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E'tr.bl:sh?d 18-14. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABEZViLLE, S. C. The Press and Banner' Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second Liass matter ai post office in .\oheville, S. C. I Ter.ns of Subscriptioa: One year $2.00 Six months l.ut Three, months ^ .50 * I 1 ! MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1920. ' : ' I THE FIGHT ON SMITH. .. 1 i , A systematic fight is now on to compass the defeat of Senator Smith. For some little time, George Warren, candidate to succeed Senator Smith, (or his friends) has been conducting an expensive advertising campaign against the Senator, and in the interest of Mr. Warren. In addition to this there are others who seem to be greatly interested in the defeat of Senator Smith. Among these is one H. L. Scaife, of Washington, D. C., who it seems wanted a position, or applied for it, asking Senator Smith's endorsement, and who failed to land the job. Mr. Scaife claims not to have been peeved at this. In fact, he states inat he is glad the matter turned out as It did, as he was thus given the chance to serve his country in a way more compatible with his ideas of what he owed to the country. But, notwithstanding, Senator Smith, by refusing to endorse him, thus gratified his desire in the matter or service, he has been busy for several weeks in ai\earnest fight to destroy the con: fidence which Senator Smith has built up amongst the peopie of the state. v Among the things which Mr. Scaife ^ Aas done is to go through the Senatb records and make from these records many tabulations of the votes of Senator Smith, the times he has been absent, and has failed to vote, and other tables designed to cast discredit upon the services of the Senior Senator. He has issued an expensively gotten up and printed i?am riVilof onntninintr tVlPSp t.flhlpS and much other matter of like kind which i? being sent broadcast inroughout the State. When Senator Smith had given to tha public his explanation of his absences from roll calls, which . should have been satisfactory to the < /dfnrry citizen. Mr. 5ca:ra comes back with a long-winded reply by which he seeks further to discredit the Senator. It is not expected that this fight will have any very great effect upon the voters of the state. The people of South Carolina who have been supporting Mr. Smith in the past will not be impressed with the fight that is being made upon him. They are satisfied with what he has done in the Senate. His advertisement in today's paper, to which tne attention of the voters is called, furnishes ample proof that other Senasors, whose vumiiuttcc aooigiimtuio VYCIC ao auiportant as those of Senator Smith, were absent from roll calls, or paired, as often, and some of them oftener, than Senator Smith, trms proving his assertion that these absences are accounted for by the fact tuac. he was on more important business for his people. Nobody we think will claim that Senator Tillman was not a faithful representative of the peopla ? of South Carolina in tne Senate. Senator Smith's record on roll calls compares well with his. The people of Pennsylvania seem to think that Senator Penrose is a proper man to represent that commonwealth in the senate, Senator Smith has fewer pairs and absences from **oll calls than he. In fact Senator Smith's rec : ord is about on a par in this regard with the record of other Senators who have risen to distinction in the Senate and who have thus acquired important committee assignments. The effort of Mr. Scaife to discredit Mr. Smith by comparing Tils record with that of a man whose duty did not call him to take an active interest in these committee matters, is nnp of the evidences of his malienant desire to defeat Senator Smith, although he must know that the Senator has faithfully represented the 'people of this stated Therefore, when the people understand, as they will and do understand, the real facts in this matter, we re ear thr.: Senator Smith lias nothir o fer.v. While '.h's :s true, it does no* mez this ~ght should be ignored. T1 people of this state have a right 1 <no\v who is the real power 'oehir the throne in the right now ben vagei against Senator Smith. M Scaife was a school teacher in Sou Ji.roli.ia for a number of yeai which is the profession or ::ie star r>g we have lately heard. After 1 had decided to quit the teaching pr fes.slon, he undertook the practi of law, at which our iniormation he did not make a brilliant, succe; Later he was in the army, as he tei us in his pamphlet. In none of the occupations or positions could have-accumulated apy n^oney. He 1 o mor* hinfnone? wn nrpfon U liia.l \TIbUV.Ub uiguilij ?T v U11UVA Where then does the money cor | from with which he is waging tl fight against Senator Smith? Is it 1 own personal funds he is spendlr or is it the funds of someone else? We take it that Mr. Warren is r financing this expensive circularize and pamphletizing of the state. 0 understanding is that Mr. Warren a man without large means, himse The signed advertisements which is running in this state, and the ot er expenses of the campaign a quite heavy for a lawyer m modt ate practice and without means. < course his friends have a right help him in these matters, if they a so disposed, and as long as the mon is spent for proper purposes and 1 men with the good of the state T L i.1 L . ?1 _ A? nearc, mere can De no objection the publicity. But the people have t right to know, if others are puttii up the money to run Mr. Warrer campaign, who these others are, ai what is their purpose. Mr. Warren says that he does* n know Mr. Scaife, and w& take Y word for it, but the next question does Mr. Warren know the peop who know Mr. Scaife? That is tl veal question. There is no ciiarge anywhere, we understand it, that Senator Smi has not voted with his party. The is no objection to him on the groui that he has not stood behind tl president. There is no charge that 1 has supported legislation tretriment to the interests of the peopic. Tl only thing they cry about Is roll call and they do not even claim mat an Miln<r hnt Kppn lncf Kv roatnn nf +1 Senator not answering any or i o;' these roll calls. Why the:: tl by outsiders like Mr. Scaife? T.'c*!, we do not know, and \ v. yjld r.ot uccuse aayDocty witho i.'c.icc. Ert there are facts whii ...nr. I; overlooked. Senator Smi hr.s been the author of a great mai icmedial measures in the interest the farmers of the South. There a many people in other ;;ar:s of tl country, we imagine, who would li] to see him defeated on t:l:s acr.oui Again, Senator Smith voted rfght < the prohibition amendment and < the Volstead Act, we believe, i least he is not now in favor of lettli up on the restriction^ against sellii liquor. There are a great many pe in the United states who wou like to have a man in the Senate fro South Carolina, who looks mo: promising on the liquor question. 