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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-21
MICRO BURNT AT THE STAKE.
Texas Mob Captures Fiend and
Cremates Him for Brutal ri1ne.

Texas Mob Captures Fiend and
Cremates Him for Brutal ritne.
AT Corscana, Texas, on tho 18th
inst, a negro named John Henderson
was burned at the stake by mob in
the presence of more than 5000 per
sons. The Associated Press account
is as follows:
John Henderson, the negro who
murdered Mrs. Conway Younger, near
this city Wednesday afternoon, was
brought here this morning at 7 O'Clock
and landed in jai! for safckccpiDg.
Six OF the leading citizens of this
county effected the capture, acting on
behalf OF the citizens uf Navarro Coun-
ty. Henderson had been confined IN
Bolton junction and officers were tax
ing him to Fort Worth. Sheriff Baker,
OF Waco, refusing to receive him.
Telegraph wires had been tapped at
l!illsboro and The citizens posse was
constantly informed of the movements
OF the officers with Henderson. Tho
tram was boarded at Hlllsboro and nc
attempt made to capture Henderson
until near Ithaca.
When the party started to enter tn,
car the conductor tried to prevent then
and tried to run to Fort Worth wlthou
slopoing. He was treated roughly an,
the men entered the car and secure,
the prisoner and officers in charge.
"A johnson County officer pulled
revolver on the committee, but wa
! q nI hat hn ,i,
lively fight the committee compelc
the officers in charge of Henderson /
accompany them acro.s the country 4
miles to Corsicana, changing horse
and teams at Frost.
Henderson made no attempt to rcsis
when captured, and although he knc,
that sure death awaited him, gave n
, sign of fear.
, The negro made full confession
after arriving here, telling how h'
, went to the Younger home and attempt
. cd to assault; how Mrs. Younger fought
, for her honor; how finally angcrcd at
, her resistance he attacked her with DIS
, knifc; how the children screamed IN
= fright when they saw their mothor's
g blood crimsOning the walls ana noOl
, and how Mrs. Younger fell across the
: doorstep. He then fled, but looking
l back saw his victim staggering down
z the road aimIcssly, faltcringly. She
y fell and lay still, then he turned an(
s ran.
: A committee that had been appointed
TO sec the accused secured the follow
. ing confession from Henderson, whicl
!, was signed and attcstcd by Justice o
! the Peace G. G.. Roberts.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-21

his path, he begun series of the mos
remarkable tactical cvolutions ever en-
ployed on II battlefield.
| GRANTS army was 50 much large
than Lees that he could easily cove
Lees entire front, which he did, bu
learing Lees superiority in general
snip, he cntrenchcd himself with a
much care and caution as if he wcr,
inc defensive, instead of the offensive
leader. Holding Il continuous en-
trenchcd line all along Lees front
and pressing with constant strain al
every point, he hoped to TIC able tt
shp his reserves from the rear and cx
tend them to Lees right 80 as to &c,
IN between him and Richmond and cut
MN OIL from his supplies. But as he
pursued this "carth-worm-likcn move.
ment of extending his head, and dra "
ing up his tail, Lee kept pace with him
and wherever the head of his army ap-
pcared, Lee was there to strike it. Thus
Grant edged along, and fought all the
way to Cold llarbor, where on the lst
OF June, he found himself at "A poin,
whence he would either have to force
Lees lines, or give up the cry Of " On
to Richmond ~ which had been the re-
fraln OF the Army of the Potomac for
the past thirty days.
AT Cold Ilaibor, Lee occupied the
position which Mcclellan held on the
9th OF June, 1862, and Grant the DO.
sitlon which Lee held at the same time
and from which he attacked and drove
McClcllan. Here Grant made many
unsuccessful assaults on Lee, and fin.
ally despairing of success gave up the
JOB and cntrcnchcd in Lees front.
TO leave Cod 1Iarb0r with I.rc in
possession Of it was to turn AWAY from
Richmond; TO persist in assaultiny Lee
was human butchcry without compcn-
satOry punishment of Lcc-lhcrcfore
he gave up the assault, ordered up siege
trains and took up McClcllan's methods
OF zig Tag approaches as his only horc
OF dislodging Lee and his little half
starved and half-clad army. But he
was so far from his base of naviuablc
water that he soon gave the siege up.
Grant, in his Memoirs, page 27G,
Vol, III, says: "I have always re-
GREETED that the assault at Cold Har
Dor was madu.' HIS losses here were
so very heavy is the reason of his
regret, no doubt.
Grant had been generated BY
Lee at every turn, and leaving Cold
Harbor he resumed hls &" crab like "
side movement, which enabled him tC
reach Petersburg, where he found Lee
confronting him as usual, and where
ne was compelled to resort to the zig
gag method Of approach and mining
with the hopo Of making breach in
Lees lines, hut lalilng, ca,iy in the
spring of 1865 he resumed his " crab
like, carth-worm " movement by the
flank, and pressed on to Five Forks
where he succeeded in breaking the
last line over which Lee could gather
supplies for his amy, and thus by de-
stroying the kitchen h starved the
great and immortal army which with
all his mighty host he could not whip.
THOMAS l.. ROSSER.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-21

