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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06
TWO NEGROES STRUNG UP
 AND BODIES ARE BURNED

of a. blow in the head. apparently made by an axe. Mrs. Hart was seriously beaten and was found unconscious. She dled Wednesday night without having re- gained consciousness.
 Today the negroes were quietly taken from the county Jail and carried some distance from the town where they were hanged to a tree.
 The lynching party consisted of num- Der of men who concealed their identity with masks. After the hanging the bodies were cut down and inenerated. After this the posse quietly dispersed. There ii no excitement in the district as a result of the lynching.
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GOLSTON FOUND
 DEAD IN OFFICE
Man Is Thought To Have Died From Heart Failure Wednesday
 Hn Night.

Joseph P. Golston, president of the Wis cola Bottling company, was found dead in his office on Avenue A, between Nine- teenth and Twentieth streets, yesterday morning at o'clock by one of the em- ployes of the Wiseola company. Physi- clans who were summoned attributed the death of the man to heart failure, and it Is thought that MT. Golston died soma time Wednesday evening after the store closed doors for the day. He was last seen alive Wednesday afternoon about 6 o'clock.
 The deceased was 42 years of age, and had been a resident of Birmingham for about six years, having come here from Cedar Springs, Tenn. He is survived by a widow and three children, Tressie, Edna and Mary Joe Golston.
 The remains were removed to the late residence of the deceased, PA North flaw kins street, West End, where the funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 The interment will be made in the Oak Hill cemetery.
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STREET CAR OBSERVATIONS.

' "A few mornings ago a well dressed woman, ac 1mpanied by a nurse who carried in her arms sick child, board- ed a car in one of the best residence suburbs,' said a woman yesterday. "The nurse took the only vacant seat and the mother looking about her, saw that @ portion of a seat was occupied by a young woman with an infant about 8 year and a half old, sitting beside her.
 asked If the seat could be shared with her. The woman made a motion with
 her body as if to move over but the other woman was forced to hold on the chair in front to keep from being precipitated into the aisle. This had no appreciablo effect on the other occupant of the seat,
 and seeing that the portion of the seat
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Hawkinsvllle, Ga, March 1.-Two ne- groes. Curry Robertson and John Henry. were lynched today near here and their bodies burned. 1ney were charged with the murder of MT. and Mrs. Warren Hart.
 One of the negroes confessed to the crime and said the motive was robbery. Robertson and Henry were arrested We'd nesday, following the discovery of the body of Warren Hart. His wife was lying nearby in a dying condition. The murders took place near Frazier, the home of the Harts
 MT. Hart had been killed as the result
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SOUNDS MUCH LIKE
 PRESS AGENTS STORY

Panama. March 5.-The newspapers here comment favorably on the extraor dinary amount of canal excavations for the month of February, which if con- tinued upon the same scale would make possible the opening of the canal be- fore 1912.
 As a sort of contribution in honor of Lieutenant Colonel George W. Goethals the chief engineer of the Panama canal,
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Mrs. c. P. Orr is in New York.

Mrs. c. F. Orr is in New Y ork.
 At the cotillon at Delmonico's, given by the Four Cotillons, and which closed the season, Mrs. Darlington Semple and her daughters, Miss Ellen Semple and Miss Emily Semple, considered two of the most beautiful girls In New York, were among the guests. Mrs. Semple has been a patroness of many smart dances In New York. Her daughters are members of the Four Cotillons.
 Mrs. Henry Dean gave a small bridge luncheon on Tuesday. The Rev Dr. J. C. Hiden and Mrs. Hiden will leave in the early spring for Virginia.
 Chancellor A. H. Benners has returned. A meeting of the board of managers of the Birmingham Free Kindergarten as- sociation was held yesterday morning In the palm room of the Hillman.
 During the visit to Washington of MT. and Mrs. Spier Whitacher they were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Cyrus P. King.
 Mrs. James Edward Gill is now in Lon don.
 Miss Marie Smith will entertain the Amaranth club this afternoon.
 MT. l.. N. Archer has returned home from McAdory's infirmary.
 Miss Winnie Davis Westmoreland of Athens is visiting Miss Grace and Miss Myrtle Mcclure at S31 Bradley street.
 1I If-cI, ;s. t1,.. guest of MT. and Mrs. Leopold Loeb at 2105 Fourteenth avenue south. Mss Hirsh is the sister of Mrs. Loeb and Mrs. D. s. Mayer.
 The Study Circle will meet with Mrs. !. F. Leath this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, 2l13 Eleventh avenue, south.
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who has been in Washington for some time past, the total amount taken from Culebra cut yesterday, as reported by the engineer in charge, was 55,054 cubic yards. This was taken out in eight hours by the employment of AS steam shovels, on one of the hottest days of the season. This record exceeds all previous records since the Americans have assumed oper- ating on the work.
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Regularly $ 2 0
 and S25.OO

