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Speech Made by Cam
Columbia Theater
paigifc Gives His
Interests
./The following: is Thomas G. Mc
?-eod's speech delivered at the Co
lumbia theater on the opening- day
ofthe campaign:
-
The year 1$22 presents to the
citizens of South Carolina prob
* Jems of serious moment for their
sohrtion. It is- of -the gravest
??seouenee to the citizens of the
state that ^these Questions be faced
h?hest ry, frankly and- fairly. a?*d
a'- .solution: be- found through the
*c??efui and patriotic consSderAtion
of the citizens and ? especially
through the officers . whom they
elect, legislative and executive. We
must necessarily think in the term?:
of the, time in which we are iivihg.
*Tfcis is a~ remarkable period of the
world's history known' as the re
construction period. The great
World" war in which we entered.
&B& properly entered, and- in which
an patriotic South'"'Garohnia^ns did
their part at home-or abroad, has
fcot only changed the- geography
Of Europe; but has changed the
line of thought in every aventre of
??e. It is as impossible that the
world should ever be the same
'again after this war as that the
topography of a country shoukr-re
nsain unchanged after the eruption
of & volcano or the- upheaval of an
*?ftrthciuake. I say." Therefore, that
in- the "solution of all our problems,
social religious.- political, com
znercial and agricultural, we must
think in the times in which we
are living. The business world
has recognized that if -success is to
reward its efforts, it can not fol
low- old methods, and is adopting
methods of operation suited to the
changing conditions. ? Agriculture
*srthe basis of all our wealth, and
the farmer has* recognized that
if . success- is to reward; his efforts
he can not follow the /old method
of /-production or of * marketing.
Garefui.thought and^ndy have led
aim to- realize that his method of
nssteketing especialry-nixist change,
and we find that throughotit the
Country co-operative marketing as
sociatrons ^have been organized
where the farmer, co-operating in
accord with his fellow -farmers,
-can speak with united' voice and
with tfce* strength of mambers/This
to- me is the great ray *>f; hope for
tie* future. It wHI toot *olve our
agricultural problems, but it will
materially aid their solution'
Fno-ssta! Period.
This is- a period * of * unusual de
\ pression when" debts 'are hard to
9^, when- money is scarce; and
[?erefore the burdens "of govern
?tejjeut/ all other -burdens, fall
? Snore heavily upon'ofer shoulders.
; We muet solve these problems and
-ire can only do* it in' a spirit' of
accord and harmony, of justice and
I fiqyxstVtty, Thrre must be no back
ward step-if we would ceatttinue to
make-" progress, and yet. those who
I Bear the- burden, and who have
borne it, c?nr not longer carrv - it>
; ^rtraordinarjE. weight. In - private
: life we have been brought to prac
:*3ce economy and to eliminate lux
; cry, and have done ? everything con
;? ?latent with efficient business to
* remedy our present condition. The
very same rule applies, and should
apply to government. There must
be such rigid economy practiced
"as is consistent with efficiency. And
1 yet with rigid economy the bur
\ Sen as borne at present is still too
great. I recognize the fact that
?-the oiBee of governor is ex
ecutive and not lejgislatice,
S but his influence does and should
have -weight; and a legislature eh?ct
: ed by the people,-w?th whom rhe
X governor re in accords or which is
i in accord with the govera??*, can
- certainly give to the ^tate cnch a
i?ystem of taxation: and revr ntis as
will be* fair ssnd just. Our tax sys
l frera is obsolete, and not in keep
; ing, with that of many ?w" our sis?
>ter states. We tax mtv thoe
things which we^can see. feel or
< touch, and yet there is a vast
amount of earnings, wealth and
. luxury which have heretofore al
most, if net entirely, escaped tax
ation. Real and genuine relief,
therefore, must come with eeon
? omy. and more especially with
such a distribution of taxation a*
" Trfiil place a portion of the burden
? Upon those not now taxed. The
past legislature made some pro
'? gres* along thie line in the enaet
1 seent of the recent revenue raising
measures and there is virtue hi
* ^Ostxe of the measure* enacted and
prop?se<t, but there is still room
. for further extension- of these
measures, which will result in ?uch
a distribution of taxation that tbey
Vi 11 be far less burdensome.
It behooves each citizen to study
th? affalFS of his own county and
; to see what portion of his taxes is
spent at home and what portion is
for staTe purpose*. His relio:* at
? home must be obtained entirely
\ through his lo^al legislator, and if
. there is room for economy, he
should insist that it be applied.. 1
I believe that relief can come by sys
tematic and just .distribution ot"
taxes*, and if-elected governor it
: will be my purpose to labor for
economy and a fair and ef?ual dis
tribution of the burden of taxation.
