The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-07-25

was under consideration in the House
taac Mr.. Lever made short speech
which. in the opinion OF tie chairman
q the committee in charge OF the bill.
saved the situation at critical point.
= was through the influence OF NJ.
Lever with the Secretary OF Asr1cul-
tl;re and the President that the Presi-
dent consented to the provision in the
bill allowing S6,00OO0O deposits in
the farm loan banks to meet default
ing interest and principal, AL it was
this provision that saved the rural
credits system.
Mr.. Lever has always taken deep
interest in the good roads movement
and the good roads bill which finally
passed both Houses Of Congress was
built upon the plan OF the Lever
agricultural bill in the respect that I
establishes close copartnership be-
tween the Federal and State agencies
in the organization and administra-
ton of the service. 1t was because OF
his great influence in the House and
the confidence of the leading men OF
both parties in his good faith that,
although he is not a member of the
| committee on roads, Mr.. Lever was
selected by the chairman to close the
debate for the friends of the bill on
it's final passage and it's most critical
period.
A man with a. record like this ougltl
/ to be kept permanently in the public
service, and his example of good
work we'll done with no thought of
personal gain but only with the high
ambition Of public service may well
be commended to all other men who
represent the people in public Office.
Mr.. Lever stands for all that is best
in government. His people in one o:
the most important districts in South
Carolina think so much Of him that
they will send him back to Washing
ton for the eighth regular term in
CONGRESS as the longer he stays the
better he gets.
Mr.. Lever is as modest as he is
useful. His strength is not in an
automatic mouth but in a well TILED
head He does not waste time in
idle discussion to fill the Record and
load the mails to catch the applause
of emotional men; but when he
speaks he always has something tt
saw! that ought to be said and that nc
one could say better than he. His
strength in debate, in which he is
very happy, lies in his thorough pre-
paration upon the question under
consideration. Invariably courteous
he does not lack the gift of incisive
speech, so that while he is much re-
spected for his courtesy he is at the
same time feared for his courage.
Mr.. Lever is a very human sort OF
person. He is not as big physically
as Senator Ollie James, he does moi
belong to the same class as Senate:
Jim Ham Lewis in sartorial splendor
nobody would ever take him for Sen
ator Vardaman because of his capfl-
larry covering and he has never hg-
ured on the ChautauQua Circuit like
Mr.. Bryan; but he is just the sort OF
fellow the folks at home should be
proud Of not for the way he looks
! but for the things he does. He is a
Lutheran in religion in spite of the
fact that his first name is Asbury
which is explained by the fact that
his father was a Methodist. He be-
longs to a race of hardworking
frugal-minded people in the Dutch
Fork of Lexington County. He was
educated at Newberry College ano
was graduated with the highest