Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established 1844. The Press and Banner I ABBEVILLE, S. C. - Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. I - , I Published Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Co. Teleohone No. 10. 1 Entered as second-class mail mat- { ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. _ i Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six month3 .75 ! Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. t I Wednesday, Sept. 26, 1917. ! ! WHY HAMPTON WAS NOMINATED It has been forty-one years since the campaign of 1876, when the white people of the State redeemed the Government and ousted the car V pet-baggers and negro office-holders.: The Democratic ticket in that cam-j paign was led by General Wade Hampton with great tact, moderation and wisdom, but credit for the move-' ment which made Hampton Governor of the State belongs to others. Before the nomination of Hampton for Governor there were two plans by which the white people of the, State sought to bring about better j government. One party was in favor' of fusion with the better element of: the then Republican (party, hoping: in that way to get rid of the undesirable element in the government. J The other party believed in a straigh-| out fight by the white people of the State against the powers then in au- ' thority. The latter party was led by General Mart W. Gary and Gen- ] eral M. C. Butler of Edgefield. In 1878 a meeting wa/ held in ] Edgefield at which Generals Hamp- , ton, Butler, Hagood and others were, j present. The Edgefield Advertiser ( -Pit 71 TT A f fliof ' icpui l/CU viniceung luuj. ui vauv j meeting General Mart W. Gary made ( a speech in which he gave the his- \ tory of the movement which resulted , in the nomination of General Hamp- l ton for Governor, with a statement ? of the part played by various lead- ( ers in the State. The statement ( made by General Gary had the in-:t dorsement of both General Hampton t and General Butler, as well as Gen-jt eral Hagood. j< We reproduce the statement here, ? as taken from the files of The Edge-: field Advertiser in order that the' people may not be forgetful of the; men who took part as leaders in that! contest: '"As today has become a sort of|j political !ove-feast. I will tell you . some of the secret history connected with the straightout movement. I went to the Centennial celebration in Charleston, on the 28th of vJune, 1376, to nominate General Butler for Governor. He had been informally announced in several newspapers. ; and desired to decline the nomina-j tion, in order that we might agree upon some one else. I put his nomination in the Journal of Commerce.; John T. Gaston carried the notice to; the paper from the Charleston hotel, j When I started home I met on the j cars General Hampton, General Kershaw, and General Hagood. I had aj short conversation with General i Hampton, in which I soon discovered! that he was in sympathy with tne, movement General Butler and myself were trying to inaugurate. He told me that he did not expect to -e return to Mississippi. I then said to ] him that I intended to try and have j him (Hampton) nominated for Gov-^ ernor on the straight^ut ticket, that ] with Butler and myself on his flanks ] we could win this, battle as we had 1 won others in war. He replied that;; he was poor, had come back to get! the odds and ends of his former es-jl tate together, that he did not desire < to run for the office, that he had ] made sacrifices for South Carolina, : but that if he was the choice of the'? convention he would run. I was de-j lighted at his acceptance, for I be-; lieved that he could harmonize all j of the differences of the Democratic party. The contest was between Kershaw and Connor for fusion, and Butler and myself for the straightout Democracy. We entered the war as captains under hi mas Colonel in the Hampton Legion. He came out of the war n lieutenant-general and continued to rank all of us. I did not; believe that Kershaw and Connor and Butler and myself could have agreed upon any one man, but I believed; that we all would rally under Hampton. After this conversation, General Hampton and myself joined Gen-! e:i! Kersnaw ami oenerai nagooa. I announced to them that General, Hampton had consented, if