Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Southern BHB^HHBbN^^SkHv o c e ^^nHMH^SHB9n|Hf HH^H^HHH|KH^HH^i . > Nomination. jBM?M^B!f|Rme^^^Mf course, not con- t K a politTTSl or partisan tea- s QH^Rer.ce its comments on the c ^^^)re^BKitial campaign and candidates v areBrhtended to be only such as t should interest any intelligent citi(zen concerned for the public welfare, d We may feel sure that the nomi- c nee of the Republicans is neither so a excellent nor so bad as is represent- 11 ed. All Americans may be proud of t the faet that no longer wouid any r party dare to no.n:nate a man wi;ese e character was stdinei by personal a f impurity or shady financial adventures. Though Senator Harding ^ ' * * " v - ~ ^ nrM anv- V could naraiy De wpcdra v thing to the fame of tha {Teat office \ he seeks, the country would have j nothing of which to ;>e ashamed. Thi? - is indeed faint praise; and, f ?r 1hat ? matter, the praise from the senator's ? best friends is in effect quite faint. s Dantiers, the hearty supporter, a p prominent New York banker, who r congratulated his party in the fol- c lowing words, did not realize what a ? confession he "was making of the call- j ber of the candidate: f "Dignified, experienced, amiable, I f consider Senator Harding eminently j fitted for the office. He is an ap- c T>~rv?r?v>able man and not one w:*th c ? u _ P*. VMV..w ideas so lofty that he can not ue lui^ lowed by ordinary people;. It is /iot j "egainst him that he has not commit- j ted himself strongly on some issue?." c Probablyt there was never uttered j a more naive confession of medic-c- ( rity. The compliments are all true; ^ but they would apply equally woJl to ( thousands of men of whom we would j more naturally think in connection , with a village council or the lower g house of a state legislature in quiet J times. History could not treat the j ^ ~ orophet ^ intellectual giant?a , ^who now occupies the White House? t rmore kindly than to supply him with k ' such a successor as a foil. t It is doubtful, however, whether ( the American people will be pleased ( to refrigerate the presidency in the j suspended animation of common- , place respectability at a time like ( Bp this merely to throw into high light Mr. Wilsons fame. If the presir dency is to come as the reward of a career such as Senator Harding's, why should a politician strive to be T fVio failure of a statesman; the talents and character possessed by a Calhoun, or a Clay, 01 a Web- " ster, to make our greatest men presi- ^ dent, Mr. Harding's nomination again 1 ^ brings to the fore a serioas indict- ( ment of the American .syvem. For -the premiership to rro to sjch a respectable mediocrity, counted upon j by those who would manage him as ^ "amiable" or "approachable,'" would V be impossible in France or England. ; V It reminds one of the marvelous cir- ! m cumstances that Champ Clark was all 1 W but nominated by the Democrats in *?v.i:?or? y.vst?v/?. by its } I 19112. rne ? f very nature, operates to deny leader- j | ship to the* real intellect.ul and } moral leaders of parties and commie ' it to men of the better type in the , second class. It is only exceptional circumstance1- that drive a Lincoln, a Cleveland, a Roosevelt, or a Wilson, ' through the line to the goal. From the two following comments histv^y will probably not seriously dissent. Says the New York Times, the Republicans are "a party without m a principle and without a commanclW ing representative." Says the Gau ^Jjois of Paris: "France, like Diogenes, ^^^pways searches for a man. Amer'1 " -foni-s: tn find (Ba, on tne uuiei n?u?, ^ man.'' H Democratic Prospects. Presidents are much to be preBrred above kings; and yet, as Dr. Jordan Poteat puts it, "God's way of Choosing. a king as related in the peautiful story of Samuel's visit to TBethlehem to anoint one of Jesse's sons contrasts very favorably with four not overly scrupulous politicians' way of selecting a president in a hotel room in Chicago. Tf Mr. Hoover had pursued slightly different course, he would now siand about the best chance of any American citizen of being the next president. The other personalities involved offer possibilities of the tactics of the Republi cans or boldly accepting the issue by ^nominating a strong personality. / , I Whoever the nominee, there is the certainty of a bitter fight for control, of policy between President Wilson and Mr. Bryan. The issue raised between