The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, June 24, 1913, Image 1
/ VOL. 8, NO. 70, SEMl-W EEKLY.
LADS 60 OVER RAPIDS
fore 12 o'c
J owe
LOSE LIVES AT NIAGARA FALLS, j theBe brav(
j we should
^nged in Play in Flat Bottom j while livini
^ V , S??w Near Rapids When j er \h
Rope Fails. soribers t
... _ _ _ I it iinuni t till
.Niagara rails, June ii.?Donald ""v
Roscoe, 10 years of ago, and Hubert *
Moore, 9 years of age,'both of Niagara
Falls, went to their death in a Paul Moore
small row boat this afternoon, in J- E. Stewi
the whirlpool rapids, whilo hun- A. C. Rowe
dreds of men watched hoiplcss from J- Clark R
the shore. The boys were playing W. II. Dral
In a flat bottom scow half a mile J?8- W. Kr
above the rapids when the rope Hazel Ferg
holding the boat broke and they W. H. Mill
were carried out in the stream and E. B. Llngl
down the river. Until the boat A. P- McLi
reached midstream it made little P- C. McM;
progress. After it passed the E. Plyler .
bridges the current carried it swift- T- E. Culp
ly towards the rapids. The bridge- M. B. Piyl
men did not see the boat until it was D- E. Sapp
close at hand. Then they called fire C. N. Sapp
companies, and two companies of C. Whit<
firemen were sent to save the lads J- C. Elliot
if possible. A. J- Greg
Hundreds swarmed to the river W. T. Grei
banks in a vatn effort to save them. W. J. Will
The boys, realizing their fate, stood Erank W.
up as the boat ueared the edge of C. D. Jone
the roaring whirlpool and shook B. Jon
their hands in farewell. A second E. C. Mac!
later they were engulfed by a great John Crawwave
in the rapids. The boat shot E. M. Cro:
out of sight. One of the boys was W. Wil
seen for a moment struggling in the J- T. Thoi
rushing waters. Neither body has Juo. L. Ca
been recovered. A- B. Ferg
Never at any time was there a -'no A. Cc
chance to save the boys. Scores of W. P- Pen
passengers in the cars along the Mart Cunn
? 0 . T> 1-r
uorge route waicnea tnc l.opeiess 1;
struggle of the boys, as did hundreds W* kan
who had gathered at the waters' W. M. Gn
eds-e. Men became hysterical and (uni
v.'omtn passengers on the cars wept C. Paysi
and prayed in distress at the plight
of the lads, who were standing in
the boat calling for help. Wyll
As the boat neared Swift, Drift, L*azei
the break of the water from the
calm upper reaches to the rapids, **. MCD. ]
it began to rock. The boys sat 'J.no\
down to keep from tumbling into Will
the stream. Then, caught in the * Funr
swift drift, the boat went racing J110^ W
under the cantilever bridge. What- J- Allit
ever hope the boys had of rescue *'az'
was lost. They ceased their cries ^ J? ?
for help, turned toward each other ,J10
and calmly shook hands, then with
the boat in the tumbling waters ^
threw themselves on the seats of ? " Witl
the scow and clung with all their Jno- T. Gr
strength. C. Seer
The craft held to its course until i;- " ( I"av
it encountered a huge wave which ? ?
M i. ?e a a r a t* W T * 'Rft
V,I COICU a l <1 Ufl^IIl UL 4U ItJt'l. IL n " "
seemed to dive into the very middle 2aSq * ' " "
:"'vi of the wave, and when it came again 5.',
r?, to view it was bottom up. A second Oliver C.
or two later, a little head appeared ?
bobbing on a wave below for a mo
ment and then was seen no more. /^/\1
The bodies of the boys are in the 111
whirlpool, and may never bo rccov- vV
ered. There was a quantity of drift
wood whirling there in the afternoon
and the bodies may be beaten to <
pieces as were those of Mr. and
Mrs. Eldridge Stanton, of Toronto, QDeoiai ?o
and Burrell Peacock of Cleveland,
the victims of the ice bridge tragedy Heath S
of February 4, 1912. They were S. I), and
battered by cakes of ice. visited Mr
The point where the boat broke afternoon,
loose is about a half mile from the Mr- a"d
beginning of the rapids. It drifted Hock H
down in about 12 minutes. children ai
The Koscoe boys' mother is very Miss Fa
ill and was not told of the tragedy. for Lancat
The boys are members of well known Hie summt
families of Niagara Falls. They Mr. A.
