Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^^KADLEY. " - I AND FINER PUBLIC IBBM gs. E3ESIB' Ike City, this editor was great!] pctural skill of Brighwp, Yonng ' As an executive officer he hat in Salt Lake City will stand fo: nd as evidence of the loyalty pi II a testimonial of the greatnew Id by the energy, of those wh< hen. At the^head of a band o ?and they stopped in a desen ft-'-few unfriendly Indians. Thi far from all civilisation,and < thi ike that of the storj of the Jewi I I le Mormons also have -their Pea<j ived in the valley surrounded bj Ileir abode betwe? n suow- capped ley. The river Jordan is ? hfatorW Jordan cans along beside the camf le in revelations, and who would lall led Brigham Young through Lwho would.deny that the same lom than was ever possessed hy Kg hand wa? as of the Fathter carKhat a divine purpose has been acands that it would have set at bout question. fction, who inspired him with the Lish a city ..in a desert, Of who gave iLabled him. to establish a charch >e for ages, the wonder of theworld ? md of the Father, how could he, >ni7 rail transportation thatnails 1 construct soeh a buifiiiiig as tfie * as a mtmorial to his skill in ipftuthfufne^t of hi? followers ? wwe did not gire him. the wisdom, the Tabernsdle, how could he irave Ilstics and for architecture, is the ad not been moved by the music' of tning did he instruct his carpenters j organ in existence s from the power of his inherrnt efathers who built the first court at no man living has any actoal s?s have been built at Abbeville; >m ? Our oldest inhabitants recol^Jcod in the public square, but res preceded it ? In the tafet sixty ee, counting the tobacco barn as had in the preceding forty-seven Ij be ttBrighwn Young, or had rsitect. does anybody suppose that uild three or four , court houses* 'or court purpose* ? !?he builders nstruc tors of the unsightly, tobacco d as. was Brigbam Young*" Abber'lle in 1800, doc* anybody rt House that would have stood his children, and his children's Iioui nanas upon oar piume., ecu? ]*' i:i- ' '.:'5 i^chiteetartl structures which had rried home US implore Oapt. Nickels Brigham Young beieame so great ntlemer, our own neighbors, men is and teek revelation, from, on tet a decent Court Hou*e and a , they would win everlasting gratitheir work ^was completed, allow of their fathers use is bailt in the middle of a great :h side and having cedent side*1 nent walks from each corner to tb4 ood. The fact is, it was one of the It cost a million dollars. . I) an orthodox Mormon he might g?t larj instructions, . so .that he i a monSiment to his wisdom and do descendant vandal would touch verence and admiration. ; for revelation and instruction, as the importance the great work him, and he might give us a the pride of the proudest peoplq on as builders of public edifice hasten was little helped^ revelation. : It McMillan get; into their heads ader expanses : r public buildings 0 as Salt Lake has done in going out >om, good air and shady groves could ve buildings as that of the Mormons e to have suitable buildings that would els and Mayor McMillan were old "favor of a million dollar expendi1 favor of no Cheap John thing like i? ?:?j Ipui nio ujujicj CUUJU ue Tumea Inds, which our children could pay. I children could come into control, no far behind the Mormons. They Ifty years the start of them and jet psareaboit a thousand years ahead County Superintendent could receive i for our buildings. Let no picayune ?se buildings ought to be steam heated. Jb^ated. I did not see fire while in ork would impose little or no hardship e or no taxes anyhow, and the rich 1: v ... ' . v.. .. OF ABBEVILLE. ge of buglness Dec. 11, 1906. liabilities. Capital Stock.... ; $75,000 0 SarpluB and Profits 28,060 0 National Bank NoteB 18,750 0i IBtite payable 10,000 0 deposits 203,880 0 I the County. $33?'a80 0 ^ids. r SaT,I|f" Department. K ; ;V,t B mm iffAvrnmnATTa r>nf\nrtntmTA*T I -p-v pwnafftVMP tftWWW- | Wthe l-glsUre of ^ iM?-ScterT ^ f it?i? of ?ew^?peM t? Defame Character CB.-ACW.