Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-12-03
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 25.-Mrs.
Susan Sanders. aged 107. died yesterday
In the house in which she was born,
on Churcky river, in Watauga valley
She was relative of John Sevier, first
governor of Tennessee. and owned
many souvenirs Of the battle of Kings
Mountain.
Roanoke, Va. Nov ga very per-
ceptibIe earthquake shock was felt
here yesterday afternoon at 3 O'clock
lasting about 80 seconds. No serious
damage was done. Reports from vari-
Gus parts of southwest Virginia and
North Carolina show the tremor to
have been very general throughout
that region.
Savannah, Ca, Nov. 25.-Every SOL
der in the Seventh corps was made
to feel that yesterday was Thanksgiv-
ing. All drills were abandoned. and at
o'clock each man received ration OF
turkey fruit and cake. Over 1000 tur-
keys and several wagon loads of fruit
and cake were sent out to the camp.
The feast for General Lees men was
provided by the ladies Of Charleston.
Macon, Ca, Nov. Esd Merriwether
was lynched at Monticello. Ca, yes
terday. Several hundred pistol shots
were fired at him. He was taken from
the Jail by large number Of citizens.
death. The mob overpowered the
sheriff and took the Jail keys as soon
as the coroner's jury found the negro
guilty of the murder OF Joe Pope,
which occurred Saturday night.
Knoxville. Tenn. Nov. %. The
Fourth North Carolina left yesterday
for Macon The first sitting on the
body Of Private Zeb Patton. OF the
Third North Carolina. who was killed
Monday night. resulted In finding that
he came to his death by shots fired
by Captain Hargrave and Lieutenant
Howell. Of that regiment. Patton was
violent, and the officers acted In self
defense. They were placed under ar
rest by the civil authorities.
Birmingham. Ala. Nov. 2S.-Chief
Deputy Sheriff John Warner. OF this
day by Will Collision. negro. Cold
ston is a murderer sent up for life from
Antaga county. and recently escaped
from a convict camp in that county.
Warner. learning OF his presence In
this city. attempted to arrest. him. but
received three balls from q revolver in
the hands of Goldston who was be-
hind a door. The convict escaped, and
although the town turned out to hunt
him, he has not been found. If he is
captured lynching is sure to follow.
Augusta, Ca. Nov. 25.-The strike
among cotton mill operatives here now
affects 5000 workers. The new scale
which the owners seek TO enforce and
to which the strikers object Is based
on the rate of wages paid in South
Carolina and North Carolina so the
owners say. This the strikers deny
claiming that the conditions here and
In the Carolinas are different. The mill
owners are firm in their determination
to enforce the cut. and the strikers are
beginning to yield. They recognize
their situation, and know that they
have no weapon to fight with. II this
cut is successful 1t is believed similar
reductions will be made in cotton mills
in other parts of the south.
Roanoke, Va, Nov. ga northbound
fast freight on the Shenandoah d.
vision of the Norfolk and Western rail-
way went through bridge near River
side, 81 miles north Of Roanoke, yes
terday. Fireman Joseph Stevens was
Instantly killed, Brakeman David Win
ger fatally injured and Engineer Ste
phen Mayo seriously scalded by es-
Gaping steam. The men lived in Roa-
noke The bridge was under construc-
ton at the time of the accident. and
it Is reported that several Of the bridge
workers were more or less injured. One
span Of the structure gave way. pre-
cipItating part Of the train to the
water below. distance Of 80 feet. The
train was loaded with live stock, and
some Of the cars were demolished. kill
Ing a considerable number of cattle.