The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 11, 1927, Image 3
[SABBATH OBSERVANC! j
[ ..hied of Sermon by Rev. I. DeL. |
I Uraiebuw at Grace. Kpiscopal
' I Church Sunday Morning.)
it il h>w*ul t0 1,0 KOO<1 un l*,c
bb?th P?y" Matthew, 12:152.
:[vjr news-papers and our governor
[J^having a merry time of I
^[j^rintf the pust few weeks regard.
jjyj enforcement or nou-enforce'i
[nt yf certain puritanical laws of
. couple of centuries ago. Neither
however, is to be taken too ?er[y,
What with graft investigavBb
after graft investigation, hank
, Kjyre after hank failure, still raid
V;^L ?fior still raiding, it is easy to
'jivK^er.naitti with what delight the
<^[5rs editor hus tuken up this fresh
; [ail; while, on his part, the governor
all niggardly in
[ essing his opinions or in granting I
^^fcurviews, and they have succeodcd
[ lifting antiquated laws and com-!
[natively obscure individuals and or[tnizatiuns
into the blaze of public
[ttention, and have all received with[ut
expense a rather unusual amount
^[i vers excellent advertising.
I From the standpoint of the prin^[i
, hiefore, the i would
^[,,'1. be eminently satisfactory,
[nd fur the rest of us there has been
^[. <1 advantage, for we have been
[tgrecukly entertained and have been
[ed to renewed consideration of the
it-1 leu ly impoi tant qui if on of
[>ahha!h observance.
Sum" people, to be sure, have been
H igitated by the enforcement
uf tin "blue laws." With the so-;
>hibition of (lie liquor traffic
.siill an absorbing topic, they are in
ebiieil to think that a pattern has!
[fin set for any amount of prohibitI
"We've g'>t to be careful," they
[ [iv. "Nowadays any hair-brained re^ >ruicr
who has become obscessed
[jth ^he notion Lhat he can legislate
into his own particular view of
[oraJ/ty will be able to have his pet
[chome enacted into law if only he
^^morks hard enough and has money
[noutfh behind him."
The .subject before us may be con^widered
under two heads: First,
^[(Jught Sabbath Observance to be
^fcnforced by Law?" Second, "How
[Ought the Sabbath to be Observed
[Quite Aside from Law?" Let us conifer
them in their order.
First. Ought Sabbath observance
[o be enforced by law? To this ques[ion
a categorical yes or' no cannot
[e given. Legal provisions for such
[bservance usually take, in our time,
[he form of -prohibitions. People are
^ ot, as of old, required by law to go
[o church, but they are still, in many
[laces, prohibited from engaging i:i
^[inecessary labor or business, as well
[s from giving public performances
[ exhibitions, such as plays, moving
^[cture entertainments and games.
[ow nobody except an anarchist is
^^ posed to prohibitions just because
[ry are prohibitions. Laws against
[irder, theft aqd arson are probibi[ns.
We prohibit traffic in drugs
[l women, the sending of obscene
[tter through the mails, speeding,
[ring a motorcar without a license,
[doying children in industry, pick[
flowers in the park. Indeed, most I
[ice provisions Involve prohibitions,
[1 the main question to be asked of
[y proposal is not, "Does it involve
prohibition?" but rather, "Is the
[posed prohibition well founded?"
[ plying this test in our present dis[ssion,
we must seek the basis of
[gal provisions for Sabbath observ[
And I say to you frankly that if
[ey are based on the injunctions of
[ligion as such, they are not well
[unded. This is a free country, re^[giously.
In it every man is per[itted
to wor^iip God as his own
[nscience dictates, wfyich, of course,
^[' ans that he need not worship God
[t-all if he does not desire to. An
^[h>'olute theocracy expressing itself
^[ human government is both impos[ble
and undesirable; impossible, be['""'
people could not agree as to
[hat God's Will might be, and could
[?t, in many subtle and delicate sit^[atior.s,
enforce that will, though they
[ould agree; undesirable, because if
^[">(! Will would be accurately asLJ^
% y'
: certain**! and completely enfor.ni, the
[frMtttt would change m.n i?to
I automata. L?w. of Sabbath observ
"a* !,n"'' "'"''ore, to be baa.-,!
upon the hour,!, Commandment, con
oidered only a, ? ri,ligi?ua ?, .
rnant, or upon any,other eper.fu-ally
Jeligious ground.
