The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-03-13
THE DUMMY LINE MEETING.
A Good Crowd I'm Attendance and En
ThuSiastlc to the Core.

AkhE DUMMY LINE mEEVANG.
A Good Crowd I'm Attendance and En-
Shusiastlc TO the Core.
A goodly number met last Saturday
pursuant to the call.
On motion, @. l.. Hollingsworth was
made chairman, and @. e. Robinson,
secretary.
J. j.. Boggs explained the object Of
the meeting, and said he was satisfied
that with the lights before him tho
scheme was bound TO succeed; tnaS ho
did not want to pat his money into any
thing that would fell.
DIR. j. d. Cureton read estimate Of
building and equipping the line.
J. p. Carey said there wero o. ly three
questions to discuss at this meeting.
First, Would the line benefit us2 SEQ
ond, Gan we build it7 Third, VIII we
build it2 All of which he answered in
the affirmative.
w. It. Mcfall said he thought thet
the freight on general merchandise cS
present was about 81 500, not including
cotton, gua1o. &C., nor allowing any
thing for the increase Of business,
Rev. B. Holder thought The ;viu5er
clone shipped over the line word Day C.
good dividend.
Ehe following resolutions oGiored Dy
Mr.. Gary were sGCptod:
WIEaE.iS, The town Of Einkens
and the surrounding county is witi.out
railroad f1cilities, GnG tho 3GrranG tko-e.
for is great, and wIerS-s; the srryeT o2
the dummy line from Liberty 50 Piokcns
and the estimate G. The cost o. building
and equippinS tho crme iG satisfaotor?
to both of the sale tc-,..s "nI country
through which said l;ne runs GnG the
friends of the enterprise. 30 i therefore
Resolved, That It is 80 2erse OF this
meeting, that the said dummy ':ne
should be builS from the town Of I'iioer
ty to Pickens, and as early as practical
BILE.
That the capital stock of the company
to be organized to construct anl: operate
the same shCnl3 - tEo sum of 9rG, ,0C2,
to be taken in stock il "hc~es of $25
each, end that said stock may De tai.cn
in material CT wC"k on sGid road or any
valuable security.
Thct a comH.it5ee of six be -;;.oointed
by the chairman o. this meeting wEoGo
duty IL ehall be TO prepare :: subscription
pnper &c: Gho purpose cf escertainirg
how much of the capital aio1l con De
secured, and procure tho signatures oi
all persons thereto who will take stock
in the said company anu tho amount
thereof.
TO prepare and circulate separate
paper on which they shall take the
q mt ,,,1
work on the said road from any and all
persons who will not take as much as a
share i'll the enterprise, bnt who are
willing to give something toward tle
same.
To ascertain if NIL the parties through
whose land tho line as surveyed runs,
will give the right of way.
That the committee shall make known
the result of its efforts as soon rs con.
venient, and If the success of said COM
mlttee is such as we believe IL will be,
then that charter be at once applied
for, and the work on said road be begun
and completed as early as possible.
The committee appointed was as fol
lows:
J. p. Carey, NJ. w. Newton, J. c.
Griffin, l.. r. Durham, w. Il. McFal
and j. M. Stewart
Resolved, That committee Of one be
appointed to report the action Of this
meeting to people Of the town Of Liber
ty.
J. E. Boggs was appointed the com
mittee.
Mr.. Carey moved that committee o.
three be appointed to attend tho Liberty
meeting. Tho committee: DR.. J. ID.
Cureton, J. p. Carey and G. E. ROBIN
son.
j. e. Boggs moved that when the
meeting adjourned IL aGioTIn to meet on
next sales day ct 20 O'Clock 6. -.
On motion, tae meeting was polled to
see how much could be raisei.., il the ell
terprise srcceedod IS they hoped il
would
93, 1926 was subscribed in fifteen min
ites. Up to date (Tuesday evening
something over $4,000 had been sub
scribed.