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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-01
WOT'S THE USE

Wot's the use o fireffies
Skootin' round at night
With their foolish twinlilsf
They don't give no light
Wot's the use o ravin'
Bout the blushin' rose2
You can't git their peta
Made up into clos.
Wot's the use o daisies
Dewy-like an wet.
Err the other flowers
Sence they can't be etf
Wot's the use o naoonshine.
Fallin' on the bay?
'Tw6n't bring IN no money
Not tell Judgment day.
Wot's the u5e o. squawkin'
Like them noisy birds.
And, sence were about it,
Wots the use o words?
Eff those things have value,
l amt found their worth
Amt no use in notkin'
On this bloomin' earth.
-Clarieo W. Riley in New York TimeA
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-01
But She Did.
Heard you had

Heard you had
q quarrel with
your wife"
Yes, a fierce
one"
What did you
say
Never said a
word"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-01

Lady ito new cook)-But, Mary.
what's the matter? What have you got
that veil on for?
Cook SIRE, ma'am, / don't want to
have onplexion spoiled while I'm
cookins. - iliegende Batter
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-01

Ella-Bella has given up playing
bridge whist and has thrown her cards
In the fire.
Stella-Burned her bridge behind her,
SO to speak.-Brookiyn Eagle.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-01

Photographer-Now, then, little boy,
look pleasant.
Little Boy-Aw. how kin you look
pleasant wild your Sunday clo'es on
an a gang o fellers layin' fer you
outside wild q lot o. rotten tomas p
Philadelphia Press.
There's only one thing harder than
being asked to explain, and that's ex-
planning.
Trouble is a commodity dealt in by
innocent looking people with a burn
ing desire TO help in matters they
know nothing about
He who invents a painless clamp TO
hold the timber tongue in state Of
rest will merit the deep thanks Of 8
nation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20

That people of Ottumwa and vicin-
ity may see and appreciate what one
of the F. W. Woolworth &, Company's
Five and Ten Cent stores means, the
new establishment at 116 East Main
street, will be thrown open for the
first time Friday and the day will be
one of inspection. At this time, how.
ever, no goods will be sold and it will
not be until Saturday morning at 8
o'clock that the enterprise will enter
upon its existence among the business
houses of the city. On inspection day,
the Ottumwa Harp orchestra will fur.
nish music and G. G. Bracy, the
local manager, who comes from Atchi-
son, Kansas, will be in attendance at
the reception with thirty-five clerks
and corps of assistants, consisting Of
managers of nearby stores.
The Woolworth Stores.
To those who are not already famil.
lar with the Woolworth stores some
thing of an explanation Of this great
local establishment is but one of a
chain of 1856 stores reaching from
Maine to Colorado, incorporated with
a capital of s1O,OO0,000. The head
quarters Of the company are in New
York city with a branch Office in Chi
cago, and the corporation has been in
existence for twenty-eight years Each
department has expert buyers who give
all their time in getting the best in
their lines. Four men are sent to
Europe twice year and in Germany
there is whole community making
goods for these stores.
They are next to the largest users Of
ocean shipping in the United States.
For these reasons they are enabled to
give such big values for ten cents.
The ottumwa Store.
In Iowa, the Woolworth corporation
has stores established at Des Moines,
Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque,
Davenport, Marshalltowu and Fort
Dodge and one is now being establish
ed at Muscatine. The past month has
been one of preparation for the Ottu'n-
wa store. The store room has been en-
larged to twice it's original length and
has been elegantly fitted up with cher
ry fixtures There are twenty-five de-
partments in all, and as one enters, the
ten cent goods are to be found OIL the
right; on the left, the five cent goods.
The windows are finished in mirrors
and plush. AS an illustration as to
what can be bought at this store for
| ten cents, there may be mentioned,
enameled buckets, dish-pans, stew ket-
ties, crockery, wash bowls and pitch
ers; umbrellas; open work bureau
scarfs; and children's dresses.
This store PROMISES to become at
once in popular favor in Ottumwa and
the reception will undoubtedly dis
close many pleasant surprises as to
what can be bought for five and ten
cents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
WOOL WORTH STORE
RECEPTION FRIDAY
oTTUMWA's NEW FIVE AND TEN
CENT STORE TO OPEN WITH
INSPECTION DAY

Is One Of Chain Of 1856 Stores Reach
ing From Maine to Colorado. Some
thing Of the History of the Big En-
terprise.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
MoULToN.

