The Monroe journal., 1922-12-22
WAXHAW'S MAIN STREET
is IN A BAD CONDITION
-oa7ists Should Be Warned 10 avoid
ihe Gi y-NOyus Homo Discusses
'lhc Apostles of Piddls"

E y e-NaA-.Ns - - 1t h AeNL To- 4 2&s
most sgustirg piece Of road ever is
that portion Of Main Street in Wax
hsw leading out of town sOuihward
{ II MonrOe's traffic cop" will warn
I tourists to leave the Jackson highway
al round top Baptist church, turning
TO the left, and re-entering the high
way at W. j. Sims, leaving the city
Of Waxhaw off their program, il viii
sure prove a blessing to said tourist
and if they ever find out the extent
Of the good service rendered them
BY sad traffic cop they viii remember
him when they make their viii, if not
before.
The eighth grade pupils of the Re-
hob0th school staged the play, pat
y makes things hum" Thursday ev-
ening, December q. Miss Bessie Wal
ker. the principal. promised the pub
lie an hour and thirty minutes Of
entertainment in this play and they
certainly had it. 4 small admission
fee was charged, proceeds to 20 for
benefit Of school
We learn with regret that Mrs. l..
ii. Harwan and family are planning
to dispose of their farm ny equipment
ard forSake the farm for the city.
They have decided to make their
home in Charlotte.
Mr.. Sam Marie has a very sick
child at this writing. The child is
suffering an attack of pneumonia.
The flu situation over here is i'm
proving, There seems to be very lit
tie Of it at this time.
The period of reconstruction seems
to be upon US. Over here in this cot
ton county we are going to have to
build barns, build houses, make pas
lures, and also make some land that
will support the population that is
going to have to live on it. This is
going to prove a job that ought to
keep everybody busy for The next ten
years at least.
The Apostles of Piddle" is a new
one. However. in its present applica-
tion il is one Of the most forcible
phrases we have seen for some time.
We do not know what DIR. Poteat
believes and we are not going to play
the egotist by either criticising or in
dorsing his position. since if we did
either he would probably never find
II out, or care a straw anyway, but
what we want to do in this case is
say amen" to your phrase, "The
Apostles of Piddle." Ny observation
along the line indicated by the use
you make of the phrase. has been to
the effect that the Apostles of Pid-
die have done more to retard pro-
gress in the Christian doctrines while
at the same time they have posed as
the guardians of all truth, than have
all the infidels, agnostics, sceptics,
and atheists combined. We can al
ways find one or more Apostles of
P!ddle" in every community, and in
every local organization, be it church
or what not. And these fellows who
have Inherited their social positions
IN the community are always sure
that wisdom will die with them, un-
less they have a son upon whom
they may shed Their mantles.
These fellows very rarely, if ever,
can be caught with their Bible in
hand reading and studying the many
lessons embodied therein. They do not
need to do this since they have been
able to retain in their memories as
many as six to dozen verses of the
Book, as impaired to them in child
hood by their mothers.
If some more active mind, persist
in Investigating further, and learning
something in addition to what has al
ready been accepted, these Apostles
of Piddle, whose positions make them
able to dominate the policies of the
community and in the name of safe
guarding truth and preserving res
pect for our forebears can crush out
the investigation, dub him an hereto,
and make everybody else afraid to
even let it be known that they are
friendly to the fellow in social
sense.
1t used to bet is not so much so
now-that fellow who would be
thus treated for his pains as an in
vestigator, would call down sufficient
odium upon himself that unless he
pulled up and left the community the
stain would follow his children to the
third generation. And as above indi-
Gated these same "Apostles of Pid-
die who were assuming the roll of
eoctrinarians and theological experts.
would not themselves have enough
real understanding of what they were
doing to give a reasonable reply to
the question, What are you doing
this for?"
We believe that the greatest blum
der the church has ever made was
when it assumed that Martin Luther,
John Calvin, or any other leader in
the movement to break out of the
old she'll, knew all there was to be
known as soon as they got out. These
men would make no such claims for
themselves were they living today,
and there is no reason why their ad-
mirers should make it for them.
The encouraging feature of the
present situation is that apparently
DR.. Poteat is able to break out of the
old shell and crawl out without get
ting knocked in the head before he
has time to utter peep"