PEARSONWTRiBUNE
VOL B—NO. 15
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia.
Beginning Sunday, August 13th,
the pastors of the Homerville
churches announce they will engage
in a joint or union revival.
The water in use by the citizens
of Adel is pronounced l>y the State
Chemist’s office, .11. C. VVoodfall,
Director, to be at this time au ex
cellent water.
The discovery has been made
that Valdosta is now without an
adequate water supply, and some
thing must be done at once to in
crease the supply.
The cotton crop of South Geor
gia will be harvested and on the
market by September 15, according
to reports corning to the Tribune,
and the crop is short.
The loss in Cook county’s taxable
valuations amount to $199,868.
She has fared well at the hands of
her conscientious citizenship and
the efficiency and activity of her
tax receiver.
The Okefinokce National Reserv
ation Association was launched
August Ist. The object of the or
ganization is an united and persist
ent effort to make it a national
reservation and park.
The Lanier Telephone Company
is receiving the necessary materi
als for installing their plant, and
work will be commenced at once
on a modern system. Milllown
and Lanier county are to be con
gratulated.
Mitchell and Baker counties
have perfected arrangements to
hold a joint fair November, 7 to 11,
at Camilla. It will be under tho
direction of J. E. Brooks for
Mitchell county and A. N. McLoud
for Baker county.
A meeting of organized suggr
cane growers was held at Cairo
August Ist to raise the necessary
funds to install a syrup refilling
and canning plant. The amount
needed is $25,000 and it is stated
that it will be quickly raised.
The tax values in Coffee county
is off $902,735. This tremendous
slump was caused by loss of ten
valuable lots of land to Irwin coun
ty, over which there is a dispute as
to ownership. The decrease in au
tomobile valuation of $42,000.
There is a big slump in the valua
ation of live stock.
The fight which Senator Akin,
of the fourth district, is making in
behalf of Brunswick as the logical
location for the State owned port
and terminals, will insure no action
by the legislature on this question
the present session, notwithstand
ing two Bills having for their pur
pose the selection of Savannah as
the location.
The summer term of Worth su
perior court adjourned last Friday
afternoon. The fruit of the grand
jury's labors are largely misde
meauors. The work of the trial
court was marked by the convic
tion of a young white man of a
criminal assault upon a 14-year
old negro girl, and fixing the pun
ishment at three to four years in
the penitentiary.
Thirty-nine land owners of La
nier and Lowndes counties have
organized with the view of drain
ing Grand Bay—a swamp second
in area only to the Okefinokee in
Georgia. Should they succeed it
will mean the development of many
thousands of acres of the finest
lands in the State for the growing
of rice, sugar cane and tobacco.
This drainage system would also
drain “Mud" Swamp, embracing a
large area reaching near the sub
urbs of the city of Valdosta. Mud
Swamp connects with Grand Bay
where it is the dividing line be
tween Lowndes and Echols count
ies ten or twelve miles southeast
of Valdosta.
Reply to W. M. Bennett.
Did John and the Apostles
preach "Baptism for the Remission
of Sins.” as contended by Mr. W.
M. Bennett?
Matthew, 3:1 2, says: “In those
days came John the Baptist,
preaching in tho wilderness of
Judea, saying, Repent ye,” Verse
11: "I indeed baptize you . . .
unto repentance.”
Mark, in 1:4, says “John did
baptize .... and preach the
baptism of repentance for the re
mission of sins.”
Luke, writing of the same inei
dent, in 3:3, uses the language of
Mark, “Preaching the baptism of
repentance for the remission of
sins.” Luke, in 24:40-47, states
“Thus it is written, and thus it
becometh Christ lo suffer, and to
rise from the dead the third day:
and that repentance and remission
of sins bo preached in his name
among all nations.” Luke, report
ing Peter’s sermon, Acts 3:19,
makes Peter say, “Ropentyethere
fore, and be converted, that your
sins may be blotted out, when the
times of refreshing shall come front
the presence of the Lord.”
The object of all preaching is
the remission of sins, but it is evi
dent that these scriptures, which
Mr. Bennett cites, does not war
rant the conclusion nor show that
John the Baptist and Peter, at
any time, preached the doctrine of
"Baptism for the remission of
sins.” In every instance repent
ance, preceded remission of sins.
