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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
The Eouisiuua Lottery.

This concern is now attracting attention
from the people in all parts Of the United
States, and many of the papers which favor
the licensing of the bar rooms put on large
share of virtuouS Indignation at the. mere
thought of continuing the lottery.
We reason this way: Gambling in every
form is evil. There can be no doubt about
that But admitting that there is only evil III
il, the demoraiZing influence OF that single
institution cannot be compared TO damaging
influence of IL hundred thousand bar rooms
The evil effects OF the Louisiana Lottery arc
not to be compared to the evil effects OF the
thousand and one patent medicines that arc
advertised and sold in the country.
The Louisiana Lottery relieves gudscons on
ly Of their money, leaving their bodies unim
paired.
Stron. drink costs more money than lottery
tickets, and the consequential damages are
thousand fold greater.
Villuinous medicines, thrown into the stom
achs Of sick people who need beef, do mil
lion times more damage than the sale OF lot
terry tickets.
If we can compromise one sin, by requiring
a license, as for the sale of whiskey, we do moi
see why the State Of Louisiana should refuse
the annual license fee of million OF dollars
now offered for the privilege Of continuing
business. The customers to the Lottery are
founu in every section of the United states,
but not in half the numbers, as are the pat
rons of bars and patent medicines.
Rars, patent medicines and lotteries should
be stopped-and stopped forever.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
The Majority Should Rule.

IF the majority of the Democracy prefer
Earle to Tillman they have Il rlSnt 10 make
him the nominee Of the party.-Ch0rteao"
World.
The World Is a Tillman paper, and Tillmah
favors primary elections.
In Abbeville county the followers OF TILL
man, in convention, refused TO let the people
vote by primary for representatives To the
State ConyeHti3T.
4 portion, at least, Of the anti-Tillman men
in Abbeville county believe that Illlmah
might be beaten in primary election, anu we
presume that some of the Tillman faction
share in this belief and hence they refuse 10
let each and every citizen express his own in
dividual preference in q primary.
The advantage which theTillman men have
is, that they are organized, and have had two
months In which to work, while the anti-Illl-
man faction have had no leader, and the Gov
ernmcnt itself up to this time has taken pre-
cious little trouble to set itself right before
the people.
A spirit Of fairness, and disposition 10 re-
Spect their own declarations, should prompt
the carrying out of the pledges which the Till
man men have made as to the primary. II
rlllman should get the nomination by the
will of the majority we think the people
would be better satisfied than they would be
If the nomination should be secured by n
doubtful majority, and we presume Mr.. TIL
man would not desire the nomination, unless
he was justly entitled to 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Wednesday, June II, 1890.
LET it be Instilled into the Hearts OF
Your Children that the Liberty of the Press
is the Palladium of all Your Rights.
.Campai-n of Education. -

In the olden times the people were educa-
ted chiefly by orators.
In later years, the newspapers, to n large
extent. superseded the orator and the School
teacher.
In the recent past, however, education OF
all sorts has been somewhat neglected.
LISA positive fact that there are, in this
day and time, several families in Abberille
County who subscribe for no newspapers at
all and It also is an absolute fact that some
men are now spending more money for tobae-
co and liquor than they spend for newspa'
pers.
Mr.. Tillman recently said something about
this being campaign of education, anu
we hone, and have reason to believe, that the
words are prophetic.
4 large per cent. OF our follower tlZens ha'e
held, under various calls. larger number OF
meetings during the last year than ever De-
fore At each OF these meetings those VINO
were present have been more or less bored py
speakers who were more or less ignorant o.
the very subjects on which they would speak,
and their lack OF satisfying the mind, or
something else, has awakened q general thirst
for information, and we know not 10 whal
limit its demands will extend.
The situation impresses us with remark
which Judge Cothran made last Fall, III
speaking OF the Farmers Movement, when
he said that 1t was well for the people. when
they had sufficient life to manifest active
interest in current events, while being watch
ful of their own interests-that any citation
was better than ipertpess.:
1t seems is us that the wisdom OF his words,
in so far as the newspapers are concerned, Is
already apparent.
A greater number of newspapers are read
to-day than ever before. II is also reported
TO us that some people who do not subscribe,
occasionally borrow a good paper from II
neighbor-all Of which facts argue well Tor
the printer.
The village newspapers. holding different
views, or having different political opinions,
have each drawn new subscribers TO their
lists. The weekly issues Of many of the city
papers have been increased for this County.
Those who want cheap papers, subscribe for
the city weeklles. while those who want
County news, Court reports, political gossip,
legal advertisements, and other home news,
combined with a news summary of all that
is going OH in the world, subscribe for the
local papers.
In speaking OH this subject in reference to
our own race, we would also express the opin-
ion that the negroes are beginning to read
the newspapers with more interest than ever
before.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Primary Elections.

