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VOL. 17, NO. 43. Douglas Baptist Church Notes. DY ALEXIS D. KENDRICK, Pastor. Probably we are in the best meeting in the history of our church. The interest has been good from the first service, and the congregations have been un usually large. The preaching by the evangelist Mr. Buchholtz, has been free from mere emo tionalism and he has spoken to the hearts and comsciousnesses of hearers. No invitation has been made to come to the altar for prayer nor any other catchy methods which are often used by evangelists. The minister has reached scores of the unsav ed for Christ and many church members i have dedicated anew their lives to God. The pastor and evangelist have talked personally to neai’ly one hundred people during the meeting about becoming Chris tians and through their personal efforts great good has been ac complished. Among those who have been saved and united with the church are a member of adults and some of the best people of the town. Every child that has united with the church has been talked to personally by the pas tor or some Christian worker, and before they have been re ceived into the church each one has given evidences of having been converted and united with the consent of their parents. The services will continne through Sunday and if necessary a few days longer, but at this writing it is expected that the services will close Sunday night. The total number of additions during the meetings are 38. ad ding to this number the twelve received by the pastor since he became pastor five months since makes a total of 50 up to Wed nesday *iight. The pastor and Evangelist Buchholtz made a special appeal ot every member of Douglas Bap tist Church to be present Sun day morning ac 10:30 o’clock. We want every member present at the beginning of the service. Some things of the greatest im portance to our church will be considered at this special service. Do not fail to attend this meet ing. We also desire every Bap tisn in Douglas to be present with us at this service. The public also are invited. The pastor and church muse plan for greater and larger increase in church membership and con secration on the part of our peo ple, a bright future is before us. Let us rise in the strength and power of God and do our duty. The Sunday School will meet as usual Sunday afternoon, and we hope to have a large attend ance. We shall expect every teacher present and on time. . Do not forget the teachers meet ing Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, at the pastor’s study. For the teachers to do the best service in the school they will have to attend these meetings on Saturday afternoons. We have found out in our own school in Douglas that those whose classes made the largest increase in attendance are those classes attend the Teach ers Meetings. JjVi’l n-i. -N# D, Coffss.Cjunty Midical Association On last Tuesday, the Coffee County Medical Association met in Douglas, and transacted some very important business for the fraternity of Coffee county. There was not a very full attendance of the members, but it is hoped that at the next meeting of the society, that there will be a full attendance of every Physican in the county. Those present last meeting were Drs. Sibbett, Ter rell, Whelchel, Dorsett, Benson and Bryan. raca- Philathea Banquet will be made Sunday. The time is next Tuesday evening, March 12th. We expect Mr. Will D. Upshaw on this gala occasion and a great time is expected. If the meet ing should continue the Banquet will be held after the service Tuesday evening. Let every Baraca and Philathea be present on this coming occasion. It is quite probable that the services will close Sunday night, and a large congregation is de sired to be present to hear the last sermon. Brother Buchholtz! has made a profound impression 1 upon the people of Douglas, and j through him many have been' saved from sin, ana a large nura- | ber of Christians have dedicated j anew their lives to the service; of God. The church has been j greatly strengthened and more; determined to live lives to the honor and glory of the Lord. The pastor has never had a minister to assist him in his meetings ! whose methods and style of preaching were more satisfactory | than Brother Buchholtz’?. We! know him to be a man of God, i and the Lord is using him for! great good. The papers of Douglas have been kind and liberal toward the services during the past three, weeks. The editors have attend- j ed many of the services and have ; given several notices of the meet : j ings from time to time. Thank you Messrs Editors for your kind ness. We know that both of! i you feel kindly towards the j | churches of the town, and I assure. ! each of you that the pastors ap- j j preciate you and your papers.' j Some new deacons will be' | elected Sunday morning, and at! i the close of the Sunday School j j Sunday afternoon they will he j j ordained. We need at least five ! additional deacons and the church I should pray the Lord to direct in jChosing those who will help to | carry on His work to His honor and to the best interest of His cause in our church. We want men of good moral character, men of God with push and life. Those who are to be baptized ! will prepare to be baptised Sun j day night, March 17th, which j will be one week from the time | the meeting is to close. An op j portunity will be given for new j members at every service up to j the night of baptizing. I The pastor will be present at j the Sun Beam Society Monday i afternoon, and will speak to the | children. We desire to have j every member of the Sun Beam j Society present and every child jin the Sunday School. We es- Jpeciaily urge every new church ! member of the Sunday School to |be present. A special message awaits the children at this ser vice, and we shall expect them to Vs •*> Douglas, Ga., March 9th, 1907. THE WILLIAMSON PLAN. Of Planting and Cultivating Corn to Advantage. What is known as the William son plan of cultivating corn is said to have revolutionized corn cultivation in the State of South Carolina. It is now attracting attention i n Georgia. Boiled down, the Williamson plan is as follows: Land is broken up in six foot rows, leaving a four-inch balk. The soil is broken one-fourth deeper than is common, and a water furrow made, in which the corn is planted, care being taken to plant as early as possible. No fertilizer is applied, and the first working is done with a sweep on both sides of the corn and give first working with harrow. Thin when corn is about eight inches high. In planting drop the grain about five or