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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-04

Sam Davis belonged to the First
Tennessee regiment and was scout
in General Bragg's army. he hau
been inside of the enemy's lines and
had secured maps and charts OF Cen
eral Dodge's army and was on MS
way back to Bragg's army lie was
captured by the Arkansas JayhaWK-
ers and taken to General Dodge, ana
was courtmartialed on the 26th DAY
of November and sentenced TO De
banged on the 9th day OF .oVemDer'
1863. He was boy of many charms
and was as straight and slender as
the mountain pine; his hair was as
black as the ravens wings, MS eyes
black and sparkled as diamonds, MS
cheek was tanned from powder and
exposure. and he was as watchful as
a Roman. He was not a spy, but a
scout, and was clothed in his suit OF
confederate gray when captured and
not in the blue of federal.
Therefore, he should not have beeh
executed. 1t was the sweetheart Oh
Sam Davis through whom he received
these papers. She wanted to DO
something to help the Southern
cause. General Dodge's stan otlcer'
Captain Horne, was at that time
paying court to this lady, and she
told him if he would get the papers
that Sam Davis wanted she would
marry him. and he promised to do 1t
if she and Davis would promise never
tell it. That very night Captain
Horne called at her home with the
desired information, and she went at
once for Davis (who was hid ON III d
barn). He came in and was intro
duced to Horne, and he gave DAVIS
the papers and made both Davis and
the lady swear by the eternal Goa
that they would never give him away
If captured, and it was then that sam
Davis told him he would die first.
When he was tried for his life and
the decision was that he was TO De
hanged, Captain Horne had to READ
to Sam Davis his death warrant. IL
is stated that General Dodge believed
all the time that Captain Horne was
the guilty party, hence he made MIN
read the warrant, and it has been
stated that Horne broke down twice
while reading it. When the moose
was around the boys neck General
Dodge sent one of his staff officers TO
him saying if he would tell who gave
him the papers he would give him ms
life and liberty; but ne said; TEL
General Dodge that if I had thous-
and lives I would give them all right
now and right here before l would
do what he asks me to do.
Around the scaffold stood the stern
soldiers of the government with their
guns in their hands. This young man
was alone. He was 81 years old; ne
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-04
SAM DAVIS, THE SCOUT
Story of the Civil War Which Describes the Execu'0"
OfSor7 Davis. the Martyr of Terrible Conflict
Nv J. Russo IL Wright.

had no hacker; that terrible thing,
Death. was before him; the resolu-
tion that he had made was of his
own making; he had looked upon the
sun for the last time; life is sweet
the greatest passion in life is to live
and it is particularly sweet when
one is about to lose it. The sun
that had kissed his cheeks to a tan
for twenty-one years was giving her
last kiss; the breeze that waved his
raven locks was blowing on them for
the last time.
Nearness to death must have quick
ened his faculties. 1t was so hard
for that young, heroic spirit to die
in the very bloom of youth. Through
his veins were running blook-l1Ke
quicksilver, singing to him the sweet
song of life. The earth was never so
beautiful, the sky never more lovely
TO him as on that November day.
He cOulQ ALMOST neal LhC IL OPPAAo
of the tears of his mother; he could
hear her low means and the groans
of agony that came from his fathers
heart. He could look over towards
the South and see the hard pressed
flag of his country, and could hear
the shouts of his comrades lighting
for liberty. But this young soldier,
who had everything to live for
whose very soul was full of lite'
said: eff 1 had a thousand lives to
give 1 would give them all before
would be untrue to my world" The
name of Sam Davis will never die,
for he will be enshrined in the human
heart, and on it's splendid walls his
chaplets of laurel and immortelles
will be higher than all the rest. Take
all the heroes who bled for the South
in the civil war; let them come up
from every field of battle; call up
the princely and spotless Lee, who
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-04
THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
If You've Ever Wondered How They
Were Named This'll Interest You.

