The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 27, 1916, Page FOUR, Image 4
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v Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. ^
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Wednesday, Dec. 27,1916. E
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR. u
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Along with the other business in- ^
\ ; * terests in Abbeville, The Press and a)
Banner has enjoyed a good year in ^
business. The results have , been ^
;V . even better than we expected. For g(
the good things which have come to ja
" us we thank our subscribers and the ;
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UUSinetK? U1CU UI AUUCTWC, an vi
whom we have sought to serve to cthe
best of our ability.
The Press and Banner undertakes
to be of service to the city of its
residence, and the people of the
county we all love. No one connected
with this paper wants any pre- ol
ferment other than what comes, to. h<
those who undertake to do their best, ti
even though the effort be a feeble n<
one?we only want to giveour read- y<
ers a newspaper worth while?that hi
is our sole ambition in running this P<
paper.
We have n<\ friends to reward and se
no enemies to punish. We are called al
on sometimes to disagree with the "
views of others, but we have no quar- P]
rel with any individual; we wish
them all well. al
Therefore, it is the pleasure of th
i the management of this paper to w
wish for every legitimate enterprise h<
in the city of Abbeville and in Ab- P(
beville county, and for every man ^
in the county, whether he be minister,
lawyer, doctor, dentist, farmer,
railroad man, artisan, or what not, Pi
a happy new year, with peace and ^
prosperity. i?
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A VF A D Ar DDACDUD TTV
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The merchant of Abbeville have
had the best year in the history of m
the business in Abbeville, especi- mi
CO
. ally daring the fall and early winter
months!. Looking forward to an *e
immense trade owing to the good e
price of cotton and the prospects of 00
a fair crop, oar merchants boaght .
large stocks of goods for this trade. a
The new year will find them with ^
these goods sold, with money in the
, banks, withj satisfied customers, be- ^
cause the merchants of 'Abbeville as
one man sell the right kind of goods,
for the right kind of prices, and ^
with every prospect of further increases
in business in the spring seay
son. 7
We wish them all well. They have
patronized the columns of The Press
and Banner and they have reached ne'
the people. On the other hand the
buyers have read of the wares of
these good merchants and they
have come to Abbeville to buy. We un
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are giuu U1UI> UlCjr tauio ucvouav TT V
know that they are.
With the best people on the globe, ^
with fine business conditions in the in
city and county, with men of responsdbility
at . the head of business a11in
all lines, we may well be con- eve
tented to live in the best city in the in
state. It is worth something to tell ma:
the people abroad that you live in yea
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PROHIBITION. had
in J
The Christmas season has come
and gone, and there has been little I
drinking and no disorder in Abbeville
so far as we have heard, and gj
there must have been little, if any, 0fg
else we would have heard it All of nig
which shows the good which prohibi- an<
tion is bringing to the people of the
United States and to South Carolina. to
And the time has come- for * the the
Southern Express Company to be ter
stopped from the business of run- ^
ning a liquor shop in every commun- ^a)
ity of South Carolina. tin
The people of South Carolina have lar
closed the doors of the barrooms in d?
this state, decreeing that liquor is off
not an article of commerce in which wa
the individual is entitled to deal, sta
The government itself as a police
measure understood to sell liquor **
only to have the good name of the tei
state brought into disrepute, and a tr3
question mark put behind the name ^e
of every man who put his hand into ^
the affairs of the State's rum mill. an
Then the people rose in their might Pe
and declared that liquor is an out- id<
law in South Carolina.
And it would b? outlawed and the fin
Southern Express Company's bar- fr<
room would be closed, except for the 80
President of the United States and ^
a Congress which does not regard ci,
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y, i
e wishes of the people who elect to
i members. Only by virtue of the
ovisions of the United States Con- ^
itution with regard to' interstate
mmerce, may the Southern Express so
>mpany haul liquor into this ^
ate where the people do not want
And the people had as well know m
at the Southern Express Company a&
doing this thing because of the X
,ct that our representatives in
ingress have not been ipiridful of w
,e rights of the people in those H
stricts which have sought to banish in
luor* el
Such being the case we are of c(
le opinion that no man should be p]
ected to Congress in the future f<
ho does not stand for National
rohibition. We are prepared to *
>te for our old friend Wm. Jennings ^
ryan for the next president of these b<
nited States because he seems to t<
s the only man in the nation with 1X1
le moral courage to lead a fight
gainst the rum shops of the coun- ^
y. - And we are prepared to make p
le fight along the whol? front to p
;e that no man is sent to the legis- C
ture, to congress, to the governor- ^
lip, or to any other office who does
ot stand for prohibition from prin- g
pie and not^or office. ?
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LET US PAVE. r
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The time has come when the city b
P Abbeville should begin to pave
sr streets. The public square and ^
le two streets to the depots have jc
seueu puvui& lur a j^uuu Aiuuijr
sars, and the other streets now P
ive reached the place where more e:
jrmanent ways are imperative.
The delegation in the General Asirnbly
should secure a constitutional n<
nendment which would allow the ki
ty authorities to assess abutting ^
operty holders to pay in part for ?
ie construction of paved sidewalks, n<
id provision should be made for pi
ie construction of these walks *
henever a majority of the property jjj
>lders residing on a certain street tf
itition the council asking for paved ni
iewalks on ihat street.
