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He had broken bread and eaten salt
at Cavenaugh's table and now it was
decreed that he must betray him. II
was not a pleasant thought. And still
less pleasant was the thought of tell
ing Kate Tin a roundabout fashion,
It is true) that her father was not an
honest man. According to financial
ethics, what Cavenaugh did was sim
ply keen business instinct; nothing
more. II you or l should happen to
bend an odd cornice of the majestic
pillar Of law we'd be hailed of to the
county Jail forthwith; but II we
possessed the skill to smash the whole
fabric, or, rather, to continue the met
aphor, the whole pillar, the great
world would sit up and admire US.
What are old laws for, anyhow? Build
you never so wisely your law, there
will always be some one to come
along and tack on nice little amend
nent, subtly undoing in moment
what it took years of labor to accom-
plish. In this instance Cavenaugh had
been careless; he had forgotten to in
troduce his amendment. An infinites-
imal grain of sand will stop the best
regulated clock. The infallible invari.
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genial and hopeful Micawber; some
thing might turn up for the benefit OF
all concerned.
The hall and living room at the
Cavenaugh manor were one and the
same. There were bookcases ranging
| along the walls, window seats, a read
ing table and an ancient chimney seat
AS Darlington turned the first landing
he stopped
Father, l think it positively dread
full the way you treat poor grandpa.
This was Norah.
There was a crackle of a news
paper.
Never mind, Norah, darling; you,
grandpa is used to it. 1t doesn't mat.
ter at ALL"
1t was the sight of the last speaker
that brought Darlington to a stand
Norah's grandpa was no less a person
than the shabbily dressed old man he
had seen at the station that after.
noon. What kind of family skeleton
in the closet was he that they kept
him en- camera? He coughed and
went On.
Norah was plucky, whole-hearted,
frank and encouraging.
'Mr. Darlington" she said immedi.
ately, this is my grandpa"
Darlington did not hesitate a mo-
ment, but smiled and thrust out his
hand, which the other grasped with a
questioning air of difidence.
Glad to meet you, sir" said Car.
rington.
Cavenaugh fills glanced over the top
of his paper, scowled, and resumed
his reading. Kate hadn't come down
yet, so she missed this scene. When
she did appear, there was no visible
sign of any previous agitation. She
and Norah were thoroughbreds.
why, grandpa" she cried, extend.
ing her hand
The old man bowed over it. and
kissed it, and his action was lacking
neither in grace nor gallantry.
II happened to be down this way
on business" said the old man with
- CONCit SiduCc dl HIS SUI, anu
thought I'd drops in"
Dinner is served" said the splen.
did butler, as he slid back the doors
to the dining room.
The old man looked about him ques-
tioningly, and Norah slipped her arm
through his. You'll have to take me
in, grandpa" she laughed.
The old mans eyes shone for a mo
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the clubhouse. Tea was being served
and Darlington drank his abstractedly
From time to time he joined the con
versation, but without any heart
Some of the buster ladies whispered
that it looked this time as though
Kate had given the young man his
congo.
On the way home Norah, with he,
humorous comment on the weekly
budget of gossip, saved the situation
from any possible contretemps. Mrs
Cavenaugh was easy-going, but for all
that she possessed remarkably OBJ
servant eyes; and her eldest daughte,
was glad that they were occupied else
where.
Kate was very unhappy; her father
was not honest, and the man she loved
had come into the knowledge of the
fact. All, how quickly shadow can
darken sunshine!
What did you make it in to-day
Mr.. Carrington?" asked Norah.
Make what?" he counter-ques-
toned, absently.
"The course, Mr.. Goose! What did
