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ESTABLISHED 1855 ~~ Y OBK, S. C., FBIDAV,^EFTEMBER 15, 1922. / NO. 74
' VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
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Brief Local Paragraphs of lore or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BT ENQUIRER REPORTERS
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
.
, Some You Don't Know?Condensed
for Quick Reading.
? All the talk
For weeks and weeks,
Una hoon nf nntlilnir
But /'politeeks."
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Thank goodness it's all over,
And noW this mill
Will again grind
Stories of Mr. It Weevil.
Few Licenses Sold.
"Comparatively few hunting licenses
_ have been sold so" tar," said County
Game Warden Dan Woods, the other
day. "There have been a few persons
to buy licenses because they desired to
hunt 'possums early'in the season and
others who desired to go dove shooting;
but the sale of licenses does not
become heavy until some time next
month."
Ginning to Be Light.
f "While both of the ginneries at Sharon
are doing some ginning the^' are
not rushed by any means}" said a Sha- j
f
ron man who was in Yorkvlllt. yesterday.
"The general opinion is thai the
cotton crop in the Sharon country 1s
going to be very light this fall and ai\
inspection Of the fields in the country
surrounding the town will bear out the
opinion." *
Praise for Stockade.
"Was out to the chaingnng stockade
the other afternoon giving the place,
the once over," said a Yorkville man
this morning, "and I was very mnch
impressed with conditions as I fohnd
them there. They have the finest and
sleekest looking mules I ever saw
there, I think, and the entire camp ap
poarcd to be about as clean and spick
and span as it could very well be. I
don't think I ever saw the chaingong
better equipped thai it is Just now."
Kicked by Mules.
"Do mules get especially mean at
this season of the year, or do people
who handle mules get especially careless
along about thiiKtlme^' inquired
an observer this morning. "That's a
rather unusual question to a3k, I
know; but it is suggested by the fact
that I have heard of no less than three
"eople who have been' kicked by mules
during the past few days. Seems as
If mule kicks get about as common as
v snake bites along .his time of the
year."
* Our Country C rrespondent.
Miss Fluvia Flamingo says she wants
v us to put- her name in the paper. Says
she doesn't care about it personally,
but her many inenas iikc iu see ?i
'* there .ill Biffem says that^bverybody
who didn't vote like he did was
a lop-eyed mutt. He then qualified his
statement to say that he voted like he
pleased and if everybody else didn't
do the same thing why they were saps.
j | The revenooers were up on our
side yesterday. The smelled something
in the atmosphere; but decided
it wasn't the kind of smell that would
interest them.
Conditions In Chester. ?.
Mr. Jake T. Pe-kins, one of the publishers
of the Chester Reporter, stopped
in Yorkville Tuesday afternoon to
get a glimpse at the election returns
while on his way to Gastonia, N. C.
t Business in Choster was moving along
pretty well despite the boll weevil, said
Mr. Perkins. "Wp are being pretty
hard hit by the bug; but still the farmers
and business men are aware that
it could, be very much worse and taking
everything into consideration
Chester county is in pretty good
shape." \
Not One Got By.
"Don't know when I ever knew as
much work to be accomplished in a
single day's term of the court before ,
as was done : t the session of general
sessions court last Mohday," remarked
a court attache yesterday. "Doomed
like 'Judge Peurifoy managed to push
things along as easy as could be and
it seemed that everybody else connected
wus inclined to heljf him. Not a
single prisoner was hcqulttc.l, if yon
recall, and the judge certainly didn't
fell to put heavy sentences on those
who were convicted."
Just Be What You Is.
Don't he what you ain't.
Ips' bp what voil is.
If you is not what you am,
Then you am not what you is.
If you're just a little tadpole.
Don't try to be a frog,
if you're just the tail
Don't try to wag the dog.
You can always pass the plate
w If you can't exhort and preach.
If you're just a Little pebble,
Don't try to be the beach.
Don't be what you ain't,
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Jus be what you is,
For the man who plays it square
is a-goin' to get "his."
