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Ln Creek Presbyterian Church Holds Homecoming
M Gathering
K [. D. Whisonant
homecoming vi the Gum Creek Presbyterian
rt^B^^rthern *e cti on of the county saw a large
j^Kffnends and members of the church assembly to
and worship God. E. D. Whisonant of the
^KXtv faculty spoke to the assemblage. Students
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lating io the dress of
L^B Episcopal Clergymen.
There, in few words, is the answer to the
’F'SKion, “Why do your clergy have to dress
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They don't have to. Episcopalians don t think
of « tn that way. Wearing of weekday clerical
drew, and of tervice vestments is ancient tradi
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m «mben are "vested” when they take
^B pt« in a® Episcopal service. It is democratic.
H P* humblest deacon, just out of seminary,
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^B., ~<n the Episcopal Church near you?
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great church. Send the coupon
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Rev. J. B. Ficklen, pastor of the
Covington Presbyterian Church,
assisted by others. It continued
as such until in 1920, Rev. J. E.
Hemphill assisted by others,
conducted a Tent Meeting near
the school house; which roused
much interest. A church was to
have been organized at this
time, but it was rained out.
In May 1921. Rev. C. F. Allen,
was placed on this work by the
Home Mission Committee of Sy
nod and Presbytery jointly. In
July 1921 another Tent Meeting
was held at the school house
in which Rev. J. E. Hemphill
preached assisted by Rev. J. B.
Ficklen and C. F. Allen. As a
result of this meeting twenty
four members were received;
and in November 1921 the Gum
Creek Church was officially or-
I ganized by a Commission from
Atlanta Presbytery, consisting of
Rev. J. B. Ficklen, C. B. Toomb,
C. F. Allen and an elder from
the Covington Presbyterian
Church. A building was immedi
ately begun with Mr. Joe Plunk
ett of Lithonia as contractor, as
sisted by men of the community.
1 In June 1922 the church was
dedicated, Rev. J. B. Ficklen
preaching the dedication sermon.
This church was placed under
। care of Rev. C. F. Allen, evange-
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?HE GROUNDS and ((recollecting" featured the homecoming at Gum Creek Sunday
a^er the morning service which was conducted by E. D. Whisonant of the Emory University faculty.
Seated are, left to right: W. D. Dial, of Atlanta, a native of the Gum Creek area, and R. A. Bost
’ J lOl ! 01 Su® s * at the homecoming and oldest living member of the Gum Creek Presbyterian
Church. Standing, left to right: J. O. Martin, former Newton County educator and teacher at
Nru/c/t- n ? W a r ,® sicl e n t of Atlanta and a frequent contributor to the columns of the Covington
NEWS (his column "Newton Memories" ibis week contains an account of the homecoming); Charlie
Cason, elder and president of the homecoming; T. J. Gardner, oldest living teacher of the old Gum
Creek School, a resident of Barnesville and former superintendent of schools in Lamar County;
Mr. and Mrs. Whisonant; and Mrs. J. O. Martin.
Jimmy Laster to
Represent Newton
In All-Star Game
Jimmy Laster, all-State Class
A quarterback and one of the
best split-T quarterbacks in the
State last year, will be Newton
County’s representative on the
North All-Star squad when they
battle the South Stars Friday
at 8 p. m. on Grant Field.
A quarterback for the past
two years for Coach Jim Rogers,
Laster has been impressive as a
tailback, a position he played
two years ago, in early North
drills.
Tickets for the game may be
purchased at the gate or by
sending a money order to George
O’Kelley, Atlanta Board of Edu
cation. West stands reserved
tickets sell for $2, unreserved
East stand tickets cost $1.50 and
general admission for sl.
Employment Service
Representative Here
A representative of the Geor
gia State Employment Service
will be in Covington on Friday,
August 6, at the courthouse at
9:30 a. m. to discuss job insur
ance with applicants.
ATTEND
SALEM CAMP MEETING
Brick Store Community Club Has Covered Dish Supper
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SHOWN AT a covered dish supper, a feature of the last regular
meeting of the Brick Store Community Club, are, left to right.
Mrs R. T. Smith, Henry Graves, Mrs. Oscar Spears^ Mrs. Charl
Adams Mrs. Henry Graves, Lawrence Biggers, Gr?dy Adams,
Mrs. Robert Stainton S».. Howard Spears. Mrs. Lawrence Biggers,
Covington's Home-Owned and Home-Operated Newspaper
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1954
John J. Flynt
Tells Congress
Race Platform
John J. Flynt, Jr. of Griffin
this week announced' the plat
form on which he is running
for Congress. The platform fea
tures strong industrial and agri
cultural planks.
Flynt is opposed in the race
by Jonesboro attorney Frank
Adamson and LaGrange attorney
Bill Trotter.
