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Newspaper Page TextnontjauHin mi, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1906. NUMBER 23 negro is hanged BY TENNESSEE MOB Bad Killed Deputy Sheriff and Wounded Constable. CAPTURED BY 8HERIFF’8 P083E (lick crapshooter Who Killed One Of ficer and Wounded Another la Tak en From Sheriff and Lynched by an Armed Mob. Memphis, Term., Oct. 20.—George Estes, who (hot and 'Willed Deputy Sheriff Hinton Basely and wounded constable John Bowers, when the of ficers at Hale’s Point, Tenn., about 70 miles north of this city, raided a crap game. In which the negro was participating, was taken from a sher iff's posse by an armed mob at that place and hanged. The negro wai In the custody of Seder!ft Pennington and a force of deputies enroute to Ripley, the county- teat, when overtaken by the mob. The sheriff and his posse used every means at their disposal to protect the negro, hut were overpowered and the negro secured and executed. The inOb then quietly dispersed. Following the tragedy Estes was captured by members of the posse with Sasely and Bowers, who raided the crap game and was guarded In a negro cabin until tho arrival of the sheriff and his posse. TENNESSEE BLACKS DEFYJHE WHITES Many Negroes are Armed With Winchesters. TWO ARE WANTED FOR MURDpR Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 3C.—'White men of Payette county, Tennessee, met Tuesday night at Somerville, to organize a "white man’s league," for protection against a rumored uprising among the negroes. It is said a par- ’ (y of negroes has possession of eighty winchester rifles and that this fact Is responsible tor the movement. Poli tics and the approaching election lias much to-do with the agitation. Negroes Form Ku Klux. Nashville, Oct. 30.—A Urookbaven, Miss., dispatch says that as a result of the production of the "Clansman" In this city last week and threats clr- Desperate Bang of Armed Negroes De clare that They Will Die Before. Al lowing the Arrest of the Negroes Wanted. Nashville, Oct. 3t\—A. Cloyd’e I-andlng, Ky, dispatch to the Banner, says that Jesse Coe, a negro, who with George Williams, another negro killed two policemen and wounded an other In Indianapolis Sept. 30, while the latter were attempting to arrest them, Is iu the southern part of this county, where he formerly lived. It is said that he and others of the Coe negroes are armed with Winchesters and declare that they will die before Jesse shall be arrested. The Coe negroes are a desperate gang, and for'years were engaged In a feud with the Taylors, an equally desperate gang of white men, daring the progress of which more than score of men were killed. There a reward of $700 for the arrest of Jesse Coo. He has served a term In the penitentiary at NashvJlle for murder. SGOBES OF PEOPLE KILLED IN WRECK Three Electric Cars Plunge From Bridge Into River. Option of a Fine or Jail Sentence. Atlanta, Oct. 3(.—After ah explan atlon of the circumstances and by cen sent of Officer J. A. Hollis, the man who was most concerned, T. F. ele ments got off with a misdemeanor sen tence of six months in Jali-or a fine of 3300 for assault and battery to which he pleaded guilty In lien Of going to trial facing n charge of assault with intent to murder, which Js a felony Clements threw a piece Of coal at Of' licer Hollis on the night of 8ept. 22 Curing the rioting, and from the ef- fects of the attack Mr. Hollis was laid up for 22 day's. Car Works Incorporatefi Gadsden, Ala., Oct. 30.—The car Shops in this city, recently acquired ciliated by whites that a ku klux klan Alabama Great Bouthern rall- was being organized hero to drive the Toad and a , the Gadsden Car negroes from the community, the no- works, have been Incorporated as a groes are said to have formed them-! aeparate corporation from the railroad selves into a band of whitecaps and company and will be operated as a already have started a series of depre- subsidiary organization. The capital Cations on the whites. News has gtook of the company is fixed at |S0, reached here from Bear Creek, In 000i dlvlded lnt0 500 snares of |100 Lincoln county, that Bud Qodbold, a 'cach. young white farmer, -was fired upon j by negro whltecappers while riding through a lonely stretch of- woods, ills horse was killed, but Godibold es caped Injury and escaped. First Earl of Cranbroox. London, Oct. 30.