were chums. recent vis
Mr. Zed
FOR EXPENSES OF '"I
LANCASTER VETERANS
tist churci
Fund liaised by Paul Moore, Clerk a*
of the Court, to lie Distributed ?f j
Saturday. Saturday f
To the Editor of The News: at 7)?
Fearing that Major General B. 11. is spendin
Teague will pursue the same course brother, M
in disbursing the money subscribed Mr. and
through the state newspapers for the their little
purpose or paying the ex pen sen of Sunday wi
Confederate veterans to the reunion Mr. Dix<
at Gettysburg as he did in disburs- with his p
ing the money appropriated by the Mrs. E.
legislature for that purpose and ill for se
that the veterans of Lancaster coun- better,
ty will not receive any of said fund, Miss Lo
I have taken it on myself to take visited Mil
up a collection for tlie purpose of Mrs. M<
raising money to pay the expenses department
of the Confederate veterans of Lan- & Mercant
caster county who participated in Savannah
the battle of Gettysburg and who returning t
will attend the reunion, lip to this Masters
time the good people of Lancaster of Jefferso
county have subscribed $8U.7"? and Beckham.
I hope to be able to raise more. Mrs. E.
All the money so raised will be Herbert H
divided equally by ine among the brother, M
veterans who participated in the caster Sun
battle of Gettysburg and who will Messrs.
go to the reunion. I wish to make then visite
this distribution on next Saturday
at the office of the clerk of court. I
would, therefore, ask through your I'ROMOTl
columns, that all veterans who intend
to go and who participated in Yorkville i
the said battle will notify me by 12
o'clock m., on next Saturday, eit.ier 10
personally or by phone, so that I Washing
may prorate the money among those July 1 Lai
entity id to same. C., will be
There may not be enough to pay offices. Th
the expenses in full but whatever The salaric
fund may be raised will be equally ters range
divided among those who will go p?.r annum
and will materially assist In defray- from $2,00
ing their expenses. ?
I would be glad if any one whom Kindiics.I
have been unable to see and who j m ri-culuti
LANCASTER, S. C., TUESI
ontribute will bring or I Tlir DDCCinE \IT'C M A fi P 111
contributions to me be lilt iKCMllCiU jlbJjAUb LI 1
lock on next Saturday.
* oldebtConf!deratedse and WILSON ADDRK88E8 CONGRKSS. t i l
try to give them pleasure
g as well as strew flow- Tells Congressmen That Country Kv- gu?
eir graves after death. pecta Immediate Action in Regive
a list of the sub- . .
o the fund, with the vlM,n? <""-ency Laws.
ascribed by each. Washington, June 23.?Bearing ' T
ours truly, a personal plea for immediate ac tod;
I AUL MOORb. ^jon hy Congress to revise the bank- T
; $ 5.00 ing and currency la\fs, that business Una
tnan 3.50 may be aided in meeting tariff re- divi
11 1.00 vision. President Wilson for the Itic
obinson 1.00 second time went to the house of H.
Tin 1.00 representatives today and personal- giv<
light 2.50 ly read his address on the subject yea
uson 1.00 to both houses of Congress assem- bee
len 1.00 bled in joint session. sch
e 1.00 Although shorn of some of the tow
lire 1.00 novelty that attended his first ap- locj
anus 1.00 pearance, when he upset presidential cou
1.00 traditions of more than a century, 191
r t\ * - j
.uv ioaay 8 visu or the President to Con- pur
er 25 gress took on a deeper significance, fun
50 On his first visit he delivered a one
i . 2.00 message, long anticipated, urging whl
3 50 the carrying out of the party's Un<
:t 50 pledges for immediate revision of the
ory 50 the tariff. ref
5ory 5.00 His address today was an appeal '
iams 51) to every member of the house and the
Hunter 50 senate to lay aside personal consid- Ma;
s 1.00 erations and sacrifice comfort and 4
es 10.00 even health if necessary, to secure at ing
:ey 1.00 once a revision and reform of the Wi
ford.. 1.00 nation's banking system. Only in Ric
icton 1.00 that way, he declared, could the j
liams 1.00 country secure the benefit of the the
nasson 1.00 tariff revision soon to be completed, nic
skey JUn "IT IS OUR DUTY." of.
