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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
Rev. Sam Jones.

Thank God for afliction. A man that hal
not known afilctIon Is not reliable.
Trouble, trouble! Thank God for trouble
When Il religious man gets into trouble j
means something. l have been In the fir
sometimes TIL / thought / would burn up
The best m In this town Is the woman
who has wuded through trouble that an An
gels heart could not have endured. Allie
ton mcllows US and gives IFS sympathy foI
the human kind. God pity him who has nc
sympathy In his heart. Sympathy atn't or
the market: 1t is born In the deepest trouble
When God wants TO strike us with ntiliction'
let us not rum, but stand and take en-. Ht
sends 'em wisely. know that when l get tt
Heaven It will have to come through at'llc:
md I will follow where thou leadcSt.
l like q religion that goes all around a
man and all through him. What Nash
Vile people want Is a revival OF honesty: Bt
men In the church boarding with their wives.
We've got no character In the church. &c
down and talk your Metlodism TO a merchant
and he'll tell you TINT IL you want goods on
on the dollar: II you go and ask q merchant
for credit and tell him you're n Presbyterian
he'll say come back here and look at the
Presbyterian names on my books and you'll
see why I mn forced to draw the line on Pres.
byterinns. They are just ruinlns me. Next
to the mcanest man In the world Is the man
who won't pay his debts. Bot the meancst
man Is mat Olu money snnrp, WIFI long Oiu
bills and teeth like an alligator. that pushes
q poor debtor to the wall and brushes the life
out OF him and never leaves Il greasy spot.
Talk about an honest man starving to death
they Won't starvc. God will feed all honest
man, II he has to put the angels on half ru-
lions.
/ want TO have all the States abolish their
bankrupt laws and homestead laws, and the
like.
The only thing that III ever take the home.
steud OH Is my religion. and | wouldn't home
stead that II / could do without it,
I've got no confidence In any mans intcg.
rity that ignores his maker.
I'd rather tell my children on MY death.
bed to 20 and I've as their fatller had
lived than to leave them all the wealth
of the Rothschllds and Nandcrbilts. 4
good man ont die, he passes away.
IL Is Just that way, and you're telling the
thing straight now the old church has been
downward and back ward SO long
that she's 80 low down o that the world
would back water on them, and they can
ditch 1t OFT. This thing Of falling to pay your
debts Is, terrible thing. God pity Il man
that'H ride In Il $40 carriage and see bis poor
creditor walking along. God pity Il man
Who'll board with his wife In Il Sj0,MO board.
Ing house and he owing II bill to some poor
worn out woman who Is dying from poverty.
My God, If you've got any such men in this
disgorgc, dissorge. We ant men TO
pHy their debts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
State Normal Institute for COlOred


Prof Williom T. ~Isodenbach gives notice
that the Stale Normal Institute tor colored
Teachers, will be he'd in Aiken, commencing
on the 9th of July, and continuing until the
Slst day Of the month. All colored teachers
are earnestly invited TO attend, The Profess
sor saws ".Aikcn will give you, 1.-THE co!orcd
1cacbcisI n wclcome-the Scliofield Normal
mud Industrial school opens It's doors to you
lul bids YOU COME"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

IT Is clnimed that the value of our property
will be enhanced by mortgaging 1t to the al
legged railroad. Did you ever know q house
or q farm whose value was enhanced BY n
mortgage? To Issue bonds Is to mortgage our
property, and to mortgage our property Is to
put q deatll-dcullng blight upon 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

E%IGHTY-oSE registered voters signed the
petition for the election. or this number
thirty are colorcd. Those who are looking
for a majority Ia find tn 1t 30 md 81 are not
4 majority. Some men, 1t will be noticed,
were kind enough to sign the petition for
others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

The best black silk ever shown in this
market, at Bell 4 Galphin's.
Check goods, jeans, cottnnades and cassi-
mcrs ut Cunningham q Templcton's.
Cunningham Il T'elnpleton will sell 20 a
nice muslin at 6 cents per yard. Calico at
from 5 10 Z cents.
ware.
Flowers, feathers. md ribbons In great va
ricty ut Bell i Gaipllu's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

DON'T you think 1t presumption to assume
to say what we shall do with our " money,
We have no money which We did not earn,
and we would be glad to be allowed the privi'
lese Of investing in q manner 10 our own
liking.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
KIC 1bebl UIKU VI IAEKs
c-and-twenty, one.and-twenty,
nth and beauty, lovers plenty
9th onI riches ease and lpisurp.

