The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, February 25, 1914, Image 9
THE ANDERSON DAILY INTELLIGENCER
VOL. 1, NO. 38. w^lx, E.U?ia*? 18t?, L*0" Jam. II. lill ANDERSON. S. C WEDNESD** MORNING. FEBRUARY *5. 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PER ANfiUlii
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SUCH IS THE PLEDGE OF JAS
THE EXECUAIVE COMMIT!
COMMERCE AT THE ME
In this, the first annual meeting of
the reorganised Chamber of (Com
merce of Anderson, wc come together,
I trust, aa a body, looking on the past
with pride and looking to the future
with happy expectations of great and
good thing? to come.
Tour board, of directors have given
of their tlm^rwnd energy wi tho Mt com
plaint and with the asalstanct >f your
efllcleut secretory, Mr. Porter A.
Whalcy, have instilled new iife into
the community and haye caused An
derson to be better and more favora
bly known. The Chamber of Com
merce has entered upon its most use
ful period, for'the larger part of tin
year just ended has of necessity. been
one of reorganization and Keating in
touch with those things which aro
most useful'to the material and In
tellectual welfare of the community
ag a whole.
Mr. Whaley will present to you a
synopsis of the year's work and I only
wish to urge upon you that the Cham
ber of Commerce, is your organiza
tion, that it beloogn boldly t? the cit
izenship of this community and that
wi thor . the sympathy and support of
the entire ccnusunuy its uBerulness
will be seriously impaired. . The
board' bas acted In all cases as they,
aa a board, and aa individuals, felt
v was for the beat, for the entire com
munity and while errors of Judg
ment may have been in evidence and
wll continue to bc in evidence so long
. aa the Chmber ls an active one, yet
sympathy and support Is due from ev
ery loyal citizen of the community and
I trust bountiful support will be giv
en. -
Guests Welcomed.
If ls with peculiar pleasure that we
have with us tonight the representa
tive? of the three great transporta
tiOft cP?pe*Jiea that enter our bor
. dew. Gentlemen, -we greet you aa a
^?^^111^^ w lahes^^a^a^p
to vefrnkh ihm memory of tbn?<? WS?
de know 1 wish to call the following to
your attention.
Anderson county Is situated be
tween those two great streams, the
. Saluda oh the east and the Savannah
on the west, the county of Picken:;
with lofty mountains, pure air and
pure Aurtlo-Saxon citizenship on the,
/ north, sud With Abbeville, the home'
of ?t?*'yb*e? snd Jurists tc th? -.en th
of us. The county bas an area or
75S ?tjuare m?lee and a population ac
cording to the. lest census ot 69,000.
fte soil is fertile and its plantation
. managers intelligent and energetic.
Anderson' county cannot boast ot
any very rich S?S? ss the world, knows
men to be rich ,but on the other hand
T believe you can count the paupers, ol
the county on the fingers of your
hftnd. There, ia abundant soi) whose
fertility cannot be questioned, and
men. ready: and willing to do that
which most appeals to an honest etti?
* sushi p. ' . .''.<?$*?
What Aaiersoa Needs.
Willie we have the men and the
soil, and sra grateful for tho trans
. por tut lon facilities we now have, 1
say wiib ait candor and earnestness
that Anderson feels the need of a
through trunk line of railroad or rail
roads, and Stands ready'and will io
maka nay. reasonable sacrifice to en
courage the building of such lines.
Da not understand that lt Is my pur
pose to iiti?rraa you by urging at
thia time questions that you perhaps
are not prepared to answer and that
you do not wieh to answer.
Simply understand that wo stand
ready with a willing band to do that
which our ability permits to assist in
showing to ? the great Southefn Rail
way company that it is more economi
cal to build Its road from Gainesville,
Ga., to Oteen vii ie. 8. C., via Anderson,
thea would be the oaae to double track
its main line between those two points,
besides the new route would open up
' one or the most fertile section? of the
South and shorten the running time
between Greenville and Atlanta by
IVO ?. . . : - ' ' .
