The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 19, 1918, Image 3
Hill H
TOR senatorial back !
Augusta
Ohraolcle TUalu , Uv^r
Should Keep Out.
(From Augusta Chronicle.)
Although for l&i yeu*a The Ohronldo
has 1hh<h almost a# much a South Our*
ollna newspaper ?H a Georgia newtipa*
per. it Iuik generally refrained from
dabbling in South Carolina politic*; ex
?*ept, of course, when rhere wan houiu
MKh iHJitio hi? ltteuselMu, w hose evil in
liuouce lopped-over State Much ami,
therefore? concorned us all.
So. also, In the matter of u ?ena
t or la I content involving a statesman,
like Senator Tillman, who Monica an
iiviuh to the nation as to the State
which, for nearly a quarter of a cen
tury. he h?w s<> n^ly repreaenUxl. Hven
tlio recent Wisconsin senatorial pri
mary, or the forthcoming Georgia *en
a tori a I race, are not without luterest
toN cltiaenfi of South Carolina, or of
other State# of tho Union, involving
as they do Immich that copeonn all,
The Chronicle, therefore, does not
hesitate to speak frCely concerning the
Sou t b Carolina senatorial situation;
uitd it is, moreover, In better, potilftyn
to speak without partisan bias Gr ?elf
tish iJolltfjiitf interest, perhaps, than If
It were published on. the east, rather
tbrtii on* the west, hank of the 8a
' " ? (t ? 1
v nun uh river/
To .^he (Throulele'tf ndud. the Rood
people ?r Mouth Oaitollna uaed hot be
concerned about a return to lllease
tsm- ho far a* a seat In tin* United
States Seoate 1m Involved ? provided
they wlU leave the Job of carry tug
HliMise to one roan, Instead of two;
ami that man, of course, is no other
than ypUf I'nclo lion Tillman.
It is Tillman's seat in the Senate
thut llleuw Is after and it in, per
force, 'TiilmwJi'b Job to kett) hiiu out
of it? ntu\ thin he can easily do. pro
vided no' one steps in to divide the
antl-iilease vote. That thin Is the com
inon sense of the situation must bo ob
vious.
Bui there la still another practical
side to the situation which the good
poople of Month Carolina will do well
to consider, ami it is this The Chron
icle wishes to present.
A State's influence in national af*
fairs, aside from the individual abil
ity of its representatives in Congress ?
and fn this latter resjaH't South Caro
lina for the most part Is well forti
fied? is neasurod almost entirely by
It# place on the Important commlt
teea of OongrfoH. Only long service
and hard work In the Senate and
Hvuse can win audi committee places
for a State's Representative in Con
gress. Kvery one at all familiar with
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Washington knows .thin to bo a fact.
Why, then, might we ask. should
South Carolina wish to gamble with
her chairmanships on importaut con
grensloual commit to***? Ia?1'm consider
the matter in Its practical surilca
tion :
South Carolina now- has two of tho
moat important chairmanship* in Con
gress- naval acktra in the Senate ami
agricultural in Jim House. Ah chair
man of tho Scitate naval affairs com
mittee, Senator Tillman has had a
powerful hand In shaping tho naval
policy of tho country, and he may
justly elaim a largo share of credit
for the magultlcoat showing made by
the American navy in the present
emergency.^
As chairman of the vastly Important
agricultural committee of the House
Congressman Ivever has been one of
the truly valuable leaders of that
body, /
But, pfatto, change ? and. lot's see
what happens:
If Congressman Lover should run for
tho Sonate this time, one of these
|K?werful committee chairmanships
would inevitably bo lost to South Caro
lina,- for Mr. !x?ver could not expect
to hold his congressional seat White
running for tho Senate. Kven if Mr,
Iiever should be elected to the Senate,
ho could not lie placed upon the Senate
agricultural committee, inasmuch as
Senator SmH'h, of South Carolina, Is
already an Influential member of thts
committee; so that Mr. Ixyvor's years
of ooqperlottoe on the agricultural com
mittee erf the House would be of
absolutely no Value to him In the
Senate. The best ho coujd hope for
would be a place at the very foot of
the I >canocru tic members on the naval
committee of the Senate, the chairman
ship of which great committee Sen
ator Tillman now holds; but which
chairmanship would be thrown away
would the people of South Carolina
make the anlxftiko of retiring their old
?'war horse".
