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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S.C. b h Published Every Wednesday toy THE PRESS AND BANNER CO. I X\ n. P. GREENE, Editor WEDNESDAY, AUG. 4, 1915 ? cl =r-r-?c] LOUIS J. BR1STOW. n The people of the community, and fi especially the people of this city, will u learn with great regret that the be- le nocMr nf the BaDtist church, h Rev. Louis J. Bristow, has resigned o his charge here in order to take the n management of the Baptist Hospital ir in Columbia, though we are persuaded that the trustees of the Baptist Hospital have made a most wise se- H lection. u Mr. Bristow came here some five s1 or six years ago. The Baptist de- tl nomination was then small. They "< owned an old and dilapidated church at the corner of Church and Pinckney streets, and for some fifteen o: years had made no progress. The r< church had been in charge of several hi pastors of force, good preachers and e< good men; but the congregation had a' not grown. Mr. Bristow came to us with the s* reputation of an organizer and hi builder. He has lived up to his renutation. Taking a man's grip on ,, the situation, he startled the city by 01 building a twenty-five thousand dol- U1 lar church, on the most central lot rf of the city, he then erected a par- ni sonage, and caused the membership of his church to multiply. From a t collection of individuals he fashioned ^ a machine for work, and every member of his church is a working part jj of the machine. Mr. Bristow is a thoughtful and ^ graceful speaker; his manner is pleasing; aha his energy inexhaustible. Moreover, he is a good man, s* devoted to the great work which he ? is doing, and consecrated to the J cause to which he has given his life. We regret to see him go; we regret ... iii-' < ' C *11 - in la to see ApDevwe lose a man iixe mm ; we regret, too, that ^rs. Br is tow will ? leave us, as will their two bright and ** interesting children. ? But if there is work to be done in 113 the Baptist denomination in the way of managing a hospital, or any other institution, the church has found the right man. He will not await suecess; he commands success. ? la CHARLESTON AND HER TIGERS, p: Some weeks ago several indict- w ments for the unlawful sale of liquor were handed the grand jury of Char- |r leston county for investigation. The ir grand jury later refused to indict ^ any of the parties, the foreman stat ing to the court that it was not a JC mioetinn law n* avidenpa trhlVh prevented the indictment of these S? alleged law-breakers, and leaving the inference that the grand jury of c that county refuses to indict men for selling liquor regardless of the * law and the evidence. It may be of interest to-some of a< our readers to have the names of * some of the gentlemen of aristocra- 1 tic Charleston, who are so well c thought of by that cultured city ? that the members of the grand jury 1 are willing to disregard their oath of office in order to favor them. We, ( therefore, present the names as ta- ^ ken from the columns of the News e onrl Pnnrior Woro flinxr a VVUilVi. AlVib UX V H. 0. Haselmeyer, 0. H. Weiters, .1 Antonio Rosa, James Manos, N. J. Johnson, Mike O'Connell, G. W. * Behlmers, Geo. Magnonly, Nick Hamorsopoulo, C. F. Klenker, M. Quinn, 01 C. H. CWistopoulo, E. E. Harbison, E. H. Reckles, H. W. Bierfischer, W. a C. Strauss, Tim Stauson, Marion So- t( cial Club, 20th Century Restaurant, p A. Paunshopoulo, A. G. Moraceas, 0 Denes Tufaris, G. M. Murphy, Jackson Club, H. H. Rabon, S. P. Schi- p tl adaressi, The Annex, E. H. Reehler, P. J. Conway, I. L. Baker, J. I. and . H. C. Nolte, E. Marchink, Antonio Cilento, C J. Heinsohn, G. A. Pappa- p treorge, The Keller, A. H. Gorse, Nick Peters, Mike O'Connell, Jim Basha, A. Poisoner. But what is perjury if it saves li- ^ quor for Charleston? We hope that Mess. Pappaereorge, Paunshopoulo ^ and Bierfischer will duly appreciate v the favors shown them. Charleston n was once the home of Christopher 0 Gadsden, Wm. Henry Drayton, Char- p les Pinckney and others of like note; ^ now it is content to be the City of 11 Refuge for blind tigers. d HOSS RACIN'. ? One of the rules of the game is, k that when a gentleman is about to e enter a "spavined" steed he should p begin at once to find fault with the ?s] well groomed entry which looks