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GIBSON
Published to Furnish the People ot Glascock Coun ty a Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County.
VOL. XXXVIII. No. 38.
This Week
b Arthur Brisbane
Money? Plenty of It
Bloc Against U. S. A.
Shock for Best Minds
When Germany Is Ready
Washington wanted to sell $650,
000,000 long-term treasury notes, some
paying 2%, some 8Ms per cent One
issue was subscribed for twelve times.
The government could have had $5,-
506,000,000 instead of $650,000,000, al
most ten times what it needed.
This shows that there is money in
the country. Our banks, more heav
ily loaded with cash than ever before,
don’t know where to use their sup
plug money.
Karl H. von Wiegand cables from
Berlin to Universal Service about tlie
“anti-American bloc,” just perfected
in Europe- Germany has Joined and
it includes France, Great Britain,
Italy, Belgium, Poland, Jugoslavia
and Rumania.
Mr. Von Wiegand says “British
Foreign Secretary Simon and Premier
Herriott of France have planned to
isolate the United States if Washing
ton refuses to cancel war debts."
Boycotting is easy, sometimes un
profitable. Eight merchants might
unite to boycott their best customer
and not be happy when the customer
stops buying.
Here is news to make our "best
minds" ponder, muse and fret. Pon
ca City, Okla., according to the Asso
ciated Press, takes no taxes from Us
citizens, because It makes enough from
publicly owned water and light plants
to pay all city expenses, and this in
spite of the fact that rates charged
for water and light have been re
duced twice in the last two years.
Stillwater, another Oklahoma city,
is tax free, thanks to public owner
ship. In the state of Kansas, Chanute,
Colby, Augusta and Beloit are. as
you have been told, four tax-free
cities.
Gen. Kurt von Schleicher, spokes
men for the German war ministry,
says, “Under the agreement at Gene
va, Germany has a rifht to restore
her fighting power and wilt do It un
less other nations disarm."
Other nations will not disarm,
therefore Germany undoubtedly will
re-enter the list of fighting nations.
You can Imagine how some of the al
lies would feel should they suddenly
find Germany and Italy united under
energetic dictators.
What would this country answer
if European countries thus menaced
should come to us again saying,
“Kindly oblige with ten billion more
dollars and three million more men”?
The government lias discovered a
“Communist” plot to Injure hank cred
its by a whispering campaign. It
should be, but is not generally, known
that saying, doing or insinuating any
thing to injure a bank’s credit is a
criminal offense.
However, the government and bank
ers should make sure that the "reds”
are really the “whisperers.”
Reds, as a rule, like something that
explodes with a bang. They are not
whisperers by nature. Some unscrup
uious person short of stocks might be
interested in promoting tack of confl
dence in banks.
Uncle Sam should send kind regards
to Sir Atul Chatterjee, who leads In
dia’s delegation in thp Ottawa confer
ence. Sir Atul says he and the rest
of India won’t “buy everything inside
the British empire” and buy nothing
from the United Stutes. India buys
and sells in the outside world now
$1,500,COO,000 worth of products, 70
per cent outside the British empire,
and doesn't intend to jeopardize her
trade with the United States.
When men decide to die, usually a
decision more or less cowardly, they
do it in strange ways. One jumps into
a volcano, taking a girl with him. An
other goes over Niagara, some Jump
in front of locomotives, some hang,
shoot or drown themselves. Roscoe
Griffith went about it deliberately. To
ambulance doctors, called by his wife,
to find him eating a hasty dinner, he
said: “My wife is mistaken, gentle
men ; I have taken no poison.” And
he smiled.
They took him to the hospital. He
walked from the ambulance to the
door, and fell dead.
So many pleasant things can hap
pen, so many interesting things are
sure to happen, “gigantic troubles”
melt so quickly, that it is silly not
to wait as long as possible and see.
The great Rockefeller city develop
ment in the heart of New York, seek
ing to avoid competition witii other
New York property owners, has wise
ly arranged to bring tenants from Eu
ropean countries. *
(Continued on rage two)
Hi–ory of Williams
Creek Church By
County Historian
(From Warrenton Clipper)
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County
Historian.)
(Continued from last week)
Brother Thornton resigned the
pastoral care of the church in
November 1836, and Rev. John
q West assumed care of the
church in February, 1837.
A receipt for the new church
thus:—$1045,18%, Febru
loth, 1837. -Received . of R.
V. Asbury, treasurer of the com
missioners appointed by Wil
ams Creek church, one thous
and and forty-five and 18% dol
lars in full payment for build
ing the meeting house.
Henry Lockhart Admr.
Jethro Darden, Ch. Clk.
R. V. Asbury and Septimus
Torrence were messengers to the
Association in 1837.
