Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-12-16
Hasten SLOWLY.

Ior acquisition, than su
COCO In bettering their condition. WIN
progression or retrogrcssion must follow o,ro,
20 secure stho former there must bo o,ntio
l apa prudence, sand a proper proportion2 ~ K
tweon dssproposcd aud Tho meah. \
nana. This is5 true ofsScvcry undertaking =
IaPr'vatc G q public character. Twelve month
ago got tho Gfeenyiilleand Columbia Railroad y,
aer tho management of President IT M,irr ,3,iiss
a"d superintendent MEREDITH was s,,,,
~, ,su'ely rising from condition of weakness
~, a"" 'neilclency to that of a first class rood
A"ey round 1t at tho close of tho war in
fu'oous condition, and by judicious MANAGE
"en' ana perfect understanding of its now
ors, mac made il subscrye tho carryipc tr.do :
inc up country The loads and speed wor,
p'opo'tloned to the strength Of the bed and
engines, and SO well was this donc. tb,t no;th
81 me trading nor travelling public suffered
Inconvenience, .l' y while everyone saw sr,a,.,
Improvement going on, in substituting hero
ana there the bettcr class of iron and Gn;no
up OF this and that trcstlo lust as tho f,o,,a
" the company would justiIy. How doc.
inc thing stand now? These n,onor, ~
naYe been broken, and bad consequences i -
lo.'o"ed' The speed has been increased, and
WIN trl weekly edition of accidents In
e'nes give out, trestlcs break through rails
spycau' r." INC connection is broken, and trains
'ol,idc' aud SO goes the story, to tho d,noor
., ne and the great injury of the country,
49,. 49, 's ,n's a''' for We are told by passengers
~, '"'' P''es OF cotton are awaiting shipment at
nearly all the dcpots from Walhulla 70 Colrn,
ola' Nor is this all, for wlilo wo know
.Hsnv of our merchants have been lool;,,
'or salt ordered some tn,o 60 80 it has not
come to hand, and our town, which sunnlos |
ms ABSOLUTE necessity to huge scope of
,ountry' cannot to day muster saol, to save
"o 'cst hog in Ito country. These oro tha
'''s' 'na unless remedicd, they will injure
ne trading commun' 'ty with us incalculably,
md In doing this will injnrc the business of
he road. Wo do not attribute these OWLS 70
encouragement, but to instrumentation of
he rea. caEacity of the road. Tho Prcsi.
cnt, We have nc doubt. is a good railrond
ian, and thoroughly understands his bust
css, put sudden transition from n section
high state of wealth and prosperity,
mere the speed aud capacity of the engines
nd road beds are thrcofold ours, to section
foken and impoverished in all it's appliances
" prosperity, has msled him. The road has
cen strained beyond its powers, and In,
'acked We hope this will be soon rome.
ed' and that by gradual progression, the
ad DONG the necessary business of tho I
i'm trr "ilt '>>~~~ .-4, .,jitsur uaua,.y.y.- -
alievo eau be done, for it has been hereto.
re. Let the road keep pace with its means
nd implements, and then VIC will have sure
clivery of passengers, freight and mails {
Since the above was written, We are graft
cd to learn that large supply of salt has
cen received 10y several of our merchants,
nd we hope in the future no similar scarcity
'ill exist.
County RoADs.-Wc take the following
xtract from the report of the Commissioners
f agricultural Statistics
A serious drawback, has always existed in
his State to proper development Of our az.
icullurnl resources
The road system is defective in almost
very particular. Our railroads are cxorbi.
ant in their tariff on frcights, and our coun-
ry roads are disgrace to civilization.
If there is one Improvement more than
mother which our State now absolutely needs,
t is a better quality of roads, AMI greater care
n keeping them in good order.
Thousands of dollars arc annually lest in
,reaknge and unnecessary transportation
which could all be saved if this single i'm
,rovemcnt could be made 10 our system of
economy.
a disposition on the part Of our people to
make some advance and progress in this di-
ection, by submitting to light taxation to
,uld and construct roads and keep them in
'cpair is all that will ever bring this state of
hings about.
The last report of the National Department
If Agriculture at Washington, exhibits a
com parative total, showing the cost of keep
ing up county roads in the various States, and
from this VIC find that South Caaolina stands
the very lowest Oh tho list. While some of
the States pay as high as $50 to the mile,
his State pays but 81. Further comment is
Southern Cultivator.
We received the November No of this in.
valuable publication yesterday, chock full, as
usual, of the most admirable matter for tie
Southern planter, enricner and housewife.
It has vastly improved of late as to looks and
now presents most con,cly appearance. No