. pleOea ef tae Btae Ridge &
weet abd to' tte coal mise? jot eist
ready-, at? fm* tte bead ef welcome
aad tttsttfaited to tb? great A tia*tic
Coast Lise bad Ra fester caf!*, the (V
aad W* C? RsIIwar. aa* to oh? Usai
we are yesir friends, aad that -when
yea attempt quit* aad safe service to
tat cassi and elsewhere that we are
/Toj/iths new electric development
km>VD ^ th? Piedmont it Northern;
welcome to you with tokens ot es
teem to- say to you, when yon wish
to reach Abe gateway to the great weet
that no Way mest ba considered than
through tb? fertile and prosperous
county, and should yon wish to teach
t!;rCr? A tl ?JJ tic . voasi no
better route could be <had than
through tbbs county and down the
wost beak of the savannah where rich
vlrain soli la to be daveloroxi ?mi
where original forest* await sound
IS READY
P. HAMMETT, CHAIRMAN OP
EE OF THE CHAMBER OF
ETTING LAST NIGHT
of tlie railroad before the axeman can
develop lila ?nergie?.
Anderson County's Greatness. '
. This eounty produced last year In
excess of 7o,ooo bales of cotton,
which, with the value of thc Beed ad?
ded, netted our farmers the sum of
$5,285.000. Besides this our farmers
raised the I urger portion cf their sup
ply of corn, grain .und to largo ex
tent than usual his meat. Time la
teaching us the wisdom of living at
home and the day is not far distant
when this will be a great cattle rola
mg county. .
I hare not the time or the ability to
go into the statistics of all the indus
tries of the county but wish to speak
briefly of two.
Anderson county haB a banking cap
ital of $1.846.071.96.and this capital la
managed by one of the ablest and .mst
conservative groups ot men th*i can
be found in any territory.
The cotton mill industry of!
the county, with which I, per-j
haps am more familiar titan with any
other industry occupies a large share |
of the importance of the county's In
terest. The cotton mitts of the
county hare an aggregate ex
pended capital of $13,51 V.S01 and have
594,452 spindles and 13,610 looms.
The milla spin annually 128,250 hales!
of cotton and ship approximately 55
320,000 pounds of yarna and viol
valued at - approximately $13,276,600.1
They use 76,200 tons-of coal besides
great quantities of electrical energy
purchased from power companies.]
The mills employ 7,095 people and ex
pend annually in wages approximately!
$2,208.264. Those living tn the mill
villages total 18.122 souls which ls)
about 25 per cent of the total popula
tion of the county and almost half!
the white population of the county.
Local Securities yjirket.
le on Iv one mw* Idea to be'
ii I bell.?ve it ta best for tbs
corporations and best for the. peQDle'
tfcat a-T^bpoHmn :'oT.^?^''.*tb?k-?^R?lF
corporations be owned near the.works.
So long as the railroads Sell their Se
curities through tho exchanges it will
be difficult to interest tho rank and
nie in those securities ano while i do
noi join in the abuse of tlie, exchang
es that is indulged tn by a certain
type-of politician whose Ignorance' or.
socialistic tendencies cause him often
MR. JAS. if. HAM?TETT
Chairman of the Board of ' Directors |
('hamber of Commerce
to mislead his constituents, yet I be
lieve it would bc much In the interest |
of the railroads and atop in tho Inter
est or the people, lt securities, not
marginal securities, but th? actual
certificates could be placed In the
banda of brokers of the Carolinas and
Georgia with a view to establishing
a local market for securities. It
would be slow and perhaps disappoint
ing at first but ? believe the en*
would Justify all of the time and en
ergy expended in that direction.
Gentlemen .please, permit me to' say
again that you have? done us great'
honor by coming to ua tonight and we
thank you most sincerely for having
done so. ?
TAFT MAY $ELL CLUB.
' - iMnfinn.ii "n pvH ?M.. -Thc prc_
bil i ty that the majority of the stock of
the Chicago National League club ?Hi
not long remain tnthe possession of
Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati capitalist,
who last Saturday, purchased it -from'
Charles VA Murphy, today was nidi-'
rated here vwheu it waa announced
that Mr. Taft has received numerous
offers for the ?tock and was not dis
inclined to tiaften ta propositions look
ing toward the ?ale of bis interests, j
The average pay fo* every man, wa- !
I man and child In the United State* |
. who works for wages or % salary
'$610 last year. In 1*00 the a
nav e*l" $41?. uni -???-*??
y?dfore then only $37?.