Moulton, Sept. 19.-Rev. John Fuller
came in on a Wabash train Tues
day evening.
w. T. Hays and family left Tues
day for Indiana to visit friends and
relatives.
Mr.. Doke of Bloomfield was in town
Monday
Lee Doss and wife went to Udell
Monday evening.
Cam, Guy and Charley Marshall left
for Ohio Monday to visit the latter's
old home and visit relatives.
Earl Paxson Of Ottumwa is visiting
his uncle, E. A. Walker and family.
Miss Alta Robb left on the evening
Wabash train Tuesday.
The P. E. o. society was entertained
by Mrs. Charley Powers Tuesday
Lily Floyd of Abba was in town
Tuesday.
Mrs. Wilkinson Of Council Bluffs has
been visiting Mrs. v. E. Montgomery.
H. L. VAIL of Keosauqua is trans
acting business in town and visiting
bis father and mother.
]. D. Young was in Centerville on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Titus and son and sister left
the first Of the week for Pittsburg. Pa,
and from there she will go to Wash
| ington D. G. She expects to make a
! visit of six weeks.
Miss Minnie Bryan, the fifth room
teacher, is sick and Miss Edith Bur-
dick is taking her place.
H. P. Powers and John Brown made
business trip to Centerville Mon
day.
Mrs. Anda Cupp left Tuesday fol-
Kansas to see her mother, who is very
ILL.,
Rev. Trimble left for Des Moines
| Tuesday evening.
Woten Bros. have quit the Wabash
and w. S Grady has charge Of the
night crew at the lower yards.
| Miss Guthrie Of Milton is visiting
/ her sister, Mrs. Luman.
Ralph Davis came in Tuesday even
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20

over from Agency Monday evening
and are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
w. B. Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgins have gone to
Colorado to look for location.
The familiar hymn, Count Your
Many Blessings" sung on the street
Tuesday afternoon by Ezra Temple, a
former resident of this place, attracted
a crowd of listeners to whom he
preached such a sermon as many of
his hearers had not heard in years
Sound logic, unvarnished truths and
wholesome counsel made up the in
teresting address and being a non-res-
ident, he spoke the truth unsparingly
The talk was a good one. He stated
that he was a Baptist and that some
years ago he had assisted Rev. Bush
in the First Baptist church of this
city He has been preaching on the
streets for fifteen years and was en-
route to Fort Madison.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
ELDoN.

Eldon, Sept. 19.-Miss Esther West
of Des Moines is visiting Mrs. S. A
Willard and others this week.
Charles Quigley is in Fairfield today
James Healey of Muscatine was in
the city yesterday
The Eagles have a carnival company
this week in tents adjoining the depot
Mrs. Warren S. Stone left today for
a visit with Mrs. Ira McCrary Of OF
tumwa. Mrs. Stone has been visiting
friends in Eldon for the last two
weeks. She goes from Ottumwa tt
Agency, her old home, to visit hel
father, L. F. Newell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Houghland are II
Ottumwa today.
Work has been resumed on the Koht
T. NJ. Stroud has sold his homt
property in Jacques addition to N. ]
Ward.
Mrs. John Clark of Keokuk is thu
guest of Mrs. J. A. Bundy and Mrs
VIM. Taylor for a few days.
Mrs. Harry Flint left for Crestor
this morning to visit relatives.
Mrs. Clyde Nelson and Mrs Joh1
Terry are Ottumwa visitors today.
Ed Sawyers is an Ottumwa visito
today.
This place has the honor Of having
both candidates for representatives il
the next election. Ed. J. Moore. rep
and C. G. Sparks DEM, both ar
bright, energetic young men.
c. G. Sparks is an Ottunwa visito
today
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
Notice..

All persons Indebted to me will
please call and settle Immediately as
1 intend to leave Ottumwa.
T. E. Gibbons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
CONVENTIONS BEGINNING
Happenings of Early Part of the Demo-
cratic Meeting.

Owing to the various editions of the
Courier, the readers of this edition
were not given detailed account of
the opening of the democratic conven-
ton Saturday afternoon, although a
full account was given them Of what
followed. Judge E. G. Moon was made
chairman of the convention, N. F. Reed
reading clerk and James Gee, secre-
tary. The committee on credentials
reported favorably on the seating of
the delegation from Dahlonega town
ship headed by w. H. Kitterman, as
opposed to the one headed by Louis
Denny. Judge Moon was nominated
for senator on the first ballot. the vote
being, Moon, 1861; Rugg, 711a; Dud-
geon, 4. G. r. Sparks was nominated
for representative on the fourth ballot
over Scott, Dudgeon and Huffman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
Tri- WEEKLY Courier

CHANGING ADDRESSES.
Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give the name of
the Postoffice to which the paper has
been sent as well as the Fostoffce
where they desire it to be changed to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20