?- We must maintain our institu
j lions to the highest standards of
I efficiency. No patriotic son *>r
daughter of South Carolina would
withhold from the- aged and in
j?rm soidier of the Confederacy
the little we give to him. No hu
mane citizen w?>uld> wish to* deny
to those unfortunates in the State
i 3?08pital for the- Insane such neees
f fcitie9 of life as keep them in? com
fort and such happiness as is pos
sible to them in their unfortunate
.condition.
Education,
i The last Quarter of a century
has witnessed in South Carolina
extraordinary interest and growth
ESS?t
k OPENING DAY
? T
iidate for Governor at
.at Outset of Gam
Views on Various:
^Questions
if
? in her educational institutions.
? Our educational institutions are a
{ growth and not a '-creation. There
I was a time when the. -educational
? system was top heavy-, that is, we
! were maintaining ? institutions of
j higher learning without the proper
basic foundation of preparatory
' schools. The small amount of
? money in the counties was insuffi
[eient to keep the schools running
I except for a few months during the'
j year. : It * was my privilege, - when
{first ? member of the legislature, |
[to advocate-a measure" introduced!
? at a previous session for a -small
f appropriation to the public schools.
j We did this not so much for the j
j benefit - of the small * amount of
; money* but as. an entering wedge |
te make the public school system j
the basis of our splendid eduea-j
tional' system. I. with - many - of
you have lived to see : splendidly
eqipped school houses, ^running
full lime, replace the one-room,
short term school. I rejoice in the
fact that a generation of boys and
girls ?as come forth into the
world eo.uipped for their-duties
through the increased advantages
of our public school system.
It is- remarkable commentary;
on these time's that, notwithstand- J
,ing our financial - depression: no!
citizen wishes to shorten- the tem j
of hissohool or to deprive the chil-j
dren of- this state of tfteir present j
advantages. And so. likewise, it> is j
with our colleges; they too are foil, j
I know that at home, many a good]
woman has worked over old dress* j
es and retrimmed: old. "hats, and
. many a father has 'gone threadbare
j in order that their sons and daugh
i ters may.?through the^r ? sacrificesi
\ have 'the benefit of an education, j
?Let us remember* that after allj
J these are the things "that count '
] most. It is these educational in- ]
I ftuences which must spiritualize the j
material develop me* of this < age, \
and it istfee.spirituaihzatron of ma- i
terial forces* which aione will save j
. us from calamity.- Therefore, in j
(education -there- must be no- back- j
?ward step and upon tins* I believe j
?every candidate and voter alike-are !
! agreed.
Good Roads.
I The deflation found us in a mood
;of construction. Recognizing the
j value of good -roads, every county,
iwas planning to" improve its roads j
?.so as to make travel, a pleasure]
[rather than a hardship. Unques- j
[tionably many of these schemes!
I have had to be given up but we j
j must, if the. times will permit, con- j
tir.ue our progress along this line!
because of the saving of money in
trai^ic. - It makes. comfort anJ
convenience for our people who
li^e in the country, and who arc
so mueh entitled to the conven
iences of life. -In-this great move
ment, as in others, let us be con
servative but progressive.
Taxes and education are both of j
j vital importance, but there is no !
j question so needful of calm, dolib-j
j erate consideration as that o** the !
i enforcement of law. We are a na- !
j tion and a people of ideals. These j
(men and women who braved the]
. dangers of a new land,- who settled j
this country, were men and women l
of ideals. The framers of the
Declaration of Independence were
idealists. The men and women
who entered into -the world war \
for freedom of a world were ideal-]
ists. Genuine freedom for liberty i
can only come to a?y people when j
that people are safe in their lives!
and property. We are living in the ]
j great .backwash -of the terr'blc j
I struggle and these .seems to be aj
i psyehologJcal condition which w-?
j term as a crime wave. It will not j
j run its course-and recede, but it!
j must be stopped and the only way |
! to stop it is by. the enforcement
? of the law and the punishment of
'criminals. There should be no
?laxity or maudlin sympathy .>r sen-'
j timent, -but there must be develop
; ed in South Carolina such an at
I mosphere for the protection of hu
] man life and rights as will find its
I expression in the verdicts of juries
j and sentences of the court, such
; verdicts and sentences must be up
I held by the chief executive of the
i state. This I regard as the prob
! lern of gravest moment, and one
! that can be settled only by the peo
? ple themselves with the protection
[and aid of the courts and the
i executive power of the governor,
j It is a matter of no consequence
whether one favors this law or that;
j it is sufficient that~*-it is the . law
? of the land and must be respected.
; We would not. if we could, go back
to the days of legalized sale of li
I tiuor andT yet, if we would realize
the full benefits of prohibition, we
? must stop the sale and traffic in the
; damnable stuff which is now beinjr
j bartered. I have stood for the law
fas a citizen as best I could in my
; own community. If elected gover
I nor. I will pledge to the people of
South Carolina the most earnest ef
j forts of which I am capable to see
' the laws of South Carolina are re
j specfed, ohserved and enforced,
land I will not through sympathy
I or for personal preference, set
j aside the verdict of juries and sen
tences of the courts.
