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They are fighting for protection everywhere, and many ' Democrats seeing the tendency have scrambled for a share of the grabbings. He does think, “however, that there is enough life In the Democratic party for it to positively declare Itself in this mat ter in the next campaign and by making ita principles prominent, with the awakening of the people through the cpuntry, the Indepen dence of many of the newspapers and their free <and fearless discussion of the question to win the hold the suppport of the United States. He has made one speech on the tariff and he has been very much gratified by the reception of it by the senate and by the party and thu people everywhere through the country amf will soon make another in which he will say many thing that he has In mind, for he has studied this question as he never studied be fore. He believes that his unas sailable position on the strong rock of Democracy has been a help to him and to others and he is sure that the fight that is being made now has made real Democrats and stronger in their Democracy, and has made more apparent the preten sions of those who love the name and the name only of Democracy, but oppose its, principles wherever they are offered. He says tho expression of certain Democrats will result In one oT two things, a loss of confidence in and a repudiation of these Individuals or a loss of and a repudiation of Democracy. Senator Smith evidently believes that the people will repudi ate the ao-called DemAiqrats, who are voting to protect lumber and other products. He goes on to say: "I believe that the essential prin ciples of Democracy are nearer the hearta of the people today thair ever before In the history of the country. The middle west having been broken up Into small farms, the population becoming denser and for entrance sharper, and the products of the farm neces sarlly sold in a free market, while those things necessary for the cul tivation and support of the farm are to be bought In a protected market, the people of this vast territory are beginning to feel the effect of this unjust legislation as the people of the South have felt since the inaugu ration of the protective policy. "No man need be deceived in thinking that the South with her tremendous territory and population will ever allow even In her own bor- ders. manufacturing enterprises to be promoted at the unreasonable ex pense of her agricultural Interests and those politicians who allow themselves to be influenced by the powerful plea of the organized man ufacturing interests of the South, will have a very rude, but very ef fectual awakening when the voice of the ballot is heard. Therefore, I confidently expect to see pure De mocracy gloriously Triumphant In the next election through the influ ence of the thoroughly awakened South and middle West. "I do not want to be understood as being against the promotion of manufacturing interests in the South, but I do waht to be clearly under stood as opposing the promotion of any industry at the unjust expense of those who produce the raw materi al. I firmly believe that, at the present state of perfected mechani cal appliances that the By The Firemen’s Strike on Georgls Road Mob Wap ted to Lynch Him and Hi* Brother, Who Has a White Woman tor m Wtfir. Hunted all Sunday night and finally driven to bay by the police and bloodhounds Monday, John W. Beam, of Lima, Ohio, a negro at torney and real estate dealer, ac cused of murder; attempted to end hi Awn life. He was arrested on the charge of murdering Mrs. Estella M. Diltz, a young widow, who was shot Sunday night her own home as she opened the front door in re sponse to pounding upon the door. He la not seriously injured. While It was first thought that the motive for the murder had been found in buaincaa telailoae Jieiw.eea Mrs. Diltz and the negro, a search of Ileum’s papers In his office In dicated that Beam was In love with the widow, but whether the crime was due to his suit being repudiated or whether there was a quarrel is unknown. A letter addressed to his wife In endearing terms was found, In which Beam told of his love for Mrs. Diltz, which had extended over two years, and that his call upon her accounted for his "late hours at night.” In concluding, the letter directs: "Have Estella aud myself buried side by side, that we may arise before the Almlghtey God together.” Rumors that a mob was forming, with the Intention of lynching Beam, caused Sheriff Van Gun ten to, remove his prisoner from the city hospital to the county jail. Beam was es corted to jail under a heavy guard. Beam is now in the strongest cell in"'the jail and a strong guard Is maintained about him. Dr. U. Beam, a brother of the prisoner and a wealthy citizen of Lima, closed his office and left for his old home In Kentucky. Colored people urged him to leave, as it was feared he might be lynched if he remained there. Feeling runs high against him. Dr. Beam's