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Wilkinson County News IRWINTON, GEORGIA. A. K. SMITH Editor and Publisher u. HUBBARD Founder and 2. v Editor. o.mi Organ Wilkinson Count; . Mrs. T. A. Gibbs, Representative for The News, at Gor don, Georgia. Entero lat the Post Office at Irwinton, Ga., under the Act of Congress of March 3rd., 1879, as second class mail matter. Subsc. ip tion: One Dollar per Year Payable in Advance EIGHTS OF CITIZENS TO THE COURTS (By ELI B. HUBBARD) Section sixty three sixty of the code of Geor gia, which is paragraph fcur of section one of ar ticle one of the Constitution of the State, provides: “No person shall be deprived of the right to pro secute or defend his own cause in any of the courts of this State, in person, by attorney, or both’’. Par agraph five of the same section and article pro vides: “Every person charged with an offence against the laws of this State shall have the privi - ]ege and benefit of counsel; shall be furnished, on demand, with a copy of the accusation, and a list of the witnesses on whese testimony the charge against him is founded: shall have compulsory pro cess to obtain the testimony of his own witnesses; shall he confronted with the witnesses testifying against him:shall have a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury.’’ The above is the fundamental law of this State, and when any person, however, humble he may be, is deprived of either of the rights enumerated in the above provisions, is denied a constitutional right, and his trial is an absolute nullity. When any man is accused of a crime or mis demeanor, the constitution of this great State guar antees to him the right to have his cause tried in Professional Cards F. S. English Fire and Life Insurance Insure Your Property with me. Gordon, Ga. Jno. T. Stokes Great American Hartford, Prudential FIRE INSURANCE Gordon, Ga. Eli B. Hubbard Atoorney at Law Practice in all Stat a Courts. IRWINTON, GA. Dr. E. D. Gleason 464 Plum Street Licen cd Veterinary Surgeon. Treats all Sick and Crippeld Domestic Ani mals. Diseases of Dogs a Specialty Macon, Georgia Dr. Geo. IF. DuPree Physician and Surgeon Lee Building. Gordon, Ga. Dr. J. T. Mills Physician and Surgeon Office Upstairs Post Office Building Toomsboro, Ga. DR. J. B. HELTON Dentist Office at Residence Gordon — — — Georgia Dr. A. Durward Ware Physician and Surgeon. Office in Drug Store. Toomsboro, Ga. Winfred A. Ryle Attorney at Law 513-14 Bibb Building MACON, GEORGIA. DR. J. H. DUGGAN Physician and Surgeon. Dr. Parker’s old. Office. IRWINTON, GA. Jos. 4!. Moore Funeral Director and Scientific Embalmer. Milledgeville, Ga. ■, 121 W. Hancock Street the courts of the State and not only tried in the courts, but the trial is to be by a jury, a.speedy and public trial by an impartial jury. When any man or body of men seeks by coer cipjj or any other way to compel a man to plead guilty to an offense against hi^ will, and espec all'y when he is innocent, then that man or body of men seek to take away from that man one of his constitutional rights as a free and independent cit izen; and they themselves become malefactors and should be dealt with as the law prescribes. The law presumes every man to be innocent 01 the offence with which he stands charged, and this presumption goes with the defendant through the trial until the State by evidence proves his guilt be yond a reasonable doubt. It is the intention of the Constitution of this- State that its citizens life, liberty and property should be sacredly protected, and that they should not be deprived of either except by due process of law; and by'due process of law means that he shall have a fair and impartial trial in the courts that are created by the Constitution and the several acts of the legislature No private tribunal, be it either composed of many persons, or one person °nly, acting as the self appointed tribunal of that body, authorized or unauthorized by it, can arraign one of the citizens of this State before that trib unal and try him. When this is undertaken and the respectable citizens of the community ratify such conduct, then it is that the Constitution of this great State becomes a scrap of paper, the temple of justice totters, and law becomes a farce. Should this sad day ever dawn in this great State then we say that the precious blood of the patroits of 1776 was shed in vain; that the great Declaration of American Independence, was written by Tho mas Jefferson and first read to the American Congress by John Adams, should be forgotten by our people as a document of liberty for it is false in its meaning; that the protection guaranteed to our citizens by our government is meaningless in its entirety; that the privations that the noble womanhood of this great nation suffered during the revolutionary war has been desecrated and tramped upon by,an unappreciative people: God forbid such a day should ever dawn: 7HURCH AND LODGE RECTORY OF TOOMSBORO. Sunday Services: 10:00 A. M. Jno. Toomsboro Baptist Church. Dr. J. C. Solomon, pastor. Preaching service Second Sunday in each month. Morning service 11 o’clock. Evening service 8 o’clock p. m. Woman’s Missionary Society. Meets Monday after second Sunday in each month at 3:00 p. m. Baptist Young People’s