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2..-tiinton News Thurs. AUg. 9, 1979i
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H!NTON...
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LYNCIllNG NOW HISTOR ',
By Frederick D. Long
On Wednesday morning. "
9th 1900 Mrs. Grace M. I
fenbach cought train No. 35 t l
left Hinton at 8:00 a.m, She
employed as telegraph operw
for the Chesapeake & (,
Railraod at the S.F. Shant
temporary office, near Sa
stone Falls where the railr,
company was'01t'ting a '"
struction gang, laying a dotfl,',
track. Mound 7: 30 or 8:00 p :
she took her lantern, wen! ....
and turned the switch for
coming freight train. When st,
returned a negro man entere
the door, seized her, and al:
erupted to rape her. Mrs. I)ic
fenbach made a desperate fight
and he failed in his attempl
. however, he struck her several
times about the head and threw
; 7her against the stove. Grabbing
"her by the throat he begain to
" t/hoke the life out of her. bul
• became frightened by the sound
.of the approaching train, rel-
' .e.ased her and ran off into the
,'woods
• ... 2 When she regained her senses
i - ":e reported the crime and dis-
-2.dribed the man. A party was
organized to hunTor him, and
after searching all night and the
• next day he was found asleep by
.a fire in the woods. Constable
7Burdett of Green Sulphur arr-
ested him and placed him in the
:Hinton jail.
On May II, about 8 o' clock
!that morning. Mrs. Diefenbach
.went to the jail with the pro-
-per authorities and indentified
- " the man . The man was Will-
tam Lee from Reidsvillc, North
Carolina. tie was about 20 years
old. stood 5 feet 7 in. and
weighed about 160 Ibs. The
black man was charged with the
Things
By
Frederick
D. Long
It is always good to hear from
my good friend, Mr. Oscar B.
Yancey, who lives up Madams
Creek, which is close to Hin-
ton, W. Va. He sure does rem-
ember how the City of Hinton
looked shortly after the turn of
the century. Here are some of
his recollections:
"Say! Can you remember
when Hinton and Avis were two
different municipalities? The
old Hinton Toll Bridge had two
large gates that were locked at
night, and there was a small
one- story building where the
old National Bank Building now
stands today. The National
Bank of Summers and the First
National Bank of Hinton were
on opposite corners at Third
Avenue and Temple Street. The
peddlers would hitch their hor-
ses to hitching posts that were
located at the end, and under
the end of the Hinton Toll
Bridge, on the Hellems prop-
erty, carry their wares across
the bridge to sell in the city. The
American Express Office was
located where the Hinton Hard-
ware is now located on Third
Avenue, and Dr. Shah Rose
operated a drug store where
Davis Department store is now
located. A Set of Scales was in
front of Hinton City Hall, on
Fourth Avenue and Summers
Street, and Mr. Tooney Swatts
was the Weighmaster. Two por-
ters would meet all passenger
trains coming into the City of
Hinton, and one porter would
yell to the arriving passeng-
ed they give.them Lee, " Bring ers, "Hotel McCreery! " While
the negro out", they cried, " the other porter would yell, "
Bring him out". The Judge and Miller Hotel!" ( The Miller
Mr. Read, assistant prosecuting Hotel was located where the
attorney, explained to them that ,:
a special grand jury would be
convened the next day and pro-
mised a speedy trail during the
pending session of the court. !ii i
They pleaded with them to let
the law take its course. The mob
listened politely to what they
• had to say, but the cries nevvr
Ceased "We will have himI"
they continued to shout. They
demanded the keys and were at
first refused. Mr. John L. Neely
( deputy Sheriff and jailor) had
the keys to the jail, but the mob
thought Sheriff George had
them and started shooting about
him in an effort to scare him
into handing them over to them.
The cries became louder and
more desperate "We want him
and will have him!", they said.
