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The Atlanta Consttution 

The Atlanta Consttution  September 1, 1883

THE BUENA VISTA RAILROAD BARBECUE
From the Columbus Times

Tuesday was a big day in Buena Vista, it being the occasion of the railroad 
barbecue.  About three thousand people were present and rousing speeches were 
made by Colonel Edgar Butt, of Buena Vista and Hon. B.B. Hinton and Dupont 
Guerry, of Americus.  The dinner was the grandest affair ever gotten up in 
Marion county, and ample to satisfy the vast crowd.  The orators built the 
road with perfect ease, and Americus pledged the necessary funds to finish it 
to that point.  Ellaville has subscribed $25,000 to carry it by that place and 
though little real business was done at the meeting Tuesday, it did much to 
inspire the people to renewed effort.  Americus was represented by a 
delegation of seventy-five or eighty of her prominent citizens.  From Columbus 
were Messrs. John Booth, J.C. Anderson, O.C. Bullock, Abb Wooldridge, John 
Shepherd and Hal Hilman.

At night the festivities closed with a ball, which was largely attended.  The 
following communication from Captain Persons speaks for itself:

"Geneva, Ga., August 29, 1883--Editors Times:  An attendance at the Buena 
Vista railroad festival of yesterday convinced me that the road will be built 
and that Americus will secure its terminal, unless Columbus quickly 
interferes.  All the people of Marion appear to be resolved upon a road, and 
quite a majority of them with whom I discussed appeared to favor Columbus as 
their point of trade, if they can have railway communication with her.  I was 
told that half the sum offered by Americus would carry the road to Bostick, 
and not only secure the trade of the past  but greatly increase it with 
Columbus.  I know that Columbus knows her interest quite too well to need any 
advice from me, and I propose no advice, but thought to furnish two facts 
which may not be so well known to all of her merchants as to myself, namely, 
that Marion means to build a road, and second, prefers to point it to Columbus 
if she can command the means.

Mr. R.O. Woodall, a prominent merchant of Buena Vista, is in the city 
representing the railroad company, and will call on our business men to day in 
the effort to induce them to take some interest in the matter.  It would not 
require a large subscription to secure the road for Columbus, and if a few 
prominent men will take hold of the matter it can be raised within the next 
forty-eight hours.  We bespeak for Mr. Woodall a careful hearing and such aid 
to his enterprise as can be extended.


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