The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-22
MISS MALLIE ELIZABETH LYON.
A Beautiful Young Girls First Visit to
AbbeVilIe,

One day last week Miss Mallie Elizabeth
I,yon made her first visit to the city of Alb
beville, and we are pleased to believe that
she was delighted with all that she saw.
The young lady is a recent arrival from
fairy land and is more beautiful than the
angels.
Not so long ago she came to gladden. the
home and to make more happy the tireslde
of Mr.. c. j. Lyon. She brought JOY to
the mother and gave an added reason for
the imitation of the fathers pride. All who
saw her admitted her gentleness, and all
who looked npon her fair face praised her
for her beauty and loved her for her an
gelic sweetness.
AS we stated before, this was her first
visit to Abbeville. Being modest in de-
meanor and reserved i'll manner, she
brought her mother along as a chaperone,
to whom she no doubt felt that she could
safely contide her very soul. AS become
the first ladies of the land, they came
without a flourish of trumpets.
Reaching the public square, the young
lady's eyes We're dazzled by the beauty
and the splendor of the store fronts that
greeted her vision. Stopping before the
new court house and viewing the Splen-
did city hall, her eyes feasted on the great
piles Of brick, while the imposing stone
pillars in front of the court house could
not do otherwise than impress her with
the strength, the splendor and the gran
deur of the buildings which they orna-
mented. ,
Gazing over the expanse of the carpet OF
living green that covered the park, she
could not help from noticing the granite
column which rose in all its glory to per-
petuate the name and the fame Of the Con-
federate soldier. The young lady was not
informed Of the facts which led to the
erection of that magnificent pile. She had
not even heard Of the Confederate war, or
the besom of destruction which once swept
over this fair land nearly half century
ago. The facts in song and story OF the
patriotism, the daring, the suffering. the
boundless love of the Confederate soldier
is yet to be told by the noble mother to the
lovely babe whose doting father still wakes
her in the night time to see her laugh.
Mrs. Lyon is not only the central figure
in the family group around the happy fire
side.
In many respects she is most wonderful
woman. She never tires in good work for
the church, but it is in the household and
in the care Of her children where she excels
and never tires. ''She is like the mer-
chants ships; she bringeth her food from
afar." Mrs. Lyon has no need to visit the
ant; she is wise and has no reason to con-
Uuc ways VI GllO pCOplC wiz eAN Nv
strong, yet they prepare their meat in the
summer.
b Although she is the mother Of eight chill
dren, she is an active worker, and does
perhaps more work than any other woman
in the county. She cans fruit and vegeta-
bles in the summer that she may have
much to eat and some to sell in the winter.
She makes profit Of anywhere from S1oO
to s4OO on canned goods every year. One
year she sold sufficient tomatoes alone to
realize a profit Of S400 ALI that Mr..
Lyon has TO do with this money-making
scheme is to furnish the cans and the
tomatoes. And there can be nc. doubt
that their pretty daughters have learned
lessons Of energy and economy that
will be of profit to them when they
leave the parental roof to shine in other
hearts and other homes. Men in this
world have caught on to the idea that the
daughters of good mothers make the best
of wives. We should not, therefore, be
surprised at any day to hear that some
ambitious youth was trying to rob the
home nest of some of It's choicest treas.
ures. Certain it is that the daughters OF
such women as Mrs. Lyon stand very little
chance of being leftover stock at the "old
mar s rummage Sale.' !