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BYRNES OFFERS EXPERIENCE AND PROVEN ABILITY IN CONGRESS IN PRESENT CRISIS Having Made (mhk! in the Jloutie He Conducted a Conat ructive Campai) and National Ihmucm Vital to the Than Dealing i A crisis confront**. South (Carolina and the nation. Agiculture is paralyzed. I ud ux try is crippled. Economic conditioria are worse than for a decade. In our own Htate more than 200 banks have closed in the past five y??uiH. harm mortgage* have !>een foreclosed and faiiiUien driven from faring where they have spent their lives. " 'iVie first reports of the census disclose that in South Carolina thousands, forced from the farms by inability to wrest a - livelihood from this basic industry, and from all the small towns, have flocked to the larger cities and to the mill villages in search of employment. This great influx of unemployed from the ruial section* has rendered more difficult the problem of the manufacturer and impaired the prosperity and well-being of the mill employee. The reduced purchasing power of the farmer has resulted, not only in lessening the sales of manufactured goods by the mills, but has similarly affected all lines of business.' While this de|>endable plight of the farmer has challenged the attention of thoughtful people of the nation, members of the United States Senate have, after long debutes, .continued consideration of a tariff hill for more than a year, causing greater Uncertainty in business und finally have seized upon the depression in agriculture as an excuse for placing additional tariff taxes-upon the already over-burdened taxpayers of the country. The only result of their ill-advised labor of 15 months is to greatly increase the price of everything which the farmer has to buy without increasing in any way the price of the products he has to sell. The farmer has listened to his so-called friends in the Senate depict his trials and troubles. He has heard of "farm relief." Hut the only relief the farm or knows is that he ha* been relieved of the farm he formerly owned. At the time of this economic crisis i confronting the people it becomes the duty of the voters of the state to determine which of the candidates hefore them is best qualified, by experience, ability and sympathetic understanding of their problems, to represent them in the Senate of the United States for the next six years. Throughout the campaign 1 have Unvoted my discussions on the stump to the problems and issues involved, determined as I have i>con to conduct a constructive, intelligent campaign. Political discussions have heretofore been devoted too much to the negro and to liquor and not enough to the vital economic questions confronting the people. Six years ago 1 was a candidate for the senate and out of a total of ap- | proximately 2UU.UUU votes 1 lacked 1 only li.lili 1 of being elected. 1 again; submit -my candidacy, firmly convinc- j cd that by reason of my experience i as a member of Congress for 11' years, my intimate acquaintance and influence with members of the Senate, niu-t of whom served with me in the House, and my knowledge of the people of South Carolina and their helping solve the problems with which we are now so sorely troubled. It has been -aid that Farm Relief has been> accomplished by establishment of the Farm Hoard and an appropriation of $500,000,000 for use by that board. Hut the price of cotton is six cents a pound lower today than it was on the day this appro, print ion was granted. Senators talk about reducing cotton ucie;n*v?Tn South Carolina, ofVrn.g tins as a remedy. This great. .iuiaa-e in acreage, from 32.V'U0,t)0O to -17.IHMI.0IMI. has occurred, not in the Southeast, hilt in the Southwest. One factor ir. that increased acreage in tin' Southwest has been that Mexican peons have been permitted to come over the border without restriction j and. living under slave <s>nditions,? have made jx>ssible increased acreage and increased production. South Carolina farmers cannot hope to compete with farmers of the Southwest who employ this cheap Mexican labor in growing cotton or in the 'production of fruits and vegetables, and, although South Carolina is spending the taxpayer's money to encourage tin- growing of fruits and vegetables because of the iodine content in the soil, until the competition of slave labor from Mexico is removed by immigration restrictions there will be little hope of success along this line. In 1 l>2i> the Farm Ixian Hanks acquired possession of 3,072 farms with a totu! investment of $ 12.&>'.).4?0, which. however, does not tell the whole Mory. On December 31. 