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The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Published Every Wednesday by
THE PRESS AND BANNER CO.
WM. P. GREENE. Editor
Wednesday. June 2, 1915
GETS ACTION.
Some weeks ago this paper called
attention to the great amount of
time taken by the Southern Railway
to make the runs from Abbeville to
Hodges and from Hodges to Abbeville.
As the trains then ran, the
schedule called for forty-eight min
utes for each trip. The matter being
thus called to the attention of
the Southern, it at once gave it consideration.
The result is that intlead
of having three mixed trains
as formerly, we will have in the fut.ire
only one mixed train, and two
passenger trains, the schedules of
the two latter calling for thirty
minutes for each trip. i
This is quite a concession to the
people of Abbeville. It is no more :
than the case demanded, but it
epeaks well for the Southern that it i
has its ear so close the ground, and
that it is willing to try to furnish :
the public with better accommoda- <
tions where possible. ]
The Press and Banner also com- 1
plained that we were given the cast- J
off equipment of longer lines, and <
that we did not get the proper ser- ]
vice in this way. The Southern has <
answered this complaint by putting J
two new coaches, just out of the 1
shop, on the Abbeville branch. 1
It is not possible to have every- <
thing we want, but we see no reason 1
why the Southern should not have ?
the up-train and the down-train, in i
the morning; meet at or near Hodges, *
so as to cut down the long wait which ^ t
fce are forced to make when going |1
to points in the up-country. If jf
schedules will permit it, the Southern f
should correct Jthis objection,
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THE ROAD TAX.
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The Attorney General of the State ^
has rendered an opinion to the ef- j
fei t that we have no law authorizing t
the collection of a road tax,, as such, 1
in Abbeville County. Matters in J
this regard on the surface seem to
be in somewhat of a muddle, unless j
the Supervisor's office intended to ^ [
abandon the idea of collecting a i
road tax, in lieu of labor upon the i
roads, and the legislative delegation i
agreed with him. |t
The Attorney General is right in t
the construction of the law. But it 1
must be noticed that we are not '
without a road law; we are only i
without a road tax; that is we have *
no sum nxea Dy law as ? cummuw?
tion tax to be paid in lieu of workin
j the roads. [ t
At the time the present Super- i
vicor went into office, if we remem- 1
ber correctly, the road law for Ab- 1
beville county provided for four i
days labor, giving to persons liable 1
to road duty the option to pay one <
dollar in lieu of such labor. It will
be noticed that by the law, Sec. 1355 1
of the Code of 1902, persons between <
certain ages are made liable to road <
duty, the law in Abbeville county '
being for four days labor. j1
T?v Act of 1910, p. 668, the legis- 5
lature provided that in Abbeville 1
and Richland counties 'very person 1
between the ages of 13 and 50 years,
shall pay a tax of one dollar. By '
Stc. 2 of this Act it is provided that' 1
'\;!1 persons who are liable to road 1
dutv" shall pay the tax "in lieu of J
~?erforming or causing to be perform- i
ed labor upon the public highways." j'
This Act it will be seen does not re-!1
peal the requirement of the previous '>
kuv that persons between certain 1
p.?*es are liable to road duty. It on-j
iy provides a tax in lieu of the labor
still required by law.
By Act of 1911, p. 181, the last/
named act was amended so as to;
st/ike Abbeville countv from the j
terms of the Act, and leave the Act
applicable alone to Richland county,
but there is no provision in this act, 1
either repealing the general law
making certain persons liable to road
duty, nor does the act itself relieve
th^m from such road duty. 1
Therefore, we contend that the (
General Law is still applicable to Ab- 1
bev'lle county in so far as the liabili- 1
ty to road duty is concerned, unless ]
the Code of 1912 has repealed that 1
law. We think it has not. i
It is true that by the terms of the
Cu'lo certain counties prescribe the (
number of days that work shall be
performed, while there is no such
provision for Abbeville County. Sec.
1977 Code 1912. But it does not
follow from this that persons are
not liable to road duty in Abbeville
county. The general provisions of
the Act are "All male persons able
to perform the labor herein required,
from the ages of eighteen to fifty
years shall be
required annually to perform labor
on the public highways, under the
direction of the overseer of the road
district in which he shall reside, in
the various counties as follows:
(twenty-four counties being named
and the others not mentioned.)
Section 1976 provides: Except in
the counties of Abbeville
the following persons shall be exempt
from road duty." Other sections
of the law with relation to
Highways recognize the requirement
thfct the persons named are lj^tble to
road duty. The fact that the number
of days is not fixed for Abbeville
and other counties certainly will not
' ?--1J *? * UnUla
ue neiu tu eAeinpi* wic pci^una name
from the performance of labor otherwise
definitely required by the statute.
