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BWXMB???OMMMI The Press and Banner, j ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, May 19, 1886. _ f. Farm Talk. , ] Tliorc has boon anil is still mucn in, IJv illK'ltt ! the one-horse negro farmer, his lien at the i! store, ami the idleness or misdirected labor of the aforesaid agriculturist. The mistake '' "which nearly every man makes in the discussion of the condition of the larms is in ' the supposition that no negro is competent to conduct a successful farm, and that every 1 white man has the ability to make money at * 'farming, if he could only "control labor"?in other words, if the law would give him slave labor, free of cost. J The fact is, that success is the measure of i merit. Hundreds of men in every county make money by farming, and what one man ] docs another may do, jf he apply the same < amount of energy and business tact to the I work. The man who owns a farm, and fails l to make a living only proclaims his personal, ] ti.noinimiiiis of success. We believe I ( JiUIV Ul luv that every man who possesses energy, l integrity,and business tact can control all | :1he labor lie needs, and we further believe i -that any farm which is properly looked after! i and properly tilled will yield a generous slip- i port for its owner and his family. We must abandon the idea that every white man, no matter how little he works, can get rich on the farm which he neglects. It has 'been said that vigilance is the price of liber- ' ty. It might be said with equal force, that economy, industry, and well directed labor is the price of prosperity. It is nlso true that prosperity seldom fails to award the effort of those who deserve lier favors. As a matter of fret, no man need expect to prosper who neglects to provide food for his i stock. A pasture is indispensable to the pros- 1 perity of any farmer. With a good pasture, ' which every farmer may secure by well di- i rected effort, sufficient stock may be raised to support the farm. The farmer who has a good supply of cattle and horses need not buy * " - ! TP K ^ " commercial fertilizers 111 mc spring, n nc will build comfortable houses, and provide ^jood pastures, his stock will not only increase, but his immures will be a source of profit nnd a saving of great e.\pence. Many mistakes arc made in buying fertilizers which =are deficient in the requisites for the crops. ^Stable manure being a perfect manure, never fails to yield a largo return in increased crops. If the grass which now goes to waste in 1 Abbeville county, were turned into flesh, tnilk jmd butter, we could supply ourselves)1 and our neighbors with these necessary , airticles. Can any man reasonably expect prosperity to coine to our doors as long as immense quantities of grass in every part of the ' county,Jand on every farm, is allowed to go -waste? If we would be self-sustaining and independent we must husband our resources, and stop all unnecessary waste. The crops of grass on many of our farms arc worth as , much as the cultivated crops, but the grasses ! aire lost and allowed to dry up, while we are 1 compelled to gather the cultivated crops at great expense, but by fencing our lands, the . cattle, mules and horses would turn our .grasses Into flesh without cost, and our cattle, .mules and horses could be turned into money. ( When it is remembered that milk and butler may be had so cheaply, is it. not strange ' "that so much money is paid annually for 1 Western bacon? No family should be witli out a pasture and a good milk cow. Every farmer will find it profitable to have a hog and a colt in his pasture. A hog can be rais- 1 ed for little cost, and a colt may be kept all 1 winter on the corn which it takes to fatten a hog. For six or eight months in the year the colt need cost nothing at all. if kept in a good pasture. When a mule is two years old he can go to work. Even if he does not do ' full work he can earn more than his food, so j that a good mule can be raised for nearly no ; cost at all. ; Patent Outside*. It is truly terrifying to a news editor to pick no the patent outside papers of the state and discover the identical news and make-up of ??ne after another of them. It would be much better for these papers to do all their printing -it Humf hv the useof nlate matter for the out- < nicies and the money they would scc?t for advertising space would more than meet the additional cost. Resides, they thoroughly depreciate the advertising rotes of their papers by allowing the patent outside publishers to put j advertisements in their papers lor a song by virtue of the lumping process. There is no i earthly chance of the country publisher get- > ting foreign advertising when the agencies < know they can buy the service on the patent ' pages <or almost what they choose to ott'er. ' Such matters as this should engage the atten- j < tion of the Press Association and then itsjl members would be easier in mind anil pocket J when taking their annual jaunt.?Columbia 1 Register. i "We hardly think the Register would find the \ plate matter less terrifying for the news edi- ; tor than the patent outside. We agree with ' the Register though as to the utility of the j plate matter. We have ordered plates and | when we have nothing to put in our paper we i expect to use them, for the reason that they j are as good as mc selections ?hiwi sue m.iuv; merely to fill up or to keep compositors busy, j We have about ceased to publish foreign advertisements for the reason that they are either objectionable or the price oll'crcd is be. | low living rates. By lowering the standard of | the Press and Banner to that of a medical j almanac, we could yet get profitable work j from the patent medicine men by pub-1 'Jishlng editorial commendations of their j .nostrums. We are surprised that the Register 1 -should even thitikof sujrgestinn that the Press Association take any business under consideration, further than the offering of resolutlons.of rkanks to car drivers for free rides, #nd,to bootblacks for free shines. Congress. for several days the air has been laden ; -with Congressional talk. Candidates, almost by the