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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
That Picture.

Some persons believe we should not have
printed the picture of the victims of the Lee
county mob.
The picture, doubtless, should not have
been printed, but in the manifold duties
of getting together a good newspaper,
and being pressed for time, it is impossible
for the editor to always give thought and
delberation to every matter, and that is
true in this case. Knowing that illustra-
tions of unusual occurrences, especially OF
this character, have been and are now print
ed in secular newspapers without causing
unusual criticism it was permitted to pass
the editors blue pencil more as matter of
course than as the result of thought or con-
sideration as to its propriety or impropri-
ETY..
The News always regrets to make mis-
take or use bad judgment, and if it was such
to print this picture We regret having Of
Tended any ones sense of propriety.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
1.-THE HANGING JUDGE"
Passing of Union Veteran Who Sentenced Six
Prisoners to Death at Andersonville.
Big Peter Mccullough, 76 wears old.

Big Peter Mccullough, 76 years old, the
hanging judge" of Andersonville, Ca, prison
during the civil war, died recently at his
home in Mexico, Mo-, after a short illness
with pneumonia. Mccullough sentenced six
of his fellow prisoners to death in the An
Jacksonville stockade and personally aided
in carrying out the sentence.
The union soldiers We're charged with be-
ing ringleaders in raids when they stole the
scanty rations of other prisoners their valu-
bles, and as Mccullough expressed it, ''They
took our lives when they took our grub
Mccullough recently related to friends the
story of the hanging as follows:
THE gang was known as the raiders
and they had everything their own way for
nearly three months. We sent petition to
the prison authorities and requested relief
They granted our request and sent in a body
of armed men, to whom we pointed out the
raiders. In three hours we had rounded up
200 men, who were identified with all kinds
of villainy. They were marched outside the
stockade that they might receive fair trial
In fact the raiders begged to be taken out
for fear of violence, as there were 80, 900
prisoners in the stockade.
THE stockade was in command of Capt
Henry Wirz, Swiss, who permitted us to
organize a court elect judge and impanel
jury to try our prisoners.
Il was elected Judge of that court, and
the first day I tried fully 100 men for petty
misdemeanors. The raiders soon saw we
meant business and like men of today they
wanted immunity. In short time we had
the ringleaders spotted.
Their trial lasted two days, and finally
the six raiders were found guilty of muir
der or such crimes that made their pres
ence among us intolerable. They were SEN
fenced to death.
'The condemned men thought that the
whole thing was hoax concocted to fright
en- them, and they refused to believe We
were in earnest until they were brought
within sight of the scaffold.
eve had everything ready and the nooses
were quickly adjusted. We had no trap
doors, but man was stationed behind each
prisoner, and at the word we gave each man
shove. The drop was six feet.
"The hanging broke up raiding. We form
ed league among the better class of pris-
oners and were allowed to punish all offend
ers in the stockade."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
Hats off to the Humble Hen
ID. %. Willard i'm die Dakota FARMER.

The good old hen, the modest, the indom-
table, the busy hen-she of the red comb
to her would I write an apostrOphe. More
UparadOXes could be written of her than of
any domestic animal on the farm. She earns
more in proportion to her cost and is given
less credit than the horse, the COW, the sheep
or pig. She works harder, gets up earlier
attends to her own business better, while
less thought is given to her comfort than to
any animal on the farm. She picks up what
nothing else wants and what no other ami
NAL would find. She pays in cashable prod
uct each day for what she picked up the day
before Her contributions to the breakfast
table and to the credit side of the grocery
bill are regularly made for which she re-
|ceives scant thanks: yet she sings and cackles
and goes uncomplainingly on her way. She
deserves more than she gets, and she gets
what she wants by going after it. God bless
the humble hen; she is one of mans best
and most neglected friends.
The cow the pig and the hen. the indom-
liable trio that have saved the farm to many
homesteader. of these not the least is the
humble hen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
An Opportunity For Farmers.

