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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25
TRIED TO SUICIDE
IN ELBERT0N, GA
T. C. GREER, LAYS ALL NIGHT
WITH THROAT SLASHED-
CHANCE FOR RECOVERY
? (Elberton Starr

. = OCdrJ
Mr.. T. C. Greer, Of Eastoyer, S. c.,
said to be a telegraph operator, appa-
rently SIS years old, was found on the
Bailey lot near to, The Star office,
early Friday morning with a horrible
cash cut across his throat. Near by
was a razor which he, had purchased
the day before from Nock's China
Store, directly across the square,
from where he was lying over a black
pool of his own blood. He was first
seen by Mr. J. E. Rice and soon sew
eral people gathered around him. He
was very weak from loss of blood and
from the nights exposure on the wet
ground. Greer said that he cut his
own throat with the razor; that, he
did it because he had lived long
enough; that he thought he had
made g good job Of it at first, but
lated finding out that he hadn't he
tried a second time; that he had no
people who thought anything of him;
and that he didn't desire to live; that
he cut his own throat at 8 o'clock on
Thursday night. He evidently had
lain unconscious on the grass all
night from which he was aroused by
the drizzling rain in the early morn
ing. He was removed in an automo-
bile to the station house by Chief of
Police Irwin, and medical aid given
him by City Physician L. P. Eber-
hardt. 1t is thought he will get we'll.
MI. Greer was dressed in a neat
blue serge suit. He spent Thursday
in Elberton and during the day tried
to buy laudanum from the Cleveland
Drug Co. This led to the belief that
he was a dope fiend, but after investi
cation it seems this was incorrect,
and that Greer wanted the laudnum
to kill himself with. His people and
acquaintance in South Carolina have
been communicated with, and he will
probably be carried back to them to-
day or tomorrow, if ne is physically
able to stand the trip.
A number of members of the Ma
sonic lodge have interested them
selves in taking care of him and get
ting him back to his family and his
friends.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25
THE PICTURE SHOW

Manager Goldstein is giving the
public some good pictures these days
at the Grand Opera House The
matinees are good and will have bet
ter attendance when the little folks
have to start to school. Last Friday
night the feature picture was excel
lent and was enjoyed by a full house.
Thursday night a good, clean funny
picture gave the audience a half hour
of genuine amusement. To depict
life in other countries and different
walks of life, to amuse and create
laughter, is the mission of the motion
pictures and in every respect Man.
ager !Goldstein is filling the bill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

If n of the speakers here a few
days ago had used the name of the
Maker less frequently than he did in
his address, he might have convinced
more people that the Maker was
really interested in his movement.
Ex-Governor Cole L. Blease, in
his argument before the Supreme
Court on last Saturday, stated that
he could have received salary great
er than that paid the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, if he had TAX
en-. the stump on the liquor question
during July and August. Have the
prohibitionists been trying to en-
ploy the ex-governor? or has some
one else been making him an offer?
Was it John Henry Chappell who was
willing to pay this salary in order to
get the ex-governor to stump the
state?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25
GOOD ROADS

Supervisor Stevenson is q reader
OF the Press and Banner; and knows
good advice when he hears it given.
He has commenced the dragging of
the roads on the main thorough
fares leading into the city. Satur-
day morning, we went out the Cam
bridge road and inspected some Of
Nthe excellent results he-is getting out
there. Where the roads are wide,
and properly dragged they have the
appearance of a paved street in a
city. =. .a,. & -
! We suggest now that the delega-
ton amend the road law'by provid-
ing that the road tax in this county
be two dollars per year, and that the
amount collected from each township
be held BY the treasurer to pay for
dragging the roads in that township.
Persons liable to broad duty should be
allowed toEwork five days instead of
paying the tax, if they desire. With
the money collected and the labor
available, the .over-seer in each town.
ship should call, out a certain number
of men in rotation after each rain
and require that the roads be drag
ged in that township. A sufficient
number of drags should be provided
by the Supervisor. A mar should
follow the drags to fill up holes and
remove rocks and rubbish from the
roadways.
And in order to supplement the
funds necessary for this work, a IL
cense tax should be imposed on all
owners of automobiles, the proceeds
to be used in the townships where
the owners reside.
If this is done the Supervisor need
not work the roads so often. He
can widen the roads and keep the
bitches open; the drags will do the
rest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST rs, 1915
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE?

