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'1 % VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 59. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1322. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN OPENS FRED DOMINICK ABLY DISCUSSES NATIONAL ISSUES Ed McCravy and Sam Sherard Make Speeches?About 200 Voters Including Few Women Hear Candidates The congressional campaign for the third district was launched at ? Newberry last Saturday. Some 200 voters, including several women, heard the candidates present their claims to the voters of Newberry. There was no demonstration for any one, but all gave the speakers fine attention. All of them were given also sonre appluase. According to the Easley Progress there was a large Pickens county delegation here, or on the way to Newberry, to boost for the Hon. Ed McCravy. "On to Vpwhprrv" trip slogan thev came with, so the Progress says, "rooting" every step for Ed McCravy. We trust they enjoyed their trip and we will be glad for them to come again, and may be some of these good fellows, seeing a fine town, will come to abide with us. So far as "rooting" goes it might help to win a baseball 11 i i ? 1 x J game, or c;eii real esiaxe, dui it aoes not elect congressmen, and we are " going to vote for Fred Dominick down this way, but that does not prevent us giving these good fellows a right royal welcome into our midst. There may have been some Greenwood "rooters" here for the Hon. Sam Sherard. we do not know, but they too are welcome, we are glad to have these good fellows and are pleased to Save them see our good roads anti our fine community. County Chairman J. D. Wheeler presided and made no speech, as was proper in a presiding officer, but simply presented the speakers -and each was given thirty minutes. The Rev. L. P. Boland offered prayer. Mr. Dominick discussed in an able manner some of the great issues before the people of this country-\?t this time, and his Remarks evidenced an intelligent familiarity with these national problems. The tariff, which is now before congress, he designated the greatest monstrosity that had ever been presented to a con* gress in the shape of, legislation. He also gave his views on trie eaucauonai bill and the agricultural bloc and the bonus, and the reason for his vote, and his.position on all these questions. Mr. McC-ravy .talked about being born in Newberry and the great love he had for the Newberry people and he wanted America for > Americans and immigration restricted and discussed the labor problem una thought the present trouble was due to a misunderstanding and he favored compulsory arbitration, ?:nd in an impassioned manner stated that he wanted to go to congress to shake hi? finger in the face of Mr. Dyer and tell him what he thought of the r% u;u v>i- ;r i/yer ^:n u? nuiv.ii *v is proposed to have al! lynchers tried in the federal courts. This bill has already passed the congress and is now in the senate. It might be proper to state here that while it was before the congress Mr. Domriick wrote the minority report ag?\inst the passage of the bill, and also made a speech against it. the other Democrats signinir the minority report being Summers of Texas and Montague of Virginia. Mr. Sherard said he was sorry he was not 4 born in Newberry, but in the days long ago he used to co?ne down here twith his father. Yancey Sherird. and help to "root" for base ball te?.ms. and he was not unfamiliar or on entire stranger in this county, and all three of the candidates protested great personal friendship the one for the other and promised to have a very lovefeaxt of a campaign and no fSf personalities, ?nd that is the way to go about it, ar.d let the people make up their min 5s without the aid <>f persona! abuse or "rooting" or hur|||| rahs. Well, that is what the people A down this i^ide will do. vote for the man bt*st fitted by training and experience to do the job of representM* ing this great and wealthy and in^ telligent district in the national house of representatives. There are | upwards of 250,000 people in thi ' district, making nearly one fourt the population of the state, and w i should select a man the ablest an | best available to represent us in thi I gre-.it legislative body, the America: I congress. i Mr, Dominick sa'.d some migh . think it out of place for him to than! j the women for their presence am j to welcome them as voters because | he voted against the amendment t< ! the federal constitution giving then 'the ballot. He was just old fash loned enough to oelieve m state rights, and he thought the matte of suffrage was one thing whicl should have been left to the state to determine, and that in sevcra states and for many