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TYS! ^ Mm: V/v ss*.r-: p:' !$? I ?gat-sir ft WCS |g. r p "THE LI VE STOC BLEASE DENIES CLEMENCY. Samuel'Hyde Will Hang Unless Appeal to Supreme Court is Effective. |||?p; . Anderson, Oct. 13.?A telegram ^iS- received here to-day from Gov. JBlease brought the intelligence that ie will not interfere in the Samuel Kiv Hyde case. The telegram came to H^H;2jeon L. Rice, who was appointed by it the court to defend Hyde, and who ? formulated the petitions, which were \ ireely signed, asking the governor ? to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment. A counter petition was circulated by Mrs. W. V. Beasley, mother and wife of Hyde's '1 "Victims, in the Orr Mills village, where the double crime was committed. This petition was signed by several hundred persons. Hyde killed his wife and her father on the night of July 18, was convicted of the murder of the former at a recent term of court and was sentenced to hang on Friday, October gp?:;\ 20, one week from to-morrow. Hyde will not hang on this day, however, as Attorney Rice has already served notice on Solicitor Bonham of an appeal to the supreme court. The ap' peal will hardly be heard by that tribunal until next January, and it is likely that a decision will not be lianded down until too late for the |>l|f prisoner to be resentenced at the Jannary term of criminal court, should the lower court be sustained. In that p&v event, and if the lower court's judgment is affirmed, Hyde will be resentenced next May. Hyde sent for Attorney Rice yesterday, and stated that he understood the governor had stated he would not H interfere with the death sentence, g Hyde said he was ready to die, and that if Mr. Rice did not care to proceed further with the fight that he was willing to let the matter stanc. //- as it is and go to the gallows on the day set. Mr. Rice told Hyde that he - had determined to make as good fight) for him as he would for a wealthyclient; that the court had appointed jpy-V him to conduct this case, and although Hyde and his family have no money to pay the expense of the appeal, he intended to carry the appeal up. Hyde then stated that he was willing to do what the attorney thought best in the matter; that he was willing for the appeal to be per;, fected, or he is willing for the execution to take place on the 20th instant. The appeal is being perfected. ,i The Herald has the latest news, and it costs you only $1.50 per year. * solicit yc rRA :k and vehicle I unn nmnv rn /*aait)c nnnir MUfi KlUVLEU LUUN 3 flUUI BRUTE ASSAULTS LITTLE GIRL AT HONEA PATH. Angry Mob Wreaks Speedy Vengeance?Culprit Positively Identified by 11-Year-old Victim. Honea Path, Oct. 10.?Swung by * * ?1 * A /* _ 1.1 t. * tfle ieu loot irom a teiepnune puie near tie scene of his crime, the body of Willis Jackson, a 17-year-old negro, who early this morning committed a brutal assault on a little girl here, to-night was riddled with bullets. The body hangs to-night covered with blood and shot full of holes, wiyiin 20 yards of the scene of the attack. The lynching, which came at the close of a day of the most intense excitement, was witnessed by several thousand people from all parts of Anderson county. Before he was strung up the negro, who had twice been identified by his victim, admitted, it is said, that he was the right man, but begged for mercy. It was 11 o'clock when the negro was brought back, having been taken from the officers near Greenville, after a sensational chase in automobiles lasting several hours. Confessed on Scene of Crime. He was taken at once to the home * * * 1 1 1 J ^ * oi tne mue gin wnoui ue uau attacked, and she identified him a second time. Then the crowd, with its k trembling prisoner, went into the woods where the crime was committed. The spot reached, the negro was asked if he wished to confess. The boy then admitted that he was the one who had committed the assault, but begged the crowd to spare him. His pleas for mercy fell on ears deafened by wrath, however, and had no effect. He was rushed into the road near the scene of the crime and a rope was put about his left ankle. The cord was put over the cross-arm of a nearby telephone pole and the terrified boy was hoisted into the air, head downward. Suddenly a shot broke the silence and the first bullet took effect in the negro's body. That first shot broke the momentary spell that had held the crowd and a volley was poured into the swinging body of the negro. Fully 400 shots, it is estimated, were fired into the trembling form. Body Left Hanging. I The