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pE(‘EMBER 21, - 191&
TERM OF ‘LEE COURT!
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FOR TRIAL OF CHANCES, KENNE-'
pY AND NEGRO ACCUSED OF
VURDER OF OLIVER.
PRISONERS ANXIOUS FOR TRIAL
Judge Littlejohn Will Call a Special
rerm for January If Date That
will Not Conflict and Can Be
yereed Upon by Attorneys.
The americus Times-Recorder says
judge Z. A. Littlejohn, of the South
western circuit, will call a special
term of Lee superior court some time
in January if the time for holding
the special session can be arranged
without conflict with other court bus
m%‘fhe board of county commission-‘
ers of Lee petitioned Judge Littlejohn
to hold a special term for the consid
eration of the cases of G. W. Chance,
Claude Chance, Minter Kennedy and
a 2 negro, Ike Carter, charged by in
dictment of the Lee county grand
jury with the murder of A. D. Oliver,
ine “shoe-string” financier of South
Georgia.
Judge Littlejohn has advised the
commissioners of Lee that it will be
impossible to hold a special term be
fore the holidays because of the Sum
ter superior court.
1t is very likely that Judge Little
john will confer with Selicitor Gen
eral Williams and the attorneys for
the defense, Messrs. Yeomans &
Wilkinson of Dawson and Mr. Forres
ter of Leesburg, in an effort to ar
rive at a date for the special term.
Regular Term in May.
The regular term of Lee superior
court is not scheduled until May, and
without a special term it would mean
the incarceration of the four defend
ants until May, a period of six months
from the time of their arrest.
The case has attracted attention
throughout the state and when the
dav of the trial arrives for the first
f the four defendants Leesburg will
ind an array of eager and interest
ing visitors, including newspaper men
from all parts of the state. -
The three white men indicted in
nnection with the case were arrest
ed within a week after the indict
ments were returned by the grand
Ike Carter, the negro, was
ested in Dawson a week or two
During the interim which elapsed
hetween thhe arrest of the white men
and the arrest of the negro there
were startling reports circulated
as to the whereabouts of the negro.
The last reports of him from the best
information obtainable was that he
left his home about midnight on the
nieht of the day the indictments were
eturned, leaving with a party of men
vho called him out of his residence.
MAN LIVED ON WATER
FOR FIFTY-SIX DAYS
Vew Yorker's Experiment Stopped
By a Bicycle Policeman.
NEW YORK.—Walter Wade, a
helper on the elevated road, found
Lhis ambition to live s’xty days on wa
ter alone sadly disturbed.
It was the sixth dav of the expe
riment, he told Bicycie: Patrolmen
Hyman when the patrolman trailed
him to a small hut in an isolated part
of Van Cortlandt Park.
Hyman found Wade supplied with
. bag of extra clothing and several
blankets. A thermometer was at
hand for taking his temperature, and
there also wag a chart on which he
had set down the quantity of water
consumed each day.
Wade confided to the policeman
that he had once gone fifty-six days
nourished only by water, and declar
ed he wished to break this recerd.
He accompanied the policeman to
the station.
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Share Your Fortune.
Amid all the happiness and joys of the merry Christmas
season think of those less fortunate—of those on whom the
sun of plenty has failed to shine during the past twelve months.
Think of the heartaches that will be theirs on Christmas
morning; think of the tear-stained eyes of the little children
weeping because Santa Claus could not call at their homes.
Half of your pleasure at Christmas will be derived from mak
ing others happy, from sharing your good fortune and sowing
seeds ot kindness wherever you happen to be on Christmas
day. Give something, be it ever so trifling, to the little child
to whom Christmas otherwise would mean nothing. Youcan
keep tears of sorrow from those eyes and ,brighten the day a
hundredfold for yourself. Try it.
HEAD OF GEN. HERNANDEZ Is
SENT TO MEXICO CITY AS
EVIDENCE OF FACT.
MEXICO CITY.—Gen. Juan B.