Mr. Neely was quick to real-
ize the danger Sheriff George
was ip and surrendered the
keys, which he gave up at the
point of a pistol. The doors were
unlocked and the mob quickly
got the prisoner out of the jail
and securing their victim they
lassoed him about the neck and
pulled him to the street. One of
the crowd called "Make him
walk; don't hit him!" They
mar-
ched out Bluff street, ( now
Park Av.) across the Main
Street at the top of the old
Hinton Hill, and then up the
hollow by the old graveyard to
the head of Possum Hollow
turning from the right to the
road leading to the Hilltop
Cemetery and going some dist-
ance above the last house threw
the rope over the limb of a tree.
Lee was given time to pray, and
he begged for his life. No
':attempted criminal assault on attention was paid to his app-
. local white woman." eats and he was soon dangling
• At once there was talk of a from a large leaning tree. The
-ilynching and groups of men mob then emptied their re-
were seen gathering here and volvers into his body. The hum-
there discussing the situation, bet of shots fired is stated to
-Circuit court was in session and have been as many as 200. One
.Judge McWhorter empaneled a report stated that Lee made a
,special grand l jury to indict him confession of the crime.
on the following day. Lee was left hanging there
About 9:30 that Friday night a until the next day when he was
crowd begain to congregate in a cut down by the coroner. An
vacant lot about 300or 400 yards inquest was held and the body
southeast of the jail, By 10:30 a was buried in the paupers'
'mob of between 75 and 100 graveyard, at the expense of the
- masked men had gathered with county.
One thought in mind--hanging The mob was made up of
Lee. They formulated their citizens of this town and from
• plans each man taking an oath below here. The identity of
that they would never reveal the those members are not know to
identity of any person involved, this day. Their are people liv-
and about 11:00 they started in lng today that know some of the
the direction of the Jail. names, but their not talking. No
They wer met there by James doubt Lee would have been
H. George, sheriff of Summers indicted and tried the next day
County, for four years from had not the mob hanged him. It
January 1, 1897, to December was the countys first and only
31, 1900, T.N. Read, and Judge killing by mob violence., The
McWhorter. The mob demand- result in now history.
Pressed garlic yields more flavor than diced garlic.
Moose Club stands today on
Second Avenue above Ballengee
Street). Mr. Neal Upton oper-
ated a blacksmith shop where
the Briers Annex now stands,
and a Livery Stable that rent-
ed horses. The Fairyland Theat-
er was located on Third Aven-
ue, below Temple Street, and
Ms. Adkins operated a boarding
house on 5th Avenue and Front
Street in Hinton. The Foley &
Basham Grocery Store was
where the Fort Pitt Shoe Store
is located, and Mr. Jimmy And-
erson and Mr. Wesley Cales
operated a Grocery Store loc-
ated on Main Street and Avis
Hill. Mr. W.P. Bowling operat-
ed a hardware store that stood
by the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
way at Avis Crossing, also Mr.
Marion Meador operated a gro-
cery store where the Gospel
Tabernacle stands today on
Main Street. Mr. Jordon Pet-
ers ran a restaurant that was
located below Third Avenue and
Summers Street in Hinton. You
could order a full meal for
twenty-five cents. There were
two Ferrys that crossed the
river- one ferry was located
close to where the Hinton Brid-
ge is today, and the other was
located at the river in Avis. Also
there was a Post Office on the
Southside of Hinton, named..
Brooklyn, and the postmaster
was Mr. George Reid. Later,
Mr. Earl Hellems was the post-
master at the Madams Creek
Post Office•
Mr. Yancey stated at the
ending of his recollections, " If
anyone remembers some of the
recollections I have mentioned.
then it is time to apply for your
Misdon Doloret -- Th. (Did and fh, Ne
Pepsi's Got 4
Lot To Give
bottled by
Pepsi-Cola, Inc.
of Alderson, W. Vo.
under authority of laepsico, N. Y.
Social Sccurityl We wonder how
the City of Hinton will look
seventy years from now?"
Mr. Yancey also sent me a
Picture Folder of "Greetings
from Mission San Francisco De
Asis"- "Founded 1776". which
was published for Mission Dol-
ores by Hubert A. Lowman,
Covina, California, and printed
by Dexter Press, Inc. West
Nyack, N.Y. It is entitled " A
Visit in Pictures to Old Miss-
ion Dolores, San Francisco."