But thero in rt Kimplt-f basl f
human ?w thau the a, temp, t(l labu
late and codify thu U ,)i <;,m1 ;
[* f(J,Unid protection ?f lh, if
dividual and of wk-ty in the enjoy-1
I "t well-recognized n^ht.s. Th, j
aw ug?m?t murder ought not to he !
defended no'ely upon the authority of
he Sixth Commandment, hut upon'
h? protection of every man's right t()
I ?nd to keep on living as long ?*
*c can. The law against theft, is his
protection in the enjoyment an.) control
of property. The law against
<*rson aims to assure him security
(of abode. Can laws for Sabbath observance
l>e justified as protecting
people in the enjoyment of their natural
rights? 1 believe they can
'he right to worship ? a natural
right. Without it human life does
jot achieve its highest or its best
Worship must find concrete expression
and the observance of a common
day when men may meet to worahio
together has been proved by long experience
to be a necessary and worthy
means of securing tty, expression of
that nght. Man's laws, therefore,
guarantee freedom for such
expression, should recognize the necessity
of peace and quiet to worshiping
congregations. It is easy to see
for example, how on this ground the'
aw might prohibit a circus parade
through the streets of this city on
| bun-Jay, while perhaps not denying it
liberty to exhibit as usual in-some1
remote location where its noise would
I not invade the rightful peace of those
I desiring to use the day for worship.
In like manner the right to reasonable
rest and recreation is a natural *
right. We recognize it to some extent
in provisions for a shorter working
day and for the Saturday halfholiday,
but it finds its best expression
in laws for Sunday rest; laws
forbidding the exploitation of laborers
or workmen or sales forces seven
days in the week. It is surely conservative
enough to assume that
every man is entitled to at ieast one
day in, seven for his own uses'. Good
sense and expediency would dictate
maintaining Sunday as that day. And
provisions to that effect ought never
to be abolished from our law lest the
greedy and the heartless should take
undue advantage of those whom they
employ.
To be sure, not all Sunday labor
can or ought to be abolished. We do
not wish-our policemen or. firemen to
abstain from labor on that day.
Moreover, and this is particularly
true in the larger cities, the very
requirements of the majority for rest
and recreation make necessary the
labor of many others who minister to
those needs, just as the protection of
people in their right to worship makes
Sunday a busy day for choirmaster>,
sextons and preachers. Wherever the
conditions of Sunday rest and recreation
for the majority jrfakes necessary
the labor of a minority, provision
should, be made for the granting of
some other day of the week as a
rest-day
In general, then, we may arrive at
this principle: No activity should be
legally prohibited on Sunday which
is legal on other days of the week
unless it interferes either with man's
natural right of worship or of rest.
Second. Having said this, let me
turn at once to the second aspect of
our subject, and one which more
closely concerns us. as Christians.
How ought the Christian to spend
his Sunday quite aside from the lavnr?
First of all, he should welcome it as
a breathing spell for his soul. How I
hard it is, in our strenuous mode of j
life, to give the soul a chance to1
breathe. The morning rush, the
daily grind, the evening's pleasures
leave scant time for prayer, for meditation,
for the reading that counts.
Sunday offers a change and a respite.
One does not have to think the usual
thoughts or do the usual things. It
is possible to throw off the burdens
of the week, to join with one's neigh-,
bors in prayer'and praise, to receive
religious instruction, and to feel the
fires on the altars of our hearts re-1
kindled. Sunday, too, gives us op-!
portunity as Christians to do special
service for our Lord which through!
^the week is impossible, a chance to
remember the sad and the sick, the
privilege of helping others to a better
understanding of the Christian way.
No Christian who thus dais with Sund?y^but
will find Tiis own soul r$-.
newing its strength and mounting up
as on eagle's wings.
