The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-01-05
SOUTH CiKOTTN.l NEI us.

,, ailN bllS impression Is tllIl thGy
wcro committed by rn organized
band Of thieves
Tho commissioners Of election for
Sumter county havc declared tho
recent election for member Of tho
Legislature in favor Of John 3.
Johnston, tho Radical nominee.
Another inccndiary fire has oc-
Cured in Kingsircc, DESTROYING iho
stores Of Il. benjamin. and Edwin
Epps. The courthouse was in flames
twice. but was saved from much
damage.
Christmas seems to have been
spent in an unusually Q,,iot way nll
over tho State. There was 4
noticeable falling of in the tisticul1s
and other difficulties heretofore oc
curing ut thsst time.
The eolorcd people in Charleston
celebrated Emancipation Day-Jan-
,mry with II parade, followed hy
appropriate addresses The ccio
brHtion is said TO have been the
most orderly and generally crctlita-
bio affair Of tho kind since tho war.
Several days ago II party Of twelve
or fifteen men crossed the lines
from Colleton into Beaufort county,
and forcihly arrested IL certain
young man who it is said had pliyht-
ed his faith to q young lndy.
led him to tho altar uoIcas role,s,
and had tho marriage knot tied.
A colorcd man named Jim Sum
mer was recently drowned in New
berry county while in the act of
recovering wild goose which
another negro had shot. Ho was
warned not to mako the attempt,
but in spite Of all clltreaty he per
sisted, with the melancholy result
stated.
A few nights ago. whito sailor
who had been stopping at n boards
ing house in Charleston for several
days past, while suffering from de-
lirium trcmcns raised tho sash
to his window situated on
tho third floor Of tho build,
ing, and deliberately Jumped
out in mid air, falling with fearful
crash upon the pavement below,
dislocating his jawbonc, breaking
his arm and sustaining serious in
tornal injuries.
Ono day last week a party Of
revenue collectors in Union coun-
ty, seized tho mules, wagon
and tobacco Of Mr.. Hill, unlcr
the prctcXt that tho tobacco,
boxes were not properly stnmpcd.
They likewise seized Mr.. Hill, hand.
cuflcd him, and proceeded to take
him on to Spartanburg--mcanwhilc
treating him in most Insulting
manner When short distance
from Spartanburg, the party came
up with squad Of Volunteer State
Troops, assembled for purposes Of
drill. Hero the..nilitia, without re-
sorting to violence, rescued Mr..
Hill from his captors-who had
seized hm without any warrant Of
law. Tho facts secm to make ont q
clear case Of outrageous abuse of
power by the revenue officials. The
matter will undergo judicial inycs. J..
CATION
A most brutal murder was COM
mitted in Chester on the night of
tho 2Sth ult. Bergen Conger, a
white man from New Jersey, re
quested a negro to show him to q
boarding house. The negro asscn. .
tod ; and while on tho way he dealt
tho white man several blows on tho
head with bludgcon, which fclled
him to tho ground. Hc was thcn
robbed Of what little money he had
eleven dollars and half. The
unfortunate man died Of his iniu,~
ries on Tuesday morning. Bob
Crosby, q negro, was suspected Of
having dono the bloody deed. and
on being arrested mado full con
fession. Great indignation prevails
in Chester, and tho negro brute is
threatened with lynching. Judge
hlackoy has ordered special torn
of the Court of Sessions for Chester
county on the 18th inst, when the