The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-01-23
S c. THURSDAY JANUARY %, 1908
m THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Senator Tillman has conferred with
Postmaster General Meyer in refer
ence to having a white man appoint
ed as postmaster at Florence. No
action has been taken.
The Calhoun county election case
IS to be heard by the State Supreme
Court tomorrow, The State board
decided in favor of the new county,
and the opponents appealed.
Bya large majority the house Of
representatives killed the libel bill
introduced by Mr.. Aull. This bill
was intended to protect the news
papers from libel suits in case they
published a correction. !.
Many of the banks in this State are
calling in the clearing house certiti-
Gates issued some time ago because
Of the financial stringency. Money
5 getting more plentiful now, and
they are no longer needed.
- The Southern Railway is reducing
expenses. Salaries of the president
and other officials have been cut ten
Der cent, while the clerical force is
being cut down. It is said this re-
trenchment is due to loss in earn
ings Of the road.
Senator Geo. H. Bates and Solicitor
Jas. E. Davis have withdrawn from
the race for Judge Of the second cir
cunt. and the candidates are Robert
AIdrich, of Barnwell, and Claude p.
Sawyer, of Aiken. The election is
! tobe held to-day wednesday,
3. B. knight, originally of Laurens
county, but who has been holding a
s9overnment position in Washington,
has been appointed by Senator Till
man as his private secretary. His
son, B. r. Tillman, Jr., who has held
placefor some time, has resigned.
Allen Emerson, white, who was
sentenced to serve life sentence in
the penitentiary for killing Thomas
a.. Drake, and who escaped from the
Anderson Jail, has surrendered and is
now in the penitentiary. Emerson
says he escaped by making a key out
of q stick Of solder left in the Jail by
plumbers.
"a delegation Of the business men
of Florence will go to Washington
this week to see President Roosevelt
and protest against the re-appoint-
.ment Of j. E. Wilson, a negro preach
sser, as postmaster at that place. They
want q white man for the place, and
their wishes should be granted.
George Kenny, a negro, was hang
ed IN Charleston last Friday for the,
murder ok. G. Stello, a white guard
on the county chain gang. Kenny
and some other convicts murdered
The guard and made their escape but
were recaptured. One Of the negroes
implicated is now serving a life SEN
stence.
4 bill has been introduced in the
house of representatives providing
for the erection Of q new governors
mansion, the, appropriation called
for being $50, 900. Governor Ansel
recommended new residence for
!; the governor in his message, as well
as that the salary Of the governor be
increased.
w. A. Clyde, policeman Of Sum-
ter, was shot and killed Tuesday by
Tony Moses, an escaped convict.
The policeman went to house to ar
rest Moses, and the negro was under
the bed. He was told to come out and
replied with a shotgun, the load TAX
ing efectin the policeman's abdomen
and causing death few hours later.
Miss Bertha Walker, a popular
young lady of Barnwell, was killed
Tuesday by being hurt in runaway.
She was driving a spirited horse, and
when she attempted to get in the
buggy the horse dashed off and threw
her against a large tree. Her skull
was fractured and she sustained other
injuries. She lived only few hours
after the accident.
The house of representatives last
Friday by a vote of 49 to As refused
to strike out the enacting words of
Mr.. Nash's prohibition bill. tits said
SIC all of the Charleston members had
been present the bill would have been
killed, as they would have voted
against it. Representative Miley, Of
this county, made the motion to strike
out the enacting words.
Mr.. T. P. Cothran, one of the
authors of the county dispensary law,
will not be a candidate for associate
justice of the State Supreme Court,
to succeed Judge Eugene B. Gary.