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VOLUME III.
RUSSIANS REFUSE
GERMAN DEMANDS
HERTLING STILL HOPES FOR SAT¬
ISFACTORY .END TO PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS
TEUTONS WARN BOLSHEVIKI
General Hoffman Threatens Further
Invasion Of Russia And Seizure
Of Reval, On Finland Gulf
New York.—After weeks of vacilla¬
tion, the Germans have at last made
their demands at the peace confer¬
ence at Brest-Litovsk and the Rus¬
sians have declined to accede to them.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
imperial German chancellor in his
many-times postponed speech to the
main committee of the reichstag, an¬
nounces that he still holds the hope
that an early and satisfactory conclu¬
sion of the Brest-Litovsk conference
will be reached, the terms of the Ger¬
mans as enunciated by General Hoff¬
man, of their chief delegates to the
peace conference, so far form an in¬
superable barrier for the Bolsheviki
government, which has expressed a de¬
termination to carry out a policy of no
annexation and no indemnities.
Courland in its entirety and all of
Russia’s Baltic provinces are to be re¬
tained by Germany, according to Gen¬
eral Hoffman, in what is termed as
Germany’s last proposal to the Rus¬
sians, and the added threat, was given
that if the Russians failed to acqui¬
esce in the demands, further inroads
into their territory would follow, and
the important port of Reval, near the
mouth of the Gulf of Finland, would
be occupied.
Czernin Approves Wilson’s Idea
London.—A Paris dispatch quote
Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister, as declaring in an
address to the delegates of parliament
that ‘‘I have no intention to?'demand
from Russia a single meter trf terri¬
tory or a single cent of indenaity.” GeWWiy’s
Count Czemiu explained.
"TYi willingness to J tffacuaie occupied
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ritories before a popular vote was
taken because such evacuation would
produce anarchy and utter misery.
Negotiations, declared the minister,
need time, and he added:
“When we have reached peace with
Russia, veneral peace cannot long be
prevented despite the efforts of the
entente statesmen.”
The foreign minister invited Presi¬
dent Wilson to use his great influence
to induce the entente allies to deolare
the conditions on which they were will¬
ing to talk.
718 LIVES ARE LOST
BY U-BOAT ATTACK
Tragedy Occurred Three Weeks Ago,
But Announcement Just
Made Public
London.—By the sinking of two
steamers by the enemy in the Mediter¬
ranean about three weeks ago 718
lives were lost, it was announced of¬
ficially.
The announcement was made in the
house of commons by Thomas J. Mac
Namara, financial secretary of the ad¬
miralty.
Mr. MacNamara added that public
notification of the loss of these ves¬
sels had been delayed until the rela¬
tives were notified.
Mr. MacNamara’s announcement
gave the first news here of any heavy
loss of life in recent sinkings in the
Mediterranean. A dispatch from To
kio, January 4, showed that an at¬
tempt had been made by hostile sub¬
marines to attack British transports
convoyed by Japanese warships in the
Mediterranean, December 30, 1917.
The Japanese admiralty announce¬
ment stated that the submarines were
repulsed and that the warships were
not damaged.
U. S. Foreign Trade Broke Records
Washington. — America’s foreign
trade surpassed all records in 1917,
amounting to $9,178,000,000. Official
figures issued by the department of
commerce showed there was a gain of
nearly one billion three hundred mil¬
lion dollars over the preceding year.
December exports of $589,000,000, an
increase of $100,000,000 over Novem¬
ber, caused the big increase
No Meat For Two Days In The Week
London.—Lord Rhondda, food con¬
troller, has taken drastic measures to
deal with the meat shortage. An of¬
ficial order has been issued applying
to all hotels, restaurants, boarding
houses and public places, to begin
forthwith. It specifies two meatless
days weekly—Tuesdays and Fridays—
in the London district and Wednes¬
days and Fridays in other parts of
the kingdom. Between the hours of
5 and 10:30 o’clock in the morning
ho meat, poultry or game may be con¬
sumed on any day.
