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VOL. XXYII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1918. ! NO. 20 M
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The Que?
"Where can we buy the
j orders. We have the go
I onH Silverware. Paints, (
!| U11U waa v ? ? r
Jtures, Mowing Machines
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SOUTHING CRITICISM
g OF W. J. BRYAN
W UNITED 8TATES.SENATOR IN
1 DISCUSSING LECTURE POLICY
y OF CABINET MEMBER.
Discu sing the amazing statement
of Secretary of State Bryan that his
salary of $12,000 was not enough to
support his family in proper style
and comfort Senator Charles E Townsend
of Michigan spoke in part as
foQows, in a masterly manner summing
up the illogical and untenable
position taken by Mr Bryan:
Vlfc^Mr Bryan says he is selling his
S j?, energies and talents to priyate
iividuals or organizations because
^ * 1 fnr
(tnciai saiary is uot cuuujh
to live upon. He is receiving
4)0 a year. In the government
ce there are thousands of ernes
who receive less than oneof
that sum and who, in these
of high cost of living, find it
alt to live within their income,
me of these thousands, howevpermitted
to abandon his post
ty and sell his time and enerand
talents to others for the
i that Mr Bryan has given for
tion. If Mr Bryan's example
be followed by public employnerally
who can see the extent
ary to the public service?
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3B f we are to adopt me policy ui
9 g the dollar above public duty,
H ;e door of opportunity should
opened to one citizen and clos^Ka
to another. If there is to be disHcrimination,
it should be in favor of
the poorly paid man, but I see no rea"
son why a distinction should be made.
5 "At a time when most unusual
foreign complications confront us,
when-the Japanese question is before
^u?, when our relations with the dis:
turbed Repunlic to the South of us
T>earS/i*-.
business ofy
-dcry oa
Have a business of vou
you may enjoy a oomforti
way to do itt Hank your 1
count grow; then, some dt
? ? ^nnn Dnorvnc
I lanC a u "UUXATUU
I vonr money in a paving bv
1 a business of bis own fin
ithen helped to make his bi
Do YOUR banl
We Pay 4 per cent intere
ij FARMERS & MEE
(l=
stion That C
Best Goods Possible forth*
ods. Anything known in
mi*. r.Uee Qoch Hnnrc. R
/1I5) viiaa^t wuoii| wv. v,
, Rakes, Disc Harrows, Dis<
jrchase." Remember, "Tl
r~l Klnj
1 1
are most grave and fraught with
mighty responsibilities; when treaties
affecting our relations with various
nations of Europe are pending
and awaiting the action of this na-!
tion; when the question of Manama
Canal tolls is pressing hard upon us;
when the alleged claims of Columbia
are being urged; when the Congress
is dealing with the tariff containing i
provisions which may affect our dip
lomatic relations with other countries?indeed
at this time above all
others the statement - of Mr Bryan
that he proposed to desert his office
for the purpose of personal financial
grain comes as a shock to all thoughtful
people.
"This action is even more inexcusable
when it is known that the Secretary
has been in office but a few
months aad from the nature of
things he cannot have become familiar
with all of the responsibilities of |
his.great position. The Secretary I
of State is regarded as the most important
executive officer of the Government
below the President. He is
premier of the Cabinet, he should be
the first example of faithful intelligent
devotion to duty.
"I know of nothing more unforKomio
r?f nnhlie virtue
tuiiatc vu vuv vmuwv w r
and singleness of purpose for high
ideals than this expressed determination
of Mr Bryan, upheld by the
reasons which he gives. When he
entered into the implied contract
with the Government to serve as
Secretary of State he knew what
the salary of that position was. He
had for years proclaimed the doctrine
of the simple life?of pure Democracy.
He knew that $1,000 per
month was the compensation he
would receive from the Government.
To a majority of people in public
and private life that compensation
seems most adequate and yet now
he declares to the country that it is
TWCfmt Somer
money /toy/',
r own some day, so that
ible old aget there is one
:noney now. Let your aoiv,
von will be prepared to
S CHANCE or to invest
isiness. The man who has
it banked his money and
ink account GROW.
cing with US.
st on savings accounts. I
tCHANTS BANK. 3
LAKE CITY. S. C. I
s
Confronts tl
i Least Amount of Purchas
Hardware, Stoves, Range
finds, Lime, Cement, Pla:
c Cultivators, One and Twc
he store that you will evenl
jstree Hi
Wholesale and
insufficient to meet his expenses as
Secretary of State.
"His salary is the same as that received
by the other Cabinet officers
and no one of them has complained
that it is inadequate. How now are
the virtues of economy and simplicity
to be impressed upon the people
when their Treat advocate states
that it is necessary for him to capitalize
for financial gain his great
ability as a Chautauqua lecturer because
he cannot support himself and
family upon $12,000 a year?
"If he had resigned a3 Secretary,
giving as his reason the one he did
Rive, viz, that he could not live on
his salary and by inference that he
owed a higher duty to his desire
for wealth than he did to public service,
there would have been less reason
for public complaint, but to hold
I WE ME^
[ We offer to the peop
* t every accommodation
Banking. We are s<
, j every day. Why not 1
We pay 4 per cent, <
Iin our Savings Depar
Certificates of Deposit,
The Bank
ICade
W. B. WILSON, V. 6. ARI
President Vice
IS
Com
ATTENTION
We have just
Deering Mowers a,r
Corn Shellers, Cot
Harrows, Meadow
Feed Grinders, Ha
If you contemi
Harvesting Mach
ft 1_*
iurare, or any kh
this line, it will p
prices and terms
i
THE CADES MERC
Cadei
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le America]
ring Money?" Then we say:
rt" Ci. Ammi
S, VII OlUVCSi Villus, niiiaii
iter, Nails, Wire and Wire
>-Horse Plows, Harrows, El
tually patronize.'*
ardware
Retail Dealers
his office and draw the full salary
for only a part of the time he rendered
service is in my judgment improper
and inexcusable.
