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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
MOB OF FIFTEEN
SWUNG UP NEGRO IN
CAPITAL s SHADOW
FLORIDA AGAIN THE SCENE OF A
SUMMARY AND ILLEGAL
EXECUTION.
WOULD HAVE HUNG IN FIVE DAYS
Began TO Act Queer And Fears Of
Insanity Ruse May Have Prompted
Action of Cttizens-Had Killed The
Sheriff.

TALLAHASSEE. Fla. June g.
Dangling from a limb in the county
jailyard and within sight of the dome
of Floridas Capitol. the lifeless body
Of Maik Morris, colored, greeted the
people of this city Sunday.
Already condemned TO death for the
murder Of William Langston, late
Sheriff of this county, this negro
would have. on Friday, June II, just
FIVE days hence, paid the penalty
of his crime with his life al the hands
of the law. A mob of not more than
fifteen men decreed otherwise, how
ever, and at 3 o'clock Sunday morning
Morris was dragged from mis- cell in
the jail and strung to the limb OF
tree within the Jail enclosure. AS II
to add emphasis to their lawlessness'
the masked band emptied round OF
cartridges into the lifeless body OF the
negro and rode away without the
slightest molestation.
Sheriff Houston was in Georgia, and
when the lynchers arrived at the jail
they brought the jailer to the door
with the ruse that they had prison
er, then overpowered him, took his
KEYS. secured the negro Morris, locked
the taller in Morris cell and soon &C
complished their work.
Lately Morris had been acting
strangely, and it is believed that fear
that the negro would attempt TO es-
cape the gallows through feigned In
sanity prompted the act of the mob
which took the law into their own
hands to avenge the death Of Sheriff
Langston.
Langston was killed by the negro
Morris in March last while the Sherin
was attempting to arrest him for
crime committed in Georgia. Consid-
cradle excitement followed the killing,
and for these days posses with blood
hounds secured the turpentine woods
and swamps in search OF MOTIFS,
lynching being recognized as inevita-
bic in case of capture at that time. He
was later captured in Georgia ana
taken to Jacksonville for safe-keeping
until the date of his trial here.
Morris pleaded guilty to the murder
charge, receiving the death sentence
and Gov. Gilchrist named an early
date for his execution, since when
there has been no intimation Of lynch
ing
The coroner's inquest failed to de-
velop any clew as to the identity OF
the men composing the mob.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
CROP
OUTLOOK GOOD
WELD WILL BE ABOUT FOUR HUN.
DRED CARS-WlLL BRING
BIG SUM.

Latest advices received here from
the South show that Irish potato grow
ers in the Louisiana belt have COM
menced moving their crop and that II
the weather continues good for two
weeks the bulk of the crop will be on
the market and out Of the way OF the
Tennessee crop Maury county will
fall short this year of her last year
output by at least $50 or 200 cars, but
it will depend largely on the way In
which the southern crop is handled
whether or not the price holds up.
The outlook. while much better than
a week ago, is not yet clear, and deal
ers are slow to take hold and do any
specializing on futures. 1t is estima-
ted that the yield this year will be
right at 400 cars, perhaps 43O, and
even at 400 cars 1t will require $780,
600 to move the crop from first hands,
as each car will average $500 to the
car. The crop last year was worth
nearly $250,000.
This price may be augmented, from
the fact that the yield may not pan
out to the expectations Of the growers.
as the tubers are not as large as US
ual and may not produce as many
marketable potatoes as expected, still
with nearly two more weeks to grow
wonderful changes can be wrought
Digging will begin about the fifteenth
to eighteenth Of this month and for
three weeks potato dealers will Meth
err sleep nor eat except on the run.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
FIREBUG CAUGHT
WITH GOODS ON
NEGRO WOMAN ARRESTED AT MT.
PLEASANT WHILE APPLYING
THE TORCH.

Henrietta Burrows, negro woman
OF Mt. Pleasant, was arrested Tuesday
night by Ofhcers Willis, Harris and
Burns on a charge of arson and ad-
mits her guilt. but claims she was
paid $500 by a negro woman named
Fields to commit the act. The woman
was detected while setting fire to the
store of DR.. Whitfield on Gay street
Mt. Pleasant and was frightened away
by some boys. She had poured gaso-
lene on part of the building and had
started the blaze, but by prompt ac-
ton it was put out without serious
damage. The woma mis- a cocoaine
fiend.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
STRUCK FATHER
WITH A MAUI
WILLIAMSON COUNTY THE SCENE
OF TRAGEDY-SELF DEFENSE
THE coRoNER's VERDICT.

