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The Press and Bannei
ABBEVILLE, S.O.
Published Every Wednesday by
JHE PRESS AND BANNER CO
W?. P. GKEEXE, Editor
"Wednesday. March 10, 1915
3111. FRANK C. ROBINSON
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Aooeviue comity ims uui scm i
the Legislature in recent years a moi
conscientious, able, ancl painstaking
legislator than Mr. Frank C. Rohir
son, of jNIcCormick. In private lift
JVIr. Robinson is a banker and farm
<?r. He is a quiet man ancl has n
frilLs about his work either at horn
or in the House of Representative:
liut ho is a business man, and he el
tends to business at home, and 1< gis
fates in Columbia, as a business mai
-should. He makes no groat speech
he is no speaker. lie docs no
try to advertise himself, nor does h
endeavor to display his learning
Bur he works for the good of th
State, and by his votes, and by hi
legislative record, he shows tha
he lias a clear insight into tl:<
Jieods of the State?that he wishes t
advance the interests of the Stat
^vliich he serves, lie is right on al
moral questions.
iur. itooinsnn during nis nr.st rem
in the Legislature served with dis
tini'tion on the Ways and Means com
inittee. At the request of the Speak
yr, and with his consent, Mr. Robin
*on was transferred, at the beginuinj
*jf the last session, to the Asylun
Committee. As chairman of tha
-committee he looked carefully int<
the affairs of the instilutir^n and pro
posed and had enacted such legisla
.. tion as was imperative.
AVhcn tlie new County of McCcr
'initk is established, if it is, Mr. Rob
inson should be elected as its firs
:State senator. His services to tin
State, and his unselfish devotion t<
It, merit this honor, lie is our nom
?nee.
JUDGE JOHNSON.
Some of the friends of other aspirants
to judicial honors are very ninel
worried over the possibility that Con
pressman Johnson will not make ar
acceptable judge of the Western dis
trict.
We would like to reassure these
gentlemen. The new Judge is a graduate
of Erskine College, and several
distinguished gentlemen have graduated
from that institution, (no names
given). He practiced law successfully
for many years before he was elect
ed to Congress from his district. We
never heard in those days that he
was not a lawyer of ability. In fact,
- *iti? u-prp miK^ntlv informed to the
> contrary. In recent y^ars he has not
given much time to the law, because
lie has been a faithful worker for hi*
' yonstituents in the national legislature;
but this rather qualities than
-disqualifies him. The wide experience
he has had in Washington has
only given him an opportunity to
grow and to took at things from more
angles. The two Senators from the
State should be fair judges of his
ability, his colleagues should know
his attainments, the Department o]
Justice which passes on his fitness
has inquired into these matters, and
the President of the United States,
we believe, has named him for the
position, c nufi me uiii;uuiru<uii:e.->
we are inclined to give him the benof
the doubt, and to assure the
friends of other aspirants of our be
lief that lie will make a most accept
able presiding judge for our district
and that he will discharge the duties
of his oftice with ability, courtesy
impartiality, and with satisfaction tc
every one except criminals.
FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT
With this week's issue the Press
and Banner changes to an eight page
six column paper, all home print
Heretofore w;* fiaw printed only fou:
pages at home, but mo lern method!
-ami tl.e interests or the public re
quire the change. Though ex pen
sive we have made it because we an
* determined to give our readers j
good county paper. The second anc
third pages and the sixth and sev
enth pages of th * paper will con tail
reading matter as valuable to tin
. j?eople of the county as that con
tained on other pages. We are com
mencing to-day to publish thestor
of iVg O' My Heart. Two chapter
of the story are printed in this issu
and one or more chapters will b
printed in each issue hereafter. Th
story is well worth reading.
On another page will he found th
Sunday School lesson. This will b
continued each week.
On all of the pages will be fount
local news from the county and th
jews letters from our correspondents
A little tutor we will try to syst(
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. jmatize the work and devote certain
j pages to certain subjects. We plan
= j to have a page devoted to the farming
interest of the county and we
= | invite any and all parties interested
I in fanning to contribute to the col?
unins of that page. From time to
i time we shall publish letters from
= [Clemson College, articles from farm
journals and other articles from
_ sources which we believe worth
while to the farmers.
