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! GEORGIA NEWS 5
John A. McCall, farmer, who fig'
ured in the duel in the Bank of Ro
chelle, in which S. S. Fryer was kill
ed immediately, died Saturday morn
ing.
Several cases of measles have de
veloped in Columbus in the last few
days.
Women lawyers, for the first time!
in the history of Bibb county, are J
defending a man charged with mur
der, Mrs. Viola Napier, widow of H'.
V. Napier and Miss Arline Hardin,'
cousin of Judge Charles L. Bartlett ,
being associated with the defense of i
former detective, W. 0. Smith, who ;
with four other detectives, is charg-i
ed with the murder in April, 1919, of;
Abram Kimbrell and Phillip Lamar.
Chief of Police W. R. May, of;
Louisville, Ga., was slightly wounded;
in a pistol duel with F. N. Newsome, j
a farmer neaf Louisville. The;
wounded chief attempted to search;
the buggy of Newsome for liquor and :
Newsome ran away. Later as they
were searching for him the shooting:
occurred. ,
Lieut. W. M. Breedlove has been i
elected captain of the Dublin guards
to succeed Capt. L. C. Pope, promot
ed to the rank of major.
Absorption of gasoline into the,
circulation and toxins from second
degree burns caused the Same liquid
while he lay for several hours under
his overtui-ned auto last Monday;
caused the death at Albany Satur
day of John-41. Clarke.
The mangled body of John Nelms,;
white planter of near Collier’s Sta-;
tion near Milner, was discovered on
the tracks of the Central of Georgia I
Saturday. The exact manner ofj
death and what train struck the man
could not be ascertained.
The retail price of sugar in Macon!
reached a low mark of 6.8 cents a '■
pound Saturday in the grocers, priceI
cutting sales.
P.eports of race difficulties in the i
vicinity of Cartersville are unsound !
ed, according to a statement by the!
Sheriff at Cartersville. The report
grew out o fan attempt of the ne
groes in the vicinity of Roger’s Sta- ■
tion to drive away employes of the
Nashville, Chattanooga aV.d St. Louis ;
railroad so they could secure wort i '
for themselves.
The campaign against small pox (
made by health authorities in Atlanta .
h;:; been a success according to re
ports of the officers. More than
1 5,000 have been vaccinated and be
fore the end of the campaign the
city will be practically immune from ' '
small pox.
Richard Oliff, of Statesboro, was ■
killed in Savannah Sunday by aj'
truck when he stopped in the street ■ '
to take an auto to search for his,
mother who has been missing from |
her home in Statesboro for several,
days. I i
Rev. W. L. Hambrick, pastor of;
the Mabel White Baptist church of
Macon, has received a call to the I I
Tabernacle Baptist church at Carroll I
ton. He has not yet decided what
his answer will be.
Prince Williams, negro elevator
operator in the Masonic Temple in;
Columbus, is in jail in Columbus on j
a charge of having insulted a 13-!
year old girl. The girl’s granfather, i
when told that the negro had insult
ed her, went to the building and at
tacked the negro and cut him about I
the face with a knife.
The making of a national foresl
of Camp Bennings without hindering ,
or. e. e parsons
Dentist.
Offic* in Commercial City Bank ,
Building.
Office Honrs: 8 to 12 m. 1 tu fi o ■'
Work Solicited I
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Does It Hurt:—
To Run Your Tires Uninflated?
The Tire Manufacturer says it does, and he knows,
you can bet.
Drive your car around and let Experts inspect your
tires every week.
Americus Steam Vulcanizing Co.,
J. W. Lott, Manager.
‘ LOTTS OF SERVICE.”
Phone 506 Rear Americus Auto Co.