FRANKLIN, Tenn, June 9.-The re-
port has reached town that Columbus
Tomblin was killed by his nephew,
Joe Tomblin, Monday about noon at
the home of the former in the EleY-
enth district. The young man had
practically made his home with the
old man. Some trouble arose about
the farm work. 1t was brought up
again at the dinner table, and they
left the table to settle the dispute
When they were out of the house
young Tomblin picked up maui and
struck the old man on the head,
Draining him. He died In a few min
utes. A report reached town that
young Tomblin had skipped and that
bloodhounds had been sent for, but
this was later denied and 1t was found
that Joe had gone to the home OF his
father. Mr.. Tomblin was q man about
so years old and was a respected and
law.abiding citizen. His death is sin
cerely regretted by a large circle Of
friends.
At the coroner's inquest Tomblin
was released on the plea OF self-de-
Tense.
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TWO WILLS ARE
PROBATED HERE
r. G, FLEMING AND DR.. L. A. 5lDEZ
SIGNIFY DISPOSITION OF
PROPERTY.

The viii of the late R. 9. Fleming
of Zion has been admitted to probate
in the Circuit Court. All property
is left to his two nephews, James Ste
phenson Fleming and David Frierson
Fleming. His brothers, James and
David, are named executors without
bond.
The will of the late DR.. L. A. Bidez
has been admitted to probate. AL
property, including his European In
come, is left to his wife during her
natural life, and at her death goes to
his four daughters, Mrs. O. E. Hall,
Mrs. s. G. Caslett and Misses Cecile
and Alix. W. 9. Fleming is named
as executor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
HORSE CRUSHES
BOYS SKULL
NEIL MARGoT FATALLY WOUND
EpAT HIS HOME NEAR SPRING
HILL-cANNoT RECOVER.

Special to The Herald.
SPRING HILL, Tenn, June B.
Neil Margot, the seven-year-old son
of Mrs. Mary HUFF, who lives at Folks
chanel. three miles west OF Spring
Hill. was kicked on the head by a
horse Tuesday afternoon and while
still alive cannot possibly recover
The child when found was lying in the
barn yard, where it is supposed ne
had gone to play. No one witnessed
the accident. The boys skull was
crushed and his brains oozed out
through the aperture made by the
blow. DR.. C. A. Fowler was sum-
moned and rendered all possible AID.
He has no hope for the recovery OF
the child.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
LIVELY TOPICS ARE
UP FOR DISCUSSION
At BOARD MEETING
.CITY FATHERS HOLD INTEREST
ING SESSION AND HEAR
ARGUMENTS.
Mr.. SMISER STATES POSITION
Says Establishment of Garage Raised
Insurance on his Property Only
Didn't Effect Adjoining Houses.
Hiqh Street Sidewalk Moved Out.

Features of the meeting of the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen Monday
night came from the discussion of the
automobile garage on the South side
of the square and the setting out OF
the pavements on High between
Eighth and Sixth streets.
The garage question came towards
the close of the meeting. Mr.. James
A. Smiser rented his building near the
Southeast corner of the square to Fry
Brothers for a garage and reports
were Immediately and industriously
circulated that the establishment OF
the garage would increase insurance
to a very considerable extent on all
nearby property. In consequence OF
these reports petitions from practical
ly all the store-keeprs nearby were
presented TO the Board, requesting
that the garage at that point be Tor
hidden, if such could be done. In the
meantime Mr.. Smiser had communi-
Gated with Mr.. Wheeler, rate man for
the state Board Of Fire Insurance
Companies, who stated that while the
establishment of the garage would IN
crease the rate in the Smiser building
TO some extent, it would not increase
the rate on the adjoining property.
With this placed before them several
of the neighboring merchants with
drew their objections, though others
did not.
Mr.. SmiseT appeared before the
Board at the Monday night meeting
and went into the matter. He stated
that he was not there to ask special
favors, but simply wanted justice.
That the garage was legal business,
that its establishment would raise In
surance rates only on his own building
and that building was for rent That
the rate on the building of his neigh
Dor to the south, Mr.. Loeb, was con-
siderably higher than in the smiser
building before the establishment OF
the garage, and some higher after its
establishment because Of the nature OF
Mr.. Loeb's business. yet Mr.. Loeb was
running a legal business and he had
not attempted to put him out or even
considered it. That the rate on the
Calender & Co. building was higher
than on the Smiser building before the
establishment of the garage and equal
" as high since it's establishment be-
cause of the nature of the Calender
g. Co. business, yet he had never inter
fered with Calender & Co. or even
considered asking the Board to take
action on them. The milk in the CO.
coanut, he said. was that quarters IN
that portion Of the square were re-
stricted in front of the stores and as
as it was many wagons had to come
I'm before the establishment of Callen-
der & co. and others and they real
lied that with the garage at that
point space would have to be allowed
in front of the Smiser building Tor
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
UNCLE SAMUEL TO
SHIRK THE TASK Of
HUNTING JOBS
EMPLOYMENT b..
REAU LIKELY TO BE ABOLISH.
ED IN NEAR FUTURE.
NAGEL MAKES SUGGESTION
More Than Five Thousand Aliens
Have Been Placed in Rural Com
munities-Has Branches In Several
Large Cities.

