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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-08-19
Production Of Rubber.

The general impression prevails that
ubber is . product like wheat or corn
% be obtained from . given tres. The
tdea II quite erroneous II has becn
estimated that 1000 different species
contain rubber. though commercial
quantities have been obtained from
snly forty or nfty
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-08-19
ElsetrIeIsy for vsast.bI..

Dir. sslim Lem Strom. German
scientist. says that by means of cleo.
tricity 1t Is possible to force fruit and
vegetables to twice their ordinary
aixe.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-08-19

afford, and yet be well fed and housed,
if he will use ordinary common sense
in making a selection out of tho
abundance offered.
Hot? Yes, but on the two hottest
days of the summer at ST. Louis
suffered no more from the heat than
in New York before leaving and after
returning. Every day of the seven
there was breeze at the fair grounds
and it was always possible to find a
shady spot The nights were cool and
comfortable.
ADDISON STEELE.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-08-19
GERMANY PLAIN SPOKEN.
Reply She viii Make to a Question
From the Porte.

Official circles of Berlin think it
probable that Turkey will ask for Ger
many's advice regarding the situation
created by the American naval demon
stration OFF Smyrna. Answering a d.
rect question as to what Germany
would do in such case. the foreign
Office answered that Germany would
advise Turkey to satisfy the United
States demands at once.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-08-19
Important to Mothers.

. ssfs and surc remedy for Infants and children,
I'D 80 that II
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-08-19

Mrs. Wfnstow's Soothing Syrup.
For children fecthny sofrns the gurus, reduces tn
ssys palm cures wind colo. roc Dottlo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-11
VeCinOS de San Juan
diTigen al Juez de
PaZ un eSCTitO.
MaDlfi0Stan Su SOTpTeSa y aIarma
DOr una OTdGn que So dice
GnItlda pOr aqueI
funClOnaTlO.
Desean que esa orden Sc contraiga
a los recintos NJ, S., e. Y o. y
a los callejones que existen
en- Ia poblaci6n.

La siguiente exposition ha sido ele-
Vada al sefiOr Juez de Paz de ests ca
pital:
eAl Sr. Juez de Paz de San Juan.
SSan Juan, 2. R., Agosto de 1904.
GSenor:
clos absjo frmados, vecinos Y pro-
pietarios de las casas comprendidas
sntre la calIe de O'DonelI ' 81 Castillo
de San Cristobal, en- Ia caIle de eRa-
fael CorderO.S respetuosamente mani
festamos & usted 10 siguiente:2
EQue nos ha soprendido y alarmado
Ia Orden que Sc dice emitida por listed,
ell Alcalde 8 ell Jefe de Ia Policfa, de
que SO reconcentren en- aquel lugar
todas las desgraciadas muieres de maIa
vida que Sc encuentran esparcidas por
Ia Ciudad0
SComprendemos la necesidad de una
reconcentraci6n de ese elemento per-
turbadOr de Ia paz p6bIica Y de Ia paz
moral: pero debe escogerse otro sitio
mas retiradO. toda vez que esta Gale
ha sido saneada esta en- completa
tranquilidad habitada por persOnas de
orden y bien conocidas, habiendO he
cho sus duefiOs. cuantiosos gastos para
poner sus casas en- las condolences hi
gi6nicas que las actuales Ieyes santa
rias requieren.2
SNosotrOs nos permitimos lamar Ia
atenci6n de usted acerca de que esa
Orden SO contraiga UNICAMENTE &
los recintos ~. S.. E. Y 0. y & los dis
tintos caIlejones que existen en- Ia po-
blaci6n; repetimos que creemos deben
estar reccncentradas esas mujeres, Pc
ro.nO deben retirarse 4 un sitio que
hace tempo esta tranquilo en- dOnde
Ia POlic1a no ha tenido que hacer MIN
gun arresto nj denuncia por alteration
del orden.0
<Esperando que nos complazCa en-
nuestra legftima petici6n Y devuelva
Ia paz este vecindaric, somOs de I'd.
muy respetuosamente.
(FirmadO) Francisco AcufIs Aybar,
r. Alvarez Torres, jose MOntilla, Te-
resa Acufia de Alvarez Torres, Rafaela
Cruz. Dolores Cruz de Massano. Ra-
faela Porrata, jose A. Gutierrez, VIZ
cente Rengel. Manuel Baccener. Car
los Ma. SOler, Brfgida PadilIa viuda
de Rivera, Julits Ducret, Conception
OQSEoUs OUSC4@ Md1Qu0As GA4AlNuU
MARQUEE, GeOrgina D6vila, Ramona
Mojica. Msgdalena Coy viuda de Ma
teus, Francisco Cablaguera. Vicente
BeItran. Julian Jose de Ahedo. Eloy
Doniel. Juan B. Traveller, Pbro.
Agustfn Rexach DuefIo. Primitive
Calder6n, Eleuterio Serrano, Rosa
Victoria Rodriguez, Simona Gonzalez
viuda de Castillo. Antonio Roseli6.
Pedro B. Cantres. Melchor Margenat.
Marcelino Zeno. Ana Infante, Rosario
Moiica. Guadalupe Gonzalez. Dionisio
Rivera, Julio Gomez. Rosslfa Garcia.
Miguel Andrill6n. Juan Coto, Gerar-
do Mellado. Martin PnigdOllers, Pillar
Prieto. Manuel Benito de Pe6a. Juans
Benito de Pens. (Siguen muchas mas
frmas.)2
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-11
En- las margeDGS de.
Ia GaTTGteTa central hay te-
Tran0S sin eaItIYO.
No hay quien faciIite recursos q las
peque1ias industrias agricoIas.


