Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MOB'S BLOODY MB. CARNIVAL OF LAWLESSNESS IN < MHO. ILLINOIS. Two h-lM.m>r> hilled m Hc*rt of City While Ten Thousand Person* l*?ok On?Mob IIa? Complete I1?**<'mkIoii of the Twmm mw? work ikDi win ITnmolewted?Hunting for Another victim. Cairo. III.. Nov. u.?WIU Jame?, the negro suspected of being the mur? derer of MIm Annie Pelley. wan killed I here tonlf ht by a mob. James was I strung up to the public arch, the rope broke and at least 600 shots were I poured Into hi* body. He made a partial confession and Implicated an- I other negro. Arthur Alexander, whom tho mob Is now searching for. Jame? was lynched In the most prominent square of the city and hanged to the arch at Eighth and Commercial streets. Women present were the first to pull the rope. When It broke, the I frenzy of the mob was uncontrollable, and they fired volley after volley Into I James' body, shooting htm to pieces. The mob then dragged the body over I the streets for more than a mile to I Twenty-sixth and Elm streets. In an alley, and burned It where the mur der waa committed. At least 10.000 people witnessed the lynching. James was found with Sheriff Davis between Karnak. 111., and Belknap, by the Cairo crowd, wiio went up this afternoon. The crowd overpowered the officers and took the negro from them, and after a conference It was decided to bring their prisoner back to this city and lynch him. White Man Butchered. Cairo, 111., Nov. 11.?Henry Salzner, I white, a photographer, who killed his wife last July with an axe, was taken from jail at 11:40 o'clock tonight by a mob and hanged to a telegraph pole, and his body riddled with bullets. I This lynching followed closely on the lynching of Will James, a negro, who I earlier in the evening had been hang- I ed for the murder of Miss Annie Pel ley. Th Oovernor. who Is in Chicago, ordered eleven oompanles of the State guard to Cairo at once. The mob gave Salxner a chance to confess after the rope was around his neck, hut ho was so frightened that he could only mumble that his sisters had killed his wife. The mob became furious at this, I and It was hard work to keep them off Saliner long enough to give him a I chance to pray. The mob finally sub sided and a short religious service I was held, after which he was strung I up, the rope being placed over a tele graph pole at 21st and Washington street*. The mob found some difficulty in I breaking the cage, as It was an en- I ttrely steel structure; but after a half hour of telling blows upon the door It gave way and Salsner was secured. I The mob rushed him out of the back 1 door of the jail, which is in the base- I ment of the Court House, around the building through the yard and out Into Washington avenue, and up to I 11st street, which la a prominent cor ner and has a public square. He cried and begged plteoualy for I his life and was met by cries and blows from the mob. When Salsner was asked for his last statement a man, a strai ner In the crowd, stepped forward and said he I believed Salxner waa Innocent, where? upon the mob fell upon him, kicked I him and finally knocked him down. I and It was only the pleas of cooler persons that saved his life. He was compelled to beg for mercy from the mob. and announced in a loud voice that Salxner should be lynched, after which he wag driven from the mob and all attention was given to Salx? ner After Salzner was hanged, and while the body was being riddled with bullet?, the rope broke and the body fell to the ground, where It now lies, the mob going away and leaving it. Salsner was born and reared here. He had been married about two years last July, when his wife was found at her home with her akul fractured. A hoodly axe was found under the bed. Two babies were playing In the mother's blood. Salzner was found at the home of his mother, where he of? ten slept at night. Beforo Mrs. Salz? ner died -du- r. . . .