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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
\ BRUTAL FATHER.
Assaulted His Eight Months Baby.
Is Switched by Mob-i> Sorry
and iecpc nteEt-Nrite> Letter.
Has "Fseligion."

Hrcrbert Lee. aged % years is in
the parish jail charged With as
sdtllt He is saWmill worker, a
cotton picker His home is about a
mile from Myrtis. Caddo Parish. Ga
Friday, When i'll tempered, he struck
his S-m0mth s-oId baby With his fist
10 Stop il from crylng, and il did for
a while. The mother, who was in
the Kitchen at the time. rushed {"
The ie~rtir ald fed from the house
with her child.
When Ibis dastartlIy assault be
came known Il number of citizens
secured Lee and compromised Il
IInrhIng by rhastSing him With Il
switching The punishment was Sc
we're and fully deserved.
Since his incarceration in jail Lee
has issued a statement '''To the pro-
pie of Louisiana and Friends" He
rrriIeS that he was an orphan, has
had a hard: struggle for existence
that be is poor. that he is rcpentent,
that the Christian spirit has entered
his heart, that he has been praying
for forgiveness. and as he declares:
4 beg all YOU people to pray for me
as | have done for YOU
Only an Unborn brutal father
would have struck his S-months-oId
baby 10 keep il from crying.
ImqucsIionahN the thrashing he
received near MyfIiS has impressed
him seriously. but he should be as
SIGNED to term at the Caddo Par
i~h Farm. where his "Ghristian
spirit may expand and become 80
deeply rooted that he will never
again strike any one, especially one
as helpless rs an 8-months-Old babe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
"NOSSback" Is RiQht.

''Mossback" in the Monroe News
Star says: There should at this
time be no examinations for teach
ers Of public schools That time has
passed" What is needed III tins
state is common sense school laws.
The patrons Of The schools, who are
more interested in having good
schools than any high salaried state
superintendent of education, shoutc
be allowed to select the teachers Ct
their schools without any restraint
whatever. The people are not fools
and they should be trusted IN {
matter so vital to them.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
Fire Prevention Day.

In accordance With the proclaim
ton of Governor Hall. Thursday.
Oct. 9. is set for the observance OF
Fire Prevention Day. 1t is commem-
orative OF the great Chicago cOntla-
grafton which started from an III
significant blaze. In the proclana-
ton it is stated that ''iL is indisput-
able that tWO-thirdS Of this great
waste and loss of life can be avoid
er, that most of the fires are
due to carelcssness and preNentabl e
causes
The people and their officials are
urged to observe this day by a thor
Ough cleaning up and removal OF all
rubbish, trash and waste from their
premises: that all lIucs and heating
apparatus be inspected and made
safe for the winter: that schools,
hotels. asylums. factories and thea
tiers be looked after. their safety Sc
cured: that fire drills be held in de-
partmcnt stores. factories. public,
private and commercial schools, and
that the teachers instruct their pu-
pills through short talks on the dan
gers of fires and methods of fire
prevention"
Has there been provided som"
system for the practical Observance"
Of this day in Shreveport?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
GLORY FOR ALL.
Who Initiated the Fight to Hill Tie
Oil City Wild We'll?

Who hit Billy Patterson" is sill
an issue Of the long ago and yet I'M
settled, and il is to be hoped thai
who Initiated the fight to Kill the
Oil City wild WeIl?" will not be per
mitted to Iinger as long in the
realms of uncertainty.
Here is a part Of the record in
brief: Several years since When til"
Wild we'll was fired, Inc Caucasian
persisted in urging that The we'll be-
squcIchcd. The Ian of other states
applying to wild wells was quoted to
little effect. The Caucasian, soil
Iary and alone Of The Shreveport
press. persisted, and there followed!
an awakening.
II was Hon. Leon r. Smith who
provided in The Legislature the en-
actment through which The G"ns"Y-
walton Commission of Louisiana WAS
created.
The imperatiNr necessity Of clos
ing This Wild Well as urged by the
Caucasian, was endorsed bv tile
Chamber Of Commerce, whose inlu-
cnce has been contributed to that
end.
And recently the IA Club was
aligned for the closing of This well
Interest was rnivrncd when the
Conservation Commission was
awakened 10 the needs Of suuclrh-
INC This we'll.
There followed conferences.
II was about then that The Shrty"-
port Times enthuscd on closing the
we'll for which il i entitled ia ana
should receive its fullest share ui
credit.
A share of credit is also dur NJ. l..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
President Wilson.

