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THE DAWSON NEWS.
By E. L. Rainey.
(ILLED ON THE STREET.
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CHARLES ALLF;N SHOOTS PAUL HILL
SLADE.
The Men fHad Quarreled Earlier in the
pay. What Those Who Saw the
{Deed Say.
At about four o'clock Saturday atter
poon the report of a pistol rang out
gharp and clear upon the air, and in a
fow moments one man was lying a
corpse on the ‘principal business thor
oughfare of the city, while another was
a prisoner at the county jailer.
Charles S. Allen had shct end killed
paul Hill Slade, both well-known citi
zens of Dawson.
The tragedy occurred near the store
of Alesker &,Taubin on the [Lee street
sidewalk that crosses Main, and so rap
jdly was the whole ‘affair done that de
spite the cronds an the streets it could
pot be orevented.
Bad Feeling Existed.
1. seems that for several days bad
feeling had existed between Mesrrs.
glade and Allen. Allen had recently
puilt and fitted up a large wagon and
farnitura factory here, and Slade had
peen furnishing him with logs out of
which lumber for the shops was cut. A
misunderstanding arose between them
about a settlement and two or three
lively zdisputes occurred at differeat
times, the ,Jast one taking place fifteen
or twenty miautes before the killing.
This last interview was an nnusually ex
citing one, and those who witnessed it
say that Slade cursed Allen severely and
and flourished a stick in the air. Chief
Savage quelled the fuss, and Slade walk
ed up Main street with Mr. Coop Ted
der,
How the Killing Occurred.
After a few minutes Mr. Slade went
back down the street in company with
Mr. W. W. Tedder and, stopping where
he was killed a few moments later, |
engagced in conversation with Mr.
Tedder, Mr. H. H. Savage, his two
brothers—Deputy Sheriff Slade and Mr.
T. J. Slade—and his half brother, Mr.
R. I Colson. These gentlemen and ‘
Sheriff Christie and Mr. Charles Deubler,
the latter two being but a few feet dis
tant, ali saw the shooting and make
about the same statement as to how it
occurrec,
They say that Slade was standing with
bisface to the north vest and was telliug
Mr. Savage about a goat he had promis
edto give the latter gentleman's liftle
boy when Allen walked from Baldwin's
store and approached his victim on the
leftside; that when Allen gotin about six
feet of where the men were standing he
raised Lis pistol and, -vith an oath, tuld
Slade to retract all that he had said, and
while slade was in the act of turning
around, and before he had time to speak,
the pistol was fired and he fell to the
ground.
Before Allen could fire a second shot,
if such had been his desire or design,
Deputy Sheriff Slade and Mr. Colson
seized him and threw him to the ground,
and the slayer would have been kilied
With 'his own smoking revolver had not
djdezen or so men rushed forward o
Prevent it. Mr. Colson had wrested the
%eapon from Allen’s hands and, after
striking him over the head with it, had
reversed ends and was in the act of
shooting when Sheriff Christiv, ohief
bf"""‘ge and Mr, Tedder succeeded in
disarming him. All of these gentlemen
lad bruised and bloody hands when the
fierce struggle for possession of the pis
tol was over,
RA“L‘"y in the meantime, was in charge
00 Officer Arnett, and as soon as possi
ble he was rushed off to jail by the sher
i and ithe chief ot police. County
Physician Dean called at the jail a short
Wwhile afterward to examine Allen’s head
al_ld found that the blow from Colson
V;'nh the butt of the pistol made buta
Sighthure, a small knot and few drops
1(;;?1"0(1 being the only evidence of the
ut::“:e died where he fell in ten min
Deop’leur rounded by a thousand or more
he wa; An examination showed that
reCeivm“Darmed. He never spoke after
- rem;g, the fatal wound. His body
tation Ofv:: to his home and the lamen
e deag he wife and six children over
usband and father made a
truly pathetic scene, The burial took
place at Salem church, in Calhoun coun
ty,lSunday afterno.n.
The Course of the Ball.
