Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 13, 1901, Image 2
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Tl'Ob,. J. ADAMS,.EDITOR
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"UNCLE JOE" HADDON.
An Unpublished Incident of tb?
Famous En gi Der's Life.
In the latter part of the Nine
teenth century, Mr. Joseph
Haddon-" Uncle Joe," as he was
familiarly known, was a con-:
fl pic uou a personage in the hustling
little town of Gleenwood, 8. C.
Everybody in that part ot the
country knew, or might havs
known, that "Uncle Joe," who
had lived more than ninety win- j
ters, enjoyed the reputation of be
ing the oldest engineer in the
world. He was born at Newcastle-1
upon-the-Tyne, England, about
the year 1801. He was engineer
for George Stephenson at the time
that celebrated Englishman made
improve vernen ts on the locomotive.
He ran the first engine from
Stephenson's colliery to the sea
shore.
From that part of England he
went to London, where he was
employed about 1828 as engineer
on a new road beiDg built from
that city to a point 20 miles in the
country, where he remained four
or five years, when he decided to
go to America.
Young, full of vigor and hope,
he bade his sisters and other
kinsfolk farewell, before taking
ship for the New Work.
Reaching New York, he diaem
barked, remaining in that city!
several months. From New York
he went to Charleston, where he
_ "aas" employed as engineer on the
South Carolina road, at that time
the longest railroad in the world.
From tho South Carolina road
he went to Cuba, where he was |
employed as* engineer on a road I
running out from Habana.
Later he returned to South Caro-1
lina, thia time being employed as |
engineer at Dom's gold mine, in
Abbeville county. In this county
he was married, and hat ODS
daughter, now living at Cross Hill.
During all this time, coverhing a
period of 60 years, the relatives of
"Uncle Joe" for some unaccoun
table reason had received no in
formation from him. Many
letters of anxious inquiry as to j
his whereabouts were written, but
all failed to bring the much desir
ed information. It was more
than a quarter of a century before
his nearest relatives gave up all
hope of ever hearing from him.
About 60 years after be had left
England, "Unce Joe" received a
lefter postmarked "Coshocton,
Ohio, April 4,1890." Here if the
letter:
Coshocton, Ohio.
April 4th, 1890.
Mr Joe Haddon, Saluda, S. C.
Dear Sir : I had a brother who
came to America over fifty years
ago, and from whom we never
heard anything until about two
weeks ago, when a clipping came
out in our county paper giving
such a good description that we
wrote to several of the papers of
that State.
And yesterday, through the
kindness of Messrs. T. H. Riley
and M. C. Taggart, Greenwood
S. C., by whcm.we were furnished
your address, I write you to see if
you are my long lost brother who
left the north of Engend to come
to this country and] run a loco
motive ; and if you had two sisters,
Mary and Margaret, who lived
near Gatesheat, Durham county,
England.
I am living with a son and
daughter, and have one son mar
ried.
Hoping that you will write as
soon as you receive this, as we are
very anxious to find you the per
son we are looking for. Yours in
suspense,
Margart Robson.
A letter enclosing one of "Uncle
Joe's" photographs was im
mediately sent to his sister, who
in return mailed one of her
photographs to him.
Up to the time of his death
about three years ago-both bro
ther and sister were the recipients
of many letters of affection from
one another.-The State.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING
When yon take Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic, because tbe formula is plainly
?irinted on every bottle, showing- that
tis simply Iron and Quinine lp i
tasteless forw. No Cure, No Pay. SOO
GOOD ROADS VS. BAD ROADS.
HOW XO DO IX.
Lei ne make a study of "bills" in roads and see what difficulties
they actually present, scientifically. Let's see how ms,ny of these
grades we have in Edgefield couoty. Here is a 2 per cent, grade ;
that is a bill rising two feet in every .hundred :
2 feet in 100. '
The United States government says "A horse can pull only four
fifths as much on a grade of two feet iu 100 as he can on a level road."
Here is a grado of 3 per cent :
3 feet in 100.
A publication of the government says: "All things being consid
ered,the horitontal grade of a road should never be greater than 3
feet to 100." However, a 4 per cent, grade is the msximum steepness
generally adopted, beyond which States that pay much attention to
the subject will not let the grade go. Here is a 4 per cent, grade-how
does this compare with Edgefield county's grades?
4 feet in 100.
07 St?De' Si able head of the wad department of the aov.
crnment, recently said in an addres?: "Your chief dXultv is no
with youl?road surfaces, but with their high ? Your roadswe?e
laid out . * without .ny attention to the general to??mpb? . "
?egardless of grades or direction, and mo? of them still ?main where
improve them. It would h?ve been worth manv millions to voS to
have had them systematically and skillfully WdoJfSthebeginmne
?foMJ^?* ?ouIlhave bee* ?Pt down to *X%Z
?c?j?f for hilly region!lin other countries; that is, to a 4 ner cent
f "i L %lD9tead ?uf ?? ?2 or 15 *B them now. And If this
had been done one-half the cost of ott the hauling that hasWr-beau
done to and from your farms, etc., wou.d have bein saved" Here' s
a 5 per cent, grade : a9T 11
5 feet in 100.
The publications of the government say : "It costs one and a half
times as much to haul over a road having a 5 per cent, grade as on a
level." Here is a 10 per cent grade or hill :
10 feet in 100.
Ihe government says : "With a grade of 20 feet to 100 a horse cen
draw but one-fourth as much as he can on a level." It says again :
"The cost of hauling is three times as much over one having a 10 per
cent, grade as on a level road." Yet how many, many bills we have
in Edgefield couhty far steeper than 10 feet to the 1001 How long
are we going to continue this costly and senseless system? Here ita
15 per cent grade :
15 feet in 100.
