The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, February 14, 1879, Image 2
* The Charleston Itacos.
Our reader* will, \?c lliiuk, excuse us for pub
lishing ao long a description of a lioi.su race
when \vc tell them that the winning horse is iiol
only owned but was, born and raised in this
county !
UOVKKNoK IIAMI'CON SI ftl'KISKS TIIK "IxNOWIXt
O.NKS."
The second rare, llani|itoti stakes, for I'oui
year olds, two mile heals, was regarded as 11
settled thing, everybody wanting to bet on Judge
Hancock at any odds, lie sold slowly in :lie
pools at 1(H? to S-H against (lovernor llainpton,
the slowness being caused by the backwardness
of the latter * backers. Thete were ouly two
entries.
J?y W. 1'. c. It. Ilureh, (Sovvrnor Hampton,
by I'lancl, dani Merry Wave.
Jty 15. A. Itray, Judged Hancock, by bulletin,
dam by I'rown Hick.
When here last year the Judge distinguished
himself, while Hampton almost invariably loafed
somewhere back iu the lield, switching Ins tail,
tossing his head, and wearing the general air ot
not caring a cent about the tiling anyway. Ail
who had money were anxious to pile it on the
favorite at any odds, and most of the takers
wcrd of that large class of persons who
cnniioi lor 111o nil' ui mem uiiun to
by on anything. Tln-re wns a sort of tut pprcescd
tnpatliy lor the Coventor, which was
due to Itia name, his good looks, his being a native
Carolinian and a general feeling that lie was
fearfully overmatched. The sporting men and
"knowing ones" managed to get a good deal of
their change out on the favorite on account ol
these feelings, those who bet against them having
little hope of winning, unless by an accident.
A number ot outside bets were made at
the rate of live to one on Hancock, even ill these
there being a marked contrast between the eagerness
of his friends and the timidity of his
opponents.
The two got off well together, Hancock swinging
ahead immediately, and both til a gallop.?
lie led by two lengths at the liist igiartcr, and
the same at the .second. Only n languid s ?rl ol
interest was taken in the (wo hoi?cs by the -pcetators;
remarks on the Coventor's backwardness
being answered by the lau.it tic t he would be
Kliil further behind before the other got through
with him. ThC prophecy war verified, Ibr the
two maintained their relative positions tinti:
nearly the conclusion of the lir-t mile, when the
spend was increase I, and the.lodge increased
iiis lead, being four lengths ahead n? they
passed the grand stand. 'I Iiis relieved the iimmnninpi
iiiii..w!iiiw4 ..I' bis friends at the l.crsis
tcncy with which Hampton li:i<I held his position
Mini thoy laughed derisively and confidently, saluting
Ilicit* favorite with encouraging shouts,
lie still led at the fifth quarter hy the same distance,
the pace having heoit slackened somewhat.
Just before reaching Ih'e sixth, an enthusiast
shouted Fifty to ten 011 11 uncock !" "Iioiic !"
shouted sotnebo'ly, and alinost before the words
were uttered, there was a stt Ideti stir, and a
shower of suppressed exclamations. Hampton
was drawing up. The stir and exclamations increased;
and as the horses swung into the hist
quarter the crowd rose with one accord, and began
to get wild. The horses were even. So
they came up the quarter stretch, and Hampton
suddenly showed ahead, the other getting the
whip savagely. All the tlovernor's carelessness
an I indifference was gone, and although he toll
no whip, the reins were loose, and he was evidently
hent on business. Neek and neck almost,
the favorite hanging to his shoulder, they dashed
Sr..:r,: !.,\,,.',,.y..>xikhu> seventy five yards of tin
String it been in ( OliVlutm mirt mr hill,
ing his best. Amid a storm of yells that wa:
heard away oil' ill the city, Hampton passed tin
stand, winner hy a neck. Time, d.-b?. As soot
as the cheering eeased, a general visit was tnu b
to the pool stand, where a great eh inge had ia
ken place, Hampton was the favorite, althuiigl
the Judge's backers were still maintaining a stii
upper lip. After a few wild and cntlitisinslii
bids the selling settled down to about even, be
ing:
(iov. Hampton ?70
Judge Hancock iff
(!ov. Hampton $'?"
