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RAIL ROAD MEETING
And Barbecue ,o.i a2.
AtlChiles Gross Roads.

-At!Chiles Gross Roads s
On Thursday last, the 10th inst:
we had the pleasure OF attending
tie Railroad Meeting and Barbecue
which, according to previous an
nouncement, came off.'on that day
aat Horeb Church, near Chiles
Cross Roads, in the interest of the
Greenwood and Augusta Road
Following close in the wake of the
great Greenwood meeting on the
ist inst, it was designed to keep
alive the interest manifested on
that occasion, and to awaken new
enthusiasm in behalf Of the enter
prise. In this it was entirely sue
cessful, as was apparent from the
. largeness of the attendance, and
the deep sympathy exhibited; and
we trust will go very far to speed
on the enterprise to a glorious ter
m;nation.
PLEASANT RIDE.
Leaving Abbeville at 8 o'clock
A. NJ, in company with our Junior,
and with the morning air cooled by
the recent rains, we had a delight
full ride of three hours behind a
fast trotting horse to our destlna-
tion.. Our route was oyer the old
stage road to Augusta, crossing
Long Cane and Curltail Greeks,
with the Little Mountain to the
right, and cultivated fields extend
ing on either hand as far as the eye
could reach. at
CEDAR SPRINGS
we passed the fine brick mansion
Of Capt. j. w. Frazier; then the
:time-ionored Church and Gene
terry, where the white tombstones
greet the eye to show the graves of
the fathers and mothers who once
worshipped there; and beyond the
handsome residence of the Pastor,
Rev, Il. +. Sloan, and other dwell,
inas al intervals, with orchards Of
luscious fruit, and fields Of ripening
grain. The crops for the most
bart Of the route seemed to have
suffered for want Of rain, but in
the neighberhood Of Chites', pom
isea abundant harvests.
AT cH1rEs' CROSS ROADS
are located the residence and store
of our friend ME Ino. G. Chiles J;
and here turning to the right, we
reach, after o drive of half mile,
the Horeb Baptist Church, where
abundant shade and cool water
furnished a suitable place for the
celebration. A stand had been
erected in the grove near By, and
benches from the Church afforded
,conyenient seats for the audience
whilst not far distant the long
tables and the smoking pits gave
evidence of an approaching feast.
Upon our arrival we found a il
LARGE AUDIENCE =. 8
already assembled, numbering some
fifteen or two thousand Of, the best
and brightest of, the surrounding
country; with staunch men and
blooming matrons and lovely maid
ems from the Saluda and the Savan-
nah. Greenwood was represented
among am ,ri others by Messrs: Blake,
Boozer, Aiken, Maxwell, Taggart,
Jordan, Riley and Coleman-the
Dorn Mime By Col. Wright and
.sdr. rn-Edgefeld by General
Butler, DR.. Jennings and j. D.
T6Ibert, Esq.-Abbeville Village
by Col. Cothran and Mr.. Quarles-
whilst the Millway section turned
out its Perrins, and Bradleys, and
Chiles',. to give the enterprise a
hearty greeting.
The meeting was called to order
by Mr.. J. Wardlaw Perrin, Presi-
dent of the day, who introduced
the proceedingswith a
HANDSOME INTRODUCTORY SPEECH,
and who acquitted himself most
admirably as a presiding officer,
and with the ease and self-posses-
sion sion Of q veteran in the service:
= He assumed, he said, with great
reluctance, the position assigned
him on the OCCASION. An humble
farmer, he craved the indulgence
of the audience, quoting the words
of the poet, that "IIe who does
the bestThe can, acts nobly,""3 &c.
It was aatin,e, he said, not for fig
gures of rhetoric, but for the shovel
and the pick. The meeting was
designed to effect practical results,
and lie urged upon the audience the
importance and feasibility Of the
enterprise. He illustrated the ne
eessiEy of the work as leading to|
the building of the Road by the
stoay Bof the sand.hill boy, who was
found digging for ssgophers," and
when asked if he thought he would
. catch him, replied, s'Catch him !!
Jam bound to catch him, for I am
out of meat" He urged that the
building Of the Road was. entirely
practicable, passing as it did over a
natural ridge, requiring no bridging
or trestling, and through a country
phara q pr0ner subscription OF land