?ANDERSON IS ?|Y TOWN"
WE ALL LOVE II KR. WILL WOltK FPU HKR, WILL PULL TOGETHER FOB Ht.it
CY OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY
ECLARED BY PRES. HARRISON]
?4
at Railway System Recognizes That Blue Ridge
Should Be Completed, But Will Proceed
Conservatively
Anderson und Anderson county typ- advantages, and I confidently predict Knoxville and the West, has not been
ify the Progressive Bouth. Here ag- that the ftturo will witness the con- abandoned. 1 The advantages to be de
ricultural, progreas and manufactur- tinued industrial'growth of Anderdon,' rived from ita construction are fully
lng development are advancing Hide by not only In the'textile industry, fyi* ' ealieed. > All that restrain?, tnt frets
Bide. In, whjJ^s, to many respects, ?long the line of wider diversification entering upon the Work ls the evident
the leading agricultural county In of manufacturing, respcnsibllty of our making our exist
South Carelin?>abd in the entire Pied- tJrcat Natural Advantages lng railroads better railroads before
mont section yob have one of the most The splendid -industrial devol- we imdert*ke new railroads.
Important. manufacturing develop- 0pment ot Anderson and Anderson Under present conditions surround
menrs t? the .South. Anderson coun- c?itoty ta ftrnndad upon the natural lng the raising of new capital for rall
ty la f?r fro?Acing the largest in advantages of .this locality, but great waV enterprises it is neCeaaatjr that
South OaroHttSijE land area, but the ft8 thes?'advao?s?es are they wouM railway managers shall consider, most
census ot 1910 ishowed that the value have been of lUUeavall w'?t--'?ut trans- carefully what ts the vital relative
o? iBtPU?$**My; 10 *thia co?nty ex- portati?u. But for a mean? of concen- importance of Uve many proiecta catl
c"dr lM^'(^0, ?n*amo.unted,to trallon bf raw cotton at the mills and lng for the expenditure Of money,
about one-Sixteenth of the tptal value the carriage-pi' manufactured goods Anderson is at present supplied with
ofJP*!fi'9fs&t?Z lD the 8tate- to tlio markets ot the world there raliway facilities In every direction.
Taking the dVerage for a series of. would nfiver ll4ve been a cotton mM as I?have already pointed put. Your
year* Andeneph ls the leading county bui!t lo Andorsott county, abd but for continued progress ts.dependent upon
*Nfljffirtf?c+frlP aTftttllo nrfa1Pfe= y apeada of^ajHi?aar tee cotton crop the ability of tho raUw/^p. carry to
[ rion7^ff*HHts bfth in the production of 'the ?aunty tolbeibarket it would market your tneroaatat diurne Of
lof cereals and forage crops and ls be abi?lMtely wBb^fcval^ ' traffic, which Important as lt is, ls
the first county in the State In the The p^eotagricnlturui end indust- only a small part of the great and
I value of live stock. itUA psoBpWfity of Anders?? county constantly growing traffic of tho
Anderson a tirent County? bas thaewaaen made possible by rall South. '
Your agricultural development alone transpcsaailan. and yo?o;i continued 1 Tho volume of Southern traffic ?3 in
woutd make this a prosperous com? progresa edil depend upon the ability creasing at a more rapid rate than the
munity, but in addition to your agri- of yoursnHwaya effie k??t^r to handle railroads of the south have been able
cultural wealth, Anderson , county the Incrssaed tonnage ?Weh you will to add to their facilities. Under these
ranks second among all of the counties produce. circumstances, I believe that it's more
of the state In textile manufactaring. Anderson has the advantage of important to the people of Anderson
,The economic advantage of the lo- "?B transportationfdnpe- th* oomple- that,1 for the Immediate future, the
est?os ci s cc--?ion ci??? in proximity- ti'-n.of as linc of t?i? iifrwiviiie and railways by. which "they -are served
to a cotton field was early appreciated Columbia railroad to this place. in shalt devote their resources to to
by the people of thia county; and, in 1853- " . creasing abd Improving facilities on
the relatively few yeera since the con- i?sy FSalsii Bloc lii?g? ti?cir' existing line*-rather than con
struction o? the first mill at Pelter in The Greenville and Columbia railroad ?'der new. construction. With your
the early 80's. yon have built 18 mills comnanv proposed tn tafce ov*r the larae and constantly growing business.
IC>|bS county-ll bf them In the city ambitious nroiect abandoned In 1884 you are Interested In Ute efflctency of
o? Anderson-and the annual value by the Louisville. Cincinnati and rail transport?t ion'over the entire
of their product is In excei* of $14.- CharleatonRall road Company, to com- South.
