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Official Organ Ben Hill County,
Named W. H. Mars*
ton As Speaker
Sigal honor is paid the lamented
William H. Marston, former Post
Master, in a letter received by the
family several days ago from C.
YY. Parker, chairman of the Com¬
mittee on Topics for the forthcom¬
ing meeting of the Postmasters in
Atlanta.
Mr. Parker, an old friend of Col.
Marston, not having learned of the
death of the latter, appointed him
to speak on the topic “If I were
Postmaster General, what changes
would I make in the present method
of handling the mails and
*ctmg tne ousinessoi ^ ine impart-
rnent. hollowing is the letter m
full from the chairman of the
mittee on Topics:
Elberton, Ga., Sept. 8, 1911.
Col. Wm, H. Marston,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
My dear old friend:—You are
hereby appointed one of the speak¬
ers at the forthcoming meeting of
the Postmasters at Atlanta, to dis¬
cuss the following: “If I were
Postmaster General, what changes
would I make in the present meth¬
od of handling the mails and trans¬
acting the business of the Depart¬
ment.”
You can talk as long as you like
and as often as you like.
Very sincerely,
C. W. Parker,
Chair. Com. on Topics.
P. S. Am depending on something
good from you. C. W. P.
A. T. 0. Class
The A. T. 0. Class of the Cen¬
tral Christian Sunday School are
making appeals to the young men
of Fitzgerald who are not attend¬
ing Sunday Scdool anywhere else
to come and be with us. We are
composed of railroad boys, bank¬
ers, doctors, merchants, farmers
and have members that come from
many states, all willing to make
things interesting for you if you
will but come and give us the best
there is in you, We wish every
member that has not been coming
to be out Sunday morning sure.
We are now planning’a feast for
the Plus Ultra (young ladies) Class
and need your co-operation.
W bile interest is running high
in the Union Revival, let’s increase
our class and get a firmer hold on
The Good Things of Life.
Raymond Davis,
Pres. A. T. 0. Class.
To The Voters
Of FitzgeraJd
At the solicitation of manv of
my friends, I announced my can¬
didacy for re-election as alderman
subject to the white primary. Since
my announcement I have been
away from Fitzgerald practically
all of the time on account of the
illness of my wife. For this reas¬
on I will probably be away until
the day of the election. I have
therefore been unable to see the
voters in person and will not be
able to do so. I will appreciate
all support given me even more
than I would were I permitted to
be present and personally
votes. Respectfully,
D. B. Ware.
The many friends of Mr. G.
Kent will regret to learn that
suffered the misfortune of
one of his feet badly injured
terday at the A. B. & A.
when a heavy piece of iron fell
on his foot. No bones were
en, but the {flesh was badly
ated and it will be sometime
fqre he will be able to use the
jured member.
SEMI-WEEKLY
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FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 15 1911.
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Whera Do You Attend Svinda.y School?
Are you a Sunday School scholar? If not you ought to be. The Plus Ultra Class for young ladies, of the Christian Church is the
largest organized class for young women in he city and is not only composed of youDg ladies, but young matrons also. The monthly
of the class are a i ways looked forw rd to with much pleasure, the next one to be held Tuesday eveuing September, 19th. All young
womeDj not attending any other Sunday School, are invited to come and help the class in whatever way you can. Next Sunday morning at
9 : oo o’clock come and meet with us and bring some relative or friend who does not go to Sundav School. Come once and you will want to
come again. If you can not bring some one for our class there will Oe a class for them. None are too young or too old, so come. The
members who have not been attending regularly are earnestly requested to do so. Plus Ultra Class.
Information About The
Postal Savings System
Fitzgerald Post Office Will Open Postal
Savings System September 18th.
We are printing herewith the rules and regulutions governing
the operation of Postal Savings Banks, which will be interesting to
those in Fitzgerald who contemplate patronizing the system when it
is installed at the local office here, Sept. 18th. The information is for
the benefit of te dep ositors, and should be carefully read and assimi¬
lated by those who intend to place their iponey in Uncle Sam’s
and keeping, Miss Mina Emory will have eharge of system in this
OBJECT,
1. The Postal Savings System is established for the purpose of
providing facilities for depositing savings at interest with the security
of the United States Government for repayment.
SAFETY.
2. The faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to
payment of deposits made in postal savings depository offices with
accured interest as provided by the postal-savings act.
YY’HO MAY DEPOSIT.
3. Accounts may be opened and deposits made by any person of
the age of ten years or over in his or her own name and by a married
woman in her own name and free from any interferauce or control by
her husband. No person can have more than one account at any one
time.
4. No person may open a postal-savings account at any post office
who is not a patron of that office.
5. All accounts must be opened in person by the depositor or
his authorized representative. After opening an account a depositor
may forward subsequent deposits to tne post office by mail.
