The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-05-06

rs,r;o. c. commanding aud securing IN
marked degree, the confidence ana es'ee"
Of his fellowmen.
Indeed it n ay be said Of him, that in ai
relation, ami duties Of life he he'd last 10
truth and kept his honor sacred
R,,oired, That the heartfelt sympathy OF
this Board be extended to his family In their
core bereavement.
R,,oIped. That these resolutions be spread
,nnn tho records Of the bank, and copy
thereof he transmitted to tho family oil the
| decea.ed. and also to the Union TINES for
| ->..LEn~tior
| A HoRnIBLs CRIME.-APril 2S'-A terri
be orimc, followed by swift punishment Is
reported from Goodletsville, ten miles from
Nashville, on the st. Louis branch OF the
| Louisville aud Nashville railroad The t'll
keeper, Lee Bruce, living half mile from
town died about month ago leaving wife
and daughter ne,rly grown, Senia, aged 10.
Last night n cousin of Senia, Mary Bruce,
spent the night with her, and one or two
ether women were there sitting up with
sick child. About 10 o'clock two negroes
broke into the house, aud after robbins two
rooms came into the room where the ris
were in bed. As if by premedita,ion, the
bru,es nut out the light, aud each siezed one
of the g,rls who screamed aud resisted until
ihey were ovovpowereI, the elder being
badly injured before tho brutes accomplished
! THAR purpose The women shting In the
other room instead Of rushing to their assist
nnce, we're frightened, and ran rway from
: the house for help, the nearest house being
. half mile distant.
S~a.sh vnoo insthuIeu, uuo ~
daylight every man in and around Good
r lettsville was on the hunt Five negroe:
r were captured and taken before the girls foi
r identification. One proved an alibi. Henry
Grizzard was identified and hanged TO d
1 ,rec The other three were sent to jail tt
await deyclopmen,s. Before he died, Henry
It Grizzard confessed his crime and implicated
r Mack Harper, but the girls were too excite.
to positively Identity Harper ut the time
: Ou Grizzards brdy was pinned card road
ing: death to the man who cuts the boiJ
g down before midnight"
$ Detective Morton Of the Louisville AM
It Nashville Railroad. secured team au'
1t started to Nashvi lie with Eph Grizzard
in John Grizzad and Mack Harper. The
5, were pursued by the mob and overtakcn
ir short distance from town. John Clarke
vi who was driving the toam, whipped up III
ld horses, but the mob fired on the party
to woundipg Morton and Clarke. They the
ns captured the three negroes, took them pac
a to towu, and thence lmic out on the Gree
's where Henry Grizzard was hanging. Mac
- | i0rner was quickly HauScu' NnN WV N'''>
m. two men were sent TO Nashville.
n. day. It is dear to every Southern hear
ana to-day is male more memorable by th
ho presence OF veteran who was ono of th
hrst leaders of the Southern army. Chic
tain' statesman, patriot, gentleman, no ma,
! stands higher than Wade Hampton.
Col. Charles Z. Jones, jr, said of him
Master of horse Of the Army of Northern
le virginia, governor, senator, deliverer OF hi
people from the domination of the ignorant
the aiicn, and the free hooter, he chsllcnge.
and receives the highest respect, the sinceres
esteem most unstinted gratitude, ant
Il warmest admiration"
+ wade Hampton is one of the pure,t an
n most striking hgurcs in ,Et country to day
9 lie was prc-emineutly the man who save
8 South Carolina from corruption aud mi,rul.
lie WAS the idol of his people. His word
was law. His honesty snd conservatism
won for him and his Slate the respect of the
whole nation. 1t is one of the greatest com.
menaries upon tho history Of the Palmetto
State that any body of white men could be
: found TO defeat Hampton for tho United
1 States Senate. IL was demonstration dis
. creditab'e to the people and astounding to
5 the whole country And yet during the
struggle for his seat Governor Hampton
made no appeal for support. did not 60 near
t"V "G"s' ~ ooiuhtola, ana behaved
with such high diguity that he became u der
defeat more striking figure than in the
Senate Of the United States.
II WQuld be useless to say that Wade
Hampton is welcome in Savannah Iio is n
favorite wherever the southern cause had
followers. and wherever the men,o-y c: Tie
southern cross is cherished His welcon ne
today will amount to an ovation -Sarannah
| Press.
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