score, representing nearly every sec-; tlon OI tlie dlsm'lcl, ihivv ueun ruiiuv. amjcently rumor has added Judge Cothran's name to the list. We have' not had an opportunity to interview the Judge on this subject but from all that we can learn wo are inclined to the opinion that lie has no aspirations in that direction. While we have no authority to represent Judge Cothran, and while we do not speak, as by the book, we venture to suggest that he will be in the way |. of no one seeking Congressional honors from i1 tliis District. J It has been suggested, however, that in ease i Judge Cothran should accppt the nomination 1 lor Congress from this District lluit Mr. W. II j j Parker's distinguished career in the Legisia- i ture, together with his pre-eminent ability as '' 11 lawyer, and his great familiarity with the in- ' tricacies of the law, would bring him forward , . ns a most suitable person to rtli the place on |' *'"> lip mn.il o vnr.-int, bv Jtulire Coth- !< van's promotion. 3Iormoiifsm and Divorce. j Mormon Elder Morgan fs at Chattanooga < with a largo stati'of Mormon missionaries, of i whom there are at least one hundred at work i in the South, distributing tracts by the mil- 1 lion, and making many proselytes in the i mountain districts or North and South Caro-I ' Una. Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.?Ex-1 ^ change. I j How long will these things bo tolerated ? It i these fellows were taken out and promptly !< shot it would do a great deal of good. That is i the only way to deal with the Mormon c|iies-; ] tion in the South, especially. Dillydallying j with them will not <lo a hit ot goou. utve them lead.?SunUer Advance. OurSumter friend, it seems to up, is entirely too severe on the Mormons. We regard the honest Mormon as a. saint when compared 1, with the divorced libertine. Morinonism is,: better than divorce. The Mormon supports and protects all his wives. The divorce laws i allows the man to smirch the honor of pre-: ceding wives, before throwing them on 111 e ; world alone and unprotected. He is bound to . protect and support only his lsist conquest.' According to our way of thinking, the Mor; jnons are the worst persecuted people ou this j j <;outineut. |J Primary Election. The State farmers' convention at Columbia week before last passed a resolution in favor tif nominatins Congressmen and StateoJHoms by primary election. This plan will give the "outs** a fair chance to learn whetlicr the peo- y pie want a new deal or not.?(Jrvvnivoud Tribune. Hut for all that the resolution asking forar-j rangements tor primary elections for Con-! iiressmen and state officers, will, in our opin. ion, be defeated by the politicians who a,-e running the machine. Politicians who understand the art of pulling the strings are not likely to s;ive np their power without a struggle. They seem to think that common people should have no higher privilege than that " i)f voting for county officers and reprcsenta- J,, lives in tlie Legislature. Congressmen and i p Governors are too sacred for the common voler to approach. ^ 1^1 . w Not even the State Executive Committee \ Ban "order primaries in every county." They ^ 2.U) simply suggest, :i 11 <1 i,no peopic win net in their own \v:iy.?Auyuxta Chronicle. 'j Over in South Carolina the people arc demanding "primaries in every county" l'or the election of Congressmen, hut we are inclined to tiie opinion that tlie will of the people in ^ this particular will be defeated. The peo- ]., pie also want to have a voice in the election | U| i>f the Governor and oilier state ollieers, hut i J'J those who have a chance to lie of the ap- tV pointing power may .see too many lions in|ai tlie path, to allow the people to exercise their ^ rignt loan expression <u men u? u iucivi* 1 tr mice. I,! w ? [r ABBEVILLE'S RAILROADS. }' Ik ?. <<f m Their Value to tlie Tax-Payer?The | .si Importance of EJnildin^ Content- I ^ plated Roads --- Interesting Figr- ti nres of Which the People Have ^ Thought licit kittle. ch Editor l'rc.ts and Banner: st I herewith enclose you a statement showing i J1' the number of miles of completed railroads,! also the number in course of construction r( Lind contemplation in Abbeville county. In- il.' L-luded in this statement is an exhibit, of the , iimouut of taxes paid last year by tlie Colum- J'( bia and Greenville and Augusta and Knox- tc ville railroads, as well as an estimated vv' amount which will be paid in the future, " when tlie Greenwood, Laurens and Spartan- .. bury, and Savannah Valley are added to swell i , the amount. One-eighth of our entire taxes w were paid last year by the two first enumer- ?e sited loads. The next assessment will amount j . to about one-tittn, sum wncn tne Atlantic aim | v Western, the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and " Chicago, and the Chester. Greenwood, Abbe-1 {!' ville and Elberton are built over one fourth of {' the State, county and school taxes will be f.? paid into the treasury by railroads alone. 111 When it is taken into consideration how ^ small an amount is taken out.of the pocket of the tax-payer to build a railroad and how {? threat an amount of foreign capital is invested j , in the county on which is paid a yearly tax, i }c there is no better investment than to tux j J1, our property from three to live per cent, to j11 coueenirato in our county ten times the I-s' amount of foreign capital which would other-1(., wise never find its way among us. We don't ] s<; propose to oiler arguments to prove that we should build tlie three roads contemplated. | I'he enhanced value of real estate, which "j would result; the increased valuation in . towns which would be built; ami, the taxes al which would be collected is an argument of 1" itself snllicient to seeure their earlv construe-!1" Hon. If the above is not inducement enough i}" it could be easily shown that there would be a ! ,v savins of freight on eotiton and merchandise cl shipped to and from the county of live per | cent, amounting in the aggregate from >15,001) i SV to $20,000 per year. | ^' Taxes paid by C. & G. R. It. 1SS5 ? 