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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-08-30
From Wounds Received
While Resisting Ar
rest at RebeCCa.

The slayer of Jas. A. Bishop
is dead.
John Knapper, alias Kid
Knapper.Awho shot and killed
janis Bishop on west. bound
A. & B. train near Rebecca a
week ago, died in the city Jail
here about 400 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Immediately after shooting
Bishop, the negro escaped from
the train and eluded the officers
of the law and determined pos
Sc of Bishops friends pursued
him until late Sunday evening.
when he was located in a house
near Rebecca.
The posse endeavored to
induce him to come out of
the building, and as they
knew he was desperate and
would fight to the last, they COM
PEELED negro, Bob Hill, who was
found in the house with Knapper,
to set fire to the building, mere
shack. The crowd then ordered
Knapper to hold up his hands
and come out, but not until he
realized that he would burn to
death did he notleave the building.
He came out with his hands be.
hind his head. In each he held a
Colts revolver, and as he appear
ed in the door he began using
both. Immediately the posse
fired a vol1ey at him and he fell
MORALLY wounded at the door
and would have burned to death
had not mem bers of the arrest
ing party pulled him away from
tue burning building. AT 7:lO p.
m. Chief of Police Smith received
the following telegram:
Rebecca, Aug, %, 1904.
Chief Police:
Come to Rebecca tonight. We
have got negro that shot Mr..
Bishop. Had to burn house down
on him and had to shoot him, but
he is not dead yet.
W. E. Maddox
Chief Smith prepared to leave
Oh the 7:55 A. & B. train
accompanied by E. w. Nelson,
VIM Armantrout, G. F. Kircher,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-08-30
New Cotton Buyers.

Cotton is worth lie. in Fitzre
aid today. A new firm Of buys
entered the ring this nornin
and while the Fitzgerald mari
has been leading every market
South Georgia, it was announce
that another notch or two Won
be taken up in the tension. ThR
farmers who are bringing theil
cotton to Fitzgerald go h0me
feeling good.
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The StatesbOrO Episode
From a Northern Standpoint.

From w. R. Hearst's New
York Journal.-The newspapers
report-with comments of vary
ing inaccuracy and unfairness-
the burning alive of two negroes
in Georgia. Many in the north
filled with a sense Of their own
virtue, and comfortably free
from any negro problem, de-
nounce as beasts and unnatural
wild men their fe1low-citizens in
the southern states. Others in
the south apologize too sweeping.
ly for those implicated in the
burning, exculpating them too
readily.
The matter is serious-serious
in the north as in the south.
For this every intelligent man
must know-what man in the
south will do a man in the north
will do under similar provocation.
We have not one breed of Ameri-
cans in the north and another in
the south. The same human
nature controls us all.
Victor Hugo said he never
heard of a crime but he realized
that he might have been capable
of committing it at some moment
in his life. The self-righteous
men of the north should look
carefully into their own temper.
aments before condemning the
southerners in too superior a
fashion.
Can anything be said to excuse
the burning alive of those two
negro criminals at Statesboro!
No. But, while we may noe ex.
cuse it, we must investigate the
reasons for it dispassionate1y.
We must remember that the
men in the crowd surrounding
| the burning negroes we're aver
age men-any crowd anywhere
in the United States would dupli.
cate them. We must realize
that there are still within us
horrible possibilities of brutal
cruelty. We know that only
disuse and long freedom from
violence through many genera
tons will wipe out this innate
brutality. We must see to it
that the brutal savage deep down
within us is not called to the sur
face. We must not judge too
haughtily those men in the south
that struggle to suppress the
causes behind the lynchings.
In the men of the south, the
men of the north, the east aud
the west, there are all the posi-
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blllties of the most hideous cruel
ty. But we have advanced at
least to Ahis point, that only hor-
rid crime, horrible provoca ton,
can arouse within us the latent
brutality of the savage.
There will be no burning alive
of negroes The moment that the
negro ceases to commit the
crimes that madden and make
wild beasts of the lower types
among whom they live.
Certainly an appeal should be
made to the noble sentiments of
the southern mob-and that app
peal is made every day by the
best and strongest men in the
south. The own brother of the
murdered man, Hodges, a
clergyman, implored the crowd
to refrain from violence and let
the law take it's course. He
acted nobly. And thousands of
splendid men in the south, whose
provocations and difficulties we
little understand, act nobly in
fighting the tendency to lynch
law.
But, to understand conditions
there, it is we'll to transport our
selves in imagination to the scene
of the crime, both before and
after it was committed.
Look at the family group
the negroes murdered by the
mob confessed that they had
murdered and burned all of that
family-the father, the virtuous
mother hideous1y maltreated, the
little baby in arms and the other
two little children.
There was a little girl six
years old, who saw her father
murdered, and then pitifully
held up penny to one of the
murderous negroes, begging him
to take the penny and not hurt
her. Her brains were knocked
out and she was thrown into the
fire. It is we'll to know these
things, to remem Der that an elo'
quent orator reminded the lynch.
ing mob of that little girls ap'
peal when the negroes pleaded
for mercy.
The south is struggling man
fully with it's great problem
struggling against odds, and es
pecial1y against the cynical
wou1d-be superior criticism Of
the north. If we can help the
south in it's great problem we
should do so. But any advice
Continued on Fourth Page.
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John Kndpper Died
In Prison Yesterday

