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BAPTISTS RALLY
TO STATE WOR
Big Meeting—Millions For Missions—Mobilized For An
other Victory—Great Day September 24th.
Spencer B. King.
( Georgia Baptists are a mighty host..
There are over .'100,000 of them in
Georgia. They are militant Christians
And their reo.ords are rich with the
stories of good deeds and great gifts
for tho salvation and betterment of
liio people of our State.
, Big Meetings Now On
The annual meetings of the District.
'Associations are perhaps the most in
teresting meetings of tho year with
Georgia Buplisls. To these Associa
tions the churches of each district
rend messengers with reports of the
year's work anil to these meetings
some tho representatives of the many
Baptist interests, missionary, educa
tional and eleemosynary, preachers
•mil speakers of renown and ability,
■who add much to the interest of the
occasion.
The people come from all the coun
try round about, in wagons, buggies,
automobiles and Fords. Solemn mes
sengers bearing with dignity their
commissions from their churches ;
eager, bright-eyed men and women,
■who anlicipate the annual pleasure
of mooting their kinsfolk and friend
for these Associations are great si
c.ial as well as religious occasions,
and not a few hoys and girls "a’court
Jug bent,” for the destiny of many a
Baptist couple has dated from the
luoeting of tins Baptist Association.
Georgia’s Debt To Baptists.
The Slato of Georgia owes tho Bap
fist people a great debt because of
their consistent championship of the
elemental principles of democracy
and religious liberty. They are the
original Democrats, spiritual Demo
crats, and they have ever stood unwa
veringly for religious-’liberty, the In
tegrlty of the Individual, the freedom
of the soul, the sovereignty of tied,
the separation of Church and State,
and the education and uplift of our
people. In tho early days Baptist
men and women suffered sore per-
nocutlon and some of them even In At
down their lives In defenso of th
fundamental principles and privileges
Of humanity
They have contributed millions in
men and money to the religious prog
ress of Georgia by their aggressive
missionary propaganda. In the pio
neer days the Itinerant Baptist
preacher with his horse, his middle-
bags and his Bible pushed his way in
to every nook and corner of this great
Stnto, proclaiming his message of
salvation and righteousness. In tho
Just fifty years since the Baptists
Jtave been more definitely organized,
'they have maintained missionaries
ovangelists and teachers, who have
llireached and taught, built church
houses in needy sections where the
cause was wonk, planted and developed
churches and advanced every good
cause that would bring men to a
knowledge of God ami establish right
eousness within the Stale. This Is
(wlmt they term "Slate Missions” and
jdurlnR the months hf Sopl. and Orf.
*Ae Baptist churches of Georgia are
K'ulUcd on to make devoted and gener-
«ni» conlribullons lo Slate Missions.
.A worthy investment wljere religion
*nd patriotism join hands.
Our Slate i H also much indebted to
ffhe Baptists for great educational ad
vantages. These people have always
Mtwid for an open book and an un
loitered mind. Their educational prop
erty today is worth more than two
■million dollars. Belonging jmmedl-
«tely to the baptist organization are
-Mercer University at Macon. Bessie
Tift College for women at Forsyth,
«fght secondary or high schools, and
tih* Wary g. Willingham training
f<VI' tviourtfain pirls at Blue
Ridge. In addition to these there
Are a number of mountain schools
supported by their Horae Mission
Board and a number of other strong
independent Baptist institutions, such
AS Shorter College at Rome, Cox Col
lege at College Bark and the La-
Grange Female College at LaGrange.
In benevolent work these Baptists
Are not lagging. They support more
than ”50 orphans in a home at Hape-
ville and have an efficient Hospital in
Atlanta.
A Good Man Gone
In their various meetings Georgia
Baptists will sadly miss the familiar
form and voice of Dr. H. B. Ber
nard, who passed away on August
'12th. For nearly half a century he
had been active in the work of this
great denomination, having parlicipal-
«d in many of their most effective ad
vance movements.
