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Jji Miditfiik, We had a ?reat sale of IVORY CEMENT PLASTER the other day. People are beginning to realize that for wall strength insures the best protection for strength and durability. We Have Plenty and can fill vour orders AT ONCE Sandersville, Georgia The Sandersville HeralI. $1.00 PER YEAR SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 18, 1908 VOX. LXVIII, No. 27 EVERY SUNDAY IN NEXT YEAR Christian Church to Have Services Every Sun day Next Year. After the first Sunday of January the congregation will worship at the Christian ehtirch every Sunday and Sunday evening instead of twice each month as lias been the custom in the past. Heretofore the pastor of the church has preached at other- churched but the church is now strong enough with its membership considerably increased to have services regularly and they are all delighted with the change The church at Sandersville has had « remarkable grow l.h during the past few years and the church was never more prosperous and never more progressive than it is now under the pastorate of Mr. Omer, who lias the love and suje pnrt. of a united and enthusiastic mem- Derslii p. Strangers always receive a glad and cordial welcome from the congrega tion. FALL TERM CLOSES TUESDAY DEC. 22 IS IN THE RACE Will Be Candidate For Congress From The METHODIST PASTOR BIDS US FAREWELL CASE COULD BE MODE OUT HAYNES CHAPTER First District. The pat.roila and friends of the Sundersville High School are cor dially invited to attend the closing exercises c<f the fall term of the school, which will take place in the auditorium on Tuesday eve ning December 22, at7:80o’clock. An interesting program will be rendered, and the hall will doubt less he crowded. That Hon. Alfnd Herrington, the popular Solicitor General of the middle circuit will be a can didate fur Congress from the first Congressional District next time to -succeed Congressman Edwards, line teen talked for some time past , and Mr. Herrington's friends have definitely announced that lie will be in t he race. It was expected that be would run before, but by reason of his friendship for the other candi dates, Mr. Herrington decided not to enter at that. time. While Washington county peo ple cannot vote in the First Dis trict, contest, lie lias many friends here who will delight to see him honored by election there, and if he is ns strong in that district a-s he is in this neck of the middle circuit, he may not have any op position in his race. » Mr. Herrington says he hopes to be elected, and will be, if the people vote right, that it all de pends on how the ballot* will read. Rev. L. W. Colson Preached to Large Congregations at the Methodist Church Last Sunday Morning and Evening. RESOLUTIONS WERE ALSO ADOPTED H_- Ones to Moultrie From Here, and Has Best Wishes of All Who Knew Him. Wo have been too busy the past week too get out among the busi ness nmn of the town, but w-e’ll see them n-xt week. JACKSON’S Merry Christmas Sale! HELLO! HI! HI! HO! HO! Hurry! Meet -Old Santa Claus at Jackson’s. Toys, Dolls and ©#feer Pretty Presents for Little Folks. Useful and Pretty Presents for the Grown Folks. Santa Claus Goods In Greater Abundance Than Ever Shown at This Store. &ANTA CLAUS Is a merry old soul and & wants every child remembered during the approaching holidays. We have an immense stock from which se lections can be made. Come early to our. MERRY CHRISTMAS SALE. TF MISS MARY LIZZIE BAYNE, Sanders- 1 ville, Ga„ will bring this paper to our store in a week she will get One Dollar’s worth of Jewelry. K v. L. W. Colson, by request of the R >ard of Stewards of the Met! odist church, hit pastorate benig dosed, preached at 11 a. m. and at 7 p. m. Sunday last. H is sermons on both occasions were enjoyed by all who heard them, und at tbe end t e night s Tvices he was interrupted with the request that the Hoard of Stewards be allowed n few mo ments. The request being grant ed,'the following revolutions were adopted by the board, and pasted by t he congregation: Whereas, in the providence of God, and under the system of church polity obtaining in the Methodist church, Brother L. W. Colson, our pastor for the past. 51 years, has been called to labor in other fields for the next, Confer ence year, and “Whereas, we the tnemheN of the Sandersville Methodist church lmve become endeared and attsch- i ed t.o Brother Colson and his fam- j ily during their labor of love in I behalf of the cause of Christ in I our midst, “Therefore, be it resolved, “1. That, we tbe members of the Methodist church at Sanders ville, are deeply appreciative of the lofty Christian character ex emplified by Brother Cdlsou and ins-entire family in all their min istrations of love and faith, and that wo value and ost- eiu ti e priv ilege of meeting in Lfo’s walks this family, who in an unselfish way deserve the commentin'ion of another that they have done w Inii t hey could. “2. Tlmt, we endor-m mid coni- mend t he fait h'-ltd preaching and sound counsel-«f Brother Colson t lirou/iiout lvis pastorate. “11. That, we-emdorse the manly, straight,forwui'd., honest character of our brother.. . “4. That, we feel a keen sense of our loss in *the going of this Godly Ulan, his rt-eilPiH wife and children "f> That.'they carry with them our prayer*,mud that we shall re- them constantly in thoir absence. “(5. TGtn’t