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Established 1844. <1 THE PRESS AND BANNER |v ABBEVILLE, S. C. jf ~ t The Press and Banner Company L Published Tri-Weekly s Monday, Wednesday and Friday. ij Telephone No. 10. tl Entered as second .la.^s matter ai P post office in .'..D^eville, S. C. s; v Ter, ns of Subscription: V One year 52.00 a Six months i.m> ^ Three months .?>0| h WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1920. s< ' ~ v JlfcN YOUR NAME. tl I- ? 1 Frequently during the past month f' we have received $tems? . of . new^ ,n through ithe mails V&dm. various com-'t< munities* throughout "the Wunty. We ti are always glad and eager to get the si accounts of the doings of the people a throughout the county but we are tl just as eager to know that the ac- ti AAunfr- uto rtof QVfi KnMQ fl/To Qtl/f tVlQf 3 VV/UilU} ? t Mlt WVIIW ?uv " somebody is not trying to play a joke s1 on somebody else by sending in news items which have never happened f; and in some cases never will happen, r< Particularly does this apply to marri- ti ages. We are not hankering after b any suits for libel and we do not t( care to make incorrect statements in 1? these columns. Therefore we abso- s, lutely refuse to publish any items a sent to us that do not have the signa- ? ture of the writer at the conclusion ti of the article. We do not relieve any j, attempts have been made to get news in our columns which was not true but such things have recently hpa- a penetl to one of our near-by contem-- a poraries which have caused consider- ^ able embarrassment to the editors. y So please send us the news but sign your name. Anonymous communica- q tions^go in the waste basket. . w "WHICH IS THE ROAD TO " 1 c< We haven't travelled extensively e< in other counties and not completely u' 1 . over Abbeville' County through the Sl country nor shall we attempt to visit S? all the secttottl ?* the county^?any time in the near future unless some U1 of the canjfjciates for supervisortc promise us that they will, when elected, renew the''blank sign boards .that now stand affile hundreds o? : crosa'n< roads throughout the county. ' The c* sign posts are' ||H right, they are 'subbtantial, the metal signs are all right.^ as far as they ,go, but they don't go ^ far. The directions which once were stamped on their faces are aow oniy(,n Memories and many traViiera have learned by bitter experience that all Ju roads in this county -Jo not lead to ' Abbeville. I Seriously, it > a sign of progressiveness on tho part of the county cc officials and /f the people of the ^ , county whM all of the main roads, at least, '"re permanently marked at the croy. roads and forks. This week we to*-'* a trip of twenty miles with SI thre' other gentlemen in an automo'/ile a distance due south SI i' om Abbeville. Two of these gentle- ^ *nen were born and raised In the sec- ai tion of the county which we visited. P f heir combined ages approach the lentury mark. Yet they go? ;ost and c< iook us four miles in an opposite di- w rection to that we wished to go. If c' these old natives don't know th* C roads about the county how can > it be expected that a stranger or a newcomer to the county can find his way. The present supervisor, we under- s stand, is responsible for tne signs j. that c directed the travelers about j. the county. So long as they were leg- c ib!e they served their purpose. But e new that they have become effaced j-. by the ravages of time, we hope that ( he will take it upon himself,, as he told us yesterday he would do, and v have all the puzzling cross roads and Vl forks legibly marked again. n 1*1 A CHANGE THAT IS NEEDED f Si The Greenville Piedmont and fTio ri Abbeville Press and Banner, botv. c edited by able lawyers, do not a^rc? ?' with the position xaKen oy ;r- n Journal that there shall be a change in the law so as to prevent new c trials in criminal cases except upon n after-discovered evidence. Each pa- s< per expresses itself as unalterably Pi opposed to the change, but neither T gives substantial grounds for its op- b position. a All laymen and most lawyers, who h have given the matter thought, ad- e mit that our judicial system has t: ation. Our judicial system was tendered farjfrom tts orjiginal^foun-, ounded upon the old English sysem, and one of the fundamental riniciples of that system was a peedy trial by a jury of the vicinity i all criminal cases. The theory was hat a jury of the vicinity, comosed of men acquainted with the ccused and the accusei\ would do ubstantial justice, and that their erdict was to be accepted as the oice of the law. There were few ppeals from such verdicts in the eginning. In the old days penalties for vioitions of the law were much more evere than now. We would not adocate going back to the old ways in bat respect. * But in lessening the punishment or violations of the^iaw, we- ~Jiave ? ' rn : ? **? *> >ade.. iv-increasingiy more, ' t difficult ) secpi^ ^ifeijrtctions for any violaions of faW. Lawyers for perons convicted of crime may now ssure appeals and new trials upon le most flimsy excuses, and some mes apparently upon no excuse at 11. Court records are filled with intances of this kind. As an old lawyer, who has retired rom the practice of his profession, smarked some time ago. 