The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-09-07
Railroad Meeting at GilgGl.

I.'S <
was l.c,u ut t:ilynl church in Edge
field county. The object Of the meet
itg was 10 assist our Edgefield broth
rth to make up their minds rs to
which Of the ALheviilc roads they
would cnnncct with. General n. e..
Butler being present was requested to
act as chairman of the meeting. ,Ir.
james =. Bacon of the EtlyCi,Hd At
rcrtiser waS requested to act as secrc-
tary. Various gentlemen were pres
ent to advocate the htlantic and
French Broad Valley Railroad, and
speeches were made by M@>srs. l. 3.
Gary, +. G. Graydon, NJ. l.. Bnnllam.
r. II. Hemrhiii, ". 7. Widcman,
and George &. Bradley who spoke in
the order in which they are named.
In the interests of the Savannah VAL
3cy Railroad we're President James NJ.
I.atinrer, OF Lowndesvillc, General!
3Iumphries and Mr.. f.. Is. Murray, Of
Anderson. Messrs. fIumrhries and
Murray spoke for their side of the
question. 4 resolution was passed re-
.questing the President Of the meeting
10 appoint a committee to confer with
the authorities of both roads, rs fol-
lows:
Resolre7, That the Chairman Of this
meeting appoint committee of !ivc,!who
shall correspond with the authorities OF
tho Atlantic ard French Bread Valley
Railroad AMI the authorities VI the Sd
vannah Valley Railroad, with 4 view to
procure information from both coin;a-
MICS, as to their ability to complete their
roads respcctively-the lcngthof their re-
erective roads-and their proposed con-
nections.
Resc5rcG, That said committee take the
necessary steps, in addition to what has
already been done in that respect, to have
\ survey made on both the proposed
routes connecting El"G:icid t. fl. with
said two roads. the funds already sub
scribed to be applied to the purpose tor
which they were subscribed respectively.
Resoireh, That tie people in the West
-ern side of Edgcticld county arc fully
aroused to the importance of Railroad
communication connecting Edgc!icld c.
II. and Aiken with tho two roads above
named, and thai they are willing and
ready to lear their reasonable part OF the
expense of the work by taxation. or 0.ll-
nerwise. as may be found most practicable
when the Il is located and the charters
amended.
Committeo-E. II. ~YounSblood, James
Cailison, James StrOm, y. j. Norris, john
II. uollinsworth.
Up to the time that We left Sem
ator Cailison had spoken and was fol-
lowed by Col. a. J. Norris.
The meeting was remarkable for the
attention and earncstncss with which
it listened to the various speakers.
The Edgcacld people contemplate
continuing the Edgefiel1, Trenton and
Aiken road from Edgetield to Trickem
or Dorn's Gold Mine, and this meeting
was intended for a discussion of their
best interests in the matter. As far as
we can judge, we should say that it
would be to the interest of all parties
20 have the Abbeville roads terminate
at one point, and then let our Edge
field friends build 4 road to that point,
where both Of our roads could be feed
ers to their road. 1t seems to Us if The
South Caiclina road should make a
subscription to the work i'll .Abhevi!le,
that they should make it conditional
that both come together Oh the Green
wood and Augusta Railroad. They
would secure O double advantage in
this way. If the Clydcs do not get
our road, the South Carolina road may
run it at last, and the South
Carolina road can run both as easy
as one. There should be no jealousy
tor conflicting interests among the .Ab-
.beville-roads.
On our way to the meeting our party,
consisting Of Capt. j. w. Perrin, f.
G. Graydon, Esq, Colonel Z. b. Gary,
and Mr.. Wilson of the Press and
Banner, stopped with Capt. Wade
I; L. Cothran and accepted generous hos
: pitality, while Judge J. Fuller Lyon,
General II. II. Hemphill, and Capt.
II. L. Bonham, went beyond Hard
Labor and stopped with Mr.. Young
blood. Mr.. Youngblood and Captain
Cothran joined the lalty on Thursday
morning and attended the meeting
with lis.
The crops down about Hard Labor
appear to he better than they are about
Abbeville. At Hard Labor bridge we
crossed the line fence between Able
Vile and Edgefield counties, and soon
= found the lanes full Of cowS looking
for a break in some fence through
which they might pass to destroy the
crops. We also had the privilege Of
seeing some of the Edgefield pine bar
fens, about which We have heard so
much, and on which account it has
been urged the stock law should not
be passed. Our candid opinion is, that
q respectable COW would starve to death
on a thousand acres Of such land, if
she was wholly dependent for a living
from the grass she might gather there.
We saw some good land and ota fair
crops in Edgefield, which seemed to
be closely watched from the road by
the longest nosed hogs in America.
Edgeield is a fine county, aud has a
noble citizenship, and it is exceedingly
strange to US that they will insist on
pursuing the old fogy way Of taxing
the farmers to death, to accommodate
foot Of land. Why down in Edgeiield
q man may grow large herds of mis-
chievous cattle and turn loose IN the
community immense dr0ves of "rasor
back" hogs, without either renting or
owning a foot Of hand. TO accommo-
date this industry tie farmers in every
neighborhood are required to build
miles and miles of fencing. Just
think of it. They do this across
Hard Labor Creek. 1t is believed,
however, that so progressive q people
as are the farmers of Edgeficld. will
not much longer tolerate the iniquit-
Gus plan of fencing the crops. If they
would adopt the stock law, and give to
the proposed railroad what they save
by the new plan, they would have
enough money to build and equipit.
At the meeting we had the pleasure
of meeting Mr.. Bacon of the Edgcaeld
advertiser, Mr.. DAILY of the Edgcfcld
Chronicle, Mr.. Murray of the Andcr-
son LnteNigencer. These together with