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GIBSON
Published to Furnish the People ot Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper dud as a Medium for the Advancement of th e Public Good of the County.
VOL. XXXVIII. No. 44.
Sketch of The New
Providence Church
For County History
(From Warrenton Clipper)
(By Mrs. W. F. Wflholt, County
Historian.)
(Continued from last week)
R. R. MIcGinty and J. V. Hall
represented the church at
Association in 1878.
James W. Beck, a deacon,
June 20th, 1879. A committee
to draw up resolutions was com
posed of Jesse A. Woodall, John
W. Ellington, Riehard R. McGin
ty, Samuel A. Gheesling, Jesse
M. Elliott and John V. Hall. The
resolutions were spread on the
minutes of the church.
In December, 1879, J. W. El
lington, who had served the
church as pastor since 1876, re
signed and the church called
Rev. T. B. West, who took charge
in January, 1S10.
At the conference held Janua
ry 31st, 1880, “brother R. R. Mc
Ginity, as trustee, reports that
Mr. P. M. Hill has trespassed on
the church lot by building a
house thereon without the con
sent of the church.” The trus
tees were instructed to request
Mr. Hill to move the house. At
this same conference C. C. Hall
was elected chorister and J. A.
Woodall his assistant.
At the conference of March
6th, a motion was made by
brother McCord “that the trus
tees have the church grounds
surveyed and he and J. M. Elli
ott, E. McCord and V. A. Ghees
ling look after the matter.”
In September, 1880, John V.
Hall tendered his resignation as
clerk of the church and Jesse A.
Woodall was elected to
him. This is the second
Mr. Woodall has been clerk of
New Providence church. C.
Hall was elected as
clerk.
R. R. McGinty and S. A.
Gheesling were del*gat|s to the
Association in 1880,
at Williams Creek church
Warren county.
J. R. R. Cason was elected
chorister in March, 1881.
On April 2nd, 1881, R. R.
Ginty was elected Sunday School
Superintendent, B. A. Bray
sistant Superintendent and
liam Harris, Secretary. Since
the minutes say, “On motion
officers of the Sabbath School
were elected,” it would cause
to believe that the first Sunday
School of the church was being
organized, for no such
had been mentioned before.
On April 10th, 1881, the pastor,;
T. B. West, was given a leave
absence on account of his health!
ond J. A. Shank was elected as a
supply to serve in the absence
0f We
ling" “FFh McC T V A Ch 'were
and C. McGinty
elected trustees of the church to
fill the vacancies caused by
death,” in October, 1881.
In February, 1882, “On mo
tion of R. R. McGinty, the names
of all the members of this church
both male and female, shall be
called at each quarterly confer
ence.
T. B. West and R. R. McGinty
represented the church at the
Georgia Assocnation in 1882-83
and 84.
In the minutes of the confer
ence held April 28th, 1883, is
read: “On motion it was agreed
to meet on the first Sabbath in
May to organize a Sunday
School.” Two years before, in
1881, officers for a Sunday
School were elected. Doubtless
the completion of the organiza
tion did not follow the election
and the present organization is
their first one.
One of the members had of
fended the church but “after a
voluntary statement of his
proper conduct as a
having indulged too freely in ar
dent and intoxicating
w<as excused by a rising vote.”
How delicately expressed!
June 30th, “Brother Ghees
ling was excused from member
ship of this church on the charge
of non attendance.” Roll call,
a citing td appear at the next
conference, failure to attend and
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U is to ^ th e^ members
pass 01,1 l)y <ical l ‘ Ever N few
Pages of the minutes announce
death of some beloved mem-.
ber.
October 6th, 1883, ‘After a
P° rl from the committee ap
pointed lio write to sister
* on, who had connected herself
with the Methodist, the commit
tee reported as having seen her
and she stated thiait she had uni
ted with the Methodist church
and expressed herself as
remain with them. I he
church, upon motion,
membership from tier.”
Shingles at two dollars and
fifty cents a thousand
bought in 1884 to cover the
church.
October, 1884, “Resolved
we contribute to the endowment
fund of Mercer University two
hundred dollars,” to be paid in
three annual payments.
