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CANDIDATES HERE
LAST WEDNESDAY
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ASPIRANTS FOR STATE OFFICES
ADDRESS BAMBERG VOTERS.
Small Crowd Present.
On? Hundred and Thirty-Eight In
Audience When Speaking Began.?No
Demonstrations.
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The various candidates for state offices
visited Bamberg Wednesday of
last week, and presented their claims
to the voters of Bamberg county. A
small crowd was present at the meet
ing, there being by actual count 138
persons in the audience- when the
meeting began. Many of these left
during the speaking, and there were
about 40 persons present when* the
last candidate spoke. A very attentive
hearing was given each of the speakers?which
is always characteristic of
Bamberg political meetings. There
was no demonstration for any candidate.
The meeting was presided over by
County Chairman J. F. Carter, who
called the meeting to order at eleven
o'clock..- Prayer was offered by the
Rev. George P. White, of the Baptist
churchv
Adjutant General.
The candidates for adjutant general
were the first to speak, Col. Atticus
H. Marchant, of Orangeburg being
. first introduced. Col." Marchant is a
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graduate of the Citadel of the class of
1896, with the rank of cadet adju
tant, and was valedictorian of his
class. He assisted in organizing a
company to go to the Spanish-American
war which was mustered in near
the end of hostilities. He resigned
as first lieutenant of his company
and went to Georgia as commandant
of the Georgia Military academy, succeeding
a West Point graduate, and
served five years there. He afterward
served as commandant at another
Georgia school for three years,
giving up that p -ion to go into business
in Orangeburg. - Col. Marchant
served during the world war as captain
of infantry, which office was won
in an officers' training camp, and he
\ saw service in France as a member
of the Wild Cat division. He believes
that there should be ^ national guard
company in every county in the state,
and he asks for the office that he may
devote his energy to helping to perfect
the organization of a strong national
guard in South Tarclina.
The present incumbent, Adjutant
General W. W. Moore, of Barnwell,
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was the next speaker. General Moore
, spoke of the work he has been doing
in reorganizing the national guard of
'the state. To reorganize the guard
has been an arduous task, as the peoV
. pie are tired of military duties following
the great war. Referring to
the glorious accomplishments of the
SoutU Carolina troops in the late war
he paid a glowing tribute to the stand
} taken and the efficiency of the men
who went into the service. He did
all he could as adjutant general to
hring about these results. He hopes
to be reelected so that he may effect
the reorganization of the national
guard in the state.
Lieutenant Governor.
^Octavus Cohen, of Charleston, was
the next speaker, being a candidate
for the office of lieutenant governor.
Mr. Cohen jocularly twitted his opponents
upon their autobiographies. He
thought1 they should let others say
these things. He censured Mr. Mauldin
for trying to array the sections
of the state against each other. He
is from Charleston, and is proud that
he hales from the low country. He
had no war record, but he did his
duty as he saw it. No man deserves
any special credit for doing his duty,
and those candidates who went to the
war deserve no more credit than the
other' four million boys who were
there, nor the millions of women who
^knitted day and night to keep the
boys warm. Mr. Cohen made a
thoughtful address and promised that
if elected he will be found at his post
of duty continuously while the senate
is in session, and would do noth
ing to trail the robe of office in the
dust.
Oscar K. Mauldin, of Greenville,
was next introduced. In a good natured
way he referred to Mr. Harvey's
acrostic and the things for which he
stands, getting some laughs at his
opponent's expense. Mr. Mauldin favors
good roads, and referred to what
Greenville is doing along this line. He
i ' favors enforcement of all law, and
L has for his slogan a school for every
I child in the state and every child in
A school. He was horn in Greenville
Got Away With a Big "A."
Comes this story from Columbia
of the theft of a barrel of alcohol at
the Baptist hospital there under peculiar
circumstances: An unknown
man, according to a story told Views
and Interviews Wednesday by a Columbia
traveling man, had knowledge
and there was at the hospital two barrels
containing grain, alcohol. The
hospital was using the contents of
one barrel for hospital purposes, the
^empty one was stationed a short distance
away and near that which was
full and ready ^or use. Came one
day recently to the hospital a man
unknown to any of the officials who
said that he understood the hospital
had an empty "Big A" barrel, and
that he wanted to buy it. He was assured
that such was a fact and his offer
of purchase was satisfactory. Then
he wanted to see the barrel. He
shook it and then he asked the official
who conducted him to the cellar
if he might not fill the barrel with
water lest it fall to pieces before he
was ready to move it. He was told
that he could and his offer to pay for
the water to fill it was declined. Days
passed. The man, came back and
told another official that he had purchased
an empty barrel some time |
before and that he was ready to car- j
ry off his >purchase. The barrel, he
explained, he had filled with water, j
He was told to go ahead and move
it. He moved a barrel, but it was
not the one fcwhich contained water, j
Now the hospital, according to the Columbia
man, is minus a barrel of
grain alcohol worth $10 a pint, according
to blind tiger prices, and is
looking for a^ man, e'ven a good description
of whom they have not.?
