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VOLUME XVI.
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA,
FRIDAY, APRIL S 1921
DR. E. Y. MULLINS
President Southern Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary, Who Is Touring South.
Following the close of the second
y*ar of the Baptist 75 Million Cam
paign April 30. several thousand mes
sengers from the local churches are
expected to assemble at Chattanooga,
Tenn., for the seventy-sixth annual
session of the Southern Baptist Con
ventlon. The Convention met in
Chattanooga last in May, 1900, and
daring the Interim there has been a
marked growth in every department
of the Convention’s activities and in
the numbers and work of the local
churches br well. The total number ol
Baptists reported to the Convention in
1906 was 1,855,784. while last May,
fourteen years later, when the body
met in Washington, the total member
ship of the local churches as reported
was 2,961.348, or a gain of 1,105,564
The returns for this year are not yel
available, but inasmuch as it is known
there were practically 175.000 addi.
tions to the local churches last year
by baptism alone, there is every rea
son to believe the showing for 1921
will be even larger.
Growth Shown in All Lines.
At the same time there has been a
marked increase in the membership
of the churches, there has been a- dis
tiuct advance in all departments ol
local and denominational work, it is
6et out. The total number of local
churches lias grown from 20,129 in
1906 to 25,303 in 1920; the total num
ber of Sunday Schools from 11,332 to
17.686; and the number of Sunday
School pupils from 857,244 to 1,835,
936. an increase of more than 100 per
cent. The value of local church prop
erty has mounted from 4,501.122 In
1906 to $74,273,728 In 1920, an increase
•f more than 1600 per cent, while con
trihutions to missions and benevo
lences in 1906 were $1,501,396.67. as
compared to $7,331,266.55 in 1920, an
advance of practically 500 p»*r cent
Fourteen years ago t he contributions
to all purposes in a year were $5,941,-
283.44, as against $21,327,446.67 foi
1920.
Next Meeting Important.
The approaching session of the
Convention is regarded as vitally im
porfant to the future of the denomina
tion's work. It is hoped that by the
Convention two-fifths of ail subscrip
tions to the 75 Million Campaign will
have been paid in cash and that the
program for the completion of the
remainder of the campaign task can
be formulated at this time. Dr. J. B.
Gambrell. president of the Convention,
and Dr. E. Y. Mullins, who recently
completed a tour of Europe, where
they carried fraternal greetings to the
Baptists of that continent, will give 1
their Impressions of Baptist opportu-!
niry in that country, while Dr. George j
W. Truet and Dr. J. F. Ix>ve. who rep-;
resented the Foreign Mission Board!
ANYWAY, PROPELLER IS GONE
Dispute Now le Whether It Was Torn,
Bitten, or Blown Off, But It
Is Missing.
What happened to the sturboanl
propeller of the United Fruit liner Cal-
amares, recently arrived at New York
from Central American ports and Ha
vana. puzzled her skipper, officers and
passengers, who discussed the mystery
since the ship threw a fit on the after
noon of Wednesday, January 19, In
the placid Caribbean and started wab
bling, heaving, pitching, tossing, rolling
and doing other things that no healthy
ship does nil at the same time.
Capt. Harry Spencer stopped the
liner and the ctflef engineer examined
the starboard propeller. He found
that one of the blades had been torn,
bitten or blown off. Some surmised
that a sea serpent might have nibbled
at the propeller and others said out
right there was no doubt a steel-eat
ing Caribbean shark had bitten off the
blade.
Captain Spencer derided these the
ories, declaring the blade had been
blown off by the force of a subaque
ous earthquake, as the Calamares be
gan rocking violently a moment after
the mysterious force was first felt.
And there the matter rests.
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES MARK
BURIAL OF ALTON K. BRITTAIN
The funeral services of Alton K.
Brittain, who was killed in the Meuse-
Argonne offensive, were held over the
body, which was sent from France,
arriving here Tuesday afternoon at
5:25 o’clock.
A large number of friends, relatives
and ex-service men met the train to
receive the corpse which was attended
by a soldier from Ft. McPherson.
The funeral was preached by Rev.
