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DAVIS DENOUNCES
KLAN IN SPEECH
Call* on Coolidge to State His Posi
tion. Hits Corruption of
Republican Party.
Seagirt, N. J., Aug. 22.—The Ku
Klux Klan was denounced by napte
here today by John W. Davis, the
Democratic presidential candidate*
In a fighting address to the Demo
cracy of New Jersey, Mr. Davis con
demned that and any other organiza
tion raising the standard of racial and
religious prejudice. Then he called
upon President Coolidge ks the stand-
ar dbearer of the Republican party
to join him by “some explicit decla
ration" in “entirely removing this
topic from the field of political de
bate."
In naming the klan in this, the sec
ond address of his campaign, the
Democratic nominee again brought
into the open an issue which rent the
Democratic national convention which
nominated him and led to the memor
able .Saturday night battle in Madi
son Square Garden Which culminated
in a record vote and a majority of
four against denunciation of the klan
by name in the party platform.
Having discussed it rather fully- in
his acceptance address, Mr. Davis ap
parently did not intend to refer to it
again in his address here. He told
his audience that since his arrival
here from New York last night he has
been asked by more than one person
as to the views he entertained toward
the klan. Decision to state his posi
tion clearly, once and for all as he
put it, is understood to have crystali-
■zed at a conference which Mr. Davis
had last night with several party
leaders at the home of Governor Sil-
zer. Besides the governor those re
ported to have participated included
Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City,
Democratic national committeeman
from this state; Joseph P. Tumulty,
former secretary to President Wilson,
and Thomas J. Spellacy, director of
the eastern headquarters of the na
tional campaign organization.
Mr. Davis voiced his declaration re
garding the klan at the conclusion of
4i general address in which he vigor
ously scored the Republican party on
the record of the scandals disclosed
at Washington and pointed out the
chief points on which the two parties
differ.
Apparently few in the audience
looked for such a declaration. When
the nominee, with out-thrust jaw and
vigorous gesture, first named the klan
there was a hush. But it was only
for an instant. Cheers broke from
the thousands gathered on the Camp
Silzer parade ground and hats, hand
kerchiefs and pennants were waved
•enthusiastically.
Again and again, he was interrupt
ed by cheering and there were crieS
of “good-boy." “That’s the stuff,”
from his ‘ audience. Mr. Davis said
at the outset that the issue was one
. which had no proper place in this or
any other campaign and that he men
tioned it in the hope that he might
dispose of it once and for all so far
as he was concerned.
Reminding his hearers that in his
Clarksburg acceptance address he af
firmed his “personal belief in the
great guarantees of religious freedom
and religious tolerance which have
mftde this country what it is," the
nominee declared he had sought to
give his views in terms sufficiently
broad to include any and all forms
of bigotry, prejudice and intolerance.
“On that declaration I stand," he
said. “Whenever any organization,
no matter what it chooses to be call
ed, whether Ku Klux Klan or by any
other name, raises the standard of
racial and religious belief as a test
of fitness for public office it does
violence to the spirit of American in
stitutions and must be condemned by
all those who believe as I do in
American ideals.
“Hear me for one further word. I
repeat that these matters must not
be permitted to divert the attention
of he public from the vital questions
now before them. To this and with
this end only in mind, I venture here
and now to express the hope that the
nominee b? the Republican party will
see fit by some explicit declaration to
join me in entirely removing this to
pic from the field of political debate.”
Mr. Davis made it clear in an ad
dress here today that in his judge
ment President Coolidge failed in his
acceptance address to meet the issue
of corruption in public office. Re
ferring specifically to the oil, veter
ans’ bureau and prohibition scandals,
Mr. Davis declared that the Republi
can party could not escape responsi
bility for the acts of its high officers
elevated by it to high places of
power. ’ Then he added:
“If the fact is that the public re
sources have been squandered, is it
any answer to say that a budget sys
tem has been installed?
