Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-19

SUllH CAROLYN 4.
Two new papers, one daily, are among the
Possibilities at Spartanburg.
A farmers amateur club has been organized
90 kIug-tree with nine members.
An effort is making IN Greenwood to raise
joint stock company to build $4,000 hotel.
The Episcopalians of Orangeburg are about
to engage "a permanent rector TO reside in the
town and hold services every sunday.
Am old c0lOred woman named Polly Cooper
iIe.i near Rollins Post Office, Georgetown, a
leW days ago. She Is said to have been l35
wears of age
rhe annual inspection Of the First Regi-
meut of Cavalry VIII be held at Hampton on
fLe 18th of March. There are eight COmpa-
uIy- No the regiment.
The Darlington Nelcs saws the Oat crop,
which was thought to be completely DESTROYED
gF She freeze, Is resuscitating and VIII prOba-
t.E make ialr crop yet.
lu Chester to date l.2Oi liens and 4j6 mort
Cages have been filed. The Reporter SAYS
there viii be a sufficient number Of farm
iluorer5 throughout the county during the
year
The C0roner's jury I'm the Laura kinard
y4-e reassembled at Ncwberry Monday and
rendered q verdict that the deceased came to
her death from burning and from other causes
lo tle jurors unknown.
There are several bales of cotton stored in a
lut ON Front street i'm the town of Cheraw that
nave been there for nearly twenty years. The
third covering of bagging has rOtted OF, and
l1urth Wll soon be necessary
Mormon missionaries are at work in the
country surrounding Spartanburg. Their
methodof working reminds one of the steal
tIy creeping of q snake. and they give no
chance for arrest under any legal charge.
AZ the new town of MOun.a am Shoals. in
Laurens county, fifteen lots were sold last
saturday. The prices ran from $50 TO S56
for half and one acre lots. This town Is TO be
ou the Greenville, Laurens and Spartanburg
Road, and not far from the En0ree.
John Williams, cOlored, VINO lives a few
miles south Of Camden, claims to he the cham
piou coon and 'pOssum hunter in kershaW
county. since the opening of the hunting
season last fail and up 10 January ]. 1884. he
claims TO have caught 229 cOOns and 'pOssums.
A gentleman in Warren county buried $500
DID, silver few years since, with which he in
tended 20 buy q tract of land as soon as it was
placed ON the market. The land was
purchased a short time since. and rusty dol
lars and fractional parts of dollars have been
floating around ever since.
Near Batesburg StanmOre Walker shot and
dangerously wounded his brOther-iu-laW,
Jesse Scott. They had quarrel last summer
about a very trivial matter and were not on
speaking terms. Walker, riding bv ScOtts
deliberately shot him i'm his own ward without
notice or warning. Walker cannot be found.
A number Of capitalists have been exam
lining the gold prospects on the Hammett
place on the east side of Pacolet. For many
yeas it has been known that gold was living
around there loose. and the Iammett mine
H1s had some local reputation. since the
war many dollars have been taken from the
surface, and that by inexperienced men.
Near Spartanburg, several years ago. a man
needed some money and applied 10 one who
could accommodate him. Either IN his de-
spair or ignorance he gave his note for about
800 with interest at per cent. per month.
which. if not paid monthly, was 10 be COM
pounded. The maker Of the note died this
winter. and the holder of the note is also dead.
The executor now puts in his claim for about
$4,000 for the note Of 500. The court viii
likely be called upon to settle the matter.
Capt. Edward Turse, residing near BedOc,
q station on the Port ROYAL Railway. in South
Carolina, has recently sent TO Commissioner
Butler. NJ Columbia, two oyster shells weigh
ing eighteen pounds and measuring respec-
IlYeiy eight SuG fourteen inches IN length.
he obtained them from Shell Blu6, on the
lower Three Runs waters OF inc Savannah
river. some five or six miles above the station.
Mrs. Walker, Who owns the blum. says she
Eecoilects seeing her father. the late Capt
JOhn Carter. have one taken from the same
bed that measured thirty-tWO inches in
-efgul5 Capt. TuTse intends at an early day
10 make careful search, and thinks 1t very
probable he vii be atle u secure much larger
smells. and If he succeeds VIII send them to
me comm isslOner TO be placed among the eN
Mblts TO be sent to the New Orleans EXpOsi
ton.