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. .-.The Sumterx .Watchman was
foujci?ed in 3.SSQ and the True
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and Southron new has the com- ;
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ifestly the best advertising medium
,iti Sumter.. ,
Ivlr. Cole L. Blease, who has been
running for one state office or an
other,-off and on, for - the past
twenty tears and who succeeded in
beiug elected ' cniy twice?once
when he: ran for Governor against
prohibition- platform, and -again
hopeless fight on - an unpopular,
orohibiiton piaifcrm, and -again
when be ran for -the customary
second term thai has usually been,
accorded all governors?is again a
Vcisstedrdate - 'for Governor, and is
mtilihig his plea for votes- on the
?:romiae to reduce taxes.: He qual
ifies bis bald; promise to cut taxes,
by declaring that he is opposed- to
reducing the appropriation- for pen
sions to Confederate veterans, op
posed to reducing the. sppsopria
?JSSns for the common schools, op
-pfcsed to reducing? the t&e appro
priations for the insane asylum and
crher necessary institutions. These
reservations mean that he is-'Op
posed to any material "reduction in
state, taxes, fox the large majority
ct the taxes that are levied are ex
pended - lor. the identical pnrpeses
that Mr. Blease endorses and would
continue to-support luperaily: The
increase -in appropriations that
have necessitated an -increase in
.the tax levy since Mr. Blease left
'tae " office of Governor- lias lieea
*fp>r the precise objects that Mr.
. Please now promises ? to - treat; lib*
crelly. His talk- of\reductingr taxes
is- all the merest' buncombe and'
temmyrot; put out to catch the
?votes of those who do not know
the-facts and can be deceived by
-$rords that mean nothing. T?axes
cannot be reduced Unless the- ap
propriations for- Confederate , vet
-etau?.- the common sefeoote; the in
ssne asykrrn, good roads, the col
leges and law enforcement are
ruthlessly cut. The salaries of
^tate officers and the expenses of
-f?e several essential- departments
Marmot be reduced below the pres
ent scale, unless_the people expect
the state officers, the judges,^ soli
ckiors, and the clerks" in the vari
*ous departments to eke out an
existence on less pay than the rail
reads offered the track laborers
and shopmen, which scale the rail
'yray- men'refused to accept and are
uots: out on strike. Blease's prom
ises to reduce'' taxes are absolutely
worthless, for he cannot redeem
the promises that he: so baldly
makes, and then qualifies with
resfrvations that rob the promises
of whatever force they might other
wise have. He is handing a lemon
to those who are following' him on
"the strength of his tax reduction
talk. If -he were to come out in
^he.cpen and promise to pardon all
the criminals. in the penitentiary,
to wink at the lawlessness of the
"moonshiners and bootleggers, and
the crimes of the highwaymen
and murderers and to help the
'<rr:mincLis to defeat the verdicts of
the courts, then his followers
might have assurance of receiving
full and complete redemption of
"the pre-election pledges. But if
they vote for him in the expecta
tion that he will actually reduce
taxes, and still liberally provide for
the worthy causes that he enum
erates, they -w&i be utterly bun
coed.
? "XOTHIXG TO ARBITRATE'*
President Lewis of the mine
workers, explaining the failure of
anihraciie miners and operators to
agree, says it was due to "the bru
tally i'rank statement of the an
thracite operators that the price
of such an agreement must be the
?Arbitration of the wage scale a:
stated periods." The mine work
ers, he declares, will not "purchase
peace at such a cost,"
5 In this attitude the miners in
vite the - criticism made by the
;Xew York World, in the form of
a deadly parallel .This, says the
Werlo, in precisely the position
taken 20 years ago by the anthra
cite operators themselves.
That episode is historic. George
F. Taer. speaking as the repre
sentative of the operators, an
; nounced fhatThey ^ad*TOtn1?g"to"'
i arbitrate/.* and ^accompanied the
I announcement] by-a suggestion that
! the operators; had n-divine right to
mle the coal industry. And that
i was the worst day's work the coal
[operators enrer did for themselves
The public will hardly grant
now that the miners have any
[ more of a "divine rgiht." to run the
industry- than the operators ha.d in
1902. It "is too late -in the e-vohi
? ticn of industry for any faction' to
maintain that ir has "nothing to
arbitrate."