Personal Re<*ord.
When a man becomes a candidate
> for public office his fellow citizens
ore entitled to know something of
this life and service, and I. there
fore, respectfully ask your atten
tion to my record, both as a public
j official, and as a citizen. For two
1 years I wap a memebr of the house
of representatives from Sumter
county. For four years I was state
senator from Lee county, and for
'four years, during the admin ist ra
i tion of Governor Ansel. I was lieu
| tenant governor. Those associated
; with me can testify as to the zeal
: and ability shown in the discharge
? of these duties. 1 have labored
; both as an official and as a pri
j vate -?Citizen tor the upbuilding of
j my state -sinwr- 1 attained my ma
J jority. I have performed as best
I I couUl the simpler duties. 1 have
j never been absent from a meeting
i of my Demoex-atic club. I have
j never failed t<> vote in both the pri
'mary and general elections. Since
; my term of office expired in 1910.
j I have been constantly engaged in
i any and all movements looking to
wards public welfare. During the
war all my time was practically
taken up in war work. At home
and upon the platform wherever I
was called. \ did my best to help
win the war. Certanly I do not ask
reward. It is every citizen's duty
to-serve his country at all time-,
and -especially in times of war when
the liberty of his people is at stake.
Since the close of the war, being
engaged in farming myself, with
practically everything I have in
vested in land, I have worked in [
every movement to better condi- j
tions for my fellow farmers, and
some of these efforts have been
crowned with success. As I have
said, it is every citizen's duty to
serve his country and his people,
and for these services I do not ask
reward, but I do ask that in the j
estimate you form of me they be J
taken into consideration. You have j
had the opportunity to judge my J
ability and character. If you find I
that I have the necessary quali- j
fications to adminster the affairs!
of our state, I will appreciate
this honor at your hands, and to
the duties of this office and the
services of the people of this state,
I will devote my entire time zeal
ously and with all the ability that
I have, laborng to carry on a safe,
. eeonoraic and efficient government j
and at the same time preserving ?
our resources and developing our !
^ great state.
! Why Mr. Blease Should Not Be I
i Nominated. }
(Spartanmrrg Journal).
The Journal is indebted to one
of the ablest, most thoughtful and I
fair-minded men of affairs in che j
"state, writing from Greenville,!
about why Mr. Blease should not!
be:'nominated for governor ofj
South Carolina,' as follows:
I "Mr. Blease has published in i
I the Greenville News of Sunday,
I September 3, an appeal for sup- j
! port in the second primary, in I
[which he claims that he 4is fight-)
|ihg'for God and the right,' and j
fthat he loves Him and heeds Hisj
r commandments.' He also contends ;
;that he fs truthful and free from j
'deceit and hypocrisy. Now there:
I are hundreds of 'Christian minis-;
?ters in Greenville county, most ofj
; whom are educated men and menj
; of high character. How manv j
j highly educated Christian minis- j
;ters of known, high character in!
[this county (or state) are support-!
jing Blease? Does education and
! character drive men away from J
j Blease?
"The same Blease advertisement]
! states that Mr. Blease is in favor j
! of education. ' Now Furman JJni- .
jversity, located in Greenville, is.
I managed by twenty-two professors j
Por learning, all of whom stand i
j high for character. Not one of!
; these professor is voting for Blease.;
| If Blease is in favor of education,!
why is it that educators, who cer- ?
tainly favor education, fail to sup
port Blease?
"In the same advertisement Mr..
Blease intimates that he can and;
I will reduce taxes. How many high- j
ly honorable, highly educated,!
prosperous men. who pay big taxes !
I In this county or state, support j
s-Ble?se? If Blease can reduce j
itaxes, without injuring the State,!
is it not remarkable that the larg
f est " tax payers almost invariably |
[vote against him? It is possible;
that he could reduce taxes if the j
state could be induced to invest no ;
I more money in education and in i
i good'roads than was invested when j
< Blease was governor.
'Tn the same advertisement j
Blease states that he never has j
and never will attempt to array:
; class against cia>s. lias factional-j
j ism and class feeling ever boen j
f aroused over any other candidate j
for governor in South Carolina as j
much as it has been aroused over i
j Blease? Has not Mr. Blease made!
i the impression among the poor j
j and ignorant that he was their j
I friend and that thrifty educated)
! people, who had accumulated]
; something, were against the best;
J interests of the state? Has' not the ?
I criminal class been arrayed al
| most to a man in favor of Blease?
