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Established 1844. The Tress and Banner Abbeville, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. rr? I I in leiepnunc .\u. i". Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Three months .50 Wednesday, March 17, 1020. THE CLEMSON TROUBLE PRIMARY ELECTIONS The announcement by Governor Dorsey, of Georgia, that he will not make the race for the United States Senator because he is financially un able to do so should cause the peopleto take stock of the advantages and disadvantages of primary elections. In these latter years the people have looked to the primary as a cure-all for political diseases. There are some offices which, of necessity,! must be filled in this way, but the net results of the primary system has been to fill the offices of the state and nation with all kinds of men of mediocre abiity, not to say blatant dmogogues, while men who might have served the state and nation with profit and great distinction have been eliminated from politics, in some cases because the people did not want to hear the truth, and in others because these men would not consent to undergo the annoyancej ( and humiliation, not to say the ex-j pense, of running for office. The pri-i mary lias made it impossible for the people to select a man and elect him to office without this man puttinghimself in the position of an office seeker, and actually becoming such. But the worst effect of the primary, as we see, it is that more and, more it is becoming a matter of ability to reach voters by means of money. The money in some cases i.-\ spent for legitimate purposes, ro doubt. There is no objection to spend-, in? money for advertising purposes, nor for other purposes of information to the public. But few candidates who run for office confine the expenditures to these purposes. Work-, pvs nvo hivpri wlirtso business it is to go about the state and spread propaganda of one kind and another. liij' the industrial centers large amounts' of money are spent in this way, ( breeding a horde of so-called-helpers many of whom accept money from both sides to a controversy, and none ' of whom in the end, we suspect, do ; much good for anybody. They do a ' great deal of harm in all cases in pro- / ducing a political seething entirely,1 incompatible with the best interests : nf tVip pommnnitv. One of the nrinci- ^ pal things to be accomplished by ' them to create in the community! distrust towards the people whom 1 ht^ serve on %v'10Se employment 1 they subsist. " ^ j1 And the poor man about whom we : have heard so much . in this way of 1 I doing things, is like Governor Dorsey i! lost in the shuffle. He is financially!1 unable to run for office, and must. step aside for those with money. The 1 primary which was supposed to make ; it possible for every man, in what-, ever condition, to become an office : seeker on equal terms with everybody ^ else, in the end accomplishes the; opposite result, and makes the poor, man only an on-looker. We take it to be true that the old convention system was dominated by rings and combinations. But we do, not believe there was ever one half; the corruption in politics under this system that we have had in this state in the last twenty years. And there was never more rings and combina-, tions in those days than there is now. Certain it is that in the old days we sent at least some men to Congress and to the United States who were representative of South Carolina, and who did their own thinking, and were neither "rubber stamps" nor "rubber necks" in political life. If some men were kept out of office, by the convention plan they were fortunate, that is all. It takes time for revolutions to subside, but the states and the country must go back to a representative !form of froVemment from the top to -j the bottom. The appeal to the people . I has failed for everybody except the . ! demagogue and the professional office', jseekers. t A QUESTION The crime committed in Abbeville,! last Sunday was, even for crimes cf that nature, one more than ordinarily,' devilish in its deliberateness and cun-i" I ning. I Two white men were quickly accused, arrested and brought to the state penitentiary, where their innoJcence was shortly established. They have been subjected to injury that is small only when compared with that |suffered by the victims of the guilty I men. On the doers of the crime no pun iishment greater can be inflicted jthan that provided by law. It is the I punishment of death. The innocence, mark, of two men :has been established. j The circumstances seem to make jit fair and expedient that a question, ' I rot a pleasant one, be asked: I If the two men arrested Sunday had been of black skin, is it certain , that they would have reached Colum- 1 bia alive? 