G. P. Braswell, of Buchanan, a life
long friend of the slain soldier and his
family. The minister was noticeably
affected and pictured masterfully the
high ideals back of the sacrifice of the
soldier’s life for his country.
The ceremony was concluded at the
cemetery near Winston with Masonic
honors. The pallbearers were ex-ser
vice men, some of whom were army
comrades of the young soldier. The
floral tributes were beautiful, and the
concourse which accompanied the pro
cession to the cemetery consisted of
hundreds of fellow citizens who were
eager to thus pay a last tribute to one
who made, the supreme sacrifice for
his country.
Electric Air Purifier.
How mauy places there are where
the natural air circulation is inade
quate! Restaurants, for instance I
How often one enters them with a
wee hit of appetite, only to have that
wee hit reduced to none at all, by the
close ami stuffy atmosphere of the
place. Not only that, but the cook
ing odors are u!l too apparent. In
oilier words, the place Is so “smelly”
that appetite dwindles Instead of be-. . ,
inn whetted, an,I even though the food! Smi.lay trusts «< Mr. and
LITIIIA SPRINGS.
Misses Ernestine Geer and Bessie
Faye Griffith, of Dougiasville, were
Saturday visitors of Miss Ellen Winn.
Mr. A! Harper, of St. Louis, Mo.,
and Mr. Herman Harper, of Cuba,
spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Nesbit Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Noble, of Ellon-
MR. S. ABERCROMBIE
BURIED SATURDAY MORNING
The funeral of Mr. Joe S. Aber
crombie was held at the Baptist
church Saturday morning at
o’clock. The interment was made in
the Dougiasville cemetery after an
impressive funeral sermon by the Rev.
A. J. Morgan, of Acworth.
Mr. Abercrombie was in his 48th
year. He was one of the principal
factors in the development of the town
and county. He was a Mason and a
member of the Baptist church, and
stood high in church and fraternity
life. The funeral was conducted by
the Masons, who laid him away with
Masonic ceremonies.
His death came very unexpectedly,
as he had been in the best of health,
apparently. All the business houses
closed during the funeral hour as a
mark of love and respect to him.
Air. Abercrombie is survived by his
wife, two sons, Fred and Henry, and
one daughter, Mrs. Hugh Burgess.
One of the largest crowds in Doug-
lasville’s recent history attended the
buriul of Mr. Abercrombie, and the
floral tributes were typical in their
beauty of the character of the man
whose last resting place they adorn
is good, the appetite is lacking. Is
there any remedy for the close anil
stuffy conditions of so many restau
rants?
There Is the electric air purifier
that costs no more to operate than
an electric fan, und It removes air im
purities and approximates outdoor con
ditions, so there is a pleasant, stimulat
ing tang in the atmosphere. It Is valu
able In kitchens, offices, basements,
smoking rooms ami theaters—wherever
the air eonditious are apt to be bud
and inadequate.
Bad Omen to Dream of Devils.
To dream of seeing devils is a bad
omen for the sick. For the young It
denotes grief, melancholy, anger, sick
ness. Devils with horns, claws, tails,
etc., or with pitchfork, torment, des
pair. To fight with a devil, peril. To
talk with one In a familiar manner,
danger near at hand, despair, and
sometimes loss of life. To he carried
off by a devil is a warning of great
misfortune. To be possessed by a
devil, great fnvor from one In power,
long and happy life. To be pursued
and fly from a devil, fear, persecution
from a man In power, law troubles. To
beat and conquer one, triumph over an
enemy, glory.
One
Kept It Up Too Long.
day at a community sing!
e instructed to sing a round,
was the first round I had ever I
I sung I had great difficulty in carrying i
the tune with my sel. To muke It
Mrs. Guy Mozley
Miss Lily Reynolds, of Atlanta, was
the week-end guest of Mrs. J. A. Wat
son and other friends lie re.
Miss Hazel Rutherford entertained
the members of her Sunday school
class on Saturday with a spend-the-
night party, the occasion being her
fil'tceifth birthday.
Miss Beatrice Thigpen spent the
week-end at her home in Oconee.