them at the Jackson dinner is incapable of compromise; for Mr.; Bryan says, "Compromise at once with the senate on the treaty reser-' rations," and the president says,' "There must be no compromise." The A i r*i Affawtrvf fV? o AftpebClXl/gilig, lusuivcic v/x wiv . ^^Republican platform to conciliate both the friends and the enemies of; the treaty has greatly increased the j Wf chances of the Democrats on any W straightforward, sincere policy that, | jjiey may be able to adopt. Whether L rigidly standing for the treaty as it W Vjgv or declaring for compromise resI erfcatjons would be the wiser step ^ must be left until after the election to the "I-told-you-sos." There will be no bolt in either party. Senator Johnson has not had the ordinary civility to congratulate ? his rival; but the exhibiting of his [ dullness in managing his affairs at the convention too seriously exposed / his weakness to permit of a bolt, M developing into anything but a farce. B ^Lesser politicians will be very chary of repeating an attempt at which the W most popular American that ever ^ lived so signally failed. True, seme Sk "committee of forty-eii'ht" is ^onsidj T T7 knf 1 ering nominating ?j& run-cuc, vu* that would amount to little more 9^L than a sort of restlessness. It would flSwiave to be a very closely divided BM?fc>ction in which La Follette ."oulJ his old party. Senators Lcn^m^EIBpd Kenyon recent the nommaH the '^reactionary" Harding. HH^^H[eeiing will turn some voters to n|Hd Democrat and will cause lany RepuMicdiis to refrain si ro;n The 'atter \ lattice in p 884\^^Kiough .0 account for the a leetio!^^^ leveland over Blaine. p 7?~ L) Some Educational Shortcomi ijjs. \\ The Russell Sage Foundation in a p ecent bulletin on the American pubic school system points ?ut the fa<*t hat tor the country at large the chools are only 52 per cent, effi- y ient; they barely more than half- e /ay measure up to what the best auhorities say they should be. 1( The standard by which the Foun- tl lation forms its judgment is based p >n such factors as length of * term, mounts spent for salaries and equip- p ' J ?<-u _ iient, skill m teacmng, ana xeugm v.* ? erm. As bad as is this showing, it ? epresents twice as high an average a fficiency as existed a generation go. ' " C A notable feature of educational s listory during the past generation las been the steady advance of the 1< Vest and the relative decline of the Cast in the efficiency of their public v chools. This relative tendency is o general. It is illustrated by the fact b hat the rugged mining and ranching tate of Montana stands first as 75.8 d >er cent, efficient. Massachusetts is n linth. New York is thirteenth, while >outh Carolina is at the bottom, witn z in efficiency of 29.4 per cent. It will o lot require many visits to school n louses hardly fit for barns, run for b our or five months a year, where the nnocents are being massacred, to ;onvince the observer that 29.4 per :ent. is a rather high estimate. { A proposal which may be adopted n New York City to close the pub- 1 ice schools on Wednesday at 2i >'clock so as to allow the churches of j he children's parents to use that aft- ! ( rnoon for religious instructions in! ;heir Sunday schools, parish houses, | itc., finds the Protestants in an em-j *1" tVa,, ?t;II KP f jarrassmg position, inc.* ?ru. E mable to provide the necessary in-; itructors if the measure is adopted,' vhereas the Jews and Catholics, ;hrugh their orders and sisterhoods, 8 vill be much better able to handle ;he situation. I c Incidentally we may notice that w ;he common schools in many North-;? jrn states hold the children for sev-:s 3ral hours in the afternoon as ;hrough the morning, ^nd that the t jrreat majority of the teachers in the ^ Dity of New Yprk are Catholics. jJ . . ]1 Students* Honor and Religion. I was present recently at a meet- ; ng of about seventy professors from ' men's colleges from the states south Df the Ohio and east of the Mississippi. A vote was taken after a dis-11 ;ussion on the question, "How Does 1 the College Campus Compare With ? the Outside World in the Practice of 1 the Ethics of Jesus? ' To my amazement, 15 voted that it was a mere' reflection of the outside world, 26 . that it was higher, and four that it was lower. I am profoundly con-' winced that these ' fundamentally t idealistic teachers who voted pessim- r istically were overly influenced by j their disgust at the practice of