Well Known in Yorkville.
"Hiss Kate Wofford, who was elected
superintendent of education for
T.nurens county in the primary election
I last Tuesday, i? well known in York
county," remarked a lady this morn
ing. "She graduated at Winthrop several
years ago and while a student at
Ffock Hill often visited friends in
Yorkville and other towns of the coun- |
ty. Miss Wofford was regarded as a
very bright and popular student while
at Winthrop. She has been teaching
for several years and up until two i
weeks ago was principal of the high
school in Crry, N. C. She takes up
her duties as superintendent of education
for Laurens county on July 1,
1923."
Expecting Good Business. (
"We arc anticivxifing good business
this fall." said Mr. J. M. Kamsey, man- ,
nirnr of tlir? Ki-kntriok-llclk comnany ,
of Yorkvilie, vh4 stopped to talk, over
tho business out\ook with Views and
Interviews the other morning. Mr.
Ramsey has recently returned from
the Eastern markets where he went to
buy goods for his firm. "I don't think
there is any question but what the
outlook for a good fall business is
much blighter than it was this fryie a
year ago. Sales so far have indicated
that such is the case. While we are
not expecting anything like the business
of 1919 and 1920 for instance, we
are satisfied that it is going to be fairly
good nnd have made our arrange
mcnis accordingly." *
THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP
William Coleman a CandiJato Two
Years. Hence.
William Coleman, candidate for governor
in the recent primary campaign
published the following last Tuesday
as a paid advertisement:
"I hereby announce my candidacy
for governor of South Carolina, subject
to the rules of the Democratic
primary which will be held, approximately
spcakihg, two years hence.
"During the election which has just
passed 1 received about 4,000 votes. I .
was by no means surprised ut the result.
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"In tho first place it was my first
appearance and experience in politics?
while Mr. Laney and Mr. McLeod had
each run for office covering a period
of many years and Mr. Bleaso had
been a candidate since before I quit
wearing knee breechek and going bare
xootea.
"Furthermore, due to an unfortunate t
illness, more than half of the counties 1
had been canvassed byfcandidatcs and t
I fully realize that nearly all of the f
voters in the state had decided that I
was not in the running?peoplo don't* <
bet on a horse which they consider out 1
of the race. *
"Besides, and waiving all of the '
above, J stood primarily for non-lac- v
tionalism, and I fully realized that the 1
two intense factions had been mobiliz- 1
ed: to wit, Bleaseism and anti-Bleascisrn;
or oligarcalism or capitalism or 1
any other ism you please to call it. In <
short, it was Bleaseism against another ,
ism, and I realized that Mr. McLeod 11
was the choice of the other ism.
"If Mr. Blease is elected, he will be 1
the executive and advocate of his *
friends and the Republican party un- 1
less he has been converted beyond *
that which passeth all understanding:. '
"If Mr. McLeod is elected he will be 1
the agent of aggreg.tfbd wealth located 0
in South Carolina but controlled by J
multi-millionaires in New York and
New England, who do not care a '
tinker's damn foryany man, ^goman or
child in tills slate. Unless*he is sucli '
an agent lie will have allowed more J (
combined capital to have botyi fooled
by his acquiescence than any other '
man who has yet appeared in the poll- 1
tical arena of South Carolina. !
"Between the devil and the deep. 1
"Most of the voters of this state dc- '
test both factions. They have simply s
formed the habit of thinking they have y
to vote for oyc or the other. Two pills (
arc put before them: a purgative and
a binder. They seem to think they '
must swallow one or the other. Each 1
injures them and while they groan th j '
other states of the Republic laugh at '
them and say: '
" 'Poor South Carolina, God only 1
knows what will become of her.' 1
"In less than two years the great
majority of the voters will be convinced '
that Mr. Please is devoid of all con- 1
structive ability and that Mr. McLeod '
is backed up by the crowd which '
would gludjy gobble up the state.
"They will then rise up and stand
for some" man who is free from all i
factionalism and who stands for the
best interest of South Carolina." ,
COLD WEATHER BIRTHS
February is Favorite Month for Genius
Says Allen.