Now the legislature had a right to
fix the number of days or the amount
Df commutation tax which should be
paid by each person liable; or it
had the right to require the labor,
and to put the roads and the working
jf the same in the hands of the Supervisor
and sub-superivsors. Where2ver
the legislature has fixed the
amount of commutation tax or the
lumber of days, this is final. Where
:he amount of the commutation tax
)r the number of days is not fixed,
lowever, it does not follow that the
Supervisor, or county board, cannot
ix the number of days or an amount
;o be paid in lieu thereof. The fact
;hat general supervision of the roads,
md the working of the same, is in
;he hands of the board necessarily
jives the board the right to accept
i sum in lieu of the labor to be performed.
The statute does not rejuire
the personal services of the
jarties liable to road duty; but on
;he other hand it provides that substitutes
may be employed by the paries
liable. Why cannot the county
rommissioners contract to hire a
substitute for each person liable to
abor at a certain price to be fixed?
\ great many persons have already
jaid one dollar in lieu of this labor,
jelieving that the old law still was of
force. The county supervisors have
1 perfect right to retain this money
n lieu of that laboi*, if they elect so
;o do; and they have the same right
;o contract with every other person
iable to road duty to take so much
noney in lieu of the labor to be performed,
and ta undertake to provide
substitutes with the money thus colected.
If we are correct in this, and of
;hat we have little doubt, then nothng
should stand in the way of colecting
such amount as shall be fixed
jy the Board or of requiring the
lumber of days labor which the
Board will require, the number of
lays not being fixed by the Code of
L 912. Therefore, the matter is
lot surrounded with any real difficulty.
Most people liable to road
iuty will prefer to pay a reasonable
amount rather than be forced to
ivork the road'" at inconvenient seasons.
Ihose who do not desire to
pay, will of course be required to
work.
It is important that this labor, or
a monoy equivalent, be required. As
ive have called to the attention of
our readers in previous issues, there
is a property tax for working the
roads. The county chain-gang is
supported by taxation, and its maintenance,
we believe, amounts to
something like eighteen thousand
dollars per year All of this money
is paid by the people with a little
property?moctly by the white people
of the county. The negroes residing
in the county use the roads
more than a groat many large taxpayers.
While property should pay
for pood roads because it receives an
incidental benefit therefrom, and its
owners are therefore interested in
roads in ?-rder to help their marketing
facilities, r?nd thus to increase
the value of their lands, the users of
of the roads, none the less, should
contribute to the building and maintenance
of the highways. It is not
right that all the burden should be
placed in one place; and no doubt
the county supervisors will see that
it is not so placed.
If the Code of 1912 is not the law
of the State, as has been suggested,
then manifestly the law of foroe in
1902 is still the law. Under it Abbeville
County may require four
days labor, but any person liable is
given the option to pay one dollar in
lieu of the labor required.
GENERAL NEWS
Warning of the Unexpected corning
of the seventeen year locust has
been sent out by the United States
Government. The locust are known
as Brood vi of the cicada and they
are expected in the east in May and
June. They are expected to do little
damage to the trees and orchards.
The brood will appear only in the
northern part of the State, around
Pickens. The last appearance of
this brood was in 1898.
A committee of one hundred men,
headed by former President William
W Taft h hvp iecnoH a fnr a mti. I
ference to be held in Independence j
Hall on June 17th to consider forming
a league of peace, or a league of
nations.
Rev. G. T. Harmon, a prominent
minister of the Methodist Church,
died at his home in Williamston last
week. He was sixty-five years old,
and is survived by four children,
three daughters and one son. Mr.
Harmon was born at McCormick.
Between Saturday and Tuesday,
May S to 11, the British artillery
fired a million and a half rounds of
shells.
United States Senator T. P. Gore !
will visit in Union the first week in j
rr~ ...:n i. 1
uune. xiti win in uiuun un |
the 2nd and 3rd and some time later |
in Jonesville. He comes to visit his !
cousin, T. H. Gore of Jonesville.
Senator Gore is known as the "blind
Senator,"
The May weather record has been
broken by the cold weather last
Thursday and Friday. There was
a killing frost throughout the Northern
and middle-western states and in
some places there was ice.
In Georgia the first peaches have
been shipped to the Northern markets.
The peach growers anticipate .
a crop of over five thousand cars and
the railroads are getting ready for .
the shipping.
The General Assembly of the '
Presbyterian church of the South,
which has been in session at Newport
News has selected Orlando, Fla., as
the next meeting place.
Very Fine English Walnut Tree
Press and Standard.
One of the most valuable trees in '
Walterboro is a fine English walnut i
tree in the yard of Hon. Wm. J. j'
Fishburne. This tree is just old!
enough to vote, if the same qualifications
were required as in the case
of male citizens, and is like the
'spreading chestnut" tree of the
Village Blacksmith. But it does not
spread for naught, as every spread- j.
ing branch is loaded with young !
v alnuts. So numerous are these !
t* at the branches have to be propped
up already, and Jack Smith says !
there will be 10 bushels of the finest J
walnuts ever grown in this State produced
on this one tree this year, i
They are of the finest variety and
flavor. In addition to this one tree
Mi\ Fishburne has several others j
coming on. He is an enthusiast
on the subject of English Walnuts
?vid believes that this section is just
suited to their fullest and best i
growth.
