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CONFERENCES ON EVANGELISM.
We are in the midst of a period of
financial depression, yet with every
evidence of the diAvn of a wonderful
day of Evangelism and turning to
God.
Georgia Baptists baptized last year
about 17,000, while Southern Baptists
baptized about 175,000. At the recent
Southern Baptist Convention, plans
plans were inaugurated looking to a
Southwide Evangelistic effort in
which the slogan will be EVERYONE
WIN ONE. Georgia Baptists had al
ready planned for a statewide confer
ence and evangelistic campaign.
The annual conference on evangel
ism will be held at Macon June 8-9, to
which all ministers are invited and
urged to attend. Entertainment will
be furnished free while in Macon. The
most prominent speakers in the South
will be present. The conference in the
Concord Association will be held a:
the Douglasville First Baptist Church
June 14, beginning at 10:00 A. M.
Lunch will be served by the local
church and the day will be spent in
prayer and planning.
Laymen can render a helpful part
in furnishing pastors money to attend
the Macon conference, and securing a
large attendance at the associational
conference.
Helpful books on evangelism can be
had from the Index Book department,
GOO Georgia Savings Bank Building,
Atlanta, and are as follows: Winning
to Christ, Burroughs, 00 and . 1.00;
Talks on Soul Winning, Mullnis, 40
ami GO; Helping Hand, Hamilton, 15
and 50; Sane Evangelsim, Green, 75;
With Christ After the Lost, Scarbor
ough, -1.50; A Quest for Souls, Truett,
1.50; 100 Revival Sermon-*, ’0; How
to Bring Men to Christ, Torrey, 75;
Fisherman, Tackle and Bait, Bruner-
Wright, 25 and 35; and Evangelistic
Sermons, Porter, $1.25.
If there is a pastorless church in
the Association desiring a revival
meeting and that fact is communi
cated to me or the Atlanta office, we
will gladly arrange for someone to
hold a revival service with it during
the summer months.
Praying the Lord to give great re
sults in winning lost souls during the
evangelistic period, I am,
Yours fraternally,
J. W. O HARA,
Enlistment Field Supfo Georgia
Baptist Convention, Northwest
Georgia.
DOUGLASVILLE COMMENCE
MENT ATTRACTS LARGE
AUDIENCES
The Douglasville commencement,
which was the most successful one in
several years, was attended by audi
ences which packed the house every
evening although admission fees of 25
to 50 cents were charged for two en
tertainments.
The school exhibit was visited by
several hundred persons and was pro
nounced the best ever seen here.
Professor Gunby has accepted the
Thomson. Ga., school and will not re
turn here next term. • His successor
has not yet been elected. It is a mat
ter of regret to many that Mr. Gunby
should leave. In going to Thomson
he returns to his home town.
It is not definitely kndwn how many
of the teachers will he retained hut it
is probable that most of next term’s
teachers will be new.
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IN MEMORIAM.
On May 22nd the Grim Reaper
Death came into the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Blalock and took from them
their precious son, Clarence. Death is
always sad but it seems that if one
can be sadder than the other it is the
going away of one just in the prime
of life.
Clarence was 19 years old and was
sick near seven months. He bore his
suffering well and never complained
until God saw fit to take him to a bet
ter world.
His stay on earth was short indeed,
But when God called he had to heed.
He bid farewell to friend and foe,
And left thif* earth for heaven to go.
He lived a life both kind and true,
God’s bidding he tried to do.
God’s Spirit led him day by day
To walk that sweet and heavenly way.
He wore a smile of love and grace
For all who saw his smiling face.
When troubles came he bore them well
His daily life the story tells.
He leaves an aged father and moth
er and one brother and a host of^
friends and loved ones to mourn his
death.
We want to express to the loved i
ones our heartfelt sympathy to the he- j
reavemcnt and pray that through their;
tears they may see the smiling face!
of Him who will some day wipe all!
tears away, and transfigure them into i
gems to adorn their crown when by 1
faith they will have endured unto the
end and shall he reunited with their
loved one.
Written by a friend. M. L. S.
THE 8-HOUR DAY
AND THE FARMER
’ Eight hour days have been placed
upon the statute hooks to shoten the
hours of labor in towns and cities.
This program means higher-priced
clolihng, fencing, farm implements,
and other thnigs that the farmers and
other people must buy. Yet, no right-
thinking man or woman complains be
cause sweat shops have been abol
ished, town and city children put in
school, and men and women who were
the. same as slaves for ten or more
hours a day at a low wage have been
allowed decent wages and time for
recreation.
