The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-09
POSSIBIL LITIES AND PROBABILITIES.
Mr. Harden Asks Attention to Question Which Ad-
mits Of Wide Discussion.
In the Shuttle of the Years Abbevi Boys LostNew Mer
Come and Take Their Pae-The Old Abbevie Has Passee
Away, and a Newer and Better AbbevI1e IS Here

printers are employed. The printing is done
by steam.
Adopted citizens and strangers were mainly
Instrumental in establishing our banks.
Our photographers are new citizens amongst
Richard Hill and Henry H. Hill. livery and
sale stable, and dealers In vehicles, were not
The engineer and conductor on the Southern
came from distance, as did most OF The engi
neers and conductors on the S-anonrd.
The cashiers of both banks were furnished
to US by other communities.
The BARRIERS are new men amongst us.
Our dispenser was not horn 10 Abbeville.
The superintendent OF the furniture factory
came from another city.
visor. the Probate Judge, are not native born
citizens.
The Keepers OF the central telephone office
were not born In Abbevile.
OF course in reference TO "old Ahbavi'le,' "
J: F. Livingston. DR.. j. w. W. Marshall
Hon. VIM. H. Parker and H. T. Tusten
are not ignored. While they were not
horn at Abbevile they have lived here longer
han has any native born citizen, and they
may be termed the worthy paLriarchs Of an
honorable past. They were born when the
old century was young. and they have lived
TO see the new century mirly launched. They
may yet live 10 see tho end of the twentieth
century.
SALT TO SAVE THE CITY.
L. H. Russell, livery and sale stable, was
James Roche, OF the firm Of LomaX &
Roche, is an Abbevile man.
j. Allen Smith, president of the National
Bauk, Is a native born citizen.
j. A lien Smith, Jr., N erchant, Is native.
A. NJ Smith OF the firm of A. M. Smith &
Co.. was born in town.
w. s. Cothran, the owner or the Lumber
Com pany. ia native.
w. NJ. Barnwell. the manager Of the tele
phone, WAS born In Abbeville.
DR.. S. g. Thomson, dentist, liz q native.
Capt L. w. White Ia n home born citizen.
Sheriff G. j. Lyon, Clerk Of Court ]: L. Per-
rim. Auditor r. E. Cox, and Master l.. w. Per.
rim, were born In Abbeville.
In the building Of the Eureka Hotel the fol-
lowing native horn citizens took stock: j. l..
Perrin. l.. w. White, w. NJ. BarnwelI, J. Al.
len Smith, Jr., A. M Smith, T. @. White, W.
H. White. Mrs. Mamie w. Wardlaw, 81. G.
Smith, j. .. Bowie.
ABBEvILLE MEN ABROAD.
Some of our young men can be accounted
for In other cities hnd towns. For instance:
There is Thomas p. Cothran, Of Greenville,
attorney for the Southern Railway, an Alb.
beville boy. He is now one of the best law.
yers In the State, winning laurels and money
too, in bis chosen profession.
Patrick Noble Is a factor In the business cir.
cles OF San Francisco.
Lewis w. Parker, Of Green vile, president oi
several cotton mills. is a native OF Abbevile.
No young man in the State stands higher In
the business world.
James s. Perrin was born In Abbeville. He
is now lawyer in YaZoo City, Miss, living
happily with good vile, on the west side OF
Easy street.
Walter Vlsanska ia Georgia lawyer, and
his success is assured.
Patterson Wardlaw is professor In South
Carolina College.
GONE WHERE THE wooDBINE TwINETH.
But 1t would take up too much space If we
undertook TO follow up all OF our young men.
Long ago the Lord told Abraham 10 leave the
home of his fathers and 60 to a new land
where success would come to him. In like
manner, the boys OF today, who feel that they
have the manhood In them, often 60 out
from the roof-tree, where they will be
regarded according TO their own worth. They
will then not be handicapped by their envi.
ronment nor held back by kindred, neither
will they be lulled into Incidence by the
wealth or the social position Of their families.
WILLING TO CORRECT ERRORS.
After look Ing over the above maybe you
will feel inclined to ask what has become OF
the men that have been born in Abbev!le
within the last sixty years; or possibly, You
may think that all this is erroneous, and that
you could write better account. If you can
write II up more correctly, please do 10, and
we will be glad 10 publish next week what
you have TO say.
BOYS LOST.
or all the boys that have been born in Alb
bevlle within the last sixty years is IT not
strange that so few of them can now be ac-
counted for? We leave it for you 10 ssy If
they have improved their talent or II they
have even preserved their heritage. While
some have sought larger fields and accom-
plished greater things In other places, yet 1t Is
true that others quit the fight and Yield
ed to strangers the places and the honors
that were rightly their own.
Notwithstanding the educational advan.
tages OF the town. together with the aid end
the goodwill which neighbors and kindred
extend with the helping hand, many of the
best favored youth have allowed the home.
spun boy, without education, and without
friends. TO outstrip them In the race for the
mastery. The boy born with the iron spoon
in his mouth has often left In the race the
peighbor who took his soup from silver
spoon.
1t must be astonishing to you to realize the
fact that so many town-born boys have failed
TO take the places TO which their native talent
and their superior advantages would seem to
entitle them.
If you will review the record OF The past, 1t
is probable that you will think the prnbabil-
ty Is that failure often awaits even the boy
who is horn within the purple.
Would you say that the Abbevile born
boys are not the equals OF those who now con.
duct the business Of the town? Or, would
you say that 1t is Il case OF the survival of The
tiLtest?
OLD ABBEvILLE AND NEW ABBEvILLE.
1t may be that you have heard that the Alb
bevilIe of today ia not the old Abbeville.
That Is true. We have new people, while
the descendants OF the "old AbbevIlle" have
been scattered to the four winds Of the earth.
Even their names are not now remembered.
The "od Ahbevle" j. gone, and the descend
entS OF the ''old .ibberille" are not here. In
the new AhbaviIe their places have been
filled by others. Their absence IL not now
known, and their presence Is no longer
needed.
And thus we pass away.
All. hut you may Insist that the "Old Able
Vile" was better than the Abberille OF today.
Let MS see about that.
Did the old Abbeville have finer churches
than the people Of the new AbbevIlie now
have?
Did they have better or greater schools In