Hernandez, relative of Viectoriano
Huerta and general of division in
the Mexican federal army during the
Diaz regime, has been killed in bat
tle by troops of the de facto govern
ment and his head sent to Mevico
City as a trophy of the victory, ac
cording to a dispatech to military
headquarters here. |
The dispatch, signed by Lieut. Col. ‘
Luna Galicia reported that in a bat
tle near Esperanza, state of Vera
Cruz, the forces of the de facto gov
ernment inflicted a serious defeat on
the forces of Hernandez who ?eft on
the field twenty-three .dead, “amongst
them Col. Pioquinto Leyva and that
of the octegenarian, the former com
panion and confident of Porfirio Diaz
—General of Division Juan B. Her
nandez—whose head, permit me to
gend to you by Lieut. Col. Teofilo Go
mez as the best material evidence
of our activities.”
“If in one single day the heads of
the bloody enemies of our country
fa 11.,”” the dispatch continues ‘‘we find
ourselves on the way to complete
peace and to the enjoyment of that
grandeur to which all cultured na
tions have a right.”
Hernandez, who was more than 80
vears old, was widely known as a
leadler of the Cientifico party and
formerly was governor of the state
of Puebla.
When Gen. Pablo Gonzales, com
mander of the Carranza garrison in
Mexico City to whom the dispatch
was addressed, learmed that it had
been made public by the official bu
reau of information he ordered that
no further copies be given out. Tl}e
morning papers here did not publish
the telegram.
AN ATLANTA SHOP GIRL,
ADICTS SOCIETY WOMEN
L Vi
SAYS WITH EXCEPTIONS THEY
ARE IRRITABLE AND OVER
BEARING IN MANNER.
ATLANTA.—AtIanta society girls,
who were criticized not long ago as
caring more about the bank accounts
and automobiles of their admirers
than of the sturdy manly qualities
which a girl is supposed to adore in
a man, have had had a second inter
esting indictment brougnt against
them. The criticism referred to orig
inated from the remarks of a young
man., who said that a man might as
well not try to go with “the best”
girls in Atlanta unless he was in a
financial position to take them %o
dances and theatres in an auto and
buy them flowers and give them din
ner parties at the clubs.
The second criticism comes fromn a
shop girl in one of Atlanta’s promi
nent department stores. A reporter
interviewed her to see ‘f the state
ment of sales girls in St Louis that
society women were the most impo
lite customers and the hardest Lo
wait on held good in Atlanta. too.
“] am sorry to say that it does.”
gaid the young lady who works for
her living.
“The poor people and those whose
husbands make moderate salaries—
the kind they call ‘middle class’ in
novels—are almost always consider
ate in Atlanta, and easy to wait on.
The rich girls and their mothers, too,
are not only harder to please, which
may be natural, but generally speak
ing they are overbearing and irrita
ble. Of course there are many e€x
ceptions.”
;“‘().\l.-\x' ADOPTS 13 CHILDREN
RANGING FROM 3 TO 16 YEARS
l\'isiting Bowling Green, Ohio, With
| Her Large ‘‘Family.”
BOWLING GREEN, O—-Mm O
H. Bosworth of Dickerson, S. D., has
just arrived here with thirteen chil
dren whom she has adopted. They
are visiting Mrs. Bosworth’s relatives.
The childretn range from 3 to 1€
vears. .
Mrs. Bosworth says that at one
time on her South Dakota ranch she
had 23 children. She has been a
widow for 20 years and had no chil
dren.
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The first dose gives relief; continued
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serious illness or a long cold. Don’t
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MRS. RICE NOW
HEAD OF GEN. HFRNANDEZ IS
WELL AGAIN SO SOON. GAINS
15 POUNDS ON TANLAC.
“I walked down town today for the
first time in four years and don’t feel
the least bit tired,” was the truly re
markable statement made recently
by Mrs. J. P. Rice, who lives at 307
Russell street, Nashvlile.
“I just can’t tell you all that Tan
lac has done for me,” she continued.
