The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, August 16, 1918, Page TWO, Image 2
ESTABLISHED 1844
The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE. S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE, Editor.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE.
Fred H. Dominick is not congressman
from the third district by our
choice. We did not help elect him.
. We voted in the last election for
his opponent in the race. But that
race has been run. Mr. Dominick
won, and he has represented this
district for eighteen months. He is
before the people again, and his
same opponent is making many
charges against him. Mr. Dominick
. spoke in Abbeville on yesterday,
a***] 1*10 fA Ailran'a rmhliaTiarl
Oliu UIO A vv w
speech, the latter printed in this
issue as an advertisement, was as
complete, as it was convincing, to
any unbiased mind.
We have all been talking about
patriotism, and about forgetting the
past and putting none but loyal
mch in charge of the ship. If we
are in earnest in this should we not
forget factional differences and try
to elect the best men to office? If
we should, has Fred Dominick measured
up as well as, or yes, better,
than his opponent who filled the office
for fourteen years before him? We
think he has.
Tt ia tni?> that Mr. Dominick at
the time of the declaration of war
voted against it. But at that same
time the Chairman of the State Ekecutive
Committee of the Democratic
party in this State, was against
r war. The Greenwood Journal, Aiken's
strongest supporter in this district,
after the war was declared,
stated that none of us wanted war,
but we were in it and it must be
fought to a conclusion, which is
Dpminick's position. Mr, Wilson
* Avas elected President shortly before]
on a peace platform. Representative
Claude Kitchen, of North Carolina,
the chairman of the Democratic
Ways and Means Committee and
Democratic floor leader voted as did
Mr. Dominick. He has been nominated
again without opposition. Nobody
claims that any of these men
were or are disloyal, even though a
great many people honestly believed
that we should have been at war
since the sinking of the Lusitania,
and the offering of tne nrst insult.
Why then the fight on Fred Dominick
on these grounds? We will tell
you. It is simply because of his
connection with Cole L. Blease, and
the latter's Pomaria and Filbert
speeches. It should be remembered
that Fred Dominick came to Newberry
as a young lawyer, and was
taken up by Cole L. Blease, then a
practitioner at the Newberry bar.
; . He saw Dominick was a man of
ability and made him his law parti
- ner. A friendship sprang up between
them, and Fred Dominick
would be worse than an ingrate if
he did not feel kindly to Cole L.
Blease. But he should be charged
in this campaign with his own sins
and not with those of Blease. He has
ability of his own, and judgment
of his own, and a record of his own,
and by these he should be judged.
But if we judge him by his politi?V
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c?.l friends, then we should judge i'^:
his opponent by his political friends m
r."so, and foremost amongst them i.-'.j
v, 2 would call the name of W. P. loj
Esard. Beard started a paper here ot
daring the campaign of 1914 be- te
tween Dominick and Aiken in which th
he advocated in one column the cii
election of Aiken and in the next at
the election of Blease. He was al- tii
ways and under all circumstances; th
a friend of Aiken and one of his! th
most sought after political advisers, j pi'
judging by appearances. His paper, tri
was published by W. W. Bradley and | aii
his partner in their newspaper of-Jco
fice in Abbeville. W. W. Bradley i lo:
was Aiken's private secretary. Whenjth
the present owners of The Press and J tri
Banner purchased the plant, they' ini
refused to longer publish the Scimi-j
tar, and then under the instructions th
of W. W. Bradley, still Aiken's sec- Cc
retary, a considerable amount of fa
type was turned over to W. P. th<
Beard, which it was stated Beard Th
would pay for, but the same was j tal
{ charged to W. W. Bradley on the j tei
book/ of this office, and will there bu
speak for itself. The Scimitar was ha;
l published continually from that wi.
I+Jivin until it was barred from the els
mails by the United States post office
authorities on account of me
Beard's disloyal utterances. It sup- th<
ported Aiken all this time. ' rai
After the Scimitar was debarred los
from the mails and after it had been an
adjudged to be disloyal in its utter- so]
ances, Beard again tried to get outj Ar
a paper under the name of Thej va
People's Advocate. He did get out no
one issue and offer it to the post of
office. And who do the voters of of
this district suppose was one of the th<
contributors to that paper? Will SOI
they be surprised to know that Wy- we
att Aiken appears in an interview in Otl
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inai papery UUUCI I?mu|
certain acts of his as a public man ? of
Is it loyal to be a patron of: a dis- in\
loyal'paper? By contributing to its Sa
columns did Aiken not endorse be<
Beard's efforts? Did he want his
support in this election? me
And the people Should know that
after Beard was convicted of dis- tj.