1t is now believed that primary contes
for all State office candidates would De lnt
best and most salutary thing ever known tc
our people. They all want r.-Bdrn'0eH Sen
tinei
No, no, neighbor. All do not want primary
election. When q motion was made in the
meeting Of the Abbeville County Club las
Sale Day to have delegates to the State Con
vcntion elected by primary, it was promptly
voted down. The majority OF that ConFen
ton were Tillman men, too. The Press ana
Banner has always been in favor of primary
elestions as the best means of ascertainins
the will OF the people in the choice OF thei'
officers, and we had hoped that at least one o.
rillman's princlples-the primary-wonlo
prevail.
1t is believed by anti-Tillman men that TIL
man might be beaten in primary, and II
may be that the Tillman men may have somt
doubt on this point, but they have no doub'
of the result Of u Convention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Politics and BUSin eSS.

Let us reason together. While the differ.
ence between the factions of the Democratic
party are based chiefly on sentiment, the bus
lness thrift Of the individual citizen Is an &C.
tual reality. Except therefore, In Difference to
the barest sentiment, 1t makes absolutely NO
difference at all to ninety per cent. of the peo'
pie who hold the offices and draw the rere.
nue. The honors and emoluments Of office &c
to the fortunate few, while the taxes bear
equally upon al-except the tax dodgers.
Inter nos. 1t makes very little difference
which Democratic candidate is elected, but II
makes great difference to the candidates
which OF them receives the honors, and draws
the pay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
The Meeting Next Tuesday.

Next Tuesday Is the day set for grand raj.
ly OF the Democracy Of Abbeville county.
The time Is the busiest season Oh the farms
and it is fair to presume that many citizens
will refuse to quit their work to SO on poiti
cal excursions in the interest Of individual
candidates for office. Every thing isn't now
as 1t was In 1876
While we, as individuals, may think it Of
much i'm mportance to secure the election OF the
candidate OF our own personal choice, yet, as
a matter of fact, an intelligent man and pat
riotIc citizen Of the State Of Georgia has said
that there was very little in the contest-that
certainly there Is not in it enough to cause
men to fall ont about 1t. 1t Is merely an issue
between men-otfice seekers-the result OIL
which will effect few except those who get the
Offices.
We would ourself, say that the country Is
safe as long as the Democrats are united; and
to secure this end, we should 80 act that both
factions can support the nominee.
On the one hand, there are absolutely nc
great evils to be corrected, and no special adj
vantases can be fairly urged in behalf of the
other.
Personal preference, therefore, on the part oil
the voter, und the eminent fitness OF the re-
spcctivc candidates is all there is in it.
While 1t is well TO applaud and cheer favor.
ite candidates for Office, yet we presume many
of the practical common sense farmers will
deem it Of infinite more Importance to them
to be able to gather q big crop next Fall than
to quit work to dance attendance on political
gatherings. II they have big barns we'll filled
they will find that they need not be unneces.
sarlly concerned as to who may draw the big
political prize at the grand distribution next
September.
II the citizen has full barns. plenty of stock
and plenty of cotton bales to sell, all will be
well with him, no matter who is Governor
but II he has empty barns, no money and nc
credit, he Is in bad way, no matter who Is
Governor.
Citizens should first provide for their own
households-politcs arc n mere incident in
lire-a good turnip patch is Of far more i'm
portance.
There are always enough Office seekers and
political patriots to look after the welfare ol
the State, and waste their own time in sery.
ing the public.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
A Political Faction. without Lead
er. Must 20 10 Defeat.

