The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, August 02, 1920, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
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Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1920.
A WORD TO THE WISE.
The crops everywhere in the couiv
ty are promising:. But;it is a long waj
to Tipperary, and the crops are latt
and immature. The corn crop will be
good but there is time yet for cottor
to go a long ways backward. It wiF
not do for people to be too hopeful
nor will it do to make debts looking
to a large yield of cotton when thf
cotton is yet to be made. Tht
chances are that good prices will b<
obtained again this fall, but at this
time in 1914 nobody expected thai
a crash would come, and cotton gc
down several cents per pound.
But it is a good time to prepare tc
pay debts. Debts contracted two
three, four and ten years ago maj
be paid with dollars which do no'
represent the purchasing power th<
same number of dollars did when th<
debts were contracted. Our advice tc
the people of Abbeville County nov
is to get out of debt. Money thi:
summer has been hard to get. A;
long ago as April it was said th<
banks in the North were rryrng t<
discount paper in the South. Thi
means that money is harder to ge
than heretofore.
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The Pennsylvania Railroad has an
nounced that it will cut down th<
operating force by some ten o:
twelve thousand men. Other signs o:
the times spell curtailment. We d<
not expect a panic as long as peopli
who want to make money are abli
to do so, but we believe the to)
has been reached and the wise mat
will be cautious. ;There is no occa
sion to get panic stricken, but th<
people have become too extravagant
The man who is out of debt an<
who lives within his income js safe
That is the wise course for men t(
pursue just now.
"UNTIL DEATH DO YOU PART"
A few Sundays ago the minister oi
. the First Presbyterian church in
Spartanburg preached a strong sermon
condemning divorces and in the
course of his remarks referred at
length to the report #iat Governor
Cox of Ohio, democratic nominee
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ior president was a uivorceu man anu
that unless it was shown conclusively
that the governor's divorce wan
granted for one oU the two reasons
as found in the teachings of the Bible
that he, the minister, would have
to cast his vote for the nominee of
the prohibition party. The minister
explains in the same sermon why he
selects the prohibitionist as next
choice.
Today there appears in the Clinton
Chronicle a letter from Dr. D. M.
Douglas, himself a minister of the
Presbyterian church and president
of the Presbyterian College at Clinton,
in which is given what may be
an acceptable explanation to the
Spartanburg divine. Dr. Douglas was
also a delegate to the national dem?
ocratic convention in San Francisco
and we suppose has some inside information
regarding the different
candidates for the nomination that
the ordinary citizen has not an opportunity
of learning save through
the newspapers.
Dr. Douglas says of the Cox di_
vorce:
. "I read with a great (leal of interest
a statement from a Spartanburg
minister that he could not vote for
Mr. Cox unless he was satisfied that
Mr. Cox was justified in his divorce.
I firmly believe that leaders of
. the moral forces in the United States
should assert themselves. You go to
a convention and you find all group?
. of interests pressing their demands
and in a way they are given a hearing.
I believe, in the same way, moral
leaders should make their demands.
"However, I am glad to say that I
believe any man or woman, after
making an investigation, will feel
that he or she can conscientiously
vote for Mr. Cox. I felt that way
>efore endorsing him for presiden
.nd I feel that I am as strongly o
osed to divorce as anyone. I thir
here are three facts thac vr.ii co
ince any man or woman that M
.'ox must have been justified in h
Ivorce. First, his former wife ma
ied ag.iin in something like tv
reeks after the divorce was grante
vhereas, Mr. Cox did not. man
:jram lor eignt years, second, 11
vorr.en of Ohio have stofcd by M
Cox, and, I understand, have alwa;
me to his defense. And third, 1
has been elected governor of Oh
:hree times, and his divorce has ne
2r been brought into the campaign
?ven by his enemies.
"A gentleman, in discussing" tl
matter with me, said, "You knoi
sometimes people are unfortunati
j and added that he attended a soci
rl function in Cincinnati and asked tl
wife of a ^tiding republican abo
' Mr. CoxV diVorce. She said he w;
1 absolutely justified in getting it. C
' course, the Democrats wish tnat th<
? did net have even to explain wl
Mr. Cox is a divorced man, but, j
Mr. Harding married a divorced w
man, he will have no advantage ov<
Mr. Cox here."
L A STATE OF MIND, INDEED!
>
This astonishing opinion of the i
> tellectual and moral decline an
? fall off of the American peop
f since they won the war is supplie
t by a newspaper neighbor of ou:
which we'scarcely need to name:
1 "In their present frame of mir
) the Americaif people are not quil
7 capable of passing intelligently u;
5 on the League of Nations or ar
5 proposal for human betterment r
1 quiring far sighted courage and u
5 selfishness for its adoption. Th<
5 are sitting by the fleshpots. Th<
t are wailing out a distress which
spectacular and unreal. They are d
- luding themselves with dangers th
- do not exist, and they are fightii
r small but disquieting battles th;
f are a reproach to them and a my
> tery to their neighbors.?Our di
2 contents heretofore have been tho
i of ambition 'and progress. The ^
J content of this day is of greed, li
i gratitude, indulgence anl perfidy.