years the worn en h^d been permitted to vote befbn this amendment was adopted. W< are getting too far away from th< fundamental principles upon whicl the fathers founded our governmen and tending too fast towrad a grca centralized government. He coul< never forget the effect of the 15tl amendment which gave manhood suf frage and was forced upon us b; the congress, and the evils that fol lowed, and while the two are not si miliar in results he believed in main taining the rights of the states t< regulate their own affairs and no have everything regulated fron Washington. He pnoposed to conduct a fair :n; an honorable campaign and to dis cufij the issues, and he did not appea to the people of Newberry to voti for him been use he v.:s a Xewberr; man, but to cast their ballot for thi man whom they felt best able to rep resent the people of this great (lis trict. He believed, however, that h would get a much larger majority i: his native county than he had eve received in this county. He als< felt that his majority in Greenwoo* would be larger than it was tw< yca-s ago and he felt the same \va; aixvt the vote in Pickens and th' other counties in the district. Tha was the information he had fron these counties. We were passing through at this time the most mo mentous period in the history of th< world, and the congress was aimos in continuous session and he na< been on the job -2ll the time. He first took up the discussion o the tariff bill now before the coiti grcr:>, and said while this was an ol< subject at the present time it v'as ; very vital one. Ho said the pi"Ven bill was a monstrosity in*~the way o" legislation, that it carried more thai 2,000 schedules and instead of help mg me g^eat consuming cjass 1 z wa in effect in the interest of the njan uficturer. This government and in dividuals had loaned to Europi around twenty billion dollars and th only way that Europe could pay i wti3 by having the gold which it di< net, by selling us its produce ;r\i manufactured goods which this tar iff virtuialy prohibits it from doins or by the use of its ships and this i could net do, and yet there wer e,~ ~ ~ ? i i ?...u IUI ouv.aucu JL\>;r voted for the bill. About the onl; effect it had was when the price o wheat went down the price of flou went up-and the consumer paid th bill. This tariff measure Is in th interest of the corpoartions and ma nufacturers. The agricultural bio had been of some benefit to the far mer and there had been some Jeg;s lation in the matter of finance tha had been of great benefit to the fax mer, but the farmer should not 3jo: exclusively to legislation for relie from the burden which he was be 2: ing, he muist do something to he! himself in the way of living at hom * and making all he needed to live o: on his own farm, and he quoted th famous words of Henry Grady whic gave the only real freedom to th rr I . a a. . 1 n Tanner. ir.a. is to say rne iarme could never be free and independenl it matter? not how much Ies:islatio is passed in his interests, until h practiced the h ibit cf living at horn and raisins: his own food on his ow farm, and then the day would breal Mr. Doniinick said he was oppose to the Townes-Steriinjr educations OUi oy wmcn u was propuseu iu u: tablieh another cabinet officer and department of education ana to giv aid to the states for educs tion. The bill was very plausible o its face, but federal aid meant soor er or later federal control, and fee i s oral control he thought would be dis-' h astrous to our country and he. c preferred that we should jro on con d trolling: and directing the education s of our children and having such text, n books used as desired, and especially in the matter of history. t The bonus was then discussed and K Mr. Dominick stated that he held the j same views on this question that he e did two years ago, and th.it he stated j his reasons for that position in every :1 county in the district, and the people . had given their endorsement by giv3 ing him a majority vote in each r county in the district, but as th.it is h the only question upon which there s seems to be a difference of opinion 1 among the candidates we have asked _ Mr. Dominick to write out his views 2 on the subject and we will be glad to 2 publsih the views and the reasons 2 for those views from the other c:n i didatcc if they will furnish them. I Mr. McCravy said it was a real I pleasure for yhim to address a Nevvberry audience. His great g i nd 1 father was the first man ever electcd _ sheriff In Newberry county. His ^ mother was born in Newberry. It was while his father was living at Jalapa and held some position with the rail. road that a Confederate flag which > was carried to the front by Captain t Warren