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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
LYNCHlNG
OF OSBORNE
Taken from the Officers and
Hung to d Tree.
NOT "a SHOT WAS FIRED
The Feeling Against Osborne Even by
His Own Race Was High. and Me-
groes Helped Work Up the
Evidence Against Him.
Especial to The Times Dlspatc

Especial to The Times. Dispatch
CHARLOTTE, N c., July 3.-John o.
nssaulting Mrs. Lizzie Wentz in Union
county Sunday night, paid the penalty
with his life last night. He was taken
from the officers who were conveying him
to the Union county jail and lynched at
q point about two miles from Indian Trail,
o. station on the Carolina Central Rail-
road.
The lynching party was composed OF
several hundred people. and the two men
who had charge OF the prisoner were
easily overcome. Osborne received a pre-
liminary hearing during the afternoon
next term of Union county Superior
Court. 1t is said that the negro confessed
10 the crime before he was lynched.
After the evidence had been concluded
Squire Broom ordered Osborne held for
his appearance at the next criminal term
OF Union Superior Court, and committed
him to jail without bail. Mcssrs. Frank
Eezzish and Luke Horton were deputized
to take the prisoner to Monroe and lodge
him in Jail.
STARTED AFTER DARK.
It was now after darkness had set In,
and Messrs. Kezziah and Horton thought
It better to drive to Indian Trail. dis
lance OF about three miles and board the
eastbound seaboard Air Line train.
Accordingly they placed the negro, af-
teT. securely plnOlnB MIN Win ropes, III
n buggy and started to the station. After,
they had Travelled about two miles Of the
diatance and when they were in the midst
OF body of dense woodland, they were
halted by several men, who suddenly
stepped out into tho road from behind
trees. Mr.. Kezziah, who was driving.
demurred. but before he had spoken half
a dozen words he was seized and dragged
from the buggy by two stalwart men.
At this tuncture the road was fllled
with men, and when Mr.. Kezziah fired a
pistol at the men who had taken him from
the buggy a number OF shots were fired
from the crowd, which appeared to num-
her several hundred men. When Mr..
Horton came to the assistance OF Mr..
Kezziah he was also pulled from the
buggy. after which the negro was seized
by several men. :.
THE COMMUNITY FEELING.
The community Is. OF course. greatly
stirred by the brutal crime ard the lynch
ing which followed. and while there is re-
greet that the county of Union has been
stained by q lynching. not voice has
been raised In protest against the swift
vengeance which was visited upon the
negro brute.
Even the people OF Osborne's own race
are unit in affirming that the victim
Of the mobs fury got no more than he
Justly deserved. Some OF the persons
most active IN hunting up evidence against
the perpetrator OF the crime were negroes.
several of whom told Osborne that he
ought to pay the penalty of death for
his crime.
One OF the principal witnesses for the
prosecution was negro woman who lives
on Mrs. VENTS farm. and after telling
Osborne that he ought to be lynched she
charged him with attempting the same
crime on a negro woman short time
$50
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
PRESBYTERIAN
ORPHANACE
The Board of Directors Elect
Officers and Employees.
Eight orphan Inmates.
Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.

LYNcHBURG. VA. July Sat the an
nual meeting OF the Board of Directors
of the Presbyterian Orphanage OF the
Synod of Virginia held here. Rev. B, Y.
McFadden, D, D., of Lynchburg. was
elected president of the board; Rev. G. W,
Maxwell Superintendent of the Orphan
age; Mrs. j. NJ, Irwin. matron for the
present; Rev, J. A.. McMurray. OF Lynch
burg, secretary of the board and Execu-
tive Committee; Richard Hancock. OF
Lynchburg. treasurer,
The Executive Committee consists of
Dr. McFadden. George 2, caskie. c. w.
Ma1wel T s. wtsamson q Rob pany VII
entine. OF charlottesville: Judge w. H..
Mann, of Nottoway.
The Orphanage has now eight inmates.
A call was recently extended Rev. i.
It. AlcFadden, ?. p. pastor Of the First
byterian Church. of Charlotte, N. C, DR.,
McFadden has declined the call.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
live stjpation Thorough.

The finding OF the Investigating Com
mittee of the City Council Of Richmond,
will be received with rejoicing by the
mond. When the committee was appoint
ed we expressed our pleasure at the &C
tion OF the Council. and also our hrm
be sustained. The investigation. we are
told, was thorough and complete, and
those members whose names We're her
aided forth as guilty Of bribe-taking, have
charges, and have not the smell OF fire
upon their garments. The only member
who has gone wrong is Mr.. King, who
viii be punished according to law. We
congratulate those whose character has
been assailed upon their full and COM
plete exoneration Of any completely or
knowledge in the FREDERICKSBURG
Star YAK
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
An Oratorlcal Somnambullst.