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TIMES-COURIER
DECLARES SOLDIERS CLEAN
General- Says No Similar Body Of Men
Ever Led Such Exemplary
And Clean Lives
Washington.—There never has been
a similar body of men to lead as clean
lives as the American soldiers in
France, General Pershing said in a
cablegram to Secretary Baker, in re¬
ply to inquires as to the truth of re¬
ports of immoderate drinking among
the men. General Pershing’s message
was made public by Mr. Baker in this
letter to Governor Caper of Kansas:
“You may recall writing to me sev¬
eral days ago concerning ‘persistent
reports’ as to the immoderate sale of
liquor among our forces in France. My
impression was that these rumors
were not well founded in fact; but I
felt it my duty to convey their con¬
tent to General Pershing and to ask
him to communicate with me as to the
facts. You will be glad to know that
I have just received the following
words from the commander of the
American expeditionary forces:
“ ‘There has never been a similar
body of men to lead as clean lives as
our American soldiers in France. They
have entered this war with the high¬
est devotion to duty and with no other
idea than to perform these duties in
the most efficient manner possible.
They fully realize their obligation to
their own people, their friends and the
country.
“ ‘A rigid program of instruction is
carried out daily with traditional
American enthusiasm, engaged in
healthy, interesting exercises in the
open air, with simple diets, officers
and men, like trained athletetes, are
ready for their task. Forbidden the
use of strong drink and protected by
stringent regulations against sexual
evils and supported by their own mor¬
al courage, their good behavior is the
subject of most favorable comments,
especially by our allies.
“ ‘American mothers may rest as¬
sured that their sons are a credit to
them and to the nation and they may
look forward to the ,«roud day when
on the, battlefield these splendid men
will shed a no< lister of American
manhood.’ ”
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SENSATIONAL SPEECH IN
CONGRESS BY CHAMBERLAIN
Declares His Motive Is To Speed Up
Preparations In Connection With
Army Ordnance
Washington.—In a dramatic three
hour speech to the senate, Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the military
committee, replied to President Wil¬
son’s statement that he had distorted
the facts in charging that the govern¬
ment had broken down in its war prep¬
arations. He declared the president
had grossly maligned him, and not
only defended but emphatically reiter¬
ated his assertions made in a recent
address at New York. He said the
president did not know the truth and
that he did.
The senator disclaimed any person¬
al rancor against either the president
or Secretary Baker, saying his only
motives were patriotic, to rouse the
country and to speed up the war by
wiping out inefficeincy. In support of
his position he cited numerous inci¬
dents of alleged inefficiency in connec¬
tion with army ordnance, clothing sup¬
plies and sanitation brought out dur¬
ing the military committee’s war in¬
quiry.
MIGHTY BATTLES SEEM
IMPENDING IN WESTERN ZONE
Conflict Will Probably Be On a Larger
Scale—Big Guns Have Been
Roaring For Weeks
New York.—The notable feature in
the world war is the apparent re¬
sumption and on a somewhat large
scale, of the military operations on
the western front in France and in
Belgium.
Although for the moment these op¬
erations, viewed from the cold facts
as announced by the various war of¬
fices, do not transcend in importance
the usual small operations by raiding
and reconnoitering parties which have
been in progress since the severe win¬
try weather began, reading between
the lines of the communication, it is
not difficult to see that the maneuvers
in progress on various sectors are in
the nature of trying-out processes of
a marked character.
No Comfort Given To Kaiser Wilhelm
Nottingham.—There has been small
encouragement for the German emper¬
or and the central powers in the pro¬
ceedings of the British Labor party
thus far. The leaders of the party
show a determination to take a strong
line in support of the war as the only
means of obtaining a democratic peace
and in this they appear to have the
loyal support of a majority of the del¬
egates. The conference by 800 dele¬
gates. Two million five hundred thou¬
sand members of trade unions are rep¬
resented.
“We Push For Prosperity— Give Us a Pull”
ELLIJAY, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1918.
