The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, October 30, 1908, Image 1
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A Prominent lawyer of Mobile
Swots Himself to Oaath.
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THE CAUSE UNKNOWN
-Major Edward Murphy Robinson,
After Leaving the Dinner Table,'
Fires Two Bullets From a Re
volver Into His Brain?Leaves
Young Wife and One Child.
A dispatch from Mobile, Ala., says
lhat Major Edward Murphy Robin
#on, odd of that city's most promi
nent citizens, and one of the leading
criminal and civil lawyers of the
.South, a club man, former repre
sentative in the general assembly of
Alabama and who had refused many
political honors, ended his life Sun
day afternoon by two shots from a
revolver! in his bedroom at his hand
some home in Government street,
jshortly after 3 o'clock.
The h-ews of the tragic ending of
shis brillinat young man, when it
became generally known throughout
the city, shocked everybody.
Major AvObinson had been down
into the business district during the
morning. He left one of the leading
social Clubs of tne city at 2 o'clock,
vent to his home and was seen with
his wife and little child on the lawu.
Later the trio entered the house
and sat down to dinner.
During the dining hour he arose
from the table and went to his room
vithout saying a word. In a few
moments two shots rang out. one
following the other very closely. On
rushing to his room, the lifeless body
of the attorney was found stretched
across the bed, blood flowing from
two ghastly hoies in the head.
He died before anything could be
done.
Major Robinson was the idcl of
Mobile county Democracy and the
best known orator in the State. He
gained national renown by his speecn
of presentation of the silver servic?
to the battleship Alabama, and im
mediately became a prominent figure
in State politics.
He was mentioned this year as u
candidate for governor. He served
In the Spanish-American war as cap-r
tain of company S, Second Alabama
volunteers, and, *jras,^mad?f major of
the Battalion*-'oh the^reorganfzatioa
of the military forces following the
war.
In Mobile he had been elected to
every office to which he aspired. He
married the daughter of Prelate D
Barker, present postmaster of Mo
bile, and leaves a wife and one child.
His political affiliations have been
undeviatlngly with the Democratic
party.
He was born at Stockton, Ala.,
m 1873, his fater being a veteran of
the civil war. He was a social lead
er and prominent in fraternal and
secret orders. During 1901-02 h?
was president of the Alumni of the
University of Alabama.
HEAVY CRIMINAL DOCKET.
Eight Murders Committed in New
berry in Tour Months.
What a tremendous mania for
murder Newberry must have. The
Herald and News says: 'Solicitor
Cooper has ordered a second wee1!
for the criminal court at Newberry
and it is probable that he will he
unable to compete all of the criminal
business even with the two weeks
of court.
"There are probably more criminal
ceseij on the- docket at Newberry for
this court, than has been there for
many years, and we do not recall at
any time within our recollection of
the criminal court at Newberry when
there were as many murder cases.
"There are now eighteen prisoners
in jail, four of these are appeal cas
es, and one a prisoner from the chain
gang who is sick, leaving 13 priso
ners in jail for trial. In addition to
these a number of those charged
with crime are out on bond.
"Since the 29th of June there have
been eight homicides in the county;
and thero are twelve prisoners, eight
principals and four accessories charg
ed with murder."
Heavy Verdict.
At Greenville in the Federal Cour:
Monday a verdict for two hundred
and sixty-three thousand, four hun
dred and fifty-three dollars and fifty
three cents was returned for the
Southern Power Company, of Char
lotte. N. C, in the suit against the
Catawba Power Company, of Rock
Hill, S. C. The suit was for the
.collection of some promissory notes.
The Wages of Sin.
At Augusta, Ga., on Sunday night,
James Mcmurphy, twenty-five years
of age, was probably fatally shot,
at a house in the redlight district,
and Ib expected to die during the
day. John Keener and Joe Stafford
are both charged with the ehooting.
Paused Over Kings tree.
A balloon passed over Kingstree
Tuesday morning at 10:15 o'clock,
traveling in a southeasterly direc
tion, towards Charleston. It was
too high to distinguish the occupants
but one could alomst make out the
waving of a flag.
69.
