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' Established 1544. ^ The Press and Banner \ f ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. f 1 ^ * The Press and Banner Co. It Published Every Tuesday and Frida} jjp. - Telephone No. 10. te Entered a? second-class mail mat ?? at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Kp.. t' i Terms of Subscription: On* year $1.50 Six months .76 fc Three months .60 P *Payable invariably in advance. Friday, January 4, 191S. DEMOCRACY BETRAYED ( ?) - ? T-> 1 O O ?,1 Bfc * ' In its issue 01 ueceraoer ^oiu, ? published elsewhere, The New York World waxes wroth against the ? South. Calling attention to the pros' visions of Section 2, Article XIV of ? the Constitution of the United States, providing that when the *ight to vote is denied to any of the [Jfj males inhabitants of any state, or jgi wjjen the right is in anyway abridgV{ . ed, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis ||?, of representation shall be reduced in the proportion which the number " of such male citizens bear to the whole number of male citizens in ^ such state of voting age, the World ? threatens us with a reduction in the i number of the members of Congress now allotted to us and with , other dire consequences. Charging that the South has betrayed the democratic party and that the NorthP ern democrats have protected the Southern states in violating the pro!f visions of the section of the CorH stitution above referred to, we are warned that the Northern demof. erats will no longer assist the South in violating the law; that the polit* real pendulum is about to swing to 110 the republican party and that the ? * Northern democracy will sit quietly by. and acquiesce in the enactment jj? of a "Force Bill," and of negro S domination of the South. B ' And all of this is because SouthP ern members of Congress have votP ed to submit to the Legislatures of |j the several states, the question of W adopting an amendment to the ConH stitution giving us national prohif bition. (Can it be that the democrats in the North, have all of these years, prevented an enactment of the "Force Bill" and a return to ne^ro domination of the Southern country, and have winked at .the violation of the Constitution of the United States for the sole purpose of protecting the liquor traffic of the Northern states? "* ?e J.I. Is the liquor business ui unBy North of such magnitude and of |j such importance that the Northern democrats are willing to split with the Southern democrats and to tmn t them over to their ancient enemies, ? . the Republican Party, and to acquwec in the enactment of humiiii, ating laws for the South, simply beh' cause the South elects to vote its own conscience on the liquor ques, tion? K The assertion of the World tnat the South is undertaking to regulate the domestic affairs of the North in advocating nation-wide ? ' prohibition is so absurd that no person of any degree of intelligence er> will entertain the proposition for ^ a moment. Before the enactment of the law restricting the transport tation of intoxicating liquors in interstate commerce, nobody knows better than the editor of the World t that the domestic affairs of South Carolina were not dominated by the people of South Carolina, but by . <y the liquor manufacturers, and li* quor houses of Jacksonville, Chattanooga, Richmond, Baltimore, and , perhaps New York. Just as those counties which voted out the dispensaries in dispensary days in South Carolina were flooded with liquor from adjoining counties havking dispensaries, so those states which voted prohibition were deluged with liquor- from other states recognizing the liquor traffic before the enactment of the laws referred to. And it 13 easy to repeal the laws in regard to the transportation of liquors in interstate commerce, bringing back \the old conditions. Indeed, as wte read in the newspapers every day v. liquors are being transported into this state from Florida and other points upon every train in suit cases, 'trunks, \ \ w> - \ I barrels of lime, and; in every other t 1 conceivable way which the genius * of the liquor sellers can imagine. 1 Are we then managing our own * domestic affairs, or are our domestic affairs being interferred' with by t people in other states? And is it a ? crime that the South joins in a move e ment to make it impossible for the t r people in other states to manufac- * ture and import liquor into those 1" states desiring prohibition? * The threat that the representa- k tion in the South will be reduced 1 unless the Southern states refuse k to vote for the Constitutional amendment will have influence with r the people in this section except to *= encourage them to vote according * to their independent consciences. s The truth of the business is that it makes very little difference, practically speaking, except to the of- s fice holders, office seekers and other s politicians whether we have seven * , represntatives in Congress or three. a Far better to have only three rep- * , resentatives in the Congress of the I a United States and let them repre- e sent the free thought of the South - - . In I and vote its independent wishes: = than that the democracy of the Jr ' South should be a vassal longer to n i the democracy of the North, and do ^ i its bidding. Since the Civil War n I there has been little love between v j the democracy of the North and 11 ! 