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. •
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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,
