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' Thursday, August 2, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carotin* Page Number TfmSi > , POLITICAL CARDS FOR SHEFIFF I respectfully announce myself a candidate for Sheriff of McCormick County, subject to the rules and reg ulations of the Democrats Primary election. I shall highly appreciate the sup port of the people. W. T. STROM. FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election as Sheriff of McCor mick County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. M. R. LeROY. FOR SHERIFF POLITICAL CARDS FOR SENATE POLITICAL CARDS For Clerk Of Court Floyd W. Newman Writes Of Dangers Americans Face I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election as State Senator from McCormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary. I shall highly ap preciate your suffrage. F. C. ROBINSON. I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election a s Clerk of Court for McCormick County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. J. ARCH TALBERT. FOR SOLICITOR FOR SENATE I hereby announce my candidacy for the office cf State Senate from McCormick County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Your support shall be greatly appreciated. W. K. CHARLES. SUPT. EDUCATION I hereby respectfully announce my cand dacy foi« Sheriff of McCormick County, subject to the rules and reg ulations of the Democratic primary. I shall highly appreciate your sup port. G. J. SANDERS. FOR SUPERVISOR T hereby announce my candidacy fer Supervisor of McCormick Coun ty, subject to the rules and regula tions of the Democratic primary. I solicit the .suffrage of the voters on my merits and the faithful promise tc execute the duties of said office fairly and economically, if elected. I shall highly appreciate your sup port. W. M. McCUE. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Superintendent of Education of McCormick County, sub ject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. W. H. PARKS. SUPT. EDUCATION FOR SUPERVISOR I hereby announce my candidacy Tor re-election as Supervisor of Mc Cormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. Your support shall be highly appreciated. W. O. GRAVES, JR. FOR SUPERVISOR I hereby announce my candidacy for Supervisor of McCormick County, •subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. I prom ise, if elected, to render honest and efficient service and give due con sideration to the needs and require ments of each section of the county. Your support shall be highly appre ciated. G. H. McCAIN. FOR SUPERVISOR I hereby announce myself a candi date for Superintendent cf Education of McCormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic party. R. G. KILLINGSWORTH. SUPT. EDUCATION I respectfully announce myself a candidate for Superintendent of Education for McCormick County, subject to the rules of the Demo cratic party, and pledge myself to abide the results of the same. I shall be grateful for the support of the people and will try to show every appreciation by giving them service, if intrusted by them. J. W. JOHNSON. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Solicitor of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. I pledge myself to be gov erned by the Rules and Regulations of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, and to abide the results of the Democratic Primary Election. T. C. CALLISON. House Representatives I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of House of Represen tatives from McCormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Your sup port shall be greatly appreciated. JASPER McDANIEL. ATTEMPTS TO BRIEFLY OUT LINE AND GIVE MEANS OF COMBATING AND ELIM INATING THEM House Representatives I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for re-election to the House of Representatives from Mc Cormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary. Your support shall be greatly appreciated. W. D. MORRAH. SUPT. EDUCATION I am a candidate fer the office of Superintendent of Education of Mc- Coimick County,, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. A vote for me will be a vote for a progressive educational pregram which will have for its aim the protection of interest of the children of the county and the futhcrance of the cause generally. I shall gieatly appreciate your sup port. D. L. WIDEMAN. Plum Branch. I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for Supervisor of McCor mick County, subject to the rules snd regulations of the Democratic primary. I shall greatly appreciate the suffrage of the voters. T. A. DOWTIN. COTTON WEIGHER I hereby announce myself a candi date for Cottca Weigher of Plum Branch, under the rules and regula tions of the Democratic primary. Having served in this capacity fif teen years, I feel well qualified for the place, and shall appreciate your support. S. W. WIDEMAN. FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for the office of Magis trate of McCormick County, subject to the rules of the democratic party. I shall highly appreciate the sup port of the people. H. C. WALKER. COTTON WEIGHER I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Cottdn Weigher at Plum Branch and agree to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. If elected I also promise a faitiful and impartial discharge of my duty to all. J. A. RIDLEHOOVER. COTTON WEIGHER I hereby respectfully annemnee my candidacy for re-election as Cotton .Weigher at McCormick, subject to the mles and regulations of the Democratic primary. I greatly ap preciate the support given me in the past, and again solicit your suffrage U po n the