0 ; the Democracy of the Souht except ^ in presidential election years when the solid electorial , vote of the I South was demanded for Northern _ | tj j democrats. And now that Southern democrats have, for the first time j in more than half a century, taken Cl i their place in the affairs of the na- ^ tion, we are warned that "Southern e' domination on the present Congress F has not been agreeable to anybody in the North, democrat or republi- " can." May we not have the inde- ^ pendence to say that domination C( of Congress by the Northern tfemo- la c*ats will not be tolerated in the ei South, if the South is expected to | ^ do* the bidding of another section n and eat its political bread out of ^ the hands of these alleged masters." If the South and West, as the tl World intimates, should join hands P' in depriving the North of its be- li ! loved liquor and if the North on R I that account, should seek to sever tl | political relations with the Southern c< [ states and should join hands with a ! those people in the North, who six- r< ty years ago placed the Southern e: democracy in the hands cf negroes g p.nd carpet-baggers, may we not j a look to our new frisnd3 in the R West to join hands with us in see- cl ing that justice is again enthroned, tl 1 an dthat whole sections of the coun- ii I try shall not be wiped off of the o ; map, politically speaking, simply p | because we believe that the liquor, i* ' traffic is a national evil and should fi ! be run out of the country as a S 1 j common enemy. I c ;! ? h j DEMOCRACY BETRAYED BY THE SOUTH, .(The New York World.) . | e Section 2 of Article XIV, of thej t Constitution of the United States! v ! i v ; provides that: j "Representatives shall be appor- j" ' j tioned 4among the several States ac- a ! cording to their respective numbers, p counting the whole number of per- d ' sons in each State, excluding In- h dians not taxed. But when the tl right to vote at any election for the e choice of electors for President and tl Vic " President of the United States, I 1} Representatives in Congress, the t< ' j Executive antl Judicial officers of a h ;i State or the members of the Legis- c lature thereof is denied to any of r the male inhabitants of such State, li 1 being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, or in a ' any way abridged except for par i ticipation in rebellion or other t: ' j crime, the basis of representation a shall be reduced in the proportion a which the number of such male citi- c 1 zens shall bear to the whole number 8 ! of male citizens twenty-one years a o fage in such State." v i This provision of the Constitution i together with the Fifteenth Amend ment, declaring that the right of i citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged on i account of "race, color or previous e conditions of servitude," has been p nullified since the Hayes Adminis- e tratin withdrew the Federal troops P from the Southern States. a For forty years the right of ne- t gro citizens to vote in the South 1 : has been persistently denied and i: : the penalties provided by the Con- a i stitution have never been enforced, t : No Southern State has ever suffered y , a reduction in its representation t hrough its refusal to permit nep-oes to vote, although the provison of the Constitution is manda;ory upon Congress. This over-representation which he South has held for more than i generation it owes to the Northirn Democrats who have protected, he Southern States from a punish-1 nent which Democrats in general | lave uetmeu a giuso nm n?6 v???^wv ipon the sovereign right of every! State to regulate its own life and! ts own affairs. But the Southern' states are now preparing to acqui:sce in such infringement and to1 lullify the principle of local self- j ;overnment to which the Democra-J ic party has tenaciously adhered j ince the time of Jefferson. Their ( Senators and Representatives in, Congress have already voted, for, uch nullification in the resolution' ubmitting to the Legislatures of, he several States the prohibition] mendments to the Constitution of, he United States, and practically1 11 of the Southern Legislatures are xpected to ratify it. Without the votes of the Southern ienators and Representatives this aaiiI/I l^ntrn Kaon cnK_ ! c&UlUtlUIl UUUlU liut nave uwen owu-| # / j litted jwithout the voters of the Southern Legislatures the amendlent cannot be adopted. Nationride prohibition, if it comes, will be nposed by States which have turad their backs as squarely upon leir ancient principles of govern-} lent as the Russian Bolsheviki havej jrned their backs upon the obliga-i ons of democracy. When that day arrives the South j an expect no