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The Abbeville Messenger. M. L. RONIIAM, Jk.,1 r, ?? . . T- f. COTUKAN, > Eimtohr am) JAS. S. PEltltlN, f Fko.'hiktorh WEDNESDAY, A PHIL, 1, 1KH5. T1IE SITUATION. uStiinlii^n line tm( nlf/tfiul Materially since last wo ok, except thnt wo believu ftu1 passion incident to the argument heretofore has died ont to n great extent, and men are beginning to look at this question purely from the standpoint of reason, and "business." As will appear by the extracts that we publish to-day, from the Aiken, Edgefield, Pickens and Kasley paprrs. those papers, and those places are wide awake to the importance of putting their shoulders to the wheel. They understand fully that we need expoct no help from anybody unless wo help ourselves; and thov arc preparing to do it. Private advices from Due West and Troy assure us that those two places are earnest in the behalf of the Koad. And thus it appears that Abbeville) alone, of the town(i along the line is indiiTcrent or opposed to the Uoad. Abbeville, which Avas the parent of the scheme, is now sa(ught by some to be put in the nttitude jof repudiating her own offspring. That lamented and public spirited citizen, the late Maj.,\V. K. Hradlev, f>rst advocated the extension of the Helton and Kasley lload through this section, nn'rt nn to n nnnnpr.finn \rifli Aiken nn . one hand and across the mountains on the other. As long as he lived he lahorec^arD^Bt^^oi^the^ccomi'lishment Again, when the enterprise languished and liope was about abandoned, Abbeville revived it, breathed life into it, awoke the interest and inyoketl the ai<l of all the towns along the Road, nml now when if wo work in harmony with those towns there is good reason to believe the road will be built, some people pull back, and want to abandon the whole scheme. This has always been our trouble, we fly from one scheme to another, before we have fairly tried the firBt. If Greenwood had been as easily diverted from her purposo as we are the A. & Iv. would not now be built. iNow wnocvor ncara 01 any people having somebody else to build a railroad for them Who did absolutely nothing to assist the building. What right have we to expect others to put money into a road that we are not willing to grade and cross-tie ? We can surely do that much, and if we do there will be no difficulty in having it equipped and made ready for use. Let us see what resources we have available : Aiken will subscribe 5 per cent, of her taxable property, we do not know the exact amount but certainly it will toot bo less than Abbeville's, which is in round numbers $575,(XX); the other towns and townships will subscribe the 6 per cent.; the account will stand t.hiiH - Aiken $575,000, at 5 per cent. *27,750 Edgefield, (townships,) SblKJO Troyf about $60,000 at 5 percent. 3,(tX) Abberille, $575,000 at 5 per cent. 27,7K) There are to be graded between Abbeville and Troy about 8 miles, between Troy and Edgefield, 20 " " Egdefield and Aiken, 4 " Total 38 miles Now it will be conceded that $2,000 a mile is a fair ostium to of what i?. will cost to grade anil cross-tie the Road. Then we have as subscriptions, ? Jfl 11,500 38 miles to grade at $2,000 a mile, - - - $ 7(5,0(X) Margin on bonds, $ 35,500 Now it is said if the lload is built to Abbeville it will n?!V?r go further. Why the npper end is the easiest part of the work. See the figures : Due "West subscription, $1G,455 Williainston, 12,000 Belton, 30.000 Honea Path, 5,000 Pickens, 20,000 Total, (53,455 With 21% tuiles to grado at $2,000 a mile, 43,000 Margin, 20,455 The Road is bound to go on. Jf il reaches Abbeville its course can't be stopped. ' Due West herself will grade the wholo distance between Abbeville and Due West. Oh! thnt we hud some of her spirit. Surely then it is practicable for us to grade the Road. And if it is who doubts that wo can got it ironed and equipped ? If wp adopt any other line wo shall have identically those saine difficulties. Let u* cling to our en* terprise and not waste or throw awaj th?( monoy wo have put into it. The Road can be built if Abbeville stands hy it, an4 does not desert the post she tint took, "WHAT WILL HE IK) WITH IT?" Mi*. Pearson of New York City, backed by an immense and highly respectable following of tho business men of New York, Democrats and Republicans, askrf of President Cleveland the re-appointment to the office of Postmaster of that city. In connection with this crisis of political history the question so full of gravity confronts the solid man of Buffalo, "what will ho do with it 7" T* * % * ? n was uouoiicBs easy ior tne ^resident to hare forecast what to do with it, where a vacancy occurs in an office filled by a ra^id republican partisan or when to rerilove inefficient servants of the public. The question as to how vacan.. - ' V-.v 4 ' ^ ..-r.'.v5 oies should ho created has been settled < by the President in his various utteran- 1 cos upon tho subject, but here is a difficulty, untliought of, how shall this vacancy bo filled. Ilis announced policy as to the creation of vacancies, is strikingly similar to that of JollVrson in 1801, "No man who has conducted himself according lo his duties would have anything to fear from im1, as those who ' have done ill would have nothing to 1 hope, be their political principles what ' they might." 