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Debs Advised of Nomination. Atlanta, Ga., May 29.-Clad in prison denim, Eugene V. Debs accept ed today the Socialist nomination for president of the United States, for merly tendered to him by a commit . tee from his party. The ceremonies took place inside the Atlanta federal p?nitentiary, where Debs is serving a ten year sentence on conviction of violating the espionage act. For once, however, prison rules were some what relaxed, speeches were - made ,and moving picture men cranked their machines and half a dozen news paper men jotted down notes on what was said. There were some 1*5 persons pres ent at the meeting, which was in a spacious room on the ground floor, only the barred windows that broke the view of a beautiful lawn giving a sinister effect. The five members of the notification committee, headed hy Seymour Stedman of New York, Socialist candidate for vice president, half a dozen newspaper and camera men and Joseph Caldwell of Rhode Island, a member of the Communist ? party, who is serving a term at the penitentiary, made up the party in addition to the guards. Under prison rules Debs'could not issue a statement, but he made a brief speech, in which he thanked the party for the honor again conferred on him, and expressed his regret that he could do so little personally in the . campaign. The Socialist platform, adopted recently in New York, Debs said, "states the essential principles . of Socailism," but he added that he wished it "could have been couched in a form to make an appeal more ef. fective to the working classes; that it . brought out stronger the appeal of s class; that it emphasized the need of industrial organization." In notifying Debs of the honor conferred on him by his comrades, James O'Neal said: "Comrade Debs: . "We have made this journey to formally notify you of your nomina tion for the presidency by the. So cialist party, we also know that hun dreds of thousands of working men and women and other citizens hearti ly approve it. "In tendering you this nomination, we do it with the knowledge of your unfaltering loyalty to the masses and your unswerving devotion to the ideals of socialism. In the struggle of humanity for liberation, its ad vance couriers have often spoken from a felon's cell. In the long roll of liberators, your.name has been added to this glorious list. "The felon of one age becomes an emancipator in the view of posterity. Socrates, Christ, Bruno, Savonarola, Lovejoy and John Brown have trod this path. History will record its judg ment of you, dear comrade, as it has of them. . "In an hour of passion and autoc racy you spoke as they spoke. You de fended the human mind unchained and the right of ungagged expression of opinion. You incarnate the best ideals and traditions in American his tory and the hopes of humanity. "With affection too profound to ?xpress in words, in the name ot the socialists of the United' States and many thousands of other liberty lov ing men and women, we tender this nomination to you." Notes of Agricultural Nature 1. With the boll weevil being found on young cotton of certain sec tions of the State and the tobacco being much retarded by tim cold weather and with the weather un favorable to the increase of cotton, the sweet potato is being worked as a new industry. But unless adequate steps are taken to put the potato bus iness on a sound foundation it may prove a gamble for some farmers. 2. Organization is essential to all enterprizes; therefore, the sweet po tatoes of the South will organize ir Atlanta next week. South Carolina will organize in the latter part of June or the early part of July. Or ganization will be necessary in order to properly store and market the po tato. 3. There are two varieties that are very popular in South Carolina, both being popular on the Northern mar kets. These are the Porto Rico, which leads, and the Nancy Hall, which is a close second. - - * * 4. Storage houses built according to government specifications are ne cessary, but these are not fool proof and require a common sense man to attend them. ' - *. y 5. Potatoes must be graded, pref erably in the field, and handled with little bruising. 6. The standard tobacco barn may be arranged to serve as a storage house as well as a curing horse for tobacco by certain modifications. Ice Cream freezers-a good, first class line. See us before you buy. QUARLES & TIMMERMAN, VAREETY STORE. HOW EUROPE GAN ESCAPE (MAPS We Must Aid by Extend? Credits, Says Davison. GRAVE MENACE TO U. S. European Ruin Would Invol America-Starvation and Disease Rampant. Des Moines, Ia.-Speaking before t General Conference of the Method Episcopal Church, Henry P. Davis* chairman of the Board of Govern< of the League of Red Cross SocietL said: As chairman of the Convention Red Cross Societies, co: .posed of r< re'sentatives of twenty-seven natio that met recently, in Geneva, I am ci todian of authoritative reports recoi lng appalling conditions among m lions of people living in eastern E rope. One of the most terrible tragedies the history of the human race is bei enacted within thc broad belt of ter tory lying between the Baltic and t Black and Adriatic Seas. . This area includes the new Ball States-Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, t Ukraine, Austria, Hungary, Roumani Montenegro, Albania and Serbia. The reports which come to us mal lt clear that in these war-ravag< lands civilization has broken dow Disease, bereavement and suffern: are present In practically every hous hold, while food and clothing are I sufficient to make life tolerable. Men, women and children are dyii by thousands, and over vast once-ch Uzed areas there are to be found ne ther medicinal appliances nor medic skill sufficient to cope with the deva tating plagues. Wholesale starvation is threaten* In Poland this summer unless she cs procure food supplies in large quanl ties. There are now approximate! 