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■ GIBSON RICORD t
Fubliahed to Furnish the People ol Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County.
VOL, xxxvm. No. 3.
The Methodic Church
In County’s History
, (From Warrenton Clipper) week the
(In resuming this
publication of the history of
Warren county, by Mrs. W. F.
Wilhoit, county historian, we be
gin with a series of sketches of
various Methodist churches in
the county. This week she tells
of the first "circuits” formed in
the section, embracing Warren
county before the year 1800.
Next week a sketch of the War
renton Methodist church will ap
pear.—Ed.)
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County
Historian.)
Faots concerning the earliest
history of Methodism in Warren
county are rather obscure, but it
is known that the Methodists
were preaching as early as 1788
in the territory which later be
came Warren county. The first
Methodist church seems to have
been built in 1797, as a deed on
page 415 in deed book "A” in the
office of the Clerk of the Court of
Warren county, records the fact
that Solomon Newsom, Sr., gave
to Arthur Matthews “one acre of
land to be laid out where said
Arthur Matthews thinks most
convenient for a meeting house
near or adjoining the land of
said Arthur Matthews for the
Methodist Society.” This deed
was dated August 18th, 1797, and
witnessed by Joseph Walker and
Benjamin Bruton.
In deed book- "B," on page 888,
on June 4th. 1805, “For the sum
of twenty-five cents, Jeremiah
Beall conveys to Solomon Slatter,
John Turner, Wormsley Rose,
Willie Harris and Nicholas Wil
liams, as trustees, land on which
to hulld a Methodist church near
Warrenton.”
Another deed conveyed land on
which to build a church to be
used bv the Methodists, the Bap
tists, the Presbyterians, that preached the or any
otjier sect gos
pel. “Richmond Circuit” which
The Columbia,
included Richmond,
Lincoln and finallv Warren was
formed in 1788. In this circuit
Warren county remained until
1792, when the “Oconee Circuit”
was formed. This circuit ex
tended from Sweetwater, Iron
Works, in Warren (now McDuf
fie) to the Oconee river. In 1805
Warren county was included in
the “Ogeechee Circuit” and upon
the dismemberment of this cir
cuit in 1806, Warren county was
put in the “Louisville Circuit,”
where it remained until 1809
when the “Warren Circuit” was
formed. These circuits were
served by traveling preachers,
who were known as “Circuit Rid
ers.” They rode on horse-back
to their appointments, through
the extreme heat of summer and
the sleets and snows of winter,
climbing the hills and ford
ing the creeks and rivers, swim
swimming them’ when swollen by
heavy rains. Urged by a zeal
that knew no bounds and took
no denial, they reached these ap
pointments sometimes at the risk
of their lives, for they knew the
congregations would be waiting
for them. month, If meeting days quarter, were
once a or once a
tho’ having no word from the
preacher in the meantime, they
gathered themselves in perfect
confidence that he would come,
and though he might sometimes
be delayed by almost insurmount
able barriers, he came and re
garded their confidence and
their patience with a gospel souls ser
mon that lifted their hungry
to higher heights of spiritual de
sire.
The hymns, for lack of books,
had to be “lined” «o that the con
gregation might join in the wor
ship. Then it was that the peo
ple appreciated the privilege of
going to “meeting,” and hearts
that were bowed with griefs and
sorrows, toils ahd hardships,
were cheered and encouraged by
the promises read from the
“Good Book.”
As years went by and more
preachers were available the cir
cuits were made smaller and
preaching services became more
often.
In 1834 the “Warrenton Cir
cuit” came into existence and re
mains to the present day.
Warrenton was, in all proba
bility, a preaching place for the
Methodists from their earliest
travelings in this country.
