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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-12
LARGE ENROLMENT
AT GOODING COLLEGE

Gooding, Sept. 9.-The fall term of
the Gooding college is opening this
week and the students already pres
ent indicate an attendance that will
break all previous records. Among
the courses that are proving most
popular are the two year secretar-
ial course for high school graduates,
the music courses offered by Madame
Sang Collins and practical courses
in bacteriology by DR.. E. H. Lamb.
New cement sidewalks to the city,
stone steps and extra equipment for
practically all departments have been
added during the summer so that
the extra pupils who are coming can
be cared for.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-12
Men Wanted to Sell Groceries,;
Selling Experience Not Necessary

One of the worlds largest grocers,
capital over $1,00O,O0O, wants am
bilious men in this locality to sell di-
rect to the consumer nationally
konwn brands of an extensive line of
groceries. paints, roofings. lubricat-
ing oils, stock foods, etc. Big line,
easy sales. Values beat any compe-
tition. Earn big money No exper-
fence or capital required. Complete
sample outfit and free instructions
to start you. Long established and
reliable house. Write today.-John
Sexton & Co., $50 w. Illinois ST..
Chicago. Ill.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-12
CHILDREN'S SCHOOL SHOES

) administers and ingrains- Priced at from SIS up
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-12
THE DUCK SEASON
OPENS -SEPFENfBER Ia

Y In reply to query as to when the
duck season opens in Idaho, the
sporting editor of the Pocatello Trib-
une says:
The open season commences half
an hour before sunup on the morn
ing of September 18th and the bag
limit for one day is eighteen ducks;
possession limit, twenty birds. =
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-12
Constipation

Most laxatives and cathartics af-
ord only temporary relief and should
be used for that purpose. When
YOU want permanent relief take
Chamberlain's Tablets and be careful
to observe the directions with each
package. These tablets not only
move the bowels, but improve the
appetite and strengthen the digestion.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-12

Many man spends half the time
tomorrow, and the other
half in regretting yesterday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-12

Conscience is something that
makes guilty man tremble every
time 1t thunders.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-12

The Examiner So a year.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
Paving Men Heard
By County Board

s. E. Finley, originator of the
Finley method of laying asphalt mac
adam; Prof R. D. Kneale, of eGor-
gia Tech, and until recently men,
Der of the state highway commission;
Don NJ. Dickinson, general manager
of the Willie Road Construction
Company, of Atlanta, and Paul A.
Duke, manager of the Atlanta
branch of the Austin Western Road
Machinery Company, were Americus
visitors today, appearing before the
Sumter county board which met in
special session to discuss matters in
connection with the rural federal aid
paving program. Joseph Hawkins,
the county's paving enigneer, also
was with the board. 1t was stated
after the meeting that no decisions
were reached by the board, although
several matters were discussed.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
s"FRTFF STOPS HERE
AFTER LOSING PRIsONFp

Deputy Sheriff Johnson, cs Stew
art county, stopped over in Amoric,,s
several hours Sunday on his wav
home, after the mob had relieved him
OF his prisoner at SmithviIle. He
was bringing Webb to Amaricus to
place him in the Sumter iaiI for safe
keeping, and Sheriff Harvey was pre-
pared to receive him. The sheriff
had been expecting him to arrive
Saturday morning and met the Semi.
mole this morning to pilot him and
his prisoner to the county iail. The
mob, however, appeared to A+ve had
more direct and reliable information
than Sheriff Harvey.
According to information Johnson
gave to local officers, the entire af-
fair was a surprise to him. The
train stopped only three minutes at
Smithville, and the work of tho mob
was done so quickly and orderly that
it was not delayed and few knew
what was taking place About IL
men, he stated, boarded the train
anu CONtItu MIN WlLn plSJOlS, at
the same time taking charge of the
handcuffed prisoner It was said
about fifty remained on the outside
Of the train, guarding the entrance
to the car to prevent interference
with their plans. The officer ,eclar-
ed that he could easily hHve ehot Ene
or more members of the mob, but
that there were so MANY Of them this
would have accomplished no rood.
He said he recognized none of them.
Several Americus citizens who
heard Of the affair ra3c he +r'n hv
auto yesterday to the scene of the
lvnching. They reported that the
body Of the negro remained hang
ipP to the tree in the pa~ture near
Aho soore Of his r~i~1o noorlv I'll dav.
The body was still handcuffed when
viewed hv 'hnn1.
They stated it was rerorfo4 around
Richland that before heirr hanoed
Webb confessed and irorlcred the
mob not 70 moleet his brother who
was with him at the time of the kill
ing and who did not run away.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
Clemency Is Xmas
Gift To All Lifers

RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 22.-The
sentences of all life-term prisoners
in North Carolina state penitenti-
aries have just been reduced to thir-
ty years each through an order issued
by Governor Beckett. The number
affected through the exercise of elem
ency is thirty-fve, twenty-three of
whom are negroes and twelve whites.
The white prisoners include two
women.
II am opposed to eternal punish
ment in his world" declared the gov
ernor in explaining his act, insisting
that the prison sentences dopriving
a man OF his freedom should not
deprive him Of hope.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22

The shooting of Mr.. BrightweIl oe-
CURED on the plantation owned bv
.. Dixon near Richland, and wbora
mr. Bnghtwell was employed as over
seer On Friday, December - b
heard shooting in the pasture ,f tho 80
plantation and upon investigatino ~
lpuhu Che negro Webb there with bis
shotgun, Mr. Brightwell warned hin,
aoout shooting in the pasture near
.he m livestock, and the negro emntied
the contents of his shotgun inta M.
DiishtWells abdomen, inf;ct;n.
sa @ouhoS from which he died in abo,,f
Iorty minutes. The wounded 49,
was rushed to Plains for treatment
put ne died shortly after reachinn
that place. ieachlng
Inc officers of the county woro
quieNiy do notified and posses secured the
country IN search of the negro bnt
ne succeeded in slipping through tbe
oolpon oo3 winch was searching far him
ana made good his escape One
ae an nearby points were ouicklv not;
neo ana sharp lookout was ken+
i ior the negro, a reward of $500 heS
ing offered for his capture.
news OF the negro's capture snraad
very quickly, and az the sheriff 60
ca that the negro would meet VIII
NioIence II 1T became known wbaro h.
was IN custody, he refused to maLa
sne whereabouts of the negro known
lJr Ieeling ran high in the sect;on
Where the crime was comm;ttad -
was supposed that no persons onts;do
u those IN the sheriff's office knen,
u ehe negro's whereabouts. or tba
plans Tor bringing him back to Stew
aFt county for trial. Deputy Jobn.
S1on mad maintained the utmost Score
cy IN regard to the identity Of b;s
prisoner and was taken wholly hn
surprise when met by the band -
armed and masked men who demand
ed his prisoner.
Inc negro was about eighteen vears
OF age and had but recently returned
TO Klchland from Chicago. where be
mad been living for some time His
Drother was a witness to the sbootiro
ana although he had fed from The
scene ne gave the officers the full de-
tails OF the crime and was NOT ~
rested. ar
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
COALOPERATORS'
STAND MAY HALT
PROBE OF WAGES
Refuse To Accept Gov
ernlnent's Terms Of
Strike Settlement

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-The re-
fusal of the Coal Operators to ac-
cept the governments strike settle
ment terms it was said today might
embarass the operation of the COM
mission appointed Saturday by Presi-
dent Wilson and authorized to investi-
gate the miners wages and working
conditions and if necessary increase
coal prices. The question of wheth-
er the operators would stand aloof or
cooperate in the rommission's lin
vestigation has not been decided.
The commission named by the Pres
ident consists of Henry M. Robinson,
of Pasadena, Cal, for the public;
John P. White, for the miners, and
Rembrandt Peale, for the operators.
The coal operators of the United
States, through their executive COM
mittee, last night issued a statement
as to their reasons for refusing to
participate in the Governments plan
for settling the bituminous coal
strike. Renewing the denial that pre-
vious agreements had bound them to
accept the Government plan, the op-
orators asserted that they were bound
by and agreed to accept the strike
settlement proposal made by Dr. Gar
field, former fuel administrator the
Government proposals as accepted by
the miners differ vitality from those
of the Garfield plan.
The executive committee did not
say that the operators would stand
aloof from the commission in its in
vestigations and decision, but left the
question open, to be settled probably
at a meeting Tuesday in Cleveland,
Ohio, where general session of the
scale committee central competitive
field and other operators generally
has been called.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
3 ALABAMANS
IN FRAUD net
Trio Arrested On u. S.
Indictments For Mis-
use Of Mails