^O " ' . : . .. | Did the Abolition of ihe Onlellog Law Open the Fl?od(?tfl of Fwltb, ' 8? i hiu W U T*Be Hereafter ttyPel ? ,:; ' - V-V? . . ? ^fVeare-In Receipt or*tfqjy of <tbe "Propoeed Bill. as Agreed TJpon Between Committee and Leading* Members." If not jnrpertin?ltv tbe ( Press and Banner .wouldl ike to,know the names of the 'leadlag memr bersv" and of what they are "member?." We would alto like, to; ask 1 who they expect to lead? Are legislators In leading strings, ready to be i led about by seltatyifed or so-called "leading members?" Have hooka , of. rings: been placed In the notes of, innocent delegates to the General Astembft that thev mav be Ird about like cattle at a State Fair? . Of course it is hardly to be expected that many intelligent or se^respectiDg members of the General Assembly would bo far forget the mielvee or theft accountability toconstituenta, as to vote for the proposed measure. Let tho reader glance over tikj^Sin.avd judge for himself a ad study some of its provisions, For instance: "The defendant in actions of libel " or slander may introduce in testimony in mitigation of damage that the ; " publication or cbarge wae made by mistake or through inadvertence, "and that he has retracted the charge or cffercd'to make correction be"Jbre the commencement of any action." . W bosh all judge of the sufficiency-of the retraction, or the exOupabllityof the inadvertence?^ Shall the offender be allowed to say what anolorv he shall make? It seems so. ': * \ Tbe idea of aIlowlDg.tbe defeadwiHn Jftelomcawa to make ioobm. Mm. Jktoo "l^ou" <" *?** tory jrablleWoee are ?ot omally made by ^wtaroee, bot by T..i~ The maligned or rtmdered character cannot be IbUy motored by : "ret^ipn.." WbentatlerJ.pilDledai>d?pt<.rei<it;^i Ib*vm? or less permanent ton?, abdjw*iraot be eiit^ly effl?ced_by '^polagy^ w! "wtwetiOD." * With a Blight change In the wording the Uw jqonlA read: "The defends nt In actions for rtolen money or s for*heft after tmrti may dace testimony in initiation of bj* oJfcnse, that the theft or misappropriation of ftwds wm madeVtfy mistake or thiwjrh'tnidrerfeiM*. end that V, havinsr been caught, offered to restore the atoieD goods, before indictment." ; * \ Soelr a plea would be-Jnflnltely more planalbie. than fhe plea of ,lfoadvertence" on the part of the rp-wpparer which utfer# a jdander. Char? anter ii* too sacred to be ijothleeriy. rareTewJy or inadvertently attacked. No restoration can be made for defaropd character, and every edlto* ought td know that neither, the demands of an hop^hl*b?iijft]paper nor the exaction* of the reading pnbllc require the defamation of ckiarecten The tblefvho run* off with money tnav make reititution, bufe the ftRsailor of character Qan make no.adequate restoration. If. .therefore, ,the thief make Jt appear in'the tHaTofaaid action that said article was-stolen in pood faith and with the intention of appropriating.it tohisown use, bat Wan caught in^ possession of the goods unlawfully, he should bis allowed to restore the stoleirgoods." Bat one of the most palpable Jokes in the aforesaid M3in by Leading . Members" in this effort to ptirarojond nnfusptctlng delegates by tbe ring which they may propose to pot in their notes, lies In thfss llnes: , "And if it pball appear in tbe trial of mid sction thst said Article i was published in gbod laltb, tbat Its falsity wis doe to mistake or mleap* 1 prehension and thst a correction or retrnction of sny false or incorrect 1 statement therein was published la the flr*t or second regular Jstae of said newspaper, of a daily paper on tbe first page, in all other papers on edttoriia page," etc. 5 ' V V : . ' ' - i All that may Appear very fair to tbe Innocent member, who Is 1 willing for editors to besmirch the character of gentlemen, o?r throw 1 mud at them, and then appologfze or make the false statement that aoch 1 publication was a mere.'