1 How much evidence, in cases of ] this kind, does a mob require of the ) guilt of negroes accused of the j nameless offense? < After a man has been lynched, f usually no more questions arc put. ( The matter of guilt or innocence is forgotten. Dead men can not vindicate themselves. Xow and then intelligent apologists { for lynching, "in certain cases,'' may 3 u be found. Now and then a crime is 1 committed that disjoints and throws f their arguments out of gear. One good purpose that trial by judge and jury serves is that it sometimes protects excited men from J themselves doing murder ir?on the , innocent. A hasty conclusion of guilt ' is never a safe conclusion and trial by jury is the best human device that the experience of men has establish^' ' ? , for the acertaining of truth in re- ' pect to crimes.?The State. "THERE SHOULD BE A LAW AGAINST IT." Ever si-ice the Rules and Regula- 1 tions of the Garden of Eden were posted by Adam on a primeval appleo tree, mankind has been making laws. * We have had laws against eating, s drinking, thinking, worshipping, living and dying. j Our prompt reaction against anything that displeases us is to cry. J ' There should be a law against it." \ Brand Whitlock comments humorously upon this crinkle in human nature when he says, "If cats howl upon the barnyard fence in the night- j: time, if a strike interrupts Business, if the sheets on the hotel bed are too short, or a new trust is formed. , or a waiter is impertinent, or the cook leaves, all eyes are lifted hope- ; fully toward that annual calamity known as the session of the legislature." " n The World Outlook recently had ? this to say, "Ever since the grey dawn of history we have had laws | against bui'glars, beggars and incom- v petents. But these three classes are not yet extinct. It is difficult to make ^ people good with handcuffs. Men|(; don't bcome virtuous because of shackles. When a scrawny young oakstarts un in noor soil, vou can't do it ] o as much good by building an iron i fence around it as by enriching the * soil about it and tending it so it may ^ grow richly and well. ? "An effective law is like a bell 1 e atop a tower of public opinion. You must have the tower. The trouble is, j we try to hang bells in the air like balloons, and trust them to stay there a without support. "Education before law! An intelligent citizenship would provide a ( basis for few and effective laws. Laws are guide-posts for those who do not know the road. Teach people , the road, and you can dispense with ( most of the guide-posts and the * ones which remain will have less lettering on them, and will be more s readily understood and obeyed. Edu cate young people into fullness of ; life, and they will not need a host of corset-like laws to keep them straight. Educate slum children into , the flowering beauty of life, and they I will refuse to follow the evil-smell- j ing back alleys which lead to the e prison, reformatory and the alms- c house. Educate the complacent, well- ^ to-do individuals who sit in respect:.ble ignorance of coiiuitioni in -lie ill i-aggeu-edne world, and they willj g awaken to the responsibility or ?j iuniun brotherhood. "Laws we must have; but our 1jj reatest need is for more and better S I s chool-books, not more law-boo!:.- = i B >irm> tf-nehevs and nn.-tors. net mo: ' H 1 -jrislatovf!; move of "This i- tha g uise way?come!" and less of "Thi.-jg i the wicked wny?stop!" Noted Painter Dead New York, March IS.?William liar- j m rison Lipplncott. widely known por- m trait and scenic painter, is dead. Born m in Philadelphia in he studied || under Leon Honnat. and lived in Paris g eight years exhibiting at salons in the j| French capital. He was a member of .g the National Academy of Design, Am- m erican Water Color Society, Century 8 Association and Artists' Aid Society, js WALSH POSSIBLE CANDIDATE 'M FOR THE PRESIDENCYj| Palmer. Mass., March IS.?First !S intimations that United States Sena-1H tor David I. Walsh, of this state, i?!s a possible candidate for the Demo- tg cratic nomination for President. \ m were brought to light when W. ,1.'i Buckley, of South Bridge, and Major ?j R. I'. Shea, of Fitchburg, announced |g they were candidates for district de- ?j legates to the national convention, ?1 pledged to Senator Walsh. npfirirp A Mnnj'p nf this tnmti nn- s lounced tonight lie was a candidate j? or a delegate opposed to Senator g tYalsli. Martin A. Coolidge, of Fitch- j| mrg, announced he also was a candi- |J late for delegate opposed to the Sen- m itor. 