There being no doubt as to the canse
of Slade’s death, no inquest was held by
Coroner Daniel. Dr. Goneke made an
examination of the wouand on Sunday
morning, however, and probed for the
ball, It entered under the second rib of
the left side, passing abouttwo and a
balf inches above the heart and catting
ope of the large arteries. It passed into
the {cavily of the stomach and was lost.
About the Pistol.
That Allen was greatly excited or an
gered after the quarrel with Slade is
shown by the way in which he procured
the pistol, a 38 calibre of improved
make, that did the deadly work. He
went to the store of Baldwin & Co. and
asked a clerk, Mr. Joe Hayes, to show
him a pistol. Mr. Hayes had no idea
what the weapon was wanted for
and priced Allen a pistol at $12.50.
He thought that was too much for it and
said he would take itto Mr, Baldwin and
see if he could not get it for $lO.OO. He
did not see Mr. Baldwin, however, but,
going to the rear end or the storel
‘he loaded the pistol with cartridges that
‘he had previously bought and walked
out aside door and shot Slade as so.l,
ashe reached him. +3
Carried to Americus.
’ Sunday worning Slade’s relatives sue
out a warrant against Allen for murde|
'He waived preliminary examination,at
‘Judge Griggs passed an order for his 1
laoval to the Americus jail for sa
keeping. He was carried there on #
noon train Sunday by Sheriff Chris
and a guard. Just before he lefte
was seen by a NEws reporter and asld
if he desired to say anything about:b
unfortunate occurrence. He said ¥y
firmly but pleasantly that he had 122‘
ing to say for publication, and requ
that Tue NEws be sent regular fo
him at Americus. |
He had not consulted an attorn/ be
fore leaving, but it is safe o say tithe
will be defended by some of the bt tal
ent to be procured. Colonel Jj. G’arks
has been employed to aid the sicjtor
in the prosecution. |
Mr. Allen, who is about 30 sass of
age, is a single man, but he hasn iged
mother and several brothers anaisters
who are nearly crazed with grief, |
The tragedy is one of the most¢lor
able affairs that has ever ocgwed in
in Terrell county, and the unfifunate
families of both parties have e deep
sympathy of the entire commury.
HE WILL CEASE TO INQIRE.
The Embarrassment of a Modt Young
Man.
A modest young man was Ivited to
a party at a residence where be home
had recently been blessed wil él addi
tion to the family. Accomatied by
his best girl, he met his hos/ss at the
door, and, after customary alttations,
asked after the baby. Tn¢ 1y was
suffering from a severe gld which
made her slightly deaf, an he mis
takenly supposed that the onng man
was inquiring about her ¢ d. She re
plied she usually had one efer winter,
and this was the worst she Jadver had;
it kept her awake at night a god deal
and confined her to her bl. Then
poticing that the young man ¥8 becom
ing pale and neryous, she sai that she
could see by his looks that @ Was to
have one just like hers. Thgoung man
says he will never inquie aout babies
any more.
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Sad News Ab:fi Fruit.
Dr. R. M. Stewart li,’tefi Fort Valley
last week. While tlep he talked with
Mr. Samuel Rumph, wo is an au‘hority
on the fruit question Mr. Rumph im
formed Mr. Stewart thithe recent severe
cold had killed the bus on the peach
trees, and that there yuld be practically
no peach crop at all {s year in sections
where the intense co had been felt.
i O T '
Otd Cott: Seed.
Mr. J. H. Smith living near Bron
wood, called at TriNEWS office on Fri
day and showed us suriosity in the way
of ¢ tton seed. H had with him four
or five seed that we forty-five'y’ears old.
Keclipse (the Moon.
On next Sundayight there will be a
total eclipse of thmoon, commencing a
little aiter 8 o’cl and ending near 12
o'elock. 1f the o is clear it will bea
sight of great intrest.
Have you everoticed how your Sys
+om seems to crfe special assistance in
the spring? Ju the help ‘required is
given by Hobd%ullpl_fm& "
Dawson, Ga., Wednesday, March 6, 1895.
