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GIBSON RECORD Published to Furnish the People ot Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the Advancement of th e Public Good of the County. VOL. XXXVIIL No. 42. Sketch of The New Providence Church For County History (From Warrenton Clipper) (By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County Historian.) (Continued from last week) A presbytery composed of Radford Gunn and John Q. West officiated in an ordination ser vice making Thomas Avery and Henry Hite deacons of New Providence church in July, 1841. Henry Hite, the new deacon, and T. J. Beck were sent as mes sengers to the Association in October of 1841. That same year the church “weiit into the choice of a sing ing clerk and assistant when the brethren T. Cooper and T. J. Beck were chosen.” Evans McCrary had been clerk of the church since its founding in 1835 and still was clerk after the time the “singing clerk" was appointed so his duties did not only be in the direction of the church minutes, but it is highly probable that he taught sight singing using a tuning fork to get the pitch. January, 1842, “a day of pray er and fasting” in conformity to the recommendation of the Georgia Association for the fur therence of Sabbath Schools and other objects was observed, and at this same conference T. J. Beck and Thomas Avery were elected delegates to a Sunday School convention. T. J. Beck was licensed to preach by New Providence church in June, 1842. He and Henry Hite represented the church at the Georgia Associa tion that year. They were also to be delegates to the Sunday School convention “the day be fore the Association, at the same place.” A Bible class was organized in 1843. Thirteen months after T. J. Beck was licensed to preach he was ordained a minister of the gospel by a presbytery of the following preachers: B. M. San ders, C. D. Daniel, Calloway, West, Collins, Harley, Barthol omew, Irwin and Gunn. The service was held on July 15th » 1843. He and Henry Height were messengers to the Associa tion in 1843. Henry Height is the same man who until this time has had his name spelled H-i-t-e. Radford Gunn resigned his office of pastor of New Provi dence church in 1843 having held the office since the organi zation of the church in 1835. The church took great pride in calling to the pastor Rev. T. J. Beck, who had been licensed and ordained to preach by New Providence. He accepted the call and began his duties at once. Evans McCrary, who had been clerk of the church since its or ganization, was succeeded at this time by John M. Sanford. It was resolved at the confer ence held May 17th, 1845, “that the treasurer shall pay out to each ‘ traveling minister who may favor us by preaching to us one dollar and fifty cents.” T. J. Beck and Henry Hight again represented the church at the Georgia Association in 1845. “Seven dollars and fifty cents were sent to the Association this year for Indian Missions land one fifty to aid in publish ing the minutes.” This last fund had been sent annually since the church was organized. Beginning in October, 1845, a prayer meeting was held at the church monthly, and “in connec tion with that to hold a colored conference.” This was to be held on each fourth Sabbath. “The church agrees to liber ate the brethren James J. Davis and Thomas Cooper to exercise in a publick way anywhere in the bounds of the church.” This is construed to mean that these two men are given the of exhorting -and preaching, ing out their abilities before the church will license them to P reach - John M. Sanford, clerk, has 6 The Things that What Is the Qeorgia Power Company Really Worth to Qeorgia? 1. The Georgia Rower C o m p a ny is Georgians largest taxpayer. It paid more than $2,000,000 is taxes for 1931. Moro than $500,000 of this went for tho support of tho school* of Georgia. see 2. The Georgia Rower Canty. J ha* cm annual payroll of moro CZn $6,000,000 . Nearly 4,000 employe* share in it. Every penny of It is paid to Georgians. Practically avsry psany of it ia apsnt in Georgia. ass 3. Tho Georgia Rower Company is ana of Georgia’s biggest builders. This year it is spsadlag nearly $2,000,000 on naw. construction proj ects. In ordinary ypart, it spanda sev eral times $2^)00,000 ■ow oon struct!on alone. * * * 4. The Georgia Pats Company is one at the largest customers of Geor gia merchants anti dealers. Its pur chases of teriai* and supplies in Georgia this year will exceed $3,000, 000, ia spite of tho present necessity for economy which this Company must practice like everyone else, ess The Georgia Rower Company has more them 8,800 preferred stock holders in Georgia. These Georgians have invested more than $20,000,000 of their personal funds ia the Com pany. • • • It is literally true that every man, woman and child in Georgia benefits financially from th* existence of tho Georgia Power Company — cither from its tax payments, or its payrolls, or th* monay its employes spend, or its other business expenditures, or it* contributions to charitable, civic, edu cational and other public funds, or it* payment of dividend*. LOW! might Tlii 1. They Company’s select. are materially electric LOWER rates ere than low the by national any ri »; standard r average. of comparison yon 2. They have been eharply REDUCED under what they used te be. In the past four years, our customers have been saved several million dollars in tbe cost of their electric service by reason of rate reductions. 3. bacco They are LOW from the stand paint of the cost to the public. Tbe average man spends mere for to than be spends for electricity for bis whole family. 4. They are LOW from the standpoint of the return they yield to the Company — less than t-|l the a m ount which die courts have held to be a “fair rate of return.” 