you think 1 meant?"
"Oh," lamely, Il made bad play at
the beginning and gave it up"
By this time they had arrived at
the gates, and everybody was thank.
full; Mrs. Cavenaugh, because her
nose smarted with sunburn; Norah,
because the gown she was to wear
at the dance that night was new
Kate, because she wanted to be alone
and Darlington, because he wanted to
learn whether the angel threw Jacob
or Jacob threw the angel. The driver
and the horses were glad to arrive be-
cause they were hungry.
1t took the young lawyer some time
to dress for dinner that night His
usually direct mind vacillated between
right and wrong. wrong and right:
and he floated from one to the other
like an unattached cork. He made q
dozen annoying blunders In dressing
And when finally the pier-glass re.
nected an irreproachable and finished
picture, he searched his cast-off vest
for his growing monster and trans
ferred it to the pocket of his coat.
Monster! Here was no story-mon.
ster, like the creature of Franken.
stein; it was genuine, and was like
to turn upon him at any moment and
rend him. He shrugged and pro,
ceeded down the stairs. There are
soliloquies that sometimes leave an
unpleasant taste behind. So he pinned
his faith to the banner of the late
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ably die on the heels Of their first
victory.
On leaving the train, Darlington es-
pied the Cavenaugh station carriage.
The coachman was talking to little
wiry old man, whose gray eyes twin
kled and whose complexion was mot
tied and withered like a wind-fall ap-
pie. Seeing Darlington draw nigh,
the coachman touched his hat re-
spectfully, while the little old man,
who was rather shabbily dressed,
stepped quickly around the corner of
the platform. Evidently he did not
wish to be inspected at close range.
Darlington threw his suitcase and
golf-bag into the carriage, and fol.
lowed them. Thereupon the coach.
man touched the horses lightly, and
they started westward at brisk trot
Who's your friend?" asked Caring
ton, who, though never familiar, was
always friendly toward his interiors.
He's no friend Of mine, SIR" an.
swered the coachman, with welrbred
contempt. Miss Cavenaugh directed
me to drive you straight to the club
sir"
Very WELL" replied Darlington
lighting cigar and settling back
among the cushions.
Immediately he forgot all about the
shabby old man, and began to inven.
tory his troubles. He must hide the
papers somewhere. All the evidence
he had, together with the names of
the witnesses, was on his person; for
In making the whole he had prudently
destroyed the numerous scraps. II
this document fell into alien hands,
the trouble would double. itself. He
pulled quickly, and the heat of the
cigar put a smart on his tongue. He
had nothing to do hut wait.
On the steps of the clubs porte.
cochere he was greeted by Miss Cav.
enaugh, who was simply and tasteful.
ly dressed in white. II there was a
= sudden cardiac disturbance in Car.
rington's breast, the girls tender
beauty certainly justified it. The
resh color on her cheeks and lips. the
shining black hair that arched a white
forehead, the darkly fringed blue ewes
tne slender, rounded figure, the small
feet and shapely hands, all combined
to produce picture of feminine love.
illness warranted to charm any mason.
line eye. Let the curious Question
Cavenaugh's antecedents. if thew
were SO inclined, thought Carrington
here was abundant evidence of what a
certain old poet called the, SPLENDID
corpuscle of aristocracy.
Her sister went by the ,sonorops
name of Norah. She was II. hit Of
a tomboy, but Of the same build and
elegant carriage that distinguished
Kate from ordinary mortals; only
Norah's eyes were hazel-tinted and
her hair was that warm brown of the
heart OF chestnut bur. She was OF
merry temperament quick to like or
70 dislike. and. like her sister, IoyaI
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-22
CHAPTER II.

