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IThe Press and Banne ABBEVILLE, S.C. Published Every Wednesday by -THE PRESS AND BANNER C( WM. r. (iRKENE, Editor Wecnssday. March 24, 191 LAW AND ORDER. ""We join with the other papers in th section of the State in commending tl officers of the law for the enforcemei of the law, and the protection of the: prisoner, in Lowndesville, last week. . crime of great atrocity had been con initted. It was committed in a rurj a IV- 4.. A ?% /vU InAm* r section OI lOt? UUUUl). Ail UAU v the community living alone with . young granddaiighter was slain by v demon bent on a crime still more heii '-?us. But notwithstanding this the o ficers of the law. Magistrate Huekabe and his constable, Moseley Huckabei landed their prisoner in the Abbevill jail. In doing so, violence was averte largely through the influence of Mr. J S. Boles, a brother of the murdered w< man. It takes a man to stand for lai and order under such circumstance! and it takes determined officers of th law to protect prisoners under such cii ' -cumstances. With the backing of sue men as Mr. Boles, however, and with d< termined officers in charge of the pris oner, there is no need for lynchings i ; South Carolina. There is no need fo prisoners to be taken from jails an lynched or otherwise unlawfully treat ?d. We therefore join in commendin in unmeasured terms these officers o the law, and the relatives of the df v raased nerson. for their determinatio; that this crime be legally investigated and that the gnilty be punished by dn . jprocess of law. "While we are commending the of jBcers of the law at Lowndesville fo ^fTns prompt arrest ot the negro accuse murdering Mrs. Scott in her home we must admonish them to remembe that another crime was committed ii ' Lowndesville last week. A negro namei Ed Burton, we believe, was shot b; - some person, and now lies in a dyinj condition. He is paralyzed and speech i less. He is unable to tell who fired th shot which will prove his undoing ' There was some talk that he was con nected with the murder of Mrs. Scott imt this accusation seems to be ground less, as it is now stated that he was ii .. Anderson on the night that the old lad; .was killed. .Some suspect that he may have bee shot by persons interested in keepin: him from talking, or by some one out o Tevenge for some fancied wrong. W do not know whether any of these cor jectures are true or not; we know noth ing of the facts of his case, but we d know that the man who shot him t death should be tried as surely, as th negro or white man who murdered Mrs Scott. There is but one law in th State. It is the same for rich and pooi black and white. Whether the tlaye 1 Klortl, * Ul DUrtUll UO WUllC VI UiOfVA, iuu ^W|/I of Lowndesville owe it to themselvei to peace and good order, to ferret out tb facts connected with the crime, and t .. present the slayer before the bar of jui -tice to answer for his crime, if an^ 'The peace officers of that section, an ?he Sheriff of Abbeville county will n< have performed their duties until th - slayer is found and indicted. It may have been murder, it ma have been excusable homicide, or it ma have been suicide for all we know, bi the truth should be brought out, an the slayer, if any, indicted. No guilt inan should escape the just punishinei of the law, and a man, be he citizen c officer, who will shield any man in th commission of crime does not measui up to the proper standard. We expe< Magistrate Huckabee and his constabli and every other good citizen in Lownde ville to see that this matter is invest gated, and fully investigated. It takes real men to face the mob, bi w? have them in Abbeville county, an we expect every one of them to do h duty. TELEPHONE LINES. Abbeville should be connecte witn every part 01 uie county v telephone. As it is now the servic to almost every point in the count is most unsatisfactory. A man ca do a good day's work while he i Setting connection with Due We: central. Some improvement shoul be made in this lir.e as well as oth? linc?. There is no excuse for the sei vice between Abbeville and Du i'"West. If the line is not put in pro] "er shape at once the supervise should require its removal from tli public roads. Only last year Ande : son county paid a verdict in a dan age suit on account of a rooj stretched across the road. It is a mot,! miraculous that Abbevil! county has not been sued on accoui of someone driving into some of tl wires of the telephone systems in t\ county. With proper telephone servic - *_he merchants of Abbeville would 1 j> able to do a considerable business which they do not now get. With connections to every part of the _ county, a large amount of goods would be sold and shipped out by j mail which are now bought at other places. Would it not be a good invest? ment for