The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-06-21
South Carolina Notes.
Free Lance.

Ex-senator McLaurin and Presi-
dents Jordan and Smith addressed
the farmers at Greenville. ,
The commencement exercises OF
Furman University and of Greenyille
Temale College are in progress III
Greenville. ;,
The ministerial union Of G~reenville
has called a mass meeting for June II
to consider the question of calling an
election to abolish the ~dispensary.
Miller's bakery On Main street in
Greenville, near Smith & BristoW's
was Quilted by fire. The blaze threat
ened to spread and become serious but
vas confined to the n place and the
damage was not great.
The state board of directors has been
officially advised of the result OF the
~dispensary election in Pickens. Gov
ernor Hayward says he will emove
the constables when the dispensary is
closed. No extrs tax will he expended
for the present. ~ .,,.
A new ice factory will be built in
Sumter.
Forty young men graduated at
Clemson. .
Mrs. Addie Sims, an aged lady Of
Union, is dead at that place.
Union wants to amend her charter
50 rs to be able to issue bonds running
for 40 years.
Rev. w. E. Calender of Mt. Pleas
ant has accepted a call TO st. Johns
Episcopal Church in Florence. -,
United States district and circuit
courts are in session in Charleston.
john S. Scott of Mars Bluff was
made foreman of the grand jury.
Thespetition recently put into cir
culation in Charleston loot ing to vot-
irg out the dispensaries there has
been withdrawn, the movement hay
ing prAven. II failure.
Newberry will have a new bank.
The first cotton blossoms have come
from The farm of H.. G.. Folk in Ban-
berg County. Mr.. Folk has g record
for leading in this respect. -.
The Laurens' Cotton Mill fight will
he taken into the United States court
by Mr.. Milliken. =
w. S. King of Darlington 63 years
old and formerly a member of the leg
islature, is dead.
The grand jury at Columbia has
brought in a true bill against Henry
Planter for wife murder.
Rev. w. G. Neville. has been for
mally installed as president of the
Presbyterian College of South Caro-
lima.
Oscar X. Mauldin and Miss Mary
Heidi were married in Greenville.
Mr.. Mauldin is a SOD Of former Lieu
tenant Governor Mauldin.
The Columbia Duck Mill has pro-
tested against the increase of its asses
ment from S6GS,0 0 to $SS5,OOO. The
protest has not: yet been acted on:
Richard Mcfarland was convicted
at Charleston of embezzling from the
postof1ice at Bennettsville and senten-
ced to pay the amount of the embezZ-
Iement, 1929. Is and servre six months
in the penitentiary. Thomas Lacy was
indicted for robbing the postoffice at
McColl. He will be brought to Char
lesion for trial.
Darlington County was visited by
destructive rains Saturday.
Nichols Demarchi, an Italian la
borer, was run over and killed by a
train near st. George.
The annual meeting Of the en-
ployees of the Southern Railway at
Columbia will be held at Wards on
on Wednesday.
A. w. Clayton of Shelton, once
owner and editor of the Columbia
Record, is dead at Shelton. He was
as years old.
Conductor Acker and engineer
Hunter of the Ogden special have been
discharged for ~disohedience of orders
on the occasion of that wreck.
The wholesale grocery house of e.
A. Beall & Co, in Columbia, was par
TALLY burned Sunday night. The
Cudahay Packing Co, and the drug
store of DR.. f. S. Earle were also dam
aged by the flames.
Movements to hold elections to vote
out the dispensary have been started
in York and Oconee Counties.
The finest candy you ever saw for only 10
CEN is u pound at Dargan's.