Is there a convicted murderer, j
? thief, forger, house-burner, liquor
! seller, in this state today who is
j not supporting Blease and striving
jto get all of his friends to support
him ?
J . "In this same advertisement Mr.
Blease professes to be in favor j
j the strictest enfw-ement oi tti*i \
I law prohibiting the sale of cocaine, j
!He is to be commended for not j
1 stating that he is in favor of the ?
! strictest enforcement of the law;
j prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
'drinks. Do you know any violator]
i of the prohibition law who is not
! supporting Blease? Finally, cer
! lainly it is true that like will drift
to like; the informed man who is
? more like Blease than he is like
[antl-Bleaseism will naturally drift
to Blease. 'Birds or a feather
j flock together.* "
I Iconoclasts in Russia Caught by
Police
Moscow, .Aug. 30.?Valuable
jewels stripped from the historic
i<-on of the Iberian Virgin by rob
bers who broke into the famous
Iberian chapel at the gates of the
Red Square on April 7, have been
recovered by the Moscow police.
Thirty members of a gang: of
robbers who looted many churches,
chapels and convents before and
during the government requisition
of church treasures have been ar
rested, and loot valued at many
millions ot dollars has been recov
ered. The jewels from the Iber
ian icon alone were estimated to
be worth nearly ^3,000.000.
the trick.
Labor "Party Selects Woman Par
liamentary Candidate
London, August 9?That the po
litical party which above all others I
srands for the hard fisted sons of j
toil should put forward, as one' of j
its parliamentary candidates a1
member of the social' elect and aj
woman at that, may be regarded
as one of the significant signs of j
the- times. It is not because of i
any dearth of good parliamentary j
materail among its own ranks and:
file that the Labor Party has'adopt
ed Miss Edith Picton-Turbevill as
a candidate for North Islandton j
at the next general election.
Miss Picton-Turbevill is -the]
daughter of Colonel Picton-Turbe
vill of Ewenny Priory, Glamorgan
shire. Among the many claims
of long descent there are few
among the British aristocracy who
can trace their lineage so far baek
as can Miss- Picton-Turbevill and
find such a notable beginning of- it.
One of her ancesters was Sir Rich
ard Turbevill, one of the 12 knights
of William the Conqueror who set
tled in Wales soon after the eon
quest.
Miss Picton-Turbevill is the au
thor of "Christ and International
Life**-to which Lord Robert Cecil
contributed a preface. Her-social'
work"abroad has given her an in
ternational reputation. She spent
some years in India on behalf ef j
the Toung Women's Christian As-'
sociation, and travelled for it in |
America and other countries:
In' stating her reasons for ally- j
ing herself With the Labor Party,
Miss Picton-Turbevill said:
"The party has a definite prae- j
fieal program. Its policy is found-]
ed en Christian principles. It has 'j
been the chief champion of we- ]
man's entry into oplitics.
If Msis Picton-Turbevill get* into j
Parliament she will not be on the j
same "side as Lady Astor or- Mrs. j
Wrntringham. ' "" \
"My policies are not the same as i
theirs," she said, "but I am sure j
that on all things affectnig the
welfare of women and children we j
should find ourselves on common]
ground, although in many cases Ij
would go further than -they for the ,
betterment of the working women.)
For example I stand definitely forj
widow's pensions," '
- ?. ??- j
Prohibition Issue Dropped.
St: Paul, Minn.,- Aug. 2-8.?The j
wet and dry issue has been drop-';
ped in the congressional contests!
thus far in Minnesota for the Xo-t
\-ember election, because of an ab-:
senee of wet candidates.
All incumbents, including An-i
drew J. Volstead,' have been re-!
nominated on the republican tick- j
et and all are avowedly dry. In no!
case where a close race is expected >
between Republican and democratic!
nominees was the issue raised.
The republican nominees are: j
I First district, Sydney Anderson:'.
J Second district, Frank Clague; {
[Third district, Charles R. Davis;?
I Fourth district. Oscar E. Keller; j
j Firth district. Andrew J. Volstead; i
; Eighth district, Oscar J. Larson;
; Xi-nth district, Kaibor Steenerson; I
Tenth district. Thomas H. Schall, j
! The sharpest conflict is expected i
'in the seventh district, where the!
' Rev. O J. Kvale, democrat of Ben-;
I son, probably win oppose Con-1
gressman Volstead. Both are dry.;
i In the third district, Mrs. Lillien j
j Cox Gault is a democratic candi-j
j date to oppose Charles R. Davis.!
[republican nominee. Mrs. Gaultj
j also is dry.
? Accuracy of Medical Diagnosis j
j Questioned by French Expert.
i Glasgow. Aug. 2S.?Doctors often!
j fail to diagnose correctly lung;
?consumption as distinct from other.
I respiratory diseases, according to
Prfoessor Erist, of Paris, in a re- i
[cent address before the British]
Medical Association.