MDCH DISCONTENT
AMONG AUSTRIANS
UNLESS PEOPLE CAN GET RELIEF
SOON A VERITABLE CONFLA¬
GRATION MAY RESULT
MILLION WORKERS STRIKE
They Clamored For Food And Peace,
But Peace Demand Took Preced¬
ence Over Everything
New York.—While the bitter intern¬
al political situation in Aus'ria-Hun
gary seems to have abated somewhat
in intensity, the latest indications are
that beneath the surface fires of dis¬
content are merely smoldering and
that at no distant date again may
break out in a veritable conflagration.
The politicians apparently with opti¬
mistic utterances have quieted a situ¬
ation that admittedly is fraught with
grave possibilities so far as the dual
monarchy is concerned, but the known
war weariness of the populace and the
food shortage are likely soon again
to bring the people into sharp discord
with the authorities.
The general strike w^iich M is assert¬
ed took more than a million men and
women from their work—a large pro¬
portion of them engaged in war indus¬
tries—virtually is ended, but at last
accounts the people still were clamor¬
ing for food and for a cessation of hos¬
tilities.
At the moment of the outburst of
public discontent and when the dis¬
cord waged strongest, the government
of the dual monarchy showed it was
keenly alive to the necessity of calm¬
ing the unrest. Immediately the cry
of “peace” arose, there came from the
halls of the government the answer:
“We are ready for peace without an¬
nexations or indemnities," and ft was
added that this feeling was shared in
to the utmost by the emp^ror-king.
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APPEAL TO WILSON
Alleged Farmers Have Lost Confidence
That The Government Under¬
stands Their Needs
Washington. — An appeal to Presi¬
dent Wilson to speed up government¬
al machinery in aid of production so
as to relieve the anxiety of farmers
as to labor supply, credit facilities and
seed shortage was made in a memorial
from the federal board of farm organ¬
izations in behalf of more than 2,000,
000 organized farmers. The board ask¬
ed for a reply February 6, when repre¬
sentatives of the seven national farm
organizations comprising the board, to¬
gether with a number of state masters
of the Grange and heads of the So¬
ciety of Equity and other bodies will
seek an audience with the president
to discuss constructive plans.
THREE U. S. AVIATORS
MEET DEATH IN FRANCE
Lieutenants Cheney And Sherwood
And Private Beach Are Killed
In A Collision
Washington.—First Lieutenant Will¬
iam H. Cheney and Oliver P. Sher¬
wood and Private George A. Beach
were killed in a collision of airplanes
over an American aviation school in
France, the war department was ad¬
vised by General Pershing.
Lieutenant Cheney’s mother, Mrs.
William H. Scofield, lives at Peter
'boro, N. H. Lieutenant Sherwood’s
emergency address is Mrs. Lydia O.
Sherwood, 354 Carlton avenue, Brook¬
lyn, N. Y., and that of Private Beach,
Thomas Beach, Fort Collins, Colo.
No details of the accident were giv¬
en in General Pershing’s message.
Urge Federal Control Of Cotton Crop
Chicago. — Government control of
cotton with a ban on its export and
the setting of maximum prices was
urged in resolutions adopted by the
convention of the National Association
of Bedding Manufacturers. Figures
were given to show that cotton prices
have advanced 500 per cent since 1914.
A. A. Aiken, of Detroit, Mich., was
elected president of the association.
Garfield Asks McAdoo For Embargo
Washington.—An urgent recommen¬
dation that an,embargo be declared
for a few days on acceptance by the
raileoad of any freight except coal
and food was submitted to Director
General McAdoo by the fuel adminis¬
tration. This action is imperative, Ad¬
ministrator Garfield said, to assure
adequate movement of fuel, when the
general transportation situation east
of the Mississippi threatens to become
worse daily, owing to the prolonged
strain on railroads of deep snows and
intensly cold weather.
GERMANY REJECTS
PEACE PROPOSALS
THE CHANCELLOR SAYS THAT
NORTHERN FRANCE IS HELD
IN PAWN BY GERMANY
BOASTS OF GERMAN POWER
Russian Territory, Von Hertling De
Clares, Concerns Only Russia
And Central Powers
Mew York.—Germany, through Im¬
perial Chancellor Count von Hertling,
and Austria-Hungary, through its for¬
eign minister, Count Czernin, have
made reply to the peace terms of the
allies and the United States as re¬
cently enunciated by Lloyd George,
the British prime minister and Presi¬
dent Wilson.