The Dawson News carries an adyer-
tisement from an oil mill Of that town
advising farmers that it Will install
machinery for extracting oil from pea
nuts and provide a market for them
provided they will agree to raise them
in sufficient quantities.-Moultrle OD-
server.
The surprising thing is that so few OF our
farmers are responding to the advertise
ment. Mr.. George G. Riley, the manager
of the oil mill which offers to supply the
farmers a ready market for one of their
products and thus help them to get away
from the all-cotton policy and defeat in
measure damage by the boil weeyil, informs
The News that comparatively few responses
have been received by him. Many farmers
around Parrot, in the northern part Of Ter
reIl county. and Weston, in Webster county
have notified him that they will grow
groundpeas for the mill he proposes to in
stall. but in other sections the farmers so
far have appeared to be surprisingly indifer-
ent.
The boil weevl, beyond all peradyenture
is going to do untold damage throughout
this section very soon, and in the light OF
that fact and for other reasons it is not nee
essary to enumerate here, the farmers are
going to miss one of the greatest opportuni-
ties of their lives to begin Investigation of
their crops with a sure market if they do
not take advantage of the oil mills PROPOSE
ton. They should not let another day pass
without writing to Mr.. Riley that they will
furnish the groundpeas if he will furnish
the mill to convert them into marketable
products.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Governor Harris opened his campaign for
reelection in Macon Monday night, and a
great throng of the people of his home town
turned out and gave him an enthusiastic
reception. The old war-hOrse was on his
mettle, and charged right valiantly those
who would flank him. If there are any who
have doubt that there is not a fight, and
a big one, in the governor they had as well
disabuse their minds of the notion. Gov
ernor Harris is vigorous in body and intel
lect, and the two or three gentlemen who
will probably oppose him will find it a man
sized job to wre5t from him the chair in the
gubernatorial office.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

According to a Leesburg dispatch Judge
T. A. Littlejohn, in charging the Lee county
grand jury last week, twas most severe in
condemnation of the recent lynching' there,
and urged that body to use every effort to
punish the offenders and help put check
to lawlessness in the state" The grand jury
examined a number of witnesses, announced
their efforts had been futile and in their
presentments condemned lynching. 1t usu-
ally ends that way. But it will be different
some time, and that not so long away. The
public conscience is being aroused against
the horror of lynch law, and the mob will
then be dealt with as it deserves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Over five billion six hundred million bush
els of wheat, corn and oats were produced in
the United States last year by farmers.
One billion five hundred million agricult-
ural products were sent abroad.
Over half a million automobiles were
bought by farmers.
More than a thousand counties now have
experts who are teaching farmers how t
make even more money.
The farmer is reaping his heritage; he il
the national giant
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Senator's Smith and Hardwick it is OBJ
served, did not go with the Georgia congress-
men to make that appeal that Mr.. Thomas
Watson be not indicted and tried in another
state for printing in his newspaper alleged
obscene matter in connection with the Frank
case. We should have been much surprised
if they had, for these gentlemen, more than
any others perhaps, have knowledge of the
sting of his pen. If their personal feelings
were consulted they would no doubt be glad
for the government to do it's worst to the
vitriolic ThomsOnian.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

The surviving old-fashoned man is
the one who has a chicken coop in his
back yard instead of a garage.-East-
man Times-J
We can't answer for the "old" man. But
as for ourself, we have them in our back
yard, and have had ever since we've had a
back yard. There's nothing prettier than
a bunch of clean, golden-legged buff rocks,
or nothing better or more wholesome than
their products-large fresh eggs and tender,
juicy friers. Our greatest pleasure and re-
creation is caring for our fowls.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
TENIPERING THE WIND TO THE LAMB

