The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, May 12, 1877, Image 3
DEMOCRATIC T0IK El',
For Members of the House of Repre
sentatives.
HENRY A. GAILLARD,
THOMAS S. URICE.
RAILoAD SCHEIDULES.-Tho follow
ing are the hours at which the trains
on the C. C. and A. R. R, pass
Winnsboro:
1IJJAot PASSENOE'--N1nT-r.
For Charlotte, 2.31, A, M.
For Augusta, 1.13, A. M.
AccoarsoArIoN FiIElOir-AY'.
For Augusta, 11.45, A. Mt
For Charlotte, 1.00, 1. 1%
Religious Notices.
Methodist Church-Rov. J. M.
Boyd, 11 a. Ii,, and 8 p. ni.
Associato Reformed Church
R.ev. J. I, Todd, 11 .t, it., and 8
I'. M.
Episcopal Church-. -Rov. J. Obear.
services every Sunday OXivpt the
2nd Sunday of tho month: at 11
o'clock A. At,
Presl)yteriaun Church--Rov, C. E.
Chichcstor, 11 A. re., and 8' r. it.
Sabbath School 31 r. i, Prayer
Meeting, Wednesday, 7.l p. -.
Now Advertisoients.
Building and Loan Association
D. R. Flenniken, Sec and Treas.
lemcmiber the election on Mon
day. Let every man do his duty.
All the persons convicted of crime
at the recent term of the circuit
court are negroes.
PERSONAL.-Wmin. H. Lyles, Esq.,
and Dr. E. W. Aikon, of Columbia,
were in attendance on the session of
the circuit court-the former as
attorney in several civil cases, and
the latter as medical export in the
case of the State vs. Henry Wallace,
inicted for murder.
REIAGIOus No-iice.-We are re
quested to state that Rev. C. F..
Chichester will doliver a sermon to
the young, under the auspices of
the Young Men's Christian Associa..
tion, on Sunday night at eight
o'clock, in the Presbyterian church.
The public are invitel to attend.
We have received the catalogue
of the University of Virginia, for the
current session. TheJI roll of stu
dents contains the nlunes of three
hundred and forty-soven, of which
nine are from South Carolina, as
follows: John B. Adger, Charles
ton ; ,James S. Barnwell, Beau fort;
Lawrence Clayton, Anderson:
Thomas P. Cothran, Abbeville,
Alexander McK. iDuflie, Bllackstock;
Frank Hampnlton, Columbia ;Wm
C. McDaniel, Abbevillo ; Allard
Meomminger, Charleston,; Thomnas G.
Thomson, Abboville.
The second ontortaiment of the
H-istrionic Club camne off at the
Thespian Hall on Wednesdaiy eve
ning, and was very well attended.
All the pl1ays were very wvell ren
dered, and the audience camie away
well pleased. The ladies and gen
: tietmon wvho constitute the Club
Sdeserve to be cougratulated upon01
the success of their efforts. We
trust they will soon favor the com
munity with another series of enter
tainments. Wie need something of
the sort in Winneboro, and all
pleasuro-loving p)eop)1 will appre
ciate the efforts of the Club to sup--.
ply thm e want.
Weoare pleased to state that Capt.
yChas S. D~wight has received tihe
appointment of engineer in chazrgo
of the Chester & Lonoir Narrow
Gauge Railroad. This road is now~
completed to Dallas, N. C., andl will
bi e at once pushed to tile ferorminus at
Lenoir, N. C. Captain Dwight will
be in charge f 4this work, and a
better selection could not have been
made by the dlirectors. He has had
long exp~erience in his~ profession.
As engineer on tihe staff of General
Korshiaw during the wvar, he was a
most efficient and valuable officer.
Ho has at difforont times bo0on en
gaged on the Blue Ridge and other
railroads in1 this State, and on
several in the West-am ong themi
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railway. On this ho was empioyed
ias nrincipal asitant in t~hn m.ectin
of the bridge across the Mi ssouri
riVer at .AooII\nville. Thiis heie is
one of the fintest struetures of the
kind in America. With such an ox.
peri en1eo and with native talent of a
high order, captain Dwight will
provo a most exeolloit ollicor, and
will do good service for the Chester
and Lenoir.
Tho Circuit Court.
The following is a synopsis of thc
CaSos tried at the lato terimi of til
circuit court, in addition to those
al ready reported:
State vs. 1obert Cornelius, indict
od for grand larceny, A. M, Mackay
for dcfendait. Verdict-Guilty,
The defendant's counsel imade and
argued a motion for a nw trial, ou
the ground that tho vordict was
contrary to law and the evidence.
