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IIB HS R?P AT CENSORSHIP Declares Presesft Foi rm Handicaps ?nd Even Works Hardslu'ps . On Papers. toity',',,j ,-. . Paris, Oct, ?;)?.-.?? /.v . <;e?...i-i iv.-,:> Correspondence,Ho Tora pa, tho. most powerful >p?liUcal papr, prints on tue front -pago a chapter on tho censorship, entitled thc Ccn??r and the Law. :ft saya: '"fbero;nfe Insti tutions which Improve with:-custom. Such ls not the caso of tho censor ship. This establishment, bom of tho meeting of our democratic regime with the war, attributes to Itself tho Tights and prerogatives ol a king. The law of August C, 1014, prohibits "all in formation or articles concerning mili tary or diplomatic oporntions of a na ture favoring tho enomy and exercis ing au unfavorable influence on thc spirit Of tho anny and tho people." "An long as the censor obnorven these limited proscriptions it remains, as tho law provides, the collaborator of'tito press! In a common effort for tho national defense Hut lt aspires to extend its preventive jurisdiction over everything in tho nowspapors. Articles of a political nature, parlla ; 'mentar'y Information or ovon trifling j local events do not escape its ausplc S lous rigor. It watches uot only tho '( frontier but the Capitol, which does Cot need tho censor to defend it. ."Three times this week its sword (ell on our columns'. A municipal councillor ot Paris desired that tho Germans captured" in Champagno de* file in tho HtreotB of our city. Wo: mention this wish, which wo-'aro far from, approving, aha?itning from all . comment. ?Wo aro 'prohibited from Ufdng thle nows while it ls authorized elsewhere. (Hero (follows a blank ?pace, thc- censor lu. lng suppressed a paragraph of tho editor's comment.) Finally M. Peytrai, -president of tho finance, cuni rn lt to o ot tito -senate in trddu?ed 'a frroposltlon providing for' a reduction, in tho number of minis ters. We were not allowed'to men-' t?on lt. Tho publication first prohi bited, waa, lt.Is*-true-; authorize twon t&<four hours later -but wo wore-not i?ermitted" to .recall1 the tito.1 priority. Why 'does the censor ,ihust'throw, on us-unfortunate victim 'tho rofeponslbil lty for a. delay for whloh lt ;is itself , j?rtpable? " But especially '.whore does ? tho ..censor- ?et, -tito . idea, that ' Its rol?' In.: to arr?galo to itself tho right to ?hppross tli? ?huoiirtc?mont of a par liamentary initiative? , ih' ^ls the1 censor above' ;thV la>v or is ?I? Poytra! ch unpatriotic Frenchman, .-^stweeti - the' Untvs of whose' ^opoal ".-...?' ' ' ' , ' . ?;. '.. ? Cause for Tear?. T?io conversation In a club tho other night turned to tho question of law and logal lights, says Tho Phllo dephia Telegraph, when this little iucidont waa recalled: During the trial of a civil caso In tho west sonic limo ago a lawyer named Smith-made an Impassioned appeal to tao Jury, in which at ono point lie referred to himself. ..say. reputation," Si?* dramatically exclaimed, "io ,a*ll. I have on earth, it la tho only inheritance' that 1 can leave, io my children. A minuto or'so later a brother luw yer'in, the court room was obsorved to bovBobbing softly. "WCi.y, Joniis!" oxcinlmed a friend Jn surprise, ''what in tho world is the matter? What aro you Bobbing about?" "I can't help lt," was tho tear.',il rejoinder of Jones. "It mukes mo saa to think what a small inhcritaneo Smith's children will have." tion aro concealed tho germs of dis cord?. That I? wast w? Savio boen unable- to soo and what the lynx-eyed censored soon ceased to see. This incident proves that if tho government does not oxerclao over the censorship legitimate-) .