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The bee., 1908-01-02
The Ladis. Embroidery Cub EsalsrlaIu

The ladies embroidery club en-
tertained in m lst delightful
way the gentlemen, at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jpo. x Taylor
Monday evening. This has been
the costom of the club since
it organized to yearly entertain
and this one was one of tie most
enjoyable.
A turkey dinner of the best
was served after which a distri :
button of gifts which each mem
Der, OF he club had prepared for
the OF pr. In this the gentle
men wele not sighted for a grab
bag han been filled with articles
we'll suited to their tastes, and
inclimations CD The evening
hours spred rapidly in social chat
add games.
The bee., 1908-01-02
Brsshcr the Politician.

(He says this editorlaIly in
he bitter and losing game Of
political demagoguery)
The bee., 1908-01-02

The plano contest Of the N adison1
Vile Mercantile Advertising CO..
closed Tuesday lsst. Tue ED
home winning the piano given AVA
The Rlks had q largo reserve v,
butit was not necessary TO col
thsm for they alre ady bad the
tory won BY q good majority
The bee., 1908-01-02
WANTON KILLING.
Popular and Trusted Trainman
Shot by Hobo Stealing
a Ride.
JOHN n. RAY VICTIM or
TRAGEDY ENACTED At HANSON
Railroad Authorities are Making Vigorous
Investigation.

Efficient railroad trainmen ON the
Louisville & Nashville railroad,
was shot and killed at Hanson,
this county, about $50 O'Clock
on Christmas morning. Death
81 did not ensue Immediately but
he passed away at the Hospit
y al here about two and a half
hours after receiving the bullet,
without. becoming conscious. The
shot passed through his head,
entering over the left ear and
passing out the right of the fore
~ head.
: The theory CT one railroad man
whu was on the same train with
Mr.. Ray is that he was shot while
he was looking into car down
at a bunch of hoboes, who were
stealing a ride, aud while Ray
\ WAS standing on the ground.
\ Mr.. Rays train, No, rs, w. J.
Buckley, conductor, had a meet
ting order With No. 81 at Hanson.
Ray, being head brakeman, it
was his duty to go ahead Of the
. engine and open the switch so as
to put the train in on the passing
4 track. He had performed this
s duty. When the train had pass
ed in 1T was the duty of the flag
mar on the CHOOSE to close the
switch After doing so the flag
lman walked forward between the
main and the siding and stepped
on the body of the stricken man
= lying J sween the tracks. The
body " putonG9T and Broaght
hers or surgical attention, which
was eiven by Dr. A. o. Sisk, the
local surgeon for the railroad,
but he was found to be beyond |
human aid. DIR. Sisk is of the
opinion that Ray was on the
train when he was shot, and fell
to the ground inflictlng a severe
scalp wound on the back of the
: head. There was also a wound
: on the forehead that might have
been inflicted in the fall He
was in dying condition when
he was brought to Darlington.
n The idea is prevalent here that
Tray was probably looking for
\ TT Nhief who robbed M. B. Long {
4 q same night, as it was thought
that the culprit might seek TO get
)away on freight train, and it I
was reported that there was
reward offered for his discovery /
and apprehension.
( ALI the l.. & N. men here, from I.
':the Train Masters office down, !
gspeak inIthe highest terms of the t
:deccase4 From an official The
SBEE getI the statement that he
was one of the best on the divis- o
lEot, quite and sober and always on ?
&fy, man relied on for the best q
Arvice aud the last man to give n
ense to any body Some years a
~ Mr. Ray was a conductor on D
s division and for some reason
5 let out. After that he was !
some other road for a time,
ping back later to a position as t,
kemail During his last term v
servicel he was several times Of o
Ned promotion as conductor but N
avs declined. Mr.. Ray would Il
e been forty years old this il
pth, his home wa in Nash a
where his three sisters, Mrs. q
srt kirkpatrick, Mrs. Walter
ppson, Mrs. Chesley Key and W
brothers, Will and Jesse Ray b
;. Two brothers, 0. M. b,
< a Ray live IN Whiting Mo. Il
& a cQnsistant member of m
mary Baptist church. b,
spital the remains W
) the home of Mrs. 10
this city aud that h,
~ 81 n Na.h,;lloI
The bee., 1908-01-02
The DeadIy Parallel


1(He pays IN "Brashers Real
kststfC Column" to the people
10 VIII "a he would selI.)
The bee., 1908-01-02
in The State"

''iioprs is The Best County
The bee., 1908-01-02

"fPn a business STANDPOINT
her fem lands will average
well 9Th any other lands in
Kent'eky
The bee., 1908-01-02

Her .6al mines are bringing a
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
WAS QUICK.
Ordered Posse to Go to Obion to Inves-
tigate Wild Alarm.

