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VOL. XXXVIII. No. 36.
History of Williams
Creek Church By
County Historian
(From Warrenton Clipper)
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County
Historian.)
(Continued from last week)
From the records it is evident
that Jethro Darden had a son
who bore the same name who
had grown to manhood and
joined the church at Williams
Crgek, for Jethro Darden from
1811 is designated a Jethro
Darden, Sr.
In 1812 Jethro Darden, Jr., un
der the guidance of John Baker,
is introduced into the machin
ery of the church for they are
sent to represent the church to
the Association that year, and it
met at the County Line Meeting
House.
The church was not represen
ted at the Association in 1813,
hut in 1814 the old standby,
John Baker, and his protege,
Jethro Darden,. Jr., attended the
Association together. Two dol
lars were sent by the church “to
pay for the minutes.”
in February, 1815, the min
utes record that “the church
have agreed to put a piece twen
ty-six feet long to the end of the
framed part of the house and a
shed ten feet wide the length of
the whole house, the house to be
fitted out with seats and win
dows, as many as may be neces
sary, left to the discression of
the commissioners, which are
Joseph Cohron. John Baker, Ja
cob Darden, Mountain Hill and
Jethro Darden, Jr.” “Jacob Dar
den wishing to be exhonorated
from acting x x x we therefore
appoint Silomon Lockett, Elsq.,
in his room and as Brother Ba
ker is the undertaker of the
work we appoint William Dar
den in his place.”
Jethro Darden, Jr. and Ben
jamin Brantley bore the Asso
ciational letter, written by John
Baker, to the Association which
met at Long Creek, Warren
county, in 1815. Jethro Darden,
Jr. t was not put under the care
of Benjamin Bfantley, for his
name is recorded as the first
messenger appointed.
While the repairs and the en
largement of the building w r ere
going on the church decided it a
good time to re-establish the
lines, so it was “ordered that
Brother Cohron and Brother
Jethro Darden, Sr., wait on Mr.
Elliott and request him to assist
them in establishing the lines
of the lot of land on which the
meeting house stands, so the
church can, at any time know
where the corners and lines are
by having reference to the
Clerk’s office of Warren county,
where the deed of conveyance,
given by Willis Perry to the
church is recorded.” It was
further ordered that “Brother
Jacob Darden be appointed door
keeper and have the house
swept once in evey three months
and open a new 7 spring or keep
the one in as good order as pos
sible for the space of twelve
months from the above date,”
February 17th, 1816.
Jethro Darden, Jr., was ap
pointed to write the Associa
tional letter and he and Joseph
Cohron were “ballotted in” as
messengers for the 1816 meet
ing.
One improvement called for
another, so it was further “or
dered that the meeting house be
planked all around underneath
with good heart plank and that
the posts that the plank is nailed
to be good heart posts < and put
three good blocks and one pillar
of rock underneath.” Brother
Hight undertook the job “and
the church agrees to pay him
nineteen dollars and fifty cents
when the work is completed.”
At the end of the year Brother
Jacob Darden had been such a
satisfactory “door-keeper” and
spring cleaner that he was re
appointed for another year.
Jethro Darden, Jr., again pre
pared the letter and he and
Brother Cohron carried it to the
Association this year, 1817, and
three dollars were sent to pay
for the minutes.
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Brother Jacob Darden failed
to serve his entire second year
as door-keeper, for in
Sister Stone took charge of the
work and it was agreed “for her
to have at the rate of five dol
lars a year for her services.”
In 1818 Jethro Darden, Jr.,
prepared the letter to the Asso
ciation and Jethro Darden, Sr.,
and Joseph Cohron were the
messengers. It was held at Pow
elton, Hancock county, that
year. Jethro Darden, Sr., and
Benjamin Brantley were mes
sengers to the Association and
Brother Bass wrote the letter in
1819.
Daniel Culpepper, Sr. a mem
ber of the church, who had ta
ken part in the Revolutionary
War, died August 4th, 1819.
