The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-14
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Things That We All Sheu'd Know
Gathered FROM oar Exchanges.

! Things That We All Sheu'd ID now
Gathered From Oar Exchanges.
By the eruption OF Mont Peee, on the H.
! land Of Martinique, A. seven O'Clock Thurs
day morning. storm OF stsam. nud ana nre
enveiOped The city anu roadstead Oi ~. fierre.
drstrOyIng every house In the city ana en-
yirona, There were not more than twenty
persons who escaped with their lives and
eighteen vessels were burned and sunk. a
steamer from Quebec exploited ana dissa.
peared. The captain Of The British sieamsE
Rndtiam was seriously Injured and all OF his
officers aud engineers and almost every one
missing are the Governor OF Martinqns and
1 the Uuited States Consul and Vice consul.
/ This II undoubtedly the most terrible disa~
ter In the West Indies since The frightiui earth-
| quake nj Jamacia In l69.
On last Friday night. 10 Washington ho-
tel, McLRnrin and Gates. proprietor OF tns
| Mansion House, OF Greenviile. had.a personal
| encounter. The hotel proprietor heiu Mc-
| I.auriu back and BalOck held Gates. Theie
was no blood shed. Both refuse 10 tnik.
| McLaurin says he was g0aded on oy slander-
GUS remarks made by Gates In connection
| with The President.
There has been bitter d. bate in the Cen
| erai Conferences In session st Dallas. Texas.
over .he publishing house scandal. The mat
ter is to be thoroughly Investigated.
There was n smaxh.up at LynchbnrR. Va.
on the Southern Railway last Thursday.
One man was kliIed aud several cars wreck.
ed.
\ Bret Harte. the American author. died In
London ON May 9Th. Mr.. Harts died sud.
denly nj the Rec HOUSE. Cambry, near Alder.
shot, from hemorrage, caused by an aHection
OF the throat.
On May 9Th. the President signed the oleo-
margarine bill.
/ Under the laws Of North Carolina, the man
| who falls To day ILLS poll tax on or before May
Lat, IL not allowed 10 vote In the succeeding
elections. II Is estimated that In Mecklen,
burg county alone. there are nj least l.oo
whits men among the delinquents.
II has been announced that the Virginia:
i Carolina Chemical company. the so called
fertilizer trust. will begin NJ once TO builo
fertilizer factory In Montgomery, Ala, 10
cost 100000 OF $4,000
Emperor William has conferred the bronze
so-cailed "China medal" upon Joseph Her
rings. an American newspaper coIrespon-
dent, who was wounded on board the Ger
man gunboat Iltis at Taku, China
On May 9th, Rear Admiral William T.
Sa I'D pson, retired, died ~ b Ia home In Wash
ington at o'clock. The immediate cause OF
his death was a severe cerebral hemorrhsge.'
He had been tn semi conscious stAte Ior
several days and on Tuesday afternoon, sur.
fered severe cerebral bemOrrhage.
Minister Wu Tiag Fang has decided To
visit th. Charleston Ex position on his way
| South this month and he hopes to be able 10
Il speDu several uuyb tAkIuS tn tue rbuts' ihc
Chinese minister will be- In Charlesion about
i May &c h and he In very much disappointed
that owing To his duties here. he viii not be
soIe to accept the Invitation TO go during the
Cotton Spinn eTs' Association.
On June 10Th, Col. william Z. Peters. will
ietire from the cnalr Of Latin In the Univer.
sity Of Virginia, after continuous service oi
10 years.
| John II. Devaux, a colored man, and IL.
| BIpn, Jr., were confirmed last week IN Col.
4 iector aud Postmaster respectively OF Savap-
| nah.
| Governor Je1 Davis. OF Arkansas. has re.
fused TO pardon AmssIong the '1pset
where they have such m admiration Tor the
negroes-at q distance.
| A reward OF eIOO has been offered by Gov.
| ernor MtSweeney for the apprehension OF
| James Black. negro concerned In the muir
der OF Mrs. Jones In COlleton county lew
| weeks ago.
The king OF italy has pardoned the United
Suites naval ofhcers who wero recently con.
vicied OF disoTderly conduit In Venice and
sentenced 20 nne and imprisonment.
A nre In Pearl street New York. last week.
| In the Eureka Bedding Compnny's building,
resuited In Two persons being killed, twelve
Injured and u heavy ioss OF property.
Mrs. Kate Sotiel, who figured In the sensa.
tionRl escape and capture of the Biddei
| 0rOtlers, last JANUARY, was 0rraiSueu yestcT-
day and pleaded guilty.
Mrs. Palma. wife OF the president. elect Of
Cuba, and family, LEFT their home nj Central
Valley last week for Havana. delegation
OF women accompanied them TO New, York.
The Cuban Senate and House met Last week.
Amer receiving brief address from General
Wood, q preliminary organization was begun
| by selecting committee on credentials.
The death Of Capt. James Octavius 10 re-
po, ted. He was born In lsS.
In difficulty between whites and blacks
from, Beaumont Texas. on May llth. one ne-
| gro was killed, several whites and blacks
wounded and number OF others Who jump.
ed from the train are believed 10 have been
| Injured.
DIR. Palmer, who was recently injured in
New Orleans. In doing IN we'll IA at say time
during his confinement The physicians are
very much encouraged.
The Buckeye Lumber Company's ONCE. box
factory. wave house, dry boxes and two mil
| lion feti OF lumber. at TTuskeo, Ala, was de.
| stroyed by fire on last Sunday. The loss will
President Roosevelt, Harvard 80: has juat
presented the library Of the Harvard Univer.
| sity with full set OF his works.
Bryan Is going to Cuba and says that be 10
out OF poliiics He says that he believes
Journalism offers greater opportu mites. He
viii attend Polmas Inauguration simply as u
newspaper man.
A JudIcious compromise has been effected
and resulted In the reinstatement OF cadet
Thurnwell and the return OF the entire Sopho.
more class. President Hartzog teudersd his
resig nj lon for the consideration OF the Board
during the Juno commencement
Raruum BaIleyR Circus was the cause Of
q serious riot In Beziers, France, on May llth.
The crowd ceuld not be accomcdated In the
tent and those vi no were unable 70 enter. DO.
gan 10 stOp9 the circus employees. i've OF
whom were Injured.
| On Monday afternoon. In Columbia. Rev.
Thomas T.. Ii gon, editor Of the Way ofFaith
| breathed his last.
Jasper Sharpe. q young man Of Lexington
count iy, aged lS years, attempted To commit
| suicide on sunday morning by taking Hn
overdose OF morphine.
Thoughts for FRrmers.
THE WASTE or rERrILizERs.
For the last two or three weeks there has
been rush 10 put fertilizers In The ground.
The lot and stable manure has been hauled
out In hurry and distributed In y rough, un.
prepared condition. The waste nf the food
elemen u In these mRnurts runs from I'D Ia 80
per cent. II comes about In this way: Tho
com n,erciRl fertilizers which are In fine con.
ditiou aud ready TO be taken up by the plants
al once 20 TO the production Of grass. II IL
very usual To- zee grassy cotton or corn neid