From Wednesdays Daily.
Ruben Ware, of Fremont, was in the
city today on business.
G. Gage of Fairfield, is in the city,
visiting with George Burnett, who re-
sides on Lotspeich street
Fruit coloring for cakes. Sargent's.
Miss Blanche Trotter, 424 West Fifth
street, lert this morning for Keosouqua
to visit with friends.
Rubber finger stalls. Sargent's.
Miss Maude Ireland, of Abba, return
ed home after visit with her sister
Mrs. Ella Miller, 315 East Fifth street.
Mrs. ]. w. Trowell, of Riverview, left
this morning for Belknap to visit a
few days with friends.
Mrs. G. schawbkey, Jr., of Eldon,
has returned home after visiting few
avs with friends and relatives in this
city.
B. A. Hand has resumed his duties
as member of the firm Of w. A. Nc
Intire & Co., after an extended vaca-
ton for the benefit of his health His
many friends in and around Ottumwa
will be glad to know of his return and
that he Is again able TO give his time
and attention to his hardware bust,
ness. Mr. Hand has spent several
months with relatives near Bidwell.
Rexall spices are pure. Sargent's.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

From Tuesdays Daily.
Sargent treats everybody right.
Walter McNett left this afternoon
for Abba on business.
Miss Edith Foster, 205 East Fifth
street. left yesterday afternoon for
Fairfield to continue her course in
Parsons college.
County Clerk Edwin DUNCAN has is
sued marriage licenses to the follow.
ing: Frank ]. lines and Miss Clara
Girdon Tomlin; Jesse Weese and Miss
Nancy Isabelle Casteel.
Butter color, 15c, 25c and so. Sargent's
Born, Sunday evening, to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Dowell, who reside on
North Ash street, son.
George Foster, 2O5 East Fifth street,
left yesterday for Fairfield for a short
visit with Prof. Wirtz.
Mrs E. West, 202 Woodland avenue,
left this morning for Agency to visit a
" days with friends.
Born, Sunday evening, to Mr.. and
L
view. a daughter.
Miss Susie Lane, 10 South Willard
street, returned home yesterday from
Union, where she has been visiting
friends.
Mrs. Joseph Updike of Charlton and
Mrs. May Lester of Ni-Wott, Col, are
in the city and are tue guests of their
sister, Mrs. J. J. Tutwiler, ia South
Davis street.
Cheese tablets and coloring. Sargent's.
Mrs. J. D. Brewer and sister-in-law
Miss Minnie Brewer, of Mt. Etna, were
in the city yesterday and visited at the
home of Elder and Mrs. G. E. Wolf, 223
South Moore street.
Miss Ella Spann, of Abba, gospel
singer, arrived in the city today and
will assist Miss Jessie Petty in the
Friends meetings held in the taberna-
Gle at the corner of Wabash and Sher.
idan avenues.
Miss Marguerite Fisher, $50 East
Second street, left yesterday afternoon
fod Fairfield to attend Parsons college
this year.
Rennet and Junket tablets. Sargent's.
Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Younkin, 415
East Fourth street, left this morning
for Centerville to visit few days with
friends.
We are in position to give YOU bet
ter shoes for less money than the aver
age store and we do. Church Shoe
Co. South Ottumwa.
Rev. H W. DeHarpport, pastor OF
the Free Methodist church, left yes
teroay afternoon for Charlton, Des
Moines and other points in the state
on business.
Absolutely pure spices (RexalD .Sar
gents. Main and Market streets
G.. A. Smith, of Bladensburg, has ,e
,ceived notice that he has been drawn
on the panel of the federal jury at
Davenport.
Miss Edith Sigel, 510 East MAR
street, returned this morning from
Fairfield, where she has been visiting
with her sister. Mrs. H. J. Cohn.
Rev. Father John Adams, of Hough
Eaon. was il the city yesterday. gues
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
low A SUFFRAGE
SOCIETIES MEET
MRS. EMILY PHILLIPS OF THIS
clTYIs TO TAKE PART
ON PROGRAM

