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The Butler Herald
Established in 1876
C. E. BENNS.
Editor and Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO.
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THE WORLD IS FREE!
The greatest day in the his
tory of the human race has
come!
For the first time since- the
dawn of civilization the peoples
of all the great, nations of the
world are free.
By the grace of God and the
perseverance of right, the sword
of might has been broken, the
grim menace of autocracy lias
been banished forever from the
face of the earth and the spirit
of the Prince of Peace has tri
umphed.
Since government by man was
first established the principle of
rule by might—mastery by right
of power—has existed in one
form or another until today!
Now, praise God, it is dead!
In this day, after thousands of
years of human struggle toward
the light, “Jehovah has triumph
ed; His people are free!”
And the supreme victory over
which the world now rejoices
may be said to represent the
combined fruits of all the
world’s battles for righteousness
and freedom.
As for our own contribution to
the glory of this great day, it is
a thing of which our posterity
may well forever be proud; and
the names of all of the gallant
sons of America, the living as
well as the sacred dead, who
have so brilliantly and gallantly
kept, their covenant on the bat-
tJenelds of France, of Belgium
of Italy, of Russia, will forever
five in memory of their valorous
contribution to this, the most
far-reaching achievement of civ
ilization.
Now we are at peace—a vic
torious, a triumphant peace—a
peace that'- has freed the world!
The price has been heavy—
the toll great; but with all its
horrors, its bitterness is more
than compensated by the sweet-
.ness of peace and the meaning
of Shis peace to humanity.
And untold blessings are in
store for the world to recom
pense the sacrifices levied in the
battle of human sentiment and
human sympathy against Brute
Force.
And who knows but that, this
great war—the greatest war of
all times!—has been the Arm
ageddon foretold in Holy Writ,
and that out of it humanity may
be merging upon . tine predicted
millennium of happiness, good
will and brotherly love—Atlanta
Constitution.
Some of our young men, who
are on the draft list, are quite
uneasy for fear they will not
have the opportunity of a trip
across the pond since the war
has been ended.
Good News to the Boys Going
Over.
“United States keeps a three-
months’ supply of army food in
j France in bridal wreaths.”—Ma-
' con Telegraph.
j Henry P. Davison, Chairman
| of A. R. C., announces that in
i the week of Dec. 16th to 23rd’
! inclusive, there will be a Christ-
I mas Roll Call of the Whole Am-
; erican people for membership in
j the A. R. C.
1 German ninth war loan is re-
j? ported to have been practically
» a failure.
California farmers are arrang
ing to market produce in train
lots.'
POINTS ABOUT PEACE
As a rule formal ratification
of a peace treaty is expected and
necessary to make it valid.
Peace treaties are usually
written by hand throughout,
sealed with many seals and
bound with green silk ribbon.
Peace treaties bind the signa
tory powers either when they
are signed or when they are rat
ified. They bind individuals
when they receive news that
such treaties have been made.
The rulers of the signatory
powers don’t affix their signa
tures or seals to peace treaties
entered into by them. This im
portant formality is carried out
by special accredited peace com
missioners.
Atlanta News Letter
Atlanta, Nov. 12—Following
the meeting of the Cotton
States official Advisory Mark
eting Board, just held in Atlanta
and attended by governors of
cotton states, commissionei's of
Agriculture, market bureau di
rectors and Farmer’s Union pres
idents, Commissioner j. J.
Brown, who is president of the
board feels that he must put it
squarely before the farmers of
Georgia and the south, that
their salvation in the matter of
cotton prices is in their own
hands, if they will only put them
selves in accord with the board’s
action.
At this meeting, which was
Each nation entering into
peace agreement is bound by all
of the terms agreed upon by its
peace commissioners, provided
it cannot be shown that such
commissioners did not expressly
violate the instructions given
them.
The effect of a peace treaty is
to put an end not only to a wav
but also to all complaints relat
ing to the subject for which war
was undertaken. A new war
can be undertaken for similai
causes of complaint, but not for
the same. The peace is an ob
livion or amnesty of all past dif
ficulties.
Latin originally was the lan
guage in which all peace treaties
involving Christian powers were
written. Later French was gen
erally adopted as the language
for such agreements but now a-
days it is customary for copies
of the treaties to be prepared in
the language of each of the sig
natory powei's.
