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7» Col. T. V. Richeson, The Rev. C. V. T. Richeson, arrested -j
|J Confederate veteran. on suspicion after the death of Avis .
♦ . Linnell by poison. i(*
* Gen. Peter C. Hains, r _„x r> u • . «,
i / « z«. ri ■/ Ca Pt- Peter C. Haines, who was sent
" vetci’an of the Civil war. ... •_ ■ . ’*
• to prison for killing W. C. Annis.
I Gen. Edward L. Molineux, Roland B. Molineux, charged with X
i» veteran of the Civil war. killing Mrs. Adams; first convicted but C
i _ , , later acquitted. JI
’ Gen. Jeremiah V. Mesero-le, > kJI , . **
,J * « xu sm Darwin J. Meserole, tried for k llinq H
A veteran of the Civi war. ■ ,u: u x 9 w,
111 Theodore W. Labig, but acquitted. .k
Carl Albert Wolter, veteran Albert Wolter, convicted for mur- y
■k of the Franco-Prussian war. derinr; Ruth Wheeler. J*
fHEN the aged fa- j
ther of the Rev. {
C. V. T. Richeson
fell upon his son’s
neck in the prison
at Boston, and
the two men sob
bed in each oth
er’s arms, a trag
edy was unfolding,
a tra ß e <iy deeper I
and more heart- .
7* 4*. rending than even ;
‘ that which led to I
the death of poor I
Avis Linnell.
“My boy! My boy!” cried the fa
ther in his anguish. Almost the words
with which the breaking of King Da
vid’s heart was registered for all time
when they brought him word of the
death of his erring son Absalom.
“Deal gently with the young man,”
the old king had said to the soldiers
he sent out to capture the rebellious
youth. And when divine justice cut
him off in his sins, David cried, "Oh!
Absalom, my son, my son!”
Through the ages this cry has rung.
It has burst from the heart of almost
every father whose son has commit
ted crime.
Much is written and said about the
weeping mother of the son who goes
wrong—a figure full of pathos that
obtrudes Itself forcibly, often over
shadowing the equally pathetic figure
of the father of the prisoner, for a
man’s grief, though no less deep than
a woman's clamors not from the
housetops, but broods in the dark si
lences of the heart.
Father’s Grief Worse.
A mother's grief differs from a fa
ther’s In this—that she. In spite of
overwhelming evidence, can never
believe her son to be guilty. Thus
her passionate tears are those of re
bellion against injustice to one who
Is dear to her. She will fight, as the
mothers of Carlyle Harris and Harry
Thaw fought, to save their sons from
what they believed an unjust fate. A
father, on the contrary, may know his
son to be guilty. He may be obliged
to let the law take Its course, to sit
silently alone at home when his son
is being led to the gallows or the
electric chair, knowing that the boy
so dear to him Is meeting a just fate.
In cases like this—and they are by no
means exceptional—the father’s grief
transcends in its miserable tragedy
even that of the weeping mother.
The figure of Judge Paul Charlton
quietly coming to the aid of his son
when the young man returned home
almost boasting of having killed his
wife in Italy had something awe-in
spiring in its loneliness. Here was a
highly respected man, of good south
ern family, who had attained a posi
tion of trust and responsibility in the
service of his country, who had
brought up a bright boy, with all the
care and solicitude of a refined home,
lavishing affection upon him, hoping
great things for him, and suddenly all
these hopes were swept away and In
their place he must needs torge ror
himself a solitary grim hope—that of
saving the boy from the disgrace of a
murderer’s death.
Gen. Hains’ Pathetic Figure.
