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9 :v " The Press and Banner W W. A W. R. BRADLEY. Eilltora ABBEVILLE, S. C. , *#-PQbllshed every Wednesday at 12 b r/?r to advanoe. Wednesday, March 23,1910. The Corn Club is Booming The boys of the County are taking hold of the Corn Club work with a zest. The Superintendent of Education, Mr. Hammond has received the following additional names to be enrolled as regular members: Joe Sherard, Tom Sherard, Jno. Lowry Wilson, James Winn, of Abbeville; Keys Bowman, Claude Nance, Frank Clinckscale Roy Clinckscale, Ralph Clinckscale, Hen. ry Hutchison, Baker Boles, Ralph Tuckur, Robert Edwards, Steve Chambers, Earl Lewis, John Burrlss, Harmon Simpson, Ilras Wilson of Lowndesville. The Abbeville county club is one of the strongest in the State. A large llbt of prizes will be offered and published later Contributions will be raised to set the work. Congressman Aiken started the list a few weeks ago with a subscripiion of no. ' When the 1910 crop is [gathered there will be something, too, for the County Fair in the way of corn exhibits. Let the good work proceed. M " ? " ^ jfaastrom Fir* at Harbison College r? un last inursaay morning aoout mrwe o'clock the alarm of flre was sounded In the city of Abbeville, when It was discovered that the main remaining building at Harbison College located near Abbeville wis in flames. The walls of the building were already falling In before persons from ~ the town could redbh the place to render gaeisstance to the Inmates. There were f)%B6 thirty or forty colored boys In the building three of whom were burned to aah&s. ' v Two or three others suffered painful and .serious injuries in jumping from the second story. The three negro boys who perished in the flames were: Cari Duckett 'r-. of Charlotte, N. C., Samuel Jenkins, of "Carlisle, 'S. C? and Edward DuBose, of Lamar, S. C. The last named was about twAlvA VMK nf JLCTA. * '' The fire was undoubtedly incendiary as evidenced by the faet that kerosene was also poured on fefae back door of the Presi' dent's'house and .It too rot on fire. This was extinguished before any serious damage was done. H seeme that kerosene had been poured ower practically the entire lower floor of the main building, as the Are, when dis' oorered, seemed to be burning m all parts the buildldg at the same time. ' MASS MEETING HELD. | The aet of burning this building, reck>ealy ndangerlng many lives, and actual\j costing three was severely condemned y tjy the citizens of Abbeville as a whole. A . logye mass meeting was held in the Court ifcose on the afternoon of the burning at which the following resolutions were ' Whereas, we, the people of Abbeville have learned with profound regret, <X the-' burning of Harbison CWlege, - and of the attendant/ fatuities : and wberas, the burning seems to v^Mve been the work of an incendiary: and whereas, we desire to express our sympac,<hy .with the Bev. Young, who is at the bead of the institution and to put on record our condemnation of so foul a deed; isfherefore. be it ; Resolved by the cltteens of Abbeville, in {pass meeting assembled, That we sympathize with the Rev. Young in the mis-, fortunes which have just visited the institution, of which hfe is the heed; Rasolved, further, That we condemn as Stropgly as we can tha Incendiary burning or the College, whether the author of such lawlessness be white or black; Resolved, further, That we offer our as isstance in ascertaing who is the guilty party. , Resolved, further, That we request our cltv council to offer a suitable reward for the apprehension aud conviction of the guilty party, and that we also petition the Governor to offer as large a reward as possible,for such apprehension and conviction. Resolved, further, That a committee of .three be appointed by the chairman of this meeting to solicit subscriptions from the white citizens of the town to a fund to employ competent detectives, to hunt down the criminals and to prosecute the guilty parties to the fullest extent of the law, and that when such funds are raised, the said committee immediately secure the services of such detectives and employ such other assistance as they deem necessary, and that they take such further action as oaamo OHTTIOOKIA W W4UIU CTUVUiO UU V IOOVIVI The city council of the city of Abbeville has offered a reward of one hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of the guilty party or parties, and