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THE CARROLL FREE PR ESS, CARROLLTON, CARROLL CPU NTY. GEORGIA
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1918
THE CARROLL FREE “«
course, according to the scope of the campaign.
Be the amount to he raised much or little, a con-
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Said 1he fly to the flea:
“We both have flu.”
Said the flea to the fly:
“I caught it from you.”
Said the fly to the flea:
“I’ll make you hop:”
Said the flea to the fly:
I’ll go ‘over Ihe top.’ ”
The best
surrender.”
short sentence? “Unconditional
The allies are giving Germany the best peace
argu ment—War.
Could there be a more pleasant occupation
than raking leaves on a golden Indian Summer
day ?
Doubtless Germany is beginning to realize
that “Peace hath its victories, no less renowned
than war.”
Time is money. You may gain a whole houi
on October 27th but you will have to sit up so
late that you may feel like you “Paid too dear
for your whistle.”
“He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day.”
German militarism is now “fighting and run
ning away,” and in any'peace settlement we
must be careful that it is deprived of all power
to “fight another day.”
LITTLE SERMONS
FOR LITTLE FOLKS
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If the Kaiser has sense enough to lead a cow
to water, he ought to know that Wilson will pay,
no sort of attention to him, so long as he writes
peace mesages with one hand and holds a gun
in the other.—Commerce News.
We heard a close observer remark a few days
ago that some people might be willing to have a
few sons buried in France, and the war to last
ten years, if necessary, to keep the price of cot-
•ton above the thirty cents notch.—Commerce
News. , . t ^ [ml
w C/nder who he meant?
siderable portion of it is of necessity consumed LIFE and its aims,
in campaign organization-and “overhead” ex- death and its results
penses. In instances where the monetary goal ‘‘For to me to live is Christ, and to
is a comparatively small amount, the propor- ,|j e j N gain.”
tion of lost motion and wastage incident to its
collection is proportionately much higher than
in the case of a campaign upon a larger scale—
the larger the amount, in fact, the smaller the
proportionate cost of collection.
Thus, a far larger proportion of the aggre
gate amount to be collected for the use of the
seven organizations that are to share it will be
available for the actual purpose for which it
is to be given by the public than would be the
case were the same amount to be collected by
each of the seven organizations working singly
and each with its individual money-recruiting
structure.
But perhaps the greatest of all of the many
reasons is that such a plan—such a policy, such
a unification of endeaver—will tend to unit.?
the people of the country as they were never
united before, in thought, sentiment, purpose!
It wjll tend to amalgamate the citizenship of the
country; to obliterate imaginary boundary lines
and barriers of creed, policies and the like—
which barriers themselves are found to be really
only imaginary when one tries to analyze them.
It tends to remind people that, after all.
gardless of what we “belong” to or what our
creed is, we are pretty much alike—that, after
all, there is little difference of heart between
civilized men and women when it comes to min
istering to need.
And, as Gypsy Smith put it, in his wonderful
address at the Auditorium last Saturday night
“Need is the only creed ‘over there’ ” !
“When my boy fell before Chateau Thierry,”
said W. R. C. Smith, who has a twice-wounded
son now fighting in France, who has just been
made chairman of the Fulton county committe.e
of the United War Work campaign—
“I cannot question the source of the
quick succor which came to him—whether
it was the ‘Red Triangle,’ the Knights of
Columbus, Salvation Army or any other
of the worthy and .splendid organizations
that are ministering to our boys on the bat
tlefields and behind the lipes, matters not
at all.”
It is enough for him to know that when his
boy was struck there was a hand extended im
mediately—a strong, well-equipped, willing
and prepared hand to help the fallen "one in a
moment of need when delay would perhaps
have meant death.
Whose hand, % or what hand, is beside the
mark.
COMMENT ON THE GERMAN
NOTE BY AMERICAN PRESS
One of our exchanges says: “Mark this pre>-
diction: There’s trouble, and plenty of it, in
store for the newspaper man who fails to cut off
subscribers who have not paid in advance. Bet
ter take your medicine, gentlemen. We parted
company with 280 one week ago and have al
ready placed practically one hundred of them
back on th'e list.”
DALLAS (TEX.) NEWS: The note is alto
gether unsatisfactory. The strong and sinister
personality of (the Kaiser must go before negotia
tions can proceed. As for denial of atrocities.
