The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
punsent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
The general assembly of the Presby-
terian church is in session at GreenVllie,
s. c., this week,
Two young California farmers have
bought $4,000 plantation near Sumter
and settled there.
One of the candidates for governor filed
his pledge last week. This was the first
pledge fled by any candidate for a State
Office.
Senator Tillman did not attend the
State convention in Columbia last week.
He had his hands full with the Roosevelt
mix.up over the rate bill.
Bishop Wilson vii. preside over the
next annual conference of the Methodist
church in South Carolina, which will in
clude the first Sunday in December.
Three candidates for governor filed
pledges last week with the chairman OF
the State executive committee Six can
didates are expected to be in the race.
The jury in the case of J. N. King a
prominent bridge contractor OF Green
Vile, charged with defrauding the county
failed to agree and a mistria ] was ordered
Mr.B,J. Rhame, of Sumter, has been
annointed assistant to the State bank ex-
aminer. Mr.. Rhame has been teller OF
the Bank of Sumter for a number OF
years.
G. W. Rittenbaker, Jr., of Orangeburg,
aged 1s, agent at Crogan Station, near
Charleston, on the Atlantic Coast Line,
was run over by a train and killed on
Friday.
A bill has passed congress to pay the
heirs of Sam Lee, negro, $1O,4s2. Lee
was Sumter negro who contested the
seat of Hon. Jno. S. Richardson a num-
Der of years ago.
Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, was tenn
porary chairman of the State conVentlon'
and ]. W. Thurmond, of Edgefeld, was
permanent president. Gen. Willie Jones
1vae re-elected chairman of the State ex-
secutive committee.
Epps Snowden and Arthur McFadaln'
the two negroes who were convicted in
Williamsburg county of the murder OF
Mr.. Julian Wilson, are to hang tomorrow
the State board of pardons having oe'
clined to act in their favor.
& Calvin Smith, steward of the "Unlon
club in Greenville, who was convicted
Of selling liquor, was sentenced on Fri
day to pay fine of 5000 and serve SIX
months at hard labor in the penitentlary'
Judge Purdy refused him the alternative
Of all fine.
The State board of pardons has granted
= pardon to Jesse E. Bush, of Spartan
burg. Bush shot and killed man named
Israel who had seduced his 1S-year-old
daughter, and the jury found him guilty
of manslaughter and he was sentenced to
two wears in the penitentiary. He had
not begun to serve his sentence.
Prof. C.. R. Calhoun has received ais
appointment as principal Instructor in
the summer school for teachers, to be
held at Walterboro, beginning July 10.
We feel safe in saying that the summer
school will be one of great benefit to the
teachers throughout the county with
Professor Calhoun as principal.-Walter-
boro Press and Standard.
Colclough Stukes, negro, was hanged
at Sumter last Friday for the murder OF
Can't. D. E. Wells, white man, about a
year ago. The killing was particularly
brutal one, Wells being fearfully cut in
number of places with large knife
Stukes was perfectly cool on the scahold,
and said he had killed Capt. Wells in de-
Tense of his home and was being unjustly
put to death.
The Democratic State convention in
Columbia last week was without incident
No dispensary resolutions were offered
and the only matter of Importance was
the adoption of resolution that county
committees should not assess candidates
for congress and solicitor, this being done
by the State committee. Resolutions en-
dorsing Senator Tillman and Governor
Howard were adopted. The session OF
the convention was very short.
Speeding the Parting Guest.
aIs that clock right ?" he asked after it
had struck II.
urhrS S0 che answered,