1020. there were |x-nding 1021 foreclosures rep: e-eiit :ng unpaid principal of $<>, M o.otn>.i'(K'. During 1020 the Farm I- .it Hoard sol?: nmre than 3.U00 I - effect i.l a continuance ' '' - ' ..<. > \\:.l be to destroy rural \ "? . .in-: t>- 'vg los- to lhe i'.:- ?: ' to -e batik- I* A o ' m t'tu- fat m- men who t pay ! hif \ car bat who, a i i i ' tin P .i . f home. will , ...lie -a;. , paying . at 1 ; >. a y peso : whom the bank may soil and etui nil.'.' make t >,. p,,-<ible. T; > I. a' <: p. ..N _ v ^ the hotr.i ,\\nt a * Maine 'than by selling tn a m-g tenant ami ienda g him the money with which to purchase. Throwing all these farms on iW market has destroyed what little market there was for farm lands. But while this i* true it i- idle for a Senator to introduce a resolution asking the Farm Loan Banks to withhold proceedings. The officials retort that they must pay the interest on the bonds of the bank because these bonds were purchased in good faith by the investing public. Therefore, the Congress must direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the coupons on outeanding bonds of V Will Make GimhI in the Senate?Haw fn, Discussing Economic Problems People of South Carolina Rather ii Personalities. th<- banks. The* banks could then extend the tim^ for the payment of the installment# now ijiue. If agricultural conditions improve, not a dollar would be lost. If agricultur* 'al conditions do not improve, there will be no hope for the future of America, Hut suppose conditions do not improve and the government should lose a million dollars by reason of its guarantee. Our government, which has appropriated1 millions for the relief of Russians and Germans in distress, of the suffering ones in the Far Fast and for the relief of Porto Ricans in their financial disaster, can assuredly afford to help its own people in distress, not by dispensing charity, but by merely extending time for payment of amounts now due, 1 believe that Congress can grant relief to agriculture, but it run never be secured by a Senator denouncing conditions and offering no remedy. I believe that the solution lies in the -co-operation of Senators from the South and West, a combination of cotton and wheat, of bread and breeches. The fight for the debenture upon agricultural products must be continued. Without it the cotton farmer cannot survive. The tariff bill will further reduce his income next j year. A debenture of two cents a , pound on cotton exported would mean $10 a bale to the farmer and help I offset the higher tariff taxes. They ! say it is unsound, but eight nations now give this aid to agriculture, and i if it is economically sound in eight nations, it should he economically sound in America. The admission into this country, duty free, of cocoanut oil from the Philippines has resulted in driving our cotton seed oil out of the market and depressing the price of cotton se^d. We should grant independence to the Philippines and thereafter place a tariff tux, for revenue only, on Philippine products and restore our own to their rightful marketable value. There has been pending for years the Hill for government operation of Muscle Shoals. As a principle of government, 1 do not believe in gov- ! ernment ownership or operation, but since durnig the World War the gov- j aj- n t u hmu ? **?ul V\\*? nl u lit u t o r/vct of more than $ 100,000,000, it should not he permitted to stand idle simply | because the Power and Fertilizer < Trusts oppyse its alteration. I should I advocate that, for six months, Muscle Shoals be offered for lease with | the provision that it shall be operated to produce fertilizers at lower cost and with some restriction upon the price to be charged for power. If ' the government is unable to lease it ! within six months, then as a matter of expedient y the government should i then proceed to operate the plant) and sell the fertilizer to the farmers j <>f the country and the power to the cominunitn> of the South at a fair! price. 1 unreservedly favor the payment} by the government, in cash, of the j adjusted compensation certificate"* < held by World War Veterans, not j only because these ex-service men are in need but particularly in , view of the fact 'that the fed- i era! government has greatly re- 1 dmed its debt, and has turned back many millions in income tax re- | funds to big business. Furthermore. } while the government has reduced; the rate of interest benig paid by ' Huropean nations borrowed during j the war to 2 per cent, the ex-service I man is being forced to pay ti per cent i on money borrowed on his certificates through Federal Reserve Hank. There is no way to judge a man's possibilities for accomplishments in future except to review his aecom- ; plisnmonts in the past. Wth no spirit of hoastfulness, but merely as a matter of information, I call attention to my record in Congress. T found that bills had been- introduced in Congress by 25 members all providing for Federal Aid in road construction. In u conference of these members called by me we ngreejj upon one Bill at my suggestion. and I helped draft that Bill, which, after passing the House, was amended by the Senate, the result being the appropriation of $500,000 to experiment in Federal Aid projects. Of this I secured $10,000 for South Carolina, and the first road cmopleted in the United States with Federal Aid, under the direction of the Bureau of Public roads, was built across Aiken County, from the Barnwell t?