The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-07
THE MORNING TRAIN ISSUE

The Grcenvilte News has the follow
ing explanation Of the reason it did not
print the call for the Greenwood meet
ing in the lntcreS: of the establishment
OF an early morning train from Column
bia:
THE call referred to was very natu-
rally sent to the newspaper in which it
was most likely TO be seen and read. 1t
WAS cut out of our Anderson CORES pom
dcnce because our understanding iS
that the railroad authorities have al
ready decided the matter which the
convention was called 10 cons idcr
which WAS the extension of the extra
train on The Columbia and Grrrnvillv
division TO Columbia. GrcenVillr lro.
pie were chiefly instrumental in having
the train put on the road. The con-
tcntion of the railroad people is that
whereas this train IL Il convenience to
the public and does a profitable bust
ness as Il local for way business, it
would he unnecessary and unprohlahlr
as through train from Columbia
This Is sorry rNcu>r for the sup
preston of Il call in the interest OF 80
many communities of the Piedmont
region. Even If the railroad uuthori-
ties had "nlready decided the matter
the people along the line had "A right to
Grafton, and We doubt whether they ip.
prcciatc the sulicitudr Of the News to
h.'cp them from knowing what was to
lie Gone. But ii Is not Il fact that the
railroad authorities have "alrcudy de-
clded the matter. for the movement
has barely begun. Against the Green
vile News we quote The Ncwberry
Herald and News, whose editor has
been the leader in the agitation. The
Herald and News says cditorially:
The State has never asked any pref
crcncc in schedules hy any railway.
When it hogan publication y years ago
there was only one early morning train
leaving Columbia. II now there are
such trains on most Of the roads radiut-
ing from this city the improvement is
due To the increased Importance Of Go.
Inmhla. This present agitation is not
ol our ucviSinT. We were asked hy
Editor Aull to assist in it and have done
so with pleasure. for reasons OF public
as we'll rs personal advantage. We be.
licvc that Columbia and the towns
along the line are entitled to modern
railroad facilities. We have evidence
that they desire such facilities and we
bel icvc that it. will rav the Southern
railway to grant them -Tnc State.
IL seems to us that the excuse of the
Grccnvillc News is II very lame one for
cutting out the call for the Greenwood
meeting
II 1t knew that the railroads had al
ready decided not to run the train TO
Columbia it might have said so and
saved rs the trouble and expense OF 60
tI fNr,n
!nE, brt on the contrary the call is Just
marked ont without giving any reason
or excuse for it.
We do not see how the railroads
could have decided Il question before IL
was presented. At any rate W. had Il
good meeting and we will go before the
railroad people and tell them what we
want and then If they say they can't
make the trial, why that ends it. We
have at least done our duty
AS we have said before this move
mcnt is not in the interest OF any lndi-
Vidual or enterprise or newspaper nor
against any. We just feel that
we would like to have two
daily trains day each way on this
branch OF the Southern and we are
going to ask for it. They are doing as
much on every other line in the State
ana why not on this one. =. 10 Green
vile News is good newspaper though
it is not the only independent one in
the State. And yet it may the only
one that Is ut this time paying rood
dividends to its stockholders and yet all
OF that does not keep us from wanting
and trying To get increased mail and
passenger service between Columbia
ana the up country over the Southern
Unfortunately the Gull was neither
seen nor read outside the Grccnvillc
News Office.