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TTTF BUTLER TfERALD, BUTLER GEORGIA, JUNE 6, 1040.
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Benns spent
ednesday in Atlanta.
Wesley Foy, of Ft. Gaines,
thc week end at home.
J'Mwards is spending
Miss Carolyn Hill of Manchester
attended graduation exercises in
Athens last week. She has returned I Golden Text! So then each one of us
DR. H. J. PORTER
Butler, Ga.
EZEKIEL TEACHES PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
- Lesson Text Ezekiel 33: 1-20
Atlanta this week.
B.
J. W
l days in
I i>, Jarrard and Mr. O.
v s pent Sunday ,in Columbus.
H p, Wallace and Mrs.
( |j e „ns spent Friday in
mr.
Helen Bone is spending this
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bone
limbus.
Allen left Wednesday for
| a |, to visit his aunt, Mrs.
Pound.
| Wallace Carson of Macon was
ck end guest of his brother,
i Carson.
.lean Peed is spending the
Ind in Macon the guest of Bet-
In Whitehead.
G. T. Jarrard and Mrs. A. J.
lent Monday night in Charing
of relatives.
ICecil Pennington of Jackson
home and is spending the week with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. W G
Hill.
Mrs. J. B. Pennington who is still
confined to her room had as guests
■Sunday her mother, Mrs. W. A.
Gammage, also Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Gammage, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shi
vers, all of Americus.
Miss Miriam Dreizin of the Uni
versity of Georgia, Athens; Miss
Pansy Riley of Savannah; and Miss
Kathleen Anthony of the University
of Alabama, have returned home to
spend the summer vacation with
their respective parents.
Miss Kathryn Amos attended the
fifth annual concert festival in At
lanta playing a concerto with the
Atlanta Civil Orchestra accompany
ing. This is an opportunity given
music students all over the state
and in reality i s a public rehearsal.
Recent .guests of Mrs. A. W. Horn
included: Mrs. Charlie Kemp, of
Byron; Brig. Gen. Asa L. Singleton
of Ft. Benning; Mrs. Anna Single-
lie week end with his mother ■ t on Pompelli, of Ft. Pierce, Fla.;
IS. Pennington. j Miss Bess .Singleton, of Atlanta;
K. Benns spent several days *^ r ' a,u * *^ rs ' Robert Jordan, of At-
ek in Toccoa attending the 1 ,anta -
j Mrs. J. S. Green and son J. S., Jr.
of | left Wednesday for a three weeks
of visit in Cbvington, La., with Mrs.
j Green's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Vamadow. Mr. Green will join them
later when they will visit relatives
in Mississippi before returning to
|sters Convention.
|aml Mrs. Cecil W. Butt,
were weekend guests
liother, Mrs. Ida Butt.
Birdie Hanson, Mrs. Eloise
I Mr. Fred Peed and Miss Jean
|pent Sunday in Macon.
Bone, little daughter of Mr.
i. A. E. Bone, is spending
leek with little Ruth Cox.
[and Mrs. 0. S. Cox and Dr.
|is. H. H. Gee are spending
days in Florida on a fishing
Butler.
Miss Marion Payne
Weds Mr. Cochran
Sunday Night, May 25
land Mrs. B. J. Woodcock of
nsborough, Va., were the re- 1
bests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Much interest throughout
state cue to the popularity of
I couple, is being manifested in
! marriage announcement of
the
the
the
Miss
nd Mrs. Dennis Peterman**re 1 Marion Pa - vne of Reynolds, to Mr.
iud parents’of a son born ufj Rwbert Cochran of Butler. The mar-
ntgomery hospital here Sun- ’ ri ^o occurred Sunday, May 26, at
I 8 o'clock in Seale, Ala.
i Mrs. Cochran is the attractive
Frances Riley has returned, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
■nta after spending several Payne of Reynolds,
ith her mother Mrs. Mae Mr. (^-bran is the only son of
| Senator and Mrs. J. T. Cochran of
p i Butler.
C. S. Newton, Mrs. V.
bud Mrs. Mae Riley spent sev-
pays last week at Indian
Farley Reeves and little son
etumed to their home in
jston Saturday after spending
bek here.
