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? ' 11 ip WWi ' ' "'W ... . ? -. . ., - . . y . y lamkrg frotlfr J Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1911. One Dollar and a Half a Year. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the f County and Elsewhere. Fairfax Fancies. Fairfax. Nov. 7.?The ladies are the busiest that ever were, getting > fancy articles ready for their bazaar this week, also cooking up for the diner and supper to be served. Flowers may bloom to please us for the flower contest, but chrysanthemums are a little backward. Mr. G. S. O'Neal, Sr., the faithful superintendent of the Baptist Sunday-school, had a big bon fire at the close of the exercises Sunday, burning up the bad to make the good brighter. We hope it will have a good effect. Mr. George Sanders has returned from his Western trip, well pleased. Mrs. Laura Peeples is visiting Mrs. M. Moye. Ma*, and Mrs. M. A. Moye have announced the approaching marriage of their daughter, Annye Elizabeth, to Gilmore Simms O'Neal, Jr. The wedding will take place November . the 30th, at the home of the bride's parents in Fairfax. Officers Settle Church Row. ? The Laurens Advertiser says: Rural Policeman Sullivan and Deputy Sheriff Reid were called on to play a new role when they acted as protectors of the peace and director of ceremonies at St. Paul Baptist church, colored. Monday night. It seems that a stormy meeting was expected and, in fact, materialized later on." The meeting was called 1 - a. _JJ - j : T> T XT on account 01 a uesuu xvcv. o. x?. Walker not being wanted by a majority of the church members. As some difficulty was expected in dethroning Rev. Walker the officers of the law were called on to preserve the peace. The two officers went down at the appointed hour and first took seats in the rear of the hall. Things began to happen thick and fast and the officers were forced to call order several times. A motion was made to elect Rev. Walker mod erator of the meeting. This was taken as the "red flag of defiance." The battle was on and the outcome of the whole meeting seemed to rest on the outcome of the strife at this point. Rev. Walker lost out and in his place Rev. Rucker was elected moderator. This was a victory for ? the better element but the battle was not over* The real battle came when the minutes of the evening were to be read in which Rev. Walker was elected pastor of the church. The intention of the antiWalkers was to have that clause stricken out where Walker was elected to the pastorate. When the time came to read them another conflict was on, the question being as to who was to read the minutes. Here again the anti Walkers won a victory and the \> clause was stricken out and an election was declared in order. Thereupon Rev. Rucker was elected pastor of the church. ; > "cv """"~~~""i^???? QUEER ACCIDENT WAS FATAL. __ Young Girl Dies as the Result of a Collision witn a Boy. At Durham, N. C., Miss Callie Couch, a pretty girl of 16, died Friday afternoon as the result of a fractured skull caused by colliding with Thomas Shepherd, a lad of 17, Tuesday. The two were playing an oldfashioned ball game, when Shepherd ran into Miss Couch and imbedded his teeth in her forehead. The impact broke the front, teeth off and they had to he extracted with forceps. She fell insensible to the ground with a fractured skull. From the first it appeared that she would hardly recover and blood poisoning * was a complication. The young girl and boy were of excellent families. ?The boy is not seriously hurt. HURT IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Mrs. J. B.' Morris, of Barnwell, Thrown from Buggy. * .? ? /? if t n JtJarnwen, i\uv. o.?mxs. o. x>. Morris, wife of County Supervisor Morris, who was hurt last week in a runaway, is recovering. The accident occurred while Mrs. Morris and her daughter, Mrs. John B. Harley.' . and children, were out buggy riding.: The horse became frightened at some I bales of cotton on the roadside, near; the Atlantic Coast Line depot, and started to run. Before Mrs. Morris could regain control, the buggy struck a telephone post, throwing the occupants out. No one was hurt but Mrs. Morris, who received serious injuries about the head, being badly cut and and bruised. She was given medical attention, and, as stated, is now well on the road to recovery. That the others were not also seriously hurt or killed is one of the miracles of modern times. Hunting on Sunday. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 5.?When his foet slipped, as he was crossing a small creek, two miles from Savannah, this afternoon, on a log, 16vear-old Joseph Murken accidentally discharged the shotgun he was carrying and the load struck him in the side. He was saved from drowning by two other boys, who were with him, but died soon after reaching a local hopsital. In a rear-end collision on the Augusta-Aiken trolley line last Saturday night three persons were hurt, ? but none seriously. COL. F. M. MIXSON PASSES AWAY j J Well-Known South Carolina Veteran Dies Suddenly. g Columbia, Nov. 5.?Coi. F. M. Mixson, head of the Old Soldiers' Home here, died suddenly this jnorning, g heart failure being the cause of his death. He had risen apparently as well as ever, but at 10:30 o'clock suddenly pased away. The funeral services will be conducted to-morrow afternoon at his residence, at 4 o'clock, by the Rev. Charles E. Wood- * son, pastor of the Church of the Good I ? ... . ; ill T, ? C snepnera, ana tne remains wm uc interred in Elmwood cemetery. Col. Mixson is survived by his wife and ^ the following children: Messrs. J. W., W. T. and J. C. Mixson, Mrs. W. A. Coleman and Mrs. Charles B. Speer, of Montgomery, Ala. Col. Mixson was a native of Barnwell county and during his life held several public offices. He was assistant superintendent of education under Mr. Mayfield; superintendent of the old State dispensary and the first dispensary commissioner under Gov. Tillman. From the first of last January to the time of his death he I was at the head of the Old Soldiers' Home in this city. Col. Mixson served in the Confederate army as an orderly in Jenkins's brigade. At the time of his death he was a member of Camp Hampton. No change will be made at the Soldiers' Home until the 1st of January, so it was reported to -night. Adjutant John J. Wise will be in charge of the home until that time. NEGRESS KILLS HUSBAND. Woman Surrenders at Honea Path and Tells of Killing. Honea Path, Nov. 3.?At Murphy's camp on the interurban, four miles souths this place in Abbeville county. Josie White, a negro woman, kill ed her husband about noon to-day. The woman's story is that her husband was abusing her, beating her at the time, when she got hold of a knife and told him that if he hit her again she would kill *him; that he struck her and she stabbed him in the breast. She came into town about 5 o'clock and surrendered to Justice L. M. Wilson and was locked up. She says that both she and her husband came from Birmingham, Ala. WHITE SLAVERS SENTENCED. Lena Cohen of New York is Given a Term of Ten Years. Mrs. Lena Cohen, who was found < guilty of conspiracy to violate the laws of the United States prohibiting the shipping in interstate commerce of girls for immoral purposes, was on Monday sentenced by Judge t Hough, in the United States circuit . court, to five years' imprisonment in , the women's prison at Auburn, N. Y. , Morris Cohen,, who was convicted . with her, wasv given a two-year term at Atlanta, Ga., and fined $5,000. Jennie Luretta. of Bridgeport, J Connn., indicted with the Cohens, 1 pleaded guilty, but having appeared t as the government's chief witness . was let off with a suspended sentence. ( A. R fflERS DIES SUDDENLY. \ Allendale Express Agent Stricken ^ with Apoplexy at His Office. Allendale, Nov. 6.?Mr. A. R. 1 Hiers, a prominent citizen of Allendale, died at his office this morning of apoplexy. He was in his usual health yesterday but this morning, 1 after reaching his office, he complain- J ed of feeling unwell and expired in 1 a few minutes. Mr. Hires has been ? in the employ of the Southern Ex- press Company for a number of c years. Eleven years ago he moved c to this town from Colleton; he was 1 59 years of age. Surviving him are c his wife, who was Miss Ellen Raysor, ? and six daughters and two sons. Mr. 1 Hiers was very popular and won many friends by his geniality and * courtesy. Expressions of regret and J sympathy for his bereaved family 1 are heard on all sides. He was a member of the Methodist church, 1 where the funeral will take place