January" is of the Latin origin,
from the word Januarius, and was
named by the ancient Romans in
honor of the god Janus, to whom the
season of the year was sacred.
February comes also from the
Latin Februarius, derived from fe-
brum, which in the Sabine tongue
meant to purge, and signified the Ro-
man festival of expiation.
March" is named for Mars, the
Roman god of war.
april comes from Aprilis, which
in turn comes from aperire, which
means to open.
May is named from the Roman
Maia, who was the mother of Mer-
curry and the daughter of Atlas.
June" is named for Juno, who, by
all accounts, was greatly worshiped
during this month by the Romans.
July" is named for the greatest
Roman of them all, Caius Julius Gaze
sar, who was born at that time OF
the year.
August" was also called for a
great Roman, the Emperor Augustus
Caesar.
September" was the seventh
month of the Roman year, and con-
sequently derived its name from the
Latin septem, meaning seven.
October" being the eighth month
derives it's name from octo, which
means eight.
November is from novem, mean
ing nine.
December" also derives it's name
from number, deem, meaning 10
it being the tenth month in the Ro
man year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-04

Mrs. S. S. s., vanBuren St, King
ston, n. Y, Gull name furnished on
application had such decided bene-
Mt from using Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound that she shares her good
fortune with ithers. She writes:
''Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
brought my voice back to me during
a severe case of bronchitis and lar
yngitis. oh, how many people have
recommended it to-" Dawson Drug
Company.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-04
w. F. SHAW FOUND DEAD.
Went Out to Feed Stock, and Body
Was Discovered in Barnyard.

Went Out to Feed Stock, and Body
Was Discovered in Barnyard.
Mr.. VIM. F. Shaw was found dead
in the barnyard at his home near this
city at about $50 o'clock Saturday
morning, Jan. 25th. He had arisen
early and gone to his barn to feed
and water his stock. Half an hour
or so later his son, Albert Shaw, wen
to the barn and found his father ly
ing dead near a watering trough. The
body was still warm, indicating that
life had been extinct but a short time
An inquest was conducted and The
verdict of the jury was to the effec
the deceased's death was attributed
solely to heart failure.-Fort Gaines
Georgian.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-04

Do you know that more real dau-
ger turks in a common cold than in
any other of the minor ailments?
The safe way is to take Chamberlain
Cough Remedy, a thoroughly reliable
preparation, and rid yourself of the
cold as quickly as possible. This rem
edy is for sale by Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-04
BRIDES GIFT FROM FATHER
A CHECK FOR A MILLION
Miss Isabel HutsOn of COatesville
Won't Lack Pin Money.

Won't Lack Pin Money.
PHILADELPHIA Coatesyille, Pa,
dispatch to the Inquirer announces
the marriage of Miss Isabel Hutson,
daughter of a. F. Huston of Coates
Vile. to G. Gibson McIlvain, Jr., of
Philadelphia. The gift of the brides
father was a check for $1,000, 900.
Mr. McIlvain is a member of a big
lumber firm in Philadelphia.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
"WAY DOWN EAST"

Typical of New England rugged homes
ty, simple traits and charity, "Way Down
East" comes to the Lyric Tuesday, Dec.
30. For nineteen years this famous play
that arouses memories of childhood, of
clean, wholesome living, has been before
the public. A play that touches the heart
and emphasizes the little virtues that
make all humanity better is bound to live
and be always interesting. AS familiar
to the majority of theatregoers as
household word, for this reason no de-
scription is necessary. All that needs to
be said is, that there is no purer sweeter
or more wholesome play in existence,
none of which holds the mirror up to ma
ture more truly and none which has
more real inspiration in it's every line and
feature than this famous rural play.
A special new production is announced
this season, and an exceptional cast
headed by Mr.. William Lawrence who
for the past ten years has been identified
with the part made famous by the late
Denman Thompson in THE Old Home
stead" The musical features are of the
same high order as in previous years
This grand old idyl of New England en-
dorsed by clergy and press for eighteen
years will undoubtedly be greeted by a
capacity audience, at both performances
A bargain matinee will be given Prices
25c and SOC. Night prices always Csc to
81 co.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
PAGE TWO
BETHANY.

