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Second Section of Robbed Const Line
Pursuing Detectives* Special
Flyer Came Up as Robbers Fled?
^ Wrecked Shortly Afterward by
Southern Railway Freight.
The Atlantic Coast Line train
which left Savannah for Charleston
twenty minutes late Tuesday morning
at about one o'clock was held up and
robbed a short distance from Hardee+
Yille just before day Tuesday morning.
The train was running in two
soctions because of the heavy passenger
traillc and the express car
which the robbers were believed to
be after was carried on the second
section and escaped. The robbers,
however, captured the mail car and
secured several sacks of registered
mail.
D. H. McRoy, the night operator
In the tower at Hardeeville, states
that the train reached his station in
good condition and he gave it the
signal to go ahead. Shortly after the
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before it had gotten out of sight, it
stopped. II? was surprised to soo
* this, as it had 110 signal to stop at thai
point. Just about that time the soc?nd
section of the train arrived from
Savannah and McRoy advised the
rew to go ahead and Hud out what
the trouble was with the first section.
Arriving at the spot where the first
eotion had stopped, the train crew
found the utmost confusion reigning.
The robbers, two in number, had
forced the engineer to stop his train,
and, covering the flagman and the
onductor with pistols, they made the
iagman open the mail car, after it
had been detached from the train and
run some distance. Here two mail
lerks wore found at work and they
were made to guve up two bags of
registered mail. The robbers then
nade their escape. As quickly as I
^Vossfble, Savannah was notified of
**" me ronoory aim a specuu uuiu, c*jh
?Isting of an engine and two cars,
with several Coast Line officials and
Selective.*, was en route to the scene
within an hour.
The special was in charge of Engineer
L. E. Rawls and a conductor.
The Coast Lino and the Southern use
the same tracks out of Savannah to
Hardeeville, and while en route to the
cene of the robbery, the train with
^Ihe detectives on board ran into a
freight train of the Southern Railway.
The wreck delayed the arrival
of the officials and the detectives for
some time and they did not reach the
scone of the robbery until several
hpurs after it had occurred. The robbers,
it is .believed, boarded the train
at Hardeeville, as the dispatcher
^binks he saw two suspicious looking
?haractors get aboard at that point.
He thinks they got between the two
front coaches and from there made
their way to the tender and to the
engine. The train that was held up
was in charge of Engineer J. E. Farris
of Charleston, Conductor Damon
of Florence and Fireman Abe Williams,
colored. Engineer Farris says,
his report to the officials of the
Atlantic Coast Line, that as he was
leaving Flardeeville he looked around
and the two men had climbed into
the cab and had him covered with
revolvers. They ordered him to go 1
^ahead and after getting just north of
the north switch ordered him to stop.
They made him and his fireman get
down on the ground on the left side
of the engine. One of them stood
guard over them while the other i
looked after the others. Conductor
Damon went up to the engine 011 the
right side and was shot at by one of
the men and made to go to the postal <
car and have the postal clerks come j
*nf rnhhprfl throatpnlnc to blow 1
up the car if they did not do so. t
rl. Dozier, the colored porter, came (
shortly after this and he was also ^
held up by the robbers. The engineer y
and the postal clerks were put on f
the engine and Farris was made to i
pull ahead a short distance with the {
Jj>ogtal car. t
The clerks were then made to put c
all the registered mail into bags, y
a inrn-A ?tont man anneared to be n
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the loader. Bloodhounds were dis- v
patched to th^ scene from Beaufort a
and Hampton counties, with officers. r
Another special train, carrying the r
special agents of the Atlantic Coast \
Line, United States postal inspectors
and railroad officials, has been sent
from Savannah to the scene of the
robbery. Orders were also issued by 11
the railroad officials to prevent any *
one from going about the place, if d
possible, until after the bloodhounds a
have reached the scene. The robbers l)
are supposed to have gotten flfty-flve (
registered packages.
V The engineer and firemen of the
first special train jumped when their ^
tAin ran into the freight and the fire- ^
man was painfully hurt. Another
feature of the robbery was the scare
the passengers on the local Coast Line
train, leaving Savannah at 5:40 T
o'clock Tuesday morning, got just U
this side of Hardeeville. The train f<
was going along at a good rate of F
peed, when suddenly there was a *
REDUCE ACREAGE
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COHNirriSB TO MBET Of, NEW
ORIiBMS NEXT
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1 Oampoign to T?ilji End to be
Launched at Once by the Cotton
Copgreas.