«-Gathorne Gath- orne-Hardy, first earl of Cranbrook, , . . , „ .... , who was twice secretary for war and *» in command ^ leave for the Front Sheridan. VVyom., Oct. 30.—Colo nel Auger and tho Third squadron of the Tenth cavalry from Fort Robin' son arrived Monday night and soon afterward took the field for the front. It is understood that Colonel Augur lord president of the concll, died on Tuesday at Hempstead Park. He was horn in 1814. Becrtary to MsQoon. 19 Paso, Tex., Oot. 30.—I. A •Barnes, of El Paso, secretary to Gen and as soon as his troops arrive at the Indian camp, a demonstration will be made. Hunting Trip for Roosevelt. Washington, Oct. 30.—President Roosevelt will leave Washington on oral Wood during the American occu- Wednesday for Pino Knot. Albemarle ration of Cuba, has been appointed county, Virginia, where he will de- ircrotnry to O»w'*or Maroon. The Badge of Honesty It on every wrapper of Doctor Plerce’i Golden Medical Discovery became a full list of u’m ingredients comimslng It I* printed there hi plain English. Forty year-. .f experience has proven Its superior Snrio .-is a blood purifier aud Invigorate Ingu.nle for t; to euro of stomach disorders and all tlvi-i .Its. It builds up tho run- dim n system as ao other tonic can In which alcohol la used. The active medic inal principles of native roots such as Golden Seal and Queen’s root. Stone and Mandrake root, Bloodroot and Black ( herrybarir are extracted and preserved 1 ! the use of chemically pure, triple- n-lincj glycerine. 8end to Dr. B. V. Pierce in Buffalo, N. Y., for /me booklet which "notes extracts from weil-recognlzed uicd- l nl authorities such as Drs. Bdrtholow, King. Scudder. Coe, Elllngwood and a • -—i of others, showing that these roots 1 an lie depended u(k*i for their curative action In all weak states of the stomach, •i' , '-ompau’ed by Indigestion or dyspepsia • we|i ss In all bilious or llvercomplalnU i-iid in all -wastingdiseases-where there Ih loss of (tab and gradual running down of tho strength and system. Tho-Golden Medical Discovery-makes rich, pure blood and so Invigorates and regulates the stomach, liver and bowels, and. through them, tho whole system. Tluis all ,ti!:i affections.blotches, pimples • ud eruptions as well es scrofulous swel lings and old open manlng sores or ulcers are cured and healed. In treating old running sores, or ulcers. It Is well to In sure their healing to apply ta them Dr. Tierce’s All-Healing Salve. Ifyourdrag- aUt don’t happen to have this Salve in stock, lend flity-four cents In postage •tamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Invalids’Hotel •ndSorglcal Institute, Buffalo. N. Y„ and a largo box of tbs -All-:Healing Salve will reach yon by retnrn post You can’t afford to accept a secret nos trum as a substltu ta for this non-alcoholic, medicine op known composition, not even tbongh th- urgent d.-uler may agB&Mbe hegsr-cosual, tiny granules, easy to uks »* candy. vote the remanlder of the week to hunting. Pine Knott la the country seat purchased by Mrs. Roosevelt, who will accompany the president. Vice President of 8outhem fly. Mobile, Ala., Oct. 30.—Colonel B. L. Russell,-vice president and general counsel of the Mobile and .Ohio rail road and the beat known railroad man In the south, has ben appointed Tice president of the Southern Hallway company in Mllssisslppi, with head quarters at Mobile, Ala. Cotton Bums on Yard. Prosperity, S. O., Oct. SO.—A passing locomotive aet Are to cotton stacked in the open space abont the station here and for a time the entire town was endangered, as there Is no way of fighting the flames effectively. The damage to the cotton was heavy. Gored to Death by Bull. New York, Oct, 30.—Mrs. Magde- tins Burger, wife of Qva Burger, s farmer residing 3 miles from Port Jar vis, Pa., was gored lo death by a bail on her farm. Sho nad gone for wood In a field In which me hull was grazing. Negro Broke Neck In Fall Meridian, Ml**., Oct. 30.