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A MINNESOTA ?IOU LY NO HE? Three Negroes After Overpowering Police- Ua<l Attacked Girl. Duluth, Minn., .lune HI.-Virtu ally normal conditions prevailed to day on the Duluth business streets, over which a mob of 5,000 persons BUrgod Und night, sweeping the po lice freya power and seizing and lynching three negroes hold in con nection with an attack on a 17-yoar old white girl. - When two companies of 'Minnesota National Guardsmen roached hero to-day ou a special train from St. Paul, they found only a damaged polled slaiioa and lillie rod streets as visual evidences of the mob's ac tivity. Under personal coin tun nd of state Adjl.-Con. W. II. Uhiltow, the 12 1 men and six olllcors went into tempo rary camp, preparing to patrol the streets if necessary, to guard against any eventuality that might arise as an aftermath of thc mob's mad run. The men ?ire equipped for riot duty. Available records to-day showed only one previous lynching in the history of Minnesota, hut this had not been continued in official circles. Twenty years ago, lt was said, a white man was lynched in this coun ty near Mountain Iron for attacking a girl. Dasi night's lynchings were ac complished after tho city's police loree had been overpowered hy brick? und streams from fire hose in an uttuek on police headquarters, which fronts Superior street, the principal business street of Duluth. Kor at least two hours the mob held away, only relinquishing Its power after the negroes had been lynched. Six Had Ileon Arrested. Six negroes bad been arrested hy the police in connection with the at tack on the girl, which took place at a circus ground on Monday night. The negroes were attached lo the circus as roustabouts The mob held a mock trial, declared three of the negroes gullly and acquitted the other three, who were still in the hands of the police to-day. The three "convicted" negroes were handed within a block and a half of the police station, the mob hooting down pleas of two priests that the law he permitted to take Its course, lt took three starts to hang the Hist negro, as the rope broke the llrst two times. After the mob had dispersed early to-day the police cut down the bodies of the negroes, which had been mu tilated. The authorities did not ex pect any further trouble to-day and expressed themselves as doubly sure of this In view of, the presence of tho guardsmen. There was no new information hero early to-day in re gard to ono more of the negroes said to have hoon arrested at Virginia. Minn., where the show appeared yes terday, lt was reported that eight had lieen taken Into custody, hut that, four had been released. Rei?.tris Indi I <?.<:! with ti? di von? U?U ) d tO ..h ;.I some other l Dan 1.0 A tl l?v reports of ri? ting her hi. ver lied u>-d.t'\ : i 1 Duluth. Minn., .lune 1 7 arrests for complicity in negroes, -The tirst tho lynch who wer?' authorities Tuesday police station had a mob, were expect ing of the threi taken from Hie niglu lifter the been stormed hy e<l lo-dny. Several persons believed hoctl leaders of the molt wi (1 to-day. according to Greene, county attorney, ) will riot. A til to have I he ex Warren A rrests he made on charges, of "inciting " Ito said, special grand jury, ordered hy Duluth judges of the Eleventh District, will ho convened to-day in an attempt to place responsibility for the lynching, lt also will bo ashed lo return indictments against several of tho fourteen negroes who are held at rio? county jail under a double guard, charging them with having criminally assaulted a 17 yoar-ohl while girl Monday night. Two gruelling examinations of the negroes held have failed to satisfy the authorities as to the positive identity of (hose who attacked the girl. Wounds ( anio in Good for Him. Philadelphia, l'a., .lune 17. An excellent record made hy Anthony Telensky while serving overseas dur ing the war saved him yesterday from a long term in prison for rais ing $lu notes to $50. The prisoner was wounded fourteen times, and in Imposing sentence Judge Thompson deducted a year for each wound. He was given one year in the Federal prison in Atlanta. Tho judge told the defendant that his offense called for the maximum sentence of fifteen years, hut that he could not overlook his line war record. Telensky is an unnaturalized Rus sian and enlisted in a New England regiment shortly after war was de ed a red liv this cou nt rv. ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine "Daycr Tablets of Aspirin" ls gen ulno asporin, proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. Accept only an un broken "Hayer package," which con tains propor directions to relievo headaclio, toothache, earache, non ralgia, rheumatism, colds and pain. Handy lin boxes of 12 tablets cost few cents. Druggists also soil larger "Bayer packages." Asporin ia trade mark Hayer Manufacturo Monoacetlc acldestcr of Salicyllcacid.- adv. \ ei bl tl tl n< a rc ai it! in it ai a is IR So bl. to er th Tl T; th M< w< T; mt ne toi da st? ll Cai lil I Mi li. to an Ile di bo mt fe oil ca li? ll) .lu re of P?< gr vi la on eil vii THE I/ATE THUS. A. SANDERS. Tribute Paid by Priend to Man Who Was Called from Labor. Aga in Clod has seen Ht to roach down Hmong us and pluck, this time a full-blown Hewer. On (bo 2 1th day of .May. at S o'clock, while the birds were chirp ing gally with the freshness of the morning.when the Howers and plants had just raised their heads to drink in Hie warmness of the sun; when all nature seeineil lo be ils fresh est, the soul of I". A. Sanders soared away, as il were, on Hie wings of the morning. Mr. Sanders arose willi bis usual health, harnessed bis horse, i locured .?is plow and made Iiis way to the liold, where it was his intention tu co a good day's work. His son. Clay ton, passing on to a nearby bold, saw thal he had stopped and was rubbing his breast, lint, thinking it only a momentary pain, did not stop. A short while afterwards, happening lo glance in the direction of where his father was working, be saw that the elder man had fallen. Hastening to his side he quickly raised bim. but to no avail. While notifying the other members of the family, who hastened to his aid, he himself tried every means to arouse his father. All attempts were useless. The elder man had already answered Hie call, A physician pronounced the cause of his sudden death to be rheumatism of the heart. Mr. Sanders was 71 years of age, having only passed his birthday a few days before the date of his loath. Funeral services wore held In the home on the following day. Revs. Thompson and Lyda conducted the services. After the servlcos at the ionic the body was followed lo the ast resting place In Return eenie ery by many friends, where the re nains were laid to rest beneath the; argest display of Mowers the writer las ever seen. Mr. Sanders leaves a wife, three Isters. six sons, eleven grand-ehil Iren and three great-grand-children, lesides a host of' friends, to mourn ils death. Two of his grand-children vero unable to he present at the uneral--ono. Harley Sanders, now erving 1'ncle Sam in Germany, Ike Iber, (leland Sanders, serving in the lavy. Yes, a father and husband has icon called to his reward; a place dil be forever vacant around the learlb-stone; a familiar form will .e missed at morning, noon and light. Never again will he speak voids of kindness and consolation to is when tho burdens of this world iceni too heavy for ns to bear. Ile las answered the summons and is tow enjoying sweet rest with his Sa viour and loved ones gone before. Not only will he be missed in the amity circle, but in the church and -ommunity nt large. To know him vas to love him. There are few who ?ossess so pleasing a personality and 'ucfged character as did 'iccnu 'l I' alAwv: did otu' t-'oySil . <> \:ilU Vi th i:i :?! iv eve i tel r I .v o? .ill li ll hid h hind bim. n<> wan devoted iii lu .'. ' !. ' (..mill lia ve jily?ii % ; I .1 'I.-' Turn now in Hiis trouble to the Ino who can suiliciently lill bis place nd will, lit1 has so promised and Ile Mil not forsake yon. Believe on Him nd meet tallier 111 the skies. A Friend. You Do More Work, 'ou aro moro ambitious and you get more tvjoyment out of everything when your lood is in good condition, impurities in ie blood have a very depressing effect on ie system, causing weakness, laziness, ?rvousness and sickness. ROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC stores Energy and Vitality by Purifying id Enriching thc Blood. When you feel s strengthening, invigorating effect, see )w it brings color to the checks nnd how improves tho appetite, you will