The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 19, 1915, Page FOUR, Image 4
The Press and Banner J
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Published Every Wednesday by J
THE PRESS AND BANNER CO. (
M M. P. GREENE. Editor
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Wednesday. May 19, 1915 i
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EDITOR SMOAK RETIRES. 1
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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
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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 ,
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Anderson man, ana a newsjmyei j
man of experience. He starts out j
as a veteran, and we hope he sue- j
ceeds. ]
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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 ^
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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
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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
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the matter some investigation.
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LYNCHINGS. k
The Supreme Court of the State *
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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
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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.
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"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
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sale of Hoosi
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THE HOOSIE
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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.
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Dr. Speed's Drug Store
Office
one 242. 'Abbeville, S. C. ?
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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
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small weekly dues of $]
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labor in your alone that are
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in 800,000 /convenience of
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i to buy on these liberal terms.
?any. Regular terms prevail wl
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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. *
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chen
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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.
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Our allotment is strictly
hen these are sold. Come
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