The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 06, 1920, Page SEVEN, Image 7
NEGRO LYNCHED
BY LAURENS MOB
Joe Stewart Hanged From River
Bridge Inquiry to be Made.
The State.
Laurens, April 2.?After an inter,
val of nearly seven years, a Laurens
negro has been executed without due
process of law. Joe Steward, aged
25, who had been empoyed for a year
by a local coal dealer, was last night
about midnight, as near as can be
ascertained, taken from a station
house cell, carried to the foot of
Cemetery hill and hanged from the
North Harper bridge over Little
k i.ser. The rain soaked body was cut
r down and taken to an undertaker this
' morning.
Upon the arrival ox the coroner, inquest
proceedings were started with
^ Solicitor Blackwel! representing the
f state in the examination of witnesses.
After four or five men had testified,
including Chief of Police Blakely and
Sheriff Reid, on motion of the solicitor,
adjournment was taken until a
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taining, if possible, additional evidence
in th3 case.
Dr. W. D. Ferguson, who examined
Stewart's body, testified that five
stab wounds were on the body and
v his neck had been broken. Death was
due to hanf "*ig and the wounds were
not serious m his opinion.
The lynching of Steward was the
result of a fight earlier in the night
with a party of young white men,
three of whom were more or less painfully
cut with a knife wielded by
Steward. The fight occurred on a
back street near Harrison Hunter's
. shop. The negro received five stab
r wounds from which he bled freely until
medical attention was given him.
It is said that the fight came v. t
by Steward taking up for another
negro, who, it is alleged, offended a
^ young white boy by crushing against
m him as the negro was leaving the
' ' opera house about 7 o'clock. The
boys, it is said, started to get the offending
negro when they encountered
Steward, who challenged the boys and
used abusive language w \ich led to
an immediate fight. All wounded
parties had to have the attention of
doctors. Up until Hoc. k every1
rvaAnl?1
thing appeared quiei aim must
went home. Chief Blakely and an^r.r
policeman were on duty. The
?*cers*left the station house for a
v/4<hort time and when the chief rey
turned the negro was gone. He had
been removed from the cell, the door
of which was forced open, and taken
out through the rear of the building.
So quietly was the work done that no
one has been found who heard any
unusual noises about the station at
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the alleged time of Steward's removal
from his cell. It was riot thought j
, necessary by the officers to place the ;
' negro in jail as everything was;
- apparently quiet and there was no.
j apprehension of further trouble.
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! REDUCTION IS MADE
IN NATIONAL DEBT:
Washington, April 2.?A reduction ,
nf STO.VfirtO.OOO in the national uebtj
?more than double the amount by j
which the debt was lowered during;
any previous month?was accomplish- j
ed during: March, the treasury report-1
ed tonight. The national debt now i
stands at $24,698,000,000.
Officials said this record could not
be used as a basis for increasing fur- j
ther monthly reductions. They re-;
garded it, however, as "sound evi- j
dence" of the success of the treasury j
I program for financing the post-war j
period when government expenditures I
still continue to run high.
Began in August.
March payment on the public debt j
was confined almost wholly to re- f
tirement of certificates of indebted- f
, ness issued in anticipation of income f
and profit taxes. Reductions by [
month since August, when the retire-1
ments began, were: I
October, $15,533,000; November f
$94,478,000; December, $278,973,-?
000; January, $168,689,000 and j"
' February, $264,057,000. Heavy pay- j.
ment on the debt in December ana*
February both were traceable to the {;
retirement of certificates of indebted- j,
ness, but the amount of obligations \
retired each month, although fluetua-ji
ting, has been on the increase. f
Hinges on Tax Legislation.
Future monthly reductions willj;
hinge largely on new appropriations j!
| and tax legislation, officials said. '
! They expected, however, that opera- I
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fleet more and more on the gross national
debt each month hereafter. '
None would venture a prediction as
to the net reduction for the calendar
! year. j
! As the public debt now stands it is ji
made up of $15,616,800,000 com-j
j prising the four issues of liberty f
I bonds; $4,422,700,000 of Victory j
| short-term notes, $2,367,220,000 in j
i treasury certificates; and approxi [
! mately $1,000,000,000 in Bonds is-j
sued prior to the world war. j
The greatest single item among |
' these old bonds is the issue of consols f;
I of 1930 which aggregate $600,000,-,'
000.
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