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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. ■ " 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 S Ahead—-How to Make Good 2 | By JESSIE ROBERTS | TUIIIIMIIIIMIIIIillllllllHIIIIHIIIIIIIMIIIlin 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.