The motion was overruled, and the
prisoner remanded to jail for sen
tence.
The Stato vs. William Smith, in
dited for obtaining goods by falst
pretenses, A. M. Mackey for do
fondant. The ca5o was submittec t
without argmn. Vrit-o
guilty. The prisoner in this case
was charged with procuring goods,
un(er false pretenses, from -Mr. W
1. Kennedy, living near Ridgeway.
The accused had given a noto se,
cured by at lien upen his crop. Af
ter working about two months, ho
left his emiployer, amnd was then in.
dieted. His Honor the presiding
judge charged the jury that as th<
prisoner had given a noto for the
amount, due, and that note had not
yet matured, if could not be showri
that he laud obtained tihe sulhie
under falso pretenses-ulpon th<t
ground that it could not yet bo de
termined whether the accused would
pay his debt or not.
State against Frank Johnston,
indicted for burglary, Wm. H. Lyles
for dee fndant. Verdid -G nilty.
State vs. Henry Wallace, indicted
for murder, Gaillard & .Reynolds foi
defendant. The prisoiner was ar
raigned in the usual form, anti
pleaded "Not guilty." After seven
teen peienptory challenges by th<
accused and one by the solicitor
the following; jury, all white, wai
emrpanoelld : D. R. Flenniken, P. MJ
B. HoPlley, Adatlbert Evans, J. Smith
Chappell, G. F". Andrews, J. rT. W
Stitt, H. Y. Gladney, Charles Doug
hass, Joseph HL. Kennedy, Ro~bert
Stevenson, W. E. McNnilty, Jno, S
Cathicart, Mr. ID. R. iFlenniken wa1(
apoin ted foreman. The prisonei
ill this case was charged with th<
murder of Mack M\claniel, a coloreo
preacher,.on the 20th day) of Janua
ry last. Tihe plea set up by th<
accuisedl was self-defence. H<1
stated 0on tihe stan~d that the dcceas.
ed met him on the road about dar1
and1 snapped a pistol 'it hlim. Th<
prisonler then dlefended himself.
striking deconsed three or foum
blows on tihe headI, and then gotting
out of tihe way. When he wai
about sixty yards from tile spot, thl<
deceased fired at him, tho pistol
ball passing near hlim and anothei
colored man with whom he wvat
staundinlg. It wias also alleged b1
tihe prisoner that the deceased hlat
used impi~ropor lauguage towafrde
theo former's wife. The deconset
was shown to have boonm a quarrel
seome, turbulount and overboarint
chlaracter. It was also in evidlenci
that for two or three months befori
hlis deaith he hlad habitually carrico
onl his~ person aI five-shooter. Th~
jury, after an absence of abon
lifteen minutes, returned a verdic
of "Not guilty." The prisoner wan
acecoidinigly discharged.
The prisoners c'onvictedi dulring
tihe term wvero brought into court
and the following sentences im-l
p~osed:
Jackson Burns, convicted ol
grand larceny-one year at hard
labor in the penitentiary.
Henry Murphy, convicted of as-,
sautlt with a concealed deadly weapon,
and aussailt anid battery-a fineolO
onlohundred dollars and costs, oi
imprisonment in the county jail for
six months.
Eli James, convicted of mnalicione
mischief-a fine of forty dollars and
costs, -or imnprisonment in the county
jnil for four months.
Prince Pinkney, convicted of as -
i;rutlt w it I intent to ravish, and as
sattlt with lt conceaClei deadly weap.
on--four years at hard labor in the
ponlitenitiatry.
Moses Meekin, convicted of grand
larceny-four years at hard labor in
the penitentiary.
1tober, Cornelius, convicted of
grand larceny-two years at hard
labor in the penitentiary.
Joseph Bolton, convicted of grand
larceny--six years at hard labor in
the penitentiary.
Frank Johnston, convicted of
burglary- two years at hard labor in
the lpenitentiary.
I'he court adjourned at two
o'clock, i. im., on Tuosday. The
petit jurors were notified to appear
on the 9th of July, when the court
will be held for tho trial of civil
causes only.
Tho plresentment of the grand
jury contains nothing of public in
terest.
The prisoners sent to the pen
tentiary were taken to Columbia by
Sheriff Ruff on Friday morning.
Building and Loan &psooition.
