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"SMOKE-SCREENS j HERE T~
AND THERE" IS TITLE
OF LETTER TO EDITOR
Editor, The Chronicle:?The venerable
Doctor Claude W. Duke of the
Firat Baptist Church of Tampa, Fla.,
from his pulpit recently deplored the'
fact that the Baptist church is in
politics. It Is only necessary to review
the proceedings of the Southern
Baptist convention, assembled in
Chattanooga, to appreciate, the full
aignificance of the doctor's daring
statement.
The convention, representative ofr
nearly four million, stands ready to
break party lines rather than see any
such candidate as is termed a friend
of the liquor interests become president
of the United States. Such
action upon the part of so-cHlled
Christian citizens in a free country
is irrevelant to traditional religious
questions and is contradictory to the
very rights and privileges Upon
which our constitution wbb established
and written in the fear of God.
There is nothing in the Decalog or
the Golden Rule of Christ that a
member of the Baptist faith can use I
to eliminate A1 Smith, the Catholic,
from the constitutional right always'
given every citizen regardless of,
creed to serve as president and chief.'
servant of the nation.
tor the religious convention of
Baptists at Chattanooga to go aside!
from religious issues and plunge into'
a political maelstrom is as consistent
inconsistency as the dry howls of!
South Carolina's demagogic pander-'
crs whose own political gratuties
have in no measure been confined to
the teetotaler or the man who never
made his liquor.
It is clearly evident that in South
Carolina and throughout the juris-:
diction of the Southern Baptist con-!
vention the issue of liquor is being'
swung into play in much the same;
manner as the blue law crusades are
credited with having lured our,
thoughts away from the Aiken1
lynching investigation. Political
gestures under the mask of religion
at their best are but smoke-screens i
which generally wane and fade und
ultimately bare their sinister intent. I
he writer of these lines is a Baptist
and while reverent to clerical
authority in matters of faith holds
that our political opinions are of our
own conception. As a Baptist the
writer little fears persecution at the
lands of a Catholic whoso brilliant
political career has been chiefly aided
>y a Mason, of course protestant, and
an adherant of the Jewish faith.
But if i? fMct A] Smith lx,comcfl
it \t ruler of our land and in turn
mak*s* the quaking Protestant stoke
chapej fires or do service .to his
Priests he will but stage a pradfeal
demonstration of the brand of haCVed
and bigotry now smouldering in so
many Protestant hearts and above
which n *oLf-erected halo apparently
will continue to soothe the dormant
conscience within.
?J. F. McDowell.
J. Andrew Fell, one of the most
progressive farmers and a prominent
citizen of Greenwood county, died at
Vandery after a short illness. He
was a leader in the farming industry
of his county, especially in diversified
farming.
There are four candidates in a
warm contest for appointment as
game warden of Anderson county.
JFonf* Trees Preserved I
For Future Generations]
W?T of - the I
Camden Chamber <>f Commerce has
tionV^i ?.tfo,lo>vrin^ conamunict%
h/oniclc. tdgether with
another letter from V. M; Rhodes, a
winter resident:
^ Herewith handing you a let-1
tor for publication received from onel
or our rao?t Drominent vwinter resldente?a
member of this Chamber of
Commerce, and a Camden booster. I
n.i \Xu c**u1a,1 observer can easily
note the rapid deteriotion of our beautirul
trees?und steps should be taken
to remedy this situation?by genera'
taxation?or otherwise.
"A tree Association composed of
coild hi**#1* tt'ild ,pro,M3rt^ -owners
Could be formed whose prime object
would be to make our people tree I
trlOU? Ul t?? CV? ?f OUJr ^aautiful
Ueey-Camden s * glorv and pride.
