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Thursday, August 16, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina. Page Number Four EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner. CIRCULATION: 1,300. and growing DISPLAY ADVERTISING — 25 cents per inch for each insertion; nothing less than 4 inches accepted for double column display, nor less than 2 inches for single column dis play. BUSINESS READING NOTICES, 6 c.-nts ]>er line for each insertion, average oi 0 words to line. WANT ADVS., 6 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to Hne. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents per line, 6 words to line. help h'm. A few months ago a maa admitted that the issue was raised by a small group of Mr. Byrnes po litical enemies for the purpose of defeating him. Men wh«.« want to vote right should weigh carefully what they hear and read in cam paign yeais. The seasoned politician never shows his hand. Tho mole does his most effective work underground. IXt Our Socialistic Postoffice (From The Newberry Observer.) Postmaster General New prognost icates a deficit in postoffice opera tions fdr the coning year of $100,- 00(‘000. The large-t deficit that the mail service has ever incurred was for the year ending June 30, 1921, A11 , . . , , t x .when the cost of operation exceeded AH aavs. set in body type, 6 cents’ . . , „ jncrcno . , , . v ‘the income by more than $15<,5U<v 'l* fiincrln SNiliiiYirfe lino* ovfo«*rwAO 1 , OOii That simply means that the taxpayers as a whole made a dona- t'on to that extent to the business per single column line; extra charges for big type on all single column advs., except head and signature. Positions given at ONE-THIRD extra charge. I Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second elans. fUBSCRIPTION RATES: Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year 11.00 Six Months ... .... .75 Three Months .50 Fewer And Good Laws Are Needed Laws are made for the protection of people who live under them. If a law is a good one, it should be enforced. No favor should be shown either rich or poor, powerful dr insignificant. If it is not a good • • • law, it should be repealed. We have too many laws that are 4ead letters, for our own good. This condition is welL known to the public, and even to the younger general on, just coming into matur ity. It is not calculated tc. increase respect fcr law. It is a breeder of evasion and the father of contempt. We need fewer laws, but we need good ones that are enforced. — x Scholars Need Good Eyes As the time for the opening of the public schools approaches, parents should not lose sight of the fact that eyesight is the biggest factor :n the education of a child. Child welfare associations realize the necessity df making sure that the under-privileged child sees well before setting about the curing of other defects. Parents should be as much con cerned about their own children and not make the mistake of permitting them to enter school with defective .vision a drag upon them. Countless investigations have dis closed that pot‘r eyesight is respon* sible for much o* the ictardation in school and causes a $t : gma to be placed upon many children, whose visual defects weigh them down. This is a duty that should be clear to every parent. First, bo certain that defective eyesight is at the bot tom of the trouble, if any, with the child, ard then have it corrected at once. Neglect in this respect is little short of crinrvnal. • IXt Take It With A Grain Of Salt of personal convenience of the users of the pcctdffice. The postoffice is in its very nature soc'nlistic, just as are the public roads and the public schools; but the peculiarly socialistic feature that stands out in the deficit is that the oenef ciarios of the service are not required to pay full value for the service. It illustrates conspicuously the socialistic fallacy that somehow in government operation of industry it will be possible for the people to get something for nothing. The harm of operating the postoffice habitual ly at a loss is that it fosters care lessness and inefficiency to allow any great government activity to settle down into the permanent acceptance <*f the idea that it cannot by any de gree of efficiency pay its own way. It also fosters in the mind'- of per sons who ought to know better the socialistic idea that there is a pub ic benefit in operating business at a loss. Millions of Americans would be delighted to see Muscle Shoals op erated by the government at the loss of tens of millions annually. They would be misled by the wealth that would thus be conferred at the gen eral .toxpense on the immediate bene ficiaries of this government bounty into . transferring in idea this bene fit to the country at large. But in every unprofitable government op eration the citizen must make up the loss in higher taxes. Anything is economically bad that covers up in efficient operations and leads peo ple to entertain unsound ideas about industry. Every flanking privilege should be abolished; the parcel port method of carrying people’s freight should be made to pay its own way, instead of doing the work for lees than it costs and driving out of business citizens who have to make a living charge; ratrs of all kinds should be so fixed that the enormous monopoly of car rying letters and papers would pay. Then put a Henry Ford in charge of the business and free it of the in cubus of politics, and, like the Eng lish postoffice, it would pay the gov ernment, which means the people, a handsome profit on operations. Why should we howl against socialism and year after year operate a vast freight and express business under some of the worst faults of social ism ? txt Methodists And Polities (Christ an Advocate, Nashville ) (Fro.n Tl<e Dillon Heiiald.) One o* the many things The Her ald doesn’t understand is why the prohibition party is making a fight The Methodist churches, North and South, have been credited by the friends of prohibition and charged by anti-prohibitionists with having aontributed immensely to the pass ing of the 18th amendment and the general advancement of temperance in the Unitrd States. The Southern Mcthod'st church must admit that it on Goveitaor Smith personally. The ( has rung clear on the subject. Foi president has nothing to do with the the sake of information the Dis ihaking of the laws, change a letter in^ the cannot constitution cipline is here quoted: There shall be a board of tem- without the consent of twd-thirds of. perance and social service of the the 48 states. He cannc.