. JE IN HER HOLD
A STEAMSHIP AT SEA WAS IS
GREAT DANGER,
Wireless Station at Charleston Keeps
in Touch With a Steamer That Had
1 Gone to the Rescue.
The Charleston Evening Post says
the steamship Luckenbeck en route
from New York to San Juan, Porto
Rico and South American ports re
ports through the wireless station
at Hampton park the presence of Are
in her main hold, but the blaze has
been brought under control by th-j
combined efforts of her crew ami
the crew of the steamship Philadel
phia which has the Luckenbeck in
tow.
The message of the fire In the hold
of the steamer was caught by the
riampton park wireless statron about
11 o'clock Monday night, having been
sent by Captain Crockett, of the
Philadelphia, when the steamship
and her convoy were off Charleston
about 70O%mlles>and --58O miles-south
of Sandy Hook.
' At the time that the wireless mes
sage was sent to the Charleston
wireless plantj the steamers were
making about nine and ? half knots
an hour. The Hampton park station
remained in touch with the plant of
the Philadelphia for. several hours
Monday night.
The steamship Luckenbeck is one
of a fleet of five ships belonging to
the Insular Steamship Company, one
of the competing lines of the Morse
syndicate of steamships, running to
florto Rico and South tAmeiJlean
ports. The Luckenbeck family of
New York practically 'own' and con
! trol the vessels. The Luckenbeck Is
one of the best boats of the line, hav
ing a tonnage of about 5,000.
Bound from the South American
ports with coffee and other staple
products of that country, and re
turning with general cargoes cf mer
chandise, the line does a good bus
iness.
It Is of course not known what
will be the damage by the fire on tho
Luckenback. The survey will prob
ably, be held. upon, the arrival of the
vessel at San Juan, and then esti
mates will be prepared of the amount
of the damage. .f- '
DEAF MUTE KILLS HIMSELF.
Body of Union Printer Found Dead
?in Woods-Sunday;
A dispatch from Union to The
News and Courier says Robert Glo
ver, 26 years of age, and p deaf
mute, was found dead in some woods
about one mile west of Union, late
Sunday afternoon, with a wound In
dicating thrt a pistol had been placed
in his mouth and fired. Mr. Glover
was a printer by trade and had work
ed in Union for several years, with
both the Progress and the Union
Times.
On Thursday last he returned to
the city after several months1 ab
sence and resumed his position with
the Times, working ther.s Friday a.id
Saturday, vmd seemed to be In high
spirits. Sunday morning, however,
he left his boarding house a'iout 8
o'clock and did not return for dinner.
A party of friends went in search of
him, finding his dead body, as stated
above. While there was no eye wit
nesses as to the manner of his death,
it seems to be generally conceded
that It was a case of suicide.
His parents, who reside In Spartan
burg, went to Uuion Sunday night
and Monday morning took the re
mains back to that city, where the
Interment took place Tuesday. His
mother stated that the dead man had
never entirely recovered from an at
tack of'grip from which he suffered
Borne time ago, and It is also said he
was of a despondent disposition from
brooding over his afflictions.
CENSUS COTTON REPORT.
Over Six Million Bales Ginned Up|
to October 18.
The census report on cotton issued
Monday shows a total of 6,283,780
bales, counting round as half bales j
ginned from the growth of 1908 up
to October 18 and a total of 25.440
active ginneries.
This Is as compared with 4,931.
621 for 1906; 4.990,566 for 1905
and 6.447,894 for 1904.
The number of active ginneries
in 1906: 4,996.556 for 1905 and
C,417.S94 for 1905 was 26.577.
P.ound bales Included this year
number 115,438 as compared with
97.957 for 1907. 132,144 for 190C
and 146.574 for 1905.
Sea island hales aggrepate 32.4R2
for 1908, 18,775 for 1907; 12.091
for 1908 and 31,487 for 1905.
The report by States giving bales
(counted round bales as half bales)
is as follows for the States named:
State. BaleB.
Alabama . 690.788
Florida. 34.577
Georgia .. .1,119.617 j
Louisiana. 206,02"
Mississippi. 621,423
North Carolina. 276,173
South Carolina ..:. 653,075
Tennessee. 132,227
Texas.2.041,570
Virginia. 2,816
Each report also announces that
corrected statistics of the quantity
of cotton ginneu this season to Sep
tember 25 are 2,590,639 bales. |
OKANOEBUf
GIVES HIS VIEWS
SENATOR TILLMAN ON THE
LIQUOR QUESTION.
