The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-01


tion, referred to the annual Conferences
to act upon aud report to the next Cen
eral Conference. The Conference visited
the widow of cx-Presi mt Polk as a
body, and enjoyed peasant reception.
The meeting was interesting and its de.
liberations Of unusual importance 20 the
cause of Methodism within the jurisdic.
ton Of the Conference.
The Grcenbackcrs are independent,
and they say that they nave no sympa-
thy with the Republican rascals who
have robbed and disgraced South Caro-
lima. Facts show that they are only in
dependent Of the Democratic party, and
that they like Republican Of the very
worst stripe rather than gentler- IN who
is a Democrat, for the six Greenbackers
in Congress and the Rcadjustcr from
Virginia have been voting steadily to
turn General Dibbe out Of Congress and
put the notorious L. w. N. Mackcy in
his place. Not only this, but they are
voting with the Republicans to prevent
an investigation OF the charges Of forgery
in the testimony presented by Mackcy.
Remember thal those who vote for the
Greenbackcrs will only be helping to put
in power o party Of Republican allies.
1t matters not what professions they may
make. Actions speak louder than words.
They talk like reformers, but act like
allies of the Republicans. Choose
whether you will be fooled by fine words
or whether you will have the common
sense to judge these hypocrtes by their
own deeds.
The subscription of the Augusta &
Knoxville Railroad Company to the Sa-
vannah Valley Railroad will doubtless
be considered and accepted by the Board
of Directors cf the latter Company, SO
far as they have any authority to act
upon it, but if it is expected to contract
with the Augusta e Knoxville in the
manner proposed by their resolution, it
vii be beyond the power of the Directors
TO grant it. The resolution under which
the subscription Of $4,000 is to be made
is cI0ggcd with the following condition: {:
Crowded, That said subscription shall
be expended under the direction Of the
management of this (thc a. & K.) Road
in the building of said Savannah Valley
Railroad, ut or near Mccormick and be-
yond, connection to be made with this
(thc A. & K. Road at or near that point
and not with any other Road. The pro.
visions of this resolution. shall be en-
bodied by the finance committee in the
form Of q contract TO be entered into be-
tween this Road and tic Savannah Val
ley Railroad" II seems to us that this
resolution contains some extraordinary
provisions. 1t is unusual-in fact, We do
not know of All instance in which a sub
scription has been made to n railroad
company rcscrviDg the right to manage
its expenditure. 1t is all right for the
point of intersection to be named in the
subscription, but it implies /. lack of con-
fidence i'll the management of the Savan.
nah Valley for the Augusta & Knoxville
to go further and stipulate that they
shall have the right to direct the manner
of its expenditure. This, of course, Is n
matter of no consequence, but it does not
appear to us courteous to the manage
ment Of our road. The important point,
however, is that they propose to bind the
Savannah Valley Road not to connect
with any other road This is II lmta-
ton of the rights of the Company under
its charter, and can only be agreed to, in
our opinion, by tho stockholders them
selves. 1t is an unreasonable condition.
For twenty-five thousand dollars they
propose to continue location which will
cost thirty.slx thousand dollars more
than another route in its construction,
and also to bind our Company not to
connect with any other road, so that if
another road should be built from Nc
Cormick's to Port Royal or Charleston
our road could not connect with it for the
exchange of freights. We hope the Di-
rectors Of our Company will not make
any such contract, for we are satisfied
that if Augusta does not wish to take the
with tho intersection fixed
at McCormick's other arrangements
more advantageous than the one proposed
can be made. If Augusta is so uneasy
about her twenty-five thousand dollars,
We think it would be enough to contract
with the Augusta & Knoxville Road to
pay back the twenty five thousand dol
lars with interest from the date of its
payment if in the future the Savannah
Valley Road should determine to connect
with another road or extend itself We
would rather consolidate the Savannah
Valley Road outright with the Augusta
& Knoxville than to give them the ad-
vantage they seek. At least, our people
should take little time to consider the
effect of their proposition before accept
ing il.
THE WORK OF RECONCILIATION.