The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of More or Less Interest Con-
densed Throughout the State.


the passenger trains that crashed to-
gether on Wednesday between Knox
vile and Morristown, but few from
this state were seriously hurt.
Several classes of children from
Sunday schools in Greenville spent
Saturday in the fields picking cotton.
A prominent farmer was in the city
to secure help, and failing to secure
it he called upon several Sunday
school teachers who responded by
taking their classes to the fields and
working, spending the day in picnic
fashion
Noah Brown, a negro shoemaker of
Greenville, was shot and instantly
killed on Saturday night by Robert
Holmes, negro painter. The kill
ing was in the heart of the city, and
shotgun was used by the negro.
James Calvert Stuart, a Laurens
county negro who attempted an as
sault upon young white girl of that
county on yesterday, was found dead
on~ the public road, some distance
from town, with his hands tied and
bullet through his chest. The first
news of the lynching was brought to
Greenwood by gentleman who
found the body on Saturday morning
in the condition described above.
The Importance of the democrats
voting on the coming general cleo
tons in November, was emphasized
on Saturday by General Willie Jones,
at a meeting of the state democratic
executive committee in Columbia.
The Olympia mill school, in Co.
lumbia, will open in a few days. The
buildings have been renovated and
are in fine condition.
Bail in the sum Of $4,000 has been
granted to Watts MOBILES, and to the
negro Downs in a lesser sum. These
men are charged with killing po-
liceman in Greenville.
Dock and Rush Gailliard, colored,
tried in Greenville for the murder of
Will Kennedy, were given life SEN
tences in the penitentiary. Notice
of appeal was given in both cases.
Capt. Henry E. Raines. of Chick
Springs, and Mrs. Sydney Wolfe, were
quietly married at Rowesville on
Wednesday afternoon.
The water experts at Columbia
were hard at work both on Saturday
and Sunday investigating the water
in the Congaree. They stated that
it was matter of surprise that the
city had not been visited with more
cases of typhoid fever than she had.
Despite the storm Horny county
is doing hard work to be represented
at the fair and it will not be the fault
of the Conway board Of trade if good
and proper representation is not Sc
cured.
Dr.. J. w. Payne, a physician who
has been very prominent in the west,
has decided to locate in Anderson.
He is one of the best physicians in
the country.
There was considerable excitement
in Ruby on Saturday when Mr.. w.
n. Ratliff. prominent citizen Of that
section, and Supervisor Oliver be-
came engaged in very serious cut
ting scrape. Oliver was seriously
and perhaps fatally cut about the
neck and throat, receiving a cash
about five inches long. The affair is
much deplored as both parties are
very prominent.
A serious cutting scrape occurred
in Chesterfield on Saturday night in
which Mr.. Ross Mulloy had his
throat slashed by a negro named John
Evans. After the cutting the negro
ran and was fired upon twice. He
escaped but was later captured and
is now in jail at that place.
Converse college opened on Wed