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GIBSON RECORD ■y I Published to Furnish the People of Glascock Conn ty a Weekly Newspaper End as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County. VOL. XXXVIII. No. 35. Hi–ory of Williams Creek Church By County Historian (From Warrenton Clipper) (By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County Historian.) (Continued from last week) In 1788, September 27th, Steph en Darden, who had been placed in the office of deacon “was more properly qualified to the! office of elder and was elected to j that place. Brother Levi Pruitt; was elected to succeed him.” Brother Vining, evidently Jeptha Vining, was mederator. At the conference held in Feb ruary, 1790, “the elders and dea cons stand in their places,” but their names are not given nor, as yet, has the clerk given his own name, or the name of the pastor in charge. : November, 1793, “Brother Edge came forward and freely ac knowledged himself to be out of his duay in giving up after much persuasion to suffer music and dancing in his house.” Peter Winn was excommuni cated in 1795 “for making a horse race and running his horse over the ground and then refusing to adhear to the church when called; on to give them satisfaction for his conduct.” July 11th, 1795, “Brother Levi Pruitt and Brother Elisha Pruitt being cited to this conference to give the church satisfaction re specting their joining the order of Free-Masons. Brother Levi came forward and agreed that he would not associate with ethm in their meetings any more. . .which regained f^yvshin evf the ehurh. Elisha Prum, dently, was not penitent for his sin and the church conference gave prayerful thought to the impending danger to their mem bers, so the next year, 1796, the minutes record, “The church, on mature deliberation, do and conclude that if any or members of said church shall join the order of Free Masons that they shall be excluded from the privileges of said church til they shall render for their misconduct. Brother Elisha Pruitt’s affair concerning his joining the Masons, mature ly considered, the church do ex communicate him for neglecting, or refusing to give them gospel satisfaction.” So much for Brother Elisha! Levi Pruitt did not long escape ( the majesty of the church, for! the very next conference that ' convened, after his brother was, excommunicated, her was de dared out of fellowship, “being charged with proffering to fight a duel and offering to bet.” The Masonic order continued for many years to cause trouble in the membership, for WJllis and Burwell Perry joined the or der that same year, but on be ing summoned to church confer ence “they acknowledged that they had sinned in so doing and had in inclination to associate with them” and they retained fellowship with the church. “Brother Vining being about to travel to North Carolina and other points, the church do fur nish him with a letter that may inform all the churches that he is in full fellowship with us and with all the churches in our Un ion, as far as we know.” Wm. Lovel and Brother Edge acted as moderators sometimes in the absence of “Brother Vin ing.” “Brother Lovel and Brothers Levi and Lemuel Pruitt were ap pointed to attend the Association “on Tugalo, Cleveland’s Meet ing House” in October, 1795, and Brother Baker to write the letter to said Association.” “In November, 1797, the Asso ciation was again invited to meet at Williams Creek church. It was at Clarks Station that the invitation was given by Aaron Parker and Willis Perry, who were messengers from Williams Creek church.” Some of the offences were of Relative prices of 120 % T ELECTRICITY in HOMES served by the uo% ABOVE GEORGIA POWER COMPANY ABOVE 1913 • 8 10 1913 COST of LIVING and COST OF LIVING* z>t the REACHES PEAK 100 % ME% above MHlpricti UNITED STATES • 100 A–GVg AiOVf •Oil phased on average prices in /9/3. 19(3 ★ 1832 80 % tm LLUUt I cost LIVING or 80 % AbOVL ASO v« ■ Oil STILL fM 1913 –B°VE 1023 TO l9 30j--......... 1913 60% Si , – PRICES e y, COST OF LIVING FAIRLY STABLE 5 60 % AtCVt STILL 70*/* ABOVE 1913 ASOVf ■ Dll 1913 I 1 U.S. IN 1930 WORLD DEPRESSION 40% 4 1 WAR BRINGS **3id C06T or DECREASE A60VI LIVING IN COST 1913 Shoot* 188 OF LIVING W* 20 % WORLD WAR oFTlectricitv 20 % AROVE 1913 co RISES or uvimo Cp<t iQCeor ; 19 3 2 ASOYf 9*3 Ja cosir • £ t* or ELECTRICITY 1913 1813 AVERAGE 7 PRICES 26 . 