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THURSDAY, JUNE 8. 1922
Abe Hart and his son were in town
yesterday. They hail from IndUnapclis,
Ind. We only had to look at
"Daddy Abe" to understand that he
had been through the hot .rands of
a distant desert. Murat is his tempie,
and he, like his great countryman,
James Whitcomb Riley, may wander
far from home and shrine but he'll
wancler back againg to his "Hoosier"
land sooner or later, for to him there
is no place like Indiana. Noble Hart
was not here to tell us about the
" ~ glories of his native state, nor was
he here peddling Bibles or oil stock.
He came to secure the Wee Nee bank
against burglars. And fcy the way,
why couldn't we, any one of us here
in Kingstree have invented that little
device he fastened to the inside
of the vault door; a device recently
put into use by a Chicago
lock firm that has prevented the
burglarizing: of banks from Maine to
Oregon. If we had we'd be a millionaire.
It's a good thine', regardless
of who invented it. It is beyond
doubt the most affective device we
;
have seen to prevent burglars entering
bank or treasure vaults. It is
v' for no Oi.her purpose and has no other
foncton than to foil Mr. Burglar
af*er he has blown the lock of the
vault by keeping him away from the
"kale." After Mr. Hart had finished
installing the device we were called
yesterday to the Wee Xee Bank to
see it and Mr. Hart and his son explained
its simple though wonderfully
useful qualities to us. Its installation
by the Wee Xee is another safeguard
against safe blowers and a
means of better protection to its depositors.
AND STILL THEY COME.
The Dillon Herald: South Carolina
Democrats will have a remarkable
collection of candidates from
which to pick a nominee for governor
this summer.
A former governor and two former
lieutenant governors will be in the
running, while another former govemof
is likely to pitch his hat into
the ring.
And there will be others besides
the two former governors and lieutenant-governors.
Ser\atcr J. K.
Lancy of Chesterfield and State
Superintendent of Education Swearingen
have filed their pledges and will
contest for gubernatorial honors.
Farmer Governor Blease served two
terms, lacking only a few days, when
he resigned and made Lieutenant Govs
ernor Smith the state's chief executive.
Former Governor Evans, who is
likely to throw his hat in the ring,
served two full terms, being the
youngest governor, v.*e believe, the
state ever had.
Former Lieutenant Governor Bethea
made his announcement several weeks
^ ago and last week Lieutenant Gov
Y ermr McLeod of l^ee county, wno
sensed with Governor Ansell, fileci
his pledge for governor.
Never before in the history of the
state has a man served two terms as
governor, and after retiring from polK
itics sought the office of governor a
third time. If Blease should be electp
ed he will establish a new political
record for the state.
And never in the history of the
state have two former lieutenantgovernors
offered for the office of,
governor at the same time. There
are several instances where lieutenant- j
governors have been elevated to the J
office of governor, but two former
lieutenant-governors offering for gov*
ernor in the same primary establishes
a precedent.
There is plenty of timber to select'
. frcr/i and the race promises to be in- !
teresting. Strong pressure is being,
brought to bear on former Governor I
John Gary Evans to run and if he,
should enter the race as an opponent
of Mr. Blease the voters are likely to
see a repetition of the campaign of
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1914 when Jennings and Pollock op- 1
posed Blease for the senate. J
Former Governor Evans has two ;
strong points in his favor: He is <
amply able to finance a campaign and
was one of the first men of prominence I
in the state to advocate woman suf- ]
frage. i
The woman's vote will be a big ]
factor in the primaries this summer ;
and the man who captures it will i
be hard to beat. ]
AMERICANISM
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The following essay, written by
Miss Julia Hall, a pupil of the Kings- i
tree high school. 10th grade, was
awarded the gold medal offered by ]
the Margaret Gregg Gordon Chapter ,
of the Daughters of the American ,
Revolution. The essay was read by ]
Miss Hall on Monday night at the <
graduating exercises, when she was \
presented with the beautiful gold 1
medal by Mr. F. R. Hemingway of',
the local bar, in appropriate remarks. ,
The editor of The County Record 1j
has noted with pleasure the excellent
progress made by Miss Hall through- ,
out her school work, and it is with1 <
a sense of mingled pride and pleasure
that we publish her essay on',
"Americanism" today, while we deep- :
ly regret the omission of any reference
to it in report of the closing,
exercises of the school last week:
"Americanism."
Many centuries ago the only inhabitants
of this great land were the :
Indians or the Red Men. But after
many ,yeavs of darkness, the white
man was brought to America during;
the year 1492 through the greatness
of an Italian seaman and the kindness '
?f a Spanish queen. Since then Amer.
ica has been the greatest and the
leading nation of the world.
The soul of a people lives at home.
That is why America has been imperfectly
understood and positively'
misunderstood in Europe. There are
a large number of American travellers
who go to Europe at all times of the
year. They leave a vivid impression
upon the Europeans, which is more
or less deficient, superficial and positively
misleading is many ways. (
These travellers fail to reveal the
true spirit of America. The Europeans
do not seem to realize that the
soul of the people is the creative force,
the controlling power and the characteristic
element of the United States.
It is this soul of the people which
has made the great American nation.
The Declaration of Independence did
not even pretend to create a new
state of things; it only wanted to
recognize a state of things already
existing. It declared that we, the
United Colonies, are and of right
ought to be fiee and independent.
The fact that is clear and significant
is that independence existed before
this was declared. It shows us that
the great soul of the American peo- j
pie was living and conscious before
the history of the United States be- J
gan.