AS will be noted on another page
of this paper, the Supreme Court OF
this State, sitting en- banc has refused
the petition of John Henry Chappell,
in which petition an injunction was
sought against holding an election in
this state, next month, on the subject
of prohibition.
Mr.. Chappell has every reason to
be disappointed. He is a prohibi'
ZIONIST himself, and expects to vote
for prohibition if the election is
held, Che so states in his p%etition)
but he evidently hates to do so, else
ne would not have hired two high
priced lawyers, like a former gov
ernor and a Southern Railroad law
yer, to keep him and others from
doing so. Mr.. ChappeIl would make
some money by going around and ex-
hibiting himself. A man who wants
to vote for prohibition and yet
spends his money to get himself en-
joined from doing SO, should attract
a crowd Of eager lockers anywhere.
And the great champion, the only
real champion of the rights of the
people in this state, has deserted the
people, and applied to the courts for
relief That great stump orator who
went over the state some years ago
abusing the supreme court, and
carrying his: fight to the people, has
he become afraid Of the people and
resorted to the court:.h he abused? He
has. But the court found that he had
as little law, as he had love for the
rights of the people So that he and
the counsel for the Southern Rail-
way, his associate, and the members
Of the trade, their employees, and
their friends, must take their medi-
cine. THE PEOPLE will talk on
election day, and their champion of
the past will take orders, not give
them. Liquor will be enjoined and
not the election.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

Over forty thousand testaments
have been distributed to the German
soldiers by the World Sunday School
Association. This Association hopes
to distribute a million among the diff
ferent nations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

A young girl was bitten by a
poisonous snake in Spartanburg last
week and drank three pints of wbis-
key to counteract the poison. She
suffered no bad results from the
whiskey or the snake bite.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

A new eleven cent stamp, the first
of this denomination, is soon to be
distributed by the government. This
is made necessary by the parcel post,
many packages requiring such a
stamp. The stamp will be green, and
will bear a Franklin profile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

The Kaiser, who is said to be the
third richest person in the German
Empire, is reported as having lost in
private fortune something like TWEEN
ty-six millions of dollars since the be-
ginning of the war. He is said to
be a heavy holder in the Hamburg
American Steamship line and in the
Krupp Works.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

If some of the prospective candi-
dates for congress in this district
keep on running at the rate they are
now going, their tongues will be
hanging out of their mouths before
the real race opens.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25
suggest a consultation between the
two hands next time.

Perhaps the whole trouble is that
John Henry has been drinking grape
Juice all summer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

The Food Supplies Committee of
the English Government will pillow
up four million acres of pasture land
and plant grain and potatoes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

And because of his great love OF
the people of the state, and because
he desires to" e the right prevail,
although he will vote for prohibition,
John Henry Chappell, Of Newberry
County, through his attorneys an
nounces that if the people of this
state vote for prohibition at the cleo
ton about to be held the matter will
be taken into the Federal Courts.
John Henry and his attorneys r EVIL
IDENTIFY of the opinion that the people
of this state should not have the right
to say what they want, nor to get
what they want after they have voted
for it. i,. q.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

Cuba is counting on a four million
ton crop of sugar this year. This
enormous crop is causing the build
ing of new sugar mills all over the
island.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25
General News

DR.. D. B. johnson, President of
Winthrop College, has Just been
elected President of the National
Teachers Association. This is the
highest honor which may be confer
red by the teachers of America. His
opponent was Miss Grace Stachan,
of New York, who resigned as a mem
Der of the Association after she was
defeated. ~.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

If Col. Kerr and party drove, all
the time they r. away, at the same
rate at which they came into town
Saturday night, we understand. how
they got back SO soon; they went
around. E.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

According to the report of the
state dispensary auditor made public
today, the total sales of all the dis
~pensaries of the fifteen counties of
the state for July amounted to $685.
$1,000 and the operating expenses
were $16,133.17.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

Over a hundred barber shops have
been. closed in Berlin on. account of
the war. This is a heavy shutting off
,of gossip. ,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25
Editorial Brevities.