From the Savannah News.
Political campaigns make rich pickings for
county papers Many a candidates dollars
are buying shoes for the babies of editors in
South Georgia nowadays. In the long run
it may be that the income from this source,
now that the county officers are to serve
four-year terms, will be less than formerly,
but the weeklies have been foresighted
enough to decide that whereas announce
ment cards were published for s. when the
term was two years the price now will be
$40. Candidates for offices that command
the higher salaries must pay more than the
candidates for, say, coroner. Thus the wind
is tempered to the lamb that will not grow
much lambs wool while in office.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Hon. NJ J. Yeomans, of Terrell county, is
being prominently mentioned as prospect
i've candidate for the speakership of the next
house of Georgia representatives. Mr.. Yeo-
mans was one of the prominent and in1uen-
tial members of that body at its last session
and should he aspire to the high and honor
able Office of speaker he will receive the sup
port of friends in all parts of the state. He
is eminently qualified for the position.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
Early and Late Primaries.

primaries are an unnecessary expense,
and all elections possible should be con-
ssolidated.-Butts County Progress.
We are in thorough accord with Judge
Reagan. An election Of some kind is being
held from one years end to anothers, and
the people are given entirely too much Of a
good thing-if by any sort of reasoning it
can be designated as such. And right here it
might be stated that in the matter of prima-
ry elections the inconsistency of politicians
again protrudes as big as meeting house If
it isn't wrong, if it isn't taking snap judg-
ment on the people, to have a primary for
president and county officers in the early
spring why is it such an outrage upon the
voter and the public welfare to nominate
state officials before late in August? For an
answer that is an answer We will give one of
Brother Asa Gamblers cool and refreshing
Temperance drinks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

We note that some of our esteemed con-
temporaries are disposed to sheer at the sug-
gested candidacy of Mayor Jim Woodward
for governor. Well, they need not. Were
the honorable Woodward to get in the run
ming he would poll a surprisingly large num-
Der of votes. The Atlanta mayor, as We hap
pen to know, has been a badly maligned
man. Worse men have held high Office, and
but few with the good common sense and
backbone he has always displayed in official
life
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

We see from the Star down at Andalusia,
Ala, where the boil weevil has been giving
them hail Columbia, that one firm has shipp-
ed in the past thirty days $4,000 eggs that
were bought from farmers at an average
price of % cents a dozen. That's one of
the ways to snap your finger in the face of
the pesky cotton insect. The farmers of the
Andausa vicinity will prosper in spite of
the presence of the weevil
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Editor Fouche, of the Henry County
Weekly, has been boy himself and knows
how it is. He delivers these three lines of
wisdom: There isn't much hope for the
boy that goes out in the morning with his
face clean and comes home with it clean"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
BUT THIS Is A DAY OF EQUAL RIGHTS.

Editor Mcintosh of the Albany Her.
aid, knows how it is. He says: MANY
a poor fellow who marries to settle
down finds that setting up requires all
his time Dawson News.
We give this item exactly as it appears in
the paper of Commissioner Rainey. Our i'm
preston has been that most of the setting
up is done by the wives after marriage.
They are waiting for their bubbles to come
home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Representative Henry, of Texas, one of
the leading democrats of congress, takes the
conservative position of a small addition to
the standing army, and higher development
of the national guard. He takes a strong
position against those who ARE in league
with the war trust magnates, and are wildly
ambitious for an era of militarism of vast
nrOnOrtiOns"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER.

From the Albany Herald.
Tomorrow. Wednesday, is grounding
day According to tradition his hOgship
will emerge from his winters hiberna-
ton, and if he sees his shadow will
return to remain six more weeks, as
there will be that much more winter
weather If he does not see his shad-
ow he will remain out of his hole, sign
that winter is over. Watch for him,
and if he tries to re-enter his winter
quarters kill him.-Dawson News.
He certainly didn't get glimpse of hi
shadow in this section of Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

