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FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, fEPTEMBER 23, 1921
VOL. XXXII,
flint river baptist association
-Meets at Fayetteville, W ednsday and Thursday,
September 28-29, 1921
PROPO£eD'S)ROER of business
FOR 1921.
Wednesday—Morning Session.
10*00: Devotional Exercises
jO.0:30 Qrg&iUzfition. Receive applica-
■ tion * membership. / Recog
nize (correspondents, denomi-
nntjbihjU representatives, visit
ors and new pastors.
11:09 Introductory Sermon—Rev. C.
“ ' E. Hitt.
J2:O0: Announcements and appoint
ment of Standing Committees
on Missions; Education; Be
nevolence; S. S. and B. Y. P.
U.; * Woman’s Work; State of
f Religion; Temperance; Liter
ature; Obituaries; Nominar
tions an'd Finance.
'Wednesday, Afternoon Session.
1:00: Devotional Exercises. v
1:15: Address—Dr. A. C. Cree.
2 :0O: L Beading of the Report on
Missions.
2. Reading of the Report on
Laymen’s Movement.
3. Reading of the Report on
State of Religion.
4. Discussion of these reports
together.
' Adjourn at will, after Miscella
neous Business.
Wednesday, Evening Session.
^f,:30: Devotional Exercises.
7:40; Report on Religious Literature.
7:50: Report on Temperance. '
8:00: “Trial of the Robbers”—First
Griffin B. Y. P. U.
Thursday, Morning Session.
8:30: Devotional Exercises. '
8:50: Reading Minutes of previous
1 day’s sessions.
“ o.aa. Miscellaneous Business.
Report of the Executive Com
mittee.
Report of Woman’s Work.
Report on S. S. and B. Y. P.
U. Work.
Announcements.
Mh|Stonary Sermon—Rev. H.
Massey. r " \
Thursday, Afternoon Session.
4 1:00: Devotional Exercises.
1:15: Missionary’s Address—Rev. S.
E. Stephens.
2:30; Report on Benevolence. 1
3:00: Reports of:
1. Finance Committee.
Treasurer.
Nominations.
General Meetings. j |
Order of Business for 1921.
Read Appointment of the
Chairnian of Standing Commit
tees for 1921 with entire Com
mittees on Laymen’s jMovef-
ment;'Order of Business and
General Meetings.
7. Arrange for paying clerk
and printing minutes.
8. Report on Obituaries.
0. Miscellaneous Business.
10. Reading Minutes. /
11. Adjourn sine die. Any re
ports may be disposed of dur
ing the time designated for
Miscellaneous Business.
Doctrinal Sermon—Dr. J. E.
Sammons: alternate Dr. Ledti
M. Latimer.
Adjourn.
9:00:
"9:20:
9:35:
>10:15:
ARE WE
DEGENERATING?
3:40:
Qlant Insect.
The largest insect .known, hut now
extinct, was a dragon fly, which had
a wing-spread measuring two feet.
The constant and unending stream
of murders,' robberies, pilferings,
breaches of trust, divorces, scandals
and other off-colorings of humanity por
trayed in the daily press lead many to
the belief that the American people,
as a race, are deteriorating.
Certainly the indictment is terrific
and appalling, with hut limited correctr
iye measures applied.
It does not necessarily imply, though,
that the people, as a whole, are failing
to keep moral pace with the times. It
is probably no more than the placing
of emphasis on the weaker side of hu
mantly, whereas, the better side at
tracts but little attention.
When the men and women of the
present generation were .young, there
was not so much publicity as there is
today. The latest scandal was not
smeared all over the first page of the
morning paper, ready to be read at the
breakafst table. The daily press did
not go into every sensational detail
then, as is too often done now.
The morbid curiosity was lexistent
then as much as now, but the press
was more considerate in the matter
of publishing nauseating details and
placing them before the young 'chil
dren of the day. It was not the cus
tom of the tjfne.