—WIlUs Stokes, a negro, while driving along the street, fell from tho wagon on his head and broke his neck. Death was instantaneous. Thcro were several witnesses to the accident. LUCS rrom injuries. Atlanta, Oct. 30.—Harry Rolic- stonc, manager of tho linen depart ment at Keely's, died Tuesday morn ing at 4 o’clock at the Grady hospital from the effects of a shock caused by a heavy counter falling across Uts legs In a Whitehall street store Mon day night. His ankle was broken In two nlaees. 100 PER80N8 WERE ON THE CARS Every Person in First Two Cara Warn Drowned—Forward Coach Broke Through Guard Rail—Thousands of Paopla Visit Wreck Scene. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 29.—At II o'clock Monday 61 bodies had been recovered from the wreck on the_elec- trie line of the West Jersey and* Sea shore railroad, which dashed through the drawbridge at Thoroughfare Sun- John8t04 ’ day and one car had been recover ed. How many remain in the other car le not known. It Is believed that possibly not all of those drowned may ever ba recov ered. EFFORT WAS MADE I RIVAL GANGS FIGHT TO CONCEAL MURDER BATTLE FOR RAILWAYS Torch Pat to T wa to Hide Hor rible Work. TWO WHITE MEN WERE KILLED Two Hotsla and Seven Houses Burn ed to Conceal Murder—Negroes Sus pected and Summary Punishment la Feared. Natchez, Miss., Oct. 24.—William Boyd, water service, superintendent, burned to death; C. J, Little, an en gineer of a switch engine, killed by a blow on the back of-the head, the hotel, Cochran hotel and seven cottages destroyed by fire. Is the record of work at Ferriday, La., 10 miles west of this city. A negro who murdered the engineer for his money ret fire to the hotel to ronceal the evidence of his crime. Idttie's body was found under a shed to the switch yards by three railroad Atlantlo Olty, N. J., Oot. 29.—As the details of Sunday's terrible wreck on the electric line of the West Jer sey and Seashore road developed dur ing the night, the disaster became> ; ££ ^ or'color"^ more appalling. Tho total number of | h|f[ ^|| nnt Railway Employees Clash Near Louis ville. ELECTRICITY USED ON ONE GANG Men Seeking ta Tear Up Track Were Knocked Out by Electricity—Four Hundred Men In a Hot Fight Near Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 29.—A pllch- ed battle, In which electricity, picks, shovels and fista were used as weap ons and In which 400 men participated was fought by rival track-laying gangs of tha Louisville and Nashville railroad and the Louisville and East ern Electric railway, Sunday. About two-score of the combatants were se verely shocked or battered up, but none was seriously wourded. The fight took place just east of ‘Beards, a station 20 miles east of Louisville, where a gang of ,100 Louis- GUARD MURDERED BY NEGRO CONVICT "Trusty" Prisonar Brains White Official. NEGRO THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE A f 1 j/o. Killed HI* Guard In Much the Sa. iner That He Murdered HI* He Was 8d>. For Which Crime persons whose lives were snuffed out almost instantly. Is probably sixty- six, with nearly a score injured, sev eral of whom. It Is thought, will die. Forty-eight bodies already have been brought to the surface. There were nluety-one persons on the train, aot , been hoovered, fifteen pure* ud seventy-six fares. There waa anotber flre ln fyr rida7 Twenty-five of this namuer have been ^ but owl the tact that accounted .for, which, with the bodies te[ephone cable telmleen total up to 73. 