We all agree that town and city
laborers are entitled to good wages
and time for recreation. Then why in
the name of comnfon justice should
the farmer and his family he expecteu
to work more for the common good
than the town and city man? Why
should the law prevent town and ctiy
children from working, while public
opinion demands that the farmer’s
children toil for long hours to grow
enormous crops so that the world will
need only the choicest portions at he
lowest possible cost? The farmer*
and his family should receive the same
consideration given town and city peo
ple, and the Farm Bureau will, in the
near future, sec* to it that the farmers
receive justice at the hands of society.
—The Progressive Farmer.
FORD PRODUCTION
4,000 CARS A DAY
Ford is building cars at full speed.
MICKIE SAYS
And, according to an official statement
from the factory at Detroit, the de
mand for Ford cars and trucks still
exceeds the output, despite the fact
that a new high level of production
has been reached.
By the first of May, the figures rep
resenting daily production were in the
vicinity of 4,000 cars a day, so the
May schedule was set at 101,125 cars |
j and trucks, not including the output of
j the Canadian factory or any of the
i foreign assembling plants. The out-
| put mounted daily; May Pith brought
I forth 4,092, the greatest number that
| have been produced in one day so far
this year. Since the month has 25
working days, present indications
point to a new high record.
A comparison of Ford production
figures for 1920 and 1921 discloses the
fact that for April, 1921, the output
was greater by 34,514 than for the
corresponding month a year ago. The
output for May, 1921, will probably
overshadow M&y, 1920, by between fif
teen thousand and twenty thousand i
cars and trucks. j
Approximately 43,000 men are at j
work in the Detroit factory of the;
Ford company. The factory is oper- j
ating on full time, six days a week i
and three shifts a day.
“We were never in better condition;
than we are right now,” said Henry !
Ford recently.
Stores To Close Thursday
Afternoons During
Summer
To tne Public:
We, the undersigned merchants of Doug-
ville, agree to close our stores and places of business
at 12 o’clock, noon, each Thursday for three
months beginning June lit and ending Sept. 1, 1921
Upshaw Bros. Selman Bros. Altnand & McKoy Giles Bros.
Harding Supply Co. Mozley Bros. Farmers & Merchants Bank
J. W. Townsend A. J. Hudson G. L. Holloway A. H. Bullock
J. 0. Connally Lilia Freeman A. Enterkin Palace Barber Shop
Stewart Bros. Douglasville B’nking Co. J.C. McCarley S.S. Perkins
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
- (Atlanta Journal.)
Because they could not answer a list
of questions which he put to them, Mr.
Thomas A. Edison describes certain
college graduates who applied to him
for employment as “amazingly ignor
ant.” He goes further and pronounces
college men in general “amazingly ig
norant”—“They don’t seem to know
anything.” Among his questions, and
typical, were these:
“Where do we get shellac from?”
“Of what kind of wood are ax han
dles made?”
“Who wrote ‘Home Sweet Home?”’
“What States produce phosphates?”
“What ingredients are in the best
white paint?”
“How is window glass made?”
“Why is cast iron called pig iron?”
“Where is Spitzbergen?”
“What voltage is used in street
cars?”
“Who invented logarithms?”
Interesting questions, and well
worth finding out, but is inability to
answer them really a mark of slug
gish wits or even of informational in
feriority? Suppose some bespectacled,
parchment-skilled delver into things
curious should drop in to see Mr. Edi
son and begin firing in this wise:
What is the art of haruspication ?
HOBSON
Some of the farmers in this section
have planted their cotton crops over,
the cool nights causing it to die out
badly. We notice some of the
wheat is almost a failure on account
of the rust. Oats are looking fairly
well.
Quite a number from this section
went to the singing at Ephesus Sun
day and report a good singing and a
large crowd.
Mrs. B. A. Botnar and daughter,
Miss Daisy, Mrs. Pearl Reynolds,
Mrs. W. I). Capps, Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Morris and daughter, Miss Pauline,
took in the exhibit of the Douglas
ville school last Friday and report it
as being the best they ever saw. They
do not believe any school in Georgia
can beat it and they doubt if any
school in Georgia was presided over
by a better corps of teachers. The
work of the pupils in all grades show
that the teachers have been doing
some very hard work and they all,
teachers and pupils, deserve much
credit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Morris and
daughter, Misti Pauline, attended the
play that was pulled oil' by the Junior
Music class of the Douglasville school
last Saturday night and say it was
very good indeed. Miss Adams de
serves much erdit for the fine work
she has accomplished with her music
classes.
