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? 1 ^ . * Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Publi?hed Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter at ? post office in Abbeville; S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year _* $2.00 I' - Six Months ? . $1.00 0. Three Months ?. .50 iv- * : -? Advertising Reoresp^tative american press association ?; \ : i Friday, November is, 1921 # t** ABOUT A*PPEALS. |P^*: i The Supreme Court has announced . a new rule with reference to appeals IP* in criminal cases. TKe rule in subjg** ; Stance provides that after the Reb . turn in art appealed case is filed the BBLfjc;; - >!* \ r\w..; court shall have the right to dismiss K . the appeal where" it appears to be without merit and intended for de-i W:lay' The role is a wholesome rule and sy: will have some effect in speeding the | Eearing of appeal cases. But it will ?v- not gi\e all the relief which is desirWfC ed. Before this relief can be had there must be some legislatioiv The |t- ><Maw now provides that a party may . Appeal from, a judgment of the court , by giving notice of appeal within g/Vf ten days after the rising of the court * on/1 Kv eorvir.v a pqcp anrli oyppti ' tions 'Within thirty days thereafter. , et' Th;s calls for a space of forty days, j* <" If he fails to serve his case within g? the time fixed by law, the appeal may ?; be dismissed oifly after ten days' V. notice. If the appellant, when the ?V?'motion.to dismiss is made, is able to show that the failure to serve the case and exceptions is due to the fact ?7". that the stenographer has not furnished a transcript of the testimony, li " the court will rarely dismiss the ap|pv peal. The Return must contain the exceptions, and as the exceptions are ty J not framed until* the transcript is ! furnished by the stenographer it is ^ apparent that delays in hearing appeals will still exist unless some way may be devised by which the trans & -cript of the testimony and charge II* -may be hurried up; or unless some It othef legislation is had as already 1 suggested. " J V It is not possible for stenographers ' ? always to furnish transcripts of rec- : f ords promptly. A stenographer goes 1 from one county to another. He has ' f ' little leisure i? the busy season _ for 1 jfe* the courts and oftentimes it is ninety ( R : days or longer before he can furnish 1 y the record in a case. There is some wholesome legisla- 1 tion which might be had on the sub- y . ^ect which would help we think. If ^ | i.;.-; the law, "or the rule's of the court, * jf .provided that exceptions to a judge's 1 Sp charge had to be made before the * :% jury retired there would be fewer ^ " appeals. This is the rule in the fed- a eral courts, and it should be the rule c r in the state courts. If tho mistsVe 3 p?-. the judge's charge is not patent 0 enough for the attorney to discvoer n it when the charge is delivered, there is no material error generally BP??Hing. If th;s were the rule, there P - would be no reason why the courts &r- pight not demand that the case and _ exceptions be prepared and the Re&? turn filed without waiting for the p :? . stenographer to transcribe the whole p > . record. The court would desire only a the parts of the charge complained n of, and the questions as to the ad- s mission of testimony in a given case, . to be in the record and it would be r comparatively an easy matter for the b' stenographer to furnish these. He frequently furn;shes such informa-;1 tion in the progress of the trial of a ; case, and within an hour or two he r' might furnish thfe same information to the court or to attorneys. It is irj. the preparation of the case f^ceptiens, and of the Return, w that deiays occur*, and here we must apply the cure; V" v Then again tKe soIIciBfS Should ? give stricter attention to the matter of appeals. The solicitors, like other lawyers, like to be obliging to other F attorneys, but in matters of public ^ _x a ?.