And, once more, Sunday should be
hailed as a home day. It is the only
j^day, in most homcp, where all the
family can be together for all three
-meal*. U should be the happiest day
of all the week to the children, a day
to wear their best clotties, to ha?$
the hetf dinner tn know'?vBt fntbf>
and mother will be on hand to tell
them stories or read to them9 a day
to go to church and Sunday pchool
and to meet their friends there; a
day for long rides and rambles with
their parents. The American home
has ever been the security and the
, hope of American civihiuliun. Modj
''t life menaces it in many ways. |>tt
; Mi. day come to jr. rescue by giving
;'ime for the ripening <>f " richer ?fj
feet ion anions the members of the
faint.> and for participation in those
i * oikoidant j?ys without which A j
home I comes a little more than a'
) lltjum'
Shall Christians play golf and tennis
oil Sunday ? "It is lawful to do
good on the Sabbath day," >aid Jesus,
and that may well indu ie our own
Rood along with that of others. The
"l,H "Unl man must have attention.
I ' !?. means, as w?- have seen, church
attendance. For father and mothers
with children at home it means the
giving of special companionship and
Instruction. Hut when a man's work
is such that he has not the proper
amount of tune for necessary physical
exercise and recreation on weekdays,
1 should In- the last to deny him
jthe right to his Sunday play. If,
j however, he plays all day, it is eaiy
to see that he cart s more for his body
than he does for Ins soul.
Some men's ideas of Sunday observance
are purely negative. They
would not. for the world, swing a
racijut or a hat or a stick on Sunday,
hut they spend the day indolently ut
home, over-sleeping, over-eating,
over-smoking and with nothing Iretter
to read than the Sunday paper. I
would much prefer to have a man
I come to church in the morning and
I'luy golf in the afternoon than to go
through such a program. It would
be infinitely better both for his soul
and his body.
To sum up: .Just as man's natural
rights of worship and of rest ought
to be the foundation upon which Sunday
laws are based, so these natural,
rights, expressing themselves as
needs, should guide the Christian in
his u*e of Sunday. No doubt, he
needs u holiday, a day of rest frorq
wonted toil; but, likewise, even mora,
does he not need a holiday, a day
which he may voluntarily devote to
the strengthening of faith, the deepening
of spiritual desires, the enriching
of Christian love?
In the end it comes to this: Let the
Christian use his Sunday conscientiously
and thoughtfully; let him see
it in glorious opportunity and a
wondrous privilege; let him engage
in no work or rest or recreation in
which he would be ashamed to invite
his Lord's companionship. If he will
follow these guide posts he will not
lose his way.
Barber Shop BUI Defeated
Senator W. Claude Martin's bill to
prohibit white women's patronizing
negro barber shops in South Carolina
was killed for the session Tuesday
night when the house, reversing
its decision of a few minutes before
in favor of the bill, voted to continue
the measures until next year. The
vote, taken on the motion of E. W.
, Dabbs, Jr., of Sumter, was 62 to 40 to
carry the bill over to the next session.
Hardly 60 seconds before the
house had refused 48 to 53 to kill the
bill on motion of Ben B. Sellers of
Marion to strike out the enacting
words of the measure.
Ben B. Sellers of Marion, whose
motion to strike out the enacting
words of the measure had opened the
battle against the bill, echoed thisconclusion.
"This bill," he declared, "is avjeflection
on the white women of South
Carolina. That's all there is in it.
You might just as well say that a
white man cannot employ a negro
cook.
"And then it attempts to classify
barber shops. 'Class 1 where there
are only white barbers.' I know
second class shops operated by second
class white men. And I'd rathe* my
folk patronize a first-class negro barber
shop than a second-class white
barber shop."
At Last, "She," In Picture Form
The cravings of millions who road
"She," the immortal love romance of
the late Sir Rider Haggard, are now
satisfied for at last comes the motion
picture of , the most wondrous
romance ever told. True in every detail
"She" a masterpiece and faithful
in every'respect to the story. So
that not a trace of the subject should
be lost and to avoid a jarring note
of discord with the masterpiece as
written, the company with lovely
Betty Blythe set out to the depths of
darkest* Africa to film the sensational
chapters in the original settings described
by Sir Rider Haggard. Here
in the subterranean, city with ila fantastic
caves, again on the peaks of
mountains, and at the edge of !a bottomless
abyss the dramatic and exciting
scenes were photographed.
