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The Fitzgerald Leader
VOL. XVI.
Did Christ Rise
From The Dead
Third of Rev. Guyton Fish¬
er’s Sermons on The
Apostle’s Creed
“If Christ be not risen, then is
our preaching vain, and your
faith is also vain.” I Cor. 15:14.
St. Paul is right. The key of
the Christian position lies in this
bare issue of fact.
If Christ be not risen, then:
I. He was not Divine. Matters
not that He did other miracles—
14& more He did the more con-
Tjjjjg becomes the character that
Wonderfully appeared on the
pages of human history. It
matters not that He was good. It
matters not that He was supreme-
ly good, if He died never to rise
again, He were only a man; and
all that could be said would be
that the . best man the world ever
saw could not escape death. And
if He appeared to be God and then
died—hopelessly died without a
resurrection, then God was dead.
Pitiable beyond expression it
would be for the holiest man that
ever lived to die, but horrible be¬
yond the power of thought or
speech would be the fact that God
Himself must succumb to the
power of death. If any thing
Jesus did before His death caused
His disciples to believe Him divine
and after His death Jesus did not
rise, then as one of them truly
said, “they were of all men most
miserable, and they who have suc¬
ceeded to their faith have inherit¬
ed a legacy of darkness and of
woe.” But if He did rise from the
dead, all controversy to His divini¬
ty is at an end.
Universal mankind has made for
universal mankind a definition of
divinity that satisfies the wisest
and the simplest. I shall not say
what that is—I do not know that I
can, but it is so clear to our in-
tuitions that we accept or reject
almost immediately and without
argument or analysis that which
speaks to us as worthy or unworthy
of our reverence. And one attri¬
bute that man recognizes as neces¬
sary to his well-defined deity is
power over death.
Christ knew that power was
divine and by miracles endeavored
to manifest His Divinity. He
told men that if they would not
believe Him and His word, to be¬
lieve the works that He did. A
woe was pronounced upon Chora-
zin and Bethsaida because works
had b een done tnere more than
r JpeSl j'and >nt to they convince did them of and His
. not repent
1 behove.
His disciples knew that Divinity
was resident in Power especially
power over death. “The apostles
with great power gave witness to
the resurrection of the Lord.”
What did Peter preach? “This
Jesus hath God raised up, whereof
we are all witnesses.” When Peter
and John healed the lame man
they declared to the Jews, You
killed the Prince of Life, whom
God hath raised from the dead
whereof we are witneses. And to
Cornelius Peter said, “Him, God
raised up the third day.”
A a matter of course we do not
, minimise the goodness of Jesus,
but His goodness is not, and never
was in question; but men have
time and again denied His
and resurrection. And it is signifi¬
cant that not only did ihe disciples
feci the importance of the resur-
rection, but the Jews regarded it
«s so important and sd harmful
against their Judaism that we
read, “They were grieved
they preached thru Jesus
resurrection from the dead.”
is the issue. If Christ had
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JANUARY 25, 1911.
Tidy Club Will
Keep Street Clea.n
The Tidy Club of North Lee
Street re-organized Saturday
morning. The following members
were present: C1 ifford Wi 1 kerson,
Leila Hall, Lawrence Wilkerson,
Estelle Hall. Carrie Wilkerson,
Charlie Miller, Willie Hodges.
The club adopted these resolu¬
tions: We purpose to keep North
Lee Street clean, free from all
papers, tin cans large sticks and
ugly things. We will ask all peo¬
ple whom we see throwing trash
on any street in the city not to do
so,but we will help keep our street
clean. We will meet 15 minutes
every Saturday morning in Mrs.
J. B. Wall’s front yard to talk
about our work. Once a month
we will celebrate with a bond fire
in the alley. We will call our-
selves "The Tidy Club of North
Lee Street.”
The officers are;
Leila Hall, President,
Clifford Wilkerson, Secretary,
Willie Hodges and Lawrence
WilkersoD, Inspectors.
over death, men will follow Him.
