Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1903 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

in a saloon tight nt Williamson, W. Vn.. James Adams was shot und instantly killed by Ben Adams mid the hitter seriously wounded. Engineer W. W. White was killed and twenty-eight persons slightly hurt by the derailing of n passenger train on the Southern Railway near Birmingham, Ala. The Columbus Iron nnd Steel Compmiy hus purchased 2,(MX) ncres of conJ land opposite Montgomery, W. Vn., for $150,(MM) and will increase its capacity to I,(MM) tons daily. While returning from n party at Cynthiana, Ky., Ray Hiekmiin, aged 18, and Miss Muy Lovell were struck by a freight train. Hickman wn» Instantly killed mid Mis* Lovell Injur*.d. E. W. llnrdin & Co.'s bn ik, n private concern nt Rockwell, Texas, hns failed with liabilities of S22,(MM), nnd nominal resources of SIOO,OOO. Hani times among farmer* prevented realizing on lonns. Mrs. Minnie Cox, negro postmistress nt Indinnoln, Miss., who wns forced to resign, hns left for Birminghnm mid declared she will not return. An independent postotllce lias been established by citizens. Indi nil* iln. Mis*., postotflee hns been closed by cabinet order until Mrs. Miuui® W. Cox, negro postmistres*. I* safe;

her life was threatened till she resigned; sheriff and Mayor refused to be responsible for her safety. Newton R. Lyddle, who claimed to be a and said his home was in Raleigh County,.was shot and instantly killed at Bluefield, W. Va., by Russell Lilly, a prominent citizen. Lilly had been deputized to arrest the alleged detective by a magistrate. J. 11. Williams, a stable boy, and twenfy-threfi horses were burned to death in a fire at the plant of the Hughes Brothers’ Extract Company in Dallas, Texas. A warehouse was consumed w ith its contents of 500 barrels of sugar, glucose, chemicals, machinery and manufactured goods. The United States land syndicate of Chicago has bought the James Reynolds patent of land in Wolfe, Morgan and Breathitt counties. Kentucky, ami will have surveyors on the ground early in the spring to locate the boundary and put settlers on the tract. This land has been in the possession of the persons now holding it for the last sixty years. They will resist any attempt the company may make, to secure possession and are organizing an armed force.