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Christmas Cigars
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Dodge-Brothers
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an unbiased opinion of this car written
by an automobile engineer not connect
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I he top is the one-man type.
The price of the Car is $850.00
delivered in Thomasville.
Fowler Auto Co. Thomasville, Ga.
In His Annual Message
President Goes Fully Into
Question of Preparedness
TELLS CONGRESS THAT NATION MUST PREPARE FOR ADEQUATE
DEFENSE, AND TO THAT END HE OUTLINES PLAN FOR RAISING
NECESSARY REVENUES—MATTERS OF VITAL IMPORT
ARE TOUCHED UPON IN THE MESSAGE
WHICH WAS READ IN PERSON.
(By A.ssooiaieu Press.)
Washington, I)ee. 7—A doctrine
of Pan-Anieriranism—of full part
nership between the nations of the
Western Hemisphere in world
fairs-was proclaimed by president
Wilson today in his t.iird annual
address to Congress, the theme of
which was preparedness by the
I'nited States to defend not only its
own independence but the rights of
those with whom it lias nude com
mon cause. The message was read
by the President to the Senate and
House assembled in Joint session in
the chamber of the House.
Every recommendation embodied
in the document had to do wit 1
comprehensive plans for strengthen
ing the nationl defense. The pro
gram Including the army and navy
plans already made public by Sec
retaries Garrison and Daniels; leg
islation for government owned mer
chant ships; a rural credit law; the
Philippine and Porto Rico bill*
which failed to final passage at the
last session, conservation legisla
tion: a law giving federal aid to in
dustrial and vocational education;
and the creation of a commission
to inquire into the transportation
problem.
Conspiration Denounced
Natural and native born Ameri
cans who, sympathising with belli
gerents abroad, have plotted and
conspired to violate t’velr own coun
try’s neutrality were scathingly de
nounced by the President, and Con
gress was urged to provide adequate
federal laws to deal with such of
fenders.
Internal taxation wa» proposed
as the means providing the money
necessary to add to the n.Yval and
military establishments. Sources
of taxation suggested were incomes
gasoline, naptha, automobiles and
Internal explosion engines, fabri-
rater iron and steel, and a stamp
tax on bank checks. Extension of
the revenue bill and continuanco cf
the present tariff on sugar were re
commended. and the sale o: bonds
opposed.
Reviewed War Situation
was the longest
ever delivered to
i a state-
sddressed
This message
Mr. Wilson hus
Congress. He began w
inent that since he last
Congress.
•’The European war las extend
ed its threatening and sinister scope
until it has awept into its flame*
some portion of every quarter of
the globe, not excepting our own
hemisphere, has altered the whole
face of International affairs, and
now presents a prospect of reorgan-
ment in this hemisphere or .laying
Its political fortunes for our own
benefit. AH t.ie governments of
America stand, so far as we are
concerned, upon a footing of genuine
equality and unquesth ned inde
pendence.”
A Benefit to Mexico?
We have been put to the test in
the case of Mexico, and *e have
stood the test,” declared the Presi
dent. He added that it remained to
he seen whether Mexico had been
benefited by the course taken by the
Administration, but that "we have
at least proved that we will not take
advantage of her in her distress and
undertake to impose upon her an
order and government of our own
choosing.”
“The moral is.” continued t ie
President. "that the states of
America are not hostile rivals but
co-operating friends, und that their
growing sense of community in
terest. alike in matters political and
in matters economic is likely to give
them a new significance as factors
in international affairs and in the
political history of the world. It
Presents them as in a very deep and
true sense a unit in world affairs,
the spiritual partners, standing to
gether because thinking together,
quick with common sympa
thies and common ideals. Sepa
rated they. aTe subject to all the
cross currents sympathies and com
mon ideals. Seperated they are
subject to all the cross currents of.
the confused politics of a world of
hostile rivalries, united in spirit
and purpose they cannot be disap
pointed of their peaceful destiny.
National Defease Plans Outlined
"I am interested to fix your
tention on this prospect now. be
cause unless you take *♦ within
your view and perlmt the full sig
nificance of it in command >our
htought I can uot find the light In
hich to set forth the "articular
matter that UeB at the vorv front
o? my whole thought s* • address
you today, f mean naiona* de
fense.”
success of such an experiment with
entire confidence.”
Plans For Enlarged Navy
Outlining the. details of the Navy
plan presented by Secretary Daniels,
the .President said that ** it involves
only n shortening of the time with
in which plans long matured shall
he carried out; but it does make
which has heretofore been only im
plicit, held In the minds of the
committees on naval affairs and dis
closed In the debates of the two
houses but nouiieie formulated or
formally adopted. II seems to me
to be very clear that it will be to
the advantage of the country for
efficiency and to press that plan to
the Congress to adopt a compre
hensive plan for . uttlng the Navy
upon a final footing of strength and
completion the next five years/'.
President said that in order
to secure national self-efficiency and
selfsecuritr the country must have
merchant marine.