we bid our Brother God-sjiwfl -in the work he is en gaged in., and that, we commend Inin aiid his family to the tender con-ideTjit inn and love of those to win mo they go. •‘7 That * copy of these resolu tions »a* furnished Brother Colson, a copy Torn shed our local paper- tor publication, and a copy be spread on the minules of our church.” A handsome dressing case was then presented to Mr. Colson as a token of biV'ii and hsteem of tIn board. Mr. Colson, who was deeply moved, 8,-ihl it was unnecessary to state that this part of the service was entirely unexpected by him. The retiring pastor gives to Moultrie, and has the best wishes, not only of the Methodists of tin- city, but of it’s entire population. naywoou arid Hafuin Are Af Mnn+mrf nf I Aftffo nn ill inLLiiiig vi wu^v vm Discharged From The Assault Charge. Last Tuesday Night. Crowd Present. For the reason that- under all the evidence they could not be convicted under the law, of the alleged assault upon Willie Irby, Counsel for the prosecution nursed to dismiss that charge in the Buperior Court yesterday against Ed I). Ilnywood and Matthew Harain. two white men from Jefferson county whose eases ex -iled so much interest several months ago. Each plead guilty to misdemeanor charges and Haywood was given a li-avy chningang sentence hv the - nrt without the privilege of a line. At the time the alleged offense was said to have been committed there was a good deal of fee ling, but time soon developed that tbe cases were greatly exaggerated and the public general-y is now satisfied that the eu-es were greatly misjudged at the time. Tile county was saved a lsri»» sum of money lw reason of the oour-e taken and the lawyer* deemed this ttie prop er course as » convict-inti could not he finally sustained in Huy view of the case. Why Not it Christman Tree? Do you know we may bo out. oi date, but wo would like to n<*e t.h> churches combine nmi have an old-fashioned Christmas tree. One where each youthful member will will be remembered by the Sun day school, and where the widow ami orphan's hearts will hu made glad. One where part of our children's presents will he present ed, and wh<*ro the boys can give their girls a pair of 11.40 vases, and receive) in return something from their sweethearts that is in- va'uable to them. The regular election of officers of Haynes Chapter. No. 518, K. A. M., occurred nt the lodge rooms in the Masonic building Wednes day night, and resulted in tiny election of the following officers: E. J, Fuller, M. E. H. P. L-iwaon K. Brown, E. K. Geo. H. Mayo. E. S. S. M. Hite’u-imk, Tr-aa. J. S. Adams, Met*. A. Chamler, Chaplain. , T. C. Adamson, C. of II. W. P. McK-'iiney, P. S. .1, E. Hyman. II. A C. W. H. Wood. M. of fit? V. Ben Brookins, M. of 2d V. E. L. Holmes, M. of 1st V. J, 11. Thompson, .dent in--!. CHRISTIAN CHURCH BAZAAR A SUCCESS The Endin' Aid Society of tlnr Christian ohun-h iieid their annual- bazaar at the .InHrin Hotel on Tuesday und Wednesday of this week. As usual, it was quite a success',, for these ladies know how to- ni ter to the wants of the hungry and thirsty, and we understand they are pleased with the amount- realized. OSIE TURNER IS HOUGHTON CASE Negro On Trial For Crimi nal Assault Goes To The Pen. In the Superior Court new in session, Osie Turner, charged with an attempt to criminally ussuult a negro girl, was tried last Tues day, the trial consuming the en tire day. The case was a warmly contest ed one on both sides, and a large number of witnesses were sworn. The jury retired very late in the afternoon, and after a few hours, deliberation, returned tv verdict of guilty. The victim was a daughter of Berry Gordy, who lives in Hebron district. She is about seventeen years of age. On Account of Absence of Representative of State. Going out of the Piaster busi ness?” merrily asked some When the ease of Mr. T. I\. Bough- ton whs called hy the court Monday, a motion was made by the State to con tinue the case on account of the ab sence of Mr. Hard wick, one of the at torneys for the state. The case may he postponed again next term for the same reason, unless Congress should adjourn before that time, though this will be determined when the cusp comes up in March. Mr. Houghton’s counsel announced ready for trial, and the continuance was charged to the .State. Lodge Directory. HAYNES CHAPTER, HAMIL TON LODGE. Regular Convocations first and Wednesdays in each month J nt Masonic Hall, Sandersville, Ga. Visiting Brothers Invited. NEW TRAIN EXPECTED. The new engine and two new coaches for the .Sandersville Railroad are ex pected to arrive tomorrow. Cotton is still moving some, hut the price has been u great disappointment to our farmers. We would sugeest that cotton be tabooed for a while and some othei “money crop” substituted, j The trouble is most farmers realize this is the solution of the cuttun ques tion, but they are all waiting for the j other fellow to do the act of reducing | cotton acreage. We know of a man who | netted something like F2C0 00 an acre on potatoes, but if all raised potatoes they would soon be as cheap, in pro portion, as cotton. Mr. Wm. T. Bartee, machinist, of the Southern Branch of the Mergenthaler Linotype Co., N u w Orleans, arrived in the city Thursday morning and is put ting up The Herald’s new Linotype. He is a very pleasant gentleman, and Certainly understands his business. nftji