The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-15
LOCAL BRIEFS.

photographer, last day in "innsboro.
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-Mr. A. Y. Milling makes an at
tractive advertisement this morning.
Try s.The Alliance-Factory Store"
On Friday there vii! be match
game of base ball at Blackstock be-
tween the Chester aud Blacks:ock
teams.
About twenty-five or thirty coloced
preachers arrived here on the uSon
train on Wednesday to attend tie
conference in session here at tie Zion
a. u. E. Church.
i: is rumured in town that DR..
Hay2e, Of BIackslock, is coming tc
Winns5oro to practice his profession.
Whether this rumor has any fouoda.
tioa,or not could not be ascerIained.
.The Christmas entertainment to
be given to the children of the Pres
hyteriaa Sunday School by the ladies
of that church will be given on Thurs
dav alter Christmas, and not on Tues
day IS was stated 10 recent issue.
From the Chester Reporter we
learn ,hat Mrs. J. K. Alston, widow
of the late Col. Jos. K. Alston, Of the
1st $ c. Regiment, will receive from
IT,. government five dollars per day
a. !. pension for the rest of her natural
life
IRON Factory to your Home. The
on:y 2. est Piano sold this way in the
Caro!;Aas. Stieff Pianos "Sing their
own praise" Baltimore Factory
wa.ecooms. 21S North Tryon Street,
Charlotte, N. Z. c. Fl. Wilmoth,
Mgr.
-Ou Wednesday evening, about
6o'c:. ck, a., alarm Of fire was sounded,
anc i vas iound that nail house,
near the ten yard, belonging to Mr..
Jne. J. Neil, was oD fire. The house
was uuoccupied and WIS soon con-
samed.
E. @. Jeter has decided to
settle in Wirnsboro 10 practice medl-
ciae md has rented an Office aud will
board IN ne family of Dr.. W. z.
Aiken. Dr. Je!er has been practiclng
in Je.Sinsville for soma time and il
well known in the county.
the Winthrop College girls are
to have only ono day OF holiday. They
would have been allowed a longer
holiday, but the girls put it to a
vote and all were in favor Of having
single day only. They will take
holiday on Monday, December 25:h.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church
will give ali entertainment for the
children Of the congregation on Tues
day, December 9th. This, like the
entertainment given by the Presbyte.
rian ladies, is free and is given to the
children to help to. make their Christ
mas bright and happy.
-Wednesday was the coolest day
that we have had. The weather bu-
reau on Tuesday predicted that cold
wave would reach US by Wednesday
and i! arrived on time. The mercury
fel! to sixteen degrees above zero and
the cold was Intense. 1t seems as If
the weather prophets who predicted g
very severe winter we're right in their
predictions, for the cold weather be-
gan unusually early and it he's con-
tinued very cold for an uncommonly
long time.
The town was startled or Mondat
night sby The sound of the fire bell
which was rung at about half-past
eight o'clock. The fire proved to be
in the gin house on the Elliott place.
A negro woman passing the gin house
discovered the fire and gave The alarm
and the people on the place extin-
gui.hed the flames before the FIRE bad
MADE much progress. The fire caught
in room where some unginned cot
tov vas piled, and it is supposed that
some one dropped match 10 the
loose cotton. The fire department had
the engine out and were we'll ON the
way 10 the fire when they were told
thai It vas ont.
Get your picture taken at once by
Hean;es.' Saturday is the last dsy.
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The Methodist conference which
met Oh last Friday in Greenwood has
adjourned, and the next meeting of
conference will be held in Orange.
burg. On Monday the appointments
for 1889 wee made. The following
ministers were assigned to churches
in Fairfield: Winrsboro, Rev. j. D.
Cron:; Riugeway, Rev. A r. Phil
lips; D:ackstock, Rev. P. 3. Ipgraham;
Fai:se!d Circait, Rev. NJ. L. Banks.
Jr. lhe members Of the Methodist
Church in town are very much pleased
that Rev. Mr.. Crout will retarn to
Winn.boro. Mr.. Crout has been in
charge of the church here for year,
and lis many friends are glad that he
was not sent by the conference to
another charge.
For Over Fifty Years.
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