February is the favorite birthmonth
of eminent people, according
to F. J. Allen of Cambridge, England,
who, in the current issue of Nature,
gives statistics of the birth-rate of
more than two hundred celebrities.
He finds that the greater number of
these were born in the coldei* months;
that February was the richest month
and that December came next.
To test his theory a reporter took ;
sit random the natal dates of si dozen
eminent living persons and not one
i
| of them turned out to have a February
\ birthday.
Thomas Hardy and Fir Edward Elgar
were born in June; Visconnt Halriano,
the Earl of Balfour and Lord
Birkenhead in July; Arnold Bennett
and Sir Arthur 1'inero in May; Edmund
Bulcie and T. 1\ O'Connor in
October; Mr. Asuuilh in September; J
Sir William Arpen in November, and j.
Mr. Marconi In April.
THOMAS 0. McLEOD
Facts About South Carolina's Next
Governor.
JAS BEEN PROMINENT MANY YEARS
Was in Race for Governor With C. C.
Featherstone and Was Defeated by
Cole L. Blease?Chairman of Exemption
Board/During World War.
Srcenville News, Wednesday.
Thbmns Gordon McLcod Is a lawyer
md a farmer. He was horn at Lynchburg,
S. C., and is 54 years old. He
ittended private schools until he went I
0 Wofford from where he graduated
n 1892 with an A. B. degree. He took
1 summer course in law at the University
of Virginia. He was admitted
:o the bar in 1896. He is attorney
'or, and director of the Bishopville
National bank. lie was formerly
^resident of the W. J. McLeod Co.
n 1901 he was a delegate to the Naional
Democratic convention. He has
>een a member of both houses of the*
egislalure and was lieutenant goverlor
for four years. He was the first
ix-lieutenant governor to be elected
jovcrnor of South Carolina. During
he world war he was chairman of the
oeal exemption boa/d of Lee county*
ind was a speaker in behalf of Liberty
l?oan, Red Cross and other c.ampaigns.
-le married Elizabeth Alford of Mnri>n
county December 31, 1902. He is a
Vftison, K. of P., W. O. W. and mem)er
of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. He
s a Methodist and a Sunday school
eacher. He is a brother-in-law of
:ol. W. H. Keith, of Greenville.
Thomas Gordon McLeod, this mornng
the subject of so much interest on
he street corners, in the stores, the
lomes, ofer the morning cup of coffee
tnd wherever South Carolinians may
?o, has long been in the public life of
lis state, but in many respects has
>cen but slightly known outside of
he counties of Lee and Sumter.
In these two counties, one the couny
of his birth and the other the couny
of his adoption, by reason of Lee's
jeing formed from Sumter, Darlington
>nd Kershaw, Mr. McLeod has spent
he greater part of his life, and, as a
irlvate citizen and otherwise, has conributed
his mite towards the advan^encnt
of humanity.
Mr. McLeod Is largely of Scotch
lescent, although in the great meltng
pot of America it takes but a
ew generations for the English, the
rish, the Scotch and other nationilities
to lose their individuality and
o become American, and American
>nly.
Thomas Clordon McLeod was born
it Lynchburg, in what was Sumter
ounty, December 17, 1S68. His father
vas William James McLeod and his
nothcr was Amanda Rogers McLeod.
The youth's early days were spent >
n and about the Village of Lynchburg,
vhere ho attended .the frame school
uiildiftg that has sent forth to the
vorld a United States senator; a colege
president; a bishop of the Metholist
Episcopal church; two merchants
f prominence, in addition to the subect
of this story.
Among the early teachers of Mr.
McLeod were Mrs. M. E. McDonald,
Miss Lina McLeod, Prof. J. Iteming
Irown, Rev. II. P. Garriss, Dr. J.ohn
2. Ruchannon and nthes.
By t)^ time ho was 1G young Mc[.ieod
was prepared for college, but deferred
going away to school for three
.ears, working in a store in his native
own. He later entered Wofford
fitting school, where, under the instruction
of/ Prof. A. <5. Remhert he
vas prepared for entrance to Wofford
ollege.