"Late in June, 1776, Mr.
Francisco Palou and Lt. Lose
Moraga, accompanied by 16
Spanish soldiers and settler
Families from Mexico, arrived
on the shore of San Francisco
Bay. Bringing up the rear were
200 weary, bawling cattle which
had been herded all the way
from Monterey with the help of
mission Indians. They had come
to found a fort, a colony and a
mission for Spain•
The site selected for the miss-
ion bordered a little lake or inlet
named Laguna de Nuestra Sen-
era de los Dolores. The miss-
ion was named San Francisco
de Asis after the founder of the
Franciscan Order- but the miss-
ion was to give its name to the
famous city which grew up
beside the Golden Gate, and
today it is better known as
Mission Dolores, in memory of
the little lake•
Today, only the church re-
mains of the original mission
buildings. Inside, it differs little
from its earliest appearance.
Decorated redwood ceiling
beans are just 'as created by
Indian workmen. Wooden altar
columns remain painted to look
like the Italian marble they are
not. Even the tremendous ear-
thquake and fire, which ruined
much of the city passed by
leaving Dolores untouched. Wi-
thin the silent walls of the old
mission, time seems to have
stopped. Here, yesterday truly
waits for the traveler."
Mr. Yancey told me in our
conversation that it was a beau-
tiful sight to see these magni-
ficent buildings and the art-
istict sculpture of the exterior
and interior of these buildings.
He said it was breath- taking to
visit the Mission Dolores in San
Francisco, California. He and
his wife visits their daughter
and family in San Francisco.
I appreciate the recollections
and the interesting story of the
Mission Dolores, and I hope to
visit there one day.
Wedding
Softball Awards Presented
The 1979 Womens' Softball
Summer League is now officia-
lly over. E.M. Meadows finish-
ed first in the regular season
and also won the league tourn-
ament. Summers County Hos-
pital was runner- up, and Nat-
ional Bank of Summers placed
third. On the evening of the final
tournament game, the following
awards were presented:
Tournament Champs Trophy-
E.M. Meadows ( undefeated in
Talcott
News
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bostic, Mr.
and Mrs. Rusty Witt and dauJ
ghter and Mr, and Mrs. J. Witt
of Boomer visited Mrs.
Florence Mann Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, Mason Altare of
Charleston spenl the weekend
at their camp here.
Mr. Donald Wallace of Ab-
erdean, Md. visited Mrs. Ann-
ie Lowe and other relatives in
this area recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Via
Jr. and family of Texas are
visiting his father, R.E. Via Sr.
Mrs. Ruby Loudermilk is a
patient in the University Hos-
pital in Charlottesville, Va.
Rev, and Mrs. Bob Shield and
familY of Gary visited RM,
Honaker over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Artman
and daughter and grandson of
Fairfield Connecticut, Mr, and
Mrs. Freddie Morgan and child-
ren of Washington, W. Va. are
visiting Mr, and Mrs. Jim Rook-
stool and Mrs. Crystal Morgan.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wygal of
Canvass visited Mrs. Mettie
Miller and Mrs. Nadine Carter
Sunday.
Mr. Bill Lowry remains a
patient in the Summers County
Hospital and is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wood of
Baltimore Md. visited Mr and
Mrs. Jesse Wood over the week-
Donald H. Humphries of Hin-
ton and Frances Ann Shirey of end.
Fairlea were married July 27 in
a private ceremony in Oxford, Mr. Freddie Brown of Blue-
North Carolina. well visited Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Wood Sunday
the tournament); League" ers who supported the ,
Champs- E.M. Meadows (4-2); this summer. A speciali
Runner- Up .League Trophy- should be said
Summers County Hospital ( Co'uncil and the County
3-3); Third Place League Tro- ission who donated ne
phy- National Bank of Summers funds for the operatio
- (2-4); Individual Team Trop-
hies- members of the E.M.
Meadows championship team•
Highest League Batting Aver-
ag .647 Pauiette Umberger;
Most Valuable Player Trophies
: E.M. Meadows- Sarah Pat-
rick; Summers Co. Hospital-
Debbie Brookman; and Nation-
al Bank of Summers- Shirley
Webb.
