The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-04-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items Of More Of Less Interest Con-
densed in the State.

instantly killed another negro. sang
Letter. at Carlisle, on Thursday. The
shooting. it is said. was done acc
dertally. Gillian was standing Ill a
shop and Jeter N;:S st ol IN" cut
side. when Gillian licked up an Did
pistol and pointed it at Jeter, not
,!,::.i;ng it was los -.
Yorkville has :Ainival wficl: oocr-
ed Up yesterday morning. Poor
forkville!
F. M.Gillespie. who lives ahcut two
miles from Greenville, while handling
his gun on Monday night OF LAST
week. accidentally discharged tho
piece. the load entering The ieet OF
his infant child. not more than =
years OF age. \ small portion; OF tho
slot entered the nJ OF his wife. wl!3
was holding the child in her arl:'s
but her wound is nnt serious \ pily-
s;cian was called &c attend titc ciliif.
',iS!i waS so weak from the loss q!
blood and the shotl, that he d.. 1T
an1putate the foot. as il was feared il
would not live trough tht op":n-
Ion
The county tJard or eG,,tA;:'T 0i
SDartanburg haze ::lnstated tr't. y.
/. Mcleod as principal OF the Cam
pobello school. Prof. Mcleod was
suspended by the trustees, vi: Will
appeal from the declsoin OF tn corn
" board. The charge preferred by
the trustee, WIS .:iofanity. Tht prin-
cipal admitted to swearing ono Tins.
Dut held that kt made no practice 0!
l..
Abel Scott. aged ~, was killed by
Sarah Brow. aged -. . widow, 4:
Beaufort The Dar:irs lived w:l:!;n
50 yards OF eacn othcr and there waS
bad feeling between them The woman
demanded OF Scott certain property
which he had .ailc:: from iler h"rsc
when he becam.. enr:4cd a;:d stlu:k
her several times with his fist and
with stick The woman then threw
a piece of brick at him. which struck
him on the head. and she cut him or
the calf of the leg with a small knife.
Scott then left her At an early hour
next morning,-last Wednesday,
Scott was found dead in bed, having
bled to death during the night. The
woman was committed to Jail. Her
plea of self-defensc seems we'll
founded.
Senator Latimer and his family
have come home from Washington.
Senator Latimer will go to New Or
leans to make a goca -oads address.
Twenty-four arrests were made in
Charleston on Friday night for vio-
lation of the ordinance against riding
bicycles at night without lights.
Those arrested included some of the
prominent people in Charleston. They
were all made to ride in the police
wagons. though many of them were
strenuously opposed to this sort Of
transportation. They were released
upon payment of small bonds.
The body of negro woman was
discovered at the dam at Clifton mills.
Spartanburg county. on Saturday ef-
terroon. floating to the top OF the
stream. The corpse had evidently
been in the water for one or two
weeks. and was in deconlpoSed con-
dition.
The city OF Anderson is greatly re-
joicing over notice from the South
ern railway announcing that freight
rates to Anderson from western and
eastern points have been made the
same as to Greenville, Spartanburg,
and other functional points in the
Piedmont section.
Dispensary constables captured a
5o-gallon still on the Eastatoe river,
in Pickens county. 1t is said that
there are probably more attempts to
manufacture liquor illicitiy along this
little stream than in any other 10
cality in the state, because Of the pre-
cipitouS banks along the stream flow
ing through the mountains, affording