The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-02-23
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.

State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
Senator Latimer has introduced a bill
providing for the construction of public
building at Greenwood to cost SlO0,OOo.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad has
given an order for thirty new locomotives
and number of passenger and freight
cars.
Mr.. Abial Lathrop, of Orangeburg, is
being spoken of as a candidate for the
new Federal judgeship. He is Repub-
ican.
Judge James F. Izlar, of Orangeburg,
was recently appointed by Governor
Hayward to preside over the term OF
court at Lexington this week.
The cotton oil mill men at Anderson
have under consideration plans to build a
soap factory in that town to utilize the
cotton seed oil from their mills.
The tourist hotel at Batesburg is near
ing completion. That is progressive
town, it having both waterworks and
electric lights, all owned by the town.
Charlie Livington, a young man about
81 years old, while adjusting belt at A. l..
OTIS ginnery, Elloree, was caught in the
shafting and both arms and legs were
broken.
The R;chland Law and Order league
has begun a crusade against the money
loan companies operating in Columbia
by taking out the necessary papers before
a magistrate, charging them with usury.
A Sunday night shooting scrape at
Gadsden, in Richland county, between
two negroes, Charles Adams and John
Davis, resulted in Adams receiving q
wound in the abdomen from which he
may die.
A national bank in Fayetteville, n. c.,
was closed last week on account OF a
shortage of $2s, 900, which had been stolen
during the past three years by the cashier
and teller. False entries had been made
in the books to hide the shortage.
Mr.. q. Martin Sauls, good citizen and
old Confederate soldier, died at his home
near Brunson, in Hampton county, last
week. He left valuable lands and con-
siderable personal property. In his will
he gave everything to his adopted son.
The proposed Sumter and Northern
railroad, from Sumter to Bishopville, will
not be built. At least, the project is given
up for the present. This is because, it Is
said, the land owners adjacent to Bishop
vile have demanded exorbitant prices for
rights OF way.
Mrs. Ferguson, a lady Of 70 years, met
q terrible death at her home at the Orr
cotton mills in Anderson last Saturday.
She was in the room alone and in some
manner her clothing caught fire, and burn
ed her body 50 severely that death result
ed in few, hours.
P. P. Horne was killed at Blythewood,
Fairfield county, last week by 3 Southern
train. He was standing on the
main line talking to the engineer of
freight, which was on the siding, when
he was struck. His skull was crushed
and both legs broken.
They have begun to row about the bill
to create new Federal judicial circuit in
the up country. The Senate judiciary
committee reported the bill favorably,
and it has passed the house, but Congress
man johnson says he willtry to prevent
it from being passed if Spartanburg is left
out as place for holding court.
The board of firemasters of Greenville
asked the council of that city to abolish
the negro companies in order to reduce
expenses. a great stir was created by
their action, and petition, signed by
many prominent white citizens, has been
presented to council, asking that the
companies be retained in the service.
The annual Schofield negro conference
was held in Aiken last week. This confer
ence is composed of negroes from fifteen
counties and its object is the uplifting Of
the negro race. It is composed mostly of
farmers, and they agreed to cut their cot
ton acreage 25 per cent. and use home
made fertilizers. The purpose of these
meetings and the subjects discussed show
that it is good thing.
The body of F. G. Trezfer, jeweler of
Union, who has been missing from his
home since February z, was found last
Thursday in Fair Forest creek, near
Buffalo Mills. An inspection showed
that the man had been shot. Some think
he committed suicide and others that he
met with foul play. Mr.. Trezfer married
a daughter of Maj. VIM. NJ. Foster, and
was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Marion Parr, the white man convicted
of the murder of Clarence Shealy, white
boy, has been sentenced to be hanged on
the 18th of April. He has confessed the
crime to minister, and says whiskey
was the cause. He had no previous i'll
feelings against the boy but murdered
him while crazy drunk from poisoned
whiskey he says. Parr Is very poor and
ignorant man. He says the boy gave him
the poisoned whiskey and told him it
would kill him, and that he struck him
with carpenters square and killed him.
While walking a small trestle between
the Charleston and Western Carolina
depot and the Southern station in Spar
tanburg last Friday, Corrie Hammond,
colored, was struck by the engine of the
Glenn Springs Railroad and killed. De-
ceased was nearly across the trestle, walk
ing towards the Augusta depot, when the
Glenn Springs train pulled out from the
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