The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-08-17
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

elected mayor of Barnwell.
J. H. DuPre, U. S. government en-
gineer, is stationed at Kingstree to
direct the federal relief of the flood
stricken people of that section.
Marian Minis, 19-months-old child
| of Mr.. and Mrs. l. E. Minis, of St.
George, died Sunday as the result of
burns, sustained when the little girl
was playing with matches.
Capt. James B. Allison, 9TH in
fantry, U. S. A., has been appointed
by the governor as lieutenant colonel
of the End S. c. infantry. Col. AL
lison is a native Of York county.
Miss Kate Hampton, last surviving
child of Col. Wade Hampton, of the
war of 1912, and sister of the late
Governor Wade Hampton, died last
week in Columbia at the age of go.
The Carolina Special has resumed
service between Charleston, S. c.,
and Cincinnati, Ohio. This service
was suspended at the time of the
damage to the railroads and bridges
by the floods.
In a personal encounter at cam
paign meeting in Greenville last
week. Ashley Sewer had one of his
ears bitten off by Jim Rector, a
brother of Sheriff Rector, of Green
vile county. :
The Anderson Intelligencer has
filed a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy. The liabilities are given as
32,727.69 and the assets as S15,-
999.7O. L. NJ. Glenn is editor of the
Intelligencer.
Major John D. Frost has been ap-
pointed by Governor Manning as as
| sistant adjutant general, succeeding
Major J. S. Caldwell. resigned. Ma
jor Frost was adjutant general sew
eral years ago.
! Joel Jones, a prominent farmer OF
Greenville county, arrested last week
for creating disturbance at a po-
litical meeting, committed suicide
Friday, the day previous to the date
set for his trial.
Engineer John T. Harris is dead
and several are injured, but not Sc
riously, as a result of collision be-
tween freight and Southern passen-
ger No. II, at Crosswell, near Easley
Wednesday afternoon.
Barnwell county furnished the first
bale of 1916 cotton. The bale was
sold by B. J. Brown, a negro, on the
local market at Barnwell last Wed
nesday. 1t weighed All pounds and
brought II cents per pound.
The report of the bureau of vital
statistics shows that during the yea1
just ended there was decrease in
the number of deaths from 1858 in
1915 to 1O,973 in 1916. There was
also a decrease in the number OF
births.
Lake Toxaway dam, in North Caro-
lima, broke Sunday night, sending q
great volume of water into the Sa'
vannah river, flooding portions Of
South Carolina territory. Lake Tox'
away measured $50 acres in size
with an average depth of 80 feet.
Former Governor Blease stated al
the campaign meeting at Marion
Wednesday that he would be elected
governor this year, and would be
writing pardons again after the sec.
ond Tuesday in January. He said he
was proud of the 1900 pardons he
had granted.
+ A total of 81 cases of infantile
paralysis have been reported in this
State. In order to show that no Sc.
rious apprehension may be felt, it is
announced that in 1910, when there
was a plague of the disease through.
out the North, there were S5 cases
in this State, ten of which proved
fatal.
At Bishopville Tuesday Mr.. Blease
read an alleged alignment of the
Blease candidates for State Offices
On the list was the name of Albert
S. FAINT, candidate for railroad COM
missioner. Mr.. FAINT returned to the
stand and stated that he was placed
in the wrong category, and that he
was not a Bfeaseite.
The first regiment of S. G. nation
al guard reached Ell Paso, Texas, last
visiting his mother Mrs. w. F.
Hughes.
Mr.. Levi (*'Kite") Folk, of Col
Teton county, visited his neice, Mrs
]. w. Hill, few days last week.