Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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, Established 1844. U THE PRESS AND BANNER j< ' ABBEVILLE, S. C. ;|^ , The Press and Banner Company '? ) Published Tri-Weekly ) Monday, Wednesday and Friday. < ? 1 /V leiepnonc no. iu. ] Entered as second-Ciass matter at < post office in Aobeville, S. C. \ 1 Ten u of Subscription: One Year $2.00 i Six months $1.00 \ Three months ' .50 < . i FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1920 -1 1 We much prefer to be a "bull 1 raggy" to a "fice barky." j ?_ < What has become of the old fash- 1 ioned man who paid his debts when i they were due? i i Corp. Kerr still has his doubts i about a carpenter being a laboring 1 I man. J ( We said that when we built our < guano factory we would not use any i kind of fish scrap except Sucker meat. ] In the multitude of counsellors < there may be wisdom, but in the mul- 1 titude of debtors "there are no mon-;; ey." 1 j The times are a little tight and j < money a little scarce for taking long j i trips, but some of the colored breth- ] ren are taking them anyway. i . 1 Perhaps those unkind remarks 1 made by the Abbeville Medium I against Mr. Harding caused him- fto 1 lose that big tarpon fish. ] j If the rehabilitation of the demo- j ] cratic party is a question of whether 11 it will be Bryanized or Cox-ized a; j j appears from news dispatches, may i we not ask, What has become of Wil- < son? Has he "gone in?" ( Col. T. G. White is of the opinion j' that, if a negro man can raise six i hundred dollars by mortgaging one cow, he could get the cat out of the well even though it only crawled up two feet in the day time and then i fell back three at night. i / I j, IN THE OPEN. j . |( The Abbeville Medium in an edito-j rial in its issue of Monday under the' title "Come out into the Open," fails ^o do so. If the Medium had come out into the open, it would have said that it was undertaking to answer the editorials in this paper in previous issues. But let that pass. The Medium speaks of the suggestions of this paper looking to a better understanding between the peoples i of all sections of the country as the ] "usual line of sop." That is about ! the language which we expected from '. the Medium, but the Medium must.] remember that the idea is no new ; idea. The best and one of the strong- ] est advocates of this better under- i 1 standing with other sections of the j country, and especially with the (] North and New England, was the la- j mented Henry W. Grady. In his! j speech in Boston responding to the 1 toast, The New South, Mr. Grady ' \ besought the people of this country1 < . to forget bias and prejudice, to lay j ar-iJe littleness and meanness, and to 1 look at the problems of the country : 1 as statesmen rather than as parti- j 1 sans. If Mr. Grady dealt in the'"usu-j ] al line of sop," we are content to ] follow him?and not the Medium. j i Patronage and Pie. 1' I. The Medium next intimates thai.1 i the men here and elsewhere in the ; '< South boost Mr. Harding on account J . of expected patronage, or "sleek;* promises." We cannot forget that the j editor of the Medium himself left his j newspaper with its "policy" to be | j shaped by others and sought a small 1 political appointment in Washington J J under Senator Tillman. Senator Till-' < man just then became a great man. i i We cannot forget either that the edi- < tor of the Medium continued to leave 1 i vacant his editorial chair and came < near running the wheels off his Ford (i and the shoes off his feet as a kind! ' i oi private sp;eiv;r xui wic uuu. < tie Benet, ani' all of it for a small po-11 laical appointment. We do not forgeti < either that if he did not secure the | same kind of an appointment from ^ < Hon. W. P. Pollock it was not because ' he did not seek it. Only last year, forsaking the high calling of an editor | he iwUght to be the money changer for Abbeville County, ran all over It ;he county begging people to vote i ;or him and actually persuaded 77 of I ;b?'jnisguided to do so. We say, \ ;heWOre, that the Medium should be i '/Vjtf-?. * j>aroorted for accusing other people i >f having opinions only for patronage ] >r on account of promises. Its editor i iieasures them only by his own yard- i stick and his hypnotic influence over I ;he rest' of the "force" causes them i ,0 ao me same. The men in Abbeville who believe 1 that Mr. Harding should have been ' sleeted are business men, as we have ! said. They seek no office and would i accept none. For our own part, and 1 the Medium refers to us, we are glad 1 to say that we have always been able :o-run. our own business and to get 1 morte 'remuneration and satisfaction rut of doing so than by seeking ofice. Besides, we do not believe that a nan who runs a newspaper, even a county newspaper such as the Medi- , jm and Press and Banner, should be J j allowed to hold office. A statute in ( this state making it a misdemeanor , for the editor, or owner, or part own- ( ?r of a newspaper (which undertakes 3t advise the people on matters political) to accept public office of anyj <ind would meet with the earnest i rupport of this paper. We think one j jf the troubles with the people now is j ;hat in this state and elsewhere they! ?re being advised by newspapers and I ( newspaper men with axes to grind, | ?.nd with offices to hold, and with j ( others to seek. The Medium will find i ( io more wjlling co-worker than