The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09

the old Abbeyile than we have today?
The old Abbeville received mail once Gay
by stage from Edgefield. Later. mail came
once a day over the railroad. We have better
Did they with all their wealth. give employ
ment to the struggling poor by building cot
ton mills, furniture factories, glnneries, roller
/ mills, oil mills, warehouses?
| Did the old Abbeville build more gond store
houses than we have built since the war?
Did the old Abbeyille have better or richer
merchants than we have?
Who of the old Abbeville ever $1,000 hlgner
as a merchant and as citizen than Capt. L.
| w. W hte?
Who OF The old bbeville had better name
| for honesty and fair dea ling and who achleveo
| a gre ter snccess than w. Joel Smith?
Who OF the old Abbevile ever hHd better
clothing store than Hall Il Anderson?
Where were the ban ks IN the old Abbeville
Did We have In the old Abbevi lie such arug
stores as those OF 2. B. speed and OF u A. MIL
| ford?
Did the old Abbevlle have millinery stores
to compare with those of Messrs. r. NJ. Had
don & Co. and c. w. Kendall7
Where was the merchant whose success
equalied that OF + Rosenberg & Co.. In the
race have they not outstripped everybody
and have they not spent their money In build
ing up the town? Have they not put more
money into public enterprises than all the
men that ever lived In Abbeville before the
war?
Did the old Abbeville have on e. fourth of the
stores that now do business In town?
OUR FRIENDS. THE TEMPERANCE GUDGEoNs,
AND THE wHIsKEY BUSINESS
Did the old Abbeville restrict the sale oi
liquor TO daylight only, and then allow u ia
. be sold only under government supervision
Ah, no; they bad In the good old DAYS. nice
bar rooms where the good stuff could be had
at almost any time Of the night, amt, IN cases
of urgent necessity, IL could sometimes be had
on Sunday. In the good old days OF the ola
Abbevile could we not take our children's
shoes. or the wlfe's jewelry, and pledge them
for whiskey? In those good old days. could
not the man who loved 10 have little fun at
night, always find a welcome around the bar
fire. where be could spend the weeks earn
ings, even II the children needed bread? In
these good old days, we had not one, but sew
eral of these nice places for which the average
enemy of the di.peusary now 40 anxiously
yearns. On, If we could only return 10 the
good old days, we would indeed be happy
people. Wouldn't you love 10 see q dingy bar
room opened in q woodshed on knoXs cor
ner? Or, maybe, you would like 10 see in that
place a brilliantly lighted and splendidly
equipped saloon, " here the spark ling contents
and the merry jingle OF the glasses would
bring us victorious over all the Ills OF life
This seems TO be the state OF affairs for which
our friends, the temperance gudgeona, are
fighting In the ranks with the saloon men
against the dispensary.
Say not thou, What is the cause that the for
mer days were better than these? for thou
dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
We think, after reading the above, that Mr..
Harden will agree with us In saying that
while the possibilities Of man may be great,
the probabilities Of failure Is as 900 TO OF sue
cess.