The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-01-03
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
items Of Interest Condensed and Par
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Items Of interest Condensed and Par
agraphed for Quick Reading.
The Spartan Mills, of spartanhurg,
will, within the next few days, pay
$4,000 into the city treasury in set
tlement of back taxes from 1897 to
1902. The case has been in the courts
for several years.
Three cottages, owned by G. A.
Norwood, were burned in Greenville
Wednesday afternoon. There was a
clash during the fire between, iremen
and water works officials ove the
deficient water pressure and Chief
Lyon of the fire department had a
water works .employe arrested for
.tampering with the hydrant during
lie. fire. The water works people
claimed that the hydrant was not
open and that when properly opened
there was ample pressure.
The plan to build a railroad from
Donald's to Due West has fallen
through.
The Incorporated Farming Associa-
ton, of Aiken county, has been form
ed as a result of the work of Com
missioner Watson and his New York
representative, Mr.. Raymond L. Crit
fss. The colony will settle 1920
acres in Aiken county with a number
of families n a cooperative farm
will be established in the course Of the
next few weeks.
Mert Young was shot with a gun
and seriously wounded in Spartan
burg Wednesday night by Sam Adams.
A coal famine threatens fGreenvillA.
The price of coal has advanced more
than 81 per ton during the last few
weeks.
The ~dispensary sales in Abbeville
were less this year during Chris.poas
week than the sales during last
Christmas.
Mr.. C. F. Freeman, an operative at
the CRANKY mill, Columbia, fell dead
Thursday morning While at work in
the mill. Heart disease was the
cause. He leaves a wife and family,
having amongst other relatives a
brother h works in the Olympia
mill.
John Royd, a well known white
farmer of Laurens county, was shot
in the neck and fatally wounded Sat
urday night by Walter Thompson,
son of Judge OF Probate Thompson.
The Actors Society of America, will
defray the expenses incident to the
prosecution Of George Hasty, VINO
killed Milan Bennett and Abbot Da-
visions at Gaffney.
Edward Carew Rice, managing
agent of the iVirginia-Carolin Chemi-
cal Company, Office in Mobile, Ala,
committed suicide in his Office ct an
early hour Thursday morning. The
only reason for his act is that he haA
overdrawn his accounts. He was a ma
tive of Greenwood, s. c., and had
been living III Mobile only q few years.
J. P. Slattery, special agent of the
T-,;+o1 C+o+ac . orio-,t,r. 5o,o41.a,+
is in Charleston looking after the mat
ter Of revivins the rice industry in toe
lower part Of the State.
y negro coy named Jesse J&nes
was burned to death today at the \.
c. L. shops by falling in a pit Of
molten iron. He was playing around
the pit and accidentally lost his bal
ance. His death was instant. His
body was horribly burned.-Florence
Times. December IS.
Coroner lower held an inquest at
Mayesville on Sunday over the body
| of William Gregg. a young negro who
was killed about a mile and a half
east of that town Saturday afternoon.
The evidence was that Gregg was
stealing a ride on the freight train
and when he jumped off near his
home he was thrown under the wheels
and instantly killed.
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