a committee has been appointed to request the Governor of the State to offer a reward of not less than one thousand dollars for such ap?rehension and conviction. The Rev. bung, president of the College, attended the mass meeting of the citizens, and asked that he be given a suitable guard at night for a short time, until the students could make arrangement to leave town, as he was afraid of future trouble, and a guard will be stationed on the premises so long as it Is deemed necessary. Countv Fair For Abbeville. I At a meeting of the citizens of Abbeville held in the Court House, March 21. The Abbeville [County Fair Association was regularly organized with the following Board of Directors: Dr. Gambrell, J. S. Stark, W. A. Calyert, P. Roseuberg, W. A. Stevenson, W. & Lesley,0. H.Cobb, Granville Beal. J. T. Hester, W. H. McFall, J. B. Loyal, Jas. A. Hill. ' Elclent stock has been subscribed to put ndition a first class .'race track and rounds. ) liveliest interest is everywhere lest; the work is being unnertaken on ge scale and a fair [that will surpass hing that Abbeville has ever had of iature, is assured, i {Directors elected the following H. McFall, President, C. C. Gambrell, Flee President; Granville Eeal, 2nd President; W. T. McGlll, 3rd Vice dent; W. E. Leslie, 4th Vice PresiJ. B. Loyal, Secretary and Treasury, r people should come together now as tme man. xown ana coumy t>nuuiu jum lands, and let us "do ourselves proud" in be best fair in the upper part of the The rascals of Washington are to be well K?u6ed. The Attorney General has asked >r $275,000 to remodel the district jail* *ut the rascals on the road, it is better for ielr health. Tbe 60c books at MlHord'a Book Store are ortb tbe money. A fall line of Beach baie ball goods at MiJrct'i Book btoro. Fiends Work at Abbeville. Incendiaries, whom the white people of the vicinage are morally certain are white incendiaries, burned the dormitory building of Harbeson college at Abbeville in the dead of night. Three of the young negro students perished in the flames; live others suffered fractures of legs or arms in jumpirifr from windows. A mass meeting of horror-stricken citizens of Abbeville expressed condemnation of the demoniacal act, and the town council offered a reward for the apprehension of the fiends. The Governor will be asked to proclaim a reward of a thousand dollars for their conviction. A more appalling crime has never been committed in this country than the burning of that Abbeville schoolhouse, filled with sleeping negro boys, and the town and county of Abbeville and the State of South Carolina must spare no effort and no expense to bring punishment to the criminals. No ordinary measures will do. Extraordinary measures^ pressed with extraordinary vigor are demanded, for the honor of county and Stato. Abbeville, once a centre of intelligence and relineiuent, is made a victim, along with these poor innocent negro youths, of the barbarity of men with white skins whose membership would disgrace the meanest race on earth. The act that shocks humanity was incited by race hatred, intensified by a feeling of jealousy awakened by a vague sense of inferiority in the breast of the untutored white when ho sees the negro responding to the stirring of ambition. The low criminals who brought this disgrace upon Abbeville and South Carolina are but the pupils of those men who, doing nothing for the uplifting of the lower strata of whites, fan race antagonism and traffic indemagogy. This thing which has happened in Abbeville is the fruit of voorcnf tnooolme nnr? wrifirura hv nfTiCe seekers and by pandering editors. These incendiaries are of the grade of citizens they have bred. Columbia State. And will the Editor of the State pray tell us from what source he gathers his Information. While the people of Abbeville, in the most re sponsive mass meeting even held here, have been subscribing funds and divising means to bring to justico the fiend orfiendswho committed this dastartly act, they are coolly informed by the edi. tor of the State that white men committed the deed, and that the fact is known to citizens of Abbeville. We woud believe that tbi& sanderous statement is due to misinformation rather than to a deliberate purpose to malign. Even in that event, the State has made a ^reat mistake to so grossly Insult the people of Abbeville, up. on mere hear say. It has assured that hostile feeling existed between our white