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PEARSON TR.BIJNE VOL 8-M). 10 GET fO BEFORE iHE PEOPLE. The Political Campaign of 1d22 Assuming Shape. The friends of Judge .Tames P>. Clements has placed his name be fore the peoDle of Irwin county as a legislative candidate. Judge Clements has served in both houses of the General Assembly in recent years and reflected credit upon himself and did honor to his coun ty and district. He is deservedly popular among his people; they have learned to trust him implicit ly as a friend. To the min'd of the Tribune editor no better choice could be made. Irwin county would have an able, discreet, and progressive representative, and one of whom they would not be ashamed, if he is elected. Just before leaving Tifton for At lanta as a member of t he General Assembly lion. Robert C. Ellis made announcement of his candi daey for representative from Tift county in the legislature. Mr. Ellis has served in both the house and senate and is an experienced legislator; in him Tift county would have an able and energetic public servant, and a man who can accomplish things. No political announcements have been made in Clinch county, al though she must have a represent ative in the house and also furnish the member of the senate for the Fifth senatorial district.' It is stated that a woman, the wife of Judge Robert G. Dickerson, is eon the propriety of becoming a Candida e for the senate, but she has made no announcement. Should she make the race and bo elected the district would have a cultured, talented and capable woman to re present it, the peer of any senator in the body. Atkinson county voters, should sh e be selected by Clinch county, would gladly vote for her in the general election. If we are to have women legislators we can do no better than to select such women as Mrs. Robert G. Dickerson. The Tribune learns from what it considers a reliable source that. Coffee county will have in the race for representative Dr. D. 11. Meeks, of Niebolls, and that his chances for election is good. Dr. Meeks is popular and has a large following from which to gather political strength. With three other can didates Torn Holland. Burrell Davis and Mrs Dent —in the race be should easily win the coveted prize. There has been no announce ments made in Berrien county. It is supposed, however, that the present representative. Him. P. I Knight, minister and lawyer, will be a candidate for re-election and have no opposition. If this is the result of the political sh tiff lie in that county Berrien will be repre sented by one of her very best and most progressive citizens, a man who is alive to every forward movement of the times and who will serve the wishes of a majority of his constituents. In other words, be is a democrat in “faith and pract ice.’’ The qualified candidate* in Ware County for the lower house of the General Assembly are Hons. J. D- Bialork and W. W. Griffis. Mr. Blalock is a young lawyer of Way cross. a member of the present General Assembly, and very popu lar in the county. Mr. Griffis is a farmer and school teachers, and well qualified to represent all the interests of the county in the law making forum of the state. Mr. Gottis has been a member of the Board of Education of Ware conn ty for a number of years, and rendered excellent service: he lives near Millwood and is very popular throughout the county. With these two gentlemen representing \Y are conn tv the people are assur ed of competent and efficient ser vice. Hon. J. E. T. Bowden was entered at the last moment- Erroneous Statements. From the report of the Mormon Conference, printed on the first page of the Tribune last week, is quoted the following paragraph; “The Traveling Elders dealt on the fundamentals of Mormonism: Faith, Repentance, and Baptism by immersion for the Remission of Sins, and the laying on of hands for the Gift of the Holy Ghost.” The "Reporter” states two pro positions in the paragraph for which he has no authority in the Scriptures. The first, is “Baptism for the Re mission of Sins” and the other is the "Laying on of hands for the Gift, of the Holy < Ihost.” No doubt, if you were to call on him for script tire authority for the first erroneous statement he would refer you to St. Mark, 1,4, which reads: “John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.” It is clear from this quota lion that John preached the card inal doctrine of repentance, which is preached today and will be preached until the end of time. The world has never seen a time when Repentance should be preach ed more t han at the present.. In Luke J, 15, John's preaching was described in the same language as that used in Mark: “Baptism of Repentance for the Remission of Sins." His theme was Baptism of (following) Repentance, This idea is brought more forcibly to the attention of the enquirer in the next scripture to which "Re