6. Deposits will be accepted only from individuals, and no ac¬
count will be opened in the name of any corporation, association,
society, firm, or partnership, or in the names of two or more persons
jointly.
7. No account will be opened in the name of one person in trust
for or on behalf of another person or persons. v
SERVICE FREE.
8. The service of the Postal Savings System is free, and no
charge or fee is collected or required in connection with the opening
of an account or the withdrawl of money deposited.
PRIVACY OF ACCOUNTS.
9. No person connected with the Post Office Department or the
postal service is permitted to disclose the name of any depositor or
give any information concerning an account except to the depositor
himself, unless directed to do so by the Postmaster General.
HOW TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT.
10. When a person applies to open an account he must furnish
the necessary information for the postmaster or his representative to
fill out an application, which he will then be required to sign. If the
applicant signs by mark his signature must be witnessed by a disin¬
terested person.
DEPOSITS.
11. Deposits are evidenced by postal-savings certificates issued
in fixed denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100; each
bearing the name of the depositor, the number of his account, the
date of issue, the name of the depository office, and the date on which
interest begins. The postmaster or his representative will make out
a duplicate of each certificate issued, which the depositor will be re¬
quired to sign and which the postmoster will retain in his records.
12. No account may be opened for. less than $1, nor will fractions
of a dollar be accepted for deposit.
13. No person is permitted to deposit more than $100 in any
calendar month nor to have a total balance to his credit at one
of more than $500 exclusive of accumulated interest.
14. Savings certificates can not be transferred or negotiated
will be payable only to the person to whom issued.
15. On opening an account a depositor is supplied with an
lope in which he may keep his savings certificates. On this envelope
is printed information for his guidance, and also a blank ledger
on which to keep an account of his deposits and withdrawals.
16. In case a savings certificate is lost or destroyed the
should notify the postmaster. If deemed proper, a new certificate
(Continued on 5th Page)
The Big Tent Meeting
From Day To
CO
Crowds great and interest
increasing.
Just now the subject which
seems to be the uppermost in the
thoughts of Fitzgerald is the big
Revival meeting, JjQ
r Bhe • increases from
night to night, and the seating ca
paeity of the tent has been over¬
taxed for the past two nights,
people Standing about the tent or
sitting in vehicles or on the
ground, On the streets the meet¬
ing is the most frequent subject of
conversation. The moral influence
is already marked, especially in
the matter of swearing.'
The afternoon services are de¬
votional in character. They have
not been as largely attended as
the evangelists or the pastors de¬
sire, The loss is to those who
have missed them. The afternoon
talks are heart to heart, and calcu¬
lated to increase the desire and
faith of all who hear them. Mr.
Burke Culpepper led th° meeting
on the Tuesday afternoon and
again yesterday. His father led
the one on Wednesday.
On Tuesday night the elder, Mr.
Culpepper, preached a strong ser¬
mon on “Honesty”. When he got
through a lot of people had more
fear of debt than ever before. He
does not beat around the bush but
says the thing he thinks. He
nailed the man who takes out a
“Homestead” to avoid paying his
debts: the man who mortgages his
home to buy an automobile; and
the people generally who live be¬
yond their means. Two thoughts
he especially emphasized. The
first was that no one should run
into debt for more than he had the
prospect of paying for; and the
second was that every debtor owed
more than money to his creditors.
He owes a debt of gratitude. He
spoke of other debts, especially to
parents, church, community, doc¬
tors, and newspapers.
On Wednesday night Mr. Burke
Culpepper preached. His style is
different from his father’s; but he
is no less earnest, and holds atten¬
tion perfectly. He spoke on “The
way of the Trangressor is hard”.
And he showed that it is hard too,
hard on the sinner, hardening on
the sinner, and hard on the sin¬
ner’s family and friends. When
he finished, more than fifty went
forward who signified their desire
to get rid of sin.
Last night the eider Mr. Cul¬
pepper preached again.
Before his sermon he read
two extracts from the local papers.
The one was in reference to the
Knights of Pythias Lodge holding
no meeting this week in deference
to the Union Revival Meetings.
He warmly thanked the lodge, and
called for a vote of thanks which
was unanimously given b y the
Christians present. The other ar¬
ticle referred to the opening and
operating of the swimming pool at
the Blue and Gray parjf or. Sun¬
day. He said the pool was a good
thing, but hoped a big regard for
God would prevent Us being op¬
ened or operated on the Sabbath.
Calling for a rising vote of pro-
tost, fully ninety per cent of all
the people present respond^ Im¬
mediately. Mr, Oulpepper said
he hoped the managers would not
directly affront such an array of
public sentiment,
Mr. Culpepper spoke on “Pow¬
er”, He was weak physically, but
at his best otherwise. The sermon
was a masterpiece. He spoke of
the power we have over
ourselves. He said, “A man does
not have to sin. Motners come
to me and ask me to pray for their
boys that they may have more
strength to resist drinking or some
other sin. What they want is not
more strength, but less. They are
using all the strength they now
have to go headlong to tne devil.
