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BODIES OF NEGROES L
BURNED BY TEXANS
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Mob Takes Dead Man and His C(
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Wounded Brother From ! fia
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RI.A7K KINIM.rcn IN PARK ,1"
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Thousands CJatliered in Public Place to
to Witness Burning at the n(
Stake.
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Sulphur Springs, Texas, Aug. 29.?
In a fight with An armed posse near
here late today. Joe Richmond was'^
shot and killed, and his brother. King I
Richmond, both negroes, was serious- *
ly wounded, later the *>ody of tho
dead negro was burned at the stake
with his wounded brother in Buford
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Park, in Sulphur Springs.
The negroes early today had shot
and killed Deputy Sheriff Nathan A.
Fllppen and probably fatally wounded
Sheriff J. B. Butler. "J
When the posse arrived her? with
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the negroes a large crowd had gathered
and demonstrated the burning ^
to be staged in the public square.
Several Influential men counselled j
that the bodies be not burnod, saying
there was nothing to be gained, since *
one negro was already dead and the
other probably fatally wounded.
Finally, however, the mob removed ^
the dead and wounded negroes to
Buford Park, in the outskirts of the
city, where they were burned. There
was little disorder and as soon as the ^
bodies had been burned the crowd
quietly dispersed.
The sheriff and his deputy had
started to arrest King Richmond on ^
a minor charge at a negro settlement
south of here.' Both negroes, without
warning, opened fire, killijig Flip- n)
pen Indtaatly ana wounding Butter.
The negroes beat Butler over the ^
head and he 1b said to be in a pre- (
carious condition. (
Within a short time hundreds of
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armed men were searching for the ^
negroes. They were located in a q|
wood in the afternoon and in the ^
battle that ensued Joe Richmond
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was killed and his brother wounded.
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Peace officers, who joined in the
search, were far in the minority in ^
the posse and unable to cope with
the mob spirit.
It is estimated 1,500 men and boys j
trailed the negroes to their hiding |
place in the woods. The negroes,'"1
brought to bay, fired several shots,!'"
but their fighting was of short dura-|
tion, as the posses fired hundreds of ^
shots into the covert.
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It was learned tonight that Sheriff
Butler wounded one of the negroes | ^
at the time lie and the deputy sought
to arrest them at the settlement.
Six thousand people hud gathered ''
in the public square here when the ,
posses arrived with the dead and! ^ (
wounded negroes. Pleas of cooler
heads were unavailing and the mob
carried out its work in Btiford Park
with little ceremony. Ti
Sheriff Butler's wounds consist of]
a broken arm, a shot through the top
of his head and three fractures of!(}<
the skull. Id
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MILLIONS WORTH OK TOYS ! hi
IX GERMANY MAY BR IiOSt! bi
i ol
Berlin, via Gondou. Aug. 28. tti
American business men in Germany Pi
are taking the gloomiest view of tli?! th
fate of great quantities of goods or-1 Pi
dered in Germany for the American i
Christmas trade. They say that the \V
loss of these goods will amount to re
millions.. In
Orders totalling $50,000,000 for
such wares as toys. Bohemian glass- B]
ware, bronzes, Christmas cards and of
optical specialties had been placed to
for summer delivery, it is stated, this m
being the usual practice in order to or
give American wholesale dealers an so
opportunity to place the goods. The he
articles are all of a seasonal value th
and become virtually valueless unless
delivered Immediately. However, tn
the British order-in-council, although th
not effective when the orders for the hii
goods were placed, prevents such a
delivery
The order-lp-councll also is playing
havoc with golf supplies. Golf At
halls and clubs are 'being exhausted .hy
-mldly and ardent golfers are objur- ?e
gating England and planning and ap- of
peal to their fellow enthusiasts in bv
America. > Kn
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EEKLY.
FOR R. F. D. BKRVICK. j |A|
nrlcson Will Ask for Rig Apiiro-l'wl
priatlon.
