Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-09
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S',2 ,Gl4itIIl5 II
The c Congressional Campaign
! % nnn Meeting.

ibhSolSS0 49, -
the congressional campaign meet
ing was held in the courthouse Tues
day, about one hundred and fifty
voters and a half dozen ladies as
sembling to hear the candidates for
congress, and also those who are
aspiring for the position of solicitor
of the eleventh circuit. Hon. 5. K.
Nicholson, the county chairman,
acted as chairman of the meeting.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. A. L. Gunter.
@9The-eandidates .aa agreed~ralnong
themselves that thirty minutes
would be-eiver-te~eaeh of thereon
gressional candidates, with five min
utes, for reply, and fifteen minutes
to each Of the candidates for solicit
tor. ,,- 7,,-
9The first speaker presented was
The Hon. James F. Byrnes of Aiken,
who is !ofering for reelection to
congress. % He asked the people Of
Edgefeld for their endorsement of
services of the past five years. Dur
ipg that time he has voted on at
least 5000 bills, and if he has voted
wrong the people whom he repre-
ssnted should know it. 3Uptoc this
time his opponent has not taken ex-
ceeption at a single vote, and has not
given any reason why he should be
substituted for him. Mr.. Byrnes
briefly called attention to what the
Democratic administration has done
in revising the tariff, in enacting an
Inheritance tax law, providing for
rhral credits, in providing for q
Uniform warehouse law for farm
products, etc. He stated .that1the
recent approximation of S75,0oo,ooo
for good roads was, partly the result
of his efforts Of the pastssix years.
Ia referring to the rural mail facili-
tbs, Mr.. Byrnes stated that since he
was elected 1.-THE number of rural
mail routes in his district have been
Increased from Lightweight to one
hundred and tWenty-three. In re-
fsrring to the steady increase of Fed
eral pensions, Mr. Byrnesl stated
that he has always2yotea :1against'
these pensions, but that the ninety
ofHtheszsoutheF
States could do nothing when there
are four hundred and thirty-three
members Of congress, the North and
West voting together solidly for
ta the recently enacted Law, prqyid5
iHg fprsths land Joan BANKS stating
that the government has Nput@SE9,t
!0DO, 900 into the scheme inrpraer to;
help farmers to secure Iong-term
laans at a low rate Of interest there:
b. ehabli1g ms1ySp PURCHASE fasms
Of their own. MI. Byrne5 eulo-
sized President Wilsoh,feE keeping
tais country out of1tAe~EarepeaH
var.
Mr.. Alvin +Etheredgeo Of Saluda
next presented his candidacy for
congress. He said that ehel South.
has been fed on promises since the
CIVIL War, and that while this sec
ton is devoted to agriculture, the
Oldest of the arts fsrningis less re-
muuerative than any other occupa-
ton. Fifty years ago the North,
On account of its short summers and
lohTg#Fiinters; was poor; and the
South was flowing with milk and
oney--Now--nineteaths of--the
wealth of the country is found in
the North. Mr.. E~theredge said
thisaehaagesisgdu theHfacta@thaf
tie people of the South have pro-
duced the raw material and the
North has manufactured it at an
enormous profit. He, illustrated BY
citing the price, Of, calico, which, is
manufactured almost exclusively By
New England mills. Six yards Of
THE best grade. of print cloths will
COST at the dry goods store about As
cents. When weighed this cloth
WE'LL weigh only one pound. For
tie pound of cotton from which the
six yards were made the Southern
fsrnergreeeixedprob y1o@eents.
Practically all of the difference be-
tween the loW:priced Southern raw
material and the selling price of the
finer grades of cotton fabric is made
and kept in the North, which ac-
counts in part for the accumulated
wealth of that section. MIR. Ether:
edge referred to a visit which he
made to New York in the fall Of
1914 for the purpose of securing aid
for farmers who were holding cot
ton, finding the New York bankers al
together lacking in sympathy for