Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1901 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

The woodworking department of the Illinois Central shops at Paducah, Ky., burned, entailing a bids of about $25,000. The blaze is supposed to have originated from spontaneous combustion. Miss Carrie Jones, daughter of Gov. Thomas G. Jones, was crushed to death hy a street car in Montgomery, Ala. The accident occurred iu frout of the executive mansion and was witnessed by Gov. Jout-s. George \V. Itanck, one of the best* kuowti literary nu-n of Kentucky, was killed by a Louisville aud Nashville train at Lexington, Ky. He was searching for evidence regarding the location of the old "Ada Spring." While playing on a farm wagon in tho yard of Emery Bayl on the Cheat river, near Morgantown, W. Ya., Lloyd and Marie Shoemaker, aged 5 and 8 years, were fatally hurt by rolling over u precipice 200 yards high. Charley Bentley, a negro, confessed to the murder of “Jim" Vann, alias Williams, a white man, and was hanged by a mol) in Leeds, Ala. The murderer's body was riddled with bullets and left hanging to the limb of a tree. The brutal murder of Mr. and Mrs. Tallferro 011 the night of July 30 led to the lynching of Betsio McCray, her son, Belfield McCray, and daughter, Ida McCray, all colored, at Carrollton, Miss. Ida McCray confessed to the knowledge of the murder. The boiler of the engine of a Western and Atlantic passenger train exploded nt Bolton, Gn.. fatally injuring Fireman J. L. Aenehbaeher’of Atlanta and badly injuring Engineer N. V. Bell, also of Atlanta. The engine was demolished an 1 the baggage car derailed. Charles 11. Bnreford of the bankrupt firm of Bnreford tY Lawson, whob-snle milliners of Louisville, Ky., his disappeared and 110 oue knows his wlieroabouts. Home weeks ago Orville Lawson, the junior member of the firm, left town, taking with him $49,000 of the concern’s money.