^advertence" and not malice, pore and simple. i Admitting that innocent delegates .might be foolish enough to 1 enaotany such law, let us see t?e unfairness of a statement which,teems op its face to be fair. When newspapers make charges against character they may nee tbe largest type in the office, at tbe top of tfye page ! and tben they may make thtf retraction in the smallest type in the office and place the same at tbe foot of tbe last colnjnn of the p<ge, And wesaw only a few days agothestatement of )ast sn'ch a case. The editor ' to appease the injured or offfended person offered to mak# retraction, ( reparation or something of the kind. He pot it in the paper,on the page, asagreed npon, but set itin very email type and pot it in the least conspio- * nons place In the paper. If one editor would perform 4 {rick like that why offer others the chance to do the same thing. There' is nothing in tbe "retraction" to prevent itfrum being printed in Greek. . ' ' Jr ' / It will be noticed that there is a difference between daily and weekly ' newspapers. The weekly or eemi-weekly papers mn?t use "prominent head lines," while the daily may tnok such "retractions" away any* where on the "first page." \ . ' AQOiDer noiaDie expression 01 mis jsui, wcicd might be an insult to self-respecting members of the Legislature Jj, "then in said event recovery' of nothing more than actual damages shall be allowed." ooiomon in all bis glory, could make no nucli estimate, and no proof could be furnished to prove the damage to a good name. "A good name is ratber to be chosen than great riches." Who shall estimate the value of a good name. Who could place a jtfice upon the good name of a woman ? U We have heard it said that a judge ^England once said something like this when trying a damage suit: m "There is not money enongh in i^^land to pay a husband for dam age to tne gooa name 01 dib wiie, dhii Be connived at wrooz-dolnir tajTrJd hmtand"" * BmaipouKh to pay the damage* to the ? The question now is will Lerifctore connive at the Injury of their own good name or that of tbe^families, or others, by removing the presence of "damage suit lawye#' who may be employed to see that ' editors, "by inadvertance," daMot assail character without liability tn answer for their act # 1 * Is the reputation of a g#d citizen of so little consequence that an editor may assail it with Mpurlty, and then claim that he did It without giving the matter proper J&nBideration, and therefore because of his own carelessness he may to be exoused for an irreparable Injury to another. # j If the editors of thpgtate do not, through malice, or "inadvertence," 9 attack character, tbe^need have no fear of "damage suit liwyere," and if u tney nave uu ie?i ui -aamH^suH jawero mcjr umi uoi urge me passage 0 of this most iniquitous Bill. Let tbem not seek to avoid responsibility for acts of malice or "inadvertence." Let us imagine a cas^i and suppose that an editor said: "Hon. Easy Mark is not fit to catry slop to a pig pen." Of course the Honora ble Easy Mark was Indignant and the gentleman demands that the 0 editor "retract" and "apolWize." The editor of course was ready to make so easy a settlement, aiMln the next issue of his paper, publishes a piece something like this: Sp; caWip? 'liSlli . 7 , . ^ ^':V' -v.. J.1 Mark waa not fit to carry s!op toa*pig pen." The gentleman/ and demands that vre retract and apologise, and in order W j perfectly mr ana jubi to Dim we nereoy retract, apologize w- ; tbe statement. Upon further investigation we find that /we Weiemii/ taken. He le eminently qualified for carrying slop to a/fly an* we take pleasure in reoommending him tottafevorable iWenttOli of any : . 7 1 I? fc'prfnted.note acoompaiiyfiig our copy of. itaia. '/Bill by tmfa Memoera," u is stawd tnat "we reel sausnea mai u w*w uevw idiibwo that the newspapere ehoul'J be placed In the position *nd at tie mercy of the "damage BQit lawyers." / In like manner the Frees and Banner li qolfeJfckM Mi the intdligent Legislators of South Carolina will not plaoe their own character land the character of their (faille* "In ijbe portion end lit the mercy of anich newspapers" as may choose to defame. tpe?i *nd wbirtl ' toe we* , papeis may h?Ve e wholesome dreed of "damage suit lawjis*'' In the above mentioned note, marked personal, the following aen.ence.pp^, . XSS3SW. JSSKVSTSSS-' ty, both 8?nalora and members oMhe HoV&e, and explain to them the necessity of nuch a statote, invoting tbplr.co-nperaUoaand jjood will. A word from yon will be worth ten tijmestfle effort t&aTmighi be expended in Columbia Id securing the passage of;'pis needed legislation." ?b?Ihim?