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South Carolina Notes. Servia has demanded an apology from Turkey for her violation of the Servian consulate at Monastir, Macedonia. In his message to congress President Castro, of Venezula, discusses the claims of the allies and the asphalt imbroglio. The British government sustained a crushing defeat in a Yorkshire byelection, where a liberal was elected in a conservative stronghold. Geo. Clevenger, white was shot and killed near Nacogdoches, Tex., by Bob Davis, a negro, as the result of la dispute over a five cents. The negro has been arrested and is in jail. Engineer J. F. Lumpkin of the Georgia, Southern and Florida Railroad, was shot while in his cab running his engine. He has been taken to his home in Macon. Suits will be started, it is said against several of the directors of the defunct City Bank of Greenwood for amounts lost in the failure of the bank by some of the stockholders. The action will allege negligence on the part of the directors. The South Carolina Press Association will meet in part with the North Carolina Association at Kenilworth Inn, Asheville, July 5, 6, 7, This will not interfere in any way with the South Carolina meeting at White Stone Springs the week following. It is reported that petitions will be circulated asking for the holding of an election on the question of voting the dispensary out of Charleston County, 1,300 signatures will be necessary. The dispensary profits in Charleston are $50,000.00 a year. A motion has been before Special Judge Cary for the appointment of a receiver for the alliance exchange which has about $18,000.