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WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23. 1918.
THE MILLEDOE V1LLE NEWS.
MILLEDGEVIELE, OEORp.t .
In Contact. „
“Do you ever bear from your broth-
rr In college?”
"Oh, yes. He keeps In constant
touch with father.’’—Wisconsin State
Journal.
Blue Blood.
Lord TTowlong—Too bad you have no
royalty la the states.
Miss Multlrox—Oh, I don’t know.
My father Is the well known sausage
king. My brother Is n prince of good
fellows, and he has just married a
queen of burlesque.—Chicago News.
REIMS CHILOREH
PLAY WAD GAMES
Emerge From Cellars, When
Bombardment Ceases, to
Frolic in Sun.
AIL HAVE THE SAME SPIRIT
ROYAL SCANDAL
IN AUSTRIA MAY
LEADTO DIVORCE
People Growing Bitter Against
Emperor and Empress.
BLAME THEM FOR DISASTER
No One Ever Saw One of the Children !
Down-Hearted or Discontented— I
Will Be Great Help in Re
building France.
Asker—I hope you love your neigh
bor as yourself, brother?
Toll it—'They won't let me since they
got their new car.—Washington Star.
••Do you think a man should dividf
I, - ournh.go with Ids wife?”
•Yos-if fIic don't get it all first."-St
Louis Giobe-Pumocrnt.
Paris.—Only n few months ago
Reims still sheltered some (500 chil
dren, ulthnugh the Germans almost
dally bombarded the town.
IJow these children lived In the cel
lars and the special shelters while the
Germans fiercely bombarded the
town is a pathetic story. Though
these cellars nnd shelters were dark,
dreary and damp, where the sun’s
rays never once showed themselves,
no one ever saw these children down
hearted or discontented. Whenever
the bombardment let up, even for n
few minutes, those children swnrmed
out of the cold cellars to play in the
sun.
Duty and Reeignatlon.
A correspondent during one of these
lulls walked down a narrow street
bordered by the walls of houses of
the sixteenth century, or such parts
of them ns had survived the Ger
man bombardments. He met a young
ster standing in the middle of the
street gazing at one of the wrecked
houses. Asked why lie was gazing at
that house, the boy answered:
"Thnt house over yonder, monsieur?
I was horn In, thnt house. When
war broke out father was mobilized
and mother went to live with an aunt
In one of the houses on the outskirts
of the city. Once a week I come here
to look at my old home, or what is
left of it.’’
“But. aren’t you afraid?”
“Afraid of what? My father Is at
the front, my mother is still here, and
as long rs she stays here, I will.”
This child is a type of all. All have
the same spirit of duty nnd resigna
tion. these children of “the Martyr
City.’’
They tell how they received in
structions to put on the masks against
the poisonous gas; of how they
played In shill holes tilled with rntn-
water; of how they used walls which
had escaped the German shells to
play their game of war.
Play at War Games.
Nearing the cathedral, almost com
pletely gutted by the bombardment,
the correspondent met a crowd of
boys playing id their favorite game.
He watched Them for Some time.
After playing in quickly constructed
trenches In'one of the courtyards of
a destroyed house, where they had
ingeniously placed their toy machine
runs, the attacking party was just
jumping out of their shelter when the
gas alarm was sounded. AH the boys
quickly donned their musks and con
tinued playing, rather stimulated by
the unforeseen reality of thelv game.
Ro interested were they that they
never thought of finding shelter, but
had to he ordered to do so by patrol
ling soldiers.
But these things could not go on.
The youngsters had too much free
time, as all the schools were closed j
and days were spent in holiday-mak
ing. The municipality established
schools In the huge cellars of the big
champagne houses of Reims.
Every day the teacher had to go
through the deserted streets under
| heavy bombardment, nnd very often
the sdlinol children had to he kept In
lifter hours when the town was being
shelled. These children, having grown
up under these conditions, will he a
splendid help to France in rebuilding
a nation of valiant citizens.