10 is very doubtful if President
Woodrow Wilson will extend his
trip from Mobile, Ala, to Shreve-
port. As indicated by a news tele-
gram. President Wilson will leave
Washington early Saturday, Oct. %,
for Philadelphia, where he will
speak at The rehabilitation ceremony
at Congress Hall. He will depart
that night for Mobile, Ala, where he
will arrive Monday, Oct. q. The
President will speud one day IN Mo-
bile delivering an address on rural
credits before the Southern Com
merciaI Congress and leave that
evening for Washington.
It is noted that there is no men
ton Of shreveport This trip IS &c
conform to a promised engagement
II was announced seni-Of1icially re
Gently that President Wilson has
postponed his Panama trip uni
after The enactment Of the currency
bill. He may take his Panama trll
towards the latter part of December
or early in January next.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
congressman ASNcil.

Congressman J. Is. AsWell was in
Shreveport Monday on business. He
was met by his wife and son. He IS
confident that the currency bill
which recently passed The House
Will receive the favorable action of
the majority of the Senate and will
soon be a law. As viewed by prsRi-
deut Wilson, the currency bill is a
part Of the needs OF the people AND
must operate in conjunction with
the tariff bill.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
The HARRISON. Miss. Casualties.

n has been reported from Nat
chez, Miss, that Dewey Haywood,
one Of the negroes shot by Willie
Jones in the tragedy al Iarriston,
Miss, Sunday, Sept. %. died al the
city hospital Monday. The negro
was shot through the abdomen with
buckshot and there was small hope
Of his recovery from the first
This brings the death roll, incIud-
ing the two negroes hanged, up to
eleven dead. The wounded, sixteen
in number, are all improving The
physician in charge believes there
will be no further deaths,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
Condemns STYLES as Indecent.

II has been announced from salt
Lake City that President Joseph F.
Smith Of the Mormon church at The
opening session Of the Latter Day
Saints Semi-annuaI conference con-
demnsd woman's present day dress
Charactcrizing them as "abominable
indecent fashions. Smith said tight
and diaphanous skirts originated
among the lowest classes Of women
in degenerate cities. He said he
hoped The daughters of Latter Day
Saints would avoid such apparel.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
THE SUNDAY MAIL.
IIitchcork'S Reform in Di>falor AMI
May BE Abolished.

Times-Drmorrat: Another ol
| Postmaster General llltchrok 70
forms is apparently about to go by
| the bOard-the suspension OF maui
service on Sunday While this order
was advocated and supported by
many Of the church people and ny
| the postal employees, whose work It
reduced, there is little reason 10
| doubt that the ahoIitIo ion of Sunday
| deliveries came from Hitchcock. Who
was playing the game of parSlInonN
and trying to make a record for
himself by Wlplng out the postal
deficit. How he accomplished that
feat at HE expense of tn" p1IblIc has
been Thoroughly demonstrated by
his successor. and rSperIallN by the
committee which examined the
postotlirr Departments system of
keeping accounts during his admin
iStration. Mr.. lIItchcOckS idea was
to reduce expenses. no matter how
much the postal service was cut
down. It was found easy to gel up
a petition in favor of Sunday clos
ing.
After year of trial, however,
public opinion seems to haN"
reached the conclusion that we need
some Sunday mail facilities. and
that the postof1icr can furnish such
facilities as are demanded without
Interfering with the religious oh
ser> ance of the day. That is th"
conclusion reached in Atlanta. 4
very religious and church-gOlng
community, where the postmaster,
at the request of many citizens has
asked the PostOtficc Department for
authority to restore general delivery
and box service on Sunday. Mr..
BurleSOn has ruled that whenever
local sentiment wants Sunday mail
service restored the Hitchcock rule
must be suspended by the depart
ment in Difference to such Stntl-
ment.
"The Atlanta public and he A.
lanta business element are con-
posed of aw-abiding and God-fear-
ing people," remarks the Atlanta
Constitution, arguing III favor OF
Sunday mails ''But there is no in
compatibility between their rcll-
! gious devotion and the receipt of
one mail on Sundays. if they are en-
ergetic enough to go in person or
send for it. Before Hitchcock tam
pered with the established custom
Atlantans enjoyed delivery on
Sunday, the service was suspended
before church hours and every one
went SOberly about his worship as
he saw fit. There has been no great
accession Of church attendance fO'-
lowing the abrogatiOn of the rule,
and the little labor that was saved
the clerks is more than offset by the
OverWOrk placed on those who have
to catch up with the glut in &C
cumulatcd mails. The movement
now initiated by Postmaster Jones
contemplates that the general dcllN-
cry window shall be opened during
| the old hours Sunday morning, and
that mail received up to 10 o'clo"K
shall be served to boxes"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
Cotton Region Bulletin.

