The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-15
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of More or Less Interest Condensed
In the State.

Treasurer j. Is. Douthit, of tho
Farmers State Alliance, has given
out statement in which he says that
it would be mistake to have re-
ceiver appointed. There ls OH hand
now about $4,000, subscribed in $50
shares by sub alliances all over the
State.
Services were held in the Due
West A. r. p. Church ON Sunday
commemorative Of the organization
Of the A. r. p. Synod at the Old
Brick Church in Fairfield County
100 years ago last Saturday.
The Masons of Florence at an
early day will erect temple to cost
$4,000 The lot has already been
purchased and arrangements per
fected. The Presbyterian Church of
Florence will erect new church
building at a cost of $4,000.
Jas. w. Mccormick Esq, of
Syracuse, n Y Alp Kirk block, has
written Governor Hayward asking if
there are any sons or grandsons of
Jno. G. Calhoun living
Toy Sanders, Of Barnwell, son Of
the late Rev. T.. j. Sanders, killed
VIM. Lutz, near the old Sanders
settlement, in Barnwell, on Sunday.
Sanders surrendered to the sheriff,
claiming self,defense.
MIR. b. w. Spake was in Columbia
this week looking for three little
girls, his daughters, which he said
were kidnapped from Ashevillo
King Williams, colored, acciden
tally shot and killed Mary Tucker,
colored, near SparIanburg on Mon
day night.
The dead body Of a child was
found floating on Tuck's pond, ten
miles from Spartanburg, on Tuesday.
On last Saturday afternoon two
white men, named Philips and Up
ton, brothers-in. law, while going
homeward, in Cherokee County, be
gan to quarrel and Upton stabbed
Philips in the breast, killing him
Both had been drinking heavily.
BY avote Of 300 to so tho town Of
Greenwood has voted bonds to the
amount of S25, 900 for the erection of
a new school bnildlng
In discussion ovor Il church affair
on Sunday between two negroes in
Cheraw, John Monk shot Sallie
Brunson, probably fatally wounding
Sallie.
The Charlotte Observer prints
dispatch from Lancaster which SAWS
that Clyde Boone, a we'll known far
mer of Lancaster County, has been
arrested for making a criminal as.
sault upon his 12- year. old daughter.
Boone is about 60 years of age.
About fifteen employees in the
card room Of the Walhalla cotton
mill went ont on strike this week.
They demanded higher wages. The
mill keeps running and there is no
excitement.
Mrs. w. w. Boil, who was accom-
panying her husband in buggy to
string wire for the Postal Com
pany along the track of the South
ern railway, WAS killed by train
while trying to drive her horse across
the track near Spartanburg on Tues
day.
w. H. Abrams, II young man of
Conway, was shot and fatally wound
ed by Lannrau Stackhouse, q aon of
Senator Stackhousn of Marion, on
Wednesday. Stackhouse had come
to Conway on business. As he was
walking mp town, he was interfored
with by Abrams, who was DRINK.
Abrams when told to hush reached
towards his hip pocket and rushed
towards Stackhouse, who shot him.
Reports from all ovor the State
indicate that the cool weather is in
terferring seriously with the cotton
crop-.that in some counties il il
already more than three weeks
late.