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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-23
WATSON'S TRIAL FRIDAY
DEFENDANT WILL UNDERTAKE
HIS OWN DEFENSE.
Indictment Charges Sending of OBJ
scene Matter Through the Mails.
Judge Lambdin to Preside.

AUGUSTA.-The trial of ThOs. E.
Watson, the Thomson editor, charged
with sending obscene matter through
the mails, will begin Friday morn
ing, Nov. 26th. District Attorney
Earl NJ. Donaldson, assisted by Wal
lace Miller, assistant attorney, will
conduct the prosecution for the gov
eminent, while the defendant has an
nounced he will undertake his own
defense.
This is the second time that Mr..
Watson has been arraigned on the
charge of sending obscene matter
through the mails. Judge Foster,
sitting for Judge Speer two years
ago. quashed an Indictment against
Mr.. Watson on the ground that the
entire book from which the alleged
obscene extracts were secured would
have to be placed in the indictment
and not merely the alleged obscene
part. Mr.. Watson claimed at that
time that he merely used extracts
from Roman Catholic books Of the
ology in his book, which was then
running serially in his magazine,
THE Roman Catholic Hierarchy, the
Deadliest Menace to Our Liberties
and Our Civilization"
After the Indictment had been
quashed the then district attorney,
Alexander Alderman, again presented
Mr.. Watson to the grand jury. An
other Indictment was found which
includes not only the alleged quota
tions, but other matter said to be
obscene and which is alleged to have
been written by Mr.. Watson himself,
The Watson case will be tried be-
fore United States Judge Lambdtn
of the Southern district of Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-23
man who holds that death is prefer

man who holds that death is prefer
able to life to detective
The telephone rang. Dr.. Haisel-
den answered the call, and for five
minutes talked with woman. She
pleaded with him to save the baby's
life. When he returned from the
telephone he smiled grimly.
She called me names" he said.
The little bundle stirred and a
faint cry was heard.
Not much longer to wait, little
one" said the doctor, gently. Then
he added to those near to him, hes
dying"
DR.. John E. Murphy, former pres
ident of the American Medical Asso-
citation, and physicians and profess
sional men and women, including a
number of clergymen, took sides with
DR.. Haiselden. But his critics were
just as numerous.
In Hands of Higher Power.
DR.. Murphy said: THE babys life
is in the hands of a higher power
Nature will provide the best rem
edy."
DR.. Rosalie NJ. Lavoda commented:
"A life is a life and l wish DR.. Haisel-
den would step out and let some one
else operate"
Clarence barrow, the lawyer, re-
marked: ChIoroform unfit children.
Show them the same mercy that is
shown beasts that are no longer fit
to live
Mrs Annie l.. Bollinger, the moth
err, remained nearby. Many times she
asked: 'Is it dead?" She was stead
fast in her belief that death was best
for the little one. She has three
healthy children, and the plight of
the condemned baby is believed to be
due to an attack of typhoid fever
which the mother suffered recently.
The authorities took no action fur
ther than to determine that no death
certificate should be issued until af-
ter an investigation by the coroner.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-23
DOGS ARE EXECUTED
BIT LITTLE GIRL AND ARE TRIED
BY A JURY IN COURT.
A Queer Case of Legal Procedure
in Justice Court at Dexter. Dogs
Executed by Deputy Sheriff.

Executed Dy deputy Snefl1.
DUBLIN, Ga.-A rather unusual
proceeding was tried out in the JUS
tice court at Dexter Saturday after
noon that resulted in the death of
two bulldogs that bit a white child
severely Friday afternoon.
According to the evidence at the
trial the little girl of Mr.. Will Shep-
herd, living on the Witherington
place, was returning from school
Friday afterno n when she was at
tackled by two vicious bull dogs be-
longing to Mrs. Lee, who also lives
on the Witherington place. The dogs
tore the flesh on the child's arms and
legs badly, it requiring several
stitches by physician to close some
of the wounds.
The little girls father took his gun
and went to Mrs. Lees home to kill
the dogs. Here he found that the
dogs had been taken into the house,
and her two grown sons Informed
Mr.. Shepherd that if he killed the
dogs he would have to kill them. In
stead of having a fight Mr.. Shepherd
went to Dexter and instituted pro-
ceedings to have the dogs abated as
nuisance. The necessary papers
we're issued and served on the owner
of the dogs, and on Saturday after
noon the trial was held before JUS
tees Mcdaniel and Blankenship.
Twelve jurors were impaneled, and
although there was not lawyer pres
ent during the trial evidence for both
sides was heard, and the jury duly
charged by the court. Just as the
jury began to file out to make up
verdict the owner of the dogs arose
and stated that if the court wished
to kill them she would not interpose
further objection, but the case had
gone to the jury and its verdict was
awaited before any action was taken.
In about two minutes the jury
brought in a verdict directing that
the dogs be killed, and their heads
sent to the state department of health
to be examined for evidence of hy-
drophobia. The court ordered Deputy
Sheriff Watson to kill the dogs, and
execution of the sentence was carried
out at once.
It developed in the evidence that
several hogs and cows and negro
child had also been bitten by the
dogs recently.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-23
BACK TO PRIMITIVE LIFE
MIR. AND MRS. WALTER +. ESTES
GONE INTO MAINE WOODS.
For Purpose of Demonstrating 1t Is
Possible to Get Good Living and
Clothes From the Forests.