The joke is on John. Henry Chap
pell, of Newberry County. He is a
prohibitionist, but in order to keep
from voting for prohibition, which he
says he will do, he hires two lawyers
to enjoin himself from so doing but
the lawyers fall down on the job, and
now he must vote according to his
preference and the dictates of his
conscience. This is a precarious po-
sition for a man from Newberry.
We r convinced that John Henry
Chappell, of Newberry County has
been ~practicing the Biblical injunc-
ton of not letting his left hand know
what his right hand was doing.
While his right hand was getting
ready to vote for prohibition, his left
hand, in ignorance of the intention
of its neighbor, employed two law
yers to enjoin the acts about to be
performed by the other hand. We
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

The "Home'ard bounder" is the
pennant hoisted by the warship when
she gets orders to return from a for
eign port. The cruiser Denver in
1909 flew one $50 feet long on the
voyage in from a three-year Eastern
cruise. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

Germany's shipment of Canary
birds has ceased since the var and
Holland now has the trade in the
pretty songsters. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

The wheat crop, estimated the larg-
est ever grown in any country, will
reach the billion, bushel mark. Three
and a half billion bushels Of corn is
the estimated crop of corn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

A petition asking the governor
of Georgia to to pardon DIR. W. J.
McNaughton, was circulated in Cam
den last week. DR.. McNaughton is
a native of Camden and recently
has been much in the eyes of the pub
lie, being the first mar to reach Leo
FrankEafter his throat was cut. He
was mainly instrumental in saving
Franks life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

Munich breweries, aside from their
regular output, re delivering week
ly to the Bavarian soldiers, one hun
dred and forty carloads of beer in
kegs and sixty carloads of beer in
bottles. One thousand. three hun
dred and twenty gallons in the keg
is an estimated carload.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

The Southern Railway has given
an order for the printing Of one hun
bred thousand calenders Of twelve
pages EACH to the Peace Printing Co,
of Greenvihe. Each calendar will
have a wooden strip at the top and
this will require thirty eight miles
of strips. Six hundred and eighty
three miles of paper will be required
to print the calendars. a.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

The people of Williamson are agi-
tating a new county, made up Of
parts of Greenville and Anderson
with the spring town as the county
seat. Enthusiastic meetings have
been held. e..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-25

The will of the late Edmund Deas,
of Darlington, negro state chairman
of the Republican party for many
years, has been probated. By its
terms all of his personal property is
left to his wife, and after her death
it is to be sold and the proceeds used
for the building of a hospital in Darl-
ington for negroes. Deas left an
estate worth probably $4,000 or
100000. He has no children sur
viving him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-06
a'''''I i4|64','|'P| Va.

Rev. W. T. Andrews OF Birmins-
ham. Alabama. father or Rev. W.
IL Andrews. pastor Of the First
Methodist church. preached at that
church SUNDAY might Rev. An
drsws was one Of the organizers OF
the North Alabama confercuce in
'1s7o. Ills sermon here Sunday night
was for the especial benefit OF
those who are inclined 10 become
discouraged at times. His text was
the tenth verse of the nineteenth
chapter OF First Kings He said
that OF all the sad calamities that
befan the human spirit the saddest
is encouragement. Discourage
ment leads to dependency aud de-
spair, which not infrequently re-
suits in self-destruction. The sui
cidal tendency OF the present day.
he said. was one of the saddest
chapters In human history. lie said
he was sure that somewhere back
OF the suicide was a sad story OF
which the world does not know. He
characterized selt-destruction as
being both silly and sinful. but still
the person who reaches that place
In his despair where he decides TO
take his life deserves To be sympa-
,ht1aa with lie said he felt sorry
for any man who would surrender
and walk down into the quagmire
OF dependency. This man deserves
the help and sympathy OF his fellow
beings. Dependency. he said, viii
make coward of man when he
least expects IL. and takes all the
push out of him 1t takes the hope
and ambition out of him.
The preacher then told the story
OF the encouragement which came
upon Elijah following the memoir
able test between the prophet and
King Ahab and his false prophets
ON Mount Carmel and OF the still,
small voice that came 10 him while
he was hiding in cave. He urged
those who were discouraged 10 lis
ten to that still small voice He
said that God wants 10 talk TO his
people ii they Will only listen 10 his
voice
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-06

