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The Press and Banner
ABBETILLE, 8. C.
Published Every Wednesday by
THE PRESS AND BANNER CO.
HI. P. 6REENE. Editor
WedTjuly^7~1915^
CAMPAIGN MEETINGS.
We fully agree with the editor of
the Columbia Record that the time
has come when joint political debates
should end in campaigns in
this state. These joint debates
were arranged for the puurpose of
giving the people of each county an
opportunity to see each and every
candidate offering for office in the
state, and of hearing his views on
all public questions, an object praise*
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worthy enough in itseii. dui uic
joint debates have failed of their
object.
In the first place, the fitness of
candidates for most of the state
offices cannot be judged by listening
to a speech of five minutes, or ten,
the time generally allowed to candidates
other than for Governor, nor
by the ability of a candidate to tell
a threadbare joke, to the discomfort
of the audience many times. At
least some of the offices of the state
demand men of business ability,
coupled with proved integrity, and
men who will attend to business.
How shall the people be able to
judge of the fitness of men for such
offices from a five minutes speech.
It is a reflection on the people of
the state that we try to judge men
for every position by the one standard
of speech-making.
But there are other offices which
must be filled by men whose fitness
must be determined largely from
their public utterances. These men
have a right to be heard, and to be
given such time as shall be necessary
to discuss the issues in which the
people are interested, and the measures
which they propose. Just now
one of the questions which must be
determined by the people is whether
or not the state shall go into the
Warehouse-business. We must confess
that we have little sympathy
with the state entering any kind of
business, yet many able men are advocating
this measure as the only
means of taking care of the principal
crop of the south, and saving the
farmers. In this state we have an
oVvln /"?V? Q mni An r\ ? fVia maocnro in
UVJiV VI Wilt liiVUOUl t 1X1
Commissioner McLaurin. It is stated
that he may be a candidate for Governor
on this issue. If he shall be,
what information will he be able to
give the people as to the measure in
the space of the twenty minutes
which shall be assigned him at the
campaign meeting. Mr. McLaurin
is an able debater. He is
a man of thought, and can make his
views known on any subject, with
a proper exposition of his reasons;
but he will have no opportunity to
educate the people of the state on
this issue, or proposed measure, if
he is allowed to speak in every county
in the state only twenty minutes.
And if he is required to make the
circuit with the other candidates he
will have no opportunity to speak at
other times and in other places.
For the reasons stated the joint
(debates by candidates have developed
into nothing short of un1 awful
assemblages in which the principal
?2iing to do is to slinc nr.id. an'1 in i
aost cases one has been :is
Siuch to blame a* the -^her. We
had a sickening: spe-tade last summer.
We had four men of recognized
ability running for the Unite.!
States Senate. Either had the
ability to make a senator, and either
could have discussed with intelligence
the principles enunciated by
the two great parties of the country.
and could have given the people
light on the tariff, currency, and
other questions which we all need
to know about. But the time of
the candidates, on account of the
abuses which have crept into these
meetings, was taken up in ridicule
of each other, in attacks on each
other, with no discussion of merit
for the enlightenment of the people.
Nobody was wiser after the
speeches were made than before. So
that it has grown to be a fact that
the joint campaign meetings furnish
nothing but a forum for the demagogue,
a means to deceive rather
than enlighten the people. If the
people are to rule, the issues in legislation
and the fitness of men for
office, should be determined in calmness
and with deliberation, with all
the information possible, and not in
periods of excitement, "when there
is charge and counter-charge
against candidates.
It is always objected that a change
cannot be made in this or the other
year for the reason that it will work
against the chances of this or the
other candidate. But the Democratic
Convention has nothing to do
with the chances of this or the other
candidate. We can always find
men fit for public office. We believe
that the voters should demand
to see and hear every man who offers
for office, especially for important
offices, but the people will
hear better when each man shall
make his own campaign, speaking in
such places as he may elect, visiting
the people, and promulgating his
views by the force of reason and
logic, and not by his ability to abuse
some other man. The people will
not elect a man who attacks another
in a personal way behind his back,
and any so inclined will be discouraged
in the use of such tactics.
Next year we should have a camnoi/vn
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can have it if those in control of
the party machinery will put an end
to joint debates, and give the people
a chance to hear issues discussed
rather than to witness political
wrangles. We hope the Record will
push the fight along the line of its
recent editorial, and that all men
who love good government and a
fair discussion will join in with
Brother Banks in his efforts looking
to this end. As the Record says,
the time to think about such regulations
is in the off years when we are
all free from excitement and when
the way is open to a just understanding.
