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J>- VUi Established 1844. r The Press and Banner * ABBEVILLE, S. C. , Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. 1 c Published Every Wednesday by * The Press and Banner Co. r Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail mat- c ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Term* of Subscription: One year $1.50 c Six months .75 I mintliB j .50 - Payable invariably in advance. Wednesday, October 18, 1916 0 s CONCERNING CARNIVALS. C n The city council of Greenville, has ^ refused to allow a carnival to visit that city. The city council of Ander- e son has decreed likewise. But the city council of Abbeville is still will- a ing to allow the people of the city p and the county to be imposed upon by these shows. Will the city coun- ^ cil of Abbeville ever wake up to the fact that a carnival company offers ^ absolutely nothing to a community, ^ brings nothing into the community, ^ but that it carries off a considerable * amount of money which it has not in f -reality earned? If a county fair cannot be run without a carnival, then let the county fair go. But we contend that a fair nronerlv managed, with (j i: vuuti vj * . x r w the right kind of exhibits and with fei a good races, and clean sport in the . way of foot-ball games etc., will a w bring the crowd, and that those who &( attend will go away satisfied and re- g paid for the day spent on the grounds. We believe that the experiment should be tried anyway. r pl - bi v < FOOTBALL. rc &?' m j. . We like the game of football. The ** sport is a little strenuous, but it U1 r^-V ? makes real men of courage out of the boys who play it. The only trou- rc ble is to keep the game between the colleges from becoming games be- 80 tween hired profesisonals rather than Pl I'M* r , between teams of bona fide students. 10 Last year there were wholesale bi charges that a lot of men had been ^ imported by the University of South ^ Carolines, and that these men were 01 played in several games against other bi colleges. The proof was forthcoming te and some of these men had to go. w We have seen only one game this &J ' ? ?- ?-* fn af-'l year, ana we tu e uuu >??. ? ? firm that that University of Georgia oJ in the Clemson game at Anderson, di had profesionals on its team, but it d< did have men far too old to be in a b' \ game against college boys in ?outh a' Carolina. The the Georgia team was considerably heavier than the Clem- k son team. There is no credit in a ^ big man whipping a little man, so b far as fighting ability is concerned. Sport is interesting only when the contenders are equally matched.Therefore, we are of the opinion that some regulation should be made d as to the age at which players should ^ be allowed in a game. A tewweigh- d man in.the Freshman class oVer the 8' age of 18 should be allowed to play, and no senior who is over 22 should a be allowed in a game. A team weighs n ing a hundred pounds more than an- p other team, should not play against v TVi? fAnmn micht v be classified according to weight, and ? only teams in the same class should t> be allowed to play against each other, ? And finally the president and fa- y culty of the several colleges in the . % state should know, themselves, the , history of every man on the teams j from the institutions over which they j, respectively preside. They should f not be allowed to escape responsibili- a ty for professionals entering col- t! lege to play football On the ground e that the matter was entrusted to 8 some certain individual.. And the 8 president of any state college who allows a professional to get on the n team of his institution, and allows ^ such player in a game against another institution, should be kicked ? o out of the state. e J A DOCKET FEE. ? . ii b If anv further argument were I< needed in favor of the proposition to t require a docket fee in cases com- i menced in the Court of Common * Pleas, the state of the docket at Ab- ^ beville at the recent term of the ^ court would furnish that argument. ^ When court was called on the first ^ day something like thirty-five cases a appeared on the docket, apparently y I eady for trial. When the cases were :alled seven of these cases were markid for trial. Of these seven, four) yere actually tried, verdicts being endered for the defendant in two >f these cases, and the other two >eing non-suited. With one of two >ossible exceptions there was not a ase on the docket which should not tave been tried in the magistrate's ourt. Had there been a requirement for , docket fee, ninety per cent of these ases would never have been brought 'laintiffs are encouraged to bring +V?a cnrriofliirxy U1V UJ M1V V1U*1IVV VMM* WV?VV.....0 lay be offered by way of settlement f a case without merit, in order to ave costs. The argument is that it osts nothing to try?nothing, or ext to nothing. Defendants are lius subjected to the expense of emloying counsel, summoning witnesss, attending court, and other inciental expenses, or are forced to void these expenses by paying a ittance here and there. If we had a docket fee law there ould be no such cases on the docket, fobody need think that poor clients ith meritorious cases, would be ept out of the. courts by such a law. . client with a good case may al- < ays rest assured that a docket fee in be procured or bond given for . The lawyers will see to this. FIX THE BRIDGES. The roads of Abbeville county, as general