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VQt g XXIII. -" IATB 1QOIXMTII. NEWBE1IRIY,.S, C, WEDNESDAY, JANTJARY 26, 1887. A.C-OE,PWeo adPoreo.N. .T'I ROUTE FOR TI E C. & N. L. R. .... , R. NOT SE '.TJED . A k'robability that the Directors Will Iteoonoider their Action in Adopt ing the "Upper Route." The adjourned meeting of the Dl. redtpre of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad was held at the Commercial Bank yesterday iorning at 9.80 o'clock. The ses ftonas a brief one, but long enough for the passage of a resolution re seding that passed the night be. r fore definitely selecting the upper route, bridging the Broad River op. posite Cemetery Hill. .The matter by this action being again left open, a committee was ap pointed, eonsisting of President Moseley, Vice-President Desportes ud Major Lowrance, to consult with the: owners of the two bridges, to ie purchased if the lower route be used, and given power to act as deemed best by them for the in terest of the road, and report. The board then adjourned to meet ,gain on the first Tuesday in Feb ruary, at which time the contract for the part of the line not now let will be made and the route for the unde cided portion settled finally. The committee appointed at the morning meeting to confer with the owners of the Congaree and Saluda bridges met Mr. Campbell at the Grand Central Hotel last night. The matter was thoroughly dis. cussed, Chief Engineer Ellis being present to afford information and supgestions. No flnal arrangement was made as Mr. Campbell desired time to consult with the cheif owner in the bridges, Mr. Johnson. The following propositions were, however, submitted, subject to al. teration: 1. The offering of the whole prop erty for $50,000 cash. 2. That the-Columbia Bridge Com pany, the present owners of the property, build both bridges out and out, the railroad company to take the same and receive the tolls over the Congaree bridge, the Saluda bridge - to be free, and to pay for the use of the same a certain interest on the cost. 8. That the railroad lease the pro perty as it now is at the rental now received 'therefor. 4. That the railroad be given the right of way over the two bridges and the Columbia Bridge Company to receive the tolls for passage of the lower or wagon way on the bridge over the Congaree. . In connection with the last and, it may be said, the most favorably . received proposition, it should be added that it Is taken for granted that the township of Congaree under this arrangement should make a sub. scription sufficient to cover the cost of grading between the bridges, es timated at $25,000. The railroad company would bridge the Saluda by-a structure allowing the passage of trains and wagons, to be a free bridge, and would build at the Con garee a double-deck iron bridge with a railroad track above and a wagon way .beneath, the tolls collected on therlatter, as previously stated, to go to the bridge company. T1he engineer had stated at the previous meeting that the cost of the upper route, with grading and the bridge across the Broad, would be $107,000, and that the cost of the iowe'r route would be $160,000. * By the new proposition it will be * seen the cost of the latter route is reduced by the subtradtion ot the sumn -proposed to be paid for the bridge property, $50,250, and the grading $25,000. It' is also 8tated that the engineer thinks the two bridges could be decked for $75,000 Ifthis he so, the cost with grading would be but $100,000, $7,000 less than the estimate for the upper route; or, if the grading be provided for by the township, the difference In favor of the lower route would be $82,000. One thing is certain the route.by the Saluda and Congaree Rivers unites the county of Lexington and *in mnany ways would seem certain to be of great benefit to Columbia. iProvisions are to be incorporated ithe arrangement now discussed allowing the county, city or ins..vid uals to purehase the property at any timne within a reasonable period at anurice, and on terms to be agreed tipon, and the Congaree bridge made a free one, "a consummation cde voutly to be wished"' by both the poile of Lexington countjV and the city of Columbia.--Colinnbia Regis ter, Jan. 20th6 The Road to Prosperity, *Cheering,accounts of the Columbia, Newherry and Laurens Railway were s~Ilhed festerday, and it will be %oted that arrangements have been for grading a considerable part b ine.orh, road, as has been entoney ofoe,passes through wtif ip known as the "Dutch Fork," t$imen. the 1Brad *aad Raluda It is an excellent country, where the people always make their own bread and meat. ~and have no use for liens. A railway will bring the peoptle within easy reach of markets, and so increase their oppotunity of making money. There is no doubt that the road from. Columbia to Prosperity, and thence to Spartanburg and Ruther. fordton, will enjoy a profitable busi ness, and furnish the means of com petition which are so desirable. An effort will be made to maintain the independence of the line, and, in that way, it must be largely advantageous to the public.