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I ' PLAIN SPEECH ; NEED OF HOUR Cantey of Summerton, S. C., Does not Mince Matters > LAW DEFECTS^ A JOKE Health of the People is Next Door to Education of The People ' 1 i Summerton, S. C. j Editor of The Horry Herald: < I 3m convinced that this is an hour in the history of South Carolina when some plain speaking is needed and when patriotism should be drafted in the hour of peace as was done in the hour of war. There comes a time in the life of every individual and in the i life of every state which, taken at . the flood, leads on to fortune and likewise there comes a time in the life ( of every individual and in the life of every state which requires moral cour- ! ape to stem the tide of peril, and God appears to have a habit' of putting; ? < 1 I Renew your health ' by purifying your \ system with 1 lalotaDS The purified and refined ] calomel tablets that are free from nausea and danger. No salts necessary, as Calotabs act like calomel and salts combined. Demand the genuine in 10c and 35c packages, bearing < above trade-mark. ( Judgme o < For South Carolina < o j| Comes Next Mo o With Your Last 4> || Whera Will Yc jj day IS JI on the road to prosperity <> < > the Tobacco Growers' Co o facing another year of th J; has kept us poor in a Lane 4 < 0 1 VP ILL YOU SIGN ! CR( 1 ' I! TAKE YOUR CI < ? ^ 888 * j? This young nian says: "I tinkled to death over the low pi T paid for my duds at A. Bell'j 7-20~4t t ' J ' / J ' ' ' V 1 the human race to the test and on its metal, when the individual of nioral courage and likewise the state of moral courage, survives, and the moral weakling goes down to defeat. I like the story of Job, who had all of his early possessions taken from him and his body afflicted with disease, but through it all Job trusted God, and as a result of trusting in God Job lived to see a better day, and Job lives in the history of the race as ,a man of courage and enjoys the reppect and admiration of all mankind. Say what you please, the man who commits suicide is the man who lacks moral courage and who does not trust in God, and the state which does not trust in God will sooner or later decay. Rome was not destroyed by malaria as the sanitarians contend, but Rome decayed because the people of Rome trusted in their legions and in their politicians, in lieu of trusting in God. In this clay of numerous : i i- i iiimMius aim petitions in iuuikruptcy the politicians will promise the people anything and everything, but the people will secure very little relief or assistance through acts of the Congress or the Legislature, because it is a fundamental principle of luman nature and human history that in times of financial peril or otherwise, the people cannot secure relief either through revolution or through the harangues of politicians, hut relief can only come through hard work, through staying on the job, through trusting in God and keeping the commandments. Any individual or any >tate which falters hy the wayside in time of peril and fails to press onward toward the prize of the high calling n God, because of temporary financial depression or because of some inject infestation like the boll weevil. Reserves to perish from the face of the earth. 1 am just a bit inclined to believe that most of us are given to relying too much on the kind of government under which we live, in orler to find happiness. Several thousand years ago a great Hebrew teacher established the fact and the principle that the Kingdom of Heaven is within a man, that happiness can be found only in and through hard work, and that if any man would find happiness he must take up his cross and render some useful service to his fellowmen, either as carpenter, farmer, merchant, lawyer, doctor, or some other useful occupation. It is true that men are social and political animals, have certain interests and insti cuuons in common, common carriers which should be regulated for the common Rood, and common hopes and opportunities which must be worked out and administered through the instrumentality of the state, hut the nt Day j Tobacco Farmers t nday, July 31st Chance to Sign | >ii Stand M on- f light? I with 78,000 members in o -operative Association, or < < e Auction System which < \ of Plenty ? or DUMP YOUK \ )1'? ! o o HOICE TODAY! t < o mm?mm mmmmmmm?mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?mmmmmmmmm m A. B At Old The place where pri actly right to suit the tir V u/ Trv me on CLOTHIN' HATS AN SHIRTS, C, SHOES Af TIES, HAI SOCKS. Let me fill your orde am am the pioneer in Bayb A. BELL 1 THE HORRY HERALD, 001* 9 '????