John the Baptist preached repent
ance, and that those seeking bap
tism of him should manifest a
change of heart and life, “bring
forth, therefore, fruits worthy of
repentance,” before they would be
proper subjects to be baptized by
him. First, conviction or knowl
edge that you are a sinner: then
comes Repentance, or a turning
away from sin; then follows accept
ance, by faith, of the atonement
made by Jesus Christ for sin. He
bore the burden of our sins in liis
own body on the cross. From the
time you accept His sacrifice, or
atonement, your sins are remitted.
The blood of Jesus Christ his Son
cleansetb us from all sin. —Ist
John, 1:7.
The mission of Christ in the
world was to save men from the
consequences of their sins, which
they inherited by Adam’s trans
gression. "This is a faithful say
ing, worthy of all acceptation, that
Christ Jesus came into the world
to save sinners.” —Ist Tim. 1:15.
"If we confess our sins, he is faith
ful and just to forgive us our sins.”
—lst John 1:9.
“Baptism for the remission of
sins?” Nay, Verily. John the
Baptist and the Apostles did not
preach any such doctrine. Neith
er did Paul. Mr. Bennett's quota
tion “And now, why tarry thou?
Arise and be baptised and wash
away thy sins.” —Acts 22:16, he
thinks is a clincher for bis propo
sition. Lake was reporting Paul’s
defense of himself and says Paul
used this language. Paul explains
himself in Hebrews 10:922. The
entire quotation is too lengthy to
reproduce here, but it clearly
points to the fact that baptism
follows repentance and faith, and
is the outward confession that
God, for Christ sake, has remitted
sins.
X X X
The second proposition is "Lay
ing on of hands for the gift of the
Holy Ghost.” I am overwhelming
ly surprised at his proposition that
there were two Comforters in the
world —the first is pure intelligence
and the other the Holy Ghost. I
am surprised that a man with Mr.
Bennett’s intelligence would pre
sent such a proposition as that the
first Comforter was man’s "pure
intelligence.” when the Scriptures
teach plainly that Christ, himself,
was the Comforter while be was
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL
Short Stories About People and
Things of Interest.
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, the
inventor of the Bell telephone, is
dead, lli.s remains were interred
on the highest point of his estate
in Eastern Nova Scotia, with the
si m plest cere in on ies.
Hon. S. S. Bennet, of Quitman,
as the Tribune anticipated, has
made public the announcement
that he would not make the race
for judge of the Southern circuit
against Judge W. E. Thomas.
Hon. .Tames A. Reed has been re
nominated in th o democratic
primary of Missouri for the United
States senate by a majority of five
thousand votes. Republican sena
tors are rejoicing that they are to
have their ally in the democratic
ranks back in the senate.
Judge Frank Park, now repre
senting the second district in con
gress, it is stated, will not be op
posed for re-election this year. He
is a man of strong personality, set
tled convictions of right an d
justice, and great energy in enforc
ing his conceptions of what is true
and best.
Mrs. R. G. Dickerson announces
that, although many friends enter
ed her name in the race for State
Senator, she cannot make the race
at this time. She is exceedingly
cordial in her expressions of thanks
to her friends for esteeming her
worthy of such high and responsi
ble office.
on earth. He had fullfilled his
mission as a prophet and teacher
and in comforting His small band
of followers. The time had come
when, and it was expedient for
them, he should go away to take
his position at the right hand of
the Father, where he ever livetli
as the High Priest to make inter
cession for His people. “Never! lie
less 1 tell you the truth; It is ex
pedient for you that 1 go away: for
if 1 go not away, the Comforter
will not come unto you; Hut if I
depart 1 will send him unto you.”
—John 16:7. Christ said "i will
send him (Holy Ghost) unto you,”
but not a word about the Holy
Ghost’s coming would be preceded
by the imposition of human hands
—whether they be the hands ol
.Saint or Sinner. As 1 stated, in
my former article, Christ would
send the Holy Ghost into the world
to “reprove it of sin, of righteous
ness and of judgment.”—John 16-8.
Matthew 28:18-20, quotes Christ as
saying “All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth. Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost; teaching them to ob
serve all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, 10, 1 am
with you alway, even unto the end
of the world.” When he went
away, to take up his office of High
Priest, the Holy Ghost came and
took up the w-ork of Comforter
where He left off. The Holy
Ghost is in the world today, here
as the gift of God, to remind the
world of its sinful condition, the
necessity of being clothed with
the righteousness of Jesus Christ,
and the judgment that will over
take those who refuse to repent of
their sins and accept, by faith,
Christ, the great sacrifice for sin.
