Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company t Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second iiass matter ai post office in Aoheville, S. C. . i i Ten as of Snbacription: One Year $2.00! < > Six months $1.00 f . Three months .50 FRIDAY, OCTOBER .15, 1920. ; , j IF WE HAD THE FORCE. I \ "The way to stop a lynching was illustrated by some New York police Saturday over in Brooklyn. Little Rose, 14, had accused Nathan Mathias of having tried to assault her. Whether he had or not, 'when police officers arrived a noose had been , placed about Mathias' neck and the other end of the rope atached to a telegraph pole. The police with drawn 0 revolvers effected his rescue." 'The foregoing paragraph from the . Springfield Republican is suggestive If the city of Brooklyn include 20 ; square miles and have 2,000 policemen, that is an average of 100 policemen to the square mile. ! ' "If we could afford one policeman to the square mile in the state of South Carolina, which would imply a force of more than 30,000 men, lynchings would perhaps, be prevented as successfully as in Brooklyn." Thus readeth the Columbia State. . There is a force more potent than 1! L* 1. 1J 1 1 many policemen wnicn wuiuu urea* up lynching. It is the force of law ^ enforcement. It has begn satisfactorily shown, we think, that the courts in this state, and in other states, are impotent to enforce the la\y against lynching. The officers either cannot find the criminals, or, if some are , found, charged with the crime, the courts are not able to secure just / judgments. For this reason, and because v?e cannot have a policeman for every square acre of territory, and because they would not enforce the law if''we did have them, we favor a national law against lynching. The constitution of the United States guarantees to every man the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," we believe. The right has been flagrantly disregarded in many sections and will be so disregarded J again. There is no adequate remedy against the violators of the law in -IV?? -1 i-1 ?1- 1 1 A-I _ 1_ I mis regara inrougn local iriais, aim the right cannot be enforced except through Federal Statutes and the Federal Courts. Therefore, we favor "going in" for something which will get action. When the Federal authorities assume charge of the lynching business there will be,an appreciable fall in the lynching batting average. It will not be so easy to get bail when charged with their crime, nor to prove an alibi, and there will be officers, who are able to see, ferreting out crime, and lynchei*s will be brought to justice. Of course there will be those who will talk about State's Rights when the effort is made to secure Federal legislation on this subject. But the state has no right to foster lynching and to protect the lynchers. Without intending to do so, that is what States' Rights is doifig in this regard. States' Rights has been a cloak for enough wrong-doing. It is time that we dropped theory and got down to business. # One good officer, bent on enforcing the law, is worth a whole county full ti' officers who cannot see, and who w 11 not investigate crime because "they are watching me." We will have such officers when the Federal government gets behind this crime. Along with a Federal i statute against lynching, there should come a state enactment, either by constitutional amendment, or hy statute, whichever is necessary, empowering the Governor to remove officers who do not enforce the law, whatever their excuse for not doing so. In everything these days we are bound hand and foot by the issues of a primary election, the greatest machine yet invested for breeding officers of inferior accomplishments, pussyfooters and undesirables. j i NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST j FROM OVER THE STATE Gen. James Norton a prominent figure in the Pee Dee Section of the state, and former congressman from his district, died at Mullins, Thursday morning. General Norton was Comptroller General of the state from 1894 to 1897 when he wasj elected to congress. He was 77 j years old. The schools in Gaffney will close this term in February .according to, news dispatches, unless some means, may be employed to raise more' money. TVirtmnc f!rppph. for the last three years door-keeper of the State Sen-J ate, died at his home in Columbia yesterday at the age of 77. He was a native of Tennessee and a Confeder-1 ate Veteran. i A suit is being tried in Columbia' brought by S./ B. McMaster against the Ford Motor Company for the re-' covery of five hunded thousand dollars. McMaster had the Ford agency in Columbia, and had patented an attachment to conVert a 56 inch t^ead into a 36 inch tread, which he was attaching to Ford cars in order to broaden the guage. The Ford Company cancelled his contract on account of these facts, and the suit is for damages on this account. All cotton mills in Union County will hereafter shut down on Fridays and Saturdays for an indefinite period. About 3,000 operatives will be affected. The loss on the pay- J rolls will be about $16,000 weekly. J The ginnery at Lanford