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ANTI-STRIKE LAW URGED BY BICKETT | ' . ?? "" Day of Club and Fire and Sword Now Past?Employees and Employer* Must Take Dispute To Courts, Says Former Governor p ' Columbia, June 9.?The cultivation >1 of the community or mass conscience t< the forcing of all disputes of govern f;*" ments, organizations and individuals into the courts and the enactment of national labor laws to prevent both walkout and lockouts in industry were advocated by Thomas Walter Bickett, former governor of North |,v Carolina, speaking on "Mass Con; science" at the graduating exercises gy ' of the 116th commencement of the ! University of South Carolina yesteri: day morning. "The peculiar obligation of the 20th century," Governor Bickett said "ife to produce a just community. Ours is the task to make the public , conscience as sensitive as that of the individual. A mob will lynch a prisoner when no man in it would commit murder The sense of personal , ? responsibility is lost in xne crowa. Likewise, men banded together in i corporations, in communities and in states absolve themselves of all in- , SSn t I , dividual responsibility for the conV duct of the aggregation. They think i of the corporation, of the community j f of the state as an entity entirely i separate and distinct from them- , ' selves. The time now demand, however, that there be driven into the | hearts of men the truth that if a K; corporation commits grand larceny, t 4 n"?r aAuihh (lirorfnr in if. ifi a C'WJ1 u??vvvv. ... .- ... ? ^ ? petty thief and every stockholder a 1 receiver of stolen goods. If one na- ( tion makes war upon another in the , absence of a supreme necessity all , ^ v the citizens of that nation are guilty , I of manslaughter. Today the whole , world has through agony and bloody sweat been driven to the conviction , that the great command, 'Thou shalt , sL . .. not kill," is as binding on the con- j I* sdence of a nation as that of an mV dividual." ( Day of Force Now Past. i Long ago, Governor Bickett point- , ed out, governments decreed that in- j t dividuals should not settle their dif Terences by an appeal to "blood and ( iron. The people have ^earned this lessOn well," he said. "They have ( become enamoured of the principle and today the mass conscience is de- , manding that governments shall be j as (ireful of human life as they re. j quire individuals to be." The very s existence of civilization. Governor j Bickett, contended, depends upon | the universal acceptance of two basic 4 .principles; that governments as well t as men shall come into court and } ?mam a* miatin moti vioe a P4 WMI* mau wi i p any rights, the assertion of which t " would be fatal to the peace and hap- t ||f" .piness of all the people. ' < "Congress," Governor Bickett ? p: continued, "owes it as a debt of i x honor to the American soldier to ? f enact a law that will absolutely f': guarantee to the people the constant s ' end efficient operation of all public c utilities engaged Mn interestate com- c | imerce. Of course any such law x ; would ?of necessity provide a tribunal of the people to hear griev- I ' ances and if necessary, to fix wages t but all men engaged in operating a V such utilities, whether employers or | employees, must be made to under- f K r stand that fhpv arp thp sprvants .of 1 I' the people, that they can trust the ^ people to deal fairly with them and r t that they cannot come* before the tribunal of the people with a plea for c ' :) justice in one hand and a six shooter J ^ in the other. J. On Level With Fists. "Walkouts and lookouts are on"ai ? dead level with fists and clubs and Uv fire and sword, and unless we can fc, devise some saner method of ad- 2 ? justing industrial disputes that men- ace the lives of the people, our civ- e ilzation will collapse and we will f x , hark back to the law of the jungle 1 and 'let him take who has the pow- t er and let him keep who can." t The enactment of such labor leg-jt v islation as he suecrests. Governor h Bickett saKi, would naturally excite g the shouters of personal liberty, d "Alas," he exclaimed, "how many s crimes have been committed in that t name! The whole social fabric is a built up on the principles that a man p "may not so use his liberty as to in. t : Jure or destroy his neighbor. And h -whether or not one is so using his S personal liberty is for the community not for oneself, do decide. h 9 I 4*Water, heat, lights and means of v communication and transportation c ?^ -L rPRAY TO VIRGIN IMAGE FOR RAIN IN MEXJCO Mexico City, June 9.?The image 1 of the Virgin de los Remedios was re a moved last night from the small vil- t lage of Los Remedios, near this city, t to the cathedra] here, where it will 1 be exposed for several days while I devotions are held to end the 1 drought, which has reached serious I proportions. *v Thousands of persons followed 1 the image to the cathedral, where a solemn ceremony was held, presided * over by the Archbishop of Mexico. 1 This is the first time that the image A has been removed in many years. r Mexico City is threatened with the * closing down of the lighting system. The impounding dams at Necaxa contain water sufficient for only a ^ few more weeks. The city 'has been on a water ration for some time, and ^ there is much illness. v The Vrgin de los Remedios 'is a ^ small wooden image carved about twelve inches high, evidently carved * with a dull penknife. The carving be ? speaks the work of the Indian. The ^ srtatife is reversed as the Goddess of Water. . J . ( 1' a large part of the world s uong staple cotton goes into automobiles J casings. NOTICE OF ROAD LETTING. State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Notice is hereby given that the Highway Commissioners of Abbeville County will receivev sealed bids until 12 o'clock noon, on Thursday, June 23rd, 1921, for the construction af a top soil road beginning at- a point on the Abbeville-Antreville j road, in said county, near Crawfords | store and thence, following the sur- j cey of the county engineer, via * Lowndesville to the line of Abbeville and Anderson counties near Barnes Station, a distance of approximately I fifteen miles. The work will consist of the nee- I essary clearing and grubbing, exca- I ration, top soil surfacing, the fur- E rushing and installation of culvert [ pipe and head walls, and such other [ work as may be necessary for the J completion of the road according to J the plans and specification of the | lounty engineer. ' ' I Bidders are expected to look the g work over for their own information prior to the letting. Bids on clear ng and grubbing will be by lump t >um, other work by unit prices. The J prescribed form of bid will be used. Each bid shall be accompanied by I i nf $500.00 navablft E ;o the order of J. S. Stark, Chairnan, as a guarantee of good faith that the bidder, if awarded the conTact, will within ten days thereaf;er enter into written contract and execute satisfactory bnod in the sum >f Ten Thousand Dollars for the performance of the same. Checks of un;uccessful bidders will be returned. Bidders must satisfy the Commis;ion of their ability financially and >therwise to push the work to a suc:essful conclusion, to which end eferences are requested. Bids should be filed with L. W. feller, Sec'ty.', at the office of Coun- ! y Supervisor on or before the ibove n^uned date. % . Information as to the work will be J urnished by H. B. Humbert, County I Sngineer. - E The right is explicitly reserved to ? eject any or all bids. [ Done at Abbeville, S. C. by order ^ if the Commission, this 6th day of [ ^une, A. D. 1921. [ Ittest: r J. S. STARK, S Chairman. L. W. KELLER, j Secretary. I tt-ltW June 8th-15th- and 22nd. j* ?] ire essential not only to the wel- 1 'are and happiness, but to the very 1 ife o fthe people. It follows as I he night the day that the people of I he United StateB have an indestruc- I ible right to utilities that will sure- K y provide these necessities. If a | rroup of financial magnates, or in- | lustrial magnates or labor magnates J ingly or combned, have the power | o tie up the business of the nation | nd ultimately starve and freeze the | leople into submission to their will a hen the government of the people as already perished from the United Itates. , I "The mass conscience of mankind jf as rendered definite decision in fa- If or of the court and against the B lubi" y t THE MAYESVILLE PIKE < The Mayesville Pike was one of the listoric roads of the United States md extended fTom Maysville, Kenucky, on the Ohio River, to Lexingon, Kentucky. Over this road traveled many of the pioneers who settled Centucky and States further South, rhey came not only down the Ohio liver in flat boats landing at Maysille, but also travelled along Zanesrrace from ZanesvHle, Ohio, to Abirdeen, Ohio, thence across the Ohio liver to Maysville. There is standng within the town limits of Maysrlle an oJd metal mile post with.the lames Zanesvalle, Ohio; Lexington, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee and Florence, Alabama, inscribed on it. In 1828 Andrew M. January, rode lorseback from Mavsville to Lexinc on and raised enough money to 1 Lave a survey made for a turnpike. ! L'his survey was made and the Maysille and Lexington"1 turnpdke was milt, the first macademized road ' /est of the Alleghany Mountains. 1 'his was a famous road before the 1 oming of the railroads. Two Presi- i ents of the United States?Andrew ackson and James K. Polk?travel- 1 ed over this inoad to Washington. i pwnnimiwiwim ! 1 n " < \ / . * . ! / * I ! . i j , I I ) i i I i I j I I i I ! I I I s fenraiinianfiinnR^ :OMET THIS MONTH WILL MISS EARTH TEN MILLION MILES s 1 Cambridge, Mass., June 7.?Win- ^ lecke's comet, the expected approach ^ )f which to the earth this month has t caused much comment, will probably tiot come within ten millions miles of js, according to information received at the Harvard College Observa_ tory from astronomers in various parts of the world who are studying its motion closely. The comet will make its nearest approacn to tne sun on jure j.<j, ana will be at its brightest at about the ?ame time. It is doubtful, however, whether it will be visible to the naked eye as it will be of approximately :he sixth magnitude. Several astronomers predict a me teoric shower on June 27, as a result of the comet's approach. Louis Phillipps, King of France, in his journey to Bardstown, Kentucky^ where he spent part of his time whale in exile, passed along this jreat highway. ixus roaa is stui a gTeat tnorougn fare, althoug parts of it are not kept I in first class condition. , I uuuuuuuuuuumm ' ' > i / . \ Join "Prospert i PUT YOUR AD IN THI Advertising is today tl partment"'of all merchai ers, lawyers, preachers, ] coal men?every degree fully cognizant of the v With retail prices at a liqi lem confronting the sellei nilKhV in /?/Ymrir?/onor or AAA Ml VVJLA T 141 BUT?the medium throi tising efforts are invoked the idea of reaching the ? sons that are likely to be ? The PRESS AND 1 All *11 more people in ADDevine newspaper. It reaches a ject to argument of the hi ey to spend for needed tise your business in The 1 I BREMEN GETS COTTON Washington, June 9.?Cotton ar iving at Bremen during the first [uarter of the year totalled 360,000 ales as against 40,000 bales during he first three months of 1920, ac-1 T Plumbii and Heati REASONABLE PRICES Ralph innnnrinnnnwnwr uuuuuuuuuuuuu I \ I ft \' * ; J i *? r, . / f the y Drive' I PRESS & BANNER le "Life Savin sr Dp ' idising efforts. Bankplumbers, merchants, of selling, is today alue of advertising, iidation level the prob* is to reach the buying id forceful manner, igh which such advershould be chosen with greater number of perinterested. iNNER is read by County than any other , fertile field, one subgher order; with monmerchandise?adver Press and Banner. cording to advice to tie commerce department today. The cotton arriving this year, the advices said, consists f?r the most part of cotton alreday old and contracted for during the fall months. 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