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GIBSON RECORD
Published to Furnish the Feople of Gfsscoek Coon ty a Weekly Newspaper a^l as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County.
VOL. XXXVIIL No. 14.
Daughters American Revolution Living In
Glascock Count; Honored With Visit By
Members fo Burkhalter Chapter, D. A. R.
While our Nation gives
pression of homage to the
hundredth anniversary of the
birth of George Washington, the
Father of Our Country, it is al
most an unbelievable truth that
there are seven Golden Links in
the Colonial Chain—seven Real
Living Daughters in the United
States whose fathers fought un
der Washington during the
American Revolution.
Burkhalter’" Chapter at War
rentoiSc of the D. A. R’s. pays re
rent irihute to Georeia’s Two
Real u . Daughters, Miss q Sarah . r, ^, 1
and Mrs. Mary Pool Newsome,
(Widow) Who are sisters living
eleven miles from Warrenton.
The rhinter Lhapter todei laden with sifts g ts
and V refreshments, motored to
this modest little home on Jan
uary 24th. The two daughters
were expecting this visit and
.tea „„ th= porch ™.i„ g .o
greet these friends with warm
handshakes and smiles of wel
come, each wearing her close fit
, im . hlark rulTled can with
dresses 1 r. not * for far removed r from Tnm
•the styles of Colonial Days.
With eyesight undimmed by
the varied scenes of the years,
and perfect memories, passing
through life’s vicissitudes and its
days of toil and struggle, they
are still able to do their own
housework.
Upon removing their caps,
large braids of mow-white hair
were disclosed.
Miss Sarah, the eldest, now in
her 88 th year, small of stature
“looking well into the ways of
her household,” gave an occa
sional nod of approval during
the proceeding of the party, mak
ing mention several times that
she had two extra dozen eggs in
the basket for sale.
Mrs. Newsome, or Miss Mary
as she is most familiarly called,
the baby of a family of ten child
ren entering her 83rd year, al
ways known to be quite versatile,
gave a happy word and smile to
each guest present.
The humble little home was
immaculate with its lineoleum
covered floors, chairs enameled
in French blue, white covers on
mantePand tables. On each side
of the mantel hung the two
framed certificates of their mem
bership as Real Daughters of the
Revolution.
The Regent, Mrs. Marion Felts,
in appropriate words offered fe
licitations, assuring them of the
love and interest felt for them by
Burkhalter Chapter, then pre
sented the gifts and conveyed
the good news to them that at a
recent Divisional meeting in Phil
adelphia, they had been adopted
by the District of Columbia and
that this District desired to send
them a gift as a token of love and
esteem. When Mrs. Felts sug
gested a radio as this gift, Miss
Mary said: “Do you think an
old woman like me could learn
to work a radio? If so, then tell
them to send it on."
When the photographer came
to take their pictures, Miss Mary
whose sense of humor has not
been dulled by her r.ianv years,
with a merry twinkle in her eye
said: “Now I don’t take a good
picture—I always look too pale
and besides I must know that I
am going myself.” to get some of faithfully the pic
tures After
assuring her that she Would get
all she wanted of them, a num
her of poses were taken on the
porch and of in the yard, also group
pictures the guests and two
Daughters.
Miss Mary presented Bhrkhal
ter Chapter with her copy of Iher
father’s Testament, yellow with
age.
Under the trees out in the sun
shine upon a large table the feast
was spread and the honorees be
ing seated, they entered into the
fellowship of the hour whole
heartedly.
Bidding the guests good-bye,
with tear filled eyes Miss Mary
said: “Bless your hearts. I love
every single one of you. God is
so good to us and we are so glad
you good D. A. R’s. found us.”
. -
Beautiful indeed is the True
Story of how the fervent pray
ers of these two .Daughters
their father’s family Bible.
vealed them to the I). A. R's.
about three years ago.
Their father, Henry Pool, Lorn
in Warren county in 1760, near
1 he Shoals, lived, died and was
,3 years of age His Revolu
denary service comprised:
vate in company of volunteer in
* {antry ,ar,on under and saw General service Francis m
battle of Cowpens and in other
battles, Carolina and .was aboul discharged 1783. in
South He
received land in Warren county
and wa ® lhrice married and the
mother °* these two Real Daugh.
ters Wfls hls third wife
The above records Henry Pool
had faithfully inscribed on the
pages of his Bible.