The columns of the paper will al0
ways be open to the school teachers
e of the county and parties interested
g in education. We will he glad if
h teachers will discuss methods of pro,
curing better school houses and of
. making better schools. A person
0 who has an idea should give other
e people the benefit of it. From an interchange
of views we are all able to
_ reap some benefit.
If any of our subscribers have any
suggestions to make at any time as
_ to the policies which we should pur1
sue, or as to the methods which
e should he adopted, we shall be glad
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l<> Iieur inilll infill. >? e nuui ?wi iwv.
information we can get about the
s people of Abbeville county and we
I desire fo know their wants and the
e ways of helping them. No sug<:es0
tion is too trivial for consideration,
e and no person is so humble hut that
j his ideas about matters may be valuable.
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i- A GALLON A MONTH;
" ] To some persons a gallon of strong
drink each month will seem considerably
more than a sufficiency. Peos
pie may not realize that tiie law is
1 really in the interest of temperance,
' but it is. It strikes a death blow to
} two of the grearest evils with which
we have been aifiicted?the social
club and the blind tijrer. The club
will not run if each man is to buy his
own liquor and store it in the club,
even if this were lawful. The blind
t tiger cannot ply his trade on a gallon
3 a month. Consequently both of these
institutions must go out o|business.
*| The social club, evi n when run un- _
der tiie strictest regulations, is mi tt
evil. People will frequent such
places, and drink, who will not take y
. liquor or beer to their homes. It is u
, impossible to guard against violations ^
. of the law in conducting such clubs, j(J
, even though the members earnestly f(.
. endeavor to do so. There will be
friends of this and that member in ?
; whose favor exceptions must be C(
. made. Men in a little while learn ft
[ 'That drink of one kind or another is ,r]
.! to be had in the clubs. A friend can
,'always be found to introduce the p,
. party desiring a bottle of beer. The st
. result is that beer and sometimes ni
, liquor is sold in violation of the law. IE
( And we are speaking of those clubs w
whose members try to be law-abiding sc
, people. Their clubs, run in a man- aI
'ner not particularly objectionable to 0I
['some people, furnish an excuse for &
j the organization and operation Of pi
'other clubs not less objectionable jj;
'than open bars. There is but one jn
.'safe course for dealing with such or- it
. ganizations?the complete eliinina- p(
, tion thereof. ar
,j The pocket of the blind tiger is the w
, liquor box, or the locker, for the man te
.! who does not belong to the club and js
for the negro. He is worse than the to
f club, though it furnishes an excuse u]
, for his existence. He is the meanest
I and craftiest criminal with which we fa
have to deal, lie takes uo pride in
, the quality of his wares. He does tli
not do business with the idea of tr
. keeping customers. He is after the f0
> cash. And he is everywhere. You
. can find him in the hotel, and about v(
. the public places; if he is not there
* * * ** -r a. . *1. ?
JllS lienunman is. lie irequenus Hie Jj
. restaurants and pool-rooms, and j
makes the acquaintance of the minor.
, He plies his trade in the dark, in the te
low places, in the dives, and everywhere
except in the light of day.
South Carolina has no place for the ^
illicit liquor dealer; it has noplace ^
5 for a liquor dealer at all. If the offit
cers of the law shall enfore the law,
. and see that common carriers also w
r enforce it, and obey it, the blind ^
3 tiger must go. And we hope that
- his like shall not be seen again with
in the confines of the State. ^
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J THE DEATH PENALTY. a
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The crime for which Albert Tal- n
l bert has been sentenced to pay the jj
e death penalty was a most atrocious u
- crime. No legal excuse could have v
- been offered for the homicide; at j
Y least, none was onereu. jic suuum t
s be punished, but lie should not be -v
e punished more severely than the t
e slayer of Thurmond, in Edgefield. c
e The one evidently sought out an op- n
'portunity to slay, and he shot down e
e an unarmed man in the public high- u
e way, as he rode along it, with his lit- jj
tie children on their way to school, j
1 He deserved no more mercy than c]
e did Talbert. He did not deserve as t.