Gosh! if we may say it withoi
- offense. It was Edmund Burke, wl
remarked that he was ignorant (
1 the method of drawing an indie
ment agaipst.a whqle. people, bi
> here is a more sapient or moi
courageous sou} issuing on his ind
vidual responsibility a decree <
-non compos mentis respecting
whole people ,a verdict of tempor;
ry incapacity to consider, and vol
1 upon a question of vital importanc
' to the nation's welfare and the fi
ture of its instiutions. The Worl
properly entitles its -obesrvatior
ard lamentations " A State c
Mind." They do indicate a state c
mind?a state warranting the mos
serious apprehensions.
Job was comparatively cheerfu
Jeremiah did no better at his ver
worst. Habakkuk or Micah or
hum or any one of the mine
prophets never succeeded in gettin
more indigo blue into a conspectu
of national deterioration than i
contained in our esteemed conteir
porary's remarkable expression c
discouragement. If the America
people are now morally and menta
ly incapable of passing intelligentl
upon the Wilson League of Natoini
or upon any other subject outsid
fleshpots, what has the Republic i
fall back upon for the guidance o
its destinies save the uncontrolle
and self-determined and absolut
volitions of the Wilsonian mind?
Or are we merely to understan
that the World would now prefer ;
have the great and solemn referer
dum called off??The Sun and >
Y. Herald.
DAYTON PAYS HOMAGE
TO DISTINGUISHED SOI
Thousands of Governor Cpx's Fe
low-Citizens Join Gigarftic Parade
ii\ Honor of Democratic
Standard Bearer
; Dayton, Ohio Aug. 1.?Choice o1
their fellow citizen, Governor Jame
; M. Cox. as the Democratic pres
; dential nominee, was acclaimed b
, residents of Dayton and other poi
tions of the Miami valley. The
were joined here by thousands in
non-partisan "home-coming" dem
onstration to their distinguished na
tive son.
A civic parade at 2:30 o'clock tc
day was the main feature of th
celebration in honor of Governo
,t, Cox. Hours before the parade
p. crowds lined the court of honor,
ik flanked with high, ^hite decorated
n- pillars, and Governor Cox's rer.
viewing stand in front of the court
Is house.
r_ Speeches were banished from the
f0 program and the crowds turned out
in response to requests for laying
ry aside of all partisan fueling and reie
joicing over the selection of one of
r> their friends and neighbors as the |
yS Democratic standard bearer.
le For the tribute to the governor
io today was a half holiday throughv
out virtually all Dayton. Stores,
is, factories, banks and public offices
were ordered closed at noon and j
le jDayton homes poured our more |
crowds.-.Prom Middletown Hamilton!
and other Miami valley regions, j
aj where Governor Cox lived part , /'of
ie his life; others came.
at Elaborate floats were features of i
as the parale together with the re-'
)f nowned Rajnbow division and
?y Meteor bands. The latter from
ly Piqua, Ohio, became prominent at
as the San Fi-ancisco convention,
o- About sixty floats, representing
er various civic organizations, some
depicting the career of Governor
Cox, were in the parade.
! ' Assigned a prominent parading
place was the Cox Boosters club,
n which made the trip to San Fi*an'd
cisco. The boosters had vivid unite
forms for the occasion. Fraternal
;d organizations, some of which boast
rs Governor Cox's , membership and
labor bodies also had positions in
ici tne line. te
So that newspaper employes
P- could march, Governor Cox's plant br
>y issued only an early edition. n<
e- Lavish decorations blazed through- ac
n- out the city, flags and banners be- bi
-y ing mingled with lithographs of ^
-y Governor Cox, although the like- c*
is ness also of Senator Harding, his in
e- Republican opponent, also beamed r<
at on the festivities. ti
Daylight and night ( fireworks n<
at were other features of today's pro- c<
s- gram with band concerts in several P1
s- places. The streets were festooned
se with eleetric lights for evening illpia
miuation.
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>r's preparation for his speech of;
:ceptance, which was interrupted j
"iefly late yesterday by a visit
ith Senator Walsh of Massachusetts,
who has been prominently
Democratic senators' advocacy of j
?servations to the league of na-l
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yt discussed with the governor, ac>rding
tQ Senator Walsh, who
romised his unreserved aid in the
ox campaign.
The continued rise in the price of
isoline may yet popularize the
ile-leather express.?Louisville
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$60.00 Men'
$7.50'Boys
$10.00 Boys
?12.00 Boys
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judgement. For in our Furniture
display there will not be
found a single unworiliy artK
cle- And in addition there will
be found an economy of prices
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thing selected from an easy p
chair to a complete outfit for
the House. * .
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