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Established 1844.
THE PRESS AND BA^NNER
ABBEVILLE, S. C. .
The Press and Banner Company
Published Tri-Weekly
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Entered as second- liass matter at
^oot office in .Vobeville, S. C.
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AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
WEDNESDAY, MAY, 4, 1921
IN SPARTANBURG.
Over in Spartanburg last week we
found that Abbeville men were run
ning everything except the baseball
team and the Gunmen's Club of the
county. <
GET IN THE SWIM.
The ?rin$ipal product of Spartan
burg County, as we were told by a
former Abbeville man now one of
the leading citizens of the City of
Success (Charley Hammond), is
character cloth. This cloth is made
in a mill which is under the super
vision of Mr. Hammond and which
is-run by young men who desire to
obtain an education in mill matters
through their own efforts. They work
w>;il jvno tiroalr ftnrf Attend
school the next' week and thus pay
for their learning. The mil is not run
for profit, but as an educatibnal in
stitution, and it is doing a fine work.
But it makes the finest of cottor
goods?character cloth, they call it
in Spartanburg as we said. The cloth
is. used for making fine dresses foi
ladies and for shirts for men. II
sells for a dollar the yard. Mr. Ham
inond is planning to send two shori
patterns to Vice President Coolidg<
and two dress patterns to Mrs. Cool
idge. He expects them to be the "ob
served of all observers" in Washing
ton when they appear dressed ir
garments of this cloth. It is also ex
pected that shirts and dresses front
this product will make their appear
ance on Greenville Street in Abbe
ville. This shoud have the effect ol
making shirts and dresses "of char
acter cloth" the real thing in fin<
wearing apparel the present season
4 Incidentally it will be a national ad
vertisement for the Spartanburg pro
duct.
Thp whnlp schpmp is hpinc enci.
neered by Maj. J. C. Hemphill oi
the Spartanburg Journal, who dic
tates styles still as he used to do in
Charleston when a big banquet was
to be given. One lady who knows
more about such matters than he, we
think, suggested that It would be
better to send Mrs. Coolidge only
one dress, but he insists that she
shall have "a change."
Those who desire to keep up with
the procession and to be in style
with the people at Washington and
on Greenville Street may take no
tice^Mr. Hammond will answer all
iriquirtes, and send samples.
FOLLOW THE LAW.
> j
1^,-In Columbia list, vveek the Govern
j or spent a good part of his time in
an investigation as to the fitness of
a man, nominated in the primary,
for the office of Auditor for Hamp
ton County. The evidence has been
taken and the Governor is soon to
act in the matter. We trust that he
will reach alright decision.
We may suggest that there would
' be no trouble in securing good men
for the offices of auditor and treas
urer in Hampton County, nor in any
other county, if only the Governor
would follow the law and appoint
. these officers.
It is true that the Governor is a
democrat and that the democratic
party has made provision for nomi
nating these officers in the primary,
a fact which shows that in some
matters at least the democratic par
ty should not be allowed to "func
tion." but the Governor is the Gov
ernor, not of the democrats but, of
the whole of South Carolina, and his
oath of office requires him to obey
and enforce the laws and constitu
tion of the state. Under these laws
he is required to "appoint" these of
ficers. He should not allow any other
person, nor any party, to do what the
law requires that he do. He should
obey the law without feeling under
any obligation to listen to the dic
tates of his party.
i There are good reasons why these
officers should be appointed by the
Governor. The law recognized the
fact by providing for their appoint
ment. These reasons readily suggest
themselves to the thoughtful. These
reasons,are more impelling than any
considerations of party. Until these
reasons are considered and the law
followed there will always be trouble
in securing a proper assessment of
1 property for taxation in the state.
' The tax assessing and tax collecting
officers of the state should not De
embarrassed in the performance of
their duties by being threatened by
this and the other democrat that the
latter will remember the officer in
the next election.
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jrjWhen we get to be governor w?
expect to enforce the law as it is
i Written. ! Perhaps that is a reason
fchy we will never be, but then we
ij don't- care,
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THE WOMAN MUST
BE PUNISHED.
'
Frances Schmartz, a young white
wtman, last week was convicted by a
, jury in the court of General Sessions
of Spartanburg county of being ac
cessory to the assault and robbery of
i her uncle, W. E. Acree, at Wellford
last January.
Special Circuit Judge Wm. P.
1 Greene of Abbeville sentenced her
to be imprisoned for seven years in4
1 the county jail or on the county
: chaingang. W. F. Oates and S. M.
Fisher, who pleaded guity as princi
pals in the crime, were sentenced for
1 the same term.