Smart Spring styles, every one a new one, Prince Chap a II d Butterfly Coats, full plaited, gored a n d circular skirts-plaln tailored styles and dressy effects, solid colors, checks, stripes and mixtures, light spring colorings.
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Keep up with the times. Use the new process, Dundee" Evaporated Milk, in sanitary cans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06

Spring humors. bimples and boils are cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06

Miss Winnie Davis Westmoreland o1 Athens is visiting Miss Grace and Miss Myrtle McGuire at 831 Bradley street
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Miss. Hazel Hirsh of Cincinnati is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Leopold Loeb at 2zo5 Fourteenth avenue, south. Miss Hirsh is the sister of Mrs. Loeb and Mrs D. s. Mayer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06

The Study Circle will meet with Mrs. \. F. Leath this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, 2l13 Eleventh avenue south
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Mr. l.. N. Archer has returned home from McAdory's infirmary.
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Miss Marie Smith will entertain the Amaranth club this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06

During the visit to Washington of MT. and Mrs. Spier Whitacher they were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Cyrus P. King.
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A meeting of the board of managers of the Birmingham Free Kindergarten as- sociation was held yesterday morning In the palm room of the Hllman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06

The Rev. pr. J. c. Hidden and Mrs. Hiden will leave in the early spring for Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-06

Mrs. Henry Dean gave small bridge luncheon on Tuesday.
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Mrs. James Edward Gill is now in Lon don.
The Washington times., 1908-10-04
1.-THE BROKEN MARCONIGRAM

