The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 27, 1922, Image 10
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' PLAIN SPEECH ;
NEED OF HOUR
Cantey of Summerton, S. C.,
Does not Mince
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> LAW DEFECTS^ A JOKE
Health of the People is Next
Door to Education of
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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;
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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\
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|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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. >
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