“For it is a question of indepen
dence.” he asserted. "If other
nations go to war or seek to hamp
er each other’s commerce, our mer
chants. it seem*; are at their mercy
to do with as they please. We must
use their ships, and use them as
they determine. Our independence
is provincial, and it is only on land
and within our own borders. We
are not likely to be permitted to use
even the ships of other nations in
rivalry of their own trade, and are
without means to extend our com
merce even where the doors are
wide open and our goods desired.
Such a situation is not to be en
dured. It Is but capital importance
not only that the United States
should be its own carrier on the sea*
and enjoy the economic fndepen-
danre which only an adequate mer-i
chant marine would give It. but |
also nat the American h«*minhere j
as a whole should enjov a like inde- !
tendance and self-sufficiency, if it J
is not to be drawn into the tangl* j
t- j of European affairs." I
national life; wio have sought to
bring the authority and good name
of our government into contempt, to
destroy our industries whereever
they thought it effective for their
vindicitive purpose, to strike at them
and to debase our politics to the
uses of foreign intrigue.”
■No federal laws exist to meet
this situation, said Mr . Wilson, be
cause such a thing would have seem
ed incredible in the past. ’’Such
creatures of passion, disloyalty and
anarchy.” he added, “must be crush
ed out. They are not many but
they are Infinitely malignment and
tlie band of our power should close
over them at once.”
Co-npernt ion ( ignl
Turning again to military ques
tions. the President said he might
find it advisable to call into syste
matic consultation with the direct
ing officers of the army and navy,
men of recognized ability who are
familiar, for example with the trans
portation facilities of the country
and therefore competent to advise
how they may be co-ordinated
when the need arises, those who can
suggest t.ie best way to bring about
prompt co-operation among manu-
facurers, and those who could as
sist to bring the technical skill of
t .ie country to the aid of the govern
ment in the solution of problems of
defense. He said he might later
aHk Congress for an appropriation
to defray the expenses of such work.
The President tola the members
he might address them again later
on commercial conditions about
which mtr«h legislation lias been’
passed, and which are likely to*
change rapidly after the war wuen
the nations of Europe again take
up their task of commerce and in
dustry. The most that can be done
now, he said t is to make sure the the
tnecfts^iry instrumentalities are at
hand for securing adequate infor
mation.
The Railroad' Problem
Regarding the railroad?, the
President said there had been
reason to fear that they could not
cope much longer with the trans
portation problem, and suggested it
would be wise to provide for a com
mission of inquiry to ascertain
whether the laws as at present
framed and administered were as
serviceable as they might be in the
solution of the problem.
He said that the regulation of the
railroads by federal commission has
had admirable results and that the
question was w iether there was any-
thang^else to be done to better the
conditions under which the rail
roads are operating.
ATLANTA .SCHOOLS BEGIN
XMAS HOLIDAY DEC. !7tb.
Atlanta, Dec. 7—Atlanta’s pubic
schools will adjourn for t.ie Christ
mas holidays this year on December
17 and will resume work January
3. The announcement h3s been
hailed with delight by more than
!.>,000 children ns It means their
acation will be longer than in past
years.
Barriers to Merchant Marine*
Should Be removed
The passion of the
1 tople. the President declared was
for peace; that conquest and domin
ion was not in their reckoning not
agreeable to their principles.
The task of building up an ade
quate merchant marine, Mr. Wilson
said, must be undertaken ultimate
ly by American private capital, but
in the meantime, he declared, every
legal obstacle standing In the way
of the building, purchase and
American registration of ships
! "hould be removed and the govern
ment should undertake to open
routes, especially between the two-
American continents. When the
risk has passed and private capital |
begins to find its way into these j
"But just because we demaud un- . , .. . .
molested development and the un- ne * channels he added, the govern
disturbed government of our own| men ma y w ‘fhdraw,
lives upon our own principles of
right aad liberty,” lie said, "we re
sent. from whatever quarter it may
come, the aggression we ourselves
will uot practice. We insist upon
security In prosecuting our self-
chosen lines of national develop
ment. We do more than that. We
dcninnd it also tor others.”
War. the President declared, was
regarded by the United States mere
ly as a means of asserting the rights
people against aggression, and
ization and reconstruction such "we are ns fiercely Jealous of
.talesmen end poople have never I coercive or dictatorial power with
.ttpmtit he- In owr own nation an front aggres-
been called upon to atterai t j slon from without.” He said the
fore. u * I nation would not maintain a stand
The United States hus remained I irtg army except for uses which are
. . w —i,i heraii.e it had no I as necessary in times of peace a. In
neutral, he said, becaus. “ I „ m „ of war . but tha t the country
interest In the cause and becauso >t |dlrt be)lPVP in a body 0 f free c ltl-
was the duty of the nations of the 1 , en , ready and sufficient to take care
western hemisp.iere to prevent col- of themselves and of the govern-
lectlvc economic ruin
The Me* Iran l*roblem
Organisation Necessary
I "Hut was has never been a mere
The President pointed to the al 'j nlat t Pr n f mpn an ,i arms." he con-
titude of the United State* towards j tinned. "It is a thing of dlclpllncd
Mexico as proving that this country might. Our citizen? are
selfish motive in its Interest effectively
has no
in countries in Central and •South
America. There was a time, he
said, when the United States looked
upon itself as a sort of guardian of
the republic to the south as against
the encroachment of efforts of poll-
tical control from Europe.