the cab window / saw a swarthy,
roughly dressed man enter another
cab which Immediately followed us. /
thought nothing Of the incident at the
time except 70 wonder how such
looking individual happened TO be rid
ing in cabs.
As we entered our hotel / looked
back. The roughly dressed fellow had
discharged his cab and taken up po-
sition across the street where he could
watch the door Of the hotel
All; we are watched" whispered
Clarke, eNultantIy That proves we
are on the right trail We have but to-
turn watchers ourselves TO find the
end Of IT,"
We registered under assumed names,
went directly to our rooms and had
dinner brought up. While We We're
eating Clarke laid the plans for the
night i felt assured that his iron
body and nerves of steel would not re-
lax until he had accomplished some
thing. yet / complained that he had
assigned to me the hardest task Of
all. that of waiting patiently in the
hotel untn he should need me- ! bent
however To his argument that one OF
US at least should get some sleep and
be fresh for the morrow.
Keep your ear open for the tele-
phone" warned Clarke. as he left.
.lll cali YOU the minute 1 have need
Of you"
1 may have rested. but cannot say
] slept much. All night ] turned over
in my mind all phases OF the puzzle.
What had the note told Clarke Why
were we So soon met and followed2 ?
How did he expect TO pick up the
trail i'm this strange city? Where then
would IL lead to? There was obvious
ly no answer to any Of these questions
and I must have dropped of 10 sleep
when the telephone bell in the room
startled me into consciousness.
suatched up the receiver.
It's me-Clarke Are you dressed
That's good. Pack everything and
slip out through the kitchen. Give
the night porter a dollar and he viii
guide you. Don't worry about the
bill. It's paid. You'll find a boy wait
ing at the kitchen door. Follow him.
He will guide you Watch that YOU
are not followed. Now hurry"
He needn't have added that
found the kitchen door as ne direct
ed and discovered there. putting non
chalantly at a cigarette, one OF those
beagles of the city. "A messenger boy.
He grabbed one Of the suit cases that
] carried and we were away. / fol-
lowed him blindly through alleys and
courts. turning hither and thither after
a fashion so devious that 1 would have
dehed the most expert shadow to have
followed Us At last we emerged onto
a street where the boy hailed a car.
Takes us right 10 where de uddeT
chap Is waitin'. gov 'ner.' he said.
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a possible way to do It I will see that
YOU run no risk IL may be you can
land US and then stand of until we
signal YOU. II you are true 10 Us we
will take care Of you. You've only
changed employers, my good fellow.
and got the best OF the bargain
Ciarke's generous tone and the
sparkle OF his eyes seemed To inspire
a sudden confidence In Bloc, as we
learned his name to be. A look such
~ might have mantled the face OF
sergeant Of the "Old Guard" when the
Little Corporal" pinched sis ear stole
over his features lie arose and look
ing Clarke squarely In the eye
g1asped his hand. From the moment
Of that action ne was one of Us. and
we had no fear hut that he would play
mis- part, and play il we'll
At last We We're out OF the blue
dancing waters Of the gulf beyond the
low, hat-lying mud Jumps Of the
delta.
I'll, wind had now freshened, and
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factory Iced US to the Vice Regent Of
Lucifer a9d IL he so desires he may
question Us further" commanded
Clarke in tone OF authority.
''' 'Tis well. To the Temple Of Ba-
homet." answered the sentry
He turned and mOtioned US 20 fol-
low We entered and heard the door
close behind us with a click. leaving
Ms In utter. absolute darkness.
Your arms whispered Clarke
'Eave them Teady-revolvers loose IL
our holsters, autOmatics in your side
SSkets. and button your coat SO that
nothing shows. Leave the rest 10 me.
Keep your nerve no matter what hap
p, rs and remember it's all humbug-
gerry. The real and only danger is IN
the count himself"
Just then the lights flashed forth
and we stood in blaze Of electricity.
The first impression was terror. but 1
recalled Clarke's assurance We were
In a glotto like passageway about
forty feet in length. From the walls,
the roof and an about US, grinned
and scowled the most hideOus cOunte-
nances Of gargoyles, imps. writhing
and twisting reptiles and all sorts Of
grOtesQue and MachiaveIian shapes.
the eyes Of each an electric bulb OF
green or red or white.
At the end Of the passage. low
hickering, now dartiug 10 the -ighJ
and left in ssrrated. FOrzed tongues OF
nre, now rising and nashlng un5E u
filed the entire doorway. was d liyid
sheet OF fame We seemed 10 be look
ing into the bowels of some ur-ighty
furnace. even into the mouth Of t..s
very internal regions. Sometimes the
flames grew 50 white and seethiug
that # seemed the very walls mus-
melt away and tumble into H. Vet as
We approached nearer and nearer We
felt no heat
Clarke stood and looked about him
with sneer upon his lips Neither
Of Us attempted even 10 whisper.
And then. seeming TO come from the
roof over our heads. spoke "a voice 50
terrible I'm its menace. so steely cruel
In its tones that feH my knees be
gin 10 batter against each other.
Let tn. ~ that would look upon the
face Of the Vice Regent Of the Evil
One enter through the eternal fame"
II said IF they come on the business
OF the great Lucifer they IaSs un-
scathed- Otherwise they wither Up
and die"
Our guide had disappeared as Z
by magic Motionius me 90 follow,
Clarke pressed forward we neared
the fame and lfiu there came no heat.
Then Clarke stepped into il and wss
lost 10 sight while stood alone In
that awful corridor. summoning all
my courage /. too. stepped into the
hame- Beyond a Gngling OF the
nerves and a stinging Of the skin
felt no sensation.
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called the Tie des Serpents. and we
are going 10 find out what goes on
there. God send we do not get there
too la-e"' Cl5r6e's eyes took a far
away look and l knew ne was think
ing of Thaida.
Meantime the stoical figure held the
wheel and guided us in and out among
the thinning craft. ClaIke's eyes ever
upon him, Ciarke-s brain ever direct
ing the hand at the Jiller
II was far from a pleasure "Trip.
that l07-mile ride 10 the delta, which
We reached about three in the after
noon. The presence "f that silent.
stoical figure at the wheel lay like
load on the weary eve" II tired my
nerves and believe that even the
iron nerve Of Clarke was not immune
TO the influence, for in an hour or two
he arose, and motioning me 10 take
ihc wheel. with a few passes and a
swapping OF the fingers he 1rougnt our
uEWHliug guest back to a normal
state. At first he sat dazed and awed.
but as his senses returned hts ire
rose and he poured forth In mingled
French and English a perfect torrent
Of abuse. Clarke watched him. ready
to fOrestall any attempt at violence
You have seen what may happen
10 you" said my cOnfrere quietly,
when there was at last a luu Now
you can make your choice OF three
things. Either YOU will guide ms will
ingiy to TIIe des Serpents OF YOU will
return TO a state Of hypnosis and
guide us. OF else YOU will be taken
there i'm irons and II your master
should chance TO get the better Of Us
the last living act OF mine will be 10
turn you over TO him and brand YOU
as a traitor
"Eet look as eef I was wnat you
say opp against It anyway. Say no
more I viii guide you But I viii die
You all viii die. De Loup he iss one
devil 7 haf been there once. twice.
three times in ze launch. Dere iss
many men dere. De Loup he tell me
he cut my eyes out eef 1 ever tell de
way I bat not been on ze island but
/ haf seen enough. Dere iss no good
goes on dere. But zat iss not my busi-
ness. I am pay to watch. J viii 90
but we all viii die an dose what dies
first will be de iuclIiest" "
NO. well not die. replied Clarke.
Not IL 1 can help it, and II there is
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lianuy lighted apartment. Around ne
I could hear the movement Of hurry
ing figures.
one Of these came close 90 ny
prison house i heard az order given
IN short. quick tones. An aperture be-
fore my eyes shot open and a blaze of
light for the moment blinded me
/ looked and saw a semi-cireIe %
cowied and shrouded figures saated
about the same altar which we Ead
seen on entering the hall counted
thirteen Of them Before the altar
walked towering figure Of AIeph.sto-
pheles with dashiug black eyes. lo.nt-
ed. out-turuing imperial and ebony,
buhalo-horu mustaches and a T0relock
Of black hair that waved in uaisan
with the nodding red cocks feather Of
his cowI as he walked lie booked -
il he had just stepped from the comic
opera boards. but 1 felt tEaJ the sage
was set for. some terrible tragedy IN
which We were the audience and might
shortly become the victims
Then with leisuTely stride the count.
FOR ! surmised that il was he. walked
down before me.
All Mons. Clarke. he said You
viii from your little cage have a hns
view Of the initiation"
Clarke then was beside me in a con-
trivance similar 20 my own I Was
mentally thankful for his pr0pI1guILy
though he was as helpless as myself.
But ar once the fun force II ne
hends devilish plans struck me- This
then was the revenge OF ta. .olf pa
tienuy built in nine years v- walt.u<,
backed by unlimited wealth and some
dark order Of which he no doubt VA
the head and the controlling spirit
Thaida, ] could not doubt but that IL
was she, was % undergo some terrible
rite, what i knew not Clarke. hin
hands uuou weapons nc was D1uerresH
Jo use. must stand iWQoJcut and see
The broken marcoujsram were they
also a lure2 And the SPY won over,
was he also but playing his part 70
lead us into the trap and then steal
away our sole mode Of escape. the
lauuche Had Clarke, with his mar
vcIoUs preSCieuce. foreseeu an this and
had he some latent power. some well
devised move to checkmate his enemy
in the desperate game2 ! trusted him,
yet my brain reeIed at the puzzle
The count left US and returned 20
his position The ceremony. whztever
1t was seemed about 20 begla- From
out Of the shadow OF the srJttO came
a figure clad all in white
L looked Yes. IL was Thaida-
She seemed even more beautiful Than
in the brief period when I had before
seen her Her robes cluug to th0
graceful outlines OF her wIllowy form
Her black hair was coilel tightly into
a crown about her beautifully shaped
head and in its tresses one red rose,
matching perfectly the coral Of her
lips, was the only bit Of color Proudly
she walked. and HyuaJiz before ne
monks Of Cecil was not l0veUer nor
more disdaiufuI Of her executioaers.
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- OF CRIMINAL MYS 1ERSES.