The Tilman men, as rule, are active work
ers, and arc more pronounced in politics than
are the opposition. Tillman has been in the
field for some two months. For the same
length of time the opposition has been with
out leader. and for lack of leader, 1t may
be inferred that the opposition is more or less
demcralized
From the very nature Of things, there must
be leaders. Without leaders 10 hold them TO-
gether political factions will dlsintegrate. II
now seems that the Government has few out.
spoken friends among the politicians, and we
have little evidence that anybody, but Till
man men, will run for office anywhere. Ol
course II the opposition do not speak out, OF
are willing to yield the offices to the Tllman
faction of the Democratic party, the other fac
ton will remain dsorganized. And, without
a leader, defeat is certain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

"PoLITICAI. GOSSIP."-Under this headline
our esteemed contemporary the .46beriRe
Press and Banner gives 1t as current in Able
willie that the conflicting interests OF those
who are climbing on TO the Tlllinan ticket are
TO be harmonized by the Executive Commit
tee. The plan is to put Col. Gary Lieutenant
for Attorney General. Then Governor Till
man will tax" the place now held by Senator
Hampton at the expiration OF his term, and
Col. Gary being Governor Gary, all would
move mprrily as a marriage bell. The plan
locks feasible. and no doubt pleasing to the
participants, but we believe this slate Is 10 be
mercilessly broken. The signs of the times
on this side of the Saluda indicate that Lau-
rens and Edgeield go hand and hand in the
race, and while Edgefield has the head Lau-
rcns will occupy the second place on the
ticket.
II affords us much regret to blast Col.
Gary's hopes, but the second place is spoken
for, aud we advise him to rub out and begin
nguin. There are special reasons which can
not be overlooked In this matter Fitness
and qualifications for office are terms which
may have had Il meaning when Washington
placed Jefferson a bitter political opponent.
in high office. Politicians In that day were
supposed to work for the good OF the country
and look above partisanship. They were sup
posed to take broad, liberal, magnanimous
view OF The field, and select for honors those
who were worthy to wear them. Not so to-
day. Fitness has nothing to do with this
question, and the only examination candi-
date nowadays need dread, Is as TO his skill In
chinery, and unless man is we'll up on log
rolling and bulldozing, he IS not needed.
This little Gary boom looks well, but Is no
good, and Mr.. Gary will have to make other
arrangements.
IL must he remembered that the advertiser
predicted accurately as to the March Conven
tiun. while others were finding candidates all
over the State. If sour" candidate has one
qualification we do not know II, but he has
performed services for the machine few 9TH
ers would have performed, and for these SER
vices he must he paid. The gentleman from
Iaurens will be Lieutenant Governor-pro-
vided he has q chance.-LaurcnS advertiser.
Well now, neighbor, we will rub out your
slate, and write little more on our own. AS
yet we haven't made any special reputation
as "predicter" on the Ti.lman ticket, but we
are OF the belief that-if you and Brother
Crews. don't break our slate - Colonel
Gary will be the Lieutenant Governor.
Another matter, which hope you will take
under udviscment is, that Abbevlle. in the
person of Auditor Jones, has the best and
most available man for Comptroller General
and he will be hard 10 beat, If Tillman
wins.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
RAILROAD SHOPS.
WILL ATHENS SECURE These OF IEE
G., G. &c N?
WuuIa Distribute Si0O.030 MOntI,
in the city. and be of inestinable e
Benctit...Ehp Great Importance Of
Their Establishment Here
athens (Ga.) Weekly Banner.