He was a man of varied talents and
■experience—a teacher, a merchant,
a railroad manager, a preacher and
an editor, hut the crown of his life
•work was the service he rendered as
«n official of his denomination. He
was recognized by Baptists as an au
thority im law and order and efficien
cy in denominational affairs and he
was the originator of the "Schedule”
by which the Baptist churches make
their offerings to all causes today.
(For nine years he had been auditor
of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board.
As a Christian his sympathies were
as broad as the multitude of God's
children. As a Baptist he was un
swervingly true to the principles of
his faith. Many had differed wilh
him in his day, but none had ever
4)ueetloned his goodness. His was a
white soul. His last message was,
"The Igvrd reigns. . Be faithful. It
missionary. Their fundamental task
Is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ
and to save the lost. They have stood
like granite against everything that
smacked of ecclesiasticism or religious
hierarchy. Their leaders have ever
been earnest, self-sacrificing, independ
ent preachers who have gone every
where preaching the Word.
I<ast year all the Baptists of the
South gave 12,019,821.00 for all mis
sions—tlie greatest record they have
ever made in their history. They re
cently raised nearly $200,000.00 to pay
their Foreign Mission debt. Georgia
Baptists had a large and noble part
in the record-breaking record, and this
year they have set themselves the task
of raising $300,000.00 for education, be
nevolence and missions.
Stale Missions is the immediate
lask and interest of Georgia Baptists
Stale Missions is Baptist mission
work in Georgia, and Sept, and Oct.
are the harvesting or rallying month
in which ibis great, people make large
offerings to this worthy cause. Their
slogan, “Redeem Georgia," has been
sounded from Itabun Gap to Tybe
Light and tho mighty host of these in
dependent, Bible-loving, God-fearing
folk is being moved by the clarion call
of this great cry to rally as never be
fore to the support of their mission
work in Georgia.
The double appeal of Christian duty
and State patriotism is kindling Ihe
fires of their zeal and leading them to
give support to the great task of meet
ing the religious and moral needs of
dear old Georgia. No Baptist church
can turn a deaf car to this appeal and
he worthy of its name. Tho pressure
of other Interests has caused this work
to ho somewhat neglected in recent
years. But these Baptists are the kind
that “come back" and from ail reports
they are now determined to again give
their Georgia work first place, not for
any selfish reason, but because they
realize that it is primary and funda
ment al to Ihe success of overy other
worthy interest.
Rallying To A New Leader.
La.st year Georgia Baptists made
change in missionary leadership when
they elected Dr. Arch C. Cree as Cor.
See. & Treas. of their Mission Board
This was no experiment. He was
neither unknown nor untried, for, pre
vious to accepting this office, he had
been pastor of some of Ihe leading
churches of Ihe South and Ihe Enlist
ment Secretary of the Home Mission
Board. , ., . . t
Dr. Alex. Pealer In writing last
year of Dr. Cree said, “In all of these
places he has demonstrated his abil
Uy to handle big movements and to
lead men in doing great things for
God, . . . Without doubt the greatest
task that has ever confronted Dr. Creb
Is Ihe one In which he is now en
gaged. . . . He has already demon
atrated that he is the man for the
place. As a young man ho had splen
did business training. . . . The clar
ion call of the Board under the new
leader is 'Redeem Georgia,’ and with
lhis end in view Dr. Cree has begun
his work and pitched his program for
victory."
Many problems and handicaps con
fronted the new Secretary when he
Was called to this work. But Imme
diately upon entering Ihe work he ef
fected readjustments and economies
in administration that helped re
duce Ihe expenditures of last year
about $10,000.00, as compared with the
year before; and he is instituting fur
ther economies that will add lo effi
ciency and in time save thousands
more. As a result of his bitsiuessiike
policies Georgia Baptists have great
confidence In his administration.
Dr. Cree is a man of untiring energy
and executive ability. The late Dr.