Possible to Get Good Living and
Clothes From the Forests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter F. Estes of
Gray have gone into the deep woods
around Deadwater on the upper Ken
nebec river near MOosehead Lake,
without weapons, implements or tools
of any kind; without eatables or 9TH
err supplies, and clothed only in
| tights, for the purpose of demonstrate
! ing that it is possible to get good
| living and plenty of clothing from
the products of the forest and from
| it's deniZens, continue this primitive
| life for two months and come out
healthier and heartier than when
they went in, says a dispatch to the
New York World from Bangor, Me.
Mr.. Estes says that it is no great
| feat, that he has accomplished some
thing very like it several times before
and that his wife, who accompanied
him on one trip, is just as able as he
to stand the test They are each 26
years old, and are fine specimens of
he real Down East Yankee.
Estes is a hunter, trapper, guide,
warden and herb gatherer. He knows
every nook of the woods and is ia
miliar with every living thing that
walks or flies or swims in all Maine.
mo man can jump directly from
the life of a city into the rough ex-
istence of the woods with safety" he
says. "A man must train for it; also
he will suffer physically. l have been
training for weeks for this expert
ment | have not tasted a bit of
bread nor any vegetable since July
18th. My wife also has trained, and
she will be just as much at home in
the woods as | am.
1--WE are not making this excursion
for any advertising. We have wanted
to make the experiment, and we know
from past tests that we will succeed.
We make no secret of our plans and
do not intend to hide from any one.
We want people to come and see us.
We shall show them how we live il
the woods and explain how any one
can do the same thing with proper
training. We would rather like to be
watched during our stay, so that
every one may be satisfied that there
is no fake about it"
1t is likely that by this time Mr..
Estes has killed a deer or two, as the
weather is getting to be trifle cool
for tights, and the skins would come
handy; likewise the meat. He says
he can kill deer with stone or
club, and in any event with bow
and arrow, which implements he can
make in the woods.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-23
GRAIN MOVEMENT
BIGGEST IN HISTORY
Selling the Opportunity Offered by
the War the Crops of North
America Are Unprecedented.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-What is
probably the greatest movement of
grain the world has ever witnessed
is now in progress. Selling the OPP
pOrtunity presented by the war in
Europe American and Canadian
farmers have raised unprecedented
crops. which are now being rushed
to the Atlantic seaboard in all haste
because OF the impending close of
navigation on the great lakes. In
Philadelphia the elevators are filled
to capacity and more than a thous-
and cars of grain are on the railroad
tracks awaiting their turn to dis
charge as soon as the fleet of steam
ers arrive in ballast from Europe.
Twenty Steamers Due.
In addition to the regular trans
Atlantic liners twenty steamers are
due at this port to load cargoes OF
grain. In all, the westward bound
fleet headed for Philadelphia has a
carrying capacity of more than s.
100000 bushels.
Ocean freight rates continue to ad-
vance daily. Rumors are current
that the Italian government will soon
call many of her vessels home fol
war purposes. This would intensity
the lack of tonnage, with a CORES
bonding increase in rates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-23
Coughs That Are STOPPED.

Careful people see that they are
stopped. DR.. Kings New Discovery
IS a remedy of tried merit. 1t has
held its own on the market for 46
years. Youth and old age testify to
its soothing and healing qualities.
Pneumonia and lung troubles are Of
ten caused by delay of treatment. DR..
Kings New Discovery stops those
hacking coughs and relieves lagrippe
tendencies. Money back if it fails.
soc and $100.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-23
GENTLE HINT.

rs that an eight day clock?" said
the young man, as the timepiece
struck the midnight hour.
WELL" replied the sweet young
thing with a yawn, why don't you
stay little longer and find out"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-23
LAST YEAR,s HOMEsTEADING.

