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POEM, “THE RAVEN
LEFT THEATRE UNDER SPELL
OF ILL-OMENED BIRD AND
WAS FOUND WRITING UN
DER STREET LAMP IN RAIN.
Edgar Allen Poe stood in the rain un
der a Broadway street lamp and wrote
at least a few lines of “The Raven”
and read part of his immortal poem
to a friend, says New York University
Alumnus. The friend was the late Dr.
Cornelius Mathews, journalist and law
yer, first president of the New York
University Alumni Association, who
organized the Copyright Club in 1843.
Dr. Mathews died in New York city
in 1889. The story as he told it was
set down by his niece, Frances Aymar
Mathews, and a copy of it sent recent
ly to Chancellor Brown, of New York
University, for preservation.
The story was told one night after
the niece had found among her uncle’s
keepsakes a portrait of Poe inscribed:
“To my iriend, Cornelius Mathews,
from his devoted friend, Edgar Allen
Poe.”
It was a drizzly night in the winter
of 1844-45 that Dr. Mathews, in his
early 20s and with a play of his own
he was trying to get produced, went
to the famous old Park theatre, then
on Park Row, present home of New
York newspapers and far from what
is now the theatre district. When seat
ed he found himself beside Poe,
whom he had known for a number of
years.
“He spoke a little of his wife,” said
Dr. Mathews, “after ‘my inquiries of
her not being able to come out on a
night like this; of his mother-in-law,
of Willis, of Lowell, Mrs. Browning,
and finally of ourselves.” Engrossed in
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their talk they gave little heed to the
stage.
“He.-was-one of-the most ecourteous
and attentive listeners I ever encoun
tered,” said Dr. Mathews, “and inquir
ed as to the play I was so intent upon.
It was ‘Witchcraft,” and as briefly as
/T could I outlined the plot to him. As
‘1 came to the close of my fourth act,
|depicting the anguish and horror of
im_v hero, Gideon, on being convinced
jthat his mother is in truth a witch,
'beholding as she does the signs in the
|elements andsin the sky, Poe, his gaze
'fixed before him, said in his low voice:
|“Mr. Mathews, why do you not at this
|point have a raven, that bird of ill
|omen,_ flit .across the stage over the
{witch’s head?’
| “I told *him that while the pictur
lesqueness of the bird would be unde
}niable the unity of the atmcsphere
lwould be distributed by its introduc
|tion—that a raven in Salem town
{would never do. ;
f Pursued by Raven.
| “‘Do you know, Poe replied, his
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STATE FARM WOMEN
|
; PROTEST ARTICLE
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RESENT SLURS ON INMATES,
~ AND SAYS PRISON PLACE
3 IS WELL CONDUCTED.
| (From the Atlanta Journal)
| The Journal is in receipt of a com
‘munication, signed “White Women of
‘Georgia State Farm,” with the request
that it be published. While no names
are signed to the communication and it
thus violates a rule of The Journal
against the publication of anonymous
1y signed communications, an_excep
tion is made in this instance in view
of the fact that it would be manifestly
unfair to require these women to sign
their names. The Journal does not
know who prepared the communica
tion and presents it below just as re
ceived through the mails:
State Farm Women Desire to
Enter Protest.
To the Atlanta Journal: We, the
majority of white women inmates of
the state farm, wish to make this state
ment to the public through the col-i
umns of your newspaper. |
Noticing an article in a Savannah
paper referring to the white women in
mates of the state prison farm as hag
gard wenches, we wish to say to thc
reporter who wrote the article that if
he had used the eyes God gave him,
instead of talking so much and trying
to make a hit with his write-up about
the women of vice, he would have seen
more than one woman who has ad
vantages and who has an education.
We are sure that the said reporter
missed seeing and hearing a lot that
possibly would -have made his write-up
more interesting and lengthy and then
he would have been able to give the
other side here justice. .
We admit that we have been women
of vice; (we are not proud of the fact)
and are willing (tor stay here and try
to make good so we can make a new
start when we again enter the outer
world. But we do not think that with
the exception of a very few here that
any of us are out of place. We think
it just and right that the man or wo
man' who disregards the moral, social
or criminal laws of this country and
state showld be punished. |
But we want the public to know
that there are quite a few here who
come from good, honest people, and
who are endowed with more intelli
gence than the haggard wenches are
commonly supposed to have. We have
never even heard of a white woman
called a wench, much less being called
that ourselves. We jwonder if the pub
lic thinks it just that this man should
call us wenches, when he does not
know us or anything about us?
We agree withy him entirely that
Marguerite Harris is an exceptionally
intelligent “girl“'and we should all be
glad to see her gain her freedom. She
is well liked here by all. But we don't
think it fair ‘that the remainder of us
should be classed as this reporter has
classed us. We don’t know his name—
only know 'that he was here or got his
information from some one who was
here with the committee from the leg
islature ‘July 23, 1921.
