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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13
TAX SALES, TOWN
AB|TA SPRINGS.
List of Property to be Sold For
Taxes June II, 1911.

Town of Abita Springs VS.. Delinquent
Tax Debtors.
By virtue CT the authority vested
, in me by the laws of the State OF
Louisiana, and ordinance of the said
town of Abita Springs, La, l will sell
at the front door of the town hall OF
the town of Abita Springs, La, with
in legal sale hours, beginning at IL
o'clock a. M, on
SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1911,
and continuing each succeeding day
until said sales are completed, all
immovable property upon Wnlch
taxes are now due the town OF Ablta
Springs, to enforce the collection OF
taxes assessed in the years, l9o1,
1908 and 1909, together with all
costs and interest. The name of said
delinauent tax debtor, the amount OF
taxes due by each on the assessment
of said property and the property
assessed to each for the years 1907,
1908 and 1909, to be offered for
sale, is as follows:
Taxes for 1907.
P. J. Patorno, lots 10, SO. IA; lot
Z, SO. 5; lot 4, So 6; SO. 59; lots
S. So. 10, in Bossier City, l-o OF lot
lot 8, in. SO. IA, from L. A. Johnson
lot 10, SO. IS, from Jean PONIES; SO.
18 in Bossier City, and 1-3 of lot l
in SO. SO in Bossier City. from J. A
Faire G Sons; assessed Sboo.oo
taxes and costs $3.50.
Steve Vaccarro, So. 4, piece OF
ground bounded by Warren street
west by Keller street, south by lines
of Bossier City, north by Beaucou
dray land and 800 feet front, SO
51x52x1Ox120 feet of ground in lo
+ 81 and So and 120 feet of ground II
lot 8. lots 3 to 8, in So. 5, and imp, II
!, Bossier City; assessed $4,000, take
+ and costs $3.50.
, Taxes for 1908.
v P. ]. Patorno, lots 10, SO. a. 10
s T. 50. 5; lot 4, SO. s; So. 81; lot
+ 5, So. 10, in Bossier City; 1-3 OF 10
: lot 9. in so. IA, from L. A. Johnson
o lot 10. SO. 18, from Jean PONIES; sc
: is in Bossier City, and 1-3 OF lot
. in so. 3s in Bcssier City, from J. a
o Faire & Sons; assessed $6oo.o'
If taxes and costs $3.50.
= Steve Vicarro, SO. T. piece
is ground bounded by Warren stree
,e west by Keller street, south oy INT
J. of Bossier City, north by Beauco'
# dray land and 800 feet front, s
,y 81 and SO and 10 feet of ground
Of lot 8, lots 8 to 8, in SO. >, and lml
re- in Bossier City; assessed SSoo.o
ne taxes and costs $3.50.
Taxes for 1909.
IL R. C. Abney, lot 8, SO. 3, and lml
of in Bossier City; assessed $5oo.o
n taxes and costs $3.50.
s. New Abita Springs Hotel, tax
rs for 1909, lots 4, and 6, So. IL a.
he so. Is, S. E. Division of Abb
ms Springs, and imp. and live stoc
e. assessed s4578.00, taxes and COZ
I$24.64.
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P. Banville, taxes for 1909, lots 3,
and 5, SO. "a, in Bossier City;
assessed $4,000, taxes and cotss
$2.25. ... ,..z=-...., ,.
Geo. H. Braughn, taxes for 1903,
triangular So. 33 in Bossier City;
assessed $55O.00, taxes and costs
$4.0O.
Estate of j. S. Bossier. taxes for
1909, lots 6, 9 and 12, So. 3S, Bossier
City; assessed $4,000, taxes and
costs $2.25. ~.
Ceimedurm, taxes for 1909, house
and lot bought of Mrs. A. Brown;
assessed 100000, taxes and costs
$1.75.
Cenas, taxes for 1909, lots i, 2,
g and 4, SO. IL, Bossier City; asses
sed 100000, taxes and cotss $3.50.
Louis Cussan, taxes for 1909, lots
Ia, 5 and s, S. E. Division of Abita
Springs; assessed $4,000, taxes and
costs $500.
H. Cobra, taxes for 1909, lot 4,
50. 4, Bossier City; assessed $4,000,
taxes and costs $1.50.
) Mrs. M. Coleman, taxes for 1908,
| lots 3, and 5, SO. IS; assessed
$4,000, taxes and costs $1.75.
Estate of Mary Dertel, taxes for
1909, lots 4, 5, 6 and Z, SO. 20,
Bossier City, and imp, and shop;
assessed $4,000, taxes and costs
$4.55.
Thomas Craig, taxes for 1909, lots
2 and 8, SO. 6, S. E. Division of Abita
Springs: assessed $4,000, taxes and
cotss $500. 7s
M. j. Farrell, taxes for 1909, lot
1, qs. 81, in Bossier City; assessed
IS75.OO, taxes and costs $1.37.
Mrs. M. A. Finney, taxes for 1903,
50. 80 in Bossier City; assessed
$275.OO, taxes and costs S2.37.
J. A. Faire C Sons, taxes for 1909
lot /. so. 3S, in Bossier City; asses
sed $4,000, taxes and costs $3.50
C. Cast, taxes for 1909, lots Z, 8
9 and 10, SO. 21, S. w. Division Of
{ Abita Springs; assessed 100000
, taxes and cotss $2.75.
5 Louis j. Grail, taxes for 1903, 10
: 6, So. 4, S. W. Division of Abit;
Springs; assessed $4,000, taxes ant
t costs s1.45.
l Mrs. DR.. Gavasini, taxes for 1909
1 lots / and 2, SO. s, S. w. Division o
S Abita Springs; assessed $4,000
taxes and costs 80.
Estate of Hayes, taxes for 1905
It lots and 8, 50. 16; lots 7, 8, 10 an
s IL, 50. II; lots 4 and 5, SO. 8, and lo
It 1 in Abita Springs Avenue, Bessie
!; City; assessed $4,000, taxes an
/. costs $3.50.
i j. A. Hosmer, taxes for 1909, lot
I. 1, 2, and II, SO. Is, Bossier City
D, assessed $350.00, taxes and cos
$500.
If Hennessey, taxes for 1909, lots
t, 10, II and 10, SO. 5: lots I and /
es SO. 6; lots 4, 5, 10 and II, SO. 1;
u lots 6 and Z, sq.s 18, Bossier Cit.
q. assessed 100000, taxes and cos
in $7.75.
J., M. L. Jenkins, taxes for 1909,
0, 4, So IL, Bossier City; assess
$4,000. taxes and costs $1.25.
B. Kramer, taxes for 1909, lot
p., SO. 4, S. w. Division of Abb
10, Springs; assessed for $24.o0, tax
and costs~s1.37.
es Mrs. Kathren T. Noef, taxes
nd 1909. lots and 4, SO. 10, Bossi
TIA City; assessed 10000, taxes a
k; costs $1.75.
sts T. f. Loeb, taxes for 1909, lot
SO. 20, S. E. Division Of Alb
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13