THE ALBERT TALBERT CASE.
This case is now before Governor
Manning on a petition for commutation
of sentence. The officers in
charge of the condemned man have
reached the conclusion, which we
reached from reading the testimony,
that Talbert is not of sound mind,
or that he is so mentally deficient
that he should not be executed. Governor
Manning will make ' a great
mistake if he allows a poor devil
like Talbert to be electrocuted.
A boy who in school was so dull
that his teacher did not regard him
as bright, who has had no opportunity
in life, who has been oppressed
by the burden of ignorance
all his days, and who has had scarcely
and training even in right, itself,
should not die at the hands fff the
state.
People generally who have discussed
the case agree with us. This
is not a case where people are being
urged by the powers that be in an
effort to save*a man who is guilty;
it is a case in which the voice of
humanity is speaking in behalf of
one who should be punished, but
one who should be too an object of
pity and mercy. The great state
of South Carolina does not need to
take the life of this neglected and
abandoned wretch. Let him live.
A GOOD PAPER.
One of the newsiest and best of
fVlft offni'MAAM
vnv biKEinuuii C.WIiallgCA WHICH
reach this office is the Greenwood
Daily Journal. Editor Gardner
has greatly improved his telegraphic
news service, and the paper has
been otherwise improved. It is
read by a good many Abbeville people
who greatly enjoy its columns,
and we could hope that it might receive
more support from people here
as well as in its home town. The
editorials are always good and always
on tiie right side. We appreciate
the editor.
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papers that a copy of the Declaration
of Independence has reached
that town, and that it was read to
the citizens thereof in mass meeting
assembled on last Saturday. We
hope that the contents were of interest
to the people of Greenwood.
It is now thought that the old
schedule on the Abbeville branch of
the Southern must be re-established.
Capt. Syfan, our polite conductor,
and the parson do not have sufficient
time to discuss the subject of raising
beans as the train now runs.
Speaking of the new side-walk on
Greenville street, we wilt be compelled
to report uncle Jim if he
does not keep his cow from grazing
on this walk.
Perhaps Col. Kerr could "vudorize"
the situation in the matter of
Editor Horton's failure to advocate
a new side-walk for Greenville
street.
Does Editor Horton realize that
we "got action" in the matter of the
Southern Schedule, and that it is
not a matter of "claiming" that we
did? For the information of ouv
brother, we would advise that tho
new side-walk is now ready to b?i
opened up to a point from which you
can see the Baptist church. Chief
Justice Gary for whom our brother
was so solicitous sometime ago, says
that the side-walk should be constructed,
and that he was willing rr
give the city the necessary space.
Mrs. Perrin is of like mind. Agai-i
quoting from our -friend Capt. Shaw,
"a word to the wise is sufficient.1'
Mr. Bradley's butler, Abram
Brown, was our authority for stating
in a recent issue that the former was
spending the week at "Crimson College."
If some of the candidates run
much faster next summer than they
are now running, they may find
themselves face to face with the
charge of violating the ordinance
forbidding self-propelled vehicles to
run more than forty miles an hour.
We are requested by the Speed
Fiends' Association to state that
brother Horton is creating more disturbance
than the eighty cut-outs
now residents of this city.
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WHY NOT HAVE DECENT ROADS
IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY?
Mr. Editor:
Your timely remarks on working
ine roaas 01 ine county snouia De
read carefully by every citizen of
our good old county. There is
much good sense -in your suggestions
and especially with regard to the
money to be raised for working the
roads, the split-log drags and widening
the roads. That "flying squadron"
proposition is one that should
be adopted by the Supervisor certain
and without delay. That, with
plenty of split-log drags, would keep
the roads of the county in good condition
at a very small cost and without
so much work. There is little
sense in working a ten mile stretch
of road when there are only a few
holes in it to be filled. Being an
automobilist I am willing to pay any
special tax .called for if we can get
the roads in good shape. I am compelled
to travel over many counties
in different parts of the State and I
have been impressed with the fact
where split-log drags are used frequently
and freely and where splitlog
drag clubs exist, the roads are
the best to be found anywhere.
Most of the counties that have wi
dened their roads have re-located
them in places so as to improve the
grade wonderfully and people are
not allowed to plow into them. Too
many people in Abbeville county
cultivate part of the public roads and
this should be stopped. Another,
thing that should be stopped is the
piling of mud and sand from the
side ditches into the middle of the
road. That ruins a road.