Now we certainly would appreciate
it if the reporter would take his vaca
tion down Here and see if he thought
there wag but a few if any of us really
and truly deserves that scorned name
—“Haggard Wench.”
- Now, we want to add just a little
about this institution. We are receiv
ing better attention than we ever have,
the place is kept clean at all times, and
everything is run in a systematic way.
Our matron and warden are consid
erate in every way, and we want the
public to know that we are better sat
isfied than we have ever been. Very
respectfully, WHITE WOMEN OF
GEORGIA STATE FARMS. (Writ
ten by an inmate ot fhe State Prison
Farm.)
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voice so low it could not disturb even
his nearest neighbor, ‘that that bird,
that imp-bird, pursues me mentally,
perpetually; Iscannot rid myself of its
presence; as I sit here I seem to hear
the melancholy of its croak as I used
to hearit in my boyhood days at school
at Stoke-Newington; I seem to hear
the sordid flap of its wings in my ears.’
“I’turned and looked at him; I could
see very plainly that both I and my
drama had been left far behind, that
his brain was busy with some strange
‘fantasy, and I kept silent. Presently
he drew himself up and folded his
arms across his chest.
1 “‘T wonder,” he said, ‘if Dickens has
ever been haunted by the raven as I
am; I wonder if the raven in ‘Barnaby
Rudge’ is his expression of the monot
-lonous power of the bird over his mind
—what do you think?’
‘ “I answered that from a long cor
respondence with Dickens I took him
to be a man so little inclined to the in
trospective that his presentation oi
Barnaby’s raven was likely to have
been more for its effect than as the
result of a deep cause.
“*T see,” responded Poe; ‘that is pre
cisely it. Some men sway trifles, foi
bles or events to their own shaping;
others are’ swayed and swung hither
and thither by whispers heard only by
themselves.””
Leaving the theatre together Dr.
Mathews sought him everywhere in
the crowd. Poe was not to be found.
Unmindful of Falling Rain.
So Dr. Mathews went alone to sup
per, and it was after midnight when
he boarded a jostling bus for the ride
‘up Broadway to his home, that being
Defore the days of streget cars. It was
growing colder, the rain was freezing
as it fell, and the windows of the bus
were dimmed with moisture. Rubbing
a clear place on the glass and peering
out ot see where he was, Dr. Mathews
was astonished to discover Poe stand
ing under a street light at Bleecker
street, apparently writing on the mar
gin of his theatre program. Poe had
no umbrella, but apparently was ob
livious of the falling rain. Dr. Mathews
sprang from the bus and hurried to
the curb, called Poe by name and held
his umbrella over -the poet’s head.
Poe, courteous and gentle, yet show
ed his chagrin at being interrupted. He
admitted he had anticipated the invita
tion to supper and had slipped away
to avoid it.
“I thank you very much,” he said,
“but I could not have eaten or drunk
or slept or gone a step farther than
this, or waited a moment longer than
now.”
Poe had been on his way home (he
lived in what was then Amity street,
a few blocks distant, in Greenwich vil
lage, a -district that had not then ac
quired its Bohemian reputation) when
the impulse to set down a line of the
poem then possessing his mind be
came so strong that he dared not wait
even the short time before he could
gain shelter. .
“It is the Raven,” said Poe. “Let me
read you a stanza or two, here and
now, will you?” /
Swayed by the poet’s mood and for
getting the hour, the storm and the
cold Dr. Mathews bade him read. Poe
began in a low monotone the now fa
mous lines:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I
pondered weak and weary
Over many quaint and curious volume
of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, sud
denly there came a tapping
As of someone gently rapping, rapping
at my chamber door—
Only this, and nothing more.
Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in
the bleak December—
Under Deep Emotion.
At this point Poe paused and stood
gazing into the black night above
them., Dr. Mathews implored him to
go on, and Poe resumed:
Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in
the bleak December,
And each separate, dying ember
wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly
1 had sought to.borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—
sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom
the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.
“I have heard,” said Dr. Mathews,
telling the story, “I heard Poe himseli
recite that poem later on at Miss
Lynch's; I have heard distinguished
actors read it, but never have I heard
such an effect produced bysthe human
voice as when the author stood therc
lin the sweep of the storm and uttered
it, I presume for the first time in mor
tal hearing.” £ 4
Poe read on till a tremor of cold,|
more pronounced than the others that
had shaken his frail and lightly clad |
body, caused Dr. Mathews to inter-l
rupt and insist that Poe go home, of
fering to give him the shelter of hisi
umbrella the rest of the way. :
“We reached the steps of his resi-{
dence,” related Dr. Mathews, “and |
then he turned and thanked me with:
the peculiar grace and charm of man- |
ner which in my acquaintance withl
him always distinguished Edgar Allen
Poe, saying:
“‘Will you come in?’