Llama la atenci6n de las persOnas
que cruzan por Ia hermOsa carreters
central. los muchOs terrenos que hay
sin cuItivo. & ambos lados de aquella.
TERRA magnffca para plantaciones
de tabaco, ms1z y otros frutos memo
res abunda alli.
Pero 10 que mas llama Ia stenci6n
del ViajerO, es una grsn extension de
mas de 13O Kilometres, en- que casi no
Sc We un solo bracero trabajando, nj
bueyes arrastrRcdo ell aradO.
Las 1nicas fncas en- que Sc Ve que
Sc ha trabs sjado son Las que han adqui-
ridO los americaDos para ell cultiVo del
tabaco y alguna que Ctra hacienda.
No Sc cOncibe como en- esas zonas
puede viVir 81 campesino.
ALA en las estribaciones de Ia cor
diIlera que divide Ia isla de Este &
Oeste, Sc ven pequeflas chozas que tie
nen pOr pavimento el durO sueIo y &
sus habitantes sentados en- el 60teS.
SoIamente la benignidad del china,
Ia extraordinaria sobriedad del campe-
sinO y Ell habito. pueden hacer com
prender que sea factibIe Ia vida en- esa
forma. TcdO depende de que nuestros
Iabradores carecen de recursos para
cultivar Ia TERRA. No hay bancos.
No hay quisn ayude al labrador en- pc
queGO para estab'ecsr labrantfos. Ed
81 interior de Ia isla hay mucho terre-
nos baldfos, que en- tiempos de Is do
minaci6n espan0la ersn cedidos nor in
fims cantidad 8 So deiaban en- usufruto
los campesinos, quienes despu6s de
an n1mero de amos. cremos uue 90.
pasabRn 8 ser sua prorietarios.
81 de ciertOs terrenOs be desemb6ra-
cara el Estado y con una hfbil , prudeu
te organization Sc estsblecierSn nenne
mas colonlas agFicoLas, se darfa acasC
IN buen paso paTa estimuIar Il campo,
sino , dsrle medios de .trabsio : d.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-11
Circular de- Ia AnerI
can Federation Of
Labor.