cheat- j ing on examinations which testimony from many sources showed to be dis i? tressingly common. Une proiessor stated positively that at a conference of teachers from the colleges of his state it was the opinion that not over five per cent, of the students were 1 entirely frep from this dishonesty. ' Another, however and from my Vir- 1 ginia association) I am glad to say he was from Virginia) said that it, was all but unknown in his college, an institution of the Presbyterian j, church. j' I am sure that the pessimistic J views expressed were exaggerated.! And yet the standards of the old' South in personal honor have, over; wide areas, woefully broken down. It j, may be in part because a class that j, never learned the old standards has;: brought it lower ideals into the old |, places of honor; for the standards of! classes differ immensely, UUl^iViiv > without our suspecting it until some ' tragic flash reveals the hidden mo- j tives and processes of character andi, action. Perhaps commercialism isj partly to blame. But I think that it i is easier to cast the load on this scape goat than definitely to fasten it there. We have lost the standards of the past generation and have not acquired a satisfactory substitute. We no longer cherish so jealously our honor as gentlemen (in the old sense of those words) and we are not yet good enough Christians. Where honor and religion are both weak the moral backbone is bound to-be rather flexible. Parents and teachers particularly in the common schools should make ci-r^nor nnrl freauent anneals to chil dren while their ideals are being formed. As to the view of virtually half the professors that the college students jive up to the eftrics of Jesus no better than the outside world, my observation leads me to think that the college students live a very much higher life than does the average man of his age. With all their shortcomings, the colleges supply to the world its largest resources of intelligence, idealism and service. About the Negro. It is stated, apparently on good authority, Iftat government nguicoi show that negroes bought $225,000,-1 000 worth of liberty bonds. That is about one one-hundredth of the bonds were bought by about oneninth of the people of the country. This is an astonishing revelation of the amount of money the negroes possess. One negro is said to have bVught a hundred thousand dollars worth. The bank that won the prize for exceeding most largely the proportion of bonds assigned by the government to be sold by it was a| nejrro bank in Portsmouth, Va. The negroes Quite widely Know j these facts, as they do others con-j nected with their war service. They have been made much more sensitive i to their posi+ifr and much more resentful of all sorts of discrimina-j tions. Though the acute stage that; existed some months ago is past, the J negro press is active in keeping alive! * uch sentiment. The negro "newspaer* is, in fact, hardly a newspaper t all. It is propaganda which exloits or distorts items of informalon lor the purpose of exhibiting the rrongs, the achievements and the asirations of the negro. Arrows in the Bull's Eye. Perhaps you would like to pu: in our quiver these arrows from sevral men who draw a strong bow: j, 'Wo nation must ever again he altn y-n to war on an issue thut lie public opinion of the world does ot approve."?Woodrow Wilson. "The world is becoming a vast. owder plant, in which a few fools lav at any time create an irrepres-; ible disaster."?Henry Adams, | bout ten years ago. "The survey of the Kingdom of! lod over a sisterhood of democratic j tates is the only hope of the world.''; ?H. G. Wells, since the "few fools" 2t off the "powder plant." "The last generation made the j rorld a neighborhood; it is the duty f this generation to make it a; rotherhood.'' "A spirit of cooperation must be; eveloped commensurate with the i lachinery of cooperation." I forgot who uttered the last two j houghts contrasting the mechanism f invention, transportation, com lunication and the spirit that saves, < ur r.ney exoress a gTeai i.ruin. Wofford College , i THE CITADEL ; i rhe" Military College of South ! Carolina j i i Classed by the War Depart-! ment as a | )istinguished Military College < Full courses in engineering, ; ciences and languages. ftrA BENEFICIARY SCHOLAR SHIP, which pays nearly all expens-; ss, is vacant in Newberry county, i* md will be filled by a competitive ixamination to be held on July 9," at he county seat. This examination vill .be given on the following subects: Algebra through quadratics,: )lane geometry, English grammar, fomposition and rhetoric, literature,' American history, ancient history, ind physical geography. j I A limited number of pay cadets; vill be received. Total expenses leed not- exceed $400. Early appli-j nation is necessary. For catalog givng full information, address * i Col. O. J. BOND, Superintendent The Citadel, Charleston, S. C. TEACHERS WANTED. _ TT J Two teacfters tor me namuiu school, principal $80; assistant $70. ferm 7 months. Board $20. Apply B. P. Hawkins, Newberry, S. C., Route 7. i . 