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FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1920
WHAT THE EEOPLE ARE SAYINC
In the last few issues we have beer
giving our readers the benefit of editorials
from papers supporting th?
two great parties in this country. 11
may not be amiss for them to kno-w
what is being said by some of those
who are neither republicans noi
democrats, or either as suits then
rfs>n/?v Thp following editorial is
from the Dearborn Independent,
Ford's International weekly:
"Disappointed by the utter absence
of public spirit and responsibility
in the national conventions of
the Republican and Democratic parties,
the independent American people
have succumbed to a sense of
deep disgust for partisan politics in
general. This is a most wholesome reaction
and it would prom*se well for
the nation, were there not danger of
a further reaction toward apathy.
The politicians count more confidently
than the people realize on
jthat interval of time which stretches
between the summer conventions and
the November election. If the election
were to be held today, and if the
law required half the number- of
voles to be cast as were cast at the
last Presidential election before a
candidate could be chosen, there
would not be enough vo?es cast today
to elect either of the candidates
to the office for which the parties
have chosen them.
The Republican Convention was
, openly andi shamelessly dominated
by the financial representatives of
the powers that pull governmental
influences like strings. The party's
own methods were clogged and soiled
with shameless money scandals.
? Progressivism and clean republicanism
were snubbed, insulted and
crushed at every turn. The delegates
, -were euchred, wearied, driven and
deceived. And the candidate who
emerged from this cnaos ^cas even
more colorless than the Republican
Platforfn, if anything more colorless
can be conceived.
The Democratic Convention was,
if anything, a degree worse, because
there was an attempt made at San
Francisco which had no parallel at
Chicago?the convention was at least
given a flaming opportunity to declare
its adherence o the moral advance
made by the American people
with regard to the liquor traffic. But'
the hand of the defunct and disgraceful
whisky business was heavy
upon the men who controlled that
convention. Paid agents, who . were
lboth public officials and private re
tainers, were in evidence everywhere.
There was no question, not even the
League of Nations, which received'
the slavish attention which booze received.
The whole convention resembled
mere a "hang over'" from
the saloon regime than ? gathering
of American citizens se:ec:ed to
formulate policies for the solution
of the problems which harass the nation
a!nd the world. And a candidate,
as unknown and as amendable to
control as the Republican candidate,
was put forth for the high office of
President.
The defeat of McAdoo and the defeat
of the movement to insert a wet
piank in the platform were the two'
.strong actions of the Democratic
Convention, "but these were neutralized
by the selection of Cox. The
.McAdoo candidacy was one of the
most cleverly engineered pieces of
political shrewdness in the party annals
of the United States. That it
was heavily financed is a foregone
conclusion, but the utmost endeavors
of skilled investigators raiied to
reveal its source, that is, with a degree
of certainty that would justify
public exposure. Its source, however,
is generally known, and the defeat
of a man; it was the defeat of a
group whose exposure a;;c? the destruction
of whose power is the most
Jieeded reform in the United States
p.nrl the world today.
There is now no choice whatever
\
between Republican and Democratic
andidates, between Republican and
democratic platforms/, o-r, for that
natter, hetween Republican Republican
and Democratic parties. The pfco:le
have been treated like children;
heir highest hopes have oeen flout;d;
their best beliefs have been bu ied
beneath mountains or partisan
lush and filth.
The question is, Will the people
tand it? Have they submitted to so
much bulldozing at the hands of the
politicians and the parties, that they|
have lost their sense of ownership of j
.heir cwn>gov?rnment? |
There is jno question whatever/
about the Wnffespread public disgupt^
the question is, How will it emerge?
Will it'die down into apathy or will it
| it flame forth into apathy, or will it'
('flame forth into the protest of a'
Citizens' .Movement with a Citizens'.
Candidate?