the business men of Abbe_ ville to build telephone lines to the different towns and central points in the county? Abbeville should be 18 kept in touch with the rest of the county. It can only be done by . means of better telephone facilities. ^ If anything happens now in Lownj. desville or McCormick, or any interil vening station, the news goes every)f where except to Abbeville, a A few lines of telephone could be a built at a very small cost which would reach every part of the county By arranging for connections with the local telephone companies in the [e different towns, we would be able to d keep up with every part of the coun >. tv, and we would not look to Ander> son for news from Lowndesville, and A to Greenwood for news from Mc3' Cormick. A small charge should * be made for each message to pre[* . vent the constant use of the lines by i people who talk the same thing over j. all day long to all the neighbors. It r will require the services of a man to 'J keep the lines in proper repair, and 1 the charges should be enough to t keep up these repairs. As the merchants would no doubt be most interested in the project we ( suggest that they consider the mat[ ter and make such investigation as t is necessary with a view to determining the practicability of the plan THE FORWARD PASS. [ After reading Senator Tillman's ac, count of how the new district bill passed j Congress, we are impressed with the , fact that the South Carolina delegation only scored by means of the forward k pa^s. The Senator says that when the b ill was passed forward, it was caught by Jimmy Byrnes, who carried it over , for a touchdown. Of course. Senator Tillman admits that he had a good deal -o do with the matter himself in the ?vay of tackling a few Republicans, and seeping them on the ground. , We are sorry that the Senator did not , jive Congressman Aiken credit for getting up the game. Bright Sayings. The Abbeville Press and Banner is coming to the front in state journalism as one of the livest and best weekly newspapers published. Wm. P. Greene, an able lawyer, is the new editor.?Batesburg Herald. The last issue of the Abbeville Press and Banner shows that under the leadership of Mr. William P. Greene it is going to be a better newspaper than it ever was before. ?York News. \17- A f n i WHJJ rk^aiii. 0 One way to reduce the price of y' bread is for more city women to do lt ;heir own cooking.?Anderson Intelligencer. Not the price so much as the con1 sumption of bread. ( ;j The Abbeville Press and Banner is I now an all home-print newspaper, " and is showing many improvements II ander its new management. It is ( ?ood to see now.?Anderson Daily Mail. e. William P. Greene has changed the Abbeville Press and Banner to j an all home-pnnt and has made other great improvements in the pajc per.?The American Press. Smith-McBee Wedding. ^ Invitations to the marriage of y Miss Floride Smith, of Spartanburg, e and Mr. Martin Luther McBee.Jr., of Greenville, have been received in Abbeville. Miss Smith is a na tive of Abbeville and has many re. latives and friends here who wish ^ her great happiness and who con;l gratulate Mr. McBee on his good ? fortune. rT* V> A 4- /\ 4- r\ 1 r rtln/tA am xiic ?cuuing is lu oaivc piacc vii 5 April 7th. Mr. and Mrs. T. Gordon )r White, little Mary and Jense White and Miss lone Smith will attend the wedding. Correct. )6 . District Marshal Charles J. Lyon '~ is fixing to get in bad right at the [6 start. We see where he is talking it ' about moving to Anderson.?The 16 Journal and Carolina Spartan. le Huyler's candy, Martha Washington ' and Monkey candy always fresh at )e Speed's Drug Store. * ? * LOWNDESVILLE * ; * * Mr. Aaron Wilson and family of Parksville, came up last week and spent a few days with his father, 1 Mr. B. A. Wilson ami family. < Mr. W. E. Ellin went to Abbeville 1 a few days ago on business. 3 Mr. and Mrs. W. Marshall Shirley < of Honea Path, came over la:3t Sat- < urday and spent two days a.t the < home of their son-in-law, Mr. E. F. J Latimer. Misses Alice McAllister and Pet Hawthorne, of Latimer, came up ; last Saturday, and they, with Mrs. J. M. Huckabee and Mrs. S. B. Cook went over to Antreville the next 1 morning- and spent the day with Mrs. S. J. Wakefield. 1 Mr. J. A. Hawthorne of Latimer, was here for sometime on Monday ? on business. < Mrs. I. B. Bell and Mrs. Andrew ^ McMahan went to Anderson C H.f 1 Tuesday snapping Mrs. A. J. Spser aid her two c'uJ- ' dren have away fi r toliiO -J^ys 1 at Anderson am.r.y restive.;. j Mr. L. 0. Spesi% <vh?> h-id i cen 1 suffering for sometim.