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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

The Round Table club met Satur-
day with Miss Sarah leighton for an
interesting session. piano solos were
rendered by Miss Gladys Tall and
Miss Sarah Leighton. The comfort
X. was finished, and the next meet
ing Will be devoted to scrap-books.
The ron call was answered by the
name of some noted man with some
interesting event in his life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Swan Of
New York city are at the Pels cot
tage for the summer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pels will join them later.
Rev. y. r. Pearson preached the
Memorial sermon at East Winthrop
sunday, Mr.. Longley preaching at the
NJ. F.. church.
Delphi Bissonette was home from
kent'S Hill over Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

There viii be . meeting Of the Of
dclai hoa"d of tho Highland Avenue
Methodist church. held Monday even
.i1p AT the parsonage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

&c.. " WriSh. has returned
,.,, j weeks visit viii: friends in
E0s:cN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Ralph Wood of Clinton was a week
end visitor at the home of his mother
Mrs + t. Wood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Special communication Of Kenrn-
lee Lodge. No. ). F. and A. NJ. Mon
day oyenins at 80 o'clock Work IN
f. A. degree.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Cut flowers for Memorial Day.
Mrs. i. W. Wiley. Gardiner, Me.
may21d6t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Daniel Harrington OF Boston was a
guest Of his parents. Mr. and Mrs John
Harrington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Arthur Runnells of Clinton passed the
week end in this city
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Mrs. Nellie TraSk of Sidney was 4
weekend guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

George Arata left Sunday for Boston
on few days business trip
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Roland Gordon of Oakland was
calhrg on friends in this city Sun
da.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

= ,,.s iJarold Higgins returned
saturday from Ellsworth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

The barge Preston arrived Saturday
with cargo Of anthracite coal for the
Gardiner Coal & Supply Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Charles Ogden of this city caught a
four pound trout a Lake Cobbosseecon-
tee Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

M Daughters e Saint Margaret vii
,,.,.., via Mrs QuitGol 1"es'.ay after
l.p..t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

.eac !.4u:~a .tId d! the First Bapt.s;
,nh-cr VII meet Tuesday afternoon
.qtl Ms. Il. \. Bates, Central street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

George Winsate Of this city has en-
listed in the 3rd Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

-. and Mrs. Ralph Mairs visited
onmford Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

4. y. Niles was home from Bath for
the week end
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

N~i .:eIna E. 4rm::s aTrr' Z !'atIr-
,,,...r VIC 1T ms lone q A.!s. II.
T.. Mor.i;;.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27
w. r. Loveioy Aceidently Shot

The people in the village were
shocked sunday to hear that Her.
man w. f. Lovejoy was dead froD, a
gun shot wound. apparently an ac-
cident while he was engaged in
cleaning his gun. Mr. Lovejoy was 50
years old. and a carpenter by trade.
He was married a little over year
ago to Miss Bernice Ethel White
house. lie vas a member of the Roy
al Arch chapter of Masons of Win
thrOp and was a 81 degree Mason.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Mrs. Oliver Moulton left Saturday for
visit with friends in West Seward
town, n H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Jones and Mr.
and Mrs. w. W. Jones of China were
guests ut the Hallowcll House Sun
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Frank Young of Portland was y
Halloween visitor il this city Satuf-
da.'.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27
LOCAL NOTICE

Gut flowers for Memorial day at Me
Kay Greenhouse, IA Highland Ave. Tel
ephone 433-W. maN21 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

John Gaid of Bath was visitor
Saturday in this city
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Itvarts 7. Bailey left Sunday for Bath
where he is employed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker left Sat
urday for a visit with friends in Boston
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Georsia I.oring arrived Sunday from
HaverhllI. Mass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

Fred S. crosby of Bangor was 2
business visitor in this city Satuc-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

49,. uyla Flanders left Saturday
visit with relatives in Dexter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

1essc Curtis Of Faith passed the
.l-c,d at his home in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

,,,. +. II. Greenan returned Satur-
.ay from Calais.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

acc Maria Nevills passed Friday
N Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27
Edward p. Rea

