The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, August 04, 1920, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
Established 1844. <1
THE PRESS AND BANNER |v
ABBEVILLE, S. C. jf
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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.
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Ter, ns of Subscription:
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1920. s<
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JlfcN YOUR NAME. tl
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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
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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 "
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We haven't travelled extensively e<
in other counties and not completely
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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*
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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
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A CHANGE THAT IS NEEDED f
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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
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>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
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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
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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.
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^\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
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WESTERN TOUR
FOR ROOSEVELT 1
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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
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V Adults __ 35c. V
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rihounced here tonight. From Chi?La
Ua tTTi 11 of nwf Qon Pro TI/lia/IA
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asking speeches in several cities en
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pate.
?plr. Roosevelt expects to be away
feree weeks on h\s first trip, returnDon't
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$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
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$7.50 Boys
?10.00 Boys
$12.00 Boys
$15.00 Boys
$17.50 Boys
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forts of life arid the pie*
money he earns.
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fa an when his earning
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VESTED MONEY is oftti
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PLEASURE, but don't <
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SYSTEMATICALLY.
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invites vour account on
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ing to the East about the 1st of Sep
! tember. His complete itinerary wil
be announced tomorrow,
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MRS. CHAPLIN WANTS DIVORCf
Los Angeles, Aug. 3.?Mildrec
et This Get
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Oxford Sale
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MEN'S SUITS ,
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BOYS' SUITS
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A "PERSONAL" Institution
rests as its interests and
the basis of SERVICE.
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-'Harris Chaplin today nied suit here
1 for divorce from Charlie Chaplin.
She alleges cruelty. ' '.
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I Strawberries are brought by airplane
from Paris to Covent Garden.
I the same morning they Ire picked. J
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