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X nuu X fT V ? 'I ? t Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. ? The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. n _ Entered as second-class matter a post office in Abbeville, S. C. m . Terms of Subscription: |\C One Year $2.0 Six Months $1.0 ?& ;' Three Months .5 Foreign Advertising Repress tativ I AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATIOI FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1921 A FORCEFUL CHARGE. Hon. H. H. Watkins,, Judge of thi district court for t-his district, ha delivered what the newspapers wouli E&* call a forceful charge. In it he ha * sopethlng to say about several mat - ters of more than passing import ..ance, but his remarks about the li v quor traffic are of most interest jus now. Judge Watkins says that the selling FSt?-. of liquor can be checked, if no C' stopped, if the members of the Chris tian churches would join in the ngnt p;' He does not ask that all these mem |;rv b$rs become active in the fight. Con c cerning most of them he suggests that they would do their part bj r stopping the purchase of liquor fronr bootleggers. Now that is not an in ?,' " dictment against the church, but it i; l an awful indictment against th< g.-; 'members of the church. .It is a^fu principally because what the judg( Bp? says is true. | One other matter which the judg< calls attention to, and to which w< have before ' called attention, da I serves notice.' The Judge says tha certain citizens of-the state and coun ?' try, who do not agree with the pro visions of the national prohibitioi t law, "think buying whiskey is res pectable," yet at the same time the; [<V condemn the bootlegger, we may no F-- be willing to follow His Honor al the way when he says, "The buyer o : 1 liquor is -as bad as the seller," bu , we can follow him in the declarat:oi ? that the situation cannot be cleai-e< up until "the respectable people sto] |r encouraging the sale of liquor" b; pis buying it themselves. ??>. Judge Watkins had something t( t: ~ say about another matter of grav pi., concern just now, and that is abou the payment of debts. The judge" be Sp'' lieves that the failure of so man} | people to meet,their obligations jus' fy"'. now is due in some part to a lei .down :n public morals. We are noi $ iure just what;the cause is, but it ii ^-.certain that a great many people ar< hot paying their obligations whe should be paying them. The last tw< '< years have brought hard times to th< section. A great many creditors hav< p. shown a sympathetic disposition to wards people who were indebted t< tKom -in fapt creditors generally hnv< If-> clone this. In many instances, n< p- doubt, the patience of these creditor. has helped the debtor class, and < pp continuance of indulgence will as sist many men in finally pulling tin grade! But some few people we knov have taken advantage of the situa tion and arr using it not to try t< get their debts paid and their busi ' ness matters so arranged that the; may cont:nue to meet obligations, bu ' for the purpose of "feathering the: own nests'" so to speak without an regard for thei* creditors. It is o these people that Judge Watkin speaks. We do not know just how i is in Anderson Countv, but in Abbe ... - . -X 1 Vine uoumy we ao not nave vci many of these people, but the fei we have is too many. If ..Judge Watkins might ccuivinc the people that now is no time t try to make money, not to take ac vantage of a bad situation to hel one's self, but the time when ever man should bend his efforts to pa his debtbs, and might induce peopl to pay every dollar they can get o ^ i their obligations, he will have don ; a good service to ine country gvnej . ally. jjyp: The only difference between man at the^head of a business an r** an employee, is that the former ha had a thousand bosses?his custoir t ers?while the latter has one?hi employer. I?. X: \ - ROBERT QUILLEN'S FRANK CONFESSIONl Spartanburg Journal. One of the most remarkable statements that ever appeared in any _ newspaper is the following from the ,t last issue of the Fountain Inn Trib. une, whose editor, Robert Quillen, is - widely knownas a writer for maga-i zines and newspaper syndicates: j ? "Of all hard jobs in the world, ] ? that of making a public confession is 1 0 the hardest. But if it is the only ! square thing to do, jt'must be done. J e This, therefore, is an open letter to, I the young fellows ol fountain inn?i - {-the 'good fellows,' the fellows I love, and loaf with at times?the fellows, I I have taken drinks with and fellowshipped with. '*A11 this while I have been a e memiber of the church?just that s and nothing more. And when my j conscience bothered me about taking ' a drink when I could get it, I said _to myself: 'Why, I am a liberal