Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1900 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

George R. C. Todd, formerly of Kentucky, a brother-in-law of President Lincoln, died in Barnwell. S. C. Peabody Normal College trustees nt Nashville, Tenn., discovered that one of their pretty art students was a negress. She had been accepted as a Jewess. At Maybury, W. Va., John Hasbropk was killed while in an altercation with Walter Sweetniun. Both men used revolvers, but Sweetninu proved the better marksman. They had a falling out over a young woman. Fire destroyed the large tobacco warehouse of W. 8. Matthews & Sous nt Ixiuisville. Ky. Loss ou stock estimated at $125,900; on building, $50,000, fully covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. Eight uieu opened the vault of the Mnssanutten bunk nt Btrasburg, Yn„ and blew open three safes, securing $5,000. Negotiable pnpers and securities amounting to $75,000 were untouched. The men escaped ou a handcar ou the Southern Railway. Thomas J. Hunter, former auditor of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company, was found guilty of embezzlement at Atlanta, Qa., and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. It was charged ngainst Hunter tbit he had misappropriated $20,000.