Leo Hudson “Hutson” NESBITT

1911 -

• Name	Leo Hudson “Hutson” NESBITT  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1911  [1]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	Son claimed pain in his side led him to shoot his father Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:00 am | Updated: 4:02 pm, Sun Mar 14, 2010. 75 years ago - 1935 Week of June 28-July 4 The brutal murder of a Trinity section farmer led to the arrest of his son who, in confessing to the crime, said he did so because of a severe pain in his side that relatives told him was caused by his father casting a spell over him. Hutson Nesbitt, 23, said he shot his father, Hampton S. Nesbitt, 60, thinking that be doing so the pain would leave him and he would be well again. The shooting occurred at the father's farm on Saturday, June 29, after young Nesbitt sent a note to his father asking to meet with him late that afternoon. According to the story, the elder Nesbitt came out of his house to meet with his son and was shot once in the back with a single-barreled shotgun, and when that failed to kill him, shot him again in the back. Neighbors found Nesbitt's body and notified Rural Officer L.C. Tisdale, who arrested young Nesbitt within an hour of the shooting. He said Nesbitt "confessed the killing without hesitation." Motive for the murder was unclear. The two men had not been on speaking terms for two years, but "no other motive, other than ill feelings, has been uncovered by officers investigating the case," read the story. Solicitor Frank A. McLeod moved quickly on Monday to indict Nesbitt for the murder of his father. He also stated that Nesbitt would be examined to determine his mental condition and if found insane would be committed to the state asylum. Chief of Rural Police W.J. Seale and Officer Tisdale handled the investigation. Sumter was holding a celebration of sorts as a drought that plagued the county for almost two months ended as nearly 3 inches of rain fell during the night of Monday, July 1. According to the story, "The moisture came as a welcome relief to parched vegetation, although it was believed too late for much early corn. In some sections the majority of early corn was lost before the rain. Late corn, however, still has time to recover a great deal of the lost ground." The National Bank of South Carolina mailed out checks for its 57th consecutive semi-annual dividend to its stockholders. The $2 per share dividend also included an extra $1 per share, according to bank vice president Earle Rowland. A total of $9,000 was paid out, he said. John Vernon Wilson of Sumter, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson, has entered the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Young Wilson won a principals' appointment in the competitive examination held under the direction of U.S. Congressman H.P. Fulmer of the 5th District and successfully passed all the tests, after which he was enrolled as a midshipman. He graduated from Sumter High School in the class of 1935 with highest honors and won the S.C. High School League's contests in algebra, geometry, English and general scholarship earlier in the year. Earle Elmore defeated B.L. Hook in the finals of the YMCA's Midget tennis tournament in four sets. He will be presented the Galloway & Moseley cup as a trophy for his victory in the tournament, participated in by 16 boys. In state news, the new Lafayette Bridge connecting Georgetown with the Waccamaw Neck opened during the weekend. Prior to its opening, all traffic between Georgetown and Pawleys Island, Murrells Inlet and other nearby resorts was by ferry boats across Winyah Bay and the Waccamaw River. The toll bridge will be operated by Georgetown County. The two-mile span was constructed at a cost of $760,000 under the federal Public Works Administration. Advertisements during the week: The Capitol on North Main Street was featuring reductions on all its shoes to celebrate the 4th of July. All white shoes for ladies, once priced from $2.85 to $4.85, "already a value," were now being sold for $2.45 in all sizes, widths and styles, while sandals were available in all sizes, widths and styles, 98 cents to $1.95?..The Main Grove "T" Room two miles north of Sumter on Highway 15 billed itself as "The Home of Fried Chicken," also offering sandwiches, steaks, cold drinks and beer, owned and operated by E.B. Elam?.."Sumter's most complete local food store," Ducker & Bultman, at two locations, 15-17 N. Main St. and 47 S. Main St., featured its specials for Friday and Saturday that included at its market country hams cured by Clarence Brunson and choice veal and branded western beef, such as veal cutlets, 30 cents a pound sirloin and T-bone steaks, 35 cents a pound, milk fed fryers, 25 cents a pound, and croakers, 5 cents a pound?..George H. Hurst & Sons Furniture Store opposite the courthouse was promoting the Stewart-Warner refrigerator on terms "that equal as low as 15 cents a day"?..B&H service stations on Main Street featured July 4th specials through July 6, with one new U.S. tube free along with each