The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-21
Tho Town Graveyrd.

Tho Town Graveyrd'
It is with pleasrc we lcarn that the ladies
who are intercstd in the Town graveyard
nave resurrccted their old society, passed
resolutions and gnc to work 10 earnest to
improve the placea1d make it both a credit
and an ornament 70 our town; and intend
to keep it hereaf,c, sacred to the dead.
They have enscd the interest of q well
known engineer o. the town, who with his
good taste and unGrng compass has brought
beauty out of conflson and disorder, rs will
be seen by the map of the work he has done;
though to the unkillcl eye of those who
stroll around the grounds nothing is seen, as
yet, but, innumerabe stakes, marking points
at which the walks will intcrscct each other.
When tnesc ysd1f out according
to the plan and eraselcd, We will not know
the old place
We understand, they have ordered neat
| galvanized wire fence, which will soon en-
close the grounds and as still greater I'M
provcment, they intend, when the old build
ing is removed, to SOW blue grass on that
part of the yard and have gravel walks laid
out through it, and we yet hope to see pic
turesouc bowers adorn and beautify the
sacred grounds.
We sincerely hope the Ladies who have
undertaken this very laudable work will re-
ccive the hearty cooperation of every citizen
of the town; and rs the graveyard is the
sacred resting place of relatives and friends
of many living i'm the county, We feel sure
they will estee4 it privilege to share in the
work Of decorat lSg and preserving the hal
lowed spot VI elm, uaeir loved ones are
1 S~riey.--.. ~
SHOCKING 49, IN CnEsrER.-.Last
Sunday Gov. Ric ardson received tho fs!!5'7ww;;
ing startling tclcd ram
CHESTER, February lG.-To J. p. Richard
son, Governor, Columbia Telegraph mt
order to remove Green Brown to Columbia
Jail. lie is in Jail for numbering my father
lie will be lynchcd if not removed at once
w. ii. HOoD,
| Sheriff Chester County.
The prisoner was taken to Columbia tha
evening under strong guard, and placed il
the Rchianu jail, under tne care ol INA
model officer Samuel Rowand.
The following is succinct account o
the terrible affair:
Mr.. John Hood, the murdered man, wa
the father of Sheriff Hood and of two lead
ing merchants of Chester. He was abou
80 years old md lived in the town. Las
night he took tea with his son, Israel Hood
aud about 8 oS1ss& 'trolled out as riSssHS Sas Nc
tsevn Hnve -Ne& fSS5rr.--A...senH optl6ck rhif
morning his body was found on n sid
street leading from Pinckney to Centr
street, and within two hundred yards q
Pinckney street, which is the principa
street. lie had been killed by two gunsho
J wounds, the mixed bird and squirrel sho
scattering from his neck to his knees
4 jury of inquest was summoned and ey
dence adduced which led to the arrest G
n colorcd man. named Green Brown betweel
l and 10 T.. NJ.
A report was atioat Sunday afternoon tha
Brown had confessed his guilt i'll this way
lie had suspicioncd another party wit
criminal intimacy with his wife, who lives i
a little house on this street; that he Brown
was watching for his expected visitor, and
taking MIR. Hood for the man, had killc
him through mistake.