We have many millions more people
than we had fifty years ago, hence
there is naturally more crime to be
expected and chronicled. Then, too, the
freedom of the press makes it appear
even, more numerous than it really
is.
Regardless of the moral filth that
is paraded before the public day after
day, we do not believe the American
people are degenerating. , A . certain
noise-making and stench-producing mi
nority are; but the people, as a class,
are as clean-minded as any people on
earth—more so thtm those of some na
tions we might mention.
A strengthening and tightening up of
law and order would be beneficial, and
that will come in time, just as it did
in the old frontier days when the six-
gun ruled.
The law-abiding element will stand
just about a certain amount of skul
duggery and ruffianism, and then its
patience will snap.
When the debris is cleared away we
will be morally cleaner, healthier and
better in every way.
The American mind rises above a
continual state of debauchery.
Solid Island Of Salt Is Discovered
New (Orleans, La.—Cote Blanche,
an island on the south Louisiana
coast, has been found to be virtually
an island of salt, according to authen
tic information reaching here. The
island is one of a series of several
containing valuable salt deposits and
including Averys site of the world’s
largest salt mine. Cote Blanche is
owned by .Donelson, Caffery, New
Orleans, lawyer, and the heirs of J.
M. Burguieres, wealthy planter. Local
geologists claim that the recent dis
covery proves a century-old conten
tion that the chain of islands was
formed by the expansion of vast saline
d( posits. The Averys island store
was discovered during the civil war.
ROUND TRIP
SUMMER EXCURSION TICKETS
VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
now on sale
to
Various Resorts
in all parts of the
United States
Write V. L. Estes, District Passenger
Agent, 48 North Broad St., Atlanta,
Ga., for full information.
THE "SOUTH”
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SundaySchool
' Lesson'
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D„
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(©, 1881, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 25
REVIEW.
GOLDEN TEXT—As we have therefore
opportunity, let us do good unto all men,
especially them who are of the household
of faith.—Gal. 6:1-10.
REFERENCE MATERIAL—Gal. 6:1-10.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Stories of Paul.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Serving Jesus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
—Living for Jesus.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—Sacrificing for Jesus.
Two methods may profitably be em
ployed in the review of the lessons
of the Quarter. First, a biographical
sketch of the Apostle Paul, such as
ills birth, home training, education,
conversation, teaching and missionary
work. Second, the leading teachings
of the lessons, which may be made
prominent by summarizing the facts
of each lesson and stating the most
vital teaching thereof. The first meth
od can be used in reviewing (he les
sons in all departments and grades,
nurl can be easily adapted by any
teacher. The second method will be
preferred by many in the senior and
adult classes.
The following is given by way of
suggestion:
Lesson 1. Paul was born at Tarsus,
of Hebrew parentage. Being brought
up in a pious home, he was thorough
ly imbued with the spirit of, devotion
to tlie Scriptures. He was educated
at Jerusalem under the tutorship of
Gamaliel. The chief text book was
the Bible. In addition to his religious
training lie was (aught a trade which
came in very useful later, enabling
him to support himself while preach
ing the gospel.
Lesson 2. In Paul’s training as a
Pharisee, he was taught to love his
own nation, to kve God's !avv, and
to be zealous toward God, that is, to
have a passion for God and His work.
Lesson 3. Paul’s burning hatred qf
Jesus incited him to endeavor to
stamp out the Nazarene heresy. While
on the way to Damascus, with author
ity to arrest and imprison the believ
ers, men and women, he was stricken
with blindness and fell to the earth,
and Jesus spoke to him from heaven,
saying, “Why persecutest thou me?”
In response to the heavenly instruc
tion lie went to Damascus where
Ananias baptized him, and he received
his sight and was filled with the Holy
Spirit.
Lesson 4. Paul straightway preached
C'hrist ill the synagogue. Like every
one who is really converted he began
to tell of the newly found Saviour.
After a lengthy sojourn in Arabia he
visited Jerusalem where lie was be
friended by Barnabas when suspected
by the disciples.