Empress Is Accused of Shleldlnj
Italians—Emperor Received With
Catcalls and Curses When He Ap-
pears on Street—Inspired Denial ot
Rumors Says Czernln Knew of 8ix
tus* Peace Letter.
NOTICE
Is
I'o you think a man should Ulvid:
e-tnibigs with his wife';”
- if she don't get it nil first."-L't
.is til; be-lkmo< rat.
WAVES OF HATE FOR KAISER
League of Optimists at Given Hour
Daily Will Wish Dire Things
for Huns.
■iiur-
Me:
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I shall never Ijave the
■ Te to a girl—never. '
\ ell. you will he saved one
; t In life anyway. Percy.
Traveler.
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Chiengo, 111.—A league of optimists
has been organized In Chicago with
the avowed purpose of boating the
kalscd by “waves of hate.”
Branches are to he formed in every
part of the United States, according
to Doctor Sheldon Leavitt, president
of the league, who calls himself
“holy omotlonnllst.” Here Is the Idea:
Twice u d»y 20,000,000 optimists
shall at a designated hour concentrate
intellectually, grit their teeth, stamp
their feet and simultaneously wish
dire tliiugs fur the I'ohsdam crowd.
The enemy shall he meutully annihi
lated.
The ritual carries with it n “hymn
of hate.” The formula outlined by
Doctor Leavitt Is us follows:
“I call down tii>on the German gov
ernment d:-.aster, catastrophe, ruin,
disease, pestilence, annihilation uud
the plague."
Ti on 'll that remains Is for the ul-
11 1 uuifi ■ to crush the foe.
A few months ago several official oi
semiofficial denials were made regard
ing chnrges against Emperor Chnrlef
of Anstriu nnd his wife, Empress Zltn
What these charges refer to Is becom
ing known by degrees. The Aus
trian censorship has so far prevented
n full statement reaching the wires In
neutral countries, but the news is fil
tering through of n scandal In the Im
perial palace which Is likely to lead
to a divorce.
The empress Is accused of shield
ing and protecting the Itallnns. The
disaster on the Plave was the result o!
a plot engineered by Empress Zita, the
people believe. In Viennn the excite
ment of the people knows no hounds.
When the emperor appears in the
streets he Is received with catcalls
hnd curses. Recently a man ran nftei
Ihe automobile in which the ruler wns
driving, calling out: “Fie upon thee,
l’arma!"
Empress Zita Is a daughter of the
house of Pitrmn, one of the royal fam
ilies formerly reigning over pnrts of
Italy Zita’s brothers are accused of
betraying Austria There Is no end of
denials coming from official sources.
These denials, proclaimed even from
ministerial benches In parliament,
show the seriousness of the situation
caused by the reports, rumors and gos
sip affecting the Imperial family. While
some of the reports no doubt are ex
travagant the Austrlnn people Insist
thnt where there Is smoke one is
bound to find fire.
Divorce Thought Imminent.
The first Swiss newspaper which
prints anything about the scandal In
the ITofhnrg, aside from the ofiieinl de
nlnls which were cabled to nil pnrts
of the world. Is the Thurgnuor Zel-
tung. Tt says:
“According to semiofficial nnd press
reports coming from Viennn. there nre
sinister rumors and accusations
gardlng the Imperial family afloat In
Austrln nnd Hungary. In those ru
mors scenes nre m«ntlon o d which arr
said to have taken place In the im
perial palace. These scenes nre al
leged to be the forerunners of a di
vorce thnt would sever the marital re
lations of Charies and Zita. The
great fnnss of the people hold the Im
perial couple responsible for the de
feat suffered on the Italian front. Em
peror Charles nnd his wife, Zltn. are
said to have forbidden the use of
stifling gases nnd flame throwers for
the offensive In Italy. Italian prison
ers of war are receiving preferential
treatment, It Is charged.
“Other members of the imperial
family nre not spared. They also are
accused of being Implicated In dark
plots. Two brothers of Empress Zltn
I’rlnees Sixtus and Xavier of Parma,
are singled out as most dangerous eon
splrnlors. The fact thnt they were
In the enemy’s country during the war
and the part they played In the nffnlr
of the emperor’s peaee letter nre being
brought up against them.
