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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
HORRIBLE TORTURE
INFLICTED ON BOY.

MS back until the flesh was cut and
he tainted. but he remained steadfast
IN his last statement He was allowed
10 recover and was fed well. Again he
was examined" Men wearing large
iexas spurs jumped upon his prostrite
and bleeding body He screamed in
pain. and begged for mercy, He said
ne had told all he knew. He prayed
aloud In his cell, asking God to assist
the officers in their search for the
guilty persons, in ord er that he might
be cleared. The authorities did not be-
lieve his story. He was tortured again.
This time a moose was prepared and
he was strung up until his eyes bulged
from their sockets so horribly that
even the hardened officers of Texas
Justice turned away. The boys tongue
protruded from between his swollen
lips and he lost consciousness. and
lay near death for weeks.
Gov. Lanham then ordered Texas
rangers. under Capt Mcdonald. to
save the boy from further torture.
Officers and guards had started with
the boy across country to escape
lynching, and the boy escaped. He
was retaken by squad of rangers,
and Capt Mcdonald reached the con-
clusion that the boy was innocent.
Monk Gibson was Indicted on the
charge of murder, and his trial was
transferred to San Antonio. His neck
was saved by the fact that the bloody
imprint of hand on board of the
Conditt farmhouse did not correspond
to the imprint of his hand.
Capt. Mcdonald. veteran Texas
ranger. was sent by Gov. Lanham to
| investigate the murder. The minute
he set eyes on Felix Powell and his
crooked little finger, misshapen by a
felon, Mcdonald asked for his arrest.
The ranger found a bloody shirt hid
den under a culvert. 1t was too large
for Monk Gibson and he had blood on
the shirt he was wearing when ar
rested. When Mcdonald produced the
shirt. tied in bundle. Powell sad
THAT amt my shirt"
How did you know 1t was a shipt?''
asked the ranger. Didn't your math-
er sew on these buttons?'
The negro looked askance and re-
piled: Maybe she did. Did she say
so?"
The plans were laid to take an in
preston of Powell's hand. ard it WAS
through an adroit arrangement that
the imprint was secured. Campbor-
smoked paper was spread on a table
at the window. and then Capt. Nc
Donald asked: who is that coon,
Felix" pointing out the window. 1t
was necessary for the prisoner to lean
over the table to see in the direction
Indicated. and in doing this his hand
was so placed as to secure the desired
Imprint. 1t corresponded exactly with
the bloody imprint on the Con Att
house.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
RISKS LIFE ON NARROW
LEDGE To SAVE BABY.
Who Had Found New Place to
Play-Crowds Cheer Act.

Chicago feet in the
air, above the confusing whirl of traf-
fic In the street below, Margaret Kee-
sey, two years old. whose father and
mother are about to fight for her GUS
tody in the divorce courts. was res
cued from a ledge less than a foot
wide. on which she sat. by George
Wise, custodian of the chancery files
of the circuit court, on the fouth floor
of the Monadnock building.
AS she sat there. clapping her
hands in babyish glee, and laughing
at the sights that were strange to her,
wholly unconscious of her peril. great
crowds gathered in the street below,
fascinated by her danger. Women
who were passing ran from the scene,
and many of them, not wishing to wit
ness her death. took refuge in nearby
stores, fearing the child would fall.
When Wise came through the win
dow and crawled on his hands and
knees to where the child sat. they
stood with bated breath. powerless to
assist, and keenly watching his every
move. 1t seemed hours before the
space between the child and the win
dow was covered by the man. and
when he finally reached her a great
sigh of relief was heard.
Wise could not turn around. To at
tempt it meant certain death for him.
self and the baby. Steadying himself
as best he could on the narrow ledge
he took Margaret firmly about the
waist and painfully worked his way
back to the open window.
The baby, unconscious OF her dan
ger, laughed in her delight over the
novelty of the situation. She pulled
Wise's hair and made several at
tempts to stick her finger in his eye.
The window. which is on a level
with the platform, was open, and Mar
garet crawled through 1t and out onto
the ledge When out little way she
sat up and waved her hand to the men
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
HAS ss5o,ooo DREAM; AwAkENs.
Escanaba Fireman, Reputed Inventor
of Engine, Misses Prize.

