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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1920. jf
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GEORGE FORSAKES CALHOUN
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It had been our understanding that ^
Col. George Warren, candidate for ^
the United States senate to succeed I
Cotton Ed, was a Calhoun statesman. 1
Kis advertisements have so stated, *
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and a great many people have voted
for George with the understanding r
that ne recommended himself as the' g
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successor to Calhoun and as the only r
real champion of the things for which t
Calhoun stood. j r
But not so. Everybody, who knows. i
even a little about Calhoun, could e
tell you that South Carolina's most r
noted statesman would never have v
consented -to the adoption of the c
eignceenin ^or prumuiuuii; umenu- ~
merit. The framers' of the United C
v States Constitution had been able to (
reach an agreement on the provis-'l'
ions of that instrument only by
giving to the Federal Government v
L":h power; as were necessary to the1
management of the affairs of the gov-'"
ernment at large, while all other
powers weres reserved to the several
* states, and among these powers was
the right of every state to manage its
own internal affairs without inter-'
ference from either the Federal Gov-'v
i. nment or any other state. And e
:tatesman of the school of Mr. Cal-'
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i:oun were strict constructionists, y
.already, too much had been conced-' ?
< .1 to the general government* and:^
;hey were jealous of the rights of the
.vtites. They were strict constructionand
opposed tc any encroachi
.-nt on states' rights either by too *
:>ee a construction of the constitu-'*
. :k>n itself or by amendment thereto.'
And nobody doubts that Mr. Calhoun *
had he been at the time in the Senate
would have voted against the
* i-'frhteenth amendment, nor does any- a
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u uy uuuuu i/iiai, nv wuuiu, wcic uc v.
living, vote to.repeal this amendment
were he to have the chance.
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i For the reasons stated, when Mr.'v
Warren came out for the Senate as I
a Calhoun democrat the people be-; ii
lieved and assumed that he was in
fact that. But according to Mr. War-j"
ren they are mistaken. Mr. Warren 1
6eems to have so announced himself,
as a Calhoun democrat either through | d
ignorance of what Mr. Calhoun real-|t
ly stood for, or his announcement b
was merely to catch votes. He has
repudiated Mr. Calhoun's doctrines S
of a lifetime. He announces now in a.
letter to The State that he stands for,
the eighteenth amendment, and as we |
understand him, would have voted
for it. j
He, therefore, is no longer a states t
rights candidate, no longer a Calhoun ii
democrat, but puts himself along 11
with those who believe in usurping h
the rights originally reserved to the S
states by the constitution. | h
But after saying he is for the i<
eighteenth amendment, Mr. Warren
comes out with the unfortunate o
statement that, notwithstanding, he t
would now favor a modification of c
the Volstead enforcement Act. In s
other words, Mr. Warren is perfectly 1:
, willing to allow national prohibition'
to remain as adopted if he can take'a
away the power to enforce the'f
amendment. He is perfectly c
willing for the law to stand <1
if it is to be a dead letter. In other t
words. Mr. Warren has learned by 1
this time that no man who is against 1
prohibition can win in South Caro- i
lir.a, and he therefore, forsakes Mr.':
Calhoun and his doctrines, which he c
has so boldly proclaimed heretofore,1!
nnr] nntc Jvmsolf in flip rlnss nf c
SQUIRMERS and STRADDLERS for j
votes. ; i
Mr. Warren knows as well as
knows his name that the eighteenth \
amendment without an enforcement ;
law with teeth in it would be a farce <
and a reproach to the people. He <
Knows that the law would be violated :
and the people impotent to protect ;
them?elve=. But he must placate the
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rohit.'troristr. R"t he cr.nnot do i
>y straddling.
Neither can Mr. Warren longe
:laim to be a Calhoun democral
iVhen Mr. Calhoun believed a thin
le said so. He stuck to his side of th
:ontrcversy. He made no comprc
nises to win votes. He may not a.
vays have been right, but he was cor
;istent. He spoke from principle an
'.cted from principle.
We are sorry for Mr. Warren. H
nade love to the wrong lady.
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Well, the boys are to be disappoint
;d again. They thought that all thi
alk of George's about states' right
neant the right to get liquor, and t
jet it by the legal sale of at least a
rood brands as light Tyines and beei
vhich of coufse meant that the ligh
vines would constantly get heaviei
md sooner or<Jater, we would agai]
lave the legalized sale of liquor i:
his state. That is what they thought
Jut George does not stand for th
egalized sale of even light wines an*
>eer, he now announces. He ' wou!
illow the eighteenth amendment t?
tand, but take away the enforce
nent Act, which would mean mor
Savannah River "white lightning" bu
10 real liquor. He says that all hi
alk about states' rights has been fo
10 purpose except to allow the ladie
o make blackberry wine for the dys
ntery. Well, what a fuss George ha
aised for a little sweet blackberr;
.*ine, and that too when the boy;
ould see the real stuff "bottled ii
ond." It is nothing now boys, unde:
JeoiVe's latest declaration of hi
Calhoun democracy, except a dea<
etter law and more "moonshine" il
?gally sold, and blackberry wine a
^ne at home.
