Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5. ___ ESTABLISHED 1844 v< The Press and Banner Y ... , 0 " ABBEVILLE. S. C. f, t! Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. ri b The Press and Banner Co. o Published Every Tuesday and Friday o Telephone No. 10. f Entered as second-class mail mat* ^ ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. p t ' " * ti Terms of Subscription: ^ r- One year $1.50 ^ Six months .75 ' Three months .50 a Payable invariably in advance. ^ a ? ___ , ' V I SJ TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1918. j ir . I is I ^ IS BLEASEISM DEAD? . E !C1 . Itl Cooper's Great Opportunity | No man need deceive - himself, f I ni Bleaseism is not dead. It will not I oi be dead until anti-Bleaseism is dead, ^ and that will be when the thoughtful and more patriotic people of the for-i ^ mer factions in the state and the , ?1 al great progressive common people of. ^ the state refuse longer to allow themC? selves to be made the tools of design- ^ ing office seekers on either the one side air the other. P 01 ; Looking Backward. m We must needs look back a little oi ways, and know something of the po- ai litical past. - qv The poorer classes of the people j te in South Carolina came out of the j w ' ^ . . L, war with nothing. Labor was cneap ?? ' and the white man with his family to j dt support and a family to rear for all those years has stood a poor chance when it is considered that he has had * to compete with his hands against the d< ?former free labor of the community. n< Many of them have yielded to whatj Ci ' appeared the inevitable and have been i th content to seek only their daily bread, | gc leaving posterity to take what was! rv left behind. Others have tried to J ci grow up. Some have succeeded, j a k some have floundered, and some have; th failed. The stern necessities of life ai have made of the most of them, un-j tv til recent years, hewers of wood and j in drawers of water. They hae been j ri denied the opportunities of an education. In fact there has been little ca means of securing an education by er the offspring of these people. They w / ;. have read nothing; they have had in but little to read. And out of their ai ignorance and dislike for those more oi fortunate men of the state, many jof th whom have used their talents solely cc r . \ V V " . ? . for their own use, and who have not to been willing to treat them as either se political or social equals, resulting in ai suspicion, and even, we may say, ac- se tual animosoties, has come a fertile field for some of the more intelli- m fcvv-. 1 . v . . . , gent of the poorer class, who have js sought sometimes to rise to promi- th nence in the state by playing upon i g, the dislikes, prejudices and animosi-j a< \ies of their fellowmen, and by mak- jj ing these honest but sorely misled to people, oftimes, believing that the ]i, ' other class was still militant and at tc their throats. in No Good in Nazareth. ly It is true that the former landed 0i proprietors who before the war lived through the involuntary servitude of hi the negro, a life of ease, came out of hi the war almost as penniless as their tc less fortunate neighbors. But they h< were still dominant in politics as they ?t had been before the war. From this T class had come all the politicallead- ki era in the pre-war period, and from it w . after the war, and during re-con- di struction, and for years thereafter n came these same leaders. Many of gi the men who were in public life were T men of parts and they did much for rr the state. But there was still that intolerance for the "white trash" -which had existed in the pre-war per- ft 'iod, especially amongst those of the b former aristocracy who had the least v intelligence, and who had been born b and reared to think that no good a could come out of Nazareth. These e \ people assisted by their taodies, lick- tl f spittles and camp-followers were and is > " are today as intolerant of the men in e v the other class as these have been of p former. |p + --Good men there have been in all(c f. parties, and good men there hav* o been, and are, in all factions in South S ^Carolina, men who have sought to1 state and it alone, but the1 | :>ice of the demagogue has been a-jin road in the land and "our set has hi cen after all the offices as hereto-1 tl ?re. The old animosities have con- p nued to exist, and men in the two h; ssulting factions have continued to ir oast of the fact that they have voted o rr their factions straight, and