The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02

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New Adyertisomcnttss jsA
Summons-Jom j. Neil, Attorney.
We extend hearty congratulations
aud best wishes to the brides and
{ bridogroon onls who were united in mat
Silnony last week. May their. happi-
ness be unalloycd.
Wimsboro still continues. to BE- foT
its location the best cotton market in
the State, the prices given leaving less
margin on New York than it costs to
carry cotton to- that place.
The peculiar adaptation Of DR..
Bull's Cough, Syrup to so many phases
Of throat and bronchial diseases has
rendered this remedy Immensely popu-
lar, Sold everywhere. Price % cents
a bottle. ~
Owing to the meeting of Synod ip9
Rock Hill, tho Presbyterian Church
was closed on Sunday. It had been
hoped that tho Rev, DR.. Bracket
would be down to preach to his old
congregation, but ho was unable to-
lpave Synod. .. .
TAX NorICE.-The time for the col
lection Of town taxes has been extend
cd to the fifteenth Of December, inclu-
sive, after which executions will issue
against all dclinquents. Tho police
will be furnished with lists of all per-
CONS between the ages Of sixteen and
}ifty-fivc liable to street tax, and arc
authorized to collect the same.
DEATHs.-Miss Nancy Cathcart died
in WinnsRoYo on Friday night at the
age Of eighty-one years after ling
ering illncss. She had well fulfilled
q her mission on earth and passed away
in the hope Of blessed immortality.
Her remains were inferred in the AS
sociatc Rcformcd Ccmtcary. =
On the same night Mrs. Lafayette
Potect died. She Was mcmber of the
Presbyterian Church and vas highly
respected and esteemed for her worth.
She WAS bNricd in the Presbyterian
Cometary. Z.
4 INTERNATIONAL POsT,L CARDs.-Th
Post Office Department. has mado ar-
rangemcnts to place upon sale on the
lst Of Deccnlber the International pos
tai cards. Their priccis two crnts,
AID the; may bc used without adti!-
Honol pos,ntt" 20 any country wulch IS
8 member % the Postal Union. Tie
cards arc printed III hi,,o, but in o:lcr
respects arc similar to The cards now in
local use. The revenue derived from
he sale of these cards forms a part Of
the postal revenues of this county
The latest reports from various officers
iudicatn that about twice as many pos
tai cards are mailed to foreig coun-
tries from the United States as como
from abroad. Hitherto the sender of
Q postal card to foreign country has
been under the necessity of affixing an
additional one cent stamp.
LIFE AND CannEsnoNnENoE OF OAL-
HoUN.-The Register, a few days ago,
suggested that Mr.. Crowley, Of Vir-
ginia, be requested to complete the life
ofCalhoun. we havo tho information
that Mr.. Crowley eied before the war,
and that during the war Q trunk con-
tanning papers and manuscripts relating
TO Mr.. Calhoun, was at the request of
Mr.. Calhoun's relatives, intrusted to
the care Of Mr.. Robt. N. Gouhdin of
Charleston. Several years ago, tho
trunk was by, him delivered to Col,
James II. Rion Of Winnsboro, with q
request from Mr.. Calhoun's relatives
Sttq9 haye some suitable gentleman se-
lected to act as biographer. Col Rios
intrusted the task to tho Hon.R. NJ.
T.-Hunter ofVirginia. The work will
be entitled the Life and Correspon-
.dence of John G. Calhoun, and will
embrace two volumes, one Of which
has already been co npleted.
Colonel Rion has also in his possess
sion an autobiography of the Hon.
William O. Preston, completed by him
shortly before his death. Both these
works, Unpublished, would be Of great
interest. '. "
PEEP AT W4NNsRORQ.
Mrs. M. e. Britton, who recently
visited Winnnsboro in the interest Of