The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-05
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SOU1I{ CAROLIN.4N NE us.

| SOUTH TCAROLIN4 NEWS.
columbia has tho lcancst dogs in
the State.
Eggs have been selling at five cents
dozen in Chester.
| The no-fence question is being dis
cusscd In several counties in the State
E--Thrce cases Of hydrophobia from
cat bites are reported in Orangeburg
county.
-GOvernor Simpson has gone TO
Glenn Springs to spend ii couple of
weeks.
Capt. Scott Allen has received the
Democratic nomination for the vacan-
cy III the House of Representatives
from Edgeficld county.
Henry Body n c0lorcd well digger.
sMiiocated to death at Squire Smiths
White Pond place, Aiken county, last
FRIDAY, while down in u well.
After the first of September all
cotton sold in Spartanburg will he
weighed by regular weighcrs appointed
ny the town council, at ten cents each
per bale.
On the Sd of September, the town
OF Anderson will vote OH the question
or the town as a corporate body maxi
ing a subscription Of $4,000 to the
Savannah Valley Railroad.
Tho Anderson Journal saws that
in many sections of that county corn
! has been completely killed by the cx-
traordinary drought, and the grass in
tho pastures has died out.
Two colored men, with imperfcct
tools, secured i'm two days 50 worth Of
gold from the johnson mine in I.ancas-
ter county. This mine is being work.
ca on a small scale, and is said to be
the richest in the county.
| -Whiskcy is tho panacca for snake
Dltes. The ColletoM Democrat saws
that the other day Caesar Shiffel was
! bitten by pilot near Walterhoro.
Whiskey was used as q remedy, and at
last accounts he was doing very well.
1t is stated in some of tho State
papers that Judge Mackey announces
himself in favor of rcputliatino oII
bonds Of the State issued between the
years 1868 and 1876, and proposes to
take the stump in the next campaign
on this issue.
The Anderson Journal reports
farmers III that county engaging seed
oats already for the next CrOp. detcr-
mined to be better prepared another
year for failure of the corn cron.
Some have offered buslcl of corn for
bushcl Of oats.
Tho Joint meeting of the State
Grange and State Agricultural and
Mechamcal Society will convene ut
Chester on the 18th of August. This
meeting will he al event of interest to
tho various agricultural and industrial
communities throughout the State.
Tho county commissioners of
BarnWell have notified the clerk of the
court that he subjects himself to indict-
lncnt by letting out the court house fot
other than its legitimate uses, anc, now
the question of building q public hail
is agitating the town.
"A practical farmer who has been
visiting different portions of Anderson
county during the past ten days, gives
it rs his opinion that thcre will bc
larger crop ofcotton produced in that
county this year than there has been
any year since the war.
Concerning the capture ofa huge
alligator recently in Collcton county,
the Democrat saysit measured 1O1 feet
in length and weighed 800 pounds, and
that the captors deserve the thanks of
cattle owners in that section for Kidding
them of this old marauder.
| An association Of teachers in An
derson county was formed on the 26th
with the following officers: President,
Il. w. Todd; ) first vicc-president, DR..
5. Lauder; second vicc-prcsident, w.
4. McElroy; third vicc-prcsident, G.
II. Prince; secretary and treasurer, j.
M. Pickle.
Tho Camden JoW9Ye0z says that more
large ratlcsnakes have been killed in
that section than it has ever been
known before. Gfr. Hiram Nettlos
killed very large one week before
last just below Camden. 1t measured
about seven feet in length, and four
feet in diameter.
The employees of the Grcenyillc
and Columbia Railroad proceeded in q
body on Thursday night and presented
handsome silver service to Colonel
Thomas Dodamcad, the retiring SUPER
intcndent; also silver tea set to Major
A. }. Dodamcad, the assistant superin-
tcndent.
A week or ten days ago Mr.. John
Campbell, well known citizen resid-
ing hear Gowensvillc, in Grecnvillc
county, while leading an unruly mule,
had the thumb of his left hand ierkcd
off, the rope with which he was lead
ing the animal having been tightly
wound around it.
ALI tho lower windows in the COL
orcd Methodist Church at Abbeville
have been covered with green curtains,
and several night meetings arc held
every week with the curtains drawn
down. This, says the Mediuna, may
mean temperance or religion ormason-
ry, but it suggests politics more strong:s
ly than anything else to suspicious
mind. [ -
DR.. Alexis M. Foster, Sr., prom
lnent and highly esteemed citizen Of
Georgetown, met with fatal accident
last week. Hc was driving vicious
horse attached to his buggy, rotur..ing
from visit to patient. Suddenly
tho horse bouen l;clyip,r o,,l ,,l,.o,:.. .