Lesson 5. When the religious awaken
ing at Antioch had come to the atten
tion of the Jerusalem church, Bar
nabas was sent to inspect it, and see
ing help was needed he brought Paul
from Tarsus to lie his helper.
Lesson 6. After teaching a year at
Antioch, the Spirit moved the church
to send forth Barnabas and Paul to
evhngelize the heathen.’ The church
sent her best men.
Lesson 7. As Paul and Barnabas
were preaching at Iconium, an at
tempt was made to worship them as
gods. Their efforts were frustrated
by the tact of Paul. Soon nfter this
Paul was stoned, showing that satanlc
worship can soon be turned Into Satan
ic hate.
Lesson 8. Paul's preaching the grace
of God to the heathen brought on a
controversy in the church at Antioch.
The question in dispute was: “Shall
Gentiles be required to keep the
Mosaic law as a condition of salva
tion?" The decision was in favor of
Paul, and so Paul and Barnabas were
free to begin their second missionary
journey.
Lesson 9. The Spirit forbade Paul
to tarry longer in the provinces of
Asia preaching the Gospel, and by a
vision of a man from Macedonia plead
ing for help, he was called into Eu
rope.
Lesson 10. The casting out of a
demon from a young woman resulted
In landing Paul and Silns in jail. They
were miraculously delivered and the
jailer was converted.
Lesson 11. Being driven out from
Thessaionica and Berea, Paul went to
Athens where he preached the gospel
on Mars’ Hill, The result of hif|preach-
ing here was that some mocked, some
procrastinated, and some believed.
Lesson 12. Paul in this lesson sets
forth the grund principles which
should govern the believer’s life, the
sum and substance of which Is:
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink,
or whatsoever ye do, do all to the
glory of God."
GEORGIA HAPPENINGS
OF TIMELY INTEREST
BROOKS.
Atlanta.—Henry B. Scott, of 176
Myrtle street, President of the Atlan
ta Real Estate board, was*-severely in
jured and his wife painfully hurt when
an automobile in which they were
riding was struck by a cur, in which
three negroes were riding, at Jack-
son and Tenth streets recently. Mr.
Scott was taken to the Davis-Fischer
sanitarium, and Mrs. Scott to the St.
Joseph’s infirmary, as there was no
accommodations for her at the former
hospital. Police are seeking Robert
Durham, a negro who, they state was
driving the car which smashed into
that in which Mr. Scott and his wife
were riding.
Washington, D. C.—Georgi’a manu
facturers showed an increase of 173.5
per cent in the value ofi their prod
ucts in 1919 compared w-fth 1914, the
census bureau announced recently.
Their value was $693,556,000, com
pared with $253,271000 five years pre
viously. Wages and salaries paid
showed an increase of 155.4 per cent
in the five years, mounting from $258,-
326,000 to $448,932,000. These prod
ucts were the output of 4,803 factor
ies, an increase of 164 engaging 141,-
080 persons, an increase of 22,215
persons, or 19 per cent in the five
years. -
Savannah.—Joseph Mason, superin
tendent for the Taggart Coal com
pany, one of the best known men on
the waterfront, met his death here
in an unusual manner recently: He
was standing on the pi£r when the
government dredge Cumberland was
leaving shore when a tdogger’’ bit
through a ring, broke loos* and swung
so as to strike Mason a terrific blow
in the face, knocking him into the
river.' When his body was taken from
the river the face was found crushed
by the metal. It is believed that he
was practically dead before he struck
the water.
Athens—The 1921-22 session of the
University of Georgia begins Wednes
day, September 21, and, fc m all in
dications, will be one of the -ost suc
cessful terms in the hista of the
university. Officials expressed the
belief recently 'Uidl tits enrollment,
would eclipse that of all previous
years, one of the faculty going so far
as to say that he believed the number
of students in attendance at the uni
versity during 1921-22 would be in
excess of 1,500. It will be recalled
that the enrollment during the past
session was 1,292.
