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II PAGE TWO ! Established 1644. THE PRESS AND BANNER I ABBEVILLE, S. C. f The Frees and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Entered as second-class matter ? 5" Ahhpvill?. S. C. BSH uiutc >u ? , _ jgBgg Term? of Subscription: One Year ? $2.C Six Months $1.C Three Months .5 9 AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATIO B Foreign Advertising Represented WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 192 H THE SUGGESTION OF JUDGE FEATHERSTON The suggestion of Hon. C. < Featherstone, Judge of the Count H Court of Greenwood county, that -convention of judges be called t H consider the matter of meting oi uniform punishment for those cor victed of certain crimes, while on il face offering good results, as a pra< ffi tical matter, it seems to us, is witl out real merit. I In the first place the judges woul a not likely agree on proper punisl I ment for certain crimes. Some judge I would be inclined to visit heavy pur | ishment on offenders against on I law, while for other offenses milde I punishment would seem to be in 01 g der, others would take a differer I view. With reference to violation | of the prohibition statute, there i j now a wide diversity of opinior I Some of the judges of our courts, i l we consider the punishment award I aH violators of the law, look upon in fractions of the statute as matter of minor consideration, while othe judges regard the manufacture an sale of intoxicating liquors as on of the most debasing crimes on th statute books. Some good might com from discussion, but we rather fea that those judges who are inclined t enforce the law in such manner a to make it command the respect o even the criminal class would b joint action have their hands mor or less tied by the opinions and view of those who treat criminals to tenderly. The practical objection to th plan, however, lies in the fact tha for the same offense there are a] degrees of guilt. It is unlawful fo a man to have intoxicating liquor in his possession for personal use unless the same has been obtaine in certain ways. It is unlawful like wise for him to have intoxi'catinj liquors in his possession for sak The degree of guilt, and the punish ment which should be meted, out i: the event of conviction in the latte case should be more severe than ii the former case. Then too there ar circumstances in almost every cas which make of it a caefc of its own demanding at the hands of the judg consideration of the peculiar fact sutTotinding it. For this reason th JU5TC judge in one uicica uuv un punishment for a giveft offense an in another case another punishmenl according to the degree of guilt a he sees It No convention of judge can fix rules to govern in these ma1 ters. Then again the judges are not t lone responsible for the administn tiort of the law. Before violators c the law can be sentenced they muj first be convicted. And the convictio of criminals depends on the prepay ation of the evidence by the solic tors and the proper presentation c of the evidence to the jury. The s< licitor tan often defeat the ends ( jifstitfe in criminal cases if he is n< disposed to present cases to the cou: and jury at certain terms of tl court at which certain judges pr side who arfe known to handle crin inals with a little more severity tha other judges. Justice should be tempered wi1 mercy always, as Judge Feathe 9tone says, but there is little rei son to believe that we have err( hereabout by Violating thia whol some doctrine. Our trouble has be< and will t>e lor a long uine mat v let our ideas of mercy defeat tJ demands of justice. Mercy is fov tl penitent, but the habitual violatof the law, who wants to get o' with a fine or short term of impri onment in order that he may ply li trade again, deserves not mercy b that severity of sentence which ma es him feel that the way of the tran gressor is hard. ment for violations of the law, it , would be that the bench quit trading with solicitors and attorneys for - violators of law in the matter of meting out punishment. The judge should dominate his own court, as' certain for himself the underlying ~ facts and circumstances surrounding ^ infractions of the law, and should exercise his independent judgement in the matter of punishment. Of (q course he should hear the solicitor and he should hear the defendant. q He should hear from the law enforce ment officers of the county N| and from those good citizens ro who have the manhood and the cour age to come into court and openly ?9 ** I orimp in individual CSSeS. UCliVUttW v*??hv ... ... ^ rather than from those persons who ? from self interest go up to the desk to say a word quietly about how 2, good a fellow some convicted man is and has been, and how defenseless i9 his wife and children at home. a The prohibition law has been pass0 ed by the legislature only after it it was submitted to the people of the state, who by their