The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-22
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par
agraphed for Quick Reading.


A two year Id child of G. r.. Grad
dick. of Darlington, was burned to
death Wednesday.
County Commissioner James I.
Covington. of Marlboro. died at Clio
Wednesday, of Bright's disease.
Mr.. d. J. Baker has been appoint
ed Judicial Magistrate for Charleston
to succeed Judge ". E. Memminger.
Senator latimer has introduced
bill tc, appropriate 500, 900 for pub
lie building in Greenwood.
Judge Aldrich is i'll and cannot
hold court in Saluda.
The law Offices of W. J. Fishburn.
". d. Bennett, Col. Henderson, of
Walte,boro were burned Wednesday
morning.
The second section of through
freight train No. 63 ran into crank
ear three miles below Gaffney Wadnes-
day afternoon and Bridge Foreman B.
F. Mitchell was badly cut on the
head, aud the left legs of two negroes
were tadly cnt. The pilot was knock
ed off the engine.
Marion Parr, the white man con.
victed in Columbia on the charge OF
murder. a few days ago, was refused
new trial by Judge Mcdonald and un-
less ar appeal is made to the Supreme
Coarl, which is extremely doubtful
on account of the lack of money by
the defendant, Parr will be sentenced
and hanged. Parr, it will be remem-
bered, was tried aud found guilty OF
the murder of Clarence Shealy, just
below the city. last fall, and the jury
was net out ovsr twenty minutes IN
the case.
. Ed Mack, colored, was convicted OF
murder without recommendation in
Manning. Mack slew one negro with
shotgun and tried to kill two others,
the losd lwouIding the second one in
the arm. Judge Klugh sentenced him
to be hanged Friday. March 3lst.
Mr.. f. g. Trefer, the well known
jeweier who mysterieusly disappeared
from Union on Tuesday afternoon,
Febru,ry 7th, was Thursday afternoon
found in the Fair Forest creek and
evidently committed suicide while IN
q state of mental alteration, as
wound was found near his heart.
The three e-year-old daughter OF +.
W. Lewis, of the Tucapau mill, Spar
tanburg was burned to death Thurs
day.
Capt. a. j. Richbourg OF Pamela
has fos warded to tile governor his res
ignatien as captain of the cavalry
troop at that place.
Bishop Capers left Thursday for
Florids. on the advice of his phyician,
Dr.. B. w. Taylor. The bishop has
improved since his recent attack OF
grippe, which has kept him closely
confined for six weeks, and the trip is
taken in the hope that he will gain
strength more rapidly in the Land
of Flowers.
Marion Parr, the white murderer,
of Columbia has been sentenced to be
hanged on April 14th.
No. 81, the Southern's southbound
vestibule, the handsomest and most
expensive train of the system, was
wrecked at Fair Forest. fve miles
from sspartanburg, at l.30 O'Clock
THURSDAY afternoon. The locomotive
and tender, two mail cars, the baggage
and chair combination car and the
dining coach were derailed, and three
sleepers and the Gf,rtoa minstrel
coach we're left on the tracks. Six
persons we're injured, none seriously.
ShoriId congress pass the act proVid-
ing an additional federal judge for the
district of South Carolina the name
of Hon. Abial Lathrop of OrangebpTg
will be presented to the president for
his consideration In connection With
the jtsdgeship.
Carrie Kinlorh. q colored girl living
at Ashley juno ton, ~"s ehot and kill
ed Friday sose noon by Isaac Myers,
colored, as the result Of what is gen.
erally believed to have been an acci-
dent. The bullet entered the glrPs
stomach and she lived but short
time sfterward.
Mr. G. F. Slipp. an overseer in the
Broeon cotton mills. Anderson, was
dangerously cut Thursday by Marion
lTIce, an operstiVe in his department..
1t seems that Mr.. Slipp bad occasion
to reprove Tice for unsatisfactory
work Tice resented it, drew his knife
and cut the overseer in several places.
One of the wounds is considered seri-
ous, but it will hardly result fatally
unless some other complication arises:
Tice escaped after the difficulty and
has rot yet been captured.
Hon. D. a. Magill. for several
years member of the House of Rep
resentatives from Greenwood county,
has decided to enter the race for So
letter of the new judicial circuit just
created by the Legislature.
Upon information furnished to Dep
ut7 Sheriff White a few days ago that
j. E. Boggs is charged with the muir
der of a man named Kale at Kaynloor,
W. Va, in Faeytte county, Sheriff j:
E. McTeer and Deputy White repaired
Friday morning to where Boggs was
enpIoyed ss sectionmaster on the