The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-10-20
SKETCH OF L.
s.., WARDLAW SMITH
(Greenville Piedmont.)

The 'Car0llna AlumnuS, >oliicla'
publication of the University OF
South Carolina, in its October num-
Der contains this sketch of l.. Ward,
law Smith of Greenville, one of the
Carolina Alumni who gave his life
for his country:
In beginning this sketch of a very
dear friend my mind drifts back
many years to our boyhood days.
love to think of the times when the
subject of this sketch, and I, to,
gether with other boys in our neigh
borhood,, would each mount mule
and dash madly over the red hills of
Abbeville county impersonating a
band of Indians. Then the next day
perhaps with one single barrel 1ver
johnson shotgun for the two of US,
we would start out on hunt. Well
do I remember the joy that came to
us as we killed our first rabbit, and
the pride we felt in our marksman-
ship when we brought in our first
partridge. Those were happy days,
and whatever else may happen ]. can
never be deprived Of the memory of
those times. ;.. ..-. 20
( Lewis Wardlaw Smith was born in
the historic old town of Abbeville,
South Carolina, on September a,
1888. His early education was re
sceived in the school Of the town of
Abbeville. For while he attended
private school conducted by Mr..
Edward McCrady, pastor Of the
Episcopal church. When Wardlaw
was thirteen or fourteen years Of
age his family moved to Woodruff,
S. c., in Spartanburg county, at
which place his father A. w. Smith,
built cotton mill. Here Wardlaw
attended the graded school for a
year or two and then went to
/ Woodberry Forest school at Orange
I. Va. White attending this school he
had the misfortune Of breaking his
shoulder bone while playing foot
ball game, but he entirely recovered
from the effects of that injury and
seemed to suffer no i'll effects there
from. After two years at Woodberry
Forest he entered the Sophomore
class at the. University of South
Carolina. There he took an interest
in everything worth while and as a
star pitcher Of the champion team of
1893, established his place in the
athletic history of the University.
He was member of the Clari-
sophie Literary Society. He had a
genial, pleasant disposition and
made friends easily. His high sense
Of honor and his gentle manner en-
deared him to the entire student
body, and to those of US who knew
him best, he was very close. He
stood well in his studies and was
well regarded by the members Of the
faculty. During his three-year stay
in Columbia he made innumerable
friends among the residents of that
city. j
Upon his graduation in 1900, he
entered his fathers Office in the
c7tysof Spartanburg as his private
secretary. Because of his varied
business interests his father had
moved from Woodruff, S. c., to
Spartanburg, and it was here that
Wardlaw began his fight for place
in the business world. Under the
loving guidance of his father he de-
.veloped into successful mill man
and was fast assuming his place
among the leaders in this hne in
this section, of our state. A few
years later the election of his father
as president of Brandon and Caro-
. lima Mills in Greenville, S. G., neces-
STATED the moving of his family
from Spartanburg to Greenville,
from which place he managed the
affairs of Woodruff Cotton Mills
and was his fathers first assistant
in the management of the two mills
in Greenville.
In July, 1914, he was married to
Miss Julia Barrow of Concord, N.
C.sAmong a group of his intimate
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