The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-06-07

The body of w. a. Little, who was
drowned at WrightsviIle Beach las.
Sunday, has been ABOUT
half a mile from the place Whefe the
drowning ocucrred. ,.u.,
,Jobn Hewitt at Abel, Ga killed
hi- wife and son, shot his sister ana
brother and then committed SUICIDE,
He had lately been confined III the
state sanitarium.
Rev. +, W. Daugherty, at ringer
ald1 Ga, was attacked by, q a"yel'
wHo IS also an editor ola local news
nan.r, The minister after DelnS
s,ruck several times fled into a liVery
stable, whose proprietor prevailed OH
the n]rwsnaner man to desist.
j. II. NJ. Beaty, director OF the
~textile school at Clemson College,
made an interesting address at the
manufacturers, convention ~ nnd
Vile. He said superinlenoehts anu ~,
managers could not be tnrheo out w
textile schools, but required years Vi
actual mill experience.
In the British house OF commons
Premier Balfour called attention to
necessity of redistributing the fleet
and ARMY in view of a possible lnvas-
ion of India, particularly by, Russia:
John p. Mcintyre, a paralytlc, cut
his throat with a razor at
and died. -
Kaiser Wilhelm sent a message OF
greeting to the international railway
congress.
Ee Y. Stevens of Missouri was elect
cd nresident of the Southern Baptist
Convention at Kansas City.
Commissioner Garfield says govern,
ment agents are investigating the OIL
situation in three states. ,.
Gov. A. b. Cummins, OF Iowa. a
witness before the senate committee,
strongly favored rate regulation.
An Italian calling himself Count
Carlo has been arrested in New York.
charged with stealing Jewels Ilom
stores. . ss.S9
Upon his retirement as president o.
the Iron and Steel Institute, Andrew
Carnegie made the institute a gilt OF
$25, 900.
There is a strong movem ent in tine
Citizens's Union of New York looking
70 the denomination of Mayor McClell'
an. :.
Alarge amount of money taken in
by the Franklin "get r~ich-qulck"
syndicate is said to be in a bank vault
in Hoboken.
Herbert V. Croker, said to be a son
of Richard Croker, was found dead on
a Santa Fe train at Newton, Kan.
is claimed that he had been drugged.
The new passenger station at Allan.
ia Will be opened May IA.
DR.. Z. M. Poteat, PRECEDENT Of Fur
man University at Greenville, was
elected II of the vice presidents or
the Southern Education Conference
al Kansas City. ,
A free night school will be starred
at Valdosta, Ga,
The fourth Baltic geet will sail from
Lrbau for the Far East next week.
Seventh Day Adventists are hold
ing their general conference in Wash
ingtOn. "
Muffled drums and drared ban.
uers were the features of the strikers
funeral in Chicago.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Secretary Taft
held a long conference on the Bowen
LOOMS case.
1t is reported fully 40 persons were
killed in the anti-Semitic riots at
Zhitomir, Russia.
The president has decided that the
remains OF John Paul Jones to be in
tered at Annapolis.
An immense black bear has been
seen near Albany, Ga, Animals be-
lieved to be- species of tiger have been
seen zeal Moultrie, Ga.
The con vention Of the Washington
Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal
The car will defer naming Baron
de RoseE az ambassador to Washing
ton, succeeding Count Cassini, until
he has been pronounced acceptable to
this government. .
President Alexander, Of the Equit-
able Lift Assurance Society, as serv-
ed with a summons in the suit of
James Hazen Hyde, vice.president Of
he society, asking for his removal as
trustee of the Hyde trust.
Charleston and Western Carolina Ry.
cobrd,la In effon, Anril lG lm5.