Washington, Aug. 29.?Postinasr
General Burleson announced toght
that he would ask the next
ingress.for $49,000,000 to provide ?||.
iral delivery service during the
ical year beginning July 1, 191G.>
le last appropriation was $53,000.-!
>0 and the department plans to save
,e $4,000,000 without reducing
hciency. ^
One million dollars of the amount
be asked for will be expended on i Mai
>w routes and Improvements.
Mr. Burleson said plans were al-;
iady under way to provide a more (
odern and larger service during the
jcal year 1017 without increasing
ie 1016 appropriation.
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lMEEICANBOAT if"
HAS BEEN RAISED.; the
lie Submarine F-4, Sunk Marrh 241, j '1P'
I eve
la Towed Into Honolulu I ..
u thr
Harbor.
Honolulu. Aug. 29.?The U. S. S.
ibmarlne F-4, submerged outside
ie harbor Here since March 26 last, ^
as refloated late tonight and towI
to the quarantine station in Honulu
bay.
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The submarine F-4 commanded by
ieutenant Alfred L. Ede and with
crew of 21 men, went to the bot>m
of the harbor of Honolulu March ,
anc
5, 1916, during manoeuvers of the
P" squadron. She was located two Jun
lys later and Diver John Agras of . .
vlsl
ie navy, descended 215 feet, eatabshlng
a new world's record, in an .
tioi
Tort to facilitate the work of bringig
her to the surface. Her crew. It' ' '
Will
as said, might have been alive at rJv
>ls time, but attempts at rescue fail1
and on March SO Roar AHmlmi r
.
. Moore, commanding the Honolulu ^
aval station, reported that the F-4
y In 270 feet of water and would Raf
?ve to be raised by pontoons. (hp
Secretary Daniels apnoonced that thp
le boat would be raised at any cost
? determine the cause of the accilot
and diving apparatus and divers
ere sent out, leaving San Francisco
prii 6 on the cruiser Maryland. Ono tj0
t the divers, Frank Crilly, went
>wn 228 feet and found one of the ^
>mpartments of the F-4 filled with tjlp
ater. Another, William Lough- (1(i]
an, descended 299 feet the next ^ee
jy, and was seriously Injured byj^,
ater pressure.
Those men put lines on the F-4 by,
hlch the boat was dragged s'ow'y (,lu
p the shelving bottom, but In th?* wi|
roeess the stern was wrecked and (>or
oken and the work halted to t
.vait the arrival of pontoons. Six ser
' these, capable of lifting 60 tons j N j
ich were sent front Mare Island
ivy yard early in August on tin
aryland.
At the time of the accident, repor's naj
lined circulation that the F-4 was tMK
>t in g^od shape when she went h?- jOCl
w water. These were officially de- j
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OFPICRR ON s\l> .MISSION.
A]
iking Ihwllcs of Wife and Children ''C(
to (iravo. ",0
San Francisco, Aug. 29.?Brig.. ers
en. John O. Pershing. U. S. A., left | Pd
te today for Cheyenne, Wyo..|ln
'hither he Is taking the bodies of ,<0'
( ' ? j
s wife and three baby girls for
trial. With him is his five-year- "al
d son. Warren, who survived the ( aI
e In the frame quarters at the W'
till
rcsidio, in which Mrs. Pershing and!
e little girls lost their lives last ^'
plday. Sy8
United States Senator Francis E. I ( ?'
arren of Wyoming, and Mrs. War-: (,rp
I tir
n, parents of Mrs. Pershing. were
the party. wai
General Pershing arrived from Port
lias today. He was met by a group ' or
.old friends, who accompanied him *te'
the Lelterman Hospital, on the '
llltary reservation, where the gen- ant^
al gathered Into his arms his little
n. the only one left of the family
) had planned to take to Fort Miss
is week.