Views and Interviews in Yorkville
Enquirer.
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county and has been almost every- j
thing his distinguished Charleston
friend had beeii. ' He was a volunteer
in the Spanish-American war-; had
served in the legislature, resigning to
enter a training -camp, from which
he graduated with the rank of cap?
tain. He served in France throughout
America's participation in the
war, bearing on his person the scars
of battle, of which he is proud. He
aspires to the office of lieutenant governor
with a desire to bring the office
back its dignity, which he thinks
has in a measure been lost.
Wilson G. Harvey/of Charleston,
was the last speaker for lieutenant
governor. He covets the honor of
holding this office, believing that he
can be of service to the state. He
would be a candidate for governor but
for the fact that he cannot be away
from his business the entire year. He
briefly recounted Some of his services
in official capacity as president of the
State Bankers association, Charles-j
ton Bankers association, on good
roads committees, and in other public
capacities. During the war he did1
all he could to further his country's
interests. He believes in harmony,
better educational advantages, better
roads, enforcement of law, and equality
in salary for services. He suggested
that the voters scratch the two lawyers
and vote for the business man. - j
Railroad Commissioner.
D. L. Smith, of Walterboro, spoke !
first for the office of railroad commissioner
to succeed Frank W. Shealy.
He is the only candidate from the
1 ?? *"? ? +T->? o+otft nAmmio.
1UWCI ya.1 L KJL llic Ol.atCt bU^ V/Umuit0sioners
are from Spartanburg, York,
and Lexington, and because of the
fact that this section furnishes a large
part of the timber, truck, watermelon,
cantaloupe, etc., shipments, he thinks
one of the commissioners should be
from the lower section.
' Frank W. Shealy was the next
speaker. Mr. Shealy was elected to
this office six years ago, and since then
was married to a Bamberg county
woman, and this is just about his
home county. He told of his service
for the past six years as railroad commissioner,
how he had protected the
interests of the people; that he.had
tried to be fair and impartial in all
matters that come before the commission.
R. L. Moss, of Richland county,
next presented his claims upon the office.
He is the logical candidate for
the reason that he knows the railroad
business, having followed it all
his life. He began as waterboy and
served in many positions up tc conductor.
D. M. MCUasKlll was trie last syea.*er.
He is from Camden, and like Mr.
Shealv came to Bamberg county for
a wife. He was born on a farm, attended
Clemson college three years,
and then graduated from a North Carolina
college. He feels that he is well
qualified to serve the people in this
position.
AMERICANS AS
MONEY SPENDERS
HAVE WASTED OVER $8,500,000
SIXCE THE ARMISTICE.
Much Extravagance.
The Most Wilful in the World's History
Has Been Practiced?Financiers
Reading Signs.
A few years ago the people of the
United States were called upon to
exercise thrift in all things and the
people saved as never before. The
parkways in the front of their residences
were made to grow vegetables,
and the scraps of meat and
crumbs 01 bread were saved with
religious care. The' people saved
their money and with it assisted the
Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
People were purchasing Biberty
Bonds, war savjngs and thrift
stamps. As those anxious months
wore away the people were ready to
do anything or. to do without the
necessities of life if need be, that the
cause of liberty and justice should
prevail.
Then came the signing of the
armistice and Germany declared that
she was beaten, and then the pendu|
lum stopped and. began to swing
j backward and the people of this
I country began the ogre of feverishj
ly spending. The rise in commodities
caused the rise in the price of
labor, and labor did not rest until
it was receiving from three to four
times its usual wages. Then ^the
laborer took advantage of the full
pocketbook and began to purchase
the luxuries which he had only
dreamecf of in other days, and today
we are in the "wildest era of extravagance
that the world has ever known.
The customs collections for the port
of New York during the month of
March broke all records. They reached
the astounding figure of $22,281,878,
exceeding by $300,000 the best
month hitherto known, in 1910. Surprisingly
large quantities of fancy
laces, silks, jewelry and rare articles
of chinaware, as well as. precious
stones have been brought to this country.
