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NEGRO BURNED AT STARK. Mob in Oklahoma IKwils Out Swift Punishment to Papist. Purcell. Okln., Aug. 2 4.-While 3,000 men, women and children stood by, shouting their approval, Peter Carter, a negro, who had pre viously been captured by three mem bers of his own race, and Identified aB the man who last night attacked Mrs. Minnie Spraggins. wife of a far mer, was burned to death on a brush pile In the main street of Purcell, at G o'clock this afternoon. Deputy Sheriff Hayes and Under-sheriff Kar ris, who attempted to rescue the negro from the crowd, were over powered and locked in the court house. Mrs. Spraggins was assaulted while alone in her home, one mile south of Purcell. After the deed, the negro set lire to the Spraggins home. Mrs. Spragglns'8 husband saw the flames while working in the field, and rushed into tho house in time to rescue his wife. She declared Carter, who formerly worked on the Spraggins farm, had attacked her. Officers went to Carter's home and arrested him. He was turned over to a constable, but on the way to the jail escaped. When lt became known tho negro was free, farmers of the neighborhood organized and an all-night search was made. The negro was not found. Negro Arrested by Negroes. This afternoon Minley Henry, a negro janitor, noticed a strange ne gro under a box car near tho Okla homa Central railway station. With tho aid of two other negroes, who had armed themselves, t lu? negro janitor pulled Carter from beneath the car. He was taken to the main street of Purcell, where a great crowd had gathered. "Turn the nigger over to me," said a tall farmer, who suddenly seemed to assume command of the crowd. The janitor and bis two adies obeyed. Carter was taken across the street and in an instant many men and boys were gathering brush and placing it at his feet. At this junc ture Deputy Sheriff Hayes and Un der-sheriff Farris arrived and plead ed with the mob to turn the prisoner over to them. "That's All Hight," They Said. "That's all right sheriff," shouted ono of tho mob, "hut we must pro tect our wives and daughters from black hounds." The sheriff pleaded with thc mob, saying tho negro would bo given an instant trial, and that there would be no chance for him to escape. Af ter the sheriff had concluded, the officers were led to the court house, presumably to confer with sonn? of the 1 leis. As they entered a room in the building tho key was turned in tho lock, and the officers were held prisoners until the negro w,<s dead. As soon as tho sherill' and bis as sistant had been locked up the ne gro was led out and placed on an oil-soaked brush heap built around a telephone pole. He was tied to the pole and the torch applied. Mrs. Spraggins, who ls not expect ed to live, said Carter entered ber home last night and struck her on (he head with a gas pipe, beating her until she was unconscious. An old mattress was torn up and scat tered over her body. After the ne gro had set the nuit tress on fire he H ed. As Mrs. Spraggins was crawl ing from the fire the negro reap peared and again struck her with the pipe, brer king her jaw and beat ing her badly. Her husband, rush ing to the house, rescued his wife, unconscious, 'a a few minutes moro she would have been dead. Tallest Kit? Passes Away. Augusta, (?a.. Aug. 2 1. .1. Frank Skinner, the tallest Rik in the world, died at his home herc to-day, after an Illness extending over several months. He was seven feet and four Inches high. He was nt ono time with a Circus and traveled over Bu ropo as the "tall man." but for tho past ten years bad been a drummer. Ile came from a family of tall peo ple, his grandfather being the tallest man Georgia over produced. He was nearly eight feet tall. Stute of Ohio, ('Hy of Toledo, L?eas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that lie is senior partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and thal said linn will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case ol' catarrh that cannot be cured by the ase of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Prank .'. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscrib ed in my prose ncc, this 6 th dav of December, A. D. 1880. (Seal,) A. W. Cleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh (-ure is taken inter nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 76c, Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. - - - - ? . w Plano absolutely free to some one. 40 li IM,!-:i) AND KO INJURED. Train of (?rand Army Veterans (?WM Down Embankment. Manchester, N. Y., Aug. 25. Train No. 4 on the Lehigh Valley railroad jumped the track here thia afternoon. Forty persons were kill ed and about eighty injured. Two cars rolled down an embank ment 00 feet in height, lt was in those cars that the greatest mortal ity occurred. The wreck was due to defective rails. The engine and two forward coaches passed over the bad spot without accident. When the diner struck the defective rails they spread and the last two coaches were thrown from tho track and rolled down the embankment. Several persons In the dining car were also killed. A number of the veterans return ing from the Grand Army encamp ment at Rochester were on the train. Special trains bearing nurses and doctors were rushed