The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 20, 1920, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
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The Press and Banner Company i
Published Tri-Weekly
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 1
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 19*0 ,
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TRAFFIC RULES.
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There have been automobile acci- ,
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'dents in Abbeville in the past and
there will be others in the future.j,
But we have been singularly free;
form such accidents as compared'
with the records of other towhs. But1 j
with the increasing number of motor ' ]
driven machines, propelled with a 1
powerful agency like gasoline,, it is
* too much to expect that some acci- (
dent will not occur, which aside from (
;v v the loss and damage yto our people,!
may result in great grief and sorrow']
> at times. The feelings of sorrow will .
not be confined to those who are in- (
jured, but tfe those who may be the ,
innocent cause of injury to others. ,
The accidents which have lately ,
occurred in the city may well warn ,
those of us who operate these cars
j and the public generally that measures
for the protection of the public '
? from these injuries are imperative.
' . Only by strict adherence to traffic ]
rules reasonably made and strictly '
enforced may we expect to have a '
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minimum of such accidents.
The city council and the police au-f
thorities have been diligent lately in
the enforcement of the ordinance
against operating cars at night with- (
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good ,one, and should be strictly en-j1
forced. But this ordinance is not as
7 r % important as some others. And to
these we would direct^ the attention'
of the city authorities and the public.'
x There is an^ ordinance in the city
requiring all vehicles to take the
right side of the street. This is in our;[
judgment one of the most important]1
ordinances for the protection of the
public, and of automobile drivers fed
well. With its enforcement, and it:]
can be enforced on the paved streets,'
will come less and less danger from
these vehicles. j'
Of course there will be accidents
from fast and sometimes reckless '
driving. The speeders should be
, ' curbed and .brought before I the city
authorities. But a speeder is no more
dangerous than a careless operator of
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One OI Lliese tare, n uiau miu unica
t? a car at ten miles an hour may be a
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? ' more dangerous man at the steering
wheel than one who drives twenty
miles an hour. This is true when the ^
- man at the wheel thinks it is his duty j:
to inspect all the tall buildings as he
goes along the streets, to watch out'
for friends, and otherwise view the
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landscape over. Such a person is entirely
unfit for the operation of an 1
automobile.
Then again the careless pedestrian j
is an agency for "trouble. People cross;
v the streets without looking for cars,'
walk from behind buildings, or trom ,
behind other vehicles lincj; never look
to see whether another vehicle is com- '
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\ ' ing, either motor driven or other- ^
wise. An automobile driven at even
a slow rate of speed cannot always
be stopped in time to. save people of j
this class from injury. It takes an
appreciable moment of time to push
the brake in and throw the clutch out,
. /. and the car will roll a few feet at
best. That may mean injury to the j
careless pedestrian. It often does, and
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statistics, according to our information,
show that a large percentage of
accidents occur from thfs cause. An>
other thing a pedestrian ought always
to remember is that he can stop
more quickly than a car and he should
take no chances. Let the car have the
'right of way where there is danger 1
of an accident. > i:
If there is not an ordinance on the
ordinance books of the city council
there should be one requiring all
drivers of cars, wagons and buggies
coming out of side streets into main
streets to stop at the curb and afe
that the way is clear before proceed
ing. Only yesterday we saw a car going
up North Slain Street at a very
slow rate of speed. As it proceeded a
truck of a well-known merchant dashed
out of the yard between the Hasris
Garage and the Baker Medicine
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Shop at a-rapid rate of speed. An
accident was prevented only by quick'
work of the driver of the car on Main!
Street. Such practices mean accidents
and injuries to people and property.
The city council should allow no
cax*s parked on any of the streets of
the city. If the people in the city are
unable to hire enough territory in the
city to run business, they should go
to thf country where rerGts are cheap.
The City Council should require all
gasoline salesmen to operate on their
own lots.. There is nothing causing
more congestion, and which is more
sure to bring accidents than the operation
of the^e selling stations on
the streets. In other cities and towns
the sellezs of gasoline are building
filling stations on their own property
so that the cars which are to be
filled ihay go off the streets and on
the property of the gasoline dealer
tvhile they are being filled. We pay
our money to build sidewalks and
streets for the people to walk and
ride on, and not for the purpose of
allowing a few individuals to monopolize
the streets for places to operate
mercantile establishments. In the end
such a requirement win mean a aa?ing
for the sellers of gasoline and
ails, because a man whose business
causes the streets to be congested is
creating a nuisance, which sooner or
later, means an accident for which he
is going to be held responsible. The
city will likewise respond in damages
tor an accident or injury caused by
these filling stations and the congestion
incident to them. A word to th?
wise should be sufficient
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We believe that the city council, or
a committee of citizens along with
the city council, should revise all
rules for the protection of the public.