As to the last a careful check
kept by the New York customs officials
indicates that this country owns
more than two-thirds of the precious
I stones in the world. This, too, despite
| the fact that diamonds are 600 per
cent, above pre-war values. Dealers
in diamonds say that' they have a
market among the laboring classes
and the Middle West farmers never
dreamed of before by the wildest
imaginations.
The purchase of precious stones
is a very small part of the extravagances
indulged in by our people today.
The American people are consuming
candy at the rate of $80,000,000
a year. We spent nearly
$15,000,000 for sporting goods. We
bought nearly $42,000,000 worth of
chewing gum. We spent for jewelry
$275,000,000. Our bill for perfumes
was $175,000,000, and we purchased
$1,393,000,000 worth of motor cars.
October, 1919, saw the pea*k of oui
squandering mania. Since then the
figures are not available, but there
are signs that the people are beginning
to ston and think?to ask them
~ ?- ti? it.
selves it tney are reaiiy getuug men
money's worth, and whether they can
afford the things which they have
been buying so recklessly. The Federal
Reserve report for November,
1919, states: "Never has there been
so much spending, such a demand for
expensive articles and such an utter
disregard for prices." They also claim
that the average person is quite content
to pay from five to ten times the
former price for jewelry, furs, furniture
and clothing. Furniture installment
houses report that despite the
increase of 100 per cent, in sales
prices, the hulk of their customers
are laborers who either spend cash or
take their discounts or buy on short
time credit. And the more expensive
the furniture is the more quickly
it sells. The same is true of furs.
So great has been the demand for
this luxury, that skins heretofore
never thought of for apparel, are
heing sought after. The jack rabbit
and other skins and even the house
cat have been used for this industry.
In October, 1919, food was estimated
to cost an advance of 211 per
cent, of its price in 1913, and it cost
more than 10 per cent, more than in
the preceding year.
The laborer is beginning to realize
that the fat pay envelope is not keeping
pace with the prices of what he
has to buy. He is learning that the
more he is paid the less he gets, and
Accommodating.
At a certain church in an Alabama
town it is the invariable custom of
the pastor to kiss the bride after the
ceremony. Now, one young woman
who was about to be married in his
church did not relish the prospect
and instructed her prospective husband
to advise the minister that she
did not want him to kiss her. The
bridegroom-elect obeyfed the instructions
given.
When the young man returned she
asked: "Frank/ did you tell the clergyman
that I did not want him'to
kiss me?"
"I did, Marie."
"What did he say?"
"Why, he said that in that case he
would charge only half the usual fee."
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mat it is tne wise wage earner who
saves his money and curtails his expenditures,
who will be better oh
wnen prices get to normal again.
Cheap toreign goods are oeginning
to pour in from Europe. To many
hafd-headed people 'this foretells a
i calamitous condition. When the
, bottom drops out of our export trade,
s which it will most certainly do?
i thpre will be a terribxe reaction.
Not that there will be a panic for
thpre need be no fear in a country
whose dollar is the world's standard
. 1 and where there are plenty of dollars,
but the thing to do is to persuade the i
i people that it is silly to waste these
l dollars.
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^The growrth of the importing busij
ness has been most wonderful, and
today the warehouses on the piers of
New York ar? congested with foreign
' made good3. Many of the importers
are intentionally storing their goods
on the 'water front in bond, to be
drawn out when the market is favorable.
Confirming the reports of her
sjvift recovery to pre-war conditions
Belgium sent to New York in February
goods worth $2,212,652,' as
'r against-$2,100 worth a year ago. j
Importations from Germany jumped
from $30.00 for the month of February
a year ago, to $2,133,656 this
yea^. Hungary is at the bottom of
' the list, with $38.00 worth of material,
while Austria sent $68,728.
| Italy's exports to ithis port were
seven times what they were a year
ago, JM,yis,it>u as against $1,134,063.
In this seriously growing situation
the statement of J. P.
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Bird, of the National Association of
Manufacturers, is interesting: "The
[ people are dissatisfied because they
, feel that the rising cost of materials
and labor is put upon the price of
an article when it is sold to the con'
sumer. Unless organized industry
agrees that prices shall be reduced
25 per cent, by a specific date, manufacturers
will rue the day, and this
?if not more radical steps?may be
taken in some other way, without
their consent."