Darlington faced her swiftly. He
had not expected this. There was
something in her handsome eyes that
barred the way to subterfuge. The
lie died unspoken, and he dropped his
gaze and began to dig up the turf with
the toe of his shoe.
rs it my father, John?"
"Yes. Oh, Kate" with despairing
gesture. I'm the most miserable fel.
low alive! To think that this should
fall into my hands, of all hands in the
world"
Perhaps it is better so," quietly.
Nothing is without purpose. 1t
might have come to test your honesty.
But you are sure, John; it is not
guesswork?"
"All the evidence is in my pocket.
Say the word, and the wind shall car.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-22
Continued Next Week.
The Souls Awakening.

Parson Coopah-Ef yo don't reform.
Iyo will sholy go to place OBJ eternal
fire!
Sam Sinbons-Ah don't keer!
Parson Coopah-An' yo'll hab to
split all de wood an carry up ali de
coal fo' de fire, an
Sam Shinbone-"Oh, Lawd, Ah'll
git baptized to once!-Puck.
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II.
" HERNDON

khAA ~ ~ IL.
w HERNDoN
tells a story
Of Lincoln that
reveals at once
the prophetic in
sight which at
times startles us
in his complex
character, b ! s
aptness at illus
tration and the
method of his
own selection for
leadership. TWAS
in 1859, when
war seemed pos
S l b | e. Herndon
feared in such a
crisis the lack of
a supremely great
leader. Lincoln
had faith in the
masses, f a / t h
that they would
find their leader.
and to m a K e
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O6e
Lincoln Centenary
LincOln's Character-A
Summing Up
By JAMES A. EDGERTCN

Copyright 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14
]. D. MCMILLAN & SON ,
Sale of Land.
The ReXali Store

Under and by virtue of the power
vested in me by an order of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Robson Coun
ty, made in a Special Proceeding emit
tied Ellen E. Bear and Annie Laura
Mcqueen VS.. Pauline Nj. Littlejohn and
others, will sell at public auction for
cash, at the court house door in Lum
berton, North Carolina, on Monday,
June 2lst. 1909, at IL O'Clock, M, the
following described lot of land in the
town of Lumberton, North Carolina,
to-wit:
Beginning at lightwood post in the
line of Fourth street in said town,
South of Lots 121 and 108, at point
about 60 feet West from the Southeast
corner of Lot 121, and runs North II
East, 105 feet; then about East 80 feet;
then about South to the line of said
Fourth Street to point on said street
80 feet from the beginning; then about
West with the line of the street to the
beginning, being the same land convey
ed by E. T. Williams to Elizabeth Will
liams by deed dated March oath, 1887,
and registered in Book H H H, page
915, in the Registers office of Robesor
county, North Carolina, and the same
conveyed by the said E. 7. Williams
and Elizabeth Williams to the plaintiff:
and defendants by deed dated June 6,
1904, and registered in Book U u U U
page POP, in the office of the Registel
of Deeds of Robson county, N. C.
Dated this 10th day OF May, 1909.
w. S. BRITT,
Commissioner.
Wishart & Britt, Attorneys for Peti
TONERS. 5-24-4mon
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MONDAY. JUNE IA. 1909.

We must admit that a rabbit
can swim. The Robesonian
sticks to it that it can swim.
Then comes Mr.. P. c. Whitlock,
an able Charlotte lawyer, who
writes the Anglo-Saxon, saying:
1T is true. A rabbit can swim.
| have seen them do it. Some
rabbits will bite. One bit me"
This the writer does know. If
you take a rabbit out of a gum
by his forefeet he can scratch.
If you don't believe it try it.
Then Mr.. Whitlock asks another
question, which we refer to The
Robesonian. do you know
whether or not it is true that q
bob-tail dog cannot walk a foot
log" Some people say he can
others says no. A gentlemen al
our elbow say they can; that he
has seen them do 1t. Rocking
ham Anglo Saxon.
Of course rabbit can swim
Dunno so we'll about the bob
tail dog, but we have a sneak
ing suspicion that a bob-tail do,
can do any sort of walking stun
that any other dog can do.
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Rivenbark Gets Is Months.