5,0S1 701 ol( IlvXL'S paid by A. it K. It. II. lfcS-3 2,0J1 !!21 ,si S 8,022 02 ti 0. it G. I>. R -10 miles; vahie$l9-\475 001 ^ A.. Ss K. It. It 2ti miles; value 170.1.'?0 00} vj s. V. R. R JO miles; value 250,000 ()0 ; j, G., L. & S. II. R 9 miles; value 05,000 00; Vj ? 1 st 121 miles; value?9S3,Gj5 CO, tl In course of construction and contemplation:; t:i \V. .t A. R. R 2S miles ; value:! 16,305 00 j C., C. G. it C. It. It .19 miles; value 2".!,000 00 i Ul l\, G., A. & E. U. it.. 40 miles; value 2*s0,000 00 j {i 107 miles; value$609,305 001 j.1,1 rax on completed railroads: 1)( >Vv mil's State tax ? 5.NU 00 \\ iV. mills Comity tax 00 a< ? mills School tax l.'.iiiT 0J?$10,327 00 oi Estimated tax on contemplation : * >]4 mills State tax ? .'5,">14 00 W\ mills County tax 2,(mw o:) i ui I mills School tax 1,&JS 00?? fi.SGO 00 | (j( Total ?17,187 00 THE METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL. T si ?. cjj I / ! <01110 Interestin?; Facts in Refcronco to the Rcccnt Convention at Lonnriesvillc. II Editor 1 Vcw and llnnncr : We think an item or two will not be amiss n this issue of your paper from our town. <he has just pulsed through one of the grandest epochs in her history. Several years ago he South Carolina Annual Conference, in her Lvisdom resolved that each of the counties 'oinposing the conference, should form and j> mid an annual Sunday School Convention. ^ In obedience to that resolution, on last Friday he convention met in our town, and a perniaient organization was allected by electing f .... l< TJ,wl.,..o .,.,,1 ATl. I T> L |W|. VJVW. Vy, liuvi^vr?, l I tiuu .'ii. l ' X . ^turkey. of Mct'onnlck, Secretary, Rev. W. P. Meadors, statistical Secretary. Almost every <nnday School was represented, and nearly ill reported to bo In a liealthy, nourishing i1,1 condition. The daily sessions of the conven-| Lion were largely attended, much interest was i manifested, and nodoubt the canseof Sunday i Cl schools will be greatly bcnelitted thereby. At | (ll Jie mass meeting Sunday morning our com- jil inodious ciinrch was filled to overflowing. til I'ho time was well spent and the very larjre 111 rowd was well entertained in listening to ailJresses by Prof (i. (,'. Hodsres, Mr. 11. S. (Jalloivay.and Rev. W. P. Meadors. These address?s were well-timed, well-delivered and showed i full appreciation upon the part of the speak2is of this momentous question. Lowndes- [j, ville and her vicinity entertained as slie^il- ... ways does, very hospitably, making tiie thirty mid delegates present, as well as the many visitors leei at home. 1 One incident considerably marred what ' mijrht otherwise have been a,n almost perfect >,. [lccsision. On Saturday our ellicient Presidins much so to engage in anv of tin: exercises thereby depriving vis of much of tho pleasure, which otherwise would have attached to this j meeting, lie is a power in the church and his wise counsel; hise'ear and forcible reason- |)( ing would have done mucji towards forward- . lug this great work. Many delegates and vis- j , itors came on the Savannah Valley Railroad 1, within two miles of our town, where they I,.: were met by buggies and carriages, and safely .1. iitul quickly brought in. Thus ended an event |.' long discussed in anticipation and long to be j < : remembered in retrospection. * ~ 111 THE ABBEVILLE BALL. lb cc ?. (J j What Editor Todd had to Say of the Occasion. t i Journal.] Several of our vounir neonle went down to! tii Al>l?evilie last Tuesday to attend a ball given si that night under the auspices of the Abbeville | w Uerman t'lub, and they were deeply impress- j c*< L'il witli the reliued elegance of Abbeville's al management of such society events. The ball i t li took place in the ('olirt House, which was ad-1 si mirably arranged for the purpose, and theltii event was marked no less by the attendance i m us spectators of an unusually large number ofi m dignified matrons than by the galaxy ol'liii youth and beauty that graced the occasion. |cc hi the miust of cordial hospitality mostial abounding and delicate and unflagging ntten-jai Lion, the Anderson contingent could have but j in nni! lvirref ?tluit more of" our voting people I n< uould not honor the kind invitations I present. The costumes worn by the young' ladies at tlie ball were strikingly beautiful f mil becoming, adding infinitely to the brill-[ iaucenfthc brightly lighted and decorated ( Hall, while the sparkling eyesand happy faces i >f the fair attendants were more than inag-| net it: in their attractiveness. Then the young men were as gallant as Knights of the olden | time, having a happy way of distributing at-1 eni ions bet ween the ladies antl the strangers ] without diminishing the quota of either. 11 ivas a late hour before the participants could j jet their consent, to retire, and tnen it was to I reflect with the satisfaction upon the pleasant j aiccess of the occasion. Abbeville can certainly expect that Anderson will promptly ;t respond when she again opens her doors and invite* her neighbors to come in. i <. Damaged Corn as a 35u?e Killer. | ! Camden Journal.] I We have learned of several farmers in f his! county mul throughout ti>e istatc who nave n." iilrcady lost |]in' mules this season by I'eeiliinj j <?i Iheni on Western corn thut had been (lain-1 re a^ed. However, some of them contend that < < it dots not. pay to raise corn, but t hey can pay hi from-I to Sl/iii per bushel tor Western corn | of that of?en kiils t heir stock when they are led to mi it. ISad corn will kill a y??od liiuleasquick re [is jt, will si poor one, ami with tin; loss of j hi mules and paying such li iir.'i price for the corn | cd to kill them with, we can'I sen wherein thej . farmer has much prolit 011 raising cotton at m i*ivrht cents per pound wherewith to meet his | bl looses ou mules or any other losses. 