Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-08-12
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

was murdered and then robbed in MS
home near Portsmouth Wednesday
night by negro burglar. The negro
escaped. after taking about SIS from
Mr.. Wyatt's pockets.
Atlanta. Aug. Former Governor
w. II. Atkinson is seriously i'll ct his
home in Newman. and it is believed his
recovery Is impossible. Governor At
kinson was succeeded in Office by the
present chief executive of the state.
Allen d. Gambler. He served two terms
as governor.
Chattanooga, Aug. S-The Chatta-
nooga Electric Street Railway COM
pany yesterday discharged Is conduc-
tors and motormen who refused to
withdraw from the union. A general
meeting OF labor unions has been call
/! ed and an effort will be made to have
boycott of the road declared.
Barbourville, Ky. Aug. S.-The jury
in the case against James Baker
charged with the murder of Wilson
Howard, returned a verdict of not
guilty on the first ballot. There was
general handshaking when the YER
dict was announced. The Bakers will
not return to Clay. and they say the
feud is over on their part.
Blakeley. Ga, Aug. 4.-Louis Hen
derson, negro. who has been In the
employ of J. w. Bowman. Il planter.
in this county. for four years past. on
Wednesday attempted to commit an
assault on the 6-year-old daughter of
Mr.. Bowman. He was captured by the
father. and yesterday was taken in
hand by band OF lynchers. The mob
was very quiet and orderly, and before
The town knew what was going on the
negro was hanging from limb in one
Of the yards of the town.
Roanoke. Va, Aug. 4.-Bristol has
for many years been the Gretna Green
Tor Roanoke and ali of southwest Vir-
ginia Ten years ago Father Bur-
roushs. better known as PEARSON" Bur
rouehs. went to this city, which lies
partly in this state and partly i'll Ten
nessee taking charge Of the hotel
which bears his name. "Parson" Bur
roughs in the decade has solemnized
S14 weddings. This does not take into
consideration the large number OF
weddings solemniZed by the other min
listers in Bristol.
Chattanooga. Aug. limited States
revenue officers Saturday night raided
two illicit distilleries operated within
three miles OF Chickamauga Park. Both
establishments did land Office bust
ness last year in supplying whisky to
soldiers at Chickamauga Park. and
had defied arrest, the soldiers aiding
the moonshiners In keeping the officers
off the track. Both stills were in ac-
tive operation when raided. The first
distillery raided was conducted by
Moses Long and the second by G. ".
Lanham. The latter escaped.
Chattanooga. Aug 5.-Information
reached here today that Thomas G.
Gillespie, OF Spring City. Tenn. one OF
the wealthiest and most prominent
citizens in East Tennessee. has filed
suit for SIS 900 against W. S. P. Brown,
of Spring City, who is considered one
of the wealthiest men in this section.
Mr.. Gillespie charges Mr.. Brown with
seducing his wife and alternating her
affections. Mrs. Gillespie has filed a
suit for divorce at Dayton against her
husband. Mr.. Brown is mayor Of
Spring City and president of the bank
at that place.
London. Ky. Aug. Saturday night
al East Bernstadt. this county. while
CLYDE Thompson aged IS son Of Dep
uty United States Marshal George
Thompson. was leaning against tele-
graph pole a young man named Holt
came along and told Thompson to
stand aside. as he wanted to shoot at
the pole. This Thompson refused to
do. Again Holt told him. and again
Thompson refused Then Holt drew
revolver and fired at the pole, hit
ting Thompson. who is fatally wound
ed. the ball passing through his body
one inch from his heart.
Atlanta, Aug. 5.-Governor Gambler
made a personal trip to Newman. a
town SO miles south of this city, on
Thursday morning to save the life OF
the negro rapist John Mullens. The
governor arrived at the Coweta county
Jail an hour after daybreak. He took
command of the Newman Guards. a
company of the state militia. which
had been guarding the Jail during the
night from mob, and directed Sheriff
Brown to take his prisoner at once to
Atlanta for safe keeping. Tho mob
was successfully avoided. and the pris-
oner lodged in Fulton county jail, at
Atlanta, shortly before noon.
Tallahassee. Aug. 1.-The first train
from Carrahelle through the storm
stricken gulf section since Monday
reached here yesterday afternoon. The
train crew and passengers agree that
reports of the destruction wrought by
the storm have been extremely moder-
ate. Carrabelle is literally wiped
from the map. Her docks and wharves
containing about 100000 feet of lum-
Der and $4,000 barrels OF rosin. were
quickly swept away. Thirteen of the
IA large vessels in the bay were blown
ashore. and are now lying we'll up on
dry land. These vessels contained
several million feet OF timber. FIT
teen men seen to have been fish
ing on an islet called Dog island, just
before the storm broke, cannot be
found.