tire bought??Pocalla Springs on Highway 15 South urged Sumterites to "Get in the swim on the Fourth." Read the ad: "Of course you don't have to swim. But most people want to when they see this marvelously clear, spring fed lake. They want to loaf on the clean, shady grounds, and hike through the deep pine woods. Make the Fourth worthwhile by spending it at Pocalla Springs." Playing at the Rex Theatre: "Mary Jane's Pa" starring Guy Kibbee was followed on Friday by "Casino Murder Case" starring Paul Lucas, Rosalind Russell and Donald Cook, while the Saturday shoot 'em up starred Buck Jones in "Border Brigands" plus the first chapter of a new serial, "The Call of the Savage," starring Noah Beery Jr. The new week opened with "Public Hero No. 1" starring Lionel Barrymore and Chester Morris for a two-day run followed on Wednesday by "Folies Bergere de Paris" starring Maurice Chevalier , Ann Sothern and Merle Oberon. Thursday, Independence Day, the feature was "Traveling Salesman" starring Hugh Herbert, Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. Coming Friday was "Under Pressure" starring Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen. 50 Years Ago - 1960 Week of May 1-8 Candidates for the S.C. House of Representatives and the office of coroner were featured speakers at the first county stump meeting of the political season, held at the Horatio Community Center. Five of the six candidates for coroner, to replace the retiring J. Scott Cain, spoke first. They were George E. Brutsch, Guignard R. DuBose, Dr. William L. Harritt, S. Howard Jones and Fred G. Onley. Candidate T.S. Scales did not show up. DuBose, a farmer, told the crowd "I am here because I want and need the office of coroner. I can use the money, and at the same time serve the people of Sumter County to the best of my ability." He also added that all his opponents were successful and busy men, whereas he would "be available at any time." Harritt, who followed DuBose, quickly quipped that the voters should leave DuBose on the farm, "where, it seems, he needs to do a lot of work." Harritt, the only physician in the race, pointed out that many communities require that the coroner be a qualified medical doctor, and "although our community cannot afford a high salary, we should have the same thing." In the House race, incumbents R.J. Aycock, John D. Lee Jr. and C.W. Goodman reviewed their qualifications and accomplishments, promising to provide good service to their constituents. Former House member H.C. Edens, making a bid to return to Columbia after losing a challenge to state Sen. Henry B. Richardson two years earlier, reminded the audience he was instrumental in securing a rural fire department for the county when he was in the House and that he was opposed to a new county courthouse. He added that the Legislature recently approved raises for members and "I need the money. That's one reason I'm running and if elected, I will work as I did when I served before." Edmunds High School students took over city government for a day during the fifth annual "Youth Government Day" program. Byard "Mac" McEwen was elected by fellow classmates to serve as "Mayor for a Day," succeeding 1959 mayor Mike Towery. He was joined on City Council by Lonnie Caughman, Bill James, Jane McKenzie and Dicks Cone. All of the student leaders are seniors at Edmunds. Young McEwen was shown in a Sumter News Service photo being sworn in at City Hall by student city clerk and treasurer Pringle Boyle Jr., while witnessing the swearing-in were City Manager Wade S. Kolb and T.H. Davis Jr. of the Elks Youth Activities Committee of Elks Lodge No. 855, sponsor of the event. Another traditional Edmunds High event occurred during the week when Porcher Gaillard and Leila Griffin were crowned King and Queen of May by Principal Dr. Joseph Lyles before a capacity crowd at the school auditorium. The pair was chosen by members of the senior class. Other members from the senior class in the May Court were Emily Blanding, Rickey Harvey, Lynn Johnson, Becky Bowen, Joy Allen, Shelby Merritt, Joe Cannarella, Lonnie Caughman, Byard "Mac" McEwen and Bill James. In other news: Winners in the boys' 10-and-over division in the local VFW-sponsored marbles tournament were Gene Oliver, Alice Drive Junior High, first; Randy Myers, Central School, second; and Richard Bradley of Wilder School, third?..Sumter County's 4-H Livestock Judging Team was named tops in the state at the livestock judging contest at Clemson College. Members of the team are Johnny Watt Jr., who was the high scorer in the competition; Joe Davis; Henry Goza; and Bobby Powell, alternate. The team, coached by Assistant County Agent Dick Tillman, will represent South Carolina at the International Livestock Show and National Junior 4-H Judging contest in Chicago in the fall??Thurston Bagnal was nominated to succeed Dr. H.I. Mercer as commander of Sumter American Legion Post 15. Elections will be held at the June meeting?.Mrs. John H. Broadway Sr. was named Sumter County Mother of the Year by radio station WSSC, sponsor of the competition. She was