The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-11-23

commercial foundations, our future
lies in policies and practices. We
must buy as we'll as sell to be sure,
but we need the expanding trade
policy, it's efficient agents in sales
men and credit and the simple. prac-
tical understanding that commerce is
the lifeblood of material existence.
Our great assurance at home lies in
a virile, intelligent, resolute people
in land unravaged by war, at en-
nifty with no people, envying no one,
coveting nothing, seeking no terri
tory, striving for no glories which
do not become a righteous nation.
This republic can not, will not fall,
if each of US does his part. If we
but work and use thriftily and seek
that understanding (which reveals
mutually Of interest no difficulties
can long abide. Such a solution can
not come out Of the greedy thoughts
of the proiteer or thsi,n revolutionary
agitation of those who would destroy.
These are but SURFACE disturbances.
We choose the deep and ever onward
currents of normal America for the
course of the republid y
"There has been l22ild contemp!a-
tion of earnings whether in wages
or dividends, in termsiof dollars rath-
er than in terms of purchasing pow
er. We must be more Concerned with
the substance of reward for activity
in this coin measurement And our
concern must be in :,,a dependable
prosperity which is righteously
shared. at
"No law can alter nature or change
, her varying moods, We have not yet
learned to combat destructive wealth
:: er and the law of supply and demand
is eternal But we may soften their
rigors and minimize their penalties.
We want fortune common posses
/ sion in America. We want the cot
ton grower of the South to have his
becoming reward with the wool grow
er and the wheat farmer of the
North. We want Southern factories
to be tuned to the music of the mills
of the North. We want your ports
to send their cargoes under the
American flag to bear the message of
peace and good will to all the lnarts'
of the earth. There is no Sectional
ism in righteous American ambitions.
1t is the wonderful and Incompatible
United States of America which sets
our hearts aglow with becoming, as
pirations and patriotic love-thc
America of the constitution, free and
confident of the morrow"
Norfolk, Nov. 8.-President-cl elect
Harding has accepted the invitation
of the city of Norfolk to be the guest
of the city on December 4, when he
reaches here on his way to Bedford,
Va. where he is to deliver an adj
dress at the Elks' National home.
City Manager Charles E. Ashburner
received a telegram today from the
secretary to the president-elect at
Beaumont, Texas. acknowledging and
accepting the city managers invita-
:ior.
City officials at Norfolk, Ports
mouth and Newport News, the three
Hampton Roads cities, are arranging
for fitting reception to the presi-
dert-elect on his arrival at Norfolk.
New Orleans, Nov. 1S.-Presldent-
elect Harding while in the city today
gave an enthusiastic Endorsement of
the Red Cross and stated that he was
proud of the fact that when ne IS m
auguratcd he will become president
Of the organization as well.
On Board Steamer Parismina, Nov.
10 (By the Associated Prcss).--CaF-
rying President-elect Harding cA his
vacation voyage to the Canal Zone,
the steamship Parismina headed cut
into the Gulf Of Mexico on a straight
course for Cristobol, where the YES
sci is due November %.
The Parismina carries S4 passen-
gers, one-half of whom are members
of the Harding party.