Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-20
FOR LAW AND ORDER.
Anderson Preachers Condemn Honea
Path Lynching,

The following resolutions condemn
ing the recent lynching In Anderson
county," were adopted by the minis
ters' conference Of Anderson on Octo-
Der 16:
1.-The ministers conference of An
derson, present in session October 16
1911, in view of the deplorable outrage
which has happened in our midst, wish
to state to the public:
That we deeply sympathize with
the family which has been outragd
where virtue has been made to bleed
and suffer. Our hearts go out to this
family at this hour, since we stand as
the friends Of virtue and purity, the
good wishers and defenders of the
home. We believe further that the
guilty parties causing such outrages
should be punished by death, and that
as speedily as possible, but only and
always by the law. We wish to say
we believe in the enforcement Of law
and the respect Of law and stand as
the defenders and helpers Of law en-
forcement. We stand ready, by any
just means to create an atmosphere
that shall make it impossible to have
such 'nameless crimes committed, and
we believe that every citizen should
do all in his power to help apprehend
a man guilty Of the crime Of wreckine
a home.
IN view of our attitude and pur-
pose, be 1t resolved:
Il. We deplore the sentiment ex-
pressed by the chief executive Of this
state in a speech delivered near Honea
Path, and other places, a few weeks
before this crime, as reported by the
press, encouraging lynch law, under
similar conditions, since these senti-
ments were in violation Of his sworn
oath to enforce and defend the law.
"2 We deplore the fact, that a
member of the governors staff living
in Anderson was, according to his own
published confession, an indorser OF
the crime and a member of the mob
pursuing the negro, as evidenced by
the following paragraph in his paper:
The Intelligencer man wishing to see
the fun, and with not the least objec-
tion to being a party to help lynch the
brute, left in an automobile for Green
vile, reaching that point a few min
utes after the negro and the pursuing
party had reached there
"3. We deplore also the fact that
a legislator Of Anderson county, and
living in the vicinity Of the crime, was
the recognized leader of the mob
which wrested the prisoner from the
officers of the law, and which was In
open violation of his sworn obligation
to defend and uphold the law.
~. Further that we deplore the
failure Of the coroner and his jury in
the face of the published facts. to des-
ignate the participants Of the murder
"5. We appreciate the honest effort
of the sheriff Of Anderson county to
protect the prisoner by spiriting him
away to a place for safe keeping, but
we deeply regret that the local senti-
ment should be deemed such that the
life of the prisoner should be unsafe
in Anderson county jail.
&C. We wish to put ourselves on
record as commenting the attitude OF
the State and any other papers In
their defense Of the law as expressed
in recent editorials condemning mob
law and their effort to uphold the hon
or and dignity Of the state OF South
Carolina
(Signed)
wv. H. Frazer, pastor Of First Pres
byterian church.
IS. A. Donahoe, pastor Of the First
Methodist church.
"A. ]. Cauthen, presiding elder OF
Anderson district.
IS. R. Guignard, rector Of Grace
Episcopal church.
IF. T. Banks, secretary Of the Y. M
wv. B. Lindsay, pastor of the Asso-
ciate Reformed Presbyterian church.
wv. c. Kelly, pastor of Orville
Methodist church.
"Jno. F. Vines, pastor Of First Bap-
tist church."