Germany should not be permitted to come to the
peacp table with a lie on her lips.
PORT WORTH (TEX.) RECORD: It is the
Germany of Hohonzollern that speaketh and it
is the government of the Hohenzollern that
should be destroyed . . Why continue the-
correspondence?
Our text sets before us two states or
conditions: The first is “Life,” anil
its duties and accomplishments. The
second is “Death,” and its future con-
sequences. Then let ns study each jn
a brief, lint 4 solemn way.
First, “Life.” And we would learn
u-hat it is to live. The apostle says in
our text, that for to him to live was
Christ. Let us notice that the text does
not read that “For me to live is
Christ,” but, that “For to me, to live
is Christ. “For to me,” telling just
what life is to him, and what the inspi
ration and purpose of that life was,
and as he fully demonstrated—
(a) Life to him meant activity in
Ihe service of Christ, investing his time,
his talent and all lie possessed, in his
efforts to preach Christ the crucified and
risen Savior, as the only hope of salvii
tion for lost sinners.
(b) Life to him also meant effort
to magnify Christ in effort to hold him
up before the world in his glorious mis
sion, ns the exalted Redeemer of the
world and through whom come all the
Christian graces which adorn the life
and inspire the hope of all those who
accept and believe on Him ns the Son
of God by whom He is made unto us
wisdom and righteousness and onnetifi-
ention and redemption.— Rom. ">.
i'c) Life to him also meant to suffer
if need be for His cause and for'the
sake of His gospel, which on various
occasions lie did, when ho tolls of the
persecutions which ho endured for Je
sus’ sake and for His gospel. Five
times was he severely beaten; three
times was he stoned, and also put in
prison and fastened in the stocks, and
finally put to death for no excuse ex
cept for faithfulness to Christ.
Hence we see that to Paul to live
was to magnify Christ and lead others
to believe in Him, to the praise of His
glory.
Second, “To die is gain.” Now, as
we have seen that to live, should be
fraught with high ideals, and holy pur
poses, so that when we have finished
our course on earth, we may depart
with the assurance that death brings to
the true Christian, not loss, but infinite
gain, as expressed by l'aul, that when
tin 1 last battle is fought it is a good
tight, and fnitli litis lien kept, then
there is the crown, which the Lord, the
[righteous judge shall give ia that day.
Then will be manifest the gain that
.shall be the reward of all the faithful,
V'hcn tJie welcome shall be proclaimed,
” Come ye blessed of my Father,* in
herit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world,” and
vet more, the commendation of our glo
rified Redeemer, “Well done good and
faithful servant thou, hast been faith
ful over a few tilings 1 will make thee
ruler over many things, enter thou into
the joys of thy Lord.” In this is
contained the idea of the infinite gain
<Vf the Christian, going from this life
into the brightness of the heavenly
home,
uln that home of peaceful rest,
We’ll meet no more to sever,
And sing glad songs with all the
blest,
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Forever and forever.”
To our friends
and customers:
We will on Monday, October 28,
discontinue our delivering as it is im
possible to get labor to run our de
livery business with. By carrying
your packages with you, we can save
you money on your grocery bill. Try
us and be convinced. >
This is the way we will sell you
your groceries on the “carry-away”
method: . 1
48 Lb. Sack Obelisk Flour $3.14
24 Lb. Sack Obelisk Flour $1.59
48 Lb. Sack White Star Flour....$3.13
Armour Both Soap, 3 bars 25c
Toilet Soap, 5 bars for 25c
Washing Powders, 5 for 25c
Argo Starch, 2 boxes for 14c
Maxwell House Coffee, 1 lb. can 34c
Maxwell House Coffee 3 lb. can .98c
Red Diamond Cdffee 1 lb. can 34c
Red Diamond Coffee, 31b. can 98c
5 Lbs. Best Barrel Coffee for $1.00
Puff Rice ,per box * 14c
Puff Wheat per box 14c
Breakfast Food per box 14c
2 Cans String Beans for 25c
Yours for the saving of every pos
sible penny.
Gray & Co.
GROCERS
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Peace is a noun that we are all fond of, but
we are anxious that it should have the righl
adjectives in agreement with it. It must be a
“JUST” peace; a “LASTING” peace—other
wise we don’t want it.
