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Ut t ill ItifiIN Bra MISSISSIPPI MOB TAKES NEGRO PRISONER'S LIFE Under Death Sentence for Death of Night Watchman-Appeal Pend jag. Meridian, Miss., Sept. 12.-Will Echolds, negro, who was convicted at a recent term of the circuit court here and sentenced to die on the gallows September 10 for the murder of Henry W. Davis, an aged night watchman at a local lumber plant, but, whose exe cution was stayed at the last moment by. an appeal to the supreme court, was taken from the jail at Quitman at 3 o'clock this morning by a small par ty of men, carried two miles from Quitman and shot to death in the pub lie road, his body being riddled with bullets. Following the hanging of Henry Lloyd Friday for the murder of James A. Tyrell, a merchant, who was killed on the same night Davis met death and the stay of execution of Lloyd's companion Echols, because of the con fession of Lloyd that he alone had killed Davis, a mob gathered at the county jail here, where Echols was being held and threats of lynching made but no overt act committed. Late in the ight after the mob had dispersed, Echols was spirited away to the Quitman jail for safe keeping. However, his whereabouts leaked out and early today Sheriff Martin was notified by Sheriff Evans of Clarke coanty that at 3 o'cloek this morning he was called to the jail at Quitman from his home. On arriving at the jail he was overpowered by a number of men who took the jail keys from his pockets, unitcked the jail, seized Echols, placed him in a waiting auto mobile and dlashed away. His body was found Iater riddlledl with bullets. -UNCLE~ SAM'S FIED PIPERS Spasmodic rat extermination cam paigns are of course beneficial, but to secure lasting results constant war fare must be waged against the rat, say specialists of the Bureau of Biolo- 1 gical Survey, United States Depart ment of Agriculture. The necessity A for this is plain in the fact that rats ( begin to breed at three months and -have from 6 to 10 litters v. year, wvith hiv ta i, i , a the he t .w l it MN fo Gee ( Greelyvill ht nMotori Co., -Grelyvi W. C. lowden Ne Zon, .I Ci dham [as some ext xtra good Sov an average of 10 young to each litter. Specialists of the Department of Agriculture for years have made ex tensive studies of rats and methods of exterminating them. No matter howl badly a house may be infested with rates, these experts maintain, the use of the methods perfected by them will absolutely, and without doubt, rid the house of the rodents. Throughout the United States health authorities are advocating the use of these methods and gratifying results are being secured. Thus Kansas has designated a special "rat (lay." Cincin nati is spending thousands of dollars in a rat campaign, and similar move ments are being conducted at Norfolk, along the Gulf doast, and in many other cities. In addition the. bureau is constantly giving advice to hund reds of correspondents. "Rat-proofing" of buildin isthe basic step in rat extermination. Food should be protected and sanitry me thods employed for disposal of waste food. Where rats may die in the walls poisoning is not recommended, but where this condition can not re sult barium carbonate worked into al most any kind of food is the poison to ise. Snap traps, often called "gullio Line traps," are the most effective in -rapping. The traps should be placed in every part of the house that rats requent. One or two traps are not mough. The traps should be baited vith fresh meats, seeds, nuts, vegeta )les, fruit, or any other food. The bureau will be glad to advise my one regarding the correction of my rat condition, upon receipt of full letails. Letters should be addressed * the Bureau of Biological Survey, Jnited States Department of Agricul ure, Washington, D. C. A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION Is often marredl by inflammatory isease~s of the skin, such as eczema, etter and the like. Blotches and iimp~les mak-e ugly scars. Try Zemer ne-sold for 50 cents andl $1 by Dick on Drug Store. - --o NOTICE TO D)ISCHIARGE, I will apply to the Judge of Pro ate for Clarendon County, on the th day of October, 1920, at 11 o'clock . for letters of dlischarge as guar ian for Archie I. Barron Jr., andl lames P. Barron, formerly Minors. A. I. Barron. Manning, S. 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