The death OF Edward L. Fac oc-
CURED in the hospital here Saturday
after a long illness With tuberculo-
sis. He was born in Ireland about
43 Years ago. He enlisted in co. \.
9th Mass. Inf, May 4, 1898, and was
discharged Nov. IS, 1898. He came
to this Home Oct. 20. 1916. He was
transferred to the Mountain Branch
Jan. Il. 1915, and had been here only
a short time awaiting re admission TO
this Branch
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-27

The remains of the late Edward
u. Rae have been sent to Dorchester
for burial.
Edward c. Boyce has returned
from furloush passed with relatives
in Boston.
Major Martin +. Mcguire has ar
rived from the Northwestern Branch
TO succeed Major John c. Bird sur
geon of the Branch. Major Bird will
go Immediately to Danville, dH)
Branch to assume charge Of the hos
pital at that Mace
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-25
Be a Volunteer
September 18th and 29th Will Volunteer D

On these days everyone will be given opportunity
to step up and buy bonds without being solicited to do
Places will be designated where volunteer SUBJ
scrptions will be received These places will be an
nounced in the papers and by signs. Your card will be
file there Cards of those who do not volunteer will
be used for active solicitation which will begin Mon
day, September 3Oth No will be overlooked.
Do not wait for one to after your subscrip
ton Show that you, too volunteer for your Coun-
trys service, just as our boys over there" did
Figure out now the very maximum you subscribe.
Be ready when Volunteer Days come This is no time
for halfway measures. Halfway measures won't push
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-25

Believing that it is the duty of
every person who enjoys the
freedom and privileges of citi-
zenship in our great Country to
do his utmost to help win the
war, the following firms and in
dividuals have periodically con-
tributed the money to pay for
this and other advertisements
Of the Fourth Liberty Loan:
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-25

QUE boys the Rhine. 1t to to buy bonds
with every uninvesedollar own plus every dollar
we can save by careful frugal living for six months to
come
You don't have to pay al>cash for your bonds. You
make your first payment from cash in the bank,
and take of the balance out of your daily weekly
or monthly savings.
The forced saving you do now will mean a nice nest
egg later for the bonds you buy and you
60 along will prove splendid investment that will pay
you good interest every six months After the war.
the bonds will be worth than you paid for them
Don't hesitate to do your duty and do it quickly.
Don't let the SON 60 down."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
FORMER HUN RULER
IS QUITE LIKELY To
TRY SUICIDE AGAIN
Scientists Are of Opinion
That German Trait May
Show Itself in Epidemic of
Suicides in Germany
By FREDERICK M. KERRY

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-It's quite
likely the kaiser did, as reported,
try suicide; and it's quite likely he'll
try again.
Such is the scientific view.
Psychologists and alienists say an
epidemic OF suicide in Germany is not
unlikely.
Germans are more prone than peo-
pie OF other nations to selt-destruc-
ton.
The suicide rates for Prussia and
Saxony are the highest in the world.
The average rate of selt-murders in
Berlin for the past five years is SS. g.,
compared with 1873 for New York
and ITO for London. Germany has
the most appalling child suicide rate
in the world.
Professor Enrico Morseilli, distin-
guished Italian authority, in his work
on Suicide" expressed this conclu-
sion:
The highest suicide rates are
given by countries of German race,
and the two stocks, German and
scandinavian, divide this supremacy.
The center OF the purest German
stocks is SaXony, the old and power
full land of the Teutons. and it pre-
sents a very high average. Equally
great is the proportion in lower
Austria and Salzburg, which are al
most pure German; in the Saxon
circles anu InOS6 OIL 1l6BIllZ, 1OlS-
dam, Merseburg and Madgeburg of
Prussia; in the German cantons of
Switzerland and other places in
which the German element prevails
The suicidal tendency is
much smaller in the Anglo-Saxon
stock"
NJ L. Jacobson, of the L. S. Blu
reau of Statistics agrees that the
Germans rank first in suicide; the
ScandinaVians second; the English
and the Latins tied for third. and
the Slavs last.
George keenan,, the American au-
thority, says: 1.-The extremely high
suicide rate of the German peoples
long ago attracted the attention of
European sociologists. Suicide in
Germany is almost as common among
children as among grown people. Be
tween 1883 and 1908 there were 1,125
suicide among the pupils of the pub
lie schools in Prussia alone, and
most of them were of boys and girls
under Is years of age. An investi-
cation made by the ministry of pub
lie instruction showed that this pre-
valence of suicide among children
was due to an inherent suicidal tend
ency in the race"
The German school boy kills him
self when his lessons go wrong,
when he can't keep up with his class,
when he is punished-in other words,
when he doesn't win. In an analysis
of suicides of LOO German school
children. Professor Gutenberg of Ber-
lin found that nearly 400 were due
either to fear of punishment or OF
humiliation, or inability to keep up
with the school work.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
HOG ISLAND YARDS
SHOWN BY PROBERS

