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VOL X ;l NO 2
VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY AUGUST 2 g 1004
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TESBORG AFFAIR
.-.-sj Rad Planned the Deed
■liuke oil the Law.
‘less the volumes of abuse
Statesboro Ir^m north
-ost, and a goodly apriuk-
ll’ve south, who would
; d to join the mob if the
been committed at their
of black rascals had cr-
■ noug a seleot few of thom-
looiety which they wore
term the Before Da'
bis olub, a black
" Id its meotipgs ’
.midnight and d
nned the
i heir
be
au as
in secret
ay, in which
dastardly deeds,
victims and named
s of the olub who were
e work. Robbery was the
at they were to cover up
its at any cost.
• ease two of the members
were syr'dijjQff t9 rob the hoqge of
Henry Hodges, a repitlabie whito
man, c 'lit miles from Statesboro
in Bu nil county. .They went
prepai < to kill, and in being found
out b Mr. Hodges, they took his
life. here before his wife and
three < iildron be was overpowered
ancLbeii to death in hearing of the
womai who had glvon hei' l. ,te w
Aim in matrimonial tie. In failing
he house, they robbed the
her husband and the child-
heir lather, when none were
protect them. Thjs orinro
as suflloiont to, string them
heaven and earth for the
the air to prey upon. But
.'l~ not stop there. On entcr-
takon to complete the family do-,1ty of the If |r wftg || trodden un(ter
struction. Could any kind of pun- the foot Qf T half ag muoh agtho
ishment be too were? Yet there. will g ^ , a Mg uncle r the
is another scene: The tatherand^ he u ita ls | d do .
the mother and their three littJJ , , . ....
... „ .j lays, and the liramous private hang-
children, oneo a happy , r ... • ......
. ’ ., , , * *. .mily ingaot. Hero the law is at fault,
lvmg oi oi alH 011 oountr y i land there would have boon no lynoh-
now ay ea in eu o )Vn \j| 00( i al ; n g a t Statesboro if these obstruft-
the hands of these , , , . , >
two strapping tions were not on the sta! me books,
negro nieu. rh- . * 1 ° i . ,, , , ,, .
lives to take -re boing no morel The two negroes, lvucl and Cato,
to the boa- , the torch was applied j who had made hideous a night by
was l>- ’ dHful homo and the Iioubc clubbing a family live into oter-
.irncd down in th^deaci hour
night on the bodiors of the tivo
victims, and only small pieces of
each were taken from the ashes the
next dav.
MONTEZUMA GOES DRY.
To Take Effcot September 0.
Notice of Contest Served,
Cool is tho blood that will not
boil at the knowledge of thisorime
Soft is tho metal of the American
citizen who will not desire the swift
and certain punishment of such
men, whether they bo black, white
or red, The suspension of statute
law is tho cduimon law of nature in
suoh cases, and tho people of Stated-
Jjoro acted as coolly as any section
of tho Sduth would act, and
certainly much cooler than any sec
tion of the north would aet, taking
nity aud burning the home, were
taken by force from the hands of
the statute law. carried out of town,
chained to a stump, wood piled
around thorn and the torch applied,
and in a very short the Ufa was
gone out of them, anl their suffer
ings were over. Fur tivo lives only
two wore takon. For the hours of
suffering inflicted upon tho lamtly,
only a few minutes of bodily pain
was given the murderers and all was
over.
NEEDS EDITOR’S FRIEND-
SHIP.
Every man in dvcvy town during
for a record the deodB committed in the course oi/ a lifetime lias to ask
tho northers states. A trial by jury a favor of an editor--not an exccp-
was given tho two negroes and tion to this.'rule. May escape a
twelve men said they were guilty, dootov, keep clear of the courts,
•to roi
•wife i
von ol
there
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botwei
fowls-
they i
iiig tii ': house they seized that good
woman whose life was devoted to
the husband and ohildred, and
Not until then was a hand lifted
gainst th<?m to ayengo th§ feiUiiig
of a neignfe^^ hlB famil y ail(1
the burning of their in the
home that they had built. J* ut
when the death sentence had been
passed upon the black brutes in hu
man form, the people rose up as
one man to dispatch justice and end
the matter without the usual delay
of the courts. No carrying of the
bases to the supreme court, as the
the lawyers ase doing in nearly eyery
-heavin', only knows what happened • murder caso inGeorgia today to pro-
1 long the' lives of the murderers and
allow them to fare sumptuously in
tho jail every day for months.