nominat-, cd, to run on the straightout ticket; for Governor. General Kershaw rrplied: 'Well, if the general is nomi-j nated, I will fall into line and sup-: port him. I always obey orders from i headquarters.' At Branchville, Gen-! I '1 Kerch-w and General Hampton! parted with General Hr.good and my-! they going on the Columbia! road and we on the Augusta road, i After dinner General Hagood andj myself were on the same seat. He| said: "Gary, you are an extraordinary man. This .s another one of. your off-hand moves, or sudden 'in-, spirations, if you please, that has! knocked up in a rninuxe au our pians ; in Charleston to run Chamberlain! J ror Governor with a mixed ticket.' I ! replied that it was no off-hand move \ in regard to the straightout ticket; ! that Butler and myself and other t n men of Edgefield and the State had j deliberately and maturely consid- J ered the plan to run a straightout' I ticket, but that I had suddenly con-j| eluded to run General Hampton for J Governor, and that we would elect's him. When I returned to Edge- J field, I related this incident to Gen- J eral Butler, and he approved of it,: I and said that in his declination he | would nominate Hampton. I thought, j it was just the thing, and according-is ly did so." jl WHY NOT GET THE HIGH-UPS?,! i Senator LaFollette, the "illustri- i! ous" senator from Wisconsin, has; I been preaching his anti-American! I doctrine long enough. In one of his | Minnesota speeches he was howled I down for defending the sinking of J the Lusitania and many other Ger-'[ man outrages. It is our opinion j| that men who like LaFoIlette are Is holding office given them by the Am- m erican people, and who are expect-!J ed to make laws for our common 11 good should be the first in patriot- | ism. But the pro-German that hejl must be, LaFoIlette can't help but get out and make speeches for the Kaiser. He has done all in his power, J to block every move made in the Sen- j L ate for the carrying on of the war, L since war was declared. Theodore J Roosevelt is hitting the nail on the j" riead when he says LaFoIlette is C no less than a neo-copperhead.; Such men like the senator from Wis-; = lonsin and his gang of pro-German jb: preachers should at least be drummed: si >ut of the offices they hold. It is; cc ;ime that arch-traitors are being f: punished for trying to up-hold such'ai incalled-lor acts as attended tne u sinking of the Lusitania. This time s( )f ours, is a critical time, when ev- oi ?rybody should do their bit in trying tl ;o overcome Prussianism and we h: ;hink it a good idea if everyone of ?.< ;he class of LaFollette should be h shipped over the.way?they would a; suit the Kaiser better. IMMORTAL YOUTH. jr< m tl There is a new medicine on thei narket which again gives rise to; ^ lope for immortal youth. We know!0* ;he medicine will do the work be:ause Hon. John W. Bullock, "for-1 fv1 nerly deputy clerk of court of Green vood county," as it is said, endorses t, and to prove that it is a genuine indorsement he has given the comjany which is now offering so muchiai .0 mankind a striking likeness of his ^ honorable physiognomy. Honorable Bullock tells the read-, v ?rs of several daily papers of all the,ol sngaging and healing qualities of the; lew remedy, and to prove that it, will cure anything he says that it Si :ured him, which is proof to us that | th ;he medicine is right and should be al ;aken in large and frequent doses. tc MEXICAN WAR VETERAN. In another column will be found, in account of the death.of Mr. J. J., Vlartin, which occurred in Atlanta a j few days ago. Mr. Martin was a na-|** tive of this county. He practiced aw here at one time as a partner of J Flon. Wm. Henry Parker, being <nown by an age which has passed is Jack Martin. j*( He was among the men who voIun-:*c teered from Abbeville to form a part sf the Palmetto regiment to fight the Mexicans, and who did not think it treason to defend American rights, on foreign soil. . ?? C The Abbeville Press and Banner,; excited over a concert given by the ^ band of one of the Northern resi ments passing: through Abbeville last" week, says one thousand people were attracted to the square. Now what i ^ we want to know is how the people of; Dor.alds, Due West, McCormick, Troy! Willington, Lowndesville