The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-13
T H E STA TIE FAIR.
CT OSI NC ID AY.
AwARD1Nc THE PRIZES
Charleston Shows yven-The Racing
Melancholy Aecidert-Thc Winding
UP Ball.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEws.I


At / O'Clock, the ptemiums were awarded by
General johnson Ragood, the president OF the
state Agricultural:,nd Mechanical Society.
| The following premiums were awarded to cx.
hibitors from Charieston:
Toe. W. Williams & Co., honorable mention
for jar OF dissolved bone. Bradley's raw bone
fertilizer, exhibited by the same lrm, was highly
| commended.
The committee declined to award any pre-
| miumsfor fertilizers.
A premium was awarded to C. Gravelcy for a
cotton gin and patent ploughs.
premium WINS awarded J. E. Adger Co. for
| the Watt plough and for q sewing machine.
The submerged pump, exhibited by Jennings,
Thomlinsen & Co., was recommended to planters
and others. ea.
To Robert chIsolm, for jar OF olives grown in
south Carolina, was awarded premium OF s5.
TO Geo. E. PIngrce for Elerbce's transplanter,
q premium OF IS.
ToH- T. Peake, General Superintendent South
Carolina Railroad, gold medal for new combl-
nation steel and iron rail.
To Miss Mary Frost, for over-sooks . silver
medal.
To Miss Susan D. Hayne for an infant,s worsted
skirt, silver medal, and for worsted tidy, five
dollars.
To W, C. whilden Co., premiums were award
ed for gold-headed canes and for silveruare.
Tow. Bell Smith was awarded gold medal
| for a'model Of q furnace for expanding and re.
moving railroad tires.
To walker, Evans L Cogswcn, for the best
writing paper, gold medal; and for the best
book binding, I'VE dollars.
Tow. 8. Henerey, silver medal and premiums
for Henerey's improved cotton gin, for Dottcr.
er's seed planter, and for vertical and underrun-
ner corn mills.
The Committee on Cotton, consisting OF Messrs
W. g. Hinton and J. T. Dill, OF Charleston, and
J. N. Maleley, Of Columbia, awarded the prize
offered by the chsrleston Chamber OF Commerce
to ]. NJ. Crawford, OF Columbia. The prize is q
very handsome silver pitcher and is given for
the best ten bales Of cotton. Tile other contest
ants for the prize we /: r. o'Nealc, of Columbia,
B.H.'Rice Of Union, and r. E. Ellison.
After the premiums had all been awarded, there
was scrub-raclns and horse,jumplng ma,chea.
Willie Guignard, OF Columbia, ras injured py the
falling OF his horse while jumping. His injuries
very serious, and It is feared that he win not
recover.
After the Fair had closed, sales were made, at
gond prices, OF large part OF the stock which
had been exhibited. A number OF miscellaneous
articles were also sold..
There was NO tournament to-day. Appropriate
costumes were lacking, anu there was no dispo-
siton to mar the uniform brIlliancy Of the Fair
by partial success at the close. The festivities
end tonight with ball at the Columbia Hotel
Alarge number Of visitors to the Fair left Co
lumbia tonight homeward bound.
Notes OF the Fair.
Among the specimens Of manufactures are sew
eral rolls OF leather-kip, calf sole and harness
exhibited by Colonel Thomas, OF Columbia This
leather Is tanned here sId, looks, and doubtless
is, rs fine as the best bought in the Baltimore
market. The entire material Is OF native growth
except the dressing OIL The exhibitor claims that
he can manufacture this leather at more reason.
able rates here than It can be bought IN the
rials are from our own woods and hills, anu can
be gathered at less expense. The old channels Of
trade, however, are sometimes hard to turn.
KAoLIN.
There is on exhibition by DR.. Morse, of Green
willie, specimen Of Northern kaolln due or chin
ney pipe, to be run between the timbers OF franz
cd buildings, thus saving the expense OF chimneys
Of brick, as Is usual The flue ia four by twelve
Inches, and costs In the North about 25 cents
foot, while transportation and breakage run the
cost up6o thirty or more. Mr.. Morse claims that
he can manufacture terra Gotta lue OF same
use, durability and safety, at his factory in Green
VILE, at a cost OF about 20 cents loot. Fedspar
| and fine clays abound in reenville. Earthen-
ware is also on exhibition, Identical in quality
with Northern wares and can be sold here for less
money.
COMBINATION RAIL.
Tho new rail invented by Mr.. II. T. Peske, the
General Superintendent OF the South Carolina
Railroad which takes the gold medal, combines
all the advantages OF the steel and the iron RAIL- As
is well known steel rail s too brittle to bear the
pounding OF heavy train unning at high speed.
The Iron rail- is not har. c,ough and wears out
rapidly. And the stecl.IL ed roll, on account OF
the unequal expansion and contraction Of face
and body, soon becomes unserviceable, the face
pecling on The Peake rail has all the softness
the steel. 1t is made in two parts. The lower
part or the bed, Is made Of iron and is spiked to
| the ties in the usual way. Into this bed
fits a cap Of steel which is secured by
bolts passing through the bed. This cap or head
is hard enough to bear the heaviest travel, while
tile elasticity Of the bed mai es breakage virtually
| impossible. Nor Is there any loss Of spikes in
changing the head Of the rail. The bed will scarce.
ly wear at oil, and, when the ties ore good, the
bolts are unscrewed, new head is slipped In the
bed, the bolts are made fast and spikes, bed and
ties are not in any way disturbed. Mr.. Peake has
already applied for patent for what promises TO
| be very useful invention.
|. PORTABLE FURNACE.
! The portable furnace for shrinking and remov-
ing tires, patented by Mr.. w. Bell Smith, Is val
uable invention. One hnshel of charcoal will
shrink on any size tire, two and half inches
thick, with onc.axteenth allowance for expan-
sion, in less than thirty minutes, and will remove
an old tire in legs than tWenty mtnutea not n eat-