The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-21

immortal trio has done the leaA
part as much good for the country sss
your friend and neighbor A. NJ. Ef-
win of Antreville has done for this
county.
NO vALoROUS SOLDIER SHOULD
KISS ANYBoDY's FEET.
None deny the greatness of eiths1-
one of the immortal trio, and noEss-
would detract from their characts<-,.
but an honorable and a high-tonexR
citizenship, of which those Of OEM
fellow-citizens who are present tGGay-
are fit representatives, shondaseorEa
to bow down to kiss the feet Of aEgE-
man, however great he may havas.
been. The Southern soldier loHsezS.
his crest to no man. He is in Gssa>
America and he acknowledges, iH-
feriority to no man. The SouthesnI
soldier proudly scorns the act of aHy~
man who would teach him thai
manly valor should surrender t@~
the purse-proud of former timesoE
that it should bow down to- the arts.
of the politician of a departed gtozyl.
whose history is complete.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GRAVEzI
WHICH WE DECORATE.
And it may be permissible To"
make note of a characteristic OF a48.
the speeches that we have heard s1xezEr
the war. It is for this people to, saS~
if any orator has addressed an AbbG-
Vile County audience without me1s-.
tioning names of those who lived an6l
died before the war, some Of whonss
at least were in a large measure re-
sponsible for the graves upon whlctn
we are today laying u foWers.-
DIFFERENCE IN SENTIMENT
It would seem that in the good oleE'
DAYS of Calhoun when he inspireH.
their ideas, the people ENTERTAINERS
different convictions and were gov
erned by different principles fronH'
those which prevail today. In SUP
port of this statement copies of some
of the laws are herewith presentea~-
and a recital of some OF our expen01--
lures today for school purposes E-
given.
The whole State of South CarohnA.
spent about S25,0O0 in educating the
children of poor white men in Ca1-
houn's day. If there is a record OK
his having favored educating the
masses, I have not een it.
Here are some of the records OF the:
laws of the State before the war:
174O.
Fine of 100 Pounds for Hiring-e
Negro as Scribe.
XIV. And Whereas, the having OF
slaves taught to write, or suffering the1as.
to be employed in writing, may be at
tended with great inconvenience , ES"
it therefore enacted by the authority
aforesaid, that all and every p~ersonanSa-
persons whomsoever, who shall herea1-
ter teach, or cause any slave or slaSeS
to be taught to write, or shall use IN
employ any slave as a scribe IN any
manner of writing whatsoever, hezs-
after taught to write, every such per
SON and persons shall, for every such oSE
fence. forfeit the sum of one hundref-
pounds current money.
c. Pinckney, Speaker
In the Council Chamber, the 10th day.
of May, 1740.
Assented to: VIM. Bull.
IF a Slave Instructs Another x:
Medicine He Must SuffeR~
Death.
Y. And be it further enacted by thsS-
authority aforesaid, that IN case Any
slave shall teach or instruct anosheE-
slave in the knowledge of any poison
GUS root, plant, herb or other sort q
poison whatsoever, he or she, so offend
ing, shall, upon conviction thereof, SUI
fer death as a felon and the slave car
slaves 80 instructed, shall suffer sucHa-
punishment, not extending to life IN
limb, az shall be %adjudged and deter
mined by the justices and freeholdefss,
or q majority of them, before whOHn.
such slave or slaves shall be tried
Negros IS Excluded from Drug.
Stores.
XII. And to prevent, as much as may
be, all slaves from ATTAINING the kno"ss-
edge of any mineral or vegetaole~ F3-
son, Be it Further Enacted, by s%
thority aforesaid, that it shall mott IL
lawful for any physician, apothecarS7E
druggist, at any time hereafter, th dfs-
ploy any slave or slaves IN the sholsb0
places where they keep their medic1nzs'
or drugs under pain OF forfeltlng %
sum Of twenty pounds, proclamatnxn
money, for every such offense, to be E
covered and applied as hereinafter IL
rected.
Fifty Stripes for Practicing
Medicine.
XII. And be it further enacted, tYy
the authority aforesaid, that no negru~
or other slaves, commonly called dfc-
tors, shall hereafter be suffered On
permitted to administer any medicEEsr
or pretended medicine, to any otEsE
slave, but at the instance or by dirHa-e-
ton of some white person and in
any negro or other slave shall offeKas..
herein, he shall, upon complaint scSE
,-oof +haroof mo1a RI onv ir1ctff.u.rI