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. %.
d. Henry Riddle, once candidate
for attorney general of Alabama, was
arrested at Admission today and re-
leased on $4,000 bond on an in
dictment charging conspiracy to mis-
use the mails. Warrants also were
issued for W. A. Savage, of the Saw
age Cotton Company, of Talladego,
and S. E. Graham, former agent of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Allan
tic road at Talladega on the same
charge.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
MANS
KILLINGAVENGED
BY SUNDAY MOB
Johnny Webb, Seized AT Smithville and Taken To
Scene of Brightwell Murder, at Richland,
Where He Is Hanged and Body Riddled

RICHLAND, Dec. 22.-(Special. }
Charlie West, alias Johnny Webb,
the negro who murdered E. w.
Brightwell, a prominent citizen of
near this city, last week, was quietly
taken from the Seminole Limited
train at Smithville Saturday night
and brought to the scene of his crime
few miles from this city and lynch
ed Sunday morning at sunrise.
The crowd was quiet in it's organi-
cation, taking the negro and carrying
out its work, and the lynching was
not known of in Richland until Sun
day mornig when the report was
quickly circulated that the murderer
had met his fate.
The body was swung TO tree and
riddled with bullets and allowed to
hang there until after the noon hour
where it was viewed by hundreds of
spectators from Richland and many
other nearby towns. The negroes of
the community, who esteemed Mr..
Brightwell very mucn, as we'll as the
whites, expressed themselves as well
pleased with the capture and hurried
lynching of the murderer.
Negro Confesses
The neg % confessed to his CRIME
before being lynched and told Just
how he escaped The crowds which
were pursuing him during the night.
He admitted having spent the night
in Richland after killing Mr.. Bright
well, but this part of his story is
doubted and # is believed that he was
hidden out elsewhere by some of his
associates or friends further away.
After the excitement aroused yes
terday by the lypching the city and
surrounding communities are quiet to-
day and nothing would indicate by
the general appearance of the town
than anything out of the ordinary had
happened. No further results are ex-
pected from the affair The coron-
er's jury returned verdict yesterday
at the scene of the lynching that the
negro came to his death at the hands
of an unknown crowd.
Crowd Unknown.
Deputy Sheriff Knox Johnson, of
this county, who was in charge of
the negro, bringing him from Jack
sonville, en- route to Macon, where
the negro was to be placed in Bibh
county Jail, stated that the crowd
who took the negro from him was
unknown to him and the work of the
lynchers was conducted so quietly
that there was nothing to indicate
who they were or where they were
from.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
NEGRO WAS BEING
BROUGHT TO AMERICUS.

LUMPKIN, Dec. 22.-J ohnnie
Webb, the negro who shot and killed
E. w. Brightwell near Richland Sun
day, December II, was lynched about
four miles south of Richland by a
mob of about fifty persons, who took
the negro from Deputy Sheriff w. K.
Johnston, Jr., at Smithville. The ne
gro was captured by the authorities
at Jacksonville, Fla, last Thursday
and the sheriff refused to give out any
information in regard to his where
abouts, fearing that the negro would
be lynched if the people of the Rich
land section learned where he was
being held.
Deputy Johnson was sent after the
negro and was bringing him to Amer
icus to lodge him in the Sumter coun-
ty Jail. At Smithville, about 3 a. m.
the negro was taken from the deputy
by an armed mob numbering about
fifty persons, and was taken to the
scene of the crime about A miles south
of Richland where the body was
found later by the coroner The body
was hanging to a tree and had been
riddled with bullets. The coroner
held an inquest over the remains Sun
day afternoon and rendered a verdict
to the effect that "the deceased came
to his death at the hands of a person
or 0arsons unknown"
The members of the mob which
took the negro from the deputy were
all masked and it was impossible for
the deputy to recognize any Of the
men. The negro was taken from
Smithville to the scene of the crime
in an automobile and the mob also
left that place in automobiles.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
State Road Engineer
To Be Located Here

Application has been received by
the county board from the state
highway department for Office room
here for an assistant state highway
engineer, whom the department de-
sired to send to Americus as head
quarters for supervising road work
in South Georgia. The board is ses-
sion today voted to offer s,aesl Office
snaee in the court hous free of
charge.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
Senator Lodge Silent
On Hapgood Report