and other neighboring villages heard of this concert in time to help swell the crowd that gathered on the square.? Columbia Record. ^ Come up and we'll call out our entire population and let you count > for yourself. That is a small crowd; ^ for Abbevile. Most any ordinary day * you can see a thousand people the streets. \ The Means case seems to be gain- A ing more attention and fame as the days pass. The nerve of Gaston I Means is one of iron, and like his KffiffiffiSffiffiilfiHiffiHilfi! ? | PRICES | Until October 1 Ji ? an |j 2|wagon $75.00' | 2] wagon 77.501 I I Please ta 6 advance I October J vance. fi THF. MI jj be the "P ? ? THE ST fj Main Street rother, "Tony" Means, one of the irewdest gamblers in the whole juntry, Gaston is himself a pretty; iir one at the cards. It was gambling t a high rate that caused Gaston the ouble. He was playing the music, > to speak at the expense of somene else, and he probably foresaw, lat soon he would be at the end of; is row and then he would have to! :count for some of the cash he had! een throwing around in New York nd Chicago. South Carolina is to have another: igiment known as the third regiient, which will have the status of | le National Guard and will include velve full companies. This was selred by Governor Manning through: te Secretary of War and is a reat idea. With all the former Naonal Guard units of the state' rafted into regular service, South | arolina had little or no protection! om disturbances that are likely to rise from time to time. These commies will be gotten up-by men in | ? ?.t ? ?. j 1 ifferent sections 01 me state anu| ill have the regular equipment of! ;her soldiers. The Gaffney Ledger came out last i aturday with -a splendid edition, of leir 20th Anniversary and Industri-i 1 Edition of Cherokee County. Edi-J >r DeCamp and his associates are to! s commended on such an excellent | iition. A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE. If one can get a house to occupy: bbeville is the best town in the | tate in which to make a home.? | [edium. , Right. The best evidence we can I nd for a town. Everybody wants > live here. It wouldn't be a bad lea for some one to buna a iew ouses. CHILDREN. ! (Fifth Grade.) !ome to me, 0 ye children! For I hear you at your play, ^nd the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away. re open the eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Mere thoughts are siiging swallows And the brooks of morning run. n your hearts are the birds and the sunshine, In your thoughts the brooklet's; flow, lut in mine is the wind of Autumn j And the first fall of the snow. ! ih! what would the world be to us ! If the children weru no more? Ve should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. | Vhat the leaves are to the forest, | With light and air for food, \ j Sre their sweet and tender juices Have been hardened into wood,?' I I MITCH] ike notice that we the price of MITC 1st. Better buy n< ITPUH7I I I A VI IJLiLuJU liaO IJU^l Monarch of the Ro; SOLD ONVi ARK VEHK WHPIWH WWW WPIPI PIFIPIPI PI foooo cnjuucnauuuuuc That to the world are children; ??? Through them it feels the glow Of a brighter and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below. Come to me, 0 ye children! Ar>r1 nrJiicnor in mv Pflr What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. I yo SOMEWHERE IN GEORGIA. I ! W Maud Muller on a summer's day Raked the meadow sweet with hay. I I \ Her hair was docked, her hat pulled down, | Overalls hid her ankles brown. ! ga The judge rode by, a judge in truth Of maiden loveliness and youth. He drew his bridle in the shade And sternly viewed the blushing maid * i I * "And who exempted you? Dear me, I A fine young man like you??? said he ! Of all sad words of tongue or pen, | 'The saddest are these: "Just like thej men!" \\7 The State. I W . TO BE EXACT. _____ Liverpool Post. < :;Were you out in all that rain?" asked the plain girl. j "^yh. "No," said her educated friend. "!!heaciing was merely in that portion of the; whatev( rain that descended in my immedi-icjover j ate vicinity." lyou caj * in this WHY CATTLE JUMP FENCES jcentlys jly mixe - ? i ? n .i r?. i said thi Lack ot tnougn reea in ranuic develops Habit Which is Hard to oats ai c. when t . St?p- dead c same t Clemson