a n winner. a Will the Greenwood Index, Honea fi Path Chronicle and Belton Journal o please copy? b Editorial Brevities. For information of Col. Kerr, Dr. lurke desires us to state that when e said we should eat meat but once ach day, he referred to red meats, nd not to sliced bacon and the 'hite meat of the turkey. We dislike very much to see the lev. Louis J. Bristow give up his harge as pastor of the Baptist (lurch in Abbeville. But speaking ow with reference only to the welare of the Baptist Hospital in Colmbia, we predict that if he does save Abbeville, the Hospital will ave a large increase in the number f patients immediately after the ext installment falls due succeed?g his departure. ' \ If the fervid insistence of Editor lorton that the City Council give s a new sidewalk on Greenville ;reet is having anything to do with lis hot weather, we insist that he cut it out." We thought by this time the editor t tne i one JNews wouia De aoie zo jcognize a real newspaper row. For is information we will state that the iitors of the Medium and Press id Banner are quite n?rec* that le minstrel man was right when he ated that Abbeville has tw;> of the indsomest editors in the State. Dr. Thomson's dog, the one that it Col. A. M. Stone, is dead. It is ncertain whether he contracted the tbies from the bite or died from itural causes. Jack and Hugh Bradley have reirned from the country, restoring le equilibrium of Greenville street ' JUSTICE TO CORPORATIONS. ../ v- </? '> " i he Easley Progress. A few "years $go the South was niggling for existence. The end of le war between the States found ?r fiat, financially. The millions of )llars of Confederate money absottely worthless, with slaves all free, ind$ as a basis of credit, 'no good, ad no laws to guide or protect her j sople in the accumulation of wealth, i n the other band, all the laws were ade by carpet baggers and scalaags with a view to enriching the orth arid further humiliating the outh. After several years of this ind of tyranny, the white people lanaged to get possession of the tate government and began having iws enacted that would benefit and rotect the people. Banking laws ere made so the people could bor>w money at 8 or 10 per cent, to use i purchasing supplies instead of hayig to pay 50 and 100 per cent, to le lien merchants. Cither laws were iadc? giving the people the right to ?in their capital together in corportions and thus be enabled to transict business on a more extensive :ale than an individual was abld > do. In order to induce the people to >rm these corporations, frequently le legislatures would pass special :ts relieving them from taxation for number of years. Frequently counes and townships would vote bonds > railroads, cotton mills, banks and ther corporations to induce them to e established within their borders, hey were considered goods things >r a community and were thus enjuraged. But the people are rest:ss and in their anxiety to make eadway are too liable to forget the ebt of gratitude they owe to these istitutions for past benefits. And ke the man who killed the goose lat layed the golden egg, they prosed to hamper, persecute and de:roy these institutions by slander, buse and taxation. We have been )ld, and we do not doubt it, that cororations are now paying 80 per cent f the taxes in Pickens county. Yet le State Tax Commission is prearing to raise the assessments. It lis fair? Is it a wise policy? We o not think so. Run the corporaions out of the State and she will be ut back 50 years. POUNDING CORPORATIONS. Ireenwood Journal. "The tax commission is quite desrmined to go ahead, 'no matter 'hat protests are made,' as Chairlan Jones puts it, with the process f 'equalizing and assessing' the roperty of corporations of all lasses, while, at the same time, givlg only casual attention to the unervaluation of farming lands for axation. It is, on the face of it, an asy method for the corporation has een pilloried as the enemy of manind for a long time and is considred more than fair game. The cororations should pay their full bare of the expenses of the governlent, and there can be no word said gainst a fair assessment of them or taxation, and, by all means, they ught to be equalized on the tax ooks; but they should be equalized f | OUR PUBL III?Julius K ; On Financing ' The farmers of road