Clarence Miller and Mr.. Black
shear.
At $50 p. NJ, five minutes be-
fore the train was due to leave,
another message was received
which read as follows:
Double Run, Aug. ,28 1904.
Chief Police;
Have negro that killed Bishop,
negroes organizing to resist and
take him. Send crowd to water
tank west of Rebecca on first
train"
P. w. Lamb.
The Chief and his deputies
boarded the train, but left
friends who organized a posse OF
IS and followed on a special train,
generously furnished by the
A. & B. The boys went we'll
prepared for trouble, and return
ed about 3 a. m. with the murder
err, Knapper, and three accom-
plices or pals, Jim Clark, John
Millington a1d Bob Hill.
About Z o'clock yesterday
morning the friends of the MUIR
dered man, Bishop, began to ar
rive in the city, and as matter
of course, some of them we're
impatient to get their hands on
Bishops murderer. But it soon
become apparent that his wounds
were mortal and that his last
hour was near at hand. There
was never any real danger of
lynching after the prisoners were
lodged in the city prison, for
Chief of Police Smith was pre-.
pared for any emergency, and
nobody who knows the Chiei
doubts his ability to cope with
the crowd that was in sight and
the Governor, who had been
Motif ed through several sources,
had instructed the local military
company to report to the mayor
or sheriff if it become necessary,
and it was believed by some that
the neighbors of Bishops widow
and orphans might come to the
city about night in such mum bers
as would make it advisable tc
place military guard about the
prison, but the death of the
chief cu1prit, about 4 p. M, i'm.
mediately set at rest every pos
sible prospect of mob violenc e.
The body of Knapper was buried
late yesterday afternoon. The
negro John Millington has been
released, Bob Hill will go to Will
COX county for harboring the
the fugitive murderer and Jim
Clark, Knapper's pal, will answer
to the charge of concealed weap
ons, if no more serious evidence
is found against him.
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Forces are COI
Centrated and it Looks
Dark for Russians.

Lao ang, Aug. 70. 8 a. "a.
The Japanese artillery continn
the battle at 6 o'clock this nd.
ing. the point of pressure a.
being the Russian south fro
The Japanese infantry is HI
advancing to attack, the "a
meuts dep1oyed in open order
Liao Yang, Aug. %. The
anese have transferred theix
tivity to the Russian eastern
southern fronts. A battle
progressing. The weather 1
improved and the roads are al
ing. Events therefore are li
to be precipitated.
Liao Yang, Aug. %.
Russian army has effected if
tirement with transport and
tillery, on Lao Yang and i
in position awaiting the
ing Japanese. The prog
the latter has been rapid
-
termined, sparing Of no
In the attack on the
position, one Japan
lost ali it's officers.
ment of the Russ
corps was made
ing across the pl
tillery and troop
along the Ell
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-10-18

-.
sumowherc upon the banks OF tn's
beautiful river A hundred years ai,oI
this. your descendants shall Wanue'
among the trrillhscs ana cut heub
ana boAeu walks. auu s''' -.
sweet TASTE OUT u''' b''"'
-Iah"moth'r nnu.
And Katherine laughed at hll me'rl
'lih and touched bis sword, ana "snen'
o. % the old sword my Richafui
Tho old sword. Kate. my sweet
with it won my wife on indeed
.ys'" he drrw 10 partially from It's
heath and unused o. moment Ihen
1c slowly UNFINISHED the ribbon anH
tasscl OF bullion 90 the h.lt ana gave
d, into hct hand. u have hciteI
hltrIhbun than that hc said anu
when We ru into the house, ] VIII re
trim my sword. "
shu thought little OF the remark at
the time. thpurh She carefully put the
furnished ta.srl away among he.
dearest treasures. but II acquired %
now meaning 900 the morning The
troops we're 10 leave very early. and.
soon after dawn. She heard the clatter
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Postscript