One of Indiana's odd products is the
Rev. John Cauftman, Of Brown county.
cago, he breaches every night. to hundreds
Of people while he. not they: is asleep. He
goes to church every atterno On a at !
IA sleep. AIT still asleep. he gets UP and
goes e s'' to the he pulpit and delivers sermon.
indscrlmlnately in German and English.
and he is still asleep. Often when talk.
known BY stretching out his arms, Once
he held out his arms for forty-iye min
utes Without a CULVER before some OF his
Some doubters once stuck hatpin three
Inches into his leg and he did not stir.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
VIM, e. PizzInl Co,
Tenth and Bank Streets,
REAL ESTATE.
SPECIAL OFFERS.

SPECIAL OFFERS. &,
Ala. Mobile Co. 2le Q 9. ti1,p fl,na
co Colo, Mesa Co.. 50 a. and impts:
D. O., Washington, Tacoma Park, goods lots
Fla, Winter Park fne res; and lot,
E !, yoqs,s Co. vel, located satssls sd 49, os
Mass, Worcester Co.. "a q. and tmpt'.
Meh,' near ao@eo' 52o .. az. aad , a@pss'
Me eh., Manlstes Co., osb a. fruit land.
Mo.. Wayne Co.. e2s a. and impts.
Mo-, shannon Co.. $40 a. cumberland.
M No.. P Pulssii c.. 50 a, and impfs,
Neb n Omaha, res. aud lot Nicholas St
n. H.. Bethlehem. an an ses s,r ana q a.
n. Mex, Cioudcroft. small house and lot
N. y, Allegany Co., 81 a. and tmpt:,
N. Y, Pulteney. summer res e.. ana no, ~
N. T., Silver Springs, hne res, and a.
n. " Ontario Co.. so q. fruit farm
N y, Illon. r. res, and LOT,
n. e. greensboro; m9 9se a. 'e farm pao land.
n. D., Morton CO.. 100 a. stocked gssin farm
Nay.. Lincoln Co.. l747 a. impd. patented and
eased ranch; stock and tso os -.
P pa lancaster. s good res, Atlantic az. 4.
Ps MontsSm;saIy e es l loo e. iss ana
Il. l.. Kent Co, IS a. and in apa ,mnt.
T +, - colorado CO., 47o a. and tmpta,
Va chesapsSka Bay sss 9r a.; ,mp'a' su'ao"
% " sa8 ~H peasants i.as Co. $50 . and inpts
Wis, Taylor Co.. $40 a. and inptsv
WIS, Price Co., 40 q. timoer'aneecs 40
Flour Mll, Newcomerstown, O.; $1,000; -
,t Gsses n. Y, s sis,i 80
Gen GEM n,dse. BUS, Vera Cruz, Ind. $500.
Steam bakery bus SIds' and complete ea0'r
'nTals;i nnsrR'iSDER. N, a, BLDG, PHIIA.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
If STONES
COULD TALK
Washington Hotel. in Which
War Was HatChed.
At LEAST is SUSPECTED
The ST. Charles and Its Underground
Cells, Where Negroes We're Con-
fined While Their Masters Played
Poker Upstairs.
AT LEAST is SUSPECTED

Immediately beneath q row Of old-fash-
Toned call bells. which hang IN the Office
of the ancient st. Charles Hotel, Penn
sylvania Avenue and Third Street, there
was conspicuously displayed in the years
1a30-lS61 a notice to the slave-holding and
slave-trading guests, which read:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04

Excellent stone res, and 200 A.. near bsitf
more Md, beautiful location; hne bldg. site,
Mapnihcept residence property Monterey,
Cal, on Monterey Bayi large, nloaern mouse
stable etc: besnttul grounds, ssoxSoo t.; 'deai
'oI ron ore rights on 1900 a. land Lewis Co..
Tenn, ane prospects,; $4,000 ,. ~,
Mfs. plant and 6ta A.. hlutowa' ~ ~ ~
No'S wv NJ. ornANppR. n, A, Rlds,. Phtls,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
by ]. D. Carnea;l & Son.
Real Estate Aucjonears.
# RusrEE's AUCTION SALE.

n * + d
BY virtue of a certain deed OF trust.
dated January "a, 1881, and recorded in, tho
in D. B. Lao B.. page. 5o2, default having
been made In q portion o. the debt se,f
by. the beneficiary therein SO to- do, I
WIN THURSDAY, JULY 9. 1903,
at o'clock P. NJ, on the premises. pro-
coed to sell at public auction the p TOP
certain lot Ct land lying and being ha,ggda Il
as as follows: Commencing on the north
line Of Nieholson g Street at point d1II
Harrisburg Avenue. running thence west
wardly along said north line OF Nichol.
son Street and fronting thereon 40 feet
and running back between parallel lines
100 feet. being designated as lot G on
plat annexed.
TERMs-Cash sufficient to pay all s e sss
If sa5s'7o balance at and IL months,
With interest and secured by deed or
trust on the property.
July 4-5t, Iruslee. 5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
At Second Presbyterian.