Escanaba, Mich.-James F. Devlin
has returned to Escanaba a sadder if
not wiser man. Like the baseless
fabric of a vision have his dreams
faded of receiving S950,0O0 for a new
turbine engine that he is alleged to
have invented.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Dew
lin, who is locomotive fireman, re-
ported few days ago that the North
German Lloyd Steamship company
had given him, in the shape of a draft
the huge sum named for his patent on
a new and wonderful piece of propul-
Eive machinery. He started east, as
reported, to begin the construction of
the engine, but apparently got no
farther than Fond du Lac. There, ac-
cording to veracious report, he met an
attorney who is said to represent the
steamship people, and who, strange to
say. refused to cash Mr.. Devlin's large
draft. He didn't have the money, and
may be excused for the inadvertence;
lew men-and lawyers especially
travel with nearly $1,000.00 hard cash
In their garments.
But the incident was sufficient to
arouse suspicious In Mr. Devlin's
breast. He needed the money. and
couldn't understand why the draft
should not at once be turned into
greenbacks or gold.
Just anger seized him, and, accord
ing to Mr.. Devlin. he promptly wrecked
the model of his invention. Further.
he declares. he will not build another
until he receives his s950.0O0.
And. in addition, he has confided
TO his friends in Escanaba that. his
patent contrivance worked perfectly
in the presence of the New York law
yer and certain marine experts who
accompanied him. But there are peo-
pie who doubt. They want to know
how he could have received the big
draft in advance of an exposition of
the true inwardness of his machine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27

ties believe is positive evidence of the
other negro's guilt.
Monk Gibson worked for Conditt,
and when the family was murdered he
rushed breathlessly to the house of a
white neighbor and said he had seen
negro chasing Mrs. Conditt about
the yard. Whom neighbors reached
the house they found the entire fam
lily had been murdered most brutally.
Blood on Gibson's clothes at once
cast suspicion on him.
Gibson said the murderers. who he
said he did not know. had dragged
him into the house. compelled him to
witness the murders, and after wiping
blood upon his clothing. had set him
free.
The boy was tortured. Stripped and
bound to the floor, the lash fell across
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
A RiUal League Is Formed.

all of which she forgets to return.
Habits-Insists on front seat at
heavy shows: hints at 50-cent boxes
CT chocolates during acts. supper to
follow; keeps diary.
Favorite Flower-American Beauty
(s5 dozen brand).
Tastes-Fond of poetry: dotes on
Browning; writes little self.
Housekeeping-Small brother says
comes to breakfast in kimono; gets
sister or mother to do sweeping and
cleaning.
Cooking-Strictly punk.
Miss Hannah Scruggs, 500 Fuller
ton.
Halfway brunette, brown eyes; not
much on looks; never engaged. so far
as can be discovered; thinks jeweiry
ostentatious.
Habits - Has none disagreeable;
says Thank you for box of candy.
Tastes-Quiet. domestic; kid broth
er seems to admire her.
Housekeeping-Neat as a pin.
Cooking-All to the mustard.
Other records will, of coures. be
filed out as strictly as possible. With
complete docket bureau 1t is thought
the wary swain may guide his feet
with confidence along the pit strewn
road to matrimony.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
EDUCATORS FOR NEW SPELLING.
Simplified Board Has Names of BPS
for the Reform Plan.

New York.-The simplified spelling
board prior to August 1. 1906. had re-
ceived the signatures of 1876 college
presidents. professors. instructors and
university officers, who had agreed to
use the 300 words as far as practicable
in their own correspondence.
This university influence is greatest
in New York state. where more than
100 persons connected with univer-
stiles and colleges have Joined the
movement. Illinois comes next with
100 such signers. Massachusetts is
third with 92. California comes next
with 81. Then follow Michigan, So;
Missouri, AZ; Pennsylvania, 81, and
Connecticut. Indiana. Kansas and
Maryland each have more than
20 champions of the new spelling
in their higher institutions of
learning. The remainder are scattered
in varying numbers throughout the
other states. Since August l a num-
ber of university men have been
added.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
YOUNG MEN OF STERLING, ILL,
GET BACK AT YOUNG MAID
EMS CLUB.
VIII Keep Docket Bureau Containing
Records of Every Girls Charac-
ter to Guide Seekers After
Better Halves.