more help from | 'orthern Democrats in resisting the! nforcement of the Fourteenth and ifteenth Amendments. The cry, No Force Bill! No Negro Dominaon!" will fall upon deaf ears. If! le South is determined to have a jntralized Government that reguites the personal habits of the Amrican people, it must accept a cenrj alized Government that regulates egrb franchise -and all ttyat per- 1 lins thereto. Before many years have passed le inevitable swing of the political j endulum will brnig about a Repub- ^ can Congress?a Congress that is i j epublican both in the House andj. le Senate. When that Congress | >nvenes it is certain that another |, ttempt will be made to reduce thej ( jpresentation in the South. South- j, rn domination of the present Con- , ress has not been agreeable to nybody in the North, Democrat or Republican. Men like Claude Kit- j bin have been treating the rest of|( le country like a conquered prov-j, ice, imposing outrageous burdens f taxation and giving as little as I osible in return. The price of rheat for the Northern farmer is xed by due process of law, but the' iouthern farmer is allowed to1 harge for his cotton all that the| raffic will bear and is demanding lore. A1 lthose chickens will come1 ,ome to roost some day. Nobody can object to the South- j rn States imposing the most drasic prohibitory laws upon themseles, but when they undertake to ule New York aid Pennsylvania | nd Masachusetts f.nd say what the | eople of those States may eat andj rink, then the Southern Democrats ave again cut themselves off from he body of Northern Democrats as ffectually as they did in 1860 when hey demanded that the Northern i )emocracy must abjectly surrender J a their views of the institution of uman slavery. Northern Demorats will no sooner think of surpnHprintr on the issue of nersonal! o -?? x iberty than on the issue of slavery. If the South is determined to go head with this insensate policy? P this new sectionalism of prohibiion is to be imposed upon Northern nd Eastern States by the South nd West, then the Southern Pemorats will have again taken tliemelves out of the Democratic Party nd must abide by the consequences irhatever these may be. ? 5 AND 10 CENT STORE. The 5 and 10 cent store is making xtensive improvements on their lace of business. They have rentd the store room formerly occuiied by J. R. Glenn and are cutting n arch doorway between in order o have one big department store, 'he 5 and 10 cent articles will be n the present store and the $1.00 j rticles will be shown in the addiion. They have had a splendid ear and their business guarantees he extra store. I ? \ k % # # # )!> # ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ * * * BREVITIES.' * ? ^ Let the blessed sun shine again. We are tired of this snow. It is distressing to try to get up news when there "ain't none". If this weather keeps up much longer there won't be anything to write about. A train of soldiers passed through here Tuesday. They got food supplies at Greenwood and among the articles was 200 pounds of liver and 100 pounds of onions. The first snow that came the young people had a grand I time snow-balling each other, but the last two or three snows they have been noticeable by their absence. A man in Greenville discovered a stick of dynamite in a precious lump of coal. He was distressed, but it is thought some miner had put it there and forgot to remove it. Halifax is to be rebuilt. The Canadian Government has named R. S. Frazier as commanding agent with power to fix prices which in his judgment will be fair and reasonable. If you noticed any errors in the last two issues of The Press and Banner we will explain them by way of informing our readers that the office "devil" made up the forms in the absence of the foreman. The governor of North Carolina and the governor of South Carolina had something to say several years ago about the length of time between drinks. We might say now that it was a long time between drinks but a short time between 3nows. A man said to w yesterday when lie saw the new snow that the( country people were suffering for wood. Some of them only lay in a supply for a few days at a time. It will be a cold job to go out in the snow and get the wood but then think of the people who live in the cities and towns who have no wood to go rmf on/1 oof This town has the reputation of giving more credit than any town of its size in the State. Some of our merchants have been "beat out" of their rtioney by persons either on purpose or through unfortunate conditions. It won't be many more years before credit will be a thing of the past here for the merchants are gradually putting business on a Cash Basis. LAURIE HOLLINGSWORTH. J. Laurie Hollingsworth spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hollingsworth. He is stationed at Newport, R. I., as Junior Instructor in the Naval School. He won the distinction as second clas3 gunner, making 18 shots out of 20. The next promotion is chief and he says he is determined to have that. He is high in his praise