Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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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-class matter a post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.0i Six Months $1.01 Three Months .51 ' Foreign Advertising Represe^tativi * AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATE HA\m A V MAV 09 1Q99 XUVili/Al, iUAA - PROHIBITION PROSPERS PEOPLE The Manufacturers Record of Maj 18th, collects interviews from scores of manufacturers over the countrj telling of the things which have comt about because of prohibition. We of the South have been told that the movement gained headwaj here, and that National Prohibitior is not popular except in the South If you read the daily papers of th? big cities of the North; if you reac the articles in the magazines, soim of them written by preachers; or ii you talk to the man on the streets in many places, you will gather th? idea that there is*no real prohibitior and that it really amounts to nothing except down South, and that whil? it is in force as a matter of form ir many places, it is not reaiiy m iui? In fact it is stated that prcrhibi tion is not doing much good dowr this way, but every observing mar knows to the contrary. One of tin evils which the dispensary and th< gallon-a-month law brought to th country was the storing and drinking of liquors in the rural sections wher< there was no police protection. A1 of this is gone. There is no liquor 01 the farms of Abbeville Cuonty, ex cept nere ana tnere pernaps wnen some culprit tries to manufacture ; little. And little liquor is to be ha< in the towns and cities as compare* with what flowed in former times There are a few people who persist i: buying from the bootlegger and wh persist in drinking his concoctions The more they drink the sooner wi they depart hence and as they pas out the line of liquor drinkers in thi counxry win grow-uiinner. The real people to be benefited b prohibition, the people who neede prohibition, were the laboring peopl of the country?the people who laboi ed with their hands in the mines, i the workshops and in the manufac turing plants of the country. Thes are the people who have been ben< fitted and who are prospering becaus of the enactment of the law. The fo! lowing extracts from interviews a published in the Manufacturers Ret ord will show that prohibition is dc ing for the North what it is doin for the South: Judge Gary of the United Ste< Corporation in reply to a question naire as to whether he is still oppos ed to the liquor traffic to the exten that he was when he signed a petitio: to Congress some years ago, heartil commends Prohibition and writes: "Yes, results have fully justifie Prohibition legislation," and he say ffl5J + Vip pan qpp nn roocnn fr* Viqr?or his opinions, and adds: "I endors the admirable expressions of Presi dent Harding on this question." The expression of President Hard ing to which Judge Gary refers is a follows: "In every community men and wo men have had an opportunity now t know what Prohibition means. The; know that debts are more promptl; paid, that men take home the wage that once were wasted in saloons that families are better clothed ani fed, and more money finds its wa; into the savings bank. The liquo traffic was destructive of much tha was most precious in American life In the face of so much evidence o: that point what conscientious ma would want to let his own selfish d? sires influence him to vote to brin; it back? In another generation believe that liquor will have disap peared not merely from our politic: but trom our memories. In closing his statement Judg Gary adds that drunkenness is no as common at present, so far as h can learn, as under the open salooi and free liquor traffic. R. A. Cochran, Treasurer of th Maysville Cotton Mills, Maysville Ky., reports that there "are no long er any blue Mondays in their factor; on account of drinking, as formerly, t and that the saloons in their neigh borhood have given place to grocery : stores, and the boys are growing up j without forming the habit of drink." John C. Haswell of the Dayton Mai- i leable Iron Co., Dayton, Ohio, says: i "drunkenness is not as prevalent as 11 formerly, and with a decrease in the vast numbers of absentees from drink as before Prohibition." He is "oppos- i ed to the liquor traffic per se, op- ! ) posed to it because it is a violation ) of the laws of the country, and be > cause wherever you find trouble you ' J usually find liquor.' , J J. J. Phoenix, president of the Bradley Knitting Co., Delavan, Wis., 1 says, "better