000,000.00. plete a trunk line front Charleston It is natural that'the people tn any
Thus far the Industrial development to the west by way of Rabun Oap, locality shalt fully appreciate the lul
of Anedrson has beep very largely to making Anderson the point of depar- portance and desirability of railroad
connection with the textile Industry, ture for new construction at the east- disbursements und improvements In
Mark Twain once reversed the old ern end. Work waa undertaker and their own immediate neighborhood,
adage about not putting all your eggs the road was completed abd put In The railroad manager must take a
In one basket by saying something to operation from Anderson to Walhalla broader view. Ne must consider the
the effect that it was the best policy In 1801, when the war between the system as a whole in relation tc avlal
to put your eggs in one basket and states put an end to further conntruc- able ) resources and give precedence
wateh thftt basket. Without disputing tlon. Since then the people of Ander- to tho?e bettements that Will most
the wisdom of this, as applied to the son have very properly, desired the re- facilitate the movement of Its traffic
lfidie|itnai, ? do set think that lt ls sumption' of work Alca? the lice' of as a whole.'' !n taktog this broad view
thb best policy for a community, for this original project and the-construe- he -may, at times, In tho true and lar
th? reason that lt makes community tlon that would make the Blue Ridge ger interest of the people of a com
prosperity depend upon the VICISBI- Road a part of a through line from munity, run counter to looa! option,
tades cf a Bingie Industry. . the Atlantic Seaboard to the West. The ability of your railroads to do
I -believe therefore, that lt should bo. In the meantime, however, you have what, you woni? Mk'e to have them do
.th*- alto of comme?*??? organisations achieved the real purpose of your and to do what their man??-**? would
In . our southern cltie? and towns to plan for you to have direct line to the most assuredly like to do. to your In
eacpurage as far aa practicable the di- Weet along subntantlalty the line of terest as Well as their own, is depen
vatmtbatlon of industries. Conditions tbe original project of the Louisville, de:it very largely upon tbs support
at Anderson are favorable for a di- Cincinnati and Charleston. I have they receive from the people of the
versified Industrial development You Just come from Cincinnati to Anderson South. They are operating under a
have hard wood forests near at hand over that line in three days and have system of public regulation which haa
and are not far distant from supplies spent 24 hours st Asheville en route, send further toto deulS of absolute
ot iron and steel. You are soon to have another line to statute tow titan any system of public
Yod have cheap power and a climate the west in ttfn northern extension of regulation, even of the activities of
Which, by reason of ita mild winters the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio. government Itself, which the world has
and Its freedom from the excessive Anderson thus baa efficient rail ever known.
summer beat of many more northern transportation to the West but other Thus far regulation haa been eon?
locaUltles. la conducive to the efflci- lines are still desirable, and old plans cerned principally with the correction
ency of labor. I know that the mern are generally good plana. The eaten- of abuses which had grown up to fer
bers of this Chamber of Commerce sion of the Blue Ridge Road, so aa to -? -?.-... ?-? ..
are alive to the Importance of these make lt a part of a through line to (Continued on laet paye.)
' .^Jj?HaaaBHaBaB -
HOW WOULD THIS LOOK ROLLING INTO ATLANTA HLLED WITH BOOSTERS FOR AN.
IBa^a^^BHa^^aBB .PERSWiT
CAPT. ULBERT W.
TALKS oy
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ADDRESS AT THE ANNUAL Ml
COMMERE BY GENERAL M/
TON AND WE?
Mr. Toastmaster und Gentlemen:
I tnu^t thaak your committee for tho j
privilege o$,'&?*M With you thin evettr
lng and for Hits opportunity of a few,
minutes.' talk to au many or my old.
friends. I
In assigning roe to tho subject "Our
Iluflroads " your committee no doubt
lind in mind loy tendency to discuss
railroading upon (be sllghteit provo
cation.
If I should indulge rather freely In
saying goop (?lings about "Our Rail
roads" you UHtiH patiently bear lt and
I am sure you will for you have a new
arrival who pp doubt deserves your
hearty coiumynfltttlo? as much as lt
seem? to enjoy your business. , fl|
Men are alive today who were boro?
before there was a mile of railroad In
the world and yet there are today in
our country alone over 236,000 miles
of railroad train .line costing approxi
mately 18 billion dollars, earning gross
eneh year over 3 billions and paying
out for wages, fuel, supplies and
otner expenses over 2 billions.