So the woman will be punished to
' exeactly the same extent as the men
1 i involved in the case.
;! The action of the Spartanburg
I jury is unusual, for it has long been
the habit in this country to let ac
' cused women off because of their
' sex.
^ The twelve good men and true of
? Spartanburg county are entitled to
" | vigorous commendation for their
" j course. They have upheld justice
'land the right. They would not be
II moved by silly and dangerous senti
"! mentality.
1 j If the evidence proves that a wom
" | an is guilty of crime, she should be
' j foun<i guilty and punished just as if
^ (she were a man.
' Her sex should never be a bar to
] her conviction and punishment,
j The newspapers have carried many
| stories within the last year of wom
! en who have killed their husbands
lor other people and who have been
acquitted merely because of their
: sex.
Th's is sheer defiance of the law.
As long as women guilty of crime
I go unpunished, other women will feel
; safe in committing crime.
Under the new order, woman is
jon an equality with man before the
j law. Equal rights mean also equal
! responsibility for her acts and equal
punishment for violation of the law.
?Gi-eenville Piedmont.
THE CULT OF BAD MANNERS.
Is there a school of bad manners |
in Washington attended by the
young men and youths of the capi
tal, where they are taught to ignore
the precepts of politeness? Is therjj
a. new cult of conduct among the j
Ijjounger generation basW \*pton;f"$re
'idea that it is smart and proper toj
be in different to other people's
comfort, to treat women with disres
pect and as worthy of no special
consideration? Surely, there are evi
dences of such teachings. In the
street cars and other places of pub
lic ass&nbiage and association these
ideas prevail to a degree that dis
tresses those who still hold to the no
tion that youth should be polite and
hat women should be given courte
ous attention.
At any hour of the day in this city
lhe spectacle may be witnessed of
young men sitting in the cars while
women -stand in the aisles. These
young men have perhaps?have pro
bably?dashed into the cars at the|
stopping points ahead of the women
springing on the steps without re
gard for even the outgoing passen
gers. It is sadly true that it is ex
ceptional to see a young man arise
i and tender his seat to a woman.
Sometimes he may Sv u>r ? j0?n~igi
,nnd pretty accompanying -his
act witn a smirk of pointed sugges-^
tion, while older women stand &nd
wait for the spirit to move some mas
culine mind to follow the practice of
other times.
What is by some called feminism
is often cited as the reason for this
new attitude. "The women demand
the vote and the right to take part
in business," say the apologists tot
the* sitting male. "Let them take
their chances with all others in the
public conveyances. They eannot
have their cake and eat it, too." But
that quite misses the point of ' the
matter. It is not a question of wheth
er the women are entitled to seats
occupied by men. It is whether th%
men should forget theixr manners,
and good m&riiiers requires consider
ation for women, whatever may be
their status in political or business
affairs.
One feels sorry for the sittfhg
youth, not for the standing woman.
?Washington Star.
SPARTANBURG CROWS
Every now and then there has
been much boasting in The Press
and Banner about the primacy of
Abbeville in the game of Set-Back,
and many eulogiums of the grad
uates of the Set-Back College?
the only kind of College Abbeville
hns ever had the public spirit to
start-~and their -wonderful skill
with the cards. "There's nothin' to
"it," -as they say in Greenwood, as
any one who was present the other
night at a contest in Spartanburg
between the "ehampeen players" of
grand old Abbeville and two modest
and well-disposed residents of "The
[City of Success." The gentlemen of
i Spartanburg would not care to have
their names carried m the Society
News and no one would care to ex
pose the pikers from Abbeville. It
is sufficient to say that Spartanburg
simply "et 'em alive."?Spartanburg
Journal.
MAYOR MARS AND
HIS GENTLE DISPOSITION
The mayor of Abbeville is named
Mars, but they say he is not at all
warlike in his disposition.?Ander
son Daily MaiL '
_ . DR. GARDNER BETTER
Reports from Dr. G. W. Gardner
today indicate that his condition con
tinues to improve slightly. He is
very weak, but friends and relatives
are encouraged at his improvement.
?Index-Journal, 3rd.
NOT UNUSUALLY COLD.
This May is not unusually cold,
according to comparative figures
from the local weather reporter. In
fact the first two weeks of last May
were much colder than it has yet
been this May. The lowest official
temperature this month was record
ed last night, the mercury reaching
50. Last May was cold and disagree
able until the middle of the month,
a temperature of 49 being reported
on the 17th. Last year the tempera
tures ran: May 2, 55; May 3, 54;
May 4, 51; May 6, 49; May 7, 47;
May 17, 49. The weather bureau
predicts continued coolness and
cloudiness.?Index-Journal, 3rd.
