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The Sun Company .PUIILIBHEKS OF Cbe UUiUacoocbee Sun. ' Tl- m ” OFFICIAL-ORGAN OF TOWN OF WfLLACOOCHEE. HENRY FIJTRELL, Editor and M’g’r. SUBSCRIPTION . .. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR TELEPHONE NO. 12. Entered nt the post-offlce at Willaooochee. Ra„ as second-class mail matter. FRIDAY, NOV. 20. 1007. i Editor J. R. Miller, of States boro, is a candidate for Mayor of his city, and they say he can’t be beat. The Bank of Waycross has con solidated with the First National of that city The reason for do ing so is not given our,. It is intimated that the finan cial flurry will not decrease the rush of Northern nabobs to Flor ida and other winter resorts. Boasting Waycross will try the efficacy of Clearing House Certi ficates as business boosters. Mor al: Dont boost too loud till you get out of the woods. Wm. J. Bryan entered the Y. M. C. A. hall in Washington, D. C., Saturday afternoon, where he was to address the assembled in ternational convention, leaning on the arm of Geo. B. Cortelyou. “The lamb and the lion laying down together, ” as it were. Rome Herald: “We like to agree with Governor Hoke Smith occasionally, just for a change. He is light when he favors the chaingancr for blind tiger keep ers. That is the one sure way to stop the illegal sale of boozer ine. ” l That is what The Sun tjuMrc about it. The r idquarters of the Alba-" ny division of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad have been returned to Waycross from Albany, and the working force redu xed, upon the plea of referenchm nt. Way cross makes a prompt courtesy, “large favors thankfully i - eceived and small ones accordingly.” Waycross Herald: ‘An ex change suggests that jt is scared money and not scarce money that has brought about this panic. Well, who got up the scare?,, That is the question The Sun has been asking. Suppose the mon ey of the country just got scared itself and rnn into its hiding place. Thomas E. Watson, of Geor gia, will be the Populist nominee for president of the United States in 1908, and there is some talk of a coalition of Populist, Indepen dence Leaguers and National Prohibitionist in an effort to elect him. Will the Partners Union follow Tom into politics, as did the Alliance, and bei*cme the vie tims of a simitar political folly? J. W. and E. K. Overstreet, cousins, will go before a white prim: ry December 6th to determ ine which of them shall beScriv encounty’s congressional ca di date. In the meantime the vot ers of the first district will do the right thing by re-electing Hon. Charles G. Edwards for a second term. Endorsement is the pre vailing custom now days, any way. The Georgia Southern and Florida railroad began retrench mcnt last week by laying off about three hundred track hands. S >me ono has rightly suggested that retrenchment should big in at the other end of the line among the high-priced officials. But re trenchment Li being made and the laborers and the merchants along the line are the ones to get hit in the neck. SOUTH GEORGIA A MELD EOR MISSIONARY EEEORT. At the late session of the Georgia Baptist Convention at Val dosta, Rev Graham Forrester of Milltown made some startling statements relative to religious conditions in South Georgia. Among other things he said: “There is a territory, near Valdosta as large as Rhode Island, in which there was but one minister and he was not a Baptist. He said that in an hour’s ride of Valdosta three school teachers had been discharged for opening their school with prayer. He said that n a day’s ride of Valdosta was a band of Mormans as flourishing as could be found outside of Utah. He said he knew where in July the funerals of all who have died since January are preached and that in January all who have died since July were preached. This was because of the scarcity of ministers. If this statement is true it is a sad commentary upon the Chris tian and Commercial ignorance of the Baptist of Valdosta and sur rounding territory who, for years, have pursued a course of zealous rivalry with tne more populous sections of the State in the amount of on y turned into e c iffers of the Horn; and For ign I. s n Boaids, while their immediate fields of labor have gone uncuii.iva ted. It furnishes food for reflection; it demands that a halt be called on past and present missionary policies, and that more at tention be paid to tho non-christian (heathen) people at our very doors. It is a lesson which the children of God,members of the Baptist Churches of South Georgia, should specially heed and seek to learn their duty to God and their fellow-men within their immediate pur view, their next-door neighbors and their children. It suggest a return to the Bible order of doing mission