Homesteaders settled upon more
than 100000 acres of government
land during the last fiscal year. I'm
Gle Sam still has 279,500,OO0 acres
left.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-23
WANTED DEATH TO
TAKE HER INF Ant
DECIDED 1T SHOULD NOT UNDER
co OPERATION THAT WOULD
PROBABLY SAVE ITS LIFE.
IT WAS HORRIBLY DEFORNED

Principal DefOrmities Were Closure OF
Intestinal Tract, Absence of Right
Ear. Blindness of One Eye, and
MalfOrmatiOn of Shoulders.
CHICAGO.-The Bollinger baby,
a defective mite whose mother, on
professional advice, decided it should
not undergo an operation which
probably would save its life, died to-
might at the German-AmeriCan hospi-
tai here.
During the day the question Of the
propriety of sacrificing the unpromis-
ing spark of life in the infant that it
might not gro wup burden to itself
and a possible menace to society, was
the subject of widespread discussion.
DR.. ]. H. Haiselden, on whose advice
the mother acted, was visited by
many medical men today and tele-
phone calls alternately accused and
praised him. He remained unaltered
in his convictions that death was the
greatest blessing which could be hop
ed for the infant.
Defects in Child.
The principal physical deformities
of the baby are the closure of intes-
final tract, paralysis of the nerves of
the right side of the face, the absence
of the right ear, blindness of one eye,
and malformation of its shoulders.
DR.. Haiselden, who oftiCiated at the
birth, noted the absence of a neck.
The brain he found to be only slight
~ subnormal, but the cranial nerves
were absent or undevelOped.
eff he grew up he would be
hopeless cripple and would suffer
from fits" said the doctor.
''Would his mind be clear? Would
his soul be normally aIiye?' he was
asked
THAT 1 do not know, but the
chances are against it."
The questioner cited the case of
Roswell Smith of Chicago, suppos-
eddy harmless defective, who after
reaching the adult age killed little
Hazel Weinstock, for which he was
hanged.
Another visitor remarked that Fyo-
dor Dostoevsky, born a defective,
who gambled and had epileptic fits,
developed into a great novelist and
one of the greatest psychologists of
Europe.
Most of the visitors treated the ba-
by, which lay in little bundle in a
private room, as if it were uncanny.
DIR. Haiselden alone treated it like
human being. He looked into the
little twisted face and patted its
cheeks.
To Die Before Morning.
''He will be dead before the night
is over" he said.
ct would be a moral wrong he
continued, ito allow it to live. 1t
seems to me that a city which allows
a blackhand outrage a week, thous-
and abortions day, and a number of
accidents every round of the clock
is hardly in position to criticise a
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-09-10
CALL MEETING FOR SOUTH GEORGIA
TO GUARD AGAINST BOIL WEEVIL
Special to The Leader Enterprise.

+no Atlanta Sept 9-An important conference
v OF every county South Georgia been called to ee
at Ihomasvile at 10 o'clock Friday September ~ to male
the Mexican cotton boil weevl 10y ~ -
The coming of the boil weev to Georgia affects the inter
ess OF every and child in the infested sections
Farmers merchants bankers and professional men are ALIKE
In checking its and reducing the of
damage as much possible.
10 make plans this end the State Board of Enomooxw
lncudlng D. Price Chairman John A. Cobb of Americas
and G. Berchmans of Augusta and the Townsville Board
OF trade nave called this meeting which every South e
ea county should be we'll represented number Of state and
GtVem ent boil weevil experts will Be p.eens
although Southwest Georgia will be Seriously infested hy
next season there for grave alarm Georgia Mas
the advantage OF the experience of the other weev nff
states and can begin where they will still be pos
slbe by following well known and established principles sa
make good crop of cotton at profit The purpose of th
conference to supply this Information so that everv cotf
planter Will know exactly what he to protect hself
State Entomoogist Lee Worsham says the board is n
pared to lend every possible assistance farmer in the
tested TERRITORY and among other things will furnish limited
supply OF wlresistant seed of early maturing varieties for
planting In those sections affected by wilt black root
Attention called to the fact is strictly against the
state law to have live boil weevis ones possession or to-
transfer them IN any manner from place another For
the protection OF cotton growers violations this law viii be-
prosecuted
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-09-10
Large School Enrolment
Causes Congestion

