The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 04, 1916, Page Four, Image 4
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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE, Editor.
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Wednesday, October 4, 1916.
H CONCERNING FRAUD.
Mr. W. R. Richey, Jr., is a lawyer,
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and he presumably knows the rules
\ of law. He excuses himself from
voting in the Democratic Executive
Committee for the nomination oi
? Governor Manning on the ground
that his nomination in the second
| primary was procured by fraud.
Mr. Richey is correct in asserting
pT that fraud vitiates all things. The
law so declares. But Mr. Richey
says nothing about the principle
that "lie who alleges fraud must
1 prove it." And he does not recognize
the legal principle that a contract
or a nomination, alleged to be
^ procured by fraud is presumed to
be free from fraud, and that fre
must stand on that presumption until
the presumption is overcome by
proof as ADJUDGED BY THE TRI[
BUNAL AUTHORIZED TO PASS
ON THE ISSUE.
; Upon this principle Governor
Manning's nomination is at least
I presumably free from fraud. That
presumption stands until somebody
alleges and proves fraud before the
only tribunal designated to try that
. Issue?THE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE. And when
Mr. Richey undertakes to say that he
is no^ bound by th>* votes cast in
the recent primary without undertaking
to allege and PROVE fraud
[' * before that tribunal HE FORGETS
HIS LEGAL LEARNING.
LET DEMOCRATS REGISTER.
The talk of a bolt from the Democratic
party in this state continues
to be heard. We do not believe that
m there will be a bolt by Mr. Blease.
Heretofore, he has accepted the decree
of the people of the state at the
polls, and, so far as we know, he has
- never accused his followers of being
}.' bought with money, bribed by liquor
or scared into voting for men who
did hot represent their choice. We
do not anticipate that he will do so
now.
But, nevertheless, it is the duty of
every democrat in the state to register
and be prepared for the bolters,
if they came. More than one' hunt
dred and thirty-five thousand voters
L- have pledged themselves, on their
word of honor "to abide the result
of the primary." These same people
by their representatives have
constituted the State Executive Committee
as their tribunal to determine
* who is nominated to an office. Their
tribunal has said that Richard -I.
Manning is the nominee for .Governor.
It is the duty of the men who
thus pledged themselves to live up to
the obligations of the pledge. And
they can only do so by preparing
themselves to vote against all bolters,
and by voting against them.
For this reason, and to allow all
men in the state the opportunity to
register, the books of registration
will be kept open at the court house
I until the evening of the 7th, inst.
If there are those who propose to
bolt, they may keep their plans under
cover until it is too late for
democrats to register. This makes
it all the more important that you be
prepared to cast your vote in the
general election. Democrats should
register today.
THE PRICE OF LAND.
We have had occasion, heretofore,
to advise the young men of the county
to buy land. We refer of course
to the young men on the farms, who
expect to make farming a lifetime
occupation.
Just now lands are not on a boom.
The hard times of the last year or
two have made the people more than
cautious. But they will not always
remain so. When a man may buy an
acre of land, and on one year's opN
erations pay for the labor of raising
a crop, and make a net profit
I from the year's work in addition sufficient
in amount to pay for the
land itself, you may expect that land
will soon be in large demand and
that prices will go higher than they
have been in the past.
Lands have always been cheap in
Abbeville county as cuwpareu wim
prices paid in. other counties. While
the prices are still low it is time to
buy. There is no better and no more
stable investment anywhere tfyan the
lands of Abbeville county.' The
young man of the county, who would
be a success as a farmer, and be a
part of the community in which he
lives, should own his own home. Now
is the opportune time to buy. The
lands are cheap?the money to buy
is plentiful. The day of opportunity
is at hand.
BEAUTIFYING THE CITY.
j The City of Abbeville should own
i at least three or four small parks.
, There is nothing which adds so much
> to the beauty of a city as well-kept
[ parks and play-grounds, to say noth[
ing of the pleasure and comfort it
gives the children in the hot days of
, summer.