Springs; assessed $125.O0, taxes and
costs $1.S7.
Isaac Levy, taxes for year 1903.
lot 8, SO. IL, Bossier City; assessed
$780, 90, taxes and costs $3.50.
NJ Labour, taxes for 1909, lots 8,
8, 10 and IL, So. 81, Bossier City;
assessed $S50,00, taxes and costs
$500.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Levy, taxes for
1909, lots and 8, SO. 115; assessed
$4,000, taxes and costs $1.50.
Thomas Mcmahon, taxes for 1903,
lots 6, and 8, SO. 8, Bossier City;
assessed $225.00, taxes and costs
$2.37.
J.H. Mcdaniel, taxes for 1909, lot
10, SO. IA, Bossier City; assessed
$500, taxes and costs $1.37.
Mrs. Caroline Neil, taxes for 1909,
So. "a, Bossier City; assessed
100000, taxes and costs $500.
P j. Patorno, taxes for 1909,
fractional part of So. rs; assessed
$4,000, taxes and costs $3.50.
Mrs. Wallace Poole, taxes for 1903,
lots / and 2, so. 27, Bossier City;
lots /, 2, 8, 4, 9, 10, II and IL, So.
63; lot IL, So. 10; lots 4, 5, and
12, so. 61; lot s, SO. IA lots /. Q,
3,~4, 6 and IL, SO. 16; lots 3, 6 and
II, So. 3S; lot 5, SO. 4; assessed
$4,000, taxes and costs $S.75.
P. J. Patorno, taxes for 1909.
10, SO. IA; lot 7, SO. 5; lot 4, SO. 6;
so. SO; lots 5 and 10, Bossier City
1-3 of lot g.. So IA, from l.. A. John
SON., lot 10, SO. 1S, from ]. PONIES
3-S, j. PONIES, So. 1S, Bossier City
1-3 lot l, SO. 3S, Bossier City; asses
sed 100000, taxes and costs $5.25
A. E. Phelps, taxes for 1909, SO
/. N. e. Division of Abita Springs
live stock and merchandise; assessed
s17lS.00, taxes and costs $3.50.
: C. L. Schultz, taxes for 1909, lo
8, Sc. 8, and imp, Bossier City, liv'
stock and vehicles; assessed $535.oo
f taxes and costs 1892.
Southern Express Company, take
for 1909; assessed $1,000, taxes AM
t costs $1.O5.
a r. J. Sharp. taxes for 1909, lot
/ 2, so. 60, lot l, So. 61, Bossier City
assessed $4,000, taxes and cost
$500.
t Elizabeth B. Tujuguco, taxes 70
J. 1909, lots ] 1 and IL, SO. 48, Bessie
City; assessed $4,000, taxes an
J, costs S1.7a,,
d w. Strain, taxes for 1909, fra'
It tion of 50. 73, Bossier City; assesse
II s125.oO. taxes and costs s1.62.
d Britton Strain, taxes for 1909, Il
o, Sc. 6, and imp, Bossier City; a
Is sessea $4,000, taxes and cos
:; $252.
Is F. B. Schmidt, taxes for 1909, l.
6, SO. ST. and imp, Bossier Cit!
6. assessed $500, taxes and cos
2, $1.s2.
}; Lake Superior Piling Co., taxes I
v: 1909, 50. ST, bounded on the SOU
is by 10th street, south by 18th stret
west by St. Joseph street, Bossl
ot City; a parcel of land situated
ed Boss:cr City, bounded on the east
Warren street, west by. Keller stre'
5. south by lines Of Bossier City, nor
ia by lands of Misses Rosa and Lin
.es Eeauccudray, having front OF 3
feet on Warren street and 800 Il
or On Keller street, the whole depth
Ter avenue; assessed $4,000, taxes a
nd costs $6.25.
Steve vacarro, taxes for "
6. 1909, piece of ground bounded
ita Warren and Keller streets and l..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE.

