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emME MOST AWFLU Iaci fifkds murder and > ASSAULT A LADY ARE RUN DOWN BY DOGS t Three Young Negro Brutes Visit the Homs of a Young Georgia Farmer During His Absence and Assaulted *nd Murdered His Wife In Pres ence of Children. s A dispatch to the Augusta Chron- ielt from Wren, Ga., says the most horrible, brutal murder in the annals of Jeferson County, Ga., was the kill ing Snnday afternoon some time be tween 4 e’clock and uark of Mrs. Jef ferson Irby bp three negroes, Wil liam and George Hart and Robert Paschall. Mrs. Irby was only 21 years old, and had been married about six years. She was soon to become a mother for the third time when the fiendish brutes assaulted and murder ed her. The story of the murder was told by her little flve-year-old daughter to Mr. Irby when he returned to hi* home about dark from a visit to the home of his brother. Sunday morn ing Mr. Irby left to go to the home of his brotlter to take Sunday dinner and spend the afternoon. Mrs. Irby, who has not been leaving the house lately, was at home alone, save for the two little children, one five years old and the other about three. I'pon his return about dark Mr. Irby no ticed that the Are had burned out. only a few live coals remaining In the flrenlace. Calling Into the dark bedroom for his wife he got no response, and on investigation he found the two little tots covered up in one bed with their clothing on. Lifting the little ?irl to the floor he asked, “Where’s mamma’”' “The Hart negroes have been here and killed hor—papa, she's out in the yard dead,” was the little flve-year-old girl’s reply. Mr. Irby found a trace of blood on the back step, traced it to the wood pile and there found his wife’s mutilated body Her throat had been cut in two places and the top of her head almost entirely battered off with an axe From the description given by the little child it must have been about 4 o’clock in the afternoon when Wil liam and George Hart and Robert Paschall came to the house. George Hart, according to the little child, then grabbed Mrs. Irby and dragged her Into the yard. During her strug gles on the door step the negro slash ed Mr^. Irby’s throat twice. Hor hair had to-come loosened and. holding her bv nm> arm and her hair, the ne- grors ''ragged her to the wood pile, aptbe roar of the house and beat her bra'n* o’ * w'th an axe. The little girl told her father the negroes went acr'-'s a Held and out through the woo's Vr Irbv gave the alarm to neigh bor® and about 1 1 o’clock Sunday nirh* Sheri' T Smith with bloodhounds arrivf d on the scene and the dogs tm- med : ’e|v took no the trail, leading dire- 'v to where the three negroe® we'e ' ■•••'ed When thev were cap- turrd -’h'-rT Smith succeeded in ov- ercn">'ng a determination to lynch tho-n immediately by the argument th«’ jd<m; jr. rn t mn must he positive and 'f lie took the negroes to I.ouls- vi'ie ' o woo'd assure the people an Imined a'e trial. The three black flen-'® \y ' ■ o Mien taken to Augusta to eson’'e i 'ange angry crowd that was rapL'L paMiering re-whin? Augusta George ono o' the flrnds. made a con- fes« ; on w’- rh reveilpd one of the mo<>t hnrr'ble and dastardly of crlme« eo 'honkipgly heinous in oon- temnlaMon and execution that the de tail® con'd not be published In the new® 1 am r® \erording to the confes sion of George Hart, he and hi® broM ec, \vi'tHm and tdohor* Pa®- ch«n afer hecomlni partiallv intox- icate-t from drinking the sk’niming from niear cane boiling, went—bv- tbe T'-bv f'i®m hom 0 . They knew tint Mn 1’hv was not at home, and knew tbs* Mr® irbv and two little chil dren e e r e the onlr ones at home. AceonMng to the confession as mn H e bv George Hart. Robert Pas chal] went into the house, while he and his brother. William, stayed on the front p'azza and watched. George H Q rt savs thev next saw Robert Pas- cha'l and ^Trs T'-bv come out of the doow Paschall bavin? ho'd of the Hdv and t’-vln? to overnower her. while gbe «as fgh'lng him as hard as she foniu rumiiv Pasdia'I reached in hi* nnc’.