The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-06-18
After Diligent Search
For Many Hours Body
Was Discovered.
LITTLE FELLOW
COULD NOT SWIM
Body Was Brought To
Surface By Charles
Leflore.

After searching parties had scour-
ed the woods for hours at Valley Hill
yesterday in search Of Charles Nc.
Bride, Jr., and many had dived deep
in the Big Sandy Creek to locate the
missing boy, the child's body was
brought to the surface about $3.50
o'clock yesterday afternoon by Char
les Leflore, relative of the dead boy.
The little fellow was 8 years cid
and was a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Mcbride of Birmingham, Ala,
and had been visiting his grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. C, L. Mcbride
here for several weeks. Yesterday
the lad, in company with his aunt,
Mrs. Lillian Hills of Birmingham,
and Mrs. c. L. Mcbride went to
Valley Hill, where the North Missis-
sippi High School Y. NJ. C. A. boys
are enacmped, to spend the day.
A crowd of boys went to the creek,
where some of the campers and the
other visiting boys were swimming
and Mrs. Hills accompanied them. !
The little fellow with his companions |
went in swimming. When the swim
ming instructor called the campers
from the water, the little Mcbride
boy was seen on the opposite side of
the creek from where he left his
clothing Suppoc,ng that he would
wade across the shallow water, fol-
lowing the other boys, Mrs. Hills
turned and left the bank.
When the campers and the little
fellows companions reached the camp,
short distance away, it was discov-
cred the little boy was missing. Dill
gent inquiry was made and several
sad they had seen the little boy aft
er he had left the water. So the gen
eral opinion was that the child had
wandered away and was lost in the !
woods, and belief in this theory was
strengthened when the boys dry
clothing was discovered to have been
moved from the spot, where he un
dressed to go into the water. !
lhe campers formed scouting par
teS and secured the woods thorough s
~ After hours of fruitless search,
Ine 1lrst group returned to the camp. {
II was then announced that the boys
clothing had been found in the woods,
Where he had changed to enter the
water and the affair assumed an even
more serious aspect.
The boys and men in the camp
uVed time and again, in an effort to n
locate the body, 1t was believed that Y
'le creek had been thoroughly scar u
tnea when friends of the Mcbride r
ialllty arrived from Greenwood and .
instituted another intensive scour in q
we water. Among the first to arrive g
were Sumter Gillespie of The Daily +,
C0inmonwealth, R. |, Humphries and
Capt F. L. Whitman. They were soon n
!9lnea by Mr.. Mcbride, the grandfath- ii
i'Lner Of the missing boy. q
Mr. Rogers, who was visiting at the ii
Valnp, returned to Greenwood for a q,
ui"g' Some were of the opinion that ;,
W. ooy was not in the water so the 4
OOoahounds were sent for and it was q
Planned to use them to scour the .
Nooos' Dynamite was also ordered =
"''n the intention of exploding the q
water. o
J,st =, in
!, 'ust as Mr.. Chapman arrived with u
'ae oloodhounds and the runner reach. u
y ~ 'ne creek with the dynamite, d
snalies !. Leflore succeeded in bringing q,
.,e y, oody OF the little fellow to the top, in
Alser diving two or three times. -
ne theory which seems most rea- &C
,Onsoe as to how the lad met his a,
/. - 'S 1flat he attempted to wade NJ
"isllt across the stream and seeing W
pam running along the sloping
/ lallA' ne turned slightly and went in p
Ia' direction. The water near this a,
,as' ~, Is about ten feet deep and the W
y could not swim. 1t is believed q,
\, Ny ne went, under only one time. ~
.''e l. NJ, c. A. men were leavire tn, -
7 'a,er with the boys in their charge :,
'uu 'he little fellow evidently went G;
~ v"n very quickly and without any W
res for help. h,
although the little boy was not st
l. siuoer Of the camping party and of
i management was not notified that
I I, was to be in the water, the deplor- NJ
~ Y, incident was a matter Of grief M
II II regret to every man and boy fu
ssseat, every one of whom would Dr.
I. a's gladly risked his life to save tn
u little fellow. fot
Dsep sympathy is extended to the pa
n ss.ises g Of the boy, his grandparents, r.
= Hlliis and son and to the par ar