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McDonough, Georgia.
Christmas and a Purchased
Peace.
Did it ever occur to you how
appropriate to his mission was the
season of the year when Christ
was born? It was a few days
later than the shortest day of the
year and the condition of human
ity was in accordance with the
long nights of the season. Life’s
little light burned low and dim and
faith seemed to have lost itself in
formalism and superstition.
But just as the days began to
lengthen a little and their light
longer to linger upon the earth,
even the night grew bright with
the holy light of a star such as
hitherto was never seen on land
or sea, the Star of Bethlehem, of
such glory that far-severed kings
were united and guided by its
brilliance —guided to the man gar
whence began to beam forth the
“Light of the World,” which hght
eth every man that eoineth into
the world.”
And all through the ages since,
year after year and century after
century, the dark night of sin and
sorrow of soul is shortening and
the day of faith and hope, filled
with service and cheer, grows
longer and happier until at last it
will length into endless day.
And He came not with the
sword, but with the Word his only
weapon, and came to bring peace.
As the Prince of Peace, He insti
tuted His reign and none but lov
ers of peace are his subjects.
They “who make a desolation
and call it peace” coin a misnomer
in L 3 designating it. For there is
i ' cace save in Him.
. ,ther can this peace be pur
c d with the gift or expendi
i. 1 f millions. It occurs to us
w < : e hostages which in history
Iv.'.vc keen given as a guarantee of
pledges of peace have been ex
alted and honored personages,
-whose death would make weep
ing in the nation so pledged, and
not mere money. Money securi
ties have been left to modern
times, when pelf is more powerful
than person.
We remember too, that the
greatest peace of which we know,
peace with God, was valued be
yond all price of lucre and de
manded the gift of a person, the
life of a person, the most worthy
Life ever lived.
And nothing short of this can
bring peace in the nation or peace
in the heart of men. Men have
purchased silence with money and
somehow leaks have let out the
secret; but love has learned many
a man’s deeds of a double life and
never whispered the news and
aid, been the means of weaning
the wayward back to a right life.
The gospel of Christ in silence
spreads the spirit of brotherhood
among the people of the nations,
by leading them to the new birth;
in consequence, wars begin to
cease, and at once all the metallic
alarums of the money kings sound
forth announcing that they have
purchased a faster arriving mille
nium of peace.
But peace is promised and peace
is coming, in spite of and regard
less of the money or power of
earth —peace with liberty and not
peace shackled with shekels.
And we see that millions are
also given to a university to pro
mote religion there.
The uses of money are many,
but is there not danger of our re
lying too greatly upon its power?
The greatest conquests of the
cross have been the lives of many
lowly ones who lived the Christ
life.
We would not forget that the
promised and ever accessible pow
er for all things is the Holy Spirit
himself and not the almighty (?)
dollar, who is rightly only a sub
ject and not a king.
To Our Correspondents.
We wish to thank our corres
pondents throughout the county
and the adjacent communities for
their interesting news letters con
tributed during the year now
closing.
The great success of The
Weekly would have been impossi
ble without their aid, in the regu
lar news they furnished us for
our readers.
We so appreciate their help
that we shall try to do more for
them in 1911.
Next year we shall give several
cash prizes to the most regular
correspondents for the first six
months, and repeat the offer for
the second six months.
We wish to enroll a staff of reg
ular correspondents, not less than
one in each militia district.
Write to the Editor for full par
ticulars of the offer and then de
cide whether you will furnish us
with news for 1911.
To Our Advertisers.
The great increase [in our circu
lation has greatly increased our
operating expenses to such an ex
tent that the present rare for ad
vertising charged by us will not
enable us to meet this increase.
For several years our rate has
been ten cents an inch for display
advertising, though our circulation
justified a rate of thirteen cents.
We shall therefore have to make
a slight increase in our rates, to
begin January 15,1911. To those,
however, who contract with us
on or before January 15, 1911, for
sufficient space, we shall give the
old rate.
We shall issue next week a com
plete rate sheet which will ex
's plain the change fully.
Notice.
Just received fresh lot nice
shingles. R. C. Brown,
12-23. Locust Grove.
Preaching at Mew Hope.
There will be a series of meet
ings at New Hope church, begin
ning Christmas day and continu
ing a week. The evangelist, the
Rev. Jack Penn, of Atlanta, will
preach; ail are urged to come.
Services morning and evening.
W. J. Deßardeleben, Pastor.
Protection against poor biscuit,
Merry Widow and Miss Dixie
self-rising Flour.
Copeland-Turner Merc. Co.
Why Not Wove Capital to Juliette?
We cannot see in the problem
of moving the State Capitol from*
Atlanta such a problem after all.
Its solution is simplicity itself, and
we have but to mention the place
to secure “unanimous consent.”
Why not move the capitol to
Juliette —Near-the-Toll-bridge?
In the short space of a single
editorial, we could not begin to
mention all the advantages of this
ideal site for the state’s future
home.
But we understand the fishing
is good, and the season is right for
the solons to spend their large
quantity of leisure catching fish
and mosquito bites. Then the
river is fine for rafting, so that all
the dead timber which accumulates
where there is such a heavy
growth of political forest could
easily be floated down the Ocu
mulgee.
But the one advantage, above
all others, which settles the ques
tion in Juliette’s favor is that it
has the most superior facilities for
informing the public of what their
trusted officials may be doing to
the minutest detail.