Sterling, 1ll--In retaliation for the
formation and announced intent of the
Marriageable Maidens' Matrimonial
club, of Rock Falls, which is Just
across the river. score of young men
of Sterling have organized themselves
into Young Mems Betterment
league.
The Rock Falls maidens, of whom
there are 20, announced that before
any swain could keep company with
any one of them his record would be
duly examined and vote of the other
10 members taken. Marriage, they
say, was not to be thought of unless
at least IL of the club members voted
aye when the question of the
blushing youth was submitted to
them.
With similar intent, the Young
Mems Betterment League, of which
there are also 20 members, will
straitly inquire into the habits and
past performances of every girl to
whom any member is paying court
II she is unduly fiirtatious and has
coquettishly thrown down any of the
other members, the fact will be duly
SoihHiuhicdteu, 50 tnat the love Smlt-
ten one may beware him well in
time. Likewise they will institute
investigations as to the quality of
the biscuits. soup, and seven layer
chocolate cake constructed by the
girlish subjects of inquest, and
whether her talents for keeping house
outweigh her inclinations to bridge
whist. first night box seats, and the
midnight festival.
Though the league lis newly formed,
its plans contemplate the establish
ment of docket bureau with black
tin boxes lettered from A to z, in
which the records of the maidens will
be kept-somewhat as follows:
Miss Mehitable Hathaway, 23 Stan
ton avenue.
Blonde, blue eyes, long lashes;
reaches Just up to shoulder; still
wears Harkness' ring, four fraternity
pins. and bracelet, giver unknown,
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
Serve as iIlumlnants.

The fire-fles of Jamaica emit so
brilliant light that a dozen of them.
enclosed within an inverted tumbler,
will enable a person to read or write
at night without the least difficulty.
Indeed. it is an expedient to which
many resort. These flies are in size
as large as a common hive bee, and
perfectly harmless. Their appearance
In unusual numbers acts as barom-
eter to the natives. and is an indica-
ton OF approaching rain.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
The Earth,s Composition.

Is the earth made up of three con
centric spheres? physicist says
that such is the case. The solid nu-
cleus he supposcs to be between 5000
and 1000 miles in diameter. and this
is surrounded by n liquid substratum
outside of which ia the crust. vari
ously estimated at 20 to zoo miles in
thickness. More than two centuries
ago a similar theory. including the
slow rotation of the inner solid sphere
on . different axis from that of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
PIvmaoe Of the eIuepIro.

OF the male bluebird Thoreau said:
He carries the sky on his back" To
this John Burroughs added, and the
earth on his breast" The birds back.
wings anc tail. chin and throat are .
vivid blue. while his breast and tanks
are a chestnut brown and his abdomen
a dirty white. The female is very
much duller in coloring. often having
a reddish tone that extends from the
middle OF the back over the shoulder.
The Seminole Indians say that the
male bluebird once few SO high that
his back rubbed against the sky,
which impaired to him its own azure
tint Returning to earth, his wife 70
admired his new coat that she deter
mined to have q like one for herssif
and the next morning few away To
get It; but the day proving somewhat
cloudy, the color given to her dress
was not so brilliant as was that re-
ceived by her mate.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
BRUTAL TREATMENT OF NEGRO
TO OBTAIN CONFESSION.
cHokED TILL EYES BULGE
Texas Officers Perform Outrageous
Acts in Their Anxiety to Make
Him Admit Murder-FinaIiy
Rescued by Rangers.

Fort Worth. Tex.-Tortures as dia-
bolical as religious fanatics ever Wis
tied upon hereto having failed to
make Monk Gibson, a negro boy.
confess the slaughter of Mrs. J. F.
Conditt and her four children last
September, the crime has been laid
now upon Felix Powell. another and
older negro. Only Gibson's survival
of the TEXTURES inflicted upon him led
to the discovery of what the authori-
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
FLOATING Exposition.