Onc-and twenty, One.and-twenty,
Youth md beauty, lovers plenty
Hath and riches. ease and leisure.
Work to give o zcst to pleasure;
What can q maid SO lucky lack?
What can | wish that fate holds back?
Youth will fade and beauty wanes;
Lovers, flnuted, break their chains,
Health may fail and wealth may fly you,
Pleasure ceases tn satisfy you;
Almost everything that brings
Happiness Is born with wings.
This I wish you ; this is best
Love that can endure the tcst,
Love surviving youth md beauty,
1--we that blends with homely duty;
Love that's gentle. love that's true,
Love that's constant wish | yuu.
Still unsati>lcd she lives,
Who for gold mere silver gives,
One more Joy l wish you yet.
To give as much love rs you get.
Grant you. Heaven. this to do,
TO love him best who beet loves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

GIVE YOU own money to rs many railroads
rs you, choose, but don't vote away ours. If
you manage your own money, that is all We
will ask of you. We will try to dispose OF our
own money to suit oursclves-if We can only
be allowed to do so.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

EVEN If you own but little property now
is 1t not well to look to the day when you will
have more? How can you do this. II you put
q mortgage on the town whose whitening
touch will affect not only the property, but
the business interests of the place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
RAILROAD TAXES.
A SPECIES OF COMMUNISM NOT LESS UN'
LOVELY BECAUSE TR1cKED OUT
IN THE wRAPPINGs OF
TIE LAW. ,

4 Strong Protest Against the Doc
trinc TIhnt Would UnSetfle the
Foundation of Private Rights, and
Place the Property OF the Citizen
mt the Mercy Of the Mob.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

Never so cheap before No. 3 macScral in i
barrels for II dollar and fifty cents each Mt
Parker & Hills.
- yards of good calica for one dollar at Par.
kcr 4 HIPS.
Embroideries. The p%rctticst and cheapest
limo Of lawn and hamburg cdgiues to be found
at Il. NJ. IIaddoE & Co.'S.
Look nj our" town talk" corset only IS cents.
7. VI. uuGlVr l. co,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
If the Legislature Gould Tic the On.
~ Hand to Which IN Citizen May
Apply for Relief h U~nrcstrained
Demands OF Railroads May Ruin
the Country.

"This comedies an unlimited control 10 the
Legislature of the whole judicial magisfracy
Of the STATE, which In tho end might be 80
exercised rs to suppress It's entire authority.
If It con declare IN what case. Il particular
form of action shall be q remedy for an nj.
legged complaint, and ignore Its application to
other cases, In which at the adoption Of the
It was employed as a medium
through which q wrong was 10 be redresscd,
IT, not step by step disarin the Courts OF
all their authority, and ut last have IL, but Il
tribunal 10 carry out the behests and man.
dates of the Legislative will? The power TO
tax Is most extensive an unlimited or all the
powers which q Legislative body can exert.
1t is without a restraint except by constliu-
tIonal limitations. 70 tie up the hand that
alone resist lis unlawful encroachments,
would 1t not only render uncertain the ten.
urc by which the citizen holds his property,
but mako 1t tributary to the unrestraincd de-
mnnds OF the Legislature, &c.
think thisC Court should declare Section 260
Of the Revised Statutes to he unconstitution-
al; or II 1t Is too late to do so, TINT 1t should
declare that said Section was never Intended
to apply TO n case like this, where the provis-
ion for nm alternative remedy against the
does not exist. And TINT the decree
be set aside, md the cause to be re.
manded 10 the Circuit, to he heard like other
cases, only upon the merits involved.
Filed April 18th, 1855.
A true copy.
Attest; ALBERT NJ. BOOZER,
Clerk OF the Supreme Court.
Per J. A.. Sawyer
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

If you should be willing to give your "
money to the railroad, nobody will object.
What we object to, is the taking Of our mon.
ey to give it to all alleged railroad.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

If tho voter, has due regard for the rights
and property of his nclghbor, how can he
lend his aid to n corporation which seeks to
tlkc thai property from lis rigltful owner?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

Nix. BENET, among other expressions
against n railroad tax, said:
"Thcn should we be taxed to build factories,
hotels, stage coaches, telegraphs, &c"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