College, S. C.?A South1 threshi Carolina farmer sold recently a very:at sam promising heifer to the butcher be- jia(j oa cause the animal was everlastingly j Then i jumping the pasture fence into the i sj^ neighbors fields. This farmer s<?em-;oatSi ^ ed not to realize at all why his heifer1 easj]'y wasn't satisfied to stay in the Pas_ clean, ture, only that she naturally had a mean disposition to bother people,' KEEP But it wasn't tne nature 01 tiie. brute to deliberately jump the fence There's some other reason?it was to get something to eat. It is known Pr&ctiq that that farmer's pasture was almost j j entirely barren. The heifer had to; do some tall jumping or starve. > Qem Poor pastures develop jumping i farmer animals. Don't take the time to;bare tt fence in a pasture unless you aim to, remain make it produce some feed for the COver i livestock placed therein. ! crops s ?s. , puoaiuix. Has your cotton been affected with buy fei anthracnose or boll rot this year? If jpay to so, don't plant seed from this cot- bring g ton next year. Instead, obtain I fertility clean seed and plant on disease-free.be retv soil. jmaintai ;in&?l?IJWLXMU3IAlCIGlC ITiJIIU Li U LI IJIJ U1171717 ELL will be compel] HELL WAGOI dw and save tl l, is and alway ad." f BY :le comi Abbevi Money Fo We have money which u as a prospective Ho nds a**e intended for thi e want to help you own y If you need money with \ build a home or to pay c ge, call on the Standard A new series begins Octc Standard Buildin ( Associrti u \\rLu~ r . 1 ?. ?T line, V. President. / DATS AND CLOVER. j More o ievery i at oat will come nearest to j save<^? : with crimson clover?" Nonei*"0 cu* er. Oats will head when the I ^armer s dead and the seed ripe, and!80** 8 i get clean clover seed betterjman _ca way. A correspondent re-;s?^ 's sent me a sample of oats thick- ere' id with clean clover seed. He| \t he sowed the clover on the STAT id had a fine growth andj he oats were harvested the; over was of course cut at thej me. When the oats were; By v J the clover seed were cleaned in and s time and he found that he j Elgin, < s well mixed with clover seed, to us t ith a fine screen it is easy in trusi the clover seed out of the ment o nd the farmer can in this way es, the ;et his clover seed perfectly i on Thu ten o'c ? court h LAND AT WORK jlina> of I DURING WINTER |SCnbed ; ALL 1 'lnnd. si i Will Help to Maintain Fer- cj?y tility of the Soil. ' ville ar j lying o) son College, S. C.,?Is the,known going to allow his land to lie j a residi lis winter? Land should 'not J by J. idle when it is possible to i i0t of ] ; with some crop. Manuriallby Mai lould be grown as much as T. Evai Just now it is costly to ]0t 0f 1 rtilizer, though it will usually TERi po so to apply to crops that purcbas ;ood prices or produce more; t. Unmarketable stuff snouidj frned to the land to help fi and increase its fertility. 9-26-4. I OCT. 1st |j PRICES I! vagon $77.50 [ J 1 wagon 80.00 | Si I 11 I'll led to j! YS on . ill te ad- j | s will S III ipf 1; 11 'ANY | lie, S. C. [! ? r You -V% is intended for me-Owner. Our s good purpose. , our home. vhich to purchase. >ff another mort:. >. v.t Vy >ber 15 th. i g & Loan on >tto Bristow, Sec-Treas. r less manure is wasted on 'arm. Some of it cannot be yet the farmer should strive this to a minimum. A good cnn trpf. rnnrp niifc nf anv i in a poor farmer can, but no >n raise good crops unless his fertile or he puts fertility , E OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbevile. irtue of the authority given us by a deed executed by J. V. jn August 22, 1917, conveying he premises below described, t to sell the same for the payf debts, and for other purposundersigned, as trustees, will, rsday, October 18th, 1917, at lock A. M., in front of the ouse at Abbeville, South Carofer for sale the following 'depremises, to-wit: that certain lot or parcel of tuste, lying and being in the Abbeville, County of Abbeid State of South Carolina, i the West side of Main street, as the Sign Lot, and having ence thereon, lately occupied T. Elgin, bounded North by Neuffer and McMurray, East n street, South by lot of John ns and others, and West by ;he estate of John A. Harris. MS OF SALE?CASH. The ?ott ?r\y* r\o novo )Ci tv lJCiy AVi G. A. NEUFFEPv, JOEL S. MORSE, Trustees. \