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LYNCHED AT HONEA PATH FOR THE USUAL CRIME WILLIS JACKSON CHARGED WITHi ASSAULTING YuNG GIRL. Taken From Officers After Exciting Chase Through Several Coun. ties. Greenville, Oct. 10.-A long distance1 telephone message, from Honea Pathl says, that at 11.24 o'clock tonight, Willis Jackson was swung to a tele-1 phone pole by one of his heels an<j his body riddled with bullets. The negro was carried to the ident ical spot where the crime was com mitted and from there was taken to the nearest telephone pole and swung up by one foot. Four hundred shots, as near as can be estimated, were fired into his body, Winchester rifles, magazine pistols, revolvers and shot guns being the weapons of death used. Mob Forcibly Takes Prisoner. Greenville, Oct. 20.-In the depths of a forest, six miles north of Green ville, headed by "Citizen" Josh Ash ley, of Honea Path, a member of An derson county's legislative delegation, overpowered Deputy Sheriff Van B. Martin, of Andersoh county, and Sher iff J. Perry Poole, of Greenville coun ty, this afternoon, and took from their custody one Willis Jackson, a 17-year old negro, charged with criminally as saulting the 11-year-old daughter of a prominent citizen of Honea Path, at 7.30 o'clock this morning. . The trembling negro was placed in the car in which Ashley and four oth er men - ode, and followed by a train of several automObiles from Anderson and Greenville counties, loaded with determ)ned men and bristling with shotguns and rifles, the ringleaders turned in their fury and started to ward Honea Path. To Consult "Older Heads." Promises were made the sheriffs that the negro would be carried back to the scene of his crime and the "old er heads" of the town consulted as to what should be done wth him. There is a general feeling, however, that the negro will never see Honea Path alive. The capture of the alleged rapist concluded one of the most sensational man chases this section of the county h as ever known. About noon today, Sheriff Poole received word from the Anderson sheriff that he had sent a niegro to Greenville for safe keeping and sked that the prisoner be con fined in the county Ja!i. Sheriff Poole secured an automobile at once and went to meet, the parties, bringing the aiegro to Greenville. Shortly after he left, a telephone call to his office, from Piedmont, stated that the automobile containing the negro had just passed there and that some ten machines, containing the mob, were in close pur suit and not more than ten minutes behind. Mob Close Behind at Greenville. At 1.50 o'clock the Anderson auto mobile dashed through the streets of Greenville and up to the county jail door. At the jail Sheriff Poole receiv ed a telephone message from Sheriff King, at Anderson, to spirit the negro on to Spartanburg. A change of au tomobiles was made at the jail and the flight to Spartanburg taken up. Wlithin ten niinutes after the auto mobiles bearing the negro had de parted, a big Anderson touring car, containing Josh Ashley and four other men, steamed through Main street "Citizen" Josh clutched a Winchester rifie in his hands and eagerly inquir ed where the negro had been taken. Upon being told that the party had proceeded to Spartanburg, the word of command was given and the big auto dashed on up the street. Within five minutes another Ander son car steamed into the city, closely followed by still another machine. The mud-bespattered occupants, upon be ing readily informed by Greenville cit izens which way the negro had been carried, applied the power to their ma chines and dashed on. Different Routes Taken. At Greenville the mob divided, some taking one road to Spartanburg and some another. Others took to the Laurens road, thinking, perhaps, that the officers would s'Dirit the naRglo to Fountain Inn or some station 0i the C. & W. C. railway and place him~ aboard a train for Columbia. Within an hour after the negro had been hurried through Greenv'ille, the lad \yho drove the machine reap peared in the city, together with members of the local police force, who had accompanied the Anderson depu ties when they left for Spartanburg. This led many to believe that the negro had been taken from the car when a few miles out of Greenville