The bodies were escorted to the '
tin by twenty-four sergeants from P?r
o troops stationed at the Presidio
id by city and army officials. ,<re
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Writer of Hymns III. | bus
Wennlngton, Vt., Aug. 29 ? Mrs. | stut
mle Sherwood Hawks, a writer of deri
mns. was reported tonight to bo spit
riously ill at lier homo here. Many Am
tier hymns have been sung all
or the world. One of the bent guu
icwn Is "I Need Thee Rvery Hour." loci
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AUGUST 31, 1915.
mot
bounces bosses s"rtn?,,?,d-*
treasure train coni
dollars in gold an
York Has Had "In- trom London
N. S., passed thro
Government I*or on n8 way jjew
40 Years. j steel express cars i
ond of a series of
SHORT BALLOT. I MiTEES
| kept watch, while
'in ' *- ?
*,? vitaiuim aim v urrec-j niunt of It)
ns and the Conference for the I half the tli
Tim on Good extend an invitation1 "From t
all South Carolinians to attend j Conklln an
i meetings of the organizations in Piatt, from
lumbia in September which have down to tl
m in active existence for a num- ernment ol
1 of years. i two difTerci
CARE OF FE.EBLE-MINDED. the constit
The big problem of caring ade-j flees of th<
it el j tor feeble-minded persons; the party
I be treated at the meeting of the) party bossc
iferences on the evening of Sep- "They at
iber fl by Alexander Johnson, field j 'invisible g
retary of the committee on pro-, remember
ions for feeble-minded. Mr. John- Conklin wi
i's lecture will be illustrated. this state:
\ partial list of South Carolinians count, leg
o will deliver addresses or prepare And in a
>ers for the sessions of the confer- rage he wi
es follow, together with the sub- "Then X
ts they will treat: for nigh u
lavid It. Coker, Hartsville. "The capital was
ectlon and Handling of Seeds for Rroadway:
nting:" E. J. Watson Columbia, lieutenants,
a Interpretation of the Present "And tli
itiomic Revolution in Relation to this state t
Common Good:" Judge It. Wlth-j tnent at bei
Memminger, Charleston. "Need- not of the
Changes in Criminal Proceedur" "I don't
South Carolina:!' James H.j invisible g<
li'les. Columbia. "Minor Courts nn.-l i
me PreventionMiss Sara M. F. I them have
:>b, Greenville. "The Need in South friends. Ft
olina for e Reformatory for government
ilte Girls;" Ira B. Dunlap. "Rork people shot
l's Curb Market;" W. W. Long.) to the gove
le New Live Stock Marketing by the peo]
tem;" William Weston, M. D.. "Both pa
urabia, "What the Clinic for Chll- ties are ali
n May Do for South Carolina:", through all
H. Hand. Columbia. "The Back- The shor
rd F'upil from the Standpoint of, department
Teacher;" K. B. Scarborough, would strlF
iway, "The Policy of the Board of the offices c
cents in Regard to Pay Patients treasurer
he State Hospital for the Insane."j Department
[ Dr. George B. Cromer. New- governor wi
ry. , of the ser
duaies now
ton Importing C?uii(muj> With) All state
$1,000,000 nt Bremen. which tl
.ondon, Aug. 28.- A cotton im-, he grouped
tation company with a capital of would be m
000,000 hag been founded In Only two
men, acoordinK to Tuesday's Is-, ooy genen
of The Frankfurter Zeltung. The would b? c
loess ol' this. new company. it is, ?
?i, will be to obtain buying or- To
? from Oelrntany and Austrian, Uerkeley,
mors so to niake offers to tnon of llerl
erica u exporters. The paper gays tend the Ui
the capital for the company is! was annoui
ranteod by the Disconto (Josel-1 f study 1b t
laft and other leading batiks. ? >so to rrti
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LANCASTER, S. 0. TUESDAY,
NT CONFERENCE EX-SENA
FOR CAPITAL CITY DEI
iirities and Corrpctions unit i c0?0 vr?..,
j uajo ncn
Common Good Meeting visible
September 7-9.
