Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-05-20
The AIRLINE Railroad.

Elsewhere the people orc moving. In York,
the County Commissioners have subscribed
$4,000 to the stock Of the Company, and
submitted it to the people for their ratification
or rejection. The Enquirer is sanguine of
success. f
From the Greenvillo Enterprise we copy
the following, which shows that our ucighbors
are in earnest. Why can't Oconee and Pick.
chs engage in the good work9 Wo trust that
those interested in these counties, (and who
Is not? will come fsWard with propositions
to give material aid to this important enter
prise, and push them forward to success.
The Enterprise says:
| Tho Executive Committee who have been
charged with attending to the important in.
tcrcst of Greenville, Us connected with tho
Airline Railroad, had q meeting in tho Of
fee of James p. Moore, Esquire, on last
Saturday evening. Several citizens, not of
the committee, were present. The special
object was to hear q report from tho ablo and
jealous chairman of the committee, Gen. w.
Is. lGasley. Gen. e. made most interesting
verbal statement of tho prospects of the Road
From positive information in his possession
he stated that tho AIRLINE Road would Ger.
tainly be constructed. A most favorable con.
tract has already been made with a response
bio contractor, the details Of which we do not
undertake to give; but so far as Grccnvilc
is concerned, Gen. IL. said that we need not
expect that The road would pass through it
unless VIC shall set to work mantully to raise
the sum of about three hundred thousand
dollars, which the County and City have
pledged. The Road is to be built in two
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called for by iustalments. The investment
itself is safe, and the benefits to the City aud
County incalculubic; and on the other hand
the failure to secure the road and its taking
another course than through Greenville would
views of the Importance Of the undertakings
the people Of the Cit. aud County of Green
Vile to secure the location, in clear, logical
and conclusive manner. Wo felt sorry that
every citizen of the County could not have
been present or could not ut least iu some
way have placed before them the sound rca-
soniug founded Oh the basis2 of facts, which
was presented by Gen. Enslcy.
On motion Of II. =. Hummett, sub com.
mittcc Of seven was appointed to report next
Monday plan for raising the necessary
funds. The Committee consists of II. p
I[ammctt, Chairman, III. Bcattic, DR.. w. II.
Jones, j. A. David, II. g. Donaldson, H. c.
Cover and Alex. McI3ec We are hopeful
in this matter and are satisfied that, ms was
said in the meeting of the Committee that if
the people have the proper aeW to have the
Road the ,ony will be found.
Spartanburg will CO operate no doubt
handsomely, aud why should not Oconce, An
derson and lickens, most of all which coun
ties must be directly or indirectly largely
banciittel by the Road. Charlotte, aud the
County of Mcckcnbcrg, N. G., have subscrib
cd two hundred thousand dollars towards
M king up the S750,O00 necessary to be
r.ised by the counties between the Georgia
! Ino nuu THAT plnce. >>$e
Gen Easley stated that tho Air. Limo track
would be completed from Atlanta to Gaius.
vile, Co., in few weeks. They are now
laying down iron rails at the rate of one mile
every day The track would be pushed on to
the South Carolina line in due time. The
construction Of the Road would proceed from
Charlotte, North Carolina, as soon as the
nccdful funds alc secured the grading would
however, be commenced in this County as
soon M it commences near Charlotte. I'm
conclusion, We would remark that Gen Easlcy
has assurances that whenever he is able to
lcpoII tHHI thc sum vi SioUUUU rs secured
by the people between the city of Charlotte
and the Georgia line, the work will commence
| Then let there be no faltcring in this great
enterprise, but let us contribute our part to
authorize the report to be made speedily.
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| FAITnFULNESs REwARDED.-The follow.
ing letter, says the Knoxville DAILY Iphy,
from General McCown, who was in the Con.
fcderatc service and who was raised in Sewer
county, but is now citizen of Arkansas, to
llardiman Jefferson, colored man of this,
city, shows two things: 1st. The kindness
of, at least, one Southern man towards our
colorcd people, and I'd. The faithfuncss of
this man Jefferson, who was the body scr.
want of the General Throughout the war, and
remained true to him to the last He is now
about to reap the fruits of his fidelity.
Hardiman Jefferson 81 have not foreot
ten how faithfully you served me. Nor have
forgotten my promise of 25 acres Of land.
If you sec proper to come here this fall will
give you forty acres of land. | do this, be.
cause [ think your services to me during tho
war, deserve it. Let mo know certainly what
you will do, and if you como how YOU pro
pose to travel, as can inform you, as to tic
bcst route, what to bring, etc.
| "You can get good wages here if you Wish
to labor. This is better country for color
cd man than Tennessee. You can find va
| cant land that you can enter cheap"