The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 21, 1911, Image 2
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the combined circulation and
cf both of the old papers.
Is manifestly the beat advertising
n Sumter.
nifrr*" for law.
It Is truly discouraging*, as well
as disgusting, to read what some
people say about the lynch law.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
At the time that court adjourned
for dinner the jury had been out for
about two hours and had not: agreed
upon a verdict, but shortly after the
afternoon session convened, a verdict
of not guilty was roported.
Sale of Unclaimed Expresw Matter.
On Saturday, Nov. 11th Ittl, the
Southern Express Co. will sell at
Public Auction to the highest bidder
for cash all unclaimed Express mat?
ter that has been on hand six months
or longer.
H. R. LUCAS, Agent.
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I iro*
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