With this comes a warning from
the secretary N of the treasury,
David F. Houston,.^who says that our
, future strength depends upon our
i thrift. He also says, "The policy of
, living from hand to mouth is, at best,
>
a precarious means of existence. Only
that man who has erected a walljof
. reserve resources is safe from the
} forces of failure. Today a very great
( number of people in the United States,
whose working days are over, must
depend, upon charity because they
, failed to create a reserve, because
* tfiey failed properly to apportion their
, dollars between tbe needs of the present
and the contingencies of the future.
"It is not what a man earns, but
, what he saves that measures his
success. A truly democratic nation
is a nation of capitalists; a nation in
. which laborer and mechanic, teacher
i and merchant, has set aside some
. part of his earnings to assure his
. future independence; to aid in the
erection of new industry, to assist in
government enterprise.
"Today, in America, while the
thoughtless among our people are
^ spending with prodigal hand, the
in /linimfo aro rmt+inc ncsirlp thpir
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surplus in sound investment. They
are promoting their own prosperity
and strengthening the general economic
situation by purchasing Liberty
Bonds and war savings securities.
They are assisting private enterprise
to the end of securing increased
production.
. "Upon the ability of the American
people to think on broader terms
than those of the gratification of
present desires, and upon their determination
to turn from habits of extravagance
and waste to those of
wise spending, regular saving and intelligent
investment depends, in a
measure, the future strength of
( America."
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BAMBERG TEAM '
PENNANT WINNER
TRI-COUXTY LEAGUE BANNER
COMES TO HOME BOYS.
Denmark's Defeat Decided.
Outcome of Season's Sport Uncertain
Up to Last Game, When Bamberg
Brings in the Bacon.
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Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P. C.
Bamberg 14 6 .700
Barnwell 13 6 .684
Blackville 7 12 " .368
Denmark 4, 14 .222
Bamberg closed the season here
Friday afternoon very auspiciously by
defeating Denmark 6 to 0. The result
of this game brought the bacon
home, Bamberg winning the pennant
of the Tri-County league.
The league started out with clubs
in Allendale, 4 Barnwell, Williston,
Blackville, Denmark an dBamberg but
about two weeks ago, for reasons best
known to themselves, Allendale and
Williston dropped out, the other clubs
finishing the season. The playing,
taken as a whole, has been fast, much
faster than generally found in a circuit
of this kind. ,
Bamberg deserved the game Fri
day, the home boys amassing 18 hits,
many for extra bases Tn tho fir?*
inning McMillan led off with a twobase
hit, Turnipseed followed with a
single and McMillan scored on a sacrifice
fly to center by McGee Bamberg.
Rentz, C., fouled out to catcher and
L.. Rentz struck out.
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In the second inning, Watson singled,
Large singled but was caught
at second. Schultz walked and Watson
scored on sacrifice fly by Smith.
In the sixth inning, Large, first
man up, got a three-ba^e hit, Schultz
a two-base hit, scoring Large. Smith
singled and scored Schultz. McMillan
flied out to pitcher, Turnipseed
struck out. McGee Bamberg got a
hit and Charlie Rentz struck out.
Eighth inning: McMillan pulled up
at second on a two-bagger. Turnipseed
flied out. to center. McGee Bamberg
gets his second hit of the game,
scoring McMillan. Charlie Rentz singled,
scoring Bamberg, and Leighton
Rentz forced Charlie out at second,
Watson ending the ihning by grounding
out to first base.
Leddy, who it was said, was sent
here by Barnwell with the hope that
h?/k)uld win the game for Denmark
while Barnwell was trimming. Blackville,
thereby winning the pennant,
was hit hard. Every man on the
Bamberg team got one or more hits
and with a little better pinch hitting,
would have at least doubled the score,
as Bamberg had from one to three
men left on bases in nearly every
inning. '
A good crowd saw the game and
the home boys, with Francis Bamberg,
Brabham and Cooner missing
from the line on acc'ount of injury
and sickness, played hard, realizing
that everything depended on
the result of the game.
Smith, who has been Bamberg's
main stay in the box, pitched a good
game, allowing seven hits, which
were scattered, striking out eight and
also getting two hits himself.. Score:
R. H. E.
Denmark .. ..000 000 000?0 7 0
Bamberg .. ..110 002 02*?6 18 2
Batteries: Leddy and Stewart;
Smith and Turnipseed.
The season just closed has been a
success in every way. Large crowds
have been on hand at every game and
the teams had the hearty support of
the fans at every game. J. B. Black,
Jr., was the manager of the Bamberg
club, and Charlie Rentz captain, both
of these young men deserve the
thanks of the city for their efforts in
putting out a winning team. Every
member cf the team played hard and
deserve unstinted praise.
f Bamberg Loses to Denmark.
