The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 15, 1918, Page TWO, Image 2
ESTABLISHED 1844
The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE, Editor.
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The Press and Banner Co.
Published Every Tuesday and Friday
Telephone No. 10.
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Friday, March 15, 1918. j
ROBERT EMMETT HILL.
The life work of R. E. Hill is!
ended. For nearly half a century'
he was identified closely with the '
political history of Abbeville County.
Twenty-two years ago when wej
came to Abbeville he was Judge of ,
the Probate Court. Twelve years;
ago he was appointed Master.
We feel that we may say safely
that he was the most competent man
?i<?h nffioe in Abbeville
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County in our day. The records in
the Probate Court for which he is
responsible are marked by accuracy
and painstaking. In the Master's
office he measured up with any ;
of his predecessors. His accounts
were always in proper shape and,
his books showed neatness and correctness.
Judge Hill, as we all called him,
made a great mistake in not giving
himself to the law. He loved the
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law and things judicial* He had a
fine sense of right, justice and;
?Ti;e wns no ordinary mind,!
equity, me ... _
and his powers of analysis were fine.
He might easily have taken his place
with any of the lawyers who have'
practiced at the Abbeville Bar in;
our day. Had he been called there,;
he would have graced the bench,
and he would have added dignity
and learning to the high calling. |1
As legislator, Probate Judge and
Master, we knew him. He measured
to the full statue of a man in these
offices, fae has left a record for
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which his children should be thank-.'
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ful. They may look back on it and
know that it was the handiwork ofj
a faithful public servant, and a I
kindly gentleman. j A
CHALLENGE TO THE PEOPLE.
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Thwarted in his scheme to take1
over the Water and Electric Light'^
plants under the Act of the legisla-',
ture recently passed at his sole1
suggestion, Mayor C. C. Gambrell ,
sees his hold on public affairs in j
Abbeville slipping. Consequently J(
he grabs at the last straw. He an-i,
Bounces for mayor for the fourth',
time. j
1 Hi? belated announcement forj,
Mayor of this city is a challenge tcy
the voters of the city. The an-;,
nouncement at this time would seem (
to indicate that the present mayor .
thinks the office is his and that he
can hold on to it if he will. !,
He says that his administration
has been assailed. It has. And the
question is whether the people will
endorse his administration or not.
It is Gambrell against the field.
If the peopl</ of Abbeville believe
that Mayor Gambrell has a
right as long as he is mayor to have
the water and light plants managed
by the city council, and the moment
he is about to quit the council, to
have the law governing the management
of these plants taken out of the
hands of council and turned over to
commissioners named by him without
consulting any taxpayer except
himself and perhaps the Superintendent
of the plants, not even con-|
suiting the members of city council,'
he should be endorsed. If the people
believe that they are compe-'
tent to manage their own affairs,;
and that the mayor of the city is
a public servant and not the whole
town he should be repudiated.
If the people of the city believe:
that the law forbidding the cityj
council to award contracts to do;
work to any officer of the town
should-be respected, they should not
endorse the mayor of. the city. Ifj
on the other hand, they believe thatj
the law should not be respected, and
that we should have one man government
in 'this city, let them vote
for him.
If the people stand for an extravagent
expenditure of the income
of the water and light plants
for anything that the present superintendent
wants without regard to
the immediate necessities of the
city, let them support the present
nayor. If on the other hand they
stand for an economical administration
of these plants, let them
vote against him. If they want the
present Superintendent to be the
boss of the people, who built and
paid for the water and light plants
they should by all means vote for
the present mayor. If the voters
would make of the superintendent
an obedient public servant, put him
to work, and keep him at work, let
them vote against the present
mayor.
If the voters would see the streets
of Abbeville properly cared for, and
permanent work done on them, let!
them try another administration. Ifj
they desire sand hauled day afterday
upon the streets by teams hired j
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as m tne past, iney suuuiu iv
sustain the mayor and his administration.
We do not believe that any man
is so big that the city cannot run
without him, least of all the present
mayor. The city has made no progress
under his administration, cer
tainly none in the last two years. I
There will be no change in the way'
matters are managed in this city |
unless the voters give the govern-!
ment a renovation. After six years1
fn the mayor's office, it is time for
him to retire gracefully. Having
failed to do so, it is up to the people
to retire him.
GIVE US A PRIMARY.
As the Commissioners of Public
Works are to be elected by the people,
under the recent Act of tbe j
General Assembly, and as not morej
than twenty-five per cent of the!
taxpayers in the city of Abbeville
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would be qualified to vote in the!
General Election, a petition has'
been circulated in the city asking
certain gentlemen to make the race
for these offices, and asking that a I
primary be ordered to nominate!
these commissioners, in which prim-|
ary all the voters in the city may;
participate.
We do not know what the result:
may be, but as these offices were;
created after the time when great
numbers of people might have quali-j
Red to vote in a general election,'
and without notice to them, we are|
of the opinion that fair play de-j
mands that the commissioners be
named in an election at which all;
voters may participate. We have
our own preference as to who
should hold these offices, but it is:
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more important that the people
generally should express themselves,'
than that any man, or set of men,1
should be nominated or elected.
