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' i T ?IW?IMBMI SAM SHERASD'S STAND ON THE SOLDIER BONUS Gives Reasons Why He is in Favor of Adjusted Compensation for L F.x-Scrvice Men In his speech at Whitmire, Con|rref-32r.::n Poniinick ca.ivi alter::, to the fact that he had represented the Third district since March, 1017, and that he came into otlice at a time when momentous questions were being voted upon, and of ail of the hundreds of votes made by him, it was a source of great satisfaction and of keen pleasure to him to know that Mr. Sherard only disagreed with him in only one vote; his vote on the hnnn.-? fnr px-serviee men. I want to say, my friends, that I disagree with a great many votes Mr. Dominick made while he has been a member of the congress, but since ho has seen lit to discuss only the bonus question, it will be the only ore I will discuss at this time. The ex-service men deny with emphasis that they ask charity of our government. Their claim is that while away in military servicec, civilians earned unusual and enormous wages, and that excessive profits were made by people back home as a result of the war. They believe they are entitled to payment to compensate'for their losses while absent on duty, and they present a bill, not for money earned as .-soldiers, but for money lost by reason of the inter ruption of civil life. It will be remembered that a soldier's pay was thirty dollars per mont. Out 0. this he bought war savings stamps, Liberty bonds j sent! allotments back home to his wife,: mother'or other dependent relative, j and paid six dollars per month as! premium on his life insurance. It I will also be remembered that if there! ever was a price on patriotism, it was paid to these who were employ-' ed on government jobs or in the fac-j * - ? ? C- v\A nri_ I lories wnere w?u~ mui/cua: nao man-1 ufactured by contract, and not to the men who served in the military forces of the United States. The man j who served went with the spirit of! ^ ' "Duty calls, I must go." He had no! thought of high wages. The laborer. ' however, said, "I'll go where I can; get the most money for the least: number of work hours." Who set a j price on patriotism, the service man or the laborer? * -j We are now paying the price for; patriotism. Men who# were oncej strong and robust arc today in many! case? physically impaired, and there ere some with families unable to care for their loved ones, because the head of the family is in the last stag es of tuberculosisv and under the' present law, cannot get help fromj our government for whom they gave 1 their all! # J I know that a great deal has beenI done for the diseased and disabled! vsiteran, but is there any record of I i where Mr. Dominick has introducd aj I single bill in their behalf? He says] the present bill is a monstrosity, and j if I want to do something for the ex-! service man, why don't I come out like a man and say so. I want to say in answer to that, that the present bill is the best we have, it is endorsed by six of Mr. Dominick's colleagues. by our own state Democratic convention, by ex-service men i generally, Mr. JDomimcK's statement j to the contrary notwithstanding, ana; if it is such a devilish piece of Icsis- ^ % " i lation, if he be in sympathy with adjusted compensation, why his he not j improved the present bill, or intro-| I duced a better one? k Mr. Dominick says the present bill; will not help thy service man, stating that he will be given a handsomely engraved certificate, stating that the! United States would pay him three hundred dollars at the end of twenty years, and in the next breath says that if the soldier will keep the cer-; tificate twenty years he can draw' 1 "something like $900.00.