AT the Second Presbyterian Tomorrow
conduct the services both morning and
evening: The evening services will be at
o'clock instead Of at as usual. The
copgrega tion of the First Church has been
invited to worship here.
At the morning service communion will
be administered.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04

Under and by virtue OF decree OF the
Circuit Court for Orange county, Va. In
the consolidated chancery causes OF New:
man vs.. Newman, the undersigned will
sell at public auction, on the premises,
on THURSDAY, JULY THE 9TH. 1908
that handsome estate at Somerset. Orange
county, Va. known as MT. ATHOS, con.
situated about one and .one-half miles
from Somerset, Va, a station on the main
line Of the Southern r. r., about 80 miles
from Washington. D. G., and about 80
miles from Richmond. Va. and has the
following buildings thereon: One gray
stone water tower. and observatory,
large, gray stone stable. having stall room sY.n
harness, grooms and stable boys; A large
frame barn and training stable, With
room for 80 horses. and room for graint
hay and attendants Water all through
the building. Six good tenant houses two
Of them being nice residences. With barns
large artificial lake. handsome brown
stone lodge, training track and several
beautiful groves. in addition to other val1
TERMS OF sALE-one-third cash. and
the balance in equal installments, payable
the bonds OF the purchaser. bearing inter-
est from day Of sale. and containing q
waiver OF the homestead exemption, and
by the retention OF the legal title until
all of the purchase money Is paid, and IN
addition thereto the build ngs to be IN.
sured In some company and In an amount
to be approved by the undersigned, ana
further security.
c. ]. RIxEY, Jr.. culpeper. Va,
GEO. l.. BROWNING, Madison. Va.
Ju 2s- toJul 18th Commissioners.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04

except on a, PHYSICIANS prescription. II
was the big overdose and her prompt an
plication for relief that saved heF, Wnen
from one OF the weskly past ~
a doctors column. The dnse 3lA5ertbed
was enough to Kill Morse
LyNcHBuRG. WA deed Of trust
has been recorded by tina Universal To-
baeco Company conveying 20 she un!en
Trust Company OF New Nv, S wnrS ~ 1xn ehs
burg and elsewhere 70 secure bona
Issue OF one million dollars
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
Henrlco School Board.

The School Board OF Henrico county
has been called to meet at II o'clock next
ters OF much importance will be up for
transaction.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-04
BY Edward s. Rose Company,
Real Estate Auctioneers.

AUCTION sAID FIVE.
l DETACHED FRAME DWELLINGS,
AS NOS. 1905 14os, 14lo l414 AND 141a
NORTH TWENTY-FIRST STREET.
BY virtue Of certain deed Of trust,
dated 9Th August, 1902. Of record in the
clerks office Henrico County Court. D. B.
164 B, page 422. default having been mada
cured, and being required by the benefl-8
ciary SO to do, will sell by auction. upon
the premises, on
at 6 o'clock p NJ, the property numbered
as above. This sale affords good oppor-g
tunty to those seeking homes In this
thriving annex. r
eTERMS-At sale. Nssllf5
EDWARD S. ROSE, Trustee.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
Notice of Contest.

U. 5. Land OIicc, New Orleans. Ia. |
Jan. 20. 1868.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Giles s.
Barrette, contestant, against homestead
entry No. l8,797, made Jan. Is, 1898 for
the northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter, section 81, township 5, south
range 10 east, St. Helena Meridian,
by Charles Coger, contestee, in which
it is alleged that laid Charles Coger
has never established residence and
cultivated the said land and that he has
totally Abandoned the same for period
of more than three years and that said
abandonment was not due to his en-
ployment In the army, Navy or Marine
corps Of the United States, etc.
Said parties are hereby notified to ap-
pear. respond and offer evidence touch
ing said allegation at 10 o'clock a. M,
on March IL, 1903, before H. r. War
rem, Clerk of Court, at Covington, La,
and that final hearing will be held at
8 o'clock g. N. on March 16, 1908,
before the Register and Recover at the
Uuited States Land Office in New
Orleans, La.
The said contestant having, in q
proper affidavit fled October 1, 1909,
set forth facts which show that after
due diligence personal service of this
notice con not be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
CHARLES p. JOHNSTON, Receiver.
fe7-4t.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
Negro Ban Removed.