1 THE SAVANNAH VALLEY. HE PRESIDENT'S REPORT AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD. lie Finances of Use Company?'Tito Progress oi the Work?Important Xolicc fo Tnx-B'nycrs ? lSrmitiful Tribute to Hip 3>eeease?l President. A n demon Intel!igcnccr. The annual meeting of tlie Stockholders of leSavannah Valley Hail road convened in ii'Court J louse on Wednesday, I mo izm msr., , 11 o'clock a. in. (.Jen. \V. \V. Humphreys, resident of the Road, called the meeting to der, and, upon liis nomination, Col. .1. W. orris was clccted chairman of the Con veilDii. Messrs. J. 10. iireazeale and \V. S. Ligon ere elected Secretaries, and tiie Convention as duly organized, a majority of the stock of ie Company being present. The temporary irani/.ation was made the permanent origination, and the report, of President Iluinlreys was submitted as follows: liKI'OltT OK TltE I'KKSIDKNT. Andkkson. S. C., May 12, IST.. To the Stockholders of the Savannah V a I lei/ ((ilroitilCoiiijnni)/: It was my pleasure at your st an 11 ual (..'onvolition to congratulate you joii the execution of a contract for the coniction of your road. Since that time?name. in tlie niontli of October? the work of nek-laying was commenced at McCorniiek id has progressed as far as Lowndesvillo, to liieh point trains are now running under teli regulations, and with such facilities for ansportatloi) of persons and freight as the irtial completion and the progress of the' orlc will admit. It is contemplated that, the nek-laying will be finished to Anderson by ic middle or last of July, when the road will turned over to the Company properly juipped by tlie contractor, by whom it is )W and will in the meantime he operated. :ations have been selected along the line at litable intervals as to distance and convennee, where houses are now being erected at ie depot stations for the business of t he road. The mortgage of tlie road, its property and anchises, heretofore authorized by Stockholm's. has been executed, and the bonds to be cured by the mortgage are being printed rcparatory to their execution and delivery Mr. Kaonl, contractor, to iron and equip the >ad. The entire issue will be between -MM),00') id $7)0,000, an increase of about $20,<>00 over ie amount originally ottered to finish the iad, occasioned by advances of the eontracir to complete the grading. The Company ill then lie prepared to settle with tbe conactor when the rosul is finished. since your last, animal meeting, Col. James Latimer, your former President, and afterards a Director, has died, he having lived to :e the grading of ttie road completed, and the ,*t of the work having been done at J.owndesille, lie testified his pleasure by celebrating te event. The revival of the road under its resent charter originated with him.and from ie preparation and adoption of the charter the day of his death lie was steadfast, faithl and earnest in his devotion to its interests id advancement. A committee wasappointI at your special meeting in December last ? prepare and submit to the Convention resoitions commemorative of his services to the >ad. The vacancy on the Hoard created, by is death has been tilled by the election by ie Hoard of Mr. G. F. Tolly, Mayor of Anderm, as a recognition as well of bis tltness and ' his zeal for the road, as of the large subription made by the City of which he is the liciai head. 1 regret, also, to announce to you the resitrition from the Hoard of Mr. \V. G. Watson, hich occurred in April last, ile has been i earnest and consistent friend of the enterrise from its inception, and in all its trials id vicissitudes was a faithful and efficient i?. in her nt'the HiamLuiid his colleagues dee!> regret Mint his private business made it iuiuilw.mil lor him to take this step. I wish to call your attention to the present ,vk ward and unnecessary representation in aur Conventions of the original Township inscriptions of stock, and to suggest the {option of proper measures to get rid of it. icii representation was necessary under the nirter to perfec t and continue the organiza011 until the stock subscribed by the Townlips was paid in; but these subscriptions living been paid, and the charter having pfolded for the conversion of tax receipts of the idividual taxpayers into certificates of priite stock, there is no reason why all the ock should uot lie thus taken up; aiul if lis were fully done the Townships represetiLtion would doubtless cease by operation of ,\v, as there would be nothing left lor their legates to represent. It. will perhaps be necessary in this connec011 to enforce the conversion of tax receipts ito certificates of stock, by prescribing a peod of liniiiHtion within which they should ?converted or else the stock he forfeited, "hcther the Convention can in and by itself lopt effectual measures to accomplish this jject, or whether it will be nccessarv to rc... ... .1... i io .. li t IU lliu 1 V Uil I/lib nui/jwvij 10 i* latter 1 leave to your consideration. I herewith transmit the report, of the Treasrer, showing the llnanuial eondition of tlie jmpany, Respect fully Submitted, \\\ \V. IlL'MIMIUEYS, President .S. V. K. It. The report was received as information, lie report of W. S. Ligon Treasurer was then ibmittcd as follows, and referred to an uniting committee, wish Mr. J. D. Maxwell as lairmun, and approved: TKKASUKKK'S KEl'OItT. r. <S'. Lif/on. Treasurcr, in account with the Savannah Vulleyllaitroue Co.: Dil. > cash on hand last report 5 lo.OTS 88 j cash received to date since report 11,21)2 'j7 Total S'27,i:-ll So Lit. y cash paid net ?2C,2S1 20 y cash deposited in Dank !i.?7 (Jj Total ?87,2-11 85 \\\ S. Ligon, Treas. HESOI.UTIOX AS TO TAX STOCK. On motion of Col. E. 1!. Murray, the follosvresolution was adopted : Resolved, That the Hoard of Directors of the ivannah Valley Kailmul be requested to sene an Act ol' the Legislature wnich will relire persons entitled to unfunded Stock lor xes paid towards constructing the road, to ke up their stock before the next annual eeting, or forfeit the same to the Company. tlliUTE TO THE LATE I'HKSIDKNT, JAMES M. LATiMElt, SEXIOK. Maj. 11. F. Whitner oll'ered the following eamble and resolutions commemorative oi ie services of the late Col. James M. Latimer, niMinimrtnulv .wlnil-ul Whereas, Col. James M. Latimer was (he st to suggest and openly advocate the revivor the Savannah Valley Railroad. The old irporation of the Savannah River Valley aiiroad had died of inanition during tlielute iir, and it was mainly through the efforts of jl. .Latimer that the present, a new and ilisnct corporation, was formed. Having connived the idea he advised with friends of the iterprise along the line, collected informai?n as to ways and means best adapted for tilding the road, and caused the charter, un;r which the Company was organized, to be Mined and adopted, ile is justly entitled, icrefore, to be regarded as the originator of ic enterprise, and from its inception to the i.v of his death his devotion to its interests iver Magged, nor was there any cessation of is etl'orts in its behalf, in recognition of his irnestness and zeal he was made the first, resident of the Company?