*' There is a whole lot more to th;s bill. It " provide: homesteads for ex-service men, and it provides vocational training both alone: the lines of skilled artisan and professional lines. Mr. Dominick states that the federal soldier of the War Between the i States asked for and received no bonus. I want to state that he did ask for and that he did receive a bonus I the following: report from the adjutant general of the army prepared for congress in 187") will show: First: Pension?, in which six bil-' lion dollars have been given. Second: Bountes, which had totalled $673,802,25(5 by 1875. Third: Homestead laws, under which Civil War veterans settled thickly in middle western states on la.nd>3 which,became immensely valuable later. Originally entitled to 80 acres within the twenty-mile strips alone: the land-grant railroads, veterans later were enabled to increase their holdings to 100 acres. Many riot- choosing to avail themselves of their land rights were able to sell these rights for cash. Land =;crip, the i ; t ?r:n u ?t ii :o assignments of homo'stead ri.L'. 1:1.. for many years circu! late;! as money in the far west. The l'ii'-t Civil war bounty act, jpassed July 22, 13G1, provided th-at }all volunteers who enlisted under the iact for a period not exceeding three | yea: 5 cr less than six months were -entitled lo a one hundred dollar 1 ; bounty. This was later amended making payable in advance $25.00 of j the $100.00 offered. Under another 'measure enacted in March, 18G3, | drafted men enrolled to serve for ; three years, or their substitutes, j were entitled to a $100.00 bounty. j -in voiumeer recruits wuw cnu^vu : after October 23, 18G-3, and before | December 24, 1863. for three years j in an organization already in the j field, or who enlisted after December ! 23, 1863, and before April 2, 1864. : were promised a $300.00 bounty unjder a law passed January 13, 1864. There is a ridiculous contrast be| tween the anti-compensation editoy rials in eertan newspapers these da^s and the news of the stock exchanges j and financial world. While the edij tcrials sound every note of national 'poverty and financial hopelessness, I jand quote endlessly the anti-compensation warnings from Mi1.' Mellon, {secretary of the treasury, the news| piper financial experts continue to ; glcat over the extraordinary improvement in the general financial situation, and particularly the boom in the stock and bond market. The United States has so much of j the world's gold supply that our govj .rnment tells Europe please don't jsend us any more at this time. Uncle Sam has paid off more than $2,000,000.000 worth of his war debt, and has jutst been able to sell $150,000.000 worth of treasury certificates of indebtedness bearing the unusually low interest rate of three and one half per cnt. Liberty bon-Js are almost at par at this time. Money is so plentiful in the United States that foreign nations are falling over one another to take our surplus. Mr. Dominick -ays "Payments, must be made on the national debt, and taxes must be reduced. Reck-j less and extravagant expenditures; must cease." I agree that this should! be done, but why does he muddy the water by talking about reckless and extravagant expenditures in conr.ec-j tion with the bonus bill? Ha;> any[ lioon avtvnvncrnrit.lv SDPllt 011 I ex-service men? He says he is proud of the money spent for disased and disabled men, then in the next paragraph says these '"reckless and extravagant expenditures must cease.'' I will admit that such expenditures as loaning liberia $5,000,000, $20,000,000 for Russia. $11,000,000,000 to England and France to rehabilitate a:.d pay bonus' to their exservicce men are extravagant expenditures, but I do not see how the bonus legislation now before the senate is extravagant. Mr. Dominick says it will net amount to anything, then follows the statement from him that it will increase taxes up to 84,000,000.000. If it will not help, why will the bill raise so much money? rmust~h,?d oc wilih shrd'u scvmbvcc ?t.. ^<r.^- i4* Q4 nnn_ ->JL I LjyiLil II It XV, LiJ Ci U tlliO Vijv/W 000,000 will be raised over a period of forty-two years, and that the average man will not be hurt in the ieast through increased taxation. As i matter of fact the effect of the passage of the bill for -the south at least will be to put money in circulation, and it will stimulate business all over the country. IVIr. Pom I nick has evidently forgotten the fact that these service men were prc,m*sed their jobs back when they returned. He seemingly has j overlooked the fact that deflation set! in, and what few jobs there were,i had already been taken before these! boys were given a chance. Doesn't j he remember at one time there were over 700.000 ex-service men