THE L A i R MARKET
f The wage increases in the steel
industry are taken generally as
marking the end of the downward
?trend in workers' pay. There may
j-be stiH some labor groups whose
earnings, fixed ? by war-boom stan
idards. need deflation, but it is ac
cepted that on the whole, the de
flation proeess has been accom
plished. A new wage level has
been attained., which may fluctu
ate somewhat and may take an
uether drop eventually.- but ho fur
jrher drop of any importance can
|be expected now. The. action of the
' steel employers is regarded as a
j recognition -of this -economic' fact,
[and. also as contributing, itself, to
j stop the ^ownward slide of wages
I and establish 'the new level:
!?-.- -There- is- no use-1: in- employers
i trying to ignore this fact. Jf lack
i of economic Vvisien' or natural
1 human foresight- keeps them from
freeing it, they may be forced "soon
jto recognize it when they are faced
j with, a shortage of labor and the
'' inevitable consequences of such
shortage. - ? ^
? The "labor market" is a reality,
however some capitalists: may try
to ignore it,! - "Lahor is a commod
;ity, despite a celebrated legislative
! definition written-by Congress, and
fas such it commands a higher or
j lower price. like other cpmmodi
\ ties, according *to its - scarcity or
j-plenty. Labor has" been ? growing
j scarce lately, and is sure to grow
scarcer as the-*-strikes are settled
and the - industrial - machine shifts;
into nig-n;g-eaar again. - -With indus
try expanding an importation of
labor virtually stopped, nothing
else could be expected- .
A CHIdLSX'S ROOM
The child's room ip the home
ought to be of at least equal im
i portanee-with the guest room or
j-the -individual rooms ? -of adults
{?Parents of-moderate means some
j times fail to provide the child with
[his* own room, because of a fool
' ish belief that such a place must
:be equipped with special furniture
Tand, fancy trimmings of ah expen
sive sort. That, according to com
!-mou-sense, is a big mistake.
I Complete instructions for fixing
j up such a room are not alarming
] in their < requirements. Says one
writer on the subject:
i
~"Glve him plenty of sunlight,
jwlth simple, light curtains, light
I wahs. with a touch of color, a big
? box- where all the loose playthings
j may be kept, simple-chairs, a table
jor desk, perhaps a place for books,
[and a bed."
j-. -The room won't be a model of
? neatness much of the : time; but
jreal lessons in order, responsibility
j and self-reliance may be taught
there just the same.
j mere ji
] LIGHTS FOR PEDESTRIANS.
A waggish traffic-reformer sug
igests a set of rules1 for pedestrians,
beginning as follows: .
? "Pedestrians crossing streets at
night shall wear a white light in
front &n4 a re^- lUfht in the rear."'
"Before .turning, to the right or
the; leit, they shall give three short
j-blasts on:-a horn."
These rules may never be ofli
j ciaJ^y-.adopted, but the problems
I they, deal with are real enough.
> Anyyone who has never driven in a
j car can hardly realize how diffi
; cult it is to see a pedestrian eross
'iug the-street in the dark. If pe
rdestrians realized that, they would
! probabiy take fewer chances?or
iwear lighter clothes. White is the
I best for visJbility. It would help,
itoo, if the pedestrian caught nap
j ping in the middle of a crowded
i thoroughfare could use some kind
I of signal to let drivers know what
j
! direction he intends taking. Yet
ithe trouble there is that the pe
destrian himself seldom knows,
i As for the further suggestion
j that "when an inexperienced driv
i er Is made nervous by a pedestrian,
he sha'\ indicate the/same and the
j pedestnan- shall hide behind a tree
: until the automobile has passed."
;that seems rather extreme. Even
I pedestrians have some rights.
: The New York State ice man
! ufacturers have joined the "Wel
I come Stranger" Committee of New
j York .City.. How du you give a
I warm welcome when you say it
jwith ice?
j- -MOVIES FOK GROWN-UPS'.
Rex Beach.hit.-.the nail on the
head- wften-.-he. said; the outer day,
I in a little symposium of movie crit
j ieism:
i "It is a wonder that any adult
{over 16 years of age has the cour
jage to go am^sit in a movie show
t ' " .. -''S3.