-in 1S7H? with great uanimity, and served in this capacity for ur years, having been successively re-eleet1. These were, lor the most part, years of lliculty, of gloom and doubt in the history our road. The plan of building a railroad, >ntrolled by a private corporation by taxaDii was new to our people, and many of our ost substantial eiti/.rns and largest, taxpays sternly opposed it as a dangerous innovaoii. Contributions or taxes were paid in nwly, a large part was for a time defiantly itlilield, and the treasury ol' the Company intinued in a crippled condition, amounting most to a chronic state of depletion. Vet lesedifllculties did not dampen the ardor or inkc the resolution of Col. J.atimcr, or disirb his equanimity. The work was comenced, and steadily progressed with the cans at his control; and such was the kindness of his nature, his great urbanity, and insidcration for the opinions ot others, that 1 opposition and resistance was overcome id men were persuaded and cajoled intopayig their contributions. His suavity ot man* combined with his high character, enaed him to render conspicuous service in seiring rights of way from landowners along ic line who were the enforced contributors II... I.,,il,1!,,,r ,,l' IIim I'.i.wl 1I,> H !W i iiii; uuiivtj 11v-, vj? * ??^ n/cm, ?..v,v w. ?ordinary man: of a commanding person id pleasing address, endowed with a high use of justice, with great charity, ho coiiincd the firmness of a man with the gentle* jss of a woman. Modest in asserting his ,vn opinions, ho was always considerate of ie opinions of others and yet had the course of his convictions. After deelinitiga re-election as President he asmadca Director of the Company, and mtinucd in this relation to iiisdeath, evincto the last the same nnl iring energy and votion to the interests of the road, in wliatrer licld his services could he employed. Jn ed. though past the prime of life, the last x or seven years of Ins lile were consecrated i this work..and the very last act of his life, itsidc the routine of his private duties, was join with his neighbors in celebrating the unpletion of the grading of the road by al siival to the working force. JIc died a day J ' two afterwards?Oct. 1">, ISM?to the great jrivt of ins iricuus Mild co-worKcrs mm m.' til I tl not have lived to enjoy tin; fruition of s hopes and efforts in the Una' completion the road. The singleness of his devotion ( i our enterprise, and the eminent services he j uderc.l to its advancement lias secured for i s memory a place in our most grateful re- j Ilection. He it, therefore, I'rxofvil, by the stockholders of the Savnn-! ill Valley Kailroad in Convention assuni-' ed- j I. That in the death of Col. James Lati-' mer, the first. President, this Company has lost its earliest advocate, and one ofit-s most steadfast iind zealous supporters, and that to liis unfaltering devotion and earnest efforts is due, in a large measure, the successful issue of our efforts. It will always he linked in association with hisnsime. U. That in grateful recollection of his services, and as a tribute of respect, a page of our ! iiiiiuui s no nisei lin.-n in ins niriiiurj, Mining I the ollices in the Company held l>y him, and | t-lu? ilatt? of iiis death. j ;J. That the Secretary of this Convention he I instructed to transmit to the family of the j deceased a copy of these resolutions, as a mark of our respect for his character and of our sympathy in this bereavement. OFFICKKS KI.KCT. Upon motion of Mr. W. S. Ligon, t lie following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: President?\V. W. Humphreys; Directors? \\\ G. Ilaoul, S. Meek ley, P. K. MrCt'lly, I!. F. Wiritner, G. F. Tolly, .1. X. I Hrowti, s. jr. Hester, J. T. Hester, Jas. M. I Latimer. I The meeting then adjourned. OTHER RAILROAD WORK. O??? SCHOFIELD'S RAILROAD PLANS BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE. * Prospects of the I'm aiding of the Carolina. Cumberland Gap an<l Chicago Railroad - - - The Country Tlirougli Which die Road Runs. JVcws and Courier. Tiki v. Mmv 1:5.?The delegation from this place to the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad meeting at Greenwood today has just returned. Col. II. H. Ho wen, of Pickens, acting president, and Mr. Henry llonner, of Duo West, secretary, were present. The report of Mr. fschofield, the financial agent of the company, who has been in New York, London and Scotland for some time in the interest of the railroad company, was very favorable. lie reports that foreign capitalists have been interested sufilciently to invest $8,300,000 in this, I he biggest railroad enterprise in the United States. Mr. Benson, the agent of the London Banking Company, is now in Knoxvllle, Tcnn., and is going over the entire line. We can certainly hope to have the line completed as far as Edgefield Court. House by December 1, commencing at Aiken. This line shortens the distance by rail between the great interior cities of Louisville, Cincinnati and Chicago, and the ports ol Charleston, Port Royal and Savannah by 150 to 157 miles. No other line competing with this one can be constructed, for it occupies the only available gaps in the Cumberland and Blue liidge Mountains. The Louisville and Nashville"system, the only one which by any possibility could be considered at all competitive, is urging and assisting in its construction. It opens up the largest area not crossed by a railway in the United States east of the Mississippi Itivcr. It begins 011 the north in the famous HI ue Grass region of