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Warren sheaf., 1901-08-15
NEGROES BURN At STAKE
Mobs in Alabama and Georgia
Take Revenge on Colored
J. ..-. Wretches. .5.s s.# Il
WERE ASSAILAN1S OF WHITE WOMEN.
Districts in Which Their Crimes
We're Committed, the Torch Is AP-
Piled and They Are Burned to
Death.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. Suffering
alternate curses and prayers and
shrieking as the flames encircled his
writhing body, John Pennington, .
negro, died at the stake near Enter
prise yesterday, victim of the ven
geance of a mob of 500 whites and
blacks.
Though the suffering wretch plead
ed for mercy and frantically endeav-
ored to break the chains that tightly
bound him, not q trace of sympathy
was shown on the faces that peered at
him through the flames. Pennington
had committed brutal assault upon
Mrs. j. c. Davis, the wife of one of the
best-known farmers of Coffee county,
and, confessed his guilt.
The attack was made when Mrs.
Davis, who was alone at home, was in
her garden. Leaving his victim uncon-
scious, the negro fed into the woods
about the place. As soon as she re-
gained her senses Mrs. Davis crawled
to the house and gave the alarm.
Captured After a Chase
A large posse was quickly organized
with bloodhounds and the negro was
chased until early Thursday morning,
when he was captured in swamp.
Pennington was bound hand and foot
and taken back to the Davis home for
Identification.
Mrs. Davis Immediately recognized
him, and the negro broke down and
wept. He admitted the crime and
pleaded for mercy, but, deaf to his
cries of terror, the leaders dragged the
trembling man from the house.
Several members of the crowd had
already driven an iron pipe into the
ground, and as the men approached
with Pennington both whites and
blacks were piling brushwood around
the stake.
When all was ready the cry was
given and the crowd stood back. A
match was applied to the pile and,
with oil to feed upon, the tiny flame
soon burst into roaring fire. The
terrified negro again pleaded for
mercy in the most agonizing tones
and prayed that those around him
might perish. He then called upon the
Maker for forgiveness, and as the
flames leaped up and encircled his
neck an unearthly shrek was heard
and the mans eyes had almost bulged
out of the sockets. .... .r.--.$-. ..
By this time the fire had gained such
headway that nothing could be seen
excepting a wriggling motion in the
center of the circle of fire. A deathly
ci1onoo followed and IN fo1u ,nip,,+ O G
the flames had subsidized sufficiently to
disclose Pennington's head, fallen for.
ward and hanging limp over the iron
chain.
The body was quickly consumed
after which the crowd quietly dis.
nersed
Warren sheaf., 1901-08-15
HUSBAND. APPLIES TORCH.
Starts Fire Which Burns the Assail-
ant of His Wife.

Starts Fire Which Burns the Assa1l-
ant of His Wife.
Savannah, Ca, Aug. 12.-The negro
assailant of Mrs. J. J. Clark was cap
tured at Liberty City Friday by R. L,
board air line. Friday night he was
taken to Ways Station and identified
by Mrs. Clark positively. While be-
ing removed from. Ways to Bryan
county Jail the prisoner was taken
away from his captors by a mob, and
it is reported, was burned at the stake.
Later the story of the burning of
the negro was confirmed. His positive
Identification by his victim sealed his
fate A mob of 400 men clamored for
his life, but the leaders Of the mob,
numbering less than a dozen, carried
into execution the plans of vengeance
they had formed. The rest of the
mob was kept at a distance and was
not permitted to come within 100 yards
of the place where Washington met
his death. This was at spot a few
feet from the railway track and not
500 yards from the house in which the
ravisher committed the crime for
which he paid so dreadful a penalty.
He walked to his dea tn with out trem-
or and met it without a prayer or an
appeal for mercy. He admitted his
guilt of crimes incident to the princi-
pal one, which proved his guilt of that.
But to the end he stubbornly refused
to acknowledge that he had assaulted
Mrs. Clark. Along the side of the rail-
way track crowbar was driven into
the earth. To this Washington was
forced, and bound in q sitting posi-
tion. His legs extended straight in
front of him on either side of the bar.
IA chain held him fast around the waist,
while heavy rope encircled the bar
and his neck. ... H..
Washington's victim had been asked
by the leaders of the mob to apply
the torch to the pyre, but at this Of
fico her soul revolted and she refused.
Her husband was selected in her
stead. Washington looked straight
into the eyes of Clark as the latter
stopped down to apply, the match.
The wood was rich, fat pine and was
saturated with kerosene oil. The
flames leaped hungrily towards
IWashington's body. The man showed
mo signs in his face of the agony he
must have suffered, and met death
without q groan, a. seemingly he
had faced 1t without fear. The lead
ers of the mob watched the work OF
the flames until Washington's head
fell back upon his shoulders and he
died. n. NJ E s..s3 .sss.
Warren sheaf., 1901-08-15
DENMARK.

