The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-06
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items Of Interest Condensed and Par
agraphed for Quick Reading.

committed suicide at Union Monday
morning.
IRE that caused loss Of $4,000
broke OFT in BamDerg at a. m.
Wednesday.
Senator Latinaer is authority for
the statement that a negro will not
be appointed postmaster at Camden.
Boyle McGhee, colored, accident
ally shot himself in the stomach at
Anderson Saturday afternoon
The Greenville and Columbit division
of the Southern Railway is being re-
laid with rs pound rails.
G. B. Barron shot at J. NJ. Clardy'
clerk of the Union Hotel, Tuesday
night. Two shots were fred, but no
one was hit.
Mr.. T. W. Boucher, the leading
member Of the Bennettsville bar
dropped dead at the postofdce in that
town Sunday morning.
NJ ". A. Clark has been appoint
ed a rserber of the board Of pardons
TO succeed Mr.. R. w. shand, who has
resigned.
Rev. j. o. Cough, pastor of the
Manning Baptist church, has rendered
his resignation to take effect January
1st, 1908.
Joe Denicola, an Italian laborer in
the employ of the Dorchester Lumber
company, was shot to death at Bad
ham by James NJ. Walker Monday
morning.
Several valuable diamonds have
been found in the gravel removed
from the bed of Pee Dee river by the
government dredge boat which is
now at work near Cheraw.
Richard Allen, colored, killed Jesse
Jones, also colored, in Aiken county
last Friday, cutting his throat with
razor.
The baseball fans Of the up-country
are trying to organize league to
consist of spartanburg, Greenvilie'
Anderson, Laurens, Union, Charlotte
and Asheville.
]. M. Dempster, well known shoe
drummer whose home IS in Ksrshaw,
was arrested in Charlotte Monday
for abduct!ng Miss May Foster, OF
Greenville, a l6-year-o1d girl.
The residence of Mr.. ]. E. Phillips,
at Springfield, orangeburg county,
was burned Tuesday morning, by an
sncendiary. Gov. Ansel has ofered
reward Of $500 for the arrest Of the
guilty parties.
Andrew j. Williams, former
county commissioner of Greenvisle
county, plead guilty to receiving more
compensation than the law allowed.
He was sentenced to pay a fine OF
500 or serve three months on the
Changing.
Supervisor Jackson, Of Anderson
county, advocates an extra mill TAX
II, that county for the purpose Of road
insnroyeuasnt. The city council Of
Anderson is considering an issue OF
SIS. eos in bonds for street improve
ments.
Col, e. F. Gary, who was State au-
ditor in reconstruction days. was
found dead Sunday in his room at the
Ievdon Hotel, Columbia. He was
a native OF Boston and came to the
STATE shortly after the war. He was
a., honest man ard was turned out Oh
once by the carpet baggers for snae
reason.
Mai Julian Mitchell, one of the
beading lawyers of Charleston, drop
ned dead at the st. Johns Hotel on
wedn ssday afternoon, While denver
ing on address before the Chares1oh
Federation of Women's Clubs. MAJOR
Mitchell had just read a cnap1ef
from a book on Charleston ana
was beginning his discourse When ne
fell to the platfrom, causing conster-
nation in the large audience OF lao1es
present. Major Mitchell was in his 'zo
wear and was supposed to be IN goo0
health. During the war between the
states ne served the Confeder-
acv on the stac General h
Ripley. He was secretary o.
the legation at St. Peters
ems. He was member Of the state
constitutional convention in 1888 anc
had for many years peen promineh'
in legal and educational work.