The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-08-07
NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraphs State News That
Have Been Gotten Together With
Care BY the Editor.

OOu|- lSoIoCAI AoI oSns
to the Senate the nomination of Walk
er E. James to be postmaster at
Greer.
Charlottesville Blease club open
ed quarters in the German Artillery
hall and here an active campaign will
radiate for the promotion Of Blease's
election.
Greenville.-At council meeting sew
eral days ago contracts were awarded
for the laying Of over $4,000 addition
al feet Of sanitary sewerage, the con-
tract being awarded to Porter & Boyd
OF Charlotte.
Rock Hill.-Only 143 votes were
cast in the election here on the ques-
ton Of issuing $4,000 in bonds for
building an extension Of the Rock Hill
waterworks to the Catawba river.
There were 125 votes cast in favor OF
the bonds and IS against.
Conway.-The large plant of the
Trexler Lumber Company, which Ia
located at Allen, a station on the
Atlantic Coast Line railway, about 10
miles from here, was partly destroyed
by fire entailing q loss Of 100000, par.
TALLY covered by insurance.
Anderson. - Fire destroyed the
wooden t~restle, 900 feet long, on the
Blue Ridge railroad, spanning a creek
six miles west of this place. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. officials state
that the fire originated from sparks
and live Goals dropped by a freight
engine.
st. Matthews.-There were thirteen
arrests on charges Of Illicit sale OF
liquor here in one day. There were
eleven colored and two white. One
of the whites was found not guilty IN
a preliminary and the other Is untried.
It is the general impression that most
of the negroes are selling liquor. for
white men, where it is sold at all.
Charleston.-Health Officer J. Mer-
ceir Green announced that he was pre-
pairing to notify all the slaughter
houses in the city that the abbattoir
being constructed by the Charleston
Abattoir Company will be ready for
operations by August Is and that az
ter that time the slaughter houses will
not be allowed tp continue their op-
erations in the city.
Saluda.-The annual Newberry col
lege reunion for Saluda, Lexington n
Newberry counties was held at Del
mar In the extreme northeastern sec
ton Of the county. There was an
immense crowd present, yariously es-
timated at from $500 to 5000. w. Aug.
Shealy, president of the association,
was master Of ceremonies. A MUM
Der of very practical addresses were
delivered.
Spartanburg.-Many responses are
being received from prominent bust
ness men over the state and from 9TH
er states expressing their intention
to attend the conference to be held In
the city August Is to consider the in
terests of South Carolina In the open
ing of the Panama canal. The call
for the conference vas issued some
days ago by a number Of business men
Of this city.
Greenville.-The agricultural COM
mittee Of the board Of trade met to
discuss ways and means OF fighting
the army worm which has appeared
in several sections Of this county. Elk
perts from the state department OF az
riculture and from Clemson College
were present at the meeting. There
were many farmers present and they
were advised as to how to fight the
pest.
Honea Path.-While Furman Bag
we'll was being initiated into a lodge
of the Woodmen of the World at
Friendship, three miles northeast OF
here, Milton Taylor was seriously
shot and is thought to be in a critical
condition. 1t is difficult to find out
Just what took place, but from the
best reports %obtainable it seems that
in this lodge they have a custom OF
using pistols and blank cartridges.
Observation-Disclosures E. c. Dennis
is in receipt of a letter from the post
office deartment at Washington stating
that the establishment Of ely delivery
service at Darlington has been ap.
proved by the postmaster general and
as soon as the appropriation act for
the current fiscal year is passed by
congress-, prompt action will be taken.
This is another sign Of the steady
growth of Darlington.
Pelzer.-Willie Stone, age II, while
in bathing with several boys in Sa'
luda river near the railroad bridge
was drowned several days ago. The
body has not been found yet. The
drowning took place at the head Of
the dam which runs three mills in the
old town:
Darlington.-At a special meeting
of the town council a franchise was
granted to the Florence Gas Company
to furnish gas in Darlington and work
will commence at once laying pipes
from Florence to Darlington. 1t Is
thought that gas will be here for use
by October first.
Pinewood. - J. j. Ross, ST., who
lives four miles south Of here and
farms the plantation of R. I. Manning