with- si ut regard to the merits of the men t< ffering for office. li Mr. Blaine's Indictment. tl It must be said with regret that a he great middle classes of the peo- tl le, and the thoughtful men on the tl ivo extremes of the old divisions in tl bis state have proved the truth of g Ir. Blaine's indictment against the g eople of South Carolina, that though f< hey are willing to fight and die in st rar, in the affairs of civil life, they H re wanting in that moral courage w hich is so necessary to fight the dem- di gogue and the fire-eater when he hi hows his; head. The conservative 11< tajority, instead of asserting itself, a: i content to allow the fight to be! h< lade between self-seeking politi-( fi ians, and, themseles, line up with b? le one party or the other, rather w lan organize an independent fight, t>i ot for individuals, but for the good b< f the state. Perhaps one reason is P< lat heretofore a man who has not gi sen at the throat of every other man f an opposing faction has been un)le in the politics of South Carolina f* > get the public ear. Whatever the luype, the rampant politician in South n< arolina, and the one willing to ap- ar ;al to the factional feeling on the: w! le hand, or on the other, has for the j W ost part been the accepted leader he : one part of the people, and his he itagonist has been also of the same th lalities. The modest man, the even ti< mpered man, the conservative well- w! isher of the state however great his j th jility and patriotism has had a poor ar ly in the past. But it will not be J si| rer thus. tu i Looking Forward. j ^ It is to this thought that we are un-, ;rtaking to give out attention. A| ;w day awaits the people of South j m arolina if the good people will do eir part. We have just elected a &c >vernor of the state, who refused to w in for office as a factional politi-; e-v an. That he won by so handsome ^ ? majority in this state shows that^ ? ie great middle classes of the people id the more thoughtful people of the to extremes have put on their thinkg caps and are capable of doing the j _ ght thing. That this portion of the eople in the state is growing is ** iuse for congratulation. There is lough of the people in this state, ho think rightly, and who are willg for the best men to go into office id rule the state, there is enough : them to govern South Carolina if! iey will only summon their moral' ~ >urage and convictions, and refuse! be led around by the nose by self-j eking representatives of a decadent: istocracy, or to be deceived by the| ' :lf-seeking demagogue. OWhether Bleaseism or whatever you j ay call the "ism", or anti-Blease-' yj m, is to die in South Carolina and! ie people come into their own is J >ing to depend very largely on thei Iministration of Robert A. Cooper. 1 r. Cooper has had little opportunity ? assert himself as a leader in pube matters. He has had, himself, > make the uphill fight for a place j . life. But he has done it faithful-1 _ , honestly, capably, loyally, and, in j ^ ar humble judgment, always with an l for the good of the state. Hej is the people behind him who wishj . m mighty well. He has the chance i ? become the leader of the great' >nest-thinking, honest-acting and j ;ate-loving people of South Carolina, i I Fi he people will follow him if hei nows how to blaze the way. Theyi ill no longer be deceived by the se-1 I fVi active promises of the office-seeker, or the blatant cries of the dema-| ? Ql Dgue, if only they are led aright. | hey are ready for reason and com-j ion sense. They seek results. The Fight in the East. And the opportunity will grow for I ?' Ir. Cooper. In a little while, and 1 efore he has held his high position o: ery long, let ua hope, the men (not ^ oys) who are now fighting in France ^ nd on other shores will have return- a d to their native state, ,with their b ioughts elevated, the" fires of patriot- b jm freshly burning, with a knowl- ^ dge that service is greater than 1 osition, with a wider outlook on the h roblems of life and a juster con- ti option of the true motives and rights a i . men, and a keener desire to make Carolina a batter state. A Naw Day For Labor. And then, too, labor and the work g man are about to arrive. Labor I is itself been too long misled by :ose who would profit by playing on lejudice. The awakening is at and. The man who toils is learnig to think. The inalienable rights f property which we have all worlipped in the past must give place > the more sacred rights of life, berty and an even chance