WASHINGTON June 9.-The divi-
sion of information of the bureau of
immigration and naturalization is to
be wiped out to all intents and pur'
poses, if a report submitted to Secre-
tary Nagel of the department Of COM
merce and labor is adopted. Under
the direction Of former Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor Straus, the d.
vision of information started the work
of relieving congested centers of alien
population by finding employment for
unskilled laborers and others on farms
and in rural communities.
From the first this work aroused
the opposition of labor workers, and
after a campaign lasting eight
months, they seem to have won. The
work of the division of information
has been the subject Of many bitter
debates in labor circles, and Terrence
V. Powderly, the head Of the division,
has been accused of being the head OF
a governmental employment agency
that would attract to the United
States vast horde Of emigrants, who
would eventually create a disastrous
competition for labor.
Daniel J. Keefe, commissioner gen.
eral of immigration, who formerly
was the head Of the longshoremen's
union, has been devoting considera'
BILE attention to the division Of tnfor.
nation, and it is said has become con-
WINGED that its work as now going on
is considerably beyond the intention
of congress when IT framed that sec
ton of the immigration act under
which the work is progressing. At
present the division has branches In
several large cities, at which are re-
cruited unskilled allie nlaborers. In
addition the division for several
months past has circulated over thou
sands of rural routes return postal
cards. upon which the recipients can
set forth the nature of labor they de-
sire.
Based on returns already received,
the division. il is said, has taken from
the large cities about 5000 aliens and
placed them in rural communities. The
work of the division has expanded so
that it was believed by officials direct
ing that as many more alien labor
ers will be given employment within a
short time. After reading the law,
Commissioner General Keefe, it is as
serted. has reached the conclusion
that work now being done is consid-
erably outside of the divisions pro-
vince and has recommended that its
duties be curtailed to the extent OF
answering inquiries of the immigration
officials of the different states in re-
gard to labor needed, and thus cut on
the division from taking the Initiative
in any matter OF finding employment
for admitted aliens.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
M'LAURINE ENTERS
RACE FOR JUDGE
cues COUNTY MAN WILL OPPOSE
JUDGE HoLDlNG-A YOUNG
ATTORNEY.

p1r1,AsKI. Tenn, June Sion
nnfns u McLaurine has formally an
pounced his candidacy for the cilcu .,
iudgeship of this, the Eleventh 'ua,,
c,a, circuit. Mr.. McLaurine is a
descendant of the old and honore "a
IynpviIle family of that name and Is
ono Of the youngest and most abe
Wv Of the Pulaski bar, enjoying
fine practice. u,os the
Mr.. McLaurine represented 'n ,e
NV iNen nt.te senate in 1905 with ability
ana satisfaction to his constituency,
anu Sas a number of times occupied
anu no, here in the capacity OF spe-
cial circuit Judge and chancellor
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
BOYS LANDED
A BIG FISH
WEIeHED THIRTY POUNDS AND
CREATED A sENsATIoN-ALL
OFFERS REFUSED.

