The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-11-02
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.


Charleston's fall festival is to be held
next week.
Governor Hayward has been invited to
attend the Orangeburg carnival, which IS
to commence on the 10Th instant, and has
accepted.
A Southern passenger train was derall-
ed about thirty miles from Greenville last
FRIDAY evening. The white fireman was
killed and some others injured.
The plant of the Laurens roller mill at
Laurens was destroyed by fire last Sun
day morning about three o'clock. The
loss is $1,000, and insurance 81 400.
Mr.. J. G. Darlington, formerly editor
of the Spartanburg Herald, has become
connected with the Carolina Field at
Georgetown as travelling man and cores
pondent.
The State executive committee OF the
prohibitionists held meeting in Colum-
bia last week and decided that 1t would
be unwise to put State prohibition ticket
in the field.
Petitions are being circulated in Abbe-
Vile county asking for dispensary cleo
tion under the Brice law. And yet edi-
tors Wilson and Hemphill are strong dis
pensary advocates.
d A crowd of white men were arrested IN
the Columbia hotel last Thursday night
charged with gambling. There were
twenty-one persons in the room who
were arrested. Each put up $40 bond.
A. Marvin Carter, time keeper for the
Poe cotton mills in Greenville committed
suicide in his room last Tuesday night.
There was no motive for suicide, and it
might have been an accident. Carter
shot himself through the head with a
pistol.
MI. It. ]. Gibson, bond broker OF Co.
lumbia. was arrested last Monday morn
inp. charged with receiving stolen bonds.
he is charged with having handled some
of the bonds stolen from the State treas
urer's office. He at once gave bond in the
sum of $4,000.
Geo. w. Murray, the negro ex.con-
oressman, has been denied q rehearlng
by the State Supreme Court, and must
serve his sentence of three years on the
chaingang unless the governor pardons
him. It is likely that petition for his
pardon will be presented to the governor.
Geo. W. Devices, the city ticket agent
! Of the Southern Railway in Charleston,
was arrested last Monday afternoon. Ae
!: is short in his accounts about $4,000. He
gave bond for his appearance at court.
Devices is bonded In surety company,
and the railroad will not lose cent. The
shortage was discovered by the railway
auditor. y.
A young white boy named Sims was
shot and killed near Columbia by small
negro bow. Young Sims was out hunting
with single barrel shot gun, along with
s someother white boys who had sling shots.
Sims laid the gun down and the little ne
d gro came up and was fooling with it when
t was discharged, killing the white boy
instantly.
James Trotter, young white man, was
shot and instantly killed at the union de-
not in Columbia last Thursday afternoon
9 g.by Wilmer Mitchell. Both men were
! from the Leesville section of Lexington
] county. and were at the depot waiting to
! take q train home. Mitchell claimed that
Trotter was following BIN up and slap
ping his face is why he shot him. Trot-
ter had been drinking, but those who wit
messed the tragedy thought the two men
were jesting until the shot was fired.
The coroaer's jury in the case of young
!: :Trotter who was killed in Columbia at
the Union station Thursday rendered 8
verdict Friday that he came to his death
from a pistol shot wound at the hands OF
Wilmer Mitchell. The gamblers who
were flushed at the Columbia hotel
Thursday night were tried Friday after
noon. Brooks Harley was fined $40,
Ed Joyner fined $50, J. L. Courtney
fined $50 and the others who were not
released were fined $15. Geo. Handy
who escaped was caught next evening
and will be tried later.