“The excitement Is growing Jn Vi
enna, It Is reported, leading to nn In
cident In the streets of the capital
where n man ran after the Imperial nu-
tomohile, shouting: “Fie, Pnrmn!” The
! emperor was nt that time being driven
from his palace at Schoenhrunn to the
I Iloflmrg. Flnnlly the reports nnd ru
mors became so widespread and dan
gerous in their character that both
governments. In Viennn nnd Budapest,
were compelled to publish denials nnd
•corrections’ In the newspapers. Be
sides, the charges were officially denied
In the Hungarian parliament, nnd Dr,
von Seydler, the Austrlnn premier, re
ferred to the aeeusntlons In a speech
delivered nt u reception to the Aus
trian deputies nnd at a meeting nt the
Vienna city hall.
Allies Blamed for Gossip
“A semiofficial announcement sent
u | out by the Vienna correspondence bu
reau says the repo-ts concerning Ihe
Imperial family were disseminated by
the entente powers ns part of a propa
ganda offensive, for the purpose of
creating unn st and disturbances In the
monarchy. In the Hungarian house of
deputies Prime Minister Wrkerle mnuo
a vigorous speech In which he denied
the truth of ah aspersions east upon
the emperor nnd empress. lie called
all these reports false, lying, Impossi
ble and unthinkable. His remains
led to nn enthusiastic ovation plcdg-i
Ing loyalty to the Imperial couple on
the part of the house.
“The most minute Vorreellon’ wn#i
given out by Doetgr Funder, editor In
chief ol ;he Rclchspost, who addressed
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Virginia Presbytery To
Meet At Eatonton Next
Augusta, Ga.—Wednesday evening
the fall meeting of Augusta Presby
tery, composed of all the Presbyteri
an churches In twenty-three counties
in nortin-as. Georgia, came to a close
at Silo&m, in Greene county. The
churches in the Presbytery were rep
resented by the minister and cne eid
er from each church, Rev. James
Thomas, of Eatonton, preached the
opening sermon, and as retiring mod
erator. turned over the gavel to Rev.
E. P. Mickle, D. D., of Union Point,
who was elected moderator for the
season. The gavel which he used ha3
an interesting historical interest, lev
ing made out of lumber used in Ihe
construction of the old First Presby
terian chrrch more than one hun
dred and six years ago.
Perhaps the. most interesting re
port. was that of the local home mis
sion committee. They reported that
the salary of every worker in this
Held had been increased during the
year to at least $1,200. This lias been
-.ae largely to the efforts c-f the chair
men, Rev. M. M. MacFerrin.
Sermons were preached during the
scoslons by Rev. James Thomas, Rev.
losepli R. Sevier and Rev. M. W. Dog-
sett. Dr. Doggett was received from
the Presbytery of Pine Bluff, and
Rev. J. Simpson was dismissed to
he Presbytery of Athens, Eatonton
was chosen as the next jilace of meet-
MOONSHINERS, USING
CHILDREN AS SHIELD .
FROM BULLETS, FLEE
Chntt-nooga, Tenn.—In a daring
north Georgia raid early this morn
ing Captain Henry S. Colo and his
hand o* provost guards capturod 141
gallons ef moonshine and three mules,
"VO wagons and two sets of harness.
The guilty parties made their escap
by Jumping from the wagons and
placing two little children on the:
backs to prevent the provost from
shooting at them. The haul is the
largest ever made in this section of
the country. The provost ran up in
the moonshiners while on their wa
to assist in the capture of a despera
character which the sheriff of dad
county, Georgia, had cornered. The
two wagons when captured were driv
en on to town by two of the provest
guards and the remaining band went
to the Georgia sherig’s relief with the
result that the desperado wns cap
lured. It is stated that the man caa-
ttired is probably the head- of the
gang which manufactures the contra
band goods.
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tempted to explain away certain Inci
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