“I have been sick for so long and
have suffered so much I feel that I
wouln’t be doing right if T didn’t let
everybody know what this medicine'
has done in my case. Only a few
weeks ago I could hardly get around |
the house, and here I am now, actual-|
ly walking around town feeling al
most as well as I ever felt in my life.
“l have improved so much that 1
don’t feel like the same person
and have actually gained 15 pounds
in weight, and believe I will soon be
as well and strong as I was before
‘my troubles began.
. ‘““About four years ago I suffered a
ceneral nervous breakdown and lost
[m_\' health completely. Even since
then I have been so weak that I have
not been able to be up over half the
time. I don’t know what on earth
I would have done if it had not been
for Tanlac, for it certainly has been
a Godsend to me, and it is the only
' medicine I ever saw that would do
le\'(—\r,\'thing that was claimed for it.
“Nobody but a person who has
been sick like I have knows how good
it feels to be out in the open air,
walking around again and be able to
‘oat and sleep like other people. Be
| fore 1 got through with the first bot
tle I felt like a different woman. I
lne\'er dreamed I could be well and
happy again so soon. I cannot see
for the life of me why people will go
on and suffer when they can get this
medicine. Every suffering woman
ought to know about it.” ’
. Tanlac is sold exelusively in Daw
son by.the Dawson Drug Co.
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CENTRAL T 0 SPEND MORE
THAN MILLION DOLLARS
RAILWAY WILL BUY MANY NEW
CARS AND TWELVE LOCOMO
TIVES IN NEAR YUI'YRE
MACON.—Expenditures of §l,-
265,526.31 by the Central of Geor
gia railway for new rolling stock, in
creases in gross earnings of thirty
six railroads doing business in Geor
gai of over 14 per cent and increases
in net earnings of thirty-three roads
of more than 68 per cent, ~omparing
October of this year with the same
month last year, are indications
which came from the railroad com
mission office yesterday of the re
markable Teturn to prosperity and
readjustment of commercial condi
tions in Georgia.
. Will Buy Rolling Stock.
The Central of Georgia railway
has filed with the commission appli
cation for approval of an issue of
equipment trust certificates to be
used in the purchase of the following
new rolling stock:
Five hundred steel fruit cars, five
hundred steel box cars, eight Mikado
locomotives
type locomotive engines. eight Pacific
type locomotive engines, one conibi
nation baggage and mail! coacn, and
four combination mszil and baggage
coaches.
The road proposes to pay in cash
$265,526.31, the balance of the cost
to be covered by $1,000,000 of equip
ment certificates to run serially for
ten years to bear not more than 5
per cent interest, and to be pajd off
at the rate of $50,000 every six
months.
I(‘;\STS BREAD ON WATER AND
$250,000 RETURNS IN BOTTLE
But Flower Merchant Believes That
Somebody Is “Kidding” Him.
Five years ago Edward C. O’Neil,
now of Columbus, Ohio, kept a little
flower store on the docks at Seattle,
and was known as an easy mark
among the panhandling scafaring
men. Among those he assisted was
' John Belisle, a native cf Montreal.
A bottle found cn the shores of
Puget Sound recently contained what
nurports to be Belisle’s will, giving
all his property to O’Neil, saying, “He
gave me food when I was down and
out.” The will was dated in a launch
at sea with death imminent. The
property is described as six claims
on the Iditarod, Alaska, worth $250,-
000,
O’Neil is working in a Columbus
seed store now. He does not remem
ber Belisle and s2ys he has a feeling
somebody is ‘kidding” him.
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THE DAWSON NEWS
S CHAUFFER BY DAY,
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A SENATOR BY NIGHT|
EaEe |
MARCHAND IS ONE OF THE KA-!
LEIDIOSCOPIC CHARACTERS IN
WHIRLIGIG OF POLITICS.
From a Grimy Motor to a Plentifully
Spread Table Where Toasts Are the
Order and Cheer Abounds He
Passes Every Day.
LOWELL, Mass.—Chauffeur Dby
day and senator by night, George B.