Well, give us Cotton Ed and i
kag" of 'simmon beer, and don'
doI us any mors.
COTTON MILL TALK.
The Board of Selectmen of Abbe
ille Cotton Mills is sending to al
mployes of the mill a card each wee]
rith a message intended to be o
lelp to these employees. The follow
the message this week:
four Success Does Not Depend Oi
"Luck!"
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"When a man or a woman SUC
}EEDS, when he or she is promote!
o take a Job Higher up?
"Someone always says, 'Gosh, he'
iUCKY!"
"That's NOT the truth!
"He DESERVED his Promotion
nd because he DESERVED it, hi
JOT it! #
LUCK did NOT enter in!
Many, many nights, this Fellov
vho got the promotion, was Horn*
'REPARING for it, STUDYING fo
When the Chap who believes ii
LUCK" was out-having-a-Good
'ime!
Would it not be wise to put you
ependence in PREPARATION fo:
he Job you WANT?and forget a
out LUCK?"
OUTH FACES BATTLE
OF THE YEARS IN COTTON
PRICES THIS FALI
(Manufacturers Record.)
A director of one of the large cot
on mills cf New England was talk
rig recently to a Southern friend
IV e are getting a little bit anxious,'
e said, "because it looks as if th<
louth now had enough money t<
old her cotton until we pay what i
3 worth."
Th^ gentlemen in question did no
bject to the fact. He himself fel
hat it would be a good thing foi
otton to bring a fair price. He wa:
peaking rather for men with whon
ia is associated.
The persistent effort of the Feder
.1 Reserve Board to drive down th?
>rice of all commdities, which mean
if all products of the farm, has beei
is successful as might have been an
icipated. The pawnbrokers, who hav<
>ad rather lean years, declare tha
msiness is picking up. Men engagei
n legitimate production have beei
cporting that business is slackini
Sown. The Department of Justice ha
j2011 investigating the closing dow:
>f woolen mills in New England. I
:e' d not have wasted money sendin:
is agents so far north. It had only t
hop down to the Treasury to fin
Kit that "quit buying" was a sloga
an imporant "quit buying" was
logan of an important branch of th
Government. The fight against th
vgh cost of living becomes strenuou
ivory year just as the crops are corr
rg tfj market. The f-peculator is thu
t ab'n tc buy at a low price. By .the
:'me he gets through with the public \
r thereafter it is another summer and
t. time for another anti-highprice cam.
g paign. It must fill the hearts of cer_ I
e tain officials in Washington with joy
to see the cotton quotations and the
l-'wcol quotations and realize that they
i-'have been able to force prices down j
d :c!:w cost of production. j
r.\.t the South has received at least
e tj-.are of her earned profit on
1 the last few cotton crops. Had she
j r.ct been robbed for 50 years, she
would long ago have had ample capis
tal. Now she has some. She has
s enough, unless the Federal Reserve
o Board begins a direct attack on the
s commodity, to hold tne present crop
until the price is fair. The New
t Z.iglind director has visualized the
, fact. There is enough money in the
n South to prevent the usual exploitan
tlon.
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Not only that but the American
e Cotton Association is fully convers3
ant with the commodity situation,
1 and in it the producers have a ready
o source of information to which they
- can turn for instruction. They need
? not sell for 30 cents or for any other
t number of cents unless the price reps
resents <iost of production with profit
r, added.
s It has been, the statistics seem to
"show, the most expensive cotton crop
3 ever produced. Every factor of cost
f has been higher than before. Some
s may, under unusually favorable circumstances,
have made big yields,!
r and so have reduced their unit cost,
s but the average cost has certainly
been far up. A low estimate would
be 30 cents the pound. It would be
t a world disaster if cotton sold at
I near that figure. * It would mean
*1 that what labor there has been in the
fields would be even further curtaili
cd. It would mean the abandon- .
I ment cf additional acreage, not for
i one season, but forever. The Britj
ish know this, and that is why they r
. were advised last year to forsake the i
j j policy of driving down prices, to in- j
^ l cist that prices be kept at attractive
f.figures, if for no other than the selfJ
ish reason of increasing production.
j But such motives make no appeal to
?;ihe speculators. They want to cash
in quick, and all they care about is t
j driving down prices until they have t
" the actual cotton ir: their hands. t
Then they will be reaiy enough to
i bull the market. \ r
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s, If the American Qotton Association
states what is a fair price for ,
C*V? AllM Vinl/1 llTl
I tULLUIl, CVClJf laiiilVi Mivutw **y?v?, ?... ^
i, til he gets that price. It is with liim 1
e mere than the money from one crop; ,
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jit is his fight for independence; his t
p.;.'.t!: for freedom. When he sells ^
v for less, he does not merely dispose ?
bjoi his cotton; he barters away,too, a j,
r| part of his self-respect.