-et '>nd secured his knPe. ■w'‘b which l-e c"t Mrs T’-hv’s throat. ■Virb : l-» her two MM |p girl®, who we^e flv ®r>-K'erier' onU crr'ng. were loo'-i' g on. p ^,n n ii ti 1op MeggpU Jnp bodv of M v ® ’ bv t n 'be iroo^'v'e ?nd knock ed b, - H 'bp boort w''b 'h# axe he fo " • ’ *' • r,. -'t-e-'e,. f lnrt tbpn gOPS on '■ ®nv Mnt b» ncd bi« hnother W • c ' ' nerkp' Mr. |rhv In the bo-j ' « tbp v,e savs. all •’ ' 'be Mi-if Senas sssanlt- ed ” ® '-Ur e-v> n ,. np 'bon ha r e!v ' r,, > ]p * '• ^ TV»#a ’ ''e *'rl. V ® rtlU pW « n d b (^ or *' rv •»e.na b-^* be»n miirde r ed bv * * f n b<de *hp‘r erir '*" < v '"ned |»*er In bwd by their fathei aa described abore. William Hart and Robert Paschall deny that they had any connection Wth the crime, but it la stated that Mrs. Irby’s little fire-year-old girl recognized the Hart fiends at the time her mother was killed. Thei too, the dogs traced the Hart fiends readily to a house where they were found In bed and just as readily trac ed Paschall. The three fiends are young negroes, all apparently under 20 years of age. George says that he Is only 1S and that his brother Is on* vear his senor. All three are dark brown In complexion. Not one of them appears to be very much wor ried over his situation and as soon as carried in to the Richmond county jail each went to sleep and was hard to awaken for breakfast. The Augueta Herald says the story of the crime for which the three ne groes are held and the thrilling race which the officers had across three counties to get them out of the reach of mobs of outraged citizens is one of the moet horrible and thrilling storlee ever heard In Augusta. The awful crime was committed on a quiet Sun day afternoon while the husband was away and Mrs. Irby was at ber boms with her two little children. The neighborhood had always been a ouiet and orderly one and the father left his children and the husband his wife without any thought of Impend ing danger. But the fiends were lurking near. It was about 4 o’clock when the black fiends made their dastardly and inexpressibly brutal attack on a de fenceless woman who was In a deli cate condition and in no manner pre pared for a shock of any kind. In Mie horrible confession of George Hart he mentions nothing about Mr. Irbv owing them 50c. Indeed, they went to the house for an entirely HTorent purpose. They murdered Mrs. Irby and as®ault~d her add left ?nd when the shades of evening had, fallen and the husband and father ame home he found that instead of the usual cheerful fire the-e were only a few live coals left a^id the house was dark. The necks of suen Oends should be cracked as so^n as possible. All Three Confess. The Augusta Chronicle of Wednes day said martial law was declared off in Waynesboro Tuesday morning about 4 o’clock; the militia, by its prompt action, kept the forming mob away from the Burke county jail pven after the three negro prisoners had been spirited away; one of the most Intensely exciting nights in the history of Burke county had passed, and entire quietude followed. Tues day the town was normal. William and George Hart and Rob ert Paschall, the three murderers of young Mrs. Jefferson Irby, near Wrens, are In the Richmond county iail; have confessed the crime, and are beyond the possible reach of an intensely impassioned public cover ing more than the territory of two counties. In most unthinkable details the ne?roes have told a story of bestial itv and blood-thirst: twice denyiric •heir confessions and later going into •ho minute particulars of the trag edy in the pro®ence of witnesses. K®sontially, the details of the storv as told Tuesday morning conform to 'he confessions of the negroes, ex cept that the later word picture add horror to it all Mrs Irby’s brains wore battered nut by the three ne groes. each taking his turn with tin axe, after which she was abused and finally her throat was slashed with a butcher knife by one of the Hart ne groes. Little Boy Blue. The little toy dog is covered with d ust. But sturdy and staunch he stands; And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And Ids musket molds in his hands Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Lit tle Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there. “Now, don’t you go till I come,” he said, “And don’t you make any noise!" ?0 toddling off to his trnndlo-hoil, He dreamt of the pretty toys; And, as he was dreaming, and angel i> eon? < Awakened our Little Boy Blue— O, the a ears are many, the years art long, But the little toy friends are true’ Still faithful! to Little Boy Blue they stand, Each in the same old place, Awaiting the touch of a little hand. The smile of a little face; And they wonder, as waiting the long years through In the dust of that little chain, What has become of our Little Boy Blue Since he kissed them and put them there. —Eugene Fields. Army Altitude Record. A new army altitude record was made at San Diego, Gal. Thursday by T ient. H. B Post, who ascended to a height of fO.fiAfl feet, a gain of more thrn 2.onn feet over thf previous rec ord. GIRL 'KILLED BY A BOMB EXPLOSIVE SENT TO EMPLOYER CAUSES HER DEATH. New York Detective* Trying to Die- cover Who Sent Dynamite That Blew Her to Piecea. Ida Anusewltz, 18 years old, em ployed as confidential bookkeeper of the 0. K. Bottling company bf New York, was killed Friday by a bomb sent to her employers. Thomas Mc Cabe, managing salesman, was cut In the head by flying met&l, and Michael Ryan, an