After a short wedding trip to
North Georgia Mr. Cochran and his
bride returned to Butler Sunday-
night.
They will make their home in But
ler where Mr. Cochran is connected
with his father ni the warehouse and
fertilizer business.
Mary Claire Kirksey, little
er of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. MISS NANN LATIMER TO
is spending the week in
| the guest of relatives.
Wilba Mimbs returned to her
In Milledgeville Monday af-
|pending the week with her
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gill.
|.md Mrs. R. V. Turner and
Seaborn Turner, of Mont-
Ala., and Miss Carrie of
■ Miss., are spending this
|t their Southland home.
WED MR. CHAS. HARGETT
1 Of interest to her many Butler and
Taylor county friends is the engage-
■ inent announcement of Miss Nann
' Wright Latimer of Washington, for-
| merly of Butler, to Mr. Charles Phil-
; lip Hargett of Hamilton. The mar-
I riage is to take place this summer.
SARA BURNEY CIRCLE
BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION
SPECIALS
QUART
JARS
•tags Distilled
BAR,.. 25c
Cash
rocery Co.
|r, G&.
Phone 19
The Sara Burney Circle of the
Baptist W. M. U. met at the home
of Mrs. M. A. Chapman with Mrs
R. S. West, joint hostess.
•Mrs. B. J. Byrd gave gave our
study book, “Prayer” by 0. Holesby
followed by prayer led by Mrs Byrd
Airs. W. A. Childs, Circle Leader
called for minutes, roll call and re
ports from various committees. The
treasurer reported $4.08 offering.
The hostesses assisted by Mrs
Slappy served delicious sandwiches
and tea to sixteen circle members.
—Publicity Chairman.
HOTEL LANIER
Macon, Georgia
Conveniently Located
Excellent Cafe
Rates $1.50 and Up
shall give an account of himself
to God. Rom. 14:12.
Personal Responsibility
“So thou son of man, I have set
thee a watchman unto the house of
Israel; therefore hear the word at
my mouth.”
These words were addressed to
Ezekiel and were a command to him.
His duty was to act as watchman. A
watchman’s duty is to warn of dan
ger. This passage makes it clear to
Ezekiel that he must hear the warn
ing of Jehovah and then he must
proclaim it. Israel was at this time
a very sinful and corrupt nation.
Ezekiel's duty was to warn them
about their sins. If he did not warn
them as a watchman he would be
held responsible for their sins, but
if he warned them his responsibility
would cease. Should he not warn
them he would have to die in the
stead of the erring ones. He was not
held responsible for gaining obe
dience but only for warning sinners
of the wrath that would be visited
upon them.
Paul tells us, “and when they op
posed themselves and blasphemed, he
shook his raiment, and said unto
them your blood be upon your own
heads; I am clean; from hence forth
1 will go unto the Gentiles.”
This from the New Testament
agrees with the Ezekiel command. II
we as professed Christians do not
try to constrain evil that comes into
our daily contact with people their
I blood will be on our hands if we do
not warn them.
But if we warn them then the
the blame is on them. When we, as
watchmen, have warned the people
concerning the enemy, we have
shifted the responsibility. The
watchman must be faithful lest the
enemy come unaware.
Accountability
“For we must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ that
everyone may receive the things
done in his body, according to that
he hath done, whether it be good or
bad.” According to this, we have as
surance that we are going to be he|d
responsible as to what kind of
watchmen we are here in this world.
That while we are in the flesh we
are are making ourselves acceptable
to God or to be rejected of hiiri. It
is then that we are made to know
that we hold our own destiny in our
hands.
Making Use of Our Capabilities
In the parable of the talents we
are told that the two talent man re
ceived the same reward as the five
talent man. Why was this ? Why
did not the five talent man receive
two and one-half times the reward
as did the two talent man ? Because
the two talent man did all he was
capable of doing. He was making full
use of his God-given ability. Had
the five talent man only made two
talents he would not have been mak
ing use of his entire capability. Why
the one talent man turned away?
Not because he only had one talent
but because he did not make use of
the God-given ability that he pos
sessed.
