The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 24, 1920, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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Monday, May 24, 1920.
A QUESTION OF HONESTY.
The money raised in the, manj
drives for the Red Cross and othei
charities during and since the wai
was for specific purposes. The monej
? -?3 +UA 1A/?Q1 "R&A C*.vphati
rttlbeu uy cuc iwv-oi .,vu r
ter was for Red Cross purposes and
' for no other purpose even of a pub
^ lie nature.
The Hospital now being construct
> ed in Abbeville is a private affair
It has a capital stock and stock
holders. Presumably if it makes mon
' y the stockholders will get it, and
presumably it is intended to make
money else it would have been In
corporated as a charitable and no
as. a business institution.
It would have been a misappro
priation of funds to take Red Cros
subscriptions and donate them to any
other PUBLIC PURPOSE not recog
nized by the Red Cross, but \\ne?i
tha officers entrusted with taking
care of these funds appropriate rhein
for the benefit of a private institu.
tion of their own it is hard for ?.Vj
ordinary man to square their ac'.s
with what is right. We cannot understand
how they can get their own
consent thus to take other people's
money.
THE HOPE OF THE WORLLSeveral
days ago a letter frcn
President Wilson to an Oregon ma:;
was made public in which the pres's
dent not only advised that issue
in the coming campaign shou:u o;1
the ratification of the Tr.*aty of V? rsailles,
with "The Iloo-.' of the
World," and all other accc "cries attached
but alleged that th; eountr\
could not do otherwise t'rjn oodorse
the whole consistent wi:n !m ?>
It so happened that Senator Chamberlain
was up for renominution
the democratic primary in that state.
It so happened that the man to whom
the president's letter was written
was a bitter political opponent of
Senator Chamberlain. The latter had
severely criticized the administi'ation
for its want of preparation in the
early stages of the war; had critisised
other policies of the president;
and in the end had voted for the
Lodge leservations to the League of
Nations covenant. Called upon for a
statement as to whether tne uregon
letter was to be construed as Inimical
to Senator Chamberlain's candidacy
for the nomination, the authorities
at the White House stated that
it was not known there that Senator
Chamberlain was again running, and
that no fight was being ma,?e on Individuals.
However, there was at\
out-and-out Wilson man in the race
against Chamberlain. And Col. Geo.
Harvey in the current number of
Harper's Weekly points out. that nu
less person than Mi. <Vilson, himself,
had said:
The President "may interpose his
powerful influence, in one coven
way, or another, in contents foi
places in the Senate."
And as Justice Geo. W. Gage, oi
the Supreme Court, would say, "Th<
president has tried aforetime to d<
this very thing."
Every person is entitled to his owi
opinion as to the intent of the presl
dent's letter. Whatever the intent, i
is manifest that the people in Gregoj
aw not to be dictated to by the Pres
ident, nor any oirtside influence.
Senator Chamberlain has been re
nominated by a large majority. Hi:
only trouble wfil be that In ?h<
wreck of th? democratic party re
! suiting: from the dictatorship of Mi
Wilson, he will likely go down to d<
feat with all other democrats i
doubtful states.
Not only did the democrats fail 1
nominate a Wilson follower, but tl
people out there are so unmindful (
"mankind" that Hi Johnson, one c
the irreconcilables in the Unite
States Senate, received the Orego
; votes in the republican conventioi
and that too over both Genen
Wood and Mr. Hoover, the lattt
having withdrawn from the race, i
the interest, as it is alleges, of Gei
1 cral Wood who favors a ratificatio
1 of the treaty with the Lodge reserv;
tions.
To a man on the outside it seen
that the League is receiving an;
thing but an enthusiastic receptio
in Oregon , as well as in Georgia.
CARRANZA
r President Carranza was in the hal
it of calling1 himself an idealist. Pci
I haps he was, to as great an extev
as the Mexican atmosphere v aiile t
produce idealists. His idealism haj
pened to be of the futile kind. H
had evolved an intricate, ha'f socia
istic scheme for the rehabilitation o
his country through the instfcr". dehic
cratization of all its peoiic- Lik
' most mistaken idealists ne wroug:'
as much evil with his plans as the
wiped out, and probably more.
Finding that the ideal programm
would net work, the bewildered peo
being unprepared to assimiiate coir
plete democracy. Carranza bec^m
' the ordinary Mexican politician, bo!
I stering his administration with th
t' old prop of hatred of the Unite
States. The discovery that he coul
play the game of defiance successfu
ly against Mr. Wilson was of trt
. mendous value to him. So long as h
' could make the ignorant mass of th
' Mexicans believe that he, tneir Fir?
Chief, was flaunting the great reput
lie to the north his hold on the Pres:
; dency was safe. The long list of mui
ders and outrages perpertatec! s
gainst Americans in Mexico and ovc
our border contain the real story o
Carranza's retention of power.
Carranza was not an administrate
like Diaz, or a thinker like Maderc
or a strong man like Huerta. He cam
into office on promises and kept him
> self there through his enmity for th
. United States. When circumstance
prevented him from further play in
the role of the defiant he went th
way of his kind.
Mexico deserves some better foi
tune than she has been having. Shi
has suffered too much from the sin:
of ancestors and the crimes and fol
lies of politicians. She needs a stroni
man who will be at once at peac
with his people and the outer world
Perhaps there is such a man.?4Sui
and N. Y. Herald.