; It is very doubtful that any party
r today has the definite conesion of
other years. We hear everlasting talk
about "the party" from noth Demo.
crats and Republicans. But where is
. it? It appears hat the "party" con-'
sists of the men who meet in national
; convention, and no one else. These
'parties" do what they please and
then go out and bid for the suffrages
of the American people.
f There is no reason whatever why
the choice of the American people 1
should be limited to Cox or Harding, '
to the spineless Republican platform 1
or the dead , Democratic piairorm. '<
The American people are too big, ]
their problems too pressing, 10 per
mit them to stand on eitner platform. 1
Third parties have fallen into dis- <
repute because their sole ' purpose 1
heretofore has been to boost some- <
body into office; when tney railed to 1
do that they were cast aside. Theo- 1
dore Ropsevelt led out of the iiepub- 1
lican party the best blood in it, the *
young men of the party whose ideals
had not been besmirched and whose
loyalty to their country had not been
weakened by party shackles. But
when they proved to be numerically
too weak to elect him, although they ]
were morally so strong as to threw a i
creative shock into the consciences]
and will of the nation, he left them j
and went'back. Since that failure. j
which was the failure of an individ- j
ual and not a movement, third par- \
ties have been regarded wltti doubts. ]
But a movement of the American i
people, in rebuke of both the sub- ,
servient Democratic and Republican i
parties, would not be the usual "third <
par,ty"?it would be the Nation seizing
again its own control out of un-' (
worthy hands. I
The old parties have no divine ,
Tin. _A x? * I
ligm. wiiai a party convention aoes, (
! need not be received loyally, as if it ,
were an act of government. The people
now know?all of tne people i
know?that the last two .national .
conventions were deliberate caucuses,
secret in their real work, for the
purpose of "putting over" on the people
something that the peopie do not
want, and against which they will be
in rebellion before another four
years.
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Whether the peopie will take su?
pinely what is given them, or exercise
their free power fo name their
?
own candidate and make their own
platform; whether they will require ?
that their nose be rubbed still deeper
in the contempt whicH tlie politicians
at once, is for the Immediate"
g
future to reveal. . !
Will there be a clean-up at Wash- ^
ir.gton under Cox or under Harding? ^
Certainly there will be no ouster of
iI. J. l _^s 1.1? rr-T..J Ol_i.
cue aecieo luicrs yu tne UIIILCU ocaues
under a Republican or a Democratic
regime.
If the people want a 1 clean-up,
thoy must act at once, they must act
deliberately, they must act without
?"crcv>c;' to the precedent set by the
discredited parties, and tney must
; et w'.th a confidence in their supreme
control over all their affairs."
SENATOR E. D. SMITH
(From Raleigh News and Observer)
South Carolina has had a sensat:o!ial
page in the political history of
'.he country, hut in all or its novel
it has nnt enntriblitSiT anvthinST
that has a deeper significance than
the origin of the port facilities plank
in the Democratic platform, o{ which
Senator Ellison D. Smith, p?- South
Carolina, is the fathering influence.
Senator Smith has been active in the
practical things that help his nation
and his section. He was or.e of the
original organizers of the cotton association
movement, and for a num,
ber of years he served the South in
he field work with the organization
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of the association. When he came to
the election for the Senate in 1908 j
his vote was thp biggest his State had j
given for thiis bffice, showing the ap-;
preciation in vihich the people of hij|
State had held his work. In Congress
his committee assignments show the
bent of his work. They include the
committees on railroads, manufactur-1
crs, interstate commerce, agriculture1
and forestry, and he is chairman ofi
the committee j>n conservation of:
natural resources, every one of them>
a practical working committee that:
comes directly to the welfare of the^
country.
As an active member of these in-,
dustrial and commercial committees
Senator Smith has a chance to see the'
needs of the country in its produc-|
tion, distribution and foreign com-_
mercial relations, and hd has the conception
that realizes the absolute ne-i
cessity of making our' railroads and
harbors serve the requirements of
both domestic and foreign trade.
Considerable that has been brilliant
has fteen written Dy senators irom
South Carolina in the story of the
country. The State has contributed
its share of the sensatoinal in its day.
But never has her representation ip
Washington showed a more comprehensive
association \vith tne practical
necessities of the country than Senator
Smith is exhibiting ?n his committee
work, and the 'earnestness
ivith which he undertakes to make
Lhat work count. South Carolina feels
a great pride in the names that have
represented the State in ztie federal
Senate in the past, but by the time
fier present delegation there has con:luded
the tasks laid out Tor the
numbers it is possible a new claim to
:onspicuous service, and in a new
ine, will have been registered. The
laxion as a wnoie ana xne soutn as
i section can help affairs aiong by
jacking and encouraging Senator
Smith in the work he is doing.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
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Often you have heard that told but
rarely has it been applicable to a4
ninister and a wedding ccremony.
