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Devoted to The Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
NUMBER 3—VOLUME 45.
Baptist Preacher of Long Island, Ala.,
Gives His Interpretation of the Church
of Christ; Says Campbell is the Head'
Alexander Campbell, a seced¬
ing minister from the North of
Ireland, came to America in
1307, and became pastor of a
i resbyterian Church in
p e nnsylvania. Soon his father,
Thomas Campbell, came to dif¬
fer materially in some things
with that church, and set up
worship in his own house, a-
vov/me* this principle: "When
me Leri, ones speak, we speak;
v.hey they are silent, we are
-ient." A number adopted this
aoctrine and gathered at the
meetings. Andrew Munro, a
clear-headed seceder, said at
cn^e: "If we adopt that as a
basis, there is an end of infant
baptism." Soon, both Thomas
and Alexander, his son, with
fiv e others of the family rejected
infant baptism, and on June 12,
1812, were immersed on pro¬
fession of their faith in Christ,
in Buffalo Creek, by Elder Luce,
and were received into the fel¬
lowship of the Bush Run Bap¬
tist Church. After this, Alexand¬
er began to iall in question the
siripturalness of certain Baptist
views and usages, chiefly in re¬
lation to the personal agency
of the Holy Spirit in regenera¬
tion, the consequent relation of
a Christian experience before
baptism and the effect of bap¬
tism itself. As nearly as the
writer could express Mr. Camp¬
bell's views, after much con¬
versation with him, he held:
That no man can be born of
God but by the word of truth as
found in the Bible! that the
Scriptures, being inspired by
the Holy Spirit, the only agency
of the Spirit which acts on the
soul is exerted through the
word of Scripture, that the act
of Regeneration is not complet¬
ed until the soul obeys Christ
in the act of baptism; and that,
as baptism is Christ's appoint¬
ed method of confessing him,
the washing away of sin is con¬
nected with that act of evinc¬
ed whom thereby. The Baptists held from
he retired also to
the full inspiration of the Holy
Scriptures, and that God ad¬
dresses himself to the soul of
man through that word to the
soul in so powerful a manner,
by his direct and personal a-
gency, as to lead it to a perfect
trust in Christ for salvation and
that then he is born from above
or regenerated. That when the
Spirit bears witness with his
spirit that he is a child of Gor,
and he can testify of the grace
of God in saving him, he has
then become a fit subject for
baptism; and so the act of bap¬
tism publicly attests his love
for Christ, his obedience to him
and the remission of his sns, as
one who is dead indeed unto
sin and alive unto God. The
point of divergence between
him and the Baptists was so vi¬
tal and radical, that every step
vvnich followed widened the
distance. Mr. Campbell came
to regard what is known as the
relation of Christian experience
iioi only as savoring of mere
impulse at the best, but as often
running into superstition and
even fanaticism; while the Bap¬
tists insisted on satisfactory-
testimony ihe from the Holy Spirit
.o convert's heart, and then
from his own lips to the Church,
that a moral renovation was
• • rought in his whole moral na¬
in me by the Holy Spirit himself,
which work he had used the
inspired word as his divine in-
stument in effecting salvation.
Of course, much warm con¬
troversy of ensued, the convictions with
the each party deepened di¬
progress of the contest,
visions took place in Churches
end Associations, the rent ran
only through through Virginia but
the entire South and
Southwest, and the two bodies
appear to be about as far a-
part as ever, with this differ-
once, that time and circumstan-
■ es have softened old asperi-
ties and cooled the heat of
fierce c-rce debate. debate- The Die leaders leaders in in the me
Loth sides. Mr. Campbell poss-
essed a powerful in tellect,
which largely predominated
over the emotional in his na¬
ture. fie was of French descent
on his mothers side; of Irish and
Highland J Scotch on his father's -
tt ing)
fearless ^capaUe oi
TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1945.
wonderful endurance. Without
being ever-polite or ceremon¬
ious, his manners were bland
and conciliating. While his
mnd was entirely self-directing,
there was no show of vanity a-
b>out him; and while not an ora¬
tor in a high sense, his manner
of speaking was prepossessing
from the utter absence of cant
in expression or whine in tone.
There was a warm play of be¬
nevolence in his face and a
irank, open-heartedness in his
speech, which was clother in
ihe dress of logic and armed
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. . , , ,
which seldom failed to influ-
ence his listeners. "Unquote."
The spirit of Alexander
bell still lives in and manifests
itself through hs followers to
this day.
