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The Press and Banner J ABBEVILLE, S. C. Published Every Wednesday by J THE PRESS AND BANNER CO. ( M M. P. GREENE. Editor 1 Wednesday. May 19, 1915 i Z7TT-- =T= . I EDITOR SMOAK RETIRES. 1 **- t We af6 sorry to lose BrotoQl' Smoak, who quits the hills of the g Piedmont to return to the low eoun- j try. He made the Andersosn Intelligencer a readable paper. And then his heart was in the right place, and he was mostly right. We are glad, however, that we shall not ' 1 ? XT part witn mm enureiy. guco ^ back to his own paper, The Press and Standard, which he will edit in the future, and which is one of the ^ best county papers which comes to us. A man can do a great deal of good on a county paper, where he thinks for himself, and does his own talking?we hope. Mr. Smoak is succeeded on the In- j telligencer by Mr. L. R. Glenn, an , * * .1 Anderson man, ana a newsjmyei j man of experience. He starts out j as a veteran, and we hope he sue- j ceeds. ] 1 A NEW JAIL NEEDED. j Speaking of lynchings, we are re- ( minded that in the last two years the Abbeville jail has been entered ^ by an unlawful assemblage on two < different occasions. The truth is < that a crowd of school boys could t break into the Abbeville jail with t their baseball bats. Even those j 1- _?1 1 M Ion, nf I peupie wiiu uciicvc m uic vjl x Judge Lynch recognize that it has r its defects as well as other institu- \ tions of human construction. Some- \ times a man is arrested charged with crime, with evidence apparently conclusively against him, who is not really guilty, and whom a minority may believe innocent. Such a man should be protected, and it cannot be done in a jail such as we " have. But the present jail should be torn down and a new one built for the reason that it is no longer suit- ^ able for the purposes for which it was erected. No conveniences can n be installed for the benefit of those j1 who are compelled to languish there, . nor for those who must look after ^ V ?1 it. No sanitary arrangements are possible. Very often good men are compelled to go to jail; sometimes innocent men are charged with crime, and for one reason or another, can- ? ?* u?J. x: a iiv>i< give uunu, sumcumes bviiic unfortunate is lodged there for a time. ^ It is positively inhuman to force j such people to stay in a building ^ such as we now have. Every effort ^ has been made by the county author- . ities and by the several keepers of ^ the jail to make it habitable, but their efforts have come to naught. It car.not be done. We know that times are hard now, and that people are slow to spend money; but at the same time a new ^ jail is an imperative need of the g county; labor is cheap, and so are building materials. The building jt! could be erected at much less cost t' now than it could be a little later. | n The county can issue fifty year ^. bonds at five per cent, and the debt can be retired without hardship. The legislative delegation should give i ... ^ the matter some investigation. ===== t: LYNCHINGS. k The Supreme Court of the State * f has gone a long ways towards stopP ping lynchings in South Carolina. t But it has gone no further than the p law goes. The Constitution of n 1S95 makes a county liable in dam- ii ages to the family of a person lynch- b ed, if he be taken from an officer by 1 a mob, or unlawful assemblage. The a supreme i^ourt applied the law in a a case which came before it on appeal from one of the lower counties c of the State. o The decision will not have a great c deal of weight with some parties d who are always willing to join the d mob, but it will have very persua- i: sive force with those people who must pay the judgment. Taxes are t high enough now in most counties, t and none of them, especially the i femall ones, will welcome an addi- s tional debt of two thousand dollars c because some officer failed to pro- t tect a prisoner. I And this raises a query, as the c court would put it,?Should not the a officer who allows the prisoner to be :aken from him by the mob, and the nembers of the mob be liable over :o the county for the amount of the iudgment, since the liability of the :ounty is the result of negligence >n the part of the officer, and of ilegal acts on the part of the memjers of the mob. Sometmes nen of property join the mob, rery often they do. Why not give hem a chance to pay the damages? The decision of the court will result iri many more suits of this kind, leretofore, it has been almost imlossible to get verdicts from juries n these cases, but under the law md rules of court it becomes the luty of the presiding judge to direct a verdict where there is no conlict of evidence. In most of these :ases there can be no conflict of evilence, and the result will be that verdicts will be rendered in all such :ases in the future. GIVE US A SLEEPER. The Seaboard Air Line should replace the buffet car on the early norning train from Abbeville to Atanta. The train leaves Abbeville it five o'clock, too son to get breakfast, and too soon to eat it, if you lad