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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22
Dozen Florida Men, MaSquerad-
ing as Officers, Put Six AL
legged Murderers TO Death.
OBTAIN POSSESSION
OF VICTIMS BY RUSE
Bogus Telegram Presented to
Son of Sheriff; Boy Gives
Up His Charges.

LAKE CITY. Fla. May ot-Six negroes
were lynched here early today after a
party OF more Than dozen men. mas
quersding as officers. appeared at the
county Jail and secured possession OF the
men by presenting bogus telegram to
the 16-year old son of the sheriff order
ing the release OF the blacks 10 the al
legged posse OF officers
The negroes were being held here for
safckeepng on the charge Of numbering
T. B. Smith, sawmill man of Wades-
borough. Leon county and woundInc an
other man named Register. May IL.
The men, who had come from rala-
the negroes about mile from town
compelled them 10 stand abreast and
about ten men commenced firing with
rifles and pistols until every one Of the
prisoners had been rddlcd with bullets.
The firing lasted about half an hour and
at daybreak citizens found the negroes
mutllaicd beyond recognition.
Daring Plan of Mob.
The plans OF the mob were most dsr-
ing. though bu; for unusual combina-
tlon of circums stances they would never
have been successful. The sheriff of
and left the jail in charge Of the boy.
who aroused in tho carly hours of the
morning, allowed the negroes TO be taken
from the jail without knowing the SIN
lister purpose of the mob.
The telegram which the leader OF the
mob showed the boy was supposedly from
the sheriff OF Leon county and stated
that the sheriff had received intimations
that q mob was being fJrmed in Talln-
hassee 10 take the negroes from tho Lake
City Jail.
Boy Easily Deceived.
The message ordered that the men be
carried further south to frustrate the
suspected mob. The telegram appeared
authentic. as the six negroes have been
moved frequently
Residents OF Lake City knew nothing
OF the lynching until fusillade of dis
tant shots was heard. few citizens
went In the direction of the firing and
found the bodies. but the lynchers had
disappeared.
The crime for which the negroes were
held created strong feeling in Leon coun-
W as the men shot were prominent. and
general race war was predicted. II was
proved that the negroes had established
q verltable arsenal and were prepared for
trouble. The negroes were first taken To
Tallahassee. then sent TO Live Oak for
safekeeping. and brought 10 Lake City
six days ago
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22
FAMOUS WOMAN IS
CALLED BY DEATH
Passing of Mrs. w. P. Fleming,
One OF the Foremost Astron-
omers of the World.

BOSTON May 2l.-Mrs. William Paton
Fleming ono OF the foremost astroDo-
mers OF the world and curator OF astron Z,
on1ica! records la Harvard university, dieu
late today in Boston hoSpitaL, -,
Mrs Fleming became one Of the most
interesting personalities among The scien-
Isis Of the world through her acuteness
I'm the handling OF astronoTnic pho'osrapns
al Harvard university by means Of which
She had discovered no less than seven ne"
stnrs and many rariablSs.
Mrs Fleming WAS born in Dundee, Scot,,
l,nJ MAY -. 1851 and became connected
,yitb the Harvard college observatory III
1879 In 1898 she was appointed curator
OF astronomical photographs and ieGoras
Sha vas gn honorary member OF the Royal
Gst,onomical society OF London ana non
orary assistant in astronomy at 'We,les,
lev college. She had been III but shot'
time.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22
ENTIRE FAMILY Is
KILLED ON TRACK
Frightened Horse Plunges in
Front of Train on Electric
Road Near Newark, Ohio.

