The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-03-11
Railroad Rally.
INTERESTING MEETING IN BEHALF
or TIE CAROLINA, CCMBER-
LAND GAP & CHICAGO
RAIL- ROAD.
ghe Abbeville Delegation Holds /;
0sn-Spceclscs, Statistics, and
SnccUlatiOnS.

public meeting in the interests Of the
Carolina. Cumberland Gap and Chicago
Railroad.
AZ this meeting the feasibility Of a
conference with Charleston capitalists
was determined on, and delegates select
ed.
This signal fire was caught up all
along he line, from Aiken to PickcnS,
and responded to with one common rur-
pose and March the 4ih, was selected
as the time.
McSsrs. w. ii. Parker l.. w. White,
Il. G. Seal, j.. $. Hammond and w.
Joel Smith, were elected delegates
from this place. Mr.. Smith and Mr..
Hammond could not attend, aad M"ssrs.
7. Warllaw Smitl. aud T. P. Co;hran
were delegated %inticir places. Gn the
Sd, the line Of march was taken up.
At Hodges the Ahbcviiln delegation
met the Due West and Eritan delegates,
and in their company sought the longcd
for healing Of the sea. y great deal of
uncertainty and suspense Was being felt
"tN 90 w w i'Null VI lIC On
petition. Our need Was felt TO be sore.
to Charleston VIC looked for aid, not in
the capacity Of rail road mcnlicants, but
in the capacity Of those who arc working
i'll the interest OF grand schc,na. aud
DESTROYS Of cNhiLs1ry f. merits; TO
LthCSGLM1ro are OF all South Carolina,
most able to respond to our call. and who
are most directly Interested in the
cnfrrSs IF tIn nr.nr,,,S, (l,,,lI,,
has been run around long enough. it
does seem. and should seize with avihi-
ty the prottcrci enterprise: naturally
this is the way that "" look 1T our prop
o%Silion. Charleston of coarse will do
nothing unless hcr interest to do so can
be plainly pointed out. The truth Of
the whole business is that the capital OF
Charleston is in the hands Of those who
are making money hand-ovcr-ii>i, and
are not disposed to interfere with the
smooth running profit of we'll enough.
Another noticeable condition Of affairs
is that Charleston is the nest Of the
State ariStocracy. The old families,
, grand in their srcluSivcncSS naturally
shrink from the cosmopolitan effect Of
new roads. new people, new ideas which
will disSipate in Il short time the letter
ed ease and opulcnt luxury Of the oldcn
days. Ltlantn is n striking example of
what many in Charleston wish to avoid.
Its hord OF strangers, unfamiliar GUS
toms and mixed society, offend the no.
tons of the old families Of the salty
suburbs Of this quaint old city.
y consultation, informal, was held be-
tween Governor lIagood, Mr.. Scholicld
and otkcr delegates on the part of the
road and McSsrS. Brnwlry, Williams.
Magrath and others Of Charleston, on
the morning CT March Sd; II glcat
many questions were asked by the
Charleston people, with ShrcwLncss as
to the prospects of the road. the charac-
ter and rcs0urccS Of the country through
which it ran, and many similar questions
indicative Of their interest in the
scheme. but suggestive too Of their indie
termination. The road is certainly for
tunatc i'll having the services Of n scr.-
tlcman Of as rncile II tongue as the iinan-
cial agent mir. Scloticld.- rhc Gucs
tons and Objections of the Charleston
capitalists We're answered and parried,
with the skill Of Il diplomat, and the
prospects Of the road, and the grandeur
of the scheme were made to stand forth
III clear clean-cut relief and brilliancc.
Mr.. Schoticld is certainly "A remarkable
man; about seventy years old, average
height, and quite portly, with hair and
beard as white as SNOW and V brows
still resisting the whitening influences of
time, which stand ont in singular
striking contrast with the florid com
plcXion and snowy beard. He is ram;l-
lar with all the manocuvcring and inside
workings Of anything that concerns rail
roads, and if by II stretch Of charitable
forgctfuincSs we could lose sight OF TIE
%plcthoric promises and barren fulfill
mcnt OF two years ago, the rumble of
the engine could be heard r~csoupdinr
from hill to hill Of Long janc's barren
wi!is o~rsteaming through the rich fields
and fertile bottoms of the NATION"
This Is hard to do and all of his towcrv
accounts and glow Of Sanguine rxpecta-
ton must be taken with some considara-
bic degree Of allowance. The decided
impression with the delegates, b&Sor,
the meeting began was that Charleston
Will hear our t lie through and will. like
u wise Judge reserve her decision.
What this will be, cannot be told We
can only hope; as Was said Of Mr.. Syho-
field. tive are still hopeful,
The Charleston bound train WAS on
time, and ut ~ O'Clock, p. M, we were
hauled up ut the Charleston Hotel and
the elastic bus cmptGd of its rail road
kings. Upon our arrival We were met
by Mr.. II. w. i!ad.!on, OF Due West.
who informed rs that the meeting Of
the ~up-country delegates for conference
was then being held in the parlor OF the
Charleston Hotel. Thither we repaired
and for two hours and n half we were
immersed in the whirl of rail road talk,
till the Abhevillc syndicate SO called.
were wiser in rail road lore than their
imagination ever pictured. The meet
ing had been under way for perhaps II
couple of hours when we arrived, and
continued with undated interest until
half past twelve. The discussion was
extremely interesting and disclosed the
f!ct tina Mr.. Scl,oiield's plan was about
this: lie sail hat for the last two
years, in fact since the assassination OF
President Garfield. there had been a de-
pl"rabie shrinkage in American sccuri-
ties, and that with nothing Int fl NOR,