1 Again .1 oiler son says. "Hcmovals must 1 be as few as possible, done gradually, ami bottomed on some malversation or ' inherent disqualification." Again utiood men to whom there is ' no objection, but a difference of politi cal principle, practiced on only ax far ns the rfyht of a private citizen will jvKt'fjti are not proper subjects of removal." Offices filled by such men as these should be subjected 011I3* to the gradual operation ol deaths, resignations ' ami expirations of terms, when it is ex- J pectud that the democratic Isaac slinll lip duly carried up to the altur and sacrificed upon the oflicinl Jehovah-jireh. But this is a very different slate of affairs. Mr. lYarson is a Republican, lie is from all accounts a man of irre- ' pvoachahlc character and signal ability. J It is snid that tlio management of the New York post office under his admin- 1 istration lias excelled in perfection of ' every detail anything that has ever been seen in New York lie fori', and that ho has made in every respect a model Ufl;-;!master. It is hardly,_l?tfssiTdc to con- I ccivc a stronsCJX^SL' in favor of the ro- . ting republican official. Tumor tho rules of the civil service ro- ' form, aiul without doubt the eyes of the Nation arc upon tho President, watch- i ing to see whot he will tfu with it. Is Mr. Peroson the only man in Now York who can (ill tho New York post office ? j If so then ro-appoint him ami for tho | sake of tho proper distribution of the 1 mail retain Mr. Pearson. lint he is not J par excellence, tho Post Master of Now , York. There nre many faithful and i ready democrats who have boon eager and anxious for the "'posish'' many days, and we think one of them ought to have * it. It is an acknowledged custom of all 1 parties, certainly among the Itepubli- 1 cans, to fill vacancies with ineti of their < own mini, anu rrcsmcni Cleveland inivy ' very well imitate their example in this 1 instance. We fail to sec wherein any I of the rules or principles of the civil f service reform would be violated by tie- j cling to re-appoint Mr. Pearson, ami we do see how we would receive and merit 1 the scorn of Republicans by a boot-licking poliey which would confess the inn- i hility of our party to supply capable men and a simpering hypocritical toad}-- j ism to a very strained construction of i civil service reform. Mr. I'earson was 1 appointed for four years, his term will soon expire, then the United States will have performed its part of the contract. ] and Mr. Pearson in his application for , re-nppointmer.t should stand upon a l footing with the democratic aspirants? equal in all respect^ save in flymj^athy j with the powers that bp. p t -fc ? -^tr *T"".. ? r WE PAC8K FOK A HKPIjY. ti "At the meeting on the 13th Mr. lien- d et in withdrawing his resolutions said u we must wait but r.ot too long, lie wish- t< e?i us to liiovo together. Messrs. llohert- w son, Lyon, L. W. Perrin the editor of the Medium and wo believe the whole meeting were of tlie same opinion. Endorsing the action of the meeting the MEssKxcKii of the 17th inst. said: ' We must wait. It may be a slow policy, but it is safe and prudnnt. We ^ have made a proposition to Charleston |( and she is endeavoring to meet it. If she does the road will he built. We will know in a few weeks it is said. Why then recede from our own proposition and possibly lose our hist chance of u securing a place on a grand trunk line q of railway, that will unite us on the one ^ hand with the deep water, ami on the other with the West. Moreover, we n lose nothing by waiting to learn the re- p suit of Charleston's efforts.'* q So it seems others agreed with us in |j our view as to the result of the meeting. What then does this effort to have an C( immediate election mean ? Has any- si thing definite li??en heard from Charles- a ton ? We pause for a reply."?Maliion. Charleston has boon hoard from, and the Medium lias published the words of Major fl raw ley, which make it evident that it was not Charleston's intens1 tion to build this road, but to help us do ' it. Moreover, every place along the line that has a newspaper has been heard from, and all of them arc urging q on their people the necessity of doing something themselves toward the work. It therefore becomes encumbent on ^ Abbeville to decide whether she will throw away what sin; has put into the road by abandoning the enterprise, or j whether she will put her shoulder to ^ the wheel and carry it on to completion. ^ The way to decide ?hat question is by the election. If the people adopt the . first course tliev will vote against the II subscription, and kill the enterprise, ^ as the JIctliuni desires. If they in- ^ tend to take hold of this matter theiny selves, and therobv shciiw ?;<l ??>/?. J ?v v,,v w,u ? *- V (J, osstiry to complete the rnnil. (hey will . vote for subscription. This is nil there ^ is in it. n FAIKPIiAY. ll "What wo* the purpose of tlic Pre** and Manner tixtrn? Was it to forestall signing the petition for the vote ? T^et us have fair play 1" ?Extra of Mess- G enqer, March US. (j The objeet of the Press and Banner ? Extra was to forestall the signing of the v petition for the vote. That and nothing T else. We acted in self-defence. Now.' tr as we have answered your question frankly and unequivocally, will you *n-, ?. swer two for us ? Why did tho pro- , jectors of this movement wait untilafier the issue of our papers to agitate this u . .... ; .. question ? Why was tho knowledge of this movement withheld from us, though we sought tho information ? Let us have fair play.?Press and Banner. Certainly we will. 1st, The projectors of this movement <lid not wait, till after the issue of' tfour papers to ai/itate thin <[uest ion. Your paper is published hut once i week, anything not done on the day of publication of your paper is done after one issue or before another. It i*ould not )>e otherwise unless they had moved on the very day of publication, you could still have made the same complaint. There is nothing