The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 10, 1910, Image 2
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J 11EMNON VICTIM OF TEKRISLE ACCIDENT
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FRIDAY NIGHT.
Shocking and terrible was the
death of James Blanding Lemmon
last Friday night. Coming into
town early Friday morning from
his home at Martin's X Roads,
just a few miles across Black
river, with a freshly butchered
beef in his wagon, he disposed of
his beef and left town, it is said,
alone in his wagon and considerably
the worse for liquor, late
in the afternoon, a little before
sundown. He was never seen
alive again, so far as has been
testified,
tfnrlv miners to town from
beyond the river Saturday
morning reported seeing in one
of the big ditches or excavations
at the fork of the Kingstree and
Ma nning roads about two miles
from town, an overturned wagon.
with a mule attache \ and
something like a man's feet
sticking out from underneath
the body of the wagonAt
9 o'clock a m (thanks to the
courtesy of Mr J D Gilland for
the use of his auto) a reporter
for The Record arrived on the
scene. It was truly a gruesome
spectacle. The overturned wagon.
the human body, its head a
foot under mud pinned down by
the front wagon wheel, the halffrozen
mule feebly floundering
in the mud, the poor beast
moaning piteously the while,
a broken package of apples the
father was taking home to his
children he was fated never to
see again with mortal eyes: then
beside the cold and pulseless
corpse, now almost without
semblance of human form, was
seen a quart bottle of whiskey,
the silent witness that told the
stocy of a sordid tragedy. What
1 a moral to be pointed out! What
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| a terrible warning to those yet
spared who "put an enemy inI
to their mouths to steal away
their brains!"
I Under the energetic direction
nf Mr W P Hawkins, the mule
was extricated from its muddy
bed and was soon able to travel
! The coroner was notified and in
: a few hours he arrived at the
; place and impanneled the jury
I of inquest with Mr W H McGee
as foreman. Meantime willing t
hands had lifted the wagon from!
; i the remains of the unfortunate j
| man, the colored men who had
| gathered around freely lending j
their aid as they always do here!
in such emergencies. The body
' was so completely encased in
' mud as to be unrecognizable,
but wtten washed and laid out
the features looked natural save
'! for a few bruises, leaving no
I room for doubt as to the identity
; Ox the body.
There was very little testij
monv given or required, the
j facts of the case being almost
i self-evident. The iurv returned
i the following verdict: "We,
; the jury of inquest, have made
i examination and believe, to the
best of our knowledge, that the
i deceased came to his death by
' accident, his mule getting off
the embankment and turning
the wagon over upon the body
i of the deceased "
Two points a little puzzling!
. were: first, that the body and'
the mule and wagon were all |
facing town-ward, when the de-;
ceased was presumed to be on
; his way home?just the opposite
direction?at the time the accit
dent occurred; and, second, that;
; according to the hour that the
deceased left town to go home,
i he should have passed beyond
the dangerous causeway before
; night overtook him. The most
; plausible explanation of these
discrepancies is that MrLemmon
i had passed the causeway andl
; found out that he had lost some-j
; thing, causing him to drive back1
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to look for the missing article.
This theory is borne out by the
factthathishatcouldnotbe found,
we und erstand, and it may be
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way and was looking for it.
There is no suspicion of foul play.
The mule and wagon and
several packages, besides something
over $30 found in his
pocket, all remained undisturbed.
Just at what hour, or exactly
how the terrible accident happened
will probably never be
definitely ascertained.
The deceased formerly lived
in Kingstree with his family.
While he had his weakness, he
also possessed many good traits
and his sudden and violent ending
causes general sorrow. He
leaves his wife and several children
of tender years, toward
whom much sympathy is felt by
every one
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We are requested to give notice
that on Thursday; night next,
February 17, there will be a hot
supper at the residence of Mr
H Foxworth, near Cades, given
to supplement the building fund
of the Presbyterian chapel that
the people of that community
purpose soon to erect. "Miss
Ellen" says to be sure and tell
every-body to come and help
out a good cause.
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