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' NEGRO IN GEORGIA ! : BURNED TO DEATH: CONFESSED ASSAULTER AND J. MURDERER OF LITTLE GIRL! CALMLY SMOKES CIGARETTE j TTkoru K APPLIED.!' 'W Aw _ MAKES LITTLE OUTCRY. Moultrie, Ga., June 19.?John j Henry Williams, negro accused of j! the murder of Lorena Wilkes, the j' twelve year old girl whose body was ( found near Autreyville, Georgia, last : Monday, was taken from officers by * a moib this morning, carried back to J the scene of the crime and lynched. The officers were overpowered while taking the prisoner from court, | where he had just been convicted, i Throughout the trial crowds in at- 1 tendance were orderly, but as the 1 armed deputies, with the prisoner, < left the court house steps, the crowd ; 1 surged forward, captured the negro,: s and rushed him to the scene of the I killing of the child. After the lynch- j i ing members of the mob dispersed' t witihout further disorder. } < Williams was found guilty without 1 recommendation to mercy, and was j i sentenced to hang July 8. j 1 He was taken io the side of the ] < ?fUo liwlo Hrl's KoHv was I pVIIU WilCit W44V <t-W?V w found, chained to a stump and bum-; i ed to death by a slow fire. i? He cailmly smoked a. cigarette.as i the match was applied to the fuel's about him. He made but little out- * cry as the flames slowly burned him t to death. \ . Not a shot was fired by the tre-' J mendous mob, all standing about! < quietly and watching the negro burn i to death. : i It is reported that he made a full J *nd detailed confession of the: t crime, including criminal assault and i murder of the 'little girl. ; i __ \ : ( FEMALE BLUEBtARD I 1 BROUGHT TO COURT JI J it Mrs. iydia Southard Calm in Face ; l Of Crowd?No Defense Offered | i J c Twain Falls, Idaho, June 18.?Mrs. > Lydia Southard, charged with niur-, i der of her fourth husband, Edward , 1 F. Meyer, sat apparently emotionless i throughout the day at a preliminary 1 examination before Probate Judge i Duvall. ( j i Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. True- < blood, were constantly at her side.! ] x She seemed oblivious to the gaze of J 100 or lore spectators, mostly wo-ji men, who had crowded into the 1 court. 1 ^ .No testimony in behalf of Mrs. JI Southard will be introduced at the ^1 examination, counsel for the de- ! fense announced. J. Witnesses today included Dr. J. F. (: Coughlin, ^ho attended Meyer in his fatal illness; Dr. Hal Bieler, who J made the post mortem examinations i of the body of Meyer; H. Bussman,?! attorney. who identified a copy of j Meyer's will drawn soon after his marriage to Mr3. Southard and nam- j: ing her as sole legatee and G. D.; Thomas and ?is son, Rex Thomas, j who testified as to Meyer obtaining . life insurance for te^ thousand dol-'1 lars and of his widow's repeated ef- j1 forts to collect the policy. ( Dr. Coughlin testified that Meyerhad suffered a relapse almost imme. \1 diately after a special nurse had, been discharged as a matter of eco-: ' njmy and Mrs. Southard was left alone in charge of the patient.' The physician said that poison administered to Meyer prior to removal to the hospital could not have had fatal results. Dr. Bieler in reply to a question testified that a blood examina_ ^ tion made prior to Meyer's death in--, dicated the presence of typhoid bac-, cilil. NINE REAR ADMIRALS CREATED BY NAVY BOARD Washington, Jun? 21.?Nine newj rear admirals were named Tuesday by the navy selection board as fol' . lows: Mark Briscol, Archibald H. Scales, Rfchard H. Jackson, Nathan C. Twining, Benjamin S. Hutchinson, Thomas C. Magruder, Sumner E. W. Kittelle, William V. Pratt, Louis Nulton. The newly.appointed rear admir-j als were advanced from the grade of ( temporary rear admirals or captain.; The selection board also announced thhe promotion of 30 captains and 172 commanders. 1 HEIRS OF ROOSEVELT ! I FILE SUIT OVER CLAIM ( New York, Janie 21.?Suit was ' nled here Tuesday by the widow of J Colonel Roosevelt and other members of the family to establish the validity of a claim for $69,000 upon the ex-president's estate. ' The coplaintiffs with Mrs. Edith 1 K. Roosevelt were Theodore Roose- * welt, Jr., and George Emlen Roose- * velt.. All three sued as executors. * The $69,000 claim was brought by * Mrs. Emma Burkett, who holds a c note in that amount for which she ? asserts Colonel Roosevelt went surety. The executors have rejected this * ^ote. v \BBEVILLE MILLERS s WHIP NINETY-SIXES * Not all thrillers occur in books and ' in the movies for all the actual :hr!lls of the stories occurred in the jaseball game that the Abbeville Cot?