Every county I go through has
better roads than Abbeville, except
Newberry and Edgefield, and they
are about on a par with ours. Why
is it *the authorities cannot work
some of the main leading roads, at
least, as they should be worked, and
not have our people always apologizing
for the disgraceful roads we
have put up with since the county
was formed. The roads in Abbeville
county can he kept in as good shape
as in any other county in the State
t
and if more energy and intelligence
should be employed by the people
who work them we would, have good
roads. How many miles of road
have been dragged by the split-log
drag in this county tl is year?
The roads are worse near Abbeville
than farther away and it behooves
the bu?inei-; men of the town
to get a move on them and see that
something is done NOW, and ne t
wait till fall and w iter Now is
the time to put all i ..ads in good
shape and the split lug drag will
do it better and cheaper than anything
else. How many of these
cheap and valuable drags are in the
county? I suspect the authorities
would be ashamed to answer.
Traveler.
GRAND LODGE' PROCEEDINGS
Capt. C. D. Brown, the Grand
Keeper of the Records and Seal of
the Knights of Pythias of South Carolina,
has distributed the official re- I
cords of the proceedings of the Grand
Lodge meeting held in Orangeburg,
May 24-26.
Th? Journal is compiled with the
usual accuracy of Capt. Brown and
in addition to the record of the pro- ^
ceedings of the twenty-ninth annual
Convention contains a photograph
of Grand Chancellor Herbert E.
Gyles, and in the appendix is embodied
a roster of the officers and of
the subordinate lodges and their sitting
officials and data in connection
with the insurance department of the
Order, the price list of the Pythian
supplies, a list of all of the Past
Chancellors of all of the lodges in
the state and many other interesting
rnd almost invaluable data for Pythians.
The entire matter is admirably
indexed.
' The Pythians boast that no organization
has any better official in any
capacity than Charlie Brown, of Abbeville,
and the Journal of Proceedings
just issued would seem to bear
out this claim.?News and Courier.
' The records were gotten out under
the supervision of Capt. Brown by
the Press and Banner Company.
Last year the records were delivered i
in the month of October, this year
in the month of June, within twenty
days after the final copy was furnished
the printers.
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Office Second Floor City Hall
State cf South Carolina,
COUNTY OP ABBEVILLE.
Court of Common Pleas.
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rhe Union Central Life Insurance Company,
Plaintiff,
against
Perry McKinney. G. C. Mcintosh. The
F. S. Royster Guano Company. Kennier-Montgomery
& ompany. Incorporated,
Stephen Putney Shoe
Company, Can-oil Adams & Company,
Gershon Brothers Company,
King Hardware Company, Hix-Palmer
Company, Incorporated, David
son-Dietrich Plow Company, Bell
Overall Company. Gram ling-Spa Iding
Company, John B. Daniel,
Standard Trunk & Bag Company.
Southern States Phosphate and Fertilizer
Company, Jos. Rosenheim
Shoe Company, W. B. Brigham, Sr.
and W. B. Brigham, Jr., partners
doing business as \V. B. Brigham &
Son; Simon Michael and M. G. Michael,
partners, doing business as
Michael Brothers, Defendants.
Summons for Relief.
To the Defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and required
to answer the complaint in this
nction, which is filed in the office of the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,
For the said county, and to serve a copy
af your answer to the said complaint on
the subscriber at his office at Abbeville
Court House, South Carolina, within
twenty days after the service hereof,
sxclusive of the day of such service;
ind if you fail to answer the complaint
within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff
in this action will apply to the Conrt
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated the 2Gth day of June. 1915.
D. H. HILL,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
Attest:
(Seal \ X L Perrin^
' C. C. C. P. A. C.
NOTICE.
To the defendants named in the above
entitled action: Please take notice that
the summons and complaint in the
above stated case, were filed in the of
nee ot ttie uierK or tne uourt or uom-1
uion Pleas for Abbeville County, at j
Abbeville Court House, S. C., on the
29th day of June, 1915.
D. H. HILL,
Plaintifi's Attorney.
rhe State of South Carolina, j
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
Probate Court?Citation for Letters of Ad- j
ministration.
By J. F. Miller, Esq., Judge of Probate. |
Whereas, Mrs. Rosa B. Johnston and!