RE OF FEEBLE-MINDED.; URGES
ny Prominent South ('aroliniahs j Names Are
Will Address the Joint Are Tt
Gathering. G
Columbia Special to Charleston Albany, I
vs and Courier, Aug. 30.?An un- ing the Coi
al amount of interest is develop-'day Elihu
In the meetings of the South tern of "bos
ollna Conference of Charities and ernment" w
rections and the Conference for edge has d
Common Good, which will be 40 years, ar
d in Columbia, beginning on the be armed
nl.ig of September 7 and lasting establish tl
ough the evening of September 0. "This do
5 meetings of the two conferences "has cause*
I open the autumn convention sea- long conti
in Columbia. ' the people 1
The two conferences will hold com- not of theii
ed meetings on the evenings of tt change.
?tember 7. 8 and 9. and will as- a solution 1
lble in separate sections on the flr8t step tl
rnings of September 8 and 9. tion.
V feature of the meetings of the "When 1
iference for the Common Good about to g
I the South Carolina Conference years. I me
Charities and Corrections in Co- that I can
ibia will be the arangements for speak and
Its to the state, county and muni- the lessons
al penal, charitable and correc- the God of
aal institutions in Richland coun- The shor
It is expected that the people t,v membei
0 attend the conferences will de- Among tho
9 much benefit from inspecting are Mr. Rot
8e institutions. Visits on the Henry I.. ?
ernoons of September 8 and 9 will Lanner, th
arranged to the Columbia jail, the man.
hland jail, the Richland chain- After die
ig camps, the state peqitentlary. clfically, Mi
1 State Hospital for the Insane, "We talk
i State Tuberculosis Hospital and the constit
ibably the state reformatory fori eminent ol
fro boys. ' been dnrin
The officers of the Soutii Carolina: iiuaiutanre
nfuPAniifi a# CKa.I?Ia- 1 1
' ... ???! lu ?
?ose of leader* of roadbed was safe
deration Past. The train ent
Y., Aug. 30.?Address-j Slates through \
listitution Convention to- ancl 8petl across N(
Root condemned the sys-' York by wa.v of a
s'sm" and "inivisible gov-i pecte,i to arrive i
htch he said to his knowl- sunday morning.
lominated New York for
?d pleaded that the people WILSON WJ
with the short ballot to AT W
teir own rule.
mination." Mr. Root said, To Take No Actl
d a deep and sullen and lending Imper!
nued resentment among Oisat
at being governed by men Washington, A
choosing. They demand WilBon announce)
The short ballot plan is reraain in Washin
or at least, it may be the uation between I
hat will work out a solu- and Germany is
had been urging
go back home, as I am Han,Pshire for a
o, to spend my declining The President
an to go with the feeling 8pend the entire n
say I have not failed to at ^ornish, but tc
to act in accordance with be lln,ikeiy that
that I learned there from there at all this y
my fathers." The 1>re8?lent. I
t ballot has been opposed ta,lvely. h?? beer
s of the "old guard." mentS of Count A
se who have supported it (;erman -mbaasn
>t. George E. Wickersham, I"ansinK rep<
Jtimson and Frederick C. Ameri n Ambus
e Republican state chair- Ber,in to hoi>e tba
submarine c.ontro\
icussing the proposal spe- W'" be found. K
r. Root said: *ver> for the imP
t about the government of fA?r,"al dl8avowal <
ution. What is the gov- *rablC and a9Ruri
' this state? What has it tn"
g the 40 years of my ac- will
with it? The govern- a"a nio
constitution? Oh; not (ounl Bernslor
me. or half-way. summer embassy
u*. # tti ? . 8ti11 was confident
he days of Fenton and
<1 Arthur and Cornell and lroC ' for,nal co'
the day. of Da.id B. Hill. '"K "a,e de|
.. .. Berlin foreign off
te present time, the gov,
, , matters in a satii
the state has presented
nt lines of activity, one of KKRNHAW cot
utional and statutory of
a state, and the other of: Rain Prevents I)
leaders-?they call theni> the
!S- ' Columbia Spec!
