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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-21
Otis Castles SHOT By Uncle.

lagrange Ga, December ie.-(Spe-
cial) -Otls Castles, Of LaGranse, was
shot and perhaps mortally wounded last
migGt about o'clock by Doc Hubbard,
who lives about 9 miles from Lagrange.
The shooting occurred at the home Of
MI Hubbard and the loads from both
barrels Of a double b;;reled shotgun took
effect IN the shoulder q Mr. Castles near
lie neck So close 10 The muzzle Of the
gun vas Ar. Castles that the shot dig
not scatter at all and made two great
,aoIes in the llcsh.
Roth Mt. Castles ana Mr. Hubbard
claim that tae shooting was accidental.
Medical al was summoned at once, but
L Was several hours before a doctor from
E>aGrauge could he brought out to M.
Hub53rds residence
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South Pass Is Janpero,,s.

Washington, Dece slber UT has been
reported that the south pass of the Mis-
sssippi river Is becoming dangerous to
navigation because Of shoaling. General
Gillespie. chief of engineers. has ordered
the hydraulic drtdge Sabine, at Sabine
Pass, to go to the South pass for neces-
sary opera tons. 1t Is said that three yes
sells recently have grounded In the pass
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Charles A. Davis Burned.

Barlow. Fla. Decemner i7.-(Speciai)
The body of Charles A Davis was found
this morning near the electric phosphate
plant west of Barlow. with every rag
of clothing burned off, nothing remain
ing but his shoes
The body was terribly charred His
clothing evidently caught from a camp
fire by which he slept last night. There
was evidence Of hard struggle before
death came
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Mystery About Shooting.

Triton. Ga. December i7-(special.l--
Interesting developments are following
the shooting OF Tom Mathis. at tire home
Q. john Taylor. on Wednesday night
last Mr.. Mathis had been over to Mr..
Taylors after supper and started home.
He had only got about 80 yards from
the gate when some one fired on him
With a shotgun. the entire charge u
NO. shot striking him IN the left side
and arm.
lie feil, and despite his outcYies, no
ole from the Taylor residence came to
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Vienna, Ca. December Special -
fha .acond disastrous confaGratlon to
visit Nienua IN Il week occurred tonight.
Tho ire burned from McDonald's Wera
hcnse down Union stree, to the store Or
y ! Leonard. The losses estimated Of
the ". J., Mcdonald Furniture Company
ere So. COO; insurance unknown; q 4.
Mathews. $500: no Insurance: p. q. Nc
Donald. merchandise S ,o0o: ASSURANCE
unknown; three orick stores owned by
= G. Mcdonald. valued Mt $4,000.
The hard work OF the fire department
and fire wal saved tine entire block.
including the corner Of Third and Union
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NCTTH CAROLINA.
Poultry Sho- at Wilmington

Wilmington. y. c., December I4.-(spe~
cial)-The third annual show of the VIII
mington Poultry Association opened TO-
night Experts consider 1t one or the lars.
est exhibitions OF fine chickens ever held
in tho south The show is under a very
large tent in the retail district. Birds arc
mere from the Carolinas, Virginia and
Tennessee.
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Catersatl poisons

Catarrh Is capable Of changing oil the
lfe-giving secretions of the body into
scalding fluids, which destroy and in
fame every part they como in contact
with. Applications to the places affected
by catarrh can DO little good save 10
soothe or quiet disagreeable symtoms
tiers and inhalants Only serve as tenn
gog9lry relief 81 long as The irritating Sc
cietions Of catarrh continue TO be formed
so long VIII the membranes continue to
be iuhamed. no matter what treatment
There IS but one remedy that has the
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Murray Mines Rich in Gold.

Dalton Ga. December 9.-(Special)--
Owners Of mineral lands in Murray coun-
ty are feeling highly elated over the
report OF q mining expert, II J. Bren-
nan. who has made an exhaustive exam
nation Of the mineral deposits Of that
section
Mr. Brennan declares that the noun
tains Of Murray are rich IN minerals,
particularly gold, and that wealth only
awaits upon the development OF the re-
aoilrces Of thai region.
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Murder Of Girl Laid to Harper.

