The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-09
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

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State News Boiled Down for Quick Readin.
Punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
A new cotton mill, to cost 100000, il
to be built by Anderson business men al
Calhoun Falls, Abbeville county. The
mill is to have $4,000 spindles.
The people of Hartsville are much sur
prised at the arrest of D. L. English fol
completely in the murder Of Nose Hughes
at Union. They believe he will be COM
pletely vindicated.
Frank Burlington, who escaped from
the Sumter Jail last week, has been recap
tured. Mum and Collins who escaped at
the same time, were recaptured the night
following their escape.
w. P. Pollock has withdrawn from the
race for congress in the Fifth district on
account of prolonged illness. This leaves
the contest between Congressman Finley
and ex.C congressman Strait.
Senator Tillman stated at Johnston
that he understood that Lanahan's agent
whose name was not allowed to be given
by Mr.. Parker in the investigation last
spring, is a member of the investigating
| committee.
Jacob Burch, a well known tobacco
buyer from Durham, N. c., committed 81.
icide at Lake City last Saturday morning
by taking laudanum. he had gotten in
to financial trouble with tobacco house
which he represented.
Three negro girls were convicted be-
fore the mayor of of Greenville on Tues.
day of pushing small. white children of
the sidewalk and throwing rocks at them,
and each was sentenced to pay fine OF
$50 or serve 30 days on the changing.
The committee of the Lutheran synod
have bought lot and building on Main
street, Columbia, for $14, 900 for the Luth.
eran Publication Society. Plans are on
foot for making the building three
story one; the cost of the plant is to be
about $4,000.
William A. Marcus, white, was hung in
Charleston last Friday for the murder of
his unlawful wife, Maggie Stone, on Sui.
livan's Island last April. he stabbed her
forty.two times with an ice pick. Mar.
Gus admitted that he had another wife and
five children in Cincinnati.
Governor Hayward has issued pardon
to Emma Holloway, the Edgefeld negro
woman who struck young negro man
on the head with a pitcher and killed him.
The negro had assaulted her daughter.
The pardon was recommended by Judge
D. E. Hydrick, who tried the case.
Frank Harris, an old negro, claims to
have been poisoned by "Dr. Staub" OF
Aiken, who drove into the country with
the negro in the latter's buggy. After
poisoning the negro and leaving him un'
conscious Staub took the horse and buggy
to Aiken and tried to sell it. He has not
yet been located.
W.. Whitner, white, shot and killed a
negro named Minge Armstrong at Fish
ing Greek in York county last Friday.
The negro attacked Whitner with shov-
ell, and was told to stop but would not.
Whitner surrendered to the sheriff. The
jury of inquest rendered a verdict of JUS
tifable homicide. ....
The State campaigners are on their
rounds again, and the first meeting this
week was held Monday at Winnsboro'
Nothing new or sensational developed,
and the candidates made about their usu.
al speeches. There is no increase in the
attendance. about $50 being present at the
Winnsboro meeting.
Hoyt Hayes, the Oconee white man
who was recently pardoned by Governor
Hayward, is now at business college at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, taking business
course. Hayes was convicted of murder
ing his wife and sentenced to be hanged.
The governor first commuted his sen.
tence to life Imprisonment and later par
doned him.
Chief of police, Howard, of Aiken, re-
ceived letter last week from Mrs. P.
Kirkland, of Glenville, Ca, saying that
the 12-year.old boy found on the streets
of Aiken about two weeks ago was her
son. The boy ran away from home about
four weeks ago, and she had heard moth
ing from him until she received Chief
Howard's letter week before last.
Mr.. VIM. Toney was shot by a negro
near Johnston one day last week and
wounded in one his arms. The negroes
were in the road with vehicle and would
not turn out to let Mr.. Toney pass. Their
buggy wheels locked and Mr.. Toney cut
one of the negroes with his buggy whip
and the negro shot him. Both negroes