Danger of Procrastination
Mathew tells us, “then he began
to upbraid the cities wherein most of
his mighty works were done, because
they repented not.” Here people
were being hlamed for not heeding
the warnings of the watchman. In
this instance the watchman had done
his part and the inhabitants of the
cities had not heeded the warning.
He further tells us “that it shall he
more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at
the day of judgment than for you
and thou Capernium which art ex
alted to heaven shall be brought
down to hell, for the mighty works
which have beebn done in thee had
been done in Sodom it would have
remained until this day.” A further
condemnation of those who would
not heed the watchman's warnings.
Mathew further tells us that it
shall be more tolerable for Sodom in
the day o judgment than for thee.
How necessary then it is for us to
fully warn those about us of the
perils of the world to come. If we
fail to give due warning to those in
danger, and also our doom if we fail
to heed the warnings given to us.
There is not a country in all the
world that has not been warned of
the perils of the world to come and
great is going to he the punishment
for not heeding the warnings given.
Before the Judgmeit Bar
John on the lonely isle of Patmo
gave us this vision of what was to
happen in the future. He was look
ing our time and tells us what ho
saw there. "And 1 saw a great white
throne and him that sat on it, from
whoso face the earth and the heaven
fled away, and there was found no
place for them.” This is another pic
ture of the watchman's warning not
being heeded. The result was they
were turnmi away from the presence
of the one on the great white throne
It is to be remembered here that had
they heeded the watchman's warning
they would not have been turned
away, but would have been subjects
of this immortal king on the throne.
John gives us a further vision:
“And I saw the dead, small and
great, stand before God and the
books were opened and another book
was opened which is the book
Business Meeting of
W. M. S. Held Monday
The business meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Society was
held at the church Monday afternoon
with Mrs. H. E. Allen presiding.
After the business was over a
most inspiring program was pre
sented. Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Stone
gave the responsive reading. The
Missionary topic was, “The Life of
Miss Nannie Holding”, the Texas-
Mexico Missionary. She and her
sister were born and reared in a
parsonage home. Their father died
while they were very young; their
of | mother reared them, instilling into
life and the dead were judged out of
those things which were written in
the books according to their works."
Further proof of what was being
done for the watchman and the
warned.
Personal Responsibility
Ezekiel was responsible for the
delivery of his warning. He could
not employ some one else to do it
for him. It was a personal matter.
God in his dealings
beings dots so with each individual.
Ezekiel's message to Israel over
whelmed them. They pined away
and felt that it was impossible to
recover. God in instructing Ezekiel
spoke to him personally making it
a personal matter between himself
and "Ezekiel. It makes no difference
how insignificant beings we are God
deals with us individually dealing
cut justice and desires that His chil
dren all turn to him and live. The
disaster that Ezekiel foeretold stir
red the people. These people as ex
iles were overwhelmed with the
judgment that had befallen them for
th e sisn they had committed as a
nation. They complained of their lot
and had lost all hope of recovering.
The nation had been so nearly de
stroyed that only a company of in
dividuals were left! and the religion
of the individual took on an aspect
and new significance that had never
existed before and which since then
has never passed away.
Listen for God's Call
The call for God's watchman is
personal. God spoke to him directly
as the son of man in sympathy with
his fellowmen. He was so located
that it was his business! to watch and
to warn. And especially was he
charged with the care of Israel. We
never cpme in contact with Ezekiel
as a common man. iHe always has
the attributes and aspects of a pro
phet. He was a witness of the de
cline of the religious life of Israel
under the last four kings. During
this decline the two great outstand
ing figures were Jeremiah and Eze
kiel. One of them was in conflict
with the evil forces in Jerusalem.
The other one to administering to
the captives in Babylon.
Ezekiel was a stern man. He was
firm and unbending in his convic
tions. He was relentless in condemns
ing the evils of his people. His fidel
ity in his decalogue of duty of his
office is one of the outstanding facts
of his book. The Israelites did not
have a clear conception of what the
captivity meant. They did not think
that Babylon as a nation would long
exist and that they would then be
returned to their native land. It be
came necessary for Ezekiel to get
this notion out of the heads.
