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-tl-llfl-j The Press and Bannei - ABBEVILLE, S. C. Published Every Wednesday by W. w. uraiuey, w. a. oiaiugj, President Vice-President Wednesday. June 17, 1914. SEEK TO KNOW THE TRUTH. Editor Press and Banner; - 1 c . Recently you published an Tirltcle credited to a missionary to Mexieo from the Associate Reformed Presby-j terian Church in which he said; "The church of Rome, not as known in the United States, was the arroagnt possessor of three-fifths of all the personal property and real estate of Mexico, the sole ruler of teh oppress --a -*- TTi a o? rv> nioat C.Q, lgUUI UIll U11111UUO. l ug oiU|iivuk truths- of -morality -have never been instilled into the people, nor imbibed by them. Moral law in the individual, in the home, in the state and church, Is a principal of which the masses are as ignorant as the people of darkest Africa, ignorance, superstition and vice is the product of the Roman church in Mexico, and has been a fcower'in keeping the- multitudes in their decadent condition, more pow erful ' in its influence for ignorance than all the- agencies employed the last thirty years for the uplifting elfevating and civilizing of the coun try." Surely this must be a partial view and not truly descriptive of religious fconditionS in Mexico, for other obser vant "and truthful men have been there and have said: . "The parish priests Of Mexico, as a fclass, are mfen of devout and godly lives, who are entitled to all honor and reverence: Since the laws of the Reform there is nothing to tempt men te adopt the clerical life save a gen uine love' of God, and a strong desire to administer to the religious welfare erf -their fellows, according to his or dinances."?T. A. Janler, "Mexican Guide/ P. 94." : / 1 "ProteBiants full - of prejudice a gfeinst- Catholics charge the . Catholic prie?8thood~an ?Ethe ifraiit of pure re ligion as the cause of neatly all the political troubles; when, the truth is, the influence o fthe Catholic * Church ? * J la cnnupTVfttlVp and auu pi IVOVUWU ?w VWMW . - quieting, generally counselling sub mission to the administration in pow er, aid very-ra#4iy ^cbnragtag revo lutions, of a retfottrtiimary spirit."? Seaman in his "Progress of Nations." "To call a country barbarous wohse efcormbire -Tndlaii population,- ' except ing a-few Wild tribes, is absolutely do cile, law-abidingr and Chritian; whose ' upper claggG&'tompafe favorably with the aristocracy otf~any nation in the world, in birth, education, character and gentility,?is--certainly employing the phrase to'signify what-its very an tithesis-woiiM " better express. Vol ume^ have been Written about the ir r^ligion of Meicico. As 'a rule, - they contain announce o ftruth and a ton of fiction, and are begotten of their tgnorance of prejudice. Without doubt tfifcjr are' 'flagrantly unjust to the Church and people."?X. B. "Frisble, (who lived in Mexico for thirty years) -^Iirteh interest of 4<fair play," said to be a jewel the world over, I beg yMP^tfblish the above. V , ' Veritas. E. H. Blake Writer; of- Compul sery Education. Editor The-Press-&-Banner: ' "'Tko^ Who, through" honest convic tion, have opposed the compulsory school attendance in South Carolina, have OVfcrfOGKftd the: Injuitfcd that is done the working man, an despecially the cotton mill worker, by the absence of such a law. A man who describes himself as a oetton mill-operative pleads for com pulsory ' education as follows in a Miter to The Belton Journal of May 29thl '--"It-seems to the average mari wort Ing'tO better Ha' Condition' that the cothpalsbry education bill wbuldhaVe been a great'help.-Had it been passed; it-would-then force the parent to give hla child at least'an elementary edu cation; It seems inconsistent to say to th'ecotton mill parent, you must not work your boy'or-girl until a certain age and then fait to ehcourage*him to send thatboy or girl to schCol a'stipu lated time. Give us compulsory edu . cation and in a very short time you wifl perceive our: condition greatly improved an educational standpoint. We realize an education is the basis for better conditions in our communi ty and the foundation for a more sta ble government, of one more con structive at least. Compulsory educa tion-will force better school facilities, thereby giving more advantages for having and making better citizenship. The cheap politician says we are not ready for it and stops right there. Wonder why we "are not erady for bet ter citizenship? Will some o fthose op posed to the bill explain the views they entertain and tell jus how long it wllJ be until we are ready for it? Also tell us how to-prepare for Its passage? Some are using the poor negto as an argument. They fail to know we read and are keeping up with conditions as they really exist, or else are not keep ing up with conditions of the present day. Statistics as they are compiled by our state superintendent of educa tion say there are more negro chil dren in school in our state than whites So if the negro goes ahead of us along these lines we can blame no one but ourselves for our conditions." Nearly all the states, including North Carolina, and Tennessee and other southern states have seen the peed and passed compulsory attend ance laws. Time will not wait on chil dren in South Carolina growing up in ignorance. How long must these help less children wait on South Carolina? E. H. BLAKE, June 15, 1914. Greenwood, S. C WILSON MAKING HXY. Of the many wise acts that have characterized President Wilsons ad ministration, the wisest was his call ing an extra sessions of Congress to consider legislation long delayed and trifled with by the republican party. Of course this act of the President has entailed long months of extra labor on the part of Congressmen, with a consequent melting away of salaries in the very expensive capital city, but be it said to the credit ol congressmen, that they have entered heartily in-td the Presidents' plans and except where the President took issue with hie own platform which he had heartily endorsed in every detailed, the national Democratic representatives have stood to him almost to a man. How wisely the President has ac