-???????? most that any individual has the moral right to demand and expect from the state is protection in person and property, the right and the opportunity to work hard in some useful occupation and thereby render service to his fellowmen, equal assessments in the matter of taxation, equal opportunity to acquire an education and enjoy the blessings of all the uplift movements, whether of health, sanitation or what not; the abolition of any and all special privileges to any class of citizens, a fair and just administration of the law, and the encouragement to live a higher and better moral life through the removal and abolition of All such institutions and instrumentalities which cause the moral downfall of man. Hard work and the making of an honest livelihood by the sweat of the brow is the basis of all civilization; upon it is builded the success and happiness of the individual, upon it rests the stability of the state, and without it all the demagogues and politicians in the world cannot save the people. However, there are certain kinds of government which we should not desire in South Carolina. For instance, when our forefathers settled this country they established the principle of the separation of the church and the state, declared for freedom of religious opinion, and in their constitutions signed and sealed the death knoll of an ecclesiastical form of government. We have discovered in this country the fallacy of a government of, fori and by the lawyers, who represent special clients, fill their pockets with illegitimate fees, while betraying and pretending to represent the people. Farmers have the right to vote and to hold office, organize marketing associations, and form combinations to promote the farming industry, and the state should foster and promote agricultural experiment, but we should not wish in this state a government of for and by the farmers. Labor has the moral and legal right to unionize and by and through its unions has done much to secure legislation which will uplift the downtrodden and the man with the hoe, make safe the place of work and shorten the hours of labor, but the people of this country will not tolerate a government of, for and by labor. Trie capitalist is necessary in a democratic form of government, but capital through various corporations and public utilities has unduly influenced the enactment of legislation in tho Congress and the Legislatures, and no civilized people will be content to live under a form of government of. for and bv the capitalists. We* should welcome the fact that government of. for and by the male population has been relegated to the past historv of the state, since man has always been a selfish animal, man has always assumed the right to have as many wives as he could feed, while denying to women the right to have as many husbands as they could feed, and statistics show that in some countries there is a larger percentage of cancer of the throat among the men, who f?at their food while it is hot, making the women wait with the servants. It would appear that the day has arrived in South Carolina when a government of. for and by the people can be maintained, when the preacher, the farmer, the advocate of labor, the capitalist, the professional man, and the men and the women, can unite upon plans and policies for the advancement of the common good, and when the demagogue shall go down to his grave, upwept, unhonored and unsung. At the very foundation of all civilization and an orderly form of government is the maintenance of law and order and the speedy administration of justice. With this in view, the constitution of South Carolina ?l-?rnilrl 11 monrlnrl nvnvirlinrr Hmt supreme court of the state shall at all times consist of five justices, and in case of the Legislature failing to elect, then the Governor shall appoint sufficient .justices, and providing further than en banc sessions of the supVeme court shall be abolished, so that the work of the circuit judges shall not be interfered with and the dockets of the circuit courts of South Carolina shall no longer be encumbered with stale cases, thus becoming a festering sore in the body politic and furnishing the people with a just grievance against rhe administration I of the law. The constitution of the state should be further amended so that in criminal matters, when the light of appeal to the supreme court > has been exhausted there shal: he no ??????? , * ft F.I I N II Bayboro ces have always been exiles. G D CAPS OLLARS ID UNDERWEAR MDKERCHIEFS :r for finest Groceries. I oro township. 'S STORE J* WAY, 8. 0., JULY 27, 1922 further motions on circuit or otherwise for new trials, which at present make the administration of the criminal law a huge joke in the minds of the people. There is a strong presumption that the verdict of a jury in a criminal matter, when sustained on appeal to the supreme court, is right, and when thus convicted, the criminal should be relegated to the State Board of Pardons. No circuit judge should be vested with the authority to adjourn regular terms of court or continue actions duly docketed, without good cause, and the judge or the lawyer who delays the administration of the law should be penalized, since the speedy adjudication of disputes makes for the peace ;md happiness of the people. Intelligence is the salvation of a free democracy, without it a government of, for and by the people cannot survive, and the common and public schools and the colleges of the state should be maintained in a condition of efficiency, but there should be more combination and co-ordination in both our common and public schools and colleges. The county boards of education should be vested with the authority, and it should be made obligatory upon them to abolish the one teacher school unless good reasons are shown to the contrary, such as inconvenient methods of travel, but