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Sena-
tor Lodge declined today to discuss
published reports that Norman Hap
good, U. S. minister to Denmark, had
decided to return to the United
States after the State Department
had learned that the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee was prepared to
make public information which was
expected to show his activities and
sympathies for the Russian Soviet
government.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
FEDERAL JUDGE WARNS
HOWATT, MINERS S'LEADER
Violations of Injunction
Must Stop In Kansas,
He Declares

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22.-De-
claring violations of the Federal
Courts injunction under the Lever
act against any further coal strike
in Kansas must stop if persons guilty
have to be put in Jail and kept there,
Judge Anderson today permitted
Alexander Howat, president of the
Kansas District United Mine Work
ers until next Monday to prepare his
defense to charges of contempt of
court.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
Roosevelt Society
To Be Non-PoVitical

NEW YORK, Dee. ga new or
ganization to be known as the Roose-
welt Society and which will have as
its purpose ''the develoDment and ap-
rlication Of the ro'f"ios and idoals of
Theodore Roosevelt" is to be formed,
a statement issuod hv Williem Povce
Thompson, president of the Roosevelt
Mavoor;aI a~o-oi~+io7 o~-,~--r7~o-
A committee has been named to es-
tahlieh the Roosevelt Society. which
will be national in scope and nom
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
No Xmas Tree This
Year At White House

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-There
will be no Christmas tree at the
White House this year. The Presi-
dent and Mrs, Wilson plan to- spend
the day quietly.
Mr.. Wilson will eat Christmas din
ner in his room and it is not oxpect-
ed that his daughters, Mrs. William
c. McAdoo and Mrs. Francis B.
Sayre, and his grandchildren will be
at the White House
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
SANTA ASKED
TOUR B. .Y.P.U.
TREE FRIDAY

nEAR SANTA: We respectful
49, invite you to our Missionary
christmas Tree next Friday night
at half-past o'clock. This tree
is given by our Junior B. Y. p L.,
and we wish you to take all gifts
from the tree and help US to know
which group shall excel with their
offerings, as they will be marked
very carefully.
Hoping you will be on time and
encourage US in all the good works
we are trying to do. Sincerely
HERMAN HOWARD, Pres.
3ETH Conner, Sec'y.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
ALLIES HOPE TO
EFFECT PEACE
BY CHRISTMAS
Rush Efforts To Reach
Agreement With Huns
On Protocol

PARIS, Dec. 22.-The Supreme
Council, it became known today, is
making every effort to reach an
agreement with Germany on the
question of reparation for the sink
ing of the Scapa Flow fleet, so the
proptocol may be signed and ratifica-
tions of the peace treaty exchanged
before Christmas.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
TO SAVE NEWS PRINT.

RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 22.-Tn or
der to conserve news print paper,
f B. Jeffress, of Greensboro, N. c.,
territorial chairman of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association,
has requested all daily newspapers
in North and South Carolina to sus-
pend publication on Christmas day.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
,,trAruFR FORECAST.

For Georgia.-Fair tonight ana ana
Frost tonight; fresh ana
strong northerly winds. ill rra-
- C Generally fair weather y, VIII pr. pre-
vail during the first half Of the, the wsfn' rain
van oad NY unsettled, with probably ram ram,
second half. Normal tenpei"'1' -
are indicated
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
$4,000 Bags of New
Cuban Sugar Arrive

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The first
cargo Of New Cuban sugar, consist
ing of 24,OO0 bags, reached here to-
dav consigned to American refners.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22
The Cotton Market

LOCAL SPOT COTTON.
Good middling 80 IA cents.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-22

A Southern
Newspaper For
SouthernP People
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
TO COMPLETE PEACE LAB0RS
President Wilson Leaves On His Sec.
ond Voyage To Peace Confer
ence-Stay Till It's Over.

