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I JAPAN’S WAR PROFITS BIG |
Doctor lyenaga Is the semiofficial
representative of the Japanese gov
ernment in this country as the director
of the East and West News bureau in
JNew York city. These remarks were
made as a part of the National Securi
ty league’s campaign of patriotism
through education to arouse the people
of the country to n realization of the
possibilities of the war.
“The position Japan occupies in
the world war is singularly unique.
She entered the war in obedience to
the terms of the Anglo-Japanese alli
ance, which imposed upon her the duty
of conducting military operations in
common with her ally in the regions
of eastern Asia and of safeguarding
mutual interests therein.
“But since the capture of the Ger
man stronghold in the Far East on No
vember 7, 1914, and the sweeping of
enemy war ships out of the Eastern '
seas, Japan has apparently been stand-
ing aloof from the great conflict. While blood and treasure are being expend
ed on the European battlefields with a‘prodigality that staggers imagination,
Japan keeps her youth intact; nay, more, she presents the anomaly of a
belligerent that has made money out of the vfar*- Her foreign trade has al
ready reached the billion mark, counted in American dollars. Her mills, her
shipyards, her factories are busy day and night and are reaping enormous
profits. The present financial strength of the Island Empire, as compared
with that before the war, stands in general terms something like this: Bank
clearings have more than doubled; industrial and steamship shares have
trebled and quadrupled in value; earnings of some concerns have gone up
100, 200, even 300, per cent; national banks are up four to six points; the
commercial discount rate has dropped from 8 per cent to s—even 3.”
| DEALS WITH POTATO PROBLEM
tato growers and their crops so that attempts to corner the market or other
efforts at artificial price boosting may be Speedily and effectively frustrated.
Mr. Sweet has the confidence and good will of men in the same line of
work throughout the country, as is testified to by the fact that they have
elected hint to the presidency of the Potato Association of America. His
growing lands are situated in the irrigated district along the slope of the
« Rocky mountains. '
SOLD COUNTRY FOR MONEY?
“It was not that Soukhomlinoff
loved Russia less, but that lie loved
money more,”
John H. Snodgrass, who until No
vember, 191 G, was consul general at
Moscow, a post which he had held for
seven years, thus explained the case
of the man now on trial in Petrograd—
the Russian ex-minister to whom the
continuance of the war has been at
tributed. For had he loved Russia more
and money less, the German armies on
the eastern front might have been
beaten long ago, if not by power of ।
strategy, then by sheer force of num- '
bers.
"Popular opinion in Russia has it
that his acts of conspiracy were j
brought on by his desire to please his ‘
wife, to whom he was greatly attached.
She was twenty-five when he married,
her, and he at least sixty. There is a
etory in Petrograd that Mme. Souk
homlinoff was a waitress at Kiev in
her early youth. The love he had for, his 'Mfe and the place he held in the
good graces of the czar, together with*his position in the'ministry, made his
acts of aiding the enemy an easy matter for him. He was a major general
of the army, besides being minister of war. That, by the way, is one of the
requirements of the Russian government—a man must hold a military rank
before he can become minister of war.”
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CANADA’S GRAND OLD MAN
uic uuiv cosmea ua vxiuru uuu vum-
bridyu he shonld succeed in reconciling the liberals of western Canada to
During the coming year, presum
ably, the housewife will be relieved of
the task of struggling with the potato
‘prob lent. / '■ ;
Mr. Lou D. Sweet of Colorado, who
has been sometimes called the “Potato
King,” will exercise such control over
the tuber as is necessary to Insure its
presence on the American table at an
expense that is reasonable in relation
to the marketable quantities.
Mr. Sweet has been appointed
head of the potato division of food ad
ministration by the government. The
bureau of which he is the chief already
has started on the work of getting In
to such relations with the growers of
potatoes as will make possible the
equitable and economical distribution
of this vegetable. Mr. Sweet will not
fix the prices of potatoes. That will
be attended to by price-fixing com-
I mission. His work will be to gather
and systematize information about po-
The Right Honorable Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, G. C. M. G., D. C. L., LL. D.,
K; C;, buthe most picturesque figure in
Canadian political life, and one of the
last of the old school of “silver
tongues.” Today at the age of seventy
six he Is the leader of the liberal party
, and abound him rages the conscription
xcontfroversy. He Is- th/ standard bear
er of the Quebec nationalists and of
the antieonscriptlonlst| of Canada.