six inches apart. (Mr. Williamson breaks out balk with scooter and follows in the furrow with Dixie plow, with wing taken off.) After this first working with harrow and thin ing, a stunting process should be begun, on which the success of the plan depends. Corn should usually be from eight to twelve inches high when the stunting process is done, and “look worse than you ever seen cor look be fore,” says Mr. Williamson. The fertilizer used is a mixture of 300 pounds acid phosphate, 200 pounds kainit, and 100 pounds nitrate of soda. At this point when your corn has been sufficently humiliated, put on half the fertilizer in the old sweep furrow, on either side of the middle and cover by break- j out this middle with a turn plow, j About one week after, treat the . other middle the same way. With-! a few days side corn in the middle j with a 16-inch sweep. Put all; of your nitrate of soda in this ‘ furrow, if less than 150 pounds;! if more, use one-half of it now.' Cover with one furrow of tu~n plow, thenfsow peas broadcast in j the furrow at the rate of at least; a bushel to the acre and finish i breaking out. In a few days side corn and; other middle with the same sweep 1 put balance of nitrate of soda in ; this furrow. Ilf it has been di- 1 vided cover with turn plow, sow j peas and break out. This lays j by corn with good bed and plenty of dirt around stalk. This should be from June 10 to June 20 (in ; this latitude) unless season is i very late, and corn should hardb r be bunching for tassel. Lay by early. More corn is ruined by late plowing than by lack of plowing. This is when the ear is hurt. Two good rains after laying by should make you a good crop of corn, and it will certainly make with much less rain than if punished and ferti lized in the old way. The stalk will be very small and will not require anything like the amount of moisture. Do not be disbouraged by the small ap pearance of the stalks; the corn will make out of' all proportion to its size. Mr. Williamson considers the final application of nitrate of soda an essential point in making a fine ear, and it should be applied ! unmixed with any other fertlizer. He says he is satisfied with one !ear to the stalk, unless a prolific SMYRNA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. General Meeting Beginning Friday and Saturday Be fore Fifth Sunday in March. The General Meeting of the Smyrna Baptist Association will be held at Nichols, beginning Friday before the sth Sunday in March 1907. !Jhe fiogram follows:- First, A sermon by S. G. Taylor, at 11 o’clock a. m. 12:00 Organize, Adjourn' l for dinner, which will be on the g\round. AFTERNOON. 1:30 Song Service by juniofi and senior choirs. 2:00 Address, by H. M. Mebks, subject; Why have a general meeting of association? 2:30 Address, by A. S. Minch,ew, subject, Should the pastors and Christian workers organize a council. 3:00 Song, after which a question box will be opened. EVENING SESSION 6:30 Song Service 7:00 Sermon, byJas. Vinings. SATURDAY MORNING. 9:30 Song service by both choirs. 10:00 Address, by Dr. W. C. Bryan. Subject; The Power of a Newspaper for Good or Evil. 10:30 Address, by M. A. Love, subject; The Character of Evangelical Preaching 11:15 Address, by G. A. Bartlett, subject; Methods of i glism: 12:15 Dinner on the grounds. AFTERNOON SESSION S \ 1:30 Prayer and Praise service. \ 2:15 The church and her Interests. (a) The church, by H. M. Meeks. \ (b) State Missions, Melvin Tanner. \ (c) Horne Mission, H. Meeks. (d) Foreign Missions, A. S. Minchew. Question box. EVENING SESSION 6:45 Song service Address, by M. A. Love, subject, Christian Education. SUNDAY MORNING 9:30 Sunday school lesson. 10:15 Pastor place in Sunday school opened by S. G. Taylor. General Discussion. 11: Sermon by G. A. Bartlett. G. A. Bartlett, ) H. M. Meeks, Com. M. A. Love, ) County papers please copy. variety is planted, and leaves a hundred stalks for every bushel he expects to make. He says further. “I find the 6-foot, row easiest to cultivate without injur ing the corn. For fifty bushels to the acre I leave it 16 inches apart and for 75 bushels 12 inches apart, and for 100 bushels 8 inches apart. Corn should be planted from 4 to 9 inches below the level, and laid by from 4 to 6 inches above. No hoeing should be necessary and middles may be kept clean until time to break out, by useing harrow, or by running one shovel furrow in center middle and bedding on that with one or more rounds of turn plow.” He does not pull fodder or cut tops, nor does he cut peavines or pick peas. Ail these go back into the soil and are fvort’n, ac cording to him sls to S2O an acre as fertilizer. Any practical man may follow the plan which requires less work than the old way, and so far re sults indicate that South Carolina can raise the crop of lowa on >one-tourth the acre, the product being worth more than twice as much here on account of the higher value of corn. As the state of South Carolina j has something like twelve million I acres of land available for this purpose, not now utilized, it will be seen what a revolution this would make, if the. plans fulfill expectations. Macon Telegraph. A whole lot of men who never weighed an anchor or unfurled a sail are forever sitting around and waiting for their ships to come in. SI.OO per Annum Some Scattering Remarks. During part of this week, this scribe was at Nichols, assisting in a missionary institute. Our congregations were splendid and : much good was accomplished. The people are to begin a new j church building in a few days on a lot given the church by Mr. Geo. Dean. This is one of the greatest needs of our people there. How can we expect ; others to respect us, when we ;do not respect ourselves. No church respects itself if it fails to provide the best church build , ing possible. We can not successfully build up a town without erecting j suitable church and school build ings. The new church being built in Douglas has brought our town to the attention of thous ands of people in the United States and other parts of the ! world. Every intelligent man knows ' the value of churches and schools to a town. The man who does not support the religious and educational interests of his town does not love his town. We are to be congratulated on account of the fact that several of our towns are waking up on this question. Especially true is this, in Coffee County. Let us provide for the church j and school interests of our peo ple, in a way that will bring to us the approval of God and be a great blessing to the people. Let us build upon the Rock and ! we shall stand. | Sincerely L. A. Kill.