Elected, by ballot, to
Georgia Association in
B. West and J. A. Woodall,
October, 1885, “On motion
brother J. V. Hall that
3 letter of dismission is granted
by this church to any
and on failure of the church
ing notified of the disposition
such letter, in six months, the
same to be investigated.
In July, 1885, “On motion the
clerk was instructed to write to
brother J. H. Duckworth to
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certain what disposition had
been made of his church letter,
as the time had expired for
which letter was granted
this church had failed to hear
of its disposal.”
In September conference “the
of brother Duckworth
made satisfactory, having put
in thp Grove town church.”
T. B. West and R. R. McGinty
were messengers to the Associa
tion in 1886.
Saturday, March 5th, 1887, Dr.
II. Hatcher, of Atlanta, preached
after which the church “sat in
pastor presiding as
moderator.
On motion the clerk was in
to write to the American
“Baptist Publication Society”
if they could furnish
hymn book “Baptist Psalm
at what price.
On motion brother McGinty
was instructed to purchase a
dozen lights and sufficient
for table service during com
The roll was called and names
of absentees recorded in the
At the next conference in April
“nine dollars were raised to
one dozen copies of 32 mo.
sheep” hymn books.
At this conference C. S.
Ginty was elected superintendent
of the Sunday School, James Hill
and R. R. McGinty Bi
hie class leader. C. S.
being present he refused to ac
the superintendent’s place
and, on motion, the matter was
postponed to the next confer
ence.
April 3TMh, R. R. McGinty re
ported “the purchase of table
for table during comtnun
ion service and one dozen win
lights and three pounds of
putty, the whole costing two
and eighty cents.”
C. S. McGinty stated “that he
had accepted the
place still retaining a
Methodist brother tas teacher,
which was objected to by some
of the members of the church
at the last conference A mo
lion was made hy brother C. S.
McGinty to put the matter to the
church hy a rising vote to see
or not the church
would sustain the present or
ganization of the Sabbath
School with the Methodist as
teacher therein. After
( ring the matter some length of
a vote w)as taken which re
suited in sustaining the mo
The preceding decision came
under article four in the rnin
utes and it must have been con
sidered a weighty matter that
finally result in trouble,
in article five “on motion of
brother E. R. Wilson the vole
{he question was ordered to
be recorded. Those voting in
the affirmative were R. R. Mc
Ginty, W. B. Hensley, R. A. Hat
tawfay, C. S. McGinly, J. W. Tay
lor, J. S. Elliott, O. A. Young,
Win, Harris, W. H. Hall, Wm.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER
Taylor, James Hill, Win. Phil
lips, S. H. McCord, G. W. Harri
son, W. A. Dyer and J. H. Duck
worth.
Negative: John V Hall ’ I A
Woodall, V. A. Gheesling E R
Wilson and Wm. E. Hawes
Brotheis not'votin'* S A. Gheesling ” and
jc Carey
j u ] y 2 the'church n{ ] t L'j t w ( j ec j_
ded j )V to enter into
the W|irrert County Sunday
j <; c } 100 | Convention (Associa
tion) at its organization
^ jj West and J. A Woodall
werc elected by ballot to repre
sent lhe chlirch at the general
deling which was to be held
Providence, and R. R
oirity, O. A Young and James
uni were appointed ia commit*
[ ee on hospitality
August 6th, 1887, on motion
n f brother C. S. McGinty a corn
, n jt( ee was appointed by the
moderator to solicit contribu
ilion.s for the purchasing of an
organ for the benefit of the Sab
bath School at Ibis place. The
committee consisted of C. S. Mc
Ginty, Wm. Harris and sister
Susan Hattaway.
I he ballot was again used to
select the messengers to
Georgia Association in 1877 and
C. S. McGinty and J. A. Wood
all were chosen.
December 3rd, 1877, “Granted
brother R. A. Hattaway and
family the privilege of attend
ing church as i ; t may he con
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A LTHODGH Roderick McKesson
** was guardian for bis niece, Alice
Randolph, and for Gerald, the son ot
his deceased friend, Simon Cutlibert,
he had no Idea of allowing his two
wards to marry. He regarded Ger
ald as too lacking in business ability
to ever really get on In the world.