Another heroic figure—heroic be
cause of the way it stood firm in the
tempest of tragedy swept about It—
was that of Gen. Peter C. Hains, fa-
I ther of Capt. Peter C. Hains and
I Thornton Hains. When Capt. Hains
I killed the man he believed had wreck
i ed his home, and he and his brother
( were accused of conspiring together to
i commit murder, the old father’s flght
-1 Ing blood rose and he turned like an
j old lion to defend his cubs. In his
eyes his son’s deed was justified. This
point of view was shared by a large
number of people, women as well as
i men. That he saved his sons from
■ the grip of the law was a triumph for
' him, but the triumph only attenuated
j the grief that the killing had laid upon
him.
So It was with gallant old Gen. Mol
ineux. He, however, was spared the
grim horror of knowledge of a son’s
guilt, for he firmly believed in Rol
and's innocence of the murder, and
his fight for the youth's acquittal was
urged on not only by affection but by
confidence in the triumph of Justice.
Another father who was buoyed up
to the last by faith In his boy’s inno
cence was A. F. Tucker, whose son
Charles was put to death for killing
Mabel Page. To the very last he was
firm in this faith. He kept up the
fight to prove his son Innocent right to
the hour of execution, and In one of
his petitions to the governor for clem
ency he expressed in a sentence the
tragedy of the parent whose son is
accused of a grave crime: “Our hearts
are bursting with anguish.”
I Such a case as this was that of
Henry Clay Beattie, the Richmond
banker, whose son has been convict
ed of murdering his young wife. He
kept up the fight, having appealed for
a new trial, without result The fa
ther’s heart must be wrung with grief
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over the wild career that led hia
wayward son into these direful straits.
Much was written about Carlyle
Harris mother when that boy was on
trial for killing his young wife, and
old Charles Harris, the father, was
mentioned only incidentally. Back
into the shadows cast by his strong
wife sank the figure of the unsuccess
ful old man. Nobody paid any atten
tion to him. He was alone with his
great sorrow
When Dr. Crippen was being hunt
ed, tried and put to death for killing
his wife a lonely old man in Califor
uia followed the reports of the case
with trembling interest. Myron A.
Crippen was too old to be Os any help
to the son who had left him long ago.
Though unheralded, the greater trag
edy was the father’s, not the son’s.
When Albert Wolter was convicted of
killing Ruth Wheeler his old father,
a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war,
felt the blow- as a long-delayed retri
bution for the one great sin of his
life, and so expressed himself. Albert
was the child of a woman Carl Albert
Wolter had knov-n in Germany. De
serting the mother and baby, the elder
Wolter had come to America and
w-edded another woman. She had died
and he, stricken by remorse, had sent
for the mother and child to join him
in America and had legitimatized the
one by wedding the other.
“The Sins of the Fathers.”
And now this child had committed
a murcer so fiendish in its horror t,hat
the old Prussian soldier bowed his
head under the shock and murmured
words about the sins of the fathers
being visited upon their children.
Another case was that of Gen. Jere
miah V. Messerole of Brooklyn, w-hose
son, Darwin J. Messerole, killed Theo
dore W. Larbig in a fight. The old
soldier fought bravely to save his son
and the verdict of acquittal, followed
as it was by the voung man : s conver
sion and reception into Plymouth
church, was balm to the father’s
wounded heart
There can scarcely be a doubt about
the grizzled Confederate veteran. Col
T. V. Richeson, believing in his son’s
innocence. But the tragedy of such
an accusation against a dearly be
loved son is less only than that of his
conviction.
These fathers w-hose gray hairs are
brought down !n sorrow to the grave,
as the patriarch Jacob expressed it,
are tragic figures. They appeal for
sympathy, but their weight of woe is
too heavy to be alleviated by words. —
New York World.
BUTTRESSED TREE IN BRAZIL
One of Many Strange Forms of Tree
Life Found in Brazilian
Forests.
Tampa, Fla.—Brazil is wonderfully
rich in forest resources at present
practically untouched. Only a small
portion of the country’s vast forests
have been explored and logging opera
tions are caj'iied on only tit a i&w
points on its great rivers.
The illustration shows an odd “but
tressed” tree on the banks of the
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The “Buttressed” Tree.
