The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-03-11
TIE SCOTTISH CpIrA%Y.

G"vri nor Hacc"! !ns'aIcr'i the pu, c!,asc of land in
Western North { "r"lira by the Scottish ard Carolina
Timber and Land Company which Is lncn,rd NJ Nv
port, Tenn. Mr.. A. a. Ar;hsr, the gcHsfai manager
III ilc c"nIn"y. who was IS: .huu.crfirr. said
ar more Than e"'isiicd with our PROPERTY and since
our coming have gone on adding 10 IL until how We
rosSrss and control "A tract covering over 2UO, coo ucr.s.
This Ii"rcrty contains more arcc, si'lr INTERCHANGEABLE
uiiocr MI We shall be able I" cut "tf in years and
ain oSi every acre OF 1t ID rich In some valu:.ilc miner.
1t. We know oi iron, copper. silver and aiEinina de-
ln'its. ana rs time gn,s on will dc v,inp these. More.
over. orr land Is nj su table tu tue grow h of the c,I.-
0iatcd golden leaf tobacco ah,! IL is the Intention If
my crlnpany to sell or lease out our cIynr,t iui,l, ms
last as they NE ready, for this purpose his l.o.
i".''i railway. II constructed In it, ,n;irsrv. would in-
siIi'atr cur dr,rl"l'ncni At lrrsyr! We have Only
ar i"ar. and oar i't!urncc wou:,! bring mach capital
an! new Industries iatu Tie valley ii Tie BIZ Pig. on.
Some Of the cnal "wncrs al KruturHy have nl.Ir,uch-
Ell us about meeting them hn t.wny with our iron, and
capital I" De dire c;c,i To lunn.rg. tnik extracting, Im-
per making and manufactures of w"oh is quite Nth
IL ,tr icach. Our Supplies have H. be bought Row i'll
I'ii ~adclrIia, New York. Cincinnati ANA =. Loais,
aid our %rr"dnc,s are shipped by way Of Georgia and
Fir.in'U. We feed tina; Ibis railway wclad De- - h"on
20 us and " brncIl: IN III! our country side, fur. In AL
di;ion I" The development Of or Natural products, We
! woui'. our ewes. with such fsriit!cs MS this sch, me
| promises. c-ter int" cattle raising and shipping on IL
large 5. a!r. Mad induce unr n%righb'rs To do likewise.
iIistvad "' i'nttinI their fine lands into corn Us II: pie
rent. Nr"wn both BANKS Of The Pigeon River tor ID
.r Il miirs. and are ready To give this coniai.y right
al way ard other privilege, and To u>e oar i. tlirrcv
viii give u, what wo heed, u direct om,lrt. Many IT
our leading mrn are familiar with American railroad
Lhatls:s, ahu "ohiH suli'lt ! chou, certain anu tcurc
undertaking"
Before Tie adjournment Of tie meeting Gen. IIa-
good said that the visitors had Received no noe than
they expected nj the hands Of the prnplc at Charles
tor, u warm welcome and ~ patient hearing, un! were
nscl, obliged for the Encouragement thai hnl. ts-n
eXtvEicd IL tGrn. The action ii the iI!rutin. wi he
Sn.d, give an impetus to the cm:ei prise which will in Il
sh':t time convert the Cumberland GAP Enul nom Ii
railroad oil paper to II railroad uu the rronud. IAp-
llan.c.l
THE RIGHT SORr OF TALK.
Mr.. George V. Williams said II was not his uurnos-
to make 1t SPEECH. bnl that lie would take $40. Gro nI
the first mort 2nse buntls OF tho company, which IN.
ponneeInrnt WAS received with APPLAUSE and ihr meet
ing then adjourned.
In the evening after meeting n free
conference of the up-country delegates
was held in Governor ~liagood's room.s
at the Charleston Hotel. Here the stu
alton was generally discussed and the
determination was unanimous to wait till
" c hear from Charleston.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr.. G. C.. Bradley, OF Troy, and
unanimously adopted
RcS0tccd, That the di directors Of the c.
9. e.. Il c. Il. r., be requested TO take
the necessary steps under existing legis-
lation to lay the question OF subscrip.
ton before the people along the line at
an carly Il day as practicable.