Each signatory power is given
an original copy of the peace
treaty. In addition, it is custo
mary to make and sign several
certified copies of the treaty for
convenience. The original copies
are kept securely locked up in
the archives of the different
countries, while the certified
copies are used for printing from
and for reference.
It is customary for each copy
of a peace treaty to begin with
the words, “In the Name of the
Most Holy and Undivided Trini
ty.” It is also customary, how
ever, to make exception in the
case of Turkey and other Mo
hammedan countries, the copies
of their treaties being altered
to read: “In the Name of Allah
the Almighty God.”
Peace treaties are not written
straight across the page, or
pages, like ordinary documents.
Tiiey are written in parallel col
umns, each column being in the
language of one of the signatory
powers. The text of each of
these columns is an exact tran
slation of the text of all the
other columns, and the utmost
care is taken in the selection of
words that will convey identical
shades ofmeaning.
HOLD YOUR LIBERTY
BONDS
Every purchaser of a Liberty
Bond, or at least every purchaser
of a Liberty Bond who holds his
or her bond, when reading of the
great work that big American
naval guns are doing in France
can reflect that they helped to
provide these guns and put them
into action and are keeping them
at work. ,
These guns were put through
the severest test and showed
much farther ranges and more
accurate fire than had ever be
fore been possible with projec
tiles of such large size. They
do not shoot so far as the long-
range gun with which the Ger
mans bombarded Paris, but they
shoot vastly larger projectiles
and they shoot with accuracy.
They are used not against de
fenseless cities but against Ger
man defenses and German rail
roads and German troops.
Keep v our money invested in
these cannons. Continue to help
win the war by hc’dmg your
Liberty Bonds.
one of the most enthusiastic and
largly attended the board has
ever held, resolutions were adopt
ed unanimously declaring that
ihe recent break in cotton was
wholly unjustified, and strongly
urging farmers, bankers and
merchants throughout the cot
ton belt to organize firmly for
the purpose of holding all cotton,
until it reaches a price which
will cover the cost of production
plus a reasonable profit.
Particularly were producers of
cotton urged not to sell a single
pound of cotton, until it reaches
35 cents or more, because it has
been found that the average
cost of making this year’s crop
throughout the cotton belt was
in excess of 35 cents.
Responsibility for the drop in
the cotton market was put upon
the war industries board; and in
a separate resolution it was de
manded that the war industries
board be dissolved immediately
upon the declaration of an arm
istice in Europe.
President Brown, who presid
ed, cordially favored the resolu
tions adopted, speaking in their
behalf; ana stated at the conclu
sion of the meeting his firm be
lief that its action would result
in a holding movement through
out the South, thati will soon
bring to the producer a just and
fail' price for the staple.
Atlanta, Ga.—Official circles
are much stirred up and a great
man}’ people are amused over
one of the constitutional amend
ments supposed to have been
passed at the last general elect
ion but which later develop
ment show to have amounted
practically to a farce because of
an unnoted error in the original
bill which was copied on the bal
lots. The amendment was in
tended to provide for an increase
in clerical expense ior the gov
ernor, and, in the list of 15 a-
mendment, all were explained to
the voters except the second,
which merely read for or against
the amendment to article 6, sec
tion 1, of the constitution of Ge
orgia. A great many people
voted for the amendment with
out knowing just what it meant
as there was no explanation to
guide them intelligently; and it
now transpires that article 6
section 1 l'efers to the judidical
powere of the state and defines
their exercise.
As the people voted on one
section of the constitution when
another was intended, it is de
clared by many that they have
not amended the proposed sect
ion at all, and that it will be nec
essary for the legislature to pass
the amendment again at its
next session and then have it
ratified in the general election
two years following before it
may become a law. By that time
Governor Dorsey’s term will
have expired without his having
received the increase in clerical
expenses from $6000 to $10,000
as he requested.
Atlanta, Ga.,—The corner-/
stone of the new Masonic hos
pital building will be laid by the
Grand Lodge of Masons of Geor
gia at uie meeting of Hermes
Lodge of Perfection in Atlanta
December 3, 4 ana 5; and elab
orate preparations are being
made for the gathering of Ma
sons on those dates. High rep
resentatives of the Masonic or
der in tne southern jurisdiction
will be present, and various
members of the supreme council
will also attend.