"In view of the vital Importance of
Immediately organizing and pushing
to a successful issue the matter of
securing uniform pledges for a reduction
of cotton acreage for 19X2 from
individual farmers from one end of
the cotton belt to another, and in
view of the absolute necessity for
proper and efficient organizations to
his end, action having been urged
rom many quarters, I have deter
lined to call a meeting of the memers
of the executive committee of the
Southern Cotton congress, to be held
In the city of New Orleans cn Wednesday
of next week, December 20."
The above announcement was made
t Columbia Tuesday night by Commissioner
E. J. Watson, President of
he Southern Cotton Congress. Commissioner
Watson further said:
"In addition to the members of the
executive committee I will specially
request each State Farmers' Union
president to be present with the committee
or to be represented by some
delegate acting for him, and I will
make a special Request of the governor
of each State and the coramia-;
Isioner of agriculture of each State
o be present in person or by representatives.
In this way the tnree organizations
that have been endeavoring
to aid in the matter of marketing
cotton will bo combined into one
effective meeting, for a common purpose.
"C. E. Barrett, President of the
National Farmers' Union, of course,
will ,bo invited to be present. It is
our purpose to put into immediate
operation an effective plan for securing
pledges of reduction of at
least 25 per cent of cotton acreage,
somewhat upon the lines inaugurated
so successfully in York County of this
r>iaie dy a. u. anaerron, ana jvit. Anderson
has been Invited to meet with 1
the committee looking to this end.
This wiM not be a miscellaneously at- '
tended -conference, but a purely busi- '
ness meeting of a small body of men '
thoroughly representative, and with
the interests of the South at heart. '
For some weeks I have been working '
upon these lines, and believe that I 1
have secured sufficient assurance for
the financing of this undertaking
which 'unquestionablyx holds the key *
o next year's situation."
VESllY MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
j
Queer Story About Elloree and Ijouc <
Star Citizens.
The St. Matthews correspondent of' '<
The News and Courier says "late, E
a
Sunday afternoon Sheriff Rast
rought Juke Amaker, colored, handcuffed,
from tho Elloree section and
lodged him in jail. The negro had a ,
coat, cut in one placo and much be- ^
prink led with shot, which he brought
rom Columbia. Investigation apparenlly
revealed the fact that three
prominent white men of Elloree and
Lone Star, with this negro, went on
a joy ride Saturday night to Columbia
and ran into a box car at Cyces, .
lear Columbia. At this point stories
vary and conflict, but one of the
white men is reported to have been
shot. The general impression is
that the negro is guilty of nothing
ut running liko a turkey. The matter
has created a sensation, as the
parties are well known.?Orangeburg
limes and Democrat.
two MULiT<aS were drowned.
\ iiminis and Wagon Went Down
Flat Chain Broke.
A dispatch from Lexington to The
Hate says two mulos were drowned
n the Saluda river at Dreher's ferry
ate Saturday afternoon when an atempt
was made to cross on a flat
jpuiuLuu uj tut? couuL.y. i nu iiiuiua
vcre hitched to a wagon loaded with j
>rick, and as the driver started to j
inter the flat a link in the chain ^
>roko and the flat went out from j
inder the team and all went down
ogether. The wagon was later re- 1
overed. One of the mules belonged 1
o John J. Dreher, the other to 1
rhomas Shuler. Mr. Dreher's mule 1
vas valued at $250, and (Mr. Shuler's
it $150. No one seems to be directly
esponsible for the accident, the only 1!
eason assigned being the defective 1'
ink in the chain. 1
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rviirf-1 r/\ o r> A oirAnirKA/ltr 4 I I m _ >
juu iuj/ui t aiiu v t vi j juui{/vu |
ip, believing it was held up, too. Pis- j
ols were drawn and the passengers j
etermined to protect themselves at i
11 hazards. There was almost a
anic for a time, until it was fount! j
hat the noise had been made by a j
orpedo, which had been placed on j
he track to warn the train of the j
elay to the second section of the
eld-up train. 1
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Emigrant Train Wrecked. j
A special train on the Grand l
runk, bringing several hundred em*
grants to Portland, Maine, to sail x<
Dr Liverpool was wrecked at West l<
arish, Maine. Several passengers i?
rere hurt but no one was killed. 1?
BREAKES RECORD
a
Eitiaate hit Yield if CtUtt at Neul;
Fifteta lillita Bale*.