Peterson, was made by his 1 mother from a silk drefes of hers. Mr. Dominick was his personal friend ? and he expected that he would be such friend when the campaign was j over, that he would not brinsr i:i the discussion personal matters but that e he would discuss the public record ^ of Mr. Dominick. He was in favor of America fur Americans and would restrict im0 migration. That at the present time ^ 14 per cent of the population of the, r United States was foreign born and r) 60 per cent of the population of New I York was foreign born. Mr. Deminick has ,said >"o many . things that he endorsed that he felt y ? ' like c'.appirg his hands. He cndorst ed the position of Mr. Dominick en the tariff and the farm bloc and ma-i r ny other things. He thought the ^ farm bloc was a good thing. It was ? this that saved the war finance t board. Ho was opposed to the exj change where was bought and rold many times the amount of cotton f that was grown, and that should be stopped. j Labor disturbance was the worst ^ since the days of Cleveland when he ' I called out the army. He thought the f main trouble was a misunderstand- j 1 ing and he believed in compulsory _ -arbitration. He wanted to go to s congress to >?erve the people, and he j . wanted especially to be there just; . long enough to put his finger in the e ficc of Mr. Dyer to tell him facc to e face what he thought of -the Dyer t anti-lynching bill. A.T ?* R'lpi-nvd c r>!rl hr> \v >? n' f hr>rn rl in Newberry, but that he used to - come here very frequently with his father, Yancey Sherard, to attend t bare ball games, r.nd he was no e stranger to Newberry. He said we o should know cur history. There are y no great changes need in our laws, f but the thing to do was to live in r accordance with the laws we had. A | e man will make no better officer than e he makes a citizen. We should all - work together for that which is best c for the country. This is an agricul - tural state, but thousands of people are leaving uie iarm. and unless we t can get for the fanner sympathetic - support from legislation there will k be more to leave the farm. He critf icized the federal reserve board for - deflating the currency at the time p it did. and held that responsible for e much of our financial trouble. He n was in favor of the bonus. He e thought the government should furh nirh calcium arsenate to the farmer e at cost. ^ T 1 3 U - _ .J.. r :ur. oriciaiii >aiu uu uas a ; ' aut, ato of Clemson. a farmer, a member n of the legislature, at one time the e ?~cnt for the government in the o Philippines and also farm demonn strat'on agent. v. All three of the gentlemen made (1 good speechc ? and they were given il a fine hearing by the Neworry peo pie <-nd r.l! of them received apa plaure. e Saturdav afternoon the meeting: t i- was held at Whitmire where about n the same speeches were made except l- that Mr. Dominick devoted most of 1- his time to a discussion of the bonus.. { 1 J MR. DOMiNICK STATES CLEAR- : LY HIS POSITION ON BONUS !. Synopsis cf His Speech Whitmirc ??t Which Time He Discussed the Bonus l 'I here seems to be only one issue in the congressional campaign in the Third usitricl. E. P. McCravy and Sam H. Sherard, the two candidates who aspire to the position of the present incumbent, Congressman Fred H. Dominick, so far have confined their attacks to hVs vote against the adjusted compen v tion bill, r-'ore commonly known as the bonus bill. In his speech at Vnitmirc, Congressman Dominick called attention to the fact that he had represented the people of the Third district in the house of representatives since March 1917. During his term of office, he h 3 cast hundreds and hundreds of votes on matters of the most vital importance. Indeed, at nr? f'rno in too li orv mir fOlin try has congress been called upon to rdjust so many perplexing problems and pass legislation involving such a wide and divergent field of intcres'. >. Mr. Dominick pointed out that during the trying days of the World war and the difficult period of recon- , rtructi-cn, congress was almost continually in session struggling to over come yimost ii '?rmountable obstacles, and to stei- the destiny of the mt'rivi inf^ cifa .on/1 conn cVionnr?lc Every member of. congress \vat> called upon timc> and time again to ip'.ke his decision and cast his vote in regard to the manifold questions vf world (le importance pendng before congress. It weald be impossible to conceive, he staled, that in' each and every ease the problem received a correct solution. He fyad doubtless made mistakes as had every other member of congress, ..But, he declared, it was a keen pleasure for him co note that h's two opnonents, who were trying to demonstrate their