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ABEZViLLE, S. C.
The Press and Banner' Company
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MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1920. '
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THE FIGHT ON SMITH. .. 1
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, 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
?
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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
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\.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: !
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