The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
From an EX-Abbevillian.

MOBILE. Ala, April 2l $500.
| Editor Tresy and Bttner:
| Your Issue of April 23, so full of Interest tt
any one who has the welfare anh prosperity
of old Abbeville at heart, that cannot re
| frain from expressing, not only the aN!nnlsil'
mcnt, but pleasure that such information al
fords me- though so long absent and far re-
moved from the place of my birth, and per.
haps forgotten hy r.t q few. find II ditilrnlt
| to picture Ahhcvile other than The terminus
of Il twelve mile branch railrOad, over which
ones life had u be placed In jeopardy tor IL
| fulshuur to reach, and that would have often
proved disastrous but for the fhct That 'uncle
Geoige" held the throttle. But with the g.,
G.. & y. nearing completion, the Cumberl land
Gap in the prospective and with such Ill
creased accommodations from the G. u.
Railroad, undoubtedly she is now or Is fast
| becoming a railroad centre. Not only have
| wonderful changes been made In railroad Ia
cilitieS, but in every feature that tendS 10
create a live, progressive town or city ABIDE
Vile seems to have made q forward move.
ment. Two banks where none existed, an
oil MILL q land and Improvement company.
and other industries that ten years ago were
not even dreamed OF, is not bad record, and
argues we'll for the greater and combined
prosperity of the town In the near future.
Now, that start has been made the estao'
| lishment Of this enterprise or that Industry
will be more easy Of cOnSuinmatiOn. Such,
at least, IL the experience of the Incoming
towns of Alabama. Put one manu- featuring
enterprise on n success fu basis, as the Aboe-
Vile oil mill seems To be and 1t VIII lead 10
this fact in the oil mill, rs your paper states
that the Board of Directors have decided to
add an improved ginnery TO the mill. Next,
no doubt. the spinning OF the cotton into
those yarns into goods will be the final result.
Again read that an invi vitatlon has been eN-
tended and IN effort 1t being made to have
the car shops OF the e., c. & n. r. r. located
Mt Abbevilie. That is persi .tent progress and
Is bound to tell. Such effective work has
been done in this way in the development of
cities and towns In this State and elsewhere.
that the organization Of industrial clubs have
become necessity. The objects and pur-
poses OF these industrial clubs are to publish
the Inducements offered for the establish
mcnt of factories In their respective locality,
and to become acquainted with those engaged
in similar industries or enterprises all over
the country and VINO may be seeking new To-
cations for their manufactures. In tnis way,
duced TO start Il fertilizer factory in Mont
gomery, Ala, and this Is only one OF many
such Instances that might name as the re-
suit of q n industrial club. The plan or work
Is very simple, and the cost to each member,
fifty cents or one dollar per month Is never
missed. With the fund thus created, secre-
tary is employed whose business Is mostly
correspondence, and the distribution OF pam
phlets or other printing matter that gives the
Inducements offered. whether free sites, or
the amount that will be subscribed OF the
capital stock to the factory, also showing the
supply and comparative OF the raw material
or products In this way towns who have
everything necessary for the successful man
nracture OF the raw material produced except
the capital, have induced experienced north
ern or western capitalists to locate In their
midst, while others have brought active and
energetic Immigrants into their localities,
and from waste and idle lands transformed
them into small productive and profitable
farms, such as the "town farms mentioned
i'm the Press and Banner. If you have no fac
tory site TO offer free, or immense amount Of
CAPITAL 10 invest, certainly you have u soil
md climate second to none in the country.
and by an industrial club properly worked,
YOU can make town farms out of the whole
county. Let an Industrial club be your next
forward step. j. Z. NJ.