\. , , ,l enough to ac? cuse her husband of attacking her. Feeling against him had been bit? ter, and tonight, after the lynching of James, when some one suggested Salsner, the mob rushed for the coun? ty Jail, got Slazner and lynched him. Search for the negro, Alexander, supposed accomplice of James In the Pelley murder, continues. Tho Columbia Chamber of Com? merce Is working to Induce ihn Luth erna to locate their Seminary In Columbia if It la removed from Ohar leaton. Lognn Berry woe killed by a 0< N. t% L. train four miles from Newberry Thursday. He waa walking on the track with Joe Lawrence, who waa also atruck, but not serloualy Injured. SOUTHERN FARMERS BEHIND. Secretary Wllson not Satisfied With South's Advancement Agflrleultur ally. Washington. November, 11.?Sec? retary Wilson, of the department of agriculture, i?; not satisfied with the the advancement of the South agri? culturally, as compared with its gains in manufacture He has Just return? ed from the innual meeting of the National Farmers' Congress at Ral? eigh, N. C. aid while in that State, he made an investigation of its agri? cultural department. His inquiry has not satisfied him, according to a state? ment made to-day . While the manfacturers of that sec? tion have wreded control of the cot? ton and other mills from outsiders, the farmers o* North Carolina have not been keeping up to the same stand? ard of enterprise. During his visit to North Carolina the Secretary visited Raleigh. Durrani and Greensboro, excursions from those points into the adjacent country. Mr. Wilson declared that within the near future there Is certain to be an Influx of Northern and Western far? mers to North Carolina and other Southern agricultural States, for the Northern and Western lands can be sold at a price per acre sufficient to buy two acres in the South. A MUSICAL CLUB THAT DISPEN? SES CHARITY. The Beethoven club of Memphis Has a Corps of Volunteer Music Teach? ers for the Poor. The Beethoven Club, of Memphis, an organization of women, with four hundred and eight members, is one of the strongest musical clubs in the South. Its purpose is musical culture for the city, (t has established a per? manent symphony orchestra. It annually gives four concerts, for which ar:lsts of world-wide re? nown are brought to Memphis, and there are monthly concerts by club members. There is a philanthropic department, through which each month a concert is provided for some charitable institution. Settlement work la conducted through a corps of volunteer music teachers. The Junior Beethoven Department has seventy-five young musicians in train? ing for future club work.?The Delin? eator for December. CHURCH WORKERS GET NO EN COURAGEMENT. A Man Who Has Ushered Fifteen Years Has Not Received a Single Word of Thanks. A gentleman spent several weeks In "our town," where he was an entire stranger, says a writer in The De? lineator for December. During fhls time he attended "our church" every Sunday. A day or so before leaving, he had occasion to enter a shoe store, and recognized In the man who came forward to wait upon him the usher who had seated him the previous Sunday. After making his purchase, he spoke <->f the pleasant little church, said he was about to leave the town, and thanked the usher foV his kind services to him every Sunday he had been there. The latter was greatly pleased and touched by the stranger's appreciation, and said that he had ushered in "our church" for eighteen years, but could not remmber that any one had ever before spoken a word of thanks to him. It is partly this thoughtless neglect of expressing our gratitude which makes church work so discc uraging. These suggestions, if all carried out. will not fill "the church in our town" or other churches in other towns im mediately, but they might strengthen a few weak portions of our armor and send us forth better equipped for the conquest of the world for Christ. STATE SUPREME COURT. Full Term Begins Tuesday, November 23rd. Columbia, Nov. 12.?The fall term of the Supreme Court will begin on Tuesday. Nov. 23rd. There is a heavy docke, and the court will be in session until Feb. 5th. The roster of cases from the Third Circuit fol? lows: 1. State vs. Hogan. 2. The State vs. Hogan, Sr., and W. B. Boyle. 3. The State vs. Shorter. 4. Halthc >ck at ft) vs. Bennett et al. r?. Green vs. People's Ware House. ?>. The St it?> va. Driggers. T. Bngltah vs. Jennings. N. Atlantic Coast Lino Railroad Company vs. Epperson. )< Atlantic ( ..ast Une Railroad Company vs. Molse ? t al. 10. Th? state ys, Bethune. 11. Carter m Harris vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, 12. China vs. Courtney. 