The paved streets proper should hj
> constructed by an engineer emoyed
by the city, and the cost of jr
e work must be paid by a bond m
me. We will undertake to advise ?
e people of the city shortly as to ^
e amount of bonds Which the city ^
ay now issue for this purpose. b;
In the meanwhile the proper com- tj
ittee of the city council might m
ake certain investigations as to the ,
st of paved streets and the most
asonable means of obtaining the b<
st which can be had considering te
ir means. ,;
As -the new year begins, let us ^
1 get busy and make Abbeville w
ow. Of course it means taxes, he
;t the men who pay the taxes will &
t lament the expenditure if only ^
e money is properly and economilly
spent, and this the city coun- Pi
will guarantee. Today is the fa
y to begin. I
ROBERT E. GONZALES. (
Pneumonia has taken from the
srspaper readers of South Carolina
i most gifted writer in the state,
has claimed many a shining mark,
t nownere nas its nana iaiien more
timely than when it called Robert
Gonzales to rest
rhe Press and Banner joins with
i newspaper men in this state and
the country at large in deploring
great loss which has come to us
There should be comfort howr,
in knowing that he lived longer
the few years that were his than
ny men live in J the three score
irs and ten. He began a great
eer, and though his life was cut
rt his work had been done. He
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bis line.
MEETING OF THE FACULTY. I
rhe Faculty of the Greenville
eet Set-back College met in the
ce of the President Saturday
ht President Kerr took the chair
1 undertook to call the meeting to
ler. As the President wore no C
sm, the meeting refused to come ?
order. Prof. McMillan then took
I floor, and after gaining the atition
of the members, stated that
had learned from reading The
ess and Banner that the President
i lost his gown, and the charter o?
* institution as well. Mr. McMil- T
i said that the College authorities J[
manded to know what the Presint
was doing wearing the gown of _
ice around at night, and what he X
a doing with the charter. He Jl
ited that certain parties to wit:
1. Patrick Roche and Col. Thomas
Thomson, claiming to be the owni
of both the gown and the char\
had been down on Long Cane
ring to trade them for the old Bill
vlin plantation, and he was of the
inion that the President should be ?
ntenced to give a turkey supper, P
d get out of office, even if Col. J
rcy Miller, the cousin of the Pres- ""
jnt, who has been on Broadway at
?ht, was not here for Christmas.
Just then some one rode up on a
e black mule and hitched it in
>nt of the institution. The perd
riding it was strangely dressed,
d the members crowded to the
adow to see whether it was "Sandy
?rs," or a clown who t had come to
wn. It was seen in a moment; <
>wever, that it was Prof. Stark, 1
earing the gown, and that he had ,
e charter hung to his belt much
te an Indian carriee a scalp. As '
on as this was observed by the
irmer President he vacated the ,
tair and stated that he had eaten
irtain pecans, which made him a "
;tle under the weather, and that 1
i his rich brother-in-law from New
ork was in the city he would re
crn, ratner man give a nu^ci, ouu
in in the College of Will Barnell,
Herbert Allen and Bob Mabry.
e said he would offer for no office
i that institution, but that he would
:t as teller when the President was
ected, Will Barnwell having ao
sded to this arrangement on the
romise of Col. Kerr to support him
>r the Presidency.
Col. Stark then took the chair,
rof. McMillan observed that the
Dwn was a little short for the Presient
and he moved that ninety cents
e appropriated to buy some tatting
) put a frill on it, which was unanilously
carried.
The President stated that Hon. R.
!. Hill of Upper Main street had
ought a turkey and applied for a
lace as Professor of the Stunt Deartment
in the Greenville Street
Allege, and that without any moion
at all, he declared that one had
een carried electing him. He also
bated that he would make his inau
urai aaaress at uie ucai uccuug
nd that he wanted it printed in fiill
1 The Press and Banner, as it would
e a matter of considerable importance.
He wishes to lay down some
ales and regulations which will fix
latters so that a President cannot
e put oat of office until- he gets
red holding it, and he also thought
lat as mules had gone up, the term
f the President snould be' made
>nger.
Prof. McMillan^stated that as the
resident was only serving an unexpired
term he thought that he
lould not assume too much authorij,
and that it would1 be well to"
ave an election pretty soon for the
ew President. He' stated that "he
new one of the old professors who
ould, in his opinion, make a fine
Beer, and that he was trying to
rrange with some of his friends to
ominate him. He thought that a
rofessor should not be elected to
regular term as President unless
3 had already given a supper, and
: stated that his candidate had done
lis, though he said he wpuld call no
unes at this time.
One of the members of the faculty
&ving announced that Mr. T. G.
rhite had purchased a thirty-three
>und turkey, the faculty by a risig
vote asked that Mr. White be
ade a professor in the institution
id given any two chairs of instrucon
which he desired. It was also
;cided to send a written invitation
> Mr. White which was to be signed
f all members of the faculty in
Rewriting so that he would not
isread any of the names.
About this time, the former Presimt
knocked on the door and upon
vestigation it was found that Her3ft
Allen and Bob Mabry had gotn
on to the trade between him
id WD1 Barnwell, and that they retsed
to allow the former President
act as teller, or to be connected
ith their institution at all unless
t would contribute something to
e endowment fund. He therefore
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aveu UlOt UC uau tUUiU uowa w M?av
8 place in the Greenville Street
>llege, but President Stark and
'of. McMillan objected until satisctory
arrangements could be made
le former President brought Presi'AT
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lent Stark partly around 'when h<
threatened to demand more salary ii
the baggy and furniture business un
less he was reinstated.
Just then some body on the out
side1 shouted that there was a danc
ing bear down town, and all member
eft with a rush.
The inaugural address of President
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i Stark will be in this column next
1 week. . . vi'-"
HERE FROM ANDERSON .
Henry Caion-and Judge Nicholson,
of Anderson came to Abbeville on
9 Tuesday and spent the day with Mr.
Cason's hbmepeople. They were dnb
route-for a business trip to Atlanta.
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I prosperous
ar; thanks
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friends and
for their unmnanp
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ear, 1916,
> a continu/
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