uson l.oo ask
>ok 1.00 "It is perfectly clear that it is our tril
nett 25 duty to supply the new banking and far
lingham 25 currency system the country needs, '
1.00 and that it will immediately need it era
ey 1.00 more than ever," said President
;en .50 Wilson. ,
iiingham 1.00 "Shall we hasten to change our
eur 50 tariff laws and then be laggards 1
2.00 about making it possible and easy '
iran 75 for the country to take advantage cei
le 1.00 of the change? There can be only as
nby 1.00 one answer to that question. We pre
>d 25 must act now, at whatever sacrifice as
Irown 1.00 to ourselves." sar
inter 5.00 The vigor and strength of his
lerspoon 2.00 special message held the attention of vid
lerburk 1.00 his large audience through its de- thf
ylie 50 livery. The chamber was filled with vid
son 50 senators and representatives, gal- thi
enby 1.00 leries were crowded with men and oni
n 1.00 women from the official set and cor- rot
idra 1.00 ridors were jammed with those un- thf
1.00 able to gain entrance. pei
hes 50 The President gave no direct in- pei
lerspoon 1.00 dorsement'to the Glass currency bill,
een 50 which is to form the basis for the to
est 1.00 Democratic revision of the banking wh
vford 50 laws, but indirectly made it known pr<
ore 1.00 that it had been prepared with his pr<
binson 1.00 counsel and approval. thf
1.00 "The committees of Congress to sin
rt 1.00 which legislation of this character or
Blackmon 1.00 is referred has devoted careful study cat
to the means of accepting those ob- eoi
*1 ? * * ~
jocuuub, ue said in conclusion. pr<
f 1*11*1 f *11*1170 "They have honored me by consult- pr<
IJIU I V NKWS 'nK me They Hre ready to suggest sec
Speaker Clark announced Repre- 53
sentatlves Underwood, Fitzgerald am
BOUNTY NEWS. and Mann as members of the com- the
mlttee to escort President Wilson to coi
The News News thfi chamber- The Vice President its
announced Senators Kern, Reed and am
Spring, June 23.?Mesr,rs. Galllnger as the senate members. be?
W. E. Taylor of Lancaster Just before 1 o'clock the house 19
s. E. B. Mobley Sunday door-keeper dashed into the cham- vis
ber and shouted: wo
Mrs. W. J. Vaughn went "The President of the United ur<
[ill Saturday to visit their Stites!" om
t that place. Galleries and the floor arose as or
y Crenshaw left Monday the President walked in from the thi
iter where she will attend speaker's lobby and with a nod to sal
?r school for teachers. the speaker and the Vice President,
Bradford Cauthen was a mounted the steps to the clerk's yei
Itor at Mr. A. Cauthen's. desk. bei
die L. Mobley was at "I present to the sixty-third Con- scl
i Columbia for a few days gress the President of the United toi
States," announced Speaker Clark, is
W. Guy of Spartanburg Addressing first the two presid- nu
two services in the Bab- ing officers, the President turned
i here Sunday, and one to the desk and in a low, even voice foi
ipe church in the interest that was never raised but which pen thi
i-Saloon League. etrated cleurly to every ear in the roi
lert H. Therrell returned chamber, began the reading of his tin
rom a visit to his brother address. Not a stir from the audi- pei
, N. C. ence interrupted.
K. Williams of Rock Hill At 1:10 o'clock the President had on
g a few days with her finished reading his address and left on
r. Berry Mobley. the house chamber. tin
Mrs. Herbert Macrcy and Long before the Capitol doors na
i son of Darlington spent were opened today hundreds of peoth
Mrs. A. Cauthen. pie lined up in a steady rain in the
in Williams spent Sunday hope of getting in to hear President
arents at this place. Wilson deliver his address to ConC.