He was the first colonial premier
to beconje widely known in the moth
er country and his trip to England, at
the time of the queen’s jubilee, tn 1879,
was the occasion of the first entry
; of an oversea^ prime minister into the
j official councils of Gieat Britain. Sir
f Wilfrid was given an almost regal re
ception in Kigland, rand, besides be
ing created a knight of the Order of
Michael and George, he had a number
of extra initials added to his name by
the universities of Oxford and Cam-
IRWINTON BULLETIN IRWINTON, GEORGIA. ‘
iNHWIONAL
SM(H
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 28
EZRA RETURNING FROM BABY
LON.
LESSON TEXT—Ezra 8:15-36.
GOLDEN TEXT—The hand of our God
Is upon all them for good that seek him.—
Ezra 8:22.
An interval of some fifty years In
tervenes between the dedication of the
temple and the journey of Ezra to Pal
estine. Some stirring events in the
world occurred in this time which
greatly helped the Jews. It was dur
ing this time that the episode of
Esther’s being made queen and the ele
vation of Mordecai occurred, which fa
vorably disposed the Persian govern
ment toward the Jews. The time was
auspicious for Ezra to make his re
quest unto Artaxerxes, The supreme
aim of Ezra was the restoration of the
true worship of Jehovah, for it is evi
dent that the work done by Zerubbabel
had largely failed of its aim. In order
that Ezra might be an efficient instru
ment in the hands of God for the ac
complishment of this purpose, he “pre
pared his heart to seek the law of the
Lord and to do it, and to teach in Is
rael the statutes and judgments”
(7:10). There are three stages in the
experience of every true teacher. First:
to seek the law of the Lord. Second:
to do it. Third: to teach it to others.
The last Is impossible without the first
two.
The royal commission granted to
Ezra embraced—
(l) The return of all whose free will
prompted them to do so (7:13).
(2) Ezra’s being given magisterial
authority over the district “beyond the
river” (7:25, 26).
(3) Exemption from taxation to the
Levites (7:24).
(4) Conveyance of offerings from the
king and his officers (7:15, 19).
I. Register of Ezra’s Companions
(1-14). Doubtless this is a representa
tive list of those who joined Ezra.
There is clear implication that the
twelve tribes are represented among
thoseewho returned. (See 2:70; 6:16,
17.)
11. Ezra Sends to Iddo for Ministers
for the Temple Service (vv. 15-20). Be
fore the journey to Palestine was ac
tually begun, Ezra gathered about him
his companions who were to accom
pany him, to see whether they were
representative. In this review he dis
covered that none of the sons of Levi
were in thetcompahy. So he sent chief
men to Iddo, who was doubtless the
president of the school of the Levites,
for ministers for God's house. In re
sponse to this appeal. 38 Levites and
220 Nethinims joined him.
111. Ezra Seeking the Guidance of
the Lord (vv. 21-23). The journey was
full of deadly perils. It lay through
a region invested with Bedouin ma
rauders. Ezra, fully conscious of these,
and ashamed to ask help of the king,
proclaimed a fast, in which in deep
humiliation they sought the guidance
and protection of God. This is a fine
illustration of the independence, and
yet dependence, of the men who fully
trust God. His chief concern was for
the honor of God’s name. He had so
confidently and repeatedly spoken to
the king of the divine sufficiency that
now to have asked for a guard of sol
diers would cause him to blush with
shame. In this critical hour they com
mitted themselves to the care of Him
who keepeth Israel. We should begin
every journey, every undertaking,
every new piece of work, every new
day by seeking the direction of God.
No friendship or business interest ever
reaches its best unless God’s hand be
in it and upon It. We should not go
anywhere, engage in any business or
have any friendship upon which we may
not ask God’s blessing and aid. They
sought this for themselves, for their
children, and all their substance. They
knew that as soon as they made God
first his blessing would be upon them,
and as soon as they forsook him his
power would be withdrawn and his
wrath would be upon them.