Although Count Von Hertling and
Count Czernin affect to see the possi¬
bility of coming into agreement with
their enemies on minor points, the
concrete bases essential to peace are
declared to be unacceptable.
The spokesman for Germany was
uncompromisingly hostile to a major¬
ity of the peace aims as put forward
by President Wilson, treating seriatim
in his address those upon which Ger¬
many could not come into accord.
Count Czernin was more moderate in
his treatment of President Wilson’s
ideas, declaring the president's view¬
point expressed in his latest address
to congress, showed that there was
less incompatibility between Austria
Hungary and the United States than
had seemed to be the case.
Will hold to Alsace-Lorraine.
From the German standpoint, ac¬
cording to Von Hertling, the restora¬
tion to France of Alsace-Lorraine is
beyond the realm of discussion. Re¬
garding Belgium, he declared that its
restoration could be settled only in
peace negotiations, but that Germany
never had demanded the incorporation
of Belgian territory “by violence.”
Likewise methods of procedure in the
t4iieuaUou 'll Northern Ftaaee muai
take account of Germany’s vital inter¬
ests, and be agreed upon between
Germany and France.
The chancellor said the fate of Po¬
land and the Balkans and the read¬
justment of the Italian frontier lies
with Austria, while the evacuation of
Russian territory concerns only Rus¬
sia and the central powers. Germany,
he added, considered that the integ¬
rity of Turkey and the safety of Its
capital were closely connected with
the question of the Dardanelles, which
was of vital interest to Germany.
COUNTRY IS DIVIDED INTO
TWENTY COAL ZONES
E. R. Clayton Will Represent The Op¬
erators Of District In Which
Georgia Is Included
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Washington.—Division of the coun¬
try’s bituminous coal fields into twen¬
ty districts as the first step toward
instituting a zone system of coal dis¬
tribution is under way by the fuel
administration. Boundaries for seven
of the districts already have been es¬
tablished and Fuel Administrator Gar¬
field has named a representative in
each.
Distribution by zones has been suc¬
cessfully tried out in England. Fuel
administration officials say it will
work just as well everywhere saving
thousands of miles of transportation
and insuring the speediest possbile
movement of coal from the mine to
the consumer. It will eliminate to a
great extent cross hauling, generally
conceded to be one of the most uneco¬
nomic practices in the coal industry.
Two of the producing districts al¬
ready established and the fuel admin¬
istration’s representatives therein are:
Southeastern Kentucky, Georgia and
Tennessee—EX R. Clayton of Harlan,
Kentucky.
Alabama— E. A. Holmes, Birming¬
ham.
Britain Spends Forty Million Daily
London.—Andrew Bonar Law, chan¬
cellor of the exchequer, announced in
the house of commons that the daily
average of national expenditure dur¬
ing the seven weeks ending January
19 was £7,517,000.
Outbreak Threatened by Lumbermen
Virginia, Minn.—A squad of deputy
sheriffs departed for the north woods
o co-operate with a detachment of
: he Fourth Minnesota regiment in pre¬
venting a threatened outbreak among
timber workers. Rumblings of disor¬
der followed recent distribution of I.
W. W. literature printed in Seattle
through lumber camps between here
and the Canadian border, according to
the authorities. The unrest is most
'renounced among the 3,000 employ¬
ees of a large concern producing tim¬
ber for government use.
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Brunswick.—Brunswick may soon
have an airdome, which will be ready
for operation this summer, provided
the city council grants the request.
Dublin.—Under a new ordinance
just passed by the city council, house¬
holders will be allowed to keep a lim¬
ited number of hogs on their lots in¬
side the city limits under conditions
named by the city, which has been
against the city ordinance until now.
Jesup.—Chief of Police W. R. Wil¬
liams, age 57, died at his home here.
Mr. Williams was serving his twen¬
tieth year as chief of police of the
city of Jesup. His administration,
will be long remembered as the kind
that demanded respect and friendship
of all citizens.