Quotations from letter dated July
O. A. -. 1851
Yesterday I went with my aunt to
spend the Fourth at the llydes', They
have the most delightful placc-a
great stone house In wilderness OF
foliage and beauty. and yet within
convenient distance Of tho railroad
aud the river boats Kate Hyde said
the house H. more than hundred
years old. and that the NTH generation
is living In e. am sure there are
pictures enough Of the family TO nc.
count for three hundred years. but
the two handsomost. after all. are
those Of the builders. They were very
great people at the court Of Washing.
ton, I believe. | suppose II is natural.
for those who have ancestors. 20 brng
about them. and 10 show on tho old
buckles and fans and court dresses
they have boarded mp, not to speak OF
the queer bits OF plato and china. and
! must say the Hydes have a really
delightful lot OF such bric.a.brac. hut
the strangest thing Is the household
tallsman.' II IL not like the luck Of
Eden hall; II Is neither crystal cup.
nor silver vase. nor magic bracelet.
nor an old slipper. But they have a
tradition that the house will prosper
as long MS II lasts, and 10 this pre-
clous palladium Is carefully kept In
locked box OF carved sandalwood
Tor Il Is only a bit OF faded satin that
was "A loy0tokon-a ST. Nicholas Bow
Of Orange Ribbon"
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shes got the face Of an ansell"
No one was In sight In either dlroc'
ton.
As the soldier made ready with his
carbinc the major let fall his relns
and drew d lcttcr from his pocket. AZ
ho dld so a photograph fell from tho
letter 10 the stony highway unnotlcod
by him. Queer us u may seem. curl
oslty about the photograph oyorbal'
anccd Tom Germans thirst for re-
yonrc for the moment. aud he let tho
officer pass,
A minute later he had tho card In
his hand. II was the picture OF little
girl not over ave years old-a sweet
faced little thing-nnd underneath
was written From Elsie TO Papa"
No soldier at Fort Brown had asked
or could know whether their martinez
was a married man or not. They had
not discussed his home ues-only MS
discipline. Here was a new factor In
the case German crCpt back TO his
ambush with his eyes fixed on the
face. and his own features began TO
soften
From Elsie to Papa" he repeated
over ana over again, Damn me. hut
ID must be- his Md, lie got the letter
last night. She's got the face OF an
angel. and when her mother tells her
that her father Is dead"
Private German found his heart In
his throat. He was not father. but
no was lover Of children. He'd have
given three months pay 10 pick Elsie
/ up In his arms and give her KISS
I There were dlmplcs IN her checks and
: a smile ON her mouth, lie held the
picture TO his lips and whispered;
"You amt TO blame for II, little one
/ Whatever he Is 90 M, and badly as
| he's used me, he loves you ana you
| him. and / can't break your heart In
/ trying 10 get even. I'm here to XII
him. and was going 10 do II when
he came back. but you're too sweet a
thing 10 be loft fathOrless."
The major came riding back his
eyes on the ground as II looking for
some lost object. At the rock he halt
cd
III YOU hadn't lost II you would have
been lying out there with a bullet
through your hearth whispered Cor
man AS he rose and looked after the
disappearing major,
And then. thrustlng the photograph
into his breast pocket, he shouldered
| HE carblne, gave himself shake, and
headed for the land OF the outlaw and
the desertor- Thomas Foyo In Bos
ton Globe.
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GOT THE BRIDES CARRIERS,
Eight Fair ones olaadened by the
Lucky TaliGman.