Judge Hancock .. C.s
The prices fluctuated considerably, remaining,
however, generally within those tales.?
old turfmen looked at the horses, an 1 opinions
seemed to he largely in favor of Hampton,
who was as frisky as ever. 11 is opponents
were determine 1 and defiant, however, and professed
to have lost little of their eottlide.iee in
the ex-favorite, although no more live to om
talk could he heard in the land.
The horses started about as before, both tak
ing it easy, the Judge leading at the first iptar
ter hy four lengths, and maintaining the sam?
distance at the second. The third showed in
change, and it becatnc evident as they passe 1
the Stand at the end of the fir.-t mile that Hump
Ion was trying his oM tactics nf keeping within
reach ainl rushing in at the close, .Imlgc linn
cock easel up a little just after ( asking the fifth
quartcr. It was aj.|unently im| - il.lo lor hiin
to shake oil'the other, who ran with the regularity
ati'l seemingly the tir. 1. --m.of a machine,
ami he was ]>rol>aMy saving wiiol f i
the filial rush. Unm|'to;i came within Iw.
lengths, an 1 kept so past the sixth, ami to tin
seventh quarter. Here hath horses got theii
ltcails, ami they hurst into the quarter stretel
very close together. Hancock in fr- t. As hi
got the whiji, ami llatn;iton wa< cvi !cnt!y get
ting closer ami closer, t lie crowd r.-so ami cheer
oil again, ami for the next few sceomls it walieantifiil,
the racer-' el -sing 11 j> all the littte.
Ilaneoek showed ahead very near the string
getting the whig heavily. His inexoral !e oppnncnt,
however, whose akin never felt the lasli
for a seeoml, leapt nlteail, ami eatne in winnei
with apparent ease hy a scant length. Time. .'h4
1.
Hampton's time in the first heat is among
the best ever mn<lc over the Washington Course,
only two or three horses who have ran over it
ever iloing better. 1 In -c ami they were many
? who took large stakes on this race with small
investments were, as may he supposed, a- much
elate I as surprise.1 at their goo.J luck, while Hit
losers ruuiinutcii over the uncertainty of tlie
horse business.
Sikoiiivi, Arr vtit.? \ ilitlieulty occured
Tut": lay lii'irnin/ !:i-t in Mr. rk I'. Ilairlx bar
room, which resulted in Mr. Il.iird s In in ' shot
in the thiph l>y ;i pistol in the hands of Air. W.
I. l!nr|>. It appear- tlmt Mr. I laird interposed
to prevent a euli-ion between Mr. Ilarp an I n
strolling negro who represonttd hin.-clf a- l?r.
Payne from Atlanta <>a., and wa- aecidentally
shot ns ahovc stated. The wound tiioiiph painfnl
its not coiisi lerc 1 dangerous. A. ? ' /
Arte*.
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Tin. 1*1.\i.t i: is' I't msi\. ? !...ndon. r(.'binary
10. ? lU'jxirts from Hussion villages Continue tn
give alarming statements of tin- j lovalcucc ;
the plague and oilier epidemic disorder-.
licrlin, rohriiary 1". It is olhcialiy st:xtcl
that the (J reek rSovcrnmeut has receive.I a re
port from the (ireek consul at I,avail on tin
.Kgenn Sen, confirming the rumor* of tlie . at
break of the plague there.
*
Thai's tiii: Tei rn. A gentleman from ('hi
engo last Sniid iv remarked that | .: Ic were
fools who won! 1 go ir> ihe .Northwest in preference
to the I'ie Inioiil region, and that then
would not be so many .-"in-/ out the col-l re
t'i . It - j| !o e i 'I :i'y \i- * fhi -tti' i \
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j (The (i'jlfcklii (Union (Eimc::.
' It. U. STORKS, Editor.
j I'NlON, FRIDAY, FKIttU'AKY 11, IST'J.
TERMS OF SUBSCUIi'TION.'
I ' "py, one year, is .vuvam'L) S2.00
> 2 Cpjiles one year," " 3.73
I') " " " " " 15.00
ADVERTISING.
or otii-iiicli, lir>( in.-i'rilull, - - $1.00
Eiirli .siiltsi 'iiit'i.i iu.M'rlioii, ------- 75
I ilu-rrililj.-roiinl intuit* lo ini'rrliants ;uul other* adver?
I i.viu,: loi -i\ mouth.-. or l>y tin- year.
Dliilu.trj Notice. of ion linos or le..<, iiivrlfl free.
