The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-12-20

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soUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par
agraphed for Quick Reading.
The news comes from Washington
that JohnNG. Capers will be reap
pointed district attorney and will not
be considered by President Roosevelt
for the Federal judgeship.
%. Burriss has been recommend
ed for appointment as auditor of An
derson county, vice G. N. c. Boleman,
resigned.
Brice law election win be ordered
III Lexington county at an early date
and it is asserted that the dispensary
vii be voted out.
Mrs. stanley, Of Wexford, Spartan
burg county, shot herself fatally with
pistol few days ago. Thf shoot
wilson stevens, a negro boy, has
surrendered to the sheriff Of Aiken
{ county for killing William Owens, a
white boy, two weeks ago. He claims
that the killing was an accident and
two white witnesses cerroborate his
statement. Owens in an ante-mortem
statement said that ne was shot with
out warning or cause.
aother serious fire occurred in
Johnston wednesday night the sec
onW within two weeks.
An attempt was made at Blackville
to lynch John Sims. negro who at
tackled Mrs. Hattie Buist with rock
& when She discovered him stealing tur-
keys from her yard. Sims wassshot
/ by Mrs Buist's brother, Mr.. Arthur
Dewitt, and turned over to the Off
GERS. The deputies managed to get
Sims on board the train but could not
stop at Barnweil as there was another
crowd waiting at the depot. He was
taken on tc Savannah and thence TO
I Columbia via Augusta.
3 one OF the missing account books Of
the Union cotton mill for which re-
ward of $500 was offered has been
found Sin the stock room Of the mill
store, but the pages containing the ac-
counts of importance were missing.
Two othe- books are still missing.
Professor NJ. D. Moore, Of the Hope
vile School, Greenvi1le county, was at
laeked by William Martin, a 16-year-
old pupil, on Tuesday and knocked
4 down with a stick of wood. He re-
ceived severe scalp wound and was
unconscious for a half hour.
Colonel Altamont Moses was a
member Of Governor Heyward's per-
sonal staff. In view Of his death Gov
ernor Hayward has asked Colonel w.
6. Smith, of Orangeburg, to accept
the position made vacant by the death
& OF Colonel Moses, Of commissary gen
eral Colonel Smith Of Orangeburg,
has already been on Governor Hey
wards staff. To fill the vacancy on
the staff Governor Hayward has ap-
pointed Mr.. William Banks, of Coluna-
bia.
ban Murphy the murderer of Treas
urer Copes, of orangeburg, was
brought back to- the peniteniary Sun
day from Swainsboro, Ca, where he
was serving a sentence on the chain
gang for horse stealing. He will now
serve out his life sentence in the pen
,itentiary.
~ Frank Sawyer, one Of the Rock Hill
blind tigers, was arrested Saturday
night
Baron Sternberg, the German am
bassador, will spend several weeks in
B Aiken for the benefit of his health.
Erwin Robinson, white, aged so
years, committed suicide at Rock Hill
Sunday night by drinking carbolic
acid mixed with turpentine.
Dave Pugh shot Marion Abrams to
death in Newberry county on Satur-
day. The jury Of inquest returned a
yerdict Of wi1full murder.
1t is announced by the executive
committee Of. the Olympia cotton mill
Of Columbia that the payment Of divi-
dends will be resumed in July next.
Charles Fleming. a negro switch.