> the Kdgefield lines. In the next Congress 1 initiated' the movenun; to create a committee on roads I and became a member thereof, with ;wo other memWrs drafting and putting through Congress the- first Bill i-tablishing the principle of Federal Aui and appropriating $25,000,000 to aid the state*. Thereafter, as a number of the Appropriations Com niltee, I advocated increased appro!; : ".alums for Federal Aid. and as a . .i -ult of the movement initiated by nic m my first term, South Carolina .1- - t-v'. vr ! from the National Gov union! more than $12,000,000 for j h.ghuay construction. Those arc some -of the things I |h.?\e done, some of the views I hold. . 1 ; abject my candidacy to you. Mine ' :s r.<i selfish ambition. I am prompt' ed solely bv desire to be of service j t i the people of my state and by the belief that my experience' iu Congress qualifies me to render the most beneficial service at this time and in this crisis. I pledge you the best that is in me of mind and heart. Faithfully, JAMBS F. BYRNES. Hear James F. Byrnes in His Radio Speech Monday Night, Autnt 15, at 8 o'clock from WOT, Charlotte. O'Kelly Clan to H?v? Reunion The annual reunion of the Houae of the O'KeJly'a will be held at the Mcl -ure Hig Springs, Bethune, S. C.,* on August 22nd. The coming together of this large Irish assemblage, is to do honor to Jiavid and Elisabeth O'Kelly, who pioneered and settled in the northeastern part of the state, and after serving in the Revolutionary War, reared a large family, of'which the O'Kelly reunion represents descendants of this noble couple. Quite a number of gUeats and descendants in distant states will attend. A program suitable for the occasion has been arranged. Thy E(residing officers for 1930 are Dr. ). D. O'Kelly, President; Miss Emily Ingram, Secretary. Aiken Negro in "Pen" Columbia.?A 19-year-old Negro by the name of Jackson was placed in the state penitentiary Thursday for safekeeping after being arrested near Aiken on charges of attempting to criminally attack a 12-year-old white girl. First Bale of New Crop The first btile of the 1930 cotton crop was sold on the Camden market Saturday, August 16, and was bought by J. T. Hay, local cotton buyer. Tho bale graded strict middling and weighed f>94 pounds. It was grown from Coker/s Cleveland No. 5 by G. P. Bell, of West Wateree and brought 12 cents per pound. The bale was ginned on the gin of John Taylor. Her Sister Dead Mrs. Robert L. MeOaskill, of this city, was called to Lamar on Friday on account of the illness and death of her sister, Miss Agnes Bell. Both pareuts of Miss Bell are dead, but she is survived by one brother, J. H. Bell, and two sisters, Mrs. L. R. Powell and Mrs. H. R. Carter, all of Lamar. The funeral and burial occurred at Newman Swamp cemetery near Lamar on Saturday. COUNTY CAMPAIGN NOW UNDER WAY (Continued from first page) experimental purpose. It would have placed a tax of $10 per bale on cotton. The bill had been stampeded through congress but President Coolidge had the good sense to veto same, and he voted to sustain the President's veto. And today he sees the wisdom of bis vote.-Spoke of Mr. Jones' mention of jute being used instead of cotton for bagging. Said he favored the cotton bagging but said v/her. this came up in the National house,-Boston millionaire in tgrests appeared and stated they had more than $75,000,000 invested in jute factories in India, working laborers at 15 cents per day, and the tnatter was killed, despite the plea for the protection of the American cotton growers. Soap manufacturers interests centralized in Cincinnati through foreign oils from cocoanuts and the like had almost driven off cotton seed oil consumption in this country for the same reason. Favored a liberalized pay for veterans, and told of the help he had been to disabled veterans. Favored paying bonus to veterans all at one time instead of stretching out same over a large period of time and hopes to have a bill passed to this effect before two years i roll around. He had plead