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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-11-30
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
Probate Court

Probate Court.
Citation for Letters of Administration
By ]. F. MILLER, Esq, Judge of
Probatei -.
Whereas, Mrs. E. C. Cromer hath
made suit to me, to grant her letters
of administration of the estate and
effects of ]. D. Cox, late of APbeville
County, deceased.
These Are Therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kim
dred and creditors of the said j. D.
Cox, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Abbeville Court
House, on Dec. .7th, 1921, after pub
lication hereof, at II o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, if any they
have, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal of
the Court this 23rd day of November
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-one and in
the 146th year of American Inde-
pendence.
Published on the 25th day of Dec.
1921 in the Press and Banner and on
the Court House door for the time
required by law.
J. F. MILLER,
Judge of Probate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-11-30
RAILROADS WILL EXPLAIN
THEIR SHIPPING CONTRACTS

Washington, Nov. 26.-Represen
tatives of ten leading railroads will
appear before the committee on in
terstate commerce OF the shipping
board December 1 to testify regard.
ing relations with foreign shipping
lines. The meeting will be of impor.
tance to establishment and upbuild.
ing of an American merchant ma
rine, statement today said.
The object of the parley was de-
scribed as being to find to what ex.
tent present preferential contracts
operate to the detriment of American
shipping.
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WESTON NOW EXPECTS TO
BE IN GOVERNORS RACE

Columbia, Nov. 21.-Hon. Francis
n. Weston, United States district at
torney, whose name has been men,
toned in this correspondence in con-
aection with the race for governor
next year, was asked today if he pro-
posed to run. He replied that it is
now his intention to offer his ser
vices to the state, unless conditions
developing later should necessitate
the alteration of his plans 81 would
like to be of service to my state in
this way" he said.
MIR. Weston's term of office as
United States district attorney ex-
pires in March. He plans now, tenta-
lively, to enter the race for COVER,
nor next summer. Whether he will
retire from the office of district at
torney is not known. Wr. Weston
has a large private practice as well
as handling the governments legal
business.
In speaking of, his proposed race,
Mr.. Weston stated that he would ad-
vocate lowering of the tax burden
for the small home owner and the
man of small means. He would ia
vor reforming the tax system, to put
the burden on property now escap-
ing taxation, he said.
Mr.. Weston stated that he would
oppose any curtailment of the work
of state Institutions; that he would,
on the other and, favor an enlarge
ment of the activities of the educa-
tional institutions and those for the
care of the states mentally weak
and it's sick. He stated that he be-
lieved this can be done without in
creasing the tax burden, if the prop
erty which is. now not bearing its
share of the burden of taxation is
made to come within the states as
sessment.
In speaking of the tax situation in
South Carolina, Mr.. Weston stated
that the United States collects in
South Carolina each year in taxes
four times the amount of the, states
debt The federal government is tax
ing property which the states tax
system does not reach. my policy
would be-" Mr.. Weston stated, "to
reduce the tax burden on the small
property holder, The cost of govern
ment should he borne by those who
can best pay it" >.-
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

Estate of Enoch Baskin Smith, Decd.
Notice of Settlement and Applica-
For Final Discharge.
TAKE NOTICE that on the goth
day of December, 1921, I will rem
der final account of my actings and
doings as executor of the estate of
Enoch Baskin Smith, deceased, in
the office of the Judge of probate for
Abbeville County at II o'clock a. M,
and'on the same day will apply for
a final discharge from my trust as
such executor.
All persons having demands a.
gainst said estate will present them
for payment, proven and authenti-
Gated or be forever barred. &.
H. C. SMITH, Executor.
II, 23.1tw Swk.
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S. c. ENGINEERS WILL
+ REQUEST LEGISLATION

Columbia, Nov. ga law Great
ing a state board of examiners for
professional engineers, similar to the
medical, architectural law and dem
tai examining boards, is to be asked
of the 1922 legislature, which meets
in January next, by the new South
Carolina chapter of the American
Association of Engineers, recently
organized at a meeting in Columbia.
The association in this state, from
it's Columbia Offices, is sending let
ter to all professional engineers of
the state, asking their support of the
plan to provide an engineers IL
cense law. The proposed bill would
createwa board to examine all pro-
fessional engineers, the aim being
the elevation of the profession and
the elimination of engineers not
qualified for surveyors and another
for engineers.
The proposed bill for the legisla-
ture. is being drafted now by spe-
cial committee, headed by W. S. Tom
linson, of Columbia, and composed
of prominent engineers of many parts
of the state. =. .- -.
The South Carolina engineers or
ganization will have an election of
officers at an early date, it is an
.nounced today. This will be conduct
ed by letter. C. NJ. McTeer, of Colu-n-
bia, chairman of the membership
committee of the organization, is this
week corresponding with all engi-
neers of the state, urging their CO.
operation in the program Of the or
ganization.
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MAY LEAVE PRISON
HIVE Been Generally Approved At
Cabinet Meeting.

