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Established 1844. n The Press and Banner ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. v Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. q si Published Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Co. Telephone No. 10. ~ ' ? st C Entered as secona-ciass mtm master at post office in Abbeville, S. C. ti . n Terms of Subscription: b One year $1.60 c / * Six months .75 Three months .50 e Payable invariably in advance. v * c Wednesday, October 11, 1916. a .? ti MR. N. O. PYLES. ti Mr. N. 0. Pyles, of Columbia, who has been the Mail m'an in the legisla- n ture for a great many years, has h come to Abbeville to take a position tl of Canvassing Agent for the Press ^ and Banner. He will work in * the ^ city for a few days and will then visit a the different sections of the county, b He plans to make a house to house s< canvass of the county to acquaint the P people of the county with the merits n of this good paper. c< The management of the paper will ci appreciate any favors shown Mr. ^ Pyles by subscribers or friends. We a are planning to put the Press and Banner into every home in the county where a good paper is appreciated, and where ^the-people want the news. We have not resorted to any of the j, modern devices for increasing ( circu- e] lation, such as contests, and premi- d urns. We believe that the Press and c, Banner will sell on its merits, and we tj want no mushroom growth. If you want to ride on the band wagon see j? Mr. Pyles. c< ???i b< GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP w ? bi Representative Adamson of Geor- tc gia, h?s indicated to the railroads 01 that if they do not like the recent al bill which he introduced and which r< the Wilson administration made law, u: making an eight-hour-a-day basis law for employees with ten hours pay, the government' will take charge of ^ the railroads and operate them itself. The people will not take seriously the & political buncombe . of Congressman i* Adamson, and we have a ' suspicion" d( that Mr. Wilson has not made politi- tl cal capital out of what he and his f< leaders believed a shrewd political r< move. tl But the people are interested in ci the common carriers of the land per- ** forming their obligations to be pub- ~ lie, which is that they safely carry C1 and seasonably deliver freight ten- 03 dered them fo^ carriage. Just now a the coal mines are complaining that P' the railroads are furnishing so few w cars that they can operate only two * days in the week. The result is that 0] ' there is no coal in the eountry and ^ people as well as industry must suf- ** , fer. The railroads themselves say ai that thev cannot haul fh? cn?i ?? >? 8C count of car shortage. ^ In our view this is a plea of in- P1 ..... competence. The railroads of the 01 country have had sufficient warning C( of the impending prosperity. They ^ have had a season for road-building, road improvement, car building and P5 car repairing. The progress of the J1 country warned them that the de- ^ mand? upon them were growing, and Cl that a return of good times meant a heavy demand upon them for equipment And we think the public will not take kindly to their plea that they have neglected their duty in getting- ready for the day which is upon them. The public, at least the thinking public, takes no stock in the ^ prejudice which politicians and other g designing persons would keep alive ai against the railroads, but the public ^ which has allowed the government to ir surrender to the railroads its func- f( Ci . tion of managing interstate highways will not sit idly by and be satisfied fi with a plea that the railroads have S neglected to perform their primary ^ duty to the public. If the railroads ti are impotent to do the carrying busi- 0 ness of the country, it should be a, handled otherwise. The progress of C the country should not be blocked, V nor the necessities and comforts of ? i Hi life denied the public, because the railroads are behind the times. S TWO ENEMIES OF SOCIETY. n ai The two arch enemies of the law ti got in their deadly work in Green- ^ wood county on Saturday night?the tl result is, fatherless children, widows ^ and sorrowing parents. The com- gj lunity has received a rude shock, ut with time it will be forgotten, nd the liquor outlaws of Jacksbnille and Chattanooga, and the makrs of the hip-pocket pistols will live n, and sell their wares, and be conidered respected, we presume. The time has come to fight liquor nd the pistol to a finish. The man oolln linnnr nnil tVio man whn arries and the man who manufaciires and sells pistols?all are^enelies to civilized society and should e wiped off the map. Too long this ountry has been afflicted with these vils because all state regulations are oid under the interstate commerce lause of the constitution. But what bout congress? Are the representaives of the people in congress such riends of these enemies of civilizaion that we cannot have the constiution so amended that these enemies lay J>e driven from our doors, our omes, and our state? Where have ley been these many years and rhat have they done? Have they inked at the wine when it was red, nd patted the pistol-toter on the ack? It is time that we elected )me real representatives of the peole to congress, men with enough tanhood to join in the twentieth antury march for law and order and ivilization, and no longer allow "in ;rstate commerce" to license crime nd bloodshed in the land. THE CIRCUIT JUDGES. The attack of sickness suffered by iidge Wilson at Anderson last week mphasizes the absolute necessity of iscontinuing the rotation of the cirjit judges in South Carolina. Twen7 years ago when the business in i le courts was not one-third of what now is, and when there were fewer )unties, and cases of few kinds to e tried, men stood the ordeal very ell. But for the last twenty' years usiness has grown to such an ex- ] snt that the judges cannot run all rer the state and do the work. The 1 Mictions upon the circuit bench in ;cent years and the wear and tear , pon the