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GEORGIA, DECEMBER 6, 1945.
1 Pulpit, 2 Pastors
Headed for Court
Battle at Columbus
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(By Bruce Wilder)
Columbus, Dec. 1—The modest
pinewood pulpit of Grace Baptist
church was disputed territory Sat
urday as a court battle loomed be
tween two rival factions to estab
lish rightful possession.
The "outs” who were “out” in
Iheory only, meanwhile prepared
to go ahead with services Sunday,
as they had the last two Sundays
with a sermon by Rev. R L. Co
ley, their choice for pastor.
' The other faction is backed by
Rev. H. L. West, pastor at the
church for four years and re
elected in September by the board
of deacons for another year. The
West group Saturday had em
ployed a lawyer to pursue the
case in court, while the minister
hoped "this thing can be straight
ened out before Sunday so I can
return to my pulpit.”
Rev. A. B. Cash, superintendent
of Baptist City Missions and
member of the Columbus Baptist
Association, said the matter had
“unofficially been brought to the
attention of the association, but
we can merely act as an advisory
board. Associational officials are
up a tree,” he said. “I do believe
that there is no justification what
soever for the wrangle, but since
it seems that the two factions can
not settle the matter among them
selves, it may have to go to
court.”
He indicated that the dispute
would determine whether the
“voice of the majority or the voice
of the Lord would rule,” or
whether "it is a matter of the
minority being persecuted.”
C. C. Willis, moderator of the
Columbus Baptist Association, said
that he did not want to comment
but agreed with Mr. Cash htat the
association could act only in an
advisory capacity.
“Although I am not intimating
that this will happen in the Grace
Baptist church case,” Mr. Cash as
serted, "it is true that a church
which is a member of the Baptist
Association could be dismissed
from the organization if it should
violate or act unharmoniously.”
Mr. Coley, a barber on week
days, says he conducted revival
services early in November in the
little one-room frame church in
Jordan City aganist the wishes of
Mr. West, the assigned pastor.
Following completion of the re
vival, he says, a called council
meeting was held at the church
Nr r-iher 16, at which time the
pulpit was declared vacant and
vi.. coley was called to assume
the pastorate at the Sunday eve
ning service, November 18.He took
over at that time.
The group supporting Mr. Coley
includes about 40 church members
who, Mr. Coley said, were exclud
ed during Mr. West’s pastorate on
■charges of “gross neglect and
poor fellowship.”
Mr. West is supported by a
group led by J. D. Feagin, chair
man of the board of deacons. Mr.
Feagin sai dhe was seeking to
raise funds fiom among his group
to retain an attorney to carry the
case to court. He said the church
was free of debt “except for
$145” and “some money owed on
the lot.” Mr. West said his fac
tion had retained Geo. P. Munro,!
former judge of Superior Court, as
counsel. ,
Remaining bona fide members
of the Grace Baptist church, ac
cording to Mr. Feagin, number
now only nine. j
Representative Pace
Still Has Hope About
Future of Cotton
Georgia’s number one congres
sional cotton booster, Hon. Steve
Pace, is not pessimistic about the
future of cotton.
He says: If we give cotton the
research program that it needs
and deserves, I can see no funda
mental reason for pessimism
about the future of this fibre. It is
still the most popular and useful
fibre in the world. The people of
the whole world have come to ap
preciate the good properties of
cotton more strongly during the
long war years, when they were
obliged to rely on other fibres.
“If we give cotton a chance, it
will become a dynamic and pro
gressive as any fibre on the mar
ket today—constantly improving
its usefulness to mankind and its
attractiveness to the people who
grow and process it.
"There is no cause or excuse for
defeatism among the friends of
cotton. If we will give it the ag
gressive support that it should
have in the laboratories of re
search, it will become evident that
in the heightening competition
among fibres that tough, old war
rior, King Cotton, tested in the
battles of many centuries, has
only just begun to fight.”
Methodist Church at
Montezuma Honors
Two of Its Leaders
Two Boys Die in
Savannah Fire and
Woman Is Missing
Savannah, Dec. 3—Two children
were burned to death and a wom
an missing after fire destroyed a
palatial Chatham county home
near Savannah Monday.
The bodies of Gordon Gigniliat
12, and Leigh Gignliat Jr., 6,
were recovered from the ruins of
the home of Mrs. Geo. L. Allen on
the Dutch Town road.
Officials said Mrs. Allen is
missing. She drove her automo
bile to Savannah Sunday night to
visit her mother in a hospital. Her
automobile was found parked in
the family garage Monday.
The children were sons of Leigh
Gigniliat of Savannah.
Dr. J. L. Elliott, coroner, an
nounced that an official inquiry
wil lbe made of the fire.
The coroner said that searchers
had found indications that a bed
in one of the rooms had been oc
cupied by Mrs. Allen. But, he
added, there was no positive evi
dence found to show that Mrs.
Allen had died in the fire.