Atlanta.—C. A. Fuller, of 204 Grove
street, and O. W. Williams, of 75 Gas-
kill street, were robbed at the point
of a pistol by two unmasked negroes
who held them up while they were
riding in a wagon on Butler street
near Edgewood avenue recently. The
bandits secured $60 from Fuller and
$4 from Williams, and made good
their escape. A description of the ne
groes was furnished police shortly
after the robbery, and a search is
being made. The men, who were rid
ing in a wagod belonging to Fuller
and used for peddling, state that while
one of the negroes covered them with
a pistol the other rifled their pockets.
Milltown.—Judge E. M. Giddens, or
dinary of Lanier countyl has fixed the
tax rate for this year and made an
nouncement concerning state and
school tax for the year. There will
be $5 state tax on thousand, $5 on
the thousand for schools, and the
county tax will be $10.50, making a
total of $20.50 on the thousand. This
is the first tax rate for Lanier county
as this is the first year of history for
this county. This tax rate is as low
or lower than any one of the old
counties from which it was created.
Thomasville.—'As “pigs is pigs” so
snakes is snakes. Some time ago
the members of the Thomasville fire
department acquired a full-sized rat
tlesnake. And now Mrs. Snake has
a full contingent of about twenty baby
snakes following in her wake as she
leisurely moves about her cage. The
little snakes began exploration of their
surroundings as soon as they came
out of the eggs and continue to show
much life. As long as the market
for snakes is dull with little trading.
Thomasville people are fearful that
the snakes may get out and continue
to thrive in their neighborhood.
Montezuma.—Another blow at Ros-
coe (“Fatty”) Arbuck'e motion pic
tures being shown ; n Georgia was
struck recently by Mrs. J. E. Hays,
president of the Georgia Federation
of Women’s Clubs, when she issued
an open letter to all movie directors
in the state requesting that the women
and children be spared further ex
ploitations of the stout comedian and
Virginia Rappe. Mrs; Hay’s commun
ication follows a similar open letter
addressed by Mrs. John K. Ottley,
also of Georgia, to the head of the
board of review in Atlanta.
The weather is still hot and dry.
The fanners are busy in the coolest
pait of the day gathering peas, cotton
and making sorghum syrup.
The cotton crop will all be open in
September.
The Brooks Ginnery speaks of clos
ing down as there is not enough cot
ton to gin to pay expenses.
Mr. William Malone had the misfor
tune to lose by fire recently a tenant
! house and outbuildings. There was
| some insurance on the buildings.
Mr. Burt Goodman and Miss Gus-
jsie Duke surprised their friends by
I getting married Sunday afternoon. The
Rev. Amos Turner officiated. We ex
pend congratulations to the contract-
ling parties.
Mr. G. W. Rivers’ young son ha<l
the misfortune to break his right arm
recently cranking an automobile. We
are glad to state that he is doing well
at present.
Mrs. Eilie Drewry returned home
Monday from the Griffin hospital,
where she underwent a surgical opera
tion. We hope that she will soon be
restored to health.
Revs. Brown and Strickland closed
their series of meetings at Vaughns
Friday night. There were seventeen I
accessions to the church.
The Fayette County Singing Conven-;
tion will be held at Brooks Saturday
and Sunday. Several noted singers are
expected to be in attendance.
Several from Brooks and vicinity are
attending this term of court.
Ye Scribe visited the court Monday
and saw Primus, who was looking
happy. He wanted us to see his friend,
Jim. but we failed to do so. We are
sorry. The last we saw of Primus, he
had stopped a white "woman pn the
street and in that graceful way he has
of holding his hat and cane in his right
hand, with that bland smile and gentle
courtesy, he w r as trying to convince
her that he knew her people in ante
bellum days. Possibly he was more
successful in that than he was fish-
Savannah. — The new municipal
board, created as the Savannah port
commission, by recent act of the legis
lature, the members of which were
appointed by the governor has been
organized with J. F. Cooper Myers,
president; G. M. Gardsden, vice presi
dent, and B. H. Abrahams, secretary.
