The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-03-01
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
The new board of dispensary directors
assumed control of the State dispensary
today.
Hiphwaymen seem to have transferred
their operations from Columbia to Char
lesion. Several hold ups have occurred
on the streets of the latter city recently.
Thirteen buildings we're destroyed by
fire in the town of New Brookland, a
suburb of Columbia, last Monday night
The total loss was about twenty thousand
dollars.
Major Lewis w. Haskell, of Columbia
has been appointed assistant adjutant
and inspector general, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Col. Jno. NJ
Patrick.
E.W. Ray, q young white man from
Augusta, Ca, was convicted in the CIR
cult court in Columbia on Saturday OF
stealing bicycle and was sentenced to
two years on the changing.
George Hasty, the hotel man at Gahney
who shot and killed two theatrical men
in the hotel few months ago, was ar
raianed in court last Monday. The trial
OF his case is set for Thursday.
There was small battle between reve'
nue officers and moonshiners in the "dark
corner" of Greenville county last Mon
day. Fifty or more shots were ex-
changed, but no one was hurt.
Mr.. Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston
has notified Governor Hayward that he
cannot serve as member of the board of
nar1ons. as he is now an alderman of the
c;tv of Charleston and does not want to
resign.
Mrs. Martha Ward, widow of the late
Clinton Ward, has given $4,000 to the
town of Wards for new school house.
Her husbands will provided $4,000 for
the same purpose, making $4,000 alto
gether.
Governor Hayward has appointed Mr..
c. A. Savage, of Walterboro, as the third
member of the board of pardons, he tax
ing the place of Mr.. Wilson g. Harvey,
OF Charleston, who could not serve on
account of holding the Office OF alderman.
Wade F. Cothran was tried at Abbe-
vile last week for the killing OF j. G.
Holstein at Mccormick several weeks
ago, and the jury returned verdict of
not guilty. From the published facts it
would seem to US to be clear case OF
manslaughter at least.
The bill creating new federal district
for South Carolina has again been re-
ported to the United States Senate. 1t
seems certain it will pass. The bill pro-
.vides for holding court at spartanburg,
4Greenville, Greenwood and Chester.
Senator Latimer introduced the bill.
Ransome Barnes, prominent farmer
Scf Lee county, was shot and perhaps
mortally wounded with shotgun while
sitting in his home by the fire on We'd
nesday night. Jim Desaussure, colored,
has been arrested charged with the crime.
The evidence is strong against him.
The three white men in Saluda county
who killed a negro on the public road
last year and we're sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary, appealed their case to
the State Supreme Court. That body
affirmed the sentence of the lower court
and the men will have to serve their
sentence.
The farmers of Marlboro county have
4 mutual insurance company, which is a
success. At the annual meeting held a
few days ago, the report of the past year
showed that insurance was costing the
members only one-ffth of one per cent.
About s4OO, 900 insurance is in force in
that county.
Howell Hall, nine.year.old white boy
employed in the weave room OF the Gran
bv cotton mill at Columbia, fell from the
fourth floor down the elevator shaft last
Thursday and crushed his skull. He died
several hours later. he was not at work
when he was killed but came into the
mill to see some of his companions.
At Hampton last week Bose Cook,
Vincent Cook, and Daisy Cook were con-
yicted of manslaughter, they having
killed assistant marshal Wade Hampton
Smith in that town last December. Bose
Cook was sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment, and Vincent and Daisy
Cook six years each. Notice OF appeal to
supreme Court was given.
The executive committee of the State
Bankers Association is to meet in Col
umbia this week to recommend man to
Governor Hayward for appointment as
bonk examiner. This is new office