The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 22, 1930, Image 8
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
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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 ^
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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
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33x600
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