" " over ten liue.*, charged us Advertisei
tut nl?.
We arn re.pleated to state that the School
Commissioner will lie at his oliice every Saturday,
unless providentially | si-evented.
Save Your Life,
l!y pmchasing one of those never-failing safety
Valves for your lamp. Irwin x Co., will sell
you one lor ~j eents. It may save life and
property.
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Congressional Favors.
Senator Duller and Congressman Evius will
accept our in:\itivS tor tucir attentions lit scuuuig
us regularly the Congressional Record. We value
the Record very highly and appreciate the favor.
To Brick Makers.
Wc understand that the llrick Machine to be
sold by Mr. Idler on Saturday, the 22d, is one of
the best now made and would be a good investment
for any one wishing to go into the brickmaking
business.
An Opening for Literary Talent.
The Proprietors of the Charleston .Y<u~3 and
I'ourur, are otl'ering $100 in gold for the best Renal
Story, written by a resident of South Carolina,
illustrative of .Southern life, before,during
or since the war.
A Farmers' Society in Chester.
The farmers and mechanics of Chester have
determined upon having a first class Agricultural
and Mechanical Society. In their organization
they have wisely placed such men of iutluencc
in adjoining Counties as Conceal 1'. rut ton
and Capt. 11. C. Clowney, of Fairfield, John
S. llrallou, F.sq,, tmd Capt. Iredell Jones, o
York, upon their hoard of I'ircetors. Some
years ago we suggested a similar move to our
Society, thereby securing a strong membership
and itillucucc in other Counties to secure its
success.
Protect Your Fruit.
The depredations of birds upon the Cherries
and Strawberries is a great annoyance, particularly
to those who are trying to produce tine
, <|ualities of those fruits, ami many expedients
have liceu resorted to to prevent it, but the most
otlectnal .<< '//( that we have ever seen tried is to
kill a hawk, slulf him and them fasten him to a
limb of a cherry tree or upon a pole in the centre
of the Strawberry bed?moving the hawk
' every day or two to dilfcrent parts of the tree
\s soon as Spring Chickens begin to
s chirp the hawks will he after tnem ami ......
can get tip a first rate scare. If yon can catch
1 a haw k alive and put him to guarding your fruit
it would be better,
I Fifteen Cents for Weighing.
1 hiring last Fall wc were told by many Union
Farmers who sold their Cotton at Spartanburg
that no charge was made for weighing in that
market. We don't know how those good farmers
were so awfully deceiveJ, hut there is no
doubt they were, which caused them to grumble
loudly at paying 10 cents a bale for weighing
at Union.
A writer in the last issue of I lie Spur,'tin
now iiil' iiii* us that the charge for weighing in
that market has been and is now lb cents?live
cent more than in Union. The ditt'crcnce i-'?
the foe tbr weighing at Spartanburg goes into
the e >!lers of the railroads and their employees,
while in Union it goot to support the family of
a weigher, elected by tlie Town Council, and
, subject to removal for misconduct.
From the Department of Agriculture.
Hon. W. (!. I,el'nc, the energetic Commissioner
of Agriculture lias sent us packages of Cabin
r<\ Tomato, Lettuce, Melon and Sugar Corn
Seeds, li is the first we have received since the
laic unpleasantness," although we known of
large (Uantities of seed having been sent to individuals
in this County annually, i'liring Hadieal
mi-rule I into Mobhy was the vehicle through
which those seed were dc cmiuated in Union,
and, id' emrsc, but few if any white persons
ever saw any of them and, as a natural result,
the collection ami distribution was a waste of
tiIik' and money. Since that lime we are not
, aware of I lie department scudin^ seeds to tliis
County.
I To our noble Kcproscntative J. II. Kvins, are
wc in.lel>iel for this departure from Radical
custom.
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, i School Apportionments.
| School Commissioner, W. II. Norman, has
, pro\i led us willi (he following as (lie amount
1 apporii o.ed to llie several School Iti-iricts of
! this County. According to the law now of force
Teachers cannot claim for any year's services,
j more than the apporiioineni made for that year,
! so that there will he no deficiencies to be made
11(1 hereafter.