1 NOMINATIONS. For Solicitor. Homer S. Blackwell is hereby lominated for reelection as Solicitor :>f the Eighth circuit subject to the rules of the Democratic party. For State Senator. t ? - fnr the State' 1 (till <a ^anuiuuuv Senate, subject to the Democratic Primary. NEAL W. WORKMAN. Alan Johnston, yielding to the j earnest requests of voters from all: parts of the county, has consented to stand for reelection to the state senate. He will abide by the result of the Democratic primary; and, if j elected, his service will be marked,; as heretofore, by wholehearted devotion to the public good. For House of Representatives W. B. Boinest is hereby announced ~ ^ 1% A1?OA A'P ! as a candidate iur mc nuusc vx | resentatives, subject to the rules of! the Democratic primary. Euston N. Kibler is hereby an-! nounced as a candidate for the House of Representatives from Newberry county and will abide result of Democratic primary. 1 J. Wm. Folk is hereby announced | as a candidate for re-election for the House of Representatives and will1 abide result of Democratic primary. ] I am a candidate for reelection as! a member of the House of Represen-1 tatives from Newberry County, sub-i +n thp rulps of the Democratic J""" ? ? I party. H. H. EVANS. Geo. S. Mower is hereby announced I vuuil^ U(?M I outperform th I Two Year Guar* jp T'.-;. ' b' { ' V V:-i " " f" N ' *?>'>'' / '* '*- L P5--^ * >'&V /i.. . >. ' i U& " -fO '. t ' * V-:V ' I , >.WV- Vo- ~&-??&lZ\i*S0C?. -h &?a& $ I pp ! & " ~~ ~ \ /yy ^ "Take the HI N With "GREEN FLAG" M worried look when you stri engine cool because i'c is a ' does not break down undei use of ordinary oils, which your motor. Green Flag ? .1 /__11 !_i cants. It carries uie run mie^i It increases the power and impr runs smoother and quieter, and ITY, PROTECTION and ECOh To understand its superior quali . i a*. out. it costs no more to go ifks Do thisJ Go to the "GREHN FL "GRE2N FLAG". Then drive over some fzm.liar, c ? p ? cperalion and power or your c<sx. is sach a s:ood oil made for you tc Sup) Ask for Cr^en Flat* V Gear CoTTip&wnd tud f V Cup Crciic CANNOr J. E. si 4 ? as a candidate for nomination for the I House of Representatives in the | approaching Democratic primary. W. A. Counts is hereby announced as a candidate for the house of representatives and .subject to the rules of the Democratic party. For Superintendent of Education. T - -frtY" (>f\nnt.V 911T)ST i urn a tanuiuabb *-y- ??x- ? intendent of education subject to the rules of the Democratic party. ELBERT H. AULL. Olin W. Bundrick is hereby announced as a candidate for the office of Superintendent of Education, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. For Treasurer. Claude C. Schumpert is hereby announced as a candidate for reelection to the office of county treasurer, sub jeet to the Democratic primary For Sheriff. Subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary, I am a candidate for reelection as Sheriff. CANNON G. BLEASE. For Clerk of Court. J. D. Wheeler is hereby announced j as a candidate for clerk of court and I is pledged to abide the result of the j Democratic primary. . . .. Jno. C. Goggans is hereby announcj ed as a candidate for reelecton to the j office of Clerk of Court, subject to I it. Tk ?? UiC i^CIllVtiau^ pnuiaijft | .'.a I .1 i i For Auditor. ! J. B. Halfacre is hereby announced | as a candidate for reelgfction as ! county auditor for Newberry county ; and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. I hereby announce myself as a A Live stiver 11 Wjm U your that yo ERJES' Our Inspei ! Whit antee I Newberry, S. C I At Haddon Au m.% *J4 w&fhi A ^ 2' ' v-' * _ -?<&< 'A rv ;. ' *.* < . ' ^ vg r- *;v.v w *-7a c '?v ' : ? S Ptf> .T ** V i'>V .' * w? ^ v. v v.* , f 'V.