Atlanta.—Three thousand four hun¬
dred and sixty Georgia dealers have
signed the food price pledge that is
being sent out from the office of Dr.
Andrew M. Soule, state food adminis¬
trator, and excellent progress is be¬
ing made in the campaign, declared
Executive Secretary D. F. McClatchey.
Brunswick. — City officers for the
present year have just been elected
by city council. The only change of
importance was that of chief of police,
Phil E. Burgess was named to that po¬
sition, succeeding A. L. Owens. Mr.
Burgess has been connected with the
Yaryan plant since coming to Bruns¬
wick.
Macon.—Lieutenant Charles Mose¬
ley, for many years with the Macon
police department and head of the
first squad for six years, has resign¬
ed and accepted a position as deputy
United States marshal for the south¬
ern district of Georgia. Mr. Moseley
was one of the most popular officers
in the police department.
Macon, Ga. — Announcement was
made that 22 army observers have
been ordered to the balloon school in
Macon from Fort Omaha, Neb., for
their finishing training previous to
leaving for France to serve with Gen¬
eral Pershing’s expeditionary force,
♦his will increase the number of
students at the local school to 44 there
,.lr :ady being 52 h-re
Atlanta.—L. J. McCann, bogus army
lieutenant, attired in the same uni¬
form, minus the shoulder bars, that
he wore when he married a young
Atlanta society girl on December 1,
was sentenced to serve one year and
a day in the Atlanta federal prison by
Judge Wiliam T. Newnan of the
United States district court, before
whom he entered a plea of guilty.
Savannah.—The first meeting of the
representatives of the northern and
southern Methodists, composing the
Methodist Unification commission,
was held here. Only routine matters
were taken up. The status of the ne¬
gro committee is considered the most
important of the supplementary bodies
since its work involves the disposi¬
tion of the only serious obstacles in
the way of unification.
Camp Wheeler, Macon.—The men of
the Dixie division are happy over the
fact that they are soon to have a
complete sewerage system installed
at the camp, regulation barracks for
the men and an enlarged base hospi¬
tal, double the size of the present one.
The contract has already been let and
the work will be rushed by the divi¬
sion officers so that the men of the
Dixie division will have an opportun¬
ity to enjoy the improvements.
Brunswick.—For the second time
within a week a big robbery has been
committed in Brunswick and police
authorities are now of the opinion
that the work is that of professional
crooks. Following closely behind the
robbery of the home of A. V. Wood
recently came the news that the home
of Maj. C. Downing had been entered
and diamonds, watches and other jew¬
elry valued at between seven thousand
and eight thousand dollars stolen.
Brunswick.—Por the first time in
the memory of many people in Bruns¬
wick, wild geese are now being exhib¬
ited in this city, a large number of
them having been killed during the
past few days in the nearby fresh wa¬
ter. Several large flocks have been
seen in the rice fields along the Alta
maha river and two or three good
bags have been made. Wild ducks
have never before been so plentiful
along the Georgia coast. This, as well
as the flight of the geese, is caused by
the unusual cold weather.
Waycross.—From January 24 to 28
there will be shown free in various
rural school houses in Ware a most
inteseting and instructive set of mo¬
tion pictures, illustrating the cattle
breeding industry. Besides there will
be an interesting story film. The Geor¬
gia Hereford Breeders’ association has
furnished some beautiful pictures of
cattle. The United States bureau of
animal industry will have an intensly
fascinating film showing how farmers
may improve their cattle and free
them from the tick, with details of thr
different vat
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LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 3
JESUS LORD OF THE SABBATH.
LESSON TEXT—Mark 2:13-3.6.
GOLDEN TEXT-The son of man Is
Lord even of the Sabbath.—Mark 2:28.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL TOR
TEACHERS-Ex. 20:S-1I; Isa. 5S:13, 14;
Neh. 13:15-22; Matt. 12:1-8: Luke 4:16; Acts
20:7; I Cor. 16:1, 2: Col. 2:16, 17.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Jesus and the Sab¬
bath day.
MEMORY VERSE—Remember the Sab¬
bath day, to keep it holy.—Ex. 20:8.;
JUNIOR TOPIC—Jesus and the Sabbath.