NEWARK, o., Nav 2l.-The entire
family of D. w. Dodson OF Hebron was
wiped out today when an lntcrurbsn car
on the Newark division OF the Ohio Elec-
trio railroad struck their buggy and
killed Dodson Mrs Dodson and their two
little girls. aged I and &
When the mother was picked up she
was dead. The younger child died al
most immcdiat teiy. Dodson died while
being taken to a physician. and the el-
der child died this afternoon
According to railway officials tho Dod-
sons were riding along the highway which
nanks the electric line, q mile west OF
Hebron. and were passing a car when
their horse became frightened and
plun oed across the track. Motornan Hcll
was unable To stop his car In time TO pre-
vent the collision.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22
[ICE PACT IS
||CNED; WAR IN
mexico ENDED
Harrarns Announcing the
|reement Dispatched to
Rabels and Federals
in Camps.
sDERO GIVEN ALL
HE COMMENDED FOR
urrecto Chief to Proceed
b Capital After Diaz Re
igns, Passing Through
State of Chihuahua.

rAREZ Mexico. May 2l-OfficialIy
lated representatives OF the Mexi-
<vscrnment ana the revolutionists at
'tIcck tonight signed a peace agree
Al the custom house here intended
IA the hostilitics which have been
a In Mexico for the last six months.
>5uEh covering only the principal
which have been negotiated thus
h practically records the concession
N government of those demands
q Initiated ON November 20 last
b revolution in Mexico. kilograms
cncing the signing OF the agreement
dispatched throughout Mexico to
1tionsry and federal leaders alike
1!liutionsl restrictions prevented the
siou In the peace agreement OF the
that the rebels will he permitted
<ggest 10 various state legisla lures
eanes Of provisional governors and
Fise the fact that six OF the eight
Eters Of the new cabinet have been
#en BY the revolutioniSts. but the
Ement records that President Diaz
Vice President Corral will resign and
lhe government is To concentrate its
lilons on desired reforms. In the
! room where President Taft and
nent Diaz met in International
<haking TWO years ago. where the
R7li OF President Taft in silent soli-
BOXED down upon the peace COM
oners. the portrait of President Diaz
ID once hung beside the Taft picture
d long since been removed, the
Eent was formally drafted today.
actual signing OF the agreement
place undeT most extraordi cir
nnces tonight on the steps of The
Pa house. When the peace commits
re arrived. they found the door OF
fufom house locked and no one
70 LET them in. Accordingly they
ffed on the steps OF tine building
Fnlle newspaper men held ma tches.
'nin pens were produced and the doc
u agned. Four automobiles turned
searchlights on the scene and when
1Enatures were affixed, the commits
90 OF both embraced joyfully while
" crowd that had collected shouted
lEe carbajal represented the federal
nmeni and DIR. Easquez Gomez.
'e' MdueFo. Sr.. and Scnor PinO
hrted for the rcvolutionists. The
-nent follows:
Text of Agreement.
he city OF Juarez. on the 2lst day
l9il. at the custom house, Senior
francisco s. Carbajal. representing
SvesnmeDt Of General Porfrlo Diaz;
mclsco Nasqusz Gomez, Don Fran
aadero and Don Jose Maris Pine
as the representatives OF the rev.
forces. having gathered to
hoeIt The method Of effecting ces-
o. hostilities In the entire national
and considering:
asN mat Senior General Porfirin Diaz
sniiested his resolution OF resiguing
Te,soency OF the republic before the
ne present month. and.
ccono mat bona fide news is at hand
s.nor % Ramon Corral will resign the
.mss'aency OF the republic, within
Sne period. and.
~, mat by the administration of
ssnor Francisco Leon De la Barra.
Sni minister OF foreign relations
suernment % Scnor General Diaz.
sune FOR the interim the power OF
-reu're OF the nation and Will call
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22
DvERTISINC TALKS
WRITTEN BY
C. FREEMAN

AN advertising agency
~ a newspaper special
Nesentative and an ad-
uSlhg man (thc writer)
Y Y. lne other day at the slg-
4 sllon OF the agency man to
4 over an advertising plan
pch he had submitted to a
EIp!,oration. 4,
4 1ne agency man had sug-
'ea to the president Of q
pratlon an advertising
a good one, which APP
scd strongly to him.
finally rejected it,
Fever, on the theory that
y started to advertise,
H. WOULD HAVE TO
~. EVERY PAPER il
city, and he could not set
|ssI.! s that much money for
4 men the agent asked
y he thought this was
||a's assary, the president
we didn't use every
eontinled on Page Three.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22
OLD NEGRO PREACHER
LYNCHED IN GEORGIA

