The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-24

Washington, Richard Washington and Hen
ry C. Robinson, the three negroes who muir
dered H. c. Patton, merchant at Nc
Gehee last night were taken from the sher-
iff at that place and hanged to tree. The
negroes made full confession.
Intelligent consumers insist in having DR..
Prices Baking Powder and will be content
with no other.
Kicked His Wife to Death.
Ocala Fla, September 2l.-Tom Mallory,
who lives near here, went home drunk this
morning. He quarreled with his wife and
kicked her in the stomach. Mrs. Mallory
was in a delicate condition and the kick
caused her death. Mallory has not been
arrested.
Suicide of Newspaper Man.
Henderson, Ky, September 21.-C. C. Nc
Ileer, publisher of The Meade County Mes
senger, committed suicide at Brandenburg.
Wednesday, using a pistol to effect his pur-
pose. He left note stating that the act
disappointment and hopeless future.
was deliberate and the result of sickness,
Whipped by White Caps.
Birmingham, Ala, September H.-(Spe-
cial1-Hence Rowe and Pierce Thinett
two negroes from st. Clair county. today
testified before the United States commits
sioner that a band of white caps came to
their house the night of September 9th
and took them out and beat them unmer-
cifully.
Two Planters Assassinated.
Meridian, Miss, September 22.-(Special)-
Two prominent planters of Winston county,
thirty miles from this city, were ambushed
and killed yesterday in broad daylight.
The assassins are supposed to be white ten
ants Neither has been captured. Every
effort is exerted to prevent their escaping.
Capers Acquitted.
Columbia S. c., September 20-(Special)
Tnl,, Tor
political manager, was tried at Florence
today and promptly acquitted Of the charge
of criminal libel, brought against him by
Dr. Boyd the Tillmanite state senator
elect A card had appeared in The Column
bia State over Caperss signature, intimat-
ing that Boyd had improperly gained pos
session of a political letter written by
Capers.
Lightning Strikes Three Men.
Gadsden, Ala. September H.-(Special)-
Lightning struck the house of "a farmer on
Sand mountain yesterday and killed two
persons and stunned three. 1t also killed
twelve hogs under the house and tore out
one end of the house.
Captain Joe j. Nix, chairman of the re-
publican executive committee of Dekalb
county has been appointed United States
commissioner by Judge Bruce with head
quarters at Fort Payne.
Two white Men Hanged.
John Atkinson and Jasper Atkinson wore
executed today for the murder Of j. II.
Clamp an humble bat .gh'y respected
farmer on January ~, 1893, near Ridge
way this county. Clamp was assaSslpat-
ed while going home at night. Jasper was
indicted as principal and Inn as aces
sorry before the fact. Both were cCnvic.ed
in February, 1892 An appeal to tie SUI
prerna court availed nothing. Both We're
young white men.
Sad Accident mt Tuscaloosa.
Tuscaloosa, Ala, September 21.-The Tus-
caloosa Gazette says:
''Vorv sad and shocking news comes from
| Cottondale neighborhood. In the storm Of
Monday afternoon Mr.. John Robinson was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
He lives about ten miles from town ana
was within a very few yards of his house
| when death met him. The oxen he was
| driving We're also severely shocked.
"Mr. Mac Bibby was driving along riSht
| In front of Robinson and his horse was Kill
| ed by the stroke and he himself stunned
very severely.
"Robinson leaves large family to mourn
his untimely DEATH
To Encourage Immigration.
yorkviIle, s. c., September 19.-(Special)
4 number OF representative citizens of Oco-
noe Pickens, Greenville, Union Spartan
h,,rp York Lancaster, Chester and Fair
organized the Piedmont immigration Asso-
citation with Colonel James a. Hoyt, OF
Greenvflle as chairman. The capital STOCK
of the association will probably be $lo'V1o'
The object of the association is to induce
settlers to come from the north and north
west to take up lands in this section OF
South Carolina. A committee consisting of
one person from each county was appointed
to look after getting the necessary stock
subscribed and securing a charter. Mr. IL.
Sherfessee of Rock Hill, is the prime mover
in this undertaking.
A Highway Robbery.
Radford, Va. September ga. D. Bur
| nett a prominent cattle dealer OF Floyd
county. was held up by masked men on
she road from Christianburg TO Floyd
Courthouse and robbed of $1,000, which
! consisted of five-dollar-bills and twenty
| dollars in gold. The men were blackened
! and in a lonely place stepped out and or
| dered him TO halt. He being one-armed
! man. could make no resistance, so he was
| forced to give up his money. Mr.. Burnett
was returning from Baltimore, where he
! had taken n carload of cattle. He was
! robbed of over 500 about five years ago.
| So far as is known there Is no clue to the
| robbers.
They make one feel as though life was
| worth living Take one of Carriers Little
| Liver Pills after eating it Will relieve dys-
! pepsia, aid digestion, give tone ana Vlsor 10
/ the system
! Killed the Co-Respondent.
Little Rock Ark, September CDR. G.
| Macintosh. the correspondent in a sensa-
tionaI divorce suit in which j. Jenkins of
| Sheriff., Ark is plaintiff, was yesterday at
| that place. filled with buckshot ana IN
| stantly killed by Jenkins while standing
| among a crowd of people.
| Jenkins a few days ago sued his wife Tor
a divorce on the ground of adultery with
| Dr. Macintosh. who is also married, while
! his wife also at the same time filed suit Tor
$50 900 damages against p. b. Vaughan,
wealthy planter and merchant. for SANDER
and for alternating her husbands aHectlons'
alleging that Vaughan's lbelous stories
about her had estranged her husband from
her Jenkins a few days ago LETT Tor TEX
as. but returned yesterday and the shooting
Of Macintosh followed. The latter claimed
that Jenkins, on more than one OCCASION
administered arsenic to his wife. owing 10
the prominence of all the parties the varl-
GUS suits and the shooting have created
sensation and more trouble is expected.
Jenkins was brought here and placed IN
| Jail.