ALL TO ONE PURPOSE
CHARLESTON, (S. C.) NEWS AND COUR
IER: There can be no armistice and no peace
conference unless these he predicated upon the
certainty of Germany’s complete surrender and
unless they be.safeguarded by guarantees—in
the form of deeds, not words—which will leave
Germany powerless to carry out trickery. But
after making their views very plain as to the
ends to be sought the public will be content to
leave the question of methods to the President.
He may not yet be ready to break off a discus
sion from which, thanks to his skillful handling,
our cause hap so far gained much more than the
enemy’s cause.
a n
(Editorial from Atlanta Constitution, Septonibcr 19, 1918.)
When a man’s house is burning he is not
likely to feel concern in the religious beliefs or
political affiliations of any kind-hearted way
farer who might lend a hand in putting out the
fire.
And if a human citizen should by chance find
a man lying beside the road suffering from a
broken leg he would not stop to ascertain to
what organization, if any, the sufferer belongs
before offering him “first aid.”
That—the spirit of helpfulness on broadmind
ed, strictly humantarian'principles—is the pre
dominating spirit of a democracy and demo
cratic peoples; which in turn is one of the rea
sons why it was fitting that the forthcoming
“drive” for funds to enable the various organi
zations engaged in war relief work should he
consolidated so that one campaign might suf
fice for all, each to receive its stipulated pro
rata of the aggregate whole.
Another, and a very cognizant reason is tha;
a nation-wide, a state-wide, a county-wide or a
THE STATE (COLUMBIA. S. C.) : The omis
sion of reference to guarantees as demanded by
President Wilson in his note of October 14, gives
to the German reply the character of defiance.
The Allied government, not being imbecile, will
not allow the German armies a breathing spell
under the name or “armistice.” It is remotely
possible that Ludendorff is clothed with power
to deliver the guarantees, but highly improba
ble. “Force without stint” should be the Amer
ican reply.
MONTGOMERY. (ALA.) ADVERTISER:
The eGmnotearD-F inrotnet shrdlu hrdlu h 1
The Germa note is a step toward peace . .
but by negotiations. It does not meet tlV de- i
termiiu'd purpose of the American peopl*—n
does not mend the inflexible determination of
the French and British people. . . . It ex
asperates rather than modifies the great body
of public sentiment in the Allied countries
which is demanding an unconditional surren
der.
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Notice
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 19, 1918.
Georgia Railway & Power Go.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen:
Beginning October 21st, no electric
light shall bo used anywhere between
the hours of SKVKN A. M. and FOl It
p. M., except for safety lights in build
ings and hospitals, and where ABSO
LUTELY NECESSARY. No electric
lights for eominorical use shall be used
after fi p. m. on week days and 9 p. in.
on Saturdays, except those required
for safety lighting and except those
used by hotels, drug stores, restaurants,
bakeries, confectioners, fruit and cigar
stands, which exceptions arc limited
to one-half the number of lights nor
mally used. . ,
RETAIL motor power may be used
from SEVEN A. M. until TWELVE
O’CLOCK NOON, except refrigerating
machine and elevaterh. All elevator
service shall be curtailed dO per cent..
Residential consumers are requested to
curtail the use of lighting in their
homes after FOUR P. M. to the
amount actually required, Hydro-elec
tric customers will operate under rales
already made covering their individual |
cases.
GEO. K. MILTENBERC.KR,
Representing War Industries Board
On Sound Basis
After the War
Soon alter the civil war President
Orant put this country on a sound financial
basis. On bis’ recommendation congress
passed an act "to'strengthen public credit,”
and specie payments were later resumed.
These are prosperous days in this land,
and wise people are banking their surplus
cash.
Bank your money today and be pre*
pared for aoy eventuality.
The First National Bank
FOR SALE
For sale, good eight room house, 11
acres of land, more or less, including
bermuila pasture with running water,
good garden, peach and apple orchard,
two good wells, also three-room tenant
house. Convenient to chinches ail i
school. For information address
MRS. C. W. GRIFFIN,
oct:)-4t Heflin, Ala., Box 12.
Speciai Waist Sale!
The Wei worth and Worthmor Waists
cH-e too well known for us to tell you what
values they are. But these waists will
be on sale FRIDAY and SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 25th and 26th:
Welworth, $1.00, special 69c
Worthmor, $2.00, special $1.59
This is cheaper than you can buy the
material that they are made of.
John W. Baskin & Co.