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-v' ' ' ' ^ ' ' - V . ' ' ' ;% >' ' .v. \ The Abbeville Messenger M. L. BONHAM, JR.,) 1VI1 T- I\ COTHRAN, V J AS. S. I'KKKIN, ) RIKTOH8 WEDNESDAY, MARCH, 18, 1885. Tli.VCHERS' EXAMINATIONS ANI> Til Kilt SAIjAUIKS. Wc arc awaro that if is much easier to tear down than to build?easier to find fault than to rectify. We are also aware that there are certain subjects upon which the press of U?e State are over ready to pounce, and write voluminous articles, which in their last analyses, mean thjit the authors of them lnivo run out of everything elsj to write about. Knowing these facts, and ;?lso that the Public School system, and Trial Justices, are chief among the subjects referred to, we dare venture a few observations on the present management of our public schools. Our first objection is to the present plan of examining teachers to ascertain men giuuc. We submit in the first place, that it is not a fair test of the capacity of a teacher. With the exception of some nf the principles of grammar and arithmetic, the other questions are merel}' those of memory, which are as likely to escnpe the minds of the most competent teachers, as of those not so well capacitated to fill the high and honorable calling of the teacher. A numbet of the questions, too, are catch-questions, and no one will surely contend that they afford a just means of testing the capacity of a teacher. We unhesitatingly admit, th a thunder the exisjjnj) mmr examination is ai: absolute necessity, but we contend alsc that the systeip of examination as it now is, tends to do away with the ven object it jiims at, viz.: competency ir vuubu miu arc iu u'uuii uur iijsiiij^ gi'ii* orations. How do we substantiate this bold assertion ? The only, requirement for the obtaining a first grade certificate is a sufficient knowledge of the following branches, viz. : Geography, Arith metic, Grammar and History, leaving out of consideration the moral character of the teacher, which is presumed The sixteen year old school boy, then with knowledge on no other subjects ranks with the ripest scholar and th< highest graduate of our best colleges, s< far as the Public School is concerned Where then is the incentive for one wh< expects to devote his life to the Publi< Schools, to attain more than a knowl edge of the branches required ? Tin diplomas of the colleges, chartered b; the State, are not recognized, and out side of personal ambition, there is noth ing to induce our teachers to attorn these colleges, inasmuch as they know with liftle or no expense to themselvesthey can become sufficiently well ac quainted with tho studies required b law, to pass the required examinatior without incurring the inconvenienc of attending college. If proficiency o scholarly attainment then. Ik ?-lmf examination aims a I, docs it not in i) elf do away with its very object. ? If tho diplomas _$f our college* wey recognised,.woiiid not (that of it?e!f& Pan incentive to tiiftae who expected & teaching their profusion, to at -coll Sges. to obtain them, and ' at the same time add to their usefulness as teachers, hy increasing their abilit}' Aro not the Presidents and faculties , of our'colleges to be trusted ? Would they give diplomas to those unworlhj of them ? Such objections we are sur< no one will dare raise who has ain knowledge whatever of the charactei of the men who fill those iiositions. That the salaries also, of our teacher.1 are too small, we are firmly convinced When we remember that even in thi> day of free education, that collegiate in Btruction, such as every one should hav< who intends to make teaching his pro fnssion, costs both time and money, car fl*l> Rf * 1* ? . ** ' * ?* v r? vuuci vtia?? w u nave so iow loncii ers in our Public Schools distinguishes for their professional ability ? It is i matter of dollars and cents with them and thoy naturally seek other spheret where their merit is more appreciated financially, if not more needed. A poor incompetent teacher is dear at an}' price, and economy in this direction is generally fatal, being absolutely injurious tr pupils, and positively sinful in those responsible for it. 'Toor pay, pool preach" has grown into an axiom, and il we offer our best teachers no more pei month, than can be made by a common day laborer who has served no apprenticeship, and undergone no training, have wo the right to look for any bettei results from our public schools ? We do not mean to criticise specially any aotion of our present School Commissioner and his Board of KxMiiiini.ru for as Mr. Hodges states in a card found elsewhere in the Mkssenoeh, they found tho present practices and grade of salaries in vogue when thoy cnnie into office, and owing to the fact that orrr one-third of the present school your had passed, they thought it impracticable to change the present system for this scholastic year. Wo hope howover, for the sake of the children of our dayj that they inay find it consistent with their views, pot only to raifte_the salaries of our teachers, but to oall the attention of the proper authorities to the matter of thoir examination. ^ We are convinced these are two crying evils, and when removod, believe that the day is not far distant when our Public Schools will become what they paght to be, our pride and our boast. . JLeep'ftaot-on the railfo*dquestion. lfg| THE RAIL HO AD SITUATION. 