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TROY's TOPICS,
The Most ShamefuI Act Tint Was
Ever Perpetrated in the Modern

Troy, S. C. Feb. 20, 1913.

Troy, S. C. Feb. 20, 1898.
| After clouds and rain almost incesaantI
the bright sunshine has come out to glaooef
the hearts of old and young.
IL was our good fortune on yesterday 10 us
| ten to two as good sermons as We Wonld IiKt
to hear, by Revs. 4. w. Sloan and j. M. Stead
man. They are earnest, Jealous and faithful
pastors. go
her sister, Mrs. H. C. Smart. Also Mr.. H.
Smart. Jr.. of Brooklyn, N. Y, Is here WISHING
, his mother.
Mr.. Harvey Bracknell had his horse badly
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Steadman were th'
guests of Mr.. 4. M. Jay Sunday night.
| DR.. J. l.. Press!y was elected to the once
eldershlp in the A. r, P. church yesterday;
The post office at this place has been made
money order office. This gives our efficien
postmaster more work to do.
Mr.. J. NJ. Major, our new County Commits
sioner, passed through here last week Inspect
ing the roads and bridges.
Mr.. ]: W. Mullinax, who has been 6uyinf
cotton In Sparta Ga, ran up on the train Sat
urday. He will return to-day.
Miss Minnie Reynolds, OF Greenwood, was
here last week visiting her uncle's family
Mr.. ]. N. Dendy.
Mrs. Jane Dendy is in Greenwood visiting
Miss Jennie Caldwell, who is clerking fol
w. f. Bell at Abbeville, came home on Visl
last week.
Mr.. Sproles is doing some nice work on the
Sibley stores here. The wood repairing Is be
ing done also. We hear they are 10 be occu
pied when finished.
There were some old darkies who were in q
hobble last week hunting the "pretender' o
the town. meaning the Intendant.
Mrs. J. w. Peak and children, OF McCor
mick, spent several days with her sister, Mrs
j. s, Jay, last week.
Mr.. j. +. Wideman can show the finest field
one Of our best farmers as we'll as merchants
We learn that rats 1s the most epJoyaole
game of the season by some OF our young
people ..ou, 4, u.,, ,,o. ,,. do,,, ,,o,,d
he turned loose for q season, and he paid his
visit to our town last Wednesday night
While our peaceful and quiet town was wrap
ped In undisLurbed repose, some fiendish
thief broke In the drug store of Or. Pressly q
Son, and words are unutterable TO describe
the condition Of the drugs. The tobacco box.
es were put under the oil barrels and he fan.
Gets drawn which completely saturated u, all
the show cases were broken in pieces, all the
medicines were poured on the floor and the
bottles crushed, the prescription case was
broken into atoms, and the floor next morn.
The scene beggars description. They were
worse than murderer, and house breaking
would be mere toy. Our drug store was GER
tainly an ornament TO our town, kept by two
single enemy. We wish we could say what
we want, but forpear rs we have used some
strong language already. We would like TO
know, and we wouldn't either, but murder
will out If they get the punishment due
them there wont be enough OF them LEFT TO
tell what they were made Of Neverthel less
Drs Pressly & Son are being nicely fixed up
again, and we do sincerely hope they Will
have double portion of what they had here.
tofore. Our citizens are wrought up, men and
women, and we pray nothing OF the kind will
ever happen again. The devil goes about as
roaring lion, seeking whom and what he may
devOur and that's the bsst name we have for
them. The damages are from 5000 to $500.
Messrs. Pressy q Son offer reward Of $500
for the party or parties with evidence to con-
vict. Nick.