in life for le man who toils. Woodrow Wilson rid' the- war have have- given le country a new freedom wehn ley have- given to the man lat turns the wheels, and plows the rotmd, and makes- two blades of rass grow where only one grew be>re, a chance to be "himself of the ;ate. His home must be of the best, [is family must be on an equality ith every other family. His chilren must be educated. They must avo a chance in life. The man who >ils must be given a living wage, tid in turn he must earn it. The smes in the country must be made ee for the women Who have so long :en slaves in them. The woman who orks must be allowed to live, and | ie sweatshops of the country must,| s made tolerable places in which1 ;ople may live, and work and see a owing opportunity. Can He Man The Ship? These are the conditions which con-! ont the new governor of South 'anolina, who knows so well the j ;eds, the desires and the burning nbitions of those who have not had, hat they were entitled to by right, ill he prove a great leader? Will s be equal to the emergency? Will s be able to make of the people of is state a great thinking aggregam of individuals, who love and, ho would serve the state, rather, an blind followers of office-seekers, id fit tools of self-seeking and denning men? Will he be able to rn the eyes of the people towards. e" golden west, or shall we again j ip into the old factional rut?: We await the result. Should he ake the effort as we would have him' >, he will have the support of all the >od men in the party. Bleaseism ill die, as will anti-Bleaseism, and rery other "ism" of like kindJ leaseism is not dead but sleepeth. WANTS ! EWARD?$5.00 Reward for the? . return or information regarding! ; red heifer calf, 6 months old with' dark stripe across nose caused by; halter. Strayed or stolen from1 * Cox's pasture Aug. 14. G. W. | ? oa ot *~e i oudJimrwci, uu raojiic ui? iiup ti.i I ' L. NELSON, Abbeville, S. C. Wanted Wanted Junk of all kind lags. Rubber, Bags and Iron. 7-tf. rANTED:?2 experienced salesmen wanted for clothing, shoes etc., and for Hardware and Grocery j store, to begin October 1st or earlier, THE ROSENBERG MERCANTILE CO., Abbeville, S. C. Write fully stating salary etc., to S. H. Rosenberg, Abbeville, S. C. 8-20-tf. WANTED?Two salesmen to work in dry goods and clothing store. L.| W. White & Co., Abbeville, S. C. OR SALE?Fine Jersey cow. Apply to Mrs. H. H. Hill, next door to Postoffice 9.-3-2t OR SALE?Car load of South Carolina grown Appier Oats; from one of the best oat-growing sections of e State. J. Allen Smith, Jr. 9-3-tf i TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville Take Notice That at Martin's store on Satnrday! fternoon, at 4 o'clock, Sept. 7th, 918, the undersigned, as trustees f Campbell Public School District o. 26, will let to the lowest bidder; le contract for the construction of four-room, one story, frame school! uilding, according to specifications to e furnished by the trustees. The rustees to furnish the framing, suboorfng and sheeting to be used in the uilding of said school house. The rustees reserve tile tfght to reject ny and aD bids. W. B. MANN, J. A. CAMPBELL, S. M. BEATY, Truetees. GlLrAlR^j ; ; The Boss, like a gas st( is the Oil Stove of steady h | blessing to thousands upon the world. On busy work days; af a long afternoon's shoppin at all times when minutes i petites to be satisfied quid | BOSS on the front of each s Beware of imitationsthe front of each stove and (f STOVES"">RANGE Abbevil v ? ? # ? The Rosenbi DEPAR' Abbeville, SHOES New Fall Shoes worth a look. ; Mouse, Cherry t and White. The styles are i the best A variety of lai i I I U/'Jil j low neeis. vviau Let i The Rosenbe HESn HI BURN J; 99.66 -VJl Per Cent SSil ATP ^H. r **? ye, provides abundant heat. The Boss eat. 11 is always ready. The Boss is a thousands of busy housewives all over tci* a hard morning's cleaning; after g, when friends drop in unexpectedly; ire precious and there are healthy apdy, thne are genuine without the name tove.. * -i - 1 .1 - DACC the genuiir nas tne name dujj on m t is sold in Abbeville county by us. I Ce I !S HOME OUTFITTERS : ' S lie, South Caorlina I eg erg Mercantile Co. I j or : r b BS rMENT STORES | I : South Carolina I '???? _ HX for LADIES III I ; have arrived. They are H Rasinti-tiil Ciyphs. Field laZ&MMI'il M>l> N*l WJ a WW?? p fee/, Dark Brown, Black " I beautiful, and the quality H its with high, medium or H H t from A to D. j is show you. H :rg Mercantile Co. I ? ? ??? ? ????? ? ?*? i >?> i v