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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
H. G. CLARK, Editor.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1919.
THE SENATE AND PEACE.
The latest news dispatches say
that probably the Peace Treaty will
be signed and finally disposed of by
August 1. Along in the winter we
hoped that the matter would be history
by June 1. It takes a lot of
patience for the people of this country
to wait for the difficulties of
growing out of the World War to be
settled. And patience is a virtue
which few of us possess.
Especially Js that quality wanting
in th? United States Senate, quondam
dignified body of our two-chambered
Congress. We expect the
House of Representatives occasionally
to act like a bunch of "prep"
school boys at play, but we hardly
expected to see the United States
Senate in tantrums, lying down in the
middle of the floor, as it were, and
kicking up its once dignified heels
because 'tis said that President Wilson
has not sufficiently taken the
body into his confidence on the details
of the Peace Treaty and the
League of Nations.
The action of the Senate from the
very beginning of the conferences at
"Versailles is sufficient argument to
justify the President in his action.
No one has insulted the dignity of
! the Senate. It has no dignity^ as is
' i evidenced by the disgraceful conduct
of Lodge, Reed, Borah, Knox,
and others of the same ilk. The people
are beginning to doubt whether
the Senate is a body where intelligent
consideration can be given to
-any important subject. That body
certainly has given the pttblfc /JP
' reason to suppose that it could
fatW an lh;;?rtant Piece of legislation
Without the
ancfc 6? Preside
When the President went to Paris
to attend the peace conference the
Senate immediately flew into as
many different and conflicting units
as there were members. There was
no cohesion, no unity of purpose, no
leadership among the Democrats or
Republicans. The individual senators
were mighty jealous as to the individual
and collective prerogatives
that, accrue to their office. They
showed no capacity for meeting Ihe
needs of the county. Their one forte
was destructive criticism. With fine
frenzy they have torn the League of
Nations to shreds and not a single
senator has offered anything as a
substitute. As we all know it takes
no intelligence to pick flaws.
The Republicans have lined up as
irrevocably opposed to the League oi
Nations. If the party carries its opposition
to the length of defeating
v the measure in this country, President
Wilson will, no doubt, carrj
the question in 1920 over the heads
of the Senate direct to the people as
he has done so often before. W<
have no doubt as to the result of th<
nro orn parfain tllflt or
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overwhelming majority of Americans
favor the League of Nations. It ii
not perfect, but, it means peace ant
a working plan to avoid futur<
world-wars.
FIRST IN THE STATE.
The Journal of the Medical Socie
ty of South Carolina brings forwar<
the suggestion that Abbeville is th<
first city to establish a Memoria
Hospital to her sons who offere<
their lives in the cause of liberty ii
the World War. In the light of th<
more important fact of getting j
hospital for this city and county thi
question of name and dedication i
l>y no means the main issue, but i
' is an important one. And certainl;
t the name chosen could not be mor
1 appropriate. It is a name that wi]
serve to bind the people of Abbevill
and Abbeville County to the institu
tion as nothing else could do.
The following is taken from th
Medical Journal:
"We believe Abbeville County t<
be the first in the State to erect i
Memorial Hospital to her sons wh
gave their lives to the cause of liber
I f*r in tlio nroi? TKo .Tnnma
ujr in uiiv n vxiu ?? ux x iiv u vv?* hm
has long advocated County Hospital
in every County in South Carolinj
where at all practicable and man;
Counties now liave such Hospitals o:
are contemplating building them. W<
I have been so much interested in th<
i matter that we wired Dr. G. A
^ Neuffer of Abbeville, one of the mos
active members of our State Associa
tion and only recently our Presi
dent, to give us a brief report on thi
proposition in order that we migh
give it to our readers immediately
for their information and encourage
ment along these lines. The repon
is as follows:
Abbeville County Memorial Hospital
The idea of a memorial to the mer
of Abbeville County who participated
in the world war has been in th<
mind of the people of AbbevilU
County ever since the armistice wat
1 signed.
There have been various suggest!
ions as to what would be the mosl
| a^jjiupiian; liieuiuriai. jli was aug!
gested that a monument be erected
'on the Public Square; but monu1
ments are so numerous now it was
i felt that this would not be sufflcienl
i evidence of our appreciation of the
the services rendered by our boys
In considering the matter Dr. J. C,
Hill, conceived the idea of a memorr=
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y ial hospital, this being a memorial,
e as well as supplying a much needed
11 institution, which will be of great
e service to the people of the county
as well as a constant reminder of our
I soldier boys.
e There is, in this city, a three story
brick building, which has been used
as a college; this property was on
the market for sale. Dr. J. C. Hill
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and Mr. S. H. Rosenberg, secured
an option on the building for the
j i purpose of establishing a hospital.