Denmark, July 8.?Denmark de'
feated Bamberg today in one of the
best games of the season by the seore
of 4 to 3. Bruner for Denmark pitchi
ed a fine game, striking out 11 men
and also making beautiful plays in
the diamond. Stewart and Ramsey
also played good ball. Smith and
Turnipseed for Bamberg played good
ball, Smith striking out six men.
Score:
Denmark 100 002 012?4
Bamberg- 010 002 000?3
Batteries: Stewart and Bruner;
Turnipseed and Smith.
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THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
Governor Cox Three Times Successful
in Ohio Race. v
JamSs Middleton Cox, the Democratic
nominee for president, was
three times governor of Ohio?am
honor enjoyed by only one other Ohioan,
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Bom on a farm, educated in the
public schools, a printer's devil, a 'J
school teacher, a newspaper reporter,
a private secretary to a congressman,
owner, manager and proprietor of
two newspapers, member of congress
for. three years and three times gov- ; r
ernor of his state is his record to
date.
Business success paralleled his political
achievements and through his
own efforts Cox has amassed a fortune.
Mr. Cox became leader of the
Democratic party in Ohio in 1912
when he was nominated for governor.
As one who had brought radical
changes in the state constitution', he
took the field in its behalf. His first
term of governor was devoted chiefly
to forwarding the enactment of laws
to put the new state constitution into
effect.
But Ohio evidently was not ready
to assimilate all the new laws for '
Cox was defeated for reelection. But
his party renominated him in 1916
and he was reelected for a third term ~ in
1918, being the only Democrat
to win in Ohio. - .
Legislation for which Governor
Cox is best known includes a model workmen's
compensation law and a
child labor law <which have been extensively
copied by other states. Ed- 1|8
ueators of the country say the Ohio
school code, enacted under Governor
Cox's direction, will live as a monument
to his achievements.
. Mr. Cox was born in Butler county, ;
Ohio, in 1870. He attended district
school and held his first position as
a teacher, of the school in which he
took his first lessons. He spent evenings
and holidays in a printing office.
.
In a few years he received his first
assignment on the-reportorial staff of
the Cincinnati Enquirer. , ^
After ten years with the Enquirer
he went to Washington as a private
secretary to Congressman Paul Sore,
of Ohio. At the close of this service
he purchased the Dayton Daily News, y
borrowing most of the money to pay
for it. / Later he purchased . the v
Springfield Daily News. He was first v
elected to congress in 1908.
He recently purchased the fanp
near Jacksonboro upon which he was born,
and is making it into a modern
farm home, where he expects to retire
at the conclusion of his public ;
career. He is married and has four
children^
Governor Cox is a member ot the fiWB
Episcopal church. According to newspaper
accounts he is a staunch supporter
of the eighteenth amendment
to the constitution?the prohibition
amendment, and also that he is an
ardent believer in the Volstead enforcament
law, although the idea is
current that the govercor is liberal %
in liis views on the liquor enforcement
matter. This is probably due
to the fact that those seeking a leniency
in prohibition enforcement, after
their failure to nominate Governor'
Edwards, the liquor candidate, threw
their support to Cox in the convention.
Governor Cox's stand for rigid
enforcement of the laws of the land
is well known. , i
Sunday School Progress. 1 ?
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Is the Sunday school making any
progress? In answer to this question
the following summary was given of
the reports at the international Sunday
school conventions since 1878: ) r
North American Sunday school enrollment:
No. of Total en
Date " Schools rollment ,
1875 69,272 6,950,869
1878 83,441 7,738,790
1881 /90,370 8,152,360
1884 103,516 9,146,328^
1887 106,308 _ 9,650,648*
1890 115,954 *10,355,670
1893 .... 131,918 11,695,208
1896 142,089 13,033,175
1899 .148,139 13,469,-633
1902 152,930 14,101,289
1905 .... .... ..155,007 14,127,541
1908 16i;750 15,110,172
1911 173,459 16,617,350
1914 175,685 18,441,035
1918 "195,343 20,679,930
In 1908, it was reported that during
the three previous years there had
beer 90?,028 additions to the church
from the Sunday school. At the convertiin
In Buffalo in 19IS it was reprried
:!:?t during the quadreniMa!
there had been 1,582,5T?> adiiitU-na
to the church from tne Sunday
school
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