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ESTABLISHED 1844
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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
H. G. CLARK, Editor.
The Press and Banner Co.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919.
MAYOR MARS' COUP.
Mayor Mars has pulled something
unique in dealing with strikes and
strikers. The njegro 'laborers employed
by the Southern Paving Construction
Company to enlarge the
Square preparatory to beginning the
actual work of paving, struck for
higher wages after one day's work.
They were employed at a rate of
. $2.50 a day to handle a pick and
shovel." ^-Tuesday morning they demanded
$3.00 per- day. This demand
was refused and the negroes did not
go to work, but spent the day loafing
about town.
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Then Mayor Mars began to cerebrate
and evolved the subtle scheme
of having the strikers arrested for
loafing and loitering. In mpst every
town there is such an ordinance
that functions with satisfactory elasticity.
The police were ordered to
arrest the strikers on the above named
charge and four of the negroes
were caught and fined $25 or 30
days in jail. The city's wage scale,
it can be readily seen, is much lower
than generally prevails?or else the
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board at tne.cnry uuici iO VVUA^MAWi
ble only to a swell cafe.
The outcome of this strike of unskilled
negro labor for a daily wage
of $3.00 per day will be watched
with more interest than amusement.
Tfc-; denouement of Mayor Mars'
coup will also command attention. It
was .'it least original?and loafing
must be discouraged.
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.
Our Mexican policy has always
been a joke. By turns we are diplomatic,
brusquely stern and threatening.
We have sent notes without
number to Carranza; we have several
i
times invaded the country. But what
has it all amounted to? j
Carranza has received our notes
and has not taken the trouble to re-'
ply to all of them. He has in reality'bested
our country in a contest
of statecraft, which leads through a
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maze of dilatory negotiations. I
The situation is both absurd and
serious. The head of the decadent
Mexican Republic presents a pitiful
figure. He is not master of more
than one^third of his country and his
hold on that is precarious. The other
two-thirds has been torn to pieces by
the ravages of bandits and the petty
wars of guerilla revolutionists. Carranza
is proud, arrogant, stubborn
and short-sighted and can never hope
to be master of Mexico. And while
jealous of the honor and dignity of
his country, he cannot and will not
assume responsibility for the many
outrages that have been committed
upon Americans and citizens of other
countries.
The latest bit of serio-comics that
flashed on the screen of border
events was the capture and holding
for ransom by Mexican bandits of
two United States aviators. $15,000
Mraa HpmanHed for their ransom. It
was proposed to pay the ransom and
then demand a rebate from Carranza.
But only $8,500 was paid, the
Mexicans being matched in cunning
and perfidy. At that the bandits rereived
$1,000 more than Capt. Mat
lock thought he had paid. We feel
? rather better over the news that
General Dickman has ordered that
the other $6,500 be paid. But to
whom? The bandits have scattered
and fled singly into the wilderness
fastnesses of northern Mexico.
And Tuesday we pent troops across^
y
the border. Well, we have precede!
' for that. The troops will ride ar
! sweat and curse and most probabl
! wont catch the bandits?and thei
1 is precedent for that.
Of course the policy of the admii
istration is not to be criticized" tc
harshly. Washington has to de;
with a Mexican government that e:
ists on paper?a phantom goveri
ment.
If Washington has something soli
, ty deal with the results obtaine
would be more tangible.
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I And becaus'e we have no respons
ble party to deal with are we to to
erate outrages against our own cit
zens? Are we to deal with this ou
lawry by paying occasional ransoms
The time wa| when we dealt wit
the pirate of the Barbery coast in
itaiwant maimer. First, it was Sti
phen Decatur and in later days Joh
Hay, who handled these pirates wit
such dispatch and high honor for th
United States.
We have been too considerate c
Mexican feelings; too indecisiv
and lacking in purpose. We wer
never in a better position from
military standpoint to deal wit
, Mexico and it would appear ths
stringent methods are called for. A
other remedies have failed, ho1
about a thorough treatment wit
A. E. F.?
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- THE CHARLESTON ELECTION.
The mayorality contest in Charl?!
ton is of interest outside that "cit
only insofar as it takes into accour
Candidate Grhce's unpatriotic utte:
' r.nces before and durihg the wa
I That was really the big issue in th
campaign, though greatly becloude
in that city, because no municipals
can see itself in perspective. *
Hyde stands elected by one vol
and evei\ if this majority is not ove:
turned that is a mighty small margi
Df rebuke for Charleston to admini)
ter to Grace for his outrageous u
tsrances during the war.
Grace made an appeal to class pr<
judice and unfortunately that is to
. often a deciding factor in politics
contests. The following from th
American of Thursday morning go(
, f?r in explaining the reason wh
Grace stood any chance, whateve
and also throws light on the methoc
of a demigogue:
; "Mr. Grace's majorities cam
from the neighborhoods in which 01
dinary people live; those of Mr. Hyd
from neighborhoods where live thoa
j who think they are better than othe
j people. By and large, the line of th
I cleavage was as clear in this can
| paign as in all those in which M:
! Grace was a candidate."
I It is Bleasitism, nothing mor<
I nothing less?and as reasonless.
1 The result of the election place
; Charleston in a dubious light as fa
! as the rest of the State and th
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i country at large is concerned.
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v DUE WEST. <
V (The A. R. Presbyterian.) *
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; Miss Statia Wideman is visitin
friends in Due West.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Pressly are o
ther way to the mountains.
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. Dr. R. L. Robinson preached i
Anderson last Sabbath.
Dr. E. B. Kennedy is expecte
home this week from the Universit
' of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brownlee an
Miss Wyatt left last Thursday fc
Montreat.