In 1892 lie was graduaJkd from Wof"ord
College. Among his classmates
ivho have since earned a high place
n the limelight among South Caroinians
is Dr. D. W*. Daniel, of Clemson
College, known as one of the most
it tractive after-dinner speakers in the
state.
Mr. McLeod was largely interested
n college activities while at Wofford,
although he modestly states that he
[lid r.ot excell in any decided branch
of study while a student there. He
was a member of the Kappa Alpha
fraternity and also of the Calhoun
Literary society. He was honored
with the presidency of the CalhoUn
society, and on one occasion won the
essay medal offered by this organization.
Two things pertaining to Mr. McLeod
are said to have marked his
college days. The first was that he
was always possessed oC the same
humorous vein which has stood him
in good nana tnrongnout nts lire.
The second striking thing, and which,
in a measure at least, may be attributed
to the first, was that he was
decidedly popular with the students.
Tho number o? friends made is looked
back to by Mr. McLeod with greater
pleasure than any scholastic achievements
he might have earned.
Following graduation Mr. McLeod
taught for two years in Sumter
county, being in charge of Rethcl
academy and also of Line academy.
It', tho summer of 1 SO I he took a
summer course in law at tho University
of Virginia. At this time his father's
health gave way and young McLeod
gave uj) the study of law and assisted
in the management of his father's
business, lie remained at Lvnchburg
and at Sumter, where he studied
law in the office of Judge R. 0. 1'urdy.
Young McLeod went home In 1898
when his fatheY.died,.leaving Mr. McLeod
as the mainstay of his stepmother
and four smaller children. It might
be stated here fthat Mr. McLeod's
mother died when he was but Mbyears
of age, while his stepmother, who, to
a lf\rge extent, at least7 took the place
of his own mother, died in 1901.
Mr. McLeod was first elected to public
office in 1901, when he was elected
to the legislature from Sumter county
by Qne of the largest Votes ever given
a candidate in that county. Of the
total east in the county Mr. McLeod
received but 160 Votes.
In 1902 Lee county was established,
taking in thje section of Sumter county
in which Mr. iicLeoa resiaea. we was
elected state senator from Lee county,
serving" for four years. In 1906 Mr.
McLeod made his first race in a state
campaign, being elected lieutenant
governor and was re-elected in 1908.
Two years later, in 1910, Mr. McLeod
was a candidate "or governor and
lacked'but a small margin of being in
the second race with Cole L. Blease,
who was elected governor for the first
time that yccir. C. C. Featherstonc
came -second to Mr. Blease and Mr.
McLeod was third in the first primary.
Mr. Blease defeated Mr. Featheratono
in the second primary.
Since that time Mr. McLeod has not
held any public office, devotjng his
time to the practice of law and farming.
Puripg the World war he waa
chairman of the Lee county draft
board. IJe was ejected president pro
tern of the Democratic state convention
this year. Both after and before
this convention he received many requests
that he run for governor, but it
was only after careful dfcnsideration
that he launched into the race, determined
to fight to the finish in the effort
to win.
Mr.. McLeod joined the Methodist
church when he was but -10 yehrs old,
and is now a member of , the Bethlehem
McthodjsJ church of Bishopvllle.
His pastor is the Rev. W. V. Dibble.
A brother of Mr. McLeod, Bev. D.
Melvln McLeod, is pastor of a Methodist
church at Marion. Mr. McLeod's
father was a Confederate soldier, being
captain of Company E, Sixth
South Carolina Regiment of Volunteers,
and although a warrior, was a
religious, God-fearing individual. Mr.
McLeod is a steward of his church and
is also the teacher of the men's Bible
class. '
Mr. McLeod has always been active
in farmers' organizations.' He was a
pioneer in the cooperative marketing
movement.