Washington, March 3.-Durin1
the last few days the '.ladies' gal
lery" in the House has been opened
to negroes.
This has never been the case be.
fore, and the innovation at this
time, when the negro question is
prominent in the newspapers, Is
considered significant.
The gallery in question is the
one to the left Of the press gallery.
1t is reserved for women and
their escorts, and when the gallery
Is not full men of respectable ap.
pearance who have no women with
them are sometimes admitted.
Negroes have never heretofore been
admitted.
In some way it has apparently
become known smong the negroes
of Washington that the ban has
been taken off so far as this gallery
is concerned, aud they have been
patronizing it very extensively.
Many of them have come with
out bringing women with them.
Parties of three aud four have been
entering the gallery.
Today there were more of them
IN the "ladles' gallery" than the
galleries usually occupied by them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
FavOrs Social Equality.

San Francisco, CAL, Feb. o.
Bishop j. w. Hamilton, OF The
Methodist Church, threw a
bombsbell into the meeting of the
Young Mems Methodist League
last night wien he declared tina:
there vas no wrong III the marriage
of whites with negroes and Chinese.
"You may shudder,''' said the
Bishop, sat the idea OF such mar
riages, and it is natural that you
should, but such unions are illus
trative of the sweeping away Of
caste lines which should occur III
the Church, and which Is occurring
in the world.''
He spoke then OF his own ex-
perience in Brooklyn, where he hat
already married white men to negro
women, and the reverse, and where,
also, he had married whites and
Chineses. His views did not meet
with the approval of his hearers.
o-day when asked if he would
consent to his own daughters mar
riage to a negro, be said no, be-
cause racial prejudice was so strong
against the blacks that such mar
riage would bring rerroach on the
white woman. If such prejudice
were removed he would have no
objections to the union.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
A Correction.

During the month of November
the following squib appeared in
the Commercial:
A report comes from Washing.
ton parish that the grand jury of
that parish has returned 25 ,ndict.
ments for crap shooting, among
them being one against the high
sheriff of that parish and one
against the district attorney.
At the time the above article
was published we believed 1t to 6e
true, as our information was deem
ed reliable, and 1t was reliable SO
far as the number of indictments
being returned is concerned.
This week however we had an
interview with Mr.. Gordon W.
Goodbee, district attorney for the
26th judicial district, and against
whom the indictment was reported
to have been returned. He assures
US that the report was absolutely
without foundation, and false in
every particular; at the time of the
"game" from which resulted these
indictments was IN progress he was
not only not there but was not even
in the parish, being at the time in
the city of New Orleans. =
This being true and feeling that
Mr.. Goodbee has been done Sc.
rious injury by the circulation of
the report, the Commercial desires
to correct the matter in so tar as it
is possible for it to do SO, and
hopes that this article will set
matters right.-kentwood Com
mercial.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
Bad Roads.

From all accounts tile country
roads mus: be in q horrible condi.
ton. We are told that a couple Of
gentlemen from one of the neighbol
ing parishes On the West Side oil
the river, came over to visit farm
near Brookstown with the object oi
purchasing same. They. left one
morning on prospecting tour
and found the roads so bad that
when they had proceeded to within a
mile ami half of the objective
point, were compelled to turn back
On their return to town, in conver-
satiOn with business man they de-
clared their intention Of having de-
sired to purchase the farm, but on
account Of the horrible condition
Of the roads that none Of their
money will be tied up ia lands that
can only he reached in winter by
balloon. Baton Rouge Truth.
The following is clipped from the
Alexandria Town Talk. showing
clearly that Thibodaux and La
fourchc are not the only places
where bad roads exist this year:
Rocky Hill, Feb. 3 Well, 1 am
sorry to say, going to town is
thing Of the past. for tue roads are
in such y fix until it is almost i'm
possible to travel in a wagon or
buggy. The WOODS are full of LOGS
and you see we can't reach town at
all. | think some Of tue holes are
nearly three feet deep.
II the roads are not good in
Rapides parish, where the land is
billy and the soil is principally red
sandy stuff, how can they be good
down here where we are just above
The level OF the sea and where the
soil is black and sticky.-Lafourche
Comet.
1t will lie seen by the above ex-
tract, that bad roads are the rule
during the rainy season.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
The Game Law.