On October 27tli, 1837, breth
ren Mercer, Ivey, West and
Wilson formed a Presbytery
and set R. V. Asbury apart to the
gospel ministry.
As late as 1837 the minutes
record that “on application of
William’s Eaton the church or
dered a letter of dismission to
be granted to Sister Patience
(of colour) the property of Mr.
R. Persons, formerly belonging
to Mr. Williams.” Color did not
bar close Christian fellowship
among the members.
In June 1838, a committee
composed of Jethro Darden, R.
V. Asbury, Septimus Torrence
land S. Hill bought from “broth
er and sister Eliot and taking a
deed to a small portion of
containing two acres and eigh
teen poles of land to attach to
our meeting house lot.” The
deed was recorded.
R. V. Asbury an'd Jethro Dar
den were messengers to the As
sociation in 18 ’>8.
Jethro Darden had been ab
sent from several conferences
and had been in and out for
some time, others taking his
place pro tern as clerk. He pre
sented his resignation in June,
1839, and Benjamin F. Hubert
was elected to the office.
R. V. Asbury and Jethro Dar
den attended the Georgia Asso
ciation from Williams Creek
church in 1839.
Members of the church re
turned to the Association in
1839 were: John W, Jackson,
Robert Sheffield, Jethro Darden,
David McCoy, David Green John
Hiram Hubert, Sion
Hill . u. T . Lockett, James T.
Dicken „ 3 • p Hubert, R y.
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. , Coleman , Hillman, Jesse .
'*• Elliot, James Cary, Thomas
Sidwell, Septimus Torrence, Sea
born Atchison, John M. Antho
n y, Sarah Elliot, Sarah Hubert,
Elizabeth Cody, Nancy Baker,
Susan Hill, Elizabeth Atchison,
Atchison. Esther Kirkland,
Nancy Green, Elizabeth Rogers,
1-ucy Hill, Ann Sheffield, Eliza
beth Bird, Nancy Wray, Jane
McLaughlin, Rebecca Culpepper,
Mary A. Swain, Eady Darden,
Mary Asbury, Louisa Humphrey,
Nancy Cary, Rachel Persons,
Lucinda Truton, Sarah Stone,
Holly B. Walker, Matilda Tor
rence, Sr.. Matilda Torrence, Jr.,
Amanda Overlon, Miranda H.
Hubert, Lucy B. Dicken, Maria
Hillman, Sarah Jones, Nancy
Maginta, Marie Hendricks Zilpha
Cary, Rebecca Harper. Josephine
Culpepper.
Colored members: Jethro Dar
den’s, Peler; Mrs. Williams’,
Will; Mr. Ellington’s, Alfred;
Mr. Morgan’s, Elijah; Mr.
Moore’s, Toby; Mr. Hubert’s
Paul; Mr. Darden’s, Daniel; Mr.
Morgan’s, David; Mr. Butrill’s,
Christopher; Mr. Harris’, Adam;
Mr. English’s, Sam; M!rs. San
ford’s Amy ; Mrs. Roger’s, Syl
via, Mrs. Seeme’s, Sarah and
Louisa; Mrs. Williams’, Phebe,
Judith and Lucy; Mrs. Holiday’s
Penelope; Mrs. Ellington’s, Ma
ry; Mrs. Sheffield’s, Vicy; Mrs.
Morgan’s, Charlotte and Thur
say; Mrs. Darden’s, Maria; Mrs.
Culpepper’s, Sucky; Mrs. Ba
ker’s, Judith.
Even yet. in November of 1839,
the effects of the splitting of the
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»°rward an<J made satisfactory
1 acknowledgements of his error
departing from the church
an “ attaching hiinsejf to that
P art °* the church of which
Ihomas Rhodets was pastor
w ®*te in disorder, and is re
stored to the full fellowship of
the church.
R. V. Asbury and Jethro Dar
den attended the Georgia Asso
ciation in 1839 and it met at
Double Wells, in Lincoln conn
ty. They were also delegates in
1840.
April 10th. 1841, the church
met in conference with brother
West, moderator, and among the
records is the following resolu
tion. “Whereas, it has pleased
an all wise Providence (on the
4th of this inst.) to remove from
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Henry Harrison, late President
of these United States, and
whereas, so great a public ca
lamity as the death of our chief
magistrate seems to call for an
expression of public feeling and
the sympathy of every American
i^ izen. Therefore church, resolved that
we, as a do engage in
humble supplication at a throne
of grace at present and that
Brother Asbury make public
prayer.”
At the next conference in May
1841, another resolution was
adopted. It reads thus: “Re
solved that in conformity to the
request of John Tyler, ‘ now act
ing President of these United
States, and also with regard to
the low state of religion, that we
(as a church) observe Fryday
the 14th of this instant as a day
of humiliation, fasting and pray
er and our neighbors and
friends are invited generally to
attend and unite with us.”
