The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-01
GREAT RAILROAD CENTRE,
The Alliance WnrchOuSc.--A Town of
Railroad Builders. So GreenwO0d'S
Fidelity TO The Press and Banner.

The editor of tho Press and Banner went to
Greenwood last Wednesday to be present at
the ceremonies incident to the laying OF tie
corner stone of the Allianc! Warehouse.
which Is to be & splendid brick structure.
owing to the continued rains the speakers
lett, and the laying of the corner stone WAS
postponed until after the departure Of the az
ternoon train.
1t did not suit us to remain over another
day, and hence VIC LETT on the train, and miss
ed the pleasure of being present with our
friends on q day which commentaries not
able event in the history of the Farmers Al
lance in AbhcviIle County.
The farmers of this County entered into
their own organization with Il singular ulit-
nimity, and all unite To work in harmony
and zeal to promote every good enterprise
which may look 10 their material prosperity
and tend to their social and moral advance
ment.
Their platform of principles is broad and
comprehensive, while every section of their
law looks to the welfare of each individual
member. And it affords the Press nhd Hdh
ner great pleasure to note their continued
good will and respect, aS evidenced in the act
of placing in the corner stone of their splcn-
did building, 4 copy of this newspaper, side
by side, with copy OF the Cotton Plant
thGir own Of tr1ysrd G lGaaer We and b"Hk Te
them for this manifestation OF kindly
feeling, and We trust that they may never re
!ret their mark of esteem ana confidence !pr
!he nrwSraprr which has always tr,fd , TO 90
to all men. but in view Of The honor which
has been conferred, we are prompted to renew
our zeal In every good work, anu To PIC &c
this newspaper anew To still greater effort lni
a still more faithful and better work In tie
future.
Greenwood is always n pleasant place 1"
visit. This is true Tor nIany reasons, among
others, the fact that the people there always
seem glad to welcome Il visitor within Their
gates, another reason why it is pleasant to he
at Greenwood is, that We never tau 10 get
new business or to receive mo .ey for WORK
already done. Greenwood for time ont ol
mind has never failed to give the Press ana
Banner Il most liberal support. Away pack
in the fiftics Greenwood, in the person "l
William C. Davis, furnished an editor for the
Abbeville Batner, and the people atiestcd
their love and respect for him by subscribing
for his paper, and electing him TO the lcSisli.-
ture at the head OF the ticket He was among
the first of thepatriotic host who entered the
Confederate service, and he remained 1T Inc
front, at the post OF danger, until he lost ms
life in battle. AT that time a large proportion
of the people of Greenwood were related 10
him, and all held him in the highest esteem.
They were readers OF his paper, and they aud
their descendants, have ever remained true
to the paper which he edited The present
editor may have inherited, as he certainly
enjoys, some of the patronage which they
were wont. III olden times, to bestow upon
their beloved kinsman and honored friend.
Greenwood Is Il new town, filled Will I'M
| mcnse stocks Of goods, and a more enterpris.
ing, or q more pushing community of people
cannot be found.
Their success in getting railroads has been
ipHenomenal. Thos. +. Riley, j. L. Parks, ".
X. Blake, >. =. BOUzer, and others built The
Augusta and Knoxville road with Il few con-
victS, and with the help Of the few subscrip-
lions which their own invincible spirit CONF
manded from lockers on. Nobody but thenl-
selves believed they would succeed. But
nothing succeeds like success. The road
came and it went on by its own momentum
to Laurens, Greenville and SpartanburS,
while Anderson hooked on 1T Mccormick.
Abbeville in 1888 was trying 10 get u road TO
Nerdery. Hon. w. X. Blake was a member
of the Legislature at the zine. He didn't
want the road diverted from Greenwood, and
got Il charter for q road from Greenwood to
Abbeville. Ancrward that charter was
amended 10 run TO the Saluda from one end,
and TO the North Carolina line on the other.
Capt. J. Z. Parks. G.. e. hodges, L. w. Perrin,
Il. Z. Seal, and others were the projectors, and
early workers. when TIT road was scarcely OF
enough Importance tobe laughed at. But as
u matter of fact, from Mr.. Blake'S little char
! ter from Abbevile TO Greenwood, Il distance
| OF iUurtt en- miles, the great Georgia, Carolina
and Northern railroad sprung into existence.
extending on the West 10 Atlanta, In Georgia,
anu on the East to Monroe, in the State oI
North Carolina. These important railroads
were gained by the mere persistence OF Il few
! citizens and their unyiclding determination
! to have them.
| But to go away back in the fortieS, Green
| wood was an enterprisng town. In those
days the people were rich, and whatever they
IucS Nlu IL ny IIdlU lOTCe. AZ tlluI lilllc
they had not learned the art of building rail-
reads by newspaper gas, and artistic impecu-
nious diplomacy. They didn't know how -
/ build the roads except by downright hard
work, and they didn't even know how ~
move chepply even the sand and the clay
! from under their feet
| They pulled the money out OF their own
! pockets and diverted the Columbia und
Grccnville road from Laurens by way OF
Greenwood, and from that day TO this Green
wood has been looking for more railroads and
more scientific methods Of building them.
In oiden times il took monied men TO build
u railroad, but now it requires only high
skillful nap.makers to lily oil and ningniry
The importance OF the desired road, when big
I corporations will come in and do the actual
work is soon as the wind work has been nm
/ ished. We shouldn't bc surprised at any day
! 10 hear that Capt. Parks, T. +. Riley, W. X.
Biake and lew others mad inspired {; rich
corporation with something Of their own Zeal
| in railroad building, and that as q result. an
other railroad should he built 10 the town
which is fully alive to the Importance of gel.
/ ting all the roads to run To Greenwood, as the
wagon roads once run TO li3me.
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