The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-10-26
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Safe News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.

Punsent Paragraphs About men
and Happenings.
An election on the dispensary question
is to be held in Saluda county on Decem-
Der 10th.
Oconee county voted out the dispen-
sary Tuesday by vote of at least six to
one. Not a single precinct in the county
went for the dispensary.
The CITY council of Charleston has
adopted an ordinance requiring the rail-
roads entering that city to give better pas
senger accommodations after January the
first.
w. Simpson, Jr., who has edited the
Greenville News for more than two years,
has resigned his position, and will become
editor Of the Raleigh, N. c., Evening
Times.
Daniel Zimmerman, the man charged
wit h the theft of $4,000 worth OF State
bonds from the State treasurers once,
where he was employed as clerk, surrend-
cred last Wednesday and has given bond
Governor Hayward has ordered Chief
Constable Hammet to place constaoles
again in Pickens county. They are to be
paid from half mill tax levy for that
special purpose.
At Lancaster on Thursday a jury gave
J. A. Hasseltine verdict OF $l,OOO
against the Southern because he was de-
tanned at Burroughs, Ca, the 11th OF
August on account of not having q health
certificate.
Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi, is
to be in Columbia this week and will ad-
dress the cotton growers association at
the fair grounds on Saturday. he W II
be the guest of Governor Hayward while
in Columbia.
Six visitors in Anderson, stopping at
the Chiquola hotel, were arrested for
gambling on Tuesday night. They put
up ten dollars each for bond and forfeited
it by not appearing for trial next morn
ing in the mayors court.
Ben Bennett, the notorious Hampton
county convict, has been arrested IN Ma.
con, Ga. He was serving a sentence OF
five years on the chain gang for killing
his wife and escaped last July. Doubtless
he will now be put in the penitentlary.
George Mcdowell, a young white man
{ of Spartanburg, was convicted In the
United States court in Greenville last
Monday of mailing an indecent post card
to q young lady living in his neighbor-
hood. A motion for new trial was made.
A freight train and the caboose of q
work train collided on the Wateree
trestle, on the Coast Line, on Thursday
and two negro train hands were killed;
Engineer Rooney, was slightly injured
and lagman Barnes had foot badly
mashed.
The constitutionality of the Brice law
has been attacked in the United States
court. Bellinger & Welch applied for 8
writ of mandamus before Judge Pritchard
at Asheville last Thursday requiring the
board of control of Union county to re-
store to the dispenser at Union his posi-
tion, The case is to be heard next Tues
day, October 31st.
;. F. McAllister, merchant Of Will
liamston, has been bound over to the U.
s. Court for sending dun to debtor on
9 postal card. He used strong language,
but not threatening or defamatory. A
business man NAV send financial state
ment on postal card without violating
the law but he must say nothing that
would injure the credit Outstanding OF the
debtor.
Dan. Slocum, young white man, has
been arrested and put in Jail in Columbia
charged with attempt to assault young
white lady out in the country. Slocum
was travelling around the country reno
waiting feather beds, and finding the
young lady alone at her home, attempted
to assault her. She escaped, and positive
" identified him as the right man. ne
has been put in Jail to await trial at the
February term of court.