Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-01-31
For the Advertiser.
Our Aiken Correspondent on The
Thirty Thousand Dollars
Subscription.
Subscription.
AIKEN. c.: Jan, 25, 1884

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AIKEN s. c.; Jan. 25, 1884.
EDITORS ADVERTISER Since the
holidays our town has passed an un-
eventful life, with nothing new to
write of except the bitter cold wealth
er, which you have also experienced
The thermometer reached 8 deg'ee
above, here, but the cold cfelt'as se
we're -asif it was. below the line.. This
unusual severity of climate has kept
away and run noffs many visitors. so
that our season is to date a, dull one.
Despite the weather the community
is getting considerably warmed up
on the question of votingra subscrip-
tom of $4,000, in bonds Of the town,
TO the &C. G.& @. Railway. 1t was
first Thought that little opposition
would be made to it, but the friends
of the enterprise W. re mistaken. 1t
has been developed that the majority
of the merchants are arrayed against
the messule; aud :. to such an extent
had structures been made ou the Of
6cers of the road, that Gov. Ragood,
the President of the Company, was
called on by reporter for: both Of
our newspapers here, and ndinterviewed
as to the truth Of certain reports. l
mail jon copy of the interview as
it appeared in print, believing it to
to be Of interest to. your readers.
The arguments used by the opposi-
tion to the subscription, are that a
bonded debt Of the town would press
heavily on it's citizens from increased
taxation, causing a shrinkage in the
value of real estate ; that it would
keep away settlers, paralyze bust
ness and prevent the prosperity OF
the town that if the subscription
was voted, there was no guarantee
that. the money would be expended
in building the road; that if spent on
the road, it would be to an extent
thrown away if no other subscriptions
were voted along the line; and that
it was the policy Of the Company to
employ convicts tothe exclusion and
damage of the honest labor Of the
country.
Gov, Hagood has shown that he
can not get the convicts if he desired
them, aa the Statutes now in force
make it unlawful for them to be taken
from the penitentiary and worked on
railroada, &c. He has given full
and fair guarantee, by an agreement
entered into with the defendant and
Council of the town that he will de-
nosit in bank the amount Of the sub.
scription, eubject to the mutual order
of said Intendant and himself as
President Of the road, and that the
money will not be drawn until he has
raised a bona Jfde subscription of one
hundred thousand dollars along the
line of the road; and that in event
of his not raising the latter amount
.s1, 4. ks..:.....a -lasa-- h.-=s;
turned to heypeople Of Hiken. This
guarantee has decided many In favor of
the subscription who were previously
opposed to it. Still. however, there
are others in the community who are
working hard to defeat it. Both sides
are confident. and tie vote will no
donbt be close.
The recent freezes and hard wealth.
er have seriously damaged the grain
crops of this section. All of the late
planting is entirely kiilel. Many
farmers will not replant, but, trust
ing to good crop year after severe
winter, will try cotton on the same
ground. DOTS.
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