EVERYBODY WHO OWES A
URGED TO JOIN PAY
Card of Inanks.
We wish to thank the good 1 people
of New Hope and Fayetteville for their
kindness shown us during the illness it is a city and counts
and death of our daughter and sister,
Mrs. Irven Turner. May God's richest
blessings rest and abide with them
forever.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Todd, father and
mother; Miss Clifford Todd; Mrs. John
Martin; Mrs. John Cole; Messrs. Edd
and Tom Todd of Logansville, Ga.,
and Oscar Todd of Atlanta, and Lu
ther Todd of Fayetteville. Ga., broth
ers.
Thanking you in advance.
Yours respectfully.
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and bdek
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what we owe.
borrow it from thf
bill. Get the
it will travel round
and forth and go
relieving the situafc$$j£^
The public is asjMkf to Cooperate in
this idea. It is a i^KVf on^and, when
the bill is preseri«4- OB October 1st,
to be prepared to give a check for the
amount. You pay yOu owe, and
I the money you Bay wHl begin its
Committee Ends Tax Bill Revision i rounds, multiplying as ftigoes in geo-
Washington.—The senate finance merical proportion,
committee failed recently to reach; This is the first and very practical'
final decisions on the Smoot tax sim- j article from a citizen suggesting a way
plification bill, embodying a manufac-! to help our town,
turers’ sales levy, and on Senator Cin-1 Send inyour article.
deris proposal to impose a tax of j
$6.40 a gallon on all alcoholic liquors U. S. Undecided On Probe Of Klan
withdrawn from bond for other Washington. — The department of
manufacturing purposes. The dom-1 justice is considering whether federal
mittee will meet again soon. Senator | action shall be taken in connection
Smoot’s bill was said to have been j with the activities of the Ku Klu\
favorably received by several sena- 1 Klan,. Attorney-General . Daugherty
tors who were represented as desir-; said recently. Mr. Daugherty sajd-he
ing a less complicated tax law than j would' confer soon -Direeto 1 ’
in their judgment would result from I Burns of the bureau olr&v^ktigatKm,
enactment of the amended house bill, who has been directed to kvdk int>
The consensus of opinion still seem- the question, ar.d if the fkets warrant
ed to be, however, that, the committee! ed, would seek a grand jjjry fhTestiga-
would reject the Smoot measure. Re- j tion of the' Ku Klti,x Klan tn some
iterating that he would offer the bill : district and urge indictment against,
in the senate, the Utah senator said: ; any members where justified.
“We will see what wiff happen there.” i
field’s drag stors, Haltiwanger’s dry-,
goods store and the Elks’ home are j Engineer Is Killed In Train Crash
a total loss and the Desportes build-j Edinburg. I ml—Engineer M. S. Ben-
ing in which all three places were nett, of Louisville. Ky., was lolled,
located, has been destroyed. I f° ur persons were severely injured
: and several others gere less seri'ous-
1 ly injured when Pnnsylvania passen-
, ger train No. 327 en route to Indian-
i apolis from Louisville went through.
True Greatn*ss.
True^greatness is the struggle to be ; a bridge into Blue river, on.
I mile north of here recently
free.—Phillips Stewart.
Blalock Trailing Co.
WE REDUCE PRICES
THIS is a store where you are sure of receiving the full
value of your dollar on every purchase you make.
Just now we are making special prices on all summer
wear and supplies for women, young women and children.
It is an opportunity to outfit yourself for the summer at
reduced cost.
WE HAVE SOME VERY
LOW PRICES
ON
HIGH GRADE FURNITURE
WOMEN’S SUMMER
READY-TO-WEAR
DRESS PATTERNS *
and OTHER FABRICS
UNDERCLOTHING
and LINGERIE
SUN HATS, GLOVES
AND NOTIONS
CORSETS THAT
GIVE SOLID
COMFORT
UMBRELLAS and
SUN SHADES.
AUTHORIZED AGENTS KELLY, SPRINGFIELD, FISK
TIRES
Blalock Trading Co.