speed between two solid walls OF ma
sOnry where the wind penetrated not
This walled canal brought Us at last
10 a three-sided landing, two sides
ianked by the jingle. the center side
joining the wall Of the castle. Into
this harbOr we crept on our own i'm
petus that not even the muffled chug
Of the propeller might betray cur
presence. At one side Of the landing
was a trim little launch. almost the
counterpart % our own. Was this ie
LOup's mode OF entry TO his cast
Then doubtless hG was at home. and
n he vas fhel T laida was also there
With directions gwen In whispers
we made fast 20 the landing
You will stay here with the launch,
whispered Clarke 80 Bloc" and have Il
ready to get awav al once in case
we need IT,"
Then il iss zat monsieur doubts
me- answered Bloc IN Frieved tone
"He has only 20 try me-"
''Do you think / toubt you when
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50 often seemed to do my train Of
thought.
AS soon as ! found We were watch
cd I knew I had the master key to
the situation. II was easy TO turn
from the shGdOwed to the shadow. !
slipped out OF the hotel through the
kitchens. prepared the way for YOU.
and while our pilot here was watch
ing the front entrance Of the hotel /
vas within step Of him and watch
ing him. You know NV method and
IL was not long before ! had him in
my power and knew all that ne
knows. II is not much except that de
LOup has some sort Of rendezvous on
an obscure island about thirty miles
up the coast from the delta. II Is
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was blowing almost a gale With II
the sea rose. and looking through the
green sheets OF water that dashed over
oar little Elass-covered cabin it did
not seem that our fraiI craft could
live a minute But fortunately me
wind was dead ahead, and we were
taking the waves transversely, mount
ing them gracefully. sliding of into
the trough. and taking only the thin
spray of the crest. At lest darkness
fell, and with Il the wind.
Before milnight we make eet,
said Bloc. who was steering by the
compass. Silently We drew on the
iarder for a repast consisting Of what
ever we could md that needed no
cooking. Then. despite the tossing OF
our craft. l succeeded "a making d pot
OF stea ming hot coffee. We were too
near the unknown TO BE n the mood
for conversation.
About II O'Clock Bloc, who was peer
ing into the darkness ahead. whis-
pered. a la droIt, Lille des Serpents'
= looked, and rising out of the dark
ness was a thick mass against the
softer shades OF the shore line.
is there a harbOr2" ] asked.
ANSs iASNfNA GU DAOEs II 10 [c
delta of ze riyair zat make ze isle. We
so up ze first month.
Our lights were alreadK out, ana
the moon was breaking through racing
banks of clouds. Al closer range and
with the better light 1 examined the
island, which seemed TO be about three
acres in extent. In the center rose
the square walls of what seemed TO be
a castle keep. IL there were windows
there was no light to distinguish them;
only the four black walls OF masonry
outlined against the sky. The shore
was q mass OF Overhanging cyprus
dripping with trailing Spanish moss.
We skirted the shoreward side OF the
island, and We're entering the other
outlet OF the river when Bloc's sharp
eyes discerned a break in the tangled
mass OF plant life.
Look out for for ze snakes. Mes
sieures. we're going in" whispered
Bloc. ] peered up at the cyprus
branches as we swept under them.
They were mass Of squirming, crawl
ing life Ny veins were threads Of
ice. No wonder they called it the Isle
Of Sorpents
Now We were past the jungle OF
swamp life and going along at half
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Down TO the LeHee.