The long awaited report of the de-
partment of justice on the govern
nnents great Hog Island shipbuilding
project, made public at the White
House on wireless instructions from
President Wilson, says searching in
vestigatiOn has disclosed no CrimI-
nal liability, but recommends that
Il board of arbitration determine
what part, if any, of the more than
S6O,OOO,O 900 the plant cost, was in
excess of reasonable necessity and
should be demanded of the contrac-
tors by the government. In brlcI.
the investigators report:
That the facts do not justify Grim
nal process and that no fraud Oh
secret profits has been esta bliShed.
That the probable cost of the plant
will be about Sol 100000 (including
$1,000. 900 for additions by order OF
the emergency fleet corporation
compared with an original estimate
mate of $27.O0O.O0O.
That no clear explanation of this
discrepancy has been Forthcoming.
That prior TO February l last p
condition existed at Hog islam.
which "superfcially at least would
Impress any one as an organized
riot tangled mass or stage OF
chaos"
That the contractor. or agent Of
the American international corpora
sition that since this was a war
Fob. cost was of minor Importance,
and
THAT the question of reasonable
ness of the expenditures should be
referred to a board of arbitration
provided for in the contract, pro-
ceedings to be closed if the board
finds the expenditures reasonably
necessary. or otherwise payment of
the excess to be demanded by the
government.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
QUARTER MILLION
PAID To MOULTRIE
STOCK BREEDERS
Packers Paid Out S220,779,-
SO for 1O,149 Hogs DeIiV-
cred at Georgia City, Now
Center of Thriving Industry

Furnishing amazing evidence of
the remarkable growth of the hog
industry in this section, receipts at
the stockyards in Moultrie, Ga,
here broke all previous records last
week, according to figures given out
at the plan.
One hundred and twelve cars
were received during the week. Ten
thousand, one hundred and forty
nine hogs were in the one hundred
and twelve cars. They weighed l.
1885 pounds. Checks totaling
s220.779.S6 were written by packers
in payment for the 10,149 porkerS.
All kinds of hogs were in the lot
good, bad and Indifferent, and of
course they sold at varying figures.
A great many of cattle were
bought during the week also and
packers paid out about $25O,OO0 for
hogs and cows during the week, or
about one-fourth the amount ex-
pended for live stock during the
first year it was in operation.
While last week was an excep-
tional week, receipts at the stock
yards breaking all records, they
have been heavy every day this
fall and well over a thousand hogs
are being killed daily at the big
plant. More cattle are also being
received now also, and Frequently
over 200 head have been killed
daily, without the slightest inter-
ference with the slaughter of hogs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
FIT
AT ANY AGE

L Isn't age, it's careless living
Il puts men down and out" Keep
1r Internal organs n good cOndi-
i and you will always be physi-
Ey 1T Watch the kidneys.
[he kidneys are the most over
liked organs in the human body.
Zen they break down under the
bin and the deadly uric acid ac-
nulates ana crystailizes, look out.
ese sharp crystals tear and
|atch the delicate urinary chan
l. causing excrUciating pain and
MP irTitations which may cause
mature degeneration and often 10
u into deadly Bright's Disease.
|Ine OF the first warnings OF slug
d kidney action is pain or stiff
II In the small Of the back, high
bred or scanty urine. loss of apps-
!. Indigestion or rheumatism
Do not wait until the danger is
|n you. At the first indication Of
|nble 20 after the cause at once.
to your druggist Immediately.
trial box Of GOLD MEDAL
|arlem oil Capsules, imported di-
Il from the laboratories in HOl-
ID where they have been in use
over two hundred years They
u give almost immediate relief. Z
any cause they should not your
hey viii be refunded But be sure
get GOLD MEDAL. None other
genuine. In sealed boxes, three
Is Advt-l
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24