people and .the management of the school' while the fafct is as the President and al' the professors of-the college will testify, there is positively no unkind feeling existing, and there has not been the slightest friction, since Reverend Young assumed control. The former president was a negro rteared in the North, and had little idea of conditions in the South. His ideas were reflected in the behavior of his students, and intolerable conditidns such as The State, as any other Southern paper, can readily understand, were fast culuminat" 4ng. A deligation of our best citizens' among them men who had held up the handg of the former president, went to him and In a perfectly peacable and impassionate conference advised him to discontinue his work, as his methods and ideas together with the lack of discipline, would surely lead to race troubles. He acted on their advice and prepared to leave at once. There was no concealment about the matter; there was none of the white cap or night rider spirit in it. The men who went on this mission are above calumny or reproach, and they went at the instance of our best citizens. Rev. Young who succeeded to the position was born and reared at Due West in A? TT? 4 tma CUUUiy. xic uuuuistuuu niu ovutiicin temperament better, and it once ho and his school grew in favor with our people. There has not been a single unkind expression about either the president or his college since he organized his work. ' The State says: "Abbeville,once a center of intelligence and refinement, is made a victim, along with these poor innocent negro youths, of the barbarity of men with white skin whose membership would disgrace the meanest race on earth" Waiving, the implied statement that intelligence and refinement no longer fined abode in our midst, it maybe asked, when has it come to pass that the act of the mid-nierht criminal is to be made the gauge of a community's res lectabiiity. Are tiie citizens of Columbia less respect- ( able, less retlned, less intelligent because crime is committed on her streets? Has i the editor of the State who so glibly de- , nounces '-pandering editors" and-'speeches and writings by office seekers," sue- t ceeded in driving the midnight assassin | from Richland County? Is criminal court in the Capital city remembered only as a , thing that waned and then went out before | the onslaught of this editor who assumes j to set up a standard and prescribe limits ( of responsibility for others of his profession in their several communities. The Docket will show that crime has not diminished in Columbia; that there as nere, ine criminal is sucu not uecause uj. i any lax views entertained by the better ( element but in spite of the best endeavor of that better element. Now the man or woman, black or white, as the case may be, who set lire to Harbi- 1 son College, is simply a criminal who in the darkness applied the torch; and to this darkness, and not to public sentiment is he or she trusting to escape punishment for the foul deed. There is positively not a shadow of evidence pointing Lo the guilty person. There is absolutely nothing as yet in which to ground even a suspicion. 'While we do not believe for one moment that juiy white man committed this foul deed, the color of the criminal is as uncertain as it is immaterial in determining the action of our people. Of course Abbeville lias her individual criminals as every community lias, but to say that there is here a class of "men with white skins whose membership would disgrace the meanest race on earth," is a slander that cannot be excused. To say that our citizens have ever condoned any criminal, act is an affront and an insult* We think the State has been ill advised; we know it has spoken hastily. It has struck blindly?it has struck in the house of its friends. If the Editor of the State after receiving statements from those here upon whom he should rely, adheres to his former damaging statement about this burning, it is fair to presume that he has information, of I o nncUii'n iintnrp thn.1 tlllK I'it.V IS SOClld ing Its money in the effort to get. Surely he will not with-lioldthis infoimation from ! our people who are so anxiously seeking it. If he has not such information he should with charaetuistic frankness, and in fairness admit that he lias done the people of x I I this town and County a great wrong. A above was written before seeing f the article from the Slate's special