superior fitness for the position, had seen fit to attack him on only one single solitary vote out of all the hundreds he hid cast during the period he had served in the house of representatives. He stated that he had been much pleased when his friends had indorsed his record and had returned him to congrc?s in 1918 and 1920;. but that it was indeed 'gratifying to know that his ooponents who desir cd to succeed him, had likewise indorsed every vote that he had cast, with one single exception. i Explains Bonus Bill Mr. Pominick then proceeded to discuss the bonus bill. He pointed out that two years ago he h:.d taken nn th's fiHfJ'in nn ovorv ntnmn in the Third congressional district. He had declared himself a?3 being unalterably oppossd to the bonus bill that was before congress; 2nd had stated that if reelected . he would vote against it. The voters knew where he stood on this question, and after mature reflection they had reelected him by the handsome majority of 4,046 votes. J When the bonus bill was first before congress more than two ye Mrs ago, every member of the South Carolina delegation had voted against it. The American Legion in South Carolina had prone on record against it. At the first reunion of th?> 30th division, thore veterans who had won such undying fame and giory on the field ef battle, knowing well the horrors and hardships of the war, had adopted a resolution oppc^intr* the bonus. The>e men have ewry claim to a nat:on'.s gratitude and benevoIcnce. By their courage, fortitude, o n il flftvnfirtn + Vi ?-> tr hi/-} r1p'"n ui a * ^. v is c/nst rated to the world that America is worth fighting for and dying for. These veterans were men who knew that patriotism can not be Iv.ugh: nor sold for gold, that copper pi-nce could never be a measuring standard for the service they had rendered their country. They, therefore, cpnosed the bonus. Mr. Dominick demanded to know whn* justification could be offered by h:.c opponent? of such a monstrosity as the present bonus bill. They had sponsored it. but could not justify it. To pass the bonus bill nt this time would mean an additional expenditure of from four to six billions of dollars. The country was groan ing under its present tax burden. Government expenditures for this fiscal year had attained staggering proportions of four billions of dollars. The .present outlook would in riicatc a deficit of at least one billion dollars in the federal treasury for this year alone. If these enormous expenditures continued, taxeg would have to be raised again and yet again. Some check must be made on this vast orgy of spending or the country would be* bankrupt. / Vividly portraying the present unsettled financial condition of the country, Mr. Dominick hammered home with 'ftartlirig force Jhe fact that the ultimate consumer had to pay these crushing taxes. "You nuy say," he remarked, "I do not tiavc to pay any taxes into the federal treasury because I do not make a salary of $2,000 j year and hcnce do not have to pay an income tax. My friends, you who think that hsve never b^n ro badly fooled in your lives. Every time you buy 3 package of cigarettes; every time you buy a cigar; -yea, every timfkyou sit down to a meal l'(;iJA*ru in ,wn? i UV>11 , numt .ywu aiv, paying a tax to the federal government." Having shown the extent of the country's indebtedness, and having pointed out the fact that the present bonus bill, if prused, would mean an additional tax of from four to six bimoits ot dollars, :vir. l'ominicK proceeded to demonstrate how absurdly inadequate the present bill is from the standpoint of the ex-~erv!cc men. The present bonus bill provides ihat every man shall receive one dollar for each day?s service in the United States and one dollar and twenty-five cer.'j for each day's service abroad, with the further orovis'on, however, that no man shall re;e:ve a sum greater than .$625, no matter how long !:?* was in the anv.y. % Further mere, it is set ont in -he hill that r:o man shall receive oninpnsatior: for the fir Ft sixty days of nis service, :nasmuch as he has already bi\cn paid a r-ixty dollar bonus. Taking a concrete example, he explained how the bill would effect a man who was in the sei'vice one veai*. He would receive compnsation at the rate of one dollar for each day's service after deducting the sixty dollar bor.us; in other words $360 less $60 or a sum of $300. "Would he receive th's in car-h. Oh, no. He would be handed a handsomely engraved certificate which stated thjt the United Statf-; would pay him three hundred dollar at the end of twenty years." The veterans of the World war who has been expcctin^ a cash bonus will receive a piece of paper which he will nave to noici :or twenty years iu realize the full value of hio certificate. Those memoers of congress who drew up the bill and voted for its passage knew full well, however, that the veterans would no: stand for such an outrageous and utterly absurd piece of leg!slaUo?i; and hence they put a joker in the bill "hich allows the ex-service man to taks his certificate to a bank, rnd if h'.