No I. .JoiH'svillc $ S00 (id
" 'J. liruytonville, T7o (H>
' (ioudeysville sb> 00
" 1. i'itiekney T'J"? ("I
I'nioti 1020 I
i " ti. Saiituc, odd (:<)
| 7. rishdatn Hi 10 mi
i ' S. r.ooansvillc Tin Oil
I ' Cosl.cn Hill, 2::o Oil
Cross Keys *100 00
I S?ti,7l!o oo
The above is a little le s tlian the full amount
if ail the taxes arc c Heele l.
( .M i M.il> \\ i::\ia<i\s.- A recent act ol the
1 he rislnlure imposes a line of not le>s than ?>l00
ami inipris inmeiit I'.r m>t less than i\ tnonlhs
on any one > n\ieicl of c n ryin.r c..nci ale-1 v.> >poie.
i nil. men who are in the ha'it . t l.i in
. i i * i * . ..ii .ii tor the 'I'- I |.reW?Mt ion,
? i ' 1 \.? M ' in ike r. n t*' I this I
%
II - -4 - \frhat
ia tha Beasoa 1
We are nCvor very anxious to complain of our
County Officials ; on tlie contrary #e have cttcu
leaned too far the other way, cviu when wo
thought they deserved censure, fyt licularly
has this b?^A the case with the County CoinuiisHio'to^Tky
tried to cheer uud assist
in the fftf>per discharge of thoir often difficult
duties. The present Hoard is composed of honest
and good men, in whom we have every confidence,
bur they, like other folk, are liable to
be remiss in their duties, often to the inconvenience
and expense of a large number of
citizens. The uncertainty of their meetings is
the greatest source of ll ;s inconvenience.
For iustauce, last Tuesday was the day appointed
for their monthly meeting, and a number
of persons who had business with the Hoard
came long distances in a cold drenching rain to
meet them, and when they arrived were informed
that the Hoard would not meet. They
had their journey for nothing. Those same
persons hold claims against Ike county and came
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informed that the Board could draw 110 orders
011 (lie Treasurer on that day. This news was
cold comfort, but the chill was taken off by the
liopo tJiAU in February they would fare better.
Naturally enough these disappointments eause
much complaining, and we speak of it more to
tell the Commissioners that they are complained
of and why than to complain oursclf.
We see no reason why the Board did not 110tiliy
the people that there would he no meetiugon
the second Tuesday m February, in consequence
of urgent public duty requiring them to he on
the Fence line between Union and Spartanburg.
Such a notice would have been satisfactory and
could have been made through the Times without
costing the County a cent, and saved many
persons much inconvenience.
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Tlio Fence Law a Blessing.
A correspondent of the Columbia /'ijis/cr,
from Abbeville, thus speaks of the adoption of
the Fence haw in thai County :
Farmers arc going regularly to work in this
vicinity and preparing for the new orucr of
things, brought about by the recent act of the
Legislature, which abolished the old fence law
in this county. The pastures of our most energetic
farmers are near completion, and the
sound of the plowman is heard in the land.
Of course, we have chronic grumblers who
croaked extensively about the new order of affairs.
Some of them delayed making pasture
fences, doubtless indulging a vain hope that the
public meeting, called by some "sore-head," to
meet at Abbeville C. 11., would adopt some
measures to alleviate (heir imagined grievances;
but the meeting?if indeed there was any?failed
to bring about the desired end.
fcm far as I have been able to ascertain, influential
men arc delighted with the law. They
lltink it *\ K1iw?iti?r In tin* must skciil
As a result oft lie law, 1 notice fertile spots
being prepared for cultivation. It is not a very
ditlicult job, as no fence is to be made to keep
out the neighbor's vagrant sow.
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A Falso fit port.
In the Greenville AVtr.v of last Saturday we
Deputy Collector Jills..n received a telegram
yesterday from Collector Drayton, ordering him
to report at Spartanburg at once, stating that
a Dev.-nue Officer had been sh.it near i'inkney's
Ferry in Union County. The particulars
of the nil'air could not be ascertained. .Mr.
.lillsuii left for Spartanburg last night.
We have been diligent in making enipiiries of
persons living in the vicinity of ' I'inckney's
Ferry," as to "the particulars of the allair,"
and caiinut find a person who knows anything
about it, or ever heard of such an occurrence
anywhere near there. .No doubt there was
plenty of blockade whiskey sold in Greenville
while the ollicors were oil" chasing phantom
murderers of Devenue ofiiecrs in Union.
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Gov- Hampton's Condition.
