Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-04-27
TALL CEDAR MEETING.

That was a gay and lively bunch
tall cedars, hopeful ia hap ~, that
left here Thursday afternoon on .
special train bound for Pageland. The
noise of the train did not drown the
noise of the boys for tall cedarism
makes old men boys againl as they
planned what they would do TO the
candidates or "sapplings" to give
them a hearty and whole-souled well
come into Cheraw Forest No. II, and
make them fully realize and appre-
ciate the lessons and the worth OF
cedarism. Fifty men left Cheraw on
this train, among them being a few
from Bennettsville. On the way up
the members rapidly increased al
each station. And when Pageland was
erached there We're nearly ninety
"jolly good fellows" each one deter
mined to. give some other fellow thc
time of his life, or to see that he got
ii. There should be no Sights or
omissions when the good things in the
ceremonial were to be divided out
There were fifty-one candidates. This
gave nearly two cedars to each sap
pling, and of course under such favor
able circumstances the very best in
the order could be done for each
candidate and no one was disappoint
ed
The train arrived at Pageland al
4 P. NJ, and the Forest marched to
the school house (think of a fores;
marchingD where, in the biggest
auditorium in the county, the cere
monial was staged. The first degree
was given Immediately after the can
didates were prepared; and then came
the street parade and public stunts.
This was an object lesson to show the
public, especially masons who were
neither cedars nor sapplings. wha;
they were missing by not coming in
where the water is fine
One of the principal tenets of
masonry is charity. Therefore
rooster was put up at auction and
knocked down at Four Dollars and a
collection was taken up, for the bene-
fit of the Ladies Aid Society of the
Baptist Church Of Pageland. This
Society prepared the 6 o'clock dinner
that was "some dinner" If anyons
of the readers of the Chronicle want
a good square meal, let them 50 to
Pageland- and it will come to them in
good measure, pressed down. and
running over" with everything that
garden and market affords.
Yes, there were after dinner speech
es and smokes. Al King of Charles
ton, District Representative, was here
and took a very active part not only
in the ceremonial but at the table and
iH speechifying. Mayor Meiklejohn.
the head Of the Forest, and Mayor
Arant of Pageland made talks; so did
L. L. Parker of Pageland, G. A. Sher-
rill and L. c. Wannamaker. A unani-
nous expression Of thanks and appre-
citation was accorded the ladies for
their splendid dinner
At the second degree was put on
at the school house and lasted until
9. Everything was done to show the
candidates a good time, and by the
way, some candidates in the back row
enjoyed the Kaleidoscope variations
OF scenery. We feel sure that the
Forest cannot be accused of being
Indifferent or remiss.
At $50 p NJ. the special train was
on its return trip, and everybody still
happy. 1t was a great day for Cedar
ism. SO struck was one Of the candi-
dates with the order that he declared
he would go two hundred miles to see
the ceremonial staged again. We feel
sure that many OF the candidates viii
be at the next one, to be held in Che.
raw the latter part of June, and VIII
see that each candidate will get his
moneys worth"