'The pracce of law has become now a mere attle of wits'. A lawyer is expected > win his case for his client regard>ss of any issues of justice presnted. Lawyers and judges alike pparently have lost sight of the act that the first, and only, func;on of the courts is to administer astice." , We are not making a sweeping idictment against the courts. We re merely protesting against buses which have crept in and hich are increasing, as the Greenille and Abbeville newspaper know ist as well as The Journal knows, ne of these abuses is the ease with hich persons convicted of crime in secure new trials. We have suggested that no person invicted of crime should be grant V ,c - ? i a new trial except upon afteriscovered; Evidence., It is not a new lggestion, for it.has been, discusjl for a great 'maflfr yeairs ' and'1 it is the approval of practically ' all tiprejudiced thinkers. The rule as > the-introduction of afterAliscovl ed evidences should be srict. The ridence offered as an excuse for a ?w ,tri?d. shoull be of a substantial itaracterj. and thp accused . pei*son kould be -required: to make clear ie fact that h? did not know of is evidence at the time of the1 ial, or could not possibly secure it1 time, the rule should be framed' 1 executed in the interest of exact stice and should not be so loose as' > admit of abuse. This is a sound principle. It will J > adopted if the people once be>me aroused as to the danger in ie present abuses. All of us should have respect for ie laws and the courts. But if the ,ws and the courts are to be rejected they must command respect ? **/! i*virviio 1 i + Rp y l/lieu justice 11U mjpai nuuwj . ?w >ect cannot be always maintained ' abuses which protect criminals nd delay the ends of justice are ermitted to continue. And if we >se respect for the laws tand the aurts, then all is lost. That is ha. is the matter with Russia to, ay.?Spartanburg Journal. LEMSON AL''H4Ni WILL EMPLOY tr-AlD SECRETARY Clomson College, Aug. 3.?At a ;jt-ciai meeting of the? Clemson Col?ge Alumni association, held here ist Saturday during the big home oming, the biggest forward step ver taken by the association was iken in the provision for a paid ecretary to conduct the affairs of iie alumni and help promote the -elfare of the institution. At the egular meeing held at commenceipnt n roinmittoe' was aDDointed to eport on the advisability and easibility of employing a general ecretary and upon the favorable i'port of this committee the assoiation proceeded to change the contitution an l to select a secretary v! direct hi- activities. Tin- bo:?v(! of gova;-no;s e!.?cte J orsists of T. B. Young, '03, Timlonsville; G. W. Speer, '08, Andernn; R. M. Simpson, '10, Columbia; [. S. Johnson. '10, Aiken; T. W. 'hornhill, '10, Charleston. This oard was authorized to find a suitble man and .proceed at once with im to organize the graduate's and x-students thoroughly, and to ike up such lines of work as can be undertaken durin gthe coming year. 5 To finance the first year's work a fund of $8,000 was subscribed promply and enthusiastically by the members who were present. The election of officers for the ,j current year* resulted as follows: j President, Thos. W. Cothran Greenwood; vice presidents, W. J. Hunter, Easley; R. M. Simpson, Columbia; S. R. Finley, Massillon, Ohio; alumni orator for 1921, S. E. Bailes, Fort Mill. The office of treasurer was combined with that of secretary. A resolution was passed providing for a standard design class ring to be copyrighted so that only] those fully entitled to the rings mayj possess them. I The. last of the home comers, ex-! pect tf few who are visiting on the? campus, left for their homes this morning after enjoying two or three | days of comradeship with the friends of college days and new friends made at the home coming. The alumni and the college people all felt that the gathering was a big success ,and already all are talking about the 1925 home coming. It is flow detipitei^r^ea [tna* nome com^ ing week shall be held every five years. j ^\N EXPLANATION DUE \ Editor, Abbeville Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. Dear Sir: Have just had brought