Covingtoa. Ca. December t6.--(SpeciaD
Charged with the murder OF Ada Cay,
&c young woman whose half-decomposed
rdy VS. found IN q creek near Lithonia
,as; SUNDAY. Bob Harper was arrested at
ais nome at Porterdale Monday evening
~ Sheriff sam Hay ana Immediately
lrried 10 Conyers to oe held for further
investigation
a.il. and eight children. For tho past
several yeas rs has been a iaboreI in
The cotton factory at Porterdaie- AT that
place he has The reputation OF being a
very bad character.
The description Of the dead woman tai
'es precisely with tins description OF n
woman With whom he has been seen
several times anC It Is strongly believed
shat he Is the perpetrator OF the crime.
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Andrew McNcal Paid $40, 900.

Admission. Ma. December l5.-tSpeciaiD
The suit instituted by \. II. McEeal for
the appointment Of receiver fer Che
United states Cast IRON Pipe and Foun-
dry Company, one Of tho largest plants
located here. has been settled. George
Is. Hayes, president of the company. has
issued the following:
"The litigation in which the company
has oeen reccntly engaged with Andrew
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Montgomery. Ala. December ~ tspe-
clall-The state board Of trustees and
the local boards Of trustees Of The nlue
state agricultural schools met here to-
day tbs was the jGst meeting of The
boards under the new law passed by the
last legislature.
The object Of the meeting YVES 10 get
ali the schools working practically under
the same rules All the presidents OF the
schools were present
Governor jerks was elected chairman of
the state board and IL c. Gunnels Sec
rot4ry.
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Eruptio1ls

The only way 70 get, rid
Of pimples and other erup~
tons is to cleanse the blood,
improve the digestion, slim
ulate the kidneys, liver and
skin. The medicine to take is
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Which has cured Thousands.
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Carolina Tank Coined Money.

Charleston s. G.. December l7.-The
figures from the report of Chairman l..
j Williams, OF the board Of directors
Of the state dispensary, for the fiscal
year 1903. show that tho business done
amounted to the enormous sum OF
s2.ai7.ese.77 Following are comparative
figures:
ooa. gross sales. s2.sizeas77 1902.
gross figures, s2.4o6, 2l3.27; Increase.
So ,795. 27
The net profits to towns and COUNTIES for
1909 was S5l2,2l6.35 and the net PROFITS
266. Increase of net profits in 1903 over
1902 is S7f SD
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Birmingham. Ala. December t8.-(soe-
cialJ-Mrs Mary Nj SHOOT. aged IS ~
aant os Mrs. William Mckinley died
here today Her fo~mer home was Fe.e
WAYNE. Ind. and she had come sont1
fol her health. Her estate Is said "a 80
valued ut several millions
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Child Horribly Burned.

Augusta, Ga, December I6.-lopeclaL1
Augusta had another fire tragedy today
in the probably fatal burning or NIUE
Cor,nne Scott, at 1916 Fenwick street.
Il is the usual story. The chllo 8
mother went out Of the room and ieit
her 5-year-old daughter alone.
Attracted by screamS Of terror and
nain she rushed back to find the child >
clothing enveioped In fiames- Before
they we're extinguished the little body
or the right side and back were burned
10 a crisp. The face escaped. but ii .
not believed the child can survive.
This is the fourth case OF the Kind
within a week.
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Which has cured thousands.

when Ave freight cars were ditched and
turned over.
The work train, which was near Fitz-
gerald while en- route to the wreck ran
off near Ambrose and the engine was
turned into a ditch.
Engineer I<imbrell, OF the WORK train
was severely bruised. but his injuries are
VIZ, fla DpprOus
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Grant Hanged at cambridge.

cambridge. Ga, December Ia. (Spe-
cial.) Grant. the negro murderer Of
Jim Bird. of Climax, was hanged in this
city today In the county jail. only the
guard. officers. physicians and members
Of the press being admitted.
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('nrroiton. Ga. December 7.--(Spacial>
Robert Smith, the young white man who
has been on trial this week In the SUI
DeIior court for the murder Of his VITA
and who after two days trial on tbs
ISSUE OF insanity was convicted by the
jury without recommendation to mercy
was today sentenced 10 be hanged Fec.
ruary !, 1904. by Judge Atkinson. the
new judge of the Coweta circuit, In the
first case In which he presided after ap-
tlniYtInnrt
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Bic OIL Comnanv Chartered.

