Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1903 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

T. L. Hoover, nged 52, of Lima. Ohio, fell from a hotel window in San Antonio, Tex., and was instantly killed. John Thomas, a negro, who shot and killed Sheriff Benjamin E. Ory, of St. Charles’ parish, near New Orleans, was killed by a mob and his body was burned. Two shocks of earthquake were generally felt in Savannah, Ga. News from the settlements along the coast indicate that there they were of a sufficient violence to put houses to tacking. A large factory building in Richmond, Va., owned by Newton Vaughn and’tperated as a tobacco stemming plant by the Continental Tobacco Company, was destroyed by fire. The loss is heavy. Alleged refusal of the managers of the Dallas Opera House at Dallas, Tex., to open the door to permit Rev. Sam Jones to speak almost precipitated a riot. Mayor Cabell had the door opened, but Jones insisted on speaking outside. John Jones, a negro accused of assault near Livermore, Ky., was arrested, but on being pursued, by a mob the officer told him to run for his life. About 100 shots were fired at him. when he jumped into Green River and was drowned. The Great Southern Oil and Development Company, with a capital stock of $2,000,000, has been incorporated to develop 100,000 acres of oil lands in the Tennessee valley. The president of the company is Mrs. I*. Collings of London, and the other officers itre all women. In a short time only eight cities in the State -of Tennessee will have the privilege of selling intoxicating liquors as a beverage. This revolution in the liquor traffic in Tennessee will be brought about by the Adams bill, which prohibits the sale of liquor in towns of less than 5,000 inhabitants.