Have them short and simple and then
see that they are enforced. It will be
impossible for the present police force
of the city council to apprehend all
violators of the law. Could the city
council not appoint a commission of
citizens to serve for thirty days at a
time, with a like committee to succeed
it, and thus appoint a new committee
each month, for the purpose / of detecting
violators of the law? THe matter
is of enough importance we believe
for the citizens to take an interest
in it.
We dislike to suggest the-appointment
of other officers or the payment
of other fees when cotton is1 low, but
we believe that the city council should
require every man who operates a
car on the streets. o?the city to have
his brakes fully tested every sixty
days. A good automobile man like
Joe M. Miller might be secured for
this purpose. He could notify every
driver of a car in the city to present
his car for inspection at a time and
place to b^ appointed for this purpose.
The brakes should be tightened
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stopping the car on short notice. A
charge of a dollar for such inspection
would net be much, only six dollars
per year, and stfch expenditure would
be more than repaid in the saving
from bumps and knocks incident to
loose brakes.
With this requirement all cars could
be quickly stopped in the face of
threatened accidents and many accidents,
might be averted. '
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A discussion of more than passing
interest took place on cotton row
yeterday. It was participated in by
all the down-trodden merchants of
the city, who have been having such
a. hard time the last few years. The
subject under discussion was whether
times are worse now than in
1914. Various members expressed
opinions pro and con, but the mat-1
~ J npUw\ A 1/lavman TTn*l_
l/tu W*IJ> dCltlCU WilCil aiutmmu i*va- i
ry declared in no uncertain terms,
"Well, I know it is worse now, because
in 1914 we had liquor.*'
SICK WITH FLU
Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary is
confined to his home suffering from
an attack of influenza. The Chief
Justice went to Columbia last week
for the opening of the fall term of
the Supreme Court. A few days after
arriving there he contracted a
cold and was advised by his Columbia
physician to return to Abbeville
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lur ciic icaauii vxiciu jliu 10 again m
evidence in Columbia. The Chief
Justice has been home only a few
days before he developed a genuine
case of the malady.
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His friends will be glad to know
that the attack is a mild one, however,
and that he expects to be out
shortly.
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FARMING AND
THE NEWSPAPEF
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tures of the country newspaper . o:
today is the increased interest tha
it takes, and the increased spac<
that it gives, to farming. The news
' paper of the small town reflects bet
ter than any other institution th
' Spirit of its community, and th
greater attention now paid to farm
ing betokens a greater realizatioi
that farming is the primary industr;
of this region and, for the matter o
j the whole country.
"A few years ago it was excej
| tional to find a town newspape
taking any serious interest in farm
j ing. The newspaper of the old day
(was of and for the town. Today th
I country newspaper publishes^ first
, class articles on farming. It con
tains interviews with good farmer
on agricqltuiral methods and prac
,'tices and plans. wIt publishes new
and feature copy dealing with farm
ing in the community. It is a repre
sentative of the country as well a
| the town."
| The farmer has begun to realiz
that these are facts and to tak
greater interest in the local paper a
| a medium of service to him in. hi
business. But theyt is room, fo
greater appreciation of the lobal pa
! per and wider use of it- as an dvei
Rising medium for the sale of pro
I ducts as Veil as an important chan
,nel of agricultural news and infor
mation. Perhaps too, there is root
for keener realization on the. par
{of the country newspaper of its of
portunity and responsibility as
strong agency for the betterment o
agriculture. ^ !
MONUMENT TO TEN
' DROWNED AT FERR
A monument to the memory of tb
| ten persons who were d/owned t
i Harper's Ferry on Sunday, April 4tl
will soon be erected at Lowndesvilli
according to information that hi
been received here. The memorial :
nearing completion at Elberton, Ga
and it will be erected and afterward
Vinveiled with appropriate ceremonit
(some time in the near future. Tfa
J monument has been purchased wit
funds that were contributed by tb
Lowndesville people who determine
that the memory of the ten drowne<
all of'whom were young?should nc
pass. The memorial will be erecte
; in the Presbyterian cemetery, i
which nine graves, side by side, mai
the toll of the Savannah.,
| The names of those drowned whic
. will be inscribed on the face of tl
tablet are: v
Lester Waters, j
Mrs. Le'ster Waters.
Inez Manning:.
Annie Manning.
Alice Meschine.
Lucy Bradshaw.
