The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919.
GREENvILLE AND GREENWOOD.

viz. he,;eve it was J. Gordon Coogler,
tho noet laureate of Columbia, who penheo
these lines:
The red bird hops upon the snow
The blue bird hops also.
And nj, sooner had the SpartanDaure
,onrna, commenced it's assault on tnis
nener endeayoring earnestly tc be OF some
service to an institution, not OF Due "HSs tl"
alone. but of Abbeville County, anu oi VI"
whole South, (when it fulnis 1ts niis' -
than the Honorable Rion Mchisslck, ~
the Greenville Piedmont, became par''
cens crlminis in the assault Quotihe
few lines from we'll known numaii
oomnosition," and essaying to sit in tne
scorpers seat" in plain violation OF tne
;n;unction of Psalm 4, &c. N.Y. ne rattles
three months subscription which ne mas
;,,st taken in for the circular Whlcn ne
nr;nts every afternoon but Sabbath al'ei-
poons (which he spends alternately Ill
Marietta. at Travellers Rest, and on CLASSY
Mountain, we say he rattles the tnree
months subscription against the Dllly Dar-
low GIVEN him by a co conspirator LOT sen
& defense when he and the editor OF tne
Spartanburg Journal escaped ron i'ion ond
mond by fording the River James anu
speaks Of our proposed gift OF Two ln;no nt,o
dred and fifty thousand dollars 10 nreh"o ~
College as "a miserable sum, going on ot
declare that Abbeville has not had tlid'
mich money since Confederate currency
was in circulation here. 49,. ... ......
Well. one of the reasons why we navv D.s,
o noore than we now have is that we na''
contributed too freely to help tne lede n,,;a
in other counties: Last SUNDAY Ut: nHu
J. Bristow (who by the way mas pleaseu 4:e =.
rs his support and cooperation IN ge1'lns
Erskine college for Abbevllle) LOOK up "a q
T.. collection of fifty thousand dollars IN MS
church here, the greater part OF 1t TO De
spent in sending missionaries TO tne ualA a., n
corners of Spartanburg and Greenviile
counties. and tha balance to endoW the
two colleges in Greenville, where puisates
the Piedmont. .... ..--...- 49,.
And what Is Greenville doing? We went
I'm there last Saturday and all we hearo
was stocks, stocks, stocks-stocks every
= where. and all we smelled had the aroma
Of having been made in lard can ano
Of having been carried to town In a goura'
We tried to talk to several of the hlgh IL
nanciers of the city about Furman and tne
Greenville Female College, the latter,
since it received the Abbeville donation
,hont to enter the list of Glass "A' col
leees in the South. But there was no re-
sponse except of stocks. 1t is SAID tna1 tne
mf,n trade stocks at prayer meetings on
"Wednesday evenings, that the women
carry their shares to bridge parties
concealed in their stockings, and while
enc: mariner plays the hand Of bridge
ut one table her partner undertakes to
swindle the idle partner at the next table
by trading Woodside for Watts, or victor,
Monaghan for Duneen. 1t is even SAID
that one of the bright Sunday school pupils
in Major Haynsworth's Baracca class
asked him the other day if John the Bap-
fist was a cotton mill man. What are you
going to do with such a community? NO
wonder the Baptists are undertaking mis-
sionary work among them, and the Sece-
ders being taxed to build churcnes for
their enlightenment!
The Piedmont goes on to say:
In the second place, Abbeville is no
place for an institution of learning for
pious young men, such as frequent Ers-
kline. The sinful cigarette, the prescribed
waltz and two step, card playing, novel
reading, the dram and drama are to be
found in Abbeville. There is frequent
bold mention in the Press and Banner from
lime to time of "poker cuiIcge," faith
fully attended, it is said, ly so-called
church members of Abbevlle. More shock
H.. :.ill, the railroads run there IN the
sabbath, heathenish practice never per-
mitted in Due West. Moreover, A!'bcvllle