“ (To be continued)
/
NATION’S USANCE f
SfANOSTESTWEU
Economic Policy Commission of
Bakers Out How ^ssodftion Points
X2,000 Banks
Protect Public Interest
O r United uJ States f finn , h.„ are b . Qutotjy "n and ef- l
ficlently serving their qommunittos,
helping tide many business enterprises
over their difficulties, helping many
concerns to earn money, helping ere
at * lt * oconomic activities that mean
payrolls and spending power In their
tones of influence, and faithfully keep
Jng guard over the working capital and
mings hinds of their depositors.” the
Economic Policy Commission of the
^n?“,flrv?v M 8 „T tatl0 “
s recent, survey, adai adding:
"it surely stands strikingly to the
credit of We banking profession that,
during a period ol fihparslfeied inter
national economic depression, this
vast majority of bankers hpve so com
patently, so courageously and so sue
cesafully met their difficulties and oh
ligations. The effects of the drought,
the demoralisation industry, of agriculture', the
stagnation of the break
down of trade, the inability of so many
heretofore obligations desirable customers to
meet their to the banks,
th» impairment of public confidence
by mob-scares in end false rumors result
lng unreasoning runs, the abnormal
depreciation of quoted security coneeiVed values
even in the most Vviaely in
vestment accounts; the Utter cbllapse
of real eetate values-all these things
have occurred on a nationwide and
worldwide acule with unprecedented
eererity
“The effect* of every one of them
have assnUed the bank* with destruc
live force# because they Sre of the very
essence of a bank’s economic sub
stance. Yet, as w* have shown, the
great bulk of our banking deposits has
been protected without harm, and our
banks In a vast majority have con
tinued to serve, support ahd strength
eh their customers and their comma
nlties with unflagging and uncon
qflered devotion." '
Lime Phosphate Valuable
When manure U available and can
be systematically used, it to an excel
lent plan to mix lime phosphate with
It Manure being made largely from
hay, straw and stalks, it Is a good form
of fertilizer for the production of hay,
straw and stalks, but is unbalanced to
food elements for the production of
grains, as there is too wide a ratio be
tween nitrogen and phosphorus. Th#
continuous use of manure tends furth
er to widen the ratio between phos
phorus and nitrogen, and the tendency
Is to tocreuse the growth of stalk and
straw without a pfoper atfiounl of
grain formation. The addition of lime
phosphate to manure tends to over
come (his condition, .and with other
factor s favqrable it will materially in
crease’the proportion of grain to straw
or stall withtmt largely increasing the
total growth of the stalk and struw.—
Exchange. ** ..........
MMI Cholera CUB*
Heavy ’ Losses
Hog lft cholera has destroyed ntore
bogs the United States than.‘all
other diseases combined, according to
the United States Department of Agri
culture, It is explained in a new De
partment of Agriculture bulletin
F, that, the disease may be prevented
by feeding? Immunization, sanitation, proper
’ and shelter, r. Mpg cholera, is
alt to.tfi| t
fornd states dOuntfy, hut
is most prevalent In n the Middle West
end South, according to tbe bulletin
The disease Is usually the most seri
ous during the months of October and
November.
V
Farm Forestry JPaya
One-third of all farms In the Unit
ed States yield as mujjh as S2^(L,«;orth
of timber per year, the' Department
of Agriculture says. An exhibit from
the forest service shows that tbe an
nual fa forest crop is worth $395,
000,000. 5 Timber not only .ppys jn,dol
lars and cents, but it .Is like a,bank
account : upon which the owner can
draw in times of stress. Its uses
range from farm buildings, telephone
to poles, saw! repairs, logs, and cross-tiee’ fuel on puipwood, thf jaan.
posts ahd poles.
Mineral Mixture for Swine
The usual rations fed to hogs la
the win er months are short ot min
eral elements. Good hog feeder* real
ise this and include some mineral
mixture la their feeding schedule. The
following to recommended by PrpRw
sor Coffey cenf of Ohio university : Forty
per of ground llmestoqe, ,40 per
emit of bone meal and 20 per cent of
common salt When fed with the
grain ration this mineral mixture
can be put in a self feeder where the
hogs hate access to it at aU times.
GIBSON, CA„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1931.
f Made Day National
Persistent Woman. Editor
United the Nation in
Giving Thanks.
The Impression seems to prevail In
quarters that the women of the
Ifaifesl States never accomplished any
tfaiss worth rtohtV while before they were
ft* Vote, Talk of that
character to a million mile, too*
truth. The worn a of America have
always been doing fine, big, worthwhile
things. H. O. bishop writes in the Na
tional Republic.
At this particular season of the year
tt to appropriate to tell about the
woman who, after twenty years of
patient effort, succeeded in having an
.T 001 c * eh #* lon to
this country observed on the same
day. by all of the people.
The name of this woman was Mrs.
Sarah Josephs Hale. Pew women, el
tber before or since, have aecom
pushed more big things for the better
went of men and women. Probably
few persons of the present generation
have ever heard of this gifted woman,
She was 24, born at Newport, N. H., Oe
tober 1788, and died in Philndel
Phia, April 80. 1879. She was not a
wUegg woman, but waa taught by her
“other. In 1818, at the age of twenty
®* ie Harried ® lawyer, David Hale,
8 h rn (ber of Salma Hale, historian and
at ove 8 menlber ot congress
f, ' om New Hampshire, Nine years la
ler sbe wns left 8 widow wlth flve chI1 '
drel1, slle was 8 genuine, old-fash
loned Amtr!c '* n woman, and did not
c!amm ' tur governmental or Individual
ald She wa * l > ulte content t0 «° 10
work. In 1828 she became editor of
the 1 adies ’ Magazine, which had re
ceutl >' been started In Boston. She
successfully edited this publication un
til 1887, when it was merged with God
e - v '* LadJ ° 8 ’ Book - She continued with
tbe lutter publication until 1877.