The report was rife in this community a few
days ago that Governor Hampton had sutVcreda
relapse and was again dangerously sick, which
caused intense anxiety. We arc happy in being
able to remove the fears of our people l>y
the following which we take from the Charles'
ton Xrtct it ml Courier:
There is no foundation for the report that
Governor Hampton has suffered a relapse, or is in
any danger. The wound lie received at Gettysburg
gives ltisi intense pain, hi . nervous system
is sadly shattered, and he makes little progress
in regaining the bodily strength lie sorely needs.
This we believe to be his exact condition.
A Caustic Truth.
The edit ?r of the Columbia ll'/irler, in commenting
on Judge Mackcy's order to have the
prisoner's dock removed, says :
Now, it is a mawkish sentiment, a puling objection.
which talks about this dock ns at offense.
Wiiat is there in it. so far as tlie dock
itself is concerned, to bring shame or accusal ion
on any man? Many an innocent man lias sat
in the dock and many a t'ln/rtl on l/i. In itr/i.
It is not (tie poor dock, a thing of wood, that
can make a man hold down his head in shame.
It is the crime which brands his soul deeper
tiian iron in the i|iiivcriiig flesh. It is the guilt
that enters the precincts of conscience which is
sharper than the incisive knife that cuts away
the rogue's ears.
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1 .? Illllll v ,v 1 I l"
pie arn soon lo l>c made happy by (lie receipt
of their arrears of pensions provided for by ilie
laic neI just passed hy Congress. Ii is calciilu
led thai probably over a hundred thousand dollars
will be distributed in lie.in fort and ilie surrounding
country. We know of several who
will receive ? 1,-(H) or 1, In'), and some even
more.
The above is irotn the Mean fort Cri.*mit, 1 tit
the act alluded to has entirely escaped our notice.
Violation ui rut; (!\mi: Law. The IvigefirM
A'/ccrti.*' r calls attention to a law of the State
which imposes a penally on the destruction of
insectivorous and other birds therein named.?
The law forbids any one to take, kill, sell oxnose
for sale, ur export bevoud (lie limits of the
State any mocking i?if?!, hcu ' ir< 1. woi'l|>eckcr,
thrush, etc., or t<? r?>l? tlieir ne*ts ; tlie penalty
(o he reeovercl he!'.re any Trial Justice?onehall'
to go to the informer: the violator, in ?lcfault
of payment, to he connnitte'l to jail.
Tiib I'ahmkih I>i:ti:iiviimi?.?The action of
the guano manufacturers ha* ?tirre<l u|> the
farmer.* all over the State, an 1 the sentiment of
the meetings ltehl is strong an 1 unite*!
anion on their part will re-uli in a n fusal
to pureh i " tny fertilizer* when theiaiee
is over |.Mt | oip. 1- of eoiloii I'-r lirst < 'a*s
aintn 'iii'ite I in 1 ':"M t 'ft- |.? i ! j li i j I a'
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For the Tittles.
Tho Stock Law in Chostor?How it Works.
Fiukno iSroKiis:?1 made ti tiding visit to
your Town, one day last week, and was ntei by
a number of your most excellent farmers; ulf
enquiring: how the "Fence-Law," worked in
Chester ?
My reply was this: "piose, who were uiost
opposed to it al first, are its strongest advocates
now. They would be (he vcri/ Jirat to raise their
voices against its repeal.
There arc farmers in Chester who make more
011 the land where old, useless fences stood,
than many of your red-hot anti-fence law men
make on their whole farms. We have better
stock, niul hs.i litigation than you have. Are
not these advantages worth striving for?
The time we used to spend in making rails mid
fences, we now employ in making fertilizers
and improving our lands, Another advantage
in favor of the fence-law system, or iu other
words the no fence system, is :
The I'realnun are well pleased with it, for it
is they who build the fences. They now only
build pasture fences, and pasture their Stock
without jt-ii/inj it r, nt for pasturage !''
.My advice to your anti-fencedaw people is
this : Go to work and try the system before you
condemu it ; give it a fair trial, and if you are
not advocates of the system iu less than two
years, then you may write to me aud say that 1
have told a falsehood.
There is not a matt in Chester County, with
an ounce of intelligence, that would have the old
system back again, for any consideration. Now
Mr. Editor, these facts go much farther to couvince
than the most elaborate argument.
Respectfully,
W. G. AUSTIN.
Chester S. C., Feb. Oth 1S79.