The city is clearing up the lands
r about the Water and Light Plant, and
convertine this undesirable section
of the city into beautiful grounds
. for the pleasure of the people. The
. work is a commendable one, and we
i hope and believe that the people of
, the city will duly appreciate what is
, being done.
I^ut this park is so far from some
. parts of the City that the people of
these sections will not benefit by its
; maintenance. For that reason other
small parks should be opened in the
. city. And no better park could * be
. acquired by the people of the city
; than Klugh's Park. This property is
.'now being advertised by the owners.
, It may be bought at a reasonable
. price we believe. We would like to
see the people of the city buy it by
private subscription and present it to
, a Board of Trustees for the benefit
| of the white children of the city. Two
persons have stated to the writer
that each would give as much as one
I hundred dollars for this purpose.
Are there not others who are willing
to make a donation to this worthy
cause?
The Press \and Banner would be
. glad to receive pledges from the citi;
zens of Abbeville who are interested
; in beautifying the city and in provid|
ing playgrounds and a park for the
i children as well as the older neonle.
A CARD FROM DOTE
Mundy nite, Oct. ii.
deer edditoral, ?Mi frend mr.
Henri Power of antervul which is a
trew blew demmercrat, wus in ther
Bitty sattidy and he ses ter mee that
the pres en banar are gittin in ther
swim ergin wif me in it, an as i
likes ter see miself in print i takes
mi pen in han ter drap you a few
spasms of ther latest doap on ther
sittiashun.
j Talkin bout ther lection questun i
wus out at cusin Coot's sattidy nite
an we wus talkin bout ther rais for
ther kurriner in whitch Cute thort i
wus tellin a ly when i spoke of ther
ant hill full or lyres in a rais. I gess
icusin coot and sum of ther ' uther
knose that col. Dote smith knose
whut he is talkin bout in a rais now.
,\\f a11 Pnenn Pii + a ooi/l oa nrlinf
'it vuoiti ooiu ao nuuv
him bout a lecshun wus why they
called her a champagne. He said
jarter it . are oaver it seams ter him
that it shood be naimed plane
."lick'er." ennyway Cute got licked,
| i thort. at ther time that Cute shood
thev taiken on Stoan as his champaign
?rratur. ikno now that Stoan wood
a bin a grate help ter Cute. Cute
has ther sents hisself better than
stoan, but you know - the wimmin
'icuts a big figgur in a kurriner^s rais.
j You sea that if ther husbans gits kilt
'ithey wants a good man ter sit on ther
kais. well Cute wus nevar no sue
('cess with ther wimmin like me an
jStoan, an i feals shore that hed
i Stoan bin in ther thick of ther fite
I ter hand aut ther chat ter ther ledies
(an kiss ther babies we wood have bin
betar standin in ther rais. but enny\way
ihas cum ter ther konclusion
|sints mi rais an cusin kute's thet ther
kurriner is fur a crippal man or a
' Konfederack soldeer, and i sed so ter
Cute satidy nite.
