The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
A MuNTFTcENT GIFT
Senator Spofford to Present Giles
County With Costly Clock
and Bell for the cupola Of
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the Court House.
Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the county court Tuesday
afternoon, when the members were
about dispensing, Judge Thomas NJ.
Jones appeared and announced that
he was the bearer of an important
communication from Hon. Henry
NJ. Spofford, which he desired TO
read. Thereupon, the court reas-
bled and when the members had
taken their seats, Judge Jones read
the following:
PULASKI. April 6. 1880.
To the Worshipful, the Chair
man and Members of the County
Court of Giles County:-If the pro-
position and terms hereinafter set
forth are formally accepted by your
worships, and also by the mayor
and trustees of the town of Pu-
laski, offer to present to the coun-
ty of Giles, and to put up in the
court house tower, a large clock
with four dials and suitable bell
for striking the hours and half
hours, as well as for ringing on
proper occasions. l. The county
court to authorize this use of the
belfry and tower of the courthouse
and to permit me to make all neces
sary alterations and openings there
in for hanging the bell and putting
up the tower clock. 2. The mayor
and aldermen of the town of Pulas-
XII to agree that the town corpora
ton shall, at its own expense, fur
nish a ringer, keep the clock regu-
lated and both clock and bell ring
ing apparatus in constant repair and
running order, and insure the same
fer sum not less than eight hun
dred dollars.
HENRY NJ. SPoFFoRD.
The reading of this communica-
ton produced profound sensation,
marked by many evidences of sur
prise and qualification. Alter a
brief consultation among the mem
bers of the court, the following res
olutions were unanimously adopted
and ordered to be spread upon the
minutes:
.iResolved, That the offer Of Hon.
Henry NJ. Spofford to present to
the county of Giles town clock
and bell be and the same is hereby
accepted, and he is authorized and
empowered to make such altera-
lions in the tower of the court
house as may be deemed necessary
to put up said clock and bell.
Resolved, That a committee of
three be appointed by the chairman
to convey to Judge Spoford the
grateful Acknowledgements of this
court, and of the citizens of the
county whom they represent, for
this generous and valuable dona
ton.
Resolved, That the communica
ton OF Judge Spotford, together
with these resolutions, be spread
upon the minutes of the court, and
a copy of the resolutions forwarded
to him.
Under the second resolution.
Chairman Jones appointed Judge
Thomas NJ. Jones, Mr.. w. H..
McCallum and Hon. E. t. TaIia
ferro to wait upon Senator Spotford
and express the grateful acknowl
edgments OF the court.
subsequently Senator Spofford
a communication to the
board stating that he
would be pleased to have its concur
renee in the conditions attached to
the gift, so that the necessary ar
might be made for pur
the clock and bell and put
ting them in the belfry of the court
house. The board met last night
and gladly agreedto the conditions.
The clock and bell, which viii
probably cost about $4,000, will
be purchased at an early day ::
but as some time will be required
TO remodel the cupola and procure
the necessary designs, the work
may not be finished until late in The
sumner, possibly not before fall.
This munificent gift will not only
endear Senator SpOhord to the citi
zens of Pulaski, who will derive a
larger and more constant benefit
from it; but it will give him high
place in the regard of the people Of
the entire county, whose property
it will be. Bearing in mind that
this eminent gentleman is the citi-
zen of another state, we hasten to
construe his generous donation as
an evidence of personal attachment
for the people of Pulaski and Giles
county, among whom he spends a
large portion of his time and by
whom he is highly esteemed and re-
spected.
The want of a clock of this kind
has been long felt, and several "a.
temPts have been made in Pulaski
to raise by private subscription a
sufficient amount Of money TO buy
one. Up to the date of Senator
Spofford's communication, Mayor
Crow, with characteristic zeal and
energy, had been agitating the mat
ter, and he had succeeded to the ex
tent of securing subscriptions
amounting to $500; but Senator
Spofford's hberality, of course, OBJ
Waited the necessity of proceeding
further.
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