much. Talbert was not, and is not ?,
?- insane; but he is a man of little in- ,1
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are a little <
men must ha
styles to look
In STYLEPLUS
can give you jus
need. Big range <
taste or shape is
spondingly big sel
each one all wool ;
By specializing or
H makers have been
1 quality througbou
1| great clothes desig
H| well-dressed impre
|| clothes give. Cor
Special models t
|| spirit that youn
clothes
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;1 licence, a man without proper (
aining, and a man without friend?-, i
fhcn he was yet a boy in school he t
as dull, he was stupid and peculiar
[e went to school hut he did not (
arn to read or write. His excuse t
r killing: his wife that she had
roken up house-keeping for him }
two times," and his utter failure to .
>mprehend his awful predicament, ,
irnish the best evidence of his low ,
lentality. His testimony on the-L
and shows that he has had noop-l,,
^rtunity. We do not believe the
ate should demand the life of any .
lan. We are sure it should not deland
the life of a man like Talbert;, ,
ho as a child was dull, who went to ,
hool and could not learn to read j
id write, especially when so many ,
;hers, equally as guilty as he, have
icaped with less punishment. Imprisonment
in the penitentiary for
fe may not seem severe when taken ,
i comparison with some crimes, but .
is a terrible punishment If the s
jwer to }>ardon were taken away, "
id the certainty of punishment
ere increased, it would be still more ^
? rni^j-v AAMf.tSnfir tKic nun.
rnuit'. jiiic tw ijr vi inu j>u.< j
hment would be a greater deterrent ?
i crime, and manslaying in partic- r
ar, than the occasional execution of
poor offender like Talbert. The
ct that a great many men do not c
jlieve in capital punishment, which ^
ie law inflicts, causes them to mis- ^
ust the law, and furnishes an excuse ]
r setting it aside s
Besides, why should the state take \
imun life? Doesthestategainanj- \
ling, which it would not gain by j
fe imprisonment ? The protection j
* society is, we |believe, the excuse |
>r law. Is society any the less pro- t
ictad irom the criminal by life im- j
risonment, than by death? It has ]
[>t been so long ago that the statute ?
3oks were full of crimes for which j
ie death penalty was the punish- i
lent. At the common law, we be- |
eve, more than one hundred crimes i
ere punishable with death. With i
ie advance of civilization, the rigors {
f the law have been lessened, and
ie number of crimes punishable by
eath has constantly decreased until
lere are but three crimes so punishble
in this state. The pillory, the
tocks, corporal punishment, and
lany others have passed away, cap;al
punishment has been abolished in
lany states, and civilization still ad- <
ances. We once had public hangngs,
but civilization decreed that
his was barbarous, and it was abol- :
shed; then we had private ex ecu- <
ions by the sheriffs, but the public
onscience revolted, and prisoners
lust now be carried to Columbia and
lectrocuted by the state's own infer-1
al machine, out of .sight of the pubip.
The nublie will have none of it. I
t takes a little nerve to go to one's
leath in so unromantic a way, but
an any man tell us of any particular
ood that an execution lias over
lone? Does it not produce in the
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ixtreme. Other j
ve conservative J
. their best. i
; CLOTHES $17 we 1
t the style effect you 1
of models ? no man's JE
omitted. A correection
of fabrics? fT\J
and guaranteed.
l this one suit the
J? J..?? n o V\1 n
L aDie lO pruuun; a iwauw
t and add the skill of a
ner. You get the wear and
:ssion that the higher-priced
ne and let us show you
hat reflect the youthfu.\
g men demand in then
i Reese ^
ivppiitinnpr nil ntfrfr rallfuisnm of
luman life, while the public is
shocked, and the blood runs told in
>ur veins? Are we tilled with
loubts? Do we feel that conscience
iccuses ?
Civilization demands once more the
ibolition of the death penalty as a
punishment for crime. People do
lot believe in if. The verdict In the
Fhurmond case proves it, as does the
rerdict: in many other cases. The
>tate gave no man his lifc, and it has
10 right to take it away. The state
las a right to protect society, and it
ran be done by life imprisonment,
^t takes us a long? time to get free
from the barbarous methods that
have been handed down to as, but
;he time is coming when we will.