EI senior Santiago IQIesias, Leader
de la SAmerican Federation Of Labor2
ha pRsad0 sus asociadOs la siguiente
lmportante cirular. acompa6ada de un
cdestionario.
Los obreros que interesen conocer-
10 y no 10 hayan recibido pueden diri-
girse al sefior Iglesias.
La circular de referencia dice aef:
e9uerido sefIor y hermano: Por en-
cargo especial del Presidente de Ia
American Federation of Labor, Sc re-
comienda & todos los Secretarios de Las
Uniones Locales y CeDtraIes que cons
tituyen ia Federation Libre de los Ira
bajadOres de Puerto Rico en- todas las
ciudades. puebIos y barrfos de Ii isls.
Sc sirvan cOntestar la mayor breve-
dad. al informe que Yeran continue
ci6n. Sc hace saber & todas las Orga-
nizaciOnes ObreTas. que el presente in
fOrme esta relaci0nadO con las gestio-
mes que en- favor de los trabaiadOres
puertorriqueIos del pals en- general
Sc estan Ilevando efecto en- Washing
ton. Asf tambi6n Sc les hace presen-
to. que ell dia IA de Noviembre de 1904
Sc lleVRr8 efectO Ia COmUeecI6n de la
A0aeric0aa Federation of Labor, en-
San Francisco de California. v ayisa-
mos que va es tempo que las Uniones
CentraIes y Locales. adopten las media
Has que cream eicaces y conducentes &
fin de que la Federation de los Traba-
jadores de Puerto Rico, no pierda Ia
OpOrtunidad de estar debida y honrosa-
mente representada en- dicha ConVen-
ci6n. Para conocimientO de todos, ha-
cemos p6blicas las decIaraciOnes que
con tai motivo SO hicieron en- Washing
ton, por medic de un importante dia-
rios
eH6lss aquf: eEn Ia pr6xima Con-
venci6n de la American Federation of
Labor que tendra luRar el pr6ximo IA
de NoViembre Sc tratar6 de cOnsolidar
el moVimiento obrero de Puerto Rico
bajo los aUspicios de Ia American Fe-
deration of Labor, obteniendo protec-
ci6n sustancisl para las Uniones que
Sc estan creando en- la IsIa Y que se-
gun Mr.. Gompers Sc inspiran todas en-
los m6tOdOs americanos, son Ia mas
genuina representation de nuestro es-
pfritu popular alIf.S
eSi cuando tenga Iugar Ia ConVeps
ci6n De San Francisco de Ia American
Federation of Labor, no ha Cambiado
la ccndiCi6n actual de los puertorrique-
nos. Sc oira Ell ipforme de los delega-
dos de Puerto Rico para adoptar me-
didas practicas y promover en- el Con-
greso Ia decision franca de los asuntos
insuIares. s.-(S SWashingtOn Star.9)
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-11

G. F. sTORER, Superintendent.
GANDAA & STUBBE, Agentes Generates.
JUAN r. BAIZ, Representante Especial.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-11
PareC8 que q los canes no
aIGanZan las Ord0DaDzaS,
Ese peligro debiera evitarse q los
que transitan por las Gales.

No basta que SO hsysn puestO en- vi
g0r recientemente las ordenanzas mu-
nicipales para que los canes en- GALES
y plazas molesten cOnstsntemente los
transeuntes.
Cuando mas distraida va una perso-
ma, saIen de un zsguan cuatrO s cinco
perros en- actitud mas 8 mencs intran-
quilizadora.
Entendemos que Ia polic1a no puede
dedicsrse cazar perros Y debi6rase
montar un servicio especial de vigilan-
cia por distritos aunque solo fuera por
pocos dias.
No es este cosa baIadi, sobre todo en-
esta epoca de calor en- que esos anima-
les estan propensos enfermar.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-11
La hygiene en- Cayey
dandO que haCer,
In cOm8rGIante diI0 que iba 4 en-
Cargar a los EstadOs UnIdOs
un eSCapaTatG.
DE maestro correspon8o7. }

Ag0SGO Ss
La hygiene est6 aquf dando que ha-
Ger al comercio. pues parece que Ell
cumplimiento de ella Sc lleva efecto
coz mucho rigor y de denuncia en- de-
nuncis; v de seguir asf. no consideran-
do al comerciante que sostiene con
crecidos derechos ell Estado y ell muni-
pio. tai vez determinen guitar las pull
perias. seg6n rumores.
En- dfas atr6s, dijo un comerciante
que iba encargar un escaparate & los
Estados Unidos con apartados como
los que usa 81 correo para depositar en-
csda uno de ellos ell jsm6n y ell tocino
por centavOs Y repartir las llaves los
marchantes. para de ese modo no in
,currir en- delitos de lesa hygiene y IL
brarse de las multas que hoy les abru-
man Y perjudican.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-11
LAS PLAzAS POBLlCAS.