Mrs. Robt. H. Patterson was an At
lanta visitor Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rader Johnston, of
Birmingham, formerly of Douglag-
ville, have moved to our town.
Miss Ruth Blair, of Atlanta, was*
the guest of Mr. P. H. Winn’s fam
ily Sunday.
Miss Mary Lee Owen went to her
home at McDonough for the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. George Harvey and
family, of Atlanta, were guests of
relatives here recently.
Miss Ellen Winn entertained the
pupils of her Sunday school class with
an egg hunt on Tuesday afternoon of
last week.
Mrs. Willie Featherstone, of At
lanta, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Lumpkin.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones and Mrs.
Leila Wheat, of Atlanta, were guests
of relatives here Sunday.
Mrs. Jim Hamrick, of Albertville,
Ala., Mrs. O. J. Heely, of Jonesboro,
easier, I put my flutters In my cuin[ a ml Mrs. Joe Abercrombie, of Lmv-
so that I wouldn't bear the other ill- rencei Kansas, were recent visitors of
visions singing. Imagine
rassment when, taking my fingers from I
my ears, I discovered I had been sing- J
ing about a minute after the others
had stopped, and that they were all
sitting there laughing at me.—Ex
change.
strange!
Great Expectation;
"Who is the mysterious
who has upset Punkvillo?”
"The boys think lie’s a baselmfi
scout, while the girls hope he’s round
Ing ui> beauties for a moving picturt
concern."—Louisville Courier-Journal
BEULAH NOTES.
Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown, Mr. and
| Mrs. Roy Brown and Miss Mamie
Brown, motored to Riverdale, to visit
relatives, on last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Adamson, of
College Park, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Richardson, Tuesday.
PREACHING AT CAVE SPRINGS . ample of Christ; therefore the Chris
THIRD SUNDAY IN THIS MONTH ( tian Sabbath is the Lord’s da
j the seventh day is the Sabbath of thi
IS SUNDAY THE CHRISTIAN
SABBATH?
Under this heading we wish to in
troduce a few facts concerning the
Sabbath of the Lord and Sunday sa-
credness. As I am a reader of the
Sentinel and it is a weekly visitor at
our home, we wish to call the atten-
tin of its readers to some facts con
cerning the true Sabbath of Jehovah.
As the Sabbath question is a living is
sue the world over today and has
been introduced into the columns of
the Sentinel quite recently, we were
desirous that its readers should have
some straight facts concerning this
important question.
First, the teaching of the scriptures
on the question of the Sabbath are
very clear and explicit. Throughout
the entire Bible the seventh day is set
forth as the Sabbath of Jehovah.
According to the sacred record,
"’hen the Lord had finished the crea
tion of the heavens and the earth, in
six days, on the seventh day God end
ed His work which he had made and
rested, and sanctified the Sabbath. The
Sabbath, therefore, is a memorial of
creation. It was made before sin en
tered the world and was given to man
in Eden.
When the decalog was spoken by
the mouth of the Lord from Sinai, the
facts of creation were again appealed
to as the ground for the declaration
that the seventh day is the Sabbgth of
the Lord thy God, Ex. 20:10. Through
all the ages the seventh day was ob
served by the patriots and prophet:
and the Israel of God and by the Sa
vior himself when on earth. The
Apostolic church also observed the
seventh day. Luke 4: iff.
Another Day Now Kept
But today we find the first day of
the week (Sunday) kept without any
scriptural authority. Those who keep
the first day of the week are not
agreed as to the exact reason for so
doing. Various reasons are given why
this day should be observed. One
class of religious teachers strongly
advocates the preposterous doctrine
that the holy law of Jehovah has been
abolished.
Another very popular sect teache:
that all that was in God’s law of any
value, was transferred to the first day
of the week, without the slightest
hint of such a change from Christ—
the author of the Sabbath. Another
class offer as an excuse or reason for
the change, that redemption is great
er than creation. Therefore, we keep
Ihe first day of the week, on which
our redemption was completed. Hence
we keep the first day of the week as
a memorial of Christ’s resurrection.
A Memorial of His Resurrection.