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HO(RIELY MANGLED,
THE n?‘:rous TAKE OFF A LITTLE
| BOY’S LEG.
‘ Roberf.ee Hooks, Stealing a Ride on the
| Gorgia Central Freight, Barely
‘ Escapes With His Life,
Thrsday morning, about 11 o'clock,
Mr. . H. Dismuke, who resides at
Gra)(s Station, four miles from Dawson,
droy Into this city in a buggy, bearing
in id colored man holding in his I'p a
whe boy, Robert Lee Hooks, of Albany.
wl Was moaning and shrieking with
pd. They were seekiug a doctor to
reve the terrible agony of the boy.
t appears that Hooks, who 8 a lad of
even or twelve years ci age, was
saling a ride on the trucks under one
the freight cars on the Georgia Cen
@al road on Thursday morning. When
sar Grave’s Station, by some mischance
e lost his hold and fell beneath the
1 poving train, The car wheel passed
> ywer his right leg j ust above the shoe top
,and completely severed that leg, the}
mashed and mutilated pieces being held
itogether only by a remnant of the skin.
|On the left leg the toes were alone in
jured.
Hearing the screams of agony, Mr.
Dismuke, who happened to be working
in his garden near the railroad track,
went running to the spot, while the train
which had gone on up the road, came
rapidly back. The econductor arranged
with Mr. Dismuke to bring the boy to
Dawson for medical attention. Reaching
here Drs, Dean, Goneke, Kendrick, Las
seter and Buchanan took charge of the
case, and after a preli.ninary examination
in the office in the Sale-Davis Drug store
carried the 'ittle sufferer to the operat
ing rooms of Dr. Dean. Here it was
decided to amputate the leg just below
the knee, and the physicians named
began the work. The boy stood the
operation bravely. It was also necessa
ry to cut two toes from the left foot, as
they were mashed to pieces,
Accommodations for the night were
found for young Hooks at Mr. J. C. New
kirk’s,and on Friday the Georgia',:()entml
carried him to his home in Albany.
The lad is well knownin Dawson, hav
ing been here often of late. His father,
Henry Hooks, worked in Dawson for a
month or so nearly two year ago and now
has a shoe shop in Albany. Young
Hooks is of a roving disposition, and has
frequently run away from home to visit
different parts of the country. It was
while on one of these runaway tramps
that the terrible accident told of above
fell to his lot,
. KILLED A WILD HOG.
It Had Seven Inch Tusks and Weighe Six
Hundred Pounds.
A few days ago Mr. L. T. Mcßae, living
near Wright's bridge on Kinchafoonee
ereek, had quite an adventure. He came
across a wild hog, and, having his shot
gun handy, he poured aload into him and
turned him over,
Mr. Mcßae was in Dawson Saturday,
and while here he showed the tusks of
the hog. They were about seven inches
long and Jooked wicked. When weighed
the hog pulled down the beam in the
neighborhood of six hundred pounds.
Mr. Mcßae said the hog was 3§ feet
high and 7 feet long.
Dead.
There’s a little new made grave
In our cemetery here, :
One home with sadness.filled—
A vacant little crib is there.
Little Marium Fambro, infant daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Stapleton, died
of brain affection on the 28th of Februa
ry, aged one year and three days. The
disease baffled the physicians’ skill, and
after one weary week of pain the patient
little sufferer closed her eyes in death
and went home to Jesus. A little bud
too rare, too lovely for earth! The Death
Angel stole her away to adorn the gar
dens of heaven with her innocent purity.
A wee little girl! an only one! The hearts
of parents and brothers clustered fondly
around the darling treasure, and though
her little life was brief the tiny influence
and the aroma of its sweetness will
linger long in her earthly home. May
the shepherd who carries the lambs in
His bosom comfort the stricken ones
till He calls them to meet**baby Marium”
in the bright beyond. A. L.
Bronwood, Ga., March 2, 1895.
: This ¥s Important.