porter" would call to your atten tion, Acts 2, 38: "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptiz ed every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” To the casual reader this scripture is apt to appear in the light of “Report er’s” interpretation, because they misread it. Reader, note that Luke, the writer of Acts, places a comma after the word, "Repent,” and then follows with an independ ent sentence, "And be baptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ,.” Omit this inde pendent sentence and you have "Repent for the remission of sins.” So it was the doctrine of Repent ance the Apostle Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, and not "Baptism for the remission of sins.” Repentance is the theme of every Gospel preacher - . The Bible teaches the eternal fact, that Jesus Christ shed his blood oil Calvary as a .sacrifice for the sins of the whole world and sinful men get the benefit of this sacrifice, this atonement for sin, by Repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ. The Apos tle Paul, in Hebrews 9, 22, affirms that "without tho shedding .of blood is no remission.” You can't disassociate "Remission of sin from the blood shed on Calvary.” Repentance is the first great principle in the Gosple plan of salvation. The Holy Spirit con vinces you that you are a sinner, your heart the habitation of pollu tion and unclcauness, your soiled soul is held up to your gaze and you are made to see your,seif some what as God sees you. You be come weary of sin, anrf> T resolutely turn away from it and turn unto God. This is repentance. The Holy Spirit points you to Christ, the sacrifice of Calvary; you ac eept his atonement for sin by faith; your sins are covered by the biood of Christ,.erased from the record —remitted. With the victory won the Holy Spirit enters into that soul, cleansed from siri by the blood of Jesus Christ —automati- cally and without the imposition of human hands. Reader, imagine if you can Jesus Christ, the great author and ex- Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, Jl LY 7, 1922 EDITORIAL OPINIONS. The Brethren are Discussing a Number of Live Topics. How can 1 beat the boil weevil? asks an anxious inquirer. Knock him in the head with a ham, drown him in milk and cream, stuff him with corn and peas, feed him on strawberries and peaches, swat him with watermelons and eauta loupe, tease him with velvet beaus a,nd peanuts. This is the only sure way. —Jackson Progress Argus. Why should we worry about a little old print shop when our wife, ( the best one we ever had) is can ning fruits, vegetables, berries, etc. to feed us all next winter. She has already put up sixty quarts of berries an d about seventy live quarts of garden truck, and still agoing. Tell you fellers, when you Iraki late on getting married it pays to pick a good one. —Clinch Coun ty News. In t he “good old days” property owners were sure that, if they did not make their returns promptly, they would he double taxed. Now, any one who would suggest any such danger would be laughed at. An officer who undertook to en force this law would find himself out of a job when election came around. We have strayed far in recent years; we need to return to the times when a law meant what it said. —Tifton Gazette. While the dynamiting of vats is the poorest way in the world to get out of cattle dipping; and all law lessness should be condemned, only those who have tried it can appre ciate what the owner of a herd of hall-wild, wiregrass cattle is up against. There are herds of cattle which takes a half dozen men and as many homes two days to round up and drive to the vat. And this at a t ime of the year when every available hand and hoof is needed in the fields every hour of the day. —Sparks Eagle. Of course the present tax equali zation law is not going to be re pealed, no matter what the Dover nor says, but it may be that the Governor "will be repealed,” as it seems his usefulness is about at an end. He has been a disappoint meat to his friends and lie is going to find re-election to be a stumb ling block in his way. The people turned down Nat Harris at the end of his first term and he was a much more able executive than the present Governor has proven to be. —Springfield Herald. Strikes do not; pay —anybody. The workers lose, the employers lose, the public loses; time is lost, money is lost, progress is halted, plans are set back; there is waste and useless expenditure of time and money and effort in the eter ual "settlement” plans as there has been time and effort and money wasted in the propaganda on both sides before the clash; and then there is Rie additional ought-to-be upnecessary extraordinary effort required to catch up the slack, start, afresh, and do the reconstruc tion work —with some losses, as to life for example, that can never be compensated. There should be ways to