in 'it. 2nd, From whom did you seek your information? Who withheld it from von ? What did you want to know ? riive us the facts. We don't know whom you asked for information, but wo will ivager if he had any he didn't refuse to jive it to you. There is no reason for ulfiicc or secrecy, and it would be foolish to affect tlietn. What possible object could anybody have had in refuslg to give you any information. I'lie whole purpose of these questions s to create the impression that the advocates of the Cumberland (tap lioad ire working in secret to tale advantage if th<: people, and do a mean and un list thing. Now \vc denounce nny suck >'lbrt as unfair. Tho insinuation is tnfonnded in fact, and un,wthy "ot dace in this argumcytr "' ^rilMSTKU MOTIVES." Tko following letter has been sent us "or publication: Erf/tors Messenger: ftENTi.EMRN: In your issue of the 25th ultimo, I find the following paragraph: ' lias t lit* editor of the I 'res;: (Hid Banner any personal interest in buildng ar.v road, other than the C. C. 0. and C ? ' In reply, I would say that I have no!, J ind any assertion or inti-11:1'ion that i j lave, is without foundation in fact. I rust that you had no sinister motive in nuking the insinuation against n .:o?npe- , itor who lias always tried to tr-ut you airly and honorably, and from whom i-ou could have so easily ascertained his news. Respectfully, KHITOK PKESK AND Banned We don't know exactly what Mr. Wilson moans by "sinister motives.*' 1'or- 1 taps he nie.ins the motives with which ip published in the I'r&rn mul llanncr | lie following words, as applied to the idvocalos of the Cumberland Unp Road. [f those are "sinister motives" wo promptly deny that any"such have actuated us. Ilero arc tho extracts front tho Press mxl Jinnncr: "Will they take our property to build heir road ? Tho stockholders of a railroad ask fou to give them the right to sell your jeil to raise money for thoir road. Lay your hand on your heart and say f you would extort maney froiu (he svidow and orphan, merely to build a oad to Aiken or Montiuorencio on the 3outh Carolina Railroad. A?k contributions of money to send missionaiios to convert the heathen to Jhristianty. Sell out your Christain icighbor to raise money to build a railroad to Aiken. Shall a majority of our uljir.pf s Ivt^cI^ . jic^pro^^-t^tltc minority, anil r * ropriatc^rcto tho buiMing of their rail-1r oad ? You have given Schofiold years of 1 ime, then can you not give us at h-nsta fl ay of grace, before laving violent, hands % pon our property, ami appropriating it ' ^ the building of your road, in which ^ ;e are not interested. ' The widow and orphan. tl??? struggling n oor, and all who may hi: involved in t Ilis great debt, certainly deserve your on>i'l<M:iiion, and vv-; hop;- thai :.* j y may bo extorted from ai:y li^tr.sied s itizen to pratify your pride in the pro- r lotion of your enterprise wh en is at | ast of questionable benefit to the eom- ? junity, and which cannot exist as a sepa- t ite organization.'' Xo, sir. We had no such '"sinister 1 iotivcs." We were discussing a public I uestion and wanted to know if th" zeal hicli marked Mr. Wilsons advocacy as induced in any way by motives of \ ersonal interest. lie suys not. Th.?t:s * uite sufficient. We are glad t.> pub- j; sh his denial. What he says of his omluct as a competitor is quite true in n r> far as it relates to the Mksmkxkkk ,nd he will admit that we have not been ?ss fair and honorable toward him. i 'his is not the question involved. And J ..it ?u.. : ~c ?i... ir V r? uti niu iiuu^iiuiis III nil? n ere answered by the I'rexs and Jfa/i- r er in its Inst issue we do not under- a [and the mot/res with which thi.s one v ! deferred to this late day. We trust ho 1 ad no "sinister motives." JOMMISSIOXKR or AGllICULiT r URK. : Ft seems to he the policy of President ^ lleveland to appoint no man to f (lice who is strongly endorsed therefor s r who has done the party any service. r lis latest exploit is to appoint a Mr. ^ 'oleman of fc-'t. Louis, Commissioner of j Lgriculture. Gol. Aiken did more to i pcure the creation of the office in the 1 lterestsof Agriculture than any other nin. lie was supported for the office c y the representatives of twenty-eight c tates, and hy the National Orange and n et the President appoints one whose re- 1 ommendation so far as we know is that c e once eilited an agriculture paper; Col. v ,iken ought to have had the appoii.t- c lent, and his Irieiuts litre are much 11 isnppointod. ^ KDITOKIAL NOTES. ; , The opponents ??f the Cunfbcrlnud lap profess to he very confident of the ti efeat of the subscription of 5 per cent. ifhy then do they object to an election? v h?t would be the readiest way of kiU- R i&,th? project, and making way for tl iei* own schemes. They are in cod- : stint. They oppose signing I 'po- f tion for an election which theyate'eer- |j ijn thoy can carry. h :V. "" 'kill-, * ~ M k ' - i . - ** . . ' "Abbeville has not beon so stirred up since the campaign of 187(5. Railroad is all the talk. Our contemporaries are busy sending out extras. Wo keep cool." Exactly so : The Medium is always "cool." "Cool" in its assumption of always being right. '-Cool" in its character of "The Great Objector" to everything it did not originate. "Cool" in always saying, after the event, "1 told you so." Decidedly th?? J tedium is "cool." It is nothing if not "cool.,Tub President has appointed Gen. .Josoph 10. Johnston Kail Road Commissioner. Bite West Alive! Her Best Citizens Take Interest in the CM C. 6. & C. R. R. A IlKSOI ACTION ADOPT 131> !