7i Abbeville has never been moro thoroughly interested in the question of 1 rail roads than now. Last week this in- ? lerest rose to fever heat?everybody . talked rail road, and the views were many and divergent. The report of the v delegatus to Jharleston had been made public, through the papers, and a meeting had been called for Friday night to f hear their formal report. The question ' of voting the bonds for $25,(XH) to the Cumberland (Jap ltoad, as it is called . 1 for brevity, was being generally discussed. And the friends of that Koad argued strenuously in favor of immediate action by the town. In the mean time those who preferred the road to ' Verdery argued no less zealously in that behalf, Unfortunately some feeling grew out of all this discussion. Some men took sides from motives of policy and politics, others perhaps fro in selfish HIii > 111 uiiuri'M, aim muuj iiuxiestly and frankly <li Ho red in their views of what was host. So there was threatened a serious division of public sentiment upon u question the only hope of whose successful achievement lies in the united action of the whole community. On Thursday afternoon an informal meeting of some of the citizens was i called in Mr. lionet's ollice, with a view to discussing the situation aim reconcilI ing our differences. The discussion was wholly informal, and nearly all present expressed their views. Hut far from elfccting its purpose / the | meeting seemed to r increase the r agitation and iivtori-^rrly" the bitterness. . So that ma^jrfveiit to the meeting on r. Jiftrtay uigSc expecting a scene of criin, ination and recrimination, hut happily , were disap'poiuted. The temper of the I discussion was most excellent, and the r action of the meeting most conservative i and wise. It were eminently unwise and injudi cious to have adopted any cast iron rosl olutions that hound, us hand and foot > to either, or indeed both, of the enter. prises proposed. Suppose the meeting . had declared in favor of the Cumhert land Gap lino and discarded the other, . what assurances have we that Charleston will succeed in raising the .$500,000 esselial to its completion '? On the other hand if it had declared for the Yor1 . dery route there is no more assurance j that the Georgia Central would equip ami run thcroiul if we graded it. So it was j clearly the part of wisdom to hold aloof (. from the adoption of resolutions that . would commit us bej'ond recall to eithP er of them. We must wa:t. It may be ^ a slow policy, but it is safe nnd prudent. . We have made a proposition to Charles. ton and she is endeavoring to meet it. If -I will know in a few weeks it is said, she does the Road will he built. We Why then recede from our own proposition and possibly lose our last chance of securing a place on a grand trunk ( line of railway, that will unite us on ^ the one hand with the Deep Water, and on the otlior with the West. Moreover, r we lose nothing by waiting to learn the result of Charleston's efforts. We have no charter for_lh& Vortlery Road, and HhiVJd nnt nnw nrnraud ??! tmr;- r ? j j Werpjyr?Mid<>n*~thnt route. Moreover, P1 gjbod faith requires us to await -Charles (t: wrtVr nJtioif upon the proposition we I have submitted to her. We sent delegates to them?we cannot repudiate our action. Nevertheless, we cannot aiford to say point blank that we will not conJ aider the Verderv route, for it may be that we shall find it to our interest to adopt it, and that means may be found ' through its medium of obtaining promptly that relief we so much need. The fear has been expressed that Chareston may prefer a connection with " the Savannah Valley 'iailraad and may give Abbeville the go-by. We are of " opinion that this fear is groundless. Doubtles a junction with that Itoad is ' desirable and may be allocled ; but the present Directors will never consent ' that this shall be done at the expense of Abbeville and Due West and the other ' towns on the upper end of th<> line. In 1 addition to this, the charter, we are in? formed stipulates that the Road shall * run by the placjs named therein. ' Meantime don't Jet there be engender' ed any bad feeling in our midst. We ' have seen in the last week exhibitions of feelings and motives ' on both sides of this mipsliim Mint are not to the credit of those who I entertain them, nor calculated to advance tho interests they advocate; let us discuss these things dispassionately, ' and decide them upon business principles with an eye single to the good of the 1 whole community ; meantime, then, out of all this agitation will grow an enthusiasm and spirit that will, before another twelve months have gone by, give to Abboville the rail road facilities so ini dispensihlc to her continued prosperity I and advancement. 1 "KlliX I>KIKI> DKACOXS." We had intended in our issue of last ' week to refer to the remarkable editorial contained in the Pre.sw and lianner 1 of the previous week, in reference to 1 the fitness of pious men, or "'kiln dried Deacons."to be Judges. We did not carry out our intention because we were suddenly called off before our editorial (uuurs wore none, and liccuusc, too, of tho unusual pressure on our columns by the report of tho rail road meeting in Charleston. And we do so now only because we do not desire that tho pub' lie should receive the impression that the most eccentric and unusual views contained in that article, are entertained by this people or indeed by anybody here save the editor of the Press and Ban . . _ 4 PTOSIS'*' ^ ..^v'--V er, so far as we can 1cm n. The gist of his argument is that very cligious men, arc apt to be too severe in the poor sinners who c<fcno before li< hem for punishment, and hence are not mpartial .Judges. We do not know that ^ he occupants of the Judicial Bench in iouth Carolina are more or less religous than the same number of men en- u caged in any other walk of li*o. The lossession of religion lias not been the tine qua mm of any man's elevation to j,, he .1 udiriary. Nor do we know that ^ the lack of it ha* operated against such j, .devation. l>ut it is surely a ?