J-and watch the pictures. As long
las it is maintained that pictures
jmust be made safe, for chlidren, so
I long we ?will have wfawkisb, siHy
j pictures, not fit for adults. As
j long as the producer insists that
I dimples are- worth more than
j .drama, as long as he prefers a
(good baek to a good''plot; that long
I is the movie business going' to!
j stick."
j It is right and necessary to
amuse the children., and also to
make the film's "safe for children,"
because children are bound to at
tend film shows in large numbers.
But it is certainly absurd to treat
this great, new, wonderful form of
dramatic art as if its-patrons con
sisted entirely of twelve-year-old
( children; or of ,adult morons with
the "minds of twelve-year-oldsr '
Whv are there not more pictures'
appealing to the interest of inteJ
ligent, ?elf-respecting - grown-up
men and women? Such pictures,
possessing 'intrinsic merit, would
i appeal to children, too, more than
the typically shallow pictures suit
ed to rhe child -mind 'appeal to
adults.
H
THE LONGEST- R.UDO WAVE.
> isoi Mars, but the General Elec
tric company at Schenectady, sent
out those extremely long radio
waves which Marconi - received
while cruising in the Mediterran
ean not long- ago. At thetime/he
received them it was impossible to
locate their source, so that rumor
arose to the effect that signals' were
at last coming from Mars.
- 2Sow that Marconi has visited the
sending source and has talked oret
their experiments- with ? officials of
the General Electric Company,
there is no need for chagrin, or re
gret that the mystery-is so sim
ply solved.4" ThV marvel remains.
A wave lerigrtii 150,000 meters
long, five times as long as any pre
viously obtained, is not. to be disre
garded simply because its origin
was not a distant planet. Sent out
along the trolle3' wires between
Schenectady and Saratoga Springs,
it is evident that the wave spread
?over practically the whole world.
Its successful' sending' should mean
pmore to us on this planet i?st now
[than if it had come from Mars.
*r ? . ? ?. m m .. ui_
' The revival-of.the-good old game
of horseshoes is ? a fine omen.
There always was luck- ~in horse
shoes.
; ?!-. ? ? 9
The English-a re taking vast sat
isfaction in sitting back and letting
ther Irish settle the Irish question.
A valuable by-product of motor
camping is a new cry for the abo
lition of the mosqujto.
. .. ' ? ? ??
The idea at-Berlin seems to be
I that if Germany could only bor
jrow enough to pay her debts,-ev
erything would be all right in Eu
rope.
.*
"How can the >wounds of Eu
rope heal," wails the Berlin Klad
deradatsch, "if Poincare will not
withdraw .the Prench sword-?"
? Which somehow reminds one of an
[ancient and wise'saying, especial
|ly applicable to Germany, that
j they who take up the sword shall
; perish by the sword.
i-? *.*
CURE AN? PRIZE
j - --j " '?;
i A bill has been'proposed in Con
gress providing for the payment by
the government of $1,600.000 to
the person who discovers a perm
anent cure for any one of the five
following diseases: tuberculosis,
pneumonia, cancer, epilepsy and
dementia praecox.
The prospect of such a reward
j possibly might stimulate effort- to
jfind these cures, though it is ques
tionable. It is to the credit of
j those who strive in such fields that
l.most of them -need no other in
jcentive t%an love of their work and
the welfare of the race to speed
jthem on. On*the other hand, $1,
i 000.000 would be a small sum for
jthe public to pay as a testimonial
l'of its gratitude for a permanent
loure for any one of the diseases in
? question. J m'"
Perhaps the chief drawback to
jthe prize would be that it would go
to one or two men while all the
! previous and simultaneous effort
j which contributed to their triumph
t would bo unrewarded. Priceless
las would be the service to humani
jty in the discovery of these cures.
Jit might be fairer if all the money
[that can be spared for the promo
tion of health should go to make
j research easier for all who follow
jits paths, and in placing the results
(more freely within the reach of all
people.
HARD-TP UXCLE SAM
Congress should be particularly
interested in the ? announcement
that internal revenue collections?
! mainlv income and profits taxes?
for the fiscal year ending last June
jieil off"$1-400,000,000 from those,
j of the year before.
