The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.

LIN I'LL i ALNuL1 ~ ~ A1L'
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
The State Alliance committee will meet
in annual session at the Leydon hotel in
Columbia on July s5th. This is the 18th
annual session of the alliance.
At the opening sales of the Mullins
tobacco market on July IS, there were
$4,000 pounds sold at an average price OF
six and half cents per pound.
George Langston, negro employed in
the Virginia Carolina Chemical Com.
pany's factory at Greenville, was mashed
to death in the crusher last Friday.
The Camperdown cotton mill, of Green
Vile, was struck by lightning last Thurs
day and set on fire. The mill and stock
were damaged to the extent of $4,000.
Elbert Copeland was shot and instant
IL killed last Thursday by G. Wash
Hunter over a game of cards near Cold
vile in Laurens county. Both were
prominent young white men.
A call for a State convention OF the
Republican party of South Carolina has
been issued by State Chairman E. d.
Deas The convention will be held in
Columbia on Wednesday, August Sth.
1t is reported that the Walterboro cot
ton mills has awarded contract for ad-
ditional machinery that will largely in
crease its spindliage. The present equip
,ment consists of $500 spindles and 275
looms.
Sam Sharp, atwelve-year-old white boy
was killed last Wednesday by the acci-
dental discharge of gun in the hands OF
his uncle, D. T. Sharp. The killing oc-
CURED 10 miles from Columbia on the
Winnsboro road.
The lawyers of Aiken have failed to
ask for an immediate trial for Ike Knight,
the negro " ho assaulted Mrs. Chaplin near
Aiken, but the citizens of Aiken have
gotten up petition asking for an imme'
diate trial of Knight.
Associate Justice Woods has rendered
q decision sustaining the action OF the
State board of education in creating a
central depository for school books. The
r. Z. Bryan Company, of Columbia, has
been awardedthe central depository.
rs Mr.. Isaac Callahan, who died several
weeks ago at his home in Anderson
county left his estate, after making num-
ber of small legacies, to Connie Maxwell
orphanage of Greenwood. The bequest
will amount to between $4,000 and $751;
coo.
The newly constructed foundry build
ing of the Russell-Compton Machine
Company, at spartanburg, collapsed and
seriously injured Tom Maydeld, one Of
the workmen on the building. The
building is a complete wreck and will
entail a loss of about $4,000.
JIM. Way, who shot and killed ). u.
Palmer in Orangeburg recently, has been
granted bail by Judge Dantzler in the
sum of of $4,000. Judge Dantzier refus-
ed to grant bail to James Williams, who
killed Benzen Bolen near Livingston in
Orangeburg county recently.
A reward of $1,000 has been offered by
the Georgia Railroad Bank for the cap
ture of Thomas W. Alexander. Hesecur-
ed $4,000 from that institution on false
cotton receipts, and left Augusta two
weeks ago. 1t is believed in Augusta
that Alexander is now in Europe.
A charter has been issued to the St.
George Cotton Seed Oil Co. The capital
stock of the company is S25,ooO, and The
officers are: DR.. J. B. Johnston, presi'
dent: Dr.. A. R. Johnston, secretary, and
r. F. Collier, general manager. Work
ON the construction of the plant is being
pushed rapidly, and it is thought that
the plant will be in operation for the
fall business.
Railway men estimate that the fruit
crop this year will break all records.
One of the local officials said yesterday
that the Southern expected to handle at
least 1000 more cars of peaches this sea-
son than last year. The crop is just be-
ginning to move steadily. One hundred
and fifty cars were "cleared" from At
lanta for the East yesterday.-GreenVille
News, 10Th instant.