3 % 1913 AVCMdi ioa9- BELOW AFTiR SLIGHT RlSI MSULTlNG A FUU H€W V«AR AMIS MFORf BROUGHT PIFRf SSKW< 1913 FROM WAR-TlMf CONDITIONS, COST of ELECTRICITY COST of ELECTRICITY DOWN SHARPLY OfcLOw ARSUMiB ITS OOWNVYARO TABND 20 % <913 •BURN mu 4o% I9t4 lOlS • i9l6« IO17 l9l8 1819 1820-1921 1022 -1923 1024 -182J 1926*1027* I925*l020 * 1030 *103l • 1032 4o% •CLOW OtLOW • • * * • 1913 >9U * Trend of coot of living bated on figures of V. S. Burton of Labor end Statistics. Coat Official figure* not yet available bourn 4 boats of of 1931. information of living trend projected other cate IMS on beet available from w a rns . ■*v. This Is a Paid Advbbtisbmbnt of the; Georgia Powbr Company such an intimate character that Aprif of 1792, the church deci j 0 a p po j n t a commission be for . whom , such , matters .. m, ... 8 ht * be put. That commission was composed of Levi Pruitt, Win. Dismuke, Nehemiah Edge, De berra Chapman, Amos Boynton, Elisha Pruitt and John Baker, and the church further agreed that no accusation should be en tered on the church book until the charges were proved, this preventing the humiliation of in nocent members, James Heflin was called No verniber 28th, 1797 to the pas torate of Williams Creek church and he accepted the call April 21 1798. _ He was to be “at our monthly meetings on Saturday and Sunday and every quarterly meeting and Sunday.” on Friday, Saturday If a member, once excoinmuni cated returned to the church and made suitable acknowledgements he was restored and “his sins remembered against him no more forever,” for in Septem her 1798 a new church roll was made and the officers names giv en thus: Levi Pruitt, elder, ex communicated; Jeffrey Basdel, Philip Brantley, William Dis muke, dismissed; Peter Dismuke, excommunicated, restored 21st September, 1798 > excommunica ted. Stephen Darden and Philip Brantley were ordained as dea cons in March 1800 and Satur day before ordination day was set apart as a day of fasiting and prayeiV The ordination service was conducted by Saun ders Walker and James Heflin, In 1800, Brothers Brantley, Chapman and Baker were mes sengers to the Association which met at Sardis church in Wilkes county. The Association met at Williams Creek church in October, 1801. Brother Ba ker wrote the associational fet ter. lit was agreed in conference in September 1801, “that the members of the church do put in for use of traveling preach ers and for the support thereof as a foundation for the same of their own choice.” The questions regarding the family altar were approached thus in the conference of De cember 25th, 1801: “Querry— Is it the duty for church mem bers, who have families, to set up the public worship of God in GIBSON, GA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932. their families? Answered in the affirmative. Querry 2nd.-— What is the most prudent step to take with the church mem bers who have families and who do not set up the public wor ship of God in them? Answer —We think it most advisable, first, to admonish them to their duty xxx and if such admo nition do not reclaim them, to deal with them as transgress ors.” How far we’ve strayed from that attitude toward fam ly worship *n this year of 1932 1 The clerk wrote the letter to the Association whhh met at Salem in October, 1802. James Heflin moved his letter to Wil liams Creek in 1802. A small sum of money was raised that same year to help the African church of Augusta. Thomas Rhodes, called and accepted, began his pastorate in 1804. At conference on July 14th, 1894, “A querry put in: Is feet washing the duty of Christians, and if it be who is to comply it, when the time and where the place? Answered that it is a duty.” Stephen Darden and Samuel Johnson were messengers to the Association which met at New-! ford, Wilkes county, in 1804. John Baker wrote the Associa tional letter, Kiokee church entertained the Association in 1806 and Philip Brantley and John Baker were messengers from Williams Creek. It was held at Town Creek in 1807, clerk wrote letter, no messengers; 1808 at Ebenezer, clerk writes again, Jethro Dar den and John Baker were mes sengers; 1809 they met at Tirzah, Putnam county, Jethro Darden and John Baker were messen gers The Association met at Fort Creek, in Hancock county, in 1810, clerk wrote the Asso ciational letter, but no repre sentatives went from Williams Creek church. Jethro Darden and John Baker attended the next year 1811, when the Asso j elation met at Grove Meeting j House, in Columbia county. 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