The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-07-17
FROM OVER PALMETTO STATE
The Latest News of General Interest
That Has Been Collected From
Many Towns And Counties.

the board. The total amounted to
$50, S0O.03, Of which the city received
$26,9 9 oil; the county %s16,14O.O1; and
the schools S10,7GO.0I. The figures
show a net gain over the same quarter
in 1911 of $500.
. Columbia.-E. w. Dabbs, president
of the state farmers union, has re-
quested the local county unions of
South Carolina to appoint a commit.
tee of three to confer with the bank
ers in the various counties Of the
state and endeavor to reach a working
agreement as to how the cotton crop
this year is to be marketed.
Elloree.-Since the refreshing rains
crops in this section have taken on
new life. Corn, which suffered a great
deal from the dry weather, has i'm.
proved very appreciably within the
past week or two, and while there
will be nothing like a full crop made:
the indications are that more corn
will be made than was anticipated by
the farmers a few weeks ago.
Charleston.-At a meeting of the
board of health the matter Of cooper
ating with the United States public
health and marine hospital service in
keeping the bubonic plague out of
this country, by destroying the rats
on the waterfront, vas taken up and
it was decided to refer 1t to a sub
committee consisting of Health Officer
J. NJ. Green, Thaddeus Street and DR..
H. B. DeSaussure to submit a plan.
Columbia.-The state board of par.
dons recommended clemency in 80
cases out Of 81 considered. The re-
port was completed after several ses.
sions and was sent to the governor
by j. A. Summersett, the secretary.
The other members of the board are
R. Mays Cleveland of Greenville and
E. Frank Warren of Hampton, chair
man of the board.
Spartanburg.-Roach Young, a ne
gro boy Is years old, is in Jail, charg-
ed with the murder Of Ben Young,
his cousin, a negro boy about his own
age. The shooting occurred on West
Henry street and though the coroner
has examined many witnesses in the
case no cause for the killing has been
shown. Roach Young ran away after
the shooting and was not arrested for
several days.
Orangeburg.-Work on the Orange
burg railroad from Orangeburg to
North is now in its last stages, prac-
tically all grading being finished and
the rails being laid. The Seaboaro
Air line railway company has placed
it's connecting track with the Orange.
burg railway and by winter the entire
railroad is expected to be constructed
and ready for operation. William c.
Wolfe of Orangeburg is president Of
the railroad.
MISUNDERSTANDING boasts of
having one of the most enterprising
and enthusiastic chambers of com
merce in the state. At the regular
monthly meeting Of this organization
the attendance was unusually large
and much interest was taken in all
matters brought up for discussion.
President Thos. G. Mcleod presided.
Upon motion of W. A. James the
board of directors was authorized to
employ q regular commercial secre.
tary.
Columbia.-A. C. Summers, chemist
Of the state department Of agricul.
ture has made report to Commissioner
Watson on the samples alleged to be
near-beer sent from Newberry several
days ago. He found that the per.
centage of alcohol by volume was 2.32
per cent and by weight 1.S9 per
cent. The report was made for the
information of the Newberry county
officers as the near-beer does not
come under the provisions Of the pure
food and drug act.
Newberry.-A county institute for
farmers was held in Young's Grove,
Prosperity, by a joint faculty compos.
ed of Clemson college professors and
federal agricultural experts. Some
of the subjects discussed were: Live
stock; farm crops; insect pests; cat.
tie tick eradication; handling long sta.
pie cotton; cover crops and crop 70
tation; forage crops and fertilizers.
The entire day was spent in the grove
with an intermission at midday for
dinner on the grounds.
Columbia.-The time for filing
pledges by candidates for offices in
Richland county will expire at noon
on July "a. So far very few candi.
dates have paid their assessments to
R. Beverley Sloan, secretary of the
county Democratic executive, commit.
tee.
Orangeburg.-The report Of the re-
ceipts Of the B%ranchville postoffice, as
compiled by Postmaster Byrd, reveal
interesting figures. The receipts of
the quarter ending June 80, 1912, were
1922 more than for the same quar-.
ter last year, but the figures are less
than for the first quarter of 1910.
Charleston.-The Aiken and Lancas.
ter companies of artillery will go into
camp with the artillery troops next
month on Sullivan's Island. The
state companies in command of Mai.
Hammond r expected to report at
Fort Moultrie about August 1st.