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1 VkankHft Covatj. ®l)e Cctrtteauilk V tl UL_V 1 ! {I ♦ PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ITS RRAngpa . PARK K8 V11-LTC_G A. M A. V NU MBER ^ ! ^ ** 4- + ****** ****** * + 4 + + 4- i + * I • A •If* / * 4 A Special Day For The The Baptist Sunday Schools of the State, more than eighteen huri dred in number, will have a sp'end id day on the first Sunday in June, at which time there will be a special offeiing for charity ■work Ipital. of tne ueorgux Baptist IIos i This day is observed every year. The superindents and teach ers of all the Baptist Su day Schools of this country are put- ting forth unualy effort to this year’s offering the largest they have ever had The Georgia Baptist Hospital receives the sick from every sec tion of the state. There is scarce ly a county in the state that has not sometime during che past four years sent some ol their . poor and dependant ones to hospital, wnere they have treated free, More than fifty cripple and de childien have had their limbs straightened and of them made to walk, most of these ’vere from home the poor, who were unable to furnish hospital care fo= Hiese little ones. More than five hun dred people have received medi¬ cal and hosoital treatment, pay¬ ing only a small part of the actu al cost of their board wh le in the t hospital. It s for this work the Sunday Schools are asked to make a special offtnng on June 3rd. A Cnristain is Christ like, and Christianity is d dug the things winch Christ did. One of the ihings which he devoted more of his time and thought to was ui treating to the s:ek and-releiving the suffering,causing the lime to and the blind to see. Tb s is the work to which the Georgia Hospital vs devoting its efforts and are limited only by the gifts j None are ever turned away from its doors except fora huk of room aud funds. Here every % class, condition, and creed are welcomed. Here all can find op portunity to exprer the spirit ot Nathan Kingsbury A farmer John S. Dickson Muriel Mason A citv boarder Ruth Lenhardt, Edna Dean A schemer Jessie Strickland Rooert Sinclair In love wit Muriel Gibbs Strickland Postman Always late Boyd Culpepper Tramp A holly terror Joe Strozier I Auto party Chauffeur, Jack Downer, Mrs. Downer, Pauline, Helen, Pearman lial),Wayre Hail, Clara Mae Daniel, Berta Little, Puth Wilson. Admission Monday and Tuesday evenings, Children, 15c Adults, 25c Jesus in their gifts. To fail here is to fail in the fundamentals of Christianity, for here we are prov iding for those of oar own land and country, “He t'aat proviu eth not for his own hath denied thetaithand is worse than an in fildel” $20’06f> will be his year from the Sunday School to care for all tne sick por who are CuTnmg to the Georgia ist Hospital. Let every i tendant worth plan which he has « recevteh, and thissurn will ed. Jesus will siv to all give, *‘As oft as ye have done it unt- * one of tne least ol these sick ones, ve have done it unto Me.” ' City Court Notice On accoent of the busy season the June Term of the city court will be adjourned over from Mon day June 4th, to Monday June 25th, 1917 Jurors, parties and witnesses no. intersted in defaul cases need nit attend until nine o’clock A. M. Morulav June 25th 1917. Geo. L, Goode, Judge C. C C, J. Culpepper, Cleik. Entertained Mr. Gibbs Stnckiand and sister Miss Jessie, entertained several friends at their home Fnaav eve ning. Those invited wore; Misses Elise Jlarber, Loll to Belle Crow, Berta L’ttle, Eva More, Clara Mae Daniel, Gertrude Culpepper, Lula Mae Addi on, Iiuth Lenhardt, Lena llewin ana Messrs. Wayne Mall, Mack WansUiy, Boyd Cul p >ppe r , Parker Purcell, Hall, Van Parker, Joe P. airman Hall, Sanford Osman Barber Howard and Paul Smith. A Letter to The Public Carrns il!»>, Qa. Ma»’ 16. fO-17 Tot hr* poople «»f Franklin C >un tv ‘ e r<:ia. D.s r Fr e >(ls: - I f.vl it i burden dutv ! to make .1 L-w statem.