New York-Presiden Wilson sailed
on his second voyage to France deter
mined, as he said in the Metropolitan
opera house speech here, not to come
back till it's over over there" The
transport George Washington. bearing
the presidential party, left the Hobo
ken, N. j., pier.
The chiefs executive departure was
marked by a simplicity which con-
trasted with the noisy demonstration
given him when the George Washing
ton carried Mr.. Wilson from Ameri.
can waters on his first journey to
Paris last December.
Only a small crowd of persons as
sembled at the army transport pier.
To these the president and Mrs. VIII.
son waved farewell greetings as the
George Washington swung out into
the lower Hudson river, while the
band on the transport Great Northern,
berthed nearby, played THE Star
Spangled Banner" Standing on the
bridge, the president and his wife saw
the American flag raised on the staff
at the stern and heard the booming Of
the presidential salute Of 81 guns. AS
the transport turned her nose toward
the Statue Of Liberty, an escort Of de-
stroyers got under way ahead. The
harbor was nearly deserted because
Of the strike OF marine workers.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
SPARTACANS KILL
50 IN GOLD BLOOD
DETECTIVES EXECUTED WITH
REVOLVER sHoTs-woMAN
,.ANoNc THE KILLERS.
& J'A,
MEN iF0RGED. INTO WAGONS
Story Of Wholesale Assassination 10
'Tpff hteerlIn by Government
- ssAiler Captured by the
Revolutionlsts.

BerlinAA story Of wholesale cold,
FLOODED murders, including the shoot.
rng of some 60 detectives, by the Spar.
itacan forces. was told, under oath, by
q government soldier who had been
captured by the insurgents but, man.
aged to escape. He and IS other sol.
luiers had been captured in the vicinity
OF Warschauerstrasse. in the eastern
part Of the city, and were taken into
q court back of group OF buildings
occupied by the Spartacans.
The prisoners, the soldier asserts,
were compelled, one by one to climb
1nto a wagon, where they were shot
down by the insurgents When the
wagon became full of bodies, It was
taken away and another brought for
ward.
While this was going on a band of
Spartacans brought In go detectives,
who had been captured in the attack
on the Lichtenbegr police station. The
detectives we're killed with revolver
shots between the eyes at close quar-
Gers. Those who resisted we're held by
other Spartacans while the execution,
or fired the shot. A government bicy
Gle courier who was brought in about
the same time, was held by the hands
and feet and tortured before being
shot.
The division of cavalry riflemen
which is In charge of work of clearing
the city OF Spartacans reports further
Instances OF cruel murders by the in.
surgents, An automobile with seven
soldiers was attacked in Warschauer.
strebse and all were murdered. An.
other automobile filled with volunteer
SOLDIERS was captured and nothing has
beea heard from them,
Alwdman soldier in the Spartacan
ranks who was captured by the gov.
er1Nent troops, is declared to have
cQpfessed participation in more than
30 -RillingsE The spartacans also are
acclised OF using airplanes for attacks
on rpeaceable citizens.
The bomb which was dropped on a
croWd in Bulowplatz is said to have
beeh thrown by Spartacan aviator.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
TraIn kIIIs Father and Child.

Paducah, Ky.-Struck by an Illinois
Central passenger train at Benton
road crossing here. Charles L. How.
ard, . farmer OF Calvert City. and his
little daughter. Monico, were instantly
killed. The train struck the farm
wagon in which they were coming to
Paducah. scattering both bodies 200
feet down the track, killing the horse
and mule attached to the wagon. Wit
nesses said that Howard enSeavored
to cross the track despite warning
blasts from the engine. and hold that
the engineer was not to blame
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
RUSSIANS PAY $500
A PIECE FOR CATS
STARVATION FOUND TO BE RAG.
ING WHEREVER BoLsHEvlKI
CONTROL is FOUND.
HIGH COST OF LIVING DRIVE

ADMINISTRATION is prevailing
throughout Bolshevik Russia and is
killing off the population by thou
sands. Diseases due to under-nourish-
ment are rampant and food is SO
scarce in Petrograd and Moscow that
cats sell readily for SO each. The un-
dertakers can not cope with comb.
tions and there is not enough wood for
collins.
These reports have been brought to
the attention of the British govern
ment within the last week by British
subjects recently returned from Rus
STA.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-14
plan pershIno Highway.

Lincoln, Neb.-Temporary organiza.
ton here of "Pershing highway"
which would extend from the Pacific
to the Atlantic coast and include cities
and towns where the principal events
in the life of Gen. Pershing occurred,
is announced by Walter s. Written,
secretary OF the Lincoln Commercial
Club. Gov. McKelvie, honorary chair
man of the organization, will invite
the governors of all states included in
the proposed route to send representa-.
tives here to permanently organize
the project.