In 1905 Mr. McLeod formed a copartnership
with Robert E. Dennis, of
Bishopville, and the two havo been
practicing law together since that flme.
December 31, 1902, Mr. McLeod was
united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth
Alford, of Dillon, who was the
daughter of Gapt. W. McD. Alford ffad
Mrs. Sara' E. McLean Alford. They
have four children: Alford McD., who
is blind and has been partially educated
at Cedar Springs, but is now at
home. He is 19 years of age; Thomas
Gordon, Jr., is 17 years of age and
will enter Woflford college this fait
Miss Lucy M<*Lcod, 15 years of age, is
in the high school at Bishopville. Yancc-y
Alford, 12 ytfhrs of age, is also in
school at Bishopville.
McLEOD TO THE PEOPLE
Governor-Elect Issues Statement of
Conduct and Policy. |
Thomas G. McLeod, nominated for j
governor of South Carolina in Tuesday's
Democratic primary, issued the
following .statement, immediately following
assqrance of his majority.
"My first impression is a feeling of
profound gratitude , to the men and
women of South Carolina for their
zealous and unselfish support during
the campaign.
"To the people of South Carolina, I
desire to say that the deep interest
shown in the issues of the campaign
makes the result an endorsement more
of the princyfies that I advocated than
of myself.
"I shall endeavor, as far as within
me lies, to see that the affairs of the
state'are economically managed. We
are living in times of depression and
the hand of adversity falls heavily up*
on many. There must, therefore, be a
fair and Just discrimination of taxation.
We must not take a backward
step and a (fair and just distribution
of ther burden means the maintenance
of efficiency."
"South Carolina has no foreign element,
our white citizenship are all one
people with the same traditions, hopes
and aspirations, and I sincerely trust
that there will be no lines of division,
but that together we may work out the
destiny of a vigorous and valorious
commonwealth.
' I realize the great responsibility
that I will assume as governor and
must earnestly beg the co-operation of
all citizens, their sympathy and their
prayers in my efforts to impartially
administer the affairs of this state.
"In the campaign I made no personal
attack upon anyone. I am leaving It
as I. entered it?without malice. I
have no bitterness and covet the good
will and sympathy of everyone. It is
my purpose to work out our problems
for the best good of all. 1 will be the
1 governor of all the people."
t*:'Kach citizen of the United States
should receive an average of 112 letters
each year, according to the postofflce
officials.
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OVER THE STATE
Results In County Elections In the
Second Primary Held Tuesday.
ONLY ONE WOMAN WAS ELECTED
Mi$s Kate Wofford Named Superintendent
of Education for Laurens
I* 1.. C?.. I -T,,r? riv/nre In
Cherokee County?Blind Man Elected
Magistrate In Edgefield?Congressman
Stoll Defeated for Reelection.
Miss Kate Woflford of Laurens county,
was the only woman elected to office
In the second primary election in
South Carolina, Tuesday. Miss Wofford,
who is a graduate of Winthrop
college, was elected superintendent of
education of Laurens. She defeated
A: n. lilakely by a vote of 2,755 to
2,416.
Senator T. Frank Watkins of Anderson
county, was defeated for re-election
by*Rufus Kant, Jr. Senator Watkins
tvas chairman of the Democratic state
convention held in Columbia last Mai'.
In Kershaw county L. O. Funderburk
was elected to the state senate
over W. It. Hough.
In Fairfield county J. E. Stovcnson
was eiecieu auauor; xjaniei nan, |
treasurer; M. C. Boulware, supervisor,
unci J. L. Price was re-elected superintendent
of education.
J. W. Gillam was elected clerk of
court of Orangeburg; county, defeating
J. Ashton Antley 3,034 to 2,620. Mr.
Gillam is a relative of C. R. Gillam of
Yorkville. H. R. Sims, one of the editors
of the Orangeburg Sun, w^s
elected to the legislature from Orangeburg
county.