walking] the streets, eating a: free soup counfprs. Hitf] sWnin.o" nn nark benches.! hunting1 work, and that they were always; met with the response, '"No help wanted?'' There is a great contrast between the government posters in the spring of 1917. raying Uncle Sam Needs You. and the posters of business In 1922, saying No Help Wanted. How do,you expect these men to keep up-their insurance pi-emiunis when they are out of work? Every cent of insurance money collected by re'itives of these bey who died in the -.service or out of it was paid because the premiums nn *'noir nn!'c'(S hat! bppn n;iid b\" :'u' man who died. The government iiid not give them a-cent of insurance money! , The Gentleman .from Newberry may th'nk the ex-service men are opposed to adjusted compensation, but he will find that he is greatly mistaken after the 29th of August. In conclusion 1 want .to say if the people arc as burdened with taxes as the secretary of the treasury, Mr. Mellon, would have us believe, why in the name of common sense docs h? with other Republicans in congres, work so hard to pass the pres0 - t nt tar;ff legislation now before the. senate, when they know nuch lc~is-'; , lation wili enormously- increase the. |. , cost of living to every man, woman , and child in Amerca? if they pass this monstrosity they should forever ( cl.-e hold their tongues in fighting adjusted compensation to ex-service I ! men. - jC i Sam II. Sherard, ; Candidate for Congress From the 1 i Third District. j ^ ? j The Stone Age existed in British |Columbia up until as late as U eeni tury ago, according to prominent ar Icheologists who have been exploring old communitv sites, mounds and graves alon.tr the cclist and in the in- J jterior. Stone and brine tools were in common use when white explorers 1 visited the North Pacific, although ' copper and iron wore found almost J everywhere. Stone hammers arid . exes discovered are almost identicul 1 with the tools of the neolithic man* found in Europe. Old shell mounds ' on the Fraser and Thompson rivers * reveal many things formerly used by man of the Stone Age. { At the time of the Civil w?.r only three per cent of the poou'ation of ] the United States lived in cities while todav more than one-half '::re city j J I ( dwellers. i T ngi" m j \ SOUTH CAROLINA CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE STATE OFFICES Chester?Friday, August 4. j Union?Saturday, August 5. P s* f ^ irrkf a vc "'S'" I Newberry?Monday, August 14. Greenwood?Tuesday, August 15. Laurens?Wednesday, August 1G. Abbeville?Thursday, August 17. 0 McCotmick?Friday, August 18. Anderson?Saturc\iy, August 19. f Walhalla?Monday, August 21. Pickens?Tuesday, August 22. a Greenville ?Wednesday, August i: 23. 1 Gaffney?Thurs'day, August 24. lL Spartanburg?Friday, August 25. j o Pro". 0. B. Cannon is heme from g, the' summer school at \v inthrop. j( ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CONGRESS (d I am a candidate for reelection to ^ Congress from the Third Congressionil District, subject to the rules of .he Democratic party. FRED H. DOMIXICK. Subject to the rules of the Dem- jj ocratic party. I announce mysellf a . andidate for congress ' from the Third congressional district. v SAM H. SHERARD. ii t< I am a candidate for congrcss Third district subject to the rules of :he Democratic party. * i E. P. McCRAVY. r Easley, S. C. FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- | TIVES. 1 ftereny announce myscn a can- j i Jidate for the House of Represer.ta- j lives. Will abide result of the Democratic primary. Platform, Lower Taxes, Observance of Sabbath. Education, Equalization Property, Roads, etc. J. WILLIAM FOLK. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the house of representatives from Newberry county and pledge myself to abide the result of t the Democratic primary election. EUSTON X. KIBLER. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for the house of representatives from Newberry county, eub- iect to the primary election of the Democratic partv. j ' W. R. WATSON. jWhitmire, S. C. I i i HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES i I hereby announce myself aiy candidate for membership in the House ! of Representatives from Nwberry j j County, subject to the rules of the J : Democratic party. Eugene S. Blcase. * ?? , ' I hereby announce myself a candi- jj date for the House of Representa- j tivts from Newberry County, and : I will abide the rules and regulations of (a 'the Democratic primary. W. B. Boinest. ! \ ? .. ! I hereby announce myself a can-1 a didate for the House of Representa-! a tives and will abide the result of the j jj i Democratic primary. W. M. Wilson. j i i j FOR PROBATE JUDGE I I anounee myself as' a candidate j j ifor reflection for the office of Pro-! | ; b;i:e Judge and will abide the result i of the Democratic nrimarv. W. F. EWAKT.' FOR MAGISTRATE FOR TOWN! SHIPS I AND 8 I hereby announce myself a can-: didate for Magistrate for Townships; ; Numbers 1 and 8, subject to the Demi ocratic primary. Ii" elected I shall ende.'jvor to werform the duties of the g j office in the future as I have in the ' past, without fear or favor, and with i fairness to all. CHARLES W. DOUGLAS, i I am a candidate for magistrate forj J townships No. 1 and 8 and will abide! the rules of the Democratic party. J. H. CHAPPELL. j . I I am :i candidate for magistrate for town?h?ps X'.>. 1 and x and will abide I the rules of the Democratic partv. j W. S. JONES. 1 I hereby announce niyseii- a candidate for Magistrate for townships S'o. 1 and 'A and will abide by the rules of the Democratic party. E. L. RODLSl'ERGER. I am a candidate for magistrate for :nwi. ;hips No. 1 and 8 and will abide ihe rule.; of the Democratic partv. W. A. GUADDICK. ! FOR MAGISTRATE POMARIA | T /.nn/IJ/i.^n feir ri'^nnriirit.mpnt i c'. ill t i taiiviiuciiv. -? ?/ * ? \ v is masgislrate at roinar;a and -will ibide the Democratic- primary. J. B. BEDEXBAUGIL "OR MAGISTRATE FOR LITTLE MOUNTAIN The friends of Mr. J. C. Wessinger; cnowing his fitness for t.he position jf magistrate do hereby announce iim for the position of magistrate for ho town of Little Mountain, S. C., tnd pledge him to abide the result of, he primary election. FRIENDS. ! l Or. MAGISTRATE NO. 3 TOWN-! SHIP I am a candidate for magistrate or township Xo. M, and will abide the uies of the Democratic primary. W. D. RUTHERFORD, "OR MAGISTRATE NO. 4 TOWNSHIP R. M. Aughtry is hereby announc d as a candidate for reelection as magistrate foi Township Xo. 4, and. vill abide the rules of the Demcorat-j c party. I announce myself a candidate for nacristrate of Xo. 4 township, sub-! ect to the Democratic primary. J. ERNEST YOUNG, j MAGISTRATE NO. 5. John F. Miller is hereby announced: s a candidate for magistrate for No. > township, pledged -to abide ',he rules deldged to abide the rules of the [ the Democratic primary. OR .MAGISTRATE NO. 6. TOWN-' SHIP J. H. Dorroh is hereby announced s candidate for reelection as Mag-' strate for No. 6 township, pledged r. -jJm'rip thp mips of the Democratic i rimarv. - ?i FOR MAGISTRATE NO. 7 I am a candidate for appointment: s magistrate for No. 7 township abject to the rules of the Democrat-! : party. W. P. Allen. | FOR MAGISTRATE FOR NO. 9 I hereby announce myself a candi-i ate for magistrate for township No. { of Newberry county, subject to the,1 nies of the Democratic party. J. L. BOWERS, Jr. j ! Appreciating the services rendered;, le community in the past and believ12: him best qualified to serve us dur-|' ig the extremely hard years in which e are now entering, we hereby nom- , iatn .Tiidire E. B. Kair for reelection ) the office of magistrate for Xo. 9| nvnship, cubjcct to the rules of the! I HH 91 1 o the I have wanted to sa new Flour Mill, but v We have given it this that we have the best Carolina. We can d any other mill. We want your pati serve you. The Fara to serve, and it gives can serve best. Newberry ought tc ers Oil Mill for we s< wavs. W ? ~ We gin your cottoi sell your meal and hi ice, we grind your cor coal and in all this w< service. We are here to pic please this makes us h run the mill 24 hours night the year round. What I want to say grinding-, we need it. 000.00, so that we cor know that we have it flour bleached or unb or plain, just as you wheat in good conditi we will do the rest. -roonfc a nn'A r! f]nn't on I .1 I L I A l/vj Ci I J ?