employee standing outside the office, was injured by shattered glass. The desk on which the bomb was placed as Miss Anusewltz opened It was demolished and the office was wrecked. The bomb was delivered by ex press. Apparently It contained dyna mite, as the force of the explosion was downward. Who sent the bomb and why were gueetions that sent half a hundred or more detectives at work on every possible clue. On the wrapper they found a written address—28 State street, New York city. The building at this address is a large office building, accupied chief ly by exporting firms who employ a number of foreigners. The bureau of combustibles, work ing on the mystery with the few bits of metal found in the floor and walls, announced that the missile was of similar construction to the bomb sent to Judge Rosalsky about two years ago. The package containing the bomb was addressed to the bottling company in stencil. It was received by McCabe, wffo placed it on the girl’s desk. The force of the explosion wrecked the room, shattering plate glass win dows and tearing a jagged hole in the floor. Inasmuch as the force seemed to be downward the police believed dynamite had been used. Employees of the company connected the explosion with the alleged dis charge recently of thirty workmen by William H. Callahan, the proprietor. Callahan, however, denied Tiaving discharged the workmen and told the police that they were working with him still. “To the best of my knowl edge, I have no enemies,” Callahan said. The affair is a mystery to me.” Within an hour several squads of detectives were working on the case. The rehmants of the package were ®ent to the bureau of combustibles for investigation. Upon the corner nf the package was stencilled the re turn address, ostensibly, of the send er. It was 23 State street, New York. TALKS ONCURRtNCY SENATOR F. D. SMITH STRESSIS NEELS bf FARMtRS SHOULD DE CONSIDERED WEDDING BUREAU. Sensational Story Tells How Foolish Men Were Fleeched. Martin W. Farris of Princeton, Ind., who with his wife and daugh ters, Louise and Ora, were indicted tl’.ere on a charge of misusing the mails in operating a matrimonial bu reau. Wednesday told Judge A. B. Anderson in federal court that Louise alone was responsible for what Oharles W. Miller, district attorney, haracterized as one of the biggest matrimonial swindles operated in this country. Mr. Miller, in outlining the gov- ''rnment’s case, declared that the plan of the swindle was for Louise to " rite letters to men who wished to marry her. Mrs. Farris mailed the 'otters, he said. Ora warned away prospective bridgegrooms and if they 'ipoame Insistent the father threat- Mied tiiem. Five men who had pro- osed to Louise arrived in Princeton >t the same time, Mr. Miller said, and ’t time® she was engaged to 50 men One of the victims wbo sent Louise 'Idfi was a prominent pugilist, the listrl.’t attorney asserted. According to Mr. Miller there al ways was a scramble at the Farris borne in Princeton when packages or letters arrived and the first member if the family to open a package or '(’Her kept Its contents. Mr. Miller 'old of many prospective bridegrooms who had sent diamond bracelets, dia- ■n cm rl—r+n-gfx;—murrey and railroad ‘i kets. Louise, who confessed her ■•art in the scheme. Mr. Miller said, 'old him that she wrote to the dis gruntled lovers threatening to have hem arrested for trying “to lure a v ming, Innocent girl away from home”, if return of money or jewelry was asked. H AS NARROW ESCAPE. Grain Rent to Earope. More than three million buahela of grain are being held at Portland. Mo for shipment The greeter portion will fee tent to Europe. Greenville Officer Faint*.White Rid- 4 ing Police Motorcycle. Policeman Meyfteld'''of the Green ville police department’s motorcycle squad suffered a fainting spell while riding on Buncombe street in that ci ty Wednesday morning, and recogniz ing that he was on the verge of a lapse of consciousness he shut off his power, the machine ran wild for a few moments and then dashed Into the curb, doitffc little damage save to the machine. The Tfatrolman was bruised about the face and hands bu 1 suffered no other injuries. Falls From Roof. Joe Washington, a colored tinner of Charleston Thursday morning fell off the roof of a house where he wss working His aknll was fractured and he was paralyzed below the hips In Speaking Before the United States Senate the Junior Senator Ap prove* Democratic Measure ah First 1 One That Has Given Real Es tate Proper Place. Senator E. D. Smith of South Caro lina, discussing the question of the farmers’ needs and financial neces sities, said Monday In the course of the debate on the administration cur rency bill; “The president recognises the need of legislation to enable tha farmer to finance his business. He says: ’We must add the mean* by which the farmers may make hia cradit con stantly and eaally available and com mand wkan he will the capital by which to support and axpand his businass.’ No atrongar terms than these eaa be used; in this expression he covers completely the exact ob jection which all financial legislation, up to the present and including this bill, has striven to do for what is known technically as ‘commercial' business. “The conditions under which the farmer produces his commercial commodities, by the laws of nature, are different from those of any other commercial productivity. By the very nature of things he is forced—to -a longer period of credit without anp intervening marketable retu’-n. As the president says, he is dependent upon the seasons which can not be forced during the period necessary for the growth, maturity and harvest ing of his crops. A constant outlay is absolutely necessary. This time for the production of staple farm products, averages from six to eight months. “He, therefore. Is forced, by the unchangeable nature of his business, to obtain his loans for this length of time. A 90-day loan either would have to be renewed under the present system or the farmer be forced to obtain it elsewhere than under the present proposed banking act. Under the conditions set forth, it means all accumulations of Indebtedness, repre senting the cost of the production of his entire crop and the cost of har vesting. This indebtedness, extend ing over a period of six or eight months, naturally becomes due and payable when his crop is ready for the market. Under present conditions he has to pay the highest rate of in terest when he secures a loan for making his crop, and these loans be coming due when his crop is gathered and ready for the market, he is forc ed to sell practically his entire pro duction within a period of 30 to 90 days in order to meet iiis obligations. “Hencs, tie is handicapped both in the production and sale of his crop His paper not being recognized as ordinary prime commercial paper Is discounted at the highest possible legal rate, if he is able to obtain a loan at all, and then his crop when ready for market necessarily must be sold, regardless of the law of supply and demand, In order to meet these obligations. In other words, the farmers of this country, in order to meet the obligations incurred in pro- dticing their crop, have to put upon the market a 12-months' supply of farm products within 30 to 90 days It is inevitable under such conditions that the purchasers or the buyers ct r these products, having to carry them for the next 12 months for distribu tion, discount the price and all ex [tenses incident to the risk incurred in carrying them, and then chargf what profit they think sufficient to remunerate them. Therefore, as I have just said, the farmer is handi capped, botli in the production and sale of his crops. It is to remedy this condition that the goverunnen, should address itself. An Important Bart. “The farm is an intimate and vita' part, in fact, the essential part, of every nation’s life and prosperity This is a trite saying, but none the less true because so often repeated. And whatever tends to improve the conditions surrounding the farm, fa cilitate production, aid in supporting and'expanding the business and as sists in wise and profitable market ing, tends to the upbuilding and en richment of the nation. In view of the relation that the farm bears to every department of our life every effort should be used to promote every facility for obtaining loans for the farmer sufficient fo»- the produc tion of his crop and the marketing of 1* to the best advantage. “As said before, the farm differs from every other business. A day’s production from a mine is ready for the market to meet the expense in curred In that day’s production: the output of a lumber mill is ready at the end of the day for shipment and liquidation of the debt Incurred in produrtlng that day’s output. “The same is true of the factory and mercantile business; In fact, every other form of commercial ac tivity. And sll of these have to wait apon the farm for their auetenance and comfort, and tho farmer ha* to wait upon all of theee to be served first in financial and commercial life. He hat a right to demand recogni tion, prominent recognition, In the financial legislation of America. We do not belong to those nations of Europe which by hereditary Influence or preeent condition have unchange able class conditions. But we are Americana, under that form of gov ernment where every condition sur rounding each and every vocation and avocation it of equal eoneeru to the legislator and should be given Ha proper recognition In the laws per taining to the