peace and fairness with out fighting for it. Savannah News. empiar of the memorial of baptism, a man who knew no sin, being bap tised for the remission of His sins. He bore our sins in his own body on Calvary’s tree —shed His blood for the remissiom of man’s sins. The Apostle Deter who preached that wonderful sermon on the Day of Pentecost, tells us plainly that baptism is “not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,” by the act of obedience. Atkinson County Mass Meeting A good number of democrats of Atkinson county met in the coun ty court room Monday, July 3rd. and the following executive com mittee was chosen for the next two years. Axson district —A. F. Wilson, C. E. <lriffis and J. G. White. Pearson district —M. N. Johns ton, W. R. Guthrie and J. T. Doug lass. Willacoochee district —J. B. Mills, T. G. Lindsey and J. H. Haskins. Then, upon motion, the chair man added one lady from each Militia district to the committee, giving it twelve members instead of nine. The lady members are Mrs. G. E. Stewart for the Axson district, Mrs. Jeff Kirkland for the Pearson district, and Mrs. B. G. Oberry for the Willacoochee dis Diet. Dr. 11. P. Smith acted as tempo rary chairman, and Mr. G. E. Stewart permanent chairman, of the meeting. With the selection of the execu tive committee the mass meeting adjourned. MEETING of COMMITTEE. The Democratic Executive Com mittee of Atkinson county met in the county court room July 3rd at 1:15 p. in., and transacted the fol lowing business: Elected officers viz: Chairman —Mrs. Jeff Kirkland. Secretary —Mrs. C. E. Stewart. Treasurer —M. N. Johnston. It. was unanimously agreed that the county primary should be held on the I.3th day of September, the same day of the State primary. Tuesday, August Ist, noon, was fixed as the time limit when can didates can qualify for the primary. To cover the expenses of the primary candidates were assessed, viz: Representative, ouch $40.00 Commissioners, each 10.00 The following election managers were appointed: Axson district —J. Carey Wall, B. E. Sutton and Mrs. C. E. Stew art. Pearson District —F. E. McNeal, Wm. Smith and Mrs. J. M. Meeks. Willacoochee District —W. B. Lankford, L. \V. Summerlin and Mrs. B. F. 11 intlsrnan. The compensation of members of the ’Executive Committee was fixed at $2.50 per day. The compensation of Election Managers was fixed at $2.50 per day, the Pearson managers to be paid at the rate of time and a half. No further business the commit tee adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman. Who's The Joke On. A few Sundays ago one of Alma’s young ladies went to St. Simons to spend the day. On the way down, the young lady dropped her vanity ease out of the car window. About that time the conductor game along and the young lady yelled to him: “Oh, Captain I dropped it out of the window!” The conductor, without waiting to bear more, pulled the bell cord* stopped the train and began back ing up to find “IT.” A gentleman who saw the case drop, stood on the steps and when be found “IT” he jumped off, got “JT” and re turned “IT” to the young lady. After backing his train several miles, the conductor with a sad, worried face came through the car and with tears in his eyes, said: "Lady, 1 am awfully sorry, but I can’t find your baby any where." Now. what we would like for some one to tell us is: who is the joke on. —Alma Times. • Subscribe for your county paper. NEWS GF OUR NEIGHBORS. Gleanings from All Sections of South Georgia. The farmers’ Bank of Nicholls has reopened for business. \V. G. Meeks is the new president and Paul Graham the new cashier. The Baptist church building at Douglas has been undergoing re pairs for some weeks is now ready for occupancy. The seating capac ity has been enlarged and the at tractiveness of the building, inside and outside, has been improved. The July Term of Lanier superi or court begins next Monday and, judging from the calendar of cases published, it appears that the en tire week and more will be requir ed to clear the civil docket, to say nothing of the criminal docket. The people of Lanier county were wise in establishing ail inferior court to dispose of the bulk of the court business of the county. State House Candidates. Hon. E. W. Jordan, of Sanders ville, and secretary of the State Democratic Executive Committee, Saturday afternoon, after the time for entering the primary on Septem ber 13th had expired, announced that the following candidates for state house jobs had qualified: Governor—-11. Bedinger Baylor, Thomas \V. Hardwick, Clifford Walker. Secretary of Slate —S. G. McLen don. Attorney General—George M. Napier. Treasurer —William J. Speer. (lomptroller-t leneral —WilliamjjA. Wright. Commissioner of Agriculture — A. O. Blalock, .1. J. Brown, (). M. Houser. State School Superintendent— M.L Duggan, N. H. Ballard. Prison Commissioner —W. C. Bryan, R. E. Davison. < lonunissioncrof