13. State vs. DuUant. YOUNG JESSE JAMES. CAKIIIKIC KiLLKl) AND PRF.S1 DENT VXD A CHAUFFEUR WOUNDED. Louisville Lad Enters New Albany. Indiana. Bank and Proceeds to Shoot-Cp tlic Men at Work in it. The Cashier Heilig Instantly Killed ?Kohher Seek* to Escape, lint is Caught. Louisville, K>\, Nov. 11.?In an at? tempt at bank robbery, a young man, who has been partially Identified as Arthur Hall, of Louisville, a dealer in second-hand furniture, entered the Merchants* National Bank at New Al? bany, Ind., shortly before noon today, and killed J. Hangary Fawcett, cash? ier of the bank, seriously wounded John K. Woodward, president of the bank, and wounded James R. Tuck? er, a negro chauffeur, probably fatal? ly. When Hall entered the bank he car? ried a pistol in each hand. After commanding every one to throw up his hands and "get into the vault" Hall began shooting. Cashier Fawcett was shot through the chest and neck and died almost instantly. President Woodward was shot through the liver and his intes? tines were perforated. Tucker, the chauffeur, was shot through the body. Following the shooting, the mur? derer rushed from the bank and tried to escape in an automobile, which he had taken from the curb in front of the residence of Its owner, Mrs. Wal? ter Escott, in Louisville. He had forced the negro chauffeur at the point of a pistol to drive him to New Albany. ? After the shooting at the bank, the chauffeur was paralyzed with terror and apparently incapable of action, sa t still when the robber jumped into the car and ordered him to speed up the machine. The robber then Jumped from the automobile, shot the negro in the back and ran two blocks to the Ohio Rilver. He seized a skiff and was on his way to the Louisville side of the river before the frightened citi? zens of New Albany knew what had transpired. An alarm was given through a megaphone on a dredge boat, and in a short time several po? licemen had started In pursuit In a fast motor boat. Capturing their man they brought him to shore, where, by a ruse Police Capt. Adams kept back the crowd of 200 persons, which crowded around the dock as the police boat landed. Commanding the prisoner to lie down, Capt. Adams announced to the crowd that the man had taken poison and was dead, meanwhile carrying him to the patrol wagon and giving the word to drive ahead. The bandit was tak? en to the New Albany jail. A few moments later he was removed to the Southern Indiana Reformatory, at JefTersonville, to escape the mob which realizing that it had been trick? ed, had assembled around the jail. Rhinestones Are Fsed on the New Moyen-age Dressers. A good many of the new Moyen age dressers show a yoke cut Into points in some way or other to break the straight line between the over and under skirt. On a very beautiful reception gown, the points come at either side of the yoke. The lower part of the skirt was laid in groups of shallow tucks that held in the fullness of the dress for some five or six Inches below the yoke. The waist was tucked at thf back and front to match the skirt, though very little of the tucking showed under the wide bands of steel-embroidered net that crossed the bodice In surplice fashion at the front and met in back In deep V, The dress was made of silk cr^pon in the new shade of deep bluish pur? ple, known as yerdange or grape. Stool beads are used lavishly on the new gowns and take the form of wonderful embroideries scattered with a prodigal hand over both waists and skirts. Silver, gold and rhlne stones are used as well as steel, but one sees little net. Metal fruits and flowers are quite the rage, clusters of them catching up the drapery of an overskirt or holding in the laces or chiffons of a bodice.?The Delineator for December. Ret urns Evil for Good. Spartanburg, Nov. 12.?W. D. Dun liar, white, who was released from Jail yesterday afternoon through the efforts of his wife, last night made a brutal attack upon her at the Nor n. ndy Hotel, beating her in the face until she was black and blue. He was arrested and lodged In the station bouse. This morning in the police court he was lined $50 or thirty days at hard labor. Dr. EDrnesi J. Berg, of Behenectady, n. y. who bas been appointed Pro? fessor of electrical engineering in the University Of Illinois, has been asso? ciated With the General Electric Company for the last seventeen years. Il?