Here is a 20 per cent, grade.
20 feet in 100.
Here ia a 30 per cent, grade.
30 feet in 100.
Let each of us compare these grades with hills that we know of
along our roads and the force of them will appear to us. Here is a
50 per cent, grade, a rise of 60 feet in every 100.
We actually have some hills in Edgefield county of this s'eep
n?T Heaven knows what proportion of a load can be hauled up
them Heaven knows what the cost of all thew billeof more than
nroner ?ade, is to us in Edgefield county in a year, doubtless aa ii?
^i^^Btmtorj^iiUm^ The department say?: "if a
road ?oes over a hill when it might go around the labor and expense
outUDOU it are absolutely wasted. * * It is a great erior to con.
CuX follow these primitive paths. The proper thing to do ? to
rall in a Kood road engineer and have the location BO changed as to
thiow the roads around the ends or along the sides of the steep h ?Hs
and ridges instead of continuing to go over them.
Gen Stone also says that in one township in Ne? Jersey he cal
culated the "hills cost the people $10,000 per annum. They have been
paying this tax 100 years." he says, "ar d yet they wonder why they
"* ^auch states as Massachusetts, Connecticut, etc., no appropriation
will be given to roads of more than about 4 per ce?MMe. Senator
M..fi?i5 Wfthis state writes t> the government: "Pickeos county,
?fioh? ?titooo. has perhaps *e tut #rt roo* in tte state.
Instead of crowing the hills as the old roads did, they were laid off so
???lSed.?i? of ?eten inches to the rod. 'Aw wa. dene b;
Mr. Absalom Talley, while county commissioner. * * He had this
work done extending through a period of 12 yeais. 1
Aa I stated last week the hi?ls on oar roads are far worse than all
th? holes ruts and mud; they are the chief hindrance to travel. Io
S?S?sS^ht and ten bales of cotton, we haul two and three
Sotoen et immense extra cost to all our hauling. As the govern
ment savs we ought to get a good road engineer and re-survsy our
SS?lnfSS aroSndthe hills, This will do the roads more
?nod than all the work that can be done on them from now to the
omk of doom as they at preeent run. All tho work in Christendom
won't make "good roads" up the hills. Our county convicts and road
forces all over the county art
throwing their work away, as tai.
I government so truly points oat, by
continuing to try to work thess
hills. Our cni'iiy commissioners,
asl understand it, h ?ve the au
thority to employ HU eugineer and
inaugurate thia work. If you wii
do so, Messrs. County Couirnjssioti
.??rs, v? n in I fu'ur?- generations nil
rise up and call you Merged.
P?BJJCUS.
Clarks Hil!, g. C.
Tho *Big: Three" Bitters.
Remember that there are. three
I kinds of the old Hrasebold Kerne
I dy, Misbler's Herb Bitters. The
.'Yellow Label,'' is a superb tonic
I and apuetizer, of the highest valu*
in all cases of weakness. The
"Rod Label," is for LADIES ONLY.
when suffering from their peculiar
8ilments. The "Green abel"
ie a specific for Blood Disease*.
Scrofule, White Swelling, etc.
Descriptive circulars mailed to any
addreis. The "Yellow Label" is,
sold by drggists at $1.00. Thoi
'.Red and the Green Label" $1.50
per bottle. Made by the Mahler
Co., 400 N. Third Street.
Philadelphia, Pa.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
AU druggist? refund the money if it
fails to core. E. W. Grove's signature
is on each box. 267
Advertised Lei cerf.
List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Edgefleld C. H., March 9,'
1901.
Miss Mabel Satcher,
Mr John Breach,
Soray Ben,
Mr J Coffsky,
William Dorn,
Mr JC Earterlin,
Mr SV R M Little.
Mr Samuel Lewis,
Sandy Springs,
Frank Tucker,
John Bg.
When asking forfcletters on thin Hst
.ay "advertised."
Very respectfully.
W. H. BRUNSON. P. M.
I Bili fll Et?lfl,
EDGEFIELD, S. C.
Annual statement ofths condition
of the Bank of Ed?efield at the close
of business March 7.1901.
RESOURCES.
Loans und discount's.$148,69*2.14
Real estate and bank b'ld'g.. 5,929.52
Safe and furniture. 1,221.98
Judgments. S?4.i>5
Duu from other bunks. 7,ii71.?7
Cash in vault._ 9.G12.S8
173,992 84
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock.$ 57,400,0?
Surplus. 5,31698
Undivided profits. 6,233.46
X* CUUWla. .'. ????...i.... - ?^v?or"r?r
Bil s pt ya ble. 10,000.00
173,99234
State of South Carolina, )
County of Edgefleld. J
I, E. J. Mim-,Cashier of the Bank of
Edgefleld, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true totbebest of
my knowledge and belief.
E. J. MIMS.
Sworn to before me this the 7th day
of March, 1901. B. B.JONES, (L.S.)
Correct -At test : Not. Pub. S. C.
W. W. ADAMS, )
A. S. TOMPKINS, > Directors.
B. S. HOLLAND, )
NOTICE.
TRUSTEES of the public schools are
hereby notified that the Teachers'
Registers and Trustees Records n?ust
be properly kept and flied in my office
as soon as the schools are closed, not
later than July 15,1901.
A. B. NICHOLSON,
Co. Supt. of Education.
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NOTICG.
By virtue of a resolution of th??
Board of Directors, a meeting of
the shareholders of the Edgo?old
Building and Loan Association ic
called to lake place at tho Bank ol
Edgefield, Edgefield, S. C., on
Thursday, March 28th, 1901, at. 6
o'clock p.m., for the purpose of
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E. J. Mims, Secretary.
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