The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-02-11

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OF Look out for bauncuberp g.
Go.
New ADvEKrIsEMEnrS.
Citatious-W. NJ Nelson.
Sale Of Real Estate te-James II.
Aiken. g.. r
Notice McMas:er & brice ond
Galloway.
Fiuo Tea, Fine Tea = McMaster 4
Brice.
Read the advertisement of Dr., W.
E. Aiken In another column.
or The time for paying taxes has
been extended TO the 7th Of March.
-; @ We are waiting to hear Of the
arriv al Of Immigrants to our CoNnty.
gB~ A heavy snow fell on Sunday
night. Tht first Of tho season. "
melted rapidly. ..
6 S'las ". Ruff ESD, has beeu
appointed Trial Justice for Fairfield,
1ice Robert Hawthorne, E,q., dt-
&C lsed. ,..-
G About $4,000 Of taxes had
been collected up to Saturday the,
3lst Of January, About $50, 900
moro are due: Heavy.
Vs. An urtiUlo concerning Que of
our Legislators has been going the
rounds, which; fr,m respect to our
readers, We decline to publish.
o. In another column wc give a
card of Thad. G: Andrews, on l.. G.
Carpenter, d type of the genus Gear.
pet-bagger." Andrews bought the
Union from Carpenter and gave
mortgage. Carpenter forcclosed this,
and has started the Uniou again. He
aud Andrews arc at loggerheads, and
Andre ws ,s heavy on him. 1t is
capital card, aud wi ft any other
carpet~baggcr, as we'll as Carpenter.
Gr The Mt Nion Society at it's
unnual meeting; last Thursday, elect
cd the following gentlemen as officers !:
JAS. b. M,Caus, President. r
II. a. Gaillard, Senior Ward cn.%
~. S. Douglass, Junior Warden.
q. II. McM .ster; Sec. and Treas.
Trustees JAS. II. Rion. W. NJ.
Dwight, S. b. Clowney, JAS. W:
law, +. Gerlg:
SHor LfFTING.-A 5olored woman
named Mary Rains; living on Mr.. Fl.
p. Mobley's place was detected ON
Thursday in the act of stealing three
bolts Of homespun and n velvet
lat. Through Mr.. Moblcy's in
fluence the firm, upon the resti-
tuition of tic property; were in.
dnced not to prosecute, uhd Mary
went her way rejoicing.
" We have received a catalogue
Of the Virginia Mechanical and Agri-
cultural College for l972.73. It
contains 1872 students. Among those
we notice Mr.. r. Preston Means.
grandson Of the late Gov. Means of
thia State. Prof. .Chas. J.. G..
Minor formerly of the University of
tho South at .Sewanee, Tenn is presi-
dent.
South Carolina would have a SINH.
lar College If the Ring had not
stolen the scrip given by tho u. S.
for the purpose Of orcctlHg ono.
ED- A contemporary publishes q
rumor that Mr.. IL. a. Smith; Treas.
urer Of Fairfield County, has abscon4
ded. We ere happy to say this is not
true. Mr.. Smith was absent some
time, but has returned and is at his
post. He had no intention of ab.
scondiDg. The taxes thus far col .
lected are in Columbia or in the
Wiunsboro National Bank. Mr..
Smith has been complimentcd several
times by the Grand Jury, and is con
sidered one of the best II casurcrs 10
tho State.
w. Our special reporters critidue
of Prof. Eldridges s entertainment,
will be given below. Wo give the
Professor more credit than our re-.
porter is disposed to allow His re.
citation Of "the Bells" was very GOOD
and though there was too much acting,
this evinoed considerable preparation.
We are sufficiently unrefned to ad-
miro "Jim Bludso" and 'Little
Breeehes." The trial in "Shamus
OBrion" reminded US so forcibly OF
tho KugKlux trials that wc pardon
the Professor for altering the text to