Raleigh. ". c., December i7.-(speciai)
The state charters the Universal on
and Fertilizer Company of Wilmington
authorized capital stock $500 600. 70 man
ufacture cotton oil and fertilizers under
a new process. William Il. Worth aud
e. ". Worth arc stockholders. Leave
Is gwen TO increase the capital stock
to half a million
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slllIv Wagers on Cotton Crop.

Augusta. Ca December I7.--(Special.)--
p. J. suny. the New York cotton blll.
made q bet Of 81 900 today with three
Augusta cotton men. an exporter taking
$500 OF it and q cotton factor and Z. FAC
tory president taking s2S0 each.
Suly bets that this years crop will not
exceed lO2SO,OOo bales
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Paying UP Back Taxes.

jackson, Miss, December lo.-(SpecialD
State Revenue Agent Adams Is encounter
ing but very little Trouble In making col
lections from persons assessed with
solvent credits in his back tax crusade
Settlements arc in progress III eight
counties, and in nearly every instance the
delnuucnts against whom liability is
proven promptly Tay the amounts
ciaime1.
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Two Wrecks Stop Traffic.

Naycross, Ga. December '7-(Speciai9
TWO wrecks on the Atlantic and Birming
i.am carly this morning has held up oil
traffic on that line today and early to-
lNghl neither of the wrecks hava been
cleared.
INC frst wreck occurred near Elsie.
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GEORGIA..
Harmony Grove Wiped OFF Map.

<1e<i H1otIy OIUVe WIPeu OII IldP.
Commerce. Ga. December I4.-tSpeciaf.)
Tie hustlirg little city OF Harmony Grove
is thing Of the past, so far as her for
mer name Is concerned. The postal au-
thorities have changed the name OF
the postoffice from Harmony Grove to
Commerce. The postmaster has been re-
appointed as postmaster at Commerce.
has given a new bond and has been COM
missoned and there Is now no such post
office as Harmony Grove. in this state
The town will transact all legal busi-
ness under the name OF Harmony Grove
until the legislature meets and legalizes
she new name as adopted by our people
aid accepted by the authorities at Waeh-
inEton
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Handle plant for Crawfordville.

Crawfordville. Ga. December i6.-(spc-
c,al)-C. II. CfoIucke and NJ. T. Gilbert
are corresponding with manufacturers Of
handle machinery with view Of put
ting IN plant o. that kind here. Han
dies Of every kind VIII be made.
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Mother and Child Burned.

Ashland. Ky. December i7.-Benianin
Benedict. his wife and their 3-year-oId
daughter. were burned to death. and a
7-year~old daughter badly injured in a
fire which destroyed their home today
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Mistrial in Edwards Case.

Savannah Ga. December is.-tSpeciaD
A mistrial was declared IN the case
against Marvel Edwards. a white man.
charged with having criminally assaulted
Miss Ada Green, pretty young woman
from WaycroSs.
The jury was out all night but could
not agree
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To SHOW Cotton at Worlds Fair.

huntsville. Ala. December ie,-(SQe~
ciaD--lN r. Rison. general manager Of
the DALLAS Manufacturing Company. has
conceived the idea OF establishing at mo
st. Louis worlds fair a miniature cotton
mill and cotton field to show IN de1ali
the growth of the plant and its passage
through the mill and conversion into
manufactured product.
There ere nine cotton mills In this city
and Mr.. Rison expects that all Of them
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McNeai one Of its former officers. and
resident manager. has been terminated
b. the company paying Nj. AIcNeal $40
900 for perpetual license 10 use all e.
his patents relative 70 pipe making and
fHundrV bnslNe&s.
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Negro Girl Bvrned to Death.

Moultrie. Ga, December le.-(speciaD
Bessie Taylor, a negro girl employed IN
the house Of x e. Aycock. was burned
20 death today. She was burning trash
in the yard when her clothing caught
on fire ard before the flames could be
extinguisned she WAS so horribly burned
that death resulted in short time.
While her clothing was IN blaze she
ran in the house and set II on FIRE. ana
It looked Tor q time a 8 If the house would
be DESTROYED
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LOUISIANA.
Planter Killed by Negro.