property j have to say. Mr. Kruttschnitt, executive head of the Southern Pacific, t baa written an article dealing with t the financing of railroads He said 1 In part: / \ ."The financing of a railroad teat function which the people, through t their servants, the Railroad Commia: c aioners and the Legislators, have ^ never attempted, but 1t In a most im- 1 portant problem, especially to seo- ^ Hons of a State where new rallro*?ds are needed. The placing of securities jj has been left entirely with the promoter and owner of railroads. , "The' immediate determination of * what earnings the railroad shall be * permitted to receive and what bur? a 6tat It shall have put bn It te in the e bands' of qiher servants of the public t as to value with other classes of w property, and that means all forms oi of real estate, But more especially farming lands, which are notoriously fa undervalued for taxation. tj( "The' fiscal policy of the State is ge undergoing a very drastic revision in a very unscientific way if the value re of real estate is to be left at present to estimates, and there is enough in the v( situation to engage the close attention of the governor, before it is too m late to avoid the impression that the jn present administration ifi enlisted in r a great corporation baiting campaign. If the farming Lands of the Stoie were on a basis of assessment comparable with that upon which city'real estate is held for taxation,!^ there would "be more justice and less occasion for proceeding to inquisition ^ of the corporations." * Hie above most excellent presentation of this vei*y important question is from The Charleston Post. No ^ doubt about it, there seems to be a ^ determination upon the part of the ^ tax commission to lay it on to the ^ corporations just as heavily as it can. n( It is bad enough, when corporations ^ have to endure all the prejudice of individuals, but when added to this, ^ they must have to contend with the qi Stkte %hich should stand for abso- ^ lute Jtiitice and the protection of all ^ men both as to person and property in the peaceful pursuit of their efforts to conduct business, the thing becomes intolerable. The fact that men put their mon'ey together in or- gc der to conduct their business should not and it does not alter the situa- ^ tion in the least. ( V ITj LAWS GOVERNING THE ^ FIGHT AGAINST WHISKEY d< th SUPT. HARLEY GIVES ALL IN- oJ FORMATION? REPLIES TO al CHARGES MADE BY THE Ii( LIQUOR PRESS. sh - qi (Greenwood Journal.) fr The Daily Journal has received pc the following statement as to the h( laws governing the prohibition elec- pi tion from Supt. J. L. Harley: K This election will be held on Tues- sa day, September 14th. There will be th two ballots, as provided by the Stat- la ute?on^: "For the manufacture and hi sale of alcoholic liquors and bever- p< ages in South Carolina;" the other a "Against the manufacture and sale th of alcoholic liquors and beverages in M South Carolina." P: There will be but one ballot box. ki If the result of the election is ei against the manufacture and sale, of alcoholic liquors and beverages sc within the State will be unlawful after that time. jj This law has nothing to do with Sl the one-gallon-a-month law, regulating the importation of liquors from ^ outside the State. All persons who are eligible and desire to vote in this election must have a registration certificate and a receipt showing the payment of all his taxes for the year 1014. To vote in this election a person must have registered more than thir ty days before the election, unless he becomes of a?e within thirty days. The only remaining opportunity to register for this election will be in August. The books will be open for at least three days in August, in a* every county and at such places in ai the county as the Board of Registra- ^ tion may designate by two weeks ^ public notice. In those counties; having 50,000 people or more, the books ic forum ] ruttschnitt ; Railroads ?the Legislators t and the Commissioners. "Managing a railroad is quite different from managing a government where the money is raised by taxaion. When the expenditures, for jood reasons or otherwise, increase, :axes can be equally Increased. The ailroads, while servants of the pubic, cannot raise money with such jase and facility. The railroads must teep their