The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-13
Chairman Co. Com'rs Abb. Co.,
We Shall Not be Upset." Let the Re.
sult be as IL may.

SuAt DC NJ II uhuy
Two papers ut Abbevilla are doing oil they can
aguinst the rnad but newspapers are wrong M often as
individuals and are very frrque ntly upset by the pop
ALTAR VOTE asley Messenger.
II our neiehbor thinks that the P,ess and
Banner opposes the road, because OF any fam
cied appropriately OF the movement it is alto
gcther mistaken. We are opposed to the Is
sue OF bonds for the Carolina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago Railroad because the road,
II built, would never be worth the cost 10 us.
We arc opposed TO the Issue ot bonds, because
ST We intended or desired to Md the road, We
should do so by direct taxation, and not sub
jcct the people to the additional tax for the
benc1t OF the b%ondholder. Wea are opposed To
the issue OF bonds for the benefit OF any cor
p~oration whose officers refuse to make full
and explicit statement Of the financial affairs
md business status OF the company. We are
opposed to the issue Of bonds to the Carolina,
Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad be-
cause in the Inst two or three years, IL Is pre-
Euned, though nothing Is known. that many
thousand dollars have been spent In officers
salaries, while little or nothing at all has been
spent In throwing dirt. We are further op-
posed to this road because Aiken, which will
certainly receive equal benefit with Able
willie. has refused to vote her money into the
enterprise, and this, too, despite the fact that
Aiken Is the headquarters OF the company,
where the Presidents elegant office has
been located. Aiken's need of o railroad Is
certainly as great as ours. We are opposed TO
the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago
Railroad because IT. is impossible TO build
st, and because II Is located in q section OF
country which Is not best calculated to bene-
tit Abbeville. We are opposed to the issue OF
bonds for the benefit OF any road for the SIM
Ile reason hat our need OF an additional road
~ not sufficient to warrant the imperilling Of
y mars home TO raise money for it. We
are opposed to the issue Of bonds for any road
because che benefits, II any, OF a railroad
<nuye exclusively to the landowner. 9th
ers can by NJ possibility be benefited.
Houses never sell for more than they cost.
Houses are only brick, lumber, shingles.
doors, sashcs and plaster. Their value can.
not be enhanced by the approach OF a rail-
road, though 1t Is possible in some cases to
increase the value OF the land upon which O
house sits or which may surround It.
We assure our contemporary, the Ensley
Eessen1cr, that we care nothing as to the pop
MARTY or unpopularity OF these views. We
do not seek to be q weather vane. To follow
the popular current Is an easy matter when
one Is not encountered by principles, but 1t
requires effort to oppose the popular current,
even when sustained by the conscientiousness
OF being In the right. The Press and Banner
seeks to be right, regardless Of the popularity
or the appropriately OF any movement, and
heiag convinced that the Issue OF bonds TO the
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Rail.
road viii be q mistake which will embarrass
the business Of the town and burden the
property OF It's citizens ut q time when we arc
to be deprived Of much trade, We Shall cast
our ballot against the proposed Indebtedness,
which can never, under tho most favorable
circumstances yield a fair return, for the
Heney. We would sooner cast our ballot
sfngly and alone with the consciousness of
being in the right, than TO conceal our con-
victIons and follow a multitude 10 do that
which We believe to be wrong. We shall rely
upon the native COED Judgment OF our people,
md the justice OF our cause, for q safe deliv-
GRANGE from tbs peril which threatens.