The thirty-ffth annual meeting of the
Iowa Equal Suffrage association will
be held at Ida Grove, September 1926
~ Mrs Emily Phillips, president of
the local organization, and Mrs. Henry
Phillips have been chosen as delegates.
Mrs. Emily Phillips has a paper be-
fore the association at the Wednesday
afternoon session, the program for
which is as follows:
Wednesday Program.
Music
Invocation-Rev. w. e. Kuntz.
Rev. Eleanor 3. Gordon, vice presi-
dent, presiding.
Work conference:
Creating sentiment"-Mary e.
Craig, Allison, member national COM
mittee.
Doubling the Membership Ella
Miller Moore, Panora.
Suffrage in schools"---E. Francis
Weber, Des Moines.
Travelling Libraries"--Emily Phil
lips, Ottumwa.
Assembly Work"-Clara Toy Carey,
Atlantic.
"Finance"-Susie H. Brown, Pan
ora.
Reading VIRGINIA Hose.
Report Of Press Superintendent
Miss Alice Priest, Shenandoah.
Paper-"The Value of Conventions
Mary A. Emsley Adams, Mason
City.
peace and Arbitration"-L. s
Brown, Des Moines, member national
committee.
Unfinished business.
Three Minute Club Reports.
4, Adjournment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20

ing from north Missouri towns, where
he has been on business.
Ora Woods sale came out better
than he expected yesterday, although
the crowd was small. c. L. Smith
cried the sale.
Miss Myrtle Cooksey is the new
night operator at the farmers tele-
phone office.
Arthur Meyer came in Tuesday
from a trip to Missouri.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20

From Wednesdays Daily.
Ruben Ware, Of Fremont, was in the
city today on business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
IN JUSTICE COURT.

Emma Jennings Pleads Guilty Il
Charge Of Using Obscene Languages.
From Wednesdays Daily
Emma Jennings, charged with using
obscene language, pleaded guilty in
Justice M. L. Kinks court this morn,
ing and was fined $40 and costs which
was suspended On good behavior. Mrs
May Merrett was the prosecuting wit.
ness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
Dress Goods,
Silks,
Trimmings.

We are showing much more
varied assortment Of weaves
and styles and a wider range OF
prices than any two stores in
Ottumwa.
When you come here to look
for any of the requirements OF
Ladies wear, we have the as
sortment to choose from. You
do not have to be contented
with seeing only few things
when trading here. Our shelves
are full to Overlooking, counters
and tables stacked high with
the seasons latest creations.
No waste space in this store
every available spot utilized
and more coming. We don't
show goods in a half hearted
manner-we have all the latest
things. and if one won't suit,
the other will.
YOh want the trneSt fashions
and You will come here to get
them. We have the assortne 11t
that p1eases.
Bewildering array of fashion S
latest Silks, q nm
Enormous stocks of fashions
favored wool Dress Goods,
Plaids, Plains and n I'm
Mixtures, 25c to-. Z.CU
Exquisite Partisan 4 40
Dress Trimmings, 10c toUs7O
We are Sole Agents for
Priest1ey's
Famous Black Dress Goods.
S. C. Cullen & Co.
126-12e-1so East Main Street
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20
SHOE H&F STORE
HAGBERG G. HARRINGTON
1924 e. Main.

Oh very Rev. F. w. Hoppman, at st.
Mary's rectory. Rev. Father Joseph
Ranger, of Bauer, was also a guest
of Dean Hoppman Sunday evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-20

Miss Kate Sylvester, PIT Schuyler
street, left yesterday for Hiteman.
where she will visit friends.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-27
BRUTAL MURDERER MAR
ROWLY ESCAPES LYNCHING.

Las Animas, Colo, Dec. 27.-Only
the lack of a determined leader last
night prevented mob of three nun
dred men from lynching Lawrence
Iceberg, a tramp who confessed the
brutal murder of Henry Lavenmeyer.
a ranchman living on Horse Creek.
II miles west Of Las Animas, where
ne was pounded to a pulp with a
hammer and his throat cut. Friends
and neignbors of the murdered man
are still secretly guarding the Jail
to prevent the removal of Iceberg
from town. 1t is believed that if the
other effort to lynch the murderer
will be made.
Last night the mob broke into the
Jail, but were unable to break into
the steel cell il which Iceberg was
confined. The murderer has confessed
and claims that he drank the blood"
Of his victim, and would have scalp
ed him if his knife had not been so
dull. 1t is believed by many that Lei
berg is insane. He set fire to a hay
stack, because after being fed a
nights lodging was refused him. He
was arrested by Lavenmeyer, but
managed to get possession of a ham
mer and murdered his captor The
town is still greatly worked up over
second assault on the jail tonight,
which means breaking into the cell
in which the murderer is confined.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-27
TWO INCHES OF SNOW IN
BRITISH METROPOLIS.