1 When it grits hoam sattidy nite i
finds that i have changed colars with
- Dr. Jax presslie. no his naim wus
not on ther colar whitch i had on
but his ritin wus and i knode his
handritin soon as i seed it and so did
lizzie, well the way we got ther col,
<ars mixed wus not that we spent ther
pite tergether and changed ther collars
when we got up but dr. Presslie
icalls me inter his offis sattidy evenin
iand he had a felar in there whitch
' owed him an he sed as how he wanted
me ter help him kerlect ther bill. So
! we took off our cotes and colars and
got reddy ter doo ther collectin and flB|
p'ist then he paid an we put our colars H
back on, when he got them mixt. well H i
i gess Major long or sum uther man H '
wants ter kno whut wus on Dr. Jax Dj
jcolar, and i will tell him, it sed on H j
one paige "drunk ergin," and on H
jther uther "i is a fool," which he. H
pead not of tole, lizzie sais, es evry H '
jboddie knose that now.; so mutch fur H
i dr. Jax. ' | V
has you seed ther new stiles in ther R3
windars of ther toun. Lizzie has, wj
and that is wher i gits off. it seams
ter mee that ther man whitch maiks H (
ther stiles, or ther ladie it wus last H
yeer with a purtie ankal, has it in H
fur ther poir man all ther time. Fust H ]
it are a big hip and then it air no hip Eg
atall, then it air a trane, and then it H ,
air a bathin sute length, an it air H
ther long waiste and then ther short Kj
waiste. It seam ter mee that ther Bj J
demmercratic parties shood taik no- W
tis of ther changin stiles and as it H
are fur ther pore man as well as fur H 1
jther labrin man it shood pass a law H
that the stiles kennot be changed till H ^
.ther last yeer's dress is wared out, If
jist like she handled ther ralerode Hj
strike, it seams ter mee that the H ?
jjpresidint shood hev as mutch ter doo B
i with savin a poar man's munny arter B
it air maid as with helpin ter rase B
his waiges, an i lows ter run fur B
ther legerlatur on ther chaing of B
stiles, and i will win too if i kin H
keap out of lizzie's way, an if ther S
I GALLEY?20 ,-v __?i. idy '
wimmin don't git ter voatin befoar B
-ther rais are oaver. Munro Wilson H
[ishood think about this, an if he wood H
I'xi ? - J j_ i j. IL:. *i.L Km
(tnro in a lew wurus uuut tins witii h
ther germun submerreen he wood H
jnaik a grate hit in Greenwood koun- flj
tie and Glassie mountane township H
and Tirzer, S. C. All this chaingin H
of stiles is kontrarie ter ther skrip- H ,
turs. I heerd dr. Maffax of Du West E
ipreech a sermont on Paul and he sed H
as how Paul wus no man fur stile, H
an neether is Dr. Moffax nor Dote. Bl
And evry uther man shood git in ther H
fite ter whip this stile bizness whitch H l
is wuss then a sumar drouth on a H
cotan patch or a bunch of caterpil- Kg
,?ers on a mulberry tree. H
well i must ansar ther last letar H
Whitch i got frum ther guvnar Man- H
nin so i will cloas fur ther nite. gl
yourn, Dote.
J. A. W.?Dix Sonly gits a letar H
frum Stoan whitch reeds as folars: H
"I am very glad to notice in that H
paper of all papers, (of course it is B
not necessary to mention the name) Rj
that Uncle Dote is still flourishing uj
his literary pen, and that he is now IX
using his best efforts with the "guvi- H
iner" to get the Buy Now and Pay
Later KING a job as his office boy
ifor that great official. You may tell ?
(Dote that I will use my best offices
if he should need me to help land
that boy "Kar" the job. Also tell H
him that King Cole needs some one H *
\to help him weep and Albert Henry H
can sure fill the bill.' H
stoan is cummin up soon ter sell H
mee a ordermorebill. H
Dote. D
McCORMICK. I
McCormick, Oct. 2.?Miss Leslie fl
^Newman of Greenwood, is visiting H
(fripnds in McCormick. Q
| MhvW. K. Charles visited in Col- 9
umbia last week. H
1 Miss Ruby Roberts has returned 9
'home after visiting relatives in 9
Evans, Georgia. 9
[ Mr. E. P. Miller of Bennettsville, B
is spending a few days here with his 9
parents, at the Methodist parsonage. 9 ^
Mrs. C. C. Fuller and children vis- 9
Iiited in Greenwood last week. fl
Miss Marian Sturkey left last Fri- 8
day for Shiloh, in Sumter County, 9
I where she will teach school this ses- 9
rsinn.
Mrs. W. F. Hardy and daughter,
iMiss Lula, of Lincoln county, Ga., _
spent several days here last week. D
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Huguley of An- H
iderson, spent the week-end here with B
ithe former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. Huguley. r .
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