Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-29


| GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.
Pidcock, Ca, July 21.-Charles M.
Thomas, Il colored teamster, and the
four mules he was driving were all in
stanty killed by bolt of lightning in
the woods near here. Thomas clothes
and shoes were torn from his body.
Knoxville July 20.-The conference
OF coal miners and operators of Jellico
and Coal Creek districts adjourned
| without action Another meeting was
! set for the 9th. The miners are de-
/ termincd to secure the 10 per cent adj
vance demanded, and If 1t is not grant
cd they will inaugurate strike in both
! districts. involving about 5000 men.
Columbia. S. c.. July PA call has
| been issued for convention OF South
! Carolina wheat growers. farmers and
others interested in the subject, at
! Greenwood on Aug. Is. There was a
! larger area of wheat planted this year
than for many years and the result
was remarkably satisfactory. A num-
Der OF roller mills have been built in
the state this spring, and all are run
ming on full time.
Florence, s. c.. July 24.-There is
much Indignation here over the APP
pointment OF j. e. Wilson, a negro
preacher, as postmaster. The Young
Mems Business League has made IN
earnest protest against the appoint
mcnt, and joint meeting of the
| league and the board of trade Will be
held this evening for the purpose of
drafting resolutions to be forwarded
to the president.
Talbotton. Ga, July 2i.-Mr. ]. w.
Jones. Il prominent farmer living near
this place, was shot twice by his II
year-old son Saturday night. One ball
entered his right breast, broke one rib
and passed through his right lung. The
other entered the abdomen. The boy
had pulled some watermelons contrary
to his fathers instructions. and when
the father attempted to chastise him
the lad drew his Uistol and fired twice
Birmingham. Ala, July 22.-Franls
Susie. Portuguese. was shot and NOR
/ tally wounded at Carbon Hill yester-
day by his 10-year-old son George. The
father had just returned from serving
a sentence in the penitentiary for as
sault. and was on Il drinking bout. His
7-year-old stepdaughter offended him
and he threatened to kill and wipe out
the whole family. The son interposed
objection and the father rushed at him
angrily with carving knife. The boy
picked up n pistol and shot his father
as he approached He then surren-
dered The father Will die.
) London, Ky, July 24.-'rhe gravity
! of the situation at Manchester. Ky.
and generally throughout Clay county
cannot be overestimated. Many nom
combatants have left their homes
abandoned their crops, and as many
others as can will leave soon. Even
! here In London the insecurity is felt
! 10 such an extent that some families
/ are leaving An outbreak is expected
today. the day set for the trial of the
Philpots. accused of killing Aaron
Morris and others. Both parties have
mustered armed forces for marching
into Manchester. The PhilpotS have
So armed horsemen and no one knows
how many footmen.
Columbus, Ca, July 24.-Fire broke
out last night in the cellar of the New
York racket store in Phoenix City
/ Ala, just across the Chattahoochee
river from Columbus. Before the
flames could be checked the entire
business district was burned to the
ground, entailing loss of 100000
Owing to the absence OF fire lighting
facilities insurance rates in Phoenix
City are excessively high, and it is
stated that very little OF the property
destroyed was insured. Ii is reported
the fire was started by negroes, who
saturated a lot of rubbish with kero-
sene in the basement of the racket
store. Three negroes have been ar
rested.
Lawrenceburg, Ky. July PA large
number Of negroes were brought here
recently and placed in a camp just out
side of Tyrone. preparatory to work
ing on big distilery warehouse. Yes
terday D. Monahan and j. Higgins. the
contractors, arrived They were met
by a committee repl esenting the local
workmen. and quarrel arose a
crowd soon gathered, and the con-
tractors were stoned and otherwise
roughly handled Higgins was cut
several times. and is in serious con-
| dition. The crowd then made its way
to the negro camp. Several volleys
we're fired into it, but no one was in
jured. The negroes fled panic stricken
from the place, and within few min
utes the camp was deserted.
cambridge. Ga. July 22.-Two ne
groes entered the store of ]. e. Ogle-
tree. adjoining the railroad depot. held
up Ogletree and his wife, taking all the
cash they had. and then both brutes
outraged Mrs Ogletree in the presence
of the husband Hearing train ap-
proach the negroes fed. ~ negro
captured near Iron City Saturday night
was brought to Saffold and identified as
one of the assaulters of Mrs. J. +.
Ogletree last Thursday night. He was
lynched at daylight yesterday morning
near Saffold. Two either dead negroes
were found alongside the railroad
track two miles west OF cambridge
The names of none Of these negroes
are known. 1t is believed by some
that the two uead negroes found by
the railroad track were the men ar
rested Saturday at Troy, Ala, on sus-
piclon of being implicated in the Ogle-
tree outrage and who were being
brought to Saffold for Identification.
Danvllle Va, July 23.-Thomas N.
Williams, Of Danville. and Charles
Kyle, of South Dakota, special revenue
agents CT the United States govern
ment accompanied by three deputy
| marshals. have just returned from an
I exciting raid against Illicit distilleries
| in the mountains along the Virginia
and North Carolina border. They
found six distilleries in the mountains
of Surry county, N. c., near the Vir-
ginia lae, and proceeded to destroy
them. The distilleries were situated
80 high up on the mountain side that
the officers could not reach them on
horseback, and leaving their steeds
tied mile below they made their way
over the mountain on foot While
thew were DESTROYING the cOntraband