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BAPTISTS PLAN
BIG PROGRAM FOR
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.
(Arch C. Cree.
One of the great hours in the
recent meeting of the Southern
Baptist Convention at Hot
Springs, was the hour in which
the Education Commission made
a report that challenged South
ern Baptists to undertake a rec-
crd-breaking educational pro
gram. The report occasioned
great enthusiasm and will mark
a new day in the education work
of the thre million Baptists in
Dixie.
Fifteen Million Dollars.
It proposed by the Education
Commission that fifteen million -
dollars be raised in three years
years for Baptist Schools in the
South. This amount is to be
apportioned to he several Sate
according to their educational
needs. Of this amount Georgia
is asked to raise 81,200,000.00
for her system of Baptist
Schoolis including Mercer Uni
versity, (for men) Bessie Tift,
Uor women), and the several
secondary schools, academies
and institutes, owned and ope
rated by Georgia Baptists.
Christian Education is neces-
smy to Christian progress. Only
Christians are interested in
Christian Education. If the va-
j ous denominations of Chris
tians do not educate Christian
ministers and leaders, no one
else will do it for them. So the
Baptists of Georgia and the Bap
tists of he Souh, are wisely and
vigorously projecting a program
adequate to the need of their
great Baptist people.
Thirty-five Thousand Students
The aim set by the Baptists
as to students in their schools
in the South is 35,000 students
enrolled, including 3,500 minis
terial students. Only a Christi
an institution can truly train
Christian leaders and workers.
5>n again these Baptists are wise
in projecting a campaign to en
roll their own Baptist boys and
girls in Baptist Schools.
The State can provide admir
able secular education. But it
cannot provide Christian educa
tion. Germany today is a woe
ful illustration of a country
without Christian Schools. God
save our country from any such
deplorable educational program
end. And it is the high privi
lege, prerogative and duty of the
Christian denominations to pre
vent such a calamitous possibil
ity in America by operating and
supporting Christian Schools.
The hearts of the Baptists are
set o do their part in meeting
his need in our States.
A Great Day June 30th
An itial step in the Baptist
program is Christian Education
Day in our Baptist Sunday
Schools of the South. On this
day every Baptist Sunday school
in the land is asked to stress and
teach Christian Education as
one of the greatest needs of the
world today. As necessary as
combating German bullets is the
need of combating German ideas
with Christian ideas.
A big announcement poster
and an interesting program on
Education have been sent to ev
ery Baptist Sunday School in the
made to observe this program in
every Sunday School. The pur
pose of the Day is first, to in
form the people as to the im
perative need of Christian Edu
cation; secondly, to remind the
people of the number, value and
work of the various schools;
thirdly, to interest and secure
Baptist boys and girls as pupils
in Boptist School; and last, but
not least, o make a worthy offer
ing in each School for Christian
Education. •
This Town and County.
The Baptist pastors and Sun
day School leaders of this sec
tion are deeply interested in this
great educational effffovt, as are
all good people. They ure that
all friends of this cause attend
Sunday School on Sunday, June
30th and by their presence and
their participation in the exer
cises of the day encourage and
help to meet the Christian edu
cational needs of our State.
So a cordial and hearty invita
tion is hereby extended to every
Baptist in particular ‘and to all
friends of Christian Education
in general. Don’t forget the
<]:tte, Sunday, June 30th. Come.
Y elcome.
Special Announcement
FOR WAR SAVINGS MEETINGS IN
TAYLOR COUNTY ON JUNE 28, 1918
The people of this County are expected to subscribe
for and purchase during ,1918 War Savings Stamps to
the maturity of $231,260.00. In order to distribute this
allotment of War Savings equitably among the various
parts of, the County, a quota has been assigned for each
school district which will be stated at the opening of the
meeting in each school house on June 28. In order to
raise the total amount from this county, it will be neces
sary that each school district subscribe the amount
alloted to it. This will not impose any burden on any
person in the district if each person does his duty, and
the persons conducting the meetings in each school
district have been instructed to insist upon the total
amount alloted being subscribed before the meetings
are adjourned.
(Signed) I. F. PEEBLES,
War Savings Chairman for Taylor County.
Appointed by State War Savings Director Hugh
Richardson under the authority of the Secretary of the
United States Treasury.
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The war is costing the combined
allies more than $30,000,000 an hour.
The daily fate of this huge sum is
simple waste. A shortening of the
war by days or even hours would
mean the redemption of colossal
waste.
< We must bend every financial ef
fort towards shortening the war.
Every small amount invested by a
child in Thrift Stamps tends to
wards this end. The influence of
every Thrift Stamp purchased is a
little momentum toward earlier vic
tory.
Thus a child’s savings may be in
strumental in definitely shortening
this war and in saving many times
its own value in money, to say noth
ing of conserving human life.
Encourage your child to invest in
4 r /d interest-bearing Thrift Stamps
instead of merely hoarding his pen
nies in a tin bank.
Thrift Stamps cost 25 cents each
and may be bought at the postoffice,
from your mail carrier and at most
stores.
N® Hurry.
