The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-22
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SOUTH CAROL INA NEWS.

Washington.
The total shipments Of cotton from
Chester since September amount to
4O;344 balcsr
-Abbeville now rejoiccs iii Ger
man club, literary society, skating
rink and q dancing school.
The conhty treasurer Of Kcrshaw
county, up to last Saturday, lad only
collected $297 81 Of taxes. -
"A negro boy placed a number OF
poles on the South Carolina Railroad,
near Orange6Urg, last week, just Tor
ftn.
The postofficc in the western Dor
tion of Abbe,'ffe toilnt,, formerly
known as Sa%iiey, has been changed
to Dry Grofe.
Josh Walling, section master oi,
the Camden Railroad, was severely
injured last week by the bursting Of
kerosene lamp chimney.
-Budd G. Matthews, IT Edgcficld
county, is eighty-tivc years old. lie
has one hundred aud twenty-five chill
drcn anil grandchildren.
The postoff'cc in Florence has been
turned over BY the rev. j. T.. Wilson to
III,
who has duly qualified.
Mr.. John f. Hot,bs; the Lcxing-
ton Grccnbackcr, who has been ia
Australia for some time, is pleased
with that country and is doing well.
The county treasurer of Lcxino-
ton county has collected $1,000 of
taxes. Most taxpayers arc paving
their full tax at this colIc':tton:
The farmers Of that portion Of
Edgcticld county which joirs New
berry arc very ANXIOUS to have bridge
over the Saluda at Boukniyht's ferry.
Charles DcGrnflcnreitl, bfake-
man on the South Carolina Railroad,
got his hand badly mashed while coup
ling cars ut Orangcburg on last Friday.
-Dyscntcry prevails among the
children in Ncwbcrry county below
prosperity. Five, three white and two
colorcd, have died within tho past
week.
Mr.. j. w. Rush celebrated his
nineticth birthday at Blackvillc on
Friday last. There are one hundred
and ninety persons in the family, N d
of these one hundred and twcnty-tour
were present.
The Rev. DR.. b. NJ. Palmer, of
Now Orleans, delivered two excellent
sermons in the Baptist church at BARN.
well on last Sunday. On Monday
night Ire preached in tic colurcd Mclli-
"dist church.
The amount expended in E,lgcficld
county last year for implements TO
work the roads and for brid res was
g ,4A .oa. In 1860 the amount cx-
penccd for this purpose was about
6,40O.
-Messrs. r. J. Webb and j. Fl.
Won Hasscln, Of Anderson, have gone
into silk culture. They have 5000
worms at work and have planted sew
cral mulberry trees, Oh which to feel
their spinncrs.
Tile Rev. w. II. Milburn, the dis
tlngnislicd preacher and lecturer, is
gavhiBn series, Of lectures in the opera
house at Darlington, under the aus
Plccs of the American Legion of
Honor, in aid of the rcnding-room.
Tho Lexington Di$pafch SAYS TINT
Harmon Taylor was called to his door
at Gilbert Hollow early Monday morn
ing by Admorc Burtncr, ahtl shot
through the fcshy part OF lnt leg.
Burtncr escaped. Roth colofctt
"A shooting adi'ay occurred at
Dmyton Browns mill, III Nuwbcrrv
county, on Tuesday, bctwcrn Cal CAM
non anu Dan Lever, both colorcd.
Both phrtlcs fred md ran in turn,
CNhllon was slightly Wounded.
Mrs. Bennett Nicholson; of juoncc
county, was bitten ON the leg last wrtk
by rattlcsnakc. The shake had mir;
teen rattlcs, and the blood spoulcd
freely from the wounds made by its
iangs. At last accounts the lady was
doing well dId viii recover.
- Mr.. S. +. Hendrix, of Lccsvillc,
lexington county, made shipments Or
cherries on the 9th, 10th aud i2th,
shipment AMI $lt for the scuolid. lii
wSlil c0miiftncc shipping pGatits in
about ten days. lie says the peach
crop will be very small this season.
The Wedium understands that the
colorcd Presbyterian preacher at Able
vile is advising the women of lis con-
grcgati0n. not .tU hifc themselves as
n'trscs. It is just siicfi cvii-,lispUscd
negroes that keep their race poor by
advising them tIUt to make m honGst
living, and keep tip q CONTINUAL strife.
AT tho examination of Candidates
for admission into the Unitcd Stutes
Naval Academy at Annapolis, held at
Cokesbury on the 18th inst, Mr. N. A.
McCnlly, Jr., Of Anderson, was the
successful competitor. There were
i've or six applicants. Mr.. McCully
left for Annaplis on last Friday, aud II
no be successful in passing the exam
in%t'on there, will at once enter the
Academy.
"A correspondent Of tho George
town hQuirer suggests that channel
20 opened from Wnccan&w River TO.
Murrel IS Point on the Atlantic Cncaii..
| lilo claims that such an outlet W3ilF
DO Of grcat advantage to Georgotown'
and to all tho counties lying on tho
esrent Pee Dee Rivcr,'and that it would
make tho cultivation of the cereals and
grasses practicable on lands heretofore
devoted to the cultivation Of rice.
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! The Bothered Army Surgeons,
It was in war.times. The C.sr"iolnastcr
Of the Fourth NeW York Aiti.ery was
nearly dead With dyScntcry The surgeons
\ did their best for him. b,tt ats Inst on va h;u,