here from Go neva, Rochester and Canadalgua. At 2.45 o'clock twenty-two bodies had been taken from the mass of twisted steel and shattered timbers. .Mangled bodies were in plain sight, pinioned under the debris. Most of the victims are old men and women. The train was forty minutes late and running fast, hauled by two pow erful engines in an effort to makeup lost time. i The third and fourth cars plunged over the sideless bridge to the out let. lit? feet below. The third car struck flat on its side in the water, while the fourth landed on its front end. The remaining five cars left the rails, but did not go ?ff the bridge. Many of the passengers wer ? tour ists, who reached Buffalo to-day on Detroit and Buffalo line steamers and over the Canadian railroads from the Muskoka district. As fast as the injured could be gotten out of the wreck they were taken to Rochester on the relief trains. Foley Kidney Pills will check the progress of your kidney and bladder trouble and heal by removing the cause. Try them. Barton's Phar macy, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Sen eca. Low Water ( loves Mills. Anderson, Aug. 21.-? Two of the largest cotton mills in upper Caro lina- tho Anderson and Orr plants, of this .city--were forced to shut down this afternoon because of the very low stage of water in the river here. Reports from several parts of the Piedmont district indicate to-day that the drought and resulting fall in the water stage in several rivers and streams are forcing manufactu rers to run on half time. Power plants on the Savannah and Tngaloo rivers are now producing only 4,000 horse-power-just half the normal and unless conditions improve, it is said they may close altogether. in Japan there is a kind of frog very celebrated for his sweet voice. Ile ls called kajlki, and people pay as much as $10 for a pair of thc marsh musicians. A poet in Japan keps scores of singing frogs at his home, and he sometimes gives a party to his friends, when after lis tening to the music every guest ls ashed to write a poem In honor of the frogs. Subscription Contest From To-Day To and including August 31. From to-day to and includ ing Thursday, August 31st, weare giving Piano Contestants and their friends another opportunity to get votes by working for New and Re newal Subscriptions to The Keowee Courier. In this Subscription Con test we are giving the following PREMIUMS VOTES. Each Now Subscription.... 3.000 Each 5th Now Subscription. 5,000 Largest List of New Subs.. .00,000 VOTES. Kurl? Renewal Subscription. 2,000 Knell 5th Renewal Sub. 2,500 Largest List of Renewals. . .?0,000 DAYS There were 72 days from the beginning to the dose of [ ihis Special Subscription Contest-10 days in June, 31 days in July and 31 in August, with 9 Sundays to be counted out. There now remain only 2 days. Try to get at least one New Subscription during -?ach working day. 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NOTICE.-Under no circum stances will we discontinue a paper to one member of a fam ily, changing to another, and counting saino ns a new sub scription. Two More 1 ?mti^iaanM^iMiwii-nniiwn.mm >m.iuillil'Miiisniiisiaii?tro?awmiBii.lH.j|fF|i| To=day and To=n -OR PIANO VOTE MORROW THE LAST CHA ? PIANO ? Je Given Away Se\ C. W. PITCHFORD. WALHALLA, S. C. TUGADOO NOT SUSOKPTIBIJ' Ol Commercial Navigation-Board Will Consider Further Argument? Congressman Wyatt Alkea has re ceived the following communication from the War Department, Depart ment of Engineering, which will prove of interest to the citizens of Oeonee: Washington, D. C., Aug. 21-Dear Slr: The River and Harbor Act of February 27, 1911, provided for a preliminary examination .of the Tu galoo river (Georgia and South Car olina) from Its mouth to Fort Madi son, S. C., with a view of ascertain ing whether this stream ls worthy of a survey and of Improvement by the United States. The preliminary ex amination has been made and the re port thereon by the district oiflcer has been reviewed by the bonrd of engineers for rivers and harbors. Thc board advises that, from the in formation at hand, they are unable to concur In the recommendation of the district officer that the stream ls worthy of a survey and of improve ment by the government. The prin J cipal reasons for the present views , of the hoard are as follows: I Both the upper and lpwer portions I of the river are too precipitous for open-channel Improvement, and the cost of canalization would be pro hibitive; that while the middle sec tion may be susceptible of Improve ment, it is very limited In extent, and the commerce, present and pros pective, is local In character and toi) small to justify the Fulled States In undertaking the improvement in the Interest of general commerce and navigation. Before taking final action in the matter, however, the board desires that all interested parties be given opportunity to present their views and to submit such facts and argu ments as they may wish. This ls, therefore, to invite you to submit, in writing, tc "The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Southern Building, Washington, D. C.," any facts or arguments which you may desire concerning the Improvement of this stream by the government. Your communication should reach the board within four weeks from the date of this letter. Very respectfully, G. P. Howell, Major, Corps of Engineers. Birmingham Goes for Saloons. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 2 4.-Jef ferson county to-day voted to return to the legal salo of liquor by llncens ed salocis by a majority which may go aboi u 2.000. The returns began to come in early and the dispensary showed a small load in some of the country pre cincts, but by the time twenty pre cincts had been heard from saloons were ahead of dispensaries by ion. This ratio was maintained until the city boxes began to come In, which rapidly swelled thc saloons' major ity. The voters also passed on the question "wet or dry," but there was never any doubt of tho county's going wet. The issue was really be tween saloons and dispensaries. FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R IA Children pt. ist. SAY TO HOI A) FOR 1? CKNTB. Committee of Southern Senators and Representatives Report Washington, Aug. 23.-"Hold cot ton for 13 cents" is the rd vice to be formally glvon to fanners' organiza tions, by a committee consisting of Senators Williams of Mississippi. Owen of Oklahoma, and Representa tive Burleson of Texas, representing a conference of Senators and Repre sentatives from sveen cotton-grow ing StateB. A committee will urge the State banking associations to co-operate against "tho bearish movement of tho speculators." What was referred to generally as the "threatening condition of tho cot ton market" was discussed at meet ings to-day and last night. Among the participants were Senators Wil liams and Owen, Representatives Underwood of Alabama, Democratic leader of the House; Heflln of Ala bama, Brantley and Hughes of Geor gia, Burleson and Bealle of Texas, Garrett of Tennessee, Humphreys of Mississippi, and Small of .North Caro lina. A number of them are largo cotton planters. Statement Issued. The committee issued a statement, which rend: "lt seems to be the opinion of all that there was a preconcerted effort being made, principally through the instrumentality of the speculative element of thc .Now York cotton ex change to break down the price ol* cotton, lt was the opinion of all that the present statistical condition ol' cotton did not justify the lowness of present quotations, and that tho esti mate of 1 fi.OOO,OOO bales was unjus tified by any facts upon which a pre diction could be sanely based. And moreover, even If a 15,000,000 bale crop w^ro in sight, the world's sup plies still probably would fall short of the world's demand for colton, to the extent of more than 1,000,000 bales, because of the exhaustion of the recent visible supply of carried over spot cotton. In other words, with a 15,000,000 American crop the world's crop for 1911 would ho 25, 000,000, with 35,000,000 spindles creating a demand for 2G,000,000. This statement is based on latest ad vices from Egypt, India and other cotton producing countries." Function of Committee. The statement refers to the ap pointment of the committee to write, in tho name of those present, a let ter to the president of the Farmers' Union and to other cotton farmers' organizations, asking them to advise their local unions and other subordi nate bodies to advise tho farmers generally to hold cotton for 13 cents, and to continue to demand that price "until by a convention of agreement, arrived at in some way, a different one shall be suggested." The Brice Fixed. Tho conference expressed the view that 13 cents was seemingly less than that justified by the existing statisti cal condition. "This committee," the statement reads, "was also requested to communicate in some way with the presidents of the several State banking associations in tho cotton States, asking them to throw, as far as possible, their moral and financial support behind the effort to counter act the bearish movement of the speculators, with the view of obtain ing a fair price for the farmers'cot ton. Ample Funds. Information was given at tho in formal conference that assurances would be given to President Barrett, or to Southern banks, that ample funds from banks outside of the South could be had. through the in strumentality of Southern financial institutions, to be lent, at the rate of 0 per cent per annum, to those who did not wislj to dispose of their cot ton al a sacrifice, upon cotton ware house certificates. This committee subsequently met lu the ellice of Senator Williams, of Mississippi, and concluded thal the best way to carry out ibo Ideas suggested and agreed upon wa s to give this statement to tho Associated Press. Signed: .lohn Sharp Williams. Hoheit S. Owen. A, S. Burleson. strikes Farmers1 Hip Pocket Mansfield (Jenter, Conn., Aug. 21. -A bolt of lightning throw itself into the hip pocket of .los. Barrow, a farmer, as he was sitting in the kitchen of his home here last night. The bolt cunio Into tho house by way of tho stove pipe and was at tracted to barrow's hip pocket by the presence there of an iron monkey wrench and a big jack-knife. lt coasted down his leg, burning him severely, and (hen careened over the floor, upsetting a tub of water and splitting a hugo chopping block. In Barrow's pocket tho end of the wrench and the blade bf tho knife wore fused Into a solid piece of steel. Chlldron Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R I A