wife is a white woman and this aided in in furiating the residents against him. NOT A WHEEL STIRS POSITION . .. . - «■' 1 ■ ■ ■ ' * IN THE OTRIKB ON THE GEOR GIA RAILROAD. BUY FROM US Youri Whits Man Who Kiliad Officer Daoinad to , ■ 4 v The Official Statement of the Oaosee Leading Up to the Trouble and . _ gtrfki> - —r- DIE ON THE GALLOWS ►upp] COLUMBIA. S. C. MADE FATAL MISTAKE. Used Wash Lye In Biscuits for Bak ing Powder. As a result of eating biscuits into which she had, by mistake, put lye Instead of baking powder, Mrs. Robert Tarry Is dead, and her hus band is critically ill at their homo in Tottenville, Staten Island. Mr. and Mrs. Tarry kept house for their bachelor son. A few days ago the son went away for a three- day trip, leaving his mother, whose age is seventy-nine years, and his father, aged seventy-eight years, at home alone. Neighobra heard groans* and poundings coming from the Tarry house and upon entering found the old couple in agony. Doctors were called in, but their efforts to relieve Mrs. Tarry were futile as she died shortly afterward, and little hope is held out for her husband. Five unlabelled cans containing white powder were found in the kitchen. Four contained baking powder and one contained caustic jsoda and this is what was put into tho biscuits. VERY CURIOUS CASE. Perplexes Surgeon Who Works on Victim of Auto. Ernest Frye, of New York, whose right leg was amputated five weeks ago following an automobile acci dent, Is the subject of considerable anxiety among physicians In the Flower Hospital because of his com plaint that he suffers Intense pain in the toes of the foot which was amputated and which lies burled In one of the suburbs. Frye declares that he can distinctly feel a severe cramping pain in these toes, the pain being so intense at times as to cause him to shriek. Doctors believe that the sensation of pain is communi cated to his brain by the nervous cords which ran to his toes and which were severed by the amputa tion. The contraction of these in- American M urp< * fhey believe, would give Frye the sensatlon-ef pain In his toes. manufacturer, both North and South can compete profitably with the manufacturers In any section of the civilized world. The skil) and in telligence of the American laborer, plus the skill of the American finan cier can produce more per unit of expense than any country on the globe and the only protection that we need Is the protection of God Almighty granting us favorable sea- ’ sons. *- "The Democratic party should not be misunderstood under our system ot government; we must have a reve nue, therefore, we must have a tar- i l,pen in 11 sanitarium In Knoxville if, and In placing this tariff on im-l* 0 recuperate. He did not Improve porta some interests will be incident- his wife and his brother went -And- Itx the protection to,, Knoxville several days ago to That would Incidentally come from bring him home. They started Mon- _thls tariff for revenue there- would day morning and a telegram received, “lJr-*F"sdvahlaftWETparticular brought the news of his death. Mr. interest. This ia unavoidable, but Conner had been pastor of the Bap- the end Justifies the means and that | ll8t church at Honoa Path for .about _ end 1* a revenue tor tha expense of i Lhree yeftrs. aqcl.WAs.a atreng preaoh- the government. Blit (there is a | er aD( l very popular. He leaves & DIED OX A TRAIN. Rev. H. A. Conners of Honea Path IHes Suddenly. Rev. R. A. Conners, pastor of the Baptist church at Honea Path, died Tin the train between Knoxville, Tenn., and Newport, Tenn., Monday morning. Mr. Conner's health had been bad for some time, and he had world of difference between a tariff wlfe and six children. ter the expense of the government ! — and M tariff for the prllt of indlvld- I Killed His Mother. This distinction should be kept - U -Uf Under Gravel, i cgve-fn of a grave. Mist., a few days were killed* Tons toA them, icraihlnc Guilty of murder lq the second degree was the verdict returned Sat urday by the jury before whom Del- mar Young was tried on the charge of tmurdering his mother. Young showed no signs of distress % when he heard the verdict. It is understood bla attorneya will ask tor a new trial. Along the Entire Hystein end a Crisis Has Been Reached—Chief of the Federal Bureau of Labor Reaches Scene of Strike—Towns - Feeling the Strike. —- How lees than a hundred striking Georgia Railroad firemen were able to stop practically all train aervlce In a territory 170 miles long and from twenty-five to a hundred miles wide was the knotty problem Into which United States Commissioner of Labor Chas. P.