The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
-Govcrnor Hagood has appointed
barG. y. WitlDrspoon, master in equity
tor Lancaster county.
1t is asserted that So, ,78O worth of
liquor was sold in Abbcyille, during
the Christmas holidays.
During the recent bad weather, it
IS said that ono thousand pairs of rub
bcr shoes wero sold in Greenville.
An experienced gardener estimates
the damage to the market gardens in
the vicinity of Charleston, by the re-
cent cold snap, ut not less than 1926 900.
THE Governor has pardoned John
Rodges, of Spartanburg county, who
was sentenced in October, 1879, to
seven years. imprisonment in the Pcni-
Tertiary for grand larceny.
In several SECTIONS Of tho State,
persons have been arrested and COM
mittcd to Jail, in default of bail, for
carrying concealed weapons.
The census reports that seven of
the eight townships taken for re-enu-
meration in South Carolina, show an
aggregate population in December of
1852, against 16 ,993 reported by the
local cnumcrators III Juno last.
-Stolbrand, the defeated Republic
can candidate for Congress from the
Fifth District, has notified Hon. d.
Wyatt Aiken that he will contest his
right to tho seat.
Arrangements have been made for
the State to borrow from five banks in
Columbia and Charleston, at 6 per
cent. per annum, whatever money She
needs to pay interest on the bonded
debt.
The necessary notice has been
served by Mr.. f. w. Mackcy, Of the
Second South Carolina District, upon
Mr.. NJ. p. O'Conncr, of the intention
Of tue former to contest the claims of
the latter to a scat in the Forty-scvcnth
Congress.
An old colored preacher was re-
Gently convicted in Orangcburg Court
OF having voted two Republican tick
cts folded together at the last election.
In consideration of his being All hum
Die and ignorant negro, he was fined
but one dollar without costs, and two
days in Jail by Judge Mackey.
,--Ip. tho United States District
w. Barrs, late postmaster at "5S"
Station on the South Carolina Rail-
road, pleaded guilty to the charge of
unlawfully disposilig of postage stamps
and of making false returns as post
master, and was sentenced to pay q
fine of $50 and costs.
The Richland Volunteers, of Co.
lumbia, accepted the invitation Of II.
9. Corbin, Assistant Acknowledgement
United States Army, to visit Washing
ton and participate in tho ceremonies
incident to the Inauguration Of Presi-
dent-elect James A. Garfield. The
company will leave Columbia Oh
March 1st, arriving in Washington on
the Sd.
1t is stated on undoubtcd authori-
ty that the liquor dealers of Charles
ton propose to test the constitutionali-
ty of the anti-liquor law passed at the
recent session of the General Assem-
bly,. Colonel Simonton, James Bimons
and John F. Ficken, attorneys of
Charleston and members of the Legis-
lature, have been retained as counsel
to represent the parties who raised the
question.
The celebration Of the battle OF
Cowpcns, with the unvciling Of the
monument Of Daniel Morgan at Spar
tanburg, is postponed from january
18th to later date not not finally de-
termincd on. The object Of the post
ponement is to give al opportunity
for the cooperation Of New Hamp-
shire, Connecticut, Now York, Penn
svlvania, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland, whose Legislatures meet
next month.
Governor Hagood has commutcd
the sentence of Neil w. Blair, colored
OF Camden, who was to have been
hanged on the 28th instant, from hang.
ing to imprisonment for life in tho
pcnitcntiary. Blair was convicted
nearly two years ago Of the killing OF
one Adamson, colorcd, in q drunken
brawl. He has been rcspited foul
timcs-twice by Governor Simpson
and twice by Governor Jcter. The
commutation was made upon recon-.
mcndations signed by Judge Mackcy
who tried him, a majority of the jury
who convicted him, and many leading
citizens Of Kcrshaw county.
The Ncwberry Herald says: "But.
ler LomaX, cOlorcd brakeman OH the
Columbia & Greenvillc Railroad, was
| huoCkcu OIL lnc tOp OI car Oh the
morning Of the Goth Of November by
an overhead bridge near Silver Street
His skull was broken and crushed IL
upon the brain. At least spoonful
Of his brains ooZed out. 1t was tcle
graphcd to headquarters the same
morning that he was dying. Dr.. Nc
Intosh, Of Newberry, and DR.. Thomp
son, of Silver Street, were sent for
They had scarcely q hope of saving
life. They decided, however, to make
the attempt. BY an operation know
as trcpaning they lifted the skull of
tho brain. They barely expected hin
to survive tho operation. For te,
days his pulse remained below forty
After that time he improved rapidly
and on tho 10th instant he was able tt
go to his home at Hodges Depot II,
says he does not remember ANYTHING
that happened after he left Columbia
the night Of the 28th of November un
til after tho operation. He is a negro
of more than ordinary intelligence
and his mind seems not to have suffer
ed in the slightest degree, by tho ecci
dent. His age is about thirty-tWo.n