By quoting from Acts 8, the in
cident of Simon, who had professed
faith and been baptised and want
ed the power to lay hands on peo
pie and possess them with the
Holy Ghost even if he had to pay
for it, Mr. Bennett presents a situ
ation not in consonance with iris
proposition. In verse 19, quoted
by Mr. Bennett, Peter plainly tells
him he uad better repent of his
siu; his desire was the gift of God
and it not purchasable. In other
Letter of Explanation.
To the Citizens City of Pearson:
We were requested by the City
Council of Pearson, to introduce a
Bill in the Legislature amending
the Charter of the city, so as to
permit the levying of a maximum
tax of ten (10) mills for school
purposes instead of three (3) as at
present.
This Bill was introduced in the
House and was passed, previous
notice of intention to introduce
having been published as required
by law, and no opposition having
been voiced of same.
After the Bill passed the House
and while it was in the Senate,
awaiting passage, numerous letters
of protest were received liy us
from the city. These letters came
from citizens and tax-payers of the
city of Pearson. It has been our
honest endeavor as your Represen
tative and Senator to represent
the wishes of the majority of the
people affected by a local Act.
Therefore, receiving requests on
the one hand to pass the Bill, and
opposition to it on the other, all
coming solely from persons to bo
affected by it, we were at a loss to
know just what was the course to
be pursued, but believing always
the voice of the people to be
supreme, and that they should be,
and are entitled to nass on a
question so vitally affecting them
and their interests, we have passed
this Bill, with an amendment to
it, providing that it should be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of
the City of Pearson, for their ap
proval or disapproval.
Thus, you will see that we have
passed a Bill that now permits the
voters and tax payers of the City
of Pearson to determine whether
or not they want to authorize an
inerea.se in their tax rate of the
City of Pearson for public schools.
The election for this purpose can
be held at a very minimum cost,
and when the result has been de
eleared, the voice of the people
has spoken, and no one can be dis
satisfied.
Respectfully yours,
A . C’OKBETT,
Representative Atkinson County.
Dan Wall,
Senator Fifth District.
words, Peter tells Simon the power
was not his —to give or sell —but
God’s. Peter recognized that his
laying hands on these people bad
nothing to do with their receiving
the Holy Ghost. It was the ac
ceptance of Jesus Christ by faith
as a personal Savior.
No reply is made to the latter
part of Mr. Bennett’s article, be
cause it deals with questions foreign
to the issue. However, while he
quotes the Scriptures correctly,
his deductions therefrom is as
faulty as those arrived at in his
discussion of the two questions at
issue.
What Others Think oF Him.
The Bainbridge Post-Searchlight,
whose editor has had legislative
experience and knows what he is
is talking about, has this to say of
Atkinson county’s incumbent re
presentative:
“Among the candidates for re
election is Representative Aaron
Corbitt of the county of Atkinson
and the conservative element of
the state hope that be will be re
turned. Mr. Corbitt is a solid
man that does not go wild on any
subject bnt keeps his eye out for
the welfare of the farmer. The
bulk of his folks are farmers and
he is certainly looking to their in
terest in every way possible that a
man can. Mr. Corbitt has made a
number of friends in the time that
he has served.” -
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aches. A Fine Tonic.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
The Brethren are Discussing a
Number of Live Topics.
The great trouble with a great
many of our so called statesmen is,
that they write a lot of glittering
generalities as a platform but fail
Lo tell us how to bring about a re
duction of taxes or to lift the bur
dens under which the people labor.
They very willingly leave the
people to work out their own sal
vation. —Adel News.
The man who makes it a rule to
believe nothing he hears and only
half of what he sees charts a tolera
bly safe course for himself. And
he adds to the margin of safety in
all things when he makes it a rule
also to tell none of the things he
does not know of his own knowl
edge, and not even these when
they are calculated to injure other
people.—Albany Herald.
The Cooperative Sale Day held
here last Saturday was a splendid
demonstration of what can be done
when business men get their minds
aud efforts centered on a mutual
proposition to promote general
busness interest. A little adver
tising brought a good crowd here
ready to join in a eo operasive sel
ling and buying conclave, and now
that the foundation has been laid
it should be extensively pushed.
Go to one of the banks in Thomas
ville and Hign up as a member. —
Thomasvillc Press.
In former days people, young
and old, went in swimming, and
they swain. For a bov not to be
able to swim across or dive to the
bottom of the “big wash hole” was
a blushing disgrace. Persons of a
common sex sought a secluded
spot, stripped and jumped in, They
seldom took a bar of soap along.