agent J sent here to investigate the Harbison ^ burning, which stateimlnt sustain's in j, every particular the foregoing. If we T had seen this article sooner there would have been no occasion for writing the r| above. - ] Work of Incendiary. Not many years ago the late Dr. Joe Pres&ley who was then residing in the town of Troy furnished a handsome drug Ptore in that town and set about to do a drug busines in addition to the practice of his profession. On a morning he entered his store to find that an enemy had entered it during , the night time and had ruined completely his splendid stock of drugs and druggists sundries. ? Kerosene had been poured over the * tobacco and cigars; the show cases were broken to the last plate glass; the fspec- ( tacles were each in turn shattered; the costly labeled bottles were a heap of ruins; J the sawdust of the llooor swam in the t contents of the erst while bottles; leather * goods were opened with a knife; costly f perfumes were emptied into the stationery; * the prescription desk was littered with the medicines from its shelves; the barrels of oils were allowed to run out over I tae floor, except such as was used to ruin ( other goods; everything that could be de- ( stroyed was unutterably ruined, spieen, " dark, thick, yellow spleen, evidenced itself in a work of ruin, more studied and < complete than which one seldom witnesses. ? All this is mentioned by way of intro ^ duction to Dr. Pressley's remark when ( his gaze encountered this wreck and ruin. J Forgetting his own blighted prospects, j forgetting his pecuniary loss, thinking , only of the enormity of the hate and spleen j and rancor and venom and malice pre- ' pense, that could so occuyy the heart of a man as to drive him to commit sue ? an i olTensive, detestable deed, he simply re marked; "some poor 6oul has gore to J hell," turned on his heel and never took , a second look. i When we consider the enormity of the prejudice, the diabolical malevolence and malignity, and concentrated quintessence . of hate that must fill up and run over a j mans heart in driving him to commit ( such a crime as was commited last week ; in the premeditated, systematic bin ning i of Harbison College and Harbison negroes ' ?when we think of it all, we aro reminded j of Dr. Pressley's remark and steal his i words to say again, "some poor soul has gone to hell." Could the inhumanity of man be nore darkly portrayed than in the ashes of this college and the incenerated bones cf the , burned negroes? Not since history was in the making has such a hellish crime 1 been perpetrated in Abbeville County. ' The incident, or rather the split-hoopep < brutality that made it, is enough to make one shudder. 1 To think that in all probability there is 1 in Abbeville or its environs a human being capable of such a deed, that it is possible < and probable he has heard himself con domed with his awful deed, and that ho < hides in security still nursing his venom? to think it is horrible. f Such a person is a cancer on the body 1 politic and ought to be cut out at all costs, if the healthy life of the body is to be preserved. No Goth, Hun, or Vandal in all their depredations ever approachod the frogblooded, devil-inspired deed of such a rake-hell. There is an Achain in the camp. There is a worse one than an Achain in the jamp. "There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, 0 Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies until ye take iway the accursed thing from among you.'' We stiouiu HKe Josnua 01 oia scaren out ihe cause of this horror and stone him with the stones of the law and place a monument of exprobation and disapproval >ver him, even as in the valley of \chor. Our civilization has been outraged. Be the dooer of the deed black or white, lie is i fiend, and should have no part or parcel with civilized men. Every thins: possible should be done to apprehend the guilty party and when he or she is approhended the law should be allowed to .take its course., * Put the matter before an Abbeville County Jury with the proper evidence and the hardened sinner will pay for his sin. it is not because property hus uuuu uustroyed, it is not simply because lives have been lost; it is because a person or persons can fall so low as to deliberately, 3old-bloodedly, with black malice aforethought and yellow spleen, oil and set on lire a building containing humanity, in any form, with the intent to burn them