a chance. It arrives in Atlansometime before ten o'clock, Eastern time, something like an lour after a man is dead, if his life lepends on getting breakfast. The fact is that more people vould patronize the train if a berth :ould be purchased at ten o'clock very night by those intending to go ;o Atlanta, so that the public might ake advantage of the train without getting up at so unearthly an hour. V month's trial of this plan would lot cost the railroad much, and vould be an experiment worth vhile. JUSTICE HUGHES. Associate Justice Hughes, of the Jnited States Supreme Court, states hat he is not a candidate for the lomination for president at the ands of the republican party. The ustice shows a keen appreciation of he importance of the high position ^hich he holds. No man should ecome a judicial officer until he has lade up his mind that he will seek o further political preferment.' It jwers the dignity of the office fojr a udge to come down off the bench nd go into a political fight. We ave all seen the evils which come rom it. The constitution should eclare a man forever ineligible to old office in any other department f the government when he becomes member of the judiciary. A position on the bench should be egarded by the judge who holds it s above any political office. When e assumes the office, he should turn is back forever upon political par-, ies and partisan politics. The loddess of Justice should be blind > all things except the law. THE PRESIDENT'S NOTE. We publish today the note written y President Wilson to the German overnment concerning the violaons of American rights upon le high seas, which violations cullinated in the sinking: of the Lusi ania, and the loss of so many lives f citizens of this country. The views of President Wilson, nd the manner in which he has relinded Germany of the rights of his country, his demand that this ;ind of warfare cease, and that as ar as possible reparation be made or American lives, has met with apiroval everywhere. The press of his country as a unit is behind the 'resident. He has given the Gerlan government to understand that b will be held to a strict accountability for the loss of American lives, 'he note is not threatening, but it is ? ? 4. i-i- - - ui^iniicu MU LClllCil L Ui Hie issues, nd of the rights asserted. There is no man on the American ontinent better qualified to judge f the situation, and of the eourr.e >f the President than former Pre silent Taft. His idea of the Presilent's views as contained in the note s thus stated by him: "Admirable in tone, moderate in he judicial spirit that runs through he entire communication, dignified n the level the writer takes with repect to international obligations, acurate in its statements of internaional law, he puts the case of the Jnited States in a way that will all forth our earnest concurrence iiid confidence." EDITORIAL BREVITIES. m We notice that Governor Manning has approved the act putting railroad crossings under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commissioners. We i thought he had put it in the other pigeon hole. By the way, can anybody remember when it was that those ornamental gentlemen known as Railroad Commissioners did anything? Ellis?Cathcart. Miss Emma Ellis, of Due West, and Mr. Andrew B. Cathcart, of Winnsboro, were married on last Tuesday, at the home of Mr. T. S. Ellis, in Due West. The ceremony was performed by Rev. M. T. Ellis, of Doraville, Ga., a brother of the bride. Mrs. Cathcart is the second daughter of the late W. Turner Ellis, of the Bethlehem section of the county, and is a sister of Mr. R. S. Ellis, of Abbeville. She is a young woman of many accomplishments. The groom is a business man of Winnsboro. They will make their home there. HORTICULTURE. Timely Pointers For Orchard and Garden. (Clemson College Weekly.) (The Horticultural Division of Clemson College will be glad to answer any questons pertaining to orchard or garden.) I Keep the young orchard well cul- I tivated. 1 A good method of handling an or- 1 chard during the summer is to plant B it to cowpeas in the row. A or/Mix Mnmrnny H OUilliiiuc jruui ouauaw 04/1 c%v? peaches, apples, and other fruits. It is the best kind of fruit crop insurance. Keep canna, coleus, and caladium beds well watered if you would have them d<j their best. Spray bunch grapes wita Bor aeaux mixture co prevent re,. curing damp weather it is necessary to spray more often than undo:; ordinary conditions. The scuppernong and other varieties of muscadine grapes are sufficiently immune to destructive disease and insect attacks and do not need spraying. Is your table well supplied with strawberries from your own garden? If not, you are missing a great luxury which is to be had without much difficulty. When watering house plants, give all a thorough watering and then wait until water is needed again. a Small amounts of water applied fre- M quently often do more harm than ^ good. Three things every South Caro- 15 lina farm should and can have: an N orchard, for fresh and canned fruit; g a vegetable garden, for