^NeiH plunged Im mediately after his arrival at Atlan ta, Ga., on Tuestfay night. An emissary of conciliation he faced first the race problem, the force behind the strike; second, an announced wish of many persons in this sec tion to have Georgians settle this question by arbitration, and third, the necessity of moving the United States mall Immediately. Within two hours after his arrival Mr. Naill was In private conference with Gen eral Manager Scott of the Georgia Railroad. A dispatch from Atlanta says what a remarkable feat this handful of union firemen accomplished and what power was behind them became ap parent Tuesday when a considerable section of Georgia was compelled to rely on automobiles for passenger, mail and express service; and when the transportation of such necessi ties of life as food dropped back to the methods of a former degree of civilization, namely, to wagons and even pack animals. The four score firemen alone did not produce this situation. It was the communities which the railroad served that stopped every wheel of the system during the past three days; not the officials of these com munities, but a few men who are said to have fighting blood in their veins, who came forward and an nounced that negro firemen should not be given seniority over white firemen. From some hidden source of public opinion these men have up to now made good this racial ulti matum. Few of these men were fire men, some did not even claim to be acquainted with striking firemen, and a dozen or more are said to have come from counties lying some dis tance from the railroad. They ac complished the tie-up without serious acts of violence, with a few cases of throwing stones, which appear to have been accepted as warnings of what might happen If Trains contin ued to run. A settlement by arbitration should not be difficult so far as the etrikers demands are eoncerned, Vice Presi dent Ball, of the firemen's organiza tion, said Tuesday, because the fire men are not trying to exact a hard ai\d fast settlement. They struck because ten white firemen were re placed by negro firemen. The rail road officials declare that the ne groes were put In these positions as rewards for faithful service^ and that they are within their legal rights In such action. Upon this one crucial point of the controversy there has as yet been no sign of agreement. The dlreotors of (the road, the general manager and Other officials were In almost continual conference Tuesday, and it was reported that some of tho directors strongly fa vored Governor Smith’s proposition for each side to select three Geor gians as arbitrators. Mr. Scott would not say whether these offers would be accepted. The directors Include men with local business interests, which are liable to be affected un favorably by a long tie-up. Hand cars, automobiles and In- terurban cars made little Impression upon the 3,000 pounds of delayed mail* in the Atlanta postofflee. Here and there in the strike district a ru ral postmaster shouldered a sack of Outgoing mail, and after hours of hard work, riding and walking, managed to reach a railroad station not affected by the strike. Reports were current that the Federal courts might interfere and plane guards on trains In order to get the malls through. No such action, however, developed. The strikers have an nounced that they are willing to fire engines to carry mail*, but that -such engines must carry mails only, and not passengers. Reports that the necessities of life were lacking In some communities caused Governor Smith to telegraph along the line of the Georgia Rail road Inquiring whether there was any food shortage. No replies in dicating such a condition were re ceived. and numerous report* stated that there was plenty to eat every where, Business men, however, com plained of serious financial loss. - . Fgrjhe £f*t time since the .be ginning of the strike General Man ager Scott conferred with Governor" Smtlfc Tuesday evenlnff. Afterward the Governor eald: „„“We discussed the situation fully, and JL now very hopeful that tome steps may be taken, which will bring about a speedy adjustment. In the meantime I regard It of the utmost importance that perfect order should prevail.” Present at this eonferenta were SUte Attorney General Hart and Major Job. B. Gumming , general counsel for the Gttrgte RaUroaA. There la considerable Interest iu the etrlke of the firemen on the Georgia Railroad. The firemen claim that their position has not been fully set forth. The official circular of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engiuemcn, Issued from the grand lodge headquarters at Peoria, HI., on the Ikth-iMtant, after giving a review of previous nego- tlaEone between the _ffd--inen and the management of the Georgia rail road, says: "At this time ten of our members engaged as assistant hostlers at the rate of $1.75 per day, were displac ed by negroes at the rate of $1.25 per day. The Joint board Immedi ately took up their matters with the general superintendent of the com pany and were promptly informed by him that he would not deal with them or listen to their grievances or the proposRlone wMefr they de sired to submit. He also stated that he had orders from his superior of ficers to reduce operating expenses $1,000 per month, and that he in tended carrying out such instruc