>!KHCTINC Til 13 PKTITION TO 1110 PltKSKNTHD ASKING FOll A VOTK ON SntSCItlPTION. Endorsing the .Messenger?Duo West will Vote the 5 ]>er rent.?Hurrah ?ft)''- liruve, Enlightened and l'rogiessive Due West. ^ 1)ub Webt, March 28th 188;". Mnn n f llwi Innrnef nn/1 v I. v V> ?IIV> llll^vnv tl.Ml lilUOV L-IU,IMII a;*in? railroad mei'tings occurred in Krskine Chappcl, last Thursday night, that we have ever had. It was most harmonious and satisfactory in every respect. The whole situation in all of its complications and hearing was discussed. The following is a copy of the minutes : Thursday, March 26th.?A m nding of the friends of the C., C. <i. & C. It. I!., was held here this veiling, convening at 7-110 o'clock : 1'rof. .1. N. Young occupied th? Chair, and K. S. (inlloway acted as Secretary. The Chairman called: un the delegates to the Charleston meet- , in^ for a report of what transpired there, j \M II ?-> 1? 1 * '?* * ? ? ' ' .nessrs. n. j'i. nouuer, u. \y . iiatltlon, ] 11. 1'. McGee anil I >r. -I. W. Wideman, I each marie remarks in order earned, as', lo their visit and what might he expect- i ed of Charleston. M r. K. W. IIaddon.nl Director of this Road wns put through} a course of cut?ohisni ml IHiituiu. .is long as a member could think of a question to ask. In answer to th" question, what is the amount of present debt on the lloail ? Mr. llatldon rep'.i. d, that, so far as he knew it would not exceed i $1,000, of actual claims. Toe charter! of the ('., ( . (i. A C. It. It. was ri'ml anil i also the form of petition asking the I t.'ountv Commissioners to order an election. Prof, llood. Dr. tirier. Dr. Wide?ian, President Kennedy, llev. W. F Pearson, llev. W. I,. Pressley, Dr. Kdwards and others made earnest speeches in behalf of this great -enterprise. When the following resolution ottered by President Kennedy, with an amendment by Prof, llood was heartily and unanimously cr-rried : Hesohwtf, T:u?t a committee of* five be appointed to cUrry around th?' petition just read and secure r? majority of the property holder" of Duo West Township, praying-'that a vote levying 5 per cent^pon the taxable property of sa'd*JPS'nship be ordered by the Ooun^'Cc5ui>. ??io?ionjr?. -. " " *? "* "TT Prof, llood : I move to amend the esolution : 1st. Hy erasing (ho words in the petiion, '7o the limits of the township." ,nd inserting in lieu thereof the. exact vords of the resolutions passed by tli^ )irectors of the Koad on day of daroh inst., to wit, through the oirnshiff: 2d. That this petition is to b? signed, md the election ordered in accordance hereto on tlie condition to be expressed m the bonds,to be issued by the author* ty of the vote taken, that such bonds hall be null and void, unless said raiload shall pass through the corporate iinits of Due West, thence along the general route of the survey through the ownship. The Chair asked time until the folowing day to announce the tive inein)er.s of this committee. The following motion was put and inanimously carried by the house : Jii'solcal. We the citizen* of Due Vest, do henrtily endorse the Ancnni.i.K Mksskxi;>:k in its spirited anil nanly defence of the interests of the J., 0. G. & C. IJ. I?. X flie Carolina. Cimihoi'lAiiil (i:ip hiuI ('llicilifo K ii i I i-i >.i, I Maj. \V. II. Brawley, of Charleston, n mi interview with a reporter of l!io Vcics ami Courier, which interview ve republish, explains very fully the attitude cf Charleston toward our l!uiload enterprise. This interview plainly n<l linHattcrin^ly truthful, confirms what re said to our renders lust week?in that t shows that everything hinges on the llbrts now being made for local subicriptions nil along the lino. The long tretch of our llailroad across Ivlgelicid iounty is the backbone of the enterprise 11 South Carolina. It runs through the :entre of the county?thr'Uigh a fertile lountry, nml through a section remote rom Knilroads, and for the most of the vnv unaccustomed *.o the sound of a aifrond whistle or the snort of the iron lorse. Wo endeavored Inst week to give some ] dea of the value of this great internal I mprovemont: Hut the half has scarce- 1 V lifU'll Inlil. Tiwlpoil il in inin/ucll.lii In ' stiinato nil the advantages that we will t lerive from the building of this great < entral highway. Not can we expect to 1 ibtain all this increase of property, ami 11 the thousand ami one advantages that i his Railroad will bring, without imy t ost to us. Charleston is nndonbtedly ery much interested in our Jtoud, and nil in the long run, do more for its sucoss than we- can do. Hut Charleston is lot f illing to assume the whole* burden if building a Koad through a country j rliere the tMJople along the line do not t tike the initiative and contribute r 0 lay at lca*t^lln: foundation of the pro- ' ected ^tnpv y.-tnent. ' 'The statements of Mnj. Bnawley are ' imety and to the point. We are not 1 oft to- grope in the dark and indulge in < sin imaginings, and in false hopes that ? omebody is going to give us a railroad H completed and equiped fur use. On ( he other hand, it is a maxim, sound in t ir business matters, that they who help J hefasrflves taioat, find the least difficulty * 1 Kitting help from otherH. ' The gods ; elp them who help themselves." We *ve among ourselves latent onergics o j I . ' I and reserved resources that have not yet tli been developed. Let these energies be w? exerted, and these resources properly applied, and we form ihu basis lor gath- s|, erinj; together the elements that will ere- to ate a whirlwind of power. ) ' The Township Petition* Jj'j ('apt,. Lewis .limes, director for the ffj Carolina, ("umberland (Jap and Chicago Railroad, informs us that he has sent w out petitions for signal urns by the own- 1,1 ers of real estate in the Townships of Shaw. Wise, I'iekens. Moss, Mocker fj' and llibler. If a majority of the own- hi ers of real estate in these Townships ;?i sign t lie petition for an election, the same j" will be ordered by tile County Conimis- t'(' siouers. The amounts that are asked sl for in said Townships are as follows : <i Shaw Tow*! ship, *' I'iekens " lo.tKM) " Wists " 12,5? K) u, Moss " -l.O(-K) 1,1 I'.'