The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-06-04

TODAY Joe Arnold will be tried for the
murder of the Franklins. The prisoner at
the bar may he very guilty or ltc may DC
quite innocent. We have no opinion oi, INC
subject, hut Of one thing we are certain, II
procedure is continued, there is no telling
who may not yet be tried for that murder.
First, .Irr David was tried and convicted;
then MctiarNc% was indict"i. nt'oi whni
some persons claimed un,n!Stakablc evil
dcncc IF guilt, but was never tried; and now
Joe Arnold comes up for trial for the SAME
murder.
REV. Or. GREER and Prof. VIM. lIood OF
ErSkinc college were in town last SATURDAY
attending roiumittcc meeting. in cnnncc-
ton viii, the .Abbcrillc Teachers Institute.
II Is Il hc,r!u! sign Tor the Interests of cdrca-
tinn Initials county when these gentlemen
and other distinguished educators show thcLi-
selves so m,:ch in earnest working Tor inc
success OF the Institute. The July Conve'l-
ton OF the Institute promises to bra most IN
: tcrrStin" occasion.
PREMIUM CORROSIVE saw the other day
Il stalk OF cotton grown on M. W. Oscar
( CrOmrr'S place, which had five squares upon
It. and WAS fully twelve incirs high. Mr.;
crUlIcr has thirty acres like it III Il 1lrln
which has been in cultivation for near; 10
wears. Mark this ton-it was the first !!clL IN
this county IL HAY" its fence removed Wich
: the stock law WAS passed.
Ills MANY friends in this county vii! regret
to learn that Mr.T. itcubcn l.atinirr, OF t"hb
county, Georgia, died some two weeks ago.
, lie WIS formerly OF tnlS county, alu !i''NN
! to Cobb county in 1875. He WAS y brother OF
! Col. j. NJ. i.atilnCr, Sen, Of loWndrNf!iir,
and has many ot!:cr relatives in this c"Nnty.
The case OF Miss Smith againft Nv. Hughes
Of uona|dSvillc has been settled. The parties
were I'LL her" ON Monday morning ready 10Y
the fray. but they very wisely settled the al
fair outside of the Court House. Wchave not
learned the terms OF the settlement.
REV. RICHARD BUTTS. Of the BAPTIST
church. will preach at Martins Institute on
the third Sunday in this month, and Rev. K.
y. Pratt will preach at the same place on the
sunday following.
Mss SALLIE BASKIS and Miss Lula Giles
were guests at the Aston House several days
during the past week. They are just from
Granitcrille, and will spend some time at
Monterey.
TIE American Medical Association recent
~ in session at Atlanta. favored the attending
of three courses of lectures as Il necessary
qualification to graduation as Il physician.
WE have received an interesting letter for
the lem rCranrc Column from Kew. ur;
CYRUS IIurilin OF Maine, but It is crowded
out this week. Look ont for II in our next.
MIR, ERWIN UUTcIIlSOS has three hundred
and TWENTY-FIVE dollars worth CT gold coin,
which WAS cast from gold recently taken
from A.bhcvillc mines.
"NnrHISG in the newspapers" Never was
there u dirrr season or greater dctrth OF news.
Congress Is dull as the Dead Sea, and even We
toes are monO:onOuS.
FROM the notices we see or the Press !hSSo-
citation we would presume that there will be
about n million Of editors in S~imrtanburSn next
week. the 18th June.
JUDGE LYON has bought one OF Mr.. Du-
Pres fine milk cows. lie now has nm album
dance of butter and enough buttcr-milk TO
run a saw MIL.
TIE abolition OF the death penalty in
Switzerland does not seem to have given sat
iSfaction. and 1t viii probably be restored.
NT,c, S.ryYI- 7 rrNED and \iiSc Hattie
Latino r stopped at Mr.. TuStcn'S last Friday
night on their way TO LownlcSville.
NEW DwELLIEG.-Mr. +. W. Mcmillan las
the foundation Of his dwelling laid and the
Supcrstructurc is going up.
We have received n copy Of the premium
list OF the Eleventh Fair, State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society.
TIE Legislature Of New York has dctcrm-
incd to reduce tho rate Of interest in that
State to six per cent.
u. II. CoRriIN threatens. unless confirmed
as Chief Justice OF Utah, to settle down to bl-
sinc$S in Charleston.
Miss ELLA BELL. arrived In .thbcvillc last
Friday and is the guest of her sister, Mrs. j..
&. Edwards.
HARHwELL county will harvest more small
grain this year than she has ever done be-
fore.
TIE prospect is HAT tho Episcopalians will
have a Rector for Trinity by the middle of Ju-
~. o.
TIVE BnrnwcU People hasa Uncomfortable
column paragraph on the political situation.
=. G.. cASoH. ESQ, delivered an address 10
the Methodist Sunday School last sunday.
THE Grccnvilic Emtepprisc and .lountninccr
announces the death OF Mrs. 4. l.. Cobb.
MISS Rosa WEEB and Mr.. Charles 7. Jones
of Anderson, were married last week.
GOODS marked down ut lowest rates for
cash ut Cunningham e Tcm2ieton'S.
THE cars arc now running from Spartan
burg. -. g., to NcndcrSOnvillc. y. {.
AND still another lot of those fine shirts at
ST. at Cunningham Il Icnricton's.
REDUCING stock at Cunningham & Temple
TONS. Gail and secure bargains.
CLERK IE;GIEH and Sheriff Dui'rc seem
quite at home In the Court.
The money for the public schools is cyliauSt'
cd in .ADbcNillc township,
~ esteemed postmaster Mr.. II. W. Law
sol: is >.lil in bad health.
TIE Anderson merchants close up at six
O'Clock in the afternoon.
STRAW HATS oral! kinds cheap at Canning
ham Il Irmpic;on'S.
Nix. GRAHAM Will teach the Graded Sclioo!
next year.