I They then interested tfte following
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| gentlemen: Drs. C. C. Gambrell, J.
a j R. Power, G. A. Neuffer, J. E. Press7\
ly, Mr. D. H. Hill and Mr. C. H. Mcr
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I Murray, these eight men guaranteeI
ing the purchase price of the property.
*j It was decided to form a stock
company, with a capital of $10,000,
and after a short canvass this amount
J has been secured. The property has
* now been bought, a commission secured
and in the next few days the
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company will be finally organized.
Plans for remodeling the building
and converting it into a modern and
up-to-date hospital are now under
way and it is intended to have it in;
I running order in a very short time."
j WILL LYNCHERS SAVE THEM5
SELVES?
Forty-three years ago this State
was rescued from a political condii
tion comparable with that of Russia
or Hungary now and the task was acII
eorrmlisbpd hv flip nni+o/1 ootmn nt
the white race. In that day there
> Was difference of opinion but so im;
mediate and desperate was the em!
ergency that the difference was sus.
I pended and the leadership accepted
. was faithfully followed. The leader i
of the white people was Gen. Wade
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Hampton. He, together with most
of his lieutenants, condemned violence
and fraud in 1876 and, when
he became governor, he exerted himself
to put down all forms of lawlessness.
In this course he was bravely
followed by most of his successors to
this day. We do not recall more than
two or three governors since 1876
who have apologized for or excused
lynching on any account. The numor
anrJ fViinTiAnnlA
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of South Carolina that advocates resort
to unlawful methods to punish
crime is negligible.
The victory in 1876 was won because
the white people were united;
because they were as one man. That
is why and how the white people
came into possession of the courts,
the legislatures and the jury system.
If one-fourth or one-tenth of the respectable
'white men of the State had
voted for Chamberlain in 1876,
Hampton would not have been elected.
Now there is a movement afoot to
put down lynching and injustice to
negroes in the South by extending
the jurisdiction of the federal courts
and laws at the expense of the State
courts and laws. When legislation
of this character shall be proposed in
the Congress, what shall The State
be expected to say against it? If,
anywhere in South Carolina, a negro
has been killed in revenge for an offense
laid at his door and of which
he has been acquitted by a jury of
white men, presided over by a white
judge who was elected by a white
legislature, which, in turn, was chosen
by white voters, what is to be I
said in the face of such facts? Mark,
the important fact is, not that the negro
was killed, but that the killing
was repudiation of the white governERG
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ment conceded by the people of the
United States living under a constitution
that guarantees security of
life and property to the citizen.
More than half a century the
States of the South have been protected
against federal encroachment,
not by ruffians, not by lynchers, but
by Southern men who have no more
sympathy for lawless procedure
than have tlie best men of other sections.
When the last "Force Bill"
was pressed in the Congress, under
the direction of Henry Cabot Lodge,
the spokesmen of the South who
could command the sympathetic help
of just Northern men frustrated its
passage. Had the South been represented
preponderantly then of at
any time by defenders of or apologists
for mob murder, long ago it
would have been, in a political sense,
placed in irons?as it was in irons in
the Reconstruction period. With unfailing
hope and tenacity, the Southern
believers in law aqd order have
insisted that the white South could
be trusted to do justice to the negroes
and have enlisted a sufficient
number of Northern congressmen as
allies to prevent federal interference,
but an hour may come when
their hope will expire.
When the white South divides in
respect of this matter, the issue will
be determined by the United States
and, if unity can be had only by ex
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The State.
WEDDING GUESTS
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Among the friends from a distance
who came to Abbeville to attend
the Mabry-Austin wedding were
Mr. and Mrs. McCracken Miss Domi
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I I11CA. ttllU 1XJL&* Hit 111 JLIVB11C UI A1?W
berry, Mr. and Mrs. Dye, Mrs. Austin
and Mrs. Robert Love of Cheater,
Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Aldrcih of Greenwood, Mr.
Riley, Mr. Drake and Mr. Tyson of
Bennettsville, Prof. Patterson Wardlaw
of'Columbia, Rev. Frank Wazdlaw,
of York, Thos. C. Perron of
Bishopville, and Mrs. J. L. Edwards
of Darlington.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Treasurer of Abbeville
County and will abide the reeott ef
the Democratic primary election!
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J. E.. JONES. X":
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* We wish to announce GEORGE C.
DOUGLAS as a candidate for tfce
office of Treasurer of Abbeville
County, in the approaching primary
election. Mr. Douglas agrees to abide
by the rules of the Democratic Primary.
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