Frequently we hear 'Our Railroads"
condemned for lack of progress and
yat within tba life time, as I hate
said, of some wan we have progressed
from tho locomotive of a few tons'
capacity to tad .Mallet compound
hauling many thousands of tons,'
and from a locomotive haul
ing its passsajags at a then mar
velled at rate #t'fan miles per hour'
to the scheduled train or 50 miles per
hour, and from the coach scatting 6 or
8 to the luxurious car seating, com
fortably 60 to ."IO passengers, to say
.nothing of dinjysjf^nd sleeping them,
with as much comfort ad In their own
homes.
"Our Railroads" handled In 1912 a
billion passenger*, of which number
only 114 were .k?*ed. or one out ot ev
ery 9 million. Tukd lt occurred to
you that you oopld have ipaured the
live? of each ttdaj^^^faaaVv
genB for tho sos* bf $10,000 ior the
va?ue pt a.portal.card and after paying
$10,000 each for the lit passengers!
killed you could have, In a year's time
had a profit of 9 millions of. dollars?
Again, do you know that during 1912
"Our Railroads" hauled a passenger
294 million miles before they killed
him. In other words you could ride
oe au average 25 miles per hour'for
?arory hour in the day and every day;
ia the year tor the next 1,343 years
before "Our Rallroadf*' 'would kill
yo?? And yet I thin* ?.\v--- Ss.nrd
somewhere that If is dangerous to
ride on railroads, and tho suggestion
made, fallowing every, newspaper ac
count Of death no lilt) result Of Byline
railroad accident, that more regula
ticas and more ls wa pasted tu- put a
?top to the G?tr?s<H/?? carelessness of
"Our Railroads.
It ts true that marvellous progress
baa made in ail lines of human en
deavor but no progress has been so
marvellous as that cf "Our Rail
roads;' 'not only, mark you, in the
densely populated sections, but in tho
sparsely settled parts of our coun
try.
v Th? Chase of Progress,
' Our Railroads" are not onl* >ro
gmastve, but they are tho greatest
cause of progress. From1 tho ' .?ox I
c?rt to tho carriage; from tho car
riage to the stage coach and then thc
world rested for centuries In ita art
v?acement. Apparently it ; had
reached the end of progress on land
transportation, but with the discovery
i of the steam eoglBS and the Invention
I of. the locomotive the very ends of
i the earth, as it were,, haye been
brought together.
? In considering tba marvels of "Our ?
Railroads" iae public usually think'
only ot the increased speed of trans
portation, tho rapidity of motion,
whereby we bave progressed from ten
miles per hour by tao ole ?tage coach
to the vestibule train of its mlle a
minute.
i . We think pf the Railroads as anni
hilating time ead distance, but right
ly considerad speed ls only one of the
elements of ita value in the work of
progress. Its great advantage is not in
the rate at which the cars j\ but in
the vastness of the comm - which |
they handle; in the coun multi
tudes of men and women they safely
transport, and the billions of tons of
good things of the earth which they
so cheaply distribute.
The coach sag six could carry a
doren passsngeoi; abe beat teamas on
th*? rryaA ??M ^& but BU
toe coaches and alt the horses la the!
country and alt the horses and all the j
wagone in the world could not handle
the passengers ajid the freight that
ard dally handled U> and from the ein- '
gie city ot Niw "Kork.
men we think ot tba billion pas
sengers and the billions of tons of,
freight, worth topra than the acca- <
mutated treasurlas-af the world befor
1800. which are stoved by the rall-.
fv??? o? ibis country tn a single year '1
And compare |jgf cbe-pness with
w*lch the servios ts rehderd with the 1
enormous priopA ?aarge d tOO years
?co toe an inferior service, we must 1
staad aroused before the spirit of hos- :
tuny toward Tmgt Railroad*-" not-?
withstanding artney have done to
Ifni miT-irnT
BETING OF CHAMBER OF
ONAGER OF THE CHARLES* |
?TERN CAROLINA
ward tim civilization of the world and
tho comfort and luxury ot our own
Icountry. ,
Peep!* Should he Patient.
I O*' ycB: there aro delayed passen?
ger trains .delayed freight trains- and
delayed shipments. Kpeed has not
prevented dohtys, butitoythore great
er speed in any other.ra|Bl| tto other
people pa? disputed' claTniH any quick
er? Are there no collection agencies?
