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fr?' The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Published Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Co. WM. P. GREENE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1916. READ MCLAURIfTS INTERVIEW It is evident from reading the in terview of Hon. John L. McLaurin which will be found in todays issue that he did not "control" the Demo cratic convention which met in Col umbia on 17th inst. What he has U say is, nevertheless, interesting read ing. The people of the state have beei wanting to know what is being don< with the people's money.. If they wil read the list of offices and officer named in Mr. McLaurin's statemen 'ill finil r?r>t vtinrA monei if going. It would be interesting b know just when all these useless offi ces were created, are they of recen creation, or have we had them foi some time? Perhaps Mr. McLaurii will tell us. And a list of the men who ill these offices and who are on thi "boards" would also make interestinf reading. Are they of the same ol( crowd which has been filling all th< offices and drawing all ihe salaries in the state for thirty years, firsl under one political regime and thei another. We would like to see a lis1 nf the necmle who are on the state': pay-roll, in every department with s Statement of the salaries paid. Wili Mr. McLaurin, in order to make his arraignment complete, favor us with this? jc- . . A GROWING EVIL. Some years ago one of the circuit judges of the state sentenced a man, and then suspended sentence. - An appeal was taken and the supreme court held that a circuit judge had no ruch power. Thereupon, the legislature passed an act conferring such power. Since that time, the judgef of the circuit courts, or some of them, have exercised the power in a constantly growing number of cases. We believe that the act of the legislature should be repealed. It is a disagreeable duty and a hard duty to' sentence a white man to the chain gang, and the sympathy of judges on the benclL vpder the influence ol the pleading lawyers, gets the bettei - - i xx ?,,1^ 01 their judgment. men ?uu uivwu be punished are being convicted by the jurors and then are escaping their just deserts through a suspended sentence. The danger is illustrated by a case tried in Anderson county last week. \ A white man was convicted of selling liquor and sentenced to eighteen months on the chain gang, the sentence showing that his case was a X5~" ^ wwAViikifiAn nagrsnt yiuiuvwu ux uic pvuiuiwvu law. He had been convicted of selling liquor before, and therefore had had his warning. Notwithstanding, his sentence was suspende'd. Without i knowing all the facts of his case, and with all due respect for the judge, we assert that he was not entitled to this form of clemency. A man who is convicted of selling blind tiger liquor for the second time, should go to the rock pile, it is nara to convict a white man in the courts in cases of this kind. They are only convicted when the most conclusivc testimony of their guilt is offered. Many escape who are guilty. Their guilt being established by this degree f proof, they are not entitled to Cither sympathy or mercy. CARRYING THE STATE. Governor Manning carries the ftate almost every day now in his Pace for re-election as Governor. He got off at Spartanburg Saturday on his way to Charlotte and carried it again. He had the whole thing mwoH ii n in tTi? Democratic Conven. tion in Columbia, according to the newspapers which are supporting him. Or to express it according to their manner of saying it, he "controlled the convention." Very well. We are glad he did. We are glad, too, that the convention was kind to Hess. Clinkscales, Pollock and Jennings. When the people talk, who cannot be controlled, Cooper will be the Governor of the state, and the other boys of 1914 will have something pleasant to think about. Act nfrancro oc if mnv SPPm. thf Manning people admit that Coopei had about one hundred friends in the convention. These voted to elecl the Manning men to the National Convention, and along with them they voted for Manning. The Blease element even voted for Manning bu1 did you hear of Manning showing any disposition to send a Coopei man or a Blease man to the National Convention? Not much, they don'1 do things that way. They believe in taking the whole hog. They "conA 1 ' I trol". But the people will pot be I "controlled." All the office holders ! in the state, and all the machine poli ticians in the state will not stop the people of the state in their march to seize the reins of the government again. SOME FARMING TALK. We attended the speaking at Mr. Wakefield's farm last Wednesday. . We heard some of the speeches. The editor of the Southern Cultivator was . one of the speakers and he made for , the most part a good sensible speech, f saying many things which should . have been said. He gave utterance . to one thought however, which we be> lieve should not have been said, be. cause