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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1919. |
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WILSON AND THE
REPUBLICAN SENATORS
Evidently the President is going
to try a little moral suasion on the
intrasigent Republican s enators
who have been opposing the League
of Nations. The announced program
is to call them in presidential conference
a few at a time until all of
them have been talked to by Wilson.
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XX seems XO ue <x diucvru yy**viv%w|
move on the part of the President.
There is no doubt that most of the
Republican senators, who have been
so vocally opposed to the League of
Nations, have been looking for a
graceful way out of a situation,
which becomes an uncomfortable
predicament when public sentiment
is so strongly aligned against them.
If these same senators are persuaded
by the convincing logic of the President
and flop with a shamefaced]
sight of relief they wilt be put in the
position of following after?for
, fhem?a false god.
And the amusing thing is that;
there is not a doubt in the world!
but that opposition to the League ofi
Nations will ostensibly vanish intoj
fVJn sit as far as the Republican]
Senators are concerned. There may
be one or two stubborn G. 0. P.
leaders who will fight on to the end,
but the majority with a wary eye to
the political vane will vote for ratification
of the Peace Treaty, League
of Nations and all. There is a democratic
senator in this category, but
he is already a broken reed, a pitiful
caricature of what he once was.
Really, the President is "too good"
to the Republicans.
COTTON AND THE
SALARIED MAN
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It has about seeped through the
genera! understanding that money
has little value per se, but is a medium
of exchange, the valtfe of which
is determined by that old bugbear,
supply and demand. In most sections'
of this country foodstuffs, such as{
wheat and com, establish the basis j
of value. In the Southland the basis:
of value is cotton. As cotton advances
or declines in price, the sellx
ing price of other commodities/ advance
or decline. It is a law that is
as unalterable as the dictum 01 ine
Medes and the Persians.
Seven years ago, when cotton was
selling around 12 cents salaried men
were receiving a certain monthly
wage, the dry goods clerk about $60
per month, the bank clerk about the
same, the school teacher about $f>0
per month and so on up and down
the line. In July, 1919, with cotton
selling around 35 cents, about three
times what is was selling for in 1?12,
is the salaried man of the same
grade receiving three times as mu'h
in wages as he did seven years ago?
HE IS NOT.
In this day of cheap money the
farmer and the capitalist?the man
who meets trie weemy payrvn??c
receiving a commensurate return;
the laborer is getting his, while the
salaried man must be content with a
wage that is on the average about
25 percent more than he received
seven years ago for the same class
of work.
Why not put all wage-earners,
s? laried men and those who labor for
a daily stipend?on an automatically
adjusted basis of pay In this section
the basis would be cotton.
Establish a wage scale based cm
cotton. If a mac was getting a salary
of $60 for doing certain work
seven years ego, the same work
should command a wage of $180 now.
If by next month cotton should decline
to 24 cents, the pay should be
$120. Let the market value of cotton
on the day the salary is due be the
basis. Or if there are those who
would be more meticulously exact,
an average of the daily value of cotton
during the month can be taken
as the basis.
Think it over.
THE ABOUNDING PROSPERITY
UPON WHICH THE COUNTRY
HAS ENTERED.
' For months the United States Gov-,'
! ertiment urged all business men to
realize that they could "sell" prosperity
to the country by big, bold
advertising. It urged everybody to
advertise heavily; if they were alalready
advertising, to increase their
expenditures and broaden their publicity
campaign; and if they were not
advertising, to begin an aggressive
campaign.
Never was better business advice
given, never was it more fully accepted.
and never was there a greater
demonstration of the wisdom of such
advice. Business men everywhere
commenced to advertise more freely
atod on broader lines. Many men
who had never done much advertising
saw a new light and began to advertise,
while old-time advertisers made
larger appropriations and gave greater
heed to the almost limitless power
of publicity.
The result is everywhere in evidence.
The confidence displayed by
heavy advertising begat confidence.
The optimism of advertsers created
optimism, and the pessimists slunk
back into their holes and pulled the
holes in after them?permanently
buried face downward, as is the just
desert of every man who becomes a
pessimist in America
?
Many men who at first did not see
just how advertising could help their
individual business, nevertheless they, j
too, if broad in vision and patriotic!
in spirit, began to advertise, following
the Government's advice, andj
soon they felt a pride in being num-j
bered among the business leaders,'
who were doing their part toward ^
prosperity to the country and thus
helping* to destroy the seeds of Bolshevism,
which fructify in poverty
soils and which die in soils where
prosperity is flourishing.
Largely as an outcome of this
splendid work, vigorously conducted
by the Secretary of Labor and to
whom great credit is due, everyone
now realizes that the country has
taken the right road at the forks, and
instead of traveling toward the land
of poverty and anarchy, is headed
straight on the road to the land
of abounding national prosperity,
and this glorious change is largely
due to the power of advertising,
which created an air of optimism,
and as a nation thinketh in its heart,
so is it. The nation is now thinking
in terms of publicity, created prosperity,
and it realizes as never be- ]
fore that advertising is the great
power which has saved us from stagnation
and unemployment, and that
advertising, big, broad and intelligent
advertising, will keep the nation
traveling safely on the road of prosperity.
j Advertising is, therefore, as so
I efrftnopiw nrpta>ntw) hv the Federal
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Government, a work of patriotism as
well as of enlightened selfish business
interest.