Fair weather has been generally
prevalent over the cotton belt, eN-
ccpt widely scattered light to mod
erately heavy showers in the Okla
homa, Little Rock, New Orleans
Vicksburg and Mobile districts. The
weather has been generally warm.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07

through droWned-ou fields and the
oNertlOWs
The sugar cane crop has suffered
from too much rain although the
damage IS due rather to delay in the
maturity of tn" cane than to any ac-
tlIal loss of tonnage.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian.
Shreveport, La, Oct. 7, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
Weather Forecast.

Local forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Unsettled tonight and
Wednesday; probably local showers
and somewhat cooler
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22
EASY RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
The Remedy that Replaces CalOmel-
Causes No Restriction
of Habit or Diet.

It is a mistake to take calomel when
your liver is lazy and needs toning
up. Hundreds of people in this section
have discovered that Dodson's Liver
Tone is a thousand times better and
safer and it's action is just as sure.
There are none of the bad after-effects
of calomel to Dodson's Liver Tone
and no danger of salvation.
For attacks of constipation or bill
iousness one or two spoonfuls OF
this mild, pleasant tasting vegetable
liquid are enough and W. G. Mayes
gives a personal guarantee that every
bottle will do all that is claimed for
it. Money back in any case wnere it
fails.
Dodson's Liver Tone costs only so
cents for large bottle. Remember
the name because there are any num-
Der of remedies sold in imitation OF
Dodson claims. Some of them have
names similar to Dodson's Liver
Tone-and are in same color package
These limitations are not guaranteed
and may be very harmful. Go to W.
G. Mayes and you will surely get the
genuine
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22

apon her head itwh crushing force, and
the girl, bleeding from an ugly
scalp wound, dropped like dead per-
son. When she regained conscious
ness, half hour later she had been
dragged to another part Of the room.
Husband Arrives.
The unfortunate raised herself un-
steadily to her feet, thinking to fire
shot gun, which was suspended
from the wall and thus summon her
husband She swooned again as she
was reaching for the gun, and was ly-
ing on the floor unconscious when her
husband happened to enter the house
few minutes later.
The husband took his wife to his
fathers house, a half-mile away,
called a doctor and then went to Glen
dale and gave the alarm. About 800
people, including a number Of Glen
dale mill operatives started in search
of the negro, of w}.om a good descrip-
ton was given by his victim. Sheriff
W. ]. White headed one posse and
Chief Nose P. Hayes, Of the Spartan
burg police, another. A posse OF
which Samuel J. Nichols, we'll
known Spartanburg attorney, was a
member, found an old negro who said
he had been within fifty yards OF
the scene of the assault a negro cor
responding in description to the as
sailant, and told Of the direction IN
which the man was walking. He said
the egro they we're seeking was
named Will Fair. Will Fair was trac-
ed to Glendale, where he was seen to
board a car for Spartanburg. Other
clues we're obtained which led to the
arrest of Fair several hours later at
the Southern Railway station in Spar
tanburg by Rural Policeman J. NJ.
Williams. officer Williams concealed
the negro in the bottom Of an auto
mobile, which he pressed into service,
and carried him into the county Jail
by the rear entrance before any but
one or two people knew of the arrest.
Fair denied that he was the negro
wanted, but officers said tonight they
felt confident that the chase was over
and were only waiting for the identi-
fcation of Fair as ner assailant by
the negro's alleged victim to make
sure. When he learned of the assault
Mayor o. l. Johnson ordered all the
social clubs to be closed for the day.
Failed to Get Arms.
Members of the mob broke into the
armory of a military company after
midnight and took seventeen rifles. A
militiaman with loaded rife surpris-
ed the marauders, and by threatening
to kill them, made them return the
firearms.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22
Fair Landed in Penitentiary.

