The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-01-08
Privateer Personals. !,

PMvArEEs TOWNSHIP, S. G., Jan 6, 's6.
As mentioned 10 the Priva,eer Personals
last week Mr.. Biott's family expected to re-
main a few days at Wedge6eld before leaving
for there new home 10 GA. They have now
left. Our people will miss them, especially
will our young people miss Miss Myrtle, Mas
ter Edgar aud little Miss Addie. The Bethel
parsonage looks very lonesome now. Our
Kind wishes accompany the family to Geor-
gia and we fee! sure that they have carried
with them pleasant memories of old Privateer
and her kind hearted people.
Toccoa, where Mr.. Hiott has gone, is in
Haoersham County, in the northeastern part
Of Georgia The ceosns of 1890 gave il 6
population of 1920. Mr.. Hiott will preach
there and at Westminster, in this State
TIE Amusement Club was to have met at
Mrs. Henrietta Lynam's last Friday night,
but as most of those On the programme we're
absent. no meeting was held, aud the evening
was turned toto one OF social conversation
and games. The next club meeting will be
held at Mr. Sep Whi'den's on Friday night,
Jan. II, and will be a topic party.
The printer made some mistakes last week
in setting up the account Of the charades
given by the Privateer amateur troup. For
the sake of accuracy we request that the fol-
lowing be published. Those who took part
in the ssMad Cap charade were Messrs. fnot
Misses} Scott Dwight Dwight Cain and Edgar
Hio,t and Misses Lizzie Whilden and Carrie
Cain In the last charade the names shou Id
have read .ss Nina Wells and Messrs mot
Aisses) Willie Wells and Heywa-d Ramsey
The amateur troup has been invited to go
TO Piaewood aud Packsville. 1t appears to
De uncertain whether the troup will go or not
but should it 60, we can assure our readers
that the Piaewood and Packsville people will
have treat in store. We hope the troup
will not only visit these two places, hut also
ether places.
There are several near relatives ofthat gall
liant young Confederate soldier, Major J. NJ.
Whilden, living in Privateer Township.
Major Whilden was Of Mt. Pleasant,
he graduated a: the Citadel Academy
in 1851, aud we have this notice of him
10 Col. John Peyre Thomas admira-
bic history of that institution. ~. n.
Whilden, Captain 2ad Regiment S. c. 81
elected Msjor, May, 60; killed at battle Of
second Manassas, waving flag at head OF
regiment
4 we'll attended social occurred at Mrs
Henrietta Lynam's last Tuesday night in
honor of Mrs. Paul Ramsey.
Miss Kate Furman has been visiting in
Sumter.
Mr.. Marion Cain is clerkiug at Mr. Frank
Thomas in Wedge6eld.
Mr.. John Jackson is on the grand jury of
he Q. S. Court which convenes to-day in
Charleston. Mr. Jim Griffen will attend the
Court as witness in case.
Mr.. John Bradford has removed from the
Jordan community to our community, which
is his former home.
On New Years day Mr.. George Trouble
field, of Wedge6eld, was married to Miss
Dilla McCall. of this community. Magis-
trate Nettles performed the ceremony.
The late Capt. Robert W Andrews has two
daughters living 10 this township. Mrs.
Mary E. Turner, wife of Mr.. Long John
Turner, and Mrs. Augusta S. Ardis, wife OF
Mr. Abe Ards. In this connection it may
be mentioned that Capt. Andvewss widow
died in Georgia or Christmas day sn1 vas
buried at the Weeks graveyard. near Pine
wood. Her maiden name was Counoc. She
and Capt. Andrews were the parents of eleven
chiidren-ten Of whom are now living, tie
oldest cne, Mr. Oregon Texas Andrews, lives
in Boston.
In the newspaper accounts of the opening
Of Biltmore, the magnificent county home of
M. George ". Vanderbilt, near Asheville,
N. c., it was mentioned that the house trac,
coutaiaeds eight thousand acres, while the
hunting preserves embrace eigbty-seven thou.
sand; this makes ninety-6ve thousand acres
in all, over three times the siz7 of PrivateeI
township, which embraces $4,000 acres.
Mr. Vanderbilt appears to be man of many
excellent traits, but we must confess that we
don't like to see one man owning such an
immense body of land in an old settled State
like North Carolina. McD.F.