Paul Bomar is at home now after
attending the Douglasville school the
past year.
Miss Ellen Morris, of the Douglas
ville school, is spending her vacation
i FEEBLEMINDED HOME i
NOT OPEN; WHY?
The School lor the Feebleminded,
near Augusta, has not been opened
and cannot be until funds for its main
tenance are passed by the legislature.
The last legislation passed the Act
creating the school and appointing a
board to select a site, close the'trade
and turn same over to Dr. Thomas F.
Abercrombie, Commissioner of Health
of the Stute. This was done, an appro
priation of,$100,00<j having •J*eon I , made
for this purpose. The Tuttle-New-
ton Orphan Home near Augusta was
selected, for which the sum
Seventy-five Thousand Dollars v/a
paid. There was some necessary ex
pense in board meetings, attorney’s
fees and other items. A keeper hat
to be employed, and when these tiling
were done there was not enough
money left to buy the equipment foi
the home, the farm and tjfe school, ao
it could not be opened.
Many applications have been math
for admittance, and they are still com
lug. Dr. Abercrombie is help
less to do anything without, funds. Tin
people who are interested should see
to it that this much needed institution
should have the first attention of the
new legislature. The school cannot
function unless it lias a fund for
maintenance, and it is up to the peo
ple to see that the fund is. forth
coming.
The needs of such an institution are
pressing, as it is estimated that about
3 per cent of the school population
are feebleminded.
CHILDRF.N’S CLINICS.
What did Daedafbs do?
Why did the Egyptians esteem the
ibis so highly?
When, approximately, was the book
of Job written?
What did Hanno do with the gorilla
skins which he brought from his fam
ous voyage? -
Where and when lived Prosper
John ?
What will prevent tomato wilt?
What is redintegration?
Who found the thigh bone of Pithe-
canthropous, and how old is it reck
oned to be?
These, too, are questions keenly in
teresting but nobody would dream of
calling Mr. Edison “amazingly ignor
ant” if over some of them should he
scratch his head in vain. Sooth to say,
the most learned are amazingly .ig
norant if quizzed far beyond the field
or region of knowledge which it 'is
their wont to cultivate or to explore.
P. H. McGOUlRK & COMPANY
BUY GARAGE FROM
ARTHUR GRIFFITH
' The garage formerly operated by
Artuhr Griffith and known as the
Buick and Dodge place, lias been
bought by P. H. McGouirk & Com
pany and will be run by them in tr.*e
future. "They have first-class mechan
ics anil are well equipped to give tiie
best service to the automobile public,
according to Mr. P. H. McGouirk, man
ager of the company.'
at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Morris are all
smiles since a new boarder came to
their home a few days ago. They
named him James Franklin.
The general meeting of the Good
Samaritan Baptist Association will
meet with Consolation church, Carroll
county, the 28th and 29th. The execu
tive committee has arranged a good
program.
| THE GIRL ON THE JOB |
S How to Succeed—How to Get 5
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| By JESSIE ROBERTS |
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L ECT U R E-T EACH I NO '
I N PARIS, when our soldier boys
were on leave and seeing the sights
of ihe great city, it was common to
meet an American girl taking a
bunch of the boys through one or
the other of the museums that make
purl of its glories. They made these
trips interesting by telling stories
about many of tlie famous pictures and
statues.
Anna Curtis Chandler is doing some
thing of the same sort in her Sunday
Siorv Hour for children in the Metro
politan museum in New York city. She
confines her work to the lecture hall,
however, and illustrates what she says
with stereoptleon slides. But there
is an idea here that might be carried
out in many of our smaller cities and
towns. 'There arc often excellent Ut
ile museums in siwh towns whose con
tents. if ihev were hrnn>hi tius zt
There are fourteen towns in Geor
gia that are progressive enough and
sufficiently interested in the real
wealth of their communities (their
children), to establish clinics for the
corrections of such defects as are
found by the doctor in his examina
tion of the children. The clinics
are mostly Dental . and Tlirdat and
Nose. It is a subnet of pleasant con
jecture to think of the many children
who will he helped to lead more effi
cient and happier lives because of
these clinics. Expert care for the
child is always the first consideration
in arranging for any health work and
no child should be subjected to the
hazardous experiments of untrained
people who have merely their enthu
siasm to offer as an excuse. These
clinics always follow upon the exami
nation of a physician; the Division of
Child Hygiene, State Board of Health,
will he glad to furnish plans and
cost of running such clinics.