> graduated from the Royal Poly? technic Institute, Stockholm, in 1802, and came to the United States in 1893 1). A. R. ELECT OFFICERS. Mrs. Louisa F. Ma yet chosen Presi? dent. Greenwood, Nov. 11.?The Daugh? ters of the American Revolution held an important business session this morning and elected the following of? ficers: Mrs. Louise F. Mayes, Green? ville, regent: Mrs. A. C. Ligon, Or? angeburg, vice recent; Miss Edith De Lorme, Sumter, recording seceretary; Miss Louise Fleming, Greenwood, cor? responding secretary; Miss Salley, Or? angeburg, State historian; Mrs. Wil? liam A. Hamby, Columbia, assistant historian; Mrs. Mary A. Shannon, Camden, genealogist; Mrs. W. B. Bur ney, Columbia, registrar; Mrs. Hugh McColl, Bennettsville, treasurer. At the night session last night Mrs. F. H. Calhoun of Clemson was elected vice regent to fill the unexplred term of Mrs. A. I. Robertson. The report of the committee on Revolutionary graves last night was full of interest. Cowpens chapter of Spartanburg reported that It had marked 11 graves of Revoltulonary soldiers. The delegates reported a most de? lightful trip to Old Star fort yester? day afternoon. The luncheon given them by the women of Ninety-Six was very greatly enjoyed. The conference was given a lun? cheon today b., the Cateechee club of Greenwood. Tonight a reception was given by the business men in Gibbes hall, followed by a dance. TO CONDEMN MOLDY CORN. Texas Health Officer Urges Legislat? ion in Support of Effort to Prevent Spread of Pellagra. San Antonio, Texas Nov., 11.?The feature of today's session of the an? nual convention of th Southwest Med? ical asociation was the address of Dr. William Brumby, Texas State health officer, who yesterday exhibited a pa? tient suffering from pellagra. As a preventive measure, Dr. Brumby suggested the exercise of the greatest vigilance in using corn or corn prod? ucts in order that moldy or decaying cereal be not used. He also urged that an inspector be appointed, whose dut? ies it shall be to see that millers do not utilize the "nubbins" or bad ears of corn, and that the officer be given power to seize and condemn any con singment of com showing moldiness. In using corn on the cob, he sug? gested, millers should cast off ends or nubs as these are most liable to contain the germ of the disease. Mexico next year will celebrate the centenary of the beginning of its re? volt against Spanish rule, which re? sulted in independence after years of struggle. Hidalgo, the priest who led the rebellion, met with crushing de? feat, yet his motives have remained unquestioned, and his memory is to reclve high honrs. He lived in med? ieval days, but the celebration is to be modern and practical. At Saltlllo, where he once lived, the citizens pro? pose to observe the centenary by pav? ing streets and in other parts of Mex? ico public improvements are to be in? augurated. The federal government also has extenclve plans for carrying out the same Idea, its programme calls for an expenditure of enarly $1, 000,000 on schools, charitable institu? tions, the National Museum, public monuments, and parks. Whatever may go to mere show, there is to be a ''ne lot of permanent Improvements to make the celebration memorable This seems like a Northern pro? gramme. If it could include a dem? onstration of improved conditions of labor, there would be added reason for rejoicing. *A Scalded Boy's Shrieks horrified his grandmother, Mrs. Maria Taylor, of Nebo, Ky., who writes that, when all thought he would die, Buck lens Arnica Salve wholly cured him. Infalliable for burns, scalds, cuts* corns, wounds, bruises. Cures fever sores, bolls, skin eruptions, chilblains, chapped hands. Soon routs Piles. 