Pray for them to have a good tit
of sickness, and they will stop”.
Mr. Culpepper spoke of our
power over others. In this con¬
nection he spoke of the power of
parents over children, and of
young men over young|women and
vice versa. He said, “Girls sauce
their mothers today just about as
they please and go about as they
please. Little frying-size buddies
and sissies go about sweet-heartiog
when they hardly know what the
term means; and go when they
ought to be at meeting. “I’d like
to see a girl of mine running round
that way. She’d know in a hurry
what she could do.”
He spoke of young men asking
girls to dance, play card's, aDd do
other things which they knew
were contrary to their church
vows. He said “I think that you
girls who will break your vows to
Christ must want to be asked
pretty bad. I don’t know what
your parents are thinking about to
let you go with such a young man.
And as for the maD, 1 think when
you go with a man who will do
such a thing that you are in pretty
dangerous company”, He said
also that girls could make men
better if they would; that every
girl who met a man was meant to
be a keep meet to this end.
Mr. Culpepper spoke on the
power of the devil. He said he
believed in a devil and a hell. He
emphasized the devil’s persever¬
ance. He said, “The devil would
destroy everything in all God’s
vegetable and animal creation if
he could. Then he would depopu¬
late the earth. Then he would lead
his hosts against other worlds un¬
til they were all destroyed. Then
he would attack heaven itself. He
destroy angels, saints, and
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VOL. XVI. NO. 60
Walter C. Davis
Quite a distinct shock soread
over the city yesterday, especially
among the young people, when it
was learned that Walter (J. Davis
had expired at 12:20 p. m., after
suffering one week with an attack
of appendicitis.
It was generally knownt hat Mr.
Davis was indisposed at his home,
710 Y\ ? est Suwanee street, but only
the intimate friends knew that nis
case was in any way serious.
The deceased was only 26 years
of age, and was a young man of
excellent morals, and character
above reprorch. He was liked by
all for his straight-forwardness and
gentlemanly traits. Mr. Davis was
a member in good standing of the
Christian church, and has always
been recognized as one of the most
enthusiastic workers in the A. T.
O, Class. His death is indeed a
great blow to the family and
friends, but the clean record which
he leaves should be a consolation
to them in this hour of sadness.
The funeral took place this after¬
noon at the residence of his moth¬
er, Mrs. D. B. Davis, Rev. Guy¬
ton Fisher officiating, and inter¬
ment was at Evergreen Cemetery,
The burial service was in charge
of the Order of Railway Qarjqen,
of which he was a member.
Beside* his iqother, Mr. Pavis
is survived by three sisters, Misses
Eva and Virginia Davis and Mrs.
E. E. Sharpe, of this city, and
four brothers, Messrs. C. G. and
Clifford DaviSj of this c«Jy L. G.
f
Davis, of Montgomery, Ala., and
E. L. Davis, of Willmington, N.
C.
Mr. and Mrs. Fitabugh Lee an¬
nounce the birth df a 9dn at theii*
home on south Grant street.-
Son and Spirit and would attack
God Himself, if he could. And
not until God was dead, and he
reigned in eternal darkness, and
chaos, and anarchy, and turmoil,
and jorgon, and hell would he be
satisfied?”
The latter part of Mr. Culpep¬
per’s sermon was climatic. He had
become so earnest that he was fre¬
compelled to be seated to
rest. But in the pauses the peo¬
ple sat breathless. He spoke lastly
upon the power of Christ. Begin¬
ning gently with His boyhood, the
speaker traced the combat of Christ
with sin and satan. He spoke of
the amount of temptation, of Geth-
semane, aDd of Calvary. Still on
he went. He spoke of Christ’s
battle witn satan before He rose
of the breaking of the power
hell. He spoke of the cry “It
is finished”; of the ascension; of
intersession; of the constant
battle in us today; and of the final
At the close he had
reached a heighth seldom equalled.
Amid a perfect hush the speaker
left the tent, and his son asked for
the hands of those who wanted
prayers. All over the tent scores
of hands were raised.
The meetings will continue
daily. This afternoon the service
will be for children. On Sunday
the elder Mr.Culpepper will speak
men and boys in the tent, and
his son will speak to women (and
girls in some other auditorium at
the same hour, 3:30. It is probable
that services will be held in the
churches Sunday morning as usual.
Also that the band will assist at
the afternoon services on Sunday
at the tent before going to the
park.
The platform will be enlarged
today to make room for the grow¬
ing choir and orchestra which
form such an important part of
the meeting. Seas will also be
added from time to time as need¬
ed by the congregation. Three
services a day are being planned
for next week.