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The Press and Banner. B V] ?? " d ABBEVILLE, S. C. u Published Every Wednesday by T The Press and Banner Co. p WM. P. GREENE, Editor. ============== q WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1916. j THE COUNTY TO 1 COUNTY CIRCUS. g s A good deal of discussion is going r on just now as to abolishing the * county to county campaign. We I have not heard the views of Governor Manning and Solicitor Cooper on the subject. Ex-Governor Blease seems to be opposed to the plan, but his statement with regard to the matter J shows that, if adopted, the plan will J not hurt his chances of election, nor } interfere with his right to address the 1 people of the state. He says in ef- * feet that he can draw a crowd anywhere he chooses to speak, and that } his tongue cannot be bridled. An neither can the tongue of any c Other candidate be bridled. That * . * ?- j. J s 18 just wnat we nave Deen vuuieuuing?that abolishing the county to 1 county campaign in no way interferes with the right and opportunity 1 of any candidate for an office, where J public speaking is the order of the 1 day, to appear before the people and * discuss issues. We contend that it * gives to a candidate a better oppor- * tunity for this purpose, a real chance c to discuss ISSUES, and that it elimi- 1 nates the charges and countercharges 1 of former campaigns. Governor 1 Blease has contributed the best argu- t ment for abolishing the campaign as i of former years which can be ad- * vanced. t Some of the candidates may not be e so fortunate as Mr. Blease in having l ? ?* xi j?:? x- V an audience wnerever iney ueaire w t address the people, but that will be because they are not seriously con- 1 sidered in the running. Our experi- t ence is that people like to hear a d good campaign speech, and that a u man who is seriously considered in 1: the race for an important office like' a that of Governor, can always obtain a a hearing. And with the means of o getting over the country, which we a now have, a man may address several audiences in a day. He can prac- a tically cover a county in a day and ^ address all the voters in it,?that is, P if the people care to hear him; and 11 if they do riot, he had as well be at home following a more remunerative e occupation. u Some of those who have expressed n opinions in the matter seem to think that it would be unjust to Governor 8 Manning to abolish the campaign at n this time, that it would be taken as e an evidence that he cannot meet his I * antagonists on the stumn. Nothine. Ia we believe, is further from the truth. ^ Governor Manning has already shown ^ his ability as a campaigner, and no- y body doubts his ability and willingness to meet any of his opponents * on the stump. It will hurt neither * Governor Manning nor Ex-Governor * Blease, because both of them are well * known. Solicitor Cooper will be the loser, if the county to county campaign is abolished, because he is the ablest campaign speaker of the tl three and will make more friends in P an audience than both of the others, jj but we are willing to risk Mr. Coop- p er's chances on the new plan. He w will be able to see the people and to e; let them see and hear him. c< After all the plan, if adopted, should be adopted for the govd of the Ci people of the state. We advocate it because we believe it will bring ir about a more intelligent discussion a, of the issues of the day, and that it tl will promote a better feeling among p: all the people of the state. We e! should not consider candidates in j, the matter. There are numbers of men in the state qualified to fill the office Pf Governor. The convention will not; assemble for the purpose of legislating for any one of them and n' it should not do so. a. ' Tl lr j THE TWO QUART LAW. w fc st Almost every day, somebody wants q to know whether the two quart law t? has been approved by the governor tc and when it goes into effect. And ^ some of our friends are criticising p, Governor Manning for not approving al the law and making it of force. We ^ can understand why a man who w wants beer can find fault with him, r( and why the blind tiger might want the law approved. But when those is who are in favor of temperance disapprove of the actions of the gover- a] nor in going slow in this matter, cl we must conclude that they have not f* studied the situation. For our part, we are perfectly will- jj ing that the amount of liquor which w may be received by an individual be G reduced from a gallon to two quarts. If the law stopped there, we would s( ; favor it. We cannot say that we it object to a person receiving five dozen bottles of beer in lieu of the li- ^ quor, as we believe it less harmful, tc ut the great trouble is that the proision allowing the shipment of five ozen bottles of beer opens the way > all kinds of shipments, not only f beer, but of mean liquor as well, 'he law, it is true, does not contemlate this, but, it is evident that it ?1 .Ikl? -Pa* nawcAno +a ru_ [1SK6S It pUSSlUIC xui pciovuo w *veive even greater quantities of li[uor than they are now receiving. Ln innocent provision will be made he means of untold violations df aw which are not possible under the gallon a month act. For this reaon, we believe that Governor Manling has good grounds to consider he matter well before approving the >roposed law. GOOD ROADS. The county force is at work on the oad from Abbeville to Due West, rhis road has not in the last few rears received the attention which ts importance