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VOL. 4. « PIANOS! PIANOS! ORGANS! ORGANS! LISTEN: We Want to sell you a PIANO, ORGAN, or GRAPHOPHONE, on easy Terms. Cj Do not Send your money away from home, but buy from home people and get their guaranteed prices. New Records, just come! See out full Line of Nice Things for the Home. FR §L* I AXON FURNITURE COMPANY. TWO NEGROES ARE LYNCHED IN WALTON Two Negroes, Tom Allen and Rich ard Watts, Are Lynched by Walton County Mob. From The Atlanta Georgian. Monroe, Ga., June 27. —The case of the state against Tom Allen, a negro, charged with having com mitted an assault in Walton county some weeks ago, will not be tried in the adjourned term of Walton Su perior court today as was anticipat ed, by virtue of the fact the accused fell into the hands of the mob be fore reaching Monroe, the county seat. Allen, in company with Bai liff Patrick, of Monroe; Bailiff Brooks, of Walnut Grove; and Wil liam Riley, who was deputized by Sheriff Stark, reached Social Circle over the Georgia railroad last night and as soon as the midnight express rolled up at the station the mob ap proached the officers and demanded the prisoner. They at once pro ceeded to a piece of woods some two miles from Social Ciicle on the Monroe and Social Circle road and there in the quiet of the night, with out even the ripple of the leaves on the trees, swung Allen to a tele graph pole and began riddling his body with bullet 3 and otherwise dis figuring him. The bullets, it is said, were so numerous that the large plow line by which the negro was suspended was cut in two and the negro allow ed to slide down the pole. He was then retied and refilled with bullets. There were about 40 in the mob ami those who observed them, pass ing along the road, said they were the most orderly they ever saw, and no one ever dreamed that the negro was being dealt with as was later shown. Hundreds of people have gone in buggies, automobiles, and on trains to the scene of the lynching. Al len, it is said, denied his guilt to the very last and acted in absolute indifference to what was being done to him. Up to this hour Judge Brand has not reached the cit.y. He was in Jefferson yesterday trying a negro charged with the same offense for which Allen was lynched. The ne gro at Jefferson was tried and sent enced to hang in four hburs, the date of execution being July 17. Matt Allen, father of Tom Allen, was rot brought to Walton county, but remains in Atlanta. It was an- ticipated by Sheriff Stark that, in the event Tom made it through safe, he would then come in, bringing ®he Journal. CO6HRAN. PULASKI COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY JUNE 29. 1911. Matt. Neither the sheriff nor his deputy were with Tom when he was seized and lynched. It is said that Tom Allen was tied with a rope and the rope tied to the wrist of one of the officers. When the mob started off the officer was carried beside the negro and, in but a short time the officer asked that he might be released. The rope was slipped from the officer’s hand and lie was allowed to pass on with the mob. Walton county is stirred as nev er before today and much is being said of the discretion of the mob in sparing the general public the ex citement that the lynching incurred. Monroe, the county seat, is espec ially pleased that the affair did not occur here. On a placard written and hung above the body of the negro were these words: “Do not take this body down un til 12 o’clock tonight.” On another were the words; “No negro must touch a white woman in this county.” SAME MOB STORMS JAIL AT MONROE AND KILLS NEGRO Monroe, Ga., June 27. —A mob of between 150 and 200 men, the same crowd that lynched Tom Al len at Mitchell’s Crossing near So cial Circle, this morning, stormed the Walton county jail here at noon today and took Richard Watts, a negro associate of Allen, to a place two miles northwest of the town and strung him up. It seems that the mob was not satisfied with its work at Social Cir cle, and was determined to get rid of all the bad negroes in the Good Hope section of Walton county, which is some six or seven miles away from Monroe. The mob surprised the jailer, overpowered him, and made at orce for Watts, who had been held for a week for beating a negress. There were eight or nine other pris oners in the jail. Not any one of these was harmed. For a couple of hours the town was in intense excitement, and it appeared as if Mayor Nowell would be forced to call upon the adjutant general to send troops here. At 2 o’clock, however, the mob dis persed, and it seems now as if there will be no more trouble. In this issue you will find Gov. Brown’s farewell message to the Georgia Legislature, which con vened yesterday (Wednesday). A FAIR WARNING TO BLIND TIGERS Sheriff Rogers Calls on Liquor Dealers and Tells Them to Quit Business. From Hawkinsville Dispatch. Sheriff John R. Rogers spent a part of Monday and Tuesday in calling upon parties in Hawkins ville and