In the meantime manslaying has
lot decreased oa account of the exe:utions
we have had ; we do not beieve
it has. The counties which
lave 8ent men to the electric chair
itill have bomieid.es, while in others
vhich have had: no executions manilaying
is less common. As long as
he State punishes men by death, the
nan seeking private revenge will
eek the death of his antagonist,
rhe State should not set the example.
We do not know what shall be:ome
of Talbert. We do not know
vhether he will seek another trial at
he hands of the Supreme Court.
3ut we do hope that the State of
south uaroiina snail noi oe responsive
for snuffing out his miserable life.
There has been little of happiness i.i
t already; there has been little of
lope, because there was no mind to
lope; there has been little of opporunity.
His untrained mind has
magined many grievances; he has
lot been able to see the right as others
have; perhaps he has had some
burdens to bear, perhaps he has been
lagged at and tormented ; or perhaps
le has been utterly worthless; we do
lot know ; but we believe that it demands
too much when the State of
South Carolina demands such a life.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
Who said hog:
Who said sidewalk ?
John D. has not yet commenced to
sell gasoline on the street corners.
We are glad to comply with the
request of Col. Percy W. Miller to
send Col. Kerr one hundred copies of
"Killing Kansas."
Col. Miller must have "dined" with
Col. Kerr when he was in Abbeville
recently.
It would be a great misfortune il
no one should run for Sheriff.
<linnl.- hot* T-Tnrfnn for until
inating us for Chief of the fire tie11
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partmenf. Just now we prefer to see
em crawl.
l)iek Sondley is a frientl of ours,
lie is afraid thegeographers will hem
us in the "Bostic" straits.
The city council has put down several
rough-edged rocks in Greenville
street for the purpose, we" suppose, of
, cutting automobile tiresr and giving
the riilers the Belgian bounce. We
i hope the jury will see that only actual
damages are recovered.
The thanks of the public will be
due city council if it continues to
pave our streets with goodi intentions.
We urwlerstand tlrnt Williamston
has sidewalks on both sides of every
street. But Williamston Ls a progressive
city.
We now have a white elephant for
a watch charm.
If Dr. Pressly is elected alderman
from his ward he should bechairman
of the committee on sanitary hogpens.
President Wilson should send the
DOVE to Mexico. None of the other
birds seem to be able to hutch out
a peace program.
It is now believed that another
man could be|found ready to .accept
the position if Mr. C. J. Lyon should
decline the appointment as United
States Marshal. If a suitable man
could not be found in Abbeville, a
fairly well qualified man might be
found in Anderson.
Mr. W, W. Bradley is from Abbeville,
and Mr. C. J. Lyon is also from
Abbeville. As stated last week,
Gen. Jones is from fAbbeville. In
fact, all Abbeville men are ready, at
, all times, to serve their (country.
Mr. Bradley lives on Greenville
street.
It begins to took as if Lyon and
Bradley, geographers, knew something
about sliding geography. Turkey
seems about to slide. And we
are not sure that she will be able to
cross safely over the Bosphorus.
THfc CIVIC LLUD.
The regular meeting of the Civic
f Club will be held Thursday afternoon,
in the club rooms over Philson'
Henry's store. The meeting will
be devoted to the discussion of
"Home Economics" and will be full
of interest. A full meeting is
desired.
Mrs W-. P. Grene, Pres.
Mrs C. H. McMurray, Sect'y.
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f Comparison is the highest form of
flattery. All cigars sold in Abbeville
are represented to be as ^ood, or better,
than Speed's Cineo's. There is nothing
. like them. Stick to them. They keep
I a good taste in your mouth and a clear
head.
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EUREKA ARRIVALS. |H
The following South Carolinians |
registered at the Eureka during the [ i
past week j
J. N. Hudgens, Laurnes; V. J. Shoemaker,
Spartanburg; A. Frank Cox, <
Columbia; J. R. Blake, Greenwood; H i
T. Ferguson, Spartanburg; J. H. .
Chiles, Bradley; Miss Vera Cash, Due
West; J. D. Hagan, Due West; W. L.
