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i Friday, November is, 1921
# t** ABOUT A*PPEALS.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. '
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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
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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
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the fatherless and widows in their
afflictions and to keep himself un
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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.
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