Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-07-04
ANDERSON WANTS A STONE STRUCTURE

ANDERSON WANTS A STONE STRUCTURE
"rho Oconco News, Of Seneca, and The
kcowec Courior, of Walhalla, seem very
anxious that Anderson should not got q
substantial structure over tho Bluc Ridge
cut. Our friends above us had not read
tho testimony takcn before Commissioner
Hayward last week, and arc not suili
cicntly informed to pass on this import.
ant bridge matter. If they persist in
their i'll founded and captous objections
wo will be forced to the conclusion that
something like unbCcOming jealousy or
unncighborly sclishness has invaded the
sanctums of our two contemporaries"
The above editorial comment We take
from the Anderson Daily Mail of July ,.
We presume it is intended as Il cap
tious'' reply to what The Courier said
last week relative to the action taken by
Tho clover people of Anderson to compel
tho Blue Ridge railroad to build Il stone
bridge across its track in that city. We
chcnrfully give space to 'thc say Of our
ncighbor, notwithstanding the lack of
journalistic courtesy on its part in com
mcnting on an article which it fails to
publish Tote fair, brother, and turn on
the light by giving both sides. other
wise you may soon have your constitu-
cnts badly fooled by pcrsistcnty gnor-
ing the other side.
But this is on the same pattern rs the
pretended publication Of the testimony
taken before Commissioner Hayward
last week. Yes, we read every word of
the report published 10y the Daily Mail,
and candor compclS us to say it was the
sorricst piece of rcportorial work toward
giving tho testimony in a case we have
ever seen. 1t was not hard to read
between the lines and see that only such
parts of the evidence as the reporter
thought favorable to the city were pub
lishcd, while that which was developed
on ss-cXamination by counsel for the
failroad was suppressed or slurrcd over
by some genera! comment Of the reporter,
giving his ''sclsh'' opinion for tho tcSt-
mony Of the witness.
But enough Of this. Let us get down
to the ''mcritS of the case" and see
where may be found an instance of GOV.
crnmcntal chcck-whcrc an exhibition
Of "unncighborly scliShncSS" Who is
''captious, " if you please?
What is Anderson trying To do? No
beg pardon; what is she trying to have
done for her by other people? for she
doesn't propose to foot any part of the
bill. Why, she wants Il large stone
structure erected on one Of her streets Mt
cost of several thousand dollars in
place of substantial wooden bridge
which has III swcrcd every purpose for
over thirty ycaiS, and one on which in
all this time, according 10 the testimony
Of all the witnesses rs reported (?) bv
our contemporary, no serious accident
has ever occurrcd-unlrSS we reckon a
small hole, large enough for 4 horse 10
get its foot through, once or twice. And
our contemporary surely forgot, for il
failed to state whether the horse even
lost nail orr shoe. Perhaps il is another
instance Of the story tolu in the primary
reader, where for the loss Of the nail the
shoe was lost; cor the loss Of the shoe
the horse was lost and for the loss of the
horse the man was lost Our contcmpo-
rary has failed to inform MS, The public
or the court on this point, and fOr the
want Of this trillmg bit Of information it
is adiudged that the complaint bc dis
missed for Il total failure of proof as fur
nShcd 10y the Daily Mail. When this
comes to pass the nice little scheme of
'unncighborly ScliiShncSs' the kind
that learns to watch, to wait, and 10 prey
on its ncighbors, constantly growing by
what it feeds on-will bc frustrated and
Of none effect. Then some Of the earn
inGS Of Seneca and Walhalla may come
back to them instead of being invested
within the corporate limits of the city
OF Anderson, our big, fat selfish Sister,
who, with both hands full, and the
grease streaming down her checks, still
cries, GIVE, give, give. 1t amt enough.
You little tots up yondcr at Seneca and
Walhalla pile up the business. pass in
the shccklcS, fiji up the golfers. and then
open the till, Captain, and chuck it out
to me to hcautfy my streets and enhance
the value Of my front lots. Let those
gaiootS mp yomdcr under the shadow of
the mountains Shell down the chcstnuts
for me. True, they have lately got an
idea that they ought 10 have a better
track; they think they have GOT tired of
going tIippity,il"p, riclityrock, every
time they take Il ride but that don't
matter, sir, just so get my big stone
'structurc' True, they give you more
business and good donations, but still
have grown quite quccnly of late. | can
walk on plank any longer"
What says our contemporary to such
douhlc-distillcd dynamic sclliahucSS? We
would recommend to our Anderson
friends liberal quantity of aluism
but then il must be taken in broken
doses and at short intervals. for the roots
Of the disease are deep set and have
taken such hold ON vital parts that the
malady has become alarming.
When our esteemed contemporary secs
tit 10 publish the facts as given by us
last week followed 10y the above cluci
dation, we Shall rest content that some
little light has been thrown on a dark
spot; and those who read their Mail may
not be so badly shocked after all, when
the judgment is pronounced, "Wcighcd
in the balance and found wanting"