The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-20

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pencn ano snsn VI s1e supisn9 Denca' anu
laeer, on sne oeuou u .ne i1ue.el SouLI -
was cn2gea oI tne eiess3iai ooI nnn Lnas
seaee9 1eSI : ~ an;sa Jaaf' 2usne
voGso WIZ tae uemo ~ aSI.c c maauoIisy. ~ an.
nuueo the vaiioisy y. tae nonS,uu Jaw tnae
"es passeo W sne sousu, auo mioIe
= oiss y oPLntSa a. - sne Goans'as,oM. -.
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t9a pr u.e .Iwsn: IN ths s;ds ~ ths nnnressaJ
r CO. W EiaId chosa m~erchanSEss al he
x{a@ ani hon Sttse, year. ~ aoso ht.;n.
n . sft,,ation 40 cisrE Ma "A IT Stawsrt
= rnarch.nt nrinca Tn. saw vssrs he IL,
LIZ sa1 tSa ,,anufactara ~ narar and bac.ms
san w - aI.r~e .nd -, h.ssesss
In 1853 be conceived the idea 81 laying . tel
egraphic cable across the Atlantic ocean.
He enlisted refer Cooper ant Moses Taylor
and q few others IN the enterprise, = Tor
thirteen years never legged nor faltered In
that kept the proJect from being
BY his associates. De crossed the Atlantic
forty.four times, DEVOTED his " Tor.
tune TO IL. In 1900 q caDie was Laid %
few messages sent, put IL soon ceased to
work. The civil war began and nothing
E.ors Vas Sons MIL 1860. when another ca
BILE was laid by the Great Eastern, out It wss
broken In the bottom OF the sea when LOO
miles had been laid. Not disheartened, he
LIES great work was accomplished, and he
received the gratitude and admiration Of all
nations. he has In the last few years been
engaged in q project to lay q cable across the
Pacific ocean by way OF the q wich Is
lands, and thus belt the world with an cleo.
trio chain. What a wonderful man-what q
wonderful life he has lived! In 1873 hs con-
ceived and projected the system Of elevated
railways In the city Of New York, and stak-
ed the bulk OF his fortune uton their success.
he was always q rioneer-an origina tor, but
there were greedy cormorants around watch.
ing and waiting. They built another system
and planned and plotted to break his down
or buy It. Secretly thay crowded and do
pressed nE srock down TO the lowest point
and then bought al out MS n consoh-
dated 1t with the Manhattan and ruled him
out, and In many ways drove him to the
wall. 1t Is stated that Jay Gould made two
millions out OF him In n year and then the
old man went to hira ands'ld: MI. Gould,
am oia ano t.eu. tou nave a,lsacI goS
tne n4i ~. "a Ia 49, 80 =, 49, "a ia+ W.
Moulu S Oh 1;t aIa tss ~ - ~ - sr = no,, ia
xeep "aaS 5t1eie s9eie - ie.s: All uo ou
ing IN one Presgnco " ~ Eranu : na9
Inag ms1is m mas i roa %aT 70 t and oE SoI ne Il iI ~ All
noS "Lsei'. - 80, Il n.nn;i.sy ,nd
ssone. hu,han oh tba n;tv Of II
a. Io.+ and ~.nannosst NJ Tho brotbera
Anu n %s uan.r u E;eIJ tho man ~ ODD
COMES III 1n:y =. a. eiMM, NJ VIZ vorh En.uoo
5ne sneeu - - 49, thet ,.nar tor 49,.
a asG ,ayar ronnd a Iina' in Il that wonndad
rnH .ortbarn FEELINGS II ia aIvays able.
con.arvativa and interastinp. DR.. Field has
visited the SOUTH, ana ns paper Ias uet srstSl
US n plead IoI us WIZ =. M u,snsinJ u
rem. ne Is Gne iriena u az TL"nn L,,o.e
was henry GRADY Irieno ano nave oe MoS
me now q iebeer "liI.en " me ifon He"
YORK: IN wnlco t4e %L'9er saSs u.-up;.,s
"Not long ago l eallea on Di. aenry ais.J,
a splendia ola sens!e"1 hin SnOa .n ed who - -
OF the milk OF human xinonsss SnI mnoss
great lover OF the soutn. we cnstteo OF
georgia ana OF Iue souEu - orauy. -
SAID yes: l snai never io,eee no" ofauy so'
his start In the "orlu: ohe morning of @p
PED IN 70 see my oroC.er Sytus - 20 . otn"e
his lstt.rs was enc from General Gordon
..,I.~ ,o., ,or cr.dn uho bs
ask,ng lor a loan, a loan s h aor uas = h mnT y
saia. sH . ptoas s " -. atart IN tna nv
grads' He wsnted ssO'ooo to purchase a
sse ~ =. IL Cn,oon Gordon
aieu lneeres. ~ thot Snr,s .stod
me- new what at l I thought ig t. Of il. Ire I replied that in:
asmuch as be had the money. to spare and
wouldn't miss it, I would let the young man
have it. He drew q check for it at once aid
sent it to him by the next n all He ps'd
half the money back at the end OF the year
and the other half at the end Of the second
year. When he was here shortly before his
death we talked and laughed over the matter
and he said: doctor, I paid your brother Q
per cent. interest," on that money: How mqch
DO you suppose l maze on tns ln'e s"a sa s.;d