Usually the preacher is the first . to
irrive for a wedding after the oldi
raid guests. In fact next to . the
jroom he has sanguinary expectations
of getting something good?at
east his wife has, we believe It to
t>e the custom for the ministers in *
jur parts to give the wedding fees to 11
:heir wives along with their regular , 1
salary check.
The Hiffprpripp is that the wife re
sometimes geta^a wedding fee in the
niddle of the month while she has to a*
vait until the first of the month for .sf
;he salary check. This fact may have'
iad considerably bearing on the'Wi
promptness with which the minister In
)edecks himself and hies OiT at the |ei
:all of the wedding bells. I
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What we started out to say that
i
ve have in our midst a minister who ^
ame near missing his fee and the '
er
idorable pleasure of marrying a ^
nighty pretty girl to almighty ugly
nan cne day this week. The wedding
lad been planned-for 4 p. m. and ^
iverything was in readiness at that
' P6
iour except the knot-tyer. The groom ^
>egan to fidget at 4:05, to show signs
f extreme nervousness at 4:06, to ^
ook out the window at 4:07, to walk
he floor at 4:08 and at 4:10 he
ould stand it no longer and asked
omeone present to telephone that
l-nnw wVipf.Vipr ihe was
ucatum vvr ntiyi .. ..v
waiting for his fee in advance or was; a"
uf
le ill or was he coming at all. "'Tell
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Don't be like those re
NOW, or at least a d<
this time. But. the til
when a dollar will be
has the dollars then,
I will be well-cared for
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your muiitjy 111 me
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and receive 5 Per Cei
Dollar opens an acco
fast your account wil
week or every month.
WE PAY 5 PER CE]
Paid every Quarter?
Count
SOUND
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m just anything" said the groom j
ljy get him here p. d. q. ,.|l
The phone did tthe work : and di-J <
ctly the preacher came hustling 1
;ound the corner, out of breath and 1
>clogetic. He stammerec out somej
rt of explanation about getting the i
me mixed but the groom didn't s
ant explanations; he wanted to get'<
arried and so informed tiie breath-! <
3s minister. The minister got on the^
b and soon fixed things up in ship r
ape for the impatient couple. i
We aren't going to call any names, \
r ordinai*ily this particular preach- j
is verp prompt and always capa-( s
e of tying a knot fast and hard but s
prospective patients of his we'I
)uld suggest that they v.-rite downjf
e minute, hour and date they ex- g
ct his services and have him paste f
em in his hat. (
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EO. M. WRIGHT QUITS j h
GOLDVILLE COTTON MILL
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A dispatch from Laurens states f
at George M. Wright, president a
d general manager of Banna Man-1'
acturing company at Goldville, has ^
signed and his resignation has
en accepted, effective Aug. 1. Mr.'
right- took charge of the Banna a
ant in 1907, which was at that
ne only a 5,000 spindle yarn mill.'
>day the mill contains 15.U00 spin-(
?s and in addition a weave room
ntaining 350 looms- has been ad- s
d. it
Mr. Wright was elected president^
A drororol mnnjiror nf fVlP Wflt.tS
ill, Laurens, a year ago and he e
eposes to devote the whole of ' his a
ne to that mill. ? u
Mr. Wright is well known In Abbe- s]
lie where both hetand Mrs. Wright
ve many friends who arc glad that b
ey are moving nearer tiie city. Mrs ?
right was Miss Jennie White, c]
.ughter of Mr. and Mrs. George b
hite of Chestnut street. tl
jTTON CONDITION ^
IMPROVES GENERALLY
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smperature Remains Close To ''
Normal With Abundance Of >
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Rainfall in South.
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Washington, July 22.?With tern- b
ratures remaining close to normal p
gether Avith an abundance of rain-.C
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d /proverb says, 11A fool and
rted."