work as laid down in the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, Bth verse, which we in terpret to mean that “charity (love) begins at home,” and from thence extends and radiates until it permeates the near neighbors and finally reaches the uttermost parts of the earth. If the statements of Rev. Forrester is true, and we have no right to dispute it, then Valdosta’s effort to become a centre of re ligious influence after two years tidal is a flat failure. The scattered (?) Baptist forces in Contigious territory were gathered into the Valdosta Association where there was strength, money and men to cover this destitution like the dew of the morning. How the work has been these past two years let the statements of Rev For rester be the startling answer. The reason is palpable: God has been forgotten, and His chosen people have turned to serve idols — self- seeking leaders who know nothing and care less of the work. Christian people “to the manor born” understand this work and and how to reach the people, but they are onlv consulted when the “hat” is being passed around. Is it any wonder that the Lord has allowed the enemy to come and despoil the land? Perham suggests: Y».iforrr started in Georgia, and this time it will be the peo ple and the business men against the politicians and the demago gues. ” Speed the starting; The Sun will take hold and help to push it along; it can’t come too soon or with too much volume. Here’s to the reform movement that is surely coming! The North Georgia Conference was in session at Cartersville and the Georgia Baptist convention at Valdosta last week. The re ligis-politicians were at both pla ces in full force. Brunswick, the place, and the South Georgia Conference, the occasion for their next swarming. Monarchy and centralization of power seem to be the ruling passion of the hour in both church and state. The first installment of immi grants from Austria and Hunga ry to Georgia has arrived and been distributed among the farms of Brooks, Lowndes and Dooly counties. The people will now soon see how good they are and whether more are wanted. Re ports say they—men, women and children —looked strongand heal thy. It is truly hoped this -class of labor will prove satisfactory. To the Public This is to notify the public that I have bought the Grocery stand of C. M McConnell, with all ac counts due him. Those who owe Mr. McConnell will please come forward and settle with me. R. A. Brinson. Notice. An election will be held in the Town of Wiilacoochee on the 21 day of Dec. 1907, for the pur- Sise of electing a Mayor and oard of 5 aldermen. This Nov. 11, 1907. W. H. Duncan, Mayor. Get your neighbor to subscribe for the Wiilacoochee Sun, : Council Proceedings. 1 jTTis -v.TCy .. I * Ifc regular monthly meeting on the night of Nov. 6th. Those present were Mayor W. H. Duncan, Coun cilmen B. G. Oberry, J. .1. Vick ers, G. F. McCranie, M. D. Jones and J. S. Roberts. The minutes of last meeting was read and adopted. Moved- seconded and carried that shed over Jim Shear er’s stand, occupied by R. A. Brinson also one house in the Western part of town belonging to Mr. Branch, be condemned. Moved, Seconded and carried that Street on East side of Cem eterry be named Riverview. Moved and Seconded that ceme tery lots 20 ft. square be sold at $5,00 per lot. Moved and secon ded that town pay School Trus te e s balance on Auditorium chains. Mr. J. E, Gaskins was glinted a permit to build a barn 30x40 in Southern part of city. The following bills wei’e or dered paid. Town of Willacoochee to Byrd & Puckett 22barrels lime, $28.60 To M. Gaskins & Co. Feed for mule. $9.06 To Will Bell Scavenger work. $22.50 To Willacoochee Sun publish ing Minutes. SI.OO ToJ. E. ghaw, $ months serv ice as Chief of Police. $23.32 To G F. McCranie 3 barrels liar'. $3.75 To J. E. Gaskins Feed for mule and Comforts for Jail. $15.42 Moved to adjourn. Hertry Futrell, Clerk. Notice. There will be an election held in the Town of Wiilacoochee, on the first Monday in December for the purpose of electing a Board of Education consisting of five members, two of whom shall be elected for a term of two years and three of whom shall be elec ted for a term of one year each. This 2nd day ol Nov. 19C7. W. H. Duncan, ' Mayor: He Si Job Piling Department Wants to do your piling We have the latest styles and sizes of type faces, and would appre ciate turning out for you the same high class printing that we turn out for others every day. H&fSait ?r«r,i ifapfeg from a visiting card to a largo poster. And we take just the same pains with a small order as we do a large one, and it cost just a little less than you can get the same grade cf work done anywhere else. For full particulars call on or address The Sun Co. Willacoochee, Ga.