Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-25
SOUTHERN oLEANiNos.
A Woman Hanged.

Woman Hanged.
Mary Snodgrass, white, was hanged
at Coeburn, Va, for the murder Of her
three-weeks-old child. Pikevills was
the home Of the Snodgrass woman, but
she was run out of the county on &C.
count of her immoral character. She
went to Coeburn six months ago, and
had been there but few days when
she was arrested for numbering her
child.
Tho mother tried in various ways to
get some one to take the child, but
could not. One night q negro woman
living next door to her heard the child
screaming, and wentup near the house
to find the cause Of the crying. After
awhile she noticed an unusual guam
tity of smoke issuing from the Chin
ney, and she rushed in to sec what was
the matter. Upon entering tho door
she found the child had been placed In
the fire, and the mother was sitting
composedly in chair pressing It to
the flames with large shovel.
She was lodged In jail, and the
promise Of q speedy trial by the Oh
cials kept her from being lynched.
Her parents live in Pike county, Va. /,
and are respectable people. She was
97, and had deserted her husband, who
was cruel to her. it is said.
A Working Candidate.
Suppose all the candidates in Georgia
were made by Judge Hart's rnettle7
says the Atlanta Constitution. When
the judge cast his vote recently he
went into the country on private busi-
ness. While riding along he saw an
industrious farmer cutting grain by
the roadside, of when he asked If he
was not going TO the polls. NO" said
he, my crop needs me and can not
leave" Whereupon the gallant and
patriotic judge dismountcd and asked
him to take his horse, ride to town and
vote, while he himself labored in his
stead. When the farmer returned the
sweat upon the face of his honor and
the sheaves he had gathered plainly
told he had kept his promise. That's
the kind Of candidate who works his
way"
South Carolina Negro Lynchsd.
Dan Dielles, colored, attempted an
assault on Mrs. L. W. Hill, a respecta-
BILE white woman, at Ellenton, =. G.
The negro was soon captured and
taken to jail, where he was identified.
A mob soon gathered, and an attempt
was made to overpower the Jail off.
cials and take the negro by force. The
next morning the attempt was success
full, and Dielles was taken out and,
after confessing, was swung to tree
where he strangled to death. The
ynching took place a short distance
from the Jail.
Tho Sugar Crop Prospects.
From all parts of the sugar belt come
reports of excellent crops. The cane
although not exceptionally high for
this time of the year, is very vigorous
and the stands are excellent. The
favorable weather has permitted the
planters to lay by most of their cane in
good shape, and 1t is likely thai an
other week or two will see this work
completed. There is every
reason to look for large yield during
The coming season, exceeding that Of
ast year and equaling the banner
crop Of 1904.
Postmaster Asaassinated.
Charles Margrave, postmaster at
Emory Gap, village of 500 inhab-
tants, on the Cincinnati Southern,
,ear Hartman, Tenn, was assas.
'inated the other night. The COM
nunity about Emory Gap is infested
With a gang of toughs and desper-
does, and their frequent depredations
lave caused much alarm. Margrave
lad aided the officers in arresting sew
raj of the gang, and 1t is believed
hat he was murdered by one of these
Escaped Murderer Rscaptured.
Sam Lewis, who was sentenced to
he penitentiary for life for murder
in Kinds county, Miss, and
Who escaped four years ago, was ar
ested in Meridian, Miss, a few DAYS
go. The escaped negro was in the
ct of robbing house in the eastern
ortion of the city when caught. Tho
authorities at jackson
we're notified.
Murdered While Going to Church.
Near the village of Dixville, Ky.,
ilas Bugg shot and instantly killed
'hillip Board, while the latter was on
is way to church. He fred load of
from ambush into Boards
ack. Bugg had accused Board with
aging attentions to Mrs. Bugg, it is
aid. They were well-to-do farmers.
Mrs. Sarah Aubrey.
Mrs. Sarah Aubrey, aged "a, died at
er home in Lexington. Ky. She was
lineal descendant of Lord AnRlish
lcClintock, and was the last of tho
amily. She was the daughter OF the
atc W, L. Mcconnell, who owned the
ract of land in which the Lexington
emetery is located.
Senator Tillmsn's Daughter Killed.
Rev. Robert Lee, Miss Addie Tillmsn
nd another young lady were killed by
ghtning at Brevard, N. C. Mr.. Lee
'as a son of Prof. j. F. Lee. of Due
Vest, S. G., and was pastor of the Epis.
opal church of Yorkville. Miss Till
IAN was the eldest daughter of Sena-
Or Tillman.
Three Men buried Under Coal.
At Brookwood, Ala, near Birminp.
am, a coal bin, containing 700 tons of
oal for use in washer, tumbled
own. Three employees Of the Standard
oal Co. are missing, and it is thought
hat they are buried beneath the
chris.
Alleged Moonshinsrs.
viii Walker and Simon Brown were
rrestsd by United States officials, near
White Plains, not far from Admission,