ted in taking up needed legistation immediately, can be read best in a prospective of coming political events. Col. Roosevelt has returned from the jungles of South America, radiant in all his newspaper glory, whether bought or otherwise, and bringing an olive branch to the poor old discon solate elephant, the G. 0. P. The clear mtyority that the combined wings of the republican party would constitute in all the northern and most of the western states, looms up not as a possibilty but as a strong probability. If there is a coalition of the wings 01 tne ItepuDilcauon pariy lilt; ucai Senate is almost sure to be republi can and the House Will likely be re duced to a majority of less than twenty.. Such a condition would block legislation, for though sad tc relate, national legislation is too offten influence by party lines, ra ther than publicgood. ; Suppose then this devision, along the party lines, should obtain be ween the upper and the lower house the democrats will never-the-less have until the 4th of March 1915 tc push through most needed legislation and with a democratic president and a democratic house, ort even with a democratic president, if the worst should happen democratic legislation could be repealed, or radical legisla tion passed for the two years follow ? J4L imr ...L4i.k> m,)ll nig inarcn *in i?iu, wiuvir ivm tiuix the present terni of President Wil son. This period should not be al lowed to pass - without some legisla tion giving-the former and equitabl( basis of credit on his hand. There is no necessity for lengthy oi cumbersome legislation of this sub ject, but some such well digested anc simple method as that proposed bj Hon. Wyatt Aiken should be takei up and pas sed before adjournment o the preseht session. The Presiden and the democratic leaders are com mitted to such legislation, and th< people expect 'it. It should evei be borne in mind that the republicai party is unfriendly to such legisla tion; and granting that Mr. Wilsor has made one of tne best president this oountry has ever had, and tha the democratic party has fulfilled it'i pledges 8nd to the satisfaction o even a majority of the people in s( far afs thetiiiie has?Ilowied, it shoulc not be forgotton that old party tie* are easily reunited and March 15th 1915 may mark the end of deinocra tic legislation, by the present admin istration. There is just one strong con tin gency that may save the Democrats party intact for another four yean term. Roosevelt is not so much in terested in Progressive principles as in Roosevelt preferment. If he were not a more politic man, he mighl very consistently a3 did the old French monarch of the state: "lam my party." There is a strong- prob ability that condition of the union o1 i Progressives and Republicans will be that the "mighty Nimrod" will head the ranks, and this same "Nimrod" is "persona non grata" with the old conservative party. Can Roosevelt lay aside his burn ing desire to personally lead, for that jof dictator under a leader of his own choosing, or will he stake his person al ambition to win or lose? If he does the former, the way is dark be fore the democrats, even granting their splendid work and their unpre cedented honesty of performance. If he does the latter, the Democrats [will likely be returned to power for [another term, and with a full demon stration of the benefits of their work !they may be returned for many terms. In'-the meantime, President Wilson and Congress "should make hay while the sun shines." I Tillman on Coastwise Vessels. | ' If we correctly interpret Senator Tillman's recent speech on the canal tolls question he takes the position, First: That representatives in Con gress generally were bound by the party platform to vote for free pass age of American coastwise vessels through the canal, and representa tives from South Carolina particular ly were bound by the party pledge exacted of candidates in South Caro lina. Second: That the exemption of coastwise vessels from tolls was in the nature of a subsidy and should never have gone into the Democratic < platform, but once there and solemn- t ly ratified,it was the only rule, and j binding on all Democrats until there j was some subsequent expression i from the people. Third: That the last State convention, held subse- I quent to the vote in the House, in a measure directed the votfe of South i Carolina's representatives in the up per house, but of course could not af fect the votes of members of the low er house, who at that time had to ; stick to the party chartthe plat- i form. Fourth: That the President, of whom he spoke in the highest terms, > made a mistake in precipitating this fight, when it could just as well have : ' been taken up after the Congression al elections. i Herein Senator Tillman spoke a parable. Whatever the merits or de merits of the proposition, the Demo crats should learn a lesson from their ; time honored opponents: that delay is not always dangerous; and especial ly on the eve of an election. A mere , statement of his views on the subject, by the President, at this time with the promise that it would be taken p up as soon as practicable, would have left no gap down to our adversaries. Senator Tillman believes that many voters of the East and South who wmiiH hnvft been benefitted by in creased competition with transconti nental railroads, by means of reduced | water rates, will allege a definite ' grievance, and will announce their grievance through their votes. Of I course this has special reference to the eastern section where the voting is heaviest, and not to the South where ' party lines decide everything. The fact is, but for the undue im | # portance given this matter in Con gressional discussions and newspaper comments, it would have passed as a "nine day's wonder." The peqple are not worrying themselves about it one way or anotl er, except as ad mirers of a great president some con tend for his infaJibility. It is now pretty generally conceded that the honor of the nation was not at stake; that England could not reasonably ' have forced us, through her treaty rights. From the Democratic stand : point the question resolves itself in 1 to one of two queries:?should