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DEWES SLEW SELF AFTER
NIGHT OF GAMBLING
Macon Man, Whose Decomposed
Body Was Found in Ravine
Lost at Gaming.
Macon, Ga., July 6.—The re*
mains of R, L. Dewes, the man
ager of the Macon Phonograph
company, whose dead body was
found in a ravine in North High
land park yesterday, were carried
to Forsyth '.this morning for in
terinent. Mrs. Dewes came to
Macon yesterday immediately
after receiving information about
the discovery of her husband’s
body•
The coroner’s investigation de
veloped testimony to show that
the young man spent last Wed
nesday night in a Macon gambling
house, and lost during the night
something over $175. It was
stated during the investigation
that he paid $100 of this amount
and gave his note for $75. It ap
pears that he went to his office
and took a letter head from his
desk, and wrote a letter to his
wife to this effect:
“My Dear Sweetheart—I
abouttotake a step, the
quences of which 1 fully under
stand. I have failed again, and
I hope you in your goodness w ill
lift me up once more.
and Harry to have rr- $5,000
which is called for by the policy
now held by you.”
The letter w as signed with a
nickname. There were several
dollars in silver and a handsome
gold watch in the pockets
the discovery was made.
Mr. Dewes was reared- near
Decatur. Ga. He was, so far as
the Macon public knew, a steady,
industrious business man; but
the evidences before the jury in
dmated that he could not resist
the tmiptation at times to yield
to the snares of the gambling
room He was married in For
.
gyth, and it was stated that his
wife owns considerable property,
and that she had helped him out
in his financial troubles ou more
occasions than one.
The conclusion
jury was, that having resolved so
strongly to quit yielding up his
money to gamblers, and having
made his wife such faithful
pledges, he could not face her
with another admission of weak
ness.
He evidently died from the ef¬
fects of a drug, becausemo weap¬
on was found near his body, and
while his death lias occurred so
long before the discovery of his
body that it might have been im¬
possible to find evidences of vio¬
lence, the fact that the empty
one-half pint whisky bottle was
near him gave the only clue to
the method by which he died. It
is supposed that he put the drug
in the whisky. He was probably
drinking of the poison some time
before he reached the point where
lie sank down, inasmuch as the
stopper was in the bottle when it
was found.
The discovery was made by
who was
through the woods yesterday near
the noon hour. Just at the point
where the North Macon car turns
above Bacon’s field to go straight
to the park, evidences of some¬
thing wrong were noticed in the
ravine, and investigation reveal¬
ed the horrible picture, A check
in the hip pocket bore the name
of the Macon Phonograph compa
ny as payee, and the letter head
Oil which the message to Mrs.
Dewes was written bore the same
name.
There was no doubt of the iden¬
tification of Mr. Dewes. The last
time he had been seen in life
was at 5 o’clock on Thursday
morning of last week j ust after he
had emerged from the gambling
house, where he had probably
kept up throughout the night an
unequal struggle with the god¬
dess of fortune.
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STEED BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Makes County School Commis*
sioners Elective by County
Electors.
By a vote of 730 to 0, the lower
branch of the general assembly of
Georgia Friday morning passed
housebillNo.il, by Mr. Steed,
of Carroll, as amended, providing
that the county school commis
sioners shall be elected by the
electors of their respective ooun
ties, who are entitled bo vote for
the members of the general as
sembly.
The adopted amendment, as
submitted by Mr. Wright, of
Richmond, is to the effect that
nothing in the measure shall be
so construed as annulling any io
cal or special law now in force,
providing for the organization
and maintenance of public schools
in any city or county,
According to the act, the com¬
missioners shall be elected at the
general election next preceding
the expiration of the present
term of each and they shall hold
for, four years, The exam
ination as prescribed in section
1366 of volume one of the code
shall be held at least 20 days be
fore tiie day of election and ail
not hold a diploma from some
of learning .
reputable institution
a first grade teachers’ license
granted in this state, shall be
examined. Should anyone fail
to make 85 per cent, or better lie
be declared inelligible by
board of education.
In case of vacancy through
death or other cause the selection
of a successor for the unexpired
term will be in the hands of the
ceunty boned of education,
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BOUQUETS ARE TOSSED
TO AMERICAN TROOPS.
Washington, July 6. —The mil
itary appearance of the American
soldier suiujei was a surprise i to George
V. Winter, who came from Lon
don on invitation of the war
department to design certain im
provements in the uniforms of
the service, which would bring
them line with ... the ,, acknow . ,
, in
-
edged superior fit and make-up
of the British uniforms.
“The American soldier has the
, best , t bol -n d and , bear, g ; in n the
world," declared Mr. Winter on
the eve of his departure for New
York. “1 thought Tommy At
kins was the best in line, so I am
surprised ■ J at what l . i, hate n „p opp,, seen
here. While the American sol
dier is not so beefy as the Brit
isher, he is ‘smarter’ and bet
ter set up. He is the best
soldier in the world,
superior to the fighting men of
Germany. France or England.
The only improvement in the
uniform is to give him a better
fit, giving full effect to his fine
qualities.”
The pattern submitted by Mr.
Winter indicate numerous minor
changes in the uniforms, but no
radical departure from existing
styles. ___
Awkward.
Senator Hale, apropos of an
awkward remark, said:
“It. reminds me of the conver¬
sation of two ladies at a recept¬
ion.
“These ladies, were strangers
to each other. After a moment’s
desultory talk, the first said
rather querulously :
“ ’I don’t know what’s the
matter with that tall, blonde
gentlemeu over there. He was
so attentive a while ago, but he
won’t look at me now.’
