The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-01-08
Property Of Indlyiduuls ut Ridgeway,-
Mh4rNs Resrontiblc'-.1'te C., G. \.
RlIlr0ud,

RaIlrOad.
Your Subscribers, Mr.. Editor, lool,
upon youy as tho Omnium. atherum
of useful knowledge aud desirable ia.
formation, aud one they can apply
to, without fee IN any need.
&C.. This heretofore obscure stnticn, like
many others in our State, has iacrcas
ed in dignity and Importance, and is
entitled to some consideration from
the g., G. q q. Railroad, into whose
Golfers we pour daily a large amount
: Of money. ....
;; This is at Present not the case.
Our cotton (somc 1900 bales in q
season) Is without ii platform, the one
put, up the year after war being en-
tlrely two small, am, the, Hcig ghbor
hood cattle dcvour it from the mo-
mcnt the wagons are unloa1ed. We
"erder OFF, the cotton, aud the elf
cient [but poorly ppid) agent does
all he to get it OF, but his efforts
are. in many Instances abortivc. The
lyr:3ering noIthward7boHnd train ar
RIGGS, and there arc =, many "empt,
boxes" in the train, bit tHGy are ali
billed for Charlotte and stations fur.
ther up, where it pays the road bet
tcr.'
Our Fertilizers remain in the wealth.
cr, aud arc rEincd before the poor
fa"mcra can get "word': that they
hayc arrived. Our hay and lime is
thrown out to the mercy of the aforc-
said cattle and cap,icious weather,
yet we get no through rates Of freight
on our merchandise beyond Charlotte
by the Northern route, or beyond
Columbia by the Soethe- n.
We pay, !or instance, s. cents per
Hundred .or bacon, and the Columbia
citizen or merchant for whom the
road has to carry it, 24 miles further
has only to pay 80 cents per Gup-
dred on other articles the differouce
in freight is greater.
We wis b, Mr.. Editor, to know if
any body is responsible, and flow We
are to manage to get our cotton be-
yond the reach Of hungry cows, our
fertilizers, hay and lime She ltercd for
of freight 7-SuBscnIbo.
CaroHnian.
. ]. ,.%. rote.~
Tic nisa&!cTp Of .fiesday-Four Of lhc
Wo!ihlIcd pcud.
Since ocr article of Tuesday night
was rcnned, four of the persons in
Jured by the iboil2r explosion have
dicdi to wit I: lee Hpdisil II and Eddy
Lewis, white, and traul; 'fhcmpson
and one other, name, unknown, coIorcd.
The three first meEtionod, after suf-
fcring untold agony, hrcn,hcd thei:
last late Tuesday night. The fourth
one survived until about 8 o'clock
yesterday morning, whca after cx-
pcriencing torturcs, worse than death
he expired. Drs. McCombs and Gra-
ham who were called in to administer
relief to the sufferers, were uurcmit-
ting in their attentions, but it was
evident from tile first that the hand
of death had been laid u pom them,
cpd all efforts to save them were
futile.
NE funeral of Eddy LOWS was
preached yesterday afternoon about
three o'clock from the PRESBYTERIAN
Church by Ret. .tr: Miller, and that
Of Lee Rudisill from the residence of
his father on College street, by Rev.
j., S. Burkhead, after Which the
bodies were conveyed to Elmwood
Cemetery: followed by many of the
citizens Of Charlotte,
The exact ccndi;ion of the two sur.
vivors of the accident, we have not
been able to learn, though it is hoped
their wounds may not prove fatal.
:. Tie frightful disaster, Sy which
four human beings, in less than
twelve hours have been hurried from
time into eternity, occasions heartfelt
regret on all sides, and tho we'll nigh
distracted parents and other relatives
of the deceased ones, have the sympa-
thy of all. We sincerely trust we
may never again be called upon to
record such ali cvent.-CXurlyHc o..
server.
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