Union City, Tenn.-Considerable
alarm and uneasiness was experienced
here this morning when a telephone
message from Obion, sixteen miles
away, was received, stating that a
masked and armed man had entered the
house of Richard Beard and demanded
food for himself and a party of a dozen
or more, whom he said were waiting for
him in the woods near the house. The
news was communicated to Gov. Patter-
son, who at once authorized Deputy
Sheriff Dyer of Obion to organize .
posse of twenty men and start in pur-
suit of the supposed night riders, who
dared to show themselves ON the high
road in broad daylight.
Troops were asked for by Deputy
Dyer, but owing to the distance of Camp
Memo from Obion, it would have been
useless to have started them in pursuit.
T. O. Morris, who was here at the time,
secured a fast horse and made a rec
ord breaking drive to Obion. In a short
time he t%elephoned the news back to
Gov. Patterson that there was nothing
to substantiate the report, but that the
posse had been organized and was pre-
pared for any emergency.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
It'd BURTON coNFEssEs.
Forty Men Implicated in Capt. Rankin's
Murder.

~Tiptonville, Tenn, via Union City,
In the presence of Sheriff Haines, Judge
Harris and Mayor Cleveland Donaldson,
lid Burton, the alleged night rider ar
rested at Samburg, made a full confess
sion Tuesday morning in the Lake coun-
ty Jail at Tiptonville. He implicated
forty well-known residents of the lake
district in the murder Of Capt. Quentin
Rankin. Of this number over half are
now held prisoners in Camp Memo under
the guard of the State troops. Burton
denies that he was with the night riders
when Capt. Rankin was hung and then
almost shot to pieces, but admits that
he furnished the information to the lead
ers of the band that caused them to
swoop down upon the hotel ut Walnut
log.
According to Burton's statements, Tom
and Carrot Johnson, both of whom are
under arrest at Camp Memo, and Will
Watson were the leaders of the night rid
ers who perpetrated the dastardly crime.
Watson is now confined in solitary con-
finement, a tent having been erected for
the purpose.
With Burton's confession at their dis
posal and with other valuable informa-
ton which was secured, it is confidently
expected by the authorities that it will
be but a matter of a few short hours
before the members of the crew still at
large are taken into custody.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
TRENTON SENDS PARTY.
Lawyers and Others TO to Union City
to Attend Trials.

Trenton, Tenn.-One hundred or more
men left here Monday for Union City to
attend the court to be held at Union City
for the purpose of trying those suspects
under arrest for the murder of Capt.
Rankin. In the crowd were the members
Of the Trenton bar, court officials, lead
ing business men and citizens of the
town. Hon. Sp1 Hill, one of the most
noted lawyers and speakers in this Sec
ton, and Hon. Jas. r. Deason, uncle of
Capt. Rankin, and in whose home Capt.
Rankin was reared, headed the long line
of determined men boarding the train.
While it is intensely felt that justice
must be meted out to the guilty, there
is no feeling of mob violence here and it
is the sentiment of the town to abide the
action of the law.
Col. Taylor is still resting at his home
in South Trenton, where he is being
called upon by many friends, but the ter
rible tragedy at Walnutlog is not dis
cussed in his presence. The shock to his
nervous system has been great and the
mind needs rest from the horrifying or
deal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
FRANK FERRINER CONFESSES.
Six Men Arrested as Result of Infor-
nation He Gave.

Union City, Tenn.-As the result of
what is believed to have been a COM
plete confession made to the court of
inquiry at an early hour Wednesday
morning by Frank Ferriner, six men, all
alleged night riders, are held in solitary
confinement under the orders of Col.
w. c.. Tatom. When Ferriner stepped
of Col. Tatom's tent, where he had
been put through a gruelling and rigor-
Gus examination, he was so weak and
trembling that he had to be half carried
by two of his guards to the tents, a
hundred yards away.
Immediately after he had left the tent
Col. Tatom had five more tents erected
in the already long line of guard tents,
and had Garrett johnson, Sam Sapple-
white, Fred Tinion, Bob knight and
Will Watson confined in them. Tom
Johnson, the sixth man, has been in
solitary confinement since his arrival
in camp yesterday. With his brother,
Garrett, he. is charged with being a
leader of the night riders by It'd Burton,
who made confession Tuesday.
Information was received from Camp
Memo to the effect that several of the
other prisoners implicated by It'd Bur
ton, in his confession, made full confes-
sions to the court of inquiry.
No information has as yet been Sc
cured as to when and where it is the
intention of the officers to take their
prisoners. Twenty-one more were
brought in Wednesday by the scouting
parties. This makes ninety-eight who
are now confined in the guard tents and
confined to the camp.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
ZIMMERMAN KIDNAPPED.
Hold-Up Artists Force Mount Yer
non to Give $4,000 Check.

