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Today'’s Bible Meditation
Sunday, February 9—Read St. Mark 8:31-35:
If any man would come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it;
and whosoever shall lese his life for my sake
and the gospel’s shali save it.
In claiming the community for Christ we often
confuse our preferences and prejudices with His
way for men. Christ wills the redemption of the
community. What that will is cannot be known
just by asserting our own will—no matter how “well
meant.” We must lift up the community’s need to
Him in prayer, ask for His direction, seek it in His
word, open our lives to the guiding of His spirit,
We may be sure that to follow Him in this will
cost us much. We who claim to love the community
must be among the first to pay the price of re
demption.
Alexander Hamilton
Stephens ;
The following is the last of three instaliments
of an article on Alexander Hamilton Stephens,
written by Lucia Starnes Monroe, secertary of
Laura Rutherford chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy.
He was a great friend and admirer of old General
Zachary Taylor, and nominated him for the pres
idency in 1847 at the convention in Georgia. He
also organized a “Taylor Club” in Washington, D.
C, called “The Young Indians.” It had only seven
charter members, and one of them was a gangling
young lawyer from Illinois, named Abraham Lin
coln. I wonder how they regarded eac¢h other in
later years.
At the time, Lincoln wrote to his law-partner |
“back home”—“Mr. Stephens of Georgia, a little
slim, pale-faced man, has just concluded the very
best speech of an hour’s length I ever heard. My
old withered dry eyes are full of tears yet.” Nowl
that was some praise from a man as canny as Lin
coln was even then, nearly fifteen vears before the]
‘dreadful war-struggle came on. . ‘
At first, Stephens was only a moderate advocate
of slavery, but in time, he became convinced of its
necessity in the South at least. He was also doubt
ful about secession. He never doubted the RIGHT
of & state to secede if it wished to, but he fought
secession to the end, as being unnecessary and the
time not ripe for it, and tried to keep Georgia in
the Union.
At the Secession Convention in Milledgeville in
January, 1861, he made an able and masterly speech
AGAINST secession, but when his state seceded, he
not only went with her, but was one of the signers
of the Confederate Constitution. Like Lee, his coun
try had to give way to his state.
As long as he could, he labored to avert actual
war, but in 1869, he resigned his geat in Congress,
saying whimsically, “I saw there was bound to be
a smash-up up the road, and resolved to jump off
at the first station.” :
It is said that he could have been elected as pres
ident of the Confederacy had he so wishd, but he
was reluctant to take even the vice-presidency. He
was an independent thinker, and did not always
agree with the policies of President Jefferson Davis,
and was also opposed to conscription,
After the war, he was arrested and kept in prison
at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor for five months,
but was finally released on parole. Here he con
tracted the rheamatism from Which he suffered the
rest of his life, by being kept in a ¢old, damp base
ment room. He kept a diary there, which has since
been published.
. When he was finaily settled in his beloved home
again, he devoted his energies to healing the breach
between the two sections. He was perhaps less of
partisan than any public man of his time, and
leaned toword a more lenient pelicy and attitude
toward the North and the Federal government than
did most Southern statesmen. He tried hard to be
impartial and fair—to view both sides of a ques
tion. Sometimes his best friends could not under
stand his actions or even his motives, but they
always took for granted that he acted from reason
and principle.
When he was recovering from the terrible physi
cal and mental strain of the past few years, he
began to write. It took him three years to finish
the “Constitutional View of the War Between the
States,” which is really the correct title of his great
book, which has been called the best defense of
secession ever written. It is in the form of conver
sations between him and two northern friends.
In 1870 he wrote “A School History of the United
States,” and just before his death in 1883 he pub
lished a “History of the United States.” He also
edited a newspaper, “The Atlanta Sun,” for some
years, but it was a financial failure, and swallowed
up most of the proceeds of his books.
He was offered the Chair of Political Science and
History in the University of Georgia, but declined
on account of his health. He then began to teach a
law class, as a means of support. In 1874 he was
again sent tc Washington as senator, and stayed
until he was elected governor of Georgia, in a hotly
contested election against General Gartrell, a bril
liant lawyer and a brave Confederate soldier. |
Stephens was governor hardly a year. He worked
hard and died in harness, which was what he pre
ferred. He said of himself, “I am afraid of nothing‘
on earth but to do wrong.”
~ Robert Toombs, his lifelong friend, though they
did not always agree on politics, said of him, “His
life wae spent in the practice of virtue, in the pur
suit of truth, seeking the good'of mankind.”