"Mr Bryan was one of the highest
priced lecturers in the country before
he became Secretary of State.
His superior ability as an orator,plus
the notoriety he secured as a several
times candidate for President, gave
him great drawing powers at Chautauquas
and he had a right to im
- a
prove the opportunities thus opened
to him, but, no man has a right to
exploit the public office, which he is
holding for private financial gain,especially
not when such exploitation
must of necessity interfere with the
performance of the duties which he
voluntarily assumes.
"The President is responsible for
the public service of the members of
VN YOU! f
>le of this community
consistent with good 1
srving new customers <1
et us serve you?
compounded quarterly, j *
tment; 5 per cent on
; of Cades,,,
s, s. c. !'
IETTE, J. HOYT GARTER, T
-President Cashier j
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Mercantile
nanv
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unloaded a car of I
id Rakes,Pony Steel I
ton King and Disc
s' Grist Mills and
ly Presses, etc.
date investing in
inery in the near
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1U \J.L liXUV/lXiliVX J JUJL
?ay you to get our
i before you buy.
MILE COMPANY,
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tl Public Is,
"If it is Hardware, call hei
inition, Crockery, Glasswar
Fencing, Machinery and Su
r Srrpon Hnnrc nnH Winrli
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his Cabinet and to my mind, Mr Bryan's
action, whether with the Presi- i
dent's consent or assent, must be
considered as an approved policy unless
publicly renounced. Whatever i
I have had to say regarding the matter
is not based upon innuendo or
presented in the form of generali- i
ties, but it is a criticism of a concrete
example which, if unrebuked,
might be assumed to be inferetially
approved, and which, if generally
" ? 11 L. _*i?
10110wea, WOUiQ ceruuiuy ue grcaujr
detrimental to good government by
placing individual selfish interest
above the general welfare."
SHOOTING AFFRAY ON TRAIN.
Negro Wounds Conductor and Is
Himself Shot.
Robert and King Fulton, the two
negroes arrested near Lanes Saturday
night for shooting Passenger
Conductor J L Gillespie, were
brought to Kingstree on train No
86, Sunday morning, also Jno Henry
Staggers, a young negro man, who
is being held as an eye-witness to
the shooting, and who says he gave
Robt Fulton, who did the first shooting,
5 cents to help him pay his fare.
The negro, Rebert Fulton, is badly
shot, one bullet having entered
his left breast, passing through the
lung and coming out under the
shoulder blade; another striking
him in the right arm about six inches
from the shoulder, and badly splintering
the bone. County Physician
C D Jacobs is doing all he can to save
the negro and informs us that he
will probably recover.
The facts in the case as given out
by the negroes now in jail indicate
that the Kulton negroes belong near
Gourdin. They had been in Kingstree
Saturday and were returning
home when the trouble occurred.
One of the brothers, Robert Fulton,
Hid not have enoueh money to pay
his fare. Conductor Gillespie remonstrated
with him and the negro
struck him. This led to a general
mixup, during which the negro
pulled a pistol from his bosom and
shot Capt Gillespie. The conductor
drew his pistol and returned the fire.
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The train, then nearing Lanes, was
slowed down; the two Fulton negroes
jumped off and ran into the woods, .
Robert being so badly shot and unable
to get away, his brother
brought him back to the road where
he left him while he went to get
some way to take him home. In the
meantime the train had pulled in at
Lanes and a party of gentlemen from
that place started out in pursuit of
the supposed fugitives. They soon
captured both negroes and held
them at Lanes until Deputy Sheriffs
McCants and Cockfield arrived to *
bring them to Kingstree.
Owing to the critical condition of
Robt Fulton no preliminary hearing
in the case has yet been held. It is
understood here that Conductor
Gillespie's wound is not serious, and
that he is getting along all right.
, Death of Mr R S Branson, Sr.
A telegram received here Monday
announced the death of Mr Robert
S Brunson, Sr, at his home at Greelyville
Sunday night, July 20. Mr
Brunson was apparently enjoying
his usual good health all day Sun- day
and had no premonition of the
imminence of the destroying angel.
The exact hour of his passing is not
known, but it is thought that he
died of heart failure early in the
night. His sudden demise was a
great 3bock to his loved ones.
Mr Brunson was born in Sumter
county, but had lived in Williamsburg
since he was a lad of fifteen
years. He was about 60 years of
age and bore the friendship and es
teem of all who knew him, Deing a . *
man of sterling qualities, sound
judgment and solid worth.
He is survived by his wife and
five children, his aged mother and
a brother at Waycross, Ga.
The funeral and interment took
.
place Monday afternoon at o o'clock
at Richmond Presbyterian church,
Rev J A Brown officiating. A large
crowd of relatives and friends gathered
at the church to pay the last sad
tribute to their friend and neighbor.
A $12,000 fire occurred at St
George Tuesday morning.
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