FARMERS AND FERTILIZERs.-Ju
now farmers are hauling out their for.
lillzcrs. The majority of them will
buy manipulated goods ready for dis
tributioH. The ordinary kind contains
8 per cent phosporic acid, 2 per cent am
monia, 2 per cent. potash. That is
known as 8, 2, 2. The November
price of such fertilizers is 800 to
1923, according to the varying per
cent of ingredients. If one has
the cotton seed meal he can mix hls
own fertilizer, and make it little
cheaper than the above. There is II
general impression however that tho
| ammonia from cotton seed meal is not
rs good for corn and cotton as that
which is made from animal matter So
If you buy the finished goods get that
whose source of ammonia is from blood,
tankagc, fish scrap and the like. But
If you have the cotton seed meal use
that and do your own mixing.
1000 pounds acid phosphate, Ia per
cent.
/ 900 pounds cotton seed meal.
| 900 pounds KANT.
Nix these thoroughly and you will
have 7 2, 2, 3, an excellent all-round
fertilizer. The cost per ton, cotton
seed meal counted at 1913 q ton cash,
will be $l7 % to Sits q ton. The
farmers will have the trouble of mix
ing and rcsacking. g.-Spartan.
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" SLAVERY BY CONTRACT.u
Senator John L. McLaurin Inter.
viewed on the Anderson Matter.