An Atlanta man, a city official at that
has been fined $500 for cruelty to animals
it being proved that he worked mules and
horses inhumanly. There are not enough
prosecutions for cruelty to dumb brutes
many of which if they could talk would tell
stories of suffering and cruelty that would
startle every right thinking, sympathetic
person. Every town should have an active
society for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Governor Smith and Governor Brown be-
lieved that under the constitution of Geor-
gia-the highest law of the land-they had
the right to pardon convicts without their
applications having been considered by the
prison commission, and on numerous occa-
sions acted on that belief. And no one,
we believe, will deny that they are both
pretty good lawyers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

The esteemed Darien Gazette wants to
know isn't it time for the dear Georgia
peach crop to get its first killing?" Be
patient brother. If the peach crop survives
all the killings it will get from now until
the middle of April it will have to possess
more lives than the proverbial cat. The
killers are just a little slow getting in action.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
.sHAs NO SUPERIOR IN STATE"

From the McDonough Weekly.
Hon. E. L. Rainey, member of the state
prison commission, was a prominent visitor
to McDonough a few hours yesterday. Mr..
Rainey is not only one of Georgia's most
efficient and popular officials, but is also
editor of The Dawson News, a weekly
paper with no superior in the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

If some of the disciples of Preparedness
are listened to every taxpayer will have a
soldier on his back. Colonel Ham, an at
tache of the war department, has told the
senate committee that standing army of a
million and a quarter men is necessary. Of
course The coloners business is war-o"
drawing pay for being a tin warrior.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

The state has won the first round over
the proposition of the Louisville and Nash
Vile to parallel the state road. But it is en-
tirely too early for congratulations and
handshaking. There will be several other
rounds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Were getting bunch of English CAPT
talsts who are fleeing to this country to es-
cape the income tax" says the Thomasville
Times Enterprise. Now, that is what We
would call jumping out of the frying pan
into the fire. If there is any one thing this
country has become an adept at it is the
Ievying and collecting of taxes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

The Barrow Times, a new candidate for
public favor published at Winder, has reach
ed our desk. 1t is edited by Hon. J. c.
Flanagan, an experienced and versatile news
paper man, and is a most creditabe publ
cation in every respect We wish Editor
Flanagan mighty well in his new undertake
ing,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Reports within the past day or two give
the latest price Of radium as $9.O00,0OO an
ounce, or a pound or a ton, or something
like that. 1t really doesn't make much diff
ference which, so far as We can see.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Just to show how little trouble troubles
him Villa has taken unto himself a third
wife with two others claiming the doubt
full title of Mrs. Villa
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
ONE OF THE "PEEPUL."

From the Louisville CourierJOurnal
A really democratic man is one who whit
ties with a barlow, eats at a dairy lunch
restaurant. wears a dollar watch, drives
tin automobile and does not brag about his
pedigree.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

This is Clay county's time to furnish the
state senator. AS usual, Terrell will accept
whoever our neighbor presents to the dis
trict SO far no names have been publicly
suggested.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Wages without board are about So a
month more.
observe that where wages are low the
cost of board is also low, indicating that
wages go up and down with the cost of liv-
ing.
Farm workers in Maryland have the rep
utation for working the longest of all in
summer-11 hours and . minutes The
shortest working day for farm laborers is
for the winter season in Utah, only hours
and So minutes The longest average hours
for the year around are worked in Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota.
The shortest are in Utah, Nevada, Arizona
and Wyoming. Just why this is so has not
been explained, though it is possibly due to
cattle raising, which fourishes in those
states, and is not confning industry
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
Highest and Lowest Wages

Government figures which show where
farm wages are highest and lowest are quot
ed in Farm and Firside, a farm paper pub
lished at Springfield, Ohio:
Highest Per Month With Board:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

These are gladstone days when We cOun-
try editor is at no loss for single wrappers.
He gives three cheers for the dear old Con
gressional Record each succeeding press day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Villa is no doubt glad that he is being
captured now and then only in the imagi-
nations of the newspaper correspondents
nearest him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Chicago has not recovered that municipal
steam roller which was stolen a number of
weeks ago. And with the republican ma
tional convention coming on at that.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