A Fooi.-iiaudy Fkat.?On the 21th ultimo
one Andrew Wallace thrilled all lookers-on at
Niagara Falls by riding his horse across the icebridge.
Not satisfied with this, he ascended to
(lie summit ol the ho mountain at the base ut
the American Fall. Slowly the horse toiled up
the steep, slippery side of the great ice cone,
winding round the foot path till the summit
was reached. Here, envelope I in a cloud of
mist which concealed the w hite cone itself, horse
and riilcr looked like a weird apparition suspended
in mid-air. For some time the horse
went careering over the crest of the cone, where
one false step might have hurled both him and
his rider into the fathomless foaming gulf full
seventy feet below. Presently the daring horseman
to le slowly down the path, and crossing
tiic ice-bridge, regained the Canadian side.?
Hoth he and his horse were drenched with
spray.
An act to punish assault or assault and battery
with any lire arms committed on streets or
places of public resort.
lit it emic'i I by the Senate and House of Hep
resentatives of the State of .South Carolina, nowmet
and silting in General Assembly, and bv
the authority of the same;
That any person hereafter convicted of any
assault or assault and battery, committed by
shooting with any firearm on the street of any
incorporate 1 city or town, or in any place ot
public resort, shall he punished by tine of not
? 1 ?? ? thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment for nut more
than twelve months, or by both at the discretion
of the Court.
Approved December 1-1, 1870.
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DlSASTKIl Til A liltITIS1I Col.lWIS IN ArUlr.V.?
Cape Town, January 27, via St. Vincent, February
lo.?<?ii the 21st of January a liri.ish col
umo consisting of a portion of the Twentyfourth
Hcgiuicnt, a battery of artillery and six
hundred native auxiliaries, was utterly annihilated
near Tugclar Uiver by 200,(MM) Zulus, who
captured a valuable convoy, It?2 wagons, 1,000
oxen, two cannon, -100 shot and shell, 1,000 rifles,
2*>0,000 pounds of ammunition, (10,000
pounds weight of provisions, and the colors of
the Twenty-foiirtli llcgimcnt. it is estimated
that *>,000 Zulus were killed and wounded in
the battle.
Sai> Aitiiiknt risuM lluvs with Fiukaums.?
flits Mcl.cos, son of the Hcv. John Mcl.ees, of
Greenwood, while out hunting with a party of
boys last Saturday, was most seriously, perhaps
fatally, injured l.y the accidental discharge of a
shot-guti in tin- hands of Hubert Tarrant, a sou
Trii 1 Justice Tarrant. The entire load entered
tlie young 111:111 s lace, putting out I >(li eyes and
wounding lii 111 so badly licit lie may not recover
at all. Young Mcl.ees is about fourteen years
oM an 1 <|iiile a promidng lad. His uiisforluiio
is one ol' cs| ecial hardship.
Two Mr.s lliiou.n to 1>i:.atii.?Now Oileans,
FVIirimry "?.?A (i'rfnston .Vacs special from
(iuliad, Texas, says licit two men, Henderson
and l.ockharl, piarrcllcd. Uutli drew revolvers.
I.ockharl caught iIenderson's urm fired six shots
into him, Killiii<r him instanly. Henderson's
brother rushed at l.ockharl with a pistol. They
closed in the struggle, an 1 Henderson emptied
six chambers of his revolver into Lockl.urt's
body, causing instant death
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Mi ttkkit ami I.ym iiini;.?Cincinnati Fehrttary
">.?A special dispatch says that at \V right svilli*,
tireen County, 111., 011 Monday. Dr.
Charles MoAtilillu and .lames Havener, his uncle.
had a dispute about, family matters aud
Havener was shot and killed. On Tuesday night
a constable started with the doctor for Carrollton
jail. an I when half a mile from the town a
limb overpowered (ho constable and hanged Mc- J
A tiliHe.
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Sam l.tx's I't.nutr.?Sumter, S. ('., February
II.?At 1'J M. to-day I lie grand jury found a true .
bill against Sam f.ee for official misconduct as
Judge of Probate. lie immediately tied, and
diligent search all over town tailed to iind him.
hue had recently complimented Judge M ickey
on his imparti ility. hut when his own trial was
imminent, lie adopted his usual tactics and litis
run away. I.cc is a model postmaster for the
reform President to appoint.