Meetings should be held in April,
n?!?/. ?ctol"r when
practical talks and demonstrations qn
the care of trees should be given,
this association to cooperate with
agencies of Town, County and State
in this conservation movement.
w/?uh?#r? ttro rnftny mile? of streets
in this town of ours, and perhaus
more money would be needed to secure
a healthy condition of the street
trees (after generations of semineglect)
than might be just tbv require
from the tax payers. Every
Camden should be enrolled
in this association, because he
or she would bo able, through mempersnlp,
to have a share in preserving
the most beautiful feature of
our town?its priceless trees?or to
assist In planting young trees to
Deautify our streets for future generations;
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"All moneys received from dues?
alter the necessary stationery etc. is
paid for, to go into practical work
on ^ our street trees. (
*urvey I am sure-would show
that many of our finest old trees,
without immediate care have only a
short time to live, and could by
cabling, bolting, or pruning?be saved
for another generation or more, and
this I understand can be done at a cost
or from five to ten dollars ($10.00)
per tree. ' f
| Many of our trees have been cut
back by the Public Service Corporation
or other workmen having no
tree knowledge-leaving stubs, already
rotting. This condition and abuse if
not corrected, will result in an increasing
large cavity, and eventually,
the death of the tree. The cost of
f"?,h an operation, if done prompty?Mrue?li.b1?'
and wiM save the tree.
11 interested Camden woman
will second my motion to form a tree
work^ f?r Camden and to
rpi 'f"*1" from Mr. Rhodes
The letter from Mr. Rhodes to Mr.
Sanders is as follows:
pllii^mfriCT?nS Ule constantly travelling
in Europe to enjoy seeing the
remains of ancient architecVral
masterpieces, which are highly
prized by the people living in the
??rpCl t0?,?r c[ty und who
carefully guard them and make necessary
repairs when needed, as they
realize that in them they have a live
asset. ,, drawing card. A great many
also .stay at home and enjoy seeing
the masterpieces that nature has seen
fit to erect ni their own country, such
as the Red wood trees in the Sequoia
National Park in -California, whose
state mess, dignity, and immensity
are beyond description. They are
most carefully guarded and are the
^remaining giants of the forests.
. *her? ore many beautiful trees
in Camden, far too many in deplorable
condition.
1 rees have many enemies, and
are open to attack at all times with
no means of self defense. Nature
does its best to heal wounds that are
caused by high winds and lightning,
or other cause, but woodpeckers,
Mugs, and ants add their touch, by
keeping the wound open. Trees
grow very slowly and are not easily
transplanted after attaining twenty
j years or more growth. A live tree
i is a joy to look at and a dead one is
a sorry sight.
I would like to see something
done for the trees along the streets
of Camden. Many that are now eyesores,
full of dead wood aud broken
branches etc. can hp restored and
saved by the expenditure of a few
dollars and a good tree export. If
I may be permitted to make a suggestion,
it would be thfa. Have a
reputable tree surgical firm estimate
j the cost of putting the trees on the
; main streets of Camden in healthy
Condition, and the yearly cost for
i keeping them healthy..
"This Prorated tree tax will, I feel
sure, be paid by every land owner,
.Kindly, when by thP results, he can
I point with pride to "the masterpieces
i with which Camden has been by na1
ture so generouaiy endowed."
Dr. Harry Clark, of Furraan University
and very prominent in education
in South Carolina is chairman of
the new educational coramibtee appointed
by the Baptist convention at
(. hattanooga.
Closing Exercises
Jackson High School
The cloning exercises of the Jfrck
on High School will take place during
the following dates according to
announcement by P. B, Mdodan*, the
principal:
Sunday, June 8rd-~Annual eermuu
at Mt. Moriah Baptist Chureh at 4
p. m., by Rev. J. W. Boykin, the pastor.
Monday, June 4- Class Day at
Jackson High School auditorium at
3.JO p. m. jAddrese to the graduating
claa* by; Rev. 8>M. MdCoIlum.
1 uesdiy, iupo 5- -Graduating 'exercises
at Mt.Mortah JtmtfUt Church
at 8:00 p. m.\ AnnuaJ addreee by
Rev. A. I). McArn, pastor of Betbeeda
Presbyterian Church.
Special address by Mr. J. T. Getty*,
Superintendent of Kershaw County
schools.
1 icsentation of diplomas by Mr. C.
H. Yates, chiirman of the Board of
Trustees. ') j
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Two aviators were killed at Wast
pirn Beach, Fig., Saturday
noon when their plane went into' a
nose dive and crashed to the ground.
ringside observations
(Continued From Page One) !
New York four years ago after the
delegation had been poorly housed for
awhile.