n case*? where the cue teacher school is ano'.ohed, better methods of education siiouM be provided for the children, it being the moral duty of the state to go out into the by-ways and hedges and compel the children to come in and become intelligent citizens. Closely akin to the education, of the people is the health of the people. History shows that at times whole races of men have been decimated by plagues and diseases, and therefore the State Board of Health should be maintained in a manner consistent with the needs of the people, contagiious diseases should bo eradicated, and the promotion of health, hygiene and sanitation should become the firm policy of the state. One of the distinguishing characteristics of a Christian people is the continued care for its unfortunates, the > i - i ii ....,?i aged, me 111.sane, aim mu waywmu minors, and it therefore goes without argument that the people of South Carolina will* not tolerate the discontinuance of the good work of the State Board of Public Welfare. Good roads are essential to the intellectual and agricultural advancement of the people. The average individual is not only a citizen of his particular county,' but he is likewise a citizen oC the state and the nation. Immense sums of money have already been voted and invested in the building of /rood roads, and without some such institution as the State Highway Department the maintenance of irood roads would prove exceedingly diihculr. The lien laws of the state should be amended without further delay so that the mechanic and the owner of a garage should have a preferred lien over and on the itinerant automobile or other personal property, wjiich moves from county to county and from state to state, and which is increased in value by reason of the services of the innocent mechanic; the live stock and livery stable dealer should have a preferred lien over and on the live stock put with him for care and feeding, since otherwise the honest citizen of the state is at the mercy of every transitory owner of live stock; the farmer, who has all the trouble with his farm hand, should have a preferred lien for all advances made to said farm hand during the vear, and the average South Carolina farmer should be speedily declared a free man, so far as pertains to the conduct and oneration of his individ ual farm. The Board of Conciliation and the Railroad Commission of South Carolina should he abolished, and in lieu thereof should be established a court of' industrial relations, consisting of fhree members, to be elected by the Legislature, having the jurisdiction now conferred upon the board of conciliation and the railroad commission, with such additional jurisdiction as is conferred on the court of industrial relations in the state of Kansas, so that the strike will become unnecessary. Labor will have some institution to which to appeal when oppressed, and capital will feel free to invest in the public utilities cf the state. The main purpose of an industrial court is to create an administrative tribunal to arbitrate controversies between employers and employes in certain industrial, transportation, and other public utilities which are affected with such a public interest that thnir continuity is essential to the public peace, the public health and the proper living conditions and general welfare of tha people. The board, miscalled afcoirt. is given power to make investigations on its own initiative or upon comr\ 1 o i ? * 4 /\ r l v % 4 y. i |fiaiMV wi llllCICMt'U IU consider the wages, the return to capital, and the conditions surrounding /the j workers in any such employment i nd business, to summon all necessary i parties in interest, to call and examine witnesses, and after hearing, to make its findings and orders, stating specifically the terms and conditions, including wages upon which such industry or emphH ment shall be carried on in the futurty. Unless the people of South Caroliitei are to revert to a condition of \ature, there has been no method deviwed by man by which taxation can bA abolished, and since the public higl\vAys, ,the schools, the courts, the institutions of health and public welfare j\e maintained by the method of taxation, the finest privilege ever vouchs^ed to man is the payment of taxes.\ However, it is the duty of the st\t* to discover and lay its hand on al\?P?cies of property, realty persorfclty, income, inheritance, franchises, \%cations, and all special privilages,.%ud equalize the rate of taxation, simco there is only one method known V> , civilized man by whlcrf taxation can be reduced and that is by the simple process of equalizing taxation, and therefore some institution similar to the present State Tax Commission should be maintained in this state, even if it be necessary to reduce the membership thereof by making: the Comptroller General and the State Treasurer perform the additional duty of commissioners without any increase in salary. Furthermore, there is an immense amount of duplication and lack of coordination in the institutions of the state. Both the State Board of Health .mA fUn O 1 T1..L1!- *?