If the Devil has power over death
and is the only one who has, 1
should not blame men for following
him.
In the Cathedral of Cologne
there is a statue of St. Christopher.
Once a young man who was named
Opher. He vowed he would only
associate with the brave and strong¬
est. So he went to serve the
village mayor. Soon he found he
was under the king, and to the
king he went. Soon he found
the king was afraid of the devil.
So he sought his company and
service—you may be sure he was
not long in finding it. But walk¬
ing one day with his Satanic
Majesty they came to the form of
the Crucified One on a cross at the
f or k of the road. “Oh, said the
Devil let us go around by the
woods: I can never bear to see that
face.” So Opher left him and
rendered allegiance to the King of
Kings—joined Himself to Christ
and was called Opher no more,
but Christ-Opher, and so we have
Saint Christopher. In the last
analysis men will pay homage only
to the highest. If Christ has power
over death, men will follow Him.
If the Devil has power over death,
and is the only one who has, I
should not blame men for follow-
ing him.
II. If Jesus be not risen from
the 1 lead, how shall we account for
what is accepted as the Resurrec¬
tion Fact?
1. Don’t ask you to accept the
Gospels; but here are some letters
that were written by Paul, a dis¬
ciple of the famous Gamaliel, a
man who was known far and wide
because of His zeal, first attacking
the Church of Christ; and second,
for his zeal in defending that
Church. Renan the famous his¬
torian says, “The epistles of Paul
are absolutly authentic; and he
classes his letters to Ga’atians,
Romans, first and second Corin-
thinans as “uncontested and incon-
testible.” What do these letters
testify as to*- the Resurrection of
Jews?
Consider this, that Paul was
familiar with the facts. For con¬
temporaneous history shows that
these letters could not have been
written later than twenty-eight
years after the crucifixion. Re¬
member that Paul was alive at the
time of the Resurrection and that
the people to whom he wrote were
nearly all alive at the time of the
Resurrection. It has been about
ferty-seven years since the Civil
War, about nineteen more years
(Continued on 3th Page)
Ocilla Southern Operating
Over F. O. & B. Road
New Road has Reached Fitzgerald, Pulling in at the A.
B. & A. Depot; and much Interest is Manifest
in its Extention to some point North.
All arrangements for the operation of the Ocilla Southern R. R.,
over that branch of the Fitzgerald Ocilla & Broxton Railroad, which
connects Ocilla and Fitzgerald, have been completed, and the Ocilla
Southern passenger train, bound for Alapaha, pulled out from the A.
B. & A. station for the first trip this morning at 6:25 o’clock.
As was stated in last Saturday’s paper, the plan for the Ocilla
Southern to either buy or lease the F. O. & B. Road, was suggested
by the Leader at the first meeting of the promoters which was held on
Dec. 2nd., and it is indeed gratifying to the many who were in sym¬
pathy with the idea, that the plan was accepted by the Road and has
now materilized. The Leader in making the suggestion, did so realiz¬
ing that Fitzgerald capital would take no stock in the construction of
another Railroad from Ocilla to Fitzgerald, but that after it reached
here there would be no difficulty in arousing interest in the project to
extend it to Rochelle and other points north—hence the proposal to
get possession of the F. O. & B.
Fitzgeraldites are greately interested in the new Railroad, and its
extention north to Hawkinsville, and the promoters will recieve the
unanimous support of the business men of this city in extending it.
The probability is that at the next meeting of the stockholders, a
construction company will be organized, to build the Road from Fitz¬
gerald to Rochelle, and the Ocilla Southern Shops will in all likelihood
be situated at Fitzgerald.
The Ocilla Southern pulls in at the A. B. & A. depot in this city
and the schedule, for the present at least, is as follows:
No. 1 Leaves Fitzgerald for Alapaha 6:25 a. m.
No. 2 Arrives Fitzgerald from Ocilla 11:40 a. m.
No. 3 Leaves Fitzgerald for Alapaha 2:00 p. m.