*4Bii?jt.$elicomj^tnted ?utfe thoughtty "I**' ing Members" that we had any i nil din ce with ot? Senator and members of the House, but the "Leading M&iW^inUF please exbuae as from Fi?t-F?lr deUing ne?p?p?ii in Booth C.rolln? do not need ?nd . ? . > . ? . i ;.i'i . ; . u'fkl mu < v '? ' Pl?ir^r n*~nw ?* "dMWg.MlH.WJ4M." J the prttt to aaaail character, we believe the people need mole and better proieoiton Atom inch unacrtrpuioui newspapers fta have rwuwn to bo afraid of "damage ault iawWrfV ^ Even If we enioned.w wioied a proportion, we have too much reepeot for oar mealbei? 6f thy General Awembly to believfr that they wouid taniely ftrfmlt to jby wgg?tlon th*t theymight be to renii*eiD ddellty fo th^peopIe a/ioWotel&r it or hy aimilir propo ItiOir, tbatmlght renfre the 'fd^age ?jawyen,'^ who be the greatest of benefactor? In makisir inadvertent editors more careful. * rFwiih-'T!^Press and Bsbner cannot believe tbst any meaober of ' tbe General Assembly from, ibis county would allow "I^tdlur Mexn bers" to put riDgs iu their mites. They w??ot-df the ykrl&j to be led, ' ' - ' ty ' , ' - ; evne In .bidding newfp?i?r. fweo jo.t puoUhment for m.lltsloue offense. .r, ; , . W? ,bs)l?ve lb* J>? imprepCT !w.s hinted ?( Id the following sentence; "A. word from ydtt will be frorfliJeD times the effort that inlght be expected In Columbia." In our |>pinbm any effort outside of an appeal W,nlade to any Legislator. In one sence,/? he Legislator 1ba juror charged With the duty of doing the right, and that he should not allow himself to be the subject of Inflaenpe" brlfcWrt i>le?dlDg. "Good namfc, In man and woman dear, my low, Ib the immediate Jetol o* their eooli: Who steals my porae, steals trtab, '1 la something, nothing, BJ?ve to ? -sss^s" should ODt the 'few-art tag power of lM Btate grant the ?me plea of "ln^ftrfcrtenfe" by the colored grttles&A > ho itaals from the owner's; sow lot? If theco^ thief i* caught with the'hide and the borne of tbe itol?n cow, moat be be acodtintAble for ootbbg more than the actual loss fn money? The 00 w thiefmay make reetoi*tion to the full extent of the i_(^ ut ?v. ? mulaM ?nmJn'ti wfcMiwn nnt tniiro UVJUTJTi UUI bUV IVUIWT Vft m imn vvi m wv>ww V |WW ?r??w mm Ww* ? proper reitltutloo. . Character is the most fcaored thing on ?ulh, and he who would rob a man, or i woman, of s good name Is loWer and meaner than the oow thief. The Legislature ?hotfld tow-protection t6 the "Immediate jewele of the souls of men and women" tl in they give to cftttle. ' . i The malicious assailant of a good nama Bho ilc be made to toe m uch dreaded "damage lolt rawyers" and he should be punished eren as the oow 'thief Is punished. ' ! { '"iki:" >' - ' " Wat'??-' 5>r.v'- O f y "r - * irtuiKnx mwthin M 'That ITB UIMO'IIU WHIIUVllli yu IUC JWIMlg auouiHRin 5f oour*e iB a term which must be objectionable to *11 thoeo aelf-reepecting editor? wbo think that they Are freemen and are governed only by their own aenae of right. If there lure 'Heading mpFibera," there must, 5f course, be led! member?. We khOW afet lear- :me member cf the sditoriai fraternity who i? not led by anybody. W' aeeame. however, that .in this instance, the worde were used "inadve,. iat'-,*' and that no rifeoae wee Intended. : * f v.- - , '"* *>. * y :i 'X . m> " . _ ' . r:; ; .V ; :v,. ,x'^ SPECIALLY FINE CABBAGE PLANTS. I have some plants left orer firoft my own setting, the same kind that I set for my own truoking. I buy the best seeds' obtainable on the market. Ihata two early varieties, Early Jersey Wakefield and Charleston WakefieU. In season we follow these closely with Succession and Late Drumhead. / *1 s c nnn ?.a or m rnces in tnouaana luw vi,uuf u,uuv iuiu utoi viiaw} ivjwv auu oyer $1.00. We hate only a limited quantity of very selected stock, we orate them up and deliver them to Southern Express Company, andat very low Express rates. Send orders earlylbefore our stock is gone. W. F. GABS, Box 84, Meggetts, S. 0. farmers' Bank of Ateville. State, County and City Depository. President: Vioe-Pmldent: CaaMer: F. B. HARBISON, P. B. SPEED, t. H. DuPEE. Board of JJireotor* x i*'. Hi. narnson, tr. a, opeeu, v,. x Brown, G. A. Visangka, John A. Harris, B. M. Haddon, A. K. W a toon, Lew] W. Parker, W. P. Greena. We solicit j onr business and are prepared to handle tt safely and oonaervatlTelj. We are In position to make you loons, and to pay Interest on deposits, I when plaoed in Our Saving's Department. v v7v.u:"?