The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-03

Due West and Abbeville Desire to be
Bound Together by Iron Bands.
Mr.. R. S. GALLOWAY AND Mr.. M. B. CllNKSCALES IN
TERVlEW SOME CITIZENS OF ABBEvILLE
ALL OF N VOICE.

Mr., R, S. Galloway and Mr.. NJ. 3
Clinkscales Of Due West were In town
(ast Saturday, paying taxes, and While
u the city conferred with q lew or oul
oeopIe on the subject of building 8
railroad TO Due West. The gentlemen
from Due West were met in the Office
of G. N. Nickles, county Supervisor,
by several of our people, all OF Wnon
seemed enthusiastic tor the building o.
the proposed road. 4.
L.. W. Perrin, Esq, was called &c
| the chair. ...
Mr.. r. S. Galloway, spoke OF the
e%arnestness of Due West In the matter
| of buildiag a railroad and desired te
know II Abbeville sympathized with
\ the move, aud he would like 10 kno"
III Abheville would join his town IN
\ the effort to unite the two towns oy
rail. Due West had q decided prefer
epce to Abbeville over any other route,
land the people of Due West wanted to
eplist the goodwill and as istance OF
Abbeville in building a railroad that
was 80 much needed. He wished TO
feel the pulse Of Abbeville as TO ihe
uropriety of trying to build a trolley
| line or = steam road. If steam road
was thought best he hoped that Aooe'
vile would lend her kindly offices
with the Seaboard and the Southern
Railway While he thought the Sea
board might join more business oy
limiting with Due West In building Inc
road to Abbeville, yet the Southern
could operate an extended line rom
Abbeville to Due West more cheaply
han could the Seaboard. The same
train and trainmeu could come on by
AbYeville 10 Due West. On the Sea
hoard, separate trains would have to
ne run at some cost, but the gains IN
business for the Seaboard would be
great.r by such q short line than
would accrue to the Southern. = Az
matters now stand the principal bus
liness of Due West is done by the
ISouthern. If the Southern should CO.
Ioperate with US that roal would hold
,ts present trade and gain much. III
l,be Seaboard should give us more H.
vorable terms and help us TO build the
road the increased business to the Sea
board would be greater. If we had a
lstation at our doors nearly ali the bus
ness of the town would 60 to that
road whether it was the Seaboard Or
the Southern.
Couside rable cotton Is now, sold IN
the Due West market. This, too, In
| face of the fact that Our nearest rail-
| rord station il four miles distant ne
c~pssitating considerable cost in dray-
age.
When the people of Due West leave
home they must now 60 10 yDonaids
-four miles away or come to AooeViiie,
eleven miles, by private conveyance
| Due West IL a town Of some CONNER
cial importance. Our freight business
lin merchandise, fertilizer and cotton
would make the short line profitable
10 either the Southern or the sea-
| board.
In Due West are two prosperous
colleges, q theological seminary, a
number of stores, a printing Office, .
Iyipnery and other sources OF business.
Rut these sources OF bushes for q rail-
| road are small wheE compared to the
Icommercial and industrial possibilities
of u tow We have the best country
good citizenship and the best farm
ling lands-within easy reach of Due
West. five had q railroad we would
lraw a big trade from people who
must now 70 elsewhere for q market.
| We are four miles from Donalds on
one side. We are twenty miles from
| Lowndesville, twenty miles from An
| .ierson, and eleven miles from Able
| Vile. People from towards Lowndes-
| vile must pass through our town, II
they would 20 to Donalds. If they do
not come through u town they must
70 to the Savannah Valley Railroad
twenty miles away or to Anderson. or
O Abbeville. If we had q railroad, the
| people would come to us in three d..
REGIONS, aud a splendid business would
ia developed.
Notwithstanding our isolated posi-
ton, we are q prosperous people, who
have contributed to the upbuilding Of
many of our sister towns. We have
4tock in cotton mills at Greenville,
Greenwood, sAbbeville, and other
Towns. We have contributed enough
lilo other towns to build q cotton mill
of our own. But a few years ago pre-
liminary steps we're taken for the
building of q cotton mill of our own.
But in this we failed. because for the
lack Of Railroad facilities. A cotton
mill cannot succeed when located too
far from transportation facilities. This
isolation has prevented the building
of a cotton mill ut u town. Due
West has always been friendly To
Ahbeville, and we now look TO her for
a helping hand. We want not only
your help in money, but we crave
Your good offices In enlistiDg tbs Sea.
board or the Southern IN this enter.
prise. We will be glad to have either.
We will vote a tax on our town, and
we will give by private subscription
to the extent Of our ability. Will
lAbbeville come to our assistance? W.
want TO do you good, and we want you
to do US good.
Mr.. G. A. Visanska, the richest man
town, thought Abbeville and Due
West should act in concert. We wan,
IDue West to come to Vi sand we want
| to 90 to Due West. If we had a rail.
road our intercourse would be increas.
ed fifty times. Students for the col.
lege would come this way, and if We
are smart enough we will get part oil
their. trade. / don't believe we can
raiae enough money, by private sub.
scriptions, but I do believe it to be to
the interest Of the town to vote bonds.