EVEN II n majority OF the wealth OF the
town has signed the petition, does that justify
you in Joining the stockholders to Cypress TING
poor. Have the poor no rights which the
wealthy should respect?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

DO you a to lynch our property If not,
then let us remain in possession Of IT. Don't
join the crowd, and take 1t from us by force.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

SOME mems sense Of right seems to be to
get on what they suppose TO be the popular
side.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

5000 pieces of assorted tinwnrc to- sell al
prices to suit purchasers at Parker 4 Hits
PARKER & Hill are selling IL yards of Al
fruit Of the loom bleaching fur one dollar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

"Bcst OUT corset, for 80 cents, Is q beauty
try one. II. NJ. Haddon & Co.
4 large assortment rf Hamburg cdgings at
Cunningham & Tcmpleton's.
White goods in great abundance ut Gun.
ningham y Templeton's. Fique from q to ~,
Lawn from III to ~, Muslin from y to ~.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
The Columbia Post Office.

SHALL n conscientious mar follow the
to rob the poor?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27

Do you intend 10 join the stockholders In
their rald against the property Of the poor?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
The Legislature Assumes judicial
Powers.

Section Is, Article Nv OF the Constitution de-
cIurcs that "The Courts or Common Pleas
shall nave power To issue wrils of innnuatnus
prohibition, Scire Facias, nnd oil other wr1Ls
Including iijunc,ion) which may, be necessa,
rs for carrying their powers fully Into effect
and vet 1t is maintained that this positive
declaration OF the Constitution may De aoso-
lutely nullified BY an Act OF the Legislature
which provides. that mo writ, order, or pro.
cess of any kind whatsoever, staying ana pre-
venting any officer of the State, charged Win
d duty In the collection Of taxes from taxing
any step or proceeding In the collection of any
tax, whether such tax Is legally due or moi,
sliull in amy case be granted by any Court or
the Judge OF any Court" &c. 1t seems tilht
the view, sustaining this Act IN prohibiting
Judges from granting writs of injunction
dy OF equity, is, that the Legislature has the
right to determine In what cases the Jurlsdic,
tiOual power conferred by this section. Shall
be exercised, especially where an adequate al
Tentative remedy Is given in the place VI that
taken away. l had thought that was the very
matter which the Judges were appointed 10
determine, there being no good reason. why,
even rs 10 the collection Of taxes, they should
not be safely entrusted with the power ex-
AS was said by this Court In Hcrndon rs.
Moore, 13 ). Z. 35l, "rhe Constitution hrs d.
vided the functions Of government Into the
legislative, executive and judicial, and u Is
tho fundamental theory Of our system, thai
the departments shall be kept separate and
each in its own sphere Independent of the
Others The question whether Il proper cnSe
has been made for an Injunction, liz peculiarly
in its character, and all judicial DOW
or has been taken away from the Legislature
and deposited In the Courts OF the State GRE
a. tnl or . "a ho Nrpufnl
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
The Preventing Injunctions in Ger
tain Cases IL UnconstitutiOnnl.

AS this provision OF the Statutes apparent
ly lay In the way OF the plaintiffs, before inc
merits of their case could be considered, ana
the Circuit Judge had placed entirely upon ~,
his decree dismissins the Complaint. after the
first argument, this Cour ordered the qucs.
ton OF the ConStitutionality Of the aforesaid
provision to be re-argued, saying insthc order,
t%Inusmuch as, In our Judgment. the question
OF the constitutionality or section 2G0 OF the
General Statutes (lSS2) is necessarily infolv-
ed, though not formally made III th!s appcal :
and inasnuch Us such question has therefore
been decided by q diyldcdiCourt, we think IL
desirable tina Il question of such importance
should be maturely considered before IT Is re
affirmed" &c. The question was accordingly
re-argued at tho bar. But 1t seems thnt my
brethren, notwithstanding Its admitted I'm.
poriancea and the fact that 1t was originally
decided by "a divided Court" nave come TO
the conclusion that 1t is better 10 stand on
the principle of stare diciis and re.afilrm the
former decision, holding that the provision OF
the law prohibiting the Judges from granting
injunct!ons In certain cases, Is constltutlona
and applies to this case. In that l c.n not
concur. / thoroughly agree that consistency
and stability In the administration OF the
law, Is bee oming and proper, us tending, 10
promote the peace, good order and prosperity
Of the State: but 1t seems TO me that IL Ia pos
sible to 60 to the opposite extreme, ana w
mere acquiesccnce, to permit the erroneous
decision Of today, to ripen into the precedent
of tomorrow, II thus allow error 10 assume
the form ind force Of law, and every instance
of such acQuiescence only adds 10 the force OF
that error.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
The Property Upon Railroad Taxes
arc Assessed without Legal Rene.
DIV for Wrong Imposed.