\ueer iilva ;ll that its possession should operate igainst the judicial advancement of its (> possessor. The eccentricities of action u ill* one or two men on the Bench, are not n sullicient basis for an atta< 1< on the efleel | :tiid inlluence of religion, and we enter j, Liur protest against such heretical doc- ? trincs. KXTlt \0111>1XA1CY. ' This extraordinary passage occurs in ' a letter of the Abbeville correspondent = of the Columbia J{et/isfei\ in regard to il... ,-....,1 r ?....? I x '""""o night : "There was a strong disposition "in (ho meeting to cas the matter aside, \ "and goto work on some enterprise of "our own. Hut time for Charleston to 1 "report wa^tfsliw'il granted," and this | "was all that was done." The matter to x he eajjt aside was the Carolina, Cumher- ( Iwfiaiul ( Jap and (.'hieago Railroad. Now * if any person will take the accounts of ' the remarks of the diHeront gentlemen i in the meeting, and say that they indica- i ted "astrong disposition in tin? meeting to cast the matter aside " then that per- 1 \ son has a curious idea ol strength of ; O 1 sentiineul. We would like to hear an ( impartial analysis of the speeches made in the meeting hy a disinterested per- ? son, and hear his decision. Beyond doubt there is a strong and respectable i advocacy of the \'erdery road. I?ut the ' action of the meeting of Krid.iv niirht ' ? - i does not in our opinion, show that there was any such powerful disposition < 111 iiiv un.ciui^ iv.? tiiM iiMuu Lin: \jiiiu~ j herlaml (lap Road. Nor that lime to I hear from Charleston was "t/rrintc<l" as a special favor l?y tliose desiring to en si it aside. On the contrary, it serins to us this conservstive and sensible policy was the practically unanimous sentiment of the meeting. 1'OSTMASTKII IJooXK, of Newh'TrV luiS tendered to President Cleveland the resignation of his olllce. We suppose he cannot conscientiously hold oflice under a Democratic administration, having for long a time affiliated with the Republicans. Tnr. rulo against J. T. Xix, l'sq., <f the tJrcenvillft bar, requiring Itiin to j.,,,,. i.u .>.,..,1.1 ..... i... .1:.. I v ,, vutiiiv n ? i I?c .lMUiiivi IIUI (/V Iliabarred for unprofessional conduct has been dismissed by his Honor, Judge Aldrich. Y ksteiway was St. Patrick's day. We have pn.ow outside, tT'Higy interesting article on thpen 7N"I Rev. .Robert Lathan, 1). I)., and which ' Vrill well repay a perusal. A Cnril l'rom tlic School Coin mis- ( Hioncr. . As the Mksskxhkii has furnished its read- 1 era with an extract From the A'? >r* and C'our- * it r in which the editor of that paper makes a | just and true criticism upon tli low monthly salary of teachers r.f public Free schools in Abbeville County, 1 think it just to tlie ores- ' cut County Hoard oF Kxaminers, as well as t to the lust Hoard, that I should make a state- ( m en t. | The Inst t^chot 1 Commissioner ordered the schools to be opened on the 1st oF November, ' 1884. The present Hoard did not conic into < ollicc until the 1st of January, ISHj. If wc | take therefore tlie length of the last school | term as a basis of calculation we will .>-ee that the schoftl of Abbeville County had been running over one-third of the present school 3 year before we came into otlice. In view oF t this fact, and other circumstance*, we thought | it b;st to let the pay of teachers for this vcar remain the same as adopted by the last Hoard. ' It is our opinion that the monthly pay of teachers should be raised. There is there- i litre, no "bloody chasm" between us ami the 1 .XnCM and Couritr after all. Wo are now, | ami have been all tlie while, fully in accord < with the .Xtirn uml Courier, on the subject of the pay of teachers, and the dignity and im- \ portauee of their voculion. i I have been in a position to know Ihc views t of the last administration on the subject. As i far as I knew they were iiuaiiiinoiislv in favor .? of higher wages for teachers, fhey first i adopted these "starvation rates," with the t hope of compelling the patrons of county I schools to pay by fees, at least as much us tbuy received from tho public school fund, i On page 40 of the las', report of the State i Superintendent of Kducation, in the report i of the last School Commissioner of Abbeville j County, is found the following: sentence t which expresses the views of the last administration : "The writer still advocates the plan of reducing the teachers' salaries, be- 1 lieving that there is no other way (o extend 1 the term of the schools and induce the pa- ,v trons to supplement." I I do not desire to say anything as to the success or failure of the plan. My reason for 1 making this slateineut is to show to the pub- I lie, that however corrupt Abbeville County I may be on some matters, her highest school . officers are not so ignorant, ungrateful a id hoosicr-likc as not to appreciate the high calling of the teacher fully as much as the *Sa- 1 vunto&y the sea. I We believe that higher wages to the teach- | era, meaiia better education to all the people ; and better education means "better investments for capital, higher wages to the-labor- 1 ing man, and greater glory to the American < man." "Oko. C. Hoiiuks. ( Sch'l Com'r Abb. County. . 1 A1>VICK TO MOTHlOItS. I Are yon disturbed at night ami bro ken of your rest by h sick child suitor- < ing nml crying with pain of cutting < teeth? If so, send at once and get a bottle of Mits. WiNsi.o\v's Xootiiix? Syi?