The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-07
SOUTH 0taRoLINd NEWS.

Williamsburg county has cotton
with forms and shapes well developed.
:--Can,den has shipped 19,lH bales
this season against ,827 fo. the last
one.
---KerShaw county has paid 81
42G.59 in May taxes, against Sl,o49.4o
last May. |
The peaches are dropping from
the branches IN Union except those on
the old trees.
Tho Rev. Thomas Ward White has
. been elected president Of the 'l+aurens
Female Collcge.
John Friday. colorcd. WAS arrest
ed in Aiken on Tuesday by the sheriff
for CARRYING pistol
THE Palmetto Rifles of Aiken have
resolved to go to the Yorktown Cen
tcnniul. Twcnty-eight .men have vol
.untccrcd to go.
Tho May collection Of taxes in
Chester county amounted to about
$4,000. Tlle collection for the same
time last year was about sc, 900.
1T IS ru,norcd that q colorcd man
was killed at Williston, Barnwcll
county, by two white boys, one day
last week.
Mr.. Jas. M. Poe, Of the Lower
Runs section of Barnwcll county, lost
his dwelling and its entire contents
| last week by accidental fire.
f w. G. Bcnet, Esq, of AGbeville
, has been chosen by tho Literary SO,
cietics Of Erskinc College, anniversary
orator at the commencement at Due
l West on the 29th Of june.
81 Rf., ,>,o ITfo,,,SNfr woo f>nn
i. dead in her house near Rich Hill, il
Spartanburg county, last Saturday. |
- is supposed that she died during Fri
; day night OF epilepsy.
. Salmon have recently len caugl,
=, at Goochc's Ferry, on tho Catawb
u River. Fish Commissioner Butler ha
II thousands put in the river about tw
n years ago.
20 Mr.. John Bradley, Of Picken:
father Of Senator Bradley of that cOul
ty, died at his home, about two mile
from Easley Station, on Monday. Il
was eighty years old at the time OF II
ct death.
va Mrs. Nancy McKcttrick, of Bo
m deaux, Abbcvillc county, died suddcl
-. ly last Saturday, aged about SKI
he years. Mrs. McKettrick is the Ia
er- save one Of the kindred Of George M
at Duffle, who still lives. She was Il
bc daughter Of Mrs. Reese, sister
~ McDutfle, and Of course was his nice
80, Both the Lancaster newspaper
=! anu the people Of that county gene
'm ally, favor the lease of the Chcraw AZ
le- Chester Railroad to the Richmond al
,nt Danvillc combination. The Chest
Da- newspapers and the majority Of t
,;n people Of that county, are opposed
49, -. tho proposed lease.
VS. vs. e. w. NJ. Williams, Esq. couns
VII for the county commissioners in tho
md examination Of the countv's tlnanc
bli- condition, informs the PeOplNAtl
elm Barnwcll county will be better 'oA
at least SIG, 900 on account of If W
vestigation. The report of the s. q
III commission will not be made pS.
his until the September Court. .
eds "A man and two women went
not the Crotwcll Hotel, in Newberry,/ v
2 ~ ordered dinner. In some waY
.Ic suspicious Of the clerk were AZ!
a', and on examination he found cfhe
tai his guests were colorcd and t1osco
will ordered out Of the hotel. thaC
DIV, tho proprietor Of the hoy were
- that he had been imposcT Blcnse.
,lrs lowed the party ana ,Tsh. "s'' oN iH' fmI,
"a was n white man. Inua9poh'e W. VI
,'rN--sths a.-.s.rslnps 't1lleed him II nc
1nat lie was hot b.uvs.t port. y.HHfftn HftnilkHiEss kis
) money was as good as anybody's,
whcreupon Mr.. Bleasc assaulted him
= With stick, striking several blow g.
!, Blease was arrested.
. The Commissioner of Aericulturn
is sending blanks for data in regard to
, sheep sheep hnsband!ry in the State, and re-
guests for specimens Of native wools
to his correspondents, the secretaries
or oranges, and to shccp-growers
throughout the State, with the intcn-
ton of preparing pamphlet on this
industry in South Carolina. The in
formation already received gives the
assurance that it will be complete and
valuable. In the list Of products, of
which specimens were requested bv
the commissioner for exhibition nt
Atlanta, wool was left out. It is in.
tended to make n speciality of it and
contributions are very much desired.