-^'ss Sarab and Miss Mary be
««srrs* ass
having far outlived their eon
temporaries, they had dwelt in
seclusion for many, many years
in the small home of Miss Mary s,
Rus being her husbands home
where they had lived together 49
years. There were no children.
This Bible, tho worn and faded
-their father s priceless posses
■•on. having been “a lamp unto
his feet’ iind to those of his ten
children, was divinely destined path
to prove “A light unto the
way of these lonely Daughters,
leading them out into the glo
rious knowledge of God s child
ren who were to love them and
t<> contribute to their necessities
in their declining years .
T r
by one, the members of the large
happy faikiily Miss pass away, herself
; a t last Sarah and
with only this small cottage sur
rounded by a few acres of land
and neithter of them able to work
for their livelihood.
AH thru (he lonely years they
prayed with unwavering faith,
“Not for money, but that God
would provide for their would needs
some way so that they
never suffer.”
This Bibte had taught them
that “All things whatsoever ye
shall ask 1 in prayer believing, ye
shall receive,” and, “Prove me
now herewith saith the Lord of
Hosts, if I will not open you the
windows of Heaven and pour
you out a blessing that there
shall not be room enough to re
ceive it.”
God’s promises were verified
and their prayers were answered
for a relative discovered these
important war records of Henry
Pool in his Bible and soon “The
windows of Heaven were verita
bly opened land the manifold
blessings of God are daily poured They
out upon these Daughters.
were immediately admitted into
the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Rev
olution in June, entitling them to
monthly pensions. There is
hardly room enough in the small
cottage to contain the groups of
friends who visit them and they
receive cards, letters and gifts
from various parts of the United
States. During Xmas season they
received three hundred and twen
ty-five cards, that
They knew" all these of years Revolu
they were daughters a
tionary Soldier, but they were
wholly unaware of the signal
honors that would he conferred
upon them by the official eslab
lishment of this relation,
Their faces ar- lightened by a
Heavenly glow, while a tear
trickles down their wrinkled
cheeks and they smile in grale
fuJ recognition of God’s goodness
to provide for their every need,
through the tender ministries of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Their pictures will he for
warded to Mrs. J. Frank Little, of
Washington, ID. C., lovingly re
membered here as Miss Mgmie
Burkhalter who has twice vis
ited these Daughters and who
will have the pictures appear in
The Official Organ of the Nation
al Society of the Daughters of
America.
Mrs. J. Ralph Thompson,
An Invited Guest.
GIBSON, GA., WEDNES1). FEBRUARY 17, 1932.
Lives And Work of
Preachers of County
(This week’s installment of the
history of Warren county being
written by Mrs. W. F. Wilhott, follows’,
eounty historian, which
s a continuation of the lives and
wor k of preachers in the county.
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County
Historian)
Thomas Shivers Hubert
Thomas Shivers Hubert, son
of Hobert W * ”»d Laura (Shiv
ers) Hubert, was Born in War
Warren county,
12th, 1860. He received his
v education in the schools of
after which be en
tered Vanderbil(l University, in
Nashville, Tenn. He also at
(ended the Southern University
in Greensboro, Ala. His couver
sion took place ®t midnight while
he was a college student and the
call tQ the miiligtry was so clear
there was no mistaking it.