Croxton, who has been gress on currency reform. Alveral
days, is reported though the attendance had been
rigidly limited to one card of ad- B.
is Gregory of Kershaw mission for each member of either
*s Estelle Bell Sunday. house with provision for the Presi>rrisette
of the millinery dent's family and the cabinet circle,
t of the Springs Banking hundreds clamored for admission. | ?
lie Co.. left Saturday for Railings were erected near the
and Dunn. N. C . before entrance doors nn.i ?rnnra?. I
o her home in Norfolk. charge of the enlranees.
Albert and Louie Evans i
n are visiting Mrs. J. C. , , .... . 1 1 # . mii
I<eo M. Frank will be Tried for Heath 1,1,1
W. Hammond and Mrs. Atlanta Girl. (0{^
orton motored with their Atlanta. June 22?The trial of for
r. John Mackey, to Lan- jj0O m. Frank, charged with the in
'lav murder of Mary Phagan, 14 years gin
Durham and M. Y. Cau- Di(j> whose mutilated body was tioi
d relatives here Sunday, found in the basement of the Natio- Sta
nal Pencil Factory here April 27, dej
will be set for June 30, according '
Kl> IO SHCOM) ( LASS. n,e statement of Solicitor Gene- am
ral Hugh M. Dorsey to-day, the de- in
uid Lancaster Postofllres fense, however, may ask for Fn
, Advanced July I. fficure a brief postponement wil
but it is regarded as certain that erl;
ton, June 23?Beginning the baffling murder mystery will am
ncaster and Yorkville, S. come to trial soon Frank was the i
come second class post- superintendent of the factory where the
ey arc now third class, the girl's body was found. His for- pre
is of third-class postmsa- mer home was in Brooklyn, and it cus
from $1,000 to $2,000 was recently reported that the so- lati
; those of the second class licltor general had go.ie there to in- dial
0 to $3,000. quire into the defendan't past life, of
Solicitor General Dorsey on his re- the
soon so ;r> unless kept turn from New York to-day, denied for
on. this report.
>AY, JUNE 24. 1913.
[IGAllilN MAY FOLLOW world's markets in beef, in
coffee," he said "the visit hen
the purpose of establishing bel
A OK COLUMBIA INVOL\Kl>. lutions in all lines of trade.
"The United States is not i
>stion liaised Whether Citv (Jot 'tR share of Brazil s trade. In
More Than Its Share of IBs- lt hliTtiUy ?ny* .
There is not a first-class
pensary Profits, ship line between the United
'lie following was taken from is no United
ay's Columbia State: banking agency in Rio. a
'he supreme court of South Caro- m*"r,-v every European count
i may be asked to decide on the 8U??Jln ?s? i
Ision of the dispensary profits in ,? ?U ! . p...
hland county in 1912. Thomas *8tabll?h fS*ncleK 'Uo:a
Peeples, attorney general, has ^iles for instance. South An
bii an opinion that "up to the a[? ln{?78?d ln American a
r 1912 the profits should have b'le8' J?ey_ a/_e. a,lmo?t un
ii HIvlrioH * ?
uuc-iiiiu iu me public v" ?" ""km"" inquiry is u
ools ' d the balance between the au auJom?bile manufacture!
n or city where the dispensary is ^ a cata'?8ue? which
ited and the county for ordinary hk?ly ???s a w?><* ^et.
nty purposes. During the year * v iV^'r ^ ? PifF? ?