negro's bloody corpse was left i JO $80 Best IUI fjau< NK MAN." swinging in the night air, and thousands of people who had witnessed the violent end of the criminal dispersed to their homes. Before leaving, however, some members of the mob and spectators cut off toes and fingeri from the body as mementoes of the terrible occasion. Late to-night all is quiet in Honea Path and its vicinity. There is no sign of the violent scenes enacted here, save the body of the criminal, ' - * 11.. LLcLiigiiig irum tut; yuic uy iuo> ucsc ed roadside. To-morrow the coroner will cut down the body and hold his inquest. The crime for which the negro was lynched to-night was committed about 7 o'clock this morning. The victim was the 11-year-old daughter of a prominent citizen of Honea Path. The child had gone to carry the eow to the pasture, a quarter of a mile from her home. She was on one of the main roads leading out of town and was seized and dragged into the woods about 50 yards, where the at tack was made, and it is feared that the negro accomplished his devilish i purpose. In the woods there is every evidence of a fearful struggle. When the child was seized her as-^ sailant threatened to kill her if she cried out to give alarm. Terrified with fright, she desisted from her cries. It is thought that the noise of a buggy approaching along the road may have frightened the brute and that he let go his victim. A man from the country saw the negro come from the woods, and seeing the child muddy and crying, approached her and asked the trouble. The news quickly spread. Willis Jackson was arrested on suspicion and taken before his victim, who positively identified him and as positively said that two other suspects were not the guilty parties. Con siaDie nayes iuuk . ljuc ucgiv ?u cm automobile and hastened toward Anderson. The little girl was calm and positive in her identification. She is considerably injured, but is up and about the home and came to the piazza whan one of the suspects was taken to her father's home./ Shortly after the news spread men began pouring into town by all roads, and excitement ran high. Calmer heads did all in their power to quiet '' ? ?j *T?? o,.ii;nnn me excited men, ana xuaj'ui oum*au wired the governor asking for a special term of court to try the alleged guilty party. The Herald for $1.50 the year. i NES >.00 On 5 mage, c BA I ?"vt? *T*rrr?T/MtTV mn tttdV jnurs tan^un:i IU MUXYX. No One Held Responsible for Killing of Negro. Anderson, Oct. 11.?Willie Jackson came to his death from gunshots at the hands of an unknown mob was the verdict reached by the coroner's jury at Honea Path to-day. The horribly mutilated body was viewed by the jury and was cut down from the telephone pole by Coroner Beasley. The mother of the negro refused to take the body, saying she wouldn't have anything to do with a son of hers that would commit such a crime. The negroes refused to allow the body to be interred in their burying cKmimria erv ft was hnrferi at. the 6X-! pense of the county on the home place of Melvin Ashley. Fingers for Souvenirs. Several fingers of the negro were severed for souvenirs during the night, and the rope, as it fell to the ground was cut in pieces and distributed among a large crowd that gathered to see him cut from the pole. Coroner Beasley and Sheriff King arrived on the scene at 9:30 o'clock this mo-nning and after experiencing a little trouble in getting a jury willing to serve, the inquest was begun. Nobody Saw Lynching. The body was viewed and the jury then repaired to the office of Magifrtrate Wilson to hear the testimony. Five or six witnesses were examined, but it was impossible to locate any person who admitted seeing the lynching. Everybody in the community was reticent and the examintion of witnesses required only a short time. Sheriff King forwarded a short report from Honea Path to Gov. Blease. In the report ne ireierred the governor to the newspaper accounts, which the sheriff stated were correct in every particular as far as he could determine. Ashley Left Mob. Citizen Joseph Ashley was not a witness of the lynching and neither was his son, Joe Ashley. These men I left the mob with the negro before | the crowd reached Honea Path. At j Honea Path Mayor Sullivan pleaded that the law be allowed to dispose of the negro. He read a telegram he had received from Gov. Blease, asking that the mob allow the law to take its course, stating that ne would obtain a special term of court to try the negro within two weeks. Pleading of No Avail. [ All of the pleading was of no avail, BUG Earth f % ash or c