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Thursday, August 23, 1928
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THE CHURCH
IN POLITICS
(By Dr. Gus W. Dyer In The
Southern Agriculturist.)
The presidential campaign this
year i s going to be radically differ
ent from any national campaign this
country has ever witnessed. What-
or take any sc-t of stand on any are uncertain as to the effects. They the midwest to the Gulf cf Mexico
question that is a political issue. . dox’t know whether prohibition ^nd the Atlantic coast.
Is It Honest? should be considered good or bad, B • h of the big tents, erected
The preache.v the church and the right or wrong, ethical cr unethical- against the possibility of rainy
church institutions are supported by Hoover Uncertain About Prohibition weather, were filird to overflowing
the membership. The money they. Mil Hoover, from his public state-
Daniel Will Run
Against Blease
contribute is contributed to the ment, it would seem, belongs to the
thud class. He doesn’t know whether
it is good 0:« bad in its effects. He
det'n’t know whether the prehibi-
church as a non-polit’eal organiza
tion. The money is dedicated to a
spiritual service. For those in
charge of the church to use the injtionists or the anti-prohibit'enists are
stitution, the equipment to defeat a right. He says it is an experiment
ever may be the issues in any cam-1 political measure championed by a and he wants the experiment to c •!-
paign and however vital they may be part of its contributing membership tinue for a while longer. Just how
to our civilization, it is of the ut-]j s to prevent the use of a sacred long it will remain in the exp ri-
metet importance that we maintain fund. Is such action honest, is it j mental stage accord ng to Mr. Hoov
CLEMSON PROFESSOR TO SEEK
SENATE IN 1930; 30 YEARS AT
CLEMSON COLLEGE
pin ! _ .
BUSINESS READING NOTICES, our American traditions in meeting \ s jt just?
9 cent.*' per line for each - insertion, them. The projection of American church is a non-political co-
average ; oi 6 words to line. ideals is of far greater importance opp^^ ve association. All the mem-
W ANT AD VS., 6 cents per line for than any issue in the present cam- bers c ' f this .cooperative association
each insertion, average of 6 words to paign. _ 1 stand on an equal footing. One group ion will be mad? before the election,
line. | It is an essential part cf un a- ag right to its political Burdened as he is with the duties cf
TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents mental Americanism that the church op i n i ons as ano ther. When a church the campaign he would hardly have
per line, 6 words to line. | ^ as no P r °P er Pl ace * n an Y P art a through its minority or in any oth-
AI1 advs. set in body type, 6 cents ‘ politick contest. Aside from other er way seeks to con t ro l or direct the
A vast radii* hookup also sent tne
words of the candidat? into almos 1 ;!
every section of the country. Hoov-j
cr> speech rounded oit a day that)
will be marked for a ll tirm in West) COLUMBIA Aug. 19.—South Car-
Erarch h'story, a day he spent oIiniars who have long sought an
among boyhood friends, or visitingi e ‘'PP cr tunity to vote fo: Dr. D. W-
familiar scenes and breakfasting in I Daa!e1 ’ Clemson College, fo r an
the humble cottage that was his c ^ ce high honor a nd trust, will
place t<f birth. j have the opportunity in 1930, it was
“There is no 'mprint upon oui au thent cally learned here. Saturday,
er we do not know. Mr. Hoover may ^ mi/ds so deep as those of early boy- ^ r ' ^ an oppose Cole L. Blease
reach a decision on this question at| hood,” h? said, “Mine are (.'-the iovs!^ 0r United States senatorial toga
an early datoe; it is not probable that of Iowa—.he glories of snowy wint- ln
public announcement <•" such decis-
thne to prepare his statement g ving
his final decision on the result of the
per single column line; extra charges considerations, the very nature ana p() jj t cal a ffjii at i 0n j ts members, ! experiment, before election day.
for big" type on all single column constitution of the churches make it ^ usur p s au thdrity that it has no' With so much uncertainty with
•dvs., except head and signature. I improper for the church in SO y t of r i g j lt to use an(1 p !ac ti C es a reference to the moral effects of pre
positions given at ONE-THIRD al ^ y ca P acit y to P art ci P ate in P ollt ' fraud on those contributing members hibition on the part of horts of good
er, the wondt r at the grow cr
the ji'ning of neighbor-, to harvest,
Dr. Daniel has been mentioned as
gubernatorial timber ft'r many years.