•But.” he added. ”tt was always
difficult to maintain suc.i a role
without offense to the pride of the
people whose freedom of action we
sought to protect. and every
thoughtful man of affairs must wel
come the altered clrucumBtsnces of
the new day In whose light we now
stand, when there is no claim of
guardianship or thought of wards,
but, instead, a full and honorable
association of partners between
ourselves and our neighbors, in the
interest of all America. North and
South.
•*our concern for tie indepen
dence and the prosperity of the
States of Central and South America
if not altered We retain unabated
the spirit that has inspired us
throughout the whole life of our
government and which was no frank
ly put into words by President
Monroe We still mrfcn always to
make a common cause of national
Independence and of political liber
ty In America. Hut that purpose Is
now better understood so far ia it
not to be selfish purpose. It Is
known to have In it no thought of
taking advantage of any govern-
to fig At
on a sudden summons,
they must kno* how modern fight
ing is done, and what to do when
the summons comes to render them
selves Immerlately available and
immediately effective. Aid the
government must be their servant
in this matter, must supply them
with the training they need to take
care of themselves and of it
"The military arm of their govern
ment, which tliey will not allow to
direct t'tem. they may properly use
to serve them and make their in
dependence secure- and not their
own Independence merely, but the
rights also of those with whom they
have made common cause, should
they also be put In jeopardy.”
Standing Army Bhonld Be
Increased
The President presented the War
Department plans for strengthening
the army as "the eaaentlal first
step” and "for the preient sufll
dent.” The plana include the In
creasing of a supplementary force
of 400,000 dlctpllned citizens, who
would undergo training for short
nerlods throughout three years of
six vear*’ enlistment.
••ft would depend upon the pat
riotic fooling the younger men of
the country whether they respond
to such a "all to service or not,”
s’Jd the President. "It would de
pend upon the patriotic spirit of the
employers of 11° country whether
thev mad** it possible for the young
er men in their employ to respond
under favorably conditions or not.
1 for one. do not doubt the patriotic
devotion either of our young men
or of those who give them employ
ment—those for whose benefit and
protection they would in fact en
list. I would look forward to the
The President told Congress that
proposals would be made during
the coming session for the purchase
or construction of ships to he owned
and directed by the government.
The measure, he said, would be simi
lar to that submitted to the last |
Congress, but modified in some es
sential particulars. |
In outlining tje financial <ondi-|
tlon of the government, the Presi
dent followed closely the statement
recently given cut by Secretary Mc-
Adoo. He said that the additional
revenue required to carry out the
program of military and naval pre
paration . would be $03,000,000 for
the fiscal year 1917: that if the pre
sent taxes were continued through- j
out this year and the next there
would be a balance in the Treasurv
of about $76,500,000 at the end of
the present end of the present fiscal
year and a deficit at the end o? the
next year of some $112,000,000.
reckoning in $62,000,000 for defi
ciency appropriations.
Additional Totes Necessary
Proposing that the new bills
should he paid by internal taxation,
the President suggested that by
lowering the present limits of in
come exemption and the figures a*
which the surtax is imposed, and by
increasing step by step throughout
the present graduation, the surtax
itself, income taxes as at present
apportioned would yield sums suf
ficient to balance the hooks of the
treasury at the end of the fiscal year
1917 without anywhere making the
burden unreasonable heavy. Ho ad
ded that there were many addition
al sources of revenue which Justlv
could be restored to without hamp
ering the industries of the couniry
or putting any too great charge upon
Individual expenditure.
He estimated that a tax of
one cent per gallon on gaeollne
and naptha would yield $10,-
OOO.OOO; a tax off OO cent* per
horsepower on automobiles and
. .Internal explosion engines, .
$10,000,000; a atamp tax on
bank checks, probably $lB.OOO,-
000; and a tax of 20 cents a
ton on fabricated Iron and
steel,, probably $10,000*000.
The president said there was
reason to hope that no question In
constrovery between this and other
governments would l*ad to any
serious breach of amicable re
lation. and that he was sorry to say
that the gravest threats sgalnst
national peace and safety had been
uttered within the country’s own
borders.
Disloyalty Denounced
There are citizens of the Unit
ed States. I blush to admit.” he de
clared. "born under other flags but
welcome under our generous natu
ralisation laws to the full freedom
and opportunity of America, who
have poured the poison of disloyal
ty Into the very arteries of our
u The Thinkers of the
Country Are the
Tobacco Chewers”—
said one of the greatest thinkers
this country ever produced.
Tobacco For
The Brain Worker—
must be mild. He can’t
afford to use a strong, rank
tobacco with its come-back,
on the nerves.
But PICNIC TWIST was just made for the folks,
who don't use their h-ads merely as a
hat rack.
As mild and mellow as tobacco can
be, yet as full of taste and as long-last
ing as the strongest chew. That is the
right combination.
.1
CHEWING TOBACCO
Try a jc TWIST, then get one of
those air-tight freshness-preserving
drums of eleven TWISTS.
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From
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to
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