The Womens' Softball League
would like to express their app-
reciation to the fans and play-
league.
The Invitational Tour
scheduled for the we
August 17-18-19 has be
celed due to problems I
anlzation. Hopefully,
mens' Softball League
able to reschedule
tournament.
And if the council and!
ission continue to stip
anized recreation for
the soRball league will I
annual event. 1
Mary Grace Simmoni
Receives 4-H Award I
.Mrs. Mary Grace Simmons receiving the 30- year Ruby Awl
4-H leadership, presented by her daughter, Mrs. Patty i
MrS. Mary Grace Simmons Association, treasurer
was recently recognized by the Lick Creek Baptist
4-H Leaders Association for
thirty years of leadership as a
4-H club leader in Summers
County. Her daughter, Mrs.
Patty Pullen, who is also a 4-H
club leader, presented the Ruby
Award to her on behalf of the
4-H Leaders Association.
Mary Grace has led the same
club "The Mohawks" for thirty
years, and until recent years
the meeting place had been in
her home at Green Sulphur
Springs.
During those years she has
worked with 170 different boys
and girls who completed 968
projects, won many ribbons and
secretary of the Summ{
unty Arts Group, sec"d
Green Sulphur Spring;
ion Homemakers Club, !
ary and treasurer of S
County Extension Home
Council.
In reviewing her 4-H
fences, Mary Grace als¢
being a 4-H club mere
nine years and rememb
club as the Swift and B
Club of Meadow Creel
Curtis Burdette as lead
As a 4-H member, sl
pleted numerous projec
ended county camp eight t
was chief and sagamore
awards, attended numerous co- camp tribe, and receiv
unty and state camps. To quote
Mary Grace, "They were out-
standing club members!"
Mary Grace has attended six
4-H Volunteer Leaders' State
Camps, where she was chief
and sagamore of her tribe. As a
leader, she has attended 30
county 4-H camps and many
area and county 4-H events.
Charting pin. She went
Girls State camps and w
of her tribe there.
Mary Grace received
Va. 4-H "All-Star" pin in'
Volunteer Leaders'
camp at Jackson's MI
creed of the 4-H AlL
organzatmn m "Service{
this leader is a living e
She is now vice- president-of of that creed.
the 4-H Volunteer Leaders'
TI!. re_e wa00.. you can slo00
,t down tlim summer.
at a 78 ° setting.
By watching your thermostat, you'
save energy at a time when it's most:,
important.
And you'll save money, too.
2 Do the big jobs early. Or late. We
• call it Hot Watch.The
10 A.M. and 10 P.M. are the "peak
hours, when the most electricity is
being used and the chance of
s greatest.
So try to restrict your use of ma
appliances and hot water during these
hours.
Do your baking and laundry
10 A.M.Tum on the dishwasher just
before you go to bed. Shower before
10 A.M. or after 10 P.M.
You won't be using less
you'll be using it when we have
to spare.And that will reduce our nee
to build costly power plants.
Give your water heater a rest. It
will save money
the exception of heating and coolin
systems, the water heater is the bi
energy user in your home. So try your
best to work it less.
Use your dishwasher and
machine only for full loa(
in cool or warm water instead of hot.
Take showers instead of baths, and
keep them short.
With your help we can save
and make it through the summer An,
that's important to all of us.
Summer, when all the air condi-
tioners are hunmfing, is the time when
our customers use more power than at
any other time of year.To meet the
demand this summer, you can be sure
that we'll be doing everything we can
to provide you with all the power you
need. We'll be using our available units
to capacity, and if necessary, we'll be
buying power from our neighboring
utilities.
If you pitch in by following the
steps below, you can help us make it
through the summer.
Don't overcool your home. Set your
• home air conditioner's thermostat
at 78 or higher, or notmore than 15 °
cooler than the temperature outside,
whichever is the higher setting.
For every degree cooler than 78%
your air conditioner uses about 5% more
energy. So a 7a ° setting means you're
using 25% more energy than you would
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