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
Three months later, the fifth
Sunday in August was observed
“as a day of fasting and prayer
that the Lord would bless us in
our efforts to do good.’’
R. V. Asbury and Jethro Dar
den attended the Georgia Asso
ciation as messengers in 1841.
It met at Ebenezer church, in
Wilkes county. Three subscrip
tions, “one for the support of the
gospel at this church, one to be
applied as a church fund at this
place and a third to be applied
to missionary purposes” were
authorized, “said subscriptions
to l*e prepared immediately for
the present year and at the first
of each and every year hereaf
ter.”
Benjamin F. Hubert was re
lieved from the choristership
and Sampson R. Culpepper was
appointed in his stead in 1841.
A letter to the Association was
read and approved, but no dele
gates were named, but R. V. As
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GEORGIA
NEWS
Happenings Over
the State
Macdn real eitata agents have an
nounced new rentals puhllahed by the
real estate board, showing decreases
of 15 per cent under last year.
J. G. Woodruff, formerly Dougherty
county farm agent, has taken up bis
new duties as county farm agent of
Chatham county with offices in Sa
vannah.
Property returned for taxation this
year In Wilkes shows a Slump in val
ues of approximately half a million
dollars, it was officially stated from
Washington, Ga.
Georgia has shipped 1,044 cars of
peaches and 7,603 cars of watermelons
to date, Arthur L- Jones, director of
the state bureau of markets, reports
to Governor Russell.
Marion Lowery, soil specialist of
the State College of Agriculture, Is in
Valdosta investigating the peat moss
deposits In the Lake Park section,
as well as other sections of Lowndes
county. ■
During 1931 there were 26,321 mar
riages performed in Georgia, as com
pared with 30,335 in 1930, the census
bureau announces. The 1931 figures
represent a decrease of 2,014, or 6.6
per cent.
The Georgia canal commission, in
session at Brunswick: recently, con
sidered the advisability of applying
for a loan of a large sum for the
building of the proposed Georgia-Flor
lda canal.
DeKalb ceunty and Decatur and
Avondale Estates joined Atlanta in
its petition for ten million dollars
for modernization of the sewer system
of metropolitan Atlanta within the
next two days: 1
Work of replacing some bridges and
widening others on the coastal high
way between the Ogeechee river and
Darien, will begin in a few days ac
cording to coastal highway officials
from Savannah.
The Valdosta chamber of commerce
has asked Senator Walter F- George
to assist in securing sufficient money
from the relief finance corporation to
complete the Grassy Lake fish hatch
ery near that place.
An effort will be made by members
of the Sparta Lions Club and other
interested citizens to get the state
highway department to authorize
grading and paving of the remainder
of the route from Macon to Augusta
through Sparta.
Work of eliminating narrow bridges
and widening others on the coastal
highway between Ogeechee river and
Darien will begin within ten days,
Harvey Granger, of Savannah, chair
man of the coastal highway commis
sion, said the other day.
Georgia will not be abl« to Use the
$3,100,000 allotted this state tinder the
federal emergency relief act for road
construction unless the federal au
thorities agree to pay road contrac
tors direct, Chairman J. W. Barnett,
of the state highway board, said re
cently. w
Instances of married bliss may still
be found. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Revels,
residents of Ben Hill county for the
past thirty years, still hold hands
when walking on the streets of Fitz
gerald, though married for fifty-five
years, the wedding haring taken place
in 1867.
The Atlantic Coast highway express,
that has for some time operated a
line of automobile trucks between
Thomasvllle and Jacksonville, Fla.,'
via Waycrose, has suspendsd Its
schedule. It was not learned whether
the suspension Is permanent or only
temporary. i
Unless the borrowing power of the
state is used to the limit, or additional
revenue not now In sight comes into
the state treasury before another ses
sion of the legislature, three-fourths
of the rural schools of Georgia will
not be able to operate a full term dur
ing 1932-33, it was officially learned.
Dispatches from Washington recite
that Greene County Railroad has been
authorized by the interstate commerce
commission to borrow $17,166 from
the reconstruction corporation. The
money will be used to pay vouchers
and to buy a locomotive for its 19- j
mile line in Greene county, of which
Greensboro is the county seat.
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A statement just issued by the Cit- j
lzens Building and Loan association j
at Thomasvllle shows assets of more
than secured $257,000, by approved with loans real estate of $187,000, |
on not
more than two-thirds of its assessed '
valuation. Judge RoscOe Luke, of the
Georgia court of appeals, is president,
and Judge James W. Swing, of Whee
ling, W. Va., is vice-president. •?
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