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Jvwt Iji:r .>i n i im r.n.?t liarlrston, leliruary ,
I 11Sam l.ee's counsel ill Sumter niove'l lorn
j new 11 i ki nil ! iirroil of juil^niciil on technical j
groumls. i'-iili motions wetc I,cc was |
| calif I to receive sentence, hut failc 1 to ii|>|>etir,
mill the .bulge state 1 I hut lie w.uhl |>lnee llic
sentence tin ier sea! in the hauls of tliet'lerk
: of the ("otirt.
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of I'.. W. M. M u Kt.v.- The graml
jury of I hsrlcslon County lo-ilay fouti'l a true i
hill again *1 I! IV. M. Maekev. l!e|uih]ican, for'
liliel in ] uhli-liing charges ao:iii;<t W. |, hag
i ^elt, heinoertil, of slulhn;; the Inllot ho\ at the
! Palmetto Undine House at I lie late election.
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Motrins to II wr \ llrcnvrtt. Metrj.liis,
February i". \n arjfuui-'iii on eneral er? lit >rs*
hills rrjiros'oitin city h >n l : to tlie amount of
!?.? ?lit >\ is ti?ii | thi- o. on':i. I v .In i.-r
l> i \ i it, t nile 1 Stii '<1 . i i hi The
bulge aiuioiiueeil his .|ei..| ini>> o >..>, |., ,, i oiui
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a i eeen < i ni n r . .
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l-'or the Times.
Building Bridges.
From a school boy to the present, 1 have been
quite ibud ol' the study of nature's laws, uud
when 1 began mechanics 1 made it a point (
study the science us well us practice of mechanics,
uud read, more or less, several American
works on the subject. 1 think it a very mutoriul
deficiency in a worhmun to know but little
of the science involved in his profession ; for
the luck of which he is more or less liable to &.
make serious blunders. With my general read- ?. ' *?
ing in uicchauics, long practice, extensive cb- *
servation, North and South, and conversation *
with the ablest American workmen, and making
bridges a sort of specialty for twenty years,
and seeing so vert/ clear as 1 do that progressive
bridge work is no small want of our country,
I feet to some extent tliat I owe the benel.t
of this experience to this want, ami offer uiy
services to this county in any way to extend
the greatest good to the greatest number.
1 have had very considerable amount of stone
work done for myself, at Clrindle and Trough
Shoals, for various uses, by several of the vory
best masons in the two Counties, and the more
1 had done of it the more 1 liked it, as it proved
to be less costly than 1 anticipated and made
the work so permanent. When one is prepared
with a good Derrick and other proper implements,
with good workmeu the stone work goes on fast.
On l'acolet, Tiger and Knorcc, the granite #au
ho boated to the bridge places, as it can be
found in many places near to or on the side or
bluffs of the streams.
llcforc the war 1 went before the Hoard of
Commissioners of roads and bridges of this
County, and got them to favor building a cov- *
ercd bridge at (Jriudlc Shoals. They advertised '
for bids, and no doubt it would have been built
but for the war. Two of the Commissioners examined
a very fine quarry six miles up the
river on its banks, which can be shipped down
without very great cost, by having one lXwrick
to lay the stone in the boats, and another to
hoist it out of the boats on the abutments. I
got an experienced stone mason, Mr. Pctrcc,
to examine the situation ami surroundings, who ,
said a quarry on the river hank a short milo
above the bridge, would do. The North sido
there is a very deep sand bar, at least I'd feet
below water to the rock, the other side a gently
rising granite hill. One span 140 feet long will
cross the river; all the rest of the bridge Ironi
that cut should he built of stone and dirt embankment.
Much of the dirt embankment
could be used safely on the sand bar side, tl.o
slow current admitting it ; that being the concave
side of the stream. It was at this deep
sand bar side my attention was called 'JO years
ago, to make a thorough investigation us to tho ^1
practicability of building heavy stone abutments
on wooden foundations. 1 decided that it was,
and all sub equcnt research to? the present
time confirms that decision. A bridge built
on this improved plan, covered over with tin,
could be well put up for ?4,000 at most aud
I believe, could be built for ?d,o00.
The cost of covered bridges in Georgia wero
about from 7 to 10 dollars per running loot.?