- ! up l'olt ('llir.DCKS' Tkktiiinu. I:- value 1 is incalculable. It will relieve tin* poor little sufferer immediately. Depend upon it. mothers, llu r.-is no mistake about ; it. It cures dysentery and dintrhwu, rc- J gulates the stomach and bowels, cures 1 wind colic, softens the gutns, reduces in- J A.mu.nlinn .. rwl uuMMimuuiif UIMI ft i wn lunu aiiu UllUl^y IU ] the whole sj'stem. Mus. Winsi.oW'h ( Soothing Syhui' voit Ciiii.drkn Tkktii- 1 iko is pleasant to the taste, and is the 1 proscription of one of the oldest and best ] female nurses and physicians in the i United States, and is for sale by all < druggist* throughout the world. Price j 26 ccnta a bottle. 5-ay Rail Road Meeting. ^ St iVUGM CUOWD-PULiIi DISCUS- R SION. o cport of I)?>loxn(CH?Pcstinas Ijonte ? tlio Policy?No Precipitation?"Walt. '' For several days last week public sen- ^ mcnt ran high on the rail road queson. The delegates sent by the meet- v igof the 31st January to Charleston ' ?d returned and the papers had made ^ nown the result of their eflbrts in be- t alf or the Carolina, Dumberlaud (lap i nd Chicago Railroad. In the meantime le advocates of the branch road to Verery were industriously arguing the benfits and advantages of their route, and i inch feeling was evinced on both sides. ' <!.? ..r a.. oi..< > I IIU IUVJWIUQ UI uiu oiM ui .ianuary mlourned subject to the call of its chair- ( lan. ^ i Last week the chairman, through the own papers, called a meeting of the iti/.ens for Friday night, in the Court louse, to hear the report of the dele;ates to the meeting in Charleston. At ho hour of meeting the hall was filled villi interested citizens. At 8 o'clock Mr. I'arker called the neciiug to^rder, and proceeded to state ts object. lie said : I, as chairman of the committee aplointed by the previous meeting, to atend the meeting to bo called in Charleson. went to Charleston On Mondhyin adance of the meeting, at the request of ievernor llagood. And on Tuesday atended a meeting of the (Oiiuiittee aplointed by the Chamber ut Commerce, it which were present Messrs. IJrawley, A'illiams, Magrath, DeSaussure and others. We had a full and litre discussion. \nu l may say right here, that tin? idea mtertained by some that Charleston roil hi regard this whole thing as a frolc, and an occasion for banquets and exntrsions around the harbor, was not true, l'lie committee appointed to meet us regarded it as a business transaction and net us in that spii it. Coventor Unyood tnd the Directors had a tree conference with the committee of tin* Chamber of Joiiuuerce and informed that committee jf the action of tlie municipalities alon^ the line froml'ick? lis to Aiken. The :ommitlce said they were prepared to jjive careful consideration to the plan proposed. We inform >d them of the plan of the dilu n nt towns on tin* line in the up country to raise 5 per cent, of the valu<* of the taxable property of the several municipalities, il L'liarl-'ston would cover tin- amount by an equal sum. They said that because of the I not that Charleston was laboring now tinder a debt ol !j?4,(XH>,(H.iO incurred by sub ni.i ijiLiutm iu laiiliMim III lllr past. :lIk?I because ill-- I;t\v prohibited th" oily in its corporate capacity from increasing its debt. tney could not operate on that line but would make us another proposition. II' we con hi secure it as u bonded aebt on the road, they thought thoy could raise $")!)(),'KXJ to ->uild the road. The board of Dircptora and Mr. Schufield, the tinaticial agent of the company, regarding this in the line of what they had intended and what they had been 1 endeavoring to'do in the past, thought the proposition a good one, and b.-t?m* I than tho oue.Wi had proposed, and that it ought to be agreed upon. The amount raised to bo secured by lir^t mortgage boiifls on the road. ' f T of all ihu represet|,u i,ne ol the road wai hfj0' ;jle Charleston Hotel. 1 he meeting . t and enthusias-ic, and .VproHoiitative eapaeitvviiy meeting A ' havo .evep-'aoen. i'iiis meeting -adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock.' Three questions were submitted. First, Whether the towns would agree to th<; subscriptou of 5 per :ent. It was decided that they would. St-cend, Whether tin: amount thus raiswl 1*\* lie c^iAnlil lw? < "" ? V* wj ? ? ? ?J ?w*?m >J\. IIIIWII \JIIVJ~lltl 1 1 111 stock anil one-halt' in income bunds, the . aluc of which depended on the business )f the road, and interest on which was o be paid, it' warranted by the business )f the road, after the first mortgage joiuls. Third, Whether the subscription should be without condition, or on he condition that they were to be nejrojuled only when the road reached the espective towns. There was a ditl'cr;nce of opinion, and I may say that the proposition was made by .\Ir, Seholield limself, who said that he thought it but right that we slum. 1 not be ex;>ef.'.| to ive soiiiv tiling tin noihiii,^. 'i'h.it we should alter voting our tax 01? iiouds lold the same till the rond reached our jur towns. All three of the.' propositions were adopted. Ursolrtd, That this company \i.\vs with ireat interest and t'ayoi the line of mlrnud Tom Aiken, in the dure.ion of tin- in.mil'.tins, irojectcd hr the Carolina, Cumberland o.ip t ut Chicago Kuil.'oad ('..mi>.inv, utul will sanction imy effort in aid of such entcrnri.