living, better clothing, 1 cleaner and better social life, hap pier homes with more contentment, ! better and steadier workmen averag- j: jing more emciency ana wixn less sicn. |ness and lost time, are some of the benefits to the workers and to soci- 1 ety in general. Drunkenness is not ^ one-twentieth as much as in the days of the open saloons." Like many oth- 1 ers he denounces the violation of 1 the Prohibition law, and says, "if the I so-called wealthy men of affairs will s not respect the laws of our country, i why should we complain of the boot- i legger and illicit distiller?" i Vice President Seltzer of the Ohio Cultivator Co., Bellevue, Ohio, writes 1 "Prohibition is unquestionably the 1 greatest thing that has happened in manv vfars. Manv laboring men who ] have paid their bills have been able to ^ buy clothes for their families and ] have started bank accounts since Pro hibition came into effect as a result ' of it." ? 1 Vice President Fancher of the j 1 Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, re- j ! ports that "Prohibition has been far- ] ! reaching in its effect and in the bene- i lifits alreadv derived. Those who are ' raising the most objections to it are ( ' the people who take a rather narrow 1 and selfish view." 1 The Gulf States Steel Co., of Bir "jmingham, reports a decrease of at i | least 75 per cent in accidents as a! 1 roraJt of Prohibition. ' President Stone of the Brother * hood of Locomotive Engineers in a * very strong letter denounces all vio 1 lators of the Prohibition laws and 3 lays that drunkenness has decreased ' 75 per cent. President Stone thinks * that the sooner the 'Smart Set" who s j violate the Prohibition laws kill them s selves by drinking bad whiskey the better it will be for the country. y H. B. Smith, secretary of the Mc i Innes Steel Co., Corry, Pa., says: e Prohibition has done wonders in this - j city for the working men not only in a reducing accidents, but in bringing - their people to a higher standard of e citizenship. With the liquor traffic i- out of existence the workmen and e their families are enjoying to the full - extent what the American home - -x ? S SlcUlUS 1UI. Louis C. Walker, president of the - Aermoter Co., manufacturers, of ? Chicago, 111., writes that "even par-j tial enforcement of Prohibition has 1 demonstrated that a thorough en - forcement would bring to the women ^ and children of the land a greater t blessing than any other law we have i even enacted," and he adds, "I am f unable to understand how any man who will give the subject thorough i consideration is willing to jeopardize s this blessing to the women and chil e dren in order to satisfy his own per z sonal desires for alcoholic stimu - lants." A. M. Todd, president of the A. M. - Todd Co., manufacturers, of Kalama 3 zoo, Mich., writes that he believes that no nation can prosper so long - as the liquor traffic is permitted to ) exist, and he regards the present f Prohibition law as the most import f ant act of legislation in America for s the present century. v ; Dr. H. E. Roberts of the Mayo 1 foundation, University of Minne sota, says: "That people who have noj self control or knowledge enough to' stay away from harmful stimulants! should not be forcefully protected from their own indulgence is a mon- j strous proposition." President Hodge of the Kalama zoo Paper Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., says: "The cause is really winning, and to allow light wines and beers to be made would be to unlock a door which is now securely locked, with e a population of 50,000 the banks and t merchants are unanimous in the opin e ion that men are saving more money 1 and paying their bills more promptly, and drunkenness is not nearly so b common as it was. It' will be a poor , time for any one who signed that pe - tition to chang? their views in that 7 line, as the cause is really winning and any yielding now would undo all the work that has been done." The Keyless Lock Co., of Indian apolis, reports that "we can now see that the liquor traffic was a more deadly and dangerous peril than we even imagined. lis lawlessness before is only equalled by its lawlessness now in breaking every law having to * ? T-? J-i-.ll-. J 1 do With it. iiiSSeiruauy uruiiKennes: and liquor are outcasts by nature and must be treated only as such. A wonderful difference is reported in the condition of the workmen who live better, in better houses, and most of them have money in bank." S. F. Bowser & Co., manufactur ers, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., say they ar a thousand times