But that a1 Smith debate pro and
con. Some rough things were aoid
and at times the convention hall took
on the aspects of an old-time political
campaign meeting .Applause was not
confined to hand-clapping--tjt had a
Welkin-ring yell about it. For example,
there Was a thunder of aound
when Carroll D. Nance who had made
a motion that the delegaites be required
to vote individually on the
question, declared with great effect:
Let the people of South Carohna
know where you stand. Have courage
and vote out in the open.' I
would rather cast my vote for A1
omith, a Catholic and a wet, than to
cast it for a demagogue and hypo$
fv, ?. the government of
South Caroling."
, And the tail of the Tammany Tiger
was twisted vigorously and merrily,
.le^ei nc "this most corrupt
political organization in the world"
ringing forth loud and prolonged
of Mlirion, warnagainst.
the Greeks bearing gifts"
and shouted: "It is time for every
hls hand- Show me an
Smith man and I'll show you a
man who is afraid the Democratic
party Is going to the devil. If A1
Smith is as white as snow, as they
say he is, why did he come from sucn
a black place?"
They tell me that a carrion buzzard,
continued Mr. Sellers, still
shouting "is white when it is hatched
,...m 's a ded?link in national
polities and he is as black as hell
I here is no place on God's green
earth any rottener than Tammany
unless it is hell itself."
Also, there was the Rev. Charles M.
Grifhn, of Chesnee, head of the
urnor Order, United American Ma,chanics
in South Carolina, who wrote
the first letter advocating repeal of
Rule 32. Mr. Griffin said he was opposed
to Smith only for his record
a* an office holder. "I am agaiuat
him just like I um against a bed.
bug, declared the speaker. "I have
" 'thing against the bed bug as a bug,
out lor the way he makes a living."
Claud N. Sapptf, who made the
most effective reply to Gov. Evans oni
the Rule 32 debate, declared he was
opposed to A1 Smith in 1U24 and opposed
to him now, but added that he
was not willing to trim his .sails to
every breeze that came arong,7' referring
to the rule which, he added,
was passed to preserve the primary.
[ " hat do you want to change it for
i if you don't Want to vo(e the Republican
ticket?0 demanded Mr. Sapp. "I
spent $2,000 of my own. money and
voted against Smith 103. times in
^.ejy, 9^ *n but as much as I
dislike him and the gang that follows
rum in the North, if two-thirds of the
Houston convention nominates him I
propose to vote for hitm If vpu have
people in Spartanburg who^vant to
organize against the Democratic party
let them do it. A1 Smith will be
lung dead and in belli or, somewhere
pLse before the Democratic party ex?
pires. Let's keep the Democratic
party pure. Don't you. women, prohibitionists
and preachers let your
prejudice cause you to wreck the old
party.
Three members of the Greemgbod
delegation, J. B. Park? W. L. Dgjiiel
and^ Robert H McCaalan, made felling
speeches. "I am * prohibitiotiisi
? i j 9,ha,racter Mr. Cromer has described,
declared Mr. Park, follow
ing an address by the Newberry man
who said that he had been a prohibi
tiomst in practice and in politics to
80 years I may he a strange ani
mal, Bftid Mr. Park, "because I atn i
prohibitionist and I don't drink. Th<
Democratic party has the best chano
it is ever going to have to win again
If we want to win we should stan<
behind the majority of the party
Nominate someone else than A1 Smltl
if you wantsto, hut you know that yoi
have no chance vin the world to elec
him."
Mr. Parks continued with 4
that prohibition should not be glT -li
sue because in taking a chance Wit
it the 18th amendment might be ftoV
"I favor Smith," he said, "because h
has made New York the best govei
nor she has ever had. That
which I revere above all othert t
, our country's political history is th
1 guarantee to us of religious liberty.
1 "We have found Rule 82 a might
[ good friend up to this time," deSai
1 ?d Mr. Daniel, who was not so tut
1 that if it were repealed the a gene
, which gave trouble in the past mift
1 do so again. "I would do everytUn
| if elected a delegate to Houston t
1 defeat Smith, but I have been Ufpgt
| to submit to the rules of the Dfifif
i cratic party. At moch at I would-di
? ' . ? ?
y? 3|
like to m? Smith nominated by a two*
thirds vote, I would support him in
the general election although I do not
bejieve he is* the only man to save
the party."