He was too light and airy In his talk
and behavior to suit old Roderick, who
was a ponderous person and liked
solemnity and ponderosity In others.
Roderick’s idea of the proper soft
of a husband for Alice was Gilbert
Anderson. Anderson was a hustler, al
ways In business up to his neck; full
of schemes for making vast amounts of
money. He had not made any yet, but
there had always been a plausible rea
son why the particular scheme he had
been trying to put over had not suc
ceeded. Gilbert had marked Roderick
as his own and deferred to him.
Alice detested Gilbert and told her
uncle she was going to marry Gerald.
Her uncle said emphatically that she
was not and she replied: “You Just
wait and see.” When she had said
“No” to Gerald upon his proposing,
he had replied: ‘‘Say, old girl, you
don’t really mean that—do you?” To
which site had answered: “Why, of
course 1 don’t, you silly. Only we
have got to waft. Uncle Is dead set
against you and Is touting for that
Anderson person. But I'll be twenty
live in sis months and my own mis
tress. Under the terms of father’s
will If I marry before I am twenty
five without uncle’s consent, I forfeit
my money, and I don’t want to do
that. In six mouths yon come and ask
me again."
This set Gerald to thinking. Six
months was a long time to wait; but
Alice was a level-headed girl and quite
right to want to avoid sacrificing her
fortune. When Gerald had turned
twenty-one Roderick had called him
Into his office and shown him a lot of
figures, of which he comprehended
»nly enough to know that they repre
sented a considerable fortune, and he
had Insisted that the old man go on
managing his affairs.
The next day Gerald went to call
upon Roderick McKesson. “Oh, ijake you?”
said Roderick, “wbat Is It? It
short, I am busy.”
As a rule 'Gerald was a trifle loud
In hl« dress; today he was attired so
berly. His manner was generally a
trifle frivolous; today he had an air
of seriousness and suppressed energy.
You would have spotted him any
where for a business man accustomed
to deal with Important questions. It
was not for nothing that Gerald bad
been a star In amateur theatricals.
“Sir,” said he gravely, “1 called to
ask If you could not reconsider your
objection to my marriage with your
niece?"
“No,” roared Roderick, “I never re
consider.”
Gerald saw a large envelope lying
on Roderick’s desk in the upper left
hand comer of which was printed in
large type, “The Agawunsk Finishing
Company.” “Have you—er—have you.
If it Is not an impertinent question,
invested anything In that concern?”
And lie pointed to the envelope.
“T have,” snapped Roderick, "what
of it?”
“Well,” replied Gerald, “I have been
taking rather an Interest In business
matters of late; especially new enter
prises, and the Agawunsk company Is
a rather doubtful concern."
“Nonsense.” cried Roderick, “they
have contracts ahead for twenty
years.”
“Yes,” said Gerald, “and they ehow
these contracts to lure investors. :The
fact Is they are losing two cents a
yard on every yard of cloth they
finish.”
“I am too busy to talk further with
you today” said Roderick The old
man got exceedingly busy after Ger
left, calling up credit concerns and
financial men who kept well informed
of all that wag going on. Roderick
himself had been rather “out of It” for
some years, jogging along In old ruts.
He had been lured Into the Agawunsk
scheme by Gilbert Anderson—and he
had invested ten thousand dollar* of
Gerald Cutbbert’g money In the eon
corn.
When the old man had finished his
Investigations he had a grlra look. The
first thing he did was to transfer the
Agawunsk bonds to his own account
and deposit a certified check for tea
thousand to the account of Gerald.
“The young wt-Jppersnapper has busi
ness ability after all,” be grudgingly
thought.
As a matter of fact Gerald was so
intensely Jealous of Gilbert Anderson
that be kept his ears open for any
thing concerning him. Having over
heard two business men mention Gil
bert’s name at the club lu a slighting
manner he had taken one of them aside,
demanding further lnformatloa And
(Continued on page three)