5. They ora LOW by c o m parison with the prices of other things. Tbe average price per kilowatt boor paid by our residential customers (and this average includes all service charges) is approximately 25 per cent LOWER than it was before the World War. But the prices of other things you buy — food, rent, clothing, house furnishings, fuel, etc. — still average approximately 35 per cent HIGHER than in 1913, according to tbe official government Cost of Living statistics. Georgia POWER mzjj COMPANY A CITIZEN WHEREVER W E SERVE repeatedly imbibed too much spirituous liquors and losing pa tience with repeated verbal ac knowledgements and apologies with promises to refain in future and failing to keep those prom i se s, the church excluded him lrom the fellowship and dis missed him from the clerkship, appointing Thomas Cooper to take his place. This was in April, 1846. However, John M. Sanford was like a lamb shut out from the fold who bleated so piteously that he was re stored to fellowship four months later. His appetite for strong GIBSON. GA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1932. REALLY > Matter "VOU are likely to hear almost anything—rand frequently you X do—about the Georgia Power Company when political storms are raging. Naturally such statements hurt whether they are true or not—hurt us and, we believe, hurt the state, for they give Georgia a reputation as a place when “corporation baiting” is a popular sport. Our business success, our very fife as a business enterprise, depend upon the good will of the public. So, in the interest of our business, we come before you with requests. We ask you, first, to remember that «tw fKargw of “ex tortionate rates” and the like are being r »iyi» in the midst of a heated political campaign. The business of the ca n di d a te is get ting himself elected. We me big — therefore we are a big target, easy to shoot at. Before accepting all that you hear or read, we make the simple request that you inform yourself as to THE TRUTH. We welcome it. We ask you, second, for a cont in ua t ion of the confidence you have shown in us in the past. We ask it solely on the basis of our business record. ♦ * * • The business duty of this Company is to give GOOD SERVICE AT LOW RATES. The quality of our service is GOOD. No one denies it, not even the candidates. And our rates are LOW. No one can say, truthfully, rhat the rates of this Company are not low. Beyond the'performance of its business duty, the Georgia Power Company builds, it creates payrolls, it puts the natural resources Georgia to work, it aids in stimulating business through its purchases and payrolls, it thus aids in making a market for the farmer’s products, if contributes in large measure through its taxes to public e d uc a t ion and other activities for the general welfare. Throughout its history, the Georgia Power Company has contributed, financially and otherwise, to the success of every movement for the development of Georgia. It has brought in millions of dollars of outside capital for permanent investment in the state. It has aided in bringing many large industries to Georgia. The Georgia Power Company is a useful, constructive busi ness, rendering good service at low rates. There is no just com plaint against it. It is entitled to the confidence of its customers and the public on the basis of its record. • President drirxk overcame him again though and the following Jan uary he was excluded from the church. Thomas Cooper was released from his duties as chorister since his duties in “exercising in a publick way” would take him to other fields when the chorister would be needed at New Providence, Alexander Beck was chosen to fill the office of chorister, Aaron Jackson, one of the deacons, died September 3rd, 1846. He was a deacon of the church and also one of its com- missioners, so a presbytery composed of J. Q. West and T. J. Beck set apart Thomas P. Jones as deacon to fill the va cancy. Thomas Cooper was appointed to fill the vacancy on the board of commissioners and as Thom as Avery had removed from the vicinity causing another vacan cy on the board of commission ers, Jordan Kinnebrew was ap pointed. The first minutes of the con ference for colored members were recorded December 28th, 1845, and reads as follows: SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR . . . . . . ference Brother ln, Thos C ° r Cooper, C ° n " moderator. Open a door for the recephon of members. None offered. Sister Fanny, the prop m,l cused 3 L 0f of r theft. « er ^ri? The S ’ case bemg was aC " taken up and she not being pres ent, moved and seconded that a committee be appointed to cite her to attend the next conference to answer to the same, when the following brethren were ap pointed, Sam and Perry.—Joel F. Heath, Clerk.” She was not present at the (Continued on last page) Support Promised Whiteley Everywhere It is a source of gratification to his home people to note the ever growing gains made all over the state by our townsman, Hon. J. W. Whiteley, in his race for Commissioner of Agriculture. Quite a number of his Warren ton supporters were present at an address made by him in Crawfordville Tuesday and re-* port that many assurances were made to them by people of that county of enthusiastic support for Mr. Whiteley. He also addressed the people of Hartwell on Saturday, Hon. J. C. Evans accompanying him on his visit to Hartwell. Reports from that section also are very ijj Si£* Hi |I ; : h‘* I ii '■t ^ i [ L til J. W. Whiteley favorable to Mr. Mr. Whiteley. For several days previous to this week he has been visiting counties in the western part of the state and several newspapers of that section have carried arti cles about his visits. We repro duce below comments from two of these: Mr. J. W. Whiteley, of, War renton, candidate for Commis sioner of Agriculture, addressed a large number of voters at the courthouse here Monday and he certainly did make a good im pression upon his hearers. His advocacy of the Long no cotton plan last year made him many lasting friendships and the farmers will remember his loy alty to their cause by voting for him in the September primary. Mr. Whiteley believes in a square deal for everyone, a fair wage and a full dinner pail. Economy and retrenchment, he said, would not be overlooked in his administration. He was promised the support of hundreds of voters who heard him and his friends will exert themselves to put Haralson safely Haralson in the Whiteley column. —The County Tribune, Buchanan, Ga. Mr. Whiteley spoke, at Buc hanan last Monday in the inter est of his candidacy to a large audience and made a favorable impression. He spent a part of Monday in Bremen and met a number of voters.—The Bremen Gateway, Bremen, Ga. The above newspaper also car ried in its columns the following comment by Editor Shackleford, of the Oglethorpe Echo: We had our first call Satur day fom a candidate for a state house office. He was none other than a former editor conferee and friend of years gone by, M|r. J. W. Whiteley, of Warrenton, who is * candidate for Commis sioner of Agriculture. No other man in the state is better fitted for nor more worthy of that of _ (lce than is Mr Whit eley. Be i sides havin 8 gone through the educational grind of editing a pa p er f or many years * in the past ;he is one of the most successful business men and farmers of this section of the state. He knows the needs of agriculture in the state and is one who will see that they are fostered without fear or favor.—Oglethorpe Echo, Lexington, Ga. —From Warrenton Clipper.