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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second ?iass matter at r?ost office in .'xDheville, S. C. Term# of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six months $1.00 Three months .50 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 nun in DAcrMorDr I The citizens of Abbeville generally have not been slow to assist in movements looking to the upbuilding of this community. But without dis paraging the efforts and accomplish ments of others, it may be said that there are in every community a few men whose numbers may be countd on the fingers of two hands, who are the real leaders in a community's wel fare and progress. And what is true in other commu nities ig true in Abbeville. And if toaay you asxeu a uunurcu men tit Abbeville who are acquainted with the history of the city for the past twen ty-five years to name five men who have rendered most conspicuous ser vice to the city in that time, we be lieve all of them would include Philip , Rosenberg in that five. He left his owii native land ' and came here to make his home. And no native born son loved his country, hi? state, and his home city better than Philip Rosenberg; none was more in terested in its progress, nor in the well-being of its people. A man of bis? heart and eenerous impulses, he contributed to every good cause; a' man of broad vision and good busi ness judgment, he went forward to success while others hesitated; a good I citizen himself, he reared a fine fam ily?among them three sons who will I take the places made vacant by the' death of their father and the death) of their grand-father.' These young j men have already shown that the work I for the city begun by the elders will be carried on by the present genera tion. The city of Abbeville can ill afford to lose citizens of the worth of Mr. | Rosenberg, but there is consolation in ] the fact that he leaves behind him ' those who will carry on his work. ANOTHER MOB COURT If there is anything which smacks * of the mob spirit it is the mob court. We have had special terms of court called in this state in the past to try cases while the people were yet ex cited and before reason and common prudence had had time to reassert themselves. And we are to have an other term of court of this character, this time at St. Matthews. The jury may be composed of good men, as other juries called under the same circumstances have been, but we believe the verdict which mayT be j rendered in the case will be entitled to about the same respect as the ver dict of the mob. Not only will the veraict in itseii not commana tne re spect of the people, but the calling of courts at the behest of the excited, and when people are crying for blood, will tend to bring the whole adminis tration of the law into disrespect. There are in most counties three, in some of them more, terms . of court. These terms of court are call ed at stated intervals fixed by the legislature. The sober and prudent law-makers of the country have pro vided these terms, so that men charg ed with crimes may not be rushed to judgment before the people have had time to think and reflect. In times past it has been the custom of judges to continue cases where there is a great deal of prejudice in order that, reason and justice might have aj chance to reassert themselves. But not so now. We are com-| promising with the mob these days; | And we so compromise with the mob! although the person to be tried is safe in the walls of prison and there j is no chance that he will not be tried j by the orderly conduct of the courts. Suroly the state does not cry for the blood of a victim. We should not be willing to take the life of even the worst culprit in the land except at! such time and in such way that the judgments of the court may seem deliberate. There is no reason why an extra term of court should be call I ed qither in Abbeville or in St. Mat thews for the trial of one case. We had hoped that Governor Cooper had learned by this time that the calling of these courts was not approved by the justice-loving people of the state. May we not hope that the judges of the state will refuse, in the future, to put a man on trial at one of these courts where the man to be tried may j not be expected to obtain a fair trial. | THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY Hard times are being felt by the railroads as well as by individuals. Retrenchment is necessary by these as well as other corporations and persons. The Press and Banner would not wish to stand in the way of the Southern Railway in its effort to re duce exDenses and to make its prop erty self-sustaining. But it seems to the Press and Banner that the Southern Railway in doing these' things should have some appreciation of the rjghts of this community as well as of other communities./The traveling public in Abbeville) as well as at other places, has a right to be heard when action affecting it is taken by a corporation serving the public. For that reason the Press and Banner does not un derstand why the Southern Railway should discontinue a train from Hodges to Abbeville and return and impose great hardships upon the peo ple of this city without saying ever a word to the authorities of this city. As matters are now arranged a per son who desires to go to Columbia, or to any point below Hodges on the Southern Railway, in the afternoon must go to Hodges and wait there for an hour and ten minutes for a train, when it is on time, and generally for an hour and a half. This is most in convenient. We believe that some better ar- j rangement might have been made in j this matter if the people and authori-' I ties of this city had been consulted, I (and not ignored in the matter. We' | see no reason why, if but onfe train j I is to be run in the afternoon, the up- j I train and the down-train on the Sou-! [them should not meet either at Hodges or at Shoals Junction at far-j thest, so that this long wait at i Hodges should not be entailed on the! people of Abbeville who are forced to ride on the Southern in order to get to many points. j ' It has been said many times, and' we have never heard it denied, that the Abbeville branch of the Southern Railway is a good paying piece of. property.