This is the greatest reason given by
our first day advocates for keeping
the day. But how dare such men,
claiming to he ambassadors of the
Lord Jesus hCrist, advocate such a
man-made theory without the slight
est command or example from Christ?
Baptism a Memorial.
Th,o blessed Saviour left a memorial
ol His death, burial, and resurrection
in the beautiful ordinance of baptism.
Rom. 0:1-0.
I he Christian Sabbath, or Lord’;
The title “Lord’s day” is
applied t
by our
Biblical authority whatever. Christ' * avwl ’ °f tljo-se engaged in agricultural
said the Sabbath was made for man,! labors. ’ — Encyclopedia Britannica, j (juestioi:
and not man for the Sabbath. Mark i ^ ntl1 Edition, Article, "Sunday.” oanv's
2:27, 28. Hence the Christian is one! Eusibius, a Roman Prelate, in AJ
j who believes in and follows the ex-J *T24, says, "Whatsoever it was duty!
to the mandates of the Cathol
church.”—Hartford Weekly Call, Feb.
22, 1884
“Question: How prove you that the
church hath pcxwer to command feasts
and holy days?”
"Answer: By the very act of
changing the Sabbath into Sunday,
which Protestants allow of and there
fore they fondly contradict themselves
by keeping Sunday strictly and break
ing most other feast days commanded
by the same church.”—Abridgement
of Christian Doctrine, Page 58, by
Rev. Henry Tuberville, D. D., of
Douay College.
“The Catholic church, of its own in
fallible authority, created Sunday a
holy day to take the place of the old
law.”—Kansas City Catholic, Feb. 9,
1893.
“Question: When and by what
church counsel was the observance of
the seventh day Sabbath forbidden
and Sunday observance enjoined?
“Answer: The seventh day Sab
bath was solemnized by (Christ) the
Apostles and Primitive Christians till
the Laodicean Council did (A. D. 364),
in a manner, quite abolished the ob
servance of it.” Pry mu’s Dissertation
on the Lord’s day Sabbath, page 163.
The above quotations are just a few
of the many boastful claims of the
Man of Sin who was to magnify him
self above all that is called God, or
that is worshipped. 2. Tliess. 2:4.
Wear out His saints and think to
change His law. Dan. 7:25. God’s
call to His people today is, to come
out of Babylon and he not partakers
of her sins, for her sins have reached
unto heaven and God hath remember
ed her iniquities.
The earliest recognition of the ob
servance of Sunday as the legal duty
is a Constitution of Constantine in A.
D. 321, enacting that all courts of jus-
nhahitants of towns, and work,
to he at rest on Sunday.
PIPE POCKETS
Now suits will have to possess tt
novel feature If up-to-date young wom
an are to satisfied. The pipe pocket
should be considered iu creating all
feminine garments of the future.
Perhaps it 19 the effect of gaining
the suffrage, so t hat they feel UWJ!
must go oil to wider, freer conquest*
but, anyway, certain It is that the glrlH
are getting tired of cigarettes and a fa
turning to good old-fashioned corncob
pipes as a solace for the languors 0C
modernity, says the Philadelphia!
Ledger.
Some time ago several young women
In New York decided that cigarette#
were too expensive, and that they,
ought to join the great world move
ment for financial conservation by sab*
stituting pipes for the more delicate
joy. But at that time ordinary pipe#
were not tried, usually small, ludyllk*
ones being selected.
Now, however, substantial corncob*
cheap, picturesque and nonbreakabl*
are the favorites.
"The corncob pipe Is unpretentious
respectable and conservative," one of
the corncob devotees explained. "Many
of our great-grandmothers smoked
corncobs. Especially Is this true of
those of us who had southern great
grandmothers. There Is something
like a Bolshevik! about a cigarette, hat
we feel that In smoking corncobs war
will he back on the sure foundation of
good old-fashioned Americanism. Thb
people who ore always lamenting tha
good old days will he pleased, and will
feel that the country Is saved.”
WHO IS THIS NEW
ATL A NT A ASS AI LA NT
OF STATE OFFICIALS?