it is not founded on facts. We do not mean of course, to say that j the speaker meant to deceive. We a think, rather, he fell into the error 1 of adopting the cry of the demago8 gue hunting office, without thinking t really what he was sayng. What he said was in substance. j this: All other classes are "preying on you" (the farmers). The speaker t was developing the idea that the farr mere did not think, that they did not use their heads, that they did not plan, as do men in other callings and professions, and that they lost there* by. To all of this we might agree, ' though we do not think men in other > callings do as much thinking as they * should always. The results indicate * that they do not. But the idea ad5 vanced that all other callings and t occupations are waylaying the road 1 of the farmer, ready to pounce upon t him and take what he makes 1 for 3 nothing or for less than it is worth, 1 is purely demagogy, as Mr. Hunnicutt I will admit, if he thinks. J The farmers may not take care of 1 themselves as they should. It may be that they could by co-operation, if they would let politicians alone, market their crops on better terms and by other methods and get more for ' them, but in the end they make as > good use of what the Lord has blessed 1 them with as most other people. ! If the editor of the Southern Culti1 vator, will buy chickens and eggs, ' ham and other produce, hay, corn, 1 and oats from the farmers of Abbe1 vile county for twelve months, he ' will conclude, we think, thgt there * 4a oViAlif ac mn/?h nr??Trinc* nn Ana aiAa | MMVUV WW UAVftWlft VJlllg Vil VU? OlUC as the other. The fact is that the - farmer can no more do without the ^ merchant, the artisan, the professionr al man, the banker and the broker 1 than they can do without him. What ' is to the general interest of the one is to the general interest of the other. ' The one has something to sell, and i the other desires to buy. The buyer r is as necessary to society and prog: ress and prosperity as the seller, and the seller as necessary as the buyer. We all make one whole. The > farmers should know this and they do know it, as well as the merchant, the banker and the others. Then, why is it that we are always hearing the same old song that everybody is "preying on the farmers?" To what purpose would the farmer grow crops to pell if there were no buyers? When he buys from them in the spring he buys to the best advantage. When they do the same from him in the fall are they less patriotic than the farmer was in the spring? When the farmer buys for as little as he can and sells for as much as he can, is there any reason for him to whine ahd cry because other people do the same? If the farmers are to make progress they should fashion it for themselves. The inspection of a good farm like Mr. Wakefield's and a half hour's talk with him on the ways and means to grow alfalfa, oats, and other crops is worth a great deal more than all the speech-'making in the country, though we do not discredit speechmaking of the right kind. We have learned from thirty years of obser, vation, however, that the man who i goes about the country talking about , the farmers being imposed upon and preyed upon is not their real friend, ; and that he spreads false doctrine, , dangerous to the interests, not only , of the farmer, but to the whole , country. . There has been more legislation , for the farmers of this country and . State during the past ten years than for all other classes and conditions of men. And there has come the | rub. The farmers have sought to get from legislation what Wakefield hflu Ht-iop nnf. nf fhft trrminH. Thprp , is no salvation for anybody in legis. lation. As the speaker truly said . in other parts of his speech, the whole hope of the farmer is in intel> ligent thought and work combined. . When this is put into opertaion the 5 farmer will "prey" upon the world, ; if there is any preying done.? i l After putting on the boxing gloves a man realizes why it is far more ! blessed to give than to receive. ' You may have noticed that a man icn'f WTAvfVl Inn ? i'o fVio WUVS o<xyO 111C ion u wuimi living 10 w*v [ first to make an effort to save him. self when danger threatens. 1 A woman's head is usually strong" er than her arm. OUR NOBLE CAUSE. There is one man in South Carolina who should not be allowed another day of political life?William N. ^ Graydon of Abbeville. This person ^ actually had the effrontery to get up ~ in the State convention and belittle our noble cause! And the greater ei the shame is the fact that those un- y feeliiiar delegates and the galleries \ shouted with glee. si To the political gibbet with such a " man! Off with his head! Scrap heap him! This is a dangerous person. If M we mistake not he was in at the death of our former "noble institution," p: the State dispensary. It is unsafe to J< have such men around. V Why should a man of such cruelty tl be permitted to roam at large, with- tl ering with his scorn