1 .Una nnrl Xflcnloainnl Ruinlra nf 4hn Ulo. tnep. who were attracted to bis aide ville and Eastern men attempted to by his groan*. He lived hat a few I U»Y their track acroas tho Louisville minutes after being found and was I nn<1 Nashville lino. They had only partially finished their work when 300 -Louisville and Naihvllle men appear ed and started tearing the roils up A general battle followed immedi ately, during which' the Louisville and Eastern men resorted to the nov el experiment of charging the rolls recovered, bring the total up « <*• : UI and Mlrolsslppl bonk, of the Mis Ihi, leaves 18 persons not accounted ‘ rlver are „ ao newi ^ for, and who are supposed to have , rec<dved beet, drowned. It le possible that some of these may never be found. At poUcebeadquartera Monday morning it wae stated that tho effects found os bodies were not Sufficient to permit at Identification of mono than six and that identification will have to be made by -personal Inspection. All ol the bodies are being embalmed. The early morning -trains brought many persons from (Philadelphia ajgl other points, who Were anxious learn it.a dear one had -been swept to death by the awful disaster. Tho wreck occurred at the draw bridge which spaas the thoroughfare small waterwny about 1 mile out side of this city, just on the eastern edge of the meadows-and was directly due to the draw falling to work prop eriy. The fishing schooner Sinbad which was recently wrecked off Win ter Quarter Shoals light, a short dis tance from the Delaware breakwater bad just passed through the draw -bridge. As .the schooner was enter ing the draw, the electno train hove In sight and started across the mead ow from the direction of Pleasaotvillo Before the draw bad swung Into post tion the three can, which were run n'lng at a high rote at speed, dashed onto the trestle. With a lurch the forward car left the rails and dashed into the guard roil, toe other two cars following. At tho point where the cars jumped tha track the top of the trestle is nearly 20 feet high. The first two cars were instantly sub merged, but the third car of the train caught on an abuttment and remained suspended. It waa this car from which nearly all of the Injured es caped. The news of the disaster waa quick ly telegraphed to this city and ln less than an hour the work of rescue had begun. At the time of the accident the tide, which rises about 10 feet, was run ning ln and the work of the divers was necessarily clow. It wax not un til several hours later that the divers were able to make any progress, and then the awfulaess of the tragedy be came more apparent. When the two cars struck the bottom of the water way, they etood almost on end, and tho first man to descend reported that the victims were packed In the lower ends at the submerged cars so tight ly that Sc was difficult to move them. One by me the bodies were brought trp. carried to a waiting train and laid aide by side, later to be borne to this city and placed In'the Empire, thea ter. Dearth of Labor. Washington, Oct. 30.—Through their efforts to obtain labof on the work of the isthmian canal, the mem bers of the canal commission hare found that there is a dearth of labor In all parts of the world. So great Is the demand for labor connection with railroad -building and other work a large scale have formerly sent thousands of ers to this country monthly, using their labor at home. Killed in a Runaway. Washington, Oct. 30.—David M. Oliver, aged 47, of this city, died at Casualty hospital as the result of Injuries he received in a runaway ac- t noon Tuesday. The pay car of the New Orleans and .Northwestern railroad passed through Ferriday and little was evi dently murdered for his money. Boyd was -asleep In the hotel and , „ . . .. wae burned to death. ; HIb body has toe y had J ust lala wlt!l electricity from a trolley wire. When tho Louis ville and Nashville men applied their crowbars to the charged rolls a scoro of them wero knocked stiff.' -All, however, soon recovered County officials of Otdbnra county put an end to the fight and arrested two dozen of the leaders on each side. An armed trace prevails and It Is ex pected that the right of way question will be taken into the 'court*. Negro Kill* Policeman Dayton, O., Oct. 30.