FREE FOR THE ASKING
Write for the following pamphlets
according to your need. They explain
the government’s campaign against
venereal diseases and present the true
facts of sex: “
Set A. For the young men. o
Het. B. For the general public.
Set. C. For boys.
Sit D. For parents of'Children.
Set. 10. For girls and young women.
Set F. For educators.
Issued by the
GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF
# HEALTH
Division Venereal Disease Control
Atlanta, Georgia
NEGRO LIQUOR RUNNER
KILLED BY VILLA RICA MAN*
Otto Aiken killed a negro liquor
runner west of Villa Rica this week.
The following account of the shooting
was carried by the Carroll Free Press:
Sunday afternoon about five o’clock
Chief of Police of Villa Rica, O. F.
Akin, and Policeman C. H. Griffin in
tercepted a 7-passenger Haynes car
occupied by four negroes, about two
miles west of Villa Rica, between the
homes of oJhn T. Hixon and his broth
er, E. F. Hixon.
When the officers, attempted to
place tliem under arrest, one of the
negroes, Leon Thomas, juntped from
the car and reached for his pistol, but
the officers were too quick for him.
One/ball penetrated the negro’s body#-
He then ran about forty yards, down
across a cotton patch and fell dying
with his hands on his pistol. The home
of the negro is said to be at Waco,
and bears a bad reputation as a des
perate character. His reputation in
known to the officials of both Car-
roll and Haralson counties.
I he other three negroes submitted
to arrest, and the car and thirty-six
1-gallon tin cans filled with blind ti
ger liquor were seized and poured out
i on the “sands.”
! The dead negro’s pistol was a Smith
| & Wesson 38, and there was another
| pistol of the same make and calibre
in the pocket of the door by the side
ol the driver supposed to be this ne
gro’s because he had cartridges of
that calibre in his pocket.
The dead negro was about 30 years
old, the other negroes, A. M. Watson
and Lucius Pittman, look to he about
twenty-five years old, and the other,
Roger Ingram, about 16 or 18 vears
old.
Th^se three negroes are languishing
behind the bars in the county jail, be
ing held in default of a $1,000 bond,
and the Haynes car is in possession of
the officers and will he disposed of
as the court directs.
Relatives of the dead negro came
for the dead body and carried it to
Waco for burial.
The negroes now in jail give At
lanta as their home and passed
through Villa Rica Sunday morning.
; At Wac.o they picked up Leon Thom
as, who, it is stated, piloted these ne
groes to some place between Waco and
Tallapoosa where they obtained the
moonshine liquor. They were on their
return to Atlanta and were being fol
lowed by Haralson county’s sheriff
and deputies. At the time they were
taken in custody by the Villa Rica of-,
ficers, the Haralson officials were
trying to “head them off,” by going a
circuitous route and getting in front.
GETTING AHEAD.
I wo of our best business men were
talking. One said: “I never knew a
young man to get ahead who com-*
menced by going into debt.” The oth
er replied that he never knew a young
man to get ahead who did not make a
start by getting into debt. They both
were right. One spoke of one kind of
indebtedness, and One of another. The
first had in mind personal wants, such
as clothing, etc. The second referred
to a nucleus for a home or a business.
Nothing indicates character in a
young man, or an older one for that
matter, more quickly and surely than
his debts, if he has any. If for some
thing to live on or to wear, the chances
are ten to one that lie will scratch a
poor head to the end of his days. If,
however, for a hit of land, a lot, stock
in a building and loan association, or
anything having a home or the foun
dation of a livelihood for its object,
each payment made means a granite
stone in the foundation of his charac
ter. If Paul were writing again, “Owe
no man anything,” we think he might
add, “past due.” “To love one an
other” always is due. Other debts are
not properly debts at all, in the sense
he meant, until date of payment. Fi
nancial manhood is built up, not *5y
keeping out of debt, but by prompt
ness of payment.
Saving money is vastly more a mat
ter of principle and habit than of sal
ary. We never have known a young
man, who, if he did not save money on
a salary of sixty dollars a month,
would do it on eighty. He who saves
! nothing on $1,000 a year will not save
j on $3,000. If you think these are wild
i statements, not born out by facts, ask
, any business man of wide acquain
tance, or ask your pastor, if he has
had experience among salaried work
men.
Money in the hank is not the best
financial test of a manly character. A
partly or wholly paid-for home, or a
piece of land on which to build one is
a far better test. Naturally a man
looks forward to baying ground and
building a home; a woman to the fur
nishing.—Sparks Eagle.