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VOLUME XLVIM. NUMBER 95. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLLNA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1910. Victim of Atten The E Dead, but with the attempted as sault unaccomplished, the fourteen year-old giiqf child of a father and mother living two hundred yards be low the Newberry line on the Lexing ton side lies this morning, and the ,negro who attempted the assault is dead, speedy vengeance having been 2neted out to him, after his confession. A Thousand Men Gather. 'There were a thousand men gather ,ed 'at the home of the father and mother of the victim on Friday night. They were there for the purpose of finding out who had committed a -fiendish assault, and for putting a speedy end to the man who should be :adjudged guilty. The Body Found. At about 3.30 o'clock on Friday aft ~ernoon a fourteen-year-a&ld girl was found dead near the entrance to the cellar of her father's home. Her Throat had been cut from ear to ear, and the back of her neck had been cut, her head being almost severed from the body. About an hour later Dr. J. M. Sease viewed the remains. 'There were the marks of the fiend's ~finger-prints upon her neck, and the circumstantial evidence coincided with the confession later made by the iiegro. -The father of the victim lives some distance from Little Mountain, off to -the south, but so close to the Newber ry line as to bring the crime home to N4ewberrianls. Victim at Home Alone. The father of the child was at workj in his field about a half mile from his home with a number of negroes. Of these he sent Flute Clark to his house for some tools and to bring a bucket of water back to the field. He came back to the field with a bucket of wat -er from the branch, which he had to cross in going to the house. While he was absent from the field two of the victim's young brothers came home -from school and found the dead body of their sister near the cellar door. They sounded the farm bell, and the father coming home made the gr-ue some find. At the time the mother had gone to a neighbor's, some two hundred yardsi distant. LYNCI engenance Frid ipted Assault F ody.-A Thousi the father of the negro who later con fessed to the crime, and on being questioned the negro at the telephone said the young child was paralyzed, and that he was trying to secure as sistance. On immediate investigation the fath er found the dead body of his daugh ter, and the facts were evident. Clark Suspected. Flute Clark was immediately sus picioned, and his subsequent confes sion proved the suspicion correct. Clark said that he went to the well to get the water and that he asked the young girl to bring him a potato. Then the thought which led to his summary death occurred to him. Clark said that he could give no explanation >f his action except that he must have been crazy. .The Lynching. The lynching occurred some half ile below the home of the victim, where she at that time lay cold in eath. It is stated that a !lantern was swung to the body of the negro, and that some several hundred shots were ired into his body. Officers Powerless. Sheriff Corley and his deputies were at the scene of the crime, but they were powerless to prevent the lynch ing. While the officers were watch ing the regiment of men gathered at the home a band of determined men had the negro In the woods and later the crowd gathered and put him to death. How the Niewspaper Men Got There. Two representatives of The Herald and News were taken to the scene of the crime by Mr. J. Frank Browne, of Prosperity, who was kind enough to come to Newberry in his automobile from Prosperity, and to take the newspaper people to Little Mountain. The Newberry contingent, including the officers, had already left, and but for Mr. Browia' the newspaper peo.)le would have hadI a rough proposition in getting to the scene. Mr. Jerome Harmon was with Mr. Browne, and assisted him in keeping the car in or der for the speedy time which It made. It is due to Capt. W. S. Langford, al ways- the automobil friend of the Meted Out lay Night at ourteen-Year-Ok md Determined The Details 0 An Orderly Lynching. The lynching was quiet and order ly, if a lynching may be so denom Inated. Clark, it is stated, was a young negro, short in stature and less thai 25 years of age, and was married. He had worked on the place where the crime was committed some eighl years. The body of the victim will be bu ried a-t Mt. Tabor church at 4 o'clocl this afternoon, with services at the church. When the newspaper men got to the scene of the crime there was a 1on string of automobiles and buggies lin ed up, and the section was full of met all armed to the teeth. The story of the crime was secured, and it was then desired to go back to Little Mountain, Mr. J. K. Derrick, the tele graph operator, having promised tc keep the office open to handle the telegraphic story. Before the machine was allowed to leave, it was very dllosely scrutinized, the crowd having determined that the negro should not be spirited away, it seemed. At thai time, which was about 9.30 p. mn., the lynching had not occurred. While the newspaper men were at the tele graph office word was received that the negro was dead. This message was received at 10.16 p. m. The man ner of his demise is known only tc those who were present, and no de tails can be secured. When the father of the victim sent the negro Clark to his house for the tools and for water he observed that Clark stayed considerably longer that was necessary. He was gone more than an hour, when the trip should not have taken over from twenty te thirty minutes, at the outside. When Clark came back, in addition to this, he brought branch water instead of wH1 water, and the father questioned him as to this. Clark claimed that he had fallen into the branch and thai Iit was for this reason that he h5ad brought the branch water. The young brothers of the victim met the negro as he was coming bach I1 Rg On Newb( 10:16 O'cll I GIr, Whose H I And Armed f The Tragedy. alarm. The father rushed to the house thinking there was fire, and went into the house, where he found the father of the negro using the tele phone. The old negro was trying to 'telephone to the victim's grandfather to tell him that the girl was paralyz ed. He so tolX the father, and the father sought his daughter in the house, and, failing to find her, went in'to the yard, where he found her body. The old negro who was using the telephone is considered a good negro, and it is believed that he was honest ly deceived. When the father found the body of his daughter in the yard he rang the bell a second time, and all the hands came in from the field, among them Clark. The father singled out Clark, and, pointing to him, accused him in these words: "Flute, you did this." Clark vigorously denied the charge, but, as stated above, later confessed. To cover the