\ -1 * 1 - A " snierest mey snouia not De expected *to show so much consideration as is 1 sometimes demanded. We would have ? better results if we had county so- I licitors instead of circuit solicitors 0 as we" have pointed out before. But i with the present system we may do i a great deal better if we understand e that the rules and statutes must be. J js| made inflexible. j1 &? ' ' . -i, . A ' . . . >-?: " DISCUSSING ROADS The Greenwood Index-Journal is concerned about the working of the roads in its county. It has offered some valuable suggestions for the consideration of its readers. One of the complaints against the good roads' movement has been that other roads than the improved highways are neglected. Evidently the IndexJournal finds some ground for the complaint, and it offers a remedy. The remedy, in brief, is in line 9 with some suggestions which have been made from time to time by this paper. The Index-Journal proposes that the roads be divided into three t classes, namely: The State Highways, including those which are kept in re-' pair by the state; county highways, tl.U.'/lV. A ~ 1 niuv.il nuuiu iiiuuuc n;e ruads ustru by the general public; and neighborhood roads, which would include all the roads of the county now supposed to be maintained by the public, but which merely serve the purpose of a community and which cannot be regarded as public roads in the sense that they are used by the public generally. The Index-Journal calls attention to the fact that in Greenwood County there are more than two thousand miles of so-called public roads, and to the impossibility of the county authorities working these roads. What is true with regard to Greenwood County is true with regard to most of the other counties. Every time a petition has come up to the Supervisor's office for the opening of a new road signed by'a sufficient number of voters a new road has been opened. Often these roa<|s open up a good section of the county, but generally they serve the private purposes of only a few people, and are roads which the public should not assume to maintain. Public roads should be defined and a limit put on the authority of the county officer^ to add to them,-r?that is to the roads Which the public is to maintain. It was formerly held that those roads were public roads whiofo (a) led from one town to another; (b) which led from a town to a public rgad; and (c)'which connected public roads. Some such definition would now havpithp pffaot nf >?""6 I , tho mileage of the roads maintained ; by the counties. ? Anii.it is evident that this mileage ! should be cut down. If the appro- ] priation for maintaining roads in i Abbeville or Greenwood county is ] sixty thousand dollars per year and : there are two thousand miles of pub- < ic roads, it is apparent that none of 1 <he roads will be properly worked; f )r that a few hundred miles will be vorked and the other roads neglect- i id. The proposed classification of the t oads, as made by the Index-Journal, s vill meet the, situation, we think. Host everybody wants good roads, >ut there is much difference of opin- c on about getting them. It is certain a hat if there are to be ?tod roads a ?eat deal of money must be spent s ind a great deal of work must be j, lone. We are not able by taxation a lone to maintain two thousand miles u f roads. The number of roads to be ]j naintained by a county should be ]j ixed at not more than four or five lundred miles, according to size and b opulation. Most of the road mileage v 5 taken up with cross-country roads a fhich serve different neighborhoods. +] 'hese roads should be worked by the eople of the neighborhoods. Those a eople who desire to work should be J_ Ilowed to do so; and those who do a ot desire to do the actual work n hould be assessed the equivalent of ii our or five days work a year. These c; oads might be worked under over- tl eers, as was done years ago. The esults would be satisfactory. The n oads not being traveled much would C( ot be cut into ruts nor get in bad " epair like the roads which are more Ci enerally traveled. If some such Ian could be adopted, we would ? ave better roads and at an expense rhich the people are .able t<^ pa^. ^ LYER KUV^d, OTHERS - . HURT IN LONG FALL ' t; Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 15.?A sea- k ilane with Lieutenants Steadham a Ickerand, 0. D. Spaulding and Ma- a hinists's Mate Colton aboard went r nto a tall spin at an altitude of 1,- v 100 feet, Monday, near Barancas ji Jeach, here, being reduced to a mass v if wreckage. Mate Colton was killed s nstantly and Ackerand and Spauld- s ng seriously injured but it.is believd they will recover. The body of the roung machinist has not yet been v> ecovered. n STAND BY THE CLASSICS "Obligations of the Educated," ' address by W. C. Benet before the ' graduating class of Abbeville (S. C.) High School. , Judge Benet is a well-known jurist and literaturer of the South and has 1 written much that has received wide ' recognition. He comes forward here with advice to the graduates of the high school of the place in which he j resides. His address exhibits the cultured, polished style of a veteran, and in its present form it will meet ; with a wider appeal. Among the obligations of the educated are that they should stand firm by the classics as a ! basis of culture, and should not de! base the mother tongue by the adop! tion of "simplified spelling." He ' waxes eloquent on the South as an inspiration for culture and literary development, and commends the study of its history to its sons.