*: change a | Methodist Episcopal Church, South, letter in the federal statutes without to be composed of 17 members one the consent of congress. Either of ( bishop, five traveling preachers, five the three gentlemen now running for'lay mcmbe’rs, at legist one cf whom congress from the sixth district will shall be a woman—who shall bo have more power to amend or modi- j nominated by the committee on tem- fy the Volstead act than will either ( perance and social service and eloct- Gcvernor Smith or Mr. Hoover, yet ed by the general conference, to- The Herald has not heard of the dry get her with the (general secretary of or wet issue being raised in the con-J the board, the Sunday school editor, gressional campaign.. If the prohi- the general secretary of the Epworth bitionists want to retain the Volstead leagi^ board, the general secretary act they must begin on the congress- of the beard of lay activities, the men and senators. The Herald some- 1 grneral secretary of the board of times wonders who started all this missions, or one person whom each rumpus over prohibition and Cath- shall designate to ropi«eseat him, and olicism, and what the motive was in the superintendent of social service starting it. Four years ago a relig- of the Woman’s Missionary council, ious issue was injected into the state “It shall be the function of this campaign at the eleventh hour and board tc. formulate the principles of Mr. Byrnes was defeated for the sen-1 temperanoe and Christian social ser- ate. It was made to appear at the vice, carry on a comprehensive plan time that the issue was injected by' of education for the church in these Mr. Byrnes’ friends in an effort to principles, point out tho practical applicat on of these principles to paiticular social piMblems and con- , ditions, make careful study and sur- I veys of such social conditions as it may deem wise, prepare needed lit erature to create and cultivate in terest in the whole church in tem perance and social service, by every legitimate Christian way and means co-operate with the other boards and agencies in the chruch in advancing human social welfare, and co-opei&te with other denominatiooal and in terdenominational agencies for the same purpo ix” The general conference in May, 1920 said: “The general conference of the J Methodist Episcopal Church, South, j assembled in Memphis, Tenn., in quadrennial sossion, representing a Christian citizenship of more than 2,600,000, hereby respectfully and earnestly pet tion the congress cf j the United States to reject all p:o- j posals to enact any legislation which has for its object the nullificatic«-i or the weakening of the prohibition enforcement act commonly known as the Volstead lav).” And again: “The pronouncement of the bishops on the national prohibition law should be read from every pulpit in the church. It is a clarion call which 1 should ring throughout our borders | and stir all supporters of temper ance and prohibition to action. Facts' submitted to us from all the states confirm our faith in prohibition as a national policy. From every quarter comes but one report: that moral and civ’c conditions under prohibi tion, while not Ideal, are incompar ably better than under the old pcSky. These reports reassure us in the conviction that ‘prohibition at its worst is better than license at its best.’ We have taken no.e of the factors tending to prevent the due observance and proper enforcement of the law. Chief among them are these: (1) The campaign for the null'fication of the 18th amendment under the gufse df proposals to modify the Volstead law; (2) The patronizing of the lowest criminal classes by men <..? prominence and influence^ resulting in the enrich ing of the former and the setting up of tho latter is inciters of drunken ness and official corruption; (3) The appo ntmer.t and election to office of men whd prefer to demonstrate that the law cannot be enforced rather than it can be enforced; (4) The disposition to shirk and ovade local responsibility, resulting ia a failure to exercise state and local authority with fidelity and vigor. (5) Over- confidence and lack of v:g lance and vigilance on the part of the friends of temperance and prohibition. The pc riel of prohibition, as of all pop ular go/eminent, is ‘not so much the bad citizenship of bad men as the bad citizenship of good men.’ These condifons challenge us to action. The campaign for nullificat'on must be answered by a crusade for ob servance and enforcement. Men of prominence and influence who strike hands with—patrdnize and enrich— the lowest criminals must be indict ed at the bar of public opinion as their confederates and accomplices. The law must be administered by its friends. In our states, from con stable to governor, and in the nation, from revenue agent to president, of ficials must he selected who believe in enforcement, not only because prohibition "s the law, but because it ought to be the law. The full pow er and authority of the states must be exercised in co-operation with the federal government. Fcr the at tainment. of these ends we call upon our preachers and teachers to give voice to the so ial creed of our church and upon all our people to as sert their full influence as Christians and patriotic c tizers of our repub lic. Wc recommend that these sent iments be declared to be the senti ments cf the conference.” The Episcopal address cf 192G de clares : “The industrial social, educational, moral, and religious foxes of the na tion which overthrew the legalized liquor traffic and secured national 1 prohibition must unite in th*' fight! with equal vigor and persistence j against the outlawed criminal traffic and the would-be nullifiers of the' law.” From these exhibits one must con-| elude that cur church has entered vigorously into the battle fo.’ pro hibition. The action of the general conference has a wide and enthusi astic support among ministers and laymen. We have no thought of withdrawing from the battle. Into the present presidential campaign we shall carry our convictions and make them count. We are nc.t partisan, and therefore we .shall not follow a party which suffers its campaign’! manager fro say he is making of his position an opportunity of “helping to Relieve the country of the dam nable affliction of prohibition.” txt A lot of women would be happy, if they could only look as they feel. J Ben J. Davis, Georgia Negro Speaks Augusta ( By J. C. Mardenborough in The Augusta Chronicle of Monday, 13th Instant.) On yesterday, one of the largest and most enthusiastic montirgs in many a day was held at the Lenox theatre by the citizens o' Augusta. With Samuel Seals as master of cer emonies the meeting was opened with the singing of America and in vocation by Rev. W ggins, then a solo by Arthur Lee Simpkins. The K. of P. bard i’endered a selection, after -which the speaker of the day B. J. Davis, editor of the Atlanta In dependent an ( i secretary of the re publican state control committee was introduced by Rev. J. C. Anderson, pastor of Trinity C. M. E. Church. Hon. B. J. Davis rose to speak amid a thunder of applause ar.d it was only after several minutes of waiting, before he was able to b^gin speaking. He said :n part. “I am always delighted to come to Augusta for many reasons. Th? cordial relations between the races so long as the colored people had no thing to do with politics. If what I say hits anyone I can’t help it. Fcr seme time I have been the target of the democratic press and a few mer cenary negroes. I have been accus ed of doing everything tfiat was bad, mean and low, from selling post- offices to murder’ng a postmaster in Georgia. I challenge any man in the state to be more loyal to the state, to be more law abiding than I am. I have nothing against any man. If I had anything at heart, I should like to know why in the world the democratic press and the democratic senators center their fight on one poor negro who has no opportunity to reply wh'le they havp the American press at their disposal. If I had the opportunity of the press I could wipe them off the earth.” As to the postmasters, I have rec- ommended 90 per cent have been democrats. I mailed th^ recommen- datiors to the renaters and ody one of these has ever been turned down. As to the postmaster who tcAok his own life, he stole the government’s mo Ky $6,500 and when he was dis covered came to me to get assist ance. I told him there was nothing I could do. I would not think of going tip to the postmaster general recommending a man who had stol en money. So th's poor fellow kill ed himself. This is the man one of your senators got up before the in- vestigat'ng committee and raid he could vouch for h s integrity, that is the reason he said that it was not necessary to put up witnesses in this case, before the postoff'ce com mittee, when the investigation \ was held in Atlanta not long ago.” With both hands high abo/e his head, the speaker made it clear when he said: “The fight is not against Ben Davis. It is against you. It 's you whom the democratic party is aft* n If I were to die tomorrow the fight would rot end because it is a fight againsrt every black boy and girl in America.” In speaking of Mr. Hoover, the speaker said: “On yesterday Herbert Hoover attracted tin attention of the world, no candidate has ever made such an acceptance speech. A clear cut business man’s address. He touched on every phase of American lif) . He ended by saying that every citizen, (mark me) every citizen, should have equal opportunity.” The speaker commented on the fine edi torial of the Chronicle Sunday morn ing on Mr. Hoover’s speech. “Talk abouc carrying Georgia the speaker said. “That will be in the year 2090. As a matter of fact until we get a better stock of wh’te and colored people I suppc're it is best that we do not carry Georgia.” Relative to the national republican convention he said: “For 20 years I have bce n defending my people against the accusation that they could be bojght. One man in the last convention sent me a bill for -everything he could think cf, which amounted to $250.'I gave him $300 and he went over to the Lowden peo ple and got $500. I don’t know how much more he go%. All these merce nary people are teachers and doctors. They are not the ignorant but those who are educated. This gang was led by the Hon. Clark Grier. I suppose you all know him. How can any one afford fro send such men to represent them. They will do the same thing over again. “I can’t vote the Democratic tick et,” th e speaker said. “The Repub lican party has not done all that it could do' for me but it has done all that has been done for me while the Democratic party has not done any thing far me. I can’t vote for a party