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When a man. such as our Plsgah correspondent, a devout church member, a former memt er of the legislature, and one having the rep uatlon of a law abiding And law re apecting cltlsen, advocates mob vio? lence, when there Is no excuse for It, those who believe that respect fofl law Is the bulwark of our civilization can but feel discouraged over the outlook for the future. Mob violence and disrespect for Inw In one case leads to disrespect for all law. Those who laud Josh Ashley and his mob are surely doing their part to break down our on y defense against anarchy and a reign of law? lessness. There was no excuse for Josh Ashley's lawless pumult of the Sheriffs of Anderson and Greenville counties no excuse for forcibly tak? ing possession of the negro and de? livering him to the mob to b* killed while he. Joah Ashley, the hero, slipped away to hla home, so as not to be present when the actual killing was done. We would hav* more re? spect for Josh Ashley, as a bold, bad mag), had he shown the courage. In the pursuit of his lawless under? taking, to have seen it to the finish and had r.rii ? he actual killing of the negro whom he den *ered to the mob?t^e "pirtlee unknown to the coroner's V." ? - ? ?? There wn no ageUSi for the Honea Path lynching, no excuse for Joah Ashley's spectacular chase of the Sheriffs; for the negro had been captured, identified and turned over to the Sheriff of Anderson before Joah Ashley appeared on the scene. The machinery of the law had al? ready been set In motion for a special term of court to give the negro a speedy trial; and, SS the Identification was positive and no question of his guilt, he would have been speedily tried. convlctej and executed by due proce-^e of law. There would have bejn no blood? thirsty lawlessness, no disgustingly savage scramble for fingers and toes, hacked from he mangled body of th? negro brute, nor a holiday mad* ->f a mob'a assault on law. or? der and decency. P.ape Is a damnable crime against an Individual and merits certain and speedy death; but mob law Is just as damnable a crime against society as is rape against the Individual, and those who participate In mob murder or aid. abet and encourage the participant* are Just as surely destroying the foundation stone* of cur State and ravishing civilization of the only thing that raises our day and generation above savagery?raupet for law?a* does the rapist destroy and ravish th*? hes? and hrlrhte*t r?f i wimi.tr.'s life. The lynrher rnd mot- law advocate are the enemies of society, and as greatly to he feared BJ law-ab'ding citizen* ** Is the lustful brute by a pure and Innocent virgin. This is our honest conviction and we feel ?mpelled to declare the faith that m In us If a majority of the members, of the Houss of Representatives are sin <Tft respecters of the constitut or, stid ?tnhr-n of the Stai- and have the r.oir.OXe of their convictions, they will. Immediately upon the assemblby of the Legislature In Janutrv. c,ll th Mon Josh Aahlej f Anderson ?y. It account for his ftairrat.t vi. ' ? ? t\ < f the luw in lending a u.oh snd fon My taking a prisoner from the ? \nt >.Jv of the sheriff and d diver Ing said pflggtMl to the mob to be unlawfully put to death In a cruel manner. Mut nothing of the kind will happen, the members of the Mouse will too busy playing poH> th* to remember an Insignificant mat? ter of this sort. ? ? ? R??v. J. F. Vines, pastor of the First llaptlst st * ch, Anderson. has raised hla voice against lawlessness In hie county, and on Sunday morn? ing spoke as a man and Christian should speak In condemnation of snob murder. It Is well for And- r son county that there is one who is not afraid to declare the truth. ? ? ? If the business men of Charleston really want to help business they will devote their time, energy and money to the construction of a modern sys? tem of docks, the establishment of manufacturing and mercantile enter? prises, the promotion of steamship lines, the development and settlement of the thousands of acres of waste lands lying at her doors and other creative md wealth-producing In- j dustrles. On the other hand If they j want to make Charleston the meeca of sports, gamblers, grafters, yeggs, strong-arms and all other varieties of human parasites, they will encourage the establishment of a race track. The race track followers may bring money to Charleston, but the money will not recompense the community for evils that follow in the train of race track gambling. Attention Is directed to the card of Mr. K. W? Dahbs. Inviting contribu? tions from business men to assist In defraying the expenses of the cam? paign of education now being con? ducted in the interest of a business? like plan of marketing the cotton, crop to the end that the farmers may obtain a fair price for their product. He has received offers of contribu? tes and his card is merely to notify the business men who endorse the campaign that contributions can be used to advantage and will be receiv? ed. ? as It is a hard ease when men come o a town of ten thousand population on business and although aide and Willing to pgy for accommodations