\ The speaker said that in
[at Compiegne 1!>2 men were sent
i into a hospital with a diagnosis of ;
Ituberculosis. Observations showed!
;the diagnosis to be"justified in only:
53 cases. The 13!? other cases, he;
I declared, were undoubtedly non-1
j consumptive. . ? ??'??.
j In 1918. Dr. Erist examined 342,
men in Paris said to have consump- ?
tion, 22 were not definitely!
diagnosed, and 283 were certainly ?
non-tubercular,
toff is &H thaf s needed to change a
e some of the ornaments t*mt turn
[Developing: FWllippirte University
Health Courses
Manila, P. I.; August 2?Bringing
the college of medicine, and sur
gery of the University of the Phil
ippines up to the recognized stan
dard of class "A" colleges of this
jsort in the United States by revi
[sion of the college curriculum, and
j the establishment of a central
i nursing school that will double
j the number of trained nurses grad
! Dated annually in the Philippines,
'are two of the important measures
[regarding public health and' the
! control of disease that have come
I about from the work of Dr. Victor
|G; Heiser, Far Eastern represent
ative of the Rockefeller Founda
tion, since his arrival here three
months ago.
! Dr. Heiser summarized what has
been done in a report to Governor
I General Wood and the director of
[health. He invited attention to
rthe fact that the health activities
I of the Philippines are not central
ized under *one department secre
tary, as he believes they should be. j
,and he therefore recommends that*
the legislation to do this, which J
failed of passage in the last legis
lature,-be brought up again. -
The international Health Board j
'has furnished the services of Dr.
Charles X. Leach to the Philippines
government for health work, of
Dr. W. S. Carter as assistant dean
of the college of medicine and sur- 1
gery and professor of physiology, of
Miss Alice Fitzgerald as consultant
f in nursing and of D. W. Tiedeman
ias sanitary engineer in charge Of
j field studies in malaria which have;
jbee nundertaken* in the province!
of Laguna. ;?
?'???? -
[Seeking Origin of Hawaiian Race
j Honolulu; T. H.. July 24?The!
'possibility that the Polynesians
I who fir>t inhabited Hawaii came j
here directly from the island of:
Guam, the northernmost of Mis- j
cronesia instead of by way of Sa-1
moa, Tonga and Tahiti to the south
as generally believed, has arisen 1
through investigations by scientists,'
atatched to the Bishop Museum j
here, which is atempting. in con- J
junction with Yale university, to j
solve the mystery of the roigin ofj
the Hawaiian race. J
Further investigations are being
conducted on Guam to ascertain
whether the Polynesian civilization
there was anteceded to the Polyne
sian migration to Hawaii and, ? if
so. what other racial influences
submerged it. according to Ken
neth Emory, ethnologist in charge
of the Guam expedition.
The Polynesian culture is extinct
on Guam--now and this is the basis
for the belief that the Polynesian
settlement on that island was prior
to the migration to Hawaii. Evi
dence of the primitive Polynesian
civilization were found in the si
milarity of war implements un
earthed in Guam to those used sub
sequently by Polynesians here.
Skulls found in Guam also bear a
marked resemblance to those of
Hawaiians being rough and unus
ually rugged, the scientists report
ed.
By further excavations in Guam
the Bishop Museum authorities
hope ti learn what racial sticks pre- j
ceded or came after the Polynesian
migration to that island. The dis
coveries htere have revealed traces
of primitve civilizations other than
Polynesian culture and it believed
that these other racial stocks sub
merged the Polynesian.
Scientists said that a migration |
from Japan might have forced out j
the Polynesian strain, as they be
lieve that Asia was the source of |
the Polynesian race and that Guam j
at succesive periods in the world's
history, was the objective point
of at least two and perhaps three
or more migrations.
Strange and oddly shaped stones,
presumably marking seremonial cr
burial places were discovered in
Guam. Specimens of crude pottery !
also were found and this is con
sidered unusual, as pottery had not
been found before in the area Ol
the Pacific. Petroglyphs or writ
ings in stone, similar to those in
Hawaii, also were unearthed, ini*'
cating a Polynesian strain, accord
ing to scientists.
The police don't scare the boot
leggers half as bad as this beer
and light win? talk,
Assailing the Constitution.
Whenever, in the exercise of its
proper function the Supreme
Court decides that the national
Congress has exceeded its consti
tutional powers in passing a given
law, some of those persons who
believe that-the law in question is
just and desirable cry aloud for the
liberation of Congress from the re
straint of the judiciary. So some
recent decisions of the court have
been followed by the proposal that
the Constitution be amended so that
Congress by a two-thirds majority
can make effective a law that the
Supreme Court has set aside as
unconstitutional. Few of those
who support that proposal under
stand the serious effect that it
would ha ve on our-system of gov
ernment. They are interested in
particular legislation, eager for the
nation at large to adopt it at once
and impatient of any obstruction
or delay. But there is something
else more important involved in
their proposal. If we are to have
a federal system some subjects of
legislation must be strictly re
served to the state legislatures and
forbidden, to the national Congress.
