The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-08-17
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


Anderson elected q full Demo-
cratic municipal ticket last week.
The Catholics of Florence have
formed an association for the
purpose of building church,
The executive committee of Edge
field county have appointed the 5th
of September for holding primary
elections.
Col. James A. Hoyt, editor of the
Columbia Register, is now in Ander-
/ son, where he will spend tho lo-
mainder of the summer.
The artcsian we'll in Charleston is
throwing out bits of rosin and wood
from II depth Of 1900 feet, The
flow is $50 gallons Il minute.
Bristow will argue the Ladd mur~
dcrcrs' case before Chief Justice
Waite, for the United States. AL
the questions of conflict of juris~
diction viii be argued.
Brightsville township, in Marl~
boro county, has q Democratic club
numbering over two hundred, and
there is not among tho number u
candidate for Office.
Spartanburg has been putting hor
best foot forcm st, having had a
grand school convention and meet
ing Of tho State Agricultural and
Mechanlcal Society.
Union county had u school con
vcntlon, beginning on the 18th. Mr.,
j. T.. Brown, Of Fairfield, now teach
ing at Gowdeysville, was the insti-
gator of the movement.
The Chester Radical delegation to
the State Convention refused to
endorse Hampton, and then hal the
brass to ask him for money to send
them home. He gave it to them.
Tom Johnston, tho Sumter Radi-
cal, denies that Colonel Dargan
recently called him Radical thief in
his speech in SUMTER, and furthor-
more intimates that it is danger.
Gus pastime for anybody to call him
a thief,
a few months since the Slabtown
Grange, Anderson county, offered
premium to that member Of it who
should grow the most whent upon
one acre. II. S. Glcnn's acre gave
the greatest yield, being 2S2 bush
els, and carried off the prize.
There is talk among some of the
more advanced Republicans of
Charleston of a meeting to be held
next week for the purpose of formal-
ly endorsing Governor Hampton
and his policy. The project, how
ever, has hardly assumed definite
shape as yet,
Tho Rev, p. Ct. Bowman, of Darl.
inGton, says that Raincy promised
to let him have the Radical nomina-
ton for Congress from tie first
district, and that if Rainey comes
out he will run anyhow. Colonel
Richardson will beat the boots off
either or both of these would-be
statesmen.
Mr.. II. NJ. Whitaker the we'll
known race>horse fan,ier and train
er Of Yorkville, is making the ne
ccssary preparations to go over to
Charlotte, in few days, with several
horses to train for the approaching
races there. He will also haYe the
training of IL number of blooded
animals owned by citizens of Neck
lenburg.
A house in Charleston sold, last
week, enough kegs Of one brand of
beer to make 3S,400 glasses. Es.i-
mating al the beer sold of other
brands and by other dealers at only
this s;tme number, we have q total
Of 76,800 glasses OF the fluid con
sumed by Charlestonians in six days,
an average of consumption of 12,8O0
glasses per diem.
VIM. a. Moore; ESQ, q leading
lawyer of Lancaster county, died on
Saturday last, from an attack of
cramp collie. Mr.. Moore was
native Of York county, but for many
years had been q resident of Lan=~
caster county, where, in the pursuit
OF his profession, he enjoyed sno-
cessfnl and lucrative practice.
Says The Charlotte Observer :.
"N1r. p. NJ. Murray, building con-
tractor of this city, who has charge