* We know nothing of such! matters, hut wp Ho know that thp npn. t pie of Abbeville receive a great a-j mount of freight over the Abbeville j branch which might come into Abbe-' ville over the Seaboard Air Line j Railway, if the people were disposed! to have their freight so routed. We' are not advocating that, this be done, j We have no desire to see the revenue of the Southern Railway at Abbeville reduced, nor have we any desire to see any unjust burden placed on it, but if the Southern does make money . out of the people of this city, this ! furnishes a reason why it should , make some effort to furnish the ^>eo- . pie of the city with more accommo lations than it does for passenger . service. We have called attention in the past to the poor coaches side tracked on us by this railroad and the want of proper equipment fur- | nished the crew of this branch. We are sorry that the Southern does not seem disposed to correct these de linquencies, but that instead, it is making matters even more inconven ient. We suggest that the city council and the Chamber of Commerce give this matter attention. We take it that these bodies have not been con sulted by the Southern Railway in the matter of taking off one train on the Abbeville branch. Let them act ? in the matter promptly. i In the meantime, for the conven- ' ience of the traveling public, weM may say that passengers for Green-1 wood and for points South of Green- r wood may save a good deal of time j by remaining in Abbeville in the af-l ternoon a half hour later, and by f going to Greenwood over the Sea- < board Air Line and there waiting for : the down Southern train, instead of < waiting at Hodges. The trip will be ? tions while waiting will be hotter. ] Perhaps the Southern will find that ] it will not save so much after all by 1 discontinuing the train referred to. Its engineer, conductor and other em- i n'oyees must be paid, and we imagine! < they would about as soon be running! 1 between Abbeville and Hodges as waiting at Hodges. The small amount of coal saved will not balance the loss sustained by the Southren on account of passengers going to Greenwood over the Seaboard as sug gested above. If the Southern does not seem dis posed to make any arrangement in this matter satisfactory to the peo ple of the city, the business men of the city should be called together by the Chamber of Commerce to take such united action as may be nuces sary to secure proper consideration at the hands of this railroad. A FAMILY TO BE PROUD OF Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Wilson were in Abbeville from Watts Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are such people as go to make Abbeville one of the best counties in the State. They have lived among us all their lives and have stood for all that is highest 'in life always. They have reared a fine family of children who are tak ing their places in the affairs of I life. Miss Gladys Wilson is teacher of expression in Greensboro, N. C., a young son, J. W. Wilson, a gradate of the Citadel, teaches in Chester, and there are two daughters, Miss?s Mary Grace and Mildred, now at Winthrop College. Miss Gladys lrisit ed the two sisters recently and while there recited and entertained at a college gathering which gave great pleasure to all who heard her. It is a great thing in life to have a family of children and it is great er still to have them all accomplish ed and taking a fine place iri the affairs of the world. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are to be congratulated. LITTLE MARY BISHOP Little Mary Bishop, who has been at the County Memorial Hospital since before Christmas is recovering her health and has improved enough to go out to Calhoun Falls this week to visit her people. The little girl has had a piece of the bone in one leg taker* out and she has been a patient sufferer. She is getting now where she can walk which is good news to the people of the town. She has been the pet of the town and her stay in Abbeville has been made happier by the many attentions shown her. Her latest present is, a handsome pair of bed room slippeis given by Dr. McMurray, which er. ables her to get about the hospitf.I with more ease. MYERS POLIAKOFF HURT Myers Poliakoff, young son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Poliakoff, was severely hurt yesterday at the playgrounds of the Graded Scnool. One of the pupils had been swinging and when he left the swing and turned it !oorc, it struck Myers just above thj eye. A deep gash was cut and it was necessary to take several stitches in order to close up the wound. The young man was pretty sick last night, but this morning he is better and no serious trouble is anticipated from the injury. AMERICAN SILK MEN FEAR THE JAPANESE Washington, Feb. 3.?Asking res oration of the Payne-Aldrich tariff rates on