. Dawson for the prison
board that the measure will meet
with the practically unanimous sup
port of both the house and the SEN
ate
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
EDWARD MCDONALD. is DEAD
Cuthbert Man Famed Far and Near
For His Witty Tales Expires At
ter a Long Illness.

Mr.. Edward Mcdonald died~-in
Cuthbert Tuesday morning after a
lingering illness of over year. The
funeral services were held at his
home Wednesday and the interment
was in the Eastern cemetery. He is
survived by his wife, two brothers,
Messrs. George and Floyd Mcdonald.
and one sister, Mrs. c. l.. Tumlin, of
Cuthbert.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who recently passed
his 6Sth birthday, was from his boy
hood days, which were passed in
Cuthbert, known as one of the char
acters of this section. He was famed
far and wide for his witty jokes, with
which he could entertain hearers by
the hour. Speaking in quick, full
of humor voice, he would reel off
jokes and bright sally, which, with
the twinkle of his eye, would make
his hearers believe his thousand and
one tales.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
BILL TO REMOVE CAPITAL
Mr.. Pickett Is One of Sixty-Eight
Legislators Who Introduced
the Measure.

A spirited fight to remove the cap
ital to Macon was begun in the house
Wednesday morning when bill sign
ed by 6S members. Fifty others, it
is said, have pledged their support.
A two-thirds majority of both the
house and senate will be necessary
to submit the amendment to vote
of the people. Last year the meas
ure failed to pass the house by sin
gle vote. Its supporters are confident
that it will be passed during the pres
ent session.
Mr.. Pickett of Terrell was one of
the 6S members who introduced the
bill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
GROOM II AND BRIDE SO
The Former Is Only Three and Half
Feet Tall and the Latter Is Four
and Half Feet.

FORT WORTH, Texas.-"Judge"
]. c. Daugherty, II, three feet and
six inches tall, took unto himself
blushing bride in the person of Mrs.
Kate Horton, 50, just twenty-four
inches taller than her lord and mas
ter, and until Thursday afternoon a
resident of the county home Justice
R. F. Peden performed the ceremony,
donating his services, and the license
was also donated.
Following the ceremony the
judge" who is a well known charac-
ter about town, and his bride took
honeymoon tour from the court
house to Fifteenth street on a street
car. Mrs. Daugherty seems content
with her diminutive husband. He's
nice little feller," was her only
comment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
FACE FILLED WITH SHOT.
Negro Held in Sumter Jail For Shoot
ing Abner Green in Lee County.

Negro Held in Sumter Jail For Shoot
ing Abner Green in Lee County.
Abner Green, the farmer who en-
gagged in shooting ARRAY with Will
liam Webster, negro, in Lee county,
probably will lose his eyesight en-
tirely as the result of a load of bird
shot striking him in the face. One
eye was shot out and the attending
physicians entertain slight hope re-
garding the other.
Webster remains in the Americas
Jail for safe keeping, as fear of a
lynching is entertained should he be
sent back to Lee county.
Green maintains that Webster and
his son first attacked him and that
he killed the boy in self-defense.
Webster declares that Green was
the attacking party, first killing the
boy without provocation and then
turning the gun upon the father.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
SENATE GIVES WILSON SHOCK
BY Unanimous Vote Refused to Con-
firm Nomination of Postmaster.
Senators Should Be Consulted.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson
experienced his first genuine reverse
in the United States senate yesterday,
when his nomination of Paul A. Jones
for postmaster at Coffeyville, Kan,
was rejected by unanimous vote.
Senator Thompson, the democratic
senator from Kansas, stated that the
nomination had been made over his
protest and that Jones was personally
Objectionable to him, whereupon all
of his colleagues voted to reject the
nomination.
The senate regarded the presi-
dents action as an invasion Of the
senatorial prerogative, and as mat
ter of senatorial courtesy" sided
with Senator Thompson in his pro-
test.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE
Greek Newspapers Tell of Horrible
Slaughter in the Balkan States.