-u*, vhich in the judgment of tlie hoard of di vvi.i UHI^ UW jMiijKi J liiiii I *IU UillLHTd Ol he company are hereby directed ti> transport ill rails and other material needed in i-iiu>t met ion of said road and to lend Mich other lid in fiirnishiu;; of 1111i}>nie111 for the operation of the same as may be required, upon he most liberal terms. Jien>htd, further, That a jnnet:on of the Carolina, Cumberland tiap and Chicago Kail oad with the Snvamyili Valley Itailroad is, n the opinion of this meeting, ail ohjeet jreutly to be desired iu the interest of all soneerned. * Next tlay at one o'clock occurred the lieeting at the Chamber of Commerce. It was a largo mooting,-and I think I may say, i in pressed all the delegates with the eelin,; that those present were inteiyst;d. The gentlemen of the committee Tom Charleston assured the meeting hat they would endeavor to raise the unount of $5(X),t)00 as agreed upon. 1 am aware that many say what depute thing was done ? When will the oad he huilt ? 1 can't say when the noney will ho raised, or if any money will ho raised iu the next few days. It s no small sum, especially to n commercial community whose money isrengag}d in the legitimate ways of trade. The inly assurance I had was a statement by Governor llagood that we wjtihl probably know definitely within six iveeks. I don't know iT this was his awn idea or if he had been told so by f?lh7?mo At ;i meeting of (he Directors of (he South Carolina iinilrou<l the following resolutions were a<l%>|>(c?l ; /'rm/rtd, That this meeting litis luard with Ki'fu? interests tin* statements made l?y the parties interested in flic Carol inn. Cumberlaud (Jap iiml Chicago Itailroad Compativ, mill is continued in tlie opinion horetofore expressed that it is .a mutter of great importance to Lhe citv of Charleston Hint said railroad shall be built ; that it recommends to their fellow* sitixvns sueli contribution in aid of tli.it enterprise as will assist in the building of said railroad; that the committee heretofore appointed be requosted to report to a meeting to be called hereafter by the chairman such plan for? giving substantial aid to that railroad eomnnny as they may in their judgment deem most likely to accomplish the object desired ; that aaid committee beauthorized to confor with the officers of the Savannah Valley C& ,** - *> ;V t . ? , JT -. ? ailrond Company with tho view of securing >ra junction nt' said railroad with the Carolina, th umberbind Cap and Chicago Haitroad at to ucli |?>int on the Augusta and Knoxville te uilroad as may be most convenient. Anil at the meeting of the Chamber f Commerce, ht which were ineinbe (J f th<> Stork F.xchange, of tlio Grocer's ni Cxehan^e, ami tin- Hoard of Trade, and ti ml of the principal linns and houses, t) h?' followins resolutions were adopted. || When we consider that for four years (j re have t-ied to obtain the recognition i, >f '.Im' South Carolina Sail road and fail- n it seems to me these resolutions are tl cry encouraging, and did indicate an in- a crest in the road. They had made ar- t aiigcments villi tlovernor llagood to lay (l dl materials d"\vn upon liberal terms. 1, I do not know what they were, but they . }; ivere very liberal. j This resolution provides for a subso- f juent meeting in t"hai'leston to be called l I?y the chairman. Have seen no call for t' I lie meeting. I do think from the spirit | >f these meetings the delegates left t Charleston with feelings of encourage- j inent. i At a subsequent meeting at which some of th bank presidents attended. I 1 was not present. From what (iovernor ?. llagood told me it appears that there y was still more interest shown and that * assurances were given that the amount } agreed upon could be raised upon prop- > er security. I 1 would be ?;lad to hear from any mem- ( hers of th" delegation who may desire to | add anything to what I have said < Mr.ti. T. Calhoun moved that the re- < port he received as information. There I being no ohjection.it was so ordered. ( .1 udge Cothran, being called for saiil : ' I have listened with much interest to the report of tin* delegates to Charleston. Since I saW yon hist I have h-id no ! knowledge of whpt was jroii:on in tlie ; railroad world. 1 am sorry to hear that 1 since the meeting of the ">lst of January there has arisen some dissension among you. We are such a small community and wo are ill so poor that without united action we can accomplish nothing. I understand there i-; a strong fueling j for the connection with what is known as the Central Sy.Mem. a:;d an abandonment of the Cumberland Cap. I ihiu't think there is any ground for dissension. Those schemes are not incompatible. 1 for one. would take both. 1 am not in business here. My salary does not depend on the piosperity of Abbeville, but 1 am willing for mv property to be taxed and go into any scheme that will give us relief. If for we can t immediate relief !>y the road to Vcrderv, ctill ......i-;i.>>t.. i., <i... !.r the great trunk Sine, the Cumberland (lap, it may he well to adopt hotli plans. But I bej; to say now a word that may he profitable. t'case dissension. Don't condemn the Cumberland (Sap road, for there is room for both. I am sorry to see those so zealous for the route to Verdery hostile to the Carolina. Cumberland (Jap and Chicago. The best course for both is to have no hostility. Do all you can f rthej Carolina, Cumberland (Sap and Chicago and make terms with the other. Seo if they will iron, equip and run it, if we will gra le it. I tell you again, if the opposition takes fonu .uni it goes out to the world, Abbeville, which originated the scheme of the 5 per cci.i. subscription, will b<> put in the attitud" of having repudiated it. There is strong fear lest Charleston de?,.tu i. iv.i bVhiiiMM IU Ituiiv ?*!% 111*.- ?"??! > ?111 ll?