the ', Press and Banner if it will advocate I ( i measure along this line. We feel J that we should be content to operate , the leading paper in Abbeville Coun-! ( ty, to advise the people unselfishly, j to continue to receive a just com-j] pensaticn for what we give the peo- j pie and to help the community as we ;, have always tried to do, in all mat-; ters, and just now in the building of a Baptist High School. We think that I if the Medium will be fair it may find j out that most of the other men in this: community who believed Mr. Hard-j ing should be president are men: whose activities do not carry them ' into office-seeking. A D.fference in Principle, We must take issue with the Medi-i um on the statement that both par-! i ties are at one one on the democratic principle of the Monroe Doctrine. The democratic party, led blind-! ly by Woodrow Wilson, sought to, abandon the good "democratic prin-j ciple" of the Monroe Doctrine, and '* *- - * AL- J Umw ? ' une people 01 tne uuneu owttca uy a majSrity of some seven millions of, votes kicked him and his party from j "the throne of government," and; turned the protection of this "demo-! cratic principle" over to the republi- J cans. The Medium, too, is far afield i when it says that the views of the two J Parties are practically the same on ttfe tariff question. Neither Mr. Wil- j son, as the leader of the democratic party nor the democratic party itself, has never stood for the protection of American industry and of American labor against ^he cheap products and t labor of Europe and Asia. The re- i publican party, and that was one of! the planks stressed by Mr. Harding in his race, promises that we shall ( have under it such a protective tariff , is shall protect the American manu- i facturer and American labor from i the ill effects of competition with the i poorest paid labor on earth. We shall | iiscuss the tariff later in this paper, ( because an impersonal discussion of < this and other questions would we t ;hink be profitable to the people of j :his County. The people of this state \ lave been fed by the partisan newswnpvs nf the state on cries o! "pat- < onage" and "nigger" long enough. They are entitled to hear the prob- , ems of this country discussed freely ( and fairly and as far as we are able | :o do so, we expect to mform them of , >ur views on these questions. Always the Negro. The Medium rather thinks two ^ parties would be of "inestimable aenefit" to this section if it were not for the "the negro question." We :leny that there is a negro question n this country except as the demo+ nvflcc arirl tVio rlpmnpvatic noli licians make it a question for their own' purposes. There are few negroes n the South who really desire to vote. The constitution of South Carolina ind the laws of other Southern States nake it impossible for the negro to :ast more than a handful of votes in these states. They give no trouble in Georgia with looser restrictions than ive have. We favor making the restrictions both as to education and property requirements stronger, and we favor a strict enforcement of ;he9e laws against whites and negroes ilike. We claim that the ignorant lave no right to rule the country, of whatever race they may be. Neither ire we prejudiced against the wellmeaning country-loving negro, who prepares himself for tihe duties of cit zenship, owns property, and in every way behaves himself. The constitution of the United States demands nothing for him except what it gives to the white man, and surely the white man with equal opportunity should be able to take care of himself. There will be no "understanding" with the negro as long as he is lawlessly treated, and nobody need expect it. We say this in full realization that our views are not the views of others, but we would be worse than cowardly as a newspaper if we did not speak the truth. Good Men and True. We hope the time has arrived, and with the advent of the women at the polls, we believe the time has arrivsd, when no unworthy politician need seek office in any party. If the vote cast in the recent election means anything it means that the women have not voted as partisans, as do the men but that they have voted for real men and principles. They could not stand Mr. Cox. Whether you call him the barroom politician or the government bonded-liquor-warehouse politician, every man who reads impartially knows that the forces which compasssd his nomination at the San Francis-~ fVifl TirVnpVi wU UUIIV Clltiun aig WIIV AVA.VVW **? ? would like to foster the legalized sale of Uqtior in this country. Taggart, Murphy and the rest of the bosses who named him are all "wet." The democratic convention consumed forty barrels of liquor taken from a bonded government warehouse before he was nominated. It was therefore wet. We take it that the country believes Mr. Bryan to be an honest man and a well informed, if not entirely well balanced, statesman. had twice assisted Mr. Cox in his campaigns in Ohio, and must have been his friend,' i but this year he refused to tske the ; stump for him because declared Mr. Cox to be a "wret," and that he' was and is. It is true that the smart candidate said tlia' the legalized, sale of liquor wa? as dead as slavery, but industrial slavery still lives, and; the .liquor forces of this country only ! yesterday won a decision from the j United .rJ'aLc-s Supreme Court, and they r.Ve fighting everywhere openly, covertly, by means of the law and in