The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-14
Wednesday, April II, 1909.
Let US Take Another Step Forward.

and fewer would-be buy ers. The number Oh
our stores Is now four times as great as II war
ten or fifteen years ago. Within fifteen years
the town has grown more than 1t grew IN d
hundred years previous 10 the beginning OF
our growth.
There Is always o cause for every effect.
What then was the cause for the recent
growth and prosperity OF ADbeville?
Under the lead OF Mr.. Visanska a large
number OF our people took q little stock III
The Abbeville Cotton Mill. The rich for
one reason or another gave It only a cold
hearted support. Bat the mill Is here and
none would doubt that because of It's presence
great benefit has come TO the town.
Capt. Lyon organized the warehouse Com
pany which is now known as the Farmers
Warehouse Company. AT nrst, one room
was enough TO accommodate It's customers.
That Institution now handles many thousand
bales. The stock has constantly Increased
In value.
The Farmers Bank was organized by Mr..
Parker. 1t has steadily grown in business
and Is today q factor in financial circles.
The Peoples Bank was but recently or
gsnized. Great success has come 70 It,
Both OF these new banks are as solid as the
rocks, and are serving the people without
injury to the oldest Of our banks-the Abbe
Vile National Bank. which has SO long and
10 well served our people.
The Oil mill and ginnery within a few years
has been made factors In the business of the
town.
The Ice plant and laundry are fixed insti-
buttons.
The real estate and insurance Company,
under Mr.. McDavid, has just been organized
and will take an active and useful part In the
business Affairs Of the town.
Many men possessing more or less capital
Aave come amongst us. and have built or
bought nne homes.
The population Of the city has been greatly
incr eased, If not doubled, in ten years.
New and elegant stores have been built,
and the old fronts Of others have given place
to elegant designs.
MI. Longs roller mill is q monument to
his public spirit.
The best opera house in the State has been
built.
An elegant new court house now
the public square.
A new an elegant school house will be
erected this year.
Money for a $4,000 post Office at Abbeville
has already been appropriated by Congress.
. One Of the most elegant monuments to the
Confederate dead has been erected in monu'
ment park.
AL this growth Is pleasant to contemplate
and must be q source of pride TO those who
TOOK part in the prosperity and welfare Of the
town. But there still. remains q duty TO
perform. The town should continue to grow.
Other enterprises should go up, and other
avenues 70 industry and should
be opened. We must cot be satisfied with
the benefits Of the past. We must not forget
thai there are yet other possibilities Tor
Abbeville. And we need not forget the fact
that whateve or benefits the town benefits the
individual citizen. To the real estate owner
it gives q profit in the price OF his land. To
the lAborer and to the mechanic 1t gives more
profitable employment. The more profitable
employment puts more money in circulation
Irmore money ia In circulation every wide
awake business man has the better opportu-
nifty TO gather. up: the coveted dollars. The
coveted dollars enable the owner to live In
better n more elegant houses. The living
in better and more elegant houses inspires
lhbucIb oAo WothS2o UAea tA0 6aSoe0A oDSA
ton TO educate their son and daughters.
The better education OF their sons and dau-
ghters raises them to the higher and better
walks OF life. The higher and the betterwalks
open wide the greter fields OF usefulness.
The wider and the greater fields OF usefulness
open up the great highways to all the heights
of human activity and human happiness.
The reaching Of the heights in the affairs Of
men leads us onwsrda and upward, even point
ng TO the very gates OF the celestial city.
And 1t may be that for this reason 1t Is said
that Providence helps those who help them
selves.
What do you think of Are you asleep
Do you wish q little more slumber and q little
more folding OF the hands to sleep? II so,
sleep on. Prosperity does not often knock at
any mans door.
A community like this can do anything, If
there Is the semblance Of unity Of action. II
the people Of Abbeville wish to continue to
prosper. and II they would See the town grow.
let us make another effort to do something
II we sit still and are content to live in a
finished town, then be 1t so.
Can't we organize another cotton mill? We
ave only to make the effort. and It will 60
up. There are thousands Of dollars elsewhere
that aIe looking Tor investment among
enterprising people who should have faith
in themselves. II we show that we have
faith in ourselves all the needed foreign
capital will come.
Speaking for the Press and Bonner: This|
newspaper will take stock In anything. We
will ask no questions. We will impose no
conditions. We do not specially care for the|
feasibility or the prospects Of any proposed
cotton mill. We do not care whether a pro-
posed president has good business qualifca-
ions or no qualifications at all, but we would
like for him to be reasonably honest. We do
not care VIC his kin are, and we care nothing
at all for his social position. If the leader in
q new cotton mill make the effort to build 1t
we will take stock with him. We care not
one sent whether he Is capable or incapable.
II he should be capable he will hold his job.
II he is not the right mar in the right place
then he will get out. What we want to see is
the new mill. 1t will stay with US. And
after our experience in building one mill, the
second can be built cheaper.
b site for q new post office at Union has
been selected. How long will 1t be before we
will know something about the Abbeyille