Much Work Well Done,
sldereS Editing a magazine is usually con
a pretty big job in Itself. Mrs.
Hale, however, seemed to find time, for
many other things. She organized the
Seaman's Aid eeetoty to Boston, which
is the parent of similar organizations
now existing In most ports. The com
pletion of the Bunker Hill monument
was also partly due to the efforts of
this little woman. She persuaded the
women of New England to raise $50,
000 for that purpose.
The plan of educating women for
medical and missionary service in for
eign lands was inaugurated by Mrs.
Hale. She devoted a number of years
to this effort, organization finally succeeding
through the of the Ladies'
Medical Missionary society of Phila
delphia, and the Woman’s Union Mis
sionary Society for Heathen Lands, In
New York.
, T hroughou t her MMigLKSJluHm
Hale urged the practical advancement
of women, advocating their employ
ment as teachers and the establish
ment of seminaries for their higher ed
ucation.
Thanksgiving to 1777.
It was to the early forties:that Mrs.
Hale began her campaign for jn ukl tto
Thanksgiving a, wjtivnal .holiday and
its celebration, on the same, day all
over the country. It was tl*an the
"custom tor different localities to ob
serve the occasion, on whatever da>
happened to strike, their to^cy.
Following the surrender ot purgoyne
at Saratoga had In appointed 1777, the Continental
congress a committee to
recommend Joint thanksgiving for "the
signal success toteljr D^ted obtained St^rea.” over the
enemies of the
December ,to lip 80, Tfcanksgvtog most of the wag;: sat, for
states con
curring in a uniform date, but there
were other Thatosgivings in May,
It was not until January, 1705, Jhat
Washington wjs authorized by con
gress to proclaim a national Thanks
giving, which he did for February 19.
For twjsnly years ,#|rs. Bale *rroty
editorials in her magazine, and per
sonal letters to governors and Presi
dents, to behalf of a national Thanks
giving day. Her IsOA, efforts and patience
were rewarded In when Abraham
Lincoln, *8w fbe wisdom fit. her.sug
gestions and decided ,to adopt t^e pjan.
From that day to This Thanksgiving
has been celebrated by the entire na
tion, tfee the last Thursday ef November.
After 1795 d^y of Thanksgiving
to February, the festival was skipped
for twenty years, to 1815, when peace
with Great Britain followed the War
of 1812, -congress resolved that “a
joint committee of both houses wait
upon States the .Rrtqildwrt of the United
and request that be recommend
a day of Thanksgiving to be observed
by the people Of the United States
with religious solemnity and the offer
Jqg of devout ACkn.Qwtodgfla(6ftts to God
for his mercies and in prayer to him
for the continuance of his blessings.”
Long Lapse After 1815.
The day fixed for observance was
April 18, 1815, but thereafter Thanks-
A THANKSGIVING THOUGHT |
(By Mrs. A. K. Shivers)
‘Let there be light,” Jehovah said,
When the world was cold and
dead.
command dispelled the cioud
wrapt the earth in dismal
'• shrewd, ■ * •••
And with the going of that dark
h' night,
All beauty and grandeur came to
.light.
r . h Alva Edison, .. . later .
omas in a
<la y>
Laced (he world. We heard hint
say:
’Let there be light;” the evening
shadows fled,
But today, he’s numbered with
(lie dead.
These two Creators who said.
“Let there he light ”
Have met where there is .no
nicht « « •
Edison: said, I know not whence
I came,
Neither do 4 know whither I shall
go,
•But the fact remains the same.
I am here in a world of pleasure
and of woe.
His heart sot kind is still today,
While the world is trying, a trib
ute,, pay.
Stop flaws, wondering and picking
Rise up, now, in pride and say:
“1 am a part df the first Great
Cause!”
However full. the world, there’s
$oqm for every man,
It liad need hit, of me, or I would
not,
So while I’m here. I’ll strengthen
God’s plan.
The Thanksgiving season draws
„ Praises nigh,
to Him who dwells on
May high,
bring, we, every one, our tribute
Apd let us make the welkin ring,
Dear Lord, on all nations, send
Blessings of peace that knows no
glyl.ug as a .national, celebration toll
by the wayside, not to be revived until
Mrs. Hale’s campqtgh meted Eresidedt
Lincoln to act in J808.