re called the system?the j News and ("our
overnment.' For. I don't j Caughman brotlu
how many years. Mr. Hlaney, in Kersl
as the supreme rn'er in night with their I
the governor did not and run down th
telatures did not count. ' who early in the
great outburst of public Hattie Smith, a n
as pulled down. she was sitting a
Ir. Piatt ruled the state house with several
pon 2<> y?*ars And the were singing. 1
i not here: it was a' 4!) \ emptied a load ot
with Mr. Piatt and his man's head, blow
her head and cau
ere is today throughout On account of the
i deep and sullen resent- of rain the bloodh
ng governed thus by men to strike a tra
people's choosing. brought back to <
criticise the men of the morning,
avernment. How can I? Hattie Smith w
wn them all. and among Smith of Fairfielc
been some of my dearest shot to death 1
ut it is all wrong that a tragedy in June,
not authorized by the ihe death of Shei
lid be continued suoerior Sheriff iir>..i wor...
rnment that is authorized hower.
pie. First reports ol
irties are alike. All par- exaggerated, and
ke. The system extends. information that.
the result of a
t ballot and general eivil? negroes. The stej
reorganization proposal woman is said to
te from the elective list 'because she had
?f secretary of state, statej claimed he was s<
and engineer surveyor, of the tragedy s
heads appointed by the j shooting.
ith the advice and consent'
late would assume th? 1 Wilson Is (irutefu
borne by these offices. I me
denartments and bureaus .. .
_ iiosum. .uass..
iore are now 168, would |?,aRe jTnm Preside
under 15 heads, which ( to n telegram sent
ade constitutional offices. |rcafl >vhen the cf
i departments, tho nttor-jt,|ed Addressing
ill and the comptroller.! president said
lective. i "] deeply appre<
! iy heartened by th
Teach Policemen. Con of confidence i
Cel., Aug. .10.?Police- by the governors
kcley are requested to at- beg that yon will i
ilveisity of California, it heartiest thanks a
iced today. The course wishes for a succei
he relation of mental dis- confp.ronce. I wlsl
ninology. the greeting in pc
y
f 1
$1.50 A YEAR.
Russians soonwillbe
rf, EXPELLED FROM GAUC1A
tainlng millions of :
id securities, ship-:
by way of Halifax, Austro-Germans Have Broken
ugh New England
York. In the six Enemy s Line Along /Iota
containing the sec- Lipa River,
gold shipments de
?,38B?rn?edCrg?lUs|THE LIMITS OF PURSUIT.
a pilot train was J *
lake sure that the will lie Kept Up as l<ong a.s the Heturns
Are Satisfactory, .Meantime
ered the United j Selecting I'ermniiciit Idn"
'ancehnrn Main" '
5w England toNe^! Berlin*. via London, Aug. 29.?
lbany. It wan ex- The Austro-German troops havo
n New York early1 hroken the Russian lines along tbo
Zlota Lipa river in Hast Oaltcia, re
; suming activity on a section of the
l^JTINGr ! front where for a long time both
- QTTT'N'fS.'Pn'M'i 8<des have been merely holding their
" OxIAWIt ivJrl ] positions. The Russian extreme
on"in Arabic Case ,eft' h,thert? unaffected by the gennl
Government's eral defeat- now apparently is shaken,
ownl Military experts here believe the
UR 2*9 President Russians soon will be expelled from
1 today he would lheir remainin? ll"le corner of ?a?igton
until the sit- c,a- This development, together with
the United States a sharP advance by the Austrians
cleared. Officials northea3t of Kovel is believed here
him to go to New to ,ndicate the opening of a cam- .