Amazon. It is only one of many
strange forms of tree life In which
Brazilian forests are rich. So vast is
the extent of the Brazilian forests that
botanists will have free scope for in
vestigations for many years to come
and when the railroads penetrate
these great forests Brazil will be in
a position to furnish the entire world
with hardwood lumber of the finest
quality.
An Infant Cuvier.
Miss Griggs easily induced the
wealthy Mrs. May to let her son Fred
die join the vacation class in natural
history that she was organizing for
children.
“I’m sure he'll love It!” said Mrs.
May, with surprising enthusiasm. “And
you will find that he knows a lot about
natural history already.”
“Indeed! That is very pleasant,"
murmured Miss Griggs, vaguely, for
she was not prepared for scientific
attainments in a spoiled boy of five.
“Yes,” said Mrs. May, complacent
ly, “ever since Freddie was a baby
the chef has made all his blanc mange
in the shape of rabbits and squirrels,
and only lately he has begun, to make
him marsnmallow frogs and chickens
and turtles, and Freddie simply wor
ships them—you can’t get him to
touch anything In a plain mould.”
"I am sure,” concluded Mrs. May,
"that you will find Freddie very ad
vanced for his age."—Youth’s Com
panion.
Turkey loses 1,200 men in couple of
batles with the Italians. Loss of the
latter only amounted to 100.
GEORGlA—Whitfield County:
To Honorable Philip Cook, Secretary
of State, Atlanta, Georgia:
The undersigned, whose names,
signed by each of them, and residence,
are hereto attached, bring this our pe
tition in our own behalf and in behalf
of our associates and successors, in
pursuance of an Act of the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia, ap
jn-oved December 20th, 1893, and Acts
amendatory thereof, and respectfully
show:
First: That we desire to form a cor
poration for the purpose of carrying
on the business of banking.
Second: The name and style of the
proposed corporation shall be THE
BANK OF DALTON.
Third: The location and principal
place of business shall be in the city
of Dalton, County of Whitfield, and
State of Georgia, and the right is ask
ed to establish branch banking insti
tutions at other points in the State
of Georgia.
Fourth: The amount of capital
stock is Fifty- Thousand Dollars ($50,-
000), divided into Five Hundred (500)
hares of One Hundred Dollars, ($100)
each.
Fifth: The purpose and nature of
the business of the proposed corpora
tion shall be that of a bank, with con
tinuous succession for the term of
thirty (30) years, with a right of re
newal for a like term. To sue and be
sued. To have and use a common seal
and at pleasure to alter the same. To
appoint such officers and agents as the
business of the corporation requires,
prescribe their duties, fix their com
pensation, and remov’ them at plea
sure. To make such by-laws as may
be necessary or proper for Mie manage
ment of its property and regulation
of its affairs. To hold, purchase,, dis
pose of and convey such real and per
sonal property as it may desire, or as
may be necessary for its uses and bus
iness. To discount bills, notes or other
evidences of debt; to receive, and pay
out deposits with or without interest;
to receive on special deposit money or
bullion or foreign coins, or stocks or
bonds or other securities; to buy or
sell foreign or domestic exchange, or
other negotiable paper; to lend money
upon personal security, or upon pfedg
es of bonds, stocks or negotiable secu
rities; to take and receive security by
mortgage or otherwise, on property,
real or personal; and generally to do
and perform all such other matters
and things not hereinbefore enumerat
ed as are or may be incident to the
business of banking.
We herewith deposit the charter fee
of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and pray
to be incorporated under the laws of
this state.
Signed:
BUELL STARK, of Dalton, Ga.
R. F. WARDLAW, of Dalton, Ga.
W. M. SAPP, of Dalton, Ga.
W. C. FINCHER, of Dalton, Ga.
DENNIS BARRETT, of Dalton, Ga.