“If unfit and corrupt men have
been put in office and left to their
own services is it a sufficient defense
that the administration was not desir
ous of dishonesty.
“If the wounded veteran has been
defrauded of the care that was his
due, is there any comfort to him in
the fact that Congress made lavish
appropriations ?”
Mr. Davis declared that those who
ask the country to pretend that the
acts of those public officials involved
in the scandals were “simple indiscre
tions" which should be overlooked
when there is a. “sign of repentenee"
assume “a degree of indifference or
a lack of inetrest on the part of the
people would be itself a reflection
upon popular government."
“If it be true that public interest
in these things has waned," he asked,
“is it not a public duty to see that
it is revised before the day of judge
ment comes?"
In view of the record of the past
three years Mr. Davis said, “they
(the Republicans) pray, not without
reason, for a government of common
sense. We stand for one of common
honesty.
“What is honesty in government?
honesty in the handling of public
funds and the public property, of
course. But it is something more. It
is candor and fair dealing an im-
partality and transaction of the pub
lic business in the open, in broad day
light, without disguise, or pretense,
or evasion. It is the playing of no
favorites, whether in making public
contracts or in writing public laws.
“It is the treating of. all classes, of
all sections on the country on an equal
basis. It is the voidance of secrecy
and whispering and sharp practice in
the management of public affairs.
Men love darkness rather than light
only when their deeds are evil.
Whether in Washington or out of it
we will have no invisible advisers in
our party councils, no alliance with
any of those who work in secret for
secret ends."
Mr. Davis told his audience that
this was only one of the points on
which the Republican and Democratic
parties differ, and he promised that
as the campaign proceeded some of
the points already clear would be
come “plainer still.”
“They outwardly deplore special
privilege, except in the sacred guise
of a protective tariff," he said.
We oppose it in this and every
other form.
“They believe, or profess to believe,
that agriculture should be on an eco
nomic basis with other industries.
They have no plans to this end but
the appointment of a committee to
investigate and advise that the farm
er provide himself witV leaders not
1 interested in politics. We think that
1 the first step to economic equality is
to deprive ethers of their unjust ad
vantage.
“They are content to conduct the
foreign affairs of the United States
through private citizens unofficially
observing. We think America is great
enough to speak in her own name.
“They propose now, after nearly
four years of absolute inaction to en
roll the United States *s a member
of court of the International Justice.
We promise to do so as soon as
power is in our hands.
“They present a party made up of
a president facing in one direction, a
congress in another, the ranks and
file scattered between.
YOU NEED NOT PAIL
A Champion
Passenger (frisking self): “Lost it,
that’s all—I’ve lost my ticket!"
Conductor: “What ya mean, lost it?
Say, you couldn’t lose a ticket a yard
long.”
Passenger: “Couldn’t, hey? Say.
you don’t know me. Once I lost t
bass drum.'" a
Regular Order
Judge: “You’ve heard the charge—
are you guilty or not guilty?”
Prisoner: “Why, er—I’ll have t*
hear the evidence first, your honor.**
An Abeorbing Story
In a New York hotel the other day
a woman guest came rather hurriedly
to the desk and asked if she might
have a blotter. The clerk, smiling,
obliged her, and she disappeared to
ward her room. Quickly she returned
for another. y*
“So sorry to trouble you," she said.
The clerk assured her it was all right,
but when she Returned for the third,
the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh,
his curiosity got the better of him.
“Beg pardon,—but if you spilt the
ink we will gladly send a maid to
assist you," he said.
“Oh, thank you—perhaps you had
better do that. But it isn’t the ink
—the water pipes in the bath room
have burst."
Blond Boss Opines
“Harmony in dress is to be desired,
but the freckled girl in a polka dot
dress leading a coach dog I just saw,
rather overdid me."
His Impression
An Englishman arrived in New
York and during his first night at
one of the* big hotels, a heavy wind
storm came up and blew him out* of
bed. Gathering himself up, he stag
gered to the telephone, and called the
room clerk.