athens (Ga.) Weekly Banner.
Athens people do not realize in any degree
the great opportunity that Is now in their
grasp, and which, we helIcvC, need only To be
asked, To have IT, granted.
The railroad shops uf the Gcnrgia. Carolina
and Northern Rail ilro:ul will soon he located.
and from many. in'Iic"tions we believe the
road looks with favor on Athens rs It's site.
Athens Is peculiarly fitted for the shops of
this road. nnh IL the line To which their three
sections will lead. ThrtDvlngton and Macon
Is now the property of the men con nirolling
the G., C. Il y. Rnilrnrd and it is generally
believed will, In the near future, ID" "illrially
sold to 1t. This road Is, under any circum.
stances. principal connection Of the g., &. ~
y. and will carry from Athens all the Florida
| Il aific that comes by II.
They could not afford To carry all the rolling
stock of these roads nlI around via A lhGns to
Atlanta and will not do SO II they are offered
sufficient Inducements here.
Athens Is the most centrally located city on
the g., G. IL y. Road. and of course, here would
be the place 10 build their shops.
These shops would eXpend about SlOO0W Il
nOnth anu give employment to hundreds OF
hands.
Mr.. 7. Michael. n G., c. & y. man, when APP
preached and asked about the advantage 10
Athens said:
IT. seems the people Of Athens nre slow in
realizing the fact that, by procuring these
shops, they will have that which Is equal to
two cotton crops In one year. Let this imp0r-
tant fact dawn upon our peop.e, that when
this golden opportunity has once passed from
within their reach, 1t can never be recalled.
You can see what railroad shops are worth
by the inducements Atlanta has offered the
Georgia Railroad to have their shops moved
TO that place. BY the e., c. & v. shops being
here, there would be paid out not less than
Sl00,00D every month. 1t would increase our
population from four to five thousand, while
this amount OF money paid out annually to n
| working people. means much for Athens.
DennisOn, Texas, has been made n thriving
little city with It's population Of thirteen thou
sand. What was Dennison before the NJ. X. &
/. built their shops at that place? a hamlet
Of two hundred. What has made Dallas the
metropolis of The Southwest? Railroad
shops. In 1881, nine years ago, Dallas had n
population like that Of Athens. What Is her
population to-day? 1000. l could cite you
other instances. but these are enough. Let
Athens go TO work at once.
Mr.. Michael Is an experienced man and
knows what lie Is talking about. Let Athens
be moving
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Violations of the Law.

During tie progress Of the Court last week
there were remarkable number Of rcvela'
tions on the witness stand, showing open VIC
lations of the State laws.
In our opinion, the Court should take notice
of such violations, or else the laws should bC
cXpungcd from the Statute Book.
Practically, the law against carrying con
cealed weapons amounts to this:
If the accused kills his man, he goes free.
If q constable, or some malicious inlormel
finds him with pistol in his pocket, will
which he has done no harm, about go fine
and confscation of the pistol, or three months
in the pcnitcntiary, is the usual consequence
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
A TilIman Brother.

Our friend, the LaurcnsriUc Herald, doesn't
seem TO like it, because we got ahead OF him
In publishing the political gossip about the
Lieutenant Governorship on his iarorite
ticket. We just can't help it, Colonel when
the news gets scattered abroad, and we hear
of it, we put it in the paper.
You needn't pooh-pooh what we said about
tho second-placc on the ticket.
We were In dead earnest. and had the best
reason in the world for believing every word
TINT we said was in exact accordance with
the facts. though, as we stated, we did not
speak as by authority.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
The. Court.

The people and the lawyers have been well
pleased with the Court. Judge IZlar wins tho
good opinion OF all. Solicitor Anscl STANDS
dcservedly high. Stenographer Campbell is
efficient and prompt. Clerk Moore and AS
sislant Clerk Bullock have done their part o.
the work to the utmost satisfaction OF all
Sheriff Mann and his Deputies have discllarg
cd their duties, and kept the best of order
from first to last The juries have rendered
prompt verdicts, and much business has been
dispOSed of.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
HOLDING INQUESTS.
Official Pride should Prompt the
Careful Preparations Of thc Fn-


II some of the officers holding inuuestS
would come To tho Clerk office ana examine
the papers which are filed there, we are IN.
clincd to the opinion that. alter taking WIN
4oveInI-n such cases their official priue
would prompt them to prepare thtir n;iP'rs
with more care. Legal cap paper ShnulH M ne
used, and no paper is lit To he presented tn 'iG
Court which is scratched over with IL rcnriI.
For holding an inquest liberal lcc Is
allowed, and we submit that the officer unihs:
the lob should at least provide himself WIFI /!
few Sheets of legal cap paper, u steel pen. ana
a little ink. The whole outfit needn't cost
more than twenty-five cents:
Clerk Moore prcSumes on the Indulgence pi
the Solicitor when he receives improperly
cd papers, and If the old way OF wrllinS
with hard pencil ON any scrap OF paper thlI
may chance TO fall In the way Is not dIscoli-
tinued our most obiising Clerk may nS
brought into trouble. Official pride should
prompt an officer 10 prepare his l;lpcrs In the
best manner possible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Ehcy Compromise.

