The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-12-19
P0rtman Shoals.

P0rtman Shoals.
y gentleman Of scholarly dcmcan0l
accOsted a labOrcr in the soil with: al
see you are engaged in making sub
tcrrnncan cXcavation," to which the
lab0rer rcplicd "Dccd Pm not; Pm
diggin' Il hole" This for six days i'm
the past week has been the employ
ncnt Of the laborcrs ut the dam in
POrtman. Tho excavation" is now
being filled up to tic with the section
already built. "Rock bottom seems,
sometimes, an abstract term, rather
than concrete fact; but not shovel
fdi OF earth shall 10 left unturned in
search of solid foundation. The
Company have decided money shall not
bc spared; tho supervising engineer.
said to be of stubborn purpose and
few words, agrees with tho Company,
and insists upon rock or nothing.
In aD interview with DIR. Samuel NJ
Orr, President, the correspondent of
the lNTELLIG ENGER was informed TINT
hight of wall or depth Of foundation
shall not interfere with tho required
volume OF power which must bo forth
coming ns result of this new cOnstruc-
zion. DIR. Orr said: eve could sell 1000
horse power more right now if we had
1T. The demand is, and will be, con-
stantly. increasing. The Tower of Bn-
bel shall not overtop this construction
IT see we need it. and there is enough
water. The engineer assures mo of
all the volume we shall want"
Great is POrtman 1900 cubic yards
by January. the remainder-the con-
tinuation by-imaginatiOn must an
swer.
Apropos Of 1000 yards wise ones
shake their heads refusing to think
aloud what percentage over third
OF the amount shall receive the kiss of
New Year's morn.
The contractor, an active, compe-
tent man, is rcticent on the matter,
benring across his brow no shade of
grievance because of the delay. High
water. rainy days, zero temperature,
and other reasonable reasons, it is said,
are responsible. Best Of terms exist
between himself and tho Company;
and tho Company, by some bentiflc
consolation, repose sercnely under the
sOlacing influence of arbitration or
indamnification.
The mail route between POrtman
1nd Anderson is chastened by grievous
dissatisfaction in delivery. One letter
from Piedmont, comparatively n few
miles away. wns delivered six weeks
later. Letters for Portman go by way
of Townville or Broyles to be returned
lowing days delivery. Newspapers, it
seems, are of no Importance. whole
bundle OF INTELLIGENCER's we're re-
Gently abstractcd. tho address copy
alone being delivered, last weeks pa
per is received this week. In,cstiga-
tiOn, ii in -sistc upon, will no: be with
out caused.
The POrtman post office was sus-
pended Saturday. 18th inst. Mrs. j. A.
McGill. an intelligent lady, who. with
her husband, were in charge, said un;
in their office. She liked tho vocation;
1T paid her, but it did not pny her hus-
bands more valuable time. 1t was al-
so. great deal of care; but she did not
mind this, md did her duty; the Office,
however, must be resigned. DR.. Orr
has had authority from Washington,
y. C., to constitute the POrtman Power
House as post Office for the benefit of
all white residents connected with his
business. Other POrtman families
shall probably seek tho next nearest
DR.. J. w. Earle, of Holland, whose
grandfather. Samuel Earle, once own
cd ], 600 acres Of land here, including
Portman Shoals, is visiting his niece,
Mrs. N. o. Farmer. He walks fre-
rucntly to the dam. The DR.. is known
rs walking encyclopedia" A fish
story of his is cOrroborated by the
workmen ~ the dam who saw the
dead fish float down the stream and
five miles above POrtman, largo hole
that was noticed in the river was fired
into by dynamite for the fish that usu-
ally inhabit such pits. Two wagon
loads OF 10 lb. cat fish, it is testified,
were blown up, cartcd away and some
scattered down stream. Tho DR.. was
amazed, as but Il small number of fish
can inhabit such beds-the nutrition
being limited. 81 will EXPLAIN" said
the ferry accident at this place two
weeks ago-body, yet undiscovered
is the most powerful bait tho fishes
have found within these miles. The
location of the body need no longer be
q mystery" The DR.. called upon Mr..
VIM. +. Lee, who is now cOnvalesccnt.
Mr.. John Bolt and stcpson, Mr.. Hall,
have returned from Lnvonin, Ga. Mr..
Hall and family intend, by the last of
Mr.. John Goodwin who, n few years
ago, went to Georgia, is now on his
return to what he considers the better
County of old South Carolina receiv-
ing the warm welcome of Asbury com
mnnity, where Mr.. Goodwin has settled
once more.
Mr.. Frank Mayes left Sunday even
ing f0F Anderson 0n hii5 way &c New
berry to attend the marriage of hit
brother, Mr.. w. G.. Mayes, to Miss
Mamie Wright on the 18th inst.
IT'D onnd -betwe een Portman and An
derson, o pocket : book Containing
. 1IUyTIrsy TafIf1 EJait3ra IIt,ryrsluIHfgT 70 Amos
sS;gay.A Enquire aG POrtlnan Hotel.
g 1.-The loss OF Rey. c. w: Burgess te
Clnrs Circnit ia happily replaced by
fsonyn1uhb hble eervief;a .0f Rav. i. w.