The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-07
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were soM at Rock lIlll during the
month. 6fAugnst.
Tho first bales Of The new crop Of
cotton were sold at Due West, last
week, at eleven cents.
Tho Abbcvillc County Toachers'
Institute will hold It's meeting at
Greenwood, OH September s and 10.
Miss Letitia Nail, of Chester, aged
about seventy years, dropped dead in
hcr store on lust Saturday, of ofapoDloxy.
Tho colorcd washorwomcn and
cooks about Anderson arc handing ia
their; designations and going to tic cot
ton ficlds, = '0 wy
While cleaning out q well on Au-
gust %. Mr.. Rufus Ffapklin; Of Aiken
county, was ,sntfocatcd to death by
carbonic oxide gas.
-%.LcWis Rainey, colorctl, was shot in
THO leg with Il pistol b, j. E. Carroll.
white, OH last Sattirday night in York
vile. " : - -
The Rcv. .. =, Porter, tho prcsi-
tcnt Of the Libcriam Exodtis Associn-
ton, is knocking around iii Abbcyillo
county.
Forty bales of new cotton. ,SSDl
seven bales Of old cotton were shipnctl
rom Abbcvillc during tho month of
AT tho recent protracted meeting
at bethlehem Church near Grccnwood
thero wore thirty-six conversions and
forty acccssions to tho church.
Track laying Is progressing favor
ably OH tho Chester and Lenoir Rail-
road. Tho work has been finished to
Long Creek, II milo and q lialf beyond
Dallas. - WY
Mr.. Henry Hall, q veteran of tho
Tar ol 1917, is now living on Black
Gfcek, IN Hampton county; and is
about nincty-tivc years of agie:
"A negro boy about six years Of 400
was accidentally shot with shot-Gilii
by another boy last week in Lancaster
and has since died.
-,Joc Crawlort's wife broke his
skull with IL rock, at Steel Hill camn
Ground. Lancaster county, on last
Sunday week. They arc both negroes.
'-Jamcs Robinson, who killed Moses
Lucas in Flat Creek township, on thc
9th instant, went to Lancaster on Mon
Gay morning and delivered himself to
the sheriff.
Tho Convention of the Eiuhth
Judicial Circuit mcIat Bclton on Fri-
day. All tho counties were rcprcscut-
cd. Col. JAS. S. Cothran was unani-
mously nominated for solicitor on the
first ballot.
While handling a,.loatlcd pistol on
last Saturday John McAIanus, of Lam.
caster, was shot in the face, and is in q
prccariolts condition. The bali enter
cd his face between his right cvc and
nose and ranged upward into his head.
There is q fair probability that the
survey Of the Greenwood, Lairrcns and
Spartanburg Railroad will soon com
mcncc. A subscription has been taken
up, and u sufficient amount secured TO
warrant the survey,
a. boat containing four mon was
sunk on Tuesday morning while cross
ing from Paris Island to Port Rovo]
'Ihrcc or tho men succeeded in reaching
tho shore, but tho fourth, win BarncU'
was drowned. His body was found
OH Wednesday afternoon.
-Tillman Acre, white, the Gcornia
horse thief who was arrested for steal
ing: horse from DR.. Bean, of Green
vile county somo timc since, broEs
jail Thursday night. a vigorous
pursuit was inauguratcd by Sheriff
GIlrcath, and Acre was captured on
FRIDAY afternoon ncar Gricr's Station.
Tho total population of Anderson
county as given by tho census ahpor-
VISOR for the district is about 33,59I.
boi tns nlnNbor 1902 arc whito and
lI,9o2 colorcd, q difference in favor of
the whites Of 3,G10. The increase
during the past ten years amounts TO
?,3i5, and during The past five years
to LACY.
kitty IIavrid, about ten years of
age, living near Ncwbcrry, was b'irnt
to death by the explosion OF kcro-
scnc can last week. She was kindlinr
| lire in the kitchen and in order to-
make il burn more rapidly she took
the Kerosene can and poured oil upon
II. The oil ignitcd, the can exploded
and the little girl was soon cnvtlopcd
in sheet Of flame. She died in q few
hours in great agony.
Tho following is the rcsult of ihc
Democratic primary election held in
Ehgaficld on Friday: For State. ScNa
tor, James Caflison. For members Of
the Legislature, W. j. Tolbcrt, (farm-
Ecr); j. G. Sheppard Qawycr); James
il. Strom .physician); f. Denny
mcrcllant and iarmcr). For probate
Judge, l.. Il. Covar; sheriff, w. II.
ouzts; treasurer, b. G. Bryan, audi
tor, j. L. Edwards; ; coroner, - Cor.
Icy; school commissioner, j. w. Eid-
son. The election passed of quietly
On Friday night OF last week an
armed band Of colored mon went to
the house of ono Mingo Stephens,
colorcd, i'll Darlington county, and
raped OF tho door for admittance.
On being refused admittance, thcy
forced an entrance and scizing Mingo,
escorted him a>milc or so from lis
home, intcrrogatcd him as to several
little n1isdcmcanors, thumpcd ,him
around and cuilcd him about pretty
considerably, but finally set him al
liberty, giving him wcnty-four hours
to ".flcc the wrath TO come" Of an in
tllriatcd colorcd populacc. Mngo IS q
negro ofill rcpute, and it is said that
nc had recently made some very grave
miscalculations in his figuring amongst
the chickens Of colorcd ncighbors. AT