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TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1918.
Candidate Dial believes that he is
stout enough to fill the office as
well as to spend the salary attached
thereto.
We would like to know how many
heathen were converted while candidate
Rice was a missionary to
Lancaster, S. C.
A Ford in a race for a seat in
the United States Senate may not
run as well as one does on Abbeville
County good roads.
If General Crowder will include
in the list of non-productive occupations
that of running for office
the people will not kick.
The talk about the county-tocounty
campaign being the best waj
to select state officers reminds us
of the old yell about "the best so
lution of the liquor question." 11
is hard for some men to acknowl
edge their mistakes.
The Bill proposed by Dote Smitl
to make it prima facie evidence oJ
vagrancy for a man to canvass th<
state for ninety days for a stat<
office while the country needs mer
it the army as well as in the field:
is perhaps unconstitutional.
Mr. Lever did not know how important
a man he was in the lowei
house of congress until Presidenl
Wilson wrote him about it. It ap
pears that Governor Manning was
also ignorant. Both of them, how
ever, seemed apt at learning. Thej
attended the state convention.
The State Democratic Conven
tion should have provided that eac?
and every candidate running for a
state office should attend all meetings,
and listen daily to the speeches
of every other candidate on pain
of forfeiting double the amount oi
the campaign assessment as well as
the right to run again.
One of the grandest planks in the
platform of some of the candidates
for office is the one which promises
ns everything we now have and a
little more at considerably less price
in the way of taxes. The people
would like to know, however, how
we shall continue to have all we
have been getting without paying
the price.
We see that in Anderson they
are taking up a collection for the
purpose of employing counsel to
fight the increase in the assessment
of lands from seven dollars per
acre to, twelve dollars per acre. We
thought lands in Anderson County
were worth one hundred to one hundred
and fifty dollars per acre. We
rarely see in the papers where they
sell at public auction for less than
fifty dollars per acre. There must
be some mistake somewhere.
CAMPAIGNS AND-PRIMARIES.
The democratic party in its party
convention decreed, against the advice
of a good many thinking men,
that the people should still choose
their public servants by the speech
or>H thaf cflnrliHatps for
j. v;utc9 uiivi v..v? v v?...v..v.^. ?
state offices, as well as for the position
of United States Senator,
should be required to travel the
state from one county to another,
saying the same old speeches from
day to day, telling the same alleged
L
cannot leave his duties at this time.
Mr. Blease is not attending the
meetings because, he says, he does
not wish to draw crowds to hear
the other fellows. Messrs. Dial and
Rice continue to speak from day to
day, sometimes to a hundred voters,
and sometimes to forty. The at:
| tendance upon the state campaign
meetings is not much getter.
And it all goes to show that some
other method of nominating men
for office must be thought out. A
man with enough business to be
worth while cannot spare the time
to canvass the state for two months
i in order to eet into office, a poor
man cannot afford to spend the
money necessary to get an office,
which leaves the offices to be filled
. by the idle rich, or by those who
, spend time and money when and
where they should not.
There is no reason that we can
see why the democrats of South
! Carolina should not have nominated
men for all offices at the convention
! held in May. When the primaries
are over we do not anticipate that
many men will be nominated for
important offices who would not
r have been in that convention. The
> truth is that so few men are hear
ing the candidates speak that int
stead of the people voting intelli
gently for men for minor offices,
they will be forced on election daji
to ask men about the polls for the
i names of "the best men." There
f fore, the naming of men for these
j offices is as much in the hands oi
4 the politicians on election day as il
j would be in a convention. If we
3 must have a primary, we mighl
elect delegates to the county conventions
by the primary system
and then allow these to nominate
' the candidates of the party.
7 But whatever may be done, and
^ whatever changes may be made, we
"j have seen enough to know that the
5 primary system for state officers,
' with the county-to-county plan oi
' campaign, has lost its usefulness, il
it ever had any except to offer a
few men the opportuniy to get intc
office.
| The great trouble in South Caro
| lina in recent years is that we have
1 regarded the right of the individual
to run for office as something of a
vested interest, of which he could
. not be deprived by due process of
law or otherwise, while we have
thought too little of the State to be
served. If we could keep individuals
in the gackground, and try to
! build up the State we might do
' better. But we will not do so as
1 long as men "run" for office. No
man should be allowed to hold any
! office who seeks it. The people
! should select the men who are to
fill the offices from amongst those
1 who do not want to fill them.