Shreveport. La, December l6.--J. T.
watkins. prominent Red river planter
and merchant, was shot and Killed by his
negro driver. George Manuel. early to-
day. The killing occurred near Coushat-
Ia, La, and robbery was tho motive for
tho crime
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Leseur Killed by Negro.

TalluIah Falls. Ga. December i4.-iSpe-
cal)-Wade Bennett coored. and Frank
Lesuer. white, a boss for Carpenter Bros.
contractors on tho Tallulah Falls rail-
road, about io miles from here and near
Clayton engaged in a row yesterday eve
ming which resulted in Leseur being shot
in the abdomen.
Bennett. or Booze" as he is known by
nickname. is now in the guard house ar
railulah Falls.
I.esuer died at 6 o'clock this morning.
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Four Children Burned to Death

Athens, Ga, December II. ~-(epecia1)-
News has reached here OF the burning
Of a cabin in Oconee county, In which
four small negro children lost Their lives.
The burned ca bin WIS the home Of
Arthur Copeland, a well-to-do negro,
who has lived near Salem for some time.
Night before last Copeland and his wife
eft home after supper and We're gone
Tor several hours. II is not known
where they went. During their absence
the four children wers locked in the
house
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Gau4ier Given TrI7ree Wars

Raleigh, X c. December l7.-W. y
Gautier, the desperate Of Sampson com
~, who Yesterday shot two United S5atas
deputy marshals who went to arrest him.
was today sentenced to three years n
the Atlanta prison for destroying rulat
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Hawkinsvile Ga. December l7-(Spe-
cial.}--J Matt Fitzgerald committed gull
eide today by taking strychnine. Ha
failed il his mercantile business last
week and his death is attributed 10 tlnan~
c.al euiDarra ssment
He was so years old
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Death OF Wealthy Negro.

Peter Nickers. the wealthiest negro IN
the county and one of the wealthiest
in the state, died at his home last night
of pneumonia, being sick only a day or
two
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Foster Killed Before His Sister.

Dallas. Ga. December i4--(Special)-
Grover Atchison. who shot James Eos
ter here yesterday. is a con of Joseph
Atchison, G. well-to-do farmer, living
about ! mile north OF Dallas.
DR.. T. J. Foster, father OF the dead
man. IS one Of the oldest and most re-
spected citizens OF Dallas.
4Atchisor made hi. escape, and has not
been arrested yet. The trouble grew out
of Atciiison cursine in Fosters restau-
rant and Fosters asking him to quit aud
get out.
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route mail boxes One officer. 3. G.
Dau9,trey. shot ii the stomach IS not ex-
pected to live. and Gautier is held n
Jail pending the result
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s1oo 200 FIRE at henson. n. c.

Charlotte. y. c.. December ie.-Fire
last night swept away twenty-one build
,nes. including the railroad depot AZ Ben
son. X. C., a station near Fayetteville
on the Atlantic Coast Line. The loss ia
estinlated ~ SlOO. 600.
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Homes Looted by Two Tramps.

Commerce. Ca. December 7.-(Spe cIalD
Two unknown young men have produced
considerable excitement in Banks county
near Jewellville by breaking down the
doors of residences when the owners were
away from home and taking all money,
jeweIry and other articles OF valus that
could be found
They went from place to place and COM
uitted these depredations in broad open
daylight.
A squad or about thirty men gathered
together and started in pursuit. When
overtaken the robbers We're In an open
field near Garnet. talking to Lcwery Pat
terSOn.
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Wanted

Two statesmen In each state; $50 90 and
expenses: permanent position. Penicls
Tobacco Works Co.. Penicks. Va
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New County Movement Defeated.

Augusta. Ga. Decent l5.-(SpeciaI.}
The election today for new county
across the river Ia South Carolina, which
proposed to take q large slice from Aiken
and Edgehe5 counties and small cor
ner from BArnwell county and establish
he county site Al North Augusta. failed
0 get she required tw0tsirds vote from
lie territory proposed to be set apart
md the new county movement was de-
Gated.
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johnson Booms South Georgia.