promise to faithfully, hon estly and impartially perform the duties of said office, as I have striv en to do heretofore. D. M. BULLOCK. FOR CORONER I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for re-election to the of fice of Coroner of McCormick Coun ty, subject to the rules and regula tions erf the Democratic primary. Yopr support shall be greatly ap- J.C. MORGAN. pr FOR MAGISTRATE At the request of my many friends I hereby announce myself as a can didate for magistrate of McCormick County in the coming election, sub ject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. I sincerely thank my many friends and the vot ers who know me best fcl* their loy alty to me in the past, also for their promised support of me in the fol lowing election. R. L. BODDIE. FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for the office of Magis trate of McCormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Your support shall be highly appreciated. J. P. BRUNSON. House Representatives I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for House of Representa tives ^from McCormick County, and agree to abide the results of the Dem ocratic primary. I shall greatly ap preciate your suffrage, which I earn estly solicit upon the promise of faithful service, open, impartial and constructive legislation in our coun ty, and State as well, striving to bring about better conditions for the mass of people in dire need of pro tection and chance for advancement. M. L. B. STURKEY. Counev Coinmissioner I hereby announce my candidacy for County Commissioner of McCor mick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. If elected, I promise to execute the duties of said office a* fairly and economically as possible. J. H BANKS. County Commissioner I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for re-election to the of fice of County Commissioner of Mc Cormick County, subject to the rules and regulations cf the Democratic primary. I shall again greatly ap preciate the support of the voters in the race for this office. C. C. MORGAN. County Commissioner I hereby announce my candidacy for County Commissioner of McCor mick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic pri mary. Your support shall be high ly appreciated. J. J. LANGLEY. FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce my candidacy for Magistrate of McCormick Coun ty. If elected, I will stand commit ted to enforce the law where magis trates have the power to do so. I shall appreciate any support I may receive, and will abide the results of the primary election. J. B. HOLLOWAY. For Congress I am a candidate for re-election to Congress from the Third District, subject to the rules of the Democratic Party. £ FRED H. DOMINICK. County Commissioner I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for office of County Com missioner of McCormick County, sub ject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. Your sup port shall be highly appreciated. R. N. EDMUNDS. County Commissioner I hereby announce my candidacy for County Commissioner of McCor mick County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I take this oppoitunity to again thank my home people for electing me magis trate in my district the four terms I offered and served; and I shall ap preciate all support and influence of my friends over the entire county in the present race. I promise, if el.?ct- and small, working to undeitnine or ed, to faithfully perform my duty to destroy the United Stbtes as a Gov- the best Interests of the county and ernment, in our every community, people in general. whether we aware of them or jy. K. MCDONALD. not. It is tho duty of every Arne i- In view of the surprisingly great number of people who know little or nothing of the dangers with which they as individuals and the country as a whole are constantly faced, I shall attempt to give a brief but con cise outline of the dangers which we face, the means of combating and el minating them, and the reasons for the employment of such means. America has boen constantly a source eff envy to those outside her boundaries, as well as certain fac tions therein, since the arrival of the earliest settlers, and the same has been true of the United States since its inception reaching its peak at the present day. Since 1776 this country has been en gaged in what have been offic ; ally necorded as 100 wars, of which 6 have been major wars involving the entire nation, and of which 3 requir ed the entire man-powert and indus trial resources of the nation.* The extent of the cc*st in both life and money has increased rapidly with each successive major war due to- the growth of the nation, the in creased strength of our enemies, and most important of alj the lack of adequate preparation during time of peace to copn with the inevitable wars with which we have been con- frented at regular intervals of time. It is true that the people of this nation have never /engaged in a war of their own making or of their own volition, but the fact remains that we have been fenced to participate in many wars instigated by others and which we could not possibly have ; vaded without the loss of our na- tVnal pride and standards or without losing our identity as a nation. The recent efforts of this country to obtain the sanction of the other major powers to our proposed plan to outlaw war is a great step for ward and has thus far met with un anticipated success. The League <rf Nations and the many other organ izations and acts of an international character have also done much to ward developing fr'endly relations among the peoples of the earth. The aerial flights of Col. Lindberg, the Ge^man-Irish