If we axe to be governed by a
written Constitution, there must be
some one charged with determin
ing whether in particular cases the
provisions of the Constitution have
been observed. ? The proposed
amendment, although sincerely in
tended merely to insure the prompt
fulfillment of the people's will,
would oi?en the door to endless
usurpations of power by Congress.
It would be more straightforward
to abolish the written Constitution,
to establish our system of govern
ment, like that of Great Britain,
on acts of Congress and to extend
the power of Congress over the
entire field of legislation.
We do not believe that that
would be a wise thing to do, or
that many people want to see it
done. Ouf local and state govern
ments ought not to be deprived of
any- authority and influence that
they new have. Political liberty,
which is what our fathers were
chiefly anxious to establish and
what we have been taught we
ought to maintain, will be safe only
while local self-government is
strong and vigorous. When-every
thing is controlled and directed
from Washington the downfall of
the republic will- have begun.
Any good law that Congress can
be induced to pass the state legis
latures will enact if public opinion
demands it. Any amendment that
deliberately transfers- from the
court to Congress the interpreta
tion <if the Constitution would cre
ate a political revolution, the mag
nitude of which those who propose
it hard ly understand. "To what
purpose," asked John Marshall in
one of his great decisions, "are
powers limited, and to what pur
pose are those limitations com
mitted to writing,- if those limits
may at any time^be passed by those
intended to be restrained? . . .
Either the Constitution controls
any legislative act repugnant to it.
or the legislature may alter the
Constitution by an ordinary act. If
the latter be true written constitu
tions are absurd attempts on the
part of the people to limit a power
in its own nature illimitable."
Before we throw over the Con
stitution, with all the restraints
and limitations on the immediate
power of government that the
framers deliberately wrote into it,
let us remember what Abraham
Lincoln said of the system it cre
ated: "Whoever rejects it does of
necessity fly to anarchy or to des
potism." j
And though we might fly to one^
or the other alternative, the con- j
sequences would be none the lessi
disastrous.?Touth's Companion.:? I
Gas System Would Save Waste.
Tokio. July 16.?The people of j
Tokio, according to Baron Goto, i
the-progressive mayor of the city,
waste approximately 15.OftO.OOO- yen J
yearly in fuel" which might be saved
by the establishment of an up-to- |
date gas system. This was explain-]
ed by the mayor at the inaugura- !
tion meeting of the Tokio Munici- ?
pal research bureau which has j
been organized with a view of se
curing an improvement in munici- j
pal utilities, and, in the words of j
the mayor, "make Tokio the model;
city of Japan."
The present gas plants, accord
ing to the mayor, are not giving
the service which the-people have:
a right to demand and he proposed
that all of them be taken over by j
the city. "If anyone," said Mayor j
Goto, "discussed the adjustment of i
high prices without studying the j
volume and cost of fuel consumed
by the people of Tokio, he would i
be making the mistake of putting ;
the- cart before the- horse.
"According to the estimate now j
available the people of Tokio an- ;
mially consume at their homes: ;
1-7.420.0O0 sacks of charcoal valued
at 42.Gfta.000 yen: 31,000.000 kwan
of wood, valued at 5.850,000 yen |
and producing 350.300.000,000 cal- j
dries of heat; 400.000 tons of coal j
and 40,000 tons of coke."
This, he claimed, could be re
placed by gas at a cost of 33.750.- j
000 yen while the forests of the
country would also be saved from
the charcoal burners.
Canada's Parry Export Trade In
creases.
Montreal. P. Q-. Aug. 20.?Can
ada's export dairy trade has made
important advances this year. Th->
increase to the British Isles has
been especially large. More than I
jiio.of.o packages of butter having]
been shipped from Montreal up to ?
August 1. compared with 10,000 for.
the same period last year.
During the month ending July
1 forty-five carloads of butter
from Manitoba were exported, j
Thirty carloads of Saskatchewan
butter will reach British markets!
before the end of the year.