expenditures within their ncomes because while they have some control over their expenditures ;hey have almost no control over their ncomes, their rates being fixed by public authorities. "There is not a railway manager In he country today who is not fearful .hat under the press of increasing denands the transportation systems of he country will, In a few years, break lown, unless the railroads are allowed o earn larger funds wherewith to mild it up. There are vast sections ?f the country, especially in the West, vhere more railroads are needed and i bey cannot be bailt unless thg railways raise new capital. "People invest money in ordor to aake money, ?jh1 they are skeptical is to- whether they can make money >y investing in concern's that' are dealt irith stringently and unfairly. Raiload securities must be made more .ttractlve to invite investment*, and a order th*t they may b? miwto more ^tractive, the roads raust be allowed iarnings that will ^hable them to beet tha increased capital charftaa." ill be open for the first fifteen days August. It in AArnefttlv desired hv those ivoring prohibition that the elecon shall be a full expression of the ntiment of the people, both for and gainst prohibition. And" for that iason, all persons who are eligible do so are uri?ed to register and >te. Accompanying the Above stateenfc'Mr. Harley enclosed the followg, entitled "Criminal bugbear," in ;ply to charges made by newspapers ^presenting the liquor interests: ? Dealing with /the criminal propotion, the liquor sheets are trying to 1 ake it appear that Ka "as, the Probition State, doe? not compare fav ably with the liquor,States; that ansas has more prisoners than her ster State oi! Nebraska, where they ive open bar rooms. This is true, id yet it is a terrible falsehood, i rhen a writer records something for ie purpose o:f deceiving, of course, > does not facts. Thev ilsely claim tlpt their figures do )t include United States prisoners the federal prison at Leavenorth; but their figures are. taken om the federal reports, and every le knows that all prisoners within ie State of Kansas are included in iese reports. But there is yet an;her reason why Kansas has so any more prisoners than her hister iate. Kansas does not inflict capi.1 punishment for any crime whatever. All convicts are sent to the ;nitentiary. A man convicted of ealing a chicken is sent to the penentiary, and if convicted of selling hiskey the second time he is sent > the penitentiary. It is no won- j " 11 TV - 1 it tnai ivansas nas more prisoners lan other States, and yet in the face I all this she shows up very favor>ly when compared with some other juor States. Another fact which lould be mentioned is this: The lilor people are taking their figures om the United States Federal Re>rts of 1904. At that time Okla>ma Territory was wet, and all her risoners .were iient to the prisons of ansas. It is no wonder that Kanis was overrun" with prisoners at iat time. But when we come to the ' test report, IS 10, we find that Probition Kansas sent to prison 212 ionle for each 1 00.000 inhabitants rate lower than any other State in le Union, except North Dakota and ississippi, and both of these are rohibition States; but wet Nebras1 sent 493 people to prison for ev y 100,000 the same year. The liquor people are also having imething to say about the number divorces in Prohibition Kansas, jst a brief comparison here will iffice on this question: Number of divorces per 100,000 in le report of the States. Kansas (Prohibition) 109 Nevada (Wet) 111 Wyoming (Wet) 113 Ariona (Wet) 120 Idaho (Wet) 120 Texas (Wet) 131 Arkansas (Wet) 136 Indiana (Wet) 142 Colorado (Wet) 158 Montana (Wet) 167 Washington (Wet) 184 It is plain to be seen from the >ove, that while the liquor people e shooting in the dark that when ieir figures are brought to the light iey deceive no one. J. L. HARLEY, Supt. S. C. Anti-Saloon League. f PALM Kf 1 Cleaned ai I 30 c | Wehaveboi I Press for tl I Try I Abbeville Ste j| Phont W w^> w w . 4 ?*.. .... ^r ^ rr? ^m. - Cigars Speed's Dl: Phorn Always (Ready Stationery LowRaunc FOR EVERYBODY Seaboard,Air "The Progressive Rj San Francisco and San Diego, tional Exposition, and Pani For specific rate, schedi call on Seaboard Agei C. S. COMPTON. T. P. A.. S. A. L. 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