cannot obtain a bed to sleep in. There were twenty-two traveling men in Sumter In that fix last night and the best they could do was to spend the night In a chair in the hr> tel ."doby. This is the report that was made ?his morning to Secretary Snell of the Chamber of Commerce, and pr 'sumably it Is true. A great deal could be si.ld on the subject, but it is all Included in this single sentence: Sumter needs a hotel. ? ? ? Col. Roosevelt claimed the credit for electing President Taft, but not caring to stand sponser for an also ran. he la hands off in Mr. Taft's fight tor re-election. When it comes to playing practical politics Col. Ro^tevelt is always theie With the goods. The only way th* Charleston race scheme to establish a big gambling joint Is to obtain the assurance that Oov. Blease will veto the act prohib? iting betting on races that the legis? lature will pass when It meets in Jan? uary. A guarantee that the antt rac*? track law will be vetoed will enable the promoters to go ah^ad with their plana. MINISTER DENOUNCERS LYNCH ERS. The lynching at Honca Path last week of the negro Willis Jackson was the subject of a terrific arraignment 06 lynching and lynchers Sunday by the Rev. John F. Vines, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist Church, in his morning sermon. Dr. Vines* remarks were anything but general or vague. He made local and specific application of his text and did not hesitate to call names. Honea Path Is In Anderson county, and it is only sixteen miles from the pulpit where Dr. Vines spoke to the p ene of the lynching. I ?r. Vines severely condemned the attitude toward the lynching taken by a local newspaper. The editor Of the Intelligencler. Mr. Victor B. Cheshire? I member of Oov. Blease's staff?Is? sued Wednesday an extra edition of h's paper, containing an account of the lynching. The data for this ar? ticle had avowedly been gathered by Mr. Cheshire on the spot, and the story contained frank if not boastful intimations that Mr. Cheshire himself had participated in the chase of the officers fleeing with the prisoner from the mob. l?r. Vines said, among other things, , 'bat the people who mainly compose lynching mobj talk much of defend" 'og vl-ture, but are not themselves J distinguished for vlrture, many of them. Indeed, live In fishi.-n to make a mock of all v': and some < f th?>m are not gull of 1 latlOM ?? 11> 1 the black race itch ?re direct ly provocative of rime that lead to lynching." 1 Dr. Vines referred in severe terms I to the leading part admittedly Iahen j In the affair by a member of the An? derson oounty legislative delegation) Joshua W. Ashley. The sermon was the principal sub ft 1 of conversation in Anderson gun day afternoon. Sensible Selund Mum*. r.r Mittel and Children, at Be ha 1 it' Pall and winter ? i j i*i ta 1 irret i tad comfortabl? lasts Leathers are ttatoned and pliant with unusual wear Pttttting qualities. Let us fit the children for you. Bchwartl Bjyejg, CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS From the Daily Item, Oct. 1*. The ease of William Vaughn for arson, which was heard Monday, was terminated late in the evening wlun the jury brought in a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy. Mr. [a 1?. Jennings represented the defendant and Mr. J. B. McLauchlin and the Solicitor represented the State. The building burned was a gin house belonging to Mr. J. B. Mc Lauchlin. The case has been hang? ing over for some time. The case of W. G. Pierson tor as? sault and battery Of a high and ap, gravated nature was taken up Tues? day morning by the court of general I MMiona, after a long wait to secure the attendance of witnesses and in order that othir' matten might be attended to. After several objections, a full jury was secured and Mr. Fishburne wras put <^n the stand to testify to the in? juries he had received at the hands of Mr. Pierson. He stated that W. I?. Pierson, a son of the defendant had come to him on the morning of September l?th with some cotton to be ginned and that he had flven him tickets on what Pierson had said was his place in line. Later he had found that Pierson was wrong, and he had taken back two of the tickets and had given them to two negroes. Later In the day WT. G. Pierson had come in and asked him about the matter and he had told him that after he had found that Pierson was incorrect he had changed the tic? kets. Pierson had said som> hing about he would soe that his cotton was ginned and went out of the of? fice. Later on Mr. Pierson stated to him that there would be trouble if his cotton was not ginned on the tickets first given his son. He had telephone^ to Police headquarters, upon this threat being made, and a short time later, when he was j crossing to the gin house, Pierson had suddenly grabbed him about j the throat and commenced to choke him, at the same time gouging his eyes and later throwing him to the ground and pummeling him with his (ists. He had tried to push Mr. Pierson off and his hand had in some way got Into Mr. Pierson's mouth, Mr. Pierson biting It several j times After Mr. Pierson was pubed off him. be h d bean taken hont* ?top- j ping on ihe way k be treated ar