INTEREST,IN THE SICK MAN
Since the publication of the let-|
ter from Mrs. J. D. Hall, of Eastl
Orange, N. J., to Dr. W. M. Riggs
telling of-a young man in the Albany |
City hospital suffering from loss of.
n?Wojjyv^ich .interest h?s been
ewnced the'case. In Abbeville 1t
is' almost a personal matter for the
young man remembers the football
season of 1916 and "Red McMillan."
When asked about the matter Mr.
McMillan says he has written to Al
bany and has visited Clemson in the
interest of the young man. The de
cription given is too vague to be
recognized among all the men who
have attended Clemson, but Mr. Mc
Millan feels that with a photograph
the sick man can be definitely loca
ted. If such is not the case the Clem
son Alumni will have the young man
brought to South Carolina and if
possible placed in the home of his
parents.
norceiiir t to
UlXJbJJlllU \JI
The people up North Main street
are doing their best to keep in call
ing distance of Greenville street and
are "dressing up" in the way of
^ndsome con'"**'.
-? fckvpg. Mr. " WiV
" recently finis^e^ steps
?* home of Mrs? "R. E. Cox, Mr. A
B. Morse and at Mrs. W. A. Lee's.
On Greenville "street Corp. Kerr is
further improv/ng the appearance of j
the Dutch K-r /one, by having his
yard crraAW* j m,?4 t?i Mifieei
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AGREEMENT REACHED
BY SUPREME COUNCIL
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genee o:f opinion. Finally, however,
an agreement ^as reached.
Should Germany fail to accept Ihe
terms within the stipulated 'time,
the French plans for occupation of
the Ruhir, with a possible naval de
monstration on the part fif the
isht Will bi carried out and the pro
ceeds of Germany's revenue, such as
customs, will be appropriated to
wards payment of the annual oblijfa
tion.
In addition to the chiefs of the
delegations, there was a great array
of financial experts present at t<J|
day's meeting. Sir Robert Steven
son Home, the British chancellor of
the exchequer, was absent, but M.
Rwian/i OmiTi* Sf/vrr7.ft anH FVirAltm
Minister Jaspar were accompanied
by their finance ministers; Baron
Hayashi by Koko Mori, Japanese
commissioner in London, and Mr.
Lloyd C'eorge by Winston Spencer
Churchill and representatives of ^he
treasury.
M. Briand announced tonight that
he must return to Paris Tuewlay
night, so the meeting tomorrow is
expected to be final.
French Military Headquarters,
Mayence, Germany, May 3?-Cine
division of Black Moroccan infantry
and one division of <:avalry, under
command of General Simon, in 16
trains left this evening for the Jihur.
They will arrive in Duesseldorf Tues
day morning. '
PAPER WORKERS OUT
Albany, N. Y., Ms.y 3.?Approxi
mately 12,000 members of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Pa;pei
Workera are on strike, James: T
Carey, president of the brothecrh<K>(]
said tonight..
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the Northeastern section ol bh<
United states and in Canada and arc
operated by the International I^apei
company, Minnesota and Ontarit
company,. and the Fort Frances
Paper company, Most of the mills
are engaged in the production ol
newsprint paper.
Witch the label on your papir.
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EXTRA COMMUNICATION
There will be an extra communi
cation of Clinton Lodge No. 3 A. F.
M. Friday night. Max 6th at 8 P.
M. Work in. the Third Degree.
H. 6 Howie, Secretary.
Otto Bristow, W. M.
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SINGING CONVENTION
The Abbeville . County Singing
Convention will meet at Calhoun
Falls Methodist church Saturday and
Sunday, May the 21st and 22nd. All
singers and lovers of good music are
invited to attend.
J. B. Hall, President
An experiment station is to be
started by the federal government
at Unalakleet, Alaska, for the scien
tific breeding of reindeer.
Clean-Up and PaintA
i Roach Paste
Abolish
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It can be done
and let us
We] make a sped
Disinfectants a
that are saj
death to
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courteous treatment
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Louis Fein^tein, Pro
NEWBERRY VERDICT
SET ASIDE BY COURT
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ties reserved for the people would
be infringed upon ^congress under
existing !bw, was held to have con
trol; over primaries, the opinion stat
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A3 much" as states "may suppress
whatever evils m&y be incident to
primary or convention" and each
house' of congress has the power to
judge the elections, qualifications
and returns of its own members, and
in as much as congress Clearly has
authority to regulate by law the
times, places and manner of holding
elections, "the national government
is not without power to protect it
self against corruption, fraud and
other malign influences."
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