The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-07
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par.
agraphed for Quick Reading.

VIM. H. Fitzgibbon died at his home
in Columbia Wednesday night. !;
Arner Merit, colored, was killed
by lightning in Aiken county.
The citizens Of Chester propose to-
erect a fertilizer plant.
DR.. J. F. Ensor, Postmaster at Co
lumbia, was stricken with paralysis
Thursday night.
Berkeley Herndon, aged IA years..
has disappeared from his home in
Colleton county.
Rev. ]. F. Sif1ey, a Methodist min
tier of Orangeburg, is dead at his;
home at the age of 69 years. =.
Elliott Mack was shot and seriously.
wounded by Walter Thomas in Dar-s
lington Both parties are colored.
Lightning struck the residence of
Mrs. c. E. Whitaker at Mccall and:
instantly killed her youngest child.
a Rock Hill barber threw an open:
razor at another barber. The blade
struck San Daniel on the arm, inS
ficting a painful cash.
DR.. D. M. Sweats, of Kentucky, has
declined to accept the presidency Of
the Presbyterian Female College az
Clinton.
Jed Trovill, who is wanted in .Chat
tanooga, on the charge of larceny anN
breach of trust, has been arrested M
Greenville.
The Farmers Bank Of AbbevilR
has purchased a site for a new builaz
ing. A new building will be erecta
at a cost Of $4,000.
Gus Lowndes, colored, has been az
rested in Greenville, charged VIE
shooting into the caboose of a freigSf
train of the Southern.
Joseph Goss, aged four years, pf
Aiken, died as the result Of eating
some patent medicine tablets that his
mother had in the house.
Willie and Henry Hunter were.
drowned in a creek near Charleston
One brother was trying to save the;
life of the other and both went down.
A freight train on the Charlestons&
Western Carolina road was wrecked
near Anderson. No one was seriously
injured.
Chief Justice Pope has refused Eail
to J. B. Ross, who is charged with:
killing Johnson Pender in Barnweu
county.
The snead Lumber Company
Greenwood has decided to use elecIric.
power in operating the plant Ein-,
stead of steam.
J Citizens of Barnwell county have
petitioned Gov. Ansel to removesthe5
county board of registration for neg.
lect Of. duty.
Under an order granted by Judge
Dantzler the Fallaw brothers will be
removed from Lexington county to
be tried on the charge Of naurder
The directors of the Union-Bnsfalo
Cotton Mills have declared a divi-.
dend of 1-2 per cent on thesfirst
preferred stock, payable August Is
The State railroad board of asses
sors was in session in Columbia
Thursday for the purpose of complet-
ing information as to the real value
Of the roads.
An attempt was made to poison ve-
ra Richards and Bessie Cole in Char.
lesion by sending them ice cream
containing Paris green. Foth Women
were made deadly sick.
Fifteen car repairers. oilers and.
cleaners have been importedS into
Charleston to take the place the
strikers at the Southern's car shops. =
Tie Atlantic Coast Line haS pre-
sented the city of Charleston with a
site for the Immigration station. The
site has been approved by the govern
ment.
Albert Williamson, wellknown
young man of Darlington, diedsat the
home of DR.. \. C. Spann in Green
vile. His body was shipped to Dar-
lingron for interment.
w. r. Cox. president Of Calhoun
Cotton Mills, has contracte with the
Savannah River Power Company to
furnish between 100 and 500 horse
power for running, the mill.
An attempt to lynch a White man
was made in Orangeburg county be-
cause. it is saidv that he aided Lee
Franklin, colcred. who killed Officer
Valentine. in eluding his pursuers.