In a little walled enclosure on the lawn of “Lib
ertv Hall,” stands a tall monument, topped with a
statue of “The Great Commoner,” which was
erected by the state of Georgia in 1893. Part of the
inscription ;‘:‘o "'fl!zm life, a sufferer in
body, mind, and spirit, he was a signal example of
wisdom, i.xfiifl. fortitude, patience, and unweary-
Across & white path, surrounded by the
JUDGE HORACE M. HOLDEN
- In the death of Judge Horace M. Hol
den, this state has lost one of its most
valuable citizens. He was a distinguished
lawyer and jurist and was held in high
esteem by the people of Georgia, especi
ally among the members of the bar as
gociation. For a number of years he pre
sided over the courts of the Northern Cir
suit, later being appointed as one of the
justices on the Supreme Court. He was
a leading light in the judiciary of the
state, and a lawyer of notable attain
ments. A former Athenian, his friends
here were grief stricken over the news
of his death. Taking a live interest in the
affairs of the state, especially in the field
of education, his death will prove a seri
ous and irreparable loss.
_While a citizen of Athens, he endeared
himself to the people of this community.
He was a former president of the Athens
Bar Association; highly respected by its
members for his brilliancy and mature
gna]ysis of the law, his advice and opin
ions on matters of intricate cases were
sought and accepted by lawyers from all
sections of Georgia, .
To the members of the bereaved family,
the Banner-Herald joins with thousands
of Georgians in extending its sincerest
sympathies in their great sorrow brought
upon them by the death of a loving father,
true and devoted husband. j
MUSSOLINI’'S NOTE OF
ENCOURAGEMENT
The war rages in Ethiopia and accord
ing to reports eminanting from Italy, the
Italians are winning victories, killing and
capturing thousands of the enemy. It is
an encouraging note sung by Mussolini
and taken up by the Italian people back
home with the belief that all is well on
the front. While reports from disinter
ested or neutral sources, as well as from|
headquarters in Ethiopia, claims or made
that the Italian army has lost a num
ber of battles with thousands of soldiers
killed, wounded and thousands dying
from sickness contracted in that country
on account of the lack of proper sanitary
conditions. The reports are confusing to)
the outside world and from a long distance!
view, it is a puzzle to form to any degree
of satisfaction, a correct status of the true
conditions now existing.
It is generally conceded that the war
will be prolonged indefinitely on account
of the approaching rainy season which
will prove to the advantage of the Ethiop
ians. The Italians, recognizing the danger
from 'this uncontrolable condition, have
erected barracks and equipped them with
every comfort for their soldiers during the
seige of rains that is bound to come, Mus—'
solini admits that the blockade of Italian
‘exports has hindered their activities and
‘has brought on many hardships, but he
‘assures his people that ample supplies
will be kept for the army and none of
the soldiers will suffer from the want of
food and other necessities of life.
While the war is in an incipient stage,
it was believed in the beginning that
Ttaly’s powerful armies would ride over
the Ethiopians at will and massacre them
as easily as a herd of sheep. In this ex
pectancy, Mussolini has met with disap
pointment; he has lost thousands of men
in battle; thousands have been wounded;
sent home and the hospitals filled to over
flow with suffering humanity, besides the
Ilarge numbers who have died from dis
ease ..
The real progress of the war is a prob
lem. The news reports from opposing ar
mies are so in conflict, it is a conjecture
to determine when a reported battle is an
nounced whether to accept the report
from Italy or the one from Ethiopia. Both
claim victories, and such may be true—a
moral victory for one of the armies and a
decisive death-blow victory for the other.
At any rate, the action of Mussolini in
forcing war on a helpless and harmless
people is not calculated to gain the sym
pathy of other nations.
SATISFIED WITH HOME TOWN
The person who is satisfied to remain
in his home town and work is usually bet
ter off than those who seek business con
nections and positions in other sections of
the country. If there is emplyment to be
had at home and with home folk, the op
portunities for success in life are far bet
ter than among strangers and new condi
tions. Abraham Lincoln was a philoso
pher. One of the best things he said, was
when giving advice to those inclined to
rove: “If you intend to work there’s no
better place than right where you are;
if you do not intend to go to work, you
can not get along anywhere. Squirming
and crawling from place to place will do
no good”.