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MORE THAN EVER KNOWN
All But Four of the Cotton-Growing
States Establish New Production
Records?Figures for South Carolina
Indicate Crop of Nearly Million
and Half Bales.
The total production of cotton in
the United States for the season of
1911-'12 will amount to 7,121,713,000
pounds (not including linters),
of 14,885,000 bales of 500 pounds,
gross weight, according to the first
official estimate of the size of the crop
issued at 2 p. m. Tuesday by the
crop reporting board of the United
States department of agriculture and
made up from reports of the correspondents
and agents of the bureau of
statistics throughout the cotton belt.
Heretofore the record cotton crop
was that of the year 1904, when 13,4
38,012 bales, exclusive of linters,
were grown. Other large crops were
those of 1906, which was 13,273,809
bales, and 1908, when 13,241,799
babies were grown. In point of value,
however, the crop of 1910, which
was 11,608,61 6 bales, exclusive of
linters, was the record one, the fibre
being valued at $820,320,000 and the
cotton seed at $142,860,000, a total
of $963,180,000 as the aggregate value
of the cotton crop of that year.
Conditions early in the growing
season this year led to the belief that
the crop would be one of record proportions.
First estimates or the
yields, based on the condition figures,
placed the probable production well
toward the figures of the biggest crop
heretofore grown. The acreage on
which cotton was planted this season
was estimated by the department or
agriculture to be 3 5,004,00 0 acres, a
greater area than ever before planted
to cotton in this country. This vast
area exceeded the previous record of
acreage by more than 2,500,000
acres, there having been planted 3 2,444,000
acres in 1908 and 32,403,000
acres last year. Tn the record proluction
year of 1904 only 30,053,793
acres were planted.
Scorching hot and excessively dry
weather during the middle of the
rammer caused considerable damage
to cotton in many parts of the cotton
belt. Lator in the season weather
conditions were distinctly favorable
in most parts of the belt and the crop
Improved. The hot weather and
irought, however, were responsible
for a smaller yield this year than experts
early in the season predicted as
i result of the record acreage and
jplendid growing conditions tnan pre
failing. One result of the hot weath?r
was that the crop matured about
;wo weeks earlier than usual.
The estimated production by States,
n 500-pound bales, exclusive of liners,
with the acreage and yield comparisons
for 1910, and the record
fears of 1906 and 1904 follows:
Bales Acreage.
1911 14,885,000 35,004,000
1910 11,608,61 6 32,403,000
906. 13,273,809 31,374,000
904 13,438,012 30,053,739
Virginia.
911 23,000 37,000
910 14,815 34,000
306 16,195 47,199
904 13,S62 36,000
North Carolina.
911. 935,000 1,587,000
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906 5 79,3 26 1,374,000
904 7 0 3 ?7 6 0 1,306,968
South Caiolina.
91 1 . . .... 1,480,000 2,705,000
910 1,163,501 2,626,000 906
876,181 2,389,000
904 1,151,170 2,531,875
Georgia.
9U 2,560,000 5,119,000 i
91 0 1,767,202 4,970,000
906 1,553,638 4,610 000
904 1,887,853 4,227,188
Florida. ,
911 73,000 284,000
91 0 58,949 26S,000
906 55,945 283,000
904 79,171 267,372
Alabama. ,
911 1,600,000 3,815,000 j
910 1,194,250 3,633,000 ,
906 1,261,522 3,658,000 f
904 1,448,157 * 3,611,731 (
Mississippi. r
91 1 1,195,000 3,454,000 t
91 0 1,262,680 3,420,000 i
906 1,530,784 3,408,000 r
904 1,798,917 3,632,458 t
Louisiana.
911 1,195,000 3,454,000
910 1,262,680 3,420,000
906 1.530.784 3.408.000 .
>04 1,798^917 3^632,458 1
Louisiana. 1
>11 359,000 1,118,000
)10 245,648 1,075,000
>06 987,779 1,739,000 1
>04.. .... ... 1,089,526 1,745,865 1
Texns.
>11 4,280,000 10,868,000 1
>10 3,049,409 10,350,000
>06 4,174,206 8,894,000 4
>04 3,145,372 8,355,491 1
Arkansas. 1
>11. . . . . . 915,000 2,446,000 1
>10 821,233 2,375,000
>06 941,177 2,097,000 1
>04 930,666 2,051,185 1
CHASE OF BOLD THIEF
ROBBED A STORE WHERE LITTLE
GIRL WAS CLERK.