It seems to me that this direction OF the
proceeds Of the assessments, ut once repealed,
1uvat these plaintiffs, all the Inter part OF tlhe
Section quoted, which Is italicized aud that
they could not pay under protest and avail
themselves of the alternative remedy therein
provided, to puy ind recover back from the
State. II the tax should turn out TO be illegal.
/ do not see that In such case. where the mon
cy has been paid to the company, the Comp
trollcr Genera could tissue his warrant for
the refunding of the taxes so paid" &c. II
not, then there can not be said to be an ade-
quate alternative remedy for these plaintiffs,
and that being (as stated by Judge Haskell IN
the Stute vs.. GaIllard) the only thing which
makes tho law constitutional, IL would seem
to follow, that, no practical adequate remedy
being provided of which these plaintiffs may
avnil themselves. the Act excluding, the
Judges from enquiry, can not extend to them,
or ii 20 that IL Is clearly unconstitutional.
The Act which stands only because It affords
an alternative remedy. surely can not stand
in the way of those to whom 1t gives no such
remedy. IT the parties can not In any cSont,
recover back the money from the State, then
they have no adequate alternative remedy,
and II the Judges are excluded from even
hearing their alleged grievances, they would
be left absolutely remedilcsa, and at the mer.
cy Of o company having the assistance OF the
officers and the use OF ull the machinery OF
the Stnte.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
...The Citizen Denied his COnstitu.
tfOnNl Rights.

IT. Is obvious that the merits OF tho case
were never reached. Whether or not there
were good grounds for the relief prayed for by
the plaintiff, VIC do not know, for That enqui-
~ was cut OIL upon the view, that the prop
crty was nd vcrtlscd for sale under al eXccn-
ton for tho collection Of taxes, and the en-.
forcemcnt of sucn an cxecution-no matter
whether irregular, Illegal or unauthorized
could not be en;oincd by the Court under sec
ton NGy of the REVISED Statutes, which,
among other things provides us follows:
.'There shull be no other remedy In case
of the illegal unl unlawful collection Of taxes
or attempt to collect taxes - other than
thnt herein provided . = . And no writ or
process of any kind whatever staying or pre-
Venting any officer Of the State charged Win
such lax Is legally due or not. shul! In amy
case be granted by any Court or tho Judge OF
any Court but In all cases whatever, the per-
SON against WHOM any tax shall stand charg-
ed upon tho Books OF the County. Treasurer,
shall be required to pay - and HheieuPon
shall have his remedy under the provisions
of the next preceding sectInn," &C. (Which
viii be advcrtcd to hcrcafter).
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
The Absurdity Of Collecting Railroad
subscriptions rs Taxes.

with certainty that the remedy therein pro.
vided was intended TO extend and by fair COM
struction docs extend to my thing other than
what arc strictly State or County taxes, levied
bic unto the State Treasury? The assess
mcnts were not made directly by the Leglsla-
ture for the benefit OF the State or County gov
eminent, but by the President and Directors
Of the Savannah Valley Railroad Company"
who had by the Joint Resolution OF 1850. M
thority to "dlrcct the collection of the taxes
voted to the said Savannah Valley Railroad"
They were not upon the regular Books Of the
County Treasurer" in the sense Of the Act, but
on n special book provided for the purpose.
and were not payable Into the State Treas.
ury," giving notice Mt the time to the Comp.
trOller General that the payment was made
under protest. but 1t is expressly directed by
the amended charter that the said assess.
n,enis" slall be paid by such Treasurer TO said
Rnilrnnd EnmnlnN.v
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
The Citizen Deprived OF his Right to
Resist n Railroad.

