The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-08-12
Wednesday, August IL, 1855.
The e.. E.. q. IL q. Il. IL.
Tho Ens'eu Messenger Is kim enough 10 sa
that the .NCWs-

Tho Ers'ev Messenger Is kind enough 10 say
that the .fCtns-
"llas too much breadth If view TO wish our railroa,
n failure. Others have said hrf"r, tn / the CumScr
Gni tisp WAS deal and buried. tut since thu nllc:a
lion, il ha' gone int" the very Packets 81 tho t"ld rdi
ter wh, said 50 md captured ave Imr cent. IN his tax.
nl'lr pr"lrrly. We yet expect 1" see Ike .Nc,rs bring
"n, its ro"s,rr to do honor to tie Cumberland Crap"
When there is occasion VIC will produce tho
rooster with Il vrrS happy heart. But we fcir
the OCCASION will never come. We ca" not
hope for - railroad TO run parallel with twr
ether strong lines for over 4 hundred miles I"
It's length. The Carolina, Cumberland (ial
ana Chicago Is not nee tc !, and there Is ut
promise OF business I" induce capitalists tc
invest money in II. TO our view. the rciusal
Of one terminal point To- invest II dollar in II
titted II, ard the Georgia Central extensions
from Augusta 10 anderson killed it again,
ever had Was when tirrcnrillc gave the cash
II pay its pressing debts and offered S21,hf
an"rc To build II. That o'frr was rejected. and
there has tcru no lcrcrptoble vitality since
she township subscriptions do not amount e
Il row OF -GrssnriHe .NrUs.
Upon Which we would remark that the
n,0nncrS of the Enylcy Messenger Is mnSt OK.
truordinary In that the Cumberland Gap PEG,
llc of Eas.cy should eloat over tho fact that
they had gone into tho very pockets of the
bold editor p = . and captured five per
en- VI hS Ntto l''lN''s WV
questioning the morality OF the act Of 'gnins
into our pockets by force and ahS;racting
,hcrrfrom give per cent. of our taxable prop
crty' for the use OF their favoritc railroad.
the unbiu>hiny cllrontery Of the Eusl'y Mes
scagcr in boasting OF the act is us unprcccdent,
cd us ii Is ungraciouS.
If we understand Tho tone Of our people,
there are certainly n few of the advocates Of
1hc "soing into our pockets" for alive per
&C IT. OF our taxable property" who recog-
nizcd our right 10 protest against the ACT, and
who also had at least some QualmS OF con-
acicncc In taking the citizens property from
atm that they might give 1t to 4 railroad cor
IOrltion. but no nan In this town, so fara W
are Informed. has. since thc.clcctioH. boasted
OF the act. Neither has any one held up to
iiic tautalizing gage of the injured citizcu the
money, which they In their might had gone
into our pockets" to get. 1t remains for the
Luyicy Messenger to do this. No man in Alb
neville has done 1t, nor has any man here
30 far forgotten his scifrcSpcct rs to glory In
the fact tina: he had gone into ANYBODY
pockets for the money which did not belong
10 him.
The Euslcy Messenger might have saved It's
manncrs. The act of going into n country
editors pocket for five per cent. OF his taxa
Die property" will not build much of IL rail-
road, and even II it did, the railroad would be
almost without customers. \. gentleman in
railroad circles Is quoted as having said. II
The Aiken, !AbhcvilIc, and Easlcy road WAS
finished, that the Iron rails would rust, and
the weeds would grow on the track But II
was useless to say This, as The building OF the
road Is, we think, Il practicable inpoSSib!!ity.
Besides. 1t Is q rOid for which there Is no
earthly use, and IL Is one into which no capl-
talist has been induced to put Il dollar of his
money, although a"i0pcful' agent, with hat
in hand, has been Mt their very doors inn
p0rtunin. them to do SO for years. The great
Carolina, Cumberland Cup and Chicago Rail.
road is \ great myth, and time will prove the
correctness Of the assertion, unless pcrclancc
IT should become IN actual calamity 10 our
people and to our town, bringing with 1t an
enormous debt, whose very presence would
3ians like 4 pail over our commercial prosper
i!y, and whose annual interest would act like
consuming clement In the deprivation OF
cur people OF the homes which they have
either inherited or earned by honest toll. Is
such a state Of affairs II proper subject over
which the Elslcy Messenger may glout?
Although IL may have been lndiscrect In us
10 say so at the time OF its publication, yet
our "MorumCnt," so far as the legend there.
OH Is concerned, was not an error. Time will
prove It's correctness, even though the ELsley
Messenger may go down into our very poclt-
cts" to get five per cent. Of our taxable prop
crty." Tho building OF that ronl Is one OF
theft not impossible improbable events,
md the sooner the offensive old corps Is bur-
led out OF sight. tie better 1t will be for all
concerned. The enthusiasts Of Easlcy on the
subject OF building the Carolina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago ltuilruad may laugh now.
and hold up to our tantnliZing gage the
Five per cent" Of our property for WHICH
they went Into our very pockets to get, but
VIC would remind the Eu-lcy Messenger OF the
Ndage that "hc who laughs last, laughs best
Our W people seem 10 prefer to forget the
contest In which we were 50 lately engaged,
but the Eusicy Messenger would in an i'll man
l.crcd way Keep up strife between the citizens
OF small communities who should live in
peace and harmony with each other.