rule, will compare favor)ly with the roads of other counties here the county authorities have lopted the system of wide roads, ut in this county, as well as in other rnnties, the roads are rendered alost unsafe for travel in many aces on account of the bridges lilt over the drains crossing the tads. One can be riding along in i automobile enjoying the smooth >ads, when without warning he is jon a four plank bridge built about k inches below the level of the iad. If it is not his then it is too gh for the road level (which is not * bad because then the defect is apirent,) or the bridge will have ose and warped plank in it, or a oken plank, or a dozen loose nails. re presume that these things go '1 ong with these bridges to a more - less extent, which means that the ridges should be gotten rid of. A , rra cotta drain, or a cement drain ill carry water as well as a ditch id a good road need not be marred. , With the ever increasing numbers i motor cars on the roads, there is i inger, too, of accidents from these efective bridges. A county might s called on to pay several times the mount necessary to do away with tern, unless they are constantly ept in a state of repair. The matir needs investigation, and the ridges NOW NEED REPAIR. BLEASE AND THE BISHOP, , The newspapers have had a-great eal to say about the recent speech of [r. Blease, delivered before the stuents of Allen university, which peech we eopied in our last issue. And in truth we think it has deerved some attention. After going bout the State denouncing other len zor appointing negro notaries ublic, and whpoping up the boys nth his remarks on ''buck niggers," re are not prepared to hear.Mr. I lease boast of the fact that he voted o give a negro a seat in the national ouse of representatives instead of a rhite man. We thought, too, that he negro was made to "plow on," but t seems that there are "higher hings" in store for the negro, as Mr. {lease sees it Whether he would ave them prepare to enter the proessions, or enter other occupations, nd preempt ground now occupied by he white man, or whether he has refrence to other negroes going to con Tess, or holding office, he does not pecify. And then think of the disappointment of all those faithful followers irho shouted themselves hoarse when Ir. Blease went around on the camaigns saying that he was not in favor f taking the money of one race and ducating the children of another low, we thought that he was not in avor of the white man's money gong to educate the negro, which it has een doing as we thought, and his fol>wers thought this was his meaning, oo, but not so. He explains himself n his speech to the negroes by sayng that the trustees of the school istricts (white men, mind you, whether you are a school trustee or lot) have been stealing the money rom the negroes which should have teen spent to educate the negro boys md girlg in the land. What think ou, trustees of the school districts ,* , v. V V V IN ABBEVILLE V / V V V Abbeville is not one of the V V largest towns of South Car- V V olina, but in many respects it V V. is one of the most progressive. V V Always there have been in Ab- V V beville "forward looking men" V V ?men who are able to per- V V ceive that a community may V V be excellent without being big. V V The latest proof of this is V v tne acquisition 01 a puouc x V park. No town is too small to V V , be comfortable and beautiful. V V ?The State. V V V of Abbevillle county? Have you been voting for Mr. Blease or against him? And have you been stealing from the negroes to educate your children? If so, you should no longer so impose on the "friends" of the governor. No wonder the negro bishop thought Mr. Blease the biggest man in the State. Editor Greene of the Abbeville Press and Banner calls whiskey and pistols "the two arch enemies of the law," and says the time has come to fight them to a finish." There is no discharge in this war.?-Newberry Observer. ^ i v V Abbeville county sends Dr. V W G. A. Neuffer to comnlete her V V delegation in the legislature. V t. Dr. Neuffer was last year V V, president of the South Caro- V V lina Medical association. He V l was the representative from V W the third congressional dis- V W trict at the national democra- V W tic convention this year. He/ V v is a very able man and will V V take high rank in the house. V w Abbeville will be well repre- V W sented with J. 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Miss Kate Thrumond of Lincolnfin oBont +V( o waalr.ani) haro UUily UaM fyviiw v??v " vw? ? with relatives. Mr. Charlie Fooshe of Greenwood, was a spend-the-day visitor here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Lang and Such tobacco enjoyment as you never tho\ight could be is yours to command quick as you buy some Prince y Albert and fire-up a pipe or a home-made cigarette! Prince Albert gives you every tobacco satisfaction your smoke nnofifo OTrorhanlroro^ U2/|/VUWV V f VA WHVAV^ for. That's because *fs made by a patented process that cuts out bite and parch! Prince been sold without coup We prefer to give q^alit fyw i has a flavor as different as And that isn't strange, eithei # Men i Bmy Prime* Albert twiy- rette i whmr* tatacco is nU i* AM tmppyrmd k|*, Set tidy rod Albert 0,14 F* don?and?that corking fins COmin potmd crystal'glass humi- Printt dor mkh spotngm-mtoistonor torn that kmmps thm toomcco n * VT I f in f.T? i.f K. 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