Bethany, Dec. 23.-Mrs. ]. J.
Hauser spent Tuesday in Scranton.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. Starnes went to
Scranton Tuesday to consult an eye
specialist as MIR. Starnes has had
great trouble with one of his eyes.
DIR. Frey made an examination and
didn't find any foreign substance
which was supposed to have been
there. After treating the eye Mr.
Starnes felt very much better.
Patrons of the school enjoyed a
very interesting programme Friday
afternoon and much credit is due the
teacher, Miss Purdy, in training the
twenty-four scholars who did so we'll
The programme was as follows:
Santa Claus" song by the school;
recitation, Santa Claus" questions
by Elizabeth Pritchard; "a Tele-
phone Message to Santa" by Helen
Bodie; Christmas Speech to Santa
Claus in China" Robert Paynter;
Just Before Christmas" Clarion
Hauser; song, "The Naughty Little
Mouse" lamar Pritchard; Santa
Claus" Leslie Pethick; "a Little
Speech by a Little Girl" Edna
Clemo; Talking to Santa Ruth
Yerkes; song, Where Does Santa
Claus Live" by the school; recita-
tion, Moderate Wish,' Charles
Paynter; song, HE is a Funny Old
Fellow" Edwin Pritchard; solo, with
school joining in the chorus; recita-
tion, "Sister Susie's Beau" Marshall
Ward; 1T Was the Night Before
Christmas" Helen Bennett; song,
"The Women Who Lived in a Shoe"
Stella Dudley and Doris Blake; reci-
tation, "Twas the Night Before
Christmas" Mildred Avery; Santa
Claus at Home" Hilda Smith
Betty and the Bear" Doris Blake
"a Catastrophe" Donald Ballou
song by the school, children, WHY
Are You Here?" Nellie Pritchard
was the accompanist. All enjoyed
the prettily decorated tree which was
lighted after the entertainment and
a general social time was spent
Miss Purdy received a very fine cut
glass flower vase from her scholars
There will be school three days this
week, then vacation the remainder
of the week
The Sunday schools will have .theil
exercises and tree in the Methodist
church tonight Wednesday,.
Helen Manning returned from
New York Wednesday to spend
Christmas at her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Clemo ot
Beech Grove will give a family din.
ner party on Christmas which will
include fifteen people.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. e Pritchard anG
family are invited for Christmas tc
the pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Jennings who will also give {
dinner party to fifteen people.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
FARMERS SHOULD RAISE CAT
TILE

Pennsylvanians are losing an on
portunity to engage in the profitabl
growing of cattle for the market, ad
cording to Secretary of AgriculturI
N. B. Critchfield, who declares in
foreword in a department bulletin OF
beef production that the State is vel
adapted to the raising of farm AMI
mails. Secretary Critchfield says:
There are large acreages of Ian
in Pennsylvania from which the tini
Der has recently been removed, thai
if cleared up and seeded with grasl
suited to their conditions, would prdI
duce great quantities of nutritiou|
pasturage and forage. Such lands,
not reforested, should be turned u
the production of live stock, and /
cattle of the best breeds were plad
ed on them the farmers in the soutli
eastern part of the state, who hav|
better conditions for raising corI
than can be found anywhere else il
the United States, would be able d
get their feeders without going oul
of their own state and many thoud
ands of dollars could thus be save|
to Pennsylvania farmers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL ITEMS.

The Cradle Roll Department of the
NJ E. church, Honesdale, will meet in
the Sunday school room Friday af-
ternoon, Jan. 2, 1914.
Autumn Leaves has conquered all
difficulties and now has a front line
Sunday school.
Schools that have not adopted a
Graded Lesson series should use the
graded supplemental lessons with the
Uniform Lessons or they cannot at
tain Front Line.
Good Bibles, latest revision, cost
prices from 26 cents up; testaments,
5 and 10 cents; single books, two
cents at 1101 Church street, Homes
dale.
The Elementary Workers of our
county are preparing for a conven-
ton.
Glass No. of NJ. E. Sunday school
of Honesdale are taking trip around
the world.
Everyland has some exceedingly
interesting articles. Read them, use
them.
Send names of scholars having a
perfect record this year to Mary E
Jones, Honesdale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25