Kentucky, crosses and opens up to markets the great bituminous and cannel coal fields o! eastern Kentucky : passes through the adjacent and extensive hematite iron ore beds ol Tennessee (now without either coal or market) and from the foot of the Blue Itidge in North Carolina to the cities of Aiken and | Charleston (its southern termini) it passes through the finest, cotton and tobacco territory in the .South. The bituminous and cannel coal fields of Kentucky exceed in area the entire Pennsylvania coal fields or the entire 1 1 /' ../...I I ITIM1 it It'il W1 \TIUII? JJllUlin. i Uil UIUUNHUI j square miles of this con], including the larg ' est ami of cannelcoal in America, are crossed and supplied with an outlet to market l>j j this road. So valuable is this conking coal along its line that Prof. Proctor, the State gc ologist of Kentucky, tsiys that it can bo haul' ed to Birmingham, Alabama, and there compute with local coals for use in iron and stool manufacture; but an abundant market awaits it in Louisville, Cincinnati and neighboring cities on the north, in the adjacent iron ore fields to the south, in the United j States naval station and coaling yards at Port | lloynl, S. C., and in the demands for shipping at Charleston, Port Royal and Savannah' Aside from the coal and iron ore traflic. tht route pusses through, in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee and along the French Broad Iiiver in North Carolina, the finest bodies 01 i hard woods (such as black walnut, hickories ash, yellow poplar, cherry, birch, Ac..) left standing in the United States, so far as known, J Already large amounts of scotch capital are i iii tmet i?. I i*-. tltsiw-st lon/lt! Ill T 1/OtVU ill UU V.'V/ bllilUVt i (iiiut'i ABBEVILLE'S RAILROAD PROSPECT. * Encouraging Reports About the Carolina, ftimbeviaml <xii?> and Chicago Kailroaii. fNews mid. Courier.] Aunr.vn.LK, May 11.?There was a meeting of the stockholders of the Carolina, Cumberland (Jap and Chicago llniiroad Company held at Greenwood yesterday, to hear a report lYom the financial ayentof the company, Mr Schofield. The agent was not pressent., hut ht sent a report. His report was most eneourag iinc to the Iriendsof the cnterpri>e. Mr. Scho field reported to tho meeting that three J,on don bankers had agreed to loan the company Sv.'iOU.OUO if on investigation they found liit statement, made to them by Mr. Scliotield Ir bi; cornel, .and the banks sent their sigenl over to investigate the affairs of thecompany and to look into the resources ol' the countr> through which the line is to pass. The pen tlcman who represents the banks is now ii: Louisville, Ky. We are all very much gratified by Hie re port, and arc looking forward to the comple lion of the road at no distant day. This is r (fraud enterprise, and one lhat will do nmcli toward developing this State, and we expect a boom to strike Abbeville that will make hei one <>f the most important trade centres In the State. In the meantime wo are not ceasing to worl; for the building of the road from Klberton (la., by Abbeville, Greenwood, Chester and on to Munro, North Carolina. This section is alive to the importance of railroad connec tion, am} is fully sensible of the beneficial re suits arising Irom the construction of these arteries of trade and engines of commercial progress and material development. WITH CLOSED DOORS-NEWSPAPER MEN 2V?>^U?iOX?>^ 1U AXililbij. t Electing ol' the Directors of the Carolina, Cumberland (iap and Chicago Railroad. A ugusla Chronicle. The directors and the stockholders of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad met at Greenwood on Thursday. The meeting Wsis well attended, delegates beinu present (rorn Aiken, KUtfeilclU, Troy, Abbeville, Williamston, Due West and I'iekens. The meeting was held in Waller's Hall, and was presided over by Col. II. K. Bo wen, ol Pickens, who is the acting president of the road. The meeting was held with ciosed doors and the newspaper men were requested to ret ire. Sciiofieid was expected to be at the meetinsr, but he did not come. He sent a large batch of papers to show what progress be is making with the capitalists of Europe, and he expressed himself as being "siill hopeful" j mat arrangements wouiu do coinpieieu very soon by which the money could bo realized on I the bonds of the road. lie says that the capitalists now have a man in this country who is authorized to examine the statusof the road, and if he makes a satisfactory report the money will be raised,provided that the towns on the route in Edgefield, Abbeville, Aiken and Pickens counties first raise by subscription a sum not less than fifty thousand dollars. Some of the friends of the road express themselvesns being "more than hopeful" that the road will now be built, but others expressed themselves as being disgusted with Scholield, and said they would have nothing more to do with the enterprise. The next meeting will be held at Abbeville about the lath of i J une. THE GREENVILLE AND LAURENS. - Truck Laying on Tliis Xow Road is Nearly Completed. Greenville yews. The track layers on the Greenville and Laurens Railroad reached Riley Cox's yesterday and them is now but seven miles and a half j of ground bet ween the city and the locomotives of the new road. The con t ractors expect I to reach Laurel creek, six miles from here, on Tuesday. There will be some delay at that point caused by the trestles to bo built, of : which t here will he thrt-e. Chester, Greenwood niiil Abbeville Hailrond and Other lloads. | h'lberton Leader.] No town in Georgia is lieiny looked upon with so inucrli favor just now as our own Klben.on. This means Elbert county as well as the town. Heretofore we have had but, little recognition from the outside world. We have j been considered as an out of the way place i and a backward people. This ii justice has cmlcd and we can hopefully look forward to a ; bright and successful future. I Then; is now on hand u practicable, ecojnomical jincl splendid opportunity lorKlberi ton and Klberl county to swell her numbers, to prosper autl enrich her people. A few days niro w<; were visited by business men representing thef'hesPT,Greenwood