11 The liquor people in the United*Sta es have their hopes set on the electic the man to the presidency wl will best serve the interests of tl !quor sellers. They took an actii part at both the great National Co; .cnt'uns, and they have their ears i the ground in every state in . t! uni.n, and they have not oeen Ui willing in the past to spend hug sttms of money to elect men who b lieved as they do, or who were wil ing to vote as they believecr. There are men in South Carolin a good many of them in some part who would like to see liquor sold i this state a^ain. We do not rharc that Mr. Warren is the candidate .( these people. But it is a fact that tl men who would promote the reestal Jishment of the liquor traffiic i South Carolina are supporting hin We take it that Mr. Warren knov this. Under these circumstances, w assert again, that the honest men c South Carolina, who are to vote fc the United States Senator have, right to know who is putting up mor ey in this matter. Is it Mr. Scaif and Mr. Warren, or is it somebod else? If it is somebody else wTiy d they put it up, and what do they e? pect? If Mr. Warren does no? Knov as the beneficiary of the expenditur being made by Mr. Scaife, either c his own money, or of the money o others, he should find out and tell th ? [ | N ig people of South Carolina oerore elec- H | tion day. B U1 let prohibitionists and those op- B| le ,:o. oJ :o the sale of liquor in South B t;0 Carolina be on theiy guard. Let the j B 1(j farming interests of South Carolina B ,g be careful how they vote. pi th ABOUT OUR FENCES. R v- The Spartanburg Journal, j which' S tie evidently believes that we have . n0| B o- exclusive right to manage our own B ce fences, and which claims a vote in the R is, council to determine when and how'H 5s. arid by whom they should be built,'B lis has the following impertinent re-1 fij se niarks in a recent issue about Vestry-jJ| he men Will Barnwell and Lewis Peris rin: I id. " 'A kitchen shower' was Recently ne given to the wife of the new rector of lis Trinity Church at Abbeville, and The lis Press and Banner makes mis interig, esting note of 'an outward and visi. ble sign of an inward and spiritual 10t grace' which seems to have seized ng upon the people of the par*sn: ur "'The Episcopalians have recently is renovated the rectory on Ohurch Street and the rector and his bride he will shortly move in to begin house;jj. keeping." re "Nothing is said about it; but we it- assume that the moving spirits of Of Trinity Church, who are noted for to their artistic taste, would not have re renovated the rectory without repairey ing the fence." Dy at TO WORK TOGETHER . to TO ASSIST ADULTS he igT Plans Further Made To Fight Illiterl's eracy in This State. id Arrangements have been perfected between Miss Wil Lou Gray of ot the state illiteracy commission, and lis Leon C. Palmer of the South Carolina is, Sunday School association, Dy which ile the two organizations will cooperate fie in service for the adult illiterates of the state. as It is proposed to suggest to the Sunth day schools of the state that whenre ever needed they start a class, per1(j haps outside of the regular Sunday fie school session for instruction of the |ie illiterates of the neighbornooa, using al a Bible primer prepared by the illithe eracy commission as a textbook. One |s> of the chief desires of those who have ? y_ not had educational advantages, ac he cording to Miss Gray, is that they "***" ill may learn to read the Bible; hence he *ne state commission has prepared this special primer composec of Bible ve verses and selection?, with the kim of t helping the student both to learn to read and also to become familiar with . th simple Bible verses and Scripture J ty stories. * | of On account of the interuenomina- I re tional character of the Soum Caro- ] he lina Sunday School association, which \ Ice enables it to reach the Sunday school !t. of all denominations in tne state, it was thought especially fitting that )n its cooperation should he secured in # . \.t this work. 'J !g In commenting on the arrangement ' -g General Superintendent Palmer of } < V O/iVaaI nc?A/?io T I An ' Q. ii.v ua.iuuj uviiuui aoouviobiv/ii) oaiu. Id 'One of the great needs of many | m Cuajay schools and organized adult j re y.'S.c classes, is for a simple pro- j ie yf community service. This j t- _,!vej il.er.i an opportunity and a pro>n go" prucLical helpfulness. Miss 10 C:ay has been appointed a member ae cf our state adult division committee j /e which will work out plans in detail n- for this enterprise." MICKEY SAYS: ! tire x - ??^ I ; NAN UU OLD OPINION \% ^ i fWM fWER.9 NO EXCUSE j 1- /FER e>ON IN?' STUFF OUT* TOWN f *oood ume bvjnch OF I avt-NeSS MEN l_\WLE \NE <i-OT a? OFTERJN' e>A5U?(MNS IN EVR.N s, ' ISSUE OF 1U\S UECE ) in \_^ NEWSPAPER I s^Sfs* I ' / era: I e, , ~. . . . i ; 1 (Bounty Saa The Home Is i Americar i Women are engaged in America' quires ability of the highest orderSuccessful home managers pa} because it is convenient, systemat or the paying of one twice is impc check is indisputable evidence of / This institution pays particulai quirements of Women. 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