No. 4 Arrives Fitzgerald from Ocilla 9:38 p. m.
Attention, Georgia Farmers!
The Educational Train of the Georgia State College of Agricul¬
ture will move over the Atlanta, Biimingh&m Atlantic Railroad on
February 13,1911, making the following stops :
Lv. Brunswick .... 5:00 am.
Ar. Nichols..., .... 8:00 am.
Lv. Nicholls .. . ... 10:30 am.
Ar. Douglas... .... 11:00 am.
Lv. Douglas... .... 1:30 pm.
Ar. Fitzgerald. . . . . 2:30 pm.
The object of this train is to give much useful and practical in¬
formation of the highest value to the farmers of Georgia, free of cost.
The Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad is co-operating
closely in this work, which is in line with its efforts to develop the
Georgia territory traversed by its line and tributary thereto.
The train will contain varied exhibits, including live stock, and
demonstrations will be made at all points where stops are shown in the
above schedule.
This is the greatest educational opportunity ever afforded Geor¬
gia farmers. Two passenger coaches will be attached to the train and
half-hour talks will be made on subjects of great importance to the
farmers by members of the faculty of the Agricultural College.
Every farmer who can possibly do so, should visit the points
at which the train will stop, and get the benefit of the exhibits, dem¬
onstrations and listen to the talks.
Ben Hill Co. Farmers’ Union
Install Officers for Year 1911
The regular monthly meeting of Ben Hill County Farmers’ Edu
optional and Co-operative Union was held January 14th., with the
Williamson local Union No. 539.
The meeting was one of both pleasure and profit to those present,
and all are very enthusiastic over the encouraging start the Union has
made for the ensuing year. The members of Ben Hill Union realize
the incalculable value of this great organization to the Farmers of the
United States, and are more determined than ever to get their brother
tillers-of-the-soil join with them in the movement to better in every
possible way the condition of the American Farmer*
The two hours preceding noon were used for public speaking
and talks by Brothers A. J. (
instructive were made Sword, A, L.
Huling, and G. R.' Cooper. ' *■: * •>
An hour’s recess was taken at npon, during which titoe a tempting
repast was spread, and all enjoyed the fruits of the soil.
At one o’clock the meeting went into secret session, and the re¬
mainder of the afternoon was devoted entirely to the business of the
Union, the principal item engaging the attention of the members being
tbe installation of officers for the year 1911, the following officers
taking the oath of office and being duly installed:
President,..................... ......G. C. Ball.
Vice President.............. .... L. Robitzsch.
Secretary & Treasurer....... .......F. G. Ray
Door Keeper............... .......J. L. Hill.
Chaplain ................... .... G. R. Cooper
Ben Hill Union demonstrated much wisdom in the selection of
their officers for the Current year, and those installed are each and ev¬
ery one, uaen worthy of the honor bestowed and capable of discharg-
Census Figures On
Cotton Ginned
New Orleans, January 22—The
new week in the cotton market
will open live minutes after the
census bureau report on the
amount of cotton ginned up to the
middle of January is issued. The
figures may have considerable to
do with the course of prices this
week, opinion up to the end of
last week having been very con¬
flicting and ranging all the way
from 125,000 to 275,000 bales as
the amount ginned during the
period between the first and the
middle of the month. Should
either one of the extremes be con¬
firmed, prices probably would be
moved strongly.
ESTIMATES ARE BULLISH.
In connection with this report a
reivew of the market letters issued
by commission houses is interest¬
ing. They tell outside traders to
buy futures and take profits on
long cotton if the market bulges.
Very little is said about selling un¬
der any circumstances, which
would lead to the conclusion that,
no matter what the figures put out
by the census bureau are, they are
not expected to change bullish esti¬
mates of the total crop.
In one way this report is impor¬
tant, for it is practically the last of
the season. The final report will
be made on March 20, from data
collected up to the end of Febru¬
ary. Thus the trade will not be
given any more ginning informa¬
tion for two months, which will
increase the disposition to look
upon tomorrow’s total as being
practically the entire crop, minus
linters and repacks.