Having been brought up in a
very devout Methodist environ
{rffis meat, naturally bis church mem
haps the influence of his grand
mother, Virginia Hubert, land
perhaps the religious tendencies
0 f both his Hubert and Shivers
ancestors drew him finally into
the Baptist denomination where
|, e has spent manv years in use
f tf | service. His ministry has in
c ] U dcd pastorates in Kentucky,
Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
while pastor of the Barbourville
c i u ,rch, at Barbourville, Ky., he
was f or oue y ear president of
Barbourville Baptist Institute,
one 0 f the most important Home
Mission institutions of the Be
nomination. juliA
j, as three Georuia nas
torates—Lyons, where he served
z
{(me the church at Douglas was
without a meeting house and for
two years he preached in the the the
county county court CO urt house. house. During During
summer summer he he used used a a tent tent to to house house
his hj s congregation. congregation. Before Before four four
years years had had passed passed the the member- member
ship s pi {) had Bad increased increased from from two two
hundred hundred and and twenty-five twenty-five to to five five
hundred hundred land land ai a beautiful, beautiful, comtno- commo
dious d j ous an( and j splendidly splendidly equipped equipped
house house of of W’orship, worship, in in brick brick and and
stone, stone, had had been been erected. erected. In In 1912
he he accepted accepted a a call call of of East East Macon Macon
and aIu j after a ft er serving serving tw two r o and and one- one
half half years years there there he he received received such such
an an insistent insistent call call to to return return to to
Douglas Douglas that that after after considering considering
the the reasons reasons for for the the call,—that call, that
the the church church had had lost lost ground, ground,
spiritually spiritually and and materially, materially, its its
membershin membership had had decreased, decreased ioosened the the
bonds bonds of of unity unity were were loosened
and an d a a heavy heavy indebtedness indebtedness in- in
stead s tead of of diminishing diminishing was was in- in
creasing—he creasing__he was was moved moved by by what whut
he he conceived conceived to to be be a a conviction conviction
of 0 f duty g u ty in j n accepting accepting tihe the call. call. It It
is j s seldom seldom that that such such action action is is
w wise, i se , hut hut results results proved proved the the wis- wis
dom dom in in this this case case apd apd under under his his
leadership leadership unity unity w was r as restored, restored,
faith f a jjh and anf i courage courage increased increased and and
a all |j indebtedness indebtedness liquidated. liquidated. The The
gratitude gratitude £0 of of his his congregation congregation Was was
so great great that that a a special special meeting meeting
was was held on on January January 20th, 20th, 1918, 1918,
at a t which which time time resolutions resolutions were were
presented by Judge G. R. Briggs,
senior deacon of the church,
which spoke of the pator in the
following terms:
“Whereas, the recent achieve
ment of the church in liquidating
the indebtedness which had. for
so long a time, been an incubus
upon it, lowering its spirituality,
retarding its growth tamd destroy
ing its usefulness, warrants an
expression of gratitude to God
for so signal a manifestation of
His continuing mercy and good
ness, as well as the grateful rec
ognition of the agencies through
which it was accomplished.
“Therefore, be is Resolved,
That chief among these the
church recognizes its pastor, Rev.
Thomas S Hubert, land hereby
extends its gfateful acknowledge
ment for his wise counsel, skill
ful leadership and untiring la
bor during tihe crucial period of
its history, which made success
possible. the Brother call Hubert ac
cepted of the church
three years ago, when it was
staggering under the burden
debt incurred of by the erection of
its house worship. Instead of
diminishing, the debt was in
creasing. The membership was
divided, inharmonious and al
Official Ticket
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I lascock Primary County To Be Held Democratic On
February 24th, 1932
Fo * Count V School
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For Clerk Superior Court
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T. A. WALDEN
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For Tax Receiver
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For Tax Collector „
ALLEN KELLEY
RE. PALMER
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For Coroner
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For County nT Surveyor
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U. A, WILCHER
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Under such circumstances only
? 6 ian ,ed by the Holy Spirit, and
bnbued with dauntless courage,
vvould have undertaken to pilot
*be church through its difficul
ties, but, undaunted, he entered
u P° n his duties and with match
,ess skill. ceaseless vigilance and
unremitting reaching effort, succeeded in
the goal so (ardently de
sued- Within the space of three
ye» rs he has seen the debt
(19.000) lifted, the church bar
monized, its spirituality revived,
and ils faith and courage re
stored. During this time Broth
er Hubert, by his ability in the
pulpit, his wise counsel, his
broad sympathy, ihis ready lielp
fulness both in the church and
ou * °f it, bas won an enviable
P lace in the hearts of lh e people
of the community irrespective of
church affiliations and aroused
the desire that he may be long
spared tq exercise service and
leadership among us.”
