The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
The Latest News of General Interest
That Has Been Collected From
Many Towns and Counties.

Of J. O. Wilson, resigned.
Abbeville.-John Wallace was ar
rested here on the arrival Of Seaboard
Air Line train No. SO, charged with
enticing labor, and carried back to
Laurens county by G. R. Workman,
from whose plantation the laborers
were being persuaded to leave.
Charleston.-County Chairman H.
". Conner has received a request
from the state Democratic committee
for a copy of the poll lists of the first
primary and he is now having the
work done that it may be forwarded
to the committee as soon as possible.
Winnsboro.-J. Byrd, colored, kill
ed another negro whose name was
Cookie, on the plantation of M. D.;
Doty. After the killing the dead mar
was thrown in a creek with a stone
around his neck. Further particulars
could not be learned.
Anderson.-The grand jury return
ed a true bill against Jesse Murray,
the young man arrested for the muir
der of David Hutto, the aged Confed-
crate Veteran who was found with
his head crushed to a pulp in his
little stone on the outskirts Of the
city last Christmas. His case will
be called for trial in the near future.
Greenville.-In the opinion of rep
resentative farmers from various Sec
tons Of this county, the cotton crop
this year is about 40 per cent short.
Last year the Greenville crop approx
mated $4,000 bales, and it is figured
that with the acreage reduced and
general deterioration there will not
be gathered more than 10000 bales
this year.
st. Matthews.-Much favorable
comment is heard about the cotton
market here, some days the price
paid being as much as a quarter bet
ter than any Of the neighboring mar
kets. A live set of buyers and active
set of business men determined to
make this the best market on the
Southern south Of Columbia are the
causes.
Pendleton.-Judging from the in
terest being manifested since the list
Of premiums to be awarded at the
old-time country fair, to be held here
October 8, was made public, the ex-
hibits will be highly creditable, espec-
tally sa far as cattle are concerned, as
there are several successful diaries in
this immediate section, besides other
fine breeds Of cattle.
Columbia. - W. H.. Andrews Of
Georgetown, an official Of the Atlantic
Coast Lumber corporation, has been
appointed by the governor as a mem
Der of his staff with the rank Of col
onel. D. B. Peurifoy of WATERFORD
has also been named as a colonel on
the staff Of the governor. w. B..
Wise has been appointed on the gov
errors staff with the rank Of col.
onel. d
Spartanburg.-Not quite four years
Of age and weighing only rs pounds,
Willie Lee Lindsay, son of Henry
Lindsay, a negro, managed in some
manner to discharge a shotgun and
kill his eight year old half sister,
Marian Lindsay, at his home on j.
L. Maxwell's place, at East Spartan
burg. Willie then sought his parents,
who were away from home at the
time, and informed them that a mad
dog had killed Marian.
Columbia.-B. A. Blont, the former
car inspector for the Southern railway
at the union station, who was con.
victed Of grand larceny in the June
term of the court 1910 for Richland
county and sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary, was granted a
full pardon by the governor. Blont
was accused Of taking clothes out of
a trunk at the union station, and was
subsequently tried and convicted. On
September 16, 1911, he was paroled.
Columbia.-A. F. Lever, representa-
tive from the Seventh congressional
district, has offered his services as a
speaker in the national Democratic
campaign and has been assigned to
make a special tour in the states of
Maryland, Ohio, Missouri and Indiana.
Mr.. Lever will begin his speaking tour
in Maryland about October 1 and
make five speeches each day until the
end Of his trip throughout the four
states.
Columbia. - P~resbyterians propose
to hold a banquet in Columbia in
October. This will take place, it is
announced, the week before the Field
Sunday, October IS, following which
there will be a canvas for the bene-
fit of the three educational institu-
tons of the synod Of South Carolina.
acknowledgements on the Spar.
tanburg telephone case will be heard
here before the railroad commission
on October %, according to an an
nouncement by members of the com
mission. The testimony was heard
by the commission in S%partanburg on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Abbeville.-Mrs. Rachel Minshall
has received her appointment as
postmistress for Abbeville. This
meets with the approval Of the pat
rons Of the Office and is very graft
flying to Mrs. Minshalls many friends