Editor st. Tammany Farmer:
A called meeting of the schooi
Improvement League was held last
Friday to discuss the picnic to be
given by the League to the school
children at Vaudeville on the last
day of the school term, Friday, 18th.
Mr.. Riggs has kindly offered cheap
rates for the children. and the round
trip fare of 25 cents for adults, the
cars to leave the Covington station
at 10 o'clock. Lemonade and cake
will be served to all the children and
the Vaudeville League have been in
vited to lunch with us. The League
also decided to have moving picture
show Friday night, 18th, at the Air
Dome, for the benefit of league
work. Admission 10 cents. On the
same afternoon at $3.50 o'clock the
regular monthly meeting will be
held. Some of the members desire
a continuance of the league work
during the summer months.
MRS. J. c.. BURNS. President.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13
NOTICE TO MORTGAGE CREDIT
ORS.
Tax Collector's Office,

dA SOiISGGOt . ouNCP
Abita Springs, La, May 13, 1911.
In conformity with section 81, Act
IS of 1888, notice is hereby given
to all parties holding mortgages upon
real estate located in the town OF
Abita Springs, La. on which the taxes
for 1907, 1908 and 1909 have not
been paid, that l will begin the sale
of same at the town hall in the town
of Abita Springs, La, on Saturday,
June II. 1911, at II O'Clock a. m.
and that number of pieces of prop-
erty SO delinquent are now being
advertised in this newspaper III con-
formity with the law, preparatory to
such sale. The attention of mortgage
cerditors is especially called to these
advertisements of tax sales and they
Eare warned to take. such steps prior
to the sale as may be necessary to
protect their rights.
H. OALBfAN, Tax Collector.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13