In Union county SheHff T. J. Vinson
was re-elected over L. R. Godshall by
a majority of 1,084. J. If. Rartles was
re-elected over Prank Caldwell by a
majority of about 63 votes. Mr. Caldwell
is a brother of Mrs. W. C. Whitesides
of Yorkville. Senator T. C. Duncan
was re-elected over Dr. J. T. Jeter
by a majority of 170.
W. W. Smoak, editor of the Walterboro
Press and Standard, was elected
lo the house of representatives from
Colleton county.
A. W. Todd was elected state senator
from Charleston county over H. L.
Erckmann, who had the indorsement
of Mayor John I'. Grace and his Charleston
American.
LeRoy Moore was elected master of
Spartanburg county, defeating F. Gentry
Harris 7,308 to 4,876. Mr. Moore,
who is a young- lawyer of Spartanburg,
was formerly principal of the school at
Sharon.
In Dorchester county J. A. Parlor
defeated. Mrs. J. E. Thrower for superintendent
of education by a vote of
1,175 to 1,035. Four small boxes are
missing, but they are not large enough
to change the result.
In Lancaster county McManus was
elected superintendent of education
over Rowell .by a majority of 256.
Sheriff L. C. Rennett of Allendale
county, was defeated for re-election by
H. C.'.McMillan.
George W. Turner, a blind man, was
elected magistrate at Edgefield. James
O. Sheppard, n son of "cx-Governor
John C. Sheppard, was .re-elected to
the legislature.
A. 1?. Gasrjue of Florence, was elected
to tjongrcss from the Sixth district,
defeating Congressman P. IT. Stoll of
Kingstrce for rc-election. The con-gressman-elect
is secretary of the Junior
Order United American Mechanics
of South Carolina.
In Greenville county Dakyns B. Stover
defeated William B. Bowcn forrenomination
as solicitor of the Gr^envillo
county court. In Greenville county
McLcod gained 1,203 votes in the
second rimary and llleasc 451. "In the
first primary in that county the vote
was McLeod 5,707; lllea.se, 5,014; and
in the second it was, McLcod; 7,910;
Blease, 5,495. There were 1.2,016 votes
cast in the first primary and 13,405 in
the second, making an increase of 1,,389
votes.
Returns in Cherokee county, complete
for county offices, are as follows:
For house of representatives,
Kirby, 2,742; Graham, 2,176. For county
treasurer, Gaffncy, 2,374; Gossett,
2,562. For sheriff, Bryant, 1,959;
Wright, 3.0S1. For supervisor, Jenkin?4_
S17* .Ifillv *> ft.Qfi nrnhofo
judge, Kirl>y, 1,917; Stroupe, 3007. For
superintendent of education, Hoke, 2,000;
Willis, 1.0S8.
ENFORCE THE LAWS
Prohibition Director Calls for Cooperation
of All Ciiizen3.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
Will you allow me a little space in
your splendid paper to say a few words
for the good of our state?frr the good
of those who arc now nialure, those |
I who arc young and those yet unborn ?j
During the last ninety days we have !
heard a great deal about the enforce- '
mcnt of the laws?we ha\*o heard |
candidates pledging themselves to en- j
force the laws, if elected; we have |
I heard newspapers urging the people,
to vote for the candidate who would 1
enforce the law! and wc have heard |
the "Dear People" themsdlves saying |
that they intended to vote for the
man who, iti their estimation, would
enforce the laws. The election will be
over by the time this is published but
are we going to promptly forget to display
further interest in the etiforcejnent
of the laws? Is the enforcement
?
of law to be clas^d amongst the light
campaign pledges or amongst the votegetting
campaign "issues"?
Without laws life and property
would be hopelessly insecure and
would be wasted without conscience or
fear by those of criminal bend. Laws
and the enforcement of laws spells
security and freedom. There could be
no independence without laws for the
government of all and the restraining
of those who have within themselves
no regard for the rights of others. Instead
of robbing our people of their
liberties, just laws properly enforced
constitute the only guarantee of our
liberties. Cannot wc, therefore, continue\our
campaign for enforcement of
laws? Cannot wo now practice what
we have heard preached for the last
ninety days? It would make our state
a mucn oeiter piace in wnicn 10 nve
for burselvcs and those who are to be
the Soutli Carolinians of the future.
