The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-03
south Caroline Notes.

A SuSpeDuer lactOIy VIII NC Slalleu
at Rock Hill.
Lavton's brick plant at Marion was
burned with = .OO0 icss.
A company has been formed at Lau-
rrus TO n%auuiacllr. overalI1.
The w. H. Walsh Co Of Charleston
will issue Il new city directory for
G,eenvilie.
A typewriter stolen from the Ch"s-
| ~tertieii Lumber Co. four mot tbs ago
has been located aud recovered i'll
Washington, d. G
\ maudaInus has been Issued by
he supreme court compelling the
supervisor Of Sa!uda County to pay
g, 800 of Gains held against the -
ty -,
King e. Martin, of Andersen, will
70 uul Of the mercantile hrsio,ss to
resume farming, which they aba dom
I'll for merchandising several yeats
ago. They claim to have made u GER
!uin sum of money which. Was Iit'r
object in going into the mercantile
business.
l>inam a. Mayfield has been reap
painted y, 8 master at G:eer.
John II. O'Neale has Offered 10
donate a site fora hospital in Green
vile. 49,.
DR.. C. H. Judson, of FurmAn Uni
verSily, has returned from Florida
| with his health much benefited.
Two freight trains collided on the
Southern near Trenton. y fireman,
named Jenkins jumped and was
hurt.
The Bolton Athletic Club will be
| organized with a capital of 81, 600. A
baseball park ard race track WILL be
built.
The store of Toney Young at! J"r-
dams about six miles from Manning,
was burned with contents. Loss 81.
200, insurance 5000.
The merchants of Greenville have
begun closing their stores at $3.50.
This arrangement will be effective
until September /.
Geo. Z. Bruner of Sumter. ran his
automobile into a mill pond on &C.
count of a frightened horse. The ma
chine was not greatly damaged.
The state supreme court in a case
coming up from Anderson has decided
that stable manure is real estate and
not personal property.
The portrait of Judge O'neale,
which was purchased by the legisla-
ture at a cost of $3.50, has been turned
wei to the clerk of the supreme court.
A number Of carpenters working on
the new passenger depot at Greenvllle
went on strike yesterday on account OF
differences with the foreman.
A new force was at once secured.
John Gray, a weaver at Woodslde
Mills Ia Grreuville, was shot and Sc
verely wounded by a negro gambler
who escaped. The negro with others
had been surprised while gambling.
William Harley, Il white man, shot
and seriously wounded Simon Green,
a negro in front OF the Har eyville
postoffice. The shooting vas the out
Growth off row between these parties
last Saturday.
james Johnson and John King,
who we're convicted ut Charleston OF
tue Latla p0sloifice burglary, have
been sent to the federal penitentiary
a. Atlanta to serve seven and five
years respectively.
A new $3.50 omnibus was badly
smashed in u runaway Sunday night.
The horse while waiting at the South
depot for No. 50, took fright at a shift
ing engine and al a mile and g half.
A northbound freight train on the
Southern collided with a mixed train
of the Blue Ridge Railroad at Seneca.
Nobody was hurt, but the locomotive
of the Blue Ridge train was badly
smashed. 80,
The state convention of Elks Will
be held in Georgetown, April 26-21.
The meeting will be well attended,
Capt. +. w. Wagner, of Charleston,
has resigned as captain Of the German
Artillery. He has been the captain
of This military organization for %
years.
The annual state conference of the
Epworth Leagues in South Caroliua
will in Columbia tonight.
Delegates will be in attendance from
all sections of the state.