to- s morrow.' J HURT ON COLUMBIA TRACK. { Joe Jagersberger, Auto Racer, Badly * Injured in Trial Spin. f ( Columbia, Nov. 3.?While par- j ticipating in the preliminary trials, i at the automobile race course at the ( fari grounds to-day, before the races, ( the Case car, driven by Joe Jagers- E berger, of Racine, Wis., blew out a tire on the right side and went over y a bank, turning over twice. Jagers- f berger was found by the side of his j car badly injured, his right leg be- s ing broken and shattered between i the knee and ankle, his shoulders 3 hurt, injured internally and a por- t tion of his face above his eye lacer- j s ated. He was removed to the hos- f pital and given medical attention! ] g A report from his bedside to-night is j j that he is resting as comfortable as j ^ could be expected, with good chances t for recovery. c The mechanician, Fred Phefster, j was in the car when the accident j s hnnnpnpd but iumDed before the carlo v?-*"?7 - - , w left the track. He escaped with slight injuries, his face being in-! 0 jured, his tongue lacerated, and he j s was otherwise bruised up. He was ! <j taken to his room at a local hotel. a The car was not damaged beyond p the bursting of the tire. Jagersber- \ ger never lost consciousness and dis- E played wonderful fortitude. A large j number of spectators were watching a the practice runs when the accident a occurred. <3 .. .v , N THE PALMETTO STATE OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. itate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. A special term of court is being leld in Barnwell this week. W. B. TnT rtonVi rvf Common ic nroQiditlB' JJ.R /cjuvavu, vi vuuiuvu} AM ^/A VA/?V..MQ ?pecial judge. An election for mayor and warlens for the town of Branchville is to e held December 4th. An interestng contest is expected. Entzminger Isenhower, a young nan of Fairfield county living six niles from Winnsboro, was shot by he accidental discharge of his own >istol while he was getting out of lis buggy on Friday and was killed. Olin M. Dantzler, sheriff of Calloun county, died last Thursday, af-| er an illness of some weeks. He eaves a widow and several children. 3e was a brother of Judge Chas. G. )antzler, who died about a year ago. Work is going forward on the race rack at Charleston, about which here has been so much in the news>apers and to which there is much >pposition on the part of the people >f Charleston. It is expected to finsh the track and grounds by January L Oth. At the municipal election in Chareston Tuesday John P. Grace is 85 rotes ahead for mayor on the face of ;he returns, the votes standing: 3race 2,999; Hyde 2,805; Hughes L09. There are a number of chalenged votes to be passed on by the executive committee, ana il is suy)osed that there will be more than rnough illegal votes thrown out to ilect Hyde, as Grace and his partisans jrevented the purging of the club oils. There was much disorder durng the day, and Mayor Rhett did nuch to keep down trouble by his irm stand against illegal voting and iisorder. Wilson G. Harvey was debated for alderman at large by L. M. Pinckney, and on the face of the reurns it seems that the Grace aldernen will control the nesjt city council. Nothing definite however will )e known until the challenged votes ire passed en by the committee. It vas a sad day for Charleston, as the vorst element seemed to be in con;rol. ON SOUTH CAROLINA SOIL. "I- . -a l.K n m jovernnjeni rieaseu wiui sutnjss 01 Tea Raising Experiment. Washington, Nov. 4.?The governnent's experiments in tea farming ;his year were highly satisfactory to he department of agriculture officiils. On the 100 acres in South Caroina, where the bureau of plant inlustry is conducting the work, there vere produced this year about 12,000 pounds of tea, worth fully $1 a >ound. x While this was not a record yield, ;he season having been too dry for ;hat, there would have been a rec)rd, it was confidently declared tolay by Dr. Rodney W. True, in ;harge of the work, if conditions had )een favorable. CHAUFFEUR HELD FOR MURDER nquest Over Body of Mrs. Hamiter, Killed in Columbia. Columbia, Nov. 5.?An inquest vas held this morning over the re nains of Mrs. W. S. Hamiter, the Blackstock lady who was run over tnd killed yesterday on Main street. The coroner's jury returned a verlict that the deceased came to her leath by being run over by an auto^ nobile driven by Horace Jones, the :olored chauffeur. Jones was held tnd committed to jail, charged with nurder. The remains were shipped to Blackstock this afternoon for burial. Phey were accompanied by the hus>and and several friends. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved husband and children who turvive. Mrs. Hamiter, before mariage, was a Miss Annie Cooper, of he Indiantown section of Williams>urg county. Previously to moving o Blackstock, the Rev. and Mrs. lamiter lived at Ira, in Anderson ounty. In addition to the husband, Ive children survive, as follows: hooper Hamiter, William Scott Hamter and the Misses Mary, Annie and Smma Hamiter. Prof. George Mclutcheon, of the University of South Carolina, is a cousin of the dead wonan. The accident, as related, occurred esterday a little after noon on Up- j >er Main street. Mrs. Hamiter was i ust coming from a visit to an eye pecialist, having come here to have ter eyes treated, and was crossing Jain street when struck by the car ?elonging to Mr. J. Caldwell Roberton, Miss Olive Robertson; her riend, Miss Louise Rowland, of Au;usta, Ga., and the negro chauffeur, lorace Jones. Mrs. Hamiter was [ragged about 30 feet when struck >y the car and her head crushed by nmin? in rnntant. with the sidewalk. Lfter being taken to a local hospital he never regained consciousness, nd at 3:30 o'clock passed away. Mr. J. Caldwell Robertson, the iwner of the automobile which truck Mrs. Hamiter, said that he leeply regretted the accident and did ,11 in his power to give relief. Folowing the accident he went to the nfirmary and asked that all possible aedical attention be given the inured woman. Mr. Robertson, to void any possible accident, had not Rowed his autombile on Main street luring fair week until yesterday. MAN MURDERED. Mutilated Body of Newberry Man Reveals Horrible Crime. Newberry, Nov. 6.?Will Ruff, a White man, about 55 years of age, was found dead in his home, a threeroom cottage, just outside the city limits, on the Ashford ferry road, Sunday having been murdered some time during the night, presumably about midnight. Tne boay was coia and was lying stretched out on the floor as it fell, with an old rusty axe, i with which the deed was done, lying nearby. He had been strouck on the back of the head with the butt of the axe. The skull was crushed in exposing the grains, so that death was instantaneous. Lying on the floor was a small bag partly filled with candy, and other pieces of candy were scattered about the floor, which, it is believed, shows that he4 was in the act of selling candy to the murderer when the blow was struck. The inference is that the purchase of the candy was only a pretense to the part of the murderer, who thus engaged Mr. Ruff's attention to give himself an opportunity to strike the fatal blow. In the bedroom were two trunks in one of which, it is said, Mr. Ruff was accustomed to keep bis money, usually from $50 to $100 at a time. That trunk had been thoroughly rifled. The only money found in the house this morning after the murder wa9 discovered was a 10-cent piece in the corner of a drawer. Mr. Ruff was unmarried. He was a quiet and inoffensive man and not addicted to getting into difficulties, so there can be no doubt that the murder was committed without any provocation on his part, and for the sole purpose of robbery. There is no clue to the murderer so far as can be learned. Coroner Chappell organized a jury of inquest this morning, with J. H. Summer as foreman. The jury viewed the body and surroundings and adjourned until this afternoon, at which time it i is hoped there may be some additional facts to put before them. In j it- ? CtictiMfP LllO lliCflilUlliC LUC UlULCIO) UUL1 1U Buford and his deputies and Constables Blease and Adams, are busy trying to get some trace of the guilty party. Mr. Ruff was buried Sunday afteiv noon at 4:30 o'clock at St Phillip's church, near his former home. Seventeen Killed Around Illicit Distillery. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 3.?United forces of the United States marshal's office and the sheriff's office to-night are # preparing for a raid early tomorrow on an illicit still in the neighborhood of Lewisburg, four miles north of this city, where six white men and 11 negroes have met death in the past 18 months. Six of the negroes have been killed since last Saturday. It developed to-day that the still, which is in what is known as the Arcadia community, has been the real source of all the trouble. It is said there is a standing challenge that no one shall cross a certain line near the plant and that it has been in defiance of this that 17 men have been slain in almost as many months. To-day is the first since last Friday on which there has not been a negro killed. The moonshining outfit is said to be located in an almost inaccessible place and has defied the federal au thorities for several years, a pitcnea battle is expected when the officers attempt to make the seizure. MONEY LOST IN MAILS. Registered Packages Mysteriously Disappeared in Virginia. Lynchburg, Nov. 4.?A registered package, containing a $20,000 remittance from a Bluefield, W. Va., bank to the New York correspondent, it is said, disappeared from the mails on Friday night between Bluefield and Charlottesville, Va. The pouch containing the remittance came here Friday night over the Norfolk and Western Railroad and was handled through the mail transfer to the Southern Railway at the West End station. Soon after leaving Lynchburg, the clerk on the Washington train telegraphed that he was short the package and that his waybill did not correspond with the number on the registered lock attached to the pouch. GETTING TO BE COMMON. Another Registered Pouch Containing $20,000 Disappears. Greensboro, N. C., Nov. 6.?That a United States mail pouch, routed from Raleigh to New York and containing $.20,000, disappeared two weeks ago in a manner very similar to a recently reported $20,000 theft of a pouch at Lynchburg, Va., became known here to-day. Beyond admitting the loss of the valuable package officials refuse to discuss the matter. It is declared unofficially that the Raleigh pouch disappeared after being receipted for by a mail clerk on i a northbound train passing here, and I that the clerk in whose custody it was last placed has been suspended from the service pending an investigation. The pouch was handled by the local postoffice and later transferred to the mail clerk now under suspension. It is said he remembered seeing and checking it on a through check under the train shed here, but that he did not detect its loss until he reached the end of his run and found himself unable to tally with his entry book. The impression prevails that the disappearance of this, as well as the pouch reported lost from Lynchburg, can be accounted for by the same person or parties. . ; . . ' *. ; * * " . - *. ' - '. ENGINEER DEED IN WRECK SWANSEA MAN UNDER ARREST, CHARGED WITH CRIME. Fireman, Express Messenger and Mail Clerk Injured?Bloodhounds Lead to Suspect. Columbia, Nov. 6.?Lawrence Robinson, colored, was arrested today, charged with breaking the pfliicori thp wtppIt nf Seaboard passenger train No. 43, at Swansea, early this morning, when engineer W. Edward Pritchard lost his life and Fireman Prince Davis, Express Messenger H. G. Freeman and Mail Clerk T. W. Moore were injured. No. 43 ran into an open switch and crashed into eight empty box cars, standing on the siding, overturning the engine, the baggage, express and mail cars, and tearing up the track for a considerable distance. Evidence showed that the switch had been tampered with and bloodhounds of Penitentiary Guard John Robbins were put on the trail and followed it to the house of Lawrence Robinson, colored, in the town of Swansea. Lodged in Jail. Robinson was away from home, having gone on a wagon to a mill. The officers soon found him and put him under arrest. He was brought back to Columbia and taken this afternoon to Lexington and lpdged in jail. Robinson denies the charge and protests his innocence. He said, however, that he served a three years' sentence on the Lexington chain gang, beginning in 1903, for attempting to tamper with a switch at Dixianna, on this same road, pleading guilty on the charge when arraigned in court. He is a negro of medium height and the only distinguishing mark about nim is his lips, which are all covered with sores. Constable Tod Martin, of Swansea, took him to Lexington and