-nt- t'u- "gb the column* of your p ai r, red- :ave to mvself. mam* of v<*u r\ well know, I came io vour c *unlv ov r two months ago, a free man joying the pleasure* accompanied by freedom, that vou. my friends are appreciating these beautiful life goinS spring days. Now that 1 have b^enjencarsce rated behind cold ptison bars, shut up from all pour present as soc : ation. Tie law preseomps everv mai innooet ot what-ever charge he may be charged with, till he shall have been tried and convicted bv a jury N o doubt some of you have reached a verdict before hearing he ficfc? i n tee case 1 1 asserted publicity that the repart c rcula'e 1 on on me being mar- ried a wife and sent her back to Texas, and had sent my other lit- tie sweet wife back home, was a In* and 1 still offirm the thing I am not charged in T<xas wrh Bigamy, No doubt I could have fought requistioi, and glined f e figh% but then the envauible con elusion reached by .he peop e of' Geo ga and South Cirol na have been, I was gu lev of what evv.r charge was alleged against me. Bjleiving in a God. who holds and lules the destiniee of man in its hand, and knowing I was innocent, I gladly submitted to go and face nal liken m >n, a ml in i ih tbch»-it: gnu disgiac* on my name raiv bn lifted, th.it I might return to this couutjy a free man and live daily before ^ou all the doerme 1 have preach It is going to be a hard fight lor me alone, fori am now with out a dollar to pay for council. 1 wish to state, gentlemen of Geo gia, especially this Coanty you should take your hats off to your honoiable S'ceriff, Mr. Wanslev, 1 have never received more couit- eous treatment by anvone than he If I come e’ear, and never return I wish to sti’tp, I shall meet vou one and a 1 beyond thetuerdd wat er , around th„> shining throne oi an endless God. Witn the sound, who there will be no more impnsmmt and prose i ution, but where we shall inarch • >ut m the mblis of the paridise of God. in the elesymn fields of endless bliss, where we wi'i stake our thirst at the fountain of ev. r lasting grace, ui a world that shall neves end As many of you as can, come into see me. 1 am lone some, and my noor little wife, is dying of a broken heart. A ny little token of friendship will be so Inghlv appreciated bv me in mv present distress, May request all wmo read this and all mv ti leiuis ch t vou c > ne into see me, or write me a line; telling me you still believe in me till I sii ive been proven :u Uy^ If you don’t wnte me, for Gods sake wnte mv wiie a cheerlu! let ter. Addressing’ Mrs. EL a Dav is, Campahe.iC, S. C. I am the same true fri n;J t o Piol Lon Davais. or Rev. Elutna Davis. Official Organ «f ■ Franklin County. 1 0conee Merchant is Loud .In His Praises “La t Summer I become sud¬ denly sick” s >ys Mr. 15. H. Hardy a prominent merchant otWatk- i’sville, Ga. I had the worse k n I of dia'-rhoei and it seemed as if I was going to die. I had tr ' get » m-ii to look after my ! ' o k in the Store and 1 was in awful pan.. I happeneb to think that i had 8(nne Jackson’s Cordial on rav shelves, so I got a bottle down and begnn taking it. In less tnan thirty minutes the pain entirely left me and L and I felt as well as ever have felt. Some time iater the cramping came on me again and I began taking Jackson’s Cordial for indigestion a.id I find it a wonderful medicine which cures. I keep it on hand all the time and I have sold it to hanureds of CUit " mers fll! ot whonl testily L° merit. I don t believe there is a better medicine on eaitti than Jackson’s Cordial, For over forty live years Jack - son’* Cordi.il has been curing all kinds of atomic'!, liver and kidney troubles, ft your suffer get a bo; t e today and obtain relief. For sale bv J, F. Jones, W. II. c w. P. Whiten, P. w. Vand iver and G. R. Harrison, Sheriff Sales Georgia Franklin County. Will be sold before the court¬ house door on the First Tuesday in J une within the legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash following real estate, to wit All that tract, lot or parcels of and situated, lying aud beiug in 1363rd District, G. M. Said State and county, in the City ol Canon, more fully described as follows, lots Nos 1, 2, 3., in block “D” each fronting lo7 feet on Car nesville St. and adjoining J. E. Strickland’s lot 177 feet on East> running back from Carnesvilie St. to lot of Strickland 100 feet each on back 265 leet to Carnesvilie St. along lot 4 in block “D.” Also one lot known as lot No3 in block “A” beginning at a corner on Pine St. and Carnesvilie St. and running thence 100feet along Carnesvilie St th *nce East 108 feet along the Strickland lot to Kelly,s lot,thenc 81 feet along Kelly lot back to (far nesville St, thence West 180 feet along Carnesvilie St, to beginning corner. Said four Jots of land lev- ied ou andjbeing sold to satisfy a fi fa issued from the Superior < onrt of Franklin Countv in favor of The First Naii >na! Bank of El Pelt ,n, and against Mrs Mnnmi Turin- n. A quitclaim deed hav been file ! before levy in the Clerk’s Office in book L. 12 page 47 2 lor ill ? p.irp <s*of levy and sale Wnlt.n notice given tenant in possession as required bv law T,. M*,W. IM7. J. W, Wansley Sheriff,