The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-24
IN THE PALMETTO STATE

IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Application has been made to the
Florence city council for a street
railway franchise.
The residence of the Rev. P. F.
Kilgo, presiding elder of the Florence
district. was entered by burglar and
SIS in hard cash was stolen.
Asa D. Patterson, a noted moon
sinner of Spartanburg, is in trouble
with the government on a charge Of
forging papers to secure pension.
The police of Columbia have sup
pressed the turkey raf1es,' which
have been in operation for some time
on the ground that they are lotteries.
Gen. Zimmerman Davis, of Colum-
bia, has been appointed commander
in-chief of the Confederate veterans
of the State, to succeed Gen. T. w.
Carwile, of Edgefeld, deceased.
The name of the Aetna Mills at
Union have been changed to the Otta-
ray, the new corporators being Eli
son A. Smyth, Lewis w. Parker, A.
F. McKissick, w., E. Beattie, August
w. Smith, D. D. Little and John A.
Law. Mr.. Smith has been made pres
ident and Thomas w. Marchant,
treasurer and manager.
A negro girl named Alice Gray,
who lived on R. H. Cowan's farm
near Rock Hill, was accidentally kill
ed by a young negro boy named
Sidney Gray, who was fooling with a
rifle which he had carried to the field
where they were picking cotton.
There was nothing to show that the
killing was other than purely acci-
dental.
On account of being dissatisfied
with the statement made by G. j..
Cooper, general manager Of the
Southern Life Insurance Company, to
Commissioner McMaster, the latter
has ordered the officials Of that COM
pany to show cause on January 49,,
1909, why it's license to do life in
surance business in South Carolina
should not be revoked.
The new depot Of the Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens Railway at
Clinton was thrown open to the pub
lie Friday night. The civic league of
Clinton gave an "old time hot sup
per-" with everything that was good
to eat and drink. AS result $50 was
taken in by these enterprising ladies
with which to beautify and adorn the
public square around the new depot,
which is the pride of Clinton.
Eugene Poole, aged IS years,
claiming Spartanburg as his home,
has been arrested in Atlanta on the
charge of trying to have cashed. a
forged check in the sum Of $4,000.
It is said that the boy became strand
ed in Atlanta and drew a check for
SIS for the purpose, it is alleged, of
raising enough money to get back
home. The check, however, was for
$4,000 and when he attempted to
have it cashed he was turned over
to the police. 1t is said that the boys
father works in one of the cotton
mills at Spartanburg.
The appeal case of Will Foster,
colored, convicted of murder in Spar
tanburg, his crime being the killing
of John Young, an aged white man,
has been dropped by S ]. Nichols and
H. T. Rogers, attorneys for the de-
fendant, and Solicitor Sease will ask
for an order dismissing the case.
Foster has been tried twice and
found guilty each time. When the
case was tried the second time, some
months ago, the jury brought In
verdict of guilty, attorneys gave no
tive of appeal, but since the appeal
was begun they have decided not to
fight the case. Foster will be resen-
fenced at the January term Of court.
The lack of office room is seri-
GUS matter in the State capitol. Mel
ther the railroad commission, the
State superintendent of education, the
insurance commissioner, the dispen-
sary auditor nor the commissioner of
agriculture and immigration has an
Office in the capitol. The railroad COM
mission occupies Offices outside, the
commissioner of immigration, the
superintendent of education and the
dispensary auditor occupy committee
rooms and the department of insur-
ance, which is without salary as well
as Office, is domiciled in the speakers
room. The bank examiner does not
even have an Office in Columbia.
Those departments which occupy
committee rooms are compelled to
vacate during the sessions of the gen.
eral assembly and this causes serious
inconvenience.
BRUTAL CRIME IN HARTSVILLE.
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