tions. He further stated that this was only the beginning of reductions and that more would follow. "The matter was then taken up with the general manager, who re fused to do anything except to sus tain the general, superintendent, ill<,her Ba" upon attempting to se cure a conference with the general manager, was refused. "After bringing every possible in fluence to bear with a hope of reach ing a peaceable settlement if the mat ter, and failing In every effort, It be came apparent that It was either necessary to adjust the affair and protect the interests of our members through an issue, or permit the com pany to displace them and employ negroes at a reduced rate of pay to fill the positions thus made vacant; and It was on account of these con ditions that our members voted to strike. “In further explanation of the sit uation, I will say that the Georgia railroad and the Atlanta yard ter minal ars leased and operated by the Louisville and Nashville and the Seaboard Air Line Companies. It Is believed by the Joint protective board and by the officer directly in charge of the situation, that this Is only the beginning of an attempt on the part of the pompany to dispense with the services of white firemen entirely and to fill their places with aavroea.” It Is stated that the Lcrulsvllle and NashVUle employs only negro firemen. Judge Dan taler Overrules a Motion TWO MEN SHOT attracts throngs for a New Trial and Posses Sen tence of Death on Webb Simmons for Murdering Marshal J. B. Mc Adams. —— In a Bad Row in Cotumbta’s Dis trict of Vico MANY PEOPLE EXPECT TO HELPED BY PRAYING BE * FUGITIVE CASHIER. -/ Caught by Detective When He Visits / 111 Son. After five months of flight through Western Cities, and Into Mexico, Edward B. Towne, Jr., has returned to his home in Orange, N. J., to see his sick son. He was quickly arrested by detectives, whose vigilance has never ceased on charges of embezzling approximately $30,- 000 from the Matheson Lead Com pany of that city. Towne, who Is only twenty years old, rose rapidly with his employers, and was cashier when he disappeared In December. Following tho dis covery of his alleged shortage, it was revealed that he had been liv ing extravagantly, having two motor cars and maintaining a residence believed to be beyond his legitimate means. It was believed that he had considerable money with him when he disappeared. Towne quickly moved out of one city to aaother In the West and de tectives were never able to catch up with him. Bat the watch on his young wife never ceased. In some manner Towne heard of the serious illness of his little son and dashed up to the house concealed in the tonneau of an automobile. Private detectives on guard sum moned the police and, w'hen the home was entered, Towne was found in an exhausted sleep on an upper floor, and was dragged away to jail. «t> '■ MAROONED IN SWAMP. High Water Kept Passengers All Night, Out Passengers out of Columbia and from other points along the Atlantic Coast Line between Columbia and Wilmington had a lonesome time on Friday in Bogue Swamp, between Hallsboro and Waccamaw lake, storm waters submerging the tracks and causing the annuling of the train. It is feared the high waters In that section have seriously inter fered with the railroad construction woiJl, over, tha .Pee Dee river,near Florence. Unless a stay of sentence is grant ed pending an appeal to the supreme court of the State, Webb Simmons, the young white man who killed United States Deputy Marshal J. B. McAdams at Anderson on February 20 last, will be hanged in the coun ty jail yard In Anderson on Friday, July 23. Sentence was passed on the prisoner hfonday morning by Judge Dantzler after Attorney Dag- nall had completed a strong argu ment for a new trial. The motion was overruled, and in the presence of several hundred spectators Webb Simmons was condemned to' death. The Simmons case went to the jury at 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon and near Saturday midnight a ver diet of guilty without any recom mendatlon was made. At once Mr. Dagnall gave notice of a motion for a new trial, and Judge Dantzler an nounced that he woultl remain in Anderson until MondtTy morning, at which time he would hear the mo tion argued. Mr. Daguall presented a strong plea to the couft. He said, among other things, that, on account of his owu Illness, lie had not been able to conduct the defense as it should have been, but the court Interrupt ed him by saying that, in his opinion, the ca^ had been zealously and ad mirably conducted and that the at torney had looked well after the de fendant’s interest at all times dur ing the trial. Other reasons for asking a new trial were-stated as fallows: That some nU the Jurors had ex pressed opinions as to Simmons’ guilt before the trial; that Juror Davie was over the constitutional age; that the court failed to charge the Jury on the law as to self-defense; that the jury had resented certain ques tions asked the sheriff