Slaughter in the Balkan States.
Greek newspapers which have been
received in Dawson by Greek resid-
dents of the city give startling figures
of the loss of life as the result of the
wars in the Balkans. Greece alone
has lost fifty-five thousand soldiers,
besides hundreds of women and chill
dren and non-combattants who were
killed during the sacking of towns by
the Bulgarian troops.
The wars have been very costly
not only to Greece but to the other
Balkan states. News from the seat
of war is read eagerly by the Greeks
of Dawson. Each morning they may
be seen scanning the columns of the
daily newspapers and frequently re-
ferring to the Greek-English die
tionary to better understand the war
news.
Charley Antonio, one of the pro-
prietors of the Dawson Cafe. and his
brother left this city a few days ago
for Greece to take up arms in de-
Tense of their native land
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
HERS IS SOME SLIT, SURE
Young Woman Created Sensation as
She Paraded Peachtree With Her
Dress. Slit Above Knee.

ATLANTA.-A handsome young
woman created considerable sensa-
ton this morning by strolling down
Peachtree street with a skirt slit not
only to her knee, but fully ten inches
higher. In fact, it was slit about as
high as the one Gertrude Hoffman
wore in the Salome dance, and the
effect from a distance was something
startling.
However, the costume wasn't quite
as scandalous as it sounded, for be-
meath the slit skirt was another skirt
like garment of pale, diaphanous silk,
thin to a degree, but not transparent
Daring as the costume was the
young woman was subjected to no
worse attention than many stares and
some occasional smiles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
John DIS. SOn-H-LQW VII Ftp Sixty
Miles to His Work EUerD Morning

CHICAGO, m.-Harold F. McCor-
mick today made a second sensation
al fight in his new hydro-aeroplane
from his summer residence in Lake
Forest over the waters of Lake Mich
igan to Grant Park, Chicago, dis
lance of so miles.
Mr.. Mccormick made the trip in
SO minutes, at a speed of more than
mile a minute. The machine was
driven by Charles c. Wilmer. Mr.
Mccormick left Lake Forest at 1000
o'clock and arrived at Grant Park 5S
minutes later. The flight was made
at an average hight of about so feet.
Mr.. Mccormick was so well pleas
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
WATTS WANTS NEW MANSION
sen ATOR FROM THIS DISTRICY
INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION.
WC uld Have Commission to Take
Matter Under Consideration, and
Also Erection of Office Building.

Also EEeCllOn OI OluCC DuIIuIIlSs
The question of what to do with
the present governors mansion is
alive again. Senator j, N. Watts of
this district on Thursday introduced
a resolution in the senate providing
for the appointment of a commission
to look into the proposition and stip-
ulating certain requirements of the
commission in the disposal of the
property.
The commission is to be composed
of the governor, the speaker of the
house, the president of the senate and
seven prominent citizens TO be ap-
pointed by the governor. 1t is to be
vested with the authority to exchange
the present governors mansion as
follows:
First, for a suitable lot in Atlanta,
or on property that may be annexed
thereto prior to the exchange, with a
residence erected thereupon to cost
not less than SoO,OO0.
Second. In addition to said man
sion for a suitable lot near the state
capitol with suitable office build
ing erected thereon for certain de-
partments of the state which are now
in the capitol, which building is to be
known as the Capitol Annex.
This proposed commission is to sit
at "a per diem in addition to actual
expenses at a time when the gov
ernor provides for, and when the ex-
change is made Georgia shall give the
party who may have entered into the
contract a deed to the present prop
erty of the state in return for the
other sites.
The commission is to supervise and
approve the buildings which are pro-
vided for in the resolution and shall
see that they are erected according
to plans and specifications agreed
upon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
A Blazing Bull Puts Fear of the
Hereafter Into Camp a Meeting

head and went at headlong speed.
Now a darkey campmeeting was
going on in the vicinity, and the elo-
ouent brother of the platform was
preaching upon the subject OF tor
ment and the fire and birthstone that
were sure to be the lot of his audit
ors if they did not mend their ways.
II happened that just as he was tell
ing this, 10 and behold, through the
trees could be seen roll of smoke
and fire laundering toward them with
incredible swiftness. The eolored
apostles didn't await further details,
but scattered like a swarm Of bees
in a sudden hailstorm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
CORSET AS COLLATERAL.
Tied With Pink Baby Ribbon 1t Is
Accepted by Bank for Loan
of Two Dollars.