MUCH ATTENTION TO STATISTICS.
With the census report out of
the way, the trade is going to give
much attention to statistics. The
large decrease in the visible sup¬
ply last week which compared
with increases both last year and
the year before greatly disturbed
people who have been complacent¬
ly watching the visible supply pile
up as the result of the very large
movement from the interior. The
loss in interior stocks was intensi¬
fied by the decrease in the visible
supply and statistics from the in¬
terior are going to be eagerly
waited for this week. If they are
as bullish as they were last week
they are going to command much
attention, and will undoubtedly
affect prices favorably, for with
interior stocks already smaller
than they were a year ago, the
market will not be able to stand a
further loss without discounting it.
There have been rumors of
special trading in May and of
much bullish activity in that month
in this market, but there have
been no signs of it around the
ring. Should such signs arise
they would be taken as indications
of a bull campaign in May, July
and possibly August and Septem¬
ber, and outside interest in the
market would quicken with conse¬
quent increased buying.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Rayner a fine 10 pound baby girl
at 307 E. Suwanee St. both moth-
and child doing well.
ing the duties imposed upon them.
The next meeting will be February 11th. with Pine Level Local
Union. These meetings are not exclusively for the members of the
Farmers’ Union, but all, who are interested in Agriculture and Educa¬
tion, are given u cordial welcome to meet with us and bring along
someone.
Those living near are requested to bring well-filled baskets, a9
dinner will be served on the grounds.
Yours for the good of the Union,
C. I*. Williamson,
Correspondent.
NO. 7.
Foreigners Are
Raising Kick
Americans Fail To
Put Sufficiant Postage
On Letters
Unless you want your corres¬
pondents in the foreign countries
become thoroughly disgusted
stop writing to you, on ac¬
of your persistent failure to
use the proper amount of postage
your first class mail matter;
thereby subjecting them to the
expense of having to pay double
the deficiency on delivery of the
letter, it would be no bad idea for
you hereafter to consult Uncle
employees at the Post Office
before posting your letters direct¬
ed to foreign countries.
It is true that there are a num¬
ber of foreign countries and cities
which the domestic rate of 2
is applicable, but at the same
time there are other countries
where the rate is higher, and when
a piece of first class mail is re¬
ceived in one of these countries
bearing short-paid postage, the
party to whom it is addressed has
to pay double to amount of the de¬
ficiency before the mail can be de¬
livered. The Post Office Depart¬
ment has been advised by the for¬
eign authorities of the numerous
complaints that are daily received
of first class mail coming from the
United States with an insufficient
amount of postage, and the Depart¬
ment has been requested to urge
all patrons to familiarize themselv¬
es on the subject, and, by placing
the required amount of pos¬
tage on mail matter for foreign
contries, eliminate the annoyance.
To the following foreign countries,
first mail can be sent for the domes¬
tic rate of 2 cents; Canada, Cuba,
Mexico, Newfoundland, the Canal
Zone, the Republic of Panama,
Germany (by direct steamers only)
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland,
and the city of Shanghai, China;
but to foreign countries not enum¬
erated in this list, the rate is 5
cents for the first ounce or a frac¬
tion thereof, and 3 cents for each
additional ounce or fraction there-
of.
Now clip this out and stick it in
your hat-baiul, and the next time
you have occasion to send a letter
to a foreign country, consult it
and make sure that it bears the
proper amount of postage.
‘4 The King’s Business”
Evangelistic services began last
night at the United Brethren
Church. Bishop T. C. Carter, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., will preach
each evening for, possibly, ten
days or two weeks. The Bishop is
a typical Southern orator, a fer¬
vent preacher.
Rev. I. W. Beans, Presiding El¬
der, is also present and helping in
the meetings.
Song service, with good music,
begins at 7:30. Come and help in
“The King’s Busine-s.”
J. L. Leichuter, Pastor.
E. L. Kiker, Esq., of Cordele,
was among the prominent visitors
to the city this week.