BeM—“Ob, yw, I know that be Is a
effect angel, but there will be plenty
t ttoe to mix with them after one
eta to heaven.” ,
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I. F. Peebles & Company
Who afe among the oldest established and most reliable merchants in Butler.
They are doing more business than ever before
At the Same Old Stand
Where they have the most complete line of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, as well as General
Merchandise, ever carried and are better prepared than ever before-to serve you.
Wesley News.
By Shorty.
It continues to&be dry in this
section.
Mr. Lathan Waters and wife
visited relatives here Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. C C Heath and family visit
ed relatives at Union Sunday.
Mr Everet Bazemore from near
Atlanta spent the week end with
relatives here.
Miss Elizabeth Sealy spent the
week end withifriends at Butler.
Miss Gladys Haywood is visiting
relatives at Columbus at this writ
ing.
for
M. T. Cosey left last week
training camp at Tennessee.
Rev. Frank Fuller, pastor of
Shiloh church, preached at Wes
ley Sunday night.
Mr. Ed Lewis and wife is visit
ing relatives here.
W. E. Spinks and wife is visit
ing J R Wade at this writing.
Mr Jim Boothe and family visit
ed parents at Midway Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mr. F. E. Cosey and wife of
Byron spent several days here
last week.
Mr. W. D. Parker and nephew
spent Friday with W. A. Spinks
and family.
The little seven year old daugh
ter of Mr Spinks is very sick with
typhoid fever.
Miss Pearl Adams is on the sick
list.
Miss Lena Mae Spinks of Rey
nolds, spent last week with home
folks.
Mr Marion Bostice left Sunday
for Bvron.
Extraordinary!
“M.v young friends,” said a member
of the board of trustees, who was ad
dressing the school, “let me urge upon
you the necessity of not only reading
good books, but also of owning them,
so that you may have access to them
at all times. Why, when I was a
young man I used frequently to work
all night to earn money to bny books,
and then get up before daylight to
read them.”
For the Retailer and
Consumer of Sugar.
As many inquirers are coming
into my office asking for the rules
and regulations governing and
controling the sale and use of
sugar, which are now in force.
Householders purchasing sug
ar will come under the restrict
ions requiring the retail dealer to
limit each purchaser to the basis
of three pounds per each mem
ber of his family per month. A
householder is also entitled to 25
lbs sugar to be used for canning
and preserving purposes exclu
sively, the certificate for that pur
pose to be furnished by the deal
er. 50 lbs to be used for those
purposes are all that a family is
entitled to for and dating the
fruit and vegetable season.The re
tailer dealer is not permitted to
sell to any person living in a town
more than 2 lbs of sugar at any
one time and 5 lbs at one time to
a family living in the country.
Retail dealers are required to
obtain certificates for the pur
chase of sugar from the Atlanta
office of the Federal Food Ad
ministration. The certificate will
be issued on the basis of the Ad
ministration’s estimate of the re
tailers need, considering purchas
es made during the month of
April, May and June, 1918. He
may replenish his supply by sur
rendering these certificates to the
wholesale dealer, who will sup
ply him the equivalent in sugar.
The wholesale dealer or jobber,
to the . refinery, and so by these
means the equal distribution of
sugar will be maintained.
Butler, June 26, 1918.
J. T. ADAMS,
Food Administrator for Taylor
County.
Letter From Taylor County
Bay in France.
May 22, 1918,—Somewhere in
France.
Dear Mother:
Will try and
write you a few lines to let you
hear from me again. This leaves
me well and hope this will find
you all the same. All the boys
are still with me that were at
Camp Gordon and are well.
Wish I could write you more
than I can but you need not wor
ry about me for the good Lord is
with me, so dont worry and pray
that I will be back with you all
again soon.
Guess papa and the boys are
through chopping cotton by now
and his crop is looking good.
What is Grace and Quentine do
ing these days. Tell Clyde that
I will write' to her soon; I don’t
have much time.
Tell all of the people to write
to me because 1 sure would be
glad to get a letter from old
Georgia once more.
Well guess I had better close
for this time, hope to hear from
you all some day to come.
Your son,
Private Chas Frank Slaughter,
Co. K. 325 Inf. A. E. F.
Potterville Items.
By C E. G. H.
We regret to learn that Mr. A.
H. Windham is on the sick list.
Miss Katie Mullins entertained
a few of her friends at a pound
party at her home Saturday night,
Mr. Henry Barrow is visiting
his sister Mrs. Gertrude Albniton
near Butler at this writing.
Messrs Hennie and Lillie Blair
and Gertrude Wynn and Cyntha
Windham spent the day with Eva
Schrimpshire Sunday.
Mr. W. A. Blair and wife spent
Sunday with Mr. C. V. Blair.
A crowd of young people mo
tored to Americas Sunday.
Mrs. H. P. Bartlett and children
spent last week with homefolks
near Butler.
For Sale or Exchange.
• Buick Automobile, has new tires,
engine in perfect order. Will
trade for anything worth the
money. Car can be seen at Mauk.
Address A. H. Hendricks,. Mauk,
Ga.