"UNCLE JIM" STARK'S
VISIT TO WASHNlGTOr
"Uncle Jim" says that Washingtoi
is the most beautiful city in the worl<
and the gold mines oi tlie Klondik
are not in comparison to the mone;
iu uiuuc iii v* iecu ea
tate. He must have had a great tri]
judging from the reports we hea1
around town. We understand tha
the morning he landed in Washing
ton he took a taxicab and drove di
rect to one of the most exclusivi
hotels in the city, the Shoreham
where all the New York bankers
stop, and without regisiermg occu
pied the rooms that he had securer
by wire. He left word with the clerl
that he would receive no callers un
til the next morning) At I o'cloc!
luncheon was served in his apartmen
and at 2, o'clock he took a taxica
' to'the baseball park, stopping at th
Liberty Hut to register as a delegat
to the Baptist Convention. Not hav
s ing the proper credentials as a dul
s accredited delegate he was not pel
. mitted to register, so he proceede
to the ball park where he Tiacr a rt
served seat. The game went "Ur
cle Jim's" way with odds In his favc
and his only comment was "this beal
) setback as a game away yonder.
When one of the players on Unci
j Jim's team knocked a home r?n, h
stood up in the grand stand, wave
his new panama and snouted i
Rocky River fashion, "Now you a
1 a-playin K-k-ards."
After a swell 7 o'clock dinner ticl
ets were ordered for Keith's Theatr
% where all the sports In town g
3 "Uncle Jim" was in his element an
s enjoyed the show immensely. Aft<
. the show a 12 o'clock a la carte su]
l-. I per fixed "Uncle Jim" for a good' ]||||jjj
e.! night's rest. The next morning a ?|f
n light breakfast was served at 9:45 IK
| A. M.- At 10:30 o'clock a previous en- ?||
i gagement with some of Washington
! live real estate agents whom he met Jg
1 i at the ball game was fulfilled, and U
"Uncle Jim" proceeded to real busi
)l ness. After a very busy day, he se;d
cured such options as lie thought
>n' might prove profitable, and retired ^
n i caily to dream of his contemplated p.
al profits on Washington's unimproved
>r real estate. "Uncle Jim" expressed it
? himself as not having rested well y
! that night, so he immediately took
' 1 - ~ ~ vr mL _ l r=t
I the hrst train ior j.New ioi-k. me reai =
| estate men of Washington are still
1 | awaiting "Uncle Jim's"' return, as
j he was supposed to negotiate some 'Ms
1 j large loans in New York for further -M
f- investment. *?5
The Abbeville banke.-. ann cotton ?1
king says if you want to get shown jjj
around Washington it is noi neces- igg
sary to ride in one of these "See Fj?j
j Washington" buggies at $2.00 per. gjl
j head. All you have to do is to tell the p|{
. j real estate agents that you want to
( I buy land. You will then be able to fH
I ride in a limousine. ' , B|
^1 MR. McCAW A VISITOR.
Mr. Harry McCaw was the ove g|
( | Sunday guest this week of Mr. and fM
Mrs. T. G. White. Mr. McCaw has
! | many friends over the State and gl|
y friends and relatives in Abbeville are
I always glad to have him come here.
' Mofoiir fillc tlio vpannricihlp n77- =s?
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^jsition of Clerk of the Supreme Court. g?
1 ; LABOR IS OPPOSED TO
e CONSCRIPTION FEATURE
' OF NEW ARMY MEASURE H
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d Washington, May 21.?In addition
d to the conflict ovei national guar.l :;'Sj
I : provisions of the army reorganiza?
tion bill, conferees of house and sen
e ate on the measure ar^ lo "oe cone
fronted with a formal protest from
it the executive council of tlie Ameri "yr|
> can Federation of Labor ago'.nut n :
i clause of the senate ill regarded by Jlf
labor leaders as a '"joker" which
i- would permit peace time conscription jr
v cf labor. ' , ' i*5
f Tabor leaders argu:: l lhal in ihe
making ail men between 18 and 45
r years of age liable to "compulsory
< ? I fe>sil
v *fu whptipvpr roneress =
'y luuiia; v cvi ?*w 0
e shall declare and the president pro- ^
i- :.-!aims "'that a national emergency j|j
e i":ists." It adds that in that event ||||
s such men also "may be compelled un- ?|j
g der military regulation to engage in jj|
e occupations of importance, to the jfj
maintenance of the national interest g||
during the emergency."
Laor leaders argued that in the IS
15 event of an industrial disturance, jg|
. such as a coal miners strike, this S
f . language would permit a "national JBf
emergency" to be declared and mili Igf
l.'tary regulation invoke ! to force the Sjj
n men back to work, whetner there wa jgj
i any threat of foreign war over the g|
i country or not.
Frame rs of the bill have contend- U|
, | ed, however, that the purpose of the ?B
language employed was to cover onlyls
i j a war emergency and it was said to- j?(
i;dav that when the bill finaly emerg- gl
I - ' r?? it nrnWsiMv
j U(1 irum t'UJUClCHVC =:
pi would shoV amendment to make the |g
I clear and to safeguard the section g
31 against any peace time application.
| OPIUM STOLEN IN MEXICO jj
J ON WAY TO UNITED STATES Bj
J Mexico City, May 20.?Several jg
I hundred kilos of opium valued, atjg
, j neany a iiiiinuu pcavo, wmwubv .
s 1 j ass
1 to the United States from Mexico,
j'the American embassy has been no-, Ig
^ tified by revolutionary authorities j 18
^ The opium wias recently confis- j ||jl
^ cated by the authorities and waslg
^ stored at the offices of the board of's
e' health. When the Carranzista
e troops evacuated the city the opium j fH?
, | was stolen.
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irj The stockholders of Lowndesville {j|
I Light & Power Company will hold IE
t- their annual meeting at Lowndesville fj|
e S. C., June 1st, 1920, at. 11 o'clock S
o a. m. All stockholders are urged to Ip
d' attend the meeting.
)r M. P. McCALLA,
pJ President and Treasurer., isd
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