silk, manufacturers of that :loth told the House ways and neans committee today that they were "alarmed" at the increasing ability of the Japanese to copy rare patterns which had enaibled them to nake heavy inroads on American crade. Before the war, manufactur ers said, the Japanese were handi japped, however, witneses declared, ;his is rapidly disapeparing and un ler stimulus of greater export sales Japanese weavers have enlarged the Industry to such an extent that Am srican dealers in silk fear destruC' ;ion of their business. WILL BEQUEATHS A HOME FOR RALEIGH'S OLD MAIDS Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 3.?If the city 5f Raleigh or some benevolent per son provides for its maintenance Ral sigh will have a home for destitute aid maiden ladies, a house and its fittings having been bequeathed to Raleigh for that purpose by Miss Emma Green, of this city, whose will was probated here yesterday. If the city fails to provide fo~ its | jpkeep the property is to be turned aver to the Methodist Orphanage of his city. COTTON GINNERS' REPORT Cotton Ginned Prior to January the 16th, Crops of 1920 and 1919 in South Carolina. Director Sam. L. Rogers, of the Bureau of the Census, Department o:: Commerce, announces thij prelimi nary report on cotton ginned by counties, in South Carolina, for the crops of 1920 and 1919. TJie report was made public for the state at 10 a. m., Monday, January 24, 1921. (Quantities are in running bales,) counting round as half bales. Lint ers ,are not included.) County 1920 1919 ' The State 1,506,436 1,419,524 Abbeville 32,014 26,705 Aiken *42,979 40,186 Allendale Anderson 13,388 19,601 78,646 80,605 Bamberg 20,662 24,420 Barnwell __ _ ... 28,276 30,213 Berkeley __ _ ... 8,163 10,770 Calhoun _ 38,726 33,018 Cherokee __ 19,187 16,419 Chester 35,131 30,886 Chesterveld __ ._ 36^085 43,940 Clarendon . ? 47,689 39,004 Colleton __ __ 6,698 12,512 Darlington . 53,025 41,613 Dillon __ . 40,168 41,491 Dorchester __ 9,581 15,170 Edge veld ... 25,124 33,625 Fairfield __ __ 27,788 "21,935 Florence ... 44,922 41,928 Georgetown __ ._ 4,232 4,577 Greenville 46,113 51,411 Greenwood 38,818 33,857 Hampton 7,024 10,672 Horry , 10,308 9,217 Kershaw 39,901 29,668 Lancaster ._ 23,478 22,261 Laurens __ 59,843 48,358 Lee ? ? 47,777 43,184 Lexington 32,528 28,638 McCormick __ __ 15,993 16,827 larion __ __ _ . 21,419 n n 'r r%n 18,849 HA Qft1 lyianooro oo,aoi 1 7 X Newberry ... . 44,685 33,134 Oconee __ __ 21,774 23,611 Orangeburg _ ... 92,940 86,000 Pickens __ __ 19,056 24,404 Richland __ _ n36,119 26,265 Saluda __ _ 29,829 24,352 Spartanburg _ . _ 80,368 77,272 Sumter - _ __ 58,386 45,304 Union __ _ 24,039 18,717 Williamsburg _ _ . 33,128 26,461 York 41,790 44,111 All other 2,199 12,737 DRIVES ON ARMY GAINING * FORCE Steps Towardj Reduction Taking Form-?But One Amendment Washington, Feb. 3.?A definite step toward reduction of the regu lar army to 150,000 men was taken today when the house approved an appropriation sufficient only'for the maintenance of a force of that size during the fiscal year beginning July 1. The action was taken after at empt had failed to amend the army appropriation bill to provide for 175,000 enlisted men and to de crease the number of officers from 14,000 to approximately 9,000. The instant the section of the bill appropriating funds lor the. pay of j enlisted men during the coming fis-1 cal year was reported a dozen rep- \ resentatives were on their feet clamoring for recognition. Amend- j ments came pouring in, and for an hour members revived the small ar my versus large army debate that has enlivened many a session of congress. The net result, however, was success for the efforts of the appropriations committee to keep1 the measure practically intact, all amendments being voted down ex-' cept one by Representative Johnson, | Republican, of South Dakota, au- j thorizing the discharge from the' army of youths under 18 years of age on their application or at the i request of their parents or guard-; ians. At the request of Representa-j tive Winco. Democrat, of Arkansas the house voted to grant such lads honorable discharges. The appropriation bill carries as amended $72,618,659 for the pay of er.listed men during the 12 months beginning July 1. This amount is sufficient for a force of 150,000 ac cording to Representatiev Anthony of Kansas, chairman of the appro priations subcommittee which framed them easure. GONE TO BALTIMORE Dr. Pressley and Mr. H. A. Ben ton, accompanied Mrs. Mary Tag gart to Baltimore on Thursday where she went in search of special I medical attention. AT THE HOSPITAL Mrs. T. H. Maxwell, who was op erated on at the hospital this morn ing is reported as recovering satis factorily from the operation. Her | friends hope for her an early re covery. LITTLE BOY BUNRED Benjamin Lawton, the two year old boy who was burned at his home in the mill village this week, is at the County Hospital and is holding his own. The little fellow fell in [ front of the fire and was seriously burned. ADDITIONAL REDUCTION IN PRICE OF GASOLINE New York, Feb. 3.?The Stan dard Oil company, of New Jersey, I today announced an additional re I duction of 1 cent a eallon in the price of gasoline in New Jersey, making the wholesale price 26 1-2 cents. The price in Louisana was re duced 2 cents a gallon making the wholesale price 25 1-2 cents. Because of the absence of crime in Huntington, Utah, the jail has been turned into a public library. Hold You FOR :: HIGH Conservative| | on Cotton Co: M. B. 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