*? 1 Brooklyn Citizen. IN FLANDERS FIELDS. " y 1 In connection with the Armistice Day celebration there was much demand for the poem,( "In Flanders Field," as well as much incorrect quotation of it. Below vfe give the poem in full: --In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We ace the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow Loved, and were Joved, and now we lie r In Flanders fields. t Take up our quarrel wij;h the foe! To you from falling hands, we throw The torch! Be yours to hold it high! If you break f^ith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. , CALLS ON CHURCHES If They Fail .There i? No Sope For Future.* I t Detroit, Mich., Nov. 17.?"If the ihurches fail in their high and "holy :asks there is small hope for civilization," President Harding told a na- | :ional conference of the Methodist i Episcopal church here today in a , message read by Bishop William F. j McDowell of Washington. The message was read at the opening of the I :onference, regarded by leaders of I ;he denomination as one of the most I mportant in the church's history. | "Whoever halts the churches must | narch forward more swiftly than hey have done," the President's message continued. "The churches must not fail." .The President paid a tribute to the j ihurch for its work during the war, j idding: % j "The world never before was in uch need of right morals, right deals, right relations among men J .nd nations, right spirit for meeting J mparalleled conditions and sound re- I igion in personal, social and public I ife." ' i The President closed his message | y extending "best wishes for the 2 rork your church and other churches | re tryir# and planning to do in all g tie countries." j The conference brought to Detroit ; bout 25 bishops of the church in the \ rnited States and other countries I nd hundreds of ministers and lay- I )en. The meeting is intended to be & ispirational and, according to L hurch leaders, is the outgrowth of J le centenary movement. ? K Bishop McDowell sounded the key-. Z ote of the gathering in opening the ? onference this monr'ng, declaring ? the success of the church's world ? ampaign rests upon our willingness * ) surrender ourselves entirely to f hrist" p " E IEGRO IS ARRESTED FOR Z MURDER OF WHITE MAN J Macon, Ga., N(*v. 17.?In connec- J ion with the shooting of Jesse Mil- I ?r, a Haddock merchant, who, it is ? lleged, was lured from his store to I nearby pasture for the purpose of i obbery, Hudson Hurst, a negro, [ fas arrested today and lodged in the j ail at Gray. WillJam Dennis, a negro, [ /as arrested on the day of the J hooting and brought to Macon for j afe keeping. g Twenty-five per cent of the men 'ho were drafted into the army t ot read nor write English. ' isUiVrV'Si.V: . GEER AND OTHERS BUY CHADWICK HOSKINS MILLS At Charlotte and Name B. B. Gossett of Anderson President.?Mills Capitalized at $3,000,000 \ Charlotte, N. C., Nov/ 17.?A.' J. Draper, Woi^l H. Wood, W. S. Lee, Charlotte capitalists, B. B. - Go^sett of Anderson, and B. E. Geer of Greenville, have bought for $1,500,000 the majority interests in the Chadwick-Hoskins string of five cotton mills, capitalized at $3,000,000 and Mr. Gossett was elected president at a meeting of the directors held in New York Wednesday. Anderson, Nov. 17.?Benjamin B. Gossett, of this city has been Qffered and fyas accepted the presidency of the Chadwick-Hoskins chain of cotIon mills in North Carolina and Virginia and will, within, the next month, i-esign the various positions he holds with South Carolina cotton mills and locate in Charlotte. Mr. Gossett is president and treasurer of several South Carolina cotton mills and is also an official in South Carolina banks and railways.' The Chadwick-H?skins j mills are capitalized at $5,800,000, operating 101,656 spindles and 2,313 looms. Mr. Gossett who is 37 years old, is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Gossett of Williamston. He