They charge to see Jesse James'
Home; but not as much as it costs
co stop at a filling station.
j Spiritual Revival Seen in Denmark
Chicago, August 25?A spiritual
I awakening is abroad in Denmark
land Finland which is reminiscent
j of the revival in England at the
: time of John Wesley, according to
! Bishop Anton Bast, of Copenhagen,
j in a report received here by the
j Committee of Conservation and Ad
! vance of the Methodist Episcopal
j church. Norway is also yielding
!to the religious spirit, he says and
j business men are tithing themselves
! in the interest of the church,
j "In Copenhagen,* in spite of a
i very bad influenza epidemic we had
j our churches full day after day,"
; says Bishop Bast, "In spite of hard
i winter and sickness among the peo
! pie of trweden the re vial meetings,
j churches and halls were packed,
i People of all classes of society at
tended. The people and pastors
^and other workers came from far
jaway circuits on that large snow
I covered district, which includes the
j Lapland up to the arctic part of
i Norway, Sweden and Finland. In
. Linkoping. the great St. Lara Lu-.
j theran church "was loaned for spec
! ial services. The crowds filled the
j pews and aisles to its capacity.
"In Finland at the Finnish and
Swedish churches in Abo, Tormer
fora, and Wasa, Heisingfore, Gran
kulki and Wiborg. there is a great
spiritual awakening.
""The state church authorities
j loaned the Methodists the large Lh
| theran church in Weborg, Finland,
j and -when we entered it we faced
!a congregation of more than l.*#9
people. It was like the greatest
day in the old Wesleyan revival. I
saw rich and poor men together
j in a prayer meeting. .
"In Norway 1,100 new members
have been received into the church,
1871 children in the Sunday schools
and business men are giving one
tenth of their income to the
; church."
[ Plan Disposal of Silk Company
j Tokio; s August 2?Considerable
! discussion is going on among those
j interested as to the way in which
j the profit of the Imperal Raw Silk
[Co., is to J>e disposed of. It is es
timated that'when all the remain
ing stock has- been sold and all
the expenditures paid a net profit
of something like 4.000,000; yea
will be ltf awaiting- disposal. Va
;rious suggestions are being put
j f orward regarding its disposal but
I the one that meets most support
japears to invest the money in the
; establishmepnt of a raw silk ware
j house which will be capable of r>t
j least 3 00.000 bales. As- a larger
jpart of the capital of the conce-n
j has been borrowed from the gov
| ernment at a nominal rate ef intcr
j est it will be -necessary to ^receive
\ its approval as> regards the dis
jpo.^-1 of the profits. Should the
j concern as suggested be established
{most of its- shajes. will be taken
j up by the present shareholders of
[the Imperial Raw Silk, Co., and at
I the same time the Yokahoma Silk
j Textile Warehouse^Co-. with a paid
;up capital of 475,000 yen will be
i bought up by the jiew concern. The
'accounts of the raw silk company
j will: be made up during August.
Short Term Treasury Notes Issued
! Vladivostok, August 2?The first
? measure of the new minister of Fi
nance, N. C. Neidier, to meet the
financial difficulties, which has just
. been approved by the Priamur gov
f ernment, is the iss*ae of short time
i treasury notes ranging in denomi
| nation from one gold rouble to one
[ hundred gold roubles.
The total amount of the issue
I is three million six hundred thou-,
j sand gold roubles, and the notes
I are redeemable monthly so that
I the whole amount will be refunded
; In two years.
! The notes may be issued in pay
ment of the state, municipal and
i rural taxes and customs duties.
! The treasury will use these notes
!tc pay the salaries of government
[employees and workmen and also
; government contractors.
Bullying Witnesses.
, ______
(Portsmouth Star).
A federal judge presiding in a
case in New York City the other
; day took pecasion first to warn and
then to fine an attorney for buHy
fcng a witness in his cross-examina
"tion.
This jurist declared with con
siderable emphasis that he did not
propose to have lawvers terrorizing
witnesses, insulting them and dis
turbing the dignity of his court by
yelling at persons testifying under
oath "as though they were dogs."
There are many laymen and not
a few lawyers who will agree that
the sort of ..cross-examination, to
which some witnesses are subjected
is little short of verbal assault,
within the meaning of the law.
It is high time the courts were
protecting witnesses against such
tactics on the pan of lawyers. The
plain facts are that many an at
torney with a weak case seeks to
break down the testimony of some
opposing witnesses by harassing
and humiliating them in court. In
every such instance the judge owes
it to his position to act in a-r
cordance with the example of the
New York federal jurist. He not
only fined the offending lawyer
heavily, but threatened to send
him to jail for repetition of the
offense.
Where members of the bar are
lacking in consideration for the
feelings of those who are testify
ing under oath and lacking also in
personal courtesy, they should be
taught all three by the most dras
tic means.
Bar Executive Committee to Moe?:
Hot Springs. Ark.. August 27?
The hiid winter meeting of the ex
ecutive committee. American Bar
Association, will be held here early
in January, according to informa
jton received by the local bar from
' the annual meeting which recently
j closed in San Francisco.
I This meeting was held in Tampa,
[Fla., last year. W. C. Hart, of
i New Orleans, La-, is chairan.