ming.
The manager Of the TivoN amusement
resort had planned a great conflagration
on an artificial island in the lake as a
special attraction. but the police nipped
the plan in the bud, on the plea that
such a fire would threaten the Art Mu-
scum with destruction.
A statue Of Dalgas was unveiled at Aar-
hus; July 16. Dalgas did more than any
other man for reclaiming the heaths and
bogs Of Jylland. and a powerful organiza-
ton is still continuing his great work He
died in 1894. About so societies attended
the unveiling of the monument. The
statue faces the railway station. ~
The boss family. A Copenhagen daily
offered pig to the family reporting the
largest number Of children, and tho
grunter Is most likely to go to Ole Jen-
sen, q farmer at Fredriksund, and his
wife. They are 56 and 81 years old, re-
spectively, and they have had Is chill
dren, % Of whom are living. The Oldest
son is 80 and the youngest 2 years old.
Ellegaard. Of Odense, won the first prize
at an international cycling match at
Friedman. near Berlin, the distance be-
Ing two kilometers. The prize had been
put up by Kaiser Wilhelm.
Gear Nicholas. of Russia, is expected to
visit Copenhagen in the latter part Of
August. The czarina may accompany
him. Dagmar, his mother, was to AZ
rive on the last days Of July, N
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21

Through the months Of June and
July our baby was teething and took
running eff of the bowels and sick
ness of the stomach" says 0 P. NJ.
Holiday, OF Deming, Ind. His
bowels would move from five to eight
times a day. I had bottle OF Cham
berlaiu's C,lic, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy in tie house and gave
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Sold by j. Z Kaufman.
Descendants of Edward Ball, OF
Bradford, Conn who are blood rela
tions of George Washington, will hold
reunion at Kauka Park, N. NJ, Au-
gust 27,2S aud 20 Washington Was
cousin Of the Virginia branch Of the
family.
The owners of automobiles in Ohio
constitute new force in the good
roads movement. There is a plan
under way for the building Of a
boulevard from one end of the State
to the other, touching the cities and
largest towns.
Nashville, Tenn, June II, 1885
DR.. G. j. Mcffett, St. Louis, Mo-
I can truly say that your Teethina is
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I have used it two years, and do not
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My baby would hardly have lived
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I never allow an opportunity to pass
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Respectfully, Mrs. A g. Russell.
DR.. Henry B Horlbeck, secretary
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died August End from paralysis.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21

Jpo. L. Williams and family of
Richmond, have given $l5O,000 for
building hospital in that city as q
memorial to his daughter who was
drowned.
P. 7. Thomas, Sumtervlle, iAla
Il was suffering from dyspepsia
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"Does it worry you, DEAR" said the
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The laws of health require that
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one of the penalties for violating this
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The greatest daily change of tenn
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quen;ly change of 80 degrees in u
hours.
A hotel landlord in St. Louis,
Mo, has established curfew reguls-
tions in his bouse. Promptly at 10
o'clock at night the curfew rings, the
guests are expected to turn out the
lights and 60 to bed.
"My baby was terribly sick with
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Williams, Oregon. eve were unable
to cure him with the doctors assist
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Kaufman.
A man in New York, opening
bottle, had part of the lobe of his
ear blown eff by the flying cork,
which cut it like a bullet Moral:
Don't look into the muzzle of
loaded bottle"
It has been determined by the
North Carolina mills to curtail the
output of hosiery yarn. To do this,
large number of spindles will re-
main idle twelve days during the
pl esent month.
Don't be satisfied with temporary
relief from indigestion. Kodol Dys-
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Kaufman.
There is living in Paris to-day a
man blind from his birth, who claims
to be able to see through his nose.
The severest tests have been applied.
The result that the most skeptical are
convinced that the mans eyes are alb
solutely sigtless and that he can dis
tinguish objects by some means mex
plicable on any other hypothesis than
the one claimed. There are recorded
instances of similarly unaccountable
gift of sight.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21
4 CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. 9
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use ~
In time. Sold by druggists. N
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The self made individual begins at
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a woman is never 60 much afraid
she may lose mans love as she is
that some other woman may gain it.
James White Bryantsville, Ind,
says DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
healed running sores on both legs.
He had suffered 6 years. Doctors
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Accept no limitations. J. E Kauf-
mann.
Cotton is below the average in all
States except Mississippi, where it is
five points above the ten year average.
No matter how much of past a
man has had, there are always some
women who can teach him more than
he knew before.
What most people want is some
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Miss Louise Woodruff Of Atlanta,
Is years old, committed suicide with
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had been killed.
Many corporations in Texas have
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them from the State.
In cases of cough or Group give
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Georgia's pension rolls will be in
creased next year by about 1000
names, requiring an additional expen-
diture of about $4,000.
France and Turkey are about to
&c. into a war over claims on the
quays in Constantinople. France has
sent war ships to the Levsnt.
One two horse wagon and one
buggy, both in excellent condition,
can be purchased cheap by applying
to Adam Metz, Lexington, S. c.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21

