McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 16, 1928, Image 4
Thursday, August 16, 1928
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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
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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law, it should be repealed.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.
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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.
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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 ?
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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.”
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Canary birds are generally found
in homes where the stork has been
neglected.
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After all, every animal is just a
stomach equ pped with legs that en
able him to get about. 1
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