SUMMER SCHOOL IN PROGRESS
Clemson College, July 19.?The
Summer School for fanners, club
boys, agricultural teachers, cotton
graders, etc., began on Monday,
I June 30, and will run thru July.
The attendance is considerably better
than ever before and there is
every indication of a successful session.
Seveal ladies are taking courses
this year, especially in tgri cultural
teaching; and there are also a good
jmany married ladies and children
| present as visitors to be with their
i hiisVinn^ti arid fathers who are at
tending the Summer School.
The Club Boys came in on Monday,
July 7, for two weeks, each
county being represented by the
two prize winners, who receive the
course of training free. A few
other dub members are attending
by paying the small fee of $1.00 per
day for all expenses.
The big Farmers' Week will be
held July 21 to 26 inclusive, when a
large crowd of South Carolina
farmers will be present to enjoy and
profit by the instructional lectures,
discussions, and demonstrations
which have been arranged by the
agricultural authorities.
ZACHARY-COCHRAN.
Miss Lucy Zachary, of Sylva, N.
C., and J. Robert Cochran, now of
Waynesville, W. U., were married on
last Wednesday. News of the marriage
came as a surprise to the relatives
of Mr. Cochran in Abbeville,
though the bride and groom had long
been sweethearts.
Miss Zachary was spending a while
in Waynesville when the happy idea
of getting married occurred to her
and Mr. Cochran. Accompanied by
a sister and two nieces of the brideto-be,
Mr. Cochran and Miss Zachary
drove to Asheville, procured the necessary
license and a minister ^nd
then drove to Sunset Mountain,
where they were married just at sundown.
Mrs. Cochran is well remembered i
in Abbeville. She made her home in
this city for two years, and here met
Mr. Cochran. She is a young woman
beloved and admired by those
who know her best. Mr. Cochran is
in the motion picture business, being
the manager of a large concern in
Waynesville. He is an Abbeville
boy who is succeeding in his new
home.
The bride and groom will make
their home in Waynesville.
Capt. Hemphill Arrive#.
Mrs. Eugenia C. Hemphill has received
news of the safe arrival of
her son, Capt. W. L. Hemphill, in
New York, and word that he will
come to Abbeville shortly for a visit.
Capt. Hemphill has been in overseas I
service for the oast vear and a half J
serving with the Ninth Army Corps.
He was divisional adjutant for
htiany months and was one of the
t'oung officers sent to the Sorbonne
for a special course in science.
Auto Breaks Horse's Leg.
A horse belonging to Alec Harris,
negro, was run into by an automobile
Saturday afternoon near Melrose
cemetery and the left leg was
broken. The machine was driven by
Albert McLane. A young son of
Harris was riding the horse at the
time of the accident. In an attempt
t.n save the horse Harris has set the
leg and has turned the horse into a
pasture, on the A. J. Ferguson place,
where he lives. It is seldom that a
horse can be saved after a leg is
broken. !
Mr. P. H. McCaslan, of McCormick
County, was in the city several days
last week visiting his nephews, Wm.
M. and J. Foster Barnwell. He raises
the finest watermelons and canta-!
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loupes we nave seen tms year, wiuie
here he called at the Hillbilly Setback
College and showed the boys
some of the new leads invented by
Col. Jim Taggart, who is a champion
in Mr. McCaslan's neighborhood.
JUDGE SLAUGHTER OF SPRING
HILL, ALA., IN ASIGNED
STATEMENT, SAYS HE OBTAINED
WONDERFUL
RESULTS FROM
. DRECO
"In relieving kidney, liver trouble
and constipation, I have obtained
wonderful relief in a very snort tune
by taking the new root and herb medicine?Dreco.
"Before taking Dreco, my back at
times felt like it would break, and I
often had to get up four or five times
during the night to relieve my bladder.
My liver was sluggish, and I
frequently had dizzy spells, headaches
and a vile taste in my mouth. Constipation
was a daily annoyance. My
nerves were shaky and my sleep broken.
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"I am happy to say that there is a
marked improvement in my troubles
since taking Dreco. My kidneys are
very much better. I sleep sound and
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my liver is acting well, for the dizziness
and headaches have ceased. I
heartily endorse Dreco to those who
suffer as I did.
Dreco is made from juices and extracts
of many medicinal herb plants
which act on the vital organs in a
pieasa.nu iuiu vivuijjl uiaunvi.
Dreco is highly recommended in
Abbeville by P. B. Speed.
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AGAINST WORLD LEAGUE I concede
Washington, July 19.?President Peac
Wilson has temporarily stemmed Suppi
the tide of opposition which was ents M
running high against the League of an<* Lo<
Nations prior to his return from ference
i France. But he has by no means set en first
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senators, too, withou any particular with th
personal feeling against the presi- reserve
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those men he has discussed every league,
phase of the Paris negotiations, giv- ly said
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ground of Paris and Versatile?, the league.
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est and sentiment is not beheve^M
have since changed substantially^?
Senator McCumber, who come^H
rm North Dakota, citadel <xf th^Hj
)n-partisan league and hotbed oflH
dicalism ,is a conservative sena^H
r with an ear however, to th^H
icific sentiment of his constituHfl
icy. He was one of the earllesBH
announce that he favored th^H
ague covenant with or withou^H
langes but with some internation^H
concert to execute the peac^H
eaty and start the process of re^H
nstruction. It needed no argttmen^B
am Mr. Wilson to convert hia^B
it it was an evidence of changeflD
>licy on the president's part t^H
ow appreciation to RepubKcanHB
io openly co-operated with
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