Mrs. Minnie Brown and Miss Ott
are back at home after a ten daj
visit to friends in Iva.^
Miss Virginia Addison is spendir
1 her vacaton in Due West. She can
up from Charleston.
Miss Mary Phillips of Louisvill
'Ga., daughter of Judge W. L. Phi
. lips, is a guest of friends in town.
Mr. C. W. Baker of Greenwood. I
C., spent Saturday with his aun
31rs. W. C. Rampey.
Miss Ellen Rampey is visiting h<
grandmother, Mrs. D. D. Rampey <
Hodges, S. C.
Dr. and Mrs. W. Pressly an
children have just returned from
' visit to the mountains. ?
Mrs. R. M. Stevenson, Mr. Browi
' lee Stevenson and W. W. Edward
Jr., are visiting friends in Tennessei
Dr. Payson Kennedy, Mrs. Kei
nedy, Miss Sarah and Master Paysoi
Jr., are the jr jests of Mr. and Mrj
A. S. Kennedy.
Mr. L. L. Bonner returned Satui
it day from trhe Marine hospital in Sa
id vannah. He is rapidly recoverin,
[y from an operation.
e1 Miss Euphemia Young is expecte
' home this week from New York. Sh
i-| aomes on account of her father hav
to ing gone to the hospital.
al Mr. Frank Wilson, our popula
postmaster, is spenaing a wee*. a
i-J Montreat, N. C.
Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Pressl
[d reached Due West from Louisvill(
l(j Ga., on Monday and joined thei
j children who have been here som
j ' time.
Mr. Olin Brownlee joined Mrs
j ! Brownlee and the children in Nort
. I Carolina last week. They expect t
,^ visit Hendersonvillc, Waynesvillt
. ' Montreat, and other points.
' Dr. James Moffatt and Mrs. Moi
s fatt reached Due West last wee
i from Chapel Hill, N. C. They wi!
^ spend the rest of the summer here
I returning- in the fall to North Care
Iina.
Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Parkinsor
^ and little son, of White Oak, S. C
e 1
i were the guests last week of Dr. ani
e. Mrs. Moffatt. Mrs. Moffatt and so'
k are spending some days here.
Mrs. Elma C. Copeland and tw
.. children, Bryson and Elma, will re
nrn to their home in Tampa, 'Fla
W this week" after spending severs
^ months with her father, Mf. M. E
Clinkscales. .
Mr. S. A. -Pressly and family hav
' returned from the mountain&v Thei
return was hastened from the fac
that lodging room in the mountain
y
sjave out, many finding it necessar
^ to sleep in their automobiles.
Miss Willie Virginia Gallowa
" reached Due West last week. Sh
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! fcpent five weeks with her sister, Mrs
: J. B. Moseley of Bluefield> W. Va. 0
hlr return she spent a week in Wast
j ington, with kindred and friends an
e saw the sights of The National Cap:
r"i tol. She stopped over in Charlott
n and Kings Mountain for a few days
s-!
fc" 1 "The Natural Law."
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"The question asked and answere
10: is: Shall a young girl marry a youn
" man irrespective of his real affec
ie' tion for her, or a man of more ms
^ture years, with good sense, an
y! comfortable bank account, who love
r? her for herself? The author is some
's | what daring in his handling of th
J theme, and there are many stron;
ie j situations, and several strong cli
1 maxes, while the moral lesson in
[e tended is driven deep with keen
e edged words and situations too plai
;r to be misunderstood. It is this veil
e of treatment, just somewhat differ
l" ent, that appeals. Held spellbouni
r* the audience and made them forge
for the time being, it was play-act
5? ing, The splendid treatment carrie<
it to a level far beyond that usuall;
:S attained and made it a most interest
r ing, absorbing and enjoyable pro
e durtion."?Philadelphia, (Pa.) In
quirer.
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^ LOST:?Pair Spectacles, made b;
M, R. Campbell, Anderson, Sv C.
8 between Abbeville and Greenwood
' upper road. Return to R. E
n WILES, Iva, S. C. 8-22-lt P
n FOR SALE:?One Jersey Bull cali
Two and one-half months old.
d 8-22-lt. Pd. W. M. Barnwel
TO SELL:?Oldsmobile Six, 191
d Model. Five Passenger Tourin
Car. Sliehtly used, original tirei
one extra tire, at a bargain. Fo
is information phone or write W. ft
BROADWELL, Lowndesville, S. (
8-19-3t. Pd.
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ie FOR SALE?Iron Safe, in good cor
dition.1 J. R. GLENN.
e> 8-19-3t. Pd.
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Splendid opportunity for men c
3.1 women selling guaranteed hosierj
t, Handsome profits made in either fu
or spare time. Full line *of men's, wc
;r men's and children's up-to-dat
jf styles. Large commissions. Exper
ence not necessary. Write
. PHOENIX HOSIERY CO.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
West Market Street Station,
7-1 l-8t.
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s, V/ANTED?100 young men and wo
?. men for book-keeping and shor
t- hand course. We have calls dail;
i, for graduates. Positions guaran
j. teed graduates. Write for fre<
lesson in Gregg Short Hand
-J Greenwood Business College. 8-5ti
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Belting, , !'
Lace Leather, .
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Binder Twine.
A large shipment of
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g Wagon Harness,
^ Breeching,
[. Wagon Lines, and
Harness Parts bought 1
fore the advance.
J Wagon and Buggy Riir
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Shafts,
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Rods.
Bicycles, and
Bicycle Tires.
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Butcher Knii
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The largest an
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Extra Wicks
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Boilers,
Pitchers,
be- Cake and Pu
Pyrex Cassei
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Bowls, and
Plates.
I China Sets,
Cups and Sai
Glass Ware,
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