The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, August 20, 1918, Page TWO, Image 2
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ABBEVILLE. S. C.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918. \
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! Buy Them And
Help Win The War
IfOB SALE EVERYWHERE
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"Whom the Oods would destroy,
they first make mad."
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We are fighting it out on the
Western front.
Let the cobbler stick to his last
and our "farmer" to his plow.
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One of the biggest things about
Jno. G. Ricahrds is his opinion of
himself.
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Some people's loyalty is as extensive
as the diameter of the circle
of "our set"
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We doubt now whether Jno. L.
"McLcurin will vote for Blease as the
only hope of the poor man.
We would like for John T. Duncan
to tell us what is wrong with
8or.:e other people's systems.
Perhaps
if Beard came out of
the sack ahead of Blease and Dominick
it would be because he was
looking for his friends.
Over in the Spartanburg-Greei
ville congressional district Horace
Bomar and Traxler are anxious to
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sing the last verse of the Psalm.
If it is true that the democrats
may always be counted on to do
the wrong thing at the right time,
there is no longer any doubt that
certain people are democrats.
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Willie praccicany every town unu
-j . city in the State other than Abbeville,
is either short of, or wholly
without, ice, we rise to ask whether
the Abbeville Medium still thinks
we need another ice plant.
It may be, as stated, that if Beard
and Blease and Dominick were in
r. a sack together, and it were shaken
Beard would come out first. But if
the sack contained Beard, Bradley
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ana AiKen, tseara woman t come uuu
first. They would all come together,
each fondly locked in the embrace
of the other two. We thank you!
It is stated that W. W. Bradley,
formerly private secretary for Wyatt
Aiken, is now playing second
fiddle for Hon. Nat B. Dial, candidate
for the senate, with the hope
that he will be Mr. Dial's secretary.
Say what you will, W. W. Bradley
is a wise old political rat. He knows
when to leave a leaky ship.
Notwithstanding the loyal support
of The Anderson Daily Mail, we,
("we" meaning I) expect James
Francis Rice to come forward at the
finish and to be elected?to stay at
home?by the largest majority ever
given a candidate for office in this
State, not even excepting Jno. Madison
Deschamps, Jno. T. Duncan, W.
P. Pollock or L. D. Jennings.
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If a congressman always and under
all circumstances must take his
orders from somebody else and simply
record that other person's deK;
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erros, why may we not do away withj
a o 7,500 congressman with perquis-:
itc i and "insert in lieu thereof" a I
$100 Kerr Edison reproducing ma-j
chine? Extravagance will not win
thh war. '<
SUPPORTING THE ADMINISTRATION.
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A correspondent at Greenwood,
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in a letter to us, says that the out-, 1
standing feature of the congression-,
al campaign at that, point was the;
attack of candidate Wyatt Aiken o^ .
James M. Baker, Secretary of the j
United States Senate, and Commis-jj
sioner of \ Internal Revenue, Daniel
C. Roper, both South Carolinians. ;,
We need not refer to Mr. Baker.!,
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He has shown an ability to stand j ]
alone, and he is not important in1 e
the present controversy. But let']
Us remember that Mr. Daniel C. R6-f^
per holds the important office which j T
he -does by appointment of the j j
President of the United States. Hej
handles all the Federal taxes col-! <
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lected in the country for the ad- j ?
ministration and tne country, ne
is therefore, a vital part of the administration.
The man who carries
the pocket-boolc always is. He occupies,
so far as the taxes which hej
collects, something of the position
of the Cashier of a bank.
Now we would like to ask the
thoughtful men of this county
whether they think a man, who was
interested in a bank, or not inter- j
ested, who went about telling de-j
positors and stockholders Of the bank]
that the cashier (the man who handled
the money of the institution in
which they have placed their
money,) is a crook, or "the tool 6f
a crook," and by imputation who
charges him with becoming rich j
through dishonest methods,?we ask! ]
whether the man who made such t
charges against the cashier could be s
said to be a supporter and a loyal t
friend of the bank? t
By the same token we ask the j
democratic voters if they believe i
that Wyatt Aiken is a supporter and j
friend of the administration when ]
he attacks otie of the chief financial i
officers of the government, appoint- j
ed by Woodrow Wilson, and kept i
in office by Woodrow Wilson, and <
calls him "the tool of a crook." Is i
he a supporter of the administra- j
tion when he undertakes to make (
the people believe that Mr. Wilson's
tax collector is getting rich by some J
kind of dishonest methods, not spe- j
cified? The people may answer the 1
question for themselves. (
Candidate Aiken is makine this i
race against Mr. Dominick because, *
as he alleges, Mr. Dominick has not ]
proved to be a supporter of the administration.
Is Mr. Aiken supporting
the administration in making his
charges against Mr. Roper?
It has become the custom' in this
campaign for certain candidates to
ask the friends of other candidates
whether they endorse the statements
of a certain candidate on public
matters.
