Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15

of the people ofttese Counties when say tha.
'rfYl6ti6n Of the Air Line Railroad. III not a
question whether We will act, but hoy, alteye
act, in justice TO our selves and the Interest," oil
the enterprise. 70 Willis to do, to Fsrf8fin %
aot3 it tis immdterial what VIC desirB gt hope
or permit our fpncies to piothre ip imagihay
prise in harmony with It's object and our In
terest; keeping giniyieR the. snagnitude de. of tho
enterprise, its Intrinsic meri as q great thor
oughfare for the exchanging of the Somnaeree
of the North and the South, 6nd how 8hett ths
tsgsss is5allisa the ntesess itiEep.
''sssia sii sssssa ssi,l .hsl dss ss aad
count lying between 4iobi and New Orleans,
and tbessab aboardS oft es froRi softh,
without being 6onyincod sby tho SRatl Dad cons
nestions, that the AiE lii s. RAJ ilsosd 81 hss
cessity, and that the growing commercial In
terest Of the country demah lie earl compile:
tion. Thissneoessity g 81 soue 9TH
esrs 's nt' 3 %sss ss ssss
Counties. It becomes our duty, now that we
can speak. to do &c. officially that wc"nay not
loose what our locality and ability places ia,
ourtpowsr and to do this, we must speak as a
q cCIoapty, aA aanlt. BY an Act Of tho Legisla-
sst' y seI ohstsHd ssa ts to
hathorized by tho people Of the proper author.
itiss, There has been mo tproviaion for State
|ap sufioieht1 t6 sscure its' tearIy compietion.
Hepcs, tLedemaud for tho rcad; tic 'Saiues of
the j!itpy,estmeat. , the tdyanco Of value to prop
ns sSS SSSpbs ba sss SSs sbeSs si'ss'o ssS Of
81, w;th pFcmptness to the FIJI ex elt OF our
ability in subscribing tos the capital stock Of
,, TIC Air Line Railroad. No personal or selfish
interest should be- allowed to govern our ac
tione inian enterprise OF this magnitude.
We cannot stand alone; to have our pe:s NAL
or selfish interest Satisfied might defeat the
consider anc act for the Counties interest In the
enterprise. Whether it. is better to act rs q
County is best understood by considering the
Status Of the County and the interest which it
has in the road by facts and figures. The
County ls q corporate, body, made 50 by neoes
sity Of a government. It must havo a center
fer,business for all that pertains to a govern.
relation to tho government of which it is q part.
This center becomes also its commercial center
as business in all brahehes is made more per.
feet where there is con ,entr1t on of capital, I
skilled labor as vol as competition; whatever
deterlorates to growing commercial center Of,
q County becomes an injury, not 30 much to the
cenfer Itself as to the people Of the county,a
the earth-Athe soil. The producer produces
for o market as we'll Ms for himself, and If there
g no market his labor is lost except for his own
consumption. In County with growing
commerce no one will doubt but what the ai.
vantages will reach the ex'r lme area of the Couh-
80, 49,
cbanio most be supplied, they are identified
with tho County. With proper encourage
ment, the center of o County should in all
instances, and will furnish enough of the spiri,
of enterprise TO encourage manufacture and
commerce to that extent as to reflect prosperity
to the people Of the entire Comfy. This
n,ush abe Sustained by the people Of the
f. a County, however remote they be. are
inter sted in the building up of &C commercia
center, in order to hold capital in their County
If there is no effort by the people to preserve
this it results in injury to the people themselves
as capital can and will move with the demand
and if not supported it goes where it command.
Influence, power and profit. Then the people
become subjects and loose the benefit that would
accrue if capital, interest and dormant weal,l,
Of tho county were united in interts. 1t ma,
/ be observed in every instance where the, com
morcial interest Of q County is divided in any
manner, that tile peaplc-thc mass who till til,
soil are tho loosers. The reasoning is plain
they must sell their products. the price thes
receive is the reward for their labor; tho near
or consumption or cheaper transportation ma
be had, that much more is realized to the pr,
ducer, while their purchaser outside of WIN
they produce will depend JON cheap r n y y.
tation from other parts as vel as competlt,
in the trade Of what they purchase. This IN
sumption Mt homo Of the products con only j.,
secured by concentration Of capital within tn,
commercial center of q county. This is til,
only area that community can ,ntrol Of them
selves. ! ask this audience why haye your snn,
left you and 'omsrated to the Westi VII,
is it that you having 449, ,922 acres Of land il
this county and only 74.429 acres improved
and Of the last only one half in cultivation
Why is it that see so many mon advanced il,
life in suoh an audience, where an enterprise n
the greatest magnitude is now being consider
| ed; where are your young men that hive beer
born and reared in this County2 Have the,
| found q moro salubrious climate; have thcy
found place where the soil will produce with
out labor? answer, no; but they have gone
to The far West where capital and labor acts il.
harmony with the progress and improvement u
the age. In o word they have loft you because
yop girdle the majestic oak, the stately pine
the pride of tho forest, destroy natures wealth
and bring upon yourselves the labor Of destroy
/ ingione of the greatest resources Of wealth B.
any country. They left you because of the Ia
Dor To clear up, the land; Because there wa:
no price for the lumber that. could be made
from your heavy timber; they left you to bull,
up other places; to- Join with tho enterprises O
the 'day. You needed RaiIroada--ah n m tIat to