BURLINGTON, N. in the steel
vault OF the Mechanics National
bank reposes an oblong package tied
with pink baby ribbon.
The parcel, the center Of much
giggling interest among the bank
clerks, contains the oldest collateral
ever deposited with a New Jersey
banking institution as security on a
loan
Within the folds of the paper and
ribbons is a pair of corsets, avowed
value 1925, on which a young wo-
man, lacking railroad fare to Phila-
delphia, in her extremity yesterday
borrowed So from the bank.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
GRAssHOPPERs STALL TRAIN.

Grew With ShOvels ScOOped Hoppers
OFF the Track in Kansas.
Train No. 564 delayed forty min
utes; stalled by grasshroppers.
This was the report received at
the Rock Island depot in Dodge City,
Kan. The train was coming out Of
Ford when it struck a deep cut where
choppers" covered the rails. AS the
engine wheels crushed the insects
the rails became so slippery that the
divers spun around and the train
stopped.
The crew with shovels finally
scooped the hoppers off the track and
covered the rails with sand, then the
train proceeded.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01

WILDWOOD, Ga.-Soon after Elias
0f-ms, a prominent farmer of the
vicinity, had built fire in his pen
- nrlng the cows home the other day
d Dig bull strobe in. The animal had
0een rubbing against the tar face OF
lurpentine box and his head was
covered with tar. When the bull
saw the fire in the pen he took to
me boisterous notion of hooking out
the flames just as an east side rowdy
slooJs out the lights. However,
~hen the bull commenced to butt
me nre his coat of tar caught fire, and
ne dashed out of the pen while the
smoke and flames poured from his
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01

ed with the experience that he in
tends using his flying boat to come
down to business every day this sum-
mer unless storms prevent.
The machine has been christened
Edith after Mrs. Mccormick, who
was Miss Edith Rockefeller, daugh-
ter of John D. Rockefeller.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
GOOD ROADS DAYS"

Governor Major of Missouri has is
sued a proclamation setting aside
August 20 and 21 as public holidays,
to be known as Good Road Days"
Every able-bodied man in the rural
districts of the state is expected to
put in these days working on the
public highways.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
EGGS THREE YEARS OLD.
Members of Health Board Give the
Product Clean Bill of Health.

The frozen eggs seized by federal
inspectors at Trenton, N. j., three
years ago as unfit for food, which
have been the subject of much litiga-
ton, were released for sale by the
state board of health Wednesday.
Members of the board, after hearing
an expert testify that the eggs, al
though now nearly four years old,
were still fit for food, week ago
performed the official task of eating
focdstuffs made from the eggs. They
were taken to the state laboratory
where custard, pie, cakes and ice
cream were prepared. They gave the
product a clean bill of health.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
sHELLMAN GETS NEW BALE.

Second in the State Was Marketed in
That Town by Helm Brothers.
Randolph county comes forward
again this season with the second bale
of new cotton for Georgia. Helm
brothers carried to Shellman Tuesday
a bale that weighed 395 pounds. 1t
was weighed at the Farmers Ware
house. Helm brothers marketed the
first bale for Randolph county on Au-
gust 1st last year.
The bale wis shipped to a Macon
cotton firm and sold there at Is cents
a pound.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
s. Cents Becomes seo. SIS.