250.000 cases of typhus in Poland ar In the area occupied by Polish troops Worst Typhus Epidemic in History. Tn ls is already one of the worst t, phus epidemics in the world's histor; In Galicia whole towns are cripple and business suspended. In some di: tricts there is but one doctor to eac 150,000 people. In the Ukraine, we were told, typht and influenza have affected most of th population. A report from Vienna, dated Febn ary 12, said: "There are rations fe three weeks. Death stalks through th streets of Vienna and takes urihlndei ed toll. Budapest, according to our Informs non, ls one vast city of misery an suffering. The number of deaths 1 double that of births. Of the 160,00 children In the schools, 100,000 are de pendent on public charity. There ar 150,000 workers idle. Typhus and smallpox have Invadei the four countries composing- Czecbo Slovakia, and there is lack of med? clues, soap and physicians. In Serbia typhus has broken on again and there are but 200 physician: to minister to the needs of that entin country. In Montenegro, where food Is run ning short, there are but five physl clans for a population of 450,000. America Overflowing With Riches. Returning to the United States ii few weeks ago with all these horrort ringing in my ears, I found mysell once more in a land whose granaries were overflowing, wherf health and plenty abounded and where life and activity and eager enterprise were IE the full flood. > I asked myself : "What if this plague and famine were here in the great ter ritory between the Atlantic seaboard and the Mississippi valley, which roughly parallels the extent of these ravaged countries and that 65,000,000 of our own people condemned to idle ness by lack of raw material and whose fields had been devastated by invasion and rapfne were racked by starvation and pestilence and if we had lifted up our voices and in. oked the attention of our brothers In hap pier Europe to our own deep miseries and our cries had fallen on deaf ears, would we not in our despair exclaim against their heartlessness !" Only Three Ways to Help Europe. There are only three ways by which fkese stricken lands can secure sup plies from the outside.world. One is by payment, one by credit, and the third is by exchange of commodities. If these peoples tried to buy materials and supplies in America at the present market value of their currencies Aus tria would have to pay forty times the original cost, Germany thirteen times. Greece just double, Czecho-Slovakia fourteen times and Poland fifty times. These figures are official and ar? a true index of the economic plight of thgge countries. ^ It is clear, therefore, that they caa noT give us gold for the things they must hav?Vnor have they either prod uctsjjr securities to offer In return for credit. ? only ^hey could o?talri raw material which the?e idle millions of theirs could convert into manufactured products they would have something to tender the world In return for Its raw material, food and" medicine. But if they have neither money nor credit how are they to take this first great step towards redemption One-half the world may. not eat while the other half starves. How long do you believe the plague of ty phus that is taking a hideous death toil In Esthonia and Poland and the Ukraine and eating along the fringes of Gananny and Czecho-Slovakia will confine Itself to these remote lands? Only last Saturday our health com missioner of New Tork, Dr. Copelam sailed for the other side just to mea* ore the danger and take precautio against such an Invasion. This ls one menace at our thresholc The other, more threatening, more tei rible, is the menace of the world's il will. We can afford to die, but to b despised forever as a greedy and phai Isaical nation is a fate that we mus not incur. * The French government has man: serious problems to solve, but th French ?easant is working and th French artisan, while still sadly ii need of raw materials, has not lost hi habit of industry and thrift. The mos encouraging fact about France toda; ls that her people are alive to the se riousness of France's problem, an< they are going forward bravely t< solve that problem. Italy, despite her great shortage -o raw material, is looking forward an< not backward. Italy can be relie< upon to do her part ! England is meeting the problems o reconstruction just as those who knev her past should have expected her't< meet them. Plan to Aid Central Europe. It is not for me perhaps to give Ii detail a formula for solution of th< world's Ills, but as I have been aske< many times, "What would you do?'*S am glad to give my own answer. Accordingly, I would ask: 1. That Congress immediately pas! a bill appropriating a sum not to ex ceed $500.000,000 for the use of Cen tral and Eastern Europe. 2. That Congress call upon the Pres ident to appoint a nonpolitical com mission of three Americans, distin guished for their character and exec utive ability and commanding the re spect of the American people. Sucl a commission should Include men ol the type of General Pershing, Mr Hoover or ex-Secretary Lane. I woulc Invest that commission with compl?ta power. 