Station, twelve miles of Laurens, has been given warning to close down after October 20th. A similar notice has been given the ginnery at Mountville, in that county. No attention will be given the notice. i D. C. Jackson, a Confederate veteran of Spartanburg, attended the big reunion in Houston. On the way he had his pockets picked of more than $100, all the money he had, and a good deal for a Spartanburg man. A collection \^as fc^ken for him amounting to $50.00. A kindly young woman on the train, thinking the money too heavy for the veteran to carry about him, offered to get it converted into green-backs. She took the money away for this purpose but has not returned.. Spartanburg people should not travel alone. Hard times have hit Darlington and a mass-meeting has been held to devise "ways and means" to meet the situation. One suggestion made to relieve the situation was that the schools of the county be closed so that the children might pick cotton. j GEORGIA-CAROLINA ' BOUNDRY CASE UP . i i Columbia, Oct. 13.?Attorney Gen-| eral Wolfe goes to Washington Wednesday to be present at hearing on Thursday before the United States Supreme Court to take testimony in the boundry case, which is before the true boundry between the States of South Carolina and Georgia. ! Mr. Wolfe is confident of winning his case. Recently the Georgia officials handling the case made an offer of compromise, and this is taken to mean that they are not themselves confident of winning. The case was instituted by a special act of the Georgia legislature, prompted by the influence, it is said, of hydro-electric interests along the river dividing the two states. The Georgia contention has been that all of the stream is on the Georgia side where streams are the boundry; the South Carolina con-' w-'.itkn is that the middle of the stream is the boundry. Recently the Georgia authorities agreed to concede ihat the middle of the stream was the 1. andry, if South Carolina would agree to !e tthe eastern shore of islands in the streams be the boundry. South Carolina contends that where there are islands the middle of that branch the. river on the Soutn uaronna siae of an island is the line between the states. CARD OF THANKS. I We wish to thank our kind neighbors and all friends for their services and many acts of kindnes during the sickness and death" of our sister. | Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Cannon. SYNOD TO MEET IN i GREENVILLE IN 1920 Million Dollar Campaign Was Endorsed?Acceptance of Offer by | C. E. Graham of Office Building Urged. I Bennettsville, Oct. 14.?With a standing vote, which was unanimous the Presbyterian Synod of South Car-1 olina gave emphatic endorsement to the million-dollar,campaign which, is now in progress for the schools of the Synod by adopting the following resolution: 'Resolved, That the Synod of South Poivtlina raaliT.inir flip gprious nature VttlWll.iM, of the crisis of the present hour and appreciating the imperative demand to make immediate provision for the Christian nature and training of the youth of our church is of the opinion that the time for resolutions Is past and the hour for action is at hand. * "Ministers and elders are therefore exhorted tp exert themselves to the utmost and by personal endeavor public proclamation and prayer to promote the cause of Christian education. They are furthermore exhorted to use every reasonable and righteous method necessary to secure one million dollars by the Synod for the enlargement of our four educational institutions. / "That the Synod earnestly urges its pastors and the leaders of its people to let no gathering of the congregations go without a word of exhortation or prayer touching the success of this campaign both the churches having already been canvassed and those v<?t to be canvassed." No note of discouragement has been sounded during the Synod regarding the ultimate success of the campaign and those in closest touch with it are encouraged to believe that a good margin beyoncl 1$ie milliondollar mark will be pledged for the equipment and endorsement of the four schools of the Synod. The spirit of the Synod is distinctly in sympathy with these movements in the.interest of Christian education and the leaders in this work predict this marks a new era of educational advance throughout the entire territory of the Synod. Greenville was selected as the place of meeting for the session of the Synod next year and the second Tuesday in October was chosen as the date of the opening session. The presentation of the cause of the endowment fund for ministerial relief by Rev. Andrew Blackwood of Columbia, was an important feature of the morning session of the Synod. The special phase of this endowment fund which Dr. Blackwood emphasized was the importance of the acceptance upon the part of the South- ' ern Presbyterian church of the Gra-j ham Building at Jacksonville. Flor^ ida, which will yield a monthly in- j come of at least $5,000 toward the support of the retired ministers and widows and orphans of ministers.1 This building is valued at more tharJ cne million dollars. Mr. Graham has offered this to, the church seven hundred thousand dollars, of which he will contributej two hundred thousand. The church i is within two hundred thousand of J the goal by which the transfer ofi the property will be made. In order| to meet the terms of the offer this amount must be raised by December] first and this Synod was urged by MICKIE SAYS: /oovrf EE SVEERED'. VVA.O.VC., &JT| J NA OOGWfA <SEE *t\V OTVMER VClO> I /WE VDAVTCED WW JO? AKiD \OOXJ \ 7 GOINXA OPPEfc "1* VKJORU PER. <f / HALF A<S XAVX2M AS "SER. W\N\ViM ^ ME, JEST &T( VMS PlCfOUE / \\N-TVV PAPER. CORN VS^OE/ SCWwa-o^ "to C.