SWAINSRORO. Ga. May 2I,-Ben
Smith. an old negro preacher was lynched
late last night after he had shot his wife
and fatally wounded Deputy Marshal Neal
Cnnady, who was called 10 the scene.
This is the second lynchirg in Swans-
boro within ten days. Excitement is run
Ming high and many negroes are planning
to leave.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22
STIMS0N TO TAKE THE
OATH OF OFFICE TODAY

WASHINGTON. May 2i,-Henry t.,
Stimson, who will be sworn in as sccrc-
tary OF war tomorrow morning, arrived
here with Mrs. Stimson, late tonight. lie
will assume his new duties May 20.
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Hold Up Overland,

The robbery which had been planned
by Foley and Murphy with the assistance
OF TEX" for December % was postponed
until January >, Trainmen on The Over
land observed that the semaphore mad
been rampcrcd with on the night on De
cember % but after the 1agman had been
sent ahead the train proceeded through
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22

-nmY and integrity backed
-,od advertising will win
..,ss in any line of business.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22

GOOD advertising is the most
reliable ally of al who strive 10
get ahead in this world.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22

Whether we shall have the saloon
that can be controlled. IL We want TO
control IL. or whether we shall have
the blind pig. tho hole In the wall
or the bootleg. and the Illicit corner
In the drug store. and for one I
believe that II is the part OF wis
dom. for the present. and under our
conditions, To handle this difficult
matter through operation of law. IL
Is always and forever better TO have
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24
THE CORN CONTEST.

Boys Of Maury county under eigh
teen years of age should lose nc
time in entering the contest institu
ted by the Board of Trade. Some
boy is going to win 500 in gold for
his extra endeavors in the cultiva-
/ ton of an acre of corn. Another
will get $50 and another $25. These
rizes are certainly worth striving for.
They are perhaps the most substan-
tial ever offered In Tennessee by a
commercial organization There are
no restrictions upon any Maury coun-
ty boy under eighteen. 1t will not
cost him cent to get into the con-
tset and if he does not win he ia
out nothing whatever for the addi-
tional labor and attention that he
gives his acre OF corn will be reward
ed in the additional yield that he will
secure. 1t is an exceptional oppor-
tunity for the boys of the county Not
less than 100 Of them should enter
the contest.
The plan to hold big corn exhibit
in Columbia next fall, the exhibits to
come from the corn raised by the boy
contestants, is one that should be
carried to a successful conclusion
by the Board of Trade. This county
can raise as fine corn as can be
grown in the country and an exhibit
along the lines proposed would at
tract hundreds of people. II would
be an inspiration to the farmers Of
the county. The day upon which the
prizes are awarded should be a gala
event for Columbia and Maury coun-
ty. 1t should be a general holiday
when the agricultural resources OF
the country should be glorifled and
the youth of this section taught the
vast possibilities of the Maury coun-
ty soil.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24
NASHVILLE CHARTER VETO.

Gov. Hooper's veto Of the Nashville
charter bill was expected. To have
approved this measure would have
been to disappoint the hopes of the
supporters of the Governor all ever
the state. He could not, consistently
with his campaign pledges, and his
conception of his duties, take any 9TH
course other than the one that he did
when he disapproved the bill. The
Governor knows, as every citizen in
Tennessee knows, that the primary
purpose of this vicious act is to fur
Their entrench a political machine In
9ower. That machine represents the
vicious and the lawless elements OF
Nashville and it's course in directing
The affairs of the city has been such
hat instead of the State extending Its
powers there should be some legisla-
ion that would permit a removal of
he recreant officials.
The Nashville bill is not q mere
local measure Wholesale violations
Of State Law through the connivance
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24
A PLEA FOR HARMONY.

