The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
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.
Two stores were burned in Edgefeld
last Thursday night, the loss being ten
thousand dollars.
&C. Watson, white man, shot and
seriously wounded his son-in-law IN Dar'
lington county last week. Family trou-
bles caused the ahooting.
A negro burglar was shot and danger
ously wounded at Fort Mill last Friday
night by policeman while breaking into
the express Office to steal whiskey.
An obstreperous negro at the poor farm
in Florence county was shot by the white
superintendent and supposed to be killed,
but the negro is still alive, with broken
skull.
Robert Hussey was fined SIS on Tues
day by the mayor of Sumter for cruelty
beating his 15.year-old wife. BE pleaded
that whiskey had dethroned his reason
and that he did not know what he was
doing.
It is said that the Socialists will run
candidate for governor of South Carolina.
His name is J. Lee Chandler, of Clinton,
and he will not participate in the Demo
cratic primary, but will run in the general
election.
Governor Hayward has directed the at
torney general to prosecute those parties
iconnected with the dispensary who are
charged with bribery, accepting rebates
etc. None of them may be convicted
but it will have salutary effect.
Tom Miller, president OF the State
negro college at orangeburg' has sent IN
his resignation as president to Governor
Howard. Miller took this step because
the board of trustees reelected some
teachers whom he wanted removed.
The railroad depot at Georgetown was
partially wrecked by an explosion last
Thursday morning at FIVE o'clock, and the
depot agent was seriously wounded, and
two other men were also injured. 1t is
mot known what caused the explosion.
The dispensary investigating commit
5tee brought out evidence last week THAI
81 81. Evans, J. B. Towill, and L. W. Boy
kin. former members of the State board,
had accepted money from whiskey houses
a man named Davis from Newberry gave
the testimony.
MI. Smith, of Camden, will not make
the race for governor this year. as Ills
snhysic;ans advise him not to make the
campaign on account OF his health. he
w;tl he candidate for either the House
or the Senate. We would like to see him
% hack to the House, and fill the position
os Sneaker. as he has so ably done for
several years.
The Bishops in making out their ap'
nointments for this year assigned Bishop
a. W. Wilson to this district. He is IN
charge of only three conferences, two IN
North Carolina and the South Carolina
Conference which will begin Nov. ~ IN
Columbia. Bishop Duncan has only two
conferences, the Memphis and Alabama
Neither will interfere with his attending
the South Carolina Conference.
Representatives Lever, Patterson and
ysaoare Of South Carolina, will not have
to rise and give the negro contestants a
seat The election committee of the house,
v;hicb had under consideration the con-
tests of Scott, Myers, and Prioleau
broueht in their reports Tuesday, IN
favorable reports, of course, and the
house promptly, unanimously and en-
phatically voted the pretenders out.
The cotton mill men of South Carolina,
At a meeting held in Greenville last week,
decided to reduce the working hours in
the mills, commencing July 1st. After
tba. date weeks work will be sixty
four hours instead of sixty-six, ana a re-
duction will be made each year until the
working day shall be ten hours. Ihey
win also see that the law as to children
working in the mills is strictly carried
out.
The case against Major John Black
has been dismissed by the governor. At
the hearing Tuesday Mr.. Blacks attor-
news presented statement saying that
he assumed position not warranted by
the circumstances and one which he re-
eretted. The statement also said he had
no purpose of being in contempt of the
investigating committee or oostructlng
any legitimate investigation. Governor
Hevward then dismissed the rule against