The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-12-03
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Things That We All Shoald Know
Gathered From Our Exchanges.

Things That We All ShoaId Know
Gathered From Dur Exchanges.
spar,anburE will soon have new s,o Post POS %; Oh,
fee building at u cost of between soo.ooo aha
$1,000. The lot has recently been purchased
NJ cost ofS 800.
| The Government paid To the city OF Charles
ton si9.3OO for the property NJ Cbicora raik.
recently purchased for the locstinn OF ma
ripe hospital. Mayor J.. Adger Smythe re,
the Government
The case against the Charleston defendants
charr ed with primary frauds was postponed
| TO the next Court by the SOLICITOR
| President Roosevelt's reply to certain
IChsrleston men who oppposed therappoint.
\ ment Of DIR. Crum as the Collector OF Ine port
! Of Charleston mas been published. ihe pres
ident says he ID not To consider the color OF q
man In his appointment To Office. but ratner
I competency.
Emperor William presented United states
| Ambassador White with O gold medal OF The
empire as a testimonial OF regard.
Robbers In Jonesboro. N. C.. entered a store
blew open the safe ana secured about siIOO.
La Souiriere Ia again In eruption and the
| iph ha bitants OF nearby towns have sought re
| fuge at places more remote.
| John A. Drake q prominent young saw
mill man OF Donnalds. had hia hand caught
| in the gearing OF his mill aud "A conxe-
| Quence lost three fingers OF his right hand.
A potato raised by William Erwin near
! Zadok, on the Latimer place. measures q
inches around and weighs l.2 pounds.
ov er the southern To try their fortunes In the
cotton lands oi Mississippi. The crowd num-
bered about ~.
Camden will follow the example OF the
towns al over the state and have Carnival.
The prime movers Tor this movement IN the
will be assisted by the enterprising and pro-
gressive citizens Of Camden.
MIR. y. =. McJunk!n OF South Union, one Of
the oldest anu most progre We citizens, PICK
ed one day recently sixty pounds OF cotton.
| He did this Ia his chair and moving along M
he gathered the fieecy ct pie. Mr.. McJunkin
ON the lGtn day VI April will be @ years Old.
The Corona knitting mill OF Anderson IN
getting It's machinery started TO running.
The niachinery il all new and the operatives
are all new and =; Ia taking sometime 10 get
things adjusted. The first part OF the macn-
| inery is now In operation, and In lew DAYS
| more all the departments OF the mill Will DO
running on full time.
A serious conflict occurred last week In ha'
| wanna between strikers and police. TWO
strikers we're killed and eighty-two persons
Injured.
The ministerial alliance OF Salt Lake CITY
| Utah, held N meeting last week and adopted
election OF Reed Smoot, one Of the twelve
apostles OF the Mormon church. 10 the Unitee
States senate.
The conferences q: IN ne operators 1nd min
| ers are 10 be held In New York and washing.
| ton. Each side seems hopeful Of speedy
settlement OF The differences.
Arrangements are being made In Savannah
| for the sailing, January Isl, oi OO uesroes Tor
Liberio.
| The wreck OF railway train In Texas re-
suited In the killing of two men and the
| wounding OF fifteen otter persons, several OIL
| them mortally.
Two men were killed and three injured by
| q collision OF two locomotives one day last
week In Philadelphia.
A negro by the name OF John Parkha n was
shot and instantly killed un Dir. Jas. Jones' y
| place near COX esburg by white man named
Gus Arnold Arnold delivered himself 10 the
sheriff.
| Hon. A. C. Latimer In the Hrst Of the South
Carolina delegation To arrive In Warrington.
He has engaged a house In one Of the most
attractive portions OF the city.
Andrew Carnegie has recovered enough 30
that he expects To sail for America within a
| week.
The Kaiser OF Germany granted an aud
ipnce 10 A nibassndur Wuite, who presented
bis letters Of recall.
The Union Pacific store house at Omaha
WAS totally destroyed by tire last week.
Clemson defeated IN. University Of Tenn"s
wee In u stubborn contest by u -core OF III tn u
The game WAS won through the magniiiccnt
playing OF Hanvey. Cicm~'na great inlI back
The resaiIt OF this game, together with Sew
anee's defeat OF Vanderbilt, entities Clemson
To claim the championship of the Southern
Athletic Association.
In accordance with the statutes providing
for the appointment of u marshal during .
session nj the court. Judge BrawIey appoint
ed Dr. V. 4. Clayton 10 serve, pending M
appointment the president.
The big iertiiizer aud pucs ~ p',n' ~ :"
:nnur Il ca. vt sioux C!ty, l,Sa. "aS L.I".,
last Saturday night.
Six petroleum Iescrvni.s nrar Odessa con
tanning upwards OF 7jJ0D pools oi oil, ar
burning Hereby. A high wind haa beei
tanning the reservoirs uati! they are roaring
furnRnces.
Eighteen thousand dollars has been raise,
In Greensboro Tor n public hospital to COS
s10.JO.
! Exploded on Saturday. Thirteen lives wer
rificed and scores of enployes. visitors AN
others were injured. Huge boilers were sen
, Through the roof OF the structure ana hurle
: hundreds OF feet. Nobody ~ the boiler room
survived to tell the story Of the accident, AN
10 may never be known what caused the OK
i plOsion.
r The two new Cunard stes mSh!ps will pre-
:. baby have speed OF twenty five Knots "a
: hour. This means about thirty miles, III
4 speed of railroad passenger train.
J. T. Harris ls grading road from Whii
Stone Springs To Glendale, where he wi
connect with Ihe SpRrtanburg line. III
u hopes 10 have IL" cars running In January
e lie has made y .angetnents To open his hott
J. as u winter re-. Jri.
u Why suffer with piles when three boxes u