•extra charge.
ical contests. w ho honestly take issue with the men of intelligence surely no irtell-
No on?, perhaps, has given a bet- leadership in the field of politics.' igent person who has any regard fer
tile second does.
Entered at the Post Office at Me- t f r statement of the natU11 ® an< L mls ‘ The leadership of a church has no th? truth can say that th‘s is a mor-
■ Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of 31011 of the church than Blsh °P Marv- sort of a mora j r j ght to use the a i contest between idght and wrong.
in, as quoted by Bishop Candler of equ pment and servia? c.f the church The preacher who arbitrarily takes
the Methodist Episcopal Church, a g a j ns t tim. honest political convic- the position that one side is right
South. Bishop Marvin died many tiens of a portion of the membership.' and the other is wrong, that one side
years ago, but he still lives in this Tiu S is an ethical question and is far stands for morality and the other
masterly statement: I more fundamental from the point of side stands for immorality is either
Fifty years hence,” says the v j ew of tlie c^uj-cij any political very ignorant or very unchristian.
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bishop, “we canndt doubt it, there question can be.
- wiU be a Methodis J t cburc , h j n th * PoIKka) Discussions In The Pulpit
: land, in poise amid the factions of
Which Kind Are You? the hour, peace amid its temptations, '
• * | her candlestick still jn its place, her
. . Might burning with the pure flame of
Every citizen should be actively inspil . ation and faith , her eyea lifted,
interested in community betterment her hands clean
from bribes, her
—first, for the go?d of the commun
Most pebple go to church for devo
tional and religious purposes. It is
grossly unfair to these people for
the preacher to arbitrarily convert
Certainly the church has no place
in a contest of this nature.
Ministers and Sunday school
teachers and other officers in the
church have the same rights as citi
zens as oth?r men in the community
the gathering cf apples, the pRgrim- He 13 a scholar, an orator, a clo^e
age to the river woods for the an
nual fuel and nuts, and go ng to
school, th? intorludes-from work in
the swimm'ng hole, fishing in creeks,
the hunting fo >. prairie ch’ckens and
labbits in the hedges and woods.”
He recalled his first experience in
politics, participating in a torch light
procession i n th? Garfield election.
He was not high enough to be per
mitted the conduct of a torch but
trudged along in the dust for miles.
A
Operation Of Dry
Forces Last Year
Cost $40,000,000
a religious service into a political have -. A minist6r has a ri Z h \ M line
ity; and second, <m the theory that
what benefits the community is of
equal bene-f t to the individual.
Some peopl? are aggressive and
work continually for the welfare of
the community in which they live
pow wow.
Again the law givos special protec-
sc.me through timidity, and others
trough a disinclination to “neglect
their private affairs.”
The modest man is respt?cted, al
though it is to be regretted that h's
modesty keeps him so much in the
background.
The man who is timid is to be piti
ed, for his timidity is a serious hand
icap that, happily, is often overcome.
•The modest man and the t'mid
man shc.old assert themselves. The
community needs thein efforts, just
as it receives th© co-operation of
their more aggressive fronds and
neighbors.
But what df the citizen who is
averse to “neglect ng his private af
fairs.”
Is he the kind of man who makes
a community, or i’. he merely one
who profits from th? community
that others make?
The man who is “too busy with
his own private affairs” to aid in
community betterment may be pos
sessed cf many of the good qualities
usually found in mankind. He may
be highly respected by h s neighbors.,
and his honesty and integrity may be
beyond question.