Washington Post
a number of prominent citizens of
South Carolina have been interviewed
in the matter of the stockadc labor cX-
pOsurcs in Anderson County. Senator
Tillman, Congressman Latimcr and
Others have given their views, and
there has been no defense of the con-
dilion Of affairs, although being famil-
lar with the local situation, these gen.
tlemcn have been able to show that no
such condition exists as a system and
that its operation was confined to An
dcrson County.
y representative of The Post had a
talk with Senator John l.. McLaurin
OF South Carolina, yesterday morning,
and while the Senator in nowisc de-
fcnds the Anderson County outragcs
he offered some new suggestions
which are most interesting III that con
nectiOn:
" In the first place." said the Scna-
tor, the Philadelphia North Amcri.
can has unwittingly done the coIored
race great injustice in its representa-,
lions that as q race its members in
South Carolina are wiling to econ.
tract themselves INTO practical slavery,
or to submit to such a thing under the
durcsS of a few men IN one of the
forty-iivc counties in South Carolina
AS a matter Of fact, the triiing, va
grant, criminal class of negroes who
| 'lcase themselves out are very pool
| representatives of the sclf-respecting
industrious and thrifty negroes in Soul
| Carolina and throughout the South
Just think what kind Of men they ar,
who would, either voluntarily or undc
onc-man durces, deliberately sign
contract agreeing to be worked witt
convicts, or without convicts, undc
guard, and stipula,c that their cm
ploycrs are to lock them UP at nigh,
No Western or Northern man knows
even remotely, what this class of II,
9rOcs are.
"The negroes North and West, ar,
as rule, hotel walters, arbcr
drivers this is absolutely true of tn
great majority of negroes in the Soutl
both in the towns and in the countr,
We in the cotton State have, howcvc
a class of utterly worthless, degraded
thicvlng negro boys who run ava
from their deserving parents and r
lativcs on the farms and 90 into Il
towns and cities, where they har
around and soon become not only v
grants, but criminals. The police SOC
find them out, and after trial bef0
justice of the peace or mayor, the
are sentenced to term IN Jail.
strange rs it may scom, they frcqucn
. ly greet such a sentence with in.cn'
8 qualification, as it relieves them, for
: time, from their usual uncomfortab
t midnight sleeping places on colto
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platforms, in dry goods boxes, onlc
hallways, etc., and gives them shelter
Il cot and two or three meals 4 day
none OF which they would work for.
Is from their condition and from thi
class of the colorcd race IN the cottol
State that the abuses in Andersen
County have arisen. Men with larg,
farms TO manage, in some instances
Will go on bond for one of these BOYS
get him out of Jail, and work him or
his farm under contract. Even that
plan, by no means defcnsiblc, if tho
labor contract is like those in Ander.
son county, is not 30 hard in view OF
the class Of the race (not the racc) il
involves, il kind treatment and Justice
were mctcd out to the heretofore va
grant criminal.
us it any wonder, however, that
TIE class of negro | have described
would agree to work with convicts,
under guard, and consent to be locked
up at niShtT
How manilcsuy un Just to the
colored race III the South and IN the
halion 1t Is to class this low element of
thc race with negroes of the .Judson
Lyons and Booker Washington type.
lhls low element does not represent
The characteristics, the homes. or thc
possibilities of the race az it is known
ana appreciated in the South. 1t IS
not a race question. 1t may as well
be said that because thousands of
Cinnamon are dirty, low, Offensive, and
ignorant, Minister VA cannot be a
gentleman. Or that the daYo anar-
chlS(s OF Patterson, n. j are as prom
cr representatives of the italian race
as Ambassador Fava. Or that the
Pennsylvania soldiers, who. on III
augurallon day, committed so many
outrageous and disgrdccful acts III
Washington, are the proper repre-
senlatlves OF the white people of
Pennsylvania. No, indeed. Only
Southern people, including respectable
c"lorcd men and women, appreciate
that there are classes among :hc
colorcd race, as well rs among the
white race, be they Americans, Ger
mans, French, Italians, Japanese, or
Chinese.
zone other thing which occurs to
me-" continued the Senator, 1" is the
TACT Mat II IL not appreciated outside
OF the South how absolutely depcn-
dent the cotton planter is up III the
ignorant, unorganizcd coiorcd laborcr
Where labor is organized the rules
requirements, character, and esprit d,
corps OF the membership itself pro
tccls those who hire labor and such
thing as guarding laborcrs or lockin,
them up to keep them from runnn,
away or from setting your gin, stable
| or house on lire IS unhcard Of and un
necessary. But the irresponsible
ignorant, and unorganizcn negro he'll
requires, at least in a measure, Il stron.
and restraining hand.
AS the better element of ncgroc
increase in their influence over tn,
lower class of their race, and a grca
responsibility rests upon them, and as
The Northern and Western people be
come more genuinely familiar with the
conditions which actually exist in the
South, the situation will become better
and better, and the colorcd race more
responsible and useful in exercising its
cllizcnship.'
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-21

The salt production of Michigan last
year filed 4 1920, ,SG5 barrels, q gain over
the preceding year of 4 SIG barrels.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-21

A NICE SPRING SUI OF CLOTHES
Will he given free to anyone who will
sell only 100 packets Seeds for us at &c.
each No money required in advance.
Write us a postal saying You accept this
offer, and we Will mall the Seeds to you at
once. T. j. KING CO., Seedsmep,
RICHMOND, VA,
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MONEY TO LOAN

On farming lands. Easy payments. No
commissions charged. Borrower pays &C.
tual cost Of perfecting loan. Interest z per
cent. up according to security.
JNO. Is. PALMER & SON,
Columbia, 9. g.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-01-09

