The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
LOCAL AND SPECIAL.

Notes Abont County and City Affairs
Points Picked Up and Printed In
Condensed FOrm-Snap Shots at the
Passing Show-Tips from the Grape
vine Telephone.
PERSONAL.
Hon. j. W. Ashley was IN town MONDAY
He Is hustling for Honea Path County.
Judge Ernest Gary has purchased property
and will make his home In Columbia.
APOLOGY.
The Local and Special man is "short' on
partial indispositlon.
SUGGESTION.
1t ia evident that the court house has not
proper ventilation. All the windows should
be furnished with rollers 30 that the entlre
building can be aired. Some Of the windows
cannot be raised readily. Thejury rooms are
positively "tough."
DISASTROUS HAILSToRM.
The haistorm Of last Wednesday night did
considerable damage In the section known as
the Nation. On the firms OF SheIif Nance,
JAS M. Young, Bud Clinkscaies and others
crops were almost totally destroyed. Wheat
and oat crops were entirely ruined.
This storm did not extend over large Ter
ritory. In the vicinity of Midway church
hail was found in large quantities.
HANDSOME DISPLAY.
MIR. C. Bernau's show window is attract.
ing considerable attention. He has displayed
large assortment Of isterling, plated ana
enameled silverware. This IL an attractive
line OF goods and the sales are large.
GREENwooDs OFFICERS.
Mr.. Thos. c. Turner, Clerk of Court OF
Green " ood County, is attending court here
this week. His duties 80 far are light. me
transfer Of mortgages and other records nave
not yet been made.
Supervisor Major has about sl4OO on hand
with which TO c0mmehce working the roads.
This amount comes from the Communication
tax paid TO Abbeville County from Inc to"n-
Treasurer Marshall is attending court.
Auditor Graham Is Ut present the hardest
worked Of Greenwood's officers, Ills DOCKS
will be the first required.
The Greenwood officers are merely camp.
Ing. Permission TO use the graded school
building for offices has been Withdrawn.
THE DIsPENsAaY IS DEAD"
The local dIspensary averaged about $40 per
day on LIQUOR sales last week, SATURDAY tne
sales reached Sl4l; Monday, Sl42; Tuesday
sll7. Three weeks ago the sales averaged si'
per day.
These frisky post mortem proceedings
are astonishing exhibition OF "splrits." The
Dlspensary ghost IL lively.
DRY DOCKET.
Mayor Hill aud the police reporter are
Statesmen almost out OF jobs again. The per-
formances In Jerusalem the past week nave
been very tame aud simiy attended. Inc
people o the other suburbs and frlends lrom
round about have been holding the boards:
or course the aforesaid WORTHLESS are grieved
over the stunning peace that has graooeu
the festive reputation OF the frisky SUBURB,
but the fact is the faithful refuse To De
The proprietors of hog pens have confri6u-
ted 80 for i'm posing on the pigs uwelln.
place that the police architect didn't like the
Clerk Chalmers collected $3.50 from the
Young man who sought to astouish the Fort
Pick ems natives by showing them now 10 let
bicycle run away up.bi IL.
Two citizens who had hived several conste J.
lations of Palmetto stars and who made 1t
lively for the police, paid 81.
COMMISSIONER TO THE CIIERoKEEs.
| Senator McCalla has been appointed by the
| Governor q member from the Sta ts at large
| OF the commission to apportion the la%iql IN
! ebtedness Of Spartanburg, YORK ana Union
| Cherokee The mmlssion consists OF nine
| mem mbers-eight from the counties interested.
LUNAcATo DE INQUIRENDo
Probate Judge Hill has forwarded to the
! Asylum authorities the papers OF eXamlna'
| lion in the case of Randall Farmer, who has
been adjudged d lunstic by the county au.
| thorities Farmer has been In Jhil tor some
! time on the charge of assault ana battery
| He is negro from Mt. Carmel.
A PROMISING EDUCATOR.
Prof. w. B. Gibson, who for the past year
has been the efficient assistant principal o
the Abbeyille Graded School, left last Wed
! nesday for his home in Alabama; Prot GID,
son is held In high esteem by the citizens OF
character and a teacher of marked ability
He will enter Johns Hopkins in September
for the purpose OF taking special course IN
classics and higher mathematics. II energy
structions are the essential requisites for tn e
success of teacher, then we predict bright
! future for Prof Gibson In his chosen proles'