Pensions —John W. Lindsey. Commissioner of Commerce and Labor —11. M. Stanley. Chief Justice Supreme Court — (To succeed himself, Marcus Beck. Associate Justice Supreme Court —r( To succeed himself) James K. 11 ines. Judge Court of Appeals—(Full term to succeed himself) Roscoe Luke. Judge Court of Appeals —(TJn- expired term to succeed himself) Benjamin 11. Hill. Railroad Commissioner (To succeed C. M. Candler, M. L. John son, J. IS. Palmer, Walter R. Me Donald. Railroad Commissioner (To succeed James A. Perry) W-Trox Bankston, <). B. Bush and James A. Perry. Judge G. 11. Howard, having as surances that the present legisla ture would provide for a good road bond issue that would meet the requirements of the federal road act so that the State can share in the federal appropriations for good roads, announces that as a reason for his riot being a candidate for governor. Judge Max E. Land must have got lost in the gubernatorial shuffle is the reason for bis not qualifying. Out of the many named as can didates for State superintendent of schools only two qualified—M. L. Duggan, of Sparta, and N. 11. Ballard, of Brunswick. When you get to figuring on what is the matter with things, and you get to moraizing on the tendency of the times, and wonder why our children of today are so different to what they were twenty five years ago, just remember that we now have an automobile to every seven people in the United States. That about an average of one to every family. The source $1.50 A YEAR Somewhat Touohous. Axson Ga„ July 3, 1922. To Pearson Tribune: Dear Editoi — We wish to make a few correc tions of charges made in the last issue of the Tribune. To begin with we do not claim this community to be free from moonshine and some other evils, but we challenge any one to show ns a community that is clear of these. We stand firmly for the enforce ment of the prohibition law, and long for the time when this com munity, Atkinson county, the State of Georgia and the dear L. S. A. will have been freed from this evil, and we invite the officers of the law to do their part to that end. Now, it was charged that tbo community around “Little Utah” had made very unsavory history for the past month, and say fur ther that Sheriff Leggett together with Mr. Browning captured a whiskey still a few days ago in the northeast corner of Atkinson coun ty near "Little Utah.” We say that is untrue. That still was captured several miles from this community, and several miles southeast of Axson and the owner is not a resident, of this community. It was further stated that the truck loaued with people, who were drinking quite heavily, riding up and down the public road be tween Axson and Ml. Zion on the Douglas road, ahd who had a wreck, had started to a frolic in this com munity, which is untrue as there wasn’t a froiic in this community that night. The crowd who were in the wreck it seems were from Pearson, Kirkland and near Mt. Zion. They according to the reports were slight ly intoxicated and were merely riding for the fun of it. So please dbn’t give this community credit for all that. Upon investigation we find that the man, who you stated had threatened his daughter’s life, and who you say the sheriff was called to take, had not threatened his daughter's life and that the sheriff came by enioute for Millwood and after reaching there was told that the man was at the branch drunk, so the sheriff took him in charge. We invite the sheriff to take up anyone, it don’t matter who he is, who is found at our church drink ing. "Pick the beam out of thinejown eye, then you can see more clearly the beam in thy brother’s eve.” Respectfully, W. M. Bennett. E. 11. Brown, J. G. Williams. The editor has it from Mormon authority that “Axson and vicini ty” was known as “Little Utah,” and he thought the authority was covering too much territory, so in a jocular vein called attention to it. The committee of writers re cede from this position and all is well. The editor believed be had suffi cient facts to warrant his criticism, and has no apology to make. Any one Who has known him, during his quarter of a century in the ter ritory of Atkinson county, knows that he is opposed to the liquor traffic and believes in the obedi ence to law, even that which iu America guarantees “religious lib erty” to every citizen, and has no “crowd to pick" with any man be cause of In* religious views, and only discusses differences of views when it can be done inoffensively. from which we gather this infor mation tells us that there is one piano to every nine thousand peo ple. That partially tells the tale. Instead of putting the little “nest egg” into something that will make home more interesting, we buy a lliver and away we go on a joy ride to the city, to a picnic or to some bathing pool. We haven't time for books and music like we used to have. —Nashville Herald,