HUI w 0ASO VOsVVS
Mount Vernon, Wash.-While driving
to Mount Vernon from his lumber camp,
about fifteen miles from here, Edward
English, a wealthy lumberman OF Mount
Vernon, was held up and kidnapped by a
lone robber. The robber forced English
to make a note, payable at Mount Yer
non, of SIS 5000 and write the following
letter to his wife:
81 was held up and kidnapped for $4,000
and I am threatened with having my
ears cut off if the money is not forth
coming by tomorrow For Gods
sake make all haste. Show this to MI.
Hannay and solicit this sum-"
Hannay is connected with a Mount
Vernon bank. The robber, within two
miles of town, handed the note n the
letter to a passing traveller, telling nm
that English had been injured in a rum
away, and to take the missives to Mrs.
English. This the stranger did. Mean
while the bandit left his victim tied to a
tree, evidently intending to return TO
him in the morning to see II the ransom
was forthcoming.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
DETAILED OWN AGONY.
Lead P%rospector in Death Valley
Leaves Interesting Diary.

Leaves Interesting Diary.
Los Angeles, C~al.-Dying of thirst IN
the desert west of Death Valley, B. +.
Pratt, a prospector of the Grape Vine
district, whose body was found in the
Argus mountains by another prospector,
left the record of his sufferings on the
pages of a diary found by his side.
Pratt, after being warned that the trip
was a dangerous one, started for Mo-
have, and for several days succeeded in
finding water. He finally entered a re-
gion entirely destitute of moisture and
lost his way. Here the pages of the
diary contain entries, fast becoming IL
legible, that read as follows:
mo water today. Must get over the
next range to find my trail back"
"Things ahead look bad"
Cant find my trail. No water now
for two days. Am about all in. Will
be able to hold out through tomorrow"
81 can't stand the pace. Have left
my grub and blankets. Am going blind
with sun and headache. LiPo and tongue
are cracking and bleeding. Must get
water today or I'll cash in"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
SUIT AGAINST NIGHT RIDERS
Man Beaten With Thorn Switches
Wants 500. 900 Damages.

Louisville, Ky.-In the Federal Court
here Tuesday, Henry B. Bennett, for
merly of Dycusburg, Crittenden county,
KY, but now of Jeffersonville, Ind, filed
suit for 100000 damages against sixty
seven alleged night riders or sympathiz,
ers for assault on him at Dycusburg last
February.
The petition differs materially from
suits filed at Paducah by the Hallowells
some time ago, in that not only those
who are alleged to have been in the night
riders raid, but also those who are
charged with being members of the night
riders band, are named as co-conspira-
tors.
Bennett was the owner of tobacco
warehouses and a distillery at Dycus.
burg, which were burned while he was
tied to a tree and brutality beaten with
thorn switches.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
TRENTON GETS HOT WARNING.
Incident Has Thrown Town Into Fever
of Excitement.

Union City, Tenn.-Every man, woman
and child in Trenton received a porten-
tous warning from the night riders Mon
day morning, that they were taking en-
tirely too much interest in the investi-
cations of the murder of Capt. Quentin
Rankin and attempt on Col. r. 4. Tay-
lor's life, now being carried on here and
at Camp Memo, where the State troops
and heavily armed posses are quartered.
The warning came in the shape OF a let
ter found on the front porch Of the
home of DIR. 7. j. Happel, one OF the
most prominent citizens of Trenton and
a warm person friend of Col. Taylor and
Capt. Rankin.
Trenton is now in a state of excite
ment and armed guards will be stationed
about the city and will protect the city
at the cost of their lives, should an at
tack b made.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
COTTON HOUSES BURNED.
Three Negroes Suffer at Hands of After
Dark Outlaws.

