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PARTIES ARE NOT KNOWN
OFFICIAL REPORT OF HAMPTON
SHERIFF ON LYNCHING.
Names of Jailer or Keeper of Guard
House and Others Not Given.
The Governor's Action.
[Columbia State, Saturday, 2Sth.]
Governor Ansel yesterday morning
received an official report from Sheriff
Lightsey of Hampton county on
' the lynching at Luray. The report
contains everything but the facts, except
those partial facts already
known. The sheriff states that there
was a lynching and that the negro
was taken from the guard house at
Luray. He, however, says that he
no -n nrtt fi n n mit U'hn tnnlr n? rf in the
affair and is at a loss to know who
had the negro in charge at the time
he was lynched. The dispatches to
the newspapers say that the negro
was in Luray guard house and that
a magistrate there had plead with the
mob -not to do violence.
The sheriff was evidently unable to
find out who was the keeper of the
guard house and the names of the
magistrates in. that vicinity. He
states that he was never officially notified
of the affair and does not state
whether or not communication was
had with the coroner or with any
magistrate as to the inquest. Reports
from these officials have not been received
by Governor Ansel. Just what
action his excellency will take is not
yet known, but it is believed that he
will request more facts about the
' case.
Luray is a station on the Seaboard
Air Line and the sheriff lives at
Brunson, several miles from Hamp:v
ton, on the Charleston & Western
Carolina road. After sending in his
report he asked the governor that he
be communicated with at Brunson
should any further information be desired.
His letter is as follows:
Brunson, S. C., Nov. 25.
Hon. M. F. Ansel, Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: On receipt of your telegram
I went to I^uray to investigate
lynching. My first knowledge of this
** affair was Monday afternoon late,
and even then I was not officially
" notified and if any of the citizens of
that section had wanted to it would
have been an easy matter for them
to notify me, as 1 have telephone connection
with that part of the county.
I went to Mr. Fitts' house yester- 1
day morning and learned from him
that an attempt to assault his daughter
was made Saturday night and upon
following tracks and other evidence
they led to Jim Gilmore's
house and he was taken in charge
and placed in the guard house at Luray
(not the county jail as one paper
had its renorts) .-rbut whose custody
he was in at the time of the lynching
(which happened some time Sunday
;; night) I was unable to find out. If
I had been informed of this I would
certainly have repaired to the scene
of the crime and dope all in my power
to prevent this lynching or any
' other violence.
If there is anything further you
wish me to do in this matter write or
wire me at Brunson, which is my
home address. Trusting this will be :
satisfactory, I remain.
Yours very truly,
J. H. LIGHTSEY,
Sheriff Hampton County.
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Three Thousand Homeless.
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Guthrie Okla., November 29.?As
the result of a 48-hour downpour of
rain in the valley of the Cottonwood
river and its tributaries, the Cottonwood
overflowed this afternoon. SevIT.
eral hundred of homes ^5re partly under
water in West Guthrie and 3,000
persons to-night are homeless. The
river was one foot higher than ever
before in its history and rising rapidly.
Hundreds of residents who re\
fused to leave the flooded district, believing
that the river would not rise
so rapidly, were forced to fire shots
of distress before sunset. Hundreds
of boats with volunteer rescuers
brought the tardy ones to places of
safety. "It is believed that a few persons
are still in their homes.
Street car service is at a standstill.
The city's water plant is under water.
Five thousand dollars worth of cot'j
ton was washed down stream and 2,000
bales are still in the water. The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe round
* house and shops are inundated. Railroad
trains in and out of Guthrie
have been annuled. Much track has
been washed out and several trains
are waterbound.
Married in Jail.
Walterboro, November 28.?One
of the most romantic marriages that
has takten place recently was solemnized
on Monday night at the county
jail. The contracting parties being
Lou Hay and George Smith, colored.
These persons were tried last week
for the murder of Lou Hay's husband,
Dan Hay, and found guilty of
murder with recommendation to mercy.
It was developed in the trial that
on Sunday, July 26, 1908, Dan Hay
died in great agony. Before death he
claimed that he had been poisoned
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Lou Hav. When arrested she admitted
that she had given her husband
"rough on rats," which had
been bought for the purpose by Geo.
Smith. The trial of this case on Saturday
was one of the most interesting
held so far. Capt. E. L. Fishburne
and D. B. Peurifoy, Jr., defended the
couple.
Monday morning they were sent
for and placed in the dock, the
^ judge passed the sentence of imprisonment
for life at hard labor in the
penitentiary. So Monday night they
sent for Magistrate Wilson, who was
a guest of Sheriff Owens, and had
him perform the ceremony which
made them man and wife. They were
taken Tuesday morning, on their
wedding trip to the State penitentiary
at Columbia.
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RACE SUICIDE GROWING.
