The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-02
Railroad Meeting mt Bolton.

DELroN, S. c., Sept. 90, 1870.
Pursuant to previous announcement, the
citizens of Bolton township met this day in
the interest of the Bolton, WILLIAMSON and
Easley Railroad.
The meeting was called to order by Mr..
G. w. MCGEE, upon whose motion Maj. B.
D. Dean was called to the chair. w. F.
Cox was appointed Secretary. The Chair
man stated briefly the object of the meet
ing, after which he introduced DR.. H. L.
Epting, Of Williamson, who spoke of the
different Western railroads, showing the
large dividends they are paying on their
stock, and urged the citizens of Belton town.
ship not to let this opportunity pass of Sc
curing road that would pay greater divi-
dcnd.
Col. Jas. r. Brown, of Canton, Ga, was
next introduced, who, in q very forcible and
eloquent manner, pointed out the impor-
tance of railroads, and said that necessity
calls upon South Carolina to build the pro-
jected Road. He proved very conclusively
that South Carolina is paying more freight
every year to railroads outside of the State
than will take to pay the taxes for building
the Road. His speech was practical, con-
else and replete with striking illustrations
of the benefits to be derived from the Road,
not only in a pecuniary, but also in q lite
rary and religious point Of view.
Mr.. John McFall, of Williamson, was
called upon to show how the mountains
were to be descended after gaining the as
cent, which he did in plain, practical
manner.
Mai. E. B. Murray, of Anderson, was
next introduced, and, in his usually elo-
quent and impressive manner, addressed
the meeting at some length, advocating the
building of the Road, not only as means
of building up good local markets along the
line of Road, but also for building up
good market on our sea coast. He said that
South Carolina possessed q harbor unsur-
passed by any on the Atlantic coast, and
that all she needed to make her one of the
grandest States in the Union, was the build
ing of great thoroughfare across the
mountains into the granaries of the West.
Gen. w. w. Humphreys, of Anderson,
was then introduced rs the last speaker,
who made an eloquent and earnest appeal
for the Road. He showed the great advan-
tages to be derived from the Road in diver
styling labor, enhancing the value of land
and utilizing the great phosphate beds OF
our State,
DR.. w. c. Brown was called upon to read
q letter from w. S. Raymond, who is Pres
ident of 800 miles Of Western railroad. He
assures the Directors of the Road that if
they will grade the Road, Western capital
lists will undoubtedly lay the track and
furnish rolling stock.
After the speeches in favor of the Road,
an opportunity was given those who oppose
it to speak, when Mr.. G. w. MCGEE arose
and sand 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 the part of those present, there
being scarcely any or no opposition what
ever.
On motion, the Anderson INTELLIGEHcEE,
Anderson Journal, Temperance Standard and
Pickens Sentinel were requested to publish
these proceedings.
B. D. DEAN, Chairman.
w. F. Cox, Secretary.