If the above is a true sketch
of Alexander Campbell, and,
according to his own doctrine,
K^ < ?ST aVed ? the T 13 °‘ a
BAPTIST preacher, and was a
false professor until he was
baptised. No wonder those who
call themselves "THE CHURCH
OF CHRIST" stlil receive mem¬
bers from the Baptist Church
without rebaptising them. For
example, Mr. Holder from
Bridgeport, Ala., took two mem¬
bers from Bethlehem Baptist
Church in and accepted Bap¬
tism at the hand of A BAPTIST
preacher. If only ONE church
has the authority to baptise,
then MR. HOLDER admitted by
his action that the BAPTIST
Church has the authority. If I
accepted another's baptism, I
would admit that they had
authority and that I did - not- - If
Mr. Holder denies that he done
that, bring him to me and I
will take you and him to the
two ladies and ask them in
front of you both. They cannot
be consistent in that respect, or
what would become of Alex¬
ander?
We will have to hand it to j
them for adopting the best slo-
gan ever adopted, "When the
Scriptures speak, we speak;
where they are silent, we are do j
silent," if they would only
that! That would be ideal for
anybody to do, but when they
publish that the devil is the
head of the Baptist Church, and
that it is a sin for a person to
oin it, and all who remain in it
until death will be finally lost
in hell, they are just giving their
opinion. No such statement in
any of the scripture. I believe
there are some Christians who
have married into families of
that church and joined to keep
peace in the family, no doubt
they were saved before they
married and, of course, if they
are saved they will go to heav¬
en when they die. If you want
my opinion about the head of
sheir church, I think he is
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. Of
ourse, while I am writing this,
I am aware of the fact that they
will deny it, but you must re¬
member that I have denied that
he devil is he head of the Bap-
list church.
The phrase, in quotation, "The
Church of Christ," is not found
anywhere in the scriptures. No
man on earth can give chapter
and verse for the phrase in the
King James version. Well, I'd
'put up or shut up," or change
my slogan. Oh, yes, I know
that "Churches of Christ" is in
there; also, "Churches of Asia"
and "Church of God." They will
want me to produce "The Bap¬
tist Church" by name. Just re¬
member, I asked for their
church by name, and that is
their slogan, "When the scrip-
tures speak, we speak, and
where they are silent, we are
silent." I challenge the world to
give chapter and verse in the
King James Bible, where the
phrase appears, The Church oi
Christ." .
This pastor received a lo o
free publicity without expect-
ing it, when his Apostolic_ name was Times, call;
ed ea in n "The
^November ml in
the November, edition. I
was accused of saying, "There
is not a living man that would
deny that Jesus Baptist Christ preacher." was bap;
tized ALMOST by a quoted cor-
They me
vectlv- What I DID say must
h hurt. Thg 0 ff ter the editor
See BAPTIST PREACHER Pp- 4
Published Weekly — Since 1901.
Dade Fire Protection
J Unit To Get New Fire
Patrol Truck Soon
The Dade County Forest Fire
Protection Unit will be patroll¬
ing the county in a bright red
fire truck in the near future.
This. This piece of equipment
will be furnished to Ranger
Pace by the county and state
under the \ r cooperative forest
, ir ® P rev f^ 10n program.
Th © addition of this truck will
eanble the ranger to better m-
vestigate smokes, to transport
( fire fighters and equipment to
fires and will be of value in
tower construction and tele-
phone line maintenance.
^ track will be a half-ton
P^-up. t0 . designate , It T . will it as be» , the painted county . , . red fire
truck and will have a State and
County identification.
Leila Kimbrough Class
Entertains Adults
The Leila Kimbrough Class of
the Methodist Sunday School
entertained the Adult Class Fri¬
day evening with a dinner at
the church. Husbands and
wives of the members were
q * . Mesdames Mesdames A. A L L. Dver Dyer
and John Hinton were the com
mittee in charge.
Cpl. Rollie C. Moore
Gets Conduct Medal
A USSTAF Air Service Com¬
mand Post (Somewhere in Eng-
land).—Cpl. Rollie C. Moore,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W-J. Moore
of Rising Fawn, Rt. 3, was re-
cently awarded the Good Con-
duct Medal for exemplary be-
havior, efficiency, and fidelity
at this large Air Service Com¬
mand depot in the ETO.
Rising Fawn WMS
Holds Jan. Meeting
The Rising Fawn WMS met
Thursday night, January 11, at
the home of Mrs. J. Z. Bobo,
with Mrs. F. A. Hall presiding.
The devotional was given by
Mrs. Wiley Dean. Mrs. Bobo
had charge of the program, the
subject being "Working Togeth¬
er for a Century-'' After the busi¬
ness hour, refreshments were
served to 18 members and visi¬
tors.