Ezekiel's Mission Fulfilled
Ezekiel was responsible only for
warning the wicked of the penalty
that would follow them while they
were so employed in sin. No matter
what they had done he had delivered
the warning. This one fact was al
most a comfort to Ezekiel because
his warnings were to such an ex
tent unheeded.
DR. TRUETT TO COME
TO GEORGIA TO MAKE
JULY FOURTH ADDRESS
their life her own beautiful spirit.
They were well educated for that
lime. Miss Nannie at the age of 18
taught English and music. IMiss
Holding read wfith interest and long
ing of the great need for Christian
workers in China in 1883. She an
swered the call, entering not China
but Texas. She and her sister worked
there many years in seminary and
felt urged to go into Mexico. There
with human i ?. e W8S made j he buyin * a » ent for
Mlsslon Property..
Miss Holding laid a broad founda
tion and endeared herself to the peo
ple on every hand. She was given
the Emeritus Life Service Certifi
cate in 1026.
Mrs. Sara Fickling gave the clos
ing meditation at the conclusion of
the meeting.
—Reporter.
No Funds Available
To Pay New Applications
Welfare Office Reports
To those whose applications for
Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind
and Aid to Dependent Children hava
never yet been considered, we would
like to say that these applications
have not yet been considered be
cause there are no funds. No new
cases have been put on the list since
April, 19CJ0, when, due to lack of
funds, 90 active cases were suspendi-
ed from the Public Assistance roll.
All but 18 of these 90 cases have
been reinstated or therwise disposed
of. As soon as the other 18 have
been considered, there will be room
for a .few new cases, probably one a
month. We do not believe, however,
that there will be room for new
cases before 1041, at which time we
hope that provision will be made iby
the General Assembly to care for
all those in the awaiting file, (216
at present).
Therefore, do not get discouraged
or think that your application has
been overlooked. Every application
will he given a thorough investiga
tion, put before the board, and acted
upon as soon as we have available
funds. It will not be necessary to in
vestigate the case before funds are
available.
Taylor County Department
of Public Welfare.
DEAN
THEATRE
BUTLER, GA
j Sunday and Monday, June 9-10 j
* Sunday Shows 2-4-8:45 o’clock. |
| ALICE FAY - FRED McMURRAY j
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK!
E. L. Wilson
Wednesday and Thursday, June 12-13
Mat. Thurs. 3 o’clock Night Shows 7:30-9
THOMAS MITCHELL - FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW
In
i
i SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Edward Allen
Friday and Saturday, June 14-15
Fri. Night Shows 7:30 & 9:30 Sat. Shows Continues From 1:30 to 11:00
GEORGE SANDERS - H. WITHNEY In
SAINTS DOUBLE TROUBLE
July
this
An old-fashioned Fourth of
patriotic meeting will be held
year at historic Salem Camp Ground
in Newton county, with Dr. George
W. Truett, world-famous Baptist
preacher, of Dallas, Texas, as the
I rincipal speaker, and with Chancel
lor S. V. Sanford of the University
of Georgia System and Preston Ark
«right participating in the program
according to announcement by Maj.
I; J. Guinn, president of the board
of trustees of the camp ground.
The meeting will continue through
out the day and all who go are re
quested to take basket lunches.
Those who do not take baskets may
get their lunch at the hotel on the
camp grounds or at sandwich booths
which will be under the direction of
the Salem Woman's Club.
First Plows of Tree Branches
The first farm plows were made
of crooked tree branches and
worked by man power.
I CHARLES STARRETT In
! TWO FISTED RANGER
| James Harmon |
Columbus Roberts
Candidate for
Governor
SAYS:
"In my race for Commissioner of Agricul
ture, I carried 126 counties with 342 unit
votes, against what was regarded as ‘strong
opposition.’ I received 240,000 popular
votes—a majority of 96,000. My conduct of
the office, I believe, has justified the faith
of these voters and won thousands of new
friends in my campaign for Governor.”
Wm. A. LEONARD
Candidate For
JUDGE SUPERIOR COURTS
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit
SUBJECT TO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
SEPTEMBER 11, 1940
YOUR VOTE AND INFLUENCE APPRECIATED