. Washington, Nov. 22-Extension
of executive clemency to offenders
against the war time laws now serv-
ing prison sentences will be given
early, consideration by President
Harding, it was said today at the
White House. The subject was dis
cussed at the cabinet meeting today
and it was understood that policy
of leniency toward these offenders
where possible was generally ap-
proved. ..
The president has asked the attor-
ney general for digest of each of
these cases and Mr.. Daugherty ex-
poets to have the histories of the
war law prisoners completed in two
weeks.
Under the administrations policy
there would be no sweeping procla-
nation of amnesty, it was said Off
cially, but each case would be con-
sidered on it's merits separately and
military as we'll as a civil offenders
would be considered. However, The
president is understood to view, with
disfavor the, release of persons who
advocated property destruction or
industrial offenders, although parti-
cular attention will be given those
guilty of 'infractions of disciplinary
regulations of more or less serious
ness.
There are, according to Mr.. Daugh'
erty, about rs civilian war time law
offenders now serving sentences lin
federal prisons and IA soldiers who
would come within the clemency pro,
gram.
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tCMaR TO SPEAK
Founders Day at Furman Univer-
sity December S.

Founders Day at Furman Univer'
sity December S.
e. Greenville, Nov: 24.-Mr. Horace
Bon1ar, distinguished attorney Of
the spartanburg bar, will delive,
the principal address at Founders
Day exercises at Furman University
Monday evening, December 5th. The
Rev. Furman H. Martin, pastor OF
tha First Baptist church Of Florence,
will also deliver an address as will
representative of the student body,
selected this year from the Philoso-
phian Literary Society.
- Coming on the eve of the conven-
ing of the South Carolina State Bap-
tist Convention, which meets in
Greenville December 6 to 8, inclu-
sive, a special. effort will be made to
have alumni, former stu
dents and friends of Furman Uni
vfersity who expect to attend the
: Baptist convention arrive in Green
vile the might prior to the conven-
ing of the church. host so they can
attend Founders Day exercises. The
ceremonies will be held in Judson
Alumni Hall, beginning at 7:30
o'clock.
Founders Day was observed for
the first time last December 5. The
exercises were largely. attended.
considering the fact. that this was the
initial. observance of the occasion,
which is the anniversary Of the birth
of DR.. James G. Furman, one of the
stalwarts who added very materially
in placing the institution upon a
firm. foundation. .. .'.
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EXPECT END OF CONFERENCE
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

Washington, Nov. 26.-Members
of several delegations to the Wash
ington conference informally sug-
gested tonight that any thought OF
adjourning the sessions for the
Christmas holidays be abandoned in
the expectation that by adopting
such a course the deliberations could
be definitely concluded by the end OF
December.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-11-30

Women jurors are making good in
Philadelphia.
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-06-16

The pearl fishermen of the Orient
and of the South Sea are hunting
for new beds of pearl oysters. The
demand for pearls is so great and the
fisheries are being worked so contin-
ually that new pearls do not have
time to grow. As result large pearls
of good quality are sldom found, and
there are not enough pearls of any
kind to supply the market.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-06-16

