Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
Sale Of tho Greenville and Co
lumbia Railroad.

tho Groenville and Columbia Railroad in
that city. on tho 10Th instant, under decree
Of the Court, by Mr.. Barnwell, Master oi
Richland County. This salo has created
quite stir among tho railroad speculators OF
the country, North and South.
Mr.. Barnwoll announced that hc reserved
tho rights of parties representing S377 900 in
bonds Of tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company,
after which .hc read tho opinion Of Judge
Kcrshaw in the case at suit.
Mr.. W. S. Montoith then road tho follow
ing protest:
NOTICED. I. Corbin and William Stone,
attorneys at law, hereby givo notice TINT they
hold IL judgment and decree for the sum of
Sl,SO0, dated Juno 24th, 1876, which with
tho interest thereon to date, constitutes q lien
upon tho property and securities Of the "Bluc
Ridge Railroad Of South Carolina" now
owned and held by the Grconvillo and Colum-
bia Railroad Company, or tho Recover of
the property of tho Grccnvillc and Columbia
Railroad Company; and that they, said Cor
bin and Stone, will proceed hereafter to assert
and enforce tho lien Of said Judgment and
decree against said property.
D.T. coRBIN.
Judge John +. Bacon also presented a
protest, which reads rs follows:
The undersigned protests against the sale of
Sl6C,42O of the first mortgage bonds and
coupons issued by tho Blue Ridge Railroad
Company and the accrued interest thereon
to December, 1873, being tho samo bonds,
coupons and interest proved before Register
Carpenter in the matter of the Blue Ridge
Railroad Company, bankrupt, on or about
December, 1878; and also about $4,000 of
the first mortgage bonds and coupons Of tho
said company, and the accrued interest thcres
on to December, 1878, proved before tho
same Register about tho same time by Hon.
Robert X. Scott and which bonds, coupons
and the accrued interest wero delivered to
the Grccnyille and Columbia Railroad Com.
pany by the undersigned and Hon. Robert
*. Scott respectively, which exchanges havo
been rcscinded and cancelled for fraud and
deceit. and for want OF powor to mako such
exchanges, and consequently the purchaser
cannot acquire any title to tho aforesaid
bonds md coupons issued by tho said Blue
Ridge Railroad Company and tho interest
thereon.
Dated Now York, April 6. 1880.
ANSON BANGS.
For himself and associates.
The bidding then began, Mr. James G..
Gibbcs putting tho ball in motion with
100000.
Mr.. w. Courtenay, Mayor Of Charles
ton, representing second mortgage bondr
holders resident of New York, Charleston
and Richmond, raised those figures 500.
The bidding was thon narrowed down to
Mcssrs. Cummings and Courtenay, the for.
NOR bidding frequently from Sl00 to 5000
and $1,000, while Mayor Courtenay confined
himself to bids ofSlO0.
Tho sale continued for somo time in this
manner, when, by somo misunderstanding nc
to tho bids, tho property was knocked down
to Mayor Courtcnay.
Protests from partiesimmcdiatcly interested
and others who were present, being mado as
to tho decision Of tho Master, tho sale was
renewed
The bids ranged from $lo0 to $1,000 for o
long whilo, each party being determined no,
to yield an inch.
Major Cummings received q dispatch from,
Atlanta about half past o'clock, and caused
great deal of excitement by increasing th,
bids 100000.
Mr.. Courtcnay worry quietly bid $lO(
more.
Tho bidding continued with but littl,
advance over 500 and $780, until abou
half past 6 O'clock, whom tho road wa
knocked down to Mayor Courtcnay at So.
o63 400.
The principal owner Of tho road is Mr.
Clyde, of the Clyde Steamship Company.
duel was fought ut Lancaster, s.. c., on tn
18th instant, betweon David Adams and Gcore
Reinmouth Adams was Tho aggrcssor nm
was wounded.
Two hundred prominent citizons Of Cincinnati
arc on an excursion to tho South. Thoy hav
visited Atlanta, Augusta, Charleston and Sa
| yannah and arc delighted with their trip.
Mr.. Thos. b. Crews, senior editor Of tn
| Laurcnsvillc Herald, has been nominated as
candidate for tho Legislature from I,aurcns
Ilc has accepted the nomination md wo hop
| he will be elected.
correspondent Of tho Ncwbcrry Herald i
| announcing n ticket for State officers nominate @
Col. D. Frank Slaan, OF Oconce, for Stat
Treasurer This is good nomination, and "
shall be pleased TO further his election in an
way VIC can.