to my at- j tention your statement in The Ab-j beville Press and Banner of July I 21st, entitled "An Explanation Due." Until I received this state- ^ ment, I was under the impression j that one of the party assisting with ^ the Abbeville meeting had made an y explanation of my absence, which \ was due to the fact that a wreck on ^ the Blue Ridge Railway prevented <j trains running. Knowledge of this i wreck reached me too late for me to J make other arrangements. I regret 5 very much missing the Abbeville n meetings. a j This explanation holds good for Mr. B. Harris also as he was at b Pendleton. The enclosed copy of * MtL J. A. Evans received after the j maating in Abbeville explains why ^ he was unable to attend.. I am very ' glad that under the circumstances [ we had someone o speak to each of ii the three objects of the' campaign, g viz, organization, warehouses and 1 cotton graders. " ' Answering you of my^best wishes and thanking ydu for: ycfar cooperation, I am,' Very truly yourS, > D. W. Watkins, '. "* 1 Asst. Director Extension, j ? WESTERN TOUR FOR ROOSEVELT 1 1 1 Fir?t Speech to Be Delivered If j Chicago August IT. ? New York, Aug. 3.?Franklin D j Roosevelt, Democratic Vice Presiden | j tjai nominee, will open nis mat torn p paign tour in Chicago August 11 g two days after his notification cere 3 VVV VV VVVVWV V^I X K'% V ?SEE? V j V THE BEAUTIFUL GOWNS V ! S. "OLD WIVES FOR NEW" v'j V OPERA HOUSE FRIDAY v'J V Admission: Children 25c. V v V Adults __ 35c. V MICKEY SAYS: . - . . . ; ' yONJE Th\V1Cj \ COOLfc MEXIEfc^V 1 i "THROUGH NVN BEPstvi \s \NV\N \ I &ONT\E ^euue^'uv. come 'W.OVJNO) " HERE \NHEN THEN VOANl N FREE / ' | BOOST TH' PAPER-'N -THEN = 9Eh4D Ou1 OF fO>Nt>4 VSJHEJH ) I \ THEN GOT SONAE ^R\NT\NQ j J \ 001 [ - H* YOVB ?vsiih;S| i / J** >>X? " UNI WOttTV. 1 ? A0VCRT','^<>~^1 11 I Qounty WE DO NOT BELI: SOUND ?i- L - ? W E , DO SAY SA1 SAFE FOR MONEY WOI SERVICE THE COUNTY SA1 | WE PAY 5 PI | Coun ^ flHHHHHHHHBHI acnies at Hyde Park, N. Y., it was rihounced here tonight. From Chi?La Ua tTTi 11 of nwf Qon Pro TI/lia/IA HC win ovaib ivi uan j. &auviovu) asking speeches in several cities en iV. pate. ?plr. Roosevelt expects to be away feree weeks on h\s first trip, returnDon't L Our 25 * 1 The Bargains an | fords are Better. ^ 1 i_ ^ g iu scivc. | 1 -4 Off of all $10.00 Suits $12.00 Men $15.00 Men 1 $20.00 Men 2 $25.00 Men $30.00 Men I . $35.00 Men $40.00 Men m $45.00 Men k $50.00 Men | $55.00 Men m n r\ r\ r\ hit 3>ou.uu ivien $7.50 Boys ?10.00 Boys $12.00 Boys $15.00 Boys $17.50 Boys OOA AH "D/-\ito %>cj\j. \j\j 4 I ALL OF OUR RE\ | OXFORDS AT 1-4 ( 1 STRAW HA | PARK! HB r Savings EVE IN PENNY PIN A man is certainly er forts of life arid the pie* money he earns. l/F Vm TP QT TP PI ITC ?I Because there comes fa an when his earning it is that SAVED MONE ?1 earning. IKS YOU KNOW ANE In fact, the earning j VESTED MONEY is oftti ?I ing power of a man hin ? I you spend. Assure you PLEASURE, but don't < ~~ THING FROM YOUR Er SYSTEMATICALLY. WNGS BANK IS A SA And a friendly one. ihiil considers your inte invites vour account on iR CENT. ON SAVIl I ty Savings ing to the East about the 1st of Sep ! tember. His complete itinerary wil be announced tomorrow, i MRS. CHAPLIN WANTS DIVORCf Los Angeles, Aug. 3.?Mildrec et This Get ?|0 Discount Clo Oxford Sale 3 Better Because the (ou can't afford to mi Suits and Oxforc's pi MEN'S SUITS , sl-4 Off 's Suits 1-4 Off ,'s Suits 1-4 Off 's Suits 1-4 Off l's Suits 1-4 Off 's Suits 1-4 Off ,'s Suits 1-4 Off 's Suits 1-4 Off 's Suits 1-4 Off 's Suits 1-4 Off 's Suits 1-4 Off 's Suits 1-4 Off BOYS' SUITS > Suits, 1-4 Off 5 Suits, 1-4 Off > j Suits, 1-4 Off > Suits, 1-4 Off : Suits, 1-4 Off Suits, 1-4 Off ? - ^ w?? * v *r ^i rnr 1NULUS, WALK.-UVE.il OFF OF REGULAR PR TS AT HALF PRIC ER & R lsures to be had from the H m <-- //a time in the life of every I CY takes up the burden * of B . \ ; :' ' ; * v ?EARNS lower of SAVED AND IN- . imes greater than the earnlself. Keep this in mind as rself of COMFORT and of >verdo itv SAVE SOME- t MININGS, AND SAVE II FE DEPOSITORY x ' \ . ' < A "PERSONAL" Institution rests as its interests and the basis of SERVICE. NG DEPOSITS. Bank | -'Harris Chaplin today nied suit here 1 for divorce from Charlie Chaplin. She alleges cruelty. ' '. . : ..a-oi I Strawberries are brought by airplane from Paris to Covent Garden. I the same morning they Ire picked. J By You I iq ami I ' 4 \ ?2SK * ; Clothing and Ox- Ij ss this opportunity H 9g a riced for cash. $7.50 moo m T~"w v ^ $11.25 $15.00 33 ... .... $18.75 i $22.50 . $26.25 m $30.00 1 $33.75 1 $37.50 41.25 ? $45.00 $5.63 $7.50 j, ... $9.00 . S jg ....:. $11.25 E $ $13.13 I 1 ,;...X:$i5.oo |; .$ ;S and DOUGLAS ? :ICES. E. | E E SE | ?