But no community can thrive on
neighborly respect and honesty and
integrity alone. Aggressiveness is
required if a community would not
slip backward instead of pressing
forward. •
Every man owes a duty to th? com
munity in which ho lives, and that
duty should be performed, even
the ugh it entails an occassional per
sonal sacrifice.
No man should consider himself
“too busy with his dwn private af
fairs” to aid in community better
ment He should not texpect others
to do all of the community work
while he reaps his share o' the ben
efits.
He should respond :n kind.
X
Courts hand out fines for speeding
but so far the speed mania hasn’t
rsached the courts.
X
In case of a cuspidor 1 , a miss is as
bad ns a mile.
IXI
LOCAL MARKET
COTTON—
Good Middling 19
Strict Middling 19 1-4
Middling 19 1-2
Cotton Seed. bu. 60 eta
Breakfast Bacon 50 per lb.
Eggs per dtwen 30 cts.
robes of linen clean and white, the
righteousness of saints washed in .. ^ ,,
the blood of the lamb revered by all ‘I 0 " *" a ". church serv ce ~ a !> rotec -
who love the Lord Jesus, and hated t, ''\ that ' s ” ot K 1 ™" 10 other
only by his enen. es, his children serv,cc ' Tb,s s P ecla > P action is
dwelling in peao= in the South, and Klve " ° n . tho bas,s ' hat the se ™ cc v s
■ in the North- in the West and in the are rel «' ous - M™bers cf a church
TTo.f i congregation arc not permitted un
der the law to take issue w'th the
speaker. Any sort of distrubance
here is against the law. Men are
fined and put in prison for disturb
ing church meetings. When the
preacher from the pulpit advocates
Some hold back through modesty,It-. . ... t, ... , ^ ,
_ ,, , .. East, with Republican and Democrat,
radical and conservative, >&like call
ing her blessed. She will excite the
suspicion and hatred of none by al-
ly'ng herself with an adverse party
upon issues that arouse the passions
of the hou:i, but lie outside of her ., ,
proper sphere. She will move with' one s . ldt ' cf a f ol,t,aal . < ' ueit ! on be
a grand but quiet reign amid th? af-
uses the special protectioi g'ven bv
■ - .. . .. ' - the law i n interest of religion to take
fairs of men, the representatives of ■ , A f • ,
Christ to alV the political ally er
enemy of none .She will stand for
Christ recognized by all, upon a
place far above the wall of those
contests wh'ch come and go with the
energy and swiftness of a tornado.
She will abjure both tha riches and
power wh:ch might reward a lewd
and bewitching conquetry with
som? successful party in the state.
She will be kndwn and loved and hat
ed as the chaste spouse of Christ.
Her character will give full force
and meaning to the word of God
conmitted to her.”
This is the dest ; ny of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South, a
destiny that she can not alienate.
She must “stand in her rut to the
end of the days.”
The Church An Inheritance
The church is not a product of this
generatior* It is an inheritance from
the distant past. It :s the product
of the toil and prayers and sacrifices
of millions who have passed o.i.
Those in charge of the church today
do not own it; they have received
it as a sacked trust, a rd are solemn
ly roligated to administer to its sac
red affairs i n accord with the prin
ciples established generations ago.
Methods may be changed, but th?
.‘'undamental principles must remain.
This trust is not committed to the
ministry but to the whole member-
'•hjp ti? the church. Ministers a'":d
oth.-'r church offcials are not mast-
rs but servants of tho church me~n-
’''"rship in theiii ministerial activities.
Every church door is open to men
the unwarranted and unfair advant-
i age i<f his political opponents who
1 are not permitted to answer or mak?
any sort of protest although th^y are
in tho pews of their own church.
I When a preacher uses the pulpit to
antagonize a position take.i :n poli
tics by a portion of the church mem-
I be ‘ship, he hits men whose mouths
a:»? locked and whese hands are tiod.