Says He Cannot See Where Proh?
bition Stands Any Chance in the
Coming Legislature.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle says Senator Till
fman does, not endorse the movement
{headed by Representatives M. L.
I Smith, C. W. Garrls, John 0. Rich
ards, Jr., State Senator Earle and
others' of the old State dispensary
loaders to join forces with ttief pro
?hibitionlsts and push a Statewide
prohibition bill through the coming
legislature, as was attempted with
out success In the last legislature
when the county option scheme tool:
the place of the State dispensary sys
tem.
"I cannot see that prohibition
stands any chance of success in thi
coming legislature," said the Sena
tor in answer to a question from
your correspondent. "With a ma
jority of the counties in the State
holding on to the county dispensaries,
isn't it natural to suppose that the
delegations from those counties win
stand by the present system?"
The Senator added that so far a.i
he was concerned it was a matter of
indifference whether a prohibition
bill was enacted or the present sys
tem was continued.
Two hundred years from now folkr
will be wrangling over this same
liquor question," said he, "and it is
Idle to talk of settling the problem.
I have been seeing the same old
tussel over in Europe. The countries
that have heeu longest at it have
reached a solution that seems most
satisfactory to them in the adoption
of beera and light wines. During all
my travels through Italy, France and
Germany I never snw a drunken man,
but plenty of drinking men. Ov^.
in London, where a big fight is on
over the matter I saw many drunks.
When I was governor I recommend
ed this same substitution of light
alcoholic drinks. I wanted to set
beer given a chance. If we could
give the beer privilege to a big, re
sponsible concern that would he
under a heavy bond, say something
like a half million' dollars, to sen
beer throughout the State under cer
tain definitely stipulated conditions,
we would do much for tue cause of
temperance, and get big revenue for
the State besides."
Senator Tillman occupies a unique
position in the present situation re
garding whiskey in this State. He
is not with the State dispensary lead
ers in their efforts to join forces with
the prohibitionists. He is not with
the prohibitionists, and he is not an
unqualified endorser of the county
option scheme. He thinks every
county in the State would be better
off having dispensaries.
"I venture to say," said he in
answer to a question, "that counties
like Orangeburg. Sumter and Flor
ence, which are retaining the dispen
saries, are in a much better state
morally than such counties as Green
ville, Spartanburg and others which
have voted out their dispensaries,
and where blind tigers are doing tha
business."
When ho was reminded that it
appeared to have been proven that
the police records of the dry couutiei
had materially improved the senator
said this was oniy temporary, that
it would oniy be a short time in a
county going dry before it was in a
worse state morally than it had been
on voting out its dispensaries.
On the whole the Senator did not
appear to be mnch interested in tin
situation and answered questions
guardedly.
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t?, S. C. ERE DAY, OCTOl
irS ALL FIXED.
MEETS TERRIBLE DEATH.
Trying to Clean Out Gin Which
Caught His Ann.
A dispatch from Newberry to The
News and Courier says a terrible
accident happened at Mrs. R. L.
Schumpert's gla on last Friday after
noon, whereby Mr. Dudley Hawkins
lost his life.
Mr. Hawkins was a nephew of Mrs.
Schumpert and a son of Mr. P. M.
Hawkins. He has been with Mr. :-.nd
Mrs. Schumpert for a good many
years, and since Mr. Schumpert's
death has had practically entire con
trol of the roller mill and ginnery
as .well as the farm. He was a young
man about twe*nty-ioun. years old,
very attentive to business and with a
host of friends.
On Friday afternoon about 4
o'clock something got wrong with the
gin and Mr. Hawkins undertook to
clean it out, and In doing cO his right
hand was caught in the paws .and
his whole arm pulled into tho gin,
cutting it Into shreds up to his
shoulder before the engine could he
stopped. It took at least a half hour
to take his arm out of the machine,
and during the entire time he di
rected how It should be done, and
showed remarkable nerve and pres
ence of mind, though suffering ter
ribly. He was taken from the glr
to the home of Mrs. Schumpert and
Dr. Gilder was summoned, but did
not reach Mr. Hawkins until about
6 o'clock.
SENSATION AT WEDDING.
Veiled Woman Present* Child t*
Groom at Altar.