Jimmie Evans, sailor, from the
al air station at Pensacola, Fla,
free.
Dc owes his freedom 20 the sinking
'two German subs in the Atlantic
ny months ago. Although the ubs
nothing to do with Evans being
.ked up. G. ]. Phillips. a painter
the navy yard, has 4 heart for
Tors since u. s. naval gInneTS sank
subs as they tried TO get the
|nsport on which he was a passen-
A story he told County Solicitor
II. Mackey gained Evans his free
Evans was locked up by the police
y charge Of assault lodged against
by Mrs. NJ Harris, who alleged
Il Evans attacked her on East Car
street after he had volunteered
|aid her in finding a room for her
stay in for the night Phillips
&imony so discredited Mrs Harris
he eyes OF the law that Evans Is
y free.
Phillips overheard a conversation
which Captain Bersren. Of the Sal
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
ENp 70 MEN WALTERS

(NeW Ofk w OElU.J
The hotel walters who went on
strike the other day only anticipated
the inevitable. The war labor board
having listed their occupation as
non-essential, they would sooner or
later have been released for war
work. They caused lot of inconVen-
ence for managers and guests, but
that can hardly be a substantial sat
isfaction to walters beyond the &C
tive years of labor who ind their
jobs taken, perhaps permanently, by
mattresses.
The action of the walters merely
accelerated a feminine encroachment
in their vocation which was already
well under way due to the wars de-
mands on man power. Now the hotels
are advertising for women cooks as
well as for mattresses. Is the hotel
chefs domain also to be invaded?
If so, it is not apprehended that
wornan's control of the kitchen will
cause any serious deterioration of
culinary standards in general hotel
cooking.
In city restaurants OF the cafe and
cabaret order and restaurants with
night patronage, no doubt men Will
be preferred as walters. But 1t is
probable that the day of the male
waiter has passed. Not only has the
war altered his status, but after 1t
is over something more viii be re-
quired of him in productive indus
try than his present Occupation
gives.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
PLANS ARE DRAFTED
FOR Confederate
REUNION IN MAY
QuaTtennaSter = in Chief
George w, Bowling and
Others Favor Memphis as
Convention City

May will be made gala month IN
Memphis il the plans now Icing for
INFLATED By George ". Bowling, quar-
lyTmaster-in-chief Of the United Sons
* Confederate Veterans, are carried
out.
In connection with the reunion Of
Confederate Veterans, which now
seems assured for Memphis. there
will be held a reunion OF the young
~ Memphis veterans who won i'm
perishable glory at Chateau-Thierry.
Sclleau wood and St. Mihiel. Thus
III the boys in khaki take their
pisces alongside their grandsires of
--e thin gray line"
10 is also proposed that the Mem
1his centennial celebration be held
n conjunction with the meeting OF
he veterans. Judge James Fl. Ma
one and Judge J. p. Young. authori-
lies on Memphis history, say that
Nay Will be an admirable time to
stage the celebration.
At the last Confederate reunion in
tulsa. Okla. IL was decided that the
sixteen state and department COM
handlers should choose the next meet
ing place of the veterans.
The veterans were invited to Mem
lhis by the city government. the City
club and the chamber of commerce.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
Waits Twenty Years
For Missing Husband

Rip Van Wrinkle left his wife, ac-
cording to the story, and went to
sleep in the Catskill mountains for a
period of twenty years, but he re
turned. T. B. Schneider deserted his
wife about twenty years ago and al
though she has waited, Mrs. Ella Lee
Schneider claims, he has never re-
turned. She was granted a divorce
in Judge w. D. Ellis division of the
superior court Friday.
Judge John T. Pendleton, of the
motion division of the superior court,
Friday ordered W. J. Barber to pay
his wife, Uric Bell Barber, $40 a
month alimony for the support of
herself and minor child. In her Pc
tition Mrs. Barber claimed her hus-
band was miserly in providing for
his family and frequently struck her
with his fists
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
|VFUL PRIVATIONS
IND SLAUGHTER Of
|AUSTRIANS IN ROUT
M. C, A. Man Tells of Last
Drive of Italians in Final
Big Battle of War That
Eliminated Dual Monarchy

