The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-06-29
S. c. NEWS

Browns pharmacy in West Oar
lington, shocking several who
were In the building and doing
some damage to the structure.
Goethe Dutton was the most ser
iously shocked. He was trying
to get into a bath tub when the
shock came, and the foot and leg
that he had placed on the tub was
paralyzed and he was unconsci-
Gus for awhile.
A difficulty occurred Sunday
night in the vicinity Of the cot
ton mills at Lancaster between two
young white men, Bart Langley
and John Small, in which the lat
ter was cut in the left side. The
wound, which is not considered
serious, was sewed up by DR.. g.,
w. Poovey, Langley disappeared
after the cutting.
The initial number of the com
mencement exercises of the Cita-
del at Charleston, South Carolina
took place Sunday in the
delivery of the baccalureate ser
mon by Rev. DR.. T. M. Hunter of
Baton Rouge, La, at the Second
Presbyterian church. The sermon
was a particularly able and forci-
BILE address, prefaced with a per-
sonal allusion of the minister to
his interest in the institution of
which he is an alumus' having
graduated in 1890, and being him
self a former South -Carolinian,
having once resided at Chester.
This is the season for Licking
ton barbecues and about half a
dozen are scheduled for the glori-
Gus fourth. Hogs are plentiful,
more plentiful than they have been
in several years, and there will
be no scarcity of pork.
j. H. BULGE, a citizen of Gaffney
some days ago while working on
a house made a small abrasion on
one of his thumbs with a saw,
from which blood poisoning short
ly developed, and he is not now
expected to recover. Some. years
ago he was a State constable and
is we'll known in this and adjoin-
ing counties.
Camden, June 24.-Mr. Dixon,
overseer on G. j. Shannon's plan.
tation near Camden, brought in
today some specimens of a bug
that is eating the cotton in that
section. The insect seems to be
a species of aphis or plant lance.
Mr.. Dixon noticed that the ants
carry this insect from one plant
to the other, since the aphis itself
can not move around readily. In
return for their labor the ants eat
the honey-dew exuded by the in
sect. Mr.'Shannon has sent speci-
mems of the insect to Clemson for
identification. There is also an
insect reported to being doing
damage to corn in the section near
Lugoff.
On July 1 sever of the ten bank
ing institutions of Greenville will
pay cash dividends amounting to
$24,1O5. The ten banks there
have an aggregate capital stock
of $4,000. Two of these banks
will not declare dividends. One
will pay a dividend on September
/. One of the seven banks to pay
a dividend July l regularly pays
a quarterly dividend. The remain
ing six pay semi-annual diyi-
dends.
News reached Greenville Sun
day from the Isle of Pines, West
Indies, of the tragic death of
Joseph FELTON,, the oldest son of
II. J. FELTON,, who removed to the
Isle of Pines about four years ago
after a residence of 81 years
in Greenville,. Young FELTON,
was out hunting with a
friend when he fell over a
tall cliff and was dashed to death.
His comrades went six miles for
help and on their return were
unable to locate the cliff where
FELTON, fell, delaying the finding
of the body until the next day.
During an electrical and rain
storm at Great Falls Sunday even
ing, Robert Wilson, colored, was
struck and instantly killed by
lightning while at work In a field.
Three other negroes we're shocked
senseless, but they recovered. Will
sons oath was instantaneous.