Robert Manning.
Allie ftfae Bradshaw.
Charlie Meschine. (
The body of Charlie Meschine wa
never^recovered. The?fund of $1,00
that was raised to offer in reward
was partly .used for that purpose, a(
cording to W. R. Evans, treasure:
Of that amount, his report shows the
$963.25 was paid to claimants an
the balance turned over to the men
orial fund.?Index-Journal.
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for trade in the Baltic provinces.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
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The City Council through Col.
- Brown Syfan, Chairman of the Fire
f Committee, is undertaking to build
t up a better fire-fighting machine
e among the men of the department
i- For that purpose Col. Syfan has or
r ganized his. force and every Thurse
day afternoon at three o'clock the
e force will have a fire drill. The head
- men of the fighting brigade are as
a follows:
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y E. M. Bonds, Chief of the Departf
ment.
W. T. Mundy, Assistant.
W. T. irooks, Captain of Fire
r Fighters. '
L_ E. F. Arnold, Lieutenant.
s L. G. Botts, Chief jiozzleman.
e Ramey Thornton, noazlenan. ^
^ Andrew Coviar, nozzleman.
Charley Darracotte,' nozzleman.
s In addition (tq these there are a
number of volunteer fire-eaters who
? will assist with the work.
i. Orders have been given the chief
t>f the department to inspect all hys
drants and to report any defects in
any of them to the City Council so
all linHrantg mov nnt in first
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e | class shape and ready for action in
s case of fire.
a cutting Scrape
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LaSails BeQ, a colored boy living
on Blue Hill? was cut on the arm
Sunday by Ohatrley Davis. Bell's sis"
ter,'Ada Jjf^hnson, has been house*
keeping for Charley, and Sunday a
^ dispute arose between them in
which Charley threatened the life of
' the woman. Bell went to part the
? disputants, and like most peacemakers
got the worst of 7 the encounter.
COL. HUNTER ARRIVES ^
^ Col. Bob Hunter, of Kentucky, has
arrived in the city When wfe saw him
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ie. be Had just gotten on uie train anu
it was at lunch. He took time to inquire
V about "Pattie," and to ask how^ the
e, J setback business is getting along. He
is. expects to be here for a week or
is longer and hopes to see all his friends
and especially those who have had
Is the pleasure of plowing mules bought
is1 from him. * *
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V>ui. oui nuaeiiueig, ux me ivuocnberg
Mercantile Company, and his
bright four year old son, George, ape
in the. chicken business. Wednesday
evening they were looking over the
chicken crop when an old hen walked
out with fotir new biddies. Col. Sol
asked Son George where they came
from, and George declared he did nol
know. The Colonel declared he had
not seen the biddies before and wai
at a loss to know where they hailed
from, when George advanced the solution
that "I bet some of these
chickens have been getting married
and we didn't know anything about
it"
THE GAME OF THE SEASON
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We understand the nurees of the
Memorial Hospital will challenge the
teachers for a game of base bal
at an early date?while the weathea
is favorable to abbreviated skirts,
low shoes and socks?as soon as ar
'rangements can be made, names oi
'teams, line-up of the sides and date
'of game will be published. We wcmlc
suggest, the names, White Sox anc
Divvy' Blues. 1 1
In India and Burmah, the cod(
still allows natives to be flogged foi
certain offense*.
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i Mexico City, Oct. 19.?Twenty-five
! thousand persons, including severtl-''
' hundred trade excursionists, from
! Houston and El Paso, Texas, witness1
ed a bull fight at Plaza Del Toroher?^
1 today. The exhibition marked tile
opening of an ambitious season, . dur:
ing which five of tye world's best
1 known toreadors will appear here.
t Juan. Silveti, a Mexican and Angel
' Fernandez, (Angelette), a Spaniard.
killed six bulls during the fight, which
lasted an hour and a quarter. Both.,
1 won enthusiastic applause by 4<s?
: patching fiVe bulls without a miss, although
Angelette narrowly escaped
injury when, he slipped and fell while
playing the^fourth bulL
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SUIT AGAINST AUGUSTA
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, Washington, Oct. ,19;?The sur.vomn
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. libel suit" brought by Mis. Mary
t Greer Conklin agajnst the Augusta,
5 Ga., Chronicle Publishing company,
I for want of jurisdiction. Basis of pfee<
[ suit waS alleged to. have been an (
article published by the, newspaper
dealing with the divorce of lfrV*>
i Conklin who entered suit against her ..
r former husband, George H. Conlrlin,
on charges of- conspiracy^, y'; : ; i,
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