up. It is because of this tliat Abbeville should interest herself; it is in this that the horror lies. We have a better opinion of our people than to believe that there is a single person in Abbevillo who pockets the offense to our civilization or condones the fiendish act. Nemesis will overtake the perpetrator of the deed if the devil has not already got him, and while we are uncompromising ;is to his deserts we cannot help but feel a pity for such a parddy on humanity? UUE, LI1UI1, piiy IS uudu xvin i\J vviHvui|/?? Trolley Talk. Tlic survey for the inter-urban trolley line will be made in all probability by Ab_ r beville from Anderson and from Abbeville I to Greenwood. In crossing the Antrevillo or Due West, territoiy it will pass through as line a1 neighborhood as can be found anywhere* Here the farms are small, the hedgerows clean, the homes painted and evidences of thrift everywhere. Not only is this section of couutry a good feeder for a trolley but the grades j from Abbeville to Amlorson by way of Due West or Antrevillo would not amount to ] much. We must keep our eyes open just now, j if there is any railroad pie coining this way we are going to have it. I When millionaires begin to survey railroads let poverty-aires at least sit up and tak?; notice. The Greenwood Index, one of the best papers ill the South, commends Abbeville ! for her alertness011 the trolley quest,on. i As soon as it was learned delinetely Unit | the trolly scheme wa not hot air but a 1 certainity, Abbeville sent a delegation to show the promoters the advantages which we have and to invite these pro- , meters to investigate our claims. As a rej suit it is understood that the survey wil J very likely be made at no distant day. j Womans Realm of Home. woman holds a higher place han a king upon his throne; [ rules his kingdom by his power he by her love alone. * 'rtiith hnWIs nn hflttor thine: than this !b greater power for good; .'he highest gift God can bestow, = l noble womanhood. 'his is the work lie gives to them, 'o couifoit, guide and bless; 0 drop on bruised and aching hearts .'lie balm of tenderness. Setter to be a queen of home, moving and brave and true, Y> live so all may lind this world Jetter because of you. }etter to kiss a little face, )impled and pure and sweet; Jotter to guide with loving tare 'he halting minds and feet; Setter to feel the tender clasp )f child arms round your neck 'hail to sit upon the proudest throne iVith nations at your beck. 1 M ? lolumbia Music Festival, May, 4, 5, t 1910. \f Columbia, S. C., March 8- Special :~ May 4 arid 5 are the dates for the Colnubia Music Festival to be held in the Columbia theatre under the auspices of he Columbia Music Festival association, vhen the Pittsburg Festival orchestra, orty players, conducted by Garl Uernhaler, with at least six artists, will give a eries of three concerts. The soloists already engaged are: i lime. Jeanne Jomelli, primma donna so-{ )rano, formerly of the Metropolitan and Janhatten Opera companies, Alice Merrit Tehran, soprano; Miss Lillia Sneliing, :oiitralto, of the Metropolitan Opeia :ompany; Dr. Franklin D. Lawson, tenor; Trank Croxton, bass. For the closing concert- Mme. Schumann Heiiik, Mme. Louise Honeror iome star of equal rank will be engaged. , Perhaps the most attractive feature of 4 ,he Festival will be the children's chorus )f several hundred voices trained by Miss K. C. Bollinger, and conducted by Mr. \V. }. Uternoeklen, of Columbia College. The jhildren will sing three choruses at the natinee concert, with Orchestral accompaniment: waltz song, "Blow Soft Winds;" '; he Rainbow;" "Merry June," the music >y Charles Vincent. The adult chorus of over two hundred .'dices will be conducted by Mr. George Sunner Kittredge, of the College for Wom>n. Rubeustein's glorious "Angels Chorus," from "Paradise Lost," and prob- ( ably two similar choral works will be < sung at the opening concert. That the best class of attractions is jflered, and that in artistic excellence the May festival will surpass that #?ivon last April the association feels confident in making this announcement. There will i>e other attractions for the visitors'i'i Columbia during Festival week. The Mystic Grey of Martians will give their ' lirst entertainmett at this time. This will be one of the brilliant social events of the year and it is expected that guests Trom all parts of tho State will be welcomed to share in the festivities. J. A. F. To Visit CharlestonMr. Sam Cooper is getting up a 'party to risit Charleston on the occasion,of the presentation of the Silver Service to the Battle Ship, South Carolina. The party will charter a sleeper and .vill use the car as a lodging place during tho festivities. A diner will be attached rhe excursionists will leave Abbeville 011 the eleventh and return on the thirteenth, rhe cost will be in the neighborhood of $18 sach for all expenses. Mr. Sam Cooper will give you any inormation relative to tho trip that you nay wish. I ?