Proibition Not A Moral Issue
Some ministers excuse themselves
for discussing prohibit’on from the
pulpit on the ground that prohibiticei
is a moral issue, and hence is not out
of place as a part of the church pro
gram.
Almctjt every important political
question involves moral questions
and bol tical leaders give large place
to ethical consider*at:on in discussing
these questions. Th? free silver move
ment was regarded ns a moral move
ment by the exponents of free silv
er. The tariff question, the farm
question, the trust question, the in
ternational debt question. the
League of Natic'ns issue involve mor
als. In one sense almost every po
litical issue- is a moral issue. The
moral aspects of prohibitie*"! are
very sim lar to the moral aspects of
other political issues, hence f ‘‘om a
political poirt of view belongs in the
class of other political issues. It is
rot a moral issue in tho sense that it
is not bound by the rules that b’nd
i.T.^r political issues involving
ethics.
The meaning of moral issue as
used by those who would justify mak-
and women of every pe’.itical creed, prohibition part of the church
and men of all political creeds com- 1 program is that it is a contest be-
pcse the churches. Democrats. R e - twcc.t right and wrong. No man
publicans, socialist^. rad : cals and h as any right te put prohibition on
ccnservatists, prohibitionists and U 1 *' 5 plane. As long as good men and
sntiprclhibitionists are in the church irtel,; £ ent 1116,1 in lar ^ e numb rs live
on an absolutely equal footing. To- upon b(*’;h sides of an issue, no on?
gethc r they carry its burdens and bu t a narrow-minded bigot can say
support its institutions. It is so well that thc irsu<? is between right a: d
established by the very nature of the wi'ong and hence is a moral fight,
institution that no sort of political Good men and intelligent men in
condition can ev?r be imposed on any large numbers d ffer fundamentally
one joining the church that it would in their opinion, of thc effects of
be entirely proper to write over prohibition. Many believe the gen-
every church door. “Equal rights to eral effects have been gc»od, that is,
all a nd special privileges to none,” the good outweighs thc evil. All ad-
with reference to political conviction mit that many very serious evils
and political affiliation. This is an have come with prohibition, and it is
Bacon per lb. 15 to 22 cts. 1 essential principle of the church. To a question of weighing the good ef-
Flour per sack $1.75 to $2.00 repudiate it is to repudiate the fects against the bad, and wie have
Flour per barrel $9.00 to $12.50 ^ church as we understand it and as no scales that can be depended on
Butter per lb. 50 cts. we have proclaimed it. j absolutely, and no weigh masters
Green Coffee, per lb. 30 to 60 cts. j Since political convictions and po- that are infallible. Many honest, in-
Roasted Coffee, per lb. _30 to 66 cts. litical affiliations are not conditions 1 telligent people believe that prohi-
Rice, per lb. 7 to 10 cts. of membership and have no power ’ bition has proved itself a curse and
Grist, per lb. 6 cts. in determining the status of a mem- should be modified. They believe
Molasses per gal. 60 to $1.00 , be r in the organization, it is grossly that the lawlessness, the crimes that
Com per bu. $1.35 unfair and unjust and hence un- follow the lawless sale of liquor
Pine Peed, 76 lbs. $2.26, Christian for the church as an or- throughout the country outweigh the
Oats per bu. 90 cts. j ganization to espouse the cause of good effects that have resulted
Wheat per bu $1.501 any political creed or align itself in [from the operation of the 18th
Cheese per lb - 36 cts. any way with any political question,' amendment. Many American citizens
up with. any party or position and
make an open active fight before the
public for what he believes is right
But things that are right are not al
ways expedient. ’ The minister must
settle the expediency fo:» himself.
However, when a minister or any
other church officer enters any sort
of polit'eal contest h? is obligated
to make it show to the public that he
is acting entirely as a citizen, and in
nn sense a representative of his
church.