Hartford who were alleg ed to be engaged in dispensing "blind tiger” liquor and notified them that if they didn’t quit the business at once he would proceed against them as the law directs in such cases. All of them, it is said, promised him they would quit “right now” and stay quit. In fact, one man who attended tlie men’s meeting, recently conducted in this city by Rev. Bob Jones, told the Sheriff, it is said, that he had been made to see the error of his way and its awful consequences so clearly and forcefully that he had decided of his own free will and accord to quit the business and that he not only intended to stay quit but would cheerfully assist the officers in making any others quit who might be selling liquor. Not only those Ipiown to be lun ning “blind tigers” were warned against further violations of the law but all those suspected of conduct ing such places of business. The step on the part of Sheriff Rogers will be heartily commended by all good citizens of the city and country and many have already pledged him their hearty support in co-operation in his efforts to sup press these great nuisances that are having such a demoralizing effect upon our community. Sheriff Rogers is known as a good man, a man with a big sympathet ic heart, and he does not wish to see any one get into trouble, but it is said the prohibition law is being violated so frequently and openly violated that he has decided to cast aside all sentiment and will hereaf ter exert every possible effort to catch all violators, both white and black, and will know no friends nor favorites, but will treat all alike. And he has the assurance of Mayor Lovejoy, Chief of Police Meadows Policemen Napeir and Ragan and Deputy Sheriff Joab Horne that they will render him all the assist ance they can in his efforts to en force the law. If anyone, therefore, goes ahead and wilfully violates the law in the face of these warnings, which are given in all kindness but with firm ness, and gets into trouble, he or they, as the case may be,'will have nobody to blame but themselves. Many of our best citizens are ad- INTER-URBAN LINE TO NEARBY TOWNS Waycross Capitalists Will Connect Blackshear and Waresboro with Electric Railway. Waycross, Ga., June 27. —Way- cross will have a system of street railway with extensions to nearby communities within a year, if the charter applied for today is granted to the citizens backing the proposi tion. ' To begin the company, it is proposed to have at least $500,000 in stock. This is the result of the great demand for, stock in the com pany locally, although a good share is to go to outsiders. The company will have to get busy within sixty days in order to comply with the franchise granted. Blackshear and Waresboro are the first places near Waycross that will be reached bv the suburban lines. Hebardville, Deenwood, Winona Park, and other sections of Way cross will l>e pierced Try the city lines. To overcome the railroad crossing problem, several overhead crossings will be erected, making a portion of the lines elevated. The backers of the system have ample financial support to carry out all projects of the company, in addition to the outside assistance. The construc tion of the line will relieve condi tions considerably in Waycross, as the question of transportation has been one of the greatest ones before the city for years. —Macon Tele graph. vocating chain gang sentences, with out the option of paying a fine, for this class of law-breakers and senti ment along this line is growing so strong that this may be the rule of punishment adopted by the courts hereafter. When men are allowed to break one law without being punished, they soon have no fear of breaking others, and we soon find ourselves in a state of anarchy, with neither life nor property safe, and the time has come in Pulaski county when every good citizen, white or black, should bestir themselves to see that the dignity of the law is upheld, and the only way to do this is to punish those who commit crime. Sheriff Rogers says that his eff orts to stop the sale of liquor will not be confined to Hawkinsville and Hartford alone, but will extend to every part of the county. Sheriff Rogers is not only a good man but is one of the best and most fearless officers in the state. He is a man that knows how to do things and without any fuss and goes quietly along and brings things to pass, and it is safe to say that hereafter no one in the county will be able to operate a blind tiger many days or weeks before he will be boarding in the county jail, awaiting action of the courts. Some Real Bargains For ♦♦♦♦♦/♦♦♦♦♦ FRIDAY; SATURDAY AND ALL NEXT WEEK. Lacy Langorie Gowns; Good Values at $2.00, Now $1.69 1.50 Gowns, made of good Nainsook, Square Neck, $1.19 l .25 Gowns, nainsook, Lace and Embroidered yoke, 98C l .00 Nainsook gowns, Embroidered yoke; Good Value, 790- Princess Slips, made of nainsook lace and Embroidery trimmed, now 98c. 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