The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-19
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.

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INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Stat. News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
A white girl named Annie Turner
tried to commit suicide in Greenville last
Thursday by taking laudanum. She had
been betrayed and her people would not
allow her to return home.
Eugene $. Blease, senator from Saluda
county, was tried and acquitted Tor the
killing of his brother-in-law, J. B. Cole
man. Blease said he killed Coleman on
account of running his home, his wife
having made confession of her guilt.
Col. Henry T. Thompson, of Columbia,
who has been spoken of as candidate
for adjutant and inspector general, an
nounced last week that he would not
make the race. There will be plenty OF
candidates, however.
Jesse Bush, white man, was tried IN
spartanburg last week for killing J. W.
Israel some months ago. He was founo
guilty of manslaughter and recommend
ed to mercy. His attorneys will appeal.
Israel had betrayed Bush's daughter is
what caused the killing.
At q meeting of the new State House
commission Tuesday afternoon it was de-
cided to call for bids for new roof to
replace the present leaking gravel roof
about which so much was said at the re-
cent State House damage suit trial. The
bids will he on slate, terra Gotta and
copper.
Thomas Henderson, a young white
man, was put in jail in Spartansurg last
week, charged with abduction. He ran
away with girl under sixteen years OF
! age under promise of marriage, but falleq
to keep his promise. The name OF the
2lfl was NyIIIC 1NoSSAos e~N~ sN~
was sworn out by her parents.
Arrangements are being made for
long practice march for the cadets of the
s South Carolina Military Academy. The
march will cover about rs miles and will
give the cadets taste of army work and
I life. The march will take place during
3 the last part of this month and the first
part OF May.
William Marcus, q negro, stabbed his
wife last Saturday night on sullivan's
I island with an ice pick and killed her.
She was stabbed fourteen times. The
negro was arrested and admits the kill
ing, saying he killed his wife because she
was not true to him. 1t appears that she
was an industrious woman and had
worked in a white family and supported
hsr husband in idleness for some time.
The people of Fountain Inn, Laurens
county, want a new county, to be formed
OF parts of Greenville, Spartanburg, and
Laurens. North Augusta is also after
new county again. In fact, there are
number of new county schemes on foot
Just now, but few Of them have been sue
cessful recently. In fact, the majority OF
the taxpayers seem not in hurry to vote
for new county and incidentally more
taxes.
The committee consisting of Revs. W.
A. Massabeau, Peter Stokes, and T. G..
o'Dell, appointed by Presiding Elder
Waddy T. Duncan to investigate the
charges against Rev. c. W. Creighton, at
their meeting in Greenwood last week.
decided that a trial was necessary. This
trial will be conducted by thirteen mem
bers of the conference and will take place
at the session of the annual conference
in December.
Eugene Hogan, Jr., was tried in Sum-
ter last week for the shooting OF D. G.
Zeigler. The charge was assault and bat
tery with intent to kill and carrying con-
cealed weapons. Zeigler is up and seems
to have recovered, although the two bull
lets are still in his body. Hogan was
found guilty on both charges. When he
was called to receive sentence it was
found that he was missing, and a sealed
sentence was left in the hands OF the
clerk and bench warrant was issued for
his arrest.
A meeting of the board of directors OF
the Laurens cotton mill was held last
Friday, and Mr.. Lucas and his board of
directors resigned. The Milliken inter-
ests assumed charge and elected N. B.
Dial, of Laurens, president, and Walter
8. Montgomery, of Spartanburg, treasu-
rer and general manager. The new
board cancelled the contract with Stevens
& Co. for handling the product of the
mill and gave it to Mr.. Milliken's firm.
This matter of commissions caused all
the trouble.
Rev. A. J. Stokes, one of the promi-