Henry Shelton, Will Finnell; Harrl-
"n White, C. c. Shelton and George
Nicholson. jr., came to town like con-
Quernc heroes Monday afternoon ana
soon attracted a large crowd. me
ooys went 10 Rutherford creek hshlns
and encountered the daddy Of the cat
nSh or the mama. There was y
struggle Of course, for the fish was as
large as some of the boys, but the
ooyS finally landed him, and When
brought 10 town It was found the nsh
tipped the scales at 80 pounds. the
BOYS Received numerous offers for
'nelF catch. hut turned all down with
calm d.sdain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11

Cures baby's Group, Willie's daily
W. and bruises, mama's sore throat
'an'mas lameness-Dr. Thomas &c
erie Oi'-The great household rem
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
If CIRCUIT COURT
HRS SOCIAL CLUB
SOLARPLEXUS BLOW
.goDs DECISION OF The
AVER COURT IN EVERY PAR
TlCULAR.
# AND COSTS IMPOSED
-. Holding Delivered Strong and
:I.,r Charge to the Jury.-A Num-
- other Cases Disposed OIL
.,pesI Is Taken.

r.. Ease Of Mathers Gordon VS..
hoard Of Mayor and Aldermen OF
4 .u,is an appeal from a fine OF
I'M and costs in the city court IN
4 - Club" case, was decided
/ Yrcuit Court Wednesday, the
4 ,tre If the city court being con-
E-na6 An appeal, it is announced
e. no raken. Judge Holding charged
4 .orv in this case this morning and
\. .bsree was strong and direct. The
/ has attracted much interest be-
I.n,s Of the principle involved and
= onestion of whether or not these
.,ioI clubs could be conducted under
HE law
Nm the main points of law involved
ksge Holding charged the jury as
OllOws:
ths defendant with others united
!, The purpose of ordering keg OF
keer and drinking it among them
Lives each man contributing only
!. nro rata share of the actual cost
Nd YOU find that the defendant so
8,itad others to join in, that he super
IntsDded the ordering and that the
Aeer was shipped in his care and that
i notified the parties when ana
where to get the beer and collected
NO money for the same, then the de-
spdspt would be guilty OF procuring
] aud furnishing intoxicating liquors TO
another, within the meaning Of the
ordinance. and you will find the de-
tsndant guilty.
II YOU find that the defendant rent
/ a rom and hired a man to clean 1t
M and that he solicited persons TO
order beer and agreed to furnish them
beer at an agreed price, and in pursu-
mce Of such an arrangement did 1ur-
psb the beer to them and received the
money for the same, either before or
after the beer was ordered, then the
defendant would be guilty OF selling
intoxicating liquors, within the mean
Ing Of the city ordinance, and the de-
PENDANT would be convicted, and THIS
would be so although the defendant
NAV have intended to charge eacn
man enough to pay the actual cost OF
the beer, plus the expenses.
other Cases.
Monroe Pitts and Anderson station
two Of the negroes who robbed the
peddler named England at Dodson S
GAP some weeks since, plead guilty
IL the Circuit Court this morning ana
we're sentenced to three years each IN
the penitentiary.
The case of the State vs.. Morgan
Temple, charged with assault Win III
tent to commit murder, was reset TOT
the 22nd inst.
Lula Phelps, colored, plead guilty
to assault and, battery and was SEN
fenced to six months on the county
road.
Bob Lea, colored, charged with sell
ing liquor without license was noileo
Oh payment of costs.
The suit of Thomas VS.. Hayes lot
damages is pending.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-22
I0aSSSSSG&22SSG0ES2 &SSaS0a>S $40 SSsESSSS
ole BuncO Submarine.
A Tale With Pearls, Orientals, and Sharks In 1t.

(London sketch.)