IN THE LEAD, JUNE IS.
Jasper County, the smallest county
in the state, led the week's list
, with per capita sales of $0,447, and
' Anaersun camc ocwuww nt?. P?
capita sales of $0.348.. Anderson's
total sales were large. At present
Marion County has made the greatest
total sales per capita, after
which comes Beaufort. It cannot
be safely predicted how the coun;
ties will stand after the pledge cam|
paign, but all are showing lively interest
in cash cales.
Abbeville County ranks 17th at
this date.
CREDIT FOR GREECE
i Washington, June 21.?A credit
' of $15,790,000 to Greece, the first
under the new financial agreement
, | between that country and the Unitij
ed States, was announced today by
, the treasury department. This
i brings the total of allied credits to
ll $5,970,310,000.
tin .....'?- ? . - - , _
J jokes, and undertaking to convince
the people by the same old smiles
and hand-shakes.
But it seems that the people have
decreed otherwise. According to
the reports carried in the daily papers
there would not have been a
quorum at some of the campaign
meetings had the candidates themselves
not been counted.
Senator Tillman is not going the
rounds with the other candidates
because, in the first place, only a
man of iron constitution, at this
season of the year, could undertake
such a job; and in the second place,
because, with every otner man
whose services are worth while, he
i "WORK OR FIGHT" ORDER IS
ELASTIC AND COVERS MANY
Professional Baseball Has Not Been
Included?Many Others Must
Work.
Washington, June 21.?Provost
Marshal General Crowder today ruled
that men of draft age engaged
in games of all kinds, working as
domestic servants, elevator men,
bell boys, waiters and like. occupations,
shall seek other employment
by July 1st.
It was stated that nothing what
ever would be done in regard to pro!
fessional ball players, however, unj
til a specific case is presented.
; Private and public chauffeurs will
| not be considered as engaged in non
j essential work, according to the regu
lations unless they are engaged in
I other employment also defined as
| non-productive but foot men and
j others will have to go.
j Hotel cooks, clerks and managers
I are not included but bar boys, bus
! boys, and waiters will have to seek
; other employment, as well as porters
I unless it can be shown that the
j work is too heavy to be performed
| by women.
i The provisions of the order are
| very elastic and boards are instructed
to consider all^cases "with symi
pathy and common sense."
"The regulations further provide"
says the explanation handed down
today, "that sales clerks and other
; clerks employed in stores and other
mercantile establishments are en|
gaged in non productive employ
^merits, out tms does not inciuae store
! executives, managers, superintendents,
nor the heads of such departments
as accounting, financial, adi
vertising, credit, purchasing, delivery,
receiving, shipping and othei
departments; does not include regisj
tered pharmacists, employed ir
j wholesale and retail drug stores 01
j establishments; does not include
j traveling salesmen, buyers or delivery
drivers; electricians, engineers
i carpenters, upholsters, nor any em
ployees doing heavy work outsid<
the usual duties of clerks.
"However, 'sales clerks and othei
^ clerks' include the clerical force ir
, I the office and all departments oJ
l ' stores and ? mercantile establish
j ments. The words 'stores and othei
; mercantile establishments' include
t i both wholesale and retail stores anc
; mercantile establishments engaged
I'in the selling of goods and wares."
, Touching upon the question oJ
( whether or not the theatrical pro
fession includes baseball and base(
ball players the explanation simplj
. reiterates the original ruling as fol
' lows:
J "The regulations further provide
' that persons, including ushers anc
I other attendants, engaged and occu
, I pied in and in connection with
^ games, sports and amusements, ex
| cepting actual performers in legiti!
mate concerts, operas or theatrical
.(performances, are engaged in non1
productive occupations and employj
ments."