Mucho dejan que desear el ornate de
nuestras plazas p1blicas.
En- Ia actuaIidad en- Yigor, no hay
una que merezca honores de tai.
En- cambio, pocos. muy pocOs son los
pueblos de Ia isla que no tengan bOni-
ia plaza con isrdines y buen paw
mentO.
En- las de Ia ciudad. los que Sc atre-
ven & pasear pOr elias. apenas Ilueve
un POGO. tienen que pOner cuidadO con
los dep6sitOs de aqua que en- Ell suelC
~ fOrman.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-11
BANCO POPULAR.
Aviso q los imponentes.

Dasde ell dia de msf1ana queda abier-
to ell pago de intereses 8 los Imponen-
tes en- Libreta. correspondence al pri
mer semestre del corriente aflo.
Dicho psgo Sc verificRr& en- Ia GAIA
de esta Institution todos los dfas ha-
biles, de & II de Ia maflana , de 2 &
3 de la tarde. debiendo los interesados
concurrir provistos de sus respectivas
Libretas para proceder al cobro de los
intereses que les correspondent.
San Juan, Puerto Rico Julio 8 1904.
El SecretariO,
Vicente Gu51zot Joq'dd.
Vo 30
El Director Gerente.
Domidm Monseyrot.
ia Correspondence" en- YaucO.
Para venta de ejemqIares, suscrip-
clones Y anuncios. dirigirse & r. M.
Pietrantoni.
p. YaucO, Pto..RicO.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-11
"EL SOL"

Compa7iia de seguros So
ore Ia vida, del Canada.
Relaci6n Dc sinisstrOs pagadOs en- Puerto Rico pOr
Ia COmpaRia de SECURES sobra Ia vida, "EL
SOL" de Canada, 4 los BsnsficiadOs de
las P6lizas siguientes;
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
Truly q Friend In Great Need,

Truly Z Friend N Great Need.
The travellers tree of Madagascar
resembles huge fan with an un.
wieldy handle. In the dry season
the traveller or domiciled native has
but to pierce one Of these trees just
at the point where the fanlike crest
has its beginning and out will dow
copiously pure, fresh water.
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
Doctors Graded Fees.

Discussion by London newspapers
OF doctors fees has brought to light
some curious Information. u know
a man." one doctor Is quoted as say.
Ing. who has 4 guinea practice in
Harley street, 5-shiiilns practice In
kensington and sixpenny practice
In Seven Dials."
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04

Valuable Manuscript Is Stolen.
A manuscript by the composer Pal
7Ttrir1 was stolen some time ago /
tie Roman Iateran. 1t Is valued 3
$4,000. and is belieyed to be in Ger
many.
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
Millions Of Printed seok,.

Paul otlet the secretary Of the
Brussels International photographic
Institute. estimates the uumher Of
printed booka sincs the invention Of
psintina ID lanuary. 1900. st i3,1es..
600 works and the number og psytcdi.
Gala at estween ,s.oeo,ooo asa is.ocA.
oooS
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
Retort Medical,

An Atchison man went to a doctor
and said: Il want to be cured OF
dyspepsia" Whereupon the doctor
said: If I knew how to cure dys-
pepsia. wouldn't have it-"-Atchison
Globe.
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
/. Llfe.

II ind this world divided into two
classes of critics." writes Young
Mother to this Office; those who
crlticise when whip my children
and those who blame me when
con't."-Atchison Globe
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
Court pefines Brandy.

1t has been judiclally decided in
England that brandy is an alcoholic
liquor. the spirit of which Is obtained
by the dis tillation of wine frcm the
grape. and that to sell anything else as
'brardy" is fraud,
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
Books Are Utilized.

The Inhabitants Of Malnz, Ger
many. are great readers OF the eco,
OC0 volumes in their library, 4O,UOC
were used last year.
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
!. ...,v..,. ...,... .......... .