Union: Ev ery Thursday night at 8 o’clock. Sunbeams: Mrs. J. C. Colllins, Lead er. Every Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Everybody cordially invited to all these services. Methodist Church. Rev. T. A. Mosley, pastor. Preaching service every Fourth Sunday. Morning service at 11 o’clock Evening service at 8 o’clock. Sunday school every Sunday morn ing at 10:00 o’clock. Epworth League each Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock. Woman’s Missionary Society month ly on Monday afternoon after the Fourth Sunday. Christian Church. Rev. F. D. Wharton, pastor. Preaching service every first and third Sundays. Morning service 11:00 o’clock. Evening service 8 o’clock. Sunday School each Sunday at IC a. m. Woman’s Missionary Society meets each Monday after third Sunday at 4 o’clock. Junior Christian Endeavor each -Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Toomsboro Lodge No. 290 F. & A. M. Meets on Friday evening before the third Sunday in each month and Wed nesday night before the first Sun day. ALEX S. BOONE, W. M. D. R. FREEMAN, Sec. Sweet Gum Camp No. 281, W.O.W. Meets evrey first and third Thun* day nights. FRED MERCER, Clerk. J. T. MILLS, C. C. WE GUARANTEE Our Work to be as Good as the Best. Courtesy and Promptness is our Watch word. We strive to Please DAVIDSON’S BARBER SHOP. Gordon, Ga. Gordon Church and Lodge Directory GORDON BAPTIST CHURCH D. T. Cox, Pastor. Sunday Service: 10 A. M. 10:00 A. M. Sunday School. Every Sunday morning. 11:00 A. M. Preaching Services. Every Sunday. 7:00 PM: B. Y. P. U. Every Sunday 8:00 P. M. Preaching Service. Ev ery Sunday. Monday, 4:00 P. M. Ladies’ Missi onary Society. Wedneiday, 8:00 P. M. Mid-week Prayer if " eUng. Friday, 7:00 P. M. Friday night Bible Class, Taught by the Pastor Everybody welcome. METHODIST CHURCH. . Methodirt Minister: W. J. Simmons T. Stokes, Superintendent Sunday School, Every Sunday. 11 00 A. M. Preachint hy the Pas .?r, Second and Fourth S'lnaays. <’ 45. -Epworth Leagu’. Every' Suu day night. 7:30 P. M. Preaching by the Paster Every Sunday. Monday 3:30 P M. Woman s Miss ionary Society. Mrs. T. A. Gibbs President. Thursday, 7:30 P. M. Prayer Meet ing. Every week. GORDON LODGE, NO. 240 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS Meets every First and Third Wed nesday nights, at Masonic Hnb Visiting brethren invited. R. H Camp, Worshipful Master. GORDON CHAPTER N. 155 O. E S Meets every First and Third Tues day night in Masonic Hall. All visiting members invited to attend. Mrs. E. P. Anderson, Worthy Ma tron. IRWINTON CHURCH AND LODGE DIRECTORY Baptist Church. Dr. Harrisson, Pastor. Preaching services ivery second and fourth Sundays. Morning serv ices at 11:00 o’clock; evening services at 8:00 o’clock. Sunday school every Sunday after noon at 3:30 o’clock. J. E. Butler, superintendent. Methodist Church. R. E. T. A. Mosley, Pastor. Preaching services every first and ALONG LIFE’S TRAIL By THOMAS A. CLARK Dean of Men, University of Illinois. ((g). 1924. Western Newspaper Union.) THE SNAP Ml ’M LOOKING for a three-hour * course to fill up my program for next semester,” Gregg said to me yes terday. “Do you - know any snap course?” Before I answered him my mkad went back to commencement time. We were sitting on the porch talking it over, Frank and I, after the fellows had left We had been celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of our gradu ation from college, and we Tad had three happy days together with the fel lows, some of whom we had not seen since the day we parted after our commencement exercises. We had^all been struck by the changes which had come to each of us, and naturally each one had swelled with satisfaction whenever some one intimated that he had changed little. Mac had been in Arizona most of the time, working cruelly hard in the mines; he was bald and seamed and crippled with rheumatism. Pete’s hair, which had been a riotous bunch of black curls, was entirely white. Fred, who had been slender and smooth cheeked, showed a face that was the result of hard struggle and a physique that pulled the scales at twice the amount he could manage when he was a freshman. Ed seemed most like him self; brown-haired, smooth-faced, slen der as a boy, he had changed the least of all. After they were"hil gone, some way we decided that Fred had gripped us most of all. He had been a wild, un trained, harem-scarem fellow, who cared little for God or for his instruc tors. He had brought himself to the front; he was the head of a big en gineering plant; he had great ambi tions for the future, and he was man aging his men and his boys in a mas terly way; best of all, he had con quered himself, and all the wild pas sions that seemed to rage through him were under his control. His face showed character and conquest and self-control. You could tell by looking at him that he was strong and depend able. He bad tried the hard thing and he had made good at it, while Ed was just as he used to be. He had got ao where; he had no ambition to get any where. He had not sacrificed; he had not suffered, and for him there had been no development. And so, as we thought It all over, we decided that the man who had changed the most had done best. The man who Is looking for the snap, for