Mrs. Gertrude B. Agnew hath made suit
me, to prant A. Selden Kennedy Letters
>f Administration de bonis non of the Es;ate
and effects of J. Donald Brownlee, late
>1 Abbeville County, deceased.
These are therefore, to cite and admonsh
all and singular the kindred and credits
of the said J. Donald Brownlee, debased,
that they be and appear before me,
n the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbe,'ille
Court House, on Wednesday, the Hth
lay of July. 1915, after publication hereof,
it 11 o'clock iu the forenoon, to show
:ause, if any they have, why the said Adninistration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal of the'
Court, this 28th day of June, in I
the year of our Lord one thou-!
(Seal) sand nine hundred and fifteen
and in the 139th year of American
Independence.
Published on the 30th day of June. 1915,
n the Abbeville Press and Banner and on
he Court House door for the time required
>y law. J. F. MILLER,
Judge of Probate.
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COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
Court of Common Pleas.
C. L. Wideman, J. H. Wideman, 8. W.
Wideman, Minnie L. Chandler,
Margaret W. Jackson, and Leonora
Gray, Plaintiffs,
against
Mrs. Mary C. Kimball. Mrs. Fannie
Reynolds, J. A. WidemaD, R. H.
Wideman, Richard Harris, Mrs.
Lily Harris Seiler. Mrs. Marie H.
Seiler and Mrs. Mary C. Dozier,.
Defendants.
Summons. For Relief.
(Complaint Served.)
To the Defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and required
to answer the Complaint in this
action, of which a copy is herewith
served upon you. and to serve a copy of).
your answer to the said Complaint qt
the subscriber at his office at AbbevilTC
Court Honse, South Carolina, within
twenty days alter the service hereof,
exclusive of the day of such service:
and if you fail to answer the Complaint
within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff
in this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Dated Fifteenth day of June, 1915.
"Win. P. Greene.
Grier, Park & Nicholson,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
To Mrs. Mary (J. Kimball, Richard
Harris. Mrs. Lily Harris Seiler, and
Mrs. Marie Harris Seiler:
Please Take Notice, That the Complaint
in the above stated action, together
with the Summons, of which the
foregoing is a copy, was on the 17th
day of June. A. D. 1915, filed in the office
of the Clerk of Coart of Common
Pleas for Abbeville County, South Carolina,
at Abbeville Court House, Sonth
Carolina, where the same is now on file.
Wm.P. Greene,
Grier, Park & Nicholson,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
June 17,1915. 3t
Registration Notice!
Notice is hereby given that the Supervisors
of Registration for Abbeville
County will be at the following precincts
on the day and dates named for
the purpose of issuing new registration
certificates or renewing old certificates,
for the special election to be held on
September 14th. 1915:
t\ rit-^ rr? -a ~ a o-J
.uue west?laesuay, -"ug. oiu.
Donalds?Wednesday, Aug. 4th. McConnick?Thursday,
Aug. 5th. Lowndesville?Friday,
Aug. Oth.
Calhoun Falls?Monday, Aug. 9th.
We will be on duty at the Court
House, in the Coroner's office, on Salesday
in July and August, and on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th
of August.
You will be required to produce your
registration certificate and tax receipt
to be able to vote in the election on
Sept. 14th.
A. F. CALVERT, Chr ,
JOE J. LINK, ,
W. E. ELLIS.
University of South Carolina
Scholarship Examination.
The University of South Carolina offers
a Teacher's Scholarship to one
tnort nonVi PAlinfl* HThtk
y uuii0 iuai? livui gavu w/itui/j AUV
scholarship is worth $100 iu money and
exemption from all fees, amounting to
$158.
The examination will be held at the
county seat FRIDAY, JULY the 9tli.
1915. General entrance examinations
will be held at the same time for all
students.
The University offers great advantages.
Varied courses of study in science.
history, law and business. Write
at once for an application blank to
THE PRESIDENT
University of South Carolina,
Columbia, S. C.
THE CITADEL
The Military College of South
Carolina.
Announced as "Distinguished Military
College" by U. S. War Department.
Full courses in Civil Engineering.
Sciences, English and Modern Languages.
Confers B. S. and C. E. decrees.
All expenses pay cadets from
South Carolina. $5js2 a year.
2 scholarships worth siiijo each a year
are vacant from Abbeville County, and
will be filled by competitive examination
at the County seat on 13th day of
August. It) 15.
For necessary information and blanks
apply to Col. 0. J. BOXD,
The Citadel. Charleston. S. C.
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