rest paign against the fortress triangle
had planned to tormed th* strongholds of Lutzk,
lonth of September Dubno and Rovno- erected as a bar
.day it was said to to acce8S to Southern Rus8iahe
would return The R?38ia? armies retreating
,e north and south of Hrest-Litovsk are
It was said authori- separated by the Ilotikno swamps
i led by the state- and military men here say the Aus
Kprnx'nrt' flu* ""-uci uiuiis are ill position lO mass
idor to Secretary force8 a?d e*P?8e " to a
>rtB received from <lefeat- Dispatches today say the
isador Ciernrd at ltU8sian resistance behind Brestt
a solution for the LitoV8k has bPen broken and that the
ersy with Qeriuany Teatonic pursuit is being pressed
[e is waiting, how- with al1 energy. Samary. where
ierial government's "erman cavalry yesterday defeated
at the attack on the a cavalry division Is 40
mra that the lives miles ea8t of Srest-Litovsk.
rolling on unarmed Naturally .there has beer much
not be endangered *P*pula?on here concerning the
limits t*> which the pursuit of the
ft left today for the Russians will be pressed. Some ason
Long Island He 8unie(1 tbe advance would not be conthat
within a short ,inued much bPvond Brest-LItovak,
nmunication reach- but the impression now is general
jartment from the i'?at it will proceed so long as it gives
Ice would clear up Pavin* returns. Meanwhile a per3factorv
way manent line of defense will be select
ed and fortified as a barrier against
,'NTV TKAC1KRY. a new Russian offensive, it is stated.
logs From Tuking SKI.KCTION" OF MR. FOLK
Troll
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lal to Charleston
ior, Aur. 30.?The Washington, Aug. 38. The selec rs
were called to t'?n of Frank L. I'olk, corporation
iaw county, last counsel of New York city, to be
bloodhounds to try counsellor of tlie state department,
0 party or parties ',V;IS formally announced tonight by
night assassinated Secretary Lansing. The President
egro woman, wliil has tendered the position to Mr. Polk
t the window of a wl>o has accepted.
1 otlier women, who Mr. i'olk will succeed Mr. Lansing,
rhe guilty party ' ' ho became secretary on the resig'
shot into the wo- nation of William Jennings Bryan
ing off the top of hist June. The counsellor's office has
sing instant death, been vacant since Mr. Lansing took
sudden downpour his place in the cabinet.
lounds were unable While John Bassett Moore was
il and they were .counsellor, lie acted for the secretary
'olumbin early this n all matters in the latter's absence
from Washington and the rule conas'
the wife of Julo tinned in effect while Mr. Lansing
i county, who was held the post. Diplomatic callers
in the Winnsboro were referred to the counsellor and
which resulted in when matters of pressing importance
"iff Hood, Deputy were pending, such as tlie oorresponand
Clyde Isen- deuce with Clerniauy over the Lusi
inmn wisi', nit; I'UllUMCIIOr WHS Called.
f the trouble were into conference at cabinet meetings,
it appears from all While it has not been definitely dethe
shooting was cided, it is virtually certain that the
quarrel among rule will continue in effect after Mr.
ifather of the dead takes office,
have been angered
left home. It ts
>en near the scene p ^'rtoualy rut. Bill
hortly before the Bolin Hill IMe.
GalVney Special to Charlotte Ob
server, Aug. 29.?Bill Bolin of
il for the ''omplt. tlncksburg is lying et the point of
nts. ieath and Chief of Police Coke DunAug.
27 -A mes >au ,s seriously cut as the result of
nt Wilson in replj tlKht between the two men at
hiin Tuesday wa Hacksburg this morning at 6:30
inference reassure ?'cloek. People who live close to the
Governor Walsh ?olins telephoned Chief Duncan this
: uoruing that, there was disorder at
date and am great bilin s and ho came and arrested
ie generous resolu n'" iron. The disorder continuing
and support passec *" came back and Bolin :u*-scd him
in conference art u,her. he attempted to make the
convey to them m r;-. si Bolin commenced to cut rnd
nd my cordial be?- chief to shooting. Bolin is shot
isful and profUabb foiir places and cannot recover,
t that I could brlnr 60 atitchea foi Duncan's
irson." ounds. Duncan will recover.