Many man is looking out for his
health, but looking for disease in the
wrong direction. He takes medicine for
his nerves, which seem vgone to pieces"
He doctors" for his heart, which is
acting irregularly. He constantly stirs
up his liver with pills and powder. But
he does not get any better. He is look
ing for the cause of his complaints in
the wrong direction.
1t is a common thing for some one
who has used DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
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ognizes-that diseases which seem re-
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21
and drinketh much m: an whiskey.

and drinketh much m: an whiskey.
When he desireth to raise b.
he planteth neighbor, and 10! be
reapeth twenty fold He riseth even
from the cradle to seek the scalp Of
his grandsire's enemy, aid bringeth
home in his carcass the ammunition
of his wife's neighbours wife's
cousins father-in-law, who avengetb
the dead.
Yee, verify his life is uncertain, and
he knows not the hour when he may
be jerked hence.
He eo9th forth on a journey half
shot, and cometh back on a shutter,
shot.
He riseth in the night to let the
cat out, and it taketh Line doctors
three days to pick tie buckshot out
of him.
He goeth forth in joy and gladness
and cometh back in scraps and frag-
ments.
A cyclone bloweth him into the
bosom of his neighbours wife and his
neighbor's wife's husband bloweth
him into ibraham's bosom before he
hath time to explain.
He emptieth demij ,hn into him
self and shot gua into his enemy,
and his enemy's son lieth in wait for
him, on election day, and 10! the
coroner ploweth up forty-acre field
to bury the remains Of that man.
Woe, woe is kentucky, for her
eyes are red with bad whiskey, and
her soul is stained with the blood Of
innocent mcopshiners.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21
IS SUFFERED ALI THE TYhNE.v

II feel that would be doing AL injustice TO
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21
ABLE I'd WORK AGAIN.

Mr.. John l.. Coughenour, of Glensavage,
Somerset Co., Penna.. writes: II had been
doctorirg for about 4 year aud half being
unable 10 work most Of the time. The doctor
said had hear. disease and indigestion. 1t
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21
The Situation in Kentucky.

An exchange sizes up the situation
in Kentucky as follows:
Man born in the mountains Of
Kentucky is of feud days and full OF
virus. He fsheth, fddletb, cusseth
and fghteth all the days of his mis-
erable life.
He shunneth water as a mad dog
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-21
General News Items.

It is easier to pay compliments
than to pay debts.
Moses came early, but he was
unable to avoid the rushes.
Pyny-Balsam Stops the Tickling,
and quickly allays Inflammation in the throat
The ideal husband is the man who
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And other ills will let you slip,
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Which cures and keeps disease
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Some people act like fools and
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Laurens is putting female crimi-
mails to sweeping the city streets.
The citizens OF Marlboro have or
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Eruptions, cuts, burns, scalds and
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Love is like fruit-you have to
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Nine thousand tons of wire are
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Marrying q drunkard to reform
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steak out of it.
If the action of your bowels is not
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The Republican party in Tennes-
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two tickets.
The great strike of the steel work
ers continues with no prospect of an
early settlement.
Mrs. S. b. Airport, Johnstowp,
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The State of Texas may lose 1915
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When a woman is dead sure that
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o. 0. Buck, Beirne, Ark, says: I
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South Carolina sold 100000
pounds of tobacco last year, the aver
age price being 81 cents.
Fall River manufacturers are con-
s;deriug fifteen per cent. reduction
of wooes in Soofouhor
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-11
TWO GALA DAYS IN CUBA.

Destruction Of Spanish Fleet and the
Fourth ElaborateIy Celebrated.
Santiago de Cuba enjoyed two days
Of celebration, conducted on the most
elaborate scale since the war. We'd
nesday, the anniversary of the destruc'
ton of Admiral Cervera's squadron.
there was a yacht excursion to the
Spanish wrecks, where q salute was
fred and an Grafton delivered by q
loyal Spaniardl on the wreck Of the Al
mirante Oquendo.
The speaker said he was sorry the
grand ships Of the Spanish navy had
been destroyed; but he declared him
self greatly pleased with the admins
tration Of the Americans, and asserted
that the outcome Of the war would be
beneficial to Cuba
On the 4th there was demonstra-
ton of unprecedented interest by the
Americans. The Cubans participated,
and a crowd of several thousand. by
unanimous vote, declared that the
Fourth of July ought 70 be a perma-
nent holiday throughout he Cuban re-
public.
At night banquet was given at the
Cosmopolitan Club and a fine display
of fireworks followed.