The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
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.

Nearly nine hundred thousand dollars
worth of property has been added to the
tax books of Richland county this year
by the auditor.
The colored Baptist church in Bishop
Vile was struck by lightning during a
thunder storm last Friday afternoon and
burned to the ground.
A negro named David Gruber was shot
and killed in Charleston last sunday
morning about five O'Clock by W. 8.
Heron, white. Gruber had entered and
robbed the residence of Mr.. Heron, and
was being pursued when killed
A pension fraud has been unearthed ID
Colleton county, and the grand jury mas
presented several prominent cltlzens IN
connection Herewith. Maybe pension
frauds would be found in a great many
counties if strict Investigation was had
John L. McLaurin made a red not speech
against the dispensary at Dillon, III Mar
ion county, last week, and his remarks
We're received with tremendous applause
by the people. An election IS to De helo
soon ir that county to vote out the ais
pensary.
Willis Lowe, negro, was shot anu
killed at Bath, Aiken county, last Satur-
day night by negro named Henry
Evans. who at once fled and has not been
captured. Lowe made dying statement
to the effect that he was trying 10 prevent
fight between Evans and another negro
when Evans shot him.
Harry Dean, of Spartanburg, has been
sent to the penitentiary at Columola, TO
stay the remainder of his natura! life:
Dean killed Miller Mckinney at Wexford
two wears ago and was convicted OF MUIR
der with Recommendation to mercy.
Dean is only 10 years old, and his right
hand is wilted, making him unit tor
manual labor. He was only II years oid
at the time he killed Mckinney.
Tom Smith, white man fifty years old,
committed suicide in the Edisto mill Sec
ton of Aiken county last week by SHOOT
ing himself with a shot gun. lie was
missing for several days, and was nnally
found in a cotton field with a gun be-
tween his feet. He came from Alabama,
and is said to have committed crime
there and had been hunted by detectives.
A letter received by him a few days BE-
fore made him very despondent.
The South Carolina Baptist, published
at Greenwood, has been sold by P!ttman
& Son, the owners, to Revs. Y. l: Masters
and L. J. Bristow. The transfer IS to take
place next month, and it is said that the
paper will be improved in many ways.
Mr.. Bristow is pastor of the church at
Marion, and Mr.. Masters is at present one
of the editors of the Baptist Courier at
Greenville. 1t is also stated that Kew. A.
J. S. Thomas has sold his interest IN the
Courier.
!: Jesse Nelson, the young negro who was
arrested in Sumter last week for attempted
assault, was given speedy trial, and on
Thursday he was found guilty and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment in the penlten-
tiary for thirty years. Nelson had es-
capeo from the Clarendon county chain
gang, where he was serving sentence OF
six years for assault and battery upon an
old colored woman. The negro was pos
itively identified, but he denied the CRIME
all the way through. He had only made
his escape from the chain gang few days
before he attempted the assault on the
white girl.