of the navy. He is a fine young man and will make good. BOLSHEVIKI MAY HOLD AMERICANS London, Jan. 2.?It is reported the Bolsheviki have arrested the members oir the American railway mission at Irkutsk, Siberia, says a dispatch tc the Excihange Telegraph from Petrograd. The United States railroad commission to the Russian government arrived in Petrograd last June and until the recent Bolsheviki disturbances had been busily engaged in assisting tie Russian railways out of their operating difficulties. The personnel of the commission which was not officially announced follows: "John F. Stevens of New York, former chi<;f engineer of the Panama Canal, chairman; W. L. Darling of St. Paul, chief engineer of the Northern Pacific Railway; Henry Miller of St. Louis, former operating vice president of the Wabash Railroad; George Gibbs of Philadelphia, former chief mechanical engineer or the Pennsylvania nanroad, and J. P. Griner of Baltimore chief consulting engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Eg|? ?work Is lea B|j|^ enjoyable In 1 gill RA\ B9HH are artistic 1 ment to them as you 1 don't have to H ney or shade. 9B^9 Designed to j M bright, flicke I If your dealt write to our i The use of A guarantees b< I stores and h< *> I STANDA1 ' - -1 BAi f MOW WuUKtot, ? Norfolk, V*. SlUhwwtd, V Thousands of ( Are f The goTernment hi aSttiMi**** to \ >vN DEATJGHON'S PEACTICAI | ONI !;!; Deposited in th< you to a loan i row from tl your money c Loans made froi ill STANDARD B1 ,i ASSOCIATION ' W. H. White, 11 President. i QUARTERLY CONFERENi I The first Quarterly Conf< of Calhoun Falls Circuit will at Bordeaux church on next I day, at 11 A. M. Rev. G. C. ard, Pi E., will preach at 11 Saturday and Sunday and thei u" *~nn/?Viiiicp of Mt. Cam ttlSU UC pxwavuiug *?v Sunday at 3:30 P. M. The business of the session be transacted at Bordeaux or urday immediately after prea The stewards are called to m same time and place to mak< sessments for pastor. The is cordially invited to attend. 1 W. M. Harden, P. Calhoun Falls, S. C., Jan. ] NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF CHA A meeting of the Stockholdi The Hot Hustler Racket will b< at their place of business in ville, S. C., on the 2nd day oi ruar, 1918, for the purpose o ing on the liquidation and ' di tion of The Hot Hustler Rack corporation doing business the laws of the State of South lina. All stockholders take not Geo. C. Gambrell, 1-4-4 E. J. Adair, Din 'nMi t^TTi r 1 pf^iHpi^ TOsfiflH d Eyes Young ing Eyes Strong \ ..jH lellcrw light of the ftSnR^^BB lakes the long even- EJmHH9NB |HH and pleasant. Its fflBHBH|B3 is easy on the eyes i tedious?play more layo ' n design?an ornaYou light ivould a gas jet?you ^jH^fl remove either chimEasily kept clean* give the maximum rlesfi H| r doesn't have them/ H^D9M^^D HHh learest station. > ;uH Uiddin Security Oil BjjHHjL^^H st results from kmpe, utters. ? RD OIL COMPANY WJy '" KNaw Jmnwf) I. < LTIMORB, MD. _ 1 r ,c* c&ZtTkF'ft PMnH < ' * BH 1 1 .|S====WBm jood Stenographers H Needed rical Help Wanted V^J^H as just written to this school pointing out their^^HB ? ?it noaiJ nf ntpnntrrnnllPTfi hnth male > and female, and asking us to help them in i securing the great, number needed. The starting salapr offered is 1900 to $1200 fti year. Examinations are Being held i*ee?>\j. in 400 cities. . Besides the demand of the government, j fl the conscription is taking thousands- of ^. young men from commercial positions. and their positions will have to be filled j? by ntn employees. Business men are calling on us daily for assistance in secnring stenographers and bookkeepers. ' Write for detailed information. Address i BUSINESS COLLEGE, Greenville, S. C. - I 9 : DOLLAR 1 b STANDARD entitles 1 of $100. It is easy to bor- j ' m ie STANDARD where | 1 osts you five per cent. 1 n 1 month to 80 months. { i UILDING AND LOAN ! jl J OF ABBEVILLE, S. C. ; 1 Otto Bristow, :; J Sec. and Treas. i|| M CE. COLD WEATHER TROUBLE. * ?rence The cold weather has been very meet severe and of long duration. One Satur- lady told us yesterday that she had Leon- not had any clothes washed in four 'flj A. M. weeks and that she was distressed ? e will beyond measure for she possessed -|fl lei on only a Hoover limit of clothes. will GROWING TOMATOES fl i Sat- UNDER GLASS H eet at Clemson College, S. C., Jan. 1? .9 ; as- The tomatoes in the Green House public at Clemson College are now grow- fl ing very vigorously and are begin- j C. ning to set fruit The two varieties jfl L. grown this year are the New Glory and the Bonny Best. It has. been It has been found that pollenizaRTER tion is best accomplished by shaking * the flower stem about noon each day ers of when the temperature is not lower h 3 held than 70 degrees or above. m Abbe- 9 ' Feb- STOCKHOLDER'^ MEETING. 9 f vot- j|j issolu- The annual meeting of the stock- fl et, a holders of the Building and Loan ^ under Association of Abbeville will be Caro- next Wednesday, Jan. 9th, in the of- jH ice. fice of Dr. G. A. Neuffer. j| J. S. Morse, Sec. and Treas.