supplying H the table all the year round; a flow- ? ol* <*or/lfln f av Vionnfir TU/mt M vi guiuvii) xui UV/UU ujr xn^y cll C h necessary parts.of good rural life. & F. J. Crider, ^ Asso. Horticulturist, M Clemson Agricultural College. Closing the Door. I have closed the door on Doub;; (JQj I will go by what light I can find, And hold up my hands and reach there out To the glimmer of God in the Tri dark, and call; "I am Thine, though I grope and tha stumble and fall, P0!i I serve; and Thy servant is kind. j tioi I have closed the door on Fear; He has lived with me too long. Tni If he were to break forth and re- ^ tioi appeal, pj.j I should lift my eyes and look at ace the sky K And sing aloud and run lightly by, i He will never follow a song. oer I have closed my eyes on Gloom; His house has too narrow a view, i must sueK lor my soui a wiuer room, J) With windows to open and let in the sun, And radiant lamps when the day is done And the breeze of the world blowing through. ] "My dear, you look sweet enough ' to kiss." "That's the way I intended to I ^ look, Jack." ?Prnceton Tiger. tel' jaai For a single doll May 24, yon can hav< Liei, put iniu yuui uui Company; balance in You can search the whole v nothing that saves so much kitchen. All the old featur made the Koosier famous Here are some Ej will save you, rec The Remar kable Flour Bi You can judge the whole cab by the remarkable flour bin al< This bin, all high-grade metal, i smooth inside no flour can st Dust can't get in. The top is lo^ easy to fill. Entire top slides off filling. The big sliding glass pane front keeps contents visible?mj cleaning easy. The new shaker sifter?a Hoo patent?is a wonder. New princ entirely. Shakes flour throu doesn't grind it. Can't wear i Can't grind grit through. Cleans flour it sifts. Makes it fluffy light. . Like the rest of the cabinet, ev detail of thiss bin is perfected. What Shall You Cook? Mrs. Christine Frederick's F Guide answers this eternal probl Simply turn the dial to meat ; like. A choice of ^mple menus before you that balance perfe< with that meat. Don't fail to see the forty ot features?seventeen of them new /This may be your last chanct imited by The Hoosier Comp I next Monday and decide. W"^STOVES A?? RANGE I TO THE PUB sale of Hoosi SI down, $1 w< THE HOOSIE M . ii,, i ninBBHHHI An Election for | mpulsory School Attendance. I Abbeville, S. C., May IT, 10in. | Vhereas. a majority -of the School a ist:ees of Abbeville School District ^ . 22, has presented to the County g ircl of Edinjatiori a petition asking a ,t an election te called for the pur- g e of voting on Compulsory Educa- [fj t is therefore ordered, that an elec- i] ri be held in the Graded school build- {fj between the usual voting hours on g tfth day of June, (being the second g esday of the month), 1915. 'hose in favor of Compulsory Educa- |o 11 will vote a ballot on which is jl nted "Compulsory school attendance ? e])ted." Those opposed will vote a {a lot on which is printed "Compulsory j jlj oo 1 attendance rejects." ^ 'lie Trustees will supply three mana- _ s of election. J. JL Lawson, D. H. Hill. W. ,T. Evans. County Board Education. d< R. W. E. MoCORD ? .... DENTIST .... over _ Dr. Speed's Drug Store Office one 242. 'Abbeville, S. C. ? y< Madge?Gossip doesn't pay. hi Marjorie?I'm beginning to agree ? ;h you, my dear. The last secret m leard cost me over 52 for extra ephone tolls.?Judge. N I I Hoo S Kiti ? C ab ar, commencing next I i aWhite Beauty" the f J 1 ne at the low cash price small weekly dues of $] /orld and find kitchens are re labor in your alone that are es that have you, are equal in 800,000 /convenience of cclusive Hoosier Cor ords show, millions < n inet her Aimtuti < muv1* i to buy on these liberal terms. ?any. Regular terms prevail wl W/'tffirtfUtu S HOME.OUTF LIC: We authorize tl er Cabinets next wee gekly--at the fixed c i IR MFG. CO. , New Castl /IT Tl I All (MAR p. -UP- Y Iii fact Everything: 0. A. Milford Phone jjgMSISJSISJSMSJSfSISOMSMSJSMSMttlMSJSrcl1 Notice to Dog Owners! The City Ordinance requiring that all ] >gs running at large be muzzled will j ^ ; strictly enforced on and after Junei ( le 1st until October the 15th. Take ( otice. . C. C. GAMBRELL, Mayor. T. G. PERRIN, Clerk. ' Whole Family Dependent * Mr. E. William?, Hamilton, Ohio, . rites: "Our wbole family depend on ine-Tar-Honey." Maybe fomeone in 1 nir fumilv has a severe Cold?ner- J apn it is the baby. The original Dr. ell's Pine-Tar-Honey is an ever ady household remedy?it gives im- ? ediate relief. Pine-Tar-Honey pen- } rates the linings nf the Throat and 1 ungs, destroys the Germs, and allows J aturetoact. At your Druggist, 25c. * sier chen 1 inets 1 MONDAY Morning, amous Hoosier Cabifixed by the Hoosier tained, but the new features added, without extra cost to I in themselves to the entire f" the average kitchen cabinet. lveniences. They of steps. Jr Our allotment is strictly hen these are sold. Come \ ITTERS r/S0.CH , ' I lis limited k only for ash price. .9, Ind. """ r ? 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