glad that Prohibi tion has come, and has come to stay, and "we pray God that it may be respected and appreciated by all the world for the good that it is doing." W. A. Guack, Supt.f Service De partment, Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y.: "We believe Prohibition is a great thing. We want to see it remain the [aw of the land. We deplore the fact ;hat there is bootlegging, but believe such traffic will gradually disappear ind that the oncoming generations vill know but little about liquor and ts influence except from history." The days of liquor drinking are lumbered, just as are the days of the iquor drinker. NIGHT RID*ERS INCLUDE MEN iVHO OWE THEIR SUCCESS TO BULWARKS THEY UNDERMINE, The very class of citizens who >hould be most interested in uphold ing the system by which justice is administered made up a considerable part of the night-riding mob at Ingle wood. This is shown by the publicatior of the names of twenty-eight mer who have confessed to participator in that now famous mob scene. The list includes store-keepers garage owners, manufacturers, con tractors, real estate men?all fron the class to whom America has learn ed to look for steadfast principles for loyalty to the cause of law an< order and for good old-fashione< horse sense. The very bulwarks of orderly gov ernment which those night-rider have been foolish enough to assai and undermine have been the reasoi for their success and prosperity mow it* +"Vicif m rvVi rk\i/nc wViat utci J man in wiiwv *?ww vit vw ? ever position he has achieved in th world as much to the orderly spiri that has prevailed in Los Angeles a to his own industry and effort. Eve ry successful man in (hat mob ha been able to get along in the worl because he has been lucky enough t live in a country where the stron; arm of the courts and the protectio of the law gave to each one an eve: break and a fair chance The business men who were night riders at Ingle-wood behaved wit about as much sense as the man wh sawed off a tree limb on which h was sitting. Doubtless most of the "riders have enough good sense to be sorr; now for their part in the affair. But alas, the harm has been done. The; have set an example that will no easily be effaced. They have givei their approval to a movement tha may return to curse and destroy an; one of them. Mob law is a fire whosi ravages, once kindled, are not easil; controlled. There are times when the court: seem slow and justice tardy and un skilled; but the so-called "technicali ties" of law are, in fact, safeguard: that have had their origin in the bit terness of experience. Although we sometimes speak o: legal technicalities with contempt ant impatience as "the red tape of th< court," that red tape is, in fact, i mighty barrier thrust out to hol< back passion, prejudice and hasty de cisions. That "red tape" has no been manufactured by pettifogging lawyers as we have sometimes beer asKea xo Deneve; inax tape nai been woven by the agony and tear: of those who suffered monstrous in justices in past days before justice was slowed down to the point of 2 calm examination of the facts. I: the tape is red, then it is red wit! the blood of those who have died un justly to satisfy mob passion. It has been the pride of the Anglo Saxon races that no innocent man oi woman need fear unjust condemna tion once he sets foot on English O] American soil. Every man who rode in the mol at Inglewood has taken something from that strong bulwark which hai MAJ. J. D. FULP SUGGESTED The announcement in Tuesday's daily papers that J. E. Swearingen would enter the race for governor, thereby relinquishing the office of State superintendent of education when his term expires in January of next year, brought forth the sugges tion in Fort Mill that Maj. Jas. D. Fnln. head nf +>io Ahheville citv school, would make an acceptable successor to Mr. Swearingen. While it is not thought likely here that Maj. Fulp will enter the race for the of fice, his Fort Mill friends are con fident that if he should do so he would prove a strong candidate. Maj. Fulp is a son of Mrs. A. O. Jones of Fort Mill and was superin tendent for several years of the Fort Mill public school before he entered the army in 1917.?Fort Mill Times. I REV. H. D. CORBETT V ACCEfTS NEW CHARGE v V Installation services for Rev. H. ^ D. Corbett as pastor of Bowling ^ Green and Beth-Shiloh Presbyterian churches, were held Sunday. Rev. ra Corbett recently moved to Bowling S Green from St. Matthews, S. C., to j|] accept the pastorate of the two |] -V OAWtd'AAB A# !Tlofa11o4lATI kJ cnurciica. OC ivitca Ui luauauokivu were held