And the point is, that when the .circum.
stances are such that the 'ottler remedy Is
not given by the first, 1t follows TINT tho Sec
ond taking away that BY injunction does not
apply. And In this case, the cxactions, wheth-
or they are called "tnxes" or not, nre ordered
to be paid over to the railroad company In
such why. Ms to take them out. OF section oGS,
In doing so deprives the parties of any ade.
quate alternative remedy. If am right In
this and 1t seems to me that there can not be
Two opinions, then this decision certainly
makes q great advance beyond what was dc.
cidpi in the cases Of the Treasurer and OF
Gaillard, for In both OF them, the taxes being
public State taxes, there was clearly the right
TO make the state refund: and for that very
reason It vas held that the Act only post
poncd' the question or notwithstanding
That to be determined In the "0ther remedy
a Tennessee Act OF 1874 declared q deed made
In pursuance OF q public 'sale for taxes
p1intu Jucie evidence Of the prerequisites OF
the law. A party claimed under n town cor
porntion tax sale, and the Supreme Court OF
that State. held that the corporation tax sale
was not within the law.
not PUBLIC hut private taxes, and are there
fore not embraced with the Act, but MS to the
remedy for collection are left rs IT existed
prior to the passage Of this Act" ShoalWater
VS.. Armstrong, 0 Hump. PIT. Blackwell ON
En- Titles, r. n.
. If It should be the decision of this Court
that section 269 must apply to this case sim
ply because these emotions for a railroad are
called takes" without enQuiring whether
remedy against the State, 1t WI. indeed he a
speedy realization of the fears OF Chief Jus.
tice Moses, expressed In his dissenting opin-
ion in the case OF the Treasurer
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-05-27
A Decision Which is not Only Cnsup.
ported by Authority, but fs OF Dan
rerOuS Tendency.

ESTOuS 4Sth<NSAS
It is true that there are two cases in GU
books which have been clted. nS sustaining
there are nominally, two cases, there Is II
fact, but ore, that OF the State VS.. Treasurer,
$. c. $50; for the other the State vs.. Guillard
IL s. e. 300. was nvowedly anu cntreiy place.
follow in line for no better reason than be
cause they have one to follow, the nuthoritJ
Is to be found in the first decision and not by
say that / can not consider the law settled III
announced in the case Of tho State rs. Treas
urer, supra. 1t seems TO me that the decision
Is not only unsupported by authority, but !:
Of dangerous tm;s nN, 1a ,snqenGy; FOR II in WaS maae d Is 1Ss.
Ss1sa md SHe' by u" a', diIvidcd c < Mr.. justice \
Willard delivering the judgment with tht
tice Moses dissenting. II would now. .howev'
Ct, accomplish no good purpose to again open
the argument, which Is well stated In the dis
sentins opiIion OF Chief Justice Moses In the
Justice McIvcr, in the case of the state VS.,
Gaillard, supra l hope the case VIII be Tor
mally O~yer-rulcd.
The Prohibition OF the Courts From
Restoring the Collection OF State
and County Taxes Is not Applicn-
BILE to the Collection Of Railroad
Subscriptions.
But assuming that the prohibition upon the
action Of the Courts, In regard to restraining
the collection OF State and County taxes prop
or, must he regarded as constitutional for the
reason that 1t has been so decided. does IT foi-
low that II Is constitutional n applicable TO
the collection of local township subscriptions
to railroads, whether cullcd subscriptions. MS
or taXes? II Is quite certain that
neither of The cases referred to as affirming
The constitutlOnality of the law, arose In con.
nectiOn with such q case anu upOn that pre-.
CHE question, we arc In 10 way embarrassed
by the principle Of stare o~cciSis. But on the
contrary as To such q case the question Is still
res intcgra, and we are not bound, to enforce
the Act beyond the exact point decided. or to
1t by construction SO as to embrace
cases of this kind, unless u necessarily follows
from the nature OF the thing or from the Lcrms
of the Act itself.
The Act was Passed at n Time When
There wns not I'm the State, nOr
Ever had Been, n 1T Could not
be Seen That There Ever Would
be, Such an Anomalous Thing AN n
Township Subscription to a Rail.
road.
1t strikes me that cases of this kind arc not
the purview Of the sections which re-
strain the Judges In the matter OF collecting
ordinary taxes. and to SO conStrur them, Will
in effect to amend the law, and IN doing SO
10 extend 1t and go beyond the reasons, upon
which il wns based and contrary both to It's
spirit aud intent, and the express terms or
of It's provisions. 1t Is perfectly man.
fest that the Act was not passed WIN amy
special reference TO the collection OF rniirohd
considered as taxes, for the first
Act upon the subiect-tllat which was cniSid-
cred iu The case Of the State VS.. treasurer WuS