The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-03-28

Charleston Subj, ban and Summer
vile Electric railway, which is seek
ing q franchise from council. The
company expects to build a line to
Summervil!e, and is after the right OF
way to the exposition grounds. The
Consolidated Company has also asked
for the same exposition franchise.
The Philadelphia company will finance
the new road if the engineers make q
favorable report.
Depositors Arc Howling.
An order of court has been issued at
Charleston requiring VIM. j. Assman,
formerly treasurer of the National
Mercantile Company, a 80 per cent
concern, to appear and answer the
charges against the company. Three
hundred depositors, who put money
in the venture in the hope of securing
big interest, are bowling at the ab'
sence of President White.
The amount paid in by depositors
was estimated to have been SIS, 900, but
none of this was returned as payments
had not matured. White, who lived
high, disappeared from Charleston and
when he failed to return the prop
erty was seized by the sheriff.
White had an easy field in Charles
ton. The alluring offers of interest
caught people of all classes and col
ore, and they put up freely. After the
bu'k OF the capital had been removed
from Charleston the company failed,
and this closing came Immediately on
the heels of the failure of Whites
other concern in Washington. The
assets are small, and there is little
hope of depositors getting back any
of the money already paid in.
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Player Goes to Pen.
F. NJ. Player, dispenser at Kings
tree, has been found guilty of breach
of trust with fraudulent intent. Judge
Watts sentenced him to three years
and a half in the penitentiary. This
is the first conviction of the kind since
the dispensary started. Player is q
white man of considerable political
influence. Last Christmas he claimed
that robbers rode up to his dispensary
aud robbed the safe of over 81, 600,
which, by law, sh ,uld have been turn
ed over to the county treasurer. His
bond had expired the day before and
other suspicious circumstances led to
on Investigation which ended in con-
viction. Judge Watts refused new
trial.
Escaped Convict Shot.
Luther Jones was convicted OF arson
in Oraugeburg county in 1893 and
sentenced for life. he escaped in 1897
and was recently located in Anderson
county, near Honea Path. A day OF
two ago q constable and a guard from
tho penitent tiary found Jones il
the woods cutting wood. He de-
fed them with his ak. They shot him
in the side aud ley. Jones ran three
miles before being caught. The doc
tors say he will die.
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Judge Witherspoon Dead.
Former Circuit Judge Isaac Donem
Witherspoon died at Yorkville early
last Sunday morning, aged so. Judge
Witherspoon was greatly beloved fol
his charity and good works. After
being on the bench for sixteen years
he retired four years ago. 1t is CO.
incidence that two South Carolins
Judges elected soon after the redemp'
ton of the state, and each retiring vol
UNFAIRLY after sixteen years, should die
be same week.
Mrs. Preston Brooks Dies at Norfolk
Mrs. Preston s. Brooks died atNor-
folk, Va, last Sunday night. The
funeral was held in Edge6eld, her
home. Mrs. Brooks was the widow OF
Preston s. Brooks, who was distin'
guished for gallantry in the Mexican
war, and who chastised Charles Sum
mer in the United States senate be-
cause of an unkind reference made BY
Summer to the venerable Senator But
Ter, of this state. Mrs. Brooks was
the mother of Mrs. V. E. McBee and
of Mr.. Preston Brooks, of Sewanee,
Tenn.
Unitarian Minister Resigns.
Rev. Henry A. Whitman, for twelve
years pastor of the Unitarian church
in Charleston, has sent his letter of
resignation to the corporation, and ii
has been accepted. The change will
make it necessary for MIR. Whitman to
leave the south, as there are no Uni
tartan charges available in this Sec
ton. In a statement made by the
'vestry, it is said that while the resig-
nation is deplored by the congrega-
ton, it was best for the good of all
concerned.
Almost a Centennarian.
Miss Kate Bethune, ninety-nine
years old, died at Bethune, Kershaw
county, the past week.
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Garrison Quarters Will Be Handsome.
A Charleston dispatch says: The
property on Sullivan's island, recently
condemned and purchased by the gov
ernment for an army garrison, WILL be
sold and cleared away at once. Work
will begin shortly on the garrison and
splendid quarters will be provided.
The minimum room at the barracks
will be for four full companies, and
more than half million dollars will
be spent on the buildings and i'm
provements.
The residence for the commanding
officer will cost $4,000, and homes
for captains will cost $4,000. Other
buildings will be in proportion. When
the governments buildings on the
island mas peen completed tne quarters
will be among the best to be found
anywhere along the South Atlantic
coast. The plan is to make the island
.xok;o. or1 oinro fh q