-News and Courier. Columbia Must Build the Bridge. Everything seems to look more like business in connection .with the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railw v than it ever did. There is a got, spirit prevailing in the Fork and the Spartanburg link from either Prosperity or Newberry is also well under way. It is seen that $80,000 is in sight of grading this Spartanburg branch; and those more immediately at interest are con fident that they will soon have all the money that is wanted in grading this part of the line. The only hitch is at our own door. The bridge across the river here is tWe only stumbling block in the way of complete confidence in the suc. cessful pushing through of the road. Our friends across the river all want to know what Columbia is go ing to do about the bridge. They say once let that matter be cleared up and the road will move right ahead without any trouble.- Colum bia Register. Free Whiskey for Gamblers. A great many conflicting accounts have been given of the operation of the prohibition law in Atlanta. It seems to be generally conceded, however, that there has never >een a time in the history of the Gate City when the Jug trade has been so large since the closing of the barrooms about six months ago. The temperance people contend taint the experiment of running a large commercial city without the help of barrooms has been entirely successful, while on the other hand the anti-prohibitioniits assert that the abolition of the dram-shops has been at) almost fatal blow to the pros perity of the place. It is doubtless true that the. sales of whiskey have not been so large in Atlanta as un der the old order of things, and it is probable that there is not so much heat in business circles as there was when the heat in business circles as there *was when the bottle was more convenient than it is at presenc; but to the "typical" Georgia Yankee there are more ways than one of evading the provisions of an obnox. ious law. The story now comes from Atlan ta, by way of "an Augusta gentle man," that the Atlanta gamblers are doing a thriving business upon the downfall of the saloon keepers, and that in the gambling dens of Atlanta "free liquor and cigars are obtainable at all times." This short cut to per. dition is even wvorse than the all barroo)m route and should receive the prompt attention of the city au thorities. Of the two evils a barroom rnnninag uinder a regular license is less dangerous to good morals than a gambling dlen wit,h a free whiskey ann ex.-News and Courier, A Deal C~oncernlig the Georgia (Cn. NEw Yonux, Jan. 21.--The agree ment of the transfer of the major quantity of the preferred stock of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad to the Rlichlmondl and WVest Poir,t Terminal Company was signed to-day. The parties now in control of the Richmond Terminal Company are now negotiating for the control of the Georgia Central, but no details can be obtained, and many of the parties interested deny that a deal concerning the Georgia Central Is on foot. Calvin S. Brice, however, who conducted the negotia tions for the transfer of' the East Tenunessee to the Richmond Termi nal Company, ~said to-day that the Richmond Temimnnal peop)le are now arranging for the control of the Georgia Central. "She was a great one and means more than is shown on the surface"-thmis was the only confirmation that could be obtained. 11L B. Hlollins, who is one of the Georgia Central directors, denied positively that any negotiations were pending, and said that the only pro. position made was refused long ago. Trho Richmond TIermingl oficials also contradicted the story of~ their having sought the control of the Georgia Central. General Logan, Vice-President of the Company, said that the road under the management of Gen. Alexander was in harmony with his company and there was no desire to change their relations. Augut khonie Comments of the State Press on th4 Inter-State Commerce Bill. The House will no doubt pass the bill by a like large majority. On( section of the bill provides for th< appointment of railroad commission ere by the President. This assertio: of power by Congress impinges the the rights of the State, as is contend ed by many.- This legislation by Congress is an entering wedge. W hope it may be useful to the people but it does not look that way now. Keowee Courier. The inter-State Commerce bil: passed the Senate Friday night "by r large majority." The vote was 43 tc 15. That is encouraging. It shows that the Senate of the United States is independent of the powerful influ ence of the railroad corporations of the country. The action of the Senate will not please Mr. Jay Gould and some cor poratlon Senators, but it will be ap plauded by the people. The bil now goes to the House, with good prospects of enactment there also Let it become a law.-New Yorl Herald. A bill with the above title hn passed the United States Senate. II is intended to regulate freights, or al least, this is one of its most impor taut features, so that charges woulc be .lways proportioned to the dis tance, and there could be no dis criminating against small places and in favor of large towns and terminal points, for instance; should the bill become a law, freight would be less from New York to any of the small towns on the C. C. & A. R. R., thar to the city of Augusta. However the fatO of the bill in the House 01 Rerresentatives is very uncertain and wa will not count our chicken: yet.