officers, Capt. Car ranza and others have also been of great value in cementing friendly international relations. However, as long as there are peo ple on this earth there is bound to be dissention among them, and as na tions are noth : rg more than large groups of individuals, represented by a small body in the form of a Con gress, Parliament or other similar body elected by popular vote, there is no hope but that future wars, no matter how desirous we may be of averting them, are inevitable. Peace treaties are an expression of good will and bind those peoples who s'gn them to uphold their hon or by abiding by the contents there of, but as has been proven repeated ly, particularly in the case of the Woi'id War, those peoples who be lieve that they have the power to obtain that which they desire give such treaties no more regard than if they did not exist. Such treaties admittedly tend to restrain any na tion fiom declar’ng - war, but do not to a:\y degree amount to a guarantee against war. At such time as it is definitely found possible to settle all disputes between individuals by arbitration, to cause all violations of munic’pnl ord national laws to cease, to cause violations of the Ten Commandments .o become extinct, then, and then on ly, can we dispense with our muni cipal and national police forces cur Revenue agents, our churches, our courts and our armies. It would be worse than absurd for any layman such as I to attempt to amplify or improve on the express ed opinions of such men as our na tion’s Presidents, from Washington to and including Coolidge, and of our own a nd other nations’ noted states men on the subject of what consti tutes adequate defense against war and "or peace. These men have been In positions to study, observe and ex- perienoe all the details of interna tional relations and wails, and they invariably advocate, in words similar to those of Wjashington, that the most effective means of preserving peace is to be prepared for war. Ex perience) from the beginning of time and in all lands, has proven the wis dom of the : r statements. There ahe untold quantities of or ganizations of various types, large can citizen, as an American, to ap prehend and assist in the destruc tion of all such dangerous organiza tions. There are many people affili ated with these organizations who have no desire to impair or to over throw our government, and who are so affiliated through having had the purposes of the organization im properly or inadequately explained to them. There are also many well meaning people affiliated with these organizations who became so affili ated through ignorance, as so many people are often sold unsound bonds by the “slick” bond and investment salesman. From having read extensively on this subject, it is found that chief among the organizations working for the undermining or overthrow of the Airorican government is what is known as the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. This organization sent representatives be fore our Congress claiming that they and their organization repiiesonted all the churches of the Protestant bodies in this country, and the views held by the congregations thereof. I am glad to state that this claim was readily shown to erroneous, and several individual congregations pro tested. Their efforts before Con gress were with a view to obtain leg islation which would result in undei 1 - mining our defense and our govern ment, and eventually in the over throw of the nation by those within and without our boundaries who hope for such an end. The Reds, Bolshevists, I. I. W. and other radi cal organizations have been proven to be aff Hated in one way <?r an other with this organization. Due to the ever increasing cost in life and money in each succeeding war, which in turn was due to inade quate preparation prior to the, out break cf each war, the Congress adopted in 1916 what is known as the National Defense Ac 3 to insure per manent adequate defense. At the close of the World War General Pershing appeared before Congress and presented ctatistics and seasons for the revision of this Act. Con gress saw the wisdom of his state ments and proceeded to revise the Act in 1920. The Act, as revised, insures ade quate national defense at a nrnimum of time and money, and provides for the rapid, effective and efficient mobilization of. both our man-power and industries in the event of ano ther national emergency. The people of the country who have had this Act properly and fully explained to them, though I regret the per cent :s yet small, are thor oughly in accord with its contents, and have been and are giving their whole hdaited support to it. It is my desire and request that each and every Amrrican citizen do everything within his power to clearly set forth the a'ms and objects of the Nation al Defense Act to the maximum number of people at the earliest pos sible date. This is the most effec tive and only way in which the suc cess of the Act may be accomplished and, its contents mac*3 nation-wide knowledge. In brief, the National Defense Act provides for a Regular Army, the ,National Guard of the various states and the Organized Reserves. The Regular AUny is a very small body incapable of effectively safcguaiU- ing the country in an emergency of any consequence. Its purpose is pri marily that of Instructor of the Na tional Guard and Organized Reserves and as a National Po-lice Force. The National Guard for use within the geographical limits of the various states in quelling strikes, riots, etc., except in time of a national emerg ency, when it becomes a Federal body, supporting the Regular Army as a second line of defense. The