,i i Perhaps,’ said the other, he
saw me come in. He’s my hus
band, you know. 3 33
Tin: MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1906
UNKNOWN MAN FOUND
DEAD BESIDE TRACKS
It Is Thought Victim Fell Off, or
Was Knocked From
Train.
Kingston, Ga., July 6.—The
body of a young man 15 or 16
years of age. was found lyiug
near the track of the W. & A.
railroad, - one mile south of
Gaines’ mill Wednesdry morn
ing. Both legs and one arm were
broken and be had other evi¬
dences of violence. While not
known to be the fact,it is thought
he fell or was knocked off some
train.
The body was brought to Kings¬
ton, where the coroner held an
inquest. Nothing on or about
the body gives the slightest clue
as to bis identity. He has dark
hair, dark eyes, weighs 120
pounds, height 5 feet 4 inches,
round face, dark complexion.
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AGED WOMAN FOUND
DEAD IN HER BED
Mrs. Sallie Thomas Expires Sud¬
denly at Her Home in
Tucker.
Tucker, Ga., July 6.—Mrs.Sal
lie Thomas, of Tucker, was found
dead in her bed this morning.
She was about 90 years of age
and deatli is supposed to have
been caused by heart failure, as
she retired m her usual good
health.
She leaves two sons, Robert and
Emeey Thomas, of DeKalb coun¬
ty, and one daughter, Mrs. Dab¬
ney Gulledge, and many relatives
in Atlanta.
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BRIGHT BITS.
“What kind of pie will you
have, Willie—mince or apple?”
“I’ll take two pieces of each,
please.” “ Two pieces!” Ye’m.
Mama told me not to ask twice.”
—Life.
“For goodness’ sake. What’s
that,noise?” “The girl next
door is having her voice cultiva¬
ted.” “Huh? Apparently the
process of cultivation has reached
the harrowing season.”—Phila¬
delphia Ledger.
“See that man? Ha! ha!
ha! ho! ho! ho!” laughed Love.
“ What’s the matter with him?”
asked Envy.
“Nothing,” answered Love,
“only lie’s a locksmith. Ha! ha!
ha!”—Philadelphia Record.
“Now,” said the doctor,
“you’ll have to accustom your¬
self to one cigar, after meals,”
v i O! doctor,” said the patient,
“that’s pretty hard—” “Tut!tut!
After a while you’ll find it easy
to give up even the cigars after
meals.” But I’m sure I’ll be giv¬
ing up the meals after the cigars.
I’ve never smoked, you know.”
—Philadelphia Press.
BOY FATALLY SHOT
BY NEGRO COMPANION
Turns Gun on Victim Without
Warning—Negro Said
to be Drinking.
Savannah, Ga., July 6.—Char
let Harrison, fourteen years of
age, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.
D. Harrison, of Red Bluff, S. O.,
is dying at the Bark View sani¬
tarium, as the result of what
seems to have been an alleged
assault by Julian Mortimore, on
July 4th. Harrison and Morti¬
more were hunting together near
Red Bank when they stopped at
a cabin to get out of the rain.
The negro had been drinking.
Suddenly, without warning, he
turned the gun upon the boy who
was standing near him and fired
a load of shot into his abdomen.
The boy sank to the floor and the
negro realizing what he had done,
escaped. The 1 oy was after¬
wards found by Ins father and
carried home.
Dr. A. W. Winders, of Savan¬
nah, was sent for and he brought
the boy to Savannah for treat¬
ment. Yesterday he and another
physician performed an opera¬
tion. There is no hope for the
boy’s recovery. His system was
literally filled with shot. He
suffered a great deal.
At noon today the doctors an
nouneed that the patieut
was barely alive. Ilis father,
grandfather and uncle are here
with him. They have given up
hope.
The Perfect Lover.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cafct, the
famous woman’s rights leader,
said of an untactful motion at a
woman’s club:
“This motion, in its delicacy,
reminds me of a Ripon man.
i w The man got married, and
after he had been married sever
al years his wife said to him one
night:
U i You do not speak as affect¬
ionately to me aH you used to,
Hal. 1 fear you have aeased to
love me.’
U 4 Ceased to love you! ’ growled
the man. “There you go again.
Ceased to love you! W hy, I love
you more than life itself. Now
shut up and let me read the
paper. )
Dull Pupil Exhibits Wit,
A Baltimore school teacher
was telling one day of how often
the instructor of “the young
idea” is astonished by the quick¬
ness of wit ex! i tiled by the
pupil who is otherwise deficient.
One day, says this teacher, she
had encountered such a degree
of ignorance and mental obtusr
ness of the part of one of her
boys that site because disheart¬
ened. So it was with considera¬
ble sarcasm that she said to the
youngster:
“I wonder if you could tell me
whether George Washington was
a soldier or a sailor.”
The kid grinned. “He was a
soldier, all right,” was the reply.
fc (r Row do you know?” asked
the weary teacher.
“Because I seen a picture of
him crossin’ the Deleware,” ex¬
plained the boy. “Any sailor’d
know enough not to stand up in a
boat.”
A Boy on Railroads
A Georgia school boy wrote a
composition last week on the ad¬
vantages of railroads to a country,
says the Rensactla News. He
told how this has helped the ad¬
vance in the price of lands from
50 cents and $1 an acre to $30
and $50, and he spoke of the
quick delivery of the mails, the
spread of newspapers, books and
learnings, the opening of mines,
the building of mills and furnaces
and the employment of a million
and a half people at good wages.
In closing, he said :
“Then the railroads are a great
advantage and blessing to candi¬
dates for office, enabling them to
travel quickly from place to
place, covering many counties in
a hurry and making speeches
denouncing the roads,”
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