--Edgefield Advertiser. Its enactment will, in our judg ment, prove disastrous to commerc< between distant sections, for thit bill requires that railroads shall nol charge less for a long, than for r short haul. Hence, where freighl traverses several lines of railroar the rates will, of necessity, be com paratively high. The clause whici allows competitive rates, may in measure mitigate the evil workings of the long and short haul clause but -ve apprehend that the passag( of the bill will work injuriously t< the South in two ways: First, hav ing to draw our rations, corn, flour bacon and similar articles from th< West, the long haul, and numerou. lines over which these goods ar< brought, will almost inevitably in crease the price to the Southern con sumer. -Anderson Intelhigencer. The railroad bill, or inter-Stat< commerce bill, now pending befor< Congress is as might be expectc' meeting with a good deal of opposi tion. Under the recent decision o the Supreme Court of the Unite( States it was held that the matter o regulating riilways, where the line o such passed beyond the territory o the State and into any other State belonged properly to Congress. Thi: view of the law had also been takem by our own Courts. The bill befor< Congress will therefore app)ly to al railroads in the Union, except suet as have their terminal Points withi, any given State. The subject is very implortant one, and has givem no litle perplexity to the State Leg islatures. T1he problem is to devism some law which shall be just to th<n railroad companies and which wvil compel them to be just to the people We believe that it can be done. wFieldl News and( IIerald. It is considered probiable that thn inter-State commerce bill will be con sidlered by the House of Recpresenta tives this week, the bill having al ready p)assed the Senate. The Ohb jections to the bill in its preCsenl shape are serius, and its wvarmes1 sulporters onlytregard it as a make shift. Against what is expected to b<n obtained from the bill, in the pre veition of discriminat,ion by rail waj companies, there is the unquestion able fact that, without Congressiona regulation, local rates for freight ani passengers have steadily dleclinedl and that the accommodation nov given to the public, by the railways could not be afforded if the' railway: were dleprived of through business TIhmis through business they are abbi tn take, with profit, at low rates, be cause the charges for taxes, interes and station and terminal aceommo dation do not vary with the amoun of tramie. Some of the longest heads in thn South and West are opposed to the present bill, and believe it to be fuml of mischief. So much good ha: been accomplished by the railway: themselves, without any p)unltivtn legislation, that it is only the p)art o common sense to avoid any unneces eary interference with their affairs. -News (and( Courier. The inter-State Commerce bill will no donht, If approend by the 1Prei dent and put in operation, produce It some changes in commerce and trans. portation. It seems to be generally admitted that some legislation was necessary and that the railways themselves had not a little to do in compelling the people to move in this matter through I] Congress. One of the most vicious features ih of the railway system was the allow. k ing of the rebates to a few favored parties, who thereby became rich, a while their mercantile competitors e were either kept with their noses at " the commercial grindstone or driven " out of the market. There were not r a few cases of this kind, North and South, which caused considerable up. c roar from injured parties, and dam age to the public. Whether the rail- e way managers became the silent a partners of those favored individuals (1 or not, we express no opinion, but the fact remains that common car riers were used to benefit a few per sons enormously and damage the ma- P jority in the same business. This a was the most fragrant offence. The discrimination on long and short P hauls was a more popular source of c discontent, although there was reas'm for such difference in rates. Because the railroads admittedly ga<ve cause for legislation to restrict their growing power this was no rca i son why there should be any injus. tice perpetrated against tlhem.-An. " gusta Chronicle. P A Living Issue. 1 The Greenville News calls atten- f tion to the fact that Capt. F. W. Dawson's speech in New Jersey, a c very able and thoughtful one, did t not receive the hurrahs that Mr. Gra. t1 dy received for his talk about the M New South and other things calcu- g lated to flatter the Northern people. 11 The differeice is that Captain Daw. f son's speech invoked a discussion t simply of a living issue in a practi- 'i cal way, while Mr. Grady's talk was frothy and good for light reading. i And then we must remember that it 0 takes geh,ius to say now what has a been so often said in the past ten or t fifteen years. Some men never tire of telling the same story. Mr. Grady J' made a hit in the way of embellish. 1 ment-that is all. And, besides, Mr. - Grady can't-or don't-speak in public very much.