The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-05-11
SUNDAY TRAINS.
The Cars to be Run Every Day Over
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the T.. d u.
We learn that, commencing on next Sun
day, schedule will be changed, and the pas
Senger and express trains Will be run every
day over the &. d. u. .
We have not the schedule. but learn thai
the passenger trains on the main line Will
meet at Greenwood, and that we vii! nave
but one train n day over the branch between
Abbeville and Hodges. This arrangement
will give us all the mails over that road a,
one time, when all the daily papers Will be re-
ceived. giving each an equal chance In the
The running time between Seneca and Col
umbia Is to be reduced one hour and thirty
minutes.
The ofticIal notice is not clear as to whether
Abbeville and Laurens are to have the sun
day trains, but we presume that neither Ab
beville nor LaurenS will be left out. we
can't think that Abbeville's good friend
Capt. j. 4. DodSon, would leave us out.
A year or more ago the company had In
contem plation the running OF Sunday trains
and with that end in view they called for 9
legal opinion Of the "chim ey corner law In
reference TO the alleged provision In the char
ter against Sunday trains. The railroad at.
torney upon careful investigation could find
nothing to prevent the running OF Sunday
trains and SO reported to the company, ou'
because of sundry protests from piuuS chris
tiun people, and from the fear on the part OF
the railroad folk that the experiment would
be unprotitable, the idea was at that time
abandoned.
But now it seems that the demands OF the
travelling public have so far impressed 1.-The
railroad authorities as to induce them TO put
the Sunday trains Oh the road.
We do not knoT whether the recent action
OF the railroad commission In enforcing the
Sunday law In reference to excursion trains
had anything TO do with the antici ipated
change but whether II did or did not, the
railroads In this State have many obstacles
thrown in their way.
With an unfriendly administration in pow.
er, with spirit prevailing In the puoiic
mind that the railroads are legitimate SUBJ
Jects for official robbery and with a l.egisla.
ture composed largely OF notably In
competent and inefficient legislators who
have not merit TO commend themselves to
public favor, but who must gain Office or po.
sition by appeals To the prejudice OF the peo-
the popular breeze which the poor are fan.
ming against the wealth OF the country, the raj
roads are having pretty hard time In South
Carolina.
The railroad commission have authority &c
d. the tariff charges for passenger and fre1Yh1
traffic, while on the other hand the State
Board Of Equalization are claiming and eXer
cising the ris ht To levy eXhorbitanL taxes.
Under all these circumstances the outlook
for profitable railroad business in South Caro-
lima Is very diScouraging indeed.
We are unable to account for the present
warfare against the progressive institutions
which tend more than anything else To place
this country In the 'front.' rank OF the civilized
world. If railroads existed In CHINA or III
Mexico, or In the wilds OF Africa we could
find excuse for 1t, but such opposition In civil
liZed and ChristianiZed America Is beyond
our power OF comprehension, unless II be bas
ed in the hearts Of our people, as IL Is In the
hearts OF the people In heathen lands-theil
Ignorance.