The love story 'tof the most beagtiful
woman the world has ever known is
told amidst settings so majestic and
strange as to awe the most blase
spectator. Supporting Betty Blythe
is Carlyle Blackwell and Mary Odette.
"She" is the special attraction at The
Lyric Theatre, Bishopville, S. C., FridnyA
March 11.
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The snowfall at High Point, N. C.f
Tuesday night totaled 26 inches.
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and druggists are tiow recom^Fiending
CalotM, the purified and
^ ^iinod calomel compound tablet that
^Kiy< s you the effects of calomel and
combined, without the unpleasant
effects of either.
One or two Calotabs, at bed-time
h a swallow of water,?that's all.
" salts, no naugaa.sor the slightest
^ ruorforence with your eating, woTk
pleasure. Next morning your cold
as vanished, your system is thor^ iphly
purified and you are feeling
Hnc a hearty appetite for breakEat
what** A*n.
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a f*mily package, containing
direction*, only 8ft cents. At any
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BRINGS ON SPIRITED DEBATE i
Governor's Law Enforcement Officer ]
Object of Personal Remarks
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Columbia, March I.?Beset by u
spirited, persona! debate over the 1
gove.rpor'a special law enforcement 1
fund of $48,000 the $0,177,000 appro- 1
priHtion bill reported out by the ways {
and means committee made slow '
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progress toward passage at todays
session of the house, and resumption '
of the debute was ordered for tonight
mi the hope of completing con- '
Mderatioii of the measure us xpeediK
as possible. i;
Representative Love, of Greenville,,
started the fight by proposing to 1
strike <>ut all the appropriations for '
sal a i n s and expenses of state constables,
leaving the governor about *
$.r>,hUU in the law enforcement fund. '
Although bis amendment was rejected,
7'J to 2d, the vote was not reached 1
until many members had participated '
in the debate that was at times acrimonious.
The nume of W. VV. Rogers, slur '
deteitive under Governor Mclx'od,
arid chief investigator of the Aiken
lynching, sfhee recommissioned by
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Govt mor Richards, was brought into 1
discussion by Representative Stan-0
field of Aiken, who asked Representatlve
Love: ' 1
"Isn't the law enforcement officer
under this section W. W. Rogers?"
Then in rapid order while Speaker
pro tern John B. Duffie rapped his <
gavel and declared personalities would :
not be permitted, the Aiken repre- <
sen'ative shot at Mr. Love:
"Hasn't he been tried for every
crime in the catalogue?"
"Wasn't he run out of the state of
Georgia?"
"Wouldn't your amendment legis- ,
lat< cattle of that sort out of a job?" ,
On the roll call vote, however, M"r.
Stuns field was recorded as voting
again-1 the amendment and in favor
of ri taming the appropriation for the
constabulary.
"We have 122 peace officers in
Greenville county," he declared, "and
if that number can't enforce the law,
I don't believe it will be any better
enforced by having one more. These
state constables are always accompanied
by a deputy sheriff or a federal
officer, and all they do is to provide
one more witness when the ease
comes to trial."
"Who caught the bootleggers in
Hell Hole?" interrupted Chairman
McCaslun, of tjie ways and means
ommittee.
"Federal officers, I believe," Mr.
Love answered.
"ll wasn't the local officers, was
t?" demanded MeCaslan.
"Are you afraid to trust people?" i
itme back tin- Greenville legislator,
isiiiK a phrase that Governor Rich
tnls stressed in his inaugural ad-|
lress and one that figured largely
ast \ve*k in the debate on the ad
ninistrat ion measures to abolish the'
ax commission.
Mi. McCaslan replied that he was
lot afraid "to trust the people" but
le was in favor of law enforcement
nul law and order.
