The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
GENERAL NEWS.
The Happenings In various Sections
of South Carolina Briefly Told.

The Happenings In various Sections
of south Carolina Briefly Told.
The com 10 utation road tax In Spartanburg
County ted To- s8. .S6a a.-,
Lizzie Goodwin. colored was shot and kill
ed In her home In Charleston on FRIDAY py
negro named Jack Brown.
United States Marshal Adams has turned
off a white man as bailif In the court IN
Charleston and has given his place 10 me-
gro.
John +. Ardry, aged p, graduate In 1902 OF
the South Carolina College, died at his home
in Fort Mill on Sunday OF appendicitis.
Over $500 was realized In Columbia on Fri
day from baseball game between the doctors
and the Elks. The proceeds went to the
Columbia hospital. . o.
The barn and stables OF J. N. VOORHEES, near
Charleston we're burned down on Wednesday
night. and nine mules and two horses perish
ed In the flames. -.
party of negro gamblers were raided In
Union on Saturday night and In attempting
to escape from the police two Of them we're
shot, one dying from his wound next day.
The railroad commission has decided not to
com pei the Seaboard to enter the union depot
In Columbia and will allow it to build Its
passenger station on Lincoln street. =
The chief OF police of lacksburg has return
ed from Arkansas with Ernest Cashion, 3
young man who fled to that state from
charge Of larceny and Obtaining goods under
false protenses. r....t 10
A lot has been bought In Charleston for
Sis, $50 upon which the building Of the Art
Institution will be erected, a bequest OF SlW.-,
800 having been left for that purpose by q Mr..
Gibbs OF New York. = q 3
James Long, Charles Rogers. Walter Wood,
and H. b. Wilson were convicted IN the
United States Court at Greenville on Friday
of roobiug the postoftice at Greers and were
sen ntenced to five years in the federal prison
In Atlanta. -.!
General News. =
The plant of the Crssson Powder Works 10
Gated at Piney Creek, Pa, near Pittsburg, was
wrecked on Thursday by an explosion and
eight workmen were killed. t. 81.
Walter Scott Miller, colored lawyer and
graduate Of Yale college. was convicted Of for
gerry at Camden, N. j., on Thursday and sem
fenced TO TWO years In state prison. .sa
Rev. Ferdinand Wslser, Catholic priest, 81
years old, is in jail at Lorain, Ohio, on the
charge OF numbering Miss Agatha Reichlin,
the sister OF another priest. a (.
There are numerous desertions from the
navy ON the Pacific coast. II Is said that $50
men have failed 10 return to the receiving
ship Independence since last pay day. z,
Winston Churchill, author of "The Crisis"
Is considering the question Of running for gov
OrDOr OF new Ham pSulT6 on Tue EScpupHCah
ticket. He IL now q member OF the leglela-
ture. .. .sr
Miss Evelyn Hodge, Miss Ingersoll Minge
and Samuel Williams, prominent young 80
ciety people. were drowned in bayou near
shreveport, La, on Sunday while fishing IN
boat.
They say some Of the bills Of the Earl OF
Yarmouth have been paid recently, among
Them an $50 barber bill that he made at New
port on previous visit to this country few
seasons ago. i.
The cltizsns of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Sat
urday presented President Roosevelt with o
Rough Rider outfit worth $500. 1t Consisted OF
saddle and bride, quirt, spurs and Naya1oe
blanket. ..... a, .ss,.. =
Bob Bryant and Will Morris, both colored,
were hanged by q mob at Haynes Bluff, near
Vicksburg, Miss, on Sunday morning before
daylight for the assassination OF white man
| named w. FL. Legg.
The Times. Star OF Cincln natl received tele7
grams on Friday from all parts OF Indiana
Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia reporting
| that the frosts had killed all kinds OF fruits
and seriously injured some crops. fr
James Howard has again been found guilty
| of numbering Gov. Goebel Of Kentucky, the
/ trial having been concluded at Fran kfort on
Thursday. He was sentenced TO life imprison-
| ment. This Is his third conviction, having
obtained new trials twice.