Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-12-02
Columbia Correspondence.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Move

COLUMBIA. $. c., November 25, 1880.
Editors of The Keo,ccc Courier:
AS this is day of leisure with u.s. the Legis-
laturo having adjcured on yesterday until II
o'clock Friday next, and all places Of business
being closed for The observance of thanksgiving
&C., under the proclamatcns Of our chief mag
| istrntcs, conclude TO avail myself Of the time
and opportunity of letting our friends in Oconcc
hear from through the medium Of your
columns, under the kind offer you 80 generously
| made us.
After leaving the depot in West Union We
| Travelled in rapid transit aud reached our desti--
nation here on schedule time Monday evening
Our journey along down the railroads TO The
| capitol was unmarked by any special incident
We are picascd however, 10 be able TO note the
fnct of very considerable improvement in The
facilities Of travel between this point and the
up country since We before passed over this
route. The road bed has been greatly improved
| by tho putting in Of new ties, and there seems
to have been general overhnuling Of track and
machinery and a tightening up of the loose
screws, and the result is their trains arc running
| much more smoothly md making great deal
better speed than formerly. The schedule of
starting and arriving at all points along the
line is great Improvement and comporls more
with tho dignity of great corporation; so that
if any of our friends desire to visit the interior
of the State or the scaboara they need no longer
dread this line Of travel. And we trust that
| the reforms inauauratcd under the management
| of General Conner, as Receiver, may be com
pletcd and pcrpetuated; and We regret that tho
present management have conceived il 10 be TO
their interest TO discontinue connections hereto
fore made with tho Atlanta and Charlotte Air
| Limo Railroad, and there is some talk Of legis-
lation OH the subj ject If change is not otherwise
! effected. We have not received tho Railroad
| Commissioners report as yet, and do not know
what recommendations if any, lie may make with
regard to the great and serious Inconvenience
inflicted by this refusal and the determinations
which this line IS making against the lower
section of our State. The people Of Charleston
are not satifcd with their treatment at the hand.
OF this new management. Their charter Learn
expires in one two years more, and if the,
do not change their policy sooner they may bt
forced TO do so then So much for the railroads
But have digressel. The Oconcc delegation
arc very comfortably qnartcrcd at The Perciva
House. private boarding establishment in tn,
large granite finished building located on tn,
West side of Main Street, nearly opposite tn,
Grand Central Hotel, formerly the Wheeler
llouse,) whore they will be pleased at all times
TO have thoir friends from the up country yisi
them,
The House of Representatives assembled ant
was duly organized on Tuesday, the 23d instant
by the re election Of all its former officers, ant
the Speaker on Wednesday announced tho up
polntment Of the usual standing committees
which has already been published and you hay,
learned the positions assigned your members.
The Senate organized tho samo day by tn
reelection Of all its old officers, except TINT Mr.
Wthcrspoon, of York County, was chosen Pre-
sidcnt pro tenn, and he has announced iic ap
pointment Of tho standing committees of th
Senate.
question has been raised rs to whether O
not the seat Of the Hon. II. b. Jctcr, as Senate
from Union County, was vacated by his qualify
ing and entering upon the duties of the Office o
Governor of the State. II is claimed by som
that the holding Of tho ofIico Of Chof Magistrat