A nation "conceived" in liberty will
at least endeavor to practice moderation,
prudence and patience. It will i
try new experiments slowly. This is
true in the main with the United
States. The reason for this great and
tranquil confidence is to be found in
the history of the soul of the Ameri-1
can people.
The American Revolution was no
revolution at all. It was merely a:
resistance. It did not propose to conquer
new liberties and privileges, but
only to defend old ones. These lib- i
erties belonged to us not only by!
right, but also by precedent and an-1
cient tradition. j
Since the year 1820 about 26,000,- i
000 foreigners have come to the Unit-1
ed States. This is a huge number,
for any country to digest and as-;
similate, but so far America has partly
managed to do so. A great many
foreigners came here with the sole j
idea of becoming wealthy. They or-;
ganize great settlements, such as the
Japanese, Chinese, etc. In some parts
of New York one will imagine that
he is in a Russian Ghetto or in some
parts of Pennsylvania, he will imagine j
that he is in a Hungarian mining j
town. In their settlements, these j
foreigners have their own schools, i
school teachers, churches, customs,;
languages and creeds, and the young '
children are reared exactly as if they j
were at home. After the foreigners J
have made great sums of money here, j
they return to their own land and
exchange their American money for!
their own coin, which is very much ;
more. We can not hope to have a
true American with this going on. A I
foreigner can come here and become
a good, true American, but he never'
car. or will as long as his interest
is elsewhere.
All Americanism depends upon the
individual. Each of us have our own ,
part to play. Even the President and
his Cabinet revert buck to the people
or individual. In the next elec- i
tion, women are to have a chance to
vote, and it is not only their right to/
do so, hut also their duty. We would j
think very little of a man who was
21 years of acre and refused to vote.
The day is coming when we .-hall fee!^
the same way towards the women. A
true American woman will clamour
Tor a chance to vote, for she has just
is much authority as a man in deriding
who shall rule our great land.
The early American colonists must
lave possessed more than their propoition
of strong wills, resolute and
independent characters. They were a
people who knew what they wanted
and were willing to run a great risk
in order to get this. The first dominant
and formative factor was the
spirit of self-reliance. It was this
spirit which animated and controlled
them. It was this spirit which made
America and which still preserves the
Republic.
The people believe in the Republic
firmly and passionately. The vital
reason for this is because this belief
springs out of life and is rooted in
life. The spirit of self-reliance is the
strongest American characteristic in
the individual, community and nation.
This spirit, of course, has made many
mistakes, but it has shunned delays,
?vasions and despairs. It has brought
forth explorers, artists, pioneers, etc.;
and has brought the poor out of their
obscurity and helped to lighten the
sufferings of the poor.
The Americans have a strong sentiment
toward each other, which is
friendly. A true American will not
feel injured by the fact that another
is richer, better known, more influential
than himself, unless he believes
that this emminence has been unfairly
reached. He is ready to meet a superior
without senility, and an inferior
without patronage. He is kind
and affectionate and shows the same
amount of consideration to one person
as he does to another.
America may take r.ew ideas, in
ventions, etc., from the foreign countries,
but always improve them. A
true American never copies anything
always take, but improve.
It is in the schools that the true
spirit of America is revealed. The
children salute the flag with enthusiasm.
There are many schools, highschools,
colleges and universities all
over this country and we as true
Americans should patronize our own
colleges and never educate our boys
and girls abroad. In order to have
a good education we must develop 4
powers?the powers to see clearly; to
imagine vividly; to think independently;
and the power to will nobly and
wisely. Then we will be prepared to
take ?ur part as a great citizen of
America.
America is by far the richest country
in the world. But it is not the
might of the dollar which impr^ ,-s
men, but it is the might of the man
who wins the dollar.
If there will ever be an American
aristocracy, it shall not be composed
of the rich and those whose pride is
their ancient name, but of those who
have done most to keep awake the
true spirit of America, and those
who are eager to solve the problems
of the common order, and those who
clearly and steadily remind us, by
word and deed, that "By the Soul
only, the nations shall become great
and free."
A true American will never judge
a man by his creed, but by his conduct
in public and private life. We
should not look down upon the Syrians
and Greeks and such classes because
of their race and religion, for many
of them are as good-hearted and respectful
to everyone as we are. We
will have to eliminate race and religious
prejudice prestige before we
ever gain a true America.
We should have only honest officials
for all parts of the government, and
we should treat all officers alike in
every respect. Every officer should
not only realize the right and duty
of his office, but also his greyest
duty to God and mankind.
We should strive to uphold personal
and public morality wherever we can.
It is not right for a stronger man to
oppose a weaker, or for one man to
fight or kill another and a true American
will not uphold such meanness.
There is no place in this great Godfearing
country for half-true Americans,
and a true American owes his
full allegiance to America and America
only. The only one who is a good
American is one who is a true American
and nothing else. Let us hope
that the day shall come when all the
people of every land shall cry with
Patrick Henry:
"Give me liberty, of give me death."
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Hint to Bashful Swains.
Young man, are you wondering if
the time is ripe to pop the question
to the woman of your heart?
A jeweler says his experience suggests
a way of finding out.
"Quietly follow the young woman
on her next shopping tour downtown,"
he advises. "If you see her stopping
in front of a jeweler's window and
gazing at a display of engagement
rings your zero hour for going over
the top has arrived.'?Detroit News.
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Omer C. Fairfield, charged with
burning the trestle of the Atlanta.
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway, of
which he was formerly an employe,
was found guilty at Cordele, Oa.. with
a recommendation for mercy which
means life imprisonment.
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