* can find a bank that will handle itr ho can borrow $150 upon it. The man who has served his country for one entire year receives a certificate for only <5*300 iinnn ivhir-h Vio r>:in VirkPVOW Onlv SI50, provided he can find a bank anywhere which will let him have it. The law does not force the banks to accept the certificate. It merely allows the banks to do so; but what bank wants to take paper it will have to hold for twenty years. If the veteran can't borrow the money he desires and will lock up his certificate in some safe place, when he srets twenty years older and has time to stop playing: with his ?r:?nd* * * * v it 1 1 x. _ 11 children, ana snouia r.appen to retail the fact that he had such a certificate, he can turn it in to the United States treasury and receive h:.i $300 plus accrucd interest, which will amount to something like $900. This the monstrous, ne>*yertcd. insidious. and ill-starred legislation that congress is trying to fo',-t off on the American public. Mr. Dominick requested that if his opponents were really in favor of a cash bonus as they stated, for them to come out like men and say so and not try to hide behind and advocate <ueh a distorted and meaningless jumbble of wordy buffoonery 2-3 the present bonus bill. In concluding his speech Mr. Dom-! inick showed that he had been, was 1 ' J ?1 -1 HD doing clflU WUUIU WIHUIWV vv . everything in his power for the | wounded, disabled or diseased sol-' dicr. He had voted for every meas- j j ure that would aid in giving them j compensation, vocational training or! j hospital treatment. He had always ! | taken a keen personal interest in j these men and had handled over two j thousand compensation and insurance claims through his office in Washing ton. No veteran had ever called on him for aid or assistance and been refused. He would continue to devote his personal attention to getting these claims adjusted. Congress has done much for the wounded, diseased and disabled veterans! Up to April, 1922, it has expended over two billions of dollars giving them hospital treatment, com pensation and vocational education, j Today, every twenty-four hours, the j government is expending over a milii':r? ?*.nd a half of dollar ro ass's: the vt itrans of the World War. How. th?:ii, cun any ene say thai th- r scrvice man is being neglected. He has never been neglected and never will be. His debt can never be paid. His achievements shall always be warm in our memories. He re-V-i par Jincf Hf> sprvpH in turn by a safe and sane policy of reccrr-truction of the nation's in lustr'al and economic life. Pjvnif*nt3 rjust bo made on ihe natijiia". cebt and t~xc3 bo reduced. Living conditions must be ret.iT.e! to n r .ir I. ftp? k.'cs:- jnd exjtru?iaa".c e\">o:.c"ituv'-? must cease. Evevv .? an mw. t y.-it h'.* hand to the pbv; ar'i ir..r turn biii. v rtil under *he -vhe iea 'u rc'..'p ot prudent men the nation can be j restored to order from chaos; ;.nd enn offer to every citizen ar honest return for honest effort and the op. portun.ty for success. Then and only then can we bejrin to repay in a small measure our indeb-tedn?ss to those who served in the World War.' : j When seen Monday and just before | lrTviro1 fr!?- thp linnpr r>art of the I *v. A * v"w ? r r ? x district on his campaign, Congressman Dominick ctated that there were many matters he wishes to .discuss, but. as his time was so limited, he had not h^d an opportunity to do so. He desired to call attention to the fact that up to this time, twentyfour states of the union had passed bonus bills giving the ex-service men anywhere from $100 in cash to the benefit of a loan of $3,000. His two j i opponents seem to be heartily in fa-1 vor of a bonus for the soldiers. If they were sincere and desired to help the veterans of the World 'war) by passing a bonus bill why is it they have done to assist the veterans, this line. Mr. Dominick pointed out | that the constitution of South Carolina does not prohibit its general assembly from passing a bonus bill in favor of the soldiers who served in the World war. Yet it is 'significant that Mr. McCr:vy, who was a mem-' ber of the senate and Mr. Sherard,! a member of the house of represen-j tatives and also a member of the ways and means committee which re-! ports all of the appropriation bills j passed by the general assembly, not, only ri;d