-Columbia Record. The Best of All. One of the greatest tales ever told v is given by a traveling man of At- 1 lanta, Ga. The hero's name of tell. I ing such stories is Emile Frank, rep. I resenting the Atlanta Paper Con- t pany. le states that there is a ho- t tel in Texas, near the Indian fron- s tier, covering 245 acres of land. The r waiters ride on mules and deliver c I soup from large tin cans, each can I containing about 25 gallons; the din- t ner is brought on wagons drawn by r V mules; enough to supply a table each table with 500 heads. T1hie ho. i: tel has 300 head-waiters and 2,7413 I regular waiters. Tihree fast trains ni run daily through the hotel grounds, t carrying thIousaLnds and thousands of la peop)le away from llirminghamn and 1t D)ecatur-, Ala. Alabama Wealth. t Although Alabama ranks only ' eig~hth in the Union in the acreage of I its coal measures, it takes a front c rank in the quantity and quality of ~ -its coal, and that thme WVarrior coal I field, with an areca of 7,'-10 square C miles, is about two-thirds as lar-ge as I . the coal area of Great lBritain. Its 0 . coal measures over 3,000 feet thick. a . It is estim)atedl that they contain not r . less than 113,119,000,000 tons, of' C which about 108,394,000,000 tonis r would be0 available coal, valued niow at about $150,000,000,000, as it lies, C of which $30,000,000,000 would be v pirofit, being about two hundred ti mes the present total assessed value of' r the p)rop)erty in Alabama, and would a' bulmy every foot of Alabama territory at $900 per aere.-D)ixie, for ,Junnary/. Thie directors of the Shiefild, Ala., Landl, Iron & Coal Co., at their last t -meeting, in Montgomery, dIelared a dlividendl of ten per 'cent. on thme capir tal stock, five per cent. payable Feb. a ruary 1st, and the remaining five perF I -cent. March 1st. This is the most; substantial and absolute evidence ofC I Shiefheld's prosperity that has yet t come to D)ixie's notice, and the e fact that other dividlends of five per F cent. monthly are expected will lbe a Joy ful news to the Georgia alnd( Caro- e lina stockholders.-Dixie, for Jann- ~ (try. Tfhe Evening Teleglraml pronouncedi C Captain F. W. Dawson's speech at a the Cooper Union the best made j there, although IIenry George was AIR PLAY AN) COMMON SENSE. he Registor Did Right When It Printed Lawyer Straker's Communieations. Some newspapers censure our re )ected contemporary, the Columbia egister, because it printed a com. unication from I). Augustus Stra or, a black lawyer of the Columbia ar, who was a peculiarly offensive nd active radical while the radi. ils were in power. In this comnu ication Straker related instances of hat ie alleged to be cruel and cor. ipt oppression of colored people by hite' Democratic Trial Justices. In msure of the Register it is stated iat newspapers at the North have gerly given circulation to Straker's ,ories and used then as a basis for enouncing the Southern people and icir methods of government and ad. inistration of the law. The Register did right when it rinted the communication, and its Ltion ought to be heartily coin. iended by every man who loves fair lay and has common sense. We annot pretend that all the ofilcers our State and cou.ties are made icapablo of wrong-doing by the ets that they are white men and emocrats, or that a man can have o justice in his cause because he is black man and a radical. The oblest and highest function of the ress is to protect the poor and lowly -om the oppression of power, to ive the humble a means of making icir grievances known and to hold ublic oflicers to a strict acounting )r their oflcial acts. So far as the Northern press is )ncerned, the best method to prove the world that public sentiment in i0 South regarding the negro is hat it should be is to carefully ive the negro voice in Southern ewspapers and to allow him the illest opportunity for the ventila. on of his real or fancied grievances here they appear to have foundation I fact. The truth never hurts good ien, and the quickest and best meth d of getting the truth is the full nd frank exchange of statements trough the newspapers. The Register acted wisely and istly and in accordance with the est instincts of American manhood. -Greenville Daily News. The Surplus. It seems that Mr. Randall and his Alowers are willing to support a bill rhich is said to throw off ten mil ons from the tariff and forty mil. ions from the internal revenue. Mr. liscock has a bill which he says will ike off fifty millions of taxes upon ubacco, spirits and sugar. We pre time, therefore, that if these gentle ien and their followers can get a hance to present their plans to the louse they will support a motion hat the louse proceed to consider evetue measures. We wish to say, with all due em. hasis, that we think the proposed landall antd IIliscock bills are as bad s thtey can be. They ought not to e patssedl. Thme committee bill, nown as the Morrison bill, is far etter and dleserving of' support. Biut if' thme friends of the former 1easuires are wiling to vote to go to bie consideration of' revenue bills )emocratic leaders shtould take ad antage of this disposition. Thme Louise should at oncee plroceed to the