When ministers’ associations and
c*'her church associations pass r?so-
lut'ons in advocacy of or#-! side of a
political issue against the other the
object is to give the sanction of the
church to the policy championed.
This, it is bel-cved, they hav? no
moral right to do.
The wo.^ld is in sore rred o' the
spiritual service of the church today.
Men need tremendously the inspira
tion that the church alone can give.
Every man is fighting a spiritual
battle, and this is the r'ally big bat
tle of his life. He needs help, light
and inspiration. When he enters the
church with a burdened heart, secret
ly breathing the prayer:
“Lead kindly light through the en
circling gloom
Lead thou me on
The night is dark and I am far from
hrnne.
Lead thou me on.”
The proclamatioi from th"' pulpit
—-vote my ticket on election day, and
lin? up for my candidate—is dis-
courag’ng and disappointing and it
would seem entirely out of place.
X
Hoover Pledges Aid
To Farming Class
THOUSANDS HEAR AND GREET
HIM AT WEST BRANCH, IOWA
FISCAL YEAR REPORT OF DOR
AN SHOWS 64,860 ARRESTS BY
GOVERNMENT AGENTS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Ad
vance copies of the report on prohi
bition enforcement made by Commis-
sio.»?r of Prohibtion J. F. Doran be
came available here today.
Tho ccbt attempt ng to enforce
prohibition as registered in the reg
ular appropriations approximates
$40,000,000 for the fiscal year of
1928, accciding to figures prepared
by Repi/ sentative Will R. Wooei,
acting chahxnan of the house appro
priations comm ttee.
These appropriations are: prohi-
bitii* i bureau $14 729,140; coast!
guard $15,064,930; department of)
justice about $9,000,000; total $36,-1
794,070. The dii/oct dry a ppropria- j
tions for th e current yeai< were in ‘
excess of $37,00fl 000. Figures for
tho coast guard and the department
of justice are estimated since it is
not known just what will to allocated
for prohibition.
Arrested 64,986
In explam ng the listed expendi
tures Dr. Doran’s report shows the
foil.,,ving nation results, obtained in
the attempt to d.*y up the country:
Total d’stili ries seized, 14,512; stills
seized, 11,881; spirits seized (all
reckoned in wine gallons) 1 462,532;
malt liquor seized, 5,791,903; w ne
seized 389,568; mash seized 21,805,-
658; autos seized, 7 137; value of
autos seized $3,529,296; persons ar
rested by federal officers, 64,86J;
persons arrested by state officers,
c_.'i£jea by federal officers, 13 506;
persons a:rested by state officers ©?
infcvmation fuAiished by federal of
ficers, 1,587; appraised value of
prcp-ity seizej and destroyed, $12,-
498,385; appraised value of property
ee d and i ot des.royed $12,041 953
Fint s and penalties imposed dur-
.,Tig the y?ar of 1927 were $5,716,-
708.18 and of this sum there was
realized in fines paid in or in for
feitures, $4,143,040.02, while 40l7GO
criminal prosecutions viei'e commenc
ed during the year and 40,783 were
terminated. Convictions were found
student of national affairs and ad
mits that he is not a politician in the
commonly accepted interpretation of
the term in South Carol na.
The senatorial aspirant is sixty-
ore years old, a native cf Laurens
County and in June concluded thirty
years’ srevice in the education of the
youth of the state at Clemson. He
is a Methodis) was graduated at
Wofford College in the class of 1892,
received his M. A. degre? at Vander
bilt University and in 1914 the de
gree of Litt. D. was conferred by
Wofford.
Life? his father, Dr. Daniel served
as a teacher and principal cf schools
at Hebron, Central, Batesburg and
Wofford Fitting School. In 1898
he was elected assistant professor of
English at Clemson, associate pro
fessor :n 1906, and head of the div
ision in 1913. His reputation as a
scholar, educator and departnr) ntal
director is seednd c-'nly to his recog
nized ability as a n orator and public
speaker. Ho is recognized as the
state’s most fluent oratoi) and has
appeared on chautauqua platforms
five seasonsi During th? Presiden-
tal campaigns of the late Woodrow
Wilson, Dr. Daniel spoke in North
ern and Eastern states and received
the thanks of the national Demo
cratic executive committee for the
part he played in helping elect Pres
ident Wilson.