No private' Banging in which tho
prisoner may send' word out to the
world that he' d'i<id a ; martyr for his
race and th'hff eii'fikt the’sympaihy of
his people ail'd destroy the intention
then, for all tongues arc still and
all eyes are dosed that witnessed
the scene. But one thing is sur- ,
they took her sweet life away, aud
she lay dead beside the one who had
sworn to love and protect her so
long as they both should live. For
. these two crimes a slow process of
■burning at the stake would be a’ 01 lnc mw.
■mild punishment to inffiet. But' No bettor law could bemarlc than
the half is not told; two little inno- 1 that mob exercised. Quietly walk-
cent girls and the baby boy at bis i >ng over the statute laws, they eit»
mother’s breast came in for their j.ocuted a common law. The 'ntajCs ■
share. The black brutes baa rob-1
bed them of their father and ttidther," 1
. leaving none to protect them. In
the awful clash for human lives |
they would not spare' even these.
Little Miss Kittie Corrine Hodges,
just old enough to enter school, was
then trying to save her younger sis
ter and baby brotner. The gazing
tip at them with her bright eyes
failed to find favor in theirs. The
shaking of her head of waving hair
that hung down her baok.was of no
avail. Tbe pleadings from her
quivering lips to spare the lives of
the rest bt the family was not
heard, and the childish prayer fell
on hearts of stone; The cold drops
of perspiration that stood on her
brow and the uplifted hands pre
sented no picture to them, and they
slashed the life out of her without
mercy. Her murdbred form lay
dying with her parents, her blood
trickling offt? on* the-floor and min
gling with the Blboa : of her father
and mother as fhe‘littlef'neait ceas
ed to beat within' her’ - tender breast.
The aiory is not enddd’yel. The
black demons Bad 1 mtii€ei&ti three -
and there remained 1 tSW>' at their
mercy, the lives 1 off. wBom were'
but on<?e in a life time, at least,
every man has to go to the newspa
per to have a certain piece put in—
a death notice, a marriage notice,
eto., to have a certain picoc kept
0 ~* or have hi? name printed in, or
omitted from, BOino J'otn. Jt is
therefore to your iutefedt to treat
tho editor fairly. lie desires to bo
fair; he rattier do the right than the
wrong thing; but if you give a
kick the dent of it may be found in
the fop of your hat someday, and
you will ii£ver know how it got
there. Don’t you think you are
immune; don’t think that Provi
dence has especially favored you.
Your time will come, and when it
does come, it will be a fine invest
ment if you have a friend in tho
editor's office.- -Hiawatha, Kansas,
World. .
“Hotel Asbestos” is the name of
a stopping place in St. Louis. It
probably has attractsons for His
Satanic Majesty.
Ginning Notice
The Vienna Cotton Oil* Company will run both
the up town and doWif town dins this season. The
flanagement has takefr thi'trouble to put both
these plarit.s lit first-class'condition. The one down
town will pack both round and square bales, while
the uptown gin will pack stjtiarabales only.
riessrs. A. J. Shell and 'C. A.’ Joiner, both Well
knowntby the people-of this section, will have
charge of these glnis, Mr. Shell having the manage
ment of the up town'and'Mir 'Joiner the down town
gin.
We prbpofce to giv6 first dais service: In every re
spect and we Wish to notify-th^ public that we will
riot gin any Wet cottoft'krioWlngly as‘ it will riot only
gives a-poor sample, but interferes with the opera
tion of the gin; thereby, causing buVpatrons to wait
. an unnecessary time to get theit cottbri and a 1 use
less-expense to 1cbep the "gifts ; ln‘ ''repair,' Therefore,
parties bringing such cdttoh to 1 the'girt ririicf ‘causing
ui tb<Sfifti r dbWri 'on this acdo'riHty will be Chritged the
actual bostoftime’lost: ’
The prohibition election m Ma
con couuty two weeks ago was a
a quiet affair in that it had no blood
shod, no riots and no tights. But
in tho usual routine of suoh oooa-
sions it was about as warm a
number as tho season would permit.
Some men worked for principle,
some for mouey, some for tho love
ot country and somo for tho satis
faction ot that morbid appetite,
Both sides worked faithfully from
early until late, and many was the
pull, political and otherwise, ovor
the poor darnoy whoso vote was
promised both ways aud was watch
ed by both sides. A band of ne
groes drcsBod in red, an omblora of
five, headed by a whito man, it is said,
wont from Amenous to Montezuma
to play for tho boys on tho liquot
1 8 ide, ]3ut the mayor, Yancey
uy name, bless his old heart, told
the leader of tho band that if ho
tooted a horn that day ho would
have tho wholo push looked up. The
band remained but was as quiet as
a henpecked husband.
