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ESCAPES LYNCHING. Co-t Lever Attempts Assault on White Woman.-Says He Was Under Spell. The S -. Lexington. Nov. .-'The usual quietness of D)utch Fork in the ueigh,borhood of Piney Woods church was broken this afternoon about 1 o'clock by the dastardly but unsue cessful attempt of a negro to assault the wife of a prominent farmer of that section. News of the crime is meagre and nothing definite can be learned but it is stated that the ne gro who attempted the assault was a laborer on the place. . The woman is said to have been choked but the extent of her inju ries can not be learned. Deputy Sheriff Miller left for the scene in an automobile this afternoon about 4 o'clock, carrying Sheriff Corley's faithful blood 1hounds with him. . Messages from Chapin by long dis tance 'phone state that the whole vuntry round about is wrought up as never before and there is some probability of the negro being lynch ed if caught. Those who know the determination of Deputy Sheriff Miller, however, believe that once the negro gets in his possession the officer will see that no violence is done even though he must risk his own life. NEGRO CAPTURED. Coot Lever Arrested Near Chapin -Mob Foiled. By Long Distance Telephone. Chapin, -Nov. 1.-Coot Lever was captured at the home of John Reaze, a negro, at 9 o'clock to-night and is now, at 11 p. m., well on his way to Lexington in a buggy. in the custody of Deputy Sheriffs Miller and Roof, a mob of 100 men, which came to Chapin. having been evaded. Lever was captured by Deputy Milier and Mr. Eleazer and has -con fessed to them that he made the at tempted assault. Soon after tie negro was brought to Chapin a crowd of 100 men ap proaehed the station here. The ne gro was hustled some distance down the railroad track and then through briars and bushes. Then he was placed in a buggy and the deputies, as stated, hurried away with him towards Lexington. The crowd at the station flagged the southbound Columbia, Newberry & Laurens train and searched it some members of the mob going on -the train towa'rds Columbia. The intended victim of the negro was choked and has bruises on her - neek and shoulders, but ie not se riously hurt. She screamed,.,the hus band of the woman came to the res ene and t'be negro ran. While at the station members of the mob asked questions as to the negro's whereabouts,. none of which were answered. The members of the mob were armed with pistols and clubs. Lever, the negro, is a young fel *Iow. There is no doubt as to -his guilt. Narrow Escape of Coot Lever. Coot Lever, who attempted a crim inal assault on the wife of a promi nent farmer in the Dutch Fork sec tion of Lexington county about 9 o'cioek Monday afternioon and was 'later captured and carried to Lex lington jail by Deputy Sheriff Miller *and Mr. Eleazer, after eluding a mob 'of considerable proportions, is now safe in the State penitentiary. And thereby hangs the story of a record-breaking buggy ride from Lex '4ngton to Columbia of exactly 55 min *utes. That the negro is alive and .safelv behind the walls of the S.tate prison is due to the vigilance and prompt action of Sheriff Corley and Ddputy Miller. About noon yesterdcay' the sheriff got news of the approach of a mob of 190 or more men. bent on, taking the negro from the Lexington jail. Prompt to ake advantage of the ad vance naotiee of the approaeh of the mob. the sheriff and deput.yde termined to ~bring the negro to the enitentiary before the mob 'ould reach Lexington. No train' was available; an automobile could not be had without delay. and with nothing left with whieh to make a "quick journey but a horse and buggy, the negro was placed in the buggy1 .and the start was made for Colum To avoid his being seen was of as mush importance almost as getting * him to Columbia and with only a single-seated buggy this was a prob lem. But the deputy met the emer gency by forcing the negro down, into the foot of the buggy and cover - ng him with a lap robe. Thus cov ered and hidden the start was made. The horse was slowed when parties were met and passed to avoid suspi eion and then hurried on agamn as soon as they were on: of sight. In thi manner Columbia was reached III M feiv 1i the 1ulick 1L e of 5 I Ii1. The sliet-ff. when asked I how the negro could conceal himself so easily in the foot of the buggy, replied with a knowing smile that he guessed the negro thought the best thing to do was to make himself as small as possible. The negro at the State peuitenti ary told a reporter of the State that he saw no hostile demonstration anywhere. He admitted his guilt, saying he was the victim of an incurable mala dy and the herb doctor -whom he !had consulted had put a spell on him. He declared -that this "conjurer" lives at the foot of Little Mountain. He had told Coot Lever that the lat ter would assault some white woman. The prisoner declared that the wo man was in the yard hanging out clothes. When she ran he ran after her. She fell and screamed and he ran away. John Robinson's Big Shows. During the past season John Rob-1 inson received at his headquarters in Cincinnati, notes and circulars from the citizens of the smaller cities and tovns in the South, requests to once more bring the show, in its entirety, to those towns which were the scenes of the earlier triumphs of the found er of this i'how, who is so well loved and so well-known to the people of Ithe entire Suthland. John Robinson 3rd, the grandson of the founder, who is the present owner. is now endeavoring to com ply with the wishes of those people to whom the show is so well-known, and the sons and grandsons of the early patrons of he show which has grown from the old wagon show of the past to one of great magnitude, I requiring special trains of cars to I move it from point to point. This is a great saver and great benefit to tfhe people living in the towns in which he will visit. It will save them. the extra expense of a long journey to the larger cities and will also ben efit the merchants as it will bring customers to their very doors, instead of taking them to other pionts. From what this journal can glean, the show has been doing a phenome nal business at each point visited, and John G. Robinson, the present manager, should feel proud of the ovation -accorded him on account of I INEF GRAVEL DURABLE E*ASILY APPLIED REQUIRES I -FOR Si SUMMIER Your Idle Moel If Deposited i Ifeyou ~would be i ful, you should mn work too. It is a that "money not e losing money." Set aside what nr need in your busil and deposit it with SAVINGS DE It will be here whe and working for yol T HE EXCH A Of Newbe the repuation of his gran(ltatlier m_1 Lhe years of long ago. Here, in the city of Newberry, at early dawn, vast crowds assembled on the highways, and representatives, not only from Newberry county, but adjacent counties, could be seen at each vantage point for the purpose of witnessing the grand scenic paeg eant. EXCURSION RATES To Augusta, Georgia, Via the South ern Railway. Account of Georgia-Carolina Fair, Augusta, Ga., November 6-13, 1909, and Negro Fair November 16-19, 1909, the Southern Railway announ ces very low round trip rates. 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