Marchand, who takes his seat in the
upper branch of the state legislature
in January, representing the Eighth
Middlesex district for the second
term, is one of thoes kaleidoscopic
characters in the whirligig of politics
that seem to run the whole gamut
of life each twenty-four hours.
From a grimy motor to a plentiful
ly spread table, where toasts are the
order and cheer abounds he passes,
and the transition is so frequent that
to him it is almost commonplace.
Born of humble parents, his practical
every-day experience with the men
who vote has given to him a varied
ability sufficient to command atten
tion both in the workshops and at
dinners and other social occasions
in the town. In eight years that he
has been in political life—in the
common ‘council, next in the state
house of representatives and now in
the serl?te—-he has maintained his
friendships in two particular phases
of life, the one as a chauffeur and
the other as a legislator.
From the one he goes to the other, |
and the information he obtains and
imparts is valuable both to his col
leagues in the senate and his friends
in the town.
State dinners have been given inl
his honory and the chauffeur has ap-i
peared as one of the principal speak
ers after having brought some of his
friends to the gathering in his auto
mobile.
) With only a common school educa
tion and no impulse behind him save
'his own ambition Senator Marchand
lbegau life with few advantages. He
'had no trade and no profession. So,
ism,venteen years ago, when he was 21
| years old, he beggn work as a driver
and a few years later became a chauf
'fom‘. He has had charge of automo
!biles ranging from a small oae to a
‘grcat 120-horse runabout that can
lclimb Mount Washington backward.
I All are the property of Mrs. J. L.
Chalifoux, widow of one of the very
!wealthy men who lived in Lowell.
| Her husband left to her a large de-
Ipartment store, half a dozen business
blocks and personal property to guar
antee a life of independence. Mrs.
Chalifoux lives alone in a commodi
ous house on Wilder street, one of
{ the show places of the city. Senator
!elect Marchand’s abode is an humble
one at No. 15 Harding street. The
house is small, but well kept.
The manner of the man g.ves the
conviction that he is speaking the
truth. He makes friends quickly by
his simple, frank personality. He is
38 years old, and sitting in his office
with horn rimmed spectacles he looks
more like a business man than one
who has spent years driving horse
and motor vehicles. He says lots of
| worse men than chauffeurs have
lgone to the legislature, and no one
in the whole city wi'l deny this.
In 1907, before Mr. Chalifoux died,
the chauffeur thought he might have
a chance to run for the common coun
cil. He never had played politics,
| but he had as sponsor Mr. Chalifoux
‘and other business men. He won.
| He made no eleetion promises except
'that he would be honest with the men
who sent him. Then he thought he
could go to the lower house. He
| was elected for 1910 and 1911, and
while there was chairman of the
Icommittee on prisons. In 1914 he
was elected to the senate, and in the
last session was chairman of the
{committee on public institutions and
iof bills in third reading. He was
re-elected last month.
One of the most troublesome ques
tions in connection with the admin
istration of penal institutions is the
use of drugs of various kinds. ‘Sen
-I;xtnr Marchand last vear introduced a
[hill to put a stop to the delivery of
opium in penal institutions. Senator
'Mar('han(! believes a great deal. of
| money is wasted in the present-xcon
struction of roadways. He is long
ing for a place on the highways com
mittee.
THE ROUGH, MURDEROUS
) SPORT OF THE GRIDIRON
Foothall Has Resulted in Big Death
Roll This Season.
Football is keeping up its reputa
tion as a murderous sport, rivaling
deer hunting. Despite revised rules,
the fundamental roughness of the
game has not been done away with,
and the 1915 season has recorded
the deaths of 15 beys from injuries
on the gridiron.
The casualty list is somewhat
ereater this year than usual. There
were 13 deaths from football in 1914,
Timely Hint on Over-Eating.
Big dinners cause disturbed diges
tion. The stomach and bowels should
not be clogged with undigested pois
onous waste matter. Foley Cathar
tic Tablets relieve distress after eat
ing, stop belching, banish bloating
and gas on stomach, regulate the
bowels, sweeten the stomach and
tone up the liver. Dawson Drug Co.
