Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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:\ IitebHiM 1844. 5 The Press and Banner , ABBEVILLE, S. C. c . t Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. a , S n_Li:.i.?J ViMm WI oflnAaHov kv r ruuiuucu ijtcij nituiw.., The Press and Banner Co. 1 I Telephone No. 10. * Entered as second-class mail mat- c ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. P Terms of Subscription: 'V One year $1.60 t Six months _1 .75 a Three months .60 / Payabie invariably in advance. a Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1916. " THE EXODUS OF THE NEGRO. J From all over the South we hear ? . < reports that the negroes are going away, and that the farms are being j, deserted. It is true all over this & state that they are going. And they ? ?- j? tnn . ' are going iruui ^vuucvmc vunovj ^ And some of them are going, not be- j| cause they want to go, but because ^ g; they are afraid to remain here, we c very much fear. ' c] It has been only a few years since ^ ' we went to Calhoun Falls on an jj early train on which was a military company going to keep negroes from i leaving this county. It was claimed j, that they were under contract to labor for this or the other man, and I* that they were violating the conI tracts by leaving after having received advances, and the strong arm of law was invoked to keep them ^ here. The people then wanted the negro to stay. / . And we believe that the people still want the negro ~to remain in the South?the well behaved, indus- ^ trious negro, who does no one any ^ * harm, and who is always ready to do a good turn to, "his white people." p Some of these faithful old negroes, ^ after being set free from slavery ^ have labored here faithfully, contentedly and steadfastly, and by their labors have accumulated a lit- y tie property. Some of them own their homes h6re. We cannot think j. that there is any man in Abbeville t county so nearly a barbarian that he g i would see these people leave this section through fear, . when they c "have moltested no man^ given offense . to no man, and have only quietly ' Y filled their modest places in. the . world. j If we are correct in this we would ^ R: have every good citizen of this county ^ give these harmless negroes assur- g ance of safety and of the good-will j \ of our people to the end that they s . may enjoy the small amount of pro- 0 "perty they have purchased from the white man, and that their property E may not be confiscated on account s of their deserting it In times of v disorders such as we have had there c is always more or less excitement, t and a good amount of wild talk, ^ which does a great deal of harm, but v which in reality is not seriously j spoken. j \ c And it is so now. There is no t reason for any law-abiding negro to t feel that he may not live here just j as he has always done. As long as he lives within the law. and attends * 1 to his own legitimate occupation, , and does not meddle with other peo- \ pie's affairs, even' those who are call- fl ed lawless will have nothing against j him. It is only the vicious among g the negroes, as it is the violent fl among the whites, who make- trouble s and get into trouble. ' c "THE PEOPLE" OR "THE INTERESTS." ? We agree with the view that it is t time for the United States to give up ; *_ ;.u ?K..:*-? -r? 1: i? 1 im jsju oo oun\;im/i lux nquui iiuudcs) * who wish to come into prohibition ^ territory and flood the country with t blind tiger liquor, tf an individual i treated any law of the United States i , with half the disregard that the t United States treats the laws of the i commonwealths of this union on the t liquor question, that individual would 1 see the light of freedom only occa- 1 sionally. If only an individual uses 1 the mails of the United States for i the purpose of defrauding another i individual of a few dollars, he is lia- I ble to indictment under federal laws 1 for high crimes and misdemeanors, and subject to severe punishment. cut tne united estates considers it of small moment that every day in j the year the mails are laden with invitations to buy liquor, addressed to t citizens in this territory, with which 1 blind tigers may break the laws of ( prohibition states, and flood the coun- c try with liquor contrary to the laws f of this and other commonwealths. t As we said last week the South in j no uncertain'terms has declared that strong drink is a curse in this land. 1 We have a Southern man, or one \ who boasts that he is of Southern ori- I gin, in the White House, and he has f a congress which has shown a dispo- c sition to do his