with no change in the condition of
the patient.
Some months ago Mr.. Stafford
heard of Dr. Fred Aldee of New
York, who had some time before
made a trip to Europe and at the
Europe Medical Congress had per-
formed successfully for the first time
a transposition of bone to stamp out
of the spine the deadly tuberculosis.
Investigation revealed that the prom
inent physician would perform the
operation at the Post Graduate Hos
pital in New York.
About four weeks ago Mrs. Stat
ford accompanied her daughter to the
hospital. There the operation was
performed. The large bone of the
lower part of one of her legs was cut
and a good sized piece taken there
from. The silver Of bone was then
cut into four parts. The diseased
portion of the spinal column was
then cut from the spinal cord. The
four pieces of bone were sewed to-
gether with kangaroo tendons and
placed around the spinal cord and
fastened together, fortifying, as it
can aptly be termed, the thread of
life.
The patient rallied rapidly from
the effects of the anaesthetic. 1t
was expected that it would be at
least six months before she would be
able to recover from the operation.
However, her strong constitution, it
is thought, will enable her to come
to her home in Pike county much
sooner.
Mrs. Stafford returned home last
week from the hospital and brought
strong hopes that her daughter would
soon be home.
DR.. L. B. Smith Of Bushkill, who
has been interested in the case, states
that the operation is about the rarest
known to him. 1t gives permanent
cure to an hitherto incurable dis
ease. He also states that DR.. Fred
Aldee of New York is the only sur
| geon who can successfully perform
that operation. Physicians and sur
geons everywhere were interested in
it's outcome.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
TO BE A TIME
OF JOY FOR HIM
This Little Story Slows Just What
a Lot of Good Things tie
Bachelor Misses at Merry
Christmas Time

my wife has been questioning me
for the past three weeks about what
l would like for Christmas"
well, suppose you told herr"
"Yes. The first thing / thought of
was an umbrella really need an
umbrella, because It Is quite a dis
tance from my house to the train,
and have to walk it. A nice umbrel-
In would come in handy on rainy
days. Then there are some books
would like very much. / gave her a
list of them as nearly as l could at the
start, and have been adding to 1t day
by day as / happened to think Of
something else In that line. men
toned cuff-buttons and studs for full
dress occasions, and l gave her to un-
derstand that If she didn't feel like
troubling herself over the matter I
would be glad to take the money she
had set aside for me and buy myself
some cigars. Last night l had occa-
sion to look into closet we don't use
much, and there l found my present.
all ready to be placed before me on
Christmas morning"
"Of course, then, she hadn't adopt
ed your suggestion as to the cigars"
mo. I'm going to be made glad
with beautifully worked sofa pillow"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
EzH ZZ6g zSw
X WNTTTTX9S z
[X[DQ)ZIYGSL .
Lieut.. Becker's Mother Dies in IgnOr-
ance of Her Sons Plight.

New York.-The mother of former
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker,
who is in the death house in Sing
Sing awaiting execution for the part
he played in the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, died at her home here on
Friday last. She was very old, and
had been bedridden for years. She
died in ignorance of her sons plight.
For more than year she had not
been permitted to read a newspa-
per. When her son Charles ceased
to visit her, another son, John, told
her Charles was suffering from
rheumatism and had been sent to a
sanatorium. This explanation suf-
feed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
Modern Woodmen of America.

Modern Woodmen of Americd
Maple City Camp, No. 10914, elect
ed the following officers last FridaI
evening for the ensuing year: Con-
sui, George P. Ross; clerk, Herbe1
Hitler; banker, A. G. Lindsay; ad
visor, L S. Partridge; escort, Fre
Grambs; watchman, Clarence Bond
sentry, Gustave Loscig; trustees, w
H. Karslake, H. H. Hitler, w. 4
Buerket.
Following the election smoke
and pinochle were INDUCED in for til
remainder of the evening.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
FAULTY Digestion
Quiclkls Skaters the Nervous SyI
tem-Immediate Action Neces-
sary-Try Mi-o-na.

When you feel irritable, tired an
decentralization you have nervoq
twitchings, specks before the eye
headaches, sour stomach, heartburn
indigestion and pains in the eold
and bowels-you suffer from ind
gestion. which soon develops in1
dyspepsia-the chief cause of ner1
exhaustion-you need Mi-o-na
once.
Mi-o-na is not a cure-all, but
scientific remedy that surely end
stomach misery. 1t builds up an
strengthens the stomach walls an
glands, improves quickly the digd
tive system. Then the vital forI
and nerve energy is restored, in
parting strength and good spirits
the discouraged, rundown and wea
DO not suffer another day. Get
fifty cent box of Mi-o-na Tablets
Peil's, the druggist. 19&26I
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
Winter Wheat Increase Nearl
100000 Acres.
Nearly