Bernard said of him that “he could
ride three different trains going in
four different directions at the same
time. He can do three men’s work any
old day; but, even then, he has to go
home and turn somersaults to get tired
enough to sleep.”
Mobilized For Victory
Since his election, in addition to the
heavy executive work of hfs office, Dr.
Cree has traveled over 40,000 miles and
delivered over 300 addresses. He Is
now busy going the rounds of the As-
soriational meetings and is rallying his
Baptist people and mobilizing the forces
for another victory in the great tasks
of Georgia Baptists. Growing out of
the plans and program which he has
projected, the leading pastors and lay
men of many of the Associations have
been organized into teams of two or
more to visit the Baptist churches of
the State, to duplicate the message
and mission of their leader and to ral
ly the great Georgia Baptist host for
another triumph in the State work this
Fall. The devoted Baptist women
through their Mission Societies are
also rallying to the State Mission task.
Forty thousand dollars must be raised
for State Missions in Sept, and Oct
Nearly this much was raised last Sept,
and Oct. So victory is confidently
looked for.
A Great Day: Sept. 24th.
Sunday, Sept. 24th, will be a red-let
ter day in the annals of the Baptists of
Georgia. It is State Mission Day in the
Sunday Schools and also State-Wide,
Go-To-Sunday-School Day for Georgia
Baptists. The aim set for the day is
a quarter of a million pupils in attend
ance upon the Sunday Schools and a
toial contrtbuttoa t»jr the schools of
$15,004.00 for State Missions. All of the
Baptist people of Georgia and their
many friends, who are not members of
other Sunday Schools, are cordially in-
Dr. Spengler of Donalsonv ille
was among the visitors here Fri
day aftprnoon.
Pay your subscription to the
paper and keep the high cost of
paper pretty well balanced.
Dr. Lyons and Dr. Abbot of
Grady county were in the city a
short while Saturday on business.
Dr. Abbott will undertake the
work of tick eradication in this
section.
“Gets-lt” .Never *•*
Fails fer Corns!
There’s Nothing on Earth Like It
For Corns and Calluses.
Judge Bryan and Mr. Brantley
returned Friday from Atlanta
where they had been on busi
ness.
When your clothes need clean
ing and pressing. Phone Har
vard’s pressing. Phone 373.
Harvard’s pressing club, guar
antees all work to satisfactorly,
Phone 373.
Cleaning, Dyeing and Pressing
Harvard’s Pressing Club. Phone
373. All [work guaranteed.
Mr. A. Fields of Donalsonville
and; elsewhere, editor of the
Booster Edition of the Donalson
ville News has been in the city
this week getting out the maga
zine part of the work,
Hon. Wallace Wright and wife
of Quincy were injthe city a few
hours Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. E. A. Wimberley was
called to Pensacola this past
week by the illness and death of
her mother.
Ivan Morgan a citizen now of
Tifton but formerly of this place
was in town this week visiting.
The Busy Corner begins Satur
day and they have made prepar
ations to have bargains enough to
go around. An immense stock to
selectlfrom you can save money
by attending this sale.
The Hub will move immediate
ly to the building next to Brock
ets market and they hope to be
ready for business in their new
home by October First.
The Ladies Shoplinvites all the
ladies that are going to attend
the Fair to come by and see them
and get the very latest thing in
dress to sport for the occasion.
Miss Leona [Haire and Mrs.
Hines left this week for Cornelia,
Ga., to spend a while with their
mother Mrs. Haire.
The sale of the Avirette estate
will take place before the court
house on the last day of October
and a splendid|chance to get a
good home or farm is here offer
ed. Real [estate buyers will do
well to take in this sale as good
proposition will be submitted.
Mrs. |Tom Shingler and Miss
HattieMcCaskill of Donalsonville
were in the city Friday morning
boosting the [Southwest Georgia
Fair.
Farmers Bank
Located at Climax, Ga.,
At the close of business Sept 19, 1916.
