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For cy ?First Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Press Association. Like those of other vocations and professions, the makers of newspa pers realize the advantages that come from organization and the profit that is derived from meeting in annual conventions. Were there nothing derived from these meetings from a practical or business stand point, the social feature alone would make them worth while. After reading the daily and weekly pa pers that come to one's desk during the year, it is with pleasant antici pations that one looks forward to the meeting of the editors of these papers. However, these meetings are not without practical benefit. The original papers that are read and the discussion which follows these papers are always helpful in every department-to the editor, the business manager and also to those who are in charge of the me chanical department. For the first time in the history of the organiza tion, the newspaper publishers and the master printers held a joint meeting, which proved so satisfac tory that the two conventions will be held jointly again next year. The forty-first session of the South Carolina Press association which was held at Chick Springs last week was the most pleasant and most profitable meeting that has been held in a number of years. A miscellaneous program was careful ly arranged and all of those who were asked to take part were pres ent and took an active interest. There were several interesting: ad dresses by prominent men. The lim was by Rev. Dean Crain, a young Baptist minister who has been em ployed by the Baptists of South Carolina to superintend the Baptist schools in the mountains of Spartan burg, Greenville, Oconet and Pick ens counties. He was born and rear ed in what i> called the "Dark Cor ner" of Greenville county. There were three oiher prominent gentle men who spoke in the following or der: Governor Manning, Hon. J. L. McLaurin and Gen M. L. Bonham. Gov. Manning reviewed his ad ministration up to this time, speak ing at length of his efforts to en force the law, particularly in Char leston, and of his management of the affairs of th? Hospital for the Insane; Mr. McLaurin spoke at length of the State warehouse sys tem, and Gen. Bonham's subject was "Newspaper Men Whom I Have Known." He presented brief sketches of Col. Bacon of the Edge field Chronicle, Col. F. W. Daw son of the News and Courier, Col. James A. Hoyt of" tue Greenville Mountaineer and Baptist Courier, Miles B McSweeny of the Hampton ?Guardian, Col. R. R. Hemphill of the Abbeville Medium, Col. T. B. Crews of the Laurens Herald, Charles Petty of the Carolina Spar tan, Col. James Holmes of the Barnwell People, A. B. Williams of the Greenville News and N. G. Gonzales of The State. The following officers vere elect ed for the ensuing year: William Banks of the Columbia Record, president; first vice-presi dent, Geo. W. Brunson, Jr., Green ville News; second vice president, J. L. Minis, Edgefield Advertiser; secretary, Joe Sparks, The State. The executive committee is com posed of August Kohn, News and News and Courier, Mies Juanita Wylie, Lancaster News, L. H. Wan namaker, News and Courier. The newspaper men of Greer v ille and Spartanbnrg were very thought ful, leaving nothing undone within their power to add to the pleasure of their visiting brethren. Wednes day afternoon an excursion wa? giv en over the interurban to Green ville and an automobile ride over the city was enjoyed, about forty cars being'provided for the occasion. Wednesday night the newspaper folk were tendered a banquet at Chick Springs hotel. Thursday morning about 40 of the newspaper men and members of their families left for Montreat, N. C., having accepted an invitation to meet with the North Carolina Press association which was in session at the same time at Mon treat. The Tar Heels received us with real South Carolina hospitality, making our stay among them ex ceedingly pleasant and profitable. The South Carolina Press associ ation will meet again next year at Chick Springs, an ideal place for conventions, and ?have invited their brethren of North Carolina to meet with them. The joint meeting of 1916 will be looked forward to with the keenest interest. Malaria or drills & Fever Prescription No. 686 is prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then ss s tonic the Fever will not return. It acto on the Ihrer better than Calomel and docs not gripe or tsckeo. 