We are sure that the Griffin
News and Sun would outdistance
all rivals, with Paul Russel Wil
liams in the press gallery as its
special correspondent.
Already all the state news of
importance is first dispensed from
Juliette, as it must have the Ju
liette date line to be news; even
i
though the Atlanta papers may
have carried a story two weeks
earlier, when this Atlanta paper
receives the same story from Ju
iiette, it is news.
Let’s move the capital to Juliette
Near-the-Toll-bridge.
Mr. Tyman Bowden came home
yesterday from the University to
spend the holidays at home.
Mrr. Howard Carmichael will
spend next Tuesday with Miss.
Ella Berry near Flippen.
!VSrs. Cruikshanks Gives Unique
Entertainment.
Mrs. Eliza Cruikshanks carried
her Sunday School class of forty
live on a trip to Africa this after
noon at 3 o’clock.
They met at t-he Baptist church
and there procured tickets. Con
ductor collected fare after which
they were told stories of African
life.
At the first stopover they were
met by guides who took them to
hunt animals, and they found hid
in different parts of the church
plenty of animal crackers, ele
phants, tigers, lions, etc.
After the hunt they found plenty
of dates (which is a great food for
the Africans) on the trees, for they
were tired and hungry.
On their next hunt they found
bears. Each one was given a how
and arrow with which to shoot at
the ‘‘teddy bears.”
In the meantime a nice lunch
was prepared for them after their
novel experience at hunting.
No Paper Next Week.
Habit holds ns. for next week at
least, and The Weekly will beg to
be excused from making its regu
lar visit to its valued readers next
week. This is £in accordance with
long custom which has allowed The
Weekly to rest and properly observe
i the Christmas season.
We wish every one ofjyon a mer
!ry Ghristim s, with all His good
J gifts, and a prosperous New Year.
JOB PRINTING
The
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cals.
Miss Forrester will leave Sun
day to spend Christmas at her
home in Atlanta.
Misses Eunice and Ida Lou
Tarpley expect as their guests
next week Misses Louise Lynch,
of Griffin, and Ruby Langston, of
Atlanta.
Judge and Mrs. E. J. Reagan
will entertain at a family dinner
on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vera Harper, of
Covington, and Mr. and Mrs. Parry
Lee and children, of Macon, will
be the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Harper next week.
Mrs. Rauschenberg and Miss
Pullen, of Atlanta, were guests of
Mrs. Arthur Stewart Thursday.
The young men will entertain at
a dance on Christmas pve.
Miss Kate 0. Reagan is at home
for the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Green will
spend a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim McDonald at
Snapping Shoals.
Mr. and Mrs. Kimbel Patterson
visiter Atlanta Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Carmichael
spent Thursday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Boykin Newman
were in Atlanta Thursday.
Miss Lillian Newman, of Wood
bury, is expected next week as
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Boykin
Newman.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Upchurch
and family will spend Christmas at
Riverside.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown and
children will spend a tew days in
Jackson aud Flovilla next week.
Miss Maud Smith will spend the
w r eek-end here with her sister,
Mrs. Tom Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Lowe spent
Thursday in Atlanta.
Mr. Dee Tolleson, of Jackson, is
expected to spend Christmas Day
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Tollerson.
The friends of Mrs. J. B. Dick
son regret to know that she is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Vandeventer and
i children will spend Christmas at
i Woolsey with her parents.
Miss Martha Rogers will arrive
Monday evening to be with Miss
Alla B. Carmichael for the holi
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Farrar will
entertain at a family dinner on
Tuesday evening. j
Mr. Perry Sowell who is in
school at Young Harris, is at heme
for the holidays.
Miss Ethel Smith visited Macon
Tuesday.
Mrs. W. B. J. Ingram will spend
part of the holidays in Lovejoy,
with her mother, Mrs. John wise.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Weems and
children will spend the holidays
with her mother at Greensboro.
Miss Ada Bell Johnson, of Jack
son, spent Thursday with Mrs. H.
S. Williams.
Mrs. M. G. Graham, of Atlanta,
will visit her sister, Mrs. H. S.
Williams Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Williams will
go to Waverly Hall Sunday to at
tend the marriage of her neice,
Miss Lucile Hendrix, to Mr. W. G.
Graham.
Mr. and Mrs A. W. Varner ex
pect to entertain at dinner Sun
day for the relatives and a few
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Daniel ex
pect to have a family reunion next
week. They will have with them
all their children, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom McKibben, of Eatonton; Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Nicholls, of Griffin;
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Blake and
children, of Griffin, and Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Amis and children, of
Greenwood.
Dr. and Mrs. Raleigh Hightow
er will, on next Wednesday, en
tertains at a splendid dinner for
the pleasure of their children and
grand-children.
Dr. Alton Ham and wife and
child, of Apalachicola, Fla., are ex
pected to visit his mother and
sisters in Atlanta, and also his
aunt, Mrs. Julia McDonald, here
during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Carmichael
are expecting a most pleasant
time next Tuesday, when they
will have with them their chil
| dren and grand-children at a
| Christmas dining.
Mr. Benton Thompsan spent a
few days in Atlanta this week.
The young people enjoyed a
dance last evening given in 'he
hall at the Masonic Temple. The
presence of many of the girls and
boys who had been away at school,
made it an unusually blight and
enjoyable affair.
Miss Bertha Bunn has returned
from Atlanta.
Misses Nina Wall, who liasT>uen
teaching expression at Manslield,
will spend the holidays with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wall, g