the tender a flower of this State, the cotton ware- r; house "system?" And right there in the presence of the president of the l secret, society of the warehousemen. ^ Such lack of veneration! And inithe v, presence of the author of that ister-piece of fiction, the Laney-Odom 0 Act, which we all know would give us ample protection and cheaper in- g surance. It has done it?ye-es, it has. n Give ear unto the sacrilege of this a iconoclast from Abbeville. "Out of 4 a crop of fifteen million bale* of cotton,. thn South. Carolina warehouse v lyitem took care of only 61,000 bales e: and yet they hare the nerve to tell a us that this warehouse has affected y die price of cotton." It was undemocratic'to use a pile driver in any w "such fashion. To ridicule the ware- ^ house system of the State in any such manner! Why one cotton mill g in Columbia will consume nearly f4 that much cotton, and Columbia is ^ not even considered seriously when Sl cotton manufacturing ceniers are mentioned. It is a lese majeste s] thus to buffet our noble cause. h But there was one defender of the system who came gra-a-andly to its H rescue?Col. Dan S. Henderson of 11 Aiken. He foresaw just what might happen to our glorious cause if it ai got into the primary, with its leader g pilloried upon every stump in a fash- f( ion that our modern politicians have , a way of doing; he pointed out the | n danger of the shibboleth of "com- ? mercial democracy," a kind of a ~ damned spot that he seemed to think 01 might not out. A great service he has done our noble cause, after the rudeness of that man from Abbeville, tl ?The Columbia Record. y< = When a bride discovers that what . she married likes corned bread and i cabbage better than angel food, an- ! j! other honeymoon bubble has explod- ! ed. j j | About the only satisfaction most ; i married women have is they are not spinsters. ; j: If a leap year girl has tact she can- ;i; make her victim believe he did the ;i; proposing. |l; NorrU Exquuite Candies j 2 ;j: Waterman's Fountain Pens E Hudnut's Toilet Articles [ ? ~ Knoxville Ice Cream [ J McMurray's Fount Drinks 3 ifi . I; Prescription Dept. E j Pertinent 11 i Paragraphs I j Pertaining to j j ri operiy [ j Prepared 1j Prescriptions I < ij There are a few items regarding Prescription com- j pounding which are essential I j to the restoration to health 1 " of those who are ill. ' J The sick one is not in E | ' condition to note them and | I the well may not take the [ ; matter of the prescription I J . qSnoua ^^snoi.i3s 1 , , This is to call your atten- P 3 tion to some of these essen- ] ; lials. . 1 In this store none but ? ] specialists work on prescrip- . J lions. _ 1 Just as large experience s J | is of value to a physician so J 1 it is to a pharmacist. Ex- 1 perience is almost as import- > I ? ' ant as is education. 1 ? Only experienced as well I ? as educated prescription f compounders are employed f I at McMurray's. s J Your baby's life may de- f ] pend upon the way in which J the prescription is filled. " J McMURRAY I nniiA aa 1 If If UU bV. | BROWNLEE. < The Abbeville Singing Convention ar held at Midwav church. Sunday. [ay 21. A large crowd attended, most the whole community, besides sitors and delegates. Every one t ijoyed the good singing, also there \ as plenty of dinner. J. 0. Cann4 g candidate for Sheriff) enjoyed the e nging especially. He sat on the < ont and helped sing. Mr. Horton, ^ indidate for Congress, was also at ] [idway, and helped to sing. ( This community had quite a sur- f rise in the marriage of Miss Nora ? enkins and Mr. Julius Bardberry. 7e wish them much happiness in * leir married life. ' They will be at 1 le home of Mr. J. W. Bradberry for i short time. We give Mrs. Bradber- 1 f a hearty welcome. . 1 Mrs. Tom Baskin, two children, j avinia and Mabel, are spending a j bile with Mrs. Edd Smith, who has ' een sick, but is some better. 1 Mrs. M. H. Sexton and children, 1 f near Starr, spent the day Wednes- 1 ay with her sister, Mrs. J. H. Fer- 1 uson. 1 Mrs. Jim Ware, spent Saturday < ight.wiUi her sister, Mrs. Nance, and | ttended the singing at Midway Sun- | ay. I Messrs Vernon Bradberry and Cal-1 in Prince have returned from an xtended trip to Birmingham, Ala., nd other points, reporting a. nice me. Miss Sadie Prince of Antreville, ill spend a few days with her sis>r, Mrs. Adger Hodge this week. Misses Bertie Caldwell and Althea [eaton, from Antreville, were visi>rs to the Singing Convention Sunay. We hope they enjoyed themjives enough to come again. / Mrs. Lizzie Clark, and sons, Mariiall and J. P., are visiting relatives ere. [AVE A CLEAR, HEALTHY SKIN ZEMERINE removes all roughness nd redness, and leaves the skin in a ood healthy condition. Best remedy >r Eczema. Stops the itching and eals permanently. 50c and $1.00 t Bowden-Simpson Drug Btore, or rom Zemerine Chemical Co., Orangeiirg, S. C. While you are waiting and hoping le undertaker comes along and gets 5U. ; 1 SB5 JUST THE PLACE T( delicious fou1 erred in a moat sanitary manne: you ?it comfortably under the el steve;s famous promptly delivered anywhere in flavors. Fresh fruit. Packed to dainty candie made fresh every day in our sani Hot W( ?