loyal utterances and sent to the At- fh
lanta Penitentiary, or while he was SU(
on his road there, Wyatt Aiken appeared
at the Department of Jus- g01
tice in Washington and asked for a he
parole for his ' supporter, W. P. g^
Beard. Is that loyalty? Was he jj#
trying to get Beard out to help him ]
in this election? ! Uje*
The people mjy refuse to votej gta
for Dominick because of his con- dec
nection with Cole L. Blease, but J Cai
Will they support Wyatt Aiken, <
knowing of his relations with Beard? to
"You may pay your money and dus
take your choice." the
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The time is approaching when the the
government will offer the fourth hea
Liberty Loan. The campaign will firs
open the latter part of September n0
and will last for about three weeks, the
The people of tb,e South " are in 4
the midst of prosperity. The people enc
of Abbeville County are sharing ma1
that prosperity. Whatever the cra
weather conditions from now on, 5
we feel sure of making a good crop the
of cotton, and the conditions war- q0(
rant the inference that the prjce will cjn
again be high. We are rolling in f
money in this section brought to us tha
by the war itself. not
Shall we deny to the government twe
a fair return for the prosperity Can
which the government has brought m
us? Shall we deny to the men overseas,
who are winning the victories, ]
a share of the great sums which unc
their arms are bringing to our own; De]
shores and laying in the laps of the | an
people of the South, to the endj s
that these soldiers may continue to p0\
fight our battles and win our victor- anc'
ies with as little danger to them- anc
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selves as may De.r onau wc uiobc Ior
the casualty lists lighter? Shall we the
say to brave men to fight on and we 3
will lend our support, or shall we 1
say to them fight my battles while nec
I "hog" the profits incident to the cau
undertaking? 1
We have no doubt that the coun- pro
try at large, ana ADDevme county, j
taken as a whole, will perform a erii
full share of duty. But in order to anc
take our part of the six or eight in
billions of dollars worth of bonds we pan
should begin to lay plans to that ^
end. A man may want to make act
financial or other arrangements in 1
order to do his share towards help- nec
? the government. The farmers,
Dst of all the people, are prospered
now. The other government
ans have been largely t?ken by
her pepole. They first felt an inrest
in the war and the boys from
e industrial communities, and the
iies and towns went to the front
the first call to arms. But the
ne has come when the boys from
e farms are being called to take
eir turn at the wheel. As the peoe
in the towns, cities and indusial
communfties have come to the
d of their boys, the men^ in the
untry with the means should now
se no time in getting ready to do
eir part towards making their conibutions
towards properly supports'
their own boys.
We feel sure that we may say for
e men of means in Abbeville
unty who make their homes on the
rms that they are as patriotic as
ose in the cities who have money,
ley may not be as accustomed to
Icing large sums of money in en prises
as men in other callings,
t we believe, now that the war
s come home to them, that they
II not stand by and ask someone
e to -do their duty.
Believing this we urge upon the:
:n in the country sections to see!
iir bankers and to begin to arige
to shoulder their part of the
id in the great war. Financial
rangements may be made, but
netimes a banker needs notice.
i /I itf A nV\r?nl/l AM '< ? J
in we onuuiu tcix bUCIIi ill aunee
what we expect to do. It is
t too much to ask of the people
this county to put every dollar
profit fl-om the present crop into
; government securities. We are
newhat of a farmer ourselves, and
i propose to do so. We advise
lers that it is their duty to do so.
the profits from the cotton farms
Abbeville County this year are
rested in Liberty Bonds and War
vings Stamps -oiir quota will have
en paid.
Let us do our duty to our governnt.
IE ILLITERACY COMMISSION
e Illiteracy Commission has is;d
the following statement:
L. The Illiteracy Commission of
nth Carolina was appointed by
! Governor at the request of the :
ite Federation of Women's Clubs.
PRINCIPLES. J
L. State Pride. The shame ofi
ng the most laggard of all the'
ites in literacy should sting the
:ent self-respect of every South
rolinian into vigorous action.
5# The Future. The terriffic test
which our political fitness and instrial
competence will be put in
fierce after-war struggle dends
universal education as a conion
of self-preservation.
5. A War-Measure of the First
!
gnitude. Since the success of
war depends mainly on the whole
irted devotion of the people, the
t duty of patriotism is to see that
citizen remain insulated from
currents of the Nation's mind.
I. To save the world, the efficiy
of rapacity must be overtched
by the efficiency of demotic
intelligence.
i. Tc deny to any of our people
chance even to read the word ofj
1 is to violate the very spirit ofj
~isutuui.y.
I. It is pathetic and intolerable
t hundreds of worthy people canread
or write the letters be- J
ten themselves and their boys in J
lp and trnch.
THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION.
L. The Commission is to work
ler the leadership of the State
partment of Education and as
auxiliary to it.
!. It purposes to do all in its
per to co-operatc with, encourage,
1 aid all persons, organizations, J
I other agencies that are striving
the education of illiteracy from
State. |
!. It will endeavor?
To work for such legislation as is
essary for the success of the
se;
To use all legitimate means of
paganda and agitation;
ro become a center for the gathig
and exchange of information
I for correlation of all agencies
the State working toward the
le end;
ro assist, as far as possible, in
ual execution;
ro raise the money that miy be
essary for the above named ends.
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