The latter price would make tlie wood work cost
$1,400, and 1 do think the abutments and dirt
embankment, can be done for $2,000, at furthest,
which would make a bridge last oil years with
tin roof, while the cost of the present bridge was
$1,800 in '72, calling for several repairs since.
The tlov. tiist bridge cost $2,800, about llio
same time ami will soon need a new bridge.
1 will mention that where a river makes a
sudden bend against a granite hill, having a wido
bottom on the other side, is generally a cheap
place for a bridge, and is well adopted to stone
abutments and spanning entirely across, as those
places arc rather narrow, and with our largest
1'ii-MactA iiiuuh of tis vr<?tcrts ytfiuu ovor the bottoms.
The wood work, without ranch cost, can *"
be strongly fastened down to the stone abutments,
to protect them in case of such freshets
as ">2. This freshet rose some live feet up on
the Maxwell covered bridge ou Tugaio without
damage.
llefore closing I will say that I introduced
the llowc truss at Trough Shoals in '70, and tint
well pleased with it, believing it hotter than the
Ully, even after 1 had improved the Lily by
lightening many of its dead weight parts.?
Must further say that 1 never saw, until very
recently, the Minter bridges across Tygcr and
Knoree rivers, that nature has done much for
those places as cheap crossings, peculiarly
adapted for covered bridges spanning the
streams?Tygcr calling for a 'JO feet span only,
Knoree for 7"> l'ect only?hotli of which can ho
Imilt on stone abutments covered with tin roofs,
for less than $o,000 each, that will last lifty
years.
My plan of introducing permanent bridges,
would be to cheaply patch the old ones, to keep
them safe, and in the mean time mature the best
permanent plans as the circumstances of the
ditfercnt places will suggest. Most of old
bridges can be patched up cheaply and made to
last much longer by frequently examining them
carefully by one of experience?patching in
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? % i^nv II1IIV iwpt i 'IIU nil's at lUllHlHJ
ami Trough Shoals, ami have a<lvocntc<l this f
policy, to better utilize the ol?l bridges. l?y
pursuing this course tlie County Commissioners
can have time to school themselves up to a safe
progressive step in the introduction of the above
suggested permanent plan, or approximating
it, step by step. In several places I think it
would be best to first, build the abutments, preparatory
to the span bridge, keeping up the old
one across the water one two, three or nioro
years. 1 n Spartanburg County, there are many
places on streams not measuring more than forty
feet across the water and less, that are very well
adapted to low bridges on stone abutments,
which makes a very great saving in cost rather
than have -1 or "> times that length from hill to
hill standing on wooden trussels. This plan
there, gives, as 1 learn, universal satisfaction,
but met with opposition until peoplo learned its ~~
utility by experience. This County, however, is
much less adapted to low bridge economy, but ,
yet in some places on Thiekety and Kairforesl it
will work well. I f the Commissioners will bring
to their aid the best mechanical experience of ihe
country, in stone, wood, and iron, and move
cautiously, so as to make as few errors as possible,
an improvement cm be made in bridge ecor.!
omy that would surprise nearly all. P.y this
course less than half the cost of running the
bridges will suffice, or in other words the cost
for ilie next thirty years would be less than half
of the last thirty years, at the same bridgo *
places. It would bo well especially for abutmonts
to be let on guarantee, as it is so easy and
common for the contractor to slight such work,
deserve n certain per cent, of the pay untill tlio
work is tested by a good freshet. In connection
I with bridge improvement, is a want in road improvement,
which two wants, if nronerl v worked
iij>, lie nc lit i lie hi my beyond reasona'dc culciilni
ion ; its n<lvantages would permeate every class.
lU.ml mi|>1*0vomcnt lias been another one of my
1 >n^ studies, Init as it would lie very difficult to
make much progress in this, I will i>nly say that fj
our wise men tell us that good roads and bridges
are the best indexes of civilization. ' "v"s"
I respectfully propose that the thinking mechanics
of the country, or others, may contribute
their thought and infliieiiee in an effort to
bring about a suceessfnl bridge revolution.?
We may differ on many points more or less, but
thorough, holiest, logical research, deliberation,
debate and thought, will pretty clearly point tiio
\v iy to make vile -top, in Ibis much needed
w nit. iglarit g hie it been before mo fir no.re
than twenty years, and I, being unengaged t ^
oiler inv < Njcricneo to the cause, and ic-pcetI
,'lv -olic',1 nt :al -pit i'i it I he ning