.2, one-third for ordinary county ()ma*ia at 10.4o o clock to-ni|
'poses, one-third for the school
:dthV?rtor?tahdeS "m^pX ata PLAN F0R PEACE
Ich the dispensary is located." TO BE DEVELC
ier this ruling it is estimated that
city of Columbia would have to
und about $20,000. Eighteen Countries Have A
The matter has been placed in in Principle the Suggest
hands of the city attorney," said ... , ?
yor Gibbes yesterday. of the
'I will very probably call a meet- Washington, June 22. ?\A
of the board for Monday," said acceptance in principle of th
lliam H. Gaston, chairman of the ident's peace plan by 18 i
hland county dispensary board. Secretary Bryan has felt enct
Vttorney General Peeples gave develop some of the de
opinion in answer to a commu- ^jie plan which so far havt
ation from T. B. Itoach, member only generally outlined. To
the county dispensary board, who made a statement touching tl
,ed for advice concerning the dls- position of the proposed comn
jution of dispensary profits in so to investigate controversies.
as Eastover is concerned. e{l meet suggested objectic
The opinion of the attorney gen- it WOuld be impossible to
1 follows: unbiased bodies of invesi
"June 20, 1913. whose findings would commi
r. T. R. Roach. Member Dispen- spert of the principals.
?ary Board, Columbia, S. C. The statement is as folio
Dear Sir: This office l? In re- "Mr- Hryan ln Mntlng to (h
pt of your reuuput for ,n opinion " n'etX'Sf th
to the division of the dispensary acce?tea Un Pr'nc,P*?f 01 in
fits in Richland county in so far !lent " p?ace plan? the last "f
the same relates to ihe dispen- inK Spala* ?a\eh
V Pt Poatnvpr suggested for the completion
'The act of 1908, page 985, pro- plaa' . .
ed that the dispensary profits in The plan contemplates a
> various counties should be di- "ent international commissi,
led into three equal parts; one- .e President suggests that t
rd for ordinary county expenses, mission he composed of five i
b-third for county school fund or a* f,(?lloWB:, ?"f member fro
ids and bridges and one-third to ?. contracting countries
i municipality in which the dis- ehosen by the government
tisary is located for ordinary ex- member to he chosen by eacfc
rises contracting countries froc
"There were numerous exceptions countr>' and the fifth i
this general provision among the commission to be
rich was as to the division of the uPon by the two governmei
jflts in Richland county. This commission to be appointed
jvlded that one-fifth should go to a" convenient after the ma
5 public schools and the balance treaty; vacancies to b.
>uld be divided between the town according to the original {
city where the dispensary is lo- meaJ;'. . . ,
red and the county for ordinary This is merely a sug
inty expenses. This was the This government is ready to
>per manner of division of these er aay proposal that the con
>flts until 20 days following the Pari'es may desire to make.
:ond day of February, 1912, at
rich time the act of 1912, page THE PITY OF IT
1, went into effect. This act
.ended the act of 1908, repealing
5 exception in so far as Richland An Old Veteran Gives His
inty was concerned, and the prof- of the Treatment Received
in Richland county, under the Comrades.
.ended act, should therefore have
Bn divided during the year of To the Editor of The News;
12 in accordance with the pro- , . , .
ion of the act of 1908. In other Inspired by recent cvenl
rds. one-third to the county treas- contrary to my assertion ai
Br for ordinary county expenses; lnS8? I t,lk< "P feeble p
e-third for the county school fund !nore in behalf of the boys I
for road and bridges and one- lovf aad ,ove *? h or' the
rd for the municipality in which ?rate ,boys who feel the sa
d dispensary is located faat crumbling beneal
"To sum up in brief, up to the tee^ Reunions of the Or,
*r 1912 the profits should have unions of the Gray and B
Bn divided, one-fifth to the public T?n ,b?