\ wa> TurioJ ? to the hospital in Andcrso.i Ihurs- ^ day, was operated uion at o.n'f, and yesterday was feeiing mu' h l?ct- . ter. * Dr. T. O. Kirkpatrick was called j for Tuesday late at night to go as * quickly as possible to the home of s Mrs. M. E. Scott, about two miles out. When he arrived there and 1 made an examination he found her \ with her skull broken and it was a < question of time, and but a short j time at that, to her inevitable death, l By this time others around had 1 heard the distressing news, and had ] mmf* tn t.hp home iinH ns snnn as daylight, began an investigation to j find a clue, and discover if possible, ] a cause for the deed. We will take i up this part of the matter later. ; Mrs. Scott was the widow of Mr. j i Lindsey Scott, who died some years < ago, and was living at the old home, i | was about seventy-five years old, a harmless inoffensive, good woman, ' had living with her a grand daugh- i ter, Miss Minnie Lee Scott, about i thirteen years old. On the night < above mentioned the old lady and her grand daughter, who always oc- ] cupied the same room and bed, the 1 old lady got up near midnight and ] went to the fire to smoke as she fre- j quently did in the night, the girl was; awakened by the fall of Mrs. Scott from her chair after being struck on , the head with a hammer or some heavy weight. The girl seeing her grand-mother in that condition, and a negro man running out at one door, ran out at another to a close neighbors and reported the terrible news. In a short time after daylight some fifty or sixty men had ; gathered. Early in the morning iviaj. d. u. nucKaDee was on tne ground. The old lady lived till about midday when Magistrate J. G Huckabee, who had been summoned, was present, impannelled a jury of inquest, Dr. T. 0. Kirkpatrick, ; medical expert. Charley Logan, one darkey, had been arrested, and it is said had made confession. The Anderson Intelligencer of Thursday, in giving a detailed account of the killing, says that but for the grit of fVtn mqo4 vof o a?/4 V?ic* J* ?r? WiiV taugiuvi?bv UllU AllO U^I'VliUHia'' tion to see the laws enforced, a lynching would have taken place. The constable, Mr. J. M. Huckabee, by his celerity in getting the accused away from the crowd, and getting him here and taking him to Abbeville jail, had much to do to save his life. The magistrate arrested another darkey, put him on the 5 p. m. train and sent him to Abbeville. Nothing that has taken place here or near here since the. killing of Mr. Clayton Allen, by the blacks in 1876, so wrought up the people far and near, as. this last tragedy. It 1 has since come to lieht. that the young girl, who was awakened and ' ran to a nearby house, saved herself ' a like, if not a much worse fate. Rev. J. C. Chandler, at the home, ' assisted by Rev. Jas. A. Clotfelter, performed ?. funeral service, then ' the remains were carried to Smyrna cemetery and the anove named mill- ' isters performed the burial service. The remains were laid in their long home in the presence of a large crowd of sympathizing and sorrowing friends. Troupe. i ; 2 in 1 polish for sale at Speed's Drug Store. 1 '5s * McCORMICK * I * March 21, 1915. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Andrews have been in Charleston this week as delegates to the Head Camp convention W. O. W., and Woodmen Circle respectively. Dr. Bell, the regular delegate, having to attend court, :ou!d not attend the Head Camp convention, and Mr. Andrews went is alternate. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morrah, of Willington, were guests of Mrs. B. A.. Martin on last Tuesday. Messrs L. L. Rankin and W. C. Strom spent a while in Greenwood Friday. Mrs. L. N. Brown and Miss Lucy Brown went to Augusta Friday. The Civic League met with Mrs. J. S. Strom last Friday. During the jvening delightful refreshments A'ere served. The following officers V'2re elected: Pres. Mrs. J. S. Strom, yice President, Mrs. T. J. Price; 5<:c., Mrs. L. E. Duncan; Treasurer, Mrs. J. T. Fouche. Mr. B. T. Anderson, a prominent nerchant of Newberry, is spending several days with his sister, Mrs. M? L B. Sturkey. * Calhoun Falls * i * v: Jji *# *** ** *85!:, Among the interesting things to be seen in Calhoun Falls, i3 the artesian weD in the grounds of the Calhoun Mills. It is particularly interesting from the fact that in boring, there was no expectation or thought of obtaining a flowing well, bat when the boring tools reached a depth of sixty-one feet, the water pushed up over the casing, and has been flowing ever since. Another well was started about one hundred feet from the former, and although it was bored to a depth of two hundred and fifty feet, it did not prove to be a flowing well. Mr. M. D. Whitman, of New York, Vice-Presideni; of the Wm. Whitman Co., the selling agents for the Calhoun Mills, has been here inspecting the plant. A few day;? since, Mr. H. W. Lawson had one of his three room tenant houses destroyed by fire, the loss was partly covered by insurance. Mrjj. M. C. Baker is away on a risit to relatives in Charleston