The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-02-21
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
items Of interest Conacnsca ana Pa,
assapilc:i for Qni>N Hcas:ins.

j. ". Norwood has resigned the
presidency CT tee ciss- National Bank
Of Greenvilie. He is succeeded BY Il
P. MCGEE.
E. W. Hughes ana B. :. Hagood
rave qualiaed as receivers of the Co
lumbian Banking Trust Company.
which eailedi in Charleston . few days
ago.
James Sanders. coGored, VINO IS in
the Chester county Jail awaiting the
decision OF the Supreme Court in mis-
appeal for a new tria. Z. the case Of
himself and Arthur -@%:2:,uer, charged
with the murder OF Mack -incers~a,
and sentenced to lis imprisonment,
frustrated an attempt ct jail delivery
on the part OF a fellow prisoner few
days ago. Another negro, -tlex Ma
rion. had succeeded IN picking hole
almost through the masonry of the
wall, when Sanders wrote Sheriff Pc
den a note informing him Of the at
tempt, and thus enabled the autnori-
ties to prevent it.
Magistrate O'Shaugnessy of Charles
ton has committed to jail Henry
Sterling, a stranger, who is charged
by the police department with hav-
ing been the man who held up Messrs.
Siegling and Spear during the past
week, robbing them OF money and val
uables. Sterling is six feet five inches.
He has been walking on crueches,
which the detectives say, however, he
discards at night, when the hold-ups
occur.
Railroad Commissioner John H.
Earle has made an inspection Of the
Southern railway between Columbia
and spartanburg and condemns the
condition Of the road-bed as being
dangerous.
Walter McCully was acquitted at
Anderson on Wednesday of the muir
der of J. M. Bagwell.
W. M. Ball has filed a suit for dam
ages in the sum Of $4,000 against the
American Tea Growing Company.
The investigation into the recent
wreck on the Seaboard near Columbia
shows, that the freight crew, while
really to blame for the wreck, were
exhausted having been on duty con-
tinuously for 25 hours.
D. M. Miles, of Spartanburg, contra
diets Chief Fant's testimony in an af-
fidavit that w. W. Harris never gave
him any money, and that to his knowl-
edge Harris turned over to the dispen-
sary a keg Of whiskey sent him per-
sonally.
United States Attorney Cochran has
reappointed Lawson Melton and T. W.
Bacot his assistants.
A school for printing will probably
be added to the list of technical
schools at Clemson.
Charleston's Chamber of Commerce
has just celebrated its 122 anniver-
sary.
The Standard Oil Company has re-
duced the price Of oil to - 1-2 cents
the gallon at Yorkville.
The residence of ]. O. c. Fleming.
of Laurens, was partially destroyed by
fye Saturday afternoon.
A row of wooden buildings on the
public square at Bennettsvilie were
destroyed by fire early Sunday morn
ing.
A polo tournament will be given at
Camden in March. The team from Or
lando, Fla, will meet the Camdenites.
The farmers around Blackville have
decided to engage in the raising Of
cantaloupes on an extensive scale.
Several OF tie farmers will plant large
crops.
"A store and several stables We're
burned at Ramberg Monday afternoon
and other buildings damaged. The
loss was $4,000.
VIII Saluda, a Spartanburg bind ii
ger, was sentenced Monday to pay
fine Of 500 or serve 12O days on the
chain gang.
The negro laborers employed at the
Read Phosphate Works, near Charles
ton, have threatened to go on strike.
Mr.. Charles R. Rich, of Sammy
Swamp, Clarendon county. SHOT him
self in the head With a pistol Monday
morning, with suicidal intent. He will
probably die, though the ball did not
penetrate the brain. He is 73 years
old and bears a good reputation.