The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-05
NEWS OF SOUTH CAR 0LlNA
The Latest News Of General Interest
Collected From\Many Towns and
Counties of the State.

Company will hereafter give service
on trains 80 and SO OF the Coast Line.
This will mean one thing that the peo-
pie of this section have long wanted,
especially the truckers , an evening
train to the Northern markets.
Charleston.-Edwards Smalls, the
negro desperate, who was shot by Po'
lice Officer Johnson after the officer
had been wounded by the negro, is ex-
pected to die. The bullet pierced his
lung, and he is reported to be in a
critical condition. The police officer
Is confined to his home with a wound
ed leg. Smalls is the second negro
shot in the last few weeks by a police
officers.
Sumter.-The annual exhibit in the
city schools of the work Of the man
ual and training department was held
and attracted many hundreds OF pa.
irons and interested visitors. In the
primary building each room had its
)wn exhibit and was presided over
)y the teacher Of the class. Remark
ably good and particularly interesting
was the free hand cutting and tearing
and drawing from models.
Florence.-Magistrate George W.
Atkinson, one of the veteran magis.
trates of the state, has resigned his
office on account Of i'll health. He was
MAGISTRATE at Timmonsville. There
are a number of applicants for his
position, which will be filled, probably
by recommendation Of the delegation.
The delegation will, at least, make a
recommendation in the matter from
the petition before them. .,
Aiken. - Officer j. E. George, OF
the local police corps, went to Branch
vile to deliver over to Sheriff Salley:
Of Orangeburg, one Dan Watkins, col
ored, charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill, upon another ne
gro, at Orangeburg, about two months
ago. Since that time the negro has
been at large until he vas arrested
in Aiken by the above neamed of'
icer.
Chester. - At a special meeting OF
the Chester Historical society the fol
lowing elections were made: Pres1'
dent DR.. c. B. White; secretary and
treasurer and historian, J. T. Bigham,
and trustees, Judge George w. Gage,
J.. X. Henry and Arthur L. CASTOR
It was decided to push with all
speed the complication Of a history
of Chester county, including credible
traditions and legends.
Chester.-The trustees Of the Ches'
ter graded schools have filed two OF
the existing vacancies in the corps OF
teachers by the election of Miss Emma
Nettles of Huntsville and Miss Ellen
J. Murphy of Denmark. H. H. Scott,
who has taught in the high school for
the past two years, has resigned to
accept the principalship Of the Aiken
schools and this has created another
vacancy.
Lancaster.-A young man named
Claude Blackwell of Kershaw was ar
rested and lodged in Jail here by
Sheriff Hunter on a warrant from the
chief Of police Of Charlotte, charging
him with stabbing Dr.. Fred Misen.
heimer of that city in a room Of the
Buford hotel. Blackwell was taken tc
Charlotte in an automobile by Chief oil
Police Christenberry, who came after
him.
Lexington.-At a recent meeting OF
the trustees of the Palmetto Collegiate
institute all the old teachers were re.
elected for another term. There is
one addition to the faculty. Miss May
Lois Boozer, a graduate Of the College
for Women, was elected a teacher OF
music and voice. Mrs. E. B. Roof, who
has had charge of the music depart.
ment for a number Of years and has
given entire satisfaction, was re-
elected.
Sumter.-City council held a short
Injecting. 1t gave its ear, however, to
Ethe important matter of sanitation,
kacccding to requests from the city
board of health and ordering the clean
ing of portions of Main street by use
OF hose instead Of sprinkling wagons;
better wagon service for the removal
Of garbage, and ordered the use Of the
police buggy by the health officer for
the transportation of disinfecting ma
terials. DR.. Mills Of the health board
suggested that Sumter should have an
abattoir, and council assured him OF
a willingness to cooperate in the mat
ter.
Anderson.-In the court of general
sessions, Sam Fisher, a young white
man of Bolton, was convicted Of man.
slaughter, his victim being Motto
Strickland, an employee of the Bolton
mills. The case attracted consider
able attention.
Columbia.-Reports on file in the
state treasurer's office show the fertil
izer tag tax sales for the year to be
$204, 458 as compared with $235,352
for the same period last year. There
is a tax of rs cents a ton on fertilizers
which shows that over 100000 tons
have been purchased by the farmers
this year.
Dillon.-A deed was obtained from
J. W. and T. A. Dillon for a very de-
sirable block of land in front of the
present school building for the sum