The agent stayed aboard the
schooner 10 be entertained by the
gruffvoiced man named Hayes. The
business OF shell sampling over, they
sat in their chairs under the double
awning away from the oyster heaps
and listened 10 the babel Of voices that
drifted across the Straits Of Torres.
The northwest monsoon had fallen to
a threc-knot zephyr, and the thirty
luggers belonging to the Queensland
pearling feet rolled in a half-moon
formation on the eastern limit of the
Vanderdecken Rank.
A champagne cork popped under
the awning; the scent of a cheroot
rose like incense amid the offal that
trails eternally in the wake OF pearls
The wine mellowed Hayes, softened
the blade-like edge Of his overweight
mind until his laughter was heard by
the Trepang fishers across the bay.
THE man who owns a pearl lagoon
has got to sell his dignity and watch
the skyline" he said after a pause.
I've been in the business for eighteen
years, sir, and | know a thief schooner
from a mission boat / bought a la.
COON once from an old German down
In the Shoe Archipelago that cost me
$4,000 and my reputation as a Jap kill.
err.
The Shoe Archipelago is a long way
south of the Marquesas, but there were
shelters who'd have gone to the ice
limit TO put in years fishing at Eight
Bells Lagoon-that was the name
gave It. From reef to reef 1t was
packed with golden edge shell, little
baby pearl the size of your thumb
nail, stun that will tempt nine thieves
out of ten into your waters. Golden
edge shell is slow TO mature, and |
thought 1t worth while to sit down and
wait a year or so and give 1t time to
grow.
The old German who sold me the
island had put up a notice stating
that he'd gun the first poacher who
took an oyster from the lagoon. So
when the pearl banks became my
property | reckoned that the printed
notice had a claim on my ammunition.
"One afternoon a schooner ripped
into the passage and started to wind
herself round the buoy. Before my
mate, Bill Howe, could bring me my
Sunday uniform a couple of Japs put
of in a dinghy and climbed up the
steps to my tradehouse veranda. Their
names were written on ivory cards
Natl Hannigin and Sustu Ma. They
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to the shore line with finest mother-o'-
pearl, and the schooner shipping the
stun as fast as they could load her.
bill asked me to keep calm. Talk
sense and bring out the cartridges
says |.
Then an idea fioated into my head,
and after ia rubbed its edges and
smoothed 1t into shape l commanded
Bill 70 kill a pig. Cut It into a doz.
en- pieces and scatter It about the
lagoon entrance, says |.
" What for? says Bill.
1t will bring up my bull pups.
You watch the pearling industry by
and by, BILL
There was ap old hog in the com.
pound Of no particular account Bill
walked round it with an AK and got
in first blow before the hog could
strike an attitude. We spent two
hours cutting it up and scattering It IN
the deep water at the lagoon mouth.
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1t would go well with soft sr,,,.,
says Bill, wiping dead fsh from M,
eye. us
The Jap at the manhole promise,
to consider my proposal at an ss,,l
date. Then he asked IL We bad ~
more sharks to spare. There W
several floating round, that looked
hurt and tired he said
81 followed Bill back TO the traAo
house. Nothing that had any bearing
on the japanese submarine was Iet
unsaid At sun-up Bill Compliance
bitterly about the small Of dead sbayt
on the roof
" It's the only blamed thing they'ys
left us, says he.
But he had TO admit that the ma.
chine was no fy-tray."
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gave me to understand that they were
graduates from the Tokyo University.
Then they bowed and showed me
the diamonds on their fingers. | was
considerably impressed. 1t takes three
generations they say, to make a gen.
tleman. / reckoned by the way they
kowtowed that their forefathers had
been practicing bowling since Column
bus first pointed the way to Chicago.
Their business was in a nutshell.
They had with them the skeleton OF
a submarine designed and thought out
by themselves. It was an improve
ment on the old French type and cap
able Of destroying the largest battle
ship afioat. Its construction was be-
gun in the United States, but as the
model grew they discovered that their
ideas were being assimilated by local
experts. When you consider tina.
three European governments are will
ing 70 pay an immense sum for re-
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Lapps Eond Of stImuIsnis.

The Laps are very fond III sum.
ulating drinks. They think nothing 2,
drinking fifteen or twenty cups o.
coffee a day, while their consumpuOA
Of punch Is on a vast scale.
1t is no uncommon thing 10 see
numbers of helplessly drunk naIlIe.
in the streets Of Tromso, especiaiy
when the sale Of reindeer flesh na'
been profitable, Yet robbery ana ~
deed crime in general is practieai',
unkonwG smong them. The inn"'
honesty Of the people is quite eA''-
ordinary.-Wide World Magazine
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SCATTERED TO THE FOUR WINDS.

Boston tells of boy walking along downtown
who carelessy piece Of till he had handful OF
which
these floating pieces paper
the had
the EpwoTh Herald adorns this tale with another
with profit says
roundmg his seatmate
who had overheard he wished that he might recall his
determined he would again
o he
guilty a houghe The words
he
boy gathered the scattered bits
those who been
already winds
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NAMELEss GRAVES.
Railroads 6uryins Ground Of linden
titled Victims.

tUeo NlCum6.
A burying ground with fcrty-one
nameless graves on the shores Of
Good Lake, near the point Of inter
section Of the Lake Superior branch
and the main line of the Transcon'
tinental, is described by John Munroe,
who has just returned TO Port Arthur
Ontario, from that country after hav-
ing superintended the erection OF
saw mill. Munroe states thu the
bodies which have been inferred in
this out-of.the.way place without iden'
tifcaion were practically all victims
of accidents on railway construction.
The explanation given by him was
that the men entered the employ Oh
the construction companies without
their names being taken and thar
when killed nothing was found IN
their clothes by which identification
could be made. All Of the men are
Americans recruited at Buffalo ana
Dertoit.