The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-30
Farmer Boys.

T,is il the time Of the year when we see III
the newspapers lectures on the oeauties Vi
the farmers life and the dangers of town iiie'
10 which is added al unlimited amount o'
advice to the boys to stay Oh the iarm'
Joseph +. Brown OF Georgia was a iar"ei
nov. He said late in lite, If he had stayeu VI
the farm he might have lived hard ana o"neu
q tew hundred acres of land. AS our people
rnow he didn't stay or the iarm. he "ent
10 town. became Governor OF the State, ana
talked big to Jeff Davis during the war. he
was United States Senator For forty years
~. uo.a factor In all that interested Georgia.
He died a millionaire. If a boy has nolnips
In him, except Drawn and .slne"' he "Ne.'
stay on the farm, but If he has the hanhooo'
tina ability and the executive quallties ne nau
halter 90 to q field OF larger posslollities 'n"n
the farm.
Town brought up boys do not always an
- tho demand for men of mark. rake
Abbeyille, for instance: Since Inc lounua-
ton of the town. more than a hundred years
400 there nave been many boys born "ilnin
,ts limits. You can count on the hpgers oi
ono hand. the names OF the town born boys
uho are now factors in the affairs OF the city
,uv,tb few exceptions the merchants OF To-Day
&c not native born citizens. The physicians
were not born here. None OF Inc lawyers ~
Sthis bar were born In own Ihe Two 'uusee
now living In the town were Dorm eise"ue
The editors and owners Of the pruning olhoes
moved 10 town after reachlpg tne years Vi
maturity. Our cotton buyers came fon VIC
country, The president of the cotton mill
came from the country. The builders oi Tue
furniture factory, with a single exception
were not natives of the town. None ol TIC
nfscers In either of our three banks were oorn
a. ahbsville A majority of our teachers are
rom other sections. Our jewelers. came 10
town after reaching the years Of maturity
and the age in which they might Juoge LOT
themselves. Very few OF the county oin'eio
were born in town, and more OF our preacnei'
were born amongst US.
~ al, these men had been required 10 re-
main ON the farm, where would the Town oi
A hhevtle be now? What has become OF the
town boys, anyway? Their places have oeen
taken by the country boys. our town ooSS
Rave zone abroad and have forged their way
10 the front in other localities. Among the
number we would mention: -,
I.ewis w. Parker of Greenville is a well
s. 1OWAo
known cotton mill man.
Thomas P. Cothran Of GreenVille stanoS
n,ob IN the legal profession, and Is getting
rich.
w. c. Cothran Is a good lawyer In Green
VILE.
julius Visanska is o q rich and prosper
Gus merchant OF Charleston.
Aug. w, Smith is builder and president OF
the Woodruff Cotton MIL.
Major ]. C. Hemphill Is the able and re-
.snec,ed editor OF the News and Courier.
DIR. 8. A. Visanska is a highly esteemed
physician OF Atlanta. =,
( walter Visanska stands high In the legal
profession OF the Gate City.
Thos. C. Perrin collects the taxes for one OF
the lower counties.
! w, II. Parker is a lawyer and Is a factor ID
Cbarleston's affairs
j. s. Perrin is getting rich practiclng ia"'
In Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Thomas Parker is kn officer on the Arkan-
aas. one OF the best fighting vessels ahoat.
r. l.. Parker is in the cavalry service OF MS
country, maintaining the standards OF soutn
Carolina soldiery.
James Fair is a preacher OF the gospel ana
~ 80
deyotes bis time In trying to keep citizens o.
Savannah in the straight and narrow pain.
O b Mcbride is a preacher and his energy
and prayers are directed TO the saving OF
souls.
W. O. Bradley years ago LETT Abbeviile 10
tak an appointment in the Treasury under
cleveland. He is there still, and is richer
now Than when he was q iawy er in AbbeVille.
Joseph Wardlaw, years ago, left AooeVilie,
and is now president OF one Of the lorkVii'e
Mills.
Patterson Wardlaw is a professor IN tne
South Carolina College.
Yon may have read in an old oook tnat Tue
Lord on q certain occasion, told Aoram 10
nick himself up and 60 into a far of country
which he would show him.. II you haV'
heard of the circumstance you know the re-
maaipder of the story. The moral OF that les
son ia az good today as IT was when given 10
the old Jew long ago. A rich Jew sends nls
SONS out In the world to fight their own bat
ties. And they generally turn out to be men,
A rich Gentle keeps his sons at home, 10 en-
toy the social position and the money which
he has earned.