IV. The Treasure Committed to
Twelve Priests (vv. 24-30). Combined
with their faith in God, we find prac
tical business sense. Honest, trust
worthy, good men were selected (v.
28). To such only should be Intrusted
the Lord’s money—gifts offered freely
to the Lord by his people. Again, the
money was carefully counted and
weighed, and the amount set down.
The men were held accountable at the
end of the journey for everything in
trusted to them. Men ought to be held
to strict account for everything intrust
ed to them, to the very last cent The
inen to whom this was intrusted were
holy; the gifts were God’s; they did
not belong to any man; they were
charged with the obligation to deliver
these gifts before the chief priests.
V. The Safe Arrival at Jerusalem
(vv. 31-36). The journey lasted four
months. They carried with them mil
lions of dollars’ worth of treasure,
through a region infested with maraud
ing Bedouins, yet God delivered them
from their hands. At the end of the
journey they testified to the faithful
ness of God in bringing them safely on
(v. 31). The safe arrival at the end
of each day’s journey is due to the
good hand of our God upon us. After
resting three days, the treasure was
brought into the temple and burnt of
ferings were made before the Lord Je-
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STATE ITEMS
CONDENSED
Atlanta. —The Presbyterian synod of
1 Georgia holds its seventy-third ses
sions at Nacoochee institute, begin
ning Tuesday evening, October 30. The
opening sermon wi) be preached by Dr.
Dunbar H. Ogden of Atlanta.
Augusta.—Lieut. Karl P. Beck, Unit
ed States officers’ reserve corps, at
tached to company A, third infantry,
Pennsylvania division, committed sui
cide at Camp Hancock by shooting
himself through the left lung with a
pistol. His home is given as Phila
delphia.
Atlanta. —Miss W. M. Balenger, a
nurse who attended the late Charles
E. Currier during his last, illness, was
left an estate valued at $120,000, under
a codicil to Mr. Currier’s will which
was probated in common form in the
ordinary’s court. Mr. Currier was a
prominent Atlanta banker and busi
ness man.
Americus. — Forty-eight thousand
dollars changed hands in the pur
chase and sale of Sumter county farms,
two plantations > being purchased by
investors hero. J. S. Batts’ place, near
the Lee county line, consistsing of
500 acres, was purchased for $30,000,
while another tract of 172 acres was
sold for $6,000 and anothex- for $12,000.
In each instance cash was paid
Americus. —Lee Allen, a well known
business man, has been named coal
administratox- for Americus. He states
dealers will be pennitted to charge a
gross profit hereafter of only 30 per
cent. It is expected a decrease in
prices will result High-grade lump
coal is selling here at $9 a ton, with
lower grades quoted about fifty cents
under this price.
Fort Oglethorpe.—Col. Edward S.
Walton, construction quartermaster at
this fort, left for Washington in re
sponse to a telegram ordering him to
report to the adjutant general of the
army for assignment to duty. Colonel
Walton was General Pershing’s adju
tant in Mexico, and it is the general
opinion at Oglethorpe that he will be
assigned for immediate duty in France.
Macon. —Nat R. Winship has receiv
ed word from his son, North Winship,
announcing that he has arrived safe
ly at Milan, Italy, where he goes to
take charge of the United States con
sulate. Mr. Winship was formerly
secretary to the American embassy at
Petrograd, but was recently transfer
red to Milan. He has been in the con
sular service for several years and
has received a number of promotions.
Savannah. —The two million dollar
sugar refinery here, which has been
melting about a million pounds of su
gar daily since its completion several
months ago, will close down on ac
count of the exhaustion of the Cuban
raw sugar stock, it is announced.
There is a general shortage of sugar
all over the country, it is stated, but
there is, however, a certain amount
of raw’ sugar from last year’s crop
still unsold in Cuba.