All citizens must take a hand and
display a practical interest. The press
must get squarely behin<J the issue and
ministers of the gospel must devote
some of their time to the work themselves
and instructing members of their
flock ir^the matter. When the law ts
being violated as It is today around
every corner, on every brook, ifi every
patch of woods, yes even in many
homes, it is impossible for tin- officers
of the law to discover all violators so
long as they are unassisted by the public.
The officers can make the arrests,
care for the prisoners and prosecute the
cases but they tnuit have information
from the public as to who Is violating
the law and as to where the law is being'violated.
The law is being violated
In your neighborhood but if the
officers are not told about It it will be
a long time before a stop is put to the
violations?do you want to continue to
live in a community wnere rne iuw is
being violated with your property insecure
and the lives of your children,
your wife and yourself in Jeopardy?
Why not step up to your chief of
police, your sheriff or a Federal prohibition
agent and give the information?
If the prohibition law is being violated
you will not have to report the matter
but once to a Federal prohibition agent
or to this office to have the violation
stopped. We are only too glad to do
the work for the good, of your community
and your name will not be nude
public?your name will be held in the
strictest of confidence. Are we in
earnest about this matter of enforcing
the law?
Rumors are floating about regarding
the honesty of some officers. What
evidence is there to support these
rumors? Have you given the officers
a try? Have ttfey failed to act on definite
information given by you? If
they have and the matter is a violation
of the Volstead Act, write your information
to
The Federal Prohibition Director,
Greenville, S. C.
If the matter is one of urgency telephone
or telegraph me at my expense.
The Prohibition Department of South
Carolina has not failed you. I can
vouch for that. The officers of the
department are honest. I can vouch
for that
Now that the election is over let us
not bo weary in well-doing. Let us
join hands in cleaning up old South
Carolina and making of it a better, a
safer, a saner and grander place in
which to live. Are you really for law
enforcement?
/Thanking you for past courtesies and
trusting that we may be in the future
more and more benefit, the one to the
other, in this great work, I am
Faithfully yours,
Geo. C. Bowen.
Greenville, September 11.
THE CLOVER TRAGEDY
Press Comment on Recent Horrible
Homicide in York County.
That man Bill Furies who killed four
members of the Taylor family at Clover,
S. C., because of a dispute amoiiR
children, shows to what extremes a
parent can go. There is no sense in
adults taking part in children's quarrels.
They ought to have sense enough
to he helpful.?Hickory, (N. C.) Record.
Trial of Faries, the South Carolina
man who killed four people in a fit of
madness, was postponed, for one thing,
on the plea that public sentiment was
too heated at this time to insure a fair
show. But we should imagine that the
delay thus secured would only serve
to crystallize public sentiment, and
give the gentleman, if he is to be tried
by public sentiment, a lesser chance
than ever to escape the penalty he deserves.?Charlotte
Observer.
'W Near the Yukon border, in a val
icy in rar nonncrn ru-iwsn cuiumuiii,
a mining engineer has discovered the
remains of mastodons that once roamed
northern Canada. This valley is
north and west of the headwaters of
the Findlay river and is not marked
on the maps. Footprints of three-toed
animal are imprinted in the. sandstone.
The bones are not fossilized
but are in an excellent state of preservation.
Only dog teams are used in
that section and it requires a year to
make the journey.
JO;Millions of grasshoppers'recently
passed over Sheridan. Wyoming, in
such a dense mass that when seen
against (he sun they looked like a
mass of cotton. For over three hours
they clouded the sky.
i
AMERICA' AND THE WAR
* ' - ' 0
Senator Borah Rebukes Rudyard
Kipling.
THE FACTS AS TO WHOLE EPISODE
United State! Saved England and
France from Destruction and Kipling
Complains Because We Quit When
the Job Was Finished.
Senator William E. Borah in the Itfew
York World.