Cur old and much esteemed friend,
W A. Owens, of East Tennessee,
comes forward with a plea for har.
muny and lesce In the Democratic
party in Tennessee that has much in
IL to commend it to the sound sense
and patriotism Of the people. Mr..
Owens ve-y truly says that some OF
tie issues Lpor which the Dem ,cra-
tic party divided do not now exist.
And he is also correct when he says
that the S;atn will be either Demo
cratic or Republican NEXT year. 1t
will probabi.' lie Republican ii T. ,
present strife within the Democratic
party is co1t:aued. And IL is ais
I de- that The present stiis and dis.
cord are u,tr'nental 20 the highest
interests Of the people Of the State.
There are now very few II any
places over which to quarrel. Most
OF the ofices have been filled. The
temperance Democrats have support
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24

of local officers bring about conditions
that concern every citizen In Tennes-
see. And when a measure having Tor
Its sole purpose the rewarding OF Of
ficers who have contributed to this
deplorable situation is presented to O
Governor who believes his oath OF Of
fee means what it says AID who ID
under a pledge to enforce the laws,
there should be no occasion for sur
prise when he vetoes it. Gov. Hoop
er has not disappointed his friends
In his exercise of the veto power. He
has been courageous and consistent.
II his own party associates will stand
by him his veto will not be over-rid-
den In the House of Representa-
tives.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24
Al OTHERS SEE ~.

Maury County Is manifesting little
interest in the Memphis-to-B, istol
highway. The call for county con-
vention at Columbia recently brought
out ,nly score or so Of citizens.
This .ndi1e snce is IDt rreditable .
the wealth and intelligence of tie
people. Should Maury fail to oafer
inducement 20 the proposed highway,
the rolte through thai county will he
aband med, AMI othe" counties IN
that route will feel fcen disappo,nu-
ment. One county can defeat the
hopes of many other counties.-Hlck-
man County News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24
HIGH PRIEST OF WAR.

When a member of Congress in the
: course of debate on the naval appro.
priation bill described Hobson, of
Merrimac fame, as the High Priest
of War" he gave expression to about
the most suitable and apt characteri-
cation of the Alabama statesman that
we have seen. Hobson is a war nan
lac. He dreams about war. His
every vision of life is obscured and
clouded by the smoke of imaginary
battle. He goes to bed with his
boots on and his sword unsheathed
He is never content unless his fer
vid imagination is cunjuring scenes
of blood and carnage and nothing is
such music to his ears as the thund-
er of artillery and the rattle of musk.
etry. To Hobson the chief end of
man is war. Mars Is to him the god
of gods He worships daily and
hourly at his bloody throne. Hob
son loves dearly to discourse On the
dangers that come from our unpre-
paredness for war He Is actually
surprised when he wakes in the morn
ing and fails to see a million armed
Japanese storming the ramaprts of
the Nations capital. Longingly he
looks down the Potomac toward the
Atlanta in expectancy for the JAP
aDese feet. Before retiring at Light
he looks under his bed for Japanese
spie1. Hobson has visions but they
are not visions Of peaceful valleys,
OF the busy marts of trade, of the
contented toilers In the factories and
the mines. All these pictures that
appeal to others are obscrued from
Hobson's eye by the smoke Of battle.
Hobson would rather build a battle
ship than erect a postoffice; he would
rather construct a fort than erect
temple Of justice. 1t takes all kinds
of folks to make up Congress and
mighty dull place 1t would be when
army and navy bills are under con-
sideration were 1t not for the High
Priest of War.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24
RAILWAY MAIL MEN
GET SHORTER HOURS
HOURS OF WORK OF SOME OF
THEM REDUCED BY RE-
CENT ORDER.