Eignt Fair ones Glaedencu by the
Lucky Talisman.
The fashionable Riverside Drive
district IL tttcrlng over the original.
ity Of young bride last week, whose
gifts to her eight bridesmaids wero
gartors, Each girl received single
garter The bride was deep In ar.
rangomcnts before inc wedding. when
one Of the Danish servants told hor OF
a popular superstition Ia her native
land The maid said the very essence
of good luck, both for bride and
Bridesmaid, might be accomplished by
the bride giving the left garter 10 her
attendant after the wedding cere.
mony. The Riverside Drive belle
thought the superstition delightful.
and being somewhat "faddish," she
decided TO try the Danish tallsman.
But" cried the girl, Il have eight
bridesmaids and only one left garter!"
This prcdicamcnt she conhdcd 10 her
nauco, blushing pr-,tlly as she spoke
the uncomfortable word. The man
solved the problem IN moment. He
told her 10 wear eight pairs " garters
for eight days and on the wedding
day TO wear an LETT eight gafters. In
this way each bridesmaid might re-
COVE an acclImatcd garter. tecming
with good luck The ceremony was
ilourIshlng, and before the white.
ROBBED bride slipped into her going.
away gown she called her faithful
bridesmaids 10 retiring room.
Girls" she said, here Is your gift"
Then she unclasped eight left carriers
u at eucircled her silk hose and each
f-gir received her tahsman. A sull
worse dilemma was when the ushers
asked the bridesmaids what their
bridal gifts were, Thoy answered.
Something lucky"
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five days he was assisted to escape.
tie was furnished with carbinc and
food, and he went into hiding within
three miles Of the fort
lie felt that he had been uniuEtly
treated ana that he had been dis.
grncud without cause. and he calmly
and deliberately made MP his mind
tn kll the man responsible. II was
for this reason that he fingered near
the fort
Almost every morning the major
rode down TO the boiling spring three
miles down the rough trail, and there
were MY places where he could bc
ambushcd. The spot aolcctcd was a
big rocl, alongside the trail, and Tom
was on the watch there the morning
after his escape.
II was seven o'clock before the
echoes NJ the iron.shod hoofs of tho
MAJORS horse reached his cars and
an instant later he was pocring out
from behind the rock.
II was the major. alone ON the trail
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Anm Meb,ter oot Even.

Daniel Webster wrote after contln.
ued proyocatlon 20 the editor Of a
newspaper which had referred TO his
private analrs and especially 10 his
not paying his debts. He said 1T
is true that have not always paid
my debts punctually. and that I owe
money. The cause Of this Is that l
have not pressed those who owe me.
for payment AZ an instance Of this
enclose your fathers note, made TO
mo thirty years ago. for money lent
him 10 educate his boys" Rehoboth
Sunday Herald
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They stood In front Of the elephants,
watching the two big animals NOV.
ing restlossly about Tho man was
Of aldermaulc proportions. OF genor.
Gus glrth, well fed apparently, and
also well satisfied with himself. The
boy was little bit OF "a chap, who
chung TO his fathers hand quito des
perately. II was evident that the boy
was enjoying his FIRST visit 20 the ZOO
His questions were many The last
one he asked In the elephant hogs
was.
Daddy, do you think that elephant
b. as heavy as you2'
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TEA
There is scarcely anything
less substantial; and almost
nothing more substantial


A curious and amusing mixture Of
early pioty and worldllneAs came TO
light In city schoolroom ono day
whom the teacher had asked tho chill.
drcn 10 write on their pads Of paper
something about the profession or oc-
cupation In which they would like 20
engage when they became men and
women. one little girl wrote briefly
but effectively; Il would desire 10 bs
a lady rider at a circus II II was tho
Lord'a will" Another little girl with
equally mixed ideas wrote; Mis-
slonary. but II not that. millinery OF
clerk in candy Htore."-Lipplncott's.
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TEA
We don't know how good
it can be. nor how bad it is
some OF us.
chrIstenIno ships WIN Wine.
-some OF us.