story and to publish a special edition of The Herald and News furnishing its subscribers with the story of the lynching has required effort of a strenuous order, but this newspaper seeks to give the news while it is news. Soldiers on Skates. IIn the Norwegian army there is a corps of infantry which can cover a distance of eighty miles in a day's march. This extraordinary record, which equals the performance of the best-trained cavalry in Europe, is only possible because every man in the corps is a higl*ly trained skater and When in marching trim is provided with a specially constructed pair of skates. The corps can be manoeuvred with extraordinary rapidity. The heels of the skates are so shaped as to enable the men to spin , round as if on a pivot at the word of command. As 'a matter of fact, they can perform "right about face" far more quick ly than any crack regiment of infan try. The evolution of the corps are na turally confined to the great flords which indent the coast of Norway and during the long winter season are frozen solidly over. For patrol and scout duty these soldier skaters will be of the greatest service should Norway ever go to war. The men of the corps are the pick of a skating nation, and their commander was once the champion skater of his enuntry. Harper's Weekly. LELESS nrry Lexingti )ck. ,ad Was Almos Men On The "UNCLE JOE'S" TIE SHORT. Speaker Prepares For Last Period a Reign in Three Months of G. 0. P. Congress. Washington, Nov. 24-"Uncle Joe Cannon, who is to lay down the rein of government in the house on Marc 4, next is about ready to leave hi Illinois home for Washington to ge things in order for what remains c the 61st congress. Speaker Cannon is expecteo tt reac Washington about December 1, an, when he arrives he will confer wit Senator Aldrich and President Tal concerning the legislative programm in: Congress for the next three month About the time "Uncle Joe" get here, Senator Hale, chairman of th senate Republican caucus, and th head of the senate appropriation committee, will also 'get to Washing ton ready to take up the work of th session. ,Although both house an senate leaders probably have 'thei own ideas as to how ilegislation thi winter shall be conducted, it will de pend largely upon President Taft at to what policy shall be pursued. I is realized that unless the regular: and insurgents cooperate, at least ti a certain extent, it wit 'be impossibli to do anything but pass the regula: appropriation bills in as much as there are but about sixty working days 11 the three months session. There are twelve big supply bills to be frame< up in committee, considered, and thei placed before the house for debate before they can be passed. Tariff Talk. So far as the tariff is concerned, the Republican leaders who are getting here dQ not look for the Democrats t< do much in the way of revision wheI they take control of the house. Whilh 'here is a great deal of talk about re vising the schedules, there is little ex pectation that it will be done for th reas'on that the tariff board is not ye ready to report its conclusions. The wool schedule has been most talke< aout for revision this winter, but the tariff 'board is still working away on i to find out what are the facts, thougl it is not liikely that its findings wil be ready for se'vef-al months. Aa to the cotton schedule, the tariff boari has just fairly begun its investiga tions. It has been looking arount for experts on cotton, some of whot are to be called before the board as witnesses. It has secured valuabl< expert counsel and wi' , it is believed obtain much information as 'to th< workings of the new cotton duties. It is. believed that the tariff boari will have before it a powerful show ing of facts to prove that the ney cotton duties are operating to effect enormous increases in rates on cot ton fabrics. As to both the woollen and cottor schedules, there is little question thal the board will report in favor of low ering the duties. The board wants it: report, when submittea to Presiden Taft, to be complete, and as accurat as huma~n skill enn' mrake it. so tha CRIME! ) Line On 6 t Severed From Scene. Ship Subsidy. Ship subsidy legislation is one of f the things regarding which President Taft Is going to insist this sessim. The bill will frst be rushed througk the senate, before the holidays, if pos sible. Then it will be sent -to the house s in an effort to get it through there. i Just what form it will take, no one yet s knows, though it. may be attached as a t "rider" to the postoffe appropradon f or some other measure of the same kind. It is not believed that a straight t out bija advocating such a scheme c would pass this winter, and unless it b should get through before March 4, it t may be considered- absolutely dead e hereafter with a Democratic house as its guardian. Therefore it stands to reason that Presid'ent Taft will urge upon leaders in both bodies of, con e gress at an early date that they lose no time in getting this- measure through and ready for his signature e if it is possible to do so. Just as soon as the president is able to shake the dust of his Panama trip off and adjust himself to conditions -that have arisen since the ellection, definite announcem'ent is expected and . -- this will serve as a line of policy that - s the administration will probably fo! low during the coming short session. The president left Washington before ethe smoke of the election had cleared away and though he knows in a gen eral way what the situation is there are many sma5l details with which he Is yet unfamiliar. NTot the Real Article. Rider Haggard was traveling across the United States as the guest of John SHays Hammond in Hammond's pri Tate car. S"What I want to see," said Hag gard, "is the real tramp. I haven't a seen one since I reached this country. . I can't believe you have as many as . has been stated to be the case." .Harris Hammond, the eldest son of t John Hays, promised: S"I'll show you one at the next stop." jHe had seen one riding on the Strucks under the car, and at the next t station he went down and called the i hobo out. When the tramp entered 1 the car he vas covered with c.nders and dust and looked like something i from the lower regions. . Hammond shook hands with him i and introduced him, saying: 1"This is Mr. Rider Haggard." S"Rider Haggard!" exclaimed the hobo. "Why, I've read o11 of your books, and loved every one of .them." & Than he sat down and discussed literature with Haggard for half an 1 hour. At the end of the talk Harris - took him back, let him get some of r the dust and cinders off and handed t him a good cigar. -. "That fellow's not a tramp," said Haggard. "He's a gentleman in dis Stress."-Louisvilla Herald. - Had His Leg Pulled. SMinnick-I see that they have found t in Egypt the mummy of a man whose ight leg is nearly a foot longer than tthe left one. Sinnick-Important as evidence that