-' ? :/,' ?. ? * JfeW* Doto Plefecd lip Here iiud There I* ^ ^ | ^Eag?ni? BobertiWD and iM1" De^blar^?^^?|?Min^elQa?w dag^ '' Isabell Haddon . eib*nnet*6borbood friends Saturday at aa JtoU * *blle 'b?*e ' B?fcerhas gone to Oolnmbis to '.' ' SS5SrB.r. w. Mr. Lewis Pflrrln. Hod. Frtrik B. Gary left Monaay wr ; .. In Columbia for . kstusl^ jaaw J- -, Mr. and Mr*. C. D. Cowan returned to tbelr. / Mr*. M. D. Wardlaw, aod Mies Emma u? r?M?? * Mrs. Mnille Brut of. Handover, Wednesday ^'KtfSSSS^nWlned a nnmher o"meod.?ta tooUbto Mon<tay night. ' ^ Mr. W. H. Pennel baa moved back to his ^ old home. ' . ' * , Mr. (*car Mprrab. of Otemwon.Bpent Christ- . ' maawttbJir.And Mrs. W.D. Morrah* MIm Sarah Britt wllJhot retarn to McCor"ml^ ib* wHl attend the BeMevue^School. Prof, and Mr*. M. E. Bradley of Clemsoo, and Mr. Ward law Morrah. of Atlanta, spent Christmas With ntatiwftjb this oommanlty There wm a sociable *t the residence of MriTJj.Brttt Pridarnigbt- J . l&m Frof. H cmter of Clemson fp^Bt severjl days In Beltovea Cbrteimaa,the goest of Mr. and MTha8kP'ofFerofMt. Carmel gave an oyster , "U^a W?^mendof thegWorld met at Bando''prorSrper atul^Mr. Quarlesof McCormlclt were gaeaM of Mr. and Mra. John , Wardlt.w 1 - ^ ^ffiind Mrs. McGee, of AndersOn, spent ' Christmas wiin Dome raw - r mwu Mrs. J. B. Brltt spent Friday and Saturday In AbMvtli*. . . This writer waa gmoDg the Invited unef.ts At* turkey dinner given by Mn>. W. H. Kennedy w ednesaay, dunbgCdrlstmaB weefc and ai lira. Jobs Wardlaw?Frtd?y. Mr*. Alia Kennedy. and Mrs. Lesley spent Tharsday wltb Mm. Cowan. M?. W, ST. Kennedy and Mrs. J. E. Brut were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.-D. Murrab Friday n/ight. Mrs. Scruggs and Mrs. Connerapeut Christ- u mas with Mr*. Boatley. Mr. John Oowaa died In Columbia Wedne*- ' day morning, hi* remain* were brought to Troy Thursday afternoon. and laid to rest In the cemetery at LongCane. ".Leaves have tjnir tlme to fall, And ftnweia to wither at the north .wind's And SUnn'to Bflt; bat all, ^ODeath"*11 Seafl0n' for tWne 0WD' Another Editor'* View, Anderson Midi. Here Is what the venerable Capt. Charles Petty, editor of tbe Carolina Spartan, has to say about the Creighton case, IJis views are piratically the same as those of The Daily Mail and of hundreds of others: -'When the verdlot was announced by the committe appointed to try Mr. Creighton, The Spartan 'statea that the church was unfortunate In framing' charges against preacners. 11 wouju be better to be as lenient as our friends ' of the army and make the charge 'ponduct unbecoming a minister of thego?. pel.' Since the trial we have Been no reason to change our opinion. Mr. Creighton may be a bad, troublesome man, bringing great vexation aod annoyance to the presiding elders,, but the rank and file of the Methodist church do not believe that he is guilty of gross immoralty, or simply of immoralty. Ah evidence of that, many of ; ,. ; - the prcacbert of the conference and hundreds of laymentake and read bis' Annual jy the people about Benae!t?ville,ino8t= ly members of toe Methodist Church m-m sent$111 ad a Christian present to Mr. Creighton, accompanying it with a letter, endorsing his course and condemn tag the manner of the trial and the verdict. Such is the feeling in some Methodist circles. It is very unfortunate. A gospel of love, recon (filiation, 1 peace, good will, wisdom that is enricned and sanctified by the Holy Spirit is sadly heeded in the church." . ' Already Blessed. - '-&;g * Chicago News. "Ah, at last!" exclaimed Mrs. Stnbb, c ,- i? with a smile of victory, here is where some great man says bachelors cannot' Jiffl reach beaveu.'' "Oh that's all right" repiied Mr. 4 Stuhb, savagely. "They are satisfied I am sure. They have heaven right J here an earth."