AestyestN hs6usss aoest4p1ov.
fhe expsrisues u Cd3eaonG heaitA
isrartmsnt In 1.Ass esses ~ 15pbthS
a shows that ne neftallty stcn
rtttoxIn Il assd y ts6 ~ s&ak me
ef.aiity wfthotn arttff111 II 4 ~
&ass y W tss s.s's W. y 1 " w !
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
PAPER Made from Refuse Hons,

Paper Made from Refuse Hops.
The discovery has been made that
good paper can be produced from
the refuse hops that have hitherto
been thrown away in breweries.
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
llt.la ahsums.Ism. In Iar.n.

Rheumatism is almost Unknown IL
Japan. The japanese escape the
nalady to a great degree by avoii-
ing the excessive use Of alcohol and
tobacco.
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04

Largest Serpent on Record.
The largest serpent ever measure,
was a Mexican anaconda, which wa
found to be 81 feet in length
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04

No Right Way Ter This,
There 10 . right war TO DO evsry.
thirs-except blufnug and gsttias
saught OF II.
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04

Door Knockers for 0sdresms.
Door knockers are now fastened 10
uptodsts bedroom doors In England.
They are Considered both useful and
ornamental.
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
THE Thinking CAP

When an enemy speaEs I'll of yor
so live that nobody will believe hir
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04

No :s-EdueasisN In india
Ever, Asth boy In India b ss
,schen' and only svsr, hftisth nrt
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04
Dido. A,,, =, a&.,~..

Rides Auto on Stairs.
A Leeds (England) motorist drove
his car up the twenty stepa IN. front !
Of the town hall. and then drove. ~
down again without accident.
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04

To The Hon. Alya Adams. Dear Sir:
Will you kindly again. stand up and
look the people Of Colorado in the eye
while your attention-and theirs-is
Invited to
The Delta independent., 1904-11-04


Governor Peabody does rot be,iey
that It is necessary for him to walt 70
local officials to request the troops
suppress disorder or insurrec,Lon whe
they show evidences o. being in syn
pathy with such disorder or insure
tion.
Do you think he is rish, about this
Let US suppose that 80 armed strif
ers should charge upon the Tom Eo
mine. in which you have been the priS
cipal owner. and capture il, alter XII
ing ore or two Of your employees.
Would you send telegram to Il
governor. Us was done by the reprr
sentative OF the last Democratic go
ernor. Orman, saying something Ii,
this:
Everything all right. Mine in peac,
able possession OF the strikers \
troops needed"
Or would you send him somctht~
like this:
than useful: II Is really Intended fe
dress parade only and should not /
permitted to take sides IN this co
fiict."
And here IL another form consistir
Of the words Of former president {
the Western Federation of Miner
which appeared In federation pub.
,ation in Idaho Immediately after II
wardner ,insurrection. How would thi
do.
Don't send any troops; II Is soc.
times necessary to blow up q niue {
: to kill man or two to secure recoss
tion Of the union"
Or would you send one like this.
Civil authorities have failed to pr,
tecs my property sud employees frai
the mob. demand protection froi
the atAte. Send troops to eivs me DO
sessiou ot my property"
went yes plssss ~ ~ sscpls ~
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-02-20
Fell Three Stories
To A Pathetic Death.
The Awful Fate Of Three>yesr.
old Cornell Bonnsau-From
Merry Play To Grim
Death.
The State, 18th inst.

That was terrible death poor
little 3ycar-old Cornell Bonneau,
son of proprietor Bonneau of the
Caldwell hotel, met yesterday af-
ternoon while laughing and play.
ing in the ioyousness and inno-
cence of childhood with his 81
year. old brother, Campbell. They
were in their playroom on the
third floor of the hotel on the
Tay lor street side of the building.
While the two were playing at
rolling over some mattresses Cor
nell fell against the sash. Sever
al panes Of glass gave way and
the little fellow fell three stories
to the cruelty unyielding flag.
stones on the pavement below.
OF course the child probably new
er suffered any pains after that
sickening thud with which his
tender frame met the pavement,
but 1t must have been horrible
transition from mirth to terror,
merclfully swift though it was, as
the little fellow was passing from
that last jolly summsrsault over
the mattress through the air to
death below.
With a grip tightened by tho
terrors of death before his eyes,
the little fellow carried two rpil-
lows down with him, and to this
is due the fact that he was not in
Stantly killed. These shielded
his body against the stones, but
his head struck over them ap-
parently, and his skull was SO
badly fractured that he died a
short time after reaching the hos
pital.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-02-20
A NIGHT ALARM nj

