The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-11-06
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Latest News of General Interest That
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negro woman, vas shot by Tom Pow
ers, a we'll known negro barber. The
cause of the shooting Is not known.
The woman was carried to the hos
pital and may recover. Powers was
arrested shortly after the shooting.
Columbia. - 1.-The American MUIR
derer is the hookworm," said DR.. j.
A. Hayne in .hislecture on Public
Health" at the University Of South
; Carolina. Parasites" was his sub
ject and he leveled his guns at man
kinds real foes, the mosquito, typhoid
ay, bedbug and flea.
Sumter.-Dr. J. L. Fox, who lives a
, Few miles south of this city, brought
to town one of the largest rattlers
aver seer here. The senate was
ever seen here. The snake was
about three inches in diameter in the
! middle of the body. Mr.. Fox found
the snake in the road, and after dis
| patching it with pistol and club, i'm
mediately stuffed it and brought it on
to town. q
Spartanburg. - When the mules
, drawing a wagon driven by Frank
! Harrison, and carrying Mrs. Lawson
and several children ran away just
before reaching the Southern end of
the bridge yer Tiger river at Nesbitt
Shoals, striking the end Of the struc.
ture, a little girl, four years of age,
was killed instantly. Mrs. Lawson
was seriously injured and Frank Har-
rison sustained slight injury. A baby
in Mrs. Lawson's arms escaped injury.
Fort Mill.-Two exhibitions of land.
breaking are now taking place here
that are attracting the attention of a
great many people Of this section,
especially farmers. Mr.. Fred Minis
has recently purchased a traction
kerosene engine and is now having 1t
tried out on his farm, three miles
south of town, while a half.mile fur
Their on, Mr.. B. M. Lee is entertaining
a representative Of a powder factory,
/ who is demonstrating subsoiling land
by dynamite.
Rock Hill.-At a meeting of the ex.
ecutive committee Of the chamber OF
commerce of this city, at which Har'
old M. Weir Of San Francisco, Ca,
was present, it was decided to make a
deal with Mr.. Wier to make a canvass
of this city in the interest of the
chamber Of commerce and If possible
to raise a fund of $4,000, payable
$4,000, each year for three years. The
canvass will run for three days. MIR.
; Wier is the man who helped raise the
funds for Spartanburg and Greenville.
Lexington.-At a meeting Of the
trustees of the bankrupt estate Of w.
P. Roof, bankrupt, C. E. Leaphart was
named agent and bookkeepef for the
trustees. 1t was also agreed that all
accounts should be collected as soon
as possible, and that, where 1t Is ne
/ cessary to bring action to recover.
suits be brought in the federal court
This action was taken because OF the
fact that there are 80 many creditors
within the county that it might be
difficult to obtain a jury should the
cases be brought to trial.
understanding to figures given
out by the local cotton weighers, the
cotton receipts for this season up to
October rs were 9,139 bales behind
what they were at the end of the: same
week for October in 1911. 1t was fur.
Their stated by n Of the weighers
that it was probable that the cotton
crop In this country sold here would
be between 10000 and $4,000 bales be-
hind what it was last year. He made
this statement on his own observation
and on the reports given by farmers
who had been to the platform to have
cotton weighed. ',.
Edgefeld.-Constable Moultrie, OF
this place, armed with a warrant, went
to the home Of Herlder Jones, a negro
man, to arrest him. Jones lives sew.
eral miles. in the country, and it was
dark when the officer reached his res
idence. On reaching the house he
found the door fastened. He demand.
ed that the negro come forward and
surrender. This he refused to do,
%whereupon the officer started to enter
the house, and as he did so the negro
made his exit, gun in hand. Again he
was ordered to surrender, the com.
mand being answered by a shot fired
upon Mr.. Moultrie, and although the
men were in close proximity the n
to the other, the lead went wild OF
it's mark.
Seneca.-The home of L. o. Davis
was totally destroyed by fire, only a
portion of his household goods being
saved. The house being on a hill
overlooking the entire town, and only
by heroic efforts were nearby DWELL
ings saved. Even the ladies were out
aiding in saving property.
Dillon.-In the second primary DR..
Joe Caball Davis defeated F. Watkins
for probate judge by 154 votes out of
the 1000 cast. Mr.. Davis will make
the county a very efficient officer. He
has a successful insurance agency
here and has resided in Dillon for
several years.
WATERFORD. Everything is in
readiness for the fourth Colleton
county fair which will be held here
next week, November SO. A pro-
r,,11 80 ;rtoroct opH nctr1lr-