the soft job, Is not likely to get anywhere', a passive, unaggressive existence means weakness and stagna tloa. "No,” I said to Gregg, “I can’t think of any snap courses.” WRIGLEYS EVERY 'Of Probably one reason for the popularity of WRIGLEY’S is that It lasts so long and returns such great dividends for so small an outlay. • It keeps teeth clean, breath sweet, appetite keen, digestion good. Fresh and full-flavored always in its wax-wrapped package. I JI LIVE OAK CAMP No. 279 GORDON, GA. Meeting nights every two weeks A. H. Massengale, C. b. J. E. Hog ?, Clerk third Sundays. Morning services at 11:00 o’clock; evening services at 8:00 o’clock. Sunday school every Sunday morn ing. H. M. Skelton, superintendent. Irwinton Lodge No. 150 F. & A. M. Meets second and fourth Tuesday nights in each month. Visit irg breth ren invited. R. E. MADDOX, W. M. E. R. PIERCE, Sec. SUGGESTED REPORT ON STATE MISSIONS Under State Missions in Georgia we have the departments of Adminis tration. Sunday School, B. Y. P. U., W. M. U., Enlistment and Evangelism Pastoral Aid and Church Building. These departments have shown ad vancement and increased effective ness in their respective spheres of service during the year. Last year the i Board employed 146 workers who i traveled over 312,000 miles, deliver ed 10,385 sermons and addresses, held over 4,000 prayer meetings, made over 69,000 religious visits and reported. 2,943 accessions to the churches, 1,810 by baptism and 1,133 by letter. Although mission receipts from the churches have been greatly reduced, the Board has succeeded in keeping up the various phases of the work in a very satisfactory degree. But it has been necessary to retrench and so the Board ha ; been under the necessity of making less liberal appropriations and many applications have had to be denied. In Pastoral Aid 163 churches and mission points received help in the support of a pastor, during the past year, and 14 churches, which had previously been promised aid, were given help in church building, al though in this last department the wark has been greatly handicapped by lack of funds. B. Y. P. U. Work in Georgia con tinues to advance. At the present time our unions are increasing at the rate of one day. This means that con tinually we are establishing in the churches a training service which will equip the members of such churches to serve the Lord more effectively. The plans and activities of the B. Y. P. U. are in close coordination with the Kingdom program of our demon ination, and the majority of B. Y. P. U. members over-the state are sys tematic and proportionate givers, de voted and trained stewardsr-Jt. is hop ed this number increased rapidly. The Sunday School Department continues to show splendid progress in all the things that go to make for larger and better Sunday schools in Georgia-leading the South in teachei training diplomas in 1924, also in standad departments and the indica tions are that the 1925 record will be even better than 1924. About 20 asso cittions now have full time Sunday school field workers, and for the sum mer months twelve additional work ers were in the field. This work is be ing financed by the associations in cooperation with the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville. For the past two years the promotion of daily vacation Bible schools has been an important phase of the work carried on in connection with the Sunday School Department, and the number of vacation schools in Georgia Bap tist churches has increased from 7 in 1923 and 37 in 1924 to more than 7f this year. The Baptist Sunday Schoo, Board has prepared excellent lesson courses and other material for the work of these schools. The past year has been a busy one in the Department ofEvangelism and Enlistment. Six men are now engaged in doing enlistment and evangelistic work. The report shows that 300 pas tors and 150 Mercer ministerial stud ents served 830 churches and die work in 86 associations last year. As a result of this cooperative work 8,- 633 were added to our churches by baptism and 3,837 by letter. The progress that continues to b< made by our Woman’s Missionary Union is phenominal. Their organiza tions are growing in number and in membership. They have in Georgia nearly 4,000 women and young peo pie enlisted in missionary activ ities. These good women believe in prayer and persoanl service. Theii gifts to the Baptist 75 million Cam paign- were more than enough to meet their quota. Their motto for the new year is, “Go ye into all the world; and ye shall be my witnesses. Our laymen are interested and ac tive in the affairs of the Kingdom. The Baptist Men’s Meeting, held in Atlanta in March of this year, brou ght together a goodly number of lay men from all parts of the State. Par tircular emphasis was given in this meeting to Evangelism and Steward ship and there was opportunity for conference together in the laying of nlans for carrying on the work. It is hoped to make this a annual meeting of our men. Realizing the need and the great opportunities of the present hour in our State Mission work and in all phases of our denominational activ ity, your committee would urge our leaders and our Baptist people gen erally to give whole-hearted support to our Cooperative program