.ocUer " 'l.(KX) N.N, llibler " 8.0<?O Tatal, ^0:{,(X M J Ti io .1.1- .? v ?.-? < ah ruurij urnii ai;iu llliU lllUNfJ petitions shall be acted upon by the it, Hoard of County Commissioners at their cj; meeting on the tirst Tuesday in April. [jet the friends of the Kailroad therelovt*, w; who have these petitions in char^f, at- j,'. tend to them at oi'.ee, and spare no ?>|i efforts to ji?*l the requisite majority of ll) signatures bj real estate owners, und I'' then return them here before the first Tuesday in April, so that an ei< elion ti, can bo (Mt'ered ti> he hehl in all th?'Se nl Townships on the samo day. Kenn-niber that not a dollar of the subscription of any Township is to be used until the lload is conitdeced and *li running to that Township. A ml rem?>ui-' fr5' that only oni'-twi'iitiotli of those subscriptions is pnj'ablo ouch year. tj( Do not thoso petitions. l)o tli not tefnso to sign tli?*m. l>o m>l oppose to the subscription. I.ot us make n long poll, nn:l a strong pull, and a pull to- "I gother, ami victory will bo ours. r(, AVill it ray? !!' t h Tli? universal ti s!iumiiy is that rail roads sj, Jo pay I In* community through uhicii they ?b run. Follow the Atlanta ainl I'harloite j wi A. Ii. H. K. WIikI wonderful development we I qi see tliere. Flourishing towns now dot that it section of our State, which whs -formerly driven no mainly to uuprotitahlc forests, the liahitiition of w ild animals. The busy liiun of industry and its rapidly developing resources murk it as :v section soon to earn the title of the "garden spot" of III;? State. j ci Laurens, hut lately in thy depths of dc- j spoud is raising its head amongst tliemost] progressive and live towns in the up-eountrv, | it has rail road approaches trom two, anil soon j will have from tour directions. Our neifjli- I hor, enterprising little trrceuwood, formerly) hut n wayside station oil the t!. and ti. K. It., ; undi-r the stimulus of another trunk mad. has J become nn important commercial centre, and i 1,1 warns us in no indistinct terms that unless we | "l nuM' up, ni- ?in <> iirimai'n ui no iii-iinni <tny | to the consciousness tlmt onrglorv liasd- par- j as t?d and that we must lake n hack scat. The "Hail liond W??rl?I * * is thororghly ! aroused nn<t it requires no prophet nor the son of 11 prophet to see thntorclonj; the mountains j y< must be pierced and direct eominunicalion es- ! m tablishol with the great North West- These j j.,. are three bases for a movement nf this!*' kind, Abbeville, (Jrccnville nnd Anderson. I The town selecte<l must of necessity reap in- I estimable advantage from t'le enterprise, gi The great North West will pour of its wealth j r(, produce and emigrants into thetorluuate town ! for distribution. Wc now have a chance, 1,1 probably the last and only one we will ever A have to seou?e tlus coveted prize. Are we prepared to throw away the opportunity? A ... movo has all eady been made to select another ,? route, and it seems that our only hope is a prompt and decided action upon the liropositioii submitted by the ('*, U anil coiupa- I! ny. bet us not by .my act '.f ours or want. of 'j' oil'ort throw away this grand onportiniity. It *i tnav he said to bo cvrtnin that this rond(th<? , C., 1*. <?. and 0. rail road) will not be built '? through Abbeville unless 'wc act and t.'ut At quickly. It inay not comjvif we do ac*\iut wo nb ?' act, "M if WQ ill we'may bo :oii8olcQ ifTtWviue consctri'ooTsaa that we did f, dl we conbl. ~ V" What will be ?iu'- condition if another route 'la >e chosen. We may be said now to be cutoff 4-i "rom the three rich valleys of our county by t}y nil roads and a fourth in contemplation from )ue West to the S. V. R. H., which leaves us he L'ouiinerrial Centre of as isolated a system a ' if red hills, as ever fell to the lot of any one wi own with no adequate means of competing on vith the numerous wayside stations which -jy vill n'r'lle us us on every side, and every one if which will draw from our present trade. , r'or trade will go to the most favored locations. )ur most enterpnsing business men will fol- ro n\r the trade and our property must depreciate (y o an unlimited extent. It will then he fruit- m( ess for us to appeal to the tJeorgia Central or my other system for relief, with our dimin- 11 shed trade ( scarcely enough now to support (-'s )iic branch road) we will then be too poor an oil hject tocoinmand their respect or attention: ve must have another rail road to sustain our p. :oimnercial superiority. We mny tind that 1 lie issue now is the C., 0. O. and C. rail road >r none. . th We are asked to take the initiative in a vote if 5 per cent, of the assessed value of our property in bonds payable in 20 years, not in >ne year as some seem to haro been led to vc uippose. Tty a tax annually of live mills on pi he dollar that is of live dollars on the one '.housand dollars, with the license tux and the ?? street tax, we can pay the necessary expenses n >f our town government an J extinguish the |,(1 bonded debt with accrued interest in fifteen "i rears and have a surplus in the treasury, cr This can casilv he verified l>y calculation. We can certainly afford to pay the the half of .j >nc perccnt. or 5 cents on the hundred dollars A-ortli of property every year for fifteen years, ffl rather