Hon. W. j. Harris who is conceded to be
spokesman for the president on all matters
concerning Georgia, is just now much inter
ested in the time and manner of choosing
presidential delegates in this state. Presi-
dent Wilson will have no opposition in Geor-
gia this year and what he wants will be done
as near as possible. Mr. Harris occupies an
enviable place in the esteem of the admins
tratfon at Washington, and we congratulate
our genial and able friend on his good fort
une.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09

The Milledgevillle News has announced
the suspension of its semi-weekly after a
trial of four or five weeks and that most
excellent paper will again be published but
once a week The Dawson News spent a
good many perfectly good dollars, extend
ing through a period of two years trying to
convince the people here that they wanted a
semi-weekly newspaper, but had to finally
give up the job. The fact is, it is seldom
that one good weekly gets the support it
ought to have in the average Georgia town.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-03

The PrOmptest Mail and
Phone Order DePartm emGs
i'm the Entire Southwest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-03

BOYS SUIT SALE SATURDAY
Newly received Spring Norfolk
Suits for boys, in light weight,
firmly woven wooden materials.
Some having one pair, others two
pair KnickerbOckers. All trousers
are fully lined; peg top style, and
finished with button bottoms. Coats
are latest 1916 Norfolk models.
Patterns are solid effects, Plaids,
Stripes and Mixtures. Sizes Z to
P I8 gears SIS. 05 O. SIS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-11

Omitted Press Leased WireD
NEW YORK, Sept. IL
An order recommending
general strike of New York's
5000 trade unionists in
sympathy with the transit
strike which today affected
New York, Bronx and Quense
counties, went out to the
union heads today.
Leaving the night session oil
union heads two hours before II
closed, Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of La
Dor recommended that union
members give the striking carmen
financial and moral support"
The union heads recommended
a general strike, with which action
they claimed Gompers was In CON-
plete sympathy.
The recommendation OF the
conferences held by leaders last
night will go to the individual
bodies and 1t was said IL would
talse several days to get the pro-
posed sympathetic strike under
way.
While surface lines are practi.
calIy at a standstill. the strikers
are today making an appeal to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-11
What's Become Of Speed
Stars of Former Years?
Fans Demand Baserunning
Has base-running become

Has base-running become a
lost art?
Are the runners slowing down;
are the catchers growing more
proficient in tagging attempted
thefts, or has the straightaway
steal given way to the sacrifice
hit and the hit aud run play?
Whatever is wrong with the
national pastime In this particu-
lar department 1t is evident that
a decided change has come over
the running end within the past
few years, and the present cam.
paign will set a low mark in base
stealing in both major leagues.
McGraw's old Giant machine
of 1911-12-13 averaged 500
steals a season over a stretch Of
three years. 1t was not uncom>
mon in those days for a team to
run far above the 200 mark in
thefts, many clubs exceeding the
$50 mark.
This season only one team in
the two big. circuits-the st.
Louis Browns-appears likely to
finish the grind with a total Of
200 thefts.
Cobb and Carey, present
leaders i'm base-running in
the American and National
leagues, are sure to carry
off the individual hOnOrs in
their respective circuits.
Each will go above so and
no other player will reach
that mark.
Tyrus will fall far behind the
average that has been set up. in
the American league for some
years past by such speed mer-
chants as himself, Edie Collins,
Milan and Maisel. In the past
six seasons "A steals was the low
mark, Cobb setting the high rec
ord last year with So.
Carey will win the honors the
third time in four seasons. He
has already passed his winning
mark of last season-36-the
lowest figure for leader during
the past 16 seasons. The latest
records, with only a month to go,
give the following statistics in
base stealing:
National League-Giants, 1873;
Robins, 1923; Cardinals, 1875;
Pirates, 11S; Reds, 10; Phillies,
1903; Braves, 81; Cubs, 81.
American League - Browns,
173; Yanks, 1853; Senators, 1873;
Tigers, 1870; White Sox. 1922; In
dams, ia; Athletics, 113; Red
Six, 100.