Cases Os 8 Guardsmen Held For Lynching
To Turn On Fate Os Sergeant Now On Trial
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Separate trials are to be give n the nine Alabama militiamen accti sed of taking from prison at Jasper
a young union coal miner and lync king him. First to be tried is Sergeant Robert L. Lancaster, in the
center. Others are (2) James W. K ey, (3) W. E. Hamby, (4) James F ranklin, (5) Roy Patton, (6) E. W
Speed. (7) Clarence Richardson, < 8 ) Manly R. Sexton, (9) Glenn L. Step ens.
the carrying out of its military pro-i
gram was discussed by the Columbus I
Chamber of Commerce Saturday.
Jasper Dixon, of Lilly, one of,
Dooly county’s most prominent citi i
zens died Saturday.
The safe of the Merchants and;
Mechanics bank at Columnus was;
cracked early Saturday morning and j
a considerable amount of money!
stolen.
Glenn Whittle, of Griffin, was kill ;
ed and several others injured when I
the smokestack of the Griffing Man ;
ufacturing company was struck by;
lightning Saturday.
Lee Lucas, 12-years-old, of Ly |
ons, was killed when his coat caught j
in the shafting of a grist mill ami |
he was whirled against the grind 1
stone.
Irvin Cobb spent Friday and Sat-'
urday in Savannah with his brother
in-law, Major Henry Blunn.
A curb market will be opened in j
Fitzgerald March 5. It will located
in front of the post office.
Lee Battle,' negro, was killed at
Thomasville Saturday night by W. J
Harrell, white, when the negfo at
tacked Harrell after - a short quar
rel. The negro also attacked a Mr.
■ Butler, a friend of Harrell.
The first of the Superior court of
, the new county of Lamar will con-
I vene the jirst Monday* in March,;
Judge W. E. K'. Searcey, of Griffin, I
presiding.
An engineer and a fireman were;
■ injured Sunday when two trains ran
' together in a dense fog i nthe Ash
l burn yards.
Town 20 Miles From I
Railroad Scene Os
Trials
HAMILTON, Ala., Feb. 7. The
defense closed its case in the trial of;
Sergeant Robt. L. Lancaster, na- ' ;
tional guardsman, charged with par-1,
ticipating in the lynching of William j
Baird, a Miner, within thirty min-|
utes after court convened today. The 1
state consumed two hours in rebut -
tal and arguments began at noon.
The case went to to the jury at i
7:53 p. m. Saturday and today no |
verdict had been reached. After early I
breakfast today the jury again began !
deliberations.
Twenty miles from a railroad, in [
a town whose only direct communi- :
cation with the outside world is one I
private telephone, the most interest-;
ing case in Alabama’s history is be-'
ing tried.
It is that of nine militiamen charg- j
ed with lynching the young union ;
miner who was taken from jail at ■
Jasper, Jan. 13, and shot to death.
Each of the nine militiamen is
to have a separate trial. The first
to face court was Sergeant Lancast- (
er.
The authorities took thenine mili- ]
tiamen to Hamilton for trial as the |
result of rumors that influence would
be exerted both for and against their
! conviction. Hamilton knew little of
the case till the prisoners were
i brought to the village prison, which;
I then held only one man.
People directly interested in the
case flocked to Hamilton and turn
ed farm houses for several miles
around into hotels. More than 1201
I witnesses were summoned.
Attorneys for the state made ev-1
j ery preparation for a perfect case
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quittai the decisions in regard to
the other eight men would largely
hinge.
People of Tuscaloosa, the home
town of the accused ( militiamen,
raised a defense fund, charging an
attempt is being made to “railroad
the boys to the gallows.”
Officials of the United Mine
against Sergeant Lancaster, as they
figured that on his conviction or ac-
Workers are watching the case.
The man lynched, William Baird,
and his fatehr-in-law were arrested
by James Morris, a militiaman.
The militiaman killed Baird’?
father-in-law, charging he had at
tacked him. He sent another sol
dier for aid in caring for the body,
whereupon Baird hilled the soldier.
He later surrendered, saying he
slew in self-defense. The morning
after his surrender, he was tak
en from jali and shot to death.
Back of the whole affair stands
the coal mine strike, which had re
sulted in militiamen being called out
for police duty.
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