“I want another room."
“Certainly—but what’s wrong with
the one you are in?”
“Oh, it’s all right, but I think de
signers have rather overdone the ven
tilation here.”
Triiq to Form
Dentist (forgetfully, as he reaches
into the hood of his motor car): “Now,
! this may pain you slightly, but I’ll be
as careful as I can."
Ten years ago when Charles H.
Jury, of Pasedena, California, was 52
years. old he reached the breaking
point in his life. A year before he
had been wiped out in business, losing
everything he possessed but a small
cottage and a bare plot of ground 75
by 100 feet. To add to his troubles
he was stricken with incipient rheu
matism of so progressive a nature
that he became a “hopeless" cripple.
Starvation faced him and his feeble
wife. A specialist whom he couldn’t
pay told him he would never walk
again and probably would never be
able to usd his hands again. A neigh
bor gave him a wheeled chair and he
settled back to die, either of starva
tion or creeping paralysis.
The haunted and pinched face of
his feeble wife, however, so frighten
ed him that he determined to live and
not only to live but to again earn
money and to again ■ take his place
in the world of useful persons. He
.waa^resolved to make the barren
ground he owned support him. Fight
ing back the numbness in his swollen
hands and exercising them a few min
utes out of each hour in the day de
spite the agony it entailed, he manag
ed within three months’ time to mani
pulate a hoe, and with this hoe and
the aid of his wife he tilled the en
tire plot of ground before the spring
of that year had closed. Before the
summer had waned his hands and
arms were obeying him instead of he
obeying them. During that summer
he raised enough choice vegetables
to not only supjjprt himself and wife
but to sell a few to a local market
That winter he began raising rabbits
His feet and legs were paralyzed and
still are and he has never left the
wheel chair excepting to be lifted into
bed^and out again.
But the rheumatism and paralysis
have been kept localized there. His
swollen arms and hands obey him.
He is a breeder of Belgian hares,
which he sells to local dealers, and
his carrots and cabbages are the fin
est in California. He owns a new
home, has every comfort and is re
garded as fairly well to do.
Purdy’s Philos
“Most men develop great tactful
traits—when the other fellow is the
biggest."
And Plenty of It
She: “Does roller skating require
any particular application?"
He: “No, just plain arnica or hdRit
liniment are as good as anything I
know of."
Two Line Verse
Wise I am I know
Crows don’t crow—just ’cause.
She Knew, All Right
Agent (searching in grip): “Madam,
I have here the greatest invention of
the age. It is a compact tool which
can be used to cut paper, clean a pipe,
pick locks, button shoes, bodkin or
needle—it is ’’
Housewife: “I don’t need any hair
pins—I’m bobbing my hair now."
(door slams). . . t
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING
To the Stockholders of the Lydia
Cotton Mills, located near Clinton,
South Carolina:
Pursuant to a resolution of the
Beard of Directors of the Lydia Cot
ton Mills, duly adopted at a meeting
of the said Directors, held on August
5th, 1924, a meeting of the Stock
holders of the Lydia Cotton Mills, lo
cated near Clinton, in Laurens Coun
ty, in the State of South Carolina, is
hereby called, and will be held at the
office of the Lydia Cotton Mills, lo
cated on their premises, near Clinton,
South Carolina, on Tuesday, Septem
ber 9th, 1924, at the hour of 3:30
o’clock, p. m., for the purpose of con
sidering a resolution, duly adopted
August 5th, 1924, by the said Board
of Directors, to increase the Capital
Stock of the said Lydia Cotton Mills,
all of which is now Common Stock,
from $160,000.00 to $400,000.00, by is
suing 2400 shares of additional Com
mon Stock, of the par value of $100.-
00 per share; also for the purpose of
considering a resolution duly adopt
ed August 5th, 1924, by the said
Board of Directors, that Preferred
Stock, bearing date October 1st, 1924,
-he
the amount of $300,000.00, divided in
to 3000 shares of the par value ad
$100.00 per share.