.Eith $50 men in the first line posi-
Is between Monte Grappa and the
iatic, in Italy, handing out cigar
-. chocolate. spirit lamps, ginger
Is And other comforts 70 the
tink troops. and with an equal
80 OF men performing similar
in the rear. the y Il g a.
20 on its work throughout the
|1fe ten-day battle in which the
Han army pUt entirely hoTS de
#nhat the entire military power OF
Is the Italian troops advanced
Y. NJ c. A. workers advanced
- them, and were able 20 wit
- the unique spectacle OF the de-
d OF the entire Austrian army, the
HAMPTON of Italy'S invaded dis
cts and restoration TO Italy OF
Jest and Trente-
II an interview. DR.. John S Mol
European director of the Y. NJ
A.. who was at the head OF his
workers at the Italian front when
battle began and who remained
- them TO the last. thus told his
Spressions and memories Of the
#toric battle
|Tt IS not easy TO give even an
S1roximate idea OF what we saw
les and miles OF roads. jammed
the limit with arms, munitions.
8omobiles. army wagons. dead
#ses. horses running away. cases
munitions, food and supplies OF
kinds broken open, and the con-
Is overflowing the rOadways.
n IN the midst of all this cOnfU-
n Austrian soldiers with suffer
faces. ragged clothing and wan
&ing, searching eyes were looking
4 something to eat. Many OF the
Il horses along the roads had
IL killed by AustTians for food.
me difficulties of getting forward
.ouRh this endless slaughterhouse
Re Incredible.
I've arrived finally at Trente in
n eariy hours of the morning when
Twas still dark and cold. There
- grouped about on the ground
lie clusters Of men trying to warm
8 mselves by Pickering fires 9th
drunk. rambled and stumbled
ut in the obscurity. Still others
% in little clusters. Filth and de-
ing matter were everywhere,
#ped up in piles-and above il all,
Il a symbol, there was dimly seen
The dawn. dominating everything,
grand statue Of Dante. with its
Is outstTetched toward the moth
md
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
|oiIor SoUed From Long JGd
Term By Sinking T1Oo Subs

walton Army, is said to have told how
the Harris woman had been jailed and
her two children taken from her GUS
tOdy because of symptoms Of insan-
ity shown by her in Montgomery.
This woman jumped from second
story window in the Jail, in which
escapade she broke a limb. Confine-
ment TO a Salvation Army home fol-
lowed. Phillips learned from Captain
Bergren. He also learned that the
woman had been arrested for dis
turbing the peace as a holy roller
preacher.
This story told to Solicitor Mackey
by Phillips resulted in Evans being
given his freedom. The same story
:old TO Captain F. n. Bennett at the
naval air station. assures Evans that
lie will be in good standing there.
Phillips said his sub experience made
him strong for the navy men. Evans
SAYS he is strong for Phillips now.
All because two subs were sunk in
the Atlantic by American naval gun
uers on a transport carrying Phillips
TO France. for civilian work with
Uncle SANS army, two years ago.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-24
County Farm Guard
Killed Four Negroes
Who Tried Escape

In an attempt to escape from the
Decatur county farm at cambridge,
Ga, four negro prisoners, one under
life sentence. were killed by H. u.
Story, a white guard only 10 years
old. The guard shot each prisoner
in about the Same place, between the
eyes and chin.
An unsuccessful attempt to kill the
guard was made by one of the negro
convicts, who was shot to death few
moments later. Story dropped his
pistol and it was then the men tried
to get awity. A negro named White
ly Aiken grabbed the pistol and fired
at the guard, missing.
AS he was preparing to fire a sec
ond time a white convict by the name
of Tom Burrows knocked Aiken down,
using a stalk of sugar cane. Story
managed to get his rifle and as the
four negroes rushed at him he shot
them one at time.