Farm Loan Group
Holds Annual Meet
The annual meeting of the
Dalton Farm Loan Association
was held at 2 p. m., in the As¬
sociation office at Dalton, Ga.,
on January 16, T. W. Price,
secretary-treasurer , has an¬
nounced.
A feature of the meeting was
a round-table discussion of
farm land values and a sound
investment program, the dis¬
cussion on this subect being led
By O. F. Luttrell, associate re¬
gional manager. direc¬
During the session four
tors were elected, and financial
and other reports on the 1944
period were made by secretary-
treasurer T. W. Price.
The Association's office is lo¬
cated in the Manly building, in
Dalton, and handles Federal
land bank loans in the follow-
ing counties: Catoosa. ChaUoo-
ga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Gor-
don, Murray, Pickens, Walker
an d Whitfield,
Mrs. W. H. Smith, Mrs. Ray
Smith visited Mrs. W. A. Mc¬
Nair Tuesday at Red Bank,
Tenn.
Sgt. John Murphy
Goes to Miami,
For Reassignment
SGT. JOHN MURPIIY
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—S.-Sgt-
John A. Murphy, 21, of Rising
Fawn, Ga., has arrived at Army
Air Forces Redistribution Sta¬
tion No. 2, in Miami Beach, for
reassignment processing after
completing a tour of duty out¬
side the continental United
States.
Medical examinations and
classification at this post pio¬
neer of several redistribution
stations operated by the AAF
personnel Distribution Com¬
mand for AAF returnee officers
and enlisted men, will determ¬
ine his new assignment. He
will remain at the redistribution
station about two weeks, much
of which will be devoted to rest
and recreation.
As a B-24 Liberator and B-17
Fortress gunner, Staff Sergeant
Murphy flew 30 missions while
in the European theater of op¬
erations, winning the Air Med¬
al with four oak leaf clusters.
Son of Mr. John W. Murphy,
of Rising Fawn, he entered the
Army in March, 1943.
Cpl. Dainel
In England
An Enghth Air Force Bomber
Station, England.—Corporal Daniel, 20, of Trenton, Al- j
Bert M.
is a butcher at this Eighth Air (
Force B-17 Flying Fortress base, j
and works in the ground en¬
listed men's mess hall, which
feeds more than 2,000 men.
Cpl. Daniel is the son of Mrs-
Rebecca Stevens of Star Route,
Trenton. Before entering the
Army Air Forces in April, 1943,
he was a farmer.
Cpl. Daniel remarked, "When
this war is over and 1 get home
I should be able to use the ex¬
perience whch I have gathered
in the AAF. The girl that mar¬
ries me gets a handy man in
the kitchen."
The Dade County butcher is
a member ot the 486th Bomber
Group, a unit of the Third Bom-
eardment Division—the division
cited by the President for its
England-Africa shuttle bombing
attack on Messehschmitt air¬
craft factories at Regensburg,
Germany.
SIGNS
AT DADE
ENTRANCES
Six forest fire protection signs
are being erected at the county
highway entrances by clubs in
Dade County. The Home Dem¬
onstration Club, Garden Club,
4-H Club, Lions Club Conserva¬
tion and the American Legion
are each sponsoring one sign.
The signs are five by six feet
in size and are swung in a
frame of unpeeled logs. Large
green and red letters welcome
incoming traffic to the "Inde¬
pendent State of Dade" and
caution them to protect our for¬
ests and game by preventing
destructive forest fires.
Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
Legislature Gives
O.K. to Teacher
WSCS of Trenton M.E
Church Meets With
Urs. A. L. Dyer
The Woman's Society
Christian Service of the
Methodist Church met
Thursday afternoon at
home of Mrs. A. L. Dyer. Mrs.
G. C Tatum presided.
Reports were given by
ers attending the officers' train¬
ing classes held las week at the
First Methodist Church in Chat¬
tanooga.
Mrs. J. A. Swanson led the
devotional, which included a
prayer for the renewed strength
of the society and for the
men who are in the service.
Mrs. Dyer told of the plans and
program for the youth work of
which she is chairman. Plans
were discussed for the forming
of a young woman's guild or
business circle of the society.
Mrs. F. N. Orr was asked to
take charge of this work.
Mrs. Tatum announced that
a furnace had been purchased
for the church and a vote was
taken to pay $150 out of the
treasury on this expense. Mrs-
W. F. Morrison, chairman of
women's work of the ARC, dis¬
tributed sewing to the members.
A vote was taken for the pres¬
ent officers of the society to
hold over for another year, with
the exception of Mrs. John L.