We have no doubt that a primary j
will be ordered, and we trust that
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the people who vote will see that;
three business men are put in ^
charge of the plants for which the
taxpayers in this city have paid, and;
for whose maintenance the taxpay-;
ers are responsible.
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DEATH OF JOHN W. TUCKER. !
Mr. John W .Tucker died Thurs-,'
day morning, March 7, 1918, about
4 o'clock, at his home at Calhoun
Falls, S. C. He had been in failing
health for some time. He had suf-i
fered a stroke of parlysis which was
the fourth stroke. Mr. Tucker was
59 years old and was a painter by
trade. He is survived by his wife,1
bne daughter, Miss Bonnie Tucker
three sons, Mr. Bosco Tucker, all
of Calhoun Falls, Mr. Mack Tucker
of Greenville, Mr. Harry Tucker of,
the army in New Jersey, two brothers,
Mr. James R. Tucker of Due|
West, Mr. Caleb Tucker of Ander-I
son, two sisters, Mrs. Amercus Hall|
of Anderson, Mrs. Dicy Mitchell of|
Westminster. He was a member of
the Baptist church. \
Mr. J. W. Tucker was born near!
First Creek Church in 1859. Hej
was married to Miss Deliah Weeks |
of Piedmont, S. C. Then he moved j
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LO nnuersuil VVIICIC lie livcu iuujk au|
of his life. Two years ago he mov-j
ed to Calhoun Falls, to paint the
Mill Village houses.
The funeral was held at 10:30 ^
o'clock Friday morning at Andursoi
Rev. John White conducted the sei
vices. The burial was at Silvo
Brook cemetery, Anderson. Tli
floral designs marked the affectio
and respect in which he was hel
by his numerous friends.
A. Niece.
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB.
On Wednesday afternoon, Fel
27th a meeting of the Home Ec(
nomics Club was held at the hom
of Mrs. W. J. McKee. This bein
the beginning of a. new year, th
director, Miss Martin, called for
reorganization. The old officers wer
unanimously re-elected, Mrs. W. .
McKee, president; Miss Maci
Sharpe, secretary. Out of a men
bership of eighteen 50% were pre;
ent.
The club at this meeting agree
to specialize on the cultivation c
peanuts for the production of pe?
nut butter. Some enthusiasm wa
shown over the prospect offered o
winning a $25.00 the followin
year. As a result of the demonstrs
tion of a fireless cooker made unde
the direction of Miss Martin, on
is soon to be installed in the horn
of one of the members, and w
hope other home conveniences o
like nature will soon follow. , '
Again on the following Wednes
day Miss Martin brought to us Mis
South, Assistant State Agent, wh
gave a most helpful demonstrate
on Dietetics. As a result we hop
the twenty house keepers who wer
present will be enabled to serve
well balanced daily diet.
WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT IT.
1340 Rome St., Petersburg, Va.
March 12, 1918.
Editor Press and Banner:
Dear Sir:?Allow me to apologiz
for not sending the remittance whe
it was promised. My husband an
myself have just returned from
tour of the West and found a pil
of papers and I sure did enjoy Th
Press and Banner. ~ Would not b
without it.
Thanking you for past favor.
Your respectfully,
Mrs.\B. A. Bellringer.
Notice of Land Sale.
We, the undersigned, will sell a
public outcry, in front of R. (
Rvnxrn loo & rn'c Stnre in Due Wes
S. C., at three thirty o'clock, Marc
25th, 1918: One lot adjoinin
lands of J. B. Pressly, Woman'
College, W. W. Edwards and Mrs
J. T. McDill, containing One Acre
more or less. Also the late horn
of Mrs. M. A. Brownlee, contain
ing five acres, more or less, an<
bounded by the lands of S. J. Todc
Miss S. E. Morton, R. S. Galloway
A. Selden Kennedy and Mrs. N. S
Bonner.
The above land sold to divide ou
equity.
TERMS?CASH. Purchaser t
pay for papers and stamps.
ROSA B. JOHNSTON,
GERTRUDE B. AGNEW.
3-15-3t.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that
meeting of the stockholdersof Abbe
ville Savings and Investment Com
pany is called to meet in the offic
of the National Bank of Abbeville
at Abbeville, South Carolina, a
5:30 P. M., on April 19th, A. I
1918, for the purpose of considei
ing a resolution that the corpo ratio
go into liquidation and wind up it
affairs and dissolve in accoidanc
with Sections 2812 and 2813 o
Volume I of the Civil Code o
South Carolina. x .
The Stockholders are urged t
be present at the said meeting, c
to be presented at the said meetin
by proxy.
F. E. HARRISON,
3-15-4t. President.
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tips and 36 inch unbleached shee
ing last Tuesday.
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DEDUCTION MADE
IN COAL PRICES!
Washington, March 8.?An averige
reduction of 30 cents a ton in
he retail1 price of all anthracite coal^
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sold for domestic use between April
1 and September 1, was announced
tonight by the fuel administration,
together with regulations, governing
the retail distribution of all coal for
the year beginning the first of next
month. Th rules are designed par- j^p
ticularly to prevent hoarding and in- 9H
sure the filling of all domestic needs MB
for next winter during the summer HB
months.
Although no reduction in the retail
price of bituminous coal to con
suiners was maae, uie zuei aummistration
today began announcement HBj
of revised prices for such coal. . at