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Irish There, Too.
A distinctly Irish story is told by '
the comedian, Thomas Murray, says
The New York American. A mush-,
room town in America started with
a single block of houses and a thea-!
ter; three months after it was a
flourishing hive of humanity.
"So it's going on well", said the
comedian to a man from the place
whom he met in New York.
"I guess it's just bounding," was
the reply. "It's just Cosmopolis. Includes
all sorts?English, Greeks,
Russians, Germans, Chinese, Italians
?yes, and some Jews."
"No Irish?"
"No."
"What!"
"Waal, now I come to think of it,
there are two Irishmen there. One's
mayor and the other's chief of po
lice." ^
Comments By Carping Critics And
Cuised Croakers.
A gentleman of sound judgment
said a few days ago that the best
paying investment for this town and
county would be to have re-located
and permanently built a first-class
road from Abbeville to Due West
and Donalds. A good level road
about 40 feet wide and well built
would be worth more than a railroad.
Think it over and get to
work NOW?don't wait.
A lady of good taste suggested recently
that the county should clean
up and keep in first class condition
the magnificent courthouse. A
stitch in time saves nine and many
stitches are needed right now. In
several places the plastering needs
repairing ; if the roof leaks it should
be looked after and made good. New
seats should be put in where some
are brotom. The janitor should be
made to keep everything in applepie
order or a new janitor secured.
A fwrnrnlinfy man
Hl uoyciuig iuv.ii
who likes to come to Abbeville and
always goes to the moving pictures
urged that the entrance to the splendid
opera house be kept in better
and more attractive condition. The
corridor is generally dirty and the
unsightly bill boards are an eye-sore.
These bill-boards should be put on
the outside in a good frame and not
on the inside and should be kept
straight and clean. This same gentleman
said there is more rough talking
and laughing at thesse movies
generally from the galleries, than
any he had ever attended. Less
noise and more music is what our
opera house needs. While on this
subject it would be well to have all
broken seats in the opera house
made new, and without delay.
One of the best women in Abbeville
handed us this: "Do get after
the police to see that our shade trees
are better protected. There are
many trees in Abbeville that are being
ruined by horses and mules being
allowed to nibble on them. The
Mayor, or somebody, should have
these trees boxed and carefully protected."
A few days ago a party of gentlemen
from a distance were ri(l:ng
about the chy and all seemed to o-i \
niost favorably impressed with everything
but. thought that we should
have better side-walks. They could
not understand why any progressive
and enlightened people would allow
for one moment the rough rocl:
crossings that jolt so and wear oiil
vehicles.
One of Abbeville's best old friends
came to town last week after an absence
of three or four years and the
first thing she said was: "Do take up
a collection and paint out the words,
"Abbeville Furniture Factory" on
the old buildings used for that purpose
sometime ago. A big attractive
word "WAREHOUSE" would
look like lifs and business."
A traveling salesman who has always
had a good business in Abbe
ville remarked on Monday that he
could not understand why the business
people of the county and town
did riot have better phone connections
with the county seat and other
town?.. H'j insisted that Abbeville
is far behind every other section of
the up country in this respect. Referred
to the Chamber of Commerce
(?)
A level-headed man who travels
South Carolina from the sea to the
mountains complained a few days
aco that artomohile Viirp in Ahhf>
ville is higher than in any other section
of the State. Any little old
town anywhere else does better than
Abbeville in that respect. Here
the automobile people want two
prices every time they hire a machine.
Vox Populi.
DR. W. E. McCOKD
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moist. On the porch it'i
when the Vudors are dowr
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Thousands do it The cool air gives
forces you to dreamless sleep because
nerves while you sleep. It cures then
Vudor Porch Shades cost little. The
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Made In America.
From satin to sausage, from rubber
to rouge,
We have always been used to, behold?
"Made in Germany," "England" or
"Belgium" or "France,'/
On everything salable sold,
But since Europe has gone on a
blood drunken spree
And the east is mixed up in the row,
The things that we eat and the things
that we wear
Are made in America now.
From a white cotton gown to a diamond
crown,
From hairpins to automobiles,
From embroidery floss to the pickles |
and sauce *
We relish so much with our meals;
From pans to pianos, from carpets
to cake,
TVimio'Vi nil nnnrlnrned with a crest.
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To anything stamps it the best.
?Minna Irving in Leslie's. I
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Notice Income Taxpayers.
The date for making income tax returns
to the State of South Carolina
lias been extended by the Comptroller j
General to July the 1st. If returns are
not made by that date .*>0 per cent penalty
will be added. Blanks for making
returns will be sent on request.
Richard Sondley.
Auditor Abbeville County.
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