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After a Lcrg Ran, One Re Aral Was
Shot, Captured, But the Other
Made His Escape.
With a severe flesh wound in the
left leg, just below the knee. caused
by a pistol ball from the weapon of
one of his captors, Flux Suber, a
negro, was lodged in the Lexington
jail Friday night. According to the
story told by the officers, Suber and
Oscar Cook, another negro, entered
the store of P. H. Stallings, tho well
known dry goods merchant of llrookland.
Friday afternoon about 2:30
o'clock, and proceeded to take possession
of the store, when they found
that only one clerk was in the store
at the time?a young girl.
While one of the negroes was pretending
to look at some socks the
other picked up a half dozen paiis of
pants, the best quality that was In
the shop. When the negro who v/as
looking at the socks was told by the
young lady clerk that she could not
make the proper change to complete
the purchase, ho said that was all
right he would take tao pair, thus
saving her the trouble to secure the
change.
At one time the young woman, who
was very much frightened, attempted
to leave the store to report the occurrence
to the next door, but was
met at the door by one of the negroes
who had a drawn knife. Finally,
however, the negroes rushed
out, one of them carrying the hunch
of pants, and the clerk at once reported
what had happened.
In a very short while, it is said, a
largo posse was in pursuit, and so hot
became the chase that the pants were
dropped ,by one of the culprits. Af
ter a long chase across hill alio dale
the men in pursuit came upon Suber,
who was commanded to halt. Instead
of stopping the fugitive is said to
have gotten faster and faster, and
it was necessary to shoot him in the
leg to effect his capture. Cook managed
to escape.
Suber was carried back to Brookland,
where his injuries were looked
after by Dr. Geiger. Suber had been
off the gang only a short while, having
completed a sentence for larceny.
For a while there was intense excitement
in the little town, and it looked
like the negroes were in danger of
being summarily dealt with for their
dastardly attempts.
WIFE'S DREAM SAVED HIM. ,
True Story About the Bricoville Mine
Explosion.
A Rriceville, Tenn.t dispatch says
Hugh Larue, a miner employed in the
Cross Mountain mine, in which there
was an explosion Saturday, believes
he owes his life to a dream his wife
had Friday night. When he awoke
Saturday morning and prepared to
go to his daily task in the mine, Mrs.
Larue told him she would not prepare
dinner for him to carry to th emines,
as she did not want him to work that
day.
She then rocited a dream she had,
giving this as her reason for asking
tiat her husband stay out of the mine.
Mrs. Larue said that Friday night she
dreamed she saw scores of miners,
with their heads blown off, being carried
out of the mine entrance; that
she and her little children (and she
has several) stood at the mine's
mouth, watching the horrible sight.
Despite the fact that he had not
missed a day from his work for many
months, he was prevailed upon Saturday
to remain out of the mines. It
was only a short time after Mrs.
Larue told of her dream until the
explosion was announced. With tears
of joy streaming down her face, she
embraced her husband and thanked
Clod that she had had the dream Fri- J
day night.
FOUR MULES ARE GONE. 1
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Fhcy Mysteriously Disappear From <
a Camp Saturday. 1
Four mules mysteriously disap
geared from the timber camp of J. T.
VfcKennon, about seven miles from
Jennettsvillo, Saturday night. There j
,vere six men in camp at that time, (
ind no one seems to know anything j
)f the whereabouts of the mules.
Pwo were dark bay mare mules and (
lie others were dark mouse-colored f
nules. Diligent search has boon
n.ade in this countv. and it is thonerht
hat thoy have been stolen. J
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Tennessee. I
911 420,000 822,000 t
91 0 331,947 783,000
906. . .,. . . 306,037 814,000 li
904 329,319 881,341 a
Missouri. e
911 93,000 115,000 0
91 0 59,633 103,000
904 54,104 91,000
904. . .... 51,570 , 79,403
Oklahoma. \
911 915,000 2,622,000 8
91 0 923,063 2,260,000
906 897,826 1,981,000 c
904 804,318 1,315,663
California.
911 11,000 12,000
910 6,000 10,000 t
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THEY WILL WIN
Oolleek Bright fer Dements if Tkey
AJspt Prefretsire Platfeta,
WHICH THEY SHOULD DO
?
This Is the Assurance Given the New
York World by a Majority of the
Democratic Leaders in and Out of
Congress, Who Are Divided on
Wilson and Harmon.