than submit to the loss of trade and fit Ihc unlimited decline in the value of our propsrty, which must he our lot if we do not get anit her out-let. The savingoti the freight alone in a few necessaries of life by each individual >vould more than pay his tax, but our benefits 1 1o not stop here. The completion of the road "i< irill naturally he followed by building of hous- of 28 and other improvements which vill add to su ihc taxable property of the town, and every foi lotlnruo UllHlfl will Iniuon Hill hnnliin of fil' lion. The rail roml property alone will exceed va 11 value faO.OOO, within the town limits, from t ivhich we will realize a town tax of $250, so roi .hat we can readily see that the improvements t'1 tvill help largely to shoiten the time in which ("e .vc are to lie taxed. an Our bonds too will not be a total loss to tin. an One half of them are to be returned to us in op <tock and the other haJf in second mortgage an ir income bonds, from which we may reason- in iblv expect, an income after five years, which wu vili be anplied to the sinking fund, and thus of pay off the bonds urobably within 12 years 'hi rom the time they were issued. If we fail to wo jet the road the bonds will he returned to us :or they cannot otherwise be used under the cot :onditions on which they are voted. The 't unount proposed to be voted along the line of wli oad will be a margin for the protection of to :apitalists in Charleston who areexperled to sp jut their money in the enterprise. Unless ch his margin is provided capitalists cannot in sir eason bo expected to take hold of the mattet . I*'r iVe aro not in a position to delay nor dictate 'hi urms. The road to us is a ev "nf.kdckssitv. cn The Ituilroud .\Kain. be At the recent meeting held at Charleston to :otiHi>ler tlir interests of our railroad, and with ] he view of inducing the City to aid in thu con- 0() itriictinn of this irreat enterprise, the busi- MC, less men of Charleston nppointod a commitee to ascertain the resources of the country |)4J1 hrough which the road is to puss and rceoin- j8S nend a safe course for the nionied men of tho jzp iity to pursue. The Atwi and Courier pub- 0(jj isfien in its issue of the 21st an interview with 0j 2apt. W. H. lJrawlev, the chairman of the wniniittee. Whilst ilr. llrawloy ^ives only ^ lis individual opinion, yet this opinion fore- J)U| ihadows the report of the committcc. Ho says rm Charleston wilt invest money in the bonds of .jj) ho road if the security is good. If tho people ilong the line will "grade and prepare the road ' or rails." the money holders of Charleston trill in all probability come to their aid. There V01 8 no doubt about this.If we grade our road i.d prepare it for the rails, we can get any apitalijts to do the rest. It is our opiaion 1 at, if we ever build the Cumberland Gap, we must grade it. ourselves aud raise Ibe inonto do ii by local subscriptions. The sec>11 through which the roud runs must and lould take the lead. Will the towns ami wnships along the route vote the suhscriniii 'I \\*e believe they should and will. Iiis will lie a good test ol' their interest in the ad. Individuals in the towns aud country ong the proposed line can well all'ird to sul>ribe liberally, and il will lie a >> tiiiiaiitee that ie road would tie built, the voters and prop* ty owners of Ka>lcy ami I'ickelis townships, mild vote solidly for subscription. 11 all ie counties through which the road is to run ill \*<it< the subscription, Ibis itself will he a taraiilee. When we grade it, any construcyn company will do the rest, for I hey will ivc no risk lo run. Corporal ions or iudivid ?ls will tlnyi put their nioiiev into il.knowg the in\estiiient is safe. Kdgelield is for cat subscription, aud we believe all the otli counties and tmvns are. l.el the matter Ins ibinitted and give those mosl interested a iuiicc to prove what they want ami how much icy want il. it we (jet the t'u.iiberlaml l' must build il ouiseU s. Piping unto liailcstou, the North, or anvwhcrv.' else, will t construct it. I.et us have the Vote oil the ihscrip!ion ami ?riidc the road onrseWes. 'e can, we oi.jrhi, and will do it-/ .'m'li;/ ' rttiiijtr, (irnr.d Itiiilt'OiuI Seliomc. Just at this time MeCormiek, mid surroumlg community are all agog. Our cnterprisg fchow-townsman .lames t'othran, Jr.t delrat j to I lie grunt Itailroad project, recently I I in t'harleston. S. t'., bids us hope on, and !icn we say hope on, we mean it, in its fullt ami hro dest sense. The Savannah Valy Koad, already approaching completion, t'ers the ncecssarv facilities so much needed extend this road to Aiken, H. C., which will ace us in direct communication with our ineipal sea port. Our citizens, are fully ivc to litis fi'pv i in ii. il'ini 1; ; i.......J I in, a nil are willing In become responsible for 11hey call allbrd 1<> further this selii-mc. \Ve ust our Uailroad Magnates, will I'll I l_v appreule tlio (treat mlvnrtajies iillorcil by the Sa.unali Valley It. K. Co., ami, wiil allow notlij; to deter tbeni from this common sense tort rail line, from the jrrcat west, to our iiithcrn sea board. ?A ?/< /?! < The whole matter in a nutshell, is thi-,if| e towns anil counties aloii? the line will ilo eirpart in subscribing a sullieienl amount uratle the road, Charleston will take enough the bonds to buy the iron ami lay it down, ill the South Carolina Uailway will transport e materials free of charge and furnish the lliiifr stock necessary until the r< ail f?ots on : liriu basis. Tin* towns ami conn lies alomr J e line will shortly be'asked to subscribe to i e liroposed road, ami should they fail lo relonil, then Charleston will have n at it i n^r Jo > with it. So the whole mailer now rests ith the people itloujr the line of road and the icstion is, "What are they jroiiii; t<i do about r? lourmit itH'i /Smew. How thtt'J'iix Wmilil Slum!. First year, amount on S"50 fiO. ; Hail road lax, annual payment on pal, 2.f>< >. Town tax, 1 f>0. I State ami Cour ty tax 10 mills, 12.00. On .