“‘No,” I replied, ‘surely not. Some
other time; meantime, if I can serve |
vou in any way let me know, and be |
sure to finish this Raven poem.”” [
With a melancholy sigh Poe replied:
“‘I shall have to—it will not let mel
rest; it will not let me sleep until it |
is completed. Perhaps if I have once'
put it on paper the ill-omened fowl!
will leave me in peace.’ i
“A light shone above, and against’
the film of the curtain I saw the slen- |
der, girlish figure I knew to be his|
wife’s. l
“Not many weeks after I bought|
the very copy of ‘The Raven’ I still|
have, and soon it was the most admir- |
ed, wondered over and written about |
of the productions of the day.” i
GRASS GROWS ENTIRELY l
\ THROUGH IRISH POTATO
P Ap— 3
Curiosity Is Exhibited by Oglethorpe |
County Farmer. |
Mr. W. C. Stevens, of Sandy Cross,
sent the Echo an Irish potato that isj
somewhat of a curiosity in that it has
a“sprig of Bermuda grass growing
through it. It is evident that the pota
to did not grow around the grass but
that the grass grew directly through
the potato. Mr. Stevens asks us to
challenge Brag Gardener Wash Brooks '
to produce anyvthing like that from his
brag garden. We are looking for Wash :
to go him one or two better—Ogle
}thorpe Echo. ;
~ Meal and hulls strictly cash. South
ern Cotton Qil Co.
THE DAWSOM NEWS.
WILL CONSIDER PROBLEMS
OF TAXATION AND REPORT
TO THE LEGISLATURE.
Hon. W. B. Parks, of Terrell coun
ty, was named one of a joint commit
tee of fifteen from the senate and the
house to consider during the fall and
winter months the problems of taxa
tion which will confront the legisla
ture of 1922, Representative Carswell,
of Wilkinson county, was elected chair
man; Senator Johis, of the Twenty
seventh, vice chairman; Senator Snow,
of the Seventh, secretary, and Repre
sentative Parks, of Terrell, assistant
secretary.
This committece will meet at any
time between now and the convening
of the 1922 general assembly, subject
to the call of Mr. Carswell. The in
come tax and other items governing
taxation in the state are to be consid
ered. Five members were appointed
from the senate and ten from the
house. The personnel follows:
~ From the senate—Nix, of the Fifty
first; Johns, of the Twenty-seventh,
Snow, of the Scventh; Jones, of the
Thirty-seventh, and Woalker, of the
Eighteenth.
- From the house—Carswell, of Wilk
inson; Culpepper, of Fayette; Lank
ford, of Toombs; Parks, of Terrell;
Dudiey, of Clarke; Brantley, of Pierce;
Thompson, of Coweta; Munday, of
Polk; Hunter, of Chatham, and Bow
en, of Tift.
DAWSON MAY SOON HAVE
A PIGGLY-WIGGLY STORE
A rumor is current that a Piggly-
Wiggly store will soon be opened in
Dawson. The Piggly-Wiggly is a chain
of grocery stores that are operated in
all the cities and larger towns of the
United States.
MANY FANS FROM EUFAULA.
A large crowd of Eufaula fans ac
companied their home team to Daw
son Friday and rooted enthusiastically
throughout the exciting game.
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Any breaking out of the skin, even
fiery, itching eczema, can be quickly
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declares a noted skin specialist. Be
cause of its germ destroying proper
ties, this sulphur preparation instardt
lyu{)rings ease from skin irritation,
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Will Play a More Important
Part Than Ever
The best price will be paid for cotton
Free from Trash and Dirt and not
GIN CUT. '
Our Gin, aj the end of each season
is completely overhauled, cleaned and
put in condition for the next. Itis
now ready to serve you with an ex
pert ginner i charge.
Don’t gin your cotton in a hap-hazard
way this season. Make your arrange:
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why.
| Gin With Us This Season '
Southern Cotton oil Company
Dawson, Georgia
A BIG DEMAND ON PUB
LIC LIBRARY FOR BOOKS
Mrs. Edna McGill{aho is in charge
of the library while Miss Cheatham is
on a vacation, reports the reading pub
lic all over the county is more interest
ed in books than at any timec during
the year. A large number of volum=s
are taken out each day, mostly light
fiction,
LEAVES FOR MARKETS.
Mr. C. A. Wall left Saturday for
the eastern markets to select the fall
and winter stock for the G. W. Dozier
Co. Mr. Wall will spend some time in
New York and will also visit Balti
more,
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Charlie Antonio, former owner of the Dawson Cafe, i
now operating the Gordon Restau.ra\nt in Barnesville, Ga,,
and will be glad to serve his Dawson, Shellman and Terre]]
county friends at any time they may pass through Barnes.
ville.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 44 "L