Aro there 'no. bu I ta against'other peo
ple? Hoes the tailor, tho emanu rac
latter onan^&i^tl W roTeu'aa we?
us do "Our Railroads*"
tvvv? mnromis aiia? UB;;??I m?iifl.
inlnk you teat tho past was'the fily
Blan days.of its travelers? Think you
that no stage coach wea ever late?
That no freight wagon ever failed to
arrive on time, or never loit my lady'a
trunk or parcel? Think you that no
coachman or teamster waa ever '
courteous? Think you that slow
vice was perfect service, and that tea
cents per mlle for passengers and tl**
cents per mlle per hundred freight
meant satisfied and uncomplaining'
patrons?
Nay, verily. Indeed, I have "no hesi
tancy in saying that the- cheapness bf
transportation, the rapidity of tra ?a
uo rta t lon and all the other material
elements In transportation progress
have been kept pace with by the spir
it of accommodation, courtesy and at
tention to the wants of passengers
and shippers, and that, wherever the'/a
IB an impolite ticket age.it, or a
crabbed freight agent, or an Irritating
delay in collecting a Claim, lt la matty
tithes over-balanced by the millions of
courteous and efficient act? by < nia
thousands ot railroad employes, wbOi
day.hv day perform their,quasi-Phbllc
aervtco In a spirit ot gentlemanly ra.
gard for the rights of the public and
the.company alike.. ^
Kmploye* Ar? At^ommodattia^.
No man hus spoken for the railroad,
employe. Sod'yet I venture the asser
tion thst from president to track
walker they may challenge compari
son with the spirit and conduct of
their patrons, and we believe railroad
men hail the. faint dawn of apprecia
tion, of our work and : services, mani
fested on occasions like thia, not only
?ea.an appreciation of the progress,
which *? partly duft irs ifefc v^srk zt
"Our Railroads," but also aa an evi
dence of a higher progress of our
country.
When we use the term ?"tur Vz.'.\
roads" we state Tittle '"..e than a
fact Before, a puh'ic service cor
poration can ii wusi get a char
ter. Chartering a railroad gives lt
the one unusual right, that or eminent
domain; that ls, thc right ot coh
demnation. For that right the people
rota.n the right to regulate it. Wa
prescribe Ita duties, outline Hs facil
ities and name ita rates-we restrict
its methods, in fact we do nearly ev
erything save paylta bills, and yet how
little we do lo help them perform the
exacting service which we require br
them.
Vf alt Mason says:
"tr yo? build a-lis? of ~ctir
e ii ill a and barren lands, giving ln
ratlve employment to about a mil
lion hands; if yon cause a'score of
cities by your right ot way to rise,
where there wa? formerly nothing bot
me rattlesnakes and files; if when
bringing kale to others, you aixj ut re
a little kale Ahen you've surely robbed
the peepul and yon ought to be in
Jail."
Petr Criticism la Courted.
Just here I wish to say that "Pair
d just criticism ls a . proper func
i?n of a free people, but criticism of
the agencies which pr?vido tho
transportation facilities ot the com
munity ehoulch take account of the
economic conditions under which
those agencies must work and abould
aim. in respect to a factor so essen
tial to community development, to bo
helpful and educational rather than
being along lines tending to create
unreasoning prejudice."
submit as a.perltet sound prop?
m that ,ir?;u*ipeople made aa
mined au effort to belp ratlroade
^dtt^WAbelihihvaiaeas aloa? prop
aa Usy .ao, to seguiste them?
let thnnn. that wo would in
en railroad servies and fa
t woaW W. a' ?redit to the
cation. ., .g?^ '^IsaL
Your Chamber cf Commerce baa
done much for the city of Ande?a4e*
for Anderson county and for Seatt*
Parolina, but if you ?Ul from, tonigfet
on mako up year minda, instead ott
under any circumstance*. Interfering
with the conduct of "Our Ratlroade.^
to aid them in every way ia tba rea*
sonable conduct ot their business jori
Will not only bein ia art**? t?e imi
t?t ?tendard of. efficiency, but >vr
w|U also enable "Our RailroAda" la
the end to do their work at Uss rc?ft
to th? pu'w?'e ^nr example '%?<.
bs contiglous and the eltlsensblp ef
your fair etty would das?WA. ??
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