by Mr. Dag nall, while the sheriff was on the stand; that the case should not have been tried at this term of court be cause of personal feeling against the prisoner, and because of the illness of defendant’s motner, a material witness. Judge Dantzler considered sepa rately each reason assigned, after which he formally denied the mo tion and proceeded to pass the for mal sentence of death. Simmons accepted the verdict of the Jury and the sentence of death very unconcernedly and coolly. When called ttpotr-br the^^derk of court to stand up to receive sentence the prisoner stood motionless and without a tremor. From appear ance it did not seem that he was the least bit annoyed or worried, but on the contrary seemed to accept the sentence as a relief from Court proceedings. When asked if he had anything to say why sentence shou'd not be passed on him, he clearly and loudly stated that he knew of none, that he had nothing to say, and after the court had announced the sen tence the prisoner made a bow of acknowledgement and then quletD sat down in the prisoner t dock. Ho was at on:e handcuffed and carried o the county jail by Constable Mar tin and Police Sergeant Sanders. Ho had K'Hjing to my while walk ing to the jail, except to stop at a fruit shop to purchase a dozen ba nanas. This he did also late Sat urday night, while returning to the jail after being carried to the couit house to receive the verdict of the jury. Upon arrival at the Jail after sentence had been passed Mon day morning Simmons cheerfully sa luted one of the negro prisoners, calling him by name and saying that he had learned to say it. Evidently the negro had been teasing Sim- ^nons about what the court would have to say in passing sentence. Attorney Dagnall will take the case to the supreme court, so it Is understood, and if this be the case it is highly probable that the execu tion will not take place in July. The supreme court does not take up the cases from this *eircinit until late in the fall or early In the win ter, and unless a special dispensation Is secured this appeal will have to come up In regular order. This will be Anderson’s first le gal hanging in about nine years, the victim then being a negro convict ed of assault on a white woman of that county. SERIOUS To a Small Piece of Boae, Said to Belong to Saint Rita, Long Since ^ y TAKEN FROM JAIL And Lynched by One ^ Hundred Enraged Citizens. DEFAULTER SURRENDERS. Cornea Back After Being Some Five Yean. Absent Th* usual quiet vBrags of Llncoi-' ton, Ga., was awakened at midnight Monday from peaceful slumber by the noise of a mob of about one hundred enraged citizens as they stormed the county Jail and brought Caused by Two Penitentiary Guards Being Troubled by Two Men of , Tough Reputation—One of the Particiimnts is Badly Wounded and May Die From Hia-Wounds- A serious row occurred In the redlight district of Columbia last Sunday morning, which resulted In two men being shot. The State says two penitentiary guards and two men of bad reputation became involved In a serious encounter." As a result Eber Ashford lies In a dangerous condition in the Knowlton Infirmary, W. E. Mellette, a penitentiary guard is wounded in the thigh and Lonnie Hall and John White afe In arrest. The story given by the police is ; that Hall and Ashford, both of the tough element, had been annoying Mellette and White, who were on a frolic, it appears. The actual en counter is alleged to have occurred on Gates street, midway of the block between Lady and Gervais. The po lice were Informed that Lonnie Hall knocked Mellette down and appro priated his pistol. Thereupon he was called by White. Hall knocked White down and some one began shootlgg. There were three shots, is is stated, and two of these struck Eber Ashford, who had not mixed up In the melee. The third struck Mellette. Ashford Is dangerously hurt, one bullet having entered his left side and ranged upward, lodlng near tho heart. The other wound In the groin is not of such a dangerous nature. Mellette was shot In the hip. There were powder bums on Lonnie Hall’s shirt, showing that he must have been close to the mouth of the weap on. Ashford’s condition at midnight Sunday n'ght v a* reported to be a little more Hopeful. The bullet has net been located, however. He is a brother of the young man who was a Juror in the Sellers trial, and was brought before the bar of the court on the charge of contempt. It being alleged that while drinking he had done some talking about the ease. Eber Ashford haa never been In any real trouble before, but less than 30 days ago Detective Forde found him loafing constantly around a no torious place on Gervais street and warned him that he would be ar rested for vagrancy. Ashford was In bad company. Lonnie Hall is a terror. A mjtn short of normal stature by several inches, he is yet one of the most powerful men in the city. He has been in numerous escapades and en counters. The police In Columbia arrested him once on the charge of highway robbery committed In Geor gia. At one time Officer Forde at tempted to arrest Hall and the latter drew a knife. The offlebr broke his night stick over Hall’s head and a desperate encounter resulted. There w r ere three policemen in the encoun ter before Hall was jailed and at that he was chased across the river bridge and into Lexington county. Mellette lives in Columbia. 