ton, they had less understanding of
socialization than the city proletariat.
In their simple conception, to socialize
meant to divide, and thus they divided
everything they'could. They divided
the land, the buildings, the cattle and
the factories. Houses were demolished
and costly machines were broken to
pieces in order to give every member
of the village a certain number of
bricks, of timber, of iron and of cop
per. But when asked to divide their
bread with the population of the
cities; when asked to socialize their
crops, the peasantry revolted, and now
is refusing to believe in the benefits
of Bolshevism, which deprived him
of the commodities of life which his
family enjoys, such as tea, sugar,
boots, agricultural implements, and
even the product of his own labor.
Such is the attitude toward Bolshe-
vism of the rural and urban working
classes of Russia.
| think that the Russian middle
class does not differ from that in other
countries. All of the middle class
favored the revolution; but only a
few are Bolsheviks. These are most
ly Jews, Let's, Firms and others who
availed themselves of the opportunity
offered to play leading part in the
political life of Russia, opportunities
of which they were before deprived.
Among the adherents of Bolshe-
vism the intellectuals are still more
scarce.
The intellectuals of Russia always
fought against the despotism of the
Gar; they supplied the country with
leaders of the radical movement; they
created the liberal literature of Rus
sia; they were first to awake the
spirit of democracy all over the coun-
try; they worked in the Duma for
the revolution and they were the first
to join the revolution in March,
1917, but they also were the first to
denounce Bolshevism and to fight it
wherever and whenever they could.
Resuming, may say that Boil
shevik revolution such as happened
in Russia is impossible in America.
The industrial worker in this country
is too bourgeois to destroy the indus
try upon which he lives. He seeks to
nationalize industry along evolu-
tionary methods, but realizes the
value of the factories and will not
destroy them.
Strikes are not manifestation of
Bolshevism; they are inevitable in
every civilized country. The inn
provement in the condition of the life
of the worker is the best weapon
against the horrors of Bolshevism.
Not slavery, but cooperation of capl-
tai with labor will save the world
from disorder and despair.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-06-16
Saltwater, Minnesota, Thursday, June 16 1921.
A CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE RUSSIAN TOlLER


a year; and sometimes even less than
that. He usually visits his home on
Christmas, during Easter Week and
sometimes during the moving of
grass. This makes him a homeless
proletarian. Frequently his wife has
to do the rough work in the fields and
at home, while he acquires the vices
of the city and his family suffers hun
ger and need. Having left his native
village for the purpose of supporting
his family, he soon forgets his home
and frequently spends all the money
he gets for his own life and pleasure.
Thus he loses his connection with his
country home and loses all the good
qualities of the peasant. Being un-
educated and often illiterate, he &C
quires only superficial culture, be-
ing, at the same time, deprived of any
moral support and of the religious
traditions, which are so strong among
the peasantry.
But the average American worker
is not deprived of the comfort of
family life.
Before the war SO cents day was
considered a good price for an average
factory worker in Russia. Often it
was even lower than that. This was
due chiefly to the imperfect ma
chinery, which could not compete
with that used in European and
American factories. Accordingly the
productivity of the Russian worker
in the factories was 80 per cent lower
than that of his western brothers.
The Socialists blame capital for all
the hardships of the masses. They
believe that the income of the en-
ployers is so great that if the workers
secure this income themselves their
material situation will be greatly inn
proved. They do not realize that the
average yearly net income derived
from Russian industry was only SIX
per cent. If the labor class rids itself
of capitalists, and takes all the net
income in addition Ito its wages, it
would mean an increase of wages not
exceeding 20 per cent.
The poverty of the Russian workers
leads to other psychological results,
the gravity of which cannot be un-
derestimated.
The difference in the mode of life
of the privileged classes in compari-
SON with that of the labor classes in
Russia is enormous. In America the
worker and his employer eat the same
white bread, the same eggs and butter,
the same meat; they travel in the
same trains; they wear the same coats,
the same boots and shirts and live in
decent houses. On Sundays the
worker is clad in a good suit of
clothes and may enjoy life just as
much as his employer.
But the Russian worker is deprived
of ale these things. He eats black
bread because it is one cent pound
cheaper than the white. He never
eats eggs and butter and gets meat
only on holidays. He wears the same
old clothing and boots the whole year,
weekdays and Sundays. He is de-
privcd of all the comforts of life and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-06-16
TO PREVENT Bolshevism in
America it is important to know