Prof. Wilcox Points to Threat of Serious
Depopulation.
Ithaca, November 25.?That there
will be no children left, if present
race suicide tendencies continue during
the next century throughout the
civilized world, was a prediction
made by Prof. Walter P. Wilcox, before
the class in sanitary science and
public health at Cornell University.
Dr. Wilcox does not accept the theory
that the advance of civilization
or the spread of disease is responsible
for the decrease in the birth rate.
He said: "The true reason for the
fall in the birth rate js that in modern
times, 'mainly in the last halfcentury,
births and the birth rate
have come under the control of the
human will and choice in a sense and
tn a rieeree never before true.
"This power to control increase
has been used and is being used today
far too exclusively with reference
to prevent the economic advantage,
and far too little with due consideration
to social welfare and progress."
"YALLER" DOG SHOULD GO.
One of the Greatest Destroyers of
Partridge Nests.
It is likely that the next legislature
will make war on the negro's "yaller"
dog in all the counties of the State.
In the opinion of the sportsmen he
(the dog) is more responsible for a
shortage in supply birds than any
other one thing. He is accused of
getting his principal food supply
through the latter part of the summer
by robbing the partridge nest of
their eggs, which he finds on the
ditch banks, and for which he has
developed a wonderful instinct for
finding.
"I killed two of these dogs in one
evening," said a prominent up-country
sportsman and farmer, "and both
had egg shells in their mouth at the
time. If we could rid the country
of this yellow dog peril we would accomplish
more in one season than all
the law the State Audubon Society
has been able to get passed and
which it is vigorously prosecuting."
"There is no doubt of it," said another
prominent huntsman, "that the
yellow dog is the greatest enemy to
game birds this State has. He ought
to be taxed plumb out of existence."
CONVERSE TEACHER SHOT.
Miss Elis^ Dorst Painfully Wounded
by Little Negro Boy.
Spartanburg, November 26.?Miss
Elise Dorst of Cincinnati, teacher of
vocal culture at Converse college in
this city, was shot and painfully,
though not seriously, wounded by a
little negro boy who was carelessly
handling a small rifle. Miss Dorst
with another member of Converse
faculty was walking down the suburbs
of the city near the home of
ex-Go v. John Gary Evans, when the
accident occurred. They had just
passed the boy and had proceeded only
a few steps when the shot was
fired. The ball took effect in Miss
Dorst's shoulder, passing through the
flesh and entering the neck just be
low tne ear. i ne seock was so severe
that Miss Dorst was unable to return
to the college and was taken in a
carriage to the home of Dr. Rosa
Gantt, where she is tOrnight. Her
condition is entirely satisfactory tonight.
FAMILY DIE IN FLAMES.
Charred Bodies of Six Found in Ashes
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of Home.
Decatur, Ala., November 27.?
John Edmondson, his wife and mother
and three children were mysteriously
burned to death Wednesday
night near Woodlawn Mills, in the
southern part of the county.
The charred bodies of the children
were found. in the barn after the
bodies of their parents and grandmother
was discovered in the ashes
of the dwelling house.
The cause of the tragedy has not
been ascertained, but one theory is
that it was due to robbery and arson.
It was at first thought that the
3re was caused by the explosion of
i coal oil lamp, but the finding of the
todies of the children in the barn has
ipset this theory.
The Woodlawn Mills are located
iear Somerville, from which point
:he news of the tragedy was received
;o-day.
NEGRO KILLED NEAR AIKEN, j
Will Neal Shot by John M. Wright, a j
White Farmer.
Aiken, November 27.?Will Neal,
i negro, died last night from a wound
nflicted by Mr. John M. Wright,
i white man, yesterday morning
on Wright's place, about
nght miles from the city. Wright
same to the city and is now in the
sustody of the sheriff, having sur endered.
It appears from what can be learn"i
vtqqI nrVirk ia t> rrnnnpr f?n
u. mat w uv w v* ~ ?
Wright's place, failed to gather some
>pen cotton, and that Wright employid
hands and had the cotton picked
limself. This enraged the negro,
festerday Wright went to the field
vhere the cotton had been picked,
md -with a force of hands began to
sow oats on the land. The negro had
ollowed him to the field, with his
irother, and Neal told Wright that if
le did not get out of "his field" he
vould kill him, and then reached in
lis hip pocket as if to get a weapon,
vhereupon Wright shot at him four
:imes with a revolver. Two of the
lullets took effect.
Neal had a bad reputation.
Nineteen Indictments Found.
Union City, Tenn., November 28.?
Nineteen indictments were returned
ate to-day by the grand jury investigating
the recent night rider raids in
heReelfoot lake region, which reached
a culmination a month ago in the
ynching of Capt. Quentin Rankin, a
irominent attorney of Trenton, Tenn.
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