\ II \ ill" ley llaihoad. But 1 have no such fear. Governor llngood. who is as true a man as ever li.ved, wil' use every endeavor to rt?J<Aqmv uUibeviUo on Uie line of the Carolina; Cumberland (Jap and Chicago. Let ns not give it up. | Let-there he no root of bitterness. no an- : to-??irisin. 1 wish we had a half dozen | roads?yea twenty more than Atlanta! I am in favor of contributing what 1 can to both. Mr. \Y. C. lionet said : I should like to sp ?nk my approval of the line of remarks of Judge Cothran, and to submit two or three resolutions'! agree with him that it will be fatal to the interests of Abbeville if the friends of the C., C. (i. & and the (Jeorgia Central connection continue their antagonism, I have done my utmost to discover why there should be any antagonism ; I am not for the Cumberland (Jap and 1 am not for Verdery. or rather I am for bo'.h, and the Uoad to Klhcrton; indeed I see no objection to a road from anywhere. The Cumberland (Jap llond if built will give us relief from the outside ; if built to the mountains will give us that great disideratum. a western connection ; It will doubtless be n long time. Hut from the South Carolina It. It., connection we will sret benotiiw Mint must lit? patent to all : At the same time I am heartily in favor of anything that -riven us immediate relief; the connection with the (!eorgi:?. Central may do us more good now. We are nil agreed upon the advantages of rail roads and are interested in both schemes ; on the 31st January we held a meeting that sent an impulse froin Knsley to Charleston ; we made the proposition to raise 5 percent, of taxable value of our property if Charleston would do likewise; they said no; we make you a better offer; raise your money, keep it at home; we don't want a cent of it till the Koad reaches Abbeville ; wo will tnku your bonds and build the Koad. As men ot Abbeville we cannot repudiate our ac- ' lion ; still we have the possibility of a connection with the Central System ami must not let it slip ; let us carry.out the terms of our proposition to Charleston, nml at the same time raise hy tax or otherwise the subscription for the con- 1 miction with the Georgia Central System, if the authorities of that system will equip ami iron the road ; I hear j there is nothurg^iijlinite known of their intentions ; hut It^ffi.kjiJjidge Lyon told me some mouths ago that Mr. Verderv ' said Mr. Kaoull preferred the road from Abbeville to Acrdory. Let us pass 1 those resolutions that we will grade the Road if the Georgia Central will equip and iron it, and appoint a committee of three or five to confer with Kaoull. All ' this agitation is in tliu interest of Abbe- 1 villo, and will result in giving us a ' road; both are better than one; one is better than none ; we ought to hold on 1 to both projects. 1 submit the follow- ' iug resolutions : Jiffohtd, That the property-ownora of the town of Abbeville slinll, by tax or otherwise, ! ' rni.su a stun of money equal to 5 per cent, of j tint assessed vuhtc of the real and personal i , property in the town of Abbeville, in aid of i the Carolina, Cumberland (Jap and Chicago | Knilrond Companv, 011 condition that tbe |1 amount ho raised shall not be turned over to > 1 the said railroad company until the said rail- | roid shall hnvo been built from some point on , tlio South Carolina Railroad to Abbcvillu: j ' and | limolted, That the nroperty-owners of the town of Abbeville shall, br tax or otherwise,; raise a sum of money sufticiunt to grade ai| railroad from Abbevillo t<i some noint on the I , Augusta and Knoxvillo Railroaa, hereafter j to be selected, on condition that the directors j1 of the Georgia Central System of Railroad 1 shall guarantee to iron, equip and run the 1 same as part of their system : and Ruollti, That a committee of three be appointed at this meeting, to be sent as a dele- 1 ,tion from Abbeville, to consult with the auorities of the Georgia Central System, and report the result at a meeting to be liereafr culled. V Col. O.T. Calhoun said: ? 1 have always been in favor of the v umberland Cap Koad through the t lountains, hut in this matter wo ought s > go slow ; don't let us leap in l he dark : ' iese resolutions say go ahead and tax ( le town 5 per cent, for tin* C. (i. ?.V 1 . lload, and raise an amount sullieieni * > grade the the other route ; there i> ' o law yet chartorilig the other road ; I link 1 undcrslantl the reason of this 1 ntagonism between the friends of tin* wo r??ad:;; the people think if we tax urse-ves i?25.t><X) to hnild the Cuinher- , \nd Cap, we will not then tax ourselves , H >.< K X) for the Verdery I load ; they | lon't believe, if we go ahead with the < ortner even if Chat leston obtained her J :r.t;(),(KK) that we would tax ourselves or tin: other route. I differ with Mr. , tenet as to t h ?? advantage of Charles- J oil's offer. II Charleston had met our j iropositiou we would have gone to the j uonutaius ; she doesn't propose to sul>terihe a cent : hut simply to lake our jomls for which we tax ourselves ; she lays we will raise ^r>(X).(KM) to take up four bonds. I low would the road to \iken benefit A bbeville ? What is (In; v l\ It. I!, aide to ilo V All she promi;cs is lo haul the material to build the Itoad, a( reduced rates; this was not jur desire ; this was not meeting our proposition ; we shouldn't fool away 5iir time while Charleston dillv dallies; iv e want present relief; It is objected to the Veidery route that we have nothing lelinite from the (ieorgia Central Itoad is to what it will do if we grade tin? I load : what more definite have we from Charleston ? It is proposed to appoint x committee to wait niton Haul : let one ulso lit? appointed tn wait upon Charleston and ascertain her intentions; if I'aoul is to 1 pinned down, let CharlesIon also In; pinned down. Colonel .J.T. Hobertson said : I am of opinion that then; is not so much of disscntion >.n I had feeling unonj; us, as some would make believe : I am satisfied that we are all agreed that we need a rail road : tin.