J. H. Hite Was Injured When Horse Became Frightened and Dashed Into Telegraph Pole and Rock
When his horse became frightened near the corner of Lady and Gadsden street, J. H. Hite, who lives about two miles southeast of Lexington, was thrown from his wagon and seriously injured. Mr. Hite was taken to a local infirmary, where it was stated last evening his condition was unchanged.
Mr. Hite stopped his one-horse wagon in front of the store of S. G. Wilson, and getting out, hitched the horse to a large rock. the horse became frightened, broke the lines, and the hitching strop. Mr. Hite jumped in the wagon. The horse ran into a rock and telegraph pole at the corner of Gadsden and Lady streets, throwing Mr. Hite. Mr. Hite, who has many friends in Columbia, is a brother of Walter Hite of the Columbia police department.
Source: The State, December 25, 1912, p1
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