The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-05-06
Annual Meeting of the Stock,
holders of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad Company.

OoIuliU1d 1SdiliOau VOul ulpdoy'
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the above Company was held at Nick
erson's Hotel, in Columbia, on 3Oth ult.
The meeting was organized by calling
VIM. A. Courtenay, Esq, to the Chair,
and requesting Mr. G. V. Darlington to
act as Secretary. The Chairman then
addressed the Convention as follows:
I desire to express my thanks for the
honor you have conferred in calling me
to preside over your annual convention.
Coming. as do, from the city of Charles
ton. cannot regard yoar partialty. thus
exhibited, but as compliment to my ma
tive cty-as an earnest of your good will
to your fellow.citzens by the seashore
and, in this respect, it viii! be most CRATE
fully appreciated there, I know full well.
When Cha. lesion was powerful and
wealthy, her sons evinced both energy
and zeal in the cause of railroad connec-
tions with the interior of our State, and
her material aid has been, in past times,
freely given to these schemes of internal
improvement within cur borders, and be-
vond them. Now, when she in common
with ali within the limits Of South Caro-
lima, is borne down by an all controlling
misfortune, it IS a grateful reflection that
her old friends of the Northwestern Dis
tricts have through all these years of
trial and difficulty, been steadfast to their
old alliances Charleston desiring to
foster and perpetrate her ancient friend
ship with all portions Of the State, and
although estrangcd from them, in some
quarters, by causes most unexpectedly
developed. she knows full we'll that the
time agiN come when they will be all re-
stored and censnted by closer ties, let us
hope, than ever before.
A Committee consisting of Messrs. B.
F. Crayton, A. McBee. and A. G. Haw-
thorn, was appointed to verify proxies.
The stockholders present were called upon
to report to the Secretary the individual
stock The Committee having reported
u majority OF stock represented. the Con-
vention proceeded to business.
President Hammett read the annual re-
port. heretofore pnbIished;] j and the Sec
rotary was requested to read Che report
of the Acting Superintendent ard other
officers. These reports were adopted
without the usual reference to u commit
tee.
The following resolutions were intro
duccd by Col. Reed and adopted
Rcsolred, That this Convention has
heard with great satisfaction of the re-
newed and energetic efforts that arc being
In ,l,,t., tl,, .-tlf.t of be
Blue Ridge Railroad, connecting the cities
of Louisville and Cincinnati, and through
them the great Northwest, by direct
line of communication with our Southern
sea-boaltl ut Charleston.
Res0iccd, That whilst we favor ard will
encourage, TO the extent OF OUR ability,
the construction of all railroads that prom
isc to become friends to our road and aid
in developing the resources OF. our COM
mon country, we regard the early COM
pletion of the Blue Ridge Road as OF in
calculablc Importance to the accomplish
mcnt of these objects. This work is of
such magnitude rs to be properly regarded
as national in its character, and its early
completion will bind together socially.
politically and commercially the great
North west and the Southern Atlantic
slopc-two Of the important sections of
our soon to be restored Gas we earnestly
hope and desire) National Union, by
bonds that, growing stronger by time:
even the throes of revolution will be im-
potent to sever.
Resolred, That this Convention hereby
rcnews the action had and pledges made
at its annual meeting in May. 1857, in
favor of said Blue Ridge Railroad and
will contribute to its success all the ini1u-
ence and means in its power.
Whereas, tho annual report Of its Pres
idcnt inspires the hope that the Green
vile and Columbia Railroad will yet sur
vive its past misfortunes; and whereas,
we earnestly desire that the bonded debt
of the company shall be annually de-
creased Therefore,
Rcsolued That any bond-holdcr who
shall within thirty days from this date,
present at the Treasurcrs office for re
demption, coupons past due, shall receive
in exchange for the same, at the rate OF
fifty cents in the dollar, scrip emitting
him to travel, or freight, provided the
bond-holder presenting s.ch coupons for
redemption, shall make affidavit that he
was in possession of the same at the date
of the passage of this resolution. and will
under no circumstances transfer the scrip
for the benefit of another party.
Resolved That this preamble ana reao-
lutlon be Published once in the Charleston,
Columbia. Ncwbcrry, AbbeviIle, Green
vile and anderson newspapers.
These resolutions were introduced by
Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken. who sustained
them in repeated efforts, marked by his
usual earnestncss, ability and eloquence,
and his accustomed reference to the data
npon which his remarks stand. lie con-
sidercd these resolutions as necessary to