T Vi rk IZcixu V nrlr Wnrlrl snvs m .in V
Democrats of high standing in political
life all over the country have
within the last few days answered
for The World these questions:
"What are the prospects of the
success of your party candidate for
the presidency if existing conditions
continue as at present?
"Who in your estimation should
be the candidate of the national convention
of your party in order to enlist
the support of the majority of
voters in your state.
"What, in your judgment, should
be the issues upon which your party
should make its appeal to the voters
of your state for their support?
"Do you believe that a 'conservative'
or a 'progressive' policy would
best contribute to the success of your
party?
"The answers show that Democrats
everywhere are eager for the
campaign, sure of their issues, and
wholesomely confident of success.
The World herewith presents them
succinctly:
"The tariff reform, said everyone,
is the paramount issue.
"Progressive, rather than a conservative
policy was in the platform
of the majority.
"Where choice of candidates was
given it was singular to note that
Governor Woodrow Wilson, of Now
Jersey, and Governor Judscn Harmon,
of Ohio, ran even, with Champ
Clark a good second; Representative
Oscar W. Underwood and Governor
Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana, next
and scattering mention made of Sonator
John W. Kern, Governor Joseph
W. Folk, of Missouri; Governor
John Burke, of North Dakota; Governor
Eugene N. Fobs, of Massachusetts.
"Any good progressive Democrat.,
was the answer of a surprisingly
large number.
Supporters of Woodrow Wilson.
"Woodrow Wilson was the first
choice of these men among others:
"Senator John Sharp Williams, of
Missouri; Senator Chamberlain, of
Oregon; Senator iMartine, of New
Jersey; Senator L. Owen, of Oklahoma;
Congressman R. P. Ilobsou,
of Alabama; Congressman Claude V.
Stone, of Illinois; Congressman Eugene
F. Kinkead, of New Jersey;
Congressman Charles B. Smith, of
New York; Congressman John H.
Small, of North Carolina; Congressman
C. D. Carter, of Oklahoma; Congressman
Rufus Hardy, of Texas;
Congressman \V. R. Smith, of Texas;
State Chairman Alex Sweek, of Oregon;
Stato Chairman J. 13. Thompson,
of Oklahoma; Editor Joseph us
Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C.; Stato
Chairman H. S. Martin, of Kansas.
Some Harmon Supporters.
"Judson Harmon was the first
choice of these men;
"Congressman J. D. Post, of Ohio;
Congressman T. T. Ansberry, of
Ohm; Congressman Isaac K. Sherwood,
of Ohio; Congressman William
A. Ashbrooke, of Ohio; Congressman
Alfred G. Allen, of Ohio; Congressman
Steven B. Ay res, of New York;
Congressman James P. Maher, of
sTew York; Congressman Francis Burton
Harrison, of New York; Congressman
John Lamb, of Virginia;
Congressman George F. Burgess, of 1
Texas; Congressman Ben Cravens, of 1
Arkansas; Stato Chairman William O. j
Ventries, of Tennessee; State Chairman
J. S. Williams, of Texas; Na- '
tional Committeeman Edwin O.
Wood, of Michigan; ex-Senator Henry 1
[). Money, of Mississippi; ex-National *
"< V. J - ... Mfllll.. ... !."< TI.,,<
L>11U1I 11UIU VY A Ilia 111 JL' . IKlilltJ, Ul
Pen nsyl van ia. 1
Chump Clark's Friends.
"Among Champ Clark's "first and v
)nly choice" supporters are: s
"State Chairman N. F. Reed, of j
own; Congressman Charles F. Book- c
;r, of Missouri; Congressman Wiliam
P. Borland, of Missouri; Congressman
James R. Ellerbe, of Soutn
Carolina; Congressman Ben Johnson,
>f Kentucky. 1
"Congressman Oscar W. Undorvood
of Alabama, has the strong sup>ort
of Senator Joseph F. Johnson,
if Alabama, the Alabama congressc.nal
delegation and he is often men- j,
ionod as a 'dark horse' elsewhere. 0
M O O 1 1 T /I 1 nn A I
viv/vui tiwi iuaioiuni, kj l j iiuiaiia, jias
the strength of a "favorite son" g(
nd the hearty indorsement of Gov- u
rnor Lee Cruce, of Oklahoma, among f]
thers."
