The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-22
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TOWN. ..,A!,,Nl AND COUNTY ,
THCRspAy., July ~. 60. 1880

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The case Of Alexander .Laughlin,
charged with tile larceny Of bunk bills,
has beon continued to the next torn
of court for Ricliland.
.!Sc1Iooi, CEEEpKAIipN THE closing
exercises of Mr.. W. j. 1felier's school
will take place on Thursday. with re-
views by. the pupils and talk by Mi.
II. M. Davis, after which there will be
h school picnic,
Tho southeastern portion Of the
county was visited with good rain
on Monday night. This section has
suffered. a great deal from the drought
this SUMMER, but the recent rains have
made things to look Up.
We arc pleased to see Mi, Thomas
Nlckinstry in, town, and that he has
partially recovered from the severe
fall he received several weeks ago by
his mulo running Under limb With
him.
The census returns show that COL
orcd man is living in Fairfield paving
q child bQyn in 1876 naihcd Dairiel II.
Chamberlain and another in 1877 mani
ed Wade llanpton.. lie evidently be-
lievcd that tho powers that bo are Or
lained of God, and accepted tho stu
alton. ,.
AROUND TowE.;z-TI6 BOOTS Of the
county auditor were closed ON tho 2oth
instant. N'
Mcssrs. McMaster, Brice u Co. have
made quite all improvement in the
front of their. store, enlarging the win-
dows and reccssing tho doors.
Mr.. Dcsportes is improving the
Y buildings occupied by Mr.. S. S. Glib
son and Mcssrs, Cummings, & Co. A
coat Of paint &orKS Wonsders,;
The Palmettoes defeated tho Athlet-
les in the game Of baseball on Tues
day. Twenty-Five runs were allowed
to the latter.
The money osdor system W ill 60 into
operation in tho post-oflicc shortly.
Tho necessary prelininarics have not
yet been arranged. 10,
Of of {hn :e
having new covering put over it.
The water is now about nine feet
deep. -.
Tom Jacob, the coored man who
was so severely injured in the well two
weeks ago, and whose life was saved
only through the heroism Of Mr.. La
fayette Potcet a'hd T,trnclS Taylor: is
slowly recovering.
The Presbyterian Church is ready
p. for occupancy
Mosquitoes arc dreadful these nights
DuMrER's CREEK, JULY 19.--Last
week I had OCCASION to- visit Salem
Church peighborho6d. and when nthere,
had an opportunity of seeing the grow
ing crops iii that section. IL my opi,r-
ion the crops arc not as promising as I
have seen them in previous YEARS. not
from any deficiency in tho. work, but
only from the .b,tg eQhtfhlicd drought
that has prevailed in this and other
sections Of our county. This evening
however, the heavens are black with
dense clouds, and apparently in a
short time we will have q good fall of
raih,,' Which is very needed j.. :.
Services were held at Salem Church
OH Sunday last, by its pastor tho Rev.
w. w. Mills, who,' though in feeble.
health.;fleHyeTca in 'his ns1,al e},,run,,t