A H. Rivenbark, who was con-
fined in the county Jail here for
some time and was taken to Raj
eigh last week for trial, was
tried before Judge Conner in the
Federal Court Wednesday and
sentenced to Is months in the
Atlanta penitentiary. Riven-
bark was convicted of conduct
ing a swindling business on a
large scale by fraudulent use of
mails from Raleigh, Laurinburg
and elsewhere, ordering goods
from dealers in many parts of
the country and selling them
without settling with the firms
from which they were purchased.
Rivenbark entered plea of gull
ty through his counsel, Mr..
Stephen Mcintyre, of Lumber
ton.
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VETERANS IN GRAY.
Ovation Given Son of General
Grant by Confederate Veter-

Memphis, Tenn. Dispatch, 10th.
A frenzied demonstration of
welcome by the men in gray for
theson of the man who conquered
them, marked the final scene of
the nineteenth reunion of the
United OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to-
day. 1t took place during the
parade.
In the reviewing stand stood
Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, of
the United States army. The first
few divisions in line passed with
only a limited number recognizing
the son of the man who accepted
the surrender of Lee. But finally,
cavalry division approached and
it's commanding officer, General
Tyler, of Hickman, KY, old and
grizzled, peered steadily at Cen
eral Grant a moment. Then he
turned in his saddle and yelled:
Come on, you kids, here'sGen-
eral Grant come to life again in
his SON..
THE OLD REBEL YELL.
With one of the old-time rebel
yells, the division remnants of
Forests cavalry charged upon
the stand and jostled one another
for an opportunity to shake the
hand of the son of their time
enemy. From that moment every
gray-clad veteran who could
reach the stand rushed up to
shake hands with General Grant.
The stocky army officers cold
gray eyes filled with tears and
his shoulders shook with emotion
as he murmured, God bless you
all, boys, God bless you'll" giving
each a cordial hand grasp.
,, Battle-torn banners were group.
ed at his feet and waved over
! his head in salute. One old off
Ger rode up to the stand, seizeG
: General Grants hand and KISSED
him on the cheek, exclaiming
God bless you, boy, l fough
; your father, of whom you are tn
image, but he was gallant, mag
5 unanimous foe, and love his son.
t More than one veteran was il
J.. tears as he saw the famous Fed
t eral chieftain's son so touched b.
the reception. 1t is doubtful
II any other Northern man, even
{ President, ever received such a
t ovation as that which was spon
;, taneously given to General Gran
u by the Confederate veterans t.
+ day.
II The parade over, the reunio
was practically at an end and We
erans'. special trains began
J. leave the city at 2 p. m.
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Sale of Land.

- Under an order of the Superior Court
of Robson County, made in a certain
special proceeding entitled R. S. Bond,
administrator of F. l. Bond, deceased,
]. G. Mccormick and RS. Bond, Exec
utors and Trustees of Mrs. Fannie
Peterson, deceased, against Annie Far
row, and others, the undersigned will
seIl at public auction for cash, at the
court house door in Lumberton, North
Carolina, on June 18th, 1909, same be-
ing the First Monday of the June Term
of Robson County Superior Court, the
following lands in Robson County,
North Carolina:
Situated in the Town of Lumberton,
and bounded as follows:
Beginning at stake in the Western
edge of Lot No. "a, in said Town of
Lumberton, on Chestnut Street, IA feet
from the Northwestern corner of Lot
83 in said town, and runs about South
along the Eastern line of said Street Y
feet to the Southwest corner of Lot
~ in said town; thence along the South
line of said Lot "a with the line of Sec
ond Street about East PIG feet to a
stake at the South East corner of Lot
"a in said Town; thence along the East
ALAS " A1OC Oh dbOuI 4NO1tu u 106G GC
the third corner of R. S. Bonds lot,
lying North of the lot here described;
thence about West along the South
line of R. S. Bonds lot 216 feet to the
beginning, containing about one-thi; d
of an acre, and being part of Lot "a
in the Town of Lumberton, North Car
DINA, reference being made for more
complete description to deed from R.
s. Bond and Fannie Peterson to F. l.
Bond, dated February 10, 1888, and re.
| corded in the Office of the Register of
Deeds of Robson County, in Book II
Page 631, and being the Southern one
third of Lot "a, and being the same
known as the F. l. Bond Lot, and upor
death.
Said sale being made for partition.
A. T. Mclean,
Commissioner.
Mclean, Mclean & Snow,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
b-17-AmoO
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14

