The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-10-03
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Interesting Notes from Various Sour

Interesting Notes from Various Sour.
ceS.
| The ID. Wyatt Aiken Camp of Con
tederate Veterans is to be organized at
Greenwood.
| AT Aiken last week in the case of
| the State against Tom Butler, for the
murder of Joseph Pettyjohn, proprie-
tor OF the Arlington Hotel, Augusta.
the Jury rendered verdict of ac-
quittal.
Prof. w. w. Dixon, superinten-
dent OF Blacksburg Graded school. has
6een elected assistant principal of the
Baptist High school, of Yorkville, and
has notified the committee of his no.
ceptance of the position.
State quarantine having now been
established at Charleston all persons
intending to GO there will save trouble
and annoyance by providing them
selves with proper papers, as the
quarantine will be rigidly enforced.
The Aiken Times has good authorf-
ty for the statement that Congressman
McLaurin has consented to allow his
friends to present his name to the
Legislature for the judgeship of the
Fourth Circuit, to succeed Judge Hud-
son.
George .Cowan, u farmer in Ian
caster County, shot and killed a negro
on his place last Thursday. He runs q
large plantation owned by firm in
New York, and employs large force
OF negroes, with whom he has had
trouble.
Mr.. James o. Meredith, who has
been engaged in business for the past
two years in Greenville County, has re-
ce1ved an appointment in the engineer
ing department. in tho Indian Terri
tory. The appointment was secured
through Senator Butler.
Miss Lula Trumblc, daughter of the
late James l.. Tumble of Kingsville,
started on visit to friends in Sumter
ana while on the train she was strick-
en- with paralysis When she reached
sumter she was in an unconscious
condition and died that night at one
o'clock.
superintendent Of Education Nav
field has appointed October 27, as tho
day for the holding Of examinations of
all applicants for State teachers ccr-
tlhcatcs, in all the counties of the
State. The examinations will CON
tlnuc two days this year instead of one
as heretofore.
The Lutheran Visitor" recently
contained sketch of an illiterate
negro, who breaches good sermons
while asleep, knows nothing of il after
wards, and of which no explanation
has as yet bccn found. This mans
name is Major Perry, and he is about
4S years old. He lives about six miles
north of Batcsburg, S. G.
Mr. w. Il. Branch, of Abbcville. is
Issuing fine photographs of Secession
Hill, Abbevillc, where the first scces-
sion meeting in this State was held, and
OF the famous Burt House, in the same
place, where cX-Prcsident Davis
stopped on his retreat. On the back
OF the pictures arc histories of each
place. Mr.. Branch has copyright on
the work
"A special to the News and Courier
says: Senator lrby rcappcarcd in
the Senate to-day and went through
ms usual role OF listening attentivcly
lie has not made up his mind to parti-
clpate in the debate, although his.col-
league. Senator Butler, takes a hand
IN the fight against the repeal of the
sherman law occasionally"
State Superintendent of Education
w. ID. Mayiicld and j. }. Mcmahon,
recently tutor ut the South Carolina
college, now representing book pub
ilshlng firm engaged in brief fisticutf
last week. Neither was hurt, the men
being separated before any damage
was done. The row arose from the re-
suits of the recent adoption of books
for the public schools by the State
board, of which Mr.. Mayfield is chair
man.
The State authorities do not expect
to cease their Interference with tho
delivery of liquor shipped by parties
outside the State to parties in
side, although Judge Simonton has
decided that such shipments can be
made and that the State law has no
effect upon them. Governor Tillman,
when seen about the matter, said he
did not regard Judge Simonton as
that his decision in the
cases already brought was not law
until the appeal to the United States
Supreme Court had been decided. He
intended to go ahead with the arrests,
and the enforcement of the State dis
pensary law, just as if Judge Simon
tons discison had never been rendered.
lie does not propose to let these men
violate the law and escape punish
ment altogether, if Judge Simonton's
decision should not be sustained