* ?! ? i? ^ o;.. ' /Oil iviius time won irom i\iiicij-oi.\ ast Saturday at Ninety-Six by the score of 4 to 3. The local boys were well - shaken ^ jp on their way to the game and ^ ;hey^ started their playing with some , jifficulty. Ninety Six found Milam :or two clean hits in the second innng, scoring one earned run, and a ^ >ad throw by Garrett a moment lat. ? ?r gave them a second score. The lext inning gave Ninety Six another an on two hits and two bad errors jut after that the Abbeville team found itself and played the closest sort of baseball. They* hit the ' ball ind hit it hard but they were unable g pound it through the fielders. a For six innings "there was a bitter n struggle on one side to hold the shut- e >ut and on the other to break thru s ind score. Milam got down to busi-j" less and his support grew steadier. Abbeville continued to hit Vines' s' lelivery, but Rush, in left field, h" >ioke up the attack repeatedly by h 'ast> fielding while Stuart' and Walk:r snapped up the grounders. It P ooked like a shut-out when the Ab- f' ;eville team came up to the place for ;he ninth inning but the boys would n lot admit it. Sealey landed a doubble n centerfield and McClellan beat out b i bunt and scored Sealey. Reames n valked and Milam advanced bbth nen on his out. Then Galloway >roke ap the game by a pretty hit to >' ight which scored McClellan and 11 Reames and J^ed the score. Ninety Six put two men on the bases with lone out in the tenth inning but :-ould not push them around to "the g ?late. Two men were out in the eleventh v inning when Milam came to bat. He r took a viciops swing that found the f ball and sent it humming to right a field for-a hopie run. Milam was ^ winded by his trip around the bases y so Reames tossed the last inning for ^ Abbeville and held the game safe by c fanning two men. ' a Ninety Six will play in Abbeville this week and a good game is assured r if they play as they certainly know t how to play. s The box score follows: Jj ABBEVILLE AB R H A E j Sealey, c. _ 5 1 1 2 1 e McClellan, 2b. 5 1 2 3 0 i Reames, 3b. __4 1 1 5 lv Milam, p. o 1 1 2 0 J Galloway, rf. __ __ 5 0 1 0 Is Garrett, lb. 4 0 0 6 1 c Williams, ss. 4 0 2 0 2 t Martin, If. 4 0 0 0 * Ox Cresswell, cf. 4 0 1 0 0 t c Total 40 4 9 18 6 p NINETY SIX AB R H A E Stuart, 3b. 5 0 3 1 0 g Wiley, ss. 5 0 1 6 0 J Rush, If. 5 0 0 0 0 1 Faulkner, lb. 5 1 0 0 Oji Walker, 2b. 5 0 2 5 0 t Lumley, c. 4 1 1 2 0 I Vines, p. 5 1 1 4 1 i Martin, cf. 4 0 0 0 0 J Saylor, rf __ 5 0 0 0 0 1 i Total 43 3 8 18 It Score by innings: R. H. E. ' Abbeville 000 000 003 Ol-r-4 9 6 s Ninety Six 021 000 000 00?3 8 1 ? Summary: Stolen bases, Reames, i Cresswell, Stuart, Lumley 2. Two 1 base hits, Sealey, Vines. Home runs, 1 Milam. Number innings pitched by i Milam 10, Reames 1, by Vines 11. < Struck out bv Milam 3, Reames 2. < Vines 8. Bases on balls, Reames 1; . Vines 1. Hit by pitcher, Martin by ? Reames. Passed ball, Sealey 0. Left 1 on base, Abbeville 4; Ninety six 9. . Ump:re, Hodges. ? The table is the only place where we do not get weary the first hour, e i DAVIS AND GOMPERS FIGHT FOR POWER EJoth Seeking to Pledge Vote* to Injure Election as Federation ( President. | ' k Denver, Colo., June 21.?Cam- ^ jaigners for both John L. Lewis, resident of the United Mine Work- ^ ;rs and Samuel Gompers, candidates l 'or the presidency, were working at j op speed today when the sessions of ; he annual convention of the Ameri:an Federation of Labor were resum-L "> r Both candidates declared that they ^ lave been pledged sufficient votes to rin. Official announcement of the deci- t ion of the representatives of the rail- s oad workers was awaited with in- ^ L-rest, as both the Gompers and Lew- c s supporters claimed a majority of t hese organizations. TIip plpp.triral wnrVers' nnH thp Tri- _ ? I r ernational Ladies' Garment Workers rere also claimed by both candidates. The Lewis supporters today added he Amalgamated Association of Iron iteel and Tin Workers, and Railway a 'armen, and nearly one hundred and t ifty single votes of statfe and central ? od'es to their list, which already inludes the machinists' union, Mine i Vorkers and Carpenters and Joiners',11 Jnion?the three largest in the fed-^ ration with a combined voting trength of ten thousand, five hun-Ja red and fourteen.' { ' . 