Tic Georgia Central railroad authorities
came very near exciting n strike last week
because the Company issued n circular rcquir-
ing engineers, fremen and conductors to sign
a pledge to abstain from drink while in the
employ OF the Company.
II seems that employees Of the road, not
unlike the whiSkey dealing mountainccr or
the whiskcy loving city dude, would raihcr DO
almost anything else than give up their
rights in reference to whiskey. They pro-
tested. \ compromise was effected. For our
own part we believe the company were right
in their demand, and should have enforced
IL.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Pine RniIrOaI ShOps.

That our people may see what is being said
about the Railroad shops, we publish an arti
Gle from the athens Banner H'afchmdn. II
will be seen that the shops are big thing
and of much more importance than our peo
pie ever dreamed. Being prize of grca'
worth, we are almost afraid TO ask for such
good fortune, but We do think nm effort should
be made to get them for Abbeville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
HoNEA PATH TRACKS.
Personal Paragraphs and News Gem
eraIIy...The ScnOOI Exhibition.
The Annual Grafton ..- Distin.
~uiSIle ed Guests.

IIoSEA PATH, June 9th, 1880.
w. II. Cobb the cnumerator, IS the "cheek
icsL" man in the township. lie doesn't nina
prying into other peoples affairs one bit
We have found out at last that we can get
the reuuired number Of miles for the new
County. 4 strong effort will now be made
toward securing the Court House.
The genial cOuntenance OF many VlSltors
added much to the social features OF the ell
tcrainmcnt last week.
Drs I. y. Iludgens and j. +. Shirley spent
Thursday and Friday in Abbcville.
j. j. Shirley has beautilleh his residence
with nice coat of paint. The brush VIII DC
used lively here this summer.
1t Is hard for us to make up our mind as 10
who we shall vote for for Congress. All aspi-
rants arc capable and worthy of Office.
Ask Squire Trnsscll TO read you the state
ticket he has suggested. It's rich. w
Rev. Mr.. Ezcile preached 10 well h!lcu
house sabbath night. His discourse was well
prepared and delivered.
Donnalds was well represented at the enter
tainmcnt. ,.,.,
a months vacation. left Monday TO fill out the
unCNpred time.
the commencement exercises OF the l'rcSby-
tcrnn College OF South Carolina. We notice
that Rev. J. Lowric Wilson, Of Abbeville, Is
TO preach the baccllaurrute sermon. Inc
onorry address by w W. ,bc &C. hc9 worJ So
Miss Owens, of Pelzer, Is visiting friends III
town, also Miss kittie Parker
Bachelor Sob" is progressing rapidly with
his building. Guess who the fortunate slrl
" Mnmps have been raging in town for Il
month. We have escaped so far.
The Picrau Literary Society held their an
uual debate Thursday night. We will not
wivc the details. Tie boys acquitted them
Selves admirably. The speeches would have
reelected credit on some of our most eminent
sinIcucn. The address by j. {. Darlington, Of
thr LaurcuS aldrcrtiscr, on ',CitiZenshlp,
showed that lie had mastered his subject
well. Ills speech, though short, was delivered
i'm Il bold, fearless manner, characteristic 10
himself He gave us much food for Thought
The commencement exercises Friday were
crinyublc. The address by Rev. j. \. Alundy
on "man,' was we'll piclurc!,
and presented in such furcihlc way, that his
hearers were not aware that lie had SPOKEN
half so long on us lrail 4 thing rs man. lie
made us believe that man WAS lenrlully made
and wonderfully lluny together. y lawn
unity followed the exercises o! Tie day.
which needless to say was enjoyed.
Mcssrs, e. L. i.aEGston anu [. ardihW, "l
the .lroj,.ySDI, MtcHigcnccr, were Present last
week, also j. w. QuattchHuin, y. &. l.hiimrr
Jutl"r W f.. t'rX. Of Audrr>or Rev. l.Hcllr, "i
Wnn,ruil, II. i. MaEpc and family, Rev.
Brown, of Duc West, and others that we cal
not name ut present. !.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
Earle for Governor.

Attorney General Earle, OF Sumter, has de-
cared himself candidate for Governor, and
we presume, made his first speech yesterday
at Grccnville.
General Earle is no doubt suitable man tc
make the race, and we are glad that lie has en-
tered the contest.
He will no doubt prove himself most cih
cent teacher in this "campaign OF educa
ton" lie will no doubt throw light on many
subjects. while he will perhaps Suggest sub
jccs for Tillman to talk about-the primaries
for instance.