Three hundred British firms have
contributed to an exhibit of goods
which is displayed on the lower decks
OF a former military transport, and
will be sent-from London to different
ports OF Canada. the West Indies.
South America, South Africa, India,
China, Japan and Australia. The voy-
age is expected to last IL months.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
Man Shot BY a woodchuek.

New Haven. Conn.-George Adams,
Of Waterbury, lies fatally wounded at
the home OF Clifford Barnum in Mid
dlebury. Adams was shot by a wood
chuck. He went to Middlebury a few
days ago on business. The other night
with two farmhands and his wife he
went in pursuit OF woodchuck which
was in burrow In lot.a quarter OF
mile from the Barnum home. The
men poured bucket after bucket of
water into the woodchuck hole and
soon had the animal gasping to keep
his head above water at the mouth of
the hole. Adams tried to push the
woodchuck under the water with the
butt of his rife. AS he did so the wood
chuck. Adams says. selzlng the rifle
trigger with its claws. discharged the
rife.
Won't Admit II.
Many man is too stubborn to nd
nit that he is related to the mule.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
Cultivated by the Scholars.

1t is stated that nearly 5000 school
gardens exist in Austria. not includ-
ing the sister kingdom of Hungary.
They are connected with both private
and public schools. and are used for
purposes of practical instruction In
horticulture and tree-growing. and
often contain botanical museums and
bee hives.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27

The extraordinary popularity OF flns
white goods this summer makes tho
choice OF Starch matter OF great inn
portance. Defiance Starch, being fres
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fins
fabrics. Its great strength as a stiff
ener makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result OF
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27

Life often seems but shipwreek.
whose fragments are friendship, glory
and love. The shores Of time that We
pass during our life are covered with
these derelicts.-Mme. de StaeL.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27

Every mother pats herself on ths
back when her daughter marries thss
man abe selected.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27

entire globe, was held by Dr. Edmund
HALEY to account for the changes in
the earth's magnetism. The axis OF
the nucleus was thought to have been
originally that of the entire globe
and the change OF its course was
attributed to deluge. The earth's in
ternal heat. 1t is now pointed out,
may be accounted for by the friction
OF the different rotating bodies.
OF the 45.000,000 bullets fired by the
Russians during the Crimean war
1882 900 failed to fulfil their errand
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-04-27
Maryland Affairs.

Chestertown, Kent county, has ''rot-gut''
walking barrooms.
| Easton, Talbot county, according to the new
registration, has $50 voters.
| 1t is reported that six Ocean City hotels
| have closed on account of the new liquor IL
cense fee, and fears are expressed that the
summer resort will suffer as a result.
! Joshua C. Worthington, aged IS years, CON-
mitted suicide, at his home, near Harrison
Vile. Baltimore county, on April q, by shoot.
! ing himself III the centre of the forehead.
Rev. DIR. Wilbur F. Sheridan, pastor of
Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church,
received from his congregation an Easter egg
that contained three one hundred dollar bills
inclosed in a letter congratulahng him upon
the success of the church during his pastorate.
| According to the Bureau of Entomology of
the Department of Agriculture, in Washing
ton, Maryland is to be visited next month by
| the l7-year aud lSyear loCIsts. The depart
ment has sent out for distribution in the local
tiles that will be visited by the locusts a circu-
| lar which contains map indicating the vari-
Gus poiuts where the locusts will appear.
A SOW, owned by John Tole Usiton, living
/ near Chestertowu, either ate or killed %
young pigs, ate a young calf and was about to
devour sucking colt one evening last week
when a gentleman happened to pass through
| the barnyard and saw the SOW attack the colt.
I The SOW was valued at about Sc, aud she de-
stroyed about $50 worth of property in less
than an hour.
| The Undine Flour Mills, at Williamsport,
owned by f. NJ Baker & Co., we're burned on
the 20th instant, also feed house and stable
and small frame dwelling, occupied by VIM.
| w. Preston, were destroyed. with 600 bushels
Of wheat in the elevator, 100 barrels of -four,
ahcui $50 barrels of corn and a quantity of
| loose flour. The loss is about $1l, 900; insur-
ance about 81 1000.
The Western Maryland Railroad Company
has been made the defendant in a damage
suit fer $4,000 brought in the City Court,
Baltimore, by the State for Mrs. Nettie A.
| Covel, widow Of George B. Covell. The
plaintiff states that her husband was an engi
neer on one of the express trains of the rail-
road, his run being between Baltimore and
Hagerstown, and that in June of the year of
1905 he received injuries in a wreck on the
road from which be died.
! Official announcement was received from
| Washington TO the effect that Baltimore was
rapidly becoming the anarchistic center of the
United States. Another serious phase of the
situation was the admission of Captain of De-
tectives Pumphrey that the Black Hand Soci-
ETY. had been operating in Baltimore, and only
recently several prominent Italian citizens
had received threatening letters signed by the
| Black Hand, promising dire results if Its re-
quests for money were not complied with.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
To Pastors, Sunday School Superintendent
and FraternaI Orders,