At the request of Supt. A. S.
Ford the school board of the CITY
held special meeting >of the
board Thursday afternoon, to
find ways and means to care for
the increased school attendance.
Despite the fact that the city
added six more rooms to the
ward buildings last year, the
school board finds itself without
sufficient rooms to house the ad-
dltlonal applicants to the city
schools. The board voted to rent
te Ghuild room of the Episcopal
Church on w. Pine, formerly
used for a school room. At the
meeting steps were also taken to
secure private telephone service
between the school buildings, to
facilitate the rapid transaction
OF business between the Superin-
tendends Office and the Ward
schools. A great deal of valuable
time may thus be saved the
superintendent which will give
him more opportunity for direct
supervising.
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School News &
STEWART F. GELDERS, EDITOR

Prof. Beauchamp gave the boys
IN the manual training classes
something new to think of.
Most of Americas trained me.
chanics have, in the past been
brought from Europe. This war
is killing off millions of these
trained mechanics and will para
lyze the industries of Europe for
many years and besides that it
will stop immigration to America
to a great extent. Thus all of
our American craftsmen for the
next hundred years must be
trained in America. That means
that the boys of today and their
children must learn the vocations.
The result may be that skilled
woodworkers and mechanics will
be able to cammand as great
salary's as professional men. It
is certainly advisable for young
men and boys, who as yet have
picked no life work, to turn their
thoughts to becoming skilled me-
chanics and craftmen.
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mat special review of Fitzgerald and Ben Hill county will be
the most effort undertaken in
Georgia
fitzgerald banks and Fitzgerald merchants along with trade
ana folk realize the vast import the Leader
prlse,s ANNIVERSARY and SHORT ROUTE DIXIE HIGHWAY
Advertising always good investment but nothing
s opportunity has been presented to FITZGERALD and
Ben Hill. ~
Remember, this Ben Hill Wilcox Turner Irwin
and Conee counties just like the dew WE WANT THAT
FIlzGERALD AS THE METROPOLIS OF SOUTH GEORGIA is
ENTITLED TO IT. LET'S GO OUT AND GErIT
you have not already indicated amount of space Won de-
sire reserved see our Mr.. Logan at once
ms ANNIVERSARY edition is TRADE BRINGER and
NEW CITIZEN ''GETTER" W
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First Ward. Fifth r.

Our class started work Sept.
l, 1915, with forty-one pupils.
mostly boys. Miss Pryor is. our
teacher. DR.. Ford, our new
superintendent, visited our room
last week and made us an inter.
esting talk. He advised us to
begin right, stay right and We
would end right" / We like him
because he is bright and Jolly.
Our work will be hard this
year. and we expect to put in
more time studying. H'st
We had, our first composition
Monday, writing about Steven
sons Land of Story Books.
The arithmetic is different
from what ! had in Atlanta
We're having drills on the funda-
m en- tai operations, Tommie
Vaughn and T. ]. Smith led the
class in quick addition Wednes-
day. .a<
This is our first.year to study
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EXCESSIVE SPEED
CAUSES ACCIDENT
Phoenix Delivery Runs Into
Automobile.

James Murray, in charge of
the delivery truck of the Phoenix
Grocery Co., headed south on
Lee street near Pine, run into
the Overland car driven by Roy
Fudge, and having in the rear
seat Mrs. G. w. Showalter. The
truck struck the car with full
force on the rear fender and
throwed it fully fourteen feet
from its tracks. That the truck
was going far beyond the speed
limit is fully evidenced by the
distance between the track Of
the Showalter car, when it was
hit and the place where it finally
landed. Mrs. Showalter was
thrown out onto the ground and
fortunately escaped without seri-
GUS injuries, except slight bruises
and a serious shock to her ner-
yes. TIE Showalter car was COM
ing at a fifteen mile speed from
W. Pine and had partially made
the crossing on Pine and Lee
when the delivery truck struck
the rear wheel. The accident
was easily avoidable on the part
of the truck driver, as it must
have been in full sight for over
a hundred feet, and the city or
dinances gives the east and west
cars the right of way over the
north and south. Murray was
served with charges and supeoncd
to appear in the Mayors court,
Mrs. ShoWalter was i carried, to-
her residence and a physician
to attend, her, -; ::
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"DEESTRICT SKULEn