W. E. MANN,
M. C. TARVER,
C. D. McCUTCHEN,
Attorneys.
GEORGlA—Whitfield County:
Before me, personally appeared the
depose and say that $15,000 of the
Capital subscribed to THE BANK OF
DALTON for which bank deponents
are now seeking incorporation by the
* Secretary of State, has actually been
paid in by the subscribers, and that
the same is in fact held and is to be
used solely for the business and pur
poses of said corporation.
BUELL STARK,
R. F. WARDLAW,
W. M. SAPP,
W. C. FINCHER.
DENNIS BARRETT,
Petitioners.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 14th day of November, 1911.
JOS. BOGLE,
Ordinary of Whitfield County, Ga.
STATE OF GEORGIA—Office of Sec
retary of State.
I, Philip Cook, Secretary of State
of the State of Georgia, do hereby
certify, That the three (3) pages of
typewritten, printed and written mat-
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ter, contain a true and correct copy
of the application of the Incorpora
tors of The Bank of Dalton for char
ter, as the original of same appears
of file in this offic?.
In Testimony Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of my office, at the Capitol, in the City
of Atlanta, this 18th day of No-, ember,
in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Eleven and of the
Independence of the United States
of America the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth.
PHILIP COOK,
Secretary of State.
GEORGIA. —Whitfield County:
The report of the appraisers ap
pointed to sep apart a years support
for the widow and minor children of
Rush Carmiche deceased has been filed
in my office, and I will pass upon said
report on the first Monday in January
1912.
JOS. BOGLE.
Ordinary.
GEORGlA.—Whitfield County:
W. M. Sapp administrator of the es
tate of Thomas Joyce, deceased, has
applied for letters of dismission and
I will pass upon said application on
the first Monday in January, 1912.
JOS. BOGLE.
4t p Ordinary
GEORGIA. —Whitfield County:
William Hill has applied for letters
of Administration of the estate of
Andy Hill deceased, and I will pass
upon said application on the first Mon
day in January, 1911.
JOS. BOGLE.
4t p Ordinary.
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GEORGlA.—Whitfield County:
Kate Oxfo ' execturix of the estate
of J. L. Oxford, deceased, has applied
for letters of dismission, and I will
pass upon said application on the first
Monday in January, 1912.
JOS. BOGLE.
Ordinary.
Proclamation.
Whereas the Honorable Hoke Smith 1 ' ]|9
did, on the 15th day of November,
1911, resign the office of Governor of ||j|
this state, thereby creating a vacancy iM
in said office; fl
Therefore. I, John M. Slaton, pres
ident of the Senate, exercising the ex- l|fl
ecutive powers of the government as ||
provided by Par. 8. section of the sth I I
article of the constitution of this state I i
and laws in pursuance thereof, do is- J
sue this proclamation ordering a spe- j
cial election for Governor to fill the I ■:
vacancy so occasioned for the unex- I
pired term, to be held on the 10th day B|
January, 1912, under the laws of this&K
state, governing general elections,
also convoke the General Assembly of |
Georgia in extra session, at the capi- j
tol of this state, on the 24th day of |
January, 1912, at 10 o’clock, a. m. to ;
receive the returns and declare the re
sult of said special election or to
elect a governor, in case no person
shall receive a majority of the whole
number of votes at such special eloc
tion, as provided in the constitution
of this state.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great Seal
of the State to be affixed hereto, this I
20th day of November, 1911- I
JOHN M. SLATON, I
President of Senate Exercising t I
Executive Powers of the G°' e
ment. «J
Attest: —
Philip Cook, Secretary of State.
■
Governor Judson Harmon will
with the democratic, leaders in *
ington next Saturday and comer o.
the national political situation
speaks in Atlanta tomorrow an
likely weave political issue in
speech.
John D. Rockefeeor liaS
as President of the Siam ■>"
and John D. Archbold * lecte alr
his place. A number of dn*'
so stepped down..