There vas large crowd AT the
First Presbyterian church Sunday
morning for the special sermon TO
the football players by Pastor d.
u. Bell, The sermon was greatly
appreciated and demonstrated
clearly that the pastor knows the
game aud the work required OF a
player.
Text Man cannot live by bread
alone
This Is the answer given by the
Master when the tempter suggested
to him that he use his divine power
10 turn the stones te bread and
satisfy his hunger We lose the
point of the temptation Story II ~e
forget thai Chris; came 10 live SIM
less as a man. that he emDtied him
self OF the right To use his power
as divine and met life and its calls
as man II was as man that he
was thus tempted and no mortal
wiil ever know the extent OF that
trial OF the Christ in that hour
When his body vas weak from hrn-
ger and the tenpter said to him.
use your power. you have IT. make
these stones To be bread And why
not nse this power Ii thou be the
son of God and hare this power.
~by need 30 hunger speak the word
ard make them bread and eat TO
your fun and delight. Jesus an
swered him ard said Men shall
rot lire by bread alone. ami to
teach this to men he came
This expression OF the Master Is
profoundly true and history and ex-
perience have taught NJ as much II
is the height os folly for us 10 be-
liese that men can live b. bread
alone The reason for this is OBJ
riousIy a man constituted with
nature 81 three fold element.
physical. mental ard spiritual, must
hsve physical. mental and spirit
nal food.
This text suggests the lesson
SAINT 10 bring ron which Is that
we'll rounded man il one who has
developed physical. mental and
spiritual eieEent Id his nature.
! cat remember the time and il
Is aot long since when a travelling
salesman was regarded with about
the same degree Of apprehension as
the poultry raiser does fox When
the travelling salesman was one who
seemed to think that his calling
demanded Of him tbat be swear.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-06

|seI, vu1ssr jokeA drssh pDsshsy.
1irs Nth the wenen. weor rst
neckt1ss and eh(sp dlsmou1s.
Dtt time wofGs many changes.
and nowhere hes Il wrought : more
decided change than % the great
army Of men known ~ commercial
Isale~men.
I can remember the time. and Il
/! Is not past yet. wher the athlete
was looked upon with about the
SAND degree Of apprehension as the
travelling man. and when college
athletics was regarded By the gen
crsi public and leaders Of educa-
ton rs menace and hindrance to
the progress and development OF
the student aud student body.
But here time Is working its
change and ~e are beginning TO
cease TO regard athletics as a
menace TO the student life. but CON
trary wise We are beginning TO rec
ognixe IL as one OF the essentials
for the developing Of well round
ed man or woman
Our changing attitude regarding
these things is because We are
learning to know that man is be-
ing with nature made up OF three
distinct elements and these ele-
menfs are so inseparably linked
and interviewer and dependent. the
one on the other. that IL is impos-
sihie to develop any one of them to
the greatest OF its capacity and
leave uudeyeloped either of the
other. we are coming TO know that
man is being in whose nature
there is distinctive material ele-
ment. distinctive mental element
and moral element and that TO de-
veiop a physical man without tie
mental and moral. not only means
racial degeneraey. but also in the
course OF time physical degeneracy
and annihilation II is equally as
impossible To develop the mental or
the moral To the greatest of their
capacity without developing along
with them the physical: the mental
Is both mind aud matter and TO ex-
pand mentally ii must have a good
healthy physical body as a life
spring from which to draw the
good red blood as food for its ma
terial health and growth. The spir-
ifuai or moral man is such an in
deiinabie yet inSeparable part OF the
man that yon had as we'll try TO
change the course OF natures laws
as To develop and maintain we'll
rounded type of manhood without
making an ample provision for his
moral and spiritual growth
The present world crisis. that AK
full European death struggle. Is
concrete illustration oil the result OF
mental and material growth and de-
veiopmenf with the neglect OF the
spiritual Ii is a we'll known fact
that present day rationalism and
agnosticism have had their incipien-
cy in France and Germany and as a
nation, France, in the last quarter
century, has become atheistic and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-06
.HARGROvE BROTHERS BUY
M'CLA|N LIVERY STABLE
pFAI. CLOSED SATURDAY AND
TRANSFER OF PROPER
TY MADE.
Properties Exchanged Worth .ip-
pro>imateiy 81, 00O-McC lain
becomes Owner of
Good Farm.