—George Ba- sore, town marshal or Franklin, 16 miles south of this city, was shot and instantly killed Tuesday morning,-in attempting to arrost George While, a negro suspected of being implicated in robberies there daring tho past two weeks. White was captured after an exciting chose through tho town anil Is now in the town jail. The people are enraged and mob vio lence Is feared. I A negro man and woman were ar rested dn Ferriday on suspicion having murdered little, and it is be lleved they will be summarily dealt (With. Several visitors from Louisiana who were here 'midp significant remarks Intonating that' "there would be i ifapvdment to drive alitoorthiez* pe- grafts from Ferriday. A number of white vagrants were driven from the l>!nce several week* ago. ■ 3'he property loss amounts' ICO,000, partially covered by lnsur- slice. to Hawkins Withdraw* Motion. Gainesville, Ga., Oct. 24.—Before Judge J. J. Kemse.v, at chambers la Gainesville, counsel for Fred Haw kins, convicted of the assassination of Henry K. Cagle at the September ent time to prove bis innocence, with drew their motion for a new trial The dismissal of the motion waa made to the following language: "Fred Hawkins, declaring hie Innocence of the charge of killing Henry B. Ca gle, and yet being unablo at tho pres ent time to prove bte Innoceue, with- draw* hla motion for a now trial." , Lutherages of America. Canton, O., Octr SO.—The seventh bl-cnnlal convention of the Lathcrages of America opened a three-day session here Tuesday, with an attendance of 600 delegates from all sections of the United States. Tno first ses sion of the convention was devoted largely to reports. The motto of the convention Is "Knowledge—fact; Wisdom—fact; Understanding—act." Aged Minister Dead. Philadelphia. Oct. 30.—Rev. m- sar M. Levy, who made the opening prayer,at the first Republican national convention in this city In 1866, died Monday at hla borne In this city. He was ordained C2 years ago. Mr. Le vy also opened a Republican conven tion with prayer, when the Republic ans nominated McKinley and Roose velt In thi* city in 1900. “Uncle Amu*” Borem Dead. New York, Oct. 30.—Amna Bore- um. “Uncle Amus,” to President Roosevelt and others, died at Oyster Bay Monday. He waa nearly 80 years old and for the greater part of his life drove a stage. He carried the mails for many years, before the ad vent of the rallroaiP, and he was favorite of President Roosevelt when the president was a boy. Fireman Fatally Injured Lima, O., Oct. 30.—The eastbound Wclls-Fargo express train on tho Erie road, while running at Uio rate of 50 miles an hour, struck a the yard hero Tuesday and tlaliy derailed. Fireman of Huntington. Ir.d., recr countries which ably fatal injuries. The escaped with only slight t All Quiet at Warsaw. -:aw, Oct. 30.—Up lo noon this city has been perfectly quiet. The streets are patrolled by cavalry and detachments at strategic axalnst all ev Fear for Safety of Cody. Chicago, Oct. 30.—A dispatch to the Chronicle rrom Omaha, Nebr says: Fears are entertained for the safety of William F. Cody, (Buffalo Hill) and his party of 16. who left CoJy, Wyom., on a hunting trip In the Big Horn mountains Oct. 14, and who It Is feared, may have been lost In the blizzard, which swept over the Rockies a week ngo. Included in tho parly are Colonel Stanley, of Liver pool. Eng., and three other English men. , Birmingham, Al. . Oct. 24.—At Flat Top mines, In the western part of this: county, where ore located state convict prisons, J. A. HlHoy, aged 63 years, a guard, has been murdered by William Fain, a negro, who was serving a fife sentence for tho murder of hla own wife ten years ago. Fain was a “trusty," working la the hospital department of tho prison. It was discovered that ho had made a hole In tho stockado fence and through It wn» passing food to two negro womon on tho outside. llllley was stationed at the hole to catch Fain, when tho negro learning of the fact, approached- tho gnard from behind and brained him with an axe. Fain and another negro convict, •who was under ouepldon, wore placed in adjoining colls, and later Smith told the glory vt the murder. When Fain was brought out of his cell ho managed to procure a bottle of carbolic acini from tho store room of tho hospital and swallowing (to contents, died in awful agOto'.'.vjSSH Hllley wite from Tlfton, Ga., to which place his body was shipped. Fain killed Hllley ln much the same manner that ho murdered his own wife. •, APPREHENSION HAS ARI8EN-, Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 30.