A large number of visitors will
include members of the Mason’s
Anuity, a benefit order of Ma
sons only which occupies its own
building at Edgewood Avenue
and Ivy street near the heart of
the city. The officers are Char
les O. Nunnally, president;
Robert E. Edwards, secretary;
and Edward P. Bums, superin-
Baptists Getting Out of Debt,
While America is going in
debt to whip the rvaiser, the
Baptists of Georgia are getting
out of debt to whip the devil.
They are a very progressive peo
ple. They are now in the clos
ing days of a campaign to raise
one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in about six weeks. This
amount is needed to put every
one of their institutions out of
debt. Tvv o years ago, before vhe
calls for Liberty Loans and Y.
M. C. A. drives became so fre
quent they started out to raise
a half million dollars, to be used
in wiping out a number of
debts of long standing, chiefly
debts against Mercer University,
Bessie Tift College and the Or
phans’ Home.
It was a heroic undertaking
when you stop to consider that
they had to raise not less than
a million dollars to carry on
their regular work. They have
can'ied on their work, given lib
erally to the War Funds and now
have about three hundred and
liny thousand dollars to apply
on the debt. From the days of
the Revolution down to the pres
ent time the Baptists have been
numbered among the patriotic
people of America. They have
always stood nobly *by any work
that was calculated to uplift the
country. They will see the im
portance of ridding their colleges
of debt and of putting their
Orphans’ Home in a position to
care, in the best manner, for
their dependent children.
At firs 1 ; glance it looks like a
big task, but when you put it up
against me total number of Bap
tists it becomes very simple. It
means that if each Baptist
should now give fifty cents the
debt would be rone. Everyone
will be asked to give, and num
bers will be asked for big gifts.
Many have given large sums to
this fund, but hundreds have r ot
contributed and they will be g'ad
to do so when the matter is pvop-
erl.v presented to them.
The Baptists are to be com
mended for what they are doing
to improve their educational in
stitutions. It is genuine patriot
ism to help the young people to
make the most of their lives.
That is just what this movement
means. The other denomina
tions will watch their efforts
with interest and will be ready
to applaud when they have suc
ceeded. Succeed they must, be
cause their failure would mean
the loss of three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars already
secured, but the understanding
is that it will be refunded if the
whole debt is not raised. They
are not the people to fail in such
an undertaking if they are like
those who live in this part of the
country, and Baptists are v.on-
derfuly alike wherever they may-
live and work.
Baptists Woman’s Missionary
Union Convention.
The W\ B. M. U. Convention
which was to have met in Cedar-
town, Ga., Nov. 5—6—7, will be
held in the First Baptist Church
of Atlanta, on Nov. 19—20.
Opening session will be at 3:00
o’clock on the afternoon of the
19th. Although the Baptist wo
men of Atlanta asked for the
privilege of entertaining the del
egates, it was the decision of the
Executive Board that on account
of the shortness of time for pre
paration, n will be best for all
delegates to come at their own
expense.
MARION CO. FAIR
CHANGED TO 28th.
The date of the Marion county
Fair has been changed from Nov
14th to Thursday, Nov. 28th. It
was thought best to put it off lor
two weeks or until Nov. 28th on
account of the danger of spread
ing influenza.
This one day fair will be free
to evervhody and promises to lie
one of the most interesting gath
erings we have had in years.—
Marion County Patriot.
tendent of the organization de
partment. This organization is
the oldest of its kind in America.
A feature of the meeting will
be the presence of Major General
James D. McLachlan of the Brit
ish Army.
HOKBB
FOR SALE
5-Room Residence
On main street in town, practically new.
painted, real nice veranda. No better
location. Owner leaving town and will
sell right. See me at once for close price.
H. J. Peagler
BUTLER, - - - GEORGIA
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
FORTH!
BOTS
OVER
(( / T'HEIR work has in no small degree sup-
ported the morale of our armies, and
thus have gloriously associated themselves
in the common work that shall bring about
our victory. I desire to join my most sin
cere wishes for the unqualified success of
the financial campaign, which you are newly
commencing with the view to the develop
ment and support of your work. r.
G. Clemenceau,
Premier of France
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Cashier
F. A. PEED,
Assistant Cashier
Central Warehouse
BUTLER, - - - - GEORGIA
We guarantee correct weights and propt attention to
all business entrusted to us, also best prices for your cot
ton when sold.
Will appreciate your patronage and when we can
serve you call on on us. Thanking you for your past
favors, we are, yours very truly,
CENTRAL WAREHOUSE,
O. S. COX, Manager