Flynt’s industrial plank states
that he will work to protect
Southern Industry. He said that
he favors the tariff policy which
will protect Southern textile
and other industrial workers
from unfair competition and
will oppose any discriminatory
plans to channel defense con
tracts into New England or other
sections at the expense of Sou
thern Mills and the people who
work in them. He said that he
favors competitive bidding on
all defensive contracts and that
he “was confident that the
southern mills will win the con
tracts then because of the su
perior work of the southern tex
tile worker.”
His agricultural plank advo
cates a rigid from price support
law based on 90 per cent of
parity. His campaign headquar
ters pointed out that he oper
ates a farm in Spalding County
and “when he talks about farm
parity prices he knows what
he’s talking about and didh’t get
it out of a book.” Another plank
calls for including beef, pork,
and poultry in the basic com
modities included in the price
support law. Other planks on the
platform included development
of reservoirs on the Flint and
Chattahoochee rivers, a federally
financed system of military
highways, extension of the REA,
and a strong firm policy “design
ed to prevent any appeasement
of Communist aggression.”
Mrs. Robert Stanton Jr., Robert Stanton Jr., Miss Vera Stanton,
Charles Adams, Mrs. John Cline, Virginia Ann Smith, John Cline,
Mrs. Osbin of Albany, (sister of Mrs. R. T. Smith); Mrs. C. M.
Jordan, C. M. Jordan and Mrs. Grady Adams.
History of 1890 Salem Camp
Ground Meeting Continued
(Continued from last week)
Probably Mr. George M. Cun
ningham is the most popular and
most sought after by the younger
generations around the camp
meetings. He is full of anecdote
and reminiscence, and tells his
stories well. He is always the
center of a crowd, and no one
who attends Salem has any idea
of what Salem campmeeting
is until they talk with George
Cunningham. He is 68 years of
age and a well-to-do planter.
Last, but by no means least of
these patriarchs, comes the Rev.
Richard Harwell, who is the oddi
ty and genius of these occasions.
He comes from a good old
camp meeting steady, his father
having borne the nickname “Old
Hundred” in the latter days of his
life, from the fact that he had at
tended a hundred campmeetings.
For quaint sayings and terse ex
pressive language “Uncle Dick”
takes the cake. He always leads
the morning service in the tab
ernacle, and the fact that he leads
is always enough to secure a good
attendance. One of his sermons
stenographically reported would
be a gem of purest ray serene to
delight the Journal readers, and.
his prayers could never be re
produced. You would have to
hear them to appreciate and en
। joy them. Mr. Harwell is a power
ful preacher and has done much
i zealous and good work at these
meetings, and the people around
about Salem appreciate him ac
cordingly.
THE ANTE BELLUM SALEM
In the olden time before the
war Salem campmeeting was an
institution of great renown and
fame all over Georgia, and it
numbers among its converts many
men prominent in this state to
day in church, commerce and
state. Along in the forties and
fifties people went to Salem’s
yearly meeting from all parts of
Georgia, and gatherings were tru
ly immense. The seventy five
tents accommodating from twenty
to thirty each, were filled and
many who came from long dis
tances camped out in the wagons
in which they came. Besides the
neighboring towns and country
around were crowded, and many
hundred attended the meetings in
wagons and buggies. Every Meth
odist in Georgia who had any re
latives in Newton, Henry, DeKalb
and Walton counties made it con
venient to visit them about camp
meeting time, and the old fash
ioned hospitality and the old
fashioned preaching and church
services render it an accasion re
membered with great pleasure
even now among those who at
tended. And it was a harvest for
the preachers. The conversions
were numerous and the zealous
servants of God enjoyed an un
paralleled feast of reason and
flow of religion, to say nothing of
the myriads of fried chicken and
spring water. Along in the thir
ties, when churches throughout
this section were much scarcer
than they are today, the additions
to the church membership re-
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YOUR FAMILY THEATRE
JUNCTION HIGHWAY 11-12
Thursday A Friday
AUGUST 5 - 6
Rock Hudson in
"BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY"
also, Paramount News
Saturday
AUGUST 7
George Raft in
"THE MAN FROM CAIRO"
Comedy, "Champ Steps Out"
Sunday A Monday
AUGUST 8 - 9
Dan Dailey and June Haver in
"THE GIRL NEXT DOOR"
Tuesday A Wednesday
AUGUST 10-11
Alan Ladd in
J
"THUNDER IN THE EAST'
Comedy, "Two Chaps Amiss"
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
DVDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
suiting from one of the meet
ing often reached as high as one
hundred and twenty souls, and
never fell below one hundred.
Since the war the number of
converts has never exceeded fif
ty, and has often gone as lovr
as twenty. Os late years they have
not exceeded twenty, and some
times number no more than
twelve or fifteen souls.
THE DECLINE OF _ '
CAMP MEETINGS
This falling off marks the de
cline of the campmeeting, and
Continued on Page 12
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