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VOL. XXXVIIL No. 39.
This Week
b Arthur Brisbane
A New Monroe Doctrine
All in the Mind
Just Down the Street
Honor the Swiss
Paraguay and Bolivia may. after
all, not enjoy their “real war." Young
gentlemen of Paraguay and Bolivia
are “rushing to the colors,” eager to
fight somebody. Id Paraguay, young
women, “including debutantes and so
ciety ladles,” Insist on Joining the
army. They won’t knit or do home
work, but Insist on fighting In the
front line trenches, and If there are
no trenches they will dig some. But
the South American ladles and gen
tlemen may miss the “pleasure” of
finding out what a real war Is like.
The United States has Joined with
South American countries in declar
ing that It will not "recognize terri
torial gains made by armed force.”
(This means a sort of Monroe doc
trine among countries in South Amer
ica. It would hardly be worth while
to fight for land If you couldn’t enjoy
it after you got It.)
Everything Is comparative, When
they broke Ruvalllac on the wheel,
because he had murdered Henry the
Fourth, be laughed after one of his
legs had been broken a few times, and
explained to the executioner that he
laughed because he did not feel the
blow, after the first few fractures.
In the depths or hell, Lucifer tells
his followers that they can make
themselves comfortable In their new
abode by working and thinking, and,
In Milton's fine verse, that everything
Is In the mind, which can make a
hell of heaven, or a heaven of hell.
Mr. Knudsen of Detroit, automobile
manufacturer, and AyleswortU, boss of
National Broadcasting, eating tete de
veau a la vinaigrette at New York's
R(tz Carlton hotel, decided that better
timea are coming back, not around
the corner, butmarchlng up the street.
* ItT's.a /act that the news ts more
hopeful than It hamOeen to two years
past.
The Swiss at home, and In their
churches all over the world, recently
celebrated the six hundred and forty
first anniversary of the foundation of
tbe Swiss confederation.
It was an old republic, and a suc
cessful one It went through the big
war without fighting, borrowing or
lending, with not a soldier trespassing
on Swiss soil.
Switzerland Is respected, because
she always keeps ready. Every Swiss
knows how to use a gun, and must
prove every year, until he reaches
middle age, that he still knows how
to use It, and has It In good order,
with ammunition.
Many believe tbut when work starts
throughout the country, with old-time
energy, there will be, for a time,
lower wages, in all directions low
enough to tempt Investment by em
ployers, with reasonably certain profits
on the investment. Even In Russia,
labor cannot hire itself. That would
require real cooperation, and the
world Is several centuries removed
from anything of that kind. Selfish
ness will long remain the world’s chief
mainspring.
Already the change is seen. Farm
ers can hire good workers for $20 to
$25 a month and board. In Wiscon
sin unskilled labor Is abundant at 20
cents an hour.
Lower wages necessarily mean slow
er recovery of old-fashioned prosper
ity. It is not the bosses’ profits but
the spending of workers’ earnings that
create good times.
President Hoover is preparing plans
for promotion of the five day working
week—the “flexible week." it Is called.
It is believed that the five-da? plan
wouid provide jobs for 3.000,000 men
now ‘ e ‘
At the beginning, of course, the five
day man would get a five-day salary.
But once the five-day week Is estab
lished It win be a week as well paid
as the six-day week used to be, Just
as the eight-hour day is as well and
better paid In goad times now than the
Old ten-hour day.
In Spain. Manuel Azana, prime min
ister and minister of war, talks re
freshing common sense. He expects to
spend fifteen million dollar a year on
the national air force, a good deal of
money for Spain, and says: "We are
against war as aD international Instru
ment, but we must be prepared to de
fend ourselves.”
i.
Many farm products have recently
Increased In price—corn 2 cents a
bushel, oats 8 cents, barley 4 cents,
wheat 5. rye 7. hay $1.50 a ton, pota
toes 5 cents a bushel, sweet potatoes
(Continued on last page)
GIBSON RECORD
a Weekly Newspaper knd as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County.
Hi–ory of Williams
Creek Church By
County Historian
(From Warrenton Clipper)
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilholt, County
Historian.)
(Continued from last week)
In February, 1864, R. E. Mc
Ginty resigned the pastorate and
Rev. Buchannon wais called and
began his duties in July of the
same year.
It was in September, 1863, that
full fellowship was granted Co
lumbus Jones by letter and rec
ommendation front » committee
in the 48th. Georgia Regiment,
stationed in Virginia, and in May
1864, William Hendricks waS re
ceived in full fellowship by a
certificate of recommendation
from J. O. A. Cook. chaplain in
the Confederate army. The cer
tificate was dated April 13th,
1864, and came from Virginia.