■2,500.00
33,793.08
1,415.47
3,000.00
2,059.52
1,500.00
95.00
10,459.97
5,095.95
583.53 2,128.53
RESOURCES'
Demand Loans
rime Loans
Kerdrafts, secured
Bonds and stocks owned by
the bank
Banking house.
"furniture and Fixtures,
Ollier real estate
Due from banks and bankers
in the state.
Due from banks and bankers
in other states,
urreney,
•old.
Cash Items
Silver, nickels etc,
Protit and Loss
Total,
-• LIABILITIES,
apital stock paid in,
Surplus Fund
naivided profits, less current
expenses interest and taxes
paid.
Due to i>anks and bankers in
other states
Individual deposits subject to
check, 22,922.17
Saving deposits
Time certificates, 10,876.01
Certified Checks
'ashier's cheek, 834.67
Notes and Bills Rediscounted 7,500.00
Bills payable, including time
certificate representing bor
rowed money
Total,
$60,452.52
$15,000.00
!,819.67
$60,452.52
Before me came W. B. Johnson,
cashier of tlie Farmers Bank, who be
ing duly sworn, says that theaboie
and foregoing stateriient is a true con
dition of said bank, as shown by the
books of file in said bank.
W. H. Johnson.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 27th dav of Sept 1916.
"Whenever you pet corns and cal-
lasefl, don't experiment — just us©
"GETS-IT’* and nothing else. Ens*
iest and simplest thin*? I know to uso
—just a few drops on in a few eec-
Sworn Expense Accou
Statement of campaign expenses incurred bv \v
of Bainbridge Georgia, candidate fer Judge nf .u’
°f the s
election
Ute
“Gett-It”
Tonight
onds—"flETS-TT*’ does the rest.’’ Th©
•►Id way is to bundle up your toes in
harnesses and bandages, uso salves
i hat make toe3 raw, cotton rinps that
makeyour corns pop-eyed, knives and
•‘diners’* that tear your heart out
and leave the corn in. No wonder they
make you limp and wince. Forpret all
these—uso "(JETS-TT/’ the simplest
< orn remedy in the world, easiest to
use, never fails or sticks, painless. Your
corn loosens, then you lift it off. You
can wear smaller shoes.
“fJHTS-IT” is sold and recommend
ed hy druggists everywhere, 2"c a
bottle, or sent on receipt of price, by
22. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago, 111..,
Mrs. Glove r Garwcod of Donal
sonville spent Friday in the city
with relatives.
Send your Sick or Dead
bicycle to the Bicycle hos
pital, 211 Water Street.
We bring ‘em to life.
Courts of the Albany Circuit, in Primarv
September 12th, 1916.
AMOUNTS EXPENDED.
Advertising and Assessments
Stamps, Stationary and Telephone ’*'*
Registration Lists and Clerk Hire
Auto Hire and Gasoline
Railroad Fare and Hotel Fare
Total *
SOURCES FROM WHICH FUNDS WERE DERIvpiV
W. m. Harrell RUED -
Contributed by Friends in Decatur County.
Total . :
Georgia, Decatur County:
Personally appeared before the undersigned, an offic
for said county duly authorized to administer oaths
Harrell who on oath says that he was a candidate for j U( L e
Superior Courts of the Albany Circuit at the primary el
held on Sept. 12th, 1916 and that the foregoing stateme
tains a true and correct account of the campaign expences
ed by him and also discloses a correct statement show!
sources from which the expenees were paid.
W. m. Harrell.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th, day
1916. (Signed) E. A. Wimberly, Notary Public, Decatur
Georgia. -
To My Friends Throughout
Georgia**
Your generous support of my candidacy in the recent
'mary removes the sting of defeat. I tender you my sin
thanks. Be patient. The fight for the children of Georgia
just begun.
ALEX. E. KEESE.
Atlanta, Ga., September 19, 1916.
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