MEMORY VERSE—Ex. 20:8-11.
INTERMEDIATE, SENIOR AND
ADULT TOPIC—Our day of rest and won
ship.
I. The Sabbath a Boon, Not a Burden
(vv. 23-28). It has been suggested
that this passage, particularly verge 23,
indicates something of the poverty and
simplicity of the lives of the disciples,
that they lived not only a day at a time
but literally from hand to mouth.
America is the most prodigal nation on
the globe, but it is today facing the ne¬
cessity of conservation and retrench¬
ment, not because It is desired but of
necessity in winning this great World
war struggle. Perhaps this will prove
to be a boon growing out of the dark¬
ness of the days through which we are
passing.
Notice that the disciplines were not
particularly criticized because they
plucked and appropriated the grain
that belonged to another even though
it was for their bodily needs, but be¬
cause they did It on the Sabbath day.
The Jewish law permitted them to
take that which did not belong to them
because of their necessity, but would
not permit them to do it on the first
day of the week. The criticism of the
Pharisees, based upon Deut. 5:14; Ex.
31:15, though apparently scriptural,
was, however, based upon an incom¬
plete knowledge and application of
i those scriptures. Jesus el..- jjfsti
first tl-.at ceremonial prescriptions at d
laws must give way before the needs
of man and he cites the case of David
as an illustration. Again he shows
them that the demands of the temple
service wre superior to the prescrip¬
tions of the common law (See Matt.
12:5, G), that he, himself, is greater
than the temple for he is the one in
whoih God tabernacled (John 1:14 R.
V. Margin). The Sabbath law there¬
fore must give way before the neces¬
sity of Christian service. Again he
shows that mercy is more than sacri¬
fice, and so ceremonial demands must
give way before the needs of mercy
and compassion. He also shows them
that the Sabbath was made for man
(vv. 27, 2S) rather than man for the
Sabbath. He, the “Son of Man,” is the
consummation and head of the race.
Lord even of the Sabbath, and as Lord
of the Sabbath he has set aside the
seventh day Sabbath, which was the
shadow of things to come (Col. 2:17)
and belongs to the old order and dis¬
pensation. It is true that we have no
right to judge any man regarding the
Sabbath (Col. 2:1G, 17), but as. Chris¬
tians who are “risen with Christ” (Col.
3:1) we are to keep the Lord’s Day,
(Rev. 1:10), the first day of the week,
(Acts 20:7) the resurrection day,
and are under no law whatever to keep
the seventh day.
II. A Proper Use of the Lord’s Day
(Ch. 3:1-5). It is somewhat unfortu¬
nate, our divisions of the Scripture in¬
to chapters and verses. Thi’s next
passage is really a practical applica¬
tion and illustration of the principle
with which Jesus has just been deal¬
ing. It was the custom of Jesus to
frequent the synagogue on the Sab¬
bath Day (Luke 4:1G), the day upon
which the Jews still gathered ifl large
numbers. We need to note (v. 2) that
the question which was asked ..of him
was not a fair question, not so much
honest seeking for information, but
rather they “watched him” for they
wanted to find something with which
to trap him. Jesus taught that it is
lawful to do good on the Sabbath Day,
tiiat it is lawful to heal on the Sab¬
bath Day (Matt. 12:10) that it is law¬
ful to restore a lost ass or ox on the
Sabbath Day (Luke 14:5; Matt. 12:11)
that a man is of more value than a
sheep (Matt 12:13), and that the new
methods and new times demanded new
applications (Mark 2:21, 22). In these
teachings Jesus does not necessarily
abolish or abrogate the ancient fourth
commandment but rather the misin¬
terpretation, misuse and misapplica¬
tion of the Sabbath law. For a cor¬
rect interpretation of the Old Testa¬
ment Sabbath see Isa. 58:13, 14. The
difference between the Jewish Sabbath
and Christian Lord’s Day is a matter
of counting; we begin to < t at the
point of the resurrection of Jesus. The
Sabbath Day is a means to an end;
it is not the end itself.