There is much in what Lincoln said. If
our people will apply themselves to con
ditions as exist in their home towns, many
of them will profit more by remaining
where they are known. Of course, all sec
tions of the country possess some advant
ages over other places, but when the ad
vantages and disadvantages are all sum
med up, there is little difference in condi
tions in any part of the country. For that
reason, “if you intend to work, there’s no
better than right where you are”.
The life of Thomas Parr, famed Shrop
shice, Eng., centenarian, spanned the
reigns of 10 kings and queens; Edward
IV, Edward V, Richard 111, Henry VII,
Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Eliza
beth, James I, and Charles I. He lived
from 1483 to 1635.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
TOLD IN BRIEF
BY DEVON FRANCIS
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
SUSPENDED SWORD
Official Washington put two and.
two together last week and arriv
ed at a figure approximating a
half bildon dollars.
Congress was in no temper to
enact fresh taxes in an election
year, and indirect reports from
‘White House councilg said Presi
dent Roosevelt very likely would
inaist on no taxes other than a levy
to finance the new farm program.
This has been reckoned at some
$500.000,000.
Potentially of more Importance
was the apparent scotching of a
move for inflation of the currency,
The inflationists, captained by
Representative Patman of Texas,
had served notice they would hold
inflation above the head of the
president like the sword of damoc
les if he asked for fresh taxes,
More than a small contributing
factor in the tax stew was Mr.
Roosevelt’s estimate the govern
ment's obligation under the new
goldiers’ bonus law could be amor
tized at a cost of about $100,00,-
000 a year for nine years.
Cancelling a Billion
~ Both houseg of congress cleared
the way for a much-rewritten farm
aid bill by repealing promptly at
the president’s request the cotton,
tobacco and potato control laws on
‘the ‘assumption the supreme court’s
AAA decision outlawed them. The
farm bill itself, a state-aid mea
sure, ventured into the open from
committee considerably altered in
an effort to bring it within the
constitutional limits defined by the
court.
The president moved to cancel!
about a billion dollars in unused
lending authorizations voted by
congress to guch agencies as RFC |
and HOLC in the drive for rellet‘j
and business recovery. Commen
tators surmised the action would!
enhance the government's tina.n-l
cial position and gpur private lend
ing agencies to further activity. |
‘Some quarters looked on the presi- |
dential gesture as an initial step!
toward liquidation of the Roosevelt |
emergency recovery program. !
Three Dissenters |
Just as another 6-3 supreme
court decision, marking the line
of demaraction between the liber
als and the conservatives among
the black-robed justices, was made |
public, Senator TYope, Idaho, In
troduced a bill requiring concur
rence of seven justices in a ma
jority opinion. It was the first
concrete move in congress to ad
monish the court since the furore
over the AAA decision.
Senator Nye's munitions inquiry
developed this from J. P. Morgan:
“If you destroy the leisure class.}
!you destroy civilization.” He de-!
fined a member of the leisure class |
as anyone with money enough to{
hire a maid.
An Announced Candidate ‘
Senator Borah of Idaho, the in-|
dependent Republican who has seen ‘
administrations come and go for|
almost 30 years from his senate |
chair, dispelled all doubt last week |
about his intentions. He is a can- |
didate for the Republican presl-‘
dential nomination.
With Borah definitely announcea
a squabble of no mean proportlons'
in the party convention at Cleve- |
land in Jue was forecast, with mo]
issue drawn before liberals ana.
conservatives. Former Senator
;Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, long a Re
publican wheelhorse, hinted he
might “talk a walk” at Cleveland
if Borah is .fi”“ Alfred E.
Smith already had given currency
to that phrase in relation to reno
man” to reply to his Liberty |
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA™
SOIL CONSERVATION
League speech at Washington, Mr,
Roosevelt as yet hag mot deigned
to answer, but the chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
James A, Farley, did.
In an address at Miami, Fla., he
attacked the League as ‘“‘the center
and soul of the preda‘nry powers,”
adding big business was ten to one
for the New Deal, the League to
the contrary notwithstanding. He
made no reference to Smith.
Weather Bound
Once upon a time Mark Twain
said everybody talked about the
weather, but nobody did anything
about it. Something had to be
done this week. Mountain states,
the Middle West and the Eastern
Seabeard were in the grip of skid
ding temperatures.
Bitter cold delayed trains, and
grounded planes, coated Atlantic
liners with ice and added to the
estimated toll of hundreds of livest
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There is a general impression that the responsibility for safe banking depends
solely on the men who run the bank. They play an important part, but you and I, as de
positors, have a definite responsibility also.