A most sensational event took
place at a wedding at Fall River,
Mass., Tuesday. The marriage of
Charles J. Regan, banker, and Miss
Mary B. Chadwick was the social
event of the season. The church
was filled with friends. After tho
ceremony the bride and members of
the wedding party started down the
aisle as the wedding march was
played.
A closely veiled woman, clad In
black, rose, picked np a four-year
old boy and held out to Mr. Regan.
"Stop, Charles Regan!" she criod.
Mias?Miss Sullivan!" gasped Rea
gan.
"Yes, it 8 I," answered the woman.
"Here he ie; here is your child;
I've taken care of him for four years.
Now you must take him?you or
your wife."
The woman turned and walked
out. The bride fainted and friends
were horror-Btricken. Regan stood
alone in the church aisle, holding
in his arms the baby, who was crying
for his mother.
When the bride revived she re
turned to her home alone. Mr. Rea
gan left town, refusing to ranke
known his destination. He took tin?
child with him.
Rejects Dispensary.
Union county by vote on last Tues
day refused to ro-establish the dis
pensary In her borders. Last De
cemoer the dispensary was voted '2
by a majority of eleven, but the elec
tion was set aside on account of
irregularities. Tho majority against
the dispensary in. the recent election
was nearly three hundred.
Shot to Death.
While sitting in the back room
of her home at Pooler, ten miles
from Savannah. Wednesday morning,
Mrs. W. E. Torrenco, the wife of
an engineer, was fired upon from the
rear by Solomon RIley, a negro boy,
and lnatantly killed. The boy waB
captured and is now la jail.
BER 30, IH08.
ASKS ALL TO VOTE
SENATOR TILLMAN ISSUES AN
APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS
Not to "Fnrniah Formidable Ammu
nition to Fantical Agitators and
Enemies of the State Like Crum
packer and Keifer."
Senator Tiilman gave out the fol
lowing a day or two ago:
As a member of the National Dem
ocratic Committee for South Caro
lina,. J am in receipt of the follow-.
Ing from Horn. Norman E. Mack, the
national chairman of the Demcratic
party:
"New York, Oct. 25.
"Hon. B. R. Tiilman, Trenton, S. C:
"We are now confident that Bryan
will win in the electoral college. I
am wiring to urge you to call upon
the voters of your State to be active
and to appeal to those hi strong
Democratic sections to bring out. the
full Democratic vote, so that a big
majority of the popular vote will
be cast for Bryan and Kern. A large
majority of the popular vote will
help to secure the reform legisla
tion to which our party is (ommitred.
A big majority in your tSate will help
the Democratic cause everywhere.
Please leave no effort unused to get
out the full Democratic vote in your
State. Appeal to the Democratic
papers which have done so much
in this campaign to aid in this work.
"NORMAN E. MACK."
This is probably a copy of a dis
patch which has been sent to every
State in the Union, and while it mav
net appear important In South Car
olina owing to the peculiar conditions
here, I desire to have the Democratic
papers of the State give the widest
publicity to this appeal and to urge
our people to go to the polls on elec
tion day, November 3rd, and cast
their ballots for ,the Democratic tick
et just as though we had an active
contest on hand and were in doubt
about the result.
It is the stock in trade of agita
tors like Crumpacker and Keifer who
urge our reduction in the electoral
college and Houso of Representa
tives to point to the small number
of votes cast in the legal election in
the South.
Of course, with our primary sys
tem the usual feeling is that we have
settled our politics in that election,
but nevertheless the selection of our
nominees does not absolve us from
the obligation to give those nominees
a full vote, and I beg that every
Democrat will take the time and
trouble necessary to do this next
Tuesday.
The oath to support the nominees
Of the party creates an obligation
which as honorable men and patriots
we should fulfill. While it may not
be necessary in this State, every man
will feel far better if he shall con
tribute by his vote to strengthen
the Democratic cause and shut the
mouths of our fanatical enemies.
B. R. TILLMAN,
Member National Committee Demo
cratic Party for South Carolina.
Trenton, S. O. Oct. 26.
Another Milliner Arrested.
At Sparatnburg Monday Mr. Jame.,
Henry Rice, Jr., secretary of the
Audubon Society, swore out a war
rant against J. M. Goodlet, proprie
tor of a well known millinery estab
lishment on East Main street, in the
fashionable shopping district of the
city, charging him with displaying
two hats with feathers from the
snowy egret, the most famouns bird
of plumage lb the world.