-r-r* ' ^.r? . . ; ..? ~-?v* .' ^'J / *. f * ,*> ?," " * . . I* i s&ll &1 ;r >'>v.y . ,: : ) tx'li :r-; / j& * i R&*3 pwi ; *> >v- . va<> J; \ . ^ ^ Vi*3 r'T? s" " .r.\" -.-X ^ > . ',?.* .'*?.??" '?{" r'T;';>.* > /V' 5- / - -r ? - ** ;&?&*? '- -?/ ^.%.-.w-A -?*m r itbut uw otor Oil in the crank case yc Ice a steep grade. The "GR1 TRUE LUBRICANT?not r the terrific heat that woul are temporary in service, an i4otor Oil is the supreme test ity cf its v&Iue to the last drop, oves the performance of your m MANY MORE MILES to the gal ;OMY in "GREEN-FLAG" Mote ties and its economy, you must gi i than to buy any olher recognize AC' dealer and have your crank c traveler? ri>utr, ard make note ol You win be amazed at the inrpfoi s % > use. Costs no more to br<jin witH Costs less in tie end ' I plied by the following w>U-known dealersi < AUTO SERVICE, NEWBERRY, ^ALY, LITTLE MOUNTAIN, S. E. METTS, BALLENTINE, S. C. candidate for Master of Newberry of county subject #to the rules of the Democratic primary. .JAMES D. QUATTLEBAUM. For Coroner. G. H. Ruff is hereby announced a* V a candidate for Coroner and is pledged to abide the result of the Democratic primary. : as F. M. Lindsay is hereby announced 1G as k candidate for coroner and is th pledged to abide the result of the ~~ Opmnrratic Drimary. .. Commissioner No. 10 Township. J. D. H. Kinard ii hereby announc- D( ed as a candidate for^township commissioner for No. 10 township and will abide the rules of the Democratic party. , n( tr J. Walter Richardson is nereby an- at nounced for commissioner for No. 10 pj township and will abide the rules of the Democratic party. For Magistrate Nos. 1 and ft. . Charles W. Douglas is hereby announced as a candidate for reelection as magistrate for Townships Nos. 1 and 8, and is pledged to abide by th rules of the Democratic primary. n . a! For Magistrate No. 4 Township. t( I am a candidate for reelection for Magistrate for No. 4 Township subject to the rules ofsthe Democratic primary. ' ' a R. M. Aughtry. ir n Magistrate No. 6. ? J.~ Henry Dorroh ifi nominated as a candidate for reappointment as aj magistrate for No. 6 township andfN will abide the rules of the Demo- oj cratic party. ? Magistrate No. 10. n l am a candidate for magistrate si for No. 10 Township subject to rules j tc Battery Makes j car is sluggish in "getting aws ur Battery is at fault, n and let us look it over. We foe. ??i i Stitch in Time Saves ig adjustment at this time may price of a new Battery. rtion Service is Withou mire Motor Con i to Co. " * *? v > , ". . .. *- ' 4 s~v | ^ " ; ' f' |j ~ 1# 4* 5 ^ 4 ^ '; , ,-J-, fc-^J ?5 " "'S - : ; : w ?y 'J a^jq s,, V<- ^ i> /,,j ? J iafatg Up" >u don't have to wear a ELEN FLAG'' keeps the "just a motor oil." It , d be generated by the d jeapordize the life of I of efficiency in Lubridor. 4<Picks up" quicker, Ion. Thus you have QUAL?r Gil. ve "GREEN FLAG" a tryd Motor OiL ase drained, and re-filled witb 7. . : the thrilling difference in the #> r,'. ... -ement, and mighty glad there ' \ ' / ' * ' ' , > '' " ^ ">.* t V I I v v ' \ ' ( > ' * Vf . ' 1 s. c. . C. ; wmm Democratic primary. J. J. KIBLER. " J. A. Kinard is hereby announced a candidate for magistrate for No. ' Township and will abide the'reIt of the Democratic primary. ~ -n D. L: Stone is hereby announcea a candidate for magistrate for No. i Township subject to the rules ot e Democratic party. Magistrate tor No. 11. / I am a candidate for magistrate r No: 11 Township subject to rales smocratic primary. T. B. RICHARDSON. Luther Crumpton is hereby stn>unced as a candidate for magisate for No. 11 towrlship and will >ide the rules of the 'Democratic , irty. j if - # t M. H. Wicker is hereby announced 5 a candidate for magistrate for No. 1 township and will abide the rales I the Democratic party. For Magistrate Pomaria. ' 1 Jn<\ B. Bedenbaugh is Jreiefiy a?* j-.L. *? ouncea as a canaiaauj iur tccic^Mw* 3 Magistrate for Pomaria, subject; > the rules of the Democratic prilary. I I E. A. Hentz is hereby announced a? candidate for - magistrate for Pfclaria and will abide the regpQt the democratic primary. S. J. Cromer is hereby announced 3 a candidate for commissioner ivs o. 2 township, subject to the rules t the Democratic party. ' Thomas L. B. Epps is hereby anounced as a candidate for comm?> oner for No. 10 township, subject > the rules of the Democratic party alive-Car iy" it may be I are specialists Nine" i save you the ? ** ?vv it tost to You lpany Whitmire, S. C. . \* ? :. ill ii