The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-11-27
OF SOU H CAROLINA
attest News Of General Interest That
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Towns and Counties.

on, was accidentally burned to death.
Mrs. Sharpe and the young girl were
washing in the yard and in some man.
aer the daughters clotning caught fire
and before aid could reach her she
vas fatally burned.
Chester. - Twenty-four applicants
FOR the licensed pharmacist degree,
twenty-five white and, two colored,
we're examined here by the state board
Of pharmaceutical examiners, who will
look over the papers Immediately and
give out the results to the press in
the near future. The next meeting OF
the board will be held at Bennettsville
In March.
Orangeburg.-Ffre broke out in the
boys dormitory at Orangeburg college
and some damage was done to the
roof Of the building and water damage.
Had it not been for the valiant work
of the local fremen the fire may have
been very destructive. The building
Is a three stroy frame building. The
loss is covered by insurance, except
The water damage suffered by students.
Chester.-Although Postmaster j.
W. Dunovant has three more years to
serve, as is duly attested by the COM
mission issued him a few months ago.
and signed by President Taft, there
are already several Democrats edg1ng
up to the pie counter and signifying
their willingness and desire to serve
the community as postmaster. Petit
tons are being freely circulated.
Abbeville.-A fire in Lowndesville
destroyed the store occupied by MARI
Speer and three 60-foot poles on the
power line of the Savannah River Pow
er company. When the poles fell the
electric current vas cut off from Alb
beville and Greenwood. The power
company says the line will be up soon
The lack ~ power to run small mo
tors has C.lsed considerable .iEcon
v%enience.
Laurens.-The county, state ant
national elections being out of the
way, interest is beginning to be direct
ed toward the next municipal contest
At present two candidates are in the
field for mayor, Clearance M. Babb, the
incumbent, and John M. Cannon. Mr.
Babb has been honored with the Office
three terms and is making a quiet
though active, campaign for re-elec
tion..
Columbia.-In making a heroic at
tempt to save his dog, a s~ilky-hairec
setter, from the wheels of a train
Robert E. Kirby, a grocer, who v
at 612 Lady street, narrowly escaped
with his life, while out hunting along
the line of the c., N. & l.. railroad
about five miles from Columbia. Mr.
Kirby's left foot was crushed, and an
amputation may be necessary. His
dog was killed by the train.
Laurens.-Since it became known g
few days ago that R. A. Cooper, sollc
itor of this district, had decided .to
enter the lists for appointment to the
district a%ttorneyship for South Caro-
lima, his friends here and elsewhere
in the state have been quite active IN
promoting his claims for the position
At a meeting of the Laurens Bar as
ISOLATION, called for the purpose, he
was formally endorsed by the mem.
bers for the appointment.
Lancaster.-Hollis Truesdale, a ne
gre tenant on the Stogner farm a
town, was fired upon from ambush as
he was approaching the home OF Ed
Blackman, another negro. Directly
after the shooting, Blackmon was seer
running away from the premises,
this. together with the fact that there
had been demonstrations of animosity
between these twoI negroes prior TO
this difficulty makes suspicion point
strongly to Blackmon as the guilty
party. ....
Manning.-A bold robbery was per
petrated in Manning when Thomas
Winners store was entered and rob-
bed of about $500 worth of goods, In
Guiding a number of sacks OF rice
-four, a lot of meat, tobacco, some
fruit and several boxes of fine cigars,
Entrance was effected by forcing open
a window shutter at the rear of the
store, removing the glass from a sash
and thus making an opening large
enough for a small person to get
through and remove the heavy bar
that fastened the door.
Darlington.-In the primary election
held here to nominate a mayor and
aldermen to serve for the next two
wears, Col. E. R. Cox received 115, A.
Hyman 1874 and S. A. Woods II votes.
A second race will be run between
Cox and Lyman in the near future.
Aiken.-Dr. Adam Hayne Of Column
bia, State health officer, addressed the
Aiken County Medical society at its
meeting on "Malarial Fever" The
members of city council and of the
Aiken board of health attended the
meeting in a body, and the meeting
was also open to any citizens who de-
sired to attend.
Sumter.-Sumter is now. receiving
regular railroad service over three
great systems, the Atlantic Coast Line,
.be coutbarn railway and the SeabOard
Air Line, for recently a regular pas
senger service was ~inaugurated over
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