will. He boasts of ? epresenting the "people" of the Un- o ted States rather than the "inter- e ists". Well, the interests?the li- n [uor interests?just now are using tl he mails of the United States as f olicitors for the sale of liquor in g tates which have voted against li- a [uor. Woodrow Wilson has it in 1 lis power to make the wishes of L< nonnlo rvf the South on the li- s [uor question felt He can at least k ommit the head of the Democratic i1 tarty to the enactment of laws which g rill give the "people" what they 1 rant, and which will take away from b he "interests"?the liquor interests it that?privileges which in all mor- t' Is they should not enjoy. I The people of the South should de- d aand of their Southern President t hat he do something for them. He hould make a stand on the prohibiion question for his "people," or ie may expect to be accused of beig friendly to the "interests"?and he liquor interests at tfyat. * E The Greenwood Journal is correct a n saying that a man who calls him- i] elf a local optionist is in reality in a avor of liquor. Those who are not e 1 favor of prohibition are against s; ;?they are in favor wittingly or unfittingly of the liquor "interests" o ontinuing to enjoy the right to ship _ heap liquor into this and other pro- . ibition states for the purpose of ;i aving it sold in violation of law., ii 'Viora ic nr? was fn tiprlnnrl f.he facts. S'.1 hey mean that, and they mean noth- jj! 1 g else. # ;j JAMES HENRY RICE. , i ! j . ' ? * I (For several years James Henry lice has been going about the state ollecting information, tpid furnish- !| ig it to the people, on the subject ;i f birds. A little while ago he was ' [ i Abbeville and made a speech in ;j lie Opera House in which he sought ! y teach them in other sections, the alue of the birds. He warned the jj eople of this county, as he has done ! be people of other counties, that he boll weevil was upon us, and ' { .ould be in South. Carolina in a I ear or two. If we remember correctly the wise i len ridiculed the claims of Mr. ;j 'ice in ^his regard. They claimed <j hat the boll weevil had not pro- ;) Tessed as near to this state by sev- jj ral score of miles as Mr. Rice ;j laimed, and they put the people to jj leep with the idea that this pest [[ iras,a slow traveler and would not j;< ireak in upon us for many years. ;| Jut the predictions of Mr. Rice iave come true. The boll weevil is J lere, and within the time Mr. Rice aid it would be here. We are con- ;i ronted with the pest which has de- ; j troyed so many acres of cot*on in ; ;1 ther states. j| ' And now that it is here, had we tot as well consider some of the ; j uggestions of a man who has been riser on this subject than the other nen of his generation and turn to ; he subject of birds? Mr. Rice says ;! hey are great fighters of the boll j weevil. We are willing to accept || tis testimony. We had already ac- ;; epted it, because we were convinced hat Mr. Rice knew what he wag ; alking about when he talked. He :j ! Jl? J |! b nu luie ur?uiier. ;ij We were told yesterday that gui- i| Leas are great enemies of the boll ; eeevil, and that a man in a boll < eeevil district had raised eleven teres of cotton without it being in- jj ured by the insects because he had tineas in his cotton patch which de- jj itroyed the insects as fast as they ; appeared. , Guineas are good for j ther purposes than eating boll wee j rilsf but if they will destroy the jj nsects it will be comparatively ;! sasy, and at the same time a source >f profit, for every farmer in the ! :ounty to begin to raise guineas, and ;! o have them ready for the fight. And it might be a good idea to ;j lave Mr. Rice come back to Abbe- !j ille and give us some information ;j >n the subject now that information 1 s wanted. Perhaps the people will ! lot say that he made a fine talk and ; hen go home and think of it no < nore. The wise men now tell xus ;| hat the boll weevil is here, just as < Mr. Rice said it would be. Perhaps ; Mr. Rice may tell the wise men what j )irds to raise and what to do to ; nake them multiply in this section, < ind the wise men may then tell the : >eople, so that the people will lis ;en and believe. ! BLIND TIGER CAUGHT. Robert Wilson, col., (not Bob, ;he Wolf) was convicted in the ;i Mayor's court of violating the city : >rdinance against storing intoxi- jj :ating liquors, and was awarded a ! ine of seventy-five dollars, or thir- ji ;y days service on the roads. He | jaid the fine. | rne evidence aaaucea in me i Mayor's court showed that Wilson, ;j vho runs the "Palm Garden," in iarrisburg, was fitted out as a pro- ;! 