In line with that honored policy,
we arise to ask whether Mr. J. Al
len smitn, tne president 01 tne in a- j
tional Bank of Abbeville, Dr. F. E. ]
Harrison, the president of the Far- 1
mers Bank, or Dr. S. G. Thomson,! 3
the president of th$ Peoples Savings^ j
Bank, or any of the pastors of the,
churches in Abbeville, including the^i
pastor of candidate's Aiken's own;]
church, we ask whether they or anyjl
one of them endorses the statement: <
of candidate Aiken that the Com-1
missioner of Internal Revenue byj!
appointment of President Wilson is ]
a fAaI n avaaIt " i
UUV VVVi VI U V&VVIV? J
We pause for a reply from any !
of them. ]
AS THEY ARE.
They tell us that Mr. Fred H.
Dominick is disloyal and not a friend
of the administration. But they do
not tell us that last fall the State
Council of Defense, with Mr. David
R. Coker at its head, an organization
now existing by authority of
the legislature, created to help further
the interests of the adminis- 1
tration in winning the war, called 1
to its assistance in the wheat
growing movement in the state, the
services of Mr. Fred H. Dominick.
They do not tell us that Dr. W. W.
Long, of Clemson College, and other :
officers of this state organization,
and Hon. Richard I. Manning, with
six sons in the war, the war governor
of South Carolina and a loyal
man, met with Fred H. Dominick
and asked for his services for the
vv. r organization of the state, and
had him make speeches in certain :
parts of the state in its behalf.
Would Mr. Coker, Dr. Long and
Governor Manning call on a disloyal
man to help in a movement to
win the war?
They did not call on Mr. Wyatt
Aiken and he did not assist, at
least, we have not heard of it.
Neither do they tell the voters of j
this district that John M. Kinard, a
leading banker of Newberry, a
:ousin of the Chief Justice of the!
State, not a political supporter of!
Mr. Dominick, in undertaking to
raise the Third Liberty Loan in this
:ounty, called on Mr. Dominick to
>tump the county in behalf of the
jovernment and its loan.- Would;
Vlr. John M. Kinard call into the j
:ervices of the'government Mr. Fred
3. Dominick unless he knew him to'
?
)e a patriot, a supporter of the ad-1
ninistration, and a man with ability1
;o help?
In Abbeville county, Mr. J. Allen'
Smith. Sr.. Mr. J. Allen Smith,' Jr.,!
ind other kinsmen of Mr. Wyatti
\iken have been at the head of the
novements to sell the different issues
of Liberty bonds in this county,
rlis brother-in-law Mr. Wm. M.
3arnwell, handled one of the issues
is Chairman in this county, but we
lave not heard that Mr. Wyatt Aicen
was called into service of these
gentlemen to make speeches to
)romote the movement. Do the peo)le
here at home think Mr. Aiken is
jo great a man that he should for-1
;ver represent this district in i
Congress? If they do, pray tell us
vhy it is that he has not been in the
'oremost ranks of the government
workers in these movements?
Mr. Walter H. Hunt, a distinguished
lawyer of the Newberry j
Bar, a man with ability to sit upon;
;he bench in South Carolina as a;
ipecial circuit judge, a president of.
i culiuii mill in iiewuerry, was at
;he head of the Y. M .C. A. movenent
in Newberry County when
noney was to be raised for that
novement. He called upon Mr.'
I^red H. Dominick to make speeches
n the county in that good . move- j
nent, and Mr. Dominick responded.
iVould Mr. Walter H. Hunt call u^
>n a disloyal man, or a man' unfriendly
to the government to assist =
n raising money to fight the govsrnment's
battles? r ! |j
Mr. Amos B. Morse was at the 11
lead of that same movement inj
Abbeville County, but we have not
leard that Mr. Wyatt Aiken wag
me of his eonspicuous co-workers,
>.lthoug i he is related to Mr. Morse,
ind Mr. Morse is a friend and supjorter
of his as we believe. Neither
lid Mr. Joel S. Morse, another kin?
nan, when he was raising money
for the Red Cross in the recent
Irive call on Mr. Wyatt Aiken to
lo any of the preaching. Why?
Simply because Mr. Aiken is not rt:ognized
in his owja community as
i man who has the ability to ac:ompl
sh things, and when it comes
:o doing things somebody else does
t Not so in Mr. Dominick's home.j
5Vhy then should Mr. Aiken beat
Mr. Dominick, and why should Mr.]
Dominick be charged with disloyal-!
and be accused of hpiric an ptiaJ
iny of the administration? Think]
lbout it neighbor!
The administration in Washington
should know its own friends. The
administration has not failed to tell
the country when a man has been
iisloyal and an enemy of Woodrow
Wilson. It must seem passing j
strange that if Mr. Dominick is dis-1
loyal and not supporting the administration
in Washington in all. essential
matters, the administration
has not said so. It must seem equally
as strange that the administration
has not endorsed Mr. Aiken.
And yet, it has not done so, and
we challenge Mr. Aiken and his
friends to exhibit any evidence-that
the administration favors his candidacy
as against Mr. Dominick.
PAINTING IT RED.
Chairman Barnwell, of the school
board, is painting things red on
Greenville street?that is, he is having
a brand new coat of bright red
paint put on the roof of the high
r?oV? a a1 kml/linry T f ip o nnl AV
atuuui uuiiuiiig* av 10 a uxigiiv vviui
and the dome makes a showing for
miles around.
DR. FULLER CALLED.
Dr. R. M. Fuller of McCormick,
has been called into the service of
his country and is leaving soon to
enter camp.
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