The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-19
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of More or Less Interest Con-
densed Outside of the State

share. This is the third dividend
this year and is the same dividend
declared ior the corresponding time
last wear. The three dividends OF
this year aggregate e per cent. COM
pared with s. per cent. o. the firm 5
third dividend last year.
Dr.. John II. McAlden. president
of the Merchants and Farmers Ma
tional bank, OF Charlotte, and in
te1ested in numerous other business
enterprises. and one OF tn" wealth.
lest business men in Charlotte. died
suddenly on Monday.
The postofice at lndianola. Miss,
which figured conspicuously last
wear in a race trouble on account OF
the then negro posrmistress. Minnie
Cox. and which was closed for
months by order OF the president, has
been reduced from a presidential Of
tice to the fourth class The re-
ceipts for the past fiscal year fell be-
low the minimum established for
presidential Offices. and the comptrol-
Ter OF the treasury decided that the
Office could not be credited with es
timated receipts during the two
whole quarters it was closed. The
TACT that it was closed during two
quarters caused the falling off OF
the receipts.
The coroner'S inquest in the case
OF the ten persons drowned in the
Potomac river By the over;urning
OF naphtla launch during the re-
gatta last Saturday resulted III a YER
dict Of unavoidable accident
The British parliament was pro-
rogueG. by King Edward on Monday.
alter an admittedly barren session.
In his speech King Edward express
ed the hope that Great Britain's diff
culties with Russia would be AMIGA
bly, adjusted.
Judge Parker returned 10 EsopuS
on Monday from Winnisook lodge,
in Ulster county. n y, where he had
spent the previous night. W!nnisook
lodge is in the Catskills. the club
having been formed for the purpose
OF hunting and fishing and general
recreation. Its membership is linn
tied to twenty and Judge Parker was
it's first president.
. 1t is announced that Senator Fair
banks, the republican vice-preslden~
tial candidate, will take an active
part in the coming campaign and tour
the country in behalf OF the ticket.
He will open the Kansas state cam
paign and has already accepted
number of invitations to deliver
speeches elsewhere.
The American European squadron
has sailed from Turkish waters. Iur-
key having acceded to the demands
OF the United States in regard to
the right; OF American citizens in
the matter OF school houses and
churches.
The national encampment OF the
Grand Army OF the Republic was
opened with appropriate ceremonies
in Boston on Monday.
Mr.. \. S. Kemp. prominent bus
iness man OF Elizabethtown. n. j.,
who was terribly burned in his room
in a hotel in Wilmington early III
Tune, has died as the result OF his
injuries. The young man never
could explain how he caught tre.
During the night he walked up en-
veloped in flames.
-Four persons were killed and sew
eral others injured by the explosion
Of a boiler in saw mill near Senoia,
Ca, on Monday.
The executive committee Of Trim
ity college, at Durham, N. G., have
arranged for the establishment OF
a law department in connection with
the institution.
The rice acreage of the country
has increased 50 per cent. within "At