iooIs and the balance between the Gettysburg! Why Gettysbu
vn or city where the dispensary [bis grent government tak ng
luvaicu nuu Hie IIIUUIV IOr Or<ll- "" *"'"?? mioio' ,u iMI C
ry county expenses. who figured and fought in t
"During the year 1912 one-third ^ ; ,n Ti
ordinary county purposes, one- j*- vill tax the feeble strengtl
ird for the school fund or for onfederate to reach t
ids and bridges and one-third to , t SJ^? .. .,nf '
i municipality in which the dis- j? , u !? reachcd by oli
usary is located. during the four years' strugg
' Since the 1st day of March, 1913, a HP|r" o1 consistent
p-fifth to the public school fund, Manassas, 1 etersburg, Kichr
e-half to the city of Columbia and Appomattox. Is this reu
1 balance to the county for ordi- glorify the Yankee army,
rv county purposes. savors of tbat
"Ynnrs vcrv trnlv Watch and see. But our bo;
(Signed ) so pcnerously Invited and so
"TIIOS. H. PKEPLKS, ful!y, Prov,ded for.,|>yl a p
"Attorney General." legislature some will be ten
go. Boys, 1 look upon it ai
suit, everything consideredEl
AZIL'S TRADE offered to at least 5,000 sun
a struggle that lasted four y<
GOES ELSEWHERE patriot ism a thing of the
Millions for high schools,
.. capita for penions, $1,000 a
i Stall's is Not Getting Her nition for gallantry of the
Share. Says Mailer?Minister Carolina boys and only the b<
Leaves for Far West. figured at Gettysburg, and it
r>?nirM cuiuniy ciisxn DUieo
Chicago, June 22. -Brazilian the management of General
uister of foreign affairs, I?r Lau- Not a cent to a Lancaster
Muller. spent an active day here which county furnished as
lay getting ready to leave tonight boys as ever fired a musket
San Francisco. Several changes There is at least one pa
the plans of the South American Lancaster who is so disgust
?st, who is here promoting rela- myself, over the whole affair
ns between Brazil and the United said publicly he would start
tes, were announced before bis ing $10 to raise a fund es
>arture for the West. to help some Lancaster bo
To-morrow Is to spent In Omaha might desire to go. Oh sh
1 a stop of one day will be made patriotism! I conscientious
Denver. After several days in San lieve that if it was not for
incisco Dr. Muller and his party men of South Carolina, heroi
1 return to New York by a south- gallant deeds and sacrifice i
V route, stopping at St Louis durance under the most
1 Pittsburg. ordeals that ever tested t"e
\fter attending the Paullst Fa- of men would soon be in th
r's Church, Dr. Muller met a re- of oblivion. Have you so se
sentation of coffee roasters to dis- gotten that we fought the
a means of arriving at better re- bined powers of the world f
ons between coffee planters and long years? Have you fo
tributors. A possible outcome that dark period of reconsl
the meeting it was said would be and have you forgotten the
establishment of a bureau of in- our boys, your boys, who lie
mation to the trade here. ering and neglected on a I
'While Brazil !s particularly an- hard-won fields of battle.
$1.50 PEll YEAR.
murdered and robbed
j is for
[U T rt" DOl'ltLK TltAGEDY IN GEOIIGIA.
getting
fact. Menrchaiit and Wife Shot Down by
Negroes?Mob Storms Jail. Itut
steam- ..... ... ... .
gtatee rails in Attempt to Lynch.
States Macou, Uu, June 22.?J. T. Ilewoll
though a county merchant at Long Branch,
ry lias near Dublin, and his wife were murdered
early this morning, after bouses
to ing called from their beds. BloodUtomO
hniltlfls nlonnil 4?" 1
uii iuc nuii leu 1110
aerican posses to the cabin of three negroes,
utomo- Smith Harris, Joe May and Henry
'known Kithchens. These negroes were hurlade
of ried to the jail, and, although a
?, the heavy guard was established, a crowd
most outnumbering the guards formed
outside the jail and demanded tho
eft for surrender of the prisoners,
ght. At 6 o'clock to-night several hundred
citizens had joined the forces
outside the jail and had begun to
storm the jail. Capture of the prlson>PED
ers an<* their lynching is expected.
Hewell was shot down with a
shotgun. The right side of his face
ccepted was riddled with No 4 shot, and his
right eye was shot out. It was before
daylight and he carried a lighted
lamp in one hand. The lamp set his
/ith the c'?thing on fire.
e Dres- ^rs Hewell ran to her husband's
' assistance and was ordered back in
>uraged tbe house, it is believed, as her
, ,{ f body was found on the doorsteps, as
. if trying to enter the house,
day he Neighbor Notifies Sheriff.
ie p0ml The sheriff and cornor were notiaissions
fie(1 of the shooting by a neighbor,
de'sicn- who on bearing the shots set out for
>ns that *be city. When the olficers and a
provide <luickly summoned posse appeared
,i? t rs 011 the scene Mrs Hewell was dead,
and re- but ber busband was still breathing
and suffering awful agony from
wg. the wounds and burns. He died while
e news- being brought to Dublin by the coroad
now tier.
