Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-06-22
STATE NEWS SUMMARIZED
South Carolina Affairs of Statewide
Interest Crowded Into a Crisp
Compact Column.


warden for this county, has resigned
'The people refuse to obey the law.
The rivers in Orangeburg and Barn.
well are being dynamited to get fish.
Greenville.-At the first Baptist
church. DR.. 2. T. Cody, for over nine
years pastor OF the church, delivered
his farewell sermon to a large con-
gregation.
Ithaca, N Y.-Samuel PRESLEY
Coker of Society Hill and Charles
Madison Sarratt OF Gaffney are an
nounced as among the list Of the sue
cessful candidates for graduation at
Cornell University at the commence
ment, which takes place June %.
Sumter.-The Civic league nurse.
supported for the purpose Of free pub
lie nursing, reports for May, patients
80, number of visits 306. Six pa
tients were tubercular. One patient
died; one was sent to hospital and II
were dismissed from treatment.
Charleston.-Accordi to figures
made public by the local postal au-
thorities, over one and half million
pieces OF mail were handled at the
Charleston post Office during the
month OF May, which Is considered by
postal experts to be a standard month
of the year, and a month on which
OF oon ho hacad
Abbeville.-The season of intense
heat which has prevailed in this Sec
tion during the past several days was
broken by wind, rain and hail storm,
which brought relief to those suffer
ing from heat. The hail stones were
about the size OF buckshot, and did
not fall in sufficient quantity to do
any damage to young cotton. The rain
was sorely needed.
Kansas City.-After voting to COM
bine the Baraca and Philathea Union
Bible Study societies under one head
and electing among other officers:
President, Marshal A. Hudson of Syra-
cuse, N. y; yice president, r. n. Sims
of Raleigh, n. c.; corresponding Sec
retary, Mrs w. C.. Womack of Spar
tanburg. The convention OF the two
societies closed.
Laurens-Ed. Hutto, white man,
was brought back from Union several
days ago by Deputy w. II. Worthy
and lodged in the county jail on the
charge OF bigamy. The warrant was
sworn out by the alleged wife number
two, who was Miss Armenia Wix
who works In the Laurens mill. Hutt0
is said to have a wife now living in
Augusta, who has agreed to come here
to testify against him.
Newberry.-The court OF general
sessions, Judge Gary presiding, was
engaged two days In the trial of the
case of Sam Boozer, colored, and John
C. Hipp, white, indicted for the MUIR
der of James S. Gillian at Mr.. Hipp's
Old Town plantation on March 3, last.
Mr.. Hipp was acquitted and Boozer-
convicted. Mr.. Gillian was killed with
shot gun by Sam Boozer, and Mr..
Hipp was charged with being acces-
sorry before the fact. Boozer was SEN
fenced to hang July 18th.
Blacksburg-An unknown tramp
was killed on the railroad near here.
He was about 25 years old and fairly
we'll dressed and had a tobacco label
on his person bearing the initials
H. j." and postoffice box -, Flor
ence, S. C. He was seen by livery
man as the train passed lying on top
of freight car Apparently he was
asleep at the time that he was seen
here. The train was through
freight and only stopped here to get
water, hence he was not seen by any
of the train crew. The body was
found by a negro woman and she re-
ported the matter and the body was
| taken on to Kings Mountain.
Greenvile.- Engineer Joe AusteIl
reported the finding of the mangled
body Of a white man across tlle-tfack
about three miles this side OF Kings
Mountain in Cherokee county. The
body appeared to be that Of man
about 80 years of age, was well dress
ed and bore every mark of refinement
The absence of cards or letters in the
dead mans pockets rendered identi-
fcation impossible From all cppear-
/ ~ 40
hours previous to the passing Of No.
80, which was about $3.50 o'clock.
Bennettsvlle-The hail storms did
great damage TO cotton and corn in
sections. In this vicinity about l.
200 acres were so badly injured that
replanting was commenced at once.
Sumter.-It is a matter of general
comment around Sumter how fine cot
ton is looking and seems to be doing.
1t seems that the dry spell came after
the cotton was out Of the ground and
the heat of May caused 1t TO grow
fast. Corn, too, is looking good. The
vegetable gardens suffered greatly dur
ing the long drought, but the rains OF
the past week have caused them to
take on new life.
Bennettsville.-Att the graded school
building, now in state Of erection, men
were enga. ed in placing large steel
beam, when the brick work gave way,
causing the heavy beam to fall, strix-
ing Joe Zeigler on the head, death
following in few minutes.
Rock Hill.-It Is proposed to ask
Mr. Carnegie for a $4,000 library.
This means that the taxpayers w be
required to pay $4,000 yearly for rs
support. Mr. Carnegie requiring 10
per cent appropriation OF the amount
he gives. A handsome lot for the
library has been offered free OF all
cost by Mayor John T. Roddey.
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