= OPERA One Men Beginning Monti ^ THE BAENDM 01 rhe Hutton Bailey 12?^ PEOI A CAR LOA.D OF SCEfl OPENING " TWIXT LOVE A Four Act Sensatio Phree Big Vaudeville Acts. Illus Peoples Popular Prices On the opening night one 30 cents ti< .lid gentleman if tickets are purchase ilarch L'Sth. Seats on sale Thursday, 2M; A NiGHT ALARM Worse than mi alarm ot Ureal night Is tlief lU-tHllic cough "I croup, Carelul mother*! jeep Foley's Honey and J'ar in the bo??e and [ | rive 11 at the first s'e" of iiarg'-r. Foley's1] dutiey and 'J'ar In s saveiS many Utile lives. Sooplfttes. I'. A. AltllorU Ji Co. ' . t Wall paper 5c to S3.U0 a roll at Milford's t 3ook Store. < We make a specialty of picture IrtimlDg at Milford's Book Store. Buy your girl a box of Eaetcr candy at Mlllord'B Book Store. # ~ i^Dan % This company has sui ;o carry all the lines of th sines, and have added a c( HAF V We have received lot spection of our prices. We have just receive Nails at car load prices and woi Tools and Cutlery The celebrated Keen Kutter line and a full stock to choose from. THE DAI HOUSE :y Week , ay, March 281h ? - _ r ? REPEKTOIRE Stock Company >LE 12 fERY AND EFFECTS \ BILL AND HONOR" r nal Comedy Drama v itrated Song*, iloving Pictures i 10, 20 and 30 cents iket will admit two ladies or one lady d before six o'clock p. in., Mod day, arch 24th. W. B. Patterson in Town. Mr. W. B. Patterson formerly of this )laee, now of Iva, has been in town for a few days. Abbeville hates to lose so good a man as Mr. Patterson, and we are always glad to jive hiui a hearty welcome when he returns 1 ,o his old home. We hope he may some F lav return here to stay. ?-? t The most complete llDf?of magazines c-Ter iu Abbeville at Milfoil's Hook Store. ? ?&*72L?p jan-Ki cceeded The R. L. Darga: e old concern except Stati )mplete line of ?DWA 4 / s of goods in the new lin d a big lot of , and Barbed 1 ild be glad to quote you i Crockery and Glassware We are receiving new goods in these lines almost every day. Come to see us BCAN-KI Easter Ba leu's and Boy; POLIAKf N&inr L^lTi 1 ryou are interested in saving,1 saving clothes money-, see ( Rose Compan/\'s^ 340 5th cAve* Chicago, 111 J -i \ line for Spring and Summer, 1910, ' which is now on display at our ^ ' 'store " 1 1 inree nuriui cu ui un. him. *to-date patterns of the best quality ^for the money Garments made by us are su-J j > perior in workmanship, style and [fitness. Absolute guarantee with leach garment 1 We are tht aole representative* at v ROSE COMPANY. I Chieago't Leading Tailor* lur stock of Men's and Ladies' Fn.1 COME AND SEE OUR LI] YOU BUY EL! No matter what bargains you t or you. D. POLI Easter cards In gient variety at Mllford'a. look Store. 11 Nunnally's candy for Easter at Mllford'sjc innb store. { A beautiful line of new pictures at Milord's Book Store. Fountain pens 31.50 to 510 00 at MUford'e took.Btore. f ????? nor Co/ "?> t, u Co. and will continue ionery, Books and MagRE. ;f e and invite a close in Wire # n quantity. ' j Plows and Plow Stocks Hoes and Shovels, and all \ kinds of farm tools. Every thing new. ' "l NG CO. % rgains in i Spring Sails no sim The Nobbiest Weaves ;he best make-up, the atest style and the owest in price. i Men's Suits Men's Blue Serges and Fancy Gray's $5.50, $10.50, $12.50, and $16.50. Boys' Suits Ages from 5 to 9 years. Knickerbockers at $1.50 to $5.50 * Shoes Men's and Ladies' Shoes and Oxfords. Vlen's Shoes from $1.50 to $4.50 Ladies' Oxfords from $1.25 to $2.50. Dry Goods A full and complete line of Dress Goods in Mohairs, Panamas, Ginghams, Waist Goods Lawns, etc. rnishings could not be better. tfE OF GOODS BEFORE SEWHERE. ire offered we have a better one AKOFF The resignation of the Baptist church, endered on the 13th by the pastor, was ac;epted on the 20th, to take effect June 1, >r earlier if he so desire. A fall and oompleto (took of Waterman'* ouutaln peas at Mtlford's Boob Store.