turned him over to Sheriff Miller. A Horrible Death. Engineer Pritchard was pinned under the engine and killed before he could be rescued. Fireman Prince Davis, colored, escaped, although badly bruised and shaken up. Express Messenger Freeman "received a deep cut in the back of his head, eight inches long, 'and his right shoulder was sprained. Several of the passengers were shaken np, but fortunately the day coach and the sleepers stuck to the rails. A wrecking train from Savannah came to the scene and cleared away tho wreckage. The body of Engineer Pritchard was sent to Savannah, Express Messenger Freeman also going there, while the wounded fireman was brought here and given treatment at a local hospital. The passengers were taken on to Savannah and southward by train No. 81. Conductor Bates was in charge of the train. Work of Miscreant. The wreck occurred between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning. A freight conductor, who went to the gcene of the wreck, and who talked to the representative of the News and Courier, said that it was plainly seen that some miscreant had broken the lock of the switch and caused the wreck of the train. The switch- locked showed that some heavy instrument had been used in battering it loose, and this gentleman said he found the switch lock all broken and hammered Up, about ten feet away in the weeds. Bloodhounds were taken from here by officers, in an attempt to follow the trail of the miscreant, who is thought to be responsible for the wreck. This man, in describing the wreck, said that one box car was thrown across the main track by the force of the contact. He said that the hotel keeper at Swansea stated that the hotel shook from the effects of the contact of the train with the stationary box cars. Main Line Cleared. He said that the box cars, thrown upon the embankment by the force ! of the contact, caused some lumber j piled nearby to be thrown over the main track, thereby adding to the debris. A considerable amount of damage resulted from the wreck, although the wrecking crew soon cleared the main line and allowed the i trains to get through. Northbound passenger train No. 66, due here at about 5 a. m., was delayed by the wreck and arrived at 11 o'clock, six hours late. Mr. Ed Pritchard, the engineer, who was killed in the wreck, was a resident of Savannah, Ga., and his body was shipped there. He leaves a wife, who resides there. Mr. Pritchard had been in the employ of the Seaboard for some time and was highly esteemed by the officials and the men. As stated, Engineer Pritchard was pinned under the engine at the time of the wreck. A leg was cut off and there was a severe cut on the chin, besides other bruises on the body. His Second Hun. Express Messenger Freeman, who was injured by a gash in the head and his right shoulder sprained, is a new man on this train, this being the second time he made it. He is a native of Jacksonville, Fla. The colored fireman, Prince Davis, also resides at Savannah and has been on the run for several years. He was able to walk off the train when brought back this morning, with the assistance of those attending him. He is at a local hospital. Swansea is a little over 21 miles from Columbia, and the wreck occurred just five hundred yards from that place. Whoever it was that tain ABERNATHY HELD FOR MURDER Spartanburg Man Charged with - :i| Crime Committed in 1879. Spartanburg, Nov. 3.?Richard Abernathy, who is .charged with killing of William Abbott, a printer,}~;^?| in Spartanburg, in September, 1879, was given a preliminary hearing tbis afternoon before Magistrate Gantt and bound over to the court of gen* eral sessions. It is alleged that Abernathy killed Abbott because of the latter's relations with a relative of...y;|g the accuied. For 32 years Abernathy has been ; '5 a free man and has lived several miles from Spartanburg until reeejg||||^j ly, when he moved to JbiacKSDnrg. Some time ago, according to the tee- |||i timony heard at the preliminary IgggHV day, Abernathy, while partly intoilr cated, stated to a party of young ^ boys that he had killed a man named : '0 Abbott, in Spartanburg, and had J placed his body on the tracks df| . what is now the main line of the Southern Railroad. A train mangled the corpse and the verdict of the.. * , coroner's jury was that the decease . ; ed came to his death by being rhn?