Bossier City and 800 feet front, sqs.
81 and ~ and 10 feet of ground by
120 feet deep, in lot 8, lots to 9. in
Guiding SO. 5, Bossier City; assessed
100000, taxes and costs $7.25.
John viltzmier, taxes for 1903.
lots 9, 10, II and 12, SO. 19, N. e.
Division of Abita Springs: assessed
$4,000, taxes and costs SITS.
Felix vicarro, taxes for 1909.
ground in SO. IA. corner X. and
Maple street, 18O feet, and imp; as
sessed s1350.0O, taxes and costs
$500.
Jos. Vacarro, taxes for year 1909,
piece of ground, 100 feet wide,
corner Maple and Main streets, by
18O feet deep, and imp, adjoining L.
Vacarro; assessed $2500.00, taxes
and costs $14.25.
Lucas Vacarro, taxes for year
| 1909, a piece of ground, SO. IA, N.
E. Division, 100 feet on Maple street,
adjoining F. vacarro, 1sO feet deep;
assessed $4,000, taxes and costs
1925,
| w. w. Westerfield, taxes for year
assessed 10000, taxes and costs
$1.75.
Mrs. w. weltz, taxes for year
1909, lot Sc, So. 66, lot 10, SO. IL,
Bessie City; assessed 100000, taxes
and costs $2.25.
Estate of Mrs. Geo. Warner, taxes
for 1909, lots 2, and 4, SO. 6, s. e.
Division of Abita Springs, and imp;
assessed $4,000, taxes and costs
$40.
Frank Zengel, taxes for year 1903.
fractional part of SO. 13, Bossier
City; assessor $4,000, taxes and
1915.
TERMS OF SALE.
On said day of sale l will sell
such portion of said property as each
, debtor will point out, and in case
the debtor will not point out suffi-
cient property, will at once without
) further delay sell the least quantity
! CT said property of any debtor which
any bidder will buy for the amount
> Of taxes, interests and costs due by
/; said debtor. The sale will be with
s out appraisement for cash, and the
property sold shall be redeemable
r at any time for the space of one yeal
r by paying the price given with 20
d per cent interest, cost and penalties
added, and in accordance with Act
= 224 of the General Assembly of 1910
d H. OALMAN, Tax Collector
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13

SOCIETIES
The Kings Daughters Discus
Sanitarium Question.
Decided Not Best to Have
It In Covington.
School Improvement League
to Give a Picnic.
Vaudeville Children Ivited
to Join in Luncheon.
Editor St. Tammany Farmer:

Editor St. Tammany Farmer:
At a called meeting of the Kings
Daughters on Saturday, May 6, 1911,
the question was brought up as to
whether we should have hospital
for INDECENT tuberculosis patients in
or near Covington. After much dis
cussion, and Mrs. Bodebender having
read Mr.. Mason's editorial on the
subject in hand, which every lady
endorsed, motion was made, sec
ond and unanimously carried by a
rising vote, that we do not want such
a place: that while we will help all
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13

Never hesitate about giving Cham
berlan's Cough Remedy to children.
1t contains no opium or other mar
cotics and can be given with implicit
confidence. AS pick cure for
coughs and colds to which children
are susceptible, it is unsurpassed.
Sold by all druggists
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13
CHEMICAL NO. 1.

At the meeting of the Chemical
Company, Wednesday night, J. O.
DuZac was elected foreman; l.. F.
Wehrli, assistant foreman; John
Huff, second assistant; A. P. Dulion,
grand marshal; ]. H. Heintz and
Edmund Stern, aids; l. A. Alfonso,
delegate to Benevolent Association;
Vernon Baird, Jake Seller, w. j.
Warren. delegates to the State Fire
mems Convention; A. P. Dulion, j..
10. Duzac, I. A. Alfonso, aiternates.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-13
BIDS WANTED.

Bids will be received by the Police
Jury of St. Tammany Parish, La,
up to II a. M, on Monday. May 10,
1911, for rebuilding bridge known
as Bennette's Bridge, in the Second
Ward. !.
GEO. KOEPP, JR., President.
E. d. KENTZEL, Secretary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-10-19
SEVEN KILLED, % INJURED.
Florida Governor Passenger OF
Wrecked Missouri Pacific Train.

Omaha, Neb., Oct 15.-Seven per-
sons were killed and % injured, four
of them seriously, in collision be-
tween a north-bound Missouri Pa
cific passenger train and fast freight
at Fort Crook early to-day, ten miles
south of this city. The accident IS
believed to have resulted from mis-
understanding of orders on the part
of the freight crew.
A relief train was sent to the scene
of the accident at once. Shortly be-
fore noon the relief train returned
here, with the injured and several OF
those who were slightly injured. or
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.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-10-19

The home that possesses a cheer
full wife and mother is not only a
veritable haven of rest, but the safe
harbor whose beacon light will guide
her bread winners safely past all
rocks and shoals with unfailing GER
tainty. 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 bat
ties 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.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-10-19
LIQUOR PROBLEM DISCUSSED.
Methodist Conference Urges Laws
and Enforcement Against Traffic.

Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 1.-THE
Church and Temperance" was dis
cussed at to-day's session of the
Ecumenical Methodist Conference in
this city. Encouragement was ex-
pressed 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 intem-
perance.. It was pointed out, how
ever, that the evils wrought by
drink are still so widespread and so
enervating to nations as to make the
temperance problem dominant in i'm
portance.
"Only the peoples 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 Bel
fast, Ireland, found a great peril.
There should not be one law for
the saloon and another for the club"
he said. 1T is the duty Of govern
ments, municipalities and churches
to grapple with the social cause
which makes men drinkers. He
also said that according to his OBJ
servation fewer women drink now
than decade ago.
The Rev. P. S. Baker, Of Wester-
Vile, Ohio, superintendent of the Ma
tional Anti-Saloon League, said:
every civilized country Is NOV
ing 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 re-
peal all the laws from the Ten Com
to the present. We need
liquor legislation which can be en-
forced and, then, it's enforcement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-10-19
MOB RIDDLED COON'S BODY
BRUTE ASSAULTS LITTLE GIRL
AT HONEA PATH.
Angry Mob Wreaks Speedy Venge'
ance-Culprit Positively Identi.
fed by 11.Year-old Victim.

Honea Path, Oct. 10.-Swung by
the left foot from a telephone pole
near tire scene Of his crime, the body
of Willis Jackson, a 17-year-old ne
gro, who early this morning commit
ted a brutal assault on little girl
here, tonight was riddled with bull
lets. The body hangs tonight cover
ed with blood and shot full of holes,
within 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 An
derson 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.
1t was IL o'clock when the negro
was brought back, having been taken
from the officers near Greenville, af-
ter sensational chase in automobiles
lasting several hours.
Confessed on Scene of Crime.
He was taken at once to the home
of the little girl whom he had at
tackled, and she identified him Sec
ond time. Then the crowd, with it's
trembling prisoner, went into the
woods where the crime was commit
ted. 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 rope was
put about his left ankle. The cord
was put over the cross-arm of a
nearby telephone pole and the terri
fed boy was hoisted into the air, head
downward. Suddenly 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 volley was
poured into the swinging body of the
negro. Fully 400 shots, it is esti-
mated, were fired into the trembling
form.
Body Left Hanging.
The negro's bloody corpse was left
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-10-19

swinging in the night air, and thous'
ands of people who had witnessed
the violent end of the criminal dis
persed to their homes. Before leav-
ing, however, some members Of the
mob and spectators cut off toes and
fingers from the body as mementoes
of the terrible occasion.
Late tonight all is quiet in Honea
Path and it's vicinity. There is nc
sign Of the violent scenes enacted
here, save the body of the criminal,
hanging from the pole by the desert
ed roadside:
Tomorrow the coroner will cut
down the body and hold his inquest.
The crime for which the negro
was lynched tonight was committed
about 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
cow to the pasture, 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 so yards, where the at
tack was made, and it is feared that
the negro accomplished his devilish
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. 1t 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 posi-
lively said that two other suspects
were not the guilty parties. Con-
stable Hayes took the negro in an
automobile and fastened toward An
derson.
The little girl was calm and posi-
tive in her Identification. She is con-
siderably injured, but is up and about
the home and came to the piazza
when one OF the suspects was taken
to her fathers home.i
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
the excited men, and Mayor Sullivan
wired the governor asking for a
special term of court to try the alleg-
ed guilty party.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-10-19
MOB UNKNOWN TO JURY.
No One Held Responsible for Killing
of Negro.

Anderson, Oct. 11.-Willie Jack
son 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 hor'
ribly 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 son OF
hers that would commit such crime
The negroes refused to allow the
body to be inferred in their buryine
grounds, so it was buried at the ex-
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 distrib-
uted among a large crowd that gath
cred to see him cut from the pole.
Coroner Beasley and Sheriff King
arrived on the scene at 9:30 o'clock
this morning and after experiencing
little trouble in getting jury will
ing to serve, the inquest was begun.
Nobody Saw Lynching.
The body was viewed and the jury
then repaired to the Office of Magis-
trate 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 COM
munity was reticent and the examln-
ton of witnesses required only a
short time. Sheriff King forwarded
a short report from Honea Path to
Gov. Blease. In the report he referr-
ed the governor to the newspaper ac-
counts, 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
left the mob with the negro before
the crowd reached Honea Path. At
Honea Path Mayor Sullivan pleaded
that the law be allowed to dispose
of the negro. He read telegram he
had received from Gov. Blease, ask
ing that the mob allow the law to
take it's course, stating that he 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,