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ay——1 VOL X ;l NO 2 VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY AUGUST 2 g 1004 $1 A YEAlt IN ADVANCE THE .The K A Neve hcape- cast aih ling fi have re: ciinie own di ■ A g. ganizei selves - •please- Club, it were betwec - -they ) scleotei the m>. to do f ' object, Ybeir u In ti 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 ulone 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.