The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-11
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For Quick
Readlng-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.


The State Dental Association will
meet in Columbia next year.
There will be no election on the
dispensary question in Richland
county, as the supervisor has de-
clared that the petitions do not con-
tain the requisite number Of names.
The State convention of christian
temperance workers, which met IN
Johnston last week, will meet in
Barnwell next year. Mrs. E. S: Her
bert, of Orangeburg, was reelected
president.
Attorney General Lyon says that
the law provides that the books OF
registration must be revised ten days
before each election. It seems that in
most counties the books have never
been revised.
Ayorrng white man named johnson
jumped from a passenger train near
Spartanburg last Thursday while
drunk and was seriously hurt. His
law bone was crushed and he will
probably lose the sight Of both eyes.
The attorneys of James Malloy,
the negro who was recently convicted
IN Marlboro county for murder,
the crime being the killing of his
wife, and who was sentenced to be
hanged on July 26th, have appealed
to the State Supreme Court.
The county board of canvassers OF
Kershaw county decided that the re-
cent dispensary election held in that
county was legal, and the dlspensary
contestants have now appealed to
the State board. What the outcome
of the matter will be is hard to fore
see.
W. J. Rhodes, the young white
man of Darlington who shot and
killed young Lide Kilgo last week,
has been admitted to bail in the sum
of $500. Rhodes was striking a
negro over the head with his pistol
when it fired, killing young Kilgo
instantly.
Win Taylor, a white farmer of
Saluda county, was shot and instant
IL killed by his son last week. The
man was whipping the boy and his
wife asked him to quit, whereupon
TAYLOR went to beating his wife:
The son then came to the rescue OF
h;c mother and shot his father.
81 The people of Branchville have
presented to Governor Ansel their
petition asking for an election for a
new county, with Branchville as the
county seat. The maps and plats
designating the territory are to be
fled in a few days, when the attorney
general will pass upon the legality OF
fhewhole question and decide wheth-
er the election can be ordered by the
governor.
j. D. Ratteree, a young travelling
man, attempted to commit suicide in
Savannah last week by cutting his
throa,. He has been making trips to
Bamberg. and is known to our busi-
ness men. Ratteree is originally from
Chester. He said he was sorry he had
attempted to take his life, and would
not do SO again. He had just recov-
cred from an illness of several weeks.
He will recover.
There is a muddle over the dispen-
sary question in Barnwell county, and
it is possible that the election may not
be ordered. The petitions asking fol-
the election contained 817 names
but the supervisor in going over the
petitions could only check up 64S.
He thereupon asked the supervisors
Of registration for a certified state,
3ment as to the correct number OF
voters in the county, and it now
seems likely that the books Of regis
tration will have to be revised In
order to obtain the exact number.
Shooting at Cope.
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