Tbc Crime Wave
- (Xewberry Observer)
[ The crime wave is a very present
I problem in this state, and, judging
; from the newspapers, it is so every
i where* Many causes have been
f enumerated, and many remedies
j have been suggested. The usual
' cause assigned is "ignorance," and
I the usual remedy suggested is "ed
j ucation." . . *
Both the cause and the remedy
are very, very vague. Ignorance
I of some things would be the best
j thing a young man- eoukl possess.
I Education along wrong lines is a
I worse curse than ignorance?worse
j for the possession and worse for the
; community in which, he lives:-The
j fact is a great many young persons
! know a great deal more than is
good for them. -
"The "sheltered life" is regarded
by many parents as out-of-date,
and plastic youths are left to learn
whatever the street and the* high
ways and the byways teach them;
to go their own gait whithersoever
j it-may lead; to do as they please,
j If by any lucky chance they turn
jout right, well and good! If they
j go wrong, so much -the worse,
j What , chance has the uncontrolled
j boy or girl ? in his day to make
good?
All "education" - isv. not book
learning: that is good as far as it
goes: but-it does not go far enough.
In this day of many schools and
compulsory attendance and liberal
appropriations; it is scarcely passi
ble for young people to grow- up
'"ignorant" of books. Illiteracy is
fast disappearing. But neither
boys nor girls * are better ? than
j boys and girls were In . the days
j when parents had to pay for their
children's education if they could,
j and if they could not, the children
had. to get along soiae way without
it. ,..- .
..There has been - great improve
ment in education; but along with
the good education children get
from schools, is another sort of ed
11 cation, or we might say many
? other sorts, that' are not good, for
I which the young persons of a form
[ er generation knew, little jot noth
i ing. We would, not disparage
school education.- on the contrary,
I we urge it by all means, and-would
j put no limit to it..
When the wise man said/"*^raln
I iap a child- m the way he should
! go,** "we doubt , if he had schools or
" books or teachers in his'mirfdr'he
?was thinking of home life and the
^parents and ho*ne training. v. Skd
I to say,, there is where^ training is
i being neglected and nothing else
j has . taken its place: nothing-else
will or can take its place. .
. Most ehiidren are permitted" to go
where tney please, wheii they please
and stay as long- as they please; to
seehat they please and hear what
they ? please and read - what - they
pleasef in short, to follow their
[ own bentv and to get- that **bent"
I from anybody: they may taker- '-a
[ fancy to or that, may take a fancy
[ to them.
Is it any ~ wonder that many
I young persons go astray? Is it anj;
' wonder that there are. many
,? crimes? The men and women who
j commit the crimes- are just grown*
r up children, "trained up" -r- but
not "trained up in the way they
i should go'?the way in which only
loving, parents can tram them.
* "Train up a child in the way he
should go," is a wise exhortation;
\ the reward will be when the child
1 comes to-be a man or a woman
I and the parents will have the su
| pre me satisfaction of knowing hn
j "will not depart from it." * *r.
If there were- everywhere* the
I proper home training and to this
I were added a strict and impartial
, enforcement ef law, there would
i be a great reduction in crime, and
this would be a much better coun
try to live in. ~.
- -.? ? ?? * '-?
The Bootlegger Vote".- 7
(Charleston News and Courier).
It might be "Worth millions> of
dollars1 yearly to the bootle*g^er
whiskey interests of South Caro
lina to name the State's next gov
ernor.
They know this well. It Is. im
portant that the people of South
Carolina who do not wish to -see
this state again in the grip of :a
whiskey ring worse than the old
state dispensary in its worst days
should know* it also. . v. -
Cole L. Blease, now candidate
for governor, was the outstanding
champion of the state dispen
sary when it was fairly bursting
with rottenness.
He is the long-standing political
friend and aHy of Joe Tolbert. Re
publican head mogul in South
Carolina, in spite of the fact that
Tolbert has always been an out
and out Republican, aligned al
ways with the Old Guard, while
Blease has-usually claimed to be
a Democrat.
Federal prohibition agents are
named from Washington, but pre
sumably the recommendation of the
Republican dispenser of patronage
is likely to govern.
State prohibition agents are nam
ed by the governor.
Figure out for yourself how the
bootleggers probably voted last
Tuesday and how they will likely
vote on September 12.
Japan's Marine Insurance at Low
Tokio. August 2?The maritime
marine insurance in this country
is now at the zenith of depression,
owing to the decline of foreign
trade and the slump of freight. The
tendency is indicated by the follow
ing figures representing the amount
of the contracts during the last
six months. ?
Nov. 1J>21 Yen d71.34S.000
Dec. 1921 .1,030.209,000
Jan. 1922 .597,124,fc60
Feb. 1922 .r .689,128,000
March 1922 .883.891,000
April 1922 .755,362,000
If the world's a stage, every man
has s> right to ft fair shew.