It was proposed in June of this
same year to move Williams
Creek church out on the Augus
ta road near the eight mile post
and consolidating Williams
Creek, Elim and Salem churches.
R. E. Maginty and Benjamin Hu
bert were made a committee to
ascertain if the members of the
three churches favored the con
solidation, but the proposition
was objected to by some of the
members and was finally given
up.
The fact that the War Between
the States was going on did not
seem to seriously handicap the
work iat Williams Creek for R.
E. Maginty and Benjamin Hu
fieri were sent in 1864 lo repre
sent the church at the Georgia
Association,
T. J. Beck succeeded to the
pastorate of Williams . Creek
chprclj whyi Rev. Buchannon
’gave up the work in 1864.
The minutes of August, 1865,
record, “Our beloved and la
mented brother, Joseph B. Tuck
er, wsi killed by a sharp shooter
near Marietta Georgia, July 2,
1864.”
Benjamin Hubert and Holden
were delegates to the Georgia
Association held at Rairdstown
in 1865.
On the resignation in 1866
T. J. Beck as pastor of Williams 1
Creek, Joseph A. Carter was
again called and began his duties
in June of the same year.
Benjamin Hubert and William
Hendricks were delegates to the
Georgia Association in 1866 at
Sardis, in Wilkes county, and A.
C. Chapman and William Hen
dricks were delegates to the As
sociation which met at Salem,
Lincoln county, in 1867.
The first negro referred to as
having a surname was “Tom
Davison.” They have hereto
fore been referred to as the
property of some white person.
The Georgia Association met
at Raytown, Taliiaferro county,
in 1868, and Henry Hendricks
and R. N. Gunn were delegates
from Williams Creek and were
again, appointed in 1869.
William Hendricks and A.
Chapman represented the church
in 1870, and the Association met
at Beulah, Lincoln county.
Joseph A. Carter gave up the
pastorate of the church in 1871,
an d R. E. Nfaginty was called,
j, u t “Brother Maginty is not
jj]j n g t 0 acce pt our call perma
nen ,„ yi , )ut agrees tQ serve us
some months if his health will
admit.”
R. E. Maginty and A. Chap
man represented the church at
the Association, which met at
Greenwood, Lincoln county, in
1871.
In June, 1872, some one en
tered the church, broke open the
library “and has stolen our old
church Bible.” Thirteen dollars
was raised by subscription to
i buy a new one and Brother Ma
ginty was appointed to purchase
the Bible and A. Chapman was
authorized to buy a “new and
substantial book case.” A month
later “Brother Maginty presents
an excellent Bible at a cost of
four dollars which is received
as satisfactory, with our thanks
for the same. Brother Chapman
also presents an excellent Ifbrary
at a cost of five dollars which is
GIBSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1932.
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A. Chapman and William Hen
dricks were messengers to the
Georgia Association in 1872.
On November 4th, 1872, the
pastor, Rev. R. E. Maginty
passed to his reward.
Rev. T. J. PilcHfer accepted” a
call to the church and-began his
pastoral labors in 1873.
Two new deacons were se
lected in the persons of Byron
Bray and J. T. Holden and the
ordination took place on July
11th, 1873, Rev. Wj H. Norton
and Rev. T. J. Pilcher having
charge of the service and the
two new deacons represented the
church at the Georgia Associa
that year.
The church agreed in May,
1874, to permit the church l.uild
in 8 to be used iais a school,
In 1874 A. Chapman and By
ron Bray were delegates to the
Georgia Association and it was
decided this year to divide the
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the Association equally between
“domestic and foreign missions.”
In February, 1875, “it Was
unanimously agreed to permit
John Brooke to teach school in
the meeting house.
The next conference held re
cords sshsft a eoliiotioii was fcakan
to aid in rebuilding the church
at Elim which was destroyed by
a cyclone.
The church granted the privi
lege to the vicinity to hold
Good Templars Lodge in the
church in May, 1875.
Abner Chapman and Byron
Bray were messengers to the As
sociation in 1875.