Brunswick.—The next twelve months
will see Georgia tick-free from north
Georgia to the sea if the seacoast
counties will respond and do theix- full
share in co-operation of the Georgia
Land Owners’ Association in cariying
out the vigorous program which it
has planned fox - destroying the cattle
tick in this section of the state, ac
cording to the statement, of F. H. Ab
bott, secretary of the association, who
was in the city in conference with Mr.
C. Downing, treasurer, and Mr. Wil
liam C. Little, assistant treasurer of
the association.
Atlanta. —Hundreds of Georgians
will have their hearts made glad by
the knowledge that their boys have re
ceived a complete outfit, from the
American Red Cross and Ihe Navy
League of Augusta. These articles,
consisting of helmet, muffler, sweater,
wristlets and socks, were supplied to
each man at the suggestion of Mrs.
William Lawson Peel, to whom the
officer, Maj. Cooper D. Winn of the
Georgia battalion, and Col. Blanton
Winship, of General Morris’ staff, have
wired that these garments will not.
only warm the body but the hearts of
the men who are proud to think they
are remembered by the folks back
home.
Thomasville. —For “ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain,” the
booze-loving citizens of Georgia are
certainly peculiar and one of the most,
peculiax- methods yet reported in that
respect is the trying to extract booze
from a silo. One well-known farmer
of this county reports having found
hol<»s bored at the bottom of his silo
where the drippings which came from
the fermentations of the ingredients
might pass through. At a certain
state a sort of alcohol is formed by
this fermentation, it is said, and that
mixed with water makes a booze about
on a par with some of the other and
various mixtures that are drunk in
this section. The owners of the silo
was threatening to cover the bottom
with sheet iron to protect it from the
thirsty depredators.
Brunswick. —Brunswick, in the past,
has suffered a coal famine, wood fam
ine, the city has been entirely out of
ice and various other necessities of
life have, at various times, been at a
pi’emium, but the city is suffering the
first grits famine in the history of the
city. The local supply began to run
short a few weeks ago with no pros
pect of a new supply. Various gro
cers ran out day by day, but still one
or two had a small supply until it was
announced that there was not a single
>ound of grits'to be purchased in the
In Paradise T
| i I
By REV. L. W. GOSNELL
Assistant Dean. Moody Bible
Institute. Chicago
TEXT—Today shalt thou be with me in
Paradise.—Luke 23:43.'
The dying thief saw In the Man,
hanging on the cross beside him. a
_____________ Klug. This was
I at a time when
Il Christ appeared
I defeated and the
inscription on his
cross — “This 4s
the King of the
Jews”—seemed a
mockery. But
there was born in
the heart of the
robber a superna- -
tural faith, that
this dying Man
would yet live and
reign; and he
prayed: “Jesus.
I reincmber me
’ when thou comest
in thy kingdom.” (R. V.) Christ at
once replied: “Verily I say unto thee,
today shalt thou be with me in Para
dise.” These words of Christ are well
worthy our attention.
The promised blessing was for “to
day.” The thief thought of the king
dom, probably, as something afar off.
Jesus says, in effect, that he need not
wait so long, but that he would enter
that very day into bliss.
“Thou shalt be with me,” so says
the Lord. On the expression,- “with
me,” a noted Greek scholar says, “Not
merely in my company, but sharing
with me. The promise implies con
sciousness after death.”
Moreover, the Lord tells Idm exact
ly where he shall enjoy this blessing,
viz., “in Paradise.’’
Bishop Moule on “Paradise.”
We arc moved at. this point to give
a somewhat extended quotation from
Bishop Moule of the Church of Eng
land. He says: ’’Paradise is an ori
ental word meaning a royal pleasure
ground, a royal park or garden. It calls
up ideas accordingly of all that is rich
and fair in the way of cultured nature.
It suggests to us the loveliness of
woods, and lawn and flowers, and wa
ters and also of the company which
possesses and enjoys the charming
scene, the friends, the guests, the fam
ily of the king. They are there for
delightful rest, or for delightful exer
cise. They have come from the battle
field, or the council, or the journey to
walk, to recline, to converse to listen,
where ail is beautiful with a large,
ordered, stately beauty. And all this
is taken up by the Lord Jesus, in his
use of the word Paradise, to set forth
one side of the believer’s unseen life
after death. After the manner in
which spirits enjoy and spirits see, the
departed Christian walks by sight (Cf.