e oresi- Hewell muttered something about
Lion be- a neSro having done the shooting
aeiaus ""l "ui|?"k langmie could be obof
the talned from him. The county's dogs
were placed on the tracks and they
pemia- to the cabin of Harris, where
on and they also found Joe May. Both neghe
com- roes were placed under arrest. Haroations.
r's'8 tracks are alleged to fit the
m eacli tracks found at the Hewell home.
to' be There were barefoot tracks at the
; one scene of the shooting also and the
i of the county bloodhounds were placed on
a some these tracks. The dogs went straight
member to the home of Henry Kitchens, also
agreed a negro. A single barrel shot gun
its, the was found in Kitchen's home that
as soon had been recently fired. He also
king of wa8 arrested.
B filled Robbery Motive of Murder,
ippoint- The motive for the murder is believed
to have been robbery and the
gestion. theory is that Harris borrowed Kitconsid
chen's gun to commit the deed,
tracting They evidently met in the woods
to divide the spoils. Mrs Hewell's
trunk was ransacked, the suit cases
and grips were thrown into the yard
after their contents had been searched,
while a small grip in which HeOpinion
we^ kePf bis money was found in
the woods near where shoe prints
^ s and barefoot tracks met.
Search of the premises of the
negroes failed to disclose any money
that had nhtoino/t T J ?.?11 ?*
wwvm.uou. ticncil CV1Ls
and dently put up a hard fight with the
id feel- negroes as both of his revolvers were
en once found in the yard near the scene
live to of the shooting. Hewell had removConfed
ed his clothing after it caught fire
nds of and he was practically nude when
h their found.
ly, re- Hewell's son travels out of Macon
lue will for a packing firm. The son was lobe
past, cated at Hawkinsville by phone and
fg? has gone to the scene of the crime.
a hand Hewell was 53 years old and his
he boys Wife was 30.
hat un- Prisoners Spirited Away?
st place The mob failed in Its effort to get
li of the possession of the negroes at the Dubhat
his- jjn jajj g o'clock to-night, and
farthest arranged to make another attack
T hiter *n the night. When the crowd
u withdrew for supper they were not
cy. take aware 0f (he fact that the sheriff
nond or was holding a passenger train on
tnton to the Wrightsville and Tennilee
To n\y Road.
spirit. .pj)e negroes were slippel hurriedbeing
jy 0j- yie jajj un(jor a heavy
bounti- puar,j an(] placed aboard this train
:enerou.s an(j taken to Kastman. From East'h
' ' . ? man they are to be taken over tho
J(mo 'he Southern Railway to the jail at
, ' .. Macon,
ivors of
ars. Is
past? .\?aults lli* Iti'dtlicr.
s'recog- Threat and his brother, lien,
South both of the mill village, became inoys
that volved in a difficulty at the homo
; so un- nf their parents in the mill quarter,
through otwVtlt tlw. , .
_ u>r iimiiri uuur rsunaay. it
?ni'n seems that instead of proceeding
brave tb6 dinner they commenced
' quarreling and James commenced
t riot in Rhyin? plates at the head of his
ed like l,rother Hen, cutting and otherwiso
th* > j.,, injuring him. I'andimonium reigned
by civ- suPremo awhile, everything beoecially
lng turned topsy-turvy. Hater
ys who on Janies Threat was arrested and
ades of lo(lRed in jail by Policeman Connor,
dy be
ine wo- are making for the last mile post
sin and in the battle of life, a little recogtnd
en- nition from those who came on tho
trying stage of life after all this ir. past
mettle would make the ending more cheere
grave ful.
ion for- Hut don't forget that in August,
com- we, the boys of Lancaster, who are
or four left and passed through all the foioirgotten
going, will have one more meeting
Iruction and greeting of each other at Pixio
boys, and for the hour forget it all, Tho
mould- old fiddlers are to be there and 1f
lundred Hrother Wash fails to hold his foot
As we |still, excuse him. M.