votes have de:s manded that the manufacture of, and traffic in, liquor must cease. The people of the state who are worth while are solidly behind the law. The d juries will convict if the evidence is j. forthcoming and all that we now lS need to enforce the law and to prevent its being made a huge joke is e judges with the nerve to put violatr ors on the rock pile, solicitors interested in getting and producing the t evidence, and law officers sworn to s uphold the law who regard their: s oaths. We need most of all sober , men on the bench, sober men in the f solicitors office, and sober law of-J |_ ficials. In most place we have these | t_ and wherever we have them the law ,s commands respect. d Abbeville Road Now Open e 4 The Greenwood end of the Green e e w?ood-Abbeville Highway is now open to traffic from the home of W. H r Mays on to Albbeville. By detouring e over a dirt road from the city lira^ its ty> the Mays place, on the east side of the Southern Railray, now e able to go to Abbeville over the new s, road. The top-soil road is now <i*m- : pleted except for two detours and these will be completed in a short e thn ' t In a few days the hard surface II road will open fx)vm the end of the r fcopsoil road as far down as the J. C. S, Self place. The hard surfaces secSi j tion is now complete except for a3 bout 550 feet.?'Index Journal. * DEATH OF MRS. SIMPSON. ] Maj. W. H. Long received the , r news this morning of the death of 5 his niece, Mrs. J. H. Simpson, from < pneumonia at her home in Georgia. g Mrs. Simpson was the wife of Rev. J. H. iimppon, pastor of the Presby-,; terian church at Commerce, Ga. She a was well known in Abbeville for just this time last year Mr. Simpson g preached in the Presbyterian chtirch ^ and both tnade a pleasant visit to ^ Ma}, and Mrs. Long. a Mrs. Simpson was prominent in s Church work being at the time of , her death president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Athens district. Bet fore her marriage she was Miss t- Frances White, if ft In Texas yast year 97,000 acres n of land was planted in Berunida p" onions. i- _ , f <>Oo >f iflfrra e- If ,n I] Every woman treasures ? il Phricfmn?i cift. of it is sure re || ? c -- ie ation. Particularly if it's ie Iy designed selection. or at Our Jewelry stock is coi s_! | ?from inexpensive novel) lis; ut if Come to see us before < if CHRISTMAS SEALS ON SALE AH Are Urged to Assist in the Fight Against Tuberculosis by Buying Stamps. The South Carolina Tuberculosis Viocmn ita annual Christ A^UClabivii vvbM.. .w, mas sale of bonds and seals Friday. The sale will continue until Christmas. Every person in Abbeville county, whether young or old, rich 01 poor, can help in this fight against the dread disease, tuberculosis, bj buying seals. Every school in the county will be given an opportunity to buy a bond, which represents 500 and 1,000 seals. Fifty thousand seals will be offered for sale and those ir charge will have no difficulty in disposing of the entire number il every one will do his part. Seals will be placed on sale at all drug store? in the county. Mrs. C. C. Gambrell is chairman of the committee and she has appoinl ed the following ladies to assist hei in the city: Mrs. C. H. McMurray, Mrs. C. E Williamson, Mrs. J. D. Miller, Mrs J. F. Barnwell, Mrs. E. R. Thomson, Miss Bessie Lee Cheatham and Mrs, Alma C. Gibbons. DR. NEUFFER CHAIRMAN Plans for raising the State's quota for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund were revived at a conference in Columbia yesterday. The State's quota is $25,000, divided between the men and women workers, $13,000 for the men and $12,000 for the women. The only contributions from South Carolina recorded at the national headquarters of the foundation are from the women. Dr. G. A. Neuffer is chairman of the men's c~ mittee for the county. ON ABBEVILLE fclRCUIT The first Quarterly Conference of the Abbeville Circuit will be held at Grace Church, Saturday, Dec. 9, at 3 o'clock. Rev. E. S. Jones, Presid ing Elder of the Cokesbury msmct, will be present, and preside over the meeting. Services Sunday, with preaching by the pastor, at Bethel at 11 a. m. Sunday School at 10:30. At Sharon, preaching at 3:30; Sunday School 3 o'clock. Grace, preaching 7 p. m. Sunday School at 10 o'clock. All invited. J. B, Kilgore, Pastor. REV. MANN'S APPOINTMENTS Rev. J. T. Mann, the blind evangelist of Anderson, will preach at Ware Sh' als Baptist church next Sunday .. - i i ?j morning at tae usuai nuur, auu <>>, Turkey Creek on same day at 3:30. J. T. Mann. REV FENNEL'S APPOINTMENTS There will be preaching at Warrenton next Sunday at 11 o'clock and at Rocky River the same day at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. H. C. Fennel, Pastor. ,?