Case corresponding secretary,
who resigned on account of ill¬
ness. Mrs. W. H. Brock will
serve in her place.
The Rev. F. N. Orr, pastor,
made a talk instead of the usu¬
al monthly program. The socie¬
ty will take part in the world
day of prayer program to be
observed in the church Feb- 16.
Let's Protect
Our Forests
By JAMES R. BIBLE
Dade County 4-H Club Member
I have been a member of the
4-H Club four years. During
this time I have been learned
that a good 4-H member al-
ways practices conservation of
forests and wildlife.
When I first became a
ber, my father and I set out
ten acres of pines on the side
of a hill near our house. These
trees now range from 12 to 15
in height. Had this not been
planted in trees, chances are
that we would now have ten
acres of gullies instead of thrif¬
ty growing pines.
There si a section of moun¬
tain land located above our
house which has not been burn¬
for more than 25 years. Al¬
though it has been cut over sev¬
eral times during this period,
there is still a good stand of
timber sawlog size and much
young growth- I find that hunt¬
ing is best in this section due
to the fact that there is more
wildlife food to be found be¬
cause of the absence of de¬
structive woods fires.
Our community is learning to
its forests and wildlife.
A neighbor set out several
acres of loblolly pine and black
locust. Just recently he aided
n restocking a stream that runs
through this community by se¬
curing several thousand small
bass and bream from a fish
hatchery and releasing them
in this stream.
We are all very proud of the
fact that we now have fire pro¬
tection Wo.ods fires are already
scarce. With continued fire pro-
ection we intend to again have
a good supply of timber, wild¬
life and fish.
$1.50 PER YEAR.
Attention was focused last
week upon a major achieve¬
ment of Governor Ellis Amall
in the field of financing the pub¬
lic schools of Georgia when the
State House of Representatives
adopted by unanimous vote an
authorization for the State Bud¬
get Commission to transfer to
the educational fund the sum
of $3,348,000 for a two months'
salary bonus to the teachers
and one million for a teacher-
retirement program.
The vote was 178 to 0 for the
bonus and 175 to 0 for teacher
retirement.
The three and a third million
dollars for the purpose repre¬
sented the accumulated sav¬
ings of last year not applied to
reduction of the State's debts,
and which was used to meet
the emergency faced by the
common schools.
Following this, the State Board
of Education moved to pay
teachers on a twelve-month
basis, but Governor Amall de¬
clined to approve this move for
a $25,000,000 school budget, de¬
claring the school forces of the
state "should be deeply grate¬
ful for what the Legislature al¬
ready has done for education."
He said the only exception to
his request that the General As¬
sembly not authorize increased
State expenditures was made
in the interest of the schools.
He asserted "we have made
possible a 12 per cent increase
in funds for education since
1942; the budget of the state
board (of education) will not
be approved unless and until
at some future date the cash is
on hand in the Treasury."
The school budget for last
year was about $18,000,000,
and to this has been added the
$3,348,00 for the two-month sal¬
ary bonus and teacher retire¬
ment.
Before the Legislature ad¬
journed last week-end, decision
had about been reached to be
in session not more than fifty
days of what ordinarily would
be a 70-day session. At the
same time, both Speaker Roy
Harris of the House anr Presi¬
dent Frank Gross of the Senate
warned against too hasty ac¬
tion on legislative measures.
^ ne p^ a j° r tas ^ ^e assembly
j members is to consider the pro-
visions of a revis ® d Mem¬
stitution, streamlined and
Brought up to date to enable the
commonwealth o cope —‘ with
post-war problems and other¬
wise compete with sister states.
Bills affecting the interests of
veterans of World War II are
being inroducted, one of which
would provide that they may be
admitted to public schools with¬
out charge and regardless of
age. Legislation proposed also
will set up state machinery for
administering federal "GI"
benefits. A veterans' service
board would be established in
the connection.
The question of eliminating
poll tax as a requisite for vot¬
ing in Georgia has been elicit¬
ing interest in the Legislature,
with a spokesman of Governor
Amall predicting that such eli¬
mination will be in effect at
least by the end of 1946, when
his gubernatorial term ends.
The Assembly re-elected State
Auditor B- E. Thrasher, Jr., com¬
mending him Strongly for a
notably efficient record in ser¬
vice. The Audtior reported that
State officials have done a very
good job in observing the re¬
quest of the Governor that they
prune their payrolls.
Bills sponsored by the Geor¬
gia Bar Association have been
introduced which would pro¬
vide regulations to speed up
court actions and also to incor¬
porate the Bar of Georgia.
