The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-16
BROTHER EDITORS VISIT
tHe Says Pleasant Things About Our
| Old Town.
Monroe N. c., Enquirer.


We have for a long time had in contempla.
tion trip down the magnificent G, 9 n
Railroad, but the opportunity did not present
Itself un til last Thursday, when we made fly.
ingvisit to Abbeville, >. G. The line OF the road
is dotted with neat and prosperous looking
villages, the first being our own little queen
city, Waxhaw. The road skirts the splendid
little city of ChesieI, which is the largest
place OIL the line OF the road between Monroe
and Athens. The road runs through the
heart of Clinton, In Laurens county, which
Is n beautiful place OF 800 or 600 inhabitants.
Greenwood, in Abbeviile county. Is miles
from the county seat, isa place OF about 2,OO0
Inhabitants. II has various industries and
is ohe Of the most prosperous towns In the
State. From Monroe to Atbeville Is mag
nifcent country. II should be one or Inc
most prosperous sections In the South. The
lands are not only adapted TO the cultivation
Of cotton, but he cereals, grasses and all
kinds OF vegetables grow In profuslon. the
principal business of the farmers In this
favored section should be to raise stock, cat
tie, sheep and hogs and all kinds OF provision
crops and cotton only as surplus. we be.
lieve this day l. coming and when it does
come the cry of hard times will be everiast-
ingly rel-gated 10 the rear.
We reached Abbaville about 9 o'clock In
the afternoon. 1t Is l33 miles from Monroe.
Brother Wilson of the Press and Banner. was
waiting on the platform TO greet us. We had
never seen him before. A fellow with large
red face and atremendous bay window got out
over but said he knew the man with that abdo-
men could not be the editor OF the Enquirer.
We were his guest while In Abbeville. We
never spent more delightful time than was
took in the town. We first visited the cotton
seed oil mill, which Is the principal industry OF
the place. We had never been In one before
process by which the adhering lint is taken
from the seed, the seed hnlled, the oil. ex-
tracted and the resulting cake converted into
meal. The lint taken from the seed, which
1, I'D ri kf
cotton, nearlyspays the, expense Of running
the mill. The local demand !or the hull iss
not half met. Mixed with the cotton seed
meal It Is said M the iinest stock 1000 procaraoie
and the farm wagons frequently stay In town
all night In order to get q lead OF the hnlls,
which sell at g per ton. The he mill is good
bsing found for all Of Its product. -s,. .. V
There are number OF fine stores and the
merchants enjoy large trade and are pros
porous. Cotton is the principal crop OF the
licences with large. well kept flower gardens
in 'front.' The town is q very old one. 1t was
settled we believe before the Revolutionary
war, and like all old communities the people
Bile, intelligent, and refined. The churches
are the finest we ever saw In town Of the
same size. They are an honor to It,
II is q remarkable fact that Abbeville Is the
birth place and the grave OF the secession
movement, The first. secession con-;
vention held anywhere In the South was
held here. It was held In grove on the side
of a hill which overlooks the town. Here
would be the most fitting place for a monu.
ment to the Lost Cause" In one Of the old
ante-belIum residences which still remains,
Mr. Davis held his last cabinet meeting. We
believe Judah P. Benjamin was the only mem-
Der Of the cabinet present. Here these heroes
decided to part. Mr.. Benjamin, as 1t is well
known made his escape from the country and
There are two papers In Abbevile-the
Press and Banner and the Medium. The
Press and Banner leads the van or country
weeklles. Mr.. Wilson has been publishing It.
since before the war and what he don't know
about runninga a country weekly Is hardly
us before long. He is n bachelor; Is good
looking and as well OFF as country editors
get to be. / he is not "setin his way be-
yond all hope we can satisfy him with q
wife In Monroe.
The return trip home was uneventful.,
Capt. Bourne, the gentlemanly condctor, has
our thanks for the many courtesies extended
us. t..i.