The ADVOCATE has been publishing free OF
cost notices of fairs, festivals, oyster suppers
aud picnics. Throughout the year something
oil the sort is advertised. We have had re,
quesls to publish notices of picnics as long as
three months in advance.
Sometimes these notices occupy more than
half "a column. They come in late, often, and
put the Office to Inconvenience to iusert them.
and when not inserted, for any cause, late re-
ceip, or non receipt, ofense at the omission
has been taken by persons sending them.
Hereafter only notices of religious services
will be published free. When any affair is
gotten up to make money for church, Sunday
school or society, notices of such will be
charged for at usual rates.
And why not? Why should the Advocate
be asked to draw the attendance, when the
ice cream manufacturer, the oyster dealer, the
confectioner aud all others furnishing supplies
are paid? It's just as important to have buy.
ers as to have something to sell.
Some persons think such notices serve just
to ill up, and cost nothing to print. The cost
is the same in proportion as public sales,
store or other advertising. Advertisements
are source of revenue, without which no
paper could be sustained
Besides. the stockholders contribute to the
support OF their own churches, and ought not
to be asked to contribute to churches and
Sunday schools all over the county.
The reasons given above are sufficient to
show all fair people the correctness Of the
purpose to cease free advertising of affair
pollen M In mise mnneY.
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Base BAH.

Manager NeIlor OF the Sykesvile A. C.. has
arranged the toilnwlng schedule:
April 2s-Rock Hill Reserves. at Elhcott
City.
May 5-Picked team from Baltimore, at
Sykesyille.
May I2-Westmiuster A. c.. at Sykesville.
MAY 80 Morningl Perseverance A. C.,
at Sysesville.
May So-( Afternoou) Perseverance, A. c.,
at Sykesyiie
June a-BarclAys. at Sykesville.
June 23-York A. c., at Sykesvile.
june sO-MeCulloh 4. c., at Sykesyille.
july - Morniug) Columbia A. c., al
Sykesville.
July - lAaernoon) Columbia A. C., at
SykeSyille.
July T-Fayetie,A. c., al Sykesyille.
July l4-Wise Bros. Reserves, at Sykes.
Vile
July 2s-Sccurity Fire Insurance Company,
al Sykesyile
August 4-Crrsent A. C., at Sykesvile
August lI-McCulloh A. c., at Sykesville.
The open dates are May l9 and %, June :
and ID. July n and August Is and %. Any
strong uniformed team wishing games on ans
Of the open dates should communicate with L.
NJ. Mellor, Jr, Sykesyille, Nd. The proha
bic line up Of the team will be: Il. Slack and
W. Barnes. C. &; Frank Shipley and Frank Lee,
D.; r. FIruved, 10 Edwin Mellor, 2b.; Frank
Mellor, 5. s.; Charles GosneN, Sb.; II. Oh.
and II. Colhns. l. t.; c. Welsh and l.. Collins
c E.; John Gilroy and George Dorsey, r. t.
Western Maryland defeated the Maryland
| School for the Deaf IN Westminster last Satur
| day. hy to 3. The feature was the pitching
! hy Huuks, of W. NJ. c., who struck out IA
men The game WAS very listleSSiy played.