that denies me the right to vote by dodg ng behind what they call the white primary. I can’t vote for a party that takes every right * f:om me and how can you vote for j a party that disfranchises you? I 1 will not and you should not vote for j any pa:!y that will jim-crow and place every obstacle in the way of your children. “There a;e some fine men in the Democratic party but I can in*; vote for the party. The old Demccrats who used to stand for great princi ples and high ideals are all dead it v/ould s e:m.. This present party all they know is nigger, nigger. Af ter that there is nothing for them to say or to fight aga nst. A few of these Democrats are all h' •; in the collar about voting with the ne gro and abc’at a negro reeomn end ing them (the Democrats) for office while on the other hand Demcc ’ats in the north are begg'ng fcr negro votes. Most o* these nigger, nigger Democrats never have known that negroes do not dominate the party in other places yet they hold very important places i n tb ( i Tammany Hall in New York. “Ecv. y day or so we see letters some people in Georgia write to Washington, saying: If you don’t put nigge:« on the ticket you can; carry Georgia for the Republicans; cr If you don’t appoint Ben Davis to the national committeemanship. I make this propgsition if the Re publicans carry Georgia I will de cline the place if tendered it. Bet tor than that is we get 100,000 votes 1 will also decline. I know that we have never had over 40,000 o: 50,- 000 votes in the state and if it goes to 100,00($ will know then that it has gone Republican. You won’t live to see if. Thes<? old Democrats are going to see that it stays in the old place. Ben Davis took the house by storm. More than once was he forced to step speaking by. the thunder of ap plause f:om his admirers. Despite inclement weather the multitude biaved the weather and heard the Georgia negro. X — Why Limit It To One Office? C. B. Walker Passes At Home Tuesday (From The Greenville News.) CharVy Burton Walker, well- known operative elf the Abbeville Cottor Mills died at his home at the mill at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday afternoon followuig an Tlness of two weeks. Funeral services were conducted yes terday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Grace Me-thodiot Church, of which Mr. Walker was a member, by the pastor, Re\t H. E. Buliingtdn. In terment was made at McCormick. Mr. Walker at the time of his death was 65 years of age, having been bron July 25, 1863. He was a native of Edgefield County but moved to the Abbeville Mills thirty years ago. Mr. Walker was one of the progressive men of the mill and had a wide cii'cle of friends at the m 11 and :n the town. He suffered an attack of p’. urisy two weeks ago and cn Friday the disease wa~, ag gravated by an attack of hiccoughs which caused his death Tuesday. Besides his wife Mr. Walker is survived by five children. Grady Walker, Mrs. J. A. Porter, G W. and Harold Walker of Abbeville and Rob ert H. Walker, of Boston, Mass. He is also survived by two s'sters, Mrs. W. T. Quarles of McCormick, Mrs. Estelle McKinney of Greenwood and one brother, Mr. Fate Walker of Pelzer.—Abbeville Press and Banner cf 9th instant. Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, president of Furman University, is interpreted by the newspaper reporters as taking an “indirect .shot at A1 Smith ” in making the statement that “it would be the humiliation of this land if a man who did not observe the law were to go into the White House to enforce the law.” If Dr. McGlothlin is really taking an “indirect shot at Smith” in mak ing this statement, one must con clude that he is referring to charges that Governor Sm'th sometimes takes a drink. This charge has been made. The News does not kn*(fw whether or ro; it i.~. accurate, but at any rate, there has been no other charge of the gov rnor failing to observe any law of the land. If this is the correct interpreta tion, would the criticism not apply also to Mr. Hoover? Clarence Dar- row is quoted as saying he took a diink with Hoover quite recently. If th's is correct, have we had any as- su lancc that Mr. Hoover will cease this failure to “observe the law” if elected ? — And if it is a humiliation to the nation to have a President who thue fails to “observe the law,” why isn’t it »also a humiliation to have Sena- torg and Congressmen, and members rf state legislatures who do the same thing? Why is this point just being raised, when we have had ’national prohibition for a decade? Why isn’t it suggested that nobody should be elected to any public office in this country who “fails to observe” this pioh'bition law in his personal con duct? Why apply this test only tc Presidents? X As a convincing argument in favor of forest-fire protection, the follow ing figures are of interest. In ore section of a county in North Caro lina, where no forest-fire projection has been given, the tax rate is $1.38 and the ferest land is worth $15 an acne; while in another section, where forest-fire protection has Obtained for the past 25 year! the tax rate is only $1 02 and the forest land is worth $50 an acre. txt Owners cf livestock will find in Miscellaneous Publication 25-M, which can be secured from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, methods of identifying and oombating vari ous k nds of livestock parasites. The material in this publication, which is entitled, “A Calendar of Livestock Parasites.” is conveniently a'Tanged under each month of the year. X Canary birds are generally found in homes where the stork has been neglected. txt—I After all, every animal is just a stomach equ pped with legs that en able him to get about. 1 WANT ADVS. 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