The teachers of Terrell county will
bear in mind that the regular meeting of
their county association takes place on
Saturday, in the chappel of the Dawson
public schools, :
MISS FANNING MARRIED,
A Former Teacher in the Graded Schools
Weds.
Miss Bessie Fanning, who was at one
time tLe very efficient and popular prin
cipal of the primary department of the
Dawson graded schools, was recently
married in North Cavolina to |Dr. Wee
don, of Eufaula, Ala. The following,
which we clip from Durham, N, C., Her
ald, is a beautiful and fitting compliment
to the value and worth of one who is
greatly admired by our people:
“Married, in the Presby.terjala ok s !
esterda tamm -~ o 10U 07Cloex, Mies
illizabetg i! Fanning to Dr. Hamilton
Moore Weedon, Rev, Mr. I'urnbull officiar
ing.
**So the record ruuns,but there are some
things to be read between the lines,
“Properly read, it means that one of
the choicest flowers of our affection has
been transplanted to Alabama’s soil, It
means that Dr. Weedon has taken one of
our favorites, Miss Bessie Fanning, and
has carried her back to his farther south
ern home as his wife,
“It means that Durham has lost one of
her best daughters. It means that she,
whom the children loved—and the young
men too, for that matter—she, whom the
young and old admired and respected, is
no longer Miss Bessie Fanning, but Mrs,
Hamilton Moore Weeden,
“Miss Bessie, as we all will ever love
to call her, had so many admirable ‘traits
of chavacter that it ishard to record
them, Her intelligence is acknowledged
by all her acquaintances, Her disposi
tion is as suuny at Italy's clime is reput
ed to be. Her frieadship is something
to be valued above riches.
“Her loss isours and Alabama’s gain.”
THERE'S MONEY IN IT.
Hiow a Sumter County Farmer Is Making
Money on 5 Cent Cottou,
From the Americus Recordler.
While farmers are calling mass meet
ings all over the south to try to reduce
the acreage to keep from losing money
raising 5 cent cotton, a Sumter couoty
farmer, W, E. Mitchell by name, is mak
ing good money raising cotton atb cents,
and expects to plant a larger erop this
year than ever before.
He raised nineteen bales of cotton last
year that were about all clear profit, and
the way he did it was this:
He raises plenty of meat, corn and
farm produce at home, never stops his
mules from farm work except to go to
mill, doesn’t lose any time hauling pro
visions from town with his teans, and
instead of attending conventions to oe
told by others how much cotton to plant
he spends the time on his farm Jooking
after his hands.
Mr. Mitchell only comes to town tbree
or four times a year and them to sell
something he raises, and says he now
has forty hams of his own raising to sell,
besides other produce.
TOWN. ;01’108.
—Judge Griggs was in Macon Monday
to hear a petition for injunction against
the sale of the Georgia, >outhern and
Florida railroad.
—Professor E. E. Britton was elected
and ordained a ruling elder in the Pres
byterian church] at a service held afew
nights ago.
—A coffin was carried from the city
Sunday morning for the infant of Mr.
Johnathan Bridges, of the Twelfth dis
trict.
Rev. [R. W. Alexrnder.
Last night Rev. R. W. Alexander, pas
tor of the Albany Presbyterian church,
conducted an interesting prayer meeting
service in the Presbyteritan church here.
The congregation at this place hopes to
secure the services of Mr, Alexander for
one Sunday in each month. At present he
will conduct prayer meetings every other
Tuesday night.
The v‘viod:ru Wav
Commends itself tc the well-informed, to
do pleasantly and effectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner
and disagreeably as well. To cleanse the
system and break up colds, headaches
and fevers without unpleasant after
effects, use the delightful liquid laxative
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Cake Leayened With Plaster Paris.
A few days ago a lady of Dawson made
a mistake and used plaster paris to leaven
a cake, instead of cream a tartar. The
strange part of it was that the cake rose,
and the taste was about the same.
e
I have opened a restaurant in connec—
tion with my bar, and am prepared to
voremm e s g W I e,
Yol. 11.—No. 39.