Or to look at it another way, if
Senator Tillman and Congressman
Lever both run, and1 Tillman is defeat
ed by Blease. or by I^ever, both chair*
uaanshlps will be lost to the State of
South Carolina. ,
Many people, it Is understood, ar?
encouraging and pushing Mr. Lever
into the Senatorial race on the plea
jgjS^Senatoe fftftowt
"without an aggressive campaign". And
thin, they say, Senator Tillman ,Is not
In physfcal condition ''to taAkcrftl
though be Is eleerty physical cob
dltion to attend tohls exacting and Im
portant duties in the Senate every day.
in the week. This is the Columbia,
Site's slogan ; a position, it eetCda to
us, prosnpted move by partisanship
than by either patriotism or practical
politics.
But let's see about this. If Tillman
Alone cannot beat Blease, will Lever's
candidacy insure Bleasfes' defeats Will
.it not, rather, complicate the situation,
divide the anti-Blease forces and thus
^ Insure Blease's election? With Till
man and Ixwer both lit the race, which
one is likely to be In the second race
.with Blease? Many thousands of old
Tillmanites, who voted for Blease for
.governor against Manning, might not
vote for Lever against Blease /or the
Senate. Would not Lever's entry into
the Senatorial race, if it should causc
Tillman's defeat, so enrage tho Tlll
xnauite*. that t^ey would not support
.Lover In the second primary?
Obviously, Senator ^Tillman believes
I II. 1. 1 "II I
alt theee thlugs or he would uot now
l?0 landing /or roetoctlotf, because,
as we haw every reason to believe, the
cm imi n really wishes to retire to
private life ; hut a sense of duty to hi#
State, us well as to President Wllaon
and the nutlon, prompted him to unit
hU people to return hhu to the Senate
this one more time.
Four year# ago Senator Tillman Imde
the people of South Carolina farewell,
telling them that he would not ask
for reelection again. There Is no
doubt that he was sincere in the ?ta fo
ment then made. Hut ho has ajhwe
given 4 he very lx*st of reasons for his
change llV,purpoae; reasons that must
a!}>peul to the common sense luul
patriotism of the good people of South
Carolina, Does anyone doubt the
jxitriotlsui and good judgment of the
old Senator himself? If they do, they
do m?t see things as this entirely dls
interested newsi taper s*?w them.
To our mind, nothing Is clearer than
that Tlllmnp against It lea *0 will beat
the latter very l>adly ; In fact, there can
hardly Ite any doubt as to the outcome
uf such a race. To tie sure, I/ever
against Bloase alone might t*>ut him ;
but, certainty, there Is a larger element
of doubt as to this. It may tio Oiat had
Senator Tillman never offered for ijv
elect lou ? on account of Mease's pro
noun eed - German views? -J4>ver
might have beaten htiu. ltut since
Senator Tillman has offered, there
would seem to he nothing foy the
lllHM'ty'lovUlg, Gerinan-ha^Ihft people
of South 'vtorollna to dp but to re
elect him. And this The Chronicle la
pretty confident they are going to do ?
provided Mr. Ixwcr keeps hands otf and
i refuses to complicate the race.
There .can ibe no doubt that Mr.
Lever will go to the United States Sen
ate some day, provided he does not
make a political blunder at this tltuo,
for he is of Senatorial size and has
hatl the experleuqp in Congress that
fits him for such a {promotion ; but it
he mukes the mistake of entering the
Senatorial race now against Tillman,
he gamble* with precious things ? the
most precious things that Mouth Caro
linians now have.
What then, Is Mr. Lever's plain duty?
Is it not dbvjou*? The Chronicle, which
Is an ardent admirer of Mr. Lever, has<
every confidence ? that this sterling
young statetratap will not fail to per-;
eelve this .duty and that ha *41V faith
fully and patriotically perform It, as
he haa too much 0ood sense to be
misled by people who have more of *j
partisan than patriotic purpose to
?serve. ' .
Tribute ?Mtospect*
Permit lis to say a word about a
man whowe life meant much to the
cause o f Airtloch (immunity. Kev. S.
I). Yates who received the call to his
reward . from a life, of faithful ser
v lee on March; the * 5th, 1019.
Rev. Yates wafl'ft inun of strong
convlctlaiv and great st.rengrth of char
acter. He was one of the leading spir
its In the organization of AjiUooh
Ixxljj:e. 2ft3 A. Fr and M. ; Richard
Kirkland Council J. O. U. A. M. and
the Farmers secret association of this
section.
