The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-20
CRISIS IN THE HISTORY OF N1NETY-s1x.
Her Railroad is in the Balance, and
Turn One Way or the Other may
Make or Unmake the Place.
NINErY-SIX, s, C..

NINErY-SIX, $. c., Oct 10. 1856
There will be meeting OF the stock holders
read Mt Ninety-Six on the 18th inst, for the
purpose of elcctiug five delegates 10 repre-
sent them at ckholders meeting licl is
also to he held at Ninety-SiX on the 4lh day
meeting on the 18th inst shall be well attend
ed The qucstion:of selling out our road, we
presume. Will come up, ana men who Will
represent the views OF the people on this
question should be elected.
Mr.. John NJ. Taylor has taken the position
Of salesman with Mr.. A. Morris and will be
glad TO see those of his friends who will call.
The little son of Dr. J: B. Watts, living near
hand one day last week. the wound IL not
serious.
Don't forget to attend the stockholders
at Ninety.Six on. the 18th. Business Of I'm.
portaIce.
AS yet very few oats have been sown-the
weather too dry and ground too hard.
Mr.. Hammett Is bitterly opposed to the
Western Railway Company and says it would
be the "verieSt business suicide to do so, or
even consider the proposition" Susong 4
Co. are sharp tnuncicrs. They know there is
big money in 1t. Let us hold on to 1t. 1t Is
true our bonds have deprecated somewhat.
but with careful management they will mp
precatc. Some of the friends have asked,
state as far as know, some have brought IS
cents, some 20 cents one block sold to one Oi
the officers of the road he orly paying 662a
cents. Some have brought 0O cents, pur-
chased by contractors In work ut q high fig
urc, Is cents per cubic yard. The same work
| could have been done for cash for about
cents tn 10 cents per cubic yard. SO you will
see that 10 per cent. discount ON the bonds
and 80 per cent. advance on the work Will
bring the bonds down T., very, very low fig.
ure. $40 600 were hypothecated for the loan OF
- 900 from the Greenville Bank. The bonds
and subscriptions north of the Saluda, River
grading from near Wares Shoals to John.
stnn's has been completed. Capt. Sullivan
will soon be through flom Augusta IT, John
ston's and then we will have nearly 50 miles
Of road grlded. The debt rs reported at the
last stockholders meeting as being S32403 has
dwndicd down and we are satisfied will not
be over half, II that much. Mr.. Hammett is
for building the road according TO the original
design and believes IF the road is prndently
managed there will not tie debt of over S., BOO
to siO,0j0. 1t is simply Idle talk to think OF
selling the road out We can build 1t and
hold 1t. If there is anything 10 be made by IT,
great deal 10 say about this road In the past
year and cannot sit by and SEE the people
lose 1t without making an effort to save It,
I have given you sufficient warning and
hope the stockholders generally VIII turn out
and see to it that proper ncn are elected ns
delegates to the meeting that is to take place
here at Ninety.SiX on the 4th of November.
| do not think these meetings have been suf:
ficientIy advertised. A written notice tackled
upon the side of house or tree In each town
ship will not reach the people, when we have
newspapers In all the counties along the line.
Messrs Frazier and Turner have returned
. .o:.. C,iaris stjii ,eIo they carried steck.
Capt. w. ]. Kirk, Ficc-President and Chic!
Engineer OF the Atlantic, GreenviIle and
Western Railway was In town last week. -.
| The suggestion of our friend 9. p. B., will
! be duly considered. If after mature delibera.
tion, and we are not sold out, we find
it 70 our advantage 10 accept his proposition.
| Those of our people who have read Col.
Richardson's speech at Chester think It su-
perb.
boarding with her uncle and attending Prof
| Cork's school.
The Hev. Mr.. Probst and wife, parents OF
our efficient railroad agent. nre here for
| the winter. They reside at Gettysburg, Pa
Mr.. Jam Rogers has some improved plOw
stocks for sale cheap. EAST END.