During all the years since its
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organization in 1787, perfect
unity had dwelt in the church
and only short comings of the
members marred its placidity,
but now, just as the ^* rne a P
proached for the meeting of the
Georgia Association in 1820, a
dark cloud loomed over the ho
rizon of the church and threat
ened to destroy it. No inkling
of impending danger is given in
the minutes until the letter to
the Association was written
when Brother Rhodes, who had
served the church for sixteen
years and had just been dis
missed, together with the dea
cons of the church “sent to the
church that the church should
not have the letter to the Asso
ciation read, or filled out with
the messenger’s names.” The
demand was debated and finally
it was decided to wait till the
next day, but the messengers
were appointed and two dollars
and fifty cents were to be sent
lor the minutes. The next day
^ j et t er was rea( j an( | *‘ re .
ceived without amendments.’’
The church was in sore dis
tress. They were like a fold of:
frightened sheep without
shepherd and it seemed that
order reigned.
From the records it is found
that Thomas Rhodes, the pastor
of Williams Creek since 1804,
had been guilty of some offense
and had been excommunicated
from Shiloh church of which he
was a member. Some of the
members of Williams Creek
church felt that it was not wise
to continue the pastorate of a
man who was not ^ member of
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Another New Plan
To Increase Cotton
Price Is Proposed
Atlanta, July.—A national tax
that would have the effect of im
mediately raising the selling
price of all agricultural prod
ucts, as a means of restoring
prosperity, was proposed Satur
day by William G. Hastings, di
rector of publicity for the An
sley Hotel, who calls upon Dem
ocratic leaders to incorporate
the proposal in their program.
“If the cotton grower requires
15 cents per pound to make a
profit,” I#\ Hastings argues,
“let Congress place a tax of 15
cents per pound on all cotton
purchased for less than 15 cents,
the tax to be paid by the pur
chaser. Cotton immediately
would rise to 15 cents per
pound so the purchaser could
escape the terriffic tax. Apply
the same principle to wheat,
corn, to all products of the
farm; shortly the farmers would
begin receiving a profitable price
for their wares and prosperity
would come out ‘from around
the comer, and land right in our
laps, for when the fanners make
a profit, prosperity will return,
and not before. You cannot
place half our population on
starvation wages and expect the
other half to be affluent.
In order to prevent foreign
dumping, it would be necessary
for Congress to place an equal
izing tax on all imported agri
cultural products. This is a
simple matter of arithmetic and
proper legislation.
“It may be argued that this
plan is class legislation or that
it is too radical,’’ Mr. Hastings
continued. “Perhaps it is both.
I’m neither a politician nor an
economist. But it seems to me
that if coal, oil, copper, steel
and many other commodities
can have a protective tariff to
insure a profit, our farmers are
equally entitled to a domestic
protection that will insure them
a profit. The city dweller cares
little what he pays for agricul
tural products, provided his in
come is in the proper ratio. He
would rather have a $300 in
come with 15-cent cotton than a
hundred-dollar income, or is as
the case with many now, no in
come at all, with 5-cent cotton.
“While not professing to be an
economist,’’ Mr. Hastings said:
“I believe the idea is sound and
I hope our political leaders will
give it serious consideration.
There would be some confusion
at first until stocks held by
manufacturers were consumed,
but I think most of us would
prefer that few weeks of months
of confusion to bring back pros
perity rather than wait for it
under present conditions, which,
many people believe, will re
quire several years to settle.”
Mr. Hastings stated that he
has submitted the plan to Gov
ernor Roosevelt and Senators
George and Cohen for their con
sideration.
any church and had been ex
communicated, and they so ex
pressed themselves, but others
of the membership wished to
continue Brother Rhodes and
they proved to be in the major
jty. It was the fact that the mi
nority was insisting on ac
quainting the Association of
the facts and seeking for ad
vice and guidance in their ex
tremity that brought the condi
to a climax, and when the
Association concurred in the
opinion of the minority that it
was unethical to have an ex
communicated minister in
charge of the church the Rhodes
faction met and drew up a dec
laration which was placed on
the minutes and subscribed to
by Robert Shuffield, Jethro Dar
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Bargaining for Victory
As an example of the religious con
cepts of the pagan world of the Greek
and Roman classical period the story
ts told of two cities, at war with each
other, both soliciting the god Apollo at
Delphi for victory. One offered a
tenth of the spoil to the shrine for vic
tory. The other, hearing the offer, of
fered a ninth, thus assuring victory
for themselves.
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