The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-02

:. w. Tho Columbians will play tho
Ku Klux tomorrow on tho College
Green. a lively game is expected. q.
"A dance will be givon to tho base
balliSts IN tho evening at tho Col
lego. The public are invited to at.
tend.
" Mr.. d. r. Flcnniken showed
us u pair Of nice little sides of bacon
few days ago that weighed two
hundred and two pounds. Tho
shoat that these sides were taken
from must have been huge one.
G A gentleman in town was re.
Gently expatiatihg to lady upon the
merits of u patent beehive coatain-
ing n swarm at work. Said he "I
know you will be so much pleased
thas you will 90 into it," but he
was mistaken. She didn't.
" The young mems colored con-
vention sat two days in Columbia,
and adopted resolutions dcnouncing
Moses and Chamberlain. Samuel
Lee Of Sumter, was elected President
Jas. June of this county was elected
one Of the Secretaries.
EEs" The Columbias did not play
the Ku Klux OH Friday. They
claimed that their pitcher was sick
and several Of the mon absent. The
ku Klux we're much disappointed,
as they are oy 10 means satisfied
that they cannot whip the Colum-
bias.
MOURNING GooDs.-Dannchbcrg &
Co., have receive full supply of
Grape Collars, Grape Collcret,o aud
Australian Grape Dress Goods.-
Beautiful stock of Mourning Ealicocs
at 10 cents. Call and sec thcm. Il
" Six bundles Of cotton ties
were stolen the oster night frtti the
out building attached to Withcrs &
Dwigats store. Two we're subse.
quently found in cuIvert, and one
other was returned by II person who
purchased it. Suspicion attaches to
W Davis; colorrd.
" We understand that Slubc
Miller attempted to blackmail the
candy man Saturday night by repre-
sentinB himself Gs an official, aud |
threatening to sop tho sale. Stubo
didn't succeed. lie also tried to OBJ.
tain goods from Dynncnberg Il Co.,
so we arc informed,) under false pre-
lenses. lie failed IN this. Sjube is
a member of the legislature, and
there,ogc ought TO be watched.
" Old Jack Adger, a colored
man aged 1o5 years, was in Winns~
bora the other day, having walked
ten miles. lie is native African
and was brought to this country in
1888, at the age Of 10 years. lie
claims to be of royal blood. Hc was
not servant Of Gen. Washington, nor
did he cook potatoes for Marion and
the British officer.
DEATn OF Il. 2. LlGoN ESQ. - We
are panied to chronicle the death o.
an old and we'll known citizen
Winn5boro. Mr.. II. p. Ligon Sr. died
on friday last Of paralysis at the age
of sevchty one years. Mr.. Ligon was
a native Of Virginia but CAME to this
place abouty thirty~fae years ago,
and was very successful as builder
and carpenter. lie was in feeble
health for several years before his
death.
0G y heavy scrub game Of ball
took place Tuesday. Six Ku Klux
played nine "scrubs" giving tho
latter five outs. The "scrubs" were
lively and pluoky at fret, but were
badly frazzled out in tivo innings by n
scoro of 3s to %. The spectacle Of
u "scrub" with hands, mouth aud
eyes Ell stretched wido apart sduar
ing off to catch n fly which passes
twenty feet in rear. and then dustinp
after it like the dickens Is intensely
refreshing on n warm summer even.
ing. ..y
nw" At meeting of tho Rescue
Rife Club held Tuesday evening, The
following non commissioned oflisors
were appointed
Color boarer-J ohm Johnston.
Wardens--J. A. Fraser, w. H..
Williams, D. r. Flennikcn, G. b.
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