Washington, D. C.-An increase
of S.6 per cent, or 2,SSS,00O acres,
in the area planted to winter wheat
in the United States this fall COM
pared with the revised estimated
area sown last year, is reported by
the Department of Agriculture. The
total area is 36,500,000 acres. The
condition of winter wheat on Decem-
ber l was 973 per cent. of normal,
the highest December l condition re-
corded since 1908. The condition of
winter wheat last year was 93.2,
S6.6 per cent. in 1911 and 1872 per
cent. the ten-year average.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
RARE OPERATION PERFORMED
ON Pike COUNTY LASSIE

oitiOAi vi opliidi tOIubhl nclIIONSu
Bone Sewed Together and Plac-
ed Around Spinal Cord, Fortifying
the Thread of Life.
A tiny wisp of Pike county girl
hood, says the Milford Dispatch, had
the distinction of undergoing recent
ly what is probably the most un-
usual and marvellous surgical opera
tion ever performed in the world.
Josephine Stafford, seven-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter j.
Stafford, of Lehman township, was
the subject of the operation, and is at
present in the Post Graduate Hos
pital in New York city, convalescing
from the operation with part of one
of her shin bones performing the
functions of several of the Vertebrae
of the spinal column. AS master
piece of modern surgery, this delicate
operation has only been performed
two or three times in the United
States and scarcely that many times
in Europe, or in fact in all the other
countries of the globe.
The girl has suffered with tuber-
culosis of the spine since a short time
after birth. AS she grew older the
disease developed and at three years
of age it became alarming. Her par
ents endeavored to find a cure for 1t.
Many doctors have examined the
child and given up the case. Many
have tried to effect a cure without
any success. Several operations of
a variegated nature have been tried
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
Largest Telescope.

A telescope large enough to re-
ceive an automobile and having 1
disk 73 inches in diameter will b|
erected in the Ottawa, Canada, OBJ
servatory. The new telescope will
be larger than the Lick instrument
The contract has been awarded fol
the new searcher of the skys.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
Mo- Room for ANY More.

"Goin' to hang up your stockin'
Christmas, Mickey?"
Nav"
Better. You might git it filed"
TITS filled now."
what with?"
Holes"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
Assistant Postmasters Out of Civil
Service.

Washington.-All assistant post
masters will be exempted from the
civil service under the post office ap-
preparation bill, which has just been
completed by the House Committee
on post offices and to be reported i'm
mediately after the holiday recess.
The Democrats of the committee vot-
ed to put into the measure a provis-
ion substantially similar to the one
in the sundry civil bill under which
deputy collectors and deputy mar
shals from civil service.
The bill carries approximately
$3OS,OOO,OOO, a cut of about $3,-
100000 from the estimates submit
ted by the post office department
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
Must Keep Beaux From Exchange

Operators of the Bell Telephone
Co., in Scranton, are gloomy over
the order issued by Miss Anna Nc
Andrew, the night chief, forbidding
the girls to allow their beauX to
bring them closer to the exchange
than one block. And it's all because,
as the phone girls are saying, big
brother of one of them leaned down
to whisper something to his little sis
ter, whom he had taken to work,
and the night chief thought he kiss
ed her.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25

We hurry through the busy days
And in the maket-p place contend;
We strive to win in shameful ways,
Forsaking brother. wrongng friend;
We foster greed and clingto pride,
We have no time 70! being kind,
We rudely push the lame aside.
And give no guidance to the blind.
We madly struggle after gain,
Forgetting all the Master taught;
We worship riches. and disdain
To heed the message that He brought
Yet. even so. at Christmas, love
Assails our hearts and chastens them
And brings us glad remembrance Of
That holy night in Bethlehem.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25

gan the business of raising turkeys
and during the first term of President
Grant conceived the idea of offer
ing the choicest of his flock for thu
Presidents Thanksgiving dinner
Since that time he has annually pro-
vided turkey for the White House
although on the occasion of his fna
gift last month his bird shared hon
ors with a turkey from the South.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25

We cease little while to hate,
We turn a little while from sin;
We greet the stranger at the gate.
And reaching forth we lead him in,
And. happily remembering
The babe that in the manger lay,
We still acknowledge Him our King.
AS they did. that first Christmas day.
Three shadowy wise men slowly fare
Along thu shadowy highway still.
And shadowy shepherds watch them there
And see the star blaze o'er the hill.
And men, wherever men may dwell.
Still hear the message borne to them;
That God still reisns and all is well,
The star shines on DER Bethlehem.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
ChIId's Reasoning.

Mamma, Santa Claus isn't married,
is he?"
II don't know. Why do you think
he isn't, dear"
"Cause if he was Mrs. Santa
wouldn't let him stay out that way at
night"