Mrs. Hale’s persistent efforts had
wqn ,favor (or the ,idea, la most states
by the time the .Civil war had arrived.
Same states, already had begum.the
observance ot a fall Thanksgivtpg day
ngarly tarn j?aars„hef«ra the AaUonal
day to November, was .eet -aside. NfW
t«rk. was one,of (these. .an4*« wsre
soutathe* to congees*' tried repeatedly
to Induce that body to name a day Id
1863 there were actually two Thanks
giving days, the northern states hav
■ tog pJtiWM ,.one„in ..August, -tor the
victory at Gettysburg.
Following the assusslnationyof Lin
coin, Mrs. Hale feared the (holiday
might be allowed to drop. She urged
the necessity of keeping the national
fall festival as a "Thanks day? for all
good thing* given us by tbe Heavenly
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Mrs. Sarah Joseph* Hal*.
Ea(h«r.” Mr*tRule wrote to ministers
all ov*r the country, urging t^em to
help.
The First Congregational church of
Washington responded to Mrs. sHale’s
plea, and sent a delegation tot Brest
dent Andrew Johnson requesting hint
. to toque- a .Thanksgiving proclaim atlon
Be accepted and tbe Presidents since
have feljowedhls example without be
lng petitioned, the states issuing sep
arate ,p50rtw«qttons to keeping with
the national edict.
Mrs. Hale wrote many books and
poems. The most famous of ber|>oem8 Llllit
were “Mary’s Lamb," "The of
Home” and “It Snows.” Perhaps the
best known of her works is "Wqmss'f
Eleeord. or Sketches of Ail matin
guished Women From the Creatfon to
(ke Present Day,” first published to
1858, and enlarged In 1800. She went
•on writing verses and Jingles to* chil
dren, articles and novels for grown
persons and editing her magazine until
shortly before her death in 1819, at
which time she was ninety-one jyears
old.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
Success Achieved By
2 McDuffie Farmers
Several McDuffie county far
mers, although located in the cen
ter of one of the best cotton grow
ing areas of the state, have proved
that the live-at-home program, is
one which the modern t'artner
must adopt if he is to be success
ful.
Living on a 175-acre farm near
Thomson, Ga., C. C. Ivey, who is
over by seventy years old, has lived
these methods for many years
and has made farming a profit
able business. He raises practi
cally every product that can be
grown on a farm. Cotton is his
chief cash crop, but he never de
pends on this product for his live
lihood. Besides a large garden,
which not only supplies his own
table, but also helps supply the
local market, he raises chickens,
dairy cattle and hogs, all of
which furnisih him with ready
cash at all times. When <th e
price of cotton is low, he is able
to, hold it as long as he wants
without suffering.
Oscar Keener is another Mc
Duffie county farmer who has
made a go of things during pres
ent times. He has lived at home
for a number of years and has
not grown a stalk of cotton in six
years. He has his own garden
which more than supplies his ta
ble, raises enough, bay and corn
to feed his cattle and sell at a
good profit. ,He cultivates bot
tom-land , and grows crops that
are soil builders to avoid buying
fertilizer.
Livestock is his principal means
of providing cash money. He has
about a hundred head of Here
ford cattle and a large number
of Chester White hogs which he
sells on fool. Mr. Keener is of
the. opinion that the modern far
mer should farm to make a living
and not to Tnake a fortune.
Since the advocation of the
live-at-home program. there has
been a large increase in hogs,
beel'-type Hereford bulls and in
the production of grains in Mc
Duffie county.—By Haynes Mc
Fadden, Jr., Field Representa
tive Georgia Bankers Associa
tion.
Compelled to Drink in
Army, Veteran Sues U. S.
Johnson City, Twin.—Liquor, the
bonded kind that is aged and carries
fancy labels, is the basis of a suit
against the government by a sick war
veteran, Percy H. Crawley, confined in
the United State* Veterans’ hospital
here.
Crawley asserts to his bill of com
plaints that us a raotoreyele dispatch
rider with tbe Three Hundred and
Twelfth field signal battalion, he
was "without drinking water and
, forced to drink various wines and bev
erages used in France to quench the
thirst and otherwise ward off deadly
malady called Spanish influenza." Use
of the liquors, tie charges; brought on
! bright’s disease, kidney trouble and
typhoid fever which left him perma
. nently disabled.
! Patent Land Fee Paid
After Two Centuriec
Lancaster, Pa.—Payment of patent
fees of *lfleach on two tracts of land
•secured from the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in the Eighteenth cen
tury was made at The county tax office
here.
Tho tracts were The Mathews prop
erty in Barth township* deeded by the
state in 1787, and thoSteel land, grant
ed the private owners to 1700.
