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\ ]se(;ro murderer SOUGHT BY POSSE Oglethorpe Count) Ablaze Last Night, Following Murder of Fanner's Wife by Negro. Beat Over Head with Hoe, Woman Dies at Athens. Negro Flees to Swamp. Athens, Ga., Sept. 8.—One of the most brutal and heinous murders in the history of crime occurred this af ternoon at 2 o’clock, when a negro, named Abe Cox, assaulted the wife* if ..ii.prominent Oglethori>o county' furm- er, four miles east of Lexington, Ga. The negro beat his victim over the hq^d with a hoe, and although she was immediately rushed to St. Mary’s Hos pital, this city, as fast as a speeding automobile could carry her, medical skill was of no-avail, the blow causing concussion of the brain. She died at 8:45 o’clock. An armed posse consisting of fully COO men bent on avenging the deed, is now, scouring the countryside in an ef fort to locate the murderer. The wires, connecting the neighboring towns_are spreading the news of the crime and every few minutes a new member is added to the posse. The excitement in and around Lexington is growing in yoluAy-ftrp- hdiTfS" pass, strong, grim, determined men are silently but surely forming a hu man net around the murderous fugi tive and the white light of morning will probably see the crime avenged. I^exington is practically^empty to night save for the old men. women and children, as almost every able-bodied man in town has joined the band: Bloodhounds were sent from Athens about 8 o’clock but up until 9 o’clock, the negro had not been apprehended. The son of a white neighbor was the only one near the house when the crime was committed. According to his story the negro, who was employed as ■> hand on the place, went up to the farmers wife and asked her for some turpentine. She gave him the turpen tine and he walked in the direction of an outhouse. The little boy started home and he saw the negro sit down behind the house, but thought nothing of it. He had gone about 200 yards when he heard a scream. Rushing back to the house he found the planter’s wife hud dled on the floor in a dying condition. The negro had hit her several times across the head and neck with a hoe 'leaving an awful gash in her head. Help was immediately summoned but before the rescuers arrived on the scene the negro had fled. A posse was quickly formed and the man hunt be gun. work and unselfish devotion to the | As far as individual decorations comjnon cause when the nation was at were concerned the palm was home by grips with the enemy aided in the sev eral Liberty Loan campaigns to fin ance the-government and to back up the fighting men on the frontiers of freedom are asked by Charles H. Barron, who served as State Chairman for the Victory Liberty Ix>an ’ Cam paign in South Carolina, to lend their efforts as unselfishly and as sincerely toward the raising of the $400,090 fund to be subscribed by the people of the siaip in 1 mo (qtiiiiiiiigir'Trmii sf'iwftr’ the Eighteenth Infantry, every man of which wore forragere of the Legion of Honor conferred by the French gov ernment just before the unit boarded the Mobile at Brest. Forty per cent of the machine gun battalion of the division also has been decorated. The homeward voyage of the Mobile was saddened by the death of one member of the Eighteenth. Private Floyd I.*aw of Cutler. Ohio, who was her 29th to November 11th, to erect a fitting memorial td South Carolina’s soldiers in the Great War. Mr. Barron has sent out a letter to the several county chairmen who served in the Liberty I>oan campaigns urging them td assist in the worthy cause. Obviously it was impracticable for him to write all the individual workers and township .chairmen, but their aid is essential, and it is believ- 'ed, will be cheerfully given, | Mr. Barron’s letter follows: “Columbia, §. C., August 29, 1919. “To County Chairmen in the Liberty Loan Campaigns: I “A month from today, on September 29th, the flrk| fippiversary nf thft brvi’i^- ^ « liTg of the Hindenburg line ’ by the ; Senate. Stands by Committee. Thirtieth Division, the campaign of Chicago, Sept. 7. In a statement is- the South Carolina Memorial Commis- sued here today Will H. Hays, chair- suhenng from blood poisoning when the transport sailed, but insisted on being taken aboard because he wanted to return with his regiment. He was operated upon by the ship’s surgeon and failed to rally from the operation. Oh the Mobile was Brig. Gen. Frank Barker, commander of the First In'- fantry Brigade. General Barker, whose home is in Georgetown, S» C., wen^ to Paris in 1914 as military attache and was in temporary command of the First Division in October, 1918, until relieved by Major General McGlaehin. WILL HAYS SPEAKS FOR REPUBLICANS —Efforts have Tf that the negro was last seen going toward the swamps / and every effort is being made for his capture before morning. The victim was the wife of a well-to-do Ogle thorpe farmer. She is survived by her husband and two children, one thir