For the information of those who
have read an article sent out from At
lanta to the press of the state, over
the signature of L. N. Huff, asailing
the integrity of the members of the
Railroad Commission of Georgia, also
the public utilities of the state; and
so that the public may draw its own
conclusions as to the reliability and
responsibility of L. N. Huff, below i#
republished a card which originally
appeared in the Atlanta Journal.
The absence of Floyd Woodward
from Atlanta at this time is unfor
tunate for the advocates of Munici
pal Ownership. He would probably
also advocate the abolition of the
Criminal Courts as well as the Rail
road Commission:
Atlanta, Ga.,
Jim. 26th, 1921.
“Editor,
The Atlanta Journal,
“In your issue of January 16th you
published a card from Dr. L. N. Huff
about the recent gas rate hearing be
fore the Railroad Commission of
Georgia.
“Any one who was present at this
hearing would not recognize the case
I nun Dr. Huff’s newspaper presenta
tion of it. As a matter of fact, It
perfectly plain to all those pres-
► • j , ’ ent that neither Dr. Huff nor his law-
monly shops were to be at rest on Sunday, yers had any understanding of the
o the first -lay of the week Oonerabali ,|,e Solrs) (Venerable c „ se , and his card tries still further
“dern tholoRians, without any j "“V ‘he h » n > with an exception in j to fool the people of the State. Huif
lidn’t put up any witnesses, but the
his lawyers asked the Com
pany's witnesses displayed such a
total ignorance of the subject matter
as to make Dr. Hull' the butt for the
Mi:
Ruth Hendrix, of A. & M.,
at the London Conference last sum-1 spent the week-end with hornefolks.
mer when the mission fields of Europe \t: l\..& , *.*.
, , , Miss rranees Huniett was the truest
were considered, will tell of the new , *
territory of Spain. Jugo slavia, Hun- j °f Louise Hendrix last week-end.
gary, Roumanla and Southern Russia, Misses Gibbie and Mattie Miles, of
which Southern Baptists are asked to 1
occupy. This territory is as larg
There will he preaching services at
the Cave Springs school house the
third Sunday in April at eleven
o’clock. The Rev. Gordon Rainwaters
will deliver a sermon which, it is said
will be of interest to all who attend
the meeting.
('ARI) OF THANKS.
Lord.
a popu-
Winston, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mrs. rfolonmn Thomas.
Miss Louise Huey spent Sunday
with Miss Louise Hendrix.
Mis (Trace Herrod gave a singing
Sunday night. Everyone had a nice
time. 'T
Mrs. J&me.s McIntosh is real sick
the Southern States and ha
larion of 128.000.000.
All the boards of the Convention
will report the largest year’s accom
plishments in their history, the Home
Mission Board being scheduled to re
port the completion of Its million dol
lar loan fund for church building, In
addition to the aiding of a thousand
churches during the year with gifts | at this writing,
and loans for the erection of new . ,
houses of worship. The Sunday School j „ Ihc > * je( ? ,e ****** a party
Board will report more than $1,000,000 ^'•Auiday night given by Mr. Solomon
in sales for the year and with codec* 1 Thomas.
tions as well as sales better than at j Miss .C eleste Thomas spent the
any previous time in its history. i week-end with home folks.
Mr. Frank Huey, of Birmingham, is
at home f hfe week.
Miss G- ace Henrbd visited Miss Al
ii no Lee •-unday.
Mrs. A y i mr M eaflows has been on
but is better at this writ-
Mrs. H. M. Upshaw, Tucker and
Julian Upshaw and Mrs. N. B. Dun
can .-pent Tuesday (n Atlanta.
G. R. Griffith, of ‘Atlanta, was the j the sick liA
week-end visitor of hornefolks. | in,
Through the columns of the Doug-j
lasville paper we would like to ex
press our thanks to our friends and I
relatives who were so kind to us in
the loss of our loved one.
Why God’s richest blessings rest on
all of you.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Abercrombie, j
Mrs. J. S. Abercrombie,
Henry Abercrombie,
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Burgess.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Yansant and son,
Irving, Jr., of Roopvillcf, were week
end guests of Dr. and Mrs. Vansant.