25c at Slbert's Drug Store. It Is said that the Lutheran Sem? inary at Mount Pleasant, Charleston, may be moved to Columbia. NO CASE ON RECORD ?There Is no case on record of a cough or cold resulting in pneumonia or consumption after Foley's Hon>ey and Tar has been taken, as it will stop your cough and break up your cold quickly. Refuse any but the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar In a yellow package. Contains no opiates and is safe and sure. Slbert's Drug Store. The Presbyterian Churches in An? derson, Pickens and Oconee counties have organized a new Presbytery to be known as Piedmont. A Religious Author's Statement. ?Rev. Joseph H. Fesperman, Salis? bury, N. C, who is the author of sev eral books, writes: "For several ye.us I was afflicted with kidney trouble and last winter I was suddenly strick? en with a severe pain in my kidneys and was confined to bed eight days unable to get up without assistance. My urine contained a thick white sod llUi i:t and 1 passed same froqucvth day and night. 1 commenced taking Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the pain gradually abated and Dually cease 1 and my urine became normal. I cheer? fully recommend Foley's fvlducy Remedy." Sibert's Drug Store. NEGRO KILLED IX UNION. Young White Man Surrenders After Slaying Black Man. Union, Nov. 12.?A negro named Jim Chalk was shot some time last night by Ben Palmer, a young white man, on the plantation of Ximmd St. ('lair, in the easiern section of the county. Palmer came in this evening and gave himself up to Sheriff L<?ng. The particulars o* the shooting have not been learned. Palmer is battered lip, having a severe wound in the head and back. The negro was shot in the head and died almost imme? diately, though the weapon used was only a 32-calibre pistol. ?If you desire a clear complexion take Foley's OrinD Laxative for con? stipation and liver trouble as it will stimulate these organs and thorough? ly cleanse your system, which is what everyone needs in order to feel well. Sibert's Drug Store. Forced Into Kxile. ?Wm. Upchurch of Glen Oak, Okla., was an exile from home. Mountain air, he thought, would cure a fright? ful lung-racking cough that had de? fied all remedies for two years. After six months he returned, death dog ding his steps. "Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery," he writes, "and after taking six bottles I am as well as ever." It saves thousands yearly from desperate lung diseases. Infallible for cougl.s and colds, it dis? pels hoarseness and Sore Throat, cures grip, Bronchitis. Hemorrhages, Asth? ma, croup whooping cough. 50c and $1.00, trial bottle free, guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. Rock Hill Is erecting a new city :ail. It wil contain 16 cells. ?Croup is most prevalent during th? dry cold weather of the r.erly-winter months. Parents of young children should be prepared for it. All that is needed is a bottle of Chambeitain's Cough Remedy. Many mothers are never without it In their homes and <t has never disappointed them. Sold by W. W. Sibert. w Q \ 17 T? TH V for the funds of * m OAT Ej J I our depositors : : : : * ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Promptness in all transactions, and unexcelled facilities for handling your business in every department of banking is the basis upon which this bank, the Oldest and Largest in the city of Sumter, invites your account. ? ? First National Bank, Sumter, S. C. 5 A Bank Account is Not Only a Luxury, But a Necessity to a Successful Business Man. Do you know of a man or woman who is con? ducting a successful business without the assis? tance of a bank account. No matter what line of business you are en? gaged in?farming, merchandising, teaching, clerking or one of the professions, you should have an account with a bank ?this bank. We furnish a bank book and checks free. = Bank of Sumter. For Sale! FARMING LANDS, In the Following Sized Tracts. One Place .... 300 Acres. One Place - 76 Acres. One Place - 105 Acres. One Place .... 366 Acres. One Place .... 357 Acres. One Place - 183 Acres. All of the above within six miles of Sumter on good public road. One Place 277 Acres, three miles from Wedgefield. Two Places 100 Acres each, near Privateer, S. C. Three Places 40 Acres each, near Privateer, S. C. All at prices that are right. For particulars, see SUMTER REAL ESATATE & INSURANCE CO., Sumter, Souih Carolina. Mrs. Housekeeper, Mr. Farmer: Feed Cyphers Foods to your chickens. Makes them lay ; gives them health. Phone or write us tor LAYING, FORCING, SCRATCH, CHICK, FOODS, GRIT, SHELL, ANTISEPTIC NEST EGGS, POOD HOPPERS, WATER FOUNTS, REEF SCRAP. If you are thinking about an INCUBATOR? Lay aside any ideas you may entertain. Buy a CYPHERS and be satisfied. A. A. Strauss & Co. 25 N. Main Street.