the 1 representative in Congress vote to anuui me meic aimuu? w 1 should he vote to uphold the plain dictates of his party platform? President Wilson himself fully en dorsed the free tolls plank in his speeches prior to nomination. Mr. Bryan helped write the plank and must have approved it. If there was mischief lurking in the measure, [ far reaching in its effects, and it es caped detection for so long, by the President, the greatest of Democrats, it is not fair to assume that the over aged voter would have remained bliss ' fully ignorant of any defect in this free r tolls plank, but for the fight on it be 1 ing precipitated at this time. How * ever, the tolls exemption clause of t the bill has been repealed by final - vote in the Senate of 50 to 35, made ' - 1- ~i.l_ b up for ana against, ox uum uvmv r crats and Republicans. As good i Democrats we should forget this is - sue, that unagitated, will pass out of i the public mind. We can very justly 3 say to the Republicans that it was t not a party issue, for their votes s show that they too were divided, f 1 CAMPAIGNS ON. 3 The State and Senatorial campaigns ' open today. The people have a great responsibility upon them and it is believed that they will discharge it faithfully. In choosing our servants we should ; keep in mind that the candidate, s however much he may magnify his service or promise of service, is seek j ing the position and that the position > is not particularly seeking him. He t expects his pay and we expect his I service. If he has been in office, and i has served with that honesty and faithfulness that merits our "well f done," it is a consideration for his > continuance. The best of public I servants like the best of private or 1 corporate employees are known by the length and fidelity of their service. It would be an unheard of thing for , a mill or a bank or a farmer to turn off a faithful employee merely be cause some one else wanted the job. If, however, the employee has been negligent of his duties, no matter how long or how short his service, h e should be discharged. The best in terest of the employer, consistant with fair dealing, is the governing j principle. Public office is not differ ent from ordinary business in this re spect, except as there exists a lalse notion that we owe somebody some thing and must pay them out of pub lic funds. When will we get around in this process of paying? When will we get to the individual voter? In the present primary, reason and not passion should rule. We want to vote for our best interest. It should not be sufficient that a man belong to this faction or that to in fluence our choice. From the times of earliest history, commanders have ridden on the shoulders of the eom ; mon soldiers. History has forgotten the soldier but it has handed the name of the commanders down to future generations. The head of a faction, Caesar de stroyed the Roman republic and was himself killed by Brutus, the head of an opposing faction and thousands of i his friends died with him. Even Cicero, one of the world's greatest jrators, and a man whose life was. spent trying to re-establish popular \ government in Rome, was murdered it the head of a proscribed list, fur dished by the hated Triumvirate. The leaders of the French Revolu- 1 tion, after deluging France in blood, I were many of them beheaded by a * still more radical faction. Cromwell beheaded Charles I., and made his name feared by all the world, but Cromwell's followers per ished by thousands with the reascen sion of monarchy. 1 The point is, the people bear the * brunt of all revolutions or upheavals]; they sustain the burdens of war, with all its carnage; and usually when the ( smoke of battle has cleared away, when reason reasserts itself and pas- ( sion has been dethroned, there is . little to point back to except the | name of some one who has fed and fanned the flames while forging his own destiny. And so in politics, if ] we have been tearing our hair and scratching out our neighbors' eyes, let us stop deliberately and think for 1 one moment, what substantial ben efits have we derived? Who has really profited by onr bursting en- ' thusiasm ? If in selecting our public servants we will depend more on our judg ment and less on our passions, regard less of faction, we will have better servants. If we will vote against such men as do not show us proper respect in their public speeches, we will elevate the standard* of political speeches in the State. The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Probate Court?Citation for Letters of Ad ministration. By J. F. Miller, Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas, A. L. Bass hath made suit to me, to errant him Letters of Adminis tration of the Estate and effects of Wil liam L. Bass, late of Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admon ish all and singular the kindred and oredl tors of the said William L. Bass, de ceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Ab beville C. H., on Monday, the 29th day of June. 1914, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any they have, why the said Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of the Cou^t, this 15th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen and in the 138th year of Amer ican Independence. Published on the 17th day of June, 1913, in the Press and Banner and on the Court House door for the time required by law. J. F. MILlER, Judge of Probate. AIw?yN I,end to Better Health Serious sicknesses start in disorders of the stomach, liver and kidneys. The best corrective and preventive Is Dr. King's New Life Pills. They Purify the Blood?Prevent Constipa tion, keep Liver, Kidneye and Bowels in healthy condition. Give you bet ter health by ridding tbe system of fermenting aud gassy foods. Effect ive and mild. 25c., at your Druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve for All Hurts Cur oh Stubborn, Itchy Skin Trouble** "I could scratch myself to pieces" is often heard from sufferers of Ecze ma, Tetter, Itch and similar Skin Eruptions. Don't Scratch?Stop the Itching at once with Dr. Hobson's Ec zema Ointmeut. 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