and Abbeville Kailroad. These gentlemen arc not speculators for the spoils of charier rights or <|itesliouable methotls. They mean business. They mean improvement. "Wo allude to the gentlemen whose names were mentioned in last week's i<site and who came here to represent the interest ol IIiu Chester, Circunwcoil and Athens Railroad. A young gentleman of our town who takes a prominent part in all our enterprises went Willi them to the Carolina line, and he tells us the people of Abbeville will build their part of this road. They are aroused on this ! subject and offer to do all towards Its accomplishment that is required of them. Their representation us to what they will do is as I valid as a bond, and with good security. All I the arrangements have been made for the money necessary for the eross-tieing, trestle, j bridge-work, ironing,and equippingthis road. There is no tiosli about this. All we are asked to do is to grade the roadbed to the river, or through the county. From Elberton to the Savannah River is'almosta natural grade. From Elberton westward only a part i;> difficult and this n. small part?not over two miles. Then comes the question, will we do this? Every man, woman and child ought to say ' Yes." Why? Hecause this road willdogivat things for Elbert, county as well as Elberton. How? It will come almost perpendicularly to the Elberton AirLine Railroad, traversing a section untouched and unbeneiittcd by this last named mad, so far as local development is concerned. It will connect us with Atlanta closer by fitly miles. Ii will carry ns to the ocean by many hours quicker. It will penetrate and wake to life the sleeping energies of a great portion of t he best people in this county ami in Georgia. It will put us in direct, quick and close, connection with the East and West. We already have a Northern outlet. More than this. Jt will bring by this town and through this county the Augusta and Chattanooga Railroad. This last road will and must be built. Augusta, Charleston and Savannah, all, demand some new line. Such a road as they need and will have, cannot afford to leave us and go elsewhere. Next to Athens we rank highest in the cities of North East. <?a. But above and beyond all this, here is the best advantage gained : The best part ot Georgia or of any other country is in the Eastern and Southern part of Elbert county. This part of "God's country" on tile one side is watered by the Savannah, the other by the Broad River. Lying between the two there is a section as dear to us as was nl.win H'I.AIIA T Im'u n-ofovL' itint Ttc iug (inlands to-day invite the stranger, and its valleys are broad and fertile and never false to the touch of the husbandman More than this. On both these rivers are the most magnificent water powers and of such a nature as can be readily and cheaply converted to the uses of man and machinery. Think what wonderful results will come of the development of these resources. Think of how our population will be increased; how our industries will bo strengthened; how our civilian' Hon will be advanced, and liow happiness will be promoted ! Vniu u-ii /1.I11 nnnn niir tlir? tntvn - and county to make one determined, united effort to accomplish this one great enterprise. Our pride suggests it, our business requires It and our patriotism demands it. One grand rally of our people will accomplish .this pur' pose, and wc ask you to meet together on the first Tuesday in June, at Elberton, and give i shape and life to a cause which will make our country a proud heritage to our children. ! PROGRESS. Aujjtista and Newberry's Narrow Gangrc. Augusta Xcics. The Evening News ran up against the busiest , railroad man in town, and accosted Col. R. M. r Mitchell this morning, as follows: 'Well, Mr. President, what about the Caro!> Una Red Lines ?" "The survey of the Newberry Red Line," replied PrcsidenLilitcliell, "is progressing quite i satisfactorily. A. preliminary line has been : run by Chief Engineer liarksdale and his | corps to .Sweetwater church, about ten miles I from the city, and this morning the engineer corps is engaged in locating the roadbed pre[ punitory tocornmenclng the grading. We are particularly delighted with having found a ; way over the JIaiuburg Hills with'a ninety , far* r cri'jwlo." , "You will hog in grading very soon then?" i "Yes, perhaps in a day or I wo, and the track laying will follow closely. Wo are now advertising for two hundred railroad laborers. Captain HnrKsoale estimates that the grading from Hamburg to Sweetwater will not. com exceeding S5U0 per mile, which is much cheaper than I ever supposed the work could be done. IIe is the great pathfinder, however.' "How long will the. main line he?" "Say 70 miles to Newberry, and yesterday I had a letter Irom the chairman of a committee representing township No. l of Newberry county oll'erimr aid to bring the road toward Union C II. When we receive a definite proposition from Union county, which we antici , pate soon, me ^ewueny riiuu win ?e i'.\ii*iiuI oil through Union and perhaps York counties, n and into Xorth Carolina. Tints the main road will probably be over !">l) miles long, penetrat' ing the best counties of south Carolina. With its branches all in operation, this road should bring to Augusta 150,0U0 bales of cotton annually." "How are the assessments being paid in?" "Very nicely. Hut you know we have private subscriptions only in Augusta and Edgefield county. The balance of the road will be . built by township, city or county subscriptions." ? "You will build the road?" "Yes, we will build it. Xever fear that, and when you hear any one say we will not, put him down as a prejudiced individual or a : fool!" "Other parties are proposing to construct a ' narrow gauge*from Johnston to Augusta?arc i they not?" "I have heard there was some such scheme afoot. The Augusta and Xewherry authorities have nothing to do with it, however. We will build on our own line, and gladly welcome any other narrow gauge which lias Augusta as its terminus, because feeders, come whence they may, will do great good commer> ciallv." t "Where will you cross theSavannah river?" , "That, has