1 BEARING SHORT SLEEVES !i;j SENDS WOMAN TO JAIL jj Zion, Illinois, June 21.?Mrs Sar- ;j| h Johnson, 21, of Winthrop Harbor, ear /-ion, was in ^ion jail toaay ? barged with triple violation of Over- 8 eer Wilbur Glenn Voliva's modest ress ordinance. |? Mrs. Johnson was arrested as she ? tc-pped from a train by Chief of Po_ H Ice Becker and booked on the follow- $ ig counts: ' lg Wearing short sleeves which ex- ft osed the^irm and the middle of the 1? orearm. I$ Wearing a blouse of transparent ? laterial. ? Wearing a blouse with neck cut elow the junction of the base of the:J. eck and the collarbone. Chief Becker made the arrest af- h er the young woman told him "when "J ou pay for my clothes you ca$ tell le what to wear." Her trial Was set l or tomorrow. t . I WELL DIGGER'S JOKE leneca Farm and Factory. There are a number in Seneca vho remember a negro, a former esident of Seneca, John Hardy, who 'or years was the leading town clown ind who generally had business vith every session of police court, te being a chronic rock thrower vhen he got into arguments with; >ther negroes, which was generally * ? L'bout three times a wfiek. The result of his last escapade:! nay cost him his life or cause him | o use crutches the rest of his days, J is the negro on whom he played a J >ractical joke is hunting for him I ind openly avows vengeance. John I md the negro aforesaid were busi- | less partners in the digging of a J veil at one of the Anderson mills. { rohn was in the well and gave the if lignal to be pulled to the top. The ? >ther negro, when John had neared ;he top of the well, stopped the as :et and informed John he was going o cut the rope and allow him to Irop back, but after a few moments ! >ulled him from the well. | The two continued to work to- j jether in peace and harmony until | fohn was sure the other negro had j forgotten the affair, when John re- S nembered that he had left a tool in ! he well and prevailed upon his 5 lelper to descend into the well for J t. When the negro got to the bottom I rohn suddenly drew up the rope and I eft the negro in the well, and in- | formed him to get ready to go to i mother world, as he intended to f 'drap a dynamite on you." He then f secured a corn coib in which he in- | serted a fuse and cap and "drapped" j s to the man in the well. It is said g :hp. nPCTft madp no pffm-t t.rt r>nr. out she fuse but spent a few moments n prayer calculated to be heard afar aff, all the while making desperate efforts to climb the sides of the well. A.fter discovering that it was one of John's practical joke's., the negro (rowed by the sacred beard of Aaron's billygoat that "his life I will have." John, as a consequence, is wandering hither and thither, and is now where the whwgdoodle twinth not. i STRIKE NOT SETTLED Manchester, England, June 18.? Although the Textile Workers association representing all branches of ;he cotton industry voted today to iccept the employers' effer for a set-r ;lement of the cotton strike, a hitch, level oped when the spinners' delegates refused to sign the agreement mtil it had been approved by their nembers in various districts. Meanvhile the mills will renjain closed. After the spinners' delegates' re'u;>ed to sign, the negotiating comnittee reassembled and decided to jive the various districts an opporunity to consider the agreement. The committee then adjourned un i) June 24 after issuing a statement! aying the dispute had not been setled and that the mills would remain lo9ed. The statement added that, here seemed, however, hope that an; greement eventuaflly would be I eached. j SENATE CONFIRMS BECK. !| Washington, June 21.?The Sen-is te Monday confihned the nomina-jj| ion of James M. Beck as solicitor ji| reneral of the Department of Justice. S A cloudburst Friday afternoon ? ti North Dakota caused ' property [| 'amage of several thousand dollars, s Jumerous bridges were washed away ? nd cattle drowned. ? mm stamps i MADE DAILY Price* (3 inches or lees.) s One line ? 30c j|! j| ! Two lines 50c !|! |j : Three L,-nes ' 70c I;); fa << rjjj Each Extra Line 20c |;2 ? ' All Orders Received Delivered Jj! @ The Following Day. Sheridan Printing;!;! 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