II Cor. 5:6, 7). in a scene of glorious
and restful beauty—in the garden of
his King.”
Into the King’s gardens the robber
would enter tlxat very day.
Words Full of Comfort.
How full of comfort are the words
of the text to all believers who, like
the thief, shall be saved by grace! We,
too, enter Into the King’s gardens, and
better still, the King’s presence, on
the very day of our death. “To de
part” is “to be with Christ” (Phil.
1:23). As one has put it, only a line,
not a space, separates between us and
him. To be “absent from the body”
is to be “at home with the Lord” (II
Cor. 5:8 R. V.).
Moreover, Paul says that to be with
Christ is “far better” (Phil. 1:23).
How conclusively this shows that he
did not expect to entex - upon a state
of unconsciousness at death. For him
to live was Christ, and he was happy
in the Lord's service. How blessed
must be that life upon which he ex
pected to enter at death, when he could
speak of it as “gain” and as “far bet
ter.”
Then, notice again that expression,
“at home with the Lord.” All the
love, and comfort, and ease implied in
being “at home,” will be fulfilled and
even transcended in the Father’s house.
We need not fear to trust ourselves or
our departed to him.
We believe the location of Paradise
has changed since the Old Testament
times. The saints of that day spoke
of going “down” to Sheol, the under
world of the dead, of which Paradise
was a part. But Paul speaks of being
“caught up” to the third heaven, to
Paradise*(ll Cor. 12:2, 4). It is likely
that when Christ ascended he emptied
Sheol of the saints there, the “prison
ers of hope.” Ephesians 4:8 (margin)
tells us that when he ascended up on
high he led captive a multitude of cap
tives. So the saint today enters into
an even brighter Paradise on high,
than that which the thief inherited.
How we should comfort ourselves
with these words! A minister tells
how he grieved for h(s dead child and
would not be comforted. He would
visit the grave and thrust his walking
stick Into the sand/ soil until it
touched the little casket, but his heart
grew more and more sad. One day he
began saying to himself: “With Christ
in Paradise,” “With Christ In Para
dise.” He soon came to see ho could
ask for nothing more blessed for his
darling, aud so he found peace.
My knowledge of that life la small.
The eye of faith la dim;
But this I know, that Christ knows all,
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LLAMAS MIfST BE hWoR^D
Will Not Endure Force or Threats—
When Being Loaded They Are
Caressdti by Drivers.
The South American llama will bear
neither beating nor ill-treatment. The
animals go in troops, an Indian walk
ing a long distance ahead. If the
llamas are tired they stop, and the
Indian stops also. If the delay be
too great, the Indian, becoming un
easy toward sunset, after all due pre
caution, resolves on supplicating the
beasts to resume their journey. He
stands about 50 or 60 paces off, In an
attitude of humility, waving his hand
coaxlngly toward them, looks at them
with tenderness, and at the same time,
in the softest tones, reiterates, “Ic,
ic, ic.” If the llamas are disposed to
resume their course they follow the
Indian in good order, for their legs are
long; but, when they are in ill humor
they do not even turn toward the
speaker, but remain motionless, hud
dled together, standing ox- lying down.
The straight neck and the gentle ma
jesty of bearing, the long down of their
always clean and glossy skin, their
supple and timid motion, all give them
an air at once sensitive and noble.
If it happens—which is very seldom
the case—that an Indian wishes to ob
tain, either' by force or even by threats,
what the llama will not willingly per
form, the instant the animal finds It
self affronted by words or gesture it
raises its head with dignity and, with
out making any attempt to escape ill
treatment by flight, lies down.
The respect shown these animals by
Peruvian Indians amounts almost to
superstitious reverence. When the
Indians load them, two approach and
caress the animal, hiding its head that
It may not see the load on its back. It
is the same in unloading.
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One of the greatest defects in the
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shortness of their legs.
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the one in Peking.
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