physique of strong men ; low this. , Besides the business of the courts >day is not only the trial of cases at the administering of legal remeies which ofttimes means the -life of istitutions in our midst The r'esient judge who knows the people and le institutions, and what they stand >r, is better able to administer the nf t.hp law in thpsp msoa 1 lan a judge whose interest in a . ise, or other matter ends when he ies it. The congested dockets in the cirlits, too, is a result of the rotation I the judges. One judge continues case ofttimes, having a strong suscion that it should be tried and that ' i attorney or a client is playing for , me. The next judge knows nothing | I this, and when he comes along te same thing is done again. The ial judge should know the docket i ad the cases on it, and he should | :e that cases are promptly tried.; < [odern business methods should be 1 at into operation in legal matters, ' id cases which are begun in the ] >urts should be tried aYid ended. 1 he day when a case should stand on ( te docket for a hundred terms is i isL Change of circuits by ( idges has made such a system possi- | le. The abolition of this worn-out ' istom will cure the evil., ? ??? i Supply Ordinance o Raise Supplies for the City of ' Abbeville, S. C., for the Fiscal 1 Year, 1917. 1 Be it ordained by the Mayor and lderman of the City of Abbeville, 1 . C., in Council assembled and by athority of the same, That a tax for le sums and in a manner hereinaf- ' sr named shall be raised and paid ito the treasury of the City Council >r the uses and purposes for the fisil year 1917. Notice is hereby given that the ofce of City Treasurer of Abbeville, . C., will open for collection of tax- . 5 for said fiscal year 1917 from Wednesday, November 1st, 1916, un- : 1 Friday, December 31, 1916, withut penalty. Rates per centum of taxation are 5 follows: ity tax (five) 5 mills Waterworks tax (interest on bonds and sinking funds (two) 2 mills ilectric Light tax (Iurton bond and sinking fund) (two) 2 mills ewerage tax (Inton bond and sinking fund) (two) 2 mills That when the taxes and assesslents or any portion thereof charged gainst the property or party on the ix books of the city for the fiscal ear 1916, shall not be paid on or efore the first day of January 1916, le City Treasurer shall proceed to dd a penalty of of one per cent, on le tax book, and the City Treasurer nail collect the same, and if the i said taxes, assessments and penalties are not paid on or before the first day of February next, thereafter, an additional penalty of one per centum shall be added by the Cijty Treasurer, and *if said taxes, assessments and penalties are not paid on or before the first day of March next thereafter an additional penalty of five per centum thereon shall be added by the City Treasurer, and be collected by him; and if the said taxed assessments and penalties are not paid on or before the fifteenth day of March, next thereafter, the said City Treasurerr shall issue his tax execution for said taxes assessments and penalties against the property of the defaulting taxpayers according to law. A commutation road tax will be collected the same time as other taxes from all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 55 years, except those exempted by law. , This commutation tax is as follows: The sum of two dollars payable be * ?1? 01 1 Q1 7 +Kn eum nf lore uaui cu oioi^ xvjl i 9 vuv ?ium two and 50-100 dollars if not paid until and daring the month of April, 1917, the sum of three dollars if not paid until and during the month of May, 1917. In lieu of this tax six days work upon the highways aqd streets of the city will W required under the Street Overseer.;,: All persons failing or refusing to pay the commutation tax or to work six full days shall upon conviction be fined not more than thirty) dollars or imprisoned more than thirty days. Done and ratified in City' Council, this 6th day of October, 1916.. T. G. PERRIN, C. C. GAMBRELL, City Clerk. Mayor. NOTICE TO JURORS. Jurors drawn for second week of the Court, commencing October 16, 1916, are hereby notified not to report, as there will be no Court. J. L. Perrin/ Clerk. STATEMENT^ OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ; CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST, 24, 191?, . J Of Abbeville Presa and Banner, pub liahed weekly at Abbeville, a. u, for October, 1916. . }i STATE OF SOUTH CAROUNA, County of Abbeville. Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Wm. P. Greene, | who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Editor of the Abbeville'Press and Banner and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a- true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the , aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and: Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit:, .. 4: v. r 1. That the names and addresses of rthe publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, The Press and Banner J Co., (Inc.) Abbeville, S. C. Editor, Wm. P. Greene; Abbeville, s. c. : Managing Editor, Wm. P. Greene, Abbeville, S. C. ^ i Business Manager, Wm. P.,Greene, Abbeville, S. C. ,: v 2. That the owners are: ' Wm. P. Greene, W. W. Bradley, W. R. Bradley, Stockholders; Abbeville, S. C. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: Merfanthaler Linotype Co., New York City; Dodson Printers' Supply Co., Atlanta, Ga. . 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of tfie own-' era, stockholders, and security Holders, if any, contain not onl^the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases ^foere the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the bompany as trustee or in any other fiduciary, relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is Etc ting:, is given: also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who dotaot ap pear upon the books of the company 1 as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any Other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. WM. P. GREENE. 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