London, Dec. 26.-The British me-
tropolis is covered with two inches
of snow, and advices from the cou1-
try districts announce that tie deep
drifts are interfering with the distri-
button of mails and railway traffic.
Several schooners have been wrecked
off the coast during binding snow
storms. The steamer Hazeluen struck
rock and sank off Cloughey Life
boat men rescued the crew after an
exciting experience.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-27

tell, but it's future is extremely prom
ising. Raw lands in the artesian bell
which five years ago could be bought
for 50 or So an acre are now worth
ten times as much.
The United States Reclamation Sci
vice has just completed works on the
Hondo River near Roswell, which will
irrigate from $4,000 to $4,000 acres OF
extremely productive land. 1t has also
taken over and is now reconstructi7g
the irrigation works near Carlsbad,
which were so badly damaged by
floods in 1904 that their owners were
not able to repair them
The total irrigated and irrigable
area of the Pecos Valley can be
roughly estimated as follows:
By the big springs and old bitches
near Roswell, $4,000 acres
By the Hondo Reservoir, 1900
acres.
By the Northern Canal, 10000 acres
CONTINUED on Page Taree.)
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-27

Marlin, Texas, Dec. 27.-Wnile
about two thousand people were as
night to enjoy the carnival attrac-
tions, great excitement was caused
by three pistol shots fired in rapid
succession. negro girl, about II
years old, was shot through the head
and instantly killed. A negro man,
Hunt Brodgis, received a fatal wound
in the back. A negro about so years
of age, fled through the crowd, with
a smoking pistol in hand, shooting
behind aim as he ran, with the police
in pursuit Walter Taylor policeman,
was slightly wounded in the arm.
The negro has not been captured, al
though he is said to be wounded. The
cause of the shooting is unknown.
Massacre of Mexcans and Whites.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 27.-Col. H.
B. Maxsol, vice president of the Ma
tional litigation Congress and Secre-
tary of the Board of Education of
Reno, Nevada, who has been spend
-efs-past feW-weeks in the state
of Sonora, Mexico, arrived il Los
Angeles yesterday with a graphic
story of a massacre of Mexicans and
whites which has occurred at the lit
tie station of Lancho on the Cananea,
Yaqui River and Pacific railroad late
Saturday afternoon According to
Maxson, his train stopped at Lalcho
for an hour, where he heard that the
Yaquis were on the war-patn. An
hour after the train left the station
the Yaquis descended on the station
and killed four people. Station Master
Thompson and wife escaped by
boarding a work train that pulled in
just in time. Not many miles away
at another station the bodies of four
Mexicans and Americans were found.
The uprising is believed to be Sc
rious.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-27
CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY
HE TOOK THE MONEY

Kansas City. Mo-, Dec. 27.-Wm. c.
Anderson. former assistant paying
teller of the First National Bank of
this city. pleaded guilty in the Grim
inal court today to embezzling $4,000
of the banks funds, and was sentenc-
Anderson had been employed in the
bank for Is years. When he disap-
peared Dec. 1st last. He was arrested
at Austin. Texas. last week, and
since tnen most of the stolen money
has been recovered. Before sentence
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-27

New Orleans, La, Dec. 27.-That
the white men protect the innocent
negroes and that every effort is be-
ing made by the whites to punish
those 'thoodlums" of their own race
who were responsible for the Christ
mas riots in Kemper county. Miss,
was the Information in detailed ac
counts arriving today from the little
towns which were the scene of blood
shed A conference has been neld,
these dispatches say, between the ci-
vii and military authorities at which
evidence was produced that will es-
tablish the indemnity of five white
me1 of good families who took part
i'll the lynchings.
District Attorney Currie has made
a public statement in which he says:
4 have found on investigation that
the trouble was caused by lot of
hoodlums and outlaws, who openly
violated all the laws of God, ma1
and uecency. The four men killed on
Christmas day were not connected
with the affair in any manner, and
am Informed that the houses burn
ed were occupied by negroes who
were not even in sympathy with any
of those connected with the outrages.
These men will be captured if it is
within the power of the state of Mis-
sissippi to do this"
The dispatches say that the total
death list will probably be IL. The
mob element among the whites mas
mostly fed toward the Alabama state
line, while the negroes have gathered
at Scooba and Wahalaka to place
themselves under the protection of
the militia and citizens. The killing
of negro named Calvin Nicholson
is reported as one of the most brutal
that has ever occurred since the
days of reconstruction. Nicholson was
posse was searching for a negro nam
ed Simpson, when a deputy entered
Nicholson's house, and several pers-
oas began shooting at him. Deputy
Sheriff Alexander and two others
him with their bodies until overpow-
cred, after which he was snot by the
mob and his house burned. District
Attorney Currie says he has fixed the
blame for this murder on three men,
and will arrest them if they nave not
left the state.