'essional iolator of the law. He had jj irinking glasses for the business, ;j md is said to have his place fitted <! p so that violations of the law are asy. Such being the case, we do ot understand why the officers of be law do not swear out a warrant or him under the state law, and ive the people of Abbeville county chance to make Robert crack rocks. Tie conviction in the Mayor's court ) no bar to a prosecution in . the tate court. And one of the ways to eep down lawlessness in a communty, and one of the best ways, is to At- - l-'?.'i. IUam, v trie iun.il/ agmusu uiuiu u(ui? "hey deserve no mercy and should e shown none. 1 Will the officers of the law do heir plain duty, or will they allow tobert to return to the "Palm Garen" and take up his old occupaion? We shall see. A PLEASANT BRIDGE PARTY. / v f ' Mrs. J. C. Hill entertained the Iridge club at her home last Friday fternoomat a very pleasant meetig. Her house was thrown open nd there were eight tables of playrs. After the games ( a delightful alad course was served. There will be no further meetings f the club until after Christmas. THE H#! Silt: ENGMAr t 'if k * : . >, j r of Sc Out Z,as* ! ANY OTHER RANG1 CO I ' J . ' 1 > A e' V Vtfti ' ! ' ' " vVfl a^H^D [AA nLH* II HA) J j^p HH? ^lggjpggMBi /Bjl I Fjjj^^H "'Iv Recently c f effects. A m After spirited bi M only 50c less the m bid for Hays' R\ B All of which siir I reputation for SI V We have the sai and see it. . the service A $10 set of Co DAI FROM ABBEVILLE ATTORNEY WILL PRACTICE HERE W. N. Graydon, of Abbeville, has opened a law office in Columbia with his son, W. M. <5raydon under the firm name of Graydon & Graydon. The new firm will have offices at 1211 "Washington Street. The younger Mr Graydon has been practicing in Col-: umbia for some time, while his father has been an Abbeville attorney for 35 years. W. N. Graydon has been prominent in the public life of South Carolina for many years. He has served his county as senator and member of the house of representatives, in whose membership he was conspicuous for leadership. He was also trustee of the University of South Carolina for a number of years. The junior member of the firm is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and Malaria or Chills & Fever Prescription No. 688 is prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Sive or six dom will break any case, and taken then aa a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the Hver better than am} does not fripe or sicken. 2So RANGEE : -U ,'ii ' " i i SALESMAN FROM 1 N-MATrnEw: Two Generations of Ma rath Bend, Indiana, ;s, Out hoc 2 ON THE MARKET. I OK BOOK AND AN IN W RECOI BROUGHT BY A IN A1 i man named Hays?in an 01 .monc the articles offered, was a. . ^ I deling, the Range Eternal was a m Hays originally paid for it. mge Eternal, bought new ones iply goes to prove tiiat the Rat ERVICE. x i Let Ua Show You Everlasi ne kind of range that Mr. Ha> Let us explain, one by one, tl of the Range Eternal so deli] nge until you really understanc loking Utensils goes with IGAN-KIN ABBEVILLE, SO i NOVEMBER ^s/s/s/s/s/s/n/n/s^?>sAvA^/s/sA>/s/S<v^Vs^v Georgetown university. Columbians will\ be pleased 1 learn that the family of W. N. Graj gfiuinizmimiiffiiiffl I Are You Gc 11 If yon are,1 let us figu [ | sash, doors, blinds, moldi IB! need. We have recently f ber of nice houses in Ab Cheatham's and W. A. I nishing material for D. I amine the niaterial in^thei BUILDERS' E GREERW TERNAL" THE FACTORY OFT] 5 RANGE C< lleable Range Builderi will ?how you w! ylcs and O iE WILL ALSO GIV TERESTING SOUVE1 SO TcflwM kJte Bla< U> PRICE i RANGE ETERNAL UCTION lio town?held a public sale Range Eternal which he had pu old to Mr. Albert Ferguson < But that is not all. Later from the local dealer. " > v ige Eternal is "legal tender" a / * the RANGE ETERNAL fingly Good. rs sold at such a record bre* le 32 points of Eternal Excell ghtful?and so economical. 1 the Range Eternal. ?l ?D ea.cn ivaugc uiciuai G COMP UTH CAROLINA 23d, to 29I <A>S#S/S/s/V>>/S/S^S/S/N/SAS/S/S/SA>/S/N/S#K/S/S/SAS/S/S/S/S/S/SAS/S/S/S/S/S ' do? .*&. ? bia. The iKe of the home ban r- $et been selected.?The Re<o?d. 1 >?*?" ^T5||; rue on the dressed material, S ngs, mantels, etc., you wffl ft . 4 urnished material for a num- W . j beville, the last being J. 33. E ] [arris', and we are now fur- n{ L Hill's new residence. Ex- E j se and see if it suits you. 8|||| SUPPLY CO. 1 OMPANY |j at Cooks J E YOU A USEFUL p Ll/i an with. " U1 HAtf . irchased in 1914. I I of Grove City, O., for I J on, four of those who 1 md has an established U iking price. Come in M ence which make JM\ \ " purchased from a m r ANY I fl :h, 1916 ?