- the full
valne in reality his ownership only the value of the property
less the value the mortgage It wcd be right
property at ts fill value and then the mortgage for that would
be paying taxes upon the same property twice.
THE Question is worthy your attention. it one
Of vital importance to ali Of our people.
RAILROADS.
The TWentysecond Annual Report of Railroad
Commissioners contains very exhibit operations the
roads within the State for the past fiscal year.
Ar examination of the report will aniarize you with
duties o6 this important department State govern
men You will doubtless be gTafed that the general
prosperity of the has benefited interest and
that the roads whole good condition. materially and
financially. s5<,
Ihere gradual Improvement in the roadways
bridges have been strengthened required capac
W Of rolling stock and the large of the tonnage
mas been Improvement in the depot
some new constructed and old repaired There
been constructed and received for public business
po bout miles OF road within the State Tie gross
ngs Of roads have about reached the $1ooooooo
entire operating and $zoooooo-
leaving balance with wheh large measure quidae the
nsreat the bonded indebtedness Some roads have pad
small dividend on their stock,
The sot shows of the yexed questions brought
to the attention Of the Board and full the
disposition ef the same demonstrating the Commission
has endeavoe adjust all differences sh! and tic
roads and reasonable manner prosperity Of the rail-
roads Of State is good index the general prosperity the
people,
-4#se. ss a PENSIONS.
For several the State asbeen doing what
few remaining old Confederate soldiers and the widows OF soldiers
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ment sc feet high, and will be handsome shaft sou,
Carolina granite suounted by bronze palmetto
OF our State and anked sides
Confederate nantynan and arenan figures
ing the only of the service from South Carolina
field
It proposed unyei the Juy
time OF the reunion of the United Confederate
1enn This time has been selected that
people generally have opportunity attending
while their the United Confederate
union and thus be able the advantages
tare given on that occasion.
The Commission feels that would very appropriate
entire Legislature to be the dedication Of this
which they have be erected the gallant
who this sacred spot offered their lives distinguished
antry for their beloved The selected for the
men is held by the intrepid courage
saws Brigade they VIGOROUSLY Snodgras Range
and marker shows the
displayed.
THE BLACK REPORT.
In last Annual Message the Legislature
the importance of securing the report made Mr. John Black
the Legislature 1883 regard the of the State against
General Government of the Revolutionary War
gesed the Importance of provision being made search this
report which supposed be in the old rubbish
the State House The Legislature made appropriation
ected the Governor and the State Treasurer employ
through this rubbish if this could
The report nearted amongst this old rubbish and been
forwarded Senator rman along with other papers
ments bearing this subject will submit; Special Mes
sage covering this matter
SPECIAL COURTS.
At the last OF tic General Assembly
passed providing for Special Courts stating how they should
obtained and also fixing the salary Of the special Judge fixing
this salary however, the General Assembly provide any
fund out OF which should be paid During the past year our
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-02

The foundation for the First
National Bank building was
started today. This building
whom completed will add much
to the appearance of Main street.
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PROSPECTUS.

In rendering this, our prospec
tus, we wish to avoid howery,
deceptive language, and to set
forth in detail a few simple, plain
facts, briefly stating what We
have done, where we have opera
ted and what we propose to do.
The Prairie Mamou Oil & Min
eral Co. Ltd, domiciled at Jen-
nings, Calcasieu parish, La. is a
duly organized and chartered
company, capitalized at 100000.
Captain d.. b. Sweet, president
of the Jennings Banking 6 Trust
Co., Il man of unquestionable in
tegrity and pronounced bust
ness success, is president of this
company.
From the organization Of this
Company it has been the purpose
to select small plots of really oil
lands throughout the Oil belt Of
Calcasieu parish, ignoring in u
measure large bodies Of inditfal-
ent lands without promise, upon
which leases could be procured
at nominal figures. Following
up this idea they have purchased,
First. acres near the
blackberry well that is full of
promise, the well being down
near 700 feet, with every indi-
cation of success. The stock of
this well is now at par value.
A peculiar feature character
ling this well, which lies thirteen
miles southeast OF Sulphur Mines
is, that before the day when sui
phur was extracted by heat a
spring at blackberry flowed very
cold water, which today is almost
as hot as hot coffee. We also
purchased five acres near the
Vinton wells which have struck
several stratas OF oil, published
to the world.
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Gospel Tent Meetings.

The revival that is going on at
the tent is progressing nicely,
with large audiences at every
service, and the interest is in
tense. There have been % addi-
tions thus far. Preaching this
evening as usual; also Sunday.
Subject for evening: Ten rea-
sons for my church affiliations. y
There will be baptising also.
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Doing GOOD Business.

A gentleman from Jennings,
speaking today Of general busir
ness affairs in his part of the par
ish, remarked that the First
National Bank, of Jennings has
been doing business just three
weeks and at the close of bust
ness yesterday the deposit &C,
count footed up $4,000. Times
are good when such showings
can be made. Press.
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Second.-Finding unparalleled
gas and Oil indications on Bayou
Blue, about fifteen miles north
OF Jennings, we purchased Bayou
Blue Springs, covering hill of
about five arcres on Bayou Blue.
We also have forty acres three
miles north Of the Jennings Oil
Well, where gas and oil abound
and upon which it was at first
intended to sink d well. But the
climax was struck when after
much labor and time had been
spent, ANSSE A. LA BUT re, the
SPINDLE TOP of Mamou Prairie
was secured, and this is a real
Spindle Topin every sense. This
six acres lies within a mile of
Bayou Cane, tributary of Mer-
mentau river and just north Of
Mermentau station where the
Southern Pacific railway crosses
the Mermentau river, giving
easy and cheap access to an out
let to market.
This is where the Prairie
Mamou Oil & Mineral Co., Ltd
will within the next 30 days be-
gin to sink we'll with the prom
Use in advance of a gusher. 1t is
about one-foul'th Of q mile south
east of the noted gushing well of
the Jennings Oil Co.
We intend to bore our second
well Oh Bayou Blue. We have
leases upon several hundred
acres Of lands on which We would
bore in event others see fit to
develop any adjacent thereto and
meet success.
The Company will offer $4,000
shares for sale at so cents per
share for II short time Par val
Ne Of shares one dollar each. We
would much prefer to sell these
shares to home people.
Address ali ommunications 10
AUG. COLBERT, Sec'y,
Jennings, La.
or, D. q. SWEET, Pres,
Jennings, La.
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Children Die OF Poison.

