The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-26
AFFAIRS IN THE STATE.
Grccnville.

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GreenvilIe.
The Mountaineer says "During the first
part of this week a very heavy ruin fell here,
doing some little injury by Washing: Inc Inc
not entirely destroyed by the recent frosts, al-
though the supply will be much shortened.
Georgetown.
The Times says "After a long siege of dry
weather we were gladdened d by shower ofrain
| on Tuesday, which although not very heavy,
will be of great advantage to QUIZ fields and
gardens. Our planters are busy sowing their
seed and are much cheered by the spring
weather, which is at present of delightful tenn
| perature."
Thursday night last, Simkin's mill, in Edge
field County, below Beech Island, was entirely
destroyed by fire. The mill was used as q
| grlst and saw mill. and the same water power
running cotton gin. Near the mill is store
where were congregated crowd OF men, and
it is thought the fire originated from q match
being thrown among some loose cotton, whleh
communicated to the mill. The loss OF the
mill alone is about $4,000, which is sad calam-
| ity to the neighborhood. Besides the burning
| of the mill, quantity of corn and cotton was
| also destroyed.
The Barnwell Sentinel comes to US enlarged
and c,Sd in O new dress.
The Journal SAYS "The protracted drought
| from which we have suffered for many weeks
was terminated on last Tuesday by most re-
| freshine rain. The gardens look fully q hum
dred per cent. better, and the young corn is
| looking green and promising.
"The next sales-day will take place at Barn.
| well. after which the county Offices will be re-
moved to Blackville, the County Commission
ers having rented the Methodist Parsonage for
their accommodation. The Methodist Church
will be used for the courthouse"
Laurens.
There was quite spirited agricultural meet
ing at Laurensvllle on Monday last.
The dwelling house OF Mrs. Mary A. Gore, in
Laurens District was burnt on the night Of
March 10Th. The sleeping. inmates narrowly
escaped, and almost the entire contents of The
house were consumed. A negro man and wo-
man, husband and wife, 1.-THE last but recently
living on the place) have been arrested and are
in jail charged with applying the torch.
The Laurensville Herald says: 'Slnc, ur
last abundant rains have visited oil parts of
the district, to the advantage OF the growing
wheat and oat crops, which were beginning to
suffer from the cold, dry, windy weather which
has prevailed for +. month. We may now re-
gard the frosty king as abdicated and the floral
queen as faiSy enthroned, and putting on her
The same paper notices the death, on the
Goth inst, of little girl, aged about ten years,
by the name Of Lille Harris, daughter OF Major
N, 8, Harris, near Clinton, in this district.
The little girl, we learn, was caught by falling
tree near her fathers residence, during gale,
and crushed instantly to death, it being neces.
sary 10 cut the tree in two before the body OF
the unfortunate little creature could be extri-
Gated.
A colored boy By the name OF Edward Black
was found dead few days since, in the field OF
Mr.. Paul G. Stroman. The finding of the cor
oner's inquest was-d:ed from neglect and
hunger He was boy of unsound mind, and
no one knew that he was about the premises
until discovered by Mr.. Stroman in going over
his fields the day before the inquest He was
then dead, and by appearances, must have
been dead for several days.
The Orangeburg News give the following ac-
count of bloody murder in the Fork: ION
last Monday morning, about six O'Clock, as
Mr.. ". L. ". Riley and two colored laborers
we're making arrangements, in his horse lot,
to commence the weeks work, two white men,
Hansford s. Porter and Mllledge Porter. his
Unexpectedly to Mir. Riley. Shortly after their.
arrival Mr. James w. Jordan, an employee or
Air. Ri!eys, also came iii, and spoke to the Por-
ters, shaking hands with Hansford. Muledge
Porter had in his hands double barrel gun,
and told Jordan that he had come to arrest
him and take him to Orangeburg, at the same
time pointing his gun at him. Jordan 1e-
marked, Don't reckon. but surrender. Jor-
dan then took Riley aside and asked hum what
II meant. Riley snid he did not know; ask him
fer his authority. They then stepped back to
where the PorLers were standing aud JORDAN
aske Porter to let him see his authority Tor
the arrest. Jordan and Riley both were stand
ing between the Porsers. Mliedge Porter re-
piled that he did not have any, Jordan turn
ed and faced Riley, who was STOPPING over
little. getting something out OF his pocket,
when Hansford S. Porter presented Blk
shooter, fred over Riey's shoulder, the
bail striking Jordan centrally in the breast,
and entering the right cavity OF the heart;
Jordan fell IN the arms OF Mr. KlIey, anu dieo
in about fifteen minutes. The Porters then
',liberately babe good morning and walked otf
At the crack OF the pistol the colored men left,
leaying MI. Riley alone with the dying man,
and having no weapon OF any description at
hand, and the Porters being fully armed and
apparently desperate, he was poweress to ar
rest them. Sometime irce, we gave an ac-
brother of Hansford and Milledge, by Larti-
que, in tie Fork, anu it is supposed that the
Porters believed Jordan assisted Lartlgue IN
That transaction The ball that killed Jordan
passed over the shoulder OF MIR. Riley, taking
the lint from his coat, and the powder burning
his neck; in the meantime II MIR. hlley nad
straightened up he would have received the
discharge himself, and we would have had to
chronicle also the death, perhaps, OF this esti,
mable gentleman, as Mllledge Porter s.ood
ready with his double-barrel gun evelled to
shoot Jorc an II Hansford failed. The coroners
inquest announced the deed cold olooded
murder. The Porters, as yet, have not been
arrested. sir. Jordan was the son-in-law OF
MIR. Daniel Young, and We hear, an honest,
hard-worklng man. He leaves young wife
| to mourn his untlmoly iate.'
F.fTAL KEROSENE ACCIDENT.