-A ^7 ? W V/ J.A V/ \/ \y have an engagement. I 1 Democratic primary. His Many Friends. j MAGISTRATE NO. 10 The friends of .1. J. Kibler desire j to place him in nomination for mag-!' istrate for No. 10 towonship and; pledge him to abide the ruies of the: Democratic party. I am a candidate for reelection as magistrate for No. 10 township and: will abide the rules of the Democratic primary. J. A. KIN A ED. | I am a candidate for magistrate! for No. 10 township and will abide the rules of the Democratic party. I\ B. ELLESOR. MAGISTRATE NO. 11 0. A. Feikcr is a candidate forv magistrate for No. 11 township and will abide rules of Democratci party. MAGISTRATE NO. 11 I announce myself a candidate for Magistrate Xo. 11-and will abide the rules of the Democratic primary. J B. M. Suber. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUE OF CERTIFICATE. W?f\r,r. i c. liavnKi* rrivnn f'nnt PA"rfi ficates No. 303 for ten shares, No. | -100 for five shares and No. 37 fori thirty shares of the capital stock of} the Farmers Oil Mill have been lost and application for the issue of new stock for the said shares has been made to the Farmers Oil Mill. Said certificates being in the name of H. L. Parr. H. L. PARR. Newberry, S. C., July 17, 1922. 7-18-4t FARM LOANS NEGOTIATED: INTEREST 6 PER CENT We negotiate loans on farm property at 6 per cent per annum payable in thirty-three years on amortization plan, with privilge of paying in full after five years. No commis/ ? Vi o vrr/iA] OiUIlO VJJC4.I HUNT, HUNT & HUNTER. ^ T . Attys. 7-28-tf Cures Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever. It kills the germs. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estates of Susanah M. and D. E. Sease in the Probate Court for Newberry county, S. C., on Wednesday, the. 23rd day of August, 1922, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will im- j mediately thereafter ask for my dis- ; charge as Executrix of said estates. All persons having claims against against the estates of said deceaseds, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified, with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estates will please make payment likewise. ERVIN E. SEASE, p]xecutrix. Newberry, July 13, 1D22. Public; ,y some'ting about my I /anted to test it first. 5 test and now know ; flour mill in South 0 better work than onage, we want to n-ers Oil Mill is here 1 us pleasure when we 1 stand by the Farm- ! 3rve you in so many i, we buy your seed, ills, we make your n, wheat, we sell you 2 give you the best I i j Base, and when we appy.: To do this we each day, day and is this: Give us yo ir We have spent $11,- [ ild have the best. We . We can give -you f u vicin o* ' JL Ks V-/ X 1\-4. y O X J- X 1U11 I want it. Get your on for grinding and Make your engageme to mill unless you j ? | ? ! Respectfully, I i " " i . Kodaks,5 Films a We carrv a full nine Kodak Fiin direct from Fact< here and be seti ing films in mo manner has bee with us for yea readp for you as c work w li permi! pen to make a f< picture there will for developing il have had work d< to* $5.00 you can large men t made 1 envelopes, Dull Iron, Shafting, ] Just received carload of Bar Ire Jus-t received carload of Shaftinj Just received carload of Black a Have enroute carload of Galvan Have full stock of Belting, Pad and Machinery Tools and-Supplies. Columbia Supp! 823 West Gervais Street py.'i .nwnjpi1 "iwriUMMWLun Come i Mayes Boc Pound Paper an To Match at i Mayes Book & Newberry, NOT! The Annual Meetin Country Club will be held ir on Tuesday night, August 8t All members are earnestly r W. B. W/ Secretary and nd Furnishings \ ; stock or genis, new stock, ! ?ry. Gel them sfied, Finishst satisfactory in a specialty rs, They are juickly as good r If irrtii kon_ I* At JTUU AJLCiJJiilure of your be no charge t. When you :>ne amounting i have one enQntfO fit 1! 11 lc. ua v c cx.it or light finish. ?s@| .. ..F .:. s.rMf , r<*?'? < lUMiMnmaaManBnMqn^ Pipe Roofing >n. ? 4 / ind Galvanized Pipe. ized Roofing. cing, Pulleys, Valves, Fittings > i y Company Columbia, S. C. ' ?wmmmmmammm\ 111 I???a??! T.mtjj| i to 9 )k Store d Envelopes a Bargain \ Variety Store i , S. C. - i"iu????m.% ^V2JLLfS^.LmJ?lSLJrm'7. ' ^TT1?SJS1A f ? dUTM^I I CE! ig of the Newberry i the New Court House h, 1922 at 8:30 o'clock, equestecf to be present. ILLA CE Treasure \