Or- gamzed Reserves constitutes the ma jor body of our Army, being com posed of men whose daily, pursuits are purely civil, who have voluntar ily offered thoir services to the Unit ed States in time of a national emergency and who comprise the “backbone” of our defense. nat on. It is a recognized fact by all who have had the opportunity of either expeiHencing or witnessing any ma jor efforts in a political, industrial, financial, religious or scientific way. that only by extensive organization can the efforts of the individuals who belong become effective. It was for this reason that the officers of the Officers’ Reserve Corps organ ized what is known as the Reserve Officers’ Association of the United States. The aims and objects of this As sociation are to do all possible to insure the thoro and effective car rying out of the policies laid down by the National Defense Act, and thus insure the protection of every man in America, his family, his money, his lands, his products and his life. It is therefore the duty of every member of the Officers’ Reserve Corps not only to belong to the Re serve Officers’ Association but to broadcast the aims and purposes of the National Defense Act at every possible opportunity before the pop ulace of the country individually and collectively, in order that it may be better understood, supported to a greater extent, and its enemies thwarted. Every man who holds a commis sion in the Offioers’ Reserve Corps is net only proud of the commission he holds from the President of the United States by reason of his hav ing volunteered to serve and by rea son of the honor which the holding of such a commission bestows, but he is also proud, and justly, because he typifies the spirit of America and Amrrican manhdod. Another reason why every member of the Off ce^s’ Reserve Corps • should be a member of the Reserve Officers' Association is that, as stat ed, this is the only body which Con gress recognizes a" having sufficient power to demand recognition by them in matters pertaining to national de fense, and because only by being a member can he hope to obtain Con gressional legislation which will in sure his being adequately trained to fulfill the office vested in him by his commission. The Association has succeeded in obtaining increased ap propriations and other advantageous legislation, as well as beneficial reg ulations, commensurate with the in crease in Association membership, ar,d it will continue td gain more on ly in proportion to the further in crease in membership. The cost of membership in the Re serve Officers’ Association is reduc ed to a minimun^, and the advantages derived both by the members and indirectly by the entire population of the nation in increased protection for thomselves is worth many times the cctet. Those who have at any time been membe: s of the Officers’ Reserve Corps, though not now mem bers thereof, and whose separation therefrom was by honorable means, are equally eligible and welcome to membership in the Reserve Officers’ Association as those who are at pres ent members of the Corps. It is earnestly requested that all readers ox this article refrain from assuming that my sole object in writing it is to increase the member ship of thf! Assoc’ation through this as an advertising medium. I frank ly admit that I am most desirous of seeing every present and former member of the Officers’ Reserve Corps a member of the Reserve Of ficers’ Association as an ultimate goal. But I am equally sincere and frank in stating that it is as much my object to get the matter of ade quate national defense of the indi vidual and the nation before the most possible people as to obtain increas ed membership in the Association. Since increased membership in the Association insures better defense for every person in the nation, bet ter understanding of the conditions which confront us, and a more thor ough knowledge of the laws of the country which insure that defense, I do not personally understand how any commercial aspect can be at tributed to this article, and I hasten to assure all readers that no pecun- The members of the Organized iary gain is received by any individ- Reserves are divided into the Of ficers’ Reserve Corps, comprising the officer personnel, and the Enlist ed Reserve Corpd, comprising the en- | ship fees received, listed personnel for a national be proven to those emergency. The Officers’ Reserve Corps is supplied by those who had service during the World War, graduates of the Reseive Offcers’ Training Corps units at the various colleges and un iversities throughout the country, graduates of the Citizens Military Training Camps which give physical training to thousands of America s youth each year, and by such other men as are qualified for service theiein. It should be borne in mind that the pursuance of the courses in the R. O. T. C. and the C. M. T. C., as well as affiliation with the O. R. C. and E. R. C., is 100 per cent vol untary, yet assures sufficient person nel for the ad?quat^ defense of the uals or organizations of the Associa tion either by the publication of art icles such as this or by the member- It can readily who may be skeptical that the Association is a losing proposition from a financial standpoint. This alone should be sufficient evidence of the sinoerety of my statements. FLOYD W. NEWMAN, Capt. AG-Res. Sec’y. S. C. Dept., R. O. A. Box 561, Columbia, S. C. X Milk from contented cows is ad vertised, but so far no one has men tioned anything about gasoline from contented oil wells. XXI Poison liquor doesn't edme under the supervision of the pure food and drug act, but surely there is a law against impure explosives.