The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-10-18

aH grapes were very large and
Chicks Sulphur Springs, uine
miles from the city OF Gfeenville.
must not be omitted in q notice Of
dreenvil'e County. 1t has been a
fashionable resort for years past,
during the summer and autumn
months, and great many persons
have been benefited by the use OF
the water. Unfortunately, the no.
tel was burnt down q few wears
since, and has not been re- built
But there is a whole village of
cabins around the springs, which
are rented to persons, and where
every one may live as he pleases.
The Air Line Railroad runs with.
in a half mile of the springs, and
it will no donbt, when this road is
completed, be once more a place
OF fashionable resort for visitors
and travellers through the upper
part OF the State.
We have great expectations
from this Airline Railroad, which
will put ne in direct communica.
ton with New York and New Or
leans. We think that this road
will carry q great deal Of produce
North, and that the city Of Green.
vile, which is at the western ter.
minus of the Greenville and Co
lumbia Railroad, will be the place
Of shipment for largo portion of
this produce. In anticipation of
the advantages of this road, real
estate around the city has increas-
ed very much in value. Captain
Westfield is opening new streets
in the neighborhood of the depot,
and is selling lots at high prices.
Old Charley Bruce, one of the
earliest settlers of Greenville, and
the ancestor of all the Bruces' and
Gilreath's in the County, was a
character" well known in his
day and time, to all the good peo-
pie of Greenvjlle. He lived to O
very advanced age, and I remem.
Der him well when I came to
Greenville to read law. He fire.
9uently came into the Office where
l. was studying, and got me to
write letters for him. He always
dictated them himself, and would
not permit me to alter or change
bis expressions in the slightest par.
ticular. He was known as /" iaw.
yer Bruce" from the fact, that he
was constantly in litigation, and
sometimes managed his own cases
in court in proprSG persona. He
was once aSked whom he would
employ in a case Of considerable
Importance in court, when he re.
piled, "Mr. .Duffie if he comes,
otherwise l shall manage the case
myself, as l think I am better able
to do 30 than any other lawyer at
the bar" He was uneducated.
aud / think could not write. But
by nature, he had a great deal of
talent. His chief concern in life
seemed to be to ferret out rascali-
ty. and bring offenders to justice.
If a bad man or one against whom
there were evil reports, left the
County, to live elsewhere, Bruce
would always send a letter to lis
new neighbors, informing them
what manner of man had come
ainongst them. He pursued a
rogue, a cheat or swindler, with
fiendish malignity. His chief
pleasure seemed to be to expose
guilt in any and every shape. He
was indeed terror to evil doers.
His appearance was very striking.
Smallof stature, with a large mead,
Roman nose, thin features, and q
frame which could endure any
fatigue. He had been a gallant
soldier OF the Revolution but his
disposition to interfere with every
one lost him the respect of most Of
his acquaintance. He cared,
however, precious little for that
BY nature he was q born Isbma-
elite. In speaking or writing, his
language was terse and vigorous
lie was a poet, too, and composed
q great many coggerel lines
There was Northern man by the
name of ! liant, once residing in
the village, who offended Bruce
in some way, and thereupon
Bruce undertook to write his
life and character in verse.
The first lines were "amidst frost
and snow, this Plant did grow"
He once brought an action for
slander, and obtained o verdict of
one dollar. He took great pleas
ure in o suit with Chancellor
Thompson for q very email sum,
and worried the Chancellor very
much. Old Charley was border
ing on ninety when ] knew him,
and yet he would walk down to
the village, adistance q of fourteen
miles from bis residence ON Tiger
River. He would never let me, in
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