The Augusta (Me.) Saving Bank
has received one of its books which
has not been in the bank since it
was taken out in 1858. when a So
deposit was made. The balance of
the account is s6Q.SS up to Feb. L.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
mo HEIRS CLAIM S15O,OOO
WILLIAM LEE, BIG CHICAGO PUB
Usher, WAS A NEGRO.
Nearly Fifty Years Masqueraded IN
Successful Business and Social
Circles as a White Man.

OlrClcS dS d w
CHICAGO.-William Henry Lees
estate of $4,000, gained in the
Laird & Lee Publishing Co., since he
abandoned his restaurant in St. Louis
years ago for the then remunerative
work of selling books, is without
claimant. Moreover, the public ad-
ministrator, James F. Bishop, has
hunted in vain for any trace of Lees
relatives.
Years ago Lee owned a restaurant
in St. Louis. He sold it, became a
book salesman, came to Chicago, and
in 1893 purchased for 100000 the
Laird interest in the publishing firm.
He died on June 30th without having
mentioned to any one, so far as can
be learned, anything about his early
life.
Under the law the estate reverts to
the state of Illinois after twenty years
unless a claimant appears and estab-
fishes title.
Never Mentioned Family.
Some interesting sidelights on the
history of Lee were revealed yester-
day by Mr.. Bishop
His friends have told me that he
never spoke of his past life, family
or friends, Mr.. Bishop said. $50
far no heirs have put in an appear
ance to claim the estate, and we have
not found a trace of his earlier his
tory. Two women, whose names l do
not care to reveal, who were init
mate friends of Lee, have called to
see me about the estate at my request
in the hope of finding some heirs if
they exist, but they knew nothing of
his personal history. He made no
will
Dictionaries His Hobby.
His hobby seemed to be diction-
aries, and he bought out Mr.. Laird's
interest so that his tastes might have
free play. He spent thousands of
dollars in acquiring plates for his
dictionaries, which were from the
vest pocket size up. 1t was his am
bition to have the dictionary adopted
as standard in public schools, and
believe he succeeded to a great ex-
tent"
Mr.. Bishop is also assisting in
keeping the business alive while the
estate is in the course of administra-
ton and until he can sell it.
Was a Negro.
Lee, it has been found, was a ne
gro. For fifty years he kept the
secret and masqueraded in successful
business and social circles as a white
man. He helped build a successful
publishing plant and was regarded
as one of the city's most substantial
business men. The secret of his be-
ing of negro blood was admitted by
Fred c. Laid for ten years his part
ner in the firm of Lee & Laird.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01

The dove of peace has certainly
been plucked clean in the Balkans.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-01
STATE TAX BILL IS KILLED
SHEPPARD TROJAN HORSE IN A
HARD FIGHT ON MEASURE.
After Day of Strenuous Debate the
House Wipes Out Vital Section
by Vote of 1O5 TO SO.

ATLANTA.-By vote of 105 to
6S the house this afternoon ripped
the vitals out of the Lipscomb tax
equalization bill in adopting the Sto-
vail amendment, striking section 16.
This section is the heart of the bill.
The fight over the tax reform bill
was more strenuous today than at
any time since the bill was introduce
ed and all indications now point to
the defeat of the pending measure
with the possibility of an extra ses-
sion.
Section 16 is considered one of the
most important of the bill and those
who oppose the Lipscomb measure
have trained their guns on it. 1t de-
fines the duties of and cOnfers GER
tain powers upon the proposed state
| board of equalization. 1t provides
that the state board shall have super
vision of the county boards and that
it shall be the duty of the state board
to compare the tax digests of the va
rious counties to ascertain whether
there is a uniform valuation of prop
erty.
Force, Says Sheppard.
The Trojan horse of opposition,
Mr.. Sheppard, of Sumter, and author
of the substitute bill, which elimi-
mates any state board, numbered his
heavy artillery and Numbered against
the Lipscomb bill. 1t was an adroit
speech, a speech backed by physical
exuberance and mental vigor.
Mr. Sheppard declared that the
state board idea is a farce and said SO
much power should not be vested in
three men.
He was subjected to a constant fire
of cross-questions, and it is to be adj
mitted in justice that he knows how
to take care of himself in that sort of
running debate.
Mr.. Sheppard was severely criti-
cised by Mr.. Swift of Muscogee.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-05
IT WON'T Be
EASY TO EVADE
Income Tax Will Have 334 Collectors
Beside Many Special Agents
and Inspectors

