The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-17

. Citation--J. r. Boyles, J. p. r. G.
Citation--J. r. Boylcs, j. p. +. q.
Local Briefs.
Cotton is not all up yet.
THERMOMETERS 96 OH Friday and 81
on Saturday.
The blackberry crop will be i'm
mense this year.
The oats crop will be very poor,
owing to the drought.
The favoritc byword of "tho
boys" is "Watch your cork"
THE colored peoplecf Spartanburg
took the Gordons for "Yankees," and
were much interested in them.
AT the Festival tonight the gates
will open at eight o'clock. There will
be no charge for admission.
There was good rain at White
Oak OH Saturday and in several other
portions of the county on Sunday.
"A large number ofcolored people
from Winnsboro attended meeting at
st. Johns Methodist church near Ad-
gers.
The Grand Mogul has gone wild
over tho girls. Look outl It is a tor
rible thing to fall into the rat trap of a
bachelors affection,
Patience Ellison, colored wo-
man, was brought to Jail OH Monday,
charged with arson-thc burning of
the house of Henry Moore, also col
ored.
Tho northern bound passenger
train was twonty minutes lato on Sun
day, and the down passenger an hour
earlier than lsaal, Supposed CAUSE
a change of schedule.
"A light shower Of rain fell on Sun
day afternoon and it has somewhat
moderated the hot, sultry weather of
last week, when the thermometer re-
gistered SO degrees in the shade.
The Vice President has gone to
tho country for q few days for the pur-
pose Of hunting and rusticating. One
more (dear) is all that is necessary !;
and we hope he will have q successful
hunt this trip.
SENATOR Augustine r. Smythe, of
Charleston, asks all persons having
suggestions to make to the Railaoad
Commission, to forward them to him
at his Office in Charleston. Tho Com
mission meets again on the 10Th of
June.
"A reference will be held III CUlum-
bia this week to take testimony OH the
classification Of cotton as freight. AS
tho Legislature has enacted that cotton
must be charged bv weight, tho result
of this reference will not affect the
public.
-Court week is approaching, and
our worthy County Commissioners are
having the Court House fixed up nice
1y. It will present handsome ap-
pearance when finished and will be
quite an attractive looking place.
Court will convene on the 9th ofJune.
The Court Houso gang is sadly in
need ofa few how benches to put in
front Of the building. There isa great
quantity of good shade lost these hot
days for want Of benches upon which
the boys may sit down. Can't some
benevolent person furnisif few seats
We ars requested to- state that
there will be basket picnic for the
pupils Of tho Sunday Schools on next
Friday: This has been tho pfcv.ifing
custom about WiEnsboro for the last
few years, and II affords day Of rccre-
ation and amusement to both old and
Young, which should not be neglected.
Accordingly the teachers and pfpils of
the Presbyterian Sunday School have
selected next Friday as the day for the
annual pfchfo. They cordially invite
the other schools Of the town to unite
with thom I'm making tho affair a s,tc-
cess--a day Tong to be remembered for
it's pleasures and enjoyment. The
grove has not yet beem selected, but
notice thereof win be given in our
next ISSUE. 80 ~
We do not psofess to be judge OF
,.Aall.room etiquette, nor do we arro-
gate to ourselves a large degree Of per-
sonai acquaintance with tire custom of
such places. However, we are far
from sanctioning general and ,rnfimit-
Observation-Disclosures the question
is considered from a bachelor stand
point. II doesn't sound exactly like
The song Of an angel when your part
ner yells out, "stop squeezing my
handl' Have any Of tho b. P. UPS
ever heard this startling exclamation