teen years of age, and the youngest a baby of six w-eeks. sion for $400,000 to supplement $100,- 000 appropriated^ by the General As- 'sembly for the purpose of erecting a' memorial building to honor the men from this State who fought in the Great War and those who made the supreme sacrifice for the cause of civilization and human liberty will be gin. While the campaign will extend, if necessary, until November 11th, the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, it is the hope and belief of the Memorial Commission that the fund will be raised in the first few days. To this end I desire to ask. as former State Chairman in the Liberty Loan campaign, that you lend your aid and assistance, cooperating with your county chairman and county organiza- jtion, because I know how invaluable ;to this worth and noble cause your efforts will be. "I ask further, *hot so far as pos sible. you communicate with your former organization members, enlist ing them in this fine work. It is a mat- |ter that, I am sure, Is close to your .heart, as to the hearts of all loyal and ;true South Carolinians; and in honor- ; ing our soldiers who fought for us in- this way we shall be only paying them : a very small part of the everlasting debt of gratitude and love which we are due them. — “Yours very truly, “Charles H. Barron.” CAMPAINGN TO BEGIN FOR MEMORIAL BUILDING GALLANT SOLDIERS 'BACK FROM EUROPE Four Hundred Thousand Dollars to be Raised in South Carolina to Supple ment $100,000 Appropriated by Legislature. All those who by their magnificent New York, Sept. 3.—Four thousand officers and men of the famous First Division of the regular army, veter ans of some of the bloodiest victories which ever crowned American arms, returned home today on the trans ports Amphion, Suwanee and Mobile. The little strips of vari-colored rib bons that decorated the tunics of hun dreds of returning soldiers bore silent testimony to the deeds which have made the division historic. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. A meeting of the stockholders of the Peoples bonded Warehouse of Clinton, S. C., will be held Septem ber 9th at 5 o'clock p. m., in thte ft directors’ room of the First Na tional Hank, Clinton, S. C., to do- eide upon an increase of the capi tal stock, maximum $30,000, and to transact such business as mav V come before the meeting. Peoples Horided Warehouse, B. II. Boyd, President. man of the Republican national com mittee, declared that President Wilson is pounding against a stone wall in attempting to have the peace treaty ratified without reservations. Chairman Hays’ statement follows: “I agree with President Wilson that the treaty will be ratified, but the ratification will be accompanied by reservations absolutely safeguarding the full independence and freedom of action of this republic. That is the simple fact which the president may as well recognize first as last. “At present he is only pounding against a stone wall & patriotism which has already become impregnable and is daily increasing its width, strength and height. The committee reservation constitutes the irreducible minimum of the requirements of a sub stantial majority of snators who can not be coerced or cajoled into violat ing their oaths of office to hold Ameri- * I ca first. There is no # partisanship in their position. True, every Republican senator without exception stands with the committee, but because he is an American—not because he is a Repub lican. I sincerely believe further that an actual majority of the Democratic senators feel the same way and evi dences multiply daily ^Ihat when the time comeseonsiderabi vote the same way. "It is for the president tq^ determine when the test shall be made. The treaty will be reported out this week and a vote can be had as soon as it can be reached under the rules unless it is delayed by senators acting under the direction of the president himself. It Is simply now up to the administra tion to decide whether it will or will not accept at once these essential guarantees of American independence which will unquestionably be prompt ly accepted by the other nations. It is imperative that this matter be set tled promptly. The full responsibility for any delay will rest upon the presi dent and him alone.” , • You can get your Septem ber Delineator by calling at our Pattern Department. ADAIR & SUMEREL. , King’s Fall Millinery opening will be Tuesday September 16th. drove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores vitality and energy by purifying and ea tic hind the blood. You can soon feel its Strength ening. Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. Typewriter Ribbons, Carbon and Adding Machine Paper. Scaif e’s Book Store Colds Cause drip and Influenza LAXATIVE HK0M0 OWNlNE Tritettl^nove the cause. There is only one “Bromo Qalnine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c. . ^ in BidldmS Ycz:r tome. > BUNGALOW NO. 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