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Quite n Large Family. tl
At Detroit in a divorce case Mrs. fj
Tary Scholdt in reply to a question n
aid: c<
"I am the mother of twenty-four w
hildren, nono of them twins." f(
"Where do you live?"
"At 430 Roosevelt nvenue."
She failed to understand the laugh a
hat followed. n
GOTTEN OUT ALIVE
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FIVE MEN ARE SAVED FROM THE
BRICEVTLIiE MINES
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Rescue of First Three and Then Twn
More Gives Added Vigor to Arm*
of Sturdy Toilers.
A Briceville, Tenn., dispatch say*
flvo men have been removed aliv*
iU ^ ir i ~
uuui iuo Vviuea .uuuuuiu mine, wo?r?
between 120 and 150 miners were entombed
by an explosion Saturday.
The discovery that some of the
men are alive has led to renewed rigor
on the part of the men who ajre
striving to fight their way through
masses of debris to the rescue of their
imprisoned fellow men.
Three men were brought out of
the mine at 9 o'clock Tuesday night.
They were: William Henderson,
aged 55; iMllton Henderson, aged 22.
his son; Irwin Smith, aged 35.
All of the men are married. They
were found in left cross entry No.
19, and had escaped death after the
oxplosion of Saturday morning by
erecting a brattice, cutting off the
deadly after damp. All were in good
condition and will live. In fact, the
elder Henderson was so strong that
he wished to walk to his home.
The finding of these men alive has
created new hope in the breasts of
the rescuers.
Two more men, making five in nil,
were brought out of the mine aliva
shortly after 11 o'clock Tuesday
night. Rescue men are now digging
for three more men who are reported
to bo alive.
Tho two men are Arthur Scott,
aged 30, and Dore Irish, aged 30,
who is also married. Irish is badly
burned about the face and hands, but
probably will recover. Scott is practically
unhurt.
NEGKO LODGE MEN ARRESTED.
Tliey Are Charged With Burning a
Fanner's Barn.
A dispatch from Abbeville to the
Greenville News says for a time Monday
morning there was considerable
excitement in Abbeville and threats of
lynching four negroes who had been
put in jail, charged with burning a
barn belonging to a farmer by the
name of Bradbury, together with
four fine mules and the contents of
tho barn. Incendiarism was suspected,
and some of Mr. Bradbury's sons
stayed up to watch for developments.
In a short while a negro boy came
stealing up and when he saw the
white boys he ran away, but he was
followed and caught. He confessed
that lie was one of four negroes who
set fire to the barn and that they
were appointed by a lodge of which
they were members to fire tho barn
and also the residence of Mr. Bradbury,
and that he was returning to
fire the house when he was captured.
Me said that he was compelled by the
other three to go with them to fire
tho barn, and that he was threatened
with death if he told on them.
The whole trouble started about
tho removal of a lodge room off some
land which Mr. Bradbury owned. The
negroes did not want to move, arid
sought revenge in the torch. A message
was sent the governor Tuesday
morning asking a speedy trial for the
four negroes, and it is probable that
a number of other arrests will follow.
Feeling is intense against the
negroes under arrest, and there
might be an outbreak at any time
unless there is a speedy trial.
NEGRO CONFESSES TO CRIME.
Before Execution Admits Assassinating
White Man.
Will Turner, the negro who assassinated
Jesse Singley, a white man,
nt Indian Springs last summer when
[i race riot almost was precipitated,
Tuesday confessed to the crime. His
?xocution took place at Jackson, Ga.
The murder was the culmination of a
row between two bell boys at one of
he springs hotels. Singley and several
companions had gone to the
lotel after supper to offer their asdstance
in quelling any disorder,
tnd on his return to his home Singley
vas fired 011 from ambush. Three
ons of the negro Turner also are
icld In the Atlanta jail 011 the same
harge.
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GONE JUST ONE YEAR.
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>orothy Arnold's Mysterious Disappearance
Unsolved.
Miss Dorothy Arnold, whose mysterious
disappearance from her home
a New York puzzled the polico of two
ontinents, will have been missing
list 0110 year last Monday. The abcnce'was
first made public on Janary
2 6, and since then various conictlng
reports concerning the search
ar her have kept the public in a
tate of wonderment. John S. Keith,
ae Arnold family's lawyer, says the
untly believes the girl is dead and
o other explanation can be connived,
as absolutely no clue as to
hat became of her has ever been
aund.
Teddy Hoosevelt's shadow falls
cross Taft's pathway to a second
omination.