not been fully decided. We are considering three or four point.?over the S. - C. railway or C. C. it A. bridge, or the build in# of an independent bridge by I lie Sandersville railway. I believe, however, that most of the directors prefer crossing in tbe upper pari of the city." "You will build rapidly?" "Yes; y oilcan say that t lie Red Line directory have their road assured, and not only as. sured, but that it will be rapidly built, liut you will pardon ine now." | Tlic Ninety-Six and Johnston Road. Edgefield Monitor, May !3. On Monday tlie Atlantic, Greenville and Western Narrow Oauce Railroad Company made a contract wifli Alexander stnart & Co., for the grading of the road from Ninety-Six tliron?rl? Abbeville and Kdgetleld counties to Johnston, in Kdgefteld county, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, a dis tance of thirty miles. On the same day aconf tract was partially completed with Sullivan <fc Co., for the grading from Johnston to Hamburg, the Carolina terminus of the South Carolina Railroad bridge over the Savannah to Augusta. Chief Kngincer Kirk is now in Au. imsta in conference with Superintendent Peek of the South Carolina Road* about obtaining ' the use of the bridge for the Narrow Gauge track. Sluart & Co.. have agreed to accept in payment the bonds issuedfor the railroad atnine1 ty cents on the dollar. Sullivan <fc Co., will accept the notes aiven for subscriptions by > responsible persons along the line between ' Johnston and Augusta. which are already pledged, and will pay for the work, which is very light. It may now be said safely that the Narrow ' Gauge i< under contract from Augusta to the I Saluda River at "Ware's shoals, a distance of I sevenly-'our miles. Captain Kirk is positive i thi" grad ng over this distance will be com* pic ted b> September Isi, as Stuart A Co., will begin wu *k from Ninety-Six to Johnston on the lot itthis month. I'residejit. llauiinet received last nisrht from W. J. i!e:i?ly, a prominent and wealthy citiKen of Johnston, and a Representative in the Legislature from Edgefield. a letter giving an encouraging account of tlie feelimr there in favor of tin-Narrow (Jaime. .Mr. R^ady says the surveying corps passed through Johnston on Monday and went on toward Trenton and ! Hamburg. The latter is lace will probably be j reached to-day. The Johnston people are thorI onghly aroused on the subject, and are ready 11> supplement 11101 r lownsnip siinsonpuon. already voted, with any private subscription IbilL may bo needed. The Latest Rail road Xeus. Lancaster Review. The County Commissioners bciil a, meeting at the Court ilouse lust Saturday lor the purpose of considering petitions presented by freehold voters in the townships of Gills Creek, Cane Creek and Pleasant. Hill, asking for an election to deteimine whether these townships shall subscribe to the capital stock of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. It being ascertained that a majority of the qualified freehold voters of the respective townships had signed the petitions, the County Commissioners decided to order the election prayed for at an early day. Formal lioticeof the election will probably appear in our next issue. The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad was represented at the meeting by .Major Jas. F. llart, of Vorkville. The several amounts which these townships propose to subscribe are as follows: Gills (,'reok. >:>!),nlXi; Cane Creek, $15),l)!ifl; Pleasant Hill, Silt,urn); makinga total of iTT.Oiii). It is estimated that the amount required lobe raised by taxation to pay the interest on the bunds to be issued by these three townships for the sums named will be i.'i.iiJ on the Si,DUO of taxable property. How Vlrai a Foundation. JJIi/iJIClK .1 ui'irriixcr. i Whileother men talk aiul write !in<l tele| graph, and 1-1-leap ever?or try 1o leap over and break down?the strong walls which "the children of disobedience*" have built around j jour eft//, our man Mitchell quietly and rcso-j ; lately moves forward toward the goal of his and our ambit ion, namely: the building and equipping and operating of the Augusta, ftdgelield and Newberry U:iii Uoad. and its side trucks, ft.v bmnrlirx, contributing lines i and feeders, and tributaries and co-operating! j trunk lines. To-day the engineers have their] camp at (Japf. Joint A.Wise's, 7 miles below I Kdjrciield. (>n Sunday they will be in Kdge-j Held, and will, like all good christaia workers, attend ?orvicc at the Haptist, or the Meth-j . odisl.orthe Kpiscopa!, or the Presbyterian, \ | or thcCathoticdiurch; and bright and early Monday morning they will take the road fori Newberry. 1 ?*?wnww*?,i hl eb.' u?uu > ww^wwwpaii'u.m?n'i T> 11 BV JLi. U, 1IJUJ Dealer Sash, Doors, I INGS, BRAC! May 19,18SG, tf Are Ope Oi.J. _i? DL OIUCK 01 Vll AT THE STORE UNi THEY ABE SELL] Mr. W. A. TEMPLET01N, wl will give you a hearty welcoi iness. Mr. S. J. CASON wi] any and all who may call. Aooeviue, ?. u., way o, jsso. UNDER THE I O. FE HAS just opened a new ami elegantly fitted NEW HOTEL, and Is now receiving aut complete a full line of Drugs, Medicines, Chen Also, all the popular PATENT MEDICINES ke warrants to be fresh and good. Prnsprinfifina rnr^fnllv fVnnnnmHlp H<? also ofl'ers a well selected stock of FANCY Colognes, Foreign and Domes in great variety, Finest Tils line of BRUSHES AND SOAPS is simply NAIL. FLESH, SII A.VINO AND SHOE BKUS est.. He hits always in stock a lull line of STATI January 28,1885, tf "SPEElT&l Keep constantly on hand a full j DRUGS, CHEMICALS, etc..et ent and proprietary medicines. HI Dyspepsia. For sale only by vx. Try our black ami our compound syrup sarsaparil1 bed bug poison, the most con veilieetwny of all the staple and fashionable colors. a full li stationary, etc.. etc. The best brands of ci1 complete stock of white leads, paints. brushes, window glass, golden maci Bros. prepared paint, the bestiu the mark ^Prescription. I JL Physician's proscriptions and Family Recipcs rlenced and competent hands. Orders by hand t April 29,1885, tf PALMETTO Ite Larint tit Bill SlttU WITH SELECT TTTHXF /~VT.D TTTHTSKEY. 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