^.>*JEft0, VJO^SIMGTOM 9PRJWC59. SO. OAK HHUH | COUNT Build a of Pro! A Aroum \ No matter li for the futu sickness, m position to your commi wark of saf rv upen an ac< and enjoy tl what you si] \ / We Pay ? $1.00 W TODAY. Cntinl Wfli Mi ^ Sound G. A. NEUFFER, Pr ALBERT HENRY, \ Dr. Blackwood and others to contribute liberally to the fund for the beneficiaries of the church. ' i 3,250 HAITIAN BANDITS KILLED BY U. S. MARINES Washington, Oct. 14?Approxi-' mately 3,250 "armed Haitian bandits' have teen killed by United States marines or Haitian gendarmerie during the five and half years of Ameri can occupation, Brigadier utnerai Barnett, former commandant of the; marine corps says in a report made' public today by Secretary Daniels. ! Total marine corps casualties to! date were shown to be one officers' i anl 12 men killed and two officers and 26 enlisted men wounded. GREENVILLE HIGH PLAYS ABBEVILLE1 | (Greenville Piedmont.) | The Greenville High School goes up against one of the strongest teams in the state Friday when the boys go to Abbeville for a real contest on the j opponents gridiron. The boys are putting in some hard practices in or-! ! der to uphold last year's record as champions of the Piedmont section and with the determination to win the I cup for the entire state. About thirty boys are out for practice each afternoon. Last Friday, Greenville Hi defeated the fast Anderson team 31 to 0. The Abbeville team defeated the same team 33 to 6. According to comparative scores the contest will be a hard one fvom beginning to finish. The boys making the trip to Abbeville will be selected from the following list: New, Robertson, Martin, Hodges,1 T-. r>? r .-VUbLlU, Vt^VIUCS, Liavciii/ui!., uiinie. Bull, Goddard, Bruce, Clendenin, Rawson, Calhoun, Mack, Curts, Stafford, Shill, Alexander, Ramsay, McKinney, Hewell, Allison, Rambo, Miller. WOMEN FIGHT FOR KlliHl ICF KE.UI3 1E.IV Chicago, Oct. 14.?Fifty women students at the Three Arts Club here today continued their fight for the rY SAVINGS i Solid Wal :ection j v c.. LI 1UUI 1 CU ow much money you earn, save re protection of your loved on isfortune or reverses arise, you meet the emergency. Your mc ind?a solid wall of helpfulnesi ety?a solace indescribable. 30unt at The COUNTY 8AVIN< he satisfaction of knowing you lould be doing?protecting your > Per Cent, on Savings I fill Open An Account> " i r% ' ty Savings :: Safe :: esident. R. E. C ^ice-President. P. E. B MHHHi right to register for the coming election. The judges at the polls dey clared they were not self-supporting, according to a statement today by Mrs. Lillian Hollis, manager of the club and-refused to permit them to register yesterday. . The club is used as a home by women students of music, art and the drama. One of the election judges who refused permission for the students to register was a woman, Mrs. Abigail Kennedy, it was said. GAFFNEY MFG. CO. TO CLOSE DOWN NEXT WEEK I Gaffney, Oct. 14?The Ledger yesterday says: All departments of the Gaffney Manufacturing company will be closFOR A REAL BARGAIN Place just 6 1-2 mile: Sharon Settlement, hood in the county, school and church. 1 this tract, cut in two 1 Three horse farm in c woods and pasture. ' medium sandy land a and is well watered. consists of one good f one four room tenant sary outbuildings. Th< EASY TERMS. \ nivip i JL4B.JL V TH' BANK 1 11' /~.!/ i : . . / . ' r . ' > \ , inly....* i % j some of it , es. When i are in a ' jney is at s?a bul- v QS BANK I are doing 5. H / deposits. ' -Do It / . B Bank I Service ,1 !0X, Cashier. ft ELL, Asst. Cashier. > B ed next week, according to a notice posted on the company's bulletin board yesterday morning. The shutdown will affect approximately' 450 people who are employed by the mill. The shut-down was decided upon as a measure to curtail production, it was stated by the management yesterday. Depressed markets with lack of sales were said to be responsible for the decision to curtail production. C. L. Chandler, the superintendent, stated that it was hoped the situation would justify resuming operations after next week. No other local mill has announced a prospective shut-down for the immediate future, although all mills in this territory, as well as elsewhere, report but little demand for their products. SALE ?The W. 0. Graves 3 from Abbeville in The best neighbor3-4 miles from good 'here is 120 acres in )y the public road, ultivation, balance in rhe land is a good I ^ i T I nd practically level The improvements 'our room dwelling, house an dall neces3 Price is only $6,500 , k-? and Co.