onisideration of measures for the re ut,tion of taxes. The (demnocratic aty cannot stand( thte consequences f' a failure to redluce the taxes, tun. ss they make it clear to t,he peop)le lit thtey have done11 all thtat thtey can ndl that thme responsibility of failure ests with t,he rep)ublicans, Hlow an this he made clear? A single iotion b)y thte chairman of thme ways na means is not a sufficient effort n the pairt of thme (democrats. Every reek, at least, a motion to p)roceedl :m the consideration of reventue mecas rcs should hmave beeun made once week until the end of thme sessioni. Ve hear it said that thte motion is ot, made because the revenue reform emocrats are apprehensive tha~t if lie matter is 1)roug(ht before the louse the result, will be a bill reduc. cig internal revenue taxes and1( mak aga merely nominal reduction of uriff taxes. T1his leads us to say3 that the conm. iittee should1( not, by reason of suchl n appIrehtension, fall to give the lousec an opportunmit,y to (10 wvhatever may think wise. If the House or tepresentatives wishes to throw off lie taxes uaponi tobacco andl spirits, no of its commit,tees should not ave thte power to prevent it. It is monstrous thing to give to eight or inc men the l,Ower of prevent-ing lie hlouse from dlo;ig its will. If le committee does use the power dhich the absurd rules give it, and (1es, by refusing oplportunity for con ideration, prevent thme Ilouse from assing a bi1l1 to reduce taxation, the emocratic party will be responsible nor tImn notion of' the ommlitee and the democracy cannot stand such a responsibility. We do not believe that the House will pass a bill taking taxes off from tobacco and whiskey and leaving them upon wool and coal. But if it does pass such a bill it will be by the solid republican vote, and the repub. licans will have to go to the people with the responsibility upon their shoulders. The Star asks Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Morrison to relieve the democracy from intolerable burdens and to let the republicans have all the rope they want.-New York Star, Jan. 20th. Order of American Firemn. On the 15th of September, 1886, an organization bearing the above name was started by some of the most prominent fire fighters ot the continent. The object of the order is first to get the firemen of North America united into one brother. hood; after that it is intended to work together for mutual benefit and the benefit of the fire service of the country. There is no intention to get up strikes in the tire departments, but to always make advancement in the science of fire fighting by mutual counsel and interchange of informa. tion. Another object is to secure for firemen a proper recognition of their services and ultimately provide a fund for relief in case of injury or death. When the order was organ. ized the Fireman's Herald, of New York, was chosen as the official or. gan of the order; not that it should advocate it editorially, but that the secretary should publish each week in its columns an article, paid for as an advertisement, setting forth the objects, aims and workings of the order. From the publication of these articles the order has already at. tained a voluntary membership of 1,300. The total dues and fees are at present 25 cents, which must ac company the application for mem bership. Address, for blanks and further information, Secretary 0. A. F., care Fireman's Herald, 173 Broad. way, New York, N. Y.. or Andrew C. Todd, Deputy Grand Secretary, An. dcrson, S. C. The Grant M11onument. Mrs. Grant has turned over to the Grant monument committee of New York $982.50, being the sum of two checks from the Treasury depart. ment, one of $120 covering three months' extra pay for Gen. Grant's service as quartermaster in Mexico, and one of $862.50 for the pay due the General from July 1, 1885, to the 23d, the (lay of his death. Col. F. ). Grant, in sending the checks to George Jones, of the New York Times, for presentation to the Mon ument Association, says : "My moth er f'eels that this money is too sa cred to be used in any other way than as an offering toward the build ing of a monument to the memory of her husband."--Auqusta Chronicle. Th'ie Centeniary. Wec have nloticedl that reference has been made to tihe sllsp)ension of the Centenary~ ini the State papers. True, the Centenary, has5 beeni sus pended for a while, but, tile latest ad. vice from Mr. Moore is to tile effect that the paper will be continued. Pending nlegotiations, no statement has been madle concerning it; and as soon as arrangements are concluded, annoulncement will be madle through the press, for the Informationl of its subscr'ibers. We have pubbished nothling concerning tis alIspenslon until (definlite andi reliable informa tioin could( be givenl; and ho0w the matter came to be nioticedi is best known to some enterprising news gathierer.--Fliorence TJhnes. Children Starving to Death On occoiunt of their lnability to digest food, wvill find a most marvelous inoud anl Irenedy In ScotIt's Emeulsion. Very palatable andi easily dIgested. D)r. W. 8. (.onErf. of Waco, Texas, says: . I have used your EmulllsiOn In in lIfanille wvasting. 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