now CnlS disease SpItdQ III NUS
sia, what elements of the population
were infected and why the industrial
population was SO easily impressed
while the peasantry remained immune
and peaceful.
The spirit of Bolshevism in Russia
is nothing new. 1t has been mani
tested by the Russian people many
times in the history of my country.
Frequently there have been uprisings
of my people, so serious on two oc
casions that twice the throne was
menaced. There were revoltS of
Stenka Basin during the reign of
Alexey Michaislovith and of Pou-
gathef during the reign of Catherine
the Great.
The self-restraint, so strong in the
Anglo-Saxon, is undeveloped in the
Slav, especially among uneducated
masses.
Bolshevism is but a new word ap-
piled to an ancient phenomenon. New
excuses have been found for the low
instincts of hatred, envy and greed.
Were the country in normal condi
ton, Bolshevism would never have
triumphed, but could have been
easily suppressed. Only country
suffering from terrifying evils of war
could succumb to Bolshevism.
The revolution broke out. in Russia
after she had already lost, in killed,
prisoners and crippled, more than all
the other Allies together. The inter-
nal life of the country was wholly
demoralized and Bolshevism took root
as protest against the endless and
senseless slaughter of the Russian SOL
diers.
AT the beginning of the revolution
the most ardent adherents of Bolshe-
vism were the soldiers who were de-
moralized by the horrors of the war,
but after the rehabilitation of the
Cars army, Bolshevism was chiefly
supported by the industrial labor class
of the cities. -.
In order that my readers may have
a clear understanding of the mode of
life and the extreme poverty of the
Russian WORKMAN, let me compare his
life with that of the American
worker.
Most of the industrial workers of
Russia originally belonged to the
peasantry. If the peasant has not
enough land, or if he has father or
a brother to take care of his household
in the country, or if he wishes to
avoid the monotony of country life,
he leaves his village, his wife and
children and goes to the city. Diff
ferent provinces of Russia supply a
different percentage of city workers.
Territories which are extremely sterile
send almost all of their male popula-
ton to the cities.
The industrial workers of the large
cities, especially of Moscow and
Petrograd, are to a large extent of
the class of the peasantry. One of
the characteristic features of the Rus
sian industrial workers is that they
live alone in the city while their fam
lilies live in the country, sometimes
many hundred miles away. Accord
ingly the Russian industrial worker
sees his family only two or three times
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-06-16

OF all ltS opportunities. Ills only
pleasure is a bottle of vodka, which
often changes him to brute. Such
are the material conditions of his life.
His civil conditions before the
revolution were even worse. The
Russian worker was a man deprived
of all political rights. | once had the
patience to enumerate all the different
officials to which the Russian peasant
was subordinated, beginning by the
starosta (chief of the village) and
ending with the governor. | counted
II. The Russian worker has all the
obligations but absolutely no privi-
leges.
In America every citizen has the
right to vote. He has at least the IL
lusion that the officials whom he obeys
are elected by himself. Any man
born in this country may be elected
President of the United States. Every
man feels free and knows that he has
the same opportunities as anyone else.
The first thing that strikes Rus
sian in America is the great freedom
and ease with which one may be ad-
dressed by any simple worker. He
feels that he is a gentleman and
stretches to you his callous hand as to
AL equal. The conductor on the Pull
man car sits in the same parlor where
you are and reads the same newspaper.
In Russia the conductor never dares
take seat with you. The American
worker is Mr.. John Smith; the Rus
sian is simply John, Ivan, or even the
diminutive, Vannka, if you please to
call him so.
1t is evident, therefore, that when
this same Vannka came into power,
he thought first of his own individual
welfare. He was not socially edu
Gated. Liberty for him meant lisense,
equality meant depriving others of
what they had, for his own sake, and
fraternity meant the fraternity of a
narrow group of proletarians. Ma
turally the labor class was not anxious
to increase its productiveness. They
never thought that this had anything
to do with their material welfare, but
they busted themselves at once with
the distribution of the wealth already
accumulated. But as this wealth was
comparatively small, the country was
soon reduced to want.
Such are the characteristic features
of the Russian industrial worker that
make him unprepared and unfit for
the leadership of the revolution. He
rushed into it with all the fanaticism
of his Slavonic nature, broke all the
chains that bound him; but when the
time to build up new state came,
his former servitude made him unable
to create anything efficient or stable.
Russian peasants eagerly joined the
revolution, but when it came to Boil
shevism, they soon discovered that
their interests were opposed to those
of the working class. But the idea
of equality was carried out by the
peasantry in the same way as by the
city workers. Accordingly they di-
vided all the land among themselves.
Being absolutely deprived of educa-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-23


bers Of the party were singled out to
bear the burden OF persecution, where
as, II any member OF the party was
animated by improper motives in
seeking TO open the road, all were
equally guilty, as the party was gov
erned in all its proceedings by ma
jority vote OF its members.
The efforts OF the Hudson's Bay
Company to put down the road, prov
ed an eminent failure. It's superior
advantages were better and better
known and appreciated every year. 1t
never ceased to be an important route
of travel, and a large portion OF the
population Of our State entered by this
channel. 1t is a very significant fact
that the great thor0ughfare of today,
from the Willamette 10 the Siskiyou
chain, and thence out through the
Lake country and on to the Humboldt.
departs rarely from the route blazed
out by the road company, thirty-two
years ago.
Those who are conversant with the
facts, know that that portion OF the