Today, we remember South Carolina State Dispensary Commission Constable James P. Farmer and Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Henry Sims Gamble.
On this date in 1908, Dispensary Constable James Farmer was shot and killed as he and another constable served a search warrant at a blind tiger at 1216 Gadsden Street in Columbia.
On this date in 1929, Sheriff Gamble succumbed to wounds he suffered when he was shot in the face while attempting an arrest.
