The Forrest City times., 1901-01-11
SOUTHERN GlEAkINGS.
Sold Their Bodies.

| tHt tOuiAN court cicTk IOT dChuONAtu- ment, being a bill of sale for the dead bodies of Annie Wofford and Josie A. Johnson, two white women, to a well, known Nashville physician. the wom- en came to his office before | Christmas and stated that they want ed some Christmas money, and sug- | gested that Ee buy their bodies, to be delivered after death. Both of the women were hale and hearty looking, and the doctor was unwilling to pay the regular price of S15 for the chance of securing two good subjects in the years to come, but offered 10 pay them cash S2, and this they accepted, and he wrote out the bill of sale in due form. They signed it, and the doctor carried it to the county court for acknowledgement, and it will be put on record in the registers office.
 Mob Invated a Georg1a Jail.
 mob numbering 200 surprised the jailer in Rome, compelled him to give mp his keys. took George Reed, ne- gro, from his cell and marched him to the residence of Mrs. Locklcar, in
 
 lear said Reed was not her asssilant, and the prisoner was returned to jail. The mob, at the point Of a pistol, compelled Dr. Hamilton, a prominent physician, to give up his buggy and horse to one of the lynchers and the prisoner. The streets of Rome were crowded with people when the mob passed with Reed. Many negroes were frightened off the streets.
 Jo Wilson was also in iail accused of the assault, but Sheriff Camp spir- tied him away, after Reed was taken. Excitement is still intense and more trouble is expected.
 Prosperity in the South.
 Col. c. A. Deane. of Little Rock. Ark, a Massachusetts man. who for ten years has been the land commits sianer of the Iron Mountain railroad, said the other evening that not since the civil war had the people in the south, including the negroes, pos sessed so much ready money. "As rule, negroes working on the big plan- tations come out at the eud of the l ' tors" said he. This year almost every one of them raised 20 bales of cotton and from the one-third share to which each negro is entitled who tills portion of the. soil he found himself with six or seven bales that netted him $500 to s4O0.
 Physician Shoots Mayor.
 A difficulty occurred at Artesia, in Lowndes county, between R. o. s. Iomilinson, mayor of that village. and Dr. I. l.. H. Cook, q prominent physi- elan there. in which Tomlinson was shot and killed by Dr. Cook. It seems that there was a robbery committed in Artesia, and that at the instigation of Mayor Tomlinson a son ot Dr. Cook was arrested and charged with having committed the crime. This precipitated the row, which re- suited in Tomlinson being shot and severely wounded by Cook.
 Mrs. Botto's Win Sustained.
 In the Botto will case a jury in the common pleas division of the Jeff ferson county circuit court returned q verdict that broke the three codiciis to the will of Mrs. Florence Iryen Bot to and sustained the will. The effect of this verdict is to give William M Botto life interest in $35, ,O0O, and to his mother, Cloteal B. Botto. S15,O0O in cash and one-eighth of the resi- duary estate.
 Wanted to be Independent.
 Vim. r. Rockwell, the 15-year.old boy who ran away from his home in | Taunton, Mass, and for whom a sys- tematic search has been made by hIs millionaire grandfather, Charles II. Swan, of New York, was found at Jacksonville, Fla, working in a res taurant. He says he will not return.
 New Industry for Decatur.
 Through NJ. C. Burch S2OOO0O in- Ala. between capitalists of Nashville and the Decatur Land Co.,, by which the plant of the old Ivens Machine Co.,, at Decatur, will be converted into one of the largest manufacturing com panies in the south.
 Killed by . Horse.
 Patrick Nicholson, hostler, was kicked by horse at St. Louis, from the effects from which he died. The acci- dent occurred while he was cleaning the horses hoof. He was 50 years old, and leaves a family.
 Car shops Burned.
 Fire destroyed the car shops of the Virginia X Southwestern railway, at Bristol, Tenn. The plant will be re- built and enlarged. Loss about S75, ,OO0. | He Took Morphine.
 John F. Flynn, farmer of Dodge, near Winchester, Ky, committed sui side at Lexington, Ky, by taking mor- 1 phine. lie left a note to his relatives. | Negro Lynched.
 A negro whose name can not be | learned was lynched by a mob of his