The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-11


hired man. There have been scycra
! cases in tho ncighborlood, but 50 far
only two deaths have resultcd--ont
white and the other colorcd.
Mr.. j. Ferguson Burber was IN
town yesterday on business in con.
ncction with tho projected cotton fnc-
tory at Fishing Creek. A meeting Of
the corporators will be held in the
course of ten days to elect officers and
organize permanently. When $50 ,OOC
shall have been subscribed to tho
capital stock of the. company, stcps
will be taken to push tlle enterprise to
early completion.
The postotllcc atLaGrangc, which
was discontinued some time ago by
the postofficc department, has been re-
established.
.--Reporter: Five thousand dollars
OF the Chcraw and Chester County G
per cont. bonds were sold here on
Tuesday at 80 cents.
On last Thursday all portions OF
this county were visited with as heavy
iails OF rain as have ever been known
IN this rcgion-somc say tho heaviest
thcy have ever seen. The streams
wcrc very full.
| Edgeflcld.
-1drcrtiSer: On "Wednesday NIGHT
OF last week the two yellow men,
Brooks and Watson, tried ut the last
term OF our court for the murder of
Mr.. Jefferson Gates, ofthc Ridge, eff.
iect.d their escape from the iail.
k,hcy were under sentence for man
slaughter.
| Hampton,
.-MeSsenger: Mr.. w. Scarccy in
clearing about eight acres of an old
field one day last week killed fifty
snakes.
"A colorcd schoolho,isc near Law
tonvillc was burned recently. The
building was in close proximity to IL
grog shop. The Lawtonvillc Demo-
cratic Club has offered to fee any attor-
ncy to prosecute the case against tho
suspected party.
The oats crop in the upper portion
OF Collcton county is almost q COM
plctc failure. This is bad for the
farmers, rs in planting very large
crop OF cotton necessarily they have
planted less Of corn.
Korshnw.
-Gazette: A negro man while
driving team from Camden to tho
Swift Creek section, on last Saturday,
iclt from the wagon and was run over
by the wheels. Hc was terribly mnti-
lated, and died soon after.
The attendance at the courthouse
on last Monday was slim indeed. The
farmers arc too busy to come to town
unless they have special and urgent
business. Sheriff Dolby sold 1850
acres OF land, in The upper part of the
county, forSl50. This was she only
sale made.
-Adolphns Fraylcy, colorcd, who
was shot in the back short time since
for attempting to escape from Consta-
bic PEBBLES, died recently from the Of.
tccts Of the wound.
The leading merchants of Camden
will close their stores during the sum-
mer months at 6p.m.
Lexington.
-Dispatch: The heavy rains on
Thursday in many sections of the
county damaged young crops. Seed
IN some Instances were washed out of
the ground, nccessitating replanting
and consequently later crops.
On Monday Capt. D.. J. Griffith,
on the part Of the bondsmen of ID. L.
Hendrix. former county treasurer,
paid up in full tho deficiency due the
county and the school fund.
Ncwborry.
Herald: The dwelling house, with
i!'rniture and the wearing apparel, Of
Robert Spence, colored man who
lives on Mr.. Baruch Duncan's place.
was consumed by fire on Sunday, the
25th ult.
The Confederate monument at
this place will be unveiled June 3Oth.
Oconee.
Courier: The rust in wheat is
general throughout tho county. In
some places farmers are ploughing it
up and planting corn. Early oats are
looking fine.
Mr.. Green, near Seneca CITY, has
contract with parties in Boston for
furnishing timber for making shuttlcs,
Dogwood is the timber used and is
sawed by Mr.. Green in convenient
shape for shipping over the Air Line.
spartnnburg.
spartan: Saturday morning the
thermometer fell below so. There
was frost in exposed places, but not
enough to hurt vegetation. Last
Thursday there was very heavy and
washing rain in many portions Of the
county.
On the 9th Of April there was
laid at Seneca City the cornerstone
for an Episcopal Church, which it is
hoped will be completed in n short
time. The ceremony was very solemn
and impressive. The pastor in charge,
the Rev. j. ID. Mccullough, was as
sisted by tho Rev. Ellison Capcrs, of
Grccnvillc, who delivered short but
most admirable address suitable to the
occasion.
| York.
Enquirer: $2S. 900 of York Conn
ty, Chester and Lcnoir Narrow Gauge
Railroad bonds were sold on Monday
at prices ranging from 50 to 9G1.
Rock UiN Herald: Mcriday Bal
ley, a colored preacher, was tried on
Monday before Trial Justice Fewcll,
charged with assault and battery upon
Cause Stewart, q young colorcd wo-