The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11
PORT ROYAL.
An Eyentful Day In Its HistOry-The
Beginning OF an Era Of Prosperity.
News and Courier,

| News and Courier.
Port Royal. s. g.. Oct. 9.-This has been
great day In the history OF Port Royal and Il
hailed by citizens here and by business mel
OF this section or the country as the begin
ment. Recently the William Johnson Co
Steamship Company, OF Liverpool. has put OF
Il line OF Transatlantic steamers between
Port Royal Shipping Company. To-day, by
invitation of the latter company, there gath
cred at Port Royal about two hundred repre-
sentative Georgians and Carolinlans to cele
tween Port Royal and Europe. Two ships
lay at the wharves, the Lochmore, just loaded
with 70iN bales of cotton for Liverpool. and
the Maytield, which will carry S,O00 bales Al
around Port Royal harhor, the party enjoyed
O barbecue at which number of speeches
were made by prominent gentlemen. Cover
nor Tillman was to preside, but he did moi
from the st. Louis Convention. The follow:
ing telegram was received from him: II can.
not be with you today. but l renew the
pledge OF the moral and political support Of
chisement Of Port Royal"
Telegrams were also read from Lieutenant
Governor Gary, Ex-Congressman Elliott and
President J. w. Thomas or the Nashville,
ing cordial endorsement of the movement.
ed from New York: Necessarily detained
here In perfecting great enterprise for the
development OF the direct trade for Port Roy
al" and later In the day annoup cement ian
made that the New York and Port Royal
Shipping Company would soon begin regp-
lar line Of steamers between those Two ports.
Mayor Price, OF Port Royal, and Mayor
Holmes, Of Beaufort, United States District
Attorney Gary, OF Georgia, Solicitor General
Wright and City Attorney Davidson, of Au-
gusta, President Asbury Hull, OF the Augusta
r. ,kott ~ k,a,f ,fNf fpar
ent interests made speeches. All were enthu-
siastlc in prophecies for Port Royals future
and the auspiclous Inauguration OF direct
trade with Europe.
In q letter from Col. l. W. Avery from
Washington attention was called 10 q letter
addressed by Southern and Western Senators
TO President Cleveland, In which they call his
attention TO the vital importance OF this d.
"foreign and diplomatic and consular service
be enJoined to cooperate In Its success as far
as proper"
The Inauguration OF South Atlantic direc'
trials and failures. is matter of national Inn
portance, and the present movement has
back Of 1t every assurance Of success. the
route from Port Royal 10 the West makes
and most OF the Western cities than
via New York, and will co mand large por-
tion of the shipments OF Western and South
ern produce. Cotton, tobacco, naval stores,
phosphate rock, rice, fruit, cotton goods.
grain, flour, lumber and cattle will furnish
material for export.
Since the establishment Of the Port Royal
steamship Company Ohio parties have noti-
lied them OF ten thousand tons Of hay for ex-
port and q large 81. Louis milling company
has promised hundred thousand tons oi
-four per annum. The coal docks. which art
under contract for $25,OO0, are 10 be completed
by January lst, which will enable the Trans.
steamers from the Gulf 10 get coal al
Port Royal and save the delay OF going to|
Norfolk. In this connection u letter from j.
). Gaines general manager OF the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company, was read pledging
bis support 10 the coaling interests OF Port
Royal. This business, 1t is estimated, will
reach from quarter TO half million tons
per annuLi.
Mr.. VIM. johnson, of the johnson l. Co.
steamship Company OF Liverpool, VIII be IN
Port Royal next week to personally aid In
all needed arrangements for the
success of the Port Royal Steamship Com
pany, Of which Charles 81. Belts, who was In
charge OF to-day's celebration, Is the local
manager.
Another feature of direct trade, and one
from which great things are expected for the
tion. In the most densely populated SECTIONS
Of the Southern States there is ample room
for new settlers, and these ships TO Port Roy
al Will be expected to divert part OF the
stream Of immigrants constantly pouring In
10 New York harbor and being carried thence
TO the West The presence OF the negroes Is
barrier to inm gration. but special induce
ments will overcome prejudice, and immigra-
ton once started Southward the superior ad-
OF this section will rapidly attract
settlers. This by Col. Dyer, Of the Jarvis
ConkIin Company, Is offered as a solution of
the negro problem In the South. In the
North there Is no negro problem because OF
the overwhelming majority of the whites.
Continued immigration and settlement OF
whites in the South until the negroes make
only meagre minority will end the problem
here.
The celebration was to-day marked through.
out by the utmost enthusiasm among all
nresent and kilograms and letters from At
lauta and other points all showed the deepest
Interest In the direct trade movement. Sig
niflcant action was the passing OF resolutions
by the meeting endorsing the management OF
Receiver AverilI, Of the Port Royal Railroad
This road was by action OF the Court recently
relieved from the control of the Central Rail
road OF Georgia, and J. 81. Averill appointed
receiver. He is equipping the line with roll
Ing stock and putting the road In fne repair,
and his course Is heartily endorsed by all VINO
did not approve Of the bottling-up policy OF
the Central Railroad. The Port Royal Steam
ship Company had an avoation, and the great
deep water barber at Port Royal has entered
upon new era Of progress and deVelopme enl.