Citation.
Georgia, Terrell County.—Where
as, C. F. and J. H. Oxford, executors
of the last will of C. F. Oxford, de
ceased, represents to the court in
their petition duly entered and filed
on record that they have fully ad
ministered said estate, this is, there
fore, to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause,
if any they can, why said execufors
should not be discharged from their
administration and receive letters of
dismission on the first Monday in
January 1916. L. C. HOYL, Ordi
nary.
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Japanese Niwasse Matting
Come early and make your selection. The prettiest
patterns will be tirst to go. We will be glad to store
them and deliver Christmas morning.
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Dawson, Georgia
Cheaper Quicker
Interest Rates 6 Per Cent
Commission Chgs. 8 Per Cent
Compare these rates with other
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tain that this is the cheapest money
on the market.
J. R. IRWIN.
Sheriff’s Sale.
Georgia, Terrell County.—Will be
sold before the court house door in
said county, on the first Tuesday in
January, 1916, within the legal hours
of sale, the following property towit:
One three-room dwelling house with
porch in front the same which the
Variety Works Company built on lot
number one (1) in block three (3)
ot the W. C. Paschal N. E. additicn
to Dawson; said lot fronts Cato street
fifty-two and one-half (52%) feet,
and extends east along Southern
"street one hundred and fifty-four
|(154) feet. The above described
property levied on as the property of
'Julia Humphreys to satisfy an exe
cution issued on the 23rd day of
November, 1915, from the superior
court of Terrell county, in favor of
the Variety Works Company against
‘Julia Humphreys. This the 2nd day
of December, 1915. J. Z. TURNER,
Sheriff Terrell County, Georgia.
Sheriff’s Sale.
Georgia, Terrell County.—Will be
sold before the court house door in
Dawson, in said county, within the
legal hours of public sale, on the first
Tuesday in January, 1916, next, t
the highest bidder the following
property, viz: Two lots and houses
thereon, corner of Orange street and
First avenue (now called Third ave
nue) in Dawson, Georgia, each house
containing four rooms ceiled, and
lightning rodded. Same being levied
on and sold to satisfy a mortgage fi fa
issued from Terrell superior court in
favor of Oliver Orse against J. E.
Tombs and said described property,
Lnd transferred to E. R. Mercer and
Jas. G. Parks. Tenants in possession
‘notified. This the 6th day of Decem
| ber, 1915. J. Z.» TURNBR, Sheriff
| Terrell County, Georgia.
For Admininistration
Georgia, Terrell County.—To all
whom it may concern: A. C. H. Stev
ens having in proper form applied to
me for permanent letters of adminis
tration on the estate of Mrs. A. P.
Stevens, late of said county, this is
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of Mrs. A. P. Stev
ens to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law and
show cause, if any they can, why per
manent administration should not be
granted to A. C. H. Stevens on Mrs.
A. P. Stevens’ estate. Witness my
hand and official signature this Bth
day of November, 1915. L. C. HOYL,
Ordinary.
Citation.
Georgia, Terrell County.—Where
as, Mrs. R. L. Gunnels, executor of
the last will of C. W. Gunnels, de
ceased, represents to the court in her
petition duly entered and filed on rec
ord that she has fully administered
said estate, this is, therefore, to cite
all persons concerned, kindred and
creditors, to show cause if any they
can why =aid executor should not be
discharged from her administration
and receive letters of dismission on
the first Monday in January, 1916,
L. C. HOYL, Ordinary.
e e et
For Leave to Sell.
Georgia, Terrell County.—Notice
is hereby given that the undersigned
has applied to the Ordinary of said
county for leave to sell the land be
longing to the estate of John Whitch
ard for the purpose of paying the
debts of said estate. Said applica
tion will be heard at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary for said
county to be held on the first Monday
in January, 1916. This 6th day of
December, 1915. JAMES WHITCH
ARD, FExecutor upon the estate of
John Whitchard. ;
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