nominated by her stepdaughter, Anne Broadway, who said, "Mother had no children of her own. She married my father when I was a teenage 14, and from then until now she been a real mother to me as well as to my two brothers"?.The Edmunds Hi-News won first place among South Carolina school newspapers in the first annual David A. Tillinghast Memorial Award during the Southern Interscholastic Press Association convention at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Va. Its editor is Deanie Ray while Cassie Nicholes is faculty advisor. Sports news: A seven-run outburst in the fifth inning carried Furman High's Indians to a rousing 14-3 victory over Cowards in the first game of their best-of-three series in the Class C playoffs. Shortstop Johnny Barwick started the charge in the first inning with a two-run homer, driving in Tommy Weeks ahead of him, and after Cowards took the lead 3-2 in the fourth, the Indians put the game away in the fifth inning by plating seven runs and adding four more in the sixth. Young Charles Hodge went the distance for Furman to get the win?.Ed Brading of Sumter captured the S.C. Junior High Tennis Championship played at Furman University in Greenville by defeating Dennis Varner of Woodruff, 6-1, 6-2. Brading is a ninth-grader at Alice Drive Junior High School and plays on the Edmunds High team. Not content with the singles crown, he teamed with Mike McDonald, also of Alice Drive, to take the junior high doubles from the team of Shaw and Allen of Greenville, 1-6, 6-1 and 6-3. The team was led by Sumter High Coach Charlie Hodgin?..Glenn "Fireball" Roberts won the pole position in his Pontiac for the weekend running of the Rebel 300 convertible classic at Darlington Speedway, logging a time of 127.750. Roberts is the favorite to repeat his 1959 win?..The University of South Carolina's late Rex Enright and Steve Wadiak were joined by Furman's Frank Selvy as charter members of the "modern" class of inductees into the S.C. Athletic Hall of Fame. Enright, long-time football coach and athletic director, died in April while Wadiak, the Gamecocks' brilliant running back who had his greatest success in "Big Thursday" games against Clemson, was killed in a 1952 car accident. Selvy, the Kentucky native who established a scoring average of 41.7 points a game during the 1953-54 basketball season, remains the best ever in major college competition. He also scored 100 points in a game against Newberry College in 1954. Advertisements during the week: Sibert's drug store at 35 W. Liberty St. was holding the annual Rexall 1-cent sale for six days. By buying the first Rexall guaranteed item at regular price, the customer can get a second identical item for only a penny?..James P. Nettles IGA store on Pocalla Road featured a Dollar Days sale with fresh center cut pork chops going for 59 cents a pound, Golden Bantam corn, four ears for 25 cents and spring onions, 9 cents a bunch?..Ducker & Bultman was still operating at its old stand at 15 and 17 N. Main St. as Sumter's "Hometown grocers since 1876." In addition to its featured sale items, the store's ad noted it offers a telephone service for orders which the customer can pick up at a designated time and which will be placed in the customer's car - no charge. Also, the store can deliver by Star Cab all orders amounting to $10 or more - no charges??A Mother's Day sale was in progress at The Capitol on South Main Street featuring summer cotton dresses in various colors, reduced from $12.95 to $8.90, and a Mother's Day price on beaded sweaters decorated with lace and rhinestones, priced down from $8.95 to $3.98. Playing at the downtown theaters: "Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments" starring Charlton Heston, finished playing at the Sumter on Tuesday followed by "Four Fast Guns" starring James Craig and Martha Vickers. Coming for the weekend was "Tall Story" starring Anthony Perkins and Jane Fonda, co-starring Ray Walston?At the Carolina, "Killers of Kilimanjaro" starring Robert Taylor concluded on Wednesday followed by Brigitte Bardot in "Babette Goes To War." Starting Sunday was "The Wind Cannot Read" starring Dirk Bogarde. Contact Editor Hubert Osteen at Hubert@theitem.com or (803)774-1298. Posted in Looking back, Yesteryear on Sunday, March 14, 2010  [3]
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  Last Modified	14 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Hamilton Samuel “Hamp” NESBITT,   b. 5 May 1871, Shiloh, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 29 Jun 1935, Lee County, South Carolina (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Lela NESBITT,   b. 1873/4 Apr 1881, Shiloh, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 12 Oct 1911, Shiloh, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1893  [4]
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  Family ID	F118912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S983] C. Wayne McElveen, page 7. [S13259] Young Sumter Farmer Takes Father’s Life. [S13989] Yesteryear - Son claimed pain in his side led him to shoot his father. [S6514] .