This is the critical year. As the
ij New Englander said, the South now
-j has enough money to compel decent
; treatment. The time has passed e
rwhen distress cotton can be the ba- ^
r rometer of prices. ' Jg
COTTON ~ ;s
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Uncertainty dominated the cot-.1
ton market during the past week. *
? Daily fluctuations of over a hun- '.
dred points, day after day, are not'
normal and can only be explained ^
- by a feeling of semi-panic on the
- part of those interested in the^com- .
. modity. Those who were holders of
' cotton contracts were sellers be- j
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hesitate'.
WE PA
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G. A. NEUFFER, Presidei
ALBERT HENRY, Vice-P
:ause of declining spot markets anc
msettled financial conditions
Those who wished to enter the mar
:et at the lowest possible point wer<
myers on the davances, believinj
)ossibly, that the deterioration re
)orted during the past week or s<
vould stimulate mill and export de
nand.
The futility of reports estimatinf
he crop in percentage of a fluctua
ing 100 per cent was shown agaii
;his week when a condition of 67.{
)er cent was issued on Wednesday
rhis condition was lower than ex
jected but its influence was sjior
ived as the growth was mathemati
:al)y figured to be 12,783,000 bale!
(indicated on August 25th). Thi:
imount, with the carry-over is con
iidered more than sufficient to mee
he needs of the world even shoulc
lemand increase later. At present
lowever, the tendency is toward re
luced production of manufacturec
joods and retail trade is falling
apidly behind last year.
Mill and export buyers are nol
ihowing any anxiety to buy, and un
il the demand is on a far largei
;cale than now exists lower price;
ippear probable.
It must not be overlooked, how
iver, that cotton is now selling at i
>rice, generally admitted to be low.
;r than the cost of production, causng
many who can, to hold at leasl
l part of their crop, and damage
rom storms or frost might be the
ignal that would cause heavy buyng
by consuming interests.
We consider tne maricex unusuaiy
dangerous at present, and sug est
care in making fresh committlents
until the market resufnes a
nore normal course.
Springs and Company.
HE WILL BE CHAIRMAN OF
[ HE GREAT AGRICULTURAI
COMMITTEE. Senator Smith wil
3C the chairman of the great agrrcul
iral committee of the next congresi
f re-clectcd. Can South Carolina af
Ford to miss this chance to head thii
mportant committee? The answer ii
-VOTE FOR SMITH.?adv.
JNCLE SAM NEEDS
MORE EFFICIENCY
Franklin Roosevelt Urges Govern
ment Policy?Will Save Money
Augusta. Maine Sept. 4.?A defin
ite progr. i for government ompioy
ses to deve.o^ an efficient and wel
paid personnel in all department:
was advocated here tonight by Frank
lin D. Roosev. it, Democratic nomine*
for vice president.
"The government service'" he sai(
"can be i/.cveased in efficiency b;
riving adequate salaries and at thi
-ame time demanding vastly bette
vvoil:. In doing this the total cost o
' Savings <
THE PLACE and
ie ti mteo save money is w'
rt wait. Tomorrow brings
CE. ..The place to put youi
ank, where you have the th
-Service, Safety and Sounc
ie way to do this is to DO
Y 5 PER CENT. ON S.
DEPOSITS.
ty Savings
SAFE S
it. r ^ R. E
resident. . P. E.
1 the government can be very material
ly reduced."
Mr. Roosevelt charged that the last
Republican congress had been dere- v
* lict in its duty in failing to take ac- *
tion on a report of a congressional a
) committee providing for the reclas- *
sification of government service and r
reitei'ated instances of his own ex- e
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' perience as a department executive 1
with congress in an effort to improve ?
) the service,. , *
"I had for over a year" Mr. Roose- J
velt said "'a standing offer with the
. committee on appropriations of cone *
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j gress that I could save 7 1-2 per cent *
? of the total of all navy salaries if
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..they would give me authority to fix
| the pay of these employees. I would e
t! have done this by discharging many
j of the least efficient employees and f
taking part of the pay to increase the
efficiency of those who were left. If
j this same purpose is carried out it:
^ will save the tax payers several hun-j^
dred millions of dollars in the course n
t of every succeeding year. However,
'in line with its well and long estab-'^
r lished custom congress paid no atten-'d
j tion to my request." jC(
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INVENTION A SUCCESS
We trust that Capt. P. M. Feltham
rill be made a multimillionaire ' by
lis recent invention. He has patented
i" signal for railrobd crossing which
ie installed at a prominent crossing v
tear Atlanta last week by way of
ixperiment and it made good from' v
he first signal. Ittis a very simple
levice and meets* every expectation.
Uready it has been adopted by the
state Highway Engineer of Georgia.
lere's hoping that Capt. Feltham be
(laced in the Rockefeller class by his
>ractical and muchneeded deirise that / 1
rill prove to be a wonderful life sav-7 :
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ROMINENT RICHMOND
MAN TAKES OWN LIFE
Richmond, Va., Sept. 4.?John T.
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mderson, 61, prominent business
lan, clubman, horse man and direc)r
of the Virginia State Fair Assoiation,
shot and killed himself toay
at his home here. He had reently
been in ill health.
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