* only thin;; for us to determine i<. which is most advantageous to the town; i thought, this meetinj; \\ as called, in tin; inlores' of the Cumberland (Jap iloa.l : it wis called by Chairman ??I the atijmit i;e:l meeting, to receive the rep...it ??i the ??? ? ^i'-s to Charleston, it seems to me thai :> al' .v< should do ; it is best for us to ! i ;iii::.-.s alone, not to agitate this line ?.?r that; everything; i> progressing v< ry '.veil ; let us wait and see it t'harluslon will raise t5(X),<K!(); let us stand "by the resolutions of .51st >1 .'Miliary, till Cliai leston fails ; I Jim therefore opposed to the resolutions : i have always Iteen si Ver- i dory man, I am a Cumberland (Sap man: j let us carry out our proposition in good '"aitli and not treat with any other road till wc see what Charleston does ; c n the other hand if we vote $25,000 to the other road, why, Mr. liaoull may well say I won't iron your road to Vertlery, I wiil have nothing to do it. I wash my hands of von; therefore 1 say, let us wait and see. Mr. \V. A. Lee said : I camo into this meeting with utnlecitied views; I ant a friend to all tv.il road enterprises; I thought those were proper resolutions endorsed by the meeting1 of the 211st of Jatiuat v; we then appointed delegates who have made their report; Charleston is not prepared to say definitely if t>he cult raise the money wo hoeil ; wo must await tho actionof Charleston ; two.'joiidS are ^jroposo^^o us. tho first is tho great liiglnx^-y^<'i>m th<? seaboard across tho mountains to tho West, tho second "s tho road to Verd -ry , wo agreed to .<00 what could bo ihmo with tho former%ar.d made an oiler to Charleston to raiso a certain sum upo!) condition that she raiso n like sum; Charleston has done hotter than that ; she has agreed to grade tho Itoad to our vorv doors upon liberal conditions ; then . us go on with our proposition ; there .N..ould he no fooling in this mattor : if 1 had tho gift of tongues and words that some are blessed with, I could speak all night on this subject; wo arc all Abbeville men. not Cumberland (Jap men, or Verdory men, but all interested in tho welfare and prosperity of Abbeville. Mr. I . (i. Gray don said : I have not come into this meeting as tho advocate or antagonist of any special line; let us consider in tho first place what we are committed to and are bound to carry out : on the 151st of .January we adopted resolutions in favor of the Cumberland Gap lload, and sent dolesat'-s to Charleston, and this meeting has hoard their report : wo are here to adopt some course, and decide upon what is best for Abbeville to do ; we want ridiof. immediate relief it is said ; wliv our onlv hope of immediate relief it... n 1 1 1 n--. ?1 . < .7 ..I HIV WUIUIIIUI VUllllM llillIU \ r?||j a 11(1 Chicago Road ; wo have 110 authority to huihl any other now, 110 charter for any other road ; we could not condemn a foot of land for right of wnv, and have no right to pledge the town to anything l>ut the Carolina, Cumberland Cup and Chicago Itailroad ; it is objected that Charleston is illiberal in not putting up money; that is tho experience of all roads, capitalists are not noted for their liberulity ; every road in the State has been built by the people grading it and the irap'talists taking up the bonds ; it seems lo 1110 Charleston is liberal ; she olVers to take #500 000 of tho bonds anil allow us to lock up our bonds till the road is nfour very doors; the fear is expressed that the road will never go on to the mountains; if it is built to Abbeville, Lhere can bo no doubt of its going 011 ; the people above here would carry it on ; ind the road itself would lie in a condition to continue its course ; it would l>c worse than folly to choke down this enterprise. Capt. Ii. \V. AVliite said : Your report Mr. Chuirmnn, is so full that it is not necessary that 1 should itdd anything to it as a meuiher of the i-oiiiniiltee that went to Charleston. If we repudiate the iction of the meeting of the 31st of lanuary, we put the committee and this community in a very had light with the oflieers of the l.'oad and the public; we uuamimously ngreed to tax ourselves 5 per cent.; to repudiate this action might cause the same i-ll'ect all along the line; so favorably was the meeting impressed with this course on tlx? part of Abhaville, that i?t the subsequent informal meeting Gov. Uajrood singled out Abbeville as the place for the voting of the tax to begin ; I aiu ready to go into any rail road enterprise that will enable us to keep Abbeville as a centre of trade and develop the growth of the town ; we can't afford to divide ; we can't keep up two schemes tit the same time; if the $500,000 is secured by Charlestsn, Gov.- Hagood said he would commence work at once with a large force of hands, and finish Lhe llond to Abbeville. Mr. W. P. Calhoun said ; I would like to know what wc arc <o rait for; wc have no assurance but tl onvorsations of private individuals; iro agreed to vole 5 per cent, if Charleson would duplicate the amount; she aid she would not do it; don't that reicve the committee and relievo us from Charleston V ih.it puts an end to the natter; : ? m ;!io Verdery resolution, vouhl Mr. "'.null iron and c<|iiip tliu ii>;id iiit-T we had voted $'.25,tHK) to mother l!