then ipreciato its true tonic value. ROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC not a pateat medicine, it is simply ON and QUININE suspended in Syrup, i pleasant even children like it. The ood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON Enrich it. These reliable tonic prop ties never fail to drive out impurities in e blood. ie Strength-Creating Power of GROVE'S ^STELESS Chill TONIC has made it e favorite tonic in thousands of homes. >re than thirty-five years ago, folks mid ride a long distance to get GROVE'S VSTELESS Chill TONIC when a ember o' their family had Malaria or eded a body-building, strength-giving nie.?The formula is just the same to y, and you can get it from any druj )re. 60c per bottle. * UNTINO BOWN POUR SOLDIERS (ptain's Wife Murdered at Camp (?rant, Illinois. Camp Grant. 111.. June 16.- Inves tition of the fatal shooting of Mrs. Hide L. Moss, wife of Capt. Leroy Moss, at Camp Grant last night ok a new turn to-day when camp id civil authorities armed with ri s. began n hun! for the four sol ers who escaped from tho guard mso yesterday. One of ilie four lias faced a court ?rlial three times on charges pre rrod by Capt. Moss, intelligence leers said. Indication that an cs pe had been prearranged came to jilt when the authorities learned at a car had been stolen al Davis mellon, Just south of the camp, it far from where the shooting oc rred. According to a report from Mount orris. Ogle county, four soldiers ove Into that village early to-day. led to buy gasoline, and when the rage man refused to sell it aban med (heir machine. lovamor Pandes Green vii lo .Man. Columbia. June 17 Acting on tho commendation of thc state Board Pardons, Governor Cooper to-day ruled during good behavior a ne o. Ike Smith, convicted at Green lle in May, 101?, of burglary and rceny, and sentenced to live years the county chain gang. The Spe lle crime for which Smith was con ned was stealing chickens. You for 30x3Vi Ooo Fabric, AMA 30x3'/i Go Fabric, Anti 'OMPTROLLEH OSHOH.M: QUITS. tcsignntion Effective July 1-\V. V. Sut borland to Succeed Him. Columbia, June 17.-Rut L. Os ?orne, Comptroller Genera), y ester lay tendered his resignation to Gov rnor Cooper, the resignation io be- j ome effective July 1st. The Cover ior has appointed Wilbur V. Slither-j ?ind .chief clerk in Mr Osborne's (lice, to till the unexpired term. Mr. Osborne several weeks ago ii non need that he would not be a andidate to succeed himself. In his atter of resignation he says he is liking this action that he may ac cpt a good business offer, which is pen to him on the first Of next louth. The Governor accepted the csignation reluctantly, as Mr. OB orne has been a most capable and Indent officer. Mr. Sutherland has filled every po Ition in the Comptroller General's l?lee. lie has been for ten years in tie State lax department, working titler two P.irr.e Treasurers and two om pt roller s General. Wants Parr shoals Dam Kenioved. Columbia .June 16.- Proceedings i the United States Court to force ie removal from the Hroad river of is Parr Shoals dam, above Colum ia, were ordered by the Attorney Ollera) in Washington, according to ie district attorney's office here, to- i ny. The Parr Slionls Company fur- i ish electric power to Columbia nd many cities in the State. Tho i un ls alleged to be an obstruction i a navigable stream. Thc outcome r the case, lt ls s:fld at tho district I Korney's office here, will aft'eel sev- < .ni other water power companies of ' lis section of the country. I Felt Like Man and Wife, All Run Were Greatly Hi fcJkjrY WIPE and I, after a hard spring on the farra, were tired apd run-down," say? iir. io. B. Mulkay, of Route 1, Acworth, la. 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Xew York, .June li?.--One man was killed during a storm of torna do-like intensity that swept ovJi'r Tottonville, Staten Island, late to day, uprooting trees, blowing down telephone and telegraph poles, elec-1 trie wires., fences and demolishing a small unoccupied ho?"I. As a result of dama/,e to electric poles the town was lu darkness to night. .Most of the dtfmage was done In the first three minutes of the 20 minutes of the storm. The stntlon platform of the Staten Island Railroad was lifted into a field a thousand feet away. Motor boats, coal barges and other craft were torn from their moorings and blown out to sea. Streets and cellars were flooded and residents impris oned by wreckage until released by police, firemen^ and volunteer work ers. Governor Offers Reward for Slayer. Columbia, .lune 17.