The fees were due when the land
was ceded to the private owners, but
were unpaid. The State department
nf revenue is now investigating all
such lands and Is seeking payment of
the fees wherever possible.
It was estimated that there are 742
such tracts to Lancaster county alone.
Detroit Cops to Learn
Fir»t Aid Principles
Detrpit.—How to administer first
aid Soon will be a part of the know!
edge and training of every Detroit po
liceman. Already 800 have completed
the Red tiros* course In first aid, and
a class of COO will start Instructions the
first of the year. The department In
tends that eventually every member
shall take the course. New officers
must receive the Instructions and ob
tain a Red Cross certificate In the
work before he can start active duty.
Monument Needs Bath
Washington.—IVhnt the WasMngtou
monument needs is a good old tabbing,
•J. F. Gill, public buildings and public
parks official, announced.
WOULD ALTER OUR
FINANCIAL HABITS
By ROME C. STEPHENSON
Former President . American Bankers
Association.
T’HEmost constructive action that
* can be taken toward bringing
about greater stability in our business
life Is the deveiop
j ment at a more
t balanced attitude
0 S H | I J In all the of minds people of
| our
1 A' in regard- to the
ft right relationship
m* * between saving
A A and spending.
There is more
practical, worka
% ble-economics in
% * t Save he during sentence: pros
R, p. STEPHENSON perity so as to be
able to spend dur
ing depression: than in a whole library
full ot charts and tables and books on
political economy.
I do not believe it is an imprac
ticable dream to-bring about-an era
ef more Intelligent saving and spend
ing on the part of our people. It is
not impossible to change the habits of
the population. It has been done In
many lines. The-habits of our-people
have- been Improved and the health
of the nation promoted in many ways
by consistent programs of advertising
and education that have brought
about better hygienic understanding
ahd practices.
The medical profession has virtual
ly banished the scourge of some dis
eases by persistent, intelligent cam
paigns of preventive sanitary meas
ures and Inoculations,- requiring new
understandings, new habits- among
many miUlone of our people. Also a
: large part of this evolution of public
.health improvement has naturally de
veloped through the Intelligent adver
tising of many products that have to
do with-Bodily care. I refer to the
manufacturers and distributers of such
things as more healthful shoes, more
effective toothbrushes, food products
with more wholesome values of nutri
tion and countless other practical
ideas that have become commonplaces
ot our daily business life,—and that
have become a part, too, of the very
texture of the. personal habits and
health of great masses ot our people.
If it has been good advertising and
good business for so- many of our na
tional producers to spend millions tf
dollars thus to Inculcate new habits
of personal hygiene and personal care,
is It not good business and good adver
tising for our banking interests to lay
similar stress during the next period
of prosperity upon better financial
habits and customs of our people?
Bankers above all are Interested in
stable, wholesome business. They
hare much to gain by a state of sound
financial health amor.;' the people, and
most to loss by epidemics of economic
maladies such as have swept the coun
try during the past two years.
The man who has in better times
been favored with too much credit
rather than not enough is finding it is
hard to pay his interest now with low
rices tor his products or labor.
Gold Eaten by Chicks
Brings on Small Rush
Glenwood Springs, Colo.—A sudden
advance in the price of poultry at
Sopris may not be due so much to the
fact that poultry is generally to de
mand but that one man’s chance is as
good as another’s to find gold to the
chicken’s gizzard!
Recently E. H. Grant, who owns
: the Frying Ban inn at Busult, pur
chased a number of chickens for his
restaurant. When he cleaned the giz
zards of the fowls he noticed hard bits,
which upon examination were discov
ered to be tiny gold nuggets. A few
flakes of gold were Imbedded in the
fowls’ gizzards.
Joe Dosigney. owner of the poultry
ranch on Soporis creek, forthwith un
covered several gold pans, which had
been stored away for many year, and
got busy In the region where the chick
ens had been eating their meals.
Publication of the finding of gold
nuggets In the chickens’ craws has
led to a mild gold rush in the Sopris
district.
Acidity Kidney Breaks Sleep
If you feel Nights, otd and run-down from
Getting Pains, Stiffness, Up Nervousness, Backache, Leg
under Byes, Headaches, Circles
Bladder Weakness, caused Burning by Kid- and
ney fering Acidity, right I want Come you to in quit and suf- get
now.
what I think is the greatest med
icine I have evqr found. It often
gives Just ask big Improvement for in 24 hours.
It only 76c me and Cystek (Slss-tez).
a I guarantee it to
satisfy quickly combat these conditions and
pacaage completely, and get or return empty
your money back,
Evans Pharmacies, Warrenton