The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-23

ing in his sleep when he penned the above
paragraph.
Even as small n city as Abbevlle furnishes
proof that country boys may hoia many o.
the best places.
This. too without the aid of the wealth and
social position 10 which the city boys were
born.
Country boys who have nothing but their
own stout hearts upon which to depend. often
enter the arena where the highest elfort IL
necessary Their city nroiners aaso Eneer Inc Inc
moral support of "our set the city's blue
blooded sclons too often sink out OF sight.
when their presence is not needed, nor Is
| their absence known.
| The country boy rises because OF the man.
hood that is within him, and his success Is
not attributable 10 the fact that he was born
| within or without the purple
| He asserts his manhood and conQuers a
| place despite the aneers and jeers OF socie.
| iy nincompOops. The contention OF the city
| boy who believes that he has the divine right
against adverse fortune, only nerves The am
bilious boy to higher resolves and nobler
aims. He attaiDs success by being superior To
| ihe frowns and Jetrs OF self-conceited nferi-
Ority.
1t is question whether any youth should
remain in the neighbOrhood Of his birth.
The boy who remains at home is handicap
ped by his envirOnment-no matter whether
rich or poor-preten tious or humble.
The rich or influential city boy is too apt to
expect business prosperity to come to him as
lawning OF the trucking creatures that sur
round him or follow b lis footsteps.
But business success Is not SO easily at
tained.
Successful business, without regard for ped-
gree or presumptuous arrogance, req ulres the
exercise of good judgment and the constant
application OF practical methods.
The ambitious poor boy Is sized up or meas.
ured in society, not by his own worth, but he
Is 100 often gauged by the hunblesl or most
objectable mem Der OF his kindred.
,l,Ila
between him and success-a barrier which
must be met and an obstacle which must be
overcome.
But If the same youth goes abroad, preJu.
dice and opposition are unknown.
The gates stand ajar, and he Is welcomed
and greeted-honored and promoted-as be-
comes his worth, and his ability is rewarded
according to his merits.
The history OF this town-the successes of
the young men who have come here, and
the victories OF those who have gon e abroad
all tend TO show that the ambitious young
man might heed the advice which the Lord
gave to Abram, to whom he said
Get thee. out OF thy country, and from
my Kindred and from thy fathers house,
And 1 will bless thee. and make thy name
great; aud tn on shalt be blessing"
No man who has remained at home has
done better than those who have gone away
from Abheville, and none OF those who have
remained In Abbeville have done better than
those who have come from distance.
The editor Of the Journal, we believe, is
country boy-and If NO, he is an honorable
and honorei representative of that class OF
boys whom he urges To remain In the more
circuinScribed field of honor aud usefulness.
II the editor Of the Evening Journal had
taken his own advice years ago, he would
possibly be now teaching little school in
Oak Grove, Confederick Cross Roads. or pull.
Ing the bell cord over a kick ing mule In the
fertile fields of Sleepy Hollow good oc.
cupations In themselves.
Qrtn6 hpnIln
own advice. The result is, he Is now editor of
a great newspaper TO whose teeming columns
thousands of good people daily turn for the
news OF current events, while his editorials
WELD power and an Influence for the good
Of his fellowman. which no man can esti-
mate