The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-06-25

ing to pay one nickle moro in taxes than
they NOW pay. There is nothing vision.
ary about this. The answer is furnished
by experience and the plaine,t aud east
est kind of n calculation. We'll what
Is the use of paying anything for the
raliroau when we can get it without pay-
ingl None i'll the world But it is very
plain that we will not get such Il great
boon without paying for it. II our coun-
! ty was dead level--no hills to cut
through, valleys to fill and streams to
bridge, wo might have such great pub
lie convenience heaved upon us Railroad
builders have profitted 10y the experience
OF others. Many fortunes have been
wrecked by trying to build them without
knowing the cost, and the consequence
IS, they soon slip from the hands of the
! builders. But what caro- the counties
through which they run for this. They
"ro never moved away, neither do they
stop running. SO it il but reasonable
and just for those who build n railroad
through hill country, to tho grent nd
vantage of the section, to request q divis-
ion, to some extent, of tho profits that
arc forever to accrue to that section. In
addition to MI this, our proposed road
will run through a rich section of farm
ing country, from Bolton s. c., to Ash
vile, n. g., and it is IL dire necessity to
that portion of the country north Of the
Air Limo railroad
But what if there is no early dcvclopc-
mcnt In the prospect for the completion
of the G.. &. q. & G. railroadi Then the
plain business course for Picllcns to pur
sue is to raise $4,000, grade, cross tic
and bridge branch line from Eascy to
Fickens, and turn the work over to the
Richmond and Danville to be completed
and operated by that cntorprising com
pany. This may all DO done in tho first
SIX months of next year provided the
plan of operations is agreed upon before
the next session of the Legislature.
Considering all tho above fucts, we
may confidently expect to have rail
road to Pickens in the near future: We
are not in favor of dilly dnIlying with any
one about this matter We must seize
the first opportunity that offers and work
1t for all thnt is worth
THE TELEPHONE COMPANY.
a cowboy i'll Texas, being asked by q
stranger III regard to the necessity for
carrying II pistol, said II man might 60
| through Texas for II year and not need
one, but ii he did need it, he would
need it mighty bad We mny not want
the Telephone every day, but when we
do want it, we want it mighty bad. 1t
is IL wonder that this great public CON
vcnlenco was not provided II long time
before it was. Besides putting Easlry
and l'lckcns i'll speaking distance with
each other, it puts Pickcns in electric
touch with the world. Since the com
pletlon OF the line, one month ago. il
has been, even ut this dull season, librr-
ally pntronizcd, and it is fair to presume
that it will receive much larger share
of public Patronage through the fall and
winter months. 1t is quite probable
that the line will be extended to Green
VILE before the summon is ended.
THE EAsLEY OH Mill.
This enterprise should make n good
starter for manufacturing industries in
Pickens county. 1t is small, but it il,
one of the best evidences Of what even a
small aggregation Of capital can do when
we'll managed. The progress SO far has
been satisfactory to those who haze put
their money in it, so far as profits arc
concerned. But the profits, ON an in
vcStmcnt like this, which can bc figured
up, are the smallest dividends rc,iizrd
The good done for the whole cOmmunii,
is the best profit. Thrrc are plenty q
people. not stockholders, who have nj
: ready received more Of benefit from tn.
OIL mill, than any, who have their none,
invested. II is bound to do better mex
season. The seed will not be SO bad
and there Will be the experience of Tn.
managers to turn to account. The good
that will accrue to the county generally
from this enterprise cannot we'll be csti-
mated. 1t hands out its dividends in
some shape to all. There il money
enough in the county to build two more
and they should be put up--onc at lib
crty and the other Mt Central But
whether any other mill is put mp or not,
everybody in Pickcns county, just rs n
PLAIN business proposition should en-
courage the Easlcy mill; for whatever is
done in that direction, is SO much con
tributod to the advancement Of the mate
rial prosperity Of the county. This is one
thing III which some Pickcns county pro.
pie need physician. Their comfy
pride is fur below normal 1t should be
brought up. We should recognize and
encourage enterprise in our own county
and town ns means of scotching the
wheels of onr own wagon. You cannot
cry down or discourage any lnndablc un.
dertaking in your ncighbOrhood without
hurting yourself to greater or less cx.
tent.
1t requires small pains to see the good
that tho oil mill has done for Ensley and
the county, and if there is man in the
town or county who has snid nught again
st 1t, he ought to be ashamed of himself
and fill his future days with works meet
for repentance.
WHAT WE OFFER TO THOSE SEEKING HOMES
To those who arc seeking homes in the
United Stntcs, this county offers them
some of the greatest Inducements.
Hero tho best of farm lands are offered
for sale Mt prices and on terms that will
enable the poorest immigrant to secure
n homo in one of tho best agricultural
regions Of the South, and in section
which is blessed with the most salubri
Ous climate, short winters and long tenn
pernte summers; land that is pcrpctu.
ally rnrcssed by gentle breczcs, and ovcl
whose surface tho "icy northcr" ncvcl
travels.
The finest water power in tho South
invite enterprising manufacturers tc
come and harness it's strength, All thcs,