$1,000 worth of properly H) fii) 'I In; Press ami limine.)' eharges tlio t il ro.nl taxes double. "Animal pay- ! ent Dii principal" antl same amount as ! ail road tax.'' Besides it must be borne in mind that! , each annual payment of principal is ade, the interest on the remainder ileeases at the rate of 17 cents less each ?ar, so that when the last payment is ! ado it would only he $2.<57 instead of i.HO as stated by the I'rcxs uial Ji'tn:r Kxtra March 2!>. 18Ko. iMirthorniore, the above statement asunes that the Stat'1 and County lax will main 12 mills, whereas, thi* is an anjal tax, greater than for t! " year past, re we ablo to stand a rail road tax ? The town of Abbeville lias an assessed dnation of property in round numbers >75.000, and is asked to vote o percent, 'that amount to the C.. C. (5.&C. 11. . ik bonds, payable in twenty yearn, he town of Anderson has already voted >2.000 toAlcTiS^. 11. It.. with a poputionx'itont nno-MiiXd larger tlmn nnra ii an assessed valuation of properly I nut-$750 000. ?-J The four townships in Ahhoville unity on tho line of tho S. V. II. It. vo taxed themselves .^lO.OOO, of which 3 has been paid the assessed value of eir property is a Utile over $L.CXKJ.(XXJ. The rail road tax is 1(> mills, making otal tax of 22 mills. In 1880 thit tax is voted by a hare majority and then lv l>v tho help of colored voters, in H:; the second assessment was voteil thout oppotion and paid. Phe people were determined to have tlie ad and, as the result of their unanimiand resolution, they have a road al [>st jrraded and l?y the end of the year portion of it will be in operation, innot 1 boeville stand a tax ns well as ir citizens on the S. V. Kail road. Tho length of the proposed road to ckons is 125 miles of which about aO ilos is near graded. nearly as much as o whole length of the S. V. rail road. It is seriously proposed to throw away e money already expended ratlur t ian to nn a<lditional sum necessary to cometc the work already done. If each town will vote the amount reed upon at (,'harleston, there can he > difliculty about, completing the gradg and have a surplus for trestles and oss-ties. Ask who arc the active opponents of is road and inquire how much, they, ith the exception of ono member of a in, have hitherto paid? PnrmiiBss. lliiilroitil Matters. The citizens of Abbeville held a rnilroad ictinj; last week. Mr. Parker as Chairman the delejrition totho Charleston conference, binitted a report vvhicli was K-eei veil as inrmation. Mr. Henet submitted resolutions rorinjr a subscription of 5 per cent, of the Inc of taxable properly in Abbeville to the irolinu, Cumberland (lap and Chirajro Kail* nd, and a ten thousand dallar subscription the proposed connection with the (ieorpia ntral system at Verdery on the Augusta il Knuxvillc Road. This drew out a very imated discussion, in which a very stronir position'to the Carolina, Cumberland Oap il Chicago Koad was developed. This too the face of the fact tlint the subscription ,s not t.? be made available until the whistle the cars on the road was sounded inside iir corporate limits. Why this opposition do not understand. (Vbbeville says she wants another railroad iin'ect. n with the outside t'orld, and wants bad, but- when an opportunity is ollered lie!), to us, seems entirely unobjectionable any one who favors a railroad, an opposition 1 rings np which seems likely to defeat the I unces of secnrinir the best and most deablc Connection she could possibly have, oin the tone of the speeches delivered and i' action of the meeting, we are more than 1 cr oonviueed that the true policy of the ' rolina, Cumberland (Jap and Chicago Rail- ( til Comp'iny is to at once consolidate with ? Savsnnah Valley Koad. If this should be mniplished, the road in our oninion would a certainty.?J'irten* Sen tint'. Uy the way, Abbeville is now ahead of every ter comity in the Slate with live weekly rvspapers?threo at Abbeville, one at Due i'st and one .it McCormick. The last is a iv enterprise?the Arfraticr?and its first ue promises well. Abbeville could organ a press convention ot its own if its five | tors could over possibly ngroc on any one int.?tiretnville S'tir*. tVc very respectfully * !! the attention of r County Commissioners, to the miserable iditionofour Wagon,or Post Roads,in the , ark Corner," some of them are almost im- ' isable, and aro sadly in want of elbow ;ase to put them in codition for trarol. Our minff friends are full of complaints.?Adict. " Gilder's pills are the best. \ i rA, . (. MO UK HONORS AWARDED. Throe Foreign Ministers and all from the South. ^Special Dispatch t?> the News nuil Courier.] \Vasiiincton, March .'50.?The President to-day gave three important foreign missions t-> tin? South. In making the distribution ! rcuiemhercd Virginia hv solec|iug \n .i.*ny M. Keily, of tliut State, for (I,.- Ualian mission. Going >'.iithi*r <low>i the coast lie stopped at North Carolina and designated Kx-(.iovThuinas .1 tlfei'son .Jarvisto represent this country in lirazil. lie then passed through South Carolina without slop* ping, and crossed oves into Georgia and awarded the Uussian mission to Uun. Alexander It. Lawtoir Notwithstanding tlr* fact that the latter Slate had now lecieved two important foriegn missions. the President could not leave it without exhibiting some further ? videuce that he considered Googia the Umpire State uf the South, and there upon he appointed Kvan. P. Howell consul at Manchester, Kngland. Tlie Soaiitoi'H on their Dignity. Some ol'tin- Sonntfiru <> ? - - - "< " cause the new members ?