A deal that involves property
worth approximately s25, geo was
closed Saturday night when W. G.
McClain traded Hargroye Brothers
Bis livery barn. garage and seven
houses and lots on Flat street for
a 125 acre farm adjoining the city
limits 10 ihe west The exchange
OF property was effected Saturday
night Notwithstanding the fact that
the deal has been pending for more
than a week
1t is the purpose OF the new
owners OF the livery barn and
garage to conduct the business as
heretofore. improving it as much as
the closest attention of TWO we'll
qualified business men could Inn
prove il They are we'll equipped
in every department and have a sur
plus OF energy.
Mr. McClain traded the property
off for the simple reason that IT was
most too strenuous a business for
hin. In undertaking 70 look after
TIE management IN detail he has
had his hands very fun aud he was
willing to lct go. He says he has
erjoyed The work, hut believes he
would rather manage a farm. II
is probable that he viii try his hand
az farming during the coming year.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-06

N'aige ihers naay he no st rule. a
+ should discard his los shoes
isefore he gets shens fnsl Of snow
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-06

" A. Kelley. a popular merchant
Of Ray. was in the city Saturday
Though busy while here. no had
time to throw a bouquet at N'axa.
hachie Enterprise, stating It was the
best all round newspaper published
in the state
-------------~>~~0~c-~~~>,
ban player I shah mention is en-
durance
This rs an age OF endurance tests
This is an age when the world wants
men who can do thugs and hold
out
Inc man who plays the game
must have endurance The ideal Of
every coach IS 20 bring his team an
10 that place where the, viii be
able to play faster game I'm the
last quarter than in the hrsi. when
they Wit hit The tine harder and
tackle mo enemy eith .urer eve
ihr man who can plsy the arst
half ae star buf fals down i'm the
i"st De- moi material for The game
ihe thiHF fous CHRIST iones to-
're aa io 81 fo oudufr
ni'.fd Dr. fle mao fhat ondur.
eih f'r ahea hD N ir'sd ha
a1N r..rI.r Iar .fnan 0f rfs
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1915-08-12
ROLL OPEN FOR
GYM. MEMBERSHIP
NEW HALL IN TIMES BLOCK
LEASED FOR YEAR
j. F. Nichols at Head Of ORGANIZATION
and Harold Solem u
Secretary

The Oakes Athletic Association has
been formed with the following list Of
elected officers:
President. F. Nichols.
Vice President-E. S. Ramharter.
Secretary-Harold Solem.
Treasurer-M. E. Gale.
The new hall in The Times Block
has been leased for a year. This
gives hall room of 23x65 feet, IA foot
ceiling, with adjoining dressing rooms
and toilets. The "Gym." will be
equipped with proper paraphernalia
and shower baths. A committee is in
charge of equipment. The fee is $3.50
for three months, $1,000 per year.
Fees payable in advance. The roll
can be signed now by applying to the
secretary.
An opening date will be announced
soon, when a program and social time
will be had.