was educate'd at" Clemson and the U. S. Naval'Academy. He Is president and. treasurer of the Riverside Mfg. Co.," and the Toxaway mills of Anderson, and of the Pendleton cotton mills, vice-president and treasurer of the Brogon mills at Anderson, vicepresident of the Williamston mills and of the Citizens' National Bank of Anderson, president of the Cohannet mills at Fingerville and a director of the American Trust Co., of Charlotte. He was a delegate from this state to the Democratic national convention at Baltimore in 1912, was state fuel administrator for a year during the World War and hater a captain in the U. S. army in the war. He is one of the ibest known and most popular of the younger cotton mill executives in the South. % i (jafEiiUiuaiiiiardiiuiifuiBn ij EXACTL' {- ?lower pri i ?new style j ?reliable c | YOU MEN HA B that this store do A others to lower pr I 'THE MOMENT Jj ' lower them, down jj . the whole way at 5 YOU GET THE fi fine, individual fa " ?the sort of fit B kind of tailoring B ' should have?in ^ IStyleplus Quality is better this j get a great deal more coats. Feature value $20 $25 PARkTI ? / REMEMBER THE ORPHANS ON THANKSGIVING DAY Work-Day Thanksgiving Appeal Is Made For Orphan Boys and Girls of the State. As your thoughts turn towards Thanksgiving, think of the orphan boys and girls of the state, and thru your contribution help to make their lives happy on this occasion, rememKorinrr wnvrlc nf fVin Mocfav "Tf is more blessed to give than to receive.* * There are in the four church orphanages of the state, 988 fatherless children, who must be cared for. They are divided as follows: 100 in the Church Home, Episcopal, York; 223 in Epworth Orphanage, Methodist, Columbta^ 350 in^Gonniev Maxwell, Baptist, Greenwood, and 315 in Thornwell Orphanage, Presbyterian, Clinton. These' bright, sweet children must be fed, clothed, trained and educated. The support for their maintenance must be provided entirely by the church and individual gifts. All of the institutions, due to the financial depression of the past! few months, have suffered from, a J lack of funds and their needs at present are urgent,. A state-wide-appeal is therefore being made for a Work-Day Thanksgiving offering in their behalf. You are asked to contribute at least one day's wages, or the proceeds there: from, to the orphaflage of your preference. This is a small request, we are making for these orphan children and one day donated to the "homes of the fatherless" will work a hardship upon no one. Each of the institutions hopes to shaire richly from this Work-Day Thanksgiving appeal. mi-- _xT i n J_I_ /i t - ine luemuaisis in oouiq Carolina are i asked to turn their help to Epworth j Orphanage, the Baptists to Connie Maxwell, the Episcopalians to the Church Home, while the Presbyterians will give their aid to the Thornwell Orphanage. The appeal is urgent. The orphans i must be Remembered. Send in your contribution, thereby helping to provide for the care of these boys and J girls and bringing happiness and joy J into their lives. . , j "Pure religion and undefiled before!! God and the Father, is this, to visit I UlUZTdliUiUiU!!^^ Y WHAT YOl ices is i (iiaiity | ,VE FOUND ^ esn't wait for B ices. Jfl ' we can HI i they come?^ once. i i : KIND OF ) brics you want \| you like?the v|l good clothes ? ? r and Kunne rr Good Clothes fall. The prices are very value than last fall in b is at? $30 $3! ER & F uiiiiifafanuaiiiiararafafiua the fatherless and widows in their afflictions and to keep himself un > spotted from the world." All contributions should be sent to iThos. P. Noe, Church Home, York; |W. D. Roberts, Epworth Orphanage, 'Columbia; A. T. Jamison, Connie :Maxwell, Greenwood; L. Ross Lynn, Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton. I ?? J JUST 4RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF. .. ' ? /I tfV/i Blue Stone ' 'i > > Be sure to soak your ' Wheat before sowing to prevent rust. The ' McMURRAY DRUG CO. I PLUMBING 'II TINWORJC I . I HFATINH ' " -1 r; ;v" I_ AA1VJ9M" g ,y KuiiuiiinNiiiiiM4Mu<iimiMuiuuiiiiiiiimiuiiiiiiHiiiiiMinjM(itiiiitiii?nimitMiiHMii [3 Pemoline Super tile 1 r and porcelain clean-1 ser, guaranteed to 17 remove rust or any | . kind of stains from I enamelware. ~ ij Reasonable Prices. 1 , RALPH TURNER I Phone 6 : A. 1 . Sisiaj3?i5iajaiaiarajararaiajaiaiaajaia/assi?cS * I?, . iRRRRRRRRRRRRZ 1 f \ WANT || V * * I mheimer | m much lower. 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