>( ttie Cabinet do not five tlicin precedence over everybody due. Tlivy say that the new Cabinet people do not understand the relative importance ofthe Senator*. They make them stand in lino to bw received. Thero have ln'i-n occasions even when a plain American eili/.en who has business with a secretary and who has reached hi.-' first has been |?:veii a hearing in advance of a Sviiut ti* who lias arrived aft'.-t him. The S Miators are used to walking straight up to the secretaries, crowding buck every hedv else and )jivin;r way to no one except assoc wte Senators. They have done this upon tin; theory that their time was of more importance than that of any one else, sunt that the subjects presented to them were more worthy of their callers, Senators included, harp upon the one string of ollrce-benjfing. It is no wonder, then, that they put all of (heir callerw upon nearly an c<|iiul footing. The turn of the Senators will come next winter. One* stalwart Senator ?wore a day or two rjio with clenched list that when the ides of next December came he would summon before his committee of the Senate the proudest and th? stillest-necked of the :tew Cabinet and teach them that a Senator is too powerful an*l nullumy a person it> bo trilled with with i 111 punii v. The Acting Superintendent of tli? Ilennett School. Mr. Win. If. i'arker, Jr., the acting principal of the llciitKttl School, was borti in Abl>n? villi-, S. Use 2iih Docembt'r, IHfit, and is a son of Win. II. Parker, Ksq., a member of tho Legislature from Abbeville (bounty. Mr. l'urker received bis education as a bo_v in the school of the Rev. O. T. Porcher ami Mr. I). ('. Webb, in Abbeville, and studied afterwards undir I'rof. Sachtleben of thir Colleen of Charleston. He entered that College in tho spring of IH78, and was graduated w ith li'rst honor in the class of ISH'2. Soon alter his ((vailnation Mr. I'arki r was elected vice-priueipal of the Ken licit School, under circumstances most tlaUcriii? to the value of our home institutions, and this position he has held until his promotion to fill the temporary vacancy at the Bennett School caused by th? election of Mr. Archer as BUiw-rintendctit ot* the oil v schools. In exhibit in>; the resnltb of his work at the commencement vesterday Mr. Parker received publicly the thanks of the snpcrvi.-im; commissioner for the way in which he had conducted the school while nndcrhis control.?Xciox and Courier. ...... a- ' 'j1.1 J Unrivaled Display of Millinery, Was witnessed on yesterday nt th<* Mammoth Dry (.Jooils House. ?>i K. M. Ilndiloti & (-<>. Their store was artistically and r must beautifully dccoratrd, grandly displaying mn 113' beautiful and costly goods. In Milliniry and Notions. wo do not tliit.k tli'> display could bo* excollod anv where. This was undeniably pro von by tho almost innumerable throng ot ladies who crowded their ifsvr* X^all ? %l\ MHH Their sales were fin*.-, and alioget her it was the grandest (lisplay in this line, ever seen inT old Abbeville. April 1-tf 57 ltelVeslimciitK at tlio Valinolto. Thomas McOettigan, of the old reliable Palmetto Saloon, invites bis many * friends to give him a call during Conrt week. The Palmetto Saloon is well stocked with first-class refreshments. A. K. ItoRcrs, Wholesale dealer in Corn, Flour, Meal, Men., Hams, Lard, Bran, Salt, Molasses, Sugar, D:?.. O _ . *11 -1 t? * vi'uw, uire, ?c., win nenvrr pomta at any point on r??iIrr>n<! :*t Abbeville pricca. Itetore buyinjr hIvvhvm ask for riicon, as we have advantages that few up-country niorchants have. A. E. KoflEtta. \Vtttolic?, Clocks ami .To\vt?lry. Mil. If. I>. Ukksk, of Abbeville, is prepared to ilo all manner of repairing of Watches, Clocks ami .lewelrv, and will pay all expres? charges on work sent to him from stations on the ('. ami <? road, lie alwa vs keeps in stock a handsome line of Jewelry and l'lated Waro at moderate prices. Send in your orders, Address, II. I). Rkesk, Abbeville. 9. C'. pilOCLAM AT ION. State ck South Cakolisia, > Exkccjtivk Department.) Whorons information has been received at this Department that an atrocious murder was committed in the County of Abbeville, on or about the 15th day of March, A. I). 1885, upon the body of I'res Murchison by Isiah Wright, ai.d that the said Isiah Wright has llod from justice : Now, therefore, I, Hugh S. Thompson, Governor of te stathe of South Carolina, in order that justice may be done and ihe majesty of the law vindictnteil, do hereby offer a reward of One Hundred 1 )ollars for the apprehension and delivery to the Sheriff of Abbevillo County, of the said Isiah Wright. Said Isiah Wright is a dark mulatto, about 5 feet 10 inches in height and weighing 1GO . pounds. He is about 2i> years of age, und is quick in his movements. In IukLimony whereof, I havo hereunto set my hand and caused the Or eat Seal of the State to be affixed, at Columbia, this 23d [lay of March, A. 1). 1SH3, and in the one 11 nndred and ninth year of the Indopenjneo the United States of America. IIUGJl S.THOMPSON. Hy the Governor : .IAS. Nr. LITSCOMR, Secretary of StAto. Murcti -o, ia?a-il 11 Fashionable Millinery nt Bell & Gall>bin"K. Look at that all wool Cashmerr for 10 cents per yard, at Hell <fc <?alphin. II you want a stylish hat or bonnet, ret Miss Kugonia McCartey to fix it up for you at Bell & Galphin\s. Satchet Powders, the most delightful, nt W. S. Cothran & Co. White Lawn, 40 inchcs wide, for 10 cents per yard, at Bell & Oalphin. : ( >