st. Louis, Nov. 1.-The list of
deaths attributed to lockjaw as a
result of administration of diph-
liberia anti-tOXin manufactured
by the city chemist mum bers
eleven, two new deaths being re-
ported today. Eleven other child
rem are reported to the health
department. as suffering from
lockjaw with slight chances for
recovery.
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sWNow is the time to buy Oil
stock if you expect to make mon
ely on your investment. Moses
& ST. German can supply your
wants.
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List your property for sale
with n. r. Strong, manager for
the Gulf Coast Land & Invest
ment Co. Office in RECORD build
ing.
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M. Z. Morse came over from
Welsh this morning.
n. r. Strong goes to Houston
tomorrow on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Arthur
went to New Orleans today.
r. G. Hollem beak & Co. sold a
fine Kim ball paino today to j. e.
Jeter.
d. G. Brown and Talmage Stan
ley were in Merm entau today on
business.
Julius Hampstead was bust
ness passenger to New Orleans
this noon.
W. II. Curtis returned last
evening from 1t business trip to
New Orleans.
Chas. West Of Welsh was in
Jennings today and went to Grow
ley this noon.
Elmer Kolzanour came over
from Lake Charles this noon to
visit friends.
Chas. Is. Hanley, night opera
| tor at Morleutau WAS in ,Jau-
nin9s today.
Miss Maud Coffin, who is teach
ing school at Rayne, is visiting
relatives for a couple of days.
Thursday, the 28th inst is
Thanksgiving day. Put the tur-
keys and chickens in the coop.
w. f. Houclz left today for La
gonda plantation, below Lake
side, to visit his brother for a
few days.
Rice is coming into town quite
lively, and there seems to be u
drawback in not having sufficient
warehouse room.
Owing to the illness of The Rev.
NJ. c. Hickman, the pulpit OF the
Methodist church will be unoc-
cupied tomorrow.
Mrs. W. r. Humphrey and
Audrey Virgins returned last
evening from the Christian En-
deayor convention at Lafayette.
UNITED BRETHREN Sabbath
school, 70 q. IN; preaching, II d.
N. aud 100 p n. AL are cor
Uialiy invited. r. w. WilguS,
pastor.
1t the real estate transfers Of
Oct 81, we notice the following:
". c. Miller to G. G. Green
field, contract to sell 175 acres in
1913; &6I33. 10.
Marshal Brooks is around to-
day notifying many OF the boys
who went out on Halloween
night to appear before Mayor
Sweet Monday morning.
The foundation for the First
National Bank building was
started today. This building
when completed will add much
To tha 97ollpa7.oncp of Main, cs+rno4
Mesdames John Cooper snd V.
M Twitchell and S. A. Wright
have returned from San Antonio,
Texas, improved in health with
the exception Of Mrs. Twitchell,
who. we regret to say, is i'll.
Children Die OF Poison.
ST. Louis, Nov. 1.-The list of
deaths attributed to lockiaw as q
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! Prairie Mamou Oil & Mineral
LIMITED.

JENNINGS, LOUISIANA
President d. e. Sweet Jennings, La; VicePresident
ILL., Secretary Aug Colbert La1eCharles,
Treasurer Manager T. D. Pollard Iberia, La
Board of Directors: D. g. Sweet, Aug. Colbert,
Harrah, Elliott Farley,
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Marshal Brooks is around to-
day notifying many Of the boys
who went ont on Ballowe'en
night to appear before Mayor
Sweet Monday morning.
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MeSdames John Cooper snd v.
M. Twitchell and S. 4. Wright
have returned from San Antonio,
Texas, improved in health with
the exception Of Mrs. Twitchell,
who, we regret to say, is i'll.