The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-13
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.

State News Boiled Down TOR QUICK Nsdu'hS
Punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
The banks of Columbia will soon Or
ganize a clearing house association.
The Bishopville New Era announces
that it will suspend publication. It's life
was short, only thirteen weeks. The cause
of suspension is not stated.
Sumter's fall festival is to be held No.
vember 22nd to 25th, and its promoters
say it will be great affair-one OF the
best ever held in the State.
It is said that handful of sulphur scat
tered over load of corn as put in the
crib will drive rats away and keep them
off until the last 'bushel is gone.
The Republicans have nominated can
didates in five out of the seven congress
sional districts in the State. This is all
farce, but they hope to be first at pie
counter.
The Republicans of the second con-
gressional district met at Blackville last
Wednesday and nominated Rev. Isaac
Myers, negro preacher of BlackVllle, TOR
congress.
Ben Benefits attorneys gave notice of
appeal in his case, but later withdrew it
and he has requested that he be allowed
to serve his sentence of five years on the
chain gang.
The railroad commission has instructed
the attorney general to bring suit against
the Atlantic Coast Line to compel that
railroad TO stop its fast trains at Latta in
Marion county.
A white man named Bert Gregory, a
cotton mill operative, is in Jail at Union
charged with the murder of his wife. 1t
is claimed he gave her strychnine, claim"
ing it was calomel.
A negro child was burned to death and
the house destroyed by fire in Newberry
county last week, by pouring kerosene oil
on the fire. The two other children IN
the house escaped.
A little three year-old child was burned
to death at Graniteville last week while
rsaying with matches. Hesand an older
brother we're exploding matches with a
= popgun, and when found his clothing were
mass of flames.
A lightning rod man fell from house
in Saluda last week He was putting a
lightning rod on the roof and fell head
foremost to the ground "a feet below, but
was not killed. Lightning rod men and
book agents are hard to kill.
81. Clyde Briggs, machinist, was killed
in the Pacolet cotton mills last Wednes.
day. He was caught in the rope OF the
big driving wheel and knocked violently
against the wheel, MASKING his head and
shoulders. He was instantly killed.
On last Saturday night at Lucknow
in Kershaw county, in row between a
white man and two negroes, one OF the
negroes was killed by the white man and
the white man was struck over the head
with a heavy stick and killed by one of
the negroes. :,
Edward Kelly, white man, shot ana
killed Henry Bradshaw, negro, in Dar-
lington last Saturday. The report of one
daily paper makes the killing justifable,
while the other report makes it case OF
killing in cold blood. The shooting oc-
CURED on the streets of Darlington.
h. N. McCarley, white man, was kill
ed at a ginnery in Whitmire, Newberry
county, last Friday. He was fixing some
thing about the press when box con-
tanning weights to the amount of 25o
pounds dropped on his head, fracturing
his skull. He lived short while after
the accident.
Ben Bennett was tried in Hampton last
week for the murder of his wife. The
iury found him guilty of manslaughter
and recommended him to the mercy OF the
court. Judge Klugh sentenced him to five
years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
In view of this verdict and sentence, it is
not likely that the case against him for
violating his pardon will be pressed.
Mr.. Goldsmith Thompson, wellknown
young man and son of Judge o. G.
Thompson, committed suicide at the home
of his father, FIVE miles south of the city of
,Laurens, last Monday night by shooting
himself through the head with revolver.
He occupied room alone and upon in
yestigation after the startling report OF
the pistol at o'clock at night, member
of the family found the young man in his
bed in an unconscious condition with
wound in his right temple: Dr. A. j.
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