And whereas, <ixxl In lUs ^11 wise
providence has called away our dearly
bolov<*l brother Rev. H. I). Yates on
March the 8th, 1918.
lie It * resolved : First ? That we
bumbly submit to the will of .our
Heavenly Father taqowlng that * he
doefh all things *v<eH.
vSc^iond That In the removal of our
beloved brother wo have lost a good
conscientious worker and capable of
ficer In brother Yates and One to whom
every one looked itpon as a Christian
officer and trusting that our loss may
be Ms eternal galu.
Third That these resolutions be
spread, on the records of the Junior
Order, the Masonic: Order and the
Farmers Association.,. A. .OQPy sr.nt to
the' county papers and a copy to the
berf?&ved family whom our hearts go
out for In dectpest Itgmp&thSf- ? -
f J. E. Campbell, ;
I). W. Joye.
"I). 8, Trapp
(Vymmitfee
' Urge* Use of Irish Potatoes.
(kdinuhia, &. C., April 8th ? The Irish
|K>tMo situation In Houth Carolina is
improving, that Is the price In being
forced <lown' to uu attractive figure.
There are hundred* and hundreds of
bushels of Irish potatoes still available
In this State. They are l>elng used to
u large extent In large communities,
but many small communities have not
availed themselves of the attractive
prices and the patriotic service of eat
ing Irish potatoes that do not keep
so weH, and thereby conserving the
mow sdlld food -stuffs, pu rticu la rfy
wheat and coru. N
The. food administrator at (Jolumbla
will be delighted to advise any com
munity or'*nark<Tt whore Irish potatoes
can be bought at very reasonable fig
ures, and the administration cannot
too strongly urge the use of Irish po
tatoes because they conserve other
foods'; because they relievo the mar
ket of an over-plus . before the new
crop Is available; becauwo Irish pota
toes are very wholesome and appetiz
ing; and because the use of Irish po
tatoes encourages the further product
ion at home raised food-stuffs and
saves the money that tfould ordinarily
be spent for the purchasing of wheat
flour, that is largely bought from out
ride o? the State.
. ? ?? I ? I? ? mamrnmm n ? ? ? ? . ?
Trucks and Roads. v
' Observance of the country roads
these bakny spring days leads to the
conclusion that the number of trucks
used for hauling Ixtween towns and
from farm to city is rapidly increas
ing. Further casual observance calls
attention to the fact that these track*
play havoc with the roads. The auto
mobile truck will soon be recognised
as a nerenslty otf modern life, In coun
.try lis well a* in the city. Within
the next generation it is destined to
work a revolution in local transpor
tation. And the truck will emphasise
and drive home the lesson that first j
in the Hst of coming necessities Is
good roads. Without good, permanent
roads, built to stand up under heavy
UAUltem the farmer's truck will lose
most Of its value. PoQjarm nnd city
the most practical public lnvpntmonf.
that can be made, now and in the fu
ture. In this state ties In road oudd
in*. .?*/?"
s. .. . . ,
There ta Hta t> a 'tfck* a> an at
rmcti dtst*wfTU a pnt y cms*.
ALLIED LINK HOLDING
Monday's Pre** Report* Showed Na
Gains For (Jmiwmw.
Tht> enMiv allied UftO Itt ltoiglujn
anil Km two is holdlitg Arm,
Nowhere have the German# been
able, notwithstanding the great nam
liers of men hurled against It, espe
cially that iiortlon In Flaiulon where
tho Itiittlsh are hold fug forth, to gain
au I nob ground. Field Marshal
Half's order that no more grouud lie
ceded 1* i-txUll.v U*lng compiled wltli,
as In attested by I ho thousands of Ger
nuin dead now lying before tl?o tlrlt
lsh positions southwest Of Vwvh,
whore It is tho ambition of the high
German command io break through
and envelop f Field Marshal JHalg's
foixxvs and gain an oi*vji highway to
ward the KukMhIi channel.
Northwest of St. M lhiol the Amor I*'
can t r\H>i?s have been compelled to
wit list-ami a series of nor* is tent as
saults. smtiul in intensity only to
those delivered by tho GormuuB
against tho llrlGsh in Flanders. And
the honor* at tliu oud re*U*l with tho
Amor los its, who met the ft>o at every
style of lighting ho offered anil de
cisively defeated him.
Along the front hold by the French
Sunday saw nothing of greater import
awe than reciprocal bombardment*
on various Hectors, Lho troop* of both
side* remain log in their trenches.
