The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-06-08
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.

and Happenings.
Jayfus Macomson, under sentence OF
death for murder, died in Spartauburg
jail on Thursday.
Mrs. John German was killed by light.
ming on Friday afternoon in her home at
Clio, Marlboro comfy.
Union is to have magnificent floral
festival next week. Preparations have
been made for it on grand scale.
More than three hundred teachers have
applied for rooms at Clemson TOR the
summer school, which opens the 21st.
Anderson county will make an effort to
vote out the dispensary. Petitions are
being circulated asking for an election on
the question, to be held August End.
Thomas Robinson, foreman of saw
mill in Kershaw county, was shot twice
on Thursday by Samuel Vincent, whom he
had discharged. The wounds are serious
B. Wieptshik and G. Weintraub, Rus:
sian Jews, have been in Charleston and
vicinity for several days examining lands
with view to bringing over colony to
settle and 60 to farming.
The contract for building the dam on
the Saluda for the Saluda River power
company has been awarded to J.F.Grandy
& CO. The company will furnish power
for the mills in and around Greenville.
A fast train on the Seaboard was
wrecked on Wednesday at Fairfax and
Chas. NJ. Parsons, engineer, K. 5. T.
Moorman, mail agent, and colored tire
man named Jeffords were dangerously
hurt.
The safe in the Atlantic Coast Line
depot at Bennettsville was robbed last
Thursday night, and $20S.50 in cash and
s572.26 in checks stolen. There seems to
be good deal of mystery connected with
the affair.
Greenville county is soon to make an
effort to vote out the dispensary. 1t is
also said that Newberry will do the same
thing. One by one the supports are being
taken from under the whole thing. This
is the way to kill it.
Ina fight at Cade's station, Williams.
burg county, on Thursday between Fleet
Epps and Levi Sauls on one side and
c.. G. Carson and his son on the other, the
elder Carson was shot through the arm
and shoulder and the son through the
stomach-supposed fatally.
In a general shooting affray which
took place at Ellenton, Aiken county
last Monday, white man named Mclean
was killed, his son seriously wounded
one negro killed and several wounded
Mclean and his son went to negro's
house on their plantation and ordered
him to return to negro woman chile
which she claimed the negro had stoler
| from her. A number of negroes in the
house attacked the white men and sever
al shots were fired with the above result
Jim Long, a negro, was shot and al
most instantly killed in Columbia las
Monday by State constable Julius R
Eison. The negro was attempting to es
cape from the police, and policeman
had fred at him once or twice merely t
notify the officer on the next beat tt
stop the negro. The constable saw tht
negro coming and attempted to stop hin
and as Long attempted to run past him
he struck at him with his pistol which
| was discharged and killed the negro
Eison said he did not mean to shoot tht
negro, and only struck at him to stol
him. The verdict of the coroner's jury
was that it was an accident.