not vote for but did not ev-| on advocate or introduce such a j measure in the general assembly. If j they have the -interests of the ex-, service - men at heart, they should demonstrate this by showing what they have done to assi?t the veterans | not by making claims and protestations of what they will do if elected | to congrcss. They doubtless hivej some good reason why they have r.otj sponsored such a bill in the icgisla-; ture. but so far they have failed to ment'on it. Mr. Dominiek str.fed! further that he would ^ive them an j ample opportunity to explain on the I stumn to the voters of the Third I congressional district why they had . not introduced and fought for a measure which, they claimed, lay r.~, close to their hearts. j Party platforms, remarks the Ashe-j ville Times, are generally made of. ga njrpianKs. v ? nMoaaw? I By the way, wasn't congress supposed to be going to do something! about tariff. | ?><?><?< <S> <$> 3> <?> ?e? $> AMERICAN LEGION NOTES. <3> ?> * -8><?><?><?><?'<$><?><?><?,<?><$<<,<?>^3><$ Time for the state convention is drawing near at hand. The dele gates to th:>3 convention will b? clected at the next meeting, August 7th. To be sure shrdlu cmfwyp es 7th. Be sure to be on hand so you can have a voice in saying who shall represent our post at thi3 convention. The nation^! memtvjrship campaign is still on. There are a number of ex-service men in th!c community who should be brought into the legion. Dr. Frank Crane rays, "One of the very best thing.; tbat nninrx out r>f thp war is rnmradeshiD. It is impossible to prevent this comradeship even if we wanted to. Exioldiers are held together by the strongest ties of fellowship. _ That is the reason why,; if I were an exsoldier. I would join the American legion." Have you heard the decision on the American Legion of Judge -.Kenesaw Mountain ,Landis, h*gh commissioner of baseball? Here are his words: "If all the nice things that have been said about me could be multiplied a thousandfold, I would gladly trade it all to become a member of the American legion." Have you been keeping up with the articles by Marquis James, "Ten fvlonthf. of the Veterans tBureau," that have bee running in the Le giori Weekly? The article in the last issue of the Weekly gives an account of the "ups snd downs" of the vocational school at Camp Sherman. Despite several false starts 1 Ys ^hool promises to be the vet's best brt for training. Read the ar- ; ' < ticlc. You will rind it interesting. I 3m in reccigt of "American L$or'nn Affairs" Adamls. Char ^fT?. , _ , leston, S. C.: "Legionnaires at Florence are busily engaged ijt;Krorking\ out? plana for the statS convention to be held there August 23 and 24. Gonfhiander Mclver and his committees are getting matters shaped up for the big gathering. Florence enjoys the splendid railroad facilities and can be reached from any part of the state in z. short time. It is agreed by all that those who attend the convention win ue iianusumeijr entertained by the Florence post and membera of the auxiliary. The coavention sessions will be hejd in the high school building where ample room is assured to take care of a large number of delegates and visitors. Every legion man in South Carolina should make an effort to attend." "The Greenville post will hold a get together meeting for all former service men of the county July oi.The gathering will be held at Dukeland park. Several attractiona are being arranged by the comrtilttee in charge. A free watermelon feat will be one of the main features. Several prominent men are expected to rpeak. The meeting will be an ex-service men's rally and all white WoHd war veterans in Greenville county are invited whether a member of the legion or not." "Clio post held a successful home talent minstrel recently at which monir Kirr inno worn nroconf iiiauj vt t ^11 ed. Bennettsville post agisted inf making the evening one long to be * talked of in legion circles. Mr. IiUcien I. Strauss is poat commander at Clio. He is hard worker in the interest of the American legion and % capable leader. The post is making progress."' "Bennettsville past has offered to assist in the organization of a ch3m her of commerce for Bennettsville. _ This is a splendid move and indicates clearly that the post is on the job for the betterment of the community." Johr L. Setzler, Publicity Officer. ; Services at the St. Paul's Church There will be services at the St. Paul's church next Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. This will be a farewell service to Mr. E. K. Counts who goes out from this congregai ^ ???% tirarl/ i n WUIl IU LrtAC up [jCliimilCill/ ry\jL rw m the ministr3'. The public is cordially invited. S. P. Koon, Paster. j H J