Forrest, Miss.-Night riders burned
the cotton houses of three negroes living
near Steele, in Scott county. The me-
groes who sustained the loss were Jerry
Green, John Hawkins and Abe Patrick.
About four bales of cotton in the seed
were destroyed, besides a lot of cotton
seed and farming tools. This is the first
appearance of night riders in Scott
county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
Hennine Will Send Posse.

Henning, Tenn.-Deputy Sheriff Thos.
B. P~aschall, of this place, has gotten
word from Sheriff Pennington, of this
county, to get ready, with from five to
ten good men,, to go to Reelfoot with
him should the authorities find that
more men be needed. Mr.. Paschall found
no difficulty in getting men; in fact,
could get many to go with him should
he need them. The authorities of Lau-
derdale county are ready and willing to
lend their assistance in helping suppress
night riding.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
CAN RIDE FREE
Important New Rulings With Re-
gard to Railway Passes.

gard to Railway Passes.
Washington.-Free passes may be is
sued to bona fide ex-employes of a road
who are travelling to re-enter the rail-
road service. Passes cannot be extended
to the families of employees who died a
natural death while in the service of
common carriers, though that privilege
is accorded to the families of employees
killed in the service. These are among
the rulings announced by the Interstate
Commerce Commission today. The com
mission holds that a railroad may pro-
vide in it's tariffs that whenever, because
of washouts or other accidents, passen-
gers are delayed beyond their ticket
limit, or so as to curtail their stopover
privileges, the conductor or other agent
may, by endorsement on the. ticket, ex-
tend the time to cover such detention.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
98 SUSPECTS
UNDER ARREST
IMPORTANT INFORMATION Sc
CURED FROM A WOMAN.
lid Burton and Frank Ferringer
Confess, Giving Names of q
Number Of Night Riders.

Camp Memo, Samburg, Tenn.-Maj.
j. Bright Horton of Memphis, command
ing O detachment of soldiers and depu-
ties, made the most important capture
of the day when he brought Frank Long
and three other prisoners into camp late
Monday afternoon. Long lives near
Walnutlog, and it is believed he knows
a great deal about the foray of the
night riders and the murder of Capt.
Quentin Rankin. Fifteen prisoners were
taken during the day.
She Can Tell All Now.
"Thank God, now l can tell what l
know" shrilly cried a woman of Spout
Springs Monday when the detachment
of troops under Maj. Horton moved
away from the village store, guarding a
wagon load of prisoners, among whom
was the woman's husband. Her name
is withheld by Col. TatOm, who believes
that she would be in danger if it should
become generally known. Arrangements
have been made by him to have the
removed from Spout Springs and
taken to some safe place for keeping
until she can be presented to the grand
jury. 1t is understood that her infor-
nation is complete as to who formed
the mob of night riders which took Capt.
Rankin and Col. Taylor from the hotel
at W~alnutlog. 1t is possible that this
witness will be brought to Camp Memo
for safekeeping.
Among the other prisoners arrested
was DIR. Doran, who assisted at the in
quest conducted over the body of Capt.
Rankin. So far as could be learned
from the authorities, DR.. Doran is sim
ply being held as a witness, it being
understood that he has been threatened
by night riders if he testifes in court
about Capt. Rankin's lgnominious END.
DR.. Doran lives in the neighborhood
of Spout Springs. At this place thu
detachment placed O. ID. Eldridge and
IOUl NdildCc ulOSI dlICoC, diU thSy "iS
both now being held under guard by
the soldiers.
The other prisoners arrested by small
er scouting parties which went south
from the camp in the direction of
Webbs' Store and Hornbeak, were j. l..
Thorpe, Frank Dyer, Ike Johnson, Sam
Ragsdale, D. NJ. Tucker, r. B. Williams,
j. E. Eagcock and Frank Rady, making
fifteen prisoners in all to be arrested
during the day.
After Armed Men.
Information was received in camp late
Monday night, which was no doubt the
cause of this party going to the State
line. 1t was reported through officers
of the Lake county posse that several
small parties of heavily armed men hao
been seen in the neighborhood of a saw
mill and store operated by Charles Phil
lipi, about four miles above Walnut
log. The men had called at the store
for food and other supplies several times
during the past two or three days.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
A ORDERED OUT.
Three Murders. in Durango District
Cause Mexico to Take Action.

