The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-24
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.
1t is said that the friends of Hon. Stobo
j. Simpson, of Spartanburg, are urging
him to run against Tillman Tor the
United States Senate.
Six citizens of Florence were arrested
last Friday night for gambling. Three
appeared for trial and were fined $35
each. Three others forfeited bonds of $50
each.
Suit has been entered against Lancaster
county for $4,000 damages for the lynch
ing of white man named J. T. Morrison
at Kershaw some months ago. The suit
is brought in the name of w. T. Castles,
administrator of the estate of Morrison.
John Clegg, formerly al policeman at
killing his young son. He was acquitted,
the testimony showing that he was
crazed with drink at the time OF the kill
ing, and that. he did not know what ne
was doing.
The Democratic voters of Bessie pre-
cinct, in Greenville county, met last week
and adopted resolutions asking for the
resignation of County Commissioner
NeVes, Grand Jury Expert Oscar Hodges,
and Comptroller General Jones. They
took this action because of the muddled
condition of the county's finances.
The Spartanburg friends of Hon. Jno.
L. McLaurin have invited him to visit
that city on Saturday, September 2nd, and
make speech on any subject he wants
to. He has a large number OF warm
friends in that city and county, and they
do not like the way Mr.. McLaurin was
treated on the day of the cotton meeting
there.
Douglas johnson, white boy II years
old, shot and killed his young friend, JOS
eph Baldwin, aged 16 years, in Lancaster
county last week. The two boys were
handling a shot gun when it went of and
killed Baldwin. The two boys were good
friends and it was clearly an accident.
The same old story of fooling with an
1.nnloaded gun"
A company has been organized in Co.
lumbia with $4,000 capital to build a
press cloth factory in that city. The cloth
is manufactured from camels hair and
mohair, and is used in manufacturing
cotton seed oil and other oils which have
to 60 through pressing process: The
item of press cloth is one of the largest
of the expenses of cotton oil mill.
The Cheraw papers are hot after some
of the officials of Chesterfield county.
The Citizen is after the county board OF
control and the local dispenser for viola
tions of the law, and the Chronicle is
making it warm for the county supervisor
on account of his keeping the chain gang
in the guard house at Cheraw while work
ing on the streets of that town. The
Chronicle says it was cruel to keep the
prisoners in such hot and poorly vepti-
lated place.
In the court of general sessions at Lex
ington last week, Geo. B. McCombs, ex-
mayor of New Brookland, along with L.
ID. Mitchell, formerly town policeman,
and N. L. Fox were found guilty of tam
pering with the election returns of the
municipal election held in New Brook
land last May. At the time McCombs
was intendant of the town and was rnn-
ming for reelection, being opposed by }.
s. Gunnells. Mitchell and Fox were
managers of the election, and they enter
ed into conspiracy with McCombs to
count Gunnells out, which they did: An
investigation was had and Gunnels found
to be legally elected, whereupon the men
named were arrested. The Judge SEN
fenced each of them to four months on
the chain gang or pay fine of S75 each.