the . i*'1.U ' :C'. r on ree#-?i\ inv ' treatment at the hands na. ! There were numerot hes | about his face and nec ime and his eyes were red len. I^ater he had been tro his fingers and he had Dr. <'hina, who had dresst Sev? eral days afterwards 1 oeen taken to the hosplt. the hand was operated on. At this point In his the wound was undressed 'hina and shown to the jur cross examination Mr. Fish iltted having cursed Mr. Pi* ated ly after Pierson had him. Other witnesses were up to tell of the fight. Dr >ld of the wounds which hf blood poison. Witnesses w being examined when court 3d for Its noon recess. All of Tuesday afternoon and sev? eral hours Wednesday morning were taken In completing the case. Mr. Pierson put up a plea of self defense, which was testified to by a number of witnesses who were put on the stand Tuesday afternoon. The testimony offered by the defense dif? fered in many respects from that set up by the State especially in the matter of how the tight began. The testimony offered on the wit? ness rtand by the defense was prac t.< lly as follows: OeorgS Pierson had gone to the 4.n early In the night before the fight He stated that he did not see the no gross who w ere supposed to have ar? rived Just befors him. and did not know when they came. Other Wit? ness, s testified, however, that the ne rosi esme just behind him. He Said that he had told his father of the change In his tickets as soon as be got to the Kin and that his father had gone into the office with him and two others to try to adjust the mat? ter with Mr. Fishburne. Mr, Fish burns refused to listen to them at all and they had then gone "ijt again. Later on his father was talking to Mr. Hudson when Mr. Fishburne! esme out of the office and beckoned to him. Mr. W. 0, Pierson asked Mr. Fishburne if he meant him and Mr FlShhurne had nodded his head. His father had then gone over to where Mr. Fishburne was and talked to him a few seconds. Mr. Pierson then turned awav ; ml walked a few steps, hut turned bad end Mr. Fish* burne hit him In the side. Ills father hsd then grabbed Mr. Fishburne on the shoulders and two had gone to tiie ground, one along shie the other. He had t Seen ,,||V of tile flghl nf ler thai Nte other witnesses stated practll ill^ thf sun. gl this except that they said thst Mr, Pierson caught -Mr. Fishhurne an.und the neck, instead of on the shoulders. One witness stated that Mr. MeDuffy pulled Mr. Pierson oft* Mr. Fishhurne and that ^ r. Fishbume got, on top and beat Mr. PI trson in the face, but the other witnesses d d not corrobor? ate this statement, for all of the others stated that Mr. FishbUrne seemed to be getting the worse of the tight, and Mr. Pierson himself stated that if Mr. Fishhurne was ever on top he did not know it. In his testimony in his own behalf, Mr. Pierson stated practically the same thing. He stated that when Mr. Fishhurne beckoned to him that he had gone over to him thinking that he was going to adjust the matter satisfactorily, but that Mr. Fishhurne, j instead of doing this, had told him i that he had better not make any I trouble around there. He replied that i he was not going to make and trou? ble, but that he was going to have j his eoton ginned in turn according ( to the first numbers which were given i his son. He had then turned off to go back to Mr. Hudson with whom he had been talking, when Mr. Fish j bijine had stated that his son had ! l'ed to get the tickets and that he ! would not change them. Upon this I I he had turned hack, throwing down the whip as he did so, and had toid Mr. Fishhurne that he was a liar, if he said that bis son was a liar. Fish? hurne had hit him in the side and he had grabbed him. They had fallen to the ground, side by side, and he had got on top. ITe .*aid that he would I not then have further hurt Mr. Fish j burns, and so told Mr. iFshhurno, if I he had not hit him in the chest. J When Mr. iFshburne hit him he re j turned the blow, striking him on the j face twice. All the .vhile Mr. iFsh j burne was cursing him, and cursed j him afterwards, until he *u?ft the , place. i Mr. Fishhurne was put back on the stand to contradict the testimony as to Mr. Pierson's bringing in witnesses to testify that his son had come fo the gin prior to the arrl/al of the ne? groes. He said that if ihe men were brought in he '/new nothirg about it, for Mr. Pierson had not told him that he had witnesses to prove that his son got there first. Mr. Pierson had said that "He'd be damned if he would bring any more cotton there, and that there would be trouble if his cotton was not ginner according to the numbers on the original tickets. This was the , ,, as it wits stated ] by both sides and the judge ;n hi.-. charge made the usual ?tattsjnrr*rtt of what constituted aggrt ated sssauit ~lx:J alten a man has a . ign. i sat up a plea of self-defense as Vfat put up in this case. The addresses to the jury vere good. Mr. Jennings opened for the State and made a strong argument for conviction on the charge as made out In the indictment. He was fol? lowed by Mr. Clifton for the defense, who in turn was followed by Solicitor Stoll. 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