Bev - Hubert is not only a
preacher of exceptional ability,
but he also has a reputation as an
author. Books, tracts, poems,
contributions tc both secular and
religious press have come from
bis gifted pen. One can glean a
glimpse of his own faith in the
following poem which was se
leeted from many other? •
“Have Faith In God”
Mark 11, 22.
By T. S. Hubert
Have faith in God; there is no
chance controlling*,
Supreme His throne, exalted
evermore;
All pow’er is His; and in the
heights extolling
His sov’reign will, the worlds
sing as they soar.
Ages to ages His dominion tell;
Have faith in God; H e rules and
Have fanth in God; 1 no enemy
prevailing
Can reach you with the least
of aught that harms
Vain are their boasts, ana
doomed to failing;
Around you are the everlasting
arms.
Your cause is His and He will see
it through;
Have faith in God; His armies
march for you.
Have faith in God; His promises
believing;
For dark and bitter as may
seem the days.
’Tis blessing . that of Him you are
receiving,
And bids your heart to
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SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
More Than Fifty Six Million Dollars For
Food And Feed Could Be Kept At Home
The retailer to consumer value
of all feed and foodstuffs pro
duced in Georgia last year
amounted to $79,865,466, it was
disclosed in a recent survey
made by the State College of Ag
riculture and released by Direc
tor of Extension J. Phil Camp
bell. Of this amount $23,527,
061 or 29.5 per cent w r ere grow’n
in the state. The money sent
out of the state for food and
feed stuffs amounted to $56,338,-
405, which was offset by out
of-state sales of Georgia prod
ucts totaling $7,419,330, making
Georgia’s net food and feed bill
to outside sources $48,919,075.
These figures indicate that
while the sustenance of life on
the farm is shown to have
reached an all-time level, yet the
farmer himself is far behind in
making tihe farm absolutely
self-suslaining. No plainer evi
dence has so far been brought
to light as proof of th conten
tion by hankers and state col
lege workers that when the live
at-home program has been fully
accomplished, the Georgia far
mer will be totally independent
of the cotton market and will be
entirely able to provide all the
necessities, many of the com
forts and some of the luxuries of
life on his own farm.
Georgia’s self-sustaining farm
life has not penetrated the
cities to any appreciable degree,
The failure of the cities to buy
‘home products is traceahle to
the inability of the farmer, to
place his staple articles on the
market in standard packages,
properly cleaned* sized and
graded. Hefe is the city busl
ness man’s opportunity to es-
Name of Product, ; Quantity if’ iSRSS
Sweet Potatoes ........... 769,386
Beans .............. 21,122,731
Corn Meal ................... 5,891,173
Flour ............................ 2,033,394
Syrup ............................ 1,782,197
Can and Dried Fruits 1,039,206
Canned Vegetables ... 1,453,531
Eggs ...................... 865,783
Butter .................. ____ 8,765,867
Fresh Pork ......... ....... 38,844,898
Cured Meat _________ ....... 60,902,747
Sausage ................ ....... 12,306,153
Lard' __________________ ....... 45,040,846
Beef ....................... ....... 45,021,089
Canned Meats _______ 443,312
Feeds:
Horse and Mule Feed 24,537
Hog Feed ................... 21,310
Dairy Feed .............—. 71,101
Poultry Feed,
Miscellaneous ............. 5,007
Scratch Grain ............ 30,659
Laying Mash ............... 22,268
Hay ............................... 51,257
Oats .............................. 1,478,347
Corn —.......................
Wheat ......................... 70,333
Seeds:
Sorghum ..................... 105.123
Soybeans .....................
Velvet Beans .............
Cow Peas .................... 224,741
Rye -.......................... 102,431
The grand aggregate shows
the retai!er-to-consumer value of
all food ' and feed * products re
corded , . Georgia . last year to .
in
have been $79,865,466, of which
$23,527,031 or 29.5 per cent were
home-grown. The money sent
out of Georgia for food and
4ttiffs amounted to $56,338,406,
which was offset by out-of-state
sales hy Georgia farmers total
jig $7,419,330. Georgia’s outside net
food and feed bill to
was , accordingly $48,- . „
* n Fulton county no animal
foed . st(lfrs ^tever were pro
dueed last year for commercial
p ur p 0ses But the value of anl
mal feeds sold by retailer to
consumer in Fulton county was
$1,623,569. The average per
rentage of these feeds shipped
into Fulton eounty from other
Georgia counties w;as 39 per
cent.