and expects to be gone several weeks. Nathan M&ttox and family have removed to Greenwood. Miss Mamie Tucker, who is attending school in Spartanburg, and who has been home on a short visit, has returned to school. Mr. J. G. Carlisle is on one of his visits to Atlanta. Visitors to Calhoun Falls during the past week: Sheriff Haley, Elberton, Frank H. Hammond, Middleton; I). H. Hill, E:iq., Hon. J. M. Nickles, R. S. Link, and C. J. Bruce, of Abbeville; W. C. Shaw and E. 0. Clinkscales, Lownclesville,; B. C. Phillips, Greenville and Fred Black, Mt. Carmel. Townspeople who visited Abbeville during the past week were: J. C. Langley, A. S. Cox, J. T. Black, T. W. Rampey, M. D. Helms, Mrs. W. P. Castleberry, Mrs. Sarah Weinraub and Mrs. F. E. Cowan. KTHSOaa ilOHS .TH.lLJIcI ?WEDNESDAY? lYofford College Glee will give their Entertainment. Prices: Pit, ">0cts; Balcony So cents. Don't miss this. ?THURSDAY? 'The Double Crossing of SHin"?An exciting Detective Story. ;0n Account of a Dog**?Comedy. t:Hls Sister's Kiddies"?A good Thanhouser Comedy. rwo EXTRAS?Five Reels in all. ?FRIDAY? *Tlie Man At the Key*1?A Powerful study of Railroad Life, in 2 reels. "Ifopan Out West"?Comedy. The Solution of "The Million Dollar Mystery" in Two Reels.?Five in all MATINEE AT FOl'R O'CLOCK. ?SATURDAY? "A Day That Is Dead"?2 Reel Majestic from Tennyson's poem "Break, Break, Break." "A Costly Exchange."?Comedy. TRIIEE EXTRAS?Making 6 Reels. "In the cha You are a better: in the society of " We are better we would be if \ Styl@p ^1 .aL iBum The same pri They are in tne chan of "just-right" clothes One of the leading their models. The make the fabrics. T medium-price clotl quality. Big assortment. Ex this Spring. You wil CUAU UiCOO U?V^LLtl. Parker < ifeiwS JEWELER u3&S5v$y30|r UP to hls e>es work Watches, Clocks Jewelry, Spectacles Sold and lteptired, tnrl Mrs. Klrkwoi d Testiner tlie Eyes and Fitting Glasses a specialty. Next to tie Candy Kitchen ABBEVILLE, S. C. Ours We Would Have You Be That's why our ads So frequently you see. The Goods We Bake We Bake For You, And take the greatest care That in Quality and Cleanliness They Shall Be Beyond Compare. Abbeville bakery! Supervisor's Notice. Any person doing work on any roads or bridges of Abbeville county without authority from the Supervisor's office will not be paid for same. Persons cleaning off their hedges along the road side must not throw their trash in the public road. Such violations of the law will be prosecuted. W. A. STEVENSON, 4t County Supervisor. rmed circle" man when you are : just the right girl." merchants than j ve didn't sell ! S*$i7 ce the world over." /? ned circle jWBfcy ; style artists designs l^arlincr wonlpn mills he foremost makers of \ les specialize on the amine a STYLEPLUS I decide to save money & Reese Heady to Serve You. With twenty-seven years experience as ^ Magistrate, and a recent appointment as ' Notary Public, I am now prepared to do any kind of civil work. Speelal attention riven' to Collections, Distress Warrants, Deeds, Contracts, Wills, Mortgages,-Beat Estate and Auctions. No charge unless collections are made. All charges reason- | aoie. jno iees ror iprhi aavine, or marrl* aj?a service. Office in rear ot Peoples Bank, Phone 186. I M. E.HOLLINGSWOBTH, ' Notary Public, B.C. City Election. The regular city election will be held at the City Council Chamler, Abcevule, S. C.. on TUESDAY, the 18th day of APRIL, 1915, from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m., for five Aldermen. Managers-^J. L. Clark, T. C. Seal an 1 H. S. Dellinger. C. C. GAMER3LL, Mayor. T. G. PERRIN, City Clerk. SYMPTOMS Slight Symptoms Sometimes Presage Serious Results. \ - ] Do you feel tired, have you a sallow complexion, constipation, headache, L.J UanAt U n 1 r\r\ r\ * n 1 no UctU uicttiu, nicci/icroucaD ui uuuco around your eves? If so, you are undoubtedly suffering from some liver complaint. Perhaps you don't feel very badly now, but delay is dangerous. To allow your liver to continue out of order, is to invite a serious chronic illness. Whenever you have the slightest symptoms of liver trouble, stop it immediately. You can do it harmlesslv and mildly by taking LIV-VER-LAX, the natural vegetable compound that , is replacing calomel everywhere. It has all the effectiveness, not the effect of calomel. Insist on getting the original LIV-VER-LAX, bearing the likeness and signature of L. K. Grigsby, which is guaranteed to givp patisfastion or money refunded. For sale by any druggist. Ready-ir ade Eaater dresses at the Hot Hustler Ubc and up, also your Easter bonnet at the Hot Hustler on the eor?^ ner, the home of low prices and bar^^ gains. See George?before you go awry ?at the Hot Hustler. Rea! Sinews of War. The bodies of men, munitions and p money, may Justly be called the slnewa of war.?Sir Walter Raleigh,