FALLS UNDER WHEES
AND IS CRUSHED TO DEATH
INSTANTLY.
Skittish.. Mule Starts Off Suddenly
t
and Leopold Weile is Run Over by
Heavy Loaded Truck.
j A sad and fatal accident happened
In Charleston on Monday. The
Evening Post says Leopold Wlele, of
No. 267 St. Philip street, foreman of
drays for C. D. Franke & Company,
I fell-Monday morning under a wheel
of his heavily loaded truck at the
I Atlantic Coast Line freight :? are
houBe in Bay street, and was so badly
Injured that he died a few mlnuteB
after the fatal accident, without re
gaining consciousness.
Mr. Wlele had driven his some
what skittish mule up to the freight
platform and having found out that
It would be necessary for him to
move to the receiving door further
up, stepped upon his dray to drive
off. He could reach only one rein,
and leaned forward to get possession
of the other. As he rested one hand
upon the back of the big mule at
tached to the truck, the animal start
ed quickly, and Mr. Welle lost his
balance. He fell to the side of. the
shaft and his body struck the pave
ment directly In front of one of the
heavy wheels which passed over his
body, as the now more startled mule
moved off. A great weight borej
the heavy wheel down upon his
body, crushing his stomach and ab
domen fatally.
Immediate assistance was given
the poor old man by witnesses to
the horrible accident, but ho could
not be helped, and was dead uot
long after his Injuries were received.
The body was taken to the undertak
ing rooms of J. Henry Stuhr, In
Wentworth street, where Monday
afternoon at 6 o'clock an Inquest
into the death of Mr. Weile was held
by the coroner.
His body was almost severed into
two parts. The dray, a two-wheeled
affair, was heavily loaded with car
riage stock, and the big wheel press
ing his body against the granite
paving of Bay street had a fatal
force, that the strongest man could
not have withstood.. Several people
witnessed the accident, but it oc
curred before they could realize the
awful fact.
Mr. Welle was a native of Ger
many, coming, from the home city of
, Mr. E. H. Jahnz. He is survived by
I a widow. 'He had been in the-em
ploy of C. D. Franke & Co. for over
twelve years, winning the esteem of
his employers by his faithful aDd
willing service. There waB no
prompter man at the company's
store than Leopold Welle, and he
took pleasure in performing his work
day by day. Before he entered tho
employ of Messrs. Jahnz he was
known by hundreds of people as a
driver of a Rutledge avenue' horse
car. Leopold Weile had ?'. cheery
greeting and a good word for every
body he knew, and his friends wore
shocked deeply when they heard of
his terrible death. He was between
fifty-five and sixty years of age.
URGES FULL VOTE.
senator Tillman Calls on All Demo
crats to Vote Tuesday.
In response to a telegram from
i Norman E. Mack, Senator Tillman.
as South Carolina member of the
National Democratic committee, has
issued an urgent appeal to the voter?
of the State to roll up as big a
majority as possible in this State
for Bryan and Kern.
"A large majority of the popular
vote," says Mack, "will help to se
cure the reform legislation to which
our party Is committed."
Senator Tillman urges a big vote
as an answer to the agitators like
Crumpacker and Kelfer for a reduc
tion of the electoral vote. Senator
Tillman calls on all' the newspapers
to support the appeal.
KILLED BY TRAIN.
Colored Farmer Tries to Board Ca
bose and Fails.
Jim Wharton, a colored farmer,
who lived in the Barkesdale neigh
borhood in Laurens county, was run
over and instantly killed about 8
o'clock Monday morning by the mix
ed train coming over the Charleston
and Western Carolina from Green
ville, the accident occurring at
Barksdale Station, seven miles from
Laurens. Wharton tried to swln<
the caboose of the swiftly moving
train. He fell and was crushed to
death under the wheels of an extra
box car attached to the rear of the
caboose. Both legs were cut off and
his head was cut in two by the car
wheels.
Forty Killed in Battle.
A battle between Papago and
Taqul Indlaus has taken place norUi
of Altar. Souora, and that forty
Yaquis were killed. According :o
reports the Mexican government arm
ed the Papagos. who lured the Yayu'.s
into ambush and slaughtered them.
Killed From Ambush.