WANT ADVS.
Speaking at West Branch, Iowa, . 01 71 r7
Tuesday, Herlrrt Hoovep pledged the 111 ° ’ cases.
7J]ew Itfork Seizures
In New Ycrk 1,024 distilleries
were seized together with 590 stills
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farmers of the country that if elect
ed president he would call upon the
leaders of agrcultural thought to join
■n the search for common ground up -; an d ^93 fermenters. Spirits seized
on which to act in solving what he | ln 1 GW 01 j. were 291,941 wine gal-
regards as the greatest economic ° ns ’ nia f lc l uor 515,127; wine 121,-
82-,; mash 550,099; automobiles, 1,-
207; value of automobiles, $605,590.
Federal off ce:'s arrested 16,583
New Yorkers while state officers,
with the assistance of federal offi
cers, arrested 1,214.
The report shows that supposedly
dry states have been furnishing a
A FEW re-condition-
ed mowers, McCor
mick, Moline, Emmer-
son and Thomas. Per
fect mechanical con
dition at half price of
new ones. Select yours
early. Gambrell Hard
ware Company, Green
wood, S. C.
as
problem in America.
There, where he was born a black
smith’s son and got a taste of the
g'.'uellirg work of the fields on his
L'rcle Allan’s farm, the republican
candidate, specially named as one of
these whtv.e counsel he would se?k
his ehisf opponent in the struggle Ur
the presidential nomination, former | | ar £ e P a U f ^ e ^ c,r th 6 prohibi-
Governor Frank O. Lowden, ofi 1011 0 lcers *
Illinois I in western states, supposedly dry,
Thousands of lowans and former
there were aeized: Minnesota 253
FOR SALEAr.^:
land China Hogs for breeding pur-
pcfeesl Best prize winning stock.
About two years old. Sacrifice for
$40.00 each or< $75.00 pair. Papers
free. Pigs for sale cheap. O. C.
White Plum Branch, S. C.
DWELLING- EiKht ,::™ s '
and waterworks, corner of Oak and
Gold Streets, fer rent or sal?. Mrs.
M. L. Carroll, McCormick, S. C.
lowans who came from almost every distilleries, 93 stills; 2,279 gallons of
section of the country to join in the s P ir ‘t s , 16,522 gallons of malt, 93
homecoming celebration for “Bert” autom obiles.
Hoover, cheered him frequently and n olva ’ °^ficers seized H>-
lustily as he delivered the second } ga ons aB kinds of liquors
prepared address of his campaign an d ca Ptured .216 stills and distill-
i n which he expanded upon the farm
aid proposals in his acceptance n 0 ras . a ’ there wepe 783 ar-
speech 12 days ago. !; ests ’ 1 1 76 stllls 6a Ptured, 11,774 gal-
Hoover omitted neference to the a en . ant ^ automobiles,
first proposition—increased tariffs isconsin furnished 500 stills and
on farm products—jsaving that for | 13 1 ^JW8 gallons seiz-
an address tomorrew to farm lead- e ' NI * atre sts
ers and editors at Cedar Rapids, but -tXJ
he elaborated upon federal financial
aid to farmer-owned corporations to
tTspos-i? of crop surpluses and devel- .
opmerat of water way outlets from has a hill? her stockimrs. 1
wANTED-^rr
McCormick, S. C.
The meanest man on earth is the
one who offer« ; to buy his wife a new
pail ot shv-vW, when he knows she
has a hill? her stockings.
Am
CATTLE”
choice beef cattle.
McCormick. S. C.
paying highest
market price for
A. H. Faulkner.
FORD BATTERIES
$7.95
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