The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-10-15
GENERAL NEWS NOTES. ,
Things That We AL should Kunw
Gathered Fron Our Exchanges.

Things That We AL ShouId Know
Gathered From Our Exchanges.
Counterfeit silver dollars are In circu lation
In the Philippines.
A great deal more cotton Is being shipped
TO Charleston than formerly.
Lieut.. Peary, the Arctic ex xplorer. IN 10 be
operated Oh In Philadelphia Tor frozen feet.
Miss Issbell Hagner, social secretary TO
Mr.. Roosevelt, has become an heiress by
the death Of IN aunt.
The Grand Army OF the Republic has de
cided BY n large vote 10 hold The next meet.
Ing IN San Francisco.
The state factory Inspector OF Tenaessee
has ordered number Of factories to dlscon-
tipue the employ ment ol children.
Ga account OF the high price OF coal Ut the
north, Florida and other southern resorts hre
expscting bis rusn ol northern travel.
I Col Avert1I, State Commissioner in ~.
Louis has con lracled for the site for the Sunth
Caroliua building at tue Exposition.
Three sharks have been captured at Pen.
Z<nce. England, within TIE past month.
Tho last ineasurcd SIX ieet Ia length.
President Rooseveitia now sble 10 walk 10
nis carriage with the aid OF crutchss. HIS Ap-
-pearauce Indicates that he Is rapidly recover
Ing.
The secretary OF state haS issued commis.
sion To The Watts mile oI Laurens county.
This comp PROPOSES To establish cotton
mlb p!aut.
President ID. b. johnson Of Winthrop Col
lege. Rays that tncr. were SO applicants this
year aud aimos' 100 hRd To- be turned away
because oI failure la sand en- trance exanIina.
lions or for iack Of accDnodations.
Representatis Of the Russian government
have uecu visiting ssverai points In the south
for the purpUee uI arranging 10 Introduce
INTO their country The cottonseed oil Industry
Ia their country. heretofore the seed has
been u, Ell Tor cattle iced.
The 22nd annual session OF the Farmers
SsiionaI cong ress Wan opened In Macon, Ca,
one day last week. ono thousand Delegates
were present representing all sections OF the
United States and Territories.
Four thousand pupils In the public schools
at Schenectady, \. Y, were sent home one
day last week by ins teachers be cause the
coal WAS stopped. They will not be able 10
resume their studies until coal is received.
Three masked men held up the Pacific Coast
express train OF The Burlington road three
miles from Lincoln one dny last week. Tney
used expIOSIsrs In the ex press car. shatt-ring
II uauIy and after wIecklng the snie, Tined IL
uf all lis coutents, securing SSO,UD
Notw outstanding the threatened -oal In
mine new concern TO sell coal hss been
formed In this State. The secretary Of state
hHs issued a commission Ia the Power Fuel
company Of U niUn capitalized at 5000. the
object Of which 10 TO buy and sell coal. wood
aud fuels.
The street car strike inaugurated by the
dissatisfied employees OF the New Orieaus
Railway company, was settled Monday
night and the car mems union unapimousiy
accepting the governors ultimatum on &C.
cret ballot.
A tornado struck Quincy. ILL.,. on Monday
evening. sweeping IN n portheRsterly direc.
ton aud destroying much property. Great
damage WAS done TO orchards and standing
corn. Wires are down aud all communica
tion cut OFF. IL 10 I'm possible 10 md out the
extent Of damage done.
Thomss J. ShaIkey, who In charged with
heipg Responsible for the death OF Nicholas
Fish, banker. and who IL under indictment
for man nslaueh'er In the first degree, has been
released on 81 200 bail after three weeks I'M
prisonment.
Bids were opened nj the. Navy Department
last SATURDAY for the consi ruction Of concrete
aud granite dry dock No. nj the Cbarleaton
navy yard. The lowest straight bid was that
OF the Virginia Engineering and COnsIruction
Company Of RichIn0nd. Va, which offered To
complete the work for sl,ist,1sO.