Food of the value of $20,240,
065 was sold by retailers to con
sumers last year in Fulton coun
ly. The percentage of this food
produced in the county is so
small as to he almost invisible
and the portion of it produced
in Georgia averages 26 per cent,
Fulton county’s record will be
substantially altered from now
on by the admission of Campbell
tablish farm product depots
where every staple article can be
conditioned for market With a
minimum cost to the grower and
with satisfactory profit to com
panies at points of concentra
tion. Hie market for Georgia
grown products is here If and
when the Georgia farmer will
meet the consumers’ demands.
Reports fiom the principal
cities afford a further compari
son of how far short Georgia
products fall of the goal to make
Georgia farms not only care for
themselves but also furnish a
surplus sufficient to feed the
city-dweller. Until that end is
attained, the logical destination
of Georgia keeping 90 per cent of every
dollar at home can net
be reached.
The final ambition of making
the Georgia dollar a home dol
lar involves an intricate and
complicated problem for setting
up marketing machinery and a
distribution plan las an outlet for
Georgia shows staples, The survey
that this limitless task is
not yet fairly begun. In this the
simple question of buying and
selling is made difficult by the
essential requirements of clean
ing, sizing, grading packing and
Otherwise conditioning and
standardizing each of more than
thirty staples that Georgia farms
produce and for which, under
existing conditions, the Georgia
fanner can not obtain a living
price, due to the lack of essen
tlal processes which make it up
to the city man to make Availa
ble. The state college survey
shows the quantity of food >pro
duced and consumed in Georgia
and the amount of feed stuffs
produced and consumed:
bu........... $ 855,205 ... —91.9
lbs. ...... 949,789..... 58
bu......... 5,802,439...... 69.2
hbl......... 11,600,374 ............ 5.4
gal. ........ 1,177,358. 62.4
cs......... 2,181,511— 10.3
cs........ 3.396.741.. . 3.9
cs........... 7,895,320 62.2
lbs. ........ 2,999,843.__________30.5
lbs......... 6,414,363 42.2
lbs......... 8,149,202 22.1
lbs. ______ 2,229,470 87.7
lbs......... 4,985,913.............. 213
lbs......... 7.393.627.. . 46.6
cs........... 1.262.405.. . — 2.6
T. 864.503 12.0
T. 645,122 7.1
T. 2,239,565 .28.1
T. 220.093........ 7.6
T. 1,263,910................18.6
T. 1,075,032................ 8.2
T. 1,127,123 30.1
bu. 856.767......... 931,494 35.3
bu. ................55.6
bu. 109,534 38.8
bu. 144,391 45.1
hu. 138,482 59.7
bu. 106,672..........-....78.2
bu. 347,127...............82.7
hu. 105,826 52.0
and Milton counties January 1,
1932. It is further modified by
,he survey fact does , that not ‘ h include . e ^ a colle num- « e
j, er f oods produced in large
quantities in Fulton county,
such as milk, beans, cabbage,
greens, turnips, berries,
fruits, peas, melons, can
taloupes, peaches, apples and
chickens. Fulton county's pro
duction of fluid milk last year
was 7,500,000 gallons worth $3,-
750,000.
The Savanhah survey also con
tains many interesting com
ments. The sentiment of the
Savannah dealers was that they
bought all corn locally when
available, though much of it was
under proper grade. This
amounted to 7,230 bushels of
which 4,506 bushels were 9u r *
nished by Georgia. Of the oats,
2,000 bushels of the 102,900
used were Georgia-grown. Only
75 of the 3,062 tons of hay used
were raised in the state. Most
of the grocers want to buy Geor
gia stuff and did when thev
could get it, but there was much
criticism of the quality offered,
Catham count-' furnished the
local demand for Irish potatoes
for about six weeks, shipping
about 90 per cent of the crop,
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