BY this time il was dawn and I
could see that our way led in the di-
rectiou Of the levee: the streets were
filled with two-wheeled cotton carts
guided by sleepy negroes. We left the
car and my guide lodged in and out
among the long wharf houses until
he came to a small boat landing where
a number OF small craft were tied up.
one OF these I had marked from afar.
II was graceful cabin launch Of
about % feet water line. a perfect
beauty, trim and stanch. One might,
with falr break Of weather. sail her
out into the gulf around the keys,
right on mp the coast and smack into
New York harbOr.
Clarke was pacing restIessly 10 and
fro on the landing putting az a cigar
cite and keeping his weather eye upon
the opening between the wharf houses
Il thought you were never coming.
Here. into the launch. quick" ard he
designated the beauty which 1 had
admired
1 jumped aboard. Clarke threw a bill
TO the boy. threw of the line. followed
me ana s,arted the engine.
Gee. Z wisht I was gOin' along, the
5Cy shouted as we swung into the
, al Mississippi and headed down the
SO. miles that separate New Orleans
from the delta.
Clarke was busy with the engine and
wheel and ! took advantage Of the op-
pOrtunity to look about me. We were
provisioned for "a cruise. Within the
cabin in a little cook galley aft was
~,
had ever seen. \ tiny oil stove. a
cupboard stocked with all manner of
provisions. Had il been pleasure
trip 1 could have asked nothing bet
Ser
Now We were dancing along merrily
over the rippling surface Of the mighty
river. lodging i'm and out OF the craft
OF all nations which. owing to the ge-
MUS OF American engineering. are Cd hle
to make this inland port. Clarke
steered by the side wheel and grim
smile Of satisfaction stole over his
face
AT last" he said Now 1 can tell
you whittier we are bound ard wnat
we probably have before US. but this
work of steering is getting tiresome.
Come and take the wheel and I will
get my pilot 70 work"
1 took the wheel and watched Clarke
curiously while he lifted the cushions
and removed the seat upon which L
had been sitting Almost with horror
l saw extended in the locker the rigid
form OF a man.
You may get up now" said Clarke.
and the body rose TO a sitting posture,
climbed painfully out of its narrow
quarters and stretched its cramped
limbs The fixed expression and the
CLASSY eyes told me the secret-a per-
feet state of hypnosis. II was the man
of the cab, the watcher al the hotel.
And then the full import OF Clarke $
devilish cunning. his mastery of the
minds Of men by the use of forces
which bordered on the supernatural.
dawned upon me. Here was the pilot
which would guide us to the lair of
the wolf and to Thaida. the spy turn
ed to account against his own. employ
er- The path lay by water, this evil
IDENTIFY Clarke had discovered.