deserved, but it is now >eing worked in a satisfactory way. The work being done is what has ong been needed. The road is be* ' " * J -11 ng widened at an points, ana wen litched at the sides. It is also >eing thoroughly scraped and made imooth for travel. When completed ve will have a modern thorofare. But this road will not remain in ts present condition unless the peo>le along the line show some interest n keeping it in first class shape. At iris season of the year we know ;hat it is impossible for the people ;o neglect their farms, but when the :rops have been matured, and the est time comes, the people along the oad should get together and give a veek's time to the improvement of his highway. It will mean a saving n time and expense to every man vho uses it. The red places should >e thoroughly sanded, and the sand nixed with the ctyy, and the sand ?eds should be done away with by teing treated with clay. All that the movement needs is a eader. Dr. Carwile is a good man o start the movement, though he loes not reside on this road. He ises it only occasionally, but we beieve he is interested enough to head , movement to give Abbeville county . road which will be an example to ther communities in this county nd to other counties. The people of the city of Abbeville nd of the town of Due West we beieve would co-operate with the peole along the line of this road in mak ' ?' J. -1 1J U-v TI7? ng li wnat u stiuuiu ue. ??c uu^c hat Dr. Carwile, or some other intersted party, may be induced to take p this work, and inaugurate a movelent which will mean so much to he people of the county. We are etting behind other counties in the latter of good roads and it is necssary that the people go to work, t is idle to look to the chain-gang nd to the small tax levied to keep he roads up to what they should be. 'he people must realize that other rork and help must be contributed. * * * * * * * * * * * * THE GOVERNOR'S RACE. * * * * * ***** ** * Preaching the Funeral. Quite a number of the papers of tie state are printing Mr. Cooper's olitical funeral, but^ve have an idea lat they are somewhat premature. letter wait until about the latter art of August, and at that time we rould not be surprised that they will xperience a jolt when they wake up. Mr. Cooper will be able to take are of himself on the platform gainst all others, and great changes an be wrought in a few months. It has been repeatedly noted that le Anderson county votes is a good idication of how the state will vote, nd if this continues to hold true lis time, we have a very strong susicion as to who will be the next govrnor of South Carolina. Better call off the funeral.?Anerson Daily Mail. R. A. Cooper. There have been many and varied ewspaper comments on the advent f Mr. Cooper into the gubernatorial ice. Some criticize him for enter ig the race, on the ground that it ill weaken the cause of the law en>rcement element by dividing its ;rength and also on the ground that ov. Manning is entitled to another irm. Others acknowledge his title become a candidate without furler comment, while still others came at definitely on his side. The proartion of these different views is bout the same as may be judged om the comments printed in last eek's paper. The larger daily paars, as a whole, have been rather ;ticent in expressing themselves. The chief objection brought forth on the ground that Gov. Manning's id Mr. Cooper's platform in the last impaign were practically the same tid for Mr. Cooper to justify his aim to the office now he must find xult in Gov. Manning for advocating ist those things which he himself as pledged to do. We do not know [r. Cooper's plan of campaign, but e see no necessity for him to attack ov. Manning's record. That re)rd has been made and is already ublic property. There is no rea>n why Mr. Cooper should go into unless he chooses to, for he might ;el willing for the voters to pass on without anything further than hat Gov. Manning himself may wish > say about it Judging from the urgent requests that Mr. Cooper says he has been receiving, a large num- *u ber of people have already formed jvt their opinion of the governor's rec- ?fl ord and it only remains for Mr. UC Cooper to give his platform and views 3 as to the future so that they may 31 decide for themselves whether or not I they are depending upon the right man. It may certainly be depended upon that Mr. Cooper will not say or I do anything that will in anywise com- j promise himself with a lawless ele- ment. His record as a prosecuting officer in the courts is sufficient to | blight any hopes along that line. f It is real early to predict with any 5 degree of certainty as to the pros- I pects of any candidate in the race, but we rather think that many pa pers have underestimated the I strength of Mr. Cooper and are not [ aware of the strong current running * in his favor. Of course he may be 1 deceived in this himself, but that is J a matter for his own judgment and does not at all argue that he should not respond to it.?Laurens Adver- ? tiser. 