The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-31
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Examinations for the United States wealth
| or bureau service are TO be heldin Charleston
Columbia. and Greenville next month.
Work on the Odd Fellows' for invalids and
| Orphans at Greenville will begin on the lst
day of September. The committee has re
the erection Of the home.
No decisive action has been taken in the
matter ofapprehending the law-breaking en-
gagged at theEutaWville lynching. The late
act Of iendsh vengeance on the Georgia
| side OF the line seems 10 have detracted The
attention from our own lawlessness.
The Dixie Chapter, U. D. G., OF Anderson
has decided TO Issue series OF historical
stories Of South Carolina for use in the
! schools. These stsries Will be written In q
| very attractive style, and should prove en-
terLalning 10 the children OF our State.
At q family reunion in Anderson County
last week the mum ber of relatives present
aggregated several hundred. These reunions
are quite frequent in the upper part OF this
pride into the minds Of the younger persons
thereby tending towards better citizen.
ship.
The first bale Of this seasons's Carolina cot
ton weighed AS pounds and was sold In
Charleston for twelve cents per. pound.
This cotton was raised on the farm OF Mr..
h. C. Folk, near Bamberg. Mr.. Folk has a
wide reputation for marketing early cotton.
For several years past he has had the honor
OF raising the first bale in his county.
The Gibbes Art Building Of Charleston will
completed within the next few weeks, and
will be turned over to the trustees about the
the latter part OF September. When com.
and q credit to the city Of Charleston. The
Institution is one sorely needed In this State,
as 1t will serve 10 instill into the minds Of our
people deeper love for the beautiful. Char
lesion continues to forge ahead.
Governor Terrell OF Georgia has appoint
ed a court Of nquiry to investigate the cond-
uct of the militia in the late lynching at States
boro. The Governor has expressed great sur
prise and strong sentiment against the out.
rage perpetrated upon the laws OF that State.
On August Goth, furious gale, which tore
down the Mississippi valley, bit the twin cit.
les Of st. Paul and Minneapolis very severe
blow. The storm struck In spots, jumping In.
people were killed and many injured. The
property loss will probably aggregate the sum
OF two million dollars.
Judge Alton B. Parker.has decided to make
no stump speeches. except where he has some
thing definite TO say: He does not believe II IN
ing speeches just for the purpose OF appearing
In different places. This is but another evi-
dence OF the good common sense which domi-
mates in Judge Parker's mind, and also OF his
deeper wisdom. This is healthy sign which
an able man holds out to the nation. Hurrah
for Parker, our next President!
According to the crop report issued by the
weather bureau, the general outlook for cot.
ton Is somewhat improved as compared with
the conditions reported the previous week,
although shedding continues 10 every State
and rust is prevalent in the central and east.
ern districts. The unfavorabe reports, effects
ofshedding and rust however. are less pro.
nounoed than were reported last week.
Picking is quite general in Texas. except in
the northern portion, and is in progress in
the southern portions of the central and cas-
tern districts Of the cotton belt.
The Japanese con tlnue to press hard upon
the besieged city OF Port Arthur. junk
which left Liaoti promontory on the night
of August 2lst reports that the Japanese have
succeeded In occupying Antzshan fort, and
have destroyed two forts at Chaochanko.
1t Is supposed that scarcely a building in Port
Arthur remains undamsged. The t1re OF the
forts not captured by the Japanese, together
with the effect OF land mines, probably the
reason why the Japanese have not yet con-
Quered the Russian stronghold. 1t, however.
Is not "walkover." The Russians offer stub
born resistance and the Japanese have suffer-
ed many severe loses,