Mr. Daniel had already stated in
announcing his vote against instructing
the delegation to vota against A1
Smith that the .previous paragraph
instructing to vote against a wet
carried sufficient instructions.
Mr. MoCaslan expressed rejgret that
he could not vote with his friend
Riley and other friends who opposed
Rule 32 and made an effective speech
in behalf of staying regular. T. J.
Lyon, of McCormick, also expressed
his views in a positive way, declaring
he "saw enough of radical days
in '70."
An interesting situation developed
when the vote was taken on the question
of instructing to vote against
Smith. Both Senators Blease and
Smith voted "yes" while Congressman
Dominick voted "no." The entire
Greenwood delegation voted "no."
Chairman Mendel Smith voted "yes"
on instructions from his county and
another delegate from the lower part
of the state declared: "I wish A1
Smith was in the Fiji Islands, but I
will have to vote 'no on that resolution."
The vote was 190 against instructing
and 147 for instructing. '
Senator Blease was conspicuously
quiet during the early afternoon and
evening, evidencing very little interest
in the debate on A1 Smith- aiid
liquor, but he perked up when Rule
32 was mentioned and his interest
continued unabatted until the yote
was taken. HU speech was not
strikingly Bleaseque. He made an
earnest . plea for retaining the rule.
"For God's sake and for sake of
the Democratic party, don't change
it, he appealed. He recalled that f
Ben Tilman refused to leave the 1
Democratic party in the days of popu- ![
lism.
George B. Cromer, of Newberry,
declared eloquently, "I put white supremacy
above every other considera- 1
tion, I care not what it is," and Sena- !
tor E. D. Smith said the fundamental '
principals of the party were involved. 1
"It involves personal and political !
honesty and the race issue and every 1
South Carolina Democrat should subscribe
joyfully and willingly to it." i
Former. Governor Evans took a 1
"dig" at Senator Blease in arguing !
for a change in the rule when he said,
after declaring the rule had not pre- |
vented independent movements in the i
past, that Senator Blease had declared
on the floor of the senate that |
he didn't, know whether he was a i
Democrat or Republican. This caused 1
laughter and applause, but Senator !
Blease kept quiet. However, he arose 1
when Mr. Evans charged that 1,500 1
Bleasites had bolted in 1916 and vio- !
lated the oath. Tl)e senator then 1
arose and with uplifted hand declared: J
"If any men violated their oath I say
disfranchise them." 1
Former Judge Mendel L. Smith ran
the convention in fine style except 1
those times when the furore drowned !
out the pounding of his gavel. His !
keynote speech was eloquent and was '
. given the closest attention. ,
Governor Richards sat on the front
row on the right of the chairman's
desk with the Kershijw delegation. He
took no part whatever in the delibera- ,
tion* of the convention except to vote.
Just before the district delegations ^
met to consider nominating delegates I
to Houston last night Delegate Mc- c
Millan of Horry county introduced
two resolutions that put the conven- ?
tion back in a good humor. Both had
to do with liquor drinking. The one
that touched the tunny bone of the
convention hardest required that all
delegates elected to the Houston convention
sign a pledge that they would
not take a drink before they left
home, while at Houston, or until they
got back, or words to that effect.
Chairman Smith put the motion and
it was carried overwhelmingly, but
the chairman announced solemnly
"the noes have it and it is so ordered"
and the convention laughed. Hew*^er,
it is understood thwt a mrrmber '
or. 6he delegates voted on the resolution
seriously.
E?ss than a dozen women attended
the Convention as delegates, and only
two- of these made speeches. Mrs.
aeTreville spoke several times, one
time walking in front of tha desk and
advocating instructions against A1
Smith, Mrs. .M. C. Oolcman, delegate
from Abbeville, made a neat
, speech seconding the nomination of
Mrs:. L. H. Jennings as national committee
wo man.
Marriage , .
Mr. Ollie Lanier Smith and Miss
essie Amanda Magnolia Medlin,
o>ib of Blaney, S. C., were married by
Vobate Judgfe W. L. MdDowell oa
Saturday las4, May the 19th.
W. O, Murph, assistant #(
police of .Spartanburg, die&WedJ
day afternoon aged 46 years,
heart disease. He joined the
1909, and was highly regarded*
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