—A dis patch to the Tribune from Cody, Wy oming, says that "Buffalo Bill’’ and hts party have safely arrived at the T. B. Ranch, 18 miles from Cody. All of the party are In good health and report game. To Make Fight on Dispensary. Dawson, Qa., Oct." 30.—'At a pub lic meeting or friends of prohibition In the court house It was determined to take the necessary steps to have Whe ordinary of Tefrell county order election on the question of abol ishing the dispensaries In this coun ty, such election to be called not la ter than the 12th day of December next. Woman Committed Suicide Houston, Oct. 30.—Mrs. James Chesnutt, recently married, shot ami killed herself at her home In Hous ton Heights early Tuesday. She was 29 years old. No cause Is known for the suicide. Inspection Before Marriage Chicago, Oct. 30.—Wedding bells will ring only for those happy yonng persons who succeed In passing a state inspection test. If the ideas of the American 8tock Breeders association arc carried out. Tho association has turned for the moment from the con sideration of cattle, sheep and horse*, to tho culture of liumaim and ft will the com- linted, to pairs, result if practlca- ' Over Disappearance of a Band of 1M Crow Indians. Butte, Mont., Oct. 30.—A special to tho Miner from Sheridan, Wyom., states that considerable apprehension has arisen there-over the dlsappear- ance.of a’ band of ono hundred Crow Indians, who are’reported to havo left in tho direction of the camp of the renegrade Ute Indians. What,tho mlwrlon of tho Crowe is can only.ho conjectured, but well in formed settlors arc of tho opinion that tho CrowB, who arc traders, aro loo well informed as to strength of tho whites, nml their mission to tho Utes Is to dlssuado thorn from attempting To fight tho troopers. According to tho present .program, tho Tenth and Sixth cavalry should effect a Junc ture this cvonlng, the Sixth being due early today over tho Burlington. When the Qrows lienrd of the approach or the Sixth, they Immediately pulled stakes and went In the direction of the Utcs,’ as If convinced that the soldiers meant business. High .License for Savannah. Savannah, <1»., Oct. 3).—Tile min. laters of Savanna! have entered de terminedly Info. (’••' light for high li cence for tho laKecs. They want/ the ll.-enxe 11,000 to drive out all the low dives and to diminish the num ber of barrooms in the city. At the next meeting or tho ministerial asso- form an organization with tbit end la view will be Issued, it Is urgid In 1 opposltli - to the crusade r.t ti p min isters tl.iii 20 yoars ago "avna-iah had onc-hr'f the. population It now has and there were more saloons. The record . tif the city ehrw *ss liquor denbr . n .v while )n 1SS6 there were 304. Marttrd Improvements Industrially. San Franciscox Oct. SO.— Marked improMment has been noted in all In dustrial lines In California during the month of October and data secured by the California Promotion compa ny Bhows that the entire state hi ben efiting by tho era of prosperity. More than 30,000 people have como to the state cn this fall’s colonists’ rates, who have settled In all localities. De mand for labor Is Insistent, especial ly in Ut> skilled building trades. Los Angeles and all the/cilies of tho Inte rior and coast valleys feel this short age Ir. ‘ipply. Ulnae the fire, more than I!,U00 buildings have been erect ed In San Francisco’s burned districts. Embalmed Baoy In Suit Case. Philadelphia, Oct. 30.—Tho em balmed body of a C-months-old girl baby was found In a dress suit case at tho. Adams Express Company’s offices in this city Monday. The caso has been in tho possession of tho express company stneo July 1, when It was re ceived from Newark. M. a. The Cough of Consumption Your doctor will fell you that fresh air and good food are the real cures for consumption. But often the cough it very bard. - Hence, we suggest that yon ask your doctor about Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. —• pabllaktfcfIbtmmlaa f.c.tmo.. »l^«r>ri*«—tlorx, Lorrjll. Mat*.

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