Worse than an alarm of fire ut
night Is tho brassy cough of Group,
which sound like the children S
death knell and it means death
unless something is done quickly
Foley's Honey and Tar never fails
to give instant relief and quickly
cures the worst of cases Mrs. P.L.
Cordicr, of Warrington, Ky,
writes: "My three year old glrl
had Il severe case of Group; the
doctor said she uld not live.
got a bottle of Foley's Honey and
Tar, the first dose gave quick re
lief and aved her life Refuse
substitutes. Sold by 7. Eugene
Funderburk.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-02-20
Rockefeller Cots Ga per cent
Year On Oil Stock.

Now York, Feb. ia Dr.
vidsnd of SIC share was declar. =
ed on Standard Oil stock today.
This is a quarterly dividend and
is at the rate of Ga per cent, a
year, against A per cent last
year.
This means on March Is when
the dividend is payable, John D..
Rockefeller who owns 81, 900, 900
in the company, will receive check
or Sc, 100000.
The dividend declared today is
about 81 a share less than the di-
vidend declared for the same quar-
ter last year.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-02-20
Senator Hanna's Fortune.

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 16.-
The value of the estate left by the
late Senator Hanna is estimated
at from soven to eight million
dollars. 1t is stated that he own
ed at least Is per cent of the
stock of the Cleveland Electric
Railway, capitalized at S23, ,5Oo,-
600. In addition to being large
ly interested in vessel and iron
mining properties he was a dir
ector of the Union National
Bank, Guardian Trust Company,
the Peoples Savings and Loan
Company, of this city; the Cleve-
land and Pittsburg Railway. He
was large stockholdsr in the
American Shipbuildlng Company
and the Pittsburg Coal Company.
He owned the Euclid Opera
House, in this city.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-02-20
Jumped Into tho Sea.

Miami, Fla, Feb. Is. Louis
Z. Sears, mem Der of the Sears
Shoe Company, ia Duane street,
New York, committed suicide to-
day by jumping from the steam>
ship Martinique. Tho ship was
about twenty miles off shore.
Capt. Dillon was notified and im>
mediatel y reversed his engines.
No trace of the body could be
found. Mr.. Sears was Ill and
had started for home. In bis
room was found an open Bible,
vslise, trunk, etc. He had bsen
acting strangely and worry much
depressed, probably on account
of his illness.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-02-20
Roanoke Brute to Hang.

Roanoke, Va, Feb. 16. Hen
~ Williams, a burly negro, who
at noon on Jan. 80 last entered
the home of George J. Shields, 4
we'll known business msn, and
outraged Mrs. Shields and then
murderously assaulted her and
her shree-year>old daughter with
a Ratchet, razor and pocket knife,
and left them for dead, was today
sentenced by Judge Wood In the
Corporation Court to be hanged
on March Is next.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-02-20
Fair6eld's Bloody Record.
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Special to News and Courier.
Ninnsboro, Feb. 15.-Tbe
Court of General Sessions was
convened here this morning, Judge
Gage presiding and Solicitor Hen
ry and Stenographer McCaw in
their places. The criminal dock
ct will be very heavy, as there
are five murder cases for trial.
Two other persons charged with
the same offence are still at large.
The only mitigating clrcum-
stances in connection with this
bloody record made in the coun-
ty within the past six months is
the fact that all parties IN every
instance were negroes. All of
them, two, with possible excep>
ton, were committed at negro
frollcs, or shot supptrs, or were
the direct results Of such meet.
ings. Such record as this ought
to cause the lawmakers of the
State to take steps towards abol
ishing thess"hot suppers," which
would possibly lessen the number
of crimes among the negroes.
These gatherings have always
been hotbeds of crimes and places
for the illegal sale of whiskey.
More, toe, these same gatherings
haye always been the occasion for
decentralization of negro labor.
Tho white man who is looking
out for his own interests ought to
prohibit the holding of any such
on any lands belonging to him.