The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-02
Itaiiroad Meeting at nelton.

BELroN, s. c., Sept. 90 1870.
Pursuantto previous announcement, the
| citizens OF Haltoil township met this day In
the interest of the Bolton, Williamson and
| Easley Railroad.
The meeting was called to order by Mr.
| q. w. MCGEE, upon whose motion Mai. B
D. Dean was called TO the chair. W. Is
Cox was appointed Secretary. The Chair.
man stated briefly the object of.th meet.
ing, after which he introduced DR.. HI. I.
Gpting, OF Williamston, who spoke of the
different Western railroads, showing the
large dividends they are paying on their
| stock, and urgE the citizens of Belton town.
| ship not TO let this opportunity pass of Sc.
dcnd. =,
| Col. Jas. R, Brown, of Canton, Ga, was
| extintroduced, who, In very forcibie and
eloquent manner, pointed out the impor.
tance Of railroads, and said that necessity
calls upon South Carolina to build tho pro-
Jected Road. He proved very conclusiyely
that South Carolina Is paying more freigbt
| every year to railroads outside of the Slate
than will take to pay the taxes for building
the Road. His speech vas practical, con.
cise and replete with striking illustrations
OF the benefits to be derived from the Road.
not only in pecuniary, but also in g lite.
rary and religious point of view.
Mr.. John McFall, of Williamson. Yves
called upon to show how the mountains
were TO bc descended after gaining the as
cent, which he did in O plain, practical
manner.
Maj. e. b. Murray, of Anderson. was
next introduced, and, in his usually elo-
9uent and impressive manner, addressed
the meeting ut some length, advocating the
building of the Road, not only as G means
OF building up good local markets along the
line, of Road, but also for building up a
good market on our sea coast. He said that
South Carolina possessed harbor unsur-
passed by any on the Atlantic coast, and
that oil she needed to make her one of the
grandest States in the Union, was the build.
ing of a great thoroughfare across the
mountains into the granaries Of the West.
Gen. w. w. Humphreys, of Anderson,
was then introduced as the last speaker
who made on eloquent and earnest appeal
Tor the Road. He showed the great advan-
.:S5cS to 70 derived from iie Road in diver
sifying labor, enhancing the value of land
and utilizing the great phosphate beds Of
Our State,
DR.. w. g. Brown was called upon to read
letter from w. s. Raymond, who is Pres
ldent of 800 miles ofWestern railroad. He
assures the Directors of the Road that if
they will grade :hc Road, Western capital
lists will undoubtedly lay the track and
furnish rolling stock. .s.
an opportunity was given those who oppose
1T to speak, when Mr.. G. w. MCGEE arose
and SAID that he did not oppose the Road.
nor the plan Of building it, but that he
thought the amount asked for from the diff.
ferent townships was insufficient, and that
he could support it more heartily if the
amount was doubled.
The meeting was lively and enthusiastic,
and great interest in the Road was mani
tested on tho part of those present, there
being scarcely any or no opposition what
ever.
On motion, the Anderson INTEL ,oi NICER,
Anderson Journal Temperance Stan 'erd and
p1ckens Sentinel were requested to publish
these proceedings.
d. D. DEAN, Chairman.
w. f. Cox, Secretary.