^ over by a train. It is not posslbtifc^^ to locate the papers, but it is said^Jp that the above was the verdict G. A. Abbott, a brother of dead man, heard that Abernathy hgd^S made such statements and an invdi^ -;v tigation, followed by the arrest H the preliminary to-day, was the jag?^ suit Among the witnesses were boys who swore that Abernathy stated to tnem mat ne nau umdm , Y4;Jf Interesting Exhibts. To vety ?many one of the most;tigf;Yj|| teresting exhibits of the fair .'was Mfef Otis Brahham's collection of cnrlftj^ ^ Among them was a pistol of aaef*ti^|||g make that complies with the .lgK|j<| South Carolina statute as to le&ti||ra||| an Indian stone pipe so large that 4| ^ would require a mighty chief to,I it or the stone tomahawk that have smitten to death many a foel||lj|^ warwhoops rang out in the pathliM;JSj woods. Strangest of all was the CTMpjS of a tree discovered by him 'W'MBpp pursuing the peaceful sport of Jsiwgg Walton?fishing. It was the perfiw||i representation of a dainty hand, palm and long tapering' gers, with even the suggestion offi^*'J nail on the smallest - |fi As an aftermath of the faifilR^ji Brabham showed on Monday spjWzffl A# +Ho Cstinmo nr OflAltliitiSoH di.'^1 UICUO VI lrU? wuvouauw JLT43 anges, grown under his wise a?p watchful care. They are now & dew ? rich green but will put on thft'colflp^ of the cloth of gold before ChristMB/ig chimes are rung. ^ This Barnwell county of oura^tMgjgpy wonderful land, once part of and'.^^-vp coming again a section of the of Eden.?Barnwell People. SHOT IN ATTEMPTING ESCAF|? Woman's Assailant Done to Death I Break for Liberty. Clarksville, Tex., Nov. 6.?Wi|j|?^ in three hours to-day after- ^ Johnson, negro, attacked a ydjjBBMl woman at a farm near ClarkstMfi^ and clubbed her mother into fns|jp^tj| sibility, when she responded -to daughter's appeals for assistance, jllBFS was captured by a sheriff's posse-JgHB shot to death by bystanders, wjpjSR^ terrified by threats of lynching, &iw|| made a break for liberty. J:M Johnson was frightened from farm house by the appearance neighbors. He was captured bjf.&gm posse of officers and was climb?8H3| aboard a vehicle, to be broughtj^^"^ Clarkesville, when some one shonb^S ed to hang him. The negro tprttB^; on his captors, but instantly he freed himself he was shot to tidjqntip by a crowd of men wno naa accon^aa panied the posse. ^ Legislators Denounce Governa&*m Jackson, Miss., Nov. 4.?Afteri|s^||i acrimonous debate, during wMckfSSg several members denounced O'Neal for calling out troops to pj^pigB tect Illinois Central strike*breaK(^i^^ the lower house of the legisfotifw || this morning failed by one vote $$P|s pass a bill carrying the appropriation tMi of $46,000 to defray expenses oty ;^ maintaining the State troops strike duty at McComb and WateiS;* p alley. - A motion to reconsider During the debate -Representattv$|S|p Felder, of Pike county, repeated; n$|| unmentionable epithet alleged \|??SR' have been frequently used strike breaker just prior to the ing at McComb. He was soundly de- ^vnounced by Representative Bates, of Marion, for repeating such uncoutl^ ' language while ladies were present ?V; in the galleries. Mr. Felder did no^ ^ apologizing for repeating the phnd^^H saying he was merely reciting ; The senate by a vote of 19 to lO^^H reenacted the Hebron resolution viding for sine die adjournment < . -b Bills have been introduced in bot$&^| houses to pay interest coupons the State bond issue alleged to have?||! ^ been repudiated and were immedi-.^J|i ately referred to the finance and ap?>.^2 propriation committees. pered with the switch and broke lock did his work well. Th? hnriv of Rneineer Pritchard^?a will be taken from Savannah to tjfetgjjffl home of his mother, at Augusta* E. E. Pritchard. The dead engineer .< was 35 years old. It was stated here to-night that the engineer > was killed in the wreck was taking . the run of another man, and the engineer whose run he took was in >4 charge of the engine which was pull- . ing the train that carried the rematn?;p^ hack to Savannah. Commissioners Caughman and / Hampton went to the scene of the 4 wreck and made a personal invesil- ^|| gation and a formal report of it he issued later.