_i?' Mri, W. H. Felton Paid For Term Wasington, Dec. 5.?3y vote of the senate, Mrs. W. H. Felton today was granted niay| for the period riod tween iN-ovemoer o miu ?w.ember 21 when she scheduled % Walter F. George as the elected Sen aty>r fsom Georgia. Miss F el ton also voted the customary mileage. GIFTS AT LAST beautiful Jewelry, and a to win her grateful admirchosen from our exquisitenplete for Christmas giving ties to costly gems. )ur line is picked over. RISON, JR. | * V V \ V V V V V V V V V \ V \ V COLD SPRINGS V o V v p VVVVUUVVVVVW d Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Uldrick and If ; children and Ruth Uldrick were the G * w_ j p a TTl^ n jjue-suj 01 Kir. unu una, **. kj. \ji- <i drick Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. King had as their guests Thursday Mr. and Mrs Pierce Bowen and children and Mrs. ; Alvin Williams and son. t r Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Uldrick and a children and Bessie and Frank EdI <wards visited at the home of Mr. B. j i A. Uldrick and family. ^ Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McCombs and \ ' daughters spent Thursday near Don- t 1 aids with rqjatives. j [ Mr. and Mrs. C. P. McMahan and i ' son, Ernest, spent Sunday with Mr. il Morse ajid family. < Mr. Clarence Kay spent Thursday ( night at the home of Mr. Claud Kay. Misses Daisy and Vera McMahan j spent Sunday with Bessie McCombs. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Uldrick had as their guests Thanksgiving, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kay and children, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hagen, Mr. and Mrs. Dickie Ellis and baby and Mrs. Mattie Bowen. Miss Sara and Fred Uldrick spent Saturday night with their grandmother, Mrs. Mattie Bowen. A Sermon in eight words Our cows died, and then our children died. I ESTATE OF ENOCH BASK1N j| SMITH, Deceased. !|j Notice of Settlement and Applies- !) tion for Final Discharge. ^ Take Notice that on the 29th day of Dec. 1922, I will render a final account of my actings and doings as !j administrator of the estate of Enoch 'J, Baskin Smith, deceased, in the office ;j of the judge of probate for Abbeville County, at 10 o'clock, a. m. ?j and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as ;j ; such administrator. * All persons having demands a- <j gainst said estate will present them ! for paymnt on or before that day, ;! proven and authenticated or be for- ;! ever barred. . ;| Henry C. Smith, Executor. Nov. 27, 1922. 4 wks. 5 B Just a few more Shop will and the Children's Gi WHY NOT GET SO A Pair of Shoes or Oxford9 one of the best that's n M RA ?* ?T.KO ' tffll ?VlWW WW w m .v_ Bed Room Slippers in all ( ? Ladies' and Children's Hos m 25c to $2.54 KID GLOVES in Tan, Whit H 52.00 and $5.0< New shipment of Hand B 9 acceptable gift .. . $1.1 8 Sweaters for Ladies' and ( B $1.50 to $8.50 ? H There are hundreds < 11 assist you. , B t^WATCH I PH - MB Doctors and the Babies. Last Sunday three people were iperated on at the Memorial Hosital, and it took three full grown octors to do the work., Dr. Neuffer ooked after Townsend Smith. Dr. lambrell, Dorothy Younger, of Ir10 and Dr Davis after Mrs. Nelson. CHURCH MEMBERS. 1 ' Only 16 of the 645 students at he University of South Carolina? ipproximately 2 per eent.?are not tffiliated with some diurch accord-' ng to statisties announced y esterlay by R. G. iBell eecretary of the Jniversity Young Men's Christian iSBociation and L. L. Carpentar >rofessof of Bible at the university. sight of these 16 lum-cfturcft mem-| >ers attend the\ Y; M. C. A. Bible ilassea.?The State. Watch the label on your paper. ! 1 M | When in search of Ch | T H E and see our stock. -wet rfPFay q UtlU?y TY \_, U1JLVX u> line of Holiday good Rust Craft Presents in Beautiful Boxes. Card Table Accessories. Candles. (All Colors.) Ever-Shrap Pencils. t Fountain Pens. THE Phone 296. f Nice 1 3^ fo ping Pays before Chrii i a few suggestions hai ifts all reacjy and waitix METHING USEFUL, I . We handle Neck Pieceslade HANDKERCH ;olorb $1.50. to select fi ie CORSETS?A Fitting Co e, and Black Silk Lingerie ). $ ags. A very Blouses and m to S5.50. ' 77 " _T ;,., children Bath Robes J if other giift? that we cai OUR WINDOW DI ILSO OPERA HOUSE FRIDAY 'THE WOMAN WHO I ' r I: ' WALKED ALONE" ?WITH? DOROTHY DALTON The melodrama beautiful, sweeping from London's ballrooms to the wild South African jun gle. i , - Produced by the man who made "The Sheik." Milton Sills and Wanda j j. Hawley in the cast. 15c 3Sc. jgestions mtv x , iristmas Gifts come to i| E C H O I r ; L. suggestions from our j f s: .\\ Dainty Writing Paper. ; Victrolas. Victor Records. T Footballs; Sr A Good Magazine. I: Nelke Dolls. j: ECHO I lr i r i "* < iI ?"? ^ I 'hings I r Gifts I i I ;tmas but we can all I I re Mother's, Sister's I 9 SUCH AS? I I ?A new Shipment. Prices . Hfi $6.00 Up. ilEFS?A very pretty line 7Qm 25c. Ye have the famous Glove Tl?ni?e M Kfl tin. rseis. x~ i ittJ y ^ is a practical gift? B? z|H 3.50 to $&00. H $1.00 to $7.50. I 'or Ladies and Children? 9j IBB >2.00 to $&50. |H n suggest, so let us |H| SPLAY"?1 IM MB A IBB NS |