The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-11-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
items Of Interest Condensed and Par.
agraphed for Quick Reading.

| Two men and 100 gallons Of
'moonshine" were captured in the
| Dark Corner" Of Greenville county.
The trustees Of the South Carolina
Industrial School at Florence held
meeting on Wednesday in Columbia.
Saul Witherspoon, cOlored, was kill
ed at Georgetown by Thomas Farrelly.
He was shot through the ankle and
bled to death.
A warehouse at Pelzer Cotton Mills
was partially destroyed by fire. Very
little cotton was in the warehouse and
the loss Is not heavy.
J. c. Young. Of Greenville. was
| awarded a verdict Of $1,000 against
the Southern Road for injuries re-
ceived about one year ago.
A negro child was burned to death
at Johnston by being left alone ir the
house.
1t Is reported that county treasurers
are refusing clearing house certificates
for the payment Of taxes. It is said
that such certificates cannot be re-
ceived according to the law Of the
State.
Two bear cubs were captured in
the Santee swamps and are being
exhibited in Manning.
Examinations for civil service DO.
sitions will be held in Columbia on
December II and IL. ,,..
Only six r. F. D. routes in this
State handled over $4,000 pieces of
mail for the quarter ending June 80,
1907. 3D.
w. o. Bradley, an Abbecvlle man,
died Of paralysis in Washington. He
was employed in the Stae pcpart-
ment. ~
be- A young white man Of Cain ey has
confessed to robbing railroad car
OF the Southern and has implicated
several others.
The handsome school building at
Bamberg was destroyed by fire Tues
day morning. The building was val
ued at $4,000.
Mr.. VIM. A. French, Of Wilmington,
died in Florence county on Tuesday
while hunting on his sons plantation.
Lee Dc IN and George Banks, COL
ored, were shot and killed by Mill.
edge Silas. also colored. at hot sup
per at Ridge Springs.
Mr.. Furman Moody of Darlington.
was shot and wounded by an unknown
party in corn field while out hunt.
ing.
Capt. Robert w. Frick, aged II
years. is dead at his home at Chaplin
He was one Of the first promoters of
that town.
Lewis Conner and Barkley Rush,
of Orangeburg county, had a shooting
affair at Melicans station on Thursday
and renewed it later in the evening.
when Conner was killed by Rush.
The National Loan and Exchange
Bank OF Columbia has negotiated
loan to the Anderson Traction Co.,
for the purpose Of completing the line
between Belton, Anderson and Green
Vile.
Rev. Howard L. Jones. D. D.. Of
the First Baptist Church Of Chatta-
nooga, has accepted call to the pull
pit Of the Citade, Square Baptist
Church in Charleston.
The number of letter carriers in
Spartanburg have been increased ow-
ing to the large amount of mail being
handled.
The city Of Yorkville has decided
to issue bonds in the sum OF $4,000
for the purpose Of installing a water
works plant
Lewis Burton, Newberry county
negro, convicted Of burning barns, has
been sentenced to be hanged. Decem-
Der 81.
The Farmers Bank and Trust Com
pany has been organized in Lancaster
with a capital stock Of $4,000.
!. Sam Porcher colored, was struck
by an Atlantic Coast Line train near
Charleston and killed.
The Kirven case. a suit against the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company,
in Darlington, was non-suited by the
court,
Luther Durham. who was arrested
in Greenville on the charge Of Op-
Grating an Illicit still, has been re-
leased on bond.
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