The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24
~OUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of More or Less Interest Con-
densed Throughout the State.


mercial and Savings. and the Flor
ence bank, have doubled their capi-
tai.
1t is stated definitely that there
will he no fair game Of football in
Columbia this year between Clemson
and Carolina.
The United States senate has pass
ed the bill providing for the ap-
pointment Of district judge and the
creation of the western judicial dis
trict of South Carolina
Thomas Franklin Riley, one of the
best known citizens of Greenwood,
died at his home there on Tuesday
morning, after a long illness. Mr..
Riley was in his Goth year. He had
many friends throughout the state.
Gov. Hayward left Wednesday af-
ternoon for New York where he will
address the members of the North
Carolina society at their annual BAN
quet this evening. Gov. R. B. Glenn
of North Carolina will also be there.
This is the first meeting of the two
| governors.
Col. R. Barnwell Rhett, aged sew
enty years, died in Huntsville, Ala,
on Monday, after long illness. He
was Confederate Veteran and after
the close of the civil war was for sew
eral years editor OF the Charleston
Mercury and afterwards of the New
Orleans Picayune, and later OF the
Journal of Commerce, of Charleston.
Rev. w. w. Tate has placed on ex-
liibition at Belton a curiosity. Five
rats were discovered by him in his
barn with their tails so interviewer
with a cloth string that they could
not get apart. They were as COM
pletely tied together as whip
though all alive, each doing their
best to get released. 1t is a mystery
how they could have worked their
tails into such knot. 1t has been
a source of considerable comment by
all who saw it.
Gus DeFord, one of the most want
ed of the postofice robbers, escaped
from two deputy marshals on Sunday
night, between Florence and Cades,
while being taken to Charleston from
Rochester, N. Y. 1t appears that the
marshals permitted DeFord to enter
and remain in a toilet room of the
car, unattended, and that he smashed
the glass and esI aped through the
window
Some time ago Governor Hayward
was asked to name five school boys
who would attend the presidents in
augurat;on. Governor Hayward has
not yet received five suggestions, and
would like very much 20 have the
names of five boys who would like
10 attend the Inauguration as a rep
resentative school boys from this
state. He wishes it understood that
the BOYS will have their own expens-
es to pay and will have to make their
own arrangements.
John T. Hunt, a member of the
we'll known firm of Hunt Bros, who
conduct restaurant on Gervias
in Columbia, was shot and perhaps
fatally injured by Charley Walker on
! Tuesday night about dark. The af-
fair occurred in front of Hunts place
Of business. Some time ago, it is
stated Walker, with OFT Collum and
Jim Collum, half brothers, entered
the restaurant and created a dis
turbance and they were put out. The
| three went to the restaurant again
! Tuesday afternoon in an intoxicated
/! condition and they were again elected
! The three returning later, Jim Col
lum called Hunt out While they
were holding colloquy the other
two came up, and Walker without a
word drew pistol and placing it on
Hunts stomach fiSed. Hunt grabbed
his assailant and he1d him until 9th
ers arrested him. Hunt then collaps-