Under the game law Of the State
the open season for hunting deer
and rabbits is from November to
April l. Wild ducks from Sept. |
to April l. Wild turkey, quail and
partridge, November l to April l.
Doves July to March l. Police
Juries are authorized to change aud
alter the dates OF opening and clos
ing the hunting season in their re-
spective parishes, provided the
length Ut the closed season shall not
be less than provided by this act.
Penalty not less than $40 nor more
than 500, or imprisonment. aud in
all cases of information the in.
former gets One-llalf of the fine and
the other half goes to the school
fund.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
Robertson HOnOred.

Colonel Samuel NJ. Robertson
is receiving the congratulations not
only Of the Louisiana Representa-.
lives, hut Of members from all sec.
tions. on his appointment by Speak.
or Henderson as the leading minor.
ity member Of tue committee ia
represent Congress at the dedica.
tory exercises OF the Louisiana Pur.
chase Exposition in St, Louis.
These exercises will be held April
30 and May l and 2 aud will be at.
tended by Presiden. Roosevelt.
The congressional committee con.
sists Of ten Representatives and five
Senators. The selection Ut COL
onel Robertson as a member of this
committee is in recognition OF hls
long aud meritor,ous service in the
House. Next to Mr.. Richardson,
Ut Tennessee, he is the ranking
member of the Committee on WAYS
and Means, and he is also the dean
Of the Louisiana delegation.
Speaker Henderson was especially
pleased to confer upon Colonel
Robertson this additional mark Of
esteem. icing one Of the last acts
Of his official life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07

The United States Government
supports eight soldiers homes with
inmates in each OF between 1000
and 5000, the aggregate number
being $4,000. They average over
63 years of age, and are cared for
at an expense OF something over
$l2, 900, 900 a year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
Dissolution Notice.

The Partnership heretofore existing
between Ellis 4 Goodbee, Attorneys,
has been dissolved by mutual consent.
Mr.. Ellis will continue the practice
of law both civil and criminal In the 26th
Judicial District, having his Office in
Covlngton.
Mr.. Goodbee will continue to attend
to civil business in connection with
his Office as District. Attorney, having
his Office at Franklinton, La.
HARVEY E. ELLIS.
GORDON W. GOODBEE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
so SWEET AND PLEASING IN TASTE

Mrs. e. Peterson, 625 Lake St, To-
peka, Kan, speaking of Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup, says: ut has never failed
to give entire satisfaction and OF all
cough remedies, it is my favorite, ard
must confess to my many friends that
it will do, and has done VIII at is claimed
for ito speedily cure cough OF cold;
and it is SO sweet and so pleasing In
TASTE" CSC, soc and 81. 90 bottle at V.
H. Frederick's Drug Store.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
cnIloRfN'S COUGHS AND COLDS,

Mrs. Joe McGrath, 327 E. LIST st.
Hutchinson, Kan, writes: Il have
given Billiards. Horehound Syrup to my
children for coughs and colds for the
past four. years, aud flnd 1t the best
medicine / ever used. Unlike many
cough syrups, 1t contains no opium, but
will soothe and heal any disease OF the
throat or lungs quicker than any other
remedy. CSC. SOC and e1.OO at v. H.
Frederick's Drug Store.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
Important Decision Bear
ing on Fifteenth
Amenment.

Cincinnati, Feb. 3.-The open.
ing of the February term of the
United States Circuit Court of Ap-
peals this morning was made nota-
BILE from the fact that it is the last
Ut which Judge W. r. Day will
sit.
Among a number of decisions
handed down in important cases
was that in the appeal of L. Karen.
He, with others was convicted of
violating the fifteenth amendment
of the United States Constitution,
the charge being that they tried to
prevent a number of Louisville
colored men from voting. Judge
Lerton, IN delivering the opinion
held that the fifteenth amendment
applied only TO election of Federal
officers, and to the possible action
of States in abridging the rights of
colored. people, and could not be
extended 10 individuals at State
election, such as was the one in
question. He also held that there
was no United States Statute un-
der which Karen could be punish.
ed, and it was ordered that the
court below sustain the demurrer to
the indictment and discharge the
defendant.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07
the PLOT 1HIcKENs

But that has nothing to do with the
fact that there is not q better Salve on
earth than Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's
q reliable Cure for Burns, Bruises, Cuts
Corns, Sores and Salt Rheum. Tried
and tested and proved infalllible for
Piles. Only Csc. Satisfaction guaran.
teed or money refunded by J. L. Wat
kins, Of the City Drug Store.