The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-07-22
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of More or Less Interest Con-
densed Throughout The State.

Charleston hotel. which was recently
sold at auction. and it will be opened
in the fall as a tourist hotel. \ hotel
privilege has already been granted by
the state board OF control.
Sarah Bennett. culored n"rSe. was
arrested in Charleston inr Sprlnkllng
the iour-year-old child OF Conductor
Thomas Jellico. OF the Southern rail-
way. with a solution OF carbolic acid.
which burnt the child'S head and face
and neck considerably. The solution
had been used in sprinkling plants
TO kill insects and the woman turned
the sprinkler on the child. 1t is said
that The negro has ma'lreatcd the
child before and the Sprinkling "i
acid was done il wan,"n neanness
The child is badly bli>tcrel. but will
doubtless suffer nn serious effects
from the fluid.
During severe thunder Storm near
Cartcrsvillt or ThUrsda: lightning
struck a barn and stables belonging
TO J. NJ. Humphrey and killed tw"
mules and burned the buildings.
The Columbia State reports that
it is thought now that the Southern
will build its extension from Wards
TO Saluda in :. few months. That
an engineer has been in Columbia in
connection with tie survey OF the
proposed line and that there seems
little doubt but that the road will be
built very soon.
Lawrence Russell. night watchman
at the Anderson cotton mills. acci-
dentally killed himself by taking an
overdose of anti-febrine by mistake.
He was unconscious Tor nineteen
hours. He supposed he was taking
EPSON salts. He was fiity-hve years
old and married.
Joe Mitchell. young white man
OF Charleston. was probably fatally
injured at Florence on Friday by be-
ing struck by train. He had reached
Florence on freight early F.: lay
morning and had sat down on tiIe
track and fallen asleep.
Governor Hayward has granted a
pardon to Hugh Nicholson, OF Ches-
tertield county. who seems 70 be
weak-minded. He killed man named
Sutton and was convicted OF man.
slaughter and sentenced to three
years on the chaingang. Nicholson
is in very poor health.
w. F. Deaton was convicted in
York county last week of the muir
der of J. Lawrence Patterson, Fort
Mill barber. and recommendation
to mercy was made by the jury.
Deaton and his wife were both on
trial and the wife testified thar she
fired the fatal shot and that Patter-
son had ruined Deaton's home, she
being criminally connected. but the
jury refused to believe her story and
found her not guilty and her husband
guilty.
1t has been reported from Char
lesion that row is said to be i'm
pending in the affairs of the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company. which
may result in the disruption of the
big fertilizer trust and the organiza-
ton OF a competing company. Ac-
cording to the reports, it is said. the
affairs are in a bad way for the COM
pany holding together on account of
dissentions among the stockholders.
Spartanburg is considerably wor-
ried over the water question. and
there seems to be no solution in sight
The output from the standpipe is
muddy and the residents are adopt
ing the precautionary measure recon-
mended by the board OF health of
boiling the water for cooking or
drinking purposes.
The home OF Mr.. J. w. O'Neall in
Rock Hill was struck by lightning
and almost completely burned last
week Another home in Rock Hill
was struck the same night and dam