spite of the law, to again debauch the land with their product. And we have' reached the point that ^re shall not] support them or any candidate of their choosing for any office from Coroner to President. If that be treason we are guni-y. Finally. The Press and Banner has no objection to a \frhite man's party in South Carolina for the selection of state officers and for the selection of local officers. But we refuse to be bound by national platforms made by and in the interest of designing politicians which do not express our views. Unless the democratic party in South#Carolina is willing to abandon the iron-clad pledge now required of voters binding them to support the nominees of the democratic party, nominated, aa was Mr. Cox, by che liquor and other questionable interests of the land, and whose candidacy was undertaken to be furthered by misrepresentation and slander and not by argument, there are manymen who Have cast their last ballot in the democratic primaries in this state. They will prefer to await the ereneral election and seek an opportunity to vote for men of principle :here, if they are offered, and if not to await a better day. The editor of the Press and Banner is of their lumber. And when we get ready to WANTED!^ I I WIl'.lC i cuiiicis i TO SETTLE IN BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE THE BURKE COUNTY CHAMBER _OF COMMERCE, WAYNESBORO, GA. " ! ^ / vote, we shall vote as an independent American citizen, without asking the permission of anybody, but of our own free-will, and for the candidates of our choice. We shall not with a dictatorial assumption of power, Wilsonesque in its every part, demand of other freemen for whom, how and when they shall vote, but we shall expect them to cast their ballots in Accordance with their own judgment, unmolested and unafraid. We shall try to think that they are honest so long as they do not prove themselves otherwise. Tnr? fka Mnw TT C WClV/UiUt bllC UUiUlllg WA WUW South which has shown itself in every state , below Mason's and Dixxon's line this year capable at least in part of independent judgment and free from the prejudices and bias which should have been buried long ago. We shall welcome in the South an intelligent discussion of the great national problems which confront the country, to the end that our children may become educated in these matters instead of having their minds impregnated with feelings which long since should have been buried and forgotten in a Christian land. We believe a better day awaits us. ORDINATION SERVICES vX Rev. A. J. Derbyshire To Be Ordained u Rector of Episcopal Church Sunday, November 21 at?Bishop Guerry To' Preach Sermon Rev. A. J. Derbyshire is to be ordained Rector of the Episcopal Church, Sunday, November 21st., at 10 o'clock. Bishop Guerry, of this diocese will preach the ordination sermon. Mr. Derbvshire will be presented for ordination by Rev. T. P. Noe. The ministers of the other churches in Abbeville f are requested to attend the services and have been invited to take the front pew of the church during the services. The public is invited to attend these services and Mr. Derbyshire will be happy to have as many of his frineds present as can make- it con verient to attend. Rev. Mr. Derbyshire came to Abbeville a few months ago to take charge of the local Episcopal church. He is a young man of fine ability, and he has impressed himself upon this community. The church under his ministry promises laiaiaianuujanuiiiEnuHia i |i Co-Open jjj We have just rec IFOR 1 Corby's Frail Gardner's Pie Layer Cal Celery :: Cranberr Olives :: I jg Salad Dres: S Peanut Bu 1 Co-Opera a fi f i r-i n ni-i r i r i r i r i i-i i-i i" UlJUI-IIJUIJU IJIJIJIJIJI to take on renewed life. In addition to his duties with the < church, Mr. Derbyshire finds time to take an active interest in the welfare of the community. Just now he is greatly interested in the boys of the town who have been organized by him into scout troons. He is in tereated too in the' schools of the city and in every movement for the uplift of our people. We believe that the pepole could not do* a finer thing A Vi Will Make Ha i Get a Victrola ii ?let the world's gr part to the day's p] / familiar songs or se catchiest of dance \ taste in music there you. We have a ful the very latest Vict< will be filled at once. i ! McMurray Dri I w Fia!fitfiiJ^Jdriiriiriir.im ative Merca tvEUVTMlNCr FOR VOUR. ^^KS^jNj? PINNL^ eived fresh shipments the market affords rHANKSG t Cake j; Butter i . tin and .Fre kes Seec Lettuce | - Citron ies Dickles Lemor sings itter Mince M ** \ mm ?1 itive mercantile 1 tfflMRBMiBBBBIfflfi ?? than show their appreciation of and his coming amongst us than bf turning out at his ordination to ex teifd the helping hand. . ? A PARTY li:M Mrs. W. H. White has issued invitations to a Card Party at her home on Greenville street for Saturday afternoon at four o'clock. She will entertain the younger set of eociety . tT. people. aiwii| i. . .. Ml v ^ * 1 . . 'c? , ' ictrola Thanksgiving ppier J ? V; ? .^L r > i time -for Thanksgiving eatest artists add their leasure. Listen to old, t feet a-gliding to the mm *; v tunes. Whatever your i are Victor records for* 1 stock of Victrolas and >r records. Your order xxxxaxmrcc intile Co. jj ' ' |i |j of the very best j ] ij IVING 11 1 ii Eggs jsh Fruits j! led Raisins __ 11 [:: Currants [ J Nuts [! 1 and Orange J i Peel I} eat Cherries {1 Company |i uznirHinjiiJznimnjiimjS 'i