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THE PRESS AND BANNER CO. I
X\ n. P. GREENE, Editor
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 4, 1915 ?
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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JUSTICE TO CORPORATIONS.
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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
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| 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.
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LAWS GOVERNING THE ^
FIGHT AGAINST WHISKEY d<
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SUPT. HARLEY GIVES ALL IN- oJ
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CHARGES MADE BY THE Ii(
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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
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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.
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