The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-05-01
SOUTH caRoLNa. MEMS.
items of Interest Condensed and Par
agraphed for Quick Reading.

Mai. J. E. Bradley Of Abbeville. one
of the life trustees Of Clemson Col
Iege, died Saturday.
Greeville will hold horse show
during the music festival there May
II and Is. Horses are expected from
neighboring counties.
The dispensary winding up COM
mission claims that the Clarke pur-
chase was taken only on considerable
reduetion being made in the price
1ucv Owens was stabbed to death
IN Aiken county by Mable Hackett on
saturday night. Both negroes.
william Head, colored, was killed
IN Chester Saturday by a caye-ln OF
sewer in which he was WORKING.
The Retail Furniture Dealers As
.sociation of South Carolina will meet
IN Columbia on Nay sth.
The state Press Association will
meet at Charleston June II to 10, no
change being made in the State on ac-s
count of the conflict with the Nation
al Editorial Association.
Major John Black, member of the
late dispensary board, has addressed
warm letter 10 MS critics, in which
he demands an investigate of the
charges against him.
A four room house near Central oc-
.cupied by Mr.. Chandler and family
was struck by lightning on Thursday
night and set on fire, burning down.
The occupants were shocked, but
none was injured seriously.
The grand jury in the United States
court at Greenville on Friday found
"a true bill on an Indictment charging
N. P. snipes, a farmer of Edgeheld
county, with peonage-keeping a ne
gro in. involuntary servit,lde on
.civl contract.
Maggie Lowe was killed by an un-
known negro man at Pee Dee, Marion
county, on Tuesday afternoon.
W.H. Wolfe, the Columbia dispen-
ser who was recently arrested on ac-
count of a shortage Of s1,5oe and
was released when the shortage was
made good, was rearrested Tuesday
The federal grand jury at Green
-vilre has been discharged, having
completed its work.
Will Ballard shot his sister, BECKY
Ballard, at Pelham's mill, Clarendon
county on Monday.
John N. Geer, president Of lhe
Easley Cotton Mills, gave banquet
1saturday evening IN honor Of his ev-
erseers and oeher officials
Efforts are being made for the
south Carolina regiments to go to
jamestown for their annual eacamp-
ment.
In the federal court at Greenville
William ]. Kirby of spartanburg, was
found not guilty of cashing a pension
check belonging to v lam Kirby.
A cyclone passed over York coun-.
Tuesday afternoon, doing consider
able damage. Several barns and
dwelling houses were blown down.
Mr.. Tom Steele's house was wrecked
and he was hurt.
DR.. Baylis H. Earle, son of the
late Senator Earle, has been elected
a member of the faculty of the
Charleston Medical College
Surgeon General N-yman, u S. n,
is at Charleston.
The chicora cotton mill at Rock
Hill has. been bought by northern.
capitalists.
H. ID. Wheat, of the Irene Mills at
.Gafney, is beautifyng the grounds
adjacent to the mill
A young. woman of Aiken was
burned to death While kneeling by
the fire saying her prayers.
Clarence Jones, at Gafney. set e5
eggs under four hens and there were
Matched ont 64 chickens.
George H. Chapin, of Boston, Is in
sGreenville, and will undertake the
development of the Crescent mineral
spring in that city.
Messrs. Yelden, of Edgefeld, and
Newell, of oconee, have been engag-
ed to do the surveying for the pro-
posed new county of Highland"
They will be paid $1,000 for the work
and promise to have it completed By
July 1.
The 18th annual commencement of
the Medical College of South Caro-
lima took place at Charleston on