Columbia, August 19.-Chief Moss
P. Hayes, of the Spartanburg police
force, brought the negro, William
Fair, charged with criminally as
saulting white woman in Spartan
burg county yesterday, here this
morning and placed him in the peni-
tentiary for safe-keeping. When Chief
Hayes made affidavit that Sheriff
White, of Spartanburg, could not af-
ford ample protection to the negro,
Governor Blease issued an order to
the penitentiary authorities to mold
him there for safe-keeping.
Chief Hayes slipped the negro out
of the back door of the Spartanburg
jail this morning and placed him On
train and took him to Charlotte,
from which place he brought his
prisoner to Columbia. The chief said
that after the mob was beaten off by
Sheriff White last night, and blew
down an outer part of the wall sur
rounding the jail, there was no fur
ther demonstration, and very few peo-
pie were in evidence this morning
when he slipped the negro out and
caught the train for Charlotte.
Had Ordered Special Term.
Governor BIease had only yesterday
ordered that special term of the
criminal court of Spartanburg coun-
ty be convened on the I'd Of Septem-
Der to run for three weeks, if so much
be necessary, in order to try some OF
the criminal cases. Solicitor A. E. Hill
had made the request for the special
term, stating that the jail was con-
ges5ed, and Chief Justice Gary had
signed the order for the special term
to be held in September, beginning
the I'd. Last night Governor Blease
told Solicitor Hill and the Spartan
burg people of this special term and
the negro charged with the crime can
be given speedy trial.
1t is understood that the negro de-
nies the crime charged against him,
but he is said to tally with the de-
scription given by the lady.
Chief Hayes Affidavit.
Following is Chief Hayes's affidavit:
estate of South Carolina, Richland
county: Personally appeared before
me M. P. Hayes, who, being duly
sworn, says:
"1hat he is chief Of police Of the
city of Spartanburg, S. c.
THAT on yesterday, August 49, l913'
one Will Fair, negro, was lodged IN
the county jail of spartanburg, charg-
ed with rape upon Mrs.--'near
Whitestone, in Spartanhurg county.
THAT the said Will Fair was held
in the Spartanburg Jail during last
night bv Sheriff W. ]. White, and was
this morning turned over to deponent
with the request that the said Will
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22
Minister Praises This Laxative.

Rev. H. Stubenvill, of Allison, Ia,
in praising DR.. Kings New Life Pills
for constipation, writes: CDR Kings
New Life Pills are such perfect pills
no home should be without them"
No better regulator for the liver
and bowels. Every pill guaranteed.
Try them. Price 25c. at all drug
gis4s.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22
gis4s.
Suffered Eczema Fifty Years-Now
Well.