supporter of the church; I pay the - tithe; I am a gentleman and a man - of intelligence; there's no harm in t my taking a drink when I want it, for I can handle it.' r "I said that, but I was a liar. And while posing as a church member and a follower of Christ and yet re" serving the right to take a drink at . my pleasure. I was considerably . lower down than a snake's belly. "This is a bitter dose to swallow, fellows, but I had it coming to me. And if my conduct has led any of 7 you to believe that a man can retain 1 his honor while carrying water on - * 11 1 1 1 T ?? molrA if DOtn snouiaers, i want w mom. .v 3 clear that it's an impossibility, j "I'm through. I'm 34 years of age, and have never struck a lick for my " i Lord. From now on I am His, to use I as He thinks best, and I'll stick to " Him if it costs me everything I have and every friend I have. ' "I'm ashamed fellows. Forgive me for not-having been square. Robert Quillen." NEGRO CHILD KILLED y I . . i Mail Carrier Runs Over Body With Car J News from Donalds is to the efI feet that on the 22nd inst. Magis| trate D. M. Humphreys held an inI! quest over the deacl body of a negro j e:irl about three years old, named} ? ~ I ^ j Louise Pressley, thi*ee miles west of: y! Donalds. From the evidence at the I j inquest, J. A. Tribble, a rural mail | j farrier, was passing the home of the I i child's mother in a Ford car, and a | ~l was running about 15 miles an hour, j Three children were standing on the J side of the road. When Mr. Tribble , got within 15 feet of them, the oldj est, a boy, ran across the road ahead ! t j of the car. Mr. Tribble.. cut off his I ?as and applied his break. Glancing J around he saw a little girl attempt '| the same hazardous trick. He did his } i best to get between them but he } j struck the girl with his front wheel, " hurling her to the ground and both ' j wheels passed over the upper porj tion of the body. Mr. Tribble picked 'j her up and carried her into tne nouse \ "land rushed to Honea Path for a doc3 tor. He and Dr. Williams were hack in half an hour, only to find the * child dead. The doctor found no "j wound or bruise but gave it as their j ' i opinion that the wheels of the car i | parsing over the- heart, caused death. 1 j Mr. Tribble, who is an all round I "| good man, was terribly shocked. He 3 i did all that was possible to save the j " j child and failing in that, paid all j s i burial expenses. t| BAPTIST CHURCH. f Mr. Weeks will preach Sunday! s at 11 a. m. on the subject: "The Con-1 * Isolations of God." The Wednesday ' | night service begins at 7:30. The ^ j Gospel of John will be studied at ,v j each service. Come and get the j lessons form this great book. e The Baraca Class has now enrolled ? about 60 men. The aim is to reach i ] OUT This class <s taugni oy me paaP itor. If you are a young man and not y I in Sunday school, join this class. y, e| IRISH SETTLEMENT 11 NEWS UNFAVORABLE e London, Nov. 25.?The negotiations for an Irish settlement are feared to be nearing an unfavorable a end, according to a high authority d today, and there is apprehension is that next week may witness their l- collapse unless more favorable ciris' cumstances, not now foreseen shall develop. ATLANTA HOME 1$ j SCENE OF KILLING' * WIFE OF PRIVATE DETECTIVE HELD BY ATLANTA OFFICERS FOR MURDER OF L. A. 'POST, ENGINEER.?SAID TO f HAVE BEEN SELF. DEFENSE t Atlanta, Nov. 24.?Mrs. T. E. Williams, wife of a private detective was held without bond oh recommendation lat? today of th'e coroner's jury after an inquest into the killing . of N. L. Post, A. S. A. L. engineer at the Willims home last night. Mrs. Williams in a written statement to officers today said she shot Post in defense of her honor. S. T. Curtiss, testifying at/the"inquest said he was an eye witness of the affair and alleged Mrs. Williams walked into the room in which he, Post, -and Mrs. Alma Harvy were seated, drew a revolver and exclaimed "I am going to shoot you." She then shot several times he said and afterwards expressed sofrow at having shot Post. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Born, in Abbeville, Monday, November the 21st to Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Brown, a son, H. D. Brown, Jr. Born,.in Abbeville, Wednesday November the 23rd to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Tuggle, a daughter. To prevent a cold take 666. -afil?-? \ WHETHER it's a Thanksgiving rii tmikfill of your motor you will get faction only througl selection. Volatility is important gasoline. It largely g< starting speed of yem* i the richness of the mi have to use. For sler that enables you to cv in traffic or whirl up si without a lot of gear sl\' motor fuel must have I speed and a high rale c development. 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