3. I would have the commission In structed to proceed at once, accompa nied by proper personnel, to survej conditions in Central and Eastern Eu rope and then act for the restoration of those countries under such condi tions and upon such terms as the com mission itself may decide to be practi cable and effective. Among the con ditions should be provided that there should be no local interference with the free and untrammeled exercise bs the commission of Its own prerogative of allocating materials. Governmental politics should be eliminated; unrea sonable and prejudicial barriers be tween the various countries should be removed, and such substantial guaran tees as may be available should be ex acted in order that the conditions Im posed should be fulfilled. 4. As to financial terms, I should make them liberal. I would charge no interest for the ?rst three years; for the next three years, 6 per cent, with, provision that such interest might bd . funded if the. economic conditions^ "the country wfere not approaching nwl mal, or if its exchange conditions were so adverse as to make payment un duly burdensome, I should make the maturity of the obligation 15 years from Its date, and I should have no doubt as to its final payment. 5. Immediately the plan was adopt ed I would have our government in vite other governments in a position to assist, to participate in the under taking. 6. To set forth completely my opin ion, I should add that in the final In structions the American people, through their government, should say to the commission : "We want yen to go and do this Job In such a manner as, after study, you think It should be done. This is no ordinary undertaking. The American people trust you to see that it Ts done right" I would also say to the commission: "Use so much of this money as Is needed." Personally, I am confident that with the assistance and co-opera tion which would come from other parts of the world the sum of $500, 000,000 from the United States would be more than enough to start these countries on their way to self support and the restoration. of normal condi tions. The whole plan, of course, Involves many practical considerations, the most serious of which ls that of ob taining the money, whether by issuing additional Liberty bonds, an increase in the floating debt or by taxation. But I think we could properly say to the treasury department: "We know how serious your finan cial problems are; we know the diffi culties which are immediately con fronting you ; we know the importance of deflation, and we know that the gov ernment must economize and that In dividuals must economize, but we also know that the American government advanced $10,000,<X*),000 to its allies to attain victory and peace. Certain ly it ls worth making the additional advance in order to realize the peace for which we have already struggled, for nothing is more certain than that until normal conditions are restored In Europe" there can be no peace.'|_ Above all things, I. would say thal whatever action ls taken should be taken" immediately. The crisis is so acute that the situation does not ad mit "of delay, except with the possibili ty of consequences one hardly dares c?nT?rap??t?^^ The situation that I have spread out here is far beyond the scope of Indi vidual charity. - Only by the action of governments, our own and the others whose resources enable them to co-op erate, can aid be given in sufficient volume. I am also confident that our action would be followed by the gov ernments of Great Britain, of Holland, of the Scandinavian countries, of Spain and Japan, and that France and Belgium ond Italy, notwithstanding all of their losses, would help to the bast of their ability. flWWnrtfUTSfi i1? i . - cu.-->-v.-, ;../?/.,; ..... ??"?il:'? Dealer Wanted in Edgefield County Sherard Brothers Motor Company was organized on January 17, 1920, to sell Davis Cars in Abbeville county. These two brothers had never beeir-en gaged in the automobile business before. The Davis Six bad never been represented in Abbeville before. Sherard Brothers have a record of Fifteen Davis Cars handled since that date, and have established a highly respected and prosperous business. What these tv;o aggressive young business men have done in Abbeville, you can do in your county. It proves that experience and large capital is not necessary for Dealer success with the Davis Six. Get in touch with us at once. Secure the Davis agency, and have a prosperous business of your own. DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY, Inc 1903 Main Street Phone 1226 COLUMBIA, S. C. NOTICE. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. Whereas a petition has been filed, and all legal requirements met, it is hereby ordered that the regularly ap pointed Board of Trustees of Tren ton School District No. 27 do hold an election at J. R. Moss's store Satur day, June 12, 1920, for the purpose of voting upon the-question of levy ing and collectiing an additional spe [al tax of three (3) mills on the dol all taxable property within district, (proceeds of such addi-1 ' ^fnal levy to be used for school pur poses in Trenton School District No. 27. At this election only such elec tors as are qualified to vote in Gen eral Elections shall be allowed to vote. The polls shall open at 8 o'clock a. m., and close at 4 p. m., and'in all respects comply with Sec. 1742, Gen. School Law of South Carolina. W. W. FULLER, E. H. FOLK, G. F. LONG, Co. Board of Education. Edgefield County, S. C., May 22, 1920. Built mileai Cotton Seed, Iron and Iee I am Paying the HIGHEST Market Price for Cotton Seed Forty>nd Fifty Cents Per Hundred for / Scrap Iron _ Good, Pure Distilled Water Ice Cheap Will run two auto trucks and can deliver on short notice Phone 97 and Phone 21 M. A. Taylor wmmmmmmmimmmtmmmmm to give unsurpassed re-and they give it. Next time-BUY FISK YONCE & MOONEY Edgefield, S. C. /