'HINKSE IiOM?S COULD .NOT BE FLOATED IN DESMAKK H Washington, March 1S.?Chinese j| londs to the value of 00,000 yen were |j aken by the Russian soviet agent. j? Jaxim Litvinoff. to Copenhagen, when jg te arrived there last November from fg Ioscow to confer with James O'Grady, S British representative, over the fines-1 II ion of the repatriation of British pri-i[jj oners of wa~ in Russia. Reports wMcl? have reached ofll-ig rials here describe the vain attempts i= >1' Litvinoff to dispose of the bonds in I == 'cprnliagen. Dun.'sh banks with one I 1= { cord. it \vp 4 sait'. refused to handle iH lie Chinese securities. The bonds ai"|H upposed to form o. small portion o: ! ?q ho foreign securties of every il <?g ription which Russian sovicMggj overnment obtaiieO from the nation- ?ij ligation of all Russian banks. Chimis Statistics Washington, Mr.rch 17.?Pop:ilr?tio*: 'Q tn'istics t'or 1 announced today ;S y the census bureau, included: Milwaukee. Wis.. ITiT-l -17. an in - j ^9 r.cse of s.'l.ii'.HI, or per crjit over; J Mcline. Illinois, 30.70'.'. in^ren;? i: - 13 Hi. or per cent. Wausau. Wisconsin. ! S.?;?; 1. increase! s ,101, or 12.7 per cent. Moberly, Mo., I2.7s:>. increase. 1.-}m Cfi or 17.1 per cent. Charlottesville. Va.. 10.OS^. an in-1 g{ rease of :j,!?23, or "?$.0 per cent over j 9 010 \M Oswego. X. Y.. increase 2.*c, I111 v 1.1 per cent. W0D IS LEADER IN THE h_, MINNESOTA EACli | St. Paul. Minn., March IT.?R:-1=1 urns from S4 of tiie S6 Minnesota !fH tcpublican county conventions, held' -IB esterday, showed that fifty of thoj|=| (inventions elected nninstriicted del-lg gates to the district conventions to[=|| e held Friday and to the State con-|si r.tion. which will take place here Wm Hturday, |jg In 27 counties the delegates were'm nstructed for Wood. Lowden was;|[j udorsed in five counties and John- [ on received two delegations. The i??? lissing counties are Cook and Clear-, fp .*ere interrupted. rater, where wire eommi'.nications Hennepin county (Minneapolis) ecided not to instruct its delegates!^ iiile Ramsey county (St. Paul) in-jS orsed Wood. H1LE IS ASKED TO I'SL HK!t Kiaii iirncriK nv i>i.'Hr.ltilf !\ i \ =1 : ? m Washington. M-troll IS.?The Ameri-igg an government today asked < bile ne of the great and powerful n::- hs? ions of South America to usp its Is trong influence to prevent serious ' = illiculties between Holivia ami Peru. Im 'he request was conveyed by ruder-' Hi Secretary Polk to Heltran Mathieu.. HI I"? Chilean ambassador. ;it a confer-!g| nee at Vhe State Department The Peruvian ambassador Bolivian minister had separate eon-||?| frences yesterday with }lr. Polk and jg| ai h was requested to urge upon his , iH ;)vernment the seriousness of the Fit-1IP :ation and to express the grave eon-, HI or 11 of the I'nited States. )CMTJLGEE RIVER IS , RISING AT MACON Macon, March IS.?With a gauge m lere of practically twenty-two feet, Ijj wo feet above the flood stag}, the ;Hi kiii'ugeo River this morning ha.tljjg ubmerged the lower portion of small ' = .'liidinrs near the fifth street btidgeJs The Ounulge.1 lias risen eight feet [3 nice Tuesday night at * o clock ' Jg t y 11 lacks five feet of be;::g as high |3 !o tiie maximum during the flood of 11 ast December. i m American Steamer Catches Fire i? Panama, March IS.?The American !gp :teamship Olockson. from Philudel-1S iliia, caught fire Saturday off Cape i jg Uala. after leaving Balboa. She was i?| owed back to lialboa harbor by a gov - j 3jj ,'rnment tug. which responded to her | |p alls for assistance, and was scuttled : *S5B* here. Reports today from the vicinity' m vere that she was still burninir. W Bull? I M,?. men ! DEPAR HmnuoHH | 4=: I MANY ......A | I DRY ? ;.TT-?y-rne I I Georgettes Figured Geoi | Figured < Satins I | These dresse I we have seer The styles ar I The tailoring These new si Iment most cc The number ladies of A1 from as large cities offer, ai able than yoi We invite yo No obligatior Next week w Goods Store, The Rosen TMENT S' BHHHaBHBnaBBHBBSB STORES nCDADTA i/Lii m\ 1r .bbeville, S. 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