The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-03

Established 1891
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.
The State Baptist convention is to con-
vene at Chester on Tuesday, the Doth in
slant.
1t is announced il the newspapers that
Gen. M. C. Butler is to be married in New
York soon to Mrs. G. S. Whitman.
James Walker, an operative in the Spar
tan mills of Spartanburg, fell from lad
der of the fourth floor and was instantly
killed.
The State fair in Columbia last week is
said to have been one of the most sue
cessful ever held. We cannot approve OF
State aid fo- the enterprise, however.
Rufus jackson, who attempted to as
sault Mrs. Brothers, white woman, in
Greenville county few weeks ago, has
been captured by the sheriff and lodged
in jail.
Anumber of the farmers of South Car
olins met in Columbia last week for the
purpose of organizing so as to control the
price of cotton. A permanent organiza-
ton was effected.
L.C. NJ. Oliveros, the Aiken alderman
who was charged with accepting bribes,
was tried in the circuit court there last
week and promptly acquitted. Aiken
juries appear to be lenient.
The Edgefeld cotton mill, of which Mr..
j. L. Eddleman is superintendent, started
up again last week, after shut down of
several months. Much new machinery
has been recently installed.
Judge Purdy has refused to grant bail
to a white man named Mcdonald who
shot and killed young white man named
Crews few weeks ago. Other judges
should follow his example in the matter
of granting bail to murderers.
Miller and Mccormick, the two white
men in Saluda county who were found
guilty of manslaughter, for the killing of
negro named Truesdale, were sentenced
to the penitentiary for ten years each in
stead of three, as formerly published.
Three negro children were burned to
death in tenant house occupied by their
parents, near Johnston, in Edgefeld
county, last week. As usual, the parents
had gone off and left the children at home.
The door was not fastened, however, yet
none of them escaped.
At Greers, Spartanburg county, last
Wednesday morning, Edward Braswell
and Thomas Stiles had dispute about the
we'll they were both using, and each shot
the other. Both men were shot through
the body and seriously wounded. Is water
so scarce in Spartanburg county that peU-
pie are killing each other about it
Those two Saluda white men who killed
the negro, Truesdale, have been sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary, and
young Thrailkill, who killed Burton and
was convicted of manslaughter, was also
given three years. It is said that all the
cases will be appealed to the State Su-
preme court, but Judge Purdy would not
grant bail to the prisoners while the ap-
peal is pending.
Three white men who had come from
the State ball in Columbia in drunken
condition, tried to force themselves into
the private apartments of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. C. Wright at Wright's hotel early last
Friday morning. On being told of their
mistake by Mrs. Wright they cursed her,
and when her husband came, one of the
men attempted to strike him over the
head with a champagne bottle. Mr..
Wright's brother-in.law, Mr.. W. F. Bowe,
of Augusta, came up in time to prevent
this, and he and Mr.. Wright started to
put them out. On the way Mr.. Bowe was
cut with a pocket knife by one of the
men. he was cut across the chest and
stomach and on the left arm and shoul-
der. While the wounds are painful, they
are not serious. The men were arrested
and gave bond for their appearance at
preliminary before Magistrate Moorman.
The men were J. L. Irby, W. A. Aston,
and Julian Sanders, all of Hagood, Sum-
ter county.
He Remembered the Story.
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