The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-01-17

with the large end down, and then
eut OF .aesoss the middle, SO that the
pointed upper part is missing. Such
~ the shape Of the open mouth yoi
this naughty sink hole. It is ebou,
90 feet aeep. and from tho base of the
sfa5tum, the openiig os more than 45
feet, SO that tho depth Of the entire
sink lis about so feet. ......,
VI course, something had TO be
done, and done quickly, not only on
account Of the frightened negroes,
and the threat against their homes,
but apart from this, there was tho
danger. OF flooding all the country
thereabouts. Il was only when the
sink closed its gseat mouth that the
people realized what it had been
doing fer their benefit. It has been
one OF the many familiar. blessings
that are not recognized as such until
they are lost. The frst thing to be
Gone was 20 reiieve the negro setsls=
ment Of danger, and also to save the
surrounding sountrs frea. shs over.
tiow. This was accomplished for the
time by cutting of the we.er that was
flowing towards the sink ell tho time
from the surrounding lakes. j.: ','...,
But this was only temporary re-
lief and effective only 50 long as the
dry season continued. In June the
rainy season began, and thereafter
until the end Of September rain FELL
almost every day. With the first
heavy rains the water in the sink
hegap to rise, even though the lake
overflow was still shut Of. The lakes
would soon rise and must be pro-
vided with en- outlet, and this could
only be done BY digging canal 70 a
lower level, which meant the expen.
disure Of NOT less than s2o, 900. :: ~
+ Est the 1auget was imminene, and
some action must be taken. Accord
ingly, an expert sink diver was sum
moned to Jamestown, the! negro set
Element in question. He had been
successful few years before in open,
ing another ologged sink, whose
waters had overaowed for distance
of twenty miles, and it was hoped
that be would be equally fortunate
here. .7..:fE$ .%$ . / Is : !. i:
The diver went. down to thc bottom
OF the Orlando sink and on his return
TO terra frma reported that the only
chance was in doing as he had done
in the other case: explode 6 charge Of
dynamite at the; bottom: A fifty
pound charge #se SECURED 5ee6oiu1fcda and placed
at the !; bottom Of the eighty.foos hole.
and then exploded. But so far as
could bej1dged from results, the hole
was left asjtightly closed as ever. It.
was them suggested ,that the sink
might be pumped dry, sand clogging
debris be I dug Or sagged out. Mean:
while, Wk;le plans we're being discuss.
ed and rejected, the waters kept On
seneioaching On the fats and meadnus
adjoining, until il looked as & IL the:
negro settlement would have So be
abandoned 20 the ''eyilapiris,a' iof' Tie
eink hole, whom many Of the negroes
firmly believed 10 bs at the bottom 81
the troubleand Of tbs sink. 5I|
.;as so pun 5 tho va: Is
Ter out Of the hole, but this was en ut. ;,
:tef failure, ItWas then decided, after.
:mahy pros and cons, TO sinks sig
inoh shafs. . This was done, md as5a iit
depth OF 137 feet deep thp water began ~
.to aow fsidaoWnV B BntSthisI1 triumph
SRss of short duration. The 5 outlet.
was utterly Insult iciens to carry 1 Il OF tia
water as fast as ii collected. Anoahas
shaft was sunk an eight.inch This,
ltiEns. mis- one # alaoi enetrated
tho obstrnotion and parriie edis 81 a large,
volume % water. 3 But still, u1 even with.
She two shafts III operation, buts little
relief wan tbaca anse he:s & heavy,
rains of Che RAIN season were s daily