Washington, Nov. 5.-It is going
to be serious business for those who
attempt to avoid payment of the in
come tax. so government officials
say, for the law provides that failure
to make returns or the making Of
fraudulent returns Will he punished
BY fine Of not less than $4,000 or
Imprisonment for one year CT both,
in the discretion OF the court
OF course. the government is go
ing to rely somewhat upon the hon
esty Of the individual, but there will
be other ways OF finding out If such
returns are in proper shape. Fer in
stance. a corps Of 334 collectors be-
sides special agents and inspectors.
will be selected 10 enforce the prOvis-
ions OF the law. The deputy cOllec-
tors are TO cooperate with the col
lectors OF Internal revenue, while the
agents AMI inspectors will work d.
Tectly under the commissioner of in
ternaI revenue at Washington.
Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo
believes that the regulations thus
far issued, providing for the collec-
ton Of the TAX on incomes at the
source, are not as complicated as
some persons believe. He thinks
that after they have been in opera
ton long enough there will be little
or no need for any change. He al
mits they were gotten out somewhat
hurriedly in order to take effect on
Nov. 1st ami that perhaps they may
need amending.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-05
~ TsDTEE

Nartel. Nov. 4.-Mrs. v. B. Hol-
,anl went to Wildwood last Satur-
day TO see her sister, who is serious
y III a that place.
Miss Mamie Rcney, Of Umatilla
came up last Friday for a visit with
her friend. Miss EfTie Holland.
Mr. AMI Mrs. D. \. Clark and
daughter, Marion, came down from
their summer home in Henderson
Vile, y. c., last Wednesday.
Miss Irma Seckinger, who is
teaching school at Reddick, was Wis
iting her parents here last Saturday
ana Sunday
Mr.. w. c. Ray, who has been at
tending school in North Carolina.
came down last "Wednesday for a
visit.
The guessing contest was held
at the home OF Mrs. Z. B. Leather
wood. instead Of at the school house,
as previously announced. It was a
grand success from both a social and
financial standpoint AMI was we'll
attended.
AIr. and Mrs Walter Ray and
daughter, Miss Pearl, arrived in
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-05
ELECTRA

Electra, Nov. Mrs. R. A Hal
rcrI has returned from Stuart, ac-
companiei by Mrs. T. J. .Sellars and
son.
Mr.. c. W. Caldwell has returned
70 Tangerine.
Mrs. P ]. Halforl has returned
from. Georgia, accompanied by her
.r:en Is, Mr.. Bill Nangum and Mr.,
William Yoamans.
Sir. J H. Halfori was business
caller il the Brick City recently
A-r. David Sellars is busy grin ding
zane these days.
There was crowd OF young pee-
pie at Miss Mae Halford's recently,
indulging in croquet AMI listening to
piano ami graphophone music.
The Electra B. Y. P. L. met with
the Oklawaha Bridge B. Z. P. L. the
first Sunday in November. A good
meeting ana a large crowd AMI it
was enjoyed by all.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-05
CLOSE CALL FOR THE
MANCHESTER COMMERCE.
Tramp Steamer Came Very Near
Copying the Fate Of the
Titanic

st. Johns, y. F., Nov. 5.-The
steamer Manchester Commerce which
was struck by an iceberg in the
Strait of Belle Isle Sunday morning
reached this port last night. The
steamer, which carries no wireless
apparatus, crashed head-on into a
giant iceberg at o'clock Sunday
morning, while about 100 miles east
of Belle Isle. The night was dark
and the berg loomed out of the
blackness so suddenly there was no