1114 Divine #tr«et. He was employed as a penitentiary guard about a week ago and Capt. D. J. Griffith consider ed him a good man. He was engag ed at the State farm in Lexington county. Mellette has a brother on the police force. John White had been a guard at ‘he State farm several years. Pri or to that time he had been a guard at the asylum and had been dis charged by Dr. Thompson for tip pling. taking part of the whiskey Intended for the patients on the ijard. He has a good record at the penitentiary antf Capt. Griffith was grieved to hear of his trouble. “He was a fine guard; humane to pris oners and a man of rare judgment," said Capt. Griffith. Lonnie Hall tells a different story from that received from the police. He saya that it was not tratfl after White had shot Ashford that he knocked W'hite down and took his pistol away from him. Both pistols are at the police sta tion. Both are loaded all around. Therefore, unless a third pistol was used the discharged cartridges were removed and fresh ones placed In thfir stead. Both of the pistols at the station are Smith & Wesson ..38 calibre, bu one shoots, a long and the other a short cartridge. Dead. A remarkable WOT presented at the Church of St. Rita, of Cascia, In One Hundred and Forty-fifth street. New York, when the struc ture was packed by several hundred persons, while in the street there were several thousand more unable to gain admiwsto® to- the c©»eR*4* - ing services of the Novena, or Nine- Days Devotion. On the alter of the church there Is a fragment of a bone, duly authen ticated as belonging to St. Rita, "ad vocate of the hopeless and saint of the impossible,’ "as her worshippers call her. The annual Novena to the saint In this church and the rever ence of the relic are credited with many marvelous cures and perform-, ances in answer to supplications. Many have declared that they have cured themselves or others of physi cal ailments which baffled doctors, while others have transferred to the saint’s answering their prayers con cerning business matters and other things In which they sought suc cess. The rector. Father Charles Farina, read a number of letters from those who had prayed to St. Rita. A detroit woman wrote a year ago she canle to New York and pray- I ed to St. Rita for a cfvll service I position and soon obtained it. | A boarding school girl wrote that : her Novena to St. Rita had com pletely cured her eyes,, throat and nose. , A man, who said his friends thought he was going Insane be cause of the pains he suffered In the head, wrote that St. Rita cured him. A young girl relates the marvel ous cure of her mother after making the second Novena to St. RUa. A man wrote that he had been in business troubles and prayed to &t. Rita for advice. He then aold one of his grocery stores and pros pered immensely In the store he re tained, and gave the "saint of the impossible” full cerdit. A janitor subscribed his thanks for the return of a bunch of keys. Such large crowds of jroxBhlpers now attend the annual Novena to St. Rita of Cascia. thatt'the rector is planning to increase t ae church's size. 1 Inspect the cellar of en. and never allow any animal or vegetable matter to decay there, . .My> • Ex-Sheriff and Tax Collector John A. Perkins, of Caleaselu Parish, La., who suddenly disappeared five years ago, going to Honduras and leaving an alleged shortage of $70,000 in bis accounts, returned a few days ago and surrendered. He was re^ leased on bond. He disappeared while tbe State auditor was check ing «p hie accounts. The pariah re covered $10,000 from property left by Perkins. 1 hand who so viciously cut Jno. Spires, a highly respected white farmer last Thursday morning. It is learned that ^he body of the ne gro was found swinging to a limb of a tree at Dry Fork Creek, three miles from Llncolton and that the body was filled with bullet holes. When you find a- man generous with black paint for other* you may .. be sure he has whitewash for him self. ii - . * Prison Ship Martyrs. The prison ship, Martyrs, forgotten victims of the Revolutionary War, Tditfe lOBifr^XIkeh; tire negro ~faF£ •rwte’he eomttimofatrt eftenntttrfert prtwe ewntetent wttb troillty; than a hundred years of neglect. A ‘ ~ monument to the ipemory of these 11,600 victims of the Wallabut pris on ship is being erected on Fort Green Hill in Brooklyn. 1 Girl Killed by Horse. Effle Townsley, the sixteen-year- old daughter of Samuel Townsley, of Johnsonvllle, Bracken county, Ky., was found dead a few days ago on the road near her home. 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