A man who lives about 5 miles
from town bought an article in
Chicago recently for 80 is and
when it arrived last week he
found that the freight on same
was $l.20-the freight amount
ing to just what he could have
bought the article for here in the
first instance. Things are not
always what they seem. Next
time that gentleman thinks he
sees a bargain in ordering goods
he will doubtless investigate and
find out beforehand whether or
not he cannot in the long run
save money by buying from home
merchants.
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Commissioners Sale.

By virtue of authority vested in me
under judgment and decree of the Su-
perior Court of Robson County by His
Honor, J. Crawford Biggs, Judge, at
December Term, 1908, of said Court, in
Civil Action pending therein wherein
R. R. Barnes was Plaintiff and Thomas
H. Hardin and Robert Hardin, his guar
dian, were defendants, Twill, on Monday,
the 18th day of June, 1909, at12 o'clock
noon, at the court house door in Lum-
berton, N. C. offer forsale to the highest
bidder at public auction for cash, the
following described lands, to-wit:
In Sterlings township, adjoining the
lands of William Barnes, E. P. D.
Barnes, w. A. Rhodes, Owen Ward
and others, containing fifteen acres,
more or less, and being the same land de,
scribed in a mortgage from Thomas H.
Hardin to R. R. Barnes, registered in
book 3 V, at page $50, and the same
| wherein said Hardin resided in the
year 1897.
R. &. LAWRENCE,
Commissioner.
Mcintyre, Lawrence & Proctor, At
torneys for Plaintiff.
| 5-17-4mOn
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14
OUT ST. PAULS WAY.
Children's Day Exercises-Saw
Mills Busy Singing School
Preaching Day Changed.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Crops are looking fine in this
section.
Picnic and watermelon season
is almost here and the young
folks are looking forward with
great anticipations. There has
been one picnic already over at
the BigPond at Tolarsville, which
is a very nice place indeed for
picnics, boat riding, etc.
Mr.. Pink Barker, ofLumberton,
was in this communityThursday
Rev. ]. M. Gibbs, of HopeMills,
filled his regular appointment at
Tolarsville Sunday morning and
night. Two members were re-
ceived by letter. Mrs. w. H. Fish
err, from Big Branch church, and
Miss Gertrue Maxwell, fromLum-
berton.
Children's Day exercises at
Regan's Sunday afternoon were
we'll attended. The programme
was good and we'll rendered, es-
pecially Miss Gertrude Maxwell's
recitation.
Mrs. Daniel Mcneil, of Lumber.
ton, is spending this week with
her mother, Mrs. Cattle King.
Mr.. Rivers, a progressive bus.
mess man of this community,
went to South Carolina last Fri
day on businessr
Mrs. N. T. Humphrey anc
daughter, Lena, went to st. Pauls
last Tuesday shopping.
Bills of lumberseem to be more
plentiful than of the past month
as we hear more of the saw mills
The Centerville Sunday schoo
is to have a singing school some
time soon, taught by Mr.. Alex. Be
thune, which will be helpful t,
the choir. We also expect t,
have an organ for our Sunda,
school, which will make it NOR
interesting.
Mrs. HI. Broadwell spent las
week with her daughter, Mrs. L
Townsend, at St. Pauls.
Our preaching day has beel
changed from the 4th Sunday t,
the Bird at Great Marsh. Rev. E
A. Paul is to fill Mr.. Sentelle'
place nett Sunday. Mr.. Paul i
just from the seminary.
Fruit is beginning to ripen, t
the delight of the little folks, an
big ones as we'll.
Mr.. J. c. Humphrey, of Savan
nah, Ca, visited home folks las
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Broadwe]
took in the excursion trip toJack
son Springs yesterday. Severs
went from this community.
st. Pauls, N. C.,R. Ed. No.
June IL, 1909.
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Notice of Entry.