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3 America's greatest folly-yeai
e part with their money recfc
spendthrifts are largely respc
st of living because they eager]
ligh living.
and their money are soon par
save and have.
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ferred to above. Mone\
Dllar will not buy very n
ne will come; and that i
i worth a hundred centswill
be on "easy street
. Begin to Save Right
NTY SAVINGS BA1>
it. Interest Compounde<
unt and then you will be
1 grow if you will add a
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VT. ON SAVINGS DE
January, April, July am
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:y Savings
SAFE
fall in most of the Southern states
the condition of cotton improved gen
11.. 4>l?n VaU
JLMiy LIIIUU5U UUt Wic uciby avwiuiiigi
:o the weekly weather and'crop bulletin
made public today.
Heavy to excessive rain occurred j
n a few places which unfavorably
ifFected the progress of cotton and
Jelayed cultivation, the report said,1
jEecially affecting the crop in cen-1
:ral and northern North Carolina.'
rhe weather was too dry for the crop
n western Texas and parrs of Ala-J
)ama. , I
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Good or excellent growin was^
ihown in South Carolina, the report |
aid, while the improvement made in
Florida the past week was maintain- (
J T? A AM/] TATiriOCCflO VOTTT
!U. Ill Aiuumna anu acuuvoovv * v*j
;ood progress was made while only a
air showing was made in Mississippi
Cotton made excellent progress In
Arkansas, Texas and parts of Oklaloma.
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Weevil damage - increases In the
outhern part of the belt wherever 1
requenfrains occurred the reports
,dd. j
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OUBLE SENSATION ,
IN COTTON MARKET 1
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idvance in July to Highest Price 1
Ever Touched in Future*
New Crop Break
New York, July 22.?A double
jnsation featured today's cotton
larket.
The first was an advance in July
sntract to 43.75 the highest price
yer touch by a future contract on ,
ny exchange of .the country. This
pturn was due to covering o?
lorts.
In direct contrast was a violent
reak in new crop positions In the
it.p afternoon resulting in a net de
line of 125 to 150 points the close
eing weak and the lowest level of
ie day.
October sold at 33.20 and Decemer
at 31.50. This break was preipitated
by heavy stop loss and
quidatitm following rumors of a
eifish National Ginners' condition
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igure^artd reports that a number of
'all River mills would close for the
alance of the week as well as reorted
financial disturbances in
Ihina.
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now, and deposit
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surprised to see how S
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small amount every
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'FOR SALE?One cariotitf Gklvanizie^
Roofing. The L. W. White Co. V
BOWIE?BLANCHETT
'--./fg/ \i
, Miss Ida Bowie and Mr. P. L.
Blanchett were married Tuesday N
evening at the Baptist parsonage by
Rev. L. J. Bristow.
MRS. R. I. MANNING
CHOSEN FOR PLACE
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Wife of Former Governor V)n N??
tional a Committee
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State.
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iviis. iv. i. iuaiiuijig ui uviuiuuiu
was- elected national committee woman
at the meeting of the national
Democratic convention held in San v
Francisco a few days ago, according
to reports of members of the South
Carolina delegation, who have' returned
to Columbia5 during the past
few days. \
At the convention a resolution
was adopted calling upon the various
state delegation to elect a woman
as a member of the national
delegation at this meeting nominated
and electel Mrs. Manning. i
FOR SALE?One carload Galvanized 0
Roofing. The L. W. White Co. 7-23 9
WANTS | ]
FOR SALE?One car load galvaniz- I
ed Roofing. ^The L. W. White Co. 8
WANTED?Live wire to sell Bris- H
coe Automobiles in your/territory. H
J. H. HAM, Distributor, Charlotte M
VT ^ 7 1Q 3te H
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LOST?Child's string of gold beads I
between Methodist churcn and Eu- H
reka Hotel. If found prease return ill
to this office. 7,19-3t.pd. ?1
WANTED?Reliable man with Ford II
car to make some money in Abbe- 51
ville County selling a Belt and Feed 19
Mill attachment for Fords. Address , H
F. A. JOHNSON, Edgefield, S.\C.? fl
until August 1st. 7, 19-3tpd. H