The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-25

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formed a conspicuous part....Mr. John
C. Porter, the oldest white citizen of our
community, departed this liio on last
Saturday morning, the 18th instant, at
the advanced age of 76 years. Mr.. Porter
was born in Conwayboro' 8. c., Novom-
Der 80, 1903, but leaving his native home
in carly life, he camo to Georgetown, and,
for many years before the war, was one
of tho leading business men Of our town.
Hampton Guardian: From the lst Of
September to dato forty-three cars of lum-
bcr, eiglty-three bales of cotton and
ninety-five bushels of rice have been re-
ceivod at this place for shipment, tho to-
tai value Of freights on goods forwarded
and received being S65S. There aro
recorded in the Office of the clerk of the
court for Hampton County 475 liens,
mostly for advances, somo few being for
rent, to be paid in cotton. Their aggre-
gate value is about S25, ,8l7.".T There are
in Hampton County largo groves Of cy-
press trees, which can bo mado source
of revenue to the people. The wood of
the cypress is durable and fragrant, and
can be utilized in making buckets, Dip
pers, and woodenwaro generally..."On
Wednesday, Mrs. Raymond Tuten, who
resides about three miles from Varnville,
was severely wounded by the accidental
discharge of her husbands shotgun. 1t
seems that Mrs. Tuten was cleaning up
the house, and in moving the door, be-
hind which the gun was, tho gun was
thrown to the floor and discharged, the
contents lodging in her leg just below the
knee, intlicting dangerous wound. Drs.
Goethe, Hay and Folk were Immediately
summoned, and did all that medical skill
could suggest to relieve the sufferer.
Amputation will bo necessary.
Hampton Democrat: The cotton house
of Mr.. F. w. Tuten, Jr,, about seven
miles from Varnville, was destroyed by
fire on the 18th instant. About l.5OO
pounds of cotton was burned. 1ncendi-
ary.
Kershaw Ga-ctte: DR.. w. r. Nelson, a
prominent citizen Of the County, died on
the 18th instant. lie was born in Fair
at the age of sixteen, to enter Company
f, of the Palmetto Regiment, and bore
himself gallantly in every engagement,
from Vera Cruz to the City of MeXico.....
The Court of Common Pleas and the Ses-
sions Court foro this County, during the
September term, cost about $500, Of which
$50 went to pay the grand jurors S3lS.2O
for petit Jurors; the bailifIs received
S5l. 80; State witnesses SlI.40, and other
incidental expenses about S27.....Mr. A.
G. Watts, living near Flat Rock, had thrco
stacks of fodder and one stack of hay
burned by an incendiary on the night of
the 10th Instant. Wo hear it rumored
upon good authority that the South Car
olina Railroad will shortly put freight
line on the Camden branch, and i'll addi-
ton will run double daily passenger trips
between Camden and Kingville. Verify
this is an age Of progress and enterprise,
and the clever management OF this road
is not behind any set of railroad officials
in the South.
Camden Journal: a number of our best
citizens have made call to their fellow
taxpayers to meet with them in conven-
ton, on Wednesday, the oath instant, to
adopt such measures as, in their Judg-
mcnt, will be best to stop an already
overtaXcd people from any further taxa
ton in regard to the Wateree free bridge.
...... .Messrs. John Burdell and Allen Nc
Caskill, two of county commissioners,
have announced their intention of declln-
ing to serve for the full term of their elec-
ton, and will resign after the 10th Octo-
ber.. Summer ducks are invading tho
rice fields of West Wateree in great num-
bers, and the sportsmen over there arc
having good time shooting them.
Lancaster Ledger: Ihe railroad iotS Soid
at Fort Lawn on Saturday last brought
nominal prices averaging about Sl5 a
lot of one-half acre.
Marlboro Planter: Over one hundred
thousand dollars worth of new goods
have been brought into Bennettsville
within two weeks.
Pickens Sentinel: Married, on the eve-
ming of September II, 1879, at the resi-
dence of MIR. Jas. NJ. Nimmons, by Jas.
NJ. Stewart, Esq, Mr.. A Keitt Stewart to
Miss Margaret, sister of Lewis r. Red
mond, ali of Pickens County, S. Co.,.
Typhoid fever prevails to an alarming
extent around Easloy.
Spartanburg Herald: Mrs. c. Z. Gilbert,
state superintendent ofjuvenile tomplars,
organized lodge ofjuvenile templars at
Glendale last week with eighteen men,
bers. The Spartanburg, Union and Co.
lumbia Railroad Company have bought
the Boyd lots on Main street, next to the
railroad track, and purpose erecting a
passenger depot on the Main street at the
railroad crossing.
Sumter Watchman: i: Alex. Boon, re-.
spectacle colored man, shot and killed
himself accidentally on Mr.. Charles II.
Durants plantation on Thursday, 1lth
instant.