-surveillance tho former wi" settle thu question in tho Olhclal Jv ariuil Itself, as in tho end this 'paper must re?oive M. Peytral's text. "Tho truth Is that tho censor In /act Js placed above tho law. Tho law or August 5, 1914, doeB not abro gate thnt of July 29, 1*31 Instituting tho liberty of the press, Thc. law granting liberty of tho press has tho Importance of an organic luv. Tho French ncoplo. gained lt by a revo lution. Having become soveroingn, ,they havo tho right to know facts und the actions of men to whom they havo dolegated tlmlr 'powors. Who will In form tho people it not tho press? Moreover*,In' our republic parliament $1 charged with controlling tho gov ernhjent but,, ?ho people are still tho aovjorolgn; that'^s'-tb sa$ they 'niuafc' control th? jieglslotors. How will, thia natural prorogative bo exorcised if tho newspaper.v no longer havo tito possi bility of discussing the ideas of tho governors and to appreciate their ini tiatives. "May this bo a warning: It doe's not concern solely the rights nt the' .press'and thoso of tho'nation, the fu turo oven of liberty in Franco, 'tho UoBtiniea of Republican! institutions aro at stake, for tho doy when -tho country becomos accustomed to an ar bitrary regime - a, redoubtable habit Will bo formod with consequent low ering of morale. Tho yokes will con tinue and will be aliko. To bond iwlth. docility..under so/nip ?3 to^nu^ocUj; sciouBiy preparo for others, r.' ?v ?rt-Js tog-rottablo to have to rec "ll ^he?q?* oteroeytary /Ira th? ? af tor .forty-. i?yo,yeara"-?'f republican regime Nev ertheless we will recall them until /wo have beqn beardy,'* The New Woman , and Her Work MTho Llttlo Lady o tho Sea.1? " At an exhibition of womon's work for tho benefit of tho causo of woman auftr?ge. Janot Scudder, who has won fame ns h Bculptor, exhibited her lifo sizo status "Tho Llttlo Lady of tho Soo." It aorved to show that.women saulptors havn becomo bold ana*, are' not to bo confined to luann subjects, as in tho past. Tho statue was oho Of. tho moat admired pieces of work at tho exhibition. Miss Scudder, is daring ?in other ways, too. Sho Ins. dared,to .?glvo bet4'ago In . the oflicial biographies of 'herself. Sho was born In .- Torrn HautO und sim studied in Cincinnati, Chicago, pud Pariai Her work has been exhibited in tho Parla Salon, and some of lior work la in tho Metropoli tan-Museum ot Art in New prk; * * * CIUUiUAU KEW? ? * * .fr**??**?*?******?***** Mr. Mlle? Billson of Andorson vis ited homefolks Sunday. Mis? Ennuin ? Yandi vcr of Hopewell .spent Saturday night und Sunday With relatives here. Mr. Richard . Wilson of Brushy Cr*ek spent V.rciinc:;;!ny rfiglit, with .Mr. J. J. .Copeiand. Both of thono men oro Conjfo^?rat<7 'veterana and fought with ' the; samo company dur ing the war-. 'They lind not sooft each other for move than .forty yedra; t i Mrs. Mctjfufih ,of Anderson visited relative? nero .Sunday. '.' Miss Olivo f??naffoy, who ;hab been staying wiCli jliqV grandparents, .MC. ?and Mrs. j. ?.;JCopolahd Tor .fioieral months left last week for JQiBnrri, ?On., where she will -.enter aoh?pl-,"-.Qt 1 Tho Cheddar |whoo,I v.-lll h.fegln Its i 191 G-1910 sossl?n 'on noxl:Mbnuay, No vember 1st. The patrons ?NJ rey'icst ed io bo present. Tor tho ucnlng ex ercises. ... Married on Sunday,. October 17th, at the home of iB,ov,_. A. W. AU<vway,-'-S!r. Truman ' Jennings | and Mis? Idelle Kelly, both-of. Cheddar. Several hundred people attended thc Fiddler's Convention t Cheddar - ? qn last Saturday night, and flUitofa.-r?arge sum of mondy;"was raised walch wfll be ? uscd^fqr.,guying chairs [for,g tho school, auditorium:aThe first ?fi'Iz? was won by.,rtjhe Hill brother/: from near HoUea atli; the second -hy Mr. Bub Davonporfc bf 'Greenville "countj and tho third by Mr. Wylio IVhlto ol Cheddar. - ? '. ! i . Among those who attended tho con-? vontlon from Belton were Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Br.eazealo, Mismos Pear] Cox, Una Shaw, Ncllo Williamson? Messrs. Grover Vaughn, Ansel Keyi und Wright Pruitt. Dr. Clarence MJlfoTd of Long Branch waa present and acted ai Judge at the Fiddler's convention, i 'Messrs. John Armstrong, Huber I Owlngs, Jeanne Cox hud Leon Bur gess Were visitors to Cheddar Satur day night. v Mrs. Albert THxon of Pelxcr ls vis liing in Cheddar'.this week. Thnt ^Vas All. A man Waa'* walking along fh< strebt, says Th? 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