I
'tests for awarding
' medal of honor are
j named by gen. pershing
I
j These tests are applied to cases
j recommended for the medal of honi
or, according to instructions issued
! as a guide to officers by Gen. Persh|
ing:
Men who have performed in aci
tion deeds of most distinguished
j personal bravery and self-sacrifice
j above and beyond all call of duty;
so conspicuous as clearly to distinguish
them for gallantry and intrej
pidity above their comrades; which
| involve risk of life or the perform1
ance of more than ordinarily hazardous
service, the omission of which
1 would not jusutly subject the person
! to censure for shortcoming or failj
ure in the performance of his duty.
; The distinguished service cross is
I awarded for gallantry in action to
' anyone who may distinguish himself
i in action by extraordinary heroism
in connection with military operai
tions against an armed enemy, un!
der circumstances which do not
j justify the award of the medal of
. honor.
1 The distinguished-service medal is
! awarded for exceptionally meritorii
ous service to the Government in
' connection with operations against
j an armed enemy.
Pro-Germans probably think the
| War Savings Campaign a foolish
j one.
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cause both
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warp or crack, " Till
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sections; i nI
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of Mang- fSSBm
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better than or- IBr WBf
dinary cast
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V the war, but did you ever 1
V ston to think what would '
j \ happen to us if we did lose
V it? The speed with which we
V win it depends upon the way
; V. you and I save and give the
[ V Government our financial
V support. Buy W. S. S. for a
{ V quick victory.
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Jthe generals meet
under flag of truc
I ?
I Charleston.?The South Carolin
j War Savings Committee wants t
know if anyone can imagine the fo
j lowing scene:
I Under a flag of truce, Generj
Pershing and General Von Hinder
i burg meet. "Veil, vot iss?" ask
the German general. "Oh, we war
to surrender," General Pershin
answers. "Our soldiers feel tha
j they have done enough now, and w
,' don't think we shall fight any mort
! We linvp alreadv foueht two battle
i i " w " ~ v
I and that's enough. If our folks a
i home want any more protectioi
; from your Kuns, they'll have to d
I the best they can. We've done ou
| bit."
"Of course," the committee adds
I "no one can picture such a scene
i but it serves to illustrate the weak
j ness of the position taken by som
| who try to persuade themselves tha
I they have loaned the Governmen
'! enough money. # The governmen
i spends money every day and use
I labor and material every day, an<
jtherefore we must adjust our livinj
land our finances so that the gov
ernment can get what it needs. N<
one has loaned to the limit of hi
.1 resources until he has sacrifice!
' luxuries.
I "It is hoped that the war wil
i end not later than in 1920, and wi
I might as well prepare ourselves t<
lend to the government continually
j It is not impossible that the wai
! may last five years longer, and thi
^ longer it lasts, the more money w<
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? will have to lend, the more luxuries
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?! we will have to sacrifice, and the
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r' more taxes we will have to pay.
| There is only one way to end these
,j many demands, and that is by end,
! ing the war.
"And the war will end in the
e shortest time possible only if the,
t men, women and children support j
t , the army and navy in a whole-souled.
t manner. War savers are life sav-j
s'ers. The person who doesn't sign:
j the War Savings pledge will have;
J to offer a mighty good excuse be?
' - - - - . . I
_j fore the public will listen. The time
3 has gone by when an American
s can withhold his resources from the
1 government. The day of excuses
, has finally disappeared."
2 YORK MAN IN GERMAN PRISON
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.j York, June 21.?Mrs. J. J. Hun-,
rlter received a card today from her:
e son, Lieut. Philip W. Hunter of the
b Medical officers' reserve corps, who'
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Liberty And
Wilson.
ited By
. Calvert EH
in May was officially reported n^H^EE
ing in action since April 5, andH^^H
er as captured by the Germans,
ing that he is a prisoner at
burg, Germany. The card,
was a regular printed form fun^H^^H
ed prisoners, was filled out ant^^HHSj
rected in Lieutenant Hunter's hHH^H
writing, but conained no .info^^^^H
tion additional to that stated al^B^BH
The card was transmitted from HHHH
many here through the war de^^H^H
ment. Lieutenant Hunter wa^MBHH
f a fU/a Tnwfli
tatllCU IV Ul^ x vntii ff
Regiment, Nineteenth DivisionHHHH
the British expeditionary
France.
VITAL STATISTICS.
During the month of May in
Cane Township there were
births: four whites and five co^B^^HI
and one death, white.
E. R. Miller, Rt^BHHB