^ PALM B1 Summer D Crepe Cloth, $8.50. Also big reduction Best value market. A few woo will need one can buy one I This depar Hats coming we will appr / Mrs. h "The Store of Si GEORGIA SHERIFF KILLED. Ion of Judge Accused of Crime at , Elberton. Anderson, May 21.?Sheriff Newon Hailey, of Elbert County, Georgia vas shot and instantly killed today ihortly after noon by Arnold Worley, ion of Judge Worley, of the Superior jourt, according to eye-witnesses, J vho have returned to Anderson. ?rom their testimony there was much sxcitement in Elberton this afternoon ind Worley had to be fushed away to afety. Deputy Sheriffs John Sanders and rim Williams, of Anderson, went to Elberton this morning to identify a legro over there supposed to be one that was wanted by the authorities lere. This morning about 7 o'clock ;he deputies from Anderson and Sheriff Hailey went down to the Seaboard Railway depot and arrested ;he negro which was bought to be he one wanted. They started back < to the Court House, where an Ander- ; ;on negro was waiting, who had been J taken to Elberton to identify the , >ther negro. On the way to the Court House the negro under arrest s said to have passed the lie to Sheriff Hailey, and the officer in turn dapped him. Worley saw this, and | it is claimed he reprimanded the sheriff, telling him that he had better 'cut it out." The sheriff replied that he was attending to his business and that he (Worley) had better go on about his. According to the reports nothing more was seen of Worley for about tialf an hour. While Sheriff Hailey and other officers were sitting in the 1 Court House Worley walked- in. The sheriff told Worley that he did not 1 see the reason for Worley's conduct 1 sarlier in the day. Worley, it is al- J leged, then pulled his pistol, fired rwice at close range ana began oacKing toward the door. He continued' " to shoot, three more shots being fired, 1 aone of these taking effect. Although nortally wounded, Sheriff Hailey ired at Worley three times as he was 1 joing out of the door. None of these shots took effect. Hailey expired within five minutes, it is said, one of i che bulleta having entered his" left jj Hide just below the heart. In a very short time Worley started back into the Court House, but was net by Deputy Sheriff Sanders, who told him that he must not enter. Po Hi;ciiinn uv/uuovu waiuo ?mvuv ?u?o | iiiii'Mi'Mtssssrewsswrawtwwwsi } MEET YOUR MANX NT DRINKS ^~| J r by courteous waiter*, while lectric fan*. ^ ICE CREAM i town on 'phone order. All \ order. D GOODIES L tary candy kitchen. P mmmmwmmmmmmmmmm latter Sp ?ACH SUITS, $5.00 TO resses in Muslin, Lawn, white and colors. Pric< some Silk Dresses to cloi in price. SHIRT WAISTS. in .50c. waists ever sho1 COAT SUITS. 1 Coat Suits for Spring 1 when you go to the mour Lere at one-third off for tl MILLINERY. taient is still in full bh in every week. Give us i nnin+ck if arir] onQranfoo c; OV/JLC4 V/Vs XI/ UAAU MIAAVVV KJt Yours for more business, 10 Q f lOt U* V ;yle and Quality" i .* OPERA HOUSE HUGH CLASS MOTION PICTURES Program For Week Befiukf WEDNESDAY, MAY 24. < ,X r urpv\Ki?nflfh & ?i \ ncunfiauAi, 24ts.~ First Episode, "Girl and th? Gum"? 2 Reels. "Under, Fir* in Mexico"?3 Reel*. "Back to the Farm"?1 Reel' Comedy* THURSDAY, 25th. * "Th* Biasing Sun"?-3 Reels. 14Lot* Thy N.ighbor"?1 Reel Conu FRIDAY, 26tk "BATTLE CRY OF PEACE" SATURDAY, 27th. "BATTLE CRY OF PEACE." .MONDAY, 29th. "THE IRON CLAW." -V ' . . ' ! ;. " time and placed Worley under arrest. - j Be was carried to the city jail, Mfc ^ so many people began to gatherand since there was talk of violence, he was spirited away. It is thought ha * . was taken to Athens or Atlanta. " Country Ciiurcfel \ Are Discussed By Presbyterians. Orlando, Fla., May 19.?Country churches, the theme set fofr four sessions in the next five days of General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church, was dicussed at today's session. As thirty-nins and half per cent of the Presbyterian churches Ik the south are located in the country districts, church leaders are of this opinion they should -be given more consideration than in the past. This was emphasized in the relation of Dj* C. W. Grafton of Union church, Mississippi, mouerator. The matter of relationship between j the Oglethorpe University and the church was left to the decision of ad. interim committee: : . Two reports were submitted on woman's work in the church,, one _i i j _i.: iuJ saying man suuuia cuuuuue m iwuership and the minority favoring giving woman more latitude. Deferred until Saturday. ' FRIENDS? | iteve's IS :andy rrrrhfn M w 1 i \ * * - h ecials! . ( < $8.50. Voile and 3 $1.50 to se out at a wn in this m eft. You itains. You le CASH. ist. New four order, itisfaction. * i * i lochran II Abbeville, S. O.