Our responsibility is to protect and to safeguard the bank which contains our
money. Bank custemers are really partners in an institution which is necessary for the
handling of community money and the easy transaction of business. Banking is essen
tially a cooperative enterprise.
To keep our banks safe and functioning, we depositors must do these things:
(a) Keep as large a balance as we can.
(b) Ask only for legitimate loans which can be made with safety.
(c) Make no unfair demands that will cause a suspension of bank operations.
(d) Help the bank to make a profit which will enable it to keep going.
(e) Help to get new and profitable customers.
(f) Ask bank officers for any information which will keep us properly inform
ed about the affairs of the bank.
(g) As borrowing customers, keep the bank men advised about our business.
(h) Help to educate people to proper understanding of the principles of sound
banking.
Such cooperation is the depositor’s responsibiiity toward his bank—acting in his
own best interest.
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This is number 162 in a ®eries of visits ; . This bank is & mambeér of the
by “Ihe Man-on-the-Streel™ s el ol - FEORRAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATIOHN
taken since January 1 in the Unit
ed States.
Ajrcraft took supplies to 1,500
winterbound residents of Tangier
Island in Chesapeake Bay and to
the island community of Nantuck
et, Mass, Floods swept parts of
Alabama and Mississippi.
l Strikes Abound
Strikes wrote large headlines in
!the news. Mediation closed a three
lday general strike in Pekin, I, a
ltown of 17,000 population, after a
|threat of intervention by militia.
|The New York Metropolitan area
’faced a possible strike by more
| than - 100,000 dressmakers, and in
London a walkout threatened the
city’s meat supply.
In Washington President William
Green of the American Federation
lof Labor pleaded with a conven
|tion of the United Mine Workers
of America, the federation’s big
rest affiliated wunion, to abandon
a threat to secede from the A. F.
of L. The miners pledged their
support to black-browed John L.
Lewis, who hag threatened seces
sion from the parent organization.
Alchemy Achieved
The California Institute of Tech
‘nology announced the transforma
tion of lithium ito beryllium to ob
tain energy far more powerful than
that of pure radium. The synthe
‘tic production of a natural form of
radium from Bismuth was report
ed at the University of Califor
nia.
Seven workmen were burned to
death when fire destroyed a dor
mitory of the Parker Dam Con
struction camp on the Colorado
river.
iChancellor Hitler inaugurated
the 1936 Olympics at Garmisch-
Partenkirchen with the start of
the winter games.
Died: Sir Owen Seaman, British
journalist; J. Prentice Murphy, so
cial worker; Charles B. Warren,
former U. S. ambassador to Japan
LONG DISTANCE ¢
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most Person-to-Person calls after 7 p.m. every day
These new reduced long distance rate periods
make long distance telephone service still more
convenient and economical, and more useful to
more people in more ways than ever before.
You can now enjoy Sunday voice visits by tele
phone with out-of-town relatives and friends at the
low night rates. Reduced night rates are also now
in force on person-to-person calls after 7 P.M.
every night where the day rate is more than fifty
cents. Formerly reduced night rates applied only
to station-to-station service.
Maybe you haven’t heard from Mother, Father,
Sister or Brother for some time—why not have a
really personal voice visit by telephone with them
next Sunday? It would be a joyful surprise for
them and equally pleasing for you.
Ask “Long Distance” for rates. It’s surprising
how little it costs to telephone anywhere at the new
low Sunday rates.
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Incorporated ¢
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1036,
VETS CONVENTION
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —#®)—Gen.
Harry Rene Lee, commander-in
chief of the United Confederate
Veterans, said Thursday the 46th
annual reunion would be held at
Shreveport, June 10-13, inclusive.
He estimated about 800 veterans
would 'attend.
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g Alexander Hamilton
| Stephens
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i ever-living green of great hoxwood
!‘ bushes, he sleeps the sleep that
knows no waking, under an old
[fashloned, flat-topped box-tomb
placed by the Old Guard of Atlan
ta over his worn-out body. On it
iare the words that sum up his
{ long and useful life:
“Phe defender of civil and relig
jous liberty.” ‘
and Mexico; Dr. N. E. Berry Igle-‘
hart, professor of surgery; William
E. Merries, industrialist; Mrs. Isla{
May ' Mullins, novelist. ‘