No. 148. NORTH CAROLINA,
Robson County.
To T. N. Higley.
Entry Taker for Robson County:
The undersigned, w H. Booth and
DR.. J T. Hoggard, of Fender County,
North Carolina, enters and lays claim
to the following piece or parcel of land
in St. Pauls Township, Robson Coun-
ty, State of North Carolina, the same
being vacant and unappropriated land
and subject to entry, viz:
In St. Pauls township, lying in and on
Big Galberry Swamp, in Robson Coun-
ty, adjoining the lands of T. ]. Reddel,
L. Shaw, Buffers Lumber Co., S. A.
Barfield, Daniel Furgeson and others,
containing by estimation, 800 acres,
more or less.
This June 3, 1909.
w H. BOOTH,
| DR.. J. T. HoGGARD,
Witness-Earl Thompson.
Filed and entered, June, 1909.
T. N. HIGLEY,
Entry Taker.
| G-7hnpon
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14
Executors Notice.

Having qualified as executor of D. Sidney Smith
on the 18th day of May, 1909 notice is hereby Civ
to present them duly authenticated to the under
signed for settlement, en- or before the first day
or June, 1870 or this notice will be pleaded in n
OF their recovery, All persons indebted to said
estate must make immediate payment
This 18th day of May. 1909
ARCHIE PATTERSON SMITH,
Executor D. Sidney Smith.
Mclean, Mclean & Snow, Attorney for Exc c.
utor, i-3I -6mon
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14
StOm ach Troubles.

Many remarkable cures of stomach
troubles have been effected by cham
pertains stomach and Liver rablets.
one man who had spent over two thous-
ana dollars for medicine and treatment
was cured by few boxes Of these tab
iets. Price, rs cents. samples free at
McMillan's drug store.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14
STATE NEWS.

The NorthCarolina Colombian
ufaeturers' Association will meet
in Charlotte Tuesday.
Jesse L. Bunker, a farmer, was
killed by lightning in a barn at
his home near Mount Airy We'd
nesday. He had taken refuge in
a tobacco barn from storm.
Miss Louise Lynch, of Ruther-
fordton, was drowned Thursday
in Broad river, when a boat in
which was a party from Ruther-
fordton was capsized, and others
in the party narrowly escaped
drowning.
Recorder Furlong, of Whining
ton, Wednesday sentenced Harris
field Crandall, a young white man
OF unsavory reputation, to Is
months on the roads for selling
liquor and gave two negroes IL
months on the same charge.
The 39th annual convention OF
the Grand Lodge, Knights of Ply.
thas, adjourned inHendersonville
Thursday to meet next year ii
Charlotte. The convention is sale
to have been the most largely at
tended and successful from every
point of view of any in years.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14

Colds that hang on weaken the con-
stitutioE and develop into consumption.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures persistent
coughs that refuse to yield to other
treatment. Do not experiment with
untried remedies as delay may result
IN your cold settling on your lungs. sold
by all druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14

Mr.. A. w. Peace spent yes
terday in Fayetteville with Mrs.
Peace and their infant daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peace expect to
move to Lumberton the first
of next week and will move
into the house on Elm street
now occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. A. T. Parmele and Misses
Emma and Laura Norment, who
will move into Mr.. and Mrs.
Parmele's new house on Elm
street, which it is expected will
be finished by the last of this
week.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14

James McRackan, 16-months.
o Ole son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wade
Wishart, has been very sick for
several days and at the time Of
death. ' u
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-14

Quillie Summons and Frank
Samuels, colored, arrested at
Smoaks, S. c., near Branchville,
charged with the murder of Ben
Smoaks two weeks ago, were
lynched Friday afternoon by a
mob of 500.