25c Synopsis of a Sermon Preac Sunday Morning in Baptr Church by Dr. E. Pen dleton Jonas. Psalm 60:4 "Thou hast gin banner to them that fear thee, it may be displayed because of truth." One hundred and thirty i years ago, the most moment document concerning huraau f dora was given to the world. American Declaration of Indepe ence. Great world movements h small beginnings, sometimes t begin a century before the i takes possession of the masses of people. The emancipation of the wc from the "dark ages," when Bible was chained to the altar ? men were spiritually enslaved bei with the reformation. Wycliff, H and Martin Luther were pre-emin among the leaders. Luther, resta and gave great force to the < Pauline doctrines of justification faith, but it remained for the a baptists of Europe to give it deepest meaning and for th spiritual successors to rightly terpret the reformation, giving the world the great idea of s< liberty and spiritual democrat Out of the reformation and cause of the great ideas of soul 1 erty and spiritual democracy, cai the French and American revo tions. The demagogue mastered a dominated the French revolutic hence the reign of terror which w the logical outcome of a wrong int pretion of spiritual democracy. ( In 'the American revoluti statesmen interpreted the idea spiritual democracy and beheld great nation leading the world 1 ward a pure democracy born in t heart of our God. On this the 139th year of our r tional history I want us to consid what Baptists have done for th country and the world. They ha1 burned into the world's history t! great fundamental truth of *T] competency of the soul under G( for religion." That is that evei soul is competent to have Gc speak to it, and has the capacita interpret his message for himsel without anyone coming between tl soul and his God. Every soul mu j believe for himself, repent for hiri I self and be baptized for himsel Ont of the idea of soul competenc has grown a number of self evidei truths. Running paralled, with it the great idea of political democn cy. Thomas Jefferson was not a pr< fessing christian, but he was a prc found philosopher as well as states man. He used to attend a little Ba] tist church under the shadow of th Blue Ridge mountains near Chai lottsville, Va., and there he lean ed his great lessons of deraocracj He snid that that little church ha the puiest democracy he had eve known. The truths growing out of thi fundamental idei of the competenc, of the soul, have been so well stat ed by Dr. E. Y. Mullins, presiden Southern Baptist Theological Semi nary, in the form of axioms of re ligion, that we will make them th basis of our thinking this morning 1st "A holy and loving Ged ha: a right to be sovereign." The politi cal counterpart of this truth, is, tin government in recognizing the in dependence of the churches, recog nizes an authority higher than it self. 2ud 'All souls have an equa right to direct access to God." N( one has a right to deny or hindei the soul in its approach to God. It? new birth cannot be hindered with out violating the most sacred rights of every soul. The attempt to co erce a sonl in its God-given rights of personal approach to God is ar attempt to turn back the progress of the world in its upward march tc God. The political counterpart of this truth is, "All men are created free and equal." Not equal in men tal capacity, but before the law. Just as God is no respecter of per sons and all are equal before him. Deny this truth and men become slaves both bodily and spiritually. 3rd "All believers are entitled to equal privileges in the churches." The political counterpart of this truth, a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Baptists have held through the ages the Bible truth, that there are no degrees of priesthood, every believ er must have the same voice in the management of the church to which he belongs. No one has a right to lord it over God's heritage. They have given their best blood to en grafting this truth into the thought of the world. 4th 'To be responsible man must be free." The political counterpart is our franchise, legal and criminal proceedure. You can't reconcile God's sovereignty and man's free will, both are true, to deny either, is but to prove them. Running par allel through time they blend in the great heart of God in eternity. 5th A free church in a free state.'' This has become naturalized in our political speech.Baptises have insisted through all the years on the separation of church and state and were foremost in the battle which wrote it into our constitution. So far we have been able to defeat every movement for the compulsory reading of the Bible in the public schools. 6th, "Love your neighbor as yourself." The political counterpart) is, equal rights to all aud special privileges to none. The great world conflagration in its last analysis is a struggle for this God given privilege. These re ligious ideals are the bed rock of our practical and social fabric. I am thinking to*day of the flag | of our country, with its red, white and blue and all that it stands for. Its stars, each star standing fora sovereign state and each state united to the other in indissoluble union. uO beautiful for patriot's dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities srleam Undermined by human tears. America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown their good with broth erhood From sea to shining sea!" Interesting News From Mt. Zion Community. [Writen for Last Week.] On last Sunday morning, which was the regular preaching day at Mt. Zion church, the pastor, Rev, P. B. Lanham was sick and unable to be present. At his request Mr. W. J. Gaines conducted the ser vices, taking as the basis of his re-j marks the words, "Set a watch O Lord before ray mouth; keep the door erf my lips." He spoke first, of the evil of the use of intoxicants | and other dangerous substances, which going in at the unguarded mouth, ruin a man soul and body. He next spoke of the blight and ruin which can be worked by th? lips which speak evil-the liar, the tattler, the slanderer, and the utter helplessness of the victims of such evil attacks. The audience con sisted largely of young people who j listened attentively to the discourse. At this meeting Mr. Milledge Whit lock was to have been immersed he having united with the church on the preaching day before, but the baptism was postponed. Mr. Avery Franklin and his fami ly from Beech Island, were up last week visiting relatives in this com munity. Mrs. Sue Gaines has returned home from visiting relatives in Geor gia and Beech Island. . ' Mr. Jason Whitlock, from Waldo | Georgia, is visiting the family of Mr. J. C. Whitlock. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pardue mo tored to Greenwood last week where they spent the day with relatives. Miss Nellie Ergle from Granite ville and Miss Mamie Cheatbam, from Edgefield visited Mrs. Pardue last Sunday and attended Mt. Zion church. Anew little daughter has come to live in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin. Since his return from the Citadel, Mr. Ben Gaines has been receiving congratulations from his friends on winning the J. 0. Wilson medal. This is a beautiful ring which isl awarded each year at the Citadel tc that member of the senior class win* is adjudged by his classmates to b?>; the * manliest, purest, and mosp courteous" member of his class. Miss Mary Gaines is attending the University summer school isl; Columbia., Mt. Zion, S. C. Strawberry Growing Profitabi? Chattanooga, Tenn., June 30 Over 700 solid car loads of strav berries have been shipped from tl east Tennessee section and point south, of Chattanooga to Cincinnat and other western markets durii the season now coming to a close according to figures of the Quee' and Crescent route, over which prac i tically the entire crop moved. Th?i great bulk of this movement come 1 from stations north of Chattanooga on the C N O & T P Ry. A num ber of cars also come from point! \ on southern railway in east Tennes- [ see, the total from these two sec I tions for this year running over sis hundred cars. 80 cars came fron Cuba, Alabama, md other stations* in that territory on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad. There were a few scattering shipments making up the total. The crop this year was muchf; larger than last year, but despite this fact good prices were realizedi growers receiving an average ot; ?1.75 a crate, or about $700 .i car 3 which will mean that this yea? practically $500,000.00 has beei? brought into this section for straw "J berries alone, giving the grower handsome profit and furnishing err. pl?yment to the large number. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ LOR SALE: Your orders solicf' ited for peach crates. C. B. Boan, right, Ridge Spring, S. C. 6-2-4t. Trip to Batesburg. Mr. Charles R. Dobson carried a party over to Batesburg on Friday evening to attend the service at the Baptist church, where Rev. Geo. E. Davis of Orangeburg is conducting a very successful revival. The church was filled with an appreciative and intelligent audience; and the music was good-and how could it be oth erwise with Miss Nan Gunter in the choir, and lending her powers of song to this worthy and noble cause? We did not know the other mem bers of the choir, but were particu ly impressed with the spirited and devotional singing. Mr. Davis made a decided im pression on his audience, giving the danger of the use of that word-to morrow. A number of persons went up for prayer, and some joined the church. As we glanced over the audience, there were a number of familiar faces, among them four ministers of the gospel besides Mr. Davis who occupiel the pulpit. They were Rev. W. T. Tate, pastor of the church, Revs. Jabez Ferris, N. N. Burton and J. D. Timmons. A contingency of Edgefield soil was there to make us feel at home, Dr. Price Timmerman, Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. E. S. Rawl, Mrs. Ferris and others who have partaken enough of our native heath to make them great ard good. It was a pleasure to meet and greet these kind friends again, and see the growth and interest in religious life of this progressive town. F. A. M. In Memory of a Sweet Little Darling. Just before the dawn of day Jnne 23 the death angel again entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. McKie and took the other little twin baby, Harold, to dwell in Heaven with his littlebrother who had pre ceded him only three weeks. All that human wisdom could do was done to save him, but God willed otherwise. The last sad rite3 took place'at Republican church, and the Rev. J. T. Littlejohn spoke lovingly and feelingly to the bereaved par ents. Oh! how hard it is to realize that little Harold has passed into the spirit land. Teach us, Heav enly Father, to say, "Thy will be done," for we know that into each life some rain must fall. He had just learned to say "bye, bye." His mother told me she didn't know he was saying bye, bye for ever-on this earth, but he is just a flower transplanted into the Garden of Paradise, where it will bloom in eternal beauty. Jesus said: "Suffer little children to come nnto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven." 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