C. L. BuHer, Eilaville
Civic Leader and State
Senator Dies Suddenly
Eilaville, Ga., Nov. 28—State
Senator C. L. Battle, 65, died un
expectedly of a heart attack at his
home in Eilaville late Tuesday.
He was serving the 13th district,
composed of Macon, Schley and
Sumter counties
A native and lifelong resident
of Schley county, Mr. Battle was
an extensive farmer and was act
ive in public affairs, having
served in both branches of the
General Assembly. Also he had
been a school trustee for many
years. He was a member of the
Baptist church.
He married Miss Josephine Dix
on, of Schley county, on Dec. 18,
1902. Otner survivors are: Four
daughters, Miss Mary Battle, or
dinary of Schley county, and Mrs.
George Williams, both of Ella-
ville; Mrs. W. L. Easterlin, Ander-
sonville, and Mrs. J. C. Logan,
Aberdeen, Mr. Three sons, Dr. L.
W. Battle, Atlanta, Thos. J. Bat
tle, albotton, and Charlie Battle,
Eilaville; one sister, Mrs. Charles
D. Carter, and one brother, C. T.
Battle of Eilaville.
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Montezuma, Nov. 30—Judge
Jule Felton Sr., of Montezuma, j
may be the champion church-goer j
of the world. Anyhow, his pastor
has never heard of anyone with a
similar record.
Judge Felton, who presides over
the City Court on week-days, has
attended Sunday morning and
evening services at the Methodist
church at Montezuma for 49 years.
And in all those years has missed
only twice.
The Montezuma church has an
other long-timer in its flock, Dr.
F. M. Mullino, a steward for 40
years and chairman of the board
for the last 15 years.
Recently the church wanted to
do something to erward these two
men. So, at a unique service each I
presented the other with handsome I
! pen and pencil sets from the con- I
■ gregation.
I Judge Felton has taught Sun- '
1 day school for 30 years and on
countless occasions has substitut- j
ed for an ahsent pastor. He is 70
years old. * I
As a young man he became
known in South Georgia for a
speech on tithing which he has
been invited to repeat at church
gatherings in various parts of the
state. j
Plenty of the times the judge
was attending church, his wife'
says, he ought to have been at
home helping her to care for one
or more of their six children.
The judge and the former Miss
Marnie Robinson were married in
1897 at the church after a meet
ing of the Epworth League of
which they both were officers. i
Dr. Mullino has been a practic-1
ing physician at Montezuma for'
52 years.
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Macon County's Oldest
Resident, 'Aunt Mollie'
Williams, Succumbs
Prominent Cairo Business
Man and Servant Dies
h) Burning Home
Cairo, Ga., Nov. 26—Frank A.
Richter, 52, native and lifelong
resident of Grady county and
prominent business and civic
leader of Cairo, and a negro ser
vant, Sam Butler, about 31, w>ere
found dead in the flaming Richter
residence, about midnight Satur
day night, when firemen arrived
on the scene in response to a fire
alarm which had been sent in by
people living nearby.
Damage to the home, one erf
Cairo’s finest, is estimated at
something like $15,000, most of it
from smoke and water, the fire
having been pretty well confined
to two rooms.
Upon reaching the scene fire
men promptly entered the house
nad found the body of Mr. Rich
ter lying on the floor of his bed
room near the foot of his bed.
An examination of the body is
said to have revealed that Rich
ter's death was probably due to
heart attack. It is not believed
that he died of suffocation, but
that he sustained a heart attack
during the excitement attendant
upon awaking and finding his
home in flames.
The body of the negro servant
was found in the hall just outside
the bedroom occupied by Mr.
Richter.
Oglethorpe, Ga., Dec. 1—Funer-
; al services were held at Mt. Zion
| Lutheran Church for Mrs. Mary
Jane Williams, familiarly known
as “Aunt Mollie,” 95-year-old
resident of Macon county, whose
death occurred at her home near
Oglethorpe Friday after an illness
of several months. Thee daughter
of Thos. H. Morgan and Virginia
Smith Morgan, early settlers of 5*
Macon county, she was the widow jl
of T. M. Williams and a member
of the Mount Zion Lutheran
church. Mrs. Williams lost her
sight many years ago, but until
recently was still active about the
family home. “Aunt Mollie” re
membered well the period of the
War Between the States, and told
interesting stories of the stockade
at Andersonville and the Recon
struction Period which followed
the surrender. Her father, Thos. H,
Morgan, was a native of Massa
chusetts and became postmaster
of Hamburg, a little esttlement
which has 6ince disintegrated.
For many years “Aunt Mollie’s”
birthdays have been the occasion
for a gathering of relatives and
friends, and the aged woman en
joyed thoroughly meeting the
grandchildren and great-grand
children of her childhood friends.
Surviving her are two sons, M.
E. Williams, Thomaston, and Dan
Williams, Oglethorpe; one brother,
J. H. Morgan, of Ozark, Ala.; one
sister, Mrs. Nancy Smith of Texas;
and several nieces and nephews.
Rev. J. D. Ziegler conducted the
services.
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