The Moutozumn district had been
conceded to the wots by 100, but it
went dry by 0, blessed bo the work
of the faithful. The returns from
the county by rumor put tho wots
ahead by a majority of- throe, but
in tho round-up before the ordinary
the HiekS district, by an aot of
-jovidence or otherwise, left off its
official puperii and ouu!» not 1)0
conn tod, which put the county dry
by 23. Hurrah for the Hicks!
By an agreement between the
two factions it was agreed that tho
saloons should not close up in four
weeks as the law direota, but were
to remain in business until January.
Jn oonsidoration of this the whisky
men were not to contest the eleotion,
and tho agreement was signed by
the lawyers representing the two
sides. But the agreement was
broken by a few men at Oglethorpe
who would keep a pit of ffro burn
ing at the gales. They broke
through the gap and trotted to the
court house for a contest. ThiR
being done, the ordinary tired his
notice into the paper that the sa
loons must close on the Oth ot Sep
tember.
The county has six saloons; four
in Montezuma and two in Ogle
thorpe
During the campaign the whisky
men made a tin horn of Dooly’s
good name and put lots of rumors
in in it. One was to the effeot that
a prominent man in Dooly said if
Macon county went dry he would
open the finest saloon in Georgia at
Byroihville. It would be about
as reasonable if he had said he
would run Flint river around that
way. Another was that a petition
for an election in Dooly was then
being circulated. We have heard
of but two men who had an oppor
tunity to sign suoh a paper, and both
of them refused. It certainly dia
not come this way.
Dooly is ready to render all assis
tance possible to the good people
’of Macon county who are struggling
: to drive away the dragon that is so
dangerous to the rising generation,
Make the best of life, and life
will do its 'bost for you.
Whon woman lose? jj$r, beauty
she begins to take care of it.
You oan’t catoh happiness by ory.
ing for it. Tears make mighty
poor bait.
Do not emphasize your own vir
tues by enlarging on the failings of
othors.
An almost invisible uoraent for
monding glass is made of isinglass
boiled in spirits of wine.
If tho ffiot are tired tako a warm
foot bath. There is nothing quito
so efficacious for tired nerves.
That soul is truly happy who has
somo of whom to think swootly,
somo one whom to talk Bwootly and
some one to love dearly.
Much beauty with little wit
makes friends, but retains f"-'
while little beauty «- ’ otyr>
ornoHB k"'- „ „uu muoh olov-
—friends always.
Time is money, but tho woman
wlio is always going to be “ready”
in just a minute, doesn’t seem to
think it is drawing interest..
Tho girl who is ashamed to bo
oaught washing dishes is not in her
right mind, bhe ought to be proud
of it.
icentlntirifife^f Bame, Vfcreiririlri;
, Ve’rV trrily ’•
VI EWfA CGTTGfM Ol L
There is a time for everything,
and the-time to do a good thing is
whenever tie opportunity is pre-
aefttecL-
A woman who was lately divorced
is quoted as saying: “There aro
too many men in tho world to be
unhappy with one of them.”
’ Why is a baby liko wheat? Be
cause it is first cradled, thon thrash
ed, and afterwards becomes tho
flowin' Ittosr) Of tho family.
There’s no l'easOil fol* men being '
so selfsatisfled. The biggest and
bravest of them can bo completely
tamed by a more midget of a wo
man.
At Washington five women are
still drawing pensions as widows of
mon who served in tho war of the
Revolution, which onded 120 years
ago.
Think or your own faults tho
first part of the night when you aro
awake..and 0 f tho faults of othors
tho latter part of the night when
you aro asleep.
In order to hold her position a
Boston sohoolinarm kept her mar
riage a secret for ten years.
Put away some of tho ornaments
out of the parlor through the sum
mer. It will look more airy during
tho hot days and you will have
fewer things to dust. Then tho
brio a-brre will seem like new when
you get it out again in the fall.
If people would only enjoy what
they have instead of making them
selves miserable by longing for
things they do not have and per
haps cannot get, it would be the
best tonie possible for their.mental
and physical system.*
Three thrones in Europe want
boys. And if the wants qpen’t sup-'
plied this summer there will be
three -downcast queen mothers and
as many irate king fathers. It is a
bit curious, the persistency girls
have shown in forcing their aooiety
on tho royal households of Russia
and Italy, though it does accord
with the general misunderstanding
o'f the contrariness that is in hu
man nature. Not that little girls
aren’t the nicest things in the world
—everyone knows they are—but for
dynastic purposes Italy, Russia and
Holland would like boys, please.