I There is no way of telling just
I what will happen, to the govern
I ment's income for the present fis
jcal year, ending in June of 1923.
j but it is reasonably certain that
(there will notr be much improve-!
1
i ment. That'income will continue;
to depend.- until the end of 1922, j
chiefly ort the taxes assessed on the I
incomes and profits for 1921. The j
I nation, "no doubt, is making more;
[ money now than it made last year, j
! but it is doubtful how that im
provement will show in the next
j set of tax returns. Present indus-;
j trial disturbances and the unset -
j tied fate of the tariff and bonus!
bills make futile all guesses as to
j the immediate business outlook.
j It is self-evident that the urgent
jduty of .Congress is to try to meet
I loss of government income by
j economy rather than add to the
j burdens of an empty treasury.
RADIO FOR CAR THIEVES
* Each week the broadcasting sta
tion- at Cleveland, O., is to flash
to "the surrounding country a list
j of automobiles stolen from Cleve
land- owners'. The make of the
j oar. the - license and' engine num
! b'ers, time when stolen 'and other.
I information of value in locating
i each car will be-given. It is be
'lieved that the news will be nicked,
up all" over the "state and in the
states adjoining.
This is one of the uses which was
j predicted for the radio service and
j in which it should be most effec-;
j tive, covering as it does an amount
j of territory and reaching an aud
jience more extensive and varied,!
j than can be touched in an equal
i period of time hy any other device.
- Tracking down' stolen cars and
apprehending the thieves is a slowv
business, but radio-should help.
j ... - . J--- ?? (i
I The 1 attention -of? regions to which,
it is suspected' a stolen car' may']
jhaye been taken can be attracted
! especially, and many a disconcert-'
fed thief as a result may find1 him
i self tracked down by this Aerial
j "Little Mowcher" just when he
j figures he is most securel
WAXKIXG AT 102
A man in New York State. 102
j years old, walks to church every"
j Sunday. He accounts for his good
( health by the fact that he has long
'made a practice of walking every
jday in all weathers and seasons.
I In spite of medical progress, it
! may be doubted whether many per
i sons in> this gas hauled era will
i
[reach' 102. Still fortunately for.
' those who ride, there js a growing
j understanding of the value of exer
; eise and many of- them make up
i for hteir shortcomings in the pe
j pedestrian line by active sports or
rspecia! forms of physical training,
j The fact remains that walking
j is one of the best exercises. It keeps
1 the" walker in the open air. it re
'quires no expensive equipment or
j pamphlet of instructions, and it
j permits a gentle ' communication
j with nature in her visible forms
? unknown to more intricate methods
{ of recreation. Those who practice
??it daily are setting their feet up
? On the way to longevity with every
I step.
i -~~
j London Shows Faith in Polish In
i dustry.
; Warsaw, August 7?Lodz, the
j textile center of - Eastern Europe,
i has owed English exporters ?2,000,
jOOO for raw materials since before
'the war. ? A committee from Lodz
. recently went to London to find a
? method of payment. It was finally
j agreed that the Lodz debtors are
I to liquidate in 20 installments, one
ievery. six-months, but if conditions
i improve, the installments may be
jsent forward at shorter intervals.
I The relations between Lodz and
i English dealers in textiles always
i have been close. Lodz bought its
j cotton and other rough materials
I in London. War and the German
j occupation, followed by German
requisitions and the failure to re
t ceive monies due from Russian cus
j tomers, prevented the Lodz spin
I ners from meeting their English
j obligations.
As a further evidence of British
j faith in Polish industry, the Lon
jdon bankers agreed to help the
; Lodz interests collect from Ger
j many for materials requisitioned
j during the war. and also to extend
;to them new credits.
[Saw Mills Soon to Invade Polish
Virgin Forest**
I Warsaw, August 2?The enor
i mous forests of Bialowieza, con
taining many thousands of acres
j of uncut timber, are engaging the
j attention of British concerns, who
(are negotiating for leases. At the
jsame time American business in
j terests have sent an agent over
j here who, in company with H. H.
j Smith, Trade Adviser to the Am
j erican legation at Warsaw, is now
.on a tour of inspection of the for
! eat lauds..
CJiarges ^gainst
* 1 Smeridaii Consul
I ? ;% 'A vY A i* :i.= >
As Result of British Action!