Three Murders. in Durango O1strlct
Cause Mexico to Take Action.
Ell Paso, Tex.-MeXicaa rurales have
been ordered to the mining camp at
indie, State of Durango, Mexico, accord
ing to a dispatch to the Ell Paso Herald,
in consequence of three atrocious muir
ders in that vicinity, for which the po-
lice have failed to fix responsibility.
Barney Towns, an American mining
man, was recently killed beside a road
and his body dragged into the bushes,
where it lay several days. Next, Fran
cisco Arriola, a wealthy planter, was
found murdered in the same region, and
last Sunday the dead body of Senior
Cruz Candarilla was found. The rurales
have been ordered to hunt down a noted
bandit, who is said to be in that locality.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
CAN'T REINsTATE SANDERS.

Negro Troopers Can Get Back Only by
Special Act of Congress.
Washington.-Secretary of Wal Luke
Wright says nothing a be done in the
matter Of 'reinstating Mingo Sanders,
formerly sergeant of the Twenty-ifth
Infantry, who, with his battalion, was
dismissed from the army without honor
for alleged participation in the Browns
vile disorder. The only way open fol-
his reinstatement, the secretary says, i
BY special act Of Congress.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-24
COUNTY AND VICINITY.

The Stanhope post Office will be
made third class office on April 1st.
Montclair is to have a new family
apartment hotel of good size with a
dining>reom on the top floor.
There are 1900 Italians living in
Orange out of an estimated population
OF $1,000. The Italian citizens own
property assessed at $685. and pay
IS, $50 in taxes.
A school meeting has been called at
Chatham for April to vote on propo-
Sition TO build new school house,
building and grounds not to exceed
S50,000-in cost.
Rev. Alexander McKelvey has ten
dered his resignation as pastor of the
First Reformed Church at Boonton.
Mr.. McKelvey has been pastor of this
church for the last fifteen years.
The Lackawanna railroad has pro-
tested to the state railroad commits
sion against the rebuilding of the pow
der plant near Wharton, the location
of which is between three railroads.
A ministerial association has been
formed at Dover with the following
executive committee: Rev. w. w. Hal
loway, A. B. Richardson and Rev. j.
A. Cortright. The first meeting will
be held on April II.
A barn belonging to George thinner
man at Berkely Heights was destroyed
by fire on Saturday night. Seven
COWS, several horses and large supply
Of hay and farming implements were
destroyed. The lost is about $500.
Harold S. Buttenheim and Herbert
K. SAKE, both of Madison, have purch-
ased Hardware a semi-monthly paper
published in New York in the inter-
ests of the hardware trade. They are
organizing company to be known as
THE Hardware Press.
The congregation of the First Metho-
dist Episcopal Church of Bayonne has
invited the pastor, the Rev. f. S. Sim
mons, to remain another year. A COM
mittee has been appointed to protest
to the Conference next month, if nee
eSSary, against his removal.
Assembly Bill No 247, provides for
the incorporation of the Catholic Di-
oceses of Newark and Trenton. 1t was
introduced at the joint request of Bis
hops O'Connor and McFaul. At pres
ent all church property is held by the
bishops in trust for the diocese-Suits
are brought by or against him, etc.
This bill would transfer all that to the
corporation.
The Auto Bulletin" says The
cry of hard times that has been heard
in the automobile district for several
months past seems to have cried itself
out. The pessimists have wept and
torn their hair, yet in the face of all
the awful things predicted to happen
to the automobile trade, business
among dealers in this section is as good
as it ever was at this season of the
year. There have been no failures and
every one is smiling and selling cars"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-24

D. S. Brink and Miss Ella Brink re-
turned on Tuesday from their trip to
the south.
Miss Christine Bullock, formerly a
resident here, spent Sunday with
friends in Morristown.
Geo. e. Voorhees,, Jr., of California,
is spending few days with his par
ents on Prospect street.
Mrs. Jas. @. Youngblood is very SER
iously i'll in California, where she and
her son have been spending the winter.
John L. Brown, who has been with
Parker & VanCleve for some time, will
remove about the first of April toWat-
kinS, N. Y, where he will be engaged
in business with his brother-in-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. S. Burke attended
the Barnard Freshman Show" at the
Brinkerhoff theatre last Tuesday even
ing. The affair was an original play
entitled "Through the Hedge" Their
daughter, Miss Agnes, was IN the cast
and also on the committee of arrange
mentS.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. D. Gordon have
gone to Nantucket, Mass, where they
will remain until fall, when they ex-
pect to go on prolonged Missionary
journey to the far East. The exact
time OF leaving this country will de-
pend on the completion of some writ
ing on which Mr.. Gordon is now en-
gagged. They expect to retain Madison
as their home address.