The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-10-24
Railroad Meeting Mt Cnihoun's Mills,

A large and enthusiastical meeting Of the
citizens VI Calhoun Township, was helu Ut
cst of the contemplated Railroad from Ander-
nop C. H., TO Dorli's Gold slime. On motion OF
W, u. Mars and ]. ". Lntiiner, ESD, tlie pres-
briefly explained the object OF the meeting.
and stated that this was the last OF q series Oh
meetings, which had been held, beginning Ut
Anderson G. H., and that the SUCCESS ,s ol ane
upon the action Of this day, AMI III u rev lorcl-
bic words impressed upon tho people the lli-
portancc Of not throwing away the golden op-
Outer world. Judge Murray, OF Anderson,
Yas next Introduced, who In u speech ol tnTees
quarters OF an hour, satisfied his audience that
y haiiroad was a necessity si,i nnu n, ,1u' n ,nI the
election, and that to-day:-to build inc roau OF
abandon the country. he spoke OF the coun-
lie finest in the world, with u fertile soil, un.
limited waterpUwer, Astounding IN natural
resources, only awaiting development, put
much OF the land lying out not now enclosed,
broom sedge or pines, the buildings are IN \
rilapidated condition, and the cultivated
lands showing u low State OF, Agriculture:
The Railroad would change all this, would
bring in immigrants, excite enterprise and In
u few years the desert would blossom us inc
rose, unI lands which cannot now he sold for
one dollar an acre VIII be souS ;1a 1 Ea,e al ZEN n;
the road would not be confined 10 the ScctlonS
through which 1t passed, but would be shared
IN by every portion OF the countries OF ca; A ,
tioD, reduce freight, open up new markets ana
10 This extent at least every section OF INC
country was interested in It's CONSTRUCTION l
can give only q Meager synopsis OF Judge
Murray's address, which was caini, clear ana
pradtical. suited to the OCCASION and adopted
10 his hearers. 1t carried conviction 10 every
mind. At its close the chairman introduced
J.. b, Murray, Esq, the talented editor Of the
anderson Inteligencer, the speaker said that
the road WAS u necessity, and addressed MN
self NAL My to the way nnd means ny %m.Gn
lion by the counties and Incorporated towns
but IL this failed, that the townships through
which the road ran and those ndJ,celt t!ere-
10 should make subscriptions. He stated that
the town Of Anderson would subscribe SO,0IU,
that Anderson county would build the road TO
The Abbeyille line L0wndesrille would gave
to see what the birthplace Of Calhoun and the
home Of McDufie would 10.
Major w. X, Bradley, the old Roman OF the
House Of Kepresentstiyss; ,I sn,a the tnai lime ne n a"d
had assisted In widening the links OF the great
chain and that be was here to weld the iast iink
1hat be would man II then EN-. 20 az e A tbai The ss sav !el, ,ne
Valley Railroad was u hXed iact' nmu ,nt.
South Carolina was reaching out i g [NiIIas
press their Willingness to bear their iuii pro
PORTION OF taxation towards It's constructlon,
and strong conviction tpat inc Told Wouiu p'
built, Aftar some desultory remarks tne
following preamble and resolutions were
offered and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, we the oitizcns oil Calhoun town.
ship have IN unabating interest IN the con
Ftruction Of g Railroad ron Anaer ESQ, IN, =. ~
fs our duty TO ourselves und TO our country to
subscribe literally to the capital stock OF said
RAILROAD, therefore be 1t
R~esolped-That VIC heartily approve OF the
plan OF building this liailroad by, county,
Town and townships subscriptions by taxa
ton and that We believe the county Of ADbc-
Vile should make u liborpl subscription to
this enterprise, and that II II should M TO 40
which the rond il to nss and those adjacent