/-! uiivt tuc uiuic uumu ui ruuiic welfare make annual inspections of the jails and the chaingangs in the respective counties of the state, and it stands to reason that if the people of South Carolina would pet busy in the direction of an intelligent co-ordination of the institutions of the state there would be an immense saving in the matter of taxation. In conclusion, permit me to say it is the mo ml duty of a statesman to familiarize himself with the progress and evolution of history, dedicate himself to the maintenance of law and ordqr, frequent elections, and the preservation of a government of, for and by the people, hand down to future generations the institutions of the race, and lead the people by the still waters, in the paths of peace ,'ind righteousness. Yours trulv, J. j. CANTEY. FLORIDA MAKES GREAT STRIDES The completion of the Atlantic intracoastal waterway from Maine to Key West will do for Conway and Myrtle Beach what the canals have done for the seacoast cities of Florida. Go* down to Florida today and see what a great change there has been in the business and commerce of that section since the canals were opened to shipping! It is wonderful! It cannot be well understood without seeing it and thus knowing it better. All kinds of shipping are afraid as death of the North and South Carolina coast. Many are the times that the stormy points and capes have taken their toll of human life and property. What is needed is a safe inland route so that this danger to shipping can be avoided. It will bring cheaper freight rates and bring in new business that has never come this way. The establishment of good dirt roads has done much and will continue to do a great deal in the development of this section. They are important to be accomplished and this part of the scheme should be carried out without any letup in efforts. More important to us yet in a commercial way is this great water highway. We cannot think too much of it and about it. Business men will neglect their finest opportunity to improve their business if they do not give their undivided attention to the completion of this route by water as soon as it can be done. The visit of Captain Seiners and Mr. Currie of Atlantic City, N. ??., and of Florida in the winter season was intended to be chronicled in the Herald last week, but owing to lack of space in that issue the article could not be run.. It will be found in this issue of the paper and special attention is called to it. The reading of it may help in awakening more interest in this project. Nearly every day in the week craft ot some kino passes rjy Myrtle Jieach I npELL your i I JL to see a Fisl R other he offers I in stock or car I yourself what t I to offer in extra: I how its resiliene I you flex the tire I how the depth I tread looks besi I This is the way I There's a Fisk Tire of < I for car, truck < I ' liilk I tnr r W^ JPA miiftw i* vi-*, H^^hibbbuksnub 1 < V as is well known by the residents of the place. With fieldglasses the names of the boats can be read. *If an account of those passing by in one season were kept, the number going by in the course of one year woula no doubt be astonishing.. All of this traffic which goes by on the high seas can be turned in by Conway, and when we remember the fact that by means of this safe passage, the travel might be doubled or even more, we begin to see the great advantages that * it would be to us here. o ^ ALLSBROOK ITEMS ' ? Pretty good corn crops will be made here this year, considering the bad seasons. Tobacco is ordinary. There was born recently to Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Anderson a fine youngster. Mr. W. C. Todd, a very progressive farmer of this section, has a fine tobacco crop this year as usuel, but as he is not a member of the asso- m " ciation we are afraid the .tune will change. Chancie Boyd still has the habit of braying like a jack when he is curing tobacco at night. DeWitt Lewis and Memory Fowler are still at work in the log woods, but they are now engaged in moving their camping grounds and singing the song, "Hard Times are Still Hanging Around." It seems that here of late the ladies of this section have too much to say, and you will soon find it so. o A special board of inquiry has proclaimed Julian N. Stahischmide a hero. He was killed when he tried to stop a runaway tank during the American Legion's Memorial Day parade in New York. A medal in recognition of his valor has been presented to his mother. A hero of the World War, five timefl wounded at Chateau Thierry, but without work and with no prospect of government compensation, to which he was entitled, Daniel Webster of Philadelphia, Pa., committed suicide and would have been buried in a pottor's field had not the American Le tfion given him ,u decent burial. > | ASPIRIN Say "Bayer" and Insist! Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twenty-two years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, I'ain a i i.. iin i) i.? ...l.: winy HJiyn WHICH contains proper directions. Ilandy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of .Salicylic-acid. % dealer you want I k Tire beside any I you. He has it I i get it. See lor I he Fisk Tire has I size and strength, I y compares when I under your hand, I of the non-skid I ide other treads. I to buy tires! I extra value in every size, I or speed wagon Time to R<vtlr?? I JL (Buy Flak) k 2