at Bowling Green Sunday morning and at Befch-Shiloh Sunday afternoon. There was a large con gregation present for both services. ?Yorkville Enquirer. * NOTE?The Rev. Mr. Corbett was pastor of Upper Long Cane church and has many friends in this county who are interested in his work. FUNERAL OF E. W. ASHLEY The funeral services of Mr. w. Ashley, whose death was noticed in this paper last Friday, were held Fri day afternoon, May ldth, conducted by his pastor of many years, the Rev. Mr. Hiott, assisted by Rev. Mr. Cul bertson, of Honea Path. The inter ment was at Keowee Church ceme ' tery. Mr. Ashley was the head of a large family in the upper part of the county, in addition to having a large family connection. He is survived by a widow, eight children, 48 grand children and 29 great_grand_children Two sons, 11 grand .children and 9 great.grand.children preceded him in death. Of his living children, three are daughters: Mrs. Melvin J. Ashley, Mrs. J. W. Hanks and Mrs. C. L. Ashley, all of Honea Path. His five living sons are: Jasper, James, Clar ence, Walter and Roscoe, all of Honea Path. All of the sons are married and have families except Clarence who lived with his mother and fath er. Mr. Ashley, as stated in our for mer issue, was a gallant uonteaerate soldier, having served through the entire war as a member of Company "E," 20th Infantry. He was as good citizen in times of peace as he was a soldier in time of war. He lived uprightly, loved his neighbors, sup ported and believed in his church, was a kind and affectionate husband and father, and a faithful and loyal friend always. V M ^ "THEODORA" ^ OPERA HOUSE V V THURSDAY and FRIDAY, V V MAY 25th and 26th V. V Matinee Each Day _ _ 3:30 V V NIGHT 8:20. V V 15c. ADMISSION 35c. V wwvvvvvvvvvvvv Denmark's kings for 392 years named Christian or SELL MUCH COTTON Advance in Price Cause* Rush to Market. Anderson, May 20.?About 3,000 bales of cotton have been sold in this market the past ten days, rep resenting nearly $250,000. The av erage price of this cotton was 19 cents, the heavy selling being due to the rise in price. It is estimated that there are still in tJhis county 25,000 bales of cotton. Only a small por tion of the cotton sold here recently is being warehoused. Owing to the heavy rains, there has not been much cotton brought in the past three days. However, more than 100 bales were sold here today. surrounded us and which has been g our birthright.?Los Angeles Times, ?j WRECK NEAR BELTON >ction Foreman Die* and Three Oth era Have Narrow Escape*. Greenville, May 21.?Arthur Mc anald, railway section foreman, was lied at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon stween Belton and Anderson when e motor car on which he was rid g left the railway tracks. His skull as fractured when the car overtur I, death resulting instantly. ' Three hers on the car with McDonald suf :red only painful bruises, jumping hen the car began to leave the ack. "THEODORA" OPERA HOUSE THURSDAY and FRIDAY, MAY 25th and 26th Matinee Each Day _ _ 3:30 NIGHT 8:20. Admission 15c and 35ct*. WE HAVE JUST K A CAR LOAD 0 NACCO rAintJM If you intend poison it will pay you to see price is attractive an< will not last long. H. O. Speed fr0jgf2|g|gjg]gjgjgjg]gjgjgj3j3jgjgfgjgjglgjgfg/g| NEW SI c SUMME TTrnm rvn/MiTTmn J U ST .KJliL/ilil V rjJJ. Palm Beaches, M ical Worsteds in new Coats are French Fa< fit as nicely as heavj sell at $12.50, $14.00, $18.00, $20.C You'll appreciate th< if you see them and t We'll gladly sho^ Parker . MOB LYNCHES NEGRO Burned at Stake in Texas Court House Yard. Conroe, Texas May 20.?Joe Win ters, negro, 25 years of age, was burned at the stake in the court house yard here this afternoon. Thousands of persons, including wo men and children, witnessed the . burning. Winters, just before the match wlas touched to his oil saturated clothing, admitted an attack upon a ' 14 year old "white girl near Leonkias. ' The burning of Winters followed a long chase with bloodhounds. Dies in Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., May 21.?Col. James Keene Munnerlyn, 85, mem ber of an old Southern family and a Confederate veteran, died at his home here today. He was a native of South Carolina. Siam is one of the few monarchies of the tropics. irjajioroinJrigfigCTigffiiw ECEIVED BRAND ARSENATE ing the Boll Weevil, us at once, as our i the amount we have R. E. Cox iflriiiay-'ZimifsJ 5J5I5J5JEJBJS/2: lirMtiN i >F R SUITS [ohairs, Serges, Trop patterns, new colors, ced and are made to ' woolen suits. They $15.00, $16.50) 10 and $25.00 3se values a lot more ry on the Suits. at them to vou.