The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-14
PHILLIP S. RUTLEDGE.
Nearing the Gloomy Mills Of Death.

He who was once conspicuous figure ir
the nOIeI, the livery stable and sage business
At AUbeSIlIe is now lar advanced In life, be
Ing we'll In his seventy-eighth year, and tot
home of his daughter Mrs. &. V. Hammond
and Is now not Seen at all by the busy folk on
the PuUiic Square. Like broken piece D
furuiture, be Is thrown aside by the ousy
world, which forgets man rs soon as he falls
out oi ranks. His only solace is the love and
affection of dutiful daughter, and his only
comfort is the aLten tion oi those Of her house,
nold. His lack OF averice in his youth, and
his generosity when he was strong and vigo
rous, have lett him penniless in his old age
Mr. Rutledge Was born in Abbevllle county
May IL, 1917. He commenced business IoI
himself early In lie. and has been all these
years distinguished for his energetic pursuit
OF business and for his honesty OF purpose.
He has always done the right as he saw It,
but We believe has never been conmunl'
cant Of any church.
He delighted In handling horses, and often
drove them, or traded them. when ne was
d young man this country had no railroads.
rhe old fashioned stage coach was the means
Of public conveyance, and In those days
many men accumulated large estates In the
stage business. He carried The mail in his
stage from Ready River, twelve miles below
Laurens Court House To Andersonyllle, IN
Anderson county. For twenty-five years he
drove a stage between points In North Caro-
lima, through South Carolina TO different
In this business ho was contemporaneous
with Mr.. VIM. verell. lolten called Stage
EerelD and Mr.. Verell, like MIR. Rutiedge
fingered long on the stage OF life after all
their associates had passed away. MIR. Verell
has been dead only lew years. aud when MIR.
Hutiege passes away. as far as we are luiorIn-
ed, ali the old stage drivers OF the olden Times
will have gone 10 their reward.
Mr.. Rutledge, like all men whose dealings
for q lie time are with the public was gen.
erous aud kind 70 all men. In his own fam
ily he opened his purse string and never
denied them anything. Although he was
himself the rough unpublished asher, yet he
had kindly heart beneath the rough ex.
terror and was justly ambitious for the well
lare ot bis children, 10 all OF whom he gave
q collegiate education
He married Miss Mary Green, Of Green
willie county, in 1888. To them were born
eight children, three sons and five daughters.
rhe sons have gone u their graves. Mrs,
Hammond, OF this village, daughter In
SpartansbuIg and one In Georgia, are all
That remain Of the daughters.
One of the daughters had romantic Ca
reer. When she was young and pretty, Mr.:
William Dorm, the owner OF the Dorm gold
mine, In this county, sought her hand In
marriage. The products OF the milne made
Mr.. Dorm immensely wealthy, and at the
close OF the war he owned two hundred ne
groes, and he held titles to village lots In
Various parts of the State, while wide
tions paid tribute to him. lie scarcely
knew Ills wealth. But misfortune calne and
it was all swept away.
Mr.. RuLledge's FIRST wife died long ago, and
he married the second time. His second
wife has been dead several years, and he
poor in purse, and odly whiting for the
Reaper To bear him away TO new scenes In
that undiscovered country TO which we are
all Fastening.