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THAT MIGRATION SOCIETY.
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INCREASED ACTIVITY AMONG LOCAL
| LEADERS. ‘
s .adress to
Rev, Charlie Harris Out ¥n,{o esting
the Negroes. Sopces.
2 _atris, the local agent of
Rev. “'.xla.tiunnl Migration Society,
the_ ~&"iit Birmingham, Ala., is out in a
_];’apgthylcircmar addressed to the negroes.
Ju it he tells of the fraud that is being
practiced upon his race by men who
claim that they are going to carry the
negroes to Africa at $3 a head.
Whaley, the agent who was recently
here organizing societies and raking in
the shekels, wroteto Harris some time
ago and asked hirm\ not to let the $3
s >heme get to the exs of the public, as it
would interfere witn;l.he plan now on
foot by the society hk represented to get
$600,000 from the Unlted States goverm
ment with which to cirry the negroes to
Africa. Iu the same letter he warns the
people of Dawson to look oat, for, as he
puts it, “‘Dawson will be like Babylon,
for when the negroes go, it will fall to
rise no more."”
In fhis circular Harris tells of the plans
of the company he represents and says:
that he soon hopes to get a lower rate
for passengers by his line, and advises
each one to have a written eontract from
any association that promises to land
them in Africa. Here is a statement of
h's which we leave for our readers to
digest: “Now, my advice concerning the
contracts, please hear what I have to say:
if you are going in a buggy drawn by a
horse, or if you walk over there, you had
better carry a contract with you, or else
you cannot demand anything ,when you
arrive there. Isay again, if you are go
ing to Africa come and go now, or the
white people will take your erop im
June.”
Taere is evidently war in the camps of
the rival negro emigration societies, and
the different agents are getting reckless
in their use of Enghsh, and in their sug
gestions as to what their members should
do.
FOUND PARALYZED,
Mr. Daniel Blizzard Found Paralyzed
jand Unconscious in a ifield.
Friday afternson a young lad found
the body of Mr. Daniel Blizzard lying in
a field about three miles northwest of
Dawson, where had fallen paralyzed.
Mr. Blizzard was about 73 years old and
is the father of Mr. H. H, Blizzard, of
this city.
Ou Saturday night Mr. Blizzard died
from paralysis of the brain. On Sunday
he was buried in the cemetery at Chick
asawhatcheejchurch., Rev.{W. T. Eyerett
preached the sermon. Mr. Blizzard was
a consistent member of the Primitive
Baptist church, of which he had long
been a member. He leaves one other
¢'iild, a daughter, in addition to Mr. H.
H. Blizzard, and the sympathy of the
community goes out to the family thus
sadly bereft of an aged member.
Leaying for Americus.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Black will leave for
Americus this week, where they wilk
make their bome.
A citizen of Dawson as far back as can
b> remembered, it is with regret that we
see Mr. Black leave us. His son is a resi
dent of Americus and the duties Jof Mr.
Black jon the road make Americus a
more convenient place of residence. In
the loss of Mr. and Mrs, Black our city
gives up a couple whose departure will
be much regretted, but who are sure to
make a charming addition to the citizen
ship of Americus.
To Seek Health in Atlanta.
Mr. N. H. Mercer, who has been im
bad bealth for some months, left last
week to talke medical treatment in At
lanta. He was accompanied by his son,
Mzr. J. R. Mercer, and also by Mrs. J. R.
Mercer. Our people sincerely hope that
he will find health on his trip to the
capital city.
A Hundred at a Shot.
Blackbirds, thousands in a drove, are
infesting the fields and destroying the
early oats. In c¢ountless numbers they
‘darken the air, and two shots from a
‘sportsman a few days ago brought down
la hundred of them.
Carried to Milledgeville.
J. R. Johnson, the murderer of James
Wall, was carried to the lunatic asylum
at Milledgeville last week by order of
the court, his insanity beinyg fuily estab
lished. He went in charge of Mr. A. J.
Kenny. i