Likewise, in Italy the l>lg guns weie
doing most of the work, although at
several point*, enemy patrols attempt
ed to carry out divisions hut met with
no eucvews. . . '
AUNfcuove JCgllHO, northwest of Ar
I mentlefes. where tho Germans nw en
! deavbrlng to drive their wetlge In
farther in order to outflank Ypro*.
fhe> iM-avh-st tlghilng has taken pliace.
Throughout Saturday night and Sun
day battle* of a most obstinate char
acter took place, the German* throw
ing thousands of men Into the at
tack, notwithstanding their wastage In
killed or wounded. Several times the
village changed hands, but at last re
ports the ItrltlHh were still In posse**
sl6n of it and holding tenaciously un
der repeated German onslaught*,
Nowhere along the eight-mile front
where the Germans are trying to
drfre tttouifa. .jM&KO&n Wulvettfham
and taW tbr^t*em*jsr~is#
with any taxing but repulse, and Die
price they have paid for their attempts
to breach the British line - lias been
enormous, (hi ho sector .have * they
bwn able to sUruiohnt the atone wall
of the defense and, for the moment at
letist, there seeina to be justification
for the hope that? the turu in the tide
erf tho battle U at hand.
? i, -? i \
Sooth Carton*'* Rank.
Of, *11 the mat** in the Union, the
1 State ranking ? (1) loweat In vohin
teeita for military service; (2) lowest
in the puKshase of war suvinj|s
Statryps ; (8) lowest in expenditure per
capita for ptfbHc education; (4) neart
to the lowest In illiteracy, is South
Carolina.
Sixteen and one-half per cent of the
men drafted for military service in
Npartanbtirg county could not xign
xtheir names.
Any intelligent citizen can see the
close relation of all these facts. The
trouble is .not hard to find. . 'Sooth
Carolina has neglected To educate her
j)eople.
~ I*et us face these facto like men
ahd take decided steps to wlp* them
put.
I propose to plan a mooting here |
in Spartanburg, May 10th, Confederate
Memorial Day, at which the candi
dates for governor and /or the office
of superintendent of education be In
vited to speak on the subject of wcHool
attendance.
Worthy citizens of South Carolina
should support no candidate wtio Is
WttmUP 16 ToF matters stand an they
are.
. . . Frank J$vans,
Spartanburg, S. C? April 0, in Spartan
- burg Herald. ?
If ive could see ourselves as others
see us what a diaagreeable old world
this would be for us to live in !
WhftJ Your Bond Will Accompli**.
$18,000 invented in Liberty lloniH
will equip Hi) Infantry (uitalllon with
rifles.
$50,000 will construct a base luxjpl
tal with ftOO bodte, or equip an lufta
try brljrade with pistol*.
$100,000 will buy tlvo rotnba t air
planes, or<plstols, r I ties, and half a mil
, Hon round* of aiuuiuiUtlou for an lu
fa it try regiment.
i i.ijUr.il ?
Teachera Kxanilnation.
The Spring Kfcamlnatlou for t??ati?
ors will l>e b?M In the Court HoU>ie
at Camden, Prldu.v Mtiy Jtrd lx>Klnnti?K
at H:JK> a. ni. ***>
IVaehorH are searco and It 1h ur| it*
that every eligible iwittdb who c$a
templates teaching should qualify la
this examination.
1. .1. McKeiulc,
Sui*. of Education.
Tk "
permits unre
stricted choice- ?
Born garments are
correctly fashioned,
faultlessly fitted and ;
skillfully tailored- ?
And Born {moai
allow a substantial ~
saving on y our
clothes ... bill for the ; u, ?
year. %
( Rwdmnt Born lUmUr) <
JONES CASH STORE V '
W. L. Jonas, Mgr.
Uigoff, S. C.
P|ant your
money in
Our Bank
and watch
your balance
a - >
gi how
IF YOU DONT PLANT ANYTHING. WHY NATURALLY
NOTHING WILL GROW. YOU CAN START A FORTUNE TO
GROWING WITH ONE DOLLAR/ YOIJXL NEED THAT MON
EY SOME DAY. ? \ ^ * , "
THE 8ARMER 18 WILLING TO WAIT FOR HIS CROP
TO .GROW. ARE YOU NOT WILLING TO PLANT A FEW DOL
LARS AND UBT IT GROW?
IT 18 A MIGHTY COMFORTABLE FEELING TO HAVE A
rAt BANK BOOK IN YOUR POCKET.
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