BRISTOL, Tenn, Feb. 23.-Along
with the so-called hard knocks the
railway mail clerks are getting from
the postofice department In the cam
paign to "tae up the slack" in the SER
vice, some concessions are being
granted which have not heretofore
been enjoyed. All clerks who worek
every day are given thirty days of
as vacation every year. with full pay.
Heretofore they have been given only
fifteen days, including Sundays.
hours dailyETAoIN sHRDL ETA sH
Clerks who work as much as eleven
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24

ed from conviction and from prin-
ciple Republican for Governor. The
so-called regulars" have, but not
from the same motives, supported q
Republican for Treasurer II there
Is a difference the so-called independ.
ents are the better Democrats. But
there should be some common
ground where an agreement could be
reached that would be fair and just
to all. However, the regulars have
indicated determination to do all
within their power to widen the
breach. Their conduct In voting for
Taylor for the low and base motive
of revenge and their turning down
of Eyer for the same reprehensible
reason, give us little ground to hope
that they would show that patriotic
devotion to the public veal that must
char acterize both sides If an ami
cable adjustment is ever to be
reached.
However, The Herald sincerely
hopes that Col. Owens appeal will not
be a vain one. This paper places
the welfare and peace and happiness
of the people Of Tennessee above any
narrow partisan or faction advantage.
Col Owens is in splendid position
to act as an emmisary of peace. In
the judicial campaign he was an ar
dent supporter of the independent
ticket He believes in law enforce
ment and temperance, but he support
ed Taylor for Governor. He has
therefore been aligned with both
and enjoys the friendship
and confidence of leaders on both sides
sides. So far as The Herald Is con-
cerned It heartily endorses the gen.
eral suggestion of Col. Owens that
the party differences be adjusted be-
fore the beginning of the national
1t knows that he Is sim
cere and deeply in earnest.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24
THE CORN CONTEST.

The Board of Trade directors de
serve the highest commcndation iCr
their efforts to encourage the RAISING
of corn in Maury county. The Board
could not expend it's energies TO a
better purpose than in promoting riv.
airy among the boys of the county n
the production of corn crops. Corn
is the reat staple crop Of Tennessee.
1t Is the greatest money crop, taking
everything into consideration, that
the people Of this State produce, al
though Of course very l;.rge proper
ton of it goes into market as cattle
and hogs.
The average yield Of corn per acre
should be increased In Tennessee.
Experts have demonstrated that with
scientific methods and intensive cul-
tivation much greater yields per acre
can be secured. At the experiment.
station last year, on land that does
not begin to compare with that Of
this section, more than 100 bushels
to the acre was produced. This can
be done in Maury county. And
the object of the Board of Trade
lie TO demonstrate by making it worth
while to the producers, just what the
county can raise.
The merchants and business men
of Columbia have generally respond
ed readily to the call for funds for
the premiums. This is the proper
spirit. The prosperity of this city
depends upon the prosperity of the
agricultural interests of Maury coun-
ty. And whatever promotes the vel
fare of the farmers of the county will
inure directly to the benefit Of the
business of this city.
From the crops that are produced
this year by the boys who enter the
contest one Of the greatest corn ex-
hibits ever known in Tennessee
should be made in Columbia this fall.
It would be an object lesson. There
ought to be at least an even hundred
in the county and the corn
grown by them should command
4 premium. Let all strive to make
he farm more attractive by teaching
he boys Of the county the advantages
IF proper planting and intensive cult
7ation of the great corn crop.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-24
PRAISE FOR DYER.

Higher commentator could not
have been received by a man than
that accorded to Gus Dyer by the
Senate of Tennessee when the liquor
majority declined to confirm his NOM
nation for State Superintendent The
enmity Of some men 10 a compliment.
And II that were not praise enough
the fact that the liquor organs Of
Memphis and Chattanooga have COM
mended the action of the Senate
would seem to fill Dyer's cup to ever.
flowing.
The liquor interests and the liquor
tools hate Dyer. He is paying the
penalty for his courageous edvocacy
Of law enforcement. That Is all.
He has had the ability and the cour-
age to araign assassination and boot
Logging and pardon brokerage in Ten.
.nessee and Of course he Is persona
non grata to the Patterson machine.
He has never harmed a mortal nan.
All his public life he has been trying
TO save and to uplift and has preach
ed what used to be the good old Am
erican doctrine of law enforcement.
But nevertheless he Is hated by the
lawless gang and their sympathizers.
Anyway IL is better for this element
to try to assasinate his character
than to duncooperize him.