and concealed in the woods. Within a few minutes after the lad & reappeared in Greenville, the ear, bearing Josh Ashley and his part.v rolled in sight. The pursuers had failed to overtake the party with the negro and were eviddntly on their way back to Anderson. Boy Forced to Reveal Hiding Place. Upon learning of the lad who irove the automobile being in the city, "Cit izen" Josh Ashley instituted a search for him. The lad was chased into the rear of a drug store, where, despite the efforts of the police to protect him, Ashley and his crowd laid hands upon him. The lad was placed in Ashley's ma- I chine and carried back toward Spar tanburg. According to Sheriff Poole, upon his return from the flight, Ash ley and his crowd forced this lad to reveal the whereabouts of the deputies and the negro. When seen tonight by the News and Coarier correspondent, Sheriff Poole said: "The automobile in which we left Greenvile was making such poor headway over the muddy roads that Deputy Sheriff Martin and I, fearing that we would be overtaken by the mob, decided to get out of the ma chine and hide in the woods. We told the boy to drive the automobile back to Greenville by a circuitous route, and tell no one where he had put us out. Mob Captures Prisoner. "Martin and I had gone about two miles from the place where we left the machine, and were concealed in a thick body of woods, when we heard the shouts of the pursuers. Within a few minutes we were overtaken. Josh Ashley was the first man I saw. He grabbed the negro and we had a sharp tussle over him. Within a second some twenty-five or thirty mi.n had collected about Martin and myself, and we saw there was no use of shed ding blood. "They took the negro from us, butf promised that they would not harm him. They said they would carry the negro back to tonea Path and consult the 'older heads' of the town as to what was best to do." The Little Vletels Story. Anderson, Oct. 10.-Intense excite ment has prevailed in Anderson coun ty today, following a successful crim inal assault upon the 11-year-old daughter of a preyinent citizen of Honea Path, by a negro, Willis Jack son, aged 17 years, tils morning at 7.30 o'clock. According to the little girl, she was attacked from the rear by the negro while she was going to a pasture with cows, the attack being made within three hundred yards of the incorporat ed limits of Honea Path, and after dragging his little victim about sev enty-five yards into a patch of woods he accomnplished his dastardly purpose behind a dead log. ''he little girl emerged from the woods, attracted the attention of a passerby and gave the alarm. Identified by Little Victim. A mob of several hundred people immediately gathered in Honea Path and every conceivable hiding place was searched. Three negro men were brought before the girl and it was the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3). * * * , LODGE DIRECTOBY. * * * * * **e * * ** * * * * * * * * Woodmen of the World. Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., meets every first and third Wedae day eYeLing at 7.45 V'elook. ViWte ing brethren are cordially welcomae. D. D. Darby, Clerk. T. Burton, C. C. Newberry Camp, No. 542, we 0. W., meets every second and fourth Wed nesday night in Klettner's Hall, at 8 o'clOCk. 0. 0. Smith, C. C. 3. J. Hltt, Clerk. Lbify Lodge, No. 87, A. F. N. Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. D'. M., meets every first Monday night at38 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren cordially invited. Geo. S. Mower, W. M. J. W. Earhardt, Sec. Signet Chapter, No. 18, E. A. N. Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M., meets every second Monday night at 8 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, E. H. P. Harry W. Dominick, Sec. Bergell Tribe, No. 24, I. 0. B. N, Bergell Tribe, No. 24, I. 0. R. M., meets every other Thursday night at 8 o'clo,ck at Klettn er's Hall. 0. Klettner, C. R. IJ. H. Baxter, Sachem. Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P., I. 0. B. LI, Meets every Tuesday night at 8 o'cock .0. Klettner. R. C. FOR SALE. 270 acres of land lying and being ituate in Township No. 9, the same being the property of Mrs. Mary F.; Dominick, bounded by lands of estate of D. S. Conwill, Thos. J. Boozer, Jno. W. Dominick and uthers. This tract has been subdivided into several smal ler tracts ranging from 40 to 60 acres. Plats of same can be seen by appli cation to Arthur F. Dominick, resident n said place. If not sold at private sale will. be placed on the market sale day in November. J. Chesley Dominick, Agent for Mrs. Mary F. Dominick. 9-22-f1taw-tf. COLLECTION OF TOWN TAXES. Notice is hereby given that the Tax Books for the Town of Newberry, S. C., will be open from the 15th day of October, 1911, to the 1st day of De eember, 1911, both inclusive. A penal ty of ten per cent. will be added after December 1st, 1911. J. R. Scurry, C. & T. T. C. N. BIDS INVITED. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, office of the Supervising Architect, Washing ton, D. C., September 6, 1911. SEAL ED PROPOSALS will be received in this office until 3 o'clock p. m. on t l 11th day of October, 1911, and thin opened, for the construction, complete (including plumbing, gas piping, heat ing apparatus, electric conduits and wiring and lighting fixtures) of the United States postoffice at Newberry, S. C., in accordance with drawings and specification, copies of which may be obtained from tire custodian at Newberry, S. C., or at this office at the discretion of the Supervising Archi tect. James Knox Taylor, S7pervising Architect. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to fish, hunt or trespass in anyway on lands owned or controlled by us. A. H. Kohn. S. S. Birge. S. J. Kohn. Mrs. S. J. Kohn. Mary E. Kohn. S. S. Birge, agent Estate W. T. Birge, NOTICE OF ELECTION FOE KAYOR AND ALDERIEN OF THE TOWN OF NEWBEEY, S. C. Notice is hereby given that the reg ular annual election for a Mayor and Five Aldermen, one Alderman for each of the five wards, to serve for a term of one year, will be held at the Council Chamber, in the opera house, in the Town of Newberry, South Caro lina, on the Second Tuesdal in Decem ber, 1911, being the 12th day of said month, the polls to be opened at 8 o'clock in the forenoon, and to close at 6 o'clock in the afternoon. D. F. Pif er, A. C. Welch and Alex. Singleton are appointed managers of the said election. By order of the Town Council1 of Newberry, S. C., on this the 5th day of September, 1911. J. 3. Isangford, Mayor. Attest: J. R. Scurry, C. & T. T. C. N., S. C. 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Au gutus Bouknight, deceased. that they be and appear before me, In the Court o Probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on the 21st day of October, next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration hould not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 4th day of October, Anno Domini, 1911. F. M. Schumpert. Has Millions of Friends. How would you like to number your friends by niie~s a.s Bucklen's Arnica Salve doeO s est'nrrding cures in the past forty yeu- T 'tI :lrm its the best le in the nrirl for sores, ul Copyright 1909, by C. E. 2 Neither will m< back nor Will iOt the mlI. If YOU bank. account. .*t 01 furish -grist for placed in our savi will grind while 3 per cent paid on Q START AN ACC he Newberry .O0F NE WB E Capital Stock -- JAMES McINTOSII, President. MI~onar iib Monarch service is established for your office, and continues during all the a your command. 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C ouchalast ou the moment the machine comes into ears it is in use. We arealyst PAYMENTS. sed on the monthly payment plan. Send reasons f'or Monarch superiority. A Company, A, S. C. ck in the forenoon the Town of Newberry, proof of his i afternoon. J. R. .esidence within the limits of the ppointed supervis-|Imunicipality for four months preced Only such persons ing the annual election for the year in provided for 1911, and the payment of all taxes as vote at the regular sessed against him, due and collectible i held on the 12th for the previous fiscal year, are neces 911, and at special sary to entitle the applicant to regis d in the Town of ter./ the next twelve By order of the Town Council of the Town of Newberry, S. C. bn the 5th f a certificate of day of September, 1911. e board of regis- J . J. Langford, IIayor. y county entitling Attest: :e in a polling pre- 3. R. Scurry, 4 c-om.o+atelmitSnf C. &T. T.CE N.. S.C