Fine sand was both soap aud brush.
Swimmers taught the boys and
girls by the usual old time method
of the flat hand for partial support.
Today people think more of dis
playing bathing finery, the Hash
and brevity of it, than they do of
the weightier topic of sustaining
themselves in deep water. —Daw-
son News.
There is considerable complaint
among the autoist on account of
the fact that a number of cars
are seen on the streets of Black
shear and other places without a
license tag. It is unfair for some
to pay license and others driving
without a license. It is positively
against the law to drive an auto
mobile without a license tag, and
the fact that one is not arrested
on the spot is no cause to think
they are getting by without pay
ing their share of the tax that go
to kpep up our public roads, or
that they will not be at last caught
and placed in a very embarrassing
position. It is expected that a
number of names will be handed
in to the grand jury at their next
session —Blackshear Times.
Whether the nation wide rail
way shopemen’s strike will be set
tled seems now to be doubtful. It
is important of course, that it be
settled hut it ought to be settled
right. The snag on which the
peace ship seems about to be
wrecked is the demand of the men
who quit their jobs to be reinstated
with all their former rights of
seniority. This is an unjust de
mand. The workers who did not
quit their jobs and the new men
who took the place of the men who
by their own action said they did
not want their jobs any longer
ought to be protected, and it is
with pleasure that we note that
rail officials say that they are going
to protect their faithful employes.
—Ocilla Star.
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Law Enforcement.
Editor Tribune:
Every good man and women
would be glad to see the laws uni
formly observed, would love to
live in the best community and
county in the state, and most of
them would assist the authorities
iu the enforcement program if they
knew how to go about it.
Information of violations of the
Prohibition or other laws furnish
ed the officers direct or through
the Georgia League, will be acted
on and will promote orderly con
ditions in your county.
In a republic like this, a country
where the people rule, public senti
ment the only tryant and greatest
power, it is the duty of every good
citizen to contribute what may be
possible to better conditions, create
respect for the courts, reverence
for the law, furnish the officers of
the law, through this League or
otherwise, information that may
be utilized for the common good.
There are no mind readers among
the officers, and law enforcement
in every community is dependent
on the willingness of the law re
specting citizen to assist the offic
ers by furnishing information.
The Georgia League for Law En
forcement through constituted
authorities is devoted to the pro
gram of enforcement and will treat
any information entrusted to it
inviolate, and endeavor to serve
any good citizen or any community
where such service is needed or
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P. O. Box 1802.
Jesse E. Merger, Secretary.
Making Money From Tobacco
Among those from the Ilahira
section bringing tobacco to Tifton
Wednesday was a negro farmer
who owns a one-horse farm and
works it himself. For four years
he has planted just two acres in
tobacco each year. Wednesday,
ho brought one-fourth of his crop
to the Tifton market. He received
a check for a'little over SSOO for
this one-fourtli crop, or the crop
from half au acre. He told a Tif
tou man that he owed a little
on his farm, a little on his mule, a
small sum for fertilizer, etc., and
that this "check would pay all he
owed int he world except $6. He
was a quite, unassuming negro,
but he has found the way to wealth
aud independence, and that way
was through tobacco, a small crop,
cultivated carefully, gathered at
the right time, and cured in the
right wav. A mistake the majority
of those who experiment in tobac
co made was in planting too much.
There were many white fanners
from the Habira section here Wed
nesday who made money out of
tobacco, but we give this illustra
tiou of the negro grower because
his acerage was small and his pro
fits large.—Tifton Gazette.
Notes on the Situation.
Ilollamon in Atlanta Constitution.
Congressman Lankford, of the
eleventh, was a legislative visitor
yesterday, leaving in the afternoon
for Washington.
He is a brother of George Lank
ford of Toombs, a veteran member
of the house, and one of the strong
influential men of that body.
Congressman Lankford is being
opposed by Major Roy Powell, of
Valdosta, but evidently does not
think the opposition very serious
or he would not be leaving his dis
trict to remain away until the pri
mary, as is his purpose.
Roy Powell is a very able young
man. He is a lawyer and was at
tached Lo the judge advocate gen
eral’s office during the war. Since
that time he has served, I think,
in a legal capacity with the United
States shipping board. At any
rate, be has spent a great deal of
time during the last few years in
Washington, and is probably not
close enough in touch with the
eleventh district voters to make
the congressional grade at this
time.
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