Washington, Sepf. 10.?Mr. Kipling
says: "America came into the war two
years coven months and four days too
late. America forced the A)li03 into
rr.oI.lna- noflPO fit the first ODDOrtUnlty
instead of insisting upon finishing in
Berlin. America quit the day of the
armistice, without waiting to see the
thing through."
Ungrateful, self-worshipful, mercenary,
vindictive. It is the raw English,
with all the official veneer and
diplomatic ointment / peeled off. If
this is the view of the English?and
Kipling has l>een called the voice of
the English soul?what a delightful
associate Great Britain would make
in a league with live votes to our one!
What a joyful, generous, political ally
for life!
"Two years and seven months too
late." Whose war was this in the beginning?
It was a war born of European
policies and of the European
system. The legitimate offspring of
secret diplomacy, international duplicity,
insatiable imperialism, competitive
armaments qnd commercial
jealousy. Not a single one of the
larger nations engaged was guiltless
of the war.
President Wilson once truly said?
I do not quote hit. language but express
accurately his thought?that the
war had its roots d%?p down in things
which we did not understand and with
which we were not concerned?not
until our own honor and our own
rights were challenged or assailed
had wo any legal or moral right to
ask our people to fight and die.
Hut our rights, were assailed, our
hon^r was challenged and we went in, ,
and by going in we saved England and
Fiance Just as effectively as the brave
lad saved his two fellow swimmers a
few days ago from the waters of the
Potomac, into which their ambitious
folly had taken them too far. If the
mother of these two hoys Had been It
Kiplirgite, she no doubt would have
taunted the gallant young fellow with
the statement that he came an hour
too late.
This language of this noted Englishman
is an insult to every. Amerl
can grave in I- mnce, a taunt to every
mother whose boy sleeps in a foreign
land and a sneer for every American
soldier who must go though life
maimed and broken. It Is coarse,
cruel and shameless.
"America quit without seeing the
war through." Oh. no, she finished
the job she started in to flniSh, but
she declined another job which was
graciously tendered her?a wholly different
job. Europe and England are
not suffering now from the war but
from the peace?the Punic, destructive,
vindictive\ peace which over the
advice of the American president,
they insisted they must have?a peace
which Clemenceau correctly declared
was a continuation of the war In another
form, a peace which was
grounded in universal imperialism, a
division of the earth to be dominated
j md exploited by five great powers.
The maintenance of this kind'of peace
was the kind of job which we declined."
We had agreed to help whip the
enemy and wo did it. We did not
agree to tlic dismemberment of Germany,
to the disintegration of Hun
i i.: li:A ah *
buiy uiiu uic iviuiiiK ui /luauici, wi
the turning of Europe into a military
camp under the guise of universal
peace.
It Is the peace treaty that in driving
Europe deeper down into misery
| and chaos?an impossible peace treaty,
an un-American treaty. To say that
I because we declined to go into this new
scheme, characteristic of the European
policy, we quit the job, is to discredit
the intelligence of his readers.
"They have our gold." "Ah, there
is the rub." This is the Ithuriel spear
which touches into life the disguised
intruder. Gold?have we been so
grasping? Did we not pay Great
Hritai i well for carrying our boys to
save her from signal defeat? Did she
not insist upon collecting this money
at a time when she owed us billions
on the principal and millions in defaulted
interest? Did she not put into'
the treaty full reparations for the
same thing for which we tiled disclaimer.
What nation has made more out of
this war than England? It hals been
declared more than once in the House
ui vi>iniii'/iM~ iiiui on ino wiiuit; autj
was the gainer hy the war. She saw
] at the end of the war her sole Euroi
pean commercial and maritime rival
destroyed. She gathered to herself
as a result of the war 2,000,000 square
miles of territory, inhabited by 40,000,000
people.
I have never been able to experience
any deep commiseration over the material
loss of England in the war. In;
fact my limited acquaintance with
j English history leads me to believe
j that that is a thing wnVgh does not
happen in wars ln?whleh England takea
part, save when she had a little brush
with the American Colonies.