The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-20
WAY DOWN IN DIXIE.
Intoro.tIng Items From Our sister states
In the south.

day. \ young lady had n school in the sci
| Element there. and sent one OF her pupils
I the daughter Of a gentleman living clos
/ by-to the spring for water, as was cu'
/ tomary in the school. There was negr
/ boy blowing IN field near 10y the path ina
/ led 10 the spring. The boy seeing the litil
girl. who was ten or eleven years old. pas
90 the spring, left his pillow and secrete
himself behind a stump on the pain. ana y
the Girl came ON back with the water. Il
I jumped ont in the path and seized her. ~
little Girl screamed nj the top OF ne
/ voice. which frightened the negro ana h
ran OF. The father Of the little girl hear
OF the circumstances. and. summoning hl
brother and one or two neighh0rs, soon ma
the negro in their custody. AMER matur
deliberaiion they decided that whipping wa
the best punishment for him. which the
al once proceeded to inilict; and while tn
negro is not seriously injured, he rcceiye'
such a whipping that ne u not likely To Tor
get IL soon. While some citizens think 10
negro ought 10 have been lynched, the NOR
conservative element think the parties pun
sued the right course.
ON Wednesday evening last John Peter
son. cOlorcd farmer, who lives abou
three miles west Of Mound city, Ark, r.
marked "A strong 0dOr Of burning flesh rs III
entered his cabin. He had been working II
his cotton-deld all day, and had gone home
70 eat. He supposed that his wife had lei
their supper on the ire, and that il wa
burning. He went 10 the fireplace, whence
the smell came, and found the body Of hi'
own child. an infant six months old
lying scOrched and shryeled anC
hall consumed on bed Of liy,
Goals. The babes face was buried in the
cmDors. and the skull was baked crisp
The child's mother, Anna Peterson. wa
not 10 Dee found. She was known TO be
crazy, and search was instituted Tor her
At length one Of the nclghbors started Il
draw bucket Of water from the well neaI
by. and tine body struck the bucket. The
corpse was caught with graphing hooks
and lifted % the surface. glance az the
dead woman's hands told the story Of how
she murdered her baby. They were burned
So badly that the flesh had dropped of Of
the bone i'm places. She evidently held the
child ON the fire with her naked hands until
b. was dead. then she threw herself in the
we'll and was drowned.
The children of Atlanta want % buy a
lion, and had raised $1,000 for that pur
pose. Now they nave found ont that the
ppshy tariff laws viii force them 10 raise
$500 more 10 pay for their lion when De-
reaches American soil from q foreign shore.
This is pretty hard ON the little folks. but
the Atlanta journal says twill bee raised
tariff or DO iarin.
Iro, p,t calhoun i'm rc,lv to an Atlanta
Constitution interviewer. who asked
"Nhat ~ IN Doe the effect of the lease OF the
Western and Atlantic 10 the Louisville and
Nashville system upon competitions said
Veil. glance at tine map will show you
that tine Louisville and Nashville system
has lines from Atlanta 10 Memphis, Louis
Willie and Cincinnati. and that the Terminal
stem also has lines 10 the same points.
il. T,atuilrYad systems Of the south have
been practically reformed during the past
.hr.e years. aud tlc southeast will get the
lrnDGt % ihat widely extended competition
which rs most beneficial Tor thcdeyclopmnui
off, industrial resources. You must not for
--t that white the Louisville and Nashyill,
I, ourcompei 'tor 100 ihc territory. il is ueces-
-Jrl.l our ally iu competing with the great
unh Iu'- north 40 ti.Oulo River and 30
Hp.uu- tae markets. off he Nc,tto the man
uiIciWDd products oi tue southwest
q prominent Republican " MONTGOMERY
AII.vUu holds a. Federal office. SAYS. u
wiiI. ihc Force bin passes. no longer con-
sent 90 net o.. au inspector at elections.
l.t. n..u INSPECTOR for wears I'm nv beat.
AMI al,..,- IS 'ruIrI a fair vote ann an boG-
.-I ....t .fI never had any troiLl, but
... r..r...lii. win arou.. such f..iips- 40
.f...t..u sri,rr my D.r1o.r.,f;. n.iob-
.... ..nI friand.- INDIGNATION which I b..
......i. .ri,bilou-. a. The south wants no
Federal bayonst to control il and clerce ID
.uf9a submission 60 negro domination a.
Zoo mt," 90 very serious matter for any
southern i,lunilcan Z" aci a7 an Inspector.
". lde-, WArH ihc lines are drawn between
Ha negro and ih' caucasian. ! ann SoinS To-
-. i"iii., severely atone. lit SAYS ihe
'ir' ml.. iN'Itdl nl strengthening INC
tfi'. MilI drf. 'ut col il every respectable
b. publican BOD me Noulh.
Besides sam Jones. Gainesville. Ga. has
.uIu..d another celebrity IN Tie person OF
rev. William ~. FELTON,. "a Bapt.,t preacher
politician and oN-mcmbcr Of Congress. lie
u.w thinking OF running for Congress
,-Iu 100 an unique platform.
a g." day ago ile cill]tIs Of Dalton
'ui'H b, near i'', fe.loh hoiie' h'9 lr"u-
'.e WIN TWO N.d'tilIld"S' Wu"' ,ihue 'H'
supposed iI'.'cll'n "l '"e original p'cA'4'
lrr. 'h' uhAaIlu'h l' sell Nhl7N! lhcIc'
Au i.H part ol the state seems 10 nave
o-n df"u-. n over lhc Affair." ana the people
i lii, l~'iilt hti ana passed RESOLUTIONS
i-lu- H.ih I'D make ihe race i9t "h-icss o."
.h'.-.' .-ii.,i' l''N'-e plHl"iHl' h'
%" l i' l.''N',' J,I' aug u,. ,''" ''n
l''' ~ mas ""' u'' ., LUCY,
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