The said Preferred Stock to pay
dividends not to exceed seven per
cent (7%) per annum, payable oat
of the net profits of the Compand
semi-annually, on the first daya of
April and October of each year. "
At the expiration of five years front
the date of the isQpe of said Preferred
Stock, the Lydia Cotton Mills Miall
have the right to redeem by lot or
otherwise, as the Directors shall de
termine, all or any part, of tile aaid
Preferred Stock, by paying therefor,
the par value, together with all ac
crued dividends.
All of the Stockholders of the Ly
dia Cotton Mills, are respectfully in
vited and requested to be present at-
the Stockholders meeting hereby call
ed to be held on September 9th, ISM.
M. S. BAILEY, President.
C. M. BAILEY, Sec. and Trees.
Clinton, S. C., August 5th, 1924.
The automobile industry uses fifty-
four per cent of the upholstery lentil*
er supply of this country.
Of the 293,488 houses destroyed in
the earthquake in Japan last Septena-
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 19th day of
September, 1924, we will render a
final account of our acts and doings
as Executors o!( the estate of John H.
Hipp, deceased, in the office of the
Judge 1 qf Probate of Laurens coun
ty, at 11 o’clock a.' m., and on the
•seme day wilKiyaply for a final dis
charge from our trust as Executors.
Any person indebted to said estate'
is notified and required to make pay
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims against said
estate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven or be forever
barred.
I. S. HIPP and M. B. HIPP,
9-19-4tc Executors.
CARD OF THANKS
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8 Our Cakes and Pies are just as
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Allow me to express my apprecia
tion to my friends in Hunter town
ship for the vote given mfe in the
magistrate’s race on Tuesday. Thiz
evidence of confidence on the part of
my friends makes me grateful and
appreciative.
W. P. BALDWIN. )
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my appreciation
to my friends for the splendid sup
port and endorsement given me in my
race for the House of Representatives
in Tuesday’s election.
W. D. OWENS.
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CLINTON CONCERN
OPENS IN LAURENS
The Fuller Grocery Company,
wholesale grocers of this city, has
opened a branch concern at Laurens
within the past few days. The Lau
rens office will be in charge of W.
H. Franks, formerly with Milling
Grocery Company, and he will* be as
sisted by Tom Dolt. E. G. Fuller,
president of the firm, will divide his
time between the two places.
WANTS
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ire one cent per word for each inaer-
■ ion, with a minimum charge of 25c,
payable invariably in advance.
NOTICE TO SCHOOL PUPILS
On Saturday morning, August 30,
at nine o’clock, all the teachers will
be in their respective classrooms to
hold examinations and confer with
parents and pupils. All pupils who
failed on studies must stand their re
examinations at this time or repeat
their respective grades. The schools
will open for regular work Monday
morning, September 1, at 8 o’clock.
Pupils should come with their books
prepared for regular work.
J. H. WITHERSPOON, Supt.
The largest map in the world is be
ing made in San Francisco. It is 600
feet long and 18 feet wide, and shows
all the natural as well as man-mads
features of California.
LOST—One yellow hound dog about
five years old. Finder please notify
G. W. Hunter. Up
WANTED—Girl to work in tea room.
Apply to Mary Musgrove Tea
Room. Itc
FOR RENT—3 unfurnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Apply to 26
Florida street, Mrs. M. W* McDaniel.
For Sale—One Shuman
piano at a bargain. H.
S. Coffman, Phone 354.
FOR SALE—Farm known as the
Green place, near Hurricane church
and school; good farming ,<d)istrict,
and Christian neighborhood; 110
acres. If interested write Mrs. Sallie
Sallas, Mayport, Fla. 9-ll-4tp
Weaving was practiced in China
more than a thousand years before it
wae known in Europe. A
J. B. ERdNTIS
, JEWELER
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