ATHENS, Ga. December I6.-Prot j. M
turned from a trip to South Georgia.
where he has b,en assisting Hon. Harvie
Jordan in the work of establishing
farmers institutes.
Professor Johnson says that during the
week no stayed In that section of the
state there were established five inSti-
tutes ard that large crowds attended al
all places where the meetings had been
properly advertised, and that even where
the advertising of the meeting had been
very small the crowds were larger than
expected. The farmers taking
great deal of interest III these Institutes,
and In the opinion OF Professor john
son they arc destined to do great deal
Of good in the way of advancing the az
ricultural interests of the state.
Mr. Jordan has been engaged In this
work under the direction OF the state
College Of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
that :fne has established institutes IN
forty-threc of tho forty-four senatorial
districts OF the state. Only one more
senatorial district is to be organized ny
Mr. Jordan before the work he set out
to do will be accomplished The work OF
keeping the interest in the institutes
alive viii then have to be looked after.
and Il Is believed that they will Increase
in interest from month to month.
Mr.. Jordan has found during his rounus
chat the farmers Of the state are greatly
Interested In all the work that Is being
done for the advancement Of agriculture
and that they appreciate the EFFORTS OF
the University of Georgia IN organizing
these Institutes
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Dry by Majority OF 1919.

Gainesville, Ga, December l5.--tSpe-
cial)-IIall county went dry by ma
jority OF 1919 in the local option election
held yesterday, as was Shown by the
consolidated vote al noon today. The to-
tai vote cast In the county was 2,oi3. and
Of this number ,7e6 were dry" ana 247
wet.
Five voting precincts In the county
went dry solidiy not a single vote being
cast ir them for whisky. These were
Holksville. Glade. Whelchels. lakewood
and New Holland Each OF these will be
presented with II banner by the county
campaign club at a meeting to he held
tomorrow night.
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Frozen to Death IN Macon.

Constitution Bureau 4e7 Second Street,
Reclining In a rocking chair apparently
asleep. Freeman Eppcs. we'll advanced IN
years, was today found dead In the rear
of his house near the county Jail
Eppes was we'll known shoemaker
and had lived in q shanty near the scene
of his death for years.
The jury OF inquest gave q verdict Of
death from heart failure but physicians
present incline to the opinion that Eppes
being sick and feeble was unable to move
and was frozen to death.
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Young Girl Burnt to Death.

Clayton. Ca. December i5.-(Speciai)
Late n the Gay yesterday Rosa. tho G.
ear old daughter of William York. was
burned 70 death In the absence OF the
father and mother
The little glri in going too near the fire
20 warm exposed her skirts to the flames
AID they isnited and the small children
present were unable 70 eXtinSulsh her
burning clothing sac die3 in few hours
IN spite Cf the best medical aid.
The funeral occurred here today ar ths
Santisf ciurch.
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Big Jack Hangs for Last Crime.

Sylvester. Ga. December .7.--(Speciai)
Ned Jack Ferguson. colorsd, better
known in the camps big Jack" wac
hanged at Isabella today. at .I2 p. NJ.
for the killing OF Henry Tucker. another
convict Ia W. r. Cairy's camp at Worth.
Ga, last October.
Fcrgcsons neck was broken and life
was extinct in twelve minutes, and IN
ten minutes moro he was cut down. He
had no relatives here. and his remains
were shipped to the Atlanta Medical col
lege.
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ALL THE NEWS OF DIXIELNND|

ned as two strangers who ioafed about |
Guyton for two days previous to the rob |
berry.
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Newton County Merchant Robbed.

Cov.ngton. Ga, December le.-(speH'al.?
Last night the store OF c. A Bauer. at
Mansfield, Ga. was broken into and his
safe blown The robber relieved MN,
of $3.50. ana then stole his horse and
buggy to make his escape IN.
Mr. Banks Is prominent mefchane
~ Mansfield. and has been buying
considerable amount of cotton this season:
There y no clew to the robbery that
leads to any party being suspected.
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Three Killed by Boiler Explosion

Vicksourg. Mss, December io.-Thom-
as Griffin. a wealthy planter Of Franklin
parish Louisiana. and two negroes Nor
ris Jones and Ed Black, were instantly
killed by boiler explosion in Grlfin's
gin early this morning. Several other no
groes were injured, two OF whom are
expected to die. Mr. Griffin was one OF
the most prominent men of his section,
and was 60 years of age.
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his assistance. and relief finally came
from house some distance away
The shooting was very mysterious, as
Mathis for some time had no idea who
Md fired ON him. He Is still In pre-
carious condition.