The ''Deestrlct Skule' was a
big success, despite the fact that
the elements objected to this re-
Vival of the old customs and there
was aheavy shower up to fhortly
after 8 o'clock. Therefore the audi.
ence altho large was not as large
as it would have been.-
, The plaYlet opened with, Gle
pupils dressed in the old STYLE
girls in pantalettes and full dress
and the, boys in clothes of all des-
cription from Mike OFlynns neat
Oliver twist suit to Alex Shocks
rags and barefoot, playing old
fashioned games of leap-frog.
!stick-frog and drop -the-handker-
chief. The school bell rings and
the curtain rings down on the first
act.
= The act.is, II The morning session of
school (which is the main act and
is extremely funny.
Act three is the same as act one
the noon hour. The pupils eat
their lunches, at least they eat all
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-09-10
Grand Dukes Fall
A German Victory

LONDON sept o-Grand Duke Nicholas deposition R4sszrp
commander IN chief and his transfer the
Caucasus front the greatest military sensation las N
cause seen the continued the armies
ne loss OF all the Russian fortresses the first
enS put there possibility that the real different
ordg to experts who closely watching
empire. ".,1.--.'A -
Orand Duke Nicholas has always been regarded
the anti faction and there are those b
see his downfall the triumph Of the CLIQUE thas has
been working through the Czarina upon the Car
It is plain that for Grand Duke has been h
government investigation of fraud army
uuaer way In Russia but like many Investigations country
no1nng mas come OF It, The supply of munitions
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history. We're learning how our
continent was discovered and ex-
plored.
In reviewing North America
we had to draw some maps, put
ing in lakes, rivers, and noun
ms. Our definite work in
topography is about the u. S.
Every SATURDAY. some of the
boys and girls go to Miss Pryor's
and learn a new song, the next
week these pupils teach it to the
room. Last week we learned
Neidlinger's, 'Rockin' in de
VIM.
HUNTER JOHNSTON,
Reporter.
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The SUBJECT of a piano for morn
ing exercises was brought up this
morning. A good piano may ae
rented by contributions of '5fve
cents per month from each pupil
or one could be bought if each
contributed one simoleon. We
certainly need a piano and if any
one can suggest scheme by which
we could get one, without bank.
rupting the entire student body,
we would like to have it.
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that is not stolen by their com
rades or used in lien of paper wads
Act -four, the concluding act, rivals
two for fun, being the program
arranged for the benefit of the
visitors on the last day of school
The poems, recited with the most
approved ''singsong" delivery, the
funny essays all constituted a very
amusing entertainment.
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RECALL OF DR.. DUMBA
DEMANDED BY LANSING
OF AUSTRIA HUNGARY
Ambassador Penfeld, at Vienna, IN
structed By Cable To Make An
nouncement to Austro- Hungarian
Government

Washington, Sept 9Ambassador Penfed at Vienna was in
struced by cable tonight Hungarian
that Dr. Consan Dumba acceptable an to the
United States and to ask for his recall
Secretary Lansing formally announced the action
1t the American government to DR. Dpbo,s
explanation of his intercepted letter Vienna outlining plans for
handlcapng American plants making supplies allies
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CALL FOR ELECTION.

GEORGIA BEN HfE15 CoUNTaY: - lF's'
1t being made known to me
that the Ordinary of Ben Hill
county. Georgia.. the Hon. C. M.
Wise, died on September 8, 1915.
and that there is vacancy in
the office of the Ordinary in this
county. it is therefore ordered,
under and by virtue of authority
vested in me by Section 4782 of
the Civil Code of 1911, an election
is hereby ordered for Ordinary
in and for said county, to take
place on Wednesday the 22nd.
day Of September 1915, to fill the
-unexpired term of Ordinary in
and for said county.
This 9th day of September
1915. s....
D. w. M. Whitley,
Clerk Superior Court Ben Hill
County. Ca t-t'
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Picnic

". R. C. and G. A. R. will
hold a picnic Wednesday Sept.
10Th, at Blue and Grey park.
every body welcome. Bring din
ner and enjoy yourselves.
Il. L. Hutchinson,
Press Cor.
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Tarnopol Of But Little {. ].
&. 1. .@..:.: Use to Russians

Special to The Leader Enterprise >., ~gs E-
London Sept O-Ihe capture Of Tarnopol by the Rlssiar viii
prove OF out little value from military stand
entirely without Notifications and had previously been in nj
the Russians during their Galican campaigns LII, - :