MBI BAMBERG, however, for after taking the negro before the little girl for a second identification, the crowd proceeded to the scene of attack and there he a 1 LI- fTViA was sirung uy oy ins ieii iwt. mo negro's body was literally riddled with bullets, not a spot as large as a silver dollar remained where bullets had not pierced. Everything is quiet at Honea Path and no further demonstration will occur. A Negro Whipped. One negro man was dealt with for making an insulting remark to a gentleman looking on the body this morning. The remark was about blocking the road. The negro was not injured, being subjected merely to a light whipping. The home that possesses a cheerful wife and mother is not only a veritable haven of rest, but the safe 1 ^ 1 Trrl 11 flfll naruur wuuse ueauuu ngui nm & uiuv her bread winners safely past all rocks and shoals with unfailing certainty. The woman whose cheerful spirit can take that "brave attitude toward life" that enables her to bear courageously the inevitable burdens of her life's environment; that strengthens her determination not to fret or worry those who, for her sake, are fighting the hard battles of the world, has reached that] altitude that proclaims her price above rubies; and her influence and example are felt not only within the limits of the four walls she has made the unassailable bulwark of State and society, a happy home, but reach to those she knows not of. , SEVEN KILLED, 22 INJURED. Florida Governor Passenger on Wrecked Missouri Pacific Train. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 15.?seven persons were killed and 22 injured, four of them seriously, in a collision between a north-bound Missouri Pacific passenger train and a fast freight at Fort Crook early to-day, ten miles south of this city. The accident is believed to have resulted from a misunderstanding of orders on the part of the freight crew. A relief train was sent to the scene of the accident at once. Shortly before noon the relief train returned here, with the injured and several of those who were slightly injured. Of these all were sent on their way. The more seriously injured are being cared for at the Army hospital. Governor Gilchrist, of Florida, was a passenger on the north-bound train, but was uninjured. \ ? -v GIES * i & \ ' 1 i % * " &%SL '"-Si % "Li ' , ; I * s | . fl I 1 I ' ' Tkg . ? - | redit. i * ''FagMm i -:Z-3JsKsS? ' M IRQ - ; v ... ' 4 - <** ' OUTH CAROUNA LIQUOR PROBLEM DISCUSSED. Methodist Conference Urges Laws i and Enforcement Against Traffic. * ' Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 14.?The "Church and Temperance" was discussed at to-day's session of the Ecumenical Methodist Conference in* this city. Encouragement was expressed by workers from several countries, including the United States and Canada, at the success of recent concerted efforts to eradicate, or at least abate, various forms of intern- ^ *' perance.. It was pointed out, however, that the evils wrought by drink are still so widespread and so enervating to nations as to make the V ' T. - temperance problem dominant in im- . portance. "Only the people's will can bring enforcement of the liquor laws," said the Rev. Alfred Sharp, of London, England. ' "The people must be wooed and won. If they are not, the laws will not be enforced when we get them." In the multiplicity of clubs the Rev. George W. Edgewood, of Belfast, Ireland, found a great peril. * * "There should not be one law for the saloon and another for the club," he said. "It is the duty of governments, municipalities and churches to grapple with the social cause .? which makes men drinkers." He also said that according to his observation fewer women drink now than a decade ago. The Rev. F. s. Baser, or wesierville, Ohio, superintendent of the National Anti-Saloon League, said: - j "Every civilized country is moving against the liquor traffic. Some / people say you can't make man moral by law. If this kind of reasoning were allowed, you would have to repeal all the laws from the Ten Commandments to the present We need liquor legislation which can be enforced and, then, its enforcement." m * I WANTED TO GO TO SCHOOL. Forced to Pick Cotton, 14-Year-Old Boy Kills Himself. ^ . jj Lone Grove, Okla., Oct. 14.? Tommy Ward, 14 years old, shot -if himself through the heart last night because he was compelled to pick cotton and was not allowed to go to school. Tho hnv left a note to his mother, in which he said he was tired of pick- * J; ing cotton. His dead body was found by his mother in the cotton field with * a school book beside it. f 1 . . y