Ex. 20:8-11. Isa. 58:18, calls
it “My holy day.” This title is seri
ously anti erroneously applied to the
first day of the week. In Daniel, 7:25,
the prophet foretold a power which
was coming that would think to
change the times and law of God. His
tory records that such a power has
j arisen and thought to do the very
j thing that was predicted in the pro-
[ phccy. Listen to a few of their boast
ful cl'iims in their hook entitled,
| “Plain talks for Protestants,” page
; 213. “The observance of Sunday by
; the protestants is an homage they
| pay in spite of themselves to the au-
i thority of the Catholic church.”
Again, Archbishop James Gibbons,
I of Baltimore, says: "Read the Bible
| from Genesis to Revelations and you
! "’ill not find a single line authorizing
the sanctification of Sunday.”—Faith J Ur
j of Our Fathers, page 111.
Listen to this hold challenge, Sun-
s-i lo do on the Sabbath, we have trans-
and ferred to the first day of the week.”
So we see how the sacred title of
God’s holy day was stolen and pre
tended to he transferred to the wild
Solar holiday of all Pagan times—the
first day of the week. So we see that
what God said would come, history
says, has come, and the Catholic
church comes forward and boldly de
fies the Protestant who would try to
Miss Sal lie Lou Mozley h&s accepted
a position with Giles Bros.
i day friends. Father Enright, a Cath-1
I olic priest, in
! Kansas, said:
I Sabbath. No i
is. I will K ive
j any man who <
disprove it.
Let us heed the Saviour’s words
found in Matt. 22:21, “Render to
Caesar, the things that are Caesar’s
and to God, the things that are God’s.”
Sunday belongs to Rome—it was
born of a Pagan mother and fostered
by a Papal father. The Sablmth be
longs to God. Let us render to each
their dues and be true Protestants. I
know it will he policy to cuddle down
by Rome and keep still. But it is
high time for true Protestants to
loud, and spare not.” Isa 58:1.
E. WOODS.
Win.-ton, Ga., R. F. D. 1.
i lecture at Hartford,
“Sunday i.- not the
an dare assert that it
on thousand dollars to
i by the Bible
: alone that Sunday is the day we are
: hound to keep. The observance is sole-
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McKoy, Mes-1 ly a law of the Catholic church. The
dames J. H. and W. M. Almanrl and . church changed the Sabbath bo Sun-
Mrs. Thad McKoy spent Monday in j day and all the world bows down and
Atlanta. | worships upon that in silent obedience
COUNTY LINE CHURCH WILL
HOLD ORDINATION
Ordination service to be held at
County Line Church the third Sunday,
April 17th, to ordain some deacons.
The pastors and deacons of the fol
lowing churches are especially in
vited: Dougiasville, Chapel Hill, Beu
lah, Union Grove, Austell and Mt.
Pisgah. Will be all-day services.
ridicule of the audience.
“I am surprised to see Dr. Huff in
his card, making ‘pretensions of public
decency.’ Probably he thinks that
the people of this town have forgot
ten his criminal and other court rec
ord in Atlanta. Why doesn’t he tell
them about a suit that J. Kahn
brought against him in the Superior
Court of Fulton County in August,
1919. Kahn accused Huff of conspir
ing with Hogsed and another party*
to defraud him in a gambling game;
that in pursuance of this conspiracy
they invited him to a room in the
Princeton Hotel on August 29th, 1919,
and gave him a drink of liquor, which
he alleges had been, drugged, and that
he was made drunk and sick and men
tally irresponsible; that while he was
in this condition they got him to join
in a game of craps and took all the
money that he had; that L. N. Huff
got about $200.00 of his money. L.
X. Huff was found guilty in the Crim
inal Court of Atlanta and fined $250.00
lor his part in the crap game, and in
addition to that, L. N. Huff paid J.
Kahn the sum of $200.00 in settlement
of the suit above mentioned, which
was the full ‘amount Kahn claimed
that Hull* got away !*rom him. On
this record J don’t think that Dr. L.
N. Huff has any license to talk about
public decency, for certainly he
doesn’t know what it is.
“Yours very truly,
“H. M. ATKINSON,
“Chairman.”