The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-03-29
In THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

The German steamship, Lieben-
fels, recently sunk in Charleston har-
Dor, has been raised and formally
turned over to the navy department.
The State railroad commission has
orderoed the Southern railway to put
in service an addition passenger
train between Columbia and Spartan
burg.
During the session of the court of
general sessions for Clarendon coun-
ty, last week, Judge Memminger pre-
sided, 40 of the 4S cases on the
docket were cleaned up.
Rev. William Thomas Russell was
formally installed Thursday as bishop
of the Catholic diocese of Charleston.
The formal installation was by Cardi-
nal Gibbons, of Baltimore.
Ira O. Burton, charged with the
murder of David A. Langford, on the
streets of Newberry on January "a,
1916, was convicted Thursday, the
jury bringing in verdict of man
slaughter.
Chas. NJ. Smith, of the Merchants
e Planters National bank, of Gaff-
ney, purchased $4,000 worth of 5
per cent. twenty-year Gaffney bonds
at premium OF $3.50. There were
twelve bidders.
Alex J. Ferguson, of Charleston,
and Herbert Rivers, of Atlanta, Ca,
were drowned off the Isle of Palms,
Sunday afternoon, when their motor
boat capsized A third member of
the party was rescued in an exhaust
ed condition.
Roxie Gamble and Will Moore,
negroes, were arrested in Greenville
Monday, by United States secret SER
vice agents, on suspicion that the
pair was passing counterfeit coins.
The counterfeit coins are of the 81
denomination.
Charleston on Tuesday voted to
purchase the property of the Charles
ton Light and Water company for
s1,36O,00O and to issue $4,000 in
bonds for the improvement of the
plants which will now be run by the
municipality.
Forty-fve negroes were captured
in a gambling den on upper King
street, Charleston, Sunday morning.
Forty of them were released on $40
bail bonds, four were held without
bail, and one released. Most of the
negroes forfeited their bonds.
1t turns out that the interruption
of the mastering out of the Second
regiment of the South Carolina
National Guard was because of the
possible need of the guardsmen in
connection with the anticipated
strike of the trainmen. Since then
the original plans are being carried
out.
C. w. Cooper, Confederate vet
eran, aged 70 years, of Key West,
Fla, passed through Greenville, Mon
day, on his way to Washington, to
attend the annual reunion of the
United Confederate veterans, which
meets in the national capital in June.
Mr.. Cooper expects to make the en-
tire trip on foot.
Deputy Sheriff L. E. Cooper, of
Greenville, was acquitted at his Sec
ond trial in the Greenville court Fri
day. He was accused of the death OF
Mrs. Lizzie Fuller, an aged woman,
at the Brandon mill, year or more
ago. Cooper went to arrest a man,
there was some resistance and the
woman was shot.
Governor Manning has appointed
the following as regents of the State
Hospital for the Insane: R. B. Scar
borough, of Conway, for term OF
five years; J. E. Shrine, of Green
Vile. for a term of four years; B. w.
seagers, of Oswego, for a term OF
three years; S. C. Baker, NJ. D., or
Sumter. for a term of Two years, and
Christie Benet, of Columbia, for
term of one year.
we're that she was not doing we'll.
Mice Ruth Shu1er SDent last week.