-A reward of $2 00 has been offered by Governor Cooper for the apprehension of tho murderer of Edwin White, a citizen of the Centenary section of Marlon county. On May 2G, nine weeks af ter tho crime had been committed, the body of Mr. White, weighted down with between ."?0 and f>0 pounds of sera]) iron attached to a wire wound around ibo remains, was dis covered in the Little Tee-Dee river. He had been shot in the stomach. Tho deceased had started from his liome to assist Iiis brother in the erection of a tombstone in a ceme tery a mile from his home. Ile was never seen alive again. Eating" Down from Farm Work, ziped by Ziron. and J sure felt like eating. "Ziron sure did us good. It made us both feel stronger and better for tho fall work, which everyone knows - LB 'some work' on a farm. My boils began to dry np, though juat at first they seemed worse. "We are much bettor and can highly recommend Ziron, and gladly do BO for t eure did us good." Ziron ls a safe, reliable, tonic medi duo, good for men, women and child en, when an Iron tonio is indicated, t is easy to take and contains no iabit-formlng drugs. Ask your druggist or dealer. 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IN this car voil will find what the aver age man has always wanted - an automo bile of ( moderate size and price that meas ures up to a super standard of excellence, Ash to drive it HARNETT ?fe MEARES, Westminster, S. C., Exclusive Dealer? for Oconeo County. FACTORY, COLUMBUS, OHIO Tir? s Car u?HHmiuMinfuniiniMiiimaiuiu;iuaiuiuiw*MiiMktiiuiiinMM lishments li relative ires made inch sizes. of Ford, ther cars lenefits of employed m. ? Station degree of ' possible manufac for these ist Tubes* protect casings, be? Goodyear ibes of $452 0?\ m KB NOTICIO OF SPECIAL ELECTION. In accordance with Section 1712, Civil Code of South Carolina, 1912, and pursuant, to an order of tho County Hoard of Education of Oco nee County, South Carolina, notice Is hereby given that a Special Election will be held at the School House in Belmont ^fbnoi District, No, 55, on SATURDAY, July 3d, 1920, for the purpose of voting on the question of levying a Special Tax of 5 Mills on tho real and personal property within the said Dlstiict, to bo used for general school purposes in said School District. At said election each elector favor ing the voting on of said special levy of five mills shall cast a ballot con taining the word "Yes" printed or written thereon, and each elector op posed to snld levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No" printed or written thereon. At the said election only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation, and who ex hibit their tax receipts and registra tion certificates, as required in gene ral elections, shall he allowed to vote. Polls will be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and will close at -1 o'clock p. m. W. E. GILLESPIE, M. E. KELLEY, CLEM WILHANKS, Trustees of Belmont School District, No. Tif>, Managers of El ec I i on. June 23, 1920. 25-2 0 NOTICE OF SALE OF FORFEITED AUTOMOBILE. WHEREAS, by authority of Act No. 149, of tho 101!) Session of tho General Assembly, approved tho 7th day of March, 1010, I will offer for sale, in front of tho Court Houso door, at Walhalla, S. C., on MON DAY, the 5th day of JULY, 1920,* between the legal hours of sale, the following described property, to-wlt: Ono 7-Pnssonger, 8-CylInder King Automobile, which was seized on tho 2d day of lune, 19 20, for transporting contra hand and intoxicating liquors, in vio lation of the Prohibition Laws of thia ??talo, purportod to bo tho property if Frank L. Kinsey. Tho owner may redeem said automobile on or before Ibo day of salo by paying to tho County Treasurer tho actual valuo if said automobile, lo be determined >y tho Supervisor and his Board. W. M. ALEXANDER, shorlff of Oconce County, s. C. Juno 9, 1920. " . 23-25 Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic estorea vitality nnd enerby by purifying and en lcblnft the blood. You cnn soon feel Its Strength* nina. Invbjoratlntf Effect. Price 60c.