The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-08
ITEMS Of INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.

When Mr.. c. Goldstein, the pawnbro.
ker, opened his shop opposite the city
hall he found that large semi circular
piece of glass about eight inches in di-
ameter had been neatly removed from
the show window and that some articles
of jewelry and some ''shin plasters"
had been stolen. The intrinsic value
of the goods stolen is very small, but
the glass, which was not insured, was
an expensive one The Job was indeed
neat one, and the glass must have
been cut by G diamond. There were
evidences OF an attempt to cut away
the woodwork around the corner OF the
glass, but the burglar evidently thought
that method too slow. The burglary
was committed under the very noses OF
the police, and the robber evidently
had compatriots who were watching
the police.
COLUMBIA. The L. S. grand jury
has returned a true bill against the
nine citizens OF Mccormick charged
with conspiracy against james Tolbert.
The parties named in the Indictment
are: NJ. l.. B. Sturkie, John Dunlap,
Wade Cathrane, Henry Martin, J. P.
Jennings, j. Q. Stillwell, j. L. Fey.
nolds. L. Tucker and Thomas Bentley,
all of Mccormick, and some of them
we'll known citizens. The crime
of which those men at McCor-
mick are charged is a serious one,
and the penalty is very heavy. The
Indictment is composed of six counts,
conspiracy to intimidate James W. Toll
bert as citizen, and as an attache OF
government office from performing the
duties of that office. Also from exercls-
ing his right to vote, and his right to
advise others how to vote. The mini
mum penalty for the violation OF Sec
ton ), sos, revised United States stat
utes, is $500, and the minimum penalty
for violation of section 5, 51S is $500 and
and six months in Jail.
A freight train on the Columbia, New
berry and Laurens road was badly
wrecked at Leapheart, about seven
miles of Columbia. Nine box cars were
derailed and piled upon each other,
their contents being badly broken and
scattered. The accident occurred on a
down grade and the train had consider
able momentum. Among the cars
wrecked was one loaded with horses.
Strange to say but one of the animals
was hurt, its leg was broken. The
others were driven through the coun-
try to Columbia, their destination.
A Car loaded with empty bottles for the
State dispensary was also badly
wrecked, but the damage to the glass
ware was remarkably slight The other
cars were loaded with an assortment OF
dry goods, shoes, crackers, cotton seed,
ETC., and the contents were mixed up
IN great confusion.
COLUMBIA The State board Of elec-
tion canvassers met here and declared
the result of the recent election. There
were present Secretary of State Tomp-
klns, Treasurer Zimmerman, Attorney
General Barber, Adjutant General
Watts, Comptroller General Derham
and Hon. d. H. Magill, chairman of
the house committee on privileges and
elections. Lieut.. Gov. McSweeny was
also present The vote polled at the
November election was very light,
barely one-fourth of the voting strength
of the State. There were slightly over
2S, 900 votes cast. In each congressional
district there was Republican NOM
lnee for congress, but none was elected.
The largest vote received by any one
Republican candidate was that of Mur-
ray of the First district, who received
], 1929, little over half of Col. Elliott s
vote. The aggregate vote for the Re-
publican nominees was 2, S04.
DARLINGTON. The twelfth session OF
South Carolina Baptist Pastors Con-
ference met in the Darlington Baptist
church. After the Introductory sermon
it was organized for business by the
election of Rev. j. NJ. Croxton moder-
ator and Rev. j. S. Brown secretary.
This conference Is meeting of pastors
and laymen for free discussion of theo-
logical, sociological and archaeological
subjects. 1t meets at the same place OF
the convention, one day earlier.
GREENvILLE William Blsssingame,
colored, has been acquitted of murder.
He was charged with killing Foster
Stokes. the fourteen .year-old colored
boy found dead near Mulberry street
on August 10Th. Blissingame, a big,
bury negro, had been with the boy fre.
quently and was the last person seen
with him the night before The evi-
dence was circumstantial and INSULT.
cient to convict
CAMDEN. Since Simon Lawson was
arrested as one of the parties implicat-
ed IN the riot in which Emanuel Kelly,
an old negro man. was taken out of his
home and severely whipped for picking
cotton for 80 cents on the hundred. the
negroes have been telling on each
other, and now there are seven or eight
negroes in Jail charged with having
taken part in the riot. 1t is probable
that there will be more arrests.
Governor EIlerbe has received COM
munication from Mr. Henry Bjorna, Of
Brooklyn. n. Y, in which he suggests
that an international exhibition OF
mining and agriculture" be held in New
York city in the near future. Should
such an exposition be undertaken and
should South Carolina take the proper
interest in it, there are few States which
could make better showing.
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