The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

tanned of sufficient size to cover a
small copy of the New Testament;
have same made up and presented
to my lawyer, who will have instruc-
lions to present it to my wife, who,
although a Manchu by birth and a
Buddhist, is interested in the New
Testament. Also my ring and pin shall,
be turned over to the same attorney
to be presented to my wife"
Fear of Burial Alive.
That some people have mortal
fear of being buried alive is evidenc-
ed by the strange request in the will
of the late Mrs. Maria L. Thompson,
who died in Florence, Italy, and
whose will was filed in this city on
Oct. 27, 1917. Mrs. Thompson pro-
vided in her will that; GAS | die a
member of the Roman Catholic
church, if the permission of the
church can be obtained / wish my
body to be cremated. If this cannot
be done, l request that it be opened
in such way as to prevent my be-
ing buried alive and that quicklime
be thrown on it so as to consume it
quickly, and that my ashes be placed
near the graves of my children"
Still another who had a horror of
being buried alive was Mrs. Joanna
Mitchell Thompson, who died on April
IA. 1916, at East Orange, and who
in her will directed that a friend,
Stephen Baldwin, inspect her body
daily for forty days after her sup
posed death, to make sure that no
signs of life returned.
The health authorities and the
of Rosedale cemetery
but the body, after unus
ual precautions to make sure that
death really had ensued, was her
metically sealed in casket and bur
led in a concrete grave. Each day for
forty days Baldwin sat beside the
grave, with his ear close to the
ground, listening for sound from
within.
For this, under the terms of the
will filed for probate of Aug 9, 1916,
Baldwin was to receive 5000, if 1T
was decided that by so doing he had
carried out the instructions of the
Willing Powder Puff.
Leaving a powder puff to man is
rather unusual, but the late Mrs. lisa
NJ. Pike, who died in San Francisco
On Sept. "a, 1916, apparently did not
think it was anything out of the ordl-
nary, for when her will was filed for
probate on Jan. 9, 1917, it was dis
covered that she had bequeathed to
Chauncey B. Moorhead, of this city, !
the following items, to wit: One pow
der puff. A silver hand mirror. A cut
glass perfume bottle.
Mrs. Pixies will was no more I'M
usual than that Of the late Isaac S.
Long, whose will was filed for pro
bate in the surrogate's court in this
,ity on Aug. 7, 1918. The will con-
5ained a proviso that no circus or
show horses shall ever be pastured on
MS estate at Mill Creek, Lebanon
county, Pennsylvania. The decedent
also stipulated that no tobacco shall
De grown on his property.
Apropos of tobacco, there is the
will of the late Miss Louise Spencer, !
filed in Chicago in June, 1918, in
which she reflected her lifelong OPP
position to tobacco and alcoholic !
drinks. Her will provided a fund for.
George Washington University, at
to be used in defraylng
expenses of white persons who had
never touched tobacco or liquor, and
whose parents had never engaged IN
,he vending of either. The will stip-
llated that the student must sign a
total abstinence pledge.
From time immemorial people have
been remembering their pet dogs IN
their wills, but the case of James
Cowan Smith, of Bothamsall Hall,
near Retford, who had dog by the
name of Callum, is out of the ordi-
nary.
Mr.. Smith died in the spring of the
present year, and under his will the
trustees of the Scottish National Gal
Ieries will receive part of the estate
if they will agree to hang picture
of Callum in a conspicuous place IN
one of the galleries under their con-
troll. AS Mr.. Smith, left fortune of
$35O,OOO the sum will be quite SUBJ
stantial.