for the carrying forward and enlargement of the work of the Kingdom. Evans & Brookins Physicians—Surgeons Masonic Building Gordon, Ga. This Business Pays More Than 100 Per Cent Profit—You Are a Stockholder. We are interested the more In cor porations, business establishments and institutions in which our monej is invested. Os course, we all have e passive interest in any enterprise which will expand and develop oui resources, thereby benefiting the com mercial activities of our state. Civle pride compels us to recognize the far reaching effect of ail institution; which bring to us culture and refine ment and the betterment of society However, we always show specific in terest in that particular institution in which our capital is invested. “For where your treasure Is, there wiiryour heart be also.” All of our State institutions merit the support they receive at the hands of our legislature. They were created and are supported for the express pur pose of serving, in their varlous’ways, the people of the State, who maintain them directly by payment of taxes. Some of our institutions, however, could do a much greater good to a greater number of people by being supported commensurate with the services rendered. Such institutions which show large dividends on the Investent should have the whole heart ed co operation of our legislature. For Instance, our State Board of Health returns, reckoned in the commercial value of its services, many times more than the capital invested. It uses the talents entrusted to It well indeed. Health of the individual is the foun dation stone on >hich the progress and success of the individual rests. Any country which neglects the health of its Individuals must of necessity weaken, crumble and give place to a more sturdy people. There was once the great Roman Empire. . If we would compare our State In this particular to our neighboring States we would at once see that Georgia appropriates to its Health De partment much less per capita than any of her surrounding sisters. They have seen the good work of health protection to their citizenry, realizing that the sickness of each individual is an economic loss to the State. They take particular Interest and pride in these institutions which return to them so large dividends in safeguard ing health. Our State Board of Health is doing remarkably well in serving the peo ple, In view of Its limited means. However, so much better and more expansive work could be done with an Increased Investment. Which of you would not increase your holdings many fold In any business that was earning for you, in value of services rendered, more than 100 per cent on your investment each year. Last year the legislature approprl ated SIO,OOO to the State Board of Health for the Venereal Disease Con trol Bureau. In the annual report of this Institution for 1924, we find that the laboratory of this division alone 1 made 19,832 examinations, which, if given the commercial value of $5.00 each as is charged by private insti tutions amounts to $99,160. A large amount of field work has been done in addition toward eradication of ve nereal diseases, the value of which cannot be calculated in dollars and cents. This is only one of the many departments of this institution each of which show similar results. We think, that such a worthy institution should have the financial support which it so deservlngly merits. GROWING PAINS. We often hear of children suffering with “growing pains.” There is no such “animal.” A child who complains of “growing pains” is a sick child and needs the services of a good physician without delay. There may be serious causes for the pains suffered by chil dren. If the child is under three years of age, It is possible that the trouble is rickets; this is a general disease and not a disease confined to the part of the body where the pain exists. It Is a serious disease and one that should have the attention of a competent phy sician, so says our State Board of Health, who would likely prescribe di rect, sun’s rays and cod liver oil. In the older child the pains are likely due to septic absorption or septicertia. ft is our duty to find the focus of the Infection and remove it. Quite often this is diseased tonsils, abscessed \ teeth or adenoids. It is Imperative that we get the offending pus out of the system without the least bit of delay; it is foolishness to. postpone an operation tor the removal of diseased tonsils. All enlarged tonsils are not infected tonsils, and often do not need removing, but the tonsil that has pus in it should com e out and be removed completely,- not just ..'clipped, but dis-, weted out. There are other sources of Infection that we cannot discuss in this article, but often the most seri ous damage done Is not apparent; it U most likely the heart that suffen and in after years will give trouble The serious membrane that lines the joints and the heart is most like ly to be affected in “growing pains;' you generally have a true rheumatism The heart has likely been the first U suffer, so it well behooves us to have. a good physician make a most thor-. ougb examination In all such cases Remember, growing does not produce pain; there is a reason; find it; re move it. ' Plain, almpla food la beat for