Christening ships with vino Is a
survival Of barbarlsm. In tho oldon
days. when sacrifices were offered 20
propltiato the gods Of n nation, II
was the practice TO select some per
son. and TO spill his blood over tho
prov OF a new vessel. In course OF
time wine was substituted for blood.
aud the custom holds good In nearly
every maritime nation to-day.
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MAJ. Davis had the reputation Of
being amartlnot. and whenever pri.
vate soldier found himself before
court martial he would make up his
mind that 10 the major had voice
In the Hattor he was as good as con.
ylctod
There were those who excused the
officers harhncas ON the ground that
ho belonged To the old school the
school hat looked upon the rank and
Gle ns togs-but the fact remained
that he was not popular with either
his offers or hIs men.
Aiialn IN the Indian country were
,t peace when the post commander at
Fort Bnwn applied for aud secured
ong leave Of absence and Major Ia.
Wis was ordered 10 take charge In his
pincc.
Il wa frontier most with a small
rarrlso, of old veterans. and there
was no call for rcd tnpo or rlrid dis.
,ipllno. The best drill master IN tho
army could not have taught those men
,pythlhr new. and the officers felt
that th,y had right TO loaf a little
when varm weather set In
The United States was In no dan.
ger Of invasion from foreign foe.
and th red man had had enough Of
war 10 ast him for two or three years.
when ualor Davis arrived aud as.
aumed command. An hour later no
began b issue general orders. and n
rroan ddlscnntont was heard through.
ont the harrison.
Then began what was characterized
al "A FUN a.diddlo time" The lines
OF dlsepline we're rlgIdly drawn and
tho aria were frequent and o1actlng
Tho ii-or OF the murtinet poin,sa IA
mar directions, and the men VIII,
groWed went to the guard house on
tfot.
Aall military posts there are a few
fayo-ed mon-mcn who suffer nov
and then from old wounds or hay,
reformed their brave deeds. and ar,
tacdy allowed 20 take things easy.
Such u man was private Tom COT
MAJ at Fort Brown. Two bullets hnu
bcsi fred into him as he rode will
dlgatches across the plains one might
ana though not incapacltatod ~ sol
dlef no was given light duty and COD
dli up a bit.
The coddllng ceased soon after m
milors arrival. Ho was ON the lool
oui Tor such men. They were rcturnc
10 duty. and even given extra duty
AMI the mild protests of captains am
llctcnants were met with the forma
rs,ly:
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Trout Swallowed Water Rat

In the River wey. England. a nsh'
crman recently landed n nuo trout
Weighing two pounds and six ounces
aud measuring sixteen inches In
length Ito found the tail OF a rat
protrudlng from It's mouth and could
see the hind legs at tho far end OF
is mouth. Upon opening the hsh he
found a large water rat measuring ten
inrhoa
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-10-18

Tho japanese Alpine club, which Is
tho Oldest In the world, Is also a re-
llglous society, and tho asconts accom-
pllshed by It's members are proluded
by u prayer which runs: MAY our
hearts be pure. and may the weather
on the honorable peak be fine"
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Plato introduced the clepsydra into
Greece. It was used by the Romans
also. The king OF Persia is said to
have presented Charlomagne with a
water clock of bronze, inlaId with gold.
Water clocks were used up 10 tho
seventeenth century. Even with tho
introduction Of the pendulum, water
served "as tho motor and the pendu'
lum as a regulator
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TEA
We make four different
types: Schilling's Best
N.., srss. r.,arn. yoai asa., Il ~ dOa''iih.h


A remarkable story is told OF
clergyman abiding In southwestern
suburb Of London. who, concluding
sermon. said: Eyes. my brethren,
there is hell" and then drawing
out his watch. added, but We VIII no.
20 into that Just now
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great rcllcf by lcssonIng the pain and
correcting the action Of the kidney
sucrctions"
noau's Kidney pills for sale by all
dealers. Price. 90 cents. Foster Nil
burn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
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orders which kept me
in the house for days
at o. time. unable TO
do anything What I
suffered can Lardly
be told Complica'
lions set In. the par.
ticulars Of which l
will be pleased to
give Ia a personal In.
tcryicw TO any one
who requires infOr.
nation. This | can
con ciontiously say:
poans Kidney pills
eau cd a general inn
proyomout In my
health They brought
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whats that noisc7" That's
Gladys. She has g. gold piece
bangle that was coined tho year she
was born and she wants 10 wear II
AGAIN" but that doesn't explain tho
hammcrlng" shes bst'erlng II so
tho year won't show "--liouaton Post
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Possibly you may have observed
that lots Of girls marry during leap
vear who never married before
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sDr. David Ksnnedy's Tayorite Kennedy =
stgslsnt iog ~ lssf ar e ss5 ~, s,.''
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A voice FRom THE PULPIT.

rev Jacob n. Van Dorcn. Of 81
Sixth street. Fond Du lac. Wis,
Presbyterian clergyman. says: Il had
nLL.rL- ~ LLInnN dis
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write NuWNF ryT HrNrpY Co. Chicaso. Y
SOM s,ss 40 slfe ~ tnfaurl aud set ueuiisrs
siyise and Tree sample MURINE. itCurcs ell eIeillA
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Piso's Cure IL the best medicine We ever USED
tor all affections 81 the throat ana lunra-WA
o. EspaLHY, Vanburcn, Ind, Feb, 10, lvO'
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mites away. a court martial was
called and a good soldier disgracod.
Private German did not serve out
his sentence Of thirty days In the
guard Sou7ci WhnU ho Ind served