< ad : there can he no comic*:-* ion between these ronils. (Sen. 1!. I?. Hemphill said : Whit have we that is definite to >vork upon ; 1 find in the report some igreement based upon the supposition hat Charleston will give 2fr>()0,(XX); here is no such promise; Mr. Schn tiled suggested it tin: night before the meeting [the Chairman, no?the sug restiou came from the committee to raise :] <ien. Hemphill?well it is not embodied in the resolution; it is nothing more than talk; it is a serious matter to enter into ^2:">,(KX) of bonds; ns 1 understand it, we are waiting for Charleston?she is waiting on u-s. Let us not enter into any grievous legal obli ga'.ions on sueli promises ; the Road will never succeed under its present management: they have had it four years; Schotield three; with New York .>-o near, why go to Kurope to raise money ? We 1i:ivi> ln??i?l ' * business limn in ('hica:ro: Mr. <!. \V Williams oilers to take $11),OM) in bonds; why did'nt ho subscribe il : that wont justify us in voting a tax on ours* Ives; it is saiil the bonds are not to be given out till the ISoail reaches Abbeville ; tlx; bonds must In-issued in accordance with the Act authorizing them, and no such condition is contained in the Act; tie'. Hemphill read from the Act of ineu poration. Why not tax tin; people $">,()< X) or .fUMXK) and be over with it ; as for stop* ping at Abbeville, I have a copy of the /'ic/rcns Sentinel, and Mr. Hradhy seems to understand the lload was to ?'<i on to l'i. K.-ns \ 'sipt. White inteirupteil to say that Mr. Schoiield hail math? two suiigstions, lirst, (or >,tKH?, second, for .$l,tHK),tXH) to tako the Itoad on to th<' mountains.] Mr. Parker explained that firs', would bring the road to Abb<vilie. or if j? 1,<M> was subscribed, that would tako the road to J'icketis, and give basis fur a bonded debt to carry ?ho road on through thi; mountains, ( it. Ib-niphill continued : Wo cc.uhl Imild a road from ( r?*?*nwood to Klbi'i ton and on to Atlanta. Tor less: if Mr. Scliofiehl wants to inducc the people of Abbeville to v*?t? nmm-v J let liiin show to us tin.- contract ho has, I lot us sot- if ii is not \ioiatcd. and ii' it I is, lot hiin return tlio line to Troy ; Alhovillo can build that herself; 1 inn opposed to precipitancy ; I am not opposed to the lino, hut hefonj you saddle a tax on those people, 1 want to know if Kchoiiehi's contract has been fiiHilh'i1, Mr. Ii. \V. Smith said : 1 am tirod of hearing tho fault finding and complaints of (ion. Hemphill; he does nothing hut object ; if ho can suggest any better plan, why drift h?r .!o it ? L t hint suggest something .o do instead of criticising llagood and SclioficM ; the honds arc not to ho juit on the inark"t till the whistle is heard in out 1 in:- # its : wo run no risk, voting the tax costs nothing. Mr Ij. W. lVrrin said : We want a road hiully ; hr.t we nro like beggars. we ennt choose for ourwe are dependent on soinetmtlv vro go about making propositioi 3 to oVcjVi>o'ly ; wo shall fail in all ; wo have tnadS&UjL- ftjm,ftStUrr7"\>1k' Iims " raised it, and initio it more beneficial . who is to take up the bonds to build our road is a matter of indiUVrcnoo to 11s ; the report is that Charleston has this matter under advisement ; she can't move in a few days ; what (leu. Hemphill says about saddling the community with 5,1 HK.), on promise of George W., Williams, is not a fact.; the bonds arc only to be used when the road readies here ; it is in conformity with the Act of the Legislature. Have we any assurance from Mr. Ihionll ; 1 have heard that Mr. Kaoull prefers some other lout than to (.?rcctiwood. Lot us exhaust one effort before wo try another. As each mile of the road is completed; it furnishes iho money for the next and so on. to completion ; w? have nothing to do but wait ; wait on liaouil ami wait on Charleston ; it seems to mo that the dictate of wisdom is to make haste slowly. Mr. \V. I'. Calhoun said : We ought not to wait ; but as all seems to th-pond on Charleston, 1 suppose we must wait ; I move to table the resolutions, and wait on Charleston to the end of time. Mr. W. C. lionet said : I thought the rosolulintiK host ; tliey were drawn up in the interest of Abbeville ; in asking leave to withdraw tho resolutions, let ine say we must wait, hut not too long ; we must meet n^iiin, and we ought to move together. .) udge Lyon said : I nm very much impressed with tho sentiment of this meeting ; I expected nothing hut kindly speech ; I nm glad of the postponement; perhaps Mr. Rnon'.l, the Napoleon of rail roads, as Gov. liouham calls him. will move iu such a way as to change our views ;wo are obliged to wait on Charleston ; perhaps Mr. Raoull's plans may liave changed when Abbeville gets reaily to move. Mr. Cirnydon moved that when the meeting adjourn, it ho subject to tho call of the Chairman. On motion the meeting adjourned. Kx-.frnuK T. J. Mackkt hhsfhrfvic employed to lit* fen (I llnzoiK jArVrois to bo court-murtaletl for jjp^ifTsing a superior officer. XX. XX. Xs. HILL'S IIK PA TIC I'AN'ACKA. The Best Liver Medicine For TI-IE C URE OIF DISPEPSIA. HEADACHE, ZBIXjIOTTSIISr ESS, AND MALARIA. AruruTA, (Jn., April 3, 1884. Mr. W. H. Barrett, Dour Sir?After using imp.. ii?..ni;,. r? >? i J W.I. ! n tiwnviv * HIIHWCI UM vnr*? JCUrn in tho Augusta Orphan A*vlum, I cheerfully recommend it as one of the best medicines I have ever u*od for indigestion, headtohuo. and all dineaaort arising from disordered liver. It haa been of great benefit to the children, always affording prompt relief. A. E. MOKIHNB, Matron Augusta Orphan Asvlum. March 18-tf H