Seems a long time to endure the
awful burning, itching, smarting,
skin-disease known as "tetter"-an-
other name for Eczema. Seems good
to realize, also, that Or. Robson's Ec-
zema Ointment has proven a perfect
cure
Mrs. D. L. Kenney writes: "I can
not sufficiently express my thanks TO
you for your DR.. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. It has cured my letter,
which has troubled me for over fifty
years" All druggists, or by mail,
soc.
PFEIFFER CHEMICAL co.
ST. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22

for the purpose of directing attention
to the dangerous forces which are be-
ing set in motion by those who are
preaching and agitating for woman's
rights.
am aware that in reciting all these
horrid and cruel things I am charge
able with making a jeremaid ornament
of the decay of our civilization. To
others there may be no appearance of
decay at all. may be blinded or CIV
ing away to vain imaginings, but it
seems to me very real, and I speak my
thoughts frankly and bluntly as have
always done, having been taught by
my mother long ago to always tell the
truth, or to try to, and to shun every
thing like nypocricy and double-deal-
ing.
"Of all mans possessions unspeak-
ably most sacred are his symbols" :"
and his highest earthly symbol is wo-
man. She is his goddess of innocence
and purity, and if ever she steps down
or man removes her from her high
place at our affairs, then God have
mercy upon US; for the golden bowl Of
purity will be broken, and the silver
chord of chastity will be loosed, and
tne sound of mourning will be heard
in the streets, and the rule Of chaos
and old night will have come.
I pray God my foreboding evil
prophecies may never come true. I
would depart when my time shall
come with much more confidence in
the future of my country if I could
believe that the women of our great
land would always remain as pure and
high as the majority of them now are.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all par
ties concerned that no telephone or
telegraph posts will be permitted in
the public highways of NeWberry
county, and all those that are now IN
said highways must be removed.
J. H. Chappell,
County Supervisor.
8-19-3t.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
Court of Common Pleas.
Thomas B. shealy and George W.
Shealy, Plaintiffs,
against
Robert S. Snealy, Luther P. Shealy'
John G. shealy, Lillian M. Wicker
Matte Estelle Summer, Mary N
Mettz. Chrissie shealy, David Leroy
shealy, Annie May shealy, VIM. D.
shealy, Sidney shealy, and the heirs
at law of Phillip Sigh, deceased
whose names, ages and residences
are unknown, defendants.
Amended summons for relief. (Com-
plant not served.)
To the defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
uuired to answer the amended com
plant in this action, which is On lie
in the Office of the clerk Of court OF
common pleas for said county, and
to serve a copy Of your answer to
said amended complaint on the sub
scriber, at his Office at Newberry, S.
c. within twenty days after the ser
vice hereof, exclusive of the day OF
such service, and if you fail to answer
the said amended complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs IN
this action will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in the said
amended complaint.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22

The Best Hot Weather Tonic
GROVES sTAsTELEsschill TONIC enriches the
blood, builds up the whole system and will won
derfu1ly strengthen and fortify you to Withstand
the depressing effect of the hot summer. SOC.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22
H. C. Holloway,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
7-22-1taw-6t.

Fair be brought to the State penlten-
tiary because the said Sheriff w. j..
White and his deputies were unable
to protect the negro from the people
of spartanburg county. That said
deponent has broL hit the said negro,
Will Fair, to Columbia, with the re-
quest that Governor Blease issue an
order for his safe-keeping in the State
penitentiary. L. r hayes
Sworn to before me this August
19, 1913.
Jno. K. Aull.
Notary Public, S. c."
Governors Order.
columbia, S. c., August 49, 1913.
"Col. D. ]. Griffith, Superintendent
State Penitentiary, Columbia, S. c.
Dear Sir: Attached herewith you will
find CODY of affidavit this day filed
with me by NJ. P. Hayes, chief of po-
lice of spartanburg. Upon this affi-
dav;t YOU are he:oty authorized and
diroo-oG to receive and hold said Will
Fair for safe-keeping until further
orders sr,ili me.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) cole. l.. 6Iease'
Governor"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-22
H. C.. Holloway,
Plaintiffs Attorney.

Dated July 19, A. D., 1913.
To the defendant heirs at law OF
the said Phillip Sigh, deceased
whose names, ages and residences are
unknown.
Take notice that this action is CON-
menced for the partition of the tract
Of land described in the amended COM
plant herein, which was filed in the
office of the clerk of court OF common
pleas for Newberry county on July
10, 1913.
H. C. Holloway,
Plaintiffs Attorney.