“In consequense of the age and
affliction of Brother Hubert, and
by his request, the church deems
is necessary to appoint an as
sistant clerk.” Benjamin Hu
bert had grown to be an old man
during his thirty-seven years ot
clerkship in the church and
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
Henry Chapman was appointed
to assist him. He lived only five
months longer, and the resolu
tions submitted by a committee
composed of R. C. Rhodes, Ab
ner Chapman and George Mont
gomery revealed the fact that he
was born in 1805. That he had
hcen. n member of Williams
Creek fchurch foV more than
forty-five years. That he- whs
ordained a deacon in 1834 and
appointed clerk in 1839. That
he had served faithfully and
consecutively until he died on
January 17th, 1877.
Adolphus Hill and Byron
Bray were messengers to the
Georgia Association in 1876.
Rev. T. J. Pilcher, Rev. T. J.
Veasey and Rev. Mr. Morgan
composed the presbytery that
ordained George Montgomery
as deacon in April, 1877.
In 1878 T. J. Pilcher resigned
and A. J. Hardwick was called
(Continued on last page)
GEORGIA
NEWS
Happenings Over
the State
The board of county commissioner*
of B<bb county has decided that there
will be no change in the county tax
rate of 18 mills
William M. Humber, Americus, has
been appointed deputy United Stats*
marshal of the Macon division, Mid
dle district of Georgia.
The town of Thunderbolt recently
unveiled two large picture* of for
mer mayors, now dead. The likenesses
will hang In the city hall
The four communities canneries re
cently began work In Whitfield coun
ty. Already 9,000 quarts of beans and
toifiatoes have been canned
The State Textbook Commission an
nounces that owing to temporary lack
of funds, purchase of textbooks for
the schools will be delayed until next
year.
Virgil C. Parker, Waycross contrac
tor, has been awarded the contract for
the construction of the nurses’ home
and school for the new Wars' county
hospital.
Under an agreement reached in Au
gusta a state veterinarian will begin
work in Richmond county la Septem
ber testing all the cattle In the coun
ty for tuberculosis.
The first bale of cotton for the new
season from Worth county was grown
and ginned by Ed Walker, tenant of
J. J. DuPrlest. It weighed 500 pounds
and brought 8 cents.
The organization of a corporation
known as Callaway Mills for consol
idation of eight textile companies was
announced the other day In LaQrange
by Cason J. Callaway, president
Valdosta contemplates asking the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
for money under the new relief bill tor
improvement of the city water works
and extension of'the sewerage system.
.The Savannah Red grosS is to be
gin the distribution of free govern
ment flour at once, a warehouse
has been turned over to the Red Cross
by the owners to be used ss the point
of distribution.
A detailed map showing'a'soil sur
vey of McIntosh county will be re
leased within the next few weeks, ac
cording to Prof. M. W. Lowery, soil
specialist at the Georgia State Col
lege of Agriculture.
Work has been started at the Ma
rietta plant ot the Qeorgla Marble
company sawing marble to. be used
in the new Atlanta postoffice' build
ing, A. V. Corteiyou; In charge of the'
plant, said recently.
An excess of $914.38 In' liabilities
over assets'was reported for the Geor
gia Military College at Miledgeville
in an audit for the year of 1931 sub
mitted to Governor Russell recently
by State Auditor Tom Wisdom.
The city council of Augusta wants
the department of justice to investi
gate an Increase in the price of Ice,
which followed a dealers’ war that
tumbled charges, to determine if the
anti-trust laws have been violated.
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the Brand
Banking Company,, LaVrenceville, an
S per cent dividend was declared,
making a total of $104,000 paid In
dividends since the organization ot
the bank In 1905.
With the federal treasury ruling
that municipalities owning electric
plants may not absorb the United
States 3 per cent tax on electrical
energy, ThomasviUe city council ex
perienced an upset to the plans they
had adopted tor the next 12' months.
President O. W. OreaiiSh, of the As
sociation of Railway Employes, has
announced August 28 as the date ot
a state meeting of the organization
at Savannah and Tybee. On the same
date the annual picnic of the Atlan
tic Coast Line Club of Waycross will
take between 800 and 1,000 railway
employes to SaVannah.
Contracts tor an aggregate ot $32,-
370 for construction of a new school
building and an annex to another
were awarded by the Fulton county
board ot education recently, bringing
the total of the new buildings to be
constructed to date to 16. Two more
contracts are to be awarded In the
near future.
The supply of vegetables from Geor
gia farms for local consumers has
been generally abundant this spring
and summer, according to the eco
nomics and marketing division of the
Georgia State College ot Agriculture at
Athens. Reports to the college‘indi
cate’ that miscellaneous vegetables and
fruits have been given more attention
by the farmers of the country as a
whole than normally.
(Continued on la. t rage)