the veterjans' cause in every instance. Monday afternoon the candidates spoke at Antioch. They followed along the same lines and the candidates for magistrates and township directors from DeKalb township put in their pleas. Mr. Garrison is unopposed for director while Magistrate B. M. Smith is opposed by C. B. Blyther and C. C. Brown. F. M. Bryant, Jr., an announced candidate, withdrew from the race on the day before the entries closed. Tuesday the candidates were at Bethune with the usual line of talk before a good audience. On Wednesday they had a great day at Rabon's Cross Roads, where j the good people of that section had prepared a, great dinner for the oej casion. Supplementing this dinner, j was a tempting barbecue h-ash and fish stew prepared in grand style byB Mr. Jim Taylor, and described byB many as being "Taylor-made.*' It sBj estimated that some six or sevqK hundred people partook of this diiB; Wednesday afternoon the candiB dates spoke to a good sized audienwB at Westville and all were in a jollyB good mood. S Thursday afternoon, the countyB candidates, along with the congre?-B ional candidates w^pe addressing ttaB voters of Camden at the high school B auditorium when this paper w?nt tsB press. Friday they speak at Kershaw at H lOrOO a. m. and iS&turdny at Mount B Pisgah at 10 a. m., coming to a close B at the Cotton Mills in this city Sat-1; urday ?venin?r at fi o'clock. 1 'V' A Message from N. C. Arnettl Candidate for Judge of Probate Judge I The office of Judge of Probate is a very important Business Office. Therefore it requires the services of a trained business man. It is a Court of Record or an office of record? Therefore it demands the attention of a competent man who can and will at all t times k^ej) the office and its records in a clean, orderly and correct manner, so that every man and every woman or their attorney can secure the proper information quickly and accurately. This work is exacting and consumes a large part of the time of the Probate Judge. Do not overlook the fact that as an office job it must be properly handled. As a court there are often important decisions to be made?decisions that may be of vital interest to you or your family. It can b^t be filled by a reasonable, fair-minded )nan, who is accustomed to making decisions with proverj business experience and good judgment. Remember that you can best expect ' what a man will do by his past record. Its duties should be entrusted to a safe man. I offer myself to the Voters of Kershaw County as a candidate for this office and if elected I shall? Devote my time to the office and keep regular business hours. Keep the office in a good orderly con difion at all times. I My charge? will be reasonable whenfl 11 t to my discretion^ B Use the utmost care in i?**fing iflarriage fl licenses and will decline 14 issue same to B parties not properly qualified!. Perform all the other duties of the of.B ftce to tB best of my ability. 1 believe in economy in government and I <will extend this principle to the office and |fe the people to whom it belongs. I have lived in Kershaw County South ill Carolina (and no other state or county) III for the past twenty years and have served B thousands of people while agent for the V Seaboard Raijway, at Camden; assistant Pi cashier Loan & Savings Bank; secretary m of the Hermitage Cotton Mills, and in the B real estate business. > i was bom and reared on a farm in opr B sister Southern state at Louisa, Virginia. B Came to Kershaw county as a young man, B and do not expect to live any where else. B I began with a good education and have B constantly added to it by home and cor. B respondence study. But the education 1 1|| value most is that obtained in the famous flit university of Hard Knocks. j I ! particularly ask the consideration of B the lady voters, for it is too often* thabiSB is their business affairs that pass through 1 the office in times of bereavement and jStrouble when the need off a hefping hand B and advice of the man in office can be of B value to you.^ B A Vote For Arnett is a Vote for Efficiency in Office ^ ^^29x4.40^ DELUXE Seiberling Size Price 29x4.50 $12.05 29x4.75 14.15 29x5.00 14.60 30x4.50 13.35 30x5.00 14.95 31x5.25 17.30 52x6.00 19.75 33x6.00 29.35. WITH 5,000 OTHER INDEPENDENT SEIBERLING TIRE MERCHANTS THROUGHOUT AMERICA WE HAVE JOINED HANDS TO BUY THE ENTIRE FACTORY OUT-PUT OF REGULAR SEIBERLING TIRES AT LESS THAN .CAR MANUFACTURER'S PRICES BEARD'S FILLING STATION D. J. Creed, Manager OPEN DAY AND NIGHT West DeKalb Street Telephone 486 REGULAR Seiberltng Slae Price 29x4.40 $5.55 28x4.75 7.55 29x4.50 ' B.30 29x4.75 7.65 29x5.00 7.6# 30x4.50 6.35 30x5.00 8.15 31x5.25 ft.75 " vrfr " _ .. 33x600 *131*,