general welfare. Need Longer Loan*. “If tho farmer* of this country could secure six to nine months’ loans, at reasonable rates of interest, to produce their crops, the cost of production would be reduced mate rially; and when their crops are ready for the market, be able to bor row upon thoee products for a suffi cient length of time to permit the marketing of them to the beet ad vantage, the greatest problem ton fronting th* development and sueeee* of the vgrleultural Interests of this country would b* solved. “In' this bill som* measure of re lief may be looked for. It le provid ed that certain prim* commercial paper Is to b* mad* the basis of cur rency Issue, thus providing an addi tional, If temporary. Increase In the circulating medium to meet the re quirements of trade. This, of course, will tend to giv* opportunity for loans elsewhere than In our banking and currency system of sufficient length of time to meet the require ments of the farmers. Hence, the farmer will be Indirectly the benefi ciary perhaps of a system In which he should have been the beneficiary directly. “T am going to vote for the bill, be lieving that- It is a first step in4he right direction, with a hope and faith that from time to time there will be «urh amendments and modification® as the needs of the agricultural In terests may demand. I fully appre ciate that at this time there might arise some embarrassment perhaps with those tlpie notes extended for a longer period than specified in this bill. “Necessarily there must be change and readjustment and these should be as easy and successful as possible Reserves are to be established, de posits and credits built up, gold and other securities accumulated and the system gotten into working shape and then perhaps, and I hope in the near future, the farmers of this country may find an adequate way of meeting all of their needs under the proposed system when established, amended and developed. A Real Departure. “This bill also for the first time In our banking history recognizes real estate as a bonding collateral. This also is of great benefit to the agrtcul tuxal Interests of .lhe_ country. It makes possible the financial resources organized under this bill for the ben "fit of those who wish to realize .upon their vested capital. Before this, those who wished to use their landed property as collateral for its develop ment were dependent upon sucb loans as they could negotiate outside the law governing national banks and the resources controlled by the na Monal laws This Ts one of the most important features of this bill and is a recognition of the value of the property upon which the enMre na tion depends and upon which the farmer necessarily Is dependent. “The great cry has been ‘back to 'he farm’. The agricultural depart ment is spending millions of dollars for the development of agricultural Interests. All of this may avail some thing. but until agriculture is reliev 'd from the financial handicap under which it is now laboring, until it i® placed upon a financial foo'ing with the other commercial and Industrial activities of the country, the condi Mon now obtaining will become no better and the high cost of living be come more aeute as the years go by “It is idle to talk about getting voting men of education and abiliD *0 engage in a pursuit In which credit and the means of obtaining it are doubtful and uncertain, and the pro ducts of which are forced upon the market, regardless of price. In order to meet the obligations incurred In their production, President Wilson ®ays- ‘And yet the farmer does not ®tard upon the same footing with the forester, and the miner in the mar ket of credit * • * (| )P security he gives is of a character not known in the broker’s office or as familiar as it might be on the counter of the bankers.’ “In the same connection he *aid: ‘Our thoughts may ordinarily be con centrated upon the cities and the hives of industry, upon the cries of the crowded market place and :h* clangor of the factories, but It is from the quiet intersnaces of the open val leys and the free hillsides that we draw the sources of life and prosper itv.’ It Is for this reason that the an cient cry of unrest all over the conn try comes up against the inequalitle In wealth, and it is the most poten’ reason for the political unrest tha’ characterizes conditions to-day. While Money Shrinks. “In the last 10 years the percent age of Increase In agricultural pro ducts haa been 97.1. while the In- j cress* In money circulation has been ' hat 7*10 per cent.: a difference be- 1 tween the relative Increase of the two of ahont 2R per cent, more In agT^oltuml products than In dim- 3 Uting taedlvH. Wfc» «|M taken Into eonstdorndon tknt small per cent, of the entire of the country Is need nnder i ent system for the purpose of Ing and marketing oar ngriemKifil products. It will be qumte are the mean* for f)nanelng J £hie great indastry and establishing t6n- fldence In Its certain remmention. "The greatest per cent, ef the ac tual capltsl of this country Is concen trated In the great centres ef trade and nsed for purposes of speculoftion and gambling tn stocks, bonds. a*d even in agricultural products tkeis- selvee—a use of capital which adda not one dollar to the material devel opment and welfare of the Oonatrj. It is for the following reason, amoitg others, that I shall support the MR. It seeks to establish' regional Vanlfy. to decentralize this dangerous mm~ cent rat Ion ef sapttsl In the few gagdt centres of ^speculation and gamblfftg, and'to place the money ef the try where those who are engaged hi legitimate Induetry may see are ade quate aecommodatloas at all times. “I favor the eetabitehaaeat ef dfcjU regional beaks, even theagk the Mb commodatlons that they may to to extend to the Industries la th* gions in which they may to may not at first be as great as now be received from Som# ef tEe preeent reserve sen tree. Bat tbqy will become the aeuclel of the wealtil of the different sections In whlth tl are located, and, I believe, rapIdR increase that wealth. With wise ministration, I predict tha rapULda- vclopment of the latent retoarM^^f these sections, resulting from the e»> tabllshment of theee regional tonka. Equalizes Conditions. “Not only does this provision of eight reserve centres tend to decen tralize capital and equalize eondltleag of opportunity In the country, but it will aid powerfully in the .develop ment of the latent resources of each region. It necessarily tends to make the capital of each of these sections non-migratory. It retains the wealth of each section for the benefit of^thn «ectlon in which the wealth Is frro- duced; It makes the money of each section available for the development "f the resources of that section; it no utilizes it that it may not to tran^ ferred to the great centres of speen- latlon and gambling. I, for myself, would be willing to pay s higher raft of Interest and suffer a temporary lack of capital. In order to see tkegi eight reserve banks established; be lieving, as I do, that they will altt- mately result In the developmeat of the undeveloped resources of the a*» tion. “Under our present system, all see tlons of the country have been but tributary feeders to the few financial centres, making possible the building up of the colossal fortunes of thg few; rendering easy means for thg shameful speculations which havu disgraced our market places, ant making possible the floating of eel- ossal schemes that have destroyet competition essential to the healthy growth of our Industries. Thdy harp drained from every quarter of tha country the capital so sorely needed for the development of its vast re sources. “This bill provides further than in times of emergency t^ie assets of tha country, the real wealth of the coun- trp, may he used as a basis of* cls- "'ulation, making the possibility ef ’he recurrence of disastrous panics, 'emote, if not t ly impossible. Should It establish cpnfldence In the ■'hillty of co-opera^fbn between the h-’nks and the government In making safe tlie commerce of the nation. It will furnish a solution of the most 'pxlng problems that now confront the American people.” «?-3 • BOLL WEEVIL CAMPAI ♦ Aiyr. (mmpaign Georgia Citizens Latyich .Against Boll WeeviL At a mass meeting of citlxena ol Macon and Bibb county, Ga., Thura- day afternoon an organization was perfected to prepare for and fight oft invasion of the boll weevil. . Thi organDation is under the wing of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and will have headquarters In Macon, Ga. According to President C. J. Har den of the Georgia Chamber of Com merce. an educational campaign la being planned throughout the cotton^ erowing section of south and mlddln Georgia. Farmers will be taught thn necessity of diversification of croya- |The campaign Is to be carried tnt0 every school house, church and home 'n Georgia. A good sized sum ef money for the campaign was raised it the meeting. Negro Kills Another Negro. Hathaway Cox, a young negro, shot and kilted another negro. In lower frowpovilte. Marlboro county, Thure- 'av ptgbt It Is said 4, that the two negroes got in a dispute over a card ~ame and some liquor. Jackson was >♦ the home of Cox when the shoob» nz occurred. ‘tent to Charleston. Returning to Guantanamo. Cabe, fr om its Mediterranean cruise, with mall nox aboard the battleship Ohlf s -is been ordered to go Into anarem* Ine at Charleston. i t nfinished Pier Runm. yde Line pier No. t. undergoing construction at ton w *s Monday tailing a lit.