Keverl ing to the question about
he IJi-li 11 ole I ail Is Mr. I ,ove said ' >
he Greenwood representative
"1 am informed that tin state of
icers testified >n favor of tin- hoot
t'ggi i s."
"Wlio was appointed in your coun'.j |
is state constable f" Representative
)lin Johnston, of Spartunburg asked
he Greenville member.
"Art ex-sheriff who was defeated in
Lhe primary," l.ove reported.
"Of a different political faction t
ftom yours," remarked Johnston.
The Grienville member declared
holly that he was not acting on any
factional basis, and that anyone who
Intimated as much did not know
whereof he spoke.
Man Fror.cn To Death
Florence, March 2.? Frozen to i
ieath, the'body of Clarence Wood row, j
lf>, member of a well-known Florence
ounty family, was found this morn-'
ing on tin- porch of 510 West Sumter
street, three blocks distance from his
home.
Woodrow was an employe of the
state highway department. When he
did not return home at the usual hour
a search was made for him lusting!
until midnight but without success.
His automobile was found parked in j
the business section. When found
this morning his body was party cov-j
ered with snow and ice. He wore a
suit of overalls over his clothing.
The "body was discovered by Jeter j
Rhodes, father of a newsboy who was
helping his son deliver his route.
Snow was falling at tho time. Woodrow
leaves a^'widow and five smpll
children. His mother and sister live
here.
Released at the end of August,
1926, at Hyde Park Corner, London,
a toy balloon came down near St.
Paul's Cathedral 117 days later.
(lypbicfl Placed Under Arrest &
Ah a climax t? a rale of 175 miles
traffic officer <\ It. Si rick land arrest
c<l twenty "five gypsies Monday
afternoon and indeed thorn in the Jad
nr. Ridgcland. He was Joined in the
chase at Hampton by a state constab!c
and officer Lloyd at Ridgcland
with hih deputies moisted in the final
wind up. I'|h>11 g< lling tin- report
thai imt- or two persean at Druwdy'i,
sovcial miles from Walterhoio had*
been held up hy the gypsies and relieved
of sums of money, the Colleton ,
fofee started out. (thief of Police
Poach, wjth Ins officers Reeves and
Strickland went in Uiffci enl directions v
.11 search of the automobiles with the
gypsies. It waa eatimn'ed that a
'i lal o! '(00 miles was covered by
11 cm- officers. jg
The gypsies went' hebl in the jail
at Ri Jgt land about two hours and .
then it. leased upon payment of $100
and returning the amount stolen.
Officer Strickland elates that even
while undi arrest the children of the
gypsi s ct -itinuisl stealing.?Wulterboro
I'rcss and Standard
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The coronation spoon in the Tower
of London is believed to be the oldest
English silver spooa in existence. ||
1 1NAJ.DISCHARGE I
Notice is hereby given that one
month from thin date, on Monday,
March 21st, 1927, I will make to the ?j
Probate Court of Kershaw County my
final return as (luardlan of the estate
of Arthur L. Jones, minor, and on the
same date 1 will apply to the said
'Court fo>' a final discharge as said ~lg
| Guardian.
PAUL E. JONES. A
j Camden, S. C.t vob. 1?, 1927.
FINAL DISCHARGE
| Notice is liereby given that one
month from thin <iate, on Monday,
| March 11th, 1927, 1 will make to tno
Probate Court of Korahnw County my
final return as Guardian of the estates
of Arthur !*??> Herron and-Margaret
Theresa Herron, minors, and
on the surne dale I will apply to the
[said Court for a final discharge as ...Ja
said Guardian. i
MRS. C. F. JAMES, formerly
Mrs. Nannie M. Herron.
Camden, S. C., Fob. 10, 1927.
FINAL DISCHARGE I . . .1. J
Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on Tuesday, ?
March 15th, 1927, 1 will make to the
, Probate Court of Kershaw County my
final return us Kxeeutor of the Estate
of Mrs. Isabetle Heotta Salmond,
and on the same date 1 will apply to
the said Court for a final discharge V
from my trust as said Executor, ? -"M
W. D. MoDOWALL.
Camden, S. C., Feb. Ill, 1927.
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