1 Manning and Cooper. g We have yet to hear of anything [ that Gov. Manning has done during ? his administration that would have been done differently by Mr. Cooper | had the latter occupied the governor's V chair. Both are men of high ideals, J lofty and clean in their purposes, I and the Laurens man's candidacy is f not so much a protest against any act of Governor Manning as simply I *' ;? - -r ? ui: ?l:-i_ i tne expression ox an aminuuu wukii ? Mr. Cooper or anybody else has a * perfect right to possess, if he so de- 1 sires, but nevertheless, is singularly ? unfortunate, coming at this juncture, r ?Chester Reporter. j Cooper In the Race. [ From the viewpoint of The En- j quirer, Mr. Cooper has just as much [ right to enter the race for governor p this year as he had two years ago, J and as much right as Mr. Manning I or Mr. Blease. Also we do not mind g saying that we are glad Mr. Cooper has seen proper to enter. We have ? no objection to a governor serving [ two terms if the people want him, or y three for that matter; but we do not want a governor to serve a sec- ( ond term or a third term, unless the g people do want him. To find out what the people want, they must R have the opportunity to express them 3 selves, and to do that they must have ! a choice of candidates. No matter U how many candidates there may be 3 in the race, it is the purpose of The "f Enquirer to try to treat them all as fairly as possible.?Yorkville Enquir- 3 er. U SHORT SKETCH OF ft JNO. A. HORTON I (The Pickens Sentinel.) if John A. Horton, of Belton, now a y; candidate for Congress from this dis- -j trict, was born forty-one years ago on a farm near Neal's Creek church in Anderson county. When he was ? old enough he worked on the farm in summer and went to school after crops were laid by, and in this way ? prepared himself for college. He g worked his way through school, teaching during vacation, and graduated from the Patrick Military Institute in Anderson. In this institution under the instruction of Col. J. B. Patrick, the great and good Christian teacher, young Horton had the principles of honesty, honor and duty in all things deeply impressed upon him. These principles had been taught him by Christian parents in the home. Now they were more permanently fixed in the very foundation of his character and when HorJ. 1./J. - 1 I 1- - ?i Al tun leit wie scnooi ne went into me school room as a teacher and into the store room as a salesman and later into the mercantile business with his father at Belton. The principles of honesty, honor and duty guided him in buying and selling goods and he succeeded. When the Farmers Bank was organized at Belton in 1903, Mr. Horton was elected cashier and so faithfully did he discharge his duties and prove his ability to manage the business of the bank that he was promoted from cashier to president in 1908, and under his management the bank has done well and has accommodated I many farmers in the community, as ? well as others. People who have ft dealt with his bank will tell you that I they have had a square deal. When the subject of this sketch was quite a boy it was my pleasure to receive him into the fellowship of Neal's Creek church, and I am glad to hear that he has been a consistent member and active worker in the church and Sunday school. While every man ought to and must stand on his own merits, yet it is not against a man to have good and honorable kin people. So in the case of John A. Horton, he has good people on his father's and mother's side. His father and grand-father were successful farmers. He has two uncles who are honored and successful lawyers in Atlanta, Ga., and his brothers are successful business men. He is closely related to the Majors and Longs, successful farmers and business men of Anderson county. His wife was a Miss Tate, of Elbert county, Ga., closely related to our popular fellow citizen, E. W. Tate, of Norris. Dr. Wm. A. Long of Liberty, married a sister of Mr. Horton. Should Horton be elected to Congress he would fill the seat of one of our most honored and lamented representatives, who was a kinsman of his by marriage. I refer to the lamon+oH AcVinrv f!_ T,n+inn?r wVia arns_ perhaps; one of the most popular men among the masses of this district. Horton's friends do not claim for him the gift of great oratory, but they do claim for him honor, integrity, fidelity to duty, that he is a business man of fine ability, a man from the people, of the people and for the people; a man who has worked himself up and who knows the needs of the people. He pledges himself, if elected, to do his best for all the people as God shall give him light to see his duty and grace and strength to discharge the same.?Adv. raiaiamrisiaraigraiiui A FEW MAKES AND PRICES W. L. Doug. las, Shoes $3.00 $3.50 and $4.00 M Walk Overs' at $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00 You will get your mon= ey's value out of this lin^. Par aaRfflaaafiffflfl I News i c i i i / 1 r t a t t I Mrs. / Ha iJEigfararaizfEizfiuaianifiiran THERE'S T D ONE THING I You'll do well to keep in mind when you go to buy a pair of SHOES ?You want comfort as well as looks?You don't want to sacrifice one for the other, and you won't have to if you come here for your SHOES. We have a number _f ? J or comronaDie aressy lasts in the very latest styles. . i ker & Ri iiaraniiiiran!^^ For le 1 After a most successful openng we are ready for the next big rvent, Field Day. Are you ready! f not, come in and let us fix you ip. How about that Coat Suit? kVe have some very swell ones eft and our prices are very easonable. Millinerv Our Hat Department is filled o the limit with all that is new tnd stylish in head-wear. Come o see us and let us convince you hat this is the place to buy your tats. Jas. S. Co Abbeville, S. C Maaaaaaaaajjg ^ !i A FEW MAKES jj AND PRICES jj Reynolds {J Shoes J} $5.50. j! D I I oaniMcrs n Shoes, at u $6.00 I Real mon- ffi ey's worth ffi in every pair m of them. Si ?ese J # ?si - v' adies! I m m BH s IS EM chran I -1