The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-02
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
rhings That We AL should Know
Gathered From Our ExehanEes.

rhiugs That We AL should Know
Gathered From Our ExshauEes.
CAROLINA CONVICT ESCAPED.
C. Campbell, convict No leo. escaped
other day but was captured i've hours later.
Is miles from Atlanta.
FREE SEAT.
An English patent medicine firm Offers
one who Will ind hundred purchasers for
its remedy for rheumatism.
lRoBBERY IN HAMPTON.
On March a, between and .. M. BURGERS
the SSap na Iea CT =!
Treasurer Langford states that the ioss ID
about goo.
OUR NAVAL HOSPITAL.
Surgeon General Of the Navy Rixey has
gone 10 Charleston To look over the grounds
for the naval station at that city, with view
10 the eata biishment OF O naval hospital he
will alro visit Port Royal TO inspect the naval
hospital there and see what can be done 10
the way oi Increased Accommodations.
HAMPTON 3 BIRTHDAY.
Last Friday was Gen. Hamptons S4tli
birthday. and the general was In nne spirits
He spent the day very qnietly At home. ne
much improved the next day and WAS able
To take . ride In the afternoon. Quite .
number OF friends called 10 congratulate him.
PATRICK GUILTY.
On March %. Albert T. Patrick. lawyer. was
the aged millionaire recluse. William Marsh
Rice.
THE GOVERNORS ATTITUDE.
that Fitzsimmons had accepted the ofYer OF
Charleston club 10 night Jeffries there he ex.
pressed himself plainly a. 10 his attitude. He
said that he would not tske up the matter.
until u came 10 him In an ofncial way.
HoNoRs MCKINLEY.
With the consent Of Secretary Hay the
trustees of the John Hay Normal and Indus
IEai School or co,ored yon,nl Of AieIWSnGra g.
Mckinley Normal and Industrial School.
BEGAN EARLY.
John ID. Rock ". Jr.. began 10 earn mon j..
ey when he W ears OLD. HIS iatner OF.
In need Of repairs that the boy could nnd on
the blk country place near Cleveland.O. His
nrst days work uetted him Is cents.
GENEROUS OFT.
Andrew Carnegie offered To give the town
Of Littleton, N. H.. q SIS QUO library. under the
conditions which usually accompany his
proposals.. His GIT will be accepted.
INCREASED ESrHUsIAsM.
Chattanooga and Memphis have each noti
fed the Ex position Company that they would
like special days which will DO given them.
DIR. PORTER DEAD.
Or. A. Toomer Porter. . venerable Charles
ton gent leman. died nj his home ON last sun
day night. He was prilRnthroplst In the
broadcast sense and his death brings sorrow
10 many hearts.
GARrIELD's SON.
ident Garfield, haa accepted the position Oi
civil service com NJ issi Toner. rendered him
nbodt ten days ago by President Roosevelt
News and Courier.
TORNADO IN PIrrsBURG.
PIttsburg. Pa.. wns visited on last sunday
by one OF The most terrible wind rtorma that
was over known In that section ef country.
II began just before noon and did almost In.
calcuRlabie damage 10 property and many
people were injured.
HEAVY Loss.
After summing up the loss caused by the
n. DDS throughout The Southen states. 10 IL
found that IL Tennessee alone. the damage
done, will amount to four million dollars,
and twenty nvs lost. The injury TO railroad
tracts and bridges ls very great and trafic IL
stilI blocked. The Iumbermen nre suffering
very much. an thousands OF logs are adrih.
u along the banks OF the rivers and In the
towns houses have been washed away or
overturned and the farmers have suffered
greatly.
~ MISSISSIPPI.
According TO reports from the fOOdrd dis
! tricts In Mississippi. the waters are receding
slowly aud The worst IL over. IL Ia thought.
tnn I'M done
other property Il enormous.
G. ARRESTS.
| On last sunday. there were R arrests made
throughout Greater New York for alleged
violations Of the excise law. According tO
| the rrcords this In the largest number OF ar