Luther, Greenville; W. A. Moseley,
Prosperity; E. P. Harsell, Greenville;
L. A. James, S. C.; H. L. Hagerman,
Greenville; E. S. Pleasants, Greenville;
A. E. Davis, jr., S. C.; W. W. Bradley,
Jttm
"Billy" Lyon in New Quartern.
"Billy" Lyon yesterday movecl Jiis
jewelry business from the Cox Book
Store into a store of his own, in the
Ligon and Ledbetter building. This
nopular jeweler has a "nifty" place.
He is having all his old fixtures worked
over and made to look like new.
He has a number of new fixtures ordered
and they are expected to arrive
shortly. Mr. Lyon's new place is
equipped with an elegant show window.
This week he is displaying in
it a very wonderful clock, which will
run 400 days with only one winding.
ui course, one wouia not De aiiowea
by the police to stand in front of the
window for 400 days to see if 'Billy'
did not sneak in at night and wind
the clock., but his word, is as good as
his bond, and there is nothing else
to believe but that this clock will
run far 400 days with only one wind- B
ing. ?Anderson Intelligencer.
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candidates.
Alderman?Ward 3.
We are authorized to announce G. W. Godfrey
as a candidate for Alderman,
Ward 3, subject to *he action of the
primary election.
SYMPTOMS
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Slight Symptoms Sometimes
Presage Seriousv
Results.
Do von feel tired, have yon a pa I low
complexion, coriBtipatfoit headache,
bad breath, sleenle.-sne-'H or circles
aronn<? vour ??veh? If ho, you are anilonbiedly
suffering from some liver
complaint.
Perhaps voo donrt fcel verybadlv
now. but delay is dangerous. To allow
your lrv?-r to eontitiueouf of order,
is to invite a t-eriotH chronic illness
Whenever yoo ba^p the Pl'prhtest
xynmtoms of liver uouble, *top it Immediately.
Yon can harm'ietwlv
and mildly by taking L1V-VER-LAX,
the natural vezeiabl* cnmnouiid that
in replacing calomel evervwher?. It
h?H ?H the effectiveam, mt the effect of
calomel I' ni-r ou getting the original {
LIV-VER-LAX, hearii-e the likenen<*
Hiid signature of lb K. Grigebv, which
is guaranteed to giv? >>au?fa3tion or
money refunded. For sale by any
druggist.
Salesman Wanted.
Salesman wanted to look after our interest
in Abbeville and adja4??! counties.
Salary or Commission. Address Lincoln
Oil Crx, Cleveland, O.
Supervisor's Notice.
Any person doing work on any roads
or bridges of Abbeville county without
authority from the Supervisor's office
will not be paid for same.
Persons cleaning off their hedges
along the road side must not throw
their trash in the public road. Such
violations of the law will be proseW.
A. STEVENSON,
4t County Supervisor.
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*inai li;xtens 1011 01 xaxes. m
Pursuant to an act of the last legisla- H
ture, the time for paying taxes without
penalty was extended until April 1st. B
On that date the treasurer's office will
be closed and all taxes not paid will be I
executed with 5 per cent penalty and 9
cost, and turned over to the Sheriff for I
collection. I
J. F. BRADLEY, 1
2t Treasurer Abbeville County.
$25 Reward.
I will pay reward for information or ca??
ture of two bay horses, stolen February
21. Horses weigh about one thousand
poends each. One with white hind foot;
other with large left ankle. Both have
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WOlte spots on xuieuritu. n lucausu, niiuo
or wire. W. T. SMITH,
3-10 2t Greenwood, S. C.
French Remedy for
Stomach Troubles ^
The leading doctors of France have ?
for years used a prescription of vegetable
oils for chronic stomach trouble
and constipation thatacts like a charm.
One dose will conviDce. severe cases
of years' standing are often greatly
benefitted wiibin 24 hours. So many
people are getting surprising results
that we feel all persons suffering from
constipation, lower bowel, liver and
stomach troubles should try Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy. It is sold by
leading druggists everywhere with the
positive understanding that your mon- w
ey will be refunded without question^
or quibble if ONE bottle fails to give
you absolute satisfaction.
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Hurler's candy, Martha Washington r
and Monkey candy always fresh at
Speed's Drug Store. ?
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