T1 1i ll i 11. il~u ry l nontlity inoleting of the
W \itinsliltro Bitllithtig atl ~ad .\s nelaftonl
wvill t~ie heldi Iin Ihe Towni 11.al l o n torol 've'n.
Int . tie 1.11h iii t, at a s o'0lock. Nlieialers will
ling if I thir bonl;s and pa Py their monlithly itistal
1i nts at. t b oreto Ilit 1in , iiii(ilse t1fit'.
I lent1Y f t wiiI Ctil nts po1Omire will lie iliarged
ato erl' heo 111e! In';. TIliere l 1 . ht' r~om sev"en
Iltatret oinel !nmitret!'ei (ittllars; for 1illi.
I). I-. 1.:NNIK EN,
Nay 12--i1 Sec. anil Tr'ens.
The State of South Carolina..
'o I'hornas W. Woodward, Francis Gerig,
George nlly, Commissioners of Elec,
tion for Fairlicd County:
\V""""^E8, Inins- Bird and Johrn
Gibon, who, at the Generall Election
bell November 7th, 18701, wer( chosen
,members of I he House of Represontativos
for the Election )istrict of Fairfield Coun.
ty, to serve for two years, has 5inj0 said
eleetion resigned. And, whereas, the
Coinstitution of the State if South Carolina
directs that in sull cas, a Writ of Election
shall be issued by the Speaker of the
H1ouse of lepresentatives, for the pur
pose of filling the vacancy thus occasiou
ed, for the renmainder of the term for
which the Memaboru so resigning worn
elected to serve:
Now, therefore, you and each of you
are hereby requiiired, after (u advertse
mlent, und with stright regard to all the
provisions of the C'istitution and Laws
of the saidl State, tohing your (dulty' in
uc ase, to hold anl 4election for Mom
hers of theo'I lonse of ltepresentilt ives, for
thel Election District afloresaiid. to servo for
the remiainlder oft the tenoj for which the
saill I )aiel Bird and John Gibson wiere
elected: the Polls to he opened at t-ho
various plar os of Ekection in the said
District, ''n Monday, the fohurteenth daiy
of May, inst., by the vaiu~s sets 0f Mana
gers.
Thtis writ tog;ether with y'our return of
thie elect ion to be held under it, havo
betfori the Ilouse of Representatives at its
nlex I miieet inig alt er' the election.
Wl'TNiE>S, the lonorabile W'. I1. Wallaco
Esquire, Speaker of the~ House of Repre
isentatives, at Colombia, this the third (lay
of Many in the year of' our Lord 0110 thIogs..
and eight h11undred and seven ty-sev'en.
W. IH. WALLACE,
Speaker of the House of Rtepresentatives.
Cleork of thle House of Representatives.
may 1)
ELECTION NOTICE.
)URSUTANT to a wr-it of election -issu..
.1.- ed b)y tho honorablle William HI.
Wallace. Speakeor of the House of Repre..
sentatives of South Carolinn, an election
will he held on Monday, tho fourteenth
day of May at the dillerent pOlling~places
in thl~is county, for two members of the
said House oif Representatives, to fill the
vacancies; caused by the resignation of
John1 Gibson and D)aniei Byrd. The polls
will ho opened at six o'clock, a. mt., and
will clhose at six o'clock, p. im. The mnana..
-gers for the different polla5 are as follows:
D)onnuAuis-A. J. Lamar, D. II. Robert
son, Peter Younig.
(ir.mnENo's GaovE.-E. D. Mobloy,
Strot her Fordl, Alfred Leo.
YoUNoUasVILL~- -John Mcrorey, John
A. Stewart, Alex Hopkins.
FE~As'r1aVuLLE -J. hlendix MoLan o,
David P. Crosby,J.. F. V. Legg.
Morrrea.Lo--H. M. Zealy, T. E. Bell,
Stephen Rtabb.
JEJRINsVIILLE-John1 .Sharpo, Thompson
Chaippell,llolin Gegvory.
Hou~--J P.Ma~loJ. W. lloblnei
J esiah Gibson.
D)ono-V. E. McNulty, J. L, Wardlaw,
Samuel \\atson.
hl1D(EwAY,-hf. C. 1)ayis, howoll Ed
mxiuds, D~ouglatss Fiox.
WYiNNsuono- -T'. R. Robert son, R. M4.
Liuey, G. C. Blacot.
T.l W. W OODWARID,
G1EORGEi HOL LY,
xt tde. Commissioners of Elotion.
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Cards " dozon~ 1,00),
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