J. G. Jones, a prominent merchant
at Holland, Va., was shot from am
bush, In his own yard. Monday night
and died luesday of gunshot wounds
and pistol wounds. There is no
clue. Jones was to have given tes
timony la a contest will case, ?
$1.50 PER ANNUM.
MUST PAY FINE
Evangelist Convicted of Using
Vulgar Language in the
PRESENCE OF LADIES
"5>? tT
The Georgia Court of Appeals De
cides Against Rev. Walt Holcomtx?,
Son-in-Law of the Late Rev. 8ar*
P. Jones, Who Had Appealed Prora
Lower Court.
"The defendant was clearly guilty,
and the record presents no revers
ible error," declared the Georgia
State Court of Appeals in sustain
ing the verdict of guilty against Bev.
Walt Holcombe, of Cartersville, Ga..
convicted of using "profane, obscene,
and.vulgar language in the presents
of females."
Dr. Holcombe, an evangelist, and
a son-in-law of the late. Rev. Sam
P. Jones, was indicted for certaia
remarks he made at a meeting fn
the Cartersville tabernacle, in tae
presence of ladies. He appealed the
case, and the higher court sustainei
the verdict of guilty.
"It was not the ribaldry of some
low grade comedian in a second class
theatre," said the court. "It was ftfc
.Indescent jest of a minister of the
gospel, made in a house devoted to
the services of God, in the presence
of some three thousand worshipers,
aimed at a female member of the
congregation, whose excess of adi
pose upon an unmentionable part of
ner person happened to excite his
attention."
The case against Evangelist Hol
combe has been in the public eye
at Intervals for several months, and
aas attracted wide attention, because
of its unique features and the prom
inence of the minister.
The annual tabernacle revival
meetings were in progress in Car
tersville, and Evangelist Holcombe
was In charge of the services. A
meeting for men only had been ad
vertised and arranged for a partic
ular Sunday afternoon, and It is re
corded that a great crowd gathered.
Rev. Mr. Oliver was to address tho
men.
Following the services for men the
regular services were to be held .
On this particular Sunday after
noon It began to rain very hard just
before the meeting lor. men was to
begin, and a' number of women
sought shelter under the tabernacle.
The court record shows that Min
ister Oliver, who was to address the
men, suggested to Evangelist Hol
combe that the women retire, so th*
meeting could proceed, as per sched
ule.
Evangelist Holcombe advised the
women to retire, and his remarks
were such as to lead to his indict
ment and subsequent conviction for
using "profane, obscene and vulgar
language in the presence of females."
The minister's remarks, accord
ing to the record, were aimed at one
particular woman, whose back was
turned to the rostum from which he
was talking. She was a particularly
large woman, and his remarks re
ferred, in part, to her adipose.
In passing on the case, the court
of appeals declares that the wor?
profane" is regarded as surplusage,
where the language set forth is, as
a matter of iaw, not profane, but is
obscene and vulgar.
"As used in the code, obscene
and vulgar language includes any
foul words which would reasonably
olfend the sense of modesty and de
cency of the woman, or women, or
any of them, in whose presence they
were uttered."
Evangelist Holcombe will have te
pay the fine of $200 and cost, which
was imposed by the trial judge a?
Cartersville.
KILLED BY BLIZZARD.
Many Sheep and Hemers Perish ha
Now Mexico.
Six herders and 20,000 sheep grac
ing on the Cumbers mountain range,
in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico,
are reported to have perished in the
blizzard which raged in that section.
Tho storm was the worBt in years,
and the snow is from five to ten feet
deep.
Donald Cameron, a sheep herder,
and two others, were caught in the
storm. They had to leave their
sheep to perish. (> Cameron became
exhausted, and died. After being
sixty hours without sleep or nour
ishment, the other two reached a
ranch in safety.
It is feared that many other herd
erB have perished. Three thousand
sheep were driven by the storm in
to Many Islands Lake, and only 3 0tf
were saved.
Kills His Son.
At Russellvillc, Ala., James Thorn,
a farmer, while attempting to run
a mule out of the yard Wednesday
picked up a small stone and threw
it at the animal, he missed the
mule and hit his 2-year-old son,
killing him instantly.
Night Riders Caught.
Many of the night riders who bru
tally murdered Captain Quentin Ran
kin in Tennessee last week has been
arrested and Is now in jail. Onojof
the murderers has confessed, indi
cating eighty-five other person^n^
the lynclng. :