The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-06-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES
Items of Interest Condensed and Par.
agraphed for Quick Reading.

syndicate Of Charleston business
men has purchased the st. John Ho-
tel
Mr. Throop Crosland, leading
business man of Bennettsville, died
suddenly on Wednesday.
The Central National Bank and the
spartanburg Savings Bank will be
consolidated in the near future.
Marlin & Emory, proprietors of the
Parsifal Company, have entered suit
against the Atlantic Coast Line
for $1,000 for causing them to miss
an engagement in Charleston by q
delayed train.
The Richland county grand jury
has failed to find true bill against
w. H. Wolfe, the former county dis
per ser who was found short in his ac-
counts a few weeks ago.
A hail storm passed through the
seloc section of this county last sun
day and did a vast amount Of damage
to the tobacco crops. In some places
the weed was totally destroyed.-
Manning Times.
Henry Smith, white boy ls years
old, has been arrested in Columbia for
passing forged check.
There is an effort being made to
disarrange the schedule of the morn
ing train to Charleston, which we
hope will not succeed, as the present
arrangement is convenient all along
the une.-Manning Times.
The grand jury Of Charleston coun-
" has returned true bill against w.
/ S. Schiffaur, who several months ago
shot and killed John Rivers in the
tenderloin district of Charleston.
W. H. Smith, of Marion, a graduate
in pharmacy from the South Caro-
lima Medical College, prays writ
of mandamus from the supreme court
against the State board Of pharnaa-
ceutical examiners who refused to
issue him a license.
Trim Martin, colored, who is want
eG on the charge of killing Joseph
Dennison at Gadsden, March 18th,
this year, is said to be under arrest
in Jacksonville.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
| will install the block signal system
on it's line of road from Columbia
to Florence and from Florence to
Charleston.
Gus Lee. a Chester county negro,
convicted of murder and sentenced TO
be hanged June I, has been granted
respite until the case can be ar
gued on an appeal.
John Spires, an Edgefeld county
farmer, charged with peonage, was
tried in the district court at Charles
ton and acquitted.
At a recent meeting Of the city
council of Columbia it was decided TO
| proceed with the work Of collecting
| $4,000 back taxes from the fire and
life insurance companies doing busi-
| ness in that city.
| The Blyther Rifles of Greenville
save decided to take the trip to the
Jamestown exposition.
Trolley cars will commence run
ming on the electric lire between An
derscn and Belton July L.
The railroad commission met in
Columbia Tuesday and discussed the
question of rates on cross ties.
There is a great daughter of dogs
going on in York county on account
OF mad dog scare.
The new administration building OF
the Presbyterian college at Clinton
was dedicated Wednesday.
A serious fire threatened the large
jewelry establishment or James Al
len & Co., in Charleston, Wednesday
morning. The fire originated in the
work shop of the jewelry firm.
Bishop E. R. Hendrix. of Kansas
City, Mo-, one of the best known bish-
ops of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, visited Lander Female
college at Greenwood during COM
nencement.
]. c. GLADDEN., a beer dispenser N
Columbia, and his clerk. ". H. Har-
can, have been dismissed by the
county board of control because OF
alleged Misrepresentation Of the
amount of stock on hand.
There was a severe hail storm in
Lancaster county Wednesday after
noon which did great damage to
crops. Lancaster has had three hail