Consulate at New Castle!
, Closed
Washington. Sept. 1 (By the As- j
soeiated Press).i?The Washington]
government is not convinced tbatj
there was any misconduct- on, the j
part of its two consular officers at!
[New Castle, England, who?recently j
! were deprived of their authority
j'toy British officials, and - until a|
j proper investigation has been made j
!no steps are to fee taken to reopen I
| the New Castle consulate.
L ..Officials here will not discuss the j
[incident in detail, but it is appar
j ent that cancellation of the ex
equaturs by the British government f
'came as .a surprise in view of the j
fact that the action was taken be-j
ifore the state .department had.)
[.completed its investigation into thej
British charge that. the New Cas-j
tie consul and vice consul had im- {
properly influenced travelers to!
patronize .vessels of the ? United j
States shipping board in discrimi-!
nation of British ships.
It was learned today that Pres- j
! id ent Harding nas interested him
[self in the case and while he rec
.pgnizes " that additional evidence's
j may be produced as the investiga-j
liiph continues, he.believes nothing j
i bas developed up to the present
time to reflect discredit on the two j
men. It was said at the White
House that Americans should in
terest themselves in the merchant
marine to as great an extent. as i
other nationals were. interested in j
the shipping interests of their
countries^ The expression of this
j desire was accepted in some official
[quarters as indicating a tendency
ion the part of American govem
Iment officials to approve rather
[than disapprove, the. action of the
j.New Castle counsuls. at least so
far as they have been revealed in
information received ,here.
?First representations received in
.Washington from* the British for
eign office containing affidavits al
leging that the-New Castle con
sulate officers had temporarily ex
ercised their authority in persuad
ing travelers to use American ships, i
it was authoritatively said, were!
answered with -a request that the
exequaturs held by the - consols
?should not be canceled until an in
vestigation by this government
could- be. made. The evidence sub
mitted did not satisfy officials here,
it: was said-, that the charges had
been substantiated, and they asked
? for time to make an- investigation.
| ? Ambassador.- Harvey, .tot-.X-ond.on,
I has. been fully advised of the sit
tuation as it is viewed by officials j
[here. He also has been informed i
[.that the-policy of this- government
[will be to keep . the - consulate
{closed, at least- until the inyesti-1
^gation being made finally is -con-j
i eluded and the government is able i
to select new- officers to take over!
the New Castle post. ??-.< -.-< ??!
New Castle, On-Tyne, Sept. 1
(By the Associated . Press>.-r-Newi
Castle shipping, circles today are in
?a state bordering on consternation,!
owing to1 the closing of the Ameri- I
can consulate. Numerous ships of;
various nationalities already-.-.-are j
held up, lacking consular ; bills - of j
health; shipments of. merchandise
for the United States can not go
forward without consular- invoices,-;
and many persons desiring to'
travel to America , are clamoring I
for visas, which under the. aregula-]
tions -must be obtained from the
consul in the district in which'
they reside. * j
In the meanitme Consul Slater is |
working behind closed doors, clear-1
ing up the affairs of the consulate, I
preparatory to leaving for his new j
post at Corunna, Spain-while Her-J
I bert Shaw, secretary ofc the Newj
( Castle chamber of commerce, isj
j urgently pressing the British, au-!
itborities at London to make some!
'sort of arrangement whereby busi-1
Jness can proceed. -
I i -. ?.s. ? ?
j Denies Japan Seeks Economic Con
|.-., ?. trs* - ? - ?>
j Honolulu, T. H.'.' August 2?State- !
i ments made by proponents of the !
Hawaiian Labor relief bill now be
fore Congress, ar a hearing in j
Washington before the Senate Im- j
migration Committee that Japanese
are attempting to obtain economic j
and political control of these is- i
lands "are grossly exaggerated if
not wholly-unfounded," according
to an official statement issued by
the Japanese Society of Hawaii.
??We are at a loss to understand
why the representatives with their
earnestness to push through the
Labor Emergency bill, imputed
upon the Japanese in Hawaii such
charges as that they are ambitious
jto assume the economic monopoly
or to gain the political control of
the territory." the statement said.
"Any one who is familiar with the
j actual situation will say that those
charges are largely fantastic fears
j without reasonable foundations.
"We also wish to take exception
to the statement that the Japanese
in .Hawaii cannot be assimilated.
Many facts show how the Japanese
?in Hawaii are making efforts to
j ward the Americanization of their
! people with the cooperation of
j American friends. The Japanese
[Language School bill was recom
! mended by the Japanese themselves
and aimed at the cooperation of
Japanese citizens with the Ameri
cans to educate the American youth
!of Japanese ancestry, in accord
ance with American ideals.
"Especially are the Americans of
Japanese ancestry gradually but
solidly bearing fruits of Ameri
canization. A large number of
them are already quite familiar
with the American way of living.
They really take pride in being
loyal citizens of America."
When a girl accepts a ride w;th
? stranger in a closed car, he is
justified in thinking just what you
do.
Dial Tells Officials When Dis
cussing Coal Shortage Sit
uation Now Serious
Washington, Sept. 1.?"Yes, we
have a fine climate, bur we can't
eat it."
This was the reply of Senator
Dial today to gvernment officials
when they told him. that because;
of the mild equable climate pre
vailing in trie. South the people
there did not need so much coal.
Senator Dial replied as above and \
further informed those now at-1
tempting to remedy the situation J
that climate would not run cotton
mills and oil mills and provide
food and clothing for the laboring
?man jkna his^ family to keep .them 1
going through the winter months.j
^ Since the coal situation became
acute Senator Dial has devoted a'
good part of his time to trying to
alleviate itv He has been in the
closest possible touch- with mem
bers ? of the interstate commerce
commission, the department of
agriculture, the railroad adminis
tration, and the fuel administra
?tion ^in the hope of trying to get
?enough coal to keep South Caroli
na industries running - and so that
factory people and other workers,
generally -will not ??ffer. which
they will certainly do unless coal
can be-gotten at a very early date.
>. >"It-is almost .-impossible to be
lieve," Senator 'Dial said, "that so
many of our happy, contented mill
^people -and other workers are ap
parently soon to be out of ? work
in the- South because no eoa^ can
:fee had to- keep our--various-enter
prises going. - I have dene and will
?continue- to do everything that hu
man ingenuity-can suggest to get
favorable action and will let noth
ing hinder me from my "purpose.
? "I know - that the heads of the
different'mills have been doing all
?they could to keep their operations
from stopping* I have consistently
advised them to demand deliveries
of their - ?coal according to their
"contracts. This is but. fair and
?honest: and- the only real way to
preventing further closing of mills
and - keeping our working -people
-from hunger and want.
>*T believe the big steam plants
in Alabama ' can- furnish us con
sinderable-power to run some of,
tour- concerns ? as they have done
heretofore and I am now working
on-this- end-of the matter-in the
hope of preventing if possible more
mills from ? shutting down.'' ? ??
COMPELS
f BAILS AGAINST
CQIJRTOBPER
II I . ? I ?!
Says Injunction Against the
i - Shopmen Should Be Treat
[ ? ed as Scrap of Paper
' Washington, Sept. 2?Regardless
i of "the injunction issued at Chi
jcago today; the American Federa
tion of La bor will continue to raise
Ifuncls and supplies for strikers
its president Samuel Gompers, de
clared tonight and will seek every
way to help theih to bring about
"an honorable adjustment" of their
I controversy.
; Mr. Gompers declared the in
junction was "outrageous" and "an
inva sion of the constitutional rights
of working men" and should be
so regarded. The federation's views
? he added, was as expressed on pre
? vious occasions, that injunctions
j invading constitutional * rights
should be treated as "scraps of pa
per."
The injunction, he said.' "might
j be stirring up a hornet's nest," in
I stead of pacifying the existing un
j-settitement, "because there are other
! railroad workers, the trainmen,
j the telegraphers, the. maintenance
jof way men, who may now become
j interested.
I "I don't know what they will
j do, however," he remarked, "I'm
I just mentioning them."
I "This injunction is a' most out
i rageous thing?a process- of , the
i manufacture of radicalism and Bol
shevism in this country," Mr. Gom
!pers continued- VI am quite sure
the result of this injunction will
only be to solidify the men and to
strengthen the support of public
opinion behind them." v
The next regular quarterly meet
[ing of the executive, council of the
[ federation is scheduled to be held
j September 0. Mr. Gompers said he
[.would .place before the eouncil
j then,* purely as a matter of rou
j tine business, the more than 200
I communications he had received
j from union locals and other labor
I organizations to sponsor a general
i strike in sympathy with the shop-.
men.
j Officials of the federation ex
; plained that it was not within the
jauhority of the council to order or
j even authorize a general strike.
?This, they said, would require- a
I "national convention."
His Secret Terror
! A gentleman was negotiating
jwith a horse dealer. "I am not so
'particular about speed," he said,
I "but I must have a gentle horse
! for my wife to ride. Will you
j guarantee this horse to be safe?"
j "Certainly," said the dealer,
j "He's a regular lady's horse."
j "You are sure he's not afraid of
j anything?" asked the gentleman
; anxiously.
} Whereupon the dealer assumed
Ian air of reflection. "Well, there is
(one thing that he has always ap
jpeared to be afraid of," he admit
jted conscientiously. "It seisms as
i if he's scared to death for fear
'some one might say, 'Whoa!' and
he not hear it."
WANTED?Young man as assist
ant in office. Must be accurate
at figures and write a fair hand.
Address Box 5 S1, City.
m ^lease's candidacies
(News and Courier)
Including the present campaign, Cole L. Blease has been
a candidate for State office in South Carolina ten times. He
has been defeated seven times, holding, we think, the record
in this respect, and has been elected twice.
Mr. Blease was defeated for Lieutenant Governor in 1900
and again in 1902. He was defeated for Governor in 1906
and in 190S. and in 1916. He was defeated for United States |
?Senator in 1914-and in 1918. 8
Mr.-Blease has been elected to State office only twice, in
1910, when he won over C. C. Featherstone in a second pri
mary by a Vote of 5G.0S2 against 50,108, and in 1912, when he
. came up for reelection and won out by a vote of 71,552 out.
.of a total vote of 140;415, a majority of 1,345..
His- vote in 1912 represented high water mark for Mr.
Blease. He has not polled that many-ballots since until this
year, and while the actual number of ballots which he has
polled this year is somewhat larger than it was in 1912,
proportionately it is smaller; the total vote in the first pri
mary on Tuesday having been more than 30,000 greater than/
it was in 1912.
These are facts which have a certain interest at the pres
ent-time: but the purpose of this aritcle is mainly to point
out the- relatively narrow margin by which Mr. Blease' won.
both in 1910 and in 1912. A very small vote was cast in the
second primary in 1910 and it was due to this fact that Mr.
Elease was elected. With only a very little more effort ?n
1912'On the part of his opponents his defeat could have been
accomplished in that year.
All of. which goes to show how vital it is.that a full vote
shall be cast in tbe second primary on September 12 and that
?all those who do not. want to see a revival of the conditions
-which marked Mr. BJease's former incumbency of the G6v-~
?rnorship shall be at the polls to cast their ballots for Thomas
G. McLeod. -
i
LAmy WILL vote fob
Cheraw, Sept. 2.?At Chesterfield today Senator
L?riey gave out the following signed statement:
L "As I have been approached for a statement as to
my attitude in 'tne next,primary, I wish to state that
my position was well defined in my speech at Alien
dale :in(the' recent' campaign, in which I stated that*I
had never supported Mr. Blease. Hie principles ad
vocated by me were m line with those expressed by
Mr. McLeod and I expect to vote for him in the next
primary. ~
'I take this opportunity to express by deepest ap
preciation to those who supported me in the recent
primary."
(Signed) GEORGE K. LANEY.
...
"What great Questions will be
left for posterity?*' orates a Sena
tor. ' Well, for one thing, there's
the bonus hill.
What many men think is patri
otism is just love for their estab
lished graft.
A dog has little troubles, no
doubt, but he is under no obliga
tion to be polite to people -' he
doesn't like. *
? -
Grant any other line of business
the right to sell hootch a"nd itwon'i
ask for a subsidy; '
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We Want Your No. 1 Peavine Hay.
?* L S
phone 693
El
vote for
?FOR?
sate supt. of education.
He Knows the Needs of Our Schook.
He Has Ability, Experience and Honesty on His Side,.
?111 Will I BMMt??P
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