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 In
the motel, the livery stable and sage business
a. AbbevIlie Is now far advanced In lie, be
ing we'll in his seventy-eightn year, and toC
home OF ms daughter Mrs. e. v. Hammond
and Is now not seen at all by the busy iolk Oh
the Public Square. Like broken piece o
furniture, he IL thrown aside by the busy
world, which forgets man as soon as he iallt
out OF ranks. His only solace is the love and
affection Of a dutiiul daughter, and his only
comfort Ia the attention of those of her mouse.
mold. His lack OF averice In his youth, aud
his generosity WHEN he was strong and Vigo,
rous, have lett him penniiess In his old age.
Mr.. Rutledge Was born In Abberlll lie county
May l6, 1917. He commenced business Tor
himself early In lie. and has been all these
of business and for his honesty OF purpose.
He has always done the right rs he saw II,
out we believe has never been communi-
csnt OF any church.
drove them, or traded them. When he WAS
u young man this country had no railroads.
The old fashioned stage coach was the means
OF public nveyance, and IN those -, Gays S 3
stage business. He carried The mail In his
stage from Ready River, twelve miles below
Laurens Court House to AndersonYille. IN
Anderson county. For twenty.nve years ne
drove 8 stage between points IN North Caro-
Una, through south Carolina TO different
poin 8 in Georgia.
In this business hG was contemporaneous
with Mr.. VIM. Verell. yOften called Stage
VerelD and Mr.. Verell, like MIR. Rutiedge
fingered long ON the stage OF LIE after all
their associates had passed away. Mr.. Verell
mas been dead only lew years. and when Mr.
Rutlege passes away. aS far as we are lnforfn-
cd, ali the old stage drivers OF The olden Times
will have gone 10 their reward.
Mr.. Rutirdge, like all men whose dealings
for lie time are with the public was gen.
erous and kind 10 all men. In his own fam
lily 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himself the rough unpublished ASHER, yet he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-
rare oi bis children, u all OF whom he gave
a collegiate education
He married Miss Mary Green, OF Green
willie county, In 1888